In the arena of the Twin Dragon Mount fort…

Clang!

The string of a pipa echoed.

It sounded like a silver kettle had just been broken, and water was bursting out!

Zhong Zhou calmly strummed the metal pipa with his fingers covered in a pale sheen. His eyes were filled with aggressiveness.

Invisible soundwaves crossed ten meters and charged at Chu Yin and the Cao-surnamed female hero who were holding a yellow pipa and a green pipa respectively.

The most special part about musical instrument attacks was that soundwaves were invisible and all-pervasive.

Therefore, they were very hard to defend against.

Once they hit a target, the mental power of the performer in them could hurt the target’s soul.

However, while the soundwaves were invisible, they were not entirely traceless. For example, when the strings of the pipa were strummed, the dust before Zhong Zhou suddenly moved.

Hum!

The dry leaves and small stones on the ground in the arena floated as if they were blown by the wind.

Hum!

Chu Yin, who was in a yellow dress, lowered her eyes without changing her expression.

She strummed the Topaz Pipa, raising soundwaves that rolled forward along with the stones and leaves too.

Hum!

The pipa woman, on the other hand, injected soundwaves into Chu Yin’s to enhance them.

Boom!

The opposite soundwaves collided right between the two parties.

Immediately, a thunderous explosion echoed in the arena. The leaves that were involved were all shattered into a pile of smithereens by the power of the soundwaves. Even the stones were reduced to grains of dust.

However, the power in the soundwaves was obliterated in the collision.

“Sweet mother of god!”

“Is it still music?”

“It’s more like a sonic bomb!”

At the edge of the arena whose capacity had been increased to a thousand, many newcomers clicked their tongues.

The first round of their battle seemed to be a tie.

The Twin Dragon Mount fort didn’t take advantage of the Musical House at all.

Chu Yin had only reached Extraordinary Rank-7 a couple of days earlier, and the green-dressed pipa female hero was a figure whose full name wasn’t left in history. She probably couldn’t have been higher than Refined!

On the other hand, while Ji Ye’s Healing talent could treat physical wounds, it couldn’t mitigate the mental exhaustion that the pipa female hero suffered.

Also, because her mental power was overly exhausted earlier, although An Daoquan managed to restore some of her mental power with the drugs he made with Sweet Dew, Stone Milk, and other Extraordinary resources, she still couldn’t fight for a long time!

“Huh?”

Zhong Zhou didn’t look very well after the tentative attack.

It was because the attack didn’t carry out the power of the Purple Stone Pipa, which he bought from the City of Humans and which had an Extraordinary Rank-7 Superior rating.

Not only could the pipa’s size be changed, but it could also trigger the reverberation in metal and stone when it was played to disrupt the enemy.

While the pipa raised the leaves and pebbles on the ground just now, the floor, which was clearly made of stone, didn’t echo at all!

“Something is wrong with this arena.”

“Boss Zhong’s Purple Stone Pipa seems to be suppressed!”

“That’s odd. Could this floor be harder than metals?”

The players from the Musical House, who were well aware of that, were confused with a heavy heart.

If Li Yuanba, who was manufacturing bricks with Zhao Yun on the Snake Monkey Island, heard that, he probably would’ve rolled his eyes in disdain.

The floor that he struck and solidified for almost two days under Ji Ye’s instruction could barely be shaken even by Lu Zhishen, who had reached Extraordinary Rank-8, with his bare hands, not to mention an Extraordinary Rank-7 musical instrument!

“Everybody, move further back. Don’t get within thirty meters from them!”

At this moment, Lu Zhishen, who had risen to almost two and a half meters tall, was commanding the new players to retreat.

It was not because of the power that the enemy demonstrated in the previous attack, but because soundwave attacks were hard to defend against.

If Zhong Zhou chose to attack the audience when he realized he couldn’t win the battle, the Twin Dragon Mount fort might suffer some losses.

As a matter of fact, it would’ve been the best choice to clear the ground, but those new players were needed to maintain the reputation of the fort after they logged off.

However, with Lu Zhishen, Ninth Uncle, Gongsun Sheng, Yang Zhi, and the others watching over the battle, it was impossible for the guy to stir any trouble.

“Wow, what’s that?”

“I seem to have seen an army!”

“So do I! I also hear neighing horses and colliding weapons…”

At this moment, the audience who had moved back from the edge of the arena were confused and surprised.

