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Chapter 377: Hybrid? Bloody Earthshaker

"When did such an army hide in Xiaoqiu County?" Although the sudden appearance of reinforcements was a good thing, Horn and Madeline clearly saw that the newly appeared Deep Pool team was obviously not the previous Deep Pool. Not to mention anything else, the number of people did not match. The number of the new "Deep Pool" and the Deep Pool troops was almost catching up with the Infected Legion, and their equipment was also better.

The most important thing is that the number of infected people among them is very small, and the bloodthirstiness of the blood-colored monsters has increased visibly. The first load-bearing column of the ten-meter-high temporary fortification broke after the 30th impact, and the foundation was shaken, followed by the inevitable appearance of a gap in the defense line.

The material shell collapsed like thunder, paving the way for the blood-colored monster to climb up. At the same time, as if it had found the key point to break through the defense line, the blood-colored monster seemed to have received guidance and began to divert its attention to the internal fortification structure exposed below.

"Masters, retreat! The second and fourth combat teams will withdraw from the defense line to support the battlefield below... Resting teams, take over!"

The purple sea of ​​fire fell along with the sound of "deep pool". It was much deeper than the bright flame of Lavshini, but the impact was more violent. Before she put down the tip of the gun in her hand, the gap drawn by the purple flame blocked more than 90% of the blood-colored monsters. She stood there.

But even as powerful as she was, it was impossible for her to fight against the waves of enemies with high intensity all the time. Under the flames that were slightly weakened, the burned monsters were often able to stand up. This made her feel powerless for the first time - her dead fire was originally ignited to drive the dead to stand up from the earth again, and she had tried it before. Without her active consumption of energy, the dead fire could not make the fallen blood-colored monsters fight for her, and the energy consumed by driving the monsters was not as much as her energy consumed by spreading a sea of ​​fire.

In this regard, she is indeed not as good as her naive sister. The reason why she is able to suppress Lavishini more now is because her attainments in magic are higher than Lavishini.

But energy is not unlimited, especially when trying to fight the tide of war.

In history, the most powerful people who could defeat an army head-on...

"The Witch King in the high tower... He is indeed a mountain that every sorcerer can hardly look up to." The red dragon had to stop casting spells. She couldn't exhaust her energy here. While she was gasping for breath, a tide of blood rushed up again with the afterglow of dead fire.

"Warriors of the Deep Pool, the enemy can already see our exhausted tail. Step on their corpses and win back victory for the Red Dragon!" The "Singer" stood on the magician's platform, exerted his Originium skills with all his might, and then jumped off the platform. The shield guard formation of the Deep Pool's companions shouted in a low voice, and all worked together to push the rushing blood-colored monster off the position.

On the battlefield below, Cello roared and chopped a bloody monster in half with a heavy axe. However, the latter's tenacious vitality forced it to still try to pounce on and infect this powerful non-infected person. Cello turned around and swung his axe to sweep it out of the gap in the fortifications.

Lappland, holding a sword in one hand and stepping on the wolf soul, shuttled through another group of blood-red monsters that were blocking a loophole in the fortifications. Her main task was to attract their attention and behead some unlucky individuals directly. Following her, the next thing she killed was the terrifying weapon in Bagpipe's hand.

"Lappland, wait! It's too dangerous over there!" Vaifan completely destroyed the head of the sixth blood-red monster that rushed into the fortifications, and activated the barrel device of the city-breaking spear. The powerful firepower even shook the fortifications, which made Mandolin, who followed her, worry whether she would cause more serious damage than the blood-red monster.

The white-haired Rupert did not answer. Amid the splatter of blood and bones, she was greedily seeking a breakthrough.

It’s not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough… Both she and he have surpassed her. What exactly created such a huge gap between them? After following him all the way, she knew the reasons why he became stronger, but this couldn’t be the reason for her to become stronger. She had to force herself to move forward and challenge him again.

The white sword flashed with a sword light, and Lappland unconsciously put on a crazy smile again. Behind her, the third wolf soul emerged. Its body trembled slightly under the added burden, but it persisted. The three wolf souls gathered at the tip of her sword, piercing through and tearing into pieces the several blood-red monsters blocking the gap in the fortifications like cutting butter. The howling wolf souls did not stop, biting and knocking over large groups of blood-red monsters along the way. For a moment, a blank ground was exposed on the battlefield below.

Lappland stood in front of the gap. The bloody monster bared its fangs, hesitated for a moment, and chose another breakthrough point.

This fortification hole is safe for the time being.

A hand pressed down her shoulders, which were shaking from the overload. She could barely stand and instinctively raised her sword, but someone came to hold her down and without explanation, picked her up and handed her to Fengpi.

"It's hard to pick up a sword after dying in the blood tide. Please consider whether I can do it."

Ling Dengxian complained as he pulled out the big sword from behind. The heavy feel of his hand helped him dispel some of his fatigue. The Horn sword was indeed useful, and he was even tempted to buy it.

But reason told him that the Stormtroopers' stuff must not be cheap, and the evidence was the city-breaking spear that Bagpipe gave him.

"Flute, leave this to me. Send her back to the rear to rest. I have one last dose of mineral sickness inhibitor left. Give it to her."

"Xiao Xian, do what you can." Fengpi nodded, and looked at the blood-colored monsters surrounding and trying to attack again, with a trace of worry, "I'll be back to help you soon."

"Don't worry, I can hold on until the magicians repair the fortifications." He took the initiative to walk out of the defensive position. During the time when Bai Yan was unavailable, he had become accustomed to fighting with injuries and had also changed some of his combat styles, especially how to avoid injuries.

