Chapter 728 – Shue of the Thousand Shadows
Heads covered with silver helmets, bodies donned with shiny silver armor, a long silver spear on their hands as well as a silver longsword on their waists. Although they were wearing full silver armor, they didn't seem to be encumbered at all. Their bodies were stably floating in mid-air.
At first glance, once couldn't see where this sea of silver men ends, they were just too numerous. All of them were just standing there quietly, as if waiting for something.
In front of this army was a group of white robed people. The ages of these people varied, but each and every one of them gave off a consecrated aura.
If Zhao Hai sees them, then he would definitely know that these people were of the Divine Race. The army of the Divine Race was no less than a million. They were now concentrated on the edge of the descended land, the soldiers were waiting for their inquisition.
In fact, they had a reason for being here, they weren't standing here for no reason. Today was the day that the protective shield would disappear. Once it was gone, then they would immediately start to conquer the entire Ark Continent.
What the Divine Race didn't know was the fact that Zhao Hai had long been aware of their action. Although Zhao Hai hadn't come to the new land for a while, he already had the Blood Ghost Staff explore the area. Because of this, he can always use the monitor in order to see the situation at the protective shield's vicinity. It would be impossible for Zhao Hai to miss this huge army concentrated on the border.
Zhao Hai was now inside Upper Bank City, ready to meet the Divine Race. In the past few days, he had sent people to the various Empires and delivered the crystals. Moreover, Zhao Hai also sent his crystals to all the cities in the Buddha Empire. Although the occupied cities weren't a lot, they could still support themselves using the magic formations as well as the magic cannons.
At this point, the Ark Continent was prepared and is waiting for the Divine Race attack. Naturally, Zhao Hai didn't relax on his monitoring of the Demon Race. The God-ranks in the Demon camp had gotten more and more, their army increased while the construction of their city had become faster. What made Zhao Hai feel strange was the fact that the Demons were yet to attack the Ark Continent. Even Demon City that was the closest place faced no Demon invasion.
But after thinking further about the actions of the Demon Race, Zhao Hai didn't take too long to understand what they were doing. The Demons were waiting for an opportunity. They knew that the Divine Race would attack the Ark Continent first, and not them. Because of this, the Demons planned to keep their position and wait for any substantial result to come out.
If Zhao Hai and the others were defeated by the Divine Race, then the Demons would immediately dispatch their troops and attack Rising Sun City. If the Divine Race suffers a loss, then Zhao Hai and the others would certainly have some losses as well. When that time comes, the Demons would dispatch their troops and kill Zhao Hai.
To be honest, the Demons were currently dreading Zhao Hai. With his formidable undead, Zhao Hai would be able to become an Overlord in the Demon Realm. With this enemy, it was assured that the Demons would pay Zhao Hai their utmost attention.
At the same time, the Demons were also happy with the Divine Race's move. The Demons were lucky that the laws of the Ark Continent had been changed, otherwise, with Zhao Hai in the Ark Continent, it would be difficult to mount an invasion.
The Demons respect experts, and Zhao Hai was such an expert that was worthy of this respect. Because of this, although the Demons hated him, they also couldn't help but admire his strength. Zhao Hai didn't use any underhanded moves when waging war with them. After a battle, Zhao Hai would allow both sides to peacefully retreat. Although he was still hateful for what he did to the Demon Dragon King's group, the Demons still had to recognize that Zhao Hai was strong.
Because of this, the Demons decided to stand by and watch. When the results of Zhao Hai's clash with the Divine Race comes, it wouldn't be too late for them to make their action.
Zhao Hai had a faint idea about this plan, however, he didn't have the means to do anything about it. The Demons not making their move had also given him some breathing room. After all, his manpower was insufficient for a two pronged war.
Zhao Hai was sitting in the Space while looking at the monitor. The Divine Race were peacefully standing in their current position. Aside from the white robed individuals in front who were casually chatting, the other people were acting like wooden stakes, just standing there, motionless.
After seeing this scene, Zhao Hai's expression couldn't help but sink a little. These small details can tell the might of an army. This was the reason why the Chinese army paid great attention to their standing army positions. Military posture might sound simple, but this was a good testing point of an army.
These Divine Race soldiers had stood there motionless for a long time. There weren't any unnecessary movements on even a single one of them. For all of them to stand there showed how great their willpower was. This was certainly an elite army.
