Chapter 1026: King of Positional Warfare (1/2)
The wind roared beside my ears, and my cloak flapped wildly behind me as Lin Yixin and I fell toward the ground. Before we landed, I unleashed Burning Blade Slash to largely cancel our momentum. It wasn’t the coolest landing I could’ve done since the skill kicked up a huge amount of dust, but all things considered it wasn’t too bad.
I wasn’t done yet though. With Lin Yixin still in my arms, I turned around in one swift motion, ran and jumped into the air, catching He Yi. Her falling force was almost too much for me to bear, but I just barely stayed on my feet after staggering for a bit. Suddenly, I realized I was holding Lin Yixin with one hand and He Yi with the other while surrounded by corpses, snow and an ancient fortress’s wall in the background. The image was surprisingly picturesque.
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”You look like you’re having fun. How much longer are you going to carry them both?”
Murong Mingyue’s voice suddenly came from behind me. As it turned out, a magic knight had escorted her close to the walls. She waved her scepter a couple of times and healed Lin Yixin, He Yi and me to full health very quickly. Tsk tsk, this was one sensation I could never get tired of. We might’ve been able to hang on if we had dozens of super priests like Murong Mingyue on the wall earlier. Ultimately, no one could fight a prolonged fight without healing.
”Let’s move away from here…”
He Yi looked up to the walls. ”Those rocks and rolling logs just won’t stop coming. I don’t want to get hit by them any more than necessary!”
”Yeah!”
While Lin Yixin and He Yi escorted Murong Mingyue away from the frontline, Gui Guzi, Li Chengfeng, Chaos Moon and I stayed behind to cover their retreat. Thanks to the efforts of our 100000+ Cloudpiercing Claw players, a large number of allied engineers had made it to the foot of the wall and assembled all sorts of siege equipment such as the cloud ladders. Of course, the players of other classes—the large majority of them were Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, The Monarch Descends, Blazing Hot Lips, Purple Lily and Peach Garden—were present as well. The Impassable Great Wall had only one entrance, so of course we had to attack it with the strongest force we could muster.
I looked back and saw many flaming rocks flying over my heads and falling toward our battle line. Many of them were launched by Black Marsh Catapults as well. Every time a flaming rock made contact with the ground, an explosion about 10 yards in diameter would kill a ton of players. Even so, our forces continued to charge toward the wall. Once the cloud ladders were assembled, we would finally be able to attack the fortification directly. The bloody truth of war had always been murder and bloodshed.
Above our heads, Red Maple kept unleashing Maple Kill, Thunder God Ball, Fire God Flurry and more skills to kill the remaining Chinese players on the wall while shouting, ”Ballistae, fire in a line and focus down the shielders! Catapults, don’t take too long to launch your next attack! The suppressive fire cannot fall below a certain threshold! You, order the second, third, fourth, and fifth subguilds to send their elite cavalry up the walls to protect the siege weapons and provide support! Don’t try to charge the stronger enemies! Just Net those above Level 185 and let our ranged players kill them!”
Red Maple’s orders were as clear and cool-headed as his judgment. His ability to command the defense of a fortification alone proved that he deserved to be called the number one player of Purple Gr.a.p.e City. If he didn’t exist, it would’ve taken us less than half of our current efforts to take over the Wall. It was Purple Gr.a.p.e City’s fortune to have a powerful leader like him.
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About 100 yards away from the Impassable Great Wall, the White Marsh Catapults, basic Catapults and more were already in position. A ton of shielded magic knights were guarding them while the production players loaded the payload into the catapults. Once the loading was complete, Hot and Sour Noodles abruptly pointed his weapon at the Impassable Great Wall and shouted, ”Aim at the section three-fourths above the ground and launch the payload at full power! Don’t stop attacking, and don’t try to conserve the basic and white marsh payloads! I will declare the cost to the VR department and do my best to compensate you all!”
Clang clang clang….
The clanging of metals resounded across the air, and the next moment the sky was blotted out by an unimaginable amount of rocks. A few seconds later, they exploded against the Impassable Great Wall like gigantic fireballs. On a related note, the white marsh payloads were able to leave a meter-deep pit in the wall. Although the first salvo wasn’t able to penetrate the Impassable Great Wall’s fortified armor, it was only a matter of time.
One of the white marsh payloads soared up the walls and killed every player that happened along its way. After it skidded dozens of meters across the wallwalk (T/N: it’s mentioned a couple of chapters ago it’s a hundred meters wide I think), it exploded amid a group of archers and mages, claiming countless lives. The sea of flames and charred bodies would be a horrific sight if it wasn’t a game.
”Hold! Hold! Keep your shields up and protect our ranged weapons with your life!” an axe fighter shouted.
However, just a few seconds later, a second white marsh payload hit the wallwalk again, crushing countless players along its destructive path before coming to a stop against that particular shield formation. The magic knights at the forefront exchanged horrified glances with one another before swearing, ”F.U.C.K!”
BOOM!
Both them and the Black Marsh Catapults they were protecting exploded into pieces. The White Marsh Catapult’s unique ammo was just too powerful.
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