The Demon King is unfathomable

Chapter 278 Encounter in the Canyon
Janna continent, central desert, Twin Tail Rift.

The sun is high in the sky, and the heaven and earth are as hot as a furnace!
The wind whistled through the rift valley, rolling up layers of yellow sand, as if the drums of war were sounded in advance.

The army of the Holy Ankylosaurus Kingdom was slowly marching across the sand plain, advancing towards the Twin Tail Rift like a black torrent.

One hundred thousand ankylosaur warriors were lined up in neat formations, looking like a long snake marching on the ground.

They were wearing rattan armor, with obsidian fragments embedded on the armor, reflecting a dazzling cold light in the sun. They held obsidian spears and giant swords in their hands, with jagged edges like the cracks of a giant beast, shaking back and forth as they marched, like a beast grinding its teeth!
At the front of the army marched the noble officers of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom. Some of them wore gilded feather crowns, some wore emerald holy symbols on their waists, and their armor was decorated with obsidian armor plates and glittering golden threads and ornaments, as dazzling as a treasure house with its doors opened.

They strode with their heads held high, their eyes full of arrogance and disdain, as if victory was within their grasp.

And right at the forefront of them, a dragon turtle wearing heavy armor was moving slowly forward, and the knight on the back of the dragon turtle was none other than Bakar, the chief warrior of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom.

He was wearing heavy armor, with obsidian and gold interwoven into armor that looked like dragon scales. His figure was as massive as a mountain, his face like a rock sculpture, and the marks of war were faintly visible between the scales, as if divine blood was flowing in his body.

"...Haha, General Bakar, I bet that the reptiles of the Sand Ridge Clan must have been scared to death after hearing your name! Otherwise, they wouldn't have been hiding behind the sand dunes until now."

Riding beside the dragon turtle, a noble warrior sitting astride a dwarf dragon was beaming with joy, his tone full of flattery.

"Your Majesty the Holy King is still too cautious. You have to take action just for these reptiles. In my opinion, there is no need for you to go into battle in person. You only need to give an order and we will go deep into the heart of the desert for you and chop off those discolored heads and present them to you!"

"It has nothing to do with being cautious. This is the punishment from His Majesty the Saint King, or the punishment from the Lord Dragon God... Blood debt must be paid with blood. His Majesty the Saint King personally instructed me to wipe them off this land in the most cruel way possible."

Bakar sneered, his eyes flashing with a predator's golden light, and spoke in a cold tone.

"Those lowly bugs wandering in the sand dared to slaughter our delegation. It seems they think their lives are too long."

He looked down at the sand beneath his feet, not disguising the murderous intent in his words, as if he could already see the enemy's heads filling the chasm.

"I will clean the skull of the 'tribe mother', inlay it with a gold border, fill it with lead, and place it at the highest point of the Dragon Temple, so that she can see with her own eyes how we trampled on her people... and all this was because of her stupidity."

The noble laughed, the corners of his mouth turned up, and there was a hint of obvious flattery in his teasing voice.

"Being able to place the head at the highest point in the Dragon Temple... is an honor for that bug."

Bakar laughed, raised his chin with a heroic heart, then pulled the reins, stood on a high place and looked down at the army in front, the clanging sound was like thunder.

"Warriors!"

"Not only did these traitors in the dunes betray their ancient oaths and collude with alien races beyond the sea, they also brutally killed our messengers!"

"Today, we will use their blood to cleanse the rift valley, build a bone wall with their bones, and bring their tribe mother back to the holy city - in front of the Dragon God, we will cut open her sinful heart!"

"Fight for the Holy King!"

"Fight for the Dragon God!"

The roar of a hundred thousand Ankylosaurs shook the sky. As their weapons trembled, they rose like waves, as if only this unstoppable obsidian torrent remained between heaven and earth.

At this moment, there was suddenly movement from the scouting troops ahead.

A scout riding a pygmy dragon came galloping up to Bakar, pulled the reins and reported: "General, four unidentified figures appeared in the dust in front of the rift... They don't look like monsters from this land."

"Shadow?"

Bakar frowned, but that frown soon turned into a chuckle, with obvious mockery in his eyes.

