The second line of defense.
Seeing that Arius, Chino, Hilario, and the others had retreated safely, Red Archbishop Nero felt a little better.
He was afraid that the retreat would cause a series of failures.
"Let's stay here for a while!" Hugo volunteered.
Arius also stayed.
Amon and Vergil, the two ascetics, did not retreat. He did not want to go up the wall to avoid the battle.
Compared to the ascetics who were willing to sacrifice their lives for their companions, Arius felt that he did not make much of a contribution.
Chino, Lario, and the others stepped forward to replace Josiah and David, giving them a chance to catch their breath. "You guys go, we are enough to handle the monsters in the canyon!"
Bord and Thomas joined the battle.
They hoped that Josiah could rest as soon as possible, because the following battle would not stop just because the expedition team avoided the battle.
On the contrary.
The following battle would be even more difficult.
"Damn, the monsters here are at least ten times more than in our sacred realm!" David was really tired. The bloody battles he had experienced before were like child's play compared to this. Fortunately, he had strong willpower, and he wanted to win over more people while Bloody Mary was not around. Therefore, on the surface, his morale was still high. Other than secretly complaining in his heart, he did not show any signs of depression in front of others.
"The monsters here are not inferior to the Canyon of Death!" Josiah was referring to the Canyon of Death where all the insectoids had evolved after the bombardment of a hundred big firecrackers, not the one that could be "visited" before the collapse.
"Mr. Wood did not make it in time …" Hugo knew that Bloody Mary would not disappear halfway. She must have brought the news.
Mr. Wood did not make it in time.
This proved that the rear was also attacked by the monster tide.
As for whether there were ugly monsters like the Devourer, Hugo had no way of knowing. He could only judge that the rear was not in a good situation, or else Mr. Wood would have led reinforcements.
Cardinal Nero was thinking about the safety of the Silver Spoon Wise Man, Jehan.
He slightly regretted letting Jehan lead the way for Bloody Mary.
What if there was an accident?
That would be an unbearable and irreparable loss for the Eden Army.
They held their ground against the monster's attack for nearly ten minutes until the two ascetic mentors, Amon and Vergil, arrived.
"Amon!" Cardinal Nero's eyes dimmed.
Although the Ascetics were not his own faction.
However, they were still part of the Eden Army.
Most importantly …
They never complained and never fought for power. Unlike the Hermit Monks, the Ascetics would never violate the laws of the Eden Army, let alone stand in the open and say otherwise. A group of taciturn and pious companions, a group of companions who were trustworthy at all times, just like that, in order to protect the existence of the entire expedition team, they calmly gave up their lives …
"This is our destiny. It is our greatest honor to serve our Lord!" Amon said calmly.
"Death is just a release!" Vergil also shook his head.
"May the Lord bless every devout believer, illuminate their dark path ahead, guide them in the direction they are lost, and let them enter the holy and pure land of eternal life under the guidance of the Holy Light!" Cardinal Nero knew that the two ascetic mentors did not plan to return alive.
No wonder they had previously agreed to lead the disciples into the holy land. It turned out that from the beginning, they had decided to free themselves on the pilgrimage.
He could not stop the ascetics from sacrificing themselves.
Firstly, it was precisely because of these ascetics that the entire expedition team was protected. Secondly, this was the highest ideal of the ascetics. Even if they wanted to stop it, they would not succeed!
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom …
A series of explosions came from the first stone wall.
Even someone as strong-willed as Nero could not help but lower his head and silently draw the sign of the cross for the ascetics who sacrificed themselves.
"Go up the stone wall, we need to continue holding on!" Arius automatically took over Nero's command. He asked everyone to climb up the stone wall to avoid the chaotic battle, while he and Hilario held on until the last moment.
"Nero!" Chino could not help but yell when he saw that Cardinal Nero was still on the broken wall of the second line of defense. He and Nero were usually rivals, but at this time, he did not want to see Nero in danger. The Eden Army could have internal strife, but it would not happen in the underground world.
"No matter what the test is, my heart will not waver!" Cardinal Nero shook his head at Chino. He quickly adjusted his mentality and personally led Amon and Vergil to the position that the Eden Army had prepared for them.
Long Rock Canyon.
When Arius and Hilario climbed up the stone wall, the Devouring Demon rushed in like a tidal wave.
The Devouring Demon led all kinds of monsters of various sizes and rushed in like a tidal wave. They easily smashed the second wall that had yet to close up and broke it into pieces.
Roar roar roar …
A Devouring Demon roared angrily at the humans on the stone wall.
It had a height of seven to eight meters, but it could not attack the human targets that were at least thirty meters above the stone wall. It could not even jump.
On the other hand, the Thornback Hellhounds were experts at climbing walls. They wanted to escape from the Devouring Demon, but for some reason, there seemed to be an invisible voice yelling at them. Other than the Thornback Hellhounds, the Flowerback Spiders and other monsters also seemed to have received some kind of command. They all rushed to the stone walls on both sides like a tidal wave, continuing to attack the humans on the top.
It was different from the first line of defense.
The slanted stone wall gave the humans a great geographical advantage.
Moreover, the humans had already found a suitable gap on the stone wall. They had the geographical advantage, the high ground, and all kinds of sharp weapons. They could easily defeat the monsters that climbed up.
The only weakness of the human exploration team was that due to the height, the exploration team at the top could not participate in the battle.
On the other hand, the exploration team at the bottom was pressured by the tide of monsters from the beginning.
"Hold on, we have the geographical advantage!" Hugo kept waving his steel shield, sweeping down the monsters that climbed up.
"Watch the top, they will take a detour!" Chino was on the opposite side of the stone wall. He quickly realized that these monsters were intelligent creatures. They did not always attack from below. Many of the monsters saw that their attacks from below were blocked, so they immediately took a detour and attacked from above, or from any other angle.
