Chapter 60: The Three Great Forces
“Sir, let Lu Cheng attack. The traps below won’t stop them for long. At most, they’ll only damage their morale.”
Xiao Wen looked toward Zhang Song beside him and spoke.
Zhang Song smiled faintly and shook his head. “My lord, please do not be anxious. Things are far from reaching that point.”
As he spoke, Zhang Song raised his hand and guided his power. As his five fingers came together, a strange force burst from his palm.
Immediately afterward, he crossed both hands and pointed forward.
The moment that finger descended, the surrounding winds and clouds changed abruptly. The flames burning in the night sky swelled violently in an instant, transforming into a raging blaze.
Then, as though drawn by some kind of power, those flames continued to spread, directly forming a ring of fire that surrounded the bandit vanguard at the very front and burned inward from the outside.
For a time, black smoke billowed and the stench of charred flesh surged into the sky. Xiao Wen watched it unfold, raising an eyebrow, rather surprised.
This was...
A talent skill!
Ignite!
The flames formed a ring. As that fire ring appeared and burned inward, many bandits caught fire. One after another, they wailed, flailed, and clawed wildly.
Some crowded together. Some endured the flames, turned into burning men, and charged outward. Others fell to the ground and rolled continuously.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, hundreds of bandits had all been turned into burning men and completely slaughtered.
However, just as those bandits were burned to death and only scattered remnants of fire remained around the area, a flash of saber light suddenly cut through the air, splitting the raging flames apart with a single slash.
Several more slashes followed, raising gusts of saber wind that extinguished the flames directly.
After several slashes put out the fire, a bandit leader could be seen among the bandits, riding a lone giant wolf, holding twin sabers as he slowly walked out.
The moment this fellow appeared, his gaze directly crossed the flames and looked toward Xiao Wen on the city wall.
“Cowardly rats, open the city gates at once, surrender the city, and my chief may spare your dog lives!”
The bandit leader below shouted in a low voice. His twin sabers were raised, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a sharp gleam flickered in them before gradually calming.
Xiao Wen raised an eyebrow, a trace of surprise appearing between his brows.
The next moment, he threw out a game inspection function and directly took the man’s information into his eyes.
General: Guo Qiu
Gender: Male
Grade: Elite General (Second Rank)
Level: 25
Talent Attributes: 214/20
Weapon: Twin Sabers
Faction Affiliation: Head Commander of Blazing Flame Stronghold
Xiao Wen turned his head and looked toward Zhang Song beside him. “Open the city gates. Let Lu Cheng take action. It still isn’t time to place the battlefield on the city walls.”
Zhang Song nodded and summoned a nearby soldier to pass down the order.
Before long, the city gates opened wide, and Lu Cheng led two thousand elite soldiers out of the city.
They marched with heroic bearing and soaring spirit, heads held high, chests out, their faces cold.
When Lu Cheng left the city, he held a longsword in his hand. His expression was stern as he looked at Guo Qiu, narrowed his eyes, and shouted, “Petty thief, come forward at once and offer up your head!”
Guo Qiu flew into a rage. Without another word, he urged his mount forward. The twin sabers in his hands danced, raising gusts of saber wind as they slashed toward Lu Cheng.
The long sabers moved, transforming into a tornado, one slash falling after another.
Sharp saber qi came slashing over continuously.
Lu Cheng narrowed his eyes. The longsword in his hand moved, and he fought with him. As the two exchanged blows, saber light and sword shadows flashed, stirring waves of saber qi and sword qi.
After several rounds of collision, the longsword in Lu Cheng’s hand cut through the air. In the darkness of night, only a cold gleam flashed before blood spurted from Guo Qiu’s neck, and he fell from his mount.
Critical Hit. HP -1999.
However, just as Lu Cheng killed Guo Qiu, a cold gleam pierced through the darkness and stabbed directly toward him.
Lu Cheng was greatly alarmed.
