Chapter 34

You're truly the most devious AI in history—I can't believe you came up with this move; if you went any further, you'd cut off the line of descendants.

As they say in your world, a cat is good if it catches mice, black or white—this nasty trick of mine isn't something I learned from you, is it?

Hong Yi fired back, and Shen Tianxing, too lazy to waste words, issued a command to the system.

The system used a high-level second-tier troop summon token.

Congratulations, Host, for successfully using the high-level second-tier troop summon token; you have successfully summoned 1000 second-tier pikemen, who will arrive at your location in a quarter of an hour.

Although the pikemen's strength is somewhat weak, they are equivalent to a thousand Ten-Soldier Captains, and they can still play a huge role in this large-scale battle.

Just as the defenders guarding the North City Gate under Shen Tianxing dwindled to fewer than a hundred, another 100 light cavalry charged forward, blocking the Dawu Army's fierce assault.

The reason they have held out until now is not only due to the light cavalry's intervention and the fearless soldiers following Shen Tianxing, with Shen Tianxing and Zhao Lingfei as the main defenders, but also because the city gate's passageway is narrow; occupying this position effectively checks the enemy's charge.

Commander, these people are holed up in the gateway, never coming out except for a man and a woman who occasionally sally forth; the rest remain inside.

Our people simply can't kill their way in; even if we did, we lack numerical superiority and cannot break their defenses, and moreover a hundred cavalry sally out from time to time, making it too hard for us to break out.

Dawu Army Commander Wang Shouming listened to the report of the myriad-commander, his face turning ashen; knowing that the rear Da Zhou Army had been advancing victoriously, the 50,000 troops they had cut off had already lost nearly 10,000.

In the end, no news came back for a long time; the North City Gate was breached by them, allowing an orderly retreat, but when he arrived he saw that they had lost several thousand men, yet still failed to eliminate this blockade of over a thousand.

Only trash would make so many excuses like you; take your men and charge in with me—I want to see if it's really as hard as you claim.

Wang Shouming possessed sixth-grade sixth-layer strength, giving him ample confidence to speak thus; as he led his men into the gateway, he happened to encounter Zhao Lingfei.

Wang Shouming, wielding an opening-mountain axe, swung it down with great force; Zhao Lingfei could hardly resist, the shock numbing her tiger's mouth and nearly snapping her spear.

Sir, a tough opponent has appeared; it must be the commander.

As she spoke, Zhao Lingfei had already swiftly retreated; upon hearing this, Shen Tianxing's eyes lit up—this was one of his final two missions, and he could not let him escape.

Good, I'll take him; you handle the surrounding fodder.

Shen Tianxing issued the command; Zhao Lingfei acknowledged, then came to his side and followed him into the charge.

So there are two sixth-grade experts; no wonder they could hold out so long with just a few people, having seized the advantage of timing, terrain, and harmony—but it's time to end; today I, the commander, will send you on your way.

Wang Shouming also finally understood: those defending the gateway, with two sixth-grade experts plus fearless soldiers willing to cooperate, could indeed hold out for more than half an hour, even a full hour, without problem.

Not afraid of the wind flashing one's tongue, since there is.

Shen Tianxing wore a smile, took a sip of Lei Bi, lit up a Hua Zi; although his stamina was only half, he still ate a snow cake, returning to peak condition, and his gaze grew sharp.

An intangible might rolled over; at that moment Wang Shouming clearly felt pressure as heavy as a mountain.

Shen Tianxing gave him no time to react; with his Suodu of 2000 points doubled to 4000 points, he burst forth with inconceivable Suodu, and the God-Slaying Triple Slash erupted in an instant.

Stop him quickly!

Wang Shouming felt fear and instinctively roared, but those under his command who tried to block Shen Tianxing were all swiftly reaped by Zhao Lingfei at terrifying speed.

God-Slaying Triple Slash!

The God-Slaying Three Blades were executed in one breath, stacked continuously, and with the full eruption of his own attributes, this move nearly reached the threshold of eighth grade.

Wang Shouming stared wide-eyed in terror, attempting to raise his opening-mountain axe to block Shen Tianxing's terrifying killing move.

When Shen Tianxing's strike landed, despite not triggering forging, Wang Shouming's opening-mountain axe was split in two; his body and the horse he rode were also split in half at that moment.

Congratulations, Host, for your first commander kill, you gain 100,000 Killing Value, your Martial Dao Realm rises to Fifth Grade Second Layer, item drop: Intermediate Guard Promotion Token, Level 5 Ruby, Special Item Small Pack, Intermediate Avatar Card, silver 3,000 taels.

Congratulations, Host, for completing the beheading mission, slaying a commander, reward: 100,000 Killing Value, Martial Dao Realm rises to Fifth Grade Third Layer, Five Color Treasure Box, top-tier mount 《Feng Lei》, Intermediate Lottery twice, gold 300 taels.

He actually killed Commander Wang—how is that possible? If he were defending here, we could never break out.

Commander Wang is a sixth-grade expert; he just killed him like that—how could we possibly win?

He's just one person; with so many of us, what is there to fear?

Some felt fear, others tried to boost morale, but Shen Tianxing's one-stroke instant kill of Commander Wang made all the Dawu Army witnesses lose confidence and discard morale.

Even if someone told them in their ear that one person, with so many of them, there's nothing to fear, still no one dared to charge forward.

Who said I only have one person? My reinforcements have arrived; today none of you will escape.

As Shen Tianxing's words fell, Zhao Lingfei led the surviving dozens of Da Zhou Army troops swiftly to the North City Gate, spreading to both sides, allowing the 1000 pikemen rapidly approaching from behind to charge into the gateway.

With these fresh troops, Shen Tianxing and Zhao Lingfei need only slay a few stragglers in the gateway, also giving Shen Tianxing time to check the rewards he just obtained.

Level 5 Ruby, when embedded, can increase martial power by 800 points.

Special Item Small Pack, when opened, yields three kinds of special items.

Intermediate Avatar Card, when used, can manifest an avatar with 50% of the user's attributes, lasting 12 hours, controllable remotely by thought, with a range not exceeding ten li.

Top-tier mount 《Feng Lei》, a jet-black divine steed, its gallop sounds like thunder; riding it increases all attributes by 20% and adds an extra 50% to movement speed.

Additional skill Feng Lei: at full sprint there is a chance to emit a thunderclap, deafening all enemies within a 20-meter diameter of the user, trigger probability 20%, cooldown 6 hours.