Chapter 1135: Moving to Final Duel Valley (1/2)
I passed the party leader to the Fruit Knife Goddess so she could activate her Famous General Skill, Bombshell. It increased every stat by 80% and more than made up for the Zephyr Cavalry’s disadvantage in Defense while their Berserk talent was active. Right now, their stats had surpassed even the Beast King Cavalry and the Divine Elephant Cavalry.
Warscar, Hickey and everyone else except me and Beiming were stunned by the sudden jump in stats. In fact, they looked like they were about to shed tears of joy. They had never enjoyed such a wonderful stratagem in their life until Yiyi showed up. It was like a god had granted them a divine blessing!
……
Swhoosh!
I fired God Binding Art at God of War, which he expertly dodged. However, Lin Yixin was able to catch him by surprise and slash his neck with Extreme Break. After she turned around, she immediately executed a merciless Ice Flame Slash + God’s Tear combo!
God of War ground his teeth in frustration but activated his invincibility skill. He knew he would die otherwise.
Whoosh!
I immediately blocked in front of God of War’s way and parried two of his attacks. I knew that this fucker would try and one-shot Lin Yixin while his invincibility skill was still active. Not on my watch!
All around us, Warscar, Hickey, Bloodthirsty Demon and the rest of the Zephyr Cavalry were running over the Blood Roar Cavalrymen like a truck would run over a person. Both God of War and Breeze and Rain looked like they couldn’t believe that the Zephyr Cavalry had overwhelmed their elites so easily, but that was just the power of Bombshell. Their casualties hit the thousands in just an instant, and their defense line was all but crumbling right now.
”We need to withdraw into Frost Wind City now!” God of War declared.
However, Breeze and Rain replied with an ugly expression on his face, ”What’s the point? We barely have any troops left in Frost Wind City, and I just learned that Flowing Cloud still has 200k reserve troops at the foot of the mountain range…”
God of War: ”...”
The guild leader of Nation Guardian, Wild King, asked, ”What do we do then? I only have less than 1000 Divine Elephant Cavalrymen left! Is this going to turn out the way I think it will?”
God of War shot the Zephyr Cavalry one last glare before roaring, ”We lost this time because the main bulk of our forces was destroyed at Howling Plains, and this ambush. I won’t forget this, Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand! Carve his name into your minds, for he is Cyan Earth City’s greatest enemy!”
Breeze and Rain sighed. ”Let us withdraw from Dirge Canyon. I never agreed to occupy this city anyway. Even if we managed to occupy it, it is too close to Elephant City, and Flowing Cloud has countless opportunities to raid it when we’re not looking. In the end, Cyan Earth City is our real domain.”
God of War nodded. ”Very well, we will abandon this territory and withdraw from Dirge Canyon. Those who are unhappy with this outcome, you may remain on the plains outside Dirge Canyon and hunt down the enemy until you’re satisfied…”
Wild King: ”...”
……
And so, the super alliance made up of Cyan Beast, Nation Guardian and a dozen more super guilds withdrew from the city like tidewater and made their escape. Flowing Cloud chose to leave them alone and focused on guiding her troops into Frost Wind City instead, occupying it and replacing Cyan Beast as the new owner of the territory.
No one had expected the light at the end of the tunnel until it happened. Victory should’ve been firmly within Cyan Earth City’s grasp, but one variable was enough to change everything.
Frost Wind City was a lone city set in the middle of a lake, but its geography was absolutely exceptional. It bordered many major leveling maps and almost all the Elephant City instances that were Level 180 or higher. Dirge Canyon itself was also the crossroad between the China server, the India server and the Japan server. Controlling it was the equivalent of controlling the pulse of the southeast side of the continent. Any military commander worth their salt would consider the map a must-have.
Natural Flow didn’t let their guard down just because Cyan Earth City appeared to be retreating. After they entered their new city, the archers and mages immediately ran up the walls and assumed defensive positions immediately.
I led Lin Yixin, Beiming Xue, Warscar, Hickey and the others to the foot of the city. Then, I ordered them to stay where they were before walking up to the city entrance myself.
The gate opened, and Flowing Cloud walked out with her two vice leaders and other guild leaders such as Dark Clouds Sorrow and End of Summer. She shot me a smile and said, ”Thank you. Your ambush was exactly what we needed to turn the tides of war. In fact, without the aid of Iron Skull Wilderness, we would never have been able to take this city.”
I nodded in acknowledgment. ”It’s nothing. I’m no great person, but I at least know what it means to do what I was paid for.”
Flowing Cloud looked at the mountain ranges to the east before continuing, ”Cyan Beast and Nation Guardian’s main forces have withdrawn from Dirge Canyon. It looks like they’ve truly given up on Frost Wind City.”
The guild leader of Records of Awakening said with a smile, ”From the beginning, they only had one shot at taking this city, and they missed that shot at least half an hour ago. Also, we can replenish our numbers non-stop because Elephant City is right next to this territory, but they have to mobilize their troops all the way from Cyan Earth City. God of War and Breeze and Rain are both smart people. They won’t make unnecessary sacrifices for something that is already lost.”
I nodded in agreement. ”Yeah. Had they been able to hold out until the end, this territory would’ve fallen under Cyan Earth City’s control. But they failed, and two guilds cannot fend off an entire city no matter how strong they are.”
Flowing Cloud asked, ”I’m going to have to guard this territory for the next 17 hours. What about you? What are you planning to do next?”
A small smile sprang to her lips. ”If you don’t mind, we welcome you to become a part of Frost Wind City and develop your strength at Dirge Canyon. I can give you a 50% discount on all your purchases, repairs and more, which is the same discount as our main guild enjoys. Do consider my offer.”
Hickey pulled my arm from behind before whispering, ”I don’t want to be another guild’s guardian dog, and Godkiller isn’t that type of guild.”