Chapter 368: Battle! Demon Hand!
After getting the Subordinate's Robe, Li Xiang was about to synthesize it when the Guild channel's pop-ups went crazy.
Friend messages also started appearing.
A system prompt appeared.
【Ding! Your Guild 'Heaven's Gift' has been attacked by the Guild 'Demon'. Please return to defend immediately.】
In the Guild channel.
【Ding! Guild Warehouse has been attacked.】
【Ding! Guild Quarters has been attacked.】
【Ding! Guild...】
【Ding! Guild Hall has been attacked.】
Li Xiang immediately took out a City Return Stone and started the countdown to return to the Guild Residence.
10... 9...
Li Xiang had never felt 10 seconds were so long.
When the countdown reached 3 seconds,
The countdown suddenly stopped.
Li Xiang was stunned for a moment.
A BUG?
A system prompt appeared.
【Ding! Your Guild 'Heaven's Gift' has been occupied by the Guild 'Demon'.】
Li Xiang's panicked movements instead quieted down.
The Guild had been breached; there was no point in going back now.
Opening the friends list, all the players in the Guild who were his friends had sent him messages.
But there was no time gap between the time they sent the messages and the time the Guild was breached, not even a minute...
Opening Poetic Spring's chat box, Li Xiang asked about the situation.
After a moment, Li Xiang understood the general situation.
Everything was very sudden.
Players from the Demon Guild suddenly arrived in Adam City, all remaining anonymous and extremely low-key.
Currently, the Demon Guild, the true original Demon Guild Elite members are only over a hundred, the rest are newly recruited ordinary players.
This time, the Demon Guild came out in full force, not just the Demon Guild, but also brought some players from affiliated Guilds.
A total of over two thousand players.
The Shadow Assassins guarding the Guild were all wiped out by Demon Hand alone, and the remaining players were vastly outnumbered and easily taken down.
The entire process, from the attack to the breaching of the Heaven's Gift Guild, took less than a minute.
It happened so fast that the players left behind in the Heaven's Gift Guild didn't even have time to react before their residence was gone.
"Where are you all now?"
"All at the resurrection point."
"What about Anthony and Aiweina?"
"They happened to be strolling in the city and weren't affected."
"Okay, you all go offline and rest first."
Poetic Spring was stunned, "But... the Guild Residence..."
"Their goal isn't our residence. Just occupy it directly after going online tomorrow."
"I... understand."
After that, Li Xiang opened Aige's chat box, "Watch over Shi Yi, make her go offline and sleep, and the Guild members too."
Aige replied with an okay.
It was clear that the Guild's healthy development during this period had created a feeling among all Guild members that the Heaven's Gift Guild was becoming strong.
But...
This feeling is insignificant in the face of truly top-tier Grand Guilds.
Although the Demon Guild has declined, there are still some top-tier personnel among them. Not many of the original high-level players have left. These players are the essence of the Demon Guild.
The knocking sounded again, "Esteemed guest, the Snow Wind Pants have also arrived."
"Okay, bring them in."
Coolerge walked in, "All the goods you requested are complete."
Li Xiang nodded, "Please keep an eye out for equipment in other parts."
"Yes, esteemed guest."
After speaking, Coolerge said, "I still don't know your name. I will make a record for you later. After registration, you can enjoy the most top-tier VIP treatment in all equipment stores in the Dafen Empire."
"Pumpkin."
"Okay, Miss Pumpkin, please continue to rest."
"No, there are still things to handle. Thank you for your trouble this time."
"No trouble, no trouble. Welcome back next time."
Li Xiang nodded and took out the Adam City City Return Stone.
The resurrection point and the return point are the same location.
As soon as Li Xiang arrived, he saw the Heaven's Gift Guild's female army leaving the resurrection point, heading out of the city in a mighty procession.
This direction was towards the Heaven's Gift Guild Residence.
Players in the city recognized their identities and pointed at them.
When a Guild is breached, it will be broadcast in the entire city channel. Therefore, the players in Adam City all knew that the Heaven's Gift Guild had been taken down by the Demon Guild.
Li Xiang pulled his Mage robe to cover his face and walked out of the resurrection point. Before he had walked a few steps, he was pulled into an alley by a heavily wrapped NPC.
The NPC took off his hood, revealing Hademan's face. He knelt down in front of Li Xiang in fear, "Master... it happened too suddenly. I had just gathered the Guards when Heaven's Gift Village was breached. I... deserve to die. Please punish me, Master."
Li Xiang looked at him in confusion, then remembered that he had asked him to take care of the Heaven's Gift Guild before.
"Get up. This is not your fault."
