Seven hours …
Even with the encouragement of Mowang Feng and a few others, the players began to withdraw in large numbers.
Almost everyone had died at least seven or eight times. Although Epic equipment was often dropped, most people didn't see it with their own eyes, nor did they get to touch it themselves. As such, they began to feel discouraged.
The most important thing was that they were tired!
"This game can't be played anymore. There's no way to kill Chongzi." After eight hours of continuous fighting, looking at the endless sea of insects, anyone would feel powerless.
As such, a large number of casual players were the first to retreat.
"We've helped Ruling Sword fight for so long. We've already done our best. They won't give us any benefits for completing the quest, so why should we help them?" The guild players also began to retreat, but their reason for giving up was more against Ruling Sword.
Several clubs also withdrew from the battlefield. They hated Ruling Sword and Lu Li, such as the Gangnam Royals, the Imperial Secret Service, the Star Moon Union and so on.
"The front line can't hold." If they wanted to safely farm monsters, they couldn't let Chongzi completely rush out of the wall. As such, the players were blocking Chongzi at the gap in the wall. With the large number of players, there weren't too many Chongzi rushing into other areas of Silithus.
However, as the gap in the wall became larger and larger, and as more and more players retreated, the original line of defense naturally paled in comparison.
"Okay, let them go," Lu Li said to Water Fairy.
Water Fairy nodded and gave a new order. So, a large team of more than 100,000 people began to enter. They were people from several other clubs and guilds under Water Fairy's name. Together, they made up a scale of 100,000 people, but their strength was a little weaker. They weren't as well-equipped as the people who entered first.
However, they were much stronger than the casual players who had retreated before.
With these 100,000 people entering, the players who were originally a little shaken and thought that they couldn't hold on dispelled their doubts.
"No way, there are still so many people hiding at this time." Elevenless was a little dumbfounded. He kicked his brother and said, "This person is so shrewd. You should learn from him."
"This kind of person is not to be trifled with. Who wouldn't do their best at this time?" Dream 13 also found it unbelievable. "Could it be that he expected from the beginning that he would need more people in the end? With this new force, even if Chongzi had to wait a few more hours, he would still be able to hold on."
Over a hundred thousand players had been conserving their strength until now. They were about to suffocate to death as they watched others grind for Reputation and equipment and materials.
Now that the cages were opened and the birds were released, they immediately rushed to the front line.
The players who had been fighting for more than seven hours made space for them, and the pressure on the frontline immediately disappeared. The empty space left by the players who had retreated was quickly filled.
"I think this is Lu Li's last resort. If we want to trick him, it's not too late to withdraw now. Have you noticed that there are more and more Chongzi?" Jade Flower Lover discussed with the commanders of several other clubs.
"It probably won't be long. We can just grit our teeth and get through it." The others disagreed.
"That's right. It's been almost eight hours. The people below are so excited about grinding Reputation. If we let them go, they'll probably be very unhappy." One could never have too much Reputation. The Bronze Dragon and Cenarion Circle's Reputation were still relatively valuable. They could be used to learn Enhanced Skills.
The most valuable Reputation was, of course, World Reputation, then Faction Reputation, then Main City Reputation, and finally the Reputation of the various forces, big and small.
There were many uses for Reputation. There were two most common uses. One was that when the Reputation reached a certain level, it could be exchanged for equipment, materials, recipes, and even some rare items and mounts from the corresponding Quartermaster.
The other was to learn Rare Skills or Enhanced Skills.
Normal skills could also be learned with Reputation. Reputation could save the gold coins needed to learn skills, but generally, no one would be so extravagant. Everyone would save Reputation to learn Enhanced Skills.
Any Reputation could be used to learn Enhanced Skills, but the amount of Reputation required was different for different levels.
Of course, the Bronze Dragon and Cenarion Circle's Reputation couldn't compare to the Main City Reputation, but if it was used to learn skills, it was still better than the Reputation that could be casually gained.
In this battle, the small monsters could give some Reputation. As long as you participated in the battle of two Elite monsters, it would be ten times the Reputation.
The club guilds had a greater need for Reputation. They were the ones who had the real opportunity to obtain Enhanced Skill Books.
In the beginning, when they didn't know how to farm Reputation, they probably didn't think much of it. Now that they were farming Reputation, of course they wouldn't be happy to leave. The club commander could order them to retreat, and they wouldn't disobey. They just felt that the higher-ups didn't care about their interests.
"Thank you everyone for your help. Everyone must be tired. How about we call it a day? You can go back and rest," a few people said as they rode their mounts out of Ruling Sword's camp and shouted similar words.
"Dammit, they're too cunning," Jade Flower Lover couldn't help but curse.
Some people didn't understand. "Didn't you just say that Lu Li is short on people? Why is he chasing people away now? This doesn't seem like something that someone would do when they're short on people."
"What do you guys know," Jade Flower Lover sighed. "If Lu Li really said that they couldn't hold on for much longer and told everyone not to leave, then those who don't like Lu Li, or other ordinary players might decide to leave. No one wants to be taken advantage of. But now that Lu Li is chasing people away, they'll think that Lu Li doesn't want them to farm Reputation, and they'll be more determined to stay."
"Ugh, I feel like we're so cheap," the people next to him said.
"That's how people are. Lu Li's commander really knows how to play with people's hearts. I just don't know if it was Lu Li himself who made this decision," Jade Flower Lover said, sincerely admiring this person. He actually didn't want to see Ruling Sword complete the opening quest so easily.
Only a few people knew that this decision was made by Wander.
Of the three commanders of Ruling Sword, the smartest one was of course Wander. His IQ was unmatched since he was young. If it wasn't for his lazy nature, he would have become the most famous commander in the gaming circle a long time ago.
Sure enough, the players who originally wanted to leave because they were too tired heard that Ruling Sword was chasing people away, and suddenly didn't want to leave.
Things that were too easy to get weren't treasured by most people. As the saying went, a wife was better than a concubine, and a concubine was better than a thief. When they heard that Ruling Sword was chasing people away, they immediately felt like they were stealing Ruling Sword's Reputation.
This feeling of stealing made them forget about their exhaustion.
Nine hours!
Lu Li looked at his exhausted companions around him. His eyes passed through the sea of insects and looked into the depths of Ahn 'Qiraj. There were still insects constantly pouring out, and there didn't seem to be any signs that these Chongzi were going to decrease.
Ten hours.
This had already exceeded the time that he had heard of in his previous life. He didn't know what effect his butterfly wings had on the real world.
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