Chapter 272 The rain of fire fell from the sky
The dense rain of fire was like meteors falling from the sky, heading towards the front of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom’s military formation at an extremely fast speed!
"What is that?!" Kuchar had no time to react. As soon as he let out a scream, the burning fire rain had already fallen near him.
A burning rocket exploded quickly, and dozens of Ankylosaurus soldiers flew backwards like batted stick balls. A huge shock wave raged through the military formation, and almost knocked him to the ground!
Before Kuchar could figure out the situation, dense explosions sounded like rapid drum beats behind him, followed by flashes of fire and burning iron rain!
That is a rocket designed by the "Anxunsi" group. Its structure is very simple. The front warhead is filled with picric acid explosives, and the rear propulsion part is ordinary single-base smokeless nitrocellulose. Except for the fuse, which is a ceramic piece engraved with Hades inscriptions, almost everything used is chemical synthesis.
The technical content of this thing is quite low, and the mass production cost is far lower than that of a fine steel-grade magic scroll that requires professionals to make it, but its lethality is not inferior to the latter at all!
In certain situations, it can even be worse than that!
As for the only shortcoming, it is probably the lack of accuracy. The player who invented this thing can only guarantee that it will be shot, but not where it will be shot.
However, in the face of a large enough quantity, this limited shortcoming becomes insignificant.
After all, the cost of producing a "Wanxunsi Big Rocket" is even less than 10,000 Ming coins!
"Boom, boom, boom——!"
The whistling rockets fell one after another, and the explosions continued!
Faced with the crazy bombardment of the Demon King's army, the originally neat military formation of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom instantly fell into pieces, like ants scattered by floods, and became a mess in the thick smoke and flames!
In front of the scattered flames, the vine armor on the armored dragon soldiers completely lost its effect, even hastening their death.
The miserable wails came one after another, and like ice crystals melting rapidly under the scorching sun, they were quickly drowned in the roar of constant explosions.
In order to improve the defense of the armor, these rattan-woven armors have been engraved with power by the priests of the Holy Ankylosaurus Kingdom, and have been repeatedly soaked and boiled in animal fat and blood.
Although this enhances the defense of these vine armors to a certain extent, it also weakens their resistance to fire.
It is precisely because of this that when faced with the flames falling from the sky, these Ankylosaurus soldiers almost instantly turned into balls of fire!
They rolled on the ground and ran wildly in the woods, trying to call for help to their companions... but everything was in vain. Not only did their struggle have no effect, it actually accelerated their death!
There was a strong smell of burning in the air, black smoke obscured the sight, and there were flames everywhere!
Kuchar was frightened and angry, and hurriedly retreated to avoid it. However, facing the overwhelming roar, he was eventually knocked to the ground by the aftermath of the explosion.
He struggled to stand up, looking at the charred corpses all around and the scene that was like a doomsday prophecy, and was speechless for a moment.
In just a few breaths, the Ankylosaurus legion that he was so proud of was shattered to pieces by this terrifying rain of fire.
He swallowed hard, his paws trembling.
This place——
It is simply hell!
Octo still stood firmly on the back of the dragon turtle, overlooking the burning forest in front of him and the lizardmen struggling to death in purgatory. There was no emotion in his cold vertical pupils.
It doesn't matter even if all these Ankylosaurus soldiers die, there are as many warriors of the Ankylosaurus clan as there are!
Want the people of the Dragon God to surrender at the feet of a dead man?
Dream!
Hearing the general's order, the remaining Ankylosaurus soldiers overcame the fear in their hearts and charged in formation again, letting out an earth-shaking roar.
However, as soon as they took a step forward, a harsh scream sounded from the sky again, followed by another round of rain of fire!
The roaring flames were like dragon roars that resounded through the mountains and forests. The continuously exploding firelight once again scattered the gathered Ankylosaurus soldiers into the raging shrapnel!
Octo is still standing on the back of the dead dragon turtle, unscathed, like a god of death overlooking all living beings, looking down at the purgatory in front of him.
The Ankylosaurus Legion, which the Holy Ankylosaurus Kingdom is proud of, looks ridiculous and fragile in the face of this overwhelming force.
Kuchal's vision began to blur, and the arrogance and anger in his eyes were completely replaced by fear, and gradually turned into despair.
Trakl is right.
These guys are really difficult to deal with!
Not just him, everyone including His Majesty the Holy King... they all underestimated the terror of this group of outsiders, and also underestimated the world outside the Great Barrier.
The funny thing is that he didn't even see the "monster that can walk on land without feet or wheels" that Trakl said.
