Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 559 - 9 Level 7 Frost Giant Dragon

Lin Rui didn’t expect that his campaign against the Other Plane would face such severe setbacks right from the start.

For three consecutive days, other explorers were already mapping out the terrain in the Other Plane, occupying resource points, and capturing troop camps and wild nests.

Lin Rui was stuck in a grueling struggle before the massive defensive works of the undead.

Even though he wielded power comparable to a divine spirit, the advance of his army was still extremely difficult.

Lin Rui’s ice blades filled the sky, raining down as densely as meteors and fiery showers.

Yet, the damage was significantly reduced by the defensive works. Although the works were riddled with holes and many buildings’ life values were on the brink, amidst the ruins, millions of undead steadfastly defended the underground palaces and tunnels within the works.

The forbidden curse-like attacks of the undead, comparable to tactical nuclear strikes, had also ceased.

Mainly because they realized they couldn’t do anything against the Golden Pansy Knights?

They tried various methods but couldn’t deal with the Golden Pansy Knights. The presence of this troop felt like a sword hanging over their heads, destined to cut through everything and fall upon them eventually.

Thus, they resorted to sneak attacks, aiming to inflict casualties on the other troops of the Golden Pansy Domain.

They even attempted to lure the enemy deeper and throw a forbidden curse at the rear-ranged troops.

The tactical engagements soon led both sides to adapt to each other.

The Golden Pansy Clan couldn’t deal with the enemy’s lurking and elusive forbidden curses within the defensive works, while the enemy couldn’t handle the terrifyingly fortified Golden Pansy Knights gathered by the Golden Pansy Clan.

Ultimately, the tactics shifted to the most basic, primitive point-occupation battles.

The squads of the Golden Pansy Domain, as they once eradicated monster nests in their territory, methodically cleared every defensive work within the giant fortress complex.

The clearing teams were divided into two types. One type consisted of a Golden Pansy Knight in Avenging Goddess Power Armor, paired with a Crimson Chalice: Battle Priestess in Nun Type Power Armor, leading a squad of Holy Hall Maid Guards.

The other type consisted of a Golden Pansy Knight paired with a Holy Light Messenger, leading a squad of Black Banner Guard.

Hundreds of combat squads entered the underground tunnels, fighting for control and clearing out one stronghold after another.

As the underground monsters were cleared out, Audrey’s undead troops would surge upward to dismantle the defensive works into ruins.

The battle lasted three days, and everyone ended up looking bedraggled. However, the achievements were remarkable, with the front line advancing over two hundred kilometers.

There remained less than a hundred kilometers to the pyramids housing the teleportation device.

The three days of continuous day-and-night battles yielded not only advancements in the front line but also significant elevation in the levels and strength of the Golden Pansy Domain’s soldiers due to the number of defeated undead.

Even soldiers who had previously died and were resurrected by Sacred Treasures had reached Tier Four.

The backbone forces of the domain had generally reached Tier Five.

Now, whether in quality or rank, the Golden Pansy Army could truly be considered elite among elites, representing the pinnacle of mortal armies.

Violet, being a Holy Grail Knight who never tires, always presided over the summary of war meetings.

Pointing to a map meticulously drawn by the soldiers, she introduced several heroes present: "According to the intelligence gathered by our soldiers, the closer we get to the Teleportation Pyramid, the more heavily guarded the enemy becomes. Previously, what were commander elites among monsters are now found in organized groups here. For example, the most common yet most troublesome Phoenix Battle Group Black Warrior."

Mentioning this name sent chills down everyone’s spine.

The Phoenix Battle Group Black Warrior is the key to the supernatural hardness of graveyard units!

They are a Tier Five Elite-level graveyard unit, clad entirely in black magic armor, armed to the teeth but for a pair of scarlet, blood-infused eyes, wielding a blood-dripping Sword of Slaughter — both sturdy and resilient, yet intensely powerful in output.

The traits discovered include:

[Guiding Qingxiao Operation: In celestial battles, damage taken is uniformly reduced by 20%.]

[Star Field Army: During terrestrial combat, 20% of damage received is reflected back on the enemy.]

[Adaptive Defense: Black Warrior absorbs 20% life value’s worth of shield against either physical or spiritual damage types of attacks from the enemy, lasting 5 seconds, with a 10-second cooldown.]

[Warrior’s Soul: 25% of lost life value converts to physical defense, and 25% to spiritual resistance.]

[Blade of Fear: When Black Warrior uses abilities, 50% of the damage value turned into life value, slowing the opponent by 80%.]

[Swordsmanship Mind: Agile swordsmanship earns momentary victories, but a flexible mind wins lifelong success. Swordsmanship attack inflicts wisdom value*swordsmanship level points of spiritual damage and dramatically increases attack speed based on wisdom value.]

These traits alone make them unimaginably tough, and the lower their life value, the stronger their defense becomes.

In late-stage battles, it might even result in scenarios where the damage inflicted and the reflected damage values are equal, leaving both sides locked in desperate combat.

If not for the massive support of strategic and sacred treasures, it’s uncertain whether the Black Banner Guard could battle this contingent to victory in formation.

Hanna lamented, "They’re all undead, but look at how powerful the opponents are! Why are our ally teams such weaklings?"

"Who are you calling weaklings?" After such long days of fighting, Audrey was also highly agitated, immediately brandishing the Magic Staff: "Want a fight to see who the real weakling is that’s dragging the army’s offensive progress down?"