Chapter 510: Animal Stampede (1/2)
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Boom boom boom!
Some distance away from me, Galaxy Storms flashed again and tore a huge hole in our flank. The spell one-shot dozens of fighters instantly, and some of them were even Fireblade Cavalrymen. There just wasn’t anything our frontliners could do against multiple Galaxy Storms that critted frequently except hoping for the best.
Warsky himself was fighting at the frontline, killing a Fireblade Cavalryman with Barrier Break. The battle was a bloody one as Warsky Alliance was no easy opponent. The body count went up almost every second as two of the strongest guilds in Sky City attempted to murder the hell out of each other.
At the back, October Rain was directing her archers and making them shoot Far Shots where it hurt, but she also partied a group of warriors so that they could benefit from the 15% lifesteal of her Famous General Skill and win a prolonged fight. She was a smart woman and an even more annoying enemy for sure. Lin Bing Dou Zhe’s party was hitting us hard since Renown buffed their Attack by 75% and Defense by 35%, but here we had Royal Road and Martial God, so we weren’t losing at all.
Moreover, Lin Bing Dou Zhe avoided clashing against me directly probably because he was afraid of my killer moves, Burning Blade Slash and Universe Break. He just kept roaming and killing our weakened fighters whenever he could. Unlike Xu Yang’s bold and direct approach, his style was that of an intelligent fighter.
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Thud thud thud!
I launched a Burning Blade Slash at a crowd of Warsky Alliance players, killing a dozen of them immediately. However, I also took a chest full of arrows for my efforts, and there were two mages that kept throwing Galaxy Storms at me and He Yi from afar. It was annoying to say the least.
I pointed my sword at Lin Bing Dou Zhe and challenged him. ”Why don’t you fight me, friend?”
Lin Bing Dou Zhe looked at me and smiled. ”Patience. The time isn’t right yet.”
Suddenly, a laughing High Fighting Spirits charged Lin Bing Dou Zhe out of nowhere and executed Barrier Break, the Invincible shining with bright red energy because of it. ”One does not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut! You don’t need to do anything, boss. I’ll be his opponent!”
Puchi!
13782!
Rustle rustle…
While waiting for his priests to heal him back to full health, Lin Bing Dou Zhe watched High Fighting Spirits rampaging just a few yards away from him and swore under his breath, ”What is wrong with Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls? Even a random nobody is this powerful! Is this the kind of enemy Warsky Alliance has to fight against?”
High Fighting Spirits swung his battle axe like a madman while Lin Bing Dou Zhe was temporarily out of the fight. Invincible was both the signature weapon of a Level 120 warrior and the proof of strength of a fifth-promotion warrior. That was why a lot of people looked up to High Fighting Spirits right now. Unless you were a defensive warrior, everyone knew that it’s more thrilling charging the enemy with wild abandon like High Fighting Spirits!
In fact, some of our warriors did exactly that and got their asses wiped by October Rain’s Spiraling Arrow Blade and the mages’ Galaxy Storms halfway. I couldn’t help but goggle at them. ”Those idiots, this is no different from committing suicide…”
He Yi giggled. ”Well, they are a bunch of hot-blooded youngsters…”
I rolled my eyes. ”Youngsters my ass. High Fighting Spirits is going to turn 40 in just a couple of years...”
”Age doesn’t matter. Some people are eternally young and hot-blooded, you know?”
”Well, that’s true. I know since I’m a youngster myself…”
”...”
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The back-and-forth lasted almost an hour. After several trials by fire, both He Yi and I found ourselves very pleased with the guild’s growth and performance in large-scale combat operations. Warsky Alliance was the second-strongest guild on the Guild Ranking, and they were growing more and more powerful everyday. Despite that, the upper hand was solidly in our hands throughout this whole battle. Finally, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls had grown from a pathetically weak guild to a true master of guilds. It was thanks to everyone giving it their all consistently throughout both the good and the bad times.
Gui Guzi kept charging in and out of the enemy formation until, finally, even he had grown tired of this battle. He rode back to us and said, ”Boss, Sister He Yi, I don’t think we can keep this up much longer. We are losing more people than is acceptable since Warsky Alliance’s main guild and sub-guilds are trying to deplete our numbers with cannon fodders. We killed far more people than we lost, but Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has less than 5000 people left, and Bloody Mercenaries less than 2000. This can’t be allowed to go on.”
I nodded and looked to the distance. ”It’s been an hour since the battle began, and Warsky Alliance lost a ton of people as well. We’ve killed so many of their main members that they had to use their sub-guilds as cannon fodders instead. In fact, Warsky’s plan is to hold us back with cannon fodders while he, October Rain and the mages waste us with Spiraling Arrow Blades and Galaxy Storms from the back. Hmph hmph, unfortunately for him, no plan survives contact with the enemy…”
Gui Guzi’s eyes lit up. ”Boss, do you have a plan to counter this?”
”Yup!”
He Yi also asked me excitedly, ”What is it?”
”We withdraw and let Snowy Cathaya go next!”