Chapter 50
Chapter 50
Whoosh!
As the crowd debated, white light appeared somewhere in Qingshui City and Zhou Ming logged into the game.
“He’s here!”
The god-tier experts watching from the shadows found him first and finally relaxed.
Zhou Ming looked around. Players watched him like predators, while even the Light Faction’s NPCs looked hostile and murderous.
“Seems like a lot of people were waiting for me!”
He narrowed his eyes and decided to use the announcement from the first Gold Boss kill to satisfy their expectations.
“Ding!”
[Server Announcement: Congratulations to Zhouyou Shijie of the Eastern Region for becoming the first player in Destiny to kill a Gold Boss!]
“Ding!”
[Server Announcement: Congratulations to Zhouyou Shijie of the Eastern Region…]
…
The server announcement repeated three times, drawing everyone’s attention.
“Now that’s one hell of an entrance!”
“Holy shit, he took the first Gold Boss kill too?!”
“If someone doesn’t put him in his place soon, there is no justice in this world!”
…
Many players clicked their tongues in astonishment.
Using a server announcement to declare that he had logged in while simultaneously provoking the Gaibang Guild was certainly original.
Ignoring everyone around him, Zhou Ming climbed onto the city wall. Players unconsciously moved aside and opened a path.
They all craved the hidden class offered by the bounty, but this was not yet the right time to attack.
At the very front, Zhou Ming saw a skeletal old man. His face was pale, his body withered, and he trembled on a cane under everyone’s gaze while bearing responsibility for the city’s defense.
[Lord of Qingshui City · Lin Feng] (Bronze Boss)
Description: The recently appointed lord of Qingshui City. Until now, he was merely an old farmer from the countryside.
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Zhou Ming arched an eyebrow. “They went this far just to kill me?”
The Light Faction’s participating NPCs were obviously pitifully weak. They practically wished for Qingshui City to fall.
The gods themselves would undoubtedly stand aside and watch.
Rumble…
At exactly ten o’clock, dust rose along the distant horizon.
A dense horde of monsters charged forward with terrifying momentum.
At the same time, three explosive messages rang out.
“Ding!”
[Attention! The skeleton army led by the god-tier Boss Blood Elf · Amy will attack the Eastern Region’s secondary city Qingshui City at 10:00!]
“Ding!”
[Attention! The demonic lion army led by the god-tier Boss Windwalker · Balen will attack the Eastern Region’s secondary city Qingshui City at 10:00!]
“Ding!”
[Attention! The flying insect army led by the god-tier Boss Goddess of Enchantment · Alice will attack the Eastern Region’s secondary city Qingshui City at 10:00!]
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“???”
The entire area fell silent for an instant.
A few seconds later, players who knew nothing about the truth erupted in furious curses.
“Game designers, go fuck yourselves!”
“Three god-tier Bosses at once? Is this supposed to be a joke?”
“I knew nothing good would come from Qingshui City advancing to a secondary city a few days ago!”
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Very few players knew the truth.
Most believed the system had bugged out.
Sizzle!
The space outside the city twisted and shattered. Three figures with tremendous auras and dense malevolent energy stepped through: a beautiful blonde, blue-eyed elf; a handsome man in green armor; and a voluptuous woman in red robes.
[Blood Elf · Amy] (God-Tier Boss)
[Windwalker · Balen] (God-Tier Boss)
[Goddess of Enchantment · Alice] (God-Tier Boss)
The crowd: “…”
Only now did the players have no choice but to believe that three god-tier experts had truly descended upon this place.
“Amy, you can command this dull prelude before the main event!” Windwalker · Balen said. Thin and visibly bored, he looked toward Zhouyou Shijie on the city wall and narrowed his eyes.
…
Three Demon Gods had come in person solely to take one man’s life!
That alone was enough for him to take pride in.
“Very well!”
Amy nodded. A massive blood-red bow appeared in her hand, and she fired a crimson arrow toward the city below. Midflight, the arrow dissolved into countless points of light, beautiful and sinister.
MISS!
MISS!
Evasion markers appeared over everyone’s heads one after another.
There was no question that without the protection of the rules, every life in the city would have been extinguished in an instant, leaving only corpses behind.
The players below stared in stunned silence.
The spectacle and sheer momentum exerted terrifying pressure!
“A full-screen instant kill?”
Zhou Ming wasn’t alarmed, but he couldn’t help longing for such power.
Would he someday be able to destroy a city and annihilate its enemies with a single move?
“Attack!”
Amy issued her command.
The rules still prevented the Demon Gods from entering the battle directly. They had to proceed in stages, sending expendable subordinates first and giving the adventurers some hope of victory.
“Ding!”
[Attention! The skeleton army led by the Level 15 Bronze Boss Skeleton General will launch the first wave of attack!]
“Keh-heh-heh…”
Skeletons covered the distant land, weapons of every kind in hand as they surged toward the city.
“Who cares about the Demon Gods? Get points first!”
“Kill!”
With matters already at this stage, the players had no time to worry about anything else. Swordsmen and Knights outside the walls could no longer suppress their excitement and charged forward.
As the two battle lines collided, rankings on the siege-exclusive point leaderboard changed at a frantic pace.
1. Zi’er Spelled Backward, Points: 3
2. Ten Thousand Books, Points: 2
3. Big Bowl Wide Noodles, Points: 2
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“At least until the walls are breached, they still can’t attack you!” Qianying reminded him.
Zhou Ming understood.
A siege had two phases.
When the city walls fell, the safe zone would deactivate and the chaotic battle phase would begin. If the city lord’s token was seized, the city would be declared completely fallen.
Zhou Ming looked behind him and saw a large number of melee players who hadn’t joined the defense at all. They had plainly abandoned the event and were interested only in collecting the bounty on him.
“Don’t hold out any hope,” Gaibang Laoda said as he approached, calmly watching the one-sided battlefield. “The Light Faction has hidden all its troops.”
In theory, whenever the attacking side sent out its first wave, the defenders had to do the same. But under this behind-the-scenes manipulation, the defending force was pitifully small.
“Ding!”
[The guard unit led by the Level 10 Bronze Boss Elite Soldier will begin the second defensive wave!]
In the blink of an eye, the defenders were already deploying their second wave.
“I don’t care.”
Zhou Ming remained indifferent.
No number of low-level skeletons could threaten him.
“It seems we’ll be able to fight you soon!” A player named Red Hare Among Men stepped forward beside Gaibang Laoda, battle intent blazing. “Please enlighten me!”
Zhou Ming glanced at him, then deliberately raised a hand toward the battlefield and clenched his fist, displaying the skill’s opening motion.
Blazing Heaven Sword!
Sizzle…
The colossal phantom sword wreathed in flame crashed down from the sky, instantly killing the Skeleton General. The resulting wave of fire sent countless lesser skeletons flying and reduced them to piles of broken bones.
-22,426!
-3,298!
-3,241!
…
Damage numbers flooded the air.
“Hiss!”
All across the wall, people sucked in sharp breaths.
Five… five digits?
Red Hare Among Men froze, unable to believe what he was seeing.
Zhou Ming said calmly, “No need to make this troublesome. All of you can come at me together.”
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