Chapter 1 The Tide

Over a hundred thousand monsters and over a hundred thousand guild elites swarmed towards Stone Forest Town, the spectacular sight causing the people within the town to tense up.

Faced with ten times more enemies, half of whom were players this time, even Aqua Rose, who had experienced many battles, worried about whether they could hold out.

Heishui's attack was quite strategic this time, not clustering at all, and the positioning was quite dispersed.

Even with the attacks of three Magic Towers, the effect was far less than that of the previous single Magic Tower.

Although not as effective as before, the number of players and monsters dying still made Qi Yitao's eyelids twitch.

After each round of attacks, the Heishui Guild would lose hundreds or even thousands of players and monsters.

The destructive power was so great that the onlookers were once again dumbfounded.

"Heishui really dares to do this; the losses will be incalculable," Yuan Tiexin said, watching players and monsters fall to the ground in droves, his heart filled with emotion.

If it were their Tianji Pavilion trying to take Stone Forest Town.

Faced with such a defense, they wouldn't be able to withstand it either. All they could do was minimize losses and retreat as soon as possible because they couldn't afford the damage.

However, the Magic Towers, while seemingly powerful, also had a major weakness: once players and monsters got close, their effectiveness would be greatly limited.

Without the threat of the Magic Towers' attacks.

Zero Wing could only rely on small ballistae and various magic scrolls, or large-scale destruction magic used by players.

But these seemed inadequate against the attack of hundreds of thousands of troops.

Because no matter how much they cleared, the number of enemies still exceeded the number of Zero Wing Guild members, and the advantage in numbers determined the outcome of the siege.

Because sieges are so cruel, if they couldn't stop the invading players in time, the extra players could occupy the guild residences in the town, destroy the guild residences, and get the town token.

Destroying a guild residence was not as difficult as destroying a Magic Tower. Any player with some attack power could do it; it was just a matter of time because guild residences weren't reinforced with magic arrays like Magic Towers.

Of course, faced with the terrifying attacks of Magic Towers, normal guilds wouldn't be as reckless as Heishui, willing to spend several times the manpower to fill the gaps created by the Magic Towers.

Elite guild members were an important foundation for evaluating a guild because many things required a large number of elite members to complete. After all, expert players were destined to be a minority, and good steel should be used on the edge of a blade.

Whether it was going to large-scale team dungeons to get equipment, if only a separate expert team were to go, clearing new content would be fine, but normally, it would cause a serious shortage of good weapons and equipment.

Players have a cooldown period after completing a large-scale dungeon, and the weapons and equipment dropped from a large team dungeon are quite limited. Therefore, after a guild's expert team masters the strategy for the dungeon, they will assign it to lead elite guild members to run the dungeon so that they can obtain more weapons and equipment in a limited time.

Because of this, the demise of a large number of elite guild members would immediately cause the guild's development to stagnate.

And over a hundred thousand elite troops were Heishui Guild's foundation. If the losses were heavy, the Heishui Guild's weapons and equipment would become a major problem for a considerable period.

But Qi Yitao was betting it all.

"All players, do your best to rush into the town! Leave the outside entirely to the monster army!" Qi Yitao shouted almost frantically.

This time, it was either success or death.

Using over a hundred thousand monsters and over a hundred thousand guild elites as a feint was something only Qi Yitao dared to do.

…

Zero Wing Residence.

"Guild Leader, there are too many of them; they don't care about casualties at all and keep rushing forward. We don't have enough people to stop them. It's estimated that over ten thousand players have entered various parts of the town, and there are also many humanoid unicorn monsters, rushing towards our guild residence from all directions."

"The humanoid unicorn monsters are the most powerful. Even with all the Tier 3 summoned beasts, we can't stop them, and they also devour players to increase their own strength. We don't dare let players approach them; we can only rely on NPC guards and protectors to resist a little."

Aqua Rose anxiously reported to Shi Feng.

The entire Stone Forest Town was in battle, and she couldn't handle it all. If it weren't for the three Magic Towers giving the Zero Wing members in the town a significant stat boost, the entire Stone Forest Town would have been captured.

