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The outside of each airship is wrapped with layers of copper wire fences, but this thing is not used to defend against enemy attacks, but to protect against lightning!
Inside the airship, wizards proficient in thunder magic worked together to launch a legendary magic - the Thunder Prison Net!
The powerful thunder took the airships distributed above the valley as its base points, and the giant thunder net intertwined with each other instantly covered the airspace of the entire battlefield.
Violent arcs of electricity jumped non-stop, emitting terrifying destructive power. In the areas swept by the thunder, a large number of wandering souls and screaming demons that poured out from the space-time gate were directly annihilated under the sky full of lightning.
Even if some flying monsters with higher resistance did not die immediately, they would fall to death from the sky because their bodies were paralyzed and they lost the ability to fly.
The air force is much more difficult to deal with than ground forces. It is almost impossible to rely on traditional means to destroy so many flying undead creatures without leaving any behind!
So Vittorio specially sent those wizards who were proficient in thunder magic to the airship. With the help of a large number of lightning stones that were fully charged as energy reserves, the thunder magic they performed together was enough to cover an entire airspace and last for more than a day!
Amid the raging artillery fire and thunder, even though tens of thousands of undead poured out of the space-time gate every second, they were often wiped out before they could rush out of the valley.
However, there were new changes inside the space-time gate. A huge black shadow emerged from the surging vortex.
It was a gigantic stitched monster, over a hundred meters tall, uglier and more hideous than other stitched creatures. Its back was covered with bone armor similar to barbs, and its elbows and ankles were hung with various sharp claws.
Continuous artillery fire hit the body covered with bone spurs, blasting holes in it, but it was not enough to shake its huge body!
More importantly, everyone present soon discovered that there was more than one such monster. The second and third giant stitched monsters soon appeared in front of everyone.
Within ten minutes, a total of thirty-five giant stitched monsters walked out of the space-time gate, as if towering mountains were approaching them.
Hundreds of electromagnetic railguns have begun to charge, accompanied by bursts of violent explosions. The sonic booms produced instantly shocked the soldiers around them and made them cover their ears tightly.
Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred red streams of light whizzed over and shot towards the nearest stitched monsters.
At seven times the speed of sound, the attack arrived in just one second. One of the stitched monsters was hit by twenty orbital cannons. Holes were made all over its body. Blood and flesh fragments flew everywhere, and it died on the spot in an instant.
In one round of attacks, ten giant stitched monsters were killed on the spot. Their broken bodies fell heavily to the ground and sank directly into the ground.
Seeing this scene, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. When such a large-sized stitched monster rushed out of the space-time gate, they almost thought it was a large group of legendary creatures, but they didn't expect it to be just some fake ones.
After several consecutive rounds of electromagnetic cannon bombardment, these monsters as big as hills were completely destroyed.
However, this thing is obviously used to attract firepower. Along with these giant stitched monsters, there are also a large number of high-level undead such as bone crushers, death knights, and dark guards.
Even when facing artillery fire, they have excellent defensive capabilities. With the giant stitched monster attracting most of the firepower, it quickly approached to a distance of less than one kilometer.
On the outside of the valley, rows of machine guns were set up, and dense tongues of fire poured towards the distance. Bullets cut through the void, tearing the undead that tried to approach the valley into pieces halfway.
But the sea of undead souls that surges up like a tide is still slowly approaching...
"Is this the right number? Mr. Speaker?" Sanchez turned to look at Vittorio and asked.
The number of undead gathered in the valley now may have exceeded one million!
"It's time!" Vittorio nodded, then raised his hand, and a beam of purple light suddenly shot up into the sky.
Outside every corner of the valley, the alchemists who saw the beam of light immediately took action and cast spells together.
The entire valley immediately began to shake violently, the ground beneath the feet began to crack, and huge cracks spread from all directions towards the center of the valley.
Thousands of Death Knights were charging in a group. The earth and rocks under their feet suddenly collapsed, and they fell down and rolled into a giant pit more than 60 meters deep below.
Over the past few months, more than eight thousand elemental wizards have worked together to hollow out half of the valley's underground. If the time hadn't been so short, Sanchez would have even wanted to have people dig the valley into an abyss.
This move was undoubtedly very effective. Millions of undead stranded in the valley sank into the ground. Then, the artillerymen switched to special ammunition. After a round of bombardment, a scorching sea of fire began to spread underground in the valley.
