Chapter 1 The Tide Turns

Nie Yan summoned his Golden Land Dragon. It followed the players from Nirvana Guild, charging towards Battle Blade Bloodlust's side, blasts of dragon breath sending Battle Blade Bloodlust's men flying.

Countless spells swept across the sky, resembling a grand firework display.

Shui Se Yan Tou took the lead, plunging into the ranks of Battle Blade Bloodlust's players, rampaging wildly and reaping lives like a reaper. In moments, he threw Battle Blade Bloodlust's formation into chaos.

"Guild Leader, people from the Temple of Galan and the Holy Roman Empire have arrived," Knight's Elegy said at Nie Yan's side. "Also, all our five branch guilds with players above Level 40."

"How many people did they bring?" Nie Yan asked. In a large-scale guild war like this, sheer numbers were crucial.

"The Temple of Galan has over 50,000, the Holy Roman Empire has over 70,000, and our five branch guilds have about 50,000. War God Tribe and Mad Warrior Alliance also sent some elites, around 5,000 or so."

"What about the Mages Alliance guilds? Any movement?" Nie Yan asked. Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians wouldn't willingly let their elites be buried here.

"Triumphant Empire finally couldn't hold back. They want a life-and-death struggle with us. They've gathered all their remaining 70,000 high-level players, and they're frantically contacting Holy Flames of Light. Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians are also gathering a large force. The exact numbers are unknown, but together they have about 60,000 to 70,000. They've teleported to Roland Town on Scarlet Dream Plains," Knight's Elegy said. The scale of the war was growing, involving more and more people.

Nie Yan analyzed the current situation. Triumphant Empire had endured for so long, watching Nirvana Guild push them out of Calore City, so they were definitely unwilling. Seizing this opportunity, they were staking everything on one last desperate gamble. But Triumphant Empire didn't know Holy Flames of Light had been acquired by Nie Yan. Contacting Holy Flames of Light was practically courting death. Holy Flames of Light received news from Guo Huai and was subtly cooperating with Triumphant Empire's movements, waiting for Nie Yan's instructions.

Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians were unwilling to send their troops, so they hadn't acted until now. The victory or defeat of Battle Blade Bloodlust wouldn't affect them much. If Battle Blade Bloodlust was defeated and dissolved, their subordinates would be absorbed into Mages Alliance and Sacred Guardians, strengthening them instead. But they were under pressure from Cao Xu and had no choice but to send some of their elites over, preparing to join the battle.

With so many guilds joining, the war was becoming an all-out melee.

As Nie Yan was thinking, over a thousand elites from Battle Blade Bloodlust and the other four guilds charged forward, engaging in a chaotic battle with Nirvana Guild's thousand-plus elites.

Among them were Archmages and Great Swordsmen who had completed their first class advancement, possessing extremely powerful combat abilities. The two sides were evenly matched, resulting in heavy losses on both sides.

Nie Yan looked around and spotted a Great Swordsman wearing a Level 60 Dark Gold set, Armor of Dark Blood, charging forward, his sword emitting a deadly glow. In the blink of an eye, he killed five or six Nirvana Guild elites who hadn't completed their class advancement.

"That's Sacred Guardians' Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade!" Knight's Elegy said solemnly. Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade was a fairly well-known player with formidable combat power, only slightly inferior to Bloodlust Mad Blade.

Watching Nirvana Guild's brothers being killed one by one, Knight's Elegy grew anxious, casting Heroic Aura on himself and charging forward.

Nie Yan controlled the Golden Land Dragon, which opened its mouth and unleashed a dragon breath, shooting flames straight at Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade.

Seeing the dragon breath approaching, Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade hastily cast a golden shield on himself. With a bang, the golden shield trembled, and the flames dissipated in the air.

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade retreated under the siege of several Nirvana Guild players, and several people from Mages Alliance immediately came to assist him.

Just then, Knight's Elegy charged forward.

Holy Judgment!

The two clashed. Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade used Tendon Break, slashing at Knight's Elegy's waist, his attack decisive and ruthless.

Seeing that he was about to be hit, Knight's Elegy cast Holy Light Protection on himself, enduring the blow but avoiding being crippled.

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade used Impact, and Knight's Elegy quickly retreated.

Neither side gained any advantage.

Under Nie Yan's control, the Golden Land Dragon prepared to attack, but a Great Swordsman charged over, using Intercept to stop the Golden Land Dragon.

Three Great Swordsmen from Mages Alliance surrounded Nie Yan's Golden Land Dragon, constantly using Shield Bash. Their attacks were closely timed, interrupting the Golden Land Dragon's every magical attack, preventing it from exerting its combat power. But the Golden Land Dragon's Counter Storm was also causing them a lot of trouble. If not for the healers behind them, they would have all fallen long ago.

