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Chapter 264 - 264 263 The Art of Combat

Chapter 264: Chapter 263: The Art of Combat Chapter 264: Chapter 263: The Art of Combat Snow Specter Invasion Region, this is a common occurrence during the ice age.

In the past, every ice age, Fluorescent Castle would send out squads of knights to patrol the territory. They would also organize the Knight Regiment to clear the surrounding areas with Mr. Ross.

Now that Wuyao Snake Manor is Russell’s territory, naturally, the security of the territory is his to bear.

The knight squad quickly prepared.

Russell, Eric, Grove, along with Katie, Jack, Tom, and James—John had already died in battle, and of the four knight attendants, only three remained.

Charles also prepared to arm himself for battle, but seeing his oversized beer belly, Russell didn’t let him join the knight squad. If he actually went to the battlefield, with Charles’s strength, it would be difficult to not drag the team down, let alone hunt Snow Demons.

“Sir, I will take Catherine, Halls, Druk, Bal, and set up a second line of defense at the Great Mouth Atrium.”

Being discharged from the knight squad, Charles looked a bit sad on the face, but he heaved a sigh of relief within.

With a few rangers under his command, standing within the walls of the Great Mouth Atrium, he beat his chest to show his loyalty.

Russell didn’t waste words, directly leading the knight squad, following the direction pointed out by the Red-eyed Rat King Jerry, they charged forward with howls.

The Snow Ghosts spotted by the Sentinel Rat were not a crisis, but a fortune.

Upon nearing the scene, there was indeed a group of about twenty Snow Ghosts, including two large Snow Giants.

“Eric, you take command,” Russell was not one to overreach.

Eric nodded his head, and upon seeing Katie in the knight squad, he said, “This is Katie’s first battle as a knight, focus on adapting first!”

He then commanded the knight squad to quickly launch a charge.

He and Russell both deliberately restrained their strength, staying in sync with the knight squad, allowing Katie to familiarize herself with the knights’ fighting style in the repeated charges.

“Ha!”

Katie, holding a knight’s lance, thrust rapidly.

It has to be said that Katie’s talent was truly remarkable, having been able to successfully retrain her Battle Qi. After two rounds of charging, she had integrated well into the knight squad, adopting the style of a knight in combat, no longer out of sync.

Once Katie adapted to the rhythm.

Russell and Eric, the two Phantom Beast Knights, then started to exert force, harnessing the magical Prime Breath, using Qi to control their swords, slashing through the Snow Ghosts like two kitchen knives chopping vegetables.

Combined with a charge from the knight squad, they completely scattered the Snow Ghost group and then defeated them one by one, hunting them consecutively.

The Snow Giants, once a difficult challenge, were now engaged by Russell and Eric, one each, honing their combat skills in battle. Eric and Kevin the Gold and Silver Wolfhound had long been in sync, and the fight was a one-sided crush.

The battle on Russell’s side was even more like an instant kill.

With the enhancement of the Sword Butterfly Amber Bug, Russell’s refined swordsmanship instantly transformed into countless sword beams, severing the limbs and head of the Snow Giant in the blink of an eye, followed by an explosion of Prime Breath, directly crushing the head, extracting a high-quality Ice Pellet Pearl.

“Sir is mighty!” Knight Attendant Jack couldn’t help but shout loudly.

He felt that watching their lord in battle was like watching an art performance.

Knight combat was always done in a brutally forceful manner, face-to-face, fighting hard to kill Snow Ghosts. Only Russell’s battle was filled with grace and agility, with a sword technique so exquisite that it harbored lethal intents.

By the time Eric was panting, having chopped up the Snow Giant,

Russell had already sheathed his sword early, riding on Unicorn Polly’s back, leisurely clapping his hands: “Splendid.”

Eric calmed the tumultuous Prime Breath within him and replied in a muffled voice, “Sir’s strength has far surpassed mine.”

“Sir’s swordplay is incomparably exquisite; I have never seen such powerful swordsmanship,” praised Knight Attendant Jack. “Even in the battle of the Second Cataclysm, I didn’t see anyone’s sword technique that could surpass Sir’s!”

