With the blessing of Kerrigan and the leader of Barton, who is talented in lava trolls, the range of the lava trolls has also been increased to about 400 meters.
This distance is certainly not as good as a human shooter who has the advantage of a city wall.
But if there is a real exchange of fire, even if humans have the advantage of city walls, they will definitely be at a disadvantage.
No way, even if a human archer has multiple arrow capabilities, he still needs more physical strength and enough time to prepare.
What's more, even the top sky shooter in mankind, Jiuxing Lian's top archery skills, can only shoot 9 arrows at a time.
But the lava troll's fireball is not only huge but also explosive.
The city wall is densely populated. Once such a huge fireball explodes, it will affect at least a dozen nearby units.
If infantry happens to pass by, a fireball can definitely cover dozens of units.
In terms of range and rate of fire, fireballs are far inferior to shooters.
However, the shooter's attack is a physical attack and is subject to damage reduction by the ultimate defense technique.
Fireball, on the other hand, is a spell attack and is at most affected by ultimate resistance, but the effect of resistance is much worse than that of defense.
In addition, in terms of basic damage alone, fireballs with slower attack speeds do more damage.
Baton, the leader of the Fire Demon, is tall and conspicuous. He may not have a chance to retain his own fire-bending magic spells.
As for taking precautions before they happen, Lena is keenly aware of the troops that pose the greatest threat to her own side.
She already has the ultimate defensive technique to protect her body, as well as the Angel Alliance suit, the God of War statue and the blessing of the sacred blood bottle. She even has god-level offensive techniques in terms of offense.
With the addition of these effects, even if Kerrigan has some high-level artifacts on him, even a mere fourth-level horned demon will not be able to defeat even a level-one archer.
Therefore, Reina decisively mobilized all the phantom shooters, plus hundreds of ballistas of different levels on the city wall.
The damage of the ballista, especially its ability to break shields, is much stronger than that of the phantom shooter.
Both Kerrigan and Patton were obviously reluctant to suffer the casualties of their main forces.
These lava trolls are comparable to the demon army in Kerrigan's heart.
The Horned Warlord is a cannon fodder unit that can be produced in large quantities. No matter how many people die, no one will feel sorry for them.
Both sides and directly in front of the lava troll are covered with these horned demons, numbering at least hundreds of thousands.
These are only those responsible for covering, not counting the group in front of them who were covering the Evil God King, nor those behind the lava troll who were planning to climb the city wall.
Just to defeat these horned demons, we don’t know how much firepower we need to consume.
Of course, human shooters have a high advantage after all. Except for the part closest to the lava demon, more human shields cannot actually protect the lava troll very well.
Under Rena's order, all the shooters tried their best to ignore the horned demon in front of them, and instead attacked the lava troll and flame troll behind them.
The trolls' bodies flashed with light from time to time.
When this ray of light lights up, except for the phantom arrows with a sure-hit effect, most of the other arrows will have a miss effect and be directly dodged.
Leina is also familiar with the effect of this treasure, it is called the dodge necklace.
The effect is that all your troops, including yourself, will gain 2 seconds of dodge time every one minute.
During this period, the basic dodge value of yourself and your own troops increases by 100 points, and you can dodge all damage except magic.
Using one minute of energy storage to exchange for two seconds of dodge seems not cost-effective, but what if the dodge is for the entire army.
The more troops you have, the more precious these two seconds of dodge time will be.
100 points of basic dodge, plus its own dodge, as well as the dodge effects superimposed by other treasures and equipment.
Even if a human shooter has skills related to increasing hits, there is a high probability that it will be difficult to hit.
Except for the 8th-level Phantom Arrow Saint who has the ability to hit, even the sky shooter can only hit nearly one-tenth of the target in these two seconds.
Sky shooters also have certain skills, but they need to aim one second in advance.
Nabadon also just obtained such a precious ultimate treasure from Kerrigan.
Leina, Xu Lai and others didn’t know it before.
Fortunately, this necklace is worn around Barton's neck and is only effective for the lava trolls he leads.
Cregan also has a powerful artifact on him that can reduce 25% of any type of ranged damage, including spells.
With 2 seconds of dodge, most of the damage from the wave of arrows was dodged.
However, under the command of Lena, the defensive force on the city wall was in the shape of waves, with continuous strikes.
One wave of damage immunity is not a problem.
“Order to have all magic archers prepare earth-type slow arrows and water-type frozen arrows.”
