Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 763

Chapter 763: 763

However, the situation was only slightly better even after Su Dingqian had taken action . The armored soldiers were already at the city walls . The wooden stockade was incomparably fragile before their heavy weapons, giving way to huge gaps in just a couple of strikes .

In the blink of an eye, there were holes everywhere and the steel-armored warriors gushed in like a black tide .

Atop the city lord mansion, Su Dingqian stood leaning on the railing as he gazed at the battlefield with an ashen face . At this moment, only Liu Daoming and Su Yueyuan were beside him; the rest had been sent to the frontlines .

Liu Daoming was fine, but a rank-thirteen champion like Su Yueyuan was rather unpresentable in the lineup . Su Dingqian had no other way because all of his cards were here, and he still had to take care of this talented son .

The trio’s expressions were unsightly as they watched the city walls falling one segment after the other . Liu Daoming was still calm, but Su Yueyuan could bear it no longer . “Father, why not unleash another strike? We won’t be able to hold out at this rate!”

“What's the rush?” Su Dingqian rebuked .

Liu Daoming shot Su Yueyuan a meaningful glance and stopped him from speaking . Su Dingqian killing the giant warbeast was already the limit . Divine champions had to follow an unspoken rule when taking action . It wasn’t as if the other side was lacking in divine champions; their numbers were even greater . If Su Dingqian were to attack wantonly and exhaust his energy, the divine champions on the other side would surely take advantage of the situation to strike .

Preserving his combat strength and refraining from attacking was the greatest form of intimidation . At the very least, he could restrain one divine champion and many high-ranking experts . It was even possible for him to keep two divine champions in check .

However, there would be no other way if the battle below the divine champion level were to crumble .

On the opposite end of the battlefield, there was a magnificent airship hovering in the night sky—one that would look rather extravagant even in Evernight . Many of the decorations upon it were quite flashy, and many of the origin arrays on it were there to maintain the airship’s luster .

This garish, impractical battleship was extremely famous because it was the Spider Emperor’s ship .

At this moment, the emperor himself wasn’t here . The person on the main seat was a mysterious person clad in white robes and sporting a faint-golden demonic mask . There were a few arachne within the command room, all of them powerful, valiant, and extraordinary . These were the great generals working under the Spider Emperor, but none of them objected to this outsider usurping the master seat .

That masked person—the master of the Moonlight Demons—was just as famous as the Spider Emperor . People neither knew his name nor what he looked like, only his representative mask . But one could very well imagine his character from how the Moonlight Demons operated . The best way to deal with such a powerful and half-crazed expert was to not provoke him .

This battleship hovered far beyond the battlefield and never approached . Experts would occasionally fly up to deliver battle reports . Most of the time, this masked person would only listen to the numbers without expressing anything . The only order he had ever issued was to withdraw the two warbeasts .

The experts in the command center were feeling quite bored since the battle was developing as smoothly as they had anticipated . As expected, the war beasts forced Su Dingqian to launch an attack . According to the original plan, if the city lord attacked a second time, the masked man would lead them out to surround and kill him .

At this moment, the eyes of an unmoving spider on the cabin roof lit up . “Mask, what’s the situation?”

This spider was the size of a palm and strangely translucent . The voice with which it had spoken sounded rather old and showed no respect to the leader of the Moonlight Demons .

The masked person looked up . “Old Spider, you’ve finally appeared?”

The translucent spider said with a laugh, “I still need to deal with those female spiders back home, how can I have the time? I only have five clones . It’s already good enough that I put one here with you . ”

When that translucent spider spoke, all the arachne in the room bowed respectfully . That was because this strange, palm-sized spider was one of the Spider Emperor’s clones . Its function was concealment and long-distance communication, much like a pair of eyes for the Spider Emperor . Its presence was equal to that of the Spider Emperor himself .

Mask knew that the Spider Emperor was always like that . He said with a snort, “Su Dingqian has attacked . ”

The Spider Emperor’s voice became serious . “He attacked? How are the losses?”

“One Giant Brigley Beast . ”

“Oh, that’s not bad . One Brigley for Port City, that’s not a loss . ” The Spider Emperor seemed rather heartbroken despite saying that .

Mask snorted . “He wouldn’t have dared to attack if you were here . ”

Spider Emperor said, “It’s no use even if I’m there . He’ll attack all the same when he needs to, and we can’t stop him from fleeing, either . It would be just right if the rabid wolf were there . I’m not like you people, my entire family business is in the Eastern sea . I don’t want to face a madman who had lost his foundations .

