Chapter 53: The Second Demon Race Invasion
"My heart is racing, love is like a blazing fire~"
A familiar ringtone sounded, waking Wen Yu from his sleep. He dazedly fished out his phone to take a look.
It was a call from Li Jue.
"Hello, Li Jue. What's up?" Wen Yu said groggily.
"Brother Yu, still sleeping? It's 8:30. The system said there's a large-scale event around 9:00. Aren't you going to participate right away?" Li Jue said.
"What large-scale event? It's been pretty frequent lately, events coming out every day."
"Something about a second Demon Race invasion?" Li Jue's voice also held some doubt.
"What? A Demon Race invasion!" Wen Yu was instantly wide awake.
"Alright, I'll get online right away. Wait for me in Glory City."
After Wen Yu got up, he immediately began washing up and getting ready.
"Sigh, another day where I can't eat breakfast. Doing this every day, one of these days I'll ruin my health."
"I can't drink tea at night anymore either. I was so energetic in the middle of the night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. I almost missed the Demon Race invasion," Wen Yu thought to himself.
"Weren't the seals just reinforced? I even destroyed the Demon Race Altar! What's there left to invade? Where are they invading from??"
When Wen Yu logged on, he was standing at the entrance of his "home," and Li Jue was already there waiting.
Just as he was about to ask Li Jue about the situation, the familiar system notification sounded.
"World Announcement: The Demon Race will launch an attack on all First-Tier, Second-Tier, and Tier 3 Main Cities in every country around 9:00 AM on September 11th. Players, please defend your homeland!"
"World Announcement: The Demon Race will launch an attack on all First-Tier, Second-Tier, and Tier 3 Main Cities in every country around 9:00 AM on September 11th. Players, please defend your homeland!"
"World Announcement: The Demon Race will launch an attack on all First-Tier, Second-Tier, and Tier 3 Main Cities in every country around 9:00 AM on September 11th. Players, please defend your homeland!"
...
The global announcement repeated three times, leaving Wen Yu dumbfounded.
"A world announcement! It's happening across the entire world simultaneously!"
"Ding!~"
"World Announcement: The second Demon Race invasion is approaching. A point exchange system has been specially established for this event. After the event ends, generous rewards can be exchanged at the [Integral Exchange Officer] in each main city!"
"World Announcement: The second Demon Race invasion is approaching. A point exchange system has been specially established for this event. After the event ends, generous rewards can be exchanged at the [Integral Exchange Officer] in each main city!"
"World Announcement: The second Demon Race invasion is approaching. A point exchange system has been specially established for this event. After the event ends, generous rewards can be exchanged at the [Integral Exchange Officer] in each main city!"
"If a city defense event fails, the corresponding main city will be destroyed. Players of that city will be unable to log in for 24 hours, after which they will be randomly reassigned to other main cities."
"Everyone, please participate actively!!!"
...
It was terrifying, another three consecutive world announcements. Was this the Demon Race invasion? It felt like the illusion of an impending Doomsday.
Turning back to Li Jue, Wen Yu asked, "What level are you?"
"17!" Li Jue said.
"Not low, although it can't compare to those in the top tier, your equipment is far better than the average player. Follow me later. Let's try to get more points and see if we can exchange them for some good gear to wear."
He was just about to ask about Lin Sirong's situation.
"Enforcer! Enforcer!"
Ruan Yuming started shouting for Wen Yu from far away, still with that brainless and dreamless look.
Fortunately, they were in the western part of the city near Wen Yu's home, where players didn't usually come, so it didn't cause much of a stir.
"Enforcer Sir! The City Lord requests your presence!"
...The City Lord looking for him at this time, could it also be because of the Demon Race invasion?
Following Ruan Yuming to see Chen Ping again, Chen Ping's complexion was nowhere near as good as before. The Demon Race invasion had also left him overwhelmed.
Without much small talk, Chen Ping got straight to the point.
"Enforcer, the Demon Race is about to launch their second invasion, and this time they are attacking all First-Tier, Second-Tier, and Tier 3 Main Cities simultaneously!"
"I'm already aware, City Lord. I only recently reinforced the main city's rift, and the Demon Race Altar was also destroyed by me. Why is the Demon Race invasion coming so quickly?" Wen Yu asked curiously.
