Chapter 1335

Everywhere was dark brown muddy earth.

But this wasn't fertile soil — it was simply very black.

A few scattered green plants looked precious in this kind of environment.

The overall terrain was flat, with only some gently rolling small hills.

And in the distance, one could see a stretch of wooden palisade enclosing an area.

Behind the palisade were a race of dark-skinned creatures that looked like giant humanoid bats.

The wings on their backs couldn't fly, but they could glide at low altitude.

Their claws and teeth were extremely sharp, no worse than daggers.

Those were the Night Demons.

Night Demons were also intelligent beings.

But similar to the Naga race, their intelligence wasn't very high, and overall they were still quite brutal.

They normally fed on blood.

Their living habits were somewhat similar to the Blood Clan.

The distance was too far now, but Zhao Chi had 10 points of Intelligence, and his base vision was extremely good.

From far away he could already see that those Night Demons were basically all wearing leather armor.

Presumably they didn't want to affect their gliding.

After all, wearing iron armor would be too heavy — they'd just plummet in the air and be completely unable to glide.

There was nothing else particularly unusual.

It was just that those Night Demons' eyes were pitch black, with no distinction between sclera and pupil.

It looked somewhat chilling.

At this moment, the scouts scattered around the area returned one after another.

"my lord, the west side is safe."

"No enemies to the east."

"The surrounding area has been fully scouted, no danger found."

The reports from every scout were all consistent.

Su Qin nodded: "Very good, that means the enemies are all in the camp. All troops, listen to my command — ranged units forward, prepare volley fire!"

"Yes!"

The 450 crossbowmen in Fu Yi's unit immediately advanced, and Su Qin's 700 elven female archers also ran forward to the formation afterward.

On both sides, Xiang Yuan's skeleton soldiers — several hundred of them — also moved to the front of the formation and drew their bows.

Skeletons had weak strength, and their Intelligence and Perception were also very weak, so their arrow accuracy and damage weren't strong.

Generally skeletons weren't allowed to shoot; instead, other races were enslaved or recruited to supplement the ranged forces.

But it wasn't impossible.

Even if the killing power was poor, using them for harassment was still acceptable.

Soon, all ranged units were in position.

"Elevated-angle fire — scatter!" Su Qin's hero Li Mei's body emitted several rays of light, covering all the archers.

"Firing now? Isn't the distance too far?" Fu Yi turned his head in surprise and asked.

Su Qin smiled: "No problem, you all hurry up and get in position too."

Fu Yi frowned: "All crossbowmen, advance at speed — once within range, everyone fire!"

"Yes!" The crossbowmen immediately charged out.

Fu Yi's two subordinate heroes also followed and cast their skills.

Whoooosh~

Whoooosh~

Several thousand arrows glowing with silver light flew into the air.

Saying they blotted out the sky was an exaggeration, but they looked like a dark cloud pressing over.

Sweeping past Fu Yi's crossbowmen, sweeping past Geng Zhan's orcs, they plunged rapidly toward the distant Night Demon camp.

Over a hundred Night Demons were struck immediately.

"Kragah!!"

The Night Demons roared.

"That fast?" Fu Yi felt his eyes were playing tricks.

Geng Zhan also frowned: "Not bad, Su Qin — what kind of bow is that? Both the range and arrow speed are much stronger!"

"It's not the bow, it's the arrows!" Fu Yi couldn't help but ask: "Su Qin, are these super-improved arrows?"

For Su Qin, there was no need to hide this kind of thing.

She nodded: "Yes, would you consider converting some crossbowmen? I can supply you with some on my side."

Supplying them certainly wasn't free.

They could be sold.

Being able to sell this kind of thing was already doing him a favor.

After all, when Zhao Chi took things from the Zhao family, he still had to pay.

Fu Yi sighed: "Forget it, I don't want my troop types too mixed right now — it's hard to level them up. I'll just specialize in crossbows."

Xiang Yuan, however, asked: "I'd like some — can I buy them?"

Su Qin nodded: "No problem, come chat with me after the battle."

Xiang Yuan said: "Good, though using these arrows on skeletons seems a bit wasteful. Let's shoot too—lob fire!"

Whoooosh~

Several hundred skeleton soldiers also began drawing their bows.

"We're joining in too—use battle formation, Piercing Shot!" Fu Yi commanded loudly.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh~

Arrow after arrow shot straight ahead at high speed, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

"We continue—scatter shot!" Su Qin's archers fired again.

This time, three types of arrows flew out simultaneously.

They blanketed the entire Night Demon camp.

Bang Bang Bang!

Bang Bang Bang!

Arrows and bolts rained down rapidly, and the Night Demon camp let out wave after wave of shrill, piercing howls.

Immediately after, over a hundred Night Demons climbed up the wooden wall, then leaped high into the air.

The wings on their backs spread open, flapping hard as they glided over.

All the ranged troop types automatically aimed at them.

But suddenly, the sky darkened.

It turned black.

The noon sunlight could no longer be seen at all.

The surroundings were pitch black, no different from night.

Su Qin's voice came through the darkness: "Everyone listen up—the Night Demons are creating night. Bowmen and crossbowmen, lower your firing angle. Fire one more round, then immediately retreat. Everyone else, light torches!"

"Yes!"

Within the ranks, specks of firelight quickly lit up.

The firelight grew brighter and brighter.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh~

Swoosh swoosh swoosh~

By the third round of firing, all the soldiers were basically shooting flat.

From the distance came another wave of shrill screams—quite a few gliding Night Demons had been hit by arrows.

The torchlight had fully flared up.

But after all, they were just torches, so the distance they could illuminate was limited.

Even the torches made with Zhao Chi's ultra-bright fire oil only lit up a range of about 20 meters.