Zhan Long Chapter 356
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Chapter 356
“Peng peng peng…”
The ruckus of boots splashing in the swampy water echoed, as a large group of people could be seen crossing . Lifting his long sword Li Mu laughed, “It is a shame no one in [Zhan Long] has 100 points in their pet space; otherwise, we’d have a far more superior cavalry group in terms of mobility, and we would have reached Firestone Canyon in less than half an hour . Hmph, let’s give [Hero Mound]’s First Division a good ass-whooping!”
I lifted my head and looked forward, commanding, “Speed up, Firestone Canyon is just ahead . Wang Jiang and his men won’t be able to hold off any longer!”
“Alright!”
……
After a few minutes passed, Firestone Canyon came into view . Taking the lead, I leapt into the canyon; my boots kicking up dust as my cape fluttered behind me . Slicing my Emperor Qin’s Sword into the canyon wall, I slowly came to a halt in the middle of the gorge . Li Mu, Ran Min, Yue Qin Qian and Matcha caught up to me while Thousand Suns Over Snowy Lands flew over, landing elegantly with a wand in hand .
Yue Qin Qian pointed forward, “Just over 3000 yards away, Wang Jian’s 1200+ [Zhan Long: First Division] members are trapped in a small ravine, and 700 of them have already perished . We have lost more than half our group and can barely resist the enemy . Brother Xiao Yao, shall we head over quickly? If we delay any longer, they’ll be wiped out!”
Nodding my head, I instructed, “Matcha, go by air and scout the terrain . I will lead the rest via ground!”
“Okay!”
Matcha raised her sword and rapidly rose into the air as two translucent wings appeared on her back . Flapping her wings, she disappeared into the distance . The 2000 elite [Zhan Long] troops on the ground proceeded swiftly into the forest . Only by suddenly striking out from the forest in a wild charge, thereby taking them by surprise, would we have the power to fend them off .
7 minutes later, I charged out of the thicket brandishing my Emperor Qin’s Sword with a “Hua!” . The ravine was right before my eyes . At least 3000+ [Hero’s Mound: First Division] members were gathered together, all of them armed and ready . Wang Ze Cheng, with his long spear, stood amidst the crowd of people, laughing, “Close combat unit don’t charge forward or else you’ll just be feeding General Wang Jian . Long Range unit pressure them with [Scattered Shot] and, with the support of [Pillar of Fire & Ice], we’ll annihilate all of them!”
Suddenly, the Berserker beside Wang Ze Cheng, Wind Walker, started to tremble . “Brother Cheng, [Zhan Long]’s main guild members have arrived! Xiao Yao Zi Zai, Yue Qing Qian, General Li Mu and the others are right behind us . The core force have personally led their troops over, what do we do?”
Wang Ze Cheng abruptly turned, the corners of his mouth rose into a smirk, “I’ve been waiting for them . Team 1, Team 2 ready yourselves to block the assaulting forces of [Zhan Long]’s main troops . Long Range units withdraw!”
Soon, 2000+ [Hero’s Mound: First Division] members simultaneously turned . A group of Knights and Monks thrust their shields into the ground, rapidly forming a compressed line of defense . Rays of sunlight reflected off the heavy shields, displaying a dazzling radiance . It won’t be easy to break the defense of this shield formation .
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I sent a message to Wang Jian, “Hurry and let everyone resurrect! The main guild is attacking from the front . You guys attack from the back, and together we’ll crush [Hero’s Mound: First Division] . ”
“OK!” Wang Jian Replied .
……
“Ding!”
A message from Matcha appeared, “Boss, north of where we’re currently standing, there are at least 5000 of Soaring Dragon members preparing for combat . I think these people are allied with Cang Cheng . The moment we take action and engage with [Hero Mound: First Division], they will immediately ambush us and start killing . When that happens, it would be even harder to fight back…”
I lifted my head up, Matcha had landed atop a tree and fluttered her wings a bit as she looked at me . Yup, Matcha’s information is probably right . Now our only problem is that we need to request reinforcements!
