In the courtyard, he pulled many strings, ingratiating himself with the senior student Huang Xueyi. They shared a common enemy, so Huang Xueyi casually assigned him a position. In reality, the position Huang Xueyi gave him was merely that of a runner, commonly known as a watchdog.
"Him again…" Huang Xueyi's eyes flashed with resentment. Simultaneously, a woman's image crossed his mind. "Yu Xue…" Huang Xueyi's mind was a bit troubled now. He even harbored hatred for Yu Xue. He believed that Chu Tian's constant opposition to him was because of Yu Xue! He couldn't fathom why Chu Tian was trying so hard to thwart him, all for one woman. He was already regretting it; a woman like that wasn't worth offending Chu Tian. If he had known Chu Tian possessed such influence, why would he have been seduced by Yu Xue, that slut? But regret was useless now.
"Boss, there's news again!"
"Speak!" Huang Xueyi's face darkened, and he squeezed out the word through gritted teeth.
"News from over there indicates the attacked structure was the fortress command post, completely destroyed! Repairs will take time, and... it's not cheap! It might cost over ten thousand gold coins!" The speaker felt a pang of pain just mentioning ten thousand gold coins. Huang Xueyi felt the same. It was as if he'd eaten a dead fly! Ten thousand gold coins, while not something to scoff at in the grand scheme of things, was infuriating! The recently captured fortress was essentially useless! Before making any profit, they had to fork out ten thousand gold coins. At a 1:1200 exchange rate, that was over twelve million Dragon Coins!
"He did it on purpose, he definitely did it on purpose!" Huang Xueyi was so angry he almost jumped. If there weren't so many people around, he would have exploded.
"Rep..." Huang Xueyi finally managed to utter the word. He had no choice but to repair it. He thought about the next fortress. Chu Tian would undoubtedly cause trouble again. If the command post was destroyed again, his supported guild, Slaughter, would be truly finished. Moreover, those smaller guilds that had pledged allegiance to him hadn't even attacked his fortress; they had all been redeployed to assist Slaughter. Therefore, if Slaughter's base was lost, it would signify that all the guilds in Spring City and Black Soil City that had sworn allegiance to him would vanish. He felt there was still a chance to turn things around. If Slaughter and the large network of guilds under his command were all lost, he feared the old geezers in the consortiums would skin him alive. The Huang Corporation had invested a considerable amount of assets into the Heavenly Dao world this time, involving a wide range of people. If he lost... even the Huang family wouldn't be able to protect him! Once he was stripped of the Huang family's protection, he could be killed without a burial place within minutes due to this incident. Even his father might kill him. At that moment, cold sweat streamed down his face. He suddenly had the urge to abandon everything and flee back to his small life, to join those who had been extending an olive branch to him. But he was unwilling. Chu Tian... someone he had once looked down upon the most! Now, to have him step all over him, how could he accept it? He suddenly thought of Phantom. Perhaps tomorrow would bring good news.
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Having revived weakly, Tianya Kuangdao, enduring the pain, ordered people to begin rebuilding the command post. Then, he began to regroup his forces and set off towards the next fortress. With only 7 hours remaining, the guild base had to be relocated. They needed to capture another fortress within this time. If they failed, it would all be in vain. The Slaughter guild would cease to exist from this moment on. As the team regrouped, Tianya Kuangchao looked at the demoralized members, feeling extremely dejected himself. Among these tens of thousands of people, many were not from the Slaughter guild but were elite players seconded from other guilds. Yet, this force of tens of thousands moved loosely, like a group of soulless zombies.
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"Brother Tian is too f*cking awesome..." Madeju, who had long since fled the scene, was video chatting with Chu Tian. His gesticulating was so excited he was about to have an orgasm.
"Stop showing off and get ready for the next round!" Chu Tian was speechless seeing his state. This guy... he had doubted my judgment earlier.
"Alright, Brother Tian, I'll get ready now! By the way, where's the next coordinate?" As the guy was about to end the video call after Chu Tian's words, he suddenly remembered he hadn't sent him the coordinates yesterday.
"Am I a god? They didn't use their ultimate skill, how would I know where it is! Besides... the next round might not be successful either! Unless they're idiots, they'll let you sneak near a fortress!" Chu Tian cursed him, rolled his eyes, and hung up the video. Looking at the now empty underground warehouse, Chu Tian's lips curved into a sinister smile. Seeing that Master Roger hadn't arrived yet, Chu Tian walked upwards along the passage himself. Returning to Master Roger's room, he searched front and back but couldn't find anyone. Just as Chu Tian was about to leave the room, Master Roger almost collided with him head-on.
"Ouch... you're still here? You startled me, I thought there was a thief in the house, get going, get going!" Master Roger showed extreme impatience towards Chu Tian, waving his hand like he was swatting a fly.
"Oh, isn't this the guild leader? Hurry up, hurry up, don't disturb my bonding with my master!" The voice came from beneath Chu Tian's legs, making Chu Tian look down.
"Holy crap..." But Chu Tian didn't finish his sentence, holding it back. He glanced at Master Roger and his disciple. Their tone of speech was identical. The master and disciple seemed quite well-matched. Chu Tian said nothing, turned, and quickly left. As soon as he was out of Master Roger's sight, he took off at a run. Just as he exited Plague Town, he suddenly heard a thunderous roar.
"You little brat, stop right there!" It was Master Roger's roar.
"Let's go!" Chu Tian immediately transformed into his eagle form.
"What's wrong, brother?" Luo Luo asked, but without hesitation, she jumped onto Chu Tian.
"What's wrong? Brother, I cleared out his warehouse, and I haven't paid him yet..." Chu Tian flapped his wings as he spoke. Dust billowed from the ground. The eagle's body soared upwards. Master Roger, at this moment, also rushed to the entrance of the only town. Looking at Chu Tian's figure in the sky, he tilted his head back and cursed loudly.
"Little thief, don't run... you little brat... where did you take all my high-explosive gunpowder?" No matter how loud his voice was, Chu Tian acted as if he didn't hear it, his speed increasing further. Like a sharp sword, he vanished in the blink of an eye over the land of plague. Master Roger was left puffing his cheeks, his nose almost purple with rage.
"You old hag, you brought me here, and you promised to teach me things, why are you running? And why are you shouting so loudly? If you don't come back soon, I'm leaving!" However, just as Master Roger was about to go mad with anger, the short figure standing at his door, with hands on her hips, roared at Master Roger.
"Uh... sigh... good disciple! Don't rush, don't rush! Master will be back soon!" As the old man turned his head, his face lit up with a smile. Gone was the look of explosive anger from moments ago!