The story of the black silk female knight

Although this toxicity has little effect on cultivators with a certain level of strength, ordinary wild beasts quickly fell ill, coughing and coughing.

However, the wild beasts reacted quickly this time, and a powerful expert of the Radiant Rank immediately took action, using magic to dispel the toxic substances and purify the air.

The poisoned adult wild beasts were all gathered and taken away. It's unclear what exactly happened to them, but the cameras Valensa had previously sent into the large settlements using the Trojan horse tactic never captured them again.

"As expected... The wild beasts are now very indifferent to anything outside of large settlements, but they are extremely vigilant about large settlements. They can even get those powerful wild beasts to take action themselves when it comes to some poisonous gas."

In the expeditionary force's operations conference room, Tia leaned back in her chair, her body weight causing the chair's two front legs to lift slightly off the ground, supported only by its two hind legs. Meanwhile, her two long, white-stockinged legs were crossed on the table, the upper leg gently dangling.

"Then let's continue according to plan... Your Highness, prepare to assemble the undead army. Let's assemble openly and honestly, without worrying about the wild beasts discovering us. In fact, it would be better if they discovered us. After the assembly is complete, we will begin to advance steadily. Our first target is this large settlement."

"I've been waiting for your words!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Yu immediately drew the demonic sword Frostmourne, gripped the hilt with both hands, planted the sword in the ground, closed her eyes, and started her own real-time strategy game in her mind.

Within the isolation zone, many undead who were patrolling or resting buried in the ground immediately emerged with renewed vigor and began to gather at the border between the expeditionary force's controlled area and the wild beast's controlled area.

The Allied officers who came to observe and learn could see clearly that all the undead were equipped with weapons called automatic rifles, and some skeleton soldiers even had a few grenades tucked into their ribs.

The undead legion has the greatest advantage of not needing military rations and pay to maintain physical strength and morale, nor needing junior officers to maintain military discipline. With just a thought from the commander, orders can be obeyed without question.

The officers watched with great envy.

But they could only envy them; they wouldn't dare raise their own undead army... Not only did they lack the magic sword to control the undead, but they might also be devoured by the undead army. They couldn't even get past the Church of the Sun.

Creating undead without registering with the Church of the Sun? Then wait for the paladins to come knocking on your door... If you're lucky, you might have a chance to start over; if you're unlucky, you might just go straight to meet the goddess.

In about half a day, an army of over 30 undead had assembled. Most of them were skeletons and zombies equipped with automatic rifles, a small number of special units such as wraiths, and more than a dozen slow-moving but extremely intimidating fat men.

More undead continued to gather at the border of the controlled area, but Princess Yu did not wait any longer and directly controlled the 30-strong undead army to launch an attack, following Tia's instructions.

They advanced step by step into the depths of the beast-controlled area, using black magic curses and nuclear radiation to contaminate the land wherever they went, turning it into a forbidden zone for living beings.

After advancing for about 50 kilometers, the wild beast finally reacted.

Two powerful Radiant-Rank Wild Beasts left the large settlement and launched an attack. They stopped several thousand meters away from the undead army and each activated their long-range, wide-area attacks, intending to inflict a devastating blow on the undead army... just like when Princess Yu used a large number of undead to advance.

Tia had already predicted this based on the known information, and even accurately predicted when and where those two powerful beasts would take the initiative to attack and where they would stop to activate their treasures.

So Valensa had already lurked there with Nana, and the moment those two powerful beast-level warriors activated their treasures to attack the undead legion, she unleashed her domain and swallowed them up, then, together with Nana, unleashed a barrage of attacks.

After being severely bullied by her own sister, Valensa's strength increased significantly... She not only completely resolved the issue of potentially losing control due to overuse of the evil god's power, but also obtained Nana, which can be considered the strongest Noble Phantasm.

The two Star-level Wild Beast Warriors, who might have originally needed some effort or even a hard fight, were almost instantly defeated by her sneak attack.

The unluckiest one was stabbed through the heart from behind by Nana, and then had his head kicked out by Valensa's long, black-stockinged legs... He died on the spot.

The other one struggled for a while after it realized what was happening, but its strength, speed, and skills were completely overwhelmed. Under the combined attack of Valensa and Nana, it soon lost its weapon. First, Nana broke many of its bones with a flurry of fancy punches and kicks, and then Valensa used Moon Kiss to cut its head in two with a single vertical strike.

