-West Gate of Eminentis City.

Like the north, south, and east gates, the area to the west of Eminentis City was a large pasture and the green grass along with all kinds of trees of various sizes reached farther than the eye could see.

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On normal days, the western area was always filled with all kinds of animal-like monsters that could be considered cute because, although the distance between Eminentis City and Redemption City was incredibly huge, the animal-like monsters that were found between the lands separating the two cities were generally fluffy-furred animals, as the temperatures in the western area were lower than in the other areas of the map.

Bang!

However, at this time, the players of the Sacred Wings guild were having a tough battle against other monsters they had never seen before.

"Shit!" Nangong Lei couldn't help but curse under his breath as he charged at lightning speed at the monster in front of him.

-560... -560...

-564... -567...

A faint flash of blue lightning could be seen on Nangong Lei's arms, covering much of his arm from his elbow to his hands. This was a special skill of Nangong Lei's Spirit of Lightning class; this skill allowed him to attack twice in just one second. The only disadvantage was that while he kept this skill active, he could not use other skills or the ongoing skill called Double Lightning Strikes would be interrupted. But even so, for each passing second, this skill allowed Nangong Lei to inflict over a thousand points of physical damage per second, which was already something incredible considering that he only used normal attacks.

"Where the hell did this stupid creature come from!" Nangong Lei quickly dodged the attack of the monster in front of him with elegance and dexterity.

However, although Nangong Lei's skill was powerful and he could hold his own against the enemy in front of his eyes, the rest of the players were in trouble.

Several minutes ago, the Sacred Wings guild together with other players, totaling over 2.5 million players in all, were about to successfully finish defending against the second wave of monsters attacking the city, however, just when victory was within reach, a new monster appeared out of nowhere and things got a little out of control.

[Frozen Ice Golem -

Grade: LORD

Level: 15

HP: 5481 / 15000

Description: A monster without intelligence but with a great resistance to physical attacks. Because its body is created mainly of water, it is a great conductor for electrical energy.

Innate: Water Resistance +50% / Fire Resistance -20% / Lightning Resistance -30%.

(Skills):

Frozen Bone Aura (Passive): Due to the fact that the Frozen Ice Golem's body is composed mainly of frozen water, everyone who gets too close will feel the bones in its body crackle with cold. Effect: Within a 10 meters surrounding area, slows the enemy's movement speed by 20% and drains 50 health points per second from nearby targets.

Ice Hammer: Smash both fists against the ground. Effect: Freezes enemies 10 meters ahead for 2-4 seconds. During the time the enemy is frozen, they lose 100 Health Points per second. Use Rate: High.]

Although the Frozen Ice Golem had almost two thousand health points less than the Imperial Triton Soldier faced by the players in charge of the south gate and had fewer skills; it more than made up for it with its mass control capacity.

Being able to slowly drain the enemies' HP, freezing their movements, and slowing their movements, the Frozen Ice Golem had become the nightmare of the players protecting the walls west of the city.

At the beginning of the first wave of attacks, there were 2.5 million players, by the time the first wave ended, the number of defenders dropped to 2.4 million. Up to this point, Nangnong Lei and the rest were brimming with confidence. However, everything changed when the second wave began.

The 2.4 million players fighting the monsters at the beginning were now down to 2.1 million. The worst part of it all was that just when they were about to finish, the Frozen Ice Golem came out of nowhere and started to cause a disaster.

So far, the number of players who were frozen to death by the Frozen Ice Golem was over 200! In short, over 200 players had to die to drain approximately 1/3 of the health bar of the Lord grade boss!

Seeing the ice statues around him, Nangong Lei almost coughed out two liters of blood.

Although he possessed a powerful skill that would allow him to take the life of the three-meter tall golem, Nangong Lei was not stupid. He knew that there were still three more attack waves left to finish the defense mission given by the system, if he used his strongest skill on the second wave, then what would happen to the remaining three waves?

Precisely because of this, Nangong Lei clenched his teeth tightly and continued to slowly drain the HP of the Frozen Ice Golem while perfectly taking advantage of every time the monster concentrated on other players and appeared on the golem's back like a ghost.

Boom!

Finally, after a total of 227 players were frozen or beaten to death, the Frozen Ice Golem fell to the ground and its body exploded into several pieces of ice.

"Haa...Haa..." Nangong Lei gasped heavily as he looked at his frozen surroundings with a deep frown.

In reality, Nangong Lei did not feel that the Frozen Ice Golem was a particularly powerful beast; the real problem and nightmare was the beast's freezing capabilities!

Now, with just over 2 million players out of the initial 2.5 million, Nangong Lei began to reorganize the defense line when he suddenly looked to the south.

*OOOOOOOOOOOOH!*

"What the fuck?" Nangong Lei couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

All the players in the western area could hear the thunderous shout coming from the southern area of the city and, judging from the cheerful tone, they had clearly claimed a great victory over the monster army in this second wave.

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-North Gate

Having started with a total of approximately 2 million players when combining the members of the God of Heaven guild together with random players, the northern area was the area with the second largest number of defenders behind only the western area that Nangong Lei was in charge of, and this was only because the Sacred Wings guild had swallowed up the Iron Wall guild.

"Die!!"

-670!

ROAR!

Yao Zenyu slashed his two-handed sword forward, completely draining the health bar of the Fire Lizard Man, a level 15 Lord grade boss, successfully claiming the players' victory over the monsters in the second wave of defense.

Having started with 2 million and having lost 70 thousand players in the first wave, added to the 140 thousand lost during the second wave defense; the approximate total amount of players left standing was approximately 1.8 million.

Although they had several problems during the second wave, nothing too extravagant from Yao Zenyu's point of view.

Just then, he sensed the commotion coming from the south of the city and frowned wondering what had happened. However, just before Yao Zenyu could say a single word, a tsunami of shouts of victory from the east shook the earth.

"Eh?"

Curious, Yao Zenyu ordered one or two players to find out what had happened while he prepared the army for the monsters' next attack.

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-East Gate.

The east of the map was being protected by the union of three guilds:

Deep Heart; a guild composed only of female players, led by Mu Wuying, who was named as the greatest beauty in all of Beijing and the second most beautiful woman in all of China.

Stardust; a guild with a long history in the past virtual reality video games, being led by One Man Army, who occupied one of the top ten places in the level ranking.

Golden Era; a relatively new guild but one that grew and continued to grow at astonishing speeds, led by Unsurpassed Defense, a powerful player who occupied his place in the top 10 players but due to an oversight was ousted from the ranking.

With a total of 1.4 million players with the three guilds joined, along with 500 thousand more players who joined of their own free will, the east gate had a total of 1.9 million players protecting it.

Having lost a total of 200 thousand players in both waves, the current count of players standing was 1.7 million.

From the second wave, there were only a few hundred or maybe a thousand monsters left before the end. However, there was currently a woman standing facing a monster almost twice her height.

Her night-black hair, bright as the stars, swayed gently in the wind. At the same time, the sky-blue mage's robe danced next to her hair in sync, slightly showing off the soft, mature curves of her body.

All men, regardless of their age, stood frozen in front of such heavenly beauty.

This beauty was naturally Mu Wuying.

Currently, Mu Wuying had a small smile and her eyes had a mysterious sparkle as she fearlessly gazed at the monster that was almost twice her height.

The only reason why Mu Wuying decided to step forward this time was that like Xie Feng, she didn't want to let players die casually since for each death it was one less defender. It wasn't that she was worried about it, the main problem was that she didn't want that due to an oversight of her, a certain man's goals would be harmed.

Therefore, even if she had to expose herself a bit, Mu Wuying was willing.