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#428 - Chapter 162: Life and Death Struggle (Part 3)

But they knew this was only temporary, and the Night King could launch another attack at any moment. Therefore, they continued to hold their ground, awaiting the final battle.

As the commander of the army, his role was often to stabilize morale, with specific combat operations being directed by front-line generals.

For a full three days, the battlefield remained in a bizarre stalemate. The wight's offensive did not weaken, and they continued to pour in through the gaps in the city walls. The White Walkers were unable to break through the human defenses, so many wights were wasted in front of the defensive line.

Liu Yuan was also very puzzled, unable to understand the Night King's behavior and purpose. However, on this day, an unusually strong surge of magical power suddenly came from beyond the Wall. Even from the distant Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, people could clearly see a blue beam of light piercing through the clouds above the Haunted Forest.

Liu Yuan deeply felt the powerful energy, its power had reached the fourth-order level. Since the magical fluctuation appeared, the wights seemed to have lost their souls, standing blankly in place, without the slightest reaction even when attacked by the warriors.

Jon keenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity, so he quickly began to organize the warriors to launch a counterattack, pushing the battle line forward. Hundreds of large shield carts were pushed out by heavily armored giant warriors, their tall and mighty bodies bringing a great sense of security to the people around them. The ordinary soldiers held dragon glass spears to guard both sides of the shield carts, while the fragile skeleton wights were easily crushed by the shield carts.

Thump, thump, thump... A series of deafening war drums came from behind, as if to shatter people's ears. The soldiers' footsteps also gradually became uniform with the beat of the drums, making rhythmic sounds. Accompanied by the sound of "swish ~ swish", it was the sound of armor rubbing against each other, sounding like a surging wave, crushing all the obstacles on the way forward.

Every time the army formation advanced about thirty steps, they would stop to consolidate the defense line, while strangling those wights that had not completely died, constantly compressing the wights' space. As the battle continued, the number of wights began to gradually decrease, and victory seemed to be in sight.

However, at this moment, the blue beam of light that soared into the sky suddenly dissipated. The originally dazed wights seemed to be released from some kind of restraint and became awake again. Their eyes flashed with a stronger blue light, as if they had entered a state of frenzy, launching a fierce attack on humans at all costs. Moreover, some tall giant wights appeared in the distance, wielding huge wooden sticks in their hands, regardless of the other wights blocking in front, directly crushing them and rushing towards the humans.

Faced with this sudden change, the officers immediately reacted: "Release the crossbows! Kill those giant wights." They loudly ordered the soldiers to prepare their weapons. With a low rumble, dozens of tall shield carts slowly stopped. They were like steel behemoths, with extremely strong bodies, and the wheels made a dull sound as they rolled. Each shield cart was equipped with a heavy crossbow, and the huge crossbow bolts flickered with cold light, as if ready to tear the enemy's body at any time.

When the shield carts stopped, the soldiers quickly adjusted the angle of the heavy crossbows and aimed at the giant wights charging in front. These giant wights were huge, over four meters tall, with knotted muscles and immense strength. They held huge wooden sticks or iron hammers, their eyes flashing with ferocious light, and launched a fierce impact on the shield carts.

"Fire!" With a command from the commander, dozens of cold lights instantly pierced through the air, pouring down on the giant wights like raindrops. However, the killing effect of these heavy crossbows on the giant wights was not ideal. Although the crossbow bolts hit the giant wights, their hard skin and strong bodies meant that most of the arrows only penetrated a shallow layer, without causing fatal damage.

After a round of salvo, only less than twenty giant wights fell down. But this did not stop their offensive pace, but aroused their ferocity. One of the giant wights raised the wooden stick in his hand high and threw it forward with force. The wooden stick drew an arc in the air and accurately hit a shield cart. The huge impact caused the shield cart to tilt slightly, almost overturning.

The giant who was pushing the cart felt the threat, and he roared, poking his head out from behind the shield cart. Looking at these former compatriots who had now become so ugly and distorted, his heart was filled with anger. Without hesitation, he took out a giant slingshot hanging from his waist, put on a bursting bead, then aimed at a giant wight, and launched it violently.

"Boom!" Accompanied by a earth-shattering loud noise, the bursting bead exploded in the air, forming a huge fireball.

The strong shock wave swept around, engulfing the giant wight. At the same time, the skeleton soldiers within a dozen meters nearby were also involved and blown to pieces. The power shown by this blow even shocked humans.

Liu Yuan brought Wun Wun and Mag the Mighty and other giants to the Wall. Because the giants' bodies were too large, they could not enter the castle. Therefore, Liu Yuan divided the giant guard into two parts. Wun Wun led half of the giants to stay outside the Black Castle to guard, while Mag the Mighty led the other half of the giants to garrison at the Haunted Forest and participated in this counterattack.

Mag the Mighty saw the effect of his attack, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. But after seeing that there were still hundreds of giant wights, he showed an angry expression, but quickly returned to calm. He picked up the giant slingshot in his hand, aimed at the distant enemy, and launched it with force. At the same time, he used the ancient language to call out to the other giant warriors, ordering them to pull the slingshot full together and launch an attack. For giants, protecting their companions and dignity is essential, and they will never allow the corpses of their people to be desecrated in this way.

The combat power shown by the giants greatly boosted the morale of the humans, and the soldiers did their best to shoot. However, there were a large number of giant wights, as many as thousands, and it was unimaginable where the Night King had dug up so many giant corpses.

These wights continued to approach the shield carts, trying to destroy the human defense line. The wooden sticks and stones they threw had great killing power, and once humans were hit, they would suffer serious damage, and more often than not, they would turn into a mass of flesh and blood.

Seeing the giant wights getting closer and closer, the front-line commander was anxious, hoping to find a way to stop them to reduce the casualties of human warriors.