Even though it was a very small branch, the people sent to the branch was still a lot to the Town of Kui, which was a poor place with only around one hundred people in it.
A total of three hundred people were sent over.
It caused the population in the Town of Kui to instantly increase by four hundred percent!
The local players who originally hoped that they could have more people in their town suddenly became uneasy.
Class One Hall was powerful, if Class One Hall decided to stay here for a long period of time in the future, they will definitely have to live at Class One Hall's mercy, and they might have an even harder time in the game.
Hence, when Silver Extinguisher invited those he was familiar with to drink with him, those who were invited all came over.
They wanted to get some information on what Class One Hall wanted to do and whether the Town of Kui had some sort of resource that no one knew about.
Silver Extinguisher naturally knew that these people were thinking about.
"Don't worry." He cast him a sidelong glance in disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e before he bent his body and sat down. "Class One Hall will not pay attention to what little you have."
"Then why did you come here…?" Pock Face became a little sober now, but he still looked a little uneasy. It was as if he was the local lord of the Town of Kui.
The person beside Silver Extinguisher could not hold back from speaking. "I don't know what you're being so nervous for. There isn't any crystal or ore mine in a circular area within dozens of miles in this place, and neither do you have any mountain forts to serve as resources. You don't have any plot relevant characters here either.
"You forced my friends to be so bored that they can only drink wine and daydream over here. I don't want to continue with this life!
"Don't worry about it, we're just staying here for a few days, and once the Emperor's Announcement event ends, we'll leave. At that time, even if you want us to stay, we won't want to stay even for half a second longer! Look at how disgusting you're acting…"
No one said anything.
Pock Face and the group of local players exchanged a slightly relieved gaze.
But soon, someone asked curiously, "Why must you wait until the end of the Emperor's Announcement event?"
"That's right." A few of the local players in the Town of Kui put on expressions that said that they did not know what connection those two things shared.
"Don't ask about that, it's a secret," Silver Extinguisher said impatiently.
However, not all the people in the Town of Kui were completely not up to date with certain information.
"I can tell with just one glance that you're not concerned with the matters in the game.
"This is a strategic point that leads from the plains to the ports by the shore. If there are hundreds of Class One Hall members standing in this sort of barren place, they're definitely here to serve as sentries."
"Sentries? Who can their targets be?"
"Who else? Of course it's Mu Clan, the only clan Class One Hall is wary of.
"Ah! What's the point in me wasting my breath with you in this?! Come, drink! Silver Extinguisher might not come back in the future, so we must find a chance to empty his pockets!"
"True that…"
The group of people lifted their cups.
At that moment, Silver Extinguisher and the group of Class One Hall members had their ears twitch, as if they heard something, but the sounds of the people drinking and throwing their fists around in the restaurant was too loud. Hence, they did not pay attention to it.
"Why are you still drinking?! Our brothers and sisters outside the town have all died!"
The Class One Hall members had their expressions change at the same time. They got up from their seats and left their tables.
Silver Extinguisher had his heart let out a loud thump.
'Oh no!'
He can tell with just one glance that the person who came over was the leader who was in charge of patrolling the desolate land tonight. He also happened to be the vice branch master of the branch.
His face was pale, and he waddled over. All signs made it clear that he should have just been revived in the Guanlin Temple not too far away.
The local players in the Town of Kui will not be able to fight against an elite who had a full set of fourth echelon grade one masterpieces.
The only explanation for this was that Mu Clan had come over here!
"Captain, I heard from the people in the plains that the four sects are prepared to ambush the Mongolian camp tonight, how could they have…?" Silver Extinguisher rushed over and asked hastily.
"Enough with the nonsense!" The vice branch master rebuked him with an unpleasant expression. "Our brothers and sisters outside should all be dead by now, so hurry over and help them! The hall master has already given orders that if we all die, we are to investigate just who the four sects brought over, which sects came over, and how many people they brought over!"
Before his voice faded away, a voice that sounded like a ridicule came from the depths of the street in the dark and silent town.
"You don't have to investigate it. I'll tell you."
A few men with the word "Mu" sewn on their c.h.e.s.ts and were dressed in night traveling clothes walked into the people's view.
Chapter 892 - The Corpses on the Barren Lands
Bloody Aquatic Dragon, a Class One Hall member, had just logged in, and he noticed that the atmosphere around him on the barren lands was off.
He no longer heard the constant chatter from his friends in his party. In fact, he did not see a single bit of light either. The small bonfires they lit up previously were now only left with the smell of ashes and flames, which will always be left behind after they were extinguished.
There were also some other people's scents mixed in the air, and it was rather unpleasant.
"That's not very appropriate, is it, youngsters? I just logged off to eat and pay some bills, and you decided to sneak off together? You even extinguished the fire… Are you not afraid of me making a report and asking the branch master to reduce your contribution points?"
Only his voice could be heard echoing through the dark barren lands.
