Chapter 1077: Giant Elephant and Grand Array (4000 words)

In the end, after about thirty minutes, all the ranged units had retreated onto the city walls.

Only the melee players' formation remained at the front.

The ranged units stood on the Main City's walls, gaining some bonus, chiefly increased attack range.

The wall's defensive function can double a ranged player's attack range on the wall, and since this is a Main City‑level wall, the bonus is higher—about 1.5 times.

Previously, the town wall only gave a one‑fold attack range increase.

Of course, melee players still formed up beneath the wall; it's a drawback that these Undead Calamity forces are rigid, attacking only from the front wall direction, while melee players can enter and exit through other City Gates, otherwise defense would be difficult.

As the Undead Calamity skeletons approached, all the ranged players on the wall opened fire, along with the defensive structures mounted on the wall.

The magic energy cannons fired wildly!

In an instant, the Undead Calamity skeletons fell in massive sheets under the bombardment of the magic energy cannons, and Skeleton Frames flew everywhere.

Su Sheng glanced at the magic energy cannons with a hint of envy.

It must be said that the magic energy cannons still possessed ample lethality before Fourth Rebirth.

Unfortunately, his Yanhuang Town had few magic energy cannons; most were magic rune cannons.

As for the Magic Crystal Cannon, Su Sheng has not yet seen one.

With this wave of powerful ranged firepower, the pressure on the front‑line melee players from the Undead Calamity suddenly eased.

Meanwhile, the Priests on the wall continuously healed the melee players below.

Su Sheng rode the suanni, always staying at the forefront.

Shen Wang was beside Su Sheng, and further beside him was Shen Xiao; Su Sheng also noticed that Shen Xiao's combat power was very strong. Though his technique was a bit lacking, with a Hidden Class and good gear, his combat power remained formidable against wild monsters.

When Shen Xiao swings his weapon, each skill activation is accompanied by a dragon's roar, and sometimes he can slash out a dragon‑soul illusion.

Looking at his dashing looks… so many to gush over, so few to complain—Su Sheng felt a bit envious.

Speaking of it, Su Sheng had helped complete that guy's Hidden Class quest himself.

Of course, the 'slightly lacking technique' comment only applies to players of Su Sheng's and Shen Wang's caliber… for the majority of ordinary players, Shen Xiao's technique is leagues ahead.

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Relying on the wall's defense, the battle was fairly balanced.

But the good times didn't last long.

By now, more than seven hours of today's game time had passed, leaving roughly five hours remaining.

Perhaps the Undead Calamity skeleton units realized they were now facing a siege war.

So about a hundred huge creatures suddenly emerged from the rear.

"What is that? So big!!"

A player who saw the massive hundred‑something in the rear couldn't help exclaiming.

"It looks similar to that ancient demon statue from the last Demon Siege!" shouted a player who had experienced the previous Demon Siege.

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly, then gave the suanni beneath him a firm pat.

Flap Wings!

The suanni activated its skill and Soared.

Soaring in the air, Su Sheng flew straight toward the massive creature behind him.

While ascending, Su Sheng also asked his brother on the other side about the Teleport Array.

It hasn't been shut down!

Su Sheng couldn't help furrowing his brows: When will this thing finally close?

For now, let's deal with the immediate problem and check those huge creatures, though Su Sheng already had some guesses.

Sure enough, once the suanni flew over and saw what it was, Su Sheng confirmed his guess was correct.

It was a hundred‑plus gigantic elephants made entirely of bone.

Comparable to the ancient demon elephant before, but this one was purely skeletal; its massive white bone fangs were truly terrifying.

Hoo~

The suanni's Prayer Power recovered slightly, and it exhaled a blast of Fireworks Dragon Breath.

Bone Giant Elephant (Special Elite Monster. Siege Unit)

Level: 78

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Description: Core force of the Undead Race's city‑breaking.

A level‑78 Elite Monster, indeed a siege unit!

And its hide is rough and its flesh thick!

The real damage from the suanni's Fireworks Dragon Breath barely moved the Bone Giant Elephant's health bar.

Hard to deal with…

Su Sheng glanced back at the Zhuque Main City wall, unsure whether it could hold.

