The president's lounge of Yixiao Qingcheng.
After You Lan had quietly departed for quite some time, Xiao Cangtian still couldn't quite accept it.
He couldn't understand why the Zero Wing guild leader, Hei Yan, would attack the members of the Giant Dragon Ridge.
Who was Hei Yan?
The undisputed number one expert of the Star Moon Kingdom, capable of coming and going freely among tens of thousands. He had even heard that two of the Ghost Gods, whom the Underworld guild was so proud of, had died at Hei Yan's hands, leaving the Underworld utterly powerless against the Zero Wing guild, ultimately forced to swallow their pride. One could imagine how formidable Hei Yan was.
"Not good!" Xiao Cangtian suddenly realized something.
The rumor was that Zero Wing's leader, Hei Yan, could prevent players he killed from logging into the Divine Realm for a short period. But he knew this was true, because after the Underworld's Five Ghosts and Six Ghosts were killed by Hei Yan, they had been completely unable to log in for two whole days.
If what You Lan said was true, then the Yixiao Qingcheng members who wanted to seek revenge in the Giant Dragon Ridge were simply lambs walking into a tiger's den. Now was nighttime, and players who could level up at night were none other than the elite members of Yixiao Qingcheng. If these people died and couldn't log into the Divine Realm for two days, the impact on Yixiao Qingcheng in Maple Leaf City would be too immense...
Immediately, Xiao Cangtian tried to contact Canglang Zhantian, wanting these experts to first pin down Hei Yan. With their strength, accomplishing such a task shouldn't be difficult. Afterwards, he would have the others withdraw from the Giant Dragon Ridge. He knew that back in the White River City region, it was precisely because of Hei Yan's presence that the Underworld had been forced to evacuate the Watchman's Cemetery, a treasure spot, to develop elsewhere.
"Offline?" Xiao Cangtian opened his friends list and suddenly realized that Canglang Zhantian and the other experts were all offline. "Impossible. I heard Canglang Zhantian was going to capture a Dragonkin Nest today. How could he be offline so early?"
"Could it be!" Xiao Cangtian suddenly thought of a possibility he really didn't want to consider. "How is that possible? Those are the eight great experts. Could all eight of them have been taken out by Hei Yan together?"
But thinking about how You Lan had suddenly appeared here, it was very likely because after Canglang Zhantian was killed, he had contacted You Lan to inform him.
"No, I must order everyone to retreat immediately." Xiao Cangtian's heart was filled with resentment and anger at the thought of Yixiao Qingcheng members being slaughtered, but who could possibly defeat someone like Hei Yan, who could hold off a thousand single-handedly?
Shortly after, Xiao Cangtian issued a retreat order to all Yixiao Qingcheng members in the Giant Dragon Ridge, telling them all to go level elsewhere or just return to the city to rest. Anyway, monsters at night were hard to deal with, and resting at the guild base would still accumulate double experience points.
"What's going on? Why are we leaving the Giant Dragon Ridge? I'm only halfway through here. The treasure chest isn't far off."
"Exactly! Our team is still hunting down the scoundrel who attacked our Yixiao Qingcheng. Pulling back now means letting that person escape!"
"Who knows? But this is an order from the president. We have to obey."
The members had some reservations about Xiao Cangtian's order, but the president's command could not be defied.
Just as Yixiao Qingcheng was gradually withdrawing from the Giant Dragon Ridge, Maple Leaf City was also thrown into an uproar.
Players resting in the city were discussing it on every street corner and alleyway. The topic was especially hot in the bars. After all, Yixiao Qingcheng was the dominant power in Maple Leaf City, constantly the center of attention for the city's players. For them to do something so major, how could it not draw everyone's gaze?
"Have you heard? Yixiao Qingcheng suddenly pulled everyone out of that treasure spot, the Giant Dragon Ridge."
"Of course I've heard. I really don't know what Yixiao Qingcheng is thinking."
"Hehe, I've got insider info. I heard someone was killing Yixiao Qingcheng members all over the Giant Dragon Ridge. Yixiao Qingcheng had no choice but to evacuate."
"Bullshit, keep talking. Yixiao Qingcheng is the absolute overlord of our Maple Leaf City. Who would dare to provoke the tiger on its own turf? That's just courting death!"
"Don't be so sure. That person attacking Yixiao Qingcheng isn't simple either."