Doomsday Pillars

Chapter 285 - Battle Art

This time Alex didn't come to train the fighters like his first three months in Australia. His current goal was to quickly clear each floor by floor until they reached the 40th floor. Alex and the fighters cleared each floor swiftly, like bolts of lightning breaking through the clouds. 

They continued to fight the same troll monsters on each floor. However, if previously they were dealing with dozens of trolls at once, the number of trolls they had to deal with gradually increased the more they went up the floor.

Unfortunately, the troll creatures on these floors didn't drop spirit stones but they were at least able to increase their Sky realm level. Every time someone killed a creature, everyone in the group would receive a feeling of spirit energy coursing throughout their body, strengthening it. After 5 days of continuous fighting, these 150 fighters finally cleared the 39th floor.

[Alex]

[Sky realm level 34 - middle stage]

[Sky Magus - Light - middle stage]

[Aria]

[Sky realm level 34 - middle stage]

[Sky Magus - Water - middle stage]

[Sky Magus - Ice - middle stage]

[Sergei]

[Sky realm level 25 - middle stage]

[Sky Magus - Earth- middle stage]

[Tommy]

[Sky realm level 22 - middle stage]

[Sky Magus - Darkness- middle stage]

[Theo]

[Sky realm level 10 - initial stage]

[Sky Magus - Light - initial stage]

[Oscar]

[Sky realm level 10 - initial stage]

[Sky Magus - Lightning- initial stage]

[Evan]

[Sky realm Knight level 15 - middle stage]

[Karina]

[Sky realm Knight level 9 - initial stage]

Evan and Karina received a lot of increase in their level. However, for Theo and Oscar, who were still unable to make a breakthrough in cultivation because their insufficient understanding of the elements were still stuck at level 10. Tommy and Sergei had increased to level 3 while Aria only gained 1 level.

Evan and his men could not believe how easily Alex and company moved across the floor, furiously killing everything in the path like a harvester mowing down corn fields. They recalled their previous attempts to clear the 31st floor and how they had suffered heavy losses, they realized how weak they were compared to Alex's team. They could not help but sigh deeply, lamenting the huge disparity.

Blazing through each floor with minimal rest, the group had finally reached the 40th floor and were now standing in front of the floor entrance. This was one of the main floors where they would fight opponents that were much stronger than before.

Opening the entrance and entering it, the group once again saw the same large dark corridor unfolding before their eyes but with one exception, rows of burning torches could be seen on the corridor walls making it dimly lit.

'Here we are…" Alex thought with a smile 'After 9 floors of warming up, the main dish was finally served.'

[Mountain Troll]

This creature was a level stronger and bigger than the [Cave Troll]. It has the speed and strength of a Sky realm fighter and unlike the cave trolls, they had higher intelligence, which meant they were harder to fight with. They can also use hammer and iron chains to attack, demonstrating their superiority to cave trolls.

In this time, they were going to fight a horde of trolls. There were about 50 of them and there were 5 mountain trolls among them. For a fight like this, Alex didn't dare underestimate these enemies. Because if not handled properly it will cause casualties.

"Formed the Magic Formation!!" Alex shouted.

In a matter of seconds, all of Alex's 120 member fighters gathered in a single line like a spear head facing the trolls. There were 30 Sky realm Magus and 90 Sky realm Knights among the formation, ready to unleash their firepower. The 30 or so Magus were spread out among the Knights in the ranks, with the Earth, Plant and Ice Magus positioned at the front along with the frontline Knights was led by Alex and Sergei. The Fire and Metal Magus stayed in the back with Theo and Tommy, while Aria and Oscar led the Lightning and Wind Magus in charge of surprise attack.

As the formation took shape, the troll horde did not sit still either, they quickly advanced towards Alex's group with their claws out in the open and weapons ready to be swung. As the trolls rapidly advanced towards the group, the movement of the horde was stalled by a shower of arrows coming from the rear formation. These arrows were not ordinary arrows but arrows enhanced by [Fire Infusion] and [Hardened Metal] spells, which greatly increased the power and sharpness of the arrows.

