Chapter 68: The Emperor's Invitation
The moment the black light arrow touched the earth, the ground within a radius of 100 zhang instantly turned black, and then a huge energy fluctuation erupted, and in an instant, nearly half of the dark army was crushed into powder by this energy fluctuation.
In fact, whether it is the Arrow of Death or the Zhenyuan Bead, the power is not so great, and the reason why it can exert such great power is entirely because of the characteristics of the dark army. Shoulder to shoulder, very dense, and they don't dodge at all. Even if a first-level magic weapon is thrown into it, it will cause great damage.
But in any case, the Arrow of Death killed nearly half of the dark army at once, and it still stunned everyone.
"No...... Impossible, how could that little thing burst out with such great power?" said Thunder as he looked at the heavily damaged army of darkness.
"It's terrifying, this is simply not a power that humans can control!" Li Taige was also shocked and his face stiffened, and a slight sweat oozed from his forehead.
"Could this be the power of the alchemist?" said a soldier with a large mouth, looking at the scene in disbelief.
Even Lin Feng and the others were suppressed by the power of the Arrow of Death, although they knew that the refiner was good at crafting magic weapons, and they also knew the power of magic weapons, but Fang Yan still gave them too many surprises. First, the almost forbidden spell-level magic weapon that blew up the Saint Crystal Tiger, and now it is the Arrow of Death that directly destroyed half of the dark army.
Feng Yu scolded: "I knew what I was still practicing, how good it would be to go directly to become a refiner!"
Fang Yan didn't have time to show off now, even if the dark army suffered heavy losses, there were still more than 20,000 left, and just 20,000 were enough to break through the Blackstone Fortress.
Fang Yanchong was in shock, and the thunder that had not yet come back to his senses roared: "Quickly organize defense!"
Being yelled at by Fang Yan like this, Thunder reacted, and hurriedly ordered all the staff to prepare for battle. At the same time, Fang Yan and the others also took out their weapons and prepared to fight the dark army in hand-to-hand combat.
The earth-destroying magic weapon did not shake the morale of the dark army, and they trampled on the corpses of the former and poured into the city again.
Unlike the human soldiers, they didn't need to use the ladder at all, but directly used all kinds of claw feet to pierce into the wall and climb up at a right angle of 90 degrees.
The moment they leapt onto the wall, the soldiers who had already prepared rushed up to the wall, using it as the last line of defense, fighting to the death against the dark army. Since the soldiers were all crammed into the walls, and the dark army had to climb the walls one by one, there were only those who could fight in the front row.
The soldiers knew that it was a matter of life and death, so they stood on the city wall without fear of death, waving the weapons in their hands, and constantly slashing at the dark army. Once a soldier is killed by the dark army, the soldiers behind immediately make up for it, and hold the last line of defense.
Fang Yan and the others were not idle, the five people, like five life harvesters, kept wandering on the city wall, the sword in their hands continued to flash bursts of light, and with each flash, several dark species would be killed. In just half an hour, Fang Yan alone had already killed more than a thousand dark species.
But as time passed, the dark armies began to show their superiority, and the human soldiers continued to fall, but they were still as terrifying as a cloud.
When the number of defenders of the Blackstone Fortress was less than two thousand, Thunder roared in despair: "Can't you still hold the Blackstone Fortress?"
Fang Yan glanced at the dark army and found that there were still more than 10,000 of them, and at the critical moment, Fang Yan shouted at the thunder: "Give up defending the city, you bring all the soldiers together to form a defensive formation, and reduce casualties as much as possible." They are just creatures, they don't know how to destroy the walls, as long as people don't die, the fortress is there!"
"What about you?" Thunder looked at Fang Yan deadly.
Fang Yan slashed a dark species that was about to sneak attack him with a single sword, and whispered, "We will clean them up on the periphery, although they are numerous, their strength is too low to cause substantial damage to us, and when our true qi is exhausted, we will hide in your defensive circle." ”
Hearing this, Thunder did not hesitate to give up the defense wall and curl up in the center of the Blackstone Fortress with two thousand soldiers. At the same time, Fang Yan and the others no longer tied their hands and tails for fear of accidental injury, and let go of their hands and feet to kill the Quartet.
Fang Yan directly cast the newly learned Heavenly Sword Style, and in an instant, thirteen sword qi were released, each sword qi was like a sharp blade, tearing a hole in the dark army. Immediately after, thirteen sword qi merged into one, and Fang Yan's body shot out like a meteor, and wherever he passed, the dark army suffered countless casualties.
Feng Yu flew into the air, inserted the fan behind him, and after accumulating strength for a moment, he roared angrily: "Great storm!"
As soon as the words fell, the originally calm sky suddenly became furious, and the hurricane suddenly rose, forming a huge tornado on the ground, and all the dark soldiers within a hundred meters of the tornado were sucked in, and when the tornado stopped, the bodies of the most hundreds of dark species were torn to pieces by the wind.
