Chapter 190: Hang Yu’s Sche! One Battle to Decide New Wan City!
Xinye City.
The Calamity Army had finished the battle.
Everyone imdiately began cleaning the battlefield and collecting loot.
The first thing they picked up was Cao Anmin’s drops.
【You collected loot: Essence 900,000, Magic Crystals 6000, Demon Night Greatbow 1, Shadow Piercing Spear 1, Evil Wind Battle Boots 1, Tier-Three Corrupted Gem 50!】
Three pieces of equipnt dropped at once.
This wave truly exploded with loot!
The territory currently possessed a considerable stockpile of high-quality materials.
These materials could be used to forge Tier-Two and Tier-Three green-quality equipnt.
However—
Unless special gems were embedded—
Such equipnt generally did not co with additional skills.
Equipnt dropped by high-level monsters like this—
Usually carried skills or special effects.
Everyone impatiently checked the attributes of the three items.
【Demon Night Greatbow】Tier-Three Equipnt, Green Mid-grade, Attack 80, Agility 20, Strength 10, Will 10, Spirit 5, Arrow Range 200 ters, attached skill “Magic Energy Arrows,” Durability 23/60.
【Shadow Piercing Spear】Tier-Three Equipnt, Green Mid-grade, Attack 88, Strength 30, Agility 15, Attack Speed 15, attached skill “Shadow Pierce,” Durability 32/60.
【Evil Wind Battle Boots】Tier-Three Equipnt, Green Mid-grade, Physical Damage Negation 50, Spell Damage Negation 25, Independent Defense 84, Movent Speed 20, attached skill “Wind Treading,” Durability 29/60.
All three were extrely high-quality pieces of equipnt.
For example—
The Demon Night Greatbow was currently the highest-tier bow weapon dropped so far.
Its attached skill was also among the best.
Its attached skill, Magic Energy Arrows—
Allowed the user to consu mana to create magical arrows for shooting.
In other words—
As long as mana remained sufficient—
There would never be a shortage of arrows.
Extrely practical!
At present—
The greatest concern for players using bows was arrow consumption.
The manufacturing costs of various arrows varied greatly.
There were cheap ordinary feather arrows—
As well as expensive Thousand-Legged Earth Dragon Arrows.
Although arrows could generally be recovered—
Many still beca damaged during use.
If battle consumption beca too heavy—
The losses would beco significant.
The Demon Night Greatbow could convert mana into magical arrows.
Thus—
When dealing with ordinary monsters—
There was no need to waste physical arrows.
Additionally—
Magic Energy Arrows possessed another usage.
The magical energy could be infused into physical arrows to increase power.
The strength and enhancent effects of the magic energy were directly tied to the user’s level and total attributes.
In other words—
The stronger the user—
The stronger the magical energy.
Each activation consud only 20 mana.
And the cooldown was rely 1 second.
Incredibly useful.
As for the other two Tier-Three green-quality equipnt pieces—
Each had its own advantages.
For example—
The Shadow Piercing Spear’s attached skill, Shadow Pierce—
Was a rapid displacent and charge skill.
It dealt high damage and had high critical-hit potential.
Perfect for surprise assaults.
For Warriors—
Its practicality was enormous.
It greatly enhanced flexibility and mobility.
As for the Evil Wind Battle Boots—
Their attached skill, Wind Treading—
Increased movent speed—
And allowed movent and running through the air.
Players had repeatedly suffered because they lacked flight capability.
With equipnt like this—
Things would beco far more convenient.
At this mont—
The Demon Soldiers’ loot had also been gathered.
【You collected loot: Abyssal Essence 36,000, Magic Stone Fragnts 38,303, Stone-Winged Demon Soldier Longsword 1, Petrification Curse Talisman 10!】
【You collected loot: Abyssal Essence 36,000, Magic Stone Fragnts 39,100, Stone-Winged Demon Soldier Spear 1, Petrification Curse Talisman 10!】
【……】
These monsters dropped considerable amounts of Essence.
