Chapter 2462: Attacking the City

After the entire army assembled, the soldiers under Su Xiao stood in square formations again. It wouldn't take many battles for these square formations to disappear, which was related to the military regulations Su Xiao had set.

At this moment, under Su Xiao's command, there were 72,590 soldiers, one black dragon, four dwarf war giant crossbows, and over 2,000 metal crossbow bolts. Besides supplies, this was Su Xiao's entire foundation.

The previous Rongsha battle had already made Su Xiao somewhat famous on the central battlefield. If he could take Segona City, he would become famous.

Su Xiao naturally didn't care about these. He wanted the benefits he could get. The previous war was a warm-up, especially the Rongsha battle, where fighting mixed with the soldiers under Grand Commander Nieposuo had caused the number of treasure chests Su Xiao obtained to plummet, only getting 6 Epic-grade treasure chests.

If it were other rule-breakers, this was already quite good, but in Su Xiao's view, it was far from enough. Although these Epic-grade treasure chests were classified as war-obtained treasure chests, the rewards for opening them were high, but the quantity wasn't as large as he had imagined.

After the soldiers under his command completed assembly, Su Xiao walked onto the black dragon's back. The black dragon sprayed two nasal breaths, and although it was thinking about how to escape at all times, it didn't dare to show it too obviously, so it could only carry Su Xiao forward.

Su Xiao's idea was that if the black dragon's desire to escape was too strong, reaching a degree where it couldn't be controlled, then he would give the other party two choices: 1. Continue to help him fight, and after everything settled, Su Xiao wouldn't care where the black dragon went; 2. Turn into a treasure chest.

Although the black dragon didn't know what turning into a treasure chest meant, it had already felt Su Xiao's malice. Between turning into a box and fighting, it chose the latter.

Segona City was located at the rear of the central battlefield, very close to the Kingdom of Peru. In reality, the nature of Segona City was close to Rongsha Fortress. This was one of Peru's important defense lines. Capturing this fortress and holding it was equivalent to kicking open the door of the Kingdom of Peru and stationing troops at the other party's doorstep.

High-speed marching began. Over an hour later, Su Xiao encountered a dwarf unit of 3,000 men.

Both sides' scouts had long detected each other. This group of Peruvian dwarves was fleeing toward the rear. With a force more than ten times their own, these Peruvian dwarves naturally wouldn't engage.

The gap in marching speed was manifested to the fullest at this moment. Ten-plus minutes later, their soldiers caught up with this dwarf unit and surrounded them.

The battle ended 17 minutes later. When the war stopped, the ground was full of corpses. After a rough search and distributing fine weapons, Su Xiao ordered to continue marching. The enemy's 3,000-man dwarf unit wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.

Because of the pursuit along the way, they hadn't marched for long before a fortress city appeared ahead. Segona City had arrived.

Looking at Segona City from afar, she was like a majestic empress. The yellowish-brown city walls were nearly a hundred meters high, and rows of armor plates were embedded on them. The iron-black armor plates were full of downward-pointing barbs, each half a meter long, to prevent enemy soldiers from climbing the city walls.

Thud, thud, thud~

Rhythmic shield-knocking sounds came from inside Segona City. A large fire group stood still in the high sky—this was a distress signal. It wouldn't be long before other dwarf units stationed in the surrounding area would come to reinforce.

On the city walls, giant metal crossbows were lined up side by side, and behind the city walls, hundreds of throwers were ready, with black oil barrels on them that could be ignited at any time.

Their army stopped two kilometers away. Going any further would enter the precise range of the war weapons. Looking ahead, the tips of giant metal crossbow bolts poked out from the city walls, shining coldly in the sunlight. These giant crossbow bolts, over five meters long, put great psychological pressure on the soldiers.

If they charged directly, the dwarves' war weapons would bomb down round after round. By the time they reached the bottom of the city walls, of the 70,000 soldiers under Su Xiao's command, it would be quite good if 30,000 survived. Before, his idea was to use Apollo to open the way, but now it seemed it wouldn't be needed.

Hum~

The horn was blown, and their soldiers were all stunned for a moment. Charging over like this was no different from sending them to die.

"Charge!"

A soldier with somewhat blood-red pupils roared. He was one of Su Xiao's first batch of soldiers. Su Xiao leading troops to war had a notoriously high casualty rate. This soldier could survive until now, even without the War Lord's bonus, was enough to enter Shayan's elite unit. Under the tempering between life and death, the soldiers could explode with potential within their bodies. At that time, the life force absorbed wouldn't just be about recovering health.

With soldiers taking the lead to charge, other soldiers also began to charge forward under the blessing of morale.

The scene of tens of thousands of people charging could be described as earth-shaking, and smoke and dust rose with the soldiers' wild running.

"Fire!"

A loud roar came from the city walls, followed by the vibration of the giant crossbows' bowstrings.

A wailing sound came from above. Thousands of metal crossbow bolts flew over and split in mid-air, forming a dense, large expanse.

Puchi, puchi, puchi...

Sharp arrows pierced through the soldiers' bodies, and their soldiers immediately fell in large numbers. The wailing sounds were endless.

Just as the first round of volley fire ended, Su Xiao stepped on the dragon's back. Blue light emerged in his eyes, and blue light also appeared in the black dragon's eyes.

