Chapter 553: cleared.
Fifty seconds later, the Nightmare Army advanced to three hundred meters.
After their range was increased by 50%, the Qin soldiers on the arrow tower at Hangu Pass were the first to pull the trigger.
"put!"
Arrows rained down from the sky like black clouds.
However, the Nightmare Clan's Shadow Wraiths also had an attack range of 300 meters. Countless Shadow Bullets slammed into the city walls in arcs, forcing the defenders to temporarily hide behind the battlements.
The suppressive fire on the city wall was briefly interrupted for a few seconds, and during this brief interval, Nightmare Vanguard advanced the front line to two hundred meters.
The ranged firepower on the city wall resumed, this time not only from the crossbow bolts of the Qin elite soldiers, but also from first-class, second-class, and even third-class ranged professionals on the city wall.
The archers nocked their enchanted arrows, and fire arrows, frost arrows, and holy arrows left colorful trails in the air.
The mages raised their staffs, and fireballs, ice spikes, and arcane missiles rained down on Nightmare Vanguard.
The third-job archer's arrows pierced the eye sockets of several Shadow Wolves with precision. The enchanted arrows, imbued with a piercing effect, continued flying after piercing the first target, pinning the following Shadow Wolves to the ground as well.
The third-tier mage's area-of-effect spells exploded with flames and frost in the Nightmare Vanguard, blasting several gaps in the dense phalanx of Corpse Men.
But the Nightmare army continued its advance, the corpses of the rotting men piling up like mountains in front of the city walls, and the rotting men behind them surging forward, stepping on the corpses of their comrades. As one group fell in front, another group would take its place in the back.
The Nightmare Army finally reached the city walls.
The shadow wolves were the first to leap onto the city wall. Their claws easily embedded themselves in the gaps between the bricks, and their dark purple, translucent bodies ran along the vertical wall as if walking on flat ground.
The moment they scaled the city wall from the edge of the crenellations, they pounced on the defenders, their mouths splitting open to their ears, two rows of fine teeth biting into the soldiers' throats.
The city wall defenders immediately engaged in battle, with Qin soldiers raising their shields to strike the shadow wolves, knocking several of them that had leaped onto the crenellations back to the outside of the city wall.
The Qin warriors' halberds pierced through the gaps in the shields, piercing the chest of another shadow wolf.
However, there are too many Shadow Wolves, and their passive ability to hunt in packs causes them to gather in ever-increasing numbers, resulting in ever-increasing attack power.
Several shadow wolves leaped onto a crenellation at the same time, knocking down the Qin soldiers blocking the way. The remaining shadow wolves then swarmed in through the gap.
Below the city wall, the Nightmare Shadowweaver's mental pulses spread outwards at extremely short intervals, constantly issuing commands to build corpse ramps.
After the order was given, the rotting corpses began to gather forward, piling up at the base of the city wall, replenishing the bottom of the slope in batches.
Hundreds of ramps are taking shape simultaneously, extending upwards from the base of the city wall, gradually approaching the edge of the crenellations at a speed of several meters per second.
Once the Corpse Slope was completed, hundreds of Nightmare Cavalrymen simultaneously charged along it, the black mist on their scythes leaving hundreds of dark purple arcs on the slope.
The Qin soldiers on the city wall immediately adjusted their firing angle, and crossbow bolts poured down from behind the crenellations, covering every inch of the slope with a dense rain of arrows.
The Nightmare Cavalry in the front row were pierced by crossbow bolts, their warhorses tumbled and fell on the pile of corpses, and their scythes flew out of their hands and stuck in the pile of corpses.
The Nightmare Faceless and Nightmare Shadowweaver, who broke through the snowstorm's blockade, activated their purple set effects as they reached the front of the city wall, their bodies glowing with purple light for three minutes.
The crossbow bolts struck the armor's unified light, creating dense purple ripples. The damage was greatly reduced, and the armor was practically impenetrable.
The Faceless Ones and the Shadow Weavers charged into the city wall area amidst a hail of arrows, and the suppression of the Holy Domain vanished the moment they crossed the boundary of the city wall.
The Faceless Ones took to the air, their slender, three-meter-tall bodies regaining their ability to fly, and a cold light re-emerged from the white cracks.
Human beings' flying warriors simultaneously took to the skies to engage in battle.
Jiang Zhaoyue and Jiang Yelan simultaneously activated their Destiny Awakening, and black light erupted from their bodies.
