Chapter 471: The Soldiers and Generals of Tianyuan City (4K)_2
The news from the war zone, for the average lord, was predominantly still classified.
After all, they were not members of the Pioneer Group.
They could only arrive at Red Mountain City, and beyond that was a restricted military area.
Red Mountain City was still several hundred kilometers from the frontline.
Yet even so, while they stayed in Red Mountain City, they occasionally would hear the distant booms.
It was the roar of war.
...
Boom—!
"Hold the line, don't let the tide come near our walls, just in case there are Legendary Realm creatures hidden within."
At the fourth campsite, in front of wall segment No. 06, a Fourth-order Professional roared.
However, the tide was ferocious, the monsters nearly endless. Despite the various defense structures and city defense weapons continually firing, they couldn't stop the advance of the tide.
At that moment,
"Commander, the top brass says hold on, reinforcements will arrive in two more minutes."
"Reinforcements? Where can we get reinforcements in our camp?"
The Professional roared, continuously infusing his own energy into the cannon in front of him.
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He operated the cannon, roaring as he fired energy cannonballs, shredding the monsters in his field of vision one by one.
Suddenly, a flying monster crossed the blockade line, screeching as it dived down to bite.
The commander dropped the cannon, drew his three-meter-long greatsword, and leapt from the ground, forcefully cutting the attacking flying monster in two with a single slash.
At this time, the tide was even closer to the camp.
Within, not to mention the presence of Legendary Realm beings, just the numerous High-order intelligent monsters were enough to leave them struggling.
The variable came from the left.
A streak of grass green burst from within the distant tide, and right after that, numerous sharp grass blades grew from the ground, entangling monster after monster, slicing their bodies to smithereens.
A girl with onion-green short hair, pointy ears, and wings like those of a cicada stood proudly in mid-air.
She wielded a sword that seemed as if it were made of grass.
The sword's edge was sharp, cutting through everything.
With a flick of her finger, countless droplets shot out. These droplets, like divine water, as soon as they hit the ground, nourished the sprouts that emerged from the soil.
The sprouts were like swords, slashing in all directions.
"It's Tianyuan commander Grass Twig!"
The Professional commander was not unfamiliar.
Tianyuan City was in charge of the third camp.
There were a total of ten major camps in the defense zone. As more and more lords joined the battle, the camps continued to expand, from the first Legendary Realm sitter to now three or four.
Among them, the third and fourth campsites were previously destroyed by the Crimson Dragon.
After being rebuilt, the Tianyuan army then stationed at the third camp.
The commanders of the various defense zones within the Tianyuan camp were at least recognizable to the Professional commander, not to mention...
"So strong!"
As a Fourth-order Strongman, the commander felt he wouldn't last more than three moves against her.
But upon seeing the domain suffused around the green-haired girl, full of life and overflowing with sharpness, he was at peace.
Domain-level strongmen were truly formidable.
The commander suddenly looked up again.
Under the dazzling sunlight, a gigantic figure spread its wings, passing through the long sky.
The giant bird was surrounded by a green storm, directly ripping the flying monsters around it to shreds.
Even more eye-catching was the figure standing on the giant bird's back.
His arrows flew like startled swans, stirring a fierce storm.
"Tianyuan Powerhouse, Zhou Yi! A man at the forefront of the Dragon Gate Ranking."
Zhou Yi was a Tianyuan Powerhouse known to the outside world.
However, this time around, one after another eye-catching strongman emerged within the Tianyuan army.
Golden Dragon Deng Long.
Blood General Gibby.
Winter Woman Qing Shuang.
Each of these individuals was a Legendary Seed, limitless in potential.
The commander wasn't sure what others thought about Lord Tianyuan being the Regional Commander of the war zone, but he was convinced, especially since the Tianyuan Powerhouses had once again eased their crisis.
He operated the cannon even more vigorously, pouring energy from within his body incessantly without feeling the slightest fatigue.
He even felt a surge of passion, wanting to jump off the city wall and fight shoulder to shoulder with the Tianyuan Powerhouses, sharing the heroic sense of going in and out of the monster tide seven times.
But reason held him back.
He didn't have the ability to move through the tide with ease, so he'd better not go down and cause trouble. His duty was to guard this section of the wall.
Amidst the tide, Qing Shuang pressed her hands together, unending coldness radiating from her as the center in all directions, freezing hundreds upon thousands of monsters solid.
Her killing efficiency was much higher than Zhou Yi, Grass Twig, and Gibby.
That's the nobility of a mage.
