Chapter 170 War is Coming

Nie Yan traded the 350,000 gold coins he earned from the underground to Guo Huai, who used some of the money to strengthen the defenses of Cripps Fortress, adding some arrow towers, greatly consolidating the city's defenses. He also gave some rewards to the players defending the city. With a large amount of gold coins, the morale of the entire Cripps Fortress was high, just waiting for the bloodthirsty people of Zhan Dao Shi Xue to come.

The players defending the city, including the members of Nirvana Tribe and several branches, numbered over 100,000. They were determined that even if the Zhan Dao Shi Xue people charged into the fortress, they would make them go back lying down.

Nie Yan walked onto the city wall. The wall, over ten yards high, looked indestructible. Behind the wall stood rows of arrow towers, and the dense firepower could cover at least fifty yards around the outside of the city wall.

However, such a city wall could not withstand the bombardment of ironclad catapults. The ironclad catapult was considered an overpowered item. At the current level, it could be said to be unparalleled, so the Nirvana Tribe could not defend Cripps Fortress to the death; they had to take the initiative.

After about two hours, Nie Yan looked towards the distant horizon. The Zhan Dao Shi Xue people had already appeared in their sight.

They finally came!

Nie Yan came down from the city wall. About a thousand people from the Nirvana Tribe gathered in the square in front of the guild headquarters, ready to set off at any time. They were excitedly waiting for Nie Yan's instructions. Zhan Dao Shi Xue had already killed their way to the city. How could the Nirvana Tribe retreat!

Almost all the elites of the Nirvana Tribe had gathered here. Even those who had tasks had either postponed them or interrupted them directly.

This was a moment of life and death for the Nirvana Tribe!

Nie Yan walked to the front of the crowd.

"Boss, those grandsons from Zhan Dao Shi Xue have already arrived. Do we want to rush over and kill them now?" Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan said excitedly. This kid's equipment and level had risen again recently. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't fight for a few days.

"What's the rush! Listen to what the boss says." Xia Chong Yu Bing next to him was speechless towards Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan.

Nie Yan glanced at the players. Familiar faces came into his view: Cui Can Dao Guang, Shui Se Yan Tou, Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zai, Hei Se Tian Tang, Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun, Xi Huan Jiang Nan... They represented the top power of the Nirvana Tribe. So far, in the war between the Nirvana Tribe and Zhan Dao Shi Xue, the losses had only been some of the lower-level players. Their vitality was unharmed. These people were the essence of the Nirvana Tribe, and the game with Zhan Dao Shi Xue had only just begun!

Nie Yan looked at Guo Huai beside him and asked, "Have the twenty archmages I requested all arrived?"

"They are all here. This is their list." Guo Huai nodded and sent the list to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan looked at the names on the list: Yao Yao, Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun, Xi Huan Jiang Nan, Xia Chong Yu Bing, Sha Bu Si De Huai Dan... Thirteen people from the Nirvana Tribe had advanced to archmage. The remaining three archmages came from the Kuang Zhan Alliance, and there were two from the Zhan Shen Tribe, and one each from the Jia Lan Temple and the Holy Roman Empire.

They had sent almost all of their archmages. In comparison, the Nirvana Tribe could be described as a gathering of elites.

At the current level, every archmage was an extremely powerful strategic force. It would be good if each guild could find two or three of them. Large guilds like Zhan Dao Shi Xue, the Mage Alliance, and the Holy Guardians, probably wouldn't have more than a dozen archmages.

"Boss, when are we going to attack?"

"Boss, let's attack! We get angry just seeing those Zhan Dao Shi Xue people acting so arrogant!"

"Yeah, wipe them out! If the tiger doesn't show its power, they'll think we're sick cats!"

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The Nirvana Tribe players were all excited. Black Stone Fortress was now a ruin. In Carol City, no guild had ever dared to challenge the authority of the Nirvana Tribe. Being ridden over by the Zhan Dao Shi Xue people like this made every Nirvana Tribe player feel bad. However, Guo Huai relayed Nie Yan's meaning, temporarily not letting them take the initiative to attack, to preserve their strength, so on the front lines, it had always been the five branches of the Nirvana Tribe and the Jia Lan Temple and the Holy Roman Empire that were resisting. Although they had damaged some of Zhan Dao Shi Xue's strength, the effect was not very ideal. The main reason was that those ironclad catapults were too fierce, and with the elites of Zhan Dao Shi Xue, the Mage Alliance, the Holy Guardians, and Angel Hegemony guarding them, they had no chance to destroy the ironclad catapults.

However, the Jia Lan Temple and the Holy Roman Empire were still very effective, and they bought a lot of time for the Nirvana Tribe.

"Everyone, don't worry, let them jump around for a while longer. They won't be arrogant for long. Zhan Dao Shi Xue is nothing to be afraid of! Right under Cripps Fortress, we will wipe out Zhan Dao Shi Xue! Let the ground under Cripps Fortress be littered with corpses for miles, and rivers of blood flow!" Nie Yan said with a murderous aura. Not only Zhan Dao Shi Xue, but also the Mage Alliance, the Holy Guardians, and Angel Hegemony, he would make them disappear one by one.

