The sound of ravens alerted Liu Nian, especially with the clamor of footsteps around him.
A large force has arrived? Looks like we're surrounded? How did they find me?
There's no time to think about all that; I need to make a quick decision now: stay or go?
The visitor is clearly hostile, not friendly.
Liu Nian calmly considered countermeasures. If the ravens discovered them first, it would definitely disrupt their encirclement plan.
After all, approaching so silently was to catch or hunt you down unexpectedly.
Let's take advantage of the fact that they haven't yet closed the encirclement and catch them off guard.
Otherwise, once their encirclement is complete, it will be very difficult for me to leave.
Let's do it!
Having figured out the key point, Liu Nian commanded the skeleton warriors to form a square formation and advance forward.
The warlord and the zombies would then cover their rear.
He broke away from the army and traveled alone on horseback.
The skeleton archers are positioned in the center; anyone who dares to show their head first will be met with a hail of arrows.
There were many figures on the street corner in the distance, blocking the way, but they had no intention of attacking.
Upon seeing Liu Nian's army of skeletons arrive, the leader spoke into a walkie-talkie.
Liu Nian looked around and saw that no one had assembled here yet, thinking to himself that the troops had not yet been combined.
Speed is of the essence in war.
Liu Nian commanded the skeleton warriors to launch a charge, targeting the crowd ahead.
The flag bearer waved the flag repeatedly, and the skeleton warriors, receiving the order, began to run forward.
There was no time to ponder why the skeletons had learned to run; the current situation was still unclear, and they wouldn't be surprised if they could fly.
There were about twenty people ahead, all wearing protective gear, making them appear to be a powerful team.
The first to attack were the skeleton archers, who unleashed a dense rain of arrows upon the enemy ranks.
Several people were caught off guard and hit by the rain of arrows, causing the originally dense formation to loosen.
The skeleton warriors ignored all that and charged straight into the enemy ranks. The enemy at the street corner, whose formation was already loose, failed to stop the skeleton warriors and their defenses crumbled. The two sides instantly clashed.
Although it's a 40 vs. 20 battle, the opponents are intelligent and capable individuals, and the main battle has reached a stalemate, with no clear winner in the short term.
However, due to their numerical advantage, the twenty people were unable to break through the skeletons' defenses and threaten Liu Nian, and they were all crowded on the street.
Liu Nian rode his warhorse at the forefront. Upon seeing this situation, he decisively began chanting the incantation "Death Ripple".
The skeleton archers who arrived later fired bone arrows at both sides in the melee.
The skeleton warriors have high ranged damage reduction, so they seem unaffected by being hit. The people in front of them are getting hurt, having to defend against both open attacks and hidden arrows. Several more people were injured by arrows in an instant.
It's a race against time. If we can take care of these people before the other three sides arrive, we can break through. Otherwise, we'll be stuck here and worn down to death.
The people on the other side were all equipped, so being slashed a couple of times by the skeleton warriors was no big deal.
Clearly aware that the skeletons posed no immediate threat, the attackers showed little desire to attack and were instead actively defending.
At this moment, roars came from behind, indicating that the warlord and zombies behind them had also engaged in combat with others.
Two more forces will soon join the battle, making the situation extremely urgent.
Once the main force surrounds them, even a single person could drown that person with a spit, let alone in a fight.
This is the advantage of numbers, an advantage that no other gap can compensate for.
However, their opponent was Liu Nian, a figure listed on the Heavenly Ranking.
As soon as the death ripple appeared, the people in front cried out in despair. If they had health bars above their heads, they would have seen the numbers 60-90 floating by.
Some enemies who were hit hard by the skeleton warriors were directly taken away by the death ripple, while the rest, even if they were not taken away, had most of their health depleted by this magic.
The situation reversed instantly, and the side blocking the enemy was now in grave danger.
But the most dangerous thing was their fighting spirit; they clearly had life-saving drugs in their pockets, but they didn't have time to take them out.
Everyone was terrified that the unknown magic might reappear, and some people were hit by the skeleton warriors as a result.
