Night’s Nomenclature-Chapter 888: Though 10000 Men Should Stand in My Path, I Will Go On

2 AM.

Only two hours have passed since the time travel to Xianren, yet so much has already happened.

But in the forest, Qing Chen, leading Old Two, Old Four, Old Six, Old Seven, and Old Eight, searched for Old Five, Old Nine, and Old Sixteen, shouting loudly in the night: “Old Nine, Old Eleven, where are you?”

Their voices echoed in the empty forest, sounding especially strange.

However, before Qing Chen could find them, he saw a group of airships, abandoning their pretense, simultaneously turning back towards Silver City. Qing Chen watched an airship pass overhead, feeling that the unfolding events had already exceeded his expectations! He quickly climbed a tree to survey the situation.

On the ground, Old Two and the others, under his control, each found a large tree, looking towards Silver City—Old Two was already cursing in his heart: They’re controlling us like puppets, and still making it look so realistic.

One person watching the show would be fine, but why involve us?

However, Old Two soon stopped cursing.

The other Knights felt the same. As they climbed into the treetops, they happened to see Boss He, He Jinqiu, in the distance, descending like a shooting star eighty kilometers away, a straight white light falling downwards, piercing the Silver City air fortress.

The straight white light was so special. Qing Chen had never seen anything like it, but he knew it must be He Jinqiu.

The opponent had definitely made a breakthrough; they had attacked the air fortress!

In the past, the Air Fortress was the Demi-God’s fortress.

Once surrounded on the ground by the fortress’s main firepower, a simultaneous saturation attack could cover a radius of five kilometers; within this five kilometers, even one hundred Demi-Gods would die.

Therefore, all Demi-Gods would try to avoid a direct confrontation with the Air Fortress.

Li Shutong was no exception; Chen Yu was no exception. No one could be an exception.

Yet now, He Jinqiu had made an overnight breakthrough; she had rewritten the legend of the invincibility of the air fortress!

Wait.

Qing Chen suddenly paused in his thoughts.

If Autumn Leaf Blade was only trying to fight their way out, there was no need to engage the air fortress. But the air fortress was already near the city center, heading straight for Qing Chen’s position. In a flash, Qing Chen understood the cause and effect: the Silver Duke had already learned the truth and would not hesitate to use the air fortress to eliminate him.

The first thing He Jinqiu did after leaving the earth was to help him destroy this magnificent air fortress.

And she had actually done it!

Qing Chen felt a surge of excitement, but soon became worried again.

He was realistic. Even if Autumn Leaf Blade had broken through, it was impossible to win a war against a city alone. Even if the air fortress had fallen, there were still hundreds of airships. Boss He was returning, human strength is finite, one person cannot fight the whole world.

Qing Chen wasn’t being pessimistic; he was objectively analyzing the situation and then making the most correct choice for himself.

On that battlefield, there were countless soldiers and enemies in a city, but no friends.

Only Qing Chen and Autumn Leaf Blade.

If they went, if Autumn Leaf Blade was unable to stand, they might die together. So, should he really go to the battlefield?

This was the choice Qing Chen had to make. He was originally going to rescue Autumn Leaf Blade, but the two of them dying together seemed a bit unwise. The reason Autumn Leaf Blade didn't let Qing Chen rescue him was precisely because of this concern.

But…

If life only cares about calculations, then one has already lost.

Qing Chen smiled. He turned to Old Two on the treetop and said, “I know what you must have been thinking. You’re full of hot air. Even if you told me that as puppets, we could only live 40 years, you would still choose to possess others. I won’t refute this. I have never faced such a predicament, so even if I talk for a long time, it won't have any persuasiveness.

“Yeah, who isn’t afraid of death?”

“But now I’ll show you: what makes an East Continent Knight different. I’ll let you see what it means to live a fiery life, a life worth more than a hundred years of mediocrity!” Though ten thousand men should stand in my path, I will go on!

