Chapter 2026: Swift Battle (9)

The skeleton army had fully charged in.

They clashed head-on with the werewolves.

The white skeletons and the black werewolves merged into one another.

But unfortunately, the skeletons were still too weak in the end — what they relied on was their numerical advantage.

But now the werewolves' numbers were nothing to scoff at either, and Xiang Yuan's skeletons were gradually losing the upper hand.

However, this is where it ends.

Xiang Yuan had held off the werewolves for three minutes; the other allied forces had already arrived.

"Xiang Yuan, I'm coming!"

Several hundred meters away, Fu Yi was sprinting at the head of a thousand human soldiers.

"Hold on, Xiang Yuan!"

From within the forest, Su Qin's melee infantry and the elves all charged forth.

From farther away came another indistinct voice.

Geng Zhan was leading twelve hundred beastmen troops and would arrive shortly as well.

Xiang Yuan laughed: "That wasn't easy at all. Looks like my contribution in this battle will be second place. Tough Bones!!"

In an instant, all the skeletons seemed no longer so fragile.

When the massive wolf claws came slamming down, even the weakest skeleton could now endure at least one strike.

"What do we do? The skeletons have gotten tougher, and the enemy is all swarming around us — should we retreat?"

Iwata Kouta asked nervously.

Crack!

Kitayama Rino smashed another skeleton to pieces: "Retreat? Where could we retreat to? But we can take our revenge now. See those elves? We can charge in with our elites, scratch a few of them to death on the way through — every one counts, just to vent the hatred in our hearts!"

Iwata Kouta let out a long sigh: "Should we surrender?"

"If we're going to surrender, it won't be now. First we'll kill a few elves and capture that lord, then we'll talk. That way we'll have something to bargain with when we surrender."

"Fine, let's go!"

"Aoo—"

"Awoo—"

Iwata Kouta and Kitayama Rino howled at the same time.

The high-tier werewolves locked in fierce combat all turned their heads at once.

"Aoo aoo aoo!"

They tore open a path of bones through the skeleton horde by sheer force, losing some werewolves in the process, but the bulk of their elites all pulled out, leaving only the ordinary werewolves to fight the skeletons.

"Go! Tear those elves apart! Bursting Claw!"

"We charge too! Lightning Barrier!"

The werewolf warriors turned again.

They charged straight at Su Qin.

"Coming for me?" Fu Yi gave a cold laugh. "You wanted to come hit me just now, and now you're coming again — you really are looking down on me. All personnel, listen up: use battle formations directly, let them see what our combat power is like! Vitality Surge!"

In an instant, a blue glow appeared over the bodies of Fu Yi's thousand soldiers.

Fu Yi's formation was in front of Su Qin, so he assumed the werewolves' target was him.

But that didn't matter.

Swish swish swish swish!

Three hundred crossbowmen loosed a volley in unison.

The bolts lodged into the werewolves' bodies.

But those Golden-Body Werewolves and Royal Werewolves paid them no heed at all, still charging forward with wild ferocity.

The Swift-Wind Warriors behind them slowed down slightly, but it didn't make much difference either.

"Crossbowmen fall back and keep reloading!" Fu Yi shouted. "Tier-4 soldiers, raise shields and block their charge! The rest of you spearmen, thrust! Swordsmen, chain-slash! Pour out every ounce of energy — attack together!"

"Yes, sir!"

Iwata Kouta gave a cold laugh: "With just you? You think you can stop us? Blow them up!"

Several hundred werewolves pounced on them.

The massive wolf claws slammed into the iron shields with tremendous force.

The Tier-4 Imperial Guard soldiers behind the shields braced them with their shoulders as if they could hear the sound of their own shoulder bones shattering.

No matter how hard they tried, the gap in strength was simply too great — they were sent flying in an instant.

Fu Yi's first line of defense couldn't hold at all and was smashed straight through, with several dozen casualties.

Only the second line barely managed to stop the werewolf charge.

"Thrust!" "Thrust!"

"Chain-slash!" "Chain-slash!"

Over a hundred armored soldiers swarmed in, attacking with all their might.

Puff puff puff puff puff!

Several dozen werewolves perished.

"Get out of my way!"

The werewolves' giant claws swept out savagely; the human soldiers fell in whole swathes — it was very hard to resist.

But fortunately, with the protection of their armor, more were wounded than killed.

Moreover, the soldiers Fu Yi had brought were all professionals, and they still had a fighting chance.

Although the werewolves were fierce, most of the werewolf civilians and craftsmen had already been entangled by the skeletons.

Only a few hundred werewolf soldiers reached Fu Yi's position.

But at this moment, Su Qin's melee troops also closed in.

"Heavy Strike!"

700 orc warriors raised iron hammers and smashed down.

"Iron Breaker!"

800 human warriors joined forces with Fu Yi's soldiers, once again driving the werewolves back.

"Damn, we've arrived too — surround them all, Overwhelming Mountain Press!"

At the last moment, Geng Zhan brought another 1,200 orcs to join the encirclement.

These orcs were drenched in stinking sweat, grimacing with exhaustion, but each one raised their weapons and hacked down with wild ferocity.

Only a little over 400 of the werewolf elites remained.

"Precision shots — don't hit friendlies! Li Qi, Liang Jing, hurry and heal them!"

Su Qin's elves were positioned very close, but they showed no sign of tension, aiming at the werewolves inside the encirclement and firing with precision.

More healing light also enveloped Fu Yi's soldiers.

The werewolves were already in despair.

Fu Yi's human soldiers were indeed inferior to the werewolves, and suffered considerable casualties.

But after all, they were 1,000 regular iron-armored troops — breaking out completely would still take time.

With Su Qin's and Geng Zhan's soldiers joining in, the werewolves had absolutely no hope left.

"Die! Die! Die! Die!"

Only 1 Golden Body Warrior and 3 Royal Warriors remained; they charged left and right within the encirclement, and a single swipe of their claws could send an iron-armored warrior flying.

Deep claw marks were left on the warriors' armor, nearly tearing through the iron plating.

However… that was as far as it went.

The werewolves were strong, but their stamina was limited after all — they were now completely exhausted.

The battle ended quickly.

Iwata Hirota was beaten to a pulp; Yamanashi Rinno was captured alive.

The remaining 200-plus werewolf soldiers were all taken prisoner, and over 1,000 werewolf civilians also surrendered.

Su Qin and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.