Valensa, who had easily killed two powerful beastmen, did not flaunt her victory by stepping on the corpses of her enemies after withdrawing her domain. Instead, she and Nana secretly hid again, disguising themselves as ordinary zombies and mingling among the undead army, waiting for the next victim to come and stop their advance.

This move indeed intimidated the wild beasts, and not a single Radiant-rank wild beast was willing to leave the large settlement protected by the sandstorm barrier.

Valensa, however, remained vigilant and prepared to confront the Great Chieftain of the Wild Beasts or other Moon-level powerhouses at any time.

She can only be said to have Moon-level combat power and certain Moon-level characteristics at the moment, but she is not a true Moon-level yet. She must be careful when facing Moon-level enemies.

However, the undead army advanced another 100 kilometers, and the anticipated situation of Moon-level or multiple Star-level beasts coming together did not occur.

But the wild beasts weren't entirely inactive.

More elite warriors of the Pearl and Lighthouse classes were mobilized... They were likely all products of that ancestral spirit ritual, numbering around a thousand.

These elite warriors of the wild beasts did not gather together to fight against the undead legion, but instead spread out in small teams of about 10, with the ratio of lighthouses to pearls in each team being about 3 to 7.

These elite squads, relying on their speed advantage, bypassed the undead legion from the side and rushed towards the isolation zone.

What are they doing?

Valensa and Tia were both puzzled when they witnessed this.

Could it be that they intend to attack the new trade route to relieve the siege of Wei and force the undead army to retreat and defend their own territory?

The idea is good, but with the pollution and curse power of the isolation zone, living things below the Radiant Rank cannot pass through at all... Even if they risk their lives to pass through, their strength will be reduced to less than one-tenth, and any skeleton soldier can easily shoot them down with an automatic rifle.

However, as it turns out, the Wild Beasts race is indeed not to be underestimated.

After being tormented by nuclear radiation and curses for two years, these elite beastmen actually developed a way to cross the isolation zone.

Upon entering the land contaminated by the undead legion's black magic and nuclear radiation, the captains of these elite beast squads would take out a lantern-like prop.

Then all the wild beasts in the entire squad would cut their wrists with bone daggers and pour their blood into the lantern.

Once the lantern has been filled with about two-thirds of its contents, roughly one liter, the squad leader will take out a glowing bone and insert it into the bottom of the lantern like a key.

Then the lantern will light up, emitting a very eerie blood-red glow, similar to the blood-red light in the ancestral spirit ritual, covering an area with a radius of about 10 meters.

The elite warriors of the wild beasts, surrounded by blood and light, can greatly resist the damage from nuclear radiation and black magic curses in the contaminated area, allowing them to maintain their combat effectiveness after crossing the isolation zone.

"This is terrible..."

Valensa frowned, somewhat worried, upon noticing this.

After two years of training, Princess Yu can now reliably control around 80 undead using the magic sword Frostmourne.

However, 20 of those slots are currently vacant and have not been filled yet; they were originally intended for some new and temporary military branches.

In other words, the undead army has a permanent presence of only 60.

There are currently over 30 undead attacking the beast's controlled area, while less than 30 undead remain on the isolation zone to carry out defensive tasks.

The Barren Ridge stretches nearly a thousand kilometers from south to north, and it would be difficult to defend such a vast area with an army of less than 30 undead... The previous 60 were not enough either; the main reason it was able to hold out was due to the black magic curse and nuclear radiation contamination of the isolation zone.

What's worse is that these beast squad members are all elites... Even if ordinary skeletons and zombies are equipped with automatic rifles and grenades, they simply cannot win without a numerical advantage of several times over.

As the elite beast squads rapidly infiltrated, battles broke out in multiple locations along the isolation zone, with the elite beast squads emerging victorious in most cases, leaving behind piles of zombie flesh and broken skeletons.

"...Should I go back?"

Valensa became even more worried after learning this information and took the initiative to contact Tia:

"Although the undead legion here will most likely be in trouble as soon as I return to the front line... but if the undead legion is gone, we can kill more wild beasts to replenish our materials. The new trade route is absolutely not to be lost."

"Need not."

