The Qingcheng Gang dispatched three Qi Refining Stage disciples and over thirty Body Tempering Stage disciples this time, with the mission of ascertaining the Hua Xia Sect's strength.
The leading disciple among them was at the fifth level of the Qi Refining Stage, while the other two were at the third level.
On the Hua Xia Sect's side, only Zhao Shijie was in the Qi Refining Stage; Lin Ye and Ye Wuyai were only one step away from breaking through to the Qi Refining Stage, and most of the others were hovering around the seventh or eighth stage of Body Tempering.
But the players didn't care about any of that; they looked lightly upon life and death, if they disagreed, they'd fight!
Fang Yuan and Qin Hao were the first to charge, shouting incessantly as they wielded their machetes and rushed towards the Qingcheng Gang members.
Seeing this, Zhao Shijie immediately followed closely behind, his silver spear heading straight for the leading disciple.
"Kill!" the leading man roared, leading his disciples to attack the Hua Xia Sect members.
Qin Hao and Fang Yuan appeared reckless, but they were actually very shrewd.
The moment the leading man charged, they decisively dodged, specifically targeting the weaker disciples.
"They outnumber us by double; don't clash head-on with them. Separate their high-level fighters!" Li Yongxiao stopped the crowd from behind and quickly formulated a battle plan.
"Lin Ye, Ye Wuyai, you two block the Qi Refining Stage cultivator on the left. Qin Zhenhua, Huo Sichun, you two block the one on the right."
"Split the battlefield!"
"Most of their disciples on the right are mid-stage Smelting Body Realm. Fang Yuan, Qin Hao, Chen Shaocong, you all go to the right!"
"The rest of you go to the left and just tie them down!"
"Those with high contribution points, quickly exchange for fire talismans and ice talismans!" Li Yongxiao commanded while pulling out an AK rifle from behind him.
"Wang Xiaojun, suppress their firepower!"
"Understood!"
Da da da— The two, one on the left and one on the right, held their rifles and charged towards the left.
The Qingcheng Gang disciples had never seen such things before, and instantly two disciples were riddled with bullets.
The remaining disciples reacted, immediately unleashing their full strength, using their bodies to withstand the bullets.
"Damn it, ordinary firearms really can't deal with the Body Tempering Stage. Then let's try this!" Li Yongxiao tossed aside his rifle and took two iron balls from his waist.
"Everyone get out of the way!" The players who were fighting the enemy saw the bombs in Li Yongxiao's hand and decisively retreated.
"Take a taste of my Fan-de Bomb!"
Bang, bang— Two bombs exploded in the middle of the crowd, and several disciples were immediately blown away by the heatwave, falling to the ground.
Baldy and the others certainly wouldn't let this opportunity slip by, immediately rushing forward to harvest heads.
"Wang Xiaojun!"
"Here!"
"Sound the charge!"
Doo, doo doo— The rousing horn sounded.
"Kill!"
"Kill these sons of bitches!"
"Brothers, these bastards want to destroy our Hua Xia Sect, let's fight them to the death!"
Hearing this sound, the players' blood instantly surged, and one by one, as if injected with stimulants, they charged fearlessly towards the enemy.
Inside the sect, a group of players heard the horn, stopped their work, picked up their weapons, and rushed towards the secret forest.
After killing several disciples, Fang Yuan and Qin Hao were intercepted by two ninth-stage Smelting Body Realm cultivators, and both sides fell into a fierce battle.
Although Qin Hao and Fang Yuan were only at the seventh stage of Smelting Body Realm, their fighting style was extremely vicious. As long as they seized an opportunity, even if it meant paying a heavy price, they would strike the opponent with a blade.
For a while, the Qingcheng Gang disciples were continuously pushed back, unable to voice their grievances.
Who fights like this?
It was as if their parents had died; they would immediately fight with their lives, completely disregarding whether they would survive.
The most intense part of the entire battlefield was undoubtedly between Zhao Shijie and the leading man.
The two constantly moved past each other in the forest, silver light and white sword qi colliding, with residual waves exploding around them, causing trees to fall one after another.
The silver spear moved in waves, transforming into a giant silver python that swept towards the leading man.
Facing the crisis, the leading man showed no fear, his sword tip piercing towards the silver python.
Bang— The two collided in mid-air, and ripples spread out from the center, instantly destroying everything around them.
