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Chapter 378: Fierce Battle with Earthshaker

Jane Willow is urgently transporting the wounded. The rickety fortifications are constantly collapsing, but the basic structure is still there. As the last line of defense for the defenders, nearly 50% of its structure has been replaced by Originium crafts. The mixed Originium craft structure is extremely unstable, and it is only a matter of time before it completely collapses. Every minute and every second of the rescue team is a gamble with their lives.

"Are Lieutenant Madeline and the others okay—"

She returned to the dangerous fortifications and helped her companions lift a wounded sorcerer. Before she could finish her worried words, a roar rang out, and a body smashed through the crumbling shell of the fortifications. The flying debris scratched her cheek and outer clothes. The fortifications made a terrifying "crackling" sound, and the body struggled to stand up after a moment, with several pieces of material of varying sizes stuck in its back. He noticed someone and turned around, raising his bloody cheek:

"Escape! Call for help as planned."

The silhouettes outlined by dust and glaring bright red suppressed the bloody shadows outside. Under the gray sky outside, a huge blood-colored monster let out an earth-shattering roar while being restrained by the elite team, as if it would completely shatter the last refuge of the battlefield in the next moment.

This scene left Jane speechless with shock. A fellow rescuer, stunned for a moment, smiled wryly and said, "We tried. Aside from the first successful signal, all subsequent attempts to contact the outside world were interrupted for unknown reasons... Lieutenant Madeline speculated... it was the blood mist cloud in the sky."

"..." The trembling pain in his back, lower abdomen and internal body made him feel pain every time he breathed. There was a metallic taste in his mouth. Ling Dengxian tried to move his limbs. Perhaps it was because of the pain tolerance he had developed that he felt that he would not die yet.

"I'll go and get Lieutenant Madeline back. She must have a way..." He tried to exert his strength and carried the greatsword in one breath. He leaned down slightly to lower his center of gravity, but he lost his strength for a moment when he started. A hand that was invisible to others pulled him up, and then the emerging power made him feel his body lighten. The loss of strength lasted only for a moment. After regaining control of his body, he struggled to cross the corpses with the help of Ling. When he landed again, sky-blue smoke surrounded his wound. He could feel that his condition was recovering, but it was far from his peak. However, at least he could swing the greatsword again.

The power of Ling surged into his body, and the energy immersed in Fengyun's heroic spirit allowed him to suppress all his fear under the blade of the sword.

"Wind and rain wash over my tassel!" Countless mists, rain, sand and dust brought him the feeling in his memory from the rushing power. At this moment, he seemed to have experienced what the person in his memory had experienced, and felt what the person in his memory felt. A sword brought up the ink-black mountains and rivers, like a bamboo raft standing in the middle of the river, and it drew a sword mark in the wind and rain.

After one sword strike, those rushing insights dissipated like a tide, as if someone had simply used his body to swing the sword. The Earthshaker stiffened, and a clear sword mark cut through half of his body from his forehead, like a burst balloon, with his huge flesh and skin torn into pieces.

Just as everyone was hesitating, the skin and flesh of the Earthshaker stuck together like lotus root silk, and the dislocated flesh and blood recombined in chaos. The deformed monster's size shrank visibly, and it climbed up again and staggered to charge!

"Damn it!" Shi Ling helped him, but it was obviously not enough to end the monster. He took advantage of the situation and did not intend to miss the excellent opportunity.

Returning to the battlefield, he slashed down from the air with his sword, severing a tentacle wielding a hybrid Earthshaker. Landing, he swung his sword back, leaving a huge bloody mark on the bloody claw. He then blocked the retreating Madeline, saying, "Lieutenant! Go organize the rear operations!"

Madeline was panting heavily. Having held a combat meeting beforehand, she naturally knew what action Ling Dengxian was referring to. However, after seeing the bloody debris stuck in Ling Dengxian's back, she shook her head firmly: "Bai Ge, you go and complete the operation for me!"

