I have an Apocalypse City
Chapter 1010 - Chapter 1010 Chapter 1011 Cloud City_1

Chapter 1010: Chapter 1011: Cloud City_1 Chapter 1010: Chapter 1011: Cloud City_1 The Elemental faction’s army slowly advanced toward the Human stronghold, and as Song Jian stood atop the walls of a Tier-3 main city, Tutan pointed at him and asked, “Does anyone recognize this man?”

The Elemental faction’s examiners all used probing skills to check Song Jian’s personal attributes.

“My lord, he appears to be a god-favored…” hesitated one of the examiners.

“A god-favored? Have the promotion speeds of the god-favored become this fast?” Tutan was somewhat surprised. Among the present examiners, who hadn’t gone through ten or even dozens of years of grueling training to achieve today’s strength? Yet the emergence of the god-favored had only been a brief period of just over a year, and they had already caught up with their decades of hardship.

“It’s unbelievable. They truly are a group favored by the gods; it’s astonishing,” Tutan observed carefully and confirmed Song Jian’s identity, then shook his head in admiration, “Then there’s nothing to negotiate about, attack directly. God-favored are all stubborn fools who refuse to see the truth until they see the coffin.”

The examiners of the Elemental faction burst into laughter. If it were the original inhabitants of the game world, they might have thought about ending the assessment through negotiation, but with the god-favored, the battle was probably inevitable. Until the last moment, the god-favored would definitely not give up on the assessment task.

“Let the cannon fodder go up first to test his mettle,” suggested one of the examiners.

Tutan nodded; since the opponent had long been ready, they would certainly have some unfathomable trump cards. First, send those second and third-tier low-level soldiers to try and see if they could force the opponent’s hand early.

Masses of second and third-tier soldiers crazily charged toward Song Jian’s castle. Behind these soldiers, rows of siege engines rumbled as they began to hurl throwing stone blocks at the castle’s walls.

Song Jian waved his hand grandly, and the soldiers on the wall immediately launched a counterattack. Thanks to the presence of a blacksmith’s shop, all riflemen and archers had already switched equipment.

The riflemen were wearing a coat of scale mail and their weapons had been swapped for long halberds. The archers also donned a shiny silver armor, wielding metal longbows and triangular arrowheads, enhancing their attack and defense significantly.

Even the Griffins, a third-tier unit, were fitted with a thin layer of scale mail which, without impeding their movement, greatly increased their defense. Furthermore, with enchantments from ancient Tuya, the Griffins could enhance their lightning attack skills by 30%.

Song Jian’s gaze, however, was not focused on the low-level soldiers relentlessly attacking the walls. His attention was locked onto the twelve Titans.

“This is a bit challenging. If there were only two or three, I could manage, but with so many, even triggering the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation with the Thousand Swords Art won’t allow me to kill them all at once!” Song Jian thought to himself.

The total damage dealt by the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation was fixed. If concentrated on one or two seventh-tier units, it could render them incapable of combat even if it didn’t kill them. But if the damage was spread across twelve such units, each was likely to only sustain minor injuries. For these species bred for warfare, a minor injury was inconsequential.

“To annihilate them all, I have to release the Thousand Swords Art at least five times, and every time I must trigger the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation. It’s a tough situation!” Song Jian calculated in his mind.

Performing the Thousand Swords Art five times would take around a minute, but if every execution had to trigger the Karmic Fire Red Lotus Sword Formation, it would take considerably longer, especially since recovering the thousands of points of Sword Qi spent each time would take at least thirty seconds.

“The walls of a Tier-3 castle can hardly withstand the Titans’ collective assault. Once the walls are breached and these seventh-tier units swarm in, along with those examiners, it would be easy for them to break through the City Lord Mansion and destroy the core of the castle!” Song Jian frowned deeply, hesitating as he glanced at the item in his bag.

Song Jian had obtained a treasure in Sky City that could build Cloud City, capable of producing angelic beings. Fearing that once Cloud City was built within the City of Hope it would draw the wrath of the Illusion Angels and bring a catastrophic attack upon the City of Hope, he hesitated.

However, in this world, such worries do not exist, and Cloud City is a structure that can be built by a level five human castle; thus, if Song Jian constructs it here, there are no concerns for future troubles.

Still, items from this world cannot be taken out. Once this treasure is used to build Cloud City within this castle, it would likely be impossible to take it back to the original game world, which is tantamount to losing a Cloud City. Such a loss made Song Jian feel a bit heartbroken.

The war persisted, and the total number of troops Song Jian had recruited was only around two hundred. Relying on the castle’s defensive installations and tall walls, and because they maintained high morale, they didn’t fall behind even when facing over five hundred attackers. More than half an hour had passed, yet the soldiers of the elemental faction still hadn’t reached the top of the castle walls.

“My lord, don’t delay any longer, let the titans and Behemoths join the battle!” an Examinee said impatiently.

“Yes, lower-level troops simply can’t test his strength, but his soldiers are a bit strange; they keep their morale high!” another Examinee said, squinting his eyes.

As the battle unfolded, the morale of the soldiers from the elemental faction inevitably kept diminishing. Logically, the morale of the opposing soldiers should have decreased as well, but even now, they were still maintaining high spirits.

“Perhaps there is some magic artifact that boosts their morale? To us, this is really nothing, not like it’s the Blade of Apocalypse!”

Zuo Lan: “…”

Tuya stared at Song Jian on the castle wall, observing carefully for a long time. He noticed that this favored one’s face never showed any signs of panic; he appeared confident, clearly holding some impressive trump card.

“Order all level seven troops to press forward, breach the walls quickly, and enter the castle, breaking through to the City Lord Mansion!” Tuya finally made a decision.

The two Behemoths roared and charged toward the castle walls, while twelve titans, clutching their staves of light, strode toward the battlefield.

“My lord, they’re coming!” Guttuya said somewhat nervously.

“No worries, just follow the strategy we set earlier. Guttuya, when the two Behemoths get close, release the forbidden spell,” Song Jian said.

Sighing, Song Jian took out a golden seed from his inventory and tossed it into the sky.

If the enemy attacked one by one, allowing these level seven troops to advance in waves, with a few annihilated first, Song Jian was confident he could use the Thousand Swords Art to wipe them all out. But now that they were all attacking at once, if he did not build Cloud City at this moment, he feared he would never have another chance.

A dazzling golden light bloomed above the castle, a rolling cloud suddenly appeared from nowhere, and atop the clouds, a massive city emerged gradually. At the moment the city appeared, hymns echoed across the land.

“Cloud, Cloud City, how is this possible!” All the Examinees from the elemental faction, watching this spectacle, were dumbfounded. It seemed as if they momentarily lost the ability to speak, their eyes wide open, foolishly staring at the clouds above the human castle.

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