Chapter 504: New Opponen (1/2)
Lin Yixin: ”...”
A few seconds later, she sent another message: ”The guild territory just spawned so we still have some time. Anyway, what I wanted to ask was, did you help your fighters learn Barrier Break already?”
”Yeah.”
”How many?”
”Me, Eve, Gui Guzi, Li Chengfeng, High Fighting Spirits, Eighteen Steeds, Chaos Moon, and Xu Yang. Eight total. Oh right, my skill is a bit special. It’s called Universe Break, and it’s a bit stronger.”
Lin Yixin didn’t say anything for a time. Then, she turned on the communicator and talked to me directly, ”There are 8 players in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls who learned Barrier Break already? This is so unfair. Purple Marquis and I are the only ones in the entire Snowy Cathaya who could learn it. The rest didn’t have the Strength to learn the skill even with my equipment because almost none of them put 5 points into their Strength stat. Dammit…”
I gave her a reassuring smile and said, ”Relax, they’ll be able to learn the skill when they’re Level 140 or so… but yes, right now is the time you need Barrier Break the most.”
”I know right…” Lin Yixin sighed.
We both knew that Barrier Break was a skill that added attack power and shredded both defenses and spell shields. It was the trump card to use when you were planning to one-shot a target, especially when you were facing a mage. Barrier Break ignored Magic Shields and the like, meaning that it could hit a mage or priest regardless. Therefore, one might say that this skill existed to terrorize all magic players. Also, if a player met the Strength requirement to learn Barrier Break, then they almost certainly had the power to one-shot a mage of the same level with this skill alone. The era of barbaric violence had officially dawned upon Heavenblessed!
Moreover, the skill was equally effective against metal armor classes such as magic knights because it ignored a large percentage of Defense and increased the user’s attack power. No magic knight, no matter how tanky, could take a blow and claim that it was just a flesh wound. This was especially true during positional warfare where the magic knights couldn’t break away from the defense line. If a frontliner ate a Barrier Break that also turned out to be a critical hit, they could very well die on the spot and cause a hole to appear in the defense line. If the defense line was broken, then the battle could be lost as well.
……
Lin Yixin and I entered a short discussion before we rallied our respective players. Inside the guild channel, the chat was bustling with activity—
Beiming Xue: ”A new guild territory just spawned~~”
I replied: ”Yes, and Wind Fantasy is the one who killed a boss and made it spawn. Snowy Cathaya fought to the death to give us our first guild territory, so now is the time to repay that favor. Brothers and sisters, get ready to head to the meeting spots. We’re going to activate the guild contribution point system for this territory war, so every PvP kill will grant you contribution points. Long story short, work hard and you’ll be able to exchange them for high-grade equipment once you’ve accumulated enough!”
Li Chengfeng chuckled: ”Hehe, this is the perfect opportunity to test out Barrier Break on some unfortunate mages and magic knights…”
He Yi echoed in agreement: ”I learned it too!”
Xu Yang: ”Same…”
I continued talking in the guild channel: ”Guild leader, can you decide where we should meet up later? Also, we should take a short time off to repair and resupply ourselves since this territory war might last a long time. Warsky Alliance, Hegemon Palace, Gods of Destruction, and the like are sure to show up, so everyone should be ready for a long and hard battle. By the way, I’ve set it so that every player kill gives 100 contribution points. If you want them Outstanding Purple Gold–grade equipment and Spirit-grade equipment, then do your best to kill the enemies. Let the points stack up!”
My encouragement was successful, and the morale of the guild became even higher than before.
He Yi declared: ”The new territory is less than an hour away from Dark Moon City, so let’s head to Dark Moon City right away and meet up at the plains outside the southern gate. Everyone in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Bloody Mercenaries is required to participate. We’re going to give it our all, okay?”
We all answered her in unison: ”Got it. We’ll be there immediately!”
……
Swhoosh!
The moment I returned to the territory, I immediately saw Dark Knight Hero Udal moving toward me from a distance. After he got off his horse and dropped to his knees, he declared solemnly, ”My lord, an unclaimed territory just appeared not far away from our location. Is there any order you would like to give us? Your 31 Skeletal Spearmen, 50 Zombies, 150 Dark Knights and 100 Umbra Sharpshooters will follow you to the ends of the world and conquer any territory for you!”
I was surprised by this, but I quickly came to terms with it. It made sense that the territory’s NPC army could be used for both defense and offense. They couldn’t attack players outside the territory, but they definitely could be used to attack an unclaimed territory such as the one that just appeared a moment ago. Unfortunately, this was just the beginning of the era of warlords, and this one territory was literally the only territory Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls possessed right now. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call the troops of Dark Moon City my babies, so I couldn’t possibly throw them to the wolves that were sure to swarm the new territory. Yeah, Xu Yang, Gui Guzi, High Fighting Spirits, and the rest of the idiots could die for the cause instead. It wouldn’t hurt my feelings one bit...
Swhoosh!
A beautiful and familiar figure suddenly appeared from the teleportation formation. It was none other than Lin Yixin on her Frostscythe Warhorse. The Frozen Sword in one hand, she jumped off the horse and ran out of the gate in a hurry. Clearly, Snowy Cathaya had set our territory as their meeting spot as well.
Dark Moon City was less than an hour away from the new territory, while Sky City was not. More importantly, anyone who tried to make the journey from Sky City would have to pass through many danger zones like the Dragonbone Mountain Range itself and travel for at least an hour. As a result, it was only logical that the guilds who wanted to tournament for the guild territory would take off from Dark Moon City.