Chapter 168: Fierce Battle in the Fortress (14)
The parasitic dung beetle was thrown to the ground, only slightly panicked, and did not receive serious damage, but the protagonist does not care about continuing to deal with it now.
And the remaining parasitic ants on the city wall are no match for the soldiers of the Divine Envoy King's legion at this moment.
So the protagonist left behind the war beast and the parasitic ants that were still stubbornly entrenched on the city wall, gathered the surviving Praetorian Guard soldiers, and hurried to the west city wall.
In just a few minutes of fighting, the Praetorian Guard squad, which originally had 54 fighters, was still able to fight, and only 42 soldiers remained, 7 fighters were killed, and 5 were injured and lost their combat effectiveness.
And on the west side of the city wall, the situation there is deteriorating.
Almost at the same time that the parasitic dung beetle from the east climbed the city wall, another parasitic dung beetle climbed to the top of the fortress on this side.
The soldiers of the Divine Legion who defended here launched a counterattack against this war beast and the accompanying parasitic ant warriors with extremely high fighting spirit and the spirit of seeing death as home.
At the height of the battle, the parasitic dung beetle was almost covered by the soldier warriors of the Divine Messenger King's legion.
These warriors were brave but futile in their attempts to bite wherever they could, fearless of the power of the beasts, the silk worm piercing their bodies, and the attacks of the parasitic ants.
From the hard armor to the joints of the arthropods, to the soft antennae and compound eyes, the defenders of the fortress have also taught the parasitic dung beetles how powerful they are after paying a heavy price.
The parasitic dung beetle's right eye was bitten by a soldier ant, and a viscous liquid flowed down its socket.
The sharp pain in the compound eyes made the parasitic dung beetle frantic and furious, and he no longer obeyed the command of the parasitic ant behind him, and threw off his stride, bowing his head to the densest enemy of the Divine Envoy King's army.
The war beasts were invincible wherever they went, and soon the positions of five or six squads were shattered.
More and more parasitic ant warriors are pouring in from the gaps in these lines of defense. Some moved laterally, attacking the other Legion of the Divine Legion who were still holding on to the first wall.
Some parasitic ants also began to climb the second wall. Ranged squads stationed at the second wall are forced to switch to melee mode to fight these intrusive enemies.
However, soon, the soldiers of the First Legion of the Divine Envoy King, who had arrived on hearing the news, took over part of the attacked city wall and temporarily blocked the enemy's attack.
The parasitic dung beetle, mad from its injuries, was still killing, constantly breaking through the defenses of the Divine Envoy King's legions.
In the midst of a war chaos, the protagonist passes through the crowded array and rushes in the direction of the war beast.
The fortress's walls are circular, and the protagonist can now only see a small part of the dung beetle's back from above the second wall. Soon, however, as the distance shortens, the protagonist sees the full picture of the furious parasitic praying mantis.
This parasitic dung beetle is slightly smaller than the one the protagonist dropped earlier, and the breed does not seem to be the same, without the three raised spikes on the head and chest and back, appearing more rounded and flat.
However, the difference in appearance does not affect its destructive power, and its size is still an irresistible behemoth for ants.
Behind this dung beetle, countless corpses of the soldiers of the Divine Envoy King Legion were strewn all over the field, and a large number of wounded warriors who were unable to move were brutally killed by the parasitic ants who caught up with them.
The protagonist's teeth are about to crack, and he rushes forward against the war beast! After the previous encounter, the protagonist is already convinced that his strength is superior to that of the other party.
The Praetorian Guard team also accompanied the forward attack, and the soldiers of the Divine Envoy King Legion who were losing and retreating also joined the counterattack, and many of the squads had even been scattered, but the sporadic soldiers who had lost their command still resolutely turned back and followed their God of War and their Divine Envoy King closely.
Soldier to soldier, general to general.
The warriors of the Divine Legion consciously took the parasitic ants as their target and entangled them with them. Due to the presence of parasitic dung beetles, the soldiers of the Divine King Legion could not form the dense formation that they were best at, otherwise they would definitely be attacked by the war beasts. Now, they can only use the most primitive grappling to face enemies stronger than themselves, buying time for their fellow companions and the Divine Messenger King.
The protagonist confronts the parasitic dung beetle, and Mulan is by his side, but the protagonist chases her away. In the next duel, the protagonist has no time to protect anyone around him, and he has only one goal, which is to turn the huge insect in front of him into fragments and corpses.
The parasitic dung beetle doesn't pay attention to the tiny male ant at first, as the protagonist approaches from the direction of his blind right eye.
At this moment, the war beast was attracted by the long-range squad on the second layer of the city wall that dared to attack itself with fire pottery shells. The pottery shells caused it to feel a burning pain, and it turned its anger on the ranged team.
The second wall was only half a decimeter higher than the platform of the first wall, and the parasitic dung beetle was even higher than the second wall when it was only standing on a human level.
The parasitic dung beetle rested its forelimbs on the platform of the city wall, its shovel-like head shaking vigorously from side to side as its two giant claws slapped continuously. With such a simple attack, a ranged squad on this section of the city wall was almost completely wiped out.
Except for some soldier ants who were knocked off the city wall, and the male ant commander, more than 20 soldiers were slapped into meatloaf before they had time to escape.
The protagonist has come to the side of the beast, which stands on its back legs at this time, with a pair of arthropods leaning against the city wall.
The protagonist runs along the vertical face of the city wall, as if he is walking against the wall with Shaolin light cornices, but this is easy for ants.
Seeing the opportunity, the protagonist leaps up and sprints straight into the hind legs of the parasitic dung beetle like a cannonball.
The protagonist's sturdy head hits the joints of the parasitic dung beetle's hind limbs, which bend into impossible angles in an instant.
The parasitic dung beetle was immersed in the killing, but at this time it suddenly suffered a heavy blow, and its jaws opened widely, as if in a silent tragedy.
Destroying the gold mountain and pouring the jade pillar, the broken injured foot could no longer support the huge body of the war beast, and it fell crookedly, pressing a group of big-headed ants and parasitic ants that were fighting fiercely under its body.
Taking advantage of its illness to kill it, the parasitic dung beetle collapsed with its soft belly facing up. It was trying to flip its body, instinctively trying to protect its softest parts, but its crippled limbs didn't make it so easy to roll over.
The protagonist picks up a broken piece of a bladed clay bullet and jumps on its belly, slicing the shard through the beast's belly as they run.
A huge wound pierced the entire abdomen, and as the parasitic dung beetle struggled violently, the wound was like tofu being cut by a knife, and it split open in an instant.
Countless internal organs, tissue fluids, and unknown pieces of flesh flowed like a flood, instantly covering a large area of the city wall.