"This invasion did not come from our Tier 3 Main City rifts. The Demon Race has premeditated a large-scale descent upon the First-Tier Main City, Sun City, and is spreading downwards from there. Currently, the City Lord of Moon City and the City Lords of the Second-Tier Main Cities under his command have gone to reinforce Sun City with all their might, striving to destroy the Demon Race Altars as soon as possible and block the Demon Race outside the rifts!" Chen Ping continued.
"Therefore, the Second-Tier Main Cities are currently unmanaged. I have been ordered to go and take charge of Moonlight City; you shall come with me."
"Ding!~"
Triggered Hidden Quest — [Protect Moonlight City]
Note: Once the quest is accepted, it will not count towards this point event.
Quest Reward: Unknown
Quest Failure Penalty: Moonlight City falls
"Accept!" Obviously, following Chen Ping would be more profitable. To Wen Yu, competing for points with other players was far less attractive than eating meat alone.
"The eight Tier 3 Main City Lords should be reinforcing the five Second-Tier Main Cities at the same time. Since Chen Ping can guard a city alone, it seems his strength is among the top even among City Lords."
"Is it just the two of us, City Lord?" Wen Yu asked.
"Yes, the soldiers of the Second-Tier Main City are still there. I have already made arrangements for the specific affairs of our Glory City, so you need not worry."
"Moreover, the main force of Glory City is still your group of adventurers! Therefore, the eight of us can safely support the Second-Tier Main Cities!"
Having made the agreement with Chen Ping, Wen Yu would teleport to Moonlight City before the Demon Race invasion began.
Afterward, Wen Yu had a brief exchange with Lin Sirong. This Demon Race invasion came unexpectedly, but it also allowed people to discern the truth of the situation earlier.
"The Demon Race descending on the Tier 3 Main Cities surely won't be exceptionally strong. I'll leave them to you, Brother Rong!" Wen Yu said.
"Hmm? What about you? Wanting to slack off?"
"I've taken a hidden quest to go and garrison a Second-Tier Main City," Wen Yu said.
"Show off!" Lin Sirong mocked Wen Yu before saying, "Alright, be careful yourself and observe more."
After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, he explained the current situation to Li Jue.
Naturally, Li Jue wouldn't have any objections.
After urging Wen Yu to be extra careful, Li Jue also walked toward the Dungeon Teleporter.
"There's definitely not enough time to grind the Graveyard of the Dead. If only I could reach level 29 and then use the [level up card] to break through the level 30 barrier in one go."
"Let's go clear the [Minotaur Castle]! I'll strive to get the final [phoenix breath necklace]!"
No sooner said than done, Wen Yu followed closely and arrived at the Dungeon Teleporter's location.
After spending 10 minutes, on his second clear of [Minotaur Castle], he finally saw the [phoenix breath necklace] he had been longing for!
And Wen Yu's level also successfully rose to level 28!
[phoenix breath necklace] (Platinum)
Level: 20
Description: Rumored to have been nurtured in the place where a phoenix perched. It is said that wearing it makes enemies feel as if a phoenix is present in the world!
Mana +1000
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Luck +8
Set Effect (1/5): None
Class Requirement: Mage
"It directly gave 8 points of Luck! A necklace's Luck is indeed higher than other jewelry!"
And what could the set effect be!
