Chapter 331 Fighting the Night King Alone
Lu Xuan was awakened by the sound of a horn. At the same time, he could also feel a slight tremor. It wasn't an ordinary tremor; the entire Great Wall was shaking.
Startled, Lu Xuan rushed out of his room. Outside, chaos reigned. Large chunks of ice were falling from the Great Wall. Several nearby rooms had even been destroyed by the ice.
"My lord, it's the Winter's Horn. The Great Wall is about to fall. We need to evacuate immediately."
"Don't panic, keep the troops calm. The Great Wall won't fall."
Lu Xuan naturally didn't rely solely on his eyes. He could sense a protective magic rooted deep within the Great Wall's veins, fiercely clashing with an external force. Although the feedback to the outside world was a sensation of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, in reality, the force wasn't at a disadvantage. Therefore, the Great Wall wouldn't collapse in the short term.
As expected, the tremors lasted only a few minutes before quickly subsiding. The Wall remained standing, and the Night's Watch and even the Free Men spontaneously erupted in cheers.
But the next second, a low explosion rang out. Lu Xuan instinctively unleashed his true energy to protect his body. He felt countless enormous impacts strike his protective true energy. They were countless ice spikes and ice blocks.
Lu Xuan turned his head and saw that the entire tunnel of the Wall's gate had been breached by some immense force. The tunnel was the Wall's weak point. So, before the battle began, it had been completely blocked by a large amount of rubble and ice. But unexpectedly, at the very beginning, the White Walkers used an unknown method to completely break through it.
From afar, through the wind and snow outside the city walls, Lu Xuan could even see the Night King staring back at him. At that moment, it was holding an ice spear, its left hand pointing at Lu Xuan.
A jolt of fear shot through him; a deadly crisis was looming. The Night King's nickname was the Dart King, the kind who could kill a flying dragon with a single dart. Although in TV dramas anyone could kill a flying dragon with a single dart... Lu Xuan had never underestimated the Night King's skill.
A sharp whistling sound rang in his ears. Lu Xuan narrowly avoided the ice crystal spear. The sharp chill grazed past his ears, causing a slight numbness throughout his body. This was the divine power of ice.
The spear whistled past, piercing the bodies of four or five Night's Watchmen behind Lu Xuan, penetrating the entire Black Castle, and shooting into the Northern Territory. The Night's Watchmen whose bodies were pierced froze rapidly, then shattered, becoming a pile of bloody, fleshy ice fragments.
"Enemy attack..." Only then did Ser Elisa finally utter these words. Countless Night's Watchmen rushed frantically towards the breached entrance, attempting to plug the gap. At the same time, the walls concentrated their fire with arrows, suppressing the undead army that had suddenly begun its charge.
Several Night's Watch members had just approached the breached tunnel when they froze instantly. A chilling aura visibly spread from beneath their feet, completely freezing them in place. The entire ground was enveloped in the Night King's divine power. Mortals who approached would die.
"Viserion!" Lu Xuan shouted. Then Viserion descended from the sky, spewing dragon flames onto the ground that had been corrupted by the Night King's divine power.
"Throw wildfires and seal off the defenses!" Lu Xuan shouted, then headed towards the tunnel entrance. The Night King was already standing on the other side of the tunnel.
Lu Xuan remembered that, according to certain settings, a creature like the Night King shouldn't be allowed near the Great Wall. But now, not only had it approached, it had even entered. It seemed that while the previous attacks hadn't caused the Great Wall to collapse, they had still achieved some effect in certain hidden areas.
Lu Xuan knew he couldn't let this guy storm into the Black City-State. Given its demigod-level strength, if it charged in, it would unleash its full power. Even if Lu Xuan could manage to fight it, the entire Black Castle would be reduced to ruins.
With a steel sword in hand, Lu Xuan swayed and thrust straight at the Night King's chest.
Wagang clashed with the Ice Crystal Sword in Night King's hand, producing a crisp sound. Then, Lu Xuan's true energy and Night King's cold energy erupted in the narrow tunnel.
A hint of surprise flashed in the Night King's eyes. He seemed not to have expected Lu Xuan to be able to withstand his attack head-on.
Lu Xuan knew in his heart that this attack was not easy to receive. The power that the Night King displayed was completely different from what was shown in the TV series.
"I fucking knew it all along: the final season was pure bullshit and completely untrustworthy," Lu Xuan muttered, before changing his tactics.
The longsword in his hand trembled slightly, deflecting the Night King's ice sword. No matter the situation, in melee combat, parrying is always a divine blocking technique.
