The Hittite army had a large number of soldiers, but the Butcher, who had activated the Decay skill, was like a heavy tank spewing poisonous gas. All enemies who entered the Butcher's melee range were slowed down, and their HP dropped rapidly.
Hittite slave soldiers who were weaker than ordinary soldiers often died from the poisonous gas in a few seconds. After they died, they would trigger the Butcher's Slaughterhouse passive skill, which would constantly restore their HP.
Each dead Hittite slave soldier could restore 5 to 10 HP for the Butcher. In the process of Bai Xiaowen's charge, several slave soldiers died every second! Although the Butcher had activated the Decay skill, and his HP was constantly being damaged by the poison, his HP was maintained at a healthy level under the nourishment of the Slaughterhouse passive skill.
This was the "perpetual motion machine" strategy that Bai Xiaowen had once envisioned. As long as there were enough fragile monsters around, the Butcher could keep activating the Decay skill and repeatedly deduct HP from the monsters. It could be called a perpetual motion machine.
As for the elite Hittite officers, if they rushed up, Li Shuyi, Wrath Claw, and Bai Xiaowen would naturally surround and kill them quickly, not giving them a chance to get close to the Butcher.
The Egyptian General Sang Pu's fierce reputation had attracted a large number of Hittite soldiers. The pressure on the team led by Bai Xiaowen was greatly reduced.
It was not until they were 200 steps away from Huo Limu that he felt threatened. He shouted loudly and ordered the slave soldiers to protect him. There were even two Rare Elite Hittite generals leading the team.
However, it was useless. Bai Xiaowen's Deterrence skill, which had just been upgraded, made Huo Limu's temporary deployment meaningless. The summoned creatures rushed into Huo Limu's melee range. As soon as the evil spirits appeared, they immediately used Mana Drain!
The reason why Bai Xiaowen let Bassoon go was that he wanted to keep some cards up his sleeve to deal with the situation on the battlefield. The Hittite legion had a clear advantage on the battlefield, and in a battle of tens of thousands of people, the role of Bai Xiaowen and Bassoon was actually very small. The only way to win was to leave some cards up their sleeves and kill the enemy's commander.
Huo Limu was a Level-8 strength-type leader. His strength was as high as 75 points. Through Bai Xiaowen's observation, he could see that Huo Limu had three battle skills. One was a large-scale support army skill, and the other was an individual damage output skill. He was very strong.
However, Huo Limu's Spiritual Power was low, only 19 points.
Sensing the rapid loss of his mental strength, Huo Limu roared. Within two hundred meters of him, the Hittite soldiers rushed over while howling. Their bodies were also covered in a layer of blood-red halo!
Battle Skill — Command Roar. Allies in the area will receive 20% less damage and deal 20% more damage. Lasts for 15 seconds!
After using this skill, Huo Limu's Spiritual Power dropped rapidly. By the time the Vengeance skill ended, it had fallen to 2 points. Although he was not stunned, he could no longer use any skills. He had completely become a super infantryman.
The Wrath Claw looked up to the sky and howled. Bai Xiaowen and the others also emitted a blood-red glow, increasing their damage and attack speed by 20%! Although there was no damage reduction effect, the effect lasted for a full 30 seconds.
After the Butcher received the damage bonus, the damage of his Decay skill also increased. It just so happened to restrain the damage reduction buff on the Hittite slave soldiers! Although the Hittite slave soldiers had a damage increase, they could not rush into the Butcher's melee range. So, what was the use of it?
Huo Limu's big move was perfectly offset by the Wrath Claw's Howl skill. Subsequently, Huo Limu, who had fallen into a state of lack of Spiritual Power, encountered a great crisis!
The Wrath Claw, the Skeleton Warriors, the Shadow Assassin, Kitts, and other powerful summoned creatures had rushed to Huo Limu's side. Li Shuyi followed closely behind. After killing several of Huo Limu's elite guards, he directly surrounded them and began to beat them up.
On the periphery, the Butcher kept using his Decay skill. Wherever he rushed, the slave soldiers there would be defeated and unable to form a battle formation. The position of the commander of the Hittite army had been forcibly cleared out, making it convenient for Bai Xiaowen and the others to surround and kill them.
On the other side, due to Bai Xiaowen's sudden advance, the Hittite officers and soldiers besieging Sang Pu and the others retreated to defend.
