Chapter 246: The Assassin Alliance

First up are the archers!

Given the distance between the two formations, only the archers on each side can engage.

Launch!

Compared to Yanhuang Guild's sparse few hundred arrows soaring, Qiancheng Muxue's side is far denser—over a thousand, nearly two thousand arrows raining down.

"Shield Raise!"

Defensive Stance!

Although the number of arrows is greater than Yanhuang Guild's side.

But Yanhuang Guild has no assassin harassment; the knight players simply maintain rows of Defensive Stance.

The dense arrows fall, damage spikes appear, yet at the same time Huang Mingxin leads the Priest Guild to exert power.

Heal after heal—restoring the knight players of Yanhuang Guild back to health.

Thus, after those intimidating arrows, Yanhuang suffers no casualties, while the relatively few arrows from Yanhuang, coordinated with assassins led by Ten Court Yanluo, inflict considerable losses on Qiancheng Muxue, tearing a gap in the outer edge of its formation.

There's nothing to do; the priests of the Priest Guild are still scattered. A group of Qiancheng Muxue melee players forms a surrounding circle that's gradually shrinking, and the dispersed priests will be let through the gaps by the melee players.

Without priest healing, the front still has former Old Assassin Alliance veterans, arrows still raining on their heads, so a torn formation opening is unsurprising.

As for Qiancheng Muxue's Assassin Guild, they are currently at the Resurrection Square in Wutong Town, eyeing Qiancheng Gongzi.

Although the assassin forces of Qiancheng Muxue together with the Bianhua guild total nearly two thousand, during the brief clash they were all sent back out. Of course, Assassin Alliance players also suffered some losses, but compared to the total annihilation of Qiancheng Muxue's assassin force, those losses are negligible.

Of course, the key factor in the annihilation of Qiancheng Muxue's assassin force was that their commander slipped up at a critical moment.

Originally, the deputy leader Du Xue was to lead Qiancheng Muxue's assassin team, but the moment Qiancheng Gongzi was instantly killed, Du Xue rushed back in time to take over command.

On the Assassin Guild's side, Du Xue had no choice but to give up.

Without a commander and with a considerable skill gap, Qiancheng Muxue's assassin force was spectacularly wiped out.

At this point, Shen Yang is completely surrounded on the battlefield.

The priests nearby, except those killed, have fled; around him only a group of armored hulks are rubbing their fists, ready to strike Shen Yang.

Shen Yang is now black‑listed; besides the initial Qiancheng Gongzi, he has also slain many of those priests. If he were to die now, all his gear would drop, yet Shen Yang remains completely unruffled.

"Boss, the wind's tight! I'm out first!"

Shen Yang shouted in a weird voice.

"You still want to run? As if we don't exist?"

Hearing Shen Yang's odd shout, the warriors surrounding him flashed cruel smiles.

Charge!

In an instant, three or four charges locked onto Shen Yang's position.

Then Shen Yang gave a dazzling smile.

It's been so long; my regular skills have long cooled down, bro…

And then—

Heal…

Shen Yang's figure vanished abruptly.

Target lost, the charging warriors all froze, looking bewildered.

What the heck?

Stealth?

Can't you stealth while in Combat State?

Could it be Strong Invisibility?

But Strong Invisibility requires level 40, and the leaderboard shows no level‑40 assassins… Huakai's Zhou Qiqi also isn't level 40.

"Don't loosen the encirclement; even if he's invisible, he can't get out. Have the Mage Guild send some members to attack that spot indiscriminately!"

Someone immediately responded.

Without Detection Arrows, this clumsy method is the only way to locate the assassin.

But…

Is Shen Yang really still inside their encirclement?

"Ah! He's here!"

At that moment, the priest players outside the circle suddenly shouted in surprise.

The Qiancheng Muxue warrior players were stunned, turned around, and saw a priest turn into a flash of white light beneath Shen Yang's dagger, after which Shen Yang spun and ran away in a panic.

"What the heck? How did he get out?"

"What is that?"

A group of Qiancheng Muxue players were left bewildered.

Chasing Shadow!

Appearing directly behind the target, Shen Yang's opening move left Su Sheng utterly defenseless.

It's precisely thanks to this skill that Shen Yang could slip past the many Qiancheng Muxue players, appear behind Qiancheng Gongzi, and instantly kill him.

After fighting this long, Shen Yang's Chasing Shadow skill has long cooled down.

"Stop him for me!"

A group of melee players all turned around together.

But how can those priest players block? With their heads?

Two or three thousand people just watched Shen Yang flee in a panic; how could these short‑legged warriors and knights possibly catch a desperate fleeing assassin player?

And he's a Hidden Class…

Archers are still shooting at Yan Huang, while the Mage group's firepower is concentrated on the Assassin Guild led by Ten Court Yanluo.

There's no helping it; under the command of eight former Ten Court Yanluo, the former Assassin Alliance members dealt outrageous damage, and the front line toward Qiancheng Muxue was completely ripped apart.

However, with the Mage group's support, the Yan Huang Assassin Team also suffered notable casualties; even one of the Ten Court Yanluo, the blood‑red sunset… Wei Yang, was taken down.

Over a thousand Yan Huang Assassin Team members lost more than two hundred in the initial clash with Qiancheng Muxue's forces—those two hundred plus casualties wiped out the entire Qiancheng Muxue Assassin team, which was indeed a decisive victory.

This illustrates the gap between former Assassin Alliance assassins and ordinary assassin players, and those who can join Qiancheng Muxue's assassin team still have a certain level of skill.

This is still the result of a prolonged melee; with enough time for a tug‑of‑war, the Yan Huang Assassin Team's losses could have been even lower.

This is the ruling‑level strength of the Old Assassin Alliance within the assassin circle.

At this moment, under the bombardment of Qiancheng Muxue's Mage group, the Yan Huang Assassin Team had already suffered over three hundred casualties, including a Ten Court Yanluo.

However, the gap in the formation was completely ripped open.

Moreover, Shen Yang's side lacked ranged support from Mages and archers, and they simply slipped away like a yo‑yo.

The gap in the formation was torn open, so the whole formation was no longer so tight; Shen Yang seized the opening and ran out.

As for Qiancheng Muxue's Fangshi Players, they are targeting Su Sheng.

A group of warriors and knights, with a group of Fangshi on the outer ring, are blocking Su Sheng; the Binding Talisman is always like a shadow following.

But Su Sheng has already dismounted; in the melee those Binding Talismans can't even touch Su Sheng.

Moreover, the melee players of the three groups can't stop Su Sheng either.

With a shield blessed by the Fireworks Blessing of the Suan Ni, trampling the Shadow‑Cover Step and Swimming Dragon Body, Su Sheng weaves among the melee players, white light flashing…

Block Su Sheng?

Without the suppression from ranged output, just relying on these melee players to try to block Su Sheng is simply too naive…