Chapter 1098 Chapter 1096

The lich controlling the ship of resurrection is hidden in the dark fog. It is very difficult to find the opponent and carry out precise strikes on such a high-intensity battlefield. However, no matter how difficult the problem is, there is a solution. It depends on the cost.

Whether it is holy light or dark fog, they are essentially a kind of energy, which can easily cause qualitative changes from quantitative changes.

Although the sea fog spreading from Shadow Island has already possessed overwhelming power, it is not impossible to break it.

By changing the energy properties of magic cannonballs, the large-scale dark fog can be dispersed with holy light energy, exposing the lich hidden in the dark fog, and then the Dragon Bird Paladin Order, which has been ready, can kill it.

Only in this way can it be a one-shot kill, so that the ship of resurrection loses the characteristics of undead creatures. It can not be said to end this blocking battle, but it can also greatly delay the attack time of the underworld and strive for more chances of winning this all-out war.

However, once the properties of the magic cannon shells are changed, they cannot be converted back in a short time. The magic shells with holy light properties cannot play a destructive role like energy shells without properties. Although they can restrain evil spirits, they have limited damage to the physical underworld undead creatures with multiple magic protections.

And the enemies that appeared in this war are those physical underworld undead creatures that resist holy light. Without the powerful artillery barrage, the empire's fleet will inevitably collide with the enemy head-on, and there will probably be considerable casualties at that time.

Bockton sighed lightly, and his face returned to its former coldness.

Reality does not allow him to think for too long, nor does it allow him to be indecisive.

"Pass the order, the magic cannon fires holy light shells, covering the area of ​​the dark fog as much as possible. Once the location of the enemy's spellcaster is confirmed, immediately dispatch the paladins to destroy him at all costs! All ships of the army are ready to engage the enemy at close range!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the artilleryman who controlled the magic cannon immediately interrupted the high-speed energy generation device, opened the attribute cabin connected to the magic cannon barrel, took out the attributeless catalytic crystal core, and put the specially made regular polyhedron holy stone core in.

After closing the cabin again, the magic cannon reconnected to the energy power furnaces of each ship and began to slowly store energy. In this process, the transmitted energy was input into the attribute cabin, converted into holy light energy that can be stimulated by the holy stone and accumulated in the barrel, and it can only be fired when the holy light energy exceeds the threshold.

When the artillery stopped firing, thousands of resurrection ships finally crossed the previously unreachable destruction area and quickly approached the empire's fleet.

Carrying the hatred of life and the desire for killing from ancient times, the sunken ships that sank in the Sea of ​​Watchers for thousands of years floated across the ocean.

One after another, the black and green ancient ships were covered with barnacles and seaweed as if they had just been salvaged from the deep sea. The sails on the masts were tattered, but the ships broke through the sea surface with their blade-like bows as if sailing with the wind, and their speed was only a few points slower than the steam-powered ships of the empire.

At the most depressing time, countless ancient soldiers stood quietly on the ship. Some of these ancient soldiers rode on strange horses with jagged bones, some bent their bows and drew arrows to prepare for shooting, and some wore armor and swords, looking far away with only a pair of dark blue dead eyes.

Each ship was carrying densely packed soldiers of the Underworld Legion. The carrying capacity was not in line with the tattered appearance of the ship. Obviously, these sunken ships could become transportation tools because they were affected by some evil spells.

At this moment, the imperial sailors saw for the first time what the enemy bombed by the magic cannon looked like.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Beyond the range of the rifle, the 88-caliber smoothbore cannon, which was rarely used in combat, was the first to spray out flames, carrying a deafening gust of wind to send high-explosive ammunition a thousand meters away.

Because the resurrection ships were so dense that they did not conform to the rules of the battlefield, there was no need to aim, and the high-explosive bombs bit the enemy ship in the front and exploded at the touch.

In an instant, the flames shot up into the sky, and the shock wave and the flames smashed the black and green hull with great force, blasting the underworld soldiers on the ship into pieces, and the enemy and the sunken ship flooded with seawater sank into the ocean again.

Witnessing the tragic situation of the enemy, the navy sailors of the empire issued an inspiring war cry, but the war cry did not last long, and a large shadow hidden under the sea surface surfaced, but it was a huge sea beast with a hideous shape and a layer of nether fog all over its body.

