Chapter 18 The Orcish Army Annihilated

　　On the desolate wilderness.

　　Waves upon waves of orcs fell, then transformed into illusion and dissipated. These orcish infantrymen were dwindling in number, but not one of them showed fear, roaring as they charged until the last orc fell.

　　"Not a single orc infantryman fled," Xu Jingming and the others were somewhat surprised.

　　"It should be a rule setting of the virtual world," Heng Fang said. "If these orcish infantrymen scattered and fled, it would be troublesome for just the five of us to completely eliminate all the enemies."

　　"Be careful, those light cavalry are starting to charge," Wang Yi reminded.

　　"A cavalry charge is much more terrifying than an infantry charge," Xu Jingming also reminded, carefully observing.

　　Three hundred snow wolf light cavalrymen gathered into one force, first firing arrows from afar. After Xu Jingming and the others raised their shields to withstand the arrows, the light cavalrymen put away their bows and arrows, and picked up the spears hanging on the snow wolves' backs. Each snow wolf light cavalryman held a spear, beginning a high-speed charge.

　　Rumble!!!

　　A cavalry charge! A forest of spears!

　　"So fast, we can't even escape," Yang Qingshuo said in alarm.

　　"I'll take the front," Xu Jingming held double shields, blocking at the very front of the team. Liu Chongyuan, Yang Qingshuo, and Heng Fang formed a fan shape behind him, protecting Wang Yi.

　　"咻." "咻." "咻." Wang Yi began to shoot arrows.

　　Faced with light cavalry rushing at high speed, Wang Yi also shot arrows one by one, instead of the previous close-range three-arrow volley!

　　With each arrow, an orcish cavalryman fell from their snow wolf. The snow wolves were very agile, leaping and dodging the falling soldiers. The fallen soldiers quickly turned into nothingness and dissipated.

　　As the distance closed, when they were fifty meters away, Heng Fang also threw the short spears in his hand.

　　Swish! Swish! Swish!

　　One short spear after another pierced through the air, easily penetrating the bodies of orcish cavalrymen, sometimes even piercing two orcs in a row.

　　But after throwing only six short spears, the snow wolf light cavalry were already in front of them.

　　"Boom!!!" Xu Jingming was like a reef, blocking at the very front.

　　The charge of the snow wolf light cavalry collided with Xu Jingming's double shields, but they couldn't help but roll and fall to the ground.

　　"The skill of borrowing strength is still not as good as Master's," Xu Jingming held double shields, the shields tilted, and his footwork moved slightly. Anyone who collided with Xu Jingming's vicinity was bound to collide with his shield! The snow wolves that collided were completely thrown away.

　　But he alone could only withstand a portion after all.

　　Even at the very front, he only blocked 60% of the pressure, and Liu Chongyuan, Heng Fang, and Yang Qingshuo also needed to block.

　　"Although I need to hone my footwork and shield techniques, I still have to leave some small soldiers for my teammates," Xu Jingming was the most relaxed. If he used his full strength, holding a spear, he could sweep through the entire orcish army alone.

　　But there was no need. His goal was to become stronger! To be on the Starry Sky Rankings! To fight against Liu Hai, Lei Yunfang, and Zhou Yi later!

　　He had to seize every minute to hone himself and make himself stronger.

　　"I must improve myself as soon as possible. The current me has a big gap with Master and Senior Lei Yunfang," Xu Jingming knew this very well. Under the charge of the snow wolf light cavalry, he tried his best to resist with footwork and shield techniques.

　　Time passed…

　　The rankings of the teams in the high sky were also changing.

　　"The role of the sharpshooter is declining," Cheng Zihao, watching in the live broadcast viewing platform, was a little nervous. "Zheng Bailong's close combat strength is showing, and my White Dragon Team has reached twenty-eighth place."

　　On the viewing platform, the silver-haired youth of Jinpeng Group was also watching, nodding slightly: "Tie Lianyun's strength is indeed strong, and Zhao Fan and Zhang Feng, the pair of genius players I chose, are also performing well. Now the ranking is rapidly increasing, already at seventh! Only Sun Li, this sharpshooter, is somewhat of a drag. If we can invite Wang Yi successfully, then the team will be much stronger."