At this time, Zhao Hai noted that the outer edge of the new land had suddenly rippled. Then the protective shield surrounding it started to crack, silently breaking itself apart.
Zhao Hai really couldn't believe that a protective shield that blocked the advance of God-rank experts would just vanish silently like this.
But the Divine Race's movement stopped Zhao Hai from his thoughts. When the Divine Race saw that the shield was gone, they immediately gave a command to the army, leading them to kill towards the Ark Continent.
After seeing this situation, Zhao Hai couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm his emotions down. Then he turned his head to Laura and the others and said, "Laura, Ruyen, I'll leave the logistics to you two. Lizzy, Megan, I'll hand the command of the undead over to you. Shue, Berry, come with me."
The group nodded, then Zhao Hai led Berry and Shue out of the Space. As soon as he arrived outside, Zhao Hai immediately released two million undead. These undead immediately formed a cube formation as they quietly waited for the Divine Race to come.
At the same time, Zhao Hai also sent some undead towards the city's magic formation. He also took out 100 magic cannons from the Space and placed them on the walls of the city.
After his experiments, Zhao Hai decided to keep 100 of these magic cannons with him. After all, these cannons were now able to contend with God-ranks once they're were powered by the powerful crystals. At the moment, most undead that Zhao Hai had were 9th ranks, if these undead were to fight against God-ranks, then it was certain that they would suffer a loss. But now that the magic cannons were on play, the undead's capabilities have increased, this was a huge advantage for Zhao Hai's side.
The Divine Race didn't disappoint, just two hours after Zhao Hai exited the Space, they arrived.
Their move was very daring. After they came out of the new land, they didn't stop for a moment and just headed straight forward. From this point, one could see how proud they are.
Zhao Hai was currently standing on his Bone Dragon as he stared at the slowly approaching army. His facial expression stayed calm, he also didn't make an initiative to attack. He knew how proud these Divine Race people were, to demonstrate their superiority, they would definitely spout out a few words before beginning their attack.
And just as Zhao Hai expected, when the Divine Race army reached a kilometer away from the city, they stopped. Then the white robed God-ranks slowly flew towards Zhao Hai's direction.
Zhao Hai felt how strong these people were. In this 1 million army, 50% of them were unexpectedly God-rank. This startled Zhao Hai. Moreover, although the other half weren't God-rank, they were still 9th ranks. The Divine Race were truly going hard with such a lineup.
Zhao Hai commanded his Bone Dragon to meet these white-robed people. Both sides stopped when they were 50 meters away from each other. The one leading the white robes was the one Zhao Hai took the three divine artifacts from.
That old God-rank looked at Zhao Hai, he couldn't help but coldly smiled and said, "Zhao Hai, I didn't think that we'd meet this early."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly at the old man and replied, "Why aren't you expecting it? Didn't I say that I'll be waiting for you? Right, how is your face doing ever since I took those three Divine Artifacts away?"
When the God-rank heard Zhao Hai bring this matter up, his complexion couldn't help but turn cold. He looked straight at Zhao Hai and coldly snorted, "Hmph, there's no point in flaunting your lucky encounter. After all, you will die today. Remember the name of the Divine that will kill you, Silver Shuke!"
When Zhao Hai heard this old man's name, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Interesting, too interesting. Such a dignified Divine actually had that kind of name, why does your name sound like it belongs to a thief? It seems like the I have overestimated the Divine Race too much."
When the Divine Race heard Zhao Hai, they couldn't help but change their expression. Divines had their own pride, they always claimed that they were a cut above the people from the Ark Continent. They weren't able to bear being mocked by Zhao Hai. One Divine went forward and coldly said, "Brat, you dare mock my Divine Race? Do you dare have a duel with me?"
Zhao Hai looked at the Divine Race as though he had seen an idiot, then he said, "What? You still do duels? I didn't think that you would still resort to such ancient way of fighting. You Divines really do disappoint me. But since you dared to issue me a challenge, then I will give you what you want. Shue, kill this fellow!"
Shue gave a nod before his figure moved and appeared in front of Zhao Hai. He looked at the challenging Divine and said, "If you want to fight, then come. But at your level, you are unqualified to fight against my Young Master. If you want to fight him, you have to come through me first."
The Divine went on to throw his robe away, Shue also went forward. Zhao Hai and the other God-ranks took a step back to give the two people some space.
