novelGlobal Chapter 265: Conservative and Aggressive
Chapter 265: Conservative and Aggressive
Red Moon Building.
In truth, it was simply a chain commercial building in the nearby CBD district. It covered a vast area, and its interior had been structurally renovated. Though it was only twelve stories high, security was extremely tight.
There were more than two hundred security robots, and from the outside to the inside, the entire place radiated a cold aura that kept strangers away.
Inside an office on the top floor, three men in business attire stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out at the busy main street below and the commercial district structures in the distance reflecting the sunlight.
A cold light glimmered in their eyes.
“The counterattack from the three major studios has come, just as expected.”
“They truly deserve to be called veterans.”
The man in the center was not yet thirty. His features were delicate and somewhat feminine, and pinned to his chest was a chrysanthemum-shaped ornament that added an air of elegant severity to his businesslike appearance.
He was Zhou Maoming, the supervisor of Red Moon Studio.
Zhou Maoming had already learned that the three major studios had wiped out all of his studio’s Martial Artists and gold-farming players in the villages and wilderness within Huishui County. He also knew that his subsequent retaliatory strike had provoked a joint response from the three studios, causing severe losses to Red Moon Studio’s personnel.
A lazy smile hung at the corner of Zhou Maoming’s lips.
“Although launching attacks against all three studios at once has put us under tremendous pressure and caused heavy losses, this is still Red Moon’s first battle since entering spirit realm! We cannot disgrace the boss. Tonight, we launch a second wave of attacks and wipe out the villagers in a second village.”
“Yes!”
The man on the left nodded respectfully, then turned and left.
Without shifting his gaze, Zhou Maoming stared at the distant Warring States Building and said, “You should make your preparations as well. If anything unexpected happens tonight, and reinforcements from the three major studios appear, leave none of them alive.”
As he spoke, a chilling killing intent flashed through his eyes, and he let out a soft laugh.
“The three major studios have developed far too conservatively. The scale of their Land-Clearing Teams has not grown enough. As long as we wipe out any one of those teams, panic will spread through their ranks. After that, everything will become much easier to handle.”
“This subordinate will make the preparations at once!”
The sound of the door closing came from behind him.
…
That night, the moon was hidden and the wind was high.
The area outside Huishui County was anything but peaceful.
In a remote village, flashes of blades crossed through the darkness and cries of battle rose in all directions.
More than a hundred villagers, together with over eighty players from the three major studios, faced the black-clad attackers who had vaulted over the earthen walls…
There were more than thirty black-clad men, all agile and skilled, armed with steel sabers and sharp swords. Before them, the villagers and players could not withstand even a single move…
Blood sprayed everywhere.
Screams rang out one after another.
In just one charge, more than forty people fell.
The gold-farming players of the studios were terrified.
“Run!”
“Get out of here!”
“If we stay in the village, we are dead for sure!”
Everyone scrambled over the walls to escape, and as a result, the villagers were quickly butchered. They were cut down almost without any power to resist.
The leading black-clad man was covered in blood. He leaped onto the earthen wall, swept his gaze around, and growled in a low voice:
“Keep chasing!”
“Split into four groups and kill every last member of the three studios’ Gold-Farming Teams!”
At once, the black-clad men dashed out of the village with their sabers and spread out in different directions in pursuit.
Across the dark wilderness, players were continuously overtaken and cut down with a single slash.
“Ah!”
“Do not kill me!”
“Why!”
“Why exactly are you—”
The black-clad men showed no mercy at all, like cold-blooded executioners.
Just then, a group of people charged out of the darkness.
The leader was bald-headed and shining, and the Hundredfold Steel Iron Staff in his hand swept down with a howl, smashing fiercely onto the steel saber that one black-clad man had hastily raised in defense!
CLANG!!
The steel saber gave a mournful cry, and the back of the blade was driven hard into the black-clad man’s shoulder.
Monk Dalong’s furious strike severely wounded him.
Four members of the Land-Clearing Team lunged at the other black-clad men from both sides.
All of them were full-fledged Martial Artists. Blades clashed and rang, and the fighting was so fierce that no clear advantage could be seen.
As the only Second-Rank Martial Artist among them, Monk Dalong crushed skill with brute force. Wherever he went, a black-clad man quickly fell…
Within a short time, seven black-clad men had been engaged, and four were severely wounded!
Seeing that things had turned bad, the remaining three turned and fled.
“What do we do with these four?”
someone asked.
The Land-Clearing Team members of Warring States Game Studio still were not used to killing players.
But Monk Dalong knew that the studio had already suffered grievous losses this time.
At least forty members of the Gold-Farming Team had died at Red Moon Studio’s hands.
Without a word, he swept out his staff!
It struck one black-clad man squarely on the head.
SMASH!
The man’s skull burst apart like a watermelon.
After receiving Monk Dalong’s answer, his teammates all made their moves and killed the remaining three black-clad men as well.
But just then—
a shrill whistling sound suddenly tore through the darkness.
THUD!
THUD! THUD!
“Ah!”
“Be careful!”
“Someone is shooting sneaky arrows!”
Three members of Land-Clearing Team Two were struck by arrows.
One in the thigh, two in the chest and abdomen.
Monk Dalong broke out in a cold sweat at the sight.
Red Moon Studio had actually hidden a second group in ambush!
“Go!”
“I will cover you!”
“Head for Blackstone Village!”
Monk Dalong roared in anger, activated 《Iron Shirt》, and charged toward the direction from which the arrows had come.
The four team members did not want to die. Clutching their wounds, they fled.
“Captain!”
“Go!!”
Monk Dalong possessed excellent physical qualities, and his mastery of 《Iron Shirt》 was not low. Even after taking several arrows, his expression did not change. His iron staff whirled with fierce force as he charged down several Martial Artists from Red Moon Studio.
When those men saw Monk Dalong rushing over alone, they exchanged glances, silently lowered their bows, and drew their sabers and swords.
“Kill him!”
The moment Monk Dalong exchanged blows with them, he realized something was wrong!
One of them was Second Rank.
The remaining three were all Ranked Martial Artists!
Damn it!
This was bad!
Even with his 《Iron Shirt》 at the Entry-Level Mastery realm, fighting alone against them was already difficult—let alone with multiple arrow wounds still bleeding on his body.
“Do not let him escape!”
“Hahahaha… do not worry. He will not get away.”
“If he dares run, I will shoot him!”
“Kill him!”
“He is the captain of Warring States Game Studio’s Land-Clearing Team Two. Kill him, and Warring States Game Studio will fall into chaos.”
The four black-clad men surrounded Monk Dalong from all sides.
Monk Dalong’s health dropped rapidly. He wanted to break through, but he could not force his way out! Sweat poured from his forehead, and his body grew weaker and weaker.
“Damn it!”
“Even if I die, I will still kill my way into your Red Moon Studio and drag all of you down to the grave with me!” Forced into a desperate corner, Monk Dalong’s eyes turned blood-red.
The four black-clad men’s expressions changed, and a trace of wariness appeared in their eyes.
Seizing that instant, Monk Dalong forcibly smashed aside the steel saber in a First-Rank Martial Artist’s hand, broke out of the encirclement despite his injuries, and fled into the darkness.
“Idiots!”
“We are wearing face coverings. How could he know who we are!?”
“Hurry!”
“After him!”
“Do not let him get away!”
The four black-clad men hurried after him.
“That way is toward Blackstone Village.”
“He is heading for Blackstone Village!”
“Quick, chase him!”
“Notify the others to come and surround the village!”