Chapter 1 The Relentless Blue Crystal Knight Brigade

The Blue Crystal Knight Brigade charged relentlessly, but after smashing through several ice walls in succession, their momentum finally began to weaken. The thieves' group from the Xingxin Guild had already quietly approached, ignoring targets and routes. They just looked for open spaces to place traps, and everyone threw down all the traps they could, then ran as far away as possible.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

After several sounds, the successive shattering of ice walls finally stopped. The Blue Crystal Knight Brigade's charge was forcibly resisted by the continuous obstacles. Now, there were still several ice walls standing in front of them. The NPCs reacted without hesitation. The moment they stopped charging, the Blue Crystal Knight at the front of the team had already swung his long sword, smashing the ice wall in front of him into pieces with one blow.

Forward! Still forward, the Blue Crystal Knight and his knight brigade continued to charge towards their locked-on hatred target. Several ice walls were quickly cleaved open by them.碎冰 (suì bīng, broken ice) fell to the ground, and the arid desert scene seemed extremely out of place. But at this time, no one was paying attention to admiring these things. After the ice walls were opened, the Blue Crystal Knight's sword light could already be reflected on everyone's faces.

But at this time, the mage group had already retreated, and the knights, who were second to none in defense in Glory, were at the front.

"Raise shields!" In the guild, Guild Leader 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao) gave an order again. The knights standing at the front held up their heavy shields, blocking them in front of them.

"Healers, be ready!" When 君莫笑 (Jun Mo Xiao)'s second order was issued, the Blue Crystal Knight Brigade was right in front of them. But this time, the short distance did not allow for a charge. The Blue Crystal Knight Brigade just strolled over as if they were taking a walk, and then swung their swords down.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

The sound of heavy metal colliding was endless. The knights didn't care if there were enemies in front of them. They all held their shields up at a 45-degree angle. The knight players who were slashed on their shields felt as if their characters were shaking. It was obvious that the attack was so strong that they could hardly control their characters. Their health was also flowing away like water under this attack. In this situation, even with healers nearby, the knight players were already worried about whether they could accurately control their shields to block the attack when the second sword came.

Fortunately, the team didn't let them endure the second attack. Almost at the same time as the Blue Crystal Knight Brigade's first sword fell, there were new instructions in the guild channel.

"Ninjas! 地心斩首 (Dìxīn Zhǎnshǒu, Ground Splitting Head Cut), 背身缚首 (Bèishēn Fùshǒu, Back Throw)!"

Thirty-odd ninjas who had been ambushing under the yellow sand when the Blue Crystal Knight Brigade broke through the ice wall suddenly flipped out from under the sand, leaping into the air, while shaking the long ropes on the handles of their ninja swords, trying to lasso the knights' necks.

They didn't deliberately identify targets, they just went for whoever was easiest to lasso. Perhaps there would be mistakes, perhaps there would be repeats, but these were not important. What was important was to seize every opportunity they could.

Ye Xiu was very clear that the Xingxin Guild's players' skill level was still low, so he didn't design any complicated cooperation for them, and there were no difficult techniques.

Mages just needed to cast ice walls, easy.

Thieves just needed to go and throw traps randomly, simple.

Knights just needed to use shields to block attacks, needless to say.

The ninjas were a little more difficult at this time, because this was a 地心斩首术 (Dìxīn Zhǎnshǒu shù, Ground Splitting Head Cut) followed by a 背身缚首术 (Bèishēn Fùshǒu shù, Back Throw) combo. These two skills needed to be completed in rapid succession, and the 背身缚首术 (Bèishēn Fùshǒu shù, Back Throw) needed to be performed in mid-air. This might not be anything for players in the 神之领域 (Shén zhī Lǐngyù, God Domain), but it was not so easy to control for players in the tenth server who had not been in contact with Glory for long. So Ye Xiu didn't make any demands on them, only one thing: jump into the air, and then lasso whichever monster you saw, not even minding if someone else had already lassoed it.

As a result, targets might be repeated, but if one person made a mistake, there would always be another to make up for it; targets might be missed, but if these newbies were allowed to cooperate, even more would be missed.

More than thirty ninjas launched an attack at the same time, while the Blue Crystal Knight and his subordinates totaled nineteen. So it could be roughly calculated that two people were dealing with one. However, Ye Xiu and the others did not pay attention to this accurately. Some might have encountered three or four, while others might not have encountered any.

In short, all that could be seen was a cloud of yellow sand being kicked up, with people falling over and horses not overturned.

Most of the knights who were eventually caught by the 地心斩首术 (Dìxīn Zhǎnshǒu shù, Ground Splitting Head Cut) were pulled off their horses. Some were hit, but didn't fall off. As a result, the ninjas were hung onto the horses instead.

This was not surprising, because the Blue Crystal Knight was a wild field Boss, and his subordinates were also very powerful elite monsters. They had resistance to various player attacks. Some players didn't have enough control, so they naturally couldn't achieve the desired effect.

"Battle mage, 圆舞棍 (Yuánwǔ Gùn, Circle Swing)!"

At this time, another wave of attacks had already followed up. The battle mage team flanked from the left and right. After the ninjas had finished using 地心斩首术 (Dìxīn Zhǎnshǒu shù, Ground Splitting Head Cut), the battle spears in their hands immediately aimed at the knights who had not yet fallen off their horses and stabbed them instantly.

