Chapter Fifty-Three—The Eve of Dawn

Sun Hao's current state is not good, and the internal force of the instrument soul is disordered, which makes it a little difficult for him to even use ordinary instrument soul moves. After using the Flame Arrow two or three times in a row, he really felt a little powerless.

Fortunately, the current state of recovery is not bad, and Feng Yuchong outside the city completely relied on his own strength to block the advance of the Dark Legion humanoid soldiers. However, anyone with a discerning eye can also tell that as the flames within the Wall of Fire gradually extinguish, it is a sign that the Dark Legion is likely to launch a large-scale attack.

"Governor, the spider troops are here!" Through the few fires left outside the city, the sharp-eyed Qi soldiers on the city tower still found the spider knights of the dark army running quickly with their heads held high, and they hurriedly called out to Sun Hao.

Due to the urgency of time, Sun Hao did not meditate deeply, just closed his eyes and rested slightly, hearing the soldiers beside him exclaim the arrival of the spider troops, Sun Hao immediately opened his eyes, and the land changed from sitting to standing, his right hand was on the battlement, and his eyes were set on the outskirts of the city where there was still a faint fire.

Sure enough, the Dark Legion's Spider Troops were always on the most beware of the city, and these spiders were not afraid of crossbow arrows, and unless they hurt their fragile eyes, arrows hitting the hard bodies of these spiders had no effect.

However, despite their large size and difficulty in attacking, and as they approach the walls, they will spit out untreatable spider silk, which will form a very threatening attack on the castle.

The dispatch of the spider force also made Sun Hao completely vigilant, and he immediately issued several orders in a row. Including the crossbowmen are ready, and the large bed crossbow that was originally used to deal with Batrider is set up. Since the Bat Knight was severely injured by Feng Yuchong's Soul Wind Blade, it was difficult to pose a threat to Huicheng for a while, so Sun Hao ordered the mobilization of the bed crossbow.

The bed crossbow fires powerful, long, sturdy arrows that pose a threat to the Dark Legion Spiders as they stride forward.

Of course, the most restrained thing about these spiders is the flames, which not only burn the spider silk they spit out, but also hinder their progress. This is also the conclusion that has learned the lesson, these spider troops of the Dark Legion are afraid of flames, and as long as they ignite the flames in one place, these spiders will not dare to approach.

At the moment, although this spider force has begun to move, it has not yet directly threatened the city. Sun Hao gave another order, ordering the 10,000 troops left in the city to guard the tunnel entrance, and the dispatch of the spider troops indicated that the dark army was likely to launch a general attack, so it was also very necessary to beware of the mole troops from attacking from underground.

"What is the situation in the East and West Cities?" Sun Hao thought of something again, and immediately turned around and asked the guards who were following behind him, if the dispatch of the Spider Force indicated that the Dark Legion was about to launch a general attack, then the East and West Cities, which had been calm, were also likely to face a surprise attack by the Dark Legion army.

"There is no news yet, and the two old generals sent someone half an hour ago to say that the walls on both sides are quiet, and there is no trace of the appearance of the enemy. The captain of the guard behind him bowed down and reported.

Sun Hao frowned slightly, and he immediately instructed the captain of the guard: "You arrange it immediately, and send someone to confirm it on both sides of the east and west." Be sure to reach an agreement with the two old generals, and if you can, let them divide a part of the army to defend the northern city. ”

"Obey the order! Arrange it!" The chief guard also knows Sun Hao's character, and he naturally doesn't like to procrastinate, so he naturally develops a capable and decisive character, and always follows such a person, and his personality will be imperceptibly affected.

The chief of the guard sent guards to the east and west city walls to find the two old generals, Chen Kai and Yang Cheng, and to determine with them whether the situation in front of them was still stable. After all, the northern city wall is definitely the target of the main attack of the Dark Legion, and the deployment of five thousand troops on the east and west walls should be enough, especially when this spider force has already been dispatched.

Although there are a lot of garrisons in the northern city, after all, once they face the repeated attacks of the Dark Legion, they will always seem a little powerless, and the physical strength of the soldiers is difficult to support for a long time and high-intensity combat, so they must be rotated.

The arrival of the spider troops heralded the highest intensity of defensive warfare, and Sun Hao was naturally worried about whether the physical strength of the soldiers would be able to support it. I was in a hurry to go to the east and west walls to confirm the situation, and it was probably because of this.

There is still Feng Yuchong outside the city to deal with it, and he will definitely try his best to block the speed of the spider troops' advance. Sun Hao also clenched the Soul Cloud Breaking Heaven in his hand, he knew that Feng Yuchong might need his help at any time, and he had to concentrate.

Even though he was already a little dizzy at this time, and even unsteady on his feet, he still adhered to the belief that he had to persevere, leaning on the edge of the tower, looking into the distance at the approaching spider troops, and the tens of thousands of humanoid soldiers behind the spider troops that had begun to advance on a large scale.

The spider knight commanded dozens of dark spiders with huge bodies and burly bodies and rapid steps, and quickly approached Feng Yuchong's location from the spot. Feng Yuchong had naturally discovered these dark spiders in the process of advancement, and he did not hesitate to urge the wind blade again and use the Seven Forms of Instrument Soul.

