There, he sensed three powerful auras. There were three players who had descended with their true bodies at the edge of the ruins that seemed to have been activated … They seemed to be confronting each other.
He recognized one of the three. It was the player who had almost blocked him at the entrance of a dungeon. At this time, he was standing motionless outside the Undead Ruins on a hero's warhorse. His whole body was covered in a layer of white light. The other two players who had descended with their true bodies were standing in front of him, one on his left and one on his right. They were also covered in white light.
At the same time, he noticed that the two players who had descended with their true bodies each shot out a white beam of light that was as thick as an arm at Li Wenze. There were more than ten subordinates beside them. There were players and native heroes, and they were all looking at them nervously and expectantly.
"Is this a one-versus-two duel?"
At this time, he saw a player suddenly rush out of the forest not far away. He rushed to the edge of the Undead Ruins while the others were unprepared. He quickly summoned all his troops and disappeared into the thick fog.
"It's really activated?"
Lin Xiao knew that the Undead Ruins had not been activated before, so it was just an ordinary ruin during the day and would only be activated at night.
However, it was now daytime, and the ruins were already in an activated state.
But what surprised him more was that the subordinates of the three players clearly had enough time to mobilize troops to stop him, but they did not stop him. They just blocked him symbolically and let him enter.
Lin Xiao rubbed his chin and thought for a while. He secretly went around from the other side.
Soon, he arrived at the edge of the ruins. The guards did not notice him. Although they were puzzled, they did not hesitate to rush into the thick Undead Ruins.
As he moved, a few players immediately noticed him, but they ignored him. They just glanced at him and looked away.
Lin Xiao looked in that direction curiously, but a sudden notification shocked him and made him stop.
Maybe because he was close enough, when he looked again, another notification popped up. The three players who had descended with their true bodies were in a full-scale battle, or rather, the other two were invading Li Wenze's Divine Territory.
Yes, it was not a battle between hero units, but a full-scale invasion of the three Divine Territories. In other words, it was a battle of life and death.
This was a battle method that could only be used when the real body descended. Lin Xiao had only heard of it before, but he had never seen it before. Under this mode, both Divine Territories would be fully connected, and the Divine Territories would directly invade the enemy's Divine Territory, killing the enemy's spawn and plundering their resources.
Regardless of whether they were attackers or defenders, if they were defeated, all of their spawns would be killed, and all of the resources in the entire Divine Realm would be plundered. Even their true bodies would be at risk of dying.
This kind of fighting style of either getting rich or dying in one wave was not uncommon in the ruins. Those who dared to come with their real bodies were risking their lives. Who cared if they would offend someone? As long as there was a chance, they would take a bite out of it.
For some reason, this Li Wenze had been caught by the other two and was now facing a life and death situation.
Outside the Wanxiang Ruins, countless people were watching this live broadcast. Long before the two God's Territories connected, the bookmakers had already placed bets on this battle. Among them, Li Wenze's odds of winning were as high as one to two hundred. From this, it was clear that they were not optimistic about him.
At this moment, the three men's subordinates were both nervous and expectant. This kind of life and death battle of a full-scale invasion was much more interesting than guarding the Undead Ruins. After all, they did not have the ability to enter.
After receiving this information, even Lin Xiao himself was greatly curious. He was eager to take a few steps forward to watch the battle.
In the Lin Family Fort, Lin Haolin was stunned when he saw his son appear at the edge of the live broadcast. He could not help but crush the teacup in his hand, spilling tea all over the floor.
When Jin Yunzhu saw this, she crushed the crystal in her hand with a 'bang'. She ran up to her husband and grabbed his hand with an anxious look on her face.
"Hubby, our son can't be …"
Father Lin patted his wife's hand and comforted her.
"Don't worry, he won't be so impulsive. He's probably just curious to watch."
However, she was still very worried. Just as she was about to ask something, Lin Xiao happened to stop in his tracks.
He suddenly remembered that someone had already entered the ruins. If he just watched the show, the ruins might be taken by someone else first. After thinking for a while, he decided to enter the Undead Ruins and snatch the treasure first.
Although there was no limit to the number of people who could enter the ruins, only one person could obtain the treasure. Whoever got it first would get it.
As soon as he entered the ruins, a piercing chill hit him in the face. However, it was much weaker than before.
This was normal. After all, he had two treasures that could increase resistance. One was the Stone Man's Heart, which increased magic resistance by 10%. The Devil's Wrath, which increased resistance to negative statuses by 10%. The Death Aura's corrosion was also considered a negative status, so it added up to 20% resistance. Coupled with a total of four points of Strategic Constitution, even the spearmen could withstand the corrosion of the Death Aura.
At this time, he did not find any ghosts in the ruins. However, after a minute, a notification popped up in front of him.
"The Undead Ruins' treasure will be activated in one minute. Once activated, you will not be able to exit …"
A countdown appeared in front of him.
Lin Xiao waited expressionlessly. At the same time, he checked his military strength.
