Chapter 1 The Onset

Due to the battles raging within the city, many streets in the Stone Forest Town had already been reduced to rubble.

"Is it finally starting?" Yi Xiao Duzang watched the Fiends rushing towards the Zero Wing members on the screen, a slight smirk appearing on his lips. "Slaughter them! It would be best if you could wipe out all of Zero Wing!"

Fiends were different from Evil Beasts. Players killed by Evil Beasts only suffered normal death penalties.

But players killed by Fiends weren't so lucky.

Not only were death penalties doubled, but their Immortal Souls would also be devoured, preventing them from logging into God's Domain for a short period. This was a nightmare for the guild's elites and expert players.

Recovering from such a loss wouldn't be easy.

In front of the Magic Tower in Stone Forest Town, Aqua Rose was commanding the members of the Black God Legion and a large number of NPC guards to continuously resist the Evil Beasts trying to destroy the Magic Tower.

At this moment, a large number of Fiends also surged up.

"So, their target is indeed the Magic Tower?" Aqua Rose looked at the approaching army of Fiends and immediately gave orders, "Everyone, prioritize killing the Fiends. Start the battle in burst mode right from the start. The Tier 2 NPC guards will be the main attackers, and everyone else will assist!"

Seeing the Fiends enter attack range, the ranged classes of the Black God Legion launched their attacks.

Tier 1 magic and Tier 1 skills rained down on the charging Fiend army. However, the Fiends at the front seemed like expert players. Only the Special Elite-ranked Fiends used their claws to block, while the Leader-ranked Fiends easily dodged them and continued to advance, only attacking when they couldn't avoid it...

The Tier 2 NPC guards who went up to meet them could gain the upper hand against the Leader-ranked Fiends. But against Lord-ranked Fiends of the same level, they could only take a beating. If it weren't for the healers in the back, being killed would only be a matter of time.

"Such high intelligence!"

"Are these really monsters?"

"How can there be such strong monsters? Their combat level is definitely at the level of expert players!"

Everyone watching the battle through the live stream couldn't help but gasp. They never expected monsters to have such a high combat level.

Having a high combat level was one thing.

What was most terrifying was the number of Fiends. Any Special Elite-ranked Fiend had a combat power no less than that of current God's Domain expert players. There were over three thousand of these Fiends, and they were only getting stronger. Just thinking about it was enough to make one tremble.

If they entered the crowd, it would simply be a disaster!

"Zero Wing is probably completely hopeless now. In the face of these Fiends, even an army of 200,000 elites probably wouldn't be enough to fill their teeth."

The crowd watched the Zero Wing members constantly retreating and shook their heads.

Zero Wing was only slightly better off against those Evil Beasts, but these Fiends were clearly player killers.

Just facing the Lord-ranked Fiends was already making Zero Wing's experts feel strained. If they weren't in burst mode, they would have been killed long ago. But among these Fiends were also High Lords and Grand Lords.

These Fiends were completely in a realm of no-man, and the level 65 Tier 2 NPC guards didn't even have the ability to fight back. Even the Shield Warriors and Guardian Knights in burst mode couldn't keep up with the Fiends' attack speed. They were hit again and again. If it weren't for life-saving skills like Shield Wall and Protection Blessing, and the crazy healing from the back row, they would have died long ago.

Once the Black God Legion's burst skills ended, the battle would be completely over.

Hidden in a corner not far from the Magic Tower, a six-player team wearing black cloaks was staring intently at the Magic Tower.

"Brother Duan, shall we make our move now? Zero Wing's Magic Tower won't last much longer. If they dismantle the defensive props and teleport away, then we'll have come for nothing." A pale-faced, gaunt Assassin holding two dark blue curved daggers, whose level was only 37, whispered to War Saint Duan Liushui beside him.

"Don't rush. We have a Tier 3 Space Freeze Scroll, so it's easy to stop them from teleporting away. Let these monsters exhaust Zero Wing's people first. It will be easier for us to snatch it then," Duan Liushui said calmly. "Has your skill locked onto that item?"

"Don't worry, Brother, I've locked it. No matter who puts that prop in their bag, as long as we kill that person, we can 100% make it drop!" the gaunt Assassin said confidently.

He was originally just an ordinary member of the Underworld Guild. However, he was lucky enough to learn a special skill called Snatch. At Tier 0, this skill could only snatch money from a player's bag, and it had to be within five seconds of the player's death.

But when this skill was upgraded to Tier 1, it became heaven-defying.

He could lock onto an item in advance. If this item was placed in a player's bag, then after killing the player, the locked item would drop. Because of this god-level skill, he was able to jump to become a core member of the Underworld Guild and was highly valued by the guild.

"Very good." Duan Liushui nodded and immediately ordered, "Listen to my orders in a moment!"

In the short time that Duan Liushui was speaking, the Zero Wing members guarding the Magic Tower were constantly retreating, and the battle situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable.

A level 50 or higher humanoid Unicornered Fiend easily dodged the magic and arrow attacks from the players, and a Fiend Grand Lord with a level as high as 61 suddenly leaped up, the gray mist wrapped around its claws turning into a huge war blade, which crashed into the crowd.

The war blade's astonishing power made even Aqua Rose feel the threat of death.

"Not good! It's a Tier 3 skill! Everyone, get out of the way!" Aqua Rose warned loudly.

But Aqua Rose's reminder was a step too late. The people standing within the attack range of the dark gray giant war blade had no time to dodge and could only quietly watch the war blade fall.

Just as the war blade was about to fall, a lance of light suddenly appeared. Its speed was not only as fast as lightning but also very accurate, hitting the Fiend Grand Lord.

The moment the lance of light touched the Fiend, the Grand Lord-ranked Fiend flew out 20 yards, and its HP instantly lost more than 1.6 million points. The moment the Fiend Grand Lord landed, the lance of light piercing the Fiend's body suddenly turned into golden chains, directly binding the Fiend and completely immobilizing it.

Immediately afterward, hundreds of spells of ice, fire, thunder, wind, and darkness struck from a distance, landing on the Fiend without missing a single one.

The level 61 Fiend Grand Lord with 22.2 million HP was instantly reduced to ashes, leaving nothing behind...

"It's dead?" Aqua Rose, who was preparing to meet the Fiend army, was stunned for a moment.

She had fought against Fiends in the last city defense battle. Although they were only Lord-ranked Fiends, if it weren't for Anna and Kite, the two direct guards, acting as the main force, even expert teams of the same level would probably have been wiped out.

Now, a Grand Lord-ranked Fiend had died in the blink of an eye...

Even if this were said out loud, probably no one would believe it.

At this time, not only was Aqua Rose unable to react, but even Yi Xiao Duzang and Qi Yitao, who were watching through the live stream, were stunned, their eyes almost popping out.

No one knew better than they did how powerful a Grand Lord-ranked Fiend was, but now it had been instantly killed, without even a trace of resistance.

Before everyone could react, they saw a group of NPCs appear behind the Fiend army. These NPCs were different from the guards. They wore different clothes and had different occupations. However, they all had a uniform emblem, which was the Adventurer emblem. In addition, all the NPCs were as high as level 70, and the lowest Tier was Tier 2. Among them, there were ten NPCs who were Tier 3...