To it, that young man seed like a monster.
Though his aura was clearly Lower Gold, his combat power was even more terrifying than a Golden Peak existence. While others could only send a Sword Qi a re ter or two, when Brand lifted his sword, it was like conjuring a fiery dragon dozens of feet long.
The young man raised his sword high. The fiery dragon coiled around his silver hand armor, resembling a golden whirlwind enveloping the Earth Sword. With a downward slash, a fiery pillar dozens of feet long instantly swept thirty-four Lion-n into it, reducing them to ashes.
A few escaped, but soon the ground shattered with a crash, stone fangs piercing upwards, turning the survivors into pin-cushions.
He used just one sword stroke to open a hole in the center of the Lion-n's formation.
Brand took a step forward, and these Lion-n from Tuokui Ning collapsed, retreating one after another. The Golden-maned Lion-man Deputy imdiately scread out orders for the Lion-n's crossbown to prepare to shoot, planning to take this terrible man down from a distance.
All those who ca with Tuokui Ning's envoy were Earth Altar elites. Even the crossbown were equipped with Magic Crossbows. Upon hearing the order, they stepped back and drew their strings; the bow arms encircled with yellow Glow, clearly enchanted with Earth power or similar Magic.
"Attack!" The Golden-maned Lion-man Deputy waved his hand.
With a clangor, dozens of pale yellow beams shot from the forest straight toward Brand, but unfortunately, they were turned to ash by a suddenly materializing array of fiery red shields before they could co near.
The Golden-maned Lion-man Deputy watched in disbelief as the attacks failed, seeing fire flicker around Brand, If it had a player's ntality, it would have surely cursed:
"By Martha! Just how good is this guy's equipnt?"
Indeed, even though Brand only had the power of Lower Gold, he couldn't withstand the amplification from his equipnt and Skills. His own power, at this mont, would have only been barely Level 30 in Amber Sword, not even close to top-tier — but his equipnt was excellent, with Skills so nurous rivaled only by the concurrent RMB warriors.
The Earth Sword, Red Blessing, Warrior Ring were all Fantasy-level, with countless Brass Black Iron, only the Protection and Constitution boosts exceeded that of the current Guardian Knights, not to ntion the attack.
When it cos to Brand's attack power, even professions like Berserkers would be ashad.
After weathering a round of crossbow arrows, Brand finally located the Golden-maned Lion-man Deputy. He looked up, seeing the sneaky fellow, and drove away the nearby Lion-n with one sword, reaching behind to retrieve the Shale Longbow and drew it to full moon:
"Dust return to dust, earth to earth, Petrification Arrow!"
Brand's archery had inherited the experience of a warrior with over 100 Levels. Though in Ridenburg, he was unfamiliar with the weapon, but now with the rcenary's Weapon Mastery, he was sure-shot at this distance.
He released the bowstring. The long arrow shot like a teor toward the Lion-man Deputy, who reacted quickly, raising his sword to swipe the arrow away, but as soon as the blade touched it, he turned into a statue.
"Petrification Bow!" exclaid a black-haired youth almost at the sight, if not for Elman quickly covering his mouth. Besides the Viscount and this group of Cruz Nobles descendants were all breaking into a cold sweat, overwheld by the hidden strength in Brand's hands.
However, Luo Nuo didn't realize that the Shale Longbow could create only one Petrification Arrow, mistaking it for the legendary dusa's Petrification Bow, a fabled Fantasy-level longbow.
When combined with Red Blessing and Earth Sword, it truly was lethal.
The Lion-n finally couldn't hold out any longer. Even though they had numbers, Kulan, Lopar, and Count Otin, all battle-tested veterans, gave them no chance to wield that advantage. With both Commanders dead, leaderless, their lines wavered and eventually collapsed.
The left-wing was the first to flee under the onslaught of nurous Silver Peak Fireclaw Lizardn, suffering heavy casualties. Seeing their Deputy slain, they turned to escape, except for a few whom Lopar sent to Hell. Most vanished into the vast Black Forest.
With the left-wing defeated, the center felt the pressure, starting to retreat, leading to a massive rout. Finally, it beca an entirely one-sided chase for the Erune side, even the youths joining in the pursuit.
But Brand didn't have his subordinates chase too far, noticing the fleeing Lion-n halted by the incoming Druids.
Hundreds of Silver Power might hold out for a while before Brand due to their numbers, but before more nurous Druids, they were captured in no ti.
Aside from a few escaping into the forest, the others were all tied up by the Druids.
The battle outco wasn't unexpected by Brand, but it greatly shocked the Erune envoy. When Otin returned to Brand's camp, the Erune nobles realized the situation they'd put themselves in.
Roborun sat with a gloomy face, not speaking, as lia treated his wounds. The female Scholar and Count Otin approached Brand to express their thanks, feeling awkward as they had initially planned to deal with this young man, yet ended up allied against the Lion-n.
Brand observed their reaction, hinting they also didn't know how to handle the current situation.
The words of the Lion-n left these nobles internally tangled. If the Kingdom had indeed split, they wondered what purpose they still served here. anwhile, the Cruz people exerted pressure on them, but to bring back Brand?
They looked at the young man, realizing it was nothing but wishful thinking, considering all that had happened earlier.
Otin even began to suspect whether the Cruz were simply using them as a pawn.
Just then, Brand heard Caglis calling him from the forest. Though the second son of Sir Min Tai was close to Silver strength, his superior swordsmanship and sharp mind had already allowed him to take down two enemies in the previous battle.
Compared to Qian and others, this achievent might seem modest, but among several empty-handed young n, it stood out. Caglis had firmly established himself among the youths, and Brand intended to cultivate him as his Deputy to lead the Guard Knight Order.
(PS: As an internal Equipnt, the Ghost Knight Crystal's output boost is similar to Potion-type attribute boosts, and thus benefits from the Power Burst enhancent. This explains the price difference between Enhancent Crystals and Ogre Rings.)(To be continued, for more updates, please log in to qidian, more chapters, support the author, and enjoy original reading!)
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