Chapter 177: SIEGE
Then Jiang Feng smiled.
"Try to keep up."
Shen Tian laughed.
"You first."
Jiang Feng charged.
Flowing Step!
His body blurred through the first group of goblins.
Sword flashed.
Wandering Slash!
Three enemies staggered.
Jiang Feng immediately changed direction.
Another strike.
Another.
Another.
His class began showing its true strength.
Every successful movement reduced the cooldown of his next repositioning skill.
Every parry increased his attack speed.
Every time he struck a new target...
His passive...
No Fixed Path
Built stacks.
1
2
3
4
At five stacks...
His movement speed increased.
Jiang Feng became a storm.
The crowd nearby noticed.
"Who the hell is that?!"
"FallenWind!"
"That’s the first-clear guy!"
"He’s insane!"
His contribution began climbing.
Rank 183
Then...
97
41
19
MoonPetal watched.
"He’s really good."
Shen Tian heard.
He smiled.
Then drew his bow.
"Yeah."
He released.
One arrow.
CRITICAL HIT!
An orc fell.
Second.
A goblin mage died before casting.
Third.
A flying beast dropped from the sky.
Shen Tian began walking.
Not running.
Walking.
Every step matched another shot.
Draw.
Release.
Draw.
Release.
Draw.
Release.
The rhythm became terrifying.
He barely seemed to aim.
He didn’t need to.
His body had adapted completely to Eternal Realm’s projectile system.
Wind resistance.
Distance.
Target movement.
Elevation.
Latency didn’t exist in full dive.
Everything behaved like physical reality.
And Shen Tian...
Had actual combat instincts.
His contribution skyrocketed.
Rank 152
79
33
12
Jiang Feng looked at the ranking.
Then toward Shen Tian.
"...Already?"
Shen Tian smiled from thirty meters away.
"Keep up."
Jiang Feng laughed.
"Fine."
Wave One lasted twenty-three minutes.
By the end...
The fields outside Silverbrook had been completely transformed.
Bodies dissolved into particles constantly.
Dropped equipment covered sections of the ground.
Players shouted.
Healers ran between injured groups.
NPC soldiers replaced broken barricades.
The ranking stabilized.
SILVERBROOK SIEGE CONTRIBUTION
IronHammer — 18,410
FallenWind — 17,982
ShenTian — 17,741
CrimsonRose — 16,220
MoonPetal — 11,403
LittleMaple stared upward.
"Captain is second!"
Jiang Feng smiled.
"For now."
MoonPetal pointed toward Shen Tian.
"He’s right behind you."
"I noticed."
Shen Tian inspected a newly dropped arrow.
"Enjoy it."
Jiang Feng looked over.
"The lead?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Won’t last."
Jiang Feng laughed.
"Arrogant."
"Accurate."
MoonPetal sighed.
"Please don’t make the siege harder because of your egos."
LittleMaple nodded.
"Agreed."
Then...
The earth shook again.
A new notification appeared.
Wave Two Beginning.
Enemy Count: 13,411
LittleMaple stared.
"...Why is there more?"
Shen Tian smiled.
"Dynamic scaling."
"That’s a terrible feature."
MoonPetal laughed.
Wave Two introduced elite enemies.
Armored Orcs.
Goblin shamans.
Poison wolves.
Giant insects.
And...
Siege beasts.
The first one appeared from behind the horde.
A massive creature resembling a rhinoceros covered in stone armor.
Its name appeared.
Ashhorn Behemoth
Level 18 Elite
HP: 82,000
The creature lowered its head.
Then charged the eastern gate.
Players scattered.
"STOP IT!"
"TANKS!"
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
Jiang Feng immediately changed direction.
Shen Tian did too.
They arrived almost simultaneously.
Jiang Feng looked toward the creature’s front armor.
"Too thick."
Shen Tian looked at its legs.
"Joints."
Jiang Feng smiled.
"Same thought."
MoonPetal arrived behind them.
"What are you doing?"
Both answered together.
"Breaking its legs."
MoonPetal stared.
"...Of course."
Jiang Feng rushed left.
Shen Tian moved right.
The Behemoth charged.
Jiang Feng used Flowing Step.
Its horn missed him by inches.
His sword struck the rear joint.
-421 HP
Low damage.
But...
A status appeared.
Armor Joint Damaged: 4%
Shen Tian understood immediately.
"Again!"
His arrow struck the same location.
Critical Hit!
Joint Damage: 11%
MoonPetal cast Frost Bolt.
The leg slowed.
Jiang Feng attacked again.
Shen Tian followed.
The damage increased.
20%
31%
47%
The monster roared.
It turned violently.
Its tail struck Jiang Feng.
-604 HP
His health dropped to 38%.
LittleMaple screamed.
"CAPTAIN!"
Jiang Feng rolled.
"Fine!"
The Behemoth raised a foot.
It was about to crush him.
Shen Tian fired.
Power Shot!
The arrow struck the damaged joint.
Joint Damage: 100%
The leg buckled.
The Behemoth collapsed sideways.
Jiang Feng rolled away.
MoonPetal immediately cast.
"Firestorm!"
Flames covered the exposed underside.
Players nearby realized what was happening.
Everyone attacked.
The health bar collapsed.
Shen Tian’s contribution jumped.
Jiang Feng’s too.
The Behemoth died.
A system message appeared.
Special Achievement: Siege Breaker
Awarded to FallenWind, ShenTian, MoonPetal.
Xu Ning smiled.
[Host.]
A golden thread snapped from Jiang Feng.
Then divided.
Part moved toward Shen Tian.
[Ding!]
Destined Achievement altered.
Original: FallenWind destroys first siege beast alone.
New: Shared achievement.
Fate stolen: 1,500
Jiang Feng Fate Value: 192,500
Shen Tian looked toward Jiang Feng.
Still fighting.
Still smiling.
No negative reaction.
Good.
Wave Two ended.
Then Wave Three.
Then Four.
Each became worse.
But the ranking narrowed.
FallenWind
ShenTian
Then...
Shen Tian overtook.
ShenTian
FallenWind
Jiang Feng overtook again.
The crowd began noticing.
Players started watching them as much as the horde.
Streams appeared.
Forum threads.
Live discussions.
FALLENWIND VS SHENTIAN SIEGE RACE
WHO GETS #1?
FORMER PRO VS RANGER MONSTER?
That final title caught Jiang Feng’s attention.
He froze for half a second.
MoonPetal noticed.
"What?"
He closed the post.
"Nothing."
She narrowed her eyes.
"You’ve been weird whenever people mention professional players."
Jiang Feng smiled.
"Coincidence."
MoonPetal didn’t believe him.
But didn’t push.
Then...
The final wave began.
The sky darkened.
A massive horn sounded from beyond the battlefield.
Every monster stopped moving.
Players became confused.
"What happened?"
"Why’d they stop?"
"Is it over?"
Commander Aldric appeared on the wall.
His expression changed.
"No..."
A massive figure emerged.
Nearly twenty feet tall.
Black armor covered its body.
A red cape dragged behind it.
A giant axe rested against one shoulder.
Ashwood Horde Commander
Gorvath the Red
Level 25 World Boss
HP: 3,800,000
Silence.
Then...
LittleMaple whispered,
"We’re dead."
Jiang Feng smiled.
"Probably."
She stared.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Because it’s a boss."
Shen Tian laughed.
"I like him."
MoonPetal pointed her staff toward both.
"You’re both insane."
Gorvath raised his axe.
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