diskusbooks Chapter 417 Blue Star's Destiny, Child of the Race!
Chapter 417 Blue Star's Destiny, Child of the Race!
Chapter 417 Blue Star's Destiny, Child of the Race!
Even Fang Zhou, a necromancer with the Mana Conductor specialization, the Transcendent affix, the powerful Presence of Mind skill, and multiple luxurious magical equipment, had to be careful to conserve his mana while exploring the Forest of Nature.
Let alone these ordinary students?
However, after the Disaster Squad watched the battle for a few minutes, the cadets from the Sea City Military Academy, who were not fools, quickly took action and sent envoys to negotiate.
Just then, a harpy flapped her wings and returned from the air, landing beside the ark. She hurriedly reported, "My lord, according to our reconnaissance, there are about a dozen bear monsters hiding in the jungle."
Judging from their appearance, they seem to be guarding against something!
Fangzhou glanced at the dense forest again: "Perhaps they are defending the very thing that turned this place into a corrupt forest."
No wonder the Eagle Mother didn't bring the harpies herself to drive away these fallen bear monsters.
"This dense forest is not a suitable place for them to fight."
In fact, Fangzhou had already guessed some things from the current battle.
The bear monsters did not take the initiative to attack, but instead continued to fight back passively.
There are even subtle rules they follow; once they cross a certain line, they would rather endure more pain and try their best to retreat as soon as possible.
This suggests that their range of activity is limited, and they may be guarding something rather than simply engaging in pointless fighting.
"So theoretically, if these bear monsters continue to follow this rule, and the enemy has a sufficiently powerful ranged force, it might even be possible to kill them without taking any damage."
Fang Zhou thought to himself, "Of course, if we use this method, given the ranged attack power of this Haicheng Military Academy squad, even if they fight until dark, they probably won't be able to kill all the bear monsters on the other side."
After all, most of them are not easily broken down.
At this moment, the other party's envoy also arrived in front of the Disaster Squad.
A young mage student ran up quickly and excitedly shouted upon seeing Fang Zhou, "It's you, Fang Zhou, the great one!"
Fang Zhou was slightly taken aback, looked the other person up and down, but couldn't remember who this person was: "I am Fang Zhou, and you are—"
The mage student chuckled, looking somewhat embarrassed: "Ark, you really have a bad memory."
I am Wu Di, a third-grade student and a member of the Gale Team.
I previously applied to join your Scourge squad in a lower Iron rank simulated battleground.
Despite what the other party said, Fangzhou still didn't have much of an impression of them.
There was no other way; there were simply too many students from the Haicheng Military Academy who wanted to book a team with him.
However, he didn't show it on the surface, but just smiled and replied, "I see, what a coincidence."
Next time we go back to military academy, we can raid a simulated battlefield together.
Wu Di was overjoyed and said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Fangzhou!"
While expressing his gratitude, he couldn't help but sneak a peek at the giant swamp frog, several meters tall, with fiery red scales, standing a few meters away from the ark. It looked extremely handsome and arrogant.
"Even though Ark is a necromancer, I don't know where he got such a cool animal companion—"
Wu Di muttered to himself, but on the surface he dared not show too much surprise.
Seeing that the other person seemed a little distracted, Fangzhou couldn't help but remind him, "Is there something you need?"
The battle situation over there doesn't seem to be going very well.
In the short time it took to say those few words, Fangzhou saw a heavily armored knight trainee being repeatedly knocked back by several bear monsters, appearing somewhat exhausted.
Wu Di then snapped out of his daze and hurriedly called out, "Ark, our Gale Squad would like to invite your team to help take down these bear monsters."
Loot will be distributed according to contribution!
The reason Ark had stopped earlier was to avoid misunderstandings and not want to interfere with their battle.
But since the Gale Squad has formally requested assistance, Ark will naturally not refuse.
He quickly gave the order, and the Cataclysm Squad and the Flower Butterfly Maidens and Harpies they recruited sprang into action again, advancing together from the side towards the Bear Monsters.
At the forefront of the formation were the skeleton warriors and zombies that the Ark was constantly summoning.
