"Phew! Dao Lao, Brother Hao, we need to break through the frontline barrier ahead first, then pass through Blackstone Square further ahead to reach the gate of Blackstone Castle," a fellow elf pointed to the distant Dak elf defense line and said.
From the tone and expression of this elf, it was evident that he was concerned about whether they could break through the frontline defense. The towers and roadblocks ahead formed a narrow bottleneck on the road to Blackstone Castle. This limited the number of zombie soldiers charging forward, forcing them to confront the Dak elves' three-dimensional defense from ground to air with fewer forces. If they fought like this, it would naturally be disadvantageous for Haoyun and his team.
However, Dao Lao shrugged indifferently and said, "Given the situation, we can only rely on these zombie soldiers to forcefully break through the front barrier and then seize the opportunity to enter Blackstone Castle. Order the zombie soldiers to end the battle here as quickly as possible, rush to assault the front barrier before the Dak elf reinforcements arrive from behind, and dispatch all the flying beasts we control to engage the enemy's aerial forces. As for those roadblocks and towers, leave them to us!"
Then, Dao Lao patted the elf's shoulder and continued, "The battle ahead will be very dangerous. I suggest you leave as soon as you finish directing these zombie soldiers. Hurry up and find two suitable Dak elf armors. Once the final battle starts, change into them quickly and seize the opportunity to leave here and meet up with Biscuit Tang."
These two elves obviously disagreed with Dao Lao's decision, but since Dao Lao was now the supreme commander here, they reluctantly accepted his orders.
After arranging the tasks for the two elves, Dao Lao reminded Haoyun, "We'll need to make some big moves to break through the front barrier later. Haoyun, pay attention to your mental strength. It's better not to enter into an overloaded attack state for now. After all, the big battle has just begun, and we're not sure about the situation ahead."
"Don't worry, my mental strength has only been depleted by thirteen percent so far. As long as I don't make any fancy moves and simply maintain the state of fully activating the combat system, relying solely on speed and strength to launch attacks, I should be able to fight for a long time. Plus, I just used those two Divine Shield Coins to buy two bottles of Pure Water of Heavenly Joy, just in case!" Haoyun responded while swiftly beheading a zombie soldier controlled by the enemy. It seemed that he had become completely desensitized to combat and was fully immersed in the battle.
Dao Lao nodded in relief and then said, "I've transferred ten Divine Shield Coins to you again. If you're worried that your mental strength won't be enough, then buy a few more bottles of Pure Water as backup."
Just as Dao Lao was speaking, Haoyun also received a system prompt: "Dao Lao has initiated a transfer to you, transferring ten Divine Shield Coins. Do you accept?"
Haoyun decisively accepted Dao Lao's transfer via the system and flashed a grateful smile at him while thrusting his sword through a zombie soldier's body. It seemed that true feelings were revealed in times of crisis! As he looked at the double-digit balance of Divine Shield Coins in the system, Haoyun's smile towards Dao Lao gradually became more peculiar.
"Let's get one thing straight! I'm only sponsoring you with ten Divine Shield Coins! I don't have any more! And this is just a temporary sponsorship, you'll have to pay me back later!" Dao Lao seemed to sense a hint of Haoyun trying to take advantage of him and quickly tightened his tone.
"Oh, it's not easy to get this old guy to cough up some blood! It looks like this old guy is quite rich! Hmph! Since you've been freeloading off me every day, I'll slowly squeeze you dry in the future! As for repaying the debt, we'll talk about it later! After all, who's been eating and drinking for free here every day? Humph!" Haoyun made a gesture to indicate not to misunderstand him, then boldly purchased ten bottles of Pure Water.
The assault officially began, with nearly a thousand zombies roaring as they charged towards the barrier leading to Blackstone Castle. It's worth noting that due to the high cost and long refining time of zombie soldiers, the Dak elves rarely deployed so many zombie soldiers at once on the same battlefield. One reason was the fear of losing too many zombie soldiers in a mishap, which would affect the overall strength of the Dak elf army; the other was the fear that concentrating too many zombie soldiers in one battle zone would reduce the allocation of zombie soldiers to other battle zones, thereby reducing their combat effectiveness.
With this premise in mind, it's easy to imagine how extravagant it seemed for Haoyun and his team to command nearly a thousand zombie soldiers to attack Blackstone Castle. The Dak elves naturally felt extremely frustrated when the zombie soldiers suddenly turned against their own people and launched an attack. However, they were at a loss because the two elves were just mingling in the crowd with two special tokens after giving orders to the zombie soldiers, allowing the zombie soldiers to recklessly charge towards Blackstone Castle without any tactics or formations. Thus, the Dak elves were unable to determine who was commanding these zombie soldiers or what had caused them to behave so crazily.
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These zombies were, after all, precious assets of the Dak elves. If they were all killed, it would naturally be a huge loss. However, if they were not eliminated, with the combat power erupted by so many zombies gathering together, how long the defense line being attacked by these zombie soldiers could hold up was also a very troublesome issue.
