83: Chapter 83 Returning to Fengling

After chasing for several kilometers, six more Flowing Cloud Wave Rolls had condensed behind Qingluan once again.

Qin Ce glanced back and nodded slightly.

He hadn't understood the true combat power of the Flowing Cloud Wave Roll earlier, so he had used his full strength.

Those nine attacks buffed by Phoenix Flow were indeed too strong; the damage had completely overflowed.

Moreover, because he had gone all out, he had entered a period of weakness.

Therefore, Qin Ce would not be so reckless this time; he had already fully mastered the energy level of the Flowing Cloud Wave Roll.

The current six rolls were enough to deal with Silver Rank enemies.

“Xiao Qing.”

Qingluan understood and suddenly increased her speed!

Triple speed fully activated!

That azure figure instantly transformed into a true stream of light, chasing after the two Silver-rank Ravens ahead!

The distance between the two sides rapidly closed—

Five hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

One hundred meters.

The two Silver-rank Ravens looked back in terror, seeing the azure shadow getting closer and closer, their eyes filled with despair.

They flapped their wings desperately.

But it was useless.

Qingluan was too fast.

So fast that they simply couldn't escape.

Qin Ce raised his hand.

Three Phoenix Flows surged into Qingluan's body.

The enhanced version of Spider-Web Wind Blade was cast.

A large azure web shimmering with silver light shrouded one of the Silver-rank Ravens from above.

Qingluan's upgraded Spider-Web Wind Blade could already cause significant damage to Upper Bronze Rank ravens.

Now, the Spider-Web Wind Blade buffed by Flowing Cloud Wave Roll was something even a Silver Rank could not ignore!

The enhanced Spider-Web Wind Blade wrapped around that Silver-rank Raven.

The silver-glowing azure Wind Blades didn't cause too much damage to the Silver-rank Raven, but the subsequent Wind Binding formed chaotic, invisible wind ropes—completely binding the Silver-rank Raven as it struggled desperately.

But it was to no avail; it was firmly held back and fell from the high altitude while struggling.

“Screeech—!”

Desperate sounds continued to fall.

Qin Ce turned his gaze in another direction.

One left.

That Silver-rank Raven was completely driven mad by the step-by-step pressure.

It stopped running and struggling; instead, it turned around, opened its massive beak, and lunged crazily toward Qingluan!

The only counterattack it could think of was mutual destruction!

But was that possible?

Qin Ce's gaze turned cold.

Behind Qingluan, the remaining three Flowing Cloud Wave Rolls surged into her body simultaneously.

And then—

The silver Wind Blade reappeared!

Silver light sliced through the sky.

The charging figure of the Silver-rank Raven froze in mid-air.

Then, it was sliced in two.

Blood sprayed.

The corpse plummeted.

And so,

The three Silver-rank Ravens were completely wiped out.

Qin Ce hovered in mid-air, looking at the falling corpses and let out a long breath.

He glanced down at his squad badge—

The records of the raven kills appeared.

[Killed Silver-rank Raven ×3, military merits +10,800]

[Killed Upper Bronze Rank Raven ×15, military merits +5,400]

[Cumulative military merits: 21,286]

Adding the hundred-plus ordinary ravens killed before, his total military merits had now reached 21,286 points.

The corners of Qin Ce's mouth curled up.

Twenty thousand military merits.

This number should be enough to suppress Jiang Ruowei, and even enough to push him into the top ten of the overall rankings below Bronze Rank.

He raised his hand to look at his squad badge.

On the Bronze Rank leaderboard,

The first place's military merits had already reached ninety thousand.

His own ranking had just squeezed into the top fifty, while Jiang Ruowei's rank was around thirtieth.

How could this be?

Was it because he had wasted a lot of time entangled with the raven squad just now?

Thinking about it, it made sense. If not for the hunt by the Silver-rank Raven squad,

He should have been able to kill at least 300 Bronze Rank Ravens by now, adding at least another ten thousand points.

However, it wasn't a loss now. After this series of battles, he had leveled up to Bronze Rank.

He had also awakened the characteristics of the second level of Nine-fold Azure Sky.

Not only did he close the level gap with Jiang Ruowei, but it also made his subsequent hunting more efficient.

Now was the time to officially catch up on the score!

...

Soon, Qin Ce caught up with the Raven Flock.

Just as he was preparing to stir up trouble behind the flock,

The dense black Raven Flock suddenly lowered their altitude.

Just as Qin Ce was puzzled,

As the Raven Flock cleared his field of vision,

A massive city stretching for dozens of miles appeared on the horizon before Qin Ce's eyes.

Unknowingly, the Raven Flock had already entered the range of Fengling City!

Then,

Qin Ce's pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw a sight he would never forget in his life...

No wonder he still hadn't entered the top ten of the Bronze leaderboard despite accumulating military merits from ravens worth triple points.

No wonder he was still behind Jiang Ruowei.

Before, he was a bit unconvinced, but now...

Hundreds of thousands of ferocious beasts, like a black tide, surged toward that giant city wave after wave from all directions.

On the ground, the dense beast hordes covered the land; there were giant beasts as large as Mountains, wolf packs as fast as lightning, monsters covered in flames, and giant pythons spitting poisonous mist.

Their roars converged into a sky-shaking boom, making even the air tremble.

In the sky, tens of thousands of flying beasts circled like dark clouds; there were giant eagles with wingspans exceeding ten meters, thunderbirds surrounded by lightning, ice phoenixes spitting frost, and yellow clouds like swarms of bees.

And on Fengling City's side—

The massive city stood across the land with walls towering into the clouds, lined with countless turrets and energy launchers.

Golden, orange, and red lights constantly lit up, each accompanied by a sky-shaking explosion and blood blossoming within the beast horde.

Tens of thousands of Beast Tamers were distributed on the walls, in fortresses, and in towers; their Pet Beasts fought with the ferocious beasts, the light of skills weaving into a brilliant net of light.

Gold Rank, Silver Rank, Bronze Rank—

Combatants of every rank were fighting crazily.

Blood fell like rain, and severed limbs flew everywhere.

Roars, screams, explosions, and rumbles converged into a deafening war symphony.

It could be faintly heard even from dozens of kilometers away.

This was a Four-Star Beast Tide.

This was a war of city destruction.

Qin Ce hovered high in the sky, looking down at the battlefield below, speechless for a long time.

He had seen ferocious beasts.

He had killed ferocious beasts.

He had even just experienced a near-fatal ambush by a squad of Silver Rank beasts.

But he had never seen a scene like this—

Hundreds of thousands of ferocious beasts charging simultaneously.

Tens of thousands of Beast Tamers fighting on the city walls.

Countless city defense weapons spitting out the light of death.

Fire, explosions, blood, corpses...

Woven into a magnificent yet cruel portrait of war.

His gaze slowly moved, scanning every corner of the battlefield—

On the Outer City walls, squads were fighting hard. Their Pet Beasts clashed with the ferocious beasts, the light of skills rising and falling one after another, the shouts of battle shaking the sky.

There was a faint gap in the main city wall, and several Gold Rank squads were fighting desperately to plug it. Every strike from their Pet Beasts could take the lives of several ferocious beasts, but the beast tide was endless; as soon as one batch was killed, another surged forward.

Further in, above the Inner City deep within the city, Star-Glow Rank Beast Tamers were fighting one-on-one with beasts of the same rank. The dust clouds kicked up by the aftershocks of their battle rose like mist.

This was war.

True war.

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