Since Wen Li dared to live openly in the cave on Pillar Peak, he likely had the means to escape the Hunter Association's siege.
However, the other party probably didn't know that Blood Nine had promptly sold him out after being captured, so the success rate of this attack was still quite high.
Once all personnel were present, the meeting began immediately.
Wen would participate in many such meetings, the theme being how to efficiently attack Pillar Peak.
First, before any formal action, the Association would conduct a carpet bombing of the Pillar Peak area.
Although many high-tech weapons and equipment could not be used within the dim domain, the fact that firearms and bombs could be used meant that some less advanced weapons could be employed.
Therefore, the Hunter Association had transported a batch of rocket launchers and howitzers during this period.
All ammunition was specially made, and there was more than enough, easily capable of sinking the ground in the target area by several meters.
After the bombing concluded, the team would launch an assault on the cave from three directions.
The main direction would be handled by combat experts Zhao Yong and Ba Chong, the left side by Little Ming King and Master Brababa, and the right side by Wen and Wu Liu Gen.
Sun Shanxing himself intended to head straight for the enemy's command center at the very beginning of the battle, pursuing Wen Li wherever he fled.
This was not the first time the Association had besieged the Pillar Peak area, so they were intimately familiar with the terrain. If Wen Li wanted to escape, he would inevitably have to choose one of these three directions.
Once he made his choice, he would encounter at least two True Sequence powerhouses. These two True Sequence powerhouses would only need to delay Wen Li for a while, which would be enough for the other True Sequences to arrive.
In addition, each team was assigned a strangely shaped containment item.
These three containment items were all guillotines, but the patterns on them varied, namely a dragon head, a tiger head, and a dog head.
The dog head guillotine was assigned to Wu Liu Gen.
The three guillotines easily brought to mind an official in Hua Fu's history, known as the 'Honest and Just Lord'.
However, the manufacturing dates stamped beneath the guillotine bases indicated that these were thoroughly modern crafted products, and not even particularly skillfully made.
Furthermore, the process of acquiring the abilities of these three items was quite absurd. A madman who fantasized about being the 'Honest and Just Lord' escaped from a mental hospital and then commissioned three guillotines from a steel mill.
Subsequently, this 'Honest and Just Lord' kidnapped three individuals:
'Royal Relatives' - Descendants of the imperial family who became commoners after the fall of Hua Fu's feudal empire, the kind who needed to buy tickets to enter their ancestral homes.
'Corrupt Officials and Greedy Bureaucrats' - Members of the Federal Pollution Control Task Force. Whether they were corrupt or not was unknown, but they were at least associated with 'filth'.
'Outlaws' - A petty thief who stole electric scooters.
After performing a play, this madman beheaded these three individuals. Before the 'Honest and Just Lord' could enjoy himself further, he was arrested by the local police station.
However, the three guillotines left behind by the Lord gained magical abilities from that point on. Every night, the dragon, tiger, and dog heads on them would come alive, searching for guilty individuals nearby and severing their heads.
Their method of finding guilty people was the same as the logic of the 'Honest and Just Lord,' so most of those who died by their blades were innocent.
After the Hunter Association noticed these three guillotines, they prevented them from killing people by tying red strings to the beasts' heads.
Later, the Hunter Association discovered another characteristic of these three guillotines.
That is, if one was beheaded by these guillotines, they would die.
This might sound like a truism, but there were quite a few superpowered individuals or monsters who could survive beheading.
Thus, these three guillotines became the Hunter Association's best weapons against undead creatures. Even monsters in the dim domain would not revive after being decapitated by these guillotines.
The operation was scheduled for twelve noon, one hour from now. This was when monsters were most mentally lethargic, and attacking at this time would yield twice the results with half the effort.
In addition, there were many other scattered arrangements. Even if this attack failed to capture Wen Li, it could still pose a significant threat to these undead spirits.
...
At 12:45 PM, a monster with only one eye on its head knelt before Wen Li and said.
"Great Scarlet Overlord, Pillar Peak has been surrounded by superpowered individuals."
This monster had no special abilities; it simply possessed disproportionately good eyesight. As long as there were no large solid objects obstructing its view, it could even see footprints on the moon from the ground.
Therefore, from its vantage point on Pillar Peak, it had naturally seen the demon hunters gathering and preparing to encircle Pillar Peak.
"Is that person here too?"
Wen Li produced a rough sketch, drawn by himself based on the blurry memories transmitted by Blood Nine and the Tailor Craftsman before they were captured.
The one-eyed monster went out to look around again and returned, nodding at Wen Li.
Wen Li laughed wildly. He was not at all worried that this place had been targeted by the Hunter Association; he was only concerned about the imminent Wen.
"Come, come..."
"Since you have arrived, it means I have won!"
No one knew that long before returning to this world, Wen Li had stopped using his full power.
Nor did anyone know that Wen Li had already completed all his accumulations before reaching the Catastrophe level while rampantly slaughtering on the Star of Doom!
Even less did anyone know that the Heavenly Realm God Yugmab, valued Wen Li more than outsiders imagined, so Wen Li possessed a trump card that could decide the outcome.
To everyone else, Wen Li had been preoccupied with preparations for godhood, but in reality, after returning to the real world, Wen Li had only one thing to do: kill or devour Wen.
As for all his other actions, they were merely to cover his tracks, reduce his threat within reasonable limits, prevent Catastrophe-level entities from getting involved, and make Wen confident enough to deal with him without suspecting he was holding back.
Therefore, in Wen Li's view, victory was already within his grasp.
...
At 11:50 AM, all the muzzles were aimed at Pillar Peak.
Since the space within the cave was not large, most of the monsters serving defensive roles were outside the cave, within the range of the artillery fire.
There were far more monsters here than in the withered forest, and they were distributed more dispersedly. Even using a satchel charge like Chu Wei's might not kill many monsters.
However, the Hunter Association's bombardment was not comparable to Chu Wei's satchel charges, so this artillery fire could cause considerable effective casualties.
And a few seconds before the artillery fire began, Eliart received a command from Wen, so he sighed. Then, a giant red moon appeared over Pillar Peak.
This red moon was not the Star of Doom, but Eliart's Catastrophe trait. Under the red moon, all life except the Blood Clan would have its power halved!
This was equivalent to Eliart doubling the power of the artillery fire!