Chapter 1274: Acute-toothed Ankylosaurus
And among the two subsidiary groups of the Blood Blade Tribe, the Thunder Eagle Clan, in the legend, is a strange magical creature born from the storm, not only born with a powerful thunder attack, huge size and wingspan up to ten meters away, but also makes it easy for them to catch a war horse, or even some dragon beasts into the sky, and after being tamed, whether it is reconnaissance or air strikes, they are very terrifying existences.
However, such a powerful magical creature is not the most troublesome problem for Li Ran, because whether it is a seraphim or a mythical dragon, he has a lot of them in his hands, not to mention the Twilight clan, and the archers of the High Elves are also the nemesis of flying creatures, so even if these thunder eagles are powerful, there is no problem in controlling them, not to mention that here, Li Ran has already prepared enough magic arrows.
And what caused Li Ran the most headache, and even a little worried, was another subordinate clan creature of this Blood Blade tribe, the sharp-toothed candle Mengston ankylosaurus!
It is a peculiar earth-walking dragon that is usually only found in forbidden places like the Sunset Mountains, and is known for its heavy spike-like and blocky natural deck.
Although it belongs to a type of earth-walking dragon, above the surface, there is no giant dragon that dares to compete with it, except for the thick natural deck on their body, the few fangs of the coarse-toothed candle Munston ankylosaurus are several meters long, but they can tear open the body of any creature at will.
And if you think that this creature has only one attack method, you are wrong, a row of sharp bony spikes on its sides, although they are usually hidden in the body, can be stretched out to form a spiky edge when fighting.
Like a tank in the form of a living organism, with its helpless defenses and powerful attack, it is a terrifying war machine from all angles, and even more depressingly, they also have a decent agility, which makes them a nightmare for all creatures.
But it's this terrifying creature, but it was also trained into a mount by this bloodblade tribe, I don't know how to use it, the powerful warriors of the war clan and the terrifying forbidden land ankylosaurus, if only in terms of individual combat effectiveness, they are even above the Zerela dragon demon cavalry, it is really a headache.
Fortunately, from the current point of view, among this Bloodblade tribe with nearly 50,000 adult warriors, the Thunder Eagle and the sharp-toothed candle Mengston Ankylosaurus that are tamed for mounts are all forbidden creatures with low fertility, although I don't know how this Bloodblade tribe got these two subsidiary races, but the number of these two combined is not more than 10,000, otherwise with Li Ran's current strength, he really wouldn't dare to fight his idea.
The fire barbarians still swore to the death, and Li Ran did not continue to spend time persuading them to surrender, but first escorted them back to the Dusk clan for care, as for those clan warriors from the Greenstone Swamp territory, although there were not many of them, Li Ran hurriedly took them to the previous territory the day after they were absorbed, mainly to obtain the bloodthirsty rhinoceros in this area.
And after about a week of encirclement and suppression, because of the urgency of time, Li Ran also didn't care about these bloodthirsty and violent rhinos scattered in this area, and waved his troops directly at the Blood Blade Tribe.
Although this expedition, Li Ran's command was basically dominated by powerful high-level and above troops, and the journey of more than 1,000 miles, according to their physical fitness, if they marched between imperial towns and cities, they could reach it in a few days at most.
However, it was not so easy to march within the forbidden territory, although within a hundred or two hundred miles of the vicinity, because it was the territory of the Twilight stronghold, they were not harassed or attacked in any way.
But once you leave here, even if the route planned before has been sorted out by Xia Houben's troops, you will still encounter harassment from creatures from time to time, and even some larger groups will launch surprise attacks at night.
Fortunately, it was not the first time that Li Ran and the others had marched in the forbidden land, and they were also extremely cautious about some places that needed attention, so along the determined route, they also gradually approached the target.
According to the previous investigation, one thing is fortunate that this Blood Blade tribe has no other affiliated races except for the two races of Thunder Eagle and Sharptooth Candle Mengston Ankylosaurus, including within hundreds of miles of its tribe, and there are no other large tribes and biological races, so Li Ran and they will not worry about encountering other opponents here.
Of course, Li Ran also knew that he couldn't hide the movements of tens of thousands of troops, especially when a week later, some reconnaissance sentinels with mysterious deeds appeared around the army one after another, and the army also entered a state of readiness.
At noon that day, as Li Ran's army got closer and closer, less than a hundred miles away from the Blood Blade Tribe, Li Ran saw these warriors of the Blood Blade Clan.
