While he was hesitating, a brilliant idea suddenly flashed into his mind.
He then ordered the remaining mage units to focus their fire on the skeleton warriors in the middle lane, and then ordered the melee units to prepare to charge at the enemy after the skeletons in the middle lane were hit by magic.
His instructions quietly spread to the side, and the mage troops learning arcane magic were applying the Arcane Wisdom buff to their teammates in turn.
This would increase the intelligence of other teammates by five points, which was a very powerful buff before the update. Of course, the mana cost was also very high, so he had to drink a magic potion to replenish his mana.
Once all the alliance members were ready, Meng Ziyi gave the order to fire.
The whole process took less than a minute. Liu Nian and his archers had just arrived at the designated location and were preparing to draw their bows and shoot.
Meng Ziyi's idea was simple: focus fire on the Skeleton King in the middle lane and try to defeat him in a short time.
Once the skeletons in the middle lane fall, they will advance from the middle lane, threatening Liu Nian's archers and forcing the other two lanes to retreat. Ideally, they should be able to break through his defenses.
Upon hearing this, the mage began casting a spell. A dozen or so people released their skills simultaneously, creating a dazzling and beautiful visual effect.
Seconds later, flames, frost, lightning, and wind blades all crashed down on the skeleton warriors in the center, including several area-of-effect spells.
These spells were both beautiful and effective; the skeleton warrior never expected to suffer such a severe blow.
After this spell, half of the skeletons in the central army were instantly scattered.
Seeing this, the melee fighters on Meng Ziyi's side were greatly encouraged and, according to the agreed plan, began to charge towards the central army.
The twenty-step range could be reached in just a few strides. The skeleton warrior in the middle lane, who had just been crippled by magic, was instantly killed by a melee fighter who came forward with a skill.
Apart from a few people on Meng Ziyi's side suffering minor abrasions, the rest of them were unharmed, and the situation seemed to be unfolding according to the script written by Meng Ziyi.
Seeing the mage and archer within easy reach, the melee class screamed and charged forward.
Just then, a defensive line composed of black warriors, zombies, and demon children blocked their way. Their slow speed was their biggest weakness, but defense doesn't require speed. Meng Ziyi's melee fighters had just used up their skills and couldn't break through for the time being.
Just as they were preparing to charge forward, the skeleton warriors on the left and right flanks began to encircle Meng Ziyi's troops in the middle.
Seeing that they were about to be besieged, the melee classes trapped in the middle were hoping that the mage troops would focus their fire on them so that they could break through and threaten the ranged archers.
Meng Ziyi could think of the same things they could think of, but there is a difference between thinking of something and doing it.
Just as he was directing the mages to focus fire on the mixed force, a volley of arrows came from Liu Nian's rear positions.
After waiting for a long time without any life-saving magic, someone turned around and saw that the mage army was enduring a rain of arrows.
Not everyone has protective magic. The mage's thin cloth armor was no match for the bone arrows. Wave after wave of arrows made their spellcasting intermittent, and the casting time was repeatedly extended.
After enduring the rain of arrows to finish reading the spell, another group of mixed troops blocking the way were knocked down. Just as the melee fighters were about to make a move, they suddenly discovered that the skeletons lying on the ground were beginning to reassemble.
After they had all gathered together, they suddenly pounced on the crowd.
Seeing the skeleton he had painstakingly defeated rise again, a bad premonition flashed in Meng Ziyi's eyes. His magic was mainly for single targets, but the skeleton actually had a group healing spell.
The realization that this necromancer was far more powerful than himself suddenly flashed through his mind.
The purple-quality Spirit Gathering Staff I wield allows me to break through limitations and summon skeletons, but my daily mana is limited, so I can't use it at will.
I had already reached level 10, but I didn't expect that changing jobs would require learning the book of beginner dark magic, which meant that I was still a beginner necromancer.
He must be a mid-level necromancer. Now that things have completely fallen apart, he has no choice but to resort to his last resort.
Meng Ziyi couldn't care less about that now; if he kept hiding his strength any longer, the whole team would be wiped out.
He hardened his heart and summoned his stockpiled skeleton soldiers from the dark space.
There are about a hundred skeleton soldiers in total; this is his last resort.
He commanded most of the skeletons to support the surrounded melee fighters, while sending a portion of the skeletons to raise shields to protect against the constant rain of arrows, allowing the mage to cast spells with peace of mind.
In order to hold off the onrushing ghouls and vampires, he had to pull something out of his pocket again.
It was a short sword with an antique design. He glanced at it longingly before resolutely tossing it into the air.
"Zhang Ling Sword!" he shouted, and the small sword transformed into countless clones in mid-air, swirling down towards Liu Nian's troops.
As if the small swords had eyes, Liu Nian and his summoned creatures were trapped by several small swords, which relentlessly and rapidly slashed at the members of Liu Nian's side.
Liu Nian was frozen in place on horseback, cut by the sword. He had no defensive magic and could only consume his life points to endure the cuts from the sword.
Each sword strike could take away three points of his health, but fortunately, his equipment was good. With the defense of his equipment and a health of up to two hundred points, he managed to avoid being killed by the sword.
Aside from the high-health, high-defense Black Knights and zombies who were unaffected by this attack, the rest of his summoned skeleton warriors suffered greatly. Under the relentless cutting of the small sword, a large number of them fell instantly.
Fortunately, the sword only lasted for a few seconds before disappearing. Liu Nian's health was reduced by more than 30 points, but the damage was not significant.
However, it was much more destructive to Liu Nian's team. More than half of the skeleton warriors were lost, and the rest were left with only low health.
Liu Nian's Skeleton Resurrection spell is currently on cooldown, so he can only try to reduce the number of enemy troops as much as possible.
At this moment, Liu Nian was only accompanied by Tiffany, the skeleton archer, and a lone cave demon.
The skeletons on the other side are slow-moving and have not yet posed a threat.
However, they are about to engage the skeleton warriors. With such a large number, even the lower-ranking skeletons are very threatening. Those who underestimate them will suffer heavy losses.
The ghouls and vampires, these two celestial beings, were not eliminated by Zhang Lingjian and were still sent out to harass the enemy's ranged units.
They cleverly bypassed the assembled skeleton soldiers and ran towards the magic-based troops not far away.
Seeing the defenses about to be breached, Tiffany began to cast the spell Death Cloud.
A vast cloud of dark green poison spread through the still-surrounded melee units. Undead units were unaffected by the magic, but it would cause great suffering to the opposing melee units.
Caught off guard, the melee classes on the opposite side were all hit by the poison mist. Unable to break through the blockade of Liu Nian's summoned creatures, they could only struggle to survive in the poison mist.
Originally, they planned to break through the defenses and attack, but now they can only pray for good luck and try their best to save their own lives.
Soon, some people were poisoned to death by the poison mist, while others were hacked to death by unaffected summoned creatures. Liu Nian seized this opportunity and unleashed a corpse explosion in the crowd.
The remaining melee troops finally perished in this chain reaction of magic.
The remaining summoned creatures began to assemble and fight against the advancing skeletons.
Seeing the vast disparity in troop strength, Liu Nian had an idea and took something out of his spatial storage and threw it towards the center of the battlefield.
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