The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

Nevelle's herald's polite greeting came to an end.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for a response from the mysterious army on the opposite side, which had not said a word yet.

At the front of the troop, a dark elf wearing heavy armor of refined gold and obviously taller than the other soldiers suddenly stepped forward and uttered a few strange grunting sounds from beneath his stern iron face.

Nevelle's soldiers stared at each other - what came out of the warrior's mouth was a strange language that they had no idea what it meant.

However, they don't actually need to pay attention to the specific meaning of each other's words.

Because, the next moment, the warrior raised her left arm, and in her left hand was a well-made crossbow.

She pointed the crossbow at Nevre's Herald. There was a crisp snap, followed by a sharp whoosh, and an arrow pierced the Herald's toes.

The herald was panicked and stepped back subconsciously. The soldiers behind her, holding spears and shields, immediately opened a gap, wrapped her in, and opened their shields again to protect her.

During the whole process, the dark elf officer who shot the crossbow arrow did not pursue the victory. She waited until Nevelle's herald re-entered the square formation, then nodded, seeming very satisfied. Then, she stretched out her other hand, drew her sword from its sheath, raised it high into the air, slashed it with force, and let out a roar that shook the earth.

This roar also does not require any translation.

Almost at the same moment when her envoys re-entered the square, Princess Cassia also issued her own orders to the joint forces:

"attack!"

Arrows rained out from the armies of both sides as fast as locusts, hitting the shields in the front row of their respective lines, causing a dense and deep crackling sound, as if a wave of iron rain suddenly fell from the sky, deafening people's ears.

The two armies quickly approached each other under the cover of a rain of arrows, and soon collided with each other. Immediately, the square was filled with the clanging of swords, the roars of warriors fighting hard, and the shrill screams of the wounded.

Li Yin raised the iron sword in his hand and slashed at the chest of an enemy. The blade collided with the armor, making a loud clang. Then, a huge recoil force came from the sword, causing Li Yin's sword to almost fly out of his hand. He looked across in surprise, only to find that the warrior's chest was unharmed.

He suddenly recalled the difference in materials between the armor and weapons of both sides, and subconsciously raised his head to look at the blade in his hand, only to see that his iron sword had a gap in it.

He looked back at the warrior in dismay. Fortunately, his blow was powerful. Although it did not penetrate the warrior's armor, it made her fall backwards. Although her companions behind her acted as a buffer, preventing her from taking several steps backwards, it took her a little time to regain her balance. Therefore, she was not able to take the opportunity to attack Li Yin, even though she was originally unharmed.

Both sides collected their minds and returned to a state of confrontation.

"Keng!"

This time, Li Yin did not take the initiative to attack, but waited for the enemy to launch an attack.

As a slave, he didn't have armor that was impervious to swords like the other side, but at least he still had the long sword in his hand. He raised the sword with one hand. With a light move, he easily blocked the opponent's attack.

Amidst a series of sparks, Li Yin clearly saw another gap appearing on his sword, and it was more obvious than the previous gap that was caused by the sword hitting the armor.

However, as long as it was not completely cut off, it would be fine. At this moment, the iron sword in his hand was no longer a killing weapon, but a defensive tool, a disguised "shield".

He turned his wrist and took advantage of the opportunity of the two swords' intersection to turn the opponent's sword to the side.

Then he took a step forward, raised in his left hand another tool he had as a slave - a pickaxe for digging rocks, and hit the opposite head near the temple.

There was another sharp clang. The opposite side's adamantine armor was still not pierced, but Li Yin could clearly see with his naked eyes that the part of the adamantine helmet that was hit had a clear dent.

The dark elf warrior's body swayed, as if he had lost his balance again.

This time, Li Yin was well prepared. Seeing this, he immediately abandoned the iron sword in his right hand and grabbed the hilt and hilt of the sword in the opponent's right hand, pulling it out with force, taking advantage of the opponent's trance to snatch her weapon cleanly and neatly.

"Your weapon is very good." He said silently in his heart.

"But it's mine now."

Immediately, he raised his hand and used the hilt of the fine gold sword he had just snatched to hit the opponent's head again.

The opponent completely lost his balance and fell to the ground with a bang.

A trace of triumphant joy appeared on Li Yin's face. However, this trace of joy froze immediately because a new enemy almost immediately rushed forward to fill the gap he had just created.

After a few rounds, Li Yin knocked down the second enemy.

He found that these soldiers were stronger than the dark elves of Nevévere, which was consistent with his expectations of these "elites" from various families.

But on the other hand, their physical flexibility and martial arts proficiency were surprisingly poor, even far inferior to Nevelle's ordinary dark elf soldiers. Rein only absorbed the memory of an ordinary male dark elf soldier, Turner, and was able to easily suppress them in martial arts.

This made Li Yin feel even more confused.

Are these guys really "elites"? Do they really deserve the sophisticated equipment they wear?

