Chapter 438
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Chapter 438: Coiled Dragon Formation Activates!
Upon hearing distant explosions, the people at the last defense line fell silent.
Through the telescope, Lin Qing could only watch helplessly as Li Chuang, exhausted and defenseless, was torn to pieces by several first-rank zombies.
Trembling, Lin Qing put down the telescope, took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and spoke calmly.
“Everyone, focus on controlling the Coiled Dragon Formation. Li Chuang sacrificed himself, attracting an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 zombie horde.”
“The good news is that the zombie sea surrounding the city now has only around 650,000 zombies. The bad news is that this is our last line of defense in front of the city walls.”
Without needing to say more, Lin Qing, everyone was already fully focused on controlling the Coiled Dragon Formation.
Within a few hundred meters outside the city walls, three hundred giant stone pillars, six to seven meters high, rose up, with the soil specially softened.
Each person controlled a pillar, slowly moving them as if guiding a stone dragon, causing the recently arrived dwarf zombies to lose their way.
Even though they ran towards the city wall, they kept going round in circles and couldn’t make any progress!
This is the final defense in front of Ordos City, the Coiled Dragon Formation!
The dwarf zombies, being light, didn’t sink into the quicksand immediately, but soon realized they were slowly sinking. They quickly climbed nearby stone pillars like agile monkeys, leaping and advancing.
It seems like they are avoiding the danger of quicksand, but why is the power of the Coiled Dragon Formation only this much?
When evolvers at the rear saw dwarf zombies jumping onto the stone pillar under their control, they instantly launched earth-element attacks attached to the pillar.
Spikes shot out towards the airborne dwarf zombies. Those who couldn’t dodge were torn into pieces of scattered rotten flesh, while those who survived only delayed their death, falling heavily into the quicksand and being swallowed by it without resistance.
Thus, the hundreds of dwarf zombies used for exploration all died when the three hundred stone pillars of the Coiled Dragon Formation rose, none of them survived.
Zhang Mu and Hachikuju stood on the city wall looking at the Coiled Dragon Formation three hundred meters away, their expressions grave.
Because he didn’t know the defensive mechanism set up by the city in advance, Zhang Mu was a bit puzzled. Looking at Hachikuju, he asked, “Although this side of the city wall is the enemy’s main attack point, are three hundred stone pillars enough? I feel its effect should be similar to the sandstorm we encountered in the wilderness, preventing the enemy from advancing.”
However, with only three hundred left, will it be enough? The zombie horde has already stopped outside the Coiled Dragon Formation. If they gather and break through, I feel like we won’t be able to hold on for long.”
Hachikuju knew a little bit about the Coiled Dragon Formation and after thinking for a while, she replied to Zhang Mu, “I think the main purpose of this Coiled Dragon Formation should be to control the speed of the zombie horde. So, now we need to bring out the long-range attacking evolvers and bombard them to make a real impact.”
I also think we won’t be able to hold on for long, but look outside the city where fifty thousand long-range attacking evolvers are gathering, waiting for the entire zombie horde to enter.
The zombie horde has already lost at least thirty percent of its forces due to the first two defense lines. It’s obvious that there’s an empty area now, and they are regrouping also because of this reason.
As long as this Coiled Dragon Formation can withstand our three rounds of bombardment and shrink by half, then when the numbers are even, are we still afraid of these mindless creatures?
Zhang Mu remained silent and continued observing the movements inside the Coiled Dragon Formation. Now thirty thousand evolvers were standing on this side of the Coiled Dragon Formation, along with Grey Wolf Riders holding crossbows and their reserve soldiers.
The energy fluctuations in this area were extremely chaotic, waiting for the zombie horde to enter.
The zombie horde started moving, seemingly fully assembled. But the enemy was cunning and didn’t send the whole army at once. They unleashed fifty thousand zombies to attack first.
It was clear that these fifty thousand zombies were carefully selected. Most of them were regular zombies, with five thousand agile zombies of normal size, and the formidable Executioner was also among this vanguard group.
Zhang Mu immediately recognized the Executioner, and he felt less confident in the defense of the Coiled Dragon Formation.
The Coiled Dragon Column was only about six to seven meters tall, while the Executioner was a towering five meters high. The Meteor Hammer in his hand was exceptionally heavy, leaving deep marks on the ground wherever it dragged.
The vanguard troops, upon receiving the order, charged into the Coiled Dragon Formation without hesitation. The remaining six hundred thousand zombies stayed still, as if they had eyes that could sense the complex situation within the Coiled Dragon Formation.
The quicksand proved deadly for the heavy zombies. Within just ten meters, most zombies had sunk deep into the quicksand around their ankles. Not realizing they shouldn’t struggle in the quicksand, the more they struggled, the deeper they sank.
The heavily weighted Executioner was rendered powerless now. Despite leaving marks on solid ground with each step, as soon as he stepped into the quicksand, a portion of his lower leg sank into it.
The trapped Executioner began to roar in anger, swinging the Meteor Hammer in his hand towards the Coiled Dragon Column that had been taunting him.
With a heavy blow, the closest Coiled Dragon Column was smashed, creating a gap. However, the Coiled Dragon Columns were shifting – the damaged one was quickly moved away and replaced by others.
Controlled by an earth-type evolver, the damaged Coiled Dragon Column had quicksand creeping up from its base to mend the gap in its body. It soon looked good as new.
The only ones successfully navigating through the quicksand were agile second-rank zombies. The Coiled Dragon Column couldn’t keep up with their elusive movements, and although their path was constantly changing, they were getting closer to the city walls.
This place smells really strong!
Even though they were being controlled, their true nature was zombie. When they smelled the strong human scent coming from the crowd of thirty thousand people gathering around the Coiled Dragon Column, the sudden burst of speed from thousands of agile zombies happened again.
However, what they never expected was that when they were just a hundred meters away from the exit, what welcomed them was an overwhelming energy bombardment from all directions.
All the agile zombies, gone!
Over forty thousand ordinary zombies and Executioners had already sunk at least halfway into quicksand, roaring unwillingly.
The Coiled Dragon Column at that location was also indiscriminately smashed to pieces, but under the condensation of the quicksand’s return flow, it was soon restored to its pristine state!