"Ah!"
One of the exploration team members who was shooting arrows from below did not pay attention to the top, and was bitten by the Flowerback Spider.
Without waiting for its companions to beg, the Flowerback Spider had forcibly dragged its prey away.
As it dragged, it gathered its web.
It wrapped the prey in layers.
By the time it reached the top of the stone wall, the exploration team member had disappeared. All that was left was a huge white spider web.
"Poisonous bee!" A poisonous bee the size of a fist quietly approached. The exploration team members who were stung either went crazy from the pain and jumped out of the stone wall, or opened their mouths to bite their companions like madmen. They had completely lost their rationality.
"Fire, I want more fire!" Chino led the Guardian Knights to the various cracks on the stone wall, constantly rescuing their companions who were in danger. However, the scattered terrain limited their range of movement. Some of the cracks that they had initially thought to be the safest were unable to call for help in a short period of time if they encountered an enemy and did not have enough people to throw out ropes.
The flamethrower played a huge role.
Countless monsters were scalded by it.
They screamed and fell down the canyon.
Especially spiders, poisonous bees, and some other insect-type monsters. They were extremely afraid of fire.
"What, what the hell are those things?" Under the illumination of the light, there was a layer of dark cloud-like things descending rapidly. In a short while, they had already filled the canyon. The people who were a little further away didn't find it strange, but when they got closer, Bord, Thomas, and Josiah realized that these monsters were actually strange eagles with human skull-like faces.
These strange eagles had a wingspan of more than three meters. Their bodies were not much different from giant eagles, but their feathers had a strange metallic luster.
But their heads.
Although they had a curved, pointed beak.
They looked inexplicably similar to humans with hooked noses.
If one only looked at their bald heads, they would mistake them for human faces with hooked noses.
"There are too many of them!" Hugo saw the dark cloud of strange eagles that covered half of the Long Rock Canyon and could not help but exclaim, "There are too many of these things!"
"At least ten thousand!" Josiah's eyes were filled with despair. "We're in trouble!"
"I think there's more than ten thousand. Maybe twenty thousand. We're finished. Other than us, the leaders, the rest of us might all be wiped out!" David's eyes were turning. If things really could not be salvaged, he would definitely not give up his life for his subordinates! As the future leader of the Three Lions, he did not want to die here and unconditionally hand over his bright future and the scepter of ruling over the Three Lions to Bloody Mary. Of course, he would never say this out loud. Even if the last of his subordinates died, he would not be so stupid as to say such a thing.
He did not believe in anything in the world.
Whether it was the living or the dead.
Except for himself.
David did not believe in anyone.
"We have the geographical advantage. We can get through this! Any living thing will collapse after a certain amount of damage! " Hilario was the one who suggested going up the cliff to avoid the battle. He had never thought that the situation would turn out like this. However, he did not give up in the face of despair. Instead, he chose to hold on to the end.
"As long as you hold on, we will do our best!" Thomas knew that holding on was the best choice. Escape? There was no road to heaven and no door to hell!
Escaping would only make them die faster!
On the contrary.
Holding on would give them the geographical advantage.
Hugo looked at the pitch-black entrance of the canyon and sighed. "If only Mr. Wood could arrive with his team!"
"It's useless. There are too many monsters in the canyon. They're everywhere. Mr. Wood will only be sending his men to their deaths!" David did not think that Lin Dong could turn the situation around.
"You've never fought alongside him. You don't know. He's a person who can create miracles at any time!" Hugo shook his head.
"Unless he's God, there's no way out of this situation!" David was very unhappy.
He did not like to hear any information about Lin Dong.
In particular, Hugo's blind trust and admiration made him feel an indescribable jealousy in his heart.
Hugo did not argue with David.
He did not want to tell David.
Back in Purgatory.
There was a dilemma that was far more desperate than today's.
The remnants of humanity were blocked in a small valley without any geographical advantage. There were monsters far stronger than humans in front and behind them. The leaders of the monsters had intelligence far beyond the monsters in the Land of the Fallen. Those monsters even knew how to use tactics … However, in front of Mr. Wood, they were defeated like leaves swept away by the autumn wind!
This was Mr. Wood!
Hugo knew.
David had an extremely strong hostility towards Mr. Wood. But no matter where David's jealousy came from, he had no right to question Mr. Wood, let alone challenge Mr. Wood. It was just that this proud "King David" of the Three Lions had not realized this!
At this time.
Five kilometers away from Long Rock Canyon.
Lin Dong led the special combat team forward and finally saw Long Rock Canyon in the distance.
"God bless, there's still light in the canyon!" Silver Spoon Wise John cried tears of joy. He was afraid that he would come back to see darkness.
"Where there's light, there's hope. Let's continue forward!" Lin Dong glanced at Griffon and the rest. "Next, let's do a test. Five points is considered excellent, three points or less are unqualified. Before the end of the battle, every monster captured will get one point. If you are seriously injured in battle, three points will be deducted. If you lose your combat ability or faint, regardless of your previous performance, five points will be deducted. Genetic warriors with excellent results can choose my next gene reagent. Those who don't pass will go back and train in isolation for a year! "
"Does an ant count as a type of monster?" Griffon caught a small ant from his shoe and had an idea.
"What do you think?" Lin Dong did not even bother to look at him.
"Definitely not!" Griffon immediately crushed the small ant with his finger and showed his determination with a face full of righteousness. "Lord God, I will help you supervise. No one can use small animals to get away with it! It must be a real monster. I promise you, I will stare at each and every one of you with my bright eyes! "
"You should keep an eye on yourself first, Mr. Griffin who tried to steal a chicken but failed and still pretended to be a good guy!" Fox could not help but ridicule this treasure.
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