Candlelight Shadow, God's Dance, Transient Smoke and Clouds, Blue Sky Scar, and the others retreated down the city walls as they fought. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' melee army was too powerful with Blazing Hot Lips' long-range support. Even a super guild like Candle Dragon couldn't hold on any longer and retreated like a receding tide.
Gui Guzi, Diamond Dust, and Heaven's Rain led hundreds of Cyan Tiger Cavalrymen on the city walls and started wreaking havoc. Their swords slashed wildly, cutting down another dozen or so of the enemy's seventy-two Earthly Fiend Warriors. With this, less than twenty of the original seventy-two Earthly Fiend Warriors remained.
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Behind us, the remaining four siege towers were filled with our allies. The players of Baidicheng and Blazing Hot Lips had all climbed onto the city walls. This was a glorious victory for us. Even with Candle Dragon's strong defense, we were still able to break through the enemy's defenses and occupy half of the eastern city walls.
On the inner side of the city walls, there was a stone staircase every hundred meters that led into the city. Right now, the staircase was packed with players, and most of them were Candle Dragon players. The archers and mages were standing guard. As long as we could get down the city walls, we would be greeted with a series of powerful attacks.
Gui Guzi laughed loudly as he raised his spear and said, "Candle Dragon is only so-so. Brothers and sisters, let's charge down and kill these bastards!"
He Yi pursed her red lips as she looked at me with her watery eyes.
I immediately understood and shouted, "Wait a moment. Don't attack the city just yet. There are too many of them inside the city, and every time we go down, we'll die. All magic knights, get on your mounts and raise your shields! We'll defend the inner side of the city walls! Mages, archers, start firing Far Shots! We'll turn this city walls into our own defense line and let Candle Dragon, Hall of Immortality, and Rose of the Holy Domain have a taste of our strength!"
Li Chengfeng laughed loudly. "Good strategy!"
Gui Guzi, Heaven's Rain, and the rest of the magic knights obeyed my orders. Even He Yi rode to the edge of the city and raised her shield high into the air. An entire row of magic knights activated Holy Shield in unison, and a barrage of arrows and arrows from the arrow towers bombarded our shields. However, none of them were able to one-shot us. It was only thanks to the support of our priests that we managed to hold our ground.
Beiming Xue raised her Dragonbone String and let out a soft shout. Countless archers raised their bows, and in the next moment, the sound of arrows being released echoed in the air as a dense rain of arrows flew down the city walls. Since they had the advantage of height, the impact of the arrows was even stronger. The archers and mages below the city screamed in pain, and many of them were one-shot without any suspense.
Since we have the height advantage, we can hit them, but they can't hit us. All we need to do is use our magic knights to block the attacks of all the arrow towers, and our mages and archers can do whatever they want. Fans of the book also like to read:
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For a time, Tempest Shadow grew anxious as he raised his gun and shouted angrily, "Fuck, that Lu Chen is too despicable! He's actually launching a counterattack on the spot! To think that he could come up with such a shameless plan!"
God's Dance smiled. "Lonely Grave once said, 'Between Candlelight Shadow and Falling Dust, one of them can bring peace to the world'. Hmph, that old fox Lonely Grave is a very good judge of character. Lu Chen is very smart, and his mechanical skills are amazing. Now that he's recovered to his peak, he's truly terrifying."
Blue Sky Scar gripped his sword and said, "This won't do. We can't just keep defending like this. We're at too much of a disadvantage. Right now, they're practically killing us without taking any damage!
How about I lead a group of people and retake the city walls? "
God's Dance shrugged. "Do you have the ability to retake the city walls from Lu Chen, Legendary Brave, and Stranger of Three Lifetimes?
Hehe, I don't want to burn joss paper for you on this day next year … "
Blue Sky Scar's face turned ashen.
It was at this moment Candlelight Shadow let out a soft chuckle and said, "Forget it. Tell everyone to retreat a hundred yards away from the city walls. They won't be able to attack us then."
Blue Sky Scar exclaimed in shock, "Boss, aren't we giving them the area around the city walls for nothing?
How are we supposed to stop them if Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls swarm in? "
Candlelight Shadow raised his eyebrows. "What are you afraid of? Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has the Cyan Tiger Cavalry, but Candle Dragon has the King's Cavalry, right?
Hmph, don't forget that Candle Dragon is the number one guild of the China server. We may have lost a lot of our Seventy-two Earthly Demons, but we still have the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits. Hehe, the Heavenly Spirits are much stronger than the Earthly Demons … "
Blue Sky Scar's eyes lit up. "Are we really going to shake Candle Dragon's cavalry?"
"Of course!"
"Very good!"
The next moment, Blue Sky Scar waved his hand and led the players of Candle Dragon, Hall of Immortality, Rose of the Holy Domain, Throne Seeker, and more away from the city walls. Now, there was no one left for us.
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On the city walls, He Yi rubbed her eyes. "Hmm, am I seeing things?
Candle Dragon is giving up on the city walls? "
I nodded. "Yes, they're retreating. They're not idiots. They know that they'll suffer great losses if we keep defending and counterattack. If it were me, I would retreat as well."
Gui Guzi asked, "What do we do now, Boss Broken Halberd?"
I smiled. "The Cyan Tiger Cavalry's chance to shine has come. Gui Guzi, you, Heaven's Rain, and Diamond Dust will lead a group of riders with me. We'll charge to the city gates and work together to open the gates. Then, we'll let the main force of the Cyan Tiger Cavalry charge in and flatten the city!
