Chapter 471: Eating (2/2)
We were unable to squeeze our way to the front at all. There were way too many players in China, and right now they were filling up every inch of Sky Forest.
I gripped the Heaven-stealing Sword and ordered, “Chengfeng, Xu Yang, Little Gui, take some men with you. We’re going to open a path to the eastern gate of Sky City for our main force and clear out the randoms in that area. There’s no way they can defend themselves against the enemy waves and bosses anyway. After that, we’ll spread out our defensive formation and wait for the enemy to hit us.”
“Got it!”
The generals and elite players of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls followed behind me as I squeezed to the front. In a situation like this, the player with the higher Strength could “push” a player with lower Strength away from their original position. It was a pretty logical setting. Slowly but surely, we were able to part the crowd and make our way toward the eastern gate.
Riding on her Snow Domain Windchaser and gripping Whirlwind, He Yi caught up to us from behind and shouted, “Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls would like to establish a defensive position at the east side of Sky City, and we swear to defend it with everything we’ve got! Sorry to trouble you all, my friends, but can you please open up some space for us? Please give us this face, thank you…”
Our beautiful guild leader’s plea was polite and well-fitting, so a lot of players acquiesced and gave us some space. Of course, there were also some idiots who refused to leave and threatened us with their weapons, to which Xu Yang responded with his own sword point, “Are you going to leave or not? If not, I can always ask Gui Guzi to kick your ass. Little Gui, go!”
Gui Guzi’s Armored Swordback Dragon roared in response. The Undying Knight cut a terrifying image, and no one dared to challenge his authority. Just like that, the minor conflict was resolved “peacefully”, and Ancient Sword Dreaming Soul occupied a defense line that was about 500 yards long. It was also just the right amount of space considering the amount of people we had brought. If we could defend these 500 yards successfully, then one might say that our performance in this war would be outstanding.
Beep!
It was at this moment I received a message from Lin Yixin: “Is your formation on the east side of the city, Little Cheat?”
“Yep. What about you guys?”
“Same. I have a feeling that the tenth wave will be incredibly fierce, so I’d rather be on the same side as you and reduce the risk of being eliminated early.”
“Hehe, that’s great. I look forward to working with you!”
“Mn. If my forces are defeated by the monsters, you must show up and save me from their clutches, okay?”
“You worry too much. Coldblade is a goddamned skeleton, he would never try to make you his mistress of the fort.”
“Hmph, bastard!”
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A far distance away, Lin Yixin and almost twenty thousand Snow Cathaya players abruptly appeared at the eastern side of Sky City. They had more or less the same troops as us. Rows and rows of Snow Cathaya emblems aligned themselves in order as their core players—Purple Marquis, Beauty At First Sight, Shadow Chanel and so on—moved to the front lines.
The crowd was restless, and the countdown had already begun. The first wave was going to show up very soon. It was at this moment another guild appeared to the left of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. It was The Monarch Descends led by Ling Xueshang herself. Tsk tsk, it looked like the three of us had come to the mutual understanding that we would fight together as one united entity. This was good. Not only did it improve the relationship between our guilds, the good atmosphere also reduced the risk of an ally getting greedy and nabbing OP equipment from a dead ally, like when Lin Yixin dropped her weapon some time ago.
Profit was always tempting, but those who could persist in their beliefs when forced to choose between the two could be considered true friends.
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Xu Yang gripped his sword and growled. “Warsky Alliance is guarding the west, Hegemon Palace, Mad Dragon, and Flower Room are guarding the north, and Gods of Destruction and Soul Battle Robes are guarding the south. Do you think they can keep the waves at bay, Lu Chen?”
“Hard to say…” I replied with a deep frown. “All the Night Creatures under Coldblade seem pretty powerful, and I can’t even tell if we can keep them at bay. Everyone, put on your serious faces and give me all you’ve got. No wave can make it past us. At the very least, we cannot lose control of the east side, no matter what!”
“Got it!”
Everyone nodded in unison and waited tensely.
A few minutes later, a ding finally resounded across the main city—
Ding~!
System Announcement: All players, the first monster wave led by a Level 135 Purple Gold Rank boss, Sharp Blade Devil, has crossed the spatial bridge using the Purgatory Dragon Scepter!
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Swhoosh swhoosh swhoosh…
The light screen surrounding Sky City started flashing rapidly. Large hordes of monsters—mutated Skeletal Devils with blade arms that looked sharp enough to cut steel in half—started flying out of the teleportation formation. Their strength seemed to be a perfect match to their intimidating appearance because they were Level 135 elites!
My heart sank. From the looks of it, I wouldn’t put it past the devs to send Level 145 shadow-rank mobs at us during the last wave or something. It was highly doubtful that the players of Sky City could defend against this many mobs successfully!
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Thud thud thud…
Skeletal Devils ran down the floating rocks and swarmed us from every direction. It was as if their numbers were endless. It took them only a moment to reach the frontlines.