　　"Hmm?" The silver-haired youth frowned slightly, "Wang Yi's team, only she is strong enough, how is the ranking still one place higher than my Jinpeng Team, ranked sixth?"

　　"Even her team is doing better than Zhuang Ziyu's team?"

　　"Wang Yi's team only has Wang Yi. And Zhuang Ziyu's Heavenly Sound Team has the assistance of a group of experts such as Yu Cheng, Zhang Qian, and Wu Sai! The Heavenly Sound Team is clearly stronger." The silver-haired youth was a little puzzled, and zoomed in on the scenes of Xu Jingming's team and Zhuang Ziyu's team at the same time.

　t looked closely, he saw the difference.

　　"What's going on?" The silver-haired youth frowned, "During the charge of the snow wolf light cavalry, Xu Jingming alone blocked at the front. And in the Heavenly Sound Team, Yu Cheng and Wu Sai both held double shields and resisted at the front, and the effect was only as good as Xu Jingming alone?"

　　"Xu Jingming, is he so good at using shields?"

　　"I don't understand."

　　The silver-haired youth had a headache, "Is there no credible ranking list? The experts of the second echelon are actually not as good as those of the third echelon. Even if the group is willing to spend money, I don't know who to sign!"

　　Xu Jingming was in the third echelon, and Yu Cheng was in the second echelon! Wu Sai was also recognized as having the strength of the third echelon. Yu Cheng plus Wu Sai, resisting the charge of the light cavalry, was comparable to Xu Jingming?

　　……

　　Time passed.

　　The three hundred light cavalrymen, fearless of death! Charging again and again. After charging past, they gathered again! Charging again! Until the death of the last light cavalryman.

　　"Old Xu, you have to leave more orcs for us, we don't have enough pressure," Heng Fang said with a smile.

　　"Save some energy, the five generals and heavy cavalry are the biggest threat," Xu Jingming said. "You'll have enough pressure later!"

　　"We still have to pay attention to the team's ranking," Wang Yi said.

　　Xu Jingming looked up at the team ranking and said, "Just guarantee the top twenty, the rest doesn't matter much."

　　The teams ranked twenty-ninth and thirtieth... would encounter Lei Yunfang's team and Liu Hai's team in the first round, which was the worst. Xu Jingming also believed that his own team was not yet fully prepared and did not want to encounter his master and the others too early.

　　"Here they come."

　　"The last wave."

　　Xu Jingming and the other five stared intently. The orcish army generals and heavy cavalrymen in the distance, after the light cavalry were all dead, began to charge in an orderly manner.

　　"Rumble~~~"

　　The mounts ridden by the orcish heavy cavalry were similar to rhinoceros, completely armored! These orcs even wore helmets on their heads. With nearly a hundred heavy cavalrymen charging at high speed, it was simply a steel torrent. This scene also made Liu Chongyuan, Heng Fang, Yang Qingshuo, and Wang Yi a little frightened.

　　"Captain, you should resist most of it," Liu Chongyuan said uneasily, "I'm not confident."

　　"Borrow strength, don't be silly and resist everything head-on," Xu Jingming said.

　　At this moment, Heng Fang, Yang Qingshuo, Liu Chongyuan, and Wang Yi all felt much more at ease with their captain in front.

　　"咻咻咻!!!" Wang Yi tried to shoot three arrows, but the arrows bounced off the heavy armor of the heavy cavalry.

　　"I have to use armor-piercing arrows, and I have to find their weak points," Wang Yi said. "It's mainly up to you guys."

　　As Wang Yi spoke, she took out an arrow, the arrowhead of this arrow was obviously much larger, the bow was fully drawn, Wang Yi stared at the charging orcish heavy cavalrymen, prepared slightly before releasing that arrow! The arrow pierced through the air, incredibly accurately piercing through the helmet visor of an orc, blood splattering from inside the visor, the armored orc falling from his mount, causing a little chaos.