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Chapter 54: Attribute Statistics
[Time]
Level: 28 (826192/2312000)
HP: 2240+1000
MP: 1740+4000
Physical Attack: 92
Magic Attack: 86484+2000
Physical Defense: 343+200
Magic Defense: 343+200
Strength: 26+20
Intelligence: 42912+330
Agility: 14+140
Constitution: 34+140
Critical Rate: 75%
Special Attributes:
Luck: 55
(Critical Damage 110%)
Skills: [Insight Technique]
[Magic Missile] (Platinum) 150% Magic Damage, 8s Cooldown
[Teleport] (black iron) 15*15 Range Teleport, 24s Cooldown
[Magic Shield] (Diamond) 160% Magic Damage Shield, 48s Cooldown
[Ice Shard] (Platinum) Deals 100% Magic Damage within 20*20 range for 10s, 20% Slow, 96s Cooldown
[Elfs Blessing] (Platinum) 12% Final Damage Reduction, 8m Cooldown
[Chain Lightning] (Platinum) Strikes target for 150% Magic Damage, 8 bounces deal 100% Magic Damage each, 24s Cooldown
Equipment:
[staff of dawn]
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +40
Critical Rate +10%
[cloth armor of dawn]
HP +1000
Physical Defense +100
Magic Defense +100
Constitution +20
[dawn mage hat]
MP +1000
Magic Attack +100
Intelligence +20
[dawn cloth shoes]
MP +1000
Physical Defense +100
Magic Defense +100
Agility +20
[dawn belt]
MP +1000
Magic Attack +100
All Attributes +20
[phoenix breath bracelet (left)]
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Agility +50
Luck +5
[Phoenix Breath Bracelet (Right)]
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Constitution +50
Luck +5
[Phoenix Breath Ring (Left)]
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Agility +50
Luck +5
[Phoenix Breath Ring (Right)]
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Constitution +50
Luck +5
[phoenix breath necklace]
MP +1000
Magic Attack +300
Intelligence +50
Luck +8
[blessing earring]*2
Critical Damage +5%
[fault tolerance badge]
[enforcer mask]
dawn set (5/5):
2% of damage dealt to enemy units is converted into self HP. 2% of damage dealt to enemy units is converted into self MP. 20% Skill Cooldown Reduction.
phoenix breath set (5/5):
Burns the target, dealing 5% Magic Damage continuously for 10s. While in the Burn state, the target's healing effect is reduced by 50%. Fire-attribute skill resistance +20%
Achievements:
[Unrivaled in Novice Village]: Luck +2
[Novice Village First Kill]: Luck +5
[Bronze First Kill]: Luck +5
[novice village hero]: Luck +5, HP +500
[You Still Dare to Play with Guns??]: Luck +5
[Dreaming of Resurrection??]: Luck +5
[Friend of the Forest]: Poison Resistance +50%
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huaxia coin: 17117000
Gold Coins: 71724500
skill upgrade card: 834
attribute materialization card: 6
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Chapter 55 [Protecting Moonlight City]
After looking at his set effects, Wen Yu just wanted to say: "Shit~ you are a pile of shit~."
"No, isn't this a bit too useless? 20% Fire Resistance... what's that good for? Really, the three-piece set is enough, there's no need to collect the five-piece set at all."
Complaints aside, Wen Yu still had to wear it. After all, the high Luck stat made it impossible for Wen Yu to truly give up on this equipment set.
"I'm done for now, I'll come back for the remaining dungeons after the event ends!" Today's dungeons still had 3 runs of [White Wolf Kings Lair], 1 run of [Minotaur Castle], and 3 runs of [Graveyard of the Dead] left, but Wen Yu didn't plan to continue grinding.
"Let's head to Moonlight City. Go early and see if Chen Ping has any specific arrangements." Using the teleportation array to return home, Wen Yu tossed his space mage class change scroll, level up card, and enforcer mask into the warehouse, taking out everything else. Wen Yu then set off on the road to Moonlight City.
Meanwhile, the various main cities seemed to be boiling over due to the arrival of the event.
It was the weekend, so there were already more players today than usual. As long as they logged in, they could hear that familiar system notification, and then they would call their friends, making the crowds increasingly dense.
Because of the Demon Race invasion, the Tier 3 Main Cities had also opened some permissions to players, allowing them to climb the city gates of their respective main cities to watch the battle.
No city lacks people who love a good spectacle; screen recording and sharing seemed to have become the top priority in player community communication.
Brilliant City was the same. A player named [The Weather is a Bit Yay] was standing on the city gate tower, already prepared for a full-process screen recording.
"Hello, brothers! I am currently on the city gates of Brilliant City, and I will take you all to witness the style of our Brilliant City players as they deal with the Demon Race invasion."
"Since I only recently reached Level 10, there's definitely not much I can help with in this event, so I resorted to this tactic. I'll strive to participate and contribute my part for Brilliant City!"
