Chapter 128: A Direct Confrontation

At a time like this, he still dared to talk about “yours” and “mine.” Morning dew and light frost belong to everyone!

The little pig, the monkey knight, the deserter bandits, and the little rooster—none of them were easy to deal with. They each had attack values around eighty to ninety points, and the little rooster and the deserter bandits had outrageously high defense, exceeding twenty points. This truly made things difficult for the players.

Besides using their own lives to stall for time, it seemed they couldn’t do much else.

“Where’s that full-party healing chest? Bring it out and use it!” Huang Yunshuo commanded.

“Got it!” came the reply from Song Na’s side. Within seconds, the town announcement rang out.

[Attention players of Stone Platform Town: The full-party healing potion is now active. For the next 300 seconds plus an additional 300 seconds, you will gain a passive effect granting 100 points of armor. If your armor is below 100 points, you will regenerate 1 point per second. Simultaneously, your health will regenerate at 10 points per second.]

As the announcement sounded, the town erupted in cheers; the players were ecstatic.

“Come on, cowards in front, don’t retreat! Push forward!”

“What chickens, monkeys, and pigs—how dare they defile our heads? They’re courting rebellion! Charge!”

“Everyone, front and back, give it all you’ve got! Push them out of the castle! Don’t be afraid to die!”

“Push?! You’re squeezing my milk out...”

With the 100-point armor buff, players’ health effectively doubled, and the number of deaths plummeted within minutes.

Empowered by the buff and unafraid of death, the players surged forward with reckless abandon. The sheer force of many players pressing forward was terrifying; the swarms of small creatures not only slowed their killing speed but were literally pushed back toward the city gates.

Slowly, the players reclaimed lost ground, and the number of creatures breaching the castle no longer increased so violently.

Under Li Nan and others’ command, countless archers and magic users took positions flanking the city gate, unleashing clustered attacks. Waves of melee players surged forward to block, turning into flashes of white light but fighting tirelessly.

During the siege, dying once only cost 20% experience and yielded no loot. With three million players taking turns dying, was it really so hard to send themselves to the slaughter once in a while?

Hadn’t they seen the reckless veterans rushing in before? Following that example, players didn’t see dying as a burden but rather enjoyed it.

In such an atmosphere, even ranged players who had run out of magic and arrows charged forward with the melee, reasoning that the sooner they died, the sooner they could respawn and maybe even die again for the cause...

“Nothing unexpected will happen in these ten minutes,” Huang Yunshuo exhaled in relief.

Compared to the decisive 100-point armor, the 10-point per second health regeneration seemed impressive but was actually insignificant.

With defenses generally around 20 points, even the lowest-level little pigs at level 8 dealt 50 damage with a single charge. With players pushing relentlessly behind, there was no chance to heal.

Of course, none of this concerned him much. Perhaps due to distance, Huang Yunshuo did not receive these two buffs.

By now, the six fiery explosive grenades in his hand were all spent.

The rooster, Gogo Ro, had taken nearly 2,500 points of damage, losing a quarter of his health in one wave. Huang Yunshuo’s mission was already more than halfway done.

“You guys go up, I’m reloading!” Huang Yunshuo said, retreating while speaking to Luo Liang.

Luo Liang and the cavalry were energized. At his command, the 20-strong team launched the charge once again.

Gogo Ro snapped out of his stun and was furious enough to want to skin Huang Yunshuo alive, but he had no choice but to deal with the cavalry before him.

The irritable Gogo Ro seemed to have significantly increased his combat power. Huang Yunshuo’s cautious output lasted two minutes, and the 30-strong cavalry had lost more than half their number.

This NPC was a real headache—taking damage lowered all attributes, often rendering it combat-ineffective.

Though that made sense scientifically, this was a game, for heaven’s sake! Couldn’t it be a bit more dedicated, like the soldiers in the Time Travel dungeon?

They still had some health left and could fight on stubbornly.

Of course, the cavalry’s continuous loss of combat capability was good news for Huang Yunshuo.

Otherwise, if they kept charging back and forth and lost over half their damage output, who would he complain to?

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Huang Yunshuo launched vertically into the air, dodging one of Gogo Ro’s big jumps and simultaneously emptying his rocket launcher’s magazine.

Gogo Ro was stunned repeatedly, and the cavalry launched another sneak attack.

Gogo Ro recovered from the stun quickly, using a sonic wave to knock a group of cavalrymen off their horses, then rushing forward with fierce pecks. His 300-point attacks severely drained the cavalry’s health.

After a moment of cautious output from Huang Yunshuo, even Luo Liang was injured. The 30-person cavalry team was battered, with only 8 still able to charge.

Huang Yunshuo was pleased.

“Deputy Commander Luo Liang, from now on, you hold Gogo Ro in place. Leave the finishing blow to me!”

Luo Liang was too worn out to charge anymore. Gogo Ro’s three skills were brutal—knocking riders off horses, stunning them, and causing multiple casualties with just one slip. He felt sorry for his brothers under his command.

“Then I’ll leave it to the champion warrior!” Luo Liang said.

Seeing the irritating nuisances finally stop harassing him, Gogo Ro’s chicken eyes blazed with ferocity as he fixed his gaze on Huang Yunshuo.

Crack.

A red beam shot out. Huang Yunshuo had nowhere to dodge, his health plummeting as he was blasted backward.

But since he was about 20 meters up in the air, it didn’t matter much. Gritting his teeth against the chest pain, he used a healing spray with his left hand while continuing the bombardment with his right.

His thruster energy was depleted.

Huang Yunshuo chased downward but landed hard on the ground.

A big jump!

Gogo Ro seized the opportunity to leap fiercely.

“Charge!”

Huang Yunshuo charged forward, simultaneously using a repulsion cannon to fling himself further away. Why use two displacement skills in a row? Because Gogo Ro’s big jump had a massive stun radius.

The earth trembled as Gogo Ro’s wings beat, creating a large crater. To Huang Yunshuo’s astonishment, Gogo Ro took to low flight at incredible speed, nearly brushing his face in an instant.

“Suppressing fire!”

Fortunately, his rage skill was ready. Huang Yunshuo unleashed a relentless rocket barrage on Gogo Ro’s head.

The flying Gogo Ro was suspended midair, hit by ten rockets in rapid succession, his health plummeting.

As the rage skill ended, Huang Yunshuo seized the moment while Gogo Ro was stunned and his flight interrupted, entering a three-second countdown.

3!

2!

1!

Just before Gogo Ro’s beak struck Huang Yunshuo’s chest, he activated “Champion of the Army!”

Entering a bloodied, invincible state, his strength increased by 50% and damage reduction rose by 50% for the next ten seconds.

Huang Yunshuo’s strength surged to 231—shattering all limits.

Meanwhile, Gogo Ro’s single strike damage dropped from 262 to 131—no longer a mortal threat to Huang Yunshuo.