novelraw Chapter 569: Sanity's Bane
Chapter 569: Sanity's Bane
At this very moment, the same scene was playing out simultaneously. Not a single Blaze Knight showed the slightest hesitation. They were like the most precise gears on a watch dial. Facing death, facing an almost invincible enemy, they forcefully relied on high-speed impacts, perfect cooperation, and the price of death.
In a short ten seconds, they successfully killed thirty-five giant beasts!
The cost was that, starting with Jocelyn, eighty-two of the most elite Blaze Knights had fallen in battle.
For giant beasts of this locomotive-level size, the armor draped over their bodies was covered in sharp barbs. A single bump would result in broken legs and fractured arms, and a single stomp would turn someone into meat paste.
But it was all worth it.
By relying on this method, Jocelyn and the others killed one-third of the giant beasts on one hand, and successfully blocked the rest on the other, slowing down the momentum of their charge. For such behemoths, the most important thing was the terrifying inertia generated when they charged.
Therefore, it was right at this moment that Victor, who had continuously chosen to lie low and bide his time, finally erupted.
Without needing the Blazing War Standard, he unleashed three Legion Skills in a row, instantly blasting over twenty giant beasts to death on the spot.
As for the remaining ones, they were no longer a cause for concern.
The corpses of the giant beasts formed a city wall that temporarily trapped them.Then, Thomas leaped out at this moment, transforming into a nearly forty-meter-tall Stone Giant, and delivered a furious hammering to the remaining giant beasts!
Those giant beasts that were like locomotives but lacked their charging inertia were just like good little boys in front of the current Thomas. They could be beaten to death or crippled with a single punch, and even the thickest armor could be directly smashed flat.
But there was also a matter of timing here.
Although the Stone Giant that Thomas transformed into was formidable, if a hundred locomotive-sized giant beasts charged over at a hundred kilometers per hour, even he wouldn't be able to withstand it. Being able to kill ten of them would already be considered impressive.
Therefore, it required the Blazing Legion to strike first and curb their speed, followed by Thomas making his move. Facing giant beasts whose speed had already dropped, it was truly a one-sided massacre!
And behind Thomas, Zhao Xuanxuan rode a Five-Star Warhorse while wielding a Great Iron Hammer, specifically responsible for harvesting the heads of those with low health. The vitality of these giant beasts was extremely strong; sometimes, even if their bodies were smashed flat, they could still jump around lively.
Even the Blaze Knights had no way to deal with them temporarily.
But at a time like this, Zhao Xuanxuan was truly like their nemesis.
In the front, Thomas used his massive body and immense strength to smash the giant beasts flat. She would then swing her Great Iron Hammer, and typically, after three to five blows, even the most vibrant giant beasts would have their brains scrambled, their internal organs ruptured, and their life cores directly scattered.
Just as this giant beast cavalry was about to be totally annihilated, nearly a hundred new enemies suddenly emerged from both the left and right directions, even though they were still over a dozen kilometers away!
But they immediately brought massive casualties to the Blazing Legion. Because the opposing side had at least a dozen powerful rangers, forty to fifty Blaze Knights were killed and fell to the ground in just a few seconds!
At the same time, massive Fire Meteor ultimate moves also crashed down.
The opponent's timing was extremely perfect!
Even though the Blazing Legion rapidly adjusted its formation under Victor's command, they still inevitably suffered nearly two hundred casualties.
These people were too strong, even stronger than the Neanderthals!
The Blazing Legion and the Royal Guard were reaped like wheat, completely lacking the power to fight back!
"Charge! Charge!"
The Royal Guards had all dismounted, using the terrain to take cover and spread out. The Blazing Legion, with just over five hundred men remaining, regrouped under Victor's leadership and launched a charge directly into the opponent's bloody attacks!
But at this very moment, on the left and right flanks, a full twelve bizarre firearms were revealed. In this instant, it felt as though the entire world trembled. The gates of hell were thrown wide open, releasing countless spectral soldiers, malicious ghosts, and vengeful spirits. All misfortune, all resentment, and all hatred descended at this moment.
Half of the gun barrels locked onto Victor, and the other half locked onto a Centurion holding the Blazing War Standard high, because Duan Bowen had already fallen in battle.
The triggers were pulled. There were no gunshots, at least not on a physical level.
But on some unknown plane, countless evil spirits, countless hatreds, and countless evils, like innumerable bullets and insect eggs, struck Victor and that Centurion.
It was Sanity's Bane!
In this instant, the Sanity of Victor and that Centurion was directly reduced to zero, dropping all the way to below -10. This influence even immediately spread to the entire Blazing Legion!
Everyone wanted to cry, and everyone felt despair. Nothing had meaning anymore; the battle had no meaning, and life had no meaning either!
They were terrified, they wept, they wanted to struggle and resist, but there was absolutely nothing they could do.
Because this was a targeted, almost sure-kill rule-based weapon!
But right at this moment, a ray of golden-yellow sunlight suddenly erupted from an inconspicuous Blaze Knight. Accompanied by his furious roar, a Great Fireball akin to the sun soared into the air!
Fifth-tier Holy Blessing!
Fifth-tier Holy Magic!
It was the Six-Star Paladin, Mark!
He strictly followed Li Wei's orders to only make a move when encountering Sanity's Bane. Just now, he could have clearly rescued Jocelyn and the others, but he remained completely indifferent, all to wait for this very moment.
The light shone upon the earth, illuminating a radius of fifty kilometers. It shone so brightly that the two groups of mysterious people on the opposite side uncontrollably spaced out for several seconds.
