novellk Chapter 1518: Perseverance and Dawn
Chapter 1518: Perseverance and Dawn
"Ants, let's see how you can turn things around this time!"
The leading Centaur possessor had obviously anticipated the arrival of the other four half-step seventh-level possessors. His ferocious face covered with crystal clusters was full of recklessness, and his arrogant laughter resounded throughout the entire temple area.
Accompanied by the enemy's unbridled laughter, the newly arrived Half-Step Seventh Stage Devourers did not hesitate at all and attacked Lei Xiao and the other two fiercely. At this moment, the latter was still being besieged by a group of Half-Step Seventh Stage Devourers at the beginning.
Realizing that the fatal crisis was approaching like a mountain collapse, Jasmine, who had just raised her eyebrows and joked, could no longer laugh. Her fair little face was completely pale.
This is three against eight, and the opponents are possessed beings who are immune to any ordinary attacks. Apart from the demon not long ago, she has never encountered such a terrible battle in her life!
"Human boy, you have hurt me again!"
While complaining in her heart, Jasmine pulled Lei Xiao and kept teleporting to avoid the fierce attacks of eight powerful enemies.
In the area in front of the temple gate that had already undergone space folding, she was the only one who could still use this short-distance teleportation technique, but that was all.
However, despite Jasmine's extremely fast speed, she and Lei Xiao only left a trail of phantoms on the spot, and then disappeared in an instant. But the opponent was, after all, eight extremely powerful parasites, and their cooperation was so close that it was outrageous.
After each teleportation, Lei Xiao and the other two could feel the overwhelming deadly attacks brushing past their scalps. In front of their eyes were the sharp blade lights and magical lights shooting out from the sky. The whole scene was fraught with danger.
Under such unscrupulous attacks by the other party, the flower beds and fountains in front of the temple had long been reduced to dust, and the smooth stone roads had all been overturned and shattered, leaving only patches of burnt ground and potholes.
It didn't take long. Even though Jasmine's teleportation ability was extraordinary, she couldn't stand the continuous shuttling. Not to mention that she and Lei Xiao had experienced the void space not long ago. Her magic power was almost exhausted.
Under such an extremely unfavorable situation, Jasmine's speed began to slow down, and the opponent soon discovered this and attacked more fiercely and unscrupulously, making the already dangerous situation even more deadly and critical.
"Thank you for your hard work. Please stop for a moment."
After another teleportation, Lei Xiao waved his hand, and hundreds of sixth-level summoning scrolls were instantly activated. Heavy-armored warriors in golden armor exuding a vast aura emerged and protected Lei Xiao and the other two.
This is a sixth-order golem puppet called "Holy Judge", which was upgraded from the magic scroll originally provided by Old Booker. From its appearance, it can be seen that it is a type that can both attack and defend.
Before this, Lei Xiao did not use it because the golem puppet could not cause damage to "Eclipse" and the possessed, nor could it accept the shared power of the stars, and could not pose any threat to the opponent at all.
Now, the situation is critical, and we can only use this golem puppet to distract the opponent's attention.
Just as Lei Xiao summoned out the golem puppets, the opponent's overwhelming and deadly offensive also followed like a shadow, directly smashing more than 20 golem puppets that had just appeared into pieces, leaving them completely powerless to resist.
Seeing this scene, the beads of sweat on Lei Xiao's forehead became denser. For a half-step seventh-level strongman, it was indeed a piece of cake to kill an ordinary sixth-level fighter in seconds.
With fear in his heart, Lei Xiao's mind moved, and the remaining golem puppets flew away to the surroundings, while Jasmine used teleportation again, making the three of them disappear on the spot.
With the golem puppets restraining them, the fatal situation of Lei Xiao and the other two was obviously alleviated a lot.
But in just a few breaths, most of the golem puppets were restored into energy particles under the attack of the possessed creatures.
"It's just a pointless struggle. Let's see how long you ants can drag it out!"
The distorted face of the leading Centaur was full of contempt, and the gloomy sneer of disdain resounded through the world again.
Hearing the Centaur's sneering, Old Booker and other soldiers who were fighting hard quickly noticed the situation on Lei Xiao's side.
