Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

The Shadow Black Panther is a battle pet that comes with stealth blessing and shadow enhancement.

The more prominent features are partial immunity to invulnerable damage and the ability to travel through shadows.

In this world, shadows are almost everywhere.

Therefore, shadow has always been the scouts' most reliable helper.

It is said that there was once an overlord who kept the palace brightly lit in order to guard against latent assassins.

Only when the light shines on every corner, will the shadows be invisible.

Therefore, it is not an easy matter to prepare against a shadow attack.

For this reason alone, the Shadow Black Panther is a valuable battle pet.

Even if it is just a temporary summon, it may come in handy many times.

Raising his hand, he put away all 21 copies of [Level 7 Shadow Summoning Black Panther Spell Scroll (Light Level IV)].

Then he looked at the two seventh-level runes.

The first one is a rare military formation rune.

You must know that Zong Shen has seen many kinds of runes before and after.

But this was the first time he saw military formation runes. Judging from the name, it should be a combination of runes and military formations.

Normally, military formations require specialized legion magic items or military formation diagrams to activate.

However, the military formation runes obviously bypassed these media thresholds.

Its size also compares favorably to other runes.

The beaten bark was as pliable as the leather of a monster, and it was rolled up after drawing runes on it.

After spreading it out, you will find that the rune is about the same size as an A4 piece of paper.

Runes of this size themselves are quite rare.

There is no fuss over its size or rendering details.

Zong Shen narrowed his eyes and focused on checking its properties.

Speaking of which, he was still very curious about the military formation runes he saw for the first time.

As a seventh-level rune, it was collected in the Azshara Elf Treasure House. It must be something other than ordinary.

At least so far, the collection in the treasure house has not disappointed him.

The list emerged in his mind, and his attention was immersed in it.

[Military Formation Rune·Moon-Shaped Strangler VII (Glory Level II)]

[Quality: Yaoguang Grade II]

[Effect: Military Formation·Moon-Shaped Strangulation VII (After activating this rune, you can select at least 12 and up to 1200 non-casting friendly troops in the surrounding area to connect with remote unit allies to form a moon-shaped strangulation military formation.

This military formation is composed of two blades and one front. When fully connected, it increases the basic damage of all participants by 250 points and an additional 70 points of armor penetration, and enhances the impact by 20%. 90% of the damage suffered by an individual will be absorbed by the entire military formation. At the same time, 5% of the damage caused by the military array attack will be shared among the connectors and converted into a health recovery effect, evenly distributed to each participant.

The military formation lasts for 2 hours and cannot be superimposed with similar effects or other military formations.

If the linked unit is a full cavalry, the impact amplification effect will be doubled)]

[On a moonlit night, all effects of the military formation will be increased by an additional 20%]

[Military formation skill: Moon-shaped strangulation (the whole army speeds up by 200%, launches a strangulation charge and advances a certain distance, causing an additional 1000 slashing damage to all enemies along the way, cooling time is 2 hours)]

[Military formation skill·Moon-shaped condensation (the whole army stops, and 10% of all health points are condensed into a moon blade strangulation fang, which launches a strike against the designated single target, cooling time is 1 hour)]

[When the death of the joint soldiers exceeds three-fifths of the total number, the military formation will be disbanded in advance]

[Number of uses: 5/5]

[Each time you activate this rune, you need to extract 10,500 magic points or mana points]

[The connection preparation time is 35 minutes]

(A rare military formation rune. Based on this rune, you can activate a combined military formation to form a moon-shaped strangulation formation.

The military formation can greatly increase the basic attack damage, and also has a damage sharing decision

This is used to increase the output of military formation soldiers and reduce possible casualties.

To form a military formation means to be truly twisted into a rope to a certain extent.

The attached military formation skills fully reveal the advantages of military formation)

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This rune is indeed a portable military formation.

Each serving can be used five times.

Like all military formations, it comes with a damage sharing effect.

This is almost one of the core capabilities of the Legion.

Damage sharing allows huge harms to be mitigated so that everyone bears a small share.

Unless the damage faced can kill the entire army at once.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, damage sharing as high as 90% is enough to eliminate most problems.

Take the moon-shaped strangulation military formation with a full capacity of 1,200 people as an example.

After 1,000 points of damage hits a soldier in a military formation, the soldier actually only sustains 100 points of damage.

