Chapter 43

Yu Wanyao crossed her arms, a dark glint flashing in her eyes. "Xu Jintang burned our supplies, didn't he? Then we'll rob the support squad's. After the main city's protective shield disappears, we'll pretend to launch a full-scale attack, but in reality, we'll steal their supplies. Once we get them, the question of whether we'll freeze to death or starve to death will be up to the support squad."

Mu Guang coughed lightly, "That's a good idea."

He vaguely remembered that Yu Wanyao used to be a very upright person who would never do anything like stealing. He never expected that Xu Jintang's influence would lead even Squad Leader Yu to start stealing supplies.

"Okay, let's do it that way from now on," Yu Wanyao decided.

Another hour passed.

"The main city's protective shield has disappeared."

As the announcement sounded, Xu Jintang looked up and saw the semi-transparent protective shield covering the main city slowly disappear.

"Squad leader, without the protective shield, the attacking side will definitely come to avenge the arson," Yan Yuting reminded him from the side.

Xu Jintang withdrew his gaze and glanced at Xue Zhongqi, "Let's do it the way we agreed before."

Xue Zhongqi was quite uncomfortable with his folding fan being taken away. In the end, he could only fan himself with his hand and say, "I know."

"Yuting, stock up on some extra toast. We'll give it to our teammates when the enemy attacks the city," Xu Jintang instructed.

Yan Yuting smiled and said, "No problem!"

Then, as if remembering something else, she added, "Shouldn't we send more people to my brother's place and the supply depot? We ambushed them before; they might try to copy us."

Xue Zhongqi shook her head and sighed, "Your brother would probably cry with gratitude to have such a good sister like you."

Xu Jintang chuckled and beckoned to Yan Yuting, "Come on, I'll tell you how to do it."

Yan Yuting curiously leaned closer to listen.

After listening to Xu Jintang's series of arrangements, Yan Yuting's face instantly lit up with a knowing smile. "Understood, I'll get on with it right away."

[This year's freshmen are all quite cunning. I'm just slacking off in class. Let's see who's more cunning.]

[Our teacher gave us a short break, letting us watch live streams as much as we wanted. Awesome, hahaha!]

[Hilarious! A bunch of upperclassmen aren't in class; they're just watching the freshmen play a match.]

After the protective shield of the main city disappeared, the attacking team immediately split into two groups and set off.

Yu Wanyao Mu Guang led a secret squad that sneaked into the main city through a dog hole in the corner of the wall during the chaos. Their main mission was to steal supplies.

"Squad leader, is this really going to work? If we get caught, we might all be stuck in the city and unable to get out," a team member asked cautiously as he climbed out.

Mu Guang pondered for a moment, "It's not a big problem. If we're discovered, we'll just run. Squad Leader Yu and the others are outside to provide backup."

The three team members nodded and rejoined the group.

The main urban area was much larger than their camp. After circling around several times, Mu Guang and his group still couldn't find a place to store supplies or hold hostages.

"It's alright, let's search some more. Squad Leader Yu and the others should already be attacking the city. Right now, the support squad might not even notice us," Mu Guang said calmly.

Just as the team members were about to nod, a joking voice came from behind.

"Squad Leader Mu, what a coincidence? You're taking a walk too?" Xu Jintang walked over slowly, wearing a fur cloak. Snowflakes fell on her shoulders, reflecting a cold light in the warm sun.

"What are you doing here?" Mu Guang quickly summoned his special ability, Xiaoshan Cauldron, his expression revealing a hint of vigilance.

A massive bronze cauldron slowly appeared before him, its surroundings emitting a faint blue light.

Xu Jintang smiled slightly and loosened the belt of her cloak. "I'm here, waiting for you."

As soon as she finished speaking, a cold glint flashed across her face. In an instant, she rushed to Mu Guang's side like lightning, clenched her fist, and began to gather her strength.

Wow, that was fast.

Mu Guang was surprised by Xu Jintang's speed.

Realizing what was happening, he quickly manipulated Xiaoshan Cauldron Ding to shield himself.

"Bang--"

A crisp sound rang out as Xu Jintang punched the cauldron, wincing in pain as she shook her hand.

Mu Guang's expression also turned serious. He held up the Xiaoshan Cauldron with both hands and silently recited the incantation. "The Cauldron's Resonance."

In an instant, the giant cauldron in front of him emitted a strong, dazzling golden light.

Then the entire cauldron emitted a sharp buzzing sound.

Disturbed by the jarring sound, Xu Jintang's brain seemed to be paralyzed, and he frowned.

"Run!" Mu Guang immediately turned around and led his teammates to retreat quickly.

When Xu Jintang came to her senses, Mu Guang and the other three had already run a long distance, but judging from the direction they were running, they were heading out of the city.

Xu Jintang lowered his head and rubbed his temples before he recovered.

The humming sound from the cauldron is likely a mental attack-type supernatural effect.

It's really painful.

Next time I encounter Mu Guang, I'll have to be careful of this superpower.

After confirming that there were no enemies nearby, Xu Jintang went to check the supply warehouse again. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he locked the door and turned to the dog hole by the city wall.

