Chapter 44

The Sword of No Oath looked around. All the guild leaders were here, and they were all looking at him with expressions of extreme complexity. Did he really care about so many gazes? Not necessarily! In this most tense moment, he wanted to find only one person's gaze.

He didn't find it, because that person had already stood beside him. Before the Sword of No Oath could speak, that person suddenly rushed out, the scarlet cloak sliding from their shoulders, fluttering. The Sword of No Oath hurriedly reached out to catch it. Over there, Bai Jiahei had solidly taken a Charge.

Bai Jiahei had just fought with the Sword of No Oath and had been wary of the Sword of No Oath's movements. He never expected this person to suddenly attack him. The Charge produced a stun effect, and Bai Jiahei was immediately unable to move, but he glared and said, "Damn it, what's it to you?"

The person didn't answer at all. They stretched out two fingers on their right hand and pinched a ring on their left hand, twisting it slightly. Immediately, a red light appeared all over their body. Players familiar with warriors knew that this was the characteristic of a Berserker. When rage accumulated to a certain level, this state resembling berserk would appear. In this state, damage increased by 20%, and damage received also increased by 20%. Generally speaking, this state rarely appeared in PK, because warrior skills consumed rage. In a one-on-one battle, it was almost only possible to not have enough rage, and not to have enough to accumulate to such an extent. Moreover, this state could not be preserved. When players did not attack or take damage for a certain period of time, rage would naturally decrease. Therefore, being able to appear in this state at the beginning of a PK was only possible for someone like Gu Xiao Shang, who had equipment or skills that rapidly increased rage.

In a state of rage, Gu Xiao Shang didn't stand on ceremony with Bai Jiahei. She directly used a Whirlwind Slash, twisting it up. Bai Jiahei had already suffered some damage in the fight with the Sword of No Oath, and Gu Xiao Shang was in great shape, so the brothers next to Bai Jiahei wanted to come up and help, but their physiques were not as good as Bai Jiahei's, and they were first turned into white light by Gu Xiao Shang. How abundant was the rage accumulated in this rage state? Plus, the rage replenished when dealing damage, many players present saw the longest lasting Whirlwind Slash in history. Guild Leader Bai Jiahei was strangled into white light in such a whirlwind.

But this wasn't over. This was the camp, and he would be resurrected nearby. Bai Jiahei immediately reborn in another location, glowing white, coincidentally right next to this guild leader gathering place. Everyone looked at him and automatically made way for him. They saw Bai Jiahei charging in with his sword, his face full of anger, cursing all the way. He charged into the crowd and saw Gu Xiao Shang, who had cleaned him up, still standing there imposingly. Bai Jiahei kept uttering a pile of foul language, but Gu Xiao Shang didn't get angry, and only said three words: "Shameless!!"

"Xiao Shang!!" The Sword of No Oath was moved to tears. In the unassailable situation just now, the Sword of No Oath had been disheartened. His last hope was that this girl he had always been fond of would not develop a dislike for him because of this. As a result, Gu Xiao Shang actually helped him kill Bai Jiahei. The Sword of No Oath was overjoyed.

As a result, Gu Xiao Shang turned her head and glanced at him, also throwing out three words: "Useless!"

"Ah?" The Sword of No Oath was stunned.

"Don't I know you? You get jealous when you see people have quests, and you're too embarrassed to come forward yourself, so you prod others to do it! You're really useless, if you want it, go and grab it yourself!!!" Gu Xiao Shang rebuked the Sword of No Oath. A bunch of people next to them were sweating profusely. Everyone in Cloudrise City knew that the guild was strong, that was Across the Horizon. The guild leader was awesome, that was definitely Upstream. But if you mentioned the word valiant, anyone with a bit of knowledge would think of Gu Xiao Shang. Just look at the present, the blatant bandit logic was really too valiant.

The Sword of No Oath was at a loss. How should he express his position? Listen to you from now on, and I'll become a bandit? That didn't sound right!

Mirror Image Flower was clever and quickly came over to smooth things over: "What Xiao Shang means is that we should dare to act and take responsibility!" Regardless of whether the understanding was correct, saying it like this was naturally much nicer. As a result, Gu Xiao Shang didn't show him any mercy either, glaring at him and saying, "These ghost ideas, it must be you who came up with them again. In a guild contest, everyone should fight fair and square, why are you always doing these conspiracies?"

