He Shishi watched with her own eyes as Ouyang Yi, in order to protect the Main God stronghold, led eleven lords charging toward the direction of the Xuanwu Guild.
Although her heart ached, she had no strength to spare to worry about the situation over there right now.
The battlefield was far too chaotic. Countless rat demons, after their demon blood boiled, were like they had been pumped full of stimulants, launching frenzied attacks on players everywhere.
The Azure Cloud War Gods were running out of stamina, and many squads had already suffered casualties.
Zhou Chu said anxiously to He Shishi, "Damn it, we can't hold on much longer!"
He Shishi looked around. At this moment, it was not just them who were struggling. Even the four major guilds were having a hard time.
Just then, the leader of an unknown small guild nearby suddenly roared, "Brothers, hold the line! This isn't for damage numbers, and it's not for the four major guilds either!"
"This is for Huaxia, and for ourselves! Hold on until they kill the Rat King!"
He Shishi suddenly looked toward the slightly chubby middle-aged man. His words represented the thoughts of many ordinary players.
There was a saying circulating online.
Ghost Star would upgrade to the Transcendent stage in a little over ninety days, but Rebirth Badges would only drop beyond 150,000 square kilometers. What did that mean?
Even the current world number one, Country M, could not possibly expand their territory to 150,000 square kilometers in such a short time.
This meant that the development progress of all countries in the world was slower than Ghost Star's predetermined upgrade speed!
When people could no longer obtain items from Ghost Star, what other way would there be to restrain the Beast God!
This was probably the reason why, after the Huaxia military announced the launch of BOSS battles on the eve of Ghost Star's upgrade, all other countries followed suit one after another!
Huaxia currently controlled an area of 115,000 square kilometers, still quite a distance from 150,000, and this BOSS battle was the key to closing that gap!
Those big guilds might each have their own hidden agendas, but what no one expected was that it was instead some small guilds that were sparing no effort, contributing both manpower and strength.
He Shishi suddenly recalled something Liu Yuanxiang had once said.
"What use are those small guilds? They only scatter resources…" It was as if He Shishi could see Liu Yuanxiang again, standing in front of her, speaking grandly and confidently.
Suddenly, He Shishi let out a contemptuous cold snort. "The resources they obtain are far more useful than yours!"
After saying that, He Shishi turned to Zhou Chu. "Uncle Zhou, we can't lose this BOSS battle. If we lose again, it will seriously slow down the clearing of Qingfeng Mountain."
"We have to hold on!"
A trace of surprise flashed through Zhou Chu's eyes.
"Jiang Kai choosing you as his deputy really was a wise decision. You're right, we can't lose this BOSS battle. Even if we get stabbed in the back by those three guilds, we still have to hold back the rat tide!"
The battlefield was chaotic. Some people believed that all four major guilds still had hidden cards, but Zhou Chu could see clearly that Kunlun was the only one among the four that had not used the Heavenly Hound Jade.
"Disciples of Azure Cloud, heed my command!" Drawing his breath down to his dantian, he let out a low shout. "Fight to the death!"
Hu Yan was currently the safest. He was floating in midair, constantly helping the guild with defensive support.
It was precisely because of Hu Yan's presence that casualties among the fourth-tier professionals on the Main God's side had been reduced to a minimum.
Taking advantage of the Azure Cloud Guild's surge of effort, Hu Yan got a brief moment of rest. He scanned the battlefield, watching the flames of war spread, the player camp shattered, with heavy casualties everywhere.
Meanwhile, the BOSS was moving at high speed underground, with a large number of War Gods closely pursuing it.
At this moment, killing the Rat King was the only chance to turn the situation around!
"This Rat King barely comes out anymore. No matter how many War Gods there are, it's hard to kill it."
"Captain Kai doesn't have a treasure like the Heavenly Hound Jade, and the four major guilds even have people specifically intercepting him. Once he shows himself, he'll probably be blocked by top experts!"
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Jiang Kai had originally planned to show himself long ago. The Rat King's fourth phase was far too powerful, causing many ordinary players to die. It had to be killed as soon as possible.
However, what frustrated Jiang Kai was that when he was about to make his move, he couldn't find the Rat King anymore!
If he couldn't find the BOSS, going out would be meaningless, after all, the mobs could never be killed off!
"Where the hell is this thing!" Jiang Kai stood on a tree branch, his gaze repeatedly sweeping across the battlefield.
The Rat King had not burst out of the ground for several minutes already!
At this moment, Little Hunqiu tugged at Jiang Kai's ear, drawing his attention. After that, it jumped down from Jiang Kai's shoulder and started gesturing wildly at him.
"You're saying… I should give you a Pursuer, let you go chase the Rat King, and then I'll find you based on the Pursuer's position?"
