Chapter 55 Ambush

Over ten thousand players stood in a chaotic mass before Jian Gui and the others, looking less like an encirclement and more like a group waiting for instructions. The "spokespeople" Jian Gui sought numbered over a dozen, yet they were still looking at each other, clueless. More and more people were stepping forward. Jian Gui and his crew realized that there probably wasn't a single major guild among them. Their own guilds might even outnumber the total people from Extremely Tyrannical.

"It seems you all need some time to make up your minds. We'll take our leave for now. We'll have another chance to spar someday." Seeing the opposition's continued indecision, Jian Gui couldn't wait any longer. He finished speaking, and led his team away.

The players continued to stare blankly, offering no suggestions and no one taking the lead to set an example. They simply watched as the Extremely Tyrannical players swaggered off.

"Hahahaha, awesome, so awesome!!!" The Extremely Tyrannical guild channel erupted in cheers. The battle today had been thrilling but without real danger. They had prepared for a total wipe, but who knew the opponents would be so weak and easily defeated? After all, the enemy numbered over ten thousand. No matter how poor they were, to be made motionless by a few hundred of them was something to be proud of.

"We are invincible!! Roar roar!" Such sentiments filled the guild. Although Jian Gui felt the "invincible" part was a bit exaggerated, seeing everyone's high spirits, he kindly refrained from pouring cold water on them, letting them continue to enjoy the night's joy.

"Could this be some great hero seeing our Extremely Tyrannical guild merge and deliberately sending us such a gift to make us happy?" Someone joked in the channel, unaware that the experts were gathered, with Han Jia Gongzi analyzing the situation.

"The other side was clearly thrown together temporarily. But the assembling was somewhat strange. It can't be that so many guilds suddenly, and coincidentally, decided to disrupt our gathering, then came together and formed a siege, right? This siege, no matter what, should have a initiator, then a process of initiation to organization. In this process, shouldn't several core guilds be established? Then the leaders of those core guilds would naturally be the commanders with the most say. But where are they? Why aren't there any? How could there not be?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Why?" You Ge obediently echoed from behind, trying to answer Han Jia Gongzi's question, only to receive disdain. Han Jia Gongzi never asked questions; he always posed rhetorical questions. He always had the answers to his own questions.

"This was instigated by a group of people, urging them on, and they are still hidden in the shadows. Their real plan hasn't been launched yet," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Who could it be? Hongchen Yixiao?" Gu Fei immediately thought of the person who relentlessly opposed him.

"It shouldn't be him." Han Jia Gongzi continued, "I just said, it was a group of people. One person couldn't have instigated so many guilds. They'd have to visit so many times. So, I suspect it's a group. They went around, urging this group of people to attack us."

"A group of people, could it be a studio?" As Gu Fei spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Shui Shen. He thought Shui Shen would immediately jump up and denounce the shamelessness of studios, but Shui Shen calmly said, "Studios always prioritize profit. But in this matter, whether it's the current situation or any follow-up plan, there's no discernible economic benefit. Right, someone just said the other side has some real plan, I wonder what a 'real plan' is?" As Shui Shen spoke, he slanted his gaze at Han Jia Gongzi with extreme disdain.

"In this battle, we didn't suffer any losses. Instead, we gained something," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Gained something?" You Ge muttered, "Could it be this current feeling of pride and excitement?"

Han Jia Gongzi rolled his eyes at him and looked at Gu Fei, "What did you gain?"

"Are you talking about PK (Player Killing) value?" Gu Fei was very sensitive to this.

"Correct!" Han Jia Gongzi nodded, "Sending a bunch of chaotic newbies to besiege us, what we inevitably gain is PK value. And not just a little PK value, but a large amount of PK value. Qian Li, how much do you have?"

"I...78..." Gu Fei said.

Everyone gasped. Yu Tian Shen Ming nervously looked around, "The guards will come and arrest you, right? Or will a bolt of lightning strike you dead from the sky?"

"The guards' pursuit seems to be limited to the main city area," Gu Fei said. "As for lightning, I can summon a bolt to strike you dead."

"Don't mess around, I have PK value on me too," Yu Tian Shen Ming quickly said.

As soon as he said that, everyone fell silent. The PK value problem was indeed very serious. With it, dying once meant losing two levels. And that was the situation with PK values below 10. When the PK value reached 30, one death could mean losing five levels. As for 78 points... the system didn't explain further, not knowing if it stayed the same after 30 points. If not, then 78 PK points, according to the ten-point-per-level jump, 78 points, that's probably nine levels.