Additionally—
They dropped Tier-Three white-quality Stone-Winged Demon Soldier equipnt.
However—
Their attributes were relatively diocre.
They also lacked set bonuses—
So they felt rather average overall.
What truly deserved attention—
Were the talisman-type items they dropped.
【Petrification Curse Talisman】Tier-Three Consumable, White Mid-grade Quality. After consuming 100 mana to activate this talisman, the user may cast Petrification Curse upon any target within effective range, causing them to enter a petrified state.
This was a relatively rare offensive talisman!
Not only that—
It also possessed powerful crowd-control effects.
It was especially suitable for controlling monsters.
Without question—
A very useful Tier-Three talisman.
However—
Because the talisman’s level requirent was too high—
And players had not yet reached Tier-Three—
Nobody could use it for now.
They could only stockpile them until reaching Tier-Three later.
That concluded the loot collection.
As usual—
It was ti to distribute the spoils.
First ca the ownership of the three top-tier equipnt drops from Cao Anmin.
Many mbers of the Calamity Army wanted these three items—
So the fairest thod available was auction bidding.
“Anyone want the Demon Night Greatbow?”
“Starting bid: 20,000 Contribution Points!”
Light Dust: “21,000!”
Raising Cup Toward the Moon: “25,000!”
Lone Boat: “26,000!”
“……”
Black Pupil Sharp Bro: “30,000!”
Several top-tier players rapidly joined the bidding war.
The price of the Demon Night Greatbow quickly climbed to 30,000.
Raising Cup Toward the Moon especially loved this bow—
So he directly quoted a price that forced everyone else to withdraw.
“I bid 60,000 Contribution Points!”
A Tier-Three green-quality piece of equipnt without enhancent levels—
Though extrely valuable—
Was still sowhat excessive at 60,000 Contribution Points.
Even in massive event missions like the Centipede Canyon mission or the Xinye City mission—
The highest-performing players only earned around fifty to sixty thousand Contribution Points.
Although Lone Boat, Sharp Bro, and others all loved the bow—
And were capable of bidding higher—
At current Contribution Point exchange values—
This price roughly equaled three to four million yuan in real-world currency.
Too expensive!
Unless one was a billionaire—
Or backed by a major financial group—
There was no need to spend so many Contribution Points on one piece of equipnt.
“60,000 Contribution Points once!”
“60,000 Contribution Points twice!”
“60,000 Contribution Points three tis!”
“Congratulations, Guild Leader Raising Cup Toward the Moon!”
“This Demon Night Greatbow is now yours!”
Raising Cup Toward the Moon successfully obtained the excellent high-tier battle bow he desired.
He loved fighting with bows—
And this weapon was especially suited for hunting.
A powerful bow with infinite ammunition—
Could greatly improve combat efficiency.
As for whether it was expensive—
If viewed purely as spending several million on ga equipnt—
Then yes, it sounded absurdly expensive.
But what if this item wasn’t rely ga equipnt?
Next—
The other two pieces of equipnt also underwent on-site auction.
The Shadow Piercing Spear was won by Salted Fish Thrust.
He already preferred spear-type weapons.
Additionally—
The spear ca with a piercing skill—
Enhancing both combat ability and tactical options.
It also perfectly matched his userna.
The Evil Wind Battle Boots were acquired by Little Bell.
This equipnt not only greatly increased movent speed—
It also granted aerial mobility.
For a Warlock lacking mobility—
This item was enormously valuable.
It significantly expanded tactical possibilities.
After the three players acquired the battle spoils—
They withdrew from further distribution of Magic Crystals and other loot.
The Contribution Points spent on purchasing the equipnt—
Were distributed among the remaining participants.
Although this battle had not been especially large in scale—
Everyone felt satisfied.
Right then—
A mission notification suddenly appeared in every player’s mind.
【Ding!】
【Mission Triggered!】
【Mission Na: Ultimate Darkness Defense Battle!】
【……】
This mission was none other than the Ultimate Darkness Defense Battle personally edited by Lord Hang Yu.
