"I knew it wouldn't be this easy," Ye Xiu sighed upon hearing the news from Zhan Lou Lan. The strength of Team Seaside was greater than that of Team Everbright, whether referring to the guilds in the game or the teams in the league. Zhao Yang of Team Seaside was an all-star player, and his character, Hai Wu Liang (Boundless Sea), was the strongest Qi Master in the profession.

However, while they were strong, their strength was limited. The truly powerful guilds were all caught up in the various controversies following the playoffs. Those still vying for wild Bosses at this time were the usual cannon fodder. The league's and the game's dual cannon fodder.

"Where are they now?" Ye Xiu asked Zhan Lou Lan.

"Halfway there, estimated to be two regiments," Zhan Lou Lan replied.

Seaside Guild hadn't had much luck snatching wild Bosses either, so they seemed quite cautious at the chance to perform. They gathered their people before heading over, which might be why they were slower than Everbright Guild and Yi Zhan Tian Xia.

"Two regiments is fine. Quickly wipe them out here, you continue dealing with the Boss, and I'll take a regiment to block Team Seaside," Ye Xiu arranged.

In reality, Zhan Lou Lan wasn't dealing with any Boss at all. His five-man team was leading the charge, caught up in the excitement of the battle. Just like Ye Xiu's regiment, they were attacking Everbright Guild's people! A portion of Zhan Lou Lan's forces were dealing with the Boss, Dark Night Radiance Sore, and after seeing that they could handle it, the rest ran over to engage in the player-versus-player combat.

With one side's tactics sharp and the other's combat power strong, Everbright Guild was defeated quickly and miserably. Although Yi Zhan Tian Xia couldn't avoid taking some damage, it wasn't the type where they lost eight hundred men after killing a thousand. Their reasonable attack method allowed them to minimize losses.

Seeing that defeat was inevitable, Everbright Guild knew that continuing was just sending themselves to their deaths. With a long sigh, the guild leader led the retreat. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn't have pressed the attack, but considering that Team Seaside was arriving soon, Everbright Guild might get the idea of taking advantage of the situation. So Yi Zhan Tian Xia adopted a "kill them all" stance, chasing them down and killing as many as they could.

Everbright Guild was completely routed today, chased all the way out of the Dark Shrine by Yi Zhan Tian Xia. Even the guild leader didn't know when he had died.

Without their leader, Everbright Guild scattered like startled birds and beasts. Ye Xiu quickly called a halt to the team, telling everyone to seize the time to rest and reorganize. They could already see Team Seaside's people approaching at high speed.

Yi Zhan Tian Xia had achieved a great victory over Everbright Guild, and everyone was filled with confidence and high morale. Zhan Lou Lan didn't even bother fighting the Boss; he followed Ye Xiu's regiment all the way here. While taking a break, he was giving a speech, pointing at the approaching Team Seaside and acting as if he could crush them into dust with a flick of his wrist.

"Stop listening to his bragging, everyone get in position!" As soon as Ye Xiu gave the order, the crowd scattered with a whoosh.

"Where are you going?" Zhan Lou Lan was taken aback.

"Ambush!" Ye Xiu said.

"Ambush?"

"Do you want to charge straight at them? Don't you know how to use intelligence?" Ye Xiu said.

"But they've already seen us, haven't they?" Zhan Lou Lan pointed out.

"Then tell them not to come in. There's only one entrance anyway," Ye Xiu said. The interior of the Dark Shrine was extremely spacious, but there was only one entrance. Ye Xiu had once again divided his team into smaller groups and had them carefully set up an ambush at the entrance. He had no intention of directly confronting Team Seaside; he planned to ambush them first.

"Oh, I see! Everyone, set up an ambush too," Zhan Lou Lan quickly ordered his team.

"Hey," Ye Xiu's Lord Grim stepped forward and stopped Zhan Lou Lan, who was about to leave. "You ran over here too, who's going to pick up the loot when the Boss dies later?"

"Damn it!!" Zhan Lou Lan jumped up in shock.

The looting of wild Bosses was naturally not free-for-all. Usually, it was distributed by the team, so only the team leader or someone designated by the team leader was qualified to loot. Zhan Lou Lan's team leader hadn't designated anyone, so by default, it was him who would loot. But he had run so far away, and within that range, the looting rules would automatically switch to free-for-all, which was extremely undesirable.

Realizing this, Zhan Lou Lan rushed back like a rocket. However, Forward, Going Courageously and the others stayed behind, ready to continue participating in this passionate battle.

No, it was pretty passionate just now. This time... it seemed very sneaky!

Although they thought about it this way, everyone ultimately hid themselves. Team Seaside's players were getting closer and closer. They had already seen a wave of people gathering at the entrance of the Dark Shrine, but they had quickly dispersed. Since they knew about the Boss spawn here, Team Seaside naturally knew what the shrine was like. The two major guilds fighting each other first was a god-sent opportunity to profit as a fisherman!

Regardless of who won or lost between the two, they would suffer eight hundred casualties for every thousand enemies killed. Now, with their own people full of energy, wouldn't they be able to sweep everything away?

Team Seaside's movement speed was quite fast, and they quickly arrived at the entrance of the shrine on the hillside. The two hundred or so people didn't rush in haphazardly; the team maintained a certain formation. Team Seaside was quite cautious, constantly guarding against any potential attacks.

