"Counteroffensive on the Demon City!"
One voice after another sounded from the crowd.
Shi Xiaobai grinned and bellowed, "Counteroffensive on the Demon City!"
"Counteroffensive on the Demon City!"
Everyone followed him and shouted in unison. A deafening cacophony seemed to tear the sky apart.
At that moment, there was this black-haired youth who was just a youth. He had delicate facial features without any domineering air to him. He was also just an inexperienced rookie just like them.
However, as that youth stood there, they recalled all his actions and words, and felt as though a king had appeared. Immediately they felt respect for him, one that bordered on reverence.
The youth would eventually become a king!
At that moment, nearly everyone had such a thought flash in their minds!
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Chapter237 Venturing alone
The launching of a counteroffensive on the Demon City naturally had its risks. The difficulty was immeasurable, and even after a spate of hard work, it might still result in utter defeat. However, if they were to carry on defending, with the defending against each wave becoming more difficult and the imminent arrival of the Level Lord, most of the rookies were bound to be eliminated. The extremely few who could clear the level also needed a certain level of luck. Hence, despite the fact that attacking the Demon City was a desperate bet, it was still worth attempting.
Of course, blindly attacking was certainly not going to work. There was a lot of preparatory work needed.
Shi Xiaobai walked into the Points Treasury. He had 13,505 points, so if he used them effectively, he could raise the chances of successfully attacking the Demon City greatly.
Shi Xiaobai hesitated for a moment but still chose to exchange for 'Holy Radiance'. Although it was spending 10,000 points at a go, if the 'killing effect' it had in its description was true, it would allow them to eliminate the worry of the strength of the Demonic Tree's defense.
As he reached his hand out to press on the words, 'Holy Radiance', a voice immediately boomed in his head—"Do you want to exchange for the Holy Radiance? Requires 10,000 Tower Defense Points."
"Yes!"
Shi Xiaobai gave an affirmative answer. A layer of whiteness suddenly concealed the line of text and floated out of the wall. Following that, each word merged together and transformed into mysterious white textual runes.
The mysterious textual runes constantly increased in size again and again...until it was the height of a person. The pure whiteness suddenly cracked like an eggshell, and white fragments that looked extremely firm pared off. When the white fragments struck the ground, they seeped into the ground like water.
The pure white egg shells cracked incessantly as it gradually revealed what was inside it. It was a pure white sword!
It was as white as snow that resembled jade. The surface of the sword's blade had a faint layer of white radiant light.
This was Holy Radiance?
Shi Xiaobai stretched his hand out to hold the hilt and immediately a warmth spread to his palm. Suddenly he felt that sacred light seeped into his palm and flowed throughout his body. As it flowed past the injuries he had suffered while destroying the cities, black steam was released from his body. The wounds left on his body quickly vanished as a pure aura surged through his body. It was as though he had taken a cold bath. He had a very refreshed and comfortable feeling.
This was the healing property of light. The Holy Radiance contained a surging but pure light. Just holding the sword hilt resulted in such a powerful healing effect!
Shi Xiaobai was pleasantly surprised. He did not notice the golden pattern on the back of his right hand had flashed a few times.
After exchanging for Holy Radiance, he had 3505 points left.
Shi Xiaobai had plans in mind. He lightly tapped on a particular line of text—"War Cannons: Ordinary cannons frequently used in war. Requires 200 Tower Defense Points."
It was different from exchanging for Holy Radiance. There was no phenomena of the text floating out when he chose to exchange for the cannons. Instead exclamations were heard outside the house. Walking out, Shi Xiaobai discovered that a black cannon the size of a small sedan car had appeared in the empty space outside the house.
The surrounding rookies crowded around it. According to what they said, when the cannon appeared, an inexplicable force had pushed them aside, leaving an empty spot for the cannon to appear out of thin air.
Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised and returned to the Points Treasury. There, he discovered that the line 'Holy Radiance' had already disappeared, but the text 'War Cannon' still existed.
From the looks of it, the Points Treasury had a limited inventory. There was apparently only one Holy Radiance, while the War Cannons could be exchanged multiple times.
After a moment of consideration, Shi Xiaobai exchanged for another four War Cannons.
The five War Cannons cost him a total of 1000 points. At this moment, Shi Xiaobai was left with 2505 points. He reached out his hand to tap on another line of text—"Wine of Immortality (Fake): Imitation of the Wine of Immortality. As the brewing process adds the sap of the Tree of Life, it contains a tiny amount of life force in it. Requires 100 Tower Defense Points."
Shi Xiaobai immediately exchanged for twenty bottles of fake Wine of Immortality, leaving him with 505 Tower Defense Points.
However, Shi Xiaobai did not stop. His eyes looked at the third line of text as his mouth slowly formed a smile. This line of text needed 500 points, but it was also the most important part of Shi Xiaobai's plan.
Without any hesitation, Shi Xiaobai exchanged for the item, leaving him with 5 Tower Defense Points!
