When Dream Clouds listened to the first half of Evil Emperor's words, she felt a little smug, because Evil Emperor was right. She had managed to progress to this point because she had already considered everything that could possibly happen in Beijing into her calculations. For the next few hours, no faction of power could possibly interfere and affect the situation at Wind Assault Tower's headquarters.
However, when she heard the second half of Evil Emperor's words, her expression sank. "Are you doubting my abilities?"
Evil Emperor waved his finger and turned his head around to stare at Dream Clouds. "No, no. If I didn't believe in you, there's no way Wild Wolves would have approached you to work together. I just wanted to remind you that up to this point, Wind Assault Tower hasn't begun using their strength, and the one attacking has always been Happy alone."
"They haven't used their strength?" Dream Clouds' expression changed.
If those words had come out of someone else's mouth, Dream Clouds would naturally ignore them, but Evil Emperor was backed by the Prophet, who was nearly omniscient. "What do you know?"
"It's good that you're diffident." Evil Emperor looked away with a smile, schooled his expression, and said, "No matter what, Wind Assault Tower has been occupying the spot of the strongest in the Chinese server for some time. You can't possibly be thinking that they don't have even a proper defensive measure, can you? Did you actually think that they could only rely on Wandering Know-it-all's disciple?"
His words alerted Dream Clouds, and it was only then that Dream Clouds noticed that she had missed certain things because she had been too confident.
The facts that Phantasmal Shadow and One Emperor were both absent and how her two hundred elites had forced their way into the headquarters as well as smoothly launched their offense had lowered her guard, and she had ignored some of the things that she should have been paying attention to.
Phantasmal Shadow might not be in Wind Assault Tower's headquarters, but she definitely had made arrangements!
But up to this current point, their strongest counterattacks were mainly launched by Happy and Wind Chimes, who were both powerhouses. The power Wind Assault Tower only displayed average combat strength.
"If you continue having your people drag out the fight in Wind Assault Tower, the person who will have the last laugh will definitely not be you."
Dream Clouds said nothing, and she was a little skeptical about Evil Emperor's words.
Even though Phantasmal Shadow's hidden strength could create some degree of damage to Class One Hall, Dream Clouds believed with absolute advantage in her hands, the destruction of Wind Assault Tower's headquarters was inevitable.
"You don't believe in me?"
Evil Emperor could tell that Dream Clouds did not believe in his words, and he smiled, unbothered. "You'll soon understand."
*****
"Evil Emperor finally appeared!"
Evil Emperor's appearance caused Wind Assault Tower to instantly sense endless pressure and fear, but Wu Kuo's reaction was rather unexpected.
Wu Kuo called out to two elders and had them take his place to block Class One Hall from moving forward before he resolutely removed himself from the front lines. Then, he jumped over countless people's heads to enter the back hall.
In a wing at the back hall in Wind Assault Tower were more than twenty players dressed in bluish-white warrior clothes. They had been waiting there for a long time.
They heard the door open from outside with a creak, and they saw Wu Kuo enter. The group stood up from their seats at the same time, and they asked with burning gazes, "How is it?"
"Evil Emperor has already showed up, and he's currently beside Dream Clouds."
The Tang Sect member in the lead spoke with a loud voice. His voice was firm. "We already know. We have friends from Tang Sect who are taking care of the situation outside, and they've sent us messenger pigeons beforehand. We've promised Master Wandering Know-it-all before this that if Evil Emperor shows up, we will take action. Since Wild Wolves and Class One Hall are really working together, we will take action in case that woman really thinks that there is no one in the Chinese server who can stand up against her!"
"Alright!" Wu Kuo was delighted.
This group of people followed behind Wu Kuo and walked out of the wing in a mighty manner. Under countless Wind Assault Tower members' gazes, they entered the hall, which served as the frontline for the war.
"Hiss…"
They then went straight to the roof, and when the group saw the dangerous situation in the hall, the Tang Sect elites could not help but suck in sharp breaths.
Even though they already knew that Wind Assault Tower was in a rather worrisome state while they were inside the back hall, they did not expect that the situation would have worsened to this state soon after war began. Besides, the group of elites down there were clearly not ordinary people. When they observed them carefully, they noticed that they were all famous people in Beijing.
"We'll have to leave things to you!" Wu Kuo pointed at the crumbling defense lines by the sides. "Please help protect those places. Once those two sides crumble, Wind Assault Tower's headquarters might end up as a relic in history."
"Don't worry, as long as we're around, no one can pass through us.
"Brothers and sisters, use your strongest moves and kill those traitors, chase all those bastards out of this place!"
As the leader of the Tang Sect elites gave that order, the twenty or so Tang Sect elites behind him responded to him.
"Senior brother, don't worry!"
"If I spare even one, I'll use a Grieving Needle and stab myself…"
"Defense isn't my style. I'll just kill them all and force them out of Wind Assault Tower!"
