Beep!
Suddenly, I received a message from Gui Guzi: "Boss Broken Halberd, your coordinates!"
As I was launching Burning Blade Slash, the Nine Heavens Li Fire Bracelet triggered and injected blood-red Li flames into the sword auras. As a result, the skill easily shredded the strongest section of Sun-shooting Bow"s s.h.i.+eld formation like paper. Players screamed in pain and death as equipment, potions and blood spilled all over the place.
During a brief moment of respite due to ensuing chaos, I hurriedly replied to Gui Guzi, "Floating Ice City (11199, 8772) come ASAP!"
"Got it, just hold on a bit longer!"
……
At the front, Sun-shooting Bow watched me murderously while commanding almost ten thousand Tail Feather Palace guild members to surround me from both sides. He shouted angrily, "First corps, move to the back so he can"t slip out of our encirclement! Pooh! WEL MVP or not, I"m killing you today!"
The ground shook with the rumbling of horse hooves, and at least a thousand mounted players moved to my back before I could do anything. It put a lot of pressure on me alright. The chances that I could avoid this many Trapping Nets was almost zero, not to mention that the surviving archers and mages were still firing Galaxy Storms and Shock Arrows at me. It was a most deadly combo.
Bang bang bang...
Despite lifesteal, drinking potions and spamming Tenacity of the Dead on cooldown, I couldn"t bring my HP above 40% due to the sheer amount of Shock Arrows, Spiraling Arrow Blades and other attacks I was receiving. It wasn"t a steady decline either, but sudden and seemingly random bursts that made my heart rate go up and down like a roller coaster. Without a priest"s Restore or heals, it simply wasn"t possible to fight this many people for too long.
I fired another 3 golden seals while retreating. I had spent over 50 Divine Energy Points to unleash the Ancient Seals and maintain Great Earth Transformation alone. It was wasteful, but it was also the only way. I wouldn"t have survived if my resistances weren"t buffed by Great Earth Transformation.
I charged left and right, killing many with each swipe of my sword. The Phantom Wolf King followed me like a shadow and left many Purgatory Storms in its wake.
"Stop him! Stop him!"
Sun-shooting Bow roared angrily, "First corps cavalry, catch him with organized Charges and Trapping Nets! Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand mustn"t be allowed to leave alive no matter what!"
I glanced at the valley again, and finally I noted that all the girls of Twelve Musicians had logged out. It was time to finally break out of this encirclement. Tail Feather Palace was a famous guild in the j.a.pan server, and the core of their forces were all here. There was no need for me to fight them all by myself.
Chiang chiang chiang...
The enemy s.h.i.+eld formation was reformed, and this time, it was four layers thick. Tsk tsk, they think too highly of me.
I smiled a bit and said, "Here I come!"
I spurred the Armored Ice Qilin Horse toward the s.h.i.+eld formation at high speed. The sky was raining with Trapping Nets. I couldn"t afford to be trapped even once, so I kept changing my speed and direction so that the enemy could never really predict my path. It was the only way to dodge all these Trapping Nets.
Pa pa pa…
The gray nets kept missing me and landing harmlessly on the ground. Like a needle weaving through a fabric, I slipped through the tiny gaps between the Trapping Nets again and again until finally, I saw that a small section to the right side of the s.h.i.+eld formation was only three layers thick. That"s my way out! I checked the distance and, yeah, it was enough!
Thunderous Charge, go!
Swhoos.h.!.+
I slammed into the enemy"s s.h.i.+elds with a bang and swung my sword with lightning speed. Burning Blade Slash + Thousand Ice Slas.h.!.+
Boom boom boom!
Unfortunately, all of the magic knights were Guarding, so they actually survived my double-skill combo with 5 to 25% HP left. Moreover, the priests at the back were healing them with AoE heals. They could be out of one-shot range any moment now.
So I raised my left palm and blasted the ground in front of me with two golden seals. To my pleasant surprise, the Purple Ying Sword property triggered and caused the Ancient Seal to deal 5 times more damage than normal. The result was positively obscene—
147288!
762360!
172377!
718295!
……
At least 30% of the players took 5 times more damage than normal and were one-shot without question. This wouldn"t have been enough to shred their defense line completely, but the Purple Ying Sword also had a 50% splash effect. Even at 2.5 times more damage than normal, it was still more than enough to wipe out an entire field of Purple Grape City players.
"My G.o.d…"
A couple of lucky magic knights stood amid the field of corpses in shock. "What the h.e.l.l is this damage? Is he even human?"
They didn"t get to contemplate any further than that. The Phantom Wolf King rushed them and sent them all to Purple Grape City with a single swipe.
Bang bang bang...
I moved the Dragon G.o.d s.h.i.+eld to my back and raced through the gap between the defense line like mad. Arrows peppered against my back even now.
Behind me, Sun-shooting Bow was almost mad with rage. Snarling like a beast, he shouted, "Stun him with Shock Arrows! Don"t tell me you can"t put down a single person!"
