An amateur team encountering an elite team would end up like this, with the battle completely one-sided. According to standard combat formations, shield warriors would hold the front line while concentrating the mages’ firepower, which could eliminate only two or three enemies at a time. Often, their firepower was scattered, and with priests at the back healing, the battle would usually last for a while before producing a result.
The members of Bloodthirsty Blade had planned to engage in a war of attrition with Ni Ren Tribe, hoping to pin them down until reinforcements arrived, trapping the Ni Ren Tribe players. Unexpectedly, the Ni Ren Tribe players completely abandoned conventional tactics. First, Nieyan, Yichui Dingqing, and Sun used their superb skills to forcefully breach enemy defenses, breaking through layers of protection to strike directly at the rear. This caused chaos among the priests of Bloodthirsty Blade. With healing support failing, the front line warriors quickly collapsed. Once the warriors fell, the warriors of the Ni Ren Tribe surged forward, beginning to massacre the cloth-wearing magic users.
This chain of events led to the complete disintegration of the Bloodthirsty Blade players in less than six minutes of fighting against the Ni Ren Tribe.
The strength of the Ni Ren Tribe was evident.
The remaining players of Bloodthirsty Blade were terrified and fled in panic; if they didn’t escape now, they wouldn’t get another chance.
Looking around, the ground was littered with corpses, a spectacular sight, leaving only the members of the Ni Ren Tribe.
“How many casualties do we have?” Nieyan asked. It was difficult to expect no losses after such a battle.
“Three are dead, and their gear has been collected. If we resurrect them now, they’ll lose a lot of experience. Considering the intense battles ahead, it’s better to let them resurrect at the graveyard,” Shuise Yan Tou replied, acknowledging it was a regrettable choice.
Nieyan nodded in agreement with Shuise Yan Tou’s view. Fortunately, only three members had been lost, which wasn’t too bad.
“Everyone, mount up again; we’re leaving!” Nieyan ordered, as they couldn’t afford to stay here for long.
If they were continuously harassed by Bloodthirsty Blade, their remaining members would eventually be worn down and eliminated! Although Nieyan could use a teleportation scroll to return, his red-name teammates wouldn’t be able to do so. As the guild leader, Nieyan couldn’t abandon these teammates who had saved him.
Everyone summoned their horses and continued riding. In the distance, at the edge of the grasslands, a dense jungle appeared. Seeing the distant, sprawling jungle, Nieyan’s eyes lit up; navigating through a jungle would be much easier. Even if Bloodthirsty Blade had more players, they might not be able to corner them in dense jungle terrain.
Just as Nieyan was excited, Guo Huai sent him a message: “Don’t enter the jungle ahead; there are five to six thousand of them blocking that way. Without high-level magic, it’s too dangerous for you to go there. Head east instead; there’s a crystal cave, a level 50 map. Once you enter the cave, Bloodthirsty Blade won’t be able to use their numbers against you. You can clear your red names there before coming out. However, you need to be careful; the cave is an unexplored map and might contain many high-level monsters.”
Even Nie Yan was somewhat surprised by where Guo Huai had obtained this information. However, ever since the previous incident at the Sin Domain Canyon, Guo Huai had begun establishing an intelligence network for the Niren Tribe. With financial backing from the Longyue Financial Group, funding was never an issue. Gradually, the intelligence network expanded and began yielding results.
It was precisely due to these capable subordinates that the Ni Ren Tribe could become so powerful.
Upon receiving the message from Guo Huai, Nieyan immediately led his team to change direction, heading east toward the crystal cave.
At the headquarters of Bloodthirsty Blade in Red River Fortress, Shixue Kuandao received reports from the front line that another three to four hundred Bloodthirsty Blade players had been killed by the Ni Ren Tribe, which made him quite depressed. He had dispatched a large group of players to block the path of the Ni Ren Tribe, but suddenly received another report from a scout at the front line that the Ni Ren Tribe had changed direction and was heading east.
“Damn, they’re heading for the crystal caves; stop them!” Shixue Kuandao suddenly realized. The terrain of the crystal caves was like a maze; if the Ni Ren Tribe entered such a place, the Bloodthirsty Blade players wouldn’t be able to spread out, and their plan to surround and kill Nieyan and his group would completely fail.
As for what would happen inside the crystal caves and whether Nieyan’s group would be wiped out, who could know? It was indeed difficult to explore a level 50 map, but Nieyan’s group was so powerful that they might actually succeed in clearing the map and leaving after removing their red names, which would leave Bloodthirsty Blade with nothing but losses.
The crystal caves were a level 50 map inhabited by crystal cave dwellers. According to the official website, there was a level 50 boss and many elites. Several teams from Bloodthirsty Blade had tried exploring the caves but had all suffered heavy defeats. There was a place in the caves where seven elite crystal cave dwellers appeared simultaneously, and seven level 50 elites were extremely difficult to handle, so they couldn’t get through.
