Jiang Zhaoyue stepped forward, Silver Light Cross Slash!

The first spear thrust pierced the knight's breastplate, and the second thrust stabbed into its skull, extinguishing its soulfire.

Another Undead Knight was trapped by the shield formation, spears stabbing at it from all directions, knocking it off its horse. Feng Qingyan followed up with a Flame Burst, blasting the knight into fragments.

Feng Qingyan's Flame Burst spells continued to explode within the skeleton horde, each fireball taking out several skeletons.

Sweat beaded on her forehead and her breathing was ragged, but she didn't stop her movements.

"Eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine... Sis, how many did you burn with that fire?"

Feng Qingshuang ignored her. A Wall of Flames ignited once more in front of the skeleton sea, burning the Skeleton Warriors attempting to flank them into ashes.

On the right flank, the Night Whisper Legion was weaving through.

The swordsmen, in pairs, cut down the Skeleton Warriors.

An Undead Knight charged from the side, its lance aiming straight for Jiang Yelan's back.

Jiang Yelan didn't look back. She activated Shadow Flash, her figure instantly disappearing from in front of the knight and reappearing behind it, the shadow moon blade stabbing into the gap in the knight's waist armor.

The Undead Knight's health bar plummeted. It swung its lance in a sweep, but Jiang Yelan ducked to dodge, then slashed upward, cutting the knight's throat.

The knight fell from its horse, its soulfire extinguished.

The Night Whisper Legion continued to weave through, Jiang Yelan's figure flickering in and out of the undead horde, each attack claiming an enemy.

A Necromancer was casting a spell, the dark black light on its withered wooden staff shining to its limit.

Jiang Yelan appeared behind it, stabbing her shadow moon blade into the back of its neck. Poison Blade Tempering took effect, and its health bar dropped by 50 per second.

The Necromancer turned around, its staff lighting up, but Jiang Yelan had already vanished into the shadows.

It stumbled two steps, its health bar hit zero, and it collapsed with a boom.

In the central battlefield, the Great Qin Elite Soldiers' phalanx began to suffer casualties.

An Undead Warrior suddenly rose from the pile of skeletons, its spear piercing the thigh of an Elite Soldier, blood gushing out.

The Elite Soldier's health bar instantly dropped below one hundred. An emerald green light immediately shone, triggering Blessing of All Living Beings. Three hundred and fifty health points surged back into their body, and the wound stopped bleeding and healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was the protective power Su Yurou had imbued upon the front-line Elite Soldiers; when the beneficiary's health dropped below one hundred and they weren't killed in one hit, they would immediately recover three hundred and fifty points.

This could trigger at most once every two minutes for the same target.

But another Elite Soldier was hit in the eye by a Necromancer's shadow ray, screamed, and fell down. Their health bar hit zero instantly; Blessing of All Living Beings didn't have time to trigger.

Meng Yi's face turned livid. He thrust his halberd repeatedly, knocking over three Undead Warriors in a row.

"Hold the line! Don't panic! Centurions, fill the gaps!"

The positions of the fallen Elite Soldiers were immediately filled by the rear ranks, and no gaps appeared in the phalanx.

The Commanders of Five Hundred activated Arrowhead: Breakthrough, leading the Elite Soldiers to forcefully repel the Undead Warriors' assault.

The Spear Array: Cheval de Frise was erected once again, the forest of halberd tips preventing the Undead Warriors from breaking through.

Meng Yi pointed his halberd forward: "All troops, advance!"

The Great Qin Elite Soldiers stepped forward in unison, their footsteps uniform, the sound of their boots hitting the ground causing the earth to tremble slightly.

Halberds thrust in unison, Qin Crossbows fired in a volley, and the skeleton sea fell in swathes.

The Commanders of Five Hundred led the charge, Arrowhead: Breakthrough tearing the skeleton sea's formation into shreds.

The Centurions followed closely behind, using Qin Crossbow: Rapid Fire to snipe the remaining officers.

The Skeleton Warriors lost their command and began fighting individually, getting encircled and annihilated squad by squad.

The Undead Warriors attempted to organize a counterattack, but without the cover of the skeleton sea, they were no match for the halberds.

In the rear, one thousand County Soldiers followed behind the main force, mopping up the escaping Skeleton Soldiers.

Several County Soldiers surrounded a lone Skeleton Warrior, their spears stabbing from all directions, turning it into a sieve.

