Chapter 498 The battle before dawn (Part 2)
From a hidden place with a wide field of vision, Lei Xiao looked at the ice knights who were cutting into the weak points of the Holy Night Siege Legion like a sharp blade cutting iron into mud, and nodded with satisfaction.
Just as I had just expected, the effect of this raid was very significant.
In order to better control, Lei Xiao did not sit idle, but took Ariel and other main subordinates to follow the pace of the ice knights.
The atmosphere on the battlefield was already extremely chaotic, and the shouts of killing and the sound of magical artillery fire were even more constant. In addition, the lowest strength of the group was at the peak level of the third level.
Therefore, when everyone is wearing an invisibility cloak, the other party will naturally not be able to detect the slightest bit.
Because this siege battlefield is located on a slightly steep and empty mountainside area.
Therefore, Lei Xiao simply let the unstoppable ice knights in front of him sprint madly down the hillside.
Although the Ice Knight only has eighteen knights, his level three peak strength is combined with a sharp ice lance comparable to a level three quality lance, and a thick ice armor comparable to a level three quality heavy armor.
Then by using the steep terrain from top to bottom, it is naturally invincible to attack these motley legion soldiers, who are mostly at the first level of strength and caught off guard.
Wherever the sharp lances in the hands of the ice knights hit, they instantly tore open one hole after another in the opponent's already tight formation.
The tall and strong ice horses galloped around, knocking the frightened soldiers of the Holy Night Army into disarray.
Under this overwhelming impact, the formation of the unsuspecting siege army was immediately disrupted, making the whole scene extremely chaotic.
For a time, both the hysterical screams and the increasingly dense smell of blood around them were constantly impacting the tense nerves of the Holy Night soldiers.
At the forefront of the battlefield, the other group of long-range soldiers who were attacking the fortress defenders saw this and hurriedly shrank their formations under the orders of their respective commanders and began to retreat to defense.
But due to the impact of the ice knights, the Holy Night soldiers in the rear were already in a mess like headless flies.
Therefore, these long-range troops at the front were almost all stopped by their own people, and could not move back even an inch.
On the contrary, because they hurriedly exposed their backs to the fortress defenders, the archers and magicians of the Holy Night Army suffered considerable losses.
At this point, under the leadership of Lei Xiao, the Holy Night Legion, which was originally very comfortable, was undoubtedly attacked from both front and rear, and instantly lost its original containment effect.
Seeing this scene, Ariel was inspired and slowly took a deep breath of the biting night wind with a strong smell of blood.
As a well-informed member of the Lengyan royal family, Ariel naturally recognized these ice knights at first sight as powerful high-level alchemy puppets.
"I didn't expect this guy to actually hide eighteen third-order peak alchemy puppets. You know, these are extremely expensive and rare alchemical products. Even I only have six third-order senior powerhouses in my body."
Shocked in her heart, Ariel blinked her starry eyes, obviously having a new understanding of Lei Xiao's strength.
The most important thing is that this guy actually used only eighteen cavalry to cause chaos to an army of ten thousand people, which is simply unbelievable.
Just as Ariel's heart was shaking, the eighteen invincible ice knights quickly penetrated the opponent's camp and galloped down the mountain.
Taking advantage of this gap, after the initial panic, the soldiers of the Holy Night Army in the rear who were first dispersed quickly re-formed into a fighting formation, apparently without any injuries.
Seeing this scene, Lei Xiao, who had been secretly observing nearby, raised his eyebrows slightly.
Although the damage caused by these eighteen ice knights to the opponent is relatively limited.
But his main purpose was just to disrupt and attract the attention of the opponent's siege army, causing the Red Devil's plan to contain the small fortress to fail.
As long as you can successfully achieve this, your action will be a perfect success.
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, as expected, an angry roar immediately rang out in the Holy Night Army camp.
"Everyone get out of the attack range of the fortress and kill all those nasty knights who came out of nowhere first!"
At this point, the huge Holy Night siege army was quickly divided into two parts.
Except for some infantrymen guarding the gates of the small fortress, the other long-range soldiers all faced the ice knights who were galloping down the mountain.
For a moment, the long bows rose and the staffs gathered, aiming at the departing figures of the ice knights.