Nine levels... Everyone looked at Gu Fei, but then they thought again, even if he died and lost nine levels, who could kill him?

Not to mention Gu Fei, everyone else started checking their own PK values. The opponents in this battle were weak, and the team killed wherever they went. Everyone was incredibly powerful. Except for the priests, almost everyone had killed someone. Mages, with their area-of-effect spells, were even more fearsome. Piao Liu said with a pale face, "Damn, I have 29 points, almost 30. I haven't adjusted from the city war yet!"

Killing people in the city war didn't give PK value, making the players who participated a little reckless. Not even a day had passed, and they encountered PK again, forgetting to consider PK value.

Piao Liu had the highest value other than Gu Fei. Others reported their numbers, mostly below ten. Those who exceeded ten were either mages or formidable characters like Jian Gui. After everyone tallied up their PK values, they realized they had killed a lot of people in this battle. No wonder those ten thousand players didn't dare to act rashly.

This PK value naturally meant how fierce they had been in the previous battle. Ordinary players certainly couldn't compare to monsters like Gu Fei, but competing with each other, those who killed ten were more proud than those who killed nine. The guild channel instantly started a PK value competition. The priests couldn't get involved, and felt especially lonely.

"Let's organize and go back to get quests to wash away the PK together!" Jian Gui said.

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Everyone's hearts sank, remembering when Han Jia Gongzi was analyzing the problem. He had clearly pointed out that the other side had instigated this mob, probably to deliberately send PK value. And deliberately sending PK value, of course, was for the simple and effective purpose of hunting and looting equipment. Jian Nan You and his party had experienced this firsthand.

"Quickly transfer!" Jian Gui quickly ordered in the guild.

"Where to?" Everyone asked.

"We can't just hide in the wilderness forever, I suggest we go to a neighboring main city, wash away the PK value, and then come back," You Ge suggested.

Everyone generally agreed and nodded. As the team prepared to head towards the Wulong Mountains, Han Jia Gongzi, who had been watching the surroundings with binoculars, suddenly changed his expression, "It may be too late."

"What?" Jian Gui took the binoculars from Han Jia Gongzi, looked around, and his face changed as well.

An encirclement, another encirclement. It looked exactly like the previous one, but everyone clearly understood that since the previous one was a rabble deliberately sent to give PK value, this one would definitely not be so simple. The other side had planned this deliberately, and must be very clear about the strength of Extremely Tyrannical. Having PK was one thing, but PK value didn't affect a player's combat power. Now that they dared to carry out this encirclement, they naturally had the confidence to defeat these experts.

"There are more people than before," Han Jia Gongzi concluded after looking around.

Silence fell over the Extremely Tyrannical team.

But now that things had come to this, there was no other choice.

"Fight it out!" Without Jian Gui even needing to make a motivating speech, someone in the guild was already shouting.

"Right, fight it out, so what if we lose two levels!!"

"Damn, you're only losing two levels, I'm losing three!!!"

"So what if you lose three levels, I'm only forty now, losing two levels puts me at thirty-eight, I have to redo the class change quest!"

"Damn, it's not like losing three levels won't drop me below forty..."

The channel instantly erupted in arguments. Jian Gui sadly realized that guild cohesion was not something that could be formed in a day or two. A bonfire party and a completely advantageous PK didn't count for much. It might only cultivate a bunch of friends who could share joy, but when it came to sharing hardship, some people were already retreating.

"Everyone, stop arguing," Jian Gui shouted loudly.

The guild leader spoke, and everyone finally quieted down a bit.

"We've reached this point, what's the use of saying so much? It's still the same, the other side wants to destroy us, but we can't let them control us. Lose levels? Everyone will lose levels. I have 21 PK points, I'll lose four levels! But it doesn't matter, we can train again to regain lost levels, as long as we don't give up. Even if today's battle is doomed, everyone must clearly recognize our opponents, so that one day, it will be them who are defeated," Jian Gui said.

"Well said!!!" You Ge loudly cheered and applauded from the side, but this time, he only received a little sparse response, and those players, seeing that there weren't many people reacting, immediately stopped their supportive actions.

"Is it really hopeless?" Jian Gui said sadly.

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