Chapter 446: Let the Imperial Dynasty settle down? Dream on!

When Wu Zhaodi finished the class change, carrying the Tower Shield and war hammer out of the leyline sand pool, there were basically no Imperial Dynasty players left in the cavern except for a pile of equipment.

Oh… one person is an exception.

On the altar, Xia Shang Xi Zhou, dressed in plain clothes, was trembling… Why plain clothes? Because all his equipment has completely broken.

Xia Shang Xi Zhou, who was originally over Level 40, is now only over Level 20, and he has already died more than ten times.

He is being held down and killed at the altar point by Dong Jiaojiao and Zhang Qinghai.

"We lost…" Xia Shang Xi Zhou's face showed a gray defeat.

"Tsk tsk… what a pity, still wanted to cut off an arm of your Imperial Dynasty." Su Sheng shook his head slightly as he looked at the over‑Level‑20 Xia Shang Xi Zhou.

After dying, he revives directly at the cavern's altar; what was originally Xia Shang Xi Zhou's advantage has now become a death‑summoning talisman.

Su Sheng originally said to just cripple Xia Shang Xi Zhou… kill him down to Level 10.

That is, after Level 10 he cannot fall back to Newbie Village, otherwise Su Sheng would have to kill Xia Shang Xi Zhou down to Level 1.

The Imperial Dynasty must pay the price!

But it's a pity…

As Wu Zhaodi completed the class change and the leyline sand pool's leyline power dissipated, the altar also collapsed, and those wielding earth magic will no longer revive here.

Now at most you can kill him once more, and he'll respawn in town.

Even so, Xia Shang Xi Zhou is now half‑crippled.

His level dropped by over ten, the earth magic remains, but he couldn't find new leyline power within seventy‑two hours to cleanse and stabilize his earth magic, so this class change failed.

"Kill him!" Su Sheng said calmly.

"Let me do it!" Wu Zhaodi said resentfully, lifting her war hammer and stepping forward.

Xia Shang Xi Zhou stared at Wu Zhaodi, becoming even more desperate; the Earth Shield Guard should have been his, but he was off by twenty seconds, and in the end it was a move too late!

Now… Xia Shang Xi Zhou is too lazy to struggle.

Clap~

Wu Zhaodi's war hammer gathered a sphere of yellow light and, with a single swing, smashed Xia Shang Xi Zhou back to town.

He was already a Hidden Class, leaning toward a meat‑shield, but now Xia Shang Xi Zhou is a naked Level 20 target, so he was naturally dispatched in an instant.

"Phew~" Wu Zhaodi exhaled.

"How does the Hidden Class feel?" Su Sheng asked with a smile, looking at Wu Zhaodi.

Wu Zhaodi turned her head toward Su Sheng and the Yanhuang Guild members beside him; even though she has a tough "tomboy" personality, her eyes were slightly red: "Thank you all…"

The Yanhuang Guild lost so many people for her class change; Chen Guan and Yu Lin both dropped levels, and A Sheng almost…

Putting other things aside, Su Sheng is now in a black‑list status; if Su Sheng were actually killed, it's unimaginable.

"Hey, we're all on the same side, no need to be pretentious." Su Sheng waved his hand.

"Alright, Zhaodi, don't overthink it, we won this after all." Li Wenwan stepped forward to soothe Wu Zhaodi.

Wu Zhaodi nodded, said little, but the Imperial Dynasty… I, Wu Zhaodi, have taken note!

"How's the strength?" Su Sheng asked with a smile, looking at Wu Zhaodi.

Wu Zhaodi then carefully examined her status after the class change.

A moment later, Wu Zhaodi looked up: "Very strong!"

"A Sheng, when it comes to pure meat, I'm not necessarily weaker than you." Wu Zhaodi grinned happily.

"That's good then." Su Sheng nodded.

The Earth Shield Guard…

"What's the Imperial Dynasty's stance now?" Zhang Qinghai asked Su Sheng.