"Such pure spiritual energy. It seems you are not an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator. Hua Xia Sect, how many more disciples like you do you have?" The leading man shook off the silver spear, staring at Zhao Shijie with a face full of doubt.
The other party had just advanced to the Qi Refining Stage, yet he could fight him to a draw, which greatly shocked him.
Those who could challenge higher levels were mostly genius disciples within sects, and these disciples often came from large sects.
Hua Xia Sect, he had never even heard of it.
Zhao Shijie gripped his spear with one hand and said disdainfully, "There are several more like me."
"Impossible!" The leading man simply didn't believe him, thinking Zhao Shijie was lying.
How could there be so many geniuses? For most sects, producing one genius was already the luckiest thing.
Geniuses like Zhao Shijie, who could cross four levels, were even rarer; their talent was at least top-grade spiritual roots, or high-grade rare spiritual roots.
Even some medium-sized sects might not possess such geniuses.
And the other party said the Hua Xia Sect had several more? What was this if not bragging?
Zhao Shijie was too lazy to waste words with him; if he didn't quickly kill the opponent, all the kills would be snatched away.
"Supreme Jade Purity King, controlling the thirty-six heavens, universal transformation in the nine heavens, manifesting in the ten directions..." Zhao Shijie formed hand seals, muttering incantations.
Before long, a bolt of lightning covered his silver spear.
"This is... Thunder Art?" The leading man frowned, his body decisively retreating.
The cultivation technique the other party practiced was not an ordinary technique at all, nor was it something a small sect could possess.
Something was wrong, this Hua Xia Sect was very wrong!
The leading man no longer had his previous arrogance, turning to flee.
"Trying to run? Die for me!" Zhao Shijie roared, gripping his silver spear tightly, leaping high, then forcefully striking down.
A silver lightning dragon, composed of electricity, descended from the sky, striking the fleeing leading man.
Bang— A deafening explosion roared through the forest, with gusts of strong wind. When the smoke cleared, a deep pit appeared where the explosion had occurred.
The leading man lay in the deep pit, surrounded by faint flashes of lightning, black smoke rising from his seven orifices, his pupils staring blankly upwards.
Pfft— Zhao Shijie casually plunged his silver spear into the man's chest, then turned and left.
Everyone had witnessed the commotion, their faces filled with shock.
"The Qi Refining Stage is terrifying!" Someone gasped.
"Bullshit, that's because Zhao Shijie is awesome. You try Fang Yuan?"
"My goodness, what about me? If I advance to the Qi Refining Stage, I'll definitely be more awesome than Zhao Shijie!"
"Oh, please. Zhao Shijie has a superb spiritual root, and he's a congenital Dao Body. He cultivates high-level techniques, and he has a spiritual artifact by his side. With all those buffs, what do you have to compare with him?"
"Damn it! Qin Hao, you annoying bastard, will you die if you say less?"
"Stop blabbering, quickly finish the fight! That Zhao Shijie bastard is coming to steal our kills!"
"I'm going to level up, die for me!"
With the leading man dead, the Qingcheng Gang's morale completely collapsed, and they all chose to flee.
"Don't let them escape, chase!" A group of players pursued them through the jungle with their weapons, and several more Qingcheng Gang disciples were hacked to death, their deaths gruesome.
Seeing this, the fleeing disciples' hair stood on end, wishing they had two more legs.
These people were simply devils!
"Don't chase anymore, that's the Flower-Patterned Lightning Leopard's territory! Come back quickly!" Zhao Shijie suddenly stopped and shouted towards the front.
But the players, who were already in a killing frenzy, didn't care about any of that, enjoying the chase immensely.
"Roar!" Suddenly, a loud roar came from deep within the secret forest, followed by the slow appearance of a massive demonic beast into everyone's sight.
"There are so many of us, why be afraid of it? Let's go together!" Fang Yuan roared in anger, about to charge forward.
He turned around only to find that everyone else had fled at some unknown point.
Whoosh, the Flower-Patterned Lightning Leopard flashed and appeared in front of Fang Yuan.
"Roar!" Fang Yuan's robes flapped, his face covered in the Flower-Patterned Lightning Leopard's drool.
Plop— Without the slightest hesitation, he directly knelt on the ground, forcing out an awkward smile, "Brother, I was wrong..."
Crunch— Fang Yuan, deceased.