About thirty minutes later, a group of over thirty top players from the Bull Man Tribe arrived at the village. The scene was horrifying. A large number of Greenlan Empire players’ corpses lay on the ground. Occasionally, a Greenlan Empire NPC could be seen, and they were undoubtedly slaughtered as well.
[www.wrshu.com] This was clearly the work of Lawful Evil players, as Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire players would never kill NPCs.
Cold wind howled through the village, stirring up dust, making it desolate and bleak.
“Report the situation here to Boss Guo Huai.”
“Yeah.”
Swiftly, Guo Huai received the message. He keenly sensed that this matter was far from simple. To wipe out an entire village, including both NPCs and players, would require at least a team—and a top-tier one at that.
A group like this arriving at Abernathy Grassland was definitely not good news.
Guo Huai immediately dispatched people to investigate this group, including tracking down the players killed by Xue Mo and others to get details.
In the following days, he successively received one message after another. Fifteen villages had been attacked in succession, with at least 300 NPCs and more than 7,000 players killed by them.
After thoroughly investigating the situation, Guo Huai immediately sent a message to Nie Yan through the game pod.
“What’s up?” Nie Yan asked. Guo Huai knew Nie Yan was in the Dark World; he wouldn’t send him a message without a good reason.
“A group of people from the Demon Tribe has recently appeared in Abernathy Grassland. There are sixty of them, all Silvers. They’ve already raided fifteen villages, killing at least 7,000 players and over 300 NPCs,” Guo Huai said, preparing to send all the information he had gathered to Nie Yan.
Before Guo Huai could finish speaking, Nie Yan immediately realized something and asked in shock, “Are you talking about the Blood Demon Knight Corps?”
Guo Huai was momentarily stunned and asked, “How did you know?”
“Those guys have quite a reputation. I didn’t expect them to surface here. In fact, Nie Yan rarely paid attention to the underground world, but the Blood Demon Knight Corps had such a huge reputation in their previous life that Nie Yan remembered them vividly.
Back then, when the Blood Demon Knight Corps was acting recklessly and arrogantly, Nie Yan was only around level 130. At that time, Greenlan Empire already had quite a few top-tier professional players, about sixty or seventy in total. The Demon Tribe had only about five or six hundred Silvers, yet the small Blood Demon Knight Corps had sixty Silvers. That was indeed quite shocking.
Besides all being Silvers, they had extremely good coordination and strange tactics, which amazed Greenlan Empire players. Many top-tier Greenlan Empire players encountered them and ended up being defeated.
They stayed near the border of Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire for over two months, killing an astonishing number of players, reaching tens of thousands. Any player who accidentally encountered them was eliminated. Later, Greenlan Empire organized about twenty top-tier professionals to challenge them for a decisive battle. In the end, five of Greenlan’s players were killed before they retreated, having only killed two of the enemy. At the time, Greenlan Empire players considered this a great shame. Later, some top-tier players from Saterne Empire also suffered at their hands.
Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire’s top-tier players hunted them for over a month without any results. Eventually, the two sides had to cooperate. With seventy top-tier players and massive support from over a dozen guilds, they finally found the Blood Demon Knight Corps’ location and engaged in a decisive battle. Greenlan and Saterne lost seven top-tier players, while the Blood Demon Knight Corps lost sixteen. The Blood Demon Knight Corps suffered some setbacks and finally retreated underground.
Although the battle was won, such a victory was hard for the participating top-tier players to boast about.
Although Silvers were considered top-tier professions in the Demon Tribe, they were not on par with Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire’s top-tier players in terms of talent. The battle outcome was not considered a true victory for Greenlan and Saterne’s top-tier players, so they felt ashamed.
After this battle, although defeated, the Blood Demon Knight Corps gained immense fame, being hailed as the number one guild in the world, with no team able to rival them.
It was said that the Blood Demon Knight Corps was founded by a player named Xue Mo. The members were all old friends who had played virtual games together for decades. Their average age was over forty. They weren’t interested in establishing guilds but instead formed a studio to earn money. Their method of making money was aggressive: hunting high-level players, looting their equipment, and selling it. It was said that many guilds had suffered losses at their hands, including Zhong Shen, Tian Shi Zhui Luo, and Tian Shi Ba Ye. They didn’t care which guild their targets belonged to; if they wanted to kill, they would. Although they had been ambushed many times, they always managed to escape calmly, often retaliating severely against those guilds that tried to surround them. After several incidents, major guilds dared not provoke the Blood Demon Knight Corps anymore, choosing to turn a blind eye as long as the Blood Demon Knight Corps didn’t go too far, since provoking these players was simply too terrifying.
