SEC Chapter 208 Turning the Tide, The Last Stand
Chapter 208 Turning the Tide, The Last Stand
Luoxia City remained as stable as Mount Tai, and several main cities with SSS-level powerhouses also managed to barely maintain their footing after the bloody battle.
The increasingly sparse, and even suddenly interrupted, distress signals in the world chat, along with the almost stagnant numbers on the contribution leaderboard except for the top few, all point to a stark reality:
Most of the level 3 main cities are currently on the verge of total annihilation.
"Tsk, they're really bad." Lin Tian curled his lips. It wasn't that he was overly sympathetic, but he felt sorry for them—those were all living experience points, improvement points, and Dominator Power!
He opened the map and scanned the areas marked with red alerts.
"Windwhisper Castle", "Iron Fortress", "Azure Harbor"...
The next moment, starlight flashed around him, [Star Leap] was activated, and his figure instantly disappeared from the top of Sunset City.
......
Wind Whisper Castle.
The players here are almost driven crazy.
They faced a horde of elusive Ghost Assassins and Banshees capable of unleashing mental shocks; their defenses were breached like a sieve.
The mages and priests in the back row were constantly being reaped by daggers emerging from the shadows. The healers couldn't even raise their health. Fear and despair filled everyone's hearts.
"We can't hold on, Captain! Xiaoli's team was wiped out again!"
"Damn it! Where are these things?!"
"It's over... we really can't hold on this time..."
Just when the defensive line was about to completely collapse, and even the commander was ready to give up—
A figure appeared in mid-air in the center of the battlefield like a ghost; it was Lin Tian.
He couldn't even see the specific situation below, but he could sense that the resentment of the dead was particularly strong and there were many strange creatures.
"It's so noisy."
He muttered something to himself and snapped his fingers.
The Light of True Sight!
hum!
A pure and soft white light emanated from him and spread out instantly like ripples on water, covering an area of 100 meters in radius!
Wherever the light passed, all the lurking Ghost Assassins and translucent Banshees were exposed as if they had been doused with a revealing potion, with nothing left to hide, and their bodies were shrouded in a vulnerable glow!
Before the players of Wind Whisper Castle could react to this sudden turn of events, Lin Tian raised his hand and pointed again.
【Starstorm】!
boom!
A massive astral rift tore open at the point where the manifested monsters were most concentrated, unleashing a torrent of devastating stellar energy!
Those ghosts and banshees that were just moments before posing a great threat were annihilated in droves amidst the dazzling starlight, howling in agony!
It took less than five seconds.
The world is quiet now.
Lin Tian didn't even glance at the Fengyubao players below, who were staring wide-eyed as if frozen in place. After confirming that the threat in this area was gone, his figure was once again enveloped in starlight. He used [Star Leap] and left.
The players left in Windwhisper Castle stared at each other in deathly silence for a long while before erupting in ecstatic joy at surviving a catastrophe:
"That...that was just now..."
"It's Boss Lin Tian! I see it clearly! It's definitely him!"
"Holy crap! One skill... wiped out all those disgusting ghosts?!"
"What are we waiting for? Let's clear out the rest of the small fry!"
......
Ironforge.
The situation here is even worse.
A level 35 [Flame Skeleton Mage] led a tidal wave of fire skeletons, burning the players' defenses until they cried out in despair.
The city walls were glowing red from the heat, and the shields of the front-line tanks were almost melting. The priests' dispels couldn't keep up with the speed of the burning debuff.
"Water! Quickly, use water magic!"
"Out of mana! Potions are on cooldown!"
"Retreat! Retreat now! The second line of defense is about to fall!"
Just as the players were retreating in disarray, the [Flame Skeleton Mage] raised his staff, preparing to unleash a massive [Hellfire Rain] to bury everyone—
Lin Tian's figure appeared above the skeleton mage's head as if by teleportation.
[Law Imprisonment]!
