352 Chief Promise Clouds (1/2)

The forest was quiet.

Chief Promise Clouds of Class One Hall had already replaced the paper fan in his hands with a high-grade masterpiece, Profound Green, which was surrounded by green light. His Profound Green was a first-echelon sword. Its attack reached 600 points, and its attributes made it a weapon that a normal player could not obtain.

However, even as he held the first-echelon Profound Green tightly in his hands, it did not give Promise Clouds any sense of safety.

Thud… thud!

Behind him was a young man in his twenties. He held a sword in one hand while he pressed against a wound at his stomach with the other. He stared at the forest around him with a pale and frightened face. Blood poured out swiftly from between his fingers and dripped slowly on the ground.

There were nine Class One Hall elites who were well equipped around Promise Clouds. Each of them had different degrees of fear on their faces. They had their weapons drawn, and they formed a circle while feeling anxious as they stared at the forest around them. Everyone had a lot of wounds on their bodies.

Beyond the circle formation were around a dozen corpses strewn all over the road. Based on their equipment, their strength should not have been inferior to that of the people still standing.

”Damn it…”

Promise Clouds stayed vigilant of his surroundings while he retained a defensive posture. He gritted his teeth, and not a single hint of relaxation could be detected from his eyes. His palms were drenched since a long time ago.

Their group had decided to set up an ambush based on Beautiful Robes Faction's progress. They were formed by twenty-five core members from Class One Hall, and their battle prowess was only slightly inferior to that of Evil Wolf. Every single one of them could take up big responsibilities for Class One Hall.

Such a lineup was supposed to be able to easily cut through a lot of Beautiful Robes Faction's people, but right when they were prepared to launch their ambush while listening to the sounds of battle, they were attacked from everywhere in the forest, and those attacks came in a bizarre fashion.

The hidden weapons came very suddenly, and they were also very quick! No one in the group could grasp the attack trajectory, and the first wave of attacks instantly killed five people! When they activated their body fortifications and prepared to charge into the forest to drag out the ambusher, they noticed in fear and despair that the hidden weapons had the effect of breaking their defenses.

Eleven people were killed on their way into the forest without even the chance to cry out for help. One boomerang was enough to destroy their body fortifications, and they would get stabbed right through the moment after. All of those who were hit lay dead by the side of the road.

How many enemies were there? They did not know!

Who was their enemy? They did not know!

In fact, even the people who had been ambushed did not receive any notification from the system.

It was the first time Promise Clouds had ran into such a situation, but even though he had been stunned by the two quick rounds of attacks, he still instinctively chose to protect himself. Once the others formed the circle formation, they saw that no hidden weapons appeared again from the forest.

Promise Clouds forced down the anger and humiliation he felt from the bottom of his heart and quietly reminded his people, ”Be on guard and retain the formation. We're leaving the forest.”

'That's right. Leaving the forest is currently our only good option. The enemy has used some sort of method to bypass the system notification. He even used to forest to conceal himself. If this continues, even when we die, we won't know who killed us.'

The worst part was that as time passed, a brilliant fire arrow serving as a signal rose from another part of the forest. It was a request for reinforcements that they had promised each other to use only during urgent situations.

This meant that something unexpected had happened in the battlefield over there, and they were almost unable to hold the fort!

If they continued fighting in the forest, there was a high possibility that the four hundred people would all die. After all, Beautiful Robes Faction also had quite a lot of elites who were in Mystical Realm and had good equipment.

*****

Whoosh!

Right when the circle formation moved, a black arc tore through the air and destroyed the silence in the forest. It cut off the way forward like lightning.

When their path forward was blocked off, Promise Clouds and the others became even more vigilant, but right when they increased their guard, the sound of air being cut reached their ears.

Blood flew into the air.

”Go!”

”Charge out!”

It was the sign that the intensity of the ambush was about to increase. Promise Clouds was alarmed. He called upon his qi in a frenzy, and the group jumped into the air at the same time. They used their fastest speed to head to the edge of the forest.

Their robes fluttered.

”Urk!”