Shue looked at his opponent, then his expression turned serious, he wielded his axe on one hand before he shouted, "Buda Clan's steward, Shue of the thousand shadows!"
Chapter 729 – Sly Divine Race
Shue's opponent didn't think that Shue would become polite. This made his stop on his tracks and stare. This was because the Divine Race would usually declare their names before they attack. Cheap attacks weren't something that the proud Divine Race would do.
Because of this, the Divine Race was shocked by Shue's performance. He didn't that Shue, who was rude earlier, would suddenly declare his name.
It wasn't only Shue's opponent who was startled, the other Divines did the same as well. They didn't know how to handle such an action.
Zhao Hai looked at Shue and smiled. Before the battle, Zhao Hai already discovered that this Divine Race person was stronger than Shue. Shue was now God-rank, and his opponent would surely be a level above him at least. Zhao Hai had Shue battle the enemy because of Shue's divergent ability. Shue's clones would be able to overwhelm this person, so Zhao Hai was confident in sending Shue over.
However, Zhao Hai didn't think that Shue would make a smart move. Although Shue's words were unnecessary, Zhao Hai knew that Shue's true intention was to break the arrogance of the Divine Race.
Shue was also aware that this Divine Race expert was very strong. And when the Divine Race person made the challenge, he was quite mad, his morale at its peak. If Shue went on to fight him at this state, then even if he won, he would still make a lot of effort to do so. Since this person was consumed by anger, his attacks would surely be fierce. Moreover, the other party surely has reached 2nd level Domain, his attacks would definitely be strong.
Because of this, Shue used this little method of being polite, shaking the Divine Race expert and resetting his mindset.
Although Zhao Hai understood what Shue wanted to do, he still kept quiet and just calmly looked at the opposing party. He wanted to know whether the enemy would continue with his anger or declare his name.
If the Divine Race expert decided to continue on his frenzy, then it shows that the Divine Race didn't care for their reputation. On the other hand, if he declared his name, then it meant that the Divine Race were rigid people whose reputation is much more important to them than their lives.
Different enemies required different methods. Because of this, Zhao Hai paid great attention to the other party's response.
After staring for a moment, the Divine expert's complexion turned pale. However, he still restrained his anger as he gave a salute to Shue and said, "Divine Race's Raging Fire General, Tiger Huan!"
After saying his name, the Tiger Huan immediately gave a shout and charged towards Shue. But Shue had enough time to prepare, his figure moved as he established his own Domain.
Tiger Huan didn't think that Shue would also be a God-rank Expert who had comprehended a Domain. When he saw Shue establish his Domain, Tiger Huan couldn't help but stare for a moment. Then he also made his move and established his own Domain.
His offensive rhythm was also destroyed for a second time. However, after seeing Tiger Huan's Domain, Zhao Hai couldn't help but frown.
Tiger Huan's Domain was a human shaped Flame Demon. Naturally, this was a 2nd level Domain. Moreover, since it was a fire element Domain, its attacking strength would surely be strong while its defensive ability would be quite decent. Seeing that the other party had such a Domain, Zhao Hai felt that he wouldn't be very easy to deal with.
Shue didn't think too much about this, no matter what kind of enemy he was faced, he would still go on and fight them. Zhao Hai wanted him to deal with the enemy, and no matter who it was, Shue needed to accomplish the task, he didn't want Zhao Hai to lose face.
Of course, Shue understood that the enemy wasn't easy to deal with. He immediately made his move, along with his Domain, several other Domains also appeared, these were all made by his clones.
This action didn't fail to make Tiger Huan stare, he just saw multiple Domains, and all of them were just like Shue's. The first time he saw this, he immediately thought of illusions. He reckoned that Shue's Domain had something to do with tricking one's enemies. Aside from Shue's original Domain, everything else was fake.
Since Shue only had a 1st level Domain, then Tiger Huan's spiritual force should be stronger compared to him. Because of this, Tiger Huan thought that this illusion Domain was useless to him. He didn't worry much about it as he swept the numerous Domains with his Divine Sense and looking for the real one among the fakes.
However, just when his divine sense swept through the Domain, he discovered that the Domains he thought were fake turned out to be real. This made him stare, but he still disregarded it, he thought that it was a type of advanced level illusion. Although he couldn't completely understand it, Tiger Huan still coldly snorted and had his Flame Demon move. The Flame Demon made a loud cry before it raised its arms and formed two Fire Dragons that attacked towards Shue's Domains.