Stepping out with the Yu Step of the Daoist Gate, Lu Xuan's body swayed from side to side, his longsword transforming into a flurry of swordplay. The Night King reacted clumsily, clearly no match for Lu Xuan in terms of skill. Lu Xuan's assessment was correct. The Night King lacked experience in hand-to-hand combat. His martial arts level in the Ice and Fire World was also far inferior to Lu Xuan's accumulated experience.
However, at every crucial moment, the Night King always managed to narrowly evade or parry Lu Xuan's fatal attacks. This meant that Lu Xuan's round of attacks yielded little substantial result. A demigod creature truly cannot be defeated simply by a matter of skill.
Lu Xuan didn't use any sword energy or external true qi attacks, because they were ineffective. The Night King's demigod body was of a higher rank than his own honed physique. Furthermore, the demonic power within him possessed a distinct divine quality. Pure true qi simply couldn't break through his defenses.
Lu Xuan took a deep breath, and his longsword emitted a moonlit glow. To prepare for the Night King, he had pre-emptively stored the essence of Moon Refinement within his body. Now, facing the Night King head-on, he unleashed it without hesitation.
With the moon's blessing, Lu Xuan's longsword transformed into a light sword. Under the shimmering moonlight, a huge wound finally appeared on the Night King's deep blue ice crystal armor. Through the wound, Lu Xuan could vaguely see a black, crystal-like heart on the other's chest, emitting a faint glow.
Just as Lu Xuan was about to press his advantage, countless ice crystal spears suddenly shot towards him. It was dozens of otherworldly demons in the distance simultaneously hurling their weapons. It seemed this was their lineage's trump card.
After shattering several spears in succession, Lu Xuan noticed that the Night King had begun to retreat, to a distance of about thirty meters. However, Lu Xuan had to stop, as the Night King had already withdrawn from the tunnel area.
Seeing this, the Night's Watchmen on the city walls immediately threw down a bucket of wildfire. The intense flames engulfed the Night King, but the next second, the flames rapidly contracted, as if suppressed by some force. The Night King took a step forward, and the flames on his body, even the wound on his chest, had vanished.
It remained silent, simply gazing at Lu Xuan. Until Lu Xuan felt a slight tremor beneath his feet.
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Chapter 332 The Ending (Part 1)
The Night King removed the horn from his back and brought it to his lips. Lu Xuan wanted to stop him, but was powerless. As the temperature dropped, he could feel the White Walkers' strength rapidly increasing. He could kill them with a single sword strike back then, and now his strength had also increased. But he could also sense that those creatures posed a greater threat. Dozens of White Walkers plus the Night King would be easily overwhelmed.
The tremors beneath his feet grew more severe, and Lu Xuan turned and retreated back inside the Great Wall. The deep, mournful sound of the horn rang out again. Visibly, countless cracks began to appear inside the tunnel. It was as if some invisible force was tearing the entire barrier apart from within.
A violent storm raged, hurling countless chunks of ice and rocks with an unseen force. When things calmed down again, the tunnel had been widened more than tenfold.
Countless alchemical bombs were rained down from the city walls, creating a sea of fire on the ground. However, the flames couldn't burn in the area where the Night King and a type of White Walker were located. Using their cover, countless wights stormed into Castle Black.
The Great Wall did not collapse, but Castle Black has fallen.
Countless wights surged wildly towards the Night's Watch and Free Men within Castle Black. A chaotic battle erupted instantly. Even more wights bypassed Castle Black and charged directly into the northern interior. However, Lu Xuan did not stop them; in fact, he allowed them to continue their rampage.
This is a war that will determine the fate of the Seven Kingdoms. If they don't truly feel some pressure, it won't be a good sign for Daenerys' future rule over the Seven Kingdoms.
Countless corpses bypassed Lu Xuan, as if they had received an order not to attack him. In reality, their attack would have been pointless. These corpses couldn't even break through the protective aura surrounding Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan hadn't expected the Winter's Horn to work this way. Instead of directly destroying the Great Wall, it dug a hole. This reminded him of the story of the Foolish Old Man Who Moved Mountains. Why did the Foolish Old Man insist on moving the mountain instead of digging a tunnel...?
The temperature dropped further, and a blizzard began to fall from the sky. Even amidst the fierce battle, snowflakes quickly covered both humans and ghouls.
An extreme low temperature was enveloping the entire Black Castle. Lu Xuan could only say that this kind of demigod-level battle was simply beyond the reach of ordinary people. The Night King hadn't even made a direct move; simply releasing his magic and causing the surrounding temperature to drop was already almost unbearable for the surrounding soldiers.