Those undead who had not died in the artillery attack actually rode on the backs of small sea beasts, following the huge sea beasts to launch a surprise attack on the imperial fleet.

"Gannado, Uhaz..."

The death wizard rode on the back of the giant sea beast and raised his staff, chanting the Lachen spell in his mouth, and a cruel smile appeared on his terrifying face that looked like a skin-covered skeleton.

As if stimulated by something, the sea beasts controlled by the death wizard launched a crazy attack on the ship. The sailors who were shooting with rifles at the side of the ship were swept into the sea by the tentacles. Countless sea beasts collided with the metal hull with their bodies, making a muffled sound of "dong dong dong". Soon the sailors heard the disturbing sound of wooden boards breaking on the hull.

More sea beasts carrying undead jumped out of the water and flew directly onto the ship with the undead on their backs, starting a brutal battle to seize the ship.

The real fierce battle began. The powerful artillery became ineffective at close range. The death wizard used sea beasts to turn this war into a close combat like a meat grinder.

Every minute and every second, there were Imperial sailors being killed by the Hades Legion that boarded the ship. The Imperial sailors roared and pulled the trigger, and the semi-automatic rifles in their hands sprayed flames. However, the brass bullets could hardly cause effective damage to the enemies wearing black and green metal armor. Only a few Hex precision riflemen could break through the cold and hard Hades armor and cause effective damage to the enemy.

The Imperial sailors soon understood a fatal thing. If they wanted to completely make the enemy lose their attack ability, they had to smash the enemy's head into pieces. Only in this way could the enemy fall completely.

But it was easier said than done. Facing enemies who were all masters of swordsmanship, the Imperial sailors' close combat ability, which was enough to rank among the top three in the entire Rune Land, seemed very stretched.

In close range, many Imperial sailors had no chance to fire. Ordinary Imperial sailors could only draw the fine steel navy sabers at their waists to fight the undead in the underworld, using their lives to buy time for the Hex riflemen behind them. Even with such desperate efforts, the balance of victory did not fall to the Noxians. Only the blood of the living flowed more and more until the deck was dyed red.

As more and more undead boarded the ship, the few resistance fell to the ground one after another, becoming dead souls under the knife, and then the undead cut off their heads, holding their hair and laughing as if showing off the trophy.

The first batch of Imperial sailors who met the enemy paid a very painful price. In just over ten minutes, many ships were slaughtered by the endless underworld soldiers, and then the entire ship was pulled into the sea by the giant sea beast.

When it floated to the surface again, the ship that originally belonged to the Empire had been transformed into an evil resurrection ship, controlled by the underworld.

For the first time, the invincible Noxians realized that the Empire's preparations for this war were not just whining.

These cruel demons from the world of the dead are very powerful, far more powerful than they imagined.

Just when the fleet of the Noxian Empire was bitten by the army of undead sea beasts from the underworld, the sound of ancient conch shells came from the horizon, and many sea beasts controlled by the death wizards were stunned.

"Woo woo woo!!!!"

In the command ship of the Blade of Noxus, Buckton, who had frowned, relaxed his expression and immediately ordered the entire army to pull back.

The underworld army riding on sea beasts would certainly not sit idly by and watch the Empire's ships get out of control. Just as they were about to chase the Empire's fleet, they encountered unexpected enemies in the other two directions.

The Vastaya Navy, which comes from the ancient bloodline of Vastaya and is composed of the three major marine races of mermaids, mackerel and rays, also controls various sea beasts, biting the underworld army from both sides like hunting sharks.

The sudden arrival of Vastaya interrupted the offensive rhythm of the Hades Legion. Buckton's fleet successfully escaped from the meat grinder of the Hades Legion and opened up the distance to attack the enemy ships with artillery.

The Vastaya Empire Navy, which mainly consists of the blood of the three Vastaya ocean clans, wore specially enchanted metal armor, held tridents and various spears, and fought with the Hades Legion riding sea beasts.

However, the Hades Legion, which used sea beasts as transportation, was not as flexible as the Vastaya fishmen in the ocean. They were quickly restrained by the Vastaya people and then surrounded and killed in the sea water.

The sea monsters brought by the Vastaya Legion also fought with the sea monsters controlled by the death wizards, and soon a layer of blood foam that could not be melted floated on the sea surface.