The range and number of magic archers are inferior to those of sky archers.
At this time, the only targets they can attack within their range are the Horned Demon Governors.
Under the effects of their slowing arrows and freezing arrows, the Horned Demon Warlord who rushed forward was either frozen or slowed, or was slowed and then frozen.
The damage of these spell arrows is not high, far inferior to flame arrows and lightning arrows.
But their effect is far greater than outputting arrows.
These Horned Demon Overseers were the frontline warriors. In order to minimize casualties, Kerrigan deliberately laid them thick and full.
The not-so-wide open space in front of Graycastle was completely blocked by these guys.
As soon as Reina fired the slow arrows and freezing arrows, the speed of these horned demons immediately dropped by nearly half.
Slowness has been reduced by 25%, and freezing will completely freeze it. Even after thawing, there will still be a 5% slowdown effect.
The entire vanguard was almost temporarily unable to move.
They couldn't move, and the other units behind them couldn't move either. They could only wait where they were and serve as targets for human shooters.
That's not all. After confirming that Kerrigan had invested all the troops, Xu Lai did not continue to hide.
When he dealt with Mendis before, he summoned a three-headed water unicorn.
This time against Kerrigan, it was a real battle of life and death. There was no way he could be stingy.
Xu Lai took a breath and directly summoned ten water unicorns.
If he hadn't wanted to save some just in case and be wary of Cregan's back-up, he might have wanted to recruit all the water unicorns at once.
No matter how powerful the water unicorn is, no matter how talented the ice storm is, after all, the numbers are there, and it is difficult to form a big deterrent.
But Water Qilin also has a skill that covers a very wide range, the Trace of Cloud and Mist.
The ten water unicorns ran together, still running in the sky. In less than ten minutes, the clouds and mist they spread were able to cover all the evil god kings and horned demon governors.
The water unicorns did not cover the rear, but only spread the traces of clouds and mist in an area one kilometer in front of Gray Castle.
At this distance, it is extremely difficult for all the Horned Demon Governors and the Evil God King to take a single step.
Under the multiple deceleration effects, these horned demon warlords can hardly move.
Every step seemed to be a heavy burden, and it took only half a day to walk a dozen steps.
The trolls and the Evil God King in the back angrily rebuked them, but no matter how angry they were, they could not change the situation on the battlefield.
No one can fly over this section of road where you can only be beaten and cannot fight back.
Layers of debuffs were superimposed, causing the devil to pay extremely heavy casualties with every step he took. But the demons showed no intention of backing down.
Anyway, with the suppression elves around, no matter how heavy the casualties are, it will have no impact on morale.
Human shooters will eventually need to replenish their ammunition and physical strength.
The four turrets behind the city wall also roared. Two of the high-grade magic cannons specially ordered by Xu Lai had been completed and replaced overnight.
The turret is a city defense attack and is not affected by the half damage effect of the tower shield. It is more powerful than the phantom heavy arrow of the phantom shooter.
Although only 4 cannons have begun to show their power, these four are shotguns, and each one can harvest the lives of a large number of demons.
On the battlefield, the bodies of demons that kept falling down had accumulated several meters high.
Sometimes the soldiers at the rear had to deal with the body of the horned devil before they could rush over.
After the lava trolls and flame trolls were in place, they finally launched a counterattack against the human city wall.
The fire-bending magic spells that Reina applied twice in a row did not help them cover much damage, because they would soon be dispelled by Barton.
Many of the Evil God King died on the road, but under the cover of a large number of Horned Demon Warlords, half of them finally entered the designated shooting range.
On the city wall, hundreds of horned demons appear every second.
Although these horned demons can be quickly cleaned up by the Crusaders, their existence seriously interferes with the shooter's output.
Only one-third of the lava trolls that were hit hard are left.
The Fire Troll's health points were even lower, and more than half of them had been lost.
Before the battle, more than half of the enemy's combat effectiveness was wiped out. If it were replaced by other troops, they would have been unable to fight again.
But these lava trolls and flame trolls split into smaller fire demons after they died.
The number did not decrease but increased. Under targeted targeting, the number bucked the trend and increased by nearly one-third.
Unfortunately, although the number has barely increased by one-third, the attack power has dropped a bit.
Even with Krieg's god-level fire magic to weaken the fire resistance, the damage caused was still within the tolerable range of humans.
