Chapter 82: The Lich Falls
With Van Derreil's shout, countless arcane missiles around him shot swiftly into the undead army in front of him.
The front row of the undead army and the blood knights were all abomination, and Van Derreil's super arcane barrage skimmed through the air with great skill.
The Blood Knights didn't react, they just felt a strong wind across their heads, but any attacking soldiers from behind on the battlefield didn't care, this was a trust in their comrades!
The Blood Knights weren't doing well, but the Abominations weren't feeling good. Taller than ordinary people, that is, slightly two meters tall, these arcane missiles could not hit the Blood Knight, but the abominants who were tall and tall, and were generally more than three meters tall, fell into bad luck, and the frenzied arcane elements directly bombarded them, bursting open, tearing their upper bodies to shreds.
The ensuing arcane missiles shot into the army of the undead behind without hindrance, exploding in the high-ranking classes that the lich had desperately protected.
The furious attack lasted for five breaths before slowly weakening and disappearing. Countless arcane elementals wandered messily in a small area, and when the attack stopped, an elemental storm actually blew up, sweeping through the undead again.
By the time the storm had subsided, the location of the undead scourge had been changed beyond recognition. The ground was crumbled by the arcane, as if it had been bombarded by an artillery regiment, and everything in the area covered was reduced to powder. As for the undead army, perhaps some blown up scraps of flesh and bone can be found in the distance, which can be evidence of their existence.
But it wasn't all wiped out. As the top class of the Undead Scourge, or the strongest servant of Arthas, the Lich has once again proved his formidable strength!
At the very center of the explosion, a blue ice magic shroud exuding a chilling aura enveloped dozens of undead banshees and lichs, holding them firmly and unharmed.
Seeing the situation in front of them, all the knights felt the sense of powerlessness that surged from the bottom of their hearts, under such a fierce arcane bombardment, this seriously injured lich was not only fine himself, but he was also able to protect the dozens of banshees around him, and he was able to resist unscathed, his strength was so strong that it was really terrifying!
Just as everyone was shocked by the power of the super arcane barrage just now and the powerful strength of the undead lich, a strong arcane fluctuation came out from behind the formation again.
I saw that the initiator of the big explosion just now, Arcanist Fan Direll, had torn the second magic scroll and chanted arcane magic again.
This time the chant was so fast that he had already finished singing the last syllable before the crowd could show it, and then he pushed his hands in front of his chest and shouted:
'Enhanced, Arcane Impact!!' ‘
Powerful arcane fluctuations flashed through him, and almost at the same time, a violet dazzling light erupted on the ice magic cover held up by the lich in front of him, tearing the magic cover open in an instant, and the lich and undead banshee inside were directly swept by the arcane torrent by surprise. And Van Derreil, who released his magic, also fell to the ground weakly.
By the time everyone got used to the light and opened their eyes, there was only one lich left in the room, with an ice shield. However, the lich was not intact, his robes were in tatters, his staff and the hand holding it were gone, and even the skeletal face was missing a piece of the jaw bone, and he was standing there in disarray.
When Xie Feng saw the lich's appearance, his spirits perked up, and he hurriedly ordered:
'Give me all the siege and kill the lich!' ‘
The knights were also in high spirits, chanting slogans and rushing forward to surround the badly wounded lich.
But before the knights could attack, the lich raised its head and howled, and an ice element quickly swept under everyone's feet, freezing all the knights in place.
Frost Nova!!
The Lich's Frost Nova is not comparable to the skills of ordinary player mages. Even if it is sent by a crippled lich who has been seriously injured and is already at the end of his crossbow, it is not to be taken lightly.
In the field, only the eighth-order Selin was able to forcibly shatter the ice that froze his feet with his own strength, and none of the remaining officers could break free. Fortunately, all the blood knights were present, and the officers immediately used their free hands to dissolve the ice elemental under their feet and continue to attack the lich.
