Chapter 1 "Did It Break?"

Qi Yitao watched the disappearing magic barrier and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. To break through the defensive magic array, he had lost over 400,000 evil beasts in one go.

The defenses of Stone Forest Town were far beyond his expectations.

If he had known the losses would be so great, he wouldn't have acted so early. At the very least, he would have gathered six or seven Evil Blood Earth Dragons before making a move.

"Finally succeeded!" Yi Xiao Duzang, who was watching from the Guild's main headquarters, wiped the sweat from his forehead.

It was a close call. If the magic barrier had held out for a few more minutes, this operation would have been a complete failure.

Although the evil beast army was attacking frantically, their numbers were constantly decreasing. The less there were, the less energy they consumed, especially with the remaining three Evil Blood Earth Dragons having less than a third of their health left...

Once the Evil Blood Earth Dragons died, the threat of the evil beast army to the magic barrier would be even smaller.

Such a resistant defensive magic array was unheard of. Fortunately, powerful evil beasts with high health were attacking the magic array. If players were attacking the magic barrier, it would require an unimaginable price to completely exhaust the energy of the magic barrier.

Because of this, Yi Xiao Duzang looked at the entire Stone Forest Town with even greater eagerness.

The most important aspect of a Guild Town was security, so that investors would be more willing to move into the Guild Town.

With such a heaven-defying defensive magic array, there was no doubt that it was not something that a one-time consumable like a magic scroll could achieve. It was likely the effect of a building or item.

Moreover, from the images transmitted from inside Stone Forest Town, this defensive magic array clearly originated from the huge machine on the Magic Tower.

"It's such a waste for a Guild like Zero Wing to use." Yi Xiao Duzang then said to a Berserker named Duan Liushui, who was standing beside him wearing dark purple armor and was level 43, "In a moment, you will teleport through the private residences of Stone Forest Town and be sure to seize that item. If you have to, I authorize you to expose the Dark Contract."

As Zero Wing Guild was the biggest competitor in Star-Moon Kingdom, their Underworld Guild had naturally planted many spies, and had even secretly purchased two residences in Stone Forest Town, just in case.

Now was the best time to activate them.

With the magic barrier broken, Zero Wing Guild would definitely be focused on resisting the evil beast army's invasion of the town, allowing their Underworld Guild to take the opportunity to act.

Evil beasts were a threat to other players, but they had special items that prevented the evil beasts and devils from touching them, unless they actively attacked them.

"Authorized to use the Dark Contract?" War Saint Duan Liushui slightly licked his lips, glanced at the mobile defensive magic array on the Magic Tower, and smiled. "Guild Leader, it shouldn't matter if I destroy that Magic Tower, right?"

"Do your best. Destroying the Magic Tower should only be considered as a last resort," Yi Xiao Duzang said, looking at the Magic Tower and nodding.

"Understood. Guild Leader, just wait for good news," Duan Liushui smiled and left the Guild Leader's office.

On the walls of Stone Forest Town, all the members of Zero Wing Guild were on high alert. They ultimately failed to kill all the evil beasts before the magic array's energy was exhausted.

Although there were now less than 100,000 evil beasts outside the city, the remaining monsters were generally stronger. Weak elite-level evil beasts had long since died due to the various attacks, and the weakest remaining were special elite-level evil beasts.

Nearly half of the remaining High Lord-ranked beasts were still alive, along with seventy or eighty Lord-ranked beasts, not to mention a large number of High Lord-ranked and Lord-ranked evil beasts.

"We must not let these evil beasts enter the city. Each magic array team, prepare to use the magic arrays to trap those High Lords. Ranged classes, assist the NPC guards to prioritize killing the Lords. All MTs, go restrain the evil beasts below the Lord rank. We absolutely cannot let these evil beasts enter the town or destroy the small ballista carts!" Aqua Rose urgently commanded.

Zero Wing Guild had spent a lot of gold to build Stone Forest Town into its current form. If they let the evil beasts in to destroy it, the consequences would be unimaginable, especially the Guild Residence. If it was occupied by monsters, it would mean that their Zero Wing Guild would lose Stone Forest Town.

With Aqua Rose's order issued, the members of Zero Wing Guild quickly took action.

Facing the High Lords that charged in, the magic array teams wielding the Nine Star Polar Domain each activated the Nine Star Polar Domain, trapping the High Lords within them. As for the Lord-ranked evil beasts, the level 75 Tier 2 NPC guards were the first to meet them.

As for the evil beasts below the Lord rank, thanks to the Magic Tower, several level 40-plus MTs could withstand them.

Although the battle was fierce, it was not insurmountable.

Moreover, in terms of the highest combat power, Zero Wing Guild was definitely in the lead. The three Holy Dragon Beasts were suppressing the three Evil Blood Earth Dragons, preventing them from even entering Stone Forest Town.

"To think that such a guild, without even a backer, would have so many tricks up its sleeve. But it all ends here!" Seeing the constant attrition on both sides, and the victory gradually leaning towards Zero Wing, Qi Yitao wasn't worried at all. He directly raised the dark gray crystal ball in his hand and began chanting incantations.

In his opinion, once the magic barrier's energy was completely exhausted, the siege would be over.

As the incantations were chanted, a huge, pitch-black, dual magic array formed in the air above Qi Yitao's head.

Until Qi Yitao finished the last incantation.

One by one, devils descended from the sky, and their numbers grew. By the time over three thousand devils had fallen, the weakest of them were level 50-plus special elites, and the strongest were even level 61 Lords. There were nineteen such Lords.

These devils were the result of Qi Yitao's constant scheming and killing of various guilds and free teams during this period.

The number may not have been large, but they gave off an unusually terrifying feeling.

Because these devils gave the feeling of high-level NPCs, their blood-red eyes were filled with wisdom and agility.

"So many Lords?" The priest Yan Xue, who was standing beside him, looked at the nineteen Lord-ranked devils in front of him, and his eyes could not help but be filled with horror.

Although he had long suspected that Qi Yitao was hiding something from him about the devils he was cultivating, he had not expected him to hide so much.

His estimate was that Qi Yitao's scheming and killing of the elite experts from the various guilds would allow him to cultivate seven or eight Lord-ranked devils, which would be very impressive. After all, it was much more difficult for devils to advance than evil beasts. But correspondingly, the strength of devils was also much stronger, especially in dealing with players, where they had an overwhelming advantage.

Even elite-level devils could suppress even expert players using their burst skills, which showed how terrifying these devils were, not to mention Lord-ranked and High Lord-ranked devils.

This was simply a nightmare for players!

"My servants, it's time to devour souls!" Qi Yitao glanced at the devils in front of him, pointed to the distant Stone Forest Town, and sneered, "That town in front of you is your target. Go and devour them to your heart's content!"

Before, because of the magic barrier, he didn't dare let the devils take risks, because the birth of each devil was very difficult, and they could only be born from players. Growing them was even more difficult. In addition, their health was not as high as that of evil beasts. Even Lord-ranked devils could be killed by a single shot from an intermediate magic guide pulse cannon.

But now it was different. Without the protection of the magic barrier, the devils could easily blend into the crowd and the town. Plus, they were small and quick to react, so Zero Wing Guild wouldn't dare use large-scale war weapons to attack them at will.

Without this concern, slaughtering the members of Zero Wing Guild in Stone Forest Town would be a piece of cake.

As Qi Yitao finished giving his orders, the highly intelligent devils also turned into afterimages, like hungry beasts that had smelled meat, and rushed towards Stone Forest Town like crazy.