"That War Angel seems off somehow. I keep feeling like it's starting to become transparent."
"You noticed that too?"
"Look, everyone! The War Angel is starting to disappear!"
The moment Qi Yitao announced the retreat, the War Angel's sudden change immediately caught everyone's attention.
The War Angel's appearance before had given them far too much shock and a sense of helplessness.
Even Qi Yitao and the others, who hated Zero Wing to the bone, had no choice but to give up. But now that the War Angel had suddenly developed problems, the flames of hope reignited within them.
Qi Yitao and his group stopped in their tracks upon seeing this scene, halting their use of Return Scrolls.
"Issue my orders. Everyone, go intercept Hei Yan and buy our people time!" After confirming that the War Angel had truly vanished, Qi Yitao's lips curled into a cold smirk.
Lancelot's drops were simply too eye-catching — no player could bear to let them go.
Before, he had intended to have the assassin squad quietly collect them, since the War Angel would have detected them and there would be no escape. But now, that was completely unnecessary.
If Zero Wing no longer had the War Angel, and they no longer had the Evil Blood Earth Dragon, then everything was essentially back to square one — both sides returned to zero.
And right now in Stone Forest Town, only Hei Yan remained, along with two NPC guards. Killing Hei Yan might be difficult, but snatching up the dropped items would be much easier.
After all, the drops were plentiful and scattered — how could one person compete with a group for efficiency?
After Qi Yitao gave the order, Wanshi Wushuang and Yixiao Duzang coordinated with the Heishui members and sprang into action.
Whether it was Kate or Anna, perhaps the current players weren't their match, but keeping them busy for a short while was still perfectly feasible — especially since they held Magic Arrays in hand.
As long as they found an opportunity to use the Magic Arrays to trap Kate and Anna, taking care of the mana-sealed Hei Yan would be a piece of cake.
...
After Shi Feng collected one of the dropped items, he suddenly noticed over a thousand players charging toward him, along with dozens of assassins who had been hiding in Stealth and were now acting openly.
Shi Feng immediately turned and ran toward the Obelisk Tower.
Currently, not only was he mana-sealed, but he was also in a weakened state. Fighting over a thousand Elite players head-on was plain suicide, and among those players were experts from the Crimson Gem Legion.
As for Kate and Anna, they were covered by a magic barrier and entangled by a group of players and humanoid single-horned monsters, leaving them no way to attend to him.
After Shi Feng had been running toward the Obelisk Tower for a short while, the pursuing forces suddenly all stopped.
Because at that moment, a thousand-strong army had appeared beside Shi Feng, led by none other than the Star Moon Kingdom's well-known Ice Goddess, Bai Qingxue.
"So it's Guild Leader Bai!" Upon seeing Bai Qingxue, Qi Yitao couldn't help but laugh. "I was originally planning to deal with you slowly, but you went and delivered yourself right to me. Everyone, attack! Take them out!"
He knew full well just how strong Bai Qingxue was.
She was indeed powerful, but the people on his side were no names either. Just the Crimson Gem Legion led by Wanshi Wushuang had several Ruwei experts among them. Although the two sides were roughly equal in numbers, in terms of quality, his side far outstripped Bai Qingxue's.
Under Qi Yitao's command, Wanshi Wushuang led four Ruwei experts straight at Bai Qingxue, while Yixiao Duzang took a separate force to deal with the mana-sealed Shi Feng.