Mirror Image Flower didn't want to argue with Gu Xiao Shang. Although he felt that Gu Xiao Shang's thinking was too simple, he kept saying yes. Bai Jiahei was in no mood to watch them arguing. He roared and charged up, also directly using a Whirlwind Slash, greedily wanting to sweep up the three of them together.

The Sword of No Oath was acting like a tough guy at this moment, not dodging or avoiding, also using a Whirlwind Slash. He wanted to compete with Bai Jiahei in the strength of skills to determine the winner. But the damage of the two wasn't so different that one was heaven and the other was earth. The two Whirlwind Slashes collided, and neither was completely defeated. Fresh blood splattered, and the lives of both of them trembled as they slid downward. In the most persistent contest, Bai Jiahei, who was slightly inferior, lost the judgment, and his skill was interrupted by the Sword of No Oath's Whirlwind Slash. The Sword of No Oath didn't let up, suddenly canceling the Whirlwind Slash, burying his head and charging, using his unique skill, Double Charge, two sudden thrusts, knocking Bai Jiahei to who knows where.

"Damn it!!" Bai Jiahei had flown to who knows where, but his curses could still be heard. After being bullied continuously, who could stand it? Anyway, dying didn't reduce levels, so he would fight!

Bai Jiahei roared and flipped back again. This time, it wasn't just him alone. He sent messages along the way to gather people, and actually mobilized the guild. He led his men and horses to kill over.

"Are you never going to end this!!!" When the Sword of No Oath saw such a commotion, the little thing he had stirred up earlier didn't seem to be of concern to anyone anymore. It was a good opportunity to divert attention, so he immediately sent a message, and members of the Across the Horizon guild surrounded him from all directions.

"Brothers, our guild is small, but we will never be bullied!!!" Bai Jiahei agitated his guild members, and fought with Across the Horizon.

"Fight, give it to them hard, let them know what's what!!!" The Sword of No Oath also roared. The rebirth camp instantly turned into a battlefield. None of the guild leaders were willing to wade into this muddy water, and they all retreated to the side. With the strength of Across the Horizon, the Sword of No Oath didn't even need to go into battle himself. He watched Bai Jiahei jumping around in the melee, while he casually stood aside and commanded with a cool air. This was also a display of his posture.

However, someone was unwilling to let him go. Upstream slowly approached the Sword of No Oath, and said in a voice that everyone around could hear: "Guild Leader No Oath, about that matter just now, you haven't given me an explanation yet!"

Mirror Image Flower sighed. Explanation? Everyone knew what was going on, what explanation was needed? Upstream simply wanted to bring the topic back to the original point because everyone's attention had shifted due to the PK. He wanted to use this to ruin the image of the Sword of No Oath and Across the Horizon.

To really think that the game was just a world where the strong preyed on the weak was a bit too naive. This was also a society of people. One extremely scummy person was enough to destroy a guild, and it had almost nothing to do with the guild's combat power. Gu Xiao Shang said that everyone should compete fair and square, this straightforward idea was good, but unfortunately, people's thoughts were not that simple. Just like now, this was a major public relations crisis. If handled improperly, Across the Horizon might be destroyed without bloodshed.

What to do? What to do?

Mirror Image Flower was very anxious, and the Sword of No Oath was also very anxious. Seeing the flickering eyes of the surrounding players, they were even more anxious. The three core members of Across the Horizon, Wind Walker, were leading people to fight the Black White Life and Death Alliance, but for the guild, that was a minor matter. What was happening in front of them was the top priority.

"It's all obvious, what's there to explain?" Gu Xiao Shang actually interrupted at this moment.

Upstream had a very pained look: "Guild Leader No Oath! We all agreed to cooperate and fight this city war well. We, Toasting to the Moon, were a bit lucky and received a quest, which is also good for our entire city war victory. You simply didn't want to see us win points because of the quest, so you set about destroying the entire quest, you you you..." Upstream probably drafted these words in the time just now. He was speaking with cadence and clear words, and the last three words, you you you, made it seem like he was too angry to speak.

"Yeah, with such an attitude, what's the point of cooperating?" Finally, someone started to speak up.