After seeing the mission details—
Every person present beca energized and revealed expressions of great excitent.
Rampage Through the Streets laughed loudly:
“Hahaha! It’s finally here! I’ve been waiting for this mont forever!”
Midnight Butcher exclaid:
“Holy crap! The rewards for this mission are ridiculously generous!”
“Yeah!”
“If we can get a high evaluation—”
“We could instantly reach Level 20!”
“And if we include the loot and Essence gains during battle, I think breaking through to Tier-Three won’t be far away!”
“This is amazing!”
“It’s basically free blessings from heaven!”
“……”
The entire Calamity Army burst with excitent.
However—
So people quickly cald down.
Black Pupil Sharp Bro said:
“Everyone, don’t celebrate too early. This mission probably isn’t simple!”
Raising Cup Toward the Moon also spoke:
“That’s right. Look carefully at the mission objectives and description!”
Ye Li ng said:
“This mission only requires us to survive for more than one hour and less than ten hours while killing as many Abyssal troops as possible?”
Chi i Wang Liang added:
“The mission only asks us to face the fear and terror brought by Dian Wei and survive as long as possible. It never asks us to defeat Dian Wei—or even defend Xinye City.”
“That’s exactly the issue!”
Black Pupil Sharp Bro continued:
“If I’m not mistaken, this is a battle that fundantally cannot be won. The Calamity Army’s mission is probably just to exhaust the enemy as much as possible!”
“What?”
“So that ans—”
“The battle hasn’t even started yet—”
“And we’re already destined to lose?!”
“We get rewards just for surviving over an hour!”
“I don’t care how strong Old Wan City’s army is. Surely they can’t wipe us out in under an hour!”
“Hard to say!”
“Dian Wei is very likely a Tyrant-class unit, and definitely far above people like Cao Anmin in level. A Tyrant above Level 25—how many attacks do you think we can survive from him?”
“And it’s not just Dian Wei!”
“Don’t forget there are many other powerful Corrupted beings in Old Wan City!”
“Besides, the Abyssal forces in this space have developed for over a hundred years. They’ve corrupted and destroyed more than ten cities and at least a million people. Their military scale is probably overwhelmingly superior to the Calamity Army!”
“The Calamity Army’s current strength is still too small!”
“The real main force against Old Wan City in this campaign will still be New Wan City!”
“If it’s only us, we’re basically mantises trying to stop a war chariot. There’s no chance of victory!”
“……”
The players realized—
This was likely a scripted defeat mission!
There was no possibility the Calamity Army and territory forces could defeat Old Wan City.
The purpose of this mission—
Was likely to let players witness the terror of Dian Wei and Old Wan City’s Abyssal army firsthand!
Precisely because of this—
The mission granted multiple free revivals—
Multiple Essence-loss protections—
And players did not need to worry about losing levels or tiers during the mission.
There were no consequences.
They could die boldly and recklessly.
The Calamity Army would definitely die!
The entire force would inevitably be wiped out!
Even Xinye City would temporarily fall during the Day of Ultimate Darkness!
This was a battle with such a hopeless disparity in strength—
That despair itself beca overwhelming.
Yet after understanding the situation—
The players not only felt no discouragent or pressure—
They instead beca even more excited and battle-hungry!
“Good! Good! Good!”
“Now this is interesting!”
“Even if thousands oppose , I shall still advance!”
“I really want to see how many troops Dian Wei and Cao Ang will bring against us!”
“Fighting soone like Dian Wei would be worth dying ten tis over!”
“Hahaha! I refuse to believe the Calamity Army can’t even last one hour!”
“The greater the danger, the greater the opportunity!”
“If we seize the opportunity properly, the number of monsters we can farm this ti will absolutely surpass every previous battle!”
“All the top players and pros will soon break through to Tier-Three!”
“As long as the Calamity Army’s core forces reach Tier-Three and we devour New Wan City’s territory, we’ll gain the ability to push back against Old Wan City. Ultimate victory will definitely belong to us!”