The next moment, Qing Chen, with Old Two and the others, leaped from the treetops, rushing towards the battlefield. He didn’t hesitate, killing all the ground enemies along the way, clean and swiftly. Under his control, Old Two and the others relentlessly attacked. The team was like a bulldozer, charging forward.

Qing Chen and five A-Class Marionettes, and one A-Class Shadow: These Marionettes were used to their full potential under his control. The puppets were also excited, their previous hosts had never controlled so many A-Class experts!

Never fought such a hard battle!

Compared to Qing Chen, their previous masters were all garbage.

At this time, Old Two, Old Four, Old Six and others cursed wildly in their hearts. Big brother, do you know how many people are over there? It's the entire Silver City’s army! Now that the Air Fortress is breached, it’s not just the air force, the ground forces will also quickly assemble.

That’s two hundred thousand people!

Big brother, even if you’re crazy, don’t drag us to our deaths!

Old Six roared in his heart. The Fate Weaver’s urgently assembled troops were quickly approaching. Soon the battlefield won't just be Silver City’s troops! Don't bring us to our deaths. Also, big brother, using Knight True Qi to activate He Jinqiu is going to use up a lot of energy. Can you let us pick up some tree leaves?

This is a forest, full of fallen leaves. A little collection would be fine. Don’t let us lose our hair!

Just as Qing Chen led the puppets to counterattack Silver City, he felt that six knights activating He Jinqiu together was probably the most efficient method of energy consumption.

But bending down to collect leaves would greatly reduce their speed, and it’s also uncool.

At such a moment of blood boiling, a group of people picking up leaves like old ladies picking up bottles isn’t appropriate!

Besides, don’t the Black Knights have a readily available ammunition depot above their heads?

Each person's head has about 100,000 hairs. Picking up 100,000 leaves will take a long time!

So, after killing for forty kilometers, the back of each Black Knight’s head was bald, and it was painfully itchy.

After fighting for a while, their heads would surely be bald.

But gradually, as they followed Qing Chen, getting closer and closer to the front lines, they truly felt that this young man had no intention of turning back. In fact, the whole world's attention was on the airship. If Qing Chen just turned around and ran, no one would bother him.

But Qing Chen truly had no intention of turning back, just like on Old Man Mountain, he walked barefoot, leaving a trail of blood through the forest, desperately placing the giant stone in his arms on the departing business car.

Back then, he could fight desperately for two dead Kunlun members; now he could do the same.

In an instant, Qing Chen and the puppets rushed out of the forest, accelerating.

At one point, Old Two suddenly felt as if he had returned to the battlefield hundreds of years ago. They were charging forward with their big brother, just as relentlessly.

That time was exceptionally beautiful.

The Air Fortress did not fall.

The most stable system of all Air Fortresses was not the reactor, but its anti-gravity system. When designing the Air Fortress, humanity ensured that it would not fall from the sky unless someone horizontally pierced the anti-gravity components behind the protective deck. Otherwise, it would not fall.

He Jinqiu knew this, and that was why she chose to pierce it from above.

Although she liked this continent, she didn't want it to fall and crush the people below.

However, the air fortress’s nuclear reactor had already been destroyed and could no longer fly. Inside the fortress, the officer in charge of defense roared: “Hurry! Quickly retreat the control panel back to the reactor. Inject coolant! Don't let a steam explosion occur! Block the graphite channel to prevent a secondary explosion!

The Roosevelt nation had a complete and well-established procedure to prevent nuclear power plant and reactor explosions; the design structure has also been repeatedly optimized.

But even so, they never imagined that someone would pierce the nuclear reactor from the top.

This attack method completely defied common sense.

Wasn’t this person afraid of nuclear radiation?

It was simply unbelievable!

At this time, the Silver Duke, his face ashen, hastily left the command room. They could no longer stay here.

Although the nuclear reactor hadn't exploded, and everything was under control, no one could guarantee it wouldn't explode later, so they had to leave the fortress! An officer said, “Big brother, the Boss He airships are ready, and can take off at any time.”

The Silver Duke nodded: “Evacuate!”

