Chapter 479 478. Immortality
Arrows rained down on their path, and exploding fireballs created scorching shockwaves around them. Many Poji fell during their charge, but even when hit by the blasts, Poji Number Four, now a rolling ball, maintained its speed without diminishing.
Before Alama's Puji Legion even arrived on the battlefield, the demons had already detected it before the Three Mountain Cities, thanks to their aerial scouts.
What appeared ahead at that moment was the blocking force set up by the demon race.
This cannot be considered a true ambush. With the ever-changing methods of reconnaissance, the concealment of a large-scale force is almost impossible.
What the demons did was simply seize advantageous terrain along the inevitable route to wait for the enemy to attack.
As soon as the battle began, Number Four charged out of the line first, amidst Inanna's worried cries.
Although number four is impulsive, he is exceptionally agile.
Even when curled up into a ball and rolling rapidly, it can still bounce off the ground and avoid whistling arrows and magic missiles.
When Number Four leaped into the air again, the demon soldiers below couldn't help but be drawn to it.
Suddenly, the rapidly spinning mushroom ball stretched out in mid-air, its mycelial tentacles twirling rapidly like a spinning top.
Blade Storm
Sharp
Before the sharp blade, the demon soldier's breastplate, forged from fine iron, was sliced open like paper, revealing the flesh beneath.
The moment Number Four landed, four mutilated corpses lay around it.
The sole survivor was a mage who blasted himself away with a Skyburst spell at the last second and was now struggling on the ground with his broken leg.
Just as the nearby demons were about to retaliate, ripples spread across Number Four's body, and his figure vanished without a trace before everyone's eyes.
"It's invisibility! Mage, cast a spell quickly..."
The squad leader who gave the order suddenly felt a thin line of blood spurt from his throat, then clutched his neck and collapsed.
The panicked demons attacked haphazardly in the direction of the "plop" sound in the void, accidentally injuring many of their companions with their arrows and magic.
Unlike Number Nine, who was squeamish about blood during his first bloody battle, Number Four showed amazing adaptability in the fight.
The chaos it created tore a gap in the demon army's lines, and hordes of self-destructing creatures took the opportunity to roll into the defensive line.
Amidst the continuous explosions, flying soil mixed with flying limbs gradually disintegrated the orderly formation.
Meanwhile, Alama's main force, under the cover of those heavily armored soldiers, gradually pressed forward.
The heavy axe tore through the air, creating a deafening sonic boom.
The fourth mushroom, whose form had just been revealed by the magic, barely managed to dodge to the side. The axe blade grazed the mushroom cap but still severed two of its mycelial tentacles and a short leg.
Xenophon finally couldn't stand it anymore and took action.
A hint of surprise flashed in the Pigman Duke's eyes. He hadn't expected that a mere Diamond-level Walking Mushroom could dodge his surprise attack.
However, it was merely a matter of surprise.
He swung his giant axe and unleashed a continuous barrage of attacks. Number Four dragged his battered body and desperately dodged, but new wounds continued to appear on his body.
Each time the axe blade grazed the mushroom, it sent up fragments of mycelium flying everywhere, leaving the once plump mushroom body dilapidated.
"What should we do? How can we save it?!" Inanna was so anxious that she stomped her feet and dug her nails deep into her palms.
Number Four rushed too far ahead and is now completely separated from the main force. She has no idea how to save it.
Number Ten gently patted her back with its tentacles, and the message transmitted by the fungal network was quite calm: "It's not a big problem."
Inanna looked at Number Ten with hopeful eyes, her voice trembling: "Number Ten, do you have a way...?"
Before he could finish speaking, the heavily injured Number Four finally gave in and slowed his movements by half a beat. Xenophon's giant axe crashed down with tremendous force, shattering the mushroom into pieces with a dull thud, scattering the splattered fungal flesh all over the ground.
"Pah!" The Pigman Duke spat at the remains on the ground, his eyes full of impatience. He hadn't expected that it would take so much effort to deal with a Diamond-level mushroom.
