Chapter 1022: Fierce Battle, Casualties and Deterrence
In fact, before setting off to rush here, Stephen York was still very nervous.
The [Immortal Snake Legion] he leads is also one of the best in its region.
Most of the areas have not yet completely formed a single dominant structure, with several legions developing side by side.
Through the [Regional Channel] and various private contacts with regional lords, the area around the [Second Era Change Catastrophic Portal] quickly formed a gang to form the first batch of lords.
Coupled with the restriction of geographical distance, all the lords who had already set off and could arrive within the first day gathered here in the portal enclosure.
About two-fifths of the lords were scattered people from various places, but Stephen and the others had unified their voice, so these people chose to blindly follow suit and let Stephen take the lead.
It is foreseeable that as time goes by, more lords will arrive in the future.
If Zong Shen wants to completely defend this place, he will have to devote a lot of resources and energy.
Wanting to occupy a "group copy" and collect tickets is not something you can take for granted.
The greedy lord will never be easily scared away by his "tyrannical" spirit.
History is always surprisingly consistent, and human nature is destined that some people will always take risks.
Facing Zong Shen's blunt question, Stephen couldn't react.
Before setting off, this guy had made countless plans in his mind and thought about many situations.
In the sky, this man riding a black dragon, who needs to look up to him, is the well-deserved first lord.
This man has accomplished many miracles in the past month or so.
There are several global banner announcements alone.
To say that there is no fear in my heart would be a lie.
Stephen's only support was this large group of lords and accompanying subjects.
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of them, so no matter how strong Zong Shen is, he will definitely not be able to deal with them.
After all, this is not the opponent's core territory, it is just a temporary enclave.
No one knows the details of Zong Shen’s defensive challenge. In many people’s opinion, the defensive challenge may involve many enemies, but it mainly relies on the defense of the territory. No one would have thought that Zong Shen would take the initiative and use various means to lure
A brutal tactic of pulling and eventually annihilating them all.
Therefore, even though Stephen was afraid in his heart, he was still confident that he could suppress Zong Shen.
After pondering for a moment, the guy answered again with the help of the magic loudspeaker.
"You are right, this place is indeed your territory."
He first acknowledged the ownership of this place, because this was indeed Zong Shen's territory. Although he didn't know how Zong Shen did it, the system prompts would not be false.
When a lord enters someone else's territory, he will see a prompt and send a request to visit.
Zong Shen didn't answer, and waited patiently for his turn.
As expected, this kid's next words exposed their true purpose.
"But...this place is also the [Demon Realm Portal] in the system announcement."
"The great lord system allows everyone to participate in hunting monsters after the portal is opened."
"So although this land is your territory, the portal in it belongs to everyone."
After Stephen York finished speaking, he unconsciously licked his dry lips. This was caused by nervousness, and his words also aroused the echo of the surrounding lords.
After singing together, the place actually became noisy again.
After receiving support, Stephen York's nervousness was relieved.
He raised his head and stared at Zong Shen, wanting to know his stance.
But Zong Shen shrugged.
"I think it's unreasonable."
"Territory represents the right of ownership, which means everything in the territory belongs to me."
Zong Mou's tone was quite calm. He mobilized his breath so that his voice was like a loud bell, rumbling and reverberating.
"That's not fair!"
"How could you do this?"
"This guy is showing contempt for us!"
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"
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The noise exploded instantly, and the lords below were shouting and roaring, venting their emotions.
They are both male and female, with all skin colors and races, and there are also many Asians with obvious "Smecta" and "Baga Yalu" appearance characteristics mixed in among them.
On the earth, these guys are divided into races and countries, but when they come to the Endless Continent, everyone has only one identity, and that is the lord.
These guys were trying to put pressure on Zong Shen. Dots of elemental auras were shining everywhere, indicating that the elemental casters hidden in the crowd were brewing magic.
In addition, through [Ace Sense], Zong Shen sensed the great malice coming from below.
At this time, Stephen York, who was in charge of speaking, slowly retreated back to his mount.
There is murderous intention hidden in the noisy crowd, and the emotions are getting out of control and violent.