Not to be outdone, Lin Feng and Senior Sister Hu rushed into the enemy formation with their swords, their bodies were extremely fast, like wolves entering a flock of sheep, setting off bursts of bloody rain.
Because Fang Fengbao didn't know martial arts, he could only keep smashing his fists, Rao was like this, with his strong strength, if he didn't throw a punch, he would instantly smash several dark species.
Only five men stopped the dark army like a tide, and only a small part could be divided to deal with the defenders.
However, because of the continuous display of martial arts, the speed of true qi consumption is extremely fast, and soon everyone can no longer support it, and rush to the thunder among them at the fastest speed, sit quietly on the ground, refining qi and transforming gods, and constantly absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, replenishing the body. At the same time, Thunder commands the army to defend and prevent the dark species from taking advantage of it.
After Fang Yan and the others had rested, they rushed out again, and this was repeated three times, and the last soldier of the dark army finally fell under Fang Yan's sword. The joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe filled everyone's hearts, but they did not cheer, but quietly looked at Fang Yan and them, because they knew that if it weren't for Fang Yan and the others, today, the Black Rock Fortress would be completely wiped out from this continent.
Thunder took a deep breath, walked up to Fang Yan, put his right hand on his chest, and said solemnly with the highest etiquette of an orc: "Although I know that thanking you is pale and weak, I still want to say thank you, thank you." ”
Fang Yan and the others were already exhausted, and after returning the salute to the thunder, they returned to their residence to rest under the leadership of Li Taige. I thought that if I held the Blackstone Fortress, the matter would be over, but the next morning, when the battle of the Blackstone Fortress drifted away with the wind, the Blackstone Fortress welcomed a distinguished guest.
This distinguished guest was the minister of Jinyao Castle, and he was specially entrusted by the castle lord to welcome Fang Yan and the others to Jinyao Castle. Although Fang Yan didn't know why the news spread so quickly, since the other party had an invitation, Fang Yan naturally wouldn't shirk it, after all, this was originally his purpose.
After bidding farewell to Thunder and Li Taige, Fang Yan and the others went to Jinyao Castle, which was similar to the Black Stone Fortress, this Jinyao Castle was also armed to the teeth, the wall alone was five meters thick, and there was a layer of iron sheet outside, like a solid iron bucket. In Jinyao Castle, in addition to the necessary defenders, there are also a large number of civilians.
When Fang Yan and the others walked into the city gate, all the civilians put down their work and quietly watched Fang Yan and the others.
"They are the five powerhouses who repelled the army of darkness?"
"I didn't expect to be so young. ”
"Do you see the young man at the front? I heard that he is a refiner. ”
"Alchemist, what's that?"
"It's a class that can make powerful weapons, and it's thanks to him that Blackstone Fortress was able to withstand the attacks of the dark army. I heard that in the end, he used the Arrow of Death, killing more than 20,000 dark soldiers in one fell swoop. ”
"What? 20,000? If that's the case, with their help, maybe we can really defeat the Heart of Darkness. ”
Under the enthusiastic gaze of the civilians, Fang Yan and the others arrived at the highest authority of Jinyao Castle and met the owner of Jinyao Castle, the Human Emperor.
Over sixty years old, the human emperor with the crown, like a civilian, looked at Fang Yan excitedly: "I have heard about the Blackstone Fortress, originally the southern battlefield was tight, and there was no way to draw troops to support the Blackstone Fortress, I thought that the Blackstone Fortress would definitely be breached, but I didn't expect that there would be such a big turnaround, and I would like to offer you the highest thanks on behalf of the human-beast alliance." As he spoke, the Emperor stood up and saluted Fang Yan.
Fang Yan hurriedly returned the salute and said respectfully: "It's just a gesture." ”
Hearing this, the surrounding ministers of civil and military affairs were in an uproar, and even the Emperor was stunned: "What a gesture of effort? You actually call the defeat of the dark army a 'gesture of effort'?"
Fang Yan didn't like to brag, but at this time, he had to brag once, Fang Yan took a deep breath and blurted out: "If you prepare properly, let alone a mere 50,000 dark army, even if it is the heart of darkness, I can still break it!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion at the scene, and the ministers who were restrained and polite on weekdays were like ordinary village women, talking about each other, and for a while, the solemn palace was worse than the vegetable market.
"Crush the Heart of Darkness? What a big breath! Do you really think that you can boast of being able to withstand the attack of 50,000 troops?"
"That is, these 50,000 dark armies will soon be resurrected. If he wants to get close to the Heart of Darkness, he needs to face not an army of 50,000, but 400,000! and those mutated dark species that are so strong that they are against the sky, he really doesn't know how thick the sky is. ”
"Your Majesty, he's fooling you!"
The Wenchen began to shout, and some even suggested that Fang Yan and them be kicked out, as they never believed that Fang Yan could shatter the Heart of Darkness.
But the Human Emperor waved his hand, signaled the ministers to shut up, and looked at Fang Yan quietly: "Do you really think you can?"