The remaining 900 points are divided equally into 1199 shares and shared by friendly forces.

The average damage per person is less than 1 point.

Of course, taking into account the attack density on the battlefield.

There must have been more than one soldier under attack during a high-intensity fight.

There may be hundreds of military formations attacked at the same time.

Therefore, while sharing the damage, the military formation also has the effect of group recovery.

5% of the damage caused by the military array attack will be converted into health recovery effect.

This damage will become a blood pool and be divided equally among each participant.

Don’t underestimate the proportion of only 5%, but it is still very impressive after being aggregated.

In addition, the biggest highlight of this military formation is probably the two-action skills it comes with.

[Military Formation Skill: Moon-Shaped Strangulation] is a skill that allows the entire army to advance forward and cause AOE damage.

It is suitable for battles between two armies and is used when faced with enemy groups blocking or encircling them.

It can be used to disrupt the enemy's position and create more suitable output opportunities.

It can also be used when breaking out.

The [Military Formation Skill·Moon-Shaped Condensation] is purely prepared to deal with a single strong person.

For example, during the advancement of the military formation, it was blocked by a legendary strongman eliminated by the enemy.

At this time, you can activate [Moon Condensation] to deal a powerful blow with 10% of the health of a thousand people.

Suppose this military formation is composed entirely of fourth- or fifth-level soldiers.

Then the damage caused by [Moon-shaped Condensation] is enough to break the bones of a legendary mid-level expert.

It is precisely because of the existence of the military formation.

Only large-scale army operations can restrain the advance of a strong individual to a certain extent.

Regarding this point, it is actually one of the shortcomings of the current territory.

The method Zong Shen came up with to solve this shortcoming was king versus king, soldier versus soldier.

Make sure there is at least one legendary strongman in each legion.

Even if not, it should be equipped with props or equipment that can threaten the legend to a certain extent.

Now it seems that these are just stop-gap measures.

Finding and popularizing high-level military formations is the last word.

There are 27 copies of [Military Formation Rune·Moon-shaped Strangler VII (Glory Level II)], and each copy can be used 5 times, allowing up to 1,200 people to form a formation for 2 hours each time.

It can barely meet the initial distribution requirements.

Because this military formation cannot allow spellcasters and long-range shooters to join.

Zong Shen planned to give it to the fifth and sixth level legions in the territory for use.

And choose cavalry as much as possible.

Because the impact gain gained by the cavalry is the largest.

As for the moonlight bonus, you can choose artificial night or the moon when it comes time to start fighting.

Even if you can't catch up with this wave of small gains, it doesn't hurt.

With this thought in his mind, Zong Shen quickly saw the impact it might have.

These military formation runes can at least increase the combat output of the assigned territorial legion by one level.

The most important thing is that after forming a military formation, soldiers will no longer be helpless like lambs waiting to be slaughtered when facing legendary strong men.

Zong Shen decided to distribute these military formation runes as soon as possible when the legion was gathering and reorganizing tomorrow.

After making the decision, he put away his thoughts, collected all the military formation runes first, and then looked at the next rune, which was also the last rune in the seventh level.

This rune looks like a fruit.

The size is basically the same as a melon, and the whole body is glowing with silvery clean waves.

That's a very textured reflection.

A large number of runes are carved on the fruit, depicting three common moon phases.

It is said to be a fruit, but its interior is actually dry and hollowed out by carving techniques.

The light it emits is so stable that it can even be used for lighting.

Through the hollows, you can see that the inside of the fruit has also been hollowed out.

There are dots of light particles floating slowly inside.

It's like a handful of fine crystal sand floating.

Based on the principle that the weirder the shape, the stronger the effect.

Zong Shen checked it carefully.

[Fusion Power·Moon Beam Energy Rune (Glory Level IV)]

[Quality: Shining Level IV]

[Effect: Moon Beam Energy (This rune can only be activated under a natural moonlit night. Please activate it 2 to 4 hours in advance. It will absorb the moonlight at a rate of 10 points per second and convert it into beam energy damage. After saving You can choose to launch it at any time after more than 2 hours. The runes will generate fusion power and shoot a beam of two meters in diameter in the specified direction. This beam has a maximum range of 1000 meters and will cause a accumulated damage to all targets along the way)]

[Number of uses: 3/3]

[Each time you activate this rune, you need to extract 10,000 magic points or mana points]

[Targets that are hit by the fusion power and are not dead will be branded with the moon. In the next 2 hours, the healing effect will be reduced by 80%]

[If the energy storage exceeds 4 hours and you wait an additional 2 hours before launching, one use will be wasted]

(An offensive rune capable of powerful strikes

It’s not unreasonable for Level 7 to be called a natural disaster.

