But what they did not expect was that the cavalier will actually counterattack when he tugged at his horse and turned around.
The cavalier's hand went to his waist, and a powerful, short, and small axe went charging at the sawtoothed sabers coming at him accurately.
Boom!
A piercing metallic w.h.i.n.e rose in the air.
As expected of a man who was ranked on Demon Influence Rank. Bloody Lake was able to produce results with his attack straightaway. The Mongolian cavalier grunted, and the horse under him had its knees buckle before it fell down, a clear sign that it was unable to withstand the power that came from the clash of weapons between them.
A shrill neigh rose. The horse fell down. Even so, the Mongolian cavalier dexterously rolled on the ground along with the momentum before he charged into the distance without ever stopping. Bloody Lake's attack did not actually create any obvious damage on him.
Everything might seem to have happened over a long period of time, but it was actually very quick.
While Bloody Lake fought against the Mongolian cavalier closest to him, the other four had already locked on to their own targets, and they had already exchanged one round of attacks.
The situation had already completely exceeded their expectations.
As the party leader, Xu Jun was naturally pretty good at fighting. He swung his longspear vigorously, and right from the start, he was able to bring down his target from his horse.
But at the moment the spear tip was about to stab the cavalier's c.h.e.s.t, the Mongolian cavalier managed to block his attack in time, and he used his armpit to clamp down on the spear tip.
Right after that attack, the Mongolian cavalier used the momentum to swing his axe down, and he nearly split apart Xu Jun's head.
Xu Jun reacted quickly. He resolutely gave up on the spear and avoided the axe at a hair's breadth. The axe grazed past his skin, and he rammed into the Mongolian cavalier so violently that he staggered.
When he saw the Mongolian cavalier flee madly with the tip of his toes tapping against the ground, Xu Jun's expression changed drastically.
"Darn it, he's so difficult to deal with! I'll chase after him! Be careful, and don't let them run!"
The only ones who managed to kill their Mongolian cavaliers in this mabush were Happy and Young Yu Yan.
There was naturally no need to mention how Happy succeeded. Even though he did not use Universe's Lightning Destruction Style, his Flying Dragon Sword Technique could produce extraordinary effect as well.
Even though the defense and reaction from the Mongolian cavaliers were a little ridiculously strong, they were just at the rank of Inaction Realm martial artists. When they changed their attack trajectory slightly while they delivered their attacks, they can send their swords into the spots where the armor did not cover, and they could stab their enemy's neck.
Compared to Happy, who restrained his strength, Young Yu Yan attacked with a far fiercer intensity.
Her four-echelon weapon was the demonic blade from Sky Demon Secret Cave. It could serve as a saber and a sword, and she could use both saber and sword techniques. Her attacks varied greatly, and the demonic blade was as great as a high-grade demonic vessel.
While its damage was not high—it was only at four thousand points—it was still one time higher than a grade one masterpiece at the fourth echelon, which was something many first-rate players used, but only had two thousand damage. But when she used the weapon with a saber technique that required her to attack with all her strength, her attack was actually above Happy's.
When Happy killed a Mongolian cavalier in one strike, he had been paying attention to Young Yu Yan's situation.
And just as he expected, Young Yu Yan, who had only been very average in Happy's previous life, seemed to have been influenced rather greatly in this life. Under the stimulation provided by Phoenix Dances, Glutinous Rice, the Three Lonely Wolves, and even Happy himself, her sword technique and saber technique became rather good, and she had already reached the degree of a first-class player.
From the moment she charged out of the slope, the demonic saber was filled with a saber glare, and the momentum was astonishing!
The Mongolian cavalier was different from martial artists in the sense that he did not have a body fortification. He instantly had the sword force that shot out from the demonic saber pierced through his forehead, and the entire process of Young Yu Yan's fight was very relaxing and magnificent.
Young Yu Yan sheathed her sword and stood.
She quickly cast a glance at Chen Kai, who had already ended his fight, then released a slight sigh of relief before she turned around and looked at Sweet Chili, the lady in red.
"That guy's good… Help me stop him!"
The lady in red was not that great. Even though her sword technique was gorgeous, Happy could already tell from the party's fight against the Mongolian cavaliers that their reaction and experience in battle was very great, and they had astonishing Arm Strength. When they fought against these cavaliers head on, if they did not use some tricks, it will be very difficult for them to end the battle quickly. The lady in red fought against the Mongolian cavaliers seriously or carefully because she thought that the Mongolian cavaliers were just normal soldiers, and she instantly suffered a great setback.
Right when they fought, she was sent flying away with one swing of the Mongolian cavalier's weapon. Her purlicue tore open, and she practically could not hold her weapon tightly.
Her expression changed. Sweet Chili then saw that Chen Kai and Young Yu Yan had already dealt with their opponents, which was why she quickly decided to ask for help.
If one single cavalier fled at this moment, the situation will be very dangerous for them!
Bloody Lake and Xu Jun might have two people flee, but they fled without the aid of horses, and it was just a matter of time before they managed to kill those Mongolian soldiers, but Sweet Chili did not even kill the Mongolian cavalier's horse. The Mongolian cavalier struck the horse, and in pain, the horse instantly fled into the distance.
