133: Death Struggle (I)

"Beep beep beep..."

"Beep beep beep..."

Piercing alarm bells rang out, one after another.

At the preset battlefield of Cave 2, all Wizards and Knights, upon hearing the alarm, immediately dropped what they were doing.

Those eating threw down their bowls and chopsticks.

Those bathing donned their robes and equipment.

Those sleeping instantly awoke… and rushed to their battle stations with the fastest possible speed.

From the moment the alarm sounded until everyone was in position, it took only 58 seconds.

"Excellent, only 58 seconds. That’s an improvement of 0.5 seconds compared to last time."

Glynn nodded in satisfaction. This readiness speed was good; it showed they had practiced.

"It’s finally paid off, all my hard work of blowing the emergency assembly whistle in the middle of the night for three consecutive days."

..."Everyone, attention!"

Glynn's steady voice, amplified by the Life Aura, resonated throughout the entire battlefield.

"This is not an exercise; this is not a drill."

"This is the final battle!"

"According to intelligence from the detection equipment in front of the cave, the enemy will reach the battlefield in 30 seconds."

"Please prepare for Contingency Plan 3. The first wave will be a large biological impact. The estimated number is over a hundred."

Immediately, the entire battlefield prepared in a busy but orderly fashion.

Adler pursed his lips tightly, grasping his Advanced Magic Resistance Mixed Metal Full-Body Broadshield with both hands. He stood firm in a defensive posture in front of Glynn, as heavy and unyielding as an insurmountable mountain...

"Thump thump thump..."

Heavy footsteps slowly echoed from within the cave, growing closer and louder.

The wind seemed to stop at this moment.

Outside Cave 2, over 500 pairs of eyes stared intently at the entrance. Everyone held their breath. Between heaven and earth, it seemed only this sound remained.

However, amidst everyone's anticipation, the footsteps stopped, but no figure appeared at the cave entrance.

One minute... two minutes... three minutes... Time passed by inch by inch. The White Wizards were all tense, their Spiritual Power highly concentrated. Some Wizards had sweat beading on their foreheads, and some Knights' arms trembled slightly...

Glynn surveyed the whole situation, understanding the entire scene clearly.

He thought, "We can’t just keep waiting like this. In this state, everyone's consumption is huge. These Black Wizards are not simple; a small trick has already reduced our combat power by 2%."

...Glynn cleared his throat:

"Ahem..."

"Well, those 17 little black rats in the cave, are you coming out or not?"

"It’s almost noon; we need to eat."

"If you’re not in a hurry, why don’t you go back and eat first, then come out to fight?"

"Boom..."

"Hahahaha..."

The White Wizards present were all amused by Glynn's words.

According to battlefield rules, one shouldn’t speak casually, but everyone couldn’t help it. Although they tried hard to restrain themselves, they still burst out laughing...

Immediately, the originally serious and murderous battlefield turned into a sea of joy.

Glynn also grinned widely. "Not bad, not bad... Morale +10%, Combat Power +5%..."

"Thump thump thump..."

Urgent footsteps suddenly sounded.

A White Bone Behemoth emerged from the cave entrance. Its appearance was strikingly similar to a Corrosion Poison Rong, but it lacked flesh, being entirely a skeletal frame. Its chest and abdomen were tightly wrapped in a layer of white bone, forming a bone plate armor.

Then came the second, and the third… These White Bone Behemoths had clearly undergone targeted modifications. The Corrosion Poison Rong's four thick, short legs were transformed into six long legs, each 2.8 meters long.

Otherwise, these White Bone Behemoths wouldn’t even be able to get past the chevaux de frise at the cave entrance.

"Hehe..."

Glynn chuckled proudly.

"You fell for it. How can these modified long legs be as effective as the original ones?"

"Now, you can't charge, can you?"

Indeed, these White Bone Behemoths struggled to move through the 20-meter-long forest of chevaux de frise. Their speed was simply unable to pick up.

One White Bone Behemoth even tripped over a chevaux de frise in its attempt to gain speed...

"All Knight Orders, prepare for javelin throw."

"Three volleys, fire!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Hundreds of steel javelins, each 2.5 meters long and 12 centimeters in diameter, were hurled out.

"Clang clang clang..."

The first dozen White Bone Behemoths that emerged were immediately riddled with holes.

Some instantly fell apart, their oil-green soul fires extinguished.

Others were trapped in place like hedgehogs, unable to move.

Only two White Bone Behemoths seemed exceptionally resilient, still crawling forward despite severe injuries...

However, as soon as they passed through the 'mountain of blades,' they encountered a continuous 20-meter-wide sea of fire. The inherent aversion and resistance of undead creatures to light and flame stopped these two low-intelligence undead bone beasts in their tracks.

At this moment, the second wave of White Bone Behemoths appeared.

This time, there were over twenty White Bone Behemoths, seemingly exceptionally agile, and twice as fast as the first wave.

As soon as they emerged, they scattered, attempting to flee in different directions...

Glynn gave orders without hesitation.

"First Joint Spellcasting Group, Thorn Entanglement, cast!"

The prepared Wizards immediately began chanting their spells:

"Thorns of magic, entangle!"

"Buzz..."

Amplified by the Wizard Array, the Thorn Entanglement, cast jointly by 2 Intermediate Wizard Apprentices leading 40 Low-level Wizard Apprentices, quickly formed around the cave entrance. The second wave of White Bone Behemoths was immediately tightly entangled, unable to move.

Just then, "Thump thump thump..."

Another large wave of White Bone Behemoths rushed out from the cave, an unending stream.

"Second Joint Spellcasting Group, Thorn Entanglement, cast!"

"Third Joint Spellcasting Group, Thorn Entanglement, cast!"

..."Bang..."

"Bang..."

"Bang..."

Suddenly, the White Bone Behemoths caught by the first wave of Thorn Entanglement began to self-destruct, one after another. Their power was immense, each approaching the power of a 70-degree Advanced Wizardry.

As the continuous self-destruction sounds rang out, waves of magic tides spread outwards from the cave entrance...

Affected by this, the joint spellcasting of the Second and Third Joint Spellcasting Groups actually failed.

"Hmph..."

Glynn sneered.

"A clever scheme, using the short-term, high-intensity magic fluctuations generated by self-destruction to disrupt joint spellcasting, rendering one of my trump cards useless."

"However, I wonder how you will deal with my second trump card?"