Alliance Raid Stronghold, Blackwater City Main Base Map.
"Brother Dragon Emperor, how should we attack? The Ten Thousand Mile Alliance will follow your lead!"
Outside the Cold River City Blackwater City main base, the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance's leader, "Call Me War God," glanced obsequiously at Proud Dragon Emperor and said with a smile. Though the War God Guild was evenly matched in strength with the other two guilds of the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance, it firmly held the top spot, largely because it was obedient enough to Proud Dragon Emperor.
"Brother War God, look here."
Proud Dragon Emperor beckoned to the War God Guild leader, who immediately approached. Pointing at the Blackwater City before them, Proud Dragon Emperor asked, "Cold River City's leader has stationed forces at both the east and north gates. If you were commanding, how would you attack?"
"We outnumber them five to one. I'd send a feint at the east gate while massing our main force at the north gate, hitting them with a diversionary tactic! Heh heh!"
The War God Guild leader, "Call Me War God," finished with a smug chuckle, looking at Proud Dragon Emperor as if immensely pleased with his own scheme.
"Idiot!"
Proud Dragon Emperor sneered inwardly but kept a calm, pleasant expression. "A fine diversionary tactic! Truly ingenious, Brother War God! However, I don't plan to do that."
"Oh? Brother Dragon Emperor must have a better plan. I'm all ears."
"Call Me War God" immediately flattered him upon hearing this.
"Remember, when your strength is enough to crush the enemy, any strategy pales in the face of overwhelming power!"
Proud Dragon Emperor, enjoying the flattery, patted the other's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Brother Dragon Emperor, you mean...?"
"Call Me War God" caught the implication, nodded, and shot him a questioning look.
"Everyone, attack the east gate!"
Proud Dragon Emperor answered the question with action, raising his hand to issue the attack command!
"Charge!"
In an instant, over 15,000 players from the Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliances surged wildly toward the east gate defended by Hamster Pudding.
"All warriors, taunt the enemy melee classes! Healers, keep the warriors' health up! Mages and archers, ignore their front line—throw all your skills at their backline damage dealers!"
As the battle began, Hamster Pudding, seeing the thousands of hostile players rushing toward the Blackwater City base, remained calm and immediately organized a counterattack.
Cold River City had the poorest resources among the four alliances, so the system balanced it by granting a 20% boost to all stats during the alliance raid. Jiang Yuan's earlier push to get all Cold River City players to level up also paid off now!
Setting alliances aside, the Creation Guild's strength rivaled the Proud Guild, second only to the top-ranked Ding Guild. With all Creation Guild members having grinded levels during the day, their average level hit 95. Combined with the 20% stat boost in the instance, Hamster Pudding led just 1,300 Creation Guild players to hold off the first wave of over 10,000 from the Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliances!
"Kid! With your Grandpa Ding here, you're not getting through this gate!"
Ding Ye, who had obtained a mythical-grade class-change item, activated a group taunt skill, drawing the aggro of all the warriors and assassins charging at the front from both alliances!
With the 20% stat boost and various team buffs, "Tiger Ben Cavalry" Ding Ye's health skyrocketed to a terrifying 150,000!
"Not good!"
On the other side, Jiang Yuan, guarding the north gate, saw the enemy forces hadn't arrived yet. He quickly climbed the tower and spotted the enemy concentrating all their troops on the east gate. He shouted down, "Hold here, don't move! I'm going to support the east gate!"
With that, Jiang Yuan dashed down the north gate tower, summoned a Dragon Beard Tiger, mounted it, and sped toward the north gate!
Climbing the north gate tower, he surveyed the battle: over 10,000 players from the Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliances were blocked outside the gate by Creation Guild, unable to advance an inch!
"Brothers! Well done!"
Moved by the sight of Creation Guild players valiantly resisting the assault, Jiang Yuan shouted and immediately summoned 2,000 Sand River Turtles and 2,000 Dragon Beard Tigers to help defend the north gate.
With Jiang Yuan's summoned beasts aiding them, the Creation Guild players at the north gate felt the pressure lift as the enemy's firepower noticeably weakened!
The 2,000 Sand River Turtles not only taunted the enemy melee classes but also drew the aggro of enemy mages and sharpshooters hiding in the back, turning them into easy targets for Creation Guild's mages and archers!
In no time, players from the Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliances began falling in droves, leaving scattered gaps in their once-massive formation of over 10,000.
"Jiang Yuan! It's Jiang Yuan making his move!"
Within a minute, 1,000 to 2,000 of the Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliance players had died. Proud Dragon Emperor, spotting the familiar figure on the north gate tower, screamed!
"Brother Dragon Emperor, is that Jiang Yuan?"
The War God Guild leader, "Call Me War God," scurried over to Proud Dragon Emperor, pointing at the figure in Cold River City's alliance uniform above.
"Yes, it's him! Send Squad 1 to take him out!"
Proud Dragon Emperor, watching his allies fall around him, shouted to the War God Guild leader.
Squad 1 was Proud Dragon Emperor's trump card against Jiang Yuan, consisting of two level-90 mages, two level-90 sharpshooters, and one level-95 assassin!
At level 90, mages could learn a skill called "Binding Chains," which would immobilize a target for three seconds, preventing skill use.
The level-90 sharpshooters could fire a "Blinding Arrow" at Jiang Yuan; if it hit, he'd lose vision for 1.5 seconds, going blind.
The level-95 assassin was Proud Dragon Emperor's ultimate weapon, armed with a mythical-grade skill book he'd stumbled upon: "Fatal Instant Kill."
After teaching this skill to the assassin, Proud Dragon Emperor formed a team, buffed him fully, and tested it on a wild monster. Without a critical hit, it dealt a whopping 100,000 damage!
"Squad 1, execute the plan as agreed! Kill Jiang Yuan!"
Proud Dragon Emperor issued the order to Squad 1, unleashing his carefully prepared trump card against Jiang Yuan!