This was the true trump card, the genuine killer move!
Instantly, the entire Blazing Legion recovered their Sanity, and everything returned to normal. At the same time, a full one hundred Blaze Knights recovered from death to a near-death state, and were then restored to full condition by the Royal Guards using dropped Gold Cards!
"Kill!"
The over six hundred Blaze Knights roared in unison at this moment, directly locking onto the more than fifty mysterious people on one side and galloping away. In just a few seconds, a brand new full-army Legion Skill was formed. As the strike was unleashed, over a dozen Warrior Class individuals among those mysterious people immediately joined hands to withstand this Legion Skill.
In the next second, instead of showing any fear, they launched a charge towards the Blaze Knights led by Victor!
They were incomparably fierce and aggressively arrogant, simply because they were the strongest killing competitors. Their combat skills were absolutely exquisite, and they observed the battlefield situation with clear insight!
They could already see that the Legion Skill just now was practically the final Legion Skill the Blazing Legion could unleash.
Although the Blazing Legion still had over six hundred people left, and although a hundred people had miraculously been resurrected, the resurrection time was delayed by a full thirty seconds, and the condition of those resurrected was no longer sufficient.
Today, this place would be the burial ground of the Blazing Legion!
In another direction, over a dozen mysterious cavalrymen and over twenty mysterious warriors also initiated a charge.
The remaining Mage Class individuals intensified the power of their magic strikes.
Both sides bared their fangs at this moment. Without seeing blood, they would not sheathe their blades.
But at this very moment, Victor suddenly took out an Imperial Centurion Token and quickly wore it. In an instant, he gained the title of Imperial Centurion.
The effect of this title wasn't particularly special; the buff to oneself wasn't large, but it was extremely suitable for a legion commander.
Specifically, it allowed one hundred soldiers under his command to synchronously enjoy Life +100, Stamina +100, Agility +10, Defense +10, Strength +10, Delusion Breaking +5, Sanity +5, Spiritual Power +10, a 30% increase in the condensation speed of Legion Skills, a 30% increase in the power of Legion Skills, and a 30% increase in the attack range of Legion Skills!
Yes, based on this special title, a tactic could be formulated.
From the start of the battle until now, Victor—a deputy legion commander whose strength didn't lose to Jocelyn and whose battlefield command ability was the strongest—had been biding his time. And the one hundred pre-selected Blaze Knights had also been biding their time. Even when facing enemy attacks, there were allied forces blocking the arrows for them.
They had been following at the very rear the entire time, looking just like the weakest rookies in the legion.
But in reality, they were the general reserve force!
What they were waiting for was exactly this moment.
At this time, they were silent and soundless, yet the surrounding Blaze Knights voluntarily shielded them on all sides, bearing the damage on their behalf, even if over a dozen Blaze Knights were instantly killed by the opposing Fourth-Tier Rangers every single moment.
But they were fearless!
Because they knew everything would definitely yield results.
Because they could exact revenge!
"Boom!"
A cluster of flames soared into the sky, much like a Great Fireball, but resembling the fire of vengeance even more.
The moment it appeared, it brought an effect that commanded everyone's attention!
Terrifying Illusion-Piercing Killing Intent that felt almost tangible condensed upon it, suppressing a ten-kilometer radius!
The enemy Ranger Class individuals, who had previously been recklessly using Full Fate Resonance in the distance, all felt as if they had taken a heavy blow to the head at this moment. They saw stars, and their minds went blank for a few seconds.
What was the situation?
How could it be that, even after reaching this stage, Li Wei still had unplayed trump cards?
Fuck!
Even the commanders of the two groups of mysterious people didn't have time to issue orders.
Because the power of this Legion Skill was not only formidable, but its attack speed was also far too fast. In just an instant, it swatted over a dozen Warrior Class individuals who were seething with killing intent to death right where they stood.
Swatted to death without any suspense!
And merely three seconds later, a second Legion Skill had already soared into the sky again, whistling through the air to smash five extremely fast-charging Cavalry Class individuals to death. They were simply too strong; they had to be killed!
As soon as this unforeseen event occurred, even though the total number of mysterious people killed was only twenty-one, it immediately made the mysterious people on this side unable to hold on. Whether they were rangers or mages, they immediately turned around and scrambled away like rats, fleeing as fast as they possibly could.
With this side fleeing, the mysterious people on the other side also decisively fled.
Because no one wanted to be swatted to death by a Legion Skill.
In a short period of time, the situation on the battlefield completely reversed. In reality, during this brief period, the Blazing Legion had been reduced to less than four hundred men. The damage output of the high-tier rangers on both sides was simply too fierce, and the Mage Class was equally ferocious.
Even for a Tier-3 Night Knight, without the protection of a Legion Skill, the result was still instantaneous death.
Even Mark, the Six-Star Paladin, had been focused fired and instantly killed.
The battlefield dominance of these mysterious people was truly too brutal, too terrifying!
However, their weakness was also extremely obvious. As long as the army massed together and launched an organized charge, they wouldn't be able to withstand it.
But their speed was genuinely fast, and everyone had a Five-Star Warhorse. In less than a minute, they had scattered in all directions.
At this moment, Victor stopped the pursuit and began to gather the troops to reorganize and rest, because the worst-case scenario had appeared: the ground had turned soft and become a swamp.
The warhorses could no longer gallop. After all, a rider, horse, armor, and weapons added up to a full three tons of weight. They truly couldn't charge; the warhorses directly sank into the mud.
And they would continue to sink.