When Chen Bugu finished speaking, the city wall was silent for a second.
Then, many Awakeneds reacted, stopped in their tracks, cheered, and raised their weapons, their fighting spirit soaring.
Chen Bugu’s name had already spread throughout Obsidian Town, and his act of shooting down the fiery meteor with an arrow at this moment brought immense courage to everyone.
Master Fran scratched his head upon hearing Chen Bugu’s words, “Just a mere Nine Star beast…” He felt it sounded strangely familiar.
But no matter what, the low morale that had been caused by this fiery meteor was completely reversed by that arrow.
Although he felt immense embarrassment and shame, Chen Bugu had promised Liu Chengfeng that for the subsequent plan, he needed to be as “high-profile” as possible.
Looking at it now, regardless of the embarrassment, at least the goal was achieved.
In contrast, below the city wall, after discovering that its fiery meteor had been intercepted, the enraged Hellfire Salamander unleashed its full speed, charging towards the city wall.
The Hellfire Salamander had some impression of the person standing on the wall; he was merely a stray dog it had once chased away.
It was precisely because of this slight impression that the Hellfire Salamander did not realize Chen Bugu’s transformation; it intended to smash through the city wall in front of it as quickly as possible.
Chen Ping had already climbed to his feet, looking at Chen Bugu’s back with some excitement; that arrow just now had left a deep impression on him.
“Hall Master, I am Chen Ping, a member of the Outer Hall; please give your instructions.”
Chen Bugu did not turn around, but his voice clearly reached Chen Ping’s ears.
“Have all members hold their positions; do not panic.”
As Chen Bugu’s voice came, Chen Ping felt the temperature around him drop sharply.
Unbeknownst to him, a dense array of black arrows had already appeared in front of Chen Bugu.
When Chen Ping stood closer, he realized that these so-called black arrows were actually composed of black obsidian water, as dark as ink.
The black obsidian water flowed slowly, and the arrows appeared soft and powerless, but upon closer inspection, one would find that the sharp drop in temperature was precisely caused by this black obsidian water.
As the number of black arrows in front of him grew, Chen Ping was astonished to find that the sweat on his body had crystallized into ice pellets, and his body heat was rapidly draining away.
Just as Chen Ping was about to give out, the black obsidian water arrows suddenly erupted, and a biting cold wind swept out in all directions.
In a short moment, Chen Bugu shot no less than a hundred arrows.
Dense black arrows instantly enveloped the rapidly approaching Nine-Star Magic Beast.
The Rainstorm Arrow turned into a hail of ice, delivering a head-on blow to the Hellfire Salamander.
On both sides of the city wall, countless Awakeneds witnessed it firsthand.
The scales on the Hellfire Salamander’s body shattered one after another; the seemingly weak water arrows easily pierced through its body’s defenses.
Water droplets splashed, seeping into its flesh and blood, in threads and strands, and ice flowers burst forth.
The leading Nine-Star Magic Beast was pinned to the ground, seven-tenths of its scales completely shattered, and as blood flowed, strange blood-ink-colored ice flowers formed at the wounds.
The Hellfire Salamander lay on the ground, the intense pain instantly sobering it up; the arrow rain just now extinguished all its anger.
As a Nine-Star Magic Beast, even if its intelligence was not comparable to a brain worm, its instinct for self-preservation made it more clear-headed than any individual among the tens of thousands of Magic Beasts behind it at this moment.
Escape!
Must escape!
This human, who had once been sent flying by its tail, was now no less dangerous than the fellow who had cut off its tail with a single blade.
Red flames ignited all over the Hellfire Salamander’s body; this was another of its signature skills—Fire Accumulation Rush, originally an ability to envelop itself in flames and charge into enemies, but now it was using it to melt ice.
There was no other way; those damned ice flowers had frozen its muscles, and it could not even move its steps at this moment.
However, those black obsidian ice formations were extremely cold; even under the baking of the intense flames, the melting speed was extremely slow.
The Hellfire Salamander struggled to get up, raising its head with difficulty.
The next second, fear, accompanied by the second wave of black obsidian arrow rain, enveloped it overwhelmingly.
This time, when the ice flowers bloomed again, that last trace of flame was completely extinguished.
The city wall immediately fell into a dead silence; everyone gazed at the scene before them, not making a sound.
“Damn, this is insane?”
“Oh no, won’t this make me, the Vice Lord, seem useless?”
Although Xie An knew that Chen Bugu, being able to kill Alek, must be strong, he had not expected that this fellow could kill a Nine-Star Magic Beast in such a short time.
And even more surprised than him was Master Fran.
Master Fran had almost died at the hands of the Hellfire Salamander once, so he naturally knew the combat power of this beast; therefore, even though he said he would leave it to Chen Bugu, he had actually prepared to assist him.
As early as when Chen Bugu shot the first wave of arrows, Master Fran had already arrived near him to assist.
But by the time he stood beside Chen Bugu, that Nine Star Hellfire Salamander was already dead…
Even though it was a mindless beast and had once had its tail cut off by Liu Chengfeng, it was still a genuine Nine-Star Magic Beast.
How could it not even withstand two waves of arrows under Chen Bugu’s hands?
And what was with that strange black obsidian water?
As soon as that black obsidian arrow rain appeared, Master Fran felt all the fire elements beside him disappear.
Rather than disappearing, it was more like fleeing.
The fire elements scattered and fled, moving as far away from Chen Bugu as possible, as if suppressed by something.
During this moment of distraction, the beast tide army behind had already entered the city wall’s alert line and also entered the attack range of large crossbows, magic cannons, and other long-range weapons.
