An Qi didn't know where Vivi got her confidence from.
After several days of fighting, the defenders on the city walls were visibly exhausted.
It seemed they had used all their strength just to hold the city, let alone talk about a counterattack.
She had even planned how to deal with things after defeating the allied forces...
For a moment, she suspected that this princess of the Chiyang Empire might have been dizzy with rage.
Or rather... did she have reinforcements?
An Qi turned to look at an old, white-haired Elf behind her.
The Elf, however, shook his head, indicating that there was no such thing; there were no signs of any human army supporting Dreamriver City, and none of the city gates had been opened.
There were simply no magic arrays in the city large enough for a significant number of troops to be teleported in.
Then there's nothing to worry about.
An Qi looked at Vivi, who had a smile on her lips. She guessed that Vivi was deliberately trying to scare her, to make her suspicious and buy the defenders some time to rest.
She then shook her head and said,
"Your Royal Highness, you should know the price the allied army has paid to press on, and it's too naive to think you can scare us away with just a few words."
"I already told you before, a major change has occurred in the Northern Territory, and we have no choice but to move south."
"Stubborn resistance will only lead to more deaths; give up."
However, while others didn't know the inside story, Vivi was well aware, and immediately retorted,
"What major change? Isn't it just something you Dark Elves caused by rebelling? This is a man-made disaster, not a natural one."
The Elf race's Spring of Life was destroyed in their internal strife, leading to an imbalance in the Northern Territory's environment, which would soon make it impossible for the vast numbers of Elves and various other races to survive.
This was the reason why the previously disorganized allied forces, who only wanted to plunder, suddenly became a cohesive unit, determined to capture Dreamriver City at any cost.
If outsiders didn't know, hearing An Qi say that would truly make them believe some natural disaster had occurred in the Northern Territory.
"The Moon Elves and several other royal families are so corrupt; my race is not at fault," An Qi said indifferently.
"I don't want to argue with you about who is right or wrong, I just want to tell you," Vivi said in a deep voice,
"You are responsible for the mess you made in your internal strife. The Chiyang Empire has no obligation to clean up after you."
"The Northern Territory is no longer suitable for your survival. Whether you die in the cold wind or in famine, that is your business. This place is not somewhere you can come!"
"You said I couldn't withstand the Northern Territory's storm? Now I'll tell you."
"I... am the storm!"
"Fire!"
When Vivi uttered the words "Fire!", An Qi, although still unaware of what would happen, felt a sudden surge of crisis that made her breath catch, immediately realizing that something extremely dangerous was approaching.
She glanced at the Elf race priest beside her and, seeing that the old Elf also looked flustered, realized that it wasn't just her own feeling.
She immediately wanted to notify the large army, which had already assembled and was preparing to attack the city, to retreat.
This army was larger than any previous rotating assault force and comprised entirely of elites. Besides the goblin and dwarf irregulars, it also included a large number of Elf race elite warriors.
After three days of siege, she believed the time was ripe to take Dreamriver City in one fell swoop, which was why she had assembled such an elite siege army.
This was also why she had called Vivi out again before the battle, attempting to make her surrender.
But now, the assembled elite army had become a living target. She wanted to order the army to retreat, but it was completely too late.
Accompanied by a piercing shriek in the air, a rocket trailing a fiery tail precisely struck the center of the crowd.
In an instant, dozens of closely arrayed Elf race elite warriors were blasted away. Those closer to the explosion center were directly blown to pieces, leaving no remains.
And those who were not directly blown away, even if they were more than ten meters distant, many were severely wounded, spitting blood.
A single rocket, without any warning, directly claimed the lives of dozens of Elf race warriors and severely wounded nearly a hundred people.
It's important to know that these Elf warriors were not ordinary people; at the very least, they possessed the strength of a first-level martial artist.
And this was only the beginning.
As if Pandora's Box had been opened, with the first rocket landing, more shells rained down from the sky like raindrops.
The rocket trails obscured the sky, and amidst the smoke and dust, there were countless 155mm howitzer shells.
"What is this?!"
An Qi watched this scene, her face pale, but her reaction was not slow.
She immediately turned to the Elf race priest beside her.
The priest also understood immediately.
Although he didn't know what these things were, treating them as magic arrows should not be wrong.
The old Elf waved the staff in his hand and muttered incantations.
The next moment, the staff slammed heavily onto the ground, and a translucent sky curtain suddenly appeared above all the Elf troops, attempting to block the rain of shells.
Vivi, on the city wall, couldn't help but show a mocking smile at the sight.
As expected, facing the endless shells and rockets, the sky curtain only lasted less than a second before shattering with a roar.
The old Elf race priest also spewed a mouthful of blood before collapsing.
Magic and martial arts in this world, before truly becoming gods, cannot disregard the numerical disparity; as long as there are enough people, even a demigod can be killed.
This is also why, even in a world with extraordinary powers, organizations like nations still exist.
This old Elf race priest was an eighth-tier mage. When facing such dense firepower, if he wanted to escape, no one could stop him.
But to try and block all these shells, that would be a pipe dream.
"Did your drones see those leaders in front? Can you concentrate fire and take them out?" Vivi picked up the walkie-talkie and tried to ask.
The female officer in charge of contacting her in the command post immediately replied,
"Those leaders are our primary targets. Over fifty 155mm howitzers are aimed at them, and five rocket launchers are also targeting them and are currently firing."
"The shells fired include high-explosive shells, white phosphorus incendiary shells, fuel-air explosive shells, and so on. As long as nothing goes wrong, we guarantee to blow the allied leaders to death right here!"
Originally, the command post just wanted to give the other side a big explosion at dawn, but they didn't expect the allied leaders to come out.
Although they weren't sure if such powerful extraordinary beings in the Otherworld could be killed by explosions, the command center still allocated some firepower to try.
Upon hearing this, Vivi immediately dropped the walkie-talkie and drew a magnificent longbow from her storage space.
Twisting her waist and drawing the string, the bow was drawn to a full moon.
A silver energy arrow condensed on the bow, pointing directly at An Qi, who had realized something was wrong, helped the Elf race priest up, and was preparing to leave the battlefield.
"Heh, trying to escape?"