Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 571: The Neanderthals' Harvest

The ground temperature was rising, but the Great Frost still shrouded the high altitudes. Under the clash of hot and cold, it naturally brought a torrential downpour mixed with dense hail, and Frost Mana also wreaked havoc within it.

For a time, the meteorological environment of the entire battlefield became complicated beyond measure.

High up in the sky, Li Wei was only able to withstand it by relying on his 75% All-Element Magic Immunity; otherwise, he would have easily been frozen into a block of ice.

Those Samsara Travelers and Contractors quickly disappeared into the distance. When it came to greasing one's soles to flee, every single one of them was a talent.

Li Wei also didn't chase after them, because the Blazing Legion had been almost half-crippled. Right now, only a little over four hundred men remained. Even Victor had been focus-fired and instantly killed by three Fourth-Tier Rangers during the final moment of their retreat.

The Royal Guard, on the other hand, still had five hundred men remaining.

For one thing, they weren't the primary target. For another, they were simply too agile.

Now, they were just waiting for Hathaway to channel the Great Frost and refreeze the earth. Once that happened, they would basically be able to secure victory, and the returns would be unfathomably lucrative.

Fifty Five-Star Giant Crocodiles, one Six-Star Giant Crocodile, and one hundred Earth Dragon Cavalrymen... This time, just the essence flesh and blood of five-star magical beasts alone would yield an income of five to six thousand tons!

Not to mention everything else.Of course, it was still too early to talk about this at the moment; it was not the time to relax.

Li Wei watched the ground vigilantly, but he hid his Level 6 Sky Hawk form within the thick, dark clouds. He was very patient.

And just as he was waiting, he was completely unaware that thirty or forty kilometers away, there was still a squad of Neanderthals carefully observing the entire battle using secret arts. Behind them were a full five hundred Neanderthal soldiers, each riding a Giant Crocodile.

How was this fifty Giant Crocodiles? This was clearly harvesting the remaining value of the Samsara Travelers and Contractors.

Because their existence did not seem to be known by those Samsara Travelers and Contractors.

Previously, the Samsara Travelers and Contractors had used the Neanderthals' Giant Crocodiles and Earth Dragon Cavalry as vanguard pawns. They hadn't expected that the Neanderthals, whom they considered to be massive idiots, would actually pull a trick like this.

Their strategy of driving a tiger to devour a wolf was played far too skillfully.

"To think that this Li Wei has actually grown to this level. If these muggle Sapiens hadn't tested out their trump cards first, and we had rashly charged in instead, I'm afraid it would have only resulted in a lose-lose situation for both sides in the end."

"Now, let us harvest!"

"Woooo! Woooo!"

An eerie and mournful horn sound spread in all directions. In an instant, the five hundred Giant Crocodiles began swimming rapidly through the water. Their speed actually looked to be around a hundred kilometers per hour.

This was simply an exclusive navy built specifically for this waterlogged country!

If the Samsara Travelers and Contractors ran into them in this kind of environment, they would also be helpless.

These were special troops that the Neanderthals had painstakingly racked their brains to secretly transport over during the outbreak of the Great Frost for the upcoming campaign. Originally, they were waiting for the critical moment to burst forth and accomplish everything in one fell swoop.

As a result, upon seeing how formidable the combat power of Li Wei's Blazing Legion was today, they realized this big piece of fat meat was fat enough to be worth taking a swing at. Only then did they mobilize this secret weapon.

After all, they had the Propitious Circumstances, and the atmosphere had already been built up to this point. If Heaven offers but one does not take, one will inevitably suffer the blame!

Li Wei didn't notice the five hundred Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Cavalrymen until they had approached within fifteen to twenty kilometers. It couldn't be helped; the rain was too heavy, the Frost Mist permeated the air, Frost Mana was clashing with some sort of Flame Mana, and the activation of several 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Cards made the auras in this area far too chaotic.

This scene made Li Wei feel a bit anxious inwardly.

He truly hadn't expected that the Neanderthal side could actually play the Samsara Travelers and Contractors like suckers. This was clearly an attempt to harvest the remains of the battle.

However, there was still no activity from the Great Frost that Hathaway and Adai were working together to channel. This task was very difficult; he couldn't blame Hathaway, and could only do his best to stall for time.

"Royal Guard, hear my command: prepare for battle! From here on out, the Royal Guard will serve as the front line. The Blazing Legion will retreat to the center; there is no need for you to participate in combat. Focus on recovering your stamina and Spiritual Power!"

At this moment, Li Wei directly issued orders. Although the Blazing Legion only had a little under four hundred and fifty men remaining, and although almost all the Chiliarchs and Centurions had fallen in battle, this was still not enough to break this legion. They still possessed powerful combat strength.

After all, they were all Tier-3 Night Knights.

It was only because the external environment didn't permit it. Otherwise, if they hadn't been bogged down by the swamp, they could have even heavily injured those Samsara Travelers and Contractors.

And next, once Hathaway and Adai successfully channeled the Great Frost over to refreeze the earth, these four hundred-odd Blaze Knights would still be the absolute main force capable of running rampant across the land.

This was the vital guarantee for their subsequent retreat and rendezvous with the Ice Legion.

Therefore, at this time, the Royal Guard had to step up and hold the line.

As for Li Wei, he still didn't plan on making a move.

It was still the same reasoning: he was the commander, and even more so, a scout. The initiative to strike first on this battlefield had to be held in his own hands. As long as he remained at an altitude of ten kilometers for even one minute, no one could take away the initiative on this battlefield.

So, it was time to test the combat power of the Royal Guard.

Although, in reality, they still hadn't reached Li Wei's ideal upper limit.

Right now, on that Platform island, the Centurions of the Royal Guard who received Li Wei's message felt their spirits lift.

