Chapter 242 Good News

Finding a more powerful wolf-type Boss wouldn't be easy. At least, it would take the Thief Alliance players a few days.

Nie Yan continued to hunt for Zito Earth Dragons, capturing the rest of them while he was at it.

As Nie Yan was busy capturing Zito Earth Dragons, Guo Huai excitedly contacted him via voice communication.

"Nie Yan, I have good news!" Guo Huai said excitedly.

"What good news? Did you find a wolf-type Boss?" Nie Yan asked, puzzled.

"No," Guo Huai shook his head. "You'll never guess. Holkin leveled up!"

"Holkin leveled up? Are you saying Holkin's tamer level increased?" Nie Yan asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Guo Huai said, beaming.

Nie Yan understood what it meant for Holkin to go from a Grandmaster-level Tamer to a Great Grandmaster-level Tamer. The taming time for Zito Earth Dragons would be greatly reduced. If they could tame a Zito Earth Dragon before the final battle between Angel Corps and Asskickers United, the successfully tamed Zito Earth Dragon would become their trump card against Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group!

"How did his tamer level increase?" Nie Yan asked. Tamer levels were extremely difficult to increase, so Holkin's sudden advancement surprised him.

"You can thank yourself for that."

"Me?" Nie Yan was stunned.

"Of course, it's you. Didn't you just have Holkin hatch a Light-Dark Sacred Dragon?"

Nie Yan paused. Could hatching the Light-Dark Sacred Dragon have caused Holkin's advancement? It was possible. The Light-Dark Sacred Dragon was the legendary king of earth dragons. Hatching something like that was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Holkin. Plus, he had been stuck at Grandmaster-level Tamer for a long time, so this opportunity helped him advance. Tamer Holkin's advancement would greatly reduce the time it took to tame Zito Earth Dragons. He didn't know when they would successfully tame the first Zito Earth Dragon, but he guessed it wouldn't be long.

The good news invigorated Nie Yan, and his mood was much higher as he captured Zito Earth Dragons.

In the following ten days, Angellion and Cao Xu were living in torment. On the one hand, they had to prepare for the final battle. On the other hand, bad news kept coming in from Tribes of Gods. Fallen Angel's offensive was too fierce, and Tribes of Gods was almost in complete retreat, only winning a few battles on small fronts.

Finally, Angellion and Cao Xu decided to abandon some fortresses and gather all their forces to fight Asskickers United to the death. All forces were mobilized, and they bribed dozens of large guilds and studios to join their ranks, reaching a staggering three and a half million people. They had countless war machines and were stationed on the Barren Plains of the Satreen Empire, facing Asskickers United's Abernathy Great Prairie.

Under Guo Huai's management, Asskickers United gathered two and a half million troops. They might have been fewer in number than Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group, but their average level, combat power, and other stats were much higher. Also, many members of the Radiant Sacred Flame had accepted missions. They weren't regular troops, but many of them would come to the battlefield as well.

The two sides slowly lined up. Nie Yan rode Darkwing Dragon to oversee the area below. The scene of millions of people stretching endlessly was extremely spectacular. In front of the troops, 3,500 ironclad siege rams were divided into five rows, spread out horizontally to form a square formation. Behind them were 1,200 ballistic catapults, arranged in a crescent shape.

Asskickers United mobilized all the resources of the entire guild to make so many catapults, staking everything they had. In addition to these ironclad siege rams and ballistic catapults, there were also 500 to 600 large chariots on the flanks, like huge iron cages covered in spikes. These chariots were also very powerful offensive weapons, equipped with a Goblin Magic Cannon, giving them some ranged firepower. They were covered in steel spikes and moved extremely fast. Once these chariots collided, they would be crushed to pieces. Even ironclad siege rams would be completely destroyed if hit by the chariots.

Behind these war machines was an endless sea of people, stretching as far as the eye could see. More than 20,000 flying mounts circled in the sky.

Asskickers United had another advantage: air power. Since the last battle, Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group's air forces were completely annihilated. Even though they had been capturing flying creatures recently, they could only manage a few hundred flying mounts, which was completely disproportionate to the number of flying mounts of Asskickers United. In addition, Asskickers United had recently built more than 50 self-destructing Wind Dragons. Although their numbers were small, they were enough to give Angel Corps a hard time.

Commanding a unit of millions of people was a huge challenge. They could only control the general direction. In the end, it was estimated that it would turn into a melee that was impossible to command. A melee would be advantageous for Asskickers United, because the individual combat skills of the players in Asskickers United far exceeded those of Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group. Of course, no matter how strong an individual player was, they would still suffer if they were surrounded. Even top-tier pro players couldn't withstand the attacks of ordinary players.

