182: Chapter 182 The Undead Legion, Fighting to the Death!

One minute later.

Tian Ming, Longgu, Manniu, Blade Guard, Jackal Hunter, Chuan Yun, Tietang, Shadow, War Rhino, and Python Emperor, ten heroes gathered together.

Xu Qin looked at them, speaking at an extremely fast pace.

"Longgu, take all Bone Dragons into the air as a mobile force. Do not enter the battlefield immediately. Wait for my command."

"Tian Ming, you lead the Lich Corps to control the field from the rear, maintaining the healing coverage and slowing barrier."

"Chuan Yun, Tietang, deploy all ranged legions on the shooting high platform above the tunnel exits."

"Manniu, Blade Guard, Jackal Hunter... You three take the Stitched Bone Beasts and hold the front line."

"War Rhino, hide your Iron Rhino Charge team in the second-line tunnels. Once the enemy formation loosens, pierce straight into their back row."

"Shadow, act freely and specifically look for high-value targets."

The command was issued.

The army dispersed.

Xu Qin returned to the bone throne.

He opened his inventory.

Three hundred and eighty thousand self-detonating cannon fodder were all buried in advance in the shallow tunnels at the edge of the continent.

Fourteen thousand four hundred +120 Soul-Eater Battle Skeletons arrayed themselves on the surface.

Seventy-eight Bone Dragons took to the air, waiting for orders.

Everything was ready.

Xu Qin raised his head to look into the distance.

That shadow already occupied one-third of his entire field of vision.

Xu Qin gripped the bone emperor scepter tightly, sweat slightly beading on his forehead.

"This continent... Visually estimated to be more than a dozen times mine?"

According to previous intelligence,

a Level 3 Star Lord's territory area was over eight thousand square kilometers.

While he only had 876.6.

Nearly a tenfold area gap.

What about the force gap?

Xu Qin did not dare to think about it.

His body unconsciously began to tremble.

"This is the first time I've felt scared."

"But... being scared is useless, just do it."

...

Twenty minutes later.

Standing on the Watchtower, Xu Qin's pupils suddenly contracted.

He could finally see the enemy Star Lord's continent with his naked eyes.

"Damn."

That continent looked like it was more than eight thousand...

Visually estimated to exceed ten thousand square kilometers.

The surface of the entire floating land was covered with a grayish-black carapace-like terrain, with edges as sharp as blades.

The buildings on it were dense and endless.

Five minutes quietly passed.

Suddenly!

Rumble!!!

The two continents collided together.

The ground vibrated violently, and cracks spread to both sides from the merging line.

Clang!

[Territory collision! Territory war triggered!]

[Opponent: Level 3 Star Lord · Zelga]

The moment the opponent's shield disappeared,

Xu Qin finally saw the army over there clearly.

He saw an overwhelming, grayish-black beetle race army surging out from the edge of the opposite continent.

On the ground were dense walking insect soldiers, and in the sky were swarms of flying insects.

Xu Qin looked at the estimated enemy numbers on the command panel.

[Estimated enemy forces: 2 million+]

"Hiss... Two million?"

Xu Qin felt his scalp go numb.

It was a troop strength gap of nearly three times his own.

But he did not panic, instead commanding calmly.

"Let them in!"

"Prepare for battle!"

Rumbling!

One hundred thousand insect swarms crossed the merging line and poured into the edge of the Boundless Domain.

When the vanguard insect swarm advanced to the preset line,

Xu Qin raised his right hand.

"Kill!"

Boom boom boom boom!!!

Three hundred tunnel exits exploded simultaneously!

Three hundred thousand self-detonating skeletons surged out from underground, directly merging into the middle of the insect swarm!

The suddenly appearing army caused both sides to engage in hand-to-hand combat directly.

Then...

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!

Wraith Fury chained detonations!

Every single skeleton's death dealt 15,000 to 20,000 area true damage.

Three hundred thousand bodies squeezed into the insect swarm at the same time.

Tens of thousands of beetle soldiers were blown to pieces.

Within a radius of several hundred meters, a huge vacuum zone was directly torn open in the insect swarm.

[Friendly casualties: 12000... 43000... 87000...]

[Wraith Will triggered! Army attack power +60% (maximum reached)!]

At the same time, deep in the tunnels,

the Soul-Eater Battle Skeleton legion rushed out following them.

Fourteen thousand enhanced +120 versatile battle skeletons switched to assault mode.

