Chapter 338: All Trumps Played, the War Begins! (5600)

Among them, the white-robed priest quickly ordered: "Attack! Attack!"

"Knock it down for me!"

"As long as we hold it back for a moment, Lord Bishops will be able to arrive!"

Instantly, a large group of Hunters wielded various weapons and launched an attack.

This also included arrows from a large number of arrow towers shooting towards Cao Xing like raindrops.

In a split second.

Cao Xing sustained a massive amount of damage!

And the twenty thousand durability points of [Shield of the Wind God] instantly dropped to zero.

"Bang!"

An invisible shockwave exploded!

And in an instant, Cao Xing used the skill [Evil Intent Burst].

Cao Xing's current attack power was close to reaching 9,000!

The damage coefficient of the shield explosion was 189%.

The damage coefficient of Evil Intent Burst was 100%.

Under this wave of stacking, it reached an even more terrifying degree.

"Boom!"

[-17652]

[-8732]

[-29521!]

[-7321]

[-17523]

[-18231!]

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Terrifying damage numbers appeared one after another, and a large number of Hunters were blown away on the spot!

Quite a few of them were directly killed instantly!

At this moment, Cao Xing saw the system prompt messages flooding the screen.

[In this battle, a total of 47 Hunters were killed, and Honor Points gained: 153 points]

…

After finishing off this group of Hunters.

Without a moment of hesitation.

He flew into the air once again!

At this moment, there was still less than 1,000 meters left to the barrier!

And the several boss-level Other-worldly ghosts and the red-robed bishops behind him had already chased after him.

One of the boss-level Other-worldly ghosts suddenly flew into the air and looked at Cao Xing with an icy gaze.

[You have been targeted by the Evil Ghost Boss's 'Evil Gaze' and are unable to move. Thought of Faith takes effect, immunity to this control state has been applied…]

Cao Xing's pupils contracted slightly.

"The Other-worldly ghost bosses have already chased up?"

"These guys run really fast!"

Without hesitation, he directly activated [Ancient Weapon · Primitive Cube] this time!

Swoosh!

Another terrifying suction force appeared, directly gathering these Other-worldly ghosts and the red-robed bishops together.

"Again? Cunning demon!"

However, the control effect of the Primitive Cube was similar to the Eye of the Storm.

The three red-robed bishops, having been trapped for less than two seconds, leaped forward.

Directly breaking free from the control range of the Primitive Cube!

However, just these two or three seconds allowed Cao Xing to rush out nearly five hundred meters further!

Seeing that the other party was about to rush to the city gate.

There were only the last five hundred meters left!

These bishops were almost driven mad with anxiety!

The catapults, giant ballistae on the city wall, and all the surrounding arrow towers poured down like a violent storm even more!

However, these still could not stop Cao Xing!

Seeing that he was about to rush out of Lake Doron City.

The archbishop, who was still fighting a great battle with the city lord behind him, had an icy gaze!

He tightly gripped the staff in his hand and said in an icy voice: "You will absolutely not be able to escape!"

"Ezgarr, make your move!"

Following his voice, Cao Xing suddenly felt a sense of fatal oppression no less than that of the archbishop!

Disbelief instantly surfaced in his eyes!

"Damn it, you guys still have a trump card?"

At the same time.

A certain section of the city wall ahead suddenly exploded.

Stones splashed and fierce winds flew, as if a doomsday storm was about to descend.

Following closely, with a heaven-shaking loud noise, the city wall burst apart with a roar, and a powerful impact soared into the sky.

Amidst the flying stone fragments, a terrifying figure clad in battle armor appeared.

Its towering body was like a giant tower carved of ice, exuding a chilling majesty!

The ice crystal armor on its body flickered with a dim, cold light, as if carved from millennium-old ice.

Its gaze was icy and sharp, like a frozen abyss, inspiring awe and fear in people.

With its appearance, the surrounding temperature plummeted sharply, and the air seemed to be frozen into ice fog.