If he continues to fight like this, not to mention there are more than 20,000 people behind him, it would be 200,000, or even 2 million... I am afraid that the entire army will be annihilated!
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Kuchar issued the order in embarrassment, but at this moment, it was already too late.
No one can be spared under the rain of fire from the sky.
And what frightened him even more was yet to come -
The rain of fire flying all over the sky had just stopped for a few breaths, when a thick dark cloud came over their heads without knowing when.
Black raindrops suddenly fell from the sky, smashed into the burning flames, and were dried by the heat wave into black mist.
Hindered by the black mist, the dead corpses suddenly twitched their bodies, stood up staggeringly from the ground, and uttered hoarse low sounds from their mouths.
Seeing the bodies of his dead subordinates being desecrated, Kuchar's eyes widened, his pupils filled with rage.
He raised his head suddenly, his eyes were directed at the lizard-man ghoul standing on the dragon turtle, and he let out an angry roar.
"What did you do?!"
Octor calmly stared at the frightened and angry Kuchar, his low and hoarse voice slightly mocking.
"Serving my Lord in the body of the dead...isn't this your own choice?"
"Ahhhhh!!! I'm going to kill you!"
Rage burned in Kuchar's pupils, and finally turned into a suppressed roar, his legs were bent like a bow, and the dagger was held in his hand!
Escape has lost its meaning!
Such a disastrous failure, the Holy King will not let him go... Even if the Holy King forgives him, he cannot tolerate such humiliation!
At this moment, there was only one thought left in his mind - to completely turn the damn corpse in front of him into a corpse!
At least——
His death must be meaningful!
However, just when Kuchar was about to fight to the death, the light rustling of leaves suddenly swayed from the side. Before he could notice the slight movement, a cold light flashed across his throat like lightning.
Kuchar’s vertical pupils suddenly dilated, and just when he was about to make a sound, hot blood surged out of his throat before the fleeting cold!
The speed was so fast that he didn't even see what was happening clearly, and his consciousness was swallowed up by the boundless darkness, and he fell heavily into a pool of blood beneath him.
Compared to being killed by a rocket, this is a merciful way to die, and it doesn't even hurt.
"...Why are you talking so much nonsense with him?" Sarah shook off the blood on the dagger and glanced at the corpse on the ground.
The amber pupils had lost their light, and Kuchar, who tried to cover his neck, finally stopped moving and turned into a corpse.
About half a minute passed, and he who was no longer moving suddenly twitched all over, and slowly stood up from the ground as an undead.
At this moment, a fat cave spider appeared from the side of the slowly burning fire, swinging its eight legs and came to his side.
Looking up at that handsome and majestic face, Kuchar lowered his head and knelt on one knee in front of the cave spider.
"Meet His Majesty the Demon King..."
The throbbing from the depths of his soul told him that the man sitting on the back of the big spider in front of him was the master who awakened him.
Luo Yan, who was sitting on Arakdo's back, glanced at the lizard man in front of him, stretched out his right hand, and a dark green light sank into the latter's eyebrows.
Yoyou appeared beside him and whispered softly.
"His soul level is only bronze... As for the other lizardmen, they are all 'ordinary' and have not awakened extraordinary power."
Luo Yan nodded to express understanding, then retracted his outstretched right hand and said with an indifferent expression.
"It seems to be as I guessed...Due to the thousand-year blockade, the extraordinary power here has become quite thin."
It’s more than that.
The quality of their souls has also suffered a serious decline.
A legion general is only at the Bronze level. Not to mention compared with the BOSS in the maze, this guy is not even as good as the players under him...
"But... why is this?" Youyou's voice was full of doubts.
Obviously, these guys are not ignorant of extraordinary power. Even the vine armor that was almost burned to ashes contains a touch of magic... obviously they have been made with a lot of effort.
Luo Yan thought for a moment, looked up at the sky where the dark clouds had dispersed, and after a moment expressed his suspicion.
"It's just a speculation... Some kind of force has isolated this continent, allowing them to be independent of the main world and away from the drastic changes that happened a thousand years ago. However, this gift is not without a price."
Although these lizard people have escaped the baptism of war and allowed the ancient traditions and bloodlines to continue, they have also been cut off from a certain substance that is common in the universe and can respond to wishes - that is, the "Mie particle" that Miranda has been studying.
As for why the soul level has declined, Luo Yan can only make a rough guess. Perhaps it is because the souls outside cannot be reincarnated here, and the souls inside cannot be reincarnated here. As the power of the Dragon God continues to decline, most of the lizard people's souls are human for the first time.
Although similar situations exist in the outside world, Saint Sith and the Demon God still control the reincarnation of some living beings.
In addition.
