Chapter 168 Liyang City (2/2)

'They will pay for their insolence.'

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Tong's heart shook as if he had a heart attack. His vision darkened for five seconds before he came back to his sense.

In a panic, he touched all over his torso to see if he was still being in control of his body. Realizing that he could still freely move his body, Tong sighed in relief.

'Good gracious. I'm still the owner of my body.'

'That was dangerous. I thought I was a goner.'

'But damn! I have to do something with my [Pride]!'

During his five seconds of the blackout, messages had shown in front of him, but they were deleted by the system goddess. They were the logs of the battles between [Sloth] and [Pride].

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September 28th, 2 A.M.

Sixty thousand men crept through the night. They stopped at 300m away from the wall while a task force of 100 men rushed under the wall.

The force took a detour and picked the east wall where the guards were lightest as the attention of the city garrisons were on the north gate.

The east gate was lightly guarded by ten men. On the other hand, two hundred men were stationed on the north gate. From the data on Tong's radar map, it was not hard for him to tell where he should strike.

The stone wall surface was uneven and bumpy, which was a perfect footing for climbing. A hundred strongmen carried their swords on their back and climbed the wall.

Within the hundred men, Tong was part of the group, leading the squad.

As Tong and his men were climbing, they made light noises from the stones inside the wall. The sharp patrolling guard walked over with a torch to see what happened. He took a peek down below.

*SOEK*

A knife stabbed into his throat, cutting off his voice and ability to speak. He lost his leg strength in an instant as his nerves were severed.

Tong grabbed the face of the patrolling guard and pulled him over, throwing him off the wall and making him flying toward the ground.

With the noisy pest gone, Tong raised his head to peek.

On his left, it was pitch black. On his right, only a few torches were still on and the three guards on duty were sleeping on the pathway.

Tong rechecked with his radar map again. The left wall did not have any guard and there were only the three soldiers to the right.

The patrolling duty was lax in this city. It seemed they thought that Tong would siege the city tomorrow, so they only left a few patrolling guards while the rest of the soldiers rested.

Tong climbed on top of the wall and signaled his men that the coast was clear. The rest of the hundred men slowly crept onto the top of the wall one by one.

While the squad was securing the position, Tong approached the sleeping guards and sliced their neck, one after another. He did not forget to toss these dead bodies down the wall outside, so no other patrol could notice their traces.

As soon as the one hundred men got on the wall, Tong waved his hand, gesturing them to follow him. His destination was the east gate where the rest of his army was waiting outside in secret.

Under the shelter on top of the gate, four guards sat in a circle as they were drinking and eating on duty while the other two men were soundly asleep.

Tong checked the distance between them and his squad.

”Take everyone downstairs and unlock the gate. Ten of you, load your crossbows. We'll take care of these men.”

Ninety men crept down the stairs toward to lower ground. Tong and his ten men snuck in the shadow. The moment everyone got into the position, Tong waved his hand again.

*SWOOSH*

*SWOOSH*

*SWOOSH*

Ten crossbow arrows pierced the four drinking men. As soon as the arrows touched the men, Tong activated his overclocked sense and rushed in. It was a good time to test it in the real battle.

As his hyper sense was activated, it felt similar to his [Time Stop] skill, but everything was still moving in slow motion. In addition, he had more times to act than the skill.

Within a span of 2 seconds, Tong reached the men and slashed down his sword, aiming at their throat to silence them. It took Tong another two seconds to swing his sword four times to kill them all.

He deactivated his bullet-time, breathing out his tension and stress. In his nose, a small blood vessel busted open and a trail of blood dripped down.

Smelling the iron in his blood, Tong swiped his nose and pondered.

'It doesn't consume my lifespan, but it hurts my brain. I shouldn't use it recklessly or I'll have to waste my daily regen skill before I get the real injury.'

Tong made a mental note to himself and darted his eyes toward the sleeping men.

Ten soldiers watched Tong in action with awe and astonishment. To Tong, the speed was ordinary, but to the normal people, Tong left an afterimage each time he moved or swung his sword. They had a new tale to tell their friends and their families now.

Tong and the ten soldiers did not know, his true ability was halved because [Sloth] was weakened. If he was in a complete condition, his movement speed should have been double.</your></[pride]></your></you></[pride]></your></your></[pride]></[pride]></danger!></your>