Chapter 924 - Prelude to the Final Battle (2/2)
“Let’s head back as well,” Tyrannical said to his team They took out their Return Scrolls
Apart from these six Thieves and Nie Yan, no one knehat happened here today
While Nie Yan was capturing the Shadow Deel Corps and the Century Financial Group’s forces several times They were setting a feins Before their armies fully assembled, an all-out battle was unlikely to break out
Even though both sides were on a tense stand-off, no major battles broke out over these past few days
Nie Yan divided asskickers United’s arions, one of which was their main force co mountains, rivers, forests, and other terrains coel Corps and the Century Financial Group, apart fro out deep trenches in the plain All preparations pointed to a long and drawn out war
Back in the Clehers ups of Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group were holding aThe ate screen was affixed to the wall It played a video showing surveillance footage of asskickers United’s arht back
“Fan,you this ti the troops froh they were once fierce rivals, they had found a coainst him as a united front did they stand a chance
“What is there to troubleon you to oversee the overall situation frouide us” Soaring Angel had to ade on everything Conviction-related was ihtest bit inferior to asskickers United’s The only area he was lacking was that he never actually played the game Even up until now, he was still only Level 0 He had no way of garnering the respect of countless players with his astonishi+ng strength, like Nie Yan
Cao Xu offered his hand “This concerns both our futures Let us gentle about our glory!”
Soaring Angel accepted Cao Xu’s handshake He knew they were tied to the same shi+p If they still had reservations with each other, what awaited theel led the top experts of Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group toward the frontlines As for Cao Xu, he stayed behind in the Cleroup to direct the array robes He stood with his back straight as he stared at the screen His gaze looked distant as he thought back to the past He never expected that a brat who had gotten soame would force him to this kind of state At first, asskickers United was only a suild of a few hundred players, not worthy of his attention Though their guild leader Sparroas far ahead of the pack on the level leaderboards, it wasn’t enough to threaten him At that time, the Century Financial Group was a uilds scraemony was only a ht be defeated at the hands of a single player
Thinking about Nie Yan’s rise to power, Cao Xu felt a chill run down his spine It wasn’t because of Nie Yan’s astonishi+ng strength Noa player was, it wouldn’t cause hith was li else Ever since he started looking deeper into Nie Yan’s actions, he discovered that since the start of the gaht properties, invest in the right items, and rally countless powerful experts to his side This all culh to unite the entire Viridian Empire Every business venture Nie Yan went into netted a profit Every shop and property he bought became prime real estate sooner or later Even the people he recruited, like Bladelight, Senuine peak experts that couldn’t be bought with money alone It was almost as if he could predict the future
Cao Xu’s intuition told hi for him from the start, as if the tere fated to becohly foiled his plans, causing hi people to take out Nie Yan several times, but he never dared to in the end One reason was Heavenly Kings If he assassinated Nie Yan, he would also have to do soonsoar and Glory Financial Groups as backers as well Another reason was that even if he sent assassins after Nie Yan, they wouldn’t necessarily succeed Leaving aside that the person in question was already pretty strong themselves, Nie Yan also had a top expert in Bayonet by his side And Shadow Killer too since recently Even though he’d never appeared, Cao Xu knew Shadow Killer was guarding Nie Yan This phantom-like hitman caused him to feel a deep sense of fear If either one of these torld-class assassins were to come after his life, they would probably succeed If the torked together, his fate would be sealed If he failed at assassinating Nie Yan, the consequences would be uniinable
With so h Nie Yan had been a constant thorn at his side, Cao Xu never dared to take action Fro people to assassinate Nie Yan However, they were taken out by Bayonet and Shadow Killer, including the number two ranked assassin in the world Blood Moon It appeared everyone had underestith Since even Blood Moon failed, there was no point in sending anyone else
As for World Bloc, back when it was just a small upstart, Cao Xu could’ve nipped therown too powerful They weren’t a publicly listed co 100 of the equity Unless some problems arose in their businesses, it would be extreainst theonsoar and Glory Financial Groups, and at the same time, they’d partnered with several dozen other companies Because of their connection with Mo Yuntian, ht the in the virtual reality industry, it was impossible for any problems to occur! The amount of capital they controlled was astrono that caused his heart to shi+ver World Bloc had already acquired 7 of the Century Financial Group’s shares This piece of infor else He hadn’t had a good night’s rest since he learned of it Just ere they planning to do?
Cao Xu felt a profound sense of helplessness against Nie Yan and World Bloc The more he realized they were his destined enehly defeat theain However, reality was often disappointing Any advantage or influence the Century Financial Group had in the past was already neutralized by Nie Yan He genuinely felt like he was slowly sliding deeper and deeper into an abyss As a result, he became more and more desperate with his actions
As for the war at hand, thanks to his meticulous preparations, he felt confident they at least had a 50 chance of victory He wanted to see ould win in the end Throwing one last glance at the footage of asskickers United’s two- army, he turned around