Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 464 Clear out the minor monsters first (Bonus chapter 210 for Alliance Leader Hongyue)

Li Yue's decision was very correct and decisive.

Because at this point, the hatred that Li Wei had aroused had become very strong, all the stone trolls rushed over like madmen, along with their leader, wanting to crush Li Wei to pieces.

The sandstorm magic unleashed by the Stone Troll leader was particularly terrifying, as it carried both wind and earth magic damage. Even Ah Dai, who was thousands of meters above the ground, was affected. At least fifteen four-star hunting pets were caught in the sandstorm and died instantly because they couldn't escape in time.

Li Wei, on the other hand, can still withstand the damage for the time being because of his 40% wind-type damage reduction.

However, Li Wei's contact with Li Yue and the others was directly cut off.

To make matters worse, the sandstorm spell of Sequence 4 caused a light sandstorm to envelop the area within a hundred miles.

Specifically, Li Wei was in the heart of a sandstorm, but the surrounding area was not sunny either, as it was also affected by the sandstorm, with visibility less than 500 meters.

Fortunately, the impact of this moderate dust storm was not too great, especially for the heavy cavalry led by Li Yue. This is because the professional path taken by most heavy cavalrymen makes it easy for them to obtain the attributes of Perception and Insight. Although they may not reach the level of Li Yue's Perception +6 and Insight +7, Perception +4 and Insight +5, or Perception +5 and Insight +4, are quite common.

This is an inevitable result of the career path; without hidden attributes, combat power cannot be dramatically improved.

Of course, Zhao Xuanxuan is an anomaly among cavalry. Her Blood Burning skill has now reached +13 because her Blacksmith and Craftsman Destiny are far ahead of others. After strengthening her rare class cards, they have now been raised to over 100 points. This is mainly because she does too much blacksmithing, forging, and enchanting. With so many tasks, it's hard not to improve.

Therefore, Zhao Xuanxuan is no longer suitable to be a cavalry commander; she is only suitable to follow Li Yue, who has a higher level of perception, into battle.

And Thomas, now he can only be a mounted infantryman, otherwise his mobility would not be able to keep up. Fortunately, he only needs to follow behind, and some riding skills are enough.

Hathaway's riding skills were quite good, and she had a strong sense of inspiration. At this moment, she was with Zhao Xuanxuan, following Li Yue on the left and right. Her warhorse was particularly agile because she directly used mind control on the warhorse, which definitely belonged to the evil cultivation faction.

At this moment, as Li Yue led her troops out, Ah Dai immediately flew over to establish contact with Li Yue. In an instant, the entire battlefield situation within a radius of dozens of miles was clearly visible in Li Yue's mind.

Li Yue looked up in surprise. Come to think of it, she hadn't been close to this little crow for six or seven years. Back then, she had almost kidnapped the little crow.

But now, how come this thing has changed so much? It looks so awesome. How did it do that?
However, it no longer matters. With Ah Dai providing tactical guidance, the attack targets became more precise. The advantage of Li Wei drawing aggro in front immediately became apparent, creating a gap in the stone troll encirclement and inevitably causing several stone trolls to be separated from their prey.

"Everyone accelerate! Top speed!"

With a loud shout, Li Yue seemed to be enveloped by a whirlwind that quickly covered all of his cavalry. In an instant, all the cavalry and warhorses were shrouded in a faint golden light, and their speed suddenly increased again, reaching 120 kilometers per hour in a short time, which was the speed of a five-star warhorse.

This is a skill that Li Yue possesses as a Dawn Knight, and it can also buff allies.

"break!"

At this moment, Hathaway casually cast a Sequence 3 wind spell to clear a path and break the wind for everyone. Everyone immediately felt that they could breathe easily, that the sky was clear, and that it was so good that there was no sand or dust in their faces.

In a short while, the two hundred cavalrymen caught up with the first lone stone troll. The stone troll also sensed something was wrong and decisively gave up chasing Li Wei. In the instant it turned around, it bent down and grabbed a stone the size of a millstone from the ground and threw it. This was actually earth magic, which could quickly condense a giant stone from the ground.

"boom!"

The boulder was hurled four or five hundred meters away with terrifying force, a nightmare for any densely packed military formation.

However, the heavy cavalry led by Li Yue, being a true elite legion and a highly mobile unit with enhanced senses, were naturally unafraid of such attacks. They easily dodged the attacks and approached at high speed.

Just as they were about to get within 200 meters of the stone giant, the stone giant suddenly roared, and hundreds of huge stalagmites suddenly emerged within a 100-meter radius around it, directly restricting the cavalry's mass charge.

At first glance, it seems that the stone troll released the attack too early, but in reality, it sensed danger. This magical creature was not as stupid and clumsy as it seemed; it actually tried to stop the cavalry from getting close in this way and then throw the attack from a distance.

But the next second, Hathaway suddenly chanted loudly, and in the blink of an eye, three Sequence 3 spells appeared: Mental Shock and Mind Control, and finally, Inspiration Misdirection.

They managed to temporarily subdue the stone troll in one fell swoop.

"dispersion!"

Li Yue shouted again, without slowing down, completely ignoring the sparse stalagmites in front of her. However, if she didn't control the stone giant, getting any closer would greatly increase the chance of being injured by its ground spike magic.

But at this moment, it's completely useless.