"They are probably outsiders from outside the sea," the noble who was riding a dwarf dragon and following Bakar raised his head arrogantly and said with a disdainful tone, "It seems that the Sand Ridge Clan has colluded with those guys a long time ago. They are probably the ones who lured those people here!"

His words resonated with many noble warriors of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom, and a sound of ridicule spread around.

"Haha...it seems like they can't wait to go to the Dragon Temple for a pilgrimage."

"Should we fulfill their wish as soon as possible?"

"It is better to kill them quickly. Their blood will only pollute the water of the holy lake."

Listening to the soldiers' laughter and chatter, Bakar's lips curled up into a cold smile.

He shook off the dust on his cloak and spoke in a cold and arrogant tone.

"Whoever dares to block our progress will die!"

After that, he looked at the noble warrior beside him and gave orders.

"Yuge, take a team of light cavalry and bring back the heads of those four insects!"

"Yes, sir!" The noble warrior named Yuge's eyes sparkled. He drew out the obsidian giant sword on his back, grasped the reins around the dwarf dragon's neck, and obeyed the order loudly.

As he finished speaking, he raised the obsidian giant sword in his hand and shouted to the troops behind him.

Soon, more than a dozen dragoons separated from the front army, like a long sword suddenly drawn from its sheath, wrapped in rolling sand and dust, and rushed towards the four figures one kilometer away!
Looking at the four short figures getting closer and closer, Yuge lowered his body and couldn't help licking the scales at the corners of his mouth, as if he had licked the taste of blood from the whistling sand.

bring it on--

My great sword is thirsty!

Facing the howling sandstorm, he roared excitedly in his heart.

What he didn't know was that the four little players who were looking at him from afar were even more excited and excited than him at this moment, so much so that the swaying soul fire almost turned into soul rings and shot out from their skulls.

"Fuck!"

"This wind! This sand! This lizard!"

"That's awesome, okay?!"

All three sentences were said by the [Pig-Headed Knight] alone...or should I say, a lizard.

At this moment, he is playing the role of a gecko lizardman, a warrior by profession, carrying a long-handled battle axe in his hand. His temperament from head to toe is very consistent with his personality.

As for the ones standing next to him, they were naturally the guy [Tauren Warrior] who was playing the role of the skeleton warrior, [Yi Ye Zhi Qiu] who was the skeleton mage, and [Hu Wan] who was the undead rat assassin.

They have been teaming up for some time since the server was launched, and have become long-term teammates.

As for why they were here, it was naturally because of the mission to support the Sand Ridge Tribe.

"To be honest, the special effects are really amazing, and the atmosphere of the battlefield is absolutely perfect!" Hu Wan sighed in his heart, and was full of admiration for the technical strength of the "Catastrophe OL" development team.

"really."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, who was holding a monocular telescope, also nodded. The soul fire in his skull flickered with excitement, and he whispered in a low tone, suppressing his excitement.

"...Tens of thousands of NPCs are in the same frame, and the modeling of each NPC can be slightly different. I am even beginning to doubt whether this development team is from Earth."

Is this something that science can do?!

Although he is not an expert in the relevant industry, he still has some understanding of the development of electronic hardware.

In this era of globalization, many researches in cutting-edge fields are in a state of mutual dependence. Under such circumstances, it is quite difficult to be half a step ahead of the industry, but it is even more difficult to be a whole step ahead!
The technical strength demonstrated by "Catastrophe OL" can no longer be described as leading by one or two steps, but at least a generation gap of ten or twenty steps!
In short, he couldn't describe the surprise in his heart in words.

Even though this wasn't his first time experiencing it, this fully immersive VR game still shocked him...

"My sword is thirsty!" The Pig-Headed Knight excitedly held up the long-handled battle axe in his hand, licking his lips obscenely and said, "Get ready, brothers! The one in the front should be handed over to me!"

"Don't get excited. We agreed to be bait. Don't scare the other side away right away—"

Hu Wan had just uttered the first half of his sentence when the Pig-Headed Knight, who could no longer contain his excitement, started howling and charging towards the oncoming cavalry with his battle axe in hand.

Seeing this ignorant fellow not only did not run away but even dared to rush towards him, Yuger, who was riding on a dwarf dragon, excitedly waved the reins, held the big sword and rushed forward, vowing to take down the first lizard head of this war.

Unfortunately--

He obviously underestimated the strength of the gecko lizardman warrior in front of him.

