Dealing with fire lizards is both simple and difficult.

  It's easy because the Fire Lizard basically has no tactics to speak of, as long as it sees an enemy, it will charge forward and crash into the wall without looking back, even if there is a sword in front of it. It's difficult precisely because of this overly simple nature of the Fire Lizard, which makes fighting them basically impossible to use strategy, only relying on brute force. This is like two people arm-wrestling, no external moves are useful, just seeing who has more power and who can press down on whom, whoever wins will gain victory. Fighting the Fire Lizard is also a one-shot deal, either win or lose.

  Liam had suggested luring the salamanders into narrow tunnels to kill them with terrain, but this was soon opposed by Jain. The two greatest killers of salamanders were fire-breathing and burrowing. If you really enter a narrow tunnel, if someone sprays a heap of fire, it will not only burn you to death but also suffocate you due to lack of oxygen. Moreover, they are good at digging holes, and when the time comes, they can dig out a road from the side and launch a surprise attack, which is even more troublesome.

  So Zane took the simplest, most direct and most effective way to deal with the fire lizard - he divided people into three groups, forming a square defensive formation in the center of the underground cave. Zane and Liam, along with two other holy knights, stood at the four corners of the square, responsible for fighting on the front line. The others formed four lines of defense, led by Ralph and Cotton, to block the fire lizard's attack from other places. As a spellcaster, Eris was naturally protected in the middle, ready to release spells to assist.

  "Are you sure about this, Mr. Jenkins?"

  With a tight grip on the long sword, Liam's young face showed an uncontrollable tense expression, which was no wonder. According to common sense, at this time, they should occupy the geographical advantage as much as possible, and then compress the opponent's line of defense and number to launch an attack. But Zan's approach was almost equivalent to everyone facing the Fire Lizard's offensive, which would be the worst tactic anywhere else.

  "If you want to deal with the fire lizard, this is the best way. If you don't want to be dug out from behind, then the best way is not to give them a chance to dig... Are you ready?"

  “…………………”

  At Jann's inquiry, Liam hesitated for a moment, then raised the long sword and shield in his hand, nodding firmly.

  "It's ready now, Mr. Jenkins."

  "Alright."

  Hearing Liam's reply, Zane nodded and then turned his head to look at Elise, speaking in a low voice.

  "You know what you have to do, Elise. We can handle it without my orders. You're just a mid-tier wizard, got it?"

  "Yes, master."

  Alice certainly understood what was implied in Jane's words, so she nodded obediently, but soon Alice furrowed her brow and came to Jane's side, saying softly.

  "Master, I feel that human seems to harbor hostility towards you. What if he has ulterior motives..."

  "He doesn't have time for this."

  As he heard Eris speak, Zane glanced at Cotton standing not far away. As if sensing Zane's gaze, Cotton turned his head and stared coldly at him. Under Cotton's stare, Zane revealed a hint of a carefree smile, then stretched out his hand to press down on Eris' shoulder, and soon saw Zane's hand slide down to gently squeeze the girl's high and plump chest before pulling back.

  "Ah....................!"

  Alicia didn't expect Zane to dare do this to her in public, and she couldn't help but cry out softly, hurriedly covering her chest with her hands, her face flushing bright red as she lowered her head. Fortunately, her face was obscured by the hood, so others couldn't see Alicia's expression. Seeing this scene, Cordon gritted his teeth even harder, staring at Zane, his eyes almost spewing fire.

  It's really interesting.

  Facing Kordon's scornful smile, Zhan En smiled back and withdrew his gaze. He then reached out with his hand and drew the long sword from his waist.

  “———！！”

  As the sword was unsheathed, everyone suddenly felt a change in the atmosphere around them, as if some ancient creature that had been sleeping with its eyes open was about to wake up from its dream. A faint but powerful pressure slowly spread out along the blade. At this moment, Eris also concentrated her mind, and saw her softly chanting a few words, then making a hand gesture, soon a bright red rune appeared out of thin air, and transformed into a ring of light that expanded outward, enveloping everyone in it. Immediately afterwards, a semi-transparent barrier appeared on everyone's body.

  At the same time, the Holy Knights were also loudly praising the name of the Holy Lord, releasing a series of blessing-filled divine spells. The crowd only felt that with the white holy light enveloping them, a warm and comfortable feeling suddenly arose within their bodies. Not only that, they felt that their strength had become incredibly powerful, and the anxiety and unease in their hearts had calmed down, leaving them feeling invigorated and eager for battle, as if even facing thousands of troops, they could still emerge victorious!