"Little Four!" Inanna covered her mouth, tears blurring her vision.
Number Ten, however, calmly crawled to an inconspicuous burrow and carefully probed with its mycelial tentacles. Not long after, it pulled an ordinary, cannon fodder Pooji out of the burrow.
"That pig-headed guy is really powerful; I can't fight back at all." A familiar thought came through the fungal network.
Inanna suddenly looked up, her eyes blurry with tears, at the little creature that was adapting to its new body: "Little Four? Weren't you already... What happened?"
"You didn't know? The Great Puji's will protects us; death is just another form of..."
Before he could finish speaking, Number Four was suddenly hugged by Inanna. The hug was so tight that the cannon fodder's body even felt a little constricted.
Number Four, however, felt a rare sense of embarrassment.
However, Number Ten's thoughts carried a rare hint of dissatisfaction: "Have you forgotten what our mission is? You're wasting your body like this. How are you going to protect Pink Puji later? By self-destructing?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The battle continued, and the two sides finally clashed, but the situation was not good.
Even though the prince was still keeping an eye on the Three Mountains City, the portion of the fighting force he had allocated was more than enough to deal with the remnants of Alama's army.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that the main force of cannon fodder is currently being borne entirely by Puji.
Unlike the battle at Dragon Roar Valley, this time, being ambushed meant Lin Jun didn't have much time to prepare the battlefield in advance. While the creep existed, it wasn't abundant, and the efficiency of producing Puji was much lower.
Alama and Lorenzo's battles against Xenophon the pigman and another vampire duke were equally unsuccessful.
Both of them lost or destroyed their greatswords and staffs during the battle of Dragonroar Valley, and the makeshift weapons greatly reduced their combat strength.
On Alama's side, after only a few exchanges, his weapon was chipped and chipped. Faced with Xenophon's relentless attacks, he had to switch to dodging as the primary method.
Looking at the scene before her, Lin Jun weighed whether or not to use the [Fellowship Creator] skill.
The giant Puji will definitely change the course of this battle, but to say that it can defeat the opposing demon army is wishful thinking.
This is not a narrow pass like Dragon's Roar Valley; with the open terrain, the threat level of the giant Poji is greatly reduced.
This skill can only be used once a week, so it should be used in crucial moments.
Lin Jun decided to check the situation on the other side first.
...
On the other side, more than a dozen giant burrowing puji emerged from the vicinity of the weakened demon camp, and the mushroom tribe led the puji out of these burrows.
These ragtag troops were far less powerful than the elite forces fighting on the main battlefield, but they weren't there for direct combat. Under the efficient command of the mushroom network, Number One and Number Two each led their squads in a dispersed advance, clearly targeting the supply points throughout the camp.
"Fire breaks out in the granary in the northwest corner!"
"The armory on the east side has been attacked!"
"An invisible Poji has been detected in the Magic Crystal Reserve!"
This vampire general instantly transformed into a firefighter, having just extinguished the fire in the granary, he now had to rush to the armory to intercept the acid that was corroding the weapons...
Despite his considerable strength, he felt somewhat overwhelmed at the moment.
What's even more troublesome is the Puji's elusive tactics. They can move around at any time using burrowing tunnels and can quickly become invisible when they encounter a strong enemy. Whenever Ern rushes to a fire, a new disturbance always breaks out on the other side.
Twice, when he thought he had finished cleaning up and turned to leave, the hidden Puji immediately reappeared and reignited the fire that was not yet completely extinguished.
If the number of defenders is small, they will be surrounded and attacked by the Puji. If the number of defenders is large, the Puji will launch surprise attacks on other weakly defended areas.
From his vantage point, Vesalius surveyed the chaos in the rear camp, his crimson pupils slightly contracting.
However, he did not order a return to reinforce the city, but instead turned his attention to the direction of Sanshan City.
There, the Sword Saint Elwin had led the main force of the garrison out of Three Mountain City, and the silvery moon shone with a cold radiance under the night light.
(End of this chapter)
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