Chapter 200 Encirclement

The guild members felt that they had contained Lord Grim and Soft Mist, and the encirclement was proceeding smoothly. Ye Xiu, on the other hand, had already received news that Steamed Bun Invasion had successfully slipped out.

With a flip of his hand, he executed a Reverse Tank Shell. The explosive impact sent two oncoming players flying.

"Let's go," Ye Xiu said.

"Okay," Su Mucheng responded. Soft Mist flew backwards with a ground-based aerial cannon. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim used a Shadow Clone Technique, his real body already waiting for her at the front.

The guild members were flanking from the left and right, tightening their pocket. However, these two were determined to break through, an uncooperative act that angered everyone. Blades flashed, swords danced, bullets flew, and spells were cast from the left and right, all mid- to long-range attack skills attempting to impede them.

"I hope they're in a group," Ye Xiu said with sympathy.

"As if," Su Mucheng retorted.

"Haha, if they're not in a group, that would be spectacular. I'd like that too," Ye Xiu said, dodging attacks from both sides. Although not completely, they both knew which attacks they would be hit by, attacks that wouldn't obstruct their movements or pose a threat to their lives.

And so... brushing past their bodies, the attack from the left flew to the right, and the attack from the right flew to the left.

"Boom!" Su Mucheng provided sound effects.

But… the scene they were hoping for didn't happen. After yesterday's battle, the guilds probably realized the importance of unity and cooperation. Even if they still didn't obey orders, they at least managed to form groups. With the group damage exemption, even if they were caught in spells and explosions, they were unharmed.

"How boring..." Su Mucheng muttered, turning her cannon towards the exit being sealed and firing.

To stop the two, the three who stood in their way didn't dodge the Anti-Tank Gun, enduring the hit head-on. But it was naive to think that standing still could stop them.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had already rushed forward, and a Falling Flower Palm sent the three flying.

The people on the left and right wanted to sandwich them, but Lord Grim grabbed one and performed a back throw. Those who were aware quickly jumped back to avoid the Quake, while those who weren't tumbled to the ground. Those who fell immediately performed recovery maneuvers. Some succeeded, some failed. Those who failed lay flat on the ground, while those who succeeded rolled away to the side. Looking around, Lord Grim was surrounded by empty space.

After the cannon fire flashed, Soft Mist flew in with an Aerial Cannon, landing neatly beside Lord Grim.

Then, they flew together with Flying Gun and Flying Cannon, covering a distance in an instant.

Chase or not? The guild members were in agony.

Silently retreat back to the city gate to guard their posts and lose face, or grit their teeth and chase the two to the ends of the earth, never giving up?

The instructions came quickly.

Keep an eye on their whereabouts.

This was the final decision. Several people jumped out of the group and chased after Lord Grim and Soft Mist.

They wouldn't chase too closely, wouldn't try to attack. They understood that it would be suicide.

Track their whereabouts, track their whereabouts.

This was a frequently used phrase in the commands of the major guilds.

Their whereabouts were often known. Even just now, the two of them had actively appeared before everyone. But what could they do? People came and went, and the order was: track their whereabouts.

The people were actively presented to them, and they still needed to track their whereabouts.

Everyone didn't know how to describe their feelings. How could he be so capable against these few people? The guild members scattered outside the city gate were suffering. Were they going to squat here all night again? Did they download enough movies? Did they have enough snacks? What about drinks?

Repeating the same thing was terrible. Repeating something that had no end in sight, something that might never yield results, was even more terrible. The guild members were doing something terrible, and the pressure was immense.

They hoped it would end soon, but reality went against their wishes.

The players who were "tracking their whereabouts" followed Lord Grim and Soft Mist to a small village outside Glory City. There, they saw the two reunite with Steamed Bun Invasion right before their eyes.

The few sent the latest information, and each guild actively adjusted its strategy based on the latest intelligence, striving to strike Lord Grim and the others.

But before they could act, Lord Grim and the others committed another crime.

In the small village, the three turned seven times and eight times and disappeared without a trace. The others, of course, were eager to find them. As a result, they were poisoned during the search.

Ye Xiu and the others naturally didn't need to ambush. They simply hid their characters, and when those few inadvertently entered their attack range, they jumped out and took them down. These people had been very careful, careful not to get close. They weren't afraid of being exposed, but they were afraid of getting too close and being attacked by Lord Grim and the others. Their tracking method was indeed too bold.

Lord Grim and the others' whereabouts became a mystery again.

The guild players everywhere were disheartened by this news.

