Chapter 135: Incorporating Enemy Troops_2
[Super Fire Meteor!]
Nine Griffin Knights launched a deadly charge simultaneously, like comets crashing down, each knight's long halberd blooming with brilliant Spiritual Energy, unstoppable!
Across the 150-meter charge distance, countless enemy troops were directly ground into dust. Even at the end of the charge when the damage diminished, four or five corpses still hung from the knights' long halberds, piercing through the entire charge route.
The soldiers around the Necromancer Monarch were instantly cleared away, and in the next moment, a slender figure wielding a sword arrived, killing directly to the front of the Necromancer Monarch's chariot through the gap opened by the Griffin Knights' strike.
Even though the Necromancer Monarch was already dead, at this moment, he profoundly felt the fear of death, as if the despair and helplessness he experienced facing death countless years ago resurfaced once more.
Before he could escape from his memories, an exceptionally radiant purple blade intent enveloped his entire vision.
The Necromancer Monarch didn't even have time to react before being struck airborne, the chariot pulled by four warhorses shattered into pieces.
Su Xi's movements were incredibly fast, so fast that even Lin Rui, commanding the battle from the sky, felt his heart tremble when he saw it from the corner of his eye.
The Necromancer Monarch was launched into the air, his body still airborne, when Su Xi's slender figure suddenly flashed behind him. Her long sword slashed upwards against the momentum, causing the Necromancer Monarch's backward-flying body to abruptly halt in midair. In the next instant, dazzling slashes came endlessly from all directions, Su Xi moving so fast that she left afterimages in place.
When she sheathed her sword and paused three meters away, the Necromancer Monarch behind her had already been chopped into a heap of fragments.
The Explorers who witnessed this scene were left with no words of exclamation, only a bone-chilling cold enveloping their bodies.
This terrifying existence, a Tier Five Necromancer Monarch, didn't even have half the ability to resist—what kind of force could block her assault?
Spectators from both sides of the battlefield were shocked as they watched Su Xi charge alone into the formation, vanquish the Necromancer Monarch in an instant, her sleeves untainted by even a speck of dust, and then calmly stride back to her own line.
Even the clamorous battlefield fell into a moment of silence.
Hei Qi shattered a Celestial Ghost that was biting his arm with a burst of Spiritual Energy, astonished, he shouted, "What's going on? The Necromancer Monarch has been killed, shouldn't they have turned into a pile of remains? Why are these things still relentlessly chasing and biting me?"
Su Xi casually tossed a dark container resembling a black box into Lin Rui's hands: "Because of this."
[Strategic Treasure: King's Heart]
[With the King present, the world is at peace. The King's Heart, corrupted by Dark Magic, has instead allowed the undead to retain their existence indefinitely.]
[By mastering the King's Heart, anyone can firmly control an undead army (current limit of 5000 Command Value), with a 10% probability of subjugation when encountering an unclaimed undead army in the wild if the Commander Value is free.]
5000 Command Value!
For non-hero units, this is equivalent to an increase of 500 points in Commander Attribute, and for heroes, it's equivalent to an overall increase of 50 Commander Value points.
Keep in mind, a Tier Three's full level is only level 20, and normal advancement only provides 57 attribute points in total. After enhancing the main attributes, there are barely any attribute points left for boosting Commander.
Lin Rui immediately allocated this strategic treasure to Audrey.
The nominal 10% probability was already close to 30% in the Golden Pansy Domain.
Even Audrey, often unlucky, saw her Luck Level increased by one, alongside the blessings offered by the Epic-level Priestess Yuyu.
Almost simultaneously with her equipping the strategic treasure, the fierce undead on the battlefield momentarily paused, then ceased their attacks, forming up neatly and standing silently.
With delight, Audrey shouted to Lin Rui, who was commanding in the sky above the battlefield, "Daddy~ I love you to death! In this battle, I captured three Tier Four Rare Level Corpse Witch Kings, ten Tier Four Rare Level Skeleton Generals, and over two thousand undead warriors! How should I repay you?"
