Dark Night Empire, Silent Canyon:
A 1,000-man team rode the Hundred Flowers Palace's unique Guild Black Panther Mounts as they galloped down a craggy mountain path. Dust and dirt filled the air as the Black Panther's footsteps echoed throughout the valley. The players on the road involuntarily retreated to the sides of the road.
Leading the team was Crimson Heart, who rode a pure-black Swift Dragon clad in silver armor. She wielded a dark-purple spear that radiated a chilling aura in one hand and tugged at the reins in the other. Her valiant bearing made her look like a Valkyrie, and the fleeing independent players couldn't help but steal glances at her.
"Who is she to the Hundred Flowers Palace? She's so powerful! I've only seen her once, yet I feel like submitting to her! "
"Of course. You're new to the Dark Night Empire, so you might not know her. She's the Hundred Flowers Palace's First Vice Guild Leader. She single-handedly helped the Palace become one of the Holy Hill Kingdom's two overlords. Since she's unwilling to enter the God's Domain Experts List, the Secret Pavilion gave her the title of Thousand Spears. She's even stronger than Cleansed Rue, the Hundred Flowers Palace's Frostflame Goddess."
"The Secret Pavilion gave her a title? Isn't that a little too strong?! "
"That's not all. The Dark Cloud Legion under Crimson Heart's command possesses astonishing combat power as well. In the past, it easily defeated a 10,000-man army of elite and expert players in the Holy Hill Kingdom. It's just as strong as the various superpowers' trump card legions. I've heard that Starlink has sealed off the path to Moon Creek Town and is preparing to attack the Hundred Flowers Palace's Guild Residence. She's probably going to reinforce the town."
"A war? I've only seen siege battles in videos. Why don't we go and watch as well? The battle between Starlink and the Hundred Flowers Palace will definitely be exciting! "
"You're right! We don't get many opportunities to watch a war in person. We might even be able to take advantage of the situation. "
The independent players on both sides of the road whispered among themselves as they watched the Dark Cloud Legion charge past them.
Although Starlink had kept its attack on Moon Creek Town a secret, it was impossible to keep such a large-scale operation under wraps once it took action.
Meanwhile, after seeing the Dark Cloud Legion's formation, some of the expert players couldn't help but grow even more eager to witness it with their own eyes. Immediately, they mounted their Mounts and chased after Crimson Heart's group.
"Big Sis Crimson, there are quite a few players following behind us. Should we deal with them?" an enchanting female Assassin in pitch-black leather armor asked Crimson Heart after glancing behind her.
"Forget it. It's impossible to cover up our actions with such great fanfare. We'll just let them be." Crimson Heart turned around and shook her head. "Have you collected any information on Starlink's combat power?"
"I just received a report. Based on the information we've gathered, Starlink's combat power is very strong on both routes. Starlink must've guessed that we'll take these two routes, so it has dispatched two of its Vice Guild Leaders to guard the routes with 15,000 elite players each," the female Assassin said, her expression darkening slightly.
Starlink had only established its Guild after God's Domain had launched. It had only become a superpower so quickly because it had recruited many Guilds and adventurer teams, as well as a large number of well-known peak experts.
Starlink's Vice Guild Leaders were, at the very least, the Guild Leaders of first-rate Guilds or the commanders of top adventurer teams. They had all been famous figures in the virtual gaming world in the past.
Not only were these people incredibly strong, but they also had a large number of experts under their command. Otherwise, they wouldn't have qualified to become Starlink's Vice Guild Leaders.
Yet, Starlink had dispatched two of its Vice Guild Leaders to guard the two paths.
Crimson Heart frowned when she heard the report. Although she had guessed that Starlink's blockade would be tight, she hadn't expected it to be so troublesome. She asked, "Have you found out who Starlink's two Vice Guild Leaders are?"
"The one we're trying to break through is Starlink's Seventh Vice Guild Leader, Desert Tiger, who is also known as Hundred Splits Tiger. On the other side is Starlink's new Fourth Vice Guild Leader, Three Kills!" the Assassin said after taking a deep breath.