Tiger Huan wanted to use this attack to bring out Shue's real Domain. However, what he wanted to happen didn't happen. At this moment, Shue had released five clones. This meant that six Shues were fighting Tiger Huan. Tiger Huan wasn't expecting any of these at all, he thought that Shue had an illusion Domain, this wrong assumption had proven to be deadly.
Just as Tiger Huan released the two Fire Dragons, Shue immediately made his move. Two clones went forward to meet the two fire dragons. The three clones then went on to attack Tiger Huan using their axe Domain.
Shue didn't fight with his clones for a day or two, additionally, all of them were tied by heart, their coordination was perfect. Shue commanded his Domain to chop the middle of the Flame Demon, as for the three clones, one chopped towards the Flame Demon's head, another went for the neck, and the last one went behind the Demon, preventing it from escaping.
Tiger Huan immediately felt that things weren't going well, however, it was too late to make a counter-attack. But still, Tiger Huan was still a God-rank expert who had a 2nd level Domain. Although he couldn't escape, he still didn’t lose heart. He controlled his Flame Demon and made it turn into a defensive stance, capitalizing on the fact that its defensive capabilities were also quite good.
The three axe Domains hit the Flame Demon, rendering Tiger Huan into a miserable situation, he gave off a scream as blood spurted out. However, Tiger Huan continued to steel himself, as the axes fell down, he immediately changed the shape of his Domain, making the Fire Demon turn into a spherical shape. Not only did this remove the targeted parts of the Flame Demon, it also made the axe attacks deal half their intended damage.
Still, this damage injured Tiger Huan. But even so, he still didn't retreat, instead, he became angry. He didn't think that a strong God-rank like himself would actually be wounded by a person from a lower realm. How could a proud person like himself bear this humiliation.
Tiger Huan shouted ferociously as his Domain turned back into a Flame Demon. Then a fiery sword appeared on the Flame Demon's hand before it attacked Shue's axe Domain.
Naturally, Shue wasn't held back by this development. He immediately directed his axe Domains to attack the Flame Demon once more. At this time, Tiger Huan was already aware that Shue's Domain were not illusions, all of them were real, and their attacking strength wasn't weak.
Although Tiger Huan couldn't understand how Shue did it, he still knew that it had to be a secret technique. He knew that if he didn't kill these clones as soon as possible, then the damage that they can inflict could only increase as the battle went on.
Tiger Huan's attack was very fierce, however, Shue wasn't intending on facing it head on. At this moment, Shue was like a pack of wolves attacking a lone bison. Whenever the Flame Demon made a move, Shue's clone would just retreat while the others continue to make cheap shots. This would make the Flame Demon target another clone, that clone would then retreat while the others make their attacks. This cycle would continue until Tiger Huan would get tired.
When Zhao Hai saw how Shue fought, he couldn’t help but nod. To be honest, Shue's method was very simple, but this method was very hard to deal with. However, this action needed almost perfect coordination from all the participating attackers, otherwise it wouldn't be as effective.
Breaking this method was also very simple. One was to fight and entangle on of the attackers, making it difficult for other people to come in and join. However, this method needed one to be flexible and more powerful than the other.
The second method was strength, overwhelming strength. If one could wipe out an attacker after each attack, then it wouldn't take too long before the attackers would get consumed.
However, it was quite obvious that Tiger Huan was unable to do these two methods. Because of this, he was plunged into a difficult situation by Shue and clones. But Zhao Hai still paid attention to the fight, he was on guard against the other God-rank experts as well as the army behind them.
While Shue was continuing to fight, Lizzy's voice suddenly came, "Big Brother Hai, there's a change in the Divine Race Army. People have come around, intending to do a sneak attack. What do we need to do?"
Zhao Hai stared for a moment, then he looked at the opposing Divine Race and coldly snorted. It seems like the Divine Race wanted Zhao Hai to focus his attention on the fight while they sent out an army to circle around to give a fatal strike whenever convenient. This was a good method, ordinary people would definitely fall for it.
The people that the Divine Race sent were all God-rank, and their attacks were much more effective compared to the undead. If they attacked an ordinary person, then they might be able to completely succeed.
But unfortunately for the Divine Race, Zhao Hai wasn't an ordinary person.
