Chapter 201: Fierce Battle on the Defense Line [Subscription Request]

Chapter 201: Fierce Battle on the Line of Defense I [Subscribe]

Three different monster phalanxes gathered 400 meters away.

At the forefront was a group of pig-shaped monsters with ridged backs and covered with black keratin.

"Damn, that's a black armored pig!"

"A second-level monster known for its defense and explosive sprint!"

The experienced adventurer shouted in a hoarse and elongated tone.

Each black armored pig was pulling its hind legs, looking ready to go.

They are about 3 meters long and about 1.2 meters tall at the shoulder.

They look about the same size as the Jimny off-road vehicle on Blue Star.

The ridge armor extends along the curve of the back, like a giant wild boar covered with a layer of curved steel plate.

The carapace has a dull matte luster and a heavy feel.

There are two curved tusks about 30 centimeters long under the arched nose of the black armored pig.

It is conceivable that if these guys collectively launch a pig charge, it will definitely be a mudslide on the front line.

"Not only that, there are dog demons behind!"

The shooter with Eagle Eyes standing on the sentry tower reminded loudly.

Behind the black armored pigs are black demon dogs that are not much smaller than the blue star Siberian tiger.

They are third-level dog demons, with dense hair all over their bodies, bursting like lions, forelimbs like forest wolves, but their ears are pointed and erect, which looks somewhat similar to the ears of goblins.

In addition, the dog demons also have a bat-like head, with a relatively flat face, and only the big mouth full of sharp teeth has a slight arc.

All the dog demons maintain a low-lying body shape, which is a common posture of wolves when hunting.

Further back, a large piece of dust floated up, and the ground trembled continuously, making it difficult for the defenders to see clearly.

In addition to the newly gathered monster formations on the ground, the Death Light Rhinoceros, Eye Demons and Headless Stone Demons at the back are also increasing their forces, and the total number has increased from more than a hundred to hundreds now.

This means that the density of long-range attacks by the monsters in the next round will increase several times!

The most eye-catching thing is not the monsters on the ground, but the flying monsters that gather like dark clouds in the sky.

Thousands of flying monsters have formed a smaller aerial battle group.

The sound of their flapping wings has gathered together to become a noise that blew the eardrums.

Moreover, the levels of these flying monsters are not low, generally starting from the third level, and the individual strength can completely match the adventurers between the bronze and silver levels.

"Oh my God! Those are the Bat Wing Demon, the Corrupted Vulture and the Rotten Heart Demon Eagle!"

"Among them, the Rotten Heart Demon Eagle is a fourth-level monster, and one claw can destroy the stone wall!"

Many adventurers recognized the origins of those flying monsters, and their tone was full of awe.

You know, flying monsters are naturally more difficult to deal with than ground monsters.

There are no limitations on the ground in the air. Flying high, low, fast or slow can bring different position changes.

Simply put, the airspace is far more three-dimensional than the ground area.

Especially when a large number of flying monsters gather together and fight together with ground monsters, it greatly increases the difficulty of defense.

The difficulty of defense will increase exponentially with the increase of the defense area.

It is no exaggeration to say that the addition of flying monsters will increase the defense pressure of the outer defense line several times.

Among the three flying monsters that were named and recognized, the bat-winged monster needs no further explanation. It often appears sporadically in the airspace around Magtan City, just like a large bat, with a standard body length of 2 to 3 meters, a medium flying speed, but can maintain high-speed flight in small and cramped caves or other similar environments.

And it can also perform sonic attacks and pathfinding methods, ignoring most visual shielding effects, such as "blinding", "night", "fog", etc.

It is a very difficult flying monster.

The claws and beaks of the rotten eagle are poisonous, and as long as it is hit by a wound, it will be contaminated with toxins.

The original Heart-Flayer Succubus Sophie was poisoned and wounded after a battle with a newly born cave guard-level Corrupted Vulture, and was picked up by the boarman Ragnar.

The same kind of monster also has different levels.

The Corrupted Vultures that appear now are ordinary third-level monsters, not guard-level monsters. They are about the same size as those bat-winged monsters, with slender necks and two more flexible claws.

They are good at diving and attacking, cruel and cunning, and rarely face the enemy head-on.

Most of the time, they will hover over the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on enemies who are in poor condition or paralyzed.

As for the Rotten Heart Demon Eagle, it is a huge flying monster.

