Chapter 146: Destructive Might

Zhang Shan and the other two continued to guard the entrance of the passage, having no intention of regrouping with the rest of the Wind and Cloud Guild.

Over there, Wind and Cloud Conqueror, once all his people had arrived, did not bother with any tactical deployment; seven or eight thousand players simply rolled right over the enemy.

Over a thousand warrior-class players took the lead in the charge, while the archers behind them simultaneously unleashed countless meteor arrows.

They stunned the entire front row of the Qi players on one side, and then the warriors, braving the enemy's firepower, rapidly charged into the formation of the Qi players.

All sorts of skills flew everywhere. Mage-class players with area-of-effect skills even cast their spells from a distance.

Some berserkers, after charging into the enemy formation, continuously executed various combo attacks.

They quickly hacked the Qi players down in swathes.

Eight thousand players facing two thousand, and moreover, eight thousand elite guild members pitted against a mob of disorganized rabble.

It was a total steamroll. West Mountain All The Way seemed to think everyone was like Zhang Shan, hoping to hold their ground for a first wave.

He was seriously overthinking it.

How could that possibly happen? In less than half a minute, the formation, which had initially been somewhat orderly, quickly fell apart.

Those Qi players no longer listened to West Mountain All The Way's commands and fled in all directions; after all, the majority of these people were not members of the West Mountain Guild.

In fact, the truly loyal members of the West Mountain Guild had mostly fallen during the earlier assault on the passage guarded by Zhang Shan.

They were still lying on the ground, waiting for the cooldown of the support class's resurrection skills so they could be pulled back up.

The two thousand people present now were merely a rabble that West Mountain All The Way had summoned through the Qi nation channel.

They were fine when fighting a battle where everything went their way, but the moment the situation turned sour, they would immediately collapse.

Facing the onslaught of over eight thousand players from the Wind and Cloud Guild, West Mountain All The Way's initial notion of holding out for a wave was quickly extinguished.

They were completely outmatched.

In less than half a minute, everyone had scattered, making it look entirely like herding sheep.

The Wind and Cloud Guild also began to split up and pursue the enemy in all directions. Since the fight had already started, they naturally had to hit hard.

Anyone who could be hacked down must absolutely not be spared.

The remaining Qi players were chased and fled frantically in all directions, with some even running toward Zhang Shan's position.

However, just as they were about to get close, abruptly seeing Zhang Shan guarding the passage entrance, they immediately spun around and ran back the other way.

They would rather face the entire Wind and Cloud Guild than charge toward Zhang Shan's side again.

This was no joke. Earlier, they were numerous in number, neatly lined up, and orderly commanded.

And yet, after all that, they simply failed to break through the blockade of Zhang Shan's firearm.

Let alone now; even if they were lent a hundred times their courage, they would never dare to charge at Zhang Shan again.

Charging toward Zhang Shan was pure suicide, whereas turning back offered at least a glimmer of a chance to break through the gaps in the Wind and Cloud Guild's forces.

Seeing that the Qi players were already in complete chaos without any formation left, and even West Mountain All The Way could only scurry around with a dozen or so people in tow, Zhang Shan realized he no longer needed to stand guard here. He could just casually leave a few people to hold the passage.

He needed to go out and hack people. Chasing and killing players was his specialty.

"Blade Brother, have a few people stay behind and continue guarding this passage together. I'm going out to slash through a wave."

"Crap, how can that do? Call a few more people over to guard it; I also need to charge over and have some fun. Earlier, I just took arrows and barely hacked down a few people, while you butchered over a thousand! Are you still going to kill more?"

"Do as you like. I'm going over first to chop down West Mountain All The Way for acting like a clown and wanting to be the hero in the hearts of the Qi players. Once I hack him down, I'll camp him until he drops a level."

Without wasting any more breath on Wind and Cloud Blade, Zhang Shan summoned his Red Hare horse, mounted it, and galloped off in the direction where West Mountain had fled.

As for Boss Wu, he could just stay put. Being a Daoist class, he hadn't even learned a single offensive skill yet.

Fighting could only be done by slashing with a magic sword, but players were not wild monsters; how could they possibly let him walk up and hit them?

He could only stay here to buff players, restore their health, and pull up anyone who fell to the ground.

As for anything more, he couldn't do it for the time being.

Riding the Red Hare, Zhang Shan moved at lightning speed and quickly caught up with West Mountain All The Way and his dozen or so followers, who were currently locked in a melee with a few players from the Wind and Cloud Guild.

Seeing Zhang Shan galloping over on his horse, West Mountain All The Way felt a sense of utter despair; this time, he was dead for sure.

Closing in to attack range, Zhang Shan quickly dismounted, and the firearm in his hand rapidly spat bullets at West Mountain All The Way.

The boss of the West Mountain Guild didn't even have time to struggle before he bit the dust and collapsed to the ground.

After gunning down the remaining dozen or so people as well, Zhang Shan swiftly remounted and gave chase to the other fleeing Qi players.

Whenever he caught up to someone, he would dismount to attack, and once finished, mount up again to pursue the rest. His efficiency in slaughtering players was simply top-notch.

Under the encirclement of the Wind and Cloud Guild, the vast majority of these two thousand-plus Qi players were quickly brought down.

Only a small handful managed to escape in the chaos.

At this moment, Wind and Cloud Conqueror shouted in the guild channel:

"Everyone pull back and regroup! The Matchless Guild from Qi is about to arrive. Prepare for battle."

Seeing that there were no longer any Qi players in his field of vision to hack, Zhang Shan quickly galloped over toward Wind and Cloud Conqueror.

"Boss, how are we going to handle this next? Matchless Gentleman has brought over ten thousand people; they're going to be a bit tough to deal with."

When the scale of a chaotic battle reaches ten thousand participants, one or two powerful players will not make a significant difference.

Unless someone can unleash an ultimate skill, it is practically impossible to turn the tide of battle with just a couple of individuals.

However, that was clearly not possible right now. Although their Wind and Cloud Guild had an archer who had learned the Stellar Wrath skill,

he still couldn't cast it yet, as his maximum mana was still falling quite short. Without special items that increase maximum mana,

even intelligence-based classes would need to reach at least level fifty or sixty just to cast an ultimate skill.

As for other classes, they might need to reach level eighty or ninety. A mana pool of twenty thousand, without any intelligence attribute bonuses,

was completely unimaginable. After all, Zhang Shan's current maximum mana was still not even two thousand.

Other non-intelligence classes were presumably similar to him. To cast an ultimate skill in advance, one had to acquire special items that boosted maximum mana to keep in reserve.

Since no one had an ultimate trump card available, the side with more people naturally held the greater advantage. The Matchless Guild of Qi had brought over ten thousand people,

outnumbering them by more than two thousand. Without proper tactical deployment, there was a real chance they wouldn't be able to win.

One must remember that the Matchless Guild was no pushover.

As one of the long-standing top ten gaming guilds, their overall strength was superior to that of the Wind and Cloud Guild, and their influence was also much greater.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to summon countless Qi players from outside their own guild with just a single shout.

The Wind and Cloud Guild fell somewhat short in this regard, only being able to mobilize members of their own guild.

They practically had no sway over other Chu players. Of course, Wind and Cloud Conqueror didn't have such ambitions anyway.

Fighting a larger force with fewer numbers meant they had to carefully consider how to proceed.