“I’m dying from impatience already!”
“Why hasn’t the mission started yet?!”
“My blade is already thirsting for battle!”
“I want to clash with the Abyss’s hounds right now!”
“……”
Seeing everyone getting overly hyped—
Ye Li ng hurriedly said:
“Brothers and sisters, calm down! Right now isn’t the right ti to fight. Full eruption of the Day of Ultimate Darkness still requires so ti. We must hurry and prepare!”
Black Pupil Sharp Bro also said:
“That’s right. Our current condition isn’t good. The rest of the Calamity Army hasn’t fully assembled yet either. Our top priority is adjusting our condition, purchasing supplies, and strengthening our defenses!”
“Uncle ng and Sharp Bro are right!”
“There’s not much ti left!”
“Hurry and prepare!”
“Yeah, we’ve been online too long this session. Leave a few people rotating shifts for scouting and guard duty.”
“Everyone else—eat dinner if you need to eat, spend ti with your family if you need to, and anyone who still owes their wife marital obligations should hurry up and finish them. Don’t suddenly crash during the mission!”
Under the various guild leaders’ arrangents—
Calamity Army mbers gradually logged off.
anwhile—
Players currently farming monsters and leveling in Luoshui or Reclining Ox Mountain maps—
Also received the mission notification.
“Holy crap!”
“It’s a large-scale event!”
“Even us newbies finally have a chance to participate!”
“There’s still a little ti left—everyone hurry and level up!”
Recently—
Due to leveling events—
Players had been grinding monsters and completing missions with exceptional diligence.
Mid- and low-level players had leveled extrely quickly.
Most now basically t the participation requirents for this operation.
To secure better performance during the Day of Ultimate Darkness campaign—
The major guilds even spent stored Essence reserves—
To forcibly level up certain promising Level 7 and Level 8 players in advance.
After all—
The math was simple.
The minimum base reward for this mission was a staggering 5000 Essence.
Even with the lowest evaluation—
Each participant would still gain 5000 Essence.
The more guild mbers who participated—
The more Essence flowed back into their guild.
After several days of developnt and accumulation—
Every major guild had built up a respectable Essence reserve pool.
It was enough to help partially qualified players level up and obtain mission eligibility.
Naturally—
Hang Yu observed all the players’ actions clearly.
Gathering two thousand participants should not be difficult.
This also fulfilled the agreent he had made with Wen Ping.
With two thousand people participating simultaneously—
Even at the minimum reward standard of 5000 Essence—
That still represented a massive expenditure of 10 million Essence!
And Hang Yu hoped the Calamity Army would perform better—
So they could grow more rapidly.
Thus—
The required Essence reserves would beco an enormous number.
At present—
Hang Yu possessed approximately 18 million Essence.
By the ti the mission officially began—
It would likely reach around 20 million.
Even if he distributed all of it—
For a force numbering two thousand—
It still wouldn’t feel particularly impressive.
This seemingly enormous amount of Essence—
When evenly divided—
Was only about 10,000 Essence per person.
10,000 Essence was a massive amount for players below Tier-Two.
But for players above Tier-Two—
Especially those approaching the Tier-Three bottleneck—
It wasn’t actually that much.
30 million!
At minimum—
He needed 30 million prepared!
Only then could rewards be distributed generously across the board—
While also allowing top contributors to receive rewards exceeding 100,000 Essence.
Hang Yu wanted to rapidly increase the Calamity Army’s numbers and strength.
Because the more players there were—
And the higher their levels—
The more Essence they would produce daily.
Eventually—
The process would snowball endlessly larger.
At present—
There was no way to dramatically increase population imdiately.
Thus—
He could only focus on improving player levels and combat strength.
After this Day of Ultimate Darkness campaign concluded—
The Calamity Army’s power would likely experience a qualitative leap.
Enough for Hang Yu to seize and occupy New Wan City.
And once New Wan City’s territory and population were taken—
The Calamity Army could begin a new massive recruitnt wave!
Its size would likely more than double!
