Silver Wing Town, Blue Rose Bar.
As one of the few high-end bars in Silver Wing Town, the Blue Rose Bar was not only a gathering place where experts exchanged intelligence, but also a beloved haunt for various renowned adventurer parties to celebrate their victories. Basically, the Blue Rose Bar was packed every single day.
But at this moment, in this three-story establishment, only a little over a dozen people were seated.
Every single one of these individuals was at Level 114 or above, with the highest reaching Level 115. Their weapons and equipment were nothing short of spectacular—at worst, they sported Level 110 Dark Gold gear. As for the Level 100-plus Epic equipment that even top-tier experts would drool over, each person had at least two pieces, and some boasted as many as four…
However, compared to their levels and equipment, their identities were far more shocking.
These dozen-odd individuals were none other than the elite experts of the Crimson Emperor Guild, figures known throughout the surrounding kingdoms and empires. Leading them was none other than Huan Yu, the Crimson Emperor Guild's Vice Guild Master.
"As expected, the intel we got from the Heart of the Sacred Hand was right. A Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monster has been born, and it intends to seize Silver Wing Town," said a fierce-looking man at Level 114, gazing at the battle footage projected in the magical water mirror above the round table. He sighed. "It won't be long before more Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monsters are born. Silver Wing Town will likely fall within days. Even if Zero Wing's main force showed up right now, it would be useless…"
At these words, the Crimson Emperor members present fell into a heavy silence.
The Great Lord-tier Sacred Sculpture Annihilators were already formidable enough, and now Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monsters had appeared. Their power and combat capabilities were enough to make even these elite experts' scalps tingle with dread. They suspected that even if all dozen of them joined forces, they would still end up completely annihilated by a Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monster.
If such Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monsters kept spawning—and they wouldn't need many, just twenty or thirty—it would be enough to destroy an entire guild city.
"What does the Guild Master say?" Huan Yu studied the Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monster in the footage, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, and softly asked the fierce-looking man.
"The Guild Master wants us to pull back immediately. There's no point fighting to the death alongside Zero Wing against those Sacred Sculpture monsters," the fierce man replied.
"Pull back entirely?" Huan Yu stared at the fierce man in surprise.
It was the Guild Master who had personally ordered their elite legion deployed here in the first place. He had been very supportive of the cooperation with Zero Wing. Yet now, before a single blow had even been struck, he was ordering a full withdrawal—it was almost unbelievable.
"That's right, full withdrawal. The Divine Realm isn't what it used to be. The Nightfall Empire alone has a pile of issues that need handling, and the Star Ring Guild has been developing at an alarming rate. They've already set their sights on several of our guild towns. Combined with the fact that we can't hold things here anyway, it's better to use our forces where we can actually defend. I imagine Battle Soul is thinking the same thing," the fierce man explained.
"And what about news of Zero Wing's Guild Master and main team?" Huan Yu couldn't help but ask.
"There's still nothing. I hear Zero Wing's upper echelon has been trying to contact Black Flame and the others, but their virtual reality pods are completely sealed off—there's no way to reach them inside. If you forcibly cut the power, there's a high probability they'll slip into a deep coma, so all they can do is wait." The fierce man shook his head. "But with the way things stand, Zero Wing has no chance of turning this around. Setting aside the Star Ring Guild stirring up trouble and the Great Dark World, even their home base in the Star Moon Kingdom can't be held. Even if Black Flame and the others appeared now, it wouldn't matter. The gap in combat power is simply too vast. We're talking about tens of millions of Sacred Sculpture monsters, plus a Heart of the Sacred Hand that has been scheming to take over from the start."
"That Heart of the Sacred Hand has an extremely mysterious origin. Even Xuanwu Red Veil of the notoriously overbearing Black Water Guild is deeply wary of it. That tells you the forces backing the Heart of the Sacred Hand are no joke—otherwise, Xuanwu Red Veil would never have made any concessions in the Beastman Empire."
"I understand all that. But given the rate at which Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monsters are spawning, if we were all fighting together, holding out for ten days or so shouldn't be a problem. Pulling back this quickly is really…" Huan Yu understood the fierce man's reasoning, but in her heart she still didn't want to give up so early.
"Ten days or so?" The fierce man laughed bitterly. "If we could truly hold for that long, the Guild Master probably wouldn't have ordered a withdrawal so quickly."
"What do you mean?" Huan Yu looked at the fierce man, puzzled.
The power of Tier 4 was indeed formidable, especially in sieges and territorial warfare. But given Silver Wing Town's defenses and the strength of experts like them, the idea of taking it down was simply unthinkable without at least twenty or thirty Legendary-tier Sacred Sculpture monsters.