As the city gate rumbled open, a thick iron chain twisted and pulled the gate open slowly. The gate was a meter thick and covered in iron nails, but before it could fully open, Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch had already charged out with a broadsword in hand. Behind him, a horde of ferocious Ghost Riders charged out like wolves and tigers!
"Kill!"
Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch let out a furious roar as he launched a frontal assault. His broadsword glowed with a bloody light, and the faint silhouette of a gray wolf's head could be seen hovering at the tip of his blade. Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch swung out with a 15-yard AoE skill, Berserk Slash. Fans of the book also loved to read: Furious Slash!
Boom!
Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch's attack caused the magic knights of the Hunting Moon Dynasty to waver. Then, he used his advantage in Strength to charge into the enemy ranks and slash left and right. Behind him, a group of Ghost Cavalry charged at him as well, and the sound of their hooded armor clashing against each other was enough to make one's soul tremble.
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Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties couldn't stand it any longer. A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he led a group of riders forward. Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch wasn't going to back down in the slightest. The two groups of riders charged at each other, and the sound of their hooves clattering against each other was incredibly loud.
Boom boom boom...
On the walls, the Advanced Mages were tossing Galaxy Storms into the crowd. The archers were not slacking off, either. As a result, the Hunting Moon Dynasty's army was being attacked from two sides. On one hand, they had to deal with the Phantom Knights, while on the other hand, they had to defend against the long-range attacks from the walls. They were struggling to hold their ground, and gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.
Crack crack crack!
The sound of blades slicing through armor was pleasing to the ears. The Ghost Cavalry was incredibly valiant, and they were able to take down the elite riders of the Hunting Moon Dynasty one after another. The situation gradually became clearer, but Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties was in a difficult position. If they retreated, they would be ambushed by the enemy. If they did not retreat, they would all be buried under the city.
The Hunting Moon Dynasty Alliance's Warriors couldn't climb up the escalade at all. Rose Thorn was a smart woman. She immediately ordered her Archers to use Shock Arrows to stun the players at the top of the escalade. She then ordered her Mages to bombard them with Icicles. In the end, after nearly 20 minutes, not a single player managed to reach the top of the city.
Of course, this had something to do with Hunting Moon Dynasty. Hunting Moon Dynasty's strongest player, the CGL Hall of Famer Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties, was busy killing the Ghost Cavalry at the foot of the city walls, so it was only natural that no one from Hunting Moon Dynasty was able to reach the city walls. If it was Li Chengfeng, High Fighting Spirits, Chaos Moon, Gui Guzi, and so on, they would've climbed the walls a long time ago and engaged the enemy in battle.
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Finally, the Level 142 bard of Zero Degree Sonata, the guild leader of Zero Degree Sonata, couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Wei-Jin, we can't keep charging like this! We've lost too many people in the past hour, and we need to retreat immediately! I'll leave 5000 elites of Zero Degree Sonata to cover our retreat, and you take everyone else and retreat!
While there's life, there's hope! "The guild leader of Immortal Sword Inn, the Level 144 violent warrior Ink Painting also nodded in agreement and shouted," Stop hesitating, Wei-Jin! We need to retreat now! How are we supposed to fight Blazing Hot Lips and Baidicheng, who are supported by Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and The Monarch Descends? How are we supposed to fight Hall of Immortality, Rose of the Holy Domain, and Throne Seeker?
There's only one city, and everyone is fighting. We don't necessarily have to be the first to break it! "
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties nodded strongly. "Alright, you guys retreat first. I'll bring up the rear with my Hunting Moon Dynasty cavalry! Now!"
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties was a loyal man, so he wasn't as cold-blooded as Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch. As he said, he and tens of thousands of Hunting Moon Dynasty players stayed behind to stop the Purple Thunder Cavalry, Greedy Wolf Cavalry, and other armies from attacking the city. The battle was incredibly fierce, and one hot body after another fell to the ground.
The army retreated like the tide, but they still left countless corpses under the attacks of the watchtowers, archers, and mages. It was a mess under the city, with mutilated corpses walking around. Many cavalrymen were pierced through by the steel arrows shot from the watchtowers, and were pinned to the ground. It was an extremely tragic scene.
By the time Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties returned to the city with the Hunting Moon Dynasty cavalry, there weren't many of them left. The battle had taken a heavy toll, and there were at least a hundred thousand corpses lying around the city.
Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch had retreated to the south of the city, and the battle at the south of the city had come to an end. However, it looked like a storm was brewing at the north gate again.
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I checked the time and noted that there was still an hour until the time our four great guilds agreed upon would arrive. I spurred the Armored Ice Qilin Horse toward He Yi and the others and said, "You guys stay here. I'm going to check out the situation at the northern gate. Fuck, Warsky is finally willing to join the fray. Fans of the novel love to read" Warsky "even more!"
That's right. As one of the top super guilds of Sky City, Warsky Alliance should have a better chance of winning the battle. Moreover, Warsky Alliance was probably one of our main competitors.
Warsky Alliance had laid low for a while after the last battle. Warsky was recruiting talents from all over the place, and it wasn't difficult for him to establish good relationships in all three main cities. Just like how I had befriended Purple Lily of Wind City, Blazing Hot Lips of Vanished God City and Baidicheng of Baidicheng, Warsky Alliance had allies in the other two main cities as well. They just weren't as strong as the ones I had befriended.
