The Origin of Arcane

Sean signaled them to take the initiative to let some of the Twisted Nightmares in, and hand them over to the rapidly growing army of ant soldiers to defend the city in the initial lair.

Sean's transformation of the original lair is comprehensive.

The mage tower is just one of the core points.

During the construction of the mage tower, the ant soldiers born from the first ant queen were not idle.

Although they are not good at manipulating the power of the world tree like life sacrifices, they are good at digging holes.

Sean's ultimate goal is to empty out the original lair and turn it into a veritable battle fortress.

Once they entered the narrow passage, the fighting power of those flying nightmares would be greatly reduced.

The actual combat further verified this point.

Not only is the flying ability of the Flying Nightmare greatly reduced here, but the advantage in numbers is also limited.

No matter how many Twisted Nightmares will be blocked outside, they will become the star-up experience of the elite ant guards who stick here.

This tug of war lasted for two days and two nights.

Eight armies of Twisted Nightmare joined the siege of the original lair, and the number of each army was no less than tens of thousands.

The last branch is particularly large, being the sum of the first seven branches.

The leader is no longer the shadow general, but a shadow mastermind.

People are divided into three, six, and nine classes!

The Shadow Master is no exception.

Compared with the surrounding shadow masterminds, the two shadow masterminds that Xiao En killed outside the Emerald City and the original lair were as shabby as they really were.

The difference is as big as a baron in a backcountry and a duke with his army.

This shadow mastermind not only has an army of hundreds of thousands of twisted nightmares, his individual strength is also extremely terrifying, and he is in the state of a giant dragon—an ancient shadow dragon wrapped in shadow energy.

Compared with it, the bodies of the bright golden crane and the bright mantis immediately shrank a lot, turning into inconspicuous little peas.

Beside this ancient shadow dragon, there are two teams of twisted nightmares with special shapes. They are like a combination of birds and dragons, and their size is comparable to that of bright golden cranes.

Sean recognized it at a glance, the appearance of these shadow flying dragons looked far from the bright golden crane.

In fact, they are all the same at root, they all evolved from the giant shadow bird that chased and killed Sean earlier.

It's just that the reasons for upgrading and evolution are different.

From the shape point of view, these shadow flying dragons must have a direct relationship with the ancient shadow dragon, perhaps because they directly obtained the power bestowed by the other party.

This is the special ability given to Sean by the law of life rune, allowing him to trace the roots of these creatures.

Facing the ancient shadow dragons, the Bright Golden Crane and the others naturally couldn't carry out beheading tactics like before.

Instead, use the fastest speed to retreat to the edge of the city shield of the original lair, and you can retreat to the city shield at any time to find shelter to prevent being beheaded by the opponent.

Not only did the ancient shadow dragon fail to use this move, but after the appearance of the twisted nightmare army led by him, even the twisted nightmares that had already entered the original lair all retreated one after another, and lined up behind the ancient shadow dragon. , was neat and orderly.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao En has a high regard for the ancient shadow dragon, because the opponent's current posture is obviously to talk first before fighting.

Worse than twisted nightmares are twisted nightmares with minds.

The ancient shadow dragon flapped its wings lightly, and then appeared outside the city shield of the original lair, hovering there, an overwhelming coercion permeated the sky, and a majestic low whistle resounded through the sky, Surrender or die!

There are hundreds of thousands of twisted nightmares as the background, coupled with his huge size and natural dragon power.

The ancient shadow dragon fully interprets its might and arrogance.

I believe that most shadow creatures can't muster up the courage to resist in front of it, kneeling down and begging for surrender.

Xiao En didn't even show up, and silently answered the ancient shadow dragon that seemed to have a mind of its own.

Because there is no room for relaxation between the two sides at all-what is there to talk about between life and death?

Even if it is like the bright golden crane and the original ant queen, it is impossible to change the camp.

This stepping on the line of life and death is the privilege of those who own the entity.

Neither Twisted Nightmare nor Sean has it.

The former is composed of pure shadow energy, and there is only one result of allowing large-scale shadow energy to enter one's body, and that is destruction.