"Stop boasting and get to work!"
The leader of Tang Sect shouted fiercely, and the group no longer remained idle. They put on deerskin gloves and moved to the left and right with fierce, murderous intent.
*****
The two corridors to the left and right of the hall were the main focus for the Class One Hall elites. Those were important spots for them to break out of the encirclement, because the roof of the hall had already been destroyed, and not many people could stand on it. Wind Assault Tower lost the advantage of suppressing from above, and they could only rely on their tanks as well as the archers at the back to stop them.
But the archers also had to focus on the Class One Hall army outside from marching inward, and if they paid too much focus on the people inside the hall, the shield wielders outside will get closer and threaten the entire defense line.
Hence, this battle inside the hall gradually turned into close quarters combat.
More than ten Tang Sect members stood on the beam, and they were immediately noticed by the people from Class One Hall.
"There's someone up there!"
"Bring them down!"
Before their voices faded away, someone had already taken the initiative to attack.
Hundreds of hidden weapons shot at them from below.
"Look at those toys! They actually dared to throw hidden weapons at me!"
"Is this what you call, 'teaching a fish how to swim?'"
The group chuckled coldly. Some of them simultaneously brought out a cloak that seemed to be made of silver and gold from their Universe Bags. They quickly spun it in the air before them, and the hidden weapons from below were all instantly dragged into the cloak.
"Abstruse Gold Cloak!"
Quite a number of people below immediately had their expressions change drastically, and they could not help but cry out in surprise.
This was to be expected. Abstruse Gold Cloak was very famous in the game. It was made using wild silk and unique metal threads. It was soft but tenacious, making it hard to cut. Not only could it serve as a defensive equipment, it could also be used as a weapon to capture all hidden weapons. They were incredibly powerful.
However, Abstruse Gold Cloaks were very rare in the game. It was
rumored that only a few top-class elites in Tang Sect were fortunate enough to clear the clan quest that would reward them with an Abstruse Gold Cloak, and with them, they became grandmaster-level assassins.
Right now, a few of these grandmaster-level assassins had appeared in one go at Wind Assault Tower, and the shock they brought was naturally indescribable.
"It'd be impolite for us not to return your gift, you know?!"
Those Tang Sect elites laughed loudly. They spun the Abstruse Gold Cloak in their hands, and many of the hidden weapons they captured in the cloak split into different directions because of a profound method they used, and with different whistles, they charged at the enemies below them at even faster speeds.
"What the heck?!"
"Careful!"
It was as if dozens of hidden weapons elites had attacked at the same time. Hundreds of hidden weapons shot out fiercely.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The other Tang Sect elites continuously brought out throwing knives that were as thin as a cicada's wings from their Universe Bags. Their hands moved like springs.
Those throwing knives moved like leaves that fell from a willow. They scattered downward in an incredibly messy fashion.
The people down below could clearly sense that there was not much power contained in those throwing knives based on how limp and powerless they moved, but when they cut them, it was incredibly painful.
Pained screams rose nonstop!
In just the blink of an eye, the Class One Hall members below were thrown off their feet.
It was the same on the other side.
"How could this be?!"
"Just who are they?!"
Dream Clouds soon received news that the flanks were attacked, and their advance stopped.
Evil Emperor looked into the distance without batting an eyelid. "Did you really think that Wandering Know-it-all has just cultivated one disciple who will need to come forth and do his bidding at any moment over the past five years, despite the fact that his strength can compare to the Prophet? You're not the only person in the world who knows how to cultivate your strength."
Chapter 1045 - Evil Emperor Attacks
The hidden weapons technique the twenty or so Tang Sect elites possessed were rather astonishing. With the protection provided by their companions with Abstruse Gold Cloaks, they swung their arms around like wheels and quickly sent out waves of sonic booms. All sorts of sharp metallic hidden weapons moved as if they were sentient. They seemed to be moving around in disorder, but in truth, the hidden weapons masters used different methods to attack the Class One Hall members below them. The speed of the weapons were different, and it caught all of them off guard.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless hidden weapons intersected with each other in the air in a dazzling manner. They filled the air like raindrops, causing the people below them to feel chills down their spines.
"Where did all these elites come from?! Tang Sect's Buddha's Sacred Hand is also here…"
When they faced the hidden weapons that came at them from every direction, quite a number of people were able to block them in the beginning, but soon, they were unable to catch up to the rhythm. The group of Tang Sect elites worked like machines. They continuously threw hidden weapons out. When their left hands were flinging out weapons, their right hands would be pulled in to draw more weapons, and they were so fast that it was ridiculous. Their actions were also so fast that it was dazzling. In just the span of a breath, hundreds of the people who were attacking the corridors at the flanks died.
They worked together with Wind Assault Tower when they launched their counterattack, and gradually, Class One Hall was unable to bear with the pressure. They were forced dozens of feet back, and soon, all of them left the hall.