The Dak elves certainly would not allow these zombies to threaten Blackstone Castle, but at the same time, they were reluctant to face the huge loss they would incur by killing all these zombie soldiers. The Dak elves were caught in a dilemma. This directly led to the Dak elves, in defense, being somewhat hesitant and timid. This greatly affected the strength of their defense, resulting in signs of being breached by the zombie soldiers. However, breaching the forefront of the defense line was just the beginning; the key was how to break through the rear defense line, the explosion-proof gate made of black stone slabs.
Haoyun used the brainless charge of the zombie soldiers as cover, relying on his exceptional speed to constantly circle around behind the defending army, launching surprise attacks along the way while chatting privately with Dao Lao, "Dao Lao, how do we break that gate? It looks quite sturdy!"
"You coordinate with the zombie soldiers on the ground to ensure the intensity of their frontal attack. I'll deal with the long-range archers in those towers first, then figure out how to open that gate," Dao Lao responded.
After speaking, Dao Lao sprinted towards one of the towers with a long stick in hand. Then, like a pole-vaulter, he placed the long stick against the corner of the tower's wall and vaulted high into the air. He cleanly leaped into the tower, immediately engaging in a fierce battle with the Dak elf soldiers launching ranged attacks inside.
With Dao Lao's combat prowess, dealing with the seven or eight Dak elves in the tower was a piece of cake. However, due to the presence of a dozen or so defense towers on both sides of the stone gate ahead, even with Dao Lao's strength alone, it was not possible to eliminate all the defenders on the high ground in a short time. This meant that the zombie soldiers would continue to suffer heavy casualties as they passed through the bottleneck and charged towards the stone gate.
It's worth noting that while the zombie soldiers were assaulting the barrier, they also had to fight against the Dak elf soldiers constantly arriving from behind. Furthermore, after breaking through the stone gate and entering Blackstone Square, they would face the formidable guards of Blackstone Castle. Therefore, if the stone gate ahead could not be opened quickly and the defenders on the towers eliminated promptly, even if these zombie soldiers managed to rush into Blackstone Square, their reduced numbers would make it difficult for them to confront the well-prepared guards of Blackstone Castle.
Since Haoyun had to coordinate with the zombie soldiers on the ground and protect the two elves holding high-level necromancy control tokens to prevent their unexpected mishaps from rendering the attack orders ineffective, he could only fight on the ground while anxiously glancing at Dao Lao, who was fighting alone on the tower.
Of course, Haoyun, relying on his own formidable strength, attempted to help Dao Lao quickly kill the enemies on the tower by throwing flying knives or spears. Unfortunately, due to Haoyun's lack of professional training in this area, while his thrown weapons had great force and height, their accuracy was so poor that it was difficult for him to hit the enemies.
"Hey! Haoyun, you need to aim carefully to hit the target!" Just as Haoyun's thrown knife flew over the tower and disappeared into the night sky once again, he suddenly heard Biscuit Tang's voice in his mind. Then, Haoyun saw an arrow accurately hitting one of the Dak elf soldiers in the tower. Subsequently, multiple arrows were shot from both sides, killing several enemies in the towers ahead.
"Biscuit Tang? Why did you come back? Didn't I tell you to leave Cold Moon City as soon as possible after escaping?" Haoyun said, feeling both happy and annoyed upon hearing Biscuit Tang's voice.
"Haha! How could we leave while you're all bravely fighting? Besides, who would want to miss such an exciting battle fighting side by side with nearly a thousand zombie soldiers!" Biscuit Tang said cheerfully through the communicator.
Shortly after the battle began, Haoyun heard that Biscuit Tang and their group had escaped from the encirclement of the soldiers with the help of dozens of zombie soldiers rushing to cause chaos at the inn. They then took advantage of their disguised identities to eliminate two necromancer colleagues who mistook them for allies. After that, they used the obtained necromancy control tokens to command two squads of zombie soldiers and followed the Dak elf soldiers who came to support the battle. Finally, they secretly instructed the two squads of zombies to suddenly attack the Dak elf soldiers in front, took advantage of the chaos, and rushed over again.
Of course, they dared to mix into the group of zombie soldiers because they knew that these zombies would only attack those who attacked them.
After Biscuit Tang and the others returned to the team, they immediately joined the battle to seize the towers. With their superb marksmanship and the chaos created by Dao Lao on the towers, they quickly captured two more towers. Then, they used the giant crossbows placed in the two towers to engage in a crossfire with the defenders in the surrounding towers. This not only restrained the firepower of the remaining towers attacking the zombie horde below but also made it easier for Dao Lao to infiltrate these towers and destroy them one by one.
Eventually, as the soldiers in the last tower gave up defense and retreated to Blackstone Square due to the situation being irreversible, the defensive barrier set up in front of Blackstone Castle was officially breached. However, Haoyun and the others were well aware that with the loss of this defensive position, their suspicious presence among the zombie soldiers would also be discovered by the Dak elves. After all, anyone could tell from their swift actions in capturing those towers that they were definitely not zombie soldiers, but flesh-and-blood humans.
However, at this point, Haoyun and the others couldn't think too much about their exposed identities. Because at this moment, Dao Lao had already discovered the switch to open the two stone gates at the bottom of a large tower. As the gates slowly opened, the hundreds of zombie soldiers, despite being briefly hindered, all poured into Blackstone Square through the gates.