The same is true for Sean, because his body is not in this plane, and the body of law as his direct carrier is completely composed of positive energy.

It is estimated that this is also the reason why Goddess Abigail handed over the task to him with confidence. He can only advance in the plane of Abigail, but not retreat.

Kill them! The ancient shadow dragon who didn't get a response was furious. With an order, the twisted nightmare behind him rushed up like a tide.

boom!

Countless tiny crashing sounds merged into a terrifying sound wave.

The twisted nightmare army of the ancient shadow dragon crashed into an emerald green halo barrier.

The sniping of the Bright Golden Crane and the Bright Mantis still had some effect. At least the city shield of the last lair was rebuilt, and the mage tower was no longer directly exposed to the attack of the nightmare army.

The Twisted Nightmare, who was in close contact with the city's protective shield, basically didn't even have a chance to scream, and gasified on the spot.

However, there are enough twisted nightmares under the command of the ancient shadow dragon. They are like moths to the flame, and they are not afraid of death.

When there are enough moths, some of them will be killed by the bonfire, and the same bonfire may be covered by their corpses.

The current situation of the original nest clearly belongs to the latter.

The strength of the city's protective cover is directly related to its own territory, because it is related to the light of life provided by the world tree per unit time.

If it's just the Twisting Nightmare army's own attack, the city shield of the original lair can barely last for a while.

However, the ancient shadow dragon was obviously not satisfied with the attack speed of his subordinates, so he went off the field and launched an attack himself.

Destroy Dragon Breath.

A flaming dragon's breath spewed out.

It's just that the color of this dragon's breath is not fiery red, but is composed of the purest destructive power, presenting a deep gray tone.

The ancient shadow dragon didn't care much about the life and death of those ordinary twisted nightmares, and the dragon's breath of destruction passed directly through them.

For these twisted nightmares, Dragon Breath of Destruction is like the light of life was for the original queen ant, it is an out-and-out good thing.

If a small amount is absorbed, it will cause them to transform and mutate, and their strength will increase dramatically.

If the amount is too large, far exceeding their body load, they will be blasted abruptly and ignited by the way.

Wherever the dragon's breath of destruction passed, a very strange pattern appeared.

Those Twisted Nightmares not only did not dodge or evade, but rushed toward it excitedly. The Twisted Nightmare standing in the middle of the Destroying Dragon's Breath let out bursts of excited screams, as if being sprayed by the Destroying Dragon's Breath. an honor.

Those twisted nightmares are frantically absorbing the breath of the destructive dragon, and their shapes and appearances are changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This kind of change of them is not an irregular variation, but a clear evolutionary direction.

Dragon wings, dragon horns, dragon body, dragon tail...

They are all walking in the direction of the dragon, at least it is the direction change of the small shadow dragon.

There are only differences between individuals.

Some changed into dragon horns first, some formed dragon tails first, and some wings became dragon wings first...

It is precisely because of this difference that they look so varied and weird.

However, there are very few who really took the opportunity to transform into a small shadow dragon. Most of them were ignited by the flames of destruction during the transformation process of absorbing the breath of the destroying dragon, and fell into a raging burning, becoming the best combustion aid for the breath of the destroying dragon. .

There are also a small number of lucky ones who are on the verge of destroying the dragon's breath, absorbed the just right amount of destroying dragon's breath, and transformed into smaller shadow flying dragons.

This kind of transformation is obviously not limited to one's own strength and weakness, and has also greatly improved the IQ.

After these small shadow dragons completed their transformation, they no longer moved forward mindlessly, but turned their heads and flew to the guards led by the shadow dragons behind the ancient shadow dragon.

Obviously, they have now separated from the ranks of low-level cannon fodder and have been promoted to the ranks of high-level cannon fodder. Even consumables are high-end consumables.

Even if the twisted nightmare from the same source is like this, the city shield composed of its opposite energy will not be much better.

Soon, thick and long holes were forcibly burned out by the breath of the destroying dragon.

At this time, the shadow flying dragons following behind the ancient shadow dragon finally moved.