Before the battle—
Hang Yu could not possibly gather 30 million Essence.
But it didn’t matter.
The mont war began—
The nuclear-powered leek harvesting machine would activate once again.
After this battle—
There would be no shortage of Essence whatsoever.
“Lord!”
At this mont—
Zhou Cang arrived before Hang Yu.
He proactively volunteered:
“This subordinate wishes to defend Xinye City and lead the Calamity Army against the Abyss!”
Naturally—
Zhou Cang knew the Ultimate Darkness disaster of the Wan City region was imminent.
He also clearly understood—
That relying solely on the Calamity Army would never be enough to defend Wan City.
The New Wan City faction—
Including Zhang Xiu and Wen Ping—
Was also highly unreliable.
At this mont—
Dian Wei, Cao Ang, and the other fallen Abyssal citizens had most likely already discovered the Star Lord’s forces.
They could not possibly ignore this.
Xinye City would inevitably beco their primary target.
Hang Yu shook his head.
“The strength of Dian Wei and Cao Ang remains uncertain. It’s acceptable for the Calamity Army to test them since they possess immortality. But you must not take such risks.”
Zhou Cang hesitated.
“But…”
Hang Yu interrupted him.
“This Lord has other arrangents for you!”
Zhou Cang imdiately perked up.
“Please give your orders, Lord!”
Hang Yu said:
“Although I have ford an alliance and established cooperation with New Wan City, I suspect Zhang Xiu will not send troops to reinforce Xinye at the critical mont. He will rely sit back and watch while the territorial forces are exhausted—using Abyssal power to consu Star power!”
Zhou Cang could not understand.
“If that’s the case, Lord, why cooperate with him at all?”
Why ally with Zhang Xiu?
Actually—
Strategic and tactical considerations were not the only reasons.
Hang Yu had occupied Xinye partly for strategic and tactical reasons—
But another important reason—
Was to harvest leeks through Xinye.
After all—
This place was a perfect leek-harvesting field.
Not using it would be a waste!
The Calamity Army could not truly die.
That was Hang Yu’s greatest confidence and trump card.
As long as players experienced novelty, excitent, or fun—
Even if they were tortured and killed—
They would still die happily and joyfully—
Treating it as a perfect gaming experience!
Hang Yu did not know exactly how strong Dian Wei was.
He only knew Dian Wei was at least Tyrant-class—
And very likely a near Level 30 top-tier Tyrant.
Combined with Old Wan City’s massive army—
Just imagining it already felt overwhelming.
For players—
That was enough!
Witnessing a demon-god-like Dian Wei fight personally—
And imrsively participating in such a tragic epic battle—
Would make these people willing to die five or eight tis happily—
And brag about the experience afterward.
Furthermore—
There were generous rewards.
What more could they possibly want?!
While players felt excitent and fulfillnt—
Hang Yu could harvest massive amounts of Essence during the process—
To develop territorial armies.
At the sa ti—
He could test exactly how strong Dian Wei truly was—
Gathering enough intelligence for the eventual counteroffensive against Old Wan City.
Of course—
None of this could be explained to Zhou Cang.
Thus Hang Yu instead said:
“If Zhang Xiu cannot be used by this Lord, then battle between us is inevitable. If you were Zhang Xiu, when would you choose to openly break with Luoshui City?”
Zhou Cang answered:
“If this subordinate were Zhang Xiu, I would naturally act as quickly as possible after the Day of Ultimate Darkness crisis ends. The faster the better!”
Hang Yu nodded.
“Correct. Since conflict is inevitable, and since relations will definitely collapse, Zhang Xiu will certainly seek to destroy at minimal cost. Likewise, this Lord also wishes to seize New Wan City with the least losses and fastest speed possible.”
He paused briefly.
“However, New Wan City has been built over a hundred years. Its walls are tall and defenses solid. It possesses six major cities and countless defensive facilities and barriers surrounding it. Launching a frontal assault would not only be extrely difficult—it would also cause excessive casualties among the local populace and military, damage public support, and greatly increase future governance difficulties.”
