Chapter 165: Full-scale War Eruption
As the troops of both sides clashed, Gu Xi's attention was once again focused on the battlefield.
He ignored the Death Incarnate in the sky and continuously unleashed Bone Storms at the areas with the most enemies.
Gu Xi had already experimented and found that this Bone Storm was the most effective for the current large-scale scene.
Often, with one Bone Storm, all the enemies within a five-meter radius would be shredded into pieces.
Outside the Bone Storm, there were always some enemies who, due to the pressure from the troops behind them, were pushed into the range of the Bone Storm, thus increasing its effectiveness.
With Gu Xi's support and the occasional dive attack from the Death Incarnate in the sky, although the number of troops on both sides was about the same, Gu Xi's side gradually gained the upper hand.
Several undead leaders were pushing forward with their troops. The recently reinforced Bone-Slicing Battalion was extremely excited, led by two leaders. All the skeleton soldiers wielded their double-handed longswords or greatswords and charged into the enemy formation.
They completely ignored the enemy's attacks, their weapons rising and falling, advancing as swiftly as a combat squad filled with fresh troops.
Wherever they passed, enemy corpses were mostly decapitated or cleaved in half, and they advanced towards the enemy leaders.
At this moment, Gu Xi, riding a skeletal warhorse, suddenly heard a loud bang from behind.
He turned to look back and was shocked to see a white protective shield appearing above the Necromancer Scourge ritual array.
The explosion sound came from there.
Could it be that while Gu Xi was dealing with these enemies, someone secretly circled around to attack the Necromancer Scourge array?
This thought startled Gu Xi. His mission was to guard the token, not to kill as many enemies as possible.
If he lost the token while killing enemies, it would be a significant loss.
So without thinking, Gu Xi turned and ran towards the city gate.
After running a few steps, Gu Xi found that the token was still protected under the city gate and had not been attacked.
"Thank goodness."
With a sigh of relief, Gu Xi began to consider the situation before him.
What was that explosion about? Not only was it loud, but it also triggered the protective shield.
In fact, Gu Xi didn't know that just now, the outermost hundred nodes of the Necromancer Scourge ritual array were simultaneously attacked by a large group of Wights.
The undead mage players guarding these nodes did not have Gu Xi's ability to repel the enemy outside the Necromancer Scourge array.
They could only use the three thousand skeletons at each node to set up defensive lines, supported by a few hundred high-level undead as elites, waiting for the enemy's attack.
Of course, this had one advantage: the fallen skeletons would be quickly replenished by the Necromancer Scourge ritual.
At the same time, the corpses of killed enemies would be immediately converted by the Necromancer Scourge array, becoming new undead joining the players' troops.
As long as they could withstand the first wave of attacks, the number of undead would only grow, making failure unlikely.
The mage leader had selected well-known, powerful undead mages from the Sunshine Glory Guild to guard these hundred nodes.
Each of them had one or two special skills.
They could withstand the first two or three waves of attacks.
The explosion Gu Xi heard was just the Necromancer Scourge ritual array being attacked, triggering its built-in effects.
This was the array's first defensive action, also alerting other players at different nodes that some nodes were under attack and they should stay alert.
Gu Xi had not experienced this before. He had just joined the Sunshine Glory Guild and had not yet undergone guild training before being sent to the Scatter Immortal Garden.
So he didn't know this. Hearing the explosion, Gu Xi thought his position was under attack, prompting him to leave the battlefield and rush back to the city gate.
Seeing that the token he needed to guard was safe, Gu Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He did not want the token to be stolen at this critical moment.
After checking the token, Gu Xi was about to return to the battlefield when he noticed Luna had quickly deployed some forces here, thinking something serious had happened behind.
This gave the originally pressured enemies a slight respite.
Seeing the arriving ghost and skeleton archer troops, Gu Xi felt somewhat touched.
Luna, knowing the fierce battle outside, still sent the most crucial troops over, showing how much she cared for him.
"I'm fine. Skeleton archer leader, take the skeleton archer troops out. The battle outside is not over yet."
Hearing this, the skeleton archer leader decisively turned and led the skeleton archer troops back.
As they were about to leave the Necromancer Scourge ritual array's range, the token's light suddenly flashed.
The mage leader's voice came from the token.
"Everyone, listen up. The first wave of attacks has arrived, and some places are already engaging the enemy.
I don't care about the current situation or what kind of enemies you are facing. I only hope comrades can protect their respective nodes and refrain from using corpse-exploding spells that destroy bodies.
This battle will last a long time, at least twenty-four hours.
After twenty-four hours, the Necromancer Scourge ritual will enter the second stage, and our pressure will ease.
During this time, the enemy will attack three to four waves. In case of emergency, activate the distress signal on the token, and nearby patrols will come to support.
But each person only has one chance to call for help, so don't use it casually.
And those with extra strength, don't interfere with other nodes' defenses.
That would be irresponsible..."
Listening to the mage leader's nagging, Gu Xi's heart finally eased.
From the mage leader's words, he understood that the explosion was not caused by any problem on his side but by other nodes engaging with the Wights.
The Wights even penetrated the Necromancer Scourge array, causing the explosion.
It seems his decision to repel the enemy outside the Necromancer Scourge ritual array was correct.
Otherwise, it would have been embarrassing for him.