To the north of Immortality City, I saw a dense crowd of players with the same emblem on their shoulders. They were all members of Warsky Alliance's main guild or subguilds. A conservative estimate would be that Warsky had grown his guild to around three hundred thousand players by now, and there were almost fifty subguilds. Of course, there were at least fifty guild leaders among them, and it would depend on Warsky's ability to control all of them.
But Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was different from Warsky Alliance. We walked the path of elites, and although we only had ten subguilds, every single one of them was strong enough to stand on their own. The main and subguilds only had a hundred thousand players in total, but Warsky Alliance's three hundred thousand players had less than a 40% chance of beating us in a head-on clash. The average level and equipment of both sides were so different that they couldn't be compared at all.
I rode on the Armored Ice Qilin Horse and watched from afar. I had no intention of joining the fray, and there was no need for me to do so. Our opportunity to fight would come in an hour.
Warsky was clad in brand-new armor and wielding a lightning-covered sword. His eyes shone with determination as he stared at the sky above the city and said, "Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch sure is tough. I can't believe he's blocking us from both sides. Now that he's done with Hunting Moon Dynasty, he's going to fight us? Interesting. Brothers and sisters, it's time to fight! Let's show Hall of Immortality the power of the top guilds of Sky City!
Let's show them the difference between us and the top guilds of Sky City! "Laughing At The Heavens, Lin Bing Dou Zhe, and Hundred Battler immediately pulled out their weapons. Farewell Song and a group of assassins slowly vanished into thin air, but no one knew what they were planning. October Rain and a large group of archers were already in position. Not far away from October Rain, a young archer activated his Famous General Skill, Bow General. He was none other than the Famous General player who had just joined Warsky Alliance recently, Nongfu Spring.
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October Rain shot me a glance before saying, "Warsky, Lu Chen is watching the battle right now, and Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is just to the east of us. Hmph hmph, we can't let our opponents look down on us. We need to teach Hall of Immortality a lesson this time!"
Warsky gripped his sword tightly and said, "Don't worry. Do you think we're pushovers?"
October Rain giggled. "Alright, let's get ready. The scaling ladder is ready!"
"Mn!"
Warsky's eyes shone with fighting spirit as he said, "Lin Bing Dou Zhe, your Famous General Skill increases your Attack and Defense. You and the magic knights of the first echelon will cover the rest of us. Once the scaling ladder is ready, we'll attack together and take over this wall. Hmph, the wall is small, so their Attack power isn't as high. Be careful of stray arrows inside the city!"
"Got it!"
Lin Bing Dou Zhe nodded before leading a group of magic knights to the frontline. His Famous General Skill, Deterrence, was activated and increased Attack by 120% and Defense by 40%. The magic knights immediately became valiant as their Attack and Defense rose by a huge margin.
Lin Bing Dou Zhe led a large group of magic knights to the frontline, and they didn't even bother with the catapults and other siege weapons. Behind them, Warsky, October Rain, and the others followed suit. Battle cries shook the heavens and the earth. The Hall of Immortality players on the city walls had never seen a battle like this before, so they exchanged glances with each other.
"Archers, use Far Shot and take out these clowns from Warsky Alliance!" a high-level archer shouted from the top of the city walls.
Arrows rained down, but they all bounced off the magic knights' shields. These magic knights' Defense was incredibly high thanks to Famous General Skill Deterrence, and there was no way to penetrate them at all. In fact, even the steel arrows fired from the arrow towers couldn't completely penetrate the magic knights' bodies. Their damage was greatly reduced, and they couldn't one-shot them.
Warsky Alliance was a lot stronger than Hunting Moon Dynasty. Lin Bing Dou Zhe alone was enough to change the quality of their frontline, and a Famous General was a rare treasure to any guild.
Warsky Alliance finally started losing players when they entered the range of Mage's Galaxy Storms. They fell off their mounts one after another.
The Mages on the city wall shouted loudly and controlled the Galaxy Storms. They all laughed. "Damn you, clowns of Warsky Alliance, come on, let's see how strong the so-called Sky City is. Hahaha, it's nothing much. You're all clowns, clowns!
Even Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is the same! You think Vanished God City's Hall of Immortality is a place you can come and go as you please? "
Warsky's face was ashen as he ran to the bottom of the city walls. A group of blacksmiths were setting up scaling ladders, and the archers on the city walls were aiming at the blacksmiths. Killing one blacksmith would reduce our losses by a lot.
However, they couldn't stop the scaling ladders from rising slowly. Almost a hundred scaling ladders were set up at the edge of the city walls. Warsky grabbed the ladders and climbed up swiftly. Hundred Battler, Lin Bing Dou Zhe and the others were doing the same.
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The disciples of the Temple of Immortals on the city wall were shocked. They pointed to one side and bellowed, "F * ck me. Why is he here? Hurry up and knock him down!"
October Rain was shocked as well. "Are they going to focus fire on Warsky?"
Warsky shook his head. "No, they're not pointing at me … they're pointing at the other side …"
October Rain and Warsky turned around at the same time and saw me climbing up another scaling ladder. They were stunned. "Fuck, why is Lu Chen attacking the city too? What the fuck …"
I put the Cyan Netherworld Sword in my mouth and started climbing. When I saw October Rain and Warsky looking at me, I immediately took out the Cyan Netherworld Sword and growled, "How dare they curse Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls! I'll teach them a lesson first. Can I borrow your scaling ladders?
If you can't, then let's fight! "