Chapter 186: The Battle Array of the Jiading Cheng Army

Both sides soon engaged in a fierce clash; the Jiading Cheng army had shield-bearers in the front to hold back the Magma Cave ant-men and their Servant Army, while a row of Changqiangbing behind them was responsible for killing the enemies that drew near.

Further back, mages hid behind to conduct long-range strikes and crowd control on the enemy, while clerics were responsible for healing everyone and providing various buff effects.

The Magma Cave ant-men and their Servant Army were merely charging and attacking in a chaotic manner, with some skills even landing on their own members. But their numbers were so vast they seemed endless, and they relied purely on this numerical advantage to hold back the natives' offensive.

The Magma Cave ant-man Grand General waved a hand, and the Servant Army under his command walked numbly toward the Jiading Cheng army.

Seeing the Servant Army approach, the Jiading Cheng soldiers felt not a shred of pity in their eyes, merely waving their weapons coldly to slaughter them all.

The Magma Cave ant-man Grand General waved his hand again, and the Magma Cave ant-generals and Chizha Xuanju flew out from the Ant Swarm, while the Magma Cave Great Generals at his side also assaulted the Jiading Cheng army.

Seeing the opponent send out elites, the old man also waved his hand, and some experts immediately flew out from the military formation to engage the high-level Magma Cave ant-men in the sky.

In the rear, Zhao Yuxin poked her head out of the vehicle window; seeing the natives slaughtering each other, she couldn't help but shake her head and sigh: "Tsk tsk tsk~ The natives of this world are truly cruel!"

Zhu Zhiquan also poked his head out, looked at the situation on the battlefield ahead, and immediately jumped out of the carriage to control the Five-Star Sword, flying into mid-air to assist the Jiading Cheng soldiers in resisting the high-level Magma Cave ant-men.

"Ajiu, be careful~" After Zhao Yuxin reminded Zhu Zhiquan, she immediately took over the Tricycle from Xuebao.

The battle above bloomed like fireworks; a large number of Jiading Cheng soldiers were soundly defeated by the high-level Magma Cave ant-men, forcing the military formation below to commit some firepower to support the sky.

The old man raised a red flag and waved it heavily, and the soldiers fighting the high-level Magma Cave ant-men above regrouped. Their Magic Power connected with one another, and from the outside, no difference could be seen.

Zhu Zhiquan followed the Jiading Cheng soldiers as they regrouped, and then the Jiading Cheng soldiers in the air each formed an Array and charged at the opponent once more.

Zhu Zhiquan followed a battle formation with strong overall power, studying their tactics and skills from the rear.

After forming the Array, the combat power of the soldiers fighting in the air improved somewhat, though they were still beaten down after only a few moves in front of the Magma Cave Great Generals.

However, after forming the Array, they posed a great threat to the Magma Cave ant-generals and Chizha Xuanju, and soon the sky was cleared until only five Magma Cave Great Generals remained.

The five Magma Cave Great Generals originally wanted to use their pressure to suppress the soldiers in the air, but the only one affected was Zhu Zhiquan; those soldiers who had formed the Array seemed to have become a single entity, completely ignoring the pressure of the Magma Cave Great Generals.

Although the five Magma Cave Great Generals could easily crush the battle formations, the Jiading Cheng aerial troops occupied an absolute numerical advantage, so they could only resist with difficulty.

Seeing that his top combat power had fallen into a disadvantage, the Magma Cave ant-man Grand General injected Magic Power into the Nest Core beneath his feet, and immediately, a ray of light radiated from the Core, shrouding a radius of several kilometers to form an invisible barrier.

Next, the Magma Cave ant-man Grand General gestured a few times in the air, and various spatial distortions appeared; the attacks originally aimed at the Magma Cave Great Generals were deflected due to the spatial distortions, and even landed on their own people.

Yet every casual attack from the Magma Cave Great Generals could hit its target; even if the target had dodged the attack, in the distorted space, the Magma Cave Great Generals' attacks would ultimately land precisely on some unlucky soul.

The old man picked up a blue flag and waved it down, and the soldiers above immediately broke their Array and returned to the ground one after another.

The five Magma Cave Great Generals wanted to pursue, but the Magma Cave ant-man Grand General let out a hiss, causing the five Magma Cave Great Generals to obediently return to its side.

The old man did not organize everyone to seize air superiority again, but instead directed everyone to disperse into groups of six.

The soldiers immediately followed the old man's command to form small groups, with each group consisting of three shield-bearers, one Changqiangbing, one mage, and one cleric.

The members of each group kept a distance of four to five meters from each other, while the groups kept about ten meters apart, arranged in an irregular manner, with each group maintaining a double-layered triangular structure.

The outermost layer consisted of three shield-bearers; they tapped their shields with their blades, and in an instant, the shields seemed to be activated, connecting the three shield-bearers together to form a transparent wall.

The cleric and mage in the middle injected their Magic Power into the Changqiangbing, who then thrust his long spear into the ground, connecting with the three shield-bearers.

Subsequently, sharp spikes appeared on the shield-bearers' shield wall, pricking the approaching enemies into hedgehogs.

Seeing the opponent set up such a formation, the Magma Cave ant-man Grand General above the Nest Core had the antennae on its head tremble slightly, and then it gestured in the air again.

The void in front of the Ant Swarm and the Servant Army distorted, and then every attack from the Ant Swarm and the Servant Army landed squarely on the shield walls.

Moreover, because a certain distance was maintained between each small formation, a portion of the attacks missed entirely.

Some Magma Cave ant-men tried to pass through the gaps in these formations, but the irregular arrangement of the formations and the mages attacking from afar through the shield walls meant that most Magma Cave ant-men did not even break through the outermost layer.

But even if some Magma Cave ant-men reached the old man's side with the help of the Nest Core, the guards beside him would immediately rush up and hack them in two.

Zhu Zhiquan, who had been coasting the whole time, couldn't help but look at the old man's command with newfound respect, especially since the various Arrays of these people made his eyes light up.

"If... these Arrays were used on Zhao Yuxin's plants, would the combat power of those plants gain a huge boost?" Zhu Zhiquan murmured.

"Ajiu~ stop watching, come back quickly!" Zhao Yuxin drove the Tricycle herself to Zhu Zhiquan's side. "We can't play any role on this battlefield; we only need to help clean up the ants that break through."

Zhu Zhiquan killed a Magma Cave ant-man that had rushed over and looked at the Magma Cave ant-man Grand General; at this moment, the Magma Cave ant-man Grand General's attention was focused on the old man and the Jiading Cheng soldiers.

Zhu Zhiquan returned to the Tricycle's carriage and pointed at the Nest Core, saying: "Azhao, start the Vehicle-mounted Vortex Cannon and aim it at the Nest Core."

"Huh?" Zhao Yuxin thought she had misheard and looked at the carriage with some hesitation.

Seeing Zhao Yuxin's shocked expression, Zhu Zhiquan turned his head to provoke her: "Azhao, you aren't scared, are you?"

Zhao Yuxin retorted indignantly: "Who said I'm scared! I'm just worried that with so many people here, our Tricycle might accidentally bump into someone! Otherwise, this broken crystal is a piece of cake for me!"

A piece of cake? I think you're just afraid of being seen by the enemy's commanding general!

Zhu Zhiquan did not deliberately expose her, but instead began to analyze for her: "What's there to fear? Didn't we install the Vehicle Repair Box System v1? If it breaks, we just repair it, right?

Besides, we aren't their people; after we finish the job, we can just run toward that old man, and even if we want to leave, he can't stop us."