Chapter 95: Can't Kill Them All, Simply Can't Kill Them All

A quarter of an hour later, ten thousand blade soldiers arrived at the battlefield, and before those two Commandants could react, they charged into the enemy rear at extreme speed.

Although these ten thousand blade soldiers were only the most ordinary First Grade Second Layer, their sudden charge into the battlefield threw the enemy into disarray, and for a time they were beaten with no ability to fight back.

"Damn it, how did so many blade soldiers suddenly appear? Could it be that he long ago guessed we would attack the city today and set up an ambush outside the city in advance?"

The one speaking was Leigang City's Commandant Zhang Da, Martial Dao Realm Sixth Grade Third Layer; Leiyun City's Commandant Li Fei's expression was also extremely ugly.

"Now it's too late to say anything, because I only have two choices: one is to continue the siege, the other is to break out in the opposite direction. If we can fight our way out, there's still a slim chance of survival!

But if we choose to fight our way out, once you and I return, I'm afraid we won't be able to serve as Commandant anymore. You decide what to choose, but in my opinion, taking Leiming City is impossible."

Zhang Da also furrowed his brow tightly. How could he not know that taking Leiming City was impossible? But just as Li Fei said, even if they failed and escaped back, so what? Losing the position was a small matter; they might not even keep their lives.

"Let's fight it out. You take your men to deal with those blade soldiers that popped up from behind, I'll take my men and continue charging forward. Once your side is done, come support me as soon as possible. We're all going to die anyway; fighting it out is better than fighting our way out and going back without even our lives."

Zhang Da made his decision, but there was one thing he didn't say: whether they could actually fight their way out was still unknown.

"Fine, that's decided then. We're all going to die anyway, so let's fight it out."

These two Commandants made their decision, each leading the soldiers under them—one responsible for continuing the advance toward Leiming City, the other responsible for holding off the blade soldiers coming from behind.

Standing on the city tower, Shen Tianxing saw this scene and smiled, shaking his head.

"In a situation where you clearly know you'll lose, the best option is to break outward. Splitting into two fronts means in the end neither end can look after the other."

Shen Tianxing muttered to himself; Hong Yi was not polite at all.

"Stop acting like you're winning when you're the one benefiting. They know they can't take Leiming City and going back means death too, so they might as well just die here so their families won't be implicated."

"Right, everything you say is right. I should go down and harvest a wave of Killing Value, and accumulate some Martial Arts Experience while I'm at it."

While speaking, Shen Tianxing executed Lingbo Weibu, leapt down from the city tower, drew the Dragon-Slaying Saber, and charged into the enemy ranks.

"The one who jumped down from the city tower is Shen Tianxing. Brothers, get him! Kill Shen Tianxing, and we can win this battle!"

Zhang Da was truly naive and innocent. Seeing Shen Tianxing jump down from the city tower to fight the enemy, he thought victory was assured, and shouted at the top of his lungs as he led his soldiers to charge forward.

Li Fei, who was heading to the rear to deal with those ten thousand blade soldiers, glanced over and immediately rolled his eyes.

"This guy is really stupid enough. It's a certain death situation, yet he insists on charging forward. I'll lead my troops to break out, and once I'm back in Leiyun City, I'll still be safe and sound. After all, the Prefect is my brother-in-law."

Li Fei thought it over secretly, then sped up his assault, wanting to break through the encirclement before Zhang Da could react.

"Li Fei, come quickly and kill Shen Tianxing with me. As long as he dies, we're sure to win this battle."

Zhang Da's inexplicable confidence left Li Fei speechless, and Shen Tianxing also found it somewhat laughable. But it hadn't been three hours yet, so he couldn't kill Zhang Da for the time being, otherwise Leigang City's soldiers would surely scatter like birds and beasts.

Therefore Shen Tianxing only killed the Thousand-Man Captains and Hundred-Soldier Captains, and of course casually killed some soldiers along the way. Since Shen Tianxing was right at the city gate, neither the catapults nor the archers could attack him.

Coming down with Shen Tianxing were also five thousand New Soldiers trained over the past month, each of whom had already reached First Grade Fourth Layer—the best talents among this batch of New Soldiers.

Shen Tianxing led these 5000 New Soldiers to fight Zhang Da's nearly twenty thousand men at the city gate. The two armies clashed in an evenly matched struggle, and soon over an hour passed with less than half an hour remaining before Shen Tianxing's city defense mission would be complete.

All the Thousand-Man Captains and Hundred-Soldier Captains under Zhang Da were dead, and Zhang Da himself had also been slashed twice by a few New Soldiers from Shen Tianxing's side during the chaos. Although it wasn't a serious injury, he had already retreated to the rear.

Besides this, Zhang Da's side had already lost over ten thousand men, mainly because the catapults and archers were still doing their job. On Shen Tianxing's side, however, nearly two thousand soldiers had been lost. He himself was completely unscathed.

Li Fei had been fighting for over an hour and felt that these blade soldiers simply hadn't decreased in number. Several thousand of his own men were already dead, yet those blade soldiers seemed inexhaustible.

Li Fei naturally didn't know that Shen Tianxing had been continuously Resurrecting the fallen blade soldiers and quickly sending them back into the battlefield. Although each fallen blade soldier required a quarter-hour cooldown before being summoned again at the cost of 5 Killing Value points.

But as long as there were enough Killing Value points, they were an endless stream of cannon fodder. Once blocked by them, there was basically no escape.

Shen Tianxing was in quite a good mood now. He killed enemies at the city gate to earn Killing Value, then used that Killing Value to Resurrect the fallen blade soldiers to block Li Fei and his men. This both defended the city and depleted their forces.

One must know that Shen Tianxing had killed over twenty Thousand-Man Captains, over a hundred Hundred-Soldier Captains, and countless Ten-Soldier Captains. With the Killing Value doubling effect of the Wuxiang Mask, he had earned nearly two hundred thousand Killing Value points.

"Li Fei, what the hell are you doing? It's been so long and you still haven't finished off those ten thousand blade soldiers? Hurry up and come help! Only by killing Shen Tianxing do we have any hope of winning."

Zhang Da roared at Li Fei, who was still fighting hard to break out. Li Fei was furious. He had never fought such a frustrating battle. There were clearly only ten thousand men, and he and his soldiers were hacking away like mad.

The result was that just after killing two or three thousand, another two or three thousand came from behind. It was endless killing, always impossible to finish them off.

"What do you know? These blade soldiers can't be killed no matter what. Stop worrying about Shen Tianxing. If we don't fight our way out, we're all going to die."

Li Fei was also furious now. The current situation was no longer the time for scheming. If they didn't unite, everyone would die together.

"I've seen people talk nonsense, but I've never seen anyone talk nonsense like you. There are clearly only ten thousand blade soldiers—how could they be impossible to kill? What are your men doing? Fine then, let's swap. I don't believe they can't be killed."

"Swap what? Are you stupid? Just fight your way over here. We're breaking out now—are you still planning to siege the city? Shen Tianxing only brought five thousand soldiers and has been grinding you down until now. How much have you lost? How much has he lost?"

Fortunately these two weren't far apart, and when they spoke they both desperately circulated their Internal Force, their voices ringing through the entire army. The soldiers on both sides fighting the enemy truly didn't know whether to laugh or cry—being stuck with two Commandants like these was a blessing rather than a curse.

Zhang Da finally came to his senses at this point, gritted his teeth, and roared at the many soldiers still charging forward.

"All troops retreat! Follow me and break out!"