Sieges are different from field battles. Field battles are based on the number and quality of kills, but sieges are based on occupying the town. The more players, the greater the advantage. After all, no matter how powerful an expert is, how many players can they stop, and how many players can they kill?

As long as even one enemy destroys the guild residence and gets the town token, even if Zero Wing eliminates 99% of the enemy, they still lose.

After the opponent controls the town token, the new town they own will enter a protection period. Then they don't have to do anything and can directly return to the city and hire guards to take care of everything.

How can players who aren't even level 50 compete with level 150 guards?

"Anna, you and Kite go deal with those humanoid unicorn monsters! You absolutely can't let them get close to the guild residence!" Shi Feng thought for a moment and then looked at Anna.

The appearance of the humanoid unicorn monsters was indeed beyond Shi Feng's expectations.

Tier 1 expert players are simply food for these humanoid unicorn monsters to increase their strength. Sending players over is just asking for death, and after players are devoured, a portion of their Immortal Souls will be absorbed…

This is fatal for the Zero Wing Guild.

They didn't have reinforcements to begin with, and losing one was losing one. How could they make friends like that?

There was no choice but to let Anna and Kite go, or else when these humanoid unicorn monsters devoured all the players in Stone Forest Town, there would be no one left to stop them.

…

"Guild Leader Yi, it seems the plan is successful. The two NPC guards have already gone to stop those monsters from devouring." Wan Shi Wushuang couldn't help but beam with joy after receiving the information from his subordinates.

"So that means…" Qi Yitao's eyes lit up, and the thing he had been secretly anticipating finally happened.

"That's right, the people from our Pantheon have quietly infiltrated the Zero Wing Guild's residence. Just wait to take over Stone Forest Town. You will not only be able to take over Stone Forest Town but also get all three Magic Towers," Wan Shi Wushuang laughed.

Without the Tier 2 NPC guards to get in the way, it was almost certain that Dark Blade would seize the town token.

…

"Vice-Captain, the hidden assassin experts have been instantly killed by us. Ahead is the secret room where the town token is stored." A gray-clad assassin with a level as high as 41 pointed to the secret room not far ahead and whispered a report to Jiu Sha in a mechanical tone.

"Alright, everyone else prepare. An Bao, An Xin, An Feng, An Yu, the four of you follow me to get the town token." Jiu Sha nodded, carrying a bone bow on his back.

Originally, he personally accepted this mission because it was to assassinate the Zero Wing Guild's Guild Leader, Black Flame.

He didn't expect to be a little disappointed; he was only dealing with some small fries, and his disciples could easily handle it.

However, when Jiu Sha and the four quietly opened the tightly locked door of the secret room, his expression froze.

"Black Flame!"

Jiu Sha and the others were shocked, not expecting the Zero Wing Guild's Guild Leader to be in the secret room where the town token was placed.

"Jiu Sha?" Shi Feng glanced at the middle-aged man carrying a bone bow and smiled slightly, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"You actually recognize me and discovered our tracks. You truly deserve to be the Guild Leader who led the Zero Wing Guild to rise." After a moment of surprise, Jiu Sha immediately returned to normal and couldn't help but clap and praise, "But you are too careless. At this moment, there is only you in this room, and my people are guarding outside. Your people can't rush in within a short time. Do you know what this means?"

"I don't know what it means, but I know that you definitely won't be able to leave here alive," Shi Feng said with a smile.

He had heard of Jiu Sha's name for a long time, a legendary assassin expert who created many legends in the previous life. If it weren't for the Magic Tower's detection capabilities, plus his Eye of Omniscience, he really wouldn't have been able to detect Jiu Sha and the others' infiltration. Especially Jiu Sha himself, who was clearly a Ranger, but his figure was very blurry, and he moved silently, not like a Ranger at all, more like an Assassin.

However, Shi Feng knew that Jiu Sha was not just a Ranger but also had a hidden class.

Shadow Dancer!

A more secretive and powerful class than an Assassin, and a very extreme class. Even the Sword Saint class can't match its instant burst power.

"Just you alone?" Jiu Sha curled his lips, full of disdain.

The other four assassins also laughed.

As if Shi Feng had said the funniest joke in the world.

"That's right, just me!" Shi Feng didn't care and then drew the Holy Sword Thunder Slay.