In addition to the macro factors, the lizard people living here have also suffered from civilization stagnation or even regression due to their long-term isolation.
What this forest looked like a thousand years ago, and what it still looks like today. Even they themselves are gradually turning into living stones, or murals on the walls.
As the waves of the vast ocean become more and more turbulent, it is almost destined that this fragile tranquility will collapse...
"In other words... this is a place similar to subspace?" Youyou looked at Luo Yan in surprise, with a hint of disbelief in her voice.
Luo Yan nodded slowly.
"It can be understood... and I think this is one of the reasons why the local monsters have not condensed magic crystals, and the magic power of us outsiders is slowly recovering here."
The entrance to this subspace should be somewhere on the vast ocean, and it is even very likely that it was the reason why Lumil's ship encountered a storm.
But having said that, what kind of powerful force can make an entire continent disappear directly from a planet?
Wouldn’t this have an impact on the ecology of the planet and even the movement of celestial bodies?
Luo Yan couldn't help but think about these issues that had nothing to do with the current situation.
After all, the current battle situation was a one-sided massacre, and there was no need for him to worry too much.
The lizardman ghouls awakened from the ground have joined the army of players and are heading towards the army of the Holy Ankylosaurus Kingdom.
After the baptism of the previous two rounds of rockets, although there are still 20,000 soldiers left in the Ankylosaurus Kingdom's army, their morale has already fallen to the bottom.
Especially now that their general has been turned into an undead by himself, the Ankylosaurus soldiers who are still alive have no intention of fighting anymore and are fleeing deep into the forest.
The only pity is that killing these guys can't extract much soul energy, and the experience gain for players may not be as good as the mushroom people on the planet Kaa.
But——
Looking at their excited looks, I guess they might not care.
Since the opening of the server, the Necropolis has experienced countless wars, large and small. However, due to the intensity of the "game" itself, the roles played by players have always been mainly cannon fodder.
The opportunity to mow the grass like this is too rare.
"Then if the seal imposed on this land can be unlocked, wouldn't it be possible to return this land to its original position?" Youyou, who was floating next to Luo Yan, said excitedly, floating around him in a circle.
Luo Yan nodded, thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Perhaps."
He had heard about the existence of the Great Barrier from the captives' mouths, but it was obviously impossible for those captives to know the principles of the Great Barrier and where the device to maintain the barrier was.
However, those prisoners also mentioned that the stability of the Great Barrier was usually the responsibility of the high priest of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom, and that high priest was in Assam City, the capital of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom.
It seems necessary to go there...
Just when Luo Yan was thinking this, the battle in the distance had come to an end.
The players who were chasing after the Ankylosaurus soldiers are now returning to the battlefield from a distance, picking up the loot on the ground.
Although the vine armor of the Ankylosaurus clan has been burned out of shape, and most of the obsidian weapons have been cracked and damaged, there are still many things that seem to be valuable.
For example, some gold jewelry.
As well as some amulets engraved with unknown marks.
Those amulets seem to have residual spells from the local lizard people. Although the energy is very weak, it is better than nothing.
In addition to these bits and pieces, there are also many players who are eyeing the skin and scales of these lizard men.
Although these guys have high-strength equipment and no extraordinary strength, their natural scales have unexpectedly good defense, and can be used to make equipment after tanning.
Although the skinning process is a bit bloody, veteran players who have killed countless monsters are already used to it.
These guys are not human anyway, so they don’t think there is any problem.
Some players also paid attention to the "giant turtle" at the feet of Octor. However, as soon as they sharpened their swords and approached, they were warned by the system to persuade them to retreat.
That is the trophy of the Demon King.
Obviously, the devil still has a use for keeping it.
In a corner of the battlefield, under a certain burned giant tree, several skeleton soldiers gathered together, looking at the refreshed experience bar and couldn't help but complain.
Six emperors played: "MMP, this experience gain is too little!"
Oxhide Knight: "I have killed at least 20 of them, how come the total is only 20,000 experience points?!"
Kuchazi Thief Group: "Maybe the level difference is too high."
Instant Noodle Master: "It's pretty good. I'm level 30, and I've killed more than you two combined. I only gained a little over 600 experience points in total."
Hence, all the skeletons looked at the level 30 boss next to them and exclaimed.
"Oh my god, you're already level 30?!"
"6666!"
[Instant Noodle Master] smiled shyly and said sheepishly.
Being in the thirties and above would have been bragging rights a few months ago, but now it’s a bit difficult to squeeze into the T3 echelon.
At present, there are nearly 2,000 players who have reached the adamantium level in the server, accounting for almost one-third of the total number of players in the current server.
