Chapter 87: Counterattack (2)
Among the black-pressed ant colonies, hundreds of parasitic war beasts of all sizes, large and small, are extremely eye-catching.
Some of these war beasts have large and burly bodies, such as parasitic dung beetles, which resemble a small mountain against the background of ant colonies; Some have hideous faces, such as parasitic centipedes, with long writhing bodies, dense arthropods, huge poisonous needles, and bright body colors; Some weapons are terrifying, such as parasitic mole crickets, with forelimbs that resemble the scythes of a praying mantis.
This mixed army was assembled not far from the [bridgehead], staring at the [bridgehead] and the defenders inside.
This is the day after the [bridgehead] has been restored, and a new big battle is about to begin.
The Divine Envoy King's legion is ready to be prepared: the Flying Knights remain in the anthill for the time being, but ready to attack at any moment; The ant warriors set up a heavy defensive line on the first wall, and there were reserves in the ant mounds in the rear.
The protagonist stands at the top of the anthill, wielding a ballista, aiming in the direction where the enemy army appears.
Today, the parasitic army obviously did not expect the ants to suddenly appear in the [bridgehead] again, and a part of the air force and navy ran to the [swamp city] side to attack according to inertia.
The other half of the air force and navy were entrenched near the [bridgehead]. But the protagonist ignores the small number of enemies in the air and water, there are air defense nets, and they are not much of a threat.
His ballistas were aimed at the parasitic army, and the parasitic ants and parasitic beasts that could drill through the holes in the air defense mesh were the number one enemy.
There are thousands of enemy land forces that appear today, and the protagonist cannot estimate the exact number due to the vegetation, but it is obviously larger than the first time in the [bridgehead] defensive operation, and from a distance it looks black and oppressive, covering the ground.
After the parasitic army assembled not far away, they finally went into action.
Although the parasitic ants and the parasitic beasts charged almost at the same time, and seemed to cooperate seamlessly, if you look closely, you will find that there are many inconsistencies.
Some of the larger parasitic war beasts ran completely regardless of the "friendly forces" in front of them, and their huge bodies went on a rampage, and some unlucky ants or small parasitic war beasts were injured in the brute force trampling and collision of the big ones.
In a large group of charging troops, injuries are most likely to mean death, and the comrades in the rear do not care about the wounded at all, and continue to trample through them until these wounded die without feeling the pain.
The fastest parasitic beasts have already rushed into the range of the ballista, and today the protagonist doesn't have the time to aim carefully, so he asks his assistant warrior to load the ballista with stone bullets, five stone bullets.
With the sudden sound of the bowstring, five stone bullets were fired, announcing the official start of today's defensive battle.
Five stone bullets shot towards the parasitic war beasts that were charging ahead, due to the narrow land route, these parasitic war beasts were very close to each other, only two of the five stone bullets missed, fell into the soil and bounced a few times, smashing up a cloud of smoke and dust.
The remaining three all hit their targets, and one of the hapless parasitic spiders was directly hit by two of them, with broken bones and tendons, rolling on the ground in pain, consuming the last of its life force, while the silk parasite on its body had begun to flee.
The other one that was hit was a parasitic locust, its carapace was very thick, it was only slightly wounded by a bullet, and blood and tissue fluid flowed from its carapace, and it was still charging.
The protagonist continues to wind and fire, and the ant warrior on the side keeps reloading, and the ballista is wantonly invading into the distance at a high speed of about ten seconds per shot.
Not far above the protagonist's head, there is a parasitic dragonfly lying on the protective net, gnawing on the net rope while staring at it, but the ants ignore it except for one or two to keep the parasite from falling secretly.
Instead of chasing after the first few parasitic beasts, the protagonist keeps shooting covering after the enemy's large force is in range—using long-range fire to kill and weaken the enemy as much as possible, which is the protagonist's intention.
The ballista shells were nothing short of a disaster for the parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts that charged intensively.
Since the protagonist had previously foreseen and practiced, he was well aware of the range and approximate dispersion of the ballista, and the vast majority of the shells hit the charging enemy in the narrow land passage.
The shells of these ballistas hit and catapult in the ranks of ants, sometimes knocking over several parasitic ants in a row, plowing several passages in the blackened "carpet" of ant colonies.
Those big parasitic war beasts are also uncomfortable, although the carapace is strong and the ability to resist blows is strong, but these parasitic war beasts are large in size and are also more vulnerable to ballista shells.
A huge parasitic dung beetle, although it was still crawling forward quickly, was not as fast as before, and even limped, and one of its limbs was discounted by a cannonball in the middle!
The parasitic dung beetle had been hit by several stone bullets all over its body, and although only some slight cracks in its carapace could be seen on the outside, it had already been shocked on the inside.
Eventually, the parasitic dung beetle couldn't crawl, and it wanted to stop on the spot to catch its breath for a while, but the severe injury made it unable to hold on any longer, and as soon as its limbs were loosened, it turned over on its back and stomach soaring to the ground.
The other parasitic ants and parasitic war beasts did not hesitate to bypass or even flip over its dying body, and continued to charge forward.
The protagonist's ballista is like the scythe of death harvesting wantonly, and a small number of ballista shells will be blocked by the net rope of the air defense net, but it does not affect the overall situation.
After the main force of the parasitic ants finally rushed within three minutes of the [bridgehead], the Divine Angel King's legion also began to shoot with slings.
Although the power of these ant-thrown slings is far inferior to that of ballistas, and the lethality of parasitic war beasts is very weak, they are superior in quantity.
A large number of parasitic ants were hit one after another, with broken bones and tendons, and heavy casualties.
But the parasitic army, which finally rushed to the front of the protective net, can finally start a counterattack.
The big parasitic beast could not penetrate the hole in the protective net, and began to gnaw on the net rope like a parasitic dragonfly, trying to destroy the protective net.
Parasitic ants and some small parasitic war beasts burrowed directly into the holes in the net, and then climbed the stones and walls to feint against the Divine Envoy King warriors above.
There are also parasitic war beasts with long-range attack power, which shoot outside the net.
For example, a parasitic centipede, with a huge body, a bright fiery red carapace and a flaming yellow poisonous needle, aimed the poison at the defenders, and with a long drum, a thick red mist shot out.
A small section of the city wall was covered by this red mist, and both the Divine Envoy King warrior and the parasitic ants in it immediately rolled in pain.