Chapter 495 (2/2)

There weren't more than ten thousand players left in this event, but all of us were charging towards Sky City with zero hesitation. As the last survivors, there were still a lot of things that we could do.

When we reached the stone bridge that connected the floating stairway to Sky City's eastern gate, we saw that the names of the NPCs who guarded the bridge had turned red. These were troops loyal to that wicked king, so there were our enemies now.

“Kill them!”

A Thousand Ice Slash exploded out of the Heaven-Stealing Sword and crashed into the group of NPCs. I followed that up with a Burning Blade Slash which decimated most of them. These elite NPCs were far weaker than the shadow-rank monsters that we normally fought in the wilds, so it was much easier to kill them.

As a result, we barely felt any resistance as we plowed through the enemy NPCs. As I stepped over their bodies, the players from Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Snowy Cathaya, and The Monarch Descends followed after me. There weren't more than a thousand of us, but every single player present here was the creme de la creme. They were skilled and savvy veterans who had survived hundreds of battles.

The five Dragon Knights of Floating Ice City soared into the air. They had taken control of the skies and they used this absolute advantage to rain down sword energy and dragonbreath on the soldiers of Sky City. Blasts of flame and iceflame fell on top of the enemy legions' heads, either burning them to a crisp or turning them into ice statues which would shatter at the slightest touch.

Karinshan galloped into the city, her sword pointed straight at the palace. She yelled, “Tia! I want you to take the rest of the Dragon Knights and destroy that Purgatory Dragon Scepter! It's time to dismantle that spatial bridge!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

The five Dragon Knights sped off. I took the chance to yell towards the players behind me, “Let's rush straight towards the palace as well! The Dragon Knights will open a path for us, so let's seize this opportunity to kill that wicked king!”

Lin Yixin's laughter pealed like silvery bells behind me as she added me and a few other stalwarts of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls into her party. Gui Guzi charged to the forefront on the back of his Armored Swordback Dragon as he sprinted forward.

We arrived at the gates of the palace like a raging storm and we saw the five Dragon Knights rampaging across the altar in the distance. The Purgatory Dragon Scepter instantly shattered and the spatial bridge that was hovering above our heads instantly disappeared. We had finally severed the connection between the mortal realm and the plane of Purgatory. Now that the Purgatory Dragon Scepter had been destroyed, not even Coldblade, were he still around, would be able to summon his legions of h.e.l.l.

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A group of players noisily charged into the palace and killed nearly a thousand imperial guardsmen. The wicked king, who remained seated on his throne, finally came into view as we approached the grand palace hall.

When I recalled the corrupt, ignorant and self-serving behavior of this king and his rotten council of elders, my heart burned with rage. Their blatant unconcern for the survival of the human race was simply unforgivable!

I rushed up towards the staircase leading to the throne as I yelled, “Everyone, follow me!”

The wicked king recognised me and he could not help but yell, “So, it was you, you rebellious adventurer! d.a.m.n you! Harken to my command, my servants! Kill this rebel! I want to see his head separated from his shoulders! Adventurer, I will use your heart to make good wine!”

“You can use your sister for that instead!”

I grinned as I locked onto the wicked king and activated Thunderous Charge!

Woos.h.!.+

I smashed into the wicked king, and I also managed to successfully stun him. This was my second encounter with him, but I was Level 125 this time and I had just obtained the 6-star Outstanding Earth-grade item, the Soul Suppressing Cloak. So my power had grown by leaps and bounds since the last time we clashed!

I followed up my charge with a Burning Blade Slash. The three crescent blades of fiery sword energy slammed into the king's body with successive thuds, causing him to lose a large amount of health!

The traitorous generals around us instantly surrounded me as they charged forward with their blades bared.

I chuckled as I started to circle around Sky City's king. I continued to lash out at him with my sword while I activated War Crush. This instantly shoved the generals backwards and a few of them had even lost 20% of their HP.

In the end, every single one of the generals who had been willing to follow this fatuous king and betray humanity were craven sc.u.m. The true heroes amongst Sky City's armies had decisively left the king's commands, just like Jacelyn had done. All of these “traitors” were fierce warriors who were more than willing to spill their blood on the sand.

Woos.h.!.+

A beam of sword energy wreathed in both cold energy and flames engulfed me, the boss, and all of the NPCs around us. Lin Yixin had finally taken action!

After that, Li Chengfeng, Gui Guzi, and the rest of our party joined the battle. Even Beiming Xue, who was still quite far away from us, started to wildly shoot at the enemies around me as she used Multi Arrow. We only had one objective in this place! We would kill this fatuous king and all of his rotten elders! Justice would be delivered today!

……

Whoos.h.!.+ Whooos.h.!.+

Holy light continued to blossom around me and my HP and all of my defenses had skyrocketed thanks to the effects of Bombsh.e.l.l. So it might not even be out of the question for me to duel this wicked king by myself!

So it was only natural for his HP to fall rapidly as he was a.s.saulted by players like Lin Yixin and Li Chengfeng as well. A group of us just wailed on him relentlessly as we completely surrounded him, and he wasn't long for this world.

As for the elders? They were in an even more miserable situation. Players had already started hacking away at them, and all of them soon lay in pools of their own blood as they wailed, “Our king is about to fall…”

As the king's HP rapidly dwindled to nothing, Gui Guzi thrust Rainbow forward, carving out two more holes in his body. I immediately followed up with a Burning Blade Slash which deleted the last bit of his HP!

Whooos.h.!.+

Golden light erupted around me as I reached Level 126. Alright, we've finally brought this event to a close!

However, this rotten king didn't drop any rewards even after we killed him. In fact, he didn't even drop any of his equipment. He merely dropped a few rather valuable stones. It looks like he was the sort of fellow who collected jewels over divine weapons. He really was rotten to the core!

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“Mmmn, we've finally reached the final part of the mission, so it should be about time for the system to reward the top one hundred players on the leaderboard, right?” Lin Yixin said with an ecstatic smile on her face.

I nodded my head. “It'll be soon.”

It was at this precise moment that Karinshan entered the grand hall at the head of all of her generals. She shot a smile at me as she said, “Courageous adventurers, all of you are truly the pride and glory of Sky City!”

I stepped aside and cleared the path to the throne as I said, “Princess Karinshan, it is time for you to inherit the throne…”

Karinshan, “...”

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