Chapter 299: Accelerated Evolution, the Gradually Insane Stoneman Empire (2/2)

The Stone Empire.

Under the powerful attack of the Eternal Night Empire, all areas outside the hinterland have fallen, and the territory of the Stone Man Empire has been greatly reduced. Not only has there been a situation where lords from all sides coexist, but the belief in gods among them has become even more chaotic.

In addition to the dark gods and the Stone Man God, a bunch of random stuff also popped up, including promoters of other players and evil god organizations deliberately led by the Eternal Night believers to oppose the Stone Man God.

In short, under the contamination of these beliefs, the Stone Man True God's control over believers in the country has been significantly weakened.

Even with the help of special means, Jim recovered from his injuries in just a few years, but his strength was at least 10% lower than before.

The fall of the empire's territory allowed the world consciousness of the Eternal Night plane to briefly enter this continent, which resulted in Jim's local advantage no longer being as obvious as before.

As for the death of a large number of devout believers and the betrayal of a large number of stone people, it has caused considerable problems for the foundation of His divinity. Fortunately, the current believers of players are in an extremely saturated state.

Even if it was reduced a lot, it was still enough to support Him and allow Him to maintain His status as a true God.

Otherwise, according to the standards of ancient times where it was barely possible to be promoted, the Stone Man True God would probably have begun to be eroded by faith by now.

Although attacks were launched from all directions, the southern region of the Stoneman Empire was still the main attack direction of the Eternal Night Army.

After years of evolution, the Stoneman army realized that hiding in the city meant waiting for death, so they stopped guarding the city. They walked out of the city, formed their own army, and then, with their more extreme characteristics, began to engage in direct combat with the Eternal Night Army.

Lagodi Plains.

Two completely different armies were fighting each other. The difference in numbers between the two sides was quite great, almost reaching four to one. However, from the battle situation on the scene, it could be seen that the smaller black-armored army had a clear advantage.

"For the Lord of Mountains and Rivers, and for the continuation of the Stoneman Empire, the brave warriors of the empire must fight these invaders!" The commander of the Stoneman army shouted loudly, and his voice was transmitted to the ears of all the Stoneman warriors through special spiritual magic, boosting the morale of the warriors.

"For the Lord of Mountains and Rivers, for the glory of the gods!"

"Kill! Even if I die, I have to bite off a piece of flesh!"

"Come on, you despicable invaders!"

The brave stone warriors had already prepared for death before coming. Now they all had fanatical expressions on their faces, and they rushed towards the Eternal Night army like moths to a flame.

This was an ambush battle where the majority defeated the minority.

Even now, the Stoneman Empire still has an absolute advantage in intelligence.

They often use the surrounding environment and terrain to encircle and suppress the scattered Eternal Night Legion, and this time was no exception.

As the Eternal Night Army penetrated deeper into the Stoneman Empire, the battle line continued to lengthen, and there were more and more targets to deal with. Even though a large number of legions were dispatched from the empire, the Eternal Night Army still became scattered.

Faced with the Stoneman Empire, which can recruit warriors anytime and anywhere, they are often at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

Being ambushed is also common.

But that's it.
Since they dare to fight like this, the Eternal Night Empire naturally has its own confidence.

"A mere trash army wants to stop us? It's wishful thinking!" There was only one legion of soldiers, but this pure human Eternal Night Legion, facing the crazy offensive of the Stoneman army, not only did they not choose to temporarily avoid the attack, but instead, under the leadership of the legion commander, they launched a counterattack.

"Die!"

The centurion held a dark long sword in his hand, and without any fancy moves, he slashed at the stone warrior in front of him.

With a swish, a tiny bloodstain appeared between the eyebrows of the elite stone man centurion, and then spread downwards, penetrating the entire body.

Without even feeling any pain, the stone centurion was split in half.

"kill!"

The fanatical stone warrior was not intimidated and rushed forward with a big knife in hand. Energy surged out of the ground under his feet, and the sharp blade glowed. He chopped at the Eternal Night Captain without fear of death.

Defense, no need.

Facing this kind of extraordinary damage, defense and no defense are almost the same. At most, you can live two more seconds before being killed.

Rather than dying in vain like this, it is better to fight for your life.

