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Chapter 29: Wild Victory

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Phoenix was fast, and her movements were nimble, but it was obvious that her strength and stamina were inferior to the gnoll leader.

Her fierce offensive tactics had caused some wounds to appear on the gnoll leader’s body, but she was barely evading the gnoll leader’s attacks. Meng Yang now thought of Phoenix as a perceptive assassin that was facing a warrior with high health and defense. If the fight dragged on, and if the gnoll leader found the opportunity to strike, Phoenix might just get killed in one hit.

Phoenix was not a player. If she died, Meng Yang did not think that Hera’s healing abilities would be able to bring her back from the dead. Otherwise, Gustav would not have died. As one of the strongest subordinates under Meng Yang’s name, he would rather the players go back and forth to die collectively a few more times rather than have Phoenix truly die by the hands of the gnoll.

Meng Yang glanced around and happened to notice Liu Chuanfeng, who had recovered from his injuries, carrying a large rock and hurling it at the base of the wall. He quickly shouted at him,

“Adventurer, the archer Phoenix is facing the gnoll leader and needs your help.”

Liu Chuanfeng was stunned for a moment, then he threw aside the rock in his hands, not caring if it hit a gnoll or another player and smiled excitedly. “Summoner, we have the same idea!”

After saying that, Liu Chuanfeng quickly found a staircase and jumped down along the wall. He was quicker than a rabbit as she rushed swiftly toward the battle.

“This is the best time to earn some affinity.”

Liu Chuanfeng was secretly excited. Even though he usually seemed arrogant and looked like an airhead, he felt that he knew how the game worked. After he had previously saved Meng Yang from the pig-headed monster, he had obtained the title of the squad leader and an iron sword. If he continued saving the powerful NPCs, he would receive another deal of affinity.

However, he suddenly remembered a certain item in the task reminders, where he had a small chance of winning the goddess’s favor. If he did this, he could learn skills from her.

Phoenix was currently preoccupied in the fight with the gnoll leader on the bridge. Its eyes were bloodshot with rage and anxiety. At that moment, it could felt severely threatened. Most of the gnolls in its tribe had been either dead or injured, and the sounds of their agonized wailing continuously triggered its nerves.

Even so, it was unable to get rid of the human female before him. As it was delayed, it could only sit and watch as the gnolls were continuously overwhelmed by the ever-resurrecting players.

Now, it did not have the time to think about why these seemingly fragile humans left no corpses after their deaths, or how their crazed antics could deter even the most cruel and cunning gnolls. At that moment, all it could think about was how to escape this predicament.

After taking another hit from Phoenix’s bow, the gnoll leader’s head was now covered in blood. Despite this, it was unbothered by its condition. Instead, it sneered, using its left arm to grasp onto Phoenix’s bow tightly, then used its ax-wielding right arm to brutally swing at Phoenix.

At this vital moment, Phoenix could only let go of her bow and leaped two steps backward. The gnoll leader took advantage of this opportunity and, with the ax in one hand and her bow in the other, it launched an even more fearsome attack.

After the arduous battle, Phoenix’s stamina had decreased rapidly, such that her movements were no longer as nimble as they were before. When she lost her weapon, she failed to notice the gnoll leader’s incoming attack and was suddenly overwhelmed by the creature.

In that instant, the gnoll leader let out a sharp howl. The soul-sucking howl burst forth unexpectedly, halting Phoenix’s movements, and she could only watch as the gnoll leader brought its ax down from above.

Phoenix barely dodged the ax attack that would have chopped her into two, but it was followed by a strike from the bow. Before she could dodge this attack, it struck her in the shoulder. No one knew what this bow was made of, but it was unusually sturdy. It dealt serious damage to Phoenix and even sent her flying a few feet backward, yet the longbow remained undamaged.

The gnoll leader roared, and with its less adept left hand, it hurled the longbow at Phoenix. However, it did not hit Phoenix this time, it just struck the ground and bounced off into the distance.

Seeing that Phoenix was seriously injured, the gnoll leader refused to give up on this rare opportunity. It roared ferociously. Then, brandishing its ax, it rushed forward immediately and hacked at her.

In that split second, a figure suddenly shot out in front of Phoenix before using their body to block the strike from the gnoll leader’s ax.

At that moment, the gnoll leader became slightly stunned, seemingly unable to comprehend as to why a human would do something like this.

Shock flashed across Phoenix’s ever-cold expression. She did not think that these people from another world would rush up to defend her from the gnoll’s attack.

Blood splattered across Liu Chuanfeng’s face as his entire back seemed to have been slashed open by the ax. At that moment, he could see the faint traces of shock on Phoenix’s expression. He ran a hand through his hair, styling it into what he thought was a handsome look. Then, his figure disappeared.

“Boss!”

“It’s the boss fight!”

As Liu Chuanfeng’s figure was gradually disappearing, the players at the back had noticed what had happened.

Xu Zhe took the lead, grabbing a random long spear before shouting at the crowd. “It’s the only one left! Everyone, charge! This is the boss!”

“Let me do it!!”

Zhuang Dafa, who had run out from the resurrection point once again, was glancing at the few exhausted, remaining gnolls in a daze. When he suddenly heard Xu Zhe’s voice. His eyes glimmered, and with a turn of his oil-barrel-shaped body, he charged toward the gnoll.

“Follow me!” Sun Shuai was covered in blood and grime, his previously handsome features now looking ghastly, like a vagrant. However, he did not mind at all. On the contrary, his eyes were glistening with an indescribable passion and excitement.

Even after playing so many games, he had never experienced anything like this.

