Chapter 1569: Heroic Battle

"What a terrible way to go, brother…" Ringwraith mourned while shuddering like a leaf. "Seriously, he’s literally been blown to itty bitty pieces! If that isn’t a horrible way to go, I don’t know what is! Is there no one who can withstand this Dragon Cannon[1]??"

Song of Ice and Fire abruptly shortened the distance between himself and the Dragon Cannon to ten yards before unleashing his Ancient Divine skill, Gonggong’s Furious Strike!

"Die!"

Song of Ice and Fire didn’t forget to move his feet even as he struck down an entire swathe of players and damaged the Dragon Cannon. He was able to dodge a ton of damage he would’ve taken otherwise. This display alone firmly placed his technique in the super tier. After moving to the other side of the Dragon Cannon and striking down a group of archers with Splitting Heaven and Earth, he roared, "Spread out and attack the Dragon Cannon from all sides! The rest of you, charge the enemy so that they can’t attack us with impunity!"

Meanwhile at the right Dragon Cannon, Chaos Moon and her players were dodging left and right to avoid the screeching fireballs headed their way. Unfortunately, most of them were unable to escape unscathed and were turned into piles and piles of scorched ashes!

……

"Let’s go. Ground units, give me some cover fire once I engage!"

After I leaped into the air, I turned to He Yi. "Eve, I will enter a 3-second Weakened status after I use Purple Dragon Howl. Please protect me during that time!"

She nodded. "No problem. Just cancel your mount after using the skill so that I can pull you up my mount. Unless I die, you won’t be in any danger whatsoever[2]!"

"Okay!"

On the ground, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun and his men were rushing the Dragon Cannon at the center when the commander responsible for directing the siege weapon narrowed his eyes menacingly and said, "Dragon Cannon, target that dark-skinned man and kill him!"

Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun’s heart immediately sank. "For fuck’s sake, do I stand out that much? Fuck this shit, Flying General!”

The moment he activated his Famous General Skill, his movement speed skyrocketed, and his figure transformed into an almost-invisible blur. The controller of the Dragon Cannon immediately swore, "What the fuck is that speed? This is bullshit! There’s no way I can lock onto him like this!"

I seized the moment to approach the Dragon Cannon from the sky and was immediately spotted by a couple of archers. They immediately yelled, "Target Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand and kill him now! He must be scheming something bad[3]!"

"You’re goddamn right."

I smiled as I activated the Xuanyuan Art and removed 70% HP from all enemy players. At the same time, I dropped countless Ancient Seals and gave them a taste of my version of the "scorched earth tactic”. At the end of my bombardment, nearly all of the players around the Dragon Cannon except some very tanky magic knights were dead. The survivors had to withdraw to the back because Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun and his cavalry troops were approaching at high speed!

After I healed my HP and MP to full, I activated Heavenly River Transformation and used the ultimate skill I hadn’t used for a long time—Purple Dragon Howl!

Buzz buzz…

The Xuanyuan Sword shuddered as a purple dragon slithered around its blade. When the skill was fully charged, I locked onto the Dragon Cannon and sent the Purple Dragon straight at it!

Roar roar roar…

Purple Dragon Howl ravaged the siege weapon, cutting into its fortifications and stripping away the fiery runes on its body bit by bit. Not only did it do an insane amount of damage, there were even critical hits and septuple damage procs! How brutal!

4,721,676!

35,873,306!

10,288,784!

5,102,981!

……

The Dragon Cannon had lost nearly 80% of its durability by the time the skill was finally over. At the same time, I fell into the Weakened state!

Not far away, Vienna’s Sorrow immediately rushed over with a shout, "All archers, Far Shot your attacks and take out Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand! Dragon Cannon, give the fucker a shot as well!"

I hurriedly dismounted the Ancient Divine Dragon just in time for a pair of warm, gentle arms to catch me. The Snow Crystal Dragon turned its head to look at me with its eye and shook its head a little[4]. He Yi was all smiles as she said, "Perfect!"

"Watch out for Vienna’s Sorrow!"

"Mn!"

The man suddenly sped up and clashed swords with He Yi immediately. The guild leader was utterly fearless despite going up against one of the best players in the entire world. The magic circle of Chengying and Hangguang and the Cyan Wind Shield came alive at the same time as she unleashed a point-blank Purgatory of Ice and Magma!

