Chapter 1 The Situation

After the frantic Berserker reported the situation outside the stronghold, the entire conference hall fell silent.

"How is this possible?!"

"How could Zero Wing charge over here? Didn't they just finish attacking Hammerstone Town?"

"Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events, unable to comprehend what was happening. Even though the reporting Berserker had explained clearly, they still found it hard to believe.

They had just fought a battle at Hammerstone Town, and even if they hadn't sustained much damage, it had only been two hours. Logically, Zero Wing should be focused on consolidating their hold on Hammerstone Town.

Zero Wing's unpredictable actions completely disrupted their original plans.

"Zero Wing wants to strike first before we can even try to retake Hammerstone Town?" Yuzhong Yun said with a hint of amusement.

"The Zero Wing Guild is too arrogant! They occupy Hammerstone Town one moment, and then try to take Jinliu Town the next, planning to wipe out our Starlight Alliance in one fell swoop?" Axe Light War Shadow, the Guild Leader of Knight Judgment, said with a cold expression.

Zero Wing was able to take Hammerstone Town because they lacked information about the Giant Player and the ability to teleport a thousand players. If they had known this information earlier, Zero Wing wouldn't have had a chance.

"They occupy Hammerstone Town, and they already think they're on top of the world. Zero Wing probably doesn't know that our Starlight Alliance has already concentrated its forces in Jinliu Town!" Tian Jing, the Guild Leader of the Hundred Battle Empire, frowned, his eyes flashing with angry flames. "Pass down my order! Have all the Guild's experts return to Jinliu Town! I'll make sure they never leave!"

"Still, we should be careful. Zero Wing's Black Flame is not to be trifled with. He might have some tricks up his sleeve, waiting for us to fall for them," Yuzhong Yun said cautiously.

The Starlight Alliance was formed because of Hammerstone Town and Jinliu Town. Losing even one of them would put the Starlight Alliance on the verge of collapse. If they lost both, the Starlight Alliance would be completely finished. They had to proceed with caution.

"That's for sure! I will let everyone in the Star-Moon Kingdom know that Zero Wing is a thing of the past. The future belongs to our Starlight Alliance!" Tian Jing, the Guild Leader of the Hundred Battle Empire, sneered. "Summon all the monster players in town, prepare war weapons and magic scrolls, and let's meet this Zero Wing!"

"I hope so..." Yuzhong Yun muttered, feeling that Tian Jing wasn't listening at all. However, he had to admit that Jinliu Town was indeed different from the empty Hammerstone Town. The elites of the entire Starlight Alliance were now gathered here.

Subsequently, the members of the Starlight Alliance present all took action, transferring Guild experts to Jinliu Town while ordering their subordinates in the town to form an encirclement around Zero Wing's Giant Players to prevent them from further destroying the town.

Inside Jinliu Town, Zero Wing's thousand Giant Players were already fighting the defending players of Jinliu Town everywhere. With the effects of the Miniature World and Halo of Light, the Starlight Alliance's defending players and NPC guards were at a disadvantage. Players were being sent flying by Zero Wing's Giant Players everywhere. The streets were filled with craters left behind by the battle. It didn't look like a player's battlefield, but more like a monster siege.

The free players in the town were panicked by the scene.

Faced with the unreasonable strength and defense of Zero Wing's Giant Players, the level 80 NPC guards were a joke.

However, as Zero Wing's players rampaged, the Starlight Alliance, under the command of the Guild's higher-ups, quickly formed an effective defensive network. Tier 2 expert players led their teams, using magic arrays to suppress the Giant Players, and then engaged them in battle.

The leading figures among the various Guild leaders were all incredibly powerful. The hundred-man teams under their command were all Tier 2 classes, and each one was an expert who could reach the late stages of the fifth floor of the Trial Tower. With the cooperation of the magic barrier, they could exploit the Giant Players' weaknesses in speed and reaction, and it was no problem for them to deal with several Giant Players.

