Nine Zhang Plain.
Ding Chunqiu, holding a blood-stained long sword, continuously struck down at the ground, severing the heads of Vermillion Bird Camp cavalrymen. These cavalrymen included both men and women, but Ding Chunqiu paid no mind. If men could be killed, why couldn't women? He only knew one thing: the Great Dao was ruthless and did not distinguish between genders. These one hundred heads were his Great Dao.
"Boss."
A team leader said in a deep voice, "A patrol cavalry of the Vermillion Bird Camp, totaling 50 men, one escaped. Just now, we harvested 49 heads. Adding the previous ones, we are still 21 heads short of completing the mission. However, our losses are also significant. This group of Vermillion Bird cavalry is too fierce, and they've cut down over a dozen of our brothers."
"Have everyone revive and rush over immediately."
Ding Chunqiu frowned, "The Rock Army and the Vermillion Bird Camp have eaten our ambush. They will definitely strengthen their defenses in the short term. These two targets are no longer under consideration. The next target will be a patrol squad of the Snow Region Legion. It is said that their combat power is even stronger. We must be fully prepared, otherwise, we will suffer a great loss."
"Mhm!"
A sharpshooter said, "The cavalry of the Snow Region Legion does not patrol Nine Zhang Plain, but they patrol the mountain forests to the west of Nine Zhang Plain. They will arrive in about half an hour. If we are to ambush them, we must be ready. A patrol squad of the Snow Region Legion usually consists of a hundred men, led by a martial artist of the Middle Five Realms. We must be extra careful."
"It's fine."
Ding Chunqiu said in a deep voice, "We only need 21 heads. When the fighting truly begins, we will focus on killing those with low health, and then decapitate them. With the heads in hand, we will have achieved our merit."
"What do we do now?" asked Deputy Alliance Leader Qiu Qianren.
"Leave."
Ding Chunqiu said, "The corpses of these Vermillion Bird cavalry have not yet respawned, indicating that we have entered the plot. This place has become a place of trouble. We will head south and start grinding monsters, acting as if this matter has nothing to do with us."
"Mhm!"
...
Twenty minutes later.
At the north mountain, a group of players arrived. They were Su Xinghe and his companions, who had accepted a mission from the Vermillion Bird Camp. The mission was simple: to investigate who ambushed the Vermillion Bird Camp cavalry, but it did not specify who it was, making it a test of intelligence. Without a doubt, they had to go to the scene of the incident to investigate first. Great Wind Novel Network.
As the Star River players sped towards the location, the members of the "All Devils" guild felt somewhat uneasy.
"Show some spine!"
Ding Chunqiu said sternly in the team channel, "Act as if nothing happened. Everything has nothing to do with us."
The group's expressions then became slightly more normal.
Su Xinghe rode his horse swiftly, leading the way up a hillside. He held his long sword and rode a fierce horse, accompanied by a Earth-tier phantom beast. He frowned as he looked at the "All Devils" members leveling in the mountain depression and said, "Alliance Leader Ding, you're leveling here?"
"Yeah, that's right."
Ding Chunqiu smiled and said, "There's no choice. The leveling and questing in the Snow Region Ice Pool area on the national server is too competitive. It's hard to even do quests now, let alone find a high-level map to level up peacefully. Fortunately, a lot of monsters have spawned here, so we brought the brothers to take what we can get."
He looked up at Su Xinghe and the Star River guild players who were continuously appearing on the hillside. Among them, Feng Bing Cao Jia and Shen Ling Yuan, two high-level heavy tanks, exuded an oppressive aura. Combined with Su Xinghe, it seemed like they could charge down and clear the area at any moment. Therefore, Ding Chunqiu frowned and smiled, "There are only normal monsters here, no bosses. Star River wouldn't… want to clear the area, would they?"
"..."
Su Xinghe stared intently at Ding Chunqiu for several seconds. He frowned, finding no answer in the other's eyes, nor any sign of evasion. He then smiled slightly and said, "How could that be? Our Star River guild isn't made of bandits. There are plenty of monsters in the Northern Territory that we can't finish killing. You can level here if you want. I just wanted to ask, a patrol squad of the Vermillion Bird Camp was ambushed by players in the Nine Zhang Plain area, and they were almost wiped out. Do you know about this?"
"What the hell?"
Ding Chunqiu was taken aback. "Players ambushing the Vermillion Bird Camp? Damn, who is it? Are they out of their minds? Isn't the Vermillion Bird Camp our own people? Why would they do something like this?"
"I don't know either."
Su Xinghe frowned and said, "Either it's for profit, or there's a secret quest. In any case, someone who acts against their own people for a little bit of profit is probably not a good person. You guys are leveling here… be careful too."
"Mhm!"
Ding Chunqiu watched Su Xinghe leave, his brow furrowed, feeling a bit uneasy. Especially Su Xinghe's last sentence, "Be careful too," did it have a hidden meaning? Or did Su Xinghe see something? He looked at the retreating figures of their group, only to see the beautiful mage Yun Mi Wu Suo, who was following Feng Bing Cao Jia, suddenly turn her head and look at Ding Chunqiu with a frown. Ding Chunqiu's heart rate immediately shot up to 150.