Clang clang clang…

Sparks flew everywhere as Vienna’s Sorrow was pushed back. A trace of surprise flashed across his face—he had clearly underestimated He Yi—but only for a second. After buffing himself with Iron Arm Reinforcement, he struck her sword once more with a Furious Strike!

Bang!

He Yi suffered huge damage and fell toward the ground like a meteor. However, she was able to fire one more skill at her attacker: Stormwind Break!

2,871,626!

2,527,733!

Chengying and Hangguang made all of her attacks ignore Defense, so Vienna’s Sorrow could only stare at his HP in shock and back off. Not a moment too soon, an arrow cut through the space where he had been a moment earlier. Beiming Xue and Lian Xin had finally come to the rescue.

"Farewell!"

Vienna’s Sorrow let out a sneer before escaping into the distance. He knew the girls’ power all too well to risk fighting them in nearly any capacity.

……

After I had recovered, I struggled out of He Yi’s embrace and resummoned the Ancient Divine Dragon once more. After I activated Fusion Armor, I pounced toward the Dragon Cannon once more. Together with the girls and the Dragonlight Cavalry, our small elite squad was the first to destroy a Dragon Cannon. The players of Hero Alliance and God Breaker turned visibly ashen when they heard their siege weapon crumbling into a pile of useless rubble.

A few minutes later, Li Chengfeng said in the guild channel, "Lu Chen! Tear Stain is withdrawing!"

I smiled. "But of course. At this rate, we’ll overrun the forces in the valley. Come over with your men now! We’ll catch them in a pincer attack and kill them all!"

"Yeah!"

……

The battle in the valley was still ongoing. The other two Dragon Cannons crumbled not long after the first because they lacked the height advantage of the Impassable Great Wall or Swallow Ear Canton. How could they hold it for long when everyone could reach it? Moreover, the China server had a great number of elites. Not only did we have numerous players on the same level as Song of Ice and Fire[5], Heaven’s Rain and Diamond Dust, there were even greater players such as Beiming Xue, Lian Xin and myself. Vienna’s Sorrow was strong, but there were simply too many of us and only one of him.

On the frontline, players died in droves, and equipment drops were everywhere. It wasn’t yet time to loot the battlefield, however. As the Holy Mages advanced as one dominant force, Hero Alliance’s army grew smaller and smaller. In fact, God Breaker and the weaker guilds were almost fully annihilated. Our scorched earth tactic was going wonderfully for sure.

……

Time passed by, until a cacophony of battle cries erupted from ahead of us. Following it was a stream of players wearing 5-star red flags riding down the mountain range and toward us. It was none other than Li Chengfeng, Gui Guzi and the rest of the Dragonlight Cavalry!

Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun guffawed. "Hell yeah! Take them all out! This is almost everything the Northern Alliance has left in this war! Take them out, and we will surely become the final victor!"

Everyone attacked the Northern Alliance’s troops with renewed vigor. Our numbers had dwindled considerably as well, but the tide was slightly in our favor especially considering our number of divine players. We had Li Chengfeng, Beiming Xue, Lian Xin and me, but the Northern Alliance only had Tear Stain and Vienna’s Sorrow. Even better, they couldn’t go all-out for fear of being caught out and deleted from this war!

……

Suddenly, a series of system announcements resounded across the sky—

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Red Maple" (Japan) killed the CGL Hall of Famer "Blue Sky Scar" (China) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 176,525 points!

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Flowing Cloud" (India) killed the CGL Hall of Famer "Luo River God of the Capital" (China) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 474,885 points!

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Candlelight Shadow" (China) killed the JGL Hall of Famer "Red Maple" (Japan) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 452,770 points!

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Wind Fantasy" (China) killed the JGL Hall of Famer “Rakare” (Japan) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 221,447 points!

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Flowing Cloud" (China) killed the CGL Hall of Famer “Candlelight Shadow” (China) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 512,773 points!

……

"Heavens, what the hell is going on at Swallow Ear Canton[6]..." I exclaimed in disbelief.

