The battle with the Rat King had already entered its final phase. More than a hundred guilds had joined the fight, and after paying a horrific price, they had finally dragged the Rat King into the fourth stage.
However, the fourth stage was the most terrifying of all. Every rat demon within the BOSS territory had its demon blood boiling, their strength surging explosively!
"Damn it, those bastards from the four major guilds actually had something like the Heavenly Hound Jade all along, and they only bring it out now!" a Grade A guild War God roared angrily. "Fuck, hurry up and kill the BOSS already! Our guild can't hold on much longer!"
At this point, he no longer had time to argue about anything else. His own guild was being frantically assaulted by rat demons, suffering heavy casualties!
Not every guild could manage to have one War God protecting one fourth-tier profession!
The situations of the Main God and Qingyun were just as grim.
Even though by the fourth stage their formation was still holding up well, seven or eight hours of nonstop fighting had already pushed the Qingyun War Gods to their physical limits.
"Guardian Shield!" Zhao Tiequan spotted a section of ground about to bulge upward and rushed over at top speed, slamming into an elite rat demon that was about to launch a burrowing strike.
Previously, collisions like this would only send Zhao Tiequan flying back five or six meters, but this time he clearly felt that the opponent's strength was far more terrifying than before.
The immense force transmitted through the shield threw his body off balance. Luckily, Chunlan caught him in time.
Zhao Tiequan looked at his partner, a trace of tenderness flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by fury.
"Those Xuanwu guilds are way too shameless. They clearly had a way to deal with the Rat King, yet they insisted on waiting until the very end to use it!"
"If the fight had ended earlier, would so many people have died!"
"We're all Huaxia people, how can there be such disgusting scum!"
Chunlan looked at Zhao Tiequan with concern. "Quanquan, I guess they want to boost their ranking, suppress the other guilds, and also prevent the BOSS from being stolen."
"Does the BOSS have their name written on it!" Zhao Tiequan shouted angrily. "These shameless bastards have gone too far. Kai, if you don't manage to snatch the BOSS, don't say you know me!"
At that moment, Hu Yan suddenly shouted from midair, "This is bad. There are over a dozen lord-level ones. They seem to be moving toward us!"
Hu Yan had the high ground and a wide view. He had been responsible for monitoring the movements of high-level rat demons, and from the locations of several burrowing strikes by those lord-level ones, it was easy to see that they were heading toward the Main God's side.
He Shishi hurriedly asked, "Could it be a coincidence?"
Hu Yan did not answer. He found it hard to judge as well.
But not long after, he noticed something off.
Those dozen or so lord-level rat demons seemed to be chasing several War Gods, and the direction those War Gods were moving in was straight toward the Main God.
Hu Yan took a closer look, and his heart instantly sank.
"It's people from Xuanwu!" With this added detail, his judgment was basically confirmed.
"Xuanwu's people…" He Shishi frowned deeply. She already had an answer in her heart as well.
"Everyone, prepare to…" Just as He Shishi was about to give the order to retreat, she suddenly realized that at this moment, Qingyun and the Main God's people were already facing attacks from a large number of powerful rat demons.
Not only that, the Qingyun War Gods were clearly showing signs of exhaustion. They were only gritting their teeth and forcing themselves to hold on.
Seven or eight hours of brutal fighting, and they still had to protect the Main God's people. Who could take that!
At this point, there was simply no way to reposition. Once they moved, if the formation broke apart, it would probably never be reassembled.
Just as He Shishi was at a loss, a man had somehow appeared beside her.
"Leave it to me."
He Shishi looked at the suddenly appearing man in shock. "Ouyang… the other side should have an aggro-pulling artifact on them. You…"
Ouyang Yi turned his head to look at He Shishi and smiled faintly. "When it comes to pulling aggro, no one is better than me."
"But rat demons are different from ordinary beasts… right now they're not only in a demon-blood boiling state, they can also burrow underground, appearing and disappearing unpredictably. Even your Ghost Wall might not work!" He Shishi said worriedly. "And Xuanwu's War Gods won't just let you take the BOSS away!"
Ouyang Yi smiled calmly. "Even so, we can't just watch our brothers and sisters get screwed over by Xuanwu."
