It was as if they could already see the person being pierced by the numerous spears and being thrown into the river.
But what surprised them was that even though a small group of elite heavy-armored cavaliers went to face him, wherever their spears were pointed, that person turned into afterimages in an incredibly nimble manner. He then instantly got close to the side of the elite cavalier closest to him.
A fierce expression appeared on the cavalier's face under his helmet. He drew his sword, intending to cut down the person, but he did not expect that the person would take a step back, and with an extremely strange posture, he exerted force and forced his way to the side of the horse with his shoulder.
An astonishing scene appeared!
Countless people beyond the port cried out in surprise. The steel mounts that were like fortresses and its elite cavalier, who had plenty of martial artist blood on his hands, were knocked off balance by the person ramming his shoulder against them. A shrill neigh rose, and the rider, along with his horse, was thrown violently into the river.
Boom!
A weight that was nearly one thousand and one hundred pounds fell into the water. A loud sound rang out, and a huge splash rose from the river.
The mysterious man in black did not remain idle. He instantly turned around and went toward the second elite cavalier. He did the same thing to him too.
Boom!
A shrill neigh rose, and the second elite cavalier fell into the river after being knocked off-kilter and stumbling to the edge of the port.
The players beyond the port were completely dumbfounded.
They sacrificed hundreds of lives, but they were unable to injure even one of those people. Yet the man who came out of nowhere had managed to kill two with just a few moves.
"Attack!"
The elites from Towering Palace and Class One Hall were enlightened, and they did not want the mysterious masked man to hog all the glory. The top elites from both sides exchanged a glance before they circ.u.mnavigated the port, held their breaths when they were near the port, and dashed over while stepping on water.
They could still make it in time. As long as they used the mysterious masked man's method to get rid of all the elite heavy-armored cavaliers, the treasure c.h.e.s.ts would still land in their hands.
As for the mysterious masked man in black, even though his skills at winning against many alone were very ingenious, even if he were very powerful, under the pressure of the top-class sects, he would not be able to get a lot of treasure c.h.e.s.ts.
Their competitors were still each other.
"This is bad!"
The expressions of people from Wind Assault Tower changed, and they cried out in surprise while standing in the distance. "The people from Towering Palace and Class One Hall want to attack and snatch those treasure c.h.e.s.ts for their own!"
"That boy just brought about his own ruin. Those treasure c.h.e.s.ts are about to turn into someone else's dowry."
Wu Kuo and the others had regretful expressions on their faces.
They had thought that no one would get the bounty from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse, but the appearance of the mysterious masked man in black gave Class One Hall and Towering Palace hope.
Wind Assault Tower did not wish to see those two top-class sects divide the eighty treasure c.h.e.s.ts among themselves!
"That's not necessarily true."
Only Phantasmal Shadow remained calm and composed in the crowd. She stared at the man-in-black throwing the heavy-armored cavaliers one after another into the river with a faint hint of amus.e.m.e.nt in her eyes.
"Winning against many with only a few people on your side is something that requires a lot of knowledge, and it's especially true when facing elite heavy-armored cavaliers. They will have to protect themselves but also ingeniously throw off one thousand and one hundred pounds in one go. It's not something that can be achieved with just a few tricks."
"What do you mean?"
"How much does an elite cavalier weigh along with his steed?"
"A good warhorse and an elite warrior weigh nearly one thousand and one hundred pounds. Along with two sets of unique heavy armor and the weapons hanging off them, they should weigh around one tonne…"
"Big brother, you're pretty good. If I asked you to flip them off, could you do it?" Phantasmal Shadow asked without her smile diminishing.
"Urk."
"There wouldn't be too much of a problem to flip one of them off, but that would be if I were in an extremely safe environment. If I had to find the angle to flip them off in such a complicated battlefield and throw those elite cavaliers off their feet, it'd be very difficult. Besides, I'd have to do it continuously… Just who is he?!"
The Wind Assault Tower elites sensed that it was not something that could be done easily. The actions of the mysterious masked man in black might have seemed to be simple, but there were a lot of tricks involved in them.
Their attention also shifted to the mysterious man in black.
"I can't be certain just who he is, but if Class One Hall and Towering Palace want to take advantage of him, I don't think it's possible."
Around twenty elites from Towering Palace and Class One Hall reached the port.
Blood Robes had already absorbed enough qi to push him to Inaction Realm, and his qi was completely activated. He struck a heavy-armored warrior who was transporting a treasure c.h.e.s.t and sent him into the river. Then, he landed on steady feet on the port. He was in high spirits, and all the gloom he felt previously from having his goals intercepted was gone.
Class One Hall's morale was high when they reached the port!
"Haha! Let me do it as well!"
Monk with Thick Eyebrows, Evil Wolf, and Dream Clouds also reached the port.
But their arrival was not at all welcomed or regarded fondly.