With the Blood Demon Knight Corps surfacing, Nie Yan immediately felt a heavy pressure on his shoulders. His guild had a total of twenty-one top-tier professionals, making it difficult to drive out the Blood Demon Knight Corps. However, he couldn’t allow the Blood Demon Knight Corps to act recklessly within their territory, as that would be a loss of face.
But these guys were well-informed, elusive, and hard to track, with formidable strength, making them extremely difficult to deal with. They were completely different from the people Nie Yan had encountered before. The Demon Tribe had many strange tactics, making them hard to guard against, and one could easily suffer losses if not careful. If a decisive battle occurred, casualties would be inevitable.
Nie Yan furrowed his brows; there was no way to avoid this.
“What are their current movements?” Nie Yan whispered to Guo Huai.
“They are currently heading towards Saterne Empire,” Guo Huai replied, looking at the latest information he had received. He felt somewhat relieved. Nie Yan and others were in the Dark World; if such a group stayed in Abernathy Grassland, he would definitely be unable to sleep or eat peacefully. Now that the group had gone to Saterne Empire to wreak havoc on Tian Shi Ba Ye, Guo Huai couldn’t help but feel a bit schadenfreude. This time, let’s see how Tian Shi Ba Ye would handle it!
“Keep an eye on their movements. If they turn back to Abernathy Grassland, immediately inform me and have the lower-level members quickly advance to top-tier professions!” Nie Yan said. Compared to the Blood Demon Knight Corps, the Bull Man Tribe didn’t have enough top-tier professionals.
Based on past experience, the Blood Demon Knight Corps wouldn’t return underground without suffering some setbacks. Killing Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire players on the surface not only incurred no criminal value but also provided daily experience and respect rewards. Their red names would disappear in just two days, and the equipment they obtained could be sold through various channels. Besides these benefits, they could also gain high military ranks. After reaching the rank of Ten Thousand Man Commander, they had to maintain a certain number of kills daily to prevent their ranks from dropping. If they killed aggressively, they had the chance to reach the ranks of Supervisor and High Supervisor. After reaching these ranks, each member could purchase a set of semi-legendary or legendary gear.
Once they tasted the sweetness, they became addicted.
If the Blood Demon Knight Corps weren’t driven back underground, they would eventually return to Abernathy Grassland. If the Bull Man Tribe continued to hide and avoid confrontation, they would be seen as unwilling to fight, making the Blood Demon Knight Corps even more arrogant.
“I’ve sent some thieves to follow them from a distance. Unless something unexpected happens, we shouldn’t lose track of them,” Guo Huai said. Such dangerous individuals naturally needed to be monitored as much as possible.
“Have them keep their distance, at least 150 yards away, or they’ll be in danger. The people they’re following are no ordinary folks,” Nie Yan said. He had heard many legends about the Blood Demon Knight Corps in his past life and had a general understanding of their strength.
He still needed to stay in the Dark World for a while. With the Blood Demon Knight Corps as a looming threat, they had to return as soon as possible. Without a top-tier professional player to oversee the guild, it would be easy for uncontrollable situations to arise.
“Boss, should we rush back?” Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan also heard about the Blood Demon Knight Corps and asked in the team chat.
“No, stay here for now. Hurrying won’t help!” Nie Yan shook his head. The Blood Demon Knight Corps were definitely the most skilled group at the moment. They needed to quickly enhance their strength to avoid being at a disadvantage when encountering the Blood Demon Knight Corps.
Everyone was somewhat worried about the situation in Oaklen City, but upon hearing Nie Yan’s words, they calmed down and continued grinding monsters.
“Accelerate the advancement speed,” Nie Yan said. He was a bit frustrated because completing this task seemed to be an endless endeavor, and he couldn’t afford to wait that long.
For now, they could only take one step at a time.
While Nie Yan and others were grinding monsters in the Dark World, they also kept an eye on the outside situation. The Blood Demon Knight Corps had taken a tour of Saterne Empire, even raiding two small towns. This group had become somewhat addicted to killing, growing bolder with each attack.
Tian Shi Ba Ye and Century Fortune Group naturally wouldn’t sit idly by while the Blood Demon Knight Corps acted so arrogantly. They dispatched large numbers of troops to intercept them, but several attempts at encirclement seemed to have been anticipated in advance. Not only did they fail, but they also suffered severe counterattacks.
This situation reminded Nie Yan of past events. In his previous life, it was also like this. The Blood Demon Knight Corps must have had insiders in Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire, otherwise they wouldn’t have been so well-informed. Moreover, the equipment they obtained definitely needed some channels to sell. Selling to underground players was pointless; they had to sell to surface players.
No wonder they dared to act so recklessly in Greenlan Empire and Saterne Empire!
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