Chapter 311: A Flick of the Wrist, Clouds and Rain

Seeing this, Nan Lang knew the tide had turned against him. His heart burned with frustration and unwillingness.

They were down to just over twenty people now — mostly mages and healers, with himself the only melee fighter among them. Facing more than thirty of Zero Wing's main squad members, there was no way to turn this around.

The breathtaking sword strike that Black Flame had displayed far exceeded Nan Lang's imagination. It was blindingly fast, and his mastery of technique was nothing short of masterful. A single swing had blanketed all of those Rangers — that required an extremely high level of skill control and attack angle precision.

Nan Lang wasn't a fool. He had been in the virtual gaming world for more than a year or two. As the Underworld's herald, he had met and recruited countless top-tier players and participated in no small number of team battles. He was experienced and well-informed.

He could see through every layer of Black Flame's strategy from the start of this fight to now.

First, using Guardian Knights, Shield Warriors, and other heavy-armor tanks with large HP pools to charge the front line and draw Dark Star's forces together. Then — the healing output of Zero Wing's female Priest, Ziyan Liuyun, was simply devastating. Her raw numbers might look like only a bit more than double what Dark Star's healers could produce, but in an actual team battle, her effective contribution was worth three or four healers combined.

Moreover, Ziyan Liuyun's read on the battlefield was razor-sharp. She could keep Guardian Knight Ke Le topped off while simultaneously stabilizing everyone else's HP. That kind of calm, precise operation marked her as anything but ordinary.

Zero Wing already had a powerhouse like Raid Leader Fire Dance. They also had Hei Zi, the number one player on the level rankings. And now Nan Lang had suddenly realized that Zero Wing wasn't just Fire Dance and Hei Zi — the Ke Le and Ziyan Liuyun standing right in front of him were top-tier players in their own right, and the rest were no slouches either. Every single one of them was skilled.

And then there was Black Flame, who had appeared out of nowhere like a nightmare. The strength he had unleashed was a cut above even the rest of them — he had the bearing of a God-ranked expert like Night Edge, who could single-handedly slaughter hundreds.

Nan Lang simply couldn't fathom why so many powerhouses had gathered in a fledgling guild like Zero Wing.

At this level of strength, even a new guild established by a major financial consortium couldn't have reached this degree of power in such a short time, let alone recruited this many elite players.

He had no idea how Black Flame had managed it.

Though Nan Lang was shocked by Black Flame's individual prowess — and that, just like Hei Zi, he possessed a tactical-tier skill capable of influencing the outcome of a team battle — still...

"Guild Master Black Flame, you may be strong. Even a hundred-man elite squad couldn't handle your thirty-something people. But Silver Leaf Forest is already completely under Dark Star's control. More than three thousand players have this area surrounded — do you really think you can walk out of here? All you've done is delay the inevitable." Nan Lang looked toward Shi Feng with a cold sneer, showing no concern whatsoever for the elite members who had already fallen.

"Let's move out. Once Guild Master Wei Wo arrives, these people are dead." Since he couldn't win, Nan Lang naturally had no intention of continuing the fight and racking up further losses.

Discovering that Zero Wing's Guild Master Black Flame was here — compared to that, the loss of those fallen elites barely mattered to Dark Star.

As long as Black Flame died here, it would deal a significant blow to Zero Wing's reputation and prestige.

"Come and go as you please? You really think Silver Leaf Forest is your personal property?" Shi Feng smiled faintly, a chilling killing intent gleaming in his eyes. "Since you all came chasing after us, I'll make sure every last one of you stays here."

"You think you can keep me?" Nan Lang scoffed. He was an Assassin — the class with the best survival capability in the open world. Hidden within this dense forest, who could possibly find him?

"Then be my guest. If even a single person from your side manages to escape today, I'll let you go free." Shi Feng waved his hand, and more than thirty members of Zero Wing surged forward, beginning their pursuit of Nan Lang and his remnants.

Nan Lang had deliberately stayed out of the fight the entire time precisely to keep an escape route open — it was his habit. Once in combat state, he couldn't use Stealth; he would have to use his Vanish skill to enter stealth mode. But Vanish was a life-saving ability — better to save it for when it truly mattered, because it could be the difference between life and death at a critical moment.

Facing the charging horde, Nan Lang scoffed and activated his Stealth skill, ready to melt into the dense forest.