Hidden Jun Village.
The players were all busy preparing for battle.
Just then.
A system notification suddenly rang out.
[Ding! The battle against Kusagakure will officially begin in 10 minutes. All players, please prepare.] [During the battle, all players will enter PVP mode. Daily Missions will be unavailable until the battle ends.] [Countdown: 09:59:56!] [...]
All the players in Hidden Jun Village froze for a moment.
They had not expected the battle to begin so soon.
There were still plenty of preparations they had not finished.
There was little they could do about it.
By the time the game update finished, fewer than two hours remained before the battle.
As everyone familiarized themselves with Hidden Jun Village's new layout while busily preparing for battle, time had slipped away.
Master of Open Stratagems called out directly in the legion's exclusive channel:
"Everyone, gather at the village entrance. We're moving out immediately."
Except for the noncombat players, all the combat players hurried toward the village entrance in a fluster.
Meanwhile, what had Ye Chen been doing?
He was negotiating with several powerful "NPCs" in the village.
After all, he would be taking the field himself in the upcoming battle.
The newly recruited villagers felt little sense of belonging to Hidden Jun Village.
Getting them to reluctantly guard the village was already far from easy.
Let alone getting them to join the battle of their own accord.
Granny Qianyin was an exception, of course.
Before the battle, Granny Qianyin was still negotiating with Ye Chen, hoping to go into battle with him.
Ye Chen did know to respect the elderly and care for the young.
Granny Qianyin had already entered old age, a relatively vulnerable stage for a summoned beast.
Sending her onto the battlefield now would undoubtedly cost her