Chapter 283: The Martial God Descends (1/2)
Soul Battle Robes was absolutely not the only guild that was being routed by the mobs. Besides Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Snowy Cathaya, Gods of Destruction, and Peach Garden, everyone was either routed or in the process of being routed. The Breakers were so powerful that the normal players didn’t even qualify as cannon fodder, much less anything else.
”Break•Defense!”
The Breaker was defending, so I immediately unleashed a Crushing Blow in response!
7894!
That wasn’t all. The handle turned chillingly cold in my hand, so I immediately swung out, unleashing Purgatory Slash into the crowd. Since the skill came right after Crushing Blow, its attack power was much stronger than usual!
A group of Breakers shivered as a ton of damage numbers appeared above their heads—
8943!
9024!
8874!
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It was an unquestionable one-shot thanks to the splash damage. This Outstanding property was just that powerful in a game like this!
After gaining a ton of war points, I opened the quest list again and noted that I had replaced Murong Mingyue as the new king of the hill—
NameLevelPointsBroken Halberd Sinks Into Sand8628942Murong Mingyue8128754Wind Fantasy8424569Dominating Mage God8120145Beiming Xue8320064Purple Marquis8119874From Water8117997Shadow Chanel8117654Clear Perfume8115785Dominating Archer God8014765
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Both my AoE skills—Thousand Mirage Slash and Purgatory Slash—ascended to the one-shot level thanks to the Outstanding property of my weapon. It was also the main reason I was able to claim the top spot of this war so far! Murong Mingyue was second thanks to her Prayer Scepter and Hellish Rockfall, and Lin Yixin third because her attack power was amazing and she had gained a new AoE skill recently. As for everyone else, their standings only changed slightly. Beiming Xue went up by one spot, and He Yi went up by two spots. It was probably because her Firelight Mouse was stronger than ever. Yeah, this magic-type pet with ridiculous BN value was just way too OP!
Whoosh!
I unleashed Thousand Mirage Slash and killed another group of Breakers. Most of them couldn’t react in time to use their defensive skill at all, and even if they could, my Crushing Blow would counter that easily.
One slash later, a corner of the sky suddenly darkened without warning. I looked to the left of our battle line, and I saw an icy sword beam wrapped in burning flames rising into the air before slamming down on top of a ton of mobs!
Boom!
Blood spilled everywhere as the Breakers crumbled unanimously before the awesome power. Yep, it was none other than the Fruit Knife Goddess’s new AoE skill, Ice Flame Slash. The skill had some amazingly beautiful effects, and it probably wouldn’t take long before it became her new defining symbol...
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The ground rumbled as Floating Ice City’s forces finally charged the Breaker Legion!
On the other side, Sophia of the Blood Dance Legion also raised her sword and ordered her army to attack. Both the Shadow Dancer Elite Cavalry and the Shining Archers moved out in unison; the cavalry troops charging the enemy formation and the Shining Archers providing cover fire with impeccable accuracy and speed!
The war finally began in full force. Fierce battles were being waged on all four sides of Skull Castle!
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”Hold! Hold!”
Indigo Collar barked, but the seemingly endless amount of Breakers still managed to overwhelm their defense line. In fact, the situation was swiftly devolving into a literal massacre when dozens of warriors were annihilated in almost an instant, and a hole was physically torn apart in their defense line. Nearly 500 Peach Garden mages and archers were killed because of that one failure!
The war was terrible and costly. No one had seen this coming, had predicted that this big-scale siege quest would be this difficult.
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Time passed bit by bit.
Soul Battle Robes and Peach Garden had already been wiped out from the surface of the battlefield. Gods of Destruction weren’t doing so hot either. Their numbers had dwindled down to a horrifying one hundred players or so, and they were barely clinging onto life and sticking to the right side of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls like a piece of gum.
But this time, we couldn’t afford to help them because we were in grave danger ourselves. The Breakers were just too powerful, and all around me frontliners were dropping like flies!
As more and more holes appeared in our defense line, huge numbers of Breakers slipped to our backs and started massacring our archers and mages en masse!
Eyes turning red with urgency, Beiming Xue retreated while shouting, ”Archers, retreat together with me! The ones at the back should kite the enemies, and the ones at the front should plug the holes as much as they can!”
Unfortunately, there was really very little room to maneuver in a chaotic battle like this. There were mobs all over the place, and the Breakers switched aggro so quickly that it was very difficult to kite them.
I shouted, ”Xu Yang, Gui Guzi, go grab the men and save our archers and mages! We absolutely cannot lose what little firepower we have left!”
Xu Yang looked shocked. ”But what about this fight?”
”Just leave it to me!”
”Got it!”
Xu Yang immediately ran to our backliners’ rescue with a hundred-man party. Standing at the frontlines, I healed myself with Tenacity of the Dead, chugged a health potion and resummoned the Dark Wasp the instant its cooldown was up. He Yi was fighting right next to me. We were surrounded by so many Breakers that everyone was starting to lose hope.
Snowy Cathaya was faring even worse than us. The Breaker Legion was so powerful that even Lin Yixin had to run around with low health and unleash Ice Flame Slash only when the opportunity presented itself. There was barely anyone left who was still alive in her guild, and the floor was covered in layer upon layer of bodies, equipment, potions and magic stones!
Boom!
As I unleashed a Thousand Mirage Slash, the hilt of the Purgatory Sword suddenly turned cold in my grip. I immediately turned around to swing out the Purgatory Slash and one-shot almost a hundred mobs at once, greatly relieving the pressure on the players around me.