My Chaotic City

Chapter 052 Controlling the Tower

The countdown ended quickly.

At that moment, the space-time wormhole suddenly expanded to more than twice its original size, like a giant beast opening its mouth. A passage opened up, followed by the sound of horns, and four infantrymen in iron armor appeared side by side.

[Infantry: LV10, the lowest-ranking soldier in the Xuanlong Empire, a physical melee unit, with 1000 HP, 12 Attack, 6 Physical Defense, 0 Magic Defense, and no skills.]

Two of the four armored infantrymen wielded broadswords, while the other two carried battle flags bearing the image of golden dragons—the battle flags of the Xuanlong Empire.

"The Xuanlong Empire is invincible!"

"Conquer cities, seize territories, launch campaigns, and annihilate!"

They shouted, their voices menacing.

"Regional Announcement: The siege has begun! The siege army will launch a full-scale attack on the city within 48 hours!"

Upon hearing the regional announcement, Li Hanqiang breathed a sigh of relief.

The siege army numbered 10,000. He originally thought that these 10,000 siege troops would emerge from the spacetime wormhole as quickly as a monster siege, but now it took 48 hours for them to be fully deployed. So there's not much pressure. If they are in groups of four, it only takes one group per minute to deploy.

"These infantrymen are just here to wave flags and shout slogans. It seems that the players are the main force in the siege. There are only 625 players. I should be able to hold them off!" Li Hanqiang thought to himself.

At this point, the Flame Tower began to unleash its power. The four armored infantrymen simply shouted slogans as they advanced. They marched in unison, but at a slow pace. Before they even left the Flame Tower's firing range, they were already lying on the ground.

The war corridor fell silent, and it took about ten seconds before players began to appear.

Li Hanqiang stood in mid-air and glanced around. His eyes widened in surprise. The first players to appear were actually Sister Pomegranate and her group of middle-aged women.

"Letting the aunties lead the charge, that's really impressive! Is this Emperor Guild some kind of auntie guild?" Li Hanqiang thought to himself, this is perfect, these aunties gained experience here before, now let's give them back.

Sister Pomegranate and the others walked calmly and cheerfully into the war corridor, their faces initially beaming with joy.

There are extra subsidies for participating in the siege, so they are naturally happy.

But then flames erupted from their bodies, and they panicked.

"Hey, young man, we're on the same side, don't lay a hand on me!" Sister Pomegranate saw Li Hanqiang and quickly waved and called out.

"Don't hit us! We're just here to scout things out!" Red Wine Rose shouted in response.

"Give us a chance, we're all good people!" the other women shouted.

"I'm sorry, I'm a good person too!" Li Hanqiang was no longer going to hold back; he was now attacking the city!

Moreover, these middle-aged women were clearly "taking advantage of their age," each pretending to be ignorant even though they knew the truth. Li Hanqiang didn't believe they didn't understand what they were doing!

Soon, this group of weak and incompetent middle-aged women left the scene, without even reaching the position of the Beast Catcher.

Following the older female players, regular player teams finally began to appear, starting with a large wave of tank classes at the forefront, followed by swordsmen, assassins, archers, priests, mages, and so on.

Most of these players are below level 18, few are above level 20, and even fewer have more than 2000 health points.

There are many adventurer classes in Endless World, and the growth of different classes is different. In terms of health growth alone, pure tank classes such as shield warriors and knights can gain about 100 health points per level, semi-tank classes such as swordsmen and berserkers can gain 60-80 health points per level, and classes such as thieves can gain even less, only 50 health points per level.

Ranged classes such as archers, mages, priests, and warlocks have the lowest health growth, gaining less than 50 health points per level.

It has to be said that player-controlled sieges are different. Whether it's the speed of troop deployment or movement speed, players are much faster than wild monsters. A large group rushes out of the time-space wormhole like a tidal wave, quickly covering thirty or forty meters.

They were also shouting loudly.

"Brothers, charge with me!"

"The boss said in March that if we successfully capture the city, everyone will receive a reward of two hundred coins!"

"Our president also said that whatever the reward amount is in March, he will also give out the same reward!"

"Rush!"

"We win if we kill all the defending players!"

"Charge!"

Li Hanqiang's expression hardened. He estimated that over a hundred people had already rushed out of the spacetime wormhole. His gaze turned cold, and he shouted, "Physical assault on the tower! Have fun!"

In the blink of an eye, sword energy crisscrossed from both sides of the war corridor, clanging and piercing through, and large numbers of damage numbers immediately appeared above the heads of the attacking players, making them scream in pain.

Given the density of these players, it would be difficult for the sword energy not to hit all eight targets. Therefore, one sword energy can deal eight damage numbers within one second, and five sword energies would deal 40 damage numbers.

Seeing this, Li Hanqiang secretly regretted not building a few basic turrets. Basic turrets have a small-area splash damage effect, hitting a small area at a time, which would be incredibly satisfying to blast through players.

However, the basic turret's attack speed is too slow and its basic attack power is weak. If we really compare them, it might not be as good as the sword turret that can unleash a sword aura every second.

At this moment, the nine towers, wielding both open and covert attacks, became even more ferocious, raining down attacks and damage numbers that were constantly stacked together, resulting in frequent instant kills.