The Explorers, listening to Audrey's joyous voice, were filled with envy to the point of convulsing; three Corpse Witch Mages, ten Skeleton Generals, and over two thousand undead warriors.
This power is enough for one person to flatten most of the Explorers' territories!
Lin Rui couldn't help but look at Audrey; you dimwit, saying fewer words is the greatest repayment you could give me!
What kind of Master of Undead, who could potentially lead an army of over ten thousand skeleton soldiers and form a Sea of the Dead, would shout so joyfully on the battlefield? Where's the composure? Where's the majesty?
Nevertheless, the enhancement this strategic treasure provided her was indeed shockingly powerful.
Anything associated with the strategic title usually has extraordinarily strong effects.
The 5000 Command Value essentially pushed Audrey to a half-hero level. A Tier Three Hero's Command Value is only a little over ten thousand.
The only area where Audrey was weaker than a hero was the Commander Trait, but she possessed another strategic treasure [Magic Secret Spell], which could increase the undead's Life Value and Defense Value by 80%.
Combined, she could essentially serve as half a hero.
Additionally, the Corpse Witch Kings under her command are Mage-oriented soldiers, indispensable command nodes under any Undead Catastrophe, which can help her maintain a large number of soldiers.
With so many necromancers, she was no longer content to maintain ordinary Tier One zombies, starting to enhance the quality of the undead army thoroughly.
The battlefield was not short of corpses; a Tier Three Elite-level Desolate Tomb Guard consumed 16 Command Value points, and she immediately raised three squads, followed by three squads of Desolate Tomb Guards raised by the three Tier Four Rare Level Corpse Witch Kings.
The remaining three necromancers continued to maintain ten squads of Tier One skeletons and zombies.
When the new formation was completed, although the number of undead troops under Audrey's command hadn't significantly changed, their quality had undergone a qualitative leap.
Lin Rui was especially focused on the fact that this dimwit girl had suddenly elevated thirteen Rare Level units under her command.
Every single Rare Level unit on the battlefield was akin to a rampaging Giant Beast. A Giant or a Dragon Demon could destroy an entire, even two, elite squads in battle, posing no major challenges for a Rare Level unit.
Lundestadte had crushed hundreds of Blood God Khorne's elite warriors alone during the Tier One promotion champion challenge.
This dimwit girl might indeed be able to take on important responsibilities.
Lin Rui had already considered how to assign her tasks in the upcoming battles.
Meanwhile, Audrey's charming face turned solemn, no longer acting carelessly as she descended from the hill, standing in the center of the entire army, surrounded by the most elite Dark Temple Warriors.
Even Audrey, usually lively, turned solemn, and the entire battlefield was shrouded in silence and killing intent, devoid of previous noise and discussion.
What created such a terrifying pressure on everyone was precisely the boundless Green Tide in the distance!
Dense green skins continuously poured out from the center of the woodland, taller than the forest giants wielding massive clubs appeared one after another, and the dozens of meters tall Anaric Spiders were innumerable.
Lin Rui inhaled deeply, finally understanding why this world calls the green skins the Green Tide.
From the Blood Maple Forest to the Golden Pansy Domain, the distance spans dozens of miles, yet as the green skins endlessly spewed from within the woods, this entire area was packed with dense green skins, with more forming in the rear.
The Green-skinned Army's boss, Lakneik, danced with excitement on top of an Anaric Spider several dozen meters tall, his expression fanatical, savage in temperament: "Ah! Lads, we've been hiding in the Blood Maple Forest for too long! Our divine spirits are both cunning and brutal; they tell us to launch a great waggggghhh, a destructive waggggghhh, a super waggggghhh to burn everything!"
Earth-shattering roars echoed above the entire Green Tide field:
"Waggggghhh!"
"Waggggghhh!"
"Waggggghhh!"
With their great shout, the entire plain seemed to tremble, the ground quaking and shaking.
In the heart of their densely packed Green Tide, concentrated green light emerged with their roar, making the whole army as if surrounded by thick green flames, continuously enlarging.
Greenskin Waggggghhh Aura!
Lin Rui took a deep breath; since entering this world, the most severe life-and-death crisis had arrived!