The five-person path can only accommodate three spiders side by side, while the two-person path can only accommodate one spider.
Seeing this brought Liu Nian some comfort, and even more thankfully, the Heavenly Book did not extinguish the fire in the house.
Hopefully, the fire in the residential area can last a while, and it would be best to extinguish it after the battle is over, otherwise being besieged is not a pleasant experience.
Liu Nian is currently in a street corner that he needs to defend. It is also a residential building. To his left is a five-person lane that he needs to defend, and to his right is a two-person lane.
From here, he could observe the battle situation on two streets simultaneously.
The advantage is that it allows for timely and appropriate tactical planning, and it can also expose nearby targets to its casting range.
The downsides are also obvious: while you can attack others, spiders that attack from a distance can also attack you.
Fortunately, the approaching spiders were all melee fighters, and they were blocked by the shield formation formed by the skeleton warriors, exposing them to Liu Nian's attack range.
The defense reduction skill truly lives up to its reputation as a divine ability. Elite units damaged by the Rain Book can be wiped out by a single volley of shots from Liu Nian's back row of skeleton archers and mage units.
With the help of the standard bearer, ranged skeleton classes can coordinate and focus fire on the target.
Of course, the spider's enormous size also creates favorable conditions for concentrated fire.
After applying the group slow spell, the spider's speed decreased significantly.
The other members of the coalition did not know who had unleashed such powerful magic, but some believed it was Liu Nian's doing.
However, since it's on our side, the stronger it is, the better.
The spider's advance has been halted, and the troops are now launching a counterattack.
In particular, the skeleton warriors on Liu Nian's side only need to be responsible for untangling the spider silk around their teammates, while the attack is left to the archers and mages in the back row.
Despite the initial success, Liu Nian still had no intention of moving forward.
In this position, I can keep an eye on both ends, but once I move forward, I can no longer keep an eye on both ends because my field of vision is taken away.
Better safe than sorry!
Unlike Liu Nian's relatively easy situation, the Allied forces were finding it somewhat difficult to defend in other directions.
First, the troops are scattered and cannot be defeated one by one.
Secondly, there are relatively few ranged classes, and evenly distributing them results in insufficient damage output.
The ranged attacks weren't strong enough, which resulted in most of the front-line members being covered in spider silk.
Frontline members who were lucky enough to avoid being entangled in the spider silk could only keep untangling their teammates, unable to contribute to the attack.
Their predicament lies in the inability of the front row to deal damage and the limited damage output of the back row.
Liu Nian held two streets by himself, and even the most shameless commander couldn't bring himself to ask him to allocate more skeletons for him to use.
As one side gained at the expense of the other, before long, the streets on both sides of Liu Nian's side were covered with the corpses of spiders.
The skeleton warriors were trapped in the spider silk and unable to escape; the only units available now were the ghoul legion and the Black Knight.
As for the cave-dwelling demons, no one had ever seen them, and Liu Nian deliberately hid them as a surprise weapon.
After repelling the first wave of attacks, the subsequent spiders were unable to break through the front-line defenses due to the ranged attacks from the skeletons, so they were put on hold.
Seeing that the corpses were obstructing his view, Liu Nian had a sudden inspiration and prepared to unleash a corpse explosion to clear the streets.
They deliberately created an opening, allowing ranged units to pick off the spiders in the two-person passage, while leaving the spiders in the five-person passage unattended.
Sure enough, swarms of elite spiders began to surge along the passage into the plaza.
Seeing that they had indeed fallen for the trap, Liu Nian frantically poured his magic into the spider's body.
As the spider drew closer, he seized the opportunity to detonate the corpse. The explosion engulfed the spider along with the skeleton warrior covered in spider silk.
Notifications of experience points gained and notifications of summoned creatures being killed came simultaneously.
Not only that, after the skeleton warriors were killed, they were immediately used by Liu Nian as fuel for the corpse explosions. The continuous explosions blew the spiders that rushed in from the street corner off their feet.
