In the Independent Space, a pitch-black rift tore open in the sky.
Di Nian Evil Spirit's consciousness extended here from the High Tower, his Perception View penetrating every corner of the space as he coldly surveyed the vast cultivation plains.
At that moment, a million Guardian Warriors controlled by members of the Sky Crystal God Race were locked in fierce combat with the player army.
The number of players arriving to fight was growing rapidly with time.
At first, there had only been the familiar players of the United Warband. Later, large numbers of players active in other regions heard the news and flocked over.
Di Nian Evil Spirit focused his perception on one section of the battlefield.
A Player Squad from the United Warband was hunting down a Guardian Warrior controlled by a member of the Sky Crystal God Race.
"Drag it away with Blood Soul Lure. Don't let it regroup with the other Guardian Warriors."
"Xiao Ye, use Spirit Sealing to interrupt its blood energy circulation."
"I'll tank it. Mages, go all out. Burst it down."
The Player Squad worked in perfect coordination, raining down skills that slowed, immobilized, and disrupted energy.
The Guardian Warrior's movements grew sluggish. The spirit runes on its surface flickered erratically, and its sustained operation began to stutter.
A practiced sequence of coordinated attacks ended with a cracking sound.
Finally, the squad's Assassin player pierced the core crystal in the Guardian Warrior's chest with a Runes Resonance Weapon.
The Guardian Warrior's massive body abruptly stiffened.
The instant its life force vanished completely, a power beyond Di Nian Evil Spirit's ability to detect descended, intervening in the operating pathway of the "Return Flow Rule."
The power inside the Guardian Warrior, which should have dispersed evenly to all its companions, was suppressed by an invisible