Collective Withdrawal

Qin Chuan did not care what Rakshasa One-Slash thought, nor did he care how the other players responded.

All he needed to do now was keep dealing damage and secure ownership of the loot.

Judging from the current situation, there should not be any problem.

Rakshasa One-Slash's attempt had made many guild leaders realize that they had no means of countering the Night Roaming God.

Their own damage output was insufficient as well. Even if they kept fighting, they would not be able to claim ownership of the loot.

Although it was possible that the Night Roaming God might fail to get ownership too.

But what would that accomplish?

If the Night Roaming God did not get ownership, he could simply wait for the next BOSS.

But they would have offended a top-tier assassin who came and went like a ghost and killed with every strike!

Once such a person set his sights on them, they could forget about living in peace.

Several guild leaders gathered to discuss matters for a moment, quickly reached an agreement, and called back their guild members.

"Watercloud Pavilion is giving up the BOSS."

"Traveler's Home is giving up the BOSS."

"Netherworld Palace is giving up the BOSS."

"..."

The withdrawal announcements from several guilds surprised the independent players.

At the same time, many players felt a sense of vindication.

In previous games, these guilds had been notorious for throwing their weight around. Wherever there was a wild BOSS, they would claim it all for themselves.

It had been utterly impossible for independent players to get near.

Many players had suffered such losses and could only swallow their anger in the end.

How could one person possibly contend with a guild?

But now, the Night Roaming God had proven through his actions that an individual could contend with a guild—and even overpower one!

Of course, not every guild gave up on the BOSS.

The main reason was that they had also noticed the Night Roaming God's attacks were not unlimited.

A guild leader shouted, "Brothers, don't let him scare you off! That Night Roaming God may be able to remain stealthed without interruption, but he still has to wait for his skills to cool down. Let's go together—the ownership of this BOSS's loot hasn't been completely decided yet!"

Another player chimed in, "That's right. If the Night Roaming God wants the loot, he can't afford to split his attention by attacking us. Let's go hit the BOSS and see what he can do about it!"

Quite a few players were tempted.

That did seem to make sense.

"Charge! Let's steal the first kill!"

The scene became chaotic once more.

Not far away, among the observing Dragon Soaring Team, the Divine Flame Priest, Light Snow, asked, "Guild Leader, what should we do?"

Light Snow added, "Of course, I'm not saying we should go steal the BOSS. Our Dragon Soaring Dynasty keeps its word; we can't go back on it. I mean, should we help the Night Roaming God and do him a favor?"

The Archer agreed. "I think we can. Our Dragon Soaring Dynasty still carries a lot of weight among independent players. If Boss steps forward and tells them to stop, some of them should listen."

The assassin hesitated somewhat. "That makes sense, but wouldn't it make us look too cheap? We're a well-known guild too. If we fawn over an independent player like this, it won't sound good when word gets out."

Dragon Soaring World heard the discussion among his teammates.

He had similar concerns.

But in the end, Dragon Soaring World decided to wait and see.

The reason was simple: he believed that even without his help, the Night Roaming God could secure ownership of the BOSS.

He had the strength for it.

The other players' damage output was simply not on the same level as the Night Roaming God's.

Especially after several other guilds withdrew, the BOSS's Health Bar began dropping noticeably more slowly.

Without those elite players, relying only on the independent players, they would be lucky to contribute even a third of the total damage, let alone more than half.

And events unfolded much as Dragon Soaring World had predicted.

Although the Night Roaming God did not attack often, his damage per hit was high enough. Nearly a thousand damage every time was no small amount once added together.

As he watched, Dragon Soaring World noticed another issue. His tone was shocked. "Every one of the Night Roaming God's attacks is a Weakness Attack!"

The Archer's tone changed as well. "This guy must be a top-tier throwing knife expert in real life! Even with my custom bow, I can't shoot as accurately as he can!"

Every strike was a Weakness Attack, and he was throwing flying daggers purely by feel.

Forget a rapidly moving target like a BOSS—even against a Stillness target, very few people could manage that.

At least the Archer knew his own limits. Even as a professional shooting athlete, he could not do it.

Just who was this Night Roaming God?

The Wild Rabbit BOSS was still slaughtering players. Its Attack Power was simply beyond what players at this stage could endure.

Of course, its defense was also beyond what players at this stage could break through.

Under normal circumstances, it would take the united efforts of the Newbie Village's players to slowly wear it down.

But now, Qin Chuan's appearance had directly shattered that balance.

More than four minutes had passed since he began attacking. He had thrown twelve Shadow Flying Daggers, dealing over ten thousand total damage.

Such outrageous damage left many players feeling depressed.

Were they even playing the same game?

The guilds determined to seize the first kill were also caught in an awkward position.

The combined damage of all their members could not even catch up to the Night Roaming God's dust. Although the BOSS still had more than half its Health Bar remaining, ownership of the loot had basically been decided.

There seemed to be little point in continuing.

Looking back, their earlier bold declarations were practically a joke.

What did it matter if the Night Roaming God could not attack them and the BOSS at the same time? One strike from him was already the limit of what they could achieve.

Before long, two more guilds chose to give up and retreated to the side to watch.

They could not take the BOSS, but they could still hope for the drops.

It could not possibly be such a coincidence that every item dropped would be useful to the Night Roaming God, could it?

Anything he could not use would most likely be sold. When that time came, it would be their chance to show off their financial power!

Several guild leaders thought of this point and hurriedly ordered their underlings to gather gold coins.

For a time, outside the Newbie Village turned into a buying market.

"Buying game currency at high prices! Large amounts preferred!"

Time slowly passed. The Wild Rabbit BOSS continued one-shotting players, while Qin Chuan maintained his pace, repeatedly using Cloakbreaking Strike to deal massive damage.

After every attack, he would move while stealthed, never remaining in one spot.

Five minutes later, Qin Chuan's cumulative damage had reached an astonishing 26,352, meeting the threshold for decisive damage!

This meant that ownership of the BOSS's loot was firmly in his hands!

Seeing this, the remaining players who had persisted gave up as well and retreated.

As the number of players decreased, the Wild Rabbit BOSS gradually ran out of targets and quickly locked its aggro onto Qin Chuan.

However, it had no way to reveal stealth either. It could only leap toward Qin Chuan the instant he attacked, trying to one-shot this hateful enemy.

Not far away, Rakshasa One-Slash silently cheered for the BOSS.

Get it together and kill that Night Roaming God!

The Wild Rabbit BOSS was extremely fast. Each leap covered more than ten meters, allowing it to reach the Night Roaming God's location in the blink of an eye.

And after landing, it created a shockwave over a certain area, enough to one-shot players at this stage.

Without any targets to draw its fire, the Night Roaming God probably would not last much longer.

But Rakshasa One-Slash's hopes were destined to fall through.

Qin Chuan continued attacking.

That meant he had not been hit by the Wild Rabbit BOSS.

Some players noticed something was wrong.

Why was this Night Roaming God so fast? Just how high was his Agility?