Only this time, since the flames on the ground had also been basically extinguished, the power of his Soul Wind Blade alone was not enough to hinder the progress of these spider troops. After all, now that the flames were basically extinguished, Feng Yuchong's vision was greatly restricted, and these dark spiders were still moving fast, and it was not difficult to avoid attacks that would hurt their vital parts.

Moreover, in the process of advancing, these spider troops also very skillfully hid behind some of the humanoid soldiers, even if they were hit by Feng Yuchong's Soul Wind Blade, the casualties were only humanoid soldiers.

On the upper floor of the city of Huicheng, Sun Hao took into account that Feng Yuchong's location was not clear, but he still did not order to continue to shoot arrows wrapped in flames. On the one hand, it is true that he is worried that Feng Yuchong is in danger, and the more important reason is that the specific location of the spider force has not yet been determined, so it is better to wait for a while.

Of course, waiting for a moment doesn't mean you're unprepared. The three thousand crossbowmen lined up on the castle tower had already drawn their bows and wound them, but they were still pressed in their hands for the time being and did not shoot. Just waiting for Sun Hao's order, they can directly shoot a rain of arrows in the sky at any time, and directly strike a powerful blow to the army of the Dark Legion below.

In particular, the remnant of the ancient artifact Soul Cloud Breaking Heaven held in Sun Hao's hand, the flame arrows it could do and shoot were not only powerful, but also able to show extraordinary oppressive power in it. It's just that Sun Hao's current mental power is not in a good state, and it is difficult to maintain the soul in his hand very freely, and now he can barely maintain it by releasing ordinary flames and frost arrows. If he really wanted to launch two arrows at the same time, he would need to use the six forms of the instrument soul, but his current internal force of the instrument soul was disordered, and it was difficult to support such an earth weapon soul move.

Under the premise that his physical strength was insufficient, Luo Yinying could not participate in the battle, and Feng Yuchong was a little difficult to support alone, Sun Hao thought of mobilizing some of the defenders on the east and west city walls, so that the soldiers could be rotated, not to mention a series of serious consequences caused by the lack of physical strength of the soldiers in the face of the attack of the Dark Legion.

However, the premise of this is to go to the east and west walls to confirm the situation, if there is no large-scale Dark Legion army near the east and west walls, it is possible to mobilize 3,000 troops to each come to the north wall to meet them. After all, the gates around the city were not completely blocked, and the gates were the weakest link in the defense of the city walls, and if there were not enough troops to defend them, it was likely that the dark legions would take advantage of them.

Out of this consideration, during the deployment of the troops in the city of Sun Hao and Luo Yinying, they also deliberately considered sending troops to defend the weakest city gates, of course, there were not many troops, but they were only used as surveillance.

The army of the Dark Legion rushed towards the city, and under the cover of the humanoid soldiers, the spider troops rushed to the vicinity of the castle tower very smoothly, because under the leadership of the lord, these spider troops were scattered and were about to approach the vicinity of the city. Not far from the tower, these dark spiders immediately spat out entwined spider silk to the bottom of the tower.

This is also one of the means for these spider troops to attack the city, they are not able to directly spit out spider silk to attack the battlements on the top of the tower, but need to gradually spit out spider silk from the bottom of the tower, entwined and gathered together, so that the means of attack, it takes dozens of dark spiders to cooperate together, to be able to achieve initial results.

Spit out spider silk from the bottom of the tower, these dark spiders can get a position to stand on, and then they can easily launch a continuous attack on the city tower, these spider silk can not only block the ordinary crossbow arrows shot by the Qi army overhead, but also allow the spider knights on the back of these dark spiders to jump directly on the city tower to strike at the Qi soldiers in the city.

These spider jockeys on the back of the dark spider, their combat power is enough to defeat a hundred, and even easily jump on the city tower to effectively attack these Qi soldiers. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Qi State is completely inferior to these spider knights, once they occupy an advantageous position, and raid the northern wall of the city from the web made of spider silk, if the bat knights and the mole troops attack at the same time, the defense on the tower of the city will become a little clumsy.

At the same time that the spider troops rushed outside the city, Feng Yuchong outside the city knew that he could not block the impact of the entire hundreds of spider troops, he could only try to use the Instrument Soul Seven Styles from the side, sweeping up the Instrument Soul Wind Blade in an attempt to rekindle the flames on the ground that had been almost completely extinguished, but with little effect, his Instrument Soul Wind Blade only knocked down a group of humanoid soldiers who rushed to the front.

In the distance, in the low place of the mountains, the glimmer of the morning light suddenly shone up, Feng Yuchong raised his head in the face of that faint light, and finally when the dawn first appeared, the pressure they faced would be significantly reduced, and they might even fight for a glimmer of life.

However, even though the sky cleared and the dawn appeared, the army of the Dark Legion still did not intend to stop, and the spider army had already arrived under the city of Huicheng, spitting out spider silk to entangle all parts of the tower, forming cobwebs to climb upward.

"Rocket ready! Launch!"