225: Battle against the Ice Soul Demon Bear

Following the command, nearly a thousand Dragon Knights, who had been spread out in a fan shape, individually turned their dragon heads and instantly teleported back to Huang Chen's vicinity.

The moment the Dragon Rider Army finished assembling, the ground began to tremble.

Huang Chen and Tie Shengnan focused their gaze, only to see a white torrent sweeping toward them from the northwestern horizon, followed by... Boom! Boom! Rumble!

The entire Fengling Plateau seemed to come alive. Everywhere they looked, whether it was the flat snowfield or the sloping snow hill... countless snow spots suddenly burst open, and snow waves formed by the white Ice Soul Demon Bears shot into the sky, surging directly toward the Dragon Rider Legion.

"Ha! We've been surrounded!"

Huang Chen said to Tie Shengnan with a slight smile, "Let's test if we can fight them first. If we can't win, I'll take you all and run."

The difference in strength between the two sides was simply too great, and the number of Demon Bears was dozens of times that of the Dragon Rider Army. Huang Chen was unsure if the Dragon Rider Army could hold out.

"Mn!" Tie Shengnan nodded, her expression solemn.

Subsequently, commands appeared like snowflakes on the command panel.

[Tie Shengnan: Centering on the Guild Master, form a circular array with 30 layers and a radius of 300 meters... Earth Element Users occupy the outer fifteen rings, Fire Element Users the inner fifteen rings, leaving the center empty for those whose protective shields are broken to teleport into...]

[Guild Master, you and Old Six help defend against the Demon Bear charges coming from the northwest. That side has the most Demon Bears.]

[Lan Ling, you help defend against the Demon Bears coming from the east...]

[I will guard the south...]

[Each ten-person squad, focus your skills on a single coordinate point!]

As soon as the message was sent, Tie Shengnan pointed her mist shadow spear forward and shouted loudly, "Prepare to engage the enemy! Start stacking skills now!!"

Huang Chen looked at Tie Shengnan's arrangements and nodded silently. The Ice Soul Demon Bear is a monster with extremely high impact force and extremely high defense.

If they used indiscriminate skill attacks, like when leveling up normally, they might not even kill a few bears by the time the thirty-layer defense perimeter was breached.

However, by using focused fire from small squads, they could quickly kill a small portion of the Ice Soul Demon Bears.

And with the mist shadow spear, these dead Ice Soul Demon Bears would quickly become immediate combat strength for their side. As long as the front line withstood the first wave, killing the rest of the Demon Bears would only be a matter of time.

The only regret was that Bai Zhaoning hadn't come. Without Life Link, relying solely on the lifesteal of the Northern Darkness Aura would put immense pressure on the Water Element users.

Soon, the surging white tsunami formed by the Demon Bears covering the mountains and plains crashed before the Dragon Rider Army's formation.

"Hold steady!! Focus fire!!"

Tie Shengnan roared, and all the War Pets simultaneously opened their massive mouths, spitting out balls of lightning that exploded at the focus points.

"Boom!!"

Countless skills exploded at various focus points, like brilliant fireworks.

The Demon Bear is a cunning creature; many started circling far away to bypass the skill focus points, heading straight for the gaps between the focus areas.

[Shift focus point 10 meters to the right!]

Seeing the movement of the Demon Bears, Tie Shengnan immediately changed the focus points.

Boom!

In the blink of an eye, the first wave of Demon Bears had rushed into attack range. Although they desperately tried to change direction to avoid the skill coverage, many still charged directly into the skill-covered areas.

"Roar! Owooh!!"

The Ice Soul Demon Bears entering the skill range screamed miserably. At this point, the distance between the two sides was less than a few dozen meters. All the Demon Bears in front kicked off with their hind legs, launching themselves into the air and pouncing directly toward the Dragon Rider Army.

The health of the Demon Bears that charged out of the skill coverage area was already in the red.

[Retract focus point 30 meters!]

Tie Shengnan's commands were issued with precision, and under her direction, the skills seemed to have tracking devices, constantly targeting the low-health Demon Bears.

"Roar!"

The distance of a few dozen meters vanished instantly.

The first batch of Demon Bears that were not hit by skills crashed into the Dragon Riders and their Wyverns in the front line like massive snowballs.

In an instant, people and Wyverns were sent tumbling.

