Chapter 540: Sacrifice

Damn, the attack is high.

I'll go back and coordinate, jeez…

I'll go! Second team, take the top as tank!

At first contact, the Yan Huang side became slightly chaotic.

It was mainly due to the ordinary members on that side; the Yin Long side was fine, and after noticing something was off, they immediately adjusted their strategy and thus stabilized.

On the side of the ordinary Yan Huang members, there were even casualties.

These rebels are all fully armored units.

Moreover, they have coordinated teamwork.

At the front are shield-equipped heavy infantry units, holding short cones, their attacks also inflict armor break.

Behind them are long-handled two-handed polearm output units, and they also perform focus fire attacks.

Several defense knights were instantly heavily wounded when caught off guard.

The Priest Guild's priests were also startled; they didn't expect the fully healed defense knights to be reduced to low health instantly.

They immediately began healing…

However, two or three defense knights still couldn't raise their health in time; or rather, the enemy's bolts landed before the Priest Guild's healing could take effect, directly taking away those low-health unlucky ones.

Correct, besides the front legion, the rebels also have seven or eight hundred crossbowmen in formation behind them.

The number of these rebels is about four or five thousand.

They are roughly equal to the number of Yan Huang forces at this time.

Su Sheng paid attention again; seeing that the boss had no movement, Su Sheng felt a slight relief in his heart.

These ordinary rebels are tough to deal with; if the boss continues to act now, Su Sheng estimates that Yan Huang might really capsize this time.

However, it's unclear whether the system limited the difficulty or it's the boss's 'villain persona'; for now, these underlings are acting, and he has no intention of intervening.

San Zhao, Xiao Zhe, Dad, Wen Wan Jie, Huan Jie, Bai Pang!

Follow me, we'll go to the flank to deal with those crossbowmen!

Also, all the assassins on the field, follow my actions.

Su Sheng saw that the boss had no intention of acting, and immediately made arrangements, designating several people to prepare to deal with those crossbowmen.

Those rear crossbowmen have high output.

Under the coordinated cooperation of the rebel lines, those crossbowmen brought great pressure to the Yan Huang side.

Su Sheng still feels somewhat fortunate; truly, if these rebels had a magic unit, there would really be nothing to fight.

Charge!

Su Sheng led this elite squad, directly bypassed this wave of legion, and charged toward those crossbowmen.

Chen Guan and the Assassin Guild haven't arrived yet; otherwise, this task would be best handled by the assassin squad led by Chen Guan.

On the field, there are only over two hundred Yin Long assassins.

But that should be enough; those crossbowmen probably aren't good at melee…

And then the facts proved that this was just Su Sheng's self-assumed notion.

When Su Sheng brought his people near those crossbowmen, preparing to act.

The frontmost crossbowmen, swish swish swish, pulled out a big machete…

The unprepared Yin Long assassins were actually beaten back a wave.

Holy shit…

Su Sheng, seeing this scene, couldn't help but feel somewhat astonished.

Good fellow, indeed… a regular army.

Although they are rebels, these are all elite; apparently they were also elite of the regular army in the past.

I'll go!

My goodness, you scared me to death.

Kill him!

Just then, some commotion occurred in the front line.

Su Sheng looked over doubtfully.

Only then did he discover that part of the rebel elite, when on the brink of death.

Their flesh and blood began to rapidly peel off, directly turning into skeletons; while their attributes greatly increased, the scene also became somewhat horrifying.

However, not all of the rebels undergo this change; it's only a small portion.

Su Sheng couldn't help but wonder, recalling the earlier bandit chief's eruptive charge.

It seems these rebels are related to the undead.

At the same time, Su Sheng noticed that the corpses of the dead rebels had not disappeared.

Seeing this, Su Sheng thought of something…

Those bandit corpses outside also seemed not to have refreshed.

Maybe it's just needed for the plot…

Now is not the time to dwell on these things.

Su Sheng also didn't think much more.

Kill!

This time, Su Sheng took the lead in charging.

Swish~

Everyone also began to act.

An elite squad almost entirely composed of Hidden Class members, plus over two hundred Hidden Dragon Assassins.

These Dwarf crossbowmen were also finally broken through.

As the crossbowmen here were dealt with, the pressure on the Yan and Huang front line suddenly eased.

Except at the very beginning, thereafter the Yan and Huang side also suffered no further casualties.

However, these rebels were indeed tough to handle, and the Yan and Huang campaign was not easy either.

But this situation improved as Chen Guan arrived with the Assassin Guild and the main Yan and Huang forces.

Straight up overwhelming numbers!

Moreover, about two-thirds of these rebel crossbowmen remained, and they were also taken over by the Assassin Guild.

All in all, after the main force arrived, it still took nearly forty minutes or so to completely deal with these ordinary rebels.

Throughout this process, that boss took no action, merely watching.

During this process, some casualties still occurred, but only in the double digits—nothing serious.

About one-third of the rebels, when low on health, dropped flesh and turned into Skeleton Frames.

The experience yield is very high, far surpassing that of the outside bandits by leaps and bounds.

Moreover, the drops are the same as those bandits—no equipment or game currency, only base materials.

As the last rebel lackey was dealt with by the Yan and Huang members.

That final boss finally showed some movement.

"Kieh kieh kieh~"

"These pesky fellows are finally all dead."

A name also appeared above his head.

Wushou Rebel Commander, Wu Di.

Invincible?!

Su Sheng raised his eyebrows, this name is quite something.

"Honored Undead Overlord, I don't know if you've received all my offerings?"

"These are all the flesh and souls of the former empire's elite legions."

Wu Di spread his arms, shouting to the heavens in a frenzy.

Everyone thought of those rebel soldiers whose flesh had sloughed off.

"Swish~"

An arrow shot tore through the air.

Lin Huan!

Looking at the mumbling boss, Lin Huan tried to attack.

"Pop~"

But as the arrow approached, strands of black aura rose up.

That arrow was directly bounced off by the gray aura, having no effect.

"Well…"

Seeing this, everyone understood.

It was a cutscene.

On the bodies of those rebels who had just died, strands of gray rose up.

At the same time, a massive gray aura also rose from outside the camp.

Seeing this, Su Sheng couldn't help but realize, no wonder…

That guy earlier, watching them kill those rebels, had no intention of intervening the whole time—looks like this is a plot setup.

Besides appropriately lowering the difficulty.

Another reason is that these ordinary rebel soldiers, including those outside bandits, are all his offerings.

No wonder the corpses never refreshed.

Finally, a massive gray aura surged down, directly subjecting Wu Di to a baptism.

"Kieh kieh kieh!"

Under the gray aura's baptism, Wu Di kept letting out strange laughs…