After figuring out the reason, the stone warriors stopped defending.

If you only attack and don't defend, I'll give you your life.

[Feature ① Sacrifice: Sacrifice everything, greatly increase strength in a short period of time (cannot be stopped)]

[Characteristic ① Armor Break: Give up defense and increase penetration damage by 20% to 50%]

[Feature ① Attack and Defense Conversion: Convert part of the defense into lethality]

They were obviously just ordinary fourth-level warriors, but at this moment they displayed extremely strong killing power, which was no weaker than normal sixth-level warriors.

However, it is not enough.

Far from enough.

"Your courage is commendable, but your strength is not!"

The captain of the Eternal Night, with scarlet eyes and blood all over his body, looked like a demon warrior from hell.

The long sword swept across, and an arc of light appeared.

The four stone warriors were cut in half.

The Stoneman Warriors are already quite good, but their combat effectiveness is not enough for them to defeat the Legion of Eternal Night.

The Eternal Night warriors, holding long swords, rushed forward.

As the long sword was swung, several stone warriors fell to the ground.

Although they also suffered casualties during the period, the stone warriors suffered greater casualties in comparison. The death ratio of both sides was much higher than the ratio of soldiers on the scene.

In other words, if both sides fight to the death, the larger stone man army will die first.

And judging by the level of madness at the scene, a fight to the death is very likely to occur.

The legion composed of fanatical believers is so terrifying that it has a death rate that a normal legion cannot bear.

Even with heavy casualties, they were able to maintain their organization and continue to fight bravely.

But it's not of much use.

Even if they chose an extreme route and destroyed their own retreat, they temporarily gained strength that they should not have at this stage.

But the gap in hard power between the two sides is too big.

The Eternal Night Empire's legions have a very solid foundation, and their regular legions are all relatively versatile, with no obvious weaknesses, so they are not afraid of the Stoneman Warriors fighting to the death.

After fighting for more than ten hours without stopping, when their numbers were about to drop to twice the size of the Eternal Night Legion, the Stoneman Army finally couldn't bear it anymore and chose to retreat after leaving a trail of corpses on the ground.

"Stop, stop chasing."

After chasing for a distance, the legion commander gave up the pursuit.

After all, this is the other party's territory. If we continue to chase them, there will probably be no results.

Besides, after fighting for such a long time, even if the soldiers under his command were particularly good at fighting, they were a little tired at the moment and not in very good condition. If they were trapped in other encirclements during the pursuit, the losses would probably not be so small.

"Let's go back and rest, and go back to summon out a group of Undead warriors. These guys have become more and more arrogant recently. If we don't teach them a lesson, they really think we can't do anything to them." After collecting the corpses all over the ground, the remaining 7,000 Eternal Night warriors quickly retreated and moved quickly in the direction they came from.

In front of the escape route of the remaining Stoneman troops, the Stoneman warriors who were hiding in the mountains with the help of the gods were a little disappointed when they saw that the Eternal Night army did not chase them.

"These guys are very ruthless when they fight, but surprisingly cautious at the end. They are really difficult to deal with, damn it!" The Stone Man Leader was a little annoyed. He had prepared for so long and paid such a huge price, but the opponent didn't fall for it. He really felt like he had the power but nowhere to use it.

If the Eternal Night Legion did not fall into the trap, he would not dare to go over and surround and kill them directly, otherwise, the other party would see that the situation was not good and just run away, and then he would be really in tears.

A powerful enemy is difficult to deal with, and a powerful and cunning enemy is even more difficult to deal with.

The legions of the Eternal Night Empire are extremely brave when fighting and will fight to the death if necessary. However, if they really encounter a situation where they cannot win and there is no strict requirement, they will retreat without any hesitation.

"After replacing more than 2,000 Eternal Night Warriors, it's considered acceptable." The adjutant next to him consoled calmly.

"What's the use? There are more and more Undead warriors on the opposite side. If they continue like this, the entire territory of the empire will be covered by the Undead. From now on, we can just change our name to the Undead Empire!" Upon hearing this, the Stoneman Commander rolled his eyes and said unhappily.

"There's nothing we can do. The opponent's tactics are too shameless."