Four dark gold chains appeared out of thin air, fixing the spellcasting action in place.
[Astral Rays]!
laugh!
A highly concentrated blue light pierced through its head, and the critical hit instantly emptied its health bar.
The Flame Skeleton Mage stood frozen in place, holding his staff, before scattering into a pile of charred bone fragments.
Lin Tian didn't even glance at the pile of skeletons. Instead, he turned his hand and unleashed an Arcane Explosion at the dense sea of fiery skeletons below!
boom!
Purple arcane energy swept through, clearing out a large area.
The whole process was seamless, taking less than ten seconds. Lin Tian disappeared again, leaving the players of Ironforge bewildered, staring at the suddenly dead BOSS and a large empty area of the battlefield.
Bishui Port.
The water monsters and murlocs have stormed the docks and are now engaged in street battles with the players; the situation is extremely precarious.
Lin Tian teleported over, frowning: "It's all wet, what a nuisance."
Too lazy to search for them one by one, he flew directly over the port.
[Shinra Tensei]! Maximum cost!
An irresistible and terrifying repulsive force erupted from him!
The water ghosts and fishmen who had just climbed onto the dock and rushed into the street were slapped hard by an invisible hand, and were pushed back into the sea with a splash, falling into the water like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Lin Tian clapped his hands and left again, leaving the players in Biyue Harbor dumbfounded as they stared at the instantly clean streets and harbor.
Gravel Castle, Blackrock City, Lingo City...
Lin Tian was like a highly efficient firefighter, and also like a ruthless garbage collector, flashing wildly on the map.
He doesn't need to understand the specific tactics of each city, nor does he need to communicate with local players.
His tactics were so simple and brutal it was outrageous: teleport there -> find the densest concentration of monsters or the location of the BOSS -> unleash a few area-of-effect skills to clear the area -> leave.
Sometimes it only lasts for twenty or thirty seconds, enough time to unleash one or two skills, but often it is these one or two skills that can instantly turn the tide of the battle and pull players who are in dire straits back from the brink of death.
The players he saved reacted remarkably similarly:
At first, I was stunned and couldn't believe what was happening in front of me;
Then, by his iconic shadow robes and devastating skills, he recognized Lin Tian.
Finally, there was the ecstatic joy of surviving the ordeal and the overwhelming admiration and gratitude towards Lin Tian, like the Yellow River overflowing its banks.
"It's Boss Lin Tian! He's here again!"
"Damn it! I was saved by Boss Lin Tian!"
"Wow, you're awesome! (voice cracks)"
The world channel was also flooded with various good news:
"Windwhisper Fortress held! Thank you, Boss Lin Tian!"
"The crisis at Iron City is over! Long live Boss Lin Tian!"
"The brothers of Biyue Harbor are deeply grateful to Boss Lin Tian for saving their lives!"
Those players who were originally in despair and waiting to die were almost all moved to tears the moment they saw Lin Tian descend, as if they had seen a true god descend to earth.
Lin Tian was completely unmoved by this; in fact, he found it rather troublesome.
While mechanically repeating the process of "teleport-clear monsters-teleport", he would occasionally glance at his wildly increasing contribution points.
"Hmm, this wave of spending went pretty well." He looked at the rapidly rising number, heading straight for 170 million, and nodded in satisfaction. "The efficiency is even higher than expected."
As for the gratitude and admiration? He didn't take it to heart at all.
After Lin Tian wiped the last remaining undead outside Silverpine Town from the map with five consecutive [Starry Storm] attacks, he stopped his constantly flashing figure.
"That's about it, everything that needed to be cleared has been cleared." He breathed a sigh of relief as he felt the power of his cultivation points and dominion filling his body again.
This disaster, which affected the entire continent, was ultimately reversed thanks to his incredible, "bug-like" intervention. Although, in his view, the process was essentially no different from running a dungeon and defeating a few waves of monsters.