Chapter 139: Heading For The High-level Map
“Gray-clothed demons?”
“Does Emerald Sky have monsters like that?”
Qin Mu looked at the wilderness gang member in the distance who was frantically explaining something, his heart full of doubt.
On the way here, their search and rescue team had not encountered even half a monster. All they saw were wilderness gang members from the three major cities. Let alone monsters, they had not even seen a single beast.
“I’ll go over and listen.”
Hou Fei also found it strange. He had been in the wilderness for so long and had never heard of any monster called a gray-clothed demon. But if it could make so many wilderness gangs this alert and fearful, it probably was not some story made up to fool those big gangs and great families in the suburbs.
Hou Fei then walked over.
The Crystal Race was not only born with strong physiques; their hearing was also unlike that of other races. They could clearly hear the sound of a coin hitting the ground from a hundred meters away. Their alert range was among the best of all races, so their survival rate in the wilderness was much higher than other races.
“What exactly are you people trying to say?” A Sub-demon Giant Man named Brajiji, wearing B1-grade battle armor, swept his gaze over the noisy members of the various wilderness gangs, his voice icy. “Send a representative to speak. I do not have the time to listen to all of you explain.”
After this Sub-demon Giant Man Brajiji, who was more than three meters tall, spoke, more than fifty Sub-demons behind him, all equipped with A6-grade battle armor, stepped forward. Qi and blood of Quasi-Martial Artist level erupted from them, and the terrifying pressure made the hundreds of gang members who had come seeking rescue involuntarily retreat.
Nine Streets Gang!
A major gang in the suburbs of Wanxing City made up of a group of Sub-demons. They ruled over nine street blocks in the suburbs of Wanxing City, so many people secretly called them the Nine Streets Gang, and over time that became their official name.
The strength of the Nine Streets Gang was so great it ranked among the top five gangs in the suburbs of Wanxing City. Rumor had it they were run by nine Sub-demon Martial Artists. Among the three major cities, their overall strength placed them among the first-rate major gangs.
As the Nine Streets Gang displayed their might, several other suburban gangs and families present were not willing to fall behind and also released the qi and blood of their Quasi-Martial Artists.
In an instant, nearly two hundred Quasi-Martial Artists wearing A6-grade battle armor, and three wearing B1-grade battle armor, pressed their aura down on the members of the major wilderness gangs. The members of the wilderness gangs almost dropped to their knees in fright.
Although the wilderness gangs had long known that the suburban gangs and families were not people they could provoke, only when they truly felt it at this moment did they understand how vast the gap between wilderness gangs and suburban gangs really was.
A6-grade battle armor, which in wilderness gangs was a treasured heirloom, was merely basic equipment for members of suburban gangs.
And the B1-grade battle armor, which could suppress beginner martial artists, was used by limit Quasi-Martial Artists. Even if a wilderness gang happened to have a Martial Artist, they simply could not be compared with the suburban gangs. Their strengths were not on the same level at all.
So, after discussion among the many wilderness gang members, a Sub-demon woman from Wanxing City became the representative to explain the situation to the Nine Streets Gang.
After she, the Sub-demon woman, had spoken for more than ten minutes, everyone in the Nine Streets Gang laughed.
“So according to you, the gray-clothed demons you speak of are actually just a group of humans wearing silver-gray clothing?” the Giant Man Brajiji, leader of the Nine Streets Gang, said with disdain. “And just because these humans killed some of your gang members, you are scared like this and even shamelessly came to us for help?”
“Lord, they are humans, yes, but they really are a group of bloodthirsty demons. Along the way, whenever they saw members of other gangs, they did not spare a single one. They killed them all. I only escaped with my life because I was lucky enough to run fast.” When the Sub-demon woman recalled the scene of the attack, her body could not help but tremble.
Originally, she had been happily following her gang, searching for various martial resources, rummaging through everything with great joy.
Then several humans wearing silver-gray long-sleeved T-shirts appeared. These humans did not say a word and simply moved in and killed several of the gang’s experts, their actions crisp and efficient.
Especially one human woman who was the leader. She deliberately instructed a young human girl beside her on how to kill them Sub-demons with the greatest efficiency.
While she spoke, she also gave a demonstration by killing the vice gang leader, then let the young girl try. The girl, full of excitement and thrill, killed two of their gang’s advanced apprentices just like that and said she wanted to try again. The expression on her face was indescribably sincere and happy.
For someone like her, who had been mixing in the wilderness and had experienced many slaughters, it was all too clear.
These humans wearing silver-gray clothing truly were lunatics who took joy in slaughter. They were no different from demons.
And the worst was that there was an old demon teaching a little demon on the spot.
When she finally escaped to the street, she saw an even more terrifying scene.
There should have been over a hundred members of various gangs on the street, but they all lay dead on the street. Several humans in silver-gray clothing were still sweeping the battlefield, doing the final cleanup.
When they saw her, it was as if they had spotted a treasure, and they charged directly at her.
If it had not been for another gang of several dozen people appearing just then, making those humans immediately change direction to charge at them instead, she would not have had the chance to escape.
“Enough, I understand.” The Sub-demon Giant Man Brajiji of the Nine Streets Gang raised his hand, signaling the Sub-demon woman to stop. “If you have nothing else, then leave this place. This is not somewhere you can come. I am giving you five minutes to get out. If you do not leave, you will end up like those corpses on the ground.”
