Chapter 538: Nightmare Lord’s Order
Six miles to the south, the earth began to tremble violently.
The dark purple tide, boundless and carrying a suffocating malice, surged in from the horizon.
Without any probing or feints, the Nightmare Army, numbering 670,000, charged directly at the Allied Central Army with an all-out assault.
"defense!"
At the front of the central army, tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty swordsmen roared in unison, their roars forming a powerful wave that crashed down on the enemy formation.
They all raised their round shields in unison, the shield surfaces pressed tightly together, interlocking instantly to form a perfectly sealed shield wall.
The sky changed the instant the infantry formation was completed.
Lin Feng hovered 800 meters above the army, his Prairie Fire Spear held horizontally in front of him.
His gaze pierced through the advancing dark purple tide, locking onto the six figures rushing towards him from behind.
Six figures enveloped in dense black light tore through the air, surrounded by nine golden halos, radiating a chilling pressure that sent shivers down one's spine.
Six demon kings, three men and three women, simultaneously activated 【Nightmare Erosion】, and a pitch-black energy field spread wildly outwards from them.
Three hundred meters below them, more than three hundred and fifty slender, faceless Nightmare Faceless beings also pounced on the Allied air force like ghosts.
Lin Feng's gaze instantly locked onto the figure at the very front.
【Ulysses】
Level: Lv49
Type: Nightmare Clan
Possible drops: Heart of Ironwall (20%), Scar (20%), Boots of Ambition (20%), Heart of Ancient Builder (50%), Nightmare Knight's Token (10%), Nightmare Lord's Token (0.01%)...
His gaze then swept over the other two male demon kings, whose information was exactly the same.
He knew that the Nightmare Knight's Token was the key for Awakened Ones without a legendary class to break through to level 41.
But what is that "Nightmare Lord's Token" with a drop rate of only one in ten thousand?
Before he could think further, the Six Paths Demon King had already advanced to within three miles.
"I'll initiate the first strike!"
Lin Feng let out a low shout and charged out first. A world-destroying power suddenly awakened within him, and 【Heavenly Fate Beacon】 was activated instantly!
With a wave of his hand, sixty blazing flames of spear light materialized out of thin air, like sixty falling meteors, shooting towards the six demon kings with the power to incinerate everything, each facing ten of them!
"Clang clang clang clang!"
The three Olympians swayed strangely, dodging most of the spear strikes by the slightest margin, but still managing to block a few with their weapons.
The moment the spear's edge clashed with the weapon, an irresistible destructive force surged into their bodies along with the blocking motion.
"Heavenly Fire Consumes My Body!"
Terrifying damage numbers simultaneously popped up above the heads of the three demon kings, instantly evaporating 30% of their health!
Even more deadly is that their maximum health is forcibly locked at 70%, and for the next minute, any healing will be ineffective; after one minute, any healing will be halved!
The other three female demon queens, Hela, were much more at ease.
Several spear beams struck the golden shield in front of them, and 【Spell Deflection】 took effect, deflecting all the damage.
However, the domineering rule of 【Heavenly Fire】 that "will always be triggered when attacking" still ignored the deflection and branded the curse of "Heavenly Fire Burning Body" firmly onto them.
Both shield value and health are reduced by 30%!
As Lin Feng charged forward, a thought struck him: he had already used 【Heavenly Beacon Fire】 outside the area of the wonder, yet it had not triggered any abnormalities.
"Could it be... that I'm overthinking it?"
A flicker of doubt crossed his mind, but it was quickly overwhelmed by an even stronger fighting spirit.
He suddenly exerted force with his feet, his figure tearing through the air as he rushed straight at one of the Ulysses.
Behind him, Zhou Guosheng, Chu Huaice, and Lu Shanyue also emitted black light, activated 【Nightmare Erosion】, and each locked onto a Hela, charging forward fiercely.
Silver Dragon Beacon Snow let out a deafening roar, its body wreathed in black light, and its massive form crashed into another Ulysses.
Jiang Zhaoyue, Jiang Yelan, Raymond, and Isabella formed a five-person team with the level 40 healer and set up a battle formation to face the last Ulysses.
...
In the aerial battlefield 500 meters high, 367 human powerhouses and more than 350 Nightmare Faceless Ones collided fiercely.
Without any probing or confrontation, the high-level combat forces of both sides immediately engaged in a full-scale melee upon contact.
Golden halos and dark purple specks swirled and intertwined in the air, while the light from magical explosions and sparks from clashing weapons burst forth densely against the dark sky.
The faceless beings' shadows tore through the air, leaving countless invisible shadow blades. The human warriors' blocking and dodging were met with a barrage of metallic clanging sounds.
As night fell, vast swathes of darkness spread across the chaotic airspace.
The sudden surge in shadow damage from the Faceless One in the darkness instantly knocked back several third-tier powerhouses who were slow to react.
However, the humans also had a countermeasure. The mages began to unleash area-of-effect spells into the dark area, and the light of fire and frost exploded in the darkness, forcing the Faceless One out of its invisibility.
"kill!"
Meng Yi led ten thousand generals and captains of the Feng Huo Guard into the battle.
He locked onto one of the Faceless Ones and launched a fierce attack.
The Faceless One shifted its form, entering the stealth state of 【Faceless Body】, attempting to flank and launch a sneak attack.
Without changing his position, Meng Yi suddenly turned around and swung his halberd.
"Clang!" The halberd precisely blocked the Faceless One's sneak attack.
With the support of the military formation, Meng Yi's parry probability was ridiculously high, and the Faceless One's attacks frequently missed.
"Shadow Ambush!"
When the Faceless One realized its sneak attack had failed, it immediately entered enhanced stealth mode, its speed increasing dramatically, and launched a fatal blow from the flank.
"Well done!" Meng Yi neither dodged nor avoided.
"Clang!" Another loud noise rang out as the Faceless One's attack was blocked once again, the recoil momentarily halting its movement.
"【Sharp Arrow - Thrust】!" Meng Yi seized the opportunity, held his spear level, and like a cannonball, slammed into the Faceless One, knocking him back.
Immediately afterwards, he raised the Qin crossbow at his waist, activated 【Qin Crossbow - Rapid Fire】, and six crossbow bolts shot out instantly!
The Faceless One dodged four attacks, one was blocked, and one hit precisely.
"Die!" Meng Yi seized the opportunity and activated 【Enemy of Ten Thousand Men】.
Within ten seconds, his attack power increases by 30%, and the halberd, carrying immense force, cleaves down fiercely.
...
On the ground, the vanguard of the Nightmare Army had already charged into the range of the Allied forces' long-range firepower.
"put!"
On a makeshift gun emplacement five meters off the ground, thousands of ballistae and catapults roared simultaneously.
The crossbow bolts and catapult stones trailed countless parabolas in the firelight, crashing into the vanguard of the Nightmare army.
The stones created shallow craters when they landed, instantly clearing out a large area.
The crossbow bolt pierced the shadow wolf's translucent skin, and purple fluid spurted from the wound. Several shadow wolves were pinned to the ground by the bolt, their limbs still twitching.
A volley of arrows swept across, and the entire row of rotting corpses fell like harvested wheat.