Facing the siege of eight half-step seventh-level parasites, although they were deeply impressed by the tenacity and perseverance of Lei Xiao and the other two, as the enemy had said, these obviously could not fundamentally change the current situation.
Realizing this in their hearts, not only the morale of the soldiers hit rock bottom, but even Nick's old and resolute face showed an irrepressible despair.
"My fellow comrades, this is far from the end."
Just as everyone's hearts were becoming increasingly gloomy, Lei Xiao's tenacious voice reached everyone's ears: "As long as we defeat the powerful enemy in front of us, despair will never come! Because there are many soldiers in various parts of the city who are fighting with us!"
After hearing Lei Xiao's cry, many soldiers, including Old Booker, gritted their teeth again and tried their best to dispel the haze in their hearts.
Your Excellency the Brave One is absolutely right. They are not fighting alone. As long as there is a warrior standing on this land, the battle will never end!
"How foolish! The longer you hold on, the more you will see our soldiers rushing towards you. They were once your comrades who fought side by side with you, but now they are turning their weapons against you without any scruples. Isn't this a wonderful feeling?"
With a mocking sneer, the Centaur Infested glanced at the three God Stone Generals who had just been parasitized, and then cast a disdainful look on Lei Xiao and the other two who were struggling to hold on, and said contemptuously: "So what if you forcefully propped up this rubbish barrier? It's still in vain!"
As soon as the Centaur said this, the little hope that had just been ignited among the soldiers was shattered again, and they all looked sad.
If you think about it carefully, even if you try your best to defeat the powerful enemy in front of you, what will it matter? The other party is right. As time goes by, they will only face more and more parasites!
The extermination formation that the brave hero deployed with all his might was unable to suppress even the parasites here, not to mention the countless "Eclipses" in the city?
"My Lord, I know you have tried your best, but I am still powerless to save the situation."
Just when Old Booker was completely desperate, Lei Xiao's calm and unperturbed voice once again reached everyone's ears.
"Who said the magic circle I deployed was in vain?"
As Lei Xiao's powerful voice fell, a huge and extremely shining golden light beam instantly shot out from the core of the extinction array not far away, rushing straight to the top of the underground space, illuminating everywhere.
Then, smaller golden light pillars appeared in all directions of the city, like fulcrums, forming a giant, brilliant golden sky that quickly converged towards the light pillar in the center.
Wherever the giant golden sky covered, distorted wailing sounds suddenly rose and fell in the city. A large number of the infected creatures rolled on the ground with painful expressions on their faces, and the crystals on their bodies began to crack and shatter.
In front of them, many soldiers defending the city had been knocked to the ground by the opponent's unscrupulous attacks, and some even had their throats held by the opponent's sharp blades. They all seemed to be at the end of their strength. This sudden scene undoubtedly pulled all the soldiers defending the city back from the brink of death!
Not only that, there were also dense "eclipses" that exploded directly under the cover of the golden sky, turning into balls of black pus, flowing and spreading in the cracks of the cobblestone roads in the neighborhood.
Among these "erosions", a large part of them even formed giant cocoons of various colors, swallowing up the target inside, as if they were parasitizing. Now they have burst one after another, causing those targets that have not yet been successfully parasitized to slide out of the pus, with their chests still rising and falling slowly, and it is obvious that they have saved their lives.
"What a jerk! The rubbish array deployed by the ants turned out to be just the center of the array, in order to connect it with the other array fulcrums!"
The leading Centaur reacted very quickly, and his sharp and piercing voice immediately resounded through the world: "Destroy the center of the formation!"
After saying that, he no longer cared about the old Booker who was fighting, and pulled the giant bow in his hand frantically, and one energy arrow after another shot towards the core of the extinction array.
Not only the leading Centaur Devourer, but also the other nine Half-Step Level 7 Devourers and even those ordinary Level 6 Devourers, all rushed towards the core of the Extinction Array regardless of their lives.
At the core of the extinction array, a golden magic prism suspended in mid-air was shining brightly. That was the opponent's target of attack.
At the same time, Lei Xiao and the other two had appeared in front of the golden magic prism.
Just as the leader of the possessed beings said, the extermination array that Lei Xiao had just deployed was not just to suppress the possessed beings near the temple, its most important function was to serve as a giant array eye, connecting to other extermination arrays in the city.
