Dark shadows swooped down from the night sky, widened their mouths, and revealed razor-sharp fangs and claws as they pounced.
But then, the rotating explosive shells cruelly and mercilessly rushed into their bodies, easily tearing them apart from the inside and exploding into sparks mixed with flesh and blood.
"Ambush!"
As the night descended, the most difficult moment for the alliance finally arrived.
Although the Undead Creatures could use the Necromancy Mist to resist the threat of sunlight during the day, at least their air force couldn't be used.
But when night fell, the Bone Griffins and other aerial units would coordinate with the Skeleton Soldiers on the ground to launch a comprehensive attack on the alliance.
In this situation, the alliance was under immense pressure. Besides, there was a huge gap in strength and numbers between both sides, which was also an important reason why the alliance retreated step by step.
At this moment, the elves finally revealed their usefulness.
"Fire! Fire!"
Holy light pillars burst into the sky once again, illuminating the battlefield. The elves raised their bows that were blessed by divine spells, aimed at the enemies, and fired rapidly.
Even though the elves weren't as powerful as the holy knights and priests in ground battles, no one was better than the elves when it came to attacking aerial targets.
Even though the Bone Griffins, Gargoyles, and other creatures were equally tough to deal with, the elves' arrows could easily penetrate the gaps between their skeletons and armor and destroy the soul cores hidden within.
But even so, it was too difficult to stop the Undead Army.
"Heyahhh!"
Alice snarled as she stepped forward. She raised the scepter in her hand and swung it forward.
Along with this movement, the light sphere that was as large as a human head that was connected to the top of the scepter flew out and smashed onto the head of a massive Abomination.
The pure, holy energy blasted a huge hole in the Abomination's head. Before the venomous gas and blood spurted out, a dazzling white radiance emanated from the Abomination's body and turned it into a pile of ashes.
On the other hand, the saintess who instantly killed an undead creature that required a team of holy knights to deal with didn't stop because of this.
On the contrary, she waved the scepter in her hand again and brought it down.
The ball of light that seemed to be connected to the scepter by an invisible thread fell heavily to the ground.
In an instant, in a loud bang, the light sphere that smashed to the ground shook violently. Then, light cracks spread out in all directions from the light sphere.
The Undead Creatures that came into contact with the holy radiance didn't even have the chance to let out a wail before they vanished into the holy radiance. When Ailee retracted the light sphere, the scepter in her hand was even more dazzling than before.
This was the power of the Divine Artifact in Ailee's possession — the Guiding Staff.
It wasn't an artifact that was specifically used to destroy the Undead Creatures, but it possessed considerable power and effects.
That was, as long as the wielder had a firm mind, a clear goal and direction when wielding the scepter, and successfully dealt damage to it.
In that case, the power consumed by the artifact would be replenished and would increase according to the number of enemies eliminated.
It was due to this reason that Ailee wasn't concerned about the Undead Army at all because she wasn't worried that the artifact in her hand would fail due to the depletion of power. As long as the Guiding Staff was in her hand and she knew what she wanted to do, the power would flow to her continuously. And she wouldn't lose!
"I don't see any Vampires …"
After detonating the Starlight Arrow once again and eliminating the headache-inducing Undead Creatures like flies, Jenny lifted her head and swept a glance at the sky.
Under the radiance of the holy radiance, it was apparent that the Undead Creatures attacking them from the sky were mostly Bone Griffins with some Gargoyles mixed in.
However, the most important Vampires weren't seen. It seemed like the aftereffects of the previous battle had taken effect.
Perhaps Klein had banned the Vampires from participating in this battle in order to express his stance to the Princess of the Netherworld.
After all, the incident with the Blood Queen's Oracle had just happened and if Klein allowed the Vampires to participate in the battle, perhaps the Princess of the Netherworld would look for him for a chat.
Even though it was great news for the alliance that the Vampires didn't appear, the current situation wasn't any better. Jenny was aware that Klein had chosen this day because it was the day of the Blood Moon, where the attacks of the Vampires and Undead Creatures would be stronger than usual.
Even though the moon had just risen and was as silvery-white as usual, Jenny was aware that this was only the beginning.
As for Viconia …
Jenny couldn't help but turn to the Elves' defensive line.
At this moment, most of the Elves had retreated and attacked the Undead Creatures in the sky.
But it wasn't like there was no barrier in front of them. Towering trees were moving slowly and firmly, forming a nearly indestructible line of defense.
