Chapter 542: Chapter 542

While one side had far greater numbers and the advantage of terrain, they also had superior quality, managing to repel the creatures sent by the Sandpeople. Although they hadn’t gained the upper hand, they firmly kept their opponents at bay.

If Du You hadn’t lacked ordinary archers, these Desert Wolves and Sand Snakes wouldn’t have posed any challenge to him. Seeing that these creatures were not of much use, Fengcao didn’t want to wait any longer.

"Charge with me. These cowardly humans don’t deserve to be our enemies," Fengcao led half of his men forward. Despite only having half, he was closely trailed by nearly two hundred second-tier Quicksand soldiers. Fengcao was confident that his Quicksand soldiers could easily outmatch several humans of the same level so he had no worries.

The priests following them kept their distance, ready to provide magic support. As for the Sand Sculpture Knights in the sky, they hadn’t taken flight yet and were waiting for the right opportunity. The time to attack was not now.

"Come forth, let me show you my power." Du You saw these people charging towards him. Even though the odds were in his favor, Du You didn’t want to suffer a heavy loss. Spotting the advancing enemies, Du You raised his hand and cast a spell into the air, summoning the Destruction Flames and a massive magic array appeared.

Large amounts of dark elements gathered, and with Du You’s guidance, a huge fireball gradually formed after ten seconds.

What Du You didn’t expect was that as soon as his fireball formed, a special vehicle behind the priests suddenly emitted a red stream of air. The stream spread around, forming a circle.

As this force erupted, Du You eerily found his fireball seemingly encountering numerous obstacles. Every time it descended, the fireball would become weaker. When the fireball almost landed, it burst.

Countless black flames rained down, only managed to conjure a few Destruction Evil Dogs, but his fireball was completely ineffective.

Though the Destruction Evil Dogs were quite powerful, they were instantly surrounded by the Quicksand soldiers as soon as they landed. In the chaos of slashing blades and Dou Qi, the Destruction Evil Dogs were exterminated before they could leverage their abilities.

"Hahaha, the magic seal orb that the City Lord prepared for us is indeed useful. These humans indeed have powerful mages."

Upon hearing this, Du You’s eyes narrowed slightly: "A magic seal orb? Having learned their lesson from the last city loss, they brought something to suppress mages." Du You had no choice.

Since the opponents had taken measures to counter him, what else could Du You do?

What the Sandpeople didn’t expect was that Du You could understand their language. Most humans didn’t understand the Sandpeople’s language, and among those present, only Du You could understand it with the help of his panel translation function.

Fengcao continued to charge forward with his troops, looking very smug, as if he had already seized victory. In his arrogance, Fengcao didn’t notice that the human soldiers in front of him were unmoved, their spirits of morale undeterred.

"The elite of the elite, start preparing according to the plan," Luo Jia quickly instructed.

The fifty Shadow Shooters hidden in the dark were ready to attack, they were just waiting for the order to strike down the unfortunate Sandpeople. But for now, everyone was holding their positions.

Behind them, the Sand Sculpture Knights also began to prepare for takeoff.

Luo Jia spoke to the rear: "Griffin Knights prepare, Shaliya, command the arrow towers to focus their attack on the Sand Sculptures, ignore the ground for now." Shaliya promptly nodded her agreement upon hearing this.

Meanwhile, Du You was once again casting Destruction Flames into the air, a scene reminiscent of before unfolded.

The magic seal orb once again emitted a red light, and just like before, his Destruction Flames were severely weakened, ultimately rendered useless. "It can burst continuously, but needs to be activated each time to take effect. My ordinary spell casting is fast. They wouldn’t have time to restrict it, so it shouldn’t be much affected."

Du You understood. His Destruction Flames were probably useless here. Not only that, the traps he had set up earlier, be it the Dark Swamp or Hellfire Thunder, were almost cleared up by the last two bursts of the magic seal orb.

The reason they didn’t use it before must be due to some special limitations of the magic seal orb. If not, it wouldn’t have been neglected earlier. If they could use it, they would have brought the magic seal orb all the way here instead of losing so many Sandpeople and even upper-class fighters to various traps.

After Du You had released two spells, the Flying Legions from both sides started to take off. Just as the Sand Sculpture Knights had flown up, they ran into the Griffin Knights head-on. When arch-rivals meet, their hatred is bound to pose a threat.

Though the two armies were the last to act, they were the first to engage because flying was faster than running.

The two forces clashed fiercely, and terrifying attacks instantly erupted. The attacks were simple but deadly. However, the Griffins did not fly high, but instead kept drawing the enemies down.

Coordinating with the attacks from the arrow towers below, the Sand Sculpture Knights were in great pain. If it wasn’t for the additional magic provided by the priests on the Sand Scupltures and their knights, their ranks would have probably collapsed by now. Even so, they remained at a disadvantage. The source of this content ɪs 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝕟𝕖𝕥

Their numbers were now about the same as those of the Griffin Knights, but they stood no chance against the 9th tier Griffin Knight legion. Five minutes later, the heavily damaged Sand Sculpture legion began to lose morale. Many became increasingly passive in combat, appearing to be ready to flee at any moment.

Only at this point did the Quicksand soldiers on the ground finally charge in.

"They’ve reached the attack range, attack now." Luo Jia ordered the messenger next to him.

The Sandpeople noticed that people suddenly popped out from the city walls and some hidden locations that had been quiet all along. Dressed in black, these people seemed to blend into the darkness.

As soon as they appeared, these people drew their bows and launched their arrows without hesitation. Shadow Arrows, coordinates, and other skills were all unleashed. Caught off guard, twenty second-tier Quicksand soldiers were killed instantly, and more than thirty were injured.

"Damn it, don’t you dare run." Fengcao, who had just caught up, saw a Shadow Shooter crouch down and disappear. Looking at the ground, a tunnel was stealthily dug when no one knew.

But the Quicksand soldiers were too large to fit into the narrow tunnels. They could burrow through sand but not through mud. These small tunnels were too small for them to squeeze into.