Sword Among Us Novel - Chapter 415
Chapter 415: Tunnel in a Sea of Fire
Ming Cult did not have many Five Banner Division members. If one man died, they would have one less fighting man. Hence, whenever they failed in their ambush, Five Banner Division would not dare to stay for long, so in the end, it turned into a slaughter between players.
Smoke rose from the foot of the mountain up to the mountainside. The sounds of battle were so loud that they could rouse the dead.
However, they never managed to wipe out the vanguards from the six great system-allocated sects.
As they accumulated experience, the players lost their wariness of the Five Banner Division members’ tactics. They took the initiative to attack, and they managed to send their enemies retreating while suffering few casualties.
“Kill them!”
“If we head further ahead, we will reach the final defense line at Light Summit. Be careful, everyone.”
Ding Minjun’s voice suddenly rose from behind the crowd.
When Happy heard it, he lifted his head cautiously and looked over.
A ravine with a breadth of 328 feet was ahead of them. Its walls were as smooth as a blade, and there was no place for anyone to use as leverage. The cliffsides were covered by a dense forest, so the situation up there could not be seen clearly. If someone lay in ambush there, that place would form a natural barrier.
“Charge!”
Many players already had their confidence rebuilt because of the offense in which they managed to sweep through everything. They had also become more eager toward accumulating points. They did not stop charging forward and ignored Ding Minjun’s warning. They charged to the wide ravine in a swarm without slowing down.
“Careful!”
Happy, Momo, Ancient Wind and the others were not indifferent to Ding Minjun’s warning. When they approached the ravine, they slowed down simultaneously and looked up warily.
More than one thousand people rushed into the ravine.
The two cliffs were silent and still.
Ancient Wind was stunned. “No ambush?”
He was taken aback, and the puzzlement and wariness in his heart immediately vanished. He sent his qi to his feet and got ready to chase after the group ahead of him.
Right when he was about to head out, Happy stopped him from behind. “Wait!”
If it were anyone else, Ancient Wind might not have bothered acknowledging them, but he paid a lot of attention to Happy. He hastily stopped and noticed that both Happy and Momo had stopped moving. They were observing the two cliffs with wariness and graveness in their eyes that did not diminish.
Ancient Wind instantly felt that there was something weird.
Logically speaking, the people from Five Banner Division should have attacked a long time ago. By then, the person in the lead had already charged out of the ravine.
The moment that thought arose in his head, a group of men in black appeared on the cliffs. They threw numerous black objects into the ravine.
Whoosh!
WHOOSH!
Ancient Wind’s expression changed drastically. He immediately recognized that the black substance was the petroleum of Scorching Fire Banner.
The sounds of heavy objects traveling across the air rose and fell. Neverending pots swiftly landed in the ravine from up high.
Clang!
Clatter…
While the sounds of pots shattering filled the ravine, the pungent and thick scent of petroleum quickly filled the entire area. Some people even swung their swords in reflex when they saw the unknown black objects charging at them quickly. As a result, the pots shattered in the air, and the sticky and black petroleum drenched the nearby players. All sorts of shouts in surprise and anger rose in the ravine.
“Oil!”
“Damn it, it’s a trap! Run!”
“Run for your lives!”
But it was clear that it was already too late to run away right then.
The people at both ends of the ravine could only watch helplessly as countless arrows descended from above. The area that was more than 656 feet long instantly turned into a sea of fire, and waves of it tumbled about the ravine.
Countless players screamed shrilly in despair once fire caught onto them.
The tumbling sea of fire looked like hell.
“Move to the walls!”
Some of the players who were agile were lucky enough to jump into the air. While cries of surprise rang out, they brought out their skills to walk on walls in an attempt to leave the ravine that was now swathed in flames.
But the people on both cliffs did not let them achieve their wish.
Huge logs with solid cores and boulders were thrown down the cliffs. The powerful Great Log Banner members brough large objects that weighed tons and knocked the martial artists back into the sea of fire.
At the same time, a dense volley of arrows fell into the ravine!
Thud!
Bang! Bang!