He Yi answered, "According to the latest news, they’re fighting the final battle of Swallow Ear Canton… both sides have barely any players left. Even Candle Dragon has less than 100 players left after Candlelight Shadow’s death. However, they have taken out nearly all of Cyan Earth City and Elephant City’s players…"

I gritted my teeth. "What about Yiyi? How many players is she fighting right now? Breeze and Rain, God of War, Flowing Cloud and Lui Lok are still alive! Meanwhile, Candlelight Shadow, Warsky Farewell Song, Purple Marquis, and even Luo River God of the Capital have been killed by the enemy! She’s all… alone…”

"No!" I abruptly raised my sword and declared, "Eve, you guys continue the fight here. I’m going to Swallow Ear Canton. There’s no way I can stand by when she’s fighting against all those enemies by herself…"

The chain of system announcements was still ongoing. The death of another 4 JGL Hall of Famers followed by CGL Hall of Famers such as Zhang Chun, October Rain and God’s Dance were reported. Both sides were literally running out of players.

Chaos Moon yelled, "Calm down, Lu Chen! It’s too late even if you go there now!"

I shivered as I floated in the wind. "I don’t care! I need to be there. No one can stop me. I cannot abandon Yiyi and let her face all those enemies…"

Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun said solemnly, "There are less than 100 people still alive in the entire Swallow Ear Canton, but I’m not sure if beauty Wind Fantasy can beat all her enemies alone. She doesn’t have many allies left…"

My mind was a mess. "I leave it to you all!"

……

Swhoosh!

My heart burned with anxiety as I flew toward Swallow Ear Canton at top speed. I prayed again and again in my heart, "Hang on, Yiyi! You must hang on! Take out Flowing Cloud and the rest of the bastards before they take you out!"

It was at this moment another two system announcements rang—

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Piglike Opponent" (China) killed the Temple Guardian "Lui Lok" (India) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 412,878 points!

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Breeze Break" (China) killed the Temple Guard "God of War" (India) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 372,876 points!

……

"Who the fuck is Breeze Break?" I couldn’t help but ask in the guild channel.

He Yi answered, "You know who Piglike Opponent is. As for Breeze Break, I actually have him on my friend list. He was killed by Flowing Cloud just two seconds ago, and he is Lin Fan…"

"Lin Fan…" That caught me off-guard. The Heavenly King of Eternal Moon was the last person I expected to kill God of War…

……

The revelation made me even more anxious. I willed myself to fly as quickly as I could!

Soon, the ruins that were the Swallow Ear Canton entered my sight. I saw smoke rising from the battlefield and the flashing light of skills!

Before I could reach it though, it all came to a stop. W-was I too late?

As I shuddered from the bottom of my heart, another two system announcements entered my ears—

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Wind Fantasy" (China) killed the Temple Guard "Breeze and Rain" (India) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 477,161 points!

Ding!

System Announcement: Attention all players, player "Wind Fantasy" (China) killed the Temple Guard "Flowing Cloud" (India) and obtained 10% of their contribution points, 712,877 points!

……

Whoosh…

I abruptly reached the ruins where the battle had taken place. The corpses piled like mountains, blood was everywhere, and the wind was thick with the stench of blood.

Kneeling in the middle of this scene from hell was a beautiful girl. Her white battle garment was dyed completely red with blood even as her cloak flapped behind her. In one hand she held the Wind Severing Sword, and in the other, the sea blue–colored Immortal Blade[7]!

There were two corpses next to her. One of them belonged to Flowing Cloud and the other, to Breeze and Rain. She had clearly killed them both at the same time!

Lin Yixin looked up. Her face was stained with blood, and her HP bar showed 3%. Curling the corner of her lips upward to shoot me a sweet smile, she said, "I’m so tired, Little Cheat…[8]"

……

Swhoosh!

I abruptly pounced toward her and pulled her into my arms.

1. T/N: humans aren’t meant to survive cannon shots, you know ☜

2. T/N: wait a second, why did no one abuse this mechanic more? This is like having a second life! ☜

3. T/N: except that it’s pointless because he can just revive. Did everyone except Little Piglet suddenly forget he has Resurrection Art? ☜

4. E/N: Not sure if it’s “Shit, dead weight on board” or “You crazy mofo you did it” ☜

5. E/N: I’m sorry dude, I know you could probably fight Beiming Xue and Lian Xin with a pretty good winrate, but suddenly you are not a retired peak expert and just on the level of corps commanders… ☜

6. T/N: yeah, why the fuck are we reading you pwning noobs when we can be reading the biggest free-for-all of all times? ☜

7. E/N: Leave it to the FMC to wield the fucking Immortal Blade AS A FREAKING OFF-HAND DAGGER ☜

8. E/N: As you guys may remember, she didn’t even rest since the beginning of that assault. When Lu Chen took a 5-hour break, she didn’t rest. He came back online, he could see her fighting. ☜