The ground temperature was rising, but the Great Frost still shrouded the high altitudes. Under the clash of hot and cold, it naturally brought a torrential downpour mixed with dense hail, and Frost Mana also wreaked havoc within it.
For a ti, the teorological environnt of the entire battlefield beca complicated beyond asure.
High up in the sky, Li Wei was only able to withstand it by relying on his 75% All-Elent Magic Immunity; otherwise, he would have easily been frozen into a block of ice.
Those Samsara Travelers and Contractors quickly disappeared into the distance. When it ca to greasing one's soles to flee, every single one of them was a talent.
Li Wei also didn't chase after them, because the Blazing Legion had been almost half-crippled. Right now, only a little over four hundred n remained. Even Victor had been focus-fired and instantly killed by three Fourth-Tier Rangers during the final mont of their retreat.
The Royal Guard, on the other hand, still had five hundred n remaining.
For one thing, they weren't the primary target. For another, they were simply too agile.
Now, they were just waiting for Hathaway to channel the Great Frost and refreeze the earth. Once that happened, they would basically be able to secure victory, and the returns would be unfathomably lucrative.
Fifty Five-Star Giant Crocodiles, one Six-Star Giant Crocodile, and one hundred Earth Dragon Cavalryn... This ti, just the essence flesh and blood of five-star magical beasts alone would yield an inco of five to six thousand tons!
Not to ntion everything else.
Of course, it was still too early to talk about this at the mont; it was not the ti to relax.
Li Wei watched the ground vigilantly, but he hid his Level 6 Sky Hawk form within the thick, dark clouds. He was very patient.
And just as he was waiting, he was completely unaware that thirty or forty kiloters away, there was still a squad of Neanderthals carefully observing the entire battle using secret arts. Behind them were a full five hundred Neanderthal soldiers, each riding a Giant Crocodile.
How was this fifty Giant Crocodiles? This was clearly harvesting the remaining value of the Samsara Travelers and Contractors.
Because their existence did not seem to be known by those Samsara Travelers and Contractors.
Previously, the Samsara Travelers and Contractors had used the Neanderthals' Giant Crocodiles and Earth Dragon Cavalry as vanguard pawns. They hadn't expected that the Neanderthals, whom they considered to be massive idiots, would actually pull a trick like this.
Their strategy of driving a tiger to devour a wolf was played far too skillfully.
"To think that this Li Wei has actually grown to this level. If these muggle Sapiens hadn't tested out their trump cards first, and we had rashly charged in instead, I'm afraid it would have only resulted in a lose-lose situation for both sides in the end."
"Now, let us harvest!"
"Woooo! Woooo!"
An eerie and mournful horn sound spread in all directions. In an instant, the five hundred Giant Crocodiles began swimming rapidly through the water. Their speed actually looked to be around a hundred kiloters per hour.
This was simply an exclusive navy built specifically for this waterlogged country!
If the Samsara Travelers and Contractors ran into them in this kind of environnt, they would also be helpless.
These were special troops that the Neanderthals had painstakingly racked their brains to secretly transport over during the outbreak of the Great Frost for the upcoming campaign. Originally, they were waiting for the critical mont to burst forth and accomplish everything in one fell swoop.
As a result, upon seeing how formidable the combat power of Li Wei's Blazing Legion was today, they realized this big piece of fat at was fat enough to be worth taking a swing at. Only then did they mobilize this secret weapon.
After all, they had the Propitious Circumstances, and the atmosphere had already been built up to this point. If Heaven offers but one does not take, one will inevitably suffer the bla!
Li Wei didn't notice the five hundred Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Cavalryn until they had approached within fifteen to twenty kiloters. It couldn't be helped; the rain was too heavy, the Frost Mist perated the air, Frost Mana was clashing with so sort of Fla Mana, and the activation of several 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Cards made the auras in this area far too chaotic.
This scene made Li Wei feel a bit anxious inwardly.
He truly hadn't expected that the Neanderthal side could actually play the Samsara Travelers and Contractors like suckers. This was clearly an attempt to harvest the remains of the battle.
However, there was still no activity from the Great Frost that Hathaway and Adai were working together to channel. This task was very difficult; he couldn't bla Hathaway, and could only do his best to stall for ti.
"Royal Guard, hear my command: prepare for battle! From here on out, the Royal Guard will serve as the front line. The Blazing Legion will retreat to the center; there is no need for you to participate in combat. Focus on recovering your stamina and Spiritual Power!"
At this mont, Li Wei directly issued orders. Although the Blazing Legion only had a little under four hundred and fifty n remaining, and although almost all the Chiliarchs and Centurions had fallen in battle, this was still not enough to break this legion. They still possessed powerful combat strength.
After all, they were all Tier-3 Night Knights.
It was only because the external environnt didn't permit it. Otherwise, if they hadn't been bogged down by the swamp, they could have even heavily injured those Samsara Travelers and Contractors.
And next, once Hathaway and Adai successfully channeled the Great Frost over to refreeze the earth, these four hundred-odd Blaze Knights would still be the absolute main force capable of running rampant across the land.
This was the vital guarantee for their subsequent retreat and rendezvous with the Ice Legion.
Therefore, at this ti, the Royal Guard had to step up and hold the line.
As for Li Wei, he still didn't plan on making a move.
It was still the sa reasoning: he was the commander, and even more so, a scout. The initiative to strike first on this battlefield had to be held in his own hands. As long as he remained at an altitude of ten kiloters for even one minute, no one could take away the initiative on this battlefield.
So, it was ti to test the combat power of the Royal Guard.
Although, in reality, they still hadn't reached Li Wei's ideal upper limit.
Right now, on that Platform island, the Centurions of the Royal Guard who received Li Wei's ssage felt their spirits lift.