At that moment, a shadow stretched out from behind Qing Shuang, spreading from the shadows.
It had no physical form, appearing like a cluster of black mist, only a pair of arms sharp like blades extending from the mist.
"It's the Scythe Ghost, be careful!"
Zhou Yi transmitted a message from the sky.
Qing Shuang reacted swiftly. Without turning back, she gathered the chilling frost behind her, erecting a wall of ice in the blink of an eye.
She herself stepped on ice, able to move a kilometer away in just a moment.
"Crack—"
"Puchi—"
The ice wall suddenly shattered, as if it were made of cloth.
Following closely, a black blade pierced through Qing Shuang's back and out her chest.
Her eyes widened.
The Scythe Ghost sneered.
A massive and oppressive domain began to spread.
This was actually a Legendary.
To deal with a fourth-order creature, to face a mage not adept at close combat, it still hid for a long time to find a perfect chance for a lethal sneak attack—a being of the Legendary Realm.
"Being able to cut down a being with limitless potential, this assassination by a Legendary has not been in vain... Hm?"
From the penetrated area in her back, no blood flowed out.
This was not unusual; some beings did not have blood within them, so naturally there wouldn't be a flow of blood.
However, the Scythe Ghost Legendary suddenly felt as if it hadn't pierced through a creature at all, but rather had struck a body of water, a mist.
The immense energy concentrated on his blade had no impact.
The being had turned into mist.
Cold, icy-blue mist.
It was like a cluster of snow gathered by the wind, surging and breaking free from the blade to float towards the distance.
The Scythe Ghost's brow lifted, his domain asserting control.
Yet, the domain power that could suppress everything and was especially potent against the weak, when applied to this cluster of ice and snow, suppressed nothing at all.
It was as though this wasn't a cluster of snow, but rather the concept of snow itself.
How could his mere domain power stop a concept?
"Snow Incarnation"
This was Qing Shuang's talent awakened at her Epic Three Stars stage.
It was a talent, not a skill.
Qing Shuang indeed had been ambushed this time; after all, she was still just a fourth-order being who had lost the initiative against a monster of the Legendary Realm who had been stalking with intent for a long time.
Her talent activated on its own.
She wasn't even truly hit.
Qing Shuang drifted away, pausing for a moment, as a delicate hand faintly appeared within the ice and snow.
With her hand aimed at the distance, a torrent of ice and snow, several times more violent than before, enveloped the area.
The Scythe Ghost failed in his strike and hesitated. Before he could conceal his presence again, this time he was pierced by a black spear.
He was like mist, but the spear shattered him utterly, without a chance for him to struggle.
In the last moment before his consciousness faded, he could only vaguely see that it was an Undead with green face and fangs, with dark skin, who had killed him.
...
In the Shattered Island war zone, there are currently four camps, each guarded by a land territory's army.
The other camps are defended by several Frontier Lords and Pioneers joined together.
In the second camp, the Green Mountain Lord is stationed here.
Transformed into a giant, he strides into the tide of monsters. He holds his ground here, making the second camp considerably stable.
However,
The Green Mountain Lord worries about the other defense areas.
"We need to quickly crush the tide and support the other defense areas,"
"How are the other areas doing, how many have sent out distress signals?"
He asked his heroes.
The hero seemed to consider before speaking, "Just now, both the fourth and sixth camps issued distress signals, but, they have both been canceled. The Tianyuan Army has already gone to support, and the crises have been resolved for now."
Green Mountain Lord: "..."
It inexplicably brings a sense of reassurance.
...
In camp seven, the Rain Dust Army is stationed.
The Rain Dust Lord is a fourth-order Frontier Lord who has been in the Pioneer Group for eight or nine years, a veteran with illustrious war achievements.
"Who would have thought, this time Tianyuan is acting as the commander. I thought, after Green Mountain refused the appointment, the old woman here would take the command. Where am I lacking compared to this young man?"
Arrows streak across the sky, spanning dozens of miles, piercing through high-order monsters.
Even Legendary monsters fall to these arrows, the Arrows of the Reaper, coming from the horizon.
There are also Giant Dragons roaring, with Macho Men moving through the battlefield, showing an invincible form.
"Alright, my elites are just a bit lacking."
"My generals are also just a bit lacking."
"Ah well, the old woman should just dutifully assist the youngster."
…
In a certain camp, Giant Dragons soar through the sky, with Dragon Breath sweeping across the land.
The Lord of Ba Long roars with his fists swinging wildly.
"Did you see it, did you see it? This is the man surrounded by countless dragons, Tianyuan! He will lead us to win the war!"