97 Collecting a Debt from Mountain Range Sec (1/2)
For three days, the world of martial artists was filled with battles, and blood drenched the land…
There was an atmosphere that filled the government-made roads, forests, mountains, and rivers, and it could be described as murderous. Usually, when one or a few players moved down an unknown alley, they would attract a dense rain of arrows or all sorts of weapons or players descending from the sky. Corpses would be strewn all over the ground, and they dyed the quiet, peaceful, and remote alleys in crimson, just like hell.
As time passed, not only did the trend to snatch the tributes in the game did not die down, as the emperor's birthday drew nearer, more players began to search for and chase tributes even more madly than before!
And the people with tributes on them became incredibly eye-catching because of the bounties placed on them by the government officials. Their location would be announced once in a while, making it so that the players felt like they had timebombs strapped on them. They would attract ”guests” who came to reap benefits at irregular intervals.
The tributes constantly moved from player to player!
Even the powerful players in Blessed Realm did not have great confidence to have a stable foothold in such a troublesome situation. They might be able to move about at ease when they faced one or a couple Gate Realm players, but once they faced a huge group of players, they would not be able to last, since they would quickly use up their qi. No matter how great they were, they would still end up dying dejectedly.
The sect master of the greatest sect in Xuzhou, which was ninety-three miles away from Yangzhou, made a shocking act at that moment!
He ordered the leaders and chiefs, who were in Blessed Realm, of his sect—they numbered to nearly thirty—to take with them hundreds of Gate Realm sect members from Mountain Range Sect to escort a large number of tributes. While facing incredible numbers of players who came to steal their tributes, they had to enter a stronghold that once belonging to a group of mountain bandits, and they did so in a very grand fashion.
”Damn it.”
”So many?!”
The players saw that Mountain Range Sect had at least ten carriages with them, but they also saw the armed formation they adopted, and the players watching by the side could only be filled with envy and jealousy.
With so many tributes, once the emperor's birthday passed, Mountain Range Sect would have treasures and amazing martial art manuals that were worth cities!
”Tsk tsk…”
There were quite a lot of people in the crowd who were tempted.
However, it was difficult to predict human behavior in the world of wanderers.
All of the players in the area came because of the benefits offered by the tributes, but who would dare to lead the charge? Who would dare to rush before the Blessed Realm fighters who numbered to nearly thirty and the hundreds of Gate Realm fighters from Mountain Range Sect?
They could only watch the people from Mountain Range Sect station themselves in the mountain stronghold and shut the gates. Most of the players lingered around the area for a while before they left dispiritedly one after another.
If they wanted to attack a stronghold defended by multiple powerful players, they would need to gather an incredibly large force or have astonishing abilities!
All the players in the area clearly did not possess either of the two.
”Big brother!”
”Sect master! Brothers, were we imposing enough today? Weren't all of the heroes who came from everywhere in the game intimidated by the spectacle we put up? They did not dare to act rashly when they saw our carriages… Hahahaha… It feels good!”
Two people strode into the stronghold's hall, which was named Justice Gathering Hall. One of them was speaking at the top of his lungs in a heroic manner. His voice traveled among the other Blessed Realm players who had gathered in the hall. Their faces were flushed red, and they were incredibly excited. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
”Sect master, you're wise! If it weren't for your spontaneous decision to merge with Yellow Emperor Faction and Cold Wind Valley, and use the thirty Blessed Realm fighters from the three sects to gather this many tributes, there would have been no way for these tributes to land in our hands so easily.”
”That's right! That's right!”
”Come! Let's all give the sect master a toast!”
All the people lifted their cups toward the inner part of the hall.
There was a middle-aged man sitting at the seat of honor there. When he saw what the others were doing, he smiled and stood up. He had a scholar's robe, and it made him look very graceful and elegant.
”The reason why Mountain Range Sect has its current glory and power is entirely because of your support and how you bolstered up the sect. I don't have any talents, so I used your talents to make this sect strong. I am willing to toast to all of you…”
”Cheers!”
The clear sounds of cups knocking against each other could be heard in the hall.
Right when numerous sect members celebrated the rewards they reaped and the successes they gained, noise suddenly traveled from outside.
”Who is it?!”
”You're just asking for death! How dare you invade Mountain Range Sect's territory?!”