Assault

After charging up to the fifth floor, Zhang Tie finally understood why he had not encountered many people on the fourth floor—because many of those originally staying there were now holding a meeting on the fifth floor.

Light and voices from the meeting room faintly leaked through the crack beneath its door. Two burly men stood guard in the corridor outside.

By the time he reached the fifth-floor meeting room, Zhang Tie had already "cleared out" everywhere else on the floor. This was the last occupied place in the Tianhan City Zhen Family Guildhall.

This operation once again taught Zhang Tie what it meant for plans to fall short of change. His plan to use the darkness to pick apart the guildhall's occupants one by one had come to an abrupt end here on the fifth floor.

After swiftly glancing down the corridor, Zhang Tie immediately pulled his head back and stood behind the wall around the corner, silently estimating the distance to the end of the passage.

The distance to the end of the corridor was already over fifty meters. At that range, his Chain of Binding was useless; it exceeded the Chain of Binding's maximum effective range.

There was only one passage leading from here to where the two guards stood at the door. The corridor was brightly lit, leaving nowhere to conceal himself. The moment he appeared, he would definitely be spotted.

Even if he burst out at top speed, it would take him roughly two seconds to rush from here to there. That was enough time for the two guards to warn the people inside.

He had no idea how many people were in the room, nor whether there were any experts above Level 10...

Only three paths lay before him: launch an assault, give up,