Chapter 209
Chapter 209
When Mao Yunkai shot the crossbow, neither Qiao Linqi nor Qu Yang took it seriously. Some even thought that Mao Yunkai was at the end of his rope and had no new tricks left.
It's just a crossbow arrow, how could it possibly hurt them.
But when the crossbow arrow turned into thousands of crossbow arrows in the air, Qiao Linqi and Qu Yang realized that something was wrong.
"It's a magic item!!! Retreat quickly, retreat quickly!!!"
Joe Lynch screamed in horror when he saw the crossbow bolt begin to fall.
Qu Yang also gave loud orders.
"All magicians, cast defensive spells immediately to block the crossbow attacks. Quickly..."
After hearing Qu Yang's instructions, the magicians chanted the spell together, but unfortunately they were still a step too slow.
The crossbow arrows fell before the magicians finished their spells.
Loud noises rang out, and when the noises faded away, they were replaced by the wailing of soldiers and the dead bodies.
Qu Yang and Qiao Linqi were also a little embarrassed at this time. With their strength, they could naturally withstand the attack of the crossbow arrows.
It was just too sudden, so sudden that the two of them had no time to dodge, so they were covered in dust and looked a little embarrassed.
"How come they have magic items?"
Qiao Linqi looked at the mess on the ground and said in disbelief.
Qu Yang's face was filled with resentment as he glared.
"What's the point of saying this now? Let's think about how to fight next."
Qiao Linqi also reacted, looked around, and gritted his teeth.
"Let's use that method."
Qiao Linqi didn't want to use it too early, but the current situation was beyond his control.
Qiao Linqi didn't know how many magic props Mao Yunkai had in his hands, and he couldn't afford to take the risk.
The most important thing is that Qiao Linqi cannot lose again. If he loses again, he really doesn’t know whether he can keep his head.
As soon as Qiao Linqi said this, Qu Yang understood what he wanted to do and said with some hesitation.
"Didn't the king ask us to try not to reveal that method?"
"Then what good solutions do we have now? If they still have magic items in their hands and throw another one at us, do you think we can withstand it???"
Qiao Linqi looked at Qu Yang expressionlessly, his eyes very cold.
Qu Yang and Qiao Linqi have similar cultivation levels and are of similar rank, so Qu Yang doesn't usually show much respect to Qiao Linqi.
He even felt that Qiao Linqi was not capable of leading troops, but now looking at Qiao Linqi's deep eyes, Qu Yang felt a hint of fear in his heart.
"Let the summoners delay for a while."
Qiao Linqi looked at Qu Yang and said.
"good."
Qu Yang also knew that it would take some time to implement that method.
The crossbow explosion just now also had some impact on the summoners.
Fortunately, just in case, Qu Yang has equipped each summoner with a warrior for protection. Otherwise, with their fragile bodies, I don’t know if they can withstand the explosion just now.
Mao Yunkai and Xuanyuan Xingyao rushed over with their troops as soon as the explosion ended.
Without waiting for Qiao Lingqi and Qu Yang to reorganize their troops, they started killing desperately.
After a while, Fate lost a lot of soldiers again.
What surprised the two was that Qiao Linqi did not reorganize the team immediately, but instead let the summoners attack them.
Xuanyuan Xingyao even noticed that Qiao Linqi had summoned all the magicians.
Even those in the air were called down by Qiao Linqi. This situation gave Xuanyuan Xingyao an ominous premonition.
"Have everyone be on high alert. Magicians, immediately cast large-scale defensive spells to protect as many as possible."
Xuanyuan Xingyao roared loudly.
As Xuanyuan Xingyao's voice fell, Mao Yunkai and Mao Yunyuan also conveyed their orders.
Although the words are different, the meaning is the same, which is to drink a few more cups.
Obviously, they have also noticed the strangeness on Qiao Lingqi's side.
Qiao Linqi looked at Shui Ling who had increased her vigilance, sneered and ignored her completely.
It is easy for magicians to accidentally hurt their own people on the battlefield, but Fate brought a large number of magicians just for the scene before him.
All the magicians on Fate's side, regardless of their attributes, raised their magic wands.
Then, invisible spiritual power was transmitted into the soldiers' bodies through the magic wands.
Most of the soldiers are ordinary people, and the magicians have very high mental power, so almost every magician can control hundreds or even thousands of soldiers.
When the magicians' mental strength was almost exhausted, they finally put down their magic wands.
Nearly 20,000 soldiers' eyes began to turn red and they became violent.
The magicians, their mental strength exhausted, returned to the camp under the escort of the warriors.
There is no point for them to stay now, and they will only hinder us. It is better for them to go back and recover their mental strength first.
Xuanyuan Xingyao and others did not notice the departure of the magicians from Fate's side.
Even if they noticed, they had no intention of chasing them because they were shocked by these violent soldiers.
They didn't even know what the magicians had done just now. They clearly didn't cast any magic.
However, Nangong Jing, who was a magician in his previous life and cultivated mental power in this life, noticed something.
But he was on the city wall, and even if he noticed it, he had no way to tell Xuanyuan Xingyao, and he had no way to deal with those crazy soldiers.
"Did they take some kind of magic potion? How come they've become so much stronger?"