But it seemed the NPCs at Zhuque Main City also knew of these siege units.

With a slight tremor and a hum, a white light shield rose.

It was a city‑protecting Grand Array; Su Sheng had seen it before during the Demon Siege at Xuanwu Main City.

Seeing this, Su Sheng let out a sigh of relief.

With this Grand Array, perhaps they could hold out.

After that, Su Sheng took control of the Suanni and flew back, rejoining the battle formation.

As for going down from here to deal with those Sea Bone Giant Elephants… Su Sheng is not delirious; this distance is the middle zone of the Undead Calamity, with no resources around, only dense clusters of undead units. Even if Su Sheng were to defy the heavens, he does not think he could handle so many undead units at this moment.

After Su Sheng posted the situation of these Skeleton Giant Elephants on the public channel, the battle continued.

Many players, seeing the Bone Giant Elephant information Su Sheng posted, couldn't help but complain.

But there is no other way right now; they can only keep their heads down and keep fighting.

However, after Su Sheng raised this protective shield, the pressure on the melee players below eased considerably; after taking damage, they stepped back and entered the shield.

Thus, for a moment, the battle became vivid, and a large number of skeleton units were dealt with.

But soon the situation changed, because those Bone Giant Elephants arrived.

Boom!!

The Bone Giant Elephant was massive; standing outside the shield, its Fang jabbed the shield, clearly showing the fluctuations of the City Defense Array's protective shield.

A single Bone Giant Elephant can cause such a disturbance; at this moment there are hundreds of Bone Giant Elephants outside the City Defense Array.

Therefore, the City Defense Array is now in turmoil.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help feeling a pang of envy.

It can't be that the City Defense Array can't stop them, right?

"All ranged units on the wall, focus fire the Bone Giant Elephants first!!"

"Melee players below, hold the front pressure first."

Su Sheng shouted directly.

Consequently, the players who heard the shout responded en masse.

Rays of ranged fire were unleashed onto those Bone Giant Elephants.

However, those Bone Giant Elephants are too thick‑skinned; even when the entire ranged team focus fires, their health drops very slowly.

Moreover, they are Solo Players; saying they focus fire… they just throw all firepower at the Bone Giant Elephants without concentrating on any single one.

With such scattered firepower, who knows when they can kill a single Bone Giant Elephant.

"All ranged units, follow my guidance and focus fire one of them first!!"

Su Sheng couldn't help but shout again.

It's unclear what's happening; this time, facing the Undead Calamity attacks, no faction battle was triggered, and without a faction battle there is no Command Channel.

So Su Sheng can only spend 1000 Gold Coin to shout, anyway he doesn't mind spending that amount now.

Now, with Su Sheng's guidance, everyone can finally focus fire on a single Bone Giant Elephant.

It also helps that Su Sheng's reputation on the Domestic Server is high; otherwise, other players would be too lazy to bother with you, Solo Players.

Secondly, thanks to the attack range bonus from the wall; otherwise, positions farther away couldn't attack the Bone Giant Elephant Su Sheng indicated.

Even after all ranged players focus fire, this Bone Giant Elephant's health still doesn't drop quickly.

By this estimate, it would take about three to four minutes to boom‑kill a Bone Giant Elephant.

That's absurd; the ranged units on the wall number in the hundreds of thousands.

No!

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes; after seeing a Magic Energy Cannon blast hit those Bone Giant Elephants, it ripped away a large chunk of their health bars.

These are special engineering units, with extra resistance to ordinary attacks.

"Anyone with Engineering Bombs or similar items, fling them hard at these Bone Giant Elephants!!"

Su Sheng shouted again!

Consequently, many players actually had such items.

One by one, the engineering tools were wildly flung onto the Bone Giant Elephants.

Sure enough!

The Bone Giant Elephant's health began to drop rapidly.

This took just a little over a minute...

Whoosh!

The first Bone Giant Elephant that was focus‑fired disintegrated, turning into a pile of white bones on the ground.

But Su Sheng couldn't help but frown.

There are hundreds of Bone Giant Elephants here; at one minute per elephant, clearing them would take about 10 minutes for the first, and nearly 100 minutes total—over an hour, close to two hours.

