novelTake by Force
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Go!"
The Celestial Capital had two gates, the East Gate and the West Gate. More than 5, 000, 000 members of the Three Major Guild Alliance gathered around the two gates, and with a single order from Defiantly Tyrannical, the army swarmed into the Celestial Capital like a tide.
"Whoosh whoosh—"
As soon as the army entered the city, they were attacked. Every single one of the city's players and friendly NPCs was gone. In their place, there were several Arrow Towers that obstructed any enemy who tried to enter the Celestial Capital.
This was Throne-claiming, not Throne-usurping, so even if Defiantly Tyrannical and the others had not interfered, it would not be that easy for Li Yi to take the throne. After all, the ones standing in their way were the former NPC king's army!
Fire Arrows practically rained down from the Arrow Towers, each with tremendous ATK. Every arrow dealt 5, 000-10, 000 damage, so other than the main tanks, barely any other classes could withstand the barrage.
Within a mere few minutes, the Three Major Guild Alliance sustained several hundreds of thousands of casualties. Seeing that the situation was not going well for him, Defiantly Tyrannical immediately gave the order to stop.
"Retreat!"
Even though he lost many men, Defiantly Tyrannical was more overjoyed than outraged."Hahahaha, we'll stay our hand for now and just wait outside the city. Let's see how Dark Wing deals with this!"
During the war, players who died in the vicinity around the Celestial Capital could not resurrect on the spot. Instead, they had to release their souls, which were then automatically transported back to the players' own major cities. (The dead would return to wherever their Return City Stone was bound to, but if it was bound to the Celestial Capital, they would be randomly sent to another major city.
Outside the Celestial City, there were three Neutral Resurrection Points. If players could seize these points, they would not be forced to resurrect in a city after dying. Instead, they could resurrect at the Resurrection Points. (If one person seized it, every ally could resurrect there. )
Inside the Celestial City, there was another Resurrection Point where Carulla had been standing. This one was called the Civil Hall, and any side who seized this place could resurrect directly in the Celestial City's square!
Defiantly Tyrannical soon discovered the potency of these points, and he led his army to take over every one of the three Neutral Resurrection Points outside the Celestial City.
"Hahahaha, whatever the cost, we must stand firm by these Resurrection Points. This way, Li Yi's side will lose one man for every player killed, and soon enough, just the corpse running would be enough to cost them this war.
The voices of several million players reverberated in the sky, and the curses on the National Channel never once stopped.
5 minutes later, Confused Fox led the army in an assault on the West Gate. The icon above their heads was all purple in color, signifying that they were participants in this Throne-claiming War.
"The minnows from the Iron Alliance are here!"
"Go!"
Defiantly Tyrannical sent a few of his men to watch the Resurrection Points, while others rushed at Confused Fox.
The two sides clashed in battle!
"More people from the Iron Alliance are approaching!"
Flower Underpants and his troops appeared at the South Gate...
"There are some in the moat as well!"
The two city gates and even the waterway were all filled with players from the Iron Alliance. Defiantly Tyrannical and his army of millions attacked them with everything they had, but the Iron Alliance could not be wholly vanquished so quickly.
The Celestial Capital was very cleverly designed. Take the area around the city gates for example; the roads there were very narrow and could only accommodate several thousand fighters at once. As for the latecomers, all they could do was glare.
The two sides were locked in a tug-of-war...
The main tank stood at the very front, spamming as many damage reduction skills as they could. The roars of bloodlust and the curses of fury mixed together, and it truly looked as though they had returned to an ancient battlefield.
"Boom-boom-boom..."
There was a rumbling noise, and several dozen Steel-armored Tanks appeared behind Defiantly Tyrannical's army!
The Little Drunk Cat Guild's elites were here!
Li Yi drove the purple tank himself, moving way ahead of the others, By the time he reached Defiantly Tyrannical's army, all the players were stunned into silence.
"F*ck me, this is a guild tank?"
"F*cking hell, that cannon barrel is thicker than me..."
"He's coming at me, aaaah..."
The tank's cannons fired out. Although the cannons could do any damage to players who were not riding tanka, Li Yi was aiming for the aura and effect. With the cannon shots flying everywhere and the plume of smoke rising into the air, just the effect alone was enough to deal Defiantly Tyrannical and the others a blow.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Although the tanks could not deal any damage to players who were not also in tanks, the tanks could still send people flying if they crashed into any people. In other words, a person could not withstand a tank.