There were no elite equipment and powerful skills which you could pay for, you just had to attack wildly, over and over again. The burst of hormones and the strong pleasure of the adrenaline rush had given him unparalleled stimulation.

“It’s time to fight the boss, let’s fight the boss!”

Ma Xiaoling yelled loudly, her arms straining as she dragged a gnoll’s ax. At that moment, her goddess-like composure had been completely forgotten. The moment she heard the call for the boss fight, she had immediately thrown aside the gnoll which had been slaughtered by seven or eight of the female players and charged toward the gnoll leader.

At the sound of the players’ battle cries ringing out from the battlefield, the gnoll leader turned around to look at the scene before it and felt a sense of unease.

There were only a few gnolls from his tribe left, and the ones still able to stand were covered in wounds. It did not look like it would take long before they would be completely overrun.

Despite this, the thing that shocked it the most was the fact that these frail humans were now rushing toward it in a manic frenzy.

Excitement and cruelty were evident in these humans’ gaze, and they no longer held the same fear that they had when they first encountered it.

“Escape!”

It was the first time that this thought had flashed across the gnoll leader’s head.

Its tribe’s gnolls had been killed or wounded, so it was no longer possible for them to take over the humans’ camp.

However, just as the gnoll leader was preparing to flee, the vibration of a bowstring interrupted his thoughts.

Not far away, Phoenix had somehow regained her longbow. Twisting her injured shoulder, she fired an arrow at the gnoll leader’s calf.

Normal weapons were unable to break through the gnoll leader’s sturdy outer skin, but Phoenix’s arrow had pierced through its flesh, seriously impeding its movement.

After Phoenix fired that arrow, her arm gradually went limp. It was apparent that her shoulder injuries were quite serious.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a few players immediately lunged at the gnoll leader.

Xu Zhe’s long spear shot towards the gnoll leader’s chest, but it was like trying to pierce unbelievably thick leather, as it could not pierce through its skin at all. The spear even broke due to the strong impact. Hence, he simply tossed aside the broken spear and immediately pounced onto the gnoll leader.

The players that followed were similarly hacking or stabbing at it, launching a continuous onslaught on the gnoll leader’s body. When they saw that there was not much effect, the opted to just pounce on the gnoll leader instead.

Every time the gnoll leader shook off one player, two more would pounce on him again, ensnaring him.

When Zhuang Dafa’s heavy body arrived, he saw that five or six players were already clinging onto the gnoll leader who was brandishing its ax, trying to clear the path before it. Similarly uncaring about the consequences, Zhuang Dafa’s huge figure barreled toward it before trapping the gnoll leader’s ax-wielding right arm in a tight embrace.

At this moment, all the gnoll leader could feel was fear. With one injured leg, and the many players that were still clinging onto it, it desperately wanted to flee. Unfortunately, it could not do so. Instead, its movements became slower and slower as it he struggled to move.

Behind it, players rushed forward one after the other as they began to dogpile the beast. Like a swarm of ants, they aggressively pulled and dragged at the gnoll leader. In a short while, the previously fearsome and intimidating gnoll leader had been pulled to the ground by the dozens of players.

A few times, the gnoll leader had wanted to let out its dizziness-inducing howl. However, the moment it lifted its head, a player would stuff a spearhead into its mouth. If the spearhead failed, then someone would sacrifice their arm. They did everything possible to impede the gnoll leader’s fang-filled mouth, regardless of the cost.

Then, the players started attacking the eyes, nose, and vitals parts in the lower body, whether it was by clawing, tearing, or using weapons. With this, the gnoll leader’s struggles grew weaker and weaker. Eventually, with a loud bang, it crashed to the ground as it was pinned down by the players.

Meng Yang, who was watching them from the top of the wall, became dumbfounded again, and he threw aside the iron sword which he was holding onto whilst waiting for the critical moment. At that moment, he had truly witnessed how terrifying the players could be.

The gnoll leader, which Phoenix had referred to as an Extraordinary Creature, was taken down by these crazed players just like that.

About ten minutes passed, and gradually, the resurrected players stopped rushing toward the gnoll leader. Instead, they just stood by and watched silently.

The players who were holding down the gnoll leader with all their strength also relaxed their grips, panting heavily as they lay on the ground.

“Did we win?”

Someone asked from the crowd.

Then, more and more people snapped back to their senses. They looked at the corpse of the gnoll leader, and then looked at the carnage strewn across their surroundings, and suddenly snapped out of their daze.

“We won!”

Someone burst out laughing.

“This feels way too addictive!”

“I finally won!”

“The boss has been defeated!”

Then, one after the other, people in the crowd started cheering loudly.

For many players, this fierce ‘war’ was something which they have never experienced before throughout the past few decades of their lives.

The hot-bloodedness, the excitement, the fight for life and death!

They great fear they initially felt had turned to a complete lack of restraint as they went wild and butchered to their hearts’ content!

All the stress they been dealing with in their real lives, all the negative emotions which had accumulated in their hearts, all seemed to have been completely poured out in this battle!

Zhuang Dafa whooped and howled as he rushed toward the front of the bridge, and with one swift tug, he had ripped off his tattered shirt, exposing the round body and the pale flesh beneath.

He put his foot on the gnoll leader’s corpse and hammered the flesh of his chest with his hands, huffing and yelling to the sky,

“This is Sparta!”

“Get lost, this is a victory for Sylvanas!”1

“Even an old dog has a few teeth!”

“You doomed yourselves and courted death!”

“There’s no one left who can fight!”

“In the carnage, I bloom, like a flower in the dawn.”1

“Hahaha…I am your worst nightmare!”

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One howl after the other kept sounding.