"So, without further ado, everyone knows this event is the first worldwide joint event in the game! And Brilliant City is the leader of the eight Tier 3 Main Cities in our Huaxia Region, with the player base mainly led by the Magic Fantasy Guild..."
His video probably wouldn't go viral, because within his filming range, there was far more than just that.
Brilliant City's local NPC legions had already completed their assembly at the city gates.
Various legions such as the City Defense Legion and the Demon Suppression Legion were included. Even the scouting teams responsible only for regional reconnaissance were fully geared up and ready to go. They were just waiting for the Demon Race to strike!
Every main city was like this.
At this time, Wen Yu was walking through the bustling streets of Moonlight City. There weren't many people to be seen on the streets anymore; it was unclear whether they were all hiding for shelter because of the Demon Race invasion, or if they had all run to the city gates to prepare for combat at any moment.
Unlike the Tier 3 Main Cities, the architecture of the Second-Tier Main City was less flamboyant and more heavy-set. Using Blue Star as an analogy, if the Tier 3 Main Cities were in the Xia or Shang dynasties, the Second-Tier Main City seemed to have entered the Ming or Qing dynasties. On both sides of the streets were luxurious small courtyards and 2-3 story tall buildings everywhere. There were inns, restaurants, and Wen Yu even saw the existence of brothels.
"Not bad, it feels like the eras are changing. Entering a Second-Tier Main City, everyone knows how to build 2-3 story buildings."
The scale of Moonlight City was also not something a Tier 3 Main City could compare to. Overall, it was more than 20 times larger than the Glory City Wen Yu was bound to.
Unlike the Tier 3 Main Cities which had only one gate, the Second-Tier Main City had a full four gates: East, South, West, and North. Fortunately, there were numerous teleportation arrays inside the Second-Tier Main City. One could teleport to any location. Otherwise, with Wen Yu's walking speed, trying to run from the east of the city to the west would probably take more than ten hours.
Wen Yu ran from place to place. At the four city gates, just like in the Tier 3 Main Cities, squads of main city legions had already blocked the gates completely.
Under the Insight Technique, Wen Yu could now see the information of personnel within Level 38. However, when looking at the main city legions, only a small number of people could be seen clearly by Wen Yu. Most of the legion members showed nothing but '???' besides their names.
"The city defenders are already so fierce, yet they're still treating this like a formidable enemy. Just how powerful must the invaders be?"
For the first time, Wen Yu felt uncertain about this Demon Race invasion.
Teleporting to the entrance of the City Lord's Manor, after being announced, Wen Yu met Chen Ping. Inside the manor at this time, Chen Ping was facing a group of generals, making task assignments and pre-battle mobilizations.
Seeing Wen Yu's arrival, Chen Ping also pulled Wen Yu to his side.
"Enforcer, you've come."
"City Lord, what do you need me to do?" Wen Yu asked.
"There's no special mission. Go to the West Gate! According to investigations, the West Gate is the primary target of this Demon Race attack. Countless demon armies are already charging toward the West Gate and will arrive in a few minutes. Be careful and act as you see fit!"
Having received the mission, Wen Yu naturally wouldn't run around aimlessly anymore. The dazzling world in the city was indeed beautiful, but only on the premise that they could withstand this invasion.
Otherwise, it would be nothing more than a passing cloud.
With the Demon Race approaching, in the final moments, Wen Yu was also considering how to further improve himself.
"I won't save them. I'll use all the skill upgrade cards that can be used."
Wen Yu began improving from his survival skills this time.
[Magic Shield] (Diamond)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 64
Effect: Provides oneself with a shield equal to 160% of Magic Damage.
Duration: 10 minutes
Cooldown: 48 seconds
Mana Cost: 100
Upgrade!
[Magic Shield] (Epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 128
Effect: Provides oneself with a shield equal to 170% of Magic Damage.
Duration: 10 minutes
Cooldown: 48 seconds
Mana Cost: 100
Upgrade Elfs Blessing directly to Epic as well!
[Elfs Blessing] (Epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 128
Effect: Summons an elf to sprinkle the Holy Spring of Blessing upon oneself, reducing damage taken by 16%.
Duration: 1 minute
Cooldown: 8 minutes
Mana Cost: 400
Next are the offensive skills!
