I saw a large number of figures standing densely in the huge square.

This unusual sight made Lei Xiao look at it in amazement.

Since the group of people were on a higher ground, Lei Xiao could have a panoramic view of everything in the square.

Through the increasingly dense black fog, it can be vaguely seen from his clothing.

Most of these figures are ordinary residents of the city, while a few are city soldiers wearing standard armor and mercenaries with messy equipment.

At a glance, everywhere is crowded.

Even the flower beds with all the dead vegetation and the fountains that had stopped flowing were crowded with people, and there was almost no end in sight.

Around the square, there were crowds of clay warriors and undead warriors. Their bodies, which were constantly dripping mud, and their white skeletal bodies, coupled with the ferocious movements of baring their teeth and claws, looked particularly terrifying under the diffuse black mist.

Seeing this scene of being besieged by his opponents, a bone-chilling chill suddenly surged into Lei Xiao's heart.

If such a dense crowd were transformed into undead at the same time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

While feeling frightened in his heart, Lei Xiao continued to observe.

What is puzzling is that those fighting with the clay warriors at the front are not all the garrison soldiers and mercenaries, but only individual figures scattered on the outermost edge.

Lei Xiao is no stranger to these fighting figures.

It was the ten pterodactyl knights including Orange Bai, Nanxing, Nanyue, and Sean who had never appeared, the garrison captain Yal who disappeared from the storage area in the north of the city, the two battle maids, the chief and deputy squadron captains, and several third-level mercenaries.

and Wood, another garrison captain responsible for the defense of the west wall of the city.

"Great, they are all alive."

After seeing this scene, Lei Xiao felt a little relieved.

While feeling lucky, Lei Xiao's expression became confused again.

On the battlefield, except for Ju Bai who was able to purify several clay warriors every time he cast a dazzling light spell, the rest of the subordinates were just trying in vain to resist the opponent's attacks. The scene was quite embarrassing.

It can be clearly seen that even Nanxing Nanyue, who is a fourth-level expert, has no way to deal with these clay warriors who ignore physical attacks.

Whether it is an extremely sharp sword peak or a sharp arrow, it just passes through the slimy body of the clay warrior, and except for bringing out a trace of mud, it is almost impossible to cause any effective damage.

What's more, the clay warriors who were wiped out by the orange-white holy light soon returned to their original appearance with a burst of black mist rising.

However, this is not the most critical thing.

The sparse defense line composed of twenty third-level and above strong men actually prevented the hundreds of clay warriors who were launching attacks and the more skeleton soldiers outside from advancing even a single centimeter.

To be more precise, a group of clay warriors, relying on their ability to ignore physical attacks and infinite rebirth, seemed to be playing tricks on Ju Bai and the others. They did not launch a fierce offensive, but just roared and rampaged around unscrupulously.

Shaking.

"Those clay warriors seem to be just trying to contain Ju Bai and the others. Why don't they launch a real attack?"

"Why did Yal and others who were originally defending in the storage area in the north of the city appear here together with such a huge crowd?

"And why don't those soldiers and mercenaries standing in the crowd participate in the defense and just stand there numbly?"

Looking at this extremely strange battlefield, a series of question marks suddenly appeared in Lei Xiao's mind.

"Lord, look! This huge crowd, including ordinary soldiers and mercenaries, is obviously a little weird!"

Just hearing Chaoyan's clear and surprised voice reached Lei Xiao's ears: "Their bodies are stiff, but their faces are extremely frightened. They should be in a state of confinement where they cannot move!"

"oh?"

Lei Xiao heard the sound and looked at it again, and found that it was just as Chao Yan said, both the civilians and ordinary soldiers were bound by a layer of light black mist and lost their ability to move.

Ability.

"No wonder I think this scene is very weird. Faced with the siege of a large number of clay warriors and skeleton warriors with claws and claws, even ordinary soldiers will inevitably panic and cause chaos in the formation. However, these civilians and soldiers just stood there numbly.

Yes, is it because you can't move freely?"

"Since they can't move, those ordinary soldiers and mercenaries will naturally not be able to participate in the defense."

Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, frowning and murmuring to himself: "Judging from the current situation, this confinement technique seems to be only effective for targets below the second level."

"Lord, that is not just a confinement technique, but a special manipulation technique!"

Lina's surprised voice rang out: "The Nightmare Knight has obviously improved the Death Field and added an effect that can control low-level targets within the field!"

"Manipulation? I understand it completely. It seems that both the large number of civilians and the defenders such as Yar in the northern area were forcibly gathered together by the Nightmare Knight."

A look of sudden enlightenment appeared on Lei Xiao's face, and he muttered: "In this way, the mystery of the mysterious disappearance of Ya'er and others from the northern storage area will be revealed."