If the first two might be exceptions, when Li Yin easily grabbed the head of the third enemy dark elf and inserted the dagger into the gap between her helmet and neck guard, his doubts became even greater.

Damn it, if one or two happened it might be a matter of probability, but three in a row, that shouldn't be the case, right?

He knocked down the third enemy casually, turned around and prepared to look for the fourth enemy to further confirm his assessment of their fighting ability.

At this moment, his sensitive hearing suddenly caught the sound of wind coming from behind him.

He lowered his head slightly, and a curved sword whizzed past his head.

He immediately turned around, holding the sword in his backhand, and used the momentum to slash behind him.

A strong vibration accompanied by a sharp collision sound came from his arm.

As expected, this attack did not injure the opponent. However, the main purpose of this slash was not to kill the enemy, but to use offense instead of defense to prevent the enemy from continuing to attack him while he turned around.

After this attack, Li Yin had completely turned around. He held the sword in both hands, staring at the fourth enemy with a stern gaze, ready to launch a real attack.

However, at this moment, his pupils, which were fixed on the other person, suddenly shrank and his expression became slightly stunned.

This fourth enemy is not the fourth enemy.

Li Yin's gaze passed over her arms that were holding up the curved sword, and he could see an obvious dent on the side of her pitch-black full-face helmet, at the position of her temple.

At the same time, he could also notice two tiny gaps on her curved sword, which was ready to strike. The iron-gray blade was also out of tune with the adamantium blades wielded by her companions around her.

Of course that was out of place... because that was his sword, and her sword was currently in his hand.

This was the first enemy he knocked down.

"She's not dead yet?" Li Yin stared at the broken iron sword in the other person's hand, which originally belonged to him, and then raised the fine gold sword he had just taken from her. This wonderful and unbreakable fate made him feel a little amused and helpless.

"In that case, let's do it again."

"However, you just failed to win with such a good weapon. Now the advantage and disadvantage are reversed. Can you still have confidence in yourself?" Li Yin thought happily in his heart, "If it were me, I would hide as far away as possible."

Then, the smile that had just appeared at the corner of his mouth froze completely before it could even bloom.

Because he suddenly caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye that beside the dark elf warrior who was fighting against him again, another dark elf warrior, who was wearing a black helmet and black armor and covered his entire body impeccably, was supporting himself with his hands and climbing up from the ground staggeringly.

This was the second warrior he had fought before.

Damn it, he grinned and his expression became a little ugly.

If the first one is an exception, then the second one...

At this moment, he suddenly heard the clanging sound of armor rubbing against the ground very close behind him.

Chapter 157: The Untold One

Li Yin turned his head and saw that the third dark elf warrior who had been knocked down by him also got up.

Slightly different from the previous two, although she stood up, her neck was still a little crooked - because the dagger was still stuck in the gap between her helmet and neck guard, making it difficult for her to straighten her head.

Damn it! Li Yin was stunned. The first two were fine, he could explain it as his attack was not strong enough. But the third one... the dagger was still stuck in her neck!

She, she, she, she... Li Yin shivered a series of times, and then stood up again as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, Li Yin suddenly noticed a detail.

A detail that did not happen under the tight armor of the first two enemies, but caused Li Yin to ignore it when he should have discovered it in the third enemy:

The dagger was still stuck in her neck, but she did not shed a drop of blood from beginning to end.

...Shit, he muttered, watching the third enemy raise his sword again, what the hell are you? !

"They're not elves!"

At this moment, as if to confirm his shock, a terrified cry was heard not far from the battlefield.

A female dark elf warrior looked down at her feet in panic. At her feet lay an enemy she had just defeated. The enemy's head had been hit hard by her last blow, and its helmet had been knocked off, exposing its head.

But it's not an elf!

Yes, it has a pointed face, long ears, and delicate features similar to those of an elf, but they are not made of flesh and blood like the elves.

Their bodies were also white, but not the snow-white color of the elves, but a faintly transparent milky white. Through this faintly transparent milky white, she could even see inside its body. It had no internal organs, no bones, and even no blood vessels or neural networks. There were only dots of light scattered everywhere, flowing slowly - this milky white layer was not its skin, it had no skin, its entire body was made of this milky white substance!

This is also the real reason why they are obviously different from real dark elves in appearance: they do not have silver hair and eyebrows, scarlet pupils... Their hair, eyebrows, and eyes are also made of this milky white substance with star-like sparkles.

Under the gaze of the female dark elf warrior, this strange creature that had already fallen dead on the ground suddenly opened its milky white eyelids dotted with starlight, and then turned its unfocused starry eyes.

The female dark elf warrior let out a scream of fear and subconsciously stabbed it in the face with a sword.

The sword pierced through its face and went straight to the back of its head, nailing its entire head to the ground.

