Getting Stronger By Fighting

Chapter 819 - 817: Taking Turns in Battle

After Wang Zhan lazily stretched his waist, he finally walked to Luo Xue’s side and said, "What’s up?"Luo Xue handed breakfast to Wang Zhan, then sat down to the side and said, "I just came to bring you breakfast, in case a big man like you doesn’t know how to take care of himself."

"Says who?"

Wang Zhan shrugged with a smile, walked to the side and focused on eating, mumbling indistinctly, "Before I met you and Xiang Tian, wasn’t I also wandering alone on the Star War Battlefield?"

"Back then, I was actually a lot more carefree than now."

Back when Wang Zhan first set foot on the Star War Battlefield, there was absolutely no need for trust, and no one needed to shoulder any kind of responsibility.

At that time, he only needed to think for himself.

As long as his own strength kept growing, that was enough.

Luo Xue smiled and said, "You can say that all you want, but only you know in your heart how bitter those days really were."

Wang Zhan shook his head and didn’t argue.

"By the way."

Luo Xue hesitated for a moment, then sat down beside Wang Zhan, propped her chin up and stared intently at him. "Brother Wang, when do you think the demonic beasts will make a move on us?"

"In about a month."

Wang Zhan casually tossed out a line.

"Why?"

Luo Xue looked at him, her face full of doubt.

"Earlier, Jiang Yin and I already badly wounded that leader-level beast. I figure it won’t recover its essence energy in a short time. And demonic beasts are very cunning—without absolute confidence, how could it possibly show up in front of us again so easily?"

"But that’s actually a good thing for us too."

"At least during this stretch of time, we can raise everyone’s overall strength, so when the great battle starts we won’t suffer pointless casualties."

Wang Zhan said a few words in a heavy tone.

He knew very well what this clash with the demonic beasts really represented.

After Luo Xue let out a sigh, she stopped talking.

After the two of them finished breakfast, they headed into Tianxiong City.

After all, Wang Zhan was everyone’s mental leader. As long as he was there, everyone would have enough drive.

Day after day.

Two months slipped by quietly.

There were no ordinary residents left in Tianxiong City; everyone remaining was a battle-ready warrior.

And during this period, everyone had long since finished forging the Spirit-gathering Formation.

Although they still couldn’t achieve perfect unity, their overall combat power had indeed risen to a certain degree.

On this day.

Wang Zhan was sitting in the City Lord’s Mansion when he saw Han Junxiong rush in in a panic. He shoved the door open, quickly walked up to Wang Zhan, pointed behind him and said with a frown, "Brother Wang, those guys are here."

"Demonic beasts?"

Wang Zhan asked instinctively.

Ju Tian’en, who was sitting to the side, also shot to his feet, his expression turning ugly.

Han Junxiong nodded heavily. "It’s the same situation we saw back in Flying Cloud City—demonic beasts in every direction."

"Has the leader-level beast shown up?"

Wang Zhan hurriedly asked the question he cared about the most.

Han Junxiong shook his head. "Not sure yet. There are just too many demonic beasts; for the moment, we can’t tell what their levels are."

"Don’t worry about that for now. Whether there’s a leader-level beast or not, we absolutely can’t let them leave."

Ju Tian’en clenched his fist hard.

Just thinking of that last great battle Tianxiong City went through was enough to make his blood boil.

If Wang Zhan hadn’t crushed all contenders back then, Tianxiong City would already be gone.

As he spoke, Ju Tian’en had already gotten up and was heading outside.

Wang Zhan and Han Junxiong didn’t hesitate either and quickly followed in his footsteps.

In the blink of an eye, they were already standing atop the city wall.

Xiang Tian, Luo Xue, and Jiang Yin had long been standing guard there. When they saw Wang Zhan arrive, all three of their gazes fell on him.

Jiang Yin pointed into the distance and said, "The one we fought last time seems to be among them. I haven’t seen it, but I can already feel its smell."

"That’s perfect. We’ll just kill it this time."

Beside her, Xiang Tian twisted his neck, a feral grin tugging at the corner of his mouth. "I’ve been wanting to gnaw on a tougher bone."

"Calm your ass down."

Wang Zhan shot him a glance, then said irritably, "That leader-level beast’s strength is way beyond what you imagine. Even if a few of us join forces, we’ll only be able to buy some time. So when we face it, we absolutely can’t underestimate it, or we’ll just be asking for trouble."

Xiang Tian nodded. He knew of course that Wang Zhan was looking out for him.

After lecturing Xiang Tian, Wang Zhan’s gaze also turned to the distance. He narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "I have to admit, these bastards really did exceed my expectations. I didn’t think they could muster this many bodies."

"But if we can wipe them all out here, we might be able to bring some peace back to the Star War Battlefield."

Only, everyone knew that saying it was easy, doing it was anything but.

