Chapter 1000: I’m So Touched (1/2)
Atop the gate, I lay down inside an arrow loop and planted the Purple Ying Sword into a gap between the bricks. I stared at the distant, peaceful-looking forest that was hiding countless Purple Gr.a.p.e City players right now. It was impossible to guess what they were planning.
”Want a smoke, sir Lu Chen?” Xu Yang shot me a glance and asked me.
I smiled. ”Save it for the army. It’s the least we can do seeing as we’re surrounded, and running out of supplies…”
”Pooh!”
Xu Yang chortled a little. ”It’s been four hours since we've been surrounded. I almost can’t believe you still have the energy to crack jokes.”
I crossed my arms in front of my c.h.e.s.t and asked, ”How is Little Gui doing?”
”They managed to beat back the enemy’s assault for the fifth time, but our losses are severe. Over half of the 70000-strong cavalry Purple Wind Chime brought are dead, and the girl’s panicking over how to justify these losses to Ling Xueshang right now.”
”She worries too much. Ling Xueshang has a big c.h.e.s.t, so she must have a big heart too! She’ll definitely forgive her general.”
”...”
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Suddenly, He Yi sent me a message: ”Lu Chen!”
”Yes, boss?”
”Cyan Earth City and Elephant City just withdrew their forces…”
I jolted to an upright position so suddenly that I nearly fell off the arrow loop. ”If you’re sure, then leave behind a small force to defend Black Coast and send everyone over to White Rose Fortress. Long story short, it’s been a hard battle and we’re running out of bodies.”
He Yi responded with a smiley face and a message, ”Yes, I’m aware you’re struggling right now. I already sent Li Chengfeng to meet up with you. The rest of us will follow once we’ve rooted out all the stragglers at Black Coast.”
”You don’t need to worry too much about Dark Moon City, to be honest. There’s no way Cyan Earth City and Elephant City can overcome our 1000 boss-tier Bone Dragons without a significant amount of troops.”
”I know.”
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A melting warmth filled my heart for a moment. No matter what Red Maple might be planning, he and Purple Gr.a.p.e City’s players were dead the moment our main forces arrived.
”Look! Something’s happening over there!”
It so happened that Gui Guzi, Diamond Dust and the others were walking over when Xu Yang suddenly pointed at the distance. We followed his finger and saw flashes of skills amid the dense foliage.
Pa pa pa…
”Quickly! White Rose Fortress is right in front of us! We’ll be safe once we’ve overcome this defense line!” Dominating Heaven Blade shouted with a grim expression on his face. ”Don’t let the losers of Purple Gr.a.p.e City think that none of us dare to tackle their defense line!”
Dominating Warrior God cut down a low health Japan archer before laughing in response, ”Yeah! Warsky Alliance and Righteousness are such cowards. To think that none of them dared to rush to White Rose Fortress’ aid!”
The Gods of Destruction’s players made it to the plains, but my heart abruptly sank in my c.h.e.s.t. ”Shit!”
”What’s wrong, Lu Chen?” Xu Yang asked me.
I rose to my feet and pulled my sword out of the stone. ”I finally figured out what that sonuvabitch Red Maple is planning!”
”What?!”
”He’s using us to lure in our reinforcements and wipe them out one by one!”
Xu Yang’s pupils shrank. ”Shit, you’re right! We can’t ride out of White Rose Fortress because they have superior numbers. And anytime someone tries to come to our aid, they’ll intercept them and kill them all! Those cowardly, devious bastards!”
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Not only that, a sneering Red Maple finally showed himself atop a gigantic creature. Wielding a longsword, he ordered loudly, ”Wildfire Riders, charge! Leave not a single China player alive!”
Bang bang bang...
The fleshy thud, sound of mounts slamming into one another, was as terrible as ever. Dominating Heaven Blade roared and one-shot the Wildfire Rider in front of him with Barrier Break and Triple Slash, but the enemy simply outnumbered them too much. The single exchange had cost them nearly a thousand riders, not to mention that Red Maple’s offensive power was off the charts.
”Maple Kill!”
A swirl of red maple leaves rained down on Gods of Destruction and wiped out a large group of riders. A moment later, Red Maple rushed toward Dominating Warrior God and punched with a shout, ”Thunder God Ball!”
Bang! Dominating Warrior God fell back and took 152878 damage to the c.h.e.s.t, his face quickly turning . One last slash to the throat later, he fell off his mount and died, just like that. The gap between the duo was just too huge. Dominating Warrior God didn’t even have the chance to block, parry or dodge the attacks.
Enraged, Dominating Knight God charged Red Maple from behind and tried to skewer him with Barrier Break. Unfortunately, the swordsman turned around and parried the skill easily, almost as if he had eyes behind his back. He retaliated with Fire God Flurry that sent the magic knight flying into his own men.