After Mao Yunyuan fended off a soldier who attacked him, he felt the pain in his arm and couldn't help but complain.
"Not only has my strength increased a lot, but it's like I no longer feel pain."
Mao Yunkai followed up.
"Even their speed has increased significantly. Our soldiers are no match for them."
Once the violent soldiers from Fate's side appeared, even though there were less than 20,000 of them, Shui Ling, who had originally had the upper hand, was completely at a disadvantage.
"Retreat, retreat back to the city first, and we'll find a solution."
Xuanyuan Xingyao looked at the soldiers who were ruthlessly killed one by one, and felt his heart bleeding. These were all the people of their empire.
Mao Yunkai and Mao Yunyuan both agreed with Xuanyuan Xingyao's proposal.
Shui Ling had more troops than the Longying Empire, and most of those who died were Shui Ling's soldiers. Mao Yunkai and Mao Yunyuan had long wanted to retreat.
But it is not easy to retreat now. While they were dealing with these violent soldiers, Qiao Lingqi had already brought the remaining troops to block their retreat.
It is not impossible to retreat, but it will be easy for Qiao Linqi and his men to attack Qinyang City.
"That bastard Qiao Linqi is blocking the way with his men. We should get rid of these soldiers first. Otherwise, with their current strength, we might not be able to defend the city gate."
Mao Yunkai just realized that although the city gate had a defensive formation, it was not so easy to break through.
But with the current strength of these soldiers, it is not completely impossible to break it open.
"Don't be shy, just use whatever powerful moves you have."
Xuanyuan Xingyao said this and took the lead in releasing the evil energy in his body.
This time, Xuanyuan Xingyao did not restrain himself and released all the evil energy in his body that had not been refined.
Suddenly, the entire battlefield was shrouded in gray fog, and even turned black from a distance.
When Xuanyuan Xingyao's strong murderous aura came out, not only Fate, but even Shui Ling was affected.
The soldiers became impatient one by one. Fortunately, Xuanyuan Xingyao diverted most of the evil spirit away from Shui Ling's soldiers, otherwise the situation would be even more serious.
On Fate's side, the already mad soldiers were further enraged by the evil spirit.
If we say that the soldiers just now have only become a lot stronger, they still have their own consciousness.
Now, the soldiers who had been washed away by the evil spirit had completely lost consciousness and even started attacking their own people.
This change was obviously not anticipated by Qiao Linqi.
Almost all of Fate's soldiers were trained through special methods. Once stimulated by the magician's mental power, they would become several times stronger in all aspects.
This method also contributed to Fate's ability to conquer several small countries in less than two years.
Apart from the fact that the soldiers would be paralyzed for a few hours every time they ran out of strength, there were no other side effects.
But what is happening now? Why did the soldiers lose their consciousness after being hit by the evil spirit and even start to lose the ability to distinguish between friend and foe?
Now Qiao Linqi and Qu Yang didn't know what to do.
The Fate Kingdom had been experimenting with methods to stimulate soldiers and increase their combat effectiveness several times over for hundreds of years, and it was not until the reign of the previous king that it was gradually perfected.
The former king was very satisfied with the improved combat effectiveness of the soldiers, so he naturally would not think of using other methods to strengthen it.
Naturally, they didn't know that after the collision of this evil spirit, the stimulated soldiers would directly lose consciousness.
To be honest, even Xuanyuan Xingyao didn't expect this effect.
Although it is a good thing that the soldiers lost consciousness and started killing people without distinguishing between friend and foe, their combat effectiveness seems to have become stronger, which is a bit of a headache.
"Prince, do you have any way to recover the evil spirits in those soldiers' bodies?"
Looking at the soldiers who were more difficult to deal with than before, Mao Yunkai looked at Xuanyuan Xingyao with some embarrassment.
This evil spirit was released from Xuanyuan Xingyao's body, and Xuanyuan Xingyao could naturally take it back.
But he had to retrieve them one by one, which was not only slow but also not allowed on the battlefield.
Seeing that Xuanyuan Xingyao didn't say anything, Mao Yunkai thought that there was no way to recover it, so he had no choice but to continue trying hard to kill the enemy.
Qiao Lingqi looked at the increasingly chaotic battlefield and the soldiers who could no longer be saved, and felt that staying would only result in the loss of more soldiers.
It would be better to retreat first and leave this group of soldiers who have completely lost their minds for some unknown reason to the Shuiling Kingdom to deal with.
Judging from the combat effectiveness of these soldiers, Qiao Linqi believed that if Shui Ling wanted to completely kill them, it would have to pay a heavy price.
"It seems these people can't come to their senses. If we continue to stay, we will only lose more soldiers. Let's retreat first and leave these people to them."
Qiao Linqi whispered to Qu Yang.
Qu Yang looked at the completely chaotic scene and agreed very much with Qiao Linqi's words.
So, Qiao Linqi and Qu Yang took advantage of the fact that Xuanyuan Xingyao and the others were fighting hard and quietly retreated with the soldiers.
In fact, it was not completely silent. It is impossible for the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops to be silent at all.
However, Xuanyuan Xingyao was completely entangled by these violent soldiers and had no way to stop them. He could only watch them leave.
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