Published: February 7, 2025
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"First update! Thank you to book friend 19783340 for the 588. This is the first update of the outbreak. I don’t know how much I can produce, I can only try to update more. Finally, thank you everyone for your support, Old Phantom thanks you with a bow!"
Even long after, among those who survived that night—an event later referred to as the 'blood tide'—what impressed them the most was not the deep and numbing slaughter, but the sudden burst of light that appeared on the city wall that day.
Many people were in a daze at that moment, under the illusion that this light could dispel the coldness of the apocalypse, and when they opened their eyes, they found themselves lying in their own beds, realizing it had just been a not-so-beautiful dream.
After this brief fantasy, everyone on and below the city wall saw something miraculous: those who had been injured moments ago had astonishingly recovered.
Shengyuan, who was on the brink of death, Liang Chuyin, who was already at death’s door, Little Tiger, who had suffered broken bones, Tang Tian and Lu Yi, who were covered in blood, and the injured Xia Lei, Mo Ye, Xia Bai, and all the warriors of Cloud Summit Villa.
In this situation, as their own people, it was undoubtedly a tremendous boost to morale. The core members all stood up. Even Shengyuan and Liang Chuyin, who were the most seriously injured, regained their ability to fight again, while those with lighter injuries had completely recovered.
On the other hand, for the enemies, it was a heavy blow, a strong feeling of powerlessness.
Indeed, how much effort had been expended? A special evolver had used a long-cooling teleportation skill to send four five-star evolvers to the city wall, standing against the fierce attacks of Cloud Summit's more than a dozen core members. This was already a risk. If it hadn’t been for the surprise attack and had Cloud Summit been fully prepared, there could have been fatalities.
Don’t think that five-star evolvers are so impressive; Cloud Summit’s three members had previously teamed up to take down a five-star!
What followed was the siege battle of the Anti-Cloud Summit Alliance, as they set up ladders, thick wooden poles, and grappling hooks to climb and fight amidst stones and various skills. As they took over several spots on the city wall to establish strongholds, how many people died in the process?
In a short time, more people died than in the total of the previous few days of fighting.
But just when they saw hope, when almost all the core members of Cloud Summit were severely injured, and the ordinary warriors were pushed into small areas, with the resistance force being eliminated second by second, a group healing skill appeared.
Was there anything more despairing than this?
Not to mention the impact of the duels among ordinary warriors, just considering the battles between five-star stronger and Cloud Summit's core members: the four five-star stronger who were about to win were suddenly all injured, while their opponents… had fully revived…
Fight again?
Alright, perhaps the four five-star stronger would risk their lives to achieve victory, but at least one of them would certainly die! It might not just be one! So the question arose, who would die? Who would live?
And what if that woman floating in mid-air, holding a silver staff, cast that group healing spell again at a critical moment in the battle?
Would all four five-star stronger die?
Of course, there was another way: send someone to take out that healing profession. But first, she was floating in mid-air with a transparent shield around her for defense. Second, she was some distance from the fiercest part of the battle, and the people of Cloud Summit weren't fools; would they let you rush over easily? Third, under this healing profession, there was a ten-man team, all equipped with huge shields; they were prepared!
It can be said that today’s surprise attack, at least until now, Cloud Summit Villa had regained the initiative.