In the vast Chinese world map of the *Wan Jie* game, exclusive to the Dragon Kingdom server, the first "Alliance Raid War" was raging fiercely.
The original matchups were Emperor Province vs. Heavenly Wave Manor, and Ten Thousand Mile Alliance vs. Cold River City.
However, under the strong advocacy of Proud Dragon Emperor, they abandoned defense of one main stronghold and two branch strongholds in Emperor Province to help the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance attack Cold River City together.
Proud Dragon Emperor's plan was to sacrifice some alliance resources for a single decisive blow against Cold River City, plundering all its resources and turning it upside down.
This way, when the next week's Alliance Raid War began, he could join forces with the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance to launch a full-scale attack on Heavenly Wave Manor, thereby establishing the dominant position of Emperor Province and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance!
Due to Proud Dragon Emperor's strategic deployment, the Heavenly Wave Manor alliance members led by Questioning the World easily won the Alliance Raid War, plundering 30% of Emperor Province's alliance resources.
Alliance resources included jade, timber, alliance funds, ore, and more—essential strategic materials for an alliance's growth and development!
Except for Cold River City's initial resource value of 1,000, the other three alliances each started with 2,000, which was why Cold River City's members enjoyed a 20% boost to all stats during the raid war.
At that moment, outside the Blackwater City main stronghold of Cold River City, tens of thousands of alliance members from Emperor Province and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance surrounded the sub-stronghold boss, while fewer than two thousand Cold River City members stood around it.
"Brother Dragon Emperor, so it's only the Genesis guild defending here? Looks like they have less than two thousand people, right?"
The president of the War God guild squinted, scanning the opposing side with a disdainful expression.
According to intelligence gathered earlier, Cold River City's three guilds should total around three thousand members. Thus, Proud Dragon Emperor had allied with the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance, aiming to crush Cold River City completely. Seeing only the Dragon Head guild defending, Proud Dragon Emperor and Call Me War God exchanged smiles, feeling victory was already in their grasp tonight!
"Just this many? Not even enough to fill our teeth. Brothers, let's finish this quickly. Kill them all, wipe out the bosses, and grab every resource!"
Proud Dragon Emperor licked his lips, a cruel grin on his face, addressing all members of Emperor Province and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance.
"Kill them all! Wipe them out! Grab it all!"
The warmongers from Emperor Province and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance immediately roared in the alliance channel, enthusiastically endorsing Proud Dragon Emperor's "three-alls" policy!
"Brother War God, your people handle the boss, while mine clear out the opposition. What do you think?"
To end the battle swiftly, Proud Dragon Emperor planned to split forces and advance simultaneously, so he glanced at the War God guild president and offered his suggestion.
"Brother Dragon Emperor, whatever you say!"
Call Me War God was ready to play the sycophant, obediently following the big shot's orders, and immediately issued commands to the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance!
On the other side, Proud Dragon Emperor also completed his deployment, relaying the order to eliminate the Genesis guild defenders to every Emperor Province member.
"Ready, three, two, one, charge!"
With the task division done, Proud Dragon Emperor and Call Me War God, the leaders of both alliances, shouted simultaneously, kicking off the assault!
Hamster Pudding, quick-witted, analyzed the situation briefly and immediately grasped the key to defense!
"Everyone, listen up! Ignore Emperor Province's people, focus entirely on killing the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance!"
Hamster Pudding shouted orders as she watched the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance members swarm toward their sub-stronghold boss.
Hamster Pudding's calm deployment under pressure impressed Jiang Yuan. He had to admit, her decision at this moment was spot on!
With such a disparity in strength, the level 90 sub-stronghold boss became Cold River City's greatest asset!
As long as the boss wasn't taken down, Cold River City still had a chance to turn the tide!
It wasn't that Cold River City could defeat the two alliances' tens of thousands with just these bosses and a mere one or two thousand people, but the "Alliance Raid War" had another mechanic: if the attackers failed to kill all the defending city bosses within 30 minutes, they would automatically lose!
Jiang Yuan understood that Hamster Pudding intended to exploit this mechanic, using a "delay" tactic to stall until the last second, securing victory through the system!
However, reality and dreams were far apart. Hamster Pudding and Jiang Yuan clearly saw that as thousands of Ten Thousand Mile Alliance players charged the sub-stronghold boss, a barrage of colorful skills rained down on Cold River City's boss. In just a few dozen seconds, the boss's health bar had dropped by a third!
"Jiang Yuan, what do we do? They're too fast!"
Sweat beaded on Hamster Pudding's face as she spoke to Jiang Yuan, not from physical exhaustion but from the pressure of their dire situation!
"No matter what, we hold out as long as we can!"
Jiang Yuan fully supported Hamster Pudding's decision, said to her, then activated the "Soul Sacrifice" state on himself, summoning two thousand Sand River Turtles and eight thousand Dragon Beard Tigers to join the fight!
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
With Jiang Yuan's tens of thousands of summoned beasts aiding, the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance members attacking the sub-stronghold boss screamed in agony, dying in droves under the combined assault of the boss and Jiang Yuan's summons!
Soon, the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance players attacking the boss were nearly wiped out by Jiang Yuan single-handedly!
With no more Ten Thousand Mile Alliance players attacking, Cold River City's sub-stronghold boss entered a "de-aggro" state, its health bar visibly regenerating rapidly. In just over ten seconds, the boss, which had lost two-thirds of its health, was back to full!
"Damn! Where did all these monsters come from?"
After respawning at the revival point, Ten Thousand Mile Alliance members immediately asked their president, "Call Me War God," in the alliance channel.
"Fuck! It's that Jiang Yuan again. How many can he summon? Isn't the summoner the shittiest class?"
Beside Proud Dragon Emperor, the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance leader and War God guild president, "Call Me War God," stared incredulously at the swarm of summons before him, muttering to Proud Dragon Emperor.
In almost every player's understanding of *Wan Jie*, the summoner was always the worst class, consistently ranking last on the class comprehensive strength evaluation list!
But the summoner named Jiang Yuan before "Call Me War God" today completely shattered his perception of the "summoner" class!