Sang Pu, who was wearing a golden nose ring, was also very loyal. He led the remaining Pharaoh elite guards to counterattack, holding back the Hittite officers so that they could not return to protect the commander of the legion.
Time passed minute by minute, and under the siege of Bai Xiaowen and the others, Huo Limu's HP dropped rapidly. His ordinary attacks were powerful, but the summoned creatures took turns to take the damage and maintained a state of being injured but not dying.
… …
On the shore of the Oronte River, a group of people was watching the battle from a distance on a stone hill about a few kilometers away from the battlefield.
Bai Xiaowen was very familiar with these people. They were the head of the Ptah legion, Samet, and his trusted aides.
"Those three guys escaped just like that?" Seeing Zalen and the others flee one after another, Samet hit the stone wall angrily. "They even vowed that they could take Ramses's head for me!"
"Master, the current situation of the battlefield is still the Hittites' advantage. Ramses may not be able to escape alive," Nat said.
"Fortunately, Master ordered the Ptah army to camp away from the battlefield. The officers loyal to Ramses still don't know about the battle that broke out under Kadesh City. Otherwise, they would have asked to join the battle, "someone said.
Samet nodded slightly and frowned. "If it's confirmed that Ramses won't die, I can only lead the army to support him …"
"Master! The two people who repelled Zalen are attacking again! They're trying to kill the Hittites' commander directly! "Nat exclaimed.
"Damn it, they won't succeed!" Of course, Samet knew what it meant to be the commander of an army. He looked up and saw Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi leading their summoned creatures to attack the Hittites' front line.
"Where did these two people come from? They are definitely not ordinary hunters. Could they be trusted aides trained by Ramses and placed under my command? "Samet murmured.
… …
Huo Limu's last bit of HP was emptied. He looked up at the sky blankly and knelt on the ground.
"Glory to the Hittites …"
With a plop, Huo Limu fell to the ground. A large golden treasure chest condensed and was picked up by Li Shuyi who was closest to him.
Bai Xiaowen immediately ordered the skeleton warriors to cut down the commander's flag that Huo Limu was guarding and shouted, "Huo Limu is dead! The Hittites have been defeated! "
General Sang Pu, who was not far away, also responded after a short pause. He ordered the elite guards around him to shout the same lines.
The Hittite soldiers were a little stunned. Seeing the commander's flag fall, the morale of the entire army plummeted. Some slave soldiers even threw down their weapons and prepared to escape.
However, at this moment, cheers broke out again under Kadesh City in the north.
"Long live the king! Long live Muwatalis! "
Bai Xiaowen hurriedly looked back and saw a king's flag fluttering in the wind under Kadesh City. A large number of well-equipped and well-trained Hittite soldiers rushed into the battlefield. The weak defensive line around the Pharaoh Ramses immediately collapsed.
At this critical moment, the Hittite king, Muwatalis, led his personal guards — the main force of the Hattusa legion — to the battlefield and entered the battle!
The two kings looked at each other across the air. Muwatalis was riding a tall armored horse. The spear in his hand was pointed at Ramses from afar. "This will be your burial ground, invader!" he said in a deep voice.
"This is the land of Egypt!" Although the situation was somewhat unfavorable, Ramses did not show any weakness.
Muwatalis let out a long laugh, and the attendant beside him suddenly blew a rhythmic horn. With their commander killed, the soldiers of the Khleb legion, who had lost their will to fight, seemed to have found their backbone. They shouted and launched a counterattack.
"Go back and protect the king!" Having done so much, Bai Xiaowen certainly could not sit back and watch Ramses die. Together with Sang Pu and the remaining elite guards, he turned around and rushed to the battlefield in the north.
Ramses stood on the golden chariot and commanded the Egyptian soldiers, who quickly retreated to defend. The Hittite army, which had a clear advantage in terms of numbers, combined the two legions and surrounded the Egyptian army.
"Warriors! This is a righteous war to reclaim our homeland. The glory of Amon shines on you. The great Egypt is invincible! "
Ramses spoke loudly. It was as infectious as a political speech.
Bai Xiaowen wanted to complain. He knew that the Pharaoh liked to use propaganda as a weapon, but this was the battlefield. What was the use of saying this?