This woman… seems to be Yun Mi Wu Suo, who replaced Shen Xing Chen in the Star River guild. She's said to be a woman of exceptional intelligence. Does Su Xinghe have a peculiar habit of keeping beautiful strategists? He frowned, but honestly speaking, it's best to avoid people from the Star River guild if possible. Every one of them is formidable. Su Xinghe, Feng Bing Cao Jia, Yun Mi Wu Suo, none of them are easy to deal with.
"Boss!"
Beside him, a sharpshooter frowned and said, "Look, the Snow Region cavalry are coming this way!"
"Prepare!"
Ding Chunqiu said in a deep voice, "Enter the valley terrain and set up an ambush. I will mark 21 targets later. Everyone focus fire on these 21 targets first, and I will collect the heads. The rest will hold the line. Damn it… with our 200+ men, we might not be able to take down this 100-man squad from the Snow Region Ice Pool!"
...
Shortly after, Ding Chunqiu led his men into the ambush location, hiding in a forest. Not far away, a group of Snow Region cavalry slowly approached. At the forefront was a young martial artist of the Sixth Realm, who looked to be in his early twenties. The Snow Region Ice Pool was full of talented individuals. Such a young martial artist of the Sixth Realm was rare throughout the human world.
This Sixth Realm martial artist was level 128, a Flowing Gold-tier boss. This was something that "All Devils," whose average level was only 103, could not easily defeat. Moreover, there were also some martial artists of the Fourth and Fifth Realms, all of whom were Flowing Gold-tier quasi-bosses. Attacking them together was unbearable. However, at this moment, Ding Chunqiu's murderous intent had reached its peak. He quickly locked onto over 20 lightly armored soldiers with the lowest realm and level among the crowd. He said in a deep voice, "Focus all firepower on these individuals first. Holy Knights, go first to draw aggro. Healers, follow up, only healing the Holy Knights. Sword Masters, directly attack the people I mark. Let's finish the battle as quickly as possible."
"Yes, Boss!"
Just as the group passed by, Ding Chunqiu suddenly raised his hand and shouted, "Go!"
Instantly, figures rushed out from the woods. Over a dozen Holy Knights, with their shields and Holy Sword defensive forms activated, charged into the crowd of high-level NPCs. Many even summoned their phantom armor, enduring for as long as they could. The Snow Region cavalry formation was thrown into disarray. The next second, the Sword Master players of "All Devils" rushed out, beginning to slaughter the low-level units of the Snow Region Legion!
Soon, the mages, sharpshooters, and storm gunners followed, unleashing their firepower!
"Damn it!"
The Sixth Realm martial artist raised his eyebrows and roared, "What kind of scum is this, daring to ambush people from the Snow Region Ice Pool?! Go, and annihilate them all!"
As he spoke, he raised his blade and slashed wildly. In the blink of an eye, over a dozen "All Devils" players fell under his blade. However, on the other side, the low-level NPCs who were being focused fire also fell one by one, unable to withstand the assault. The two sides fell into a situation where one side attacked the other's weaklings, and the other side attacked their own weaklings. Although the Snow Region Ice Pool had the overall advantage, the enemy had too many numbers!
In the blink of an eye, over 20 Snow Region Ice Pool cavalrymen fell. Ding Chunqiu then charged out on his horse, ignoring everything else, and continuously severed heads, tossing them into his inventory. After collecting enough heads, he looked back at his own men and felt a chill. Over 200 brothers had fallen in half the time.
"Let's go!"
He quickly retreated from the battlefield and shouted, "Those who can't escape, use invincibility to return to the city. Quickly, after reviving, let's gather on the western grassland! The mission is complete, brothers, you've all done well!"
The group scattered like startled birds.
...
This small-scale battle was accidentally witnessed by an assassin from the Star River guild, and the news quickly reached Su Xinghe. Su Xinghe, who was inspecting the Vermillion Bird Camp corpses in the canyon, suddenly stood up, clenched his fists, and his eyes filled with intense killing intent. He roared, "Are these damned bastards from 'All Devils' crazy? Why are they killing human units?!"
"Perhaps they want to take a different path?"
Yun Mi Wu Suo frowned slightly and said, "They must have accepted a quest from the Northern Four Races. It's obvious that the 'All Devils' want to play on the opposing faction."
"These scoundrels! I'm going to have a chat with Ding Chunqiu!"
The next moment, Su Xinghe directly initiated a voice call to Ding Chunqiu. To his surprise, Ding Chunqiu, a fierce individual, actually accepted the call and immediately said, "Hahaha, looks like we've been discovered… Xinghe is still formidable!"
"Ding Chunqiu!"
Su Xinghe said angrily, "What do you mean by this? After killing the Vermillion Bird Camp and the Rock Army, you've started killing the Snow Region Legion? Can't you just be a decent person?"
"How could that be!"
Ding Chunqiu, holding one hundred human armored heads, felt he had already won. He smiled and said, "The name of our guild says it all. 'All Devils.' We admit that we are villains, so we can't be as upright as Alliance Leader Su Xinghe, right? Cats have their ways, rats have their ways. What we do is inherently unsavory, and there's nothing to hide. A wise bird chooses its tree. It's just a different way of playing. I hope Alliance Leader Su Xinghe can broaden his perspective."
"I'll broaden your mother's…"
Su Xinghe almost swore, gritted his teeth, and said coldly, "Ding Chunqiu, from now on, don't let me see 'All Devils' anywhere on human territory, or I'll kill you every time I see you. We'll see about this!"