Flames, endless flames. The entire ghost city and its ghostly inhabitants were engulfed in fire before they could react.
This Yang-aligned fire was a natural nemesis to ghosts, and Ye Yun's attack was enough to annihilate anything. Moreover, almost all the flying players in the ghost city were preparing for battle within the city. Thus, Ye Yun's 'World炼天下' nearly wiped out all the players in the entire ghost city.
"System prompt: Congratulations to player for defeating 9.8 million ghost players, gaining 17 trillion experience points and 690 billion gold coins."
"System prompt: Congratulations to player for destroying 1720 level 10 buildings, 3240 level 9 buildings, 7543 level 8 buildings, and 2798 level 7 buildings, gaining 120 billion experience points and 783.4 billion gold coins."
"Fengle City Announcement: Congratulations to Fengle City, led by its City Lord, for destroying the second ghost city, 'Li City'. Fengle City has gained one evolution chance. All resident members of Fengle City, including Ku Ming, gain +1000 free attribute points. Fengle City's treasury receives +1 million gold."
"Star Domain Map Announcement: Congratulations to Fengle City, led by its City Lord, for destroying the second ghost city, 'Li City'. Fengle City has gained one evolution chance. All resident members of Fengle City, including Ku Ming, gain +1000 free attribute points. Fengle City's treasury receives +1 million gold."
Outside the city gates, the four major legions seemed accustomed to this. They quickly entered Li City, and under the guidance of Jin Wu, they headed towards the resurrection point.
"Hurry up, everyone! Damn it, haven't you eaten? I'm telling you, this money-making opportunity only lasts for three days. If you can't handle it, get out of the legion. If after three days our legion has killed fewer enemies and earned less gold than the other three legions, you'll all spend ten days in the tenfold gravity chamber!"
The four major legions entered the city without encountering any obstacles. Their mood did not lighten due to the lack of enemy resistance, as their four legion commanders had made a bet.
This expedition was based on the number of enemies killed and gold earned by each legion. The first-ranked legion would receive 3% of the gold earned by each of the other three legions, the second-ranked would receive 2%, the third-ranked 1%. As for the fourth-ranked, not only would they have 6% of their gold confiscated, but their entire legion would have to spend ten days in the tenfold gravity chamber.
The continuous system announcements plunged the players of the two major star domains into a peculiar silence. They were truly shocked by Ye Yun's speed of conquest. From the beginning until now, in less than ten minutes, this individual had already taken two cities, and the psychological pressure this exerted was immeasurable.
However, for the residents of Fengle City, their current mood was one of ecstatic joy. Setting aside the global losses caused by this star domain fusion, the attribute points gained by the current number of players alone were worth it. Moreover, they believed that under the onslaught of their City Lord, their own attribute points would experience a surge of growth over these three days.
"Charge! Charge, damn it!" The Lord of the Senluo Palace was completely frenzied. As Ye Yun broke through the second city, not only Taiyin City but also the other two Holy Cities sent messages, ordering them to charge into Fengle City immediately. They were to die quickly if necessary, to avoid blocking the path of the even more powerful forces behind them!
"Regional System Announcement: Fengle City defeats Senluo Palace General *1, gains 3.2 million experience points, *72,000 gold coins."
"Regional System Announcement: Fengle City defeats Senluo Palace General *1, gains 3.05 million experience points, *90,000 gold coins."
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Watching the rows of specially marked announcements from his position at the rear, the Lord of the Senluo Palace was so enraged that he was about to explode. In ten minutes, after entering the arrow tower's attack range and pushing forward despite the cost of death, they had advanced a mere three kilometers. Yet, more than half of the skeletal army at the forefront had already perished, and now, their charge legions had barely reached within thirty kilometers of the city walls when several of their legion commanders were directly targeted and killed!
"These arrow towers not only detect invisible units, but they also prioritize killing the strong?" At this moment, a black figure emerged from the rear of the legion. Looking at the battlefield ahead, a buzzing sound emanated from the phantom.
"Who knows! Cai Zi, your Qilin Legion is the fastest among all legions. See if you can break through this vacuum zone in a short time and destroy the arrow towers on the city wall as soon as possible." The Lord of the Senluo Palace said through gritted teeth, gazing at the dense rain of arrows and arcs of electricity in the distance.
Advancing only three kilometers in ten minutes was an utter insult to their Senluo Palace.
"I can only try. Your Dragon Eagles should come along as well."
