Chapter 661: Equal to a Thousand Men (1/2)

Chaos Moon bit down hard on her lower lip as she stared at the wreckage in front of her. Her sword arm had actually started to tremble as she gasped, ”Candle Dragon’s top mage is… crazy strong!”

I bellowed, ”Prepare to assault the city walls. Fucking hell, we have to take revenge for Fighting Spirits and Chengfeng!”

After I said that, I immediately summoned the Armored Ice Qilin Horse. I leaped onto the back of my horse and slammed a sword into the drawbridge. I wasn’t going to wait for it to be lowered!

Bang!

A huge ringing sound reverberated in the air as the drawbridge was knocked down by my mighty swing. The battlefield was suddenly unveiled before our eyes as the huge metal plate fell to the ground. We were currently about fifteen yards away from the city walls, but my Armored Ice Qilin Horse definitely had the jumping power to cross that distance.

However, it was at this exact moment that an opposing player sprang into action. He ran up the city walls before leaping off. His body drew a beautiful arc in the air as he spun toward the siege tower to our left. It was Blue Sky Scar!

He savagely thrust the longsword in his hand into the siege tower’s plated hide. When it sank into the wooden frame, he used it to swing himself up to the top of the siege tower. After that, he immediately yanked out his sword and launched a wave of sword energy at the players inside the tower, causing the Blazing Hot Lips players inside to wail with pain.

On the other side, Candlelight Shadow had used his sharp sword to draw a magic formation. A fierce and majestic-looking lion covered in dripping blood burst out of the formation in an explosion of light. It immediately reared back its gigantic head and let out a furious roar. The words ”Bloodthirsty Lion King” floated above it. Candlelight Shadow had also switched pets! It was a Heaven Rank boss pet and it looked super strong!

Killing intent flickered in Candlelight Shadow’s eyes as he suddenly turned toward me. The look in his eyes turned haughty and mocking as he retreated a few steps. Then, he suddenly brandished his sword and shot forward like a missile. He flew straight toward me like an arrow as he leapt into the air!

”Lu Chen, it’s time to show me just how strong you’ve become!” he yelled.

The air around us seemed to freeze as everyone on the battlefield turned to look at us. Two legendary Heavenly Kings were about to do battle! What would happen next?!

”Ice Qilin Horse, let’s go!” I yelled in response as I spurred my horse forward. It leapt into the air and flew straight toward one of the arrow towers on the city walls. The Cyan Netherworld Sword dipped low as cold energy started pulsing along its blade.

”Heh! You’re looking to die!”

Candlelight Shadow’s eyes grew cold and suddenly executed a backward somersault midair! He used the momentum generated from his spin to fly right above me. His hand smacked against my right shoulder as he used it for support to spin back down toward my back. The Blade of Scarlet Flames glinted with a deathly cold light as a spiral of burning energy formed on the tip of its blade. Barrier Break!

Pcchht!

20192!

Even though he was using Encourage VII, I had to admit that Candlelight Shadow’s Attack was incredibly high. The Blade of Scarlet Flames seemed to be a Level 140 5-star Outstanding Earth-grade weapon, so its attack power was extremely terrifying.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Candlelight Shadow took advantage of the fact that a player couldn’t turn around and attack while mounted to hit me again. He balanced expertly on the back of the Armored Ice Qilin Horse as he struck me in the back with his Blazing Purgatory Slash. Those three fierce strikes dealt nearly twenty thousand damage! That was forty thousand damage in the matter of seconds.

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and take those blows but the Armored Ice Qilin Horse’s steel-shod hooves had finally landed on top of the city wall. After that, my hand immediately shot out to grab Candlelight Shadow’s as I snarled, ”Have you had enough fun?”

I gave a loud grunt as I bodily slung Candlelight Shadow toward the ground. The Cyan Netherworld Sword howled when I instantly hit him with Burning Blade Slash. Three blades of blazing sword energy mingled together as they shot toward the downed warrior. Candlelight Shadow barely had any time to react after I had hurled him off my horse, but he still managed to raise his sword to parry all three of my strikes! He had entered a defensive stance way too quickly!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

2902!

6093!

11092!

The difference between normal players and players in the Earthfire Realm was revealed in that instant. Even though Candlelight Shadow had managed to successfully parry my strikes, he still lost nearly 20000 HP. He only had about 50k health in the first place, so this fight would go very poorly for him if it continued like this!

The tip of my sword suddenly shuddered as it suddenly shot out toward him yet again. Crushing Blow!

If I managed to connect with that attack, Candlelight Shadow was dead meat!

Unfortunately, his reaction speed was even faster than my sudden strike and he instantly stopped trying to defend against my attack.

I changed my strike midway as Crushing Blow transformed into Universe Break! A flash of cold light erupted up from below the Armored Ice Qilin Horse as my Universe Break shot toward Candlelight Shadow like a venomous snake.

”Shit!”

Candlelight Shadow gasped in shock as he hastily backpedaled. His body suddenly started to bob and weave as he used the helix maneuver in a bid to dodge my attack. Unfortunately for me, it worked splendidly as he seemed to vanish from the arc of my strike like a flickering shadow. My attack swhooshed over his head as a huge ”MISS” popped up into the air. He had actually managed to use pure agility and skill to dodge the Universe Break that seemed destined to hit him!

Shock sprang up in my heart, but I had no choice but to grudgingly admit that Candlelight Shadow had never rested on his laurels and the title of ”Martial God”. He was always diligently training his skills and refining his techniques to grow stronger. The current Candlelight Shadow was many times stronger than the Candlelight Shadow who had just turned pro and he was one of the few people who could simply use their mechanical skill to evade my Universe Break in that kind of situation.

However, Candlelight Shadow was smart enough to not engage me in a direct battle after our first clash. The gulf in our stats was too wide! I had my super-OP mount, the Armored Ice Qilin Horse, while he was still on foot! Even though he had more room to maneuver and display his skills, skill was useless in the face of absolute power. Besides, even if my agility was limited by my mount, I still possessed first-class skills and offensive power myself. He couldn’t afford to be careless.