A hail of arrows drilled into my back and knocked me below 50% HP again. That wasn"t the worst thing, however. A couple of skilled mages were lying in wait in the forest, predicting my escape path and hitting me with Ice Arrows again and again. There was nothing I could do about the drastic decrease in movement speed.
The Purple Grape City magic knights caught up to me again. They were faster than me after the slows.
"Hahaha! Can"t run anymore, can you?"
Sun-shooting Bow laughed sinisterly as he raised his bow. "Get him, brothers and sisters! End his life! And don"t forget to turn on live recording! We"ll show the China players exactly how we destroy their best player!"
I abruptly turned around and fired Thousand Ice Slash, and again, I triggered the quintuple damage effect and the Broken Blade effect of my necklace. I dared say that I was pretty lucky today. A dozen or so magic knights dropped dead in unison while screaming like banshees, but their death screams only sounded melodious to me.
For a time, the Purple Grape City magic knights, warriors and archers just stood there and did nothing. Over a thousand players had died under my blade since the start of the battle. Even now, my enormous power was imprinting a black shadow called trauma in all of their hearts.
I smiled from atop my horse and said, "Come and get me if you dare. I wasn"t planning to escape and let you invaders claim our soil anyway. If I must die here, then I will take with me as many of you as I can!"
A furious Sun-shooting Bow raised his fist and declared, "Don"t be afraid, braves of Tail Feather Palace! Gather your courage, turn your fear into anger, and kill him for the glory of Purple Grape City, and the oath we all swore!"
Encouraged by Sun-shooting Bow"s speech, the Tail Feather Palace players summoned their rage and charged me in unison. At least hundreds of magic knights raised their weapons while shouting, "Kill!"
Suddenly, a chorus of horse hooves entered my ears. It was too organized to be the enemy"s.
I broke into a smile. On the minimap, I saw a large group of purple-orange dots making their way toward me. There was only one cavalry in the world who could move this quickly!
Rumble rumble rumble...
A troop of mighty-looking riders burst through the flora, and they all wore the emblem of the King of Cities and Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls on their arms. Eyes gleaming with burning intent, Gui Guzi raised the Spear of the Knight G.o.d and roared, "Follow Boss Broken Halberd and kill them all!"
The Dragonlight Cavalry had finally arrived. There were at least a thousand of them.
I shouted, "Well met, brothers and sisters! Now turn on Nation War attack mode and kill them all! Carve up these bullies like the animals they are!"
I rode as the spearhead, charging into the enemy and cutting all the enemies who were directly in front of me. Thanks to the absolute Strength advantage I held over them, there was no magic knight who could endure a single ram from me. I also made sure to cut the riders in the neck, and most of the time the weak point strike was enough to kill them.
Behind me, Gui Guzi activated Knight G.o.d, while Heaven"s Rain and Diamond Dust activated Knight General. The elite cavalry easily trampled over Tail Feather Palace"s formation and shattered their dreams completely. They knew that they had lost the moment the Dragonlight Cavalry had shown up, but the way the latter was shrugging off Galaxy Storms and Spiraling Arrow Blades was just demoralizing. The stats difference was just too huge.
Crack crack crack...
Heaven"s Rain swung her sword left and right and left many bodies in her wake. Every Dragonlight Cavalryman was protected by a draconic shadow, the buff called Dragon Soul Protection. It was why they were both so tanky and powerful.
The guild leader of Tail Feather Palace, Sun-shooting Bow, stared at this scene with a pale, deflated expression. His arms were even s.h.i.+vering a little as he said, "What… what the h.e.l.l is this cavalry?"
Beside him, a melee corps commander said, "Boss, we"re going to lose if we remain here. Let"s withdraw into the forest and meet up with Red Maple"s G.o.d"s Domain. We should be able to defeat all these riders if we have Red Maple"s cavalry"s support!"
Sun-shooting Bow nodded affirmatively and declared, "Retreat!"
Tail Feather Palace"s players had lost their fighting will a short while ago, so their guild leader"s cry for retreat was like honey to their ears. Gui Guzi literally chased them for an entire kilometer before I finally called out to him, "Stop, Little Gui! All Dragonlight Cavalry, halt!" Over half of the enemies had been slain at this point.
Gui Guzi abruptly reined in his mount and looked at me. "What"s wrong, boss Broken Halberd? Those f.u.c.kers killed so many of our brethren! We can"t let them go like this!"
I nodded. "You are correct, but it is never a good idea to chase after a cornered enemy. We"re going to kill them, but we"re going to be smart about it, lest they spring a trap on us and turn this around!"
Gui Guzi smiled. "Whatever you say, boss. You are the master strategist here!"
Heaven"s Rain teased him. "Yes, big brother Lu Chen is way smarter than you in terms of military strategy…"
Gui Guzi whined, "f.u.c.k…"