Another stone general said helplessly, "Unless we can win the frontal battle and dispose of the bodies, the opponent's strength will continue to grow according to the current fighting style, but..."

But if they could win the frontal battle, they would not do such petty tricks.

Now they are unable to win the battle on the front line, so they have to hunt down these individual legions in order to slow down the frontal progress of the Eternal Night Army.

"Ugh"

The Stoneman Commander sighed and said, "Let's retreat! Tell Darko to go into hiding and not recruit any more soldiers. After a while, when the storm has passed, we will provide him with weapons and equipment."

"Yes."

The eastern region extends deep into the heart of the empire.

On a low plain, two armies were fighting, one was the orc army, the other was the stone man army, with a total of nearly 200,000 people, and the fighting was very fierce.

In terms of numbers, the Stoneman army had a slight advantage, but the overall situation on the battlefield was in a stalemate.

The two sides fought evenly.

The overall strength of Jim's Stoneman Empire and Ji Xingwei's Orc Empire is not much different, and there is no restraint between the two sides in terms of power.

Theoretically speaking, with the local advantage, the Stoneman army should have a great advantage.

However, since the elite corps were transferred to the southern theater, most of the corps left in the eastern region were new recruits, and there were very few elite troops among them.

So there is really no good way to deal with the orc army.

"For the sake of His Majesty the Orc, disperse them!"

The orc legion commander roared and led his guards forward to form an arrow formation, trying to break through the opposite stone man defense line.

However, it didn't have much effect.

The taciturn stoneman heavy infantry slowly raised their shields and stomped their feet on the ground. An endless stream of power surged up, like a series of low mountains, blocking the way of the orc army. No matter how they attacked, they could not break through.

The defense that seemed extremely fragile when facing the Legion of Eternal Night finally played its due role when used to deal with these orc legions.

Some veterans who had participated in the war in the southern theater even wanted to laugh when facing the "fierce attack" of the orc army.

With this level of ability, you want to learn how to break the formation from others. I’m afraid your brain is still sleepy!

Weak, too weak.

Indeed, they themselves were unable to effectively kill the orc army.

But this is not important. After all, their goal is not to annihilate the orc army, but just to delay them.

Moreover, in such a low-intensity war, the Stoneman Empire can effectively hone its own corps of recruits, and avoid being like the Southern Theater Command, where, if not paid attention, not only the corps of recruits, but also the elite corps were wiped out.

It can be said that the Stoneman Empire has now entered a state of madness. They have begun to gather all their strength to resist the attack of the Eternal Night Empire.

As for the future, it’s gone now, so why bother about it!
After simply training the Stonemen, they were directly sent to the eastern battlefield, actively looking for opportunities to fight. After surviving a few battles, they were transferred to the southern war zone to encircle and annihilate the isolated Eternal Night Legion and Servant Legion.

Ever since the Stoneman Empire acted recklessly, the southern war zone is still okay as it is strong enough, but the orc army in the eastern war zone is in a miserable situation as it has to face an army of several times its size every now and then.

Even if they continued to mobilize orc legions from their homeland, it was of no avail. The other side didn't care about casualties at all and just treated the stone warriors as numbers.

In this case, if it weren't for the blood transfusion from the Eternal Night Empire, the orc army would have probably been driven back to the border.

At this moment, the situation on this battlefield is a microcosm of the entire Eastern Theater.

The orc commander tried his best to command the legion, wanting to destroy the enemy legion, but he really had no chance.

Too hard.

"Damn it!"

After a night of fierce fighting, just as the Orc commander was cursing and the Stoneman commander was gloating, there was some movement in the distance.

"Roar--"

"To fear the ancestral gods!"

"Kill these stone men and sacrifice them to the great God!"

A Naga army led by three dark murloc legions appeared from behind the stone man army.

The orc commander was overjoyed when he saw this: "Stop these stone men, don't let them run away!"

"Here they come again, retreat quickly!"

The Stoneman Commander's reaction was just the opposite, but he was not too panicked. It was obvious that he had encountered a similar situation before.

While sending the Stoneman heavy infantry to intercept, he withdrew the Stoneman legion that was engaged in battle and prepared to retreat.

At the same time, the Stoneman Magician also began to change the surrounding environment, making the dust in it become more.

(End of this chapter)