Chapter 730 – Blood Lightning Bead
After Zhao Hai heard Lizzy's report, he said, "There's no need to care about them. Just prepare some undead to be dispatched. When they attack, immediately release undead on both of their sides, we'll eliminate them first."
Lizzy paused for a moment, then she said, "Big Brother Hai, then what do we do about the enemies in front?"
Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, "We'll deal with them as well. Make sure to release a batch of undead behind them to prevent them from leaving. Then we'll have three groups of undead clash with their army, let's see how formidable the Divine Race's army really is."
When she heard Zhao Hai, Lizzy didn't say anything more, she just complied with the instructions and started to prepare. While this conversation happened, Shue was still attacking Tiger Huan. Since he couldn't face Tiger Huan dead on, Shue continued to attack him with wolf tactics.
On the other hand, the other Divine Race people looked at Shue and Tiger Huan's battle with an ugly expression. They didn't think that Tiger Huan would be placed in such a position by someone like Shue.
If they didn't have their own plans, then they might have already mounted an attack. They were currently waiting for their army to be in their positions before starting their plan to attack and kill Zhao Hai's group.
Zhao Hai has been observing these Divine Race people. He found that although they seem to be paying attention to the battle, their eyes were actually focused in front, which was the place right behind Zhao Hai. There might even be a hint of anxiety between their expressions.
Zhao Hai knew about what these people were thinking, but he didn't make a move. He knew that the undead had already shifted the magic cannons to the appropriate direction while keeping it a secret to the Divine Race. The magic formation has been primed as well, waiting for the moment to be activated.
Zhao Hai understood that the Divine Race had some understanding regarding these magic cannons. After all, the Radiant Church has been in the continent for many years, it would be impossible for them to be clueless about this matter.
The Divine Race knew that the capabilities of the magic cannons were limited. Not to say them, but even in the continent these magic cannons can only harm 6th ranks at most, 7th ranks will have no problem resisting them. Because of this, when the Divine Race saw Zhao Hai flaunting his magic cannons, all of them had a mocking thought inside their hearts.
At this moment, there was a change in the battlefield. Tiger Huang has been forced into a corner by Shue, he knew that if he didn't make a move, then he would fall here. Therefore, he suddenly screamed and then punched his own chest as he threw up some blood. Then his fingers moved as he muttered an incantation. The blood that came out suddenly floated in the air, and along with the incantation, it began to tumble until it looked like boiled water. Then the red blood slowly receded and turned black, forming a bead.
Tiger Huan gave a shout as he threw the bead over to Shue's clones.
Shue's clone felt something wrong with this bead, so it sent out an attack using the giant great axe, targeting the approaching bead.
However, what happened next made Shue stare. Just as the attack got in contact with the bead, the energy within it was suddenly being absorbed. After absorbing the attack, the bead started to appear clearer.
When Zhao Hai saw this bead, his complexion changed. Although he didn't know what this bead was, he was certain that it wasn't simple. Moreover, he can feel a sense of danger coming out from that bead.
Zhao Hai knit his brows, then he looked at the other Divine Race and saw their happy expression as they looked at Zhao Hai's group. Zhao Hai knew that the reason of their expression was the army had already arrived behind him.
After thinking about this, Zhao Hai didn't wait as his figure moved and appeared right by the bead. Then he waved his finger as a spatial rift appeared in front of the bead, absorbing it into the Space.
The Divine Race didn't expect Zhao Hai to make a move. This caused them to be caught off guard, however, Silver Shuke immediately responded, "Zhao Hai, since you dared to disturb the duel, then don't blame us for being impolite. Begin!" Then the army started to charge towards Zhao Hai.
At this moment, Tiger Huan felt that the Blood Lightning Bead, which he had lost contact with, suddenly restored their connection. With a thought, he immediately compelled the bead to explode.
This blood lightning bead was a type of mixed magic. It was a combination of blood magic and fire element magic along with a hint of black magic. This kind of magic was very demanding with regards to its users, only people who had reached God-rank, like Zhao Hai would be able to use it.
However, even if Zhao Hai were to know of this magic, he would still opt out in using it. This was because the foundation of this magic lay on the user's blood essence.