With a sharp neigh, he led the small shadow flying dragons behind him, passed through the big hole dissolved by the dragon's breath, and rushed towards the mage tower aggressively.

Wave!

Half a minute after the city's protective shield was broken, it flickered as a whole, and disappeared completely like a bubble.

Those twisted nightmares that were blocked outside rushed forward frantically.

But this flying charge lasted only a dozen seconds, and all the twisted nightmares, whether it was the shadow dragon or the locust nightmare, all involuntarily swirled and fell towards the ground.

What's even more weird is that during the process of their fall, their bodies are being materialized a little bit, not flesh and blood, but petrification similar to mudstone.

No matter how they flap their wings, there is no way to maintain their balance, let alone borrow from it.

Their current status seems to be overruled from the level of law.

The same is true.

The city shield that guarded the original lair didn't disappear completely, it just changed in a way.

The energy body turns into stone!

Deny flying!

Here is a new law that hangs over the first nest.

It has been said before.

Every tree city is actually a demiplane.

It looks like it's on this whole plane of Abigail, but it's not quite there.

The big rules are the same, but the small rules can be adjusted according to themselves.

It's just like the Emerald City, a city where people live, these rule adjustments are all used to suit the survival of the residents there.

The original lair under Xiao En's control naturally doesn't need to consider these, and can mobilize all the energy for fighting.

Adjust the rules around the initial nest to be the most favorable battlefield for your own arms.

This is the so-called home field advantage.

The law of double applies.

Those ordinary migratory locust nightmares basically didn't even have a chance to react.

Just like dumpling, it fell to the ground with a bang, and fell to pieces on the spot.

With this level of damage, there is no way to completely kill them.

But the problem is that they are still in a petrified state, and there is no way to freely deform and combine them like the energy state.

There are a large number of ant soldiers waiting in line below, and naturally they will not let go of this great opportunity to beat up the dogs in the water, and rush up to stab them.

Once these twisted nightmares are killed, they will no longer maintain the state of stone statues and dissipate on the spot.

This is where the laws of manipulation are most shameless.

It can be completely tailored according to your own needs.

This kind of local law change is naturally not as strong as the law of a huge plane, and it can be resisted to a certain extent through its own power.

Not to mention the ancient shadow dragons that have not yet entered it, even its fundamental younger brothers, the shadow dragons, can resist this pressure from the law through the form of shadow flames.

Although it did not reach the level of ignorance, it was obviously not as embarrassing as ordinary Twisted Nightmare. After staggering to stabilize its figure, it slid all the way to the ground. The shadow energy burning like a flame was even more against the power of law. Erosion, not to stone yourself.

And the most intuitive manifestation of this kind of confrontation is the intensified energy consumption in the mage tower that maintains the operation of these two laws.

But Xiao En didn't fight alone. The Bright Golden Crane and Bright Praying Mantis who had previously retreated to the original nest rushed out one after another, pecking and slashing at the shadow dragons.

Regardless of whether the energy is turned into stone or the air is forbidden, it is a universal law. It not only takes effect on the side of the Twisted Nightmare army, but also has the same effect on Xiao En's defenders.

Only Sean's side was less affected than the Twisted Nightmares due to their own structural and military problems.

Whether it is the bright golden crane with long legs, or the bright mantis with two knives, they are better at ground melee combat than the shadow dragons.

In the first round of chaotic melee, two shadow flying dragons were besieged and pecked to death by the bright golden cranes, and three shadow flying dragons were hacked to death by the bright mantises.

In this kind of land battle, the pair of broadswords of Bright Mantis is more advantageous.

Field! I didn't expect to meet a knowledgeable person here! It just so happens that my subordinates still lack such talents. The ancient shadow dragon was not surprised but happy, and roared wildly, Let you see and see, who really belong to the field strength.

The ancient shadow dragon vibrated its wings, swooped down, burning with flames of destruction all over its body, and plunged into the domain of the original lair.

It is like a boulder thrown into the water.

It wasn't the waves that restrained it, but the splashes it made.