The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

The attack acceleration effect is still there, but the continuous application of prayer has long passed, and the 20% speed bonus is reduced.

However, although the infantry lost 20% of the speed bonus, the Cerberus, which had a faster basic movement speed, gained an additional negative morale buff.

In comparison, the infantrymen are actually faster, after all, they have Xu Lai's super speed talent and ultimate logistics skills.

On the other hand, these three-headed hellhounds, although not having been abandoned by the demon heroes, are not much different.

The demon hero did not send a single soldier to support, but instead sent a group of demon generals to lead tens of thousands of long-horned demons to line up in the front.

The collapse of the Cerberus Army was only a partial collapse of morale, which had a certain impact on the demon army, but overall, the decline in morale could be controlled within 10 points.

Behind the horned demon are the even more numerous Magogs, almost tens of thousands of them.

Even though the demon hero has a lot of troops, whether it is the horned demon, Magog, Cerberus, or Winged Demon, they are all relatively low-level troops.

The real combat elites, such as the meat shield Demon Warlord among the infantry, the main output of fire demons, fire trolls, etc., are almost invisible.

Not to mention the higher-level fire elves, fire demons, archdemons and the like.

That is to say, the strength of the troops displayed by Xu Lai had an average level of only 4, and most of them were heavy infantry, spearmen and longbowmen.

If Elvy led the angel army to attack, Matthias might not dare to leave the city to fight Xu Lai.

Since the enemy was willing to fight Xu Lai outside the city, there was no need for Xu Lai to expose his high-end troops.

In addition, the fleet was commanded by Avid, and Xu Lai didn't even hang the flag, which made Matthias careless and made a hasty decision to annihilate humans in the wild.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he has won all the battles in the past year.

Under Kerrigan's leadership, the entire Western Empire encountered almost no decent resistance, except for a few great nobles and the temple coalition who showed some combat effectiveness.

Even though the three-headed hellhound was being defeated, it still failed to attract enough attention from Matthias.

He was far away from the battlefield and could see heroes on the ships on the river constantly releasing strategic spells to cover the battlefield.

But he couldn't see the front battlefield where the battle was going on. He could only see that his own three-headed hellhounds were constantly dying, but he didn't know the casualty rate of humans.

Not to mention that he was not standing on a high place, even if he really climbed up and looked far away, he could only see one hellhound after another falling against the iron wall formed by the human battle formation.

When Matthias saw the accelerated attacks and the various auxiliary states, he simply thought it was because the humans were numerous, moved quickly, and had strategic spells to support them.

Therefore, the Cerberus failed to break through the human defenses.

But he did not think that his side had no ability to fight.

First of all, the two sides have been fighting intensively until now. After several hours, even the strongest fighters would be tired and temporarily lose their combat ability.

In this way, the loss of the Cerberus could barely be considered as a replacement for a portion of the human army.

As long as humans come over, it means losing the artillery support on the river, after all, the ships cannot go ashore.

At the same time, humans' strategic spells can no longer be released as recklessly as before.

Finally, humans just used a large number of arrow projectiles. While the damage of the projectiles was extremely low, the ammunition consumption did not decrease.

On the other hand, our own shooters are well-rested, have plenty of ammunition, and are all Magogs who are good at group attacks. No matter how you look at it, the advantage is on our side.

Of course, Xu Lai did not charge forward blindly.

He didn't even get off the boat. Even if his heroic ability could cover a farther battlefield, his spells couldn't cover it.

Not only spells, but if the distance is too far, he will not be able to see the battlefield situation clearly, let alone make targeted adjustments.

What's more, after such a long battle, the front-line infantrymen could not keep up with the physical strength even if they were healed by a priest.

Besides, even if we want to charge, we have to wait for everyone to arrive.

Not to mention the transport ships going back to load siege equipment, even the troops on the existing ships have not been unloaded yet.

Xu Lai brought 5000 cavalrymen with him on purpose, not just to watch the show, and certainly not to use them for siege.

Why use infantry instead of the main force for this kind of charge, to charge against the opponent's fireballs?

In fact, there was no need to fight back, he had specially brought the Phantom Shooter with him.

The so-called one blast, then decay, and exhaustion.

