"Brother Dragon Emperor, what do we do? We can't get out!"
The War God Guild leader watched as their allies fell one by one, only to revive at the respawn point and fall again, speaking anxiously to Aoshi Dragon Emperor.
Over ten minutes had passed since the guild raid began. The three defending bosses of Hanjiang City still stood unscathed. If they couldn't take down all of Hanjiang City's bosses within the remaining time, Hanjiang City would claim ultimate victory in this guild raid. At that point, all the guilds of Emperor State and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance would become the laughingstock of the entire server!
"Jiang Yuan is our biggest obstacle right now. As long as he's alive, we have no chance of winning!"
Aoshi Dragon Emperor quickly analyzed the situation and hit the nail on the head. He glanced at Call Me War God and said in a low voice.
"Here's the plan: take your people and find a way to break out to push the bosses. Leave Jiang Yuan to me!"
Aoshi Dragon Emperor looked at Jiang Yuan, who was leading Creation Guild players to surround their side, and immediately spoke to the War God Guild leader.
"Alright!"
Call Me War God nodded and began organizing the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance's forces to attempt a breakout.
"Damn! Jiang Yuan's summons are too overpowered. My people can't break through!"
After two failed attempts, both times killed back to the respawn point by Jiang Yuan's summons, Call Me War God returned to Aoshi Dragon Emperor's side, frustrated.
"Our top priority now is to take down Jiang Yuan first, then break out!"
Aoshi Dragon Emperor exchanged a glance with Call Me War God, reaching a consensus, and began issuing orders to their respective guild members.
"Everyone listen up! Throw all your skills at Jiang Yuan! Even if we have to bury him in them, kill him!"
Upon seeing this command in the guild channel, members of Emperor State and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance immediately began searching through the crowd of Creation Guild players for the person their leader called Jiang Yuan.
"Found him! He's at ten o'clock!"
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed member of the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance spotted Jiang Yuan and shouted in the guild channel.
Instantly, all ranged damage dealers from both alliances locked onto Jiang Yuan, hurling their skills at him like they were free!
"Holy crap!"
Jiang Yuan, who was directing his summons to block the respawn point, suddenly saw countless skills flying toward him. He yelped in fright and frantically dodged to avoid them!
But no matter how slick Jiang Yuan's movements were, facing thousands upon thousands of skills, he couldn't evade them all!
The next second, Jiang Yuan was blasted into a corpse!
"Hahaha! Jiang Yuan's dead, he's dead!"
On the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance side, the War God Guild leader saw Jiang Yuan killed by the skill barrage and danced joyfully beside Aoshi Dragon Emperor!
"All members of Emperor State's Nine Provinces Guild and Mushui Guild, help the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance push the bosses. The Aoshi Guild will come with me to kill Jiang Yuan!"
Aoshi Dragon Emperor checked the time—less than twenty minutes left—and quickly adjusted their strategy.
"Push the bosses! Kill Jiang Yuan!"
In an instant, the entire Aoshi Guild let out a unified battle cry.
With the strategy adjusted, taking advantage of Jiang Yuan's respawn time, Emperor State and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance easily broke through Creation Guild's blockade and regrouped in front of Hanjiang City's Xiangzhu Boss.
"Charge!"
The Ten Thousand Mile Alliance's leader, Call Me War God, led Emperor State's Nine Provinces and Mushui Guilds, along with the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance's War God Guild, Nine Provinces Guild, and Fenghua Guild—five guilds in total—to assault the first checkpoint of Hanjiang City: the Xiangzhu Boss.
"Crap! They've reached the boss!"
Since Jiang Yuan's death left Creation Guild's thousand-plus players unable to hold the line, they were wiped out in one wave. When Hamster Pudding respawned and spotted the movements of Emperor State and Ten Thousand Mile Alliance players on the minimap, her face turned pale, and she let out a shriek!
By the time Hamster Pudding led her people to stop them, it was too late!
Without Jiang Yuan as the biggest obstacle, the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance and Emperor State rushed down the first Xiangzhu Boss guarding Heishui City's headquarters, broke through the outer city, and charged straight into the inner city!
"What do we do, Jiang Yuan?"
Hamster Pudding watched the dense red dots on the minimap enter Heishui City's inner city and quickly called out to Jiang Yuan in the guild channel. But after several calls, there was no response.
"Huh? Where is he?"
Getting no reply, Hamster Pudding hurried to the respawn point to look for him.
"Have any of you seen Jiang Yuan?"
At the respawn point in the southwest corner of Heishui City, Hamster Pudding ran into a few freshly revived guild members and asked urgently.
"Jiang Yuan abandoned our guild and left on his own! Really! I saw him heading toward the teleport array with my own eyes!"
A Creation Guild player said anxiously to Hamster Pudding.
Hamster Pudding never imagined that at such a critical moment for Creation Guild, Jiang Yuan—their strongest asset—would sneak away alone!
"Bastard!"
Seeing that Jiang Yuan had abandoned her, Hamster Pudding trembled with rage, tears streaming down her face!
"Ding! Guild member Jiang Yuan has left the team!"
A notification sound confirmed what the player had said.
"Jiang Yuan, in the end, I misjudged you."
Hamster Pudding muttered to herself, feeling something shatter deep inside her, her face ashen!
"Leader, it's bad! Our Tangzhu Boss is about to be taken down by the enemy!"
Just then, the shouts of frontline members reached Hamster Pudding's ears.
"Let's go! Hurry and reinforce!"
Shaking off the chaotic thoughts flooding her mind, Hamster Pudding wiped the tears from her eyes, forced herself to stay calm, and led the guild members toward Heishui City's inner city.
When Hamster Pudding and the revived guild members arrived at the inner city, they saw Emperor State and the Ten Thousand Mile Alliance defeating the second defending Tangzhu Boss of Heishui City's headquarters and already launching an assault on the final Duzhu Boss!
"Everyone, focus on their damage dealers! We must hold this last boss!"
Watching the Duzhu Boss's health slowly drop, Hamster Pudding roared in fury through the guild channel.
Despite Creation Guild's desperate defense, Jiang Yuan's departure and the massive numerical disadvantage ultimately couldn't stop the enemy's advance. Minutes later, the last Duzhu Boss of Heishui City had less than 100,000 health left!
"Keep it up! One more wave of skills, and we'll claim victory!"
Just as Aoshi Dragon Emperor and War God Guild leader Call Me War God were about to celebrate taking Heishui City's headquarters, a server announcement rang in their ears!
"Ding! Congratulations to Hanjiang City Guild for winning this guild raid! Rewards: 600 jade, 600 ore, 600 guild funds, and 1,000 guild reputation!"
The excitement on Aoshi Dragon Emperor's face froze instantly. He stiffly turned his neck to look at Call Me War God beside him, stunned for several seconds, before finally muttering, "Did I hear that wrong?"