[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-dragon-necromancer":3,"chapter-black-dragon-necromancer-black-dragon-necromancer-chapter-50":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Black Dragon Necromancer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2312810,4521,"Chapter 50: The Blood Battle of Kaga Wasteland","black-dragon-necromancer-chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>Beyond the fortress, the wasteland—after a month of preliminary purification—still stretched endlessly across a blood-soaked earth; according to the demons captured by the harpies, the demon lord leading this assault was Kask the Skinner, a brutal berserker demon who had ascended to lordship, his power equivalent to the Master Realm, infamous for his love of flaying demons alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the chaotic demon horde appeared on the distant horizon, thirty-five thousand spearmen, clad in iron armor and wielding massive wooden shields, had already formed their battle line, shields driven deep into the earth to form a wall of steel; from between the shields protruded three-meter-long armor-piercing spears, creating a forest of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second line consisted of archers and accompanying shamans; the shamans continuously chanted, casting “Stone Skin” and “Rage Heart” upon frontline soldiers, while carving “Weakness Fields” into the ground to steadily weaken demons approaching the line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen thousand archers occupied the high ground behind the first line and temporary wooden arrow towers; they were divided into three waves, ready to unleash continuous, alternating volleys at the commander’s signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty thousand heavy infantry, serving as the overall reserve, were led personally by Ugru; soldiers were fully encased in refined steel plate armor, wielding great axes or spiked clubs; they sat quietly behind the line, conserving strength—even the great-tusked boars were clad in full plate armor, their defense now impeccable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the demon vanguard, like a living forest of flesh, entered range, at the commander’s order, the heavy ballistae positioned along the line roared to life; barbed giant bolts tore through the sky and plunged into the demon horde, skewering several berserker demons like candied haws and pinning them to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As demons closed to three hundred paces, the flag officer of the archer line raised his command flag; the first wave of Cuihuojian  surged skyward like a swarm of locusts, arcing through the air in lethal parabolas before plunging into the demon ranks with piercing whistles; the screams of coward demons mixed with the roars of Kuangzhanmo , as if an invisible scythe had sheared off the front layer of the charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon army immediately retaliated; several green hellfire orbs were hurled from the rear, exploding within the spear line, spattering burning slime that carved instant gaps; under rapid orders from the battalion commanders, rear spearmen swiftly filled the breaches. Meanwhile, a small group of winged demons dove toward the archer line, but were immediately intercepted by well-prepared, shaman-enhanced anti-air bolts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the relentless rain of arrows, the demon vanguard finally battered its way through the steel spear wall, bloodied and broken; yet the archers did not cease firing—they began high-angle shots, raining death upon the heads of the demons in the following waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demons’ immense momentum shook the entire formation, but the line held; spears reaped the front ranks of coward demons like wheat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mid-tier demons—berserker demons—crashed into the shield wall; their strength was immense, and shields occasionally shattered, soldiers fell, but comrades in the rear immediately stepped forward without expression to seal the gaps; the entire first line stood like a black dam unmoved against a tide of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon commander, initially dismissive, believed pure brute force could crush this “wall”; he threw in more and stronger demons, including some souljudger demons wielding heavy weapons, attempting to tear open a breach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Archers loosed arrows at maximum elevation, raining them like drops into the demon ranks’ depth; though inaccurate, their density severely hindered reinforcements from behind and effectively harassed and killed mid-tier demons driving forward the coward demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crossbowmen and marksmen, using powerful crossbows and armor-piercing bolts, calmly targeted large threats—souljudger demons, hunting spiders—actively smashing the shield wall; cold arrows hissed from behind the shield line, striking precisely at vulnerable spots: eyes, throats. One souljudger demon, just raising his great axe, was instantly struck by three bolts to the face and collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When corpses piled high enough to form a climbable “ramp,” later demons leapt over the spear tips, stepping on their fallen kin. Sensing the moment had come, several souljudger demons, Bagula demons, and other heavy units concentrated their assault on one point of the line; with terrifying weight and force, they bowled over entire ranks of soldiers, forcibly tearing open gaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, each banner commander ordered: “Concentrate fire! Thrust!” Nearby spears abandoned their individual targets and simultaneously stabbed at the beast’s joints, eyes, and throat, using coordinated attacks to compensate for individual weakness; the demon assault faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the formation began to stabilize again, the demon lord’s colossal devouring worms and earth titans erupted from beneath the line, plunging countless soldiers into deep pits without warning, shattering the integrity of the formation; low-tier coward demons seized the chance to surge forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, demon sorcerers unleashed vast clouds of foul, rotting mist, delivering a devastating blow to the dense spear line; the line began to waver. The fear auras of mid- and high-tier demons relentlessly battered the soldiers’ morale; the entire army teetered on the brink of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s time!” Ugru donned his helmet and ordered the heavy cavalry to charge; the great-tusked boars stood nearly two meters tall at the shoulder, weighing over a ton; clad in thick plate