The air was even filled with the smoky aroma of fried spider legs.
The ghoul legion then filled the gap left by the skeleton warriors and began attacking the spiders that had slipped through the net. The vicious Liu Nian decisively unleashed Death Waves to reap their lives.
Then, during the intervals between Death Ripple spells, use the Skeleton Resurrection spell to revive the skeletons that just fell.
Look at this kind of exploitative boss, enslaving these poor skeletons.
If the Spider Queen could speak, she would definitely curse Liu Nian as a shameless scoundrel if she saw this scene.
Unfortunately, it couldn't do that, and could only watch helplessly as the bone fragments on the ground reassembled into the shape of a skeleton warrior, once again waving its weapon at them.
Unlike the Spider Queen's angry attitude, the members of Liu Nian's team were fortunate.
The continuous stream of experience points helped them all level up.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Liu Nian's teammate was a member of the management team, but they were both happy and wary of their current situation.
While feeling grateful to Liu Nian, she was also afraid that his growing power would turn around and threaten her.
Some people intended to befriend Liu Nian, while others had a ruthless glint in their eyes.
But most people were so engrossed in fighting the spiders that no one noticed this.
The Queen was very angry, and the consequences were severe.
Its mournful roar conveyed its anger.
The spiders that had been attacking Liu Nian then began to retreat, and the elite spiders, now composed of mutated bosses, began to launch their own attack.
The elite spiders have also changed their usual form, becoming spiders that spray venom from a distance.
?
Liu Nian looked at the attacking spider with confusion.
They actually know how to change their attack methods?
That's interesting!
Seeing the streets filled up again, Liu Nian immediately switched to a defensive mode.
The skeleton warriors have replaced the ghouls and are now fighting off the spiders' attacks.
The venom of the ranged spiders had negligible damage to the skeletons. Without the restraint of the spider silk, their strength increased significantly, and even the two spider bosses were stopped by the skeleton warriors' shields.
It seems they harbor quite a bit of resentment after being trapped for so long!
Now that they're free, can they turn their resentment into motivation?
The situation quickly reached a stalemate again, with neither side able to gain the upper hand.
When the situation reached a stalemate, Liu Nian slowly directed the skeleton warriors to leave a passage in the middle.
The spider boss is enormous, and even if it notices the passage left beneath it, it cannot react.
Then, catching the spiders off guard, Liu Nian commanded the Black Warrior, with the ghoul legion as support, to launch an attack on the ranged spider legion behind the boss.
The narrow streets became their cages, and the boss's long legs became their weaknesses. The ghouls passed under their bodies and advanced towards the venomous spiders in the distance.
The boss futilely waved its long legs, leaving only a few unlucky ghouls behind. The rest of the ghouls continued to pass under it, moving towards the remote spider.
One of the boss spiders had a sudden inspiration and lowered its entire body to block the street.
This tactic seemed to work, as some ghouls that didn't make it through were crushed to death.
However, subsequent ghouls jumped onto its body one after another, their claws scratching and clawing at its flesh under the influence of frenzy, quickly leaving it covered in wounds.
Even more terrifying, it was pinned down by a multitude of ghouls and could no longer get up.
This seemingly clever but actually foolish approach ultimately cost it its life.
Normally, you could only attack the legs of a ghoul because of its height, but now you can attack its body directly.
From the ghoul's perspective, this was undoubtedly a huge profit.
After scratching and licking its body, the ghoul stepped over the corpse and continued to surge behind it.
The ranged spiders are not weak in melee combat, but they pale in comparison to the battle-hardened Darth Vader and ghouls.
Unable to retreat, they were quickly slaughtered by the ghouls led by the Black Warrior, and the middle section of the entire street was wiped out by Liu Nian.
After Liu Nian replenished the number of ghouls he had lost, he gave the order to retreat.
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