A Standoff

The Orc Hero let out a roar, yanked the arrow that had only pierced shallowly into his neck, and chased after Chen Feng.

Chen Feng moved through the Orcs with Lingbo Weibu, his Heavy Armor easily deflecting the bone clubs that came swinging at him.

Whenever he reached one of the makeshift wooden bridges, he kicked it over and then quickly ran downhill.

The Orc Hero clearly didn't care about the Orcs' lives at all, and charged straight through them. But he still couldn't keep up with Chen Feng. All he could do was watch Chen Feng get farther and farther away, while knocking down many of the makeshift wooden bridges along the way.

Only when Chen Feng felt his internal energy beginning to run low did he grab an Orc Warrior and use the makeshift wooden bridges they had built as a siege ladder to scramble up onto the wall. Then, in full view of everyone, he drained the Orc Warrior of all his Mana and tossed him off the wall.

But against the countless Orcs in the Orc Army, this was no more than a drop in the bucket. After the Orc Army surrounded all of Baqi City, the walls on all four sides came under attack at once.

The Orcs had even retrieved the makeshift wooden bridges Chen Feng had kicked into the moat farther downstream, then carried them over to bolster their assaults on the walls in other directions.

Seeing this, Chen Feng stopped wasting his strength destroying the makeshift wooden bridges across the moat and focused on killing enemies, always seeking out Orc Warriors to fight.

As for ordinary Orcs, the moment they climbed onto the wall, they were met with countless attacks.

Three days and three nights passed. Chen Feng had gone through another Zhanmadao, and he had no idea how many Orcs had died by his hand.

Whenever he had rested, Chen Feng would charge down from the wall and slaughter Orcs below. The moment an Orc Hero made a move, he would immediately withdraw.

The Orc Heroes on the other side seemed to be wary of something. They generally wouldn't cross the moat, instead letting their Orcs and Orc Warriors wear down Baqi City's defensive supplies.

Just then, an exclamation rang out nearby. The wall of fire on the bridge had begun to die out.

After three days and three nights, even with four mages taking turns to rest, they had reached their limit.

The Orc Army had noticed the problem as well. In response, a team of more than a dozen Orc Heroes rushed toward the city gate, carrying a huge battering ram made from blackwood.

"Millennium blackwood! That tree is enormous! Just think how many Magic Staffs and blackwood swords it could make!" the mage officer cried out from the wall.

After all, only one person in Baqi City had a Magic Staff. Everyone else was using crescent blades with blackwood handles or Sea Soul forks.

But this was no time to marvel. Blackwood was hard and resistant to heat.

Those Orc Heroes were the cream of the crop. The mages' wall of fire couldn't stop them, let alone now, when the mages were already exhausted.

Just as the Orc Heroes' assault team stepped onto the bridge, the city gate suddenly swung open. A squad of warriors clad in Heavy Armor and wielding Zhanmadao charged out, stopping the Orc Heroes on the bridge.

Not only that, but three skeletons suddenly appeared behind the Orc Heroes, their axes swinging straight at the Orc Hero bringing up the rear.

They left a deep wound in the Orc Hero's body.

These were the elite guards of the Baqi Imperial Palace. The warriors were impressive enough, but the three mutated skeletons had been carefully cultivated by the Taoist Priests serving in the guard. If this were a game, their names would be so blue they'd be hard to make out—clearly, they had all reached level seven.

The two sides immediately clashed, while the city gate behind the warriors slowly closed. These elite fighters had clearly resolved to die. They had to hold out until the mages had recovered their Mana.

Chen Feng immediately ran toward the city gate. After three days of constant killing, the Reincarnation Points he had earned had raised both Basic Sword Technique and Spiritual Power Tactic to Grandmaster, while Attack and Kill Sword Technique had reached Advanced.

On top of that, he had absorbed the strength of several Orc Warriors to replenish his Northern Darkness True Qi. Now, even in a direct clash with a Grandmaster, he wouldn't be at much of a disadvantage.

To Chen Feng, the Orc Heroes charging onto the bridge were walking Reincarnation Points. And the elite warriors wouldn't blame him for swooping in to finish off their enemies and steal the kills—they would be grateful to him.

Just as Chen Feng was about to leap down from the wall, a shout sent everyone in the city into a panic.

"The northeast gate is about to fall! There's an Orc Commander there!"

The news struck like a bolt from the blue, leaving everyone stunned. For the past few days, the attacks at the other three gates hadn't been intense. The northwest gate was the main battlefield, where the Orcs had attacked without pause. Nearly all the Orc Heroes had gathered there. How could the northeast gate suddenly be on the verge of being breached?

The Orc Army outside the walls had clearly noticed the commotion inside the city, and their assault grew even fiercer. The pressure on this section of the wall suddenly increased.

As soon as Chen Feng heard the news, he ran for the northeast gate. Baqi City was enormous. By the time he reached the northeast gate's tower, the gate had already been cleaved open by a massive axe. The bridge before it had become a giant killing ground. There weren't many Orc Heroes on this side, but almost all the Orcs were Orc Warriors.

Dozens of elite warriors were holding the entrance without giving a single step, but the enemy numbers were simply too great. It was obvious they wouldn't last much longer.

Seeing this, Chen Feng pulled out the last of his Bei Su Qing Feng and hurled it toward the bridge. Once the bottle was above the Orc Army, he shattered it with a stone and immediately used Poisoning Technique.

The liquid inside the bottle vaporized into gas as soon as it met the air. Under Chen Feng's control with Poisoning Technique, it spread as widely as possible through the Orc Army.

After that, Chen Feng charged down from the tower and took up a position on the bridge, beginning to slaughter the Orc Warriors.

As time passed and everyone grew more and more exhausted, an Orc Warrior charging toward them suddenly buckled at the knees and collapsed before reaching Chen Feng and the others.

As though some mechanism had been triggered, the Orc Warriors behind him fell in waves. A vast stretch of grass in front of Baqi City's northeast gate was suddenly cleared.

The sudden turn of events startled both sides. Not knowing what had happened, the Orc Army didn't dare take another step forward.

Chen Feng didn't care what anyone else thought. He immediately rushed over and began finishing off the fallen Orc Warriors.

Each one was worth 100 Reincarnation Points. Before long, Chen Feng had racked up more than ten thousand.

"Roar!" Suddenly, a furious roar came from behind the Orc Army. Hearing it, the Orc Warriors all roared in response and charged toward the city gate without hesitation.