“Hold your ground! Their reinforcements are here!”

A Level 155 magic knight from Hot Sand City stood at the forefront of the battle line, his giant golden shield in one arm. He glared at us with a stern look before looking away and yelling, “It’s the Dragonlight Cavalry! That's the cavalry that lured our troops into a trap and killed them! Goddammit! Hold your ground! Don’t let them get past us!”

I charged forward and met that magic knight head-on. Noticing my actions, he swiftly lifted his shield high to block my attack!

Bang!

A swirl of indigo energy appeared on the tip of my Cyan Netherworld Sword while an Eight Trigrams formation whirled below the Armored Ice Qilin Horse. I hit the magic knight with Universe Break, my strongest armor penetration skill!

28934!

That magic knight took two steps back under the powerful force of my attack. However, he refused to back down and continued to adopt a defensive position.

I chuckled and swung my sword once again as a golden light enveloped it. That golden light was the prelude to the skill, Crushing Blow. If I destroyed his shield, my attack would deal double damage to him. The magic knight turned pale as he quickly swiftly moved his shield away and sent it back to his inventory.

Little did he know, that move of mine was just a ruse. I cancelled...