"Madeline!" Ling Dengxian said anxiously. His wound was bleeding because of the sword just now. The bloody monster recognized him as the culprit who caused its serious injuries. It roared, stopped, and swung its claws in anger!

"Boom!!" A shell hit the claw, and the blast wave swept across his cheek, burning him so much that he could hardly open his eyes, but it did not cause him any substantial harm. It was the horn that rescued him in time.

Ling Dengxian and Madeline fled in panic from the Earthshaker's fallen broken claws. The shaking ground almost disrupted their steps. Seeing him turn around and about to say something, Madeline grabbed his collar and glared at him: "Only when you're alive can you protect the one you love! I know this principle, and I'm going to teach you now!"

"Gather a team of sorcerers with eye-catching Originium skills! Head to the highest mountain path behind Changquan Town! Use the most primitive methods to attract the outside world's attention!"

Maldlin's former comrades and fellow Shield Guards of Deep Pool are being slaughtered by Earthshakers, and she is prepared for the worst.

"You also—"

"Don't be indecisive, you bastard!" Vaifan glared at him and raised his sword.

Finally, a pale sigh interrupted her determination.

"...Everyone, stand back." Draco's slender and powerful tail burned with bright and clear orange flames, just like a blooming summer flower on the battlefield. A scorching flame burned on Ravshini's chest. She raised her hand and danced with fire. The flying flaming wreath tightly clung to the Earthshaker's neck. As the dragon girl pressed down with her slender palm, he was dragged to the ground with a bang. More flames surged onto the monster's madly struggling body like thousands of butterflies, and she set the monster on fire.

The surviving infected regiments and fellow shield guards retreated, and the flames dancing from their sides took away the pain of their wounds and awakened their hidden vitality.

"I'm in a terrible state. I can't hold it back for much longer. Ahem... Now, you guys... hurry up and get help!"

"At least one of the Duke's warships is approaching this way. Hard work can change the outcome!" Rafushini growled, but at the same time, Earthshaker, whose burnt flesh had shed again, broke through the blockade from the flames like a demon, glaring fiercely at the powerful enemy.

Ling Dengxian was finally convinced. Madeline coughed up some blood, looked deeply at Draco who was facing a strong enemy, and saluted her.

When everyone returned after repelling the blood-red monster, a figure quietly appeared: "Leader of the Deep Pool, you are indeed a character."

Ying checked the military crossbow he had picked out from the supplies in Kouqiu County. The Originium triggering device attached to the explosion was quite useful, although it was by no means as useful as his own gun - he would still have to use the sword at his waist in the end anyway, so it didn't matter.

"Thank you for saving the boy I was looking for. I have to make sure you don't die here."

Ravshine shook her head, and flames shot out again to block Earthshaker. "I'm afraid you can't do it."

"I'm not going to back down until they achieve results."

Ying spread his hands and said, "At least he's in better shape than you, Vayvan."

"...I'll help you." A figure wearing a silver crow feather mask appeared silently on the battlefield. "If we just want to buy time, such a bulky creature will be no problem."

"Who are you?" Ying asked warily.

Carters raised his hand to change the direction of the wind, and a silver light flashed in his hand: "Silver Crow holds the ring."

As the monster broke through the interception of the fire, the wind direction changed, the flames flourished, and the halo dimmed. Carters, who disappeared in the wind, and the agile and flexible Sakota suddenly rose up and poured out sharp blades and arrows on both sides of the Earthshaker. Not a single attack fell in vain. One arrow was not enough to break the defense of the Earthshaker, but two, three attacks... stacked together, the effect of long nails driving deep into the wounds cut by the sharp blades made the monster's joint movements doubly difficult.

The red dragon's flames smashed its head heavily into the battlefield from the front again.

This is a tug-of-war, and the outcome will depend on which side runs out of energy first.

Or... people who place their hopes on them can bring them hope.