"This type of palace gate isn't much different from those in reality. They appear grand, but they're actually blocked by a large wooden bolt behind them."

Daytime Alms stared at the big red gate in front of him and, after feeling it, said, "It's very dry. We could set it on fire, but that would be a waste of time. We might as well just break through forcibly."

As he spoke, he looked back at the members of the Construction Team.

"Brothers, give it a Foshan Shadowless Kick and kick it open!"

Following Daytime Alms's order, seven or eight members stepped back and then leaped forward.

"BANG!"

The whole gate shook violently.

The Imperial Guards behind the gate also gave it their all, desperately pushing their bodies against it.

"Again!"

Daytime Alms directed, "Kick towards the two upper corners. One or two more times should do it!"

The seven or eight players followed suit.

Following Daytime Alms's instructions, they kicked directly towards the two upper corners.

"CRACK!"

The sound of wood breaking.

The bolts at the top had given way, and the whole gate leaned back even more.

"One more time!"

Daytime Alms joined in.

The players from the Construction Team leaped again, their Foshan Shadowless Kicks repeatedly hitting the top of the gate.

In just a moment, the whole gate collapsed with a thunderous crash.

The Imperial Guards who had been pushing against it were crushed under the gate, and screams came continuously from beneath the archway.

"Brothers, charge!"

Daytime Alms raised his arm high and exhorted the players to get ready.

"WHOOSH—"

The sound of something tearing through the air followed.

A sharp sword flew straight at them, piercing through Daytime Alms's head without warning. Its terrifying force was so great it also killed the two players standing behind him.

"Damn! Someone is shooting hidden arrows."

"Daytime got sniped! Everyone else be careful."

"Feng Wu, find the person shooting the hidden arrows; that guy is your responsibility."

"I've found him, at the ten o'clock direction, but he's too far for my crossbow bolts to reach. I need to switch to a longbow!"

...

Nearly all the Brocade Guards and Imperial Guards by the palace gate had been cleared out by the players.

The real trouble arose at that moment.

Behind the gate was a dense formation of over five hundred Imperial Guards, with members of the Brocade Guard holding bows and arrows waiting behind them.

The players took cover on both sides of the gate, cautiously surveying the situation inside.

If they charged straight in, they would probably get tangled up with the Imperial Guards for a while, not to mention the Brocade Guards shooting hidden arrows from behind.

The difficulty greatly increased.

"Chaotic Dance Steps, think of a way; we have to break through!"

Flourishing Flowers frowned, placing her hope on Chaotic Dance Steps.

Chaotic Dance Steps hesitated for half a moment, then said solemnly, "There's no other way now. Abbess, Don't Love Me didn't bring any Fire Thunder Bullets. We'll have to forcefully break through."

A forceful attack meant they would be completely exposed to the archers.

Many would likely die then.

"Old Mo, Junlin, Brother Tie Xue, Old Xu, Ning Caichen, you five get ready. The archers at the back are up to you!"

Chaotic Dance Steps turned and said, "The rest get ready to storm in. If you die, reincarnate immediately and come back. Don't waste time. Old Mo, you five must take out the archers. Otherwise, our brothers won't be able to break through."

The five nodded.

Five melee players from the top ten on the Combat Power List.

It was up to them to target the archers. Once archers were forced into close combat, it would give the players' side a breather, wouldn't it?

"Hold on!"

Neighbor Six frowned and said, "Let them waste a volley first. Abbess, Don't Love Me, you stand at the gate and draw their fire to wear them out!"

Abbess, Don't Love Me: ??

What does he mean?

You want me to be the live target?

Are you even on our side to come up with such a plan?

Abbess, Don't Love Me glared at Neighbor Six with a dark face, beginning to doubt his own Tactical Master.

Was his strategy to sacrifice one for the good of the many?

Chaotic Dance Steps reacted, shouting, "Abbess, Don't Love Me, you go first; your Talent ensures you won't die. Trust me!"

Well then.

The First Military Advisor supported this idea too?

Abbess, Don't Love Me sighed and could only reluctantly walk out to stand at the gate.

The moment he stepped out, an arrow whizzed by, brushing past his nose.

The scene made the players tense.

If the Abbess's Talent failed to work here, he would truly have died in vain.

He halted, and a second arrow flew past.

This time, it was about a fist's distance from him; it seemed like the enemy tried to predict where Abbess, Don't Love Me would stop.

But they predicted wrong.

These two arrows, as well as the previous one, were all shot by Centurion Liu Suifeng of the Brocade Guard.

He was the only one within the Brocade Guard dedicated to archery, and he had reached the realm of hitting a willow leaf from a hundred paces.

Amongst the world's experts, his archery could be called Number One in the World.

After all, archery was a niche skill, and reaching Liu Suifeng's level was incredibly difficult.

However, seeing his two arrows miss, Liu Suifeng couldn't help but frown.

That guy standing at the gate seemed interesting.

"Arrow!"

Liu Suifeng, holding his great bow, stretched out his hand and took a black-feathered arrow from a fellow Brocade Guard.

