Earth’s Best Gamer

The Yuan emperor’s target was almost five kilometers away.

The invisible arrow wasn’t too fast for anyone to react, but it came from so far away and was invisible to the naked eye, which made it hard to decide whom the arrow was aimed at.

However, Ji Ye knew that he was being aimed at.

Firstly, he was observing the Yuan emperor with the monocular.

Secondly, with his True Seer that he had already become Adept at, he sensed the invisible attack from the overwhelmingly suffocating air when the Yuan emperor launched the attack.

Therefore, he reacted quickly.

“Roar!”

From the city wall of Xiangyang that was more than ten meters tall, the hundred-meter-wide moat was surging all of a sudden.

A vivid ten-meter-long Flood Dragon made of the river water roared and soared, biting the invisible “arrow”.

“Young Master, be careful! It’s a sound attack!”

Following that, Ji Ye heard Nie Xiaoqian’s voice.

This turned out to be a “sound arrow”. Clearly, the crystal bow must be the Transcendent item that belonged to the Yuan emperor.

It was truly powerful. It was still so destructive even though it had flown five kilometers!

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The Flood Dragon that swallowed the sound arrow exploded from its head into abundant water streams and vapors. The soldiers on the city wall even lost balance after they were hit!

Then, it was the dragon’s throat and neck…

However, the sound arrow came to an abrupt halt as it moved on to the abdomen of the Flood Dragon.

It was because the latter half of the Flood Dragon had been turned into hard ice from transparent water.

It was exactly the Extraordinary Rank-7 Ice Chisel, which could transform between water and ice freely, from the Water Demon leader.

This instant transformation froze the attack from the long distance away and caused helical traces within!

Crunch, crunch…

However, the immense energy inside the sound arrow wasn’t nullified even though it was frozen.

Instead, it was turned into an earsplitting noise of which the sound of the ice breaking swept across half of the city wall.

Hum!

Because he took the hit first, Ji Ye felt that his ears were ringing even though he was protected by the Dragon Aura.

“Ah, my ears!”

The Song soldiers who didn’t have inner strength and were relatively weak covered their ears in pain, with blood flowing out from between their fingers.

“He shot the arrow from five kilometers away, yet it’s still so powerful?”

“How can the Yuan emperor be so strong? Is he Extraordinary Rank-8?”

Rubbing his ears that had temporarily lost their functions, Mister Bug couldn’t help but shout out.

“He’s not Extraordinary Rank-8! He launched the attack mainly with the Transcendent power on the bow!”

Ji Ye shook his head.

He had gazed at the Yuan emperor over a distance without being intimidated. After all, he was also rated as a Boss!

Strength was of paramount importance to Yuan. Its emperor was undoubtedly strong.

Although he was still Extraordinary Rank-7, the Yuan emperor was apparently much stronger than the North King.

More importantly, his Sonic Bow, which could attack targets remotely, was much more useful than the North King’s Water Stopping Stone in a battle.

Besides, the emperor had an Extraordinary Rank-7 mount.

Considering them, the emperor must be as strong as an Extraordinary Rank-8 expert.

In Xiangyang City, Guo Jing, who retained some of his Transcendent skills, was probably the only one who could fight him.

Of course, if he were standing next to the water and burning Flood Dragon Blood, Ji Ye felt that he would have a chance to fight him too!

“You’re not bad. No wonder you could kill the North King.

“People of Song, listen up. You have one last day to consider this!

“If you choose not to surrender by this time tomorrow, every living creature in Xiangyang City will be killed when it’s conquered.

“However, if you present the head of the person who killed the North King and the West King, I will spare you and your family and reward you with treasures and ten thousand slaves!”

The Yuan emperor, who was completely covered in dark red armor, opened his mouth. His voice was augmented by the Sonic Bow, which made everyone in Xiangyang City hear him even though their ears were just hurt, as if it were a loudspeaker.

Then, without further ado, the emperor returned to his camp in the middle of the guards.

“This son of a b*tch is truly cunning!”

Hearing what the Yuan emperor said, Mister Bug simply cursed out aloud.

It was because many people glimpsed at the people from the Twin Dragon Mount fort after the emperor’s final remark.

The players weren’t interested. They knew that the Yuan emperor’s reward was pointless to them. They would never attack Ji Ye or Gongsun Sheng even though they were jealous.

However, certain Song people from the Battlefield of Providence would inevitably have second thoughts.

In particular, after the Yuan emperor returned to his camp, the overwhelming troops of Yuan dispersed and surrounded Xiangyang City again. Also, more and more troops were coming, adding up to almost 200,000 soldiers in total.

It was needless to mention that they also had abundant logistics supporters.

As far as Ji Ye knew, there were no more than 50,000 soldiers in Xiangyang City. Even counting the non-combatants, the defenders were outnumbered.

They had advantages as the defenders of the city, but when the Extraordinary and Transcendent forces were involved, the wall that was more than ten meters tall wasn’t safe at all!

Naturally, some people were rather anxious.

However, technically speaking, it was still not a problem.

That was because Xiangyang City still had a way out. Since Ji Ye killed almost all of the Yuan’s navy, the Yuan people couldn’t really surround Xiangyang City.

Therefore, the Yuan emperor’s trick was doomed to fail!

