Chapter 1419: Chapter 1419: Interception

Although there were many players, at the beginning it was more like individual team actions, basically, no one picked a fight with rival guilds from the start.

Of course, there were teams like that, but their main goal was not to compete, but rather to act as cannon fodder sent by some guilds to disrupt other guilds.

Such minor incidents could not impact the grand scheme of things. Overall, everyone was rushing madly toward the positions of the far-off passages.

Even though there seemed to be hundreds of passages, there were actually only a little more than a hundred types of passages.

However, the territory was too vast, so one had to travel a great distance before encountering the same passage again.

For instance, the No. 91 passage that Li Yao aimed to vie for was contended by at least tens of thousands of teams; although most teams were of average strength, there were many formidable teams equal to Starfire.

Starfire aimed to contest this passage, which required breaking through nine monster defense lines, especially the ninth.

The ninth defense line was an unavoidable barrier, resembling a small castle.

To enter the passage, it was necessary to hold the fort for over three hours; only after a three-hour occupation would the passage appear.

If other guilds and teams snatched the control, the guild that regained control would have to start the timing anew.

Thus, the ninth wave was also the highlight of the three-stage contest.

If a team arrived too speedily and successfully captured the ninth defense, it did not yet mean success since they could face an onslaught from other teams; those three hours were critical.

That was not the worst scenario; the worst would be if two or more teams reached the ninth defense line simultaneously, leading to chaos and making it exceedingly difficult to obtain passage.

When Starfire arrived at the eighth defense line, four hours had passed since the competition had started. Starfire also encountered unavoidable checkpoints, and interference from other teams.

Even with Li Yao’s team’s formidable legion, they still lost a lot of manpower, with fewer than 45,000 troops remaining.

There were only nine checkpoints guarding the entrance to the No. 91 passage, the eighth wave defense line.

Four teams were already attacking a defense line each, and Starfire was originally going to choose one but was intercepted by a team from another guild, clearly not wanting Starfire to gain the upper hand.

Li Yao looked grim as he gazed at a minotaur hunter in the distance and coldly said, “Chairman Squid, there are nine spots that lead to the final fort, and though four have already been taken, there are still five left, enough for our two guilds to split, why still block our guild?”

The minotaur named Squid, touching his nose ring with a smirk but no genuine smile, said, “Chairman Liaoyuan, why ask knowingly? If we don’t block you, the first kill this time would certainly be yours again. Chairman Liaoyuan, isn’t your guild too greedy? Since the game began, every first kill of the main storyline instance has belonged to your guild; it’s time to let other guilds have a sip of the soup.”

Pupil, angrily spoke, “Our guild earning the first kill is due to our capability.”

“Yes, Starfire is indeed formidable, so many know the rules and collude, whenever they encounter a Starfire team, they intercept at all costs, not giving Starfire a chance to get the first kill,” Squid scoffed, “Only blame yourselves for not leaving others any chance.”

Li Yao took a deep breath and said, “If you block us, your guild will also be eliminated, what good does that do you?”

Squid shrugged helplessly, “Who made us swear the oath? The teams that took the oath, whoever randomly encounters you will block and drain you, regardless of the consequences. Our guild is unlucky this time, the first kill has nothing to do with us, but Starfire shouldn’t think about getting the first kill either. Holding back Starfire is also an honor for us, isn’t it?”

“Heh heh heh, very well, truly commendable. To think of such a strategy in such a short time, it’s really tough on you all. No more need for words, since we’ve met, let’s rely on our own skills,” Li Yao said, turning back and suddenly waving his hand.

“Launch, Five consecutive stars.”

Swoosh swoosh swoosh…

As Li Yao spoke, a vast number of arrows shot out.

The opposing team’s faces changed drastically, at this stage in the war mode, long-range archers are one of the rarest troops.

The opponents’ Legion was also impressive, led by ten thousand low-level Death Knights, they are referred to as low-level because real Death Knights are clad in armor and ride lower-tier green fire form Nightmares of Death.

However, Death Knights are high-tier troops and not so easily obtained.

The low-level Death Knights were merely knights missing their coats, riding ordinary skeletal warhorses.

But, in the current stage, within the players’ Legions, they were already considered extremely elite.

Followed by a 20,000 strong Abomination army, with the remaining 10,000 obviously being elite mixed troops formed by forty people, although elite, they lacked formal organization. The opponents had less than 40,000 people, clearly having suffered significant losses here.

As the Death Knights were still charging madly, what awaited them was continuous Arrow Rain.

Arrows imbued with dark and cursed energy pierced through death knights, without the protection of heavy armor, these skeletal death knights were even more fragile.

Before even reaching Starfire, the death knights had already suffered over five thousand casualties.

What met the opponents’ charging formation wasn’t a Devil Tyrannosaurus army, but Fire Poison Cockroaches.

Just as the Devil Tyrannosaurus had charged into and trampled the eighth defense line of the Cave dwellers, they looped around, accelerating from another direction, aiming to flank the opponents from the side.

Moreover, the opponent’s Legion of Death Knights was indeed strong, and if met head-on, the Devil Tyrannosaurus army was estimated to suffer substantial losses. There would be tough fighting at the ninth defense line, and if Starfire took heavy losses here, the struggle would be extremely difficult.

The ground-dwelling Worm Tribe usually has immense strength, and the Fire Poison Cockroaches excel in endurance, recovery ability, and strength, which were even more pronounced in their military formations.

Especially the soon-to-be impacted Fire Poison Cockroaches, their bodies against each other, their strength linked together to resist the assault, and the most forward cockroaches, if not killed, could immediately burrow underground to recover. They could rejoin the fight shortly, and they also had projectiles of fire poison bombs.

When the Death Knights charged to within a hundred mar of the Legion, fire poison bombs also formed a magic rain, striking the Death Knights for the second wave, and the real charging formation of Death Knights was reduced to less than three thousand, while the opponents’ Abominations also suffered from a wave of arrow rain and the majority of fire poison bombs, losing over five to six thousand.

Bang bang bang bang…

The two armies collided, but Starfire had already eliminated over ten thousand of the enemy troops, a quarter of the opposing army’s numbers.

Moreover, this was before the Devil Tyrannosaurus joined the battlefield, and the air force had not joined, and they had used only half of their long-range capabilities…