It was because, after the first round of clash, both parties realized what each other was capable of and didn’t launch another soundwave attack.

Instead, they began to play music. As Chu Yin performed, whoever heard her pipa saw rows of troops parading while a man who appeared to be an emperor inspected them.

“Such feelings… Is it battle music?”

Ji Ye found the music familiar.

“Yes, it’s ‘Ambush From Ten Sides’!”

Pei Xingnu, who was standing next to Ji Ye and clearly shorter than him, was rather excited.

“Ambush From Ten Sides?”

Ji Ye was rather intrigued too.

On the Land of Inheritance, the more popular a hero was, the more talented they would be. It had something to do with history too.

The same rule might apply to music. Of all the pipa songs that were passed down from ancient times in Chidragon, “Ambush From Ten Sides” was undoubtedly the most well-known one.

Ji Ye found it familiar because Chu Yin had played this piece of music more than once to assist the Twin Dragon Mount fort in battles back on the Battlefield of Providence.

“‘Ambush From Ten Sides’ has many numbers. Musician Chu is now playing the first number: Setting Up Camps!”

Pei Xingnu, on the other hand, explained the music knowledge to him.

“Huh, Musician Chu’s ‘Ambush From Ten Sides’ seems to have invoked more soldiers than Musician Cao did in her performance!”

Then, Pei Xingnu was a little bit surprised.

Clang, clang, clang…

On the top of the Topaz Pipa that Chu Yin was playing, there was a parrot whose eye was a small black gem. At this moment, the parrot was chirping and echoing with the pipa soundwaves that reflected from the wall, the ground, and even the trees!

Divine Parrot

Level: Special

Rarity: Refined (rare)

Description: This is a rarely-seen pendant that can absorb the echo of soundwaves and transform it into the power of reverberation.

As a core player of the Twin Dragon Mount fort, Chu Yin naturally acquired spoils of war that contained Transcendent power from the Battlefield of Providence too.

Because of this piece of equipment, the number of illusionary soldiers that Chu Yin created with her performance of “Ambush From Ten Sides” continued increasing, until the place became crowded…

Also, the weapons were waving, their horses were roaring, and all the drums were thundering…

The battle scenes appeared in everybody’s head as the pipa was played!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Same as Chu Yin, Zhong Zhou played a piece of music too.

Everybody sensed that he also created a war scene as if a great army had gathered in formation.

“Humph. It’s The Overlord Takes Off His Armor, the song he’s best at all. He abandoned his settlement and fled. Does he think he can compare himself to the Overlord?” Pei Xingnu said in disdain after hearing that, but she clearly became more solemn.

Of course, Ji Ye was well aware of the reason.

“The Overlord Takes Off His Armor” was also a famous pipa song from Chidragon. It described the same battle as Ambush From Ten Sides did.

“So, the war between Chu and Han will be fought again today?”

“Chu Yin has chosen ‘Ambush From Ten Sides’, which is compiled from the perspective of the Han army who was victorious.

“Doesn’t it mean we’re on the winning side?”

A core player was rather excited.

“Of course not!

“The content of the music cannot decide the outcome of the battle. What matters is the mental power and skills of the performer. Musician Cao, for example, had already reached the level of ‘free at will’. She could even defeat an aggressive song with a peaceful song.

“So, Han might not win, and Chu might not fail!”

Pei Xingnu shook her head.

Clang, clang, clang…

After both parties started playing battle music, a pipa sound was echoing all over the arena, and thousands of soldiers seemed to be confronting.

“All soldiers, get in formation!”

“Sound the drum!”

However, both “Ambush From Ten Sides” and “The Overlord Takes Off His Armor” were still in the phase of preparation at this moment.

For that reason, neither party attacked. They were all gathering in formation and nominating generals…

“Wait a moment, this can’t be the war between Chu and Han. There’s someone else here!”

Mister Bug thought of something and pointed at the pipa woman next to Chu Yin.

Unlike the other two people, she didn’t play any battle music with pipa.

Instead, she waited patiently while covering her pale face with the pipa in her arms.

If there were only two competitors, it would be the war between Chu and Han. But the pipa woman was a competitor too. What music would she play?

Clang, clang, clang…

Finally, the pipa woman laid her fingers on the strings and played music.

She turned out to be playing The Overlord Takes Off His Armor that represented the Chu army at exactly the same pace as Zhong Zhou did!