In front of the Ice Knights, towards the foot of the mountain, there were already densely packed Juma and Luzhai. This was already deployed by the Holy Night Army before the siege, in order to prevent people from entering the fortress. The defenders broke out in large numbers.
It is not difficult to see from this that the ice knights are obviously unable to retreat. Coupled with the steep surrounding terrain, even if they move laterally, their speed will be greatly affected.
"Hey, let's see where you can run."
Looking at the hazy backs of the Ice Knights, the archers and magicians of the Holy Night Army in the front row were preparing to attack. A sneer appeared on their murderous faces.
These Holy Night Army's long-range troops are numerous in number, including several second-tier elite squadrons.
Moreover, the arrows of many soldiers were flashing with magical light, and they were obviously using carefully crafted magic arrows.
It is conceivable that under the cover of thousands of arrows, even the fourth-level powerhouse has to avoid its sharp edges.
Although the ice knights who are at the peak of the third level of strength are rough-skinned and thick-bodied, they will also suffer a lot of damage. Once their muscles and bones are injured, and then they are swarmed by the opponent's soldiers, the result will naturally be self-evident.
"Hey, there are only a dozen riders, how big of a wave can they create in front of an army of tens of thousands of people?"
The commander of the Holy Night Siege Legion, who was protected in the center, spat contemptuously and said solemnly: "These should be golem puppets summoned from the fortress, right?"
"In the final analysis, it's just a mantis trying to use his arms as a chariot. As long as the general is prepared, he will be wiped out in an instant!"
After speaking, a chill suddenly appeared on the corner of the commander's mouth, and he immediately issued an order to fire thousands of arrows.
However, just as the archers of the Holy Night Army were grinning ferociously, they were preparing to shoot arrows.
But they were all surprised to find that the ice knights who were stopped by Shuma had completely disappeared from sight.
"What's going on?"
"Is it invisible?!"
"Impossible, how can a mere golem puppet be invisible?"
For a moment, the whole place was in an uproar, and the eyes that were originally filled with coldness revealed disbelief and bewilderment again.
Hearing the incredible commotion in the opponent's camp, Lei Xiao, who was hiding in the dark, smiled lightly.
Naturally, these ice knights will not disappear out of thin air, but have been quickly approached by themselves wearing an invisibility cloak, and have been re-acquired into the space bracelet.
Just when the Holy Night Army was confused, Lei Xiao and his group had already chased the wind and lightning and returned to the highland hiding place just now.
"This scene is exactly the same as before."
Lei Xiao looked at the Holy Night Army who still had his back turned to him, and couldn't help but curled his lips slightly.
The reason why the other party behaved like this was undoubtedly the ice knights who were still looking for the direction to disappear at the foot of the mountain.
"These guys obviously haven't learned the lesson just now, so let me score twice and remind them again."
After making up his mind, Lei Xiao did not hesitate and released eighteen more ice knights. Once again, from the same position, he launched a second round of charge against the Holy Night Army attacking the city.
This time, except for part of the Holy Night Army defending the fortress, they faced the Ice Knight from the side.
The other Holy Night troops who were preparing to encircle and suppress the Ice Knights all had their defenseless backsides fully exposed.
Then, a scene even more shocking than before appeared.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With the sound of heavy horse hooves hitting the ground, the earth trembled.
Wherever the ice knights went, there were constant sounds of panic and screams, causing the Holy Night Army, which had just been reorganized, to fall uncontrollably into chaos.
Facing the biting cold spear points and horse hooves, the soldiers of the Holy Night Army never thought about it.
Those powerful knights who brought death and fear actually appeared behind them once again carrying sharp lances!
"What the hell is going on?!"
Even the commander of the Holy Night Army, who had been calm just now, looked at the ice knight who was attacking from behind again, and there was a hint of panic on his face.
At this point, the commander belatedly realized that these powerful golem puppets were definitely not summoned from the fortress.
This undoubtedly means that there is a third force hidden around his legion!
"Ignore those ice knights, all switch to defensive formation!"
Realizing this, the commander's annoyed voice immediately rang out: "As long as we focus on defense, those knight golem puppets will naturally have no use! If any unknown person approaches, we will kill them without mercy!"
