Chapter 666 An unexpectedly powerful enemy (Part 2)
In the very center of the battlefield, the eldest prince suffered slight losses of heavy cavalry and assault cavalry. The second round of charge launched by the eldest prince was already within easy reach of the second prince's front army and the light cavalry on the left.
Facing an opponent that was as unstoppable as a rolling torrent, the light cavalry, which had long been in disarray, could not organize an effective resistance. Many soldiers even fell to the ground uncontrollably because their horses were frightened.
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Those who were barely able to control the horse were just pulling on the reins in vain, their pupils gradually dilating, full of fear and panic.
The battle flags of these light cavalry, which symbolized honor, had long been broken and trampled to pieces, just like their formations that were riddled with holes.
On the other side of the battlefield, the second prince's right-wing cavalry, which was blocked by the swamp, was completely defeated by the eldest prince's left and right cavalry.
After the initial rain of arrows, the soldiers on both sides of the eldest prince continued to attack the soldiers of the second prince who did not fall into the swamp. As for those who fell into the quagmire, they were greeted by bows and arrows.
After several rounds of charges, the Second Prince's soldiers around the swamp, except for a few who were lucky enough to escape, left only corpses on the ground and wounded soldiers wailing in pain on the ground.
"Lord, the three thousand light cavalry on the second prince's right wing have been completely defeated, and the seven thousand people on the front army and left wing may not be able to hold on much longer."
Bert's old eyes narrowed slightly, and he bowed to Lei Xiao and said: "In this situation of absolute disadvantage, the mysterious commander of the second prince's force should also take new actions."
"The Second Prince's force still has 10,000 people. The ratio of light cavalry, assault cavalry, and heavy cavalry is about 5:3:2. If the most elite heavy cavalry troops are sent out, some of the decline may be restored."
Ju Bai nodded thoughtfully, and then echoed: "Coupled with the powerful magician who can use the barrier wind spell, even if the wind wall cannot be released continuously, as long as it is used properly next time, it will be enough to deal with the big enemy.
The prince's cavalry caused considerable psychological pressure."
"That makes sense."
Lei Xiao looked at the middle and rear armies of the Second Prince's camp that were still slowly advancing, and said in deep thought: "However, if the mysterious commander was just acting on a routine basis, he should have started taking action at the moment when the decline appeared, and other
So far, there is still no movement, which is a bit puzzling.”
"My lord, you are right. As the saying goes, the fighter plane disappears in an instant. What on earth is the mysterious commander thinking?"
Ariel tilted her head, her eyebrows furrowed and she thought: "Could it be that the mysterious commander of the Second Prince Brother is planning some unconventional response method?"
"It's very possible."
Looking at the hazy center of the Second Prince's camp, Lei Xiao said slowly: "And, if it is not what I expected, it may be a thunderbolt method that is enough to turn the tide of the battle again. This makes it seem to be easy and skillful.
A state of calmness."
"Currently, the cavalry on the prince's side is in full swing, and the losses are relatively minor. In addition, the illusion master Jin Wen is in charge, and the commander is still the White Knight, a powerful national-level warrior..."
Bert frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and said: "It is simply unimaginable that the mysterious commander who commands the Second Prince's forces can actually make a comeback."
"Judging from the means of severely injuring the Great Prince's Magic Knight from the beginning, this mysterious commander is indeed extraordinary."
Ju Bai gently stroked a strand of black hair hanging by his ear, and said thoughtfully: "Just like what the lord said, it is indeed a bit puzzling that such a person did not react immediately to the decline."
"So, the mysterious commander is indeed planning some kind of trick."
Following Lei Xiao's line of sight, Ariel also stared closely at the mist-filled center of the Second Prince's forces. She frowned even more and said: "It looks so unpredictable, which always gives people a bad feeling."
Just when Ariel finished speaking, something happened.
The sky, which was originally clear and clear, suddenly became stormy and cloudy, and black mist gathered.
In the blink of an eye, the two suns in the sky had long disappeared.
Instead, there was a large thick black haze, as if it had instantly transformed from day to night.
For a moment, even the blood-filled air around him seemed to have suddenly solidified, making people almost breathless and causing a great sense of oppression to arise spontaneously from the bottom of his heart.