However, retreating was only optional to the Song natives on the Battlefield of Providence. For the players, it was impossible to leave Xiangyang City, because the requirement for the victory of this battle was to “secure Xiangyang”!

…

“Elder Meng, what do we do next?”

In Xiangyang City, inside a room where the Sound Stone was kept, several players from the Twin Dragon Mount fort were discussing the situation.

Everybody looked at Elder Meng, who was seated next to Ji Ye and was in the clothes of an advisor.

“Don’t be hasty yet. We need to wait for someone!”

Elder Meng shook his head.

Thud, thud, thud…

Someone knocked on the door.

Wu Qiao went to open the door, but she didn’t see anyone.

“I’m back!”

Several seconds later, Li Qing revealed himself on an empty seat.

Li Qing, who had the most remarkable performance among the second batch of players from the Twin Dragon Mount fort, received a piece of equipment that contained Transcendent power after the last battle.

[Cloak of Invisibility]

[Level: Special]

[Rarity: Refined (rare)]

[Description: This is an unusual treasure made of the shell that a Transcendent cicada took off. You will be able to grasp the true state of invisibility after learning its secrets!]

This item was dropped by the Yuan player who attempted to circumvent Ji Ye and kill the people in the wagons. In terms of stealth, it was better than Ji Ye’s Mantis Invisibility Cloak.

Even Ji Ye couldn’t see the cloak despite his keen eyes.

However, just because it was invisible didn’t mean it couldn’t be detected. For example, Ji Ye had noticed the stealthy player earlier with the waves of the Sea Stone and the detection of the Flood Dragon Bloodline.

Therefore, it was impossible for Li Qing to sneak into the Yuan emperor’s residence to acquire intelligence.

But he could totally get intelligence indirectly from the battle participants.

“A lot is going on among the leadership of Yuan.

“After the Yuan emperor arrived, he criticized the East King for recklessly attacking the city, which resulted in the loss of ten thousand soldiers and the deaths of two kings. He even publicly whipped the East King to punish him!

“According to the players I eavesdropped, the Yuan emperor was mostly described as a tyrant in their history books, because he was brutal, temperamental, and paranoid even though he was a great warrior. The East King who was whipped, on the other hand, was well praised as a ‘smart sovereign’,” Li Qing said.

“A smart sovereign?”

Ji Ye keenly seized the key information.

“Yes. In the history of Yuan, this emperor blew off his steam on his subordinates due to the continuous failures in attacking the city, and it caused a mutiny. Then, the East King, with the support of the South King and the West King, successfully ousted him.

“Besides, the East King has more famous ministers and hero projections than the emperor does.

“Therefore, the battle participants of Yuan would rather choose the East King than side with the emperor who looks stronger.”

Li Qing nodded.

“Well, it’s really a coup…”

Hearing that, Ji Ye put on a weird expression.

When they encountered Yuan’s Shadow Assassins, Ji Ye had sensed that the East King developed this special unit for unspeakable reasons. He didn’t know that his guess correct.

Also, since the South King and the West King supported the East King in their history, the North King whom Ji Ye had killed was probably on the emperor’s side.

That could be seen from the fact that the Yuan emperor fired an arrow at him the moment they met.

It also explained why the Water Demon leader didn’t rescue the North King when Ji Ye tried to kill her. The man had probably pledged loyalty to the East King and was given the task to eliminate the North King when necessary!

“It seems that every human civilization has a lot of schemes and plots no matter how splendid its history looks…”

It was quite easy to understand why the East King of Yuan had more hero projections than the emperor did.

That was because history was always written by the victors!

After killing his brother and claiming the throne, to ensure his own righteousness, the East King would definitely label the previous emperor as brutal and heartless even though the man was a magnificent lord who expanded the territory. The emperor’s subordinates were undoubtedly smeared too.

On the Land of Inheritance, the heroes’ strength depended on the impression of the people in the civilization they were from.

Those smeared heroes of the “tyrant” would definitely be of lower quality than the great supporters of the “smart sovereign”!

“Therefore, although the Yuan emperor has a huge troop, he doesn’t have as many experts as the East King does. Also, not many players have taken his side.

“In such a case, we can try to assassinate the Yuan emperor!”

Qin Yueyu’s eyes glittered.

“Huh? That’s not entirely unfeasible!”

Some of the other players were interested too.

Over the last few days, because the Yuan people didn’t attack, the battle participants from certain settlements, copying what the Yuan assassins did to them, snuck into the Yuan camps for assassinations. Although the remaining two kings of Yuan were closely protected by their players and couldn’t be assassinated, two settlements managed to kill two lesser lords.

Since the Twin Dragon Mount fort had a lot of advantages, they didn’t take part in such assassinations.

However, the Yuan emperor was new here and didn’t have the support of many players. He wasn’t as invulnerable to assassinations as the other two mission targets were.

“It wasn’t easy to directly kill him. The Yuan emperor is very strong, not to mention that he has a mount of a high level too.

“Besides, according to Li Qing, the East King will likely claim the throne if we kill the Yuan emperor. He will be able to completely reorganize the army, which won’t be in our favor.”

Ji Ye, however, shook his head.

“I have a bolder idea!”

Then, his eyes glittered.