A wall made of bones appeared on the ground, blocking the path of the escort team.
The Bone Wall rolled forward as skeleton soldiers leapt down from it, wielding broken blades as they surged toward the escort team.
Eric, the captain of the Elf Guard, raised his hand and ordered them to fire, and the Elf warriors lifted their crossbows and loosed a volley of arrows, reducing the approaching skeleton soldiers to fragments.
However, as the Bone Wall rumbled forward, it would swallow the fragments of the skeleton soldiers into itself, becoming part of the Bone Wall.
Then, more skeleton soldiers would emerge from the Bone Wall and continue to pour toward the Elf Guard.
Three Arcane Masters among the Elf Guard joined forces, casting the Fire Wall Skill together to conjure a vast wall of flames that scorched the Bone Wall.
The Bone Wall blazed fiercely, yet this did not prevent it from continuing to roll forward, and even flames were whipped up as flame skeleton soldiers jumped from the wall and set ablaze anything they touched upon entering the ranks.
Seeing the raging inferno that was the Bone Wall approaching, Eric quickly commanded the team to fall back, all the while increasing the intensity of their fire to try to break through the Bone Wall.
Yet, the bolts fired at the Bone Wall, which was thirty meters in length and five meters high, caused very limited damage.
Eric leapt down from the Moonshadow Leopard and, with a loud cry, swung his long-handled weapon to chop a deep trench into the ground.
The Bone Wall rolled forward, fell into the trench, and, for the moment, the crisis seemed averted.
But before he could catch his breath, the fragments of the Bone Wall turned back into skeleton soldiers, crawling out of the ravine.
One, two, three... thousands upon thousands.
The skeleton soldiers climbed out of the trench, once again coalescing into the Bone Wall, continuing to trundle forward and starting to encircle from three directions.
To be surrounded by such an immense number of skeleton soldiers meant grave danger, even if these individual soldiers were not particularly powerful.
After all, there were only fifty people in the team escorting the Magic Spring Water, including both humans and elves.
Eric knew they could not break through and immediately ordered, "Turn around, break out of the Bone Wall's encirclement!"
The Elf Guard promptly turned to make their breakout.
At that moment, a bestial roar echoed from the left mountain peak.
A troop of ram-headed Bloodline Demons came swooping down; some ran along the ground, some flew through the air, some vanished into the void, while others unleashed an oppressive aura, engulfing the expanse of heaven and earth.
This was none other than a troop of Abyss Summoners, a group of elite Bloodline Demons.
The Bloodline Clan summoned here were no ordinary Demons but had skills and Source Material and were akin to Superpower Users in terms of Combat Power.
As such, this group of Bloodline Demons displayed a diverse array of abilities, including Invisible Assassins, Defense Warriors, Magic Shooters, Spirit Mages, and Curse Wizards.
The leader of the Bloodline Demons was a Bloodline Lord, a formidable Great Demon.
The Bloodline Lord hovered midair, wings unfurled, emitting an aura of overwhelming pressure that could crush all living beings.
Every elf and human felt their heads buzzing, and though their determination was not broken by this oppressive force, it was highly uncomfortable and was sure to affect their combat effectiveness.
Eric scanned the group of Bloodline Demons and saw that their numbers exceeded sixty, not to mention the thousands of skeleton soldiers surrounding them on all sides.
There was also an unseen force orchestrating this sea of skeletons.
This put him under tremendous pressure as he led the charge himself, brandishing his weapon to block the advance of the Bloodline Demons.
Human Superpower Users did the same, each drawing their weapons to meet the Bloodline Demons.
The battle erupted into chaos as humans, elves, Bloodline Demons, and the sea of skeletons clashed.
The Bloodline Lord Ugmas roared to the sky, lifting his hand and blasting a half-meter wide crimson light wave toward the escort team.
The crimson wave smashed into the midst of the escort team, cleaving it in two; where the crimson light passed, elves, humans, and mounts were flung wildly.
The Bloodline Lord Ugmas raised his hand again to gather another crimson wave.
Few in the Guard Team could withstand an attack from a Lord Level Great Demon.
A Horned Owl Beast swooped down from the sky as Fiona shouted, "Ugmas, it's you again; this time I won't let you get away!"
Fiona leaped from midair, drawing her War Spear and hurling it towards Ugmas.
Ugmas raised his hand, redirecting the crimson wave he intended for the escort team towards Fiona instead.
The keen edge of the War Spear struck the crimson wave, setting off a fierce shockwave.
The violent explosion rang in the ears, painfully loud.
Fiona and the Bloodline Lord Ugmas were old foes.
They had clashed on the Abyss Battlefield before, each a match for the other.
Compared to their last encounter, Fiona's Combat Power had increased greatly, but after a head-on collision, she discovered that Ugmas's strength had improved as well.
A fierce battle unfolded between them, the outcome still uncertain.
The fight grew more intense. As it continued, the encroaching sea of skeletons thickened, forming the Bone Wall that ground inexorably toward the escort team. No matter how the team attacked, they could not halt the tide of skeletons.
These Undead units, made of bones and possessing neither life nor fear, would simply regroup to the Bone Wall, forming new skeleton soldiers, even after being shattered by arrows and spells.
Only the Arcane Masters' Dispel Magic could destroy the Undead Energy on the skeleton soldiers.
But there were too many skeleton soldiers, and the team's three Arcane Masters, even if they exhausted all their magic, could not dispel such a vast sea of skeletons.