"Alright, no need to say more. I want to see for myself whether that so-called aggro-pulling artifact can compare to me, Ouyang Yi, the King of Aggro Pulling!" With that, Ouyang Yi directly left the team and charged toward the group of Xuanwu War Gods.
"The King of Aggro Pulling… but Xuanwu's War Gods still need someone to deal with… wait, we'll go with you!" Sun Yuan, Liu Xuefei, and Wang Zhong hurried after him.
Three lord-level BOSSes burst out from underground, pouncing toward Feng Si and his group.
But Feng Si and the other War Gods were already moving at high speed, quickly dodging the lords' burrowing strikes.
At that moment, someone charged in from the flank. Twin blades crossed in an X-shaped slash, chopping toward a lord-level BOSS.
"Weak point attack! Decapitation Slash!"
Ouyang Yi's attacks could expose a target's weak points. Because of this, even though his attack power was not high, he was extremely good at drawing aggro!
The three lords felt their safety threatened and immediately let out furious roars.
Ouyang Yi snorted coldly. "Useless rat trash, come chase me!"
Feng Si narrowed his eyes slightly. That guy had actually shifted the rat demons' aggro. Even the lure effect of the Succubus Jade had been interrupted.
"It's people from the Main God. Stop him!" Feng Si said to a War God beside him.
At that moment, Sun Yuan and the others had already arrived, blocking Feng Si's group of five.
"What are you doing!" Feng Si stared coldly at Sun Yuan and the others.
Sun Yuan smiled faintly, then his face sank as he said coldly, "You ask what we're doing? That's our line."
"We're all adults here. Things everyone understands don't need to be spelled out."
"I'm warning you now. This road is blocked. Get the hell back to your Xuanwu!"
Feng Si snorted. "Just the few of you want to stop us? Even if you're Qingyun ancient martial arts successors, don't think you're any better than others!"
"Brothers, this big gift must be delivered to the Main God. Anyone who blocks us, kill them!"
Feng Si and his four companions immediately engaged Sun Yuan's group.
However, Feng Si was not stupid. After encountering resistance, he adjusted the effect of the Succubus Jade, only luring spirit-lord-level ones to wander nearby without attacking them.
Once free from the Succubus Jade's control, the lord-level rat demons began tearing up the ground around them.
Guilds nearby, facing attacks from over a dozen lord-level rat demons, immediately suffered massive casualties!
Behind Ouyang Yi, three lord-level ones were in hot pursuit. What He Shishi had worried about had indeed happened.
Ghost Wall had absolutely no effect on these rat demons that excelled at burrowing underground!
His own situation was now extremely dangerous. At any moment, a rat demon could burst out from beneath his feet and kill him.
While sprinting madly, Ouyang Yi glanced back at the positions of the other lords.
"Sun Yuan and the others already burned through a lot of stamina earlier. I don't know if they can hold back Xuanwu. And even if they do, Xuanwu will just have others bring these lords over again!"
"Besides, these lords have already gone on a killing frenzy here. Someone has to take them away!"
Thinking of this, Ouyang Yi gritted his teeth and turned back.
The lords were wandering nearby, which also gave Ouyang Yi opportunities to attack them.
"Weak point attack! Sixth one!"
"Weak point attack! Tenth one. Two more left!"
At that moment, because his speed slowed slightly, one lord's burrowing strike swept its tail across Ouyang Yi.
In an instant, blood poured from half of Ouyang Yi's waist.
Behind Ouyang Yi, because too many lord-level rat kings had gathered, the ground rolled and churned like a tentacle hidden underground,疯狂追击 Ouyang Yi!
Sun Yuan forced Feng Si back with a single move. Seeing this scene, he roared at Ouyang Yi, "Ouyang, are you insane! There are too many of them. Run!"
Ouyang Yi had no time to respond to Sun Yuan. He kept muttering to himself, "I am the King of Aggro Pulling!"
"Weak point attack! Eleventh one!" After landing the hit, Ouyang Yi rolled on the spot, pulled some distance, and hurriedly got back to his feet.
All eleven were pulled!
Ouyang Yi's gaze shifted toward the Xuanwu guild's position, his eyes resolute. "Your gift is too expensive. We can't afford it, so let's return it to you!"
With that, Ouyang Yi charged alone toward the Xuanwu guild's formation.
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