"Three Kills? He actually joined Starlink? How did Starlink do it? Didn't he decide to retire from the game long ago? "Crimson Heart's expression turned grim.
She had no choice but to take this matter seriously.
To current ordinary players, Three Kills' name wasn't anything special. However, as an upper echelon of a first-rate Guild, this name had shaken the virtual gaming world's upper echelon more than a decade ago.
Three Kills had been the Guild Leader of the Super Guild Illusory Dragon. He had also been known as a once-in-a-decade genius. However, for some unknown reason, Three Kills had suddenly announced his retirement from the game. A large number of experts had also withdrawn from the game. In less than five years, other Super Guilds and super-first-rate Guilds had carved up Illusory Dragon's Super Guild, making it disappear from the virtual gaming world.
When Three Kills had been in charge, Illusory Dragon had been nearly as strong as the Four Great Super Guilds at its peak.
"We don't know the specifics, but we are certain that this person is indeed Three Kills," the female Assassin said, her voice trembling.
To ordinary players, the Guild Leader of a Super Guild was only a Guild manager, but as an upper echelon of a first-rate Guild, Crimson Heart understood that the Guild Leader of a Super Guild was also proof of one's strength.
With such a bigshot guarding the Guild Leader, how could she not shudder?
"Hopefully, Ling Yi's side can buy us some time," Crimson Heart said as she looked at the map with a grim expression. "Quick! We need to break out of the encirclement before Ling Yi and Three Kills entangle us! "
Originally, she had wanted to show Zero Wing just how powerful the Hundred Flowers Palace was. She wanted to show Zero Wing that the Hundred Flowers Palace was no weaker than Zero Wing. In fact, she wanted Zero Wing to back off and give up on its dream of annexing the Hundred Flowers Palace's Shops and Lands.
However, she no longer felt as confident as before.
Even a true super-first-rate Guild would have a hard time breaking through the encirclement of Three Kills, not to mention the Ling YI Society.
She needed to put as much distance between herself and Three Kills' team as possible after they killed Ling Yi. Otherwise, if Desert Tiger and Three Kills worked together, her team would have no chance of breaking through the encirclement.
Following which, Crimson Heart and the others increased their speed, preparing to take action before the scheduled time.
Meanwhile, on the other mountain path leading to Moon Creek Town from the Silent Canyon, Cleansed Rue had already led Shifeng's group to a spot close to Starlink's encirclement.
"Elder Ye Feng, the situation has changed. I've just received a report stating that the commander blocking our path is Three Kills, the former Guild Leader of the Super Guild, Illusory Dragon, over a decade ago!" Cleansed Rue's expression darkened as she said, "It's impossible to break through the encirclement here. However, I hope that Elder Ye Feng can help me delay Three Kills for a while. I only need you to delay him for four to five minutes.
"I see. I understand. However, Ling Yi has already promised to show the Hundred Flowers Palace that we can fend off Starlink. Naturally, we can't go back on our word. We'll only become a laughingstock for the other Guilds," Shifeng said calmly.
"Three Kills is a monstrous expert! Are you sure you can break through the encirclement? "a Tier 2 female Cleric asked when she heard Shifeng's resolute words.
"If he's the only monster among the blockade team, we shouldn't have any problems," Shifeng said, nodding after giving the matter some thought.
"Big Sis Rue, that guy must be crazy!" The female Cleric was speechless when she heard Shifeng's confident words. She nearly shot the Cleric a disdainful look.
Originally, Zero Wing had only sent a dozen or so members to the Guild.
Although the narrow mountain path wasn't suitable for a large-scale battle between several hundred players and only a small number of experts, even King Yanluo would roll his eyes if he thought they could break through the blockade of 15,000 players led by the former Guild Leader of a Super Guild with so few people.
As the female Cleric turned to look at Remnant Cloud, Graceful Moon, and the other experts standing behind Shifeng, hoping that they could stop Shifeng, who was no longer in his right mind, Remnant Cloud and the others finally spoke.
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