Volume 36 Chapter 17

On July 9, 903 in the Black Iron Calendar, more than two months after the last time the knights of the two sides faced each other, the two battle castles suspended in the core area of ​​​​Tiewei Mountain, the human race and the demon race, almost coincidentally fought on both sides. Under the escort of the two large formations formed by Wan Qiqiu, they began to withdraw slowly...

When the two large formations began to evacuate, Zhang Tie's incarnation, Golas, was knocking unconscious in a deep mine that was dug to pieces on the ground more than a hundred kilometers away from the Demon Battle Fort. He captured a war spirit-level spider demon, and then threw the spider demon into the Black Iron Fort like a trophy.

As soon as the Mozu Battle Fort moved, Zhang Tie flew up from the abandoned mine trenches left over from who knows how many years ago, landed on a small hill, raised his head, and looked at the Mozu's floating battle fort.

At this distance, even though hundreds of kilometers were separated, there was a thick black fog in the middle, Zhang Tie's eyes flashed with lotus-shaped halos, and every move of the Demon Battle Fort still came into his eyes.

The demon battle castle floating in the air is like a honeycomb-shaped malignant tumor with countless entrances and exits, and it is slowly retreating under the protection of the demon knight formation with a chilling atmosphere.

Is the first large-scale knight battle since the beginning of the holy war finally over?

In the past half a month, as the number of collisions between the two sides' earth-level knights and above in the core area has become less and less, and the frequency of human combat support teams on the ground has also become less and less frequent, Zhang Tie is guessing that the underground here is It is estimated that the discovered earth crystal mineral resources have almost been mined, and both sides are preparing to retreat.

Sure enough, today, both sides almost unanimously started to leave the battlefield at the same time.

As the battle fortresses of both sides slowly withdraw, the few scattered battle spirit smoke and battle spirit tornadoes in the center of the core area also broke away from each other. Evacuate slowly...

Before coming here, Zhang Tie thought that he might be able to get some earth element crystals in the place where the demons were mining, but after coming here, Zhang Tie realized that this idea was a bit taken for granted. It is still a human race. There is more than one phantom knight guarding the mining of the earth element crystal minerals in the underground mine. It was too unrealistic to do something in the defensive area set up against Phantom Knight and Sky Knight, with limited benefits and unlimited risks, so Zhang Tie gave up.

However, although he didn't harvest many earth element crystals, for Zhang Tie, his harvest on this battlefield was also very huge.

Watching the battle forts on both sides leave, Zhang Tie still felt a little bit of regret in his heart.

If this battle continues for another two months, his gains will be even greater.

A strange figure appeared in the dark mist dozens of kilometers away, with a speed like lightning, and with a strange traveling route, as if searching for something, it flew towards the long iron. Zhang Tie turned his head, and in his eyes The brilliance flashed, and then the whole figure flashed, and fell into the mine ditch again. A few seconds later, the little black beetle flew out and flew directly towards the direction of the Human Race Battle Fort...

A few minutes later, that strange figure finally arrived at the place where Zhang Tie was just now.

It was an Iron Armored Demon, a phantom knight of the demon clan. As soon as it flew over, the coercion on its body made the surrounding black mist roll away.

There was a little blood on the ground of the mine ditch, and the blood was still fresh. It was left by the spider demon who had just been knocked out by Zhang Tie.

The phantom knight of the demon clan crouched in front of the bloodstains,

He twisted it with his hands, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. After checking the surrounding environment, a soul chasing butterfly was hatched by him at the fastest speed...

The soul-chasing butterfly is like a donkey pulling a mill, but it always circles around here and never flies anywhere else.

Two minutes later, the Phantom Knight of the Demon Race roared, and the soul-chasing butterfly that could only circle around was shattered. The Phantom Knight of the Demon Race looked at the terrain here unwillingly and angrily, and then glanced in the direction of the Human Race Battle Fort, and directly Turn around and fly in the direction of the Demon Race Castle...

In the Diyuan Realm, the first contest between Zhang Tie and the Phantom Knight of the Demon Race ended here...

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On the high tower of the Human Race Fortress, Duguyi's body was as tall and straight as an isolated mountain peak. He silently looked in the direction of the Demon Race Fortress, and there seemed to be flames beating in his eyes...

"In this battle, our knights sacrificed a total of 2147 people, of which 2019 were black iron knights, 128 were sacrificed by earth knights, two phantom knights were injured, and the battle reduced 18%. Among the sacrificed knights, came from Taixia The Chinese knights accounted for 73%, and the foreign knights from other continents accounted for 27%. There were 31 knights, including two land knights, who disappeared completely after the battle. In the rear battlefield of the battle castle, the final statistics of the second-level garrison knights of the Lion Fortress that we sacrificed and disappeared have not yet been calculated, but it is estimated that there should be about 400 people, and more than 20,000 auxiliary combatants and logistics personnel died and disappeared..."

