Turning the Tide

"Don't be afraid, everyone. The Snow Empire is just a bunch of trash. Didn't you see how five arrows instantly killed five of them? Everyone, increase firepower and wipe them out!"

"Wipe them out!"

Hearing Night Rose from the Rose Legion, everyone's eyes brightened.

They had all witnessed those five arrows that, as she said, instantly killed their targets.

Since that person fought so easily, they shouldn't be much worse, right?

Everyone's morale suddenly soared.

But the next moment.

Boom!

With a huge sound, mountain rocks tumbled down.

After the Temple side's damage landed on the Snow Empire, displaying damage numbers like -10, -30, -38.

Almost all the players on the Temple side were dumbfounded.

"Damn, what's going on? The difference is too big! My Explosive Flame only did 20 damage..."

"Something's wrong. Didn't that person kill five magic bears with five arrows? If he shot so easily, why is it so hard for us?"

"Exactly, this gap is too huge! Instant kill? 20 points of damage? Are we playing the same game?"

"I must be dreaming. This... this can't be The Great Wasteland, right?"

The Snow Empire's bear soldiers' individual strength was indeed terrifying, as Bone Duke Pingnan had said.

Their bodies were covered in rigid armor almost to the teeth. Arrows and cold weapons from the Temple side only produced metallic clangs when hitting them.

There was no sense of penetration at all, and the damage was pathetically low.

Most only did double-digit damage, and some players with poor equipment could only do single-digit damage.

The Snow Empire troops' Snow Magic Bears were so tall that average players couldn't hit the Snow Empire archers on top.

Without killing the Snow Magic Bears first, they could only be living targets for the opponent's arrows.

This left the Temple players in deep trouble.

They couldn't kill the magic bears quickly.

They couldn't reach the soldiers on top.

Except for mages' blizzard and archers' Seven Star Arrow, other spells had little effect on the Snow Empire soldiers.

The terrifying individual ability of Snow Empire troops was perfectly demonstrated against the Temple.

The situation even became one-sided.

"This makes no sense. Why are we doing so little damage?"

"Where's that expert from earlier? Come out and kill one so I can see if I was hallucinating."

On the battlefield, a large number of Temple members had died, with losses of about 5,000 members.

While the Snow Empire side had only lost nineteen giant bears and a few dozen archers.

This loss ratio was very hard for the Temple side to accept.

Xie Changkong and Zhao Bai'an's hearts were bleeding.

"It must have been Blue Skeleton's trick earlier. That voice sounded like him."

"I know, I'm just puzzled how he disappeared without a trace."

Xie Changkong frowned, very confused.

"We'll discuss later. I'm going in to save the situation."

After speaking, Zhao Bai'an took three steps and mounted a white horse, raising the reins and charging toward the center of the battlefield.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The silver-white spear whirled in his hands.

A point of silver-white light flashed in front of a Snow Magic Bear's huge eyes.

Immediately, the Snow Magic Bear, which was about to smash down and kill a group of players with its massive paw, instinctively pulled back its paw to cover its eyes.

This Snow Magic Bear's attack was immediately delayed.

The Temple players seized this opportunity to quickly stack damage on it.

They finally managed to kill the giant bear just as it recovered!

Boom!

Momentum Flash Strike, Turning Spear!

The warhorse retreated rapidly, the spear tip turning back, and stabbed between the legs of the magic bear that had just reared up.

Thud!

With its sensitive area stabbed, the magic bear instinctively sat down in pain.

Ahhh...

When the bear sat down, it threw off the Snow Empire soldiers on its head, catching them by surprise.

Splat! Splat! Splat!

The bear's body was enormous, and the soldiers falling from its head were instantly crushed into a mess.

Zhao Bai'an seized this opportunity to control his white horse, using his divine skill Flash Step Flicker to dodge several magic bears' attacks.

He reached under another magic bear and, following the same method, pierced its rear end.

Sometimes, techniques didn't need to be complicated—just effective.

Using just the divine skill Flash Step Flicker and the knight's small technique Turning Spear,

Zhao Bai'an managed to slightly recover the situation.

However, the balance of victory still tilted toward the Snow Empire.

There was no help for it. Xie Changkong, who was commanding from behind, seeing this situation, had to personally enter the battlefield.

Only the two of them from the Temple's vice presidents had come this time. If he didn't join now, it would be too late.

Clang!

The crescent sword was drawn. This time, Xie Changkong had equipped Cold Moon, a level 40 legendary weapon.

【Cold Moon】

Ice attribute attack

Level: 40

Class: Swordsman

Quality: Legendary

Attack: 275~395

Spell Attack: 35~75

Strength +30

Agility +30

Critical Damage +20%

Cold Blood: Normal attacks have a 15% chance to freeze enemies for 0.5 seconds.

Cool Moon: Normal attacks carry ice attribute true damage. The first attack reduces opponent's movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown.

Ice Moon: Skill attacks have a 10% chance to apply a frost state to opponents. Each frost state reduces attack speed by 10%, up to 5 layers.

Frost Soul: Attacks have a 9% chance to trigger slow and freeze effects, reducing opponent's attack and movement speed by 30%. Within 3 seconds, freezes once every 0.5 seconds, lasting 3 seconds.

Overview: Forged by Gan Jiang.

This weapon could be considered an absolute premium among level 40 legendary weapons.

Four full attack attributes, plus slow, freeze, and ice attribute true damage.

In Xie Changkong's hands, it was used to its fullest potential.

Cling cling cling...

With level 12 Gale Step activated, he leaped and slashed down. The divine skill Forced Combat cancelled the after-cast state, followed by sword slash, Forced Blade Retraction, three swords in an instant!

Cross Slash!

Cross Destruction Slash!

Cross Soul-Breaking Slash!

Dying Burst, life reduced by twenty percent, attack power increased by ten percent.

Xie Changkong entered berserk mode, constantly moving through the chaotic battlefield.

Flash Step Flicker and Momentum Flash Strike were used to their fullest as he continuously dodged the giant paws of the bears.

Though Phantom Step couldn't play much role in such chaotic battlefield, Blade Flash was a powerful weapon.

And Cold Moon was an ice attribute weapon. Whenever the sword light flashed, bears were instantly frozen.

With the Sword God and Silver Snow War God taking the field, disrupting the opponent's attacks during the gaps between both sides' offensives,

The Temple side finally began to counterattack.

The situation seemed to be brightening. Although the Temple had already lost 30,000 members, their mood had finally turned from gloomy to hopeful.

However, they had no idea what awaited them next.