As for the rest of the ordinary soldiers, they were not so lucky. Don't say that you broke free with brute force, even if you use the free hand, you can't dissolve the free hand under your feet. Fortunately, Xie Feng reacted, commanded the defensive cavalry and the holy knights in the rear to come forward to help, and it took two or three free hands in a row to restore the freedom of those frozen knights.
Then Xie Feng hurriedly ordered again:
'All officers above the sixth rank are besieging the lich! Everyone else retreats!! ‘
Wiping the sweat on his head, Xie Feng couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart~ Seeing that the lich was seriously injured just now, his mind was hot, and he actually made all the punishment knights rush forward, aren't these third-order rookies going up to give people heads? I'm still not very mature~~
Looking at the battle in the circle again, Xie Feng was even more cold in a sweat. A group of masters above the sixth order went up to besiege it, and the lich was still alive and well, but these officers were tied up and more or less injured.
I saw that the lich was wearing a cold ice shield, and every time the officers attacked, the ice element spread along the weapon to them, making them turn into turtle speed. Each time the Lich howled, the corpses of the officers around him would be frozen for a moment, and the Lich's Ice Gun, Ice Arrow, or Wide Icepick would hit them.
Xie Feng hurriedly commanded the knights to heal those officers, and threw freedom at them in groups, so that they could always fight freely on their feet, no longer be slowed down, and let go of the attack.
As a result, the situation was much better, and the lich gradually became unable to support the attacks of the officers.
The so-called hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen! Even half-crippled lichs are not so easy to kill. Just a famous stunt, the Ice Shield, can laugh at any profession below the ninth order, let alone other stunts.
Although the situation was very good, Xie Feng still didn't dare to take it lightly, if the lich was so capable, there would be no scum left of the Scourge's legion that had already been wiped out.
But until now, the lich had relied on the Instant Frost spell and the Ice Shield to maneuver with the officers, and although the shield would soon be shattered, he was happy to continue to bless him.
Xie Feng, who watched the battle carefully, always felt as if something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.
The lich's ice shield in the field was shattered by Selin's attack again, and before everyone could take the opportunity to attack, a strong cold aura surged around the lich's body, and the entire battle circle was instantly frozen into a world of ice and snow, and a layer of ice chips on the officers was also shrouded in a layer of ice and spread quickly, almost freezing them on the spot.
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly retreated. However, this way the lich will have no restraint and can cast spells freely.
As everyone retreated, the ice elements around the lich's body quickly condensed, and in an instant, it turned into a huge hollow ice coffin to protect the lich inside.
Invincible, the undead lich raised its head and began to chant magic spells, and it wasn't long before a strong bright red glow began to flicker in the middle of the ice coffin.
Xie Feng finally knew that something was wrong. As long as there is the mana support of the lich, the ice shield will never be broken, and those just now are simply the lich's intention!
After entering Taquilin with his army, the hapless lich stopped in an open area with a box of explosives to command the undead. When the burning oil falls and ignites the explosives, the unprotected Lich is severely injured by the explosion of the entire box of explosives. The ensuing fire destroyed the entire army of the undead.
He understood that since the enemy would set up traps here, the more than a thousand paladins on the periphery would definitely not be as weak as they had just shown, and the three thousand undead would not be able to block them at all, and the way back should have been blocked by them at this time, and he would definitely not be able to rush out alone. As a last resort, he had to drag his seriously injured body, spend a lot of mana, and protect nearly a thousand high-level undead troops as guards.
I don't know that before the high-level undead could play their role, they were directly beaten into powder by the opponent's two powerful arcane attacks, making themselves the commander of the light pole.
A series of blows directly stunned him, and before he could come back to his senses, he was surrounded and attacked by an eighth-order blood elf general with a group of sixth- and seventh-order miscellaneous fish.