Aftering opening up my friend list, I found Han Song Bei and sent a message, “A great deal!”
Han Song Bei quickly responded with a smile, “[Blood Contract]’s 2500 men are already hidden in the forest nearby . Our exact location is around (31712, 112283), ready for your command!”
I took a glance at the map and couldn’t help but laugh, “ Okay, how did you guys pull this off?”
“Its because we’ve already wrapped our grip around Firestone Canyon . This is Ba Huang City’s best training area, how can we let [Vanguard] take over it?”
“Okay, can [Blood Contract]’s 2500 men hold off the strength of [Soaring Dragon]’s 5000 core?”
“You guys quickly go and solve the problem of Cang Cheng and his men, then come and reinforce me . That should be enough!”
“Alright, immediately take this chance to preemptively attack!”
“Got it!”
A few minutes later, the distant sounds of fighting disturbed the valley . True to his words, Han Bei Song attacked . Having an ally like that help us truly gave a boost in confidence .
Pointing my Emperor Qin’s Sword forward, I loudly command, “[Zhan Long], attack with all your might!”
My Divine Battle Boots stepped across the plains, as I was the first to charge forward . With my hand tightly gripping the Emperor Qin’s Sword, I had my Flaming Tiger God follow me close behind . Right in front of my eyes, a rain of arrows flew right into the air . A large amount of [Scatter Shot]s had targeted me . At that moment, I willed my feet to come to a halt and change direction . With a turn, I moved in a Z shape on the spot, quickly leaving my original path . AT that moment, a field of MISS-es appeared behind me . Hmph, after going through the Rise of the Hero’s training and fighting against top experts like Fang Ge Que, Q-Sword, and Bai Li Ruo Feng, my skills at maneuvering increased ten fold . I had long surpassed the old me .
“Bang!”
My shoulder sent a heavy impact on [Hero Mound]’s First Division’s shield array . With my Emperor Qin’s Sword raised, I cast a [Seven Star Fragment Slash] at the enemy . Seven to eight Knights and Monks were forced backwards; but these people where [Hero Mound]’s First Division’s original members, and did not admit defeat, as they began rapidly reforming the shield array . Their ability to do this showed that [Hero’s Mound: First Division] was obviously more clever than [Mass Burial] .
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“Break through them!”
I angrily shouted, as I charged forward into the newly formed shield array, killing off a few Swordsmen in the process . As if I would let their shield array block [Zhan Long]’s advancement!
Old K swung his axe while roaring, and sent a [Whirlwind Slash] into the crowd, followed with a [Savage Jump Slash] . This attack forced a dozen men into chaos as their formation broke .
Carrying his long spear, Wan Ze Cheng sent a cold glare . With frightening speed, Wang Ze Cheng’s spear flew forward and sent a [Skyshaker Slash] into Old K’s back ——
“1828!”
“1527!”
Old K cried out in pain and raised his battle axe as he spun around to face Wang Ze Cheng . He and cast a [Skyshaker Slash], only to be blocked by Wang Ze Cheng’s shield . “Keng!” sparks flew everywhere, making a large damage number fly out——
“1147!”
Our backline suffered another round of magic attacks . Old K roared loudly while activating [Oppose the Heavens] and lifted his battle axe as he started to retreat .
Li Mu continued his slaughter, sending three Knights flying across the battlefield . Because they had an advantage in numbers, a group of Knights roared out, “[Hero’s Mound] members . Do not falter!”
As a result, Our first wave of attacks couldn’t break through their formation!
……
“I’m coming!”
Within a group of people, a wild brat rushed out . It was Cang Lei . With his god-given strength he violently swung his arms around and continuously bashed against the dense array of shields .
“Bang!”
Sparks flew . A group of nine tanks had their shields burst apart, sending them stumbling backwards . Li Mu immediately became overjoyed by this . He lifted his sword, rushed forward and yelled, “Break through this opening . Come with me! Hahaha . Good work, Ah Lei!”
