PFC Chapter 1505: Repel and Start Over
Chapter 1505: Repel and Start Over
The demonic explosions rising from all directions of Guanwang City were deafening, illuminating the dim battlefield with bright lights and the dense arrows flowing across the battlefield.
Just as Lei Xiao repelled the enemy's offensive, the conditions on the other city walls became obviously much more serious.
With the help of giant energy shields, many "Eclipses" and parasites successfully approached our barrier wall. Countless slender roots danced strangely in the air, madly touching the barrier wall.
The soldiers defending the city and our other powerful men, with the help of divine stone weapons and stone elves, fought off wave after wave of attacks.
But the enemy was clearly determined to fight to the death. While constantly emitting an aura of fear and despair, they kept pouring out from deep underground like an eternal nightmare, constantly impacting the barrier wall and the nerves of our soldiers on both the physical and spiritual levels.
Time was passing by minute by minute. For a whole day, the city wall commanded by Lei Xiao was extremely easy, but the other three city walls and the underground fortress were obviously unable to cope. The barrier wall had already begun to dim visibly to the naked eye.
During this process, seeing that the other city walls were gradually weakening, although Lei Xiao kept taking Jasmine, Xuanji and other stone elves to wander around other city walls to boost morale, he was ultimately unable to take care of every place.
"If we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on any longer."
Lei Xiao looked at the barrier wall above his head, where cracks were beginning to appear, and his brows furrowed further.
Even if the place where you are is stable, you can only guarantee one side of the four city walls.
If any one of the other three walls could not hold out and was attacked frantically by the "Erosion", the barrier wall would probably break apart soon, not to mention the equally shaky underground fortress.
Once we lose this absolute barrier, our situation will undoubtedly become more passive. Once the underground fortress falls and the enemies gather together, the pressure we face will increase sharply.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao felt awe-inspiring and looked at the soldiers defending the city around him.
After a whole day of defense, the most powerful fourth-order soldiers had already exhausted their energy and were rotated out, and the third-order soldiers who came up were also replaced in several waves. Whether in terms of combat power or resistance to the mental attacks of "Eclipse", they were undoubtedly far superior to the fourth-order soldiers.
Faced with the "Eclipse" and the army of the parasites that were still attacking like a raging storm, many young soldiers were pale and sweating profusely. Their hands that were holding their longbows and staffs were shaking constantly, and they looked trembling. Some of them even fainted on the ground and were carried away by the soldiers and priests in the back row.
Not only that, even Jasmine and our other strong men were obviously much more exhausted, with little energy left in their bodies, and this was even with the help of high-level magic potions and other top-level recovery methods.
"Path of Space!"
After performing another double spatial rift to change the direction of our attack, Jasmine wiped the sweat off her fair forehead. She was no longer as eager as she was at the beginning. Instead, she looked listless and said with her long eyebrows drooping, "Human boy, this is only the first day. Will it be the same for the remaining two days?"
"I don't think so. The enemy has suffered heavy losses. I'm afraid it's impossible for them to maintain such a high-intensity attack."
Although Lei Xiao was unsure, he still managed a smile and said, "Maybe reinforcements from the outside world will arrive soon."
"I'm not stupid, so don't try to comfort me. The Eclipse is extremely cunning. If that were true, they would have retreated long ago. Since they are still besieging the city, it means they are still confident of taking it down. It's impossible for reinforcements to arrive so quickly."
Jasmine touched her shrunken belly and said helplessly, "By the way, I'm so hungry."
"Didn't you just eat a lot of food sent by the priests?"
Lei Xiao smiled helplessly and did not argue with the other party anymore. Instead, he waved his staff to draw lightning to bombard the city while observing the situation on the battlefield again.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, the parasites changed several waves. I'm afraid the number is far more than 10 fourth-order legions, at least more than 20 fourth-order legions.
As for the "eclipses", they are simply countless and still densely packed, extending all the way to the depths of the underground space.