If they could have held off the magic just now, then the appearance of the Dark Templars and vampires would have been the final straw that broke the camel's back.
The vampire moved nimbly through the crowd ahead, no one could touch her sleeve, and every time her soft, boneless hand fell, it took a life. Not to mention her unreasonable life-absorbing magic, the cries of her prey before death and the pale faces of the prey around her clearly pleased her, making her even more unscrupulous in her killing.
In contrast to her gentle killings, the Dark Templars were much more direct and violent.
Each swing of the greatsword would take away one or more parts of the prey, as evidenced by the mutilated corpse behind him.
The group, already weakened after being struck by the Death Ripple magic, finally collapsed completely when these two "meat grinders" entered the fray, crying and fleeing backward.
In order to reduce their weight during the escape, they threw away their weapons, and some even took off their armor.
And that was it. The routed soldiers were either shot down by skeleton archers, killed by black knights and skeleton warriors, or dragged into the air by vampires and drained of their blood.
Liu Nian never expected that a single Death Ripple spell would bring about such a bizarre consequence.
Seeing that the road ahead had been cleared, he decisively took advantage of the fact that the other three sides had not yet merged and broke through the road ahead to leave.
Before leaving, he noticed a skull necklace around someone's neck and realized that it belonged to someone from the Alliance.
Now Liu Nian and his people are known for their hatred, no wonder they are so willing to go to such lengths to attack him.
Your summoned zombie has been killed.
Your summoned zombie has been killed.
Your summoned zombie has been killed.
System notifications kept coming in.
It turned out that the zombies at the rear and the warlords were no match for the enemies behind them and were killed one after another. Seeing that there was no hope of killing the enemy, the warlords chose to self-destruct.
With a loud "boom," the five warlords' combined self-destruction was extraordinary, and the resulting flames engulfed everyone around them.
Amidst the flying sparks, those who couldn't dodge in time were instantly blown to pieces.
The player closest to the explosion was killed before they even had a chance to drink the potion, while the player farther away was lucky enough to escape with their life.
However, they were still shaken and dared not pursue them again.
Finally, Meng Ziyi gathered everyone together and counted the number of people. He found that in just five minutes, he had lost nearly forty people, not including those who were injured and whose combat ability was affected.
While feeling fear, he also laughed in anger, realizing this was a high-value target.
He looked around and stretched out his hands to reassure him: "Having used so many skills, he must be running low on mana. If we don't eliminate him now, he will become a major threat if we let him live any longer."
Seeing that everyone's mood was still low, he paused for a moment and then threw out his trump card: "After we wipe him out today, the girls and food in the alliance will be plentiful. You can eat, drink and have fun as you please for three days. I'll take care of everything."
Only then did everyone muster their courage again, and with his confidants leading the commotion, they once again chased after the street where Liu Nian had disappeared.
When they passed the corpse ahead, the others wanted to search for the cards left in the corpse's pockets.
Meng Ziyi couldn't stop them even if he tried. He had just suffered a defeat, so he couldn't be too strict with them and could only let them be.
His own ravens were setting up a trap around him; that person couldn't escape his grasp.
He directed a few people to drive motorcycles and give chase first, while he and the others would catch up shortly.
Where would they get their way? Liu Nian watched coldly from the shadows as they approached the pile of corpses.
The "Corpse Explosion" magic was frantically injected into the corpses, and they began to swell.
Before Meng Ziyi could yell "Be careful!", Liu Nian decisively chose to release him.
The reckless crowd didn't care about any of this. Some of them tried to leave when things looked bad, but they were pushed away by their companions and were even complained that they were getting in the way and hindering their money-making.
This explosion had a wider range, engulfing most of the enemies.
Having achieved a decisive victory, Liu Nian did not linger but turned and left.
Before his warhorse spurred its horse forward, he turned back and took one last, deep look.
When Meng Ziyi met those indifferent eyes, a sentence suddenly came to mind.
If a wolf turns back, it's either to repay a debt of gratitude or to seek revenge!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com