Chapter 137: Illuminating the sun and moon, heroic spirit of mountains and rivers_2
"Strength in both flexibility and rigidity, reigning over the world. The Empress is at your service."
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[Destiny Card Five: As If I Were Personally Present: Strength in both flexibility and rigidity, reigning over the world! All attacks are supplemented with 50% divine damage. Hitting the same target three times will trigger the Blazing Imperial Might special effect, dealing true damage equal to 18.6% of the total damage of the three strikes, lasting 30 minutes.]
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"Confess and atone, wholeheartedly return. The Repentant Nun is at your service."
[Destiny Card Ten: Repentant Nun: Confess and atone, wholeheartedly return! The attacked target will suffer additional true damage equal to 10% of the last damage received, each time they are attacked. Duration: 30 minutes.]
Lin Rui unleashed all his spiritual energy in one go, activating all ten destiny cards, and all of them provided positive buffs.
For thirty minutes, he was truly a godslayer. Even if a divine spirit of the same rank encountered Lin Rui, it would fall on the battlefield.
He fought to the death, leaving no retreat.
Then Lin Rui wielded his sword with both hands, brilliant spiritual light erupted, and a majestic, sacred angelic figure gradually became clear in the sky. A warm, soft touch came clearly from behind Lin Rui, followed by a vast circular golden light spreading fiercely in all directions from the point of embrace.
[Embrace of the Radiant Archangel: Rare Level Commander Trait: Once per battle, you can receive the embrace of a great angel from behind. The holy light will spread from the point of embrace, covering the entire battlefield. For 30 seconds, everyone's evasion probability is increased to 100%, attacks are supplemented with 100% divine damage, and the critical strike rate is increased by 30%.]
In the next moment, Lin Rui led all the aerial cavalry directly into the Green Tide: "All troops, forward without hesitation! Today's victory or defeat rests on each of us! Whether we can swiftly cut down the enemy with our swords and spears will determine the life or death of the entire territory! All soldiers, fight bravely to the death!"
"Roar~" All the soldiers were already bristling with rage, their hearts burning with the fire of battle, and shouted in fury as they charged wildly, weapons in hand, on the battlefield, slashing down anyone who dared to stand against them!
Over thirty mirror images struck out in four directions, unstoppable wherever they went. The epic longsword gleamed with cold lightning, incessantly descending from the sky, covering almost the entire frontline.
Griffins charged forward furiously, any beastman that attacked them were instantly torn apart. Under the blessing of the Radiant Archangel, they not only achieved a 100% evasion rate but also their attack power increased more than twofold.
Divine damage is of an exceptionally high rank; unless the opponent has divine resistance, it can almost erase as much life value as there is divine damage.
At this moment, the heavy forces on the left wing were virtually without defense, attacking frantically with full force. In thirty seconds, the Griffins had advanced six to seven miles.
The entire battlefield was littered with the corpses of beastmen chopped into pieces, and anyone who got within a hundred meters of Lin Rui was instantly reduced to ashes.
At this moment, even the sacred treasure, the Ice and Snow Royal Court's Extreme Cold Realm, was too slow to take effect; just as the enemy was slowed by frost, the powerful spiritual energy directly erased their existence.
Su Xi and Su Ye had gone berserk, both of their Fearless Brave traits had been triggered. Their ghostly figures swept across the battlefield like lightning, and where they passed, beastmen were swept away, only noticing that their huge green bodies had been swiftly sliced in two after they began to fall.
After twenty minutes of battle, the left wing had pushed forward more than twenty kilometers, cutting through the way. In the army's wake lay a field covered with corpses. Broken spears, shattered battle axes, and fallen banners were scattered across the mountain of corpses and sea of blood on the battlefield.
The vast, long plain of twenty miles was void of any vitality, the orc corpses lay intermingled, blood turning the green grassland into a blood-red sickle, making this scarlet world resemble a ghostly realm!
Witnessing this horrific scene, bystanders felt a chilling fear, their hair standing on end.
The beastmen directly facing the impact were utterly broken, unable to withstand the fear, and some trembled as they dropped their battle axes, turned around, and fled!
"I just reckon we can't beat these lunatics. We should sneak off and find another boss to fight."
"This warrrrrr is so bad; we're not enjoying the fight at all. I think we should bail."
