324: Strategy for Mirror Tower

By the time the beast horde calmed down again, exactly 30 minutes had passed. Huang Chen teleported two more waves of people over, bringing the Forbidden City Legion currently stationed on the Fengling Plateau up to 500,000 troops.

It was impossible for 500,000 people to completely block the charge of the beast horde, but time was precious, so they had to deplete the horde's strength as much as possible.

Learning from the last lesson, Tie Shengnan had Zi Han set up the grand formation 20 kilometers away from the beast horde. This distance would allow ample time for the rear forces to evacuate if the front line failed to hold.

This time, under Tie Shengnan's command, the Forbidden City Legion adopted a steady approach. If there weren't enough monsters, they would lure more, ensuring the battle never took place outside the Grand Formation.

Soon, seven hours passed, and the first batch of 3 million elites had all assembled. During this period, Huang Chen also killed no less than 20 bosses, acquiring a batch of equipment that was temporarily useless.

Originally, Huang Chen wanted Tie Weiguo and the Vermilion Bird Clan to gather more troops, but Tie Shengnan vetoed this suggestion.

First, spreading over 3 million people across the plateau already covered an extremely wide area. If they called for more people, Huang Chen's Halo range might not be able to cover everyone.

Second, the Human race individuals are relatively small, allowing them to stand densely together to output damage. In contrast, monsters are enormous, so their density per unit area is much lower than that of the Human race. Therefore, with the addition of the Million Vermilion Bird Army, they could construct a Fire Domain in front of the Grand Formation, stacking countless attacks. Essentially, it would be difficult for ordinary monsters to pass through this Fire Domain, and even a boss charging through it would likely be severely damaged.

In this way, teleporting more people over would basically be pointless. The only thing they needed to worry about was bosses charging the formation.

However, with Huang Chen and his clones, plus Lao Liu and the Harem Legion, supported by the Soul Devouring Bees, as long as a hundred or so bosses didn't arrive all at once, they were confident they could easily hold them off.

Without delay, the Million Vermilion Bird Army, along with 200,000 Fire Element Users and 200,000 Earth Element Users from the Forbidden City Legion, immediately formed a dense rectangular matrix in front of the Grand Formation. Every ten meters in the matrix, a two-meter-wide passage was left open. Behind them were 100,000 Water Element users, while the remaining 1.5 million troops would orderly initiate suicidal charges toward the monster horde along these two-meter passages once the battle began.

Simply put, these 1.5 million people were the 'stirring sticks,' whose purpose was to charge into the monster horde, scatter their attacks, and delay the impact on the damage output formation.

Furthermore, rushing into the monster horde could also train abilities like dodging. Although the time spent might be extremely short, it was better than nothing.

As the 3 million troops took their positions, Tie Shengnan immediately issued the command:

"Lure the monsters!"

Liu Ruyan was seen leading teams of troops swarming out from the passages in the matrix, charging directly toward the Mirror Shadow Tower.

The 20-kilometer distance was reached in an instant.

"Guixu Strike!"

Following Liu Ruyan's sweet shout, a beam of light shot out from the eight-branched mirror, instantly sweeping out a fan-shaped vacuum zone one hundred meters in front of her.

"Retreat!"

Liu Ruyan immediately retreated after the attack, sprinting back with her team.

The monster horde, having suffered Liu Ruyan's [Guixu Strike], instantly erupted into chaos! The massive sound immediately triggered a chain reaction!

"Roar!"

Earth-shattering roars sounded once more, more violent than the last time! The enraged monsters locked onto the retreating figures and surged forward like a breaching flood! The earth rumbled again, and smoke and dust shot into the sky.

The team led by Liu Ruyan maximized their speed, but the monster horde was faster, and the distance between the two sides rapidly closed.

"First team, intercept!"

Tie Shengnan calmly monitored the battlefield dynamics and issued commands.

As soon as the order was given, several thousand people in Liu Ruyan's team immediately stopped, resolutely turning to face the beast horde.

"Boom!"

Upon contact, the several thousand people were instantly swallowed by dust and smoke. Pale yellow defensive shields lit up, followed by a flash of white light, and the thousands of troops simultaneously reappeared behind the Grand Formation.

As the monster horde drew closer to the Grand Formation, Tie Shengnan's expression grew increasingly solemn. Success or failure hinged on this moment. As long as they could withstand the first wave, they would stabilize the formation once the puppets were generated.

"Elise, prepare!" Tie Shengnan's calm voice rang out in the command channel.

After a 20-kilometer chase, thirty bosses were currently running at the very front of the monster horde. These bosses had to be held back by Elise's divine artifact, otherwise, the entire matrix would fail to hold.

At the same time, the warriors of the Million Vermilion Bird Army simultaneously formed hand seals, and scorching Fire Element energy began to gather frantically in the air, distorting the atmosphere due to the high temperature.

The 200,000 Fire Element Users and Earth Element Users of the Forbidden City Legion were also standing ready, with yellowish-brown and crimson light flowing around them.

"Fire!" Seeing that the thirty or so bosses had entered attack range, Tie Shengnan immediately gave the order.

"Ooom!"

Like ripples formed by a drop of water hitting a lake, a wave of blue light emanated from Elise's Scepter of Life, spreading rapidly toward the bosses.

As soon as the thirty bosses and the monster army behind them came into contact with the blue wave, layers of pale blue ice crystals immediately formed on their bodies. Their movements instantly became sluggish. With every step forward, the ice crystals on their bodies rustled and fell off, making a sound like "Beep! Beep! Beep!"

As the ice crystals grew thicker, tens of thousands of monster vanguard troops, along with the thirty bosses, were completely frozen in place. Million-level damage figures popped up above their heads.

"Shatter!"

Seeing this, Elise shouted sweetly, the ice crystals shattered, and a ten-million-level damage figure appeared above the heads of all the monsters.

The health of ordinary Level 80 Epic monsters instantly dropped significantly. Even the bosses visibly lost a small sliver of health.

"Fire Element Users! Earth Element Users! Fire!"

As the order was given, the combined Fire Element spell of 1.2 million people—the Million Vermilion Bird Army plus 200,000 Fire Element Trial Takers—erupted simultaneously!

The sight was as if the sun had fallen to earth!

Countless Karma Fire Lava and Lightning Domains instantly blanketed the forefront of the charging monster horde!

The scorching light consumed everything, and the terrifying high temperature made the Trial Takers of other races far behind the formation feel a burning pain on their skin!

Dense, suffocatingly large damage numbers instantly filled the entire front line of the battlefield! Flames shot into the sky, explosions were incessant, like the end of the world!

The Epic monsters charging at the very front, especially those with lower fire resistance, had their health bars instantly cleared under this world-destroying combined strike, without even managing to let out a scream!

"Dark Abyss Poison Mist!"

Seeing the monsters begin to fall, Tie Shengnan shouted sweetly, and a thin layer of gray mist surged out from the mist shadow spear, instantly covering an area of nearly 200 kilometers centered around her.

Puppets stood up in the sea of fire and turned to charge toward the monster horde, perfectly intercepting the thirty bosses within the sea of fire and the Lightning Domain.

However, even with Huang Chen's Halo blessing, these puppets were swatted away one by one by the bosses. Although not fatal, they could barely slow the bosses down.

"Husband!" Seeing this, Tie Shengnan shouted to Huang Chen, "We're relying on you!"