The Pig-Headed Knight's level has reached "Great Mastery of Fine Steel", which is equivalent to the "Peak of Saint General Level" in the Janna Continent!
Considering the players' high-intensity combat experience, even a clash with the top combat power of the Janna continent, the "God-level powerhouses", is no problem, not to mention these general-level strikers.

A mere bronze-level thing——

It's really too weak!

Sit at the same table with the kids!

The pig-headed knight didn't think that the lizard in front of him was the way he came. He swung his axe and smashed the obsidian sword in the hands of the leading noble warrior with his strength. Looking at the broken obsidian fragments in his hand, Yuger was shocked and his face changed suddenly. He wanted to turn around but it was too late. The whole lizard collided with the oncoming battle axe by inertia, and was cut into two pieces along with the dwarf dragon under his crotch!
Stab it--!
The hot blood splattered everywhere, spraying on the scalding sand, making a sizzling sound.

Seeing their leader getting his lunch box in an instant, the dozen or so cavalrymen around him panicked, holding down the restless and frightened dwarf dragon under them, not knowing what to do for a moment.

There is no time for them to hesitate.

Just when they crossed paths with the Pig-Headed Guy and their charge stopped, the black stone bullets came like a torrential rain, covering them in an instant!

"Whizzing--!"

The cannonball-like stones pierced through the rattan armor interspersed with obsidian and gold ornaments!
Crackling sounds drifted out from the boiling dust, along with broken flesh and blood mist!
Dozens of Ankylosaur cavalrymen were killed on the spot, without even having time to figure out what had happened.

Only a few frightened dwarf dragons ran out, dragging the incomplete bodies of lizardmen on their backs...

"Fuck! Are you trying to kill me too?!"

Looking at Yi Ye Zhi Qiu raising his magic wand to cast a spell, the frightened Pig-Headed Knight couldn't help but scream.

Seeing this guy's useless look, the tauren warrior carrying a big sword sneered and laughed.

"Do you think you are the one, Brother Yiye? I aim before I shoot, okay?"

Yiye Zhiqiu smiled faintly, then took out two tubes of medicine from his waist and drank them.

The cold oil slid down his spine and was then absorbed by his bones.

The effects of the two potions are to increase the basic mana recovery speed and increase the basic spell damage.

After completing the buff, he continued to chant the spell, and at the same time pointed the two-handed staff in his hands at the huge army in front of him.

"It's time to get to work."

Obviously, the other side was not frightened by the strength they displayed, and the mighty army was still advancing in their direction.

Bait tactics are still effective.

Although the opponent's weakness made their careful preparations seem a little self-indulgent...

Seeing that Pighead didn't ruin everyone's plan, Hu Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Pulling out the two daggers hanging at his waist, a faint soul fire flickered in his skull, and his eyes were fixed on the bulky dragon turtle not far away, and the armored dragon general on the dragon turtle's back.

Judging from the attitude of the prominent lizards nearby towards him, that guy should be the commander of this army.

At the very least, he is a senior general!

"Leave the lead to me."

"Ah."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu nodded slightly, looked at the figure rushing away, swung the two-handed staff in his hands, and aimed the spell at the back of the dragon turtle.

"The sharp rocks obey my call, gather in the strong wind, and turn into a rainstorm that crushes everything!"

"Group Rockfall Technique—"

"Crush them!"

As the two-handed staff was swung down heavily, the stones driven by the strong wind poured down like a torrential rain towards the front of the mighty army of holy armored dragons!

Faced with the sudden bombardment, the marching vanguard was caught off guard, as if they were hit by a volley of slingshots. Hundreds of ankylosaur soldiers were shot to pieces and fell to the ground in pain, seriously injured.

Looking at Yogg's sudden death and the undead waving their wands to cast spells, Bakar, riding on the back of a dragon turtle, was shocked and angry.

Especially the sudden rain of stone bullets made him tremble with fear, and he could only grit his teeth and roar out orders.

“Everyone—charge forward! Use your swords to smash their rotten bones and crush these four ants!”

Although he vaguely felt that the four guys of unknown origin in front of him were not easy to deal with, he had no choice at this moment but to crush them with his numerical advantage.

After all, it is impossible for the 100,000 troops under his command to turn around just for these four people.

