Even so, they were still in a perilous situation. There was a continuous stream of cavaliers who were stuck full of arrows and fell to the ground while covered in blood.
The group of Mongolian cavaliers gradually became smaller.
Happy originally thought that he will not be able to get a lot of points when he competed with thousands of other players, but after a few times, his Joined Finger continued getting points for him. Aside from a few people who died before his finger-generated wind could get to their faces, most of his attacks were successful in taking away one Mongolian cavalier each.
After a few minutes, he was able to quietly earn hundreds of points, and the process was so relaxing that it did not lose to the time when he chased after Mongolian cavaliers.
"Lucky."
Slowly, Happy understood the effect of the attacks that might seem astonishing but actually contained no attack and that it was actually very difficult for it to deal a fatal blow. He immediately attacked at full strength and struck with both hands by repeatedly executing Joined Finger.
Under the sound waves of the attacks that filled the air, Joined Finger traveled forward soundlessly, and it was difficult to fend against it!
And as he attacked, Happy started focusing his attacks on the 10-man commanders and 100-man commanders who were slightly stronger than the rest.
With Joined Finger's damage, he could kill those Mongolian officers at one blow, and soon, he gained two thousand points.
"Damn it!"
"I've been shooting arrows for so long, but I didn't even get a single point. Isn't that too strange?"
"My Funeral Needle is at Mystical Realm, and I've even pushed it to Grandmaster Realm, but I didn't manage to get any kills either. The damage in your Chain Arrow Shower is too low. It'll be weird if you managed to get any kills."
There were people who were delighted in the crowd, and there were also some who were frustrated.
But when thousands of people surrounded one thousand Mongolian cavaliers to fight against them, most of these thousands of people who unable to get any points.
In fact, some of the people at the periphery tried to push forward, and they fought against those they shoved and offended once they ended up getting into an argument. The situation was incredibly intense.
However, no one in the crowd noticed Happy, who did not have any arrows or hidden weapons in hand, but had already gotten himself more than three thousand points as he concentrated on his attacks.
'Before I ran into this large army, my points have already reached seven thousand two hundred points. The quest to protect the general got me another one thousand points. On the way here, I also obtained around one thousand points. Now, I have three thousand. When I add them together, I'll get around thirteen thousand points. I can get a middle-rank captain's title now! But if I want to get a full medium sized cavalier unit, I'll still need around five thousand points.'
While Happy continued earning points with a steady hand, with burning eyes, he searched for signs of the 10,000-man commander and 1,000-man commanders among the Mongolian cavaliers.
Right now, there were not many 100-man commanders left. But the 1,000-man commanders and the man with the alloy staff were protected the most carefully. They were now gathered together, just like the Chinese general who had been encircled just now.
*****
"Charge!"
"Kill them!"
Iron hooves thundered!
The ground trembled fiercely once more.
The group of Mongolian cavaliers who were intercepted by the Chinese cavaliers finally broke out of the encirclement at the back and launched a charge once more. With a lightning fast speed that formed a momentum with the force of an avalanche, they swept toward the Chinese army with a force that can barrel through everything.
The Mongolians had fierce gazes, and they dashed forth like the wind. Their hatchets cut through the air, and their arrows were like swarms of locusts. They were similar to a group of tigers who had just ran out of their cages, and they tore up a huge gap at the back of the Chinese martial artists who had never been united in the first place. Then, they charged forward without any obstacles standing in their way!
When they saw that the Chinese martial artists who surrounded the 10,000-man commander was increasing by the moment, the Mongolian cavaliers' attacks grew more rapid and fiercer. But the subordinates around the 10,000-man commander continued dwindling rapidly. Still, the hundreds of cavaliers who came from the back released an astonishing fighting power and sent the back of the group scattering with the force of a tornado.
"Cavaliers charging forward!"
"Damn it!"
"Run!"
These martial artists might have been terrifically fierce just now, but when they heard the sounds of the cavaliers charging forward from the back, they ran faster than rabbits.
Happy was dumbfounded.
'We have tens of thousands of players here, and you're all so scared by just hundreds of Mongolian cavaliers that you just turned around and fled?
'Isn't this too much of an exaggeration?
'The plots on TV aren't written this way, you know?
'The martial artists are supposed to be people who can fight against multiple enemies alone, be it one against ten, one against one hundred, or one against one thousand!
'You guys… None of you have the disciple of martial artists. Ah… you're so embarrassing. Seriously.'
Happy criticized them without knowing whether he should laugh or cry while he joined in the crowd who fled.
Since a large number of martial artists decided to "work together" in fleeing, they did not manage to block the Mongolian cavaliers' charge, and soon, these cavaliers managed to unite with the 10,000-man commander who had the alloy staff.
Boom!
The man with the alloy staff lifted his weapon up high and gnashed his teeth.
"Slaughter our way out!"