A deep voice reported in a low voice behind the General of Demon Suppression, and when it came to the number of casualties of those knights, that low voice also became heavy.

And listening to the numbers in this voice, the dancing flames in Duguyi's eyes suddenly dimmed a lot. In this battle of metaverse knights, the most intense collision since the beginning of the third holy chalk war, there were nearly 1,500 people. Many of the best Chinese knights died in battle. Looking at the world, no country other than the Chinese can afford such a loss. At the same time, this battle is also the biggest sacrifice made by the Chinese to resist the demons since the end of the Second Holy Chalk War. But such a battle must be fought, must be fought, if not fought, the demons will become stronger, so there is no other way but to fight, to fight...

And this is just the beginning. At certain stages in the future, large-scale knight battles will continue to occur, and more knights will die on the battlefield for the survival of the human race.

The numbers of those casualties made the tower silent for a full minute...

"How about the demons?" The general who suppressed demons opened his mouth, his voice slightly hoarse.

"The loss of the demons is greater than ours. Among the confirmed results, in the collision of the knights on the frontal battlefield led by you, my lord, we killed a total of 2,541 demon knights, of which the demons The number of earth knights in China is about 157 or more, and some are missing and unidentifiable. In the rear of the battlefield, the losses of the demons are about the same as our losses. By the way, the demons also lost a very rare and precious Earth-level shadow demon knights, in the ground troops, the number of fighters below the knights lost by the demons is about 30,000..." The reporting voice stopped for a while, and then took a deep breath , "My lord, we... did our best, everyone did their best!"

Yes, everyone has tried their best, so many knights have been sacrificed, who didn't try their best?

Duguyi sighed in his heart.

The Great General Suppressing Demons closed his eyes, and after a while, he opened them again. The dancing flames in those eyes had already been extinguished, and an absolutely icy and calm look appeared in his eyes again.

"Send the list of sacrificial knights and the list of sacrificed fighters at all levels to the Taixia Da Sima Mansion, so that the Da Sima Mansion can properly arrange and handle the sacrifice-related funerals in accordance with the regulations of the sacrificial knights and soldiers of the Holy War!"

"yes!"

"Go back to Lion Fortress!"

The Great General Suppressing Demons said the last sentence. After saying this, the Great General Suppressing Demons took one last look at the direction in which the Demon Race Fort left, and then descended from the tower...

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On July 12th, the three floating battle castles returned to the Lion Fortress. The dead have passed away, and the living, those who can return after the war, whether they are knights or ordinary combat support personnel, have all fallen into the battle During the subsequent carnival and indulgence, on the streets of the Lion Fortress, starting from July 13th, the streets were full of soldiers drinking and carnival, and the special taste of water melon wine fermented in the air of the entire Lion Fortress...

According to the official publicity of the Lion Fortress and the entire human race, the human race won a big victory in this battle, and the knights who participated in the battle successfully completed the established strategic mission.

In the Battle of Tiewei Mountain, human knights not only successfully snatched nearly half of the Earth Element crystal deposits in the core area of ​​Tiewei Mountain from the hands of the Demon Race, but also obtained more than two million high-quality Earth Element crystals, destroying the demons' monopoly. An important strategic resource plan, even in the most intense battle of the ensuing knight battle, the human knights successfully killed more than 3,000 demon knights at the cost of sacrificing more than 2,000 knights, and even executed them on the ground. The fighters of the combat auxiliary mission also killed more than 50,000 demon fighters...

The real numbers on the battlefield are only known to the top few people in the entire Lion Fortress, and in order to boost morale, the propaganda department of the Lion Fortress, and even the Mountain of Light, deliberately exaggerated part of the results of the battle, and put iron The Battle of Surrounding the Mountain was announced as a great victory for the human race in the Diyuan world, the strongest first collision between the strongest armed groups of the human race and the demon race in the third holy chalk war. , the human race not only did not fall behind, but also took the upper hand.

This kind of propaganda is extremely inspiring, and it can strengthen the morale of the human race against the demons. It is a great encouragement to the entire holy chalk battlefield of the Diyuan Realm and the subcontinents and continents on the surface, even if it is not in the Lion Fortress and the Diyuan Realm. Knights, as long as they have a knight crystal card, they can learn the information about the battle of Tiewei Mountain from the content of the huge title on the homepage of Guangming Mountain.

The battlefield of propaganda and public opinion is also the most important part of the battlefield of the Holy Chalk War. The importance of the battlefield of publicity and public opinion, not to mention now, has long been known by the decision makers and generals of the human race before the cataclysm. To a certain extent, in all wars, in the end, the competition is based on the will, determination, and morale of both sides. The party whose fighting will collapses first, and the party whose fighting morale is sluggish, will collapse on the battlefield. will follow...

In the midst of the carnival throughout the Lion Fortress, on July 14th, Zhang Tie, who had been away from the Lion Fortress for more than three years, returned to the Lion Fortress again... Provided by Ai Xiaowa 』If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)