armor with only narrow slits for their eyes, they were bred for one purpose: charge and destroy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the battlefield, they lowered their massive, metal-clad tusks, like twin battering rams; any demon struck directly—whether coward or berserker demon—was flung backward, bones shattered as if hit by a catapult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cavalrymen were fully armored; their weapons were primarily long-handled spiked clubs, war hammers, and great axes; their mission was not to thrust, but to slash and crush; riding the immense kinetic energy of the boars’ charge, they swung their terrifying weapons; a single horizontal swing could sever demons at the waist or crush skulls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their core tactic: “Always moving.” Stopping meant being surrounded and dead. They plowed through the demon tide like plows through soil, repeatedly charging and churning the “demon soil” into bloody pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugru ordered two battalions to slice diagonally into the flanks of the demon force attacking the spear line, either from the sides or through gaps—this most effectively relieved pressure on the spearmen. Two other battalions charged from another direction, creating a crossfire that trapped and split a large mass of demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, he retained the final elite battalion, led by himself, to respond to emergencies or launch a “decapitation” charge against the demon commander. Faced with this sudden turn, the demons panicked; countless coward demons screamed and scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Large demons like souljudger demons tried to halt the charge; they hurled hooked axes or charged head-on. A few brave—or foolish—individuals overturned one or two boars with brute strength, but most were simultaneously struck from multiple angles by several boars, crushed from above by heavy weapons, and finally toppled before overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The demon lord, enraged, ordered his elite guard forward to intercept. He bellowed: “Stop those damned pigs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He commanded all remaining large demons—hunting spiders, demon minotaurs—to form a living wall, attempting to stall the cavalry’s charge with sheer numbers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attack their legs!” cried a demon commander. Some clever succubi attempted to use magic to strike the boars’ vulnerable leg joints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kill the riders!” shouted another commander: “Winged demons and ranged demons, concentrate fire on the cavalrymen themselves!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the boar cavalry’s charge path, the ground suddenly erupted; several “Abyssal Armored Demons,” encased in rocky carapaces, burst from below; these monsters were living fortresses, thicker and bulkier than the great-tusked boars; lacking sharp claws or fangs, they bore massive bony forelimbs like siege hammers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their sole mission: block the charge. The heavy cavalry’s advance slowed; sensing disaster, Ugru immediately ordered the cavalry to dismount and fight on foot; both sides clashed again in brutal melee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet at that moment, several Glaezes appeared from behind the demon lines and began spewing swarms of dwarf demons; vast hordes of insect demons also began harassing and attacking; though weak individually, these demons became the final straw that broke the spear line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing their strongest force halted, the demon army’s morale surged. Kask the Skinner roared a victory cry and threw every reserve into the assault on the spear line—including the last batch of winged demons and his most beloved blood-drinking guard. The spear line, already under immense pressure and suffering heavy casualties, finally reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fill the left gap! Quickly!” The commander’s voice was hoarse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the gaps opened too fast, too many; one souljudger demon knocked over several soldiers; behind it, blood-drinkers surged through like red lightning, flooding into the line’s interior; they did not seek to break the formation, but slaughtered officers, flag-bearers, and shamans within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Panic spread like plague; soldiers, stripped of unified command and morale, fought alone, then were cut off and surrounded; countless cracks appeared on the solid “iron wall,” until it shattered completely, fragmenting into countless desperate, isolated pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the spear line collapse, the centaur battalion commander Lei En ordered a surprise attack; centaurs pointed their lances at the defenseless backs of the demon army and roared their charge; no heavy hoofbeats, only a gray storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five thousand centaurs accelerated to their utmost speed, like the scythe of death, gliding silently across the earth until the final moment, when they erupted in thunderous war cries; like a hot knife through butter, they pierced straight through the demon rear, trampling the plague toad and succubi mage positions into ruin, instantly neutralizing the magical threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other centaur detachments weaved through the demon ranks, hurling javelins, firing arrows, and spreading terror with thunderous hoofbeats and war cries: “We’re surrounded!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Demons fighting on the front line heard the screams from behind; their morale shattered instantly. Demons besieging the boar cavalry lost formation, giving the trapped heavy cavalry breathing room; they launched fierce counterattacks, forming a pincer with the centaurs. The demons’ chaotic nature became their own hell; they shoved, trampled, and even turned weapons on each other in desperate flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ugru and Lei En met amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood; the minotaur army commander solemnly nodded to the centaur commander; no words were needed. This victory belonged not to any single unit, but to every unit’s unyielding cooperation and sacrifice in the face of annihilation.\u003C\u002Fp>",1713,"2026-06-20T13:10:04.638Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","91ba70e8eb4cd38e2ad94454c13bf168729527dda7a47a5e74b191550b225565","black-dragon-necromancer-chapter-51","black-dragon-necromancer-chapter-49",145,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-dragon-necromancer-cover.jpg"]