The strength of the seriously injured lich was greatly reduced, and most of the powerful spells could not be released at all under the harassing attacks and injuries of this group of people, and if this continued, they would be consumed sooner or later. In desperation, he had no choice but to rely on the shattering of the ice shield again and again, and secretly lay magic nodes in the surrounding air.
With a magic cultivation that is far higher than everyone else, it has not been discovered until the time is ripe, and it is only through the surrounding magic nodes that the ice element is quickly condensed and this enhanced version of the ice barrier is released. And then the inside of the barrier sang a large magic without any scruples.
Xie Feng's face changed greatly after seeing the bright red light emanating from the ice coffin!
How could he, who had pushed the Great Lich Reki * Winter, who had been pushed countless times in the sea and mountains, not understand what kind of magic it was, there was only one possibility, the Lich's fame stunt that made people smell and change color~
Withering !!
If the lich is successfully released, the blood knights present will definitely suffer heavy casualties. In addition, the property of Death Wither is that it can transfer a portion of the absorbed life force to the caster, and the caster's injuries have been restored. When the time comes, the situation will be a group of blood knights with weak hands and feet who have been sucked against a living lich, and everyone will surely die!!
At this point, the Blood Knights were all gathered around, and it was too late to scatter and escape, so it was time to see if they could interrupt the Lich's spell before Death Withering Chant played.
Interrupted, the lich at the end of the crossbow will surely die! The fight continued, and everyone present was wiped out!
It's all about time!!
The situation of life and death made Xie Feng fierce, and he ordered in a loud voice with a hideous face:
'He's unleashing Death Wither!!' All the people are attacking with all their might!! Attack with all your might!! ‘
Then he pulled out the giant axe behind him and rushed towards the lich in the lead~
When the blood knights heard his order, they also understood the seriousness of the matter, and with their trust in Xie Feng, without saying a word, they instigated the holy light energy of their whole bodies to condense a holy light judgment and smashed it on the giant ice coffin at the same time.
Intense light energy converged in the air, condensing into a bucket-sized pillar of light that bombarded the lich's ice coffin.
'Boom!! ‘
After a dazzling flash of ice and the earth shook like a mountain, the pillar of holy light energy dissipated into the air. However, although the ice coffin protecting the lich was full of cracks, it was still barely maintained and did not shatter, and the blood knights who used all the holy light energy fell to the ground weakly.
A touch of despair flashed from Xie Feng's eyes, such a strong attack still failed to break the ice coffin, and a sense of powerlessness welled up from the bottom of his heart. But then he strengthened his confidence, gritted his teeth and continued to rush forward.
Even if you die, you will die on the way to the charge! This is the belief that belongs to the warriors he got from the warriors of Sarufar and Kukaron!!
Just as Xie Feng was about to approach the ice coffin, a loud shout came from behind him, and he saw Selin throw down the double swords in his hand, grab an officer's long-handled war halberd from the side and quickly pass past him, jump high in front of the ice coffin, and mobilize all his strength to insert the war halberd into a crack in the ice coffin~
'Break me!! ‘
With the sound of angry screams and a thin cracking sound came from the place where the halberd was inserted, it quickly spread to the entire ice coffin. The ice coffin, which was already full of cracks just now, could no longer support it, and it was scattered and shattered with the war halberd as the center.
A sky-blue light poured out from the crack in the ice coffin, and after the structure of the ice element that condensed the ice coffin was destroyed by brute force, it erupted strongly from the inside out, and the biting cold wind mixed with ice chips rushed towards Xie Feng, and Selin, who was closer to the elemental explosion, was directly swept away from the distance under the unsustained force~
Just when Xie Feng was about to raise the battle axe for protection, a figure appeared in front of him out of thin air, only to see a dark black mist surging out of his body, directly blocking the ice element that erupted with his body, protecting Xie Feng behind him~
'Be careful!! ‘
Xie Feng was taken aback: 'Kevin!! ‘
It turned out that Kevin, who had been hiding his body to protect his thief brothers, used the shadow cloak to protect Xie Feng in front of Xie Feng and resisted the impact of the elemental explosion.