Even though the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse, Tia remained calm:

"You can continue to stay on the front line and advance with the undead legion... Remember your mission: don't attack the enemy's Radiant-ranked units if they don't move. Just keep an eye on them and keep attacking them."

As for the new trade route... Hmph, those ignorant beasts have probably forgotten that our Bretania family is not only good at commanding battles, but also at spatial magic!

"Don't worry, those beast squads that entered the quarantine zone won't be able to access the new trade route! Even if they have a way to temporarily resist the pollution and curse, they'll be forever lost within the quarantine zone until the end of their lives!"

"My dear, are you going to take action yourself?"

Valensa was not reassured by Tia's words; on the contrary, she became even more worried.

"I know your spatial magic is very powerful, but to keep so many elite squads of wild beasts trapped in the isolation zone forever... must it consume a lot of magic? Can you manage without me constantly replenishing your magic?"

"Who told you I was going to use my magic to create a maze?"

Tia chuckled softly:

"Have you forgotten Suzuran's ingenious idea that even Sister Friggia praised? Using circulating black magic blood instead of cooling water to absorb the heat continuously generated by the nuclear reactor, thereby achieving the conversion between nuclear energy and magic power... Although the conversion efficiency is not very high, the cost is much lower than using magic crystals! I can use Suzuran's device to use the nuclear reactor as the main source of magic power to maintain the spatial maze, which will greatly reduce my own consumption."

Besides, I don't need to cover the entire isolation zone with a spatial maze... Couldn't I just give those undead my magic cards to locate them, and then, once they encounter enemies, remotely activate small mazes centered on them for precise elimination of the enemies?

"This……"

Valensa's brow did relax a bit, but it wasn't completely relaxed.

Tia's method sounds impressive and feasible, but such a complicated operation must be very mentally taxing, and Valensa is still a little worried and distressed.

"...Okay, okay, I just can't do anything with you."

Tia, who could see what Valensa was thinking, sighed, but a hint of sweetness appeared in her eyes:

"Aren't there Linglan, Caocao, Senior Gina, and Miss Hong here? If all else fails, there's also Sister Frigia and Princess Velenkasa... They'll definitely be willing to help, nothing will happen, don't worry."

"……Right."

Hearing Tia say this, Valensa finally felt somewhat relieved, and after thinking for a moment, she added:

"Let's have Senior Sister and Cao Cao help intercept the enemy... Although Senior Sister can only use mental power, she should still have Star-level combat strength. As for Cao Cao, she is a very talented and excellent anti-demon ninja. Her training in the Misty Mountains last time was very effective. Ordinary Lighthouse-level enemies are no match for her... With more practical experience, she might be able to find the opportunity to break through."

Gina's family heirloom, the Glacial Demon Eye, is actually quite powerful, but His Highness El would definitely not want her to participate in frontline combat, so let's just leave it at that... If Suzuran is in the mood, let her have a go at it, and maybe capture a few more to study."

"Row."

Communication ended, operations resumed.

Valensa continued to advance with the 30-strong undead army toward the large settlement of wild beasts, while the isolation zone also made targeted tactical changes.

The first to become active in the isolation zone were those skeletal crows... the same ones who had previously carried out the gap operation with alchemical bombs.

This time, however, the skeletal crows did not carry alchemical bombs. Instead, they brought magic cards and patrolled back and forth in the quarantine zone, searching for and locking onto those elite squads of wild beasts.

Even if the elite Wild Beast Squad discovers the Skeleton Ravens and shoots them down with slingshots, the magic cards carried by the Skeleton Ravens have already been located.

Then, a teleportation spell was activated, and zombie skeletons equipped with automatic rifles and grenades arrived, launching an attack with a tenfold numerical advantage over the elite beast squad.

One of the biggest advantages of the undead using firearms is that they can surround the enemy in a circle and fire at will without worrying about friendly fire.

The dense hail of bullets will certainly tear zombies and skeletons apart, but a few friendly fire shots are no big deal... unlike fragile human soldiers, who might be rendered incapacitated by a single bullet hitting a non-vital area.

Most of the elite beast squads rushing into the central part of the isolation zone were slowly located by the magic cards carried by the skeletal crows and then besieged... Even if their strength could not be easily defeated by about a hundred automatic rifles, it would be difficult for them to break through the encirclement quickly. And the undead on the isolation zone were least afraid of fighting a war of attrition.