Feeling this abnormal change, Lei Xiao's expression became stern, he tightened his invisibility cloak tightly and looked around.
I saw the thick black mist, just like the top of Mount Tai, filling the air directly above the battlefield.
Although it is not to the point where you can't see your fingers, it still greatly affects the visibility of the battlefield.
"Eye of Holy Light!"
At Lei Xiao's signal, Ju Bai immediately cast this auxiliary spell that could obtain night vision effects.
As a rare advanced profession of Holy Light Priest, Ju Bai's control over this auxiliary spell has already reached the level of proficiency.
Auxiliary spells rarely generate energy fluctuations, and the energy flow on the battlefield is extremely chaotic.
Therefore, Lei Xiao, standing on the top of the mountain, naturally does not have to worry about being noticed by others on the battlefield.
Under the dual blessing of "Pupilla of Holy Light" and "Pupilla of Star", Lei Xiao noticed.
This sudden change caused an uproar on the battlefield.
In addition to the increasingly chaotic camp of the second prince, the eldest prince's originally well-organized cavalry also showed signs of slackening.
Many of the charging light and heavy cavalry even tightened their reins subconsciously, slowed down their advance, and looked at the sky in panic.
For a time, a sense of uneasiness began to quietly spread on the battlefield.
However, under the shouts of their respective commanders, the scattered formations quickly recovered a little.
"This is obviously not a sky illusion. Is it a precursor to some kind of magic?"
Seeing the surroundings suddenly darken, Xiaoya on the side couldn't help but blurt out something.
Judging from her somewhat rapid breathing, it was obvious that she had also been under considerable pressure just now.
"Indeed, the energy particles in the air are flowing and becoming more and more chaotic."
Lei Xiao took a deep breath and stared at the battle situation down the mountain.
After being promoted to a double fourth level expert, Lei Xiao's perception ability has been qualitatively improved compared to before.
"Lord, my subordinates know what kind of spell this is a precursor to."
I saw Lina, who was from the Mandela clan, the leaves on her head rarely trembled, and her wheat-colored face was full of surprise and she said: "It's the "Man Controller"! And the strength is extremely terrifying!"
"'Man Controller'? So, this is a sign that the necromancers are launching necromancy?"
Lei Xiao looked surprised and asked Lina.
"Back to Lord, this is exactly it. These black mist are the embodiment of death energy!"
The leaves above Lina's head were still trembling, and she swallowed involuntarily and said: "The death aura on the battlefield is already extremely strong, and those who can mobilize such momentum are probably almost as strong as their teachers.
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"oh?"
The surprise on Lei Xiao's face began to become more and more obvious.
According to Lina, her teacher Fleming Ken was one of the nine dragon-slaying heroes back then, and was a fifth-level seven-star with extremely good strength.
From this, it is not difficult to deduce that the strength of this sudden "man-controller" necromancer is very likely to be close to, or has reached the level of a fifth-level, five-star or above senior expert.
"A fifth-level senior powerhouse? This is much stronger than Huzhang and Hongye. How come it suddenly appears here?"
Astonished, Lei Xiao's brain began to work rapidly.
Analyzing the current situation, it is impossible to launch such a spell that disrupts both the enemy and ourselves when the prince's power already has an absolute advantage.
In this case, there is only one possibility left.
"Is this the second prince's method to reverse his disadvantage? I didn't expect that there is a fifth-level strongman hidden in his camp, and he is also an extremely troublesome necromancer. Where did such a guy come from?"
Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Orange's voice of surprise suddenly rang out: "A fifth-level necromancer? There is no such person among the famous fifth-level strong men in the human nations. Is it possible that he is the same as Fleming?"
The same, they are all powerful men in hiding?"
"This is the only possibility."
Lei Xiao nodded, a look of solemnity appeared on his face.
Before this, I had collected a lot of information about the fifth-level powerhouses from the human nations.
Not only those who are loyal to the royal families of various countries, but also the fifth-level powerhouses including the Temple of Light, the Mercenary Guild, the Alchemist Guild and other neutral organizations, have conducted detailed investigations themselves.
Among them, there is indeed no fifth-level necromancer.