“But… behind us are… those gray-clothed demons.”
A woman of the Three-eyed Tribe stepped forward, wanting to explain further.
Pfft!
In an instant, the woman of the Three-eyed Tribe was cut in two. Blood sprayed out, splattering over the surrounding wilderness gang members.
“You people need to understand, I am not negotiating with you. You now have four minutes and fifty-seven seconds left!” The Sub-demon Giant Man Brajiji sheathed the greatsword on his back, glanced at the hundreds of wilderness gang members present, his voice freezing cold.
In his eyes, these wilderness gang people did not know what was good for them.
Killing in the wilderness was commonplace, especially here in Emerald Sky. On his way here alone, he had seen many wilderness gangs fight to the death for a hundred or so potions from one pharmacy.
When they could not win those fights, they came running to ask them to step in and settle it. What did they take them for?
This scene made those wilderness gang members who had wanted to speak up turn away and leave, not daring to say another word.
Maybe gray-clothed demons were behind them, but the suburban gangs and families in front of them also did not see them as people, only as ants on the roadside that could be crushed at any time.
Meanwhile, Hou Fei, who had been eavesdropping from afar, was left slack-jawed.
Humans wearing silver-gray clothing.
Such eye-catching clothing and humans too. In his memory, aside from the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, there was no other possibility.
But was the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall really that strong?
He remembered clearly that only about a hundred people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had come to Emerald Sky. Could these hundred or so people really rampage through the suburbs of Emerald Sky?
“Old Fei, what is going on?” Qin Mu looked at the returning Hou Fei, especially at the shock in Hou Fei’s eyes, full of confusion.
“Old Mu, do you think there is a chance that the gray-clothed demons that make all the suburban gangs turn pale might actually be the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Hou Fei looked at Qin Mu and could not help asking.
“That is impossible.” Qin Mu looked at Hou Fei and laughed. “You know the situation of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. They just experienced the battle with the Great Ape Gang and lost many disciples. Only about a hundred disciples came this time. Do you think a hundred or so people could attack so many wilderness gangs at once and scare them into fleeing here?”
Many wilderness gangs had come to Emerald Sky this time, including gangs stronger than the Great Ape Gang. Although these gangs had not sent out everyone, what they brought were their elites.
Roughly estimated, their numbers were ten to twenty thousand. With a hundred-plus people going up against ten to twenty thousand elites, no matter how you looked at it, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall would not do something that foolish.
“You are right. Even if they had a hundred Martial Artists, they would not do something so stupid.” Hou Fei nodded, calming his shock a little.
Ten to twenty thousand elite wilderness gang members could exhaust even a hundred Martial Artists to death, let alone a hall that had only Lin Qi as a Martial Artist.
As the two spoke, a wave of screams and battle cries came from the far distance.
Then they saw the hundreds of wilderness gang members who had turned away suddenly charging toward the city proper like madmen, shouting non-stop.
“They are here! They are here!”
“Those gray-clothed demons are here!”
“Hurry! Retreat to the city proper!”
This scene left Qin Mu and Hou Fei, who were observing from afar, completely stunned. They had no idea what these wilderness gang members were thinking.
The major suburban powers such as the Nine Streets Gang who were blocking the roads had stated things very clearly.
Anyone who dared approach the city proper of Emerald Sky was as good as dead.
Yet these wilderness gang members still charged toward the city proper, as if the gray-clothed demons were even more terrifying than the major suburban powers.
“You are seeking death!”
The Sub-demon leader Brajiji of the Nine Streets Gang looked at the nearly thousand wilderness gang members swarming forward and his expression turned extremely ugly.
As a mobile city, Emerald Sky had only six roads into the city proper. All other areas were blocked off by steel buildings over a hundred meters tall. Only six main streets led into the city proper.
This was why the suburban gangs and families were able to blockade the city proper of Emerald Sky.
To set an example earlier, they had already killed more than a hundred wilderness gang members who tried to force their way through. Corpses were piled up on both sides of the road. He did not expect these wilderness gang people to still dare charge forward without fear of death.
But Brajiji did not know that the terror these surviving wilderness gang members had witnessed could not be compared with the hundred or so people he had killed. Moreover, with nearly a thousand people charging and fewer than two hundred people on the suburban side, if they were lucky they might really break through.
When both ways meant death,
As long as they could break through, they could enter the city proper. There would be better resources and opportunities in the city. Even a fool knew which choice to make.
While nearly two hundred suburban Quasi-Martial Artists frantically slaughtered wave after wave of charging wilderness gang members, at a street corner less than three hundred meters away, more than thirty players were also observing the Giant Man Brajiji and the others in battle.
“They really are monsters from the city proper. Their strength is on another level compared to the suburbs. Every one of them is at least a Quasi-Martial Artist in A6-grade battle armor,” Yi Ye Fu Yun clicked his tongue. “With nearly two hundred elites guarding the way, killing wilderness mobs is like playing. This game manufacturer really thinks highly of us. If we want to break through, I am afraid it is impossible.”
“With so many elite monsters guarding this place, there must be a lot of good stuff inside the city proper. How about we work together?” Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang suggested. “We do not know if the city proper elite monsters will respawn, but we can try killing a few first. If they do not respawn, we can wear them down. If they do respawn, then we think of a way to charge in. Whoever manages to rush inside will depend on their own ability.”
