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Chapter 456 - 254: The City Falls, Escape!

Chapter 456: Chapter 254: The City Falls, Escape!

"The city has fallen!!!"

"Go, hurry~"

Successive voices erupted, and Gu Shanhai sighed. The mission had failed, and now lives would have to be paid as the fare.

As for the players from the Purple Gold Club, none had come back to find Gu Shanhai, most likely having met their death on the battlefield.

It was now only midday, and the fact they had held out this long with so few was quite remarkable.

Chaos reigned within Wulaoguan after the barbarians entered the city and began a merciless killing spree, striking with lethal ferocity.

Gu Shanhai, following the barbarians’ breach, had left the area of Wulaoguan by using the Five Elements Great Escape, maintaining a low profile as had always been his principle.

Now that Wulaoguan had no resisting forces, flames started to spread.

"The barbarians are actually burning it down? What does this mean?" Gu Shanhai watched the fires within the city, puzzled—shouldn’t they want to take it over?

But he quickly realized that with the barbarian main forces tied up on the front lines, they had no reinforcements.

Wulaoguan was different; the army leader and the Daoist Soldier were on their way back. If the barbarians dared to occupy, it would have been equivalent to seeking their own doom.

So it was better to be ruthless, to completely destroy Wulaoguan; even if it was recaptured, the reconstruction would require significant manpower and resources, venting their frustration as much as anything.

"Truly, a sobering moment for humanity." Gu Shanhai, realizing the rationale, thought the new barbarian leader had some capability.

The purgatory lasted for over two hours, with the barbarians departing after setting the fire, without waiting the full duration—they weren’t fools, they wouldn’t stick around for a show knowing they were being pursued.

Gu Shanhai silently observed; his reason for staying was to assess the situation of the army leader and the Daoist Soldier.

To put out the fire? Why should he, first and foremost, he was not from this world, lacking the relevant empathy, and secondly, he had been dragged to the front lines by Wulaoguan upon arrival, not owing anything but his life to them.

Just because others looked human, did that make them his compatriots? Nonsense, the Demon Race looked human after transformation too, were they the same species?

From a biological, genetic, or even anatomical perspective, Gu Shanhai and the inhabitants of this world were not of the same species. They didn’t know each other, and as a neutral party, he was fine just watching.

Moreover, if you say Wulaoguan people are humans, aren’t the barbarians human too? The sides have different standings, belonging to internal affairs; Gu Shanhai, having no official identity, was not in a position to interfere.

As the sky gradually darkened, Gu Shanhai finally saw a cloud of dust rising in the distance.

A white-robed commander leading a thousand riders emerged swiftly.

"They’re back, but it’s too late." Hidden in the shadows, Gu Shanhai murmured softly.

The firelight reflected on the commander’s face, allowing Gu Shanhai to clearly see that he looked quite troubled.

"Raise bows!" the commander roared in a deep voice.

A mysterious rhythm surfaced, linking the thousand riders.

"Fire!"

The arrows turned into streaks of silver, tracing an arc in the sky before falling into Wulaoguan.

Gu Shanhai wondered if they intended to destroy the city?

However, when these arrows landed, they released ripples like those of water.

The flames were suppressed in an instant, eventually extinguished altogether.

"That’s quite interesting." Watching this unfold, Gu Shanhai was certain of one thing: individually, the army leader wasn’t strong, and a lone Daoist Soldier was average, but combined, they created a chemical-like reaction and became terrifying.

That volley he had just witnessed would be only a basic attack for him. Had it not been directed by the army leader, it could have turned Hulaoguan into ruins if it had fallen there.

Moreover, this attack seemed to be under the full control of the army leader, as naturally as moving an arm, even able to adjust the damage inflicted.

"Just one round of volleys like that one, and even someone from the Upper Three Realms’ would struggle to bear it." Gu Shanhai estimated the power; it would not likely be fatal, but definitely distressing, and that was just a regular attack.

Gu Shanhai did not believe that was the only kind of attack the Daoist Soldiers could execute, this unit resembling Bow Cavalry, likely specializing in volleys.

After the fire was out, a Scout ran over and spoke in a low voice with the commanding army leader.

After listening carefully, Gu Shanhai understood that the Scout had found tracks of the barbarians’ retreat.

"Order to pursue, we cannot let a single one escape." The leader knew, no matter how he argued, he couldn’t escape the charge of negligence, so the only way to reduce his culpability was to aim for some redemptive accomplishment.

The simplest way, of course, was to annihilate all the invading enemies.

With this achievement, he could then work his connections, at the very least securing a punishment like a deduction in pay would be ideal, equivalent to being let off lightly.

Therefore, he immediately ordered the pursuit.

"Army strategies?" Gu Shanhai watched as the leader seemed to use a certain ability, enveloping the thousand riders in a clear wind-like radiance.

Subsequently, their speed increased by nearly fifty percent, a sight that surprised Gu Shanhai.

"Such a miraculous military tactic; if it were my aura, achieving this effect would require much more." Gu Shanhai’s expression grew increasingly curious.

The leader managed to achieve the effect of ten points of energy with only one point of force, whereas Gu Shanhai himself could, at most, achieve five points at present.

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