"You did good!"
"Haha! Get them all out!"
Just when multiple Wind Assault Tower members were so excited that they were ready to charge forward and force back all their enemies, Wu Kuo gave an order cautiously, "Do not move your defense line! Stay where you are!"
Even though morale was incredibly important when two armies fought against each other, the two hundred top-class elites in the hall could not be suppressed with just this momentum.
The people in the area were all elites from Wind Assault Tower, and they were still disciplined enough to stop moving when they heard Wu Kuo's order. Even though they felt slightly indignant, they still fell back, formed their formation, and perfected their defense line.
When the group of Tang Sect elites saw that there were no longer any enemies in the area, they cast their gazes on the area where the top-class elites fought at the center of the hall.
In truth, when they jumped to the roof, they had long since noticed that the people fighting over there all possessed extraordinary skill, and they were eager to take action against them. Without needing Wu Kuo to tell them, the group had already seized a large number of hidden weapons and locked down on their targets.
*****
"Hall master! A group of Tang Sect hidden weapons elites have appeared inside Wind Assault Tower's headquarters, and they have sent our forces on retreat! The person in the lead is Buddha's Sacred Hand Yan Biwu, and he is famous on Dragon Rank. He and his group of people have all recently cleared the top-class hidden weapons clan quest from Tang Sect." Someone charged back from Wind Assault Tower's headquarters to report to Dream Clouds, and he also asked her whether they should carry out a plan to target them and kill them.
"Have Xie Lingyun, Luo Jing, and Shi Huasheng returned?" Dream Clouds calmly turned her head around to ask.
Right when she finished asking that question, three people walked out from the back of the group. There was regret on their faces, and they wrapped their fists in their palms. "Hall master."
"Be careful next time. Go and take Yan Biwu and Wind Chimes' heads to me." Dream Clouds were still very confident with the strength of the three top-class elites she personally chose, and she ordered them calmly.
The trio looked at each other. "Understood!"
"There's no need for that."
The three people were prepared to take action when these words were suddenly spoken faintly by their side. An invisible might spread out and forced these people to stop in their tracks.
The people in the area were all shocked.
Evil Emperor continued speaking indifferently, "If Happy can kill you once, he can kill you twice. None of the people inside can kill him, and even if you go, you'll be of no help to the matter. I'll personally attack. Stay here and protect your hall master in case she's attacked and killed."
As he spoke, Evil Emperor cast an aloof glance at a direction at a street nearby. Then, as many people watched him, his feet left the roof, and he flew from it in an incredibly unimaginable manner. He rushed to Wind Assault Tower's headquarters, and he traveled the entire 328 feet while airborne.
"Hiss…"
Many people on the streets below looked up and stared at Evil Emperor while his white hair drifted behind him as he flew. Their eyes were filled with disbelief, and they were so shocked that they could not speak even after a long time had passed.
Dream Clouds and her group were also stunned for a few seconds.
But Dream Clouds soon remembered what Evil Emperor mentioned. She scowled and turned around to look at the direction Evil Emperor previously glanced at, and she was just in time to see a few unfamiliar faces standing in a restaurant nearby. They were not from Class One Hall and the twelve Beijing sects, and they were staring at the sky with dumbfounded gazes.
She sent all her aces to the frontlines, and while she had many Class One Hall elites surrounding her, if Evil Emperor could personally speak up about them, then these people were definitely very strong.
"Hall master?"
When she saw Xie Lingyun and the other two put on puzzled expressions once more, Dream Clouds frowned and ordered them, "Stay here for the time being."
"Yes."
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The Tang Sect elites' outstanding hidden weapons technique had indeed reduced quite a lot of pressure within Wind Assault Tower.
Even top-class elites would be distracted when they faced top-tier hidden weapons elites and the various hidden weapons that circled above them to search for various angles to attack them. Hence, they would occasionally reveal openings for attack.
Besides, there were Happy and Wind Chimes in the crowd as well. One of them forced them to be in a nervous state as they fought against him, and the other kept sending an endless stream of zither notes to attack or bother multiple people.
With pressure from three sides, all two hundred or so elites gradually descended into a disadvantage, and this was the first time it happened since they joined the battle.
"Careful!"
Thud!
Another elite from a Beijing sect had his defense broken by multiple hidden weapons when he was busy fighting against his enemy. He had his throat pierced from a difficult angle, and his blood gushed out like a stream.
"Damn it! It's poisoned!"
"Duh! Tang Sect has always commanded the world with hidden weapons and poison, you know?!" Once Yan Biwu killed one person, he released a derisive snort. He did not even bother to look at the two darts intersecting with each other. One of them was larger than the other. They caught everyone off guard when they ruthlessly killed the person who warned the others that their weapons were poisoned from a difficult angle after they spun a few times in the air.
The people behind him cheered!
The fifth!
This was already the fifth top-class elite he killed using hidden weapons.
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