All sorts of crashing sounds along with the sound of bodies being pierced through traveled into the ears of those outside
A continuous number of people was knocked into the sea of fire, and they instantly went aflame. When they jumped up again, they were on fire and screaming shrilly in pain. There were also people who had dozens of black spots on their bodies which made them look like burnt hedgehogs.
The players outside had to turn away because they could not bear the sight.
When Ancient Wind took in all that was happening in the ravine, he sucked in a sharp breath. He felt lucky that he did not rush in, and he said, “Those who made it to the other side sure are lucky.”
“That might not be the case.”
While watching the ravine that was engulfed by the sea of fire, Happy shook his head slowly.
The sea of fire had sealed off their path, and they could not get through it. The fire could not be extinguished for the time being, so the Five Banner Division members should have intentionally allowed a group of people cross the ravine. It was most likely that those people were already dead.
While Happy thought about that, Mistress Annihilation suddenly led Ding Minjun and her other disciples in front of the ravine.
Mistress Annihilation swept her gaze over the two cliffs with a cold expression. She scowled at them and declared loudly, “The final remnants of Dive Banner Division are gathered here, and it would not be good for us to fight them with brute strength! My friends of the same cause, let us reorganize ourselves over here and not be impatient.
“When our friends from Shaolin Temple, Wudang Sect, Mount Hua Sect, Kongtong Sect, and Kunlun Sect arrive, I will work with the other great fighters to break the lockdown formed by Five Banner Division. Then, we will help you fight your way up the Light Summit in one go!”
When she finished speaking, a large group of people came over from the side. The person in the lead was an eminent monk from Shaolin Temple.
“Amitabha! I was wondering why the Five Banner Division members retreated so quickly. I did not expect that you would have arrived ahead of us, our friends from Emei Sect. How shameful it is for us. I am truly regretful.”
Mistress Annihilation did not say anything, but she returned the greeting with one hand. Just when she was about to speak, she sensed something and looked down the mountain. “Our friends from the other sects have also arrived.”
Once she said that, people came rushing over while looking travel worn. Their numbers were much smaller compared to those of Emei Sect and Shaolin Temple. They had lost at least nine hundred disciples from the thousand they brought.
The expressions of the five elders of Kongtong Sect were very sour since there were only a measly thirty or so disciples left beside them, and all of them were injured. They looked incredibly dishevelled and miserable.
The players behind them also looked full of shame. There were not many following them, which meant that Kongtong Sect was the one that suffered the greatest number of losses among the six great system-allocated sects.
“Amitabha…”
The abbot of Shaolin Sect had a stern expression.
“Since the people from the six sects have arrived, it is time for us to attack.”
The elites from the sects looked at each other. Several astonishing gusts of qi rose swiftly from them, and the expressions of players around turned pale before they retreated.
Whoosh!
The abbot of Shaolin Temple, Mistress Annihilation of Emei Sect, Song Yuanqiao of Wudang Sect, Xian Yutong of Mount Hua Sect, the five elders from Kongtong Sect, and Teacher He Taichong of Kunlun Sect finally revealed their superior abilities before the players.
With a few powerful jumps that they made look easy, they flipped over the cliffs that were nearly 328 feet tall.
Pained screams and angry shouts were mixed together on them.
“How dare you, six sects! Five Banner Division members, heed my orders! Retreat with haste!”
At that moment, an incredibly powerful and angry cry rose from the horizon. It shocked the players outside the ravine so much that they felt their blood surge. “I, Yang Xiao, will meet up with the teachers of the six sects and see what right they have to destroy Ming Cult!”
“Yang Xiao, you villain, die!”
“Don’t you dare hurt our master!”
Those words came from Wei Yixiao and the others!
Soon, a qi force that shocked the people rose from the two cliffs, and it caused the air to tremble before it swiftly moved into the distance. It was clear that the Ming Cult elites and powerful fighters from the six great system-allocated sects had moved their fight to the valley.
“The villains have all been cleared from this place. Disciples of the six sects, heroes from the world, charge forth!”
At that moment, the heroes from each sect spoke, and with astonishing movements, they jumped over the scorching ravine! The players left outside it looked at each other at a loss.
