Chapter 269 It's Him!

"Hmm, why would it be him!"

Yuan Tiexin's expression stiffened as he looked at the imposing middle-aged man carrying a life-sized bone bow within the Crimson Jade Legion.

Zi Qiong, noticing Yuan Tiexin's serious demeanor, followed his gaze. However, she didn't spot anyone particularly noteworthy that could attract such attention.

Suddenly, Zi Qiong realized something and couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Yuan, could it be that there are… Darkblades among them?"

When super guilds like the Pantheon did things, they sometimes didn't want others to know. So, they would secretly establish a department. The Pantheon's department was called Darkblade, specializing in doing things they didn't want to do in the open, such as secretly killing people and seizing treasures to prevent others from knowing that the Pantheon had obtained the treasures. Or assassinating high-level members of other guilds, disguising it as the work of other guilds, and deliberately provoking wars between other guilds to profit from them.

However, these were not the most important things.

The real role of the Darkblades was to secretly kill the commanders of the opposing guild during guild wars.

To achieve this goal, when the guild trained these players, whether it was skill selection, weapon equipment, or even stat allocation, it was almost entirely for the purpose of killing individual players. It was a very extreme combat style. However, it had to be said that this special way of strengthening a certain point gave it a great advantage in combat compared to players who pursued balance. With the same combat level and the same quality of weapons and equipment, players who pursued balance were no match at all and could only be crushed.

Of course, this extreme combat style made them very, very weak in terms of player survival and fighting monsters or dungeons. Their leveling speed would also be greatly affected, and they would have to rely on the guild to find someone to level them up.

"That's right. The man carrying the huge bone bow is an old acquaintance of mine, the vice leader of the Darkblades, Holy Hand Ninekills!" Yuan Tiexin looked at the bone bow man in the distance, his eyes filled with anger.

The bone bow man's name was Jiu Sha (Ninekills), while Holy Hand was a title given by the industry.

In the previous large-scale virtual game, it was because of this Jiu Sha that the third vice president was secretly ambushed and killed, resulting in the failure of the final battle. At the time, he was one of the guards, but Jiu Sha still succeeded.

That final battle was the reason why Tianji Pavilion had to withdraw from that virtual game.

That incident could be said to be a lifelong disgrace for Yuan Tiexin. He had always wanted to avenge himself, but it was too difficult to discover the whereabouts of the Pantheon's Darkblade members.

He never thought he would encounter one now.

Although his appearance had been altered, he could still recognize him.

"So, he is the legendary Holy Hand." Zi Qiong couldn't help but curiously observe him carefully.

However, no matter how she observed, she couldn't sense anything special from Jiu Sha. He was exactly the same as the other experts in the Crimson Jade Legion, without any distinguishing features.

"Since even the vice leader Jiu Sha has been dispatched, it means that the other Darkblades should also be hidden in the legion. It seems like Zero Wing Guild really has no chance this time." Yuan Tiexin sighed.

Not to mention the massive number of high-intelligence monsters, the Darkblades alone could take care of Shilin Town.

If the town had no commander, it would be too easy to break through it.

Although he believed that Shi Feng's strength was very strong, the specialized Darkblade members were not to be trifled with. Their Tianji Pavilion's vice presidents were not just for show. Without solid strength and extremely high talent, it was impossible to become a vice president, let alone the third vice president.

Even so, with three guards around the third vice president, he was still killed in the end. Although the three guards also killed the Darkblade afterward, it was already meaningless.

…

Outside the main gate of Sam's Town, a large number of elite members from the Blackwater Guild and the Funeral Guild stood, a dense mass of people, with each person being at least level 37 or higher. Distant free players were deeply shocked just by looking at them.

"There must be at least 100,000 people here!"

"100,000 people? You underestimate the Blackwater Guild and the Funeral Guild too much. The number of elite players they've recruited during this time alone is more than that, not to mention that the Blackwater Guild previously took over the Serpent of Devouring in its entirety."

"Huh? Why do so many free experts I know now wear the Blackwater Guild's emblem?"

"The Blackwater Guild has the Blackwater Consortium as its backing, so they don't lack money at all. And the Blackwater Consortium is also preparing to fully enter *God's Domain*. If you can do well in the Blackwater Guild, your future will definitely be bright. Even if you're just a core member, your income will be comparable to that of a newly hired trainee coach at the Blackwater Training Hall. Do you know how many people want to squeeze their way into the Blackwater Training Hall to become a coach every year? There are many martial artists with some achievements, but only a handful can be selected. Now that the Blackwater Guild is officially hiring people, how could those free players not be tempted?"

"That's true. It's a pity that my skills are limited, otherwise, I would really go and give it a try."

"Who says no? I heard that during this time, several thousand free experts in the Star-Moon Kingdom have joined Blackwater, but they are all given elite treatment. It is extremely difficult to become a core member. Now is a good opportunity for them to show their skills. If they perform well, they might be promoted to core members. Then, they will have no worries about food and clothing. If they can become a vice leader or leader among the core members, that would be great. I heard that the treatment they enjoy is comparable to that of a junior coach or intermediate coach in the Blackwater Training Hall. They won't have to worry for the rest of their lives."

…

Just as the players in the town were discussing, a group of players riding high-level mounts also led a large army towards Shilin Town.

The worst of these mounts were Bronze-rank, and the two leading players were riding Mysterious-Iron-rank mounts.

"Miss Mu Yun, I really underestimated your Blackwater Guild. I didn't expect you to be able to organize so many elite members to come here. Zero Wing Guild will be very surprised this time." Yi Xiao Du Zang (Lonely Burial) said with a smile, riding a jet-black panther.

Previously, Yi Xiao Du Zang thought that the Blackwater Guild could organize about 100,000 elite members, since they had just taken over the Serpent of Devouring, and there were still many problems with management. Some towns and villages also needed elite members to maintain them. He didn't expect that 200,000 elite members would come all at once…

It was hard to imagine that the Blackwater Guild had already developed such a powerful strength in such a short period.

In terms of sheer numbers, even the first-rate guild Star River Alliance couldn't reach it, not to mention the experts in the Blackwater Guild. The experts who entered *God's Domain* from the very beginning were enough to make even a first-rate guild jealous, let alone now.

"Whether or not Zero Wing Guild is surprised is not important to our Blackwater Guild at all. Anyway, we are not the main force in this attack on the town. We are just going to clean up the mess," Qin Mu Yun said indifferently. "If Zero Wing Guild is willing to deal with us with all their might, that would be great. As for blocking Zero Wing Guild's reinforcements, I will have to leave it to Guild Leader Lonely Burial."

"Please rest assured, our Funeral Guild will definitely not allow Zero Wing Guild's army to step into Shilin Town." Yi Xiao Du Zang said confidently.

The Blackwater Guild had many elite members, but their Funeral Guild had also sent a lot of players.

A full 120,000 elite members, coupled with advantageous terrain, would ensure that Shilin Town would have changed hands long before Zero Wing's army could reach it. Then, they would join forces with Blackwater to encircle and suppress Zero Wing's army.

"Guild Leader, we just received a report that several experts riding mounts and wearing black cloaks are heading towards us. It seems like they want to go to Shilin Town!" Wu Xia (Mist Glow) on the side suddenly said, "I estimate that they are high-level members of Zero Wing. Should we send experts to kill them?"

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