Chapter 138: Chapter 101: Close-Quarters Combat, Fist to Flesh! Successful City Assault
Although the crystal was smooth and hard with no lubricating fluid, the steadily tightening vines still quickly bit into it...
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As the vines rapidly contracted, the crystal’s health plummeted.
CRACK!
Finally, half a minute later, the red crystal was squeezed into smithereens.
[Ding!]
[The Heart of the City of the Neutral City, Peter’s Castle, has been shattered!]
[Ding!]
[Victory in the first phase of the Neutral City battle has been achieved!]
[Please assign personnel for the Neutral City occupation and the second phase of defense as soon as possible!]
[First Phase Results: Friendly forces within a 3km radius can be added to the defense team!]
[Ding!]
[The second phase of the Neutral City defense battle will begin in one hour!]
[Please prepare in advance!]
[Reminder: The number of attacking NPCs will be ten times the number of defending NPCs. Domain-type items cannot be used during the defense!]
[City Defense Battle Countdown: 00:59:59]
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The moment the city’s Crystal shattered, Shen Fei’s interface opened, and lines of text scrolled across it. The first phase of the siege was finally complete. In one hour, the second phase—the defense battle—would begin. After the defense battle ended, he would be able to completely occupy this Neutral City. Furthermore, he could move the captured Neutral City once, anywhere within a 1,000 km radius.
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
"Boss!"
...
Just as Shen Fei was about to arrange the preparations, countless people started walking toward him. All the players who had entered the 3km radius to participate in the siege now saw the "Phase One Complete" message on their interfaces. Everyone knew that Shen Fei, all by himself, had destroyed the so-called Heart of the City.
"Status report?" Shen Fei nodded and asked, looking at Li Yunlong, Zhang Qiqiang, Wang Dapang, and his own father, Shen Ziqiang, who were leading the group toward him.
"Excluding casualties among the Grizzly Tanks and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, player casualties are 438 dead and 771 wounded. Most of the casualties were caused when those Magic Light Columns started!" Li Yunlong, who had already done a preliminary casualty count, answered quickly. "Those 300 traitors we used as cannon fodder earlier are all dead."
"Alright. Phase two is about to start!" After hearing Li Yunlong’s report, Shen Fei didn’t stand on ceremony and quickly began giving orders. "There’s no time for discussion or mourning! Those with severed limbs, get back to Qing City to recover immediately! Tell everyone not to worry. With the game abilities we’ve inherited, even severed limbs can be healed! Everyone else, prepare to defend in phase two!"
There was only one hour to prepare for the second phase of the defense battle. Before it began, the wounded had to be evacuated. Otherwise, it would be trouble if they got tangled up with the attacking NPC army.
"Right!" Time was tight, and Li Yunlong knew there was no room for delay. Although hundreds had died, people had grown accustomed to life and death ever since the day they inherited their game abilities. This was just fate.
"Defending personnel confirmed!"
Once all the wounded had evacuated the 3km radius, Shen Fei typed a line of text directly on his interface, right after the confirmation message that hadn’t faded yet.
SHIMMER.
Following Shen Fei’s command, the wall-less city before them suddenly lit up. As everyone watched in astonishment, the city walls that Shen Fei had previously pulverized into gravel were instantly restored to their pristine state.
SWISH!
SWISH!
SWISH!
At the same time the walls were restored, the players within the 3km radius suddenly felt their bodies sway as the scenery around them shifted. When they opened their eyes again, they discovered that they were now standing on the castle’s newly materialized walls. As for Accessories like Defense Towers, tanks, and Summoned Beasts, they were also lifted from the ground within the 3km radius by a special force and entered a state ready for placement. The target placement area was the city wall itself—tens of meters high, twenty to thirty meters wide, and with a circumference of over ten kilometers.
"Fifty minutes left!" The former attackers had now become defenders. Standing on the wall and looking out at the wide-open view, Li Yunlong asked Shen Fei, "Should we defend from the same positions we used for the attack?"
SWISH.
Hearing Li Yunlong’s question, Shen Fei didn’t answer verbally. Instead, with a wave of his hand, he deployed a Tenth Tier Healing Tower.
SHIMMER.
SHIMMER.
SHIMMER.
Once the Healing Tower was deployed, rays of green healing light descended upon the injured members of the Tourism Management Office. A moment ago, those with severed limbs had retreated, but the ones who were merely injured and bleeding were still here. Although some players who had inherited healing abilities were already using them to treat the wounded, Shen Fei felt it was too slow. He directly deployed his Tenth Tier Healing Tower, with its extremely fast cooldown, to heal the injured Tourism Management Office members. For players with bleeding wounds, whose bodies were now digitized with health bars, the Healing Tower refilled their health to full in a single pulse.
After quickly healing the injured players, Shen Fei turned to Li Yunlong with a grin. "From now on, you guys can just watch! When it comes to defense, we Tower Masters are the professionals!"
Shen Fei already had a plan for the second phase of the defense. Based on the recent attack, he had realized that if he didn’t take matters into his own hands, the others were still far too weak. Even the mighty Grizzly Tank formation, having only inherited its abilities for eight days, was also exceptionally weak. To pass the second phase, he would have to take action himself. And his Defense Towers happened to specialize in defense.
So, the others might as well just watch!
With the city walls, he no longer had to worry about awkward placement for his Defense Towers. With the walls in place, he could also confidently deploy his hidden Defense Towers.
There’s no way I can’t hold this line.
Besides, he was surrounded by eight hundred comrades who could provide him with support.
"Alright!"
"Alright!"
"Alright!"
What Shen Fei didn’t expect was that the others instantly nodded in agreement with his proposal, without the slightest hesitation.
Shen Fei was left speechless.
So you’re all just counting on me, huh?
Seeing their reactions, Shen Fei almost laughed. "You all can also take this opportunity to test your own abilities! I can guarantee your safety and a solid defense!"
After giving this last instruction to Li Yunlong and the others, Shen Fei waved his hand and led the members of the Heaven-Reaching Gang around the city wall to begin setting up Defense Towers. This next wave was truly going to be a performance by the Tower Masters. After all, for Defense Towers, defense was the name of the game...
"Alright! Everyone, you don’t need to deploy all your Defense Towers! I have a new plan! What you need to focus on is placing your support towers and cooldown-refreshing towers properly. I’ll still be the main attacker this time. Your primary task is to buff my towers." freeωebnovēl.c૦m
Half an hour later, after placing ten Tenth Tier Defense Towers at intervals along the wall, Shen Fei also arranged the 800 Tower Masters evenly across the ramparts. The main defensive force would still be his ten Tenth Tier Defense Towers. The other players’ Defense Towers were there to provide support.
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After arranging the Tower Masters from the Heaven-Reaching Gang, Shen Fei returned to the very front of the city’s defenses.
"If anything unexpected happens, I’ll deploy more Defense Towers!"
With the defensive forces arranged, he nodded to Li Yunlong and the others beside him. Shen Fei quietly awaited the arrival of the attacking NPCs.
"Boss! Look!"
With five minutes to go before the start of the second phase, Wang Dapang suddenly held out his phone, excitedly thrusting it in front of Shen Fei.
"Hm?"
Seeing the video on the phone, Shen Fei suddenly froze...