Chengfeng, Xu Yang, Thirteen, the rest of you will lead elite players into the city after we launch our assault. Kill and set fire to every corner of the city. Our main objective is to destroy those arrow towers. Once all of them are destroyed, Hall of Immortality will lose their claws. "
Li Chengfeng and the others nodded in unison. "Okay, we'll follow your orders!"
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The Armored Ice Qilin Horse let out a long neigh and raised its four hooves. Following my urging, we jumped off the city walls. Damn, the Armored Ice Qilin Horse's tenacity was super high. It wouldn't be a problem even if it fell.
"Bang!"
The stone pavement of the city cracked as we landed on the ground. The Armored Ice Qilin Horse's tenacity bar hadn't dropped by too much either. Tenacity regenerated extremely quickly, and it would be back to full in two or three minutes. As long as it didn't receive a series of fatal blows, it would be very difficult to dismount it.
Behind me, He Yi, Gui Guzi, Heaven's Rain, Diamond Dust, and the rest of the magic knights also jumped off the city walls. Even more people rushed down the stairs. Soon, nearly three hundred Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls mounted players had gathered in the city. Candlelight Shadow and the others were glaring at us from about a hundred meters away.
I raised my arms to block the attacks of the arrow towers. It was fortunate that these arrow towers attacked us randomly. If they had attacked us at once, none of us would have been able to survive for more than two minutes under the rain of steel arrows. Fans of the book also loved to read: "
I looked around and saw nearly a thousand Hall of Immortality players standing guard at the bottom of the city walls. They were the reason The Monarch Descends hadn't been able to break into the city even after fighting for almost an hour. Instead, they were riddled with wounds from the arrows of Candle Dragon. No matter how strong Ling Xueshang was, there was nothing she could do against the powerful Candle Dragon.
I pointed my sword at the city walls and shouted, "Seize the city gates and rendezvous with the allies of The Monarch Descends! Comrades of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, follow me into battle!"
He Yi, Heaven's Rain, Diamond Dust, and the rest of the girls burst into laughter. Gui Guzi raised his spear and laughed loudly. "Charge! Kill them all!"
The sound of hooves thundered against the ground. Even though there were only three hundred of us, we were all elites. Our Famous General Skills — Martial God, Knight God, Royal Road and Knight General — boosted our stats to a ridiculous level. Moreover, our Cyan Warhorses were high-rank mounts to begin with, so we didn't need to fear the attacks of the players on the ground at all!
I spurred the Armored Ice Qilin Horse forward and charged straight into the crowd of players. I glanced at the Phantom Wolf King in my pet space and noticed that it had died some time ago. I summoned it again and the little wolf burst out of my pet space. It let out a howl as its blood-red fur stood on end. Bloody clouds gathered in the sky as I unleashed Purgatory Storm!
"Kill!"
I spurred my mount forward and charged straight into the crowd of players. I unleashed Thousand Ice Slash, Burning Blade Slash, War Crush, and more skills one after another. The players of Hall of Immortality felt like they were about to die.
Behind me, Gui Guzi, Diamond Dust, and Heaven's Rain had also arrived. Gui Guzi's Aurora Thrust weaved through the crowd of players and drastically reduced their HP.
He Yi dashed over and used Purgatory of Ice and Magma with the Blade of the Earthen Soul. The ground beneath the city gates immediately split open, and five frost sword beams exploded in the midst of a crowd of players. Countless damage numbers filled the air, and a bunch of Hall of Immortality players who were caught off guard screamed and fell to the ground before they could even react. All of them died in the battle. The other readers looked at it as if nothing had happened.
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In just five short minutes, the thousand players of Hall of Immortality had all fallen to the ground. Not a single one of them was left alive.
Gui Guzi charged forward and flicked the chains on the city gates. The thick ropes immediately began to turn, and the gates slowly opened a few seconds later.
My eyes lit up. A large group of Cyan Tiger Cavalry was already waiting outside the city walls.
Behind the Cyan Tiger Cavalry, the players of The Monarch Descends were already waiting in formation. They were ready to charge at a moment's notice.
Ling Xueshang walked over and said with a smile, "Did Candlelight Shadow give up on the city walls?
Tsk tsk, this guy's wishful thinking is going according to plan. He clearly wants us to be baptized by the arrow towers and catch us like turtles in a jar! "
He Yi looked around and said with a smile, "Xueshang, if this is really a trap, Candlelight Shadow will definitely have more troops waiting outside the city. We need to double our defenses!"
Ling Xueshang chuckled. "Don't worry, Sister He Yi. Hmph hmph, I understand Candle Dragon's intentions. Candle Dragon's main guild and ten guilds have entered Immortality City, but they've left almost twenty subguilds outside the city walls. They've gathered almost a hundred and fifty thousand troops and are ready to launch a counterattack against us. But don't worry, I've also arranged almost a hundred thousand troops outside the perimeter. Sister Guan Xue of Baidicheng has also arranged a lot of people to guard the eastern walls. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls is our blade, so it's up to you to tear apart Candle Dragon's defenses."
He Yi smiled sweetly. "Mn, I'll leave it to Lu Chen!"
The muscles on my face twitched. I rubbed the Armored Ice Qilin Horse's head and said, "This is a lot of pressure …"
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It was at this moment Gui Guzi suddenly pointed his spear to the front and said, "Boss Broken Halberd, look! Candle Dragon has also come up with a countermeasure. Holy shit, this looks like a fierce cavalry …"
Everyone looked to the front and were stunned by what they saw.