"Fight!"
Defiantly Tyrannical was furious. Countless attacks launched ferociously toward the purple tank Li Yi was riding.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The tank's surface took many hits, but its HP did not change in the slightest. They could not break past the purple tank's terrifying DEF at all, so they could not even deal the forced 1HP in damage.
The purple tank seemed to be in a world of its own, barreling through everything and reaching the East Gate soon enough. Without even stopping, it just charged right in..
The gold-colored tanks followed closely behind it. However, its DEF was not as high as a purple tank's, so the tank constantly lost [−1] with each hit it took.
"Leave the gold-colored tank and go for the blue one. Everyone, train your fire on beating the blue tank!"
As though only just waking from a dream, Defiantly Tyrannical ordered his men to attack the blue tank.
The gold tanks at the front were makeshift main tanks, the green tanks headed along as security members, and the blue tanks proceeded carefully.
Regardless of the tank's quality, the tank would still be destroyed once it ran out of HP. If the passengers did not leave the tank in time, they would die together with the tank. If they wanted to use the tank again, they would have to repair it.
Defiantly Tyrannical had been slow to react. By the time he figured it out, several dozen blue tanks had already broken through the city gates, and they could only manage to destroy two of the slowest blue tanks.
More than 20 players could not get off the ride in time, and they died together with the tank. The other driver reacted faster. In the very instant the tank exploded, he carried someone out of the tank. However, it made no difference in the end because they were instantly killed as soon as they crawled out of the tank...
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The purple tank rushed into the Celestial Capital and stopped there for some time, waiting for the other tanks to arrive before it led the way forward, attracting the attacks from the Arrow Towers.
The arrows unleashed by the Arrow Towers had extremely high ATK, but when those hits landed on the tanks, the effects were much more subdued. They dealt less than 100 in damage, which was practically nothing in the face of a purple tank with more than 13, 000, 000HP (fully seized with 160 passengers).
The gold-colored tank could withstand the Arrow Tower's attacks as well, as could the green tanks, though those felt the effects more. Only the blue tanks could not take those hits, so Li Yi did not advance quickly. Instead, he attracted all the Arrow Towers along the way into attacking his vehicle, protecting the tanks behind his.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
A blue tank adjusted their cannon to aim at an Arrow Tower and then it launched a barrage at the tower. The damage number was quite considerable, as the Arrow Tower lost half of its HP in an instant.
Li Yi was furious."Don't attack the Arrow Tower! I'll say it again, don't attack the Arrow Tower! Which idiot went and attacked the Arrow Tower? Who's driving Tank No. 38? Tank No. 38, respond!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The driver of Tank No. 38 did not seem to hear Li Yi's shouting. It continued to shoot at the Arrow Tower, and they could only watch as the Arrow Tower was being destroyed.
Li Yi flew into a fury and turned his tank's cannons to aim at Tank No. 38 instead.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
It only took three shots to reduce Tank No. 38 into a pile of rubble. Every single one of the 20 passengers on board died.
"Guild Master, why d'you attack me?" Only then did the driver of Tank No. 38 respond.
"Who told you to attack the Arrow Tower? Also, are you the driver?"
"Guild Master, I'm the Driver No. 38, my name's Sometimes It Gets Sad. He's my friend and he said he wanted to try out the wheel, so I gave him a shot. Sorry'bout that..."
Li Yi checked Driver No. 38's name and immediately pulled his rank down to the very bottom, making him one of the guild's most junior members.
He only had communication channels with the tank driver now precisely because he was afraid there would be a communication error. Even before they began driving the tanks, he had made it very clear that they were to head straight for their destination without attacking the Arrow Towers. So what was this? He told them not to attack, but they went ahead anyway. Was it any wonder that he was angry?
"Sometimes It Gets Sad, from now on your Guild Points will be reduced to zero, and your friend's will be halved! Everyone else in the tank will have 500 points deducted from your total!
"All of you, stay flat on the ground now and don't resurrect! Wait for my orders!"
Li Yi continued to drive his tank forward...
The further forward they went, the more concentrated the Arrow Towers became. Sparks flew into the air and even their line of sight was obstructed. Without the Guild Tanks, the only way they could possibly break through this stretch of Arrow Towers would be to pile their way through with corpses.