It was so desolate around him that it was terrifying.
A few seconds later, Bloody Aquatic Dragon started scowling, and he subconsciously raised the volume of his voice. "Enough! Stop playing, youngsters! Come out! You must have left behind someone here, right?"
Once he finished speaking, he began calling out the names of the other three people in his party.
No one responded to him on the deserted land.
At that moment, as time passed, Bloody Aquatic Dragon gradually began to get used to this dark environment, and he could see the vague outlines of some people around him.
"Who are you?!"
They could not be seen clearly, but he can tell that there were three people lying on the ground, and their posture was very strange.
When Bloody Aquatic Dragon bent down, a pungent stench of blood wafted into his nose.
Uneasiness and fear instantly surged through his heart. A cold air mixed with the stench of blood rushed into his c.h.e.s.t, and Bloody Aquatic Dragon nearly fell on his b.u.t.t.
He fumbled around for a torch from his Universe Bag.
Whoosh!
The torch was lit in the face of the wind.
The crackling fire lit up everything within three miles of the barren land.
The fire immediately illuminated the circular area of 164 feet around Bloody Aquatic Dragon. The devastating situation of the camp caused him to feel a chill crawl down his spine, and his heart felt as if it was seized by something. He held his torch tightly while he stared at his three companions who remained in three different postures when they were ambushed and killed. Their faces were already blurry, and their blood had dried. Only the bonfire which had been stomped out by a flurry of footsteps still released a faint heat.
"Hiss�
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Bloody Aquatic Dragon s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath. Then, as if he caught on fire, he extinguished the torch he just lit in panic.
Once the light died down, the area around him instantly descended into darkness again.
Since he descended into darkness from light, in an instant, Bloody Aquatic Dragon felt as if he had lost his vision.
But when his body was engulfed in darkness once more, some of the fear in his heart was gone.
He had already quickly snapped out of his fear and daze.
Even though his three companions were young, they could get by in Class One Hall and were actually pretty strong. Unless they ran into really powerful players, it was impossible for them to be ambushed and killed without them even noticing their enemy, and none of them even managed to flee.
Mu Clan!
Only Mu Clan had this strength in the entire plains.
Besides, Bloody Aquatic Dragon suddenly remembered that there was not just one single bonfire at this barren stretch of land. Class One Hall had set up a sentry point once every mile.
This meant that everyone in Class One Hall was dead.
Bloody Aquatic Dragon kept quiet and brought out a snow white messenger pigeon with a pale face before he gave up dejectedly. He felt incredibly conflicted.
'Damn it, Black Bear even said that we'll definitely be fine for the next two days and that the four sects will be preparing for the final charge against the Mongolian army. Look, something happened!
'...What should I do?
'Perhaps the people from Mu Clan are actually still around the area and haven't left just yet. If I light up a fire and write a letter now, it'll be the same as me charging to my own death.'
Bloody Aquatic Dragon's mind raced while he quickly left the place where he stared and tried to think of what he should do about the situation.
'But there's no need for me to write a letter either. The people who died must have already sent a letter to the hall members to be on high alert.'
When he thought of this, Bloody Aquatic Dragon instantly released a breath of relief before he s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath.
'Those from Mu Clan should have gone to the Town of Kui. There isn't anything for miles in this place, where am I supposed to go…?'
'Oh no!'
But Bloody Aquatic Dragon could be considered to have reacted quickly. When he noticed killing intent coming at him, he widened his eyes, and without another word, he activated his body fortification as well as his qi realm! He then moved like a cannonball in the opposite direction.
Whoosh!
The deep sounds of robes fluttering could be heard.
Thud! Thud!
Two hidden weapons sank into the ground in succession.
Bloody Aquatic Dragon successfully avoided the attacks from the dark.
But before he could release a sigh of relief, an even faster sword glare came at his face.
There was the sound of wind and thunder accompanying the sword glare traveling forward without turning back.
'An elite!'
Bloody Aquatic Dragon s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath, and all his blood rushed to his head.
Unfortunately for him, during his explosive charge, he had practically used up all his strength in his body, and in an instant, he was no longer able to use his qi the second time. He did not have the chance to avoid the attack, and as if he went to the blade himself, his c.h.e.s.t crashed straight into the sword!
Thud!
The sound of a body being pierced through was incredibly clear in the dark stretch of barren land.
Bloody Aquatic Dragon could only let out a short groan before he hung limp on his enemy's sword.
"Big Brother Knife, you're awesome!"
Bloody Aquatic Dragon could vaguely hear an unfamiliar but young cry of surprise in the darkness.
"That person really went to your side."
Bloody Aquatic Dragon said nothing. He nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood. 'I'm already dead, and I have to be regarded with contempt?'
But that "Big Brother Knife" who brought Bloody Aquatic Dragon fear did not say a word, and he remained silent even until the moment Bloody Aquatic Dragon's consciousness completely disappeared.
