776 Final Battle Part 1 (1/2)

At the same time that the humans' major counterattack began on the western battlefront, a major change also occurred on the eastern battlefront.

Pincer attacks were quite a common war strategy. However, in order for pincer attacks to be truly effective rather than just suicidal, the most important part was timing.

Back when the western battlefront was still quiet, the eastern battlefront was already quite raucous at 3:30 in the morning, the time when people would usually be the most tired.

”It's a night ambush!”

The devils shouted a warning that echoed in the night. None of them had expected that the human alliance would ambush them at such a time in the night.

Out of all the species, humans were probably the least suited for night battles. Humans didn't have infrared heat sensing abilities like the snakemen, or night vision like the elves. Humans were basically blind without sunlight or other lighting.

Meanwhile, devils possessed night vision, along with soul vision that allowed their ”field of vision” to far surpass that of any human. Not to mention, light would never have any effect on undead vision to begin with.

One side had vision that was the same in night and day while also being able to see several thousand meters far. The other side could only see a few meters away at night. All tricks and combat strategies would be nothing more than a joke. For any warrior fighting on the frontlines, not being able to see the enemy's attacks clearly would lead directly to death.

Humans weren't good at fighting night battles. This was common sense in the world already. Yet, today, the humans really did choose a night battle against the devils and undead who could see in the night just as if it was day.

Still, the devils and undead immediately learned why the humans chose this time of night, and what gave the humans the confidence to challenge the rulers of the night during the nighttime.

Balls of light started rising up into the sky. Pure Holy Light began to transform the dark night into a bright sky. The pure Holy Light also began to cleanse and dispel the Chaos distortions. The undead and devils actually felt quite warm and comfortable all over, without realizing that a fatal threat was right before them.

But as for the Undead Lords who participated in the previous battle, the nightmare from yesterday's battle reenacted itself despite how combat reports clearly said how Roland was currently on the eastern battlefront.

Numerous white-robed Southern Sect priests were currently combining their spellcasting powers under these balls of Holy Light. Their elite Holy Knights and temple guardians served as their protection.

These strong Holy Knights wore thick silver armor while holding a holy silver hammer in one hand and a tower shield emblazoned with a cross and holy sword in the other hand. They also carried heavy rusty crosses on their backs. These were the Southern Cross Knights, the Southern Sect's most elite Holy Knight troop type.

At this moment, every Southern Cross Knight brought out the cross from their back. These bloody crosses contained the blood of those who had sacrificed themselves for the sake of the Southern Sect. These crosses which were blessed by holy blood then erected numerous circular defensive barriers.

The barriers didn't protect a large area, but they were more than enough to protect the Southern Sect priests.

Due to the blessing of the balls of Holy Light in the air, the barriers became even more holy and solid, and evil spells and arrows were immediately cleansed before even getting close. Meanwhile, in the sky, the ambushers' dragon knights had already begun fighting with bone dragons.

Southern Sect priests kept sweating profusely and then retreating weakly, exhausted from the spellcasting. Other priests would then immediately replace them. Some of the Holy Light balls would dim during this process, but none of the Holy Light balls ever went out.

Every spellcasting team involved at minimum three Legend-ranked priests or above. They still had trouble just maintaining the Holy Light balls with this since they were casting a new type of Holy Light spell that had only been created recently: ”Roland's Dawn”.