  Blessing technique?

  Seeing this scene, Zhan En slightly raised an eyebrow. It seems that the gods of the Temple of War God have not returned yet, otherwise these Holy Knights should not be using Blessing Technique. Because Blessing Technique is a basic divine technique that can enhance the combat effectiveness of many people within a certain period of time, but the enhancement degree is not too high.

  If it were another temple, using Blessing would be understandable, but the Temple of War God should use the divine technique bestowed by the War God when facing battle. After all, gods need faith, and using the divine techniques granted by the gods is also a symbol of faith in the gods. It's fine for those gods who don't make combat their main business, but if the War Goddess Makka were to return, it would be absolutely impossible for them to use Blessing, such a basic divine technique.

  It seems there's something strange about this after all.

  Zhan En raised his long sword and then stretched out his finger to lightly tap on the blade.

  "Ding!!"

  A low, muffled sound was emitted, spreading continuously in all directions. However, the people who heard this sound felt a sense of heaviness in their hearts, finding it extremely unpleasant and even feeling a slight discomfort. It seemed as if the sound had taken on a physical form, echoing through the cave and slowly fading away.

  “………………”

  For a moment, the entire space was silent again. Zhan En's sword seemed to have turned off the sound switch, and only the picture could be seen, but there was no sound at all. However, at this moment, no one felt surprised, on the contrary, whether it was mercenaries, private soldiers or those holy knights, they were all holding their weapons tightly, staring forward with wide eyes. Many of them had been through hundreds of battles and were very sensitive to the atmosphere of battle. The atmosphere in this cave was like a stormy weather, making people tense up involuntarily.

  "Squeak………!! Squeak squeak………!!"

  Before long, a cacophony of shrill cries came from all directions, and soon the sounds grew louder, echoing off the walls of the cave. It was as if tens of thousands of birds were surrounding him, screaming loudly, enough to make one's head spin. For an ordinary person, just listening to these noises would be enough to drive them mad.

  Fortunately, with the blessing of the Holy Knight, the power of these noises was reduced to less than a tenth, so even if they sounded a bit noisy, they wouldn't cause any special harm.

  The sound grew louder and the expressions of the crowd became increasingly solemn. They could now be certain that Jian was absolutely not lying, just from the cacophony of sounds alone, it was clear that the number of fire lizards was definitely not small, saying a hundred was an understatement, and who knows, maybe there were even thousands!

  Just then, the fire lizards finally began to act.

  Under the illumination of the holy light, countless dark shadows emerged from the beehive-like cavities above the ground holes and slid down along the stone wall at high speed. Then, not far from the ground, they jumped up and fell to the ground. The next moment, the strange creature let out a sharp cry and jumped up, opening its mouth full of sharp teeth, and pounced on its prey in front of it.

  These fire lizards have a similar appearance to the Velociraptors on Earth, with long tails, strong and powerful hind legs, and extremely sharp but slightly short forelimbs. Perhaps due to their prolonged immersion in magma, their skin presents a fiery bright red color, which looks like a red light under the illumination of light.

  Hundreds of rays of light converged to form a river of light that flowed down from the stone wall, and only saw a few fire lizards drilling out of the empty cave, falling along the cave wall, screaming with their mouths open, or rushing forward, launching an attack on the prey in front of them from all sides!

  Facing the attack of the fire lizards, Zane didn't move a muscle. He just stood there, quietly staring at the monsters in front of him. Until they came to his face, Zane smiled lightly and his wrist slightly flipped over.

  Along with Zhan's movement, a cold glow suddenly appeared in front of his chest, and then rapidly expanded, like hundreds and thousands of long swords stabbing out at the same time, leaving behind a trail of sword light, as dazzling as bursting fireworks. The continuous formation created a river of light, building an indestructible dam.

  Those who rushed into the sword light were all killed, and only heard the sound of continuous screams. Those fire lizards covered by the sword light, whether they jumped into the air or ran on the ground, fell to the ground with blood flying everywhere, just like a sickle cutting grass. In the blink of an eye, those fire lizards that had surrounded Zhan En all fell to the ground, not one survived.

  The bloody breath surged and spread, and soon dozens of fire lizards died on the spot.

  But this did not make the fire lizards feel a single bit of fear, on the contrary, the overflowing bloody atmosphere further stirred up their inner ferocity. Only to see that accompanied by the piercing and mournful cries, the fire lizards roared open their blood basin-like mouths, and once again launched a full-scale attack on the crowd in front of them.