Tightly gripping a huge ice blade in its hand, the blade flickered with a cold light, as if it could cut through everything in the world.

Cao Xing glanced over, and there was only a large pile of question marks in front of him.

This meant that this Other-worldly ghost definitely possessed terrifying combat power above Tier 7!

"Grass! A Tier 7 Other-worldly ghost hiding in the city wall, and at least a commander-level creature, this is too fucking insidious!"

"Those guys from the Ice Crystal Kingdom really should thank me!"

"Otherwise, just this Tier 7 Other-worldly ghost would make them suffer a huge loss again!"

Cao Xing said, gnashing his teeth in resentment.

This time, he could be said to have forced out all the trumps of the Church of Light in Lake Doron City.

The situation he was facing now was at least three Tier 6 commanders, one Tier 7 Other-worldly ghost, plus a large number of Tier 6 and Tier 7 boss Other-worldly ghosts.

And then there was a massive siege of defensive towers.

It could be said to be truly having no path to heaven and no door into the earth!

In a flash of lightning and flint, Cao Xing made a decision.

"I can only go all out!"

Cao Xing let out a stern shout, then took the initiative to charge towards that terrifying Tier 7 Other-worldly ghost!

And seeing Cao Xing flying over, this Other-worldly ghost of at least Tier 7 commander level had a look of regarding an ant within its dim pupils.

It casually raised the longsword in its hand, and before it even launched an attack, it made people feel a piercing chill!

This was an Other-worldly ghost no less inferior to the archbishop!

And just when the distance between the two sides was less than two hundred meters, Cao Xing's feet shook!

[Shadow Entanglement] suddenly radiated out.

A large number of dark tentacles appeared around, firmly entangling this towering Tier 7 Other-worldly ghost.

However, this terrifying Other-worldly ghost was completely unmoved.

It calmly raised the ice crystal sword.

Terrifying cold Qi spread from the tip of the sword, instantly condensing into a frost greatsword up to a hundred meters long!

Then, it slashed directly at Cao Xing!

At the moment this sword was chopped down, even the red-robed bishops behind felt a fatal sense of crisis!

The air was split open.

Even those surrounding arrows, the moment they flew halfway and came into contact with the sword Qi, directly turned into powder.

And Cao Xing under this sword Qi appeared so minuscule!

Cao Xing naturally felt the terror of this sword.

A hint of ruthlessness also appeared in his eyes.

He didn't dodge or evade at all, directly taking the might of this sword head-on and rushing straight over!

"Puff!"

[-158231]

A terrifying damage number appeared.

Cao Xing's HP hit rock bottom in an instant.

At the same time, a system prompt appeared.

[Ding! You have suffered a fatal attack, giving priority to triggering the [Holy Light Redemption] effect, forcibly retaining 1 HP, and restoring 20% HP…]

A healing number of +61023 appeared above Cao Xing's head again!

Without looking at the prompt, Cao Xing rushed out at extreme speed from the top of this Other-worldly ghost's head almost without looking back.

At this moment, looking at that dark hawk flying out of the city wall.

Tens of thousands of pairs of eyes in the city all showed dazed, blank, and puzzled expressions.

No one expected that this demon could actually take the attack of the Tier 7 Other-worldly ghost head-on and fight its way out of the encirclement!

In the rear, the bishops and others trapped in place by Shadow Entanglement were even more terrified!

"This… How is this possible?"

"He clearly only has the strength of Tier 5, how could he withstand Ezgarr's full-force blow?"

"I must have seen it wrong!"

However, at this instant, Cao Xing had already reached the edge of the barrier.

"Dammit! It's going to escape!!"

The archbishop, who was fighting a great battle with the city lord, even abandoned his opponent at this moment and wanted to rush over.

But obviously, it was completely too late.

Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes on the city wall, as well as the three major bishops and a group of powerful Other-worldly ghosts!