"The battlefield is estimated to be in the border area between the Barren Plains and the Abernathy Great Prairie. We have to be careful of Doomsday Canyon. A large number of players from the Evil alignment are also emerging from the surface. It is estimated that they want to profit from our mutual destruction with Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group, so we have to be on guard," Guo Huai said. He and his subordinates were extremely busy. Over 300 people had to command such a huge army. The amount of work was imaginable.

"Who are they?"

"There are casual players, and dozens of guild organizations. The Evil alignment happened to open a war between Fallen Angel and Tribes of Gods. They didn't dare to target those two guilds, so they ran here. Anyway, it's the opposing alignment, so they want to gain some advantage and go back," Guo Huai said. The appearance of these people made the situation even more complicated.

"How many people are there?"

"Three or four hundred thousand, probably. Once the war starts, even more people may come through the underground tunnels."

"It doesn't matter. Most of these people are opportunists. They will beat a dog when it's down when they see which side is losing, and avoid them from a distance when they see which side is strong. They're not worth worrying about."

"I'm just worried that Cao Xu spent money behind the scenes. That guy is always like that."

Nie Yan frowned slightly. That was possible. If Cao Xu spent money to buy off those people from the Evil alignment and had them come and attack Asskickers United, they would have to be on guard.

"We'll have to pay attention to that. This war isn't about numbers, it's about the absolute strength of both sides, war machines, magic incantations, summoned creatures, and so on. I don't know what tricks they have up their sleeves, so don't get tricked," Nie Yan said. Asskickers United still had many trump cards: self-destructing Wind Dragons, chariots, the Spider Queen Finaas' summoning talisman. He didn't know if the Zito Earth Dragon could be tamed before the war broke out. In addition, Nie Yan was preparing to recruit a dire wolf before the war. If he couldn't find a good one, he would use a Level 160 Snowfield Giant Wolf.

"We've already investigated below. Angel Corps has a total of 2,700 ironclad siege rams and 1,100 ballistic catapults. Their production capacity is still incomparable to ours. We've surpassed them," Guo Huai said with a smile.

"They have more factories than us. It's not that their production capacity isn't enough, it should be that their material supply is insufficient. It's already a miracle that they were able to produce so many ironclad siege rams and ballistic catapults with their financial resources. I don't know how much money and relationships the Century Financial Group used to produce these catapults," Nie Yan said. He felt a little proud in his heart. The Century Financial Group kept buying gold coins from the trading platform and spent money to raise a large number of gold-farming groups, but their financial resources still couldn't compete with Asskickers United. This was the thing that made him the proudest.

"Although Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group are weaker than us in terms of strength, I don't know what tricks they have up their sleeves. I heard that Angel Corps secretly accumulated a batch of Stone Giant troops. Cao Xu is cunning and sly, and no news has come out of that. Like the Goblin Airship last time, we didn't collect any news at all," Guo Huai said. His people did infiltrate the guilds under the Century Financial Group, but they couldn't enter the upper echelons of the Century Financial Group. The Century Financial Group wasn't built in a day or two, and it had already formed a stable system. It was extremely difficult for Guo Huai to send people to infiltrate it.

"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. No matter what tricks they play, we'll have to take them. There's nothing to worry about," Nie Yan said. There was no point in thinking about these things now. He would deal with the situation when it came.

"That's all we can do," Guo Huai nodded. While chatting with Nie Yan, he was still busy. The war was coming.

"How much money do we have left?" Nie Yan asked.

"There's too much money to spend now. There are at least five or six hundred million gold coins, and we're still making money every day. We've bought all the raw materials, equipment, and everything else on the market. I don't know how to spend so much money. I just sold more than 30 million gold coins on the trading platform," Guo Huai said. Starry Night Potion Shop was simply an invincible money-making machine. The more chaotic it was, the higher the price of potions would be, and the more profitable they would be. Now, they had too much money to spend.

"Contact the major guilds and studios in the Greenland Empire. Buy everything we need at a high price!" Nie Yan said. Anyway, the money would eventually flow back to Asskickers United. He wanted to buy more practical things. The really good things wouldn't flow into the market. They were all in the hands of these large guilds and studios, and the selling price was generally extremely high, but now it wasn't necessary to care about the price.

"I'll take care of this. Nie Yan, there's news about your dire wolf." Guo Huai glanced at his message box. It was Wu Dao who sent it. They had found a suitable wolf-type Boss, Shadow Demon Wolf, a Level 180 Demonized Lord. It should be able to meet Nie Yan's requirements!