Matthias was originally prepared to fight with humans, so he didn't even care about the three-headed dog of hell, for fear of disrupting his formation.

For a large formation involving tens of thousands of people, any slight movement would require several times the time to adjust.

Besides, all the demons were temporarily summoned to deal with this battle.

Even though they had already had breakfast and had been standing by to watch the show for several hours, they were already starting to feel hungry.

But Matthias did not allow them to eat because it would seriously affect the formation and waste a lot of time.

The two sides were indeed more than 5 kilometers apart, but not to mention the cavalry, the infantry with accelerated attack would only take three to five minutes at most to rush over.

And although the enemy's artillery was not firing at this time, that might not be the case when they were eating.

Eating is not an hour. Even if you eat fast, it will still take about ten minutes.

Ten minutes for one person means a hundred minutes for ten people.

Of course, time cannot be calculated in this way.

However, the demons in hell do not have professional chefs, and everyone eats by themselves.

Most demons only eat meat. In hell, small demons are the natural food for big demons.

But in the army, even the Hell Army, which has always built its city on chaos, needs basic order.

Matthias knew that if he allowed these demons to eat, the formation he had set up with great difficulty would immediately collapse.

Fortunately, today's weather is helpful. Since the beginning of summer, the weather has been getting hotter day by day, and there is no sign of rain.

Compared to the hell demons who are not afraid of heat, humans are heavily armed and will be affected to some extent.

But Xu Lai was not as anxious as Matthias. The depression that had accumulated in his heart had almost dissipated in his previous battles with the winged demon and the hellhound.

After the infantry, archers and priests had all landed, Xu Lai's cavalry was still not in a hurry, but sent the logistics supply team ashore first.

After these people got ashore, Xu Lai, along with the Royal Guards Cavalry and the brave knights led by Tahan, disembarked.

The infantrymen who had fought previously all rested, and the newly landed soldiers were responsible for forming a battle array and providing cover.

After Xu Lai and others went ashore, they first let the horses adapt to the ground environment, and by the way, unloaded all the Phantom Archers, including the Phantom Sharpshooter, crossbows, catapults, etc. on the Hantan.

This commotion took another half day. Matthias and the others were so angry watching from a distance that they wanted to rush over and grab Xu Lai and make him come over for a good fight.

Even the most patient demon hero is so angry, not to mention those horned demons, Magog, Gog and so on.

Demons are notoriously chaotic. Except for the recruited demons who remained motionless, most of the remaining demons could no longer hold back.

Some tried to find something to eat, while others blamed the nearby demons for bumping into them. If Matthias wasn't still there, his personal guards would still be able to control the situation, and I'm afraid these demons would have started fighting among themselves.

However, the more irritated the devil is, the more beneficial it is to our side.

However, Xu Lai did not dare to delay too long. The sun was scorching and it would be difficult to regain his fighting spirit once he started to rest.

Especially on Xu Lai's side, they are all conscripted troops, and they are all new recruits. Their patience is definitely not as good as that of the veterans, not to mention compared with the recruited soldiers.

Xu Lai just waited until everyone had eaten and drunk enough, and until the logistics personnel pushed the catapults and crossbows over, then he waved his hand and the army pressed forward.

After all, Matthias had a city to defend, so he didn't dare bring all his troops out.

In addition, both of their offensive waves had failed, and they had been holding their breath until now, so their formation had already become disorganized.

Seeing the humans' powerful offensive, I felt inexplicably guilty.

Matthias shook his head vigorously. How could the great and invincible devil be defeated by a mere human?

Matthias snatched a long spiked whip from the hand of the guard commander beside him and lashed the demon in front of him hard.

"Beating me. If anyone still doesn't stand well, I'll beat him to death."

The infantrymen did not run like the three-headed dog of hell. They just marched forward in neat steps, one step at a time.

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At the beginning, everyone's steps were not in sync.

But on the warships in the rear, countless deafening drums were struck one by one.

All the warriors instinctively followed the drum beats and adjusted the timing of their landing and swinging.

When the orderly footsteps are accompanied by the beating of drums by heavy hammers, the dense sound waves are deafening.

Matthias couldn't help swallowing and hurriedly ordered a few Magogs to shoot.

