Quadruple split.

Chapter 2319 The dam breaks

Cassena's death was not unexpected. In fact, neither the audience who were watching the game nor Lucy and Mika on the city wall were too surprised by the result. Only Christina outside the city was stunned after hearing the system message. She was confused and was attacked for several rounds by the assassins under the command of King Wuye.

It's a pity that, considering that Christina would have been beaten even if she hadn't been staring blankly, these few seconds of distraction hardly caused her any additional damage.

  So why were the commentators, the audience, and the members of the Sailor Moon team not surprised by Kasena's death?

The reason was simple. Before she turned into white light and disappeared, she had been fighting with the strongest person in the Haunted Church, the Great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole, for a full quarter of an hour.

Of course, the so-called "fight" is just a relatively nice way of saying it. In fact, Gu Xiaole, who led the three elite troops, the Iron Cavalry, the Tiger Fang Army and the Black Crow Guard, was basically crushing Cassena the whole time. After all, the latter was not only unable to match him in individual strength, but even the elite troops under his command who were carefully selected by Lucia to carry out the recapture battle were in a restrained state throughout the whole process, and there was no way he could win no matter how he fought.

In the final analysis, even though the defenders without numerical advantage occupied a strong city, it was impossible for them to not leave elite troops to put out the fire under the opponent's crazy offensive. Even if Christina was outside the city to share the firepower of King Wu Ye's army, even if Lucia and Mika were stronger than ordinary soldiers, it was still far from enough. Therefore, although Cassena was arranged to take away some good players, most of the elite troops were still left in the city.

Mo Tan was extremely generous and handed over all three of his elite troops to Gu Xiaole, and sent the reserve troops stationed in the rear as a safety to the front battlefield. As a result, apart from some basic temporary fortifications near the king's tent, there were only a small number of guards with average strength to protect him and Yu Chen. If the latter was also restricted from taking action in this game...

Let's put it this way, if Lucia gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, and directly used the high-level arcane [Strong Invisibility] to temporarily shield the dual existence of her own breath and form, and sneaked in here quietly, it would not be difficult to kill Hei Fan, who was corrected to be the absolute core of the 'Nightless King' in the eyes of the NPCs.

Without a backbone, those loyal soldiers would most likely waver, triggering a chain reaction that would make the goal of "capturing Black Onyx City in a short period of time" unattainable, handing the advantage to the Sailor Moon team, which had the advantage in both time and numbers.

However...if the situation really develops as described above, then [Haunted Church] has a very high probability of winning the game in the shortest time, because before Mo Tan made up his mind to "test" himself, he had already made simple preparations to have his home stolen.

Given that this "preparation" is completely within her capabilities and even expertise, if Lucy really decides to carry out the "decapitation plan" after assessing the situation, then the defense system of [Black Onyx City] will definitely be dragged down and destroyed, and eventually broken within two hours.

Just as Lucy judged through [Defend Like a Mountain] that the enemy had only two hours at most to break through the Black Onyx City, Mo Tan deduced a time point through the mission text of [Invade Like Fire], that is, if his side could break through the city within two hours, then even if he was eliminated, [Haunted Church] would most likely win the final victory.

What's interesting is that after receiving the news that the 'Quarry' and 'Samler River' were occupied by the enemy at the same time, Lucy really realized vaguely that at this moment, the rear base of the King Wuye in the south of the city, which was difficult to figure out, was likely to be extremely empty. If she took the opportunity to use thunder-like means, she might be able to kill Hei Fan in time.

And then nothing happened. In fact, when Lucia's thoughts reached the word "caught off guard", she stopped thinking and continued to deal with and arrange the current situation in a formulaic way with her own personal characteristics. So it is not an exaggeration to say that her discipline indirectly pulled the Sailor Moon team back from a dead end.

  So, under what circumstances would Cassena and his elite forces be completely wiped out even though they had already prepared a retreat?

You know, Lucia had taken many precautions when she was sent out of the city. Even if she encountered the worst situation, with Kasena's strength, she should be able to hold on and retreat back to the city smoothly. It is almost impossible for her and the troops she led to be wiped out outside.

