Chapter 980

"Charge!"

Shen Wang let out a roar, leading several thousand Universe knights in a charge.

"Holy crap! Universe?"

"How did Universe come running from Qinglong City again?"

"Why ask for help from Flame Yellow? The two guilds' relations were already good."

Seeing Universe's appearance, many people were surprised; although Universe's movement along the way wasn't small, the players here were basically absorbed by the battle between Flame Yellow and the demon soldiers in front, so they naturally didn't pay much attention to Universe's movement.

Only when Shen Wang led the Universe people into view did they realize Universe had also arrived.

Shen Wang led the Universe people straight to one side, the demon soldiers who had gone around Flame Yellow's defense line.

Zhang Zhi was overjoyed, directly letting the Flame Yellow people start to support, then moving the main force toward the Universe side.

Besides, Flame Yellow's over twenty thousand people, without walls or such, were defending the open ground against the endless demon army; although they weren't about to be overwhelmed, the pressure was indeed considerable.

Also thanks to everyone now being at the Third Rebirth stage, their strength had increased considerably; otherwise, if it were before Third Rebirth.

Trying to block these strong demon soldiers like this would be completely unrealistic; if they had fought this way before Third Rebirth, Flame Yellow's side would probably not collapse instantly, but would not be much better.

Of course switching to a guerrilla fighting style would work, but guerrilla tactics could only delay the demon army's advance, unable to achieve the direct interception like now.

And Su Sheng glanced back, then raised his eyebrows, this old brat?

What the hell?!

Only seen, Shen Wang rode atop an Earthwalk Dragon mount, wielding a Great Long Sword and leading the charge at the very front; looking at that Earthwalk Dragon, it somewhat resembled the Tyrannosaurus from film and television, just a bit smaller.

Furthermore, it could tear at targets to assist in battle during combat, obviously the rank of this Earthwalk Dragon mount should not be low.

But what surprised Su Sheng even more was, isn't this old brat Shen Wang a Trap Formation Warrior?

How can he now mount and fight?

Did he obtain a Hidden Class? Or some special encounter?

It seems this old brat hasn't been idle these days either; Su Sheng withdrew his gaze and continued fighting.

With Universe's reinforcements, Flame Yellow's side perked up again, not ganging up with the Universe people, they resumed positional warfare!

Vast swaths of demon soldiers began to fall in large swaths under the output of Universe and Flame Yellow.

The power unleashed by the team was still very strong; even some attribute‑matching magic vaguely showed coordination, bursting out with damage slightly higher than that of regular skills.

For example, when fire‑attribute and wind‑attribute skills collide, they sometimes produce subtle special effects that slightly boost their power.

These are like little Easter eggs, laying the groundwork for some combo skills later on.

Basically, after the fourth rebirth, combo skills begin to become fairly widespread.

The skill that Qiancheng Muxue originally had—now taken by the myth—called "Not Crossing the River of Forgetfulness" is a prototype of combo skills; it could be considered a combo barrier skill.

At this time, Shen Wang also led the people of the universe and killed his way in.

He fought his way to Su Sheng's vicinity, while around them members of the Kuang Shi Knight Corps were battling in a circle centered on Su Sheng.

After all, the leadership effect of Victory Hymn, without the support of the Invincible Skill, only retains a 50＊50 effect, and the effect is only ten percent—but at least it's still some bonus.

As for Su Sheng himself, as long as he equips Victory Hymn, it's basically equivalent to a permanent ten percent boost to both attack and defense!

After all, it is also a Three-colored Divine Artifact!

Su Sheng's base attack and defense have already exceeded ten thousand; the permanent additional ten percent boost adds over a thousand to both—what more could he want, a bicycle?

"Haha. How's that, handsome or not?" This guy Shen Wang, feeling smug, sidled up to Su Sheng and, with a single slash, unleashed a skill light effect that directly cut down the low‑health Demon Race soldier in front of Su Sheng.

Su Sheng glanced at Shen Wang's expression at that moment; it was like a peacock displaying its tail.

But speaking of appearance, the lion‑like beast, though a Mountain Sea Divine Beast, aside from its horn and wings, generally looks like a lion and doesn't seem that fierce.

And the Tyrannosaurus that Shen Wang rides looks to have a violent beauty.

"Pretty handsome." Su Sheng said calmly.

"Hehe, right." Shen Wang gradually controlled his Tyrannosaurus mount, which began to bite and tear at the nearest Demon Race soldier in front of him.

Under normal circumstances, as the Chairman of the universe and the veteran elder brother of old, Shen Wang naturally wouldn't have such a childish side.

But in front of Su Sheng, he couldn't help wanting to show off; after all, there's nothing embarrassing about it, since that person is currently the world's number one expert!

An ordinary person wouldn't even get a chance to show off in front of the world's number one expert.

Looking at Shen Wang like that, Su Sheng had originally planned to ask curiously whether it was a Hidden Class or the Tyrannosaurus—or perhaps some other item—that allowed Shen Wang, a former Trap Formation Warrior, to engage in mounted combat.

After all, under normal circumstances only War Knights can fight mounted; similar to the special professions over in France... the Round Table Knight, etc., are themselves merely variants of the War Knight profession.

His Lion Knight, in a sense, is still based on the knight foundation and counts as an extension of the War Knight profession.

But special professions like Xingchen, and also the skill attached to the outfit Lin Wenwan obtained from the last dungeon, still have ways to let other professions engage in mounted combat... Of course, although some methods can allow other professions to fight mounted, they likely lack attribute bonuses, which also helps preserve the War Knight's specialty.

Shen Wang's showy demeanor made Su Sheng immediately drop the idea of asking; who knows if Shen Wang will keep showing off.

Furthermore... Shen Wang's pose made the surrounding universe players who had charged in together involuntarily turn their heads away.

Too ugly to watch...

Embarrassing... Is this still their steady chairman? Could he have been possessed by something?

I'm not looking, I'm not looking... Then they each turned around and started fighting each other.

Su Sheng no longer bothered with that guy; he controlled the lion‑like beast to turn around and face the direction where monsters were densely packed.

Roar!!

The lion‑like beast roared!

Dragon Might Roar!

In an instant, a large group of Demon Race soldiers were dazed.

Su Sheng: "...."

This is the lion‑like beast's own ability...

Su Sheng knew early on that, without his deliberate control, the lion-like beast's intelligence is also very high.

Under normal circumstances, Su Sheng generally lets the lion-like beast assist in battle on its own, but usually the lion-like beast won't use its skills on its own and waits for his command.

But this time it actively used its skill; the last time it took the initiative was when it acted against the cuckoo...

Obviously it was stimulated by Shen Wang showing off his mount, feeling provoked... the lion-like beast's intelligence level, once again refreshed Su Sheng's cognition.