The blood tide seemed to slow down, and he seemed to have returned to the ice field under the moon. The mysterious chill turned from virtual to real, and with one sword he crushed the blood enemy from his memory!

"A sword of frost!"

The heavy greatsword and the dual sword stances, different stances, the same sword momentum, the former is like an endless blizzard, the latter is like a cold night about to dawn, but in terms of the result, the enemies will be shattered like ice frozen in a frozen river.

Rupert watched him fight with all his might, and the fatigue in his eyes could no longer be concealed. The pain and exhaustion brought by the mineral disease in her veins made her need some rest to recover.

Fengdi held her and ran quickly to the rear camp where the captain was, no longer looking back at Ling Dengxian. She finally clearly confirmed one thing: the down-and-out boy who needed her protection at the beginning could really stand on his own.

……

"Rafushini, have you never imagined a losing outcome in this battle?"

No one could clearly see what was happening at the highest point of the magician's platform, which controlled the overall situation, and this also gave the Red Dragon sisters room to talk.

"... Lieutenant Madeline has considered this. We were at a disadvantage from the beginning." The pale-faced Ravshini was still recovering. She was infected with oripathy. Normally, as a Drake, her physique could easily resist oripathy, but at this moment, pain was taking advantage of the opportunity.

"I've also thought about whether it would be better if you were here, but..."

"Oh? My dear sister, you seem to have finally gained a little confidence?" Her sister looked at her teasingly, narrowing her eyes slightly, with danger and joy dissipating at the same time. Rafshini used to be extremely afraid of her expression, but now, she felt that maybe it was no big deal.

"Even with you and your team, we're still far outnumbered by the Blood Tide."

"The fact that we still have the energy to talk right now is due to a tactical plan the bloody monsters lack. The moment the fortifications completely collapse, that's when the outcome of this battle will be decided."

"And now it seems that the failure of this battle is only a matter of time." The red dragon that drives the dead fire is actually not having an easy time. She once again releases a large sea of ​​fire, and the monsters are less affected than last time.

"...When the war situation turns bad, we will seek help from the nearest Duke's army outside - this is a defensive battle from the beginning, and it is obvious that this time we really cannot rely on the existing forces to defeat the blood tide." Rafushini said a lot, as if she wanted to show something to her twin blood relative.

"wrong."

"……what?"

"You were wrong from the very beginning," the red dragon said coldly, spewing deadly fire. "My naive sister, do you really think that a warband with no training, no equipment, and even insufficient numbers can resolve this crisis on its own?"

"From the very beginning, you should have started contacting the outside world."

"... yes."

"What?" Draco didn't hear his sister's dry words clearly.

Ravshini spoke with difficulty: "We know... we have known since the beginning. We have tried."

The red dragon, burning with purple flames, immediately realized the terrifying possibility: "Could it be..."

"That blood mist... I don't know how it blocked our transmission to the outside world. We are completely trapped in this area."

My sister immediately stopped casting the spell, and the blood-colored monster charged again. On the battlefield, Deep Pool's companions, the Shield Guard and Shadow Blade, began to fight it with all their might.

"elder sister?"

"It's time to break out. Our cause cannot stop here. There is at least one high-speed battleship heading towards Xiaoqiu County, but I don't know when it will arrive... Come with me, Tara still needs us."

"Sister, are you going to abandon them?" Ravshini forcibly broke free from her hand when she realized what she was saying.

"We can't put our hopes in the hands of others." The person in front of Rafshini had purple flames in his eyes, as if she had just casually placed a chess piece.

"...Since help is very likely nearby, why wouldn't you want to take a chance?"

"Hope? Fight?" The red dragon that breathed deathly fire smiled, pointing its jade finger at the blood-red battlefield. Soldiers buying time to repair fortifications were engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the blood-red monsters. Her gaze was deep, "Like reeds falling before a storm?"

"Love Brana!"

"Lafushini, honestly, I was quite happy. I thought you'd grown a lot during this journey." The red dragon, addressed by its name, sighed. "Is it the hope that your new friend has brought you?"

"If we were just ordinary sisters, I wouldn't have a problem with him being your partner, even if we were Draco."

"Sister! You--" Ravshini angrily accused her of gossiping.

"It doesn't matter. Whether you're just a source of entertainment or a friend who brings 'hope', it's all the same," Abrana soothed. Then, her eyes narrowed slightly, her breath cold, "But we are Tara's Red Dragon."

"How can a mortal with such a shallow understanding of death understand our mission?"

"……go back."

"Take back all those arrogant words you said!" Ravshini lit a bright flame and glared at him.

Before the Red Dragon sisters could reach a conclusion in their argument, a sudden change in the war broke out.

The shaking that had been going on since the beginning of the battle suddenly intensified, creating a huge crack in the fortifications that could not be ignored. The Blood Tide, the Infected Legion, and the Deep Pool Troops were all knocked to the ground by the earthquake. Then, an extremely large claw broke through the ground, bringing up a large amount of soil and bloody monsters that fell from the air. Before their flesh and blood hit the ground, they were wrapped around and absorbed by the slender tentacles that swung out from the ground.

As the soil and rocks on the ground shattered, a huge blood-red Earthshaker from the Sorcerer Tower with a head height of more than 18 meters climbed onto the ground. The moment it appeared, it announced the end of the fortifications.

Hybrid? Crimson Earthshaker, its size is larger than that of ordinary Crimson Earthshaker, but its body coordination, agility and physical strength are far inferior to those of the real Crimson Earthshaker. However, in terms of siege and capture, its huge body is indeed more advantageous than that of ordinary Crimson Earthshaker.

This war machine roared towards Changquan Town, shaking the entire area.