"It seems that these undead spirits are not that big of a deal. If they are just this serious, it doesn't matter if more come!"
Arad looked at the skeleton that had fallen into the ground and was broken into pieces. Some of the skeletons were struggling to stand up but were buried. His previous worry about the inter-dimensional war was suddenly relieved a lot.
Weak, really too weak. Just artillery, muskets, airships and a few traps are enough to crush all the invading undead.
There are many wizards who think like Arad. Some of them even start to comment and discuss which of the undead that emerged from the time and space gate are stronger and weaker.
Harof and his men did not let down their guard, because up to now no legendary undead had appeared in front of them, which probably meant that all the undead that appeared now were just cannon fodder used to test them, which was why he had not let them use some powerful weapons.
In fact, just as Harov thought, as time went on, Arad and others who had originally shown disdain on their faces began to sweat.
This battle lasted from morning to late night. Countless undead poured out of the space-time gate. Many wizards were keenly aware that since they sank the entire valley, no more ground undead came out of the space-time gate, but instead more flying undead.
And they were not as stupid as imagined. They kept changing their attack strategies. Many of them dispersed instead of clustering together. Some of the Screeching Demons even tried to approach them by flying at low altitude.
The blockade of the Thunder Net alone was not enough to stop all the targets. The roar of the machine guns never stopped, and the cross-fire network was used to eliminate those who slipped through the net.
This meant that the commander of the Undead army seemed to have a way of knowing what was happening here and making tactical adjustments accordingly. Moreover, the enemy had many more troops than they expected, so they didn't care about the loss at all and remained very calm.
"Did you notice? Some undead did not participate in the battle after flying out of the space-time gate, but immediately returned to the space-time gate." Harof said thoughtfully.
"Is it the sentry responsible for exploration?" Sanchez reacted immediately.
However, it would be useless even if they knew. They could not kill every undead that passed through the space-time gate, and naturally they could not stop them from going back.
"How many of them are there?" Arad couldn't help but ask.
The ammunition that the parliament had spent more than a year to stockpile had been used up by nearly one third. After running continuously for more than ten hours, the energy storage of the lightning stones was almost exhausted, but the number of undead emerging from the other side of the space-time gate did not decrease at all.
Although the darkness did not weaken their fighting power with the help of the lightning net in the sky and the wizards' fluorescent magic, after fighting for more than ten hours in a row, many people felt mentally exhausted.
Even a warrior with a strong willpower needs rest. The enemy wouldn't intend to waste ten days or half a month like this and use up all their ammunition and status, right?
No one could answer this question. Harof had already put people in a rotation system. Even the official wizards participated in the battle to replace some of the artillery. Even the Thunder Net was temporarily shut down.
Magic power can be restored, but the production and replenishment of ammunition and energy cannot be solved in a short time.
"Should we use that?" Aurora asked, and she was referring to nuclear weapons.
To deal with such a large number of enemies, a Skyfall attack is obviously the quickest solution!
They can even be thrown directly into the other side of the space-time gate. Judging from the number of invading undead, they should be able to destroy millions of undead at once, which will also give them some buffer and rest time.
Harof was somewhat hesitant. After all, according to the previous plan, the Parliament's nuclear reserves were to be used to deal with those legendary creatures and the Lord of the Undead. It would be a bit too wasteful to use them on these cannon fodders.
But continuing to fight like this is not a solution. It seems we have no choice but to use our nuclear reserves in advance!
Harov quickly made up his mind.
"What is that?" Sanchez suddenly pointed at the surging space-time gate in front of him and said in surprise.
Harov and others paused and looked in the direction Sanchez was pointing.
Several kilometers away, a fist-sized dark sphere was floating out from the space-time gate. If it weren't for the help of farsighted magic, no one would have noticed it.
Is it some kind of offensive magic? Or some strange undead creature?
Harof couldn't guess, but he wouldn't let this thing exist. He raised his hand, and an electromagnetic cannon flashing with rune light appeared in front of him. It flew at more than thirty times the speed of sound and soon hit the chaotic sphere, blowing it up instantly!
But Harof's expression became extremely ugly, because as the sphere exploded, an invisible force immediately swept towards the valley.
The method to activate this technique is actually to be detonated!
The other party used their hands to complete the final step of the spell!