Some lucky and strong elite teams of wild beasts have already defeated several waves of undead blocking their way, and new trade routes can be vaguely seen in front of them. Those with a keen sense of smell can even smell the long-lost scent of the sea.

However, there were more skeletal crows on the new trade route, and they all carried golden magic cards. As soon as they saw the elite wild beast squad, they would dive down recklessly.

Even if the elite beast squad could shoot down or even shatter the skeletal crows in advance, it wouldn't stop the activation of those golden magic cards.

The effect of these golden magic cards is not to summon more skeletons and zombies, but to teleport the elite Wild Beast squad in groups.

Many of the elite squads of wild beasts that had rushed to the vicinity of the new trade route were thrown from the westernmost edge of the isolation zone to the easternmost edge after a flash of golden light and a dizzying sensation... all their previous efforts were in vain.

It's like you've reached the exit of a maze and are about to pass through, but you accidentally step into a trap and are suddenly sent back to where you entered the maze.

"grass!"

Even the most ardent warriors of the wild beasts, who were prepared to sacrifice themselves for their people, couldn't help but lose their composure.

Even the very few elite beast squads that managed to break through such obstacles, those with luck so great they could be considered chosen by heaven, still failed to reach the new trade route and wreak havoc on the vulnerable caravans.

"Sigh... I never imagined that I, a reveler, would one day have to fight against wild beasts to protect others."

Blocking the way of one of the elite squads of Chosen-level wild beasts was a woman with a seductive voice and alluring figure, but wearing a red fox mask:

"But what can I do? I've already promised my lovely junior sister. Oh well, let's see if my combat skills have gotten rusty... Sigh, I'm an artist, I don't like fighting."

"……superior!"

The captain of the elite beast squad sensed the strange woman before him but couldn't detect any powerful aura. However, his intuition told him that the woman was dangerous.

Some doubts lingered in its mind, but these doubts could not stop a warrior who was prepared to die. After a brief hesitation, it still swung its two-handed axe and led the charge.

Chapter 35 The power surged forth!

He brought his double-handed axe down with great force, aiming to cleave the phantom thief's head and mask in two.

Faced with the enemy's charge and leaping slash, the phantom thief remained motionless until just as her double-handed axe was about to fall, at which point she slightly tilted her head, allowing the axe blade to strike her shoulder.

The captain of the elite beast squad was somewhat disappointed that he hadn't been able to chop off the enemy's head with one axe blow, but he thought to himself that it was good enough to cut off one of the enemy's arms first.

Unfortunately, the scene it envisioned did not appear.

The moment the double-axe blades struck the phantom thief's shoulder, her silver bodysuit suddenly became very slippery... so slippery that even though the axe blades struck at almost a right angle, they barely exerted any force and slid down her arm.

The charged attack almost missed its mark. The strange feeling and the sense of disappointment instantly stunned the beast squad leader, leaving him in a daze.

The time was short, but it was enough to be fatal.

The moment the double-axe blades slid open, the phantom thief slapped him down... The action looked like she was slapping the scumbag, but it actually shattered the head of the Wild Beast Squad Leader.

"The power of the polar bear!"

The moment that slender hand struck the beast squad leader, it transformed into a gigantic white bear paw, almost the size of a millstone, its power multiplied many times over, enough to shatter steel and rock, let alone the head of a beast.

This is how Miss Phantom Thief uses the power of the mind.

If Valensa's greatest strength in mental power lies in enhancement, allowing her to expend mental energy to significantly amplify her various attributes, then the Phantom Thief's greatest strength lies in transformation. This not only allows her to almost perfectly disguise herself as others, but also enables her to transform parts of her body into monsters for short periods, like a druid, using the power of those monsters in battle.

After instantly killing the captain of the elite beast squad with a single slap, the phantom thief's right hand did not revert to human form. Instead, it remained in the shape of a giant bear paw and continued her charge, quickly killing several more stunned elite beast warriors.

By the time the remaining wild beasts finally came to their senses, their squad had been reduced by more than half, while the woman in the silver bodysuit and red fox mask was still wreaking havoc and could not be stopped at all.

Only a Radiant-rank expert could so easily slaughter Lighthouse-level elite warriors like chickens.