He had to wait no matter how urgent it was. Without precise coordinates, it was impossible to find the specific location of the temple in the vast Purgatory Desert.
Both Kushui Commandery and Metatlin City were short of resources now. There were not only seeds of the tree of god in the temple, but also many rare materials. If he found the main temple, he might be able to measure more precise coordinates and excavate the rest of the temples.
If some temples were under Salin and Rex's control, they could be developed immediately.
Salin had obtained a large number of magic cores and metal materials the first time he entered the temple. He hadn't finished using them yet. If he could find all 24 temples, even if half of them were not discovered, it would be a huge fortune.
Salin also had a feeling that all the things left in the temples were different. Rex had obtained a huge fortune, and he had obtained magic cores. If he could enter the temple earlier, he could get a batch of Great Demons.
But those Great Demons were all dead, and Nelis had used them as food. Even their bones were not left to be used to make equipment.
If he could get the skeleton of a giant, it would be comparable to the metal Titan that Rex caught. There was nothing that Water Flame Alchemy couldn't refine.
Salin and Rex were determined to get the temple. They couldn't return to Metatlin City with their tails between their legs. If they did that, Salin might as well stay in the Pink Legion's temple for a few more days and cut all the metalized iron rocks and the special door.
Rex finally got a metal Titan. He lost a large number of scrolls, but Salin didn't get anything.
At night, Rex sent an extra mage to watch the flying puppet. This flying puppet moved more than ten times a day. Each time, it could stay in the air for less than an hour. After it was taken back, it had to be repaired before it could be used again. If it didn't consume low-level magic cores, Rex wouldn't use it so frequently.
The bright moon hung in the sky, and the temperature dropped rapidly. The air in Black Rock Mountain was dry. There was no frost, but the air that came out of the mouth was white.
"Humph!" One of the two mages on night watch snorted and frowned. The other mage also opened his eyes. He was resting when the mage next to him suddenly suffered a mental attack. He could no longer see what was being transmitted from the magic formation.
The flying puppet was being attacked, and it was by a human!
In all the tents, the magic alarms were ringing. The swordsmen calmly put on their magic armor. The Spirit Snake Armor didn't need the help of the auxiliary soldiers.
The four demons didn't take off their armor at all. They stayed in Sallin's tent and guarded him from all sides. When the magic alarm rang, none of the four demons got up and continued to sit around Sallin.
Is it finally here? Salin sat up and put on his magic robe.
"Master, don't worry about it. Let's take a look at the magic armor's performance first," Nelis reminded Salin. Although Rex was a reliable friend, he still had to understand the people and forces around her if he wanted to be in a relationship.
After spending so much time together, Rex finally took out the Spirit Snake Armor, which immediately made Nelis more wary.
Salin smiled and did not say anything. He was also controlling two construct puppets to monitor the situation on the nearby hillside. Of course, he could clearly see the situation outside at any time. As soon as the magic alarm sounded, he contacted the puppet.
"Let's go see Sicar. You go and call Zola. Maybe it's the main force." Salin ordered Nelis to do it.
The four demons followed him to Sicar's tent. Sicar was alone now. It wasn't that she was avoiding anything, but that she had been working hard to refine the monster's skeleton. The magic alarm sounded, but Sicar ignored it. Other than the ten swordsmen and two sword saints, Rex had also set up a large number of battle puppets nearby.
These battle puppets had the combat power of half a flag regiment. Their performance was similar to skeleton soldiers, and they would not be afraid of most physical attacks. Even if they lost their heads, they could still fight under the command of the mages. Sicar was not stupid. She would not risk her life for someone other than Salin. Let the puppets take care of it first.
The Black Rock Mountain area was very large. The place where Salin and the others had set up camp was slightly higher and narrower. It was not suitable for cavalry to charge. The sound of the ground shaking came from the south. It was not uniform, but it was shocking.
The ten swordsmen and two black iron sword saints all got on the skeleton warhorses. The mages returned to the magic chariots. The soldiers on the warhorses took out the two parts of the bladed spear from their holsters and connected them together, waiting for Rex's orders.
Everyone was very calm. This was what Salin envied the most. He hadn't been like this when he had led the pirates on the march. Although the pirates were no longer disorderly, they were still disorganized, like scattered soldiers.
The sound of hooves became clearer. A blood cloud seemed to be rolling in from the distance, flying close to the ground toward the camp.
"Attack!" Rex quickly calculated the distance. Before the enemy could get close, he ordered his soldiers to counterattack. The two black iron sword saints didn't hesitate. They led the ten swordsmen and charged out, leaving the entrance to the camp to Violent Bear.