[Chain Lightning] (Epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 128
Effect: Strikes units in front with lightning, dealing 170% Magic Damage. Subsequent lightning will bounce among enemy units, up to 8 times (maximum 2 times per independent unit). Each bounce deals 120% Magic Damage.
Cooldown: 24 seconds
Mana Cost: 100
[Ice Shard] (Epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 128
Effect: Deals 120% Magic Damage per second to enemy units within a 20*20 meter area, and reduces enemy unit movement speed by 20%.
Duration: 10 seconds
Cooldown: 1 minute 36 seconds
Mana Cost: 100
[Magic Missile] (Epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 128
Effect: Deals 170% Magic Damage.
Cooldown: 8 seconds
Mana Cost: 10
After upgrading all skills except [Teleport] to Epic quality in one go, Wen Yu had 386 skill upgrade cards left.
"Let's continue, pull two more skills up a bit further." After much consideration, Wen Yu finally decided to upgrade [Chain Lightning] and [Magic Shield] again.
Unsure of the enemy's combat power, Wen Yu always felt his Magic Shield wasn't enough. As for upgrading Chain Lightning, it was because through Wen Yu's repeated trials, the first lightning strike of Chain Lightning was the most likely to cause a critical hit!
Eventually, he upgraded Chain Lightning and Magic Shield to Legendary quality respectively.
With 130 skill upgrade cards remaining, Wen Yu didn't plan to upgrade another skill to Legendary, but instead looked at [Teleport].
"I'll give it a symbolic upgrade, so I can run faster when the time comes!"
He upgraded [Teleport] to Epic quality in one breath!
[Teleport] (Epic)
Upgrade Requirement: skill upgrade card * 128
Effect: Instantly move to any position within a 45*45 meter radius.
Cooldown: 24 seconds
Mana Cost: 50
"..." It was indeed an upgrade, but the range hadn't increased much. To be honest, Wen Yu wasn't very satisfied.
Just as he was thinking about where else he could start to further improve himself, bursts of roars came from far outside the city!
Wen Yu frowned and looked into the distance.
The Demon Race! They're here!
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Chapter 56: First Encounter with the Demon Race!
As the roars grew louder, Wen Yu finally managed to see the appearance of the Demon Race clearly.
Their skin was as black as ink, and two sharp tusks, similar to those of a wild boar, grew from their mouths. Some demons even had crimson blood dripping from their tusks. Wen Yu guessed that some wild monsters might have fallen victim to them.
Every member of the Demon Race had long, crimson hair, and their glowing white eyes looked terrifying.
What truly surprised Wen Yu was that they seemed to be divided into different classes, just like the Human Race. Those in the front row each held a giant shield, looking like Shield Warriors at first glance. Following closely behind were those with longswords and greatswords. Further back were the Mage and Archer legions.
"They really have every class?" Wen Yu thought as he cast Insight Technique.
[Demon Shield Warrior — **]
Level:???
HP:???
MP:???
Physical Attack:???
Magic Attack:???
Physical Defense:???
Magic Defense:???
Critical Rate:???
An attribute panel just like a player's appeared. Not only was the name displayed as garbled symbols, but Wen Yu couldn't see a single attribute either.
"This should be a Demon Warrior of Level 40 or even higher."
Looking to the side, there were some that Wen Yu could see clearly.
[Demon Shield Warrior — **]
Level: 35
HP: 20,500
MP: 1,200
Physical Attack: 320
Magic Attack: 94
Physical Defense: 5,100
Magic Defense: 4,800
Critical Rate: 14%
This was a Demon Shield Warrior Wen Yu could see clearly. Its attack power wasn't outstanding, but its HP and defense truly gave Wen Yu a fright.
Wen Yu wondered if a player who had transferred to a Shield Warrior and reached Level 35 could be this powerful.
Looking further back, he could see some Second Class Transfer Demons whose levels weren't too high.
[Demon Fire Mage — **]
Level: 31
HP: 3,200
MP: 10,600
Physical Attack: 120
Magic Attack: 4,600
Physical Defense: 520
Magic Defense: 520
Critical Rate: 18%
"I wonder if they can see my attributes. Is my Magic Attack completely exposed to them?"
