Chapter 515, The Fall of the City

Translator: Silavin

 

In an instant, Extremistis Country soldiers on the city walls were thrown into chaos, their faces filled with despair.

 

But as the defenders of the city, they could not abandon their posts and flee. They could only steel themselves and choose to defend against this Monster Tide.

 

The Monster Tide launched their attack first. Hundreds of Divine Bone Flying Dragon in the sky opened their mouths, and streams of Dragon Breath mixed with bone fragments were immediately spat out, bombarding the Protective Barrier of Overseeing Heaven City.

 

These were not true Dragon Breath. As Level 95 Gold Grade Bosses, the Skills released by the Divine Bone Flying Dragons were absolutely catastrophic for Overseeing Heaven City!

 

Instantly, the Protective Barrier blazed with golden light, seemingly trying to withstand the Dragon Breath. However, the Crystals powering the Protective Barrier rapidly dimmed, turning into lifeless ash and dissipating in mere moments.

 

The logistics department personnel, managing the Protective Barrier’s energy supply, witnessed this scene and broke out in cold sweat. They hurriedly replaced the Crystals, trying to maintain the strength of the Protective Barrier.

 

However, they would not replace fast enough. The rate in which the Crystals were being destroyed exceeded Humans hands. It would only take a few minutes before the Protective Barrier completely collapsed.

 

The Liu Family Patriarch saw how unreasonable the enemy was. This Boss obviously wants to destroy the city without any negotiation. He felt utterly bitter about it.

 

He had gathered all the people in Extremistis Country named Jin Chenghan, as well as the only Dragon Tamer here. This was his final effort to persuade the Boss to have its Monster Tide retreat.

 

Now that the enemy completely ignored all his attempts, what else could he do?

 

This truly was Heaven wanting to destroy the Liu Family and Extremistis Country…

 

“Counterattack! Don’t let them enter Overseeing Heaven City!” The Liu Family Patriarch had no choice but to hurriedly return to the city walls and order the defensive forces to counterattack. He hoped they could somehow keep the Monster Tide outside.

 

With the King’s command, the soldiers on the wall began to counterattack. The Magic Crystal Cannons, that had been charging up, were also unleashed, firing one energy shell after another toward the Monster Tide.

 

These Magic Crystal Cannon were all Platinum Grade, with fifty Diamond Grades among them. They represented the strongest firepower that Overseeing Heaven City could muster in this short span of time.

 

When the Magic Crystal Cannon shells hit the Monster Tide, they did achieve some effect.

 

The Lower Level Flying Bone Spirits struck by the cannon fire immediately shattered into bone fragments, falling to the ground.

 

Seeing the Magic Crystal Cannon having some effect, the people of Extremistis Country were delighted, believing they might have a chance to withstand this Monster Tide.

 

However, in the next second, the hope that had just risen was instantly shattered.

 

Monster Tide changed the positions of its Monsters. The Divine Bone Flying Dragon moved to the front, and each Divine Bone Flying Dragon had a shield formed of condensed white bone rising around it. It was clearly a Défense Skill.

 

The Divine Bone Flying Dragons already had extremely High Attributes to begin with, and with the addition of this Defence Skill, when they took a direct hit from the Magic Crystal Cannon, the attacks merely broke their shields without causing any life-threatening damage.

 

The Divine Bone Flying Dragons with broken shields flew back to regroup, continuing to attack with Dragon Breath, while other Divine Bone Flying Dragons with bone shields took their place at the front.

 

This Monster Tide was not only powerful but also extremely intelligent, which was absolutely despair-inducing!

 

Under the Magic Crystal Cannon’s barrage, only the first barrage had any effect, killing several hundred of the Lowest Level Monsters in the Monster Tide.

 

After that, the cannon fire could not reduce the Monster Tide in the slightest!

 

And in the blink of an eye, the Monster Tide had arrived at the city gate.

 

The sky-covering mass of Skeletal Monsters had all reached the Protective Barrier outside Overseeing Heaven City and began frantically attacking it, trying to tear it apart to enter the city.

 

The Protective Barrier became increasingly unstable.

 

The soldiers on the city walls now joined the battle. Any Player with Range Attacks began releasing their Skills, bombarding the Monster Tide.

 

But when even the Magic Crystal Cannon could not harm them, what effect could their Skills possibly have? They were merely tickling these Monsters.

 

The Liu Family Patriarch saw that the Monster Tide was already poised to break through Overseeing Heaven City’s defences and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

 

He had a Mage Type Hidden Profession with decent Damage Output. However, even if he joined the battle, the power difference between the two sides was simply too great. Even if there were a hundred of him, it would be impossible to turn the tide.

 

*Bang!* A crisp sound came from Overseeing Heaven City’s Protective Barrier, and then everyone saw the Protective Barrier shatter like glass and disappear.

 

The last line of defence had been broken in just a few minutes!

 

Also, from beginning to end, the strongest Boss, Divine Bone, had not even made a move.

 

If Divine Bone had also attacked, the Protective Barrier of Overseeing Heaven City would probably have been instantly shattered.

 

Regardless, Overseeing Heaven City was now wide open, with no means to stop the Monster Tide from coming in.

 

All the Skeletal Monsters surged forward, flying into Overseeing Heaven City and beginning to indiscriminately attack.

 

The first to bear the brunt were naturally the soldiers on the city walls.

 

Previously, with the Protective Barrier in place, the Players could attack from behind it.

 

Now, without the Protective Barrier, they were forced into close combat with the Skeletal Monsters. How could they possibly withstand them?

 

These Skeletal Monsters were at minimum Level 80 Elite Monsters. While the defending soldiers averaged only Level 40 to 50. This was close to double their Level!

 

Almost instantly, the city walls became a sea of corpses, with nearly half the defending soldiers slaughtered in a single exchange.

 

The remaining soldiers put up a desperate resistance, but they could not hold out for long.

 

The largest Boss of the Monster Tide, Divine Bone, had no interest in wasting too much time on these insects.

 

He flapped his wings, slowly crossing over Overseeing Heaven City, planning to continue to the next city.

 

His flight speed was not fast, as he still needed to give his Monsters some time to slaughter everyone. However, the slaughter did not take long. Just the time it took to leisurely cross over Overseeing Heaven City would be about right.

 

By then, from the city full of corpses, a good number of white bones could be extracted to condense into new Skeletal Monsters, replenishing the negligible loss of troops from earlier.

 

On the city walls, chaos had already ensued. The Liu Family Patriarch desperately fled away from the Monster Tide, barely managing to save his own life.

 

However, others were not so fortunate. Almost two-thirds of Extremistis Country’s forces had perished, including the elderly General and the middle-aged General from earlier.

 

Apart from the Liu Family Patriarch, Chen Tianzhi also took advantage of the chaos to remove the Skill constraining him.

 

Faced with the overwhelming High Level Monsters, though terrified, he did not give up on survival. Instead, he summoned his Earth Dragon, intending to create an opportunity to escape.

 

The moment the Armoured Earth Dragon was summoned, its diluted Dragon Blood aura caused the already distant Divine Bone to pause and look back.