[Movement speed +60%]!

Like a sharp blade, they slashed into the flank of the insect swarm!

-1572!

-1589!

-1610!

...

Coupled with the 60% Wraith Will bonus, each battle skeleton's attack power approached 1,600.

The defense of the beetle soldiers was like paper in front of this number.

In the sky, Longgu led seventy-eight Bone Dragons to dive down.

Dragon breath spewed!

Boom!!!

Large areas of flying insect swarms turned to ashes in the flames.

But that could only cause some casualties,

because more insect swarms were surging up from the rear.

Seeing the endless insect swarm,

Chuan Yun and Tietang's ranged formations opened fire.

Arrows and soul-energy projectiles intertwined into a dense firenet, reaping the front-row insect soldiers.

"Good! We can hold!"

Xu Qin looked at the battlefield situation map, his eyes lighting up!

"It's a fifty-fifty split."

On the front line,

Manniu swung his battle halberd, sweeping across the insect swarm.

-4800!

-4920!

-5150!

-5630!

...

But the insect swarm was too dense.

Dozens of elite insect soldiers pounced forward simultaneously.

-1200!

-1200!

-1200!

Manniu's health bar plummeted wildly.

He didn't even last a minute.

Clang!

[Hero "Manniu" has fallen! Returned to the Hall of Valor!]

Immediately following that,

Clang! [Hero "Blade Guard" has fallen! ...]

Clang! [Hero "Jackal Hunter" has fallen! ...]

The three front-line heroes were instantly submerged in the insect swarm.

Shadow appeared from the void,

and after killing an elite insect soldier with a single slash,

was caught in a pincer attack by three flying insects.

Its health points also plummeted wildly.

Then, the next second,

with a sliver of health, it triggered its life-saving passive, directly fleeing into the void and escaping back to the Floating City.

But not all front-line heroes couldn't hold on.

Among them, War Rhino led the Iron Rhino formation to kill out from the flank.

Eighty-six iron rhino-type Bone Beasts crashed into the back row of the insect swarm, instantly turning the insect swarm upside down.

With 14,000 health and 35% physical damage reduction, the attacks of the insect soldiers only caused a few hundred damage.

This iron rhino formation entered a realm of no one, running rampant through them.

Less than 10 minutes after the fight started, both sides entered a stalemate stage.

Xu Qin's Undead Army relied on the self-detonation build and enhanced battle skeletons to bite onto the insect swarm tenaciously.

Although battle losses were soaring,

the Undead Army simply had too many numbers.

Coupled with Longgu going wild in the air, and Tian Ming continuously casting buffs from the rear,

coordinated with the ranged firepower of Chuan Yun and Tietang,

it became the key to suppressing the insect swarm.

The battle continued like this for ten minutes, and the battle line finally stabilized.

Just as Xu Qin was thinking about how to break the deadlock, the insect swarm suddenly stopped.

The advancing insect swarm began to retreat in a uniform manner.

Seeing this, Xu Qin's eyes instantly widened.

"Huh? Want to retreat?"

It seemed that the opposing Star Lord had already sensed the terror of the self-detonation build and intended to reorganize the troops and adjust tactics.

No, if it was allowed to complete the adjustment...

Xu Qin opened the command panel and shouted out loudly.

"No chance!"

"All forces press forward! At all costs! Bite onto them fiercely!"

He opened the Hall of Valor.

[Revive hero "Manniu" ?]

[Revive hero "Blade Guard" ?]

[Revive hero "Jackal Hunter" ?]

Confirm! Confirm! Confirm!

Three beams of blue light shot out from the Hall of Valor.

Manniu, Blade Guard, and Jackal Hunter resurrected simultaneously, at full health and full status.

"Kill your way back!"

As soon as the three heroes landed, they charged directly into the insect swarm.

The Undead Army did not hesitate a single bit.

Self-detonating skeletons continued to pour out from the tunnels, rushing forward wave after wave toward the insect swarm.

Soul-Eater Battle Skeletons switched to bombardment mode, their back bone tubes continuously firing soul-energy projectiles.

Bone Dragons dived again and again, their dragon breath cleansing the ground over and over.

The insect swarm wanted to retreat, but the undead clung to them relentlessly.

You take one step back, I advance two steps.

You want to pull away the distance, I'll fill it up with my life.

Eternally loyal and devoted, the undead will fight to the death without retreat!