Chapter 730 – Bad News (2/2)
At that moment, another voice sounded out, “Gather around and surround these Chinese players!”
Hooves pounded the ground and the entire forest shook. Several dozen Moon City French Cavalry players charged over. My heart panicked for a second. Now that we were found, there’s no way we can avoid this battle. I immediately swung my blade and roared, “Blitzkrieg them!”
Wan Er quickly slid from my lap and picked up her dagger, and entered into [Stealth] mode. Li Mu, Wang Jian, and Matcha all turned around and charged at the first group of people they saw. In total there were around 30-40 French players, and none of their levels were very low.
“Kill!”
At the very front, a French player with a red beard raised his battle axe. He charged his battle horse towards us with a roar. Fury lit his eyes as he roared, “These Chinese players don’t take us Moon City players seriously at all! Did you think that Moon City was your backyard, somewhere you can carelessly come in and out of?”
Without another word, I dashed forward to meet his attack. I threw my Brilliant Flame Emperor. “Pu Chi!” it pierced through the chest of that Level 122 Berserker, and drew out a spurt of blood and dealt fourteen thousand damage. I then flicked my wrist again and the moment that I got close, I suddenly grabbed my sword from the air, and threw a few simultaneous slash. I scliced right through the berserker’s chest!
“13221！”
“15873！”
With a wretched roar, the berserker fell off his horse. He couldn’t even defend against one round of attacks. I didn’t hesitate for a second and raised my Dragon Reservoir Sword, and threw a Seven Star Fragment Slash into the crowd. Right after that, I activated my [Sword Tempest]. Hooves thudded across the ground and an icy whirlwind swept through. Everyone around me was sealed in [Ice Domain].
Li Mu and Wang Jian then pushed forward and swept out their swords. [Combo], [Skyshaker Slash], and [Covering Sword Slash] danced through the crowd, and killed another group of people. Wan Er, Qing Qian, and Wolf would appear behind the enemy mages and archers. A bloody light flashed and they were all killed. Wan Er’s attacks were especially strong. She didn’t even need to break through their [Mana Shield], as she relied solely on her Defense Break stats to kill the mages. She was practically the bane of all mages.
Dancing Forest and Dong Cheng lead the ranged attacks, and focused their firepower on each player one by one and killed them off. Magic wreaked havoc in the forest. Xing Lie raised his musket and “Peng peng peng!” fired off his shots. Almost every hit dealt over ten thousand damage. He really deserved his reputation as [Zhan Long]’s number one musketeer. His shots were both accurate and timely. Of course, Fox’s ability to manage was far better than Xing Lie’s. Each had their own special skills.
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We struck hard and fast. Within three minutes, we had finished the battle. After counting the bodies, there was a total of forty four bodies from the French players. As for whether or not there were any assassins that had escaped, we weren’t sure. If an assassin wanted to run, you couldn’t catch one no matter what you tried to do.
“Let’s go, our location’s been revealed!” I commanded.
Matcha and the rest nodded and quickly cleared the battlefield before we dashed towards the north.
Ten minutes after we left, we had reached the northern end of Moon Valley. In the distance, we could see the white snowy ranges of Ice Ridge mountain. It was the same Ice Ridge Mountain that ran through Tian Ling City and Ba Huang City. This mountain spread across thousands of leagues, and completely separated the South from the Hybrid Demon Territory. Thanks to this natural defense, the Hybrid Demon Kings have yet to invade the Southern Territories.
The Steel Blade Horses moved incredibly fast, even if our position was revealed, that didn’t necessarily mean that we would get caught. After all, there were few mounts that had the same speed as the Steel Blade Horses, especially if they wanted to chase after us and go in for the kill. First they would have to consider their own strength. The players of Moon City weren’t idiots, they wouldn’t sacrifice themselves for nothing.
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When we left Moon Valley, we made it to a grass plains. It was the Breezy Plains just east of Moon City and was just as vast as the Moon Valley map. A light breeze brushed against my face, fluttered my cape behind me. Li Mu and Wang Jian were chuckling as they admired the scenery. The setting sun over the west gave off a warm light.
Matcha widened her eyes and said, “Breeze Plains is extremely open. If we do end up fighting here, this map will likely be dyed red. After all, this is the most suitable place for the Steel Blade Horsemen tofight. The guilds of Moon City and Tian Ling City won’t let this map slip by. I can already just imagine what it’ll look like when it's torn by war….”
Matcha was one of [Zhan Long]’s most important commanders. Her understanding of topography and her sensitivity to its effects on battle were not much inferior to my own. There was no way we could ignore her words.
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Right at that moment, Dong Cheng narrowed her eyes and shouted, “I have some bad news!”