Chapter 144: One Man Against Ten Thousand

Seeing the number of players from the Qi State continuously increasing, Zhang Shan had probably already taken down seven or eight hundred of them.

However, even more new Qi State players were arriving. There were still at least a thousand of them outside the passage, endlessly rushing toward them under the command of One Dragon of West Mountain.

Things could not go on like this; problems would arise sooner rather than later.

If they were not careful like before, failing to hold the choke point and letting a few Berserkers break through would throw everything into chaos again.

Next time, One Dragon of West Mountain would definitely learn his lesson, and given another opportunity, he would surely target Boss Wu first.

Although Boss Wu could cast healing spells on himself, his maximum health pool was simply too low, barely reaching ten thousand.

Should five or six Berserkers surround and hack away at him, he would not last long at all. At the same time, Zhang Shan could not spare too much attention to clear out the enemies close to him.

Otherwise, they would lose their grip on the entrance against the subsequent wave of Qi State players.

"Step back a bit, just far enough to keep us within healing range," Zhang Shan said to Boss Wu.

He needed to make him retreat so that if anyone managed to break through, they would buy themselves a little more buffer time.

Besides, Winds and Clouds Blade was no pushover; at most five players from the West Mountain Guild could charge through in a single wave.

Winds and Clouds Blade only needed to find a way to stall two of them, while the panda baby could handle one.

That would leave at most two people able to reach Boss Wu, and he should be able to withstand that.

Making Boss Wu retreat a bit would lengthen the enemy's potential attack distance, which was equivalent to leaving themselves more time to react.

Zhang Shan stared fixedly at the charging Qi State players, his gun firing continuously. As they approached the danger range, he promptly activated his Frenzy skill, increasing his attack speed by one hundred percent. This six-second burst of peak performance quickly halted their forward momentum.

At that moment, Winds and Clouds Sky called out in the guild channel:

"We've already teleported to Heavenly Gate Pass. We can arrive within three minutes."

"Hurry up and get over here. These Qi State players are getting more and more unhinged."

Winds and Clouds Blade was no longer as calm as he had been at the start, simply because the opposing Qi State players were far too fanatical.

No matter how many of them Zhang Shan struck down, the rest kept charging with a total disregard for their lives.

Fortunately, they had chosen to farm monsters here from the very beginning, utilizing a narrow, winding passage that allowed them to hold off the enemy.

Otherwise, they would have been hacked into mincemeat long ago.

Even if Zhang Shan had two lives, it still wouldn't be enough against so many attackers; the sheer number of enemies was overwhelming.

Quantity could easily crush quality.

Leading seven to eight thousand members of the entire guild, Winds and Clouds Sky caused a sensation the moment he arrived at Heavenly Gate Pass.

Although Heavenly Gate Pass was a public map and a good number of players from various countries had already gathered there, this was the first time a guild like Winds and Clouds Guild had deployed its entire roster all at once. It instantly caught the attention of every player present.

"What the hell? Is some major event about to happen? Why did the Winds and Clouds Guild bring so many people here all at once?"

"Who knows? Maybe they found a major Boss? Did their whole guild come to raid a Boss?"

"Are you kidding me? You don't need seven or eight thousand people for a Boss raid, unless it's a Demon God."

"Hard to say. The Bosses in Heavenly Gate Pass aren't that easy to take down. Red Bosses aside, even Orange Bosses are absolute tanks. How can you manage without plenty of people?"

"Even so, you don't need this many. It's way too exaggerated."

"You need people to protect you during a Boss raid; otherwise, how could players from other countries let you farm the Boss in peace?"

"Damn it, are they really going after a major Boss? I'm going to follow them and take a look; maybe I can pick up some scraps,嘿嘿 (hehe)."

"Cut the crap, you idiots. What Boss? A huge mob of Qi State players is currently surrounding Six-Pipe Bodhisattva, and Winds and Clouds Sky is probably heading over to reinforce him."

"Holy shit, which bigshot from Qi State is that bold? Daring to provoke the artifact-wielding bigshot—do they not know how to spell death?"

"No matter how overpowered Six-Pipe Bodhisattva is, it's useless against sheer numbers. One Dragon of West Mountain from Qi State rallied several thousand people. I heard they're surrounding Six-Pipe Bodhisattva while he's holding the terrain, and they're still going at it. I wonder if he's bitten the dust yet?"

"Are you joking? Several thousand people?"

"Yeah, One Dragon of West Mountain has been shouting in the Qi State national channel, and tons of Qi State players have rushed over. People are still on their way right now, coming in a continuous stream."

"Damn, is this going to turn into a large-scale chaotic battle? Let's hope the hostility doesn't escalate to the point of triggering a national war."

"A national war shouldn't be that easy to trigger. The announcement didn't specify how much national hostility is needed to start one; it just said it has to reach a certain threshold, which probably depends on the system's determination."

"No way, I have to go follow and take a look. This is the first time such a large-scale player brawl has happened in the New World."

"Any players from the Zhao State going to watch the battle?"

"Watch my foot. Better be careful not to get hacked to death by stray blades. Heavenly Gate Pass is too dangerous; I'm going back to farm monsters."

One Dragon of West Mountain had already learned the news that Winds and Clouds Sky was bringing reinforcements. Although more players from their own Qi State were still rushing over to help, compared to the Winds-and-Clouds Guild, most of their Qi State players were just a mob of disorganized fighters.

They certainly couldn't rely on them to block seven or eight thousand members of the Winds-and-Clouds Guild; they needed truly heavyweight bigshots from Qi State to step up.

The prestige of the West Mountain Guild still fell a bit short, and they couldn't summon any more people.

Among the Top Ten Guilds, the Matchless Guild was based in Langling City of the Qi State. Although they were not in the same city as the West Mountain Guild, they did have dealings with each other. As players belonging to the same Qi State faction, One Dragon of West Mountain had no choice but to call upon the Matchless Guild for reinforcement.

While continuing to organize the Qi State players to press the attack, One Dragon of West Mountain called the guild leader of the Matchless Guild, Matchless Gentleman.

"Gentleman, our Qi State players are clashing with the Chu State's Winds and Clouds Guild at Heavenly Gate Pass. Can you arrange for some people to come over and back us up?"

"What's the situation? How did you end up tangling with Winds and Clouds Sky and his crew? How many people did they bring?"

Since Winds and Clouds Sky had just arrived at Heavenly Gate Pass and only caused a sensation in the regional channel, nobody was discussing the matter in the world channel yet.

Therefore, Matchless Gentleman was completely unaware of it and had not yet come to Heavenly Gate Pass, currently farming monsters outside Langling City.

"We don't know the exact number of people the Winds and Clouds Guild brought, but I heard it's several thousand."

"Damn, what on earth happened? By the way, you were shouting in the national channel earlier for people to go to Heavenly Gate Pass for a fight—wasn't that supposed to be a fight with the Winds and Clouds Guild?"

"Yeah, earlier Six-Pipe Bodhisattva knocked down over a hundred of our Qi State players at Heavenly Gate Pass. Some members of our guild spotted them farming monsters there just now, so I organized some people to go mess with them."

"You should have pulled back right after messing with them! Why did you keep fighting the Winds and Clouds people?"

That was a bit awkward. The problem was that he had never managed to take down Zhang Shan; otherwise, he would have retreated long ago.

Why else would he still be lingering here, waiting for the main force of the Winds and Clouds Guild to arrive and exact revenge?