Although the charge of the four sixth-grade beasts was temporarily halted by the boundless flames, the commander dared not let his guard down in the slightest.
Because he knew that the most troublesome alien beasts on the Yunnan-Guizhou battlefield had not yet appeared.
As he expected, less than five minutes later, a faint noise began to sound.
"Buzz...buzz..."
Then a buzzing sound like a bomber rang out, and countless flying poisonous insects such as bees, moths, and flying ants all gathered together.
Like a dark cloud, it rises from the distant dense forest and gathers into a ball.
It's unclear how these poisonous insects, which originally had a food relationship, managed to get along so well. They blotted out the sky, rolling down from mid-air like a black tide, rushing towards the crowd.
Seeing the swarm of poisonous insects diving down like bombers, the commander seemed to have no other choice.
Left with no other choice, he could only choose the lesser of two evils and prioritize having the fire-type awakened ones deal with the poisonous insects in mid-air.
Because Yunnan has many poisonous insects and strange beasts, although there are many awakened beings of the nature type, they can only form an organized group, namely the Flame Group, which is responsible for fire suppression, and the Solid Stone Group, which is responsible for maintaining infrastructure.
While other natural science departments also have such departments, their numbers are small and they are not organized at all, so they cannot achieve the same effect.
"Flame Group, groups 1, 3, and 5, switch targets and prioritize dealing with the poisonous insects in mid-air. Unleash Fireball and Fire Rain spells—use all your wide-range offensive abilities!"
The remaining groups continued to advance using the ground fire spell, ensuring complete coverage within the area.
The mental classes activated protective shields above their heads, while all other ranged classes opened fire freely on the beast horde.
As the commander gave the order, one after another huge magic array rose up in the army group formation.
Then, powerful tongues of fire shot out from it, and dozens of flames instantly spewed out from the position and sprayed into the air.
Although ordinary fire element is not particularly powerful, the density formed when thousands of fireballs converge is still quite astonishing.
The deafening sound of the fireball colliding with the poisonous insects echoed across the entire battlefield. The dense scorching insects sizzled as they fell onto the protective shield, then slid down along the smooth mental barrier.
At this moment, the adventurers in the city who had not yet fled also began to help, using elemental abilities to clear away the poisonous insects in mid-air.
The remaining ranged units were also unleashing their firepower into the beast horde.
The soldiers who had initially advised them to evacuate were now too preoccupied to persuade them to stay. Although these adventurers had limited abilities, they had not had a negative impact and had actually helped the situation to some extent.
They held out for about ten minutes in this chaotic battle, and then these fireballs, which weren't particularly powerful, began to be blocked by the dense swarm of poisonous insects.
The fireball exploded, crackling and emitting a pungent, burnt stench, but the insects were quickly obliterated by the slime on their bodies.
Although countless poisonous insects died in those short ten minutes, it was insignificant compared to their sheer number.
The density of fireball attacks was much lower than at the start of the battle, and the massive mental barrier above them was beginning to crumble.
After all, many of the venoms spewed by these poisonous insects have a corrosive effect.
At the very front of the formation, a sergeant leaped up and cleaved a poisonous bee that had broken through the barrier with a single stroke.
The burst of venom instantly corroded a large hole in his arm, but he still gritted his teeth and continued to slash at another poisonous insect.
His spiritual energy had long been depleted, and even if he took the Rejuvenation Potion, it would still take time to recover it.
Therefore, he has no spiritual energy shield to protect him at all. Each attack leaves several new wounds on his body, and he can only use the simplest melee methods to attack the swarm of poisonous insects.
After slaying another moth, the sergeant looked at his comrades, whose spiritual energy was almost completely depleted, and shouted loudly to the commander:
"Commander Ke, the brothers can't hold on any longer. There are too many insects, and the spiritual energy can't keep up with the recovery."
Before he could finish speaking, a huge, venomous bee swooped down and pierced the back of his head with its stinger. The sharp stinger protruded diagonally from his face.
The poisonous bee was immediately blasted into pieces by the fireball.
However, the young sergeant's face had turned purple and was even swollen and oozing pus.
Although his comrade immediately took out a knife and cut open his wound to release the venom.
Two emerald green orbs of light also struck his face accurately, but the warrior's wounds were too deep, and he only lasted for ten seconds before losing his breath.
Commander Ke An was in a state of utter confusion at this moment.
The military's two top combatants, one overt and one covert, have lured all the demon kings away.
Lacking a wide-range, powerful attack like the Dharma Body and Heaven, they had absolutely no chance of winning against the endless beast tide.
Moreover, they couldn't retreat or wage guerrilla warfare; they could only fight a direct confrontation outside the city gates.
After all, behind them were more than 200,000 civilians in Tengchong City, and the consequences would be unimaginable if the city were breached.
Previously, we received a notice from the Chuncheng Military Headquarters that Baoshan, Yeyu, and Dayan Town had basically fallen, with hordes of strange beasts wreaking havoc in the cities, causing countless deaths and injuries among the civilians.
Now they can't hold them off either.
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