Little Hunqiu hurriedly nodded.
Jiang Kai thought about it, and the idea wasn't bad. "But you have to be careful yourself."
The little guy confidently patted his chest.
Jiang Kai nodded. He had no better option right now, so he could only act according to Little Hunqiu's plan.
He handed a Pursuer to Little Hunqiu. The little guy grabbed the flying dagger, climbed down along the tree trunk, and in a flash burrowed into the ground…
"Little Hunqiu's agility is high, and it even seems able to steal souls, but it doesn't really have any attack power or defense. The Rat King is still a huge threat to it."
After all, this time Little Hunqiu wasn't escaping. It was chasing the Rat King and had to maintain a fairly close distance in order to help Jiang Kai judge the Rat King's position.
It was clear that Little Hunqiu was taking a huge risk!
"I must kill the Rat King as soon as possible!" Thinking this, Jiang Kai immediately leapt down from the tree and, following the sensing from the Pursuer, chased in the direction of Little Hunqiu's movement.
At this moment, the Rat King probably had been suffocating underground for too long. It suddenly burst out of the ground in the middle of a crowd!
However, it also seemed to fear those War Gods. After casually taking away a few weaker players and tanking several attacks, it plunged back into the ground again.
Jiang Kai noticed that the direction the Pursuer was moving was indeed toward the Rat King, which meant that the little guy really did have a way to find it.
With that, Jiang Kai had no more misgivings and charged forward at full speed, following the Pursuer's direction.
The Rat King maintained high-speed movement underground. Jiang Kai had just chased for two or three thousand meters when suddenly four figures blocked his path.
Jiang Kai immediately felt that the Pursuer was moving away from him.
Even though the Pursuer was already a divine artifact, mental control still had a distance limit. With Jiang Kai's current mental power, once the Pursuer left him by 200 meters, not to mention controlling it, he wouldn't even be able to sense it!
And it was at such a critical moment that people came to block him.
Jiang Kai narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the four. "You can all see the current situation. If the BOSS is allowed to keep escaping, more people will die."
"I won't compete for the BOSS, but the Rat King must be killed as soon as possible!"
These four were all members of the Huaxia War God Hall, but at the same time belonged to the four major guilds.
The one from the Xuanwu Guild was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a long face and narrow eyes. The one from the Eastern Guild was also an elder, but with a heroic appearance. The two from Tianchi and Kunlun were younger, around thirty-five or so.
The Xuanwu War God looked at Jiang Kai and snorted coldly. "Not competing for the BOSS? Jiang Kai, do you think you're giving us some huge favor?"
"Jiang Kai, no matter how many people die here, the BOSS will belong to us. You won't even get to touch it!"
Jiang Kai slightly narrowed his eyes and looked at the four of them.
He knew very well that reasoning with these people would be futile. Since they had come to block him, they wouldn't care about casualties in other guilds.
In the end, Jiang Kai looked at the person from Kunlun. "This friend from Kunlun, and this friend from Tianchi, there's no need for you to get involved in this."
The Tianchi man snorted coldly. "Sorry, we insist on getting involved. I don't care whether those trash live or die. I only care about who gets the Rat King!"
At this moment, however, the Kunlun War God suddenly shouted, "Don't lump me in with you!"
Then he looked at Jiang Kai and sighed softly. "Jiang Kai, we Kunlun joined forces with those three to kill the Rat King, that's true. But we never expected that just to compete for the BOSS, they would hide the matter of the Heavenly Hound Jade, causing massive casualties, and yet feel completely at ease about it!"
"Jiang Kai, there's a high chance we Kunlun won't be able to get the BOSS, but I would rather hope that you get it!"
"Feng Jun, what are you saying!" The other three immediately shouted angrily.
Feng Jun snorted coldly, glanced at the three with a face full of disgust. "You're all cut from the same cloth. For us Kunlun to associate with you is a disgrace!"
With that, Feng Jun leapt up and landed beside Jiang Kai.
Lowering his voice near Jiang Kai's ear, Feng Jun said, "It's a long story. In short, Siyiao told me to sneak in… I'll hold them off. I'll give you thirty minutes. If you can't snatch the BOSS, don't ever go see Siyiao again!"
"Huh?" Jiang Kai froze for a moment, then suddenly understood.
Had to say, even among the four major guilds, there was plenty of scheming and backstabbing… but this gave Jiang Kai an opportunity.
"Brother Feng, thanks! I won't need thirty minutes!"
As soon as Jiang Kai finished speaking, Feng Jun charged straight at the other three, while Jiang Kai seized the chance to use War Leap, leaping toward the direction where the War Gods were most densely gathered.
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