Chapter 281: The Imperial Palace Is Flying?! (2)
He could not accept the reality before him, the entire Lizardman stood dumbfounded on the city wall, barely able to hold the Bronze Short Sword in his hand.
At that moment, a chilling rumor suddenly resurfaced in his mind—
The Demon King's messenger had silently infiltrated the Dragon God Temple, calmly reading out the Demon King's decree in front of the Priests, then leisurely turned and left.
The ten Holy Blood Warriors in the temple furiously attacked but none could stop the fearsome messenger, not even touching the hem of his garment.
Until tonight, he had considered the rumor an absurd joke, dismissing it as mere hearsay.
But now, it seemed like a prophecy far ahead of its time...
Thinking of this, the City Defense General felt as if his heart was tightly gripped by a cold claw, unable to muster any courage to resist.
Gazing at the dark mass of the Demon King Army outside the city, he suddenly made up his mind and screamed with all his might at the soldiers beside him.
"What are you all standing there for?! Waiting for those demons to climb up? The walls are useless now! Get up there! Block the gates, they must not break in!"
The soldiers looked at him with despair, but thinking of the consequences of defying orders, they gritted their teeth and rushed to the stairs, surging toward the gates.
While the soldiers headed for the gates, the City Defense General quickly retreated into the shadows behind the city wall, frantically untying the straps on his Vine Armor, discarding the honorary Bronze Short Sword, and stumbling down a hidden stairway, fleeing in panic to the dark alleys inside the city.
The soldiers had no idea their General had already fled. They had just reached the gate to gather, only to be met by a torrential rain of arrows!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
The heavy arrows pierced through armor, shattering wooden shields, and the Lizardman soldiers fell in rows, cries of agony echoing all around.
The line instantly collapsed!
Finally crushed by the relentless deaths, the Armored Dragon Soldiers retreated, crying, with no one willing to defend the gates anymore.
Boiling flames finally illuminated the Demon King's silhouette, and on the shattered streets lay only scattered equipment and bloody corpses.
Sitting atop a giant Earth Cave Spider, Luo Yan looked down from above at Assam City, which had completely lost the will to resist, and the fleeing soldiers. Behind him, the army formation was like a moving mountain, the sound of orderly footsteps pressing down on every Lizard in the city.
The city gate was breached!
Tens of thousands of Armored Dragon Soldiers stationed at the North Gate couldn't even briefly halt the march of the Demon King Army and were crushed to pieces!
Meanwhile, within that mighty army formation, pairs of ghastly green eyes were filled with excitement, looking around.
They were players from the Great Graveyard.
Feeling the heat waves rushing towards them and the blood scent dried by the heat, as well as the battlefield resembling the real world, they were all thrilled as if their souls were trembling!
"Damn! This light! This fire! These burning walls and the explosion effects! And this realistic feel... it's freaking awesome!!"
"6666!"
"Stupid game design is lit!"
At this time, someone shouted provocatively, and the buzzing uproar was like boiling water splashed onto a scorching oil pan!
"Brothers, push harder, avenge 'sacrifices to the gods for teammates'!"
"Offer loyalty to Lord Demon King!"
"For the Sand Ridge Clan's Lizard Maidens!!!"
"???"
"Aooo!!!"
Players shouted excitedly, rushing through the collapsed city gate like a flood bursting through a dam, rolling into the burning city.
In the distant street, another Holy Blood Warrior from the Temple was organizing a defense.
He conscripted soldiers, civilians, or slaves indiscriminately, shoving a Obsidian Spear into anyone he met and pushing them to the front.
This hastily assembled force clearly had no combat capability at all, and like eggs hitting rocks, they were quickly dispatched by the overly excited players.
However, these cannon fodder did buy some time for that Holy Blood Warrior until the soldiers stationed in other districts and wall sections arrived.
Watching the Lizardmen swarming in from all directions, Luo Yan, riding on Alakdo, remained unperturbed.
He hoped they could hold on a little longer, unlike at the Double-tailed Rift Valley, where the gunfire had hardly started before they all fled.
However, he overestimated these crawlers.
The giant Magic Crystal Tank had just rolled onto the main street of Assam City and the slowly rotating Magic Crystal Cannon hadn't even fired when the Armored Dragon Soldiers, who had mustered the courage to charge, dropped their weapons and fled in panic.
The only one courageous enough was a lumbering Dragon Turtle, smashing through collapsed houses onto the street, tucking its large head as it charged towards the Magic Crystal Tank.
However, it proved futile.
A flash of scarlet Magic Light, and a violent explosion blew its head into pieces, leaving half of its unbalanced shell on the side of the street.
At this point, a Priest slumped to the ground at the corner, his gaze fixed intently on the young man sitting on the giant spider.
Feeling that familiar aura, his face changed abruptly, his amber vertical pupils contracting sharply to a point, and he exclaimed in disbelief.