Another World: When a Necromancer Possesses the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls

However, the speed and power of the incoming arrows completely exceeded his expectations!

His three arrows were enough to intercept most attacks, but the moment they came into contact with those streaks of light, they were easily deflected like eggs hitting a rock! They couldn't even make the middle arrow of death deviate in the slightest!

That deadly streak of light, with an almost overwhelming force, ignored all his struggles and continued to magnify in his tactical goggles—

"Pfft!"

A soft yet incredibly clear sound rang out.

Huo Yuan's expression froze, shifting from extreme focus and astonishment to utter blankness and disbelief. His body stiffened abruptly, then he flew backward. Blood was seeping from a small hole in his forehead, while the streak of light had already passed through and disappeared into the darkness in the distance.

He didn't even have time to let out a scream.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Shock! Unbelievable! Outrageous!

A torrent of complex emotions overwhelmed all the team members' minds in an instant!

Huo Yuan... is dead?!

This was completely beyond their expectations!

"Huo Yuan!!!" Lin Feng let out a heart-wrenching roar, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot!

After a brief silence, an indescribable, overwhelming rage erupted from the depths of everyone's hearts! It burned away their weariness, leaving only the most primal and pure desire for revenge!

"Assemble! Lin Feng! Locate the enemy! Everyone else, prepare to counterattack!" Lin Wei's voice, tinged with uncontrollable rage for the first time, blared sharply through the tactical channel, jolting the stunned crowd out of their daze.

"Kill all these bastards! Avenge Huo Yuan!!" Lei Lie roared like a wounded lion. He ripped off the tattered shoulder armor that was getting in the way, letting the blood flow freely. He gripped the handle of his battle axe tightly, his pale face filled with violent killing intent. The spoiled brat's temper had been completely ignited; at this moment, he only wanted to find and kill those attackers!

Everyone quickly adjusted their formation to face the direction of the attack. Li Xingyao's face was as cold as ice, his eyes devoid of their usual gentleness, filled only with chilling killing intent. He slowly raised his hands, and his spiritual power surged forth like a floodgate opening!

"Summon the undead!"

In an instant, large swathes of gray-white summoning light surged forth from him like a tide, quickly illuminating the surrounding wasteland!

This time, he held nothing back!

First to appear were a full four hundred skeleton spearmen! Next came thirty skeleton longbowmen!

If Lin Feng can find his target, he will deliver a precise kill. If he can't... he wouldn't mind using the most savage methods to completely plow through this grassland in front of him!

The third wave of attacks arrived as expected, just a second after they had completed their battle preparations!

This time, the number of incoming streaks of light was the same, and they dragged the streaks of light as they shot towards the area where Li Xingyao's team was located!

"You're courting death!" Su Muyao shouted, her anger turning into an attack. The longbow in her hand emitted a clear hum, and a beam of light, imbued with her star energy, pierced through the enemy ranks and struck first!

Boom! Thud! Thud!

Her arrows pierced through three incoming arrows that were close at the same distance with incredible precision, shattering them in mid-air!

Almost simultaneously, Lin Wei's Fireball, Li Xingyao's Death Arrow, and Lin Feng's Rapid Fire... all met the remaining arrows head-on!

Suddenly, bursts of dazzling star-energy fireworks exploded in the night sky! Explosions and impacts filled the air!

Most of the incoming arrows were successfully blocked or destroyed by the intercepting firepower.

"Charge! Find them! Leave no one alive!" Lin Wei's voice was filled with icy killing intent.

Li Xingyao's squad members charged towards the direction of the attack! The undead army summoned by Li Xingyao followed closely behind.

The attackers on the other side seemed not to have expected that after suffering heavy losses and being ambushed, they would not only not scatter or flee, but instead launch a counter-charge, causing a slight delay in the subsequent arrow attack.

The distance is rapidly closing! Nine hundred meters... eight hundred meters... six hundred meters...

Just as Li Xingyao and his group rushed to within about 600 meters of the suspected attack location—

Mutation and regeneration!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh-!"

In an instant, nearly ten icy glints suddenly burst forth from the waist-high grass directly in front of them, as well as from their left and right flanks!

That was the faint light reflected from melee weapons! At least ten lurking figures, using the cover of the grass, suddenly sprang up like ghosts! They had clearly been lying in wait, waiting for their prey to come within the optimal assassination range!

Their objective was clear: to take advantage of Li Xingyao and his men's forward charge and their attention being drawn to the long-range attacks from the front, to launch a deadly sneak attack from the flanks and the front, disrupt their formation, create chaos, and create an opportunity for the archers in the distance to deliver the fatal blow!

A classic hunting trap! A perfect combination of long-range sniping and close-quarters ambushes!

However, a chilling, mocking smile curled at the corners of Li Xingyao's lips. A thought flickered in his mind!

