The lower body of the giant insect is worm-shaped, and the upper body is a giant. It has a withered face, protruding eyeballs, dirty green skin, and its whole body is covered with black hyperplastic tumors.
Its arrival makes everyone very nervous.
Rhodes was already ready to use the [Psychic Quintet], but the giant insect did not approach the sword pass. After wandering in the distance for a moment, it suddenly inserted its hands into its abdomen.
Along with a large flow of dirty green pus, the giant insect pulled out two huge bone-white swords and slashed wildly at the monsters around it.
The enraged monster fought back.
Everyone watched in stunned silence as the monsters outside Jianguan fought into a ball.
The giant insect is like a god of war, intercepting more than 80% of the black tide. It kills wantonly in the tide of monsters, and it seems to have a wonderful sense of pleasure.
The steel hand shouted ecstatically: "This is the supreme will of the Holy Fire helping us!"
Moore said: "Let the soldiers recover quickly. The damaged areas of the fortress need to be repaired. The longer the delay, the greater our hope. If an accident occurs to the reinforcement team and there is no information at Jianguan Pass, Liguang Fortress will notice it sooner or later."
These words were generally recognized, and the steel hand shouted loudly: "Brothers, get busy!"
Although Rhodes is a little regretful, at least his safety is guaranteed.
The giant insects were fighting non-stop outside the sword pass, but they showed no signs of weakening at all. Instead, they became stronger as they fought, which made everyone feel relieved but also a little worried.
But overall, they still hope that the giant insects can continue to be killed.
Even if they have to face a very strong monster in the future, they will have a chance if they use all their methods.
At least it's better than dying slowly under endless shocks.
However, when Rhodes woke up the next day, he found that the giant insect was missing.
One thousand eight hundred yards away from the sword pass, the giant insect that resisted the black tide like a reef disappeared.
The tide rushes towards Jianguan without any hindrance.
The soldiers only repaired for one day before they had to return to combat status.
The battle became even more fierce. Rhodes tried to use [Psychic Quintet] many times, but was stopped by Steel Hand.
He told Rhodes that using the psychic cannon now only stopped the black tide for a moment.
More and stronger monsters coming from behind will put more pressure on the sword pass.
The best way now is to use the stacking effect, let the psionic generator withstand the pressure, and let the fire kill the monsters.
Rhodes was anxious, but he could only follow his advice.
Black crystals are the main energy source of the psychic energy generator. Rhodes provided one hundred crystals, plus the forty crystals in stock, for a total of one hundred and forty crystals.
Now there are only a few dozen left.
Material supplies have been interrupted for a long time.
But fortunately, the psychic energy generator can directly input psychic energy, but the efficiency is much lower than that of the black crystal.
During this period, Mina and the warrior took turns inputting psychic energy into the psychic energy generator, otherwise they would not be able to survive until now.
Rhodes came to help them at Steel Hand's request. His long-lasting psychic energy greatly relieved their pressure and made Mina let out a long breath.
The steel hand uses the closed-door tactic, abandoning the city wall and only guarding the inside of the fortress.
Finally the pressure was reduced to an acceptable level.
But soon, Gangshou received accusations from Liguang Fortress, asking him why he wanted to "disable" Jianguan, and what qualifications did he have to make the decision to "disable" Jianguan?
Ask him to immediately restore the defense status of Jianguan and stop all monsters.
The steel hand was surprised and couldn't believe it. The first reply from Liguang Fortress, which had been receiving no news, was actually an accusation, without mentioning a word about reinforcements.
He immediately wrote a long reply, explaining in detail what had happened recently and the helplessness and necessity of his decision.
But just like before, he didn't receive any reply.
Day fourteen.
The psionic generator could no longer withstand it, and Mina fainted in the basement due to excessive use of psionic energy.
Maul was forced to rekindle the Guardian Fire.
The burst of fire wiped out all nearby monsters, but the range of the fire was subsequently reduced to one hundred yards.
It can only cover the fortress.
Day 15.
Maul once again inspired the Guardian Fire to deal with a group of powerful wights.
The fire range has been reduced to 60 yards.
About one-third of the fortress is outside the range of the fire.
The soldiers retreated all the way from the upper level of the fortress to the inside of the fortress.
Maul and Steelhand knew that the sword pass could no longer be defended. According to Trorian's military regulations, they could evacuate.
