Chapter 8: Who Has More Underlings

“Boy, admit defeat immediately, and I can spare you once!” The Old Mage was already exhausted, and now being tossed by Old Xie like this, he couldn’t hold on anymore, so he asked for peace first.

“Pooh, the one who should beg for mercy is you!” Old Xie said disdainfully: “Surrender now, and I will spare your old life. Otherwise, watch me smash your dog head!”

“Hmph, stubborn as a dead duck!” The Old Mage immediately said angrily: “I taught you long ago, do not challenge a mage inside his Mage Tower. Now, let me teach you a lesson! Come out, Puppet Guards!” Following the Old Mage’s shout, a noise suddenly came from outside, as if some heavy bodies were rushing here.

“You little guy, there are countless Puppets under my command in this Mage Tower. With a single order from me, they will beat you into pieces.” The Old Mage said proudly: “If you admit defeat now, it is still not too late!”

“Haha!” Old Xie laughed loudly: “Old fellow, look around, who exactly should surrender?”

“Around?” The Old Mage was stunned by Old Xie’s words and quickly looked around. Suddenly, the sight before him shocked him greatly.

It turned out that just in the short time they were fighting, Old Xie had secretly used a trick. When he broke out of the ice, he had quietly shot out an ice spike, which unknowingly smashed open an iron lock of a cell. The Old Mage, who was right there, did not notice it at all. Only after being reminded by Old Xie did he discover that the Imps imprisoned in the cell had already walked out.

And what surprised the Old Mage the most was that after gaining their freedom, these Imps did not run around everywhere. Instead, they ran to a wall in an organized manner. Then, several stronger ones squatted down, letting a few thinner companions step on their shoulders to form a human ladder. In this way, the Imps at the very top could reach several bunches of keys hanging on the wall.

“What are they doing?” The Old Mage said puzzledly, “Why don’t they take the chance to escape, but go to get the keys instead? Strange, who taught them to build a human ladder? Since when were Imps this smart?”

“Haha, just watch!” Old Xie said proudly.

Next, the Imps divided into several groups, ran to several cell doors respectively, and built human ladders again, allowing the Imps at the top with the keys to reach the big iron locks on the iron doors. Crack, crack, following a series of crisp sounds, six or seven locks were opened.

“So they are saving their companions!” The Old Mage finally understood, but then he said in surprise: “Damn it, it’s fine to let your companions out, but why did you let the Savage Bull King out too! Do you want to die?” It turned out that the Imps not only saved their companions but also opened four cages holding the Savage Bull Kings. However, the Savage Bull Kings were blindfolded, and their four hooves were locked by iron chains, so they could not get out even if the cell doors were open.

“Releasing the Savage Bull King is naturally to deal with your tin can trash!” Old Xie then explained with a smile.

“Nonsense!” The Old Mage cursed angrily: “Are you an idiot? The Savage Bull King is already close to a Level 6 unit. They do not distinguish between friend and foe. If released, both you and I will be in trouble! Why don’t you hurry up and stop those damn Imps!”

“I refuse!” Old Xie said with a proud smile.

“You!” The Old Mage was so angry that his beard stuck up, but he could do nothing to Old Xie, so he said with a cold sneer: “Then just wait for your Imps to be bitten to death by the Savage Bulls!”

“Is that so? But why does it look to me like they seem to be getting along very well?” Old Xie said with a smile.

The Old Mage took a look and immediately said in shock, “What? Damn it, did I see a ghost today?”

It turned out that after opening the doors, the Imps changed their usual timid nature and, without any hesitation, walked straight into the Savage Bull King’s cell like warriors.

Generally speaking, the temper of a Savage Bull King is very irritable. Especially after being imprisoned for so many years and often having their scales pulled and blood drawn, they were even more furious. If any creature approached at this time, they would definitely attack. Although the Savage Bull King is a bull, it is an omnivore. With those sharp teeth, it could probably bite through refined steel, let alone these weak Imps, which would be just one bite each.

However, the actual scene was far beyond the Old Mage’s expectation. Not only did the timid Imps dare to approach the Savage Bull King, but the Savage Bull King did not attack the Imps either. Under the Old Mage’s incredulous gaze, the Savage Bull King bent its four limbs, knelt on the ground, and lowered its head, allowing the short Imps to easily reach their heads. The Imps then quickly ran over and removed the blindfolds covering the Savage Bull King’s eyes.

“Roar, roar!” The Savage Bull Kings, having their blindfolds removed, roared excitedly twice, and then stood up again.

The Imps then swarmed up, untied the iron chains binding the Savage Bull Kings, and quickly flashed to the side.

“Roar!” After the Imps flashed aside, the four Savage Bull Kings immediately rushed out of the cell with a roar, heading straight for the Old Mage.

“Damn it, how could this happen?” The Old Mage saw such a bizarre scene that his eyeballs almost popped out!

“Old fellow, it seems you have lost. Surrender quickly!” Old Xie said proudly.

“Bullshit!” The Old Mage shouted angrily: “Do you think you can defeat me with these four uncontrollable Savage Bull Kings? Childish!”

“Haha, the childish one is you, idiot!” Old Xie said with a loud laugh.

“You~” The Old Mage was just about to say something when the fight outside officially started.

The Old Mage’s reinforcements were a batch of Refined Steel Puppet Warriors. These Refined Steel Puppets, over three meters tall and holding dual blades, had decent combat power. But that depended on who they were compared with. Dealing with Old Xie and the Imps who could not fight back was naturally extremely easy, but against the Savage Bull Kings, which were a size bigger than elephants, they were simply not worth mentioning.

The four Savage Bull Kings charged forward, two in front and two behind. The two in front used their long horns to butt, directly piercing the iron men, and then tossed them up. Two poor Refined Steel Puppets were shattered into a pile of parts. Then, the Savage Bull Kings continued their charge without losing momentum, like road rollers, knocking down all the iron puppets blocking the way. After sixteen bull hooves trampled wildly, the ground was covered with broken iron pieces!

“Bastard, my money!” The Old Mage shouted angrily: “I want to slaughter you all! Gargoyles, come out for me!”

Following the Old Mage’s wail, a batch of stone statues shaped like evil spirits suddenly sank down from the top of the cell. They were all four or five meters tall, hanging upside down on the roof like bats. Usually, they hid in the stone walls of the roof, so no one knew of their existence. They would only appear at critical moments.

Actually, the Old Mage was too careless. He did not expect Old Xie to cause such a big mess. Plus, deploying Gargoyles consumed a lot of Magic Crystals, so he did not use them at the beginning. If he had deployed the Gargoyles from the start, the Imps would not have had the chance to release the Savage Bull Kings.

After releasing the Gargoyles, the Old Mage immediately roared at Old Xie in annoyance: “Damn it, this time, I want you to know, my~”

The Old Mage’s excited mood lasted for less than a sentence before he suddenly stopped in shock. It turned out that he suddenly discovered that those Imps had actually released the two most terrifying units here, four Two-Headed Wyvern Kings, and that terrifying Demon Explosive Spider!

The Two-Headed Wyvern Kings were manageable; the poison they were good at had no effect on the Gargoyles. At most, they could kill dozens of Gargoyles with their powerful bodies. But that Demon Explosive Spider was incredible; it was simply the nemesis of the Gargoyles. Because the Demon Explosive Spider was good at spitting a kind of magic web. This web covered an area of dozens of square meters. Once spit out, it stuck to whatever it touched. For flying units like Gargoyles, once stuck, they would definitely fall, maybe even smash directly into pieces.