Chapter 1939: 549 Snake Demon and the Chariot_2

This scene looked extremely harrowing.

Galan’s Monks were reaping the lives of the Air Elements as if they were mowing grass on the battlefield!

“The ones leading the charge, they’re using the tactics from the Life Flow Sect.”

“The rest, we have those from the Four Symbols Sect, as well as from various scattered sects and the Sun Soul Sect; Galan really isn’t picky when it comes to followers…”

A long time ago,

Matthew had discussed the situation of the Shadow Monks with Li Weiqi.

Most of them had been lured from the lost lands of the Far East, which had been defiled by the Evil God and demons, and it was rare for any creatures there to maintain their Self, and not to become corrupted.

These Monks were living examples.

Even though they seemed fierce and full of vigor,

Matthew could clearly see that their bodies were filled with contaminated Strength.

Their bodies were also aging at a rate several times faster than normal people.

These Monks generally didn’t live past thirty-five years old.

And in the latter stages of their lives, they often suffered unbearable pain and torment.

Perhaps,

for them, dying in battle on the field of war was, in fact, a release.

And looking at the situation on the field,

the Shadow Monks’ successive attacks had further demoralized the Devil Camp’s morale.

Because the demons and Air Elements were cautious of each other, their camps were fairly separate, leading to very slow aid for the Air Elements.

Nonetheless, the Phantom Baron who was in charge of the vanguard’s strategy was resolute.

He assigned the task of supporting the Air Elements to the central army behind him, while he himself led an elite force straight to the foot of the city wall—

where the number of defending Shadow Monks had halved.

Merely with the shadow creatures, they couldn’t withstand the sharpness of the demon army.

Now was the best time to tear through the enemy’s front line.

This move indeed hit a critical point.

In less than twenty seconds,

the vanguard group led by the Phantom Baron successfully breached the area that had been in a stalemate.

They had driven back much of the shadows that covered the land.

Parts of the city wall hidden within the shadows were continually being exposed.

Among them, the most conspicuous was the gate, still half-hidden in the shadows!

Everyone knew,

behind the gate was Beckman’s Shadow Core.

To breach the gate,

was the key for the demon army to achieve victory in this battle.

“Charge!”

The Phantom Baron raised his Flame Longsword high.

He was just about to give the order,

but in the next second,

a huge horn pierced through the void, piercing right through the Phantom Baron’s body, leaving him chillingly cold!

Whoosh!

As a Shadow Demon,

the Phantom Baron of course wouldn’t die from such a level of sneak attack.

Soon,

he reformed his body not far away.

But the demons who had been standing near him were not so fortunate.

How enormous that horn was!

It kept thrusting forward, tearing apart countless spaces!

The Infernal Creatures along its path simply couldn’t withstand it and could only frantically pull to either side.

Meanwhile,

the solemn sound of horns echoed from the direction the great horn had come.

Hearing the horn, the demons collectively showed confused and bewildered expressions.

And as the full figure of the horn and the creature behind it became revealed before everyone,

some demons realized what kind of opponent they were facing!

…

“Warning: You have encountered the ‘Fierce Bull Lord’!

Fierce Rhinoceros: A large beast active in the Far East, once tamed by the Su people…

You have encountered a Purgatory Snake Demon army!

You are affected by the group Curse Aura!

Partial exemption in progress…”

…

Matthew passed by rhinoceros after rhinoceros.

Like the other demons,

he quickly dodged to the side, but during this process, he also felt the suppressive effect of the Curse Aura.

“These giant rhinos can actually carry a squad and leap through space?”

Matthew’s eyes lit up.

He saw Purgatory Snake Demons that resembled Medusas or Deep Sea Nagas riding on the back of the rhinoceros.

The rhinoceros’ horns were glowing faintly with white light,

clearly still bearing the traces of Ether from long-distance teleportation!

He quickly surveyed the battlefield.

The ones that had barged into the front line, forcing the Phantom Baron to regroup, were actually only three Fierce Rhinoceros along with their rider Purgatory Snake Demons.

And on the flanks of the battlefield,

also hidden in the shadows,

a plane rift was continuously spewing out reinforcements for Beckman from the Far East.

All the Snake Demons were perched on the backs of the Fierce Rhinoceroses.

