"Everyone, be alert, I’ve spotted the enemy!" Xiao Jie and his two companions were stealthily moving through a tunnel when An Ran’s voice suddenly rang out in YY.
"Where?" Dragon Ascension immediately asked.
"In the woods on the west side of Luoxue Valley, about forty people."
Xiao Jie thought to himself that they had finally arrived; forty people... the Azure Dragon Association really didn’t hold back on sending troops.
At this moment, within the forest on the western side of Luoxue Valley, a group of knights were rapidly making their way through the trees, stopping a few hundred meters away from the valley.
"Stop, stop, stop! Everyone, stay hidden." Zhao Qingyun ordered. As the president of the Azure Dragon Association, he must remain in the city, hence he did not participate in this operation, but that did not stop him from commanding from behind.
In fact, almost all the senior members of the Azure Dragon Association were paying attention to this operation.
Although previously he had been boastful, Zhao Qingyun was actually quite wary of the Dragon Soaring Knights. He had heard a bit about their background; if they truly had official status, it would be unwise to start a war with the Knights. However, he had his reasons...
This time he dispatched three key members from his core team: the Demon Master Miao, Divine General Zhao Kai, and the Ghost Shadow Assassin Ah Gui.
He also brought along some experts from affiliated guilds, determined to teach the Azure Dragon Association a lesson.
At this moment, he looked at Zhao Kai’s screen, peering through the gaps between the trees, and immediately spotted the snowy owl circling in the sky.
In the clear blue sky, a large white bird was particularly striking.
"President, they have arrived!" Zhao Kai said in a deep voice.
"I see," Zhao Qingyun responded solemnly. "Miao, go up and take a look! Observe their main force and see where they are?"
"Received!" the Demon Master Miao responded. Suddenly, a cry of an eagle was heard and in an instant, feathers and wings sprouted from his body, transforming into a Golden Winged Great Peng with a wingspan of seven to eight meters.
Sorcery—Golden Peng Transformation!
With a flap of his wings, he soared into the air.
Although the Demon Master, being able to fly, was not mainly used for combat, but for monitoring the battlefield. At this moment, as the Golden Winged Great Peng took to the sky, his field of view immediately encompassed thousands of meters around. His innate high-level Eagle Eye Skill passive ability allowed him to clearly see even the forest on the other side of Luoxue Valley.
However, despite his extensive view, he could not see the main forces of Dragon Soaring.
Meanwhile, Dragon Ascension and others were also aware of the movements here.
"Si Hai, they have a Demon Master too."
"I saw. Stay hidden. An Ran Yi Meng, the enemy is higher level than you; if you encounter danger, lure them here and we’ll cover you from a distance."
Naturally, Dragon Soaring wouldn’t foolishly expose themselves; they had already concealed themselves using formations from the Qi Men Dun Jia Master.
However, Miao did not rashly attack; even though the Golden Winged Great Peng had a clear combat advantage, aerial combat was more complex than ground combat. It was easy to defeat the opponent, but hard to capture them.
Thus, he just hovered in the air, continuing to search for traces of the enemy squad.
A gold and a white bird, each circling over their half of the field, for now, all was quiet.
"President, I don’t see the enemy."
"They must have hidden themselves well. The other side isn’t foolish, they must have arrived earlier and laid an ambush," Liu Qiang’s schadenfreude voice came from behind. Zhao Qingyun frowned slightly, he was beginning to dis guy more and more.
Due to the last Dragon Slaying failure, the board had imposed many restrictions on the base, especially since he hadn’t been able to hand over life-extending treasures, earning some criticism from the board.
Zhao Qingyun was also helpless; those longevity-enhancing Immortal Pills were not so easy to obtain, and these couldn’t just be bought with money.
He had already summarized several books of longevity-enhancing Cultivation Techniques, but since players’ Inner Strength was learned out of nowhere, even if recollected, they were still half-understood, and these summarized techniques could not be easily cultivated.
The consortium big shots refused to enter the game, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Zhao Qingyun was beginning to feel threatened; he knew very well that Liu Qiang was not just a simple supervisor. Recently, Liu Qiang had interfered with the base’s personnel several times, and if this continued, the administrative rights of the base might change hands.
So, he had to cause some trouble.
This guild war was an opportunity; as long as they defeated the Dragon Soaring Knights and captured the White Dragon, the profits should naturally shut the upper management up. As for what to do if they couldn’t win... his gaze at Liu Qiang from the corner of his eye grew colder.
Without changing his expression, he shifted his focus back to the screen and spoke in a deep voice, "Their scouting party must have been sent out already. Long Xingtianxia is not a fool; they won’t easily believe the White Dragon’s intelligence. They’ll definitely send someone below to confirm the White Dragon’s status.
Ah Gui, you go down too, take more people, and eliminate the opposing spies."
The one called Ah Gui, the Ghost Shadow Assassin, immediately responded.
"Scouting Group One, Scouting Group Two, follow my command, everyone go into Stealth State, we’re going down!"
At his command, two groups, ten assassins total, entered Stealth State and headed toward the direction of Luoxue Valley.
Since the Azure Dragon Association was operating in a campus mode, they were mass-trained in professions that were well-researched.
According to the Data Team’s analysis, among stealth-based professions, assassins were much more powerful than Flying Thieves; not only could they fight while hidden, their combat strength was also strong, capable of dealing exaggerated damage to humanoid monsters, and even setting up stealth teams to farm some humanoid bosses.