Maireizhe Withdraws His Troops

He felt a trace of regret. His strength was still lacking. If he were strong enough, he could lead his troops straight to Ice Mountain City, cross Sky Ridge Mountain to attack Purplegold Royal City, and coordinate with Liang Yun of Emerald City to strike Liu Jie from both sides.

Unfortunately, if he dared to do that, Holy City, Sea Emperor City, and Hannibal City might all fall.

Using a return scroll took ten seconds. Once all five million of Lu Yang's players were in combat, they would be unable to use return scrolls. If their main cities came under attack then, they could only watch as their fortresses were captured.

Such a situation had occurred in his previous life. At the height of Xiong Ba's power, he had captured two main cities in succession. During one battle, his main force was surrounded, and every fortress he controlled was taken by hostile players from the various main cities.

Those people might not be able to hold the fortresses, but they could sell off the assets. That time, Xiong Ba suffered irreparable losses. Every facility in each fortress—the inns, auction houses, fortress halls, and everything else—was sold off. By the time he returned, even the bricks from the city walls had been sold.

Lu Yang did not want that to happen. This was a game, not a real war; no one would truly die. An ambitious schemer dared to launch a sneak attack with just a few dozen people, and dared to attack a city with a few thousand.

Losing meant nothing more than dropping a couple pieces of equipment and being hunted endlessly by the Iron Blood Brotherhood. The map was so vast that they could simply run. It had nothing to do with them if ordinary players were left