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Chapter 22 A bloody battle to the end

"Hoo! Hoo!"

With heavy breathing, the tip of the bronze spear dripped the blood of the ninth heavily armored warrior. The setting sun stretched the shadow of the shattered city wall, like a winding trail of blood on the ground.

“Shoot!”

A roar of commands came from Zhou Jun's ranks.

Immediately afterwards, a dense rain of arrows rose into the air, falling like meteors.

We absolutely cannot tough it out!

Ye Mingqiu's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and with lightning speed, he grabbed a heavily armored warrior's body with one hand and used it to block in front of him.

The armor and arrows clashed with a clanging sound. Suddenly, three white feathers pierced through the heavily armored warrior's body, hitting Ye Mingqiu directly in the chest and slamming into the bronze armor with a crisp sound.

With the heavy armor warrior's damage reduction, the bronze armor's defense +5, Ye Mingqiu's own constitution of 9.9, the war aura's fixed damage reduction of 5 points, and the Divine Valor passive's fixed damage reduction of 2.9, the three white feather arrows successfully dealt massive damage.
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0! -0! -0!

That power is truly terrifying!
It's probably an elite-level marksman!

Soon, the rain of arrows stopped, followed by heavy footsteps. Ye Mingqiu decisively discarded the heavy armored warrior and squinted at the front.

Twelve armored warriors wielding halberds formed a tortoise-shell formation and steadily approached. Ye Mingqiu immediately cast a detection spell on one of the armored warriors.

[Armored Halberd Warrior (Level 1 Elite)]

[Race: Human]

[Attributes: Strength: 12, Agility: 10, Constitution: 12, Spirit: 6]

Upon seeing the stats of the halberd-wielding armored warriors, Ye Mingqiu couldn't help but curse them under his breath as monstrous. These halberd-wielding armored warriors would be boss-level even in the difficult-level trials, yet in the hell-level trials, there were twelve of them at once! A full twelve! And they were only one wave!

Sure enough, running away is the simplest way to survive.

However...
If I run away, the trial rewards will definitely be greatly reduced, right? If I do that, will I still be able to get the Heroic class? Will I still be able to catch up with and surpass that guy?

I have my own goals too!

"drink!!"

Ye Mingqiu suddenly roared and plunged his bronze spear into the crack between the blue bricks in the ground. The spear shaft bent into a breathtaking arc, and his back, under the bronze armor, arched like a cheetah.

Can you withstand my attack with a power rating of 19.5?!
As the spearhead ricocheted through the air, the enchanted bronze spear unleashed unparalleled power, shattering the front-line shield array into pieces like a clay pot struck by a giant hammer.

Shards of shattered shields embedded themselves in the eye sockets of soldiers behind them. Amidst screams, Ye Mingqiu leaped up, stepping over the corpses of those who had fallen before him. His spear blade traced a perfect silver arc, and three heads wearing leather helmets flew towards the moat simultaneously.

"Whoosh!"

At the same time, the sound of bowstrings rang out again, and the flying arrowhead gleamed with an eerie, ghostly blue—it was a poisoned wolf-tooth arrow.

Was it a sneak attack?
Those grotesque shooters are disgusting!

Ye Mingqiu parried with his spear, but the wolf-tooth arrow was too fast, passing through the spear and striking his shoulder directly, causing terrifying damage.
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0!

Ok?
Looking at the damage, Ye Mingqiu suddenly realized a problem. He had a constitution of 9.9, bronze armor with +5 defense, war aura with a fixed damage reduction of 5, and the passive skill of Divine Might with a fixed damage reduction of 2.9. So...
How much damage does a ranged shooter need to deal to successfully break my defense?
It seems like a lot of damage is needed.
He's a mentalist, and a mentalist without any special skills, so he'll have slightly more survivability during the initial trials, such as the defense and fixed damage reduction from his bronze armor. If that were all, the final effect wouldn't be so outrageous; it's impossible for enemy arrows fired from a distance to be completely impervious to his defenses.

but!

Ye Mingqiu possesses the talent of unparalleled bravery, which grants an additional 30% constitution and a fixed 1% damage reduction. It is precisely because of this constitution that the fixed damage reduction of 2.9 turns arrows that would otherwise just break through the defense and deal a few points of damage into arrows that do not break through the defense at all.

Breaking through defense and not breaking through defense are two completely different concepts. Breaking through defense means that you can kill the archer with a barrage of arrows or poison arrows. If you can't break through defense, then the archer is useless.

Of course, the premise is that you can't be shot into a place without the protection of bronze armor, otherwise you will definitely lose health.

Oh~!

Ye Mingqiu suddenly revealed a sinister and terrifying smile, and roared as he charged towards the enemy army.

The setting sun sank into the eaves of the city tower, its crimson light staining the world with blood.

Ye Mingqiu's bronze spear pierced the collarbone of an elite centurion, his cold gaze watching him suffocate as he slid helplessly from the spear tip and crashed heavily to the ground.

This is the last one.

He sat beside the pile of corpses, one leg bent and the other straight, panting heavily. Blood and sweat flowed through the gaps in his bronze armor, freezing into purple ice, which he shook off forcefully to avoid affecting the battle ahead.

[Hint: Your long weapon proficiency level has been upgraded to level 2]

Oh, it's leveled up. It's been fought its way through, and I don't even know how many enemy soldiers it killed, I can't even count them all.

In the distance, the bugle sounded again, and a new wave of enemy troops was gathering. He had not killed all 80,000 enemy soldiers, but only slaughtered one wave of them. There would be a continuous stream of enemies to follow.

Fortunately, the battlefield aura was powerful, doubling his stamina recovery speed, psionic energy recovery speed, and life recovery speed. In addition, his [Psionic Energy - Limit Break] talent provided a 50% increase in psionic energy recovery, which allowed him to have enough psionic energy to sustain him in using the [Psionic Energy - Enchantment] amplified spear.

The bronze spear's base stats are weak. If it weren't for the [Psionic Enchantment] which greatly boosted its attack power, Ye Mingqiu's kill speed would be cut in half, or even more. If he couldn't kill the enemy quickly, the enemy would inevitably attack him. If he took too many hits, he might get hit in a vital spot and be in big trouble.

"General, they're coming again."

Not far away, a soldier with a severed arm, also covered in blood, looked into the dark distance and said in despair.

"Oh."

"Can we hold out?"

“Fool, this isn’t a question of whether we can hold out.” Ye Mingqiu stood up, firmly gripped the bronze spear, and said, leaving behind a broad silhouette, “We still have our hometown, our family, and our friends behind us. For them, we must keep fighting until we drive out every single invader.”

Behind him, countless soldiers who had just taken a short rest stood up. They knew that they had survived until now not because of good luck or strength, but because a powerful general had stood in front of them and shouldered most of the pressure alone.

What a reliable man!
Ye Mingqiu looked into the distance. Countless enemies were attacking again, neither too close nor too far away. They would arrive in a few minutes.

Survival Time: 3.52.12

Less than four hours have passed, and the survival mission still has a long way to go. I expect there will be many more terrifying battles to come.

Then
Let's open some treasure chests first!

　Thank you to Sleepless Dream for the 500 Qidian Coins! I'll try my best to update more! If I'm lucky, I'll reach 100 favorites tomorrow, which will be a bit difficult to write more.
　　
　
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