"Across the Horizon, you're too domineering, you can't stand seeing others complete a quest?" These people had a sense of empathy, fearing that if they also got some top-quality quest, with such a hegemonic force as Across the Horizon, wouldn't their quests also be destroyed?

"We don't want to cooperate with people like you, let's go! Let's change to another city gate!"

"Why? We've worked hard here for so long, they should be the ones to leave!"

"That's right, Across the Horizon, you leave on your own, don't force us to do it."

More and more voices were heard, and so everyone's courage became stronger and stronger. They all said in unison that Across the Horizon should get out immediately. However, their words were still polite, not like the foul language of Bai Jiahei.

The Sword of No Oath and Mirror Image Flower exchanged a glance, and both understood that this time it was really hopeless. Across the Horizon, as the number one guild in Cloudrise City, would not attract too much goodwill in the first place. This city war first gathered all the guilds together, and now what happened made all the guilds commonly reject the actions of Across the Horizon. In fact, how many of them really didn't want to cooperate with Across the Horizon again? And how many of them also saw this situation, kicking them when they were down, wanting to take the opportunity to destroy Across the Horizon? People's hearts were unpredictable, no one knew. The Sword of No Oath and Mirror Image Flower were helpless, and the two of them could only silently withdraw from this team composed of elite guild leaders from Cloudrise City. Before leaving, the Sword of No Oath saw a smug smile on Upstream's face.

"I'll withdraw too!" Gu Xiao Shang suddenly said.

"Xiao Shang!!!" The Sword of No Oath was moved again, calling out with such emotion. If this matter could really bring him and Gu Xiao Shang together, the Sword of No Oath felt that he would really be blessed by misfortune.

"Not because of you!" Gu Xiao Shang glared at the Sword of No Oath, then looked at a bunch of guild leaders looking at her and said, "The Sword of No Oath and them didn't act fairly in this matter, but Guild Leader Upstream, I know what you're thinking by holding on to this matter now. We don't have your kind of flowery intestines, but we're not stupid either. The Sword of No Oath and them are unfair, but you're not that much stronger either. Cooperating with you, Toasting to the Moon, I don't have any confidence in my heart now. I think this alliance is over, let's all fight our own battles and leave it to fate!"

After Gu Xiao Shang dropped a word, she turned her head and left, not even looking at the Sword of No Oath before leaving. Everyone was stunned on the spot, repeatedly thinking about what Gu Xiao Shang said before leaving. Some guild leaders began to exchange whispers again. After a short while, someone said again, "We'll withdraw too."

"We withdraw."

"So do we."

Guilds withdrew one after another, and some very small guilds were not qualified to participate in such a guild leader gathering in the first place. They could only pitifully wait for news silently on the side. At this time, after hearing about the pile of things that had happened here, each of them made their own plans. Some quietly left, some continued to watch on the sidelines, and some went forward to get a more direct look.

The people who started to withdraw still made a sound, but in the end, everyone simply lowered their heads and left silently. The Cloudrise City Guild Alliance completely disintegrated at this moment. Originally, there were more than 800 guilds, but in the end, there were fewer than 50 who didn't leave.

This ending was unexpected by the Sword of No Oath, and even more so was it something that Upstream didn't want to see. The two guys looked at each other at this moment, and when they looked at the eyes of those who left, well, the two of them were despised together. Everyone finally understood that what was called working together was all fake. Gathering everyone together was just a trick for these big guilds to fight each other openly and secretly. If there were benefits, they would be the first to pounce on them. Following them, everyone would only have the fate of drinking soup. Eating meat? Even if they were lucky enough to pick up meat, someone would immediately tear off their face to grab it.

The crowd gradually dispersed, but the battle between Across the Horizon and the Black White Life and Death Alliance continued. But no one cared about this melee anymore. Everyone coldly watched with mocking faces, like watching a pack of mad dogs fighting for food.

"Fight, give it to them hard!!!" The Sword of No Oath didn't know what to feel at this moment. He originally thought that Gu Xiao Shang was biased towards him. Even if the guild fell, there was still a hint of sweetness in his heart, but now he finally knew that Gu Xiao Shang was simply doing things according to her own wishes. Compared to these big men who were scheming against each other, that girl was single-mindedly straightforward. But as she said: Simple doesn't mean stupid.