However, while the Cloak of Shadow is immune to magical attacks, it is not immune to physical forces. The impact of the rapid flow of the elemental explosion tore Kevin back again and again, but he still gritted his teeth and defended Xie Feng desperately.
After the impact passed, the exhausted Kevin could no longer support it and fell to the ground. However, Xie Feng didn't have time to take care of him, and quickly swept past him and rushed towards the undead lich who was casting spells.
At this time, the lich's death withering has finished chanting, and when the elemental magic array around him is completed, the spell can be unleashed.
Finding that the situation was critical, Xie Feng stretched out his right hand before approaching the undead lich, and shot out a thick blue magic beam with all his strength, shooting into the magic array that was about to be completed in front of the lich, and then from the connection between the magic array and the beam, a blue energy shield burst out, enveloping the magic array and the lich, and then quickly shrinking, which was Xie Feng's new comprehension~
Arcane Mastery!!
Under the critical situation, Xie Feng couldn't hold back, condensed all his spiritual power, and used all his strength to control the arcane control and shoot at the lich's magic array.
The magic power on the magic array absorbed through the beam quickly surged into Xie Feng's right hand. The cold and evil death power mixed with the arcane elements gathered in large quantities in his hands, making Xie Feng's body feel uncomfortable for a while, but at this time, he didn't care about it, holding the energy ball in his hand while gritting his teeth and continuing to use the arcane control to send out a torrent to absorb the mana on the magic array, while quickly rushing towards the lich.
Although Xie Feng's mental strength can be called strong, it is obviously not enough to compare with professionals. The heavily injured lich can actually withstand the arcane torrent, mobilize the residual mana to maintain the magic array, and quickly replenish the magic power to complete the magic array.
Although the arcane control tried its best to interfere, the last two mana lines in the magic array were still slowly and firmly approaching, Xie Feng had used all his power without reservation, but he still couldn't stop the formation of the magic array, and with the lich's concentrating control, the arcane energy and death energy coming from the beam were getting less and less.
Looking at the magic array that was about to be completed, the undead lich looked at Xie Feng with contemptuous eyes and laughed wildly, as if he had won this contest.
But he was too happy to be happy!
Just before the last two mana lines in the magic array converged, a weak voice came from behind Xie Feng~
'Strengthen, spell counter! ‘
I saw that Van Direil, who was exhausted from the release of two high-grade powerful magic just now, was holding a wooden stick that he didn't know where to pick up, forcibly dragging his tired body behind Xie Feng, and tried his best to use a spell to counteract at the last moment.
As Van Derreil's voice came out, an arcane spark suddenly flashed from the magic array, instantly disrupting the lich's mana. The lich, who was badly injured and had consumed a lot of mana, was unable to resist the spell counter of the arcanist who was two ranks below him.
The magic array that had lost the lich's control was instantly absorbed by Xie Feng's arcane control, and a devastating force condensed along the magic beam to Xie Feng's right hand. A large number of elements mixed with arcane and death energy were not at all under Xie Feng's control, and he was almost instantly shocked by the violent energy and bled to the ground.
At this time, Xie Feng had already fallen into madness, and the obsession of destroying the lich squeezed out the next trace of potential in his body, barely allowing him to maintain the energy ball, and rushed to the lich with all his might.
Xie Feng, who was bleeding from the seven orifices and had a hideous face, howled wildly, and his right hand violently bombarded the overwhelmed lich with violent energy
'Boom!! ‘
In the strong roar, black and purple magical energy erupted from the center of Xie Feng and the lich's bodies, scattering in all directions~
At the last moment of the explosion, a golden energy debris floated up from Xie Feng's body, and then his figure was drowned by the energy that flew out~~
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The two chapters are combined ~~ plus the morning's barely three chapters~~