Its wingspan can reach more than 15 meters, and its body length is seven to eight meters.

Its claws are like the bucket of an excavator, and the feathers on the edge of its wings are as sharp as knives.

There is a circle of sharp feathers on the neck that looks like a knife wheel, and the hook-like beak makes it even more ferocious. This giant eagle can knock away a large number of human adventurers with one claw.

Even the chest and abdomen are covered with hard feathers, and the plump chest muscles give them the endurance for long-distance flights.

However, there is an oval black heart embedded on the chest surface of these raptor monsters.

This heart is only the size of a honeydew melon, and it is surrounded by blood vessels and veins, which are constantly beating.

It is also the origin of the name of the Rotten Heart Demon Eagle.

And the exposed heart is also one of the few weak parts of their body surface.

Most of the time, the demon eagle will deliberately lower its head and use the feathers on its neck to cover the weak point on its chest.

There are not many of these difficult guys, only about forty or fifty.

Due to its huge size, each Rotten Heart Demon Eagle is particularly conspicuous among the flying monsters.

Chen Xuan's book was not read in vain. Almost instantly, the information of these related monsters emerged in his mind.

In this long war that lasted for thousands of Naroa years, most monsters were included in the illustrations compiled by the natives.

In addition, the sentinels on the tower also discovered the existence of several obviously defensive monsters, who were mixed with the long-range attack monsters in the rear, looking like commanders.

"Roar!"

The stalemate and confrontation did not last long.

When the monsters gathered, an inexplicable roar appeared.

As if the order to charge was blown, the black armored pigs at the forefront ran wildly at almost the same time.

The thick hoof legs stepped on the muddy land washed by the waves.

The goblin remains piled on the edge of the thorny land were crushed, splashing meat and mud all over the sky.

The black pigs quickly turned into mud pigs.

In front of them, the thorns that could effectively stop the goblins from advancing were trampled flat.

More than 5,000 black-backed pigs in total rushed towards the sandwich wall, and the scene was actually quite spectacular.

The chaotic magic power on all the black-backed pigs was condensed together, forming a defense that seemed to be integrated.

The city defense crossbow fired again, and the crossbow arrows as thick as a child's arm were wrapped in strong winds and shot at the pigs.

"Clang!"

"Dang!"

The armor-piercing crossbow arrows shining with rune light penetrated the chaotic magic power and hit the spine armor of a black-backed pig, and immediately made a sound of metal clashing.

The black-backed pig that was directly hit flew backwards on the spot, with a huge crossbow arrow inserted behind it, and black blood gushed out, obviously dead.

The power of the city crossbow is unquestionable, especially when dealing with single targets.

But everyone understands that the city crossbow is not very effective against black-backed pigs.

Because before, each armor-piercing crossbow could destroy more than ten goblins, but now it can only kill one.

And there are only a dozen city crossbows on the outer defense line, and there are not many arrows in reserve.

The crossbow string is likely to break at any time under continuous firing.

The durability of city weapons is not high. The greater the power, the greater the loss.

This also shows that the defense of black-backed pigs is far beyond that of goblins.

Especially after they form a scale, it is even more terrible.

As the black-backed pigs break in, the crossbow archers also collectively shoot arrows.

The arrows fell on the black-backed pigs like a bucket, rippling circles of chaos magic.

In other words, the effect of this wave of arrows is better than nothing. At best, it consumes some of the chaos magic reserves of the black-backed pig cluster.

On the contrary, magic has played a slightly blocking role.

Especially natural and earth magic.

From time to time, vines grow on the ground and thorns are poked out, blocking the charge of some black-backed pigs.

Rhythm is very important for charging.

If the front row is slightly disrupted, the back row will be easily trampled and become a mess.

Following the black-backed pigs are about 3,000 dog demons.

These guys are agile and have faster speed than the black-backed pigs, but they don't speed up and cunningly follow the black-backed pigs to advance.

When they advance to the bottom of the city wall, they will jump up and attack.

After recovering, the death rhinos in the distance once again stretched out their tubular cavities and shot out black light balls.

The eye demons are connected to each other by mysterious veins and shoot out beams of light.

The headless stone demons are divided into two parts, one of which continues to throw stone bombs.

The rest of the part grabbed the weird goblins with bulging bellies and painful faces and threw them to the defense line.