As for the personnel to deploy other extinction formations, they are naturally the other holders of the [God's Stone] under Lei Xiao's command.
Not long ago, the reason why Jasmine did not arrive at the first time was to teleport the five teams headed by Sarah, Erza, Ye Cang, Nanxing and Nanyue, the five holders of the [God's Stone], to various places in Guanwang City to prepare for the deployment of the Extinction Array. This is also the reason why only Lei Xiao, Xuan Ji and Jasmine appeared in front of the temple.
With the protection of other sixth-level strongmen under his command, the safety of the five [God's Stone] holders and the stone elves can be guaranteed to the greatest extent.
Especially after the extremely powerful Half-Step Seventh Order Devils arrived one after another, although the threats faced by Lei Xiao and the other two increased suddenly, this also reduced the pressure on other subordinates to a great extent. Therefore, Lei Xiao gritted his teeth and held on until now, just to buy time for other subordinates.
"After the last deployment of the Extinction Array, the subordinates have become more proficient in using this magic array. The locations I chose are all those where the magic towers are densely populated in the city. With the blessing of the magic towers, plus the fact that each subordinate who holds the [God Stone] has 10 Extinction Array scrolls in his hands, this will undoubtedly maximize the effect of the Extinction Array."
Lei Xiao looked at the creatures with hideous and distorted faces who were attacking him desperately, and clenched the sword in his hand.
Although these extinction array scrolls are all at the sixth level, through previous tests in battle, I have noticed that as the number of scrolls deployed increases, the suppressive effect will also increase.
With the superimposed amplification, although the Extinction Array cannot reach the seventh level, it is not impossible to forcibly suppress a half-step seventh-level parasite!
Therefore, as long as we guard the center of the formation and make the extinction formations on other fulcrums completely connected with this place, and maximize the effect of the extinction formation, it will be enough to allow this dilapidated city and soldiers to pry the balance of victory again!
"So this is the real purpose of the brave hero. He has never given up and has indeed been fighting for the last glimmer of victory for this city that is about to be destroyed and for everyone like me!"
Old Booker also quickly discovered Lei Xiao's intention, gritted his teeth and said with tears streaming down his face: "Assist His Excellency the Brave One in guarding the center of the formation!"
After that, Booker and Curry took the brunt and rushed towards the center of the formation.
But at this moment, Lei Xiao and the other two were facing eight attacking half-step seventh-level possessed beings, as well as two centaur possessed beings supporting them from behind.
"It's too late. No one can stop us from destroying the center of the formation!"
While the extinction array has not yet been fully connected, a rain of energy arrows shot out by the leading Centaur and another Centaur has already whistled towards them!
Not only was there a rain of energy arrows, but also Amanda's giant crossbow and the other three possessed beings' sharp spells like fire storms were rushing towards Lei Xiao and the other two one after another.
For a moment, the dense arrows and the magical light all over the sky covered the sky, causing the surrounding space to collapse and shatter again, revealing the darkness in the void space. The momentum was extremely shocking.
"That's great, then let me tear the space crack bigger!"
Jasmine could no longer care about anything else. She gritted her teeth and swung her staff violently. A spatial crack like the mouth of an abyss opened rapidly, just like those demon destroyers, directing all the incoming arrows and magic attacks into the void space.
However, because the opponent's attack was too fierce and kept hitting the edge of the space crack, although Jasmine successfully resisted it, she still couldn't help but spurt out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the front half of the pink hood red. It was obvious that she had suffered a great backlash of magic power.
It's no wonder. Even if Jasmine was in her prime, she wouldn't easily try to resist the attacks of five powerful men of the same strength by herself, let alone now that her magic power is almost exhausted?
At the same time that Jasmine was trying her best to block the opponent's long-range attack, the other five melee creatures were already very close to Lei Xiao with tremendous momentum.
Lei Xiao showed no fear and protected the glittering center of the formation behind himself.
"Boy, it's time to cut you into pieces together with that rubbish array center!"
The leading fishman possessed one held a blood-stained halberd in his hand, and the other four possessed ones followed closely behind him, attacking Lei Xiao together. (End of this chapter)