Chapter 332 – Tower of Heroes (1/2)
The space inside Heavens Scar had been one of the main battlefields during the last grand war between humans and demons. Countless experts on both sides had fallen, buried alongside tens of millions of soldiers. Those who had died during that war had carried heavy grievances to their graves, and therefore it was easy for them to turn into evil spirits.
Bai Xiaosheng hadn’t led the group very far when the saw a long army barracks. Flags fluttered and dense distribution of weapons could be seen all over the camp, where a great number of soldiers were training.
“Alert! Those are soldier spirits of those who died in the grand war. Their attacks are very strong, everyone must be careful,” Bai Xiaosheng hastily warned.
Twuuu… Suddenly, a long horn sound resounded. From the camp, a group of soldiers marched out at a neat and uniform pace.
Those soldier spirits were dressed exactly like how they were during their lifetime, but their armor and weapons were old and rusted. Also, their bodies were either skeletons or zombie-like.
Approaching the players, the soldiers didn’t attack. Instead, they stopped a little distance away and arranged into a phalanx, the kind of preparation made when two armies met.
“Who goes there? State your name!” Once the soldiers finished arranging into formation, a soldier stepped out and shouted towards the players.
“Everyone hold, wait for my order,” Bai Xiaosheng adjured. He then dismounted and took two steps forward. “We are explorers of Xuanhuang Ancient Country’s Imperial Capital going on thrilling adventures.”
“They’re from Xuanhuang Ancient Country… uwahhh…” the soldiers shouted upon hearing Bai Xiaosheng’s answer and actually started crying.
“What the?” The players dumbly glanced at each other.
“Citizens of Xuanhuang Ancient Country? Perhaps His Majesty the King finally remembers us?” A clamor arose in the phalanx of soldiers behind, but their strict conduct of military discipline held them back from leaving their positions.
At this moment, the door to the camp opened, and a helmeted general leading a huge troop thunderously galloped out.
“You lot are from Xuanhuang Ancient Country?” The general looked mighty on a skeletal horse, holding a heavenly painted halberd and dressed in full-body armor.
“That is correct,” replied Bai Xiaosheng.
“Xuanhuang Ancient Country, heh, Xuanhuang Ancient Country… How long has it been… I actually got to see people from Xuanhuang Ancient Country again.” The general chuckled and swung his halberd. “Take this!”
Bang! A green light burst out from the halberd, turning into a long green dragon that headed for Bai Xiaosheng with a domineering momentum.
“What is the meaning of this, General?” Bai Xiaosheng yelled while quickly moving his feet. At the same time, he swung the dagger in his hand, slashing out numerous light blades during a second. The cold light blades collided with the dragon, causing a huge explosion.
Puff! Spraying a mouthful of blood, Bai Xiaosheng flew backward and fell with a heavy thud. His health dropped to a sliver in one swoop.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh… Several white lights flashed, quickly healing Bai Xiaosheng.
“Not bad, you can actually receive my strike. Again!” The spirit general spurred his horse and raised his halberd again.
“Here I come!” Jiangdong’s LittleOverlord jumped off his mount. Raising a similar halberd, he lowered his body and swept at the horse’s legs.
Clang! Blocking Jiangdong’s LittleOverlord halberd with his own, the general slightly spun up his weapon before striking it down. The two halberds crossed with a metallic screech, and Jiangdong’s LittleOverlord repeatedly staggered back several steps and fell on his butt.
“General, we’re all people of Xuanhuang Ancient Country. Everything can be resolved with proper talk.” Bai Xiaosheng crawled back up with difficulty. Rubbing his body that had almost fallen apart from the fall, he rushed forward.
Bai Xiaosheng had done his research on Heavens Scar. Humans or monsters, as long as they were direct survivors from the grand war thousands of years ago, possessed power that the current players couldn’t resist at all, not to mention that the other party still had several thousands of soldiers. Bai Xiaosheng just hoped his mission would go smoothly as much as possible and avoided fighting wherever he could.
“It’s because we’re all people of Xuanhuang Ancient Country that I want to test your power. If you don’t have what it takes, just return to where you came from; no need to keep going further and deliver your lives.”
These words didn’t only fall into the players’ ears, it also stirred their hearts. They exchanged glances at the implications of this.
“General, can you tell us what kind of danger lies inside?” Bai Xiaosheng tried to probe for more information.
“What kind of danger? Heh, everything in there is danger.” The general grinned. A stark white skeleton’s grin made people’s hair stand on end. “We have surviving demonic creatures, evil wraiths that spurned reincarnation after their deaths, and some thick-skinned fellows who have lived for thousands of years but refuse to die yet. If you can’t defeat even me, best not to proceed, because you’ll die anyway.”
“There are actually living people from several thousand years ago?!” The players were appalled.
Everyone had prepared themselves for existences like demonic creatures and evil wraiths which were very common in an ancient battlefield. However, upon hearing that there were still some old monstrous fellows that had survived all these thousands of years, even Bai Xiaosheng cursed in his heart.