Firearms

Seven days later.

Outside Cangyuan Commandery.

A huge army approached from the distance, a dense, shadowy mass numbering at least thirty thousand by rough estimate!

"To attack and occupy a commandery, thirty thousand men is the bare minimum."

At the core of the Military Formation, Silent spoke in an unhurried tone: "The five thousand Black Tiger Army soldiers of our Great Xia Alliance are all players. We also have twenty-five thousand auxiliary troops. Though they can't all be martial artists, they're equipped with improved rifles and cannons... Under a hail of bullets and shells, even Fourth Rank martial artists will have to retreat three paces! After farming bitterly for a whole year, this time we're going to shock the entire world!"

"Exactly."

Xie Biqi added, "The veteran players are cheering wildly. They're all thinking about revenge... Actually, when several high-level players advanced to the Fourth Rank, they were already planning to move against Tu Qianqiu. But after an internal vote, they agreed to avenge their grudge together, and no one was allowed to act first... Not only that, they secretly protected Tu Qianqiu several times, saving this BOSS for today."

The corner of Silent's mouth seemed to twitch. "Doing something this boring... As expected of players?"

"Still... the players' leveling speed has generally slowed quite a bit recently."

Among Ninth Rank martial artists, advancing from Seventh Rank to Sixth Rank and breaking through from Fourth Rank to Third Rank were all major thresholds.

At present, only the veteran players and high-level players were at the Third and Fourth Ranks. Most of the open-beta players were still hovering between the Sixth and Seventh Ranks.

"That's right. The higher the rank of a martial artist, the more Experience Points they need to advance. It seems to be related to some kind of