"Buzz—!"

The four hundred skeleton spearmen, positioned slightly further back at the rear of the column, unleashed the first wave of death rain upon the area in the grass in front of and to the left and right of Li Xingyao's column, where a cold light was flashing!

"Puff puff puff puff puff—!!!!"

The next instant, a terrifyingly dense whistling sound of sharp objects tearing through the air erupted from behind and above Li Xingyao and his group! A full four hundred bone spears, like a swarm of bees from the underworld, blotted out the sky and ripped through the night, whistling fiercely as they hurtled towards the figures that had just sprung up!

The assassins, who were preparing to launch a sneak attack, instantly turned their sinister smiles into utter horror and fear! They had never expected that their opponent could launch such a wide-ranging counterattack while charging at high speed!

In their haste, they could no longer afford to attack. They forced their bodies to twist and wielded their daggers and short swords in a dense, impenetrable barrage, trying to block the unavoidable rain of bone spears!

"Rumble...!!"

The next second, four hundred bone spears rained down like a storm, slamming into that area!

The scene was utterly devastating! The resilient weeds were easily torn apart and cut down! The soft soil was blasted open with countless holes! Dense bone spears covered every inch of the land!

A piercing scream erupted from that area, but it was quickly drowned out by the booming sound of the bone spear hitting the ground and the muffled sound of flesh being pierced!

Blood and flesh flew everywhere! Severed limbs splattered!

The attackers, unable to parry, were instantly pierced by multiple bone spears and pinned to the ground! Their armor was torn apart, and their bodies were ripped to shreds by the immense kinetic energy, resulting in extremely gruesome deaths!

Li Xingyao and his teammates didn't even glance back at the bloody slaughterhouse behind them. Their charge didn't slow in the slightest; their eyes were fixed intently on the front!

Ahead, accompanied by a rough and angry roar, more than a dozen warriors wearing various armors and wielding melee weapons finally stopped hiding and suddenly stood up from behind the grass and earthen slopes, blocking the way!

The leading soldiers had bloodshot eyes and distorted faces, filled with rage. They stared intently at Li Xingyao and his group as they charged forward! Their gazes seemed to want to devour them alive!

Clearly, among the ambushers who suffered heavy casualties from the long-range attacks by Li Xingyao's undead, were their comrades!

These people were the same three expedition teams that had nearly wiped them out that morning! Instead of fleeing far away, they had meticulously set up this ambush on their return journey!

Was it to kill them to silence them? Or did they think that after the great battle with the wolf pack, their team was already exhausted and could be easily picked off?

"It really is the same group from this morning!" Lin Wei's voice, sharp as ice, pierced through the channel to everyone's ears. "Listen up, everyone! Hold back! Kill them all!"

"Heh, you've got a path to heaven but no way to hell, so you've chosen to walk right into it! Saves me the trouble of looking for you!" Lei Lie let out a ferocious sneer, licking his dry lips, the blood-red light on his battle axe flashing once more. He might still be inexperienced in fighting star beasts, but when it came to fighting humans, his childhood training and countless simulated battles and real combat experiences made him a true expert!

A chilling killing intent clashed fiercely in the night wind of the wasteland, and what followed was an even more brutal and bloody battle!

Su Muyao loosened her grip, and the bowstring emitted a low hum. The specially made armor-piercing arrow transformed into an almost invisible streak of light, shooting towards the charging warriors and landing precisely on the front line of a fire-type heavy warrior.

"Ding!"

With a crisp sound, the warrior reacted swiftly, raising his sword to block the attack. The attack failed to injure the attacker, but it shifted his position from the front of the formation to the back.

This organization is crucial on the battlefield where the two sides clash, as the enemy's vanguard is pinned down in the middle of their ranks and unable to break through the enemy lines.

"Lin Wei, let's split up!" Li Xingyao's voice was brief and urgent, clearly transmitted to everyone's ears through the tactical channel. "We'll handle these enemies with the soldiers. Wu Feng and Su Muyao, go capture those archers. There's definitely a jungle hunter among them; don't let them escape. I'll arrange for skeleton archers to assist them. These soldiers won't get away!"

"Okay!" Lin Wei reacted quickly, immediately taking over the instructions. "Wu Feng, Ying Shuo, you two are mainly responsible for interception and ambush. Su Muyao, you're responsible for killing her. Xing Yao will arrange for the undead to assist you. Be careful!"

"Received!" Wu Feng and Ying Shuo's voices rang out almost simultaneously.

Su Muyao didn't respond. She drew her bow again, nocking three arrows. Her cold eyes locked onto several figures that appeared and disappeared on a distant mound. "Activate acceleration skills and charge straight there. Shadow Shuttle, you're the fastest, flank them." Her voice came through the channel, concise and clear.