Chapter 665: Attack Is The Best Form Of Defense (1/2)
Gui Guzi, Diamond Dust, and Heaven’s Rain started rampaging through the city walls with hundreds of Cyan Tiger Cavalrymen. As they swept across the enemy lines, their flashing blades took away the lives of another twelve of the vaunted Seventy-two Earthly Demons. There were less than twenty of those Earthly Demons left and the sight of their ragged formation sent a chill down the spines of every Candle Dragon player nearby.
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The remaining four siege towers finally reached the walls and a huge amount of players surged out of them. The players of Baidicheng and Blazing Hot Lips had occupied the walls as well. This had been a splendid victory for our side. We managed to break through the enemy’s defenses despite the stalwart efforts of Candle Dragon. Half of the eastern city walls now belonged to us.
There were stone stairways that led down to the city built into the city walls and they were spaced a hundred meters apart. However, the bottom of those staircases were crowded with players, and most of them were mages and archers from Candle Dragon. We would definitely be hit by a barrage of attacks if we attempted to descend those stairs.
Gui Guzi let out a hearty laugh as he raised his spear high in the air. ”It looks like Candle Dragon only amounted to this much in the end. Brothers and sisters, let’s rush down and sweep away any enemy before us!”
He Yi pursed her cherry-red lips as she glanced at me with those limpid eyes of her.
I instantly got the message so I shouted, ”Wait a moment, please! Let’s not be anxious to rush down the city walls. There are too many enemy players waiting for us. If we try to enter the city one at a time, we'll all be picked off by enemy fire before we even know it! First, I want all our magic knights to mount up and prepare their shields. We’ll need you to form a line along the inner edges of these walls. Mages, archers, I want all of you to group up and start raining down on the enemy below us. We will transform these walls into our defensive line and let Candle Dragon, Hall of Immortality, and Rose of the Holy Domain get another taste of our might!”
Li Chengfeng let out a hearty laugh. ”That sounds like a good strategy!”
Beiming Xue raised her Dragonbone String high into the air and gave a soft shout. All of our archers raised their bows in unison before I heard the twanging of bowstrings reverberate through the air. A dense rain of arrows poured down from the city walls. We had the high ground advantage, so these arrows hit harder than the enemy’s. The archers and mages gathered below the walls started screaming in pain and more than a few archers had been instantly killed by our first wave of arrows.
With the advantage of high ground, we could hit them from ranges they couldn’t reach. As long as our magic knights soaked up the attacks from those arrow towers, our archers and mages could slaughter the enemy players with impunity.
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Tempest Shadow immediately brandished his spear and roared, ”Fucking hell, that punk Lu Chen is way too despicable! He’d actually launched a counterattack from the top of the city walls! To think that this bastard would resort to such despicable tactics!”
God’s Dance let out a soft laugh. ”Lonely Grave said this once. If anyone is able to command Candlelight Shadow or Falling Dust, the virtual world is theirs to take. Hmph, that old fox Lonely Grave really did know how to pick ‘em. Lu Chen is very intelligent and his mechanical skill is out of this world. Now that he’s managed to regain the skills he had at his peak, he really has become an extremely terrifying opponent.”
Blue Sky Scar brandished his sword and yelled, ”This can’t go on! We can’t just keep holding our ground here like a bunch of idiots! We’ll incur irrevocable losses! They’re practically slaughtering us without suffering any loss at this point! Let me lead a squad up one of the staircases and try to retake the city walls! What do you think?”
God’s Dance waved a hand. ”Do you have the ability to retake the city walls from Lu Chen, Legendary Brave, and Stranger of Three Lifetimes? Hehe, I don’t want to end up having to burn joss paper for you next year…”
Blue Sky Scar’s face lost its color.
Candlelight Shadow chose to chime in at this moment. He chuckled and said, ”Forget it, get everyone to retreat one hundred yards from the wall. They won’t be able to hit us there.”
Blue Sky Scar was absolutely shocked by those words. ”Boss, aren’t we just giving them everything around the wall if we do that? Won’t we be in big trouble the moment Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls gains a foothold in this city?”
Candlelight Shadow arched his sword-like brows. ”What are you afraid of? Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls has their Cyan Tiger Cavalry, but we have our own ace cavalry troop as well. Hmph, never forget that Candle Dragon is the number one guild in all of China. Even though we lost most of the Seventy-two Earthly Demons, we still have the Thirty-six Heavenly Spirits in reserve. Hehe, naturally, the Heavenly Spirits are more powerful than the Earthly Demons…”
Blue Sky Scar’s eyes shone as he asked, ”Are we really going to mobilize our cavalry unit?”
”Of course!”
”That’s great!”
In the next instant, Blue Sky Scar waved his hand and swiftly retreated together with the combined forces of Candle Dragon, Hall of Immortality, Rose of the Holy Domain, and Throne Seeker, leaving a huge empty space in front of us.
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He Yi rubbed her eyes as she observed the enemy alliance’s actions from the top of the walls. ”Hey, my eyes aren’t playing tricks on me right? Candle Dragon willingly gave up the territory around the wall?”
I nodded my head. ”They are making a tactical retreat. They’re not stupid after all. If they held their ground and allowed us to continue our counterattack, they would incur huge losses. I would’ve done the same thing if I were them.”
Gui Guzi said, ”So what do we do, Boss Broken Halberd?
I gave a small smile. ”It’s time for the Cyan Tiger Cavalry to show their might once more. Gui Guzi, I want you, Heaven’s Rain, and Diamond Dust to assemble a squad each and follow me down the city walls. We will charge all the way to the city gate and help The Monarch Descends bust it open from the inside. That will allow the bulk of our Cyan Tiger Cavalrymen who are still stuck outside to pour into the city and ravage it! Chengfeng, Xu Yang, Thirteen, take command of the rest of our elite players. After we start charging toward the gate, I want you to infiltrate the city and destroy whatever you can lay your hands on. You have one main objective. Destroy those damned arrow towers. Destroying all the arrow towers in Immortality City will pluck Hall of Immortality’s fangs.”
Li Chengfeng and the rest nodded their heads in unison. ”We hear you loud and clear!”