Chapter 59 The Fall from the Clock Tower

Falling from the clock tower was a far more devastating blow than any other kind of attack. Players weren't sure how much damage it would deal to NPCs, but given the height, everyone present was confident that if a player fell headfirst, they would be instantly returned to Kongji City.

Hearing the Christmas bandit's shrill cry as it plummeted through the air, the players felt a pang of sympathy. Surely it wouldn't die instantly from the fall? Would that mean killing the monster was too easy for Lord Grim?

Just as they were thinking this, another beam of dazzling light shot down from the top of the clock tower, reaching all the way to the ground. It was Su Mucheng's Dancing Rain using a laser cannon.

This cannon shot was extremely spectacular, but after all, this was just a game. The visual effect of the laser cannon extended to the ground, but the actual damage didn't reach that far. The bandit that was climbing at the front was blasted away by the laser cannon and fell off the tower. After that, the damage gradually decreased. The cannon blast knocked three Christmas bandits down, but the remaining ones clung tightly to the tower wall.

Knocking down the monsters climbing on the wall wasn't easy. It depended on the effect of the skills. Skills with a knock-back effect were the best. Skills with a push-back effect, like a fully charged laser cannon that pushed the bandits into each other, could knock down several at once. But skills with weaker force would only make the bandits recoil without actually falling off the wall.

Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng were well aware of all this, and they constantly unleashed various effective skills from the top of the tower, sending Christmas bandits plummeting down layer by layer. Each falling bandit screamed with all its might. Those falling near the bottom, those falling halfway, those falling a third of the way, those just starting to fall—the cries of the numerous falling Christmas bandits gradually merged into a chorus, creating a chilling atmosphere that resonated with the sinister environment of the City of Sin.

The guild leaders were gathered together again, some feeling helpless, some sighing, and some staring blankly at the sky. For a long time, no one spoke.

Among them, Chen Yehui was the most restless!

Because he currently dominated the leaderboards. The other guilds had gradually noticed the heavy investment that their Excellent Dynasty guild was making in the tenth server.

Not to mention, in the Realm of Gods, fewer Excellent Dynasty guild experts were online. Even Chen Guo had noticed. Every guild had spies and alts in other guilds. Excellent Dynasty's actions were now clear to everyone.

However, while everyone knew, each guild had its own development strategy, and no one immediately followed Excellent Dynasty's lead with grand actions. During this Christmas event, Excellent Dynasty was enjoying unparalleled success in the tenth server, dominating the leaderboards. Other guilds knew that something was different, but they couldn't compete with Excellent Dynasty in this aspect. Those who were open-minded didn't dwell on it too much. Looking at it from another perspective, Excellent Dynasty was indeed successful in the tenth server, but what about in the Realm of Gods? Without experts leading the charge, they were struggling in this event compared to other guilds and even some player guilds.

So, while everyone was gathered here watching Lord Grim show off, their mindsets were completely different. No one was as anxious and concerned as Chen Yehui. Other guilds had only had some of their profits reduced by Ye Xiu's actions, but Chen Yehui had had what he wanted directly taken away.

"Should we start killing them too? At least it will make the Christmas bandits respawn faster. At the rate he's killing them, who knows when he'll be done. I just sent someone in to check, and the Christmas bandits that fell didn't even die. They're still climbing. I don't know how many times they have to fall."

On the guild leader's side, some people had already started discussing whether to kill them or not. Seeing that they couldn't do anything to Lord Grim even if they didn't kill them, many had the idea of trying to buy some time.

"Kill them and give Lord Grim points? And then he'll gather them again and we'll kill them again? Damn it, disgusting!" Some people disagreed, like Lonely Drink and other guild leaders who already had a strong dislike for Lord Grim.

Chen Yehui didn't idle around either. He wanted to instigate an alliance against Lord Grim again. But this time, he failed. The guild leaders all laughed and changed the topic. Chen Yehui knew very well that Excellent Dynasty had benefited the most from the Christmas event, so they would also suffer the biggest losses in this situation. If they succeeded in fighting against Lord Grim, Excellent Dynasty would still get the biggest share of the benefits, and the other guilds wouldn't want to get involved.

Chen Yehui gnashed his teeth for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a solution. In the end, he could only resentfully order his men to continue searching for Christmas bandits. The ones killed by Lord Grim would naturally respawn elsewhere in the City of Sin after a while.

The major guilds had already taken action to some extent, and many players had begun to disperse.