Level 30 is just the peak of bronze level. You have to upgrade to another level to reach fine steel level.
But even so, for a group of newcomers who are still at the bronze level or even the black iron level, level 30 is quite awesome.
Bathed in the envious, jealous and hateful gazes of everyone, [Instant Noodle Master] felt a little elated for a moment, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.
In response to everyone's request, he immediately decided to show everyone his unique skill. However, he failed to pay attention to the amount of mana and fainted in the middle of casting the spell.
This map seems to have its own DEBUFF that weakens the map back to blue, and the UI of the game is quite sloppy. You have to open the properties panel to see the blue bar, which is very unfriendly to mages.
It seems that this new map is prepared for tough men who want to fight in close combat.
…
Cleaning up the battlefield will soon be over.
The victorious players sang songs of victory and returned towards Deadwood Port. As for the blazing forest fire... just let it continue to burn.
The rainforest here is too dense, and magic crystal tanks cannot drive in. If they can burn some open space, it will be convenient for them to build roads here.
Just as the Demon King's army was returning home, a figure was quickly passing under the clouds above the battlefield.
The wind lizard man hovering in the sky is none other than the leader of the Windhowl tribe - "Windhead" Ulga.
At this moment, his eyes were filled with disbelief and astonishment, and there was even a hint of bone-deep fear hidden in his eyes.
Until an hour ago, he still firmly believed that the Ankylosaurus Kingdom would crush those arrogant and rude outsiders to death on the beach like a bug.
In the blink of an eye, the Ankylosaurus general riding on the back of the dragon turtle became a crushed insect, and the mighty 30,000 Ankylosaurus soldiers were routed like a flood that broke a bank.
There is no suspense in the whole war, and it cannot even be called a war at all...it is a complete one-sided massacre!
Whether it was the rain of fire falling from the sky or the strange monsters, they were completely beyond Ulga's cognition.
Even if the two sides fought hand-to-hand, the armored dragon soldiers were no match for the seemingly weak skeleton soldiers.
Those skeleton soldiers are not only well-equipped, but also have weird and changeable tricks! Some charge on spiders, some cast evil spells, and some can drive corpses to fight.
The skeleton soldiers are not the only trouble. There are all kinds of races in the Demon King's army!
Among them were dwarfs with wings, spiders with huge mouthparts, golems that seemed to be made of stone... and even some lizardmen he had never seen before!
Ulga could never imagine that the arrogant Ankylosaurus soldiers who once roamed the Janna continent were so easily defeated by this rabble!
The only good thing is that there are not many flying monsters in the Demon King's army, and they cannot threaten the survival of the Windhowl tribe for the time being.
However, Ulga had no idea how long this short-lived peace could last.
After all, the guy who calls himself the Demon King has made a declaration of "surrender or die" to them, and the disastrous defeat of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom is enough to prove that the necropolis is indeed capable of fulfilling this declaration.
They are not kidding!
Ulga stared fixedly at the direction in which the undead and demons left, fear crawling through his body like poison along his veins.
Although the Fenghou tribe is the people of the sky, they have to live on the earth after all.
But once they set foot on the ground, they are no match for this group of guys, and their situation will not be much better than that of prey.
At this moment, Ulga finally understood why Sark had a desperate expression on his face when he reported the situation of the group of outsiders to him.
His mood at this moment is probably worse than that of Sark...
Looking at the complicated expression of Gale, Kadar, the captain of the Guards, fluttered his wings and flew to Ulga's side.
His face was full of solemnity and he said in a hoarse voice.
"No wonder these guys dare to be so arrogant... With the power they have shown, not to mention the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom, even all the Dragon God's people in the entire continent of Janna are no match for them!"
When he said this, he swallowed hard and cast a desperate gaze on the silent leader.
"...What should we do?"
Ulga did not answer, but quietly looked at the burning forest and the coast dyed red by the sunset, and finally his emotions turned into a sigh.
"Perhaps, we have to re-examine the mission entrusted to us by the great sky god Ouranos..."
After leaving these intriguing words, Ulga changed direction and returned towards the mountains where the Windhowl tribe lived.
His decision has been made in his heart.
Even though this decision was not easy for him and his people, it would at least allow their bloodline to continue.
Kadar and the guards looked at each other in confusion, unable to understand what the leader meant, but they still fluttered their wings and turned around, chasing after the leader and leaving with him.
It’s not just Urga.
· Pairs of sights lurking in the rain forest, each with their own thoughts, return to their nests deep in the rain forest.
Night falls quietly.
For the lizard people on the continent of Janna, this is destined to be a long and bitter night.
As for the future of themselves and their ethnic group, they have too many things to consider...
(End of this chapter)