The 10,000-man commander had been boiling in rage for a long time. He clamped his legs around his horse's stomach, and hundreds of his subordinates let out sky-shaking roars. Then, as the two flanks moved, they launched a charge out of the encirclement.
Galloping sounds became even more frequent, and the situation changed!
Countless martial artists began retreating, and the Mongolian cavaliers became the masters of the battlefield once more!
The hidden weapons and arrows that flew in the air instantly dwindled in number until they were rarely seen, and when the remaining number of weapons faced that Mongolian cavalier that numbered more than one thousand men, they were completely harmless!
The Mongolian cavaliers chased after the Chinese martial artists with their horses releasing thunderous sounds in their wake. They were like arrows that traveled forward in waves, and their momentum cannot be stopped.
"Fire arrows!"
The man with the alloy staff at the back saw that he could not lose this chance, and he quickly gave his orders.
More than one thousand longbows were brought forward, and as the sounds of bow strings being pulled rose in a manner that caused souls to tremble, the Chinese martial artists felt the light above their heads dim. They turned their heads around, and they saw a dense wave of arrows crashing down at them in a manner that blotted out the sky.
The martial artists fared better, since they had body fortifications with them. Aside from some of the unlucky ones and those whose mental fortitudes were not good being killed, the others who were killed were basically all Chinese soldiers.
The sounds of flesh being pierced through rose and fell, and screams could be heard nonstop.
They fell in waves like harvested wheat.
When the Mongolian cavaliers who chased after them saw that their attacks were effective, they became even more excited, and they drew their bows again to chase after the Chinese.
But they did not notice that while the crowd fled, someone calmly slowed down and lingered at the back of the group.
; Chapter 829 - More than Two Thousand Five Hundred Points
When he faced the Mongolian cavaliers' powerful charge, even Happy, as strong as he was, did not dare face their charge head on.
One of the reasons was because the Mongolian cavaliers' archery skills were indeed extraordinary, and even with Shifting Stars and Arhat Body, he will still have a hard time protecting himself. The second reason was because the 1,000-man commanders, who were as strong as the evil cult elders, as well as the man with the alloy staff were right in front of the charge. These people were not easy to deal with.
But the current situation was different, the Mongolian cavaliers chased after the Chinese and fired their arrows. Those arrows were targeted at different targets. Happy was hidden in the crowd, and that meant the danger he faced had been greatly reduced. He absolutely had a chance to gain some points for himself.
"Kill him!"
To the martial artists around Happy, Happy was not a very eye-catching presence, but to the Mongolian cavaliers, that was the exact opposite.
The man with the alloy staff knew very clearly that this man with the Bamboo Hat had saved the Chinese general from his hands, causing him to lose what was already in his grasp.
Right now, when he saw that Happy had fallen back. He shouted an order and got himself a longbow.
The astonishing longbow was fully drawn.
Buzz!
The moment the bow string was released, the arrow charged to Happy's back ahead of the others, and Happy was shocked by it.
Petite Dragon!
His body moved in irregular movements, and the arrow shot into the ground ahead of Happy. The fletching could not even be seen. The entire arrow was deeply embedded in the ground, and this was a clear reflection of the power in the arrow.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Then, the second wave of arrows that blotted out the sky finally arrived. It was the same as the first wave, they still shot to the Chinese army in a large area!
This time, Happy did not hesitate anymore.
If someone turned his head around and looked at the sky at that moment, they will definitely be so shocked that their jaws will fall. Among the large layer of dark clouds were arrows, but right then, one-fifth of them suddenly changed their direction in the sky! They strangely gathered together and shot to the Mongolian cavaliers who came at them.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
But there was no endless sounds of flesh being pierced through, because Happy's targets this time were not the Mongolian cavaliers right in front of the charge.
More than two hundred arrows gathered their firepower together and shot to the five 1,000-man commanders and the man with the alloy staff.
Compared to the two hundred or so normal Mongolian cavaliers, these big fishes were worth much more!
"What?!"
When they were faced with the sudden and fierce onslaught, the five 1,000-man commanders widened their eyes in fear. They cried out strangely, and they were shot full of arrows when they swung their weapons to block the arrows.
Each 1,000-man commander was worth five hundred points, and so, Happy obtained those two thousand five hundred points.
But the man with the alloy was a bit more troublesome.
The pitiful war horse withstood all the onslaught from the arrows in his place. It was shot so badly that not a single part of it was left intact.
The man with the alloy staff was still shot a few times, though, and he landed behind his cavaliers with a sour expression.
When he saw this, Happy thought that it was a great pity. If there were more arrows, the situation might have been better. The 10,000-man commander was worth one thousand points, and while Happy had no idea what sort of loot he will drop either, he was certain it will be good, and that 10,000-man commander was his main target! He had tried his best to affect and control more arrows with the Shifting Stars just now, but in the end, he noticed that all that he could control was already his limit.
But that was alright.
