Chapter 81 The Impending Reversal

Blades danced, blood rained down.

Beneath the Royal City, mountains of corpses rose high.

After activating [Soul Descent], Xu Huaishang was like an Asura soaring through the sky. Wherever she passed, death spread rapidly like a storm.

Although Xu Huaishang was also fighting with cold weapons, her speed in killing enemies within the army was unmatched by Xiao Tan or Bill…

As a master whose control of energy had reached the pinnacle of perfection, Xu Huaishang could imbue her weapons with "blade energy" whether she was simply hacking or releasing skills. This blade energy could be minutely adjusted at will.

For example, when she wanted to harvest fodder soldiers, she would use energy to amplify the range of her weapon swings, so that a single horizontal slash could kill an entire row of enemies. When she encountered a Sweeper, she would channel her energy to increase the power of her moves, quickly killing the opponent with overwhelming force.

Currently, in the [Soul Descent] state, Xu Huaishang had access to far more energy than her normal limit. She was almost single-handedly turning the tide of the entire battle.

On the other hand, from the moment they started, Xiao Tan and the Billy brothers had also abandoned their "inefficient" mob-clearing and began hunting down Sweepers.

Clearly, this was the most logical tactic. Their abilities were not particularly effective for clearing mobs, but they were perfect for dealing with Sweepers.

As the number of Sweepers decreased, many of the King's Army's AoE-proficient warriors could more safely and easily unleash their abilities, which indirectly increased the efficiency of clearing mobs.

In short, thanks to the efforts of two players and several NPCs, for the first time in this battle, "the speed at which we were killing enemies" exceeded "the speed at which the enemy was replenishing their forces."

After this phenomenon persisted for some time, the pressure on all fronts of the Kingdom Army naturally decreased; they finally began to feel that the enemy was indeed dwindling.

"Citizens of the Monster Kingdom! The time for a counterattack has come!" Mr. Hanky seized the opportunity and shouted loudly on the battlefield.

He knew that this was the last rally, the last chance. If this wave of attacks could succeed in eliminating seventy or eighty percent of the enemy's forces currently on the battlefield, then perhaps... they could gain a respite and buy Feng Bujue more time.

"Fight them to the death!"

"Smash their bones!"

"Kill them all! Avenge our fallen comrades!"

"Orcs are never slaves!"

"Awoo~"

"For the Monster Kingdom!"

In that moment, the tens of thousands of scarred, nearly exhausted monsters squeezed out the remaining strength in their bodies and launched another counterattack.

Although this was not the strongest charge so far, it was the most ferocious. Some monsters had lost limbs in previous battles, but they still charged towards the enemy without hesitation, willing to bite a few to death even if it meant becoming cannon fodder.

Faced with such determination and such an offensive, the Redundant Army... showed its first signs of retreat.

The remaining Sweepers, through an evaluation by the tactical control system, decided to order the troops to retreat, waiting for the number of Redundant Soldiers at the front lines to reach a certain level before making a comeback.

If… they really retreated at this moment, in a sense, it would be equivalent to letting "victory" slip through their fingers; because by the time they regrouped, the Kingdom Army would have had some time to rest, and… by that time, Feng Bujue should have returned.

The Monster Kingdom didn't expect to wipe out the Redundant Army with its own military strength; their original goal was to buy time... Only by gaining time could they have the capital to hope for that final "hope."

However, things did not go so smoothly.

Just as the battle was about to turn, a dark, demonic figure… appeared on the horizon.

At that moment, the fighting around the Royal City suddenly stopped…

The Redundant Army, already retreating, withdrew from the range of the city walls, and the soldiers of the King's Army did not continue to pursue.

Everyone's attention was involuntarily focused on that demonic figure, whose monstrous demonic energy made it impossible for any living creature to look away.

"He's… already here…" King Dian Huai gazed at Dou Mo in the sky, thinking to himself, "It seems… this is as far as we can go."

The old king, who came from the previous Epoch, knew Dou Mo's strength best. In this Epoch, he had also fantasized that the other party might have changed, but… after witnessing Dou Mo's attack at the Reasoning Club, the old king once again confirmed that after so many years of being sealed, Dou Mo's fighting strength had actually increased rather than decreased.

It could be said that at this moment, King Dian Huai was more desperate than anyone else present.

At the same time, Xu Huaishang's [Soul Descent] state had also reached its limit and was dispelled. This Soul Skill of the Goddess Xu was similar to Ruo Yu's Limit Efficiency, both of which consumed a great deal of mental energy. She couldn't continue using it indefinitely.

"Haa…" Looking at the approaching Dou Mo, Xu Huaishang adjusted her breathing and muttered, "Can anyone really hold back something like that…?"

Her question was immediately answered.

No sooner said than done… While people were still dazed by fear and wild thoughts, a figure… rushed towards the distant Dou Mo like lightning.

It was none other than Wang Tanzhi.

"What's that kid doing?" Freddy, who had arrived at the front lines, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Howdy~ho~" Mr. Hanky was also shocked.

Of course, not just them, everyone… even the Sweepers, couldn't understand Xiao Tan's actions.

From every angle, it seemed like he was going to his death…

"Hmph… ant." Dou Mo's thoughts were the same as everyone else's. Looking at Xiao Tan rushing straight towards him, he simply snorted disdainfully and continued forward as if nothing had happened.

In his opinion, no matter what kind of attack Xiao Tan launched, it would be futile…

The Dou Mo of today was no longer the Dou Mo who had just emerged from the Door of Emptiness, nor the "blind" Dou Mo, nor the Dou Mo before he was sealed…

The Dou Mo before him had grown to a state even stronger than his peak in the previous Epoch. For him, this was an unprecedented realm.

Now, he could resist unbelievably high physical damage with just his body density; he could evaporate most energy's influence on himself with just the demonic energy unconsciously emanating from his body… Even if he stood there and allowed the other party to attack, there were only a handful of beings in the main universe who could kill him.

No one knew what methods Xiao Tan could use to fight Dou Mo, except… Xiao Tan himself.