Published: February 13, 2025
Chapter
In Jinguo City, the battle had intensified significantly compared to before.
However, this intensity was occasionally interrupted.
The energy fluctuations coming from Zhengguo City had a tremendous impact here.
It felt as if the city was about to collapse.
Every violent tremor forced the people here to pause momentarily.
There was no way to ignore such vibrations and impacts, even in the midst of battle.
After all, the two sides had yet to truly engage; one side was attacking the city while the other was defending it.
This influence was evident not only in the accuracy of ranged weapons or skills but also psychologically.
Both sides understood that the outcome of the battle over there would largely determine the result of today’s fight; the losing side would face immediate collapse.
Even if they won, the losses would be devastating.
This cast a shadow over both sides.
At this moment, the top experts from both sides and the leaders of their respective teams were fighting with everything they had in Zhengguo City.
At the top of the lookout tower in the center of Zhengguo City, Park Soo-young was riding a three-trunked elephant alongside Xia Lei.
Soo-young's gaze constantly swept across the entire city, occasionally raising her white staff to summon a beam of light from the sky.
As the pinnacle of the medical profession in Cloud Summit, Park Soo-young's task today was to ensure the safety of these top experts from Cloud Summit.
“Sister Lei, Luo Luo is missing,” Park Soo-young remarked, accepting Yama Tree's insistence that people call her Luo Luo.
“It’s fine,” Xia Lei answered simply, closing her eyes momentarily before adding, “Tang Tian is too far away; I can’t sense him.”
Just after saving Gao Yi, the first to conclude their battle, Park Soo-young heard Xia Lei's question and quickly looked around but found no trace of Tang Tian.
“What about the water steward?” Xia Lei asked again.
This time, Park Soo-young immediately pointed in a direction.
At that moment, a voice approached rapidly from afar; it was a beastman general who had abandoned an opportunity to double-team with a companion to rush over.
The presence of a medical profession posed a far greater threat to them than other top evolvers.
Park Soo-young glanced at the approaching general, lightly patting her three-trunked elephant.
Years ago, this battle beast had followed her somewhat confusingly, and now it raised one of its trunks.
From the ground around the lookout tower, eight tall skeleton soldiers emerged immediately: four wielding sword and shield, two holding longbows, and two glowing with light in both hands.
Close-combat archers and sorcerers, combining both ranged and melee, blocked the path of the beastman general.
But that wasn’t all—another trunk lifted, and a wave of Black Fire erupted from within the bodies of the eight skeleton soldiers, significantly enhancing their aura.
Perhaps sensing this still wouldn’t be enough to intercept two top-tier beings, the remaining trunk of the three-trunked elephant lifted again, and a thin layer of flesh membrane appeared between each of the white bones of the skeleton soldiers.
After evolving to the ninth level, the three-trunked elephant had completely recovered from the injuries it had suffered earlier.
However, it did not lose its dependence on Park Soo-young; instead, it continued to guard her side.
Having become a top-tier being, the three-trunked elephant experienced a huge boost in ability, transforming into the most powerful shield beside Park Soo-young.
However, Cloud Summit would not leave a medical profession unprotected, placing all their bets on a single battle beast, so Xia Lei stayed nearby.
The four skeleton close-combat warriors did not form a line but paired up, blocking the path of the charging beastman general.
The beastman general let out a cold snort, raising his spear and urging his battle beast to accelerate.
Speaking of charging, beastmen were not afraid of anyone.