On the battlefield, sword saints often led elite soldiers to counterattack, but they would always leave a reserve team. Rex's reserve team only had one person, so she wasn't worried. The metal supports around the camp were all sharp spikes. The enemy couldn't climb over with their bare hands, and the warhorses couldn't jump over either.
The twelve riders charged toward the blood cloud like a black wind. The blood cloud was actually thousands of knights in red armor. These knights' warhorses didn't have armor, but they were also blood red. Their skin was damaged and dripping blood.
The Blood Knights of the Vatican had finally appeared, and the vanguard was the size of a flag regiment.
The two black iron sword saints felt that something was wrong. They threw the bladed spears in their hands over a hundred meters away. The ten swordsmen behind them did the same without hesitation. The twelve bladed spears accurately hit the chests of the twelve blood knights. The powerful inertia allowed the bladed spears, which weren't infused with sword aura, to pierce through the chests of the blood knights.
The hearts of the twelve blood knights were pierced, and they fell off their warhorses. The two black iron sword saints took down the large shields from the skeletal warhorses and drew their double-edged serrated blades. The ten swordsmen behind them drew their blades at the same time and charged into the blood knights' formation.
The smell of blood made the swordsmen restless. Fortunately, they were riding on skeletal warhorses and weren't affected. Otherwise, they would've fallen off their horses long ago.
After the skeletal warhorses were equipped with metal armor, their weight increased by a third. The huge inertia carried the twelve riders directly through the blood knights' formation. The double-edged serrated blades danced up and down, aiming for the blood knights' necks. This required great skill. Without the skeletal warhorses, such a slash would require a lot of strength or sword aura.
Thump … Thump …
The war drums sounded in the distance. About a kilometer away, there were mages beating the war drums, urging the blood knights to kill.
The blood knights of this division didn't have the same weapons. They had all kinds of weapons. After the twelve riders charged into the blood knights' formation, they wanted to turn back, but they lost the inertia of charging and fell into a stranglehold.
The two black iron sword saints reacted quickly. The double-edged serrated blades were more suitable for fighting the blood knights than the bladed spears. As long as the blood knights' hearts weren't shattered or their heads were chopped off, they could still fight.
The warhorses' hooves became chaotic. Rex's expression turned ugly. Of course, her twelve riders weren't trapped, but it was impossible for them to delay this division's cavalry. Those blood knights could still fight even though they were injured.
The double-edged serrated blades could cut through the air, but her cavalry was too few. Even if she had a brigade, the result wouldn't be like this.
Hundreds of blood knights passed by Rex's cavalry and charged towards the camp.
Rex's battle puppets lined up behind Violent Bear, waiting for the enemy to attack. These battle puppets were almost three meters tall, and they wouldn't be at a disadvantage against the cavalry. Violent Bear was more than two meters tall even without a horse. Riding on a skeletal warhorse, he could fight the blood knights from a commanding position.
Violent Bear started waving his battle axe. It was his first time meeting such an opponent, and he was a little nervous. Fortunately, the battle puppets standing behind him didn't have any negative emotions. The camp was silent.
The blood knights quickly closed in to less than a hundred meters. The mages all activated their traps, and almost half of the blood knights fell into the magic traps. Earth spikes, swamps, freezing, burning, and other effects appeared. The blood-colored warhorses whined and fell, but they didn't die.
The blood knights who fell into the traps were obviously seriously injured, but under the urging of the war drums, they only charged forward with all their might.
It was said that magical beasts were scary, but people were even scarier when they went crazy. The hundreds of blood knights were hit by the magic traps, and only a dozen or so managed to keep their warhorses. The rest continued to charge towards the camp with broken limbs and bodies covered in fire. Salin saw all this through the construction puppets, and his heart went cold.
He didn't know if they were the Tanggulas captives or the missing barbarians under the red armor. Their wills had long been out of control, and they'd been turned into puppets by the mages.
The Blood Knights were like sacrificial warriors. They relied on their physical bodies to survive the magic traps.
The mages were shocked too. No matter how strong an ordinary person was, they would lose their ability to fight after being burned by magic flames. What kind of magic could they use to deal with these red monsters?
Rex regretted not subduing the Metal Titan. Low-level Petrification would be a good weapon against these things.
Since the charge didn't work, the two Black Iron Sword Saints activated the magic formation in their helmets and gave orders to the ten swordsmen.
"Go back. Behead all the enemies!" With that, a powerful sword aura exploded from their bodies, and they used their shields to knock away the blood knights. They opened a bloody path and led the ten swordsmen back to the camp.
"Princess, we …" a level-five mage asked Rex, wanting to help.
"Don't move first. Those puppets can take care of this group of flags. There are still mages behind us. I can smell their damned scent.
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