Those who witnessed all of this were not just these parties involved. Brother You was mixed in the crowd and had been admiring it from beginning to end. He almost understood all the ins and outs of the incident, and was even more amazed.

What had Gu Fei done?

Wasn't it just teleporting, Dual Fire Flash, and leaving quietly? As a result, it actually triggered the disharmony beneath these guilds, and a good alliance broke down on its own.

Awesome, really awesome! I don't know if Thousand Miles had intentionally calculated it, or if it was just an unintentional act. This could be considered a major event and had to be recorded. Brother You thought and started typing in his notebook again.

Gu Fei and Sword Demon didn't dare to mix in the crowd as openly as Brother You. The two of them had been silently watching everything from afar, while listening to Brother You's live broadcast. Until this alliance disintegrated, the two of them also looked at each other in disbelief.

"Too awesome!" Gu Fei said, "If we had point statistics, how many points would this be calculated for us?"

"With the intelligence of the system, it probably can't measure this value." Sword Demon said.

"Brother You, what's the current position of the Sword of No Oath?" Gu Fei asked.

"Here you go again, forget it..." Brother You was on the scene and witnessed the series of encounters that forced the Sword of No Oath into a predicament, and he felt a sense of pity. He didn't expect Gu Fei and them to create harm for this pitiful person.

"It's a quest!" Gu Fei replied extremely easily.

"I can see him too, he's directing the guild to vent their anger on the Black White Life and Death Alliance!" Brother You said.

"I really want to join the battle!" Gu Fei rubbed his hands.

"Wait a minute, let them make a fuss first." Brother You said.

"Okay!" Gu Fei was also helpless. The people from Across the Horizon were all piled up here, and it was a bit difficult to destroy the Sword of No Oath. Gu Fei didn't think of himself as an enemy of thousands. Of course, he thought the reason was that he didn't have enough mana, not that he didn't have enough strength.

After sending the message, Brother You sat down under the tree and continued typing. Someone silently floated to his side, tilted his head and looked at what he was writing, disdainfully saying, "You're bored enough, what's so good about writing this."

Brother You immediately smelled a familiar smell of alcohol. He tilted his head and saw Young Master Han leaning against the tree, looking down at him. The wine bottle in his hand was swaying, as if it would fall on his head at any time.

Brother You subconsciously dodged and said, "It's a big event, I'm recording it."

"Where are those two guys?" Young Master Han asked.

"I don't know where they are." Brother You said.

"Tell them my words, I will definitely find them and destroy them." Young Master Han said.

"Seriously? Are you so serious even though we're all on the same side?" Brother You said.

"Serious? Just bored. Do you think they'll be scared shitless when they hear it?" Young Master Han said.

Brother You chuckled twice: "Probably not."

Young Master Han nodded and said, "If it were you, you probably would."

Brother You was in tears. How did I provoke you?

After Brother You relayed Young Master Han's words to the two of them, Gu Fei was surprised: "What's wrong, does he have nothing to do?"

"Yeah, I think it's because you two messed up their situation, but he's powerless to do anything, and it hurt his self-esteem." When he was behind Young Master Han's back, Brother You was still very willing to speak.

"Is that so?" Gu Fei asked Sword Demon, hoping Sword Demon would give a judgment based on his understanding of Young Master Han.

"Very likely." Sword Demon affirmed, "It seems he's preparing to seriously deal with us."

"He has the heart, but not the strength! Of course, he can't do it in a direct fight. If he's commanding, I'm afraid there aren't so many people who will listen to him, right?" Gu Fei said.

"That's true..." Sword Demon nodded, "I don't know what he's planning to do."

At the same time, a system message suddenly appeared in the Toasting to the Moon guild channel: Young Master Han has left the guild. In the Rainbow Clouds guild's residence, Young Master Han appeared with a smile and his wine bottle: "Is your guild recruiting?"

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He saw the first update early in the morning, were you surprised? Haha, an outbreak, of course, has to be early! I originally wanted to break it into small chapters to make it look spectacular, but later I thought about it, a chapter of 5,000 words is in line with my aesthetics now, so let's keep it at 5,000, hahahaha!!!