Chapter 896- Dragon City sends troops (1/2)

”Keng keng keng!”

Blistering hot sparks splashed out from the blade of the sword. Li Mu held the Neptune’s Blade and blocked the attacks of a few Swirling Abyss City players but he didn't retreat at all. Instead with a slash he used [Covering Sword Slash] into the group. The Dark Moon Elf archers behind him readied their arrows and fired. A bunch of Swirling Abyss City players fell off their horses and became a bunch of ice cold corpses.

I stood on the frontlines, the Zhen Yue Blade blocking and slashing in front of my chest. The Dragon Reservoir Sword also slashed out and wiped out all the enemies to my front. At the front, Wang Jian, Old K and Bai Qi all charged about to protect the players at the back. This was the first time [Zhan Long] and Royal Army fought with such an understanding. Under the protection of [Zhan Long] the Dark Moon Elves were able to fire out damage without any pressure.

However, there were still many players who fell on the frontlines. There were simply too many Swirling Abyss City players. They were pretty much exchanging their lives with hours, although they were exchanging three for one but we were still at a loss. The Fire Dragon Cavalry and Steel Blade Cavalry at the front reduced and instead more and more Swirling Abyss City troops gathered. In a blink of an eye 30% of [Zhan Long] members were wiped out. The forty thousand strong army was left with just seven thousand who could fight.

China Regions entire defence line didn't look really optimistic. [Blood Contract], [Enemies at the Gate], [Prague] were forced to retreat. Even [Legend] and [Hero Mound] and [Vanguard] showed signs of weakness. It really wasn't a plan to just continue on like this. The frontline players were in huge trouble due to the Dragon Crystal Cannons and Flame Dragon Cannons, pretty much dying in batches.

The Tian Ling City army didn't fair any better. Long Zhong's Fire Dragon Army was only left with a few thousand cavalry which charged for a while and only a few hundred returned. It was so brutal that I couldn't bear to watch. Xia Yu Army's camp was also blown into pieces by the cannons and the entire battle was on the verge of collapse. Duke Luo Xun's Rongdi Army still hadn't attacked, just ten thousand cavalry were sent out.

……

”Retreat backwards!” I waved my Zhen Yue Blade and after slicing off the head of a cavalry, I shouted loudly, ”Maintain the formation and retreat slowly. Lead them to chase us and pull open their defensive line. After we get away from their long range attacks we will counterattack for a few seconds and then further retreat. We can't fight them head on!”

Li Mu, Wang Jian etc all nodded their heads. [Zhan Long]'s shield formation retreated as a whole while Swirling Abyss City players' blood were boiling so how would they let us off. They rushed their horses forwards to chase us.

”Shua!”

I don't know how many times did I activate my [Icy Wings], I waved my blade and sword in the crowd to charge all about, covering the players and NCPs behind me to the best that I could. In the distance, Enchanted Painting also held her Water God Halberd to charge about the crowd. Fang Ge Que retreated while fighting, the spells he threw was enough to make the Swirling Abyss City people terrified.

Just at this moment a bunch of people charged over from the distance. It was Call Me Master from [Thousand Burial]. She brought Minimalist, Su Yan, and the others to charge forward. Behind her were a bunch of dense Greedy Wolf Cavalry, ”Retreat, we will cover you all, the small hill behind can be used as a chokepoint to defend!”

I took a look. Call Me Master brought roughly twenty thousand of them but most of their levels had dropped below 140. Their equipment was incomplete and their overall strength had dropped by much. However, it was best not to hesitate now as I said, ”You all should retreat quickly too!”

”Understood!”

Call Me Master held her sword as she brushed shoulders with me. Numerous Greedy Wolf Cavalry roared out as they charged towards the Swirling Abyss City players behind [Zhan Long]. Both sides clashed with one another and instantly killing shouts rose up into the sky. No one expected that one day [Zhan Long] would need [Thousand Burial] to cover their retreat. It made me sigh.

We swiftly retreated to roughly a thousand meters and in front of us was a small hill that spanned dozens of miles.

It was only dozens of feet tall but it was good enough to be used as a defense point. We all stood in an orderly manner. Ling Luo led the Dark Moon Elf Archers to find a vantage point and then the [Zhan Long] players turned around to defend. The Swirling Abyss City slashed over like a wave. However, most of them had come over by charging through the Greedy Wolf Cavalry formation and looking out, twenty thousand of them was like a leaf in a storm. They were at the verge of being drowned out at any moment.

”F***!”