Each Arrow Tower had 3, 000, 000HP and more DEF than a blue tank!
"Tank No. 29, don't fall behind. Come here right now and drive ahead of me. All tanks, pay attention. Everyone, drive ahead of me, and we'll be through the Arrow Tower area soon enough."
"Copy that!"
"Understood!"
The incident with Tank No. 38 earlier made it very clear to all the other tanks that this was unlike usual circumstances. Their usually easygoing leader of the guild was not to be trifled with right now, or else the results would definitely be disastrous.
Li Yi was the last to leave the Arrow Tower area. At the same time, he received the latest battle reports from Confused Fox and Flower Underpants.
"200, 000 casualties from the God Creator Guild..."
"500, 000 casualties from the Dream Guild, and this pair of Underpants are now lying on the floor..."
"Don't get up, stay right there and await my orders!"
"OK!"
On the other hand, Pretty Good Mood and his band of several hundred thousand men from the Iron Alliance were now randomly attacking and scattering the Three Major Guild Alliance's troops. Meanwhile, Shangguan Bailu and Royal Blue Sky were gathering all the Iron Alliance's forces and making a beeline for the Resurrection Point closest to the city gates.
Each team was doing the job they were given, and none of them had made any drastic mistakes as of yet!
"Brothers, if you can take down the Resurrection Point, you'll be gods!"
Royal Blue Sky's hoarse voice rang out, and more than 500, 000 members of the Iron Alliance launched a furious charge toward the Resurrection Point.
"You're like lemmings jumping to your own deaths! Men, hit them hard! Wizards, use your Forbidden Curse, Warriors, use your Bloodrage!" Defiantly Tyrannical roared loudly as he stood in the crowd.
The Iron Alliance was throwing everything they had at Defiantly Tyrannical, and vice versa. One side was attacking ruthlessly, and the other defending to the death!
If they managed to seize the Resurrection Point, they could revive nearby even if they died. If they did not, however, each death would equal a player lost. After all, the closest major city to the Celestial Capital was still an hour away. Without a Resurrection Point as the final safety net, it was possible for even an army of millions or tens of millions to be grinded to death.
The Three Major Alliance surrounded the Resurrection Point tightly, such that not even a needle could thread through it. With the Wizards constantly using Blizzard, even the Thieves could not get through with Stealth.
The two sides fought back and forth, but the Three Major Alliance, who had already conquered all the Resurrection Points, was at an advantage. The Iron Alliance kept losing members as they fought, but the people from the Three Major Guild Alliance could jump right back in the fray as long as they chose to resurrect.
The situation was completely one-sided, and Royal Blue Sky could not hold on for much longer.
"Megashield!"
Among the Iron Alliance troops, a Warrior main tank suddenly raised his shield high above his head. His body was instantly covered in a layer of gold light, and he strode forward, rushing forth.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Any player who came in contact with the Warrior main tank was instantly sent flying. This was Megashield's special effect, Brutal Impact!
A priest cast Hand of Salvation on the Warrior main tank, which made things even better. Armed with invincibility as he charged forth, the Warrior main tank became the very embodiment of a tank. He charged and tackled, but this time even the wall of bodies formed by the Three Major Guild Alliance could no longer get in his way.
"Unending Unmatched!" yelled someone who recognized this Warrior main tank.
"Bang-bang-bang!"
With Brutal Impact, Unending Unmatched was soon right in front of the Resurrection Point. He then abruptly punched the ground with the shield in his hand.
"Shield of Earth!"
Every ally within 300 yards gained a 5% increase in ATK and 80% damage reduction!
A red channeling bar appeared above Unending Unmatched's head.
If someone wanted to seize a Resurrection Point, the channeling bar was required. While it was loading, the player could not move or use any skills, and they had to stay like that for 30 seconds!
"Hit him! Hit him! Don't let him seize it!" howled Defiantly Tyrannical in desperation.
[10... 15... 26... 30!]
Every Iron Alliance Priest was keeping a close eye on Unending Unmatched's HP and healed him in time, so even Defiantly Tyrannical's roars made no difference. He could only watch as Unending Unmatched seized the Resurrection Point with barely any health left...
In an instant, countless Iron Alliance troops resurrected at the Resurrection Point, returning with full health. They instantly used their strongest moves, and before the members of the Three Major Guild Alliance could even counter, they were all wiped out...
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