Some of their attacks might not have hit, some might have been too late, but in the end, all the knights remaining on horseback were successfully pulled off by the 圆舞棍 (Yuánwǔ Gùn, Circle Swing) that was successfully executed. Following the previous wave of falling people, there was another wave of tumbles.

Moreover, this wave of tumbling knights had a small shockwave, which knocked over all the knights who had been pulled off their horses by the ninjas and were about to get up.

"魔道学者 (Módào Xuézhě, Witch), level 50 and above, throw 修鲁鲁 (Xiū Lǔlǔ, Xiulu Lu); level 50 and below, throw熔岩烧瓶 (Róngyán Shāopíng, Lava Potion) and 冰雨 (Bīngyǔ, Ice Rain)!"

"Gunners, 刺弹炮 (Cì Dàn Pào, Thorn Cannon)!"

"弹药专家 (Dànyào Zhuānjiā, Spitfire), 燃烧弹 (Ránshāo Dàn, Incendiary Grenade)!"

"Mechanics, 机械空投 (Jīxiè Kōngtóu, Mechanical Drop)!"

"Summoners, summon pets to encircle them!"

"Berserker..."

"Rogue..."

"气功师 (Qìgōng Shī, Brawler)..."

The instructions in the Xingxin Guild channel were like a screen refresh in an instant, with messages scrolling one after another. Ye Xiu had set up the channel early on, so no one except him could speak at this time. The instructions were released in a concentrated manner, without any delay. The players in the Xingxin Guild followed the instructions and carried out their work.

One by one, the 魔道学者 (Módào Xuézhě, Witch) flew into the air on their broomsticks, and when they passed over the heads of the Knights, they dropped what they were instructed to drop.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The gunners' artillery fire rang out in the rear of the team. The 刺弹炮 (Cì Dàn Pào, Thorn Cannon) shells drew arcs, flew over the heads of the crowd, and exploded when they reached the sky above the Knights. One shell exploded into eight 刺射弹 (Cìshè Dàn, Thorn Projectiles), and for a time, countless 刺射弹 (Cìshè Dàn, Thorn Projectiles) rained down.

The Spitfire's 燃烧弹 (Ránshāo Dàn, Incendiary Grenade), together with the Witch's 熔岩烧瓶 (Róngyán Shāopíng, Lava Potion), turned the yellow sand into a sea of fire.

The Mechanic's 机械空投 (Jīxiè Kōngtóu, Mechanical Drop) filled the sky with gourds, and then their bellies split open, throwing garbage randomly below.

The Summoners' various summons were also crowding up, blocking the pitiful space.

The attacks of other classes continued as well. In an instant, the Blue Crystal Knight and his subordinates were submerged in the attacks. In that area, only struggling figures could be seen. It was impossible to see their faces clearly.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, let me through, my skills haven't been used yet!"

"You Berserker, have you used your skills? If you've used them, retreat!"

"Whose Goblin is this? Can you let me through? I'm going to kill it!"

"Ouch, who hit my butt?"

Amidst the lively attacks, the Xingxin players' noise was constant. The spies mixed in with the Xingxin Guild were also acting like they were part of the group, but at this time, they were completely dazzled.

As Glory veterans, the Xingxin Guild's style of fighting the Boss was simply appalling. They swarmed forward like everyone was rushing to get on a bus at a bus stop.

But they found that although this was not a brilliant cooperation, it allowed everyone to contribute their strength. Everyone was involved in the attack and the action. The Glory Guild dispatched six or seven hundred people this time, and no one was playing around.

The spies were at a loss. They had all received orders to try to stop the Xingxin Guild from hunting the Blue Crystal Knight. But the chaotic scene in front of them made it impossible for them to know where to start. Because it was already chaotic beyond their imagination. But even though it was chaotic, the attacks continued. But how could they stop it now? Should they organize them neatly?

Observed from within the game, the Xingxin Guild's Boss fight was such a chaotic scene. But viewed from a distance, what could be seen was a large group of players forming a circle, and in an area within the circle, there was artillery fire, spells, sword light, and saber light...

It was as if there was a display of skills. All the skills that had appeared at level 50 were constantly flashing in this circle. The players surrounding the circle were going in and out, bustling and maintaining the liveliness in the circle.

The players from the thirteen guilds scattered on the desert were dumbfounded as they watched all this. Their feelings were very different from those of the spies mixed in the battle. They thought this was a very well-organized Boss fight. The Blue Crystal Knights who had scattered them were now surrounded by these players and beaten without any power to fight back.

"Attention, attention, don't accidentally injure our own people!"

Among all the instructions, this was the one that Ye Xiu repeated the most.

There was no other way. When there wasn't a special event, a hundred-man group was the largest team unit in Glory. Damage immunity was granted within the group, but outside the group, even members of the same guild could hurt each other. The Xingxin Guild had brought six or seven hundred people this time, forming six or seven groups. In this chaos, it was inevitable that they would kill each other. These new players didn't have much control over their attacks yet!

"Ah! I think I killed one!" Suddenly, a player exclaimed in surprise. Obviously, he had seen the system prompt that he had killed a subordinate of the Blue Crystal Knight.

"Ah, I killed one too!"

Although there were six or seven hundred people doing this, the system calculated everything clearly and accurately issued the system message for the final blow.

"I killed one!"

"I killed one too!"

The Blue Crystal Knight's subordinates obviously had the same stats. Faced with similar attacks, they fell at roughly the same rate.