Chapter 316: Pillar of the Nation (1/2)
“Roar!”
A draconic roar began as my body became surrounded by purple light. The moment a gigantic purple dragon gathered at the tip of my Purgatory Sword, I immediately swung the weapon with a shout and launched the deadly energy at the crowd!
“Ahhhh…”
A group of Flower Room players were instantly destroyed by the Purple Dragon Howl. It was unbearable to look at if you were on the other team, and not even a full-health magic knight with a shield could withstand the attack. Purple Dragon Howl hits most fighters for at least 8000 damage, and in the cases of archers and mages, the damage went above 10000!
“Roar!”
That wasn’t the end yet, however. While the skill was still running its course, I directed the purple dragon to attack Li Le!
Li Le’s handsome face was deathly pale as he ran backward while shouting, “Fuck! Stop him! This devil! H-he’s too strong…”
Unfortunately for him, physical bodies did nothing to stop the Purple Dragon Howl. A group of Flower Room players blocked in front of Li Le, but all they achieved was dying a horrific death!
It was too late to dodge out of the way at this point. Feeling like his heart would stop, Li Le turned around and waited for the purple dragon to claim him!
“Roar!”
But the dragon let out one final roar before disappearing slowly. Purple Dragon Howl had reached its time limit, and the energy disappeared right when it was about to touch the tip of Li Le’s nose. It was a shame. Had the skill lasted 0.1s longer, Li Le would have died for sure!
Thump...
The tip of Li Le’s nose was covered in cold sweat. He was so scared that he actually collapsed on his butt. In that moment, Flower Room’s morale hit rock bottom!
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After firing the Purple Dragon Howl, I went back to my friends like I had just returned from a relaxing stroll. My assault had lasted only around 15 seconds at most, but at least hundreds of Flower Room players had died. They were understandably terrified as a matter of course.
Meanwhile, everyone in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls were laughing and swinging their weapons in high spirits—
Wolf Fang: “Haha, that’s so cool, Vice Leader Broken Halberd! You single-handedly annihilated almost half of their guild! These trash were fools to think that they can compete against Ancient Sword!”
Beauty Chaos Moon: “Hehe, that was awesome, vice leader. Wanna date?”
Xu Yang laughed loudly. “Hahaha, of course he’s awesome! He wouldn’t be the 12th CGL Hall of Famer otherwise!”
Murong Mingyue said, “Lu Chen’s CGL Hall of Fame points are sure to grow after this battle, so his ranking still has room to improve. Power Cooker? Blood Red? Lonely Grave? It’s only a matter of time before Lu Chen smashes them all!”
He Yi asked, “Did you guys check the China server official forums today?”
He Yi replied, “Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Flower Room aren’t the only guilds who were fighting each other today. There is a map called Void Forest to the south of Wind City, Indigo Collar and Peach Garden had attacked a one-thousand-man party from Candle Dragon with close to 3000 players and managed to annihilate them from 3 am to 9 am. However, they failed to escape before Candlelight Shadow showed up with his main forces, and the battle was extended until late evening! In the end, Candle Dragon was able to turn the tide!”
“Fuck…” Du Thirteen sucked in a deep breath. “Indigo Collar must have brass balls beneath his waist. I can’t believe he went all the way to Wind City just to beat up Candle Dragon!”
He Yi giggled. “Yeah. However, the tide changed immediately after Candlelight Shadow showed up. Apparently, he was able to charge in and out of Peach Garden’s troops five times without dying, and he even managed to kill Indigo Collar in a sea of enemies while his Heaven-devouring Tiger was covering for him…”
“What?!”
My pupils shrank abruptly. Fuck, is this Candlelight Shadow’s declaration of power to the world? Is he trying to say that his title as the Martial God is immovable?
How on earth did he manage to get in and out of Peach Garden’s formation anyway? And to kill even Indigo Collar while he was completely surrounded by enemies?
Indigo Collar was no ordinary player. Even in a 1v1 situation, it would’ve taken me considerable effort to defeat him. So how was Candlelight Shadow able to kill Indigo Collar?
I frowned deeply as I reimagined the battle inside my head. In the end, I came to the conclusion that Candlelight Shadow must’ve used his triple-hit Blazing Purgatory Slash to kill Indigo Collar. On paper, it didn’t sound too unusual. If I was the one fighting Indigo Collar, then I would have to use War Crush—and the skill must land perfectly—Pardon and a basic attack to have a chance to one-shot Indigo Collar in an instant. But if he was constantly healed by his priests, then it wouldn’t be easy to find the perfect timing!
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It was at this moment a new swarm of players burst out from every direction. They all had Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ emblem or Bloody Mercenaries’ emblem on their shoulders. Finally, reinforcements had arrived!
At the distance, I saw Alexander swinging his battle axe and laughing. “We’ve arrived, leader! You haven’t killed all the nasties yet, have you?”
He Yi replied, “There are less than 500 of them left. Once we clear them out, all that’s left to do is camp their corpses!”
“Alright, we’ll camp their corpses while we grind for levels. Let’s get our guild to Rank 4 before the night is over!”
“Mn!”
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Knowing that the battle was lost, Li Le gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, “Brothers, it’s time to withdraw! Follow me to the southwest corner!”