"Yes... Master."
"You go back. There's nothing for you here."
Hademan said fearfully, "Master, as long as you nod, I will immediately mobilize tens of thousands of Guards to conquer Demon Town."
"I said, there's nothing for you here."
"Yes... yes... Master, I will withdraw now."
"Okay."
Hademan put his hood back on, bowed to Li Xiang, and left trembling.
Li Xiang opened Phantom Follows to check Demon Hand's current location. This shadow Li Xiang had not canceled.
Judging by the background behind him, he was still in the Heaven's Gift Guild.
This is not good...
If Poetic Spring and the others go there now, they will definitely be wiped out again.
If he fights Demon Hand without using divine artifacts, there's an 80% chance he won't be able to instantly kill him. A protracted battle might reveal something about him.
This is going to be difficult...
After thinking for a moment, Li Xiang had a plan.
Light and Shadow Movement!
His movement speed increased dramatically, and Li Xiang moved through the city, quickly chasing after Poetic Spring and the others ahead.
With Li Xiang's terrifying movement speed, which was doubled, he was essentially a blur.
The players he passed were all shocked.
"What the heck... what was that?"
"A ghost?!"
"Hiss... don't scare me..."
"It might be a hidden quest! Chase it!"
"Chase what?! It's running so fast..."
"..."
In a little while, after leaving the city gate, Li Xiang caught up with Poetic Spring and the others.
Seeing Li Xiang, the girls were all stunned. Poetic Spring wanted to explain.
Li Xiang waved his hand, "Let's go, take back the Guild Residence."
"Big Sister!" Poetic Spring looked at Li Xiang emotionally and rushed over.
Li Xiang pushed her away helplessly, "There might be a tough battle later. Everyone, cheer up."
"Yes! Big Sister!"
...
Half an hour later, all one hundred players of the Heaven's Gift Guild arrived in front of the residence.
Most of the Demon Guild players had already left, leaving only Demon Hand and a few players still lingering in the Heaven's Gift Guild's residence.
Seeing Li Xiang arrive, Demon Hand walked out of the residence and smiled as he walked towards Li Xiang, "Pumpkin, I finally see you."
Li Xiang looked at him, "I don't want to see you."
Demon Hand laughed loudly, "I know you don't want to see me. I came to invite you to join the Demon Guild."
"You destroyed my Guild, and now you're asking me to join? Are you still drunk, or are you dreaming?"
"As poisonous-tongued as the legends say. You becoming the President of this Heaven's Gift Guild must be because you want to build a large Guild."
Li Xiang did not answer.
Demon Hand continued, "I don't know why you established a Guild.
However, with your strength, staying in such a small Guild is just a waste. Come to the Demon Guild. If you want power, I'll give you the Vice President position. If you want money, I'll give you a million annual salary.
All Elite members of the Guild are at your disposal. If it's not excessive, I can also be at your disposal.
How about it?"
As soon as he spoke, the players of the Heaven's Gift Guild felt their hearts sink halfway and all looked at Li Xiang.
The Heaven's Gift Guild was originally a Guild that was about to close down. If it weren't for Pumpkin's sudden appearance, how would it have reached this point now?
Now that the Guild is gone, it's just following the previous development.
With Pumpkin's strength... staying in the small Heaven's Gift Guild is truly underutilizing her talent.
Poetic Spring wanted to say something, but Aige grabbed her arm and turned around, "Sisters, let's go."
Demon Hand's smile became more arrogant, "Pumpkin, it seems your subordinates are sensible.
I'm not a bad person. I won't treat them unfairly. As long as you join the Demon Guild, this residence will be returned to them, and I will also give them 500,000 gold coins in development funds. They will be affiliated with the Demon Guild, and you can come and visit as a high-level member anytime you want."
Aige turned around and glared at Demon Hand fiercely, "I don't want a Heaven's Gift Guild like that!"
The girls shouted loudly, "We don't want it!"
Demon Hand's face turned cold, "I'm giving you face because of Pumpkin. Don't be ungrateful, you smelly..."
Boom!!!
Terrifying flames descended from the sky, crashing down towards Demon Hand.
Demon Hand's expression changed slightly, and his figure flashed, dodging the attack.
He looked at Li Xiang, who had raised his staff, his face ashen, "Pumpkin, what do you mean?"
"If you speak properly, I might actually consider it. But your attitude disgusts me. Go back or fight, choose one."
Demon Hand took out a silver-gleaming greatsword, "Pumpkin, you don't really think you can beat me, do you?"
Li Xiang raised his staff again, "How will you know if you don't try?"
The staff hit the ground.
Boom!!!