"Everyone, follow my command and form up immediately."

After Wang Zhan gave the order, he raised both hands.

At once, everyone around them moved down off the city wall.

Wang Zhan stood proudly atop the city wall, his gaze locked firmly on that leader-level demonic beast in the crowd.

He glanced at the few people beside him, then ordered, "In a moment, the few of us will strike that leader-level demonic beast together. Even if we can’t take it down right away, we must delay it as long as possible and seize every advantage for our people."

Once the leader-level demonic beast broke through their defenses, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The few of them nodded heavily.

Wang Zhan didn’t hesitate. He sprang up, and in the next instant his whole body turned into a streak of light, rushing at the leader-level demonic beast first!

The great battle was about to erupt!

The people beneath the city wall had already taken up their positions; seeing Wang Zhan make his move, they clashed with the demonic beasts.

In the blink of an eye, cries of killing shook the Sky.

Wang Zhan and the others also struck at this time, tangling with that leader-level demonic beast.

Only Ju Tian’en stood quietly on top of the wall.

It wasn’t because he was timid or afraid of trouble, but because Wang Zhan had assigned him a different mission: to guard Tianxiong City.

Wherever help was needed, he would rush to support.

The leader-level demonic beast in the battle circle glanced at Wang Zhan, narrowed its eyes, and spoke coldly, "I knew you had to be here. At least you had the guts not to run."

"With so many people around, where else would I go to find you?"

Wang Zhan hefted the Deep Fire Blade over his shoulder, a faint, disdainful smile at the corner of his mouth. "Don’t think you’re some invincible exist­ence. Last time, I almost killed you, didn’t I?"

"You bastard..."

Just recalling what had happened before made the leader-level demonic beast’s face turn much uglier.

It clenched its fist, then suddenly charged straight at Wang Zhan.

Wang Zhan also didn’t hesitate; he made contact with the leader-level demonic beast at the first opportunity.

In truth, he was deliberately provoking this leader-level demonic beast.

After all, only by doing so could he ease some of the pressure on the people around him.

But this also put him in a perilous situation.

"Fatal One Slash!"

A blade of light streaked fiercely toward the leader-level demonic beast.

Clearly, Wang Zhan didn’t dare show the slightest negligence and unleashed his killing move right away!

The leader-level demonic beast standing to the side narrowed its eyes slightly. It clenched its fist and swung it fiercely toward Wang Zhan, and that black longsword once again slashed down toward Wang Zhan’s chest.

Fortunately, Wang Zhan used the Deep Fire Blade to block in front of his chest, barely escaping disaster.

Xiang Tian and the others at the side also didn’t dare delay even a moment, and hurriedly revealed their trump cards.

Up in the Sky, streaks of light flashed as one figure after another descended Xu Xu.

Luo Xue landed first to one side, her expression as ugly as could be.

Wang Zhan and Jiang Yin kept entangled with the leader-level demonic beast.

Xiang Tian rushed to Luo Xue’s side and quickly asked with concern, "How is it? Can you still hold on?"

Luo Xue shook her head with a smile. She clutched her chest and said calmly, "Don’t worry, I’m fine."

"Hurry and go help Brother Wang. With just the two of them, they shouldn’t be a match for this leader-level demonic beast."

Xiang Tian didn’t hesitate and said at the same time, "You get back up to the city wall right now and have Ju Tian’en come support us. As for you, stop getting involved for now, or you’ll just distract us."

As he spoke, Xiang Tian had already disappeared from in front of Luo Xue.

Luo Xue bit down hard on her teeth. She had already inherited the cultivation of the Black Tortoise Venerable, and her strength had risen to a certain degree—but even so, she still couldn’t become Wang Zhan’s right-hand helper.

And right now everyone was fighting with their lives. How could she retreat so easily?

Thinking of this, Luo Xue frowned and said, "No matter what happens, I’ll fight side by side with you all!"

Her gaze was filled with determination.

The next second, Luo Xue charged straight toward the leader-level demonic beast.

But Ju Tian’en, standing on the city wall, quickly appeared at her side, patted her shoulder to block her path, and then said, "You, go rest on the side for now. I’ll handle things here."

"But..."

Luo Xue’s face changed. Just as she was about to speak, Ju Tian’en cut her off. "I don’t think your Brother Wang would want to see you still rushing in at a time like this. That demonic beast is nowhere near as simple as you think. Go recover first and then come relieve us later."

Just now, Ju Tian’en had gradually seen it clearly: as long as a few of them could keep this leader-level demonic beast tied down, they could dominate the battlefield.

After hesitating for a moment, Luo Xue finally nodded.

The reason Wang Zhan had Ju Tian’en hold the city head was precisely so he could support them at any time. If all five of them were wiped out by the leader-level demonic beast, it would undoubtedly be a crushing blow.