The moment when they arrived, crossbow bolts were fired at them. They flew at their heads in a dense manner, terrifying them so much that they broke out in cold sweat. The group instantly found itself in a fierce battle and had to hide behind the treasure c.h.e.s.ts.
Only the man in black used the elite heavy-armored cavaliers as shields to help him avoid the arrows. With a turn, he stuck his shoulder to an elite cavalier and violently sent the eleventh one into the river.
The elites from Class One Hall and Towering Palace were suppressed really badly, to the point that they did not dare show their faces.
Whoosh!
Monk with Thick Eyebrows could no longer hold it back. He used a Buddhst divine ability to rush over.
But right when he approached the mysterious man in black, another volley of crossbow bolts shot at him, and he broke out in cold sweat. Before he had the time to compose himself, four elite heavy-armored cavaliers charged at him.
There was just no way for him to attack. He tapped against the ground and retreated at an even faster speed.
As for the man in black, he showed no signs of fear. He used his longsword to parry the longspear that came thrusting at him and pressed close to the elite cavalier like a swimming fish. Then, he spread open his arms and used his hands to push against two warhorses that came charging at him.
Four warhorses looked as if they had been struck by lightning. They flew to the sides along with the elite cavaliers on their backs and were sent off the port at the same time.
Chapter 708 - Mysterious Man in Black
Boom! BOOM!
Loud splashes rose around the port. After all, once a heavy weight of nearly five tonnes fell into the water, it was normal for a huge splash taller than thirty feet to rise up.
Splash!
The entire port was instantly covered in water.
Once the mysterious masked man knocked four elite elite cavaliers off their feet, he behaved as if he had done something very insignificant. He never once stopped and faced the second batch of elite cavaliers. He did not care about the waves that came at him from the sides.
He used the splashes that came d
escending on them as a cover and tapped against the ground before he stuck to them like gum.
Thud!
He stuck his shoulder to a cavalier's side.
Then, he turned around and positioned his shoulder against the lower portion of the horse's belly!
The entire motion was done in one go. It looked as if his body had only shuddered a little, but in truth, he used the power that swiftly surged up his body and the ground as the fulcrum. Then, all the energy gathered at his shoulder, and it exploded forth to lift the horse off its feet.
The horse neighed at that moment, and another elite heavy-armored cavalier fell to the side and into the river along with his horse.
While waiting for the splashes to land, the mysterious masked man slid from under the horse to the other side. While avoiding the longswords and crossbow bolts, he used the momentum of his slide to knock over a few people into the water. He did all that in one go.
The mysterious man in black might have seemed to be crashing everywhere while swaying about, but every single time he stopped, his energy exploded outward, and he would knock over at least one person in the process.
In the blink of an eye, all the firepower at the port was directed at the mysterious man in black. The people from Class One Hall and Towering Palace hid behind the treasure c.h.e.s.ts while stunned by the sight before them.
The mysterious man in black's actions had not only violently shocked countless players beyond the port, even the aces from the two top-class sects s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths. When they looked at the mysterious man in black's back, their gazes were solemn and wary.
"Monk, let's fight together!"
Blood Robes gritted his teeth and shot out from behind a cart with two wheels.
He did not wish for the unknown player to snatch all the glory.
If that happened, they would lose some of their right for seizing the treasure c.h.e.s.ts!
However, right when they arrived behind the mysterious man in black and Blood Robes struck the closest elite heavy-armored cavalier with a palm strike, that cavalier only staggered a little on his mount's back and instantly recovered. He flicked his wrist, and his longspear came thrusting forward like lightning.
Blood Robes said nothing. He only frowned.
He did not expect that the full-powered strike in Inaction Realm would not have any effect, but he instantly came to a realization. He knew that it was definitely because of the strange heavy armor. It could absorb and negate most of the damage from any attack.
If it were a one against one, it would not be hard for him to whittle away the life of an elite heavy-armored cavalier, but in this sort of situation, he had to end the fight as quickly as possible.
Blood Robes had no other choice. He could only seize a chance to parry the longspear and rush forward with short and swift steps. He intended to use the same method to deal with the heavy-armored cavaliers!
"HAH!"
The horse neighed and took two steps back. Its hooves coincidentally moved off the edge, and its body swayed to the side. It fell to the side along with its rider.
'He did it!'
Blood Robes managed to do what the mysterious person did.
The mighty and domineering sight raised spirits of Class One Hall elites beyond the port, and their morale surged.
But they did not notice that once Blood Robes finished that series of actions, a clear flush appeared on his face. He was scowling, which showed that he found moving strenuous at that moment.
The power that came rebounding back at him from the elite heavy-armored cavaliers made him take a step back.
Even though it was just a small setback and pause, he was clearly much more inferior compared to the mysterious masked man in black, who managed to do everything in one breath and without stopping.
Besides, Blood Robes could sense that if it were not because of the person attracting most of the firepower on himself, the brief pause would have sent him into a rather dangerous situation.
Monk with Thick Eyebrows was rather unfortunate on the other side.