Steelhand quickly made all preparations and once again sent letters to Liguang Fortress, Giant Fortress, and all the strongholds in the rear.
In order to ensure the delivery of the message, Gangshou specially dispatched two warriors to deliver the message to the rear strongholds and the migrating teams.
Moore is preparing to change the guardian fire from the landing state to the off-the-ground state.
This will consume a lot of the power of the Guardian Fire.
But Rhodes provided him with a lot of phlogiston, so there is no need to worry too much about this.
What you need to worry about is that once the guardian fire leaves the ground, the loss of power will accelerate, and the ability to suppress monsters will be greatly reduced.
How to evacuate safely is a question they need to think about.
Day 16.
The psychic generator finally reached its limit, and the tree-shaped red crystals shattered and scattered all over the floor.
The Jianguan Fortress collapsed in response, with more than half of it collapsed.
However, Steel Hand had the foresight to gather all personnel in the underground emergency escape tunnel.
Moore reinstalled the guardian fire into the copper lamp, but its light was far less than the first hundred yards when it came out of the royal city.
It’s less than twenty yards, which is a distance of about sixty paces in a radius.
There were more than 100 soldiers and support staff in total, and they had to be squeezed into such a small area.
The steel hand tried his best to let the soldiers stand outside the circle, let the logistics personnel and the wounded inside the circle, and move forward along the escape channel.
The soldiers were in low spirits, many of them sobbed, and the students were also very confused.
After defending the sword pass for so long, it was lost like this?
Steel Hand wanted to say some comforting words to encourage morale, but before he could speak, he heard Rhodes say loudly:
"Don't be sad, everyone, we did not fail, we won!"
"Jiangguan was indeed lost, but we are still alive. We may not be able to come back and rebuild Jiangguan in the future. This is called saving people and losing land, but both people and land will survive."
"If the sword is closed but we die, what's the difference between it and losing it? This is called losing the land and people, and losing both people and land."
This sounds very reasonable, and no one thought that they could think in this direction.
Many people suddenly felt much better.
At this time, Rhodes was heard to say again: "We are not running away. We have tried our best and fought to the last moment. At this time, it is the wisest choice to make a strategic shift."
"With time, we may not be able to become stronger, and we may not be unable to have a new fire bearer appear. Maybe he just happens to be the great savior?"
"We can keep it useful so that we can kill more monsters in the future. This is called a spark that can start a prairie fire."
At this moment, something hot seemed to rise up in the steel hand's eyes. Many people burst into tears and many others laughed.
And among the crying and laughter, someone suddenly shouted:
"Burn my body and sweep away the darkness."
The neat shouts echoed in the escape tunnel.
A support worker cried: "Mom, I want to ignite the fire of my soul, I want to be a combatant."
The steel hand couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't realize that fair and tender Rhodes actually has the demeanor of a legion commander. I wish I had been born thirty years earlier. I really want to be a soldier under you."
Moll rubbed his chin, thinking about what would happen after returning.
The flames of war reignited in the students' eyes, and they secretly thought that they must train harder and become stronger as soon as possible after returning.
Raistlin and the other three rushed up and hugged Rhodes.
Raistlin's face flushed: "Rhodes, I didn't expect you to be such a wise person!"
Egger banged his knee: "Why didn't I think of it! Why didn't I think of it!"
Caramon hugged him and cried: "Oh, oh, oh, oh, I don't want a girlfriend anymore, I want to train!"
"Okay, okay!"
Rhodes pushed Caramon away in disgust, this guy always smeared his nose on him.
"Don't be too happy too early. We still have to find a way to go back. Where is the end of this passage?"
The steel hand smiled and said: "It's safer on the east side of the Death Mountain Mountains, near the Everglades."
Rhodes can relax, as long as he is safe.
All his supplies were exhausted, not a single true silver bullet or thunder stone was left, and the last seven spirit-sealing bullets were left, which were packed in the spirit gun.
All the summons have been used up, leaving only the last two wooden puppets and the phantom whistle.
Now that Rhodes has little fighting power, it is important to return to the royal city as soon as possible.
His strength has increased dramatically this time, and it's time to digest it firmly.
If he can master more combat skills, his combat effectiveness will leap to another level.
While Rhodes was thinking, he followed Steel Hand out of the escape route.