Silver Leaf Forest.
Revered by players as the Silver Forest, this area featured monsters ranging from level 18 to 25 and was one of the few wealthy zones available.
It was called wealthy because the monsters here dropped high-grade beast hides, the primary material for crafting backpacks and leather armor, and many pieces of high-tier meat also came from here.
Most importantly, the outdoor bosses here numbered a full fourteen. Outdoor bosses were a crucial source of guild income. Team dungeons refreshed only once every three days, while outdoor bosses refreshed daily, providing a significant boost to a guild's equipment.
That's why Huo Wu had brought Zero Wing's main raid team here to hunt outdoor bosses.
But now the entire area was crawling with members of the Dark Star Guild, organized into numerous squads—each consisting of over a dozen to over a hundred people, tirelessly searching and hunting down Zero Wing's members.
"Guild Leader Wei, we need to speed things up. If Bai Qingxue's reinforcements arrive, it'll be much harder to eliminate Zero Wing's main elite force," Nan Lang said to Wei Wo Du Kuang.
"That woman Bai Qingxue really does have deep ties with Zero Wing. She's even willing to send troops to help," Wei Wo Du Kuang said, slightly surprised before a cold smirk touched his lips. "But showing up now is too late. We've already searched over half of Silver Leaf Forest. All three exits are firmly blockaded, and the entire forest has been locked down with our Guild War Decree. They can't use Return Scrolls to leave. It won't be long before we find and eliminate them."
"Even if they could use their Return Scrolls, arriving back in the city with red names would mean certain death for them, plus imprisonment. They'd lose their freedom for a long time. The punishment would be far worse than us killing them."
Nan Lang nodded.
This time, to deal with Zero Wing's main raid, the Dark Star Guild had sent out all its elite forces, even deploying a full squadron of the Underworld's Divine Guards. The total number involved in the encirclement exceeded ten thousand, with six thousand used specifically to intercept Zero Wing's rescue attempts.
With Zero Wing's current influence, they had no way of resisting such force.
However, Nan Lang had to admit that Zero Wing was somewhat capable.
Even when ambushed, they remained remarkably calm, launching immediate counterattacks. Their charges were fierce, and many of their members displayed excellent skill.
This time, to kill a few hundred of Zero Wing's elites, over a thousand Dark Star members had fallen.
In Nan Lang's view, this was simply inconceivable.
Among those over a thousand dead, over three hundred had been Dark Star's own elites. Their combat skills were absolutely top-tier, and several Divine Guards had even been taken down.
They were fierce, indeed. In dungeons, they were among the best. But so what? In open-field guild warfare, numbers were king.
This was an unchangeable truth in any game.
"Too bad we didn't find that Hei Yan and Ye Feng this time. If we had, we could've taken them out together and completely erased Zero Wing from White River City. Let's see them act arrogant in front of Young Master Feng then," Nan Lang said, his hatred for Ye Feng deeply ingrained. He had always remembered the words he'd spoken, and wiping out Zero Wing's main raid today was at least some small venting of that anger.
"Don't worry, those two will be finished sooner or later. Within White River City, no one can protect them. Not even the elites led by Bai Qingxue," Wei Wo Du Kuang said with a smug laugh.
"How so?" Nan Lang asked, slightly surprised.
"If Zero Wing can have allies, why can't our Dark Star?" Wei Wo Du Kuang chuckled softly.