The trees swung their thick branches and smashed everything that dared to obstruct them into pieces.
Even the heavily armored Death Knights didn't have much of an advantage. They could only swing their greatswords and leave a few scratches on the surface that was tougher than armor. Then, they were smashed flat like cans and couldn't fight anymore.
Viconia wasn't fighting on the front line like the others. Instead, she was standing behind the defensive line with three Elves and seemed to be conducting a ritual.
Even though Viconia didn't say much, Jenny knew what they were doing.
That was the Bright Moon Ritual.
Jenny had to admit that Viconia did have its own ideas.
The Bright Moon Ritual was a ritual for the Elves to seek the Forest Goddess's strength and assistance.
It could only be activated when the full moon was in the sky.
Even though today was the night of the Blood Moon, it wasn't impossible to communicate with the Forest Goddess before the moon turned into a blood moon.
It was apparent that Viconia wanted to use her special powers as the Son of God to summon and obtain the help of the Forest Goddess, Melikai.
Got to say, the idea wasn't bad, but it was useless.
At this thought, Jenny glanced at the surroundings, before turning around and sprinting toward the center of the campsite.
"Miss Jenny, how's the situation?!"
Compared to other regions, the central defensive line that Aili was stationed in was relatively stable. After all, there was a huge killing machine like Pattilina overseeing this place.
Even though there were many Undead Creatures in the air, to Pattilina, it was a problem that could be resolved with a few explosive shells.
Even though the Undead Creatures were much smaller than the space fighters, not everything could withstand the light rays and shockwaves that could easily destroy the space fighters.
"It's still normal. The Elves are still working hard and they have summoned the Treant Leader to assist in the defense.
Judging from the current situation, the Princess is conducting some kind of ritual. I think she's conducting the Bright Moon Ritual. "
"Bright Moon Ritual?"
Aili knitted her brows and reacted immediately.
"She's summoning the Forest Goddess here?"
"That should be it."
"This …"
Hearing Jenny's answer, Aili couldn't help but hesitate.
She didn't expect Viconia to be so decisive to conduct the summoning in the middle of the battlefield.
This wasn't an easy task. Generally speaking, it was best to conduct the summoning in the rear because the ritual needed to communicate with the deity couldn't tolerate any disturbances.
Once there were any mistakes, all sorts of problems would occur.
But she didn't expect Viconia to actually do it on the battlefield … Is this really fine?
Thinking of this, Aili couldn't help but waver.
Frankly speaking, even though she had made up her mind to stop the Undead Creatures at all costs.
But after knowing that Viconia was going to summon the Forest Goddess, Aili's heart wavered.
After all, she was still the kind-hearted Saintess. In Aili's opinion, if she could summon the Forest Goddess to resolve the problem, then her plan wouldn't be needed.
If that's the case … Then it doesn't seem too bad?
But the problem is … Can Viconia make it in time?
Viconia didn't know what Aili was thinking. But even if she knew, she didn't have the time to answer.
After all, even she didn't know the answer to this question.
"Our great Goddess, Lord of Nature, please hear my call. I'm here, with my soul and my life, to pray to you, to receive your response …"
Under the escort of the three Elven Priests, Viconia knelt on the ground. She clenched her fists and placed them on her chest. She shut her eyes and muttered.
After activating her spiritual sense, she could sense the furious roars of the Undead Creatures from all directions. Their spiritual radiance wreaked havoc like a prairie fire and even the moonlight in the sky was about to be overshadowed by them.
But at this moment, Viconia didn't dare to be careless. All she could do was to try her best to communicate with the deity she believed in and hope that the deity would pay attention to the situation here due to her summoning.
Deities weren't omnipotent and even the most fanatical cultists understood this point.
Even though the deities were high above, there were many things that they wouldn't pay attention to.
It was just like when players played construction simulation games. Of course, they could choose to build a city with a population of 100,000 on a piece of land. However, would they pay attention to how every unit, organization, and group in the city lived?
Of course not. Only when the system notified the player of a fire, a crime, or a problem, would the player shift his attention there and consider how to solve the problem.
And now, what Viconia was doing was the 'system prompt'.
As long as she could successfully attract the Forest Goddess's attention, she would be halfway to success.
Wyconia lifted his head and gazed at the night sky.
The silver-whitish moon had risen to the middle of the sky.
It will be the time of the Blood Moon soon.