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After hearing the commander's order, the chaotic Holy Night army shrank rapidly, and soon reorganized into a compact formation with heavy infantry outside, pikemen and light infantry next, and archers and magicians wrapped in the middle.
For a moment, a uniform and majestic momentum filled with murderous intent suddenly emanated from the giant square formation, making the surrounding air thicker and almost suffocating.
Seeing the extremely strict formation, the commander of the Holy Night Army in the middle nodded with satisfaction, a proud look on his face.
Although this legion was recruited from garrison troops from all over the Holy Night, under his careful training, the formation speed was comparable to that of well-trained elite legions.
"After I have formed a square iron barrel formation, let's see what the eighteen knights can do to me. As long as I dare to come here again, I will definitely destroy you all."
The commander of the Holy Night Army spat again, with a look of contempt on his face, and coldly snorted: "In the final analysis, in front of my army of ten thousand people, it is nothing more than a small skill."
At the same time, Lei Xiao had also quietly taken back the space bracelet from the Ice Knight, who had only suffered minor injuries.
"Unfortunately, what I'm waiting for is for you to shrink your formation."
Just as he was far away from the Holy Night Army, Lei Xiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and ordered decisively: "Ye Cang, Chao Yan, you can start a new performance."
"Yes! Lord!"
Accompanied by the neat responses of the two subordinates, a series of shocking loud noises sounded condescendingly in the hidden place just now.
Without any warning, inconspicuous black dots suddenly appeared strangely above the heads of the Holy Night soldiers who had just formed a dense battle formation.
As waves of impressive energy surged suddenly, those black dots also expanded and became larger.
Then it quickly completely enveloped a large number of soldiers, forming a huge black translucent sphere.
In confusion, the soldiers in the shadows just had time to look up into the sky.
The huge black sphere above the head began to shrink inward at a rapid speed, and together with the enveloped soldiers, it completely disappeared, leaving only fragments of broken limbs that were not completely covered at the edge.
At this point, huge holes suddenly appeared in the Holy Night Army Formation that was airtight just now, making the whole scene look weird and abnormal.
"What happened?!"
"What on earth is going on?!"
The murderous intent on the faces of the soldiers of the Holy Night Army who were not affected quickly turned into panic. A wave of fear and uneasiness quickly spread in the opponent's camp.
Looking at his opponent who was panicking again, Lei Xiao nodded slightly.
It was his second-order space system magic cannon that caused such considerable damage.
Currently, he has a total of seventy-five such magic cannons on his body, and the one he activated just now was only ten.
After the magic cannon was fired, it was quickly put into the storage ring by Ye Cang and Chao Yan, and quickly left the firing site.
"A space-based spell?!"
Because all of this happened in a flash of lightning, most of the squadron soldiers guarding him not far away turned into nothingness.
The commander of the Holy Night Army, whose contemptuous look had not yet completely dissipated, suddenly opened his mouth in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"How could this happen?"
Immediately afterwards, a touch of uncontrollable horror suddenly appeared on the commander's stunned face.
If you shrink the formation, you will be attacked by magic cannons, and if you expand the formation, you will be attacked by knight puppets. There are also 10,000 cold flame defenders, eager to attack in the nearby fortress, and may attack at any time.
This put him in a dilemma!
Because the commander was at a loss, the morale of the panicked Holy Night Legion dropped sharply, and they soon fell into complete chaos.
"It only took a moment to manipulate a force of ten thousand people into applause."
Seeing the Holy Night Army in chaos again, Ariel was excited and couldn't help but cast a look of awe at Lei Xiao, who stood calmly beside her.
I have to say that this guy from another world really always surprises me.
Not far away, Lei Xiao, who was being watched by Ariel, did not relax for a moment.
Lei Xiao clearly understood that after his intervention, the Holy Night Army, which was pretending to attack the city, had lost its original containment effect.
In order not to disrupt the original attack plan, the Holy Night coach Red Devils will definitely take action.
This undoubtedly means that the opponent is about to use his hidden powerful trump card.
Just when Lei Xiao frowned and thought of this.
Sure enough, on the turbulent battlefield, changes once again occurred that no one expected. (End of chapter)