"Something feels off about this battle; why are only we dying?"
"Let's leave, they're faster, bigger, stronger; we should find a way to sneak up from behind and hit them with an axe. Getting beaten like this isn't right."
"Our boss is a piece of crap; we're getting beaten while he stays far away; why should we still obey?"
The Green Skins' stance is very idealistic. When most think they cannot win, their morale rapidly declines, and this decline tends to spread.
When a large number of beastmen began to lose faith in victory, they influenced those around them.
Then this atmosphere became a real, established mentality where everyone believed they couldn't possibly win against the enemy in front of them.
Slaughtered for an entire twenty miles, most beastmen no longer believed they could win. So, at the front of the left wing, the beastmen lost morale and started fleeing in droves!
Seeing this, the morale of the territorial soldiers soared, and they roared excitedly on the battlefield.
The Lord's flanking tactic worked!
The heavy forces on the left wing of the territory fought bravely to the death, advancing without hesitation. Before other allied forces collapsed, they first smashed the enemy's flank.
In this battle, the enemy's flank was shattered, fleeing in all directions. The balance of victory had tipped significantly in their favor.
Although the elite soldiers on the left wing had life values nearly depleted and their status was precarious, Lin Rui was still boosting morale, encouraging the soldiers, and shouting loudly, "The Green Tide is already showing signs of collapse, we just need a final push to completely crush them."
"Soldiers, rise up with the last of your strength, join me in this final strike!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"The Golden Pansy Clan will surely triumph!"
"Victory! The Golden Pansy Clan will win!"
The soldiers on the left wing shouted as they launched a fierce assault on the beastmen toward the central army, with the banner of the Golden Pansy Clan flying high.
Beneath the banner, the soldiers' formation spanned several miles, armor and banners reflecting the light of the heavens and earth, charging all over the mountainous expanse.
It was already the moment where both sides gritted their teeth in persistence; on the frontline, Audrey's spiritual energy had lasted for six minutes and was about to be depleted.
This was the eve of the undead's impending collapse, but it was also their strongest moment.
Under the boost of formidable attack power, the blades of the master of swordsmanship were so sharp they could pierce through bones, and not even giants or venoms could withstand a single strike. The dense Sea of the Dead was brutally imposing, and no beastman could survive more than three seconds in their presence, being directly torn to pieces by the chilly, formidable undead.
From the fourth minute Dark Energy Prayer started on the battlefield, the undead had already gained the upper hand, beginning to push back the beastmen. The front line not only returned to its initial position but also counter-pushed several hundred meters into the Green Tide.
On the side of the Green Tide, the formation of elite warriors of the Golden Pansy Clan unfolded for miles, similarly crushing the enemies with unstoppable force.
The morale of the beastmen shook throughout: why couldn't they win from any direction? Why couldn't they fight back from any side?
Do we need to flee?
Why can't we win from any side?
The Golden Pansy Domain's elites have already advanced right in front of him!
The left flank had broken through more than twenty kilometers forward, through the battlefield strewn with fallen bodies, broken spears, shattered axes, fallen flags, all chaotically planted in a landscape that had become red with blood amidst the mountains of corpses.
Seeing this horrific scene, onlookers were chilled to the bone, their hairs standing on end.
The beastmen facing the direct onslaught were completely routed, unable to bear the fear as they trembled, dropped their axes, and fled!
"I think we really can't beat these lunatics, we should run first, find another boss and then fight again."
"This fight is too bad, we're not having fun at all, I think we should bail."
"Something's not right with this battle, why are we the only ones dying?"
"Run, run, they're faster, bigger, stronger, we should find a way to sneak up from behind and hit them with an axe, getting beaten up like this isn't right."
"Our boss is useless, we got beaten and he's hiding far away, why should we still follow him?"
The Green Skins are extremely idealistic, when most of them feel they can't win, their morale collapses quickly and starts to affect those around them.
Thus, this atmosphere transforms into an established psychological reality, and when a large number of beastmen no longer believe they can win, they influence the beastmen around them.
And so, the vast fields in front of the left wing saw the beastmen's spirits completely collapse, fleeing en masse.
The observers were chilled to the bone, their hair standing on end.
The Lord's flanking tactic worked!
In one battle, the enemy's flank was shattered and fled across the hills, and the outcome was decisively claimed.