At a speed of 120 km/h, the 200-meter gap could be covered in the blink of an eye. Li Yue didn't stop at all, taking the lead. Suddenly, the long spear in her hand condensed into a golden light like the rising sun. Five destiny symbols could be vaguely seen resonating behind her. Then, she slammed the spear heavily into one of the stone giant's legs, shattering the three-meter-diameter giant stone thigh into pieces.

The stone troll lost its balance and crashed to the ground.

But Li Yue didn't linger in the fight. She quickly moved forward without stopping. At this moment, the stone troll had just recovered from Hathaway's triple magic attack, but it was too late.

Zhao Xuanxuan had already activated +13 Blood Burning. Her entire body, along with her warhorse and the large iron hammer in her hand, was engulfed in blood-red flames two or three meters high. Then, she slammed the hammer into the stone giant's chest, regardless of where the magic core was or how many magic cores it had.

With that single hammer blow, the stone troll was struck as if by a 100,000-volt electric current. With a deafening roar, it collapsed to the ground, completely immobilized. Its entire body was practically melted into a mushy mass.

Of course, under normal circumstances, it only takes about ten seconds to recover.

Especially considering that Zhao Xuanxuan only struck once.

Unfortunately, this was a cavalry unit.

After Zhao Xuanxuan delivered the hammer blow, she quickly left, ignoring Hathaway who wasn't even interested in giving her a second glance, and spurred her horse to gallop past.

But the next second, Javier and Sith had already gathered their full strength and slammed it heavily into the stone troll.

Then came Jocelyn and Duan Bowen.

Next came the heavy cavalry, two men per row.

Its magical core is completely irrelevant.

All the cavalrymen did not slow down in the slightest, and each of them attacked only once.

Then, after the number of attacks reached one hundred, the stone troll's body shattered and it died.

Thomas, who was covering the rear, collected all the rocks and six-star gold cards, and then strengthened his codename. This was agreed upon beforehand. As the super heavy tank of their side, Thomas did not need to deal with the six-star stone trolls, but when facing the seven-star stone troll leader, Thomas's role was crucial.

His passivation also reached +13. If the code name of Thomas the Pioneer is strengthened twice more, the passivation can be raised to +15. This effect is very strong, especially when used on a master-level scroll king like him, it will directly cause a wave of attribute explosion.

Soon after, another lone stone troll was caught up. Its strategy was the same as always, but unfortunately, it made no difference. Under Hathaway's triple attack of mental shock, mind control, and inspiration misdirection, it was taken down in one fell swoop.

This time, a six-star gold card was taken by Hathaway, and it was also used to enhance her codename - Snow Mountain Witch Hathaway. On this kind of battlefield, enhancing the codename is the fastest way to form combat power, followed by enhancing weapons and equipment, but the cost-effectiveness is definitely not as good as the codename, especially for a spellcaster like Hathaway.

After killing two stone trolls in a row, the stone troll family finally sensed the danger. However, the stone troll leader was unable to unleash a second wave of Sequence 4 sandstorms. It needed to keep chasing Li Wei, while the remaining five stone trolls turned around to deal with Li Yue's cavalry.

Two of the stone trolls had already joined together, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of their attack.

Normally, the team should attack the lone stone troll first, but Li Yue led the team directly towards the two stone trolls, because if the two stone trolls were not eliminated, a third stone troll would soon join them, which would increase the difficulty again.

"Thomas!"

It's time for Thomas to step in.

Li Yue led the team to slow down gradually. Thomas stepped out from the crowd and, five hundred meters away from the two stone trolls, put away his warhorse and transformed into a twelve-meter-tall stone giant, also known as a five-star stone giant.

In terms of numerical values, Thomas's Stone Giant is a complete idiot compared to a six-star Stone Troll, getting utterly crushed in every aspect.

But his advantage lies in the fact that the stone golem doesn't attack the stone golem. Oh, I mean, the stone troll can't do much damage to Thomas, nor can it use earth magic to do any damage to him.

In other words, even if Thomas doesn't fight back, it would take these two stone trolls one or two hours to wear him down, assuming Thomas has enough stamina to maintain his stone giant form.

Secondly, Thomas is not a true stone giant after all. He has the property of insensitivity. He is not afraid of sensory suppression, inspiration misdirection, mental shock and mind control.

This is the biggest difference between him and the stone troll. Stone giant is a profession for him, but stone troll is a magical creature.

Upon seeing Thomas transform into a stone giant, the two stone trolls, as expected, were furious and immediately rushed over, punching and kicking Thomas. Thomas did nothing but hug one of the stone trolls and refused to let go.

And that's it.

Li Yue led her troops in a charge, and Hathaway unleashed a wave of magical control on the other stone troll. In less than two minutes, the two six-star stone trolls were annihilated, so much so that the third stone troll, which had wanted to come to the rescue, was so frightened that it turned tail and ran away.

At this moment, the stone troll leader finally realized something was wrong, withdrew the Sequence 4 sandstorm, and began to gather the last three stone trolls, who were preparing to band together.

Unfortunately, the distance was too great and the speed was too slow. Before they could even band together, the remaining three stone trolls were completely wiped out by Li Yue's army using their speed advantage.

No injuries sustained throughout the entire process.

But at that moment, something unexpected happened: the stone giant leader roared at Li Wei.

At the same time, Li Wei also received a message.

The Stone Troll leader has initiated ceasefire negotiations with you. In return for returning its child (four six-star gold cards and four pieces of Stone Troll corpse stone), it is willing to give you this magical territory, along with a five-star stone mine located deep underground. It also swears in the name of the ancient gods that it will never return to this place and will avoid you if you encounter it in the future.

(End of this chapter)