The sheer number of these undead creatures far exceeded Wu Di's expectations, leaving him visibly bewildered.
But he didn't say anything, just greeted Fangzhou, and then quickly ran back.
Click, click.
The terrifying commotion caused by the marching undead army naturally attracted the attention of both sides in the conflict.
The students of the Gale Squad showed a hint of surprise in their eyes when they saw the reinforcements brought by Ark.
The bear-like creatures let out low growls, seemingly sensing a threat.
Once they were almost within the skeleton archers' range, Ark casually cast a Bone Armory and Brutal Aura spells on them.
Previously, Eagle Mother Destiny had said that the biggest weakness of these bear monsters was their fear of poison.
The corrosive nature of the highly toxic energy is enough to block the bear monsters' self-recovery ability.
In this respect, the necrotic toxin condensed from necromantic energy is naturally more effective against bear monsters than other toxins.
Soon, when the skeleton archers' arrows, laden with putrid poison, struck the bear monsters, the terrifying damage they inflicted caused Wu Di and his teammates to widen their eyes in astonishment.
They did know that these bear monsters had a weakness to poison, but they never expected it to be this severe.
These arrows not only pierced the bear monster's thick hide, but also rapidly spread deadly poison at the wound site.
The bear monsters roared in agony, their movements growing increasingly sluggish.
Their self-healing ability was completely blocked, their wounds bled continuously, and their fighting ability rapidly declined.
Looking at the Ark's forces, the skeleton archers responsible for ranged attacks are clearly the units with the lowest racial combat strength coefficients.
But even their poisoned arrows could inflict massive damage when they hit the bear monster!
This is thanks to the Ark's Brutal Aura skill, which, after multiple enhancements, can now be equipped with multiple damage attributes such as physical armor penetration, death energy, and corrosive poison.
This skill is particularly effective against enemies that have a weakness to poison, such as trolls or bear monsters.
For example, right now.
The Gale Squad fought for over ten minutes, but in reality, they only killed a handful of bear monsters.
But a single volley from dozens of skeleton archers caused far more damage than their previous efforts.
The members of the Gale Squad naturally noticed this as well.
Everyone was an outstanding student trained at Haicheng Military Academy, so their tactical coordination was naturally very good.
After Ark ordered Olaf to lead the skeleton warriors and zombies to the front line of the battle, the Gale Squad warriors, who were originally at the forefront, took the opportunity to withdraw and give the focus of firepower to the undead creatures summoned by Ark.
Wu Di led the mage and support classes of the Gale Squad to stand in the back row, throwing several support spells such as Lesser Bear Power and Tree Skin at the tanks in the front row, clearly trying to curry favor with Ark.
Meanwhile, the captain of the Gale Squad took the initiative to step forward during a break in his spellcasting and greet Fang Zhou and the others.
"Hello, Ark expert."
I am Hong Yang, the captain of the Gale Squad, a low-ranking Priest in Black Iron tier.
Thank you for your help.
Hong Yang was a young man in his early twenties, wearing a suit of chainmail.
In his left hand he held a wide, thick magic book that could be used as a shield, and in his right hand he held a metal warhammer.
His equipment was all of white quality, which suggests he's quite powerful in combat.
Fang Zhou nodded politely to him while waving the Necromancer Orb, releasing large swaths of poisonous cloud spells.
The poisonous cloud spread rapidly, enveloping the bear monsters.
As a hybrid skill, Poison Cloud Technique does not deal very high direct damage.
Its distinctive feature is that it also has a wide-ranging, silent poisoning effect and various negative statuses.
However, firstly, the bear monsters themselves have a weakness to poison.
Secondly, as Ark's mental attributes and skill proficiency continue to improve, coupled with the spell power bonuses provided by various equipment, the damage effect of the originally inconspicuous Poison Cloud spell has become extremely terrifying.
More than one severely injured bear monster let out painful howls under the sudden poison cloud spell, then collapsed to the ground, unable to fight.
At the same time, Gu Yueyuan, Liu Diewu, Zhang Wu, and others also cooperated with the undead creatures of the Ark, unleashing various skills on the chaotic battle.
