Chapter 602: Chapter 368: Fourth-order Strongmen as Numerous as Rain (4K)_2
One-on-one, they had the ability to obliterate a large-scale war machine and could easily eradicate a mass of monsters.
It's just that there were more monsters.
The Fourth-order Bosses within the monster tide were far more than just a few dozen or hundreds in number.
These high-order monsters, using the war machines as cover, had successively appeared and were approaching with an overwhelming momentum.
"Use: Thousand Prism Large Reflection!"
A barrier constructed from countless mirrors took shape in an instant, confronting the beams of light bombarding from the east, south, west, and north.
The land was fighting, and Tianyuan City was shaking.
The Mirrorlight Barrier stopped and reflected the beams. These blood lights obliterated a large number of monsters near the city walls, but more monsters soon swarmed forward, and the large war machines in the distance were pressing closer, causing the water-blue light that covered the city to ripple violently, as if it could shatter at any moment.
"Crack——"
In a certain area, a high-order monster holding a Breaking Boundary Stone imprinted its entire body onto the barrier.
Even as its body disintegrated, it still bore a fierce grin. Cracks rapidly spread outward from it, reaching all directions.
The entire Mirrorlight Barrier grew dimmer.
"We can't hold it, we simply can't hold it."
An Elder Elf had just breathed a sigh of relief when the cracking sound, like a death knell, exploded next to his ear.
The barrier rumored to be able to withstand the Legendary Realm for a while seemed like it might not even hold for a moment longer.
Mu Yuan was well aware that this was the power of the monster tide and the monstrous war machines.
Tianyuan City was also much larger than Wolf Head Mountain.
The Mirrorlight Barrier was under constant tremendous pressure, and because the city walls were too long, it was unable to prevent high-order monsters from using Breaking Boundary Stones.
"Continue to use the skill: Vines and Myriad Woods."
Mu Yuan, as the Lord, controlled the Staff of Divine Right structure and deployed the second type of defensive large-scale magic, setting the range of use to two meters outside the city walls of Tianyuan City.
Specks of green light fell from the sky like rain, snowflakes, and seeds, landing on the ground.
The earth shook more fiercely, and the ground swelled up like waves.
Pfft——
Deep green roots broke through the soil, instantly lifting the nearby monsters into midair.
Quickly, outside the Black Rock City Wall, a deep green wall made of interwoven vines and woods was rapidly erected, standing tall on the earth.
The roots rooted deeply, drawing on Earth's Force and using the corpses of surrounding monsters as nutrients, continuously regenerating.
The monsters gnawed, but the roots regenerated.
The wall of roots was not dense, and truly speaking, it was far from capable of stopping the tide. In terms of defensive power, it was much weaker than the Mirrorlight Barrier.
However, it could at least attract some of the monsters' attention and relieve pressure on the defending forces.
It could also absorb the corpses of a large number of monsters to prevent them from piling up into a slope.
It could take deep root in the ground, preventing burrowing monsters from crossing the defense line underground and breaking into Tianyuan City.
More importantly, it could...
The ten-plus meter tall deep green roots suddenly grew again, swelling as they transformed into a tree. Numerous vines fell from the tree, wrapping around each monster, grinding them to pieces, draining them dry, and then growing once more.
This move was the signature of the Tianyuan Territory's Treeman Troops.
Sustaining warfare through battle.
In the defense of Wolf Head Mountain, the impact of the Treeman Troops was effective yet hardly noticeable. But this time, not only did the Treemen prepare the battlefield early and root deeply into the ground, the Lord also used a large-scale magic to lend them the strength of an entire tree.
In the depths of the Treeman Forest, ancient trees roared to life.
The entire forest was roaring.
"This time it's our turn, we Treemen, to prove ourselves!"
"We, the Treeman Troops of Tianyuan Territory, are one of only three Trump Card legions; we are also a Trump Card!"
"We will not allow monsters to defile the land of Tianyuan Territory!"
The roars of the Treemen could not be heard by the defending army.
But Elves and Giants could see that more and more trees were growing and spreading out, striving to form a lush forest outside Tianyuan City.
Even as they were shooting, they had to move and choose areas not obstructed by the forest.
Some high-order monsters were even seized by the roots, skewered, and drained on the spot.
"Is this the backup that Tianyuan Territory had prepared?!"