"After careful comparison, I found that the black-robed man No. 7 and black-robed man No. 9 I encountered before also do not meet the characteristics of any known fifth-level powerhouse. They can gather so many hidden powerhouses for them.
Efficacy, this is the real terrifying thing about the mysterious organization."
Lei Xiao's mouth opened slightly, and he slowly took a deep breath of the bloody air again.
"Originally, a white knight is troublesome enough, but I didn't expect that a fifth-level necromancer with terrifying strength would appear out of nowhere in the second prince's camp."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao's eyes moved and he found that all the main force and subordinates beside him were also shocked, staring at the battle situation down the mountain.
His eyes returned to the crowded battlefield, and Lei Xiao noticed.
As the dark clouds became thicker, more and more horses on the prince's side, which had an absolute advantage, began to disobey the cavalry, causing the pace of the battlefield to slow down significantly.
Although the second prince's camp was still extremely chaotic, it had a chance to breathe.
And all this is just the beginning.
Without any warning, a vast black death energy visible to the naked eye suddenly surged out from the camp of the Second Prince's army and spread rapidly.
On the huge battlefield, wherever the vast black death energy touched, the lifeless soldiers and horses were completely shrouded in a thick black mist.
For a moment, the battlefield was filled with unsettling black fog.
The extremely strong death energy itself caused some soldiers with fragile hearts to lose all morale, and even their bodies began to tremble.
"Lord, that "Man Controller" is about to start summoning undead in large quantities."
Lina's wheat-colored little face was filled with a solemn look, and she said: "For the "Man Controller", the soldiers who have just died in battle are obviously the best material for skeleton warriors!"
"Is it finally starting?"
Under the protection of the energy barrier of knotweed and Hongye, Lei Xiao would naturally not be affected by the death energy in any way, and nodded slowly.
The other main subordinates around Lei Xiao are also within the effective range of the energy barrier of the two fifth-level powerhouses, so there is no need to worry.
Sure enough, not long after Lina's clear voice fell.
The real change begins.
One by one, the white skeleton soldiers began to scramble to break free from the black mist. The mandibles moved up and down, as if they were struggling to break out of the cocoon. The scene was extremely suffocating.
After the transformation was completely completed, these skeleton soldiers, who moved at the same speed as ordinary people, began to quickly assemble with weapons and shields in hand, and then formed an orderly array.
I saw that the undead were moving in unison. Many skeletons' blood-stained armors were damaged, exposing their ribs. Others had more or less arrows inserted into their armors.
Some skeletons without helmets had exposed skulls, and even the cracks in the bones that had been deformed and sunken due to heavy injuries in the battle could be seen.
The light cavalrymen who had just been killed mounted their skeleton horses again and clenched the blood-stained lances in their hands.
The few skeleton flag-bearers also raised the broken battle flag again with expressionless faces, as if they were rediscovering the glory of the warriors.
All in all, on the battlefield below the mountain top, the majestic scene of densely packed skeletal soldiers climbing up from the black mist and then gathering together is quite shocking.
Not long after, including the soldiers who had died during the previous attack and defense of the camp, a neat army formation composed of various types of skeleton infantry in the front, middle and rear, with skeleton cavalry on both wings, appeared in front of everyone.
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Judging from the number, this army of skeleton soldiers has obviously reached a scale of ten thousand people.
"Is this the strength of a fifth-level necromancer? In an instant, he summoned a legion-sized army of necromancers."
Looking at this disgusting yet shocking scene, Lei Xiao's throat rolled and he swallowed again.
As a fourth-level powerhouse, even if he were like this, if ordinary soldiers saw this scene, it would probably be a fatal blow to their morale.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao's eyes moved and refocused on the soldiers who had almost stopped in the center of the battlefield.
The light cavalrymen, who were only wearing ordinary semi-enclosed battle helmets, were shocked and speechless by the scene of the undead gathering.
The other group were heavy cavalry and assault cavalry wearing fully enclosed helmets. Although their expressions could not be seen clearly, judging from their sluggish movements, they were undoubtedly no less surprised than the former.
At this moment, the undead army's charge began.
The white hand bones grasped the blood-stained sharp blade and pointed it directly at the stunned soldiers of the great prince's force.