The players throughout the guild were helping to pay attention to the whereabouts of this group, but although information had been sent many times, the guild's actions didn't seem to have made any progress, which was really disappointing.

Where would Lord Grim and the others go? Leaders like Chen Yehui were thinking seriously.

"It's still a bit early before 12 o'clock. They don't need to go to First Line Gorge now, right?" someone said.

Then came the news that Lord Grim and the others had appeared in First Line Gorge, and the lookout at the intersection had been killed.

"Now they've gone to First Line Gorge, are they trying to level up for a while? Or are they planning to approach their two teammates who haven't logged in yet?" someone said again.

The ones who hadn't logged in yet were naturally Tang Rou and Qiao Yifan. Ye Xiu and his team had all logged off directly in First Line Gorge yesterday, everyone knew that. Now three of them were free to move around, and two of them still hadn't been seen.

So another large-scale search began in First Line Gorge.

Soon came news that a team had been wiped out in the Flaming Forest.

The people from each guild were going crazy…

Currently, they had reached level 33, and naturally began to think about the Flame Witch, the boss of the Flaming Forest map. In addition to running dungeons, the guild's elite team would level up here, fighting monsters while seeing if they could encounter this wild boss. This activity was not easy to unite. In the eyes of each guild, fighting wild bosses was a very private activity, and they didn't want to share their privacy with others.

Moreover, even their own members wouldn't act together. Everyone had to spread out to have a better chance of finding the Boss!

They really found the Boss.

But it wasn't the Flame Witch Boss, but the Lord Grim Boss.

Lord Grim Boss had an infinitely large aggro range, was extremely belligerent, would attack head-on, would sneak attack, would use encirclement tactics, and had a non-fixed activity range. He would actively seek out players and then attack.

In just a moment, news came from the Flaming Forest that Lord Grim Boss was performing a hat trick, and three players had been killed.

Elites! These were all elites from the major guilds, elites who were prioritized with good food, good drinks, and good equipment. But…

The elites quickly contacted their members to concentrate their forces.

This gave Lord Grim Boss an even easier opportunity.

New news came, it wasn't just a hat trick, but an entire team had been wiped out, six people.

At the time, they were actively gathering with other brothers in the Flaming Forest, but unfortunately, they encountered Lord Grim first and immediately returned to Glory City to report.

The Flaming Forest had become like a horror movie, a terrifying place filled with the unknown, a place that would bring death. Of course, the best plan in such a place was to retreat.

The elites began to retreat.

They were the future of the guild, the flowers that the guild was trying to cultivate. They couldn't let Lord Grim continue to trample on them like this. The major guilds were already dispatching manpower to rush to the Flaming Forest.

But at this time, they didn't have accurate information. Where exactly was Lord Grim?

Headache, just headache and more headache.

In the long years of fighting experience of these old players, they had never seen such an opponent.

As a large guild, the most common threat they used to intimidate their opponents was: "We'll kill you every time we see you."

But now, they died every time they saw this opponent.

Maybe not all of them died, but they always left something behind.

And now, had they ever killed Lord Grim and his team? The answer seemed to give them some comfort. At least they had killed Soft Mist twice yesterday, and today they had forced Steamed Bun Invasion to die once. But compared to the elites they had sacrificed, this achievement couldn't cover their wounds at all.

The elite's casualties were completely beyond their plans.

If this hadn't happened, they wouldn't have been so headache-y. They would have been happy to say, "Look, although we didn't kill Lord Grim, we forced him to run around and restricted his movements. His leveling speed has been slowed down. Our goal has been achieved."

This was the truth. From yesterday until now, Ye Xiu's leveling speed was slower than usual, and their activities were indeed heavily controlled. A ten-minute journey usually took twenty minutes or even more to avoid some trouble.

So Ye Xiu chose to take the initiative. If they were slowed down, then they would drag more people down with them. He couldn't kill all the people from the major guilds, but he could destroy their determination.

Because he knew very well that, in fact, he and the guilds were not in competition. These guilds themselves were the opponents.

If the elites of all the guilds were dropping levels, then these guilds wouldn't care. But the problem was that many guilds hadn't participated in their actions. Ye Xiu counted these things very clearly. He wouldn't touch those who didn't provoke him, but only chased after the few who were causing trouble.

These guilds checked their casualties and became very unhappy with those guilds that didn't participate in the siege.

Moreover, with this rise and fall, they would also worry about the development of their own guild. Did they really have the confidence to continue this siege?

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