Chapter 819: Chapter 819
The Australian Eagle crashed into the ground, creating a big pit, dead, its entire body scorched into a lump of charcoal. The summer breeze passed, carrying the black smoke into the sky.
In his dying moments, Chu Baichuan cast a pleading look at Tang Zheng, hoping he would protect Ai Yixin. That was all he could do now. Googlᴇ search novel※fire.net
Mori Ranmaru, who was dueling with Li Xinlan and Jing Xiang, saw his master Oda’s demon pet killed and, enraged, forced them back with his sword before lunging at Ai Yixin, seeking her life as retribution.
Holding her husband’s still-warm right hand and looking at his bloodstained cheek, at that moment, Ai Yixin’s tears flowed, and she was beside herself with grief. She longed to die with him and had already disregarded the furiously approaching Mori Ranmaru.
Tang Zheng snatched the East Sea Road First Bow from Jing Xiang’s hand, drew the bow fully, and fired a barrage of arrows at Mori Ranmaru to stop him from attacking Ai Yixin.
Speckled arrows shot out rapidly, but Mori Ranmaru danced a circle of sword light to block them all. Then, charging on horseback to Ai Yixin’s side, he slashed his sword at her neck.
The sharp blade clashing with diamonds produced sparks and a powerful force that even knocked Ai Yixin, who had just sat up and hugged Chu Baichuan’s corpse, back to the ground.
The agonizing pain in her abdomen felt like countless pincers twisting her nerves, almost causing the wife to collapse and unable to sustain her ability. The diamonds on her body began to crack and fell off with tinking sounds.
Mori Ranmaru shook the reins, and as the warhorse turned, both hind hooves rose and viciously kicked her in the stomach.
Ai Yixin couldn’t withstand such a fierce blow. She was sent flying, tumbling more than ten meters across the ground, with fresh blood sprayed across her body, an alarming sight.
A beam of cannon light shot toward Mori Ranmaru, preventing him from getting closer to Ai Yixin—Lu Fan was attacking.
Though the Central Hammer Team had been battered with deaths and injuries, the tide of the battle began to turn in their favor after Chu Baichuan killed the Australian Eagle. The two Great Saints exerted all their strength, restraining most of the family vassals and warriors. The Beastification of Dantai and Xu Liangmao, along with a Great Saint focusing on offense, gradually overwhelmed Oda Nobunaga. If not for Ruan Feifei’s pierced chest and Yu Manli’s severed arm, which resulted in the loss of combat power for the two women, Oda Daimyo would have definitely fallen by now.
Tang Zheng needed a decisive strike in combat, and at this moment, he found himself hoping for Pang Meiqin’s appearance. Given Pang Meiqin’s cautious character, she would definitely not have depleted the Great Saint Tattoo. If she could summon one more, they would surely kill Oda and complete the level.
Worn out to near death, Tang Zheng had no strength left to kill Mori Ranmaru, but armed with the Light Defense Shield and the Defense Shield summoned from the Mother Empress’ Crystal Heart, his life was not in immediate danger.
Swinging the sword Xue Dai Maru, Tang Zheng felt his arms so sore that he gave up on leading the attack. Instead, he pulled out a bunch of Rabbit Explosives and threw them mindlessly onto Mori Ranmaru’s head.
No fewer than two hundred Rabbit Explosives stuck to it, and the more there were, the more effective they were. With Tang Zheng’s shout of "explode," Mori Ranmaru was engulfed in the explosion. His body, battered and torn, was blasted away, but the creature was not yet dead.
Tang Zheng, too exhausted to even draw the bow, crouched on the ground and shot at Mori Ranmaru with the Gauss sniper rifle.
Li Xinlan and Gu Xueqi protected the two Little Lolitas as they fought against a group of miscellaneous soldiers. Lu Fan couldn’t afford to assist Ai Yixin either. She aimed her gun at the surrounding Demon Shadow Warriors, blowing their heads off with each shot. In just a few breaths, she exhausted ammunition worth over a dozen points.
"Ai Yixin, you must survive, otherwise Chu Baichuan’s death will be in vain," Tang Zheng yelled. The wife, in her shattered state, clearly had lost the will to live, and he wanted to reawaken her will.
Ai Yixin didn’t hear him as she caressed her husband’s forehead, trying to wipe away the bloodstains.
"You can resurrect for ten thousand points. Why are you disheartened? We haven’t hit rock bottom yet!" Dantai also bellowed, and although it was frustrating—Chu Baichuan, driven by his deep love for his wife, had attained third-order explosive type strength, making him the team’s foremost offensive power after Tang Zheng. But to die here was too cheap; at the very least, he should have perished together with Oda Nobunaga. Killing just the Australian Eagle was a huge loss.
Tang Zheng was restraining Mori Ranmaru, and this was his last resort. He tried summoning a warrior, but there was no response.
Oda Nobunaga wasn’t easy to kill. Seizing the opportunity, he fired a volley from the Shadowless Bow. Xu Liangmao dodged, and the next moment, Oda turned into a puff of smoke and advanced, slicing toward his chest.
Xu Liangmao chose to relinquish his car to protect his commander, placing his right arm in front of him.
The sharp Chrysanthemum Monji no Sune broke through the protective clothing and cut off Xu Liangmao’s Beastified right arm, and then it landed on his chest, leaving a bloody trail.
The battle once again reached a stalemate, and Dantai was getting impatient. He wished the half-hour time limit would arrive quickly, but he knew it was wishful thinking.
A sedan burst into everyone’s view, lifting the spirits of Ruan Feifei and the others. Evidently, it was an ally. However, when they realized it was Pang Meiqin who had arrived, they were disappointed. What use could that woman without abilities be?
