Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 470 - 107: Striking, the Grim Reaper in the Night! (Vote for Monthly Tickets!!)_2
Chapter 470 -107: Striking, the Grim Reaper in the Night! (Vote for Monthly Tickets!!)_2
The overall strength of Luoshui County had weakened by at least half compared to a month ago.
At this critical juncture, when the defensive forces were at their most depleted tonight, the Black Mountain Cavalry had suddenly attacked the city and headed straight for this place after breaching it.
It was clear that they had planned this meticulously.
Ge Zhengyuan was very aware that as the highest-ranking official in the Luoshui County City Guard Department, he bore the greatest responsibility.
If Luoshui County were completely overrun, his head would surely be lost.
Thus, for him, fleeing the city was a dead end.
Thinking this, he took a deep breath and then looked towards Jiang Ning.
“Commander Jiang, did you see how many of the Black Mountain Army followed behind the cavalry?”
“I don’t know!” Jiang Ning, looking towards the outer district enveloped by night, said calmly, “From far away, I saw thirty-four Black Mountain Cavalry and immediately rushed back to report.”
“But even without seeing, I know that where there is Black Mountain Cavalry, there must be a gathering of the Black Mountain Army. Together, there should be around a hundred men, maybe more!”
Hearing Jiang Ning’s words, Ge Zhengyuan nodded in agreement.
“Yes!”
“The defense forces in the county city are depleted right now, and the incident occurred abruptly. Many colleagues are still on their way.”
“This Black Mountain Army has chosen a very good opportunity!!”
Jiang Ning, hearing this, quietly observed the direction from which the Black Mountain Cavalry had come and nodded slightly.
“Indeed, it’s a good opportunity!”
Suddenly,
Jiang Ning spoke, “They’re here!”
“What’s here?” Ge Zhengyuan blinked.
Jiang Ning said, “The Black Mountain Cavalry is here!”
At the end of his line of sight, Jiang Ning could already see the Black Mountain Cavalry appearing.
“Where?” Ge Zhengyuan blinked again, then cocked his ear to listen. Only then did he hear the trampling of horse hooves.
Immediately, his expression grew stern, “They really are here!”
Then he turned to Jiang Ning and clasped his hands, “I will still need your help in defending the city later, Commander Jiang. Please lend your support.”
Jiang Ning nodded slightly.
“Thank you!” Ge Zhengyuan bowed and then went to make arrangements for defending the city.
Tonight was critical for him, not only concerning his official hat but also his life.
At this moment, people were continuously rushing to the city walls from various parts of the Inner City.
But Jiang Ning was no longer concerned with what was happening behind him.
He was very aware that the road ahead presented the best opportunity for him to attack the Black Mountain Cavalry.
…
Meanwhile,
The Black Mountain Cavalry was also galloping along the main road from the Outer City straight to the Inner City.
They were well aware that the longer they delayed on the road, the stronger the city’s defenses would become.
They were simply racing against time.
Should they wait until Luoshui County fully responded, and defended the city, how could their barely hundred-men rabble take down a county city?
“It all hinges on this moment!” Seeing the towering city walls appearing shadowy in the distance, the leader of the Black Mountain Cavalry’s gaze was solemn.
The Outer City was easy to breach.
The Inner City was hard to breach.
On one hand, the daily defensive forces of the Inner City were several times stronger than that of the Outer City.
Additionally, due to the early warning from the Outer City, the Inner City had already made certain preparations.
To breach the city, they had no choice but to forcefully climb the walls.
Therefore, he didn’t dare to waste even a moment.
Among all the Black Mountain Cavalry, only four besides him could manage to climb the ten-zhang-tall city walls forcefully.
Including the unseen Holy Daughter from their order, there were only five who could achieve this feat.
That meant the five of them had to quickly scale the city walls, clear any obstructive forces, and then open the city gates from the inside.
Only by accomplishing this would they be able to lead their brethren behind them into the Inner City.
With the support of their brethren behind, only then could they preliminarily secure a foothold and possibly fully take over Luoshui County.
And this was merely a possibility!
Because no one knew how deep the waters of a county city could be.
Or what powerful person might be lying in wait.
Such an incident had occurred before.
A county city was under attack by rebels, and just as the city was about to fall,
An elder holding a tree branch walked out.
His sword qi surged like a river, instantly turning the rebels pouring through the city gates into a spray of blood.
Subsequently, one man with a sword easily killed thousands, resolving the crisis of the city’s fall.
As for the rebels who survived that battle, only about thirty percent did.