But what is certain is that since the magic power of the possessed beings is also being consumed, the energy shield is not as huge as it was at the beginning, so the opponent's offensive is not as fierce as at the beginning.
After observing for a while, seeing that the opponent still showed no sign of stopping, Lei Xiao calmed his mind and focused on defense again.
This time, time seemed to pass exceptionally slowly. By the time Jasmine had stuffed a bunch of honey bread and sandwiches into her mouth as a snack, the other party finally began to retreat and soon disappeared into the shadows.
"Is it finally over?"
Only when the other party had completely disappeared did Lei Xiao breathe a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves relaxed.
Around Lei Xiao, our strong men all had the same look. Jasmine even sat down on the ground with half a piece of strawberry cake in her hand, not caring about the elegance of the elf or the unfathomable depth of the Half-Step Seventh Stage.
As for the ordinary soldiers defending the city, they were lying on the ground in a mess, with their breastplates rising and falling, looking like they had survived a disaster.
Although we successfully defended the city, this time everyone no longer had the energy to cheer. All they had was gratitude for surviving the disaster and worry about facing the next wave of attacks.
Everyone understood clearly that less than half of the three days had passed and the other party would never give up.
"Sir, the Eclipse army at the fortress has also retreated. We have finally defeated them!"
Old Booker rushed over with several generals. Although he was also full of worries, he still said to Lei Xiao with gratitude: "Thanks to the divine stone weapon of His Excellency the Brave One, we are able to defend this place!"
"You are too polite, old city lord."
Hearing this, Lei Xiao just smiled faintly.
Just as he had thought a few days ago, with the blessing of talent, although he had obtained a large number of divine stone weapons, which greatly enhanced the power to resist "Eclipse" here, today's defense was not much easier.
After the attack ended on the second day, the other side was quiet for so many days. I'm afraid that they were quietly gathering more strength, which led to such a large scale of attack today.
"These must have been within the predictions of the prompt. No wonder it summoned me even though it knew I could greatly enhance the defense here. It really took great pains to do that."
While thinking this, Lei Xiao led the strong men and Old Booker back to rest.
You don’t know when the opponent’s next attack will come, so you must race against time to recover so that you can better deal with everything.
After returning to the temple lounge, Lei Xiao first washed his face, and then went straight to the meeting room to discuss the next countermeasures with Old Booker and others.
What we will face next must be the final battle. Whether we can defend this city will determine our victory or failure.
"Mr. Brave, you are here!"
Seeing Lei Xiao, Old Booker immediately welcomed him in.
The city defending generals, led by Curry and the other four Divine Stone generals, also stood up from their seats and cast respectful glances towards Lei Xiao.
All the generals understood clearly that it was thanks to the arrival of this brave gentleman that they were able to obtain so many divine stone weapons, which enabled them to persist until today.
It is true that the enemy has indeed increased its military strength tremendously, making today's offensive far from comparable to the initial one, resulting in the situation remaining extremely critical.
But if the brave hero had not taken action, this Watch City would have fallen completely a few days ago.
“It is such a pleasure to see you all again.”
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and greeted the generals defending the city.
While talking, Lei Xiao could clearly see that all the generals looked extremely tired and listless. Some of them even had black marks on their resolute faces, and it was obvious that they had just retreated from the front line.
Although they were all in a bit of a mess, their morale was still high, which was undoubtedly more important than anything else.
After that, needless to say, the main content of the meeting still revolved around the word "defense".
If we were facing an ordinary enemy, we might be able to find another way, such as decapitation and destroying the enemy's command center.
But there is no such thing as a commander in "Eclipse". Everything is controlled by the so-called supreme consciousness "Guixu", so these things are naturally out of the question.
This is also the unsolvable dilemma that the people of this land have always faced, because even if it is a small-scale battle, even if there is only one "Eclipse", it is equivalent to a direct confrontation with the opponent's highest level "Guixu". How can this not make people tremble?
In the atmosphere of dullness and uneasiness, everyone quickly determined the next defensive strategy, which was still to take into account both the observation city and the underground fortress at the same time, to disperse the enemy's forces as much as possible and reduce our own pressure.