My smile broke into a grin . I raised my Emperor Qin’s Sword and continued to hack through the flanks with my Flaming Tiger God . Yue Qing Qian waved her small hand and [Grip of the Firefox] activated . The giant fire fox clawed through a group of people and I followed up with [Seven Stars Fragment Slash], wiping the group out .
At least 300 [Zhan Long] third advancement Swordsmen rushed forward . After receiving continuous attack from the 300 Swordsmen, the defensive formation began to break down . At the same time, Thousand Suns Over Snowy Lands, Fox and other long range attackers focused their attacks on the Knights from behind . The opponents had far underestimated the attack power of [Zhan Long] .
“Shit!”
Wang Ze Cheng stumbled back a few steps, and his face ashened, “I thought we could hold out for at least half an hour . How come we can’t even hold them back for ten minutes . Get back and block them! Focus your attacks on their front line! Kill them one by one! [Zhan Long] members have too much health and defense . We can’t kill them all together .
Wind Walker nodded, “I got it, Brother Cheng!”
From their back, a group of Mages started to focus their spells on our front line heavy armor attackers . In the next moment, one of our Lv 66 Swordsmen was consumed by fireballs . Next, they locked onto our frontline Assassin – Yue Qing Qian .
“Huh?”
Qing Qian raised her elegant eyebrows and picked up her dagger as she immediately somersaulted backwards to retreat . In her original position, “Pa Pa Pa” a mass of arrows missed their target . Next, the little beauty’s cape flew up as she activated [Absolute Step] . Her leather shoes slid with a “Shua Shua Shua” as she quickly dashed in a Z formation to dodge the enemies arrows and spells .
Wang Ze Cheng’s face turned green . His mouth twitched as he said, “I said… . don’t target Yue Qing Qian using long-range fire power . If the distance is too far then the critical damage wouldn’t be enough and you wouldn’t be able to kill that expert Assassin . Target Old K now!”
“Shua!”
A beautiful shadow fell from the sky . It was the little miss Matcha descending towards Old K . With a raise of her golden shield, [Heaven’s Shield] activated and she muttered under her breath, “Old K, you can retreat now! They are coming to kill you!”
Old K picked up his battle axe and cut down another player as he unwillingly retreated . I gave a sigh of relief as this ferocious general finally learned how to retreat . On top of that, the way our [Zhan Long] members worked together to protect each other was becoming more and more synchronized . This was necessary for a guild to rise up!
……
Within the short 30 minutes, more than half of [Hero’s Mound: First Division] died, while [Zhan Long] had advanced 1000 yards, pushing [Hero’s Mound] into the canyon’s impasse . At the same time, Wang Jian, Wang Jiang, and Breaking Dawn lead [Zhan Long: First Division] to attack from behind . This meant that [Hero’s Mound]’s strength would be greatly cut down . Wang Ze Cheng picked up his long spear and charged forward but he still couldn’t lose Wang Jian and Li Mu’s chase . His frustration soon became rage .
“Kill Wang Ze Cheng and end the fight!” I shouted as I raised my sword .
I hacked forward with my Emperor Qin’s Sword . The blade began shining the light of a [Whirlwind Slash] . Wang Ze Cheng’s movement wasn’t too shabby as he quickly leaned to one side and successfully blocked with his shield . I slyly grinned and raised my left hand to pull out the Deep Sea Cold Iron Sword . Taking the opportunity and cast another flurry of combos!
After a chain of damage numbers flew up, Wang Ze Cheng’s face was astonished, “What?”
Clearly, he didn’t know that I could use two swords yet .
……
“Peng!”
An arrow shot through Wang Ze Cheng’s throat and blood splattered all over . Our gifted Dancing Forest had sniped [Hero Mound’s First Division]’s Guild Leader!
With one foot against Wang Ze Cheng’s back, I raised my Emperor Qin’s Sword and roared out, “Cang Cheng is already dead . What is [Hero’s Mound: First Division] fight for? Get the fuck out and I might not kill you all!”
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