Jiang Zhaoyue twirled the Silver Moon Heavenly Spear in her hand, launched the Moon Shadow Charge, and transformed into a silver streak of light, crashing into the array of Faceless Ones.
She didn't linger in the fight, but instead focused on a Faceless One who wasn't affected by the Nightmare Corruption. Her spear was successfully blocked when she thrust it out, but the Nightmare Corruption was still in effect, and the Faceless One's maximum health was reduced by half.
The Faceless One retreated about ten meters and readjusted its form, but the negative status of halved healing power had already attached itself to it.
Jiang Zhaoyue did not pursue; her task was to apply the Nightmare Corruption debuff to the Faceless Ones as many times as possible.
The Faceless One with this debuff has its maximum health cap locked, its healing reduced by half, and its survivability instantly weakened by more than half.
Faced with the near-dimensional-reducing mechanism of 【Nightmare Erosion】, the Faceless Ones' numerical advantage vanished, and they were forced into a complete retreat in the aerial battle, falling into a passive and defensive disadvantage!
On the city walls, there was blood and flesh flying everywhere in the carnage.
"Ah!!" A first-tier shield warrior awakened was pounced on by a shadow wolf, whose claws instantly tore his throat apart.
"Old Zhao!!" His companion's eyes widened in horror as he swung his warhammer, smashing the shadow wolf's head to pieces.
"Don't panic! Form a battle formation!" a thousand-man general roared, slamming his halberd into the ground. The 【Spear Formation - Barricade】 was activated, holding back the three rotting corpses that rushed at him.
"Kill! For Earth!"
"kill!!"
Amidst deafening shouts of battle, Hangu Pass was transformed into a blood-soaked grinding mill.
...
One hour later, at an altitude of 800 meters.
Lin Feng continued his fierce battle with the six Hela Demon Kings, but the tide of the battle had already turned.
With his final sweep of the Wildfire Spear, the 【Heavenly Fire Burning Body】 status attached to the six Hela finally dissipated completely.
However, this was not their liberation, but the true beginning of despair.
"it's over."
Lin Feng's gaze was icy, giving them no chance to catch their breath or regroup.
He flicked his wrist, and the tip of the gun burst forth with a blinding light.
【Blazing Spear Light】!
Sixty intensely blazing spear beams, like a burning meteor shower, erupted from the tip of his spear, instantly locking onto the six demon kings.
"No!!!"
The six Hela screamed in terror and frantically tried to dodge.
But faced with Lin Feng's overwhelming attributes and accurate predictions, their struggles seemed so futile.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Six enormous fireballs exploded in the air one after another.
The finishing effect of 【Heavenly Beacon Fire】 was perfectly triggered, and the six demon kings were blasted into a sky full of black mist without leaving a single drop of blood.
Several golden orbs radiating dazzling light fell from the black mist. Lin Feng didn't even glance at them, letting them fall to the ground.
He remained suspended in the air, his clothes fluttering in the wind, his gaze sweeping over the battlefield below.
With the fall of the last Hela, the Nightmare Army below seemed to have their souls drained, letting out mournful howls before dissipating into a cloud of black mist in the wind.
On the battlefield, on the city walls, in the sky... everyone stopped what they were doing, held their breath, and stared intently at the tall figure in mid-air.
One minute.
For a full minute, no one spoke, no one cheered, and no one even dared to breathe loudly.
Until the cold system notification tone didn't sound for °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° a long time, until it was confirmed that the nightmare had really gone away.
"We...won?"
I don't know who murmured it first.
Immediately afterwards, a suppressed roar erupted from deep within the city walls: "We have won!!!"
"We've won!!"
"We've ended the nightmare!!"
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
In an instant, the entire battlefield erupted in chaos. The defenders on the city walls waved their weapons wildly, some laughing uproariously, while others knelt on the ground and wailed.
This war, which lasted for dozens of days and nearly drove the entire human race to the brink of destruction, finally came to an end at this moment.
Lin Feng floated quietly in the air, looking down at the sea of cheers below.
He looked at the soldiers embracing and weeping, at the city lords weeping with joy, and at this homeland that had been defended with countless blood and lives.
Then he smiled.
"Finally... I beat the game."
He said something softly, but his voice was drowned out by the deafening cheers.
(A new book starts tomorrow, with a very interesting plot twist. You'll regret it if you don't read it, haha)