Cao Xing directly transformed into the appearance of a white-robed priest and flew out of the barrier unobstructed!

The archbishop behind let out a heart-rending loud shout.

"No!!!"

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…

And the moment Cao Xing flew out of the barrier, he switched back to the demon transformation state.

From beginning to end, he had never used a human identity!

Including the soldiers outside, they could only see a pitch-black figure suddenly fly out from the barrier, and then abruptly spread its wings.

Flying towards them at extreme speed!

The next moment, earth-shaking movements appeared behind him!

The golden barrier was directly and actively removed by the Church of Light.

Then, they saw a massive army of Other-worldly ghosts pouring out of the city wall like a tidal wave.

Leading them was an Other-worldly ghost commander that looked very terrifying, and beside it followed the three major red-robed bishops!

Even after seeing Cao Xing fly out, the Church of Light still refused to let him go!

They actually wanted to rush out of Lake Doron City to pursue and kill Cao Xing.

This scene left the soldiers dumbfounded!

What is the situation?

The Church of Light is actively attacking?

Cao Xing naturally saw this scene at this time.

Flying in mid-air, looking at the tsunami-like army of Other-worldly ghosts rushing from behind, a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

"Damn it, you still dare to chase me after leaving the city, right?"

"Fine, let me see how far you can chase!"

Coming outside, Cao Xing's confidence greatly increased!

Then, he flapped his wings and charged straight towards the king's army.

In the eyes of that group of soldiers, it was as if a demon was leading an army of Other-worldly ghosts charging towards them.

And within the army at this moment.

General Kloro's gaze looking at Taside already carried a few parts of murderous intent!

"Taside, are you still going to say that this is a conspiracy of the Church of Light?"

"And then let us continue to wait here, give up resistance, and let that army of Other-worldly ghosts attack us?"

Taside's expression changed slightly.

If this continued, he would be equivalent to treating these tens of thousands of soldiers and knights as fools!

He hurriedly chuckled a few times, "General Kloro, you misunderstood, how could I possibly have such a foolish thought?"

"Since those cultists dare to rush out actively, then let them witness our fury!"

The next moment, his expression turned serious, and a vigorous voice echoed through the army.

"Whole army, attack!"

"Kill the Other-worldly ghost army, attack Lake Doron City!"

Hearing Taside issue the attack command, the coldness in Kloro's gaze looking at him decreased by a few parts.

As the command was issued.

The horn of attack sounded accordingly.

"Woo—"

At this moment, the King's Legion, which had been waiting for a long time, also burst out with unprecedented roars.

"For glory! Kill!"

The Frost Blue Knights and the surviving Goshawk and Black Tiger Knights took the lead!

More than four thousand powerful knights rushed out in a mighty torrent!

The three bishops leaped into mid-air, wanting to pursue Cao Xing.

And right at this moment.

Exactly six terrifying auras burst out from the army!

Compared to these red-robed bishops, their momentum was completely not weak.

In other words, on the army's side, this time excluding the two generals, a full six commander-level powerhouses were dispatched!

The commanders in the army naturally had targets that were not Cao Xing, but the three major red-robed bishops.

They directly intercepted the opponent.

At this moment, the nine commanders clashed instantly!

The terrifying aura swept through like a storm, making it completely impossible for creatures below the commander level to approach.

"Rumble!"

The knighthood was about to charge right beneath Lake Doron City.

The ground began to shake.

Hoofbeats resounded like thunder!

The longspears of the knights gleamed with a cold light, charging toward the army of Othermen.

The soldiers closely following behind also shouted as they charged forward, their steps firm and powerful, fearlessly welcoming the army of Othermen.

Spears were like a forest, and shields were like a wall; they formed an indestructible defensive line.

And opposite them was the army of Othermen sweeping over like a tsunami!

Across the entire battlefield, the total number of all soldiers and Othermen had already exceeded eighty thousand!

The sight of so many people charging simultaneously was extremely astonishing!