The deaths of the five 1,000-man commanders and the 10,000-man commander falling behind his battalion made Happy change his tactic. He faced the Mongolian cavaliers who charged at him like a tidal wave, and Happy did not choose to continue retreating. Instead, he went up against them.
The Mongolian cavaliers ahead of him changed their weapons!
The distance between both sides was reduced to nothing in the blink of an eye.
Two Mongolian cavaliers pressed their bodies against their horses and swung their scimitars after precise calculations.
Their weapons flashed, and the afterimage Happy left behind on the spot was cut in half!
A few people saw this, and they were instantly shocked.
But what surprised them even more was that the person who charged into the midst of the Mongolian cavaliers disappeared at an even faster speed, and the Mongolian cavaliers' charge never ended.
Hence, even though they guessed that the person with the Bamboo Hat might be a top-class player and wondered who his target was, they did not stop to look closely.
'Happy?'
But there was still someone in the group who noticed Happy's presence.
She was the solo female player who had charged into the battlefield with Happy just now. However, at that time, they had been very far away from each other, and when the Mongolian cavaliers gathered together, she was shoved to this place as well.
If Happy were at her side, he will definitely recognize her and marvel that there were still people from Mu Clan around.
She was Red Coral, the military adviser of Black Rose Clan.
She was also considered one of the higher ups in Mu Clan, but there were plenty of moments where the people from Mu Clan did not choose to interfere with Black Rose Clan's actions, because those from Black Rose Clan brought a lot of benefits for Mu Clan.
She had originally been using her Ice Silver Needle to acc.u.mulate points in the crowd, and she had actually long since noticed Happy, who was dressed strangely, moved in great subtle motions, and carefully made sure that he stood in front of the Chinese players. At that time, she began to suspect that Happy had some sort of powerful finger technique that also served as an ultimate technique through his attacks, which he kept hidden with ingenious motions, but she did not dare recklessly go over to him and ask him. Then, when she was also terrified and made to retreat by the Mongolian cavaliers' charge, she noticed the astonishing change in the arrows in the sky and the Mongolian cavaliers, and she figured out that she was actually fighting in the same battlefield as Mu Clan's master. The result of her discovery made her not know whether she wanted to laugh or cry.
'What's he doing?'
But Happy's actions still puzzled Red Coral.
Even though she believed in Happy's strength, but Happy did not kill too many of the Mongolian cavaliers. Instead, he slaughtered his way straight into the enemy group, which caused her to be baffled.
*****
Happy still did not know that someone had already figured out his identity. He carefully avoided the attacks continuously, and once he killed dozens of Mongolian cavaliers, he finally reached the place where the 1,000-man cavaliers were killed. It was also the place where the man with the alloy staff lost his war horse.
The man held his alloy staff tightly and stood in front of Happy like a god of war. With a solemn gaze, he stared at the man with the Bamboo Hat, who seemed relaxed despite the fact that he was surrounded by his subordinates.
"Shifting Stars… You're the Murong Clan elite our military adviser has told us to be wary of!"
The arrogance from the man with the alloy staff disappeared without a trace, and his tone was incredibly stern.
"Zhao Deyan…"
While Happy shifted to avoid the Mongolian cavaliers' weapons, he quickly bent down and picked up the equipment those 1,000-man commanders dropped. Then, he calmly put them away into his Universe Bag.
"You figured out my identity, at least." He obtained all five
pieces of equipment, and all of them were third-echelon masterpieces. They were all goods that will sell well in the market, and they were all worth nearly ten million taels of silver.
Happy smiled. His gaze returned to the man with the alloy staff. He brought out his Noble Sword from his Universe Bag, which had a very lavish and long appearance. He had been using his Joined Finger to attack his enemies previously, and that was because he did not want to alert the fleeing Chinese martial artists. He also did not want to attract too many Mongolian cavaliers to him.
There were nearly two hundred Mongolian cavaliers who surrounded Happy. But even with the 10,000-man commander among them, Happy still did not feel too pressured.
When he noticed the sheathed sword in Happy's hands, the man with the alloy staff narrowed his eyes, and he could not help but cry out. "I knew it, it's you!"
Clang!
A clear sword w.h.i.n.e charged to the clouds and traveled far and wide! A dazzling sword force shot skyward from the crowd.
Chapter 830 - War Achievements Increase By Leaps and Bounds
In truth, when the Mongolian cavaliers launched their charge, the ground of martial artists who were right at the back of the army were actually the most relaxed bunch. They stared at the Mongolian cavaliers who left into the distance, and that group of people stayed where they were while they marveled at how lucky they were. Only some of the people who were quick witted chose to follow the army. They summoned their steeds and chased after the Mongolian cavaliers.
But when dozens of those players who were shot down by an arrow shower at the rear of the Mongolian cavalier battalion, these people no longer dared act recklessly.
However, a change appeared in the situation right then.
More than two hundred Mongolian cavaliers suddenly left the main battalion.
These people instantly became restless!
"Hurry, throw your hidden weapons!"
Many players gathered together in great excitement.
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