However, the distance between the two sides was too far. Even a level 4 Magog could only throw a fireball a maximum of a hundred meters.

Not to mention compared with the Phantom Archers, even the longbowmen have a range far beyond these Magogs.

Obviously, Matthias was a little panicked and could no longer accurately estimate the distance.

Although he was only in his 20s, he had upgraded his archery and fire spells to the ultimate level.

These are the only two ultimate specializations, the former can increase the range of his troops by 20%.

Xu Lai seemed very calm. The large army stopped at about 250 meters away, and the spearmen who were rotated in put down their spears one by one.

Matthias frowned, not understanding why the humans stopped instead of charging.

Then he noticed a rain of arrows falling from the sky, shot by longbowmen and from phantom archers.

Although both of them are blind shooting without being able to see the target, the phantom archer's hit rate has become almost the same as that of the longbowman.

However, the Phantom Archer with the Phantom Heavy Bow special effect does not reduce the damage even when it is thrown, and the damage is still terrifying.

Moreover, each of them can carry many phantom arrows. Even if the damage of these phantom arrows cannot be compared with the original ones, it is still more exaggerated than that of longbowmen.

The only advantage of longbowmen is their numbers, extremely high numbers.

The rain of arrows formed by 6000 longbowmen and 1000 phantom archers covered the sky above the demons' heads.

The demons were stunned instantly by such a terrifying long-range attack. They stared blankly at the rain of arrows in the sky, watching them hit them mercilessly.

The demons fell one by one like wheat.

Even Matthias, a hero, couldn't help but tremble in his heart after feeling the overwhelming rain of arrows.

However, what made him feel even more desperate was that they could only allow themselves to be attacked by the enemy's long-range forces and were unable to fight back at all.

Not to mention the ranged troops he has here, the highest is only Magog, even the fire demons and fire trolls are no match for them.

I gritted my teeth and realized that it was not possible to just take the beating without fighting back.

God knows how much ammunition those humans have stored. We can't use the lives of demons to reduce the opponent's ammunition consumption.

Matthias waved his hand and released the Hell camp's first strategic spell, Atmospheric Shield.

This spell reduces the ranged damage received by the selected troops by 25%.

It’s a pity that Matthias himself doesn’t have a very high level of air magic, so he can’t make this spell cover the entire army.

Atmospheric Aegis, Matthias selected ranged troops such as Gog and Magog.

He then tore open another scroll. The protective shield that Xu Lai had used before could reduce the melee damage of the selected troops by 15%.

For this spell, Matthias chose Horned Demon and Demon Warlord.

Unable to sit idly by any longer, Matthias chose to take the initiative and charge at the human forces.

Now he finally understood why the human had put down his shield and thrust out his spear so early. It seemed that he had been waiting for him here.

After using two strategic spells in succession, Xu Lai, who was at the back, was able to climb onto his horse with confidence.

The prophet's sword was raised high to the sky, and the light of ultimate prayer fell, followed by the ultimate bloodthirsty magic that increased the attack power of all troops by 12 points.

After the bloodthirsty magic, Yu Lan in the back also began to cast a spell, and randomly received a group weakness, reducing the attack power of all demons by 10 points.

Xu Lai didn't care about the status imposed by the demons. The spells he released would only be more beneficial to his side.

Therefore, he had to wait until the enemy had cast a spell before casting another spell. Otherwise, it would be a shame to have such a high-level spell as Pray be dispelled by a low-level Dispel spell.

After casting the spell, he did not stop. He and Tahan each led half of the knights and flanked the imperial formation from the left and right.

The sound of fighting that gradually rose up in the front could not cover up the shock of the high-ranking knights.

The rumbling sound like thunder was all absorbed by Matthias' ears.

He was horrified to find that, at some point, two terrifying knights had emerged from behind the humans.

These knights didn't even look at the front battlefield. They made a big circle and headed straight to the rear of the demon army.

Matthias swallowed his saliva. These daring humans actually wanted to make dumplings out of him?
What's even more terrifying is that because he came out in a hurry, there was no strong force defending him behind him.

Even if there were, it would be difficult to stop the charge of human knights.

In other words, the dumplings were actually prepared by the human hero. (End of this chapter)