It has to be said that the defensive towers built together have fierce firepower. The huge damage numbers are enough to make people's hearts burn. A large group of players could only walk up to the place where the two were lying down, and before they could even hit the two of them a few times, they were killed by the defensive towers and the Dark Night Redemption behind them.

"Lord, leave the low-health ones to me, I'll stack the skeletons!" Dark Night Redemption shouted, his longbow drawing rapidly. His Dark Arrow could kill players and summon skeleton warriors.

Li Hanqiang naturally knew how to cooperate, controlling the defensive towers and deliberately not attacking players with low health.

In the past, when monsters attacked the city, Li Hanqiang didn't need to do anything; he could just let the defensive towers attack on their own. But now it's clearly time to show off his skills.

Li Hanqiang stood in mid-air, doing his utmost. One second he controlled five sword towers to unleash sword energy into the crowd, and the next second he controlled the open and hidden arrow towers to take care of some high-health players who were sneaking along the edge...

Controlling a tower is no easy task. Li Hanqiang was quite flustered when he first started, and he immediately realized that controlling a tower is definitely a skill.

Who says the Lord of Chaos City doesn't need to operate? Controlling the tower is an operation, and it's an advanced operation, an advanced technique!

Fortunately, Li Hanqiang's defensive towers are strong enough that even if he doesn't play well, it's fine; he faces no pressure at all.

Dark Night Redemption's technology is unparalleled; they've killed more and more skeletons, gradually forming a line that blocks the center of the war corridor.

At this moment, the attacking players launched an even stronger wave of attacks. A tall player wielding a round shield led the charge out of the time-space wormhole, shouting, "Brothers, raise your shields and charge with me!"

Li Hanqiang noticed this player immediately. This person was already level 24, so he guessed that his equipment was good and his health was as high as 3000. He was not charging forward recklessly, but rather moving left and right with very agile footwork.

Seeing this kind of movement made Li Hanqiang angry.

It seems that any expert doesn't walk normally. Going straight won't work; they have to go around in circles. There are also terms like snake walking, shadow walking, and blind spots. Especially in one-on-one PvP, experts pay more attention to positioning, moving around erratically and crushing novices without taking damage.

Li Hanqiang understood the principles of positioning, but he couldn't execute it. When he used to play the Adventurer class, he would engage in close combat head-on, while he would stand still during ranged combat. Occasionally, he would practice positioning, but instead of gaining an advantage, he would make many mistakes and become disoriented, making it easy for the opponent to find his weaknesses.

Positioning is a skill, and when a master combines it with various techniques such as blocking, dodging, dashing, and jumping, they become extremely difficult to deal with.

But Li Hanqiang is now in mid-air, with a god-like perspective, and he controls the defensive tower that is locked onto the attack. What's the point of positioning? He might as well just charge straight ahead, at least he can charge further.

"I'll teach you to be so sassy!" With a thought, Li Hanqiang unleashed sword energy from all five sword towers at the shield-wielding player.

No matter how well a player moves, they cannot avoid this locked attack. They are immediately struck by five sword energies at the same time, losing 400 health points instantly.

He was forced to take two steps back as a result, and five sword energies pierced through his body, affecting those behind him and causing a group of players to scream in terror.

"Oh no, this sword energy ignores defense! Healers in the back, quickly heal me..."

Before he could finish speaking, a barrage of open and covert attacks came flying at him. The player with the round shield was quite skilled; he rolled on the ground and quickly raised his shield again, dodging a total of seven open attacks. However, he was still hit by two of them, and his health plummeted, resulting in his instant death.

The moment the player with the round shield died, it was as if the rhythm was broken. A chorus of exclamations arose, and the team behind them became clearly in disarray, their advance speed greatly reduced. Li Hanqiang took the opportunity to control the defensive towers and unleash their full firepower.

Li Hanqiang was unaware that the player with the round shield was a highly skilled player whom Zhen Deqiang had recruited at a high price. His skills were widely recognized as exceptional, yet he was killed so easily, which immediately affected morale.

Players lose levels when they die. Leveling up is difficult, but losing levels is too easy now. A player's life is cheaper than that of a monster.

Those were the first time they had participated in a siege battle. They thought victory was assured, but they never expected things to turn out like this.

This kind of siege, where you charge into the tower with your bare hands, is practically suicide.

"Oh no, the tank's down! Everyone be careful, the towers are firing too hard! Healers, get to work! Assassins, forget everything else, activate stealth and charge in as fast as you can! Once you get to the front, just focus on killing the defenders!"

Another warrior player wielding a large sword appeared, shouting commands loudly.

Seeing that he had no shield, Li Hanqiang controlled three spears and arrows to focus fire on him. The man was quite skilled; he managed to parry one spear with a large sword, but there were still two more spears and arrows to deal with!

-50、-100、-1000、-50、-100、-1000、-50！

Seven damage numbers appeared above his head, stacked one on top of the other, and the player instantly turned into white light.

"The defense turret is my skill!"

Li Hanqiang felt a great sense of accomplishment and continued to look for targets to kill. He would kill whoever was naughty or showed off their skills.