Chapter 102: The Battle Begins
All the skeleton soldiers under Gu Xi's command, regardless of which combat squad they belonged to, followed behind the Sunshine Bone Corps' skeletons.
When Gu Xi deployed these troops, he had already noticed that the enemy ghost soldiers' strength was comparable to the Sunshine Bone Corps' skeleton soldiers, roughly at levels 5 to 6.
In terms of numbers, Gu Xi's force of 5,500 undead soldiers had the advantage.
Although it wouldn't necessarily be a crushing battle, the losses wouldn't be significant.
At this time, mixing the skeleton soldiers with the Sunshine Bone Corps' skeletons and letting them fight together, cleaning up and finishing off enemies, was the best way to utilize the current situation.
After deploying his troops, Gu Xi turned around and realized that Luna, who should have appeared, did not show up.
This situation startled Gu Xi; could something have happened to Luna?
Just as Gu Xi was about to inquire about the situation, the Light Archers Corps also took action.
Unlike the more than one hundred skeleton archers under Gu Xi, the Light Archers Corps, although also skeleton archers, used arrows with a distinct light attribute.
When their arrows were shot into the sky, they gave the impression of a rain of light enveloping the area.
As the Sunshine Bone Corps charged forward, the ghost soldiers also advanced more than ten steps, preparing to confront the Sunshine Bone Corps head-on.
However, before they could rush into the ranks of the Sunshine Bone Corps, they were struck by the light arrows.
When the light arrows hit them, they immediately created wounds the size of a bowl on their bodies.
The most deadly aspect was that this kind of sunlight-infused attack greatly harmed the ghost soldiers.
Some ghost soldiers, hit in critical areas, even evaporated on the spot, leaving only their bronze armor with arrows sticking out on the ground.
"So strong."
Seeing the scene before him, Gu Xi couldn't help but marvel at the strength of this undead force.
And this was just two types of skeleton soldiers. If those zombies with strength comparable to weak Bone Dragons or higher-level ghosts joined the fray, what kind of scene would it be?
As Gu Xi pondered this, the Sunshine Bone Corps clashed with the ghost soldiers.
The skeleton soldiers of the Sunshine Bone Corps wielded swords and shields. They appeared to be basic skeleton soldiers, but their swords and shields were exceptional when they charged forward.
The shields of the Sunshine Bone Corps' skeleton soldiers formed an egg-like protective shield in front of each skeleton, and the swords in their hands turned into white light swords, clearly not ordinary.
As long as these light swords slashed, no matter how thick the ghost soldiers' armor was, it would be cut open.
If they hit the head or chest, they could even instantly kill a ghost soldier.
At this moment, the ghost soldiers also demonstrated strong combat power. They fought head-on with the Sunshine Bone Corps' skeleton soldiers, slashing with their large blades. Even if they were severely injured, they aimed to slash the skeleton soldiers.
Most of their attacks were blocked by the protective shields. It took at least four hits from the ghost soldiers to break one protective shield.
However, for the skeleton soldiers, four hits were more than enough to kill many.
Most ghost soldiers could only hit the skeleton soldiers twice, some not even once before being taken down.
Faced with such powerful combat strength, Gu Xi didn't know what to do for a moment.
Could this be the pleasure of a necromancer, releasing the undead on the battlefield and then just watching the show?
At this moment, the bearded man standing on the beast finally moved. He took a large leg, bit into it heavily, then tossed the remaining leg to the beast beneath him.
"Die!"
The bearded man roared, kicked his feet, and jumped high, then sat down heavily.
Boom! The blue-clad bearded man landed in the fiercest part of the battle.
More than ten skeleton soldiers in the midst of the fight were sent flying.
Afterward, this bearded man rampaged through the battle, punching and kicking any skeleton soldier he saw.
No matter how strong these skeleton soldiers were, they couldn't withstand three punches from the bearded man. Some were even killed with one punch.
The Sunshine Bone Corps, which had been dominant, suddenly fell behind.
"Ghosts, attack!"
Seeing the situation, Gu Xi decisively issued an order, and two ghost units simultaneously moved towards the bearded man.
Seeing the ghosts flying towards him, the bearded man glanced at Gu Xi in surprise.
He hadn't expected Gu Xi to see through his weakness so quickly.
The bearded man's strength was entirely in his fists and feet. If he fought with weapons, his strength would decrease by 30%. If he rode a horse, he could only exert half his power.
Only his fists and feet were his true strength.
But there was a severe problem with his fists and feet—they were physical attacks.
They were countered by ghosts.
So the bearded man usually avoided fighting ghosts.
It seemed the enemy commander had sharp eyes.
The bearded man secretly praised Gu Xi while shouting, "Red Blood, kill that commander!"
The beast lying on the ground also moved. It supported itself with its hands and roared at the sky.
As it roared, Gu Xi smelled a strong sulfur scent.
"This guy must be a demon."
Before Gu Xi finished speaking, the beast had already leaped high towards Gu Xi at the back of the battlefield.
"Zombies, defend."
Gu Xi still had enough troops. Fifteen hundred heavy armored zombies were by his side. Their movement speed was slow, making it impossible to rush to the battlefield immediately.
But they could certainly defend the commander.
At Gu Xi's command, the fifteen hundred heavy armored zombies formed fifteen thick lines of defense. The rear zombies even planned to use iron hooks with chains to hold back and kill the beast.
However, Gu Xi never expected the beast to be so strong. When it clashed with the heavy armored zombies, a swing of its forepaw sent six heavy armored zombies flying.
Then the beast's single eye glared, shooting a gray beam from it.
Under the beam, five heavy armored zombies' upper bodies melted away.
After forcefully breaking through the first line of heavy armored zombies, the beast charged towards Gu Xi.
Dozens of meters was nothing to such a giant beast, taking at most seven or eight steps.
The heavy armored zombies weren't slow to react. The frontline zombies raised their shields, and those at the back threw iron hooks, but none could stop the beast.
Seeing the beast about to reach him, Gu Xi showed no fear. He raised the Crushing Staff.
"Bone Spikes, Bone Spikes, Bone Spikes, Death Incarnation!"