Chapter 277: All‑Out Cowardice, Heaven and Earth

In the time to come.

Wutong Town has become quite quiet.

Qiancheng Muxue seems to have completely given up, completely avoiding battle with Yan Huang and just grinding in silence.

Under these circumstances, Su Sheng has no interest in causing trouble for Qiancheng Muxue.

First, getting the main force to Zhuque City is the top priority.

Next is the guild upgrade.

Su Sheng estimated that by the time most have arrived at Zhuque City, the guild should be able to reach level 2.

After reaching level 2, the daily member slots expand to ten thousand, allowing us to recruit the people from Hidden Dragon.

Then we push hard for a level‑3 guild!

Base!

Su Sheng's eyes lit up.

Yan Huang is already a step ahead; by maintaining its advantage, it can stay ahead at every turn, which is why Su Sheng has lately been too lazy to trouble Qiancheng Muxue.

Once the base is secured, we can take in that group of dwarves.

Speaking of those dwarves, it's a bit surprising.

The mine location has surprisingly been expanded; the dwarves outside the mine have directly built a village.

And it even has very complete defensive works.

Su Sheng went to take a look; the whole village is fairly well organized.

Moreover, it can take forging commissions from players, and the forging skill is very high—far surpassing the blacksmith in Wutong Town.

Also, the village has dwarf‑run shops for supplies, and the system defaults it as a Safety Zone.

For a moment, the dwarf village is bustling with players.

First, you can forge, you can resupply, it's a Safety Zone, and it's close to a Training Spot.

Under these conditions, players naturally gather here in larger numbers.

Su Sheng's eyes gleamed; he could already vaguely see the scene of his own Yan Huang Base.

These dwarves will eventually be brought into our fold.

Seeing the village, Su Sheng recalled that the Tiechui dwarves once seemed to have taken something out of the central furnace.

Su Sheng met the Tiechui dwarves, who were still very enthusiastic toward him, and calmly obtained some legacy of the former Dwarf Kingdom from the central furnace.

That's how this village came to be.

However, there's an interesting phenomenon.

There are hardly any Qiancheng Muxue players here.

Su Sheng asked around and learned that there's a dwarf affinity rating.

He checked, and Su Sheng's affinity is already maxed out.

It seems that Qiancheng Muxue players who participated in the original siege mission, including members of the Bianhua Guild, all have…

All Dwarf Race affinity scores are negative.

Not only can't they forge in the dwarf village, they can't even resupply.

Moreover, entering the village draws hostile stares.

This left Qiancheng Muxue and the Bianhua people speechless, but it didn't matter much; they mainly operate at training spots in other towns.

Su Sheng took a stroll and then returned to Zhuque City to grind.

Even with a huge advantage now, he's not invincible and must keep expanding his edge as much as possible.

The main point is…

Level‑up rush!

He has no idea how that Shen Wang guy does it; Su Sheng feels his own level is absurd.

But Shen Wang is clinging tightly behind.

Su Sheng is level 43, Shen Wang 42, Huan Jie and the others are also 42, but Shen Wang ranks second.

Nevertheless, Su Sheng isn't bothered; the game is huge, and he's not the only one with special opportunities.

Like that Divine Artifact Blade of War God—he doesn't even have a Divine Artifact yet, yet others already have theirs.

Of course, the top‑ranked Divine Artifact Divine Thunder Magic Light has also been stumbled upon by players.

It caused another huge stir.

Everyone's curious which nation, which server, and whose hands hold those two Divine Artifacts.

…

…

Time passes quietly like this.

Everyone is striving hard to level up.

Over at Dawn, when the Twelve‑winged Angel reached level 40, it triggered a Demon Siege.

They held the line, about the same as Huan Yu.

They couldn't eliminate that demon general or kill all the monsters, but they held for six hours until support arrived from behind at Bai Hu City.

The footholds of the top ten guilds have basically been uncovered.

First is Qinglong City, where Huan Yu and Morning Star are, only two guilds, since not everyone has the confidence to contend with Huan Yu.

Next is Bai Hu City, where the former second guild Dawn was, and also the former sixth guild War to Stop War.

The only surprise for Su Sheng is that Qiancheng Muxue went all‑out cowardly and ran to Bai Hu City.

Next is Zhuque City, the Main City with the most large guilds: first Yanhuang, then Imperial Dynasty, Tian Sheng Changge, Peak—four large guilds in all.

Among them, Yanhuang counts as the new elite.

The last Xuanwu City is when Hongmeng negotiates with Tanlang.

Xuanwu City has only two large guilds.

However, some well‑known guilds below the top ten have gathered in Xuanwu City, such as… Zongheng, Chuge, which are just below the top‑ten guilds.

Su Sheng couldn't help but curl his lip; this Qiancheng Muxue is really cowardly.

They actually just ran away.

Su Sheng wondered, if they dared to come to Zhuque City, could he just press them to death himself?

But hide—let you hide for a while.

When the time comes, gathering in Huangcheng, some accounts still have to be settled.

Next is the Great Leap era, and little towns gradually begin to experience Demon Siege.

Most of the towns basically defended successfully; even if they couldn't clear those demons, a six‑hour delay was still acceptable.

Of course, there were also failures.

For the failed towns, the punishment was severe: all players lost one level.

Additionally, various monster‑killing experience penalties, and they had to complete quests to rebuild the town; only after reconstruction could they go to the Main City.

However, they didn't have to endure another Demon General siege; the background story simply assumed the Main City sent support, unlocking the Teleport Array.

But rebuilding a town takes at least a week at best, plus various negative penalties; getting back to level 40 isn't easy.

After a little over a week, by the time they reach the Main City, the others have already pulled ahead.

Seeing the fate of failed defenses, thereafter almost all town players fought to the death to defend; the number of failed towns seemed to be only single‑digit.

Of course, almost every town failed to retain the final Demon General Boss, including the towns of the top‑ten guilds.

There was only one exception…

It was the Hongmeng Guild, which once ranked fourth!

The town they occupied, like Wutong Town, not only defended successfully but also kept that Demon General Boss.

It seemed to have dropped a level‑45 Red Legend equipment, which entered the equipment ranking at third place, just behind two Divine Artifacts.

The Red Legend longbow that had originally been on the equipment ranking was pushed out.

Ranked third on the list,

Qiankun (Legend)

Category: Magic Sword

Attribute: Hidden

Holder: Daozu

Hongmeng only hides the attribute; Daozu is the Chairman of Hongmeng, and among the top ten guilds, he is the only chairman trying the new profession of Fangshi.

This magic sword just happens to be his to use…