As before, the Heart of the City in an imperial city not only possessed extremely high defense, but also great durability. Even if Ye Luo wanted to deplete it, it would take quite a while. Thus, there was little point in arriving ahead of Dongfang Shitian and the others, since only the player who landed the final blow and reduced the Heart of the City to zero would be considered the one who destroyed the imperial city.
Even so, Ye Luo did not simply wait. He launched his attack, and high damage numbers began floating above the Heart of the City as its durability slowly declined. Dongfang Shitian and the others soon arrived and joined the attack, greatly accelerating the rate at which its durability dropped.
It was worth mentioning that no one violated their agreement. No one used an ultimate move or a Group Blessing Scroll; they only used Normal Attacks, since skill attacks were ineffective against units such as the Heart of the City and Siege Weaponry.
"I really don't know what the system was thinking. Only the player who lands the final blow and reduces the Heart of the City to zero gets credit for destroying the imperial city," Breaking Waves Riding Wind muttered. "That relies far too much on luck. It would be better to judge by total durability dealt. Whoever destroys the most durability should be the one who destroys the imperial city in the end. That would be much fairer."
"These are rules set by the Intelligent System. Although there is a significant element of luck, they are still somewhat reasonable. It is like how the player who lands the final blow on a monster receives more generous experience rewards," San Mei Shi explained while attacking. "Besides, rules are rules. They cannot be changed