50 Ironmen, 300 Elite Archers, 200 Elite Spearmen, and no Griffin Archers.
These things had been lost in the previous battles, and now there were less than 30 of them. They could not form a large scale, so their combat power was limited. It was better to replace it with twice the number of Elite Archers.
The countdown soon ended. The moment it reached zero, he felt the void in front of him begin to distort. Endless white light filled his vision. When he could see again, he found himself and his subordinates standing on the city wall of a city.
The sun was shining brightly in the sky. Spearmen and Archers stood at intervals on the city wall. A cobblestone road extended from the city gate into the distance. Carriages, pedestrians, and patrolling troops walked on the road.
Outside the city was a flat grassland. Large tracts of cultivated farmland connected together. Many thatched huts were built at the edge of the farmland. The farmers were working hard in the fields.
Lin Xiao looked back and saw rows upon rows of houses in the city. People were weaving on the road. It was a bustling scene.
"The ruins before it was destroyed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the light screen in front of him opened. Lines of distorted words formed by light slowly appeared.
"A Level 3 Undead Hero has vowed to destroy this beautiful city. As a sacred Hero of the Holy Church, you need to protect the city from falling for a month."
"Hint: In this month, you will be the highest commander of the city. You have absolute command."
"Hint: The city's integrity cannot be lower than 75%."
"Hint: The survival rate of civilians cannot be lower than 75%."
"Hint: You will start the challenge at the same time as another challenger. The one with the highest completion rate will obtain the rights to the treasures in the ruins. The loser will be eliminated."
"Hint: If you exceed any of the minimum requirements, the challenge will fail. You will be trapped in the ruins and unable to escape."
"Hint: The Undead Vanguard will arrive in three days."
Lin Xiao looked back at the city again. He looked at the guards on both sides of the city wall. He felt that he could command these guards as if they were his own troops.
However, these guards were too few. The total number of guards in the city was not that many. Their total combat power might not even be as great as his subordinates.
His opponent was a Level 3 Undead Hero, who was many times stronger than him.
It was worth mentioning that the Undead Faction's basic skeletons were the weakest of all factions. However, their population was only half of the other factions' Level 1 troops. In other words, two skeletons would take up one population. This was also the origin of the Undead Faction's famous Skeleton Sea. The Undead Faction had the most troops of the same level.
Lin Xiao had three days to prepare. He did not do anything immediately. Instead, he sat on the back of a griffin and circled the entire map.
The space he was in now was a projection of the ruins' map. It reproduced the scene of the city before it was destroyed. The approximate area was with the city as the center, with a diameter of 30 kilometers by 30 kilometers.
At this time, there was no lush forest around the city. A large number of villages and farmlands were scattered around.
Lin Xiao observed the surrounding terrain and found that there was nothing he could use. There was not even a place for an ambush. He could only face it head-on.
To be precise, he could only defend the city and then counterattack.
To be more precise, he could only defend first.
Back in the city, Lin Xiao entered the City Lord's Mansion. He quickly issued several orders to the officials. First, he announced that the city was in a state of war. Then, he ordered all the civilians outside the city to enter the city. At the same time, he ordered all the food to be stored in the warehouse. The city was under martial law. All the food in the merchants' storage was stored in the warehouse.
Their dissatisfaction was a matter for the future. Right now, he had to get through this first.
After a round of looting, Lin Xiao looked at the warehouse full of food and nodded in satisfaction.
Not to mention other things, the food was definitely enough to last a month.
There was no opportunity for any tricks in this battle. He could only face it head-on and rely on the city's current military strength to resist.
In three days, Lin Xiao thought of all kinds of ways to increase his strength, including temporarily hiring guards from the rich merchants in the city. Most of them were of the first class, with a few of them being of the second or third class. Among them, he found ten fourth class swordsmen and two knights from a noble.
Fortunately, the enemies they were facing this time were the undead. They could not communicate with them at all. The rich merchants and nobles in the city were very enthusiastic and offered their family's wealth to help.
Three days passed quickly. Early in the morning, Lin Xiao appeared on the city wall with a group of original city officers. From afar, he saw a dark shadow slowly moving in their direction.
When it got closer, he saw that it was a mountain of skeletons and zombies. They stretched more than two thousand meters from the east to the west like a tide. Hundreds of ghosts gathered together and floated over. Lin Xiao's eyelids twitched at the sight.
A level three hero could command up to level five troops. The undead were level one skeletons, level two zombies, level three ghosts, level four vampires, and level five liches.
This undead hero had forty to fifty liches, about two hundred vampires, three to four hundred ghosts, and about a thousand zombies. The rest were skeletons. It looked like there were more than ten thousand of them. They covered the mountains and plains, making one's scalp tingle.
As for himself, he only had two hundred elite pikemen, three hundred elite archers, fifty iron men, and a smaller number of city guards. There were also a thousand or so guards of the rich merchants and nobles.
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