Free Web NovelChapter 475: Chapter 274: Quick Kill (Part 2)
Astride his horse, Anglo drew the Sun-shooting Bow. He fired an arrow that became a streak of black light, killing a white-masked polluted soldier.
Immediately, swathes of polluted soldiers collapsed.
From their high vantage point, the councillors of the Eternal Night Council noticed something was amiss.
"How did they discover the polluted soldiers’ weakness? They’re killing those core soldiers far too quickly."
On the high slope, the Vice-Speaker’s expression darkened.
"Stop them! We can’t let them continue this slaughter. You with the hive masks, protect the core soldiers first, then go down and intercept them."
"Yes, sir," the four councillors replied. Then, moving like phantoms, they sped down to intercept Fang Zhen, Alexander, and the others. ƒгeewebnovёl.com
Fang Zhen led the assault team, charging into the ranks of polluted soldiers like a dragon. He swiftly reaped the white-masked ones, killing three in the blink of an eye.
Each time a white-masked polluted soldier leader was killed, the ordinary soldiers collapsed in droves, like harvested wheat.
Soon, these three hundred-odd Curse Sealers had broken through a flank formation of nearly one thousand polluted soldiers.
This victory was a massive confidence boost for the Curse Sealers. Fang Zhen’s King’s Sword aura continuously replenished their power, allowing their Power of Curse Seal to recover rapidly. They were still in peak condition.
At that moment, four figures rapidly descended from the distance. They were the four councillors from the Eternal Night Council.
Seeing this through the eyes of his Crystal Bone Crow, Fang Zhen shouted, "The councillors from the Eternal Night Council are here!"
Alexander shouted, "We’ll handle the Eternal Night Council’s councillors! Fang Zhen, Vice-Speaker Moon is all yours!"
Fang Zhen nodded.
The Whig Society and the Eternal Night Council were old rivals. The Whig Society’s leaders knew the councillors’ strength, so they immediately paired off and moved to intercept them.
Meanwhile, Fang Zhen led an elite squad and charged forward.
In the blink of an eye, he and the Whig Society elites had killed two more polluted soldier leaders, bringing them near the dam.
Through his Crystal Bone Crow’s high-altitude vision, Fang Zhen had already spotted the Eternal Night Council’s Vice-Speaker, Moon.
"I’m leaving the polluted soldiers here to you." Fang Zhen handed the King’s Sword to Alexander at his side. "Take this sword. Infusing it with the Power of Curse Seal will restore the strength of the Curse Sealers around you. I’m going to deal with their leader." With that, he spurred his horse forward and broke away from the group.
As if by some tacit agreement, when Moon saw Fang Zhen charging at him, he too silently broke away to meet him alone.
The two soon met in a relatively open, wooded area beside the dam.
Fang Zhen and Moon came face-to-face.
"So you’re the Ranger, Fang Zhen?" From more than ten meters away, Moon stared at Fang Zhen, a greedy glint in his eyes.
"What of it?" Fang Zhen replied.
"Hmph. You ruined my plan to breach Lanxi," Moon said. "But that’s fine. You’re a unique specimen. I’ll make your death all the more spectacular. Become my test subject, Ranger Fang Zhen."
"Heh. Then let’s fight," Fang Zhen said. "My goal is much simpler. I just want to kill you."
In an instant, Moon raised his hand, and a red ray shot from his fingertip. freeweɓnøvel.com
Fang Zhen sensed the attack a second before it came. He twisted in his saddle to dodge, and the red ray shot into the woods, piercing clean through the trunks of more than a dozen large trees.
’Such concentrated power!’ Fang Zhen thought. He vaulted off his Red Hare Warhorse.
Moon was a highly agile opponent, and Fang Zhen was at a disadvantage on horseback. The moment he dismounted, he activated his Assassination Step. His body blurred into an afterimage, weaving back and forth as he closed in on Councillor Moon.
"Oh? How do you know that technique?"
"That is a skill known only among the Upper Senators of the Eternal Night Council." Moon was momentarily surprised, but his expression quickly twisted into a sneer.
"That trick is useless against me."
Moon began jabbing his finger through the air, firing a continuous stream of red rays at Fang Zhen.
Yet every time Moon was certain he had predicted Fang Zhen’s path, Fang Zhen would dodge a split-second beforehand.
Moon’s expression immediately grew serious.
He suddenly clutched the chest of his black robes with his left hand. The metallic patterns on the garment instantly lit up. The metal plates—diamond-shaped plates, to be precise—detached and began to float in the air.
These diamond-shaped plates shot out and surrounded Fang Zhen, forming a cage-like perimeter around him from every angle.
Moon flicked his hands again and again, sending a dozen red rays flying. They weren’t aimed at Fang Zhen, but at the palm-sized metal plates.
The moment the red rays struck the metal plates, they began to ricochet, forming an inescapable web of chaotic beams that trapped Fang Zhen inside.
At that instant, Fang Zhen transformed into a silver streak and burst out of the cage. With a sound like shattering glass, his protective barrier was broken. The Feiyu Iron Wall Armor he wore blocked two of the piercing red rays.
But two new finger-thick dents, each about half a centimeter deep, were left on his Feiyu Iron Wall Armor.
Fang Zhen frowned.
He had clearly foreseen Moon’s attack with his precognition, but his body simply couldn’t keep up with the speed of the rays. ’The density and velocity of the assault are overwhelming my ability to react.’
Fang Zhen had never faced an opponent with such a high attack speed. Moreover, those red rays possessed extreme penetrating power and focus—enough to directly shatter his protective barrier.
