Thunder Island, the beastman settlement.
Beastmen, all level 55 or above, clad in armor with longbows on their backs and spears in hand, continuously patrolled the settlement's perimeter. Atop the surrounding watchtowers, four beastmen operated crossbow carts, ready at all times to provide fire support to the patrol squads.
"Long Wu, take your squad and take out that watchtower. Everyone else, spread out — stay clear of the crossbow fire!" Nine Dragons Emperor commanded, his eyes locked on the watchtower that kept firing bolts in their direction.
The beastmen garrisoned at the settlement were formidable in both strength and combat skill. Even a single patrol squad could force them into a bitter fight, and the supporting fire from the watchtowers was an even bigger headache.
A single bolt could one-shot any player, even MTs who had activated their life-saving skills.
This forced them to remain constantly vigilant against incoming bolts.
They had been assaulting the monster settlement for over an hour now, but they still hadn't cleared the outer ring of beastmen.
"Pavilion Master, Feng Qianyu's side suddenly dispatched twenty people from their ancient tower to converge on the Cliff Tower. It looks like they're about to make a move. Should we apply pressure on Feng Qianyu's side?" Long Xue reported.
"They're moving?" Nine Dragons Emperor sneered. "What's the situation at the Cliff Tower?"
Conquering the monster settlement had proven far more difficult than he had imagined. Even with their merger with the Miracle Guild into a single raid team — possessing five full stacks of buffs — fighting the monsters inside was extremely challenging. Let alone Feng Qianyu, who only held three ancient towers.
If Feng Qianyu and Night Fang dared to send a hundred people to assault the monster settlement, he would not hesitate to launch a surprise attack on their ancient towers. And the Miracle Guild had already agreed to assist — with any luck, they could seize all three towers in one fell swoop, rendering all of Feng Qianyu and Night Fang's efforts completely wasted.
"There's no activity at the Cliff Tower yet, but there's something strange," Long Xue said. "According to our inside source, it seems like Night Fang has found some kind of reinforcement, but I haven't been able to identify any superpower cooperating with Feng Qianyu or Night Fang."
"Reinforcements?" Nine Dragons Emperor scoffed. "Even if they really found reinforcements, so what? If they actually try to assault the monster settlement, we'll abandon the tower siege and wipe out their entire raiding force. I'd love to see how they plan to conquer the settlement after that! Just keep watching them. Report to me the moment anything changes."
Seizing the ancient towers carried significant risk, especially with potential reinforcements in the mix, but ambushing the siege team outside the towers would be far easier.
Without the stat bonuses from the ancient towers, crushing Feng Qianyu's team would be child's play. Even if they couldn't wipe them out entirely, Feng Qianyu and Night Fang would be unable to assault the monster settlement — forced to watch helplessly as he claimed one settlement after another.
"Yes, sir!" Long Xue couldn't help but grin.
He was even hoping Night Fang would actually find reinforcements — that way they could openly and thoroughly crush Feng Qianyu and Night Fang, reclaiming the face they'd lost. Otherwise, with Feng Qianyu and Night Fang holed up inside the ancient towers, there was nothing they could do.
While the major guilds frantically assaulted the monster settlements, Feng Qianyu was waiting anxiously — waiting for the reinforcements
Many other superpowers were watching closely. No one had expected Nine Dragons Emperor to be so ruthless.
"Feng Qianyu is done for this time. Not only did Nine Dragons Emperor scheme against her, but she's completely hemmed in. There's no way she's getting a monster settlement now."
"But it really is strange — I can't believe the Miracle Guild is willing to help Nine Dragons Emperor like this. How did Feng Qianyu even offend them?"
"You didn't hear? Feng Qianyu didn't actually offend the Miracle Guild — it was Night Fang who did. Don't you remember the last Dark Arena match? The team controlled by the Miracle Guild was utterly defeated by Night Fang's team. Of course the Miracle Guild wants revenge — they want to teach Night Fang a lesson."