The battle was about to fully commence…
Master Fran knew the importance of striking while the iron was hot; Chen Bugu killing the Hellfire Salamander in two moves was an incredible opportunity, and he naturally would not let it go.
Master Fran stood side by side with Chen Bugu, raising his war hammer high, his roar shaking the heavens.
“You wimps of all races, what the hell are you still gawking at?!”
“The Nine-Star Magic Beast is dead; the rest are nothing to fear. Let me see your backbone.”
“Don’t you dare disgrace me and Hall Master Chen!”
“Slaughter them!”
Under Master Fran’s furious roar, Awakeneds of all races responded, returning to their positions with high morale, operating crossbows and cannons to fire at the beast horde.
Seeing a large number of Magic Beasts cross the alert line, Chen Bugu drew his bow again.
This time, the surrounding Awakeneds were wiser; they quickly evacuated this small area upon sensing the drop in temperature.
Chen Bugu once again activated Bullet Time, continuously drawing the bowstring without pause.
Since he mastered the power of Rin Water, the power of the water arrows had also changed. The black Rin Water arrows were still sharp, but they no longer relied on the cutting force brought by the rapid flow of water; instead, they relied on countless ice shards invisible to the naked eye.
In addition, the black Rin Water arrows could change shape at any time, turning into black obsidian ice.
When a Rin Water arrow pierced the body, the black Rin Water seeped into the body, then transformed into ice shards that exploded within, undoubtedly causing greater damage.
As for the Rin Water version of “Rainstorm Arrow,” because of its large number, dense arrangement, and pervasive cold, it could even freeze the water vapor in the air into frost.
Therefore, to distinguish it, Chen Bugu renamed this revised version of Rainstorm Arrow to “Rin Rain Frost.”
At this moment, he stood on the city wall, Rin Water arrows rapidly shooting out from his hand one after another.
Black obsidian water arrows swept across the battlefield, easily piercing through the bodies of Magic Beasts, and then solidifying into black obsidian ice flowers on the surfaces of the corpses and the ground.
Every black arrow shot down at least one High-Grade Magic Beast, mostly Black Iron Seven Stars Magic Beasts.
Awakeneds of all races, seeing this, were greatly boosted in morale, their fighting spirit surging, and various long-range attacks also rained down.
By the time the Magic Beast army reached the base of the city wall, their casualties had already exceeded a thousand.
Thanks to Chen Bugu continuously sniping High-Grade Magic Beasts, Master Fran and Amon, one man and one turtle, directly leaped down from the city wall. As Eight Stars, they defended below the city wall, dealing with low-level Magic Beasts almost single-handedly, sweeping all before them.
Meanwhile, Chen Bugu constantly moved around the edge of the city wall, using “Weakness Detection” and “Inference” to continuously shoot down Magic Beasts of Seven Stars and above.
When a section of the city wall was breached by Magic Beasts, he would rush over in time, instantly clearing the area with a “Rin Rain Frost” to relieve the pressure on the defenders.
As a result, although ten minutes had passed since the beast tide reached the city, it rarely caused casualties to the city wall defenders.
Stronger Magic Beasts would often receive Chen Bugu’s “attention” beforehand, while those Four-Star and Five-Star Magic Beasts, even if they rushed onto the city wall, could not pose much threat.
In addition, Chen Bugu would occasionally shoot one or two ultra-long-distance “Water Wood Arrow,” to strike at the Eight-Star Magic Beasts hiding behind the beast tide.
With this ebb and flow, many High-Grade Magic Beasts realized something was wrong.
That damned human was not focusing on clearing the low-level Magic Beasts in front of him; instead, he was striking them from long range, even though they were hiding behind.
After two Eight-Stars were shot down, driven by instinct, the High-Grade Magic Beasts hiding in the back began to retreat.
When this signal was received by the city wall defenders, Awakeneds of all races wielded their weapons even more frantically, slashing at the Magic Beasts in front of them without reservation.
Master Fran and Amon covered each other below the city wall, quickly sweeping out a clear area.
After Amon’s black obsidian ice froze the low-level Magic Beasts in front of them, Master Fran only needed to deliver a single hammer blow to complete the kill; he felt the battle was so easy for the first time.
And Magic Beasts of a slightly higher level would be met with a black obsidian water arrow before they could even get close to them.
Master Fran looked up and saw black obsidian water arrows continuously flying down from the city wall above, one after another.
Since the battle began, Chen Bugu had probably shot thousands of water arrows, and these arrows greatly alleviated the pressure on the defenders on the city wall.
Towards the end of the battle, within two li below the city wall, the ground was covered with corpses and ice spikes. These ice spikes were sharp and freezing, even creating an obstruction for the Magic Beasts behind.
It was not until panic spread to the frontline Magic Beasts that the Magic Beast army’s battle line finally completely collapsed.
As far as Master Fran could remember, without a unified command, a Magic Beast army would usually only retreat after suffering at least half casualties.
But in this battle, the beast tide had only suffered about thirty percent casualties, yet the remaining Magic Beasts had scattered like birds and beasts.
Ultimately, due to Chen Bugu’s appearance, the High-Grade Magic Beasts that were originally mixed within the horde were almost completely wiped out.
More than half of the Seven-Star Magic Beasts were pinned to the ground by a black arrow before they even touched the city wall.
And the morale-boosted city wall defenders displayed strength far beyond their usual, which further accelerated the end of this war.
Watching the Magic Beasts begin to retreat, Master Fran suddenly realized that when Chen Bugu reached Nine Star, as an elemental cannon, he could already change the rules of this war by himself.