That would be a devastating blow to the dignity and morale of the Holy Ankylosaurus Kingdom!

Just as he finished speaking, a stone bullet came whistling and hit the guard next to him with a "whoosh".

The guard was considered to be a soldier-level strength, but he couldn't even resist the stone bullet. Half of his body was smashed into a bloody mess, and he fell off the back of the dwarf dragon without even a scream.

Seeing his trusted bodyguards die tragically in front of him, Bakar was furious. Looking at the skeleton wizard holding up his staffs in the distance, his eyes wished they could shoot flames!
"I'm going to chop you into pieces!" he roared, pushing the dragon turtle under him to take a step forward.

However, at this moment, he didn't notice at all that a pair of cold eyes had already stared at his neck...

……

The front army of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom was in chaos, like loose sand, and rushed towards the four figures standing in the canyon.

The Minotaur warrior brandished his greatsword to meet the enemy, and chopped down dozens of Ankylosaur soldiers in succession. The sand at his feet was bloody and muddy!
The same went for the Pig-Headed Knight, who swung the long-handled battle axe in his hand like the wind, forcibly tearing a gap in the torrent of charges, preventing the Ankylosaur soldiers from getting any closer.

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu continued to cast spells calmly, trying to create as much chaos as possible for the front army of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom, and wait for an opportunity to pull them back... while letting the chaos spread to the rear, leading the front army into the burial ground they had already prepared for this group of lizards!
On the other side, on a hill near the Twin Tail Rift, stood a dozen figures.

Among them are players from the Great Cemetery, as well as warriors and generals from the Sand Ridge Clan.

Although His Majesty the Demon King did not take the 100,000-strong army of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom seriously, this force was indeed a disaster for the weak Sand Ridge Clan.

In order to prevent these allies who were still useful from dying too quickly, Luo Yan sent a little devil player over mountains and across rivers, and arrived at the central desert according to the map provided by the Sand Ridge Tribe delegation. He carved a temporary teleportation array here, and then sent over a hundred players who had received the mission to reinforce the Sand Ridge Tribe from the Deadwood Port area.

Their mission is simple -

That is to stop the 100,000-strong army of the Holy Armor Dragon Kingdom from advancing further at all costs!
Of course.

Some players also plan to take advantage of this rare opportunity to test out the new equipment that has been recently developed.

For example, the famous "Anxunsi" Group in the cemetery.

At this moment, a hand-cranked Gatling gun that was huge and bulky with a strange structure but somehow sophisticated was placed in front of the [Chemical Pool]. The bucket-like metal barrel exuded a chilling chill.

There are a total of five Gatling guns deployed on the battlefield, distributed in a fan shape along the edge of the hill, shaped like an upside-down bowl!

The appearance of this thing can only be described as retro, and there is no standard ammunition available, and the loading process is even more cumbersome... but it is more than enough to bully a group of natives.

Looking at the strangely shaped pipe, Kasa, the leader of the Sand Ridge clan, shook his tail uneasily, with a confused expression on his face.

"What is this?"

“Handy stuff!”

He drank the chemical pool in one gulp without explaining, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense and speaking in a mysterious tone.

"You'll see how awesome this thing is in a moment... By the way, remember to stand by and watch. Don't get too close to the front."

Kasa swallowed, confusion written in his eyes, and nodded as if he understood.

She only has three thousand warriors under her command, which is almost all the elite troops of the Sand Ridge Clan.

Although she didn't want to gamble with the lives of her men and the future of the tribe, the army of the Holy Armored Dragon Kingdom was right in front of her.

At this point, she could only trust this seemingly unreliable undead...

Looking at the Ankylosaur army getting closer and closer, the Sand Ridge warriors crawling on the sand were sweating, praying silently in their hearts, and nervously waiting for the upcoming decisive battle.

The old man was not nervous at all. He calmly called upon the newbies who were hired cheaply to take up their posts and hold their guns. At the same time, he lay down behind a gun barrel, raised the muzzle slightly, and made all preparations for shooting.

Seeing the murderous Holy Ankylosaur soldier entering the shooting range, he could no longer contain his excitement and shouted excitedly, while turning the handle in his hand with all his might.

"Brothers! It's time to pledge your loyalty to the Demon Lord!"

"Shake it hard for me!"

"Ouch!!!!"

(End of this chapter)