Notification from the Spiritual World:
"You have been stimulated by Ramses. Movement Speed and Attack Speed increased by 15%, damage taken decreased by 15%, and your sense of pain is greatly weakened. Lasts for 600 seconds."
"… Society … Society …"
Looking at the excited Egyptian soldiers around him, Bai Xiaowen quickly apologized in his heart. So, political speeches were really useful! What a perverted Army buff. The key was that it lasted for ten minutes! In comparison, the buffs of the Wrath Claw and Horimu were much weaker.
However, the Hittite king, Muwatalis, was not a pushover either. He also activated an Army buff. The soldiers of both sides entered a frenzied state. Soldiers fell continuously, and blood dyed the ground red.
The situation was grim. Ramses' four giant lions were forced to charge to the frontlines.
"I still have to invest a little more …"
Bai Xiaowen muttered and tore open a scroll.
[Fire Demon Prayer Scroll: Grade-A tool. Adds a Fire Demon Prayer status to nearby allies. Attacks add 1-3 Fire Damage (Ignores Defense). Lasts for 60 minutes.]
This was an Army Level tool from the Three Kingdoms. Although the additional Fire Damage was not high, the Ignores Defense was worthy of a Grade-A rating. More importantly, it lasted for a long time and had a large range!
The initial range was 100 meters, and it would expand as the user's Spiritual Power increased! With Bai Xiaowen's Spiritual Power of 60 +, it was enough to cover the entire Egyptian defense line.
In an instant, the weapons of the Egyptian soldiers lit up, and the entire army increased their attack power.
As Bai Xiaowen was right beside Ramses, the Pharaoh saw the scene of him tearing open the scroll. Ramses shouted, "This is the glory of the Sun God! This is Amon's blessing! Egypt will win! "
"Long live the Pharaoh! Egypt will win! "
The fanatical Egyptian soldiers shouted slogans as they resisted the Hittite army, which was twice their size, and continued to fight.
Bai Xiaowen felt a trace of fatigue. He could not remember how many elite Hittite officers he had killed, and the number of summoned creatures under his control was decreasing.
The Skeleton Swordsman, the Shadow Assassin, and the Skeleton Warrior had died …
The Wrath Claw had Life Sharing, Kitts had Bloodthirst, and the Butcher had Slaughterhouse … The three of them had not fallen. The worst was the Butcher, whose HP was still above the healthy line. As for Kitts and the Wrath Claw, their HP had fallen below 40%, and they had to retreat.
As a melee fighter, Li Shuyi was even more exhausted. She was not like the undead summoned creatures, who did not know fatigue. She did not know how many times she had attacked, and her arms were sore and numb. She was relying on her willpower to support herself.
Fortunately, Li Shuyi still had the Ring of Nothingness and Shadowless Slash as her trump cards. She could retreat from the battlefield in a critical moment, so there was no need to worry about her safety.
In this kind of battle with tens of thousands of people, the strength of an individual was very small. Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi could charge into the formation and kill the head of a legion, but they would also have to use a lot of trump cards. At this time, it was impossible for them to carry out any decapitation tactics, such as killing the Hittite King Muwatalis.
Woo woo woo …
On the south side of the battlefield, a horn sounded, and chariots drove in, followed by a phalanx of Egyptian infantry.
After a long battle, the reinforcements they had been waiting for finally arrived. It was the Seth Legion, an army named after the evil god Seth. It was also a veteran army, and its combat power was not much worse than the Amon Legion.
The Egyptian soldiers rejoiced, but they were not happy for long. Rolling iron once again emerged under the city of Kadesh. The third legion of the Hittites, the Kusar Legion, had entered the battle.
Moreover, the Kusar Legion also brought bad news. For the Egyptians, it could not be worse.
The other Egyptian legion, the Lai Legion, had been ambushed by the Kusar Legion and had been scattered! The reinforcements of the Lai Legion could no longer be counted on. The Pharaoh's plan had been severely thwarted.
King Muwatalis loudly announced the news of the Lai Legion being ambushed and defeated, so as to reduce the morale of the Egyptian side.
However, the Kusar Legion had also paid a heavy price, and many of its soldiers were injured.
Coupled with the physical exhaustion from the rapid march, the Kusar Legion could not be considered a fresh army, but a tired one. The situation of the war had fallen into a state of anxiety.
"This time … it will be difficult to take down Kadesh …"
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