The name of a person flashed through Nie Yan's mind, Cao Xu!

Whether it was Zhan Dao Shi Xue, the Mage Alliance, the Holy Guardians, or Angel Hegemony, these guilds were all being manipulated by Cao Xu!

As long as the Century Financial Group existed, Nie Yan would have trouble sleeping and eating. He absolutely could not repeat the mistakes of his previous life! The Century Financial Group was like a crocodile that could never get enough to eat. As long as it had the chance, it would swallow every prey within its sight!

If he didn't want to become prey, then he could only become a hunter!

Nie Yan was going to gradually erode the power under Cao Xu's command. Now, he would start with Zhan Dao Shi Xue!

"President Nie Yan, with your words, we feel confident!" Knight's Elegy said solemnly.

"Fuck Zhan Dao Shi Xue!"

The surrounding players echoed, and Knight's Elegy spoke their minds. As long as Nie Yan had the determination, with so many of them united as one, they were not afraid of taking down Zhan Dao Shi Xue!

Under Nie Yan's command, the twenty archmages gathered together. In the crowd, Yao Yao, wearing a white mage robe, was particularly eye-catching.

Nie Yan smiled apologetically at Yao Yao. At this time, he had to be responsible for coordinating the Nirvana Tribe's forces, and he couldn't take care of Yao Yao at all.

Yao Yao whispered to Nie Yan, "Don't worry about me, it's okay, you go ahead."

Nie Yan nodded. As the president of the guild, he naturally had to prioritize the affairs of the guild at this critical moment.

"We have a few group teleport scrolls here. I don't know if they will be useful. They were obtained by Cui Can Dao Guang and the others in the Siren Graveyard," Guo Huai said. He suddenly remembered that there were still some rare items in the guild warehouse, and the group teleport scrolls might be useful.

They actually had group teleport scrolls. Nie Yan was taken aback. This thing was very rare. Even if you spent tens of thousands of gold coins on the market, you might not find anyone willing to sell it. Basically, it was priced but unavailable. He was a little surprised that they were able to get several of them.

"What level are they?" Nie Yan asked. Generally, a primary group teleport scroll could teleport twenty or thirty people, and the maximum teleportation distance could reach about a thousand yards. An intermediate group teleport scroll could teleport one or two hundred people, and the maximum teleportation distance was two thousand yards. As for advanced ones, Nie Yan had never seen them in his previous life.

"One intermediate and two primary!" Guo Huai said. There were still quite a few good things in the guild warehouse.

"It's already very good," Nie Yan said. If the three group teleport scrolls were used well, they could have miraculous effects.

Group teleport scrolls were different from other teleport scrolls. Someone needed to run to the destination and use him as a coordinate, and then others could use the group teleport scroll to teleport to his side, but it was still very useful.

Under Nie Yan's leadership, these thousand-plus elites of the Nirvana Tribe left Cripps Fortress and entered the mountainous area near Cripps Fortress. The dense jungle provided them with good concealment. Although the Zhan Dao Shi Xue people could easily detect the location of Nie Yan and the others, in the dense jungle in the mountains, the Zhan Dao Shi Xue people couldn't do anything to this group of Nirvana Tribe people.

The terrain between the trees was complex, and having a large number of people was of little use.

After a while, Nie Yan arrived on a hillside and looked in the direction of Cripps Fortress. More than 50,000 Zhan Dao Shi Xue players were gathered on the plain outside Cripps Fortress, stretching endlessly, a dark mass, with the army at the city gates!

Three huge ironclad catapults slowly approached Cripps Fortress and stopped about two or three hundred yards away from the city wall. They began to bombard the city wall of the fortress. Burning iron balls flew into the sky and smashed into the city wall of the fortress, making dull loud noises. Stones flew everywhere, and the powerful impact shook the city wall. The elites of Zhan Dao Shi Xue and the other three guilds set up defenses next to the ironclad catapults, including Thunderstorm Totems and traps, to prevent the Nirvana Tribe players from approaching.

If the people from Zhan Dao Shi Xue and the other four guilds were to attack Cripps Fortress by force, they would definitely suffer heavy losses. Cripps Fortress's towering city walls, dense arrow towers, and more than 100,000 defending players could be considered an impregnable fortress. They could only rely on the powerful firepower of the ironclad catapults to break through the city walls, and then charge in.

On the entire battlefield, only the ironclad catapults were tirelessly throwing iron projectiles. Neither side's troops were moving, but everyone could feel the suffocating tension before the battle.

Nie Yan led the twenty archmages away from the main force and found a hidden open space in the woods. Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun was more knowledgeable about magic arrays. He began to follow the magic array blueprints that Nie Yan gave him, and carefully moved the complex hexagram array on the magic array blueprints to the ground, line by line, without any deviation. Before long, a circular pattern appeared on the ground, filled with various geometric figures and paths of light, full of strange power.