The battlefield that had just gained an advantage was reversed. The Death Wizard's skull face looked very unhappy. He glanced at the Vastaya with a vicious look. The Death Wizard suddenly screamed and shot several beacon-like black-green auras towards the sky, flying towards the place with the highest density of the Vastaya army.

Immediately afterwards, a group of parasitic speedboats that seemed to be living creatures sailed out of the dark fog, moving at high speed towards the black-green auras with a clear goal.

The appearance of the speedboats was several sizes smaller than those resurrection ships that carried the underworld army. There was no undead on them.

There were many disgusting black-green pustules on the hull. The pustules shrank and swelled and looked extremely unstable. Occasionally, black-green liquid would flow out when they ruptured. Upon closer inspection, you will find that the bottom of the ship is covered with fish scales and fins as if it had merged with many marine creatures. It is these fish scales and fins that give these parasitic speedboats extraordinary speed.

Also noticing the situation of the parasitic clippers, the Empire's fleet turned its guns and fired at the parasitic clippers.

Many of the "thin-skinned but large-filled" parasitic clippers were blown up by a single shot, emitting deadly black-green pus.

These black-green pus directly polluted the bloody ocean into black-green. The Vastayans hurriedly retreated, but many of them were still swallowed by the spreading pus. In the blink of an eye, they turned into a handful of bones and fell into the sea forever.

After a difficult battle, Buckton's fleet finally completed the charging of the Holy Light Magic Cannon.

"Bang!"

A white halo of light came out from the barrel of the gun, drawing beautiful arcs across the sky and falling into the depths of the dark fog.

At the moment of the explosion, the halo flashed with fluorescent spots and melted a large area of ​​black and green fog, illuminating the entire ten-mile sea area. Most of the undead creatures in the underworld exposed to the holy light were emitting black gas, but their movements did not seem to be greatly affected.

An ancient giant sea turtle floating on the sea surface, corroded by the underworld, was exposed to Buckton's eyes. Beside Buckton, the Holy Light Master Rubio pointed his finger solemnly at the more than 100 liches sitting cross-legged on the back of the sea turtle, like an old monk in meditation.

"It seems that these monsters use the turtle's back to engrave the formation. As long as the formation on the turtle's back is destroyed, these resurrection ships will no longer be able to reorganize again and again with the underworld on the Shadow Island. Of course, it is best not to let these liches go. If these liches can be purified, the enemy will surely have a headache."

Buckton nodded in agreement and then gave an order.

"Let the Dragon Bird Paladins attack!"

The main component of the Dragon Bird Paladin Regiment is the Paladins and Holy Warriors selected from the Holy Light Legion. There are a total of 1,200 people, divided into three battalions, which is considered a rare air force organization in the Noxus Empire.

Adhering to the military style of 'Noxus Heavy Armor Elite', each Dragon Bird Paladin is a leader in both magic and martial arts in the Holy Light Legion, equipped with silver-white enchanted heavy armor, the Holy Light Bow shining with holy light, and the Spear of Evil Breaking combined with Demacia Holy Silver. The cost of training a Dragon Bird Paladin is astronomical.

After actual combat testing, when riding on an armored dragon bird, the combat effectiveness of any Dragon Bird Paladin is far superior to that of an elemental dragon that has not been armed by the Empire. The former can easily kill the latter.

Even if it is equipped with an armored elemental flying dragon, the Dragon Bird Paladin has the strength to fight. As long as the dragon bird does not die from dragon breath, the Dragon Bird Paladin always has a chance to win.

At this moment, the 3rd Battalion of the Dragon Bird Paladin Regiment was accompanying the Imperial Fleet to fight. When Buckton's order was passed to the commander of the 3rd Battalion, Colonel Grafitt, Colonel Grafitt immediately issued an order to attack and rode on his companions.

Accompanied by a dragon roar, 400 armored dragon birds, whose bodies were no longer sub-dragons, rose from the ground and flapped their wings to leave the Imperial transport ship.

The paladins behind the dragon birds were armed from head to toe, without showing any skin, and their whole bodies were covered with enchanted plate armor protected by holy light and magic. Only a pair of cold eyes looked down at the giant turtle in the distance. (End of this chapter)