"Brothers of the Blazing Legion, the Lord has ordered that you do not need to participate in the upcoming battle. Hurry up and focus on Conserving Strength. Thank you for your protection along the way. Now, it's our turn! All Royal Guards, hear my command!"
"Hoo-hah!"
"The enemy forces are the Neanderthals' Giant Crocodiles, which possess an advantage on the water. That bunch of dog-fucking Samsara Travelers and Contractors didn't dare to get close just now, so we couldn't show our skills. Now, Heavy Shield Century, construct a defense!"
"Archers, ready!"
"Spearn, ready!"
"Heavy Infantry, ready!"
"Hoo-hah!"
The over five hundred Royal Guards chanted slogans, but each was as agile as a water rat. Even in this torrential downpour with extrely low visibility and cold air piercing their bodies, their aura remained full, and their condition was excellent!
Those four hundred-odd Blaze Knights originally wanted to be modest and decline, but then they witnessed a miraculous scene. The condition of this bunch of Royal Guards suddenly beca full and high-spirited. Even sothing like constructing fortifications seed to be imbued with new aning in their hands.
In fact, they had been continuously building without ever stopping. Because the water level kept rising and the mud beneath kept sinking, if the entire Platform island wasn't constantly maintained and reinforced, it would have fallen apart long ago.
For a mont, the Blaze Knights even thought that Zhao Qingshan's Supply and Engineering Battalion had arrived.
No, while Zhao Qingshan's Supply and Engineering Battalion was indeed excellent and perfect, they absolutely wouldn't be able to achieve this kind of working state in such a harsh environnt.
How could they describe it?
It was like the feeling of getting the job done while eating hot pot and singing songs.
It was also at this mont that the Blaze Knights finally seed to feel that these rookies, whom they had spent ti with day and night for over ten years, possessed a trait that other legions—a trait that even they themselves—could not grasp!
That was—the Miraculous Transformation of turning the mundane into the magical, turning the ordinary into the classic.
They didn't pursue uniformity, nor did they pursue Destiny Resonance, at least not entirely. Instead, they used an organic, embedded combination and a natural quality to accomplish sothing that was clearly very ordinary.
Alright, that was too much of a tongue twister.
Little did they know, this was precisely the characteristic of mountain warfare.
To be able to unravel a problem like spinning silk from a cocoon in the most complex environnts, to be able to be Doing Sothing With Ease—this had always been one of Li Wei's core objectives when training the Royal Guard.
Remaining calm in the face of change, sorting things out in the face of chaos, anticipating in advance, and combining organically.
Rather than being rigidly uniform, hundreds acting as one.
These were two different concepts.
Under the Royal Guard operating at full capacity, a smaller Fortress that was sturdier and could at least last longer was constructed in just over ten short minutes.
But the enemy had also arrived!
Massive waves surged from the front one after another, crashing against the entire Platform island and leaving it tottering. If it weren't for the reinforcents just now, this wave would have caused the Platform island to fall apart.
"Archers, hear my command: pre-aim at the following coordinates! Comncing three-second countdown!"
Li Wei remotely commanded from an altitude of ten kiloters.
He had to command like this, because right now the entire swamp was shrouded in Frost Mist; one couldn't even see a few dozen ters ahead.
Li Wei's base 26 Perception, plus the 6 points of Perception from his Level 6 Sky Hawk, made 32 points. It was enough to cover the battlefield below.
At this mont, on the Platform island, one hundred and fifty Archers drew their bows and pre-aid simultaneously. Behind them, a Full Fate Resonance phantom also rapidly ford, looking almost tangible.
After the three seconds passed, one hundred and fifty Fletched Arrows flew out. The resonating Destiny Grid phantom also fused together with the Fletched Arrows. In an instant, a brilliant light burst forth, and flas shot into the sky. All the Fletched Arrows completely shattered, but their inner Full Fate Resonance power instead ford a terrifying Legion Skill that resembled a teor shower!
The power of this Legion Skill was not even inferior to a Legion Skill jointly unleashed by three hundred n of the Blazing Legion!
Furthermore, unlike the fierce and domineering Legion Skills of the Blazing Legion, the precise locking of this Legion Skill was peerless.
In other words, there would be absolutely no margin of error.
The only drawback was that its maximum range was only one kiloter.
This was also the biggest regret of these Royal Guard Archers.
In the previous battle, they hadn't had the opportunity to engage in close combat with those Samsara Travelers and Contractors.
But right at this mont, accompanied by an eerie furious shout, a massive ice shield rose up from the swamp like an iceberg, directly blocking this wave of the Archers' Legion Skill.
It turned out the other side had a War Mage!
However, almost simultaneously, the one hundred and fifty Royal Guard Archers on the Platform island had already fired their second round, which was also a Legion Skill!
Then ca the third round, the fourth round, and the fifth round!
A five-round rapid-fire volley was their specialty. Even though they would basically lose their combat power after five volleys, it was actually already enough.
The opposing Neanderthal Mage easily blocked the first three waves of Legion Skills, but it was truly too late for the last two waves.
They watched helplessly as over a hundred of their own n and over a hundred Giant Crocodiles were shot dead alive.
Fortunately, there was no sixth wave.
The Terror-Stricken Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Cavalryn hurriedly accelerated and charged towards the Platform island. These were heavy cavalry in the water. Opening their massive maws, they could bite through those huge logs in just a few snaps. As long as the Platform island collapsed, wouldn't the people on it beco targets?
Hm?
Just as they were thinking this, another wave of throwing attacks, suspected to be a Legion Skill, smashed down right on their heads!
How were there still Legion Skills?
No, whose legion could form a Legion Skill out of throwing Javelins?
Fucking hooligans!
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