The mixed force of demon children, zombies, and black warriors in front of Liu Nian began to resist the lizardman army coming from the opposite side, buying time for his spellcasting.
He then used a group slowing technique to delay the arrival of the enemy melee classes.
As for why we should use it now?
Now that the lizardmen in the front and back rows have spread out far enough, Liu Nian needs to make sure they don't gather together in a short time.
Liu Nian's ranged units began to bypass the approaching lizardman legion and head towards the ranged units.
The slowed-down lizardman could only watch helplessly as the ranged classes escaped from him. When he tried to catch up, he realized that his speed had unknowingly decreased by almost half, just like the tortoise in the tortoise and the hare race.
Even more cruelly, the Stone Golem stood between the Lizardmen and Liu Nian's ranged units, its slowing aura combined with the Slow spell—the scene was too beautiful to bear!
Without the pressure of being overtaken by melee fighters, the ranged classes on the left and right flanks began to advance in an orderly manner.
Apart from the zombies that were stalled for time being eliminated, the remaining units of the ragtag front-line troops calmly withdrew from the battlefield.
Now they neither advance nor retreat, remaining outside the attack range of the melee lizardmen.
If you're not happy about it, come and chase me!
The Shieldbearer is known to be slow, especially when it is further slowed down by the Slow spell.
The swordsmen were not particularly fast, but in order to maintain the overall formation, they dared not stray from the group.
If you cower into a turtle shell, I'll bypass you and attack the archers in the back row; if you dare to separate your swordsmen, the ranged attackers on the left and right flanks will teach you a lesson as a lizard.
Come on, make a choice!
Let's see how you proceed next!
As for Liu Nian, there's no need to worry about him. He chanted for a while, and a ghost chariot appeared in the open space in front of him.
After he and Tiffany jumped onto the undead chariot, their movement speed was the fastest in the entire arena.
The lizard archers on the other side are now in complete disarray. The melee lizardmen guarding them are a minority, so a group of skeleton warriors were sent to entangle them.
The remaining skeleton warriors abandoned their formation and joined forces with the ranged lizardmen in bayonet combat.
Although the attack power was vastly different, Liu Nian had ranged units in the back row to provide damage output, and the situation began to become deadlocked.
Liu Nian and Tiffany were taken to a safe place by carriage, and he began to leisurely summon the ghouls back into the arena.
General Lizard felt his head spinning. All his troops were tied up, and he couldn't think of a solution. In desperation, he ordered the swordsmen, who had huddled in their shells, to return to defend first.
The consequence of the retreat was that the shield guards and swordsmen became separated. Once they had created some distance between them, Liu Nian used his counter-strategy.
The cave-dwelling demon, which had been hiding for half a day, emerged from the ground and used spider silk to bind some of the soldiers.
What are you going to do?
If you dare to become further disconnected, I dare to slowly break you up!
Before the controlled swordsmen could escape, they were attacked by ranged units on both flanks that had not yet gone far.
The remaining soldiers were caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to advance or retreat.
After leaving behind the corpses of more than a dozen soldiers, they finally managed to escape.
Moving units make long-range shooting less effective.
After finally escaping, by the time the remaining soldiers returned to reinforce, a legion of over thirty ghouls had been waiting for them for quite some time!
Apart from the lone lizard shield guards being led around by the stone golems, the rest of the troops were all embroiled in a chaotic melee.
The formation had completely disappeared, leaving only the figures of the two sides clashing together.
Liu Nian and Tiffany stood on the car, using bone spears to clear out the enemy's ranged classes, hoping to slowly snowball their advantage.
Unlike Tiffany, who only used bone spears, Liu Nian had to keep a close watch on everything around him and use summoning magic from time to time to summon other units to replenish his forces.
Fortunately, he had enough mana; any other mage would have been drained long ago.
Although he had the upper hand, he still couldn't be careless. Skeletons were too fragile, and the Skeleton Resurrection spell had a long time limit.
On the other hand, it must be said that the Lizard General is quite capable.
At this moment, it was evenly matched with Liu Nian's core force, the Black Warrior.
Keep in mind that Darth Vader was fighting two against one, yet he still held his own and even seemed to have the upper hand.
Each attack was accompanied by a wisp of blue light clinging to the blade, which chipped a piece of the Black Knight's armor.
Moreover, whenever it senses danger, it will use another defensive skill, creating a shield made of dense green light around itself. Each time the Black Knight hits it, it adds a poison to itself.
Not to mention it also has a group attack skill; each time it hits the Black Knight, the attack extends behind it, and the sharp blade energy leaves a deep mark on the ground.
However, this skill cannot distinguish between friend and foe, often resulting in the lizard archers and skeleton warriors behind it being wiped out together.
Fortunately, the Dark Knight is an undead unit with high poison resistance; other classes would have to pray that their priests are strong enough.
Liu Nian's snowballing plan was progressing smoothly, and the ranged lizard archers began to suffer casualties under the attack of Liu Nian's undead army.
Seeing this, the vampire also began to abandon the plan to besiege the back row and chose to face the fierce attack of the lizard general.
After a three-on-one fight, the vampire's life orbs provided as a safeguard were enough to barely suppress the lizard general's arrogance.
Although Liu Nian was also puzzled as to why vampires could extract life force from the dead?
But what does it have to do with me? As long as it benefits me!
Programmers have a saying: as long as the system doesn't crash, it doesn't matter how outrageous the code it's running is.
The Skeleton Resurrection spell, combined with other summoning spells, finally stopped the heavy losses on their side and began to slowly erode the undead lizard troops.
One by one, the ranged lizards and swordsmen were killed by Liu Nian's mixed forces, and the scenario began to unfold in the direction Liu Nian had chosen.
Finally, a portion of the troops were sent to encircle and annihilate the Shield Guards who were slowly arriving, while the rest of the troops went to besiege the Lizard General.
The spiderwebs of the twelve cave demons could completely ensnare it indefinitely, and with the constant harassment from the surrounding necromancers, the Lizard General soon succumbed to defeat and was eventually beheaded by the Black Knight.
[Congratulations to player Liu Nian for successfully defeating Lizard General Herod and gaining 5,000 experience points.]
Good heavens! Liu Nian exclaimed, "Good heavens!"
The sheer amount of experience points was completely unexpected for Liu Nian; he hadn't even noticed that Tiffany next to him had leveled up.
However, the battle was not over yet, and he tried hard to suppress the urge to check the panel.
The shield guards have not yet been wiped out. Although their leader has been cut down, they are still putting up a stubborn resistance.
Another advantage of undead units is that they never give up.
Until Liu Nian's troops joined up, divided and surrounded them, and wiped them out one by one.
Put the rewards aside for now; what's important is the casualty situation of the troops. After all, the rewards aren't going to grow legs and run away.
Fortunately, no flying units were lost. It was not easy to accumulate six flying units, and they could not withstand any more damage.
There's nothing we can do; our family's resources are simply too meager!
In short, it all boils down to one word: poor!
The remaining troops are all fine; they can all be replenished using summoning magic.
Previously, when skeletons in the Book of the Dead and the Dark Dimension were killed, the Skeleton Resurrection spell could only temporarily revive them; they would naturally disappear once the battle ended.
Things are different now. A max-level Resurrection spell can completely revive fallen skeleton units, so there's no need to worry about losing any skeletons.
In addition, the Book of the Dead grants ten free skeletons every day, so you'll accumulate more and more skeletons in the future.
Thinking of this, Liu Nian couldn't help but laugh. The Skull Sea was just around the corner!
Seeing the items dropped by the big black dog, including several cards, Liu Nian became excited again, hoping to get something useful.
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