Nirvana Guild players wanted to help the Golden Land Dragon, but they were spread too thin.

The number of class-advanced players from Mages Alliance, Sacred Guardians, Battle Blade Bloodlust, and Angel Corp was three or four times that of Nirvana Guild, so Nirvana Guild couldn't gain any advantage.

Nie Yan went into Stealth and approached a Great Priest from Mages Alliance from behind. He used Intimidate, immobilizing the Great Priest, and slashed the back of the Great Priest's head with the Sword of Zannard.

The Great Priest was focused on healing the Mages Alliance Great Swordsmen in front of him when he suddenly sensed something amiss behind him. His throat moved, and he let out a shrill scream—Fear Howl!

This was a priest's habitual self-preservation skill.

In that split second, Nie Yan used the Spirit Immunity skill on the Badge of the Holy Saint. The piercing sound stung Nie Yan's eardrums but had no effect.

Nie Yan swung his sword, striking a Muffle blow, followed by a Backstab!

-1536!

Nie Yan dealt extremely high damage but discovered that the priest's health reached over 2,300. After the priest's class advancement, both defense and health had increased significantly.

At that moment, a Great Mage next to him spotted Nie Yan and, waving his staff, cast Ice Burst on Nie Yan.

Ice Burst had a freezing effect!

An ice ball shot towards Nie Yan.

Seeing that he hadn't killed the Great Priest instantly, Nie Yan took advantage of the stun effect caused by Muffle and used Eviscerate on the back of the Great Priest, taking him down directly.

Haste!

Just as the ice ball was about to hit Nie Yan, he used Haste to disappear from their sight.

With a snap, the ice ball created a sonic boom in the air.

"It's Mad Rogue Nie Yan!" the Great Mage exclaimed in the party chat. Nie Yan's quick takedown of the Great Priest had shocked them.

Nie Yan was having a little trouble fighting these class-advanced players. With such a group of top players gathered together, their cooperation was very tacit, making it difficult to find weaknesses. But he could still manage to kill one or two of them when he had the chance.

Sun, like Nie Yan, became a ghost on the battlefield. Their occasional appearances could inflict fatal damage on the enemy.

Sun retreated to the edge of a clump of trees, looking out over the battlefield. Nirvana Guild's losses were already very heavy. The four guilds of Battle Blade Bloodlust had too many class-advanced players. Unadvanced players had difficulty exerting much combat power against them.

In this clash of top-tier players, few mages could cast high-level magic, because high-level mage spells required more than twenty seconds of chanting time, while paladins' Silence was instant, with a cooldown of only twenty seconds.

So when someone cast area-of-effect magic or high-level magic, someone would usually rush up and silence them.

Looking out over the battlefield, he saw that Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade was pressing Knight's Elegy. The paladin's frontal combat ability was ultimately inferior to the warrior class.

"Not good, danger!" Sun noticed some of Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade's subtle movements. His hand holding the sword shifted, and he immediately sensed something was wrong.

As he watched, an elven thief pounced on Sun, the dagger in his hand flashing with a cold light as it stabbed towards his forehead.

Sun used Haste to dodge the elven thief's attack.

The elven thief was stunned for a moment, activating Elven Eyesight, but Sun had already disappeared, nowhere to be found.

A hundred yards away, Knight's Elegy used Block to deflect Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade's Shatter.

"Die!" Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade growled darkly, his greatsword piercing Knight's Elegy's chest.

A damage number of over 800 floated above Knight's Elegy's head, and he fell into a stunned state.

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade was about to follow up with another sword strike when a cold light suddenly flashed behind him.

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade was startled and immediately cast Blessing of Sanctuary on himself, keeping Knight's Elegy within two yards of himself, then turned and slashed at the figure behind him.

"Thief." Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade chuckled. Having fought on the wild battlefield, he feared thieves the least. He had encountered several thieves before. Even if they stunned him, he could stand there and let them hit him. They couldn't deal much damage in ten seconds. Swordsmen had high defense, making it difficult for thieves to break through. If a thief took a Tendon Break from a swordsman, they would basically be crippled. Thieves were only fit to prey on cloth-wearing magic users.

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade swung his sword, and it hit!

He revealed a disdainful expression, but unexpectedly, the figure twisted. It turned out to be just an illusion!

A sharp, cold light struck straight at Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade's forehead.

Impact!

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade reset the cooldown on Impact and unleashed it. Impact's attack range was two yards. At this time, Knight's Elegy was about to awaken, and a powerful force swept over him, pushing him back a step and stunning him again.

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade thought he could hit the thief this time, but once again found that the thief had disappeared.

How fast!

Evil Emperor Tyrant Blade's heart tightened. He abandoned his contemptuous attitude, ignored the thief, and swung his greatsword, rushing towards Knight's Elegy. He would take down this paladin first!