Chapter 511: Chapter 229: The Dust Settles, Beehive in Hand (Part 2)
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"Hou Ming, stop it right now!"
Hou Ming was slaughtering the Beehive’s forces ruthlessly. Upon hearing Chen Yingba’s furious shout from behind, he immediately raised his blade to defend.
Clang......
Although both were wielding large blades, the quality of Hou Ming’s was clearly superior.
Not only did Chen Yingba’s blade become chipped, but a fragment also broke off, coincidentally striking an Earth-digging Realm guard from the Beehive right in the forehead.
The guard was engaged in a clash with an Earth-digging Realm warrior from Zhaoyang. When the blade fragment hit his forehead, his head exploded instantly, without even a chance to scream.
"You bastard, I’ll kill you!"
Seeing this, Chen Yingba’s rage increased. Holding his broken blade, he recklessly charged at Hou Ming again.
The Beehive had a little over seven hundred Earth-digging Realm warriors, and over a hundred had died in the tunnels in the past two days. Just now, another over four hundred perished. Now, only over two hundred Earth-digging Realm warriors remained alive.
This was just the Earth-digging Realm casualties; to defend the main area, the Beehive had almost mobilized all their forces. Over two thousand elite Logging Realm warriors had also arrived. Stimulated too harshly by the arrow rain from the Great Xia, everyone from Zhaoyang was desperately charging towards the main area. These Logging Realm warriors could not hold them off.
From a rough estimate, the Beehive’s more than three thousand guards now had less than two thousand left.
Moreover, Hou Ming, Hou Bing, and Wu Tianxing were still continuing their slaughter.
If the three of them continued, the Beehive would soon be wiped out in Longyou!
Clang......
In his rage, Chen Yingba clashed his large blade with Hou Ming’s once more. This time his luck wasn’t as good.
The blade snapped upon impact. The previous chipping already proved that his weapon was inferior to Hou Ming’s, so the snapping was expected.
"Xia Chuan, are you waiting until all my Beehive people are dead before you take action?"
Realizing that he couldn’t handle Hou Ming alone after his blade broke, Chen Yingba shouted furiously at Xia Chuan nearby, signaling for help.
"Commander Chen, we haven’t been sitting idle, you know!"
Whoosh......
Xia Chuan replied with a faint smile while slashing a black blade forward, forcing Wu Tianxing in front of him to retreat step by step, leaving several blade marks on him.
Of course, he hadn’t been idle. After letting Chen Yingba deal with Hou Ming, he led Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng to confront Wu Tianxing, Hou Bing, and Lin Ye.
Among the three, Wu Tianxing was the strongest, so Xia Chuan took him on; although Lin Ye possessed the Six-maned Power, he was heavily injured, so Xia Chuan left him to Hong Tian and Zhao Long; the last one, Hou Bing, was besieged by Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng.
"Commander Chen, when you seek the skin from a tiger, you will be harmed. Did you really think the Great Xia was sincerely here to help the Beehive?"
Hou Ming forced back Chen Yingba with a slash, glanced at his besieged comrades with concern, and then sneered at Chen Yingba.
"It’s better than you trying to destroy my Beehive!"
Chen Yingba clenched his fist, and despite his anger, he grit his teeth and charged again at Hou Ming without hesitation.
He understood Hou Ming’s words well.
Wu Tianxing was still manageable, being the strongest due to the Six-maned Power;
Even with Hou Bing, it made sense. Luo Yuan and Yuan Cheng were besieging him, and judging by their current performance, they seemed to have just the two-maned power;
But that Lin Ye, already heavily injured, managed to hold on for so long against two Cold Resistance Levels, was certainly unusual.
The only explanation was that Hong Tian and Zhao Long besieging him were doing so deliberately.
Furthermore, Xia Chuan and his group’s acting was simply terrible.
They intentionally drove Hou Ming and the others towards the Beehive’s Earth-digging Realm crowd, making their intention all too clear.
"Letting them continue slaughtering our Earth-digging Realm, this Great Xia..."
Chen Yingba, despite his gnashing hatred, had to focus his efforts on fighting Hou Ming, feeling utterly frustrated knowing he was aiding the Great Xia against Hou Ming.
At the same time, a deep sense of helplessness hit him.
Even if he realized their plan, what could he do?
It’s too late to team up with Hou Ming now.
Hou Ying was captured, and over a thousand Great Xia Earth-digging Realm warriors, clad in pale gold armor, were still at the iron gate shooting arrows. They hadn’t intervened from the start.
Even at the Earth-digging Realm level, the situation was dire, not to mention the Cold Resistance Level.
The Beehive only had him left; Zhaoyang only had Hou Ming, Hou Bing, Wu Tianxing, and a half-dead Lin Ye, totaling five;
On the Great Xia’s side, there were Xia Chuan, Yuwen Dao, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Hong Guang, Zhao Long, Hong Tian, and at the gate, there was Meng Yi, making it eight in total.
Even if he quickly cooperated with Zhaoyang now, there was no way they could defeat the Great Xia, and it would only invite harsher retribution for being fickle.
"No choice but to march on this dark path!"
Chen Yingba shouted through gritted teeth, venting all his frustration on Hou Ming.
On the other side, Xia Chuan maintained a smile on his face, his attention not solely on Wu Tianxing. He constantly kept an eye on the situation between Beehive and Zhaoyang’s main battlefield.
"Almost there!"
Wu Tianxing blocked the Black Blade with his sword, hesitating at Xia Chuan’s words.
What did he mean by ’almost there’?
Soon, he understood!
Buzz......
The Black Blade pressed against his sword suddenly emitted a resonating buzz, pouring down terrifying force. Wu Tianxing’s hand holding the sword was forced to the ground, bringing his body crashing down as well.
Bang!
"Eight鬃, how can your strength be..."