The four major powers of the Starlight Alliance were even more ferocious. Tian Jing, the Guild Leader of the Hundred Battle Empire, wielded the Flaming Magic Wand, and the fire magic he released was at the Tier 3 standard. Moreover, it was extremely fast, targeting the Giant Players' slower reactions.

Tian Jing's firepower alone caused the Tier 2 Giant Players' HP to drop rapidly. He killed one in just over ten seconds. In less than two or three minutes, Tian Jing's hundred-man team annihilated a team of more than ten Giant Players, plugging a hole in the town's defensive network and preventing other Giant teams from advancing.

Although the Starlight Alliance's high-level teams performed impressively, they were still only stopping a small fraction of the thousands of Giant Players scattered throughout the town. More often than not, the corpses of Starlight Alliance players were strewn everywhere.

"Well done, Zero Wing!" Tian Jing's face was grim as he looked at the corpses lying on the ground. He wanted to swallow Shi Feng whole. "In the name of the Hundred Battle Empire, I will never let you leave here alive!"

It was too tragic!

These players were at least elite players, and many of them were experts. They could be said to be the backbone of the Guild. Now, so many had died after only a short battle. It would take a long time for the Hundred Battle Empire to recover.

At this time, the other Guild leaders also clearly recognized the strength of the Giant Players and the power of the Miniature World.

It was indeed beyond their expectations.

"Yuzhong, are you ready yet?" Tian Jing asked Yuzhong Yun, who was presiding over the ritual.

"I'm ready!" Yuzhong Yun replied with a smile.

As soon as Yuzhong Yun finished speaking, the sky over Jinliu Town suddenly darkened. The five thousand players above level 50 in the stronghold instantly turned to ashes. Streams of dark smoke gathered in mid-air, and then fell as black mist. Each stream of black mist transformed into a humanoid figure, a Great Lord with a level of 70. Among them were even Advanced Great Lords above level 70, numbering as many as a hundred. Each black mist humanoid monster flickered with the light of intelligence.

In addition to the appearance of the monsters, the suppressive force of the Miniature World instantly vanished, and everyone's senses sharply declined.

This was none other than the Sin Domain's strongest trump card, the Death's Eulogy, an ultra-rare Epic item that could only be used once every ten days.

"The Sin Domain's methods are so powerful!" Flame Howl, the leader of the War Riders Tribe, clicked his tongue in amazement.

Even a Tier 2 legion of two or three thousand people would have difficulty dealing with this kind of combat power.

"Good! Everyone, suppress them towards the center! Surround and kill all the Giant Players inside!" Tian Jing immediately ordered upon seeing this.

Without the suppression of the Miniature World, the Great Lord-ranked monster players were enough to contend with the Giant Players. As for the Major Lord-ranked monster players, their combat power was even greater than that of the Giant Players, and there were more than fifty of them.

Before long, Zero Wing's Giant Players began to gather towards the center, afraid to fight in small teams, because a battle of a few or a dozen people could easily be annihilated by the Starlight Alliance.

"This Zero Wing is really taking things for granted, thinking they can easily take Jinliu Town with a thousand people like before?"

"They dare to underestimate our Starlight Alliance. Let the people of Zero Wing know the consequences of getting carried away!"

"I'm now looking forward to seeing the regretful expression on Black Flame's face. I'll definitely take a close-up photo of him and post it on the Star-Moon Kingdom's official website!"

As the leaders of the Starlight Alliance spoke, the army of the Starlight Alliance surrounded everyone from Zero Wing in the central square of Jinliu Town.

At this time, only seven hundred Giant Players remained in the entire central square. In the center of these players, a man wearing a black cloak with two exquisite longswords hanging at his waist quietly watched everything. This man was none other than Black Flame, the Guild Leader of Zero Wing, who was well-known throughout the Star-Moon Kingdom.

"Guild Leader Black Flame! You probably never thought you'd see this day!" Tian Jing looked at Shi Feng, unable to contain his excitement. "It's a pity you don't have time to regret it anymore. Everyone, attack! Let our Guild Leader Black Flame know how ridiculous his arrogance is!"