"Stay where you are!"
But Young Yu Yan found the situation a little strange. She was curious as to why the lady in red and the rest will suffer such setbacks right when they fought against these cavaliers.
However, when she heard the lady-in-red's alarmed scream, she quickly snapped out of her daze, cast an indifferent glance at Chen Kai, and chased after the cavalier.
Whoosh!
When the Mongolian cavalier felt wind above his head, he swung his axe without hesitation in the hopes of forcing the person chasing after him to retreat.
But at that moment, Young Yu Yan threw a whole handful of flying needles at the horse's legs!
A shrill neigh rose. The Mongolian cavalier was thrown off the horse when it lost its footing, and he fell to the ground.
Young Yu Yan did not chase after him. She just watched Sweet Chili hold her sword and went after his life aggressively while she smiled in glee.
Chapter 807 - Brutality at the Battlefield
Bloody Lake was pretty good. Once he caught up, he used just a few moves to kill his Mongolian cavalier before he returned in anger.
Xu Jun was slightly weaker. When he witnessed the Mongolian cavalier's strength, speed, and reaction, he instantly became careful. While he chased after him, he avoided the sharp momentum from the Mongolian cavalier's attacks. He utilized his advantage in shifting his position and by changing his moves to slowly whittle down the Mongolian cavalier's life. He fought for a full half a minute before he ended the fight.
The weakest in their party was the lady in red, Sweet Chili.
Even though Young Yu Yan caused the Mongolian cavalier lose all possibility of fleeing, Sweet Chili clearly did not notice her own advantage. After suffering multiple setbacks from fighting against the Mongolian cavalier, she had practically lost her confidence in fighting.
"Can someone like this still be considered a cavalier? He's definitely in Inacti
on Realm…" The lady in red's purlicue was in pain. While she chased after the cavalier, she grumbled in shame.
"Those ten points are indeed not so easy to get." Xu Jun stood on his spot with sparkling eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking about.
Bloody Lake chased after Sweet Chili's cavalier with wide steps.
"You're so slow! I'll deal with him!"
At that moment, Xu Jun, Happy, and Young Yu Yan could already tell that the lady in red absolutely could not kill a Mongolian cavalier on her own. They frowned, but they tacitly agreed to have Bloody Lake interfere into the fight.
"You can't even kill a Mongolian cavalier, and you still had the courage to accept the quest to go to the enemy rear?"
Once Bloody Lake received the system notification, he snorted derisively while he walked past the lady in red to return to the party. At that moment, Sweet Chili's face was red in rage.
Right then, the system notification arrived once more.
"Completed mission to kill patrols. Current progress of Reconnaissance Quest: 10%"
But it was clear that the lady in red did not obtain any notification, because she did not personally kill a patrolling cavalier.
"It's best if you leave." As the party leader, Xu Jun walked to the lady in red under the other three's silent gazes. "If you can't even kill a Mongolian cavalier, it'll be very hard for you to gain points. Even if we bring you around, it won't benefit you in the slightest. That's why, you should leave."
Sweet Chili said nothing. The color on her face switched between pale and red, but she could not say anything as a retort.
She originally thought that the Mongolian cavaliers will be very easy to kill, but by now, reality showed her that this was not the case. The Mongolian cavaliers' strength had exceeded her expectations, and normal people will not be able to kill them.
*****
They joined the battlefield much earlier than the lady in red, and they got into contact with the Mongolian cavaliers much earlier!
These people who lived on the backs of horses lived in extremely bad conditions all year long. Fighting, wrestling, sparring, shooting, and riding were their past times.
The trend of martial arts was great among them.
Even though their martial arts were not as systematic as the Chinese martial arts, those in the army trained every day. In fact, they would even fight against tigers and leopards.
Each of them had extraordinary Arm Strength!
They also had great experience in fighting!
They might not be able to compare to the Chinese martial artists when they fought against them, but while they were on horses, cavaliers were the true masters of the battlefield.
The Chinese martial artists who were used to fighting on even ground felt that the situation was different from what they expected right when they came into contact with these cavaliers.
Some of the weaker ones were sent flying away with one axe or saber strike. The powerful impact crushed their bones.
There were even a lot who were killed with just one swing of the Mongolians' attack.
Tens of thousands of players who joined the quest to attack the enemy flanks were like a piece of frail paper before the thousands of cavaliers. They were easily torn and crushed!
The powerful charge from the great cavaliers caused them to feel how it was like being trapped in a meat grinder that brought death who all inside!
The attacks from the cavaliers on the horses as well as the ingenious and exquisite kills by these cavaliers while they spurred their horses forward could instantly determine life and death, even if the martial artists had managed to seize the initiative.
Some people attempted to strike these cavaliers down using hidden weapons.
But there was a limit to the attack range in hidden weapons, and they will always strike the armored cavaliers' body armor.
Even if they got lucky and managed to strike down a small group of Mongolian armors, this small number was insignificant to the grand scale of things!