A young County Soldier picked up the bone sword dropped by the skeleton, weighed it in his hand, and threw it away: "Not as good as our spears."

A veteran beside him kicked him: "Stop picking up trash, keep up with the unit."

...

In the center of the battlefield, Lin Feng was charging left and right through the skeleton sea.

He stopped, gripped his Wildfire Spear with both hands, and slammed it forcefully into the ground — Beacon Fire Prairies!

Centered on the spear shaft, a circular flame shockwave with a ten-meter radius erupted with a boom.

The searing flames swept outward in concentric circles, engulfing the hundreds of skeletons surrounding him. Their health bars plummeted, and the stench of charred bone filled the air.

Lin Feng took advantage of the chaos to dash out, his speed reaching fifty meters per second as he charged straight at the Undead Archmage.

The skeletons on either side hadn't even reacted before he had already swept past them.

The soulfire in the Undead Archmage's eye sockets jumped violently; it hadn't expected this human to break through the encirclement so quickly.

It waved its staff, and three shadow arrows shot out in a triangular formation.

Lin Feng dodged two of them, but the third grazed his shoulder, -350.

He charged within twenty meters of the Archmage. The Archmage stopped retreating and raised its withered wooden staff high, dark purple light condensing at the tip — Death Curse.

A dark red beam of light shot straight for Lin Feng's chest. Lin Feng didn't dodge; Mental Barrier and yellow turban sacrificial officials headband both took effect, and the curse was resisted.

The Undead Archmage's soulfire flickered violently, as if it couldn't believe its spell had failed.

Lin Feng didn't give it a second chance.

He pushed off his feet, his figure turning into an afterimage as he thrust the Wildfire Spear.

The flames on the spear tip dragged a trail of dark red light through the air, heading straight for the Archmage's chest.

The Archmage was hovering three meters off the ground, completely wrapped in a Mana Shield.

The purple set effect lit up with a layer of dim halo, Shield Resonance activated, and dark purple light surged out from its entire body.

The surface of the shield flowed with a metallic luster, and the runes of Spell Deflection spread across the shield like ripples.

The first spear thrust struck the shield, sparks flying everywhere. Spell Deflection triggered, sliding the spear tip to the side, -150.

The Archmage was knocked back half a meter, waved its withered wooden staff, and fired three more shadow arrows.

Lin Feng dodged to the side and, instead of retreating, advanced. He thrust his second spear from the side, Spell Deflection triggered again, -150.

He brought the third spear down in a slash, but this time Spell Deflection did not trigger, -560.

A cluster of cracks exploded on the shield, and the ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) Archmage was knocked down half a meter toward the ground before stabilizing its figure.

The Archmage's soulfire flickered as it waved its staff repeatedly, shadow arrows shooting out like a string of pearls.

Lin Feng dodged left and right, parrying two with his spear tip and twisting his body to avoid three.

He thrust his fourth spear straight for its face. The Archmage tilted its head, and the spear tip grazed the shield. Spell Deflection triggered, -150.

For the fifth spear, Lin Feng pulled it back half a foot and then thrust it out violently.

This thrust was imbued with his full strength, the flames on the spear tip condensing into a fist-sized fireball that slammed into the shield.

Boom — a bowl-sized gap exploded in the shield, fragments of dark purple light scattering in all directions.

The Archmage let out a miserable shriek and opened its mouth to spew a Death Ray.

Lin Feng leaned back to dodge, then brought his sixth spear up in an upward slash, the spear tip piercing through the Archmage's left rib, -560.

Its health bar had one-fifth remaining. It tried to put some distance between them, but its speed was far inferior to Lin Feng's.

Lin Feng chased after it and thrust his seventh spear toward its heart from behind.

The moment the spear tip pierced through, the soulfire in the Archmage's eyes suddenly extinguished. Its body began to disintegrate from the edges, turning into countless dark purple specks of light that drifted in the air like fireflies.

After the dark purple specks of light gradually dissipated, two clusters of light appeared on the ground.

A purple cluster rose from the remains of the withered wooden staff; the light was faint, eventually forming a pure white headband that lay quietly amidst the bone fragments.

Another blue cluster floated out from the collar of the Archmage's gray robe; the light was stronger, condensing into a bronze-colored booklet.

In the distance, the remaining skeletons lost the support of the mage and quickly collapsed under the slaughter of the halberds and Qin Crossbows.

Meng Yi looked at the purple light scattering in the air and said in a deep voice: "The Archmage is dead, all troops — mop them up!"