If there had been no rewards for attacking the Imperial City, the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances would very likely have refrained from participating out of concern over the costs. But now that the system announcement promised rewards, they would naturally take part. If they did not, the Misty Pavilion alliance would reap substantial rewards from the operation, further widening the gap between the two alliances in trump card items such as Group Blessing Scrolls, as well as their overall strength. In that case, they would have even less chance of contending against them.
As long as the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances participated in the attack on the Imperial City, once they saw the Misty Pavilion alliance and even the Major Servers using Group Blessing Scrolls, they would have no choice but to use them as well. Otherwise, their rankings would fall extremely low, and they might not even make it into the top ten thousand, thus receiving no ranking at all. That would still widen the gap between them and the Misty Pavilion alliance—according to the system prompt, only players whose total points ranked within the top ten thousand could receive system rewards.
Over the past ten-plus days, most of the top experts and many elite players from the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances had been hounded and even killed by Ye Luo and his group's Elite Squad. Their levels and equipment had suffered, severely weakening them. In short, they had fallen noticeably behind players from other servers. If they still refused to use Group Blessing Scrolls, even fewer of their players would make it into the top ten thousand. Therefore, in order to get as many people onto the rankings as possible, the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances would likely use multiple Group