Chapter 424 - 306: Four-Way Melee (7)

"Forget it. If he dies, he dies," Zhao Chi told her telepathically. "Anyway, he’s just a vassal Hero with nothing good on him. Just make sure Xiao Ning doesn’t die."

"Rest assured, I’ll loot her entirely," Gu Qing replied. "I won’t even leave her underwear behind; I’ll bring everything to you."

"Don’t gross me out."

"I’m just exaggerating a bit."

"Continue," Zhao Chi ordered.

Gu Qing turned her head, looking at the 120 shivering enemy soldiers. These were all Tier Two Soldiers. Selling them would probably fetch a good amount of money, but unfortunately, they couldn’t be allowed to leave alive. At least not while the Alien Race ruled—absolutely none of them could be spared. Since they couldn’t be sold and were of no use, they held no meaning to Zhao Chi. Moreover, killing them would yield more experience.

Zhao Chi was not bloodthirsty. But sometimes, necessary slaughter was just an unavoidable means of self-defense.

"Attack!" Gu Qing swung her saber.

The Female Swordsmen had long been unable to hold back. Upon hearing the order, they charged out almost instantly, executing Continuous Dance without pause.

Almost half of the remaining 120 enemy soldiers had already given up resisting. The death of their commander had caused their Morale to plummet to rock bottom. However, a small fraction suddenly surged up in a desperate death struggle.

"Damn it, we can’t just die like this! Fight back!"

"Yeah, even if we die, we’re taking someone down with us!"

"Kill a female soldier and take her to the underworld as a wife!"

"I’m going to kill two!"

These men actually managed to exchange a few blows with the female soldiers. In truth, both sides belonged to the same Soldier Tier and had similar Equipment. In a true head-on confrontation, they did possess a certain level of strength.

However, they still underestimated these female soldiers. Setting aside the fact that the female soldiers’ Attributes were four points higher than theirs, and ignoring that they could hold a shield for Defense in one hand while fiercely hacking with a Two-Handed Saber in the other, just their Soft Body Genes alone gave them a massive advantage. Their bodies were incredibly flexible. The Attack angle of every slash was exceptionally tricky, and they could defend against the enemy’s attacks from all sorts of awkward angles with extraordinary agility.

"Wait... how can she twist like that to hack at me? Ugh—"

"Damn, she dodged that too?"

"What the hell? How did her head turn all the way around to look at me?"

"How is it possible to evade that?"

"Oh no—Ah!"

Within a few exchanges, all the resisting enemy troops were dead. The remaining enemy forces immediately routed, screaming frantically as they fled.

Now, they weren’t the only ones screaming frantically—so was Xiao Ning.

Xiao Ning screamed incessantly. She simply couldn’t accept anything that was happening. Hu Ran had been stabbed to death by a flurry of spears right at the front lines, without even a chance to be saved. His tragic death caused temporary panic among the soldiers at the front. After all, it was a combined attack by Tang Ruan and fifteen giant Female Spear Soldiers, and the sight was incredibly shocking. It was like one mouse encountering sixteen cats—cats with an extremely strong desire to attack. When the remaining soldiers saw them turn around, they could barely even hold their shields steady.

Tang Ruan didn’t hesitate, immediately leading the Female Spear Soldiers to charge left and right. Every strike from the giant female soldiers claimed a life. Although their Attack Speed slowed down after growing larger, combined with the instantaneous acceleration of Thrust, it felt as satisfying as running someone over with a motorcycle. Even if the target in front dodged, they could simply crash into and kill the ones behind.

The thirty-five Ordinary Female Spear Soldiers couldn’t achieve one kill per thrust, but with the enhancement of the Thrusting Combat Skill, Piercing through Iron Shields to inflict Damage was no problem at all. Moreover, they had trained regularly for cooperative kills.

"The one on the left, charge together!"

"No problem!"

"Two sisters, come over here! Together!"

"Coming!"

"Don’t attack over there! Those are Tier Three Soldiers, they’re too tough!"

"Got it!"

Those Tier Three Legion Soldiers had a higher Soldier Tier, higher Attributes, and better Equipment. They could be fought forcefully, but the Efficiency would be much lower. Anyway, there were still plenty of Tier Two Soldiers left; the Tier Three Soldiers could be dealt with later.

Therefore, Tang Ruan led the Female Spear Soldiers to completely ignore the Tier Three Soldiers, focusing entirely on slaughtering the Tier Two Soldiers. This only further fueled the panic among the Tier Two Soldiers.

"Fuck, fuck! Why are they only chasing us? Ah—"

"Don’t come after me! Ah—"

"Quick, help me defend! Open the formation and let me through!"

"Hurry and use Treatment on me, my arm is broken!"

Two vassal Heroes continuously cast Healing Skills, but they simply couldn’t save everyone in time. For every one they healed, two more were killed. Just as they managed to heal a small cluster, another large swath was almost entirely wiped out.

Xiao Ning’s soldiers were dwindling rapidly.

When Zhao Chi cast the Doubling Technique on those fifteen Female Spear Soldiers, the original intention was to grant them a massive boost in Life so they could cooperate with Tang Ruan to hold off the frontal enemies. But unexpectedly, not only were they better at tanking, they were also better at killing.

Out of the six hundred men in the central formation, over a hundred had already died. Among the four hundred or so remaining alive, two hundred were Archers. Those Archers fired continuously, but they could only loose Ordinary Arrows. Striking the high Defense Female Spear Soldiers barely left a scratch. If they fired Bursting Arrows, they would probably end up blowing up many of their own men before the Female Spear Soldiers even died.

Xiao Ning’s face was ashen. But she kept comforting herself.

"It’s fine..." she thought. "I still have two hundred Tier Three Legion Soldiers. As long as they don’t die, I can win. Those Female Spear Soldiers’ Equipment Durability must be running low by now."

Inadvertently, her gaze drifted past Tang Ruan’s group and looked toward the battlefield ahead. Upon seeing it, she shrieked in absolute despair.

On the left side, Xiao Li and Jin Wei had been captured, Xiao Biao had been shattered into frozen meat scattered across the ground, and their soldiers were being massacred.

And on the right side...

Fuck! What the hell was happening on the right side?

What the fuck was that four-armed female giant?

Was it an illusion?

Of course it wasn’t an illusion. It was the stunning Qi Yue.

Qi Yue had led a hundred Female Swordsmen to engage Qi Lu and Qi Cheng. Both of them were also from Stream Village and were scions of the Qi Family. But Zhao Chi had ordered to resolve things quickly and assassinate Xiao Ning. Qi Yue would naturally execute the order strictly.

Her secondary arms extended, and three giant sabers appeared.

Qi Lu and Qi Cheng, standing behind their two hundred soldiers, were completely dumbfounded. What the hell was this thing? They knew they had encountered a formidable enemy, but they had absolutely no concept of just how strong she was. Even without a clear concept, they all knew right now that the situation was dire.

Qi Yue issued a gentle command, "After my Moonlight Slash is finished, you will charge forward. Spare no one."

She spoke the most ruthless words in the gentlest tone.

"Yes!" the hundred Female Swordsmen gripped their two-handed big sabers tightly, answering in unison.