Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Five hundred iron cavalry charged wildly through the crowd, smashing straight toward the heart of the enemy.
While riding their warhorses and knocking over the enemies in front of them, they thrust their long spears, piercing enemies on both flanks.
-9324!
-9568!
-9741!
Facing Blazing Ember City's elite iron cavalry, all level 50, the Chaotic World players, who were only around level 25, had no way to resist.
The moment they showed their heads, they were killed instantly.
The outer area of the Death Valley map was not affected by the Death Lockdown effect. If players died outside, they would not respawn on the spot.
So amid screams and wails that pierced the sky, countless beams of white light shot upward.
In an instant, Chaotic World suffered heavy casualties.
After the five hundred cavalry opened the path, three hundred infantry followed closely behind, swords in hand, charging into the enemy ranks.
With every swing of their blades, players fell flat.
Another two hundred archers spread out, took their positions, and drew their bows left and right.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless sharp arrows flew over the heads of the frontline cavalry and infantry, raining down among the Chaotic World players ahead.
-13152!
-13002!
-12999!
With five-digit damage even higher than that of the cavalry and infantry, they instantly wiped out over a hundred Chaotic World players in a wide area, turning them into white light.
Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!
Hundreds of beams of light shot into the sky, lighting up the entire night in an instant.
The onlookers outside were dumbfounded.
"Holy shit! Did it just turn daylight?"
"I think I just saw my great-grandma…"
Behind them, the Chaotic World players inside Death Valley had never seen such a scene. They were stunned, their legs shaking uncontrollably.
"What the hell! Are these NPCs crazy? Why are they suddenly attacking players?"
"Report it! This has to be a bug! NPCs maliciously attacking players! Report it!"
In the midst of panic, five hundred heavy cavalry, yhree hundred infantry, two hundred archers, a total of one thousand NPC soldiers, all level 50, under the command of the three level 50 leader captains, Karen, Ono, and Cloros, charged into Death Valley.
At this stage, in front of these level 25 Chaotic World players, each level 50 NPC soldier was no less terrifying than a boss monster.
It was like one thousand bosses attacking them at the same time.
Even with a ten-thousand-strong army, Chaotic World simply could not withstand it.
Amid endless screams, the Chaotic World players inside Death Valley fell in droves.
The sight terrified Wang Junjie.
"Damn it! Get up there! Fight back!"
"FIGHT!"
As soon as he shouted that, someone beside him asked, "Do we get death compensation if we're killed by NPCs?"
Wang Junjie roared in anger at this group that only cared about money, "You want compensation for everything? You think my money grows on trees?"
"No compensation if you die to NPCs! But if you kill one NPC, it counts as a kill! Thirty thousand bonus!"
The moment those words came out, the crowd erupted, "No money? Then what the hell are we fighting for?"
"Level 50 NPCs! Are you insane? Kill my ass!"
"If you wanna kill them, go do it yourself!"
"Not fighting! I'm out!"
Without death compensation to back them up, Chaotic World instantly lost morale. Everyone went from fearless death warriors to timid cowards.
No one even cared about Wang Junjie's safety anymore.
Some ran. Some hid.
When they saw dozens of iron cavalry charging straight at him on their warhorses, Wang Junjie's legs went weak.
He hurriedly shouted, "Y-Yes! There's compensation! There's compensation!"
"Five thousand per death if you're killed by NPCs!"
"Protect me! Get over here and protect me!"
The moment they heard there was compensation for dying, the Chaotic World players who had scattered immediately swarmed back and gathered in front of Wang Junjie, forming what looked like an impenetrable defensive line.
However, before Wang Junjie could even breathe a sigh of relief, that line was shattered in an instant by the charging cavalry regiment.
Pfft!
Archer Captain Cloros fired an arrow that shot straight through the air, striking Wang Junjie square in the chest.
A massive 22,398 damage instantly emptied his full health bar.
"Damn!", Wang Junjie dropped dead on the spot, collapsing to the ground without a chance.
"Mages, control them! Everyone else, focus fire!"
"They're just normal NPC soldiers, not bosses. They don't regenerate health! Use numbers, stack damage, pile it on and kill them!"
At the command of the strategist Chaotic World Zhuge, the Chaotic World players quickly coordinated.
Dozens of mages cast spells at the same time.
Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!
Dozens of E-rank Halo spells descended from the sky, successfully immobilizing more than a dozen of the cavalry charging at the very front.
But before the archers and spellcasters could follow up with focused attacks, the archers in the rear immediately responded with a volley of arrows, instantly killing that group of Chaotic World mages.
Freed from control, the iron cavalry rode their warhorses straight through the crowd, unstoppable.
"Damn! There are too many of them! Control tactics don't work!"
"Human wave tactics don't work either! What now?"
"What now? We're screwed!"
This was exactly why Lin Mo had insisted on completing the assessment mission at the highest level and obtaining the highest military authority.
If he had only completed the basic assessment mission and received the low-level Command Token that could deploy merely one hundred soldiers, Chaotic World could still have easily swallowed those hundred soldiers with sheer numbers.
But facing an army of one thousand, their human wave tactics or their usual boss control strategies were completely useless.
In other words, the elite army of Blazing Ember City under Lin Mo's command was invincible at this stage.
Under the rampage of the soldiers, Chaotic World suffered countless casualties.
And the A-rank magic scroll Death Lockdown that Wang Junjie had used was now working wonderfully on his own guild members.
Chaotic World players were slaughtered wildly. Ten seconds later, they respawned on the spot, only to be killed instantly again.
Respawn! Kill!
Respawn! Kill!
They were completely trapped in a death loop.
Because of the sudden appearance of this NPC army, the Dragon Soul players deep inside Death Valley, who finally got a chance to catch their breath, were utterly shocked by the scene before them.
"Damn! Where did this insanely strong NPC army come from?"
"Level 50 soldiers are brutal! Too brutal!"
"They seem to only be killing Chaotic World and not attacking us? Why?"
"It feels like they received some kind of order! Who's controlling them?"
Just as the Dragon Soul players were filled with questions,
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
Dozens of silver-armored infantry quickly cleared out a group of Chaotic World players in front of them, then stepped aside.
Then Lin Mo walked straight through the ranks of infantry.
"You guys get out first. Leave the rest to me."
As he spoke, Lin Mo ordered the surrounding soldiers, "Protect Dragon Soul and ensure their safe breakout!"
At Lin Mo's command, the soldiers responded in unison, "Yes, sir!"
With that, the soldiers spread out, swiftly killing the nearby Chaotic World players and clearing a path for Dragon Soul's retreat.
It was only at this moment that everyone present, including Su Muqiu, Dragon Soul Whisper, Dragon Soul Aoshi, and all the Dragon Soul players, finally realized—
"These level 50 NPC soldiers are all taking orders from Rulebound?"
When they confirmed that this unstoppable, invincible elite army of Blazing Ember City had been summoned by Lin Mo, for a moment, every single person was left in utter shock.
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