"Refused?"
Ling Jingxuan blinked at the semi-transparent screen that had gone black.
She had never imagined Shi Feng would be so decisive.
"He really is an interesting person." Ling Jingxuan smiled and shook her head. "Fine, a refusal is a refusal. It's just a pity about Stone Forest Town."
Ling Jingxuan then directly forwarded Shi Feng's answer to Qi Yitao.
The message was brief and clear: Zero Wing had rejected the terms.
Just after Ling Jingxuan sent the message, a young female Priest with an oval face, seemingly in her early twenties, walked over and said, "Sister Weiyang, we've discovered a hidden path leading to the core area of the ruins. However, a Level 60 High Great Lord is guarding it. The Guild Leader wants you to come over and discuss a strategy."
If Shi Feng had been here, he would definitely have recognized the Level 45 dark-gold Priest set the female Priest wore—the Light of the Forgotten. It was a six-piece set that only Level 50-plus wild Great Lords had a chance of dropping, yet it was currently being worn by a Level 41 Priest.
"Alright, I'll go right away." Ling Jingxuan nodded with a smile, then followed the female Priest deeper into the ruins.
Inside Stone Forest Town, Zero Wing's members were charging and slaughtering with all their might, while the members of Blackwater and Heavenly Burial hid everywhere in panic, suffering heavy casualties. Only Pantheon's three legions, stubbornly defending a corner that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, had managed to minimize their losses. Even so, their annihilation was only a matter of time.
"Brother Yitao, what did Black Flame say?" Yi Xiao Duzang asked anxiously as he watched the number of guild members steadily dwindle.
The town was now completely enveloped by a