Subsequently, more Demon Bears pounced, piling up like human pyramids, continuously tearing and biting at the Dragon Riders pinned underneath.

After only a moment, the pinned Dragon Riders, once their protective shields appeared, immediately activated teleportation and returned to the inner ring.

At this time, the HP of the first batch of focused-fire Demon Bears was also cleared. They shakily stood up one by one and turned to pounce on their comrades.

However, their numbers were too small, and without Life Link, they quickly vanished into white light after reflecting some damage onto the surrounding Demon Bears.

Nevertheless, they played a role in slowing down the Demon Bears' charge.

[Squad Leaders, focus fire on low-health Demon Bears as needed!]

Tie Shengnan slowly retreated while riding her Elite-grade Thunder Sub-Dragon, her expression extremely solemn.

The Dragon Rider Army clearly couldn't withstand the Demon Bear charge. They had to create more Puppets before the Demon Bears breached the 30-layer defense line to hold them back.

The easiest parts of the entire battlefield were likely the northwest two sides.

Huang Chen and Old Six far surpassed the Ice Soul Demon Bears, both in terms of attributes and life level.

Especially Huang Chen.

Every time he swept past at a low altitude, countless Five Thunders Orthodox Laws would fall.

Moreover, under his powerful attack, his Five Thunders Orthodox Law barely needed two stacks; Demon Bears passing through the Thunder Domain would instantly be left with low health.

The Dragon Knights behind only needed to focus fire slightly to easily harvest them.

Soon, the number of Puppets on Huang Chen's western side had reached several hundred.

Tie Shengnan only spared a glance before immediately issuing another command.

[Earth Element Users on the northwest side, individually support the southeast directions. Fire Element Users remain stationed!]

As soon as the command was issued, the Wyverns on the northwest sides roared simultaneously, then rushed straight toward the southeast, carrying the Forbidden City Core Personnel.

Huang Chen gently waved his hand, converting dozens of Demon Bears gathered on the ground into Puppets, then turned to look toward the southeast.

In those two directions, the fifteen rings of Earth Element Users in the front had basically been overwhelmed and returned to the innermost ring to wait for skill cooldowns.

Fortunately, the number of Puppets there had also reached one or two hundred, and many charging Demon Bears were blocked by them.

With this layer of protection, the Core Personnel and War Pets behind could finally unleash their full damage output.

Even the Earth Element Users who had returned to the inner ring now tried to get closer to the front, casting their skills from afar to contribute to the battle.

With the addition of the Dragon Riders from the northwest, the situation in the southeast quickly stabilized.

The protective shields of the first batch of returning Earth Element Users had also finished cooldown, and they rushed to the front line once more.

With the Northern Darkness Aura, Refraction Aura, and Lotus Halo, the Puppets were incredibly tanky, and the situation quickly stabilized as the defense perimeter gradually expanded.

Seeing that all directions were basically stable, Tie Shengnan immediately issued another command,

[Earth Element Users on the northwest side, return to your Original Positions.]

[Guild Master and Old Six, engage in free attack among the Demon Bear masses.]

Huang Chen and Old Six have extremely high attack power; even these Level 85 Epic-grade Demon Bears could hardly withstand two of their attacks.

Therefore, with the situation stable, the best arrangement was naturally to send Huang Chen and Old Six into the Demon Bear masses to bombard them wildly and cause chaos.

As time passed, the tide of the battle began to reverse.

When there were enough Puppets, the denser the Demon Bears' attacks, the higher the damage from the Refraction Aura.

By this point, the Dragon Rider Army didn't even need to intervene; the Puppets alone could keep the Demon Bears outside the perimeter.

However, just as the Dragon Rider Army began to relax slightly, a massive roar suddenly came from the due east direction.

Following this, a "Demon Bear" several times larger than a regular Ice Soul Demon Bear swiped its claw, sending all the Puppets in front of it flying and tearing a gap in the Puppet perimeter.

Before the Dragon Rider Army could react, this massive Demon Bear, accompanied by a large group of 'Bear Cubs and Bear Grandchildren', poured through the gap, scattering the Dragon Rider Army.

In an instant, it looked like they were about to directly break through the 30 layers of defense and enter the innermost ring.

Huang Chen instantly teleported over the moment the Demon Bear let out its massive roar... He immediately cast his Investigation Skill.

[Ice Soul Demon Bear King lv95 Grade: Epic-grade Boss]