Blood essence wasn't just ordinary blood, it was something that was connected to one's life force. To each person, this blood essence was a very important thing. If a person lost his blood essence, even if they didn't die, like Tiger Huan, they would still find their strengths being knocked down a level. In other words, after Tiger Huan used his blood lightning bead, his present strength as a God-rank expert has been reduced to Demigod-level.
Naturally, Zhao Hai wasn't aware of this magic, after all it was a spell unique to the Divine Race. But even if Zhao Hai didn't know about the bead, he still didn't dare to underestimate it. Because of this, he made a move and absorbed the bead into the Space. After having the bead in the Space, he immediately threw it back out onto a place away from Shue and in the middle of the Divine Race army.
When Zhao Hai absorbed the blood lightning bead, the Space immediately issued a prompt. Only a short contact with the Space was needed to unravel the mysteries of the bead.
In general, the Space's prompt described the bead as an aggressive hybrid energy bead. The Space can use the Blood Pond in order to manufacture it and also the Dao Lotus to provide the lightning aspect. With these ingredients, the might of the Space's blood lightning bead was much stronger than the one Tiger Huan just made,
When Zhao Hai heard this prompt, he was immediately thrown into happiness. This was an extraordinary attacking method. If he didn't have the Blood Pond, then he wouldn't have the requirements to do this attack. But since he absorbed God's blood in the past, he can now use this magic an unlimited number of times. This was extremely good news for Zhao Hai.
While Zhao Hai revelled in his happiness, the thrown blood lightning bead had exploded in the middle of the Divine Race army. The blood lightning bead was truly worthy of being called a first-rate God-rank spell. This single blast along cleared a circle fifty meters across the Divine Race army.
Every single Divine Race in this 50-meter circle was killed by the explosion. But fortunately, the formation of the Divine Race was quite spacious, the blast only killed less than ten people, their losses weren't serious.
When Silver Shuke gave his order, Shue made use of the opportunity to attack the weakened Tiger Huan. Using one of clones, he killed Tiger Huan in one fell swoop. When Tiger Huan died, a spatial rift immediately appeared right by his body as it was absorbed into the Space. Then after reappearing, Tiger Huan looked completely restored, no injury can be spotted, but his face was paler than normal, Tiger Huan has been turned into a zombie.
However, it was a pity that although Tiger Huan has been turned into an undead, he wasn't able to promote the levels of the undead. This disappointed Zhao Hai.
Judging by the Domain that Tiger Huan used, he should be of the fire element. In Zhao Hai's mind, Tiger Huan should be able to turn the fire element in the Space into God-rank. Even if their level wasn't too high, they should be Demigods at the very least. Unfortunately, the Space didn't issue any prompt.
But since Silver Shuke had started their move, Zhao Hai didn't have the mood to think about any of these. His figure moved as he pulled Shue and Berry away from the approaching army. At this moment, a war cry was heard behind him, it was the silver Divine Race army. Silver Shuke couldn't help but make a smug look towards Zhao Hai, he wanted to see the startled expression on Zhao Hai's face. He even wanted to say some disparaging words, knocking Zhao Hai's pride down a notch.
But much to his disappointment, Zhao Hai wasn't startled at all. On the contrary, he was looking at the Shuke with a smug look. Silver Shuke couldn't help but stare, then an unlucky premonition suddenly rose in his mind.
"Is he hiding something?" The Shuke muttered to himself. Then he immediately found the answer, coming from the walls of the city were blue beams coming towards the army, the magic cannons had started to fire!
The Silver Shuke was startled by Zhao Hai's magic cannons, however, his heart immediately calmed down, he couldn't help but sneer and said, "Magic cannons? Hahaha. Zhao Hai, you you really think that you can deal with us using inferior weapons such as magic cannons? I thought that you're much smarter than this."
Zhao Hai looked at the Silver Shuke and then sneered, "Really? Inferior magic cannons?"
100 magic cannons weren't a lot, however, an entire salvo coming from all of them looked quite frightening. The Divine Race just neglected them since they thought that they weren't anything serious.
However, this thought made them suffer a loss. Those who were hit by the magic cannons didn't care much about it. Some of them might cast a defensive magic, but most of them were too lazy to do cast anything. They intend to use their own physique to defend against the attacks of the magic cannons.
Only when the blue light hit their bodies did they discover that something was wrong. A powerful chill immediately rushed into their bodies. After their initial shock, they immediately went on to push the cold air out, however, they discovered that their meridians had been sealed with ice!