Clang, Russell drew the Green Ceramic Sword once more, stretching out his hand to flick the blade, causing it to emit a humming sound.

He smiled slightly, his expression calm and serene, yet his words brimmed with confidence, “My grandfather, Earl Merlin, once sparred with me in swordplay. He told me that in the entire Shadowflame Grand Duchy, no one could match my swordsmanship.”

“Sir, you are mighty!” Another Knight Attendant, Tom, loudly exclaimed with admiration.

Seeing that the knights were about to start showering him with flattery again, Russell quickly gestured with his hand to lower their praises, “It’s not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning. Swordsmanship is just one of the skills of a knight; what truly determines our strength is always the Battle Qi.”

Jack then said, “But Sir, your swordsmanship is enough to ensure you have no peers at your level!”

“Being unrivaled among my equals is certainly pleasing, but…” Russell looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

Today, the sky was clear and cloudless.

But it was as if he could already see a vision of the future: “The enemies we are facing are not just the ordinary Snow Specters or Snow Demons, but… the Snow Giant Da lurking on the snowfields. Human strength has its limits; no matter how exquisite the swordsmanship, it can’t injure Snow Giant Da!”

“Sir, the enemy of Snow Giant Da is the Shadowflame Dragon, and there are also two Great Dragons from the Scorching Torrent Kingdom to help us!” The knights were very optimistic.

They did not know that the arrival of the Torrential Flood Dragons signified what had happened; they naively thought it was the support of allies.

Russell smiled but said no more.

The knights would never have imagined that Snow Giant Da was not just an opponent of the Shadowflame Dragon, but also his own.

He looked down at the Green Ceramic Sword in his hand.

All of a sudden, he thought to himself: “Right now, my swordsmanship can’t injure Snow Giant Da, but once I advance to Dragon Knight and my Battle Qi is covered with Dragonflame… when my swordsmanship breaks through to the Secret Technique, the sword in my hand will definitely be able to decapitate Snow Giant Da!”

Suppressing his restless thoughts, Russell turned and gave the order, “Clean up the battlefield… Katie, check with Jerry if the Sentinel Rat Squad has spotted any other Snow Specter groups.”

“Yes, Sir!” Katie, who had been baptized by the knight’s charge, looked at Russell with eyes full of admiration.

Only by participating in the charge firsthand can one feel the power of a knight.

And the combat power Russell had just shown had refreshed her understanding of the Phantom Beast Knight’s combat capabilities.

Taking a deep breath, Katie crouched down and communicated with Jerry, the Red-eyed Rat King who had come along for the ride.

She soon got a result: “Sir, according to Mr. Jerry, the Sentinel Rat Squad only discovered this group of Snow Specters.”

“Then, we head home,” Russell waved his hand.

The Knight Regiment returned triumphantly with more than twenty Ice Pellet Pearls and were warmly welcomed by Charles and others at the Great Mouth Atrium.

“Sir, the Knight Regiment’s every victory is a cause for celebration!” Charles laughed again.

Russell knew what he was thinking and replied indifferently, “The frost period is the peak season for Snow Specter invading territories. This routine response is nothing to celebrate. With the Grand Duke newly deceased, we should not draw attention to ourselves. For the next three months, we will not feast unless it’s a major holiday!”

“Ah…” Charles instantly deflated, “Yes, Sir.”

After dismissing the knights, Russell returned to the Cigar Courtyard and combined the Ice Pellet Pearls collected today with those from the battle of the Second Fall, placing them together.

Altogether, there were around two to three hundred pearls, including about a dozen high-quality Ice Pellet Pearls.

“All these are Gold Coins,” Russell sighed.

Most lords would distribute Ice Pellet Pearls after a battle to reward their subordinates, but Russell did not distribute the Ice Pellet Pearls. Instead, he used Gold Coins to replace them, so every battle came at a significant cost.

“I hope the Rain Dragon Cigars sell fast!” he prayed silently.

Then Russell took out the Black Oil Dragon Egg from his bosom and an Ice Pellet Pearl from a box, “No more keeping Ice Pellet Pearls overnight to prevent Ice Cream from coveting them. I’ll feed the dragon egg right now!”

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