Wen Yu continued to look back and found many Demons who hadn't reached their Second Class Transfer yet.
[Demon Warrior — **]
Level: 26
HP: 4,216
MP: 1,480
Physical Attack: 1,900
Magic Attack: 64
Physical Defense: 328
Magic Defense: 328
Critical Rate: 20%
[Demon Race Mage — **]
Level: 28
HP: 1,560
MP: 2,890
Physical Attack: 92
Magic Attack: 2,160
Physical Defense: 328
Magic Defense: 328
Critical Rate: 30%
[Demon Race Mage — **]
Level: 28
HP: 1,830
MP: 3,100
Physical Attack: 136
Magic Attack: 2,240
Physical Defense: 310
Magic Defense: 340
Critical Rate: 26%
Unlike wild monsters, even among the same Demon Race Mages, their attributes were different. Just like real players—some develop well, while others don't. Differences gradually emerge.
"I wonder if they have things like Talents too." Compared to monsters, Wen Yu was now more inclined to view them as a different kind of "player."
At the same time, his previous suspicions about the country became even more solid!
However, the moment he saw the monsters' attributes, Wen Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They might be strong, but they were far from his level of strength.
"Even high-level First Class Transfer Demons have come to the Second-Tier Main City. Li Jue and the others should be able to defend Glory City with ease."
Regaining his focus, he noticed that the Demon Race had stopped their march about 1 kilometer from the city gate.
Between the two armies, only a pitiful Level 31 wild monster, a [Moon Warty Pig], was shivering...
The path split open, and a Demon Archer holding a giant bow slowly walked out from the back. He started jabbering something to the crowd in Moonlight City.
Wen Yu couldn't understand it.
[Demon Windfeather Archer — **]
Level:???
HP:???
MP:???
Physical Attack:???
Magic Attack:???
Physical Defense:???
Magic Defense:???
Critical Rate:???
"Windfeather Archer? Is this a Third Class Transfer for Archers? Or a Hidden Class?" It stood out among the many officially announced Second Class Transfer classes. It seemed this was the leader of the Demon army attacking Moonlight City.
Seeing so many question marks, Wen Yu couldn't help but feel lucky that he had harvested a wave from Tomorrow City earlier. Even with the Magic Shield's current 180% shield value, Wen Yu felt it might not be enough. He even slightly regretted that he should have upgraded Elfs Blessing to Legendary instead of upgrading [Teleport] to Epic.
"I hope Teleport can have a miraculous effect in this battle," Wen Yu continued to think.
"I should also be prepared to sacrifice myself in battle. With this kind of damage from the Demon Race, if they focus fire on me, I might not even last a minute despite how high my shield value is, and I won't be able to wait for the Magic Shield's cooldown to refresh!"
He glanced at his backpack and made some calculations in his heart:
"Of the equipment I'm wearing, only the two earrings won't drop; it's no big deal if the others do. As for the backpack, anything can drop." There were quite a few things in his backpack: 4 [skill upgrade cards], 6 [attribute materialization cards], a [wooden sword], [novice cloth armor], 75 [glory city return scrolls], 999 [tomorrow city return scrolls], 999 [Novice Village Return Scrolls], 999 [Magic Potions], two Diamond-grade items from the Fish King, 4 Diamond-grade and 3 Platinum-grade items generously gifted by the Corpse Emperor, and 3 Platinum-grade and 4 Gold-grade accessories from the two recent runs of [Minotaur Castle].
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After taking stock of his belongings, Wen Yu looked down again. He saw a person walk out from the Moonlight City camp and start shouting toward the Demon side.
Wen Yu figured he was probably the general Chen Ping had arranged to be in charge of the West Gate defense. Likewise, he couldn't see his level or any information.
"But what's the use of shouting back and forth? You don't understand what he's saying, and he doesn't understand what you're saying," Wen Yu complained inwardly.
After less than two minutes, the Demon side clearly lost patience for further "communication." The Windfeather Archer waved his hand, and the Demons behind him surged toward Moonlight City like a tide.
The human general on the defending side also let out a world-shaking roar.
"Kill!!!"
The two sides collided at extreme speed!
The great war was about to break out!