On the walls of Chidori County, an Orc Infantry soldier leaned against a battlement, staring boredly into the distance.

It wore a half-body iron armor, its tusks protruded outward, and it held a bone club in its hand.

The shamans and the lords had led the main force away a few days ago, saying they were going to attack some place called Osaka Castle, leaving only two thousand Orc Infantry to guard the city.

Was two thousand men enough to guard a county seat? It felt uncertain but didn't dare to ask.

It lifted its head, about to yawn, when it suddenly saw something moving in the distant shadows by the light of the torches.

It wasn't the wind, nor the shadow of trees—it was human figures!!!

They were densely packed, like ants swarming out from underground.

It opened its mouth wide, about to shout, but two figures had already descended from the sky.

One was dark purple, the other black-purple; they were so fast that it only caught a glimpse of the spear tips.

The moment Lin Feng landed on the wall, his Wildfire Spear had already thrust out.

The first strike pierced through an Orc Centurion's chest, the spear tip emerging from his back and then stabbing into the belly of the Orc Infantry behind him.

As the spear tip retracted and before the Centurion's body could even fall, Lin Feng's second strike was already thrusting toward a Troll Archer on the right.

The Troll Archer raised its giant bow to parry, but the spear tip grazed the bow arm and sank into its shoulder socket.

A splash of air exploded as a light blue halo spread outward, and three Orcs within a three-meter radius were struck by the shockwave.

-142, -144, -145.

The third strike pierced the Centurion's throat; the level twenty elite was killed in two hits.

Jiang Yelan landed on the eastern side of the wall, her shadow moon blade unsheathed. Purple blade shadows flickered in the firelight like the scythe of a death god.

Her blade was incredibly fast, taking down one enemy every two strikes.

Ordinary Orc Infantry couldn't block her two strikes °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° at all; sometimes they died from a single Backstab.

An Orc Centurion raised his axe to block, but her figure vanished the moment the axe blade was about to hit. Using Shadow Step, she merged into the shadows and emerged behind the Centurion, piercing his neck with her blade.

Jiang Zhaoyue didn't fly onto the wall; she leaped from the ground, clearing the twenty-meter height in a single bound.

Holding her silver-white long spear horizontally, she swept it out the moment she landed, knocking away three Orc Infantrymen.

-418, -420, -421.

She dashed forward, her long spear thrusting repeatedly, each strike accurately piercing an Orc's throat or chest.

An Orc Infantryman pounced from the side, but without even looking, she thrust her spear backward through its head.

Withdrawing the spear, she turned and smashed the butt of the spear into another Orc's face, -420.

Below the wall, Zhao Hu raised his hand and then swung it down sharply. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

One thousand seven hundred Beacon Guards raised their Qin Crossbows simultaneously and pulled the triggers.

Crossbow bolts poured down like a rainstorm, shooting from below the wall toward the top.

Orc Infantry fell in swaths; some were shot through the shoulders, some hit in the thighs, and some were pinned directly to the battlements.

That Orc Infantryman raised his bone club to deflect several bolts aimed at him, but one still pinned into his left arm.

Gritting its teeth, it pulled the arrow from its shoulder. Just as it was about to find cover, an orange-red fireball whistled from below the wall and struck it accurately in the face.

Flame Burst, -242!

Its vision instantly turned orange-red, and then it went dark forever.

"Look at me! Look at me!" Feng Qingyan stood below the wall, staff held high, as fireballs from the Fire Crystal were shot one after another at the Orcs on the wall.

The Beacon Guards finally reached the wall. scaling ladders were raised, iron hooks bit into the battlements, and the black-armored soldiers surged onto the wall like a tide.

On the wall, Lin Feng, Jiang Yelan, and Jiang Zhaoyue had already cleared a large open space, where corpses were piled high and blood flowed like a river.

The first Great Qin elite Soldier flipped onto the wall from the top of a scaling ladder. Upon landing, his halberd swept out, cutting a retreating Orc Infantryman in half at the waist.

Behind him, a second, third, and fourth... black-armored soldiers surged onto the wall incessantly, their halberds like a forest, their battle cries shaking the heavens.

The formation effect of the Great Qin Elite Soldiers activated once their numbers exceeded nine hundred, granting +30 defense and an increased block rate.

A pair of Great Qin Elite Soldiers coordinated perfectly: a halberd thrust to the throat, a sword slash to the chest, and a crossbow bolt to the brow—a three-hit combo executed in one breath.

Three Great Qin Elite Soldiers stood back-to-back, their halberds thrusting out simultaneously as three Orc Infantrymen fell at once.

Ten Elite Soldiers formed a small square formation, back-to-back with halberd tips facing outward, acting like a meat grinder as they rolled back and forth across the wall.

Garrison Soldiers followed behind the Elite Soldiers, responsible for clearing out stragglers and delivering finishing blows.

Lin Feng scanned the battlefield while he fought.

Although there were nearly two thousand Orc defenders on the wall, the number of level twenty-plus elites—Centurions, Troll Archers, and War Shamans—was small, and there wasn't a single Rare Boss over level thirty. They simply couldn't hold the defensive line.

In less than half an hour, the Orc defenders on the wall collapsed completely.

Bodies lay strewn about, and black blood flowed down the wall bricks, glinting darkly under the moonlight.

Zhao Hu, along with Tie Dun, Wang Wu, and Arrow Eye, began to tally the casualties. Su Yurou set up a temporary medical station below the gatehouse, the emerald-green light of the bone healing staff particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

Lin Feng jumped down from the wall and walked toward the Council Hall in the center of the city.

The streets already showed a clear Orc style, with wood-and-stone structures, low roofs, and crude animal patterns carved onto the lintels.

Scattered Orcs were still engaged in street fighting with the Beacon Guards. Several groups of Great Qin Elite Soldiers were hunting down remnants in the alleys. The sound of halberds clashing with iron axes echoed in the dark, but the Orcs no longer posed a threat.

The door to the Council Hall was made of wood, thick and crude, with a door knocker in the shape of a cast-iron wolf head.

Lin Feng kicked the door open and strode inside.

Inside the hall, there were still over twenty Orc Infantrymen and several level twenty-plus elites gathered around the territory core, making a final stand.

Lin Feng gave them no chance. His Wildfire Spear thrust repeatedly, and the splash of air exploded in the narrow hall. In less than ten breaths, they were all dead.

In the center of the hall, a dark red territory core floated in mid-air.

This was the core reconsolidated after the Orc occupation, not the golden color of a human territory.

Lin Feng walked over and thrust his spear directly at the core.

The moment the spear tip entered the core, the dark red light flickered violently, and cracks spread outward from the point of impact.

A second strike, the cracks expanded. A third, fourth, fifth!

After ten strikes, the core shattered with a bang, dissipating into countless dark red points of light.

A moment later, a new light screen appeared, and a brand-new golden core slowly rose from it. The gentle golden light illuminated the entire hall.

【Chidori County has been captured.】

【This territory has automatically been converted into a subsidiary territory of Beacon Fire Territory.】