Chapter 1 The Golden Pillar

As Shi Feng chanted the spell beneath the mountain peak, a golden pillar of light instantly rose, engulfing a radius of over four hundred yards. It could be clearly seen even from several thousand yards away.

With the appearance of the pillar of light, the magic power within a range of thousands of yards frantically converged towards the heart of the pillar. The magic power formed into magical liquid at a speed visible to the naked eye, taking on a human shape in less than twenty seconds.

A knight, completely enveloped in a faint golden light, wearing white robes and carrying a golden-patterned holy sword, appeared before everyone.

Although this white-robed knight was only about two meters tall, far from being as gigantic as those legendary monsters, everyone present felt a tremor from the depths of their souls with the knight's appearance.

Asleit, Hero, Fourth-Order Holy Sword Knight, Level 120, HP 55,000,000.

"A Fourth-Order Hero?" Feng Qianyu looked at the appearing Asleit, completely unable to believe her eyes.

NPCs were inherently more powerful than players. Generally, only top-tier players could contend with NPCs, and heroes were the pinnacle of NPCs, absolute pillars and guardians in kingdoms and empires.

Previously, she felt that Shi Feng's trump card must have Fourth-Order combat power. After all, to capture a fortress, Fourth-Order combat power was absolutely indispensable. Otherwise, it would be impossible to take down a fortress relying solely on players.

Zero Wing had summoned a Fourth-Order Saint Demon Dragon in both city defense and offense battles, so she had always believed that Shi Feng's trump card should be the Saint Demon Dragon.

But she never expected him to summon a hero, and a Fourth-Order hero at that, one who could easily destroy a city.

However, Feng Qianyu didn't know that Shi Feng had indeed thought about using the Holy Beast Descent, but the materials required for the Holy Beast Descent were enormous and not easy to gather. Moreover, this kind of thing was okay for dealing with players, because it could use attribute crushing, but it was not very useful for dealing with fortress monsters, because the monsters' attributes were very strong, not afraid of head-on confrontation, and their weakness was very obvious, that is, the players inside the summoning magic array. As long as these players were killed, the magic would soon be dispelled.

The intelligence of the Fourth-Order legendary monsters guarding the fortress was not low. As long as they discovered this type of summoning magic array, they would immediately attack and destroy it with all their strength. Facing players or a few super-strong combatants, they could still hold on for a while, but if they faced a group of powerful monsters, they couldn't hold on at all.

Therefore, when capturing fortresses guarded by monsters, very few people would use summoned beasts from summoning magic arrays to capture fortresses. Otherwise, he would have started capturing the fortresses in the Earth Core Mountain Range long ago, and wouldn't have waited until now.

"Pavilion Master Feng, have everyone prepare!" Shi Feng looked at the summoned Asleit and didn't waste any time, then said, "After breaking through the magic barrier, everyone immediately advances towards the city wall. The small Bosses will be held back by Zero Wing, and you will mainly clear out the small monsters inside, and don't let those small monsters get close to the small Bosses."

"Alright, leave it to us." Feng Qianyu nodded, a trace of excitement flashing in her eyes.

The most troublesome thing about capturing a fortress was the guarding Boss. If it was just ordinary Fourth-Order combat power, it would definitely be a bitter battle. After all, the guarding Fourth-Order Bosses were extraordinary, much more powerful than normal Fourth-Order monsters, because the guarding Bosses had the blessing of the fortress's magic array. Ordinary Fourth-Order combat power could only be suppressed and beaten.

Moreover, the guarding Bosses were not small monsters. Perhaps their intelligence was not as good as players, but they were not stupid. They would clear out players as soon as possible, and would not just stare at one target to attack. It meant that if they could not suppress the guarding Bosses, capturing a fortress was a pipe dream.

This was why, until now, only the Thirteen Thrones and Star Ring two major guilds on the entire Dragonheart Island could take down fortresses.

But now with a Fourth-Order Hero, with the strength of a Fourth-Order Hero, suppressing the guarding Bosses was completely not a problem.

As Feng Qianyu began to command the army, Shi Feng also had Asleit begin to attack the magic barrier.

The magic barrier of the Northern Fortress was extraordinary. Even if a Fourth-Order combatant went to destroy it, it would take a long time to consume the magic power of the magic barrier.

But for the Fourth-Order Hero Asleit, the fortress's magic barrier was simply too fragile.

With just one Fourth-Order forbidden skill, Void Severing Strike, the fortress's magic barrier was completely destroyed. Even Feng Qianyu was shocked beyond measure, never expecting a Fourth-Order Hero to be so powerful.

"Charge!" Shi Feng was not surprised at all by this and immediately gave the order.

Hero-level NPCs were originally invincible existences of the same rank and the biggest trump card for humans to fight against dragons. How could a medium-sized fortress's defense magic array be able to withstand them?

With Shi Feng's order, the thirty thousand troops of Dragon Phoenix Pavilion followed Shi Feng and others and rushed towards the fortress. The undead army guarding the fortress also launched a counterattack. A large number of undead soldiers poured out of the city gate, and cannon fire was continuous on the city wall for a time.

Looking at the undead army rushing out of the fortress, even the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion elites who had been through many battles felt a chill.

Undead Soldier, Undead Creature, Lord Rank, Level 94, HP 22,000,000.

Undead Captain, Undead Creature, Grand Lord, Level 96, HP 63,000,000.

Undead Warrior, Undead Creature, High Grand Lord, Level 101, HP 260,000,000.

Undead War General, Undead Creature, Legendary Rank, Level 102, HP 580,000,000.

Although the Undead Soldiers and Undead Captains accounted for the vast majority, the Undead Warriors and Undead War Generals were too conspicuous in the army, and their terrifying pressure was more than a notch stronger than the High Grand Lords and Legendary Rank monsters they usually faced.

"How can there be so many Undead Warriors and Undead War Generals?" Feng Qianyu looked at the undead monsters in the army whose bodies were obviously much larger, and her face suddenly changed.

The Undead Soldiers and Undead Captains were still okay, and the Dragon Phoenix Pavilion's strength could cope with them, but the Undead Warriors and Undead War Generals were no longer something players could deal with.

But there were more than a dozen Undead Warriors rushing out, and even an Undead War General...

It should be known that this was only in front of the fortress's gate, and it was also the place with the fewest and weakest monsters. There was still a guarding Boss inside the fortress.

At this time, not to mention entering the fortress, even the gate of the fortress could not be passed. After all, there was an Undead War General and more than a dozen Undead Warriors at this time. Even a Fourth-Order Hero could not stop so many monsters.

"Guild Leader Black Flame, the situation has changed, let's retreat first." Feng Qianyu quickly said to Shi Feng.

The number of these Undead Warriors was far more than they had scouted before, and a Legendary Rank Undead War General had even emerged. It would be too disadvantageous for them to fight head-on.

She was very clear about the power of level 100 monsters.

Perhaps the Thirteen Thrones' many pieces of information about capturing fortresses could be concealed from those ordinary guilds and forces, but they could not be concealed from super forces like them.

Just one level 100 Grand Lord could easily destroy the current thousand-man regiment, not to mention the level 100 High Grand Lord, which was a monster that non-Third-Order classes could not withstand. I'm afraid that before the Fourth-Order Hero killed the Undead War General, they would be wiped out by those Undead Warriors.

"As expected of the Northern Fortress, there is such combat power just at the gate. No wonder it was the last fortress to be captured in the previous life." Shi Feng also clicked his tongue slightly, "It seems that it can't be hidden."

Saying that, Shi Feng took out two Summoning Scrolls of Direct Servants from his backpack and directly summoned Anna and Kite.