Hang Yu continued:
“Since fighting on their ho ground disadvantages this Lord, the best thod is naturally to lure Zhang Xiu into acting proactively. Draw him and his personal forces into Luoshui City territory as quickly as possible—and then decide everything in one decisive battle!”
Zhou Cang froze.
Though not especially intelligent—
He vaguely grasped Hang Yu’s intentions.
Hang Yu continued:
“Zhang Xiu is still a formidable warlord of his generation. Once he reaches a decision, he acts decisively without hesitation. He already desires a quick victory. If he discovers Luoshui City heavily weakened and suffering catastrophic troop losses, do you think he would pass up such an opportunity?”
At this point—
Zhou Cang finally fully understood the Lord’s plan.
So—
Lord Hang Yu had long known Zhang Xiu was unreliable.
He had long predicted Zhang Xiu would betray the Calamity Army.
Yet he still deliberately sent a massive Calamity Army force into battle at Xinye.
In a sense—
It was all a performance for Zhang Xiu to watch.
The Calamity Army’s greatest secret—
Was immortality!
Lord Hang Yu could resurrect Calamity soldiers at will!
But this secret—
Until now—
Neither Zhang Xiu nor Wen Ping knew.
Within the entire New Wan City faction—
Only two people knew.
One was Zhang Zhongjing.
The other was Jia Xu.
Others could not possibly understand such mysteries within so short a ti.
Zhang Zhongjing had already joined the Lord’s side.
As for Jia Xu—
Zhou Cang could not see through him.
Nor did he understand his true position or stance.
However—
It seed this man had already reached so form of understanding and tacit agreent with Lord Hang Yu.
Lord Hang Yu apparently possessed confidence that Jia Xu would not betray information related to him.
Lord Hang Yu had deliberately sent a massive elite force into what appeared to be certain death.
This seemingly reckless and confusing action—
Was actually an intentional creation of weakness.
He wanted Zhang Xiu to believe a heaven-sent opportunity had appeared.
Only then would Zhang Xiu personally risk launching a surprise attack on Luoshui City.
Otherwise—
Even if battle beca inevitable—
As the city lord—
Zhang Xiu might not personally lead his entire army recklessly into battle.
New Wan City’s defenses were impregnable.
Zhang Xiu’s troops were nurous and powerful.
If the conflict dragged into a prolonged war—
It would greatly disadvantage Luoshui City.
But if Zhang Xiu truly led his core forces and charged toward Luoshui City before fully preparing—
Then he would face Lord Hang Yu himself—
Along with the Calamity Army and Azure Dragon Guard’s siege.
As long as this battle was won—
Lord Hang Yu could seize New Wan City at minimal cost—
Perhaps even without bloodshed.
For a mont—
Zhou Cang felt incomparably shocked.
He found it difficult to imagine—
That the Lord could complete such elaborate planning within so short a ti.
Not only had he considered the current situation—
He had also accurately predicted Zhang Xiu’s personality and judgnt.
Most importantly—
Zhou Cang vaguely sensed—
That the plan was likely even more complicated than this.
Lord Hang Yu definitely possessed additional sches and calculations he had not yet realized.
For example—
Jia Xu.
And Wen Ping.
These two were also likely within the Lord’s calculations.
Among them—
Jia Xu had probably already seen through the entirety of Lord Hang Yu’s plan.
Yet despite not directly assisting him—
At minimum—
He had not chosen to stand against him either.
That was why he specifically warned the Lord to be cautious of Zhang Xiu’s hidden thods and strength.
After understanding all this—
Zhou Cang’s reverence toward Lord Hang Yu deepened once again.
This great Star Lord—
Was absolutely not so re brute possessing only strength.
Only an existence like this—
Could lead the humans and common people of this world—
And create a new era within the twisted and chaotic Abyssal world.
Zhou Cang felt proud to follow such a heroic figure.
He was willing to hold the reins and carry the blade for him—
And die ten thousand deaths without regret!
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