"I knew this hilltop wasn't so easy to conquer."
Zong Shen sighed in his heart. He had thought about such a situation when he made the decision.
The noise below continues to ferment, like a ignited powder keg, in danger of bursting into flames at any time.
But at the next moment, Zong Shen made a decision.
"kill!"
He uttered one word indifferently and decided to establish his authority by killing.
This is a battle of interests and has nothing to do with camps or grudges.
The result of giving in will never be much better than attacking!
Instead of doing this, it is better to just kill for a while!
"Demon state!"
When he decided to take action, Zong Shen activated [Devil State].
Dark demonic power emerged from all over his body.
This caused his figure to grow rapidly, and finally turned into a big demon with a height of more than three meters, a big argali horn on his head, and broken purple wings behind him!
He flapped his purple wings, and the little black spots on his crotch swooped down.
The warriors and ultra-long-range defense arrow towers in the territory also launched an attack at the same time!
"roar!"
Xiao Heizi roared angrily, no longer able to suppress his own dragon power.
An old dragon's pressure was fully activated, and all non-friendly monsters in the field were affected by the deterrent effect.
Then it spit out dark green acid breath and sprayed putrid-smelling acid onto the ground.
The high-level warriors [Mountain Giants] were holding tree sticks in one hand and beating their stone chests with the other. Their whole bodies were shining with a silver-gray sheen, which was due to the effect of their resistant skin. They rushed towards the crowd roughly.
The powerful double resistance is enough to completely withstand most attacks below level three, which is equivalent to being immune to 80% of the attacks present.
Although there are many lords, the quality of the soldiers is not high.
Moreover, their trip was mainly for exploration and they did not go out in full force, so they suffered a big loss as soon as they met.
Joan of Arc in the position summoned her eldest cousin, and Richardson personally led the Lion Skeleton Knight and the Lion Knight to launch a coordinated charge.
Each team of wolf cavalry also advanced outwards in a hierarchical structure of brigade - squadron - squad. They formed a formation and activated the [Knife Formation Rush] skill, forming a backlash trend in a small area.
After completing his transformation, Zong Shen also joined the battle group, continuously bombarding downwards with demonic light bullets that concentrated chaotic damage in his hands.
After he transforms, he can cause tens of thousands of damage with a single blow, and whoever he hits will die.
Even a sixth-level warrior can't handle this kind of damage!
There were only sporadic counterattacks from the lords below. They were all issued by hostile lords who had prepared attacks before. These people were also Zong Shen's limited attack targets.
After half a minute of chaos, most of the lords finally came to their senses. All kinds of random attacks were fired in all directions, and the scene was once chaotic to the extreme.
The [Thunderland Wonder] in the enclosure also began to show its power, and the thunder from the sky struck down on its head and face.
It just seems a little pale in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
Moreover, after the lords launched a large-scale counterattack, Zong Shen's side also suffered obvious casualties, mainly among the wolf cavalry.
In just a short time, about one-sixth of the Wolf Cavalry Brigade was killed.
There were wailing, roaring, and chopping sounds all over the place.
The ground gradually turned red with blood.
The magical light illuminates the sky, looking like brilliant fireworks from a distance.
Zong Shen asked the strategy module to screen out the assassin leader among them, and then he used demonic light bombs to attack and kill him.
The [Magic Cannon] and scatterers erected on the city wall also launched attacks. From time to time, a magic cannonball would hit the enemy group, and beams of light would fly.
However, the attacking lords were not indifferent. Many of them set up siege crossbows and trebuchets, and the buildings in the enclosure were soon severely damaged.
Fortunately, there are various privileges and blessings, otherwise the enclosure would really not be able to withstand a few times.
The term "strength in numbers" still makes sense.
Zong Shen's single combat power is unparalleled, but without using his trump cards, it is indeed difficult to face groups of enemies.
Especially since this is not the main territory, there is not even a large defensive shield building.
So when more than one-fifth of the wolf cavalry were killed in battle, he resolutely took ruthless action.
The demon's arms covered with scales are gathering surging energy, and the [Quantum Furnace Heart] in his body is outputting energy at the highest power.