A four-hour charge of the Moon Beam can cause more than one million points of damage to all targets along the way. Even high-level legends with low health cannot withstand it.

However, since the diameter and range of the beam are limited and it is a straight-line strike, it is relatively easy to dodge. It takes a certain amount of luck to launch a fatal blow to a high-level enemy.

Of course, even so, it is a very powerful offensive rune

At least it’s not a problem to easily annihilate the enemies in a straight line where the Moon Beam passes.)

…

not bad.

Zong Shen was still very satisfied.

The damage limit of this high-level attack rune is not low.

It's even enough to kill a legendary strongman instantly.

When the energy is sufficient, it can also cause certain damage to demigods.

After all, its theoretical maximum damage value reaches one million levels.

And this is not a single attack, but a straight AOE.

Shu Neng can say whether it is big or not, and whether it is small or not.

Three meters in diameter and 1,000 meters in length

As long as such a shot is aimed at the enemy group, it can also cause considerable damage.

As mentioned in the remarks, it is relatively easy to kill enemies in a straight line.

[Fusion Power·Moon Beam Energy Rune (Glory Level IV)] There are 14 in total.

Each one can be used three times.

In other words, it can deliver 42 incredibly powerful beam energy strikes on the battlefield.

However, it should be noted that this rune can only be used on natural moonlit nights.

Those false moonlight nights don't work.

Moreover, the energy storage time starts at 2 hours and is capped at 4 hours.

If after 4 hours of energy storage, it has not been launched for another 2 hours, then this time the number of times will be wasted.

Therefore, using this thing requires a certain amount of battlefield prediction ability.

You have to activate the rune charge in advance at the right time.

The only time available is at night.

But none of these caveats take away from its value.

High-level runes and spell scrolls truly deserve their reputation.

Especially the offensive ones, almost all of them can meet the definition of natural disaster.

At least it was very enjoyable to use when killing those soldiers.

Zong Shen put away all 14 [Fusion Power·Moon Beam Energy Runes (Glory Level IV)].

Just when he was about to check the eighth-level spell scrolls and runes.

Sophie, who had been waiting nearby, suddenly spoke.

Sir, I suddenly remembered something.

Her tone was serious and her eyes were particularly calm.

This made Zong Shen couldn't help but stop checking.

Oh, what's the matter? he asked curiously.

Sophie took a deep breath and then slowly spoke.

This matter is related to the Azshara Elf Key in your hand.

Its authority is not limited to opening this elf treasure house.

Zong Shen was a little confused when he heard her words. He knew that the authority of the Elf Key was linked to the various permissions of the giant city of Azshara.

It is equivalent to a magical version of an access card.

It's just that he hasn't had time to delve into the specific authority.

After all, the Azshara Elf Treasure House is the biggest benefit in front of you.

Now it seems that Sophie obviously knows something inside.

Although even if she didn't say it, Zong Shen would definitely have to check for any deficiencies through the strategy module afterwards.

But even if Sophie was willing to take the initiative to provide information, Zong Shen would not throw cold water on her.

So he smiled slightly and made a gesture of listening.

Then please tell me.

It represents the eight seats of the ancient elves!

Azshara is one of them.

If you hold the complete Elf Key and inherit Azshara's legacy, you are qualified to hold a meeting with the Elf Key as a token.

Sophie explained immediately.

The ancient elves have eight core giant cities.

At that time, the population on the mainland was sparse.

The human race only has five main cities.

Azshara is the largest city among the elves.

But Zong Shen shrugged and said with some regret.

The elves today may not recognize the rules of the ancient elves.

Although they are of the same origin as your time.

But today's Silver Moon Forest has already changed its original intention. In order to ensure population growth, those Silver Moon elders are not willing to allow intermarriage.

And more extreme militancy has emerged.

In addition, there is a divergence between the Moon Walker and the way of nature.

...(End of chapter)