Compared with pure barbarian warriors such as the Loso and Modo, these warriors of the Bloodblade Clan are actually more similar to half-orcs, although they are also very strong, their appearance is more inclined to the human race, but the gray and black skin and a few exposed fangs are always a reminder that they are all tyrannical barbarian warriors.
With just a glance, Li Ran felt the strength of these guys, especially the breath of blood on their bodies that was like fire at that time and like a raging wind, which made them obviously different from ordinary barbarian warriors, although it was only a team of less than a hundred people, but looking at their tens of thousands of troops, there was no panicked expression in their eyes, on the contrary, the fierce eyes were even colder, and they had the frame of a battle.
Looking at their eyes, Li Ran couldn't help frowning slightly, he would never underestimate any opponent, let alone a group that could live in the forbidden land, he knew that these barbarian warriors were not stupid, and when they could see their legions, they still showed this arrogant attitude, in addition to the belligerence in their character, it was also a manifestation of extreme confidence in their own strength.
Even though his deeds had been exposed, for this team that was somewhat similar to envoys, Li Ran did not immediately start killing, but just tested their tone a little in the other party's reprimand and intimidation, hoping to extract some useful information from it.
However, the other party's attitude was really a little choked, and there were several ridicules and insults between the words, so that the two Shura Demon Kings who were responsible for guarding Li Ran couldn't help but burst out and directly killed one of the leaders, and seeing this situation, Li Ran had no choice but to order a Shura army to attack and take them all.
deliberately did not send a large army, just to test the real combat strength of these people, and through this short confrontation, Li Ran also saw that the strength of these blood blade warriors was still above his own estimate.
In a one-on-one battle of the same level, even a powerful Shura warrior is difficult to win, and even when these warriors of the Blood Blade Clan display a certain natural skill, after their strength and speed have been greatly improved, even if they face two or three Shura warriors, they have a great chance of causing them to suffer heavy losses.
If it was under normal circumstances, seeing this situation, Li Ran would definitely recalculate the countermeasures, but at this time, it had been nearly a month since he came from the battlefield of the Saranka Empire, and considering that there were still many things to do next, Li Ran was already ready to send it.
What's more, they have already aroused the hatred of the Bloodblade Tribe, even if they want to quit, it is impossible, although they have nothing to do here, under the condition of sticking to it, and there are the fortifications built by Zheng Haitao in the past two years, they are not afraid of the attack of the Bloodblade Tribe, but once they leave, the Twilight stronghold will be dangerous.
So in this case, with Li Ran's order, the army also continued to move, slowly heading towards the Blood Blade Tribe in front, but when the army rested a few hours later, Li Ran found a group of teammates and made a big revision to the battle plan.
By the time Li Ran led the army here, it was almost noon the next day, and looking at the barbarian walled city that loomed on the opposite side, Li Ran also ordered the whole army to rest and be on guard.
As expected, with the ferocious characteristics of the barbarians, when facing an enemy that would not be too many more than their own, they would never passively stay in place, not to mention that with their relatively rough fortifications, it was really not worth giving up their fighting style to defend, which would only be more passive, so soon, Li Ran and the others saw the barbarian army rolling on the opposite side.
As a commander, Li Ran also thought of this, so at this moment, while ordering the whole army to enter a state of combat readiness, judging from the position of his army, it is also an open field with a higher position nearby.
And in order to stimulate these guys to fight as soon as possible, Li Ran at this time was no longer polite, and in the face of their accusations, not only did he ignore them, but instead seemed to be arrogant and gave the other party a message to either surrender or get out.
As the overlords of this region, the tyrannical barbarian warriors, the warriors of the Bloodblade tribe feared by all creatures, how could they have been insulted like this, so without a word, this war has begun.
Sure enough, these warriors of the Bloody Blade Clan, or their leader, were obviously very aware of the advantages of their side, looking at the defensive formation they discharged, they did not immediately engage in the excitement of the clan warriors, with a low horn sound, the first to rush over was the thousands of sharp-toothed candle Munston Ankylosaurus.
And when dealing with these terrifying creatures like prehistoric beasts, Li Ran was also prepared, and with his order, when the opponent's sharp-toothed candle was rushed by the Ston Ankylosaurus group, it was not the tower shield warriors led by the Marquis of Viola who were facing the front, but a group of high-ranking mages in robes who came out of the army.