At this moment, the female dark elf warrior silently realized the difference between the feeling of this sword and her usual stabbing. This sword did not have any unbreakable bone-like hard barrier, but the overall feeling was very sluggish, and it was much more difficult than piercing flesh and blood. She felt like she was stuck in a thick stack of Los animal skins.

When she pulled out her sword, she also felt a clear sense of obstruction in her hand. It took her a lot of effort to pull her sword out completely. As soon as her sword tip was completely out of the body of this mysterious creature, its wound immediately closed and rebounded naturally, and at the same time there was a slight "bang" sound. It seemed that this special flesh and blood that made up the body of this mysterious creature was stronger than the flesh and blood of ordinary creatures, and also had excellent elasticity.

"They are not elves..." The female dark elf warrior looked at the body on the ground. The facial features were very similar to those of elves, but the essence was completely different. She felt a huge sense of panic and disgust. It felt like she was looking at a poor imitation of herself. And this imitation had just tried to kill her and replace her.

And this kind of guy——She turned around and looked around the battlefield. It was a dark mass of warriors wearing fine gold armor. There was no doubt that under those dark fine gold armors, there were also these strange creatures with milky white bodies and little spots of light.

"What on earth are they?" she murmured to herself in panic.

At the same time, while she was struggling with this mysterious creature, many other dark elf soldiers around her gradually realized that although the enemies they were fighting were wearing typical dark elf armor and appeared in a typical dark elf city-state, they were not actually dark elves.

All around the battlefield, shouts of fear similar to those of the female dark elf warrior continued to be heard.

"No matter what they are, they will pay the price for their actions!" At this moment, a cold and harsh voice suddenly rose in the ranks of Nevelle's army.

Rising along with it was the body of the princess of the Borginia family, as cold as frost and snow.

Cassia performed the levitation spell, slowly floating into the air, and moved towards the front where the two armies were fighting.

"You ignorant and foolish lunatic," she said, looking down from above, her eyes slanting slightly, her majestic and sharp gaze sweeping across the enemy formation like a blade, "you dare to offend the priest of the supreme and noble Spider Goddess."

Her high, resonant voice was like an oracle: "I will tell you why you should be afraid!"

With a shout, a terrifying magical light spread out from in front of her and rushed towards the enemy position like a tsunami.

Li Yin looked up, watching his mistress, who looked like a god possessed by a majestic spirit, and felt that she was radiant and beautiful. For a moment, he even forgot that the one "possessed" on his mistress was only a terrifying, evil, twisted spider goddess, and he was filled with reverence and admiration.

As for the magic itself, Li Yin was of course very familiar with it.

Cassia had used it once before, a fourth-level spell, Fear, when she was dealing with an attack by the Unknown in the Hall of Night's Edge in Nevér.

These strange enemies in front of you will immediately flee under the influence of this powerful spell.

Next, it is time for him and others to take advantage of the duration of the spell, pursue their victory and completely destroy their strength!

Li Yin lowered his head, tightly grasped the sword in his hand, looked around, bent his legs slightly, and was ready to go.

Catching up with an enemy who is running away at full speed is often not an easy task. Li Yin had seen the battle mages of Lahya use this spell in a medium-sized battle like today. If the effect of the spell is too strong, causing the enemies to flee in panic without any arguments or disputes, the caster and his allies may be unable to catch up!

Fortunately, he is now a completely different person. His ghoul-like body gives him amazing agility and jumping ability.

But... Li Yin looked around, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Those mysterious warriors of unknown origin did not run away, not a single one of them escaped.

Where the spell energy of fear flooded like a tide, they raised their heads with black helmets and looked at Cassia, who was floating in the air, majestic and god-like, and gave them the "final judgment".

Then, they all raised their non-sword-holding hands and aimed the platinum crossbows on their arms at the dark elf princess who was standing in the air.

"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh whoosh..."

Dense arrows poured down towards Cassia like a rainstorm.

Li Yin was dumbfounded and shocked.

These guys are completely unaffected by the fear spell!

He immediately looked back and saw that in an instant, the overwhelming arrows had completely obscured the slender figure of the Dark Elf Princess in the air.

Li Yin was shocked. He almost didn't dare to continue looking in that direction, because it was hard to imagine what Cassia would end up like under the cloud of arrows.

But the worry in his heart made it difficult for him to look away, and he was eager to know the result.

A violent storm of arrows cut through the sky and arrived in an instant, about to reach Cassia's position and completely pierce her fragile flesh and blood body.

However, at this moment, a gap suddenly appeared in the dense rain of arrows.

Cassia's silvery figure emerged from the gap.

Amidst the attack of thousands of arrows, she maintained a calm expression and stood in the air, with her clothes and hair fluttering in the wild air currents.

All the arrows seemed to have suddenly awakened their intelligence when they were about two feet in front of her. They no longer continued to move straight forward, but changed direction, bypassed her body, and whizzed past her.

Amidst thousands of arrows, her silvery figure was like a ray of bright moonlight, cutting through the dark and heavy clouds covering the sky.