That was only because the Sword Dao Grandmaster did not wish to cause more slaughter.
As the city walls of the Inner City became clearer and the ice layer on the outer side of the walls reflected the cold moonlight,
The leader of the Black Mountain Cavalry grew increasingly nervous.
Today’s plan to attack the city was mainly influenced by the hidden Black Lotus Saintess’s opinion.
Before this, he had no such thoughts.
Attacking a county city with merely a hundred men was sheer madness.
Even though tonight was an excellent opportunity, it was still a crazy act.
But the status of that Black Lotus Saintess in the order, although not as high as some, being a newly-promoted candidate Saintess, was still beyond comparison with his rank as a squad leader.
“I hope everything goes smoothly tonight!” The leader of the Black Mountain Cavalry prayed quietly as he watched the city walls drawing closer.
At that moment,
Boom—
A thunderous explosion suddenly rang beside his ear.
Turning around,
he saw one of his brothers, who had traveled thousands of miles with him, suddenly torn apart, his Black Nightmare Horse also shattered into pieces.
“Iron Mountain!” His eyes instantly turned blood-red.
Just then,
In less than one breath’s time,
Boom—
Another explosion like thunder rang beside his ear.
He turned his head to see another brother torn apart, his mystical iron armor also shattered, and the tall Black Nightmare Horse torn into large and small chunks of flesh.
He quickly turned his head again to look toward the city wall.
He caught sight of a silhouette standing on the wall, whose bowstring was pulled taut again.
“Find cover, there’s a sniper!!!” He shouted immediately.
At this moment,
Jiang Ning stood on the city wall.
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His arrow shot out again.
In the darkness, the arrow left the string and instantly vanished without a trace.
In less than one breath’s time,
Boom—
Another thunder-like explosion boomed, and an unidentified Black Mountain Cavalier was suddenly shredded as if hit by a cannonball.
With an arrow released, Jiang Ning drew his bow again.
Beside him,
As the Black Mountain Cavalry drew nearer, fully visible to everyone, all were already on high alert, waiting for the assault.
Ge Zhengyuan, as the head of the City Guard Department, also stopped his busy figure, drew out his treasured blade hanging at his waist, and started to clean it.
He knew, with the Black Mountain Cavalry lacking any siege equipment,
Their only tactic would be their strongmen forcefully scaling the walls to open the gates from within.
Merely with these slightly more than thirty Black Mountain Cavalry planning to breach the gate head-on.
On the inner side of the wall, elite soldiers began to load armor-piercing bolts into their crossbows.
This divine machine crossbow was a type of military weapon used against Martial Arts Strongmen.
The bolt of this weapon was small, only about ten centimeters long,
But the head, forged from refined iron, could easily penetrate several centimeters of solid iron under the impact of a powerful force.
Even a Martial Arts Sixth Grade Strongman wouldn’t dare to intercept it with their flesh.
Only a top-tier Fifth Grade Internal Strength practitioner could ignore the armor-piercing bolts for a short time with their Inner Breath, but as time passed and Inner Breath was depleted, relying on their flesh alone, they still wouldn’t dare to intercept.
This military weapon was also regulated by Great Xia.
Ordinary families who dared to secretly keep it committed a capital offense.
Only the royal military could legitimately use this sort of controlled military weapon.
Just now,
With Jiang Ning’s two consecutive arrows fired, the breaking air sounded like a sharp whistle.
Those two blasts were like sudden thunder in the night.
The noise instantly attracted the attention of everyone on the wall.
Only then did they notice Jiang Ning drawing his bow again.
Crack—
Jiang Ning released the arrow.
The arrow vanished from sight the moment it left the string, and they also heard a series of sonic booms again, seeing the air blast into a cloud of white mist at the moment the arrow was released.
“Silent Arrow!”
“Commander Jiang’s archery is so powerful!!”
“…”
Everyone exchanged whispers upon seeing this.
Ge Zhengyuan, watching this, was even more delighted.
He was well aware of the role a sniper who could shoot silent arrows could play in defending the city.
In his view, it was akin to a merciless reaper of lives.
Especially in the darkness.
Even though the moonlight was bright tonight, it was still night.
In the shadows, visibility was much worse than during the day, and ordinary martial artists could hardly discern the trajectory of the arrows with just their eyes.
Moreover, with the silent arrows, the arrows’ speed had already surpassed the sound.
For those attacking the city, it was impossible to use their hearing to detect and warn in advance.
Under such circumstances, the terror of the sniper was even further enhanced.