Attack those Christmas bandits that belonged to Lord Grim to speed up the respawn? In the end, no guild did it. Although it seemed like the most beneficial approach, Chen Yehui, Lonely Drink, and others found it as disgusting as swallowing a fly and didn't want to do it.

If some guilds were unwilling to attack, then even those who wanted to attack would give up. Why? Because if you attacked, your men would have to stay there, while the guilds that didn't attack could scatter their men throughout the city to chase the respawning bandits. Helping Lord Grim by being his stepping stone was already bad enough, but staying behind to kill Christmas bandits while giving those unwilling to act an advantage was something the guilds couldn't tolerate the most.

"I say, let's just not kill them. Shouldn't we control Lord Grim? Otherwise, if he kills them all and comes down to gather monsters in the city again, how are we supposed to play? Why don't we take advantage of the fact that he's trapped at the top of the tower and set up our men? When he comes down, we'll just wipe him out." Backlit Bomb, the guild leader of Hundred Blossom Valley, said. He had also been wiped out by Ye Xiu's team and held a grudge.

"Wipe him out? Where are you going to wipe him out? He'll just come over from Kongji City again. Can you lock the gates of the City of Sin?" Misty Rain of Misty Rain Tower said.

Everyone saw that there was really no way. They couldn't chase and block him again like before, dividing their manpower. This Christmas event only lasted 36 hours, from 12 PM today to 0 AM tomorrow. Almost half of it was already over. Who had the time to waste manpower?

"Damn it, let's leave it to fate!" Backlit Bomb, who had made the suggestion earlier, saw that there was really no solution and led his men to retreat.

The guild leaders all sighed and gradually left.

The players from the major guilds were nowhere to be seen in the plaza under the clock tower. But at this time, in the surrounding streets, some of the guilds' men stopped halfway and turned back to watch.

"He's climbed up another section in just a moment." Blue Brook Guild hadn't completely left. At this time, System Message was looking at the clock tower and saying to Blue River.

Blue River remained silent, his character looking up, carefully observing. After a long time, he said, "That's right."

"So, Lord Grim is still likely to be unable to hold on in the end?" Lantern Flower Night said, even swallowing his saliva.

In their team, the Blue Brook Guild guys were spamming drooling and star-eyed emojis.

If Lord Grim couldn't hold on, it meant that so many Christmas bandits would lose their owner the moment he died.

Blue Brook Guild certainly wouldn't mind taking them into their own hands.

"I'm afraid we won't be the only ones who notice this." System Message lowered his head and looked around at the street corners. In the City of Sin, visibility was so poor that you could only see fine rain and a black haze across the street. It was impossible to tell if anyone was there.

"But since they've all retreated so quietly, those who didn't notice probably won't react." Blue River said.

"There are so many. Our family can't finish them all. Even if we split them among several families, it's still a lot." System Message said.

Drooling and star-eyed emojis appeared again and again.

Blue River smiled wryly. "Our guild can't finish them all, but that guy wants to swallow them all by himself."

"May he choke to death!" Lantern Flower Night looked up and said fiercely. He only hoped that those Christmas bandits would quickly flood his tower top.

"How is it? Can you hold on?" Chen Guo asked anxiously. From the moment he started defending against the climbing Christmas bandits, Ye Xiu's actions had become extremely fast, and his character was constantly shuttling back and forth in the small space at the top of the tower. But seeing Ye Xiu's expression, he didn't seem too nervous. Chen Guo couldn't help but interrupt him to ask.

"Almost!" Ye Xiu said with a smile.

He and Su Mucheng couldn't stop for even a moment. The Christmas bandits were climbing up in a circle, not just one at a time. Fortunately, the clock tower became sharper as it went up. When they reached the tip of the tower, the circle could only fit five at most. Otherwise, if the circle was as big as the base of the clock tower, they wouldn't be able to handle it no matter what.

Based on this circle of five, Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng divided the position at the top of the tower into five areas: A, B, C, D, and E.

"B area!" Su Mucheng called.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim hurried over. A Christmas bandit was about to climb up. Lord Grim swung his spear and used a Falling Flower Palm, blasting it out.

"D area!" Su Mucheng called next.

Lord Grim turned around and ran back. This Christmas bandit was a gunman. As it climbed, it pulled out its gun and shot at Lord Grim when it saw him.

Ye Xiu quickly made Lord Grim duck his head to avoid the shot. He loosened his hand, and a grenade fell into the Christmas bandit's arms. Boom!

"A area!" Su Mucheng called again.

"Almost, almost, almost..." At the bottom of the clock tower, in several spots in the streets, the players from the various guilds who were crouching in the darkness were all looking up, eagerly anticipating.

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