A shower of flaming metal arrows that flew through the corridor directly hit the dozens of trolls, especially those leading the charge. But even though dozens of trolls were hit by arrows, they couldn't penetrate the troll's skin deep enough to stop them and could only slow them down. However, amidst the raging arrows that were still embedded in the troll's skin, one could see one troll who were incapacitated by Theo's [Sword Formation] which proved the might of these tier 3 swords.

Seeing the troll being held back by the rain arrows, Alex quickly ordered Plant Magus to further hinder the trolls. Dozens of vines could be seen crawling out of the ground as the [Plant Vine] spell was cast by the three Plant Magus, which quickly moved and slithered towards the injured troll, effectively locking onto them. The entangled trolls prevented the other trolls from moving forward and Alex, who saw the situation quickly took advantage of it.

"CHARGE!!"

Alex shouted as he instantly dashed towards the horde, leading the charge himself. He started the attack by casting three [Smite] spells at the crowd, knocking half of them to the ground. Sergei caught up with Alex and immediately followed Alex's spell using his [Earth Smash] spell, hitting the ground 20 meters in diameter in front of him.

Such powerful attacks by Alex and Sergei provide a huge opening that brings out the best in everyone. Tommy, who should have been behind, went to the front lines and started rampaging amidst the crowd of trolls using a tier 3 spell [Infeeble Blade]. It was a darkness elemental spell that created a crescent blade from darkness energy. The dark blade causes a corrosive effect while cutting and injuring enemies, immobilizing them.

As the trolls are disrupted by the front line troops, more bad news comes for them as Aria and Oscar lead the Lightning Magus, Wind Magus and assassin-oriented fighters to carry out a pincer attack from the side, creating further chaos for the trolls.

[Hail]

The familiar hailstorm appeared above the trolls as they were struck by the ice shards and slammed into the ground. Oscar followed up using [Shockwave] on the trolls that were hit, forcing them to stay on the ground.

The rest of the team, the Sky realm Knights also began to activate their own battle art skills as splendor effects appeared on the battlefield, showing evidence of the activation of various skills.

[Agility Up] which increases speed, [Power Up] which increases strength, and [Endurance Up] which increases the defense of the bodies. These three were the basic battle art skills that Knights could learn and use. The skill can be used by both magus or knight and a talented fighter could use two skills at the same time. These skills' effects were not as effective as [Wind Walk] or [Stone Skin] but still it provides an extra boost of power to fight against these trolls, unless they discovered the rare and special battle art skill such as the [Hexagram Technique] own by Alex or Winter's [Warrior Spirit] skill.

The battlefield quickly turned chaotic as 120 elite fighters fought 50 trolls, completely overwhelming the trolls. It was a three on one fight. At this moment. Alex still refrained from giving his trump card, the magic scroll as he was eager to see the full strength of his fighters.

While Alex's troops completely took the initiative and dealt the most damage, the Australian fighters also did their best. But unfortunately, even though they were also Sky realm Knights, due to their battle experience being much less, their impact on the battlefield was very small. So Alex instructs them to take responsibility at the back, supporting the one in trouble.

When the last troll of this horde fell, Alex, Aria, Theo and the two Water magus, start using healing spells to heal the wounded fighters. When the wounded were healed and they had received enough rest, Alex instructed the group to continue moving. They continued charging along the corridor as their momentum rose even higher. They annihilated every horde of trolls they came across, granting them considerable spirit energy.

After hours of fierce fighting, they finally managed to kill all the trolls on the 40th floor, completing it. Some of the fighters were badly injured but luckily none was life threatening. With speed, Alex and the group managed to finish the whole 10 levels in five days.

It's time to check out the new facility obtained at the 40th floor.

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