He raised his arms high and condensed a huge ball of light, with a diameter of about ten meters.
After the condensation was completed, he aimed the ball of light at the place where the crowd was the densest.
"Magic wave!"
This is the [Powerful Skill] he redeemed. The maximum coverage range can reach a radius of 500 meters. The damage is instant kill level, which is perfect for dealing with clusters of enemies.
I saw the light ball of [Magic Wave] flying quickly towards the landing point, dragging a black trajectory in the air.
Many colorful magic shields immediately appeared in the crowd near the landing point.
After more than a month of development and the redemption of several challenges, most of the lords have all kinds of fancy trump cards.
There are even more types of protective shield props and skills.
Now seeing that Zong Shen seemed to have made a big move, no one dared to neglect it.
It's a pity that their shields are pale and powerless in front of [Magic Wave]!
[Magic Wave] The ball of light landed on the ground within a fraction of a second, and the earth stood still for an instant.
Huge energy is surging, giving everyone the illusion and oppression that time has stopped.
When the energy of the light ball was completely released, a violent shock wave and energy diffusion occurred!
The black demonic energy swept toward the outside like a rapidly expanding "donut".
Sweep from a radius of ten meters to a radius of five hundred meters.
All enemies along the way were wiped out and dissipated in this blow, and countless attack messages came simultaneously.
The damage values visible to the naked eye are even denser.
This blow was so powerful that it "gnawed" a big gap in the crowd.
The sudden appearance of large-scale casualties quickly cooled down the crazy fighting spirit of the lords below.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Stephen York wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but was picked up by the little black man who swooped down.
The thick and strong dragon scales regard those powerless arrows as nothing.
The single target damage is not as high as several hundred points, and it can't even break its defense.
Zong Shen, who transformed into a demon, also has more than 100,000 health points and strong physical damage immunity. Low-level enemies are helpless against him. Only a few high-level enemies' attacks can break through the defense, and they may not be able to hit.
After all, he wouldn't just stay there and take the attack.
After the [Magic Wave] went down, the lords' offensive suddenly stalled, and both sides suffered losses.
But in comparison, Zong Shen's loss was nothing.
Zong Shen's side lost more than 300 wolf cavalrymen, and other warriors also suffered about one-fifth of the casualties.
Several sections of the city wall outside the enclosure collapsed, and about one-sixth of the defensive arrow tower was damaged. Richardson was also seriously injured.
It only took a few minutes for the fight to end like this.
There is no cover or block, one side attacks forcefully and the other forcefully defends.
But now that Zong Shen has decided to take action, he will get back double the losses from these lords!
He took out the [Time Stop Orb (Gold)] in one hand and the [Sixth Level Magic Mountain Bomb] in the other hand to start a new round of bombing operations.
This level 6 bomb is fatal to most lords and soldiers.
For them, there is no difference between thousands of points of damage and tens of thousands of points of damage, because if they get hit, they will die.
After fighting like this for another two or three minutes, Zong Shen's side defeated about a quarter of the lords' group and harvested more than 150,000 lives. Among them, the assassins among hundreds of lords were all targeted and killed.
After the strategy module locked their position, Zong Shen killed them instantly with a flash of light.
Without these brains who united and instigated, the remaining lords would be useless.
Such damage is enough to destroy their will to fight.
Although the struggle for interests is cruel, it does not make the lords abandon everything.
"Stop fighting..."
"We surrender!"
"Horrible...horrible...!"
"Damn it! My henchman was killed in battle!"
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There was a wailing sound below. After a lord raised his hands to surrender, the trend of surrender spread like a virus.
Zong Shen also ordered to stop, and only attacked and killed those red-eyed guys with precision.
Under such circumstances, both sides fought hard and retreated quickly.
Zong Shen's side won the victory, but almost a quarter of the warriors in the enclosure had been killed by now.
Such large casualties are simply unheard of.
Fortunately, none of his confidants were lost. At most, they were only injured. The overall battle damage was still within Zong Shen's acceptable range.
Under the lord privileges of [Life Guard] and [Revival Asylum], the actual casualties should be lower than estimated!