A Brief Deliberation!
Yue Linping made his decision. He would personally lead eighty thousand soldiers to aid the City Lord, leaving twenty thousand behind to defend the city.
Of course, twenty thousand men could not hold such a massive main city. So Yue Linping mobilized a great number of residents to defend it alongside them, while also issuing quests to the players and having them come help.
With two hundred thousand residents and six hundred thousand players defending the city together, Yue Linping felt somewhat reassured by such overwhelming numbers. He gathered the eighty thousand soldiers and rushed toward the heart of the region.
Turning back to the center of the region, after Shi Jian let out a thunderous roar, the power of the City Lord's Heart continuously poured into his body. A terrifying aura erupted from him, and azure flames blazed to life.
Facing the charging Stone Giant, Shi Jian raised the great saber in one hand. Power flowed into it, and the blade shone with dazzling azure light, dyeing the entire sky blue. A dreadful saber radiance flickered along its edge, throwing wind and clouds into upheaval as danger came crashing head-on.
Boom!
Shi Jian swung his saber down at the charging Stone Giant. Heaven and earth seemed to split apart as an enormous azure saber radiance slashed forth, carrying a ferocious blade gale that shredded everything in its path.
The Stone Giant was startled and immediately raised both hands before itself. Gray-black energy surged from its arms as it mounted its strongest defense.
Bang!
Amid a deafening crash and earth-shaking tremors, the Stone Giant was cleaved back down to the ground. It crashed onto the earth, collapsing it into a massive crater, while a long wound appeared across its chest.
The wound was long but not