Chapter 114: The Entire City Bathed in the Light of Advancement (Please Vote!)

“The power of the Cloud Pattern.”

The power of the Cloud Pattern could convert 50% of the damage into the rage gauge. Huang Yunshuo was also using this skill in actual combat for the first time. Over a hundred little white geese were desperately chasing and biting at him. While his health was dropping rapidly, his rage gauge surged from just 61% to 100% in less than ten seconds at an exaggerated pace!

Leaping Slash!

Huang Yunshuo leapt high into the air and crashed down onto a little white goose five meters away, delivering a critical hit with a follow-up shot, then another two shots, landing another critical hit.

Before long, several of the mage girls had exhausted their mana.

The other priest girls waiting nearby ran up to switch places. In just that short interval, the effect of the Cloud Pattern had ended, and Huang Yunshuo’s health plummeted sharply, instantly dropping to just over 30 points.

Chugging three bottles of potent healing sprays to cling to his life, Huang Yunshuo fled with his head down, cursing that his parents hadn’t given him a few extra legs.

“Damn it, displacement skills still aren’t enough!”

Huang Yunshuo felt frustrated.

If he had equipped the rocket launcher now, he could have escaped more easily. When he was wearing the Champion’s Anthem, he didn’t have any knockback skills, so his means of escape were somewhat limited.

Swish, swish, swish.

Several divine words spells landed on Huang Yunshuo one after another just in time, quickly restoring his health.

But by now, Huang Yunshuo had already decided to retreat.

Firstly, the archers Chen Lu and Qing Shuang, who had been supporting from afar, had run out of arrows. Secondly, he spotted the Sloth Knight reappearing in the distance, likely having replenished its supply of nuts.

While retreating, Huang Yunshuo equipped the rocket launcher, commanding everyone to fall back while turning and knocking back foes, effectively keeping the relentless little white geese behind him.

“The Sloth Knight is back! Think about your own lives if you’re hooked—retreat quickly! Run as far as you can!”

Players with keen eyes shouted, and the terrified players fled without hesitation. They were truly frightened by these relentless Sloth Knights.

Once the retreat began, it quickly spiraled out of control. Through the wide-open South Gate of the city, players swarmed inside. Every minute, hundreds and thousands of players poured in. From the sky, one could see countless players in the southern part of the town forming a fan-shaped formation converging towards the center—a magnificent sight.

At that moment, the sound of countless parachutes opening echoed overhead once again—the second wave of airdropped supplies had arrived.

“This is ridiculous. How are we supposed to grab anything in this chaos?”

Everyone was instantly frustrated, teeth grinding with anger. Missing out on this supply drop was a big loss. It didn’t matter much to miss out on the 50-health healing sprays, since everyone could afford those now.

The real issue was the mana recovery sprays, which were extremely rare and couldn’t be bought no matter how much money you had. If players couldn’t get their hands on thousands of these mana sprays, it was a huge blow to the mage class.

“Damn it, dying once for a mana spray is totally worth it!”

Some more aggressive mage players refused to enter the city and instead waited eagerly at the supply drop locations, eyes fixed on the descending parachutes.

“Haha, nice!”

Huang Yunshuo laughed outright. Those mana recovery sprays—such a devilish little thing—were truly precious. Although mages could slowly regenerate mana, their turtle-like slow speed and consumption rate were nowhere near proportional. The number of mana recovery sprays in one’s inventory had become a hard benchmark for gauging a mage’s prowess.

Tat-tat-tat!

Countless little piglets carrying Sloths charged forward.

A dense line of short legs ran non-stop. The Sloths fired at players as soon as they spotted them, attacked with twelve rounds, then dashed back. The southern part of the city was thrown into chaos, with countless players falling. Many mage players trying to grab supply packs were shot dead before their parachutes even landed.

As this back-and-forth unfolded, about 25 of the 30 minutes of the festival mode had already elapsed.

As Huang Yunshuo expected, neither the level 10 Rooster nor the level 9 Monkey appeared. The highest-level foes were level 8 Piglets riding level 6 Sloths, who launched two waves of attacks causing heavy casualties among the players.

After this wave of Sloth Knights withdrew, an even larger swarm of little white geese surged forward, their numbers so vast that Huang Yunshuo gasped sharply.

By now, there was not a single player left below the South City Wall—either they had retreated inside the fortress or had been slain. Vast meadows were occupied by little white geese. Wherever one looked, there were only goose heads, cackling incessantly at the players on the walls with arrogant, aggressive disdain.

Tap, tap, tap!

The South City Gate was relentlessly pecked by the swarming little white geese. Its durability, which had already shattered records, was slowly decreasing at a rate imperceptible to the naked eye.

The little white geese pressed against other parts of the city wall, flapping their wings vigorously, desperately trying to fly up to the three to four-meter-high first-level wall—of course, they failed.

The sight of countless little white geese flapping their wings and cackling together was so spectacular that many players dared not stand near the city wall.

The archers crowded on the seventh level of the South City Wall were equally troubled.

They couldn’t tell which little white goose they were shooting at. These identical creatures hopped about chaotically; one would fly up, get hit by an arrow, and fall immediately. When they aimed next, it was often at an entirely different, fully healthy little white goose.

So despite the hail of arrows, very few geese were killed, unless a particularly reckless one managed to hop onto a flying companion and then get shot multiple times.

As the distant little white geese gradually crowded near the wall, they leapt up and, finding no space to stand, began stepping on the backs of their companions to reach higher.

Under Huang Yunshuo’s horrified gaze, within less than five minutes, the little white geese beneath had stacked up three to four layers deep like a pile of disciples.

“Holy hell…”

Imagining the little white geese surging en masse onto the first level of the player fortress sent chills down Huang Yunshuo’s spine.

A quick glance suggested there were easily hundreds of thousands of little white geese. If even ten thousand broke through, not to mention how brutally the players would be slaughtered, this alone would meet the conditions for a failed defense!

[Festival Mode Ended. Defense of Shitai Town Successful. All players in this town receive 50% experience of their current level. All treasure chest cooldown times extended by 300 seconds. The treasure chest looter, level 17 Frost Hawk “Dimwit,” gains an additional 50% experience of their current level.]

[Attention: Except for Shitai Town, all other towns are now under assault by Monkey Knights. Adventurers, please prepare defenses.]

Two system announcements were broadcast in quick succession. Huang Yunshuo, who had joyfully reached level 17 from monster kills, was instantly bathed in white light as he leveled up to 18.

The entire player fortress seemed as if a nuclear bomb had detonated—millions of glowing lights flashed simultaneously, soaring into the sky. The radiant effect enveloped the whole city and slowly faded only after a long while.

Players eagerly captured screenshots and videos of this thrilling spectacle, sharing them on social media and forums to incite envy and admiration from others.