Even though he tried to lift the cavalier with his shoulder, he did not manage to force the elite off the port. Instead, a sword cut down on his shoulder. The huge force of it drew blood, and he was only saved by Dream Clouds, who came to receive him.
The port was very narrow, after all.
The number of people who could be accommodated was very limited once the mysterious person in black was ahead of them. The elites of Towering Palace lagged behind them and enjoyed having free time to themselves.
But they also noticed the difference between Blood Robes, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, and the mysterious man in black!
Most of the great players from Towering Palace were people who used sabers and swords, and they were not very skilled in pure fist fights where those involved had to be very close to each other. When they saw that even Blood Robes only had a lucky shot, they immediately understood the difficulty of the task, and in a great show of cooperation, they did not continue forward. Instead, they cast their gazes on the heavy-armored soldiers who were on the transportation boats behind the cavaliers.
The mysterious masked man in black did not seem to care that he was actually helping others get those treasure c.h.e.s.ts. He just pushed forward madly. In less than two minutes, at least forty elite heavy-armored cavaliers were knocked into the river, and they struggled continuously inside.
They lost one fifth of their fighting power, and the formation outside the port finally showed weakness in the form of their members being reduced!
The elites from Class One Hall and Towering Palace rushed forward once more!
Both sides were quickly engaged in a bloody conflict.
There were too many people who were compromised. The elite heavy-armored cavaliers' fighting prowess was largely reduced. Even though they could still kill with their formation, a few battle areas had been slowly divided.
"The elite heavy-armored cavaliers are done. Should we go over?"
People from different factions of power had gathered beyond the port, and they were a little restless.
But the two monsters from Class One Hall and Towering Palace were personally there to serve as garrisons, and they could still intimidate many people, and that included Phantasmal Shadow of Wind Assault Tower. At that moment, they did not dare to act recklessly.
Instead, they paid attention to the movements of the mysterious masked man in black.
Even though he displayed extraordinary strength and skill that made the people's eyes light up, but two top-class sects had joined the battle, so the advantage of his strength instantly became insignificant.
Everyone began guessing just how Class One Hall's Dream Clouds and Towering Palace's Musical Note would treat the mysterious masked man in black who broke the stalemate.
"Friend, you have great skills. I wonder if you can tell us your name. I am Class One Hall's Dream Clouds!"
When Dream Clouds saw the mysterious man in black turn around, her eyes lit up. She quickly reacted to the situation and brought a few people forward.
The mysterious man in black stopped and cast a glance at Dream Clouds as well as the others, but he did not respond to her.
"Hehe, it seems that I have been rude. Since you came here with your face covered, you must not want anyone to know your personal information. However, it's all thanks to you that we managed to break the stalemate in the matter regarding Eunuch Yang's Warehouse. You can have a portion of the items here. I believe that Palace Master Music of Towering Palace will not object to it."
"That's only natural." Musical Note came over as well.
Even though she was late by a step, she did not want to leave behind a bad impression in the elite's heart. Ever since the day Happy came to Yangzhou for the first time, the sisters had gained a clearer understanding about a top-class elite's threat and help to a sect.
"My dear friend, you have provided great help to us. I wonder if you have any plans for the distri
bution of loot."
Once she finished speaking, the mysterious masked man in black finally spoke. "Those who are strong can have Eunuch Yang's Warehouse. If you want it, you can have it. All you need to do is defeat me and take it!"
His hoarse voice was filled with an arrogant tone that said he looked down on everyone.
Chapter 709 - Murong Clan Grand Elder
The port instantly fell into silence after the man's arrogant words!
The sounds of battle beyond the port did not stop, however. Because of that, no one outside knew what the people on the port were negotiating.
They also did not know that because of the mysterious masked man's words, the entire port was enveloped in an incredibly solemn and somber atmosphere.
Dream Clouds, Blood Robes, Monk with Thick Eyebrows, and the others were not the only ones with incredibly sour expressions. Even the people from Towering Palace looked at each other at a loss and in shock.
There was actually someone who would provoke two top-class sects by himself.
"Sir, are you joking? You want to challenge so many of us alone?"
Dream Clouds almost thought that she had heard wrong. She scowled and stared at the man in black's eyes, looking like she wanted to see through something.
The others also stared at the man in black with hostile expressions.
Even though he displayed extraordinary strength, the people gathered were top-class elites on Dragon Rank and Phoenix Rank. Even if Happy and One Emperor were present, they might not dare to speak so arrogantly.
However, the mysterious man in black did not seem to care about respecting the elites from Class One Hall or Towering Palace. He snorted coldly, turned around, and said, "With your strength, you are not worthy of the treasures from Eunuch Yang's Warehouse."
Once he finished speaking, he did not care about the people's gazes, but turned around and walked to the transportation boats.
Bang!
When he passed by a cart with two wheels, he kicked it with force, and the cart began rolling forward before crashing into the transportation boats. All four c.h.e.s.ts broke free and rolled onto the deck.
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