The story started more than ten minutes ago. Considering that the distance between the western quarry and Black Agate City was not far, and that most of the team members were high-level warriors, even the weakest one was at the peak of the mid-level, their speed was incredibly fast. Soon after leaving the city, they arrived at the outskirts of the quarry, and then...

I saw three armies that were armed to the teeth, and even their equipment was much more fashionable than that of ordinary enemy troops. And in the air right above these armies, there was a pretty girl sitting cross-legged. She was wearing a black and white hunting robe and had a beautiful smile.

【Beating hair! 】

This was Cassena's first reaction the moment the two sides encountered each other.

"Withdraw!"

This was the first sentence that Cassena said after she came to her senses.

Following Lucia's instructions, after realizing that there was no hope of retaking the quarry, Kasena chose to lead her men back without hesitation, even though her temper was even hotter than her fiery red hair. What prompted her to go all out was not only her desire for victory, but more importantly, 'Black Brahma'.

Or to be more precise, it was because of the 'promise between Heifan and Lucia'.

[Haunted Church] won, and the three sisters here agreed that he was qualified to be with Yu Chen. Although this agreement sounded a bit inappropriate, and although Cassena still felt that this matter was too frivolous and a bit inappropriate, since everyone including Yu Chen had acquiesced, then she had to go all out and give the greatest respect to "Hei Fan", who was fighting at least in part for Yu Chen.

So at least in this game, we can't act on impulse!

Although she usually gives people the illusion of being extremely powerful, Cassena is famously reliable when it comes to major issues. It is for this reason that she becomes the big brother and backbone of the girls instead of being treated like a tool by Lucia.

But the problem is that although Kasena retreated happily, Gu Xiaole would not let her go happily. On the contrary, the Great Onmyoji, who was also serious in this final, not only shouted "It's all sharks" neatly, but also took the lead in "floating" towards the opponent in a gust of cold wind. Although the start was not fast, it took only a few seconds for him to reach the tail of this elite force of [Black Onyx City], and then he swung the ink-black five-bone bat fan in his hand without hesitation.

That’s right, it’s not the Shikigami-specialized form of [White Zetsu·Shura Hell], but it’s been converted into a form specialized in curses——[Kurohina·Zhanshiluejue].

And everyone who was watching the finals also got to see for the first time the great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole giving his all!

[Onmyoji - Ghost Purification: Three Moons]

But the girl's eyes narrowed slightly, and the moment her clogs stepped on the ground, she turned into a ghost and passed by the side and rear of the army in front of her, which was not large in scale but had more than a thousand people. Then she put the black fan together as if sheathing a sword, and made an extremely crisp "pop" sound.

Then, along with this crisp sound, a dark virtual image of the sun and moon oozed out from the ground like sweat and blood, and the nearly one hundred soldiers caught in its range seemed to be cut by an invisible sharp blade from behind their necks, and their heads and bodies were separated in an instant. [Yin Yang Technique - Blood Prison·Ame Murakumo]

Immediately afterwards, Gu Xiaole leaped up from the spot, holding high the exquisite and small black fan that had been closed, and chopped down with force while pursing her red lips.

  hum! ! !

Then, with a piercing whistle, dozens of soldiers who volunteered to stay behind to guard the rear were brushed across the forehead by an invisible, sharp force, and then turned into two pools of dirty blood that fell from mid-air. The last thing these dead men saw was a long sword, a blood-red sword surrounded by a gloomy and evil aura.

[Yin Yang Technique - Binding Curse: Thousand Needle Mountain]

Then, Gu Xiaole leaned over and touched the shocking blood at her feet with her black fan. Her slender wrist shook lightly, and hundreds of blood-colored threads shook out. These threads locked onto their targets the moment they were "thrown" out, and each found the nearest soldier to attack. Except for a few who reacted quickly and waved their weapons to block the blood lines, the rest of the people were injected with the blood lines, their eyes were dull, and they could not move.

