Free Web NovelChapter 130: Chapter 99: The Siege Battle for the Neutral City Begins
Not far away, Li Yunlong did not object to Shen Fei’s arrangements. Because of Shen Fei’s presence in Qing City, Li Yunlong had participated in many high-level meetings at the Tourism Management Office headquarters that were normally above his clearance. His faith in Shen Fei was even greater than Wang Dapang’s. He would do whatever Shen Fei told him to. Besides, he knew that Shen Fei had obtained extremely high-level clearance.
The column continued to advance.
Soon, with the tanks clearing a path at high speed, the group arrived at their destination. Gazing at the massive, dark silhouette of the city against the night sky, everyone’s heart skipped a beat. This was the target!
The entire group halted. Shen Fei took a step forward, crossing the clearly defined boundary of the city’s domain.
[Ding!]
[You have entered the domain of a Neutral City?]
[Do you wish to initiate the Neutral City siege battle?]
[The Neutral City siege is divided into two phases!]
[Phase One: Attack. Please break through the city walls, defeat the Guardians, and deplete the Heart of the City’s health!]
[Phase Two: Defend. Please protect the Heart of the City and prevent the attackers from destroying it!]
[If you do not wish to initiate combat, please exit this area within five seconds!]
[Otherwise, combat will begin automatically!]
The moment Shen Fei stepped forward, his panel opened automatically. He visually estimated his distance from the city to be about three kilometers. Shen Fei now understood that the engagement radius for a small city was three kilometers. Once attackers entered this three-kilometer range, the defenders would launch their assault. For a medium-sized city, this range was five kilometers, and for a large city, it was ten kilometers.
WHOOSH!
Seeing the countdown on his panel, Shen Fei took a step back, exiting the combat zone. The moment he was outside, he waved his hand and summoned another Defense Tower: the [Holy Light Tower].
Shen Fei summoned the Holy Light Tower, which had a damage bonus against ghosts and other undead creatures. However, his purpose for summoning this Defense Tower wasn’t to slay enemies with holy light. It was to provide illumination.
It was currently 1:00 AM. Although they had light sources from the tanks and those prepared by the Tourism Management Office, they were clearly not enough.
The Holy Light Tower can extinguish the undead with light, so it’s only logical that it could provide illumination, right?
WHOOSH!
Following Shen Fei’s command, a Defense Tower, as white as jade and with graceful curves, appeared. The moment it materialized, the two pristine, hemispherical light sources at its peak unleashed an endless torrent of light. Instantly, a two-kilometer radius was bathed in brilliant light. But this still wasn’t enough! To besiege the city, the light source had to illuminate the entire fortress.
WHOOSH!
Without a second thought, Shen Fei activated the skill he had just inherited: ’Enlarge and Reduce.’ Instantly, the Holy Light Tower, which was originally one meter thick and about ten meters tall, began to shoot upward. In the blink of an eye, it grew to a height of nearly a kilometer, standing towering and immense. Its presence was staggering. With the light source now elevated, the Holy Light Tower’s endless glow finally scattered more than ten kilometers away. The entire area was lit up as if it were broad daylight.
The full appearance of the small city ahead was finally revealed. It was a Western fantasy-style city, built like a castle from countless massive white stones. The city’s perimeter consisted of wide city walls, thirty to forty meters high. Inside the walls stood rings of towering Magic Towers. Deeper within the city were countless spire-topped buildings. The entire city was a good five or six kilometers in length and width.
Upon the pristine white walls, rows upon rows of Warriors in golden Battle Armor already stood at the ready, holding long spears and shields. Behind the shield-bearing Warriors, there were also spearmen, archers, and more. Even further back, there was cavalry and an air force of soldiers mounted on Griffins. Meanwhile, within the Magic Towers inside the walls, Mages floated, their bodies glowing with lights of various colors. Encasing the entire city’s exterior was a translucent, spherical Shield, providing the outermost layer of protection.
GULP... GULP... GULP...
Seeing the heavily fortified and massively guarded castle, the people who had just been clamoring to attack a large city fell silent. They all swallowed hard.
It’s huge! A small city is a full five kilometers long and wide. There aren’t even enough of us here tonight to fill this city! In a city this massive, we don’t even know where the so-called Heart of the City is hidden...
"Are you ready?!"
The target was right in front of him. No matter how powerful the city before them was, Shen Fei had to fight. His goal of capturing a Neutral City would not change. In his past life, eking out a miserable existence in a self-built Base City, he had been so envious of the Neutral Cities that were supported by the rules of the world. It was just like how many people strive their whole lives with the goal of owning their own house. Right now, Shen Fei was determined to have a Neutral City completely under his own control.
FWIP! FWIP! FWIP!
At Shen Fei’s question, everyone’s spirits instantly surged.
Let’s do this! Let’s fight! The enemy might be stronger than we expected, but we’re not weak either! Not to mention five thousand tanks and eighty thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry! And we have the mighty [Cyan God] supporting us! fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"Don’t panic, everyone!" Wang Dapang bellowed, having already learned from other cities’ livestreams that the defenders were non-intelligent beings. "You can think of them as semi-intelligent NPCs! Nothing to be afraid of! Let’s fuck ’em up!!"
"Adjust formation!" Li Yunlong began to rapidly deploy the troops after exchanging a look with Shen Fei. "We begin the assault in ten minutes! Everything, proceed according to plan!"
To besiege a Neutral City, one naturally wouldn’t attack from a single direction. As long as they didn’t step into the three-kilometer alert radius, they could maneuver outside of it to form the optimal attack formation.