Meanwhile, Cao Xing was flying in mid-air, sandwiched between the two waves of forces.

At this moment, the time had reached the break of dawn!

Ahead and behind him, pressure surged like mountains.

However, there was no fear in his eyes, nor any madness left.

Instead, they were surprisingly calm!

He deliberately slowed his pace.

The army of Othermen behind him was even less than a hundred meters away from him.

The knight order ahead was also only about two hundred meters away from him.

Cao Xing could even feel the sense of oppression emanating from the two major legions!

Yet he still maintained his composure.

Until the two armies were less than 10 meters apart, and their weapons were about to slash onto his body—

Cao Xing suddenly flapped his wings and directly surged into the high sky!

"Whoosh—"

Meanwhile, the Survivors watching the battle from afar witnessed an extremely unforgettable scene.

A black figure instantly rushed up into the sky.

And beneath his feet were the kingdom knights and the army of Othermen!

As the morning light of dawn sprinkled down, it illuminated that figure, making him appear both sacred and evil!

At this moment, time seemed to have frozen…

…

…

At the same time, the longspears of the knight army and the ice crystal swords of the Othermen had already made contact!

"Clang! Clang-clang!"

"Puff! Puff-puff-puff!"

Both sides instantly engaged in frontal combat!

The moment those warhorses were hit by the ice crystal swords of the Othermen, their entire bodies froze directly, and then with a 'crack' sound, they shattered into pieces of corpses all over the ground!

The longspears in the hands of the knights also fiercely penetrated the evil bodies of the Othermen, tearing them apart!

"Bang! Crack!"

In an instant, various frozen body tissues and pitch-black chunks of flesh flew everywhere.

There were those of the knights, the warhorses, and those of the Othermen!

In a split second, the entire battlefield became a terrifying meat grinder!

Yet the culprit who had prematurely triggered the great battle and created all of this had already flown up to a height of a thousand meters into the high sky!

Seeing the three red-robed bishops who still wanted to pursue him from behind, Cao Xing felt not a shred of crisis left in his heart.

Not only that, but he also grinned, revealing an exaggerated smile.

Then he made a throat-slitting gesture!

Seeing this, the three red-robed bishops were instantly so angered that smoke came out of their seven orifices!

They angrily said, "Damned demonic scum! I will definitely kill you!"

"Chase after him, I must finish him off!"

However, the six commanders in the legion were no pushovers.

"Rats of the Church of Light, if you want to pass, have you asked us first?"

Two of the knight captains launched an attack simultaneously!

The longspears in their hands erupted with terrifying might, resembling two pillars of light soaring into the sky, directly blasting the three grand bishops hundreds of meters away!

Under the six-versus-three situation, they steadily suppressed the opponent!

Those red-robed bishops could only watch helplessly as Cao Xing provoked them in mid-air, unable to do anything about it.

Below the battlefield.

The sounds of battle shouts were equally shaking the heavens!

As the king's heavy-armored soldiers arrived,

they welcomed the impact of the Othermen army with the momentum of an iron wall.

"Hiss~ Hiss-hiss~!"

The ice crystal swords in the hands of the Othermen landed on their shields, activating the counter-magic upon them.

Bursts of mist rose up.

After blocking the attacks of the Othermen, the soldiers fiercely thrust out the longspears in their hands, piercing through the bodies of one Otherman after another!

And they advanced in an orderly fashion.

The commander of the knight order waved his greatsword, taking the lead as he charged into the crowd of Othermen.

His swordsmanship was fierce; every time he swung his sword, he could slay several Othermen.

Soon, the terrifying Otherman legion was blocked by the king's legion.

Meanwhile, the Survivors watching the battle from afar wore baffled expressions.

Who could have ever thought?

Just ten minutes ago, this place was still a peaceful scene.

And now, such a large-scale war had directly broken out.

They stood blankly in place.

For a moment, they didn't know what actions to make.