Mask remained silent for a moment, seemingly quite distressed as well . “That’s true, only those with foundations have weaknesses . ”

The Spider Emperor said, “I don’t think Su Dingqian will fight us to the death . He’s probably thinking about letting us explore the Earth Dragon, and then coming back to attack us when we have suffered heavy casualties . ”

The masked man said calmly, “His strategy isn’t bad at all . If not for ‘that’, we wouldn’t have any good way to deal with the dragon, either . ”

The Spider Emperor laughed . “Indeed, Mask, I know you contributed the most this time . Rest assured, you’ll get as much of the Earth Dragon’s blood as you deserve, not one drop less . ”

The masked man’s aura fluctuated slightly at the mention of the Earth Dragon’s blood . He was clearly not as calm as he seemed . “Let’s take Port City first before further discussion . ”

The Spider Emperor said, “In any case, we just need to fight to the death and make them suffer heavy casualties . Do that and Su Dingqian will flee . I’ll be leaving first if there’s nothing here that needs my attention, I’ll be back in a bit . One of my little beauties have woken up, I need to take a pill!”

That translucent spider waved its fore-limbs in a gesture of farewell, and then lay down silently as the emperor’s consciousness departed .

The masked man shook his head . Propping his chin up with his hand, he fell into deep contemplation .

At this moment, the defensive lines of Port City were in flames . Thousands of armored soldiers had rushed into the city with less than fifty dead and began fighting the city guards . Port City’s casualty rates rose sharply once the melee battles broke out . The armor on these creatures was simply so thick and heavy that there was no way an ordinary soldier could shoot through them . It would seem that the four, elephant-like legs were its only weaknesses . However, these warbeasts possessed the trampling skill; going near their legs was almost suicidal .

Qianye was in no rush to join the fray . Instead, he kept on observing these steely warriors for their weakness . On this chaotic battlefield, he was basically in stealth mode after retracting his aura . Perception was an evident shortcoming of these armored warriors—sometimes, they would ignore Qianye even as he brushed past them .

After a period of observation, Qianye had a good idea in his mind . When a certain armored warrior charged past him, Qianye leapt up and landed lithely on his back . He pressed his origin gun at the soldier’s back-armor and fired!

The effects of the old man’s focused firepower became evident at this moment as a single blast almost penetrated the entire upper body of the target . The steel-clad warrior actually continued to rush forward, but its body eventually gave way . Its upper body snapped all of a sudden and fell off from the rest of its frame . Even then, the creature was still struggling with all its might, refusing to die completely .

Qianye broke into a frown as he glanced at the wound . The interior composition was fairly odd and the innards were a mess—there were many organs of unknown function, almost as though the creature was designed by someone with no sense of beauty .

However, there really was nothing special about the bones and skeleton . So, how were they able to withstand the weight of their heavy armor?

Qianye understood after glancing at the heavy armor . The plating was a type of support structure with its center of gravity on the creature’s legs . The other parts of the warrior’s body weren’t sturdy at all and relied on this heavy armor for protection .

After realizing this point, Qianye quickly formulated a plan . He rushed into the midst of several armored soldiers and abruptly unleashed his Oceanic Vortex, suppressing everything in an area ten meters around him .

The sounds of cracking bones could be heard from the legs of the eight armored warriors around him . Unable to bear the massive weight any longer, the creatures collapsed with a boom . These fierce warriors did not know pain and wanted to continue their massacre, but the sudden weight had crushed the bones in their legs . No matter how they struggled, they couldn’t climb back up .

Qianye withdrew his aura and domain before retreating into the city . His attack was concluded in a flash and controlled within a small area, hence no one discovered the abnormality .

At this point, the armored warriors were beginning to assail the interior of the city, and the battle had become quite complicated . Qianye merged into the shadows to join his favorite phase of the battle .

A steel-clad warrior was walking along a narrow street in search of potential enemies and attacking all life in sight, be they soldiers or civilians . It had just passed a house when the wall suddenly shattered and out came Qianye . He flashed past the armored warrior and opened fire at its belly .

The steel-clad warriors’ bellies were their weakness . At the very least, their abdominal armor wasn’t strong, and how could the soft abdomen withstand the ravages of a grade-seven gun? Qianye almost blasted the target’s abdomen apart, producing a shower of blood and organs .

That steal-armored soldier struggled and roared, but its mountainous body collapsed and blocked the road . Another armored soldier rushed over at this point, but it seemed to feel no sympathy for its dead comrade . On the contrary, it grew violent and tossed the corpse to the side with a wave of its heavy axe .

Qianye reappeared at this point, flashing past the warrior’s abdomen and sending it on its way to meet its compatriot .