A large number of undead souls that were shot down by machine guns and shattered by light beams in the sky exploded before they fell into the raging sea of fire below. Waves of dark green poisonous fog erupted from the remains of the corpses, quickly covering the entire airspace.
This is the legendary necromancy technique - advanced corpse explosion!
"This fog must not be touched..." Vittorio looked at the thick fog drifting over and felt a vague feeling of palpitations.
Even for a legendary wizard like him, it would be a shame if he got infected!
Seeing that the poisonous fog was spreading towards them, Vittorio and Harof immediately joined forces with a dozen elemental wizards around them to summon a hurricane, trying to blow the poisonous wind back into the space-time gate. After all, the valley was surrounded by the kingdom's army, and there were even airships in the sky.
However, even with the combined efforts of a dozen great wizards, as well as the legendary wizard Harof and Vittorio, they could only barely seal the poisonous fog within the valley.
Under the blowing of the hurricane, the sharp-eyed Sanchez realized that this was not fog at all, but a sea of ghosts with no end in sight!
Ferocious and painful faces emerged in the surging mist.
In other words, what they are facing now are actually the aggregate of millions of souls that died on this battlefield!
Realizing this, the wizards present felt a chill in their hearts.
These vengeful spirits who died tragically in their lifetime and were enslaved after death displayed their greatest malice, constantly attacking the incoming storm, attempting to break through the blockade and devour all the living people outside.
Immediately afterwards, waves of roars of skeleton dragons resounded in the dark green mist.
With the cover of the Undead Mist, the real offensive has now officially begun!
More Screaming Demons than before rushed out of the space-time gate, accompanied by dozens of skeleton dragons, a large number of undead griffins and even high-level banshees and corpse witches. They are the backbone of the Undead Legion and have transcended the level of cannon fodder.
At this time, Harof was relieved. What they were most worried and afraid of was that they couldn't see the enemy's strength clearly like just now. Now that they have waited for the other party to send out elite troops, they can relax a little.
"Let these skeletons have a taste of the wizard's greatest masterpiece!" Harof said without hesitation.
The Yangyan Cannon, which had been standing still in the middle of the formation, suddenly turned its muzzle to point towards the time-space gate. As a 500-kilogram high-purity uranium stone was loaded into it, a dazzling light of destruction immediately appeared on the battlefield...
Chapter 552: The Power of the Yangyan Cannon, the Frustrated Nine-Ring Demon
In the valley filled with undead fog, [Plague Spreader] Nicklu rushed out of the space-time gate, flapping his wings.
As a high-level demon, Nicklu was born with legendary power. After joining the great Lord of the Undead, he became a nine-ring legendary demon and gained the power to spread plague and poison!
This time, when invading this new plane, he volunteered to be the pioneer, hoping to gain merit and win the favor of the Lord of the Undead again!
Just like Cecil!
Thinking of the lucky [Great Lich], Nicklu was filled with envy and hatred. Before, Cecil was chosen by the Lord of the Undead to go to the realm of the Moon Goddess Diana to gather intelligence. He was even a little gloating, thinking that the other party would most likely not come back.
After all, if one takes the initiative to step into a god's domain, even a nine-ring legendary wizard would be in great danger.
However, this mission, which they thought was fraught with danger and even a life-threatening one, suddenly turned into a job that could earn them credit for nothing.
Who could have thought that the Moon Goddess, after learning that the Lord of the Dead had set his sights on her divine domain, would actually flee in panic, allowing Cecil to take advantage of the situation and capture the entire plane without any effort, and even receive a promise from the Lord of the Dead.
After conquering a new plane, this land that originally belonged to the Moon God will be given to Cecil...
The flame of jealousy was burning in Nicklu's heart. As long as he could achieve more merits than Cecil, the Lord of the Dead might generously grant him the opportunity to become a true God!
So Nicklu took the risk in exchange for the opportunity to become a pioneer.
He was betting that the Moon God had not yet been able to completely integrate into this plane, otherwise Cecil would not have been slaughtering his own divine domain.
After stepping into this world, Nicklu immediately realized that he had won the bet!
Because the elements in the void do not contain anyone's will, this is a plane without a master!
"Foolish mortals, death has come!" Nicklu opened his mouth excitedly, and a loud and sharp voice echoed above the valley.
The plague and poisonous area surrounding his body expanded rapidly, and soon combined with the fog of death, breaking through the shackles of the storm!