The Giants widened their eyes in astonishment.
Moments ago the situation had been perilous, but as the tree boundary formed, the crisis was immediately alleviated.
Many of them had initially grumbled about helping humans defend the city, but now they understood that if it hadn't been for the layers upon layers of defensive measures set up by humans, they would have long perished in the mouths of monsters.
Humans, indeed, are the race known for their proficiency in defensive warfare.
The elves' eyes widened with shock.
After all...
It was a tree, indeed a tree!
Even though they were elves, the favored of nature, they were simply incapable of creating an enchantment of giant trees on such a scale.
They even doubted whether they were true elves.
Could it be that the true stewards of nature are the humans?
The elves didn't dwell too long on their self-doubt, after all, the war was still ongoing, and the crisis was far from over.
There were blood giants acting as artillery, whose bursts of bloody light could annihilate a large swath of sturdy giant trees;
There were snake person aggregations over a hundred meters in size, advancing with an overwhelming presence;
The entire frontline was as precarious as a stack of eggs.
"Whoosh—"
A human strongman stood on a sniper's watchtower, drawing his war bow, but the bow lacked a string.
As the elf archers beside him were puzzled, they saw ripples forming in the surrounding space, and one, two, three... a total of nine arrows, each of at least Rare Rank, appeared on the bowstring.
The Nine-Star Consecutive Arrows were shot out fiercely.
This was too extravagant!
Yet the battle outcome was remarkable, as these arrows seemed to travel through space, bypassing obstructing monsters and precisely piercing through the blood-flesh artillery giant's eyes, mouth, abdominal maw, and other nine critical spots, all exploding simultaneously.
The blood-flesh artillery giant burst open like an overinflated balloon, exploding with a boom.
More and more arrows, sparkling with starlight, were shot out!
Only a few of these arrows were shot from the watchtowers of South City's defense line; most of them came from within the city, cutting through the azure sky and tearing through the air with sharp whistles.
Their shooting range was extremely far, at least three to four kilometers.
Their arrows were very expensive, as hundreds of Rare-Level Feather Arrows were shot out in just a short period of time.
Their archery skills were even more exquisite and profound, making the elf shooters feel ashamed in comparison.
All of these... were top-tier archers, super archers! And there were at least several, perhaps dozens!
So Tianyuan City's most famous warriors were archers?
The unleashing of the Arrow of Polar Star managed to halt some of the blood-flesh artillery giants.
But at the same time, giant war mechanisms like the snake person aggregation and the blood-colored war elephants had already moved up to the edge of the tree enchantment, engaging in close combat with countless giant trees and vines.
Rip—
A large number of giant trees were uprooted.
These trees, twenty or thirty, perhaps forty meters tall, were minuscule in front of the war machines, like blades of grass.
"Roar!"
A giant roared, its body swelling larger and larger, transforming into a 'little giant' about twenty to thirty meters tall, and with a fierce movement, it grabbed a blood elephant, toppling it over.
An elf hunter weaved through the crashing giant palms of the snake person aggregation, mustering all his strength for a strike that finally severed a long snake arm. However, there were still more than a dozen snake arms like that on the large aggregation.
The moment they joined the fight, they found themselves at an absolute disadvantage.
And high-order monsters were emerging from the shadows of the war machines.
Tingling!
A Ghost Leader appeared, wielding bell-like equipment and trapping a Fourth-order Boss with an Illusion Technique. At the same time, it brandished a Ghost's Claw burning with a ghastly black flame, extinguishing the dazed Fourth-order Boss.
Several Ghost Leaders appeared one after another.
Suppress!
'Bone Two' stepped forward, one hand holding the Deathremains Territory, with white bone wings spread out behind. It approached the immobilized snake person aggregation, and with a sweep of its white bone greatsword, the tough snake arms thudded to the ground.
It drew out a hundred-meter-long black Sword Light, cleaving the snake person aggregation in two from above.
Roar!
A Giant Dragon Swordsman roared, transforming into a giant dragon mid-air, descending upon the battlefield.
A Fearless War Handsome proudly raised a massive shield, supporting a towering golden barrier.
Lord Han Shuang stood at the tip of the castle, as solitary and cold as the snow, conjuring a frigid wave that enveloped heaven and earth.
At this moment, one after another, the powerful figures of Tianyuan Territory made their entrance.
As numerous as rain clouds.