Rena saw that she could not stop the approach of the lava troll, so she called in the priest team early.
Rely on the priest's group healing and recovery capabilities to compete with the demons.
Demons have explosive range damage, and humans also have ballistae, turrets, and hundreds of catapults that gradually turn their firepower.
God-level fire magic cannot offset the huge impact of the city wall.
After the damage of the city wall is reduced, the priests who have been amplified by the Sea King Banner can also firmly hang the lives of the shooters.
No matter how bad it is, even if there are some sacrifices, they are understandable and acceptable.
Xu Lai and Tahan each went back, but successfully brought back many archangels.
Today's Angel Legion has almost 500 people. With Elvi's blessing, there are many lives that can be resurrected.
Furthermore, in terms of casualty speed, demons are much more exaggerated than humans.
The shooters on both sides can still fight back and forth, wearing down each other.
But the devil's infantry, those horned devils, are basically dying in vain.
The city wall built by Graycastle by hand on the original foundation is not that easy to climb.
Even if they were lucky enough to get onto the city wall, the captain of the guard, the golden armored warrior, and the crusaders still had terrifying lethality.
Under the god-level offensive technique, these are all human warriors of at least level 6, and can cause a lot of damage.
On the other hand, on the demon side, the horned demon is a human shield type that is good at defense and does not do much damage.
Humans are also blessed with defensive skills, which are more severe than god-level defense skills and can reduce damage even more.
Human warriors and priests can heal injuries along the way. With a group healing technique, it is impossible to only heal the shooters but not the infantry.
Although the infantry couldn't defeat them, they were better in numbers. From the corpses of the million little demons alone, hundreds of thousands of horned demons were pulled up.
There are only so many human infantry in total, and they still need to take turns to rest, waiting for the natural recovery of physical strength and even life.
If time continues, the final result is really hard to say.
However, the battle in the sky turned out to be one-sided.
Originally, it was entangled with a large number of little demons and winged demons, and a few fire elves summoned by the gate of hell.
The royal griffons could barely hold on to the sky above the city wall.
But with the addition of the ten water unicorns, the situation was reversed in an instant.
The speed at which the abyss demons summoned the fire elves was far inferior to the speed at which the water unicorns destroyed the fire elves.
Besides, Xu Lai has already summoned the water unicorn, so Reina doesn’t have to hide it.
A dozen golden dragons summoned by the Dragon Heart also flew into the sky to join the battle.
The Royal Griffin has extremely strong combat capabilities, but it can only kill monsters one by one.
With the hail storm of Shui Qilin, the speed increased slightly.
Otherwise, the remaining hundreds of thousands of little demons and winged demons will all be killed, and each of these thousands of royal griffons will kill a hundred times more enemies.
After the golden dragon joins, at least dozens to hundreds of them can be burned to death with one breath.
The sudden appearance of the water unicorn and the golden dragon made Kerrigan, who had been preparing for an attack, finally have the idea of taking action himself.
However, after taking a look at the sky, he decided to wait a little longer.
Three hours later, it was dark. In order not to waste the chance of resurrection, the angels gathered more than a thousand shooters before 12 o'clock.
It was at this time that the Crypt Demon, who had been silent all this time, suddenly made a move.
Although Xu Lai was well prepared, he even personally led the Guards Knights to ambush these crypt demons.
He and Roland, leading the Holy Light Knights, charged back and forth on the few main roads in Graycastle.
It’s just that there are so many crypt demons, and they have no clear strategic goals at all.
Xu Lai once thought they would destroy the catapult and open the gate.
Who knew that these crypt demons were just here to cause chaos.
The targets of their attacks are obviously houses, workshops, and teams responsible for transporting ammunition supplies and food supplies.
Of course, it also includes key locations such as military camps, city gates, watchtowers and catapult positions.
The emergence of a large number of Crypt Demons caused serious chaos in Graycastle, with problems in logistical supplies and personnel rotation.
But fortunately there are reserves on the city wall and mountains of resources, so there won't be any problems for a while.
Xu Lai, who was charging, suddenly felt a creepy feeling at this moment.
Elwee, who had been following Xu Lai silently, flapped her wings and blocked Xu Lai.
Through the corner of his eye just now, Xu Lai suddenly saw an extremely tall figure.
Behind and to the left and behind this figure were countless Hellboys wearing gorgeous brocade robes and holding huge scythes. (End of this chapter)