After the players tested the waters and confirmed that the Water, Fire, and Gold Heavenly Kings were indeed absent from the Immortal Realm, Lin Bai severed the Magpie Bridge connecting the Gods and Devils Continent to the Immortal Realm, shutting the door to beat the dogs trapped inside.
Xu Longyun worked at a feverish pace to establish an intelligence network across the Gods and Devils Continent, closely monitoring the movements of every religious faction.
In the Real World, Cheng Xunyun feared that the players might act on impulse and do something to anger Lin Bai.
Through various media outlets, he urged the players to play peacefully and cherish their lives.
At the same time, notices were issued both inside and outside the game to begin registering the players, linking their game IDs to their real identities to further intimidate them psychologically.
The authorities' heavy-handed pressure only made the players' urge to resist burn fiercer.
And so.
More players flooded the game forums to protest the Game Pods' lack of safety.
Compared with the players on the East Continent, those on the West Continent were somewhat better off.
After all.
They had received no quests from the Immortal Realm, and Lin Bai had just invaded the Gods and Devils Continent in force. This was precisely their chance to fish for benefits in troubled waters...
Over the next two days.
Knight orders across the Gods and Devils Continent, elven armies, Druids who tended the forests, even the Undead Legion scorned by the entire continent and the demonic beasts lurking underground or in the abyss rapidly assembled, ready to enter battle at any moment.
Through the players, the cultivators who had come to the Gods and Devils Continent learned of its movements. They sharpened their blades and fed their horses, throwing