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Chapter 1061 Divine Hand

Hm? Why is he here?!

Yuan Tiexins expression froze when his eyes fell upon a middle-aged man standing with the Red Jade Legion. The middle-aged mans appearance depicted strength, and he carried a bow of bones across his back.

Noticing Yuan Tiexins suddenly stern expression, Purple Jade, immediately followed his gaze from her seat beside him. However, she did not discover anything unusual. Yuan Tiexin didnt seem to be looking at anyone noteworthy.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Purple Jade asked, Uncle Yuan, could there be someone from the Dark Blade among those people?

Even a Super Guild like Pantheon had its secrets. Hence, the Guild had established a secret department called the Dark Blade. The Dark Blade specialized in tasks that others who walked in the light didnt want such as assassinations and banditry. This departments members would also assassinate other Guilds upper echelons, disguising the deed as another Guilds work and causing strife between other Guilds for their profit.

However, these tasks were secondary.

The Dark Blades true purpose was to assassinate enemy commanders during Guild wars.

To achieve this, when Pantheon nurtured these players, the selection of Skills, weapons, equipment, tools, and Attribute allocation were specially catered towards killing individual players. Although this was an extreme method of combat, it was suitable to deal with players who sought balance. In a one-on-one battle where both sides had equal combat standards and similar quality of weapons and equipment, the Dark Blades members could trample such players.

Of course, with such an extreme combat method, the members of the Dark Blade fared poorly against monsters in the field or a Dungeon. This, in turn, greatly impacted their leveling speed. Hence, they needed other players to power-level them.

Thats right. Im familiar with the man wielding the massive bone bow. He is the vice commander of Dark Blade, Divine Hand Nine Kills! Yuan Tiexin said, rage filling his gaze as he watched the distant, bow-carrying player.

The bow-carrying mans name was Nine Kills, while Divine Hand was a title he had been given by others in the industry.

In a past large-scale virtual reality game, due to Nine Kills successfully assassinating the Secret Pavilions third Vice Guild Leader at the time, the Pavilion had lost a major war against Pantheon. Yuan Tiexin had been one of the guards protecting the third Vice Guild Leader. In the end, however, Nine Kills had pulled off the assassination attempt.

Due to that loss, the Secret Pavilion had been forced to withdraw from that virtual reality game.

That incident had become one of Yuan Tiexins lifelong embarrassments, and he had hungered for revenge. However, the trail of Pantheons Dark Blade members was too difficult to track.

Yuan Tiexin had not expected to encounter the man here.

Although Nine Kills had modified his appearance somewhat, Yuan Tiexin recognized him.

So, he is the rumored Divine Hand, Purple Jade carefully observed Nine Kills as well.

However, no matter how much she watched Nine Kills, she could not sense anything special from the man. He looked like any other expert in the Red Jade Legion.

Since Nine Kills is making a move, the other members of the Dark Blade should be hidden among the legion as well. Zero Wing has no chance of victory, Yuan Tiexin said, sighing.

Setting aside the army of high-intelligence monsters, just the presence of Dark Blade could ruin Stone Forest Town.

If the town didnt have any commanders, it would be a piece of cake for Blackwater to raid the town.

Although he believed that Shi Feng was quite strong, the Dark Blades members, who had undergone special training to kill other players, were no trifling opponents. The Secret Pavilions Vice Guild Leaders were not just figureheads. Without sufficient strength and talent, it was impossible to achieve this position, not to mention becoming the third Vice Guild Leader.

Yet, even with three guards by his side, the third Vice Guild Leader had been killed. Although the three guards had eventually killed the Dark Blade member, their victory had held no meaning.

Outside of Saimu Towns entrance, a large number of elite members belonging to both Blackwater and Heavens Burial waited for their orders. These players were all Level 37 or above. The independent players watching from afar were shocked by this scene.

There should be at least 100,000 players, right?

A hundred thousand? Arent you underestimating Blackwater and Heavens Burial too much? Both Guild recruited that alone during their last two recruitment campaigns. Not to mention, Blackwater annexed Ouroboros.

Eh? Many of the experts I know are now wearing Blackwaters emblem. Whats going on?

The Blackwater Corporation is supporting Blackwater. The Guild isnt hurting for money at all. Moreover, the Blackwater Corporation is prepared to invest into Gods Domain fully. If one joins the Guild and obtains a good position, their future could be limitless. The income of the Guilds core members already rivals the Blackwater Dojos newly-hired instructors. Do you know how many people are vying to become an instructor in the Blackwater Dojo each year? Its a pity that only a handful of people get chosen.

I guess youre right. Its a pity that Im not strong enough right now. Otherwise, I would try to join Blackwater.

I know, right? I have heard that, since Blackwater established its Guild, several thousand of Star-Moon Kingdoms independent players have joined. However, they only received the treatment of elite members. It is extremely difficult to become a core member. This war is a good opportunity for them to display their skills. If they perform well, they might even be promoted to a core member. At that time, they could afford to live without worrying about basic necessities. I have also heard that the team leaders and vice team leaders among Blackwaters core members received incomes that rival the Blackwater Dojos basic and intermediate instructors. If one manages to reach those positions, they wouldnt have to worry about money for the rest of their lives.

Just as the players in Saimu Town discussed the current atmosphere, a row of players atop high-ranking Mounts began to lead the elite army towards Stone Forest Town.

Even the most inferior among these Mounts was Bronze rank, while the two people in the lead rode Mysterious-Iron Mounts.

Miss Muyun, I have truly underestimated your Blackwater Guild. I had never thought that you would dispatch so many elite members. I believe that even Zero Wing will be surprised, Singular Burial, who rode a black cheetah, commented, laughing.

Previously, Singular Burial had thought that Blackwater could dispatch at most 100,000 elite members. After all, the Guild still faced many management issues after annexing Ouroboros. The Guild still needed some elite members to maintain order in the towns and cities it ruled over. However, contrary to expectations, Blackwater had dispatched 200,000 elite members

It was very hard to imagine that Blackwater already possessed such strength, despite establishing only a short time ago.

In terms of the number of elite members, even the Star Alliance was no match for Blackwater. Blackwater also had plenty of experts. If the Guild were already this strong after recently joining Gods Domain, it was hard to imagine how powerful it would become in the future.

Whether Zero Wing is shocked or not is no concern to Blackwater. In any case, ours wont be the main force raiding the town. We are simply here to pick up the pieces, Qin Muyun said indifferently. If Zero Wing uses everything it has against us, excellent. As for hindering Zero Wings reinforcements, Ill leave that to Guild Leader Burial.

Please, rest assured. Heavens Burial will prevent Zero Wings army from setting foot in Stone Forest Town, Heavens Burial confidently declared.

Although Blackwater had dispatched an army of elite members, Heavens Burial had dispatched quite a few of its own.

With a total of 120,000 elite members in addition to their terrain advantage, the town would have new owners before Zero Wings army reached it. After that, Heavens Burial simply needed to work with Blackwater to encircle and annihilate Zero Wings army.

Guild Leader, a report just came in. Several cloaked players riding Mounts have been sighted leaving Saimu Town. By the looks of it, they seem to be heading towards Stone Forest Town! Daybreak Fog, who stood to a side, suddenly announced. They should be Zero Wings upper echelons. Should we dispatch some of our experts to get rid of them?