"1-1 Mage, received." "1-2 Mage, received!" "1-3 Sharpshooter, received!" "1-4 Sharpshooter, received!" "1-5 Assassin, received!"
Right after Aoshi Dragon Emperor issued the order to kill Jiang Yuan, the five players in Squad 1 replied in unison on the team channel, then immediately executed the plan they had rehearsed countless times to simulate Jiang Yuan's assassination!
Below, chaos reigned. Jiang Yuan, standing atop the city wall, didn't notice a five-man enemy squad quietly shift their attack direction, aiming their sights at him!
"Binding Chains!"
With a cold voice, a chain made of flames shot out at lightning speed, appearing beside Jiang Yuan without warning and binding him tightly, catching him completely off guard!
"What the hell! What's this!"
Jiang Yuan, who had been observing the battle from the North Gate tower, was caught off guard, his face filled with panic as he let out a startled scream!
"Summon Beast, follow!"
Jiang Yuan quickly tried to cast a skill to recall a few Dragon-Whisker Tigers to help him break the chains, but was shocked to find he couldn't use any skills at all!
"Haha! Got him! Quick, shoot arrows!"
Seeing Jiang Yuan hit by the mage's skill, Aoshi Dragon Emperor was overjoyed and immediately shouted to the sharpshooters in Squad 1.
"Blinding Arrow!"
The first sharpshooter in Squad 1 immediately drew his bow, aimed at Jiang Yuan, and released. A pitch-black arrow flew at lightning speed toward Jiang Yuan, striking him directly!
"Damn! What the hell! Why can't I see anything?"
Jiang Yuan had just shaken off the silence effect when he was hit with a "Blind" status, losing all perception of his surroundings. He roared in frustration.
Just as Jiang Yuan was about to cast a skill, another mage from Aoshi Guild's Squad 1 slapped another chain on him. This was the "Seamless Control Combo" Aoshi Dragon Emperor had practiced before—locking Jiang Yuan down completely, leaving him no chance to fight back!
"Assassin, go!"
The moment Jiang Yuan was bound by the second "Binding Chains," the assassin, already buffed with all sorts of attack enhancements, received Aoshi Dragon Emperor's command. He immediately activated "Speed Boost" and charged at Jiang Yuan!
"Blinding Arrow!"
Just as the assassin was about to reach Jiang Yuan, the other sharpshooter timed it perfectly and fired his arrow.
To kill Jiang Yuan, Aoshi Dragon Emperor had made Squad 1 practice this combo countless times. In real combat today, it worked like a charm—Jiang Yuan was locked down for a full 7 or 8 seconds!
"Fatal, Strike, Instant, Prison, Kill!"
The moment the second arrow hit Jiang Yuan, the level 95 assassin from Squad 1 closed in on him precisely and unleashed a level 95 mythical-tier ultimate skill!
"Ding! You have taken critical damage. You have been slain. The player who killed you is 'Aoshi Hidden Blade'!"
A notification sounded, and a yellow critical damage number appeared above Jiang Yuan's head. Due to his carelessness, he hadn't used "Soul Sacrifice" to stack stats, so his health bar instantly emptied, and he fell dead.
Jiang Yuan was dead!
"Hahaha! He's dead! Jiang Yuan is dead!"
Seeing the over 100,000 critical damage number pop up above Jiang Yuan's head and watching his health bar drain to zero as he collapsed, Aoshi Dragon Emperor roared in excitement, his eyes bloodshot!
Having clashed with Jiang Yuan multiple times and suffered heavy losses, Aoshi Dragon Emperor finally vented the pent-up frustration in his chest!
With Jiang Yuan dead, the summoned beasts that had charged into the ranks of the Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliance players lost their master's control and gradually faded away. The siege players from both alliances instantly felt a huge weight lift off their shoulders!
"Jiang Yuan is dead, everyone, hurry up and break the gate!"
Having eliminated their biggest obstacle, Aoshi Dragon Emperor immediately bellowed at the players from both alliances.
Hearing Aoshi Dragon Emperor's shout, Hamster Pudding, who had been focused on Ding Ye, quickly turned her head to look at the city wall. Sure enough, she saw Jiang Yuan's corpse lying on the ground!
"Jiang Yuan! Don't move, I'll revive you!"
Hamster Pudding yelled at Jiang Yuan, immediately stopped healing Ding Ye, and rushed toward Jiang Yuan's body on the tower.
"Loose arrows!"
Seeing Hamster Pudding run up the tower, Aoshi Dragon Emperor guessed her intention and immediately shouted to the sharpshooters from both alliances.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
A dense rain of arrows came pouring down like a torrential downpour, heading straight for Hamster Pudding. Faced with the enemy's concentrated fire, she had no choice but to retreat back down the tower, giving up on reviving Jiang Yuan.
"Jiang Yuan, what now? I can't revive you!"
Forced back by the enemy sharpshooters, Hamster Pudding shouted anxiously to Jiang Yuan, her voice trembling with tears!
"It's fine! I'll revive at the respawn point in the main base and come back!"
Hearing the near-crying tone in Hamster Pudding's voice, Jiang Yuan quickly reassured her, then chose to revive at the respawn point!
But misfortunes never come alone. Just as Hamster Pudding was trapped at the stairway of the tower, caught between a rock and a hard place, Aoshi Dragon Emperor gathered a group of mages and sharpshooters and rained down a barrage of skills on Creation Guild's tankiest MT, Ding Ye!
"Boss, I can't hold on! Ah!!"
Ding Ye barely managed a scream before he was killed!
From Jiang Yuan's death to Ding Ye's fall, only a dozen or so seconds had passed. Yet in that brief span, the tide of battle had turned dramatically. Over a thousand Creation Guild players defending the North Gate began to fall in droves!
"Boom!"
With a deafening crash, the North Gate, which Creation Guild had painstakingly defended for so long, finally collapsed under the relentless firepower of the two opposing alliances!
"The gate is down! Charge!"
The moment the gate crumbled, Aoshi Dragon Emperor was like a man injected with adrenaline. With a mighty roar, he led the elites of Aoshi Guild, leaping over the collapsed gate debris, and charged into the Blackwater City main base!
"Everyone abandon the gate! Fall back to the outer city!"
Seeing the gate lost, Hamster Pudding quickly changed tactics, issuing orders on the guild channel to tighten the defense.
The outer city of Blackwater City's main base was originally guarded by a Hall Master boss. Since Creation Guild had taken control of the base, this Hall Master boss had become their defensive boss.
Gathering the revived Creation Guild players around the Hall Master boss, Hamster Pudding began organizing forces to build a second line of defense around it!
But against the combined assault of over ten thousand players from Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliance, how long could Creation Guild's hastily assembled second line of defense hold?