　　Wang Yi only shot two armor-piercing arrows, killing two heavy cavalrymen, and the orcish heavy cavalry were already in front of them.

　　"Be careful, don't be crushed," Liu Chongyuan shouted.

　　"Puff."

　　Heng Fang's snake spear was like lightning, piercing into the helmet visor of an orcish heavy cavalryman.

　　Xu Jingming held double shields, resisting at the very front, borrowing strength, and sometimes using explosive force. The entire heavy cavalry team became chaotic from the collisions he caused. Xu Jingming shouted: "The heavy cavalry is only terrible when charging, but you must be more careful of those five generals."

　　The five generals riding earth dragons, with different weapons, some holding long swords, some holding long sabers, and some holding great axes. Each of them had extraordinary power, following at the very back of the heavy cavalry team, about to kill.

　　Nearly a hundred heavy cavalrymen finally charged past, with more than twenty heavy cavalrymen killed in battle. And at this moment, when Xu Jingming's team was at its most exhausted, the five generals formed a fan shape, riding earth dragons and surrounding them to kill.

　　"Bang bang!"

　　Xu Jingming's double shields only shocked the two earth dragons, causing them to stagger to the side, while the attacks of the other three generals fell on Wang Yi and the other four.

　　"Captain, we also need to hone ourselves," Wang Yi said in the team voice chat, "You only need to ensure that the team is in the top twenty."

　　"Brother Xu, watch us," Yang Qingshuo said.

　　"This is just the preliminary round," Heng Fang also said.

　　Xu Jingming also understood that everyone also wanted to show some strength.

　　"Okay," Xu Jingming replied.

　　……

　　About ten minutes later, Liu Chongyuan and Heng Fang, holding shields and axes, were barely standing, while Wang Yi and Yang Qingshuo had already died in battle.

　　"Did you have fun fighting?" Xu Jingming looked at his teammates.

　　"It was really fun," Heng Fang and Liu Chongyuan looked at each other and smiled.

　　"There's only the last general left," Xu Jingming turned to look at the general holding a battle sword. The general, riding an earth dragon, began his last lonely charge.

　　"The last one, leave it to me."

　　Xu Jingming walked forward.

　　The orcish general roared, and the earth dragon charged fiercely. Xu Jingming dodged, letting the earth dragon crash into empty air.

　　"Whoosh." The orcish general waved his battle sword, drawing a huge arc, cutting towards Xu Jingming.

　　"Boom." Xu Jingming stepped forward, using force with his right shield. The moment the shield collided with the battle sword, he forcefully pressed the battle sword, and crashed into the orcish general's chest, causing the heavily armored orcish general to fly up uncontrollably, falling from the earth dragon's back.

　　Xu Jingming charged forward, reached close, and stomped his foot!

　　Baji, stomp!

　　Bang!

　　He stomped on the orcish general's helmet, forcefully deforming the helmet, and blood splattered.

　　The orcish general turned into illusion and disappeared.

　　The orcish army, annihilated!

　　Xu Jingming turned his head to look at the somewhat embarrassed Liu Chongyuan and Heng Fang, the three of them looked up at the ranking, and they all smiled.

　　"Whoosh." The three disappeared, leaving the wilderness.

　　……

　　"This shield strike, this power?" In the official live broadcast room of Xia Country, Liu Hai and Lei Yunfang were both slightly startled, and looked at each other. The power of the orcish general's strike with the battle sword was very strong, but Xu Jingming's shield made the orcish general fly away, the power was a bit too much.

　　"Jingming broke through?" Lei Yunfang approached Liu Hai and asked softly.

　　"I don't know," Liu Hai shook his head.

　　"What are the two teachers talking about? Can you share it with us?" The host Liu Xin smiled and asked when he saw this.

　　Liu Hai smiled slightly: "We are talking about Xu Jingming. Xu Jingming's shield technique was very good when he resisted the orcish army. Lao Lei told me... Xu Jingming's shield technique talent is very high."

　　Lei Yunfang blinked his eyes. You, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, aren't you even blushing when you make up lies in the official live broadcast room?