Chapter 129: Retreat
As Xiin waved away the light green rapier time and again, blue-purple flames danced from the tip, blasting enemies into dust, with no hit causing less than 60,000 damage, and even mixed with terrifying damage exceeding 100,000.
The monsters killed by Xiin left nothing behind.
According to the official settings regarding NPCs stealing kills, if the damage done by an NPC to a monster exceeds 99%, then nothing will drop.
Even so, players still managed to scrape together a bit of damage, reaping significant rewards; those who survived this wave of attack would see substantial boosts in both level and equipment.
This battle had a temporary scoreboard.
Taking advantage of the fact that the third wave of attack had yet to arrive, Ming opened the scoreboard. On the Yunshui City scoreboard, all ten of the top spots were occupied by mages, without exception. Each name was familiar: Fairy Tale Forest ranked first with a score of 97,856, followed by Zhizui Jinmi and Guishen in second and third places.
Even the tenth place had around 80,000 points; this battle was practically dominated by mages!
“Sigh…” he exclaimed, wishing he had switched to a mage earlier. Being a knight without a mount wasn’t cool at all, and he was getting hit every day.
Suddenly, he thought of something.
On this leaderboard…
Why weren’t the top three on the level leaderboard present!?
Forget the Fengchen brothers; he was just an experience farm, but why weren’t Fen Xing and Fenghuayue there?
Now that he thought about it… he hadn’t seen them since the fighting started.
“Boss, look at this.” Lian Lian suddenly walked over, an incredulous look on her face.
She pressed her hands on the corners of the leaderboard and enlarged it to share with Ming.
The word ‘world’ prominently appeared in the first line.
Without a doubt, this was the leaderboard for the entire national server!
Level Name Class Rank Score
27 Fen Xing Chaos Swordsman 1 587,236
26 Yeye Caocao Starlight Sorcerer 2 475,123
26 Wumei Swordsman 3 445,895
25 Juanjuan Xiliu Earth Knight 4 375,513
26 Fenghuayue Twilight Ranger 5 315,648
25 Zai Shui Yi Fang Mage 6 264,533
24 Jiandan Baoli Mage 7 195,643
24 Tiandi Yijian Phantom Archer 8 135,312
24 Yingqianliu Mage 9 115,317
24 Zhu Baobao Mage 10 107,826
Given the vast player base of the national server, it’s not surprising to see a few hidden classes; in fact, he already knew about these hidden classes.
What concerned him was the score.
The first place actually reached 580,000 points???
What nonsense! The highest in Yunshui City was only over 90,000!
And… this ID belongs to Fen Xing!?
Could she have gone to Dark Fortress to grind?
Lost in thought, the next wave of attack arrived.
It was a figure shrouded in a grey robe, with skeletal white bones barely visible in the light.
A skeleton mage?
“It’s a ranged attack monster! Front row, alternate tanking damage; retreat immediately when low on health, heal up and come back!” he commanded decisively.
Ming wasn’t wrong; the attack power of these skeleton mages was incredibly violent, and at this stage, no one could withstand an entire round of assault.
The skeleton mage halted 20 yards away, its decayed wooden staff swaying unsteadily, emitting a terrifying energy and magic. Three seconds later—boom!
Balls of pitch-black magic flew silently out.
-1735
-1469
-1926
…
Knights with slightly poorer equipment died after taking two magic balls directly.
Those with better gear also retreated with low health; nearly all the front row fell!
At the same time, the monster’s stats were visible.
Skeleton Mage (Summon)
Rarity: Silver Grade
Level: 28
Health: 4000
Magical Attack Power: 179-225
Physical Defense: 50
Magical Defense: 103
Skills: Magic Missile, Curse, Erosion Chain
Description: A resurrected human mage, left with only the instinct to obey its master.
“Damn!” Ming couldn’t help but curse; who would take this to the head?
An 28-level silver-grade monster! The level gap was already severe, plus 200+ magical attack; no wonder it could deal over 1,000 damage in one hit.
Just as he was about to say something, a gray-black chain flew from the top of the staff, striking a knight with low health.
-1049
It instantly killed that knight, looking like the damage was slightly lower than the magic missile…
While he was thinking this, the Erosion Chain did not cease its assault but bounced onto a nearby swordsman.
-869
Continuing its bounce…
-576
-433
-421
It attacked five targets in a row before stopping!
Such chains weren’t limited to just one; at that moment, the successive chains instantly killed over a thousand players!!
Several guild leaders turned purple in the face: “We can’t fight, retreat to the city! The next wave is up to the NPCs!”
The rear players orderly retreated to the city gate, while the skeleton mage continued the slaughter.
Xiin swung her sword to cut through several chains, blue flames consuming them entirely.
Raising her rapier high, she focused her energy, and the blade slowly descended.
With the power of the guide, this strike would surely result in countless casualties.
Suddenly, in the black torrent behind, a strange gray feathered arrow aimed at Xiin.
It carried enormous magical power, yet its fluctuations were mysteriously undetectable, and even the sound was barely audible; upon closer inspection, one could see a faint barrier enveloping the arrow.
Underneath, earth elements moved frantically, transforming into sharp earth spikes heading forward.
The skeleton mage lost interest in the retreating players and pointed its staff at Xiin, silently chanting.
“Not good! Get back!” Aijue shouted to Xiin in the distance; he had spotted that feathered arrow!
“Lady Xiin…” Alna gently tugged at her collar, anxiously looking down.
The guide raised an eyebrow, now understanding.
The Shadow Lord’s actions weren’t spontaneous.
This was a planned move; otherwise, the swift actions of the monstrous army couldn’t be explained.
Moreover… from the very beginning, she had felt it was strange; the monsters merely advanced on their own, yet she couldn’t sense the presence of their leader.
Don’t get it wrong; the leader Xiin referred to couldn’t possibly be the mere silver or golden boss.
But rather, the true enemy commanding this army!
She hadn’t felt it before, but now she could be certain, a Shadow Elder was hiding among them, and this time the goal was to lure out the elite of the light faction to ambush them all at once!
Without stopping her strikes, Xiin stepped forward!
A faint blue ripple surged outward from her, and the earth spikes exploded back to their original form upon contact with the blue ripple.
From the top left to the bottom right, the retracted blue sword energy shot forward!
Slash!
This strike indeed bore some resemblance to a mad sword’s decision.
The sword energy tore through the skeleton mages along the way, dealing hundreds of thousands in terrifying damage, crashing into the silent gray feathered arrow.
Boom!!!
As the dust settled, a horrific pit was left in the ground.
By the time Aijue came to his senses, Xiin had already disappeared.
The adventurers had retreated into the city.
She must have gone to pursue the enemy, which meant… “Quick! Close the city gate!!”