She bent down, moved a discarded wooden bucket over, and used it to block the dog hole.

Xu Jintang looked at the blocked dog hole with satisfaction, brushed the dust off his hands, and turned to walk towards the city gate tower.

At this moment, above the city gate tower, Xue Zhongqi stepped onto the city gate railing and looked down at Yu Wanyao and the others.

At a glance, there were probably more than sixty people; it was quite a large group.

"Everyone, attack the city! Take down everyone on the city gate tower!" Yu Wanyao's command came from below.

Her teammates immediately activated their superpowers and quickly climbed up the city gate tower.

The city gate was made of fine steel and black iron, making it difficult to breach; attacking it would be a costly and unprofitable endeavor.

Therefore Yu Wanyao's strategy was to directly attack people.

Anyway, the support team only has a little over thirty people in total. If we eliminate them all, we'll naturally win the match.

When Xu Jintang returned to the city gate tower, more than sixty people below the city had already begun to climb the tower in a relay.

The main city is just a small city, with the city gate tower only a little over ten meters high. For people with superpowers, they can jump up directly with a little effort.

"Squad leader, you're finally back. Quick, let's team up and take down Wei Zixuan's Third Tier demonic beast first." Xue Zhongqi, abandoning his usual carefree attitude, became serious.

Xu Jintang's gaze swept towards the Third Tier giant eagle demon beast circling in the air.

"You keep his demonic beast at bay, I'll deal with Wei Zixuan."

"No problem." Xue Zhongqi raised his right hand, and a miniature version of the Star Scepter slowly appeared above his palm.

The scepter is exquisite and small, covered with sparkling diamonds, which shimmer and dazzle under the light.

A silvery-white Starlight Chain extended from the scepter, quickly linking to the giant eagle flying in the air. Sensing danger, the giant eagle spread its wings, which were burning with flames, and was about to pounce on Xue Zhongqi.

But the Starlight Chain connected to the giant eagle first.

The Soul Link is established; at this moment, the giant eagle will share life and death with Xue Zhongqi.

However, as the party that initiates the connection, Xue Zhongqi can reduce the damage by 50%.

The giant eagle, upon receiving this information, showed a hint of bewilderment in its eyes.

It didn't understand why this was happening all of a sudden, but it knew that it couldn't attack Xue Zhongqi anymore, otherwise it would suffer the backlash from this Soul Link.

"What the hell?" Wei Zixuan was stunned.

After the Starlight Chain was established, no matter what commands he issued, the giant eagle wouldn't move, only circling around blankly.

At this moment, Xu Jintang rushed down from the city wall and headed straight for Wei Zixuan.

She raised her arm and fired several hidden arrows.

Wei Zixuan's attention finally returned. He quickly dodged to the side, rolled over, and braced himself on the ground. He looked up at Xu Jintang opposite him and smiled slightly, "Sister, you can't blame me for this. We're enemies now, so I can't show mercy."

Xu Jintang maintained her smile, flexing her wrists as she walked over step by step. "You're right, then I won't hold back."

After saying that, she soared into the air, her domain power quickly enveloping the entire area.

Wei Zixuan's attempt to dodge was momentarily halted.

In just a second, Xu Jintang rushed in front of her, a smirk on her face, and clenched her fist to punch him hard.

A punch landed on his chest, sending shivers down his spine and making his internal organs go numb.

He used to beat up others with Sister Jintang, but now the tables have turned. It can only be said that Sister Jintang's beatings really hurt.

Wei Zixuan took several large steps back, clutching his chest, his expression turning grave.

Without the help of demonic beasts, he definitely couldn't defeat Sister Jintang on his own.

We need to find a way to escape first.

"Young man, you're still too young," Xu Jintang said, shaking the jade pendant in her hand and smiling.

Wei Zixuan paused for two seconds, then quickly lowered his head to touch the jade pendant at his waist.

It's gone! It must have been taken during the fight.

"Sister." Wei Zixuan's expression turned complicated, and he quickly raised his hands in surrender, "I was wrong, I was wrong, please forgive me for the sake of our past as teammates..."

"Don't give me that. You were the one who said you wouldn't hold back." Xu Jintang smiled back at him, then decisively crushed the jade pendant.

Wei Zixuan's ability to summon demonic beasts is a huge threat. If he gets lucky one day and suddenly summons a high-level demonic beast, the entire support team will be wiped out. No one can bear the consequences, so he must be eliminated.

"The number of players eliminated from the attacking side has increased to two."

"Number of players eliminated by the attacking side..."

At the same time, the Third Tier giant eagle summoned by Wei Zixuan slowly disappeared from the sky outside the city.

Chapter 43

After sensing that the Starlight Chain had failed, Xue Zhongqi realized that Wei Zixuan had been eliminated.

Xu Jintang jumped back onto the city wall and glanced at Xue Zhongqi, "How long is the cooldown time for your chain?"

Xue Zhongqi: "Seventy seconds."

"Remember those people with strong abilities we listed earlier? Let's eliminate them first," Xu Jintang said.