However, they still misjudged the outcome of the battle between Everbright Guild and Yi Zhan Tian Xia. They never expected Yi Zhan Tian Xia to defeat Everbright Guild with such a huge advantage. Although they had also suffered some damage, Yi Zhan Tian Xia's morale was at its peak after the great victory.

Team Seaside was still thinking about how to bully a group of exhausted soldiers after a major battle when they suddenly became noisy as soon as they reached the gate of the Dark Shrine. Without any warning, a large number of skills were unleashed.

"Ambush!!" the leader of Team Seaside shouted, but he wasn't too nervous. This was a game, after all, and ambushes usually only gave you a slight advantage. After all, it was impossible to one-shot someone of the same level, unlike a real battlefield, where an ambush could wipe out a large number of people. In a game, it would only lower a wave of health. Unless they focused their fire, they could take down some people, but the leader of Team Seaside thought that the other side was just a group of exhausted soldiers, so he wasn't panicked at all.

He calmly told everyone not to panic, then calmly observed the situation, and quickly lost his bearings.

Wasn't this attack a bit too fierce?

The leader of Team Seaside realized this from his rapidly decreasing health bar. The intensity of the opponent's attack was nothing like what he had imagined of a group of exhausted soldiers. Moreover, the attacks came from multiple directions, leaving him dizzy and unsure which direction to counterattack first.

"Team One..."

"Team Four..."

"Team Six..."

Ye Xiu continued to give instructions, and the ambush was carried out patiently. They didn't immediately rush up and expose themselves after gaining a slight advantage. On the other hand, Forward, Going Courageously and his group were sneaky for a while before directly rushing to the front line and engaging Team Seaside in battle.

This allowed the ambushed Team Seaside to quickly find a direction in their confusion and counterattack.

In terms of numbers, Team Seaside had a slight advantage, but Yi Zhan Tian Xia had just won a great victory, and their morale was high. The players were all performing above their usual level, and their combat power was nothing like what it should have been in theory. In addition, Ye Xiu's tactics were still in effect, and the elite team only lacked Zhan Lou Lan. After fighting with confidence for a while, Team Seaside suddenly felt that something was wrong. Were their own people falling too quickly?

Where was their advantage? Where was their advantage?

The leader of Team Seaside was starting to panic. The situation was completely different from what he had initially expected. He could barely tolerate a situation where the opponents he had thought he could easily defeat were evenly matched, but as the fight progressed, it seemed like they were about to be suppressed?

"Team Three, charge at the four o'clock direction."

"Team Nine, traps at the eight o'clock direction."

"Team Six, use map attacks to cover the charge..."

"Team One, don't let them break through you first, Team Two, merge with Team One."

Ye Xiu's commanded the small teams and gradually gained control of the situation, launching an even fiercer and more methodical attack. Team Seaside's composure and calmness had been shattered one after another, and their leader had started to give "hold on, hold on" type of commands. If the people from Everbright Guild had been here, they would have been very familiar with this scene. If they had a chance to do it again, they would have immediately chosen to retreat.

Unfortunately, Team Seaside didn't know about the previous example. They still felt that they might not lose. Their leader was still trying to find a breakthrough, but as he searched, he realized that his own people were dwindling. The screen seemed to be filled with Yi Zhan Tian Xia's characters. The characters with Team Seaside's guild tag above their heads were either down, kneeling, or struggling.

The leader of Team Seaside finally realized that they had suffered a complete defeat. They hadn't even seen the Boss, yet they had already been defeated!

But what could they do even if they were unwilling? No matter how strong their will was, it couldn't revive their characters to full health on the spot. Retreat was the most correct decision they could make right now.

Team Seaside's retreat went smoothly. Zhan Lou Lan didn't receive any news of new opponents, so they didn't consider Team Seaside to be a threat. Seeing that they were preparing to retreat, Ye Xiu directed them to make a show of it and let them go. Then he sent a message to Zhan Lou Lan, but Zhan Lou Lan didn't have time to reply. The people at the entrance hurriedly rushed back to the Boss in the shrine, but just as they were about to arrive, the announcement that Yi Zhan Tian Xia had killed Dark Night Radiance Sore appeared on the world channel.

The team cheered instantly. Wasn't this the moment they had been fighting for all along?

Seeing that nothing unexpected had happened, Ye Xiu was relieved. Now, it was time to see what dropped.

At this moment, a message flashed. Ye Xiu opened it and saw Zhan Lou Lan's name. He thought he was reporting the loot, but when he opened it, he saw a single word: Damn!

"What's wrong?" Ye Xiu was puzzled. The loot from a level 70 wild Boss couldn't be anything less than satisfactory. Even if it wasn't something he needed, he could always find a way to exchange it for something he did need.

"Someone stole it!" Zhan Lou Lan's message came again.

"What?"

"Deceitful Rippling Waves! Isn't he your friend?" Zhan Lou Lan said.

"That guy..." Ye Xiu was stunned. Without asking for details, he had already guessed most of it. He quickly shouted, "Steamed Bun, quickly guard the door."

"Huh?" Steamed Bun raised his head, puzzled, but he still took off his headset and got up to walk towards the training room door.

Everyone in the room was stunned. Ye Xiu immediately reacted and spat out a mouthful of blood: "I told you to guard the door in the game!"

Tang Rou burst out laughing, but Wei Chen had a serious expression: "This will definitely be one of our weaknesses!!"