*****
Rumble!
Surprised cries and pained screams could be heard nonstop.
"Retreat!"
In a certain part of the plains, blood gushed into the air. Tens of thousands of people and horses were scattered in a disorderly fashion on the plains, and they fled madly into different directions, but they were still killed by groups of Mongolian armored cavaliers who chased after them in a tight formation.
"Knife! Bar! Thunder! Form a formation with me and block their charge! Others, retreat!"
In one of the directions was a small group of people who gathered together, and they retreated in an orderly fashion.
But everyone's expressions in that group was unpleasant, especially Rampaging Dragon's.
This time, he led a little more than one hundred and thirty Mu Clan, but in the blink of an eye, sixteen of them died. The others were all injured, and in such a chaotic area, it was impossible for him to control the situation.
During the first charge, the tens of thousands of Chinese players as well as two thousand infantrymen were all completely scattered and defeated by only thousands of Mongolian cavaliers.
This was not a battle, this was a pure, one-sided massacre!
While surprised screams rose around him, Rampaging gnashed his teeth and roared, "A group of cavaliers are heading our way! Everyone, retreat! Heal your injuries and restore your qi before rebuilding your formation to fight!"
The real war had just begun.
*****
On the first day a storm raged at the borders, the system caused countless players to experience the brutality of war!
As many players who died began cursing up a storm online, a large number of players also rebuked the system for the ridiculous setting on the Mongolian cavaliers' strength, but there were even more people who enjoyed the misfortune these people suffered.
[You have millions of Chinese martial artists fighting at the borders, so why should the enemy army be so easy to deal with?]
[Those are Mongolian armored cavaliers, not some roving bandits!]
In fact, there were even some people who posted a few pictures of the martial artists retreating while they were about to enter the battle, creating a chance for the Mongolian cavaliers to bring forth chaos among them.
Some of those who had ulterior motives suddenly withdrew at the moment the two armies fought, intending to have someone else withstand the impact from the first charge, but that just resulted in the formation being thrown into chaos. Then, it caused a single sided slaughter, and no one was able to retreat unschathed from the charges by the cavaliers.
The titles of the posts were full of a mocking tone.
[Martial artists might be good when it comes to a one-on-one battle, but before the armored cavaliers, you can't even compare to a normal soldier!]
Attached behind these words was a lancer resolutely thrusting his spear at a Mongolian cavalier and throwing him off his horse.
Similar words of anger gradually died down.
But the devastating situation on the first day did indeed make many people become dispirited. They came to realize that they might not be able to gain a lot of points or benefits over the month.
Many martial artists left the borders and retreated from the battlefield.
But even more people chose to stay.
Regardless of whether it was to fulfill their dream of fighting in the battlefield, their reluctance to admit defeat in the hands of normal cavaliers, or because of even greater ambition, there were still many martial artists who chose to stay and search for a breakthrough point.
Chapter 808 - Enemy’s Reconnoiterer
"We succeeded in the ambush this time, and we can at least be certain of two pieces of information. One, the combat power of those Mongolian cavaliers isn't the same as the bandits we fought before, and the Mongolian cavaliers' are very powerful. They are also very cautious, and their adaptability in combat is extraordinary. Their Arm Strength is
also above ours, and it'll be difficult for us to kill them in one shot."
He stopped talking for a moment, and Xu Jun rubbed his nose in slight embarrassment while he smiled wanly. "Two, now that Sweet Chili is gone, I'm the weakest in the party. I'm not quite fit to be the party leader now."
When he said this, he looked at Young Yu Yan and Chen Kai. "Both of you can kill a Mongolian cavalier right off the bat, and you're both pretty good. Bloody Lake, if you're okay with it, I'll reestablish the rules for the distribution of points in our party. If we run into similar patrol teams, Young Yu Yan and Chen Kai will take turns into getting rid of that extra Mongolian cavalier."
The battle just now had allowed him to see that Young Yu Yan was indeed worthy of her dazzling supreme grade equipment. She had displayed outstanding combat prowess.
But what caught him by surprise was that Chen Kai actually had great skills hidden under his ordinary looks and normal equipment. Without batting an eyelid, he showed that his strength was above Bloody Lake.
Bloody Lake looked very displeased.
He looked at Chen Kai for a while, but he said nothing in disagreement.
Even though he was slightly displeased by the redistribution of points, Xu Jun had indeed made the best arrangement, and the strength Chen Kai showed just now had actually made him a little wary.
"No comment."
Happy's tone was calm. Even though he was not very interested in the extra ten points, since Xu Jun made those arrangements, he will not mind getting more of it.
Based on the skills she showed just now, Xu Xin might just be at a normal first-class player, but the combination of sword techniques and saber techniques allowed the combat strength she could display in one explosive moment to be extraordinary. Her reactions while adapting to situations was also pretty good. If she continued developing like this, she might be able to enter the ranks of a top class player.
With a set of divine weapons and demon vessels at the fourth echelon on her, she had indeed become more capable in protecting herself on these plains.
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