Late at night was exactly the most active time for countless night owls.
Blazing Ember City was thrown into a stir among the players.
"I heard there's a guild war going on over at Shadow City."
"Seriously? The server's only been open a few days and I'm still playing solo? They're already running guild wars? Holy shit, that's insane!"
"And apparently it's the two biggest guilds in Blazing Ember City. Chaotic World Guild and Dragon Soul Guild! Both of them have a ton of people."
"More than a ton. The Chaotic World guild leader Wang Junjie is the son of the richest man in Ning'an City. His guild has at least several thousand members. And Dragon Soul, I hear they're an old-school guild that transferred over from other online games. Their numbers are definitely in the thousands too."
"Holy crap? That's insane! Let's go check it out too. Maybe we can pick up some loot in the chaos and strike it rich."
As they spoke, many passerby players hurried toward the direction of Shadow City.
———
At the same time, inside Shadow City—
Gunpowder smoke filled the air, flames of war flying everywhere.
Chaotic World and Dragon Soul, the two major guilds, were locked in a fierce battle.
Although the average combat power of Chaotic World was trash and their strength lacking, they occupied Shadow City, giving them a considerable terrain advantage.
On the ten-meter-high city walls covered in moss.
Large groups of Chaotic World archers and mages used their elevated position to suppress the Dragon Soul players attacking below with ranged firepower.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Arrows and magic orbs rained down from the sky, blanketing the Dragon Soul army below.
"Knights and warriors, hold the front!"
"Mages and archers, pull back first. Wait for their skill cooldowns and get ready to coordinate burst damage with the assassins!"
Under the command of Dragon Soul's strategist, Blazing Ember City's rank-six player on the Heavenly Rankings, the level 24 wizard Dragon Soul Whisper, Dragon Soul's siege operation was calm, steady, and extremely well-organized.
Unlike Chaotic World' fake strategist, Chaotic World Zhuge, a graduate of Xia Hua University with a master's degree, well-read in military texts and rich in historical knowledge, Dragon Soul Whisper was the real deal.
He had been hired by Dragon Soul Aoshi with an annual salary of one million.
In the world of Apocalypse, under his command, Dragon Soul Guild had achieved countless perfect victories in group battles with minimal losses.
Even Su Muqiu, the vice guild leader of Dragon Soul, would not dare to act rashly in a situation like this without Dragon Soul Whisper's orders.
At this moment, under Dragon Soul Whisper's command, the toughest group of Dragon Soul knight players activated their [Defense] skill, which temporarily increased both defenses, and advanced toward the city gate while tanking the attacks from the Chaotic World mages and archers above the walls.
Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash!
Countless green lights fell over the crowd.
With continuous healing from over a hundred Dragon Soul priests in the rear, front-line casualties were reduced to the minimum.
Dragon Soul Whisper's gaze was fixed on the Chaotic World mages and archers atop the walls.
He precisely judged the moment when all their basic skills entered cooldown.
With a shout, "Start the breach!"
Beside him, Su Muqiu, who had been waiting for Dragon Soul Whisper's command, immediately roared, "Kill!"
Along with a thunderous wave of battle cries, hundreds of elite Dragon Soul assassins, together with warrior players, launched a simultaneous assault from both flanks.
At the same time, a large group of high-level archers and mages in the rear followed Su Muqiu forward, quickly entering effective range.
Locking onto the Chaotic World players gathered at the city gate, they launched a ferocious focused fire attack.
Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash!
E-rank Ice Arrows and Fire Arrows filled the sky, mixed with Fireball and Ice Spike spells, flying over the heads of the front-line allies and raining down into the enemy crowd.
The Chaotic World warriors and knights guarding the city gate were instantly crippled.
Behind them, their priest players could not even squeeze their way in. Healing completely failed to keep up.
The next second, Dragon Soul's elite assassins moved like ghosts, charging into the crowd, brandishing their blades and rapidly harvesting the Chaotic World players who had been crippled by the rain of arrows.
Splash! Splash! Splash! Wplash!
As numerous white light shot skyward, in the blink of an eye, all Chaotic World players stationed at the city gate were completely wiped out, and the defenses instantly collapsed.
Through this massive breach, the Dragon Soul players outside the city surged straight in and stormed into the city.
Having lost the advantage of the city walls, these Chaotic World rabble who only cared about bonus money were no match at all for Dragon Soul's elite forces, whose hearts held nothing but the desire for victory.
In an instant, Chaotic World was beaten into utter chaos.
"Holy shit! Did Dragon Soul pop steroids? They're insane!"
"It's not that they're insane, bro. It's that we're just trash! Why the hell is a wizard standing so far up front? Can't even cast skills, what an idiot."
"Where are the priests? Fack! Heal us! Are all our priests dead or what?"
"I want to heal you guys too, but tell your damn assassins in front to move aside! I'm pushing forward like crazy, and after squeezing for ages I realized I'm about to get pushed out of the city through the back gate!"
"I swear, who the Fack keeps stabbing me with a sword? Lost your mind? Killing even your own people just for bonus money?"
In fact, even before Dragon Soul had charged into the city, the Chaotic World players were already a complete mess.
Now, with the Dragon Soul army storming in, these chaotic Chaotic World players were utterly unable to resist.
In less than ten minutes, over fifteen hundred online members of the Chaotic World Guild were completely wiped out.
Even Wang Junjie was beaten senseless.
"Fack! Where the hell did I get sent to? Is this even the country anymore?", Wang Junjie looked around and felt the surroundings looked kind of familiar.
It seemed like the place he often came to… the Blazing Ember City resurrection spring?
"Fack! How did I die?"
Looking again, he realized the entire spring was almost full of his Chaotic World Guild members.
Wang Junjie was instantly furious.
"Trash! Trash! A bunch of trash!"
"So many people and you can't even hold one city! What the hell do I need you for!"
Thinking it over, there was no way he could just hand over Shadow City, which he had taken with immense effort, to Dragon Soul for free.
Wang Junjie immediately gave the order, "Call everyone in the guild back up for me!"
"If we don't take Shadow City back tonight, all of you can get the hell out!"
———
On the other side.
[Shadow City]
With the battle between the two major guilds over, the Chaotic World Guild completely wiped out and Dragon Soul suffering less than one-third losses, countless onlookers outside the city gasped in amazement.
"This Dragon Soul is really something."
"Yeah, Chaotic World is way too weak."
"Wang Junjie is just stupid with money. With all that cash, he doesn't know how to hire some real talent. Instead he gathers a bunch of old, weak, sick, and crippled players. Tsk! What a great hand he completely ruined."
"But I don't think Chaotic World will just let it go, right? Just wait. There's definitely going to be another show soon."
"Then let's keep watching. I picked up five silver coins during the chaos just now! Hehe~ Hope I can grab even more stuff later."
———
Inside the city—
As the battle ended, the Dragon Soul players began cleaning up the battlefield.
At the same time, a middle-aged, square-faced warrior wearing black heavy armor with a greatsword on his back entered the city.
"Boss!"
All Dragon Soul players immediately showed utmost respect, making way for him.
Dragon Soul Aoshi walked straight to the location of the Shadow Gate in the city.
He took out the Heart of Shadow from his backpack and placed it into the groove in the stone gate.
"Dungeon simulation!"
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