[Yin Yang Technique - Fasting·No Name and Nothingness]

The girl knelt on one knee on the ground, which was already covered in blood. She placed [Black Hina·Zhanshiluejue] on the tip of her thumb, clasped her hands together and closed her eyes. The soldiers who were affected by the binding spell also knelt on one knee at the same time under some invisible force. After their bodies trembled, their eyes rolled up and they lost their lives.

[Yin Yang Technique - Seizing the Soul and Offering Sacrifice to My Way]

The black fan that was originally held on Gu Xiaole's fingertips slowly floated up. At the same time, it seemed that a large number of phantoms rose from the bodies of the soldiers who had lost their lives, and in an instant they merged into the bones of the five-bone bat fan, turning it into a large paper fan that was nearly 20 meters long and had a translucent texture throughout!

It's the kind of prop that often appears inexplicably in the hands of anime characters, and hits other people's heads with all kinds of messed up comments, creating a majestic yet humorous atmosphere!

[Yin Yang Magic——Xiao Le·Incredible★]

However, the original Yin-Yang magic that Gu Xiaole created in his childhood yielded extremely terrifying results. It directly wiped out the souls of more than 300 soldiers, turning them from living people into wandering ghosts.

If it were in reality, Gu Xiaole would naturally be busy using various mysterious methods to return these "living souls" to their bodies. However, at this moment, because of the different positions and the fact that the opponents were loyal and faithful soldiers who had already prepared to die in battle, Gu Xiaole did not show mercy. After separating their souls from their bodies, he stood up directly and stretched out his hands to give those hundreds of living souls a refreshing relief.

[Yin Yang Technique - Soul Control: Hundreds of Ghosts Avoided]

Along with Gu Xiaole's low chant, the bodies that were originally in suspended animation suddenly became hopeless because their souls dissipated. At the same time, the elite troops under King Wuye, who were a step slower than the Great Onmyoji, also rushed up, using the Iron Cavalry as the spearhead, biting the tail of the army in front of them.

It has to be said that the Great Onmyoji's extremely strange fighting style was so high-pressure that it seriously delayed the retreat efficiency of Cassena and others. In addition, the Iron Cavalry Team was composed entirely of heavy cavalry with terrifying propulsion and impact power. The defending team that originally had plenty of opportunities to shake off the enemy was eventually entangled.

In this situation, although Cassena wanted to stay and cover the retreat of her "subordinates", she couldn't even give the other side a head so easily, so she gritted her teeth and acted cold-bloodedly, and rushed in the direction she came from.

During this process, it seemed that because the previous aggressive pursuit consumed too much energy, Gu Xiaole, who had retreated to his own army, did not attack again. Instead, he sat on the back of a horse in the middle of the team with his legs crossed and closed his eyes to rest. Although the three elite troops under his command were powerful, they could not instantly wipe out all the soldiers around Cassena, especially after the latter noticed that Gu Xiaole seemed to need recovery, and then gradually moved to the back to fight with those pursuers who were elite but not as good as himself. The casualties on both sides did not increase further in this situation of chase and escape.

So, as time went by, Cassena became more and more certain that she should be able to return to the city safely this time. Although nearly half of the troops sent by Lucia to support her had been killed, she could already vaguely see the [Black Onyx City] and she knew very well that in a few minutes, she would be able to cross the river and return under the cover of the city’s defenders. In this case, if the enemy behind insisted on pursuing her, it would be difficult for her to gain the upper hand.

After all, although these people are indeed elite, their number is limited after all. Without the support of a large number of cannon fodder (Lucy's words), it is not a wise move to force a river crossing under the noses of a large number of defenders.

They seemed to realize this, and it was not known whether it was because of Gu Xiaole's order, but the enemy soldiers who were chasing them suddenly slowed down and allowed Cassena and the others to go farther and farther away.

Then, just when Kasena and Lucia on the wall breathed a sigh of relief—

Accompanied by a tremor that was faint at first and then became increasingly violent, a silver wave came crashing in.

Almost at the same time, the four members of the Sailor Moon team heard a system prompt sound at the same time!

[Special objective: Breaking the Cauldron is completed, all attributes of all our NPCs increase by 10%, and morale is slightly improved]

……

The Samler River burst its banks.

Chapter 2310: The End