The black dragon flapped its wings and flew up, flicking its long tail, accelerating toward the top of Segona City.

"What is that? A giant rock dragon

"Too small, and the color is wrong."

"Don't worry about what it is, shoot it down, quickly!"

Click-clack-clack~

One by one, the dwarf soldiers cranked the gears of the giant crossbows, and the bowstrings were slowly pulled back by the rotation of the gears.

"It's too late, Flame-Throwing Unit, prepare..." A dwarf officer raised his hand. He was waiting for the black dragon to fly closer. When it was a few hundred meters away, he swung his arm down and roared: "Fire!"

Boom!

A uniform, thunderous sound rang out. One by one, ignited wooden barrels were thrown out. While in mid-air, these barrels burst with a 'pop', the flames exploding to form large fireballs with diameters of over ten meters. Several of them slammed into the black dragon's lower abdomen.

Flames and the sound of explosions rang out in unison; the black dragon was swallowed by the fire, but a moment later—

"Roar!"

A dragon's roar spread out. The black dragon flapped its wings and flew out of the flames. On the black dragon's back, the black velvet cloak Su Xiao wore was covered in sparks, and the gale caused the cloak to snap loudly.

A pale blue crystal layer wrapped around the black dragon, forming scale-like shapes. This not only enhanced the black dragon's defensive power but also did not hinder its movement. To generate so many crystal layers, plus the high strength of these layers, Su Xiao consumed nearly 9,000 points of mana.

The black dragon flew above Segona City, its blood-red maw glowing with a scorching red light; high temperatures were brewing.

With a 'whoosh', a stream of black flame several meters in diameter sprayed onto the top of the city wall. After the black flame hit the top of the wall, it spread into a large patch. As the black dragon flew, the black flame it sprayed swept across the top of the wall from right to left, missing not a single inch. The black flame was not a single burst, but a continuous spray.

"Ah!!"

Shrieking screams came from the top of the city wall. A dwarf covered in black flames ran blindly like a headless fly. The black flames ignited the stone on top of the wall, continuously scorching the soldiers on the wall.

Soon, the top of the city wall fell silent, covered everywhere with charred corpses and weapons and armor burned to a glowing red.

Inside Segona City, a dwarf officer looked up at this scene. He had been fighting on the battlefield for 16 years and had never seen such a sight. He didn't even know how this war should be fought; that black dragon alone could slaughter the city.

The dwarf officer was overthinking it; while the black flames were formidable, the consumption was also terrifying, and it couldn't be sprayed for too long.

Under Su Xiao's control, the black dragon Mitis began to spray black flames into the city. After burning for just a few seconds, a shockwave surged from in front of Su Xiao—the dwarves' stockpile of 'black oil barrels' had been ignited and exploded.

As the wind pressure hit, Su Xiao blocked his face with one arm. He controlled the black dragon Mitis to fly to the front of the city wall and began to spray black flames at the city gate.

Amidst the raging black flames, the metal city gate was gradually melted into molten iron.

Su Xiao stood on the dragon's back, drew the Dragon Flash from his waist, and pointed the long blade at the city wall.

"Those who resist, kill without mercy."

"Charge!"

His own soldiers stepped on the molten iron on the ground and rushed into the city gate. Su Xiao stomped on the black dragon Mitis beneath him, and the dragon flew higher, continuing to spray black flames into the city.

A few kilometers away, a man wearing sportswear was watching Segona City in the distance. Judging by his aura, this was a combat angel from the Apocalypse Paradise.

"Holy... crap! Is this, is this damn thing being played as a war world?"

The man's expression was somewhat dull, and his cheeks were trembling uncontrollably. He had come to seek cooperation, but after seeing the scene before him, all the calculations in his heart vanished like smoke.

Behind him was a pale-faced girl, Mo Lei. She hadn't waited for Su Xiao's rescue, but had instead been saved by a combat angel from the same paradise.

"Otherwise, let's just leave. Everyone in Samsara Paradise is a lunatic."

Mo Lei looked at the black dragon spraying dragon fire in the distance. She suspected that this thing was a major boss, or if not a major boss, then a war creature.

Mo Lei's thought at this moment was that she must absolutely not be encountered by Su Xiao. Once the other party harbored malice, even if he pressed her to the ground and rubbed her into it, she would have no way to resist; she was simply at the mercy of the other party. The other party was already attacking 'Segona City'—this in itself was a very outrageous thing; what else could he not do?

"Mo Lei, why don't you try to negotiate based on your looks? Maybe he'll see that you're cute..."

"Don't even think about it!"

Mo Lei turned to leave, and just at that moment, a heavy pressure appeared on her shoulder.

"Little sister, where do you want to go? You set a coordinate on me earlier, didn't you?"

Baja landed on Mo Lei's shoulder, and Mo Lei turned her head somewhat stiffly.

"You two can try to kill me. If you succeed, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers, a black dragon, a follower who can track you to the ends of the earth, plus my boss's pursuit—do you want to try it?"

Baja looked at Mo Lei, red light flashing in its eyes. It laughed, and no matter how you looked at it, it looked like a villain.

"We were just passing by, you have to believe me."

Mo Lei smiled very reluctantly. She really wanted to slap herself right now. Only at this moment did she suddenly realize that compared to the rule-breakers in the Sand City, this hunter on the frontier was the more terrifying existence.