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When Shi Xiaobai walked out of the house, all the rookies settled down. Shi Xiaobai began describing his plan of launching the counteroffensive on the Demon City. When everyone heard this, they stared agape and drew a gasp. The anxiety in their eyes slowly disappeared because his plan was too impressive!
However, the crowd slowly realized a problem and immediately a number of people voiced their concerns.
"We...just need to complete such a simple mission? The rest is all left to you?"
"Are you sure you are going to destroy the Demonic Tree alone?"
"Why do I feel like...we are there just to watch a show?"
"..."
Upon hearing these words, Shi Xiaobai said matter-of-factly, "Of course, when This King said that he would lead all of you to clearing the level, it would definitely not sacrifice any one of you. This plan just requires This King to take the risk. Don't worry. This King will definitely lead all of you towards victory!"
Shi Xiaobai was filled with confidence. His fearless demeanor made others suffer a loss for words.
The rookies lowered their heads in succession. Back then, they believed that Tu Dahei had destroyed the cities to gather them and to use their numbers to attack the Demon City, but they never expected that the only person who needed to venture in Tu Dahei's plan was himself. They only needed to act as support, and could retreat at any time.
Even without the three hundred of them, just thirty of them were enough for Tu Dahei's plan to be perfectly implemented!
As such, the great efforts Tu Dahei went to destroying the cities to gather the rookies together was just to allow more rookies to obtain the reward of clearing the level. He was not selfish at all!
At this moment, the rookies who still had a trace of envy in their hearts had all their complaints washed away!
Moments later, there were rookies who walked out of the Points Treasury. Very soon, there were bottles of fake Wine of Immortality on the empty city grounds.
The Wine of Immortality which Shi Xiaobai had exchanged went from twenty to a hundred bottles after three minutes!
A number of rookies had used their remaining points. They had decided to go for broke!
The short-haired teenager used the one hundred points he had arduously accumulated to exchange for a bottle of fake Wine of Immortality. He walked in front of Shi Xiaobai and said with a deepened voice, "I'm still infuriated regarding your actions, but I choose to believe in you once. I hope you do not disappoint us!"
Shi Xiaobai said solemnly, "Alright!"
Following that, he faced everyone and said loudly, "Prepare yourselves. After finishing the next wave of demonic beasts, we will immediately launch our counteroffensive on the Demon City!"
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Chapter238 Demonic Beasts that filled the lands!
During this period, more rookies were transported from Nightmare Terror Island. There were nearly four hundred people gathered in City #1. The twelfth wave of demonic beasts could not withstand the bombardment of the four hundred rookies, so the wave was cleared very quickly.
However, the number of points each person received was just too pathetic.
Although Shi Xiaobai's plan did not need many people to follow him, these rookies were after all the cream of the crop of their respective organizations. They naturally had their own pride and integrity. As such, many of them were resolute in accompanying Shi Xiaobai to the Demon City.
Finally, fifty rookies were left to stand guard in the city to protect the Tree of Life in order to be safe. The other three hundred and fifty people accompanied Shi Xiaobai out of the city gate.
There was a gigantic purple door that looked like a waterfall standing a hundred meters away from the eastern city gate. The demonic beasts walked out of this purple door.
The Demon City was apparently behind this door, but the question of whether a human could pass through the door or if it was dangerous was the first problem they had to face.
The rookies looked at each other. Who was the first to risk venturing into the purple door?
However, Shi Xiaobai, who was walking in front of them, did not even stop. Under the worried looks that were filled with reverence, he walked straight into the purple door.
The purple waterfall instantly engulfed Shi Xiaobai's figure!
The rookies held their breaths.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…
After ten seconds, Shi Xiaobai did not return!
The rookies gradually gave looks of disappointment.
So it turned out that the purple door barred humans from passing through? If that was the case, would Tu Dahei be in trouble?
Suddenly, half a head popped out of the purple waterfall and a familiar voice was heard.
"Follow quickly!"
The rookies looked up.
It was successful?
It really was successful!
It had really succeeded!
Although it was the easiest obstacle, everything was difficult at the beginning. The fact that they could pass through the purple door instantly gave them immense confidence.
"Beautiful!"
"Long live Tu Dahei!"
"Counteroffensive on the Demon City!"
"..."
The rookies excitedly followed him by stepping through the purple door!
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What sort of existence was the Demon City?
Stepping through the purple door felt like one had walked through a waterfall, but they instantly arrived into another world.
The sky was overcast and it was dark. The entire world was dark, dead silent and extremely cold.
The land beneath their feet was empty and dark brown in color. Looking forward, everyone stared with widened eyes.
Their position was located on a gigantic high platform. Below the platform was a brown land that stretched out endlessly. Above, the dark brown land was densely-packed with sleeping demonic beasts!
There were all sorts of demonic beasts—clawed cats, black-striped tigers, single-horned eagles, treant warriors, clawed druids, raging orcs, bone dragons... All the same types of demonic beasts were clustered separately and lay on the ground. Bunches of them filled the vast lands. Their eyes were closed as they slept. However, it was imaginable that any signs of disturbance would awaken all the demonic beasts, resulting in an apocalyptic scene.