After the meeting, Lei Xiao returned to his room and fell asleep. There was no way the other side would let us get enough rest, so I was afraid that the next offensive would come soon.
Sure enough, at midnight, Lei Xiao was awakened by the urgent ringing of bells, which was the signal that the enemy was coming back.
Lei Xiao had just walked out of the lounge when old Booker hurriedly came to meet him.
"Sir Brave, according to the latest intelligence, the enemy has changed their tactics this time, and has suddenly gathered a large number of troops at the fortress, launching a fierce attack!"
Old Booker's wrinkled face was filled with anxiety. He said to Lei Xiao, "The four God Stone generals are already heading towards the fortress!"
"I see. It seems that the other party wants to defeat us one by one."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and said without hesitation: "I'll leave this to the City Lord. I'll also bring some people over to reinforce."
"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Brave!"
Old Booker saluted Lei Xiao with his hands on his chest and said solemnly: "This is the last defense, Sir Brave, please be careful!"
"The same goes for His Excellency the City Lord."
Lei Xiao looked at the powerful men under his command who had gathered around him. After saying goodbye to them, he left the temple as if he was familiar with the route and rushed straight towards the teleportation array.
Soon, the group arrived near the teleportation array.
"The brave one is coming, please clear the way!"
Seeing this, the city guard general in charge of the teleportation array immediately ordered his soldiers to open a passage for Lei Xiao and his group.
Under the reverent gazes of the soldiers, Lei Xiao had just arrived near the teleportation array when Jasmine beside him suddenly exclaimed "Huh".
"What happened?"
Lei Xiao keenly noticed the abnormality of this forest elf and turned around to ask.
"Just now I felt a strange energy fluctuation in the air."
Jasmine shook her head, frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head at Lei Xiao and said, "It seems to be gone now. Maybe I was too nervous."
"Be careful and tell me if anything happens."
Knowing that time was running out, Lei Xiao nodded to Jasmine, and then stepped straight into the teleportation array.
A familiar feeling of lightness flashed by, and the first thing that entered Lei Xiao's mind was the extremely fierce roar of the magic cannon, followed by the scene of the fortress training ground.
Since he had been here many times before, Lei Xiao was familiar with the surroundings.
The huge parade ground was still extremely tense. In addition to the human soldiers who were providing support to the city wall area, there were also some dwarf elf soldiers who were on guard everywhere.
"Mr. Brave, you are here!"
Curry came forward and said to Lei Xiao anxiously, "The enemy's offensive is extremely swift and fierce. The fortress walls on all sides are in danger. We can't hold on any longer!"
"General Curry, the two walls on the south and west will be handed over to you and the other generals of Shenshi. The remaining two walls can be left to us."
Lei Xiao nodded as he walked towards the city wall.
Lei Xiao was no stranger to this resolute middle-aged General Shenshi.
"But Sir Hero, the other three God Stone Generals are pinned down by the enemy on various city walls and are unable to leave!"
Curry's resolute face was full of anxiety, and he spoke again: "The situation is urgent, please send troops to support the various city walls, otherwise we will soon be unable to hold on!"
"General, the warriors under my command are closely coordinated with each other. If they are too dispersed, it will be disadvantageous for defense."
Lei Xiao quickened his pace and said, "I will first move to the two city walls and replace the God Stone Generals on these two walls. Then they can move to other locations."
"This……"
Curry obviously still had some objections to Lei Xiao's deployment, but in the end he gritted his teeth and responded: "I understand, then let's do as the brave man says!"
After saying that, Curry flew out and rushed straight towards the city wall on the other side.
"Human boy, what the other party said makes some sense. We can easily rush to various places to provide assistance."
Looking at Curry's departing back, Jasmine tilted her head and asked with a puzzled look on her face, "Why do you insist on guarding only two sides?"
"Because something seems to be wrong."
Lei Xiao's eyes were solemn, and his brows were knitted together. (End of this chapter)