CULTIVATION: WHEN YOU TAKE THINGS TO THE EXTREME

Chapter 960: Chapter 593: Fierce Battle (Two in One)

“Fuck!”

Listening to the alert shared by the Sky-reaching Tower, Feng Cheng’s face changed immediately, “This Skill has a second tier?”

“Probably even more!”

Zhang Yan’s expression turned grave as she spoke in a heavy tone, “There’s no related information in the academy’s database. This ‘Soldiers Under the City’ must be the opposing Lord’s Talent Skill, which produces different effects depending on the siege duration and our troop strength. This encirclement is just the second tier, and there might even be a third!”

With that, she shifted her gaze, searching around, but on top of the city wall, there was only one female general leading the trusted aides on patrol, nowhere to be seen was that person.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan felt helpless, filled with regret yet powerless.

The enemy’s forces had already increased to fifteen thousand men, and with the effect of “Soldiers Under the City,” launching an attack to breach the city would only be a matter of time. That person, although powerful, couldn’t possibly handle ten thousand enemies alone, could he?

Not to mention, as a veteran Lord on the leaderboard, the opponent must possess battle heroes with extraordinary martial power, so his personal combat skills may not give him much advantage.

At this stage, one could say the game was up, with almost no chance of recovery.

What should be done?

Zhang Yan didn’t know, and at this point, she could only take it one step at a time.

…

So, another two months passed.

“Enemy Lord ‘Augustus’ used the Special Skill—Reinforcement Order!”

“Enemy Lord ‘Zhao Wuji’ used the Conquest Order (Support)”

“Enemy Lord ‘Adams’ used the Conquest Order (Support)”

“Enemy reinforcements have arrived!”

“Enemy forces have reached thirty thousand, three times the strength of your forces, the Special Skill ‘Soldiers Under the City’ has strengthened!”

“Your territory is in ‘Death Land’ status, Lords and Heroes are forbidden from entering the Sky-reaching Tower, all buildings lose their effects except for Defense, food resource consumption doubles, food morale effects are halved, all troop types lose 20~40 points of morale daily!”

“Death Land status will last for fifteen days, after which the ‘Soldiers Under the City’ effect will end!”

“…”

“Fuck!”

On top of the city wall, Feng Cheng exclaimed in shock once again, staring at the enemy camp where dark currents surged and demonic lights filled the area, teleporting over a large number of soldiers.

On the other side, Zhang Yan’s face turned pale as she looked at the swelling forces of the Demon Abyss outside the city, recalling the prompt from the Sky-reaching Tower, “Food consumption has doubled, morale effects are halved, losing twenty to forty points daily; at this rate, we don’t even need to fight, a few days of siege and the morale will plummet to rock bottom…”

“This is fucking outrageous!”

Before she could finish, Feng Cheng voiced his anger, “How can a First-Order Lord have such an absurd skill, and even form an alliance army of tens of thousands to attack someone’s territory, isn’t there any balance at all?”

“Balance?”

Hearing this, Zhang Yan could only give a bitter smile.

This is reality, not a game, where is there ever any balance? Those lords who enter the Sky-reaching Tower with legendary or even Divine-level Talents, are they balanced?

This world is inherently unfair, the Sky-reaching Tower even more so, a Lord’s world is only about victory or death, there is no fairness or justice.

Of course, the enemy’s “siege flow” tactics, although rogue, are not entirely unsolvable.

If enough reinforcements are gathered in the Sky-reaching Tower before the opponent attacks the territory, or if they decisively leave the city during the opponent’s first siege attempt, bravely engaging in a do-or-die battle, there’s hope to break this siege flow tactic.

Unfortunately, they didn’t do that, they kept defending stubbornly, and ultimately they were backed into this desperate situation.

Now the opponent is even less in a hurry to attack. Under the “Death Land” effect, the morale of the troops inside the city can only be described as an avalanche, unable to be maintained just by food, just a few more days of siege and the defending troops will face mutiny, fighting amongst themselves, allowing this robust city to fall without a fight.

What should be done?

What should be done!

“Time to eat!”

Just as Zhang Yan was at a loss, a short-statured middle-aged man, followed by dozens of burly men, carried baskets up to the city wall, suddenly filling the air with a rich aroma that tantalized the taste buds.

“What’s this…”

Zhang Yan and the others exchanged looks, their expressions somewhat peculiar.

“This is my master’s newly made steamed cake, it’s really fragrant, come on!”

“This is the new wine brewed by General Wu Da and my master, it’s delicious!”

Dozens of Wu Da’s cooks, carrying baskets, distributed steamed cakes to the soldiers on the city wall, Zhang Yan, and Feng Cheng each received two steamed cakes and a small jar of wine.

Wu Da’s Pancakes (Meat-stuffed)

Food Category: First-Order (Rare)

Food Effect: delicious pie (use to gain +2 Physical Strength, +15 Physical Strength Recovery, +15 Wound Recovery, +20 Morale, lasts for four hours)

Food Description: Improved Wu Da’s Pancakes, changing the vegetarian stuffing to meat, providing better taste and satiety, a rare delicious food from the market.

Burning Knife

Food Grade: First-Order (Rare)

Food Effect: burning alcoholic beverage (use to gain +2 Physical Strength, +20 Physical Strength Recovery, +30 Morale, lasts for three hours, comes with a drunkenness effect)

Food Description: Chef-brewed burning knife, known as the “King of Spirits,” drinking it can fortify one’s courage, but don’t overindulge.

…

Looking at the descriptions of the two special foods, Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng looked at each other, at a loss for a moment.

They knew Xu Yang could make special foods, they had even traded with Xu Yang for “Secret Recipe Wu Da’s Pancakes,” but they still hadn’t expected, Xu Yang could use food to counter the opponent’s siege flow tactics.

Could this work?

Although the combination of Wu Da’s Pancakes and burning knife could boost morale by fifty points, combined with the Epic Commander effect of Mulan, it might barely counter the influence of “Death Land,” but this puts a big test on the supply of the food.

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