As for that black figure who was the first to rush out of the city, no one saw him ever again.

Cao Xing flapped his wings, braving the dazzling sunlight, and flew toward the distant horizon…

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…

Half an hour later.

Cao Xing flapped his wings and landed in an uninhabited mountain range.

"Hoo——Hoo——"

The moment he landed, he directly transformed back into his original appearance.

Liu Muxue, Sarah, Assam, and the others were already waiting here.

At this moment, seeing Cao Xing return safely, various expressions of worry and shock appeared in their eyes.

They didn't know what their lord had done inside Lake Doron City.

They only knew that it was he who instantly triggered the commotion of the entire Giant City, causing tens of thousands of Otherman armies, including those powerful commanders, to frantically pursue and kill him!

And he even directly ignited a great war between the king's army and the Church of Light!

One could imagine that he must have experienced many things inside the city.

"A-Xing…" Liu Muxue's worried call rang out.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "I know you guys have a lot of questions you want to ask."

"But wait a moment first, let's continue making combat preparations."

The mark placed on him by that grand bishop still had 10 minutes left.

Cao Xing wanted to see if that grand bishop would still pursue him over.

If he dared to chase after him—

Then relying on the strength of so many people under his command,

Cao Xing might just have to launch a righteous siege against him, and wipe out this grand bishop along with the three red robes in one fell swoop!

This was the limit of his side's combat power that he calculated.

Everyone combined could barely contend against one Tier 7 powerhouse, plus the three sovereigns.

The most troublesome one was naturally that grand bishop.

A powerhouse of this level had truly terrifying damage, and casualties would occur if they weren't careful.

If the opponent really came over, he could only try his best to allocate most of his combat power to stall this grand bishop.

Then the others would take out the other three red robes at the fastest speed.

However, if that Tier 7 Otherman in the city also chased after them, Cao Xing had other ways to deal with them.

Hearing Cao Xing's words, everyone present suddenly understood something.

At the same time, a strong fighting spirit appeared in their eyes.

Meanwhile, Cao Xing also secretly contacted Rabb and the others, having them ready at any time to dispatch legions for backup.

Time… slowly passed…

Soon, the duration of [Mark of Light] only had the last 30 seconds left…

That grand bishop did not come over, and the other three red-robed bishops did not pursue either.

And Cao Xing felt somewhat regretful at this moment.

"It seems these guys have been completely stalled by the king's army."

But thinking about it, it was normal.

After all, he had drawn out all the trump cards of the Church of Light.

Even a strike from the God of Light and a Tier 7 Otherman had been lured out.

But thinking further, the king's army shouldn't be that useless.

Under the siege of so many people, allowing all the powerhouses of the Church of Light to run out was practically grounds for suicide!

30 seconds later…

The duration of the mark on his body completely ended.

Cao Xing also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

At the same time.

Cao Xing also heard a system prompt.

[Survivor, please note that you have successfully completed the special event: Escape Alive!]

[Completion Rating for this instance: Perfect]

[Rewards obtained: [Prestige] * 3000, [Large Space Teleportation Array Crafting Blueprint (Orange)] * 1]

…

Seeing the prompt, Cao Xing's eyes instantly widened!

"Holy shit! A teleportation array blueprint dropped?"

Before he could even check the rewards, a second system prompt appeared.

[Ice Crystal Kingdom Grand Event: Wrath of the Kingdom has been updated]

[During this siege of Lake Doron City, you exposed the conspiracy of the Church of Light and made outstanding contributions. Rewards are now being calculated…]

[During the siege, you destroyed 47 advanced arrow towers, gaining 2350 Honor Points. 73 intermediate arrow towers, gaining 730 Honor Points.]

[Lured out a strike from the God of Light, Honor Points + 10000. Lured out the Tier 7 Otherman Sovereign: Ouzigar, Honor Points + 10000.]

[Accumulated Honor Points obtained: 23080…]

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