At that time, they had three teams totaling sixty players, while Nieyan’s group had only one team of less than twenty people. Shixue Kuandao thought they probably couldn’t pass through the crystal caves. However, it was hard to say for sure; if the Ni Ren Tribe actually managed to get through the crystal caves, he couldn’t rule out that possibility.
No matter what, at whatever cost, Nieyan’s group must be intercepted!
Nieyan and his companions rode their warhorses, and in the distance at the foot of the mountains, a massive cave was already in sight. The entrance to the cave was scattered with giant rocks, each adorned with crystals that refracted a kaleidoscope of colorful light under the sunlight.
These were some mineral ores, and the crystal cave was the main production area for crystals.
Nieyan and his companions rushed to the front of the crystal cave. When they were about twenty to thirty yards away from the entrance, suddenly, Nieyan had a bad premonition and activated his True Sight ability. His True Sight quickly locked onto some nearby targets: more than thirty rogues on the left front, more than fifty rogues on the right front, and more groups of people rushing over to block their path forward. All of them were rogues, all in stealth mode. If they launched a surprise attack, the consequences would be unimaginable.
When Nieyan previously organized a hundred-rogue team, he thought that rogues were more suitable for ambushes due to their characteristics. When they moved in groups, it was similar to wolf pack tactics and could achieve excellent results. There were some typical successful cases from his past life. Nieyan never imagined that he would now be the one experiencing the taste of being attacked by a rogue team.
“Everyone, dismount and rush into the crystal cave!” Nieyan ordered his team, and the members quickly jumped off their horses.
Shili Huasha and Daibiao Dage Qi Zai first cast two illumination spells, which flew in two different directions. A cascade of white light poured down, revealing each rogue. All the rogues’ positions were now clearly visible.
Shuise Yan Tou, Cui Can Daoguang, and others activated their charge and collision skills, rushing toward the rogues.
Whirlwind Slash!
Blades danced in the air!
The rogues quickly divided into several small teams, with an average of five or six rogues attacking one target, while the remaining rogues moved toward the magic users at the rear, surging forward like a tidal wave.
These rogues were like a pack of wolves ready to pounce, locking their eyes on their prey.
Encountering such a group was quite frustrating. If one of the rogues managed to stun you, you might be continuously stunned by the following rogues until you died. With so many rogues, they could chain stun skills continuously.
Dispel!
Dispel!
Tang Yao, Xia Chong Yubing, and other mages activated their dispel skills, pushing back the rogues, but the following rogues were still endless, continuously surging forward. They cast various control skills, occasionally killing one or two rogues, but always felt a lack of follow-through, often allowing the rogues to break through.
Tang Yao and others unleashed their magic, blasting the rogues who had broken through.
“Damn, are these guys ever going to stop? There are so many of them!”
The entire team struggled to advance.
Cui Can Daoguang used a charge to knock aside five or six rogues. After the rogues dodged, many more came rushing in. One rogue struck Cui Can Daoguang from behind with a stealth attack, and then a group of rogues surged forward, launching a fierce assault. His health dropped rapidly.
Shili Huasha continuously cast healing spells, maintaining Cui Can Daoguang’s health. Tang Yao rushed forward with a dispel, pushing the players back.
Cui Can Daoguang finally escaped the awkward state of being controlled. The situation for other team members was similar. The melee units engaged in close combat with these rogues and rarely avoided being controlled. Two more team members were killed.
They were getting closer and closer to the cave entrance, ten yards, five yards…
The rogues’ attacks became increasingly fierce. More and more team members at the front were low on health. Daibiao Dage Qi Zai, Shili Huasha, and other priests were beginning to sweat, struggling to keep up with healing. If this continued, more team members would die, and they might end up falling right at the entrance of the crystal cave.
Watching Tang Yao, protected by the other team members, chant a long and powerful spell, he unleashed the Ultimate Dispel!
A powerful force surged forward, sweeping the rogues away.
The rogues were pushed back over twenty yards, clearing the area around the cave entrance.
The team rushed into the crystal cave, with Shuise Yan Tou, Cui Can Daoguang, and Leng Ao Ying blocking the entrance like three guardian deities, firmly holding their ground.
“I thought I had learned a useless ultimate spell, but I never expected it to be so effective,” Tang Yao said in disbelief. The casting time of this ultimate spell wasn’t long, only about three seconds, but its effect was powerful, pushing the rogues back over twenty yards. On the battlefield, this would undoubtedly be a great skill.
The Bloodthirsty Blade rogues were kept outside by Nieyan and his team as they looked into the cave. The deep, dark cave’s destination was unknown, filled with various shaped rocks adorned with crystals, emitting a faint white glow inside the cave.
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