The bellies of these goblins burst before and after landing, exploding with flames all over the sky.

This round of battle has just begun and entered a white-hot stage.

On the defenders' side, various magic shields rose up.

But it was obviously not able to hold out for too long under such an attack intensity.

The adventurers and mercenaries responsible for close combat suddenly became nervous.

Everyone understood that close combat was inevitable.

It is worth mentioning that behind the dog demon, the ground was shaking violently, and there were land blocks rising from time to time. Obviously, there were monsters attacking the defense line from underground!

This wave of monsters seemed to be ready to attack in one go, without any intention of testing.

The defense line instantly became under great pressure.

And this was when the flying monsters did not attack.

Chen Xuan dual-wielded M2 heavy machine guns and began to output crazily with the cover of the magic shield.

Ophelia stayed with the little cat girl. She had a silver-level magic element cultivation, while Rebecca was only at the bronze level.

Ophelia could protect her when necessary.

In this way, Chen Xuan could let go and shoot happily!

In front of him, two light chains composed of 12.7mm ammunition swept towards the black-backed pig group.

Unlike the previous killing power of mowing the grass when dealing with goblins.

This time, the light chain hit a bit like a drop in the ocean.

It takes an average of 15 to 18 rounds to stop a black-backed pig.

After penetrating the chaotic magic, the power of the 12.7×99mm ordinary bullet is at least reduced by 70%.

The bullet that followed was able to break the defense after hitting the spine armor, but the wound caused was only the size of a teacup, which was not worth mentioning compared to the huge body of the black-backed pig.

So on average, at least a dozen rounds must be hit to stop the black-backed pig.

This ghost thing has extremely strong vitality, and it still has the strength to move forward even after being seriously injured.

However, most of the injured black-backed pigs would be trampled to death by their companions because of their slow speed.

But even if he could no longer experience the joy of mowing the grass, Chen Xuan did not stop attacking.

His barrage complemented the attack strength of the city defense. For every additional output, the defensive ability of the black-backed pig group would be reduced by one point.

The master and servant shot out four light chains, two in a group, trying their best to curb the advancement of the black-backed pig group.

They charged forward regardless of anything, and soon advanced to a position less than 100 meters away from the sandwich wall.

"Attention everyone! Magic trap activated!"

The temporary commander at the scene shouted loudly.

His voice was quickly drowned out, but in the next second, the position more than 100 meters in front of everyone changed dramatically.

Running in the front, about two-fifths of the black-backed pigs suddenly fell into the pit.

Then, pillars of fire wrapped in red flames rose into the sky!

In the blink of an eye, the pit turned into a fire pit.

The flames were blazing, and the orange-red flames even illuminated the faces of the frontline defenders.

Chen Xuan saw with his own eyes that many black-backed pigs jumped out of the edge of the fire pit with their bodies on fire, and turned into fire pigs and continued to run wildly.

"Hehehe..."

The humming of black-backed pigs echoed above the fire pit.

In the flickering light and shadow, you can vaguely see the shadow of the pig jumping around in pain in the fire pit.

Just when everyone thought that this trap could slow down the monster's attack.

"Boom!"

The ground made a huge noise.

Several layers of soil with a width of 100 meters rose like waves and pushed towards the fire pit in front.

The remaining black-backed pigs and dog demons along the way avoided it.

The waves of soil rushed to the fire pit one after another, filling it up in less than half a minute.

The raging flames were extinguished.

Chen Xuan did not stop the barrage output. After the light chain swept over the raised soil layers, he saw black blood seeping out, and immediately knew what was going on, and loudly reminded everyone around him.

"Be careful, there should be burrowing worms underground!"

Hearing his words, more than a dozen earth-based spellcasters hurriedly cast solidification spells around.

Burrowing worms are good at digging and advancing, and their large tubular mouths can chew stones.

But their defense is weak, and it is not difficult to kill them as long as they can accurately lock their positions.

These burrowing worms did not rush in, and retreated to the rear after filling the fire pit.

And from time to time, flames still sprayed out from the gaps in the original buried position.

The whole land was glowing with flames and emitting green smoke, and it looked extremely hot.

From time to time, a few burnt black-backed pigs would arch the soil and howl and rush around.

Magic flames are not so easy to extinguish.

The flame magic array there can maintain high-intensity spraying for at least three minutes.

However, the monsters immediately launched a charge!

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