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Titan King: Ascension of the Giant-Chapter 641: Arduous battle
Orion shook his head and sneered, completely ignoring Lolth's suggestion.
Of the two groups that descended into the Emerald Dream Realm, Delilah herself was skilled in illusions; Lolth's will projection couldn't possibly bewitch her.
Therefore, Lolth must have been causing trouble for Earthshaker's group.
With Lolth's ability to create dreamscapes, everyone except those two necromancers could potentially be bewitched or even dragged into a dream.
Including those three Hyena Kings; it was very likely they had been dragged into a dream earlier, which was why they later led Earthshaker and the others to the edge of that Shadowcrag Forest area.
"You're delusional!"
Orion replied faintly, his tone filled with ridicule.
If Lolth could leave will projections, how could Orion, as an invader, not have corresponding defensive measures?
If Lolth's will projection appeared on the battlefield, it would undoubtedly die.
This was Orion's confidence, a confidence born from great strength.
When that time came, the one crying would definitely be Lolth.
"Hehe, since you refuse so straightforwardly, then I'm sorry!"
Lolth on the other side of the void passage chuckled lightly and cut off the communication.
Orion's expression was calm as he closed his eyes in thought.
Emerald Dream Realm, Night Stalkers' city.
The night grew darker, the moonlight faded, and black clouds pressed down like a cotton quilt.
Suddenly, rumbling thunder sounded, rolling in.
Accompanying it were torrential rain and sudden flashes of lightning.
The darkness was briefly dispelled.
Under the illumination of the lightning, what could be seen were severed limbs and broken bodies, swathes of corpses, and the struggle between life and death.
Delilah looked up at the sky, her expression somewhat grave.
She didn't know if it was a coincidence, but the sudden, heaven-shaking thunder had awakened countless dark creatures from the illusion she had created.
Delilah's Nightmare Arts were thus interrupted, and the invading armies' offensive also faltered.
"Next comes the real arduous battle!"
Delilah sighed and urged the Four-Winged Blood Bat to fly lower; she too was preparing to join the battle.
Roar!
However, just then, the Four-Winged Blood Bat suddenly let out a clear and resonant warning cry.
Alerted, Delilah turned and looked into the distance.
In the pouring rain, countless Dark Bat Hawks, like a dark cloud, were rapidly swooping towards them.
"Who is commanding them from behind?"
Seeing the Dark Bat Hawk flock, the intelligent Delilah immediately knew there must be someone directing these dark creatures from behind.
Otherwise, the Dark Bat Hawks couldn't have arrived so quickly, and especially not through the rain.
"Let me down!"
The invading armies had no organized flying units; fighting Dark Bat Hawks in the sky was courting disaster.
Although Delilah had a small squad of harpies, they were from the Sentinel Corps, and large-scale battles were not their forte.
The Four-Winged Blood Bat swooped down, set Delilah on the ground, then roared and flew high into the sky.
The sky was its territory; it had to defend it.
As Delilah landed, two scorpion soldiers immediately came to her side, guarding her closely.
At this moment, amidst the battle lines, beasts were neighing and monsters were howling.
Shield Warriors formed ranks at the front, Beastfolk struck back with their weapons, and armored giant warriors killed with frenzy.
The heavy rain continued to fall; banners no longer billowed high but clung to the wet flagpoles.
This was war, and also chaos.
And this chaos was precisely what the dark creatures sought.
Three Night Stalkers, who had been hidden underground, slowly broke through the soil, pushed aside the corpses littering the ground, and appeared in a triangular formation not far from Delilah.
These were dark creatures specifically targeting Delilah, aiming to assassinate the core figure of the invading armies.
A black whip appeared in Delilah's hand; this was a hero-level weapon Orion had given her.
After the succubus race's tribal relic, the Demon Whip, was fused, Delilah had lacked a main weapon.
Orion had opened many survivor treasure chests to finally get a top-quality whip for Delilah.
"Go to hell!"
Without any nonsense, Delilah gave the command, and she and the other two scorpion soldiers each pounced towards a Night Stalker.
At such a moment, the invading armies had no spare Alpha-level personnel to provide support.
Whether she could survive depended on Delilah herself.
...
Meanwhile, in the Shadowcrag Forest region.
Unlike Delilah's battlefield, the area outside the unknown city was relatively spacious, barely able to accommodate both warring sides.
However, in the forest where Earthshaker, Gronthar, Drakthul, and the others were, the longer they fought, the stronger the sense of restraint became.
Because at some unknown time, the entire Shadowcrag Forest had become filled with spider silk.
The spider silk linked the giant trees together, as if creating countless offensive passages in the air.
Those Blind Spiders could not only attack from the ground but also use the spider silk between the giant trees as a medium, as a springboard, to launch long-range, high-speed pounces.
Pouncing was one thing, but after a Blind Spider caught a bloodline warrior, the silk from its rear would contract, dragging both itself and its prey back into the forest.
Many bloodline warriors were sacrificed in this way.
"Arden, make your vulture hurry!"
"I know!"
The number and attacks of the Blind Spiders could truly be described as overwhelming; Arden was seeing such a battlefield for the first time.
"Damn it, I can't worry too much now! Rending Hurricane!"
Whoosh-whoosh!
Arden threw caution to the wind, no longer fearing that the Rending Hurricane would cause friendly fire.
Now, cutting down all the giant trees above the three armies' heads to limit the Blind Spiders' attack routes was the wise course of action.
Wuwuwu!
Wind blades fell; where the hurricane passed, giant trees collapsed, and wood chips flew everywhere.
The originally dim and chaotic battle environment suddenly brightened considerably amidst the raging wind.
And the Blind Spiders' attack routes were also somewhat restricted.
Many Blind Spiders leaping and charging on the front line, after their silk was severed by wind blades, fell directly into the groups of bloodline warriors and were hacked to pieces.
"Not enough! Continue!"
Selenis, while controlling the small scorpions to fill gaps in the defensive formation, kept an eye on the overall situation, providing assistance to everyone.
Arden said nothing, leaped up, seized the opportunity to get on the Storm Vulture's back, and stood high in the sky, opening up a wider battlefield for everyone.
"It's our turn to act!"
Atop a giant sand scorpion, two necromancers simultaneously raised their staves, chanted incantations, and activated a summoning formation.
Just then, large groups of Blind Spiders leaped from the surrounding Shadowcrag Forest, their target precisely the two necromancers on the giant sand scorpion.
"Protect the two necromancers!"