However, at this time, an operations officer in the shaking fortress, looking at the intermittent Holographic Sand Table, suddenly said, “That swordsman… that enemy is still alive! He’s below the Air Fortress!”

The Silver Duke’s pupils shrank sharply.

He hadn’t expected that someone could pierce the Air Fortress, pierce the nuclear reactor, and still be unharmed. He thought for a moment and said, “Old Ten: You command all the soldiers to evacuate, use all the airships and fighter jets on the deck! All Boss He airships must take off together! We must take off quickly and land outside. Don’t let ourselves be targets in the air!”

The Silver Duke had made his judgment; he was also a Demi-God, and even if He Jinqiu was now burning her life force, she couldn't fight endlessly. If all the airships on the deck left at the same time, the enemy wouldn't be able to pinpoint his exact location. They absolutely couldn't be targets in the air; if the airships were destroyed, everyone would be trapped in the “iron coffin.”

If they landed, he had absolute confidence in facing He Jinqiu's attack; they were all Demi-Gods. Using a waiting strategy, there was no way he could lose. Moreover, this was his home ground. As long as He Jinqiu couldn't kill him instantly, he wouldn’t die.

Having said that, the Silver Duke turned and headed towards the deck.

At this time, below the air fortress, the protective deck shattered by the airship was falling, like a Lego building block that had been pierced, falling piece by piece.

On the ground, Silver City residents screamed and fled. A piece of debris the size of a car fell. Its shadow gradually covered the ground, growing larger.

A little boy stared blankly, forgetting to run.

The boy's mother had already run several meters away, but when she saw this, she cried out in despair and ran back.

However, before she could reach him, a stream of light flew from the sky, shattering the debris into powder.

When the debris of the fortress was shattered, the boy happened to see the extraordinary swordsman standing in the air.

“Mom, he’s so powerful.”

The woman didn't have time to react. She picked up her child and turned to flee.

But as she fled, she finally saw He Jinqiu.

At this time, He Jinqiu stood with her sword in the wind, looking at the air fleet returning to Silver City, her eyes filled with determination.

The Silver Duke might not be dead, but his opponent, the Silver City air fortress, was “dead.”

Just as Qing Chen had calculated, even if the airship was burning its life force, it couldn't fight until the end of the world.

But she could fight until the end of her own life.

The next moment, He Jinqiu turned into a meteor again, heading towards the returning Silver City fleet with an unstoppable momentum.

In the sky, the stars shifted. Those Boss He airships forcefully recalled by the Silver Duke were pierced one after another.

Those originally terrifying airships were like tin cans; a single stab would pierce them. At the same time, the Silver Duke, who had been waiting for this moment, immediately went to the deck and, along with the thousands of soldiers in the fortress, boarded different Boss He airships and flew out of the fortress.

He even chose an inconspicuous transport airship to hide in.

The Silver Duke’s purpose was very complicated—to consume He Jinqiu’s spiritual will, to wear down this brilliant East Continent Demi-God!

This approach was very shameless and lacked the dignity of a Demi-God, but to the Silver Duke, as long as it worked, it was meaningful.

However, 700 kilometers west of Silver City, a fleet of airships was flying rapidly.

The number of airships in this fleet was not large, but they were all elites.

After realizing that Old Three was dead, the Storm Duke immediately organized this fleet to Silver City; this was the fastest speed at which they could participate in the battle.

A large number of Boss He airships were still docked at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and hadn’t had time to fly back, but this time, the one leading the battle was Second Prince.

In his Boss He airship, an operations officer quickly reported the information transmitted by the informant: “The Silver City Air Fortress has been destroyed.” “Silver City has lost 39 Boss He airships; the unknown Demi-God is still fighting, and the situation is not clear.” “There are a large number of Boss He airships leaving the air fortress; the Silver Duke’s location is unknown.”

Second Prince listened silently. This time, he carried a heavy burden. His father had given an order, demanding that he kill Joker and the Silver Duke.

The Second Prince’s heart was filled with ambition. He considered this his only chance to regain his father’s favor. As long as this battle was fought well enough, he still had a chance.