In that instant, he felt a mountain-toppling, sea-overturning pressure surge toward him and bear down on his body, making it somewhat difficult for him to breathe.
He had been ambushed!
The thought flashed through Lu Cheng’s mind.
Almost the very moment that thought appeared, Lu Cheng let out a low shout.
“Form the array!”
As his words fell, the soldiers behind him shouted in unison. Their bodies shifted slightly, and without seeming deliberate, they each stood upon the various nodes of the formation.
In just a moment, the formation condensed into one whole and transformed into a shield in front of Lu Cheng.
Immediately afterward, the spear light pierced through the air and struck the illusory shield, directly smashing it apart before continuing toward Lu Cheng.
However, while the spear pierced through the shield, it also bought Lu Cheng one second.
And that one second gave Lu Cheng time to draw his sword back and block in front of himself.
The spear struck the sword blade, producing a crisp ringing sound, and directly sent Lu Cheng flying.
Blocked. HP -800.
He crashed to the ground and spat blood. Above Lu Cheng’s head, a large red HP number flashed past.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Wen’s originally quickened breathing gradually slowed. He narrowed his eyes and looked toward the figure walking out from the darkness...
No, to be precise, it should be three figures!
One held a long spear, one carried a barbed long whip, and one gripped a pair of copper hammers.
The moment these three appeared, an extremely powerful pressure immediately swept over.
General: Lei Qizhi
Gender: Male
Grade: Elite General (Second Rank)
Level: 31
Talent Attributes: 355/20
A Second Rank general’s level cap is 40. From level 31 to 40, each level increases the three attributes by 30 points.
Weapon: Long Spear
Faction Affiliation: Second Chief of Blazing Flame Stronghold
General: You Rong
Gender: Female
Grade: Elite General (Second Rank)
Level: 31
Talent Attributes: 358/20
Weapon: Long Whip
Faction Affiliation: Second Chief of Beauty Valley
General: Ge Yan
Gender: Male
Grade: Elite General (Second Rank)
Level: 30
Talent Attributes: 329/20
Weapon: Twin Hammers
Faction Affiliation: Second Chief of Ox-Head Ridge
Lei Qizhi, You Rong, Ge Yan...
Blazing Flame Stronghold, Beauty Valley, Ox-Head Ridge!
Heh!
They really think highly of this grandpa.
The moment they came, there were three Second Rank generals above level thirty, each representing one force.
And the strength of these three forces was clearly greater than that of ordinary bronze-grade mountain stronghold forces.
Although they had not reached silver-grade yet, they were not far from it.
One against three?
So this was the trial for advancing to a Main City?
It really was abnormal enough!
Xiao Wen silently complained in his heart, but he still took a deep breath, fully aware that what followed would certainly be a fierce battle.
He just did not know whether, behind these three second chiefs, there were still hidden chiefs lying in wait.
Turning his head, Xiao Wen looked toward Zhang Song beside him and asked in a deep voice, “Sir, if you alone command the army, are you confident you can block these bandits?”
“My lord intends to don armor and enter battle?” Zhang Song raised an eyebrow, hearing the meaning beyond Xiao Wen’s words.
Xiao Wen nodded.
Three generals above level thirty. With Ma Chao and Lu Cheng alone, they could barely deal with them.
But who could be certain that behind these three, there were no hidden chiefs?
The chiefs could not be ignored!
“Yes!”
“Everyone, form ranks! Meet the enemy!”
Below the city wall, inside the city gates, Ma Chao shouted loudly.
On the city wall, the war drums thundered. The bare-chested drummers beat the drums while singing aloud:
“Who says we have no robes? I share my battle gown with you. When the king raises his army, we repair our spears and halberds. I share hatred of the enemy with you!
Who says we have no garments? I share my inner robe with you. When the king raises his army, we repair our spears and lances. I rise together with you!
Who says we have no clothes? I share my lower robe with you. When the king raises his army, we repair our armor and weapons. I march together with you...”
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