If they proceeded at a normal pace, perhaps they could approach the city walls with minimal losses by sheer numbers. However, with the pressure from the three Holy Cities simultaneously, he had to go all out.
"Alright!"
Cai Zi was the vice-lord of the Senluo Palace and his capable subordinate. Legend had it that in his previous life, he was a Qilin beast from a high-level universe. After reincarnating in the Ghost Domain, he named himself Cai Zi.
However...
"Regional System Announcement: Fengle City defeats Senluo Palace Vice-City Lord *1, gains 8.9 million experience points, *13 million gold coins."
Fengle City: ...
Senluo Palace: ...
What in the hell was going on?
The battlefield was too chaotic. The Lord of the Senluo Palace had not even seen how Cai Zi disappeared the moment he entered the battlefield.
"City Lord, retreat. We've lost this battle, there's no need for futile sacrifices." Just as the Lord of the Senluo Palace was about to lose his mind, he received Cai Zi's message.
"Cai Zi, what happened?"
"Sky Eagle Arrow Tower, one shot, instant kill. This was the prompt I received as I was being shot to death. There are arrow towers, lightning towers, and millions of human players on the city walls. Now there's the Sky Eagle Arrow Tower, and most importantly, it can instantly kill me. City Lord, I believe that unless the Holy Cities intervene, it will be difficult for any other city to breach the walls." Cai Zi's tone was somewhat somber.
"But the Holy Cities..." The Lord of the Senluo Palace hesitated. The orders from the Holy Cities, issued simultaneously by all three, were something no one in the Ghost Domain dared to disobey.
"Then charge. If we die and come back, we'll defend our own city well. I estimate that, considering the humans' psychology, the Fengle City Lord will seek revenge."
"Okay, understood." The Lord of the Senluo Palace's heart skipped a beat, and then he nodded. His relationship with Cai Zi had begun from humble beginnings, so they were like brothers.
"Discard everything, full sprint!" Looking at the battle information within the region, the Lord of the Senluo Palace's heart bled. The more than ten thousand Qilin Legion and his twenty thousand Dragon Eagle Legion were annihilated after entering the attack range for fifteen kilometers!
Damn it, with so many skeletons for you to kill, why didn't you kill the skeletons first!
Although they could revive in the game, and the gold dropped was negligible, the blow to the morale of Senluo Palace's two most elite legions was immeasurable. After all, the humans within this city had only settled in the Heavenly Dao for half a year!
Most importantly, millions of them had come, only to be wiped out before even entering the city. How could Senluo City gain a foothold in the Ghost Domain in the future? They would be eternally nailed to the pillar of shame for ghosts, to be mocked by everyone!
Twenty minutes later...
The skeletal army was completely depleted, and the Senluo Palace's army had finally advanced to within ten kilometers of the city walls. However, the Lord of the Senluo Palace could not be happy, because any ghost with slightly stronger strength, from general to captain, who charged within thirty kilometers of Fengle City had perished!
What kind of ghostly existence was this 'Sky Eagle Arrow Tower'!
The Lord of the Senluo Palace knew there was no retreat, so with a flap of his enormous dark shadow wings, he instantly crossed two kilometers and charged towards Fengle City.
"Fengle City Announcement: Congratulations to Fengle City, led by its City Lord, for destroying the third ghost city, 'An Xi'. Fengle City has gained one evolution chance. All resident members of Fengle City, including Ku Ming, gain +1000 free attribute points. Fengle City's treasury receives +1 million gold."
"Star Domain Map Announcement: Congratulations to Fengle City, led by its City Lord, for destroying the third ghost city, 'An Xi'. Fengle City has gained one evolution chance. All resident members of Fengle City, including Ku Ming, gain +1000 free attribute points. Fengle City's treasury receives +1 million gold."
"Regional System Announcement: Fengle City defeats Senluo Palace City Lord *1, gains 9.8 million experience points, *1.3 million gold coins."
The entire battlefield seemed to fall silent. The morale of the ghost race, who had been charging forward with all their might, plummeted. Their king, their strongest, was pierced by an arrow in full view of everyone? Instantly killed?
But now they were in an awkward position. With less than half the distance remaining, they could neither retreat nor advance. Coupled with the loss of their leader and low morale, they could only push forward.
However, with the high-end combat power all being targeted and killed by the Sky Eagle Arrow Tower, the remaining ordinary players could hardly withstand the arrow towers and lightning towers. By the time they reached the city walls, their numbers had dwindled to less than ten percent! The ranged players who had been waiting on the city walls for a long time then unleashed their first skills after more than an hour of defense.