Chapter 1 The Charge

"Charge, all of you charge! Their healers are running out of mana. Once their mana is depleted, they're dead!" Chi Huo Fox's eyes were bloodshot as he issued the command, completely disregarding the cost.

Just as Chi Huo Fox said, Crimson Citadel's frenzied assault put immense pressure on Zero Wing's healers, who were constantly using various spells to heal. The mana consumption was even faster than when dealing with a Boss.

Normally, when dealing with a Boss, they only needed to focus on healing the MT, but now they had to heal everyone. Any carelessness could result in being killed by the enemy's focused attacks. The twenty-plus deaths were due to the healers not keeping up and the players being targeted.

The mountain path was not as spacious as a plain, and the space was already narrow. Now that it was crowded with people, dodging was extremely difficult. Even a master of Subtle Realm (Rù Wēi) could barely dodge half of the attacks, let alone players without that level of skill. They were practically forced to endure the attacks and rely entirely on healing.

The Crimson Citadel members watched as Zero Wing's healers' mana dwindled, and their attacks became even more frantic.

Wave after wave, they charged forward.

This put considerable pressure on the defending Zero Wing members. Killing ten thousand pigs was already difficult enough, not to mention players with skills. If it weren't for their superior skill level and stronger weapons and defenses, the Crimson Citadel members would have already reached them.

"Guild Leader, the follow-up army of twenty thousand from Green Willow Town is already on its way here, but are we really going to fight Zero Wing to the death?" Gu Cheng asked, feeling pained as he watched the guild members falling one after another.

These were all elite members of the guild. Even if they eventually defeated Zero Wing, they would likely suffer heavy losses and be unable to compete with Zero Wing afterward.

"There's no time to worry about that. Without Green Willow Town, our Crimson Citadel will be in even worse shape." Chi Huo Fox looked towards the mountain peak, his heart filled with helplessness. If he had known that Zero Wing had such means, he would never have resorted to those petty tricks. But now, it was too late for regrets.

If Crimson Citadel won, although it would suffer severe damage, at least it would still have a chance.

Conversely, if they lost, Crimson Citadel would likely have no place in Lakeside City, and even disbanding wouldn't be surprising.

He was now certain that Zero Wing couldn't last much longer. After all, it was just a thousand-man army. To try to outlast tens of thousands of troops and still win was simply a dream.

Before Chi Huo Fox could finish speaking, two black and white beams of light once again emerged from the mountaintop. After a long period of attrition, the cooldown time for the two Intermediate Magic導 Pulse Cannons had reset once more.

The two beams struck the Crimson Citadel army again. Although the effect was not as good as the first time, the two strikes still eliminated two to three thousand Crimson Citadel members, causing the frantic members to quiet down.

Compared to the immense destructive power, the psychological impact on the players was even greater.

"Hold on! The reinforcements will be here soon!" Chi Huo Fox gritted his teeth and reassured them. "When that happens, it will be Zero Wing's death! Any spoils from killing Zero Wing members will not need to be turned over to the guild, and anyone who kills a Zero Wing member will receive 1000 guild points! Killing a Zero Wing high-level executive will reward 50,000 guild points!"

At this point, Chi Huo Fox was willing to gamble everything!

The Crimson Citadel members cheered. Although the guild points in Crimson Citadel weren't very valuable, 1000 points was still worth more than one gold coin, and 50,000 points was more than fifty gold coins, enough to buy an ordinary mount or exchange for one or two top-tier equipment pieces.

But after the attack of the Intermediate Magic導 Pulse Cannons, dozens of firelights shot down from the hillside, the exploding arrows fired by the Small Ballista Carts.

Although the power of the exploding arrows was much smaller than the Intermediate Magic導 Pulse Cannons, with a range of only about ten yards in radius, their advantage was in their quantity and short cooldown time.

Shi Feng had prepared a full fifty of them in order to secure Green Willow Town.

The range of the Small Ballista Carts was much shorter than the magic導 turrets, but they could be used freely on the hillside.

As exploding arrows detonated one after another, the Crimson Citadel members were turned into white light and dissipated. In just one wave of attacks, more than five hundred people were taken away. Then, a magic barrier suddenly appeared on the hillside, continuously expanding outwards, directly blocking all the Crimson Citadel members outside the barrier. They couldn't attack the Zero Wing members inside the barrier at all. Even using Tier 3 magic scrolls to attack the barrier didn't cause the slightest ripple. In contrast, they could attack from inside.

What's more, a Level 72 Tier 3 Demon with flaming wings suddenly appeared above the Crimson Citadel army, condensing a fireball the size of a small mountain in its hands and smashing it directly into the army, instantly wiping out hundreds of people.

"This is impossible!" Chi Huo Fox watched the Crimson Citadel members constantly dying and couldn't believe what he was seeing. "How could Zero Wing be so strong?"

With this kind of overwhelming attack and defense, not to mention a ten thousand-man army, even a hundred thousand-man army wouldn't be enough.

This completely stunned the Crimson Citadel members, who even forgot to attack and simply stared blankly at everything.

They all knew the power of magic barriers. As long as sufficient mana was provided, it could be maintained indefinitely unless the attack exceeded the barrier's limit...

"Zero Wing really doesn't think much of our Shadow Dragon Legion!" Ying Ya, who was watching all of this from afar, had a mixture of dread and anger in his eyes.

He, the ace legion of Dragon鳳 Pavilion, was sent to deal with Zero Wing, but Zero Wing didn't seem to take them seriously at all. Only now did they reveal such combat power, as if everything before was just playing around.

"It's time to end this battle."

Shi Feng looked at the completely silent Chi Huo Fox in the distance, smiled slightly, and then activated Phantom Kill, followed by Space Movement, instantly darting into the spatial rift.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Feng appeared in the sky above Chi Huo Fox.

"Why is the sky splitting?"

"That person seems to be... Black Flame!"

"What is he going to do?"

Everyone looked at the figure emerging from the spatial rift and couldn't help but exclaim when they saw who it was.

"Black Flame!" Chi Huo Fox turned to look at the appearing Shi Feng and was slightly surprised, but he quickly reacted and took out two Tier 3 magic scrolls from his backpack. He couldn't help but sneer, "To dare appear before me, you're simply courting death!"

At this moment, the two sides were more than fifteen yards apart, and Chi Huo Fox was surrounded by Crimson Citadel's top experts. He also had a Tier 3 defense scroll and a Tier 3 single-target attack scroll in his hands, making it easy to kill top experts.

"Die!" Chi Huo Fox then unfolded the Tier 3 attack magic scroll in his hand.

However, in the next second after the magic scroll was unfolded, Shi Feng had already used Instantaneous Movement to appear in front of Chi Huo Fox and swung the holy sword Thunder Slay in his hand.

Sword Light Phantom!

Instantly, a cyan light and nine black lights pierced through the still-smirking Chi Huo Fox, directly taking away all of his HP. The magic scroll in Chi Huo Fox's hand had only just been unfolded and used. The speed was so fast that everyone around gasped for air.

As Chi Huo Fox fell to the ground, he also dropped a gauntlet and a stone emitting a faint pressure. Without saying a word, Shi Feng grabbed the two items and put them into his backpack. He then used Replacement and Avatar Cancel, immediately disappearing from everyone's sight as if he had never existed. All that was left were the numerous experts of Crimson Citadel, standing frozen in place, as if time had been frozen at that moment.