And at the ends of the plain was a gigantic black tree that stood erect. The tree was several times larger than the Tree of Life. However, it was equally short, but extremely thick. Black vines drooped down like cold chains. From the looks of it, that was the Demonic Tree.
Eight white cylindrical towers stood erect around the Demonic Tree. Their majestic presence inspired terror, as though they were eight authoritative guardians.
The rookies were left in shocked silence. This was Demon City, but there were no city walls. However, the vast number of demonic beasts made it nearly impossible to cross the land. The eight defensive towers was a line of defense that looked extremely difficult to cross.
How difficult would it be to destroy the Demonic Tree that was defended by tens of thousands of demonic beasts and eight defensive towers?
The only good news was that there were only four purple waterfalls behind them. This meant that they only needed to destroy one Demon City.
With Holy Radiance in hand, Shi Xiaobai stared at the Demonic Tree. He carefully observed the eight defensive towers around it and sighed. If not for the sudden 13,000 points he had received, the Demon City was truly too difficult to conquer. Just him alone was nearly impossible.
But thankfully, there were 13,000 points!
At this moment, a few rookies had slowly pushed the five War Cannons to the edge of the high platform as they aimed them at the densely-packed demonic beasts.
"Ready."
Shi Xiaobai softly said.
Five strangely-shaped cannonballs were loaded into the cannons as the five War Cannons aimed in five different directions.
The rookies immediately felt their hearts racing. Although Tu Dahei's plan was perfect, no one could predict what problems would crop up when they were executing it. The moment the five cannonballs were shot, the demonic beasts that covered the vast plains would be alerted. It could be said that once the attack was launched, there was no turning back!
The hands of the five rookies that were responsible for firing the cannons were already trembling slightly.
Shi Xiaobai slowly lifted his right hand as everyone held their breaths. More or less, they tensed up.
"Fire!"
Shi Xiaobai waved his hand downwards.
Five cannonballs flew out simultaneously and smashed into the horde of demonic beasts with a boom!
"Roar!"
Immediately, deafening roars could be heard from the plains. The sleeping demonic beasts were awakened as they looked up and let out furious roars. Following that, they looked at the rookies on the high platform with raging killing intent.
"Continue!"
Shi Xiaobai thundered.
Immediately, another five cannonballs flew out. The alerted demonic beasts attempted to disperse and dodge. This time, the cannonballs did not strike the demonic beasts and instead hit the ground. The outer shells of the cannonballs shattered, and a blue liquid that was wrapped by the outer shell splashed onto the surrounding demonic beasts.
Without a need for Shi Xiaobai to shout again, the rookies responsible for the reloading of the cannons immediately did their job, while the rookies responsible for firing immediately fired. Five cannonballs flew out once again. Either they smashed to the ground or on the demonic beasts. Blue water splashed out as aromatic wine began drenching the lands.
The surrounding demonic beasts suddenly turned around and began licking the alcohol on the ground or rushed to the demonic beasts that had been struck by the cannonballs.
Although this Wine of Immortality was fake, it was brewed with the Tree of Life's sap. Despite it being in tiny quantities, it still had a fatal attraction for these demonic beasts.
One cannonball after another flew over and crashed into the gr
ound. The surge of demonic beasts became dispersed as they lunged towards the ground to lick the wine on the ground.
However, there were only a hundred cannonballs. It was impossible to cover the entire area. The demonic beasts that were unaffected charged angrily at the rookies. The high platform they were on was not very high. Furthermore, there was a gentle slope separating the high platform from the plains. Hence, they did not gain much of a height advantage from being on the high platform.
The roaring demonic beasts surged over like a tsunami. The vicious and frenetic killing intent was terrifying.
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Chapter239 The Blinding of Everyone's Eyes
"Psionic Domain!"
The short-haired teenager bellowed as three hundred rookies responded. White psionic power surged out from their hands as it flowed like a white river and slowly gathered towards the short-haired teenager's body!
The short-haired teenager lifted his hand high up and a gigantic domain that enveloped all the rookies slowly appeared!
The demonic beast that led the charge crashed into the domain, but it only caused the domain to quiver. It did not shatter immediately.
Shi Xiaobai, who was right in front, had charged forward. The dense radiance from the pure white sword slashed at the demonic beasts. Upon slashing a demonic beast, white light immediately shone. The demonic beast howled as its body evaporated into white smoke as though it had been burned.
This strike was the simplest Beginner Sword, but it was produced using Holy Radiance. In it was contained a rich amount of the power of light.
This power of light was highly effective against the darkness-based demonic beasts in the Demon City!
Shi Xiaobai slashed out one strike after another as one demonic beast after another fell to the ground with a wail. The rookies looked on in shock.
At this moment, a few strange yells came from far into the distance.
Following that, these strange yells began to undergo vicissitudes and intermixed within were angry roars!
The demonic beasts that were licking the wine on the ground had suddenly raised their heads. Their eyes were bloodshot as they burst forth with amazing speed and power. Instantly, they pounced onto the demonic beasts that were running past them.
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