Nocking the arrow!

Drawing the bow like a full moon!

He was fully confident in that shot, sure it would take the life of the person standing by the palace gate.

The moment he loosed the arrow, Abbess, Don't Love Me also closed his eyes.

Was he going to be killed by an arrow for the first time?

"Holy crap, can this even happen?"

"Abbess, Don't Love Me's Talent is too otherworldly! How can he not die like that?"

"I thought his Talent was only applicable to merging Martial Arts, but it seems I was wrong."

"From now on, I'll hail Abbess, Don't Love Me as Number One in the World! Whoever disagrees, come out and have a word with me!"

...

Hearing the comments around him, Abbess, Don't Love Me opened his eyes.

Before him, several Brocade Guards, who had crawled out from under the palace gate, stood with swords in hand. A black-feathered arrow pierced through their chests.

The arrow's tip was less than half a meter from him. With a bit more force, it could have pierced through these Brocade Guards and killed him as well.

But alas, there were no 'what-ifs'.

"PHEW—"

"That scared the crap outta me!"

Abbess, Don't Love Me wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, visibly shaken.

This feeling of being a living target was genuinely awful.

Your life entirely in someone else's hands!

Liu Suifeng, witnessing this, couldn't help but frown, a flicker of unease crossing his calm face.

Three arrows!

He, the renowned archer acclaimed as Number One in the World, possessed the skill to hit a willow leaf from a hundred paces.

But now, three arrows fired and the person standing by the palace gate still wasn't dead?

At that moment, he somewhat doubted himself.

"Centurion, about this..."

One of the Captain Commanders of the Imperial Guard had an unsightly expression as he turned to look at this 'Number One in the World' archer.

Liu Suifeng, however, was not in a hurry. He took a deep breath and raised his hand.

The next moment, the Brocade Guards he led began to draw their bows and shoot.

Hundreds of Brocade Guards raised their bows, each one straining to draw them to a full moon, as if using every last ounce of their strength.

Hundreds of arrows shot out; surely they were capable of turning that person at the gate into a sieve, right?

"Fire!"

Liu Suifeng's hand smoothly dropped.

"SWISH SWISH SWISH—"

A dense barrage of arrows sped out, heading straight for the palace gate.

"Holy moly, starting with a volley of thousands? Abbess, Don't Love Me better activate Flawless quick, otherwise he'll get turned into a porcupine!"

"Are you playing Three Kingdoms Kill or what?"

"Nonsense, does Abbess, Don't Love Me need to use Flawless? If these arrows hit him, I'll eat shit doing a 360-degree spiral!"

"Why eat shit when you can have Dung Beetle's Stinky Tofu?"

"Uh... never mind, I'll stick with shit; at least it won't kill me."

...

The dense swarm of arrows flew towards the palace gate, and the players on both sides were on edge.

If they were in that position, wouldn't they just get turned into porcupines?

They turned to look at Abbess, Don't Love Me.

What the heck!

Abbess, Don't Love Me closed his eyes tight, standing perfectly still in his spot, motionless.

Not a single arrow hit him.

Not even his clothing was grazed.

All the arrows seemed to have eyes, perfectly avoiding him one by one.

This scene left all the players dumbfounded.

Not just the players; even the Brocade Guards shooting the arrows and the Imperial Guards blocking the way were left agape.

What was happening?

More than a hundred arrows shot toward the palace gate.

Such a large living target standing there, and yet no one hit it?

If you said the shooting was accurate, not a single one of more than a hundred arrows hit.

If you said it was inaccurate, yet all these arrows flew out through the palace gate, none landing inside the palace itself.

Even Liu Suifeng couldn't help but frown deeply, instinctively gripping his bow tightly.

"Again!"

This time, Liu Suifeng also drew his bow and shot an arrow, along with the other Brocade Guards.

Standing at the gate, Abbess, Don't Love Me closed his eyes and spread his arms, as if readying himself for death.

"SWISH SWISH SWISH—"

One sharp arrow after another flew past his body.

Even Liu Suifeng's black-feathered arrow just whizzed past his ear, not touching him at all.

Hearing the arrows whiz by, Abbess, Don't Love Me's heart was in his throat.

Yet, he remained unscathed.

"Holy mother, Abbess, Don't Love Me is definitely ascending to godhood this time!"

"I've recorded it! From now on, Abbess, Don't Love Me is a true god, a deity of defense, of Flawless invincibility!"

"Abbess, Don't Love Me Almighty, please accept my knees! From today on, you're my dad!"

"Do you guys think if Abbess, Don't Love Me went up with a sword to hack those Imperial Guards, could he get killed?"

...

The players were stunned by this spectacle.

What is invincible?

It's not Old Mo's ability to stand alone against ten thousand, unbreakable.

Nor is it the terrifying biological weapons of Dung Beetle.

It is absolute defense, absolute Flawless, absolute luck bonus, the advent of the absolute European Emperor!

Abbess, Don't Love Me, on his own, had completely redefined the boundaries of the game's playstyle...

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