Tu Feng nervously sent over a shared link and called Lu Yang. "Boss, we just received word that five of our subsidiary guilds—Red Mansion Pavilion, Twilight of the Gods, Five Leaves God, Hall of Fame, and the Black Hawk Legion—have rebelled at the same time. They're gathering players in Sky City to join the war."
Lu Yang accepted the link. Sky City, China Region's central plaza.
Blood Dance of the Setting Sun, president of Red Mansion Pavilion, stood atop a five-meter-tall statue and shouted, "Brothers of Red Mansion Pavilion, the time has come for us to attack the Iron Blood Brotherhood! From now on, we are no longer a subsidiary of the Iron Blood Brotherhood. We belong only to ourselves, and we will have a fortress of our own! Follow me to Seven Stars Fortress, take it down, and it'll be our home from now on!"
That rousing speech instantly caught the interest of players who had been bored for the past three months.
Following their respective Legion Commanders' orders, they swiftly returned to the New Continent, arriving just outside Seven Stars Fortress.
Fortunately, the Iron Blood Brotherhood had a rule: whenever war broke out, all external teleportation arrays in their fortresses were shut down. Only Iron Blood Brotherhood players could travel between the major fortresses using guild teleportation scrolls.
Even so, only ten thousand Iron Blood Brotherhood players and twenty thousand players from subsidiary guilds defended Seven Stars Fortress, while the enemy had a full two hundred thousand.
Lu Yang asked, "How far along are the other four guilds in gathering?"
Tu Feng said, "They've only just started assembling. At the earliest, they'll be fully gathered in two hours. Their targets are still unknown."
Lu Yang snorted. "Then I'll take out Red Mansion Pavilion first."
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