Almost in the blink of an eye, one after another, the bear monsters collapsed completely.
While Hong Yang was increasingly amazed by the opponent's combat power, he also felt secretly ashamed of his own abilities.
This Ark expert seems to have only been awakened for half a year, yet he already possesses such a powerful skill set and combat prowess.
In comparison, I feel like I've wasted the last three years of my life.
However, Fang Zhou was indeed a powerful necromancer.
If he's also a reliable person, there might be opportunities to work together in the future.
With Fang Zhou and his team joining the fight, the bear monsters fell several times faster.
However, when faced with the poisonous fog that filled the entire battlefield, even these seemingly sluggish bear monsters gradually began to show some irritability and anger.
The most direct manifestation of this is that their attacks have become increasingly fierce.
The bear monsters not only attack with their arms, which are thicker than a human thigh, but also stomp on things with their feet.
Once a skeleton warrior or zombie is knocked down, the surrounding bear monsters will swarm and launch a fierce attack on it.
This caused casualties among undead creatures to rise sharply.
However, for Ark, this only meant a slight increase in mana consumption, which was completely insignificant.
He quickly summoned more skeleton warriors and zombies to fill the gaps in the lines.
During the battle, Ark gradually discovered what Eagle Mother had said: that these bear monsters possessed different bear spirit incarnations. Although they were roughly the same in appearance, there were still some differences in the details.
In terms of outward appearance, they will have some differences in attack power, defense power and movement speed, although not many, but they do exist.
Some bear-like creatures have darker skin, more developed muscles, and are more agile.
Others appear slightly bulky, but offer stronger defense.
However, the power of putrefaction was simply too strong against them. As more and more of the bear monsters fell in battle, their resistance became increasingly futile.
Moreover, just as Ark had previously speculated, these bear monsters have always subtly followed certain patterns, confining themselves to a certain area and almost never stepping outwards.
Therefore, Ark quickly adjusted its combat strategy accordingly, precisely hitting that edge, and launching the attack with the spear-wielding skeleton warriors as the main force.
Zombies and other melee skeleton warriors with narrower attack ranges will temporarily serve as support.
As a result, the effect became even more pronounced.
The spear-wielding skeleton warriors used the advantage of their spears to thrust at the bear monster from a distance.
Although the bear monsters are several meters tall, their arms cannot reach as far as those of a spear.
As a result, the number of times the spear-wielding skeleton warriors were injured decreased significantly.
Although the bear monsters' stiff faces revealed almost no emotion, and their ferocious minds seemed to lack sufficient intelligence, they eventually began to realize what was happening after being targeted in this way several times.
Soon enough, two bear-like monsters stepped out of that invisible boundary.
The zombies and skeleton warriors, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately swarmed forward and launched a fierce attack on the two bear monsters.
They had been following the Ark's orders and had been waiting for this moment!
Sure enough, Fangzhou soon laughed.
Because once these bear monsters leave that specific area, their defensive capabilities decrease significantly.
Their once impenetrable thick hide has become much more fragile, and poison arrows and spears can easily penetrate their defenses, causing massive damage.
Now Ark can finally confirm it completely.
There must be some special entity in this forest that can enhance defense; it could be a building, a treasure, or some kind of special monster.
Creatures located within a certain range will receive additional defensive enhancements.
It's still unclear whether this buff applies only to bear monsters or to other unit types or races as well.
Hong Yang was initially confused.
But he soon realized something and began to follow Fang Zhou's example, keeping his squad members behind a certain line and prioritizing ranged units to launch attacks.
As a result, the difficulty of the battle was indeed reduced significantly.
The slight contempt that Hong Yang had been hiding in his heart, which he himself had not even noticed, immediately vanished without a trace.
Ark is by no means a name without substance.
His combat prowess and keen understanding of fighter jets are unmatched by ordinary trainees like him.
Over the years of the Mythical Era, everyone has come to accept the existence of geniuses.
In this atmosphere of universal conscription, there are always some chosen ones who are born to inherit the destiny of their mother planet.
However, with great power comes great responsibility.
Who knows what kind of bloodshed and carnage Ark will face in the future?