"Brothers of the Blazing Legion, the Lord has ordered that you do not need to participate in the upcoming battle. Hurry up and focus on Conserving Strength. Thank you for your protection along the way. Now, it's our turn! All Royal Guards, hear my command!"

"Hoo-hah!"

"The enemy forces are the Neanderthals' Giant Crocodiles, which possess an advantage on the water. That bunch of dog-fucking Samsara Travelers and Contractors didn't dare to get close just now, so we couldn't show our skills. Now, Heavy Shield Century, construct a defense!"

"Archers, ready!"

"Spearmen, ready!"

"Heavy Infantry, ready!"

"Hoo-hah!"

The over five hundred Royal Guards chanted slogans, but each was as agile as a water rat. Even in this torrential downpour with extremely low visibility and cold air piercing their bodies, their aura remained full, and their condition was excellent!

Those four hundred-odd Blaze Knights originally wanted to be modest and decline, but then they witnessed a miraculous scene. The condition of this bunch of Royal Guards suddenly became full and high-spirited. Even something like constructing fortifications seemed to be imbued with new meaning in their hands.

In fact, they had been continuously building without ever stopping. Because the water level kept rising and the mud beneath kept sinking, if the entire Platform island wasn't constantly maintained and reinforced, it would have fallen apart long ago.

For a moment, the Blaze Knights even thought that Zhao Qingshan's Supply and Engineering Battalion had arrived.

No, while Zhao Qingshan's Supply and Engineering Battalion was indeed excellent and perfect, they absolutely wouldn't be able to achieve this kind of working state in such a harsh environment.

How could they describe it?

It was like the feeling of getting the job done while eating hot pot and singing songs.

It was also at this moment that the Blaze Knights finally seemed to feel that these rookies, whom they had spent time with day and night for over ten years, possessed a trait that other legions—a trait that even they themselves—could not grasp!

That was—the Miraculous Transformation of turning the mundane into the magical, turning the ordinary into the classic.

They didn't pursue uniformity, nor did they pursue Destiny Resonance, at least not entirely. Instead, they used an organic, embedded combination and a natural quality to accomplish something that was clearly very ordinary.

Alright, that was too much of a tongue twister.

Little did they know, this was precisely the characteristic of mountain warfare.

To be able to unravel a problem like spinning silk from a cocoon in the most complex environments, to be able to be Doing Something With Ease—this had always been one of Li Wei's core objectives when training the Royal Guard.

Remaining calm in the face of change, sorting things out in the face of chaos, anticipating in advance, and combining organically.

Rather than being rigidly uniform, hundreds acting as one.

These were two different concepts.

Under the Royal Guard operating at full capacity, a smaller Fortress that was sturdier and could at least last longer was constructed in just over ten short minutes.

But the enemy had also arrived!

Massive waves surged from the front one after another, crashing against the entire Platform island and leaving it tottering. If it weren't for the reinforcements just now, this wave would have caused the Platform island to fall apart.

"Archers, hear my command: pre-aim at the following coordinates! Commencing three-second countdown!"

Li Wei remotely commanded from an altitude of ten kilometers.

He had to command like this, because right now the entire swamp was shrouded in Frost Mist; one couldn't even see a few dozen meters ahead.

Li Wei's base 26 Perception, plus the 6 points of Perception from his Level 6 Sky Hawk, made 32 points. It was enough to cover the battlefield below.

At this moment, on the Platform island, one hundred and fifty Archers drew their bows and pre-aimed simultaneously. Behind them, a Full Fate Resonance phantom also rapidly formed, looking almost tangible.

After the three seconds passed, one hundred and fifty Fletched Arrows flew out. The resonating Destiny Grid phantom also fused together with the Fletched Arrows. In an instant, a brilliant light burst forth, and flames shot into the sky. All the Fletched Arrows completely shattered, but their inner Full Fate Resonance power instead formed a terrifying Legion Skill that resembled a meteor shower!

The power of this Legion Skill was not even inferior to a Legion Skill jointly unleashed by three hundred men of the Blazing Legion!

Furthermore, unlike the fierce and domineering Legion Skills of the Blazing Legion, the precise locking of this Legion Skill was peerless.

In other words, there would be absolutely no margin of error.

The only drawback was that its maximum range was only one kilometer.

This was also the biggest regret of these Royal Guard Archers.

In the previous battle, they hadn't had the opportunity to engage in close combat with those Samsara Travelers and Contractors.

But right at this moment, accompanied by an eerie furious shout, a massive ice shield rose up from the swamp like an iceberg, directly blocking this wave of the Archers' Legion Skill.

It turned out the other side had a War Mage!

However, almost simultaneously, the one hundred and fifty Royal Guard Archers on the Platform island had already fired their second round, which was also a Legion Skill!

Then came the third round, the fourth round, and the fifth round!

A five-round rapid-fire volley was their specialty. Even though they would basically lose their combat power after five volleys, it was actually already enough.

The opposing Neanderthal Mage easily blocked the first three waves of Legion Skills, but it was truly too late for the last two waves.

They watched helplessly as over a hundred of their own men and over a hundred Giant Crocodiles were shot dead alive.

Fortunately, there was no sixth wave.

The Terror-Stricken Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Cavalrymen hurriedly accelerated and charged towards the Platform island. These were heavy cavalry in the water. Opening their massive maws, they could bite through those huge logs in just a few snaps. As long as the Platform island collapsed, wouldn't the people on it become targets?

Hm?

Just as they were thinking this, another wave of throwing attacks, suspected to be a Legion Skill, smashed down right on their heads!

How were there still Legion Skills?

No, whose legion could form a Legion Skill out of throwing Javelins?

Fucking hooligans!