They held aloft battle flags similar to those of the demons opposite them, their expressions extremely serious.

As soon as the Fierce Rhinoceroses and Purgatory Snake Demons made their entrance,

they attracted nearly all the attention of the demons.

It couldn’t be helped,

adversaries often meet on a narrow road.

“Glasia, you contemptible usurper!”

“The glory of the Lord of War was never yours; you are not of the Barthor bloodline but merely a puppet hungry for fame.”

“Everything you once did to our Snake Demon Clan, today we will return a hundredfold!”

Atop the giant Fierce Rhinoceros,

a trembling elderly Snake Demon pulled out an inconspicuous scale from his chest.

The next second,

trickles of blood began to emerge from deep within the elder’s chest.

His skin started bleeding profusely.

Bizarre grey clouds intermingled with mottled red dots flickered incessantly around the elder Snake Demon’s body.

The old man quickly screamed and died.

And similar scenes unfolded atop the other Fierce Rhinoceroses.

With the self-sacrifice of these Snake Demon elders,

the curse auras on their bodies became even more potent!

Simultaneously,

the Fierce Rhinoceroses were intensely stimulated, becoming even more irritable and ferocious!

“Roar!”

Several demons who had not managed to evacuate in time were reduced to a pulp by the paw of the Fierce Rhinoceros Lord!

At that moment,

everyone couldn’t help but feel chilled to the bone!

Matthew saw it clearly.

Those few demons had not failed to evacuate in time but were instead affected by the curse aura radiating from the Snake Demons during their retreat.

If one were to say that before the sacrifice,

the natural group curse effects of the Snake Demons were roughly at Tier 3 in strength,

then now,

their effects had at least improved to Tier 4!

Those in close proximity had to face a continuous and near-Tier 5 curse determination!

Once the partial exemption failed,

a series of negative conditions would ensue: uncontrollable sneezing, sluggish movements, dazedness, weakness to cold, severe toothache, frenzied hair loss, and unbearably itchy skin!

Simultaneously,

the curse would slowly erode a person’s Health Points and resistance.

If one started being able to bear it,

after the resistance was worn down, facing the repeated checks of the curse aura, suffering more severe damage was almost unavoidable.

Those few demons just now failed their partial exemption and even triggered a cascading effect—

when one person failed their exemption, the curse re-exploded in their body, imposing the pressure of a second determination on their companions nearby.

Ultimately leading to a group of demons all falling prey.

Despite the Fierce Rhinoceros Lord’s palm strike looking formidable,

even without that blow,

those demons were already doomed!

Such was the horror of the Snake Demon’s curse!

“And the scope of this damn thing is just too large…”

Matthew had already retreated to a distance about four or five hundred meters away from the Fierce Rhinoceroses but could still feel the presence of the curse aura.

Fortunately, the curse had little impact on him.

On one hand, he possessed several divine aspects, his related resistance maxed out.

On the other hand, the domain where the curse resided also partially pertained to negative energy, and Matthew, a Necromancer proficient in negative energy, had an extra partial exemption bonus when facing curses.

Matthew was able to resist,

but the demons were somewhat in disarray.

Actually, demons generally possess very high resistance, especially concerning curses.

But it seems that the curse on the bodies of the Purgatory Snake Demons was specifically enhanced to target the demons of Barthor Purgatory.

In the first round of the confrontation,

although they had the advantage of a surprise attack,

the number of demons that died under the curse still exceeded Matthew’s estimates.

This scene was probably something that Glacia had not anticipated either.

“Bain, your men didn’t come here just to spectate!”

She ignored the accusations of the Snake Demons

and turned to her allied camp.

Before long,

from the demon army clad in steel helmets and iron armors, a steel chariot emerged from the ranks.

Atop the chariot,

a tall warrior donned in Garcia’s Armor II responded in a muffled voice,

“You are too anxious, Princess Glacia.”

“These Snake Demons are of no concern; please rest assured and leave them to us.”

“After all, curses—a tool of trickery—can only harm those made of weak flesh…”

As he spoke,

a barrage of steel chariots erupted orange-red flames from their rears.

They took over the spot vacated by the Phantom Baron’s withdrawal, bracing themselves to confront the Fierce Rhinoceros Lord!

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