Chapter 654: Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties (1/2)
Hot and Sour Noodles nodded. “Right, getting a good placement in the Guild Ranking is incredibly important to a guild’s development. Once the new ranking comes out, it won’t change for at least a month, so the top ten guild gains a huge advantage in terms of recruitment, war, reputation, and more over other guilds.”
His explanation made perfect sense to me. “By the way, you’re part of the staff, right? You must know Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ current points and ranking, don’t you? Can you give us a sneak peek or something?”
Hot and Sour Noodles burst out in laughter. “Haha, do you even need to ask? Obviously, both Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Snowy Cathaya will be entering the top ten as rising rookies. I don’t know your exact ranking though. In the end, whether you can contest the Top 3 spot contested by Warsky Alliance, Purple Lily, and Candle Dragon is up to you.”
“Got it!” I nodded before smiling. “Hehe, we’ll definitely win this territory war and improve our rankings!”
Hot and Sour Noodles got on his mount again and added all of us as friends. He gave us one last smile before bidding us goodbye. “Okay, I’m leaving. Righteousness will be participating in this siege as well, so see you on the battlefield later!”
I nodded. “Be seeing you!”
After Hot and Sour Noodles left, Ling Xueshang asked me, “Lu Chen, you looked like you had a good time chatting with that uncle. Will you attack him if you really meet each other on the battlefield later?”
I smiled. “Sure! I’ll kill him myself.”
Come See The Snow Tonight: “...”
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It wasn’t long before the number of players in the combat zone displayed at the territory war interface exceeded 7 million. Guilds of all kinds from all three main cities had come to Immortality City.
Practically every super guild beside Snowy Cathaya and Purple Lily were here. Hot and Sour Noodles wasn’t wrong when he called this a meeting of heroes earlier.
Almost three hundred thousand players were gathered to the south of Immortality City. A large majority of the players were over Level 130 and very well equipped. It was clear that they were a well-oiled army. They were separated into three distinct forces, and they were three of the Top 10 guilds of Vanished God City: Hunting Moon Dynasty, Immortal Sword Inn, and Zero Pitch Sonata!
Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch couldn’t help but laugh loudly. Putting a foot on an arrow loop and leaning against the wall, he replied, ”Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties, aren’t you a CGL Hall of Famer? How are you so blind to the truths of the world? Hmph, do you really think you can bring me to justice? The world is ruled by the law of natural selection, and I’m just exercising my right as a superior! Those weaklings deserve to be trampled and eliminated, and there’s nothing you can do to change that even if you throw your life away! Don’t you agree?”
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties’s expression turned colder. ”The people of the world rally to the merciful, not a cruel tyrant like you! Just you wait, Hunting Moon Dynasty will flatten your Immortality City today!”
This time, a smiling Rose Thorn appeared on the walls and said, ”Wei-Jin, you talk so much crap about bringing evildoers to justice, but you can’t deny you’re using it to justify your invasion of Immortality City, can you? I’ve met countless people just like you…”
Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties retorted furiously, ”Rose, you were an acquaintance, and I have no wish to fight against you. But why are you helping the tyrant to oppress the weak? What on earth did they offer you to make you stake your life for them?”
Rose couldn’t help but giggle loudly. ”Stake my life? That’s a bit exaggerated, don’t you think? For starters, there’s no such thing as right or wrong in a game. We’re all here to realize our self-worth. As for what Hall of Immortality offered to buy my service, I can tell you right now that Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch paid me 12 million RMB upfront. I see no reason to turn him down when both the guild and I can use the money for various things. I think Throne Seeker was paid 8 million RMB to lend a hand as well. Not bad, right? Boss Bloodthirsty is quite generous, don’t you agree?”
”Pooh!” Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties spat on the ground. ”I misjudged you. I thought you were an intelligent woman, but all you care about is money!”
Rose Thorn chuckled. ”Come on, don’t be mad! Also, I’m both smart and greedy. These aren’t mutually exclusive traits, you know.”
”Hmph, you truly have no shame…” Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties relaxed a little before turning to Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch. ”As for you, you really are a prodigal young master. Why would you spend 20 million RMB to secure this city?”
Leaning lazily against the arrow loop, Bloodthirsty Battle Monarch answered, ”Why, you ask? If I can defend this city, Hall of Immortality will become famous throughout China, and our guild’s ranking will improve drastically. I’ve spent over 50 million RMB for this war, and I’m telling you right now it’s all going to be worth it. Just watch, Hall of Immortality will surpass Hunting Moon Dynasty!”
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Furious, Wei-Jin North-South Dynasties pointed his spear at the wall again and shouted, ”Then there is nothing else to say today! Hunting Moon Dynasty, Zero Pitch Sonata, Immortal Sword Inn, prepare to attack!”
Finally, the first true battle of this territory war had begun!
The elite players of the three guilds started marching toward the walls, but they were much smarter than Mad Dragon or Flower Room. Experienced engineers measured the distance first before setting up their catapults about 140 yards away from the walls. It was far away for the defenders not to be able to attack, but close enough to the hurled rocks to hit the not-very-sturdy city and destroy it.