"Wasting my Great Saint Tattoo..." Pang Meiqin hesitated, not wanting to use it, as it was her trump card for survival, especially since she lacked abilities. But the next moment, she changed her mind and summoned a clone of the Great Saint.
Golden light shot into the sky and then took the form of the Monkey King, wielding the heavy Ruyi Golden Cudgel. With a roar, he struck at Oda Nobunaga.
Pang Meiqin judged correctly. Although Tang Zheng was powerless to counter, he was not in immediate danger for a short time. Therefore, she opted to strike fiercely at the Demon Shadow Daimyo. The Beautiful Leg Stewardess wouldn’t make a mistake—after all, several heavily wounded Conquerors lay around Oda.
"You all owe me a favor," Pang Meiqin yelled, parking the car at a distance and sweeping fire at Mori Ranmaru with the Howling Reaper. She wasn’t foolish enough to rush in as the main attacker.
Tang Zheng glanced at the Corpse of the Australian Eagle, a powerful demon pet of Oda Nobunaga’s that could stand up to the Monkey King and was bound to drop Equipment, and definitely powerful ones at that.
Indeed, a silver ring shone brilliantly amid the ashes, and Tang Zheng, staggering, ran over to pick it up.
Seeing Tang Zheng leave, Mori Ranmaru immediately drew the bow from his back and unleashed a furious volley at him.
The arrows, swift as meteors, struck the Position Shield, causing it to wobble as if about to collapse.
Tang Zheng rolled, grabbed the ring, and slipped it on his hand, activating it in one fluid motion.
A deep eagle’s cry pierced through everyone’s ears, nearly tearing the eardrums, followed by a burst of black shadow from the ring, shooting into the sky.
It was an eagle the size of a rhinoceros, all black but with beautiful white spots on its feathers. It shot straight into the sky and then suddenly veered, plummeting rapidly and slamming into Mori Ranmaru.
This move was a replay of the one that had bombed Ai Yixin just moments before. Due to its speed, the Australian Eagle even left behind a visual afterimage.
A circular Shield popped up around Mori Ranmaru, protecting him, only to be blown away by the impact from the eagle.
"The Monkey King I summoned will become the trump card that decides the outcome of the battle. Tang Zheng will thank me, and he will also compensate me. As for the others, who will dare to look down on me after this? They all owe me a favor, and I can mock and ridicule them as I please," Pang Meiqin kept up her barrage of fire, all the while calculating to herself. In reality, by using the Great Saint Tattoo, she would reap many benefits. At the very least, by killing the BOSS, she would definitely earn a significant number of Points and, due to her contribution, claim a share of the Spoils of War.
"Hmph, Ruan Feifei and Yu Manli, you two are just meant to be Cannon Fodder." Pang Meiqin took delight in the miserable state of the two women. What did it matter if they were capable? To survive, what counted was overall quality.
Ruan Feifei and Yu Manli were indeed infuriated, especially upon hearing Pang Meiqin’s words about everyone owing her a favor. They nearly spat blood in anger, because in their hearts, they had always seen Pang Meiqin as a useless person, an object of contempt they had never deigned to glance at properly.
"Pang Meiqin, there will be a time when you need my help," Ruan Feifei and Yu Manli said viciously as they took out an Emergency First Aid Kit and slapped it onto their wounds. Such a life-saving prop was naturally essential, but if it hadn’t been for Dantai and the others restraining Oda Nobunaga, they might not have had the chance to use it.
At the final moment, all that remained for people like Ruan Feifei was to do everything possible to save their lives and hold out until Tang Zheng killed the BOSS and ended the Game.
Pang Meiqin’s Monkey King played a decisive role, becoming the last straw that crushed Oda Nobunaga.
Two Ruyi Golden Cudgels smashed down, flattening the Daimyo into a meatloaf, followed by a splendid explosion, scattering countless Soul shards and a dozen or so Seeds of various types. There were even four pieces of Equipment, shining brightly and drawing the eye.
"Master!" Mori Ranmaru cried out in sorrow, angrily charging at Tang Zheng like a frenzied tiger, the closest to him. But it was too late; the two Monkey Kings flipped over in tandem, instantly appearing beside Mori Ranmaru.
This young vassal couldn’t take as much punishment as Oda Nobunaga and, having been heavily damaged in rapid succession, was killed within seconds, dissipating into smoke and leaving behind only a piece of Armor.
The four Monkey King Clones began attacking the remaining Family Vassal Warriors, but upon seeing their master defeated, they lost the will to fight and started fleeing.
Pang Meiqin sped up the car, rushing towards a piece of black Armor and grabbing it as quickly as she could. It was Oda’s Equipment, which she had had her eye on for a long time. The Beautiful Leg Stewardess wouldn’t want Weapons. She was after Defense items.
Dantai picked up the other pieces of Equipment and was about to speak when his body began to fade away as the Teleport started upon completing the mission.
"Just a little faster, a bit faster!" Yu Manli became unsettled and muttered, wanting the Trojan to Teleport her first. She needed to get back for treatment, as just a few more minutes would surely mean death.
Yu, the mature woman, watched Dantai pick up the Spoils of War with resignation. She had no way to intervene, and Ruan Feifei’s cheeks twitched as she glared at Pang Meiqin. She couldn’t fathom why she was living less comfortably than someone who had always been coasting.
Tang Zheng picked up the Armor dropped by Mori Ranmaru and, with a final glance at the thoroughly ravaged Ikebukuro, staggered towards Ai Yixin to help her remove Chu Baichuan’s bundle.
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