Thud!
Knife lackadaisically pushed Bloody Aquatic Dragon's corpse away from him, and his gaze landed on his lackey.
It was a freshman from the University of South China.
"Remember this! Since this is an ambush, before the enemy dies, keep quiet." His tone was cold and firm.
The new kid was so terrified that he quickly nodded and showed that he will not make the same mistake.
Knife no longer lectured him. He looked over the desolate land before his gaze landed on the corpse. He mumbled, "Thank goodness I stayed back, or else when you figure out that we don't actually have a lot of people on our side and those people from Class One Hall run out, then things will truly go insane."
"Big Brother Knife, where are we going now?"
"We wait." Knife came from the army, and he was the incredibly stern type. When he faced a newbie, he did not have any d.e.s.i.r.e to talk. Even when he talked with the boy, his words were kept as crisp and simple as possible.
But the newbie was filled with admiration to this elite from Sky Demon Branch.
'Elites should be cold, anyway!'
A few minutes later, the sound of messenger pigeons flapping their wings could be heard in the barren land.
Immediately after, Knife's voice rose once more. "Come. We'll go to the Town of Kui now."
"Alright!"
The newbie was already used to Knife's manner of talking, and his answer was also short and crisp. He did not ask about the situation over at the town.
*****
In the dark streets in the Town of Kui were more than thirty Class One Hall elites who held torches in their hands. They surrounded the five Mu Clan elites who walked out of the darkness.
Even though the vice branch master had ordered Silver Extinguisher and the others to immediately surround the Mu Clan elites and learn about the number of people who came from Mu Clan, when their torches illuminated the street, they saw that Mu Clan only sent five people over here, and they still chose to get rid of the five people in front of them first.
Mu Clan might be the strongest sect in the Chinese server and had plenty of elites, but the five people in front of them were unfamiliar faces, and they should not be forces to be reckoned with.
"The people from Mu Clan should have already gone to the branch!
"We'll end the fight quickly!"
Once the vice branch master finished speaking, the five people in the encirclement put on thought-provoking smiles at the same time.
"We're being looked down on, Thunder."
Chapter 893 - Hanago, Do Jin
While the people in the branch at the Town of Kui were ambushed, Dream Clouds was coincidentally meeting with Japan's Hanago and Korea's Do Jin in the back hall of her headquarters.
Hanago was the successor of Japan's ittoryu, and Do Jin was Fu Cailin's successor, who was also the master of Bright Sword Sect. They came to be guests under Dream Clouds' invitation.
The duo never had any contact with Dream Clouds before this. They came alone to the Chinese server with the goal of meeting the elite Chinese martial artists and experience the strength of the top class fighters in different countries. China was not their first stop, but it was one of the stops they will definitely visit.
But what surprised them was that even though they had stayed for a few days in the Chinese server without alerting anyone, Dream Clouds had still managed to find them on the same day and invite them to her headquarters.
As the top representatives of Japan and Korea who were sent out of their countries to invite top-class players to join their sects, they had strong organizations and factions of power supporting them, and naturally, they were not worried about Dream Clouds trying to harm them.
Besides, they decided to visit this time
because they wanted to know how Dream Clouds learned about where they were and their status. As for the reason Dream Clouds searched for them? They already had an idea in their heads.
*****
The language the trio shared might be different, and even though there was also a language barrier in World of Martial Arts, they could still clearly understand the meaning behind each other's words while they spoke to each other with three different languages.
"I heard that both of you like tea, so please try China's supreme grade Longjing tea. You won't be able to buy it easily in the game.
"Even though the tea you taste in the game is not real, there are many things that you won't be able to restore to its original, ancient air in reality anymore, and when you taste it in the game, it contains a different artistic concept."
Hanago was dressed like a Chinese, and he could definitely pass off as a Chinese, but when he spoke, his strange inflections were completely revealed. "Compared to tea, I should say that I've admired China's martial arts even longer."
"Heh…" Dream Clouds knew that Hanago liked martial arts, and without batting an eyelid, she changed the topic. "You've been in China for a few days. You must find that the view in China is pretty good, right?"
"Hall Master Dream, you did not just call us over here to drink tea and chat, did you?" Do Jin said.
From the moment he came in, he held his sword and did not say anything. He was just like a Chinese swordsman, but was even colder and more arrogant.
"I heard that those in Bright Sword Dao practice Nine Profound Qi Cultivation Techniques, and they form a natural chill around them. It can help them give off an awe-inspiring air, though the effect is not clearly seen. I have admired it for a long time, and today, when I see it, it does indeed live up to its name."
Dream Clouds' respectful words caused Do Jin's expression to become much gentler.
"Hall Master Dream, there is a saying in China that goes like this, yes? Be honest and get straight to the point. Now, we've already drunk your tea, so you should be able to say why you searched for us this time."
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