Su Sheng's expression hardened: "Treat them as hostile, just like Qiancheng Muxue, and how is our manpower gathering?"

"Almost there." Liu Mang came over.

"What about the Imperial Dynasty's main force?" Su Sheng asked.

"Dispersed…" Liu Xuezhen replied.

"Dispersed?" Su Sheng was startled, then recovered.

The cavern here is already defeated, the Hidden Class has been successfully changed by Wu Zhaodi, and Xia Shang Xi Zhou is directly half‑crippled.

If the Imperial Dynasty continues a clash with Yanhuang, regardless of win or loss, it only adds needless loss and has no meaning; it's just a joke for Peak and Tian Sheng Changge.

The Imperial Dynasty already suffered a considerable loss this time; besides Xia Shang Xi Zhou, other members, many of whom were red‑named due to the pre‑emptive ambush, saw the over‑3,000 participants drop an average of 2–3 levels.

That basically wasted nearly a week of leveling time.

Instead of continuing a dead‑lock with Yanhuang, it's better to use this time to quickly search for the next leyline power; if found, Xia Shang Xi Zhou might still be saved.

Ye Tianzi hasn't sent any message to Su Sheng yet, apparently tacitly accepting that Xia Shang Xi Zhou's half‑cripple state is the Imperial Dynasty's price.

Tsk tsk...

No wonder it's the Grand Guild; they balance gain and loss tightly.

It sounds nice, but Su Sheng feels it's not enough; crippling Xia Shang Xi Zhou only breaks even, but Su Sheng wants to collect some interest.

"Since the Imperial Dynasty's people have dispersed, there's no need to waste everyone's time. Let everyone disperse, and have Huan Jie's side compensate a bit of contribution points for everyone." Su Sheng said.

"Also, the gear dropped by the three thousand Imperial Dynasty members this time should be converted into contribution points to compensate the brothers in this cavern, and the gear should be stored in the guild warehouse at an 80% price." Su Sheng continued.

All three thousand Imperial Dynasty members were wiped out this time; almost all the gear on the ground, except a few that refreshed, was collected.

"But if the Imperial Dynasty wants to just settle like that, I'm not happy; it's not that easy to just call it quits." Su Sheng looked at the Assassin Guild's ten Yama Kings.

"Right!" Wu Zhaodi waved her war hammer: "I'm not happy either!!"

Su Sheng smiled: "From now on, the big‑force clash is avoided, but for the next two days I'll have Kong Lang that guy lead you to find the Imperial Dynasty's trouble."

"Just a bit… it'll be hard on you."

"No big deal, we're professionals at this," Liu Mang chuckled.

This time Chen Guan dropped a level, even though he was blown up by his own Heavenly Bombardment.

But this expense definitely has to be charged to the Imperial Dynasty; moreover, by this calculation the Heavenly Bombardment's cost isn't cheap, so it too must be charged to the Imperial Dynasty.

The large Yanhuang force is relatively cumbersome to mobilize; unless the opponent also gathers a large force, there's no need to waste manpower and resources.

But a single Assassin Guild operation is very convenient.

This is why Su Sheng initially let Yanhuang's Assassin Guild—essentially the former Assassin Alliance—maintain its own pace; although the Assassin Alliance has merged into Yanhuang and become Yanhuang's Assassin Guild, the Alliance remains the Alliance, still led solely by Chen Guan and Ten Court Yanluo.

The Assassin Alliance will, according to circumstances, dispatch squads to assist Yanhuang's main body; for example, this time Wu Zhaodi's class change was aided by Chen Guan and Yu Lin bringing several Assassin Guild squads to help.

The large force disbanded, but Huan Jie and Chen Guan and the others hurried over one after another.

Su Sheng immediately set the arrangements in motion.

Chen Guan naturally had no objections.

At the same time, Wu Zhaodi returned the dagger that Chen Guan had dropped, having picked it up when she entered the Earth Vein Sand Pool.