Thick smoke lingered in the air.
The sea of fire beneath the city wall had already extinguished for the most part.
As the flames died down, a large amount of choking smoke rose.
A new wave of bone puppets had arrived.
The generals and soldiers who had just been summoned were mostly dead or injured.
They had successfully eliminated quite a few blood puppets, alleviating some of the pressure on the city wall.
The bone puppets moved quickly, bypassing the remaining flames, and approached the wall.
However, the attack from the defenders on the wall were somewhat weak and uneven.
Some sections of the wall launched fierce attacks, quickly turning the bone puppets into shatter bones, but in other sections, there was hardly any normal attack, allowing many bone puppets and mutated bone puppets to close in.
The claws of the bone puppets were hard, scratching against the wall and causing a lot of debris and dust to fall, creating a piercing noise.
Sugene fed a healing pill to a nearby player, but it was too late.
The player could not last long enough for the medicine to take effect and passed away.
Wan and Yaoing were also crouching nearby, administering medicine to the injured on the ground.
In a recent battle, a wave of blood puppets had chosen this section of the wall, charging with over 30 of them.
Although they had managed to kill them all, both players and soldiers had suffered heavy losses.
The squad leader had one of his arms torn off.
He pressed the severed arm against the wound while another player helped him heal.
His arm had been violently ripped off by a blood puppet, leaving an uneven wound that was difficult to reattach.
A player with a very dark complexion had died.
His head had exploded, and he had also been bitten several times by blood puppets.
Sujin's roommate was thrown down from the wall by a blood puppet, his body plunging into the burning oil, effectively cremating him.
The female player with a bland expression was also gone.
It was unclear where she had gone.
In any case, she must be among the scattered limbs and flesh on the ground.
The soldiers on the wall faced a similar situation, half dead and half injured.
During the battle, people from both sides of the wall had come to assist.
Otherwise, the casualties would have been even worse.
The county magistrate, Wong Men, and his guards had not been seen, and it was uncertain where they were.
They were probably still defending at the city gate.
Right.
Crack, crack, crack, creek, crash, creek.
These are the sounds of the bone puppets attacking the wall.
Everyone could hear it, but no one went to attack them.
The wall was thick.
They would let the bone puppets attack while everyone needed time to recover from their injuries.
The squad leader's arm was finally reattached, though it was shorter than before.
This was considered a stroke of luck, and he was very satisfied.
After the arm was reattached, the muscles and skin had not fully healed, and he needed to take medicine to continue recovering.
After all, the medical players had limited energy, and there were many more injured people to treat.
The three medical players nearby were physically and mentally exhausted.
Their energy had been depleted, and they were taking medicine to recover.
More than a dozen medics rushed in from the sides, treating everyone.
Their remaining energy was also limited and they still had to go to other sections of the wall to treat others.
Sujene had sustained some minor injuries, had already taken medicine and was waiting for his wounds to heal slowly.
Juan was unscathed, but her iron armor had little durability left and her leather leggings had been torn, exposing a patch of her snow white thigh.
She regretted not wearing a full set of iron armor.
After all, she had come to the system town for the auction, and wearing a full set of iron armor was inconvenient for movement.
If she had changed in a fashion attire, she would have exposed her short skirt, high heels, and stockings, which she did not want to do.
So, she only wore one piece of iron armor with the rest being leather armor.
As a result, such an incident occurred.
The other pieces of iron armor were at the end, and she could not retrieve them now.
However, even if the durability was gone, they could be repaired.
After the recent battle, the squad leader had recognized Su Gene and the other two, giving them high praise for their performance.
He appointed Su Jeene and Ruan Schwe as squad leaders, while Yaoqing, lacking skills, had no significant role in the position.
There were already several stronger pieces of equipment lying on the ground waiting for Wu to repair.
Sugene, does your hammer need repairing? Juan could not tell from his appearance how much durability the bone puppet kinghammer had left.
Sujene shook his head.
Let's wait a bit.
Let the durability drop a little more.
After all, repairing it might lower its quality.
Ruan Schwen nodded and yellow light enveloped the damaged equipment on the ground.
Soon, the damaged areas began to merge slowly, and the broken blade edges were repaired.
The squad leader picked up his steel saber.
Sigh.
The quality of this steel saber hasn't decreased.
I'm quite lucky this time.
After the other players expressed their thanks, they also retrieved their own equipment.
The squad leader looked at Sue Jean and Ruan Schwez weapons and asked, "Brothers, are these weapons all boss level equipment? How much did you buy them for?" The bone puppet king hammer and bone puppet king saber were obtained by Suene after defeating the bone puppet king.
But the squad leader had not thought of that angle.
assuming Sujene had purchased them.
Sujene shook his head.
They're not bought.
They were all given to us by our superiors.
The squad leader nodded.
Good weapons.
This steel saber was also a gift from General Wong men to me.
It was originally of excellent quality, but after several repairs, it has turned into a good one.
Squad leader, even though we just had a battle, I still don't know much about these blood puppets.
Can I ask you? The squad leader swallowed a pill and touched his slowly healing arm.
Of course, feel free to ask.
Blood puppets are very fast.
Their bodies are incredibly hard and their attacks are fierce, especially when their fingers are together.
They're no different from weapons, extremely sharp.
This can be felt during combat.
But Sugene still had many questions.
Squad leader, why are they called blood puppets? At first, I thought they could suck blood, but in actual combat, it seems they don't have that ability.
The squad leader smiled and shook his head.
Do you know why we threw so much fire oil down just now? Sugene shook his head.
That's also what I wanted to ask.
They don't seem to fear fire.
Isn't it a waste to throw so much improved fire oil? I don't quite understand.
The squad leader slowly explained.
First of all, you're right.
These blood puppets can indeed suck blood and not just with their mouths.
They can use their fingers as well.
After absorbing blood, they can not only heal their injuries but also enhance their abilities.
From this perspective, they are very difficult to deal with.
However, the premise of sucking blood is that there must be blood to draw from.
Although they have a high resistance to fire, human bodies do not.
When they are covered in fire, oil and burn, their body temperature rises rapidly, turning them into something like a hot iron plate.