Chapter 137: The Sound of the Sea

The team of twenty priests led by Sound of the Sea hurried to catch up with Huang Yunshuo, only to be stunned by the scene before them.

Humming a tune, Huang Yunshuo was outputting damage on his own, having already fought his way from the southeastern section of the town all the way to the gate. In just a few minutes, his total damage output had already reached hundreds of thousands. Massive swarms of hornets vanished into thin air, and the copper coins and materials dropped from the sky like rain along the city wall from east to west.

"Strong Strike!"

Sound of the Sea swung her Champion's Lament staff, and a beam of light entered Huang Yunshuo's body. His damage immediately increased by about 10%, and the radius of his damage also expanded by 10%. While the former had no effect on him, the latter increased his monster-slaying efficiency by 20%.

"That’s a nice skill," Huang Yunshuo said, turning back in surprise. Only then did he notice that Sound of the Sea, who hadn't been holding a staff earlier, was actually wielding the high-end Champion's Lament.

"You flatter me, Great God!" Sound of the Sea replied bashfully.

Is this the power of a top-tier expert in *Era of Reforging*? In just a few minutes, he had almost single-handedly turned around a battle that was on the verge of collapse. With the south gate wide open, the casualty rate of the Cherry Terrace Town players had dropped from over 200,000 per minute to around 100,000. Now, the small creatures charging the walls were desperately trying to squeeze into the gate tunnels, where the fighting had reached an unprecedented level of intensity. If not for the condition of having to kill Gologoro, there would be absolutely no problem for them to hold the city!

Huang Yunshuo plowed the city wall back and forth with his rocket launcher, consuming countless rounds of ammunition as the number of hornets dwindled significantly.

"Will my ammo be reimbursed?" Huang Yunshuo asked Sound of the Sea.

"No problem!" Sound of the Sea then hesitated, "Do you know when we will go to deal with Gologoro?"

Huang Yunshuo replied, "Don't rush. You keep depleting them, and I'll go retrieve the Full Recovery Treasure Chest. Once the garrison reinforcements arrive, we can plan to take down Gologoro."

"There will be garrison reinforcements?" Sound of the Sea was stunned.

Huang Yunshuo couldn't be bothered to explain. "When the time comes, bring a few dozen priests with the highest attack power or buffing capabilities to follow me out of the city. Taking down Gologoro won't be any trouble."

As Sound of the Sea went to select her team, Huang Yunshuo scanned the remaining priests. "Who here has a long-duration buff skill? I'm going to get the Full Recovery Treasure Chest," he asked.

"I do!" A young woman quickly raised her hand and cast a spell that restored 1 HP every 5 seconds for 5 minutes. He was also gifted an aura that increased his anti-crit rate by 10% for 2 seconds. With these two small buffs—better than nothing—Huang Yunshuo jumped off the city wall, targeting the prominent, large treasure chest located a hundred meters south of the fortress.

Wind Soar!

Incredible! Huang Yunshuo immediately felt that something was different about this Wind Soar. His descent speed was much slower; previously, he descended at a rate of 1 meter every 2 seconds, but now it had become 1 meter every 3 seconds. This meant he wouldn't land for nearly a minute! By then, he would have flown about 150 meters horizontally!

The priestesses looked at the wings on Huang Yunshuo's back, speechless. Below the city, the number of small creatures was immense and rampant. Countless sloth knights and macaque knights followed him like a tidal wave—a spectacular sight of thousands of troops and horses.

Charge!

Five meters away from the chest, Huang Yunshuo triggered his Charge early. With his 166 Strength, he slammed into the group of macaque knights trying to protect the chest, sending both the mounts and the macaques flying. Clutching the chest, he launched a Charged Assault, which, combined with the knockback from his rocket launcher, allowed him to escape the core encirclement of the creatures in the blink of an eye.

"Takeoff."

He soared vertically to an altitude of 20 meters. He didn't dare head north immediately; the distance to the south wall was still long, and the further north he went, the more creatures there were. If his energy ran out and he landed in a mob of monsters, that would truly be suicidal. He flew toward the eastern suburbs, landing to trigger movement abilities whenever his energy depleted, with the swarms of creatures pursuing him from all sides.

Unfortunately, the main force couldn't stop him, and those who could reach him couldn't break his 48 defense and 475+10 HP. Without even activating the Cloud Pattern Power, Huang Yunshuo managed to reach the east gate with only 30-something HP left. He glanced toward the town, but couldn't see any sign of cavalry, so it seemed he would have to wait.

"Don't waste the Full Recovery Spray in this chest. It only has a 5-minute duration; you must save it for the final, critical moment." Huang Yunshuo placed the box on the ground and said this to a tall, stunning woman with short blue hair who was holding a Champion's Lament staff.

This woman, named Rendering, was twenty-six or twenty-seven years old and served as the commander of "Resonant Hymn," overseeing four million priests. Resonant Hymn had been hired by top-ten legions many times in *Glory of the Glaciers*, and they were present at almost every major battle that shook the server. They held immense prestige among players, especially among female priests. Huang Yunshuo remembered watching Rendering and other prominent streamers from their guild; the yachts were like firecrackers, the chat streams like rain, and their popularity was insanely high.

"Got it, I'll remember that. Sorry for the trouble, I'll transfer the 5 million credits to you now!" Rendering said with a hint of regret. She also wanted to see how Huang Yunshuo would deal with Gologoro, but someone had to stay to command the situation, and the timing of the Full Recovery Spray was crucial.

Huang Yunshuo walked along the top of the wall, constantly attacking the dense crowd of sloth knights below. The sloths were so close to the base of the wall that they were being flipped over one after another, crawling around and grunting as they searched for nuts, completely neutralized.

After boredly firing about three hundred shots, Huang Yunshuo's ears twitched as he heard the sound of a large cavalry force approaching.

"The garrison is here! Sound of the Sea, head to the east gate and wait for me!" Huang Yunshuo felt a jolt of excitement and headed toward the direction of the garrison.

"You... so you are the Champion Warrior!" Wang Chuang, the deputy commander of the garrison, looked at the figure who had suddenly dropped down in front of him, signaled his men to halt, and spoke in astonishment.

The Champion Warrior title, the Golden Warrior title, and the Level 3 Adventurer Badge were basically enough to ensure that the initial relationship between Huang Yunshuo and any NPC reached "Friendly."

"Greetings, Deputy Commander Wang Chuang. I am here to help you kill Gologoro!"

As the 200 garrison cavalry galloped at full speed to ambush the Sloth Forest, Huang Yunshuo followed behind, leading a group of 60 priestesses headed by Sound of the Sea. These 60 priests were impressive; aside from Sound of the Sea, there were six others wielding Champion's Lament staffs. The rest either possessed excellent buffing skills or had base attack power starting at 45, with many exceeding 50—a very aggressive group.

They were indeed the elites selected from four million female players. Huang Yunshuo was stunned by their strength; they were of much higher quality than the "elite" players in his own Brotherhood guild.