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao frowned more and more, and said in deep thought: "Since the Nightmare Knight has forcibly gathered the entire population of the Western District and the surrounding soldiers, why did he just imprison them and not proceed further?

One step?"

At this time, Lei Xiao clearly understood.

Just like what I just thought, if the Nightmare Knight converts everyone in the square into undead, the consequences will undoubtedly be devastating.

"It's truly incredible."

Looking worriedly at the innocent people surrounded by clay warriors and undead, Ariel's heart was already in her throat. She frowned and said in confusion: "What on earth is that hateful Nightmare Knight?"

What are you planning?"

"Lord, my subordinates know what the nightmare knight is doing..."

Lina seemed to remember something, swallowed involuntarily, and said in panic: "The Nightmare Knight is collecting "Despair"!"

"Gathering despair?"

Lei Xiao was stunned for a moment, frowned and nodded.

Lei Xiao had already understood this before.

An important part of the "Man Controller" Necromancer's training, in addition to the death energy, is the fear and despair of training "materials".

There is no doubt that the stronger these negative emotions of cultivating "materials" are, the more beneficial it is to the "man-controller" necromancer.

"It is conceivable that this dark and foggy environment itself is enough to make most people feel uncomfortable and uneasy both psychologically and physically, giving people a sense of despair being imprisoned in the darkness.

Even as a fourth-level expert, I can feel that the air here is extremely thin and sticky."

Looking at the terrible environment with rising death energy around him, Lei Xiao's expression became more solemn.

"And in a situation where life may be threatened at any time, coupled with the surrounding weird clay warriors who can be infinitely reborn, as well as the visually impactful skeleton soldiers, the despair can undoubtedly be further intensified."

As his eyes wandered, Lei Xiao looked at the frightened civilians on the square and continued to think.

"Seeing so many terrifying enemies that are powerless to level 3 and even level 4 experts are always baring their teeth and threatening their lives at any time... This will obviously have a huge impact on the hearts of the residents and soldiers.

After all, these powerful men with extraordinary strength are the ones they look up to, and they are the ones who can be called protectors."

"And the emotion of despair will slowly ferment during this repeated watching process, and then be aroused to the extreme... Is this the real reason why the Nightmare Knight is surrounded and refuses to attack, and "teases" Ju Bai and other strong men?

?”

After understanding what was happening ahead, Lei Xiao's face showed a trace of confusion again, and he frowned and said: "But why is the Nightmare Knight collecting despair at this time?"

"Lord, you don't know something."

Lina's wheat-colored face was already occupied by uneasiness, and she quickly explained: "As my subordinate said not long ago, the condition for triggering the undead storm in the realm of death is the death energy in the realm.

It’s rich to a certain extent.”

"The way to reach the critical point of death energy is to directly let the undead spirit in the city reach a certain proportion. There is also a simpler and more crude way, which is to first make the target fall into complete despair, and then convert it into undead spirit.

In this way, the death energy gained will be doubled."

Having said this, Lina glanced at the crowd in the square blankly, and then said blankly: "And if so many people are completely plunged into despair at the same time and then converted into undead, it will be enough to directly trigger the undead storm to sweep across the world.

city, turning the entire city into a world of undead.”

"What?!"

Hearing the sound, Ariel almost jumped up. She frowned and said: "No wonder the previous series of actions in the city have been very smooth. The Nightmare Knight didn't even intervene. Unexpectedly, he dug a hole in the city."

Here! This cunning and treacherous fellow!"

After hearing Ariel's angry and slightly uneasy words, Lei Xiao pondered and nodded.

At this point, a series of questions I had in the past were all solved.

When he suddenly became enlightened, a drop of cold sweat began to seep out from Lei Xiao's forehead.

Facing these infinitely reborn clay warriors, even if he devotes all his fighting power, he cannot change the current situation.

And while he was thinking about it, the undead storm sweeping across the city was undoubtedly likely to break out at any time.

At that time, everyone in the city, including himself, will die in this terrible storm, and then become the undead puppets of the Nightmare Knight.

Looking at the pale-faced and frightened residents on the square, Lei Xiao took a deep breath, and a strong and sticky smell of blood poured into his nose.

The current extremely passive and bad situation was undoubtedly completely unexpected.

Just when Lei Xiao thought of this, Lina's extremely uneasy clear voice came over again.

"Lord Qi, my subordinates have just discovered that with the increasing despair in the square, the intensity of the death energy here has exceeded the limit. Even if the subordinates, who are necromancers, want to leave the fog smoothly, they must

It will be an impossible thing..."
To be continued...