Can this City Defense Array hold out for two hours?

Su Sheng is somewhat worried.

But there is no better method now; they can only clear them bit by bit at this pace, hoping the City Defense Array can hold.

Moreover, this is the ideal situation; after all, Siege Tools are consumables, and without them, clearing these Bone Giant Elephants would be very slow.

Boom!!

Whoosh~

At that moment, Su Sheng suddenly heard a huge commotion from the side.

Su Sheng couldn't help but look up, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw a white flash erupt around one of the Elephants; the melee players who had been swarming the Elephant were instantly killed.

"No!"

"There are two kinds of Elephants; not all Elephants are Bone Giant Elephants!!"

A player shouted, and then a piece of information was shared.

War Elephant (rare elite unit.)

Level: 78

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Explanation: For war born…

Just now, this War Giant Elephant performed a War Stomp, instantly clearing all nearby melee players.

But these two types of Giant Elephants show no visual differences.

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It even resorts to underhanded tactics?!

Su Sheng saw this scene and couldn't help but get a headache.

But soon, Su Sheng roughly discerned the difference: the War Giant Elephant attacks more frequently, and its damage to the City Defense Array seems not as great.

The Skeleton Giant Elephants attack more slowly, but each strike can still destabilize the City Defense Array.

"Priest, focus on the melee players below; other ranged classes continue to Focus Fire with me."

Seeing this, Su Sheng actually let out a sigh of relief.

These hundreds of skeletal Giant Elephants, if not all of them are Skeleton Giant Elephants, perhaps the City Defense Array could still hold.

Next, Su Sheng transformed into a guide.

He was responsible for directing the ranged players on the city wall to prioritize Focus Fire on Skeleton Giant Elephants.

But after clearing about a dozen or so, the clearing speed slowed down.

Because the Siege Tools were exhausted.

Nevertheless, Su Sheng wasn't flustered; when the first one was cleared, he had already made a targeted arrangement.

About two minutes passed…

A Yanhuang player squad suddenly squeezed onto the city wall, pulling out a large number of Siege Tools from their backpacks and flinging them wildly.

That squad had been dispatched by Su Sheng when he cleared the first Skeleton Giant Elephant, to return to Yanhuang Town to find Dwarves and bulk‑purchase Siege Tools.

With the new engineering tools added, the clearing speed of those Skeleton Giant Elephants increased dramatically again.

But unfortunately…

Although Su Sheng's side was guiding many ranged players to Focus Fire, the clearing speed was already very fast.

However, after about thirty minutes, Su Sheng's side had cleared roughly thirty Skeleton Giant Elephants.

But at this point, as various Undead Calamity units below continuously attacked the City Defense Array… along with attacks from War Giant Elephants and the remaining Skeleton Giant Elephants.

The constantly fluctuating City Defense Array, accompanied by a violent surge, collapsed outright.

There was nothing to do; without ranged fire support on the city wall, the melee players below were under immense pressure.

Moreover, with War Giant Elephants present, many players in poor condition retreated back into the City Defense Array to avoid casualties as much as possible.

That caused this situation…

The City Defense Array was broken!

Next, the wall formed by Zhu Que would resist these Undead Calamity attacks.

Since most Skeleton Giant Elephants have already been cleared, this wall should be able to hold, right?

Su Sheng also harbored some uncertainty.

But…

At that moment!

Screech—

In the direction of the Chengzhu fu of Zhuque Main City, a sharp cry suddenly rang out.

Buzz—

An object flew up toward the Chengzhu fu.

Immediately after, as that object spun rapidly, a red shield began to spread from it, once again enveloping the entire Zhuque Main City, replacing the previous City Defense Array.

Everyone who saw this froze in expression.

What is that thing?

Ding—

System Notification: Zhu Que Main City activates the Zhu Que Tripod's protection, triggering the Zhu Que City Defense Array.

Zhu Que City Defense Array?

There is also a City Defense Array? Why didn't Xuanwu Main City have one originally?

No, that's the Zhu Que Tripod?! The Battle for the Tripod!! (Chapter 325)

Su Sheng suddenly remembered.