Chapter 155: Annihilation of the Great River Gang

Chapter 155: Annihilation of the Great River Gang

“You said he is your Qingcheng’s Chief Disciple, really the Chief Disciple? That would be Yijian Kurong…”

Da Jiang Yingxiong felt a mouthful of bitterness. As a gang that operated near Qingcheng Sect, how could they not know Qingcheng well? He paid even more attention to Yijian Kurong than some ordinary Qingcheng disciples did. Every move, every change in strength, was collected for him and closely watched.

Moreover, although Yijian Kurong was no longer on the Heavenly Ranking, near Qingcheng it was really impossible to find any other player more famous than him. Even those well-known solo players could not compare.

Even if they really managed to surround and kill Yijian Kurong with sheer numbers, what would it matter? Black Water River was basically his home turf. If they killed him once and incurred an undying hatred, would he ever have peaceful days again?

“Brother-in-law…”

San Mao Chao Si was also dumbfounded. If the other party was truly Yijian Kurong, what revenge could he think of? It would be good enough if he didn’t get revenge from the other side.

“So you are Qingcheng’s Chief Disciple, Yijian Kurong? I’ve long heard of your great name.”

Ye Rong’s full title, to be precise, was the Chief of Tianshu Hall of Qingcheng, not Qingcheng Chief Disciple—

The difference was, Qingcheng’s inner halls were divided into seven halls, meaning there would be seven inner hall chief disciples in the future. Ye Rong was only one of them. However, currently among the seven halls, only Tianshu Hall was open to players, so saying the Chief of Tianshu Hall was the Qingcheng Chief Disciple was not wrong either.

The change from arrogance to respect happened after learning Ye Rong’s identity.

“The Great River Gang is so impressive, so domineering. Not only did you occupy Black Water River, but you also brought so many people here. Are you planning to intimidate me?”

Ye Rong said lightly, while adjusting several pieces of his equipment. He silently calculated in his heart, aiming to deliver the strongest blow at any moment to deal with any possible changes.

He was not overly worried about the more than forty Great River Gang players surrounding him on all sides.

Although several of his major spells, Water Flows Ever Eastward and Arctic Ice Crystal Prison, were in cooldown, he still had seventy percent confidence that after instantly killing Da Jiang Yingxiong, he could leave safely.

He might even use guerrilla tactics, appearing and disappearing unpredictably, and send all these people to their graves in Black Water River.

“Misunderstanding, it’s all a misunderstanding! I am Da Jiang Yingxiong, the humble leader of the Great River Gang. I just never had the honor of seeing Qingcheng’s Chief before. I especially came to meet you. I heard you had some friction with some members of our Great River Gang. It must be an unnecessary misunderstanding. Let’s just talk it out and everything will be fine. Haha!”

Da Jiang Yingxiong laughed awkwardly a couple of times. Having to put on a smiling face and act humble made him very unhappy inside.

“Such trivial matters, I don’t have time to bother with them! I order the Great River Gang to withdraw from Black Water River within three days. Go back where you came from! This is Qingcheng territory; no one but Qingcheng disciples are allowed to enter without permission!”

Ye Rong didn’t want to waste words with this Da Jiang Yingxiong and directly issued an ultimatum. The two tributaries, Black Water River and White Water River, must be under his control—no room for negotiation.

In his plan, if he could build a Guild Stronghold centered around Golden Cabinet Water Manor, with its influence radiating throughout the Dujiangyan Waters, encompassing the Tuo River, Min River, and Fu River basins, then even with thousands of members in the future, they could be accommodated without worrying about training grounds.

“What! Don’t push your luck! Do you really think your Qingcheng is like Emei or Kunlun? How dare you act so arrogantly and overbearing!”

Da Jiang Yingxiong’s expression changed abruptly. Without Black Water River, the Great River Gang would lose its stable training location. The thousand or so gang members would have to roam around killing scattered monsters like ordinary players, greatly reducing safety.

Losing Black Water River would mean the Great River Gang could not sustain itself and would quickly decline into a small faction of a hundred members.

“Yijian Kurong is being so unreasonable. Should I just kill him once first, then team up with the guys from White Water River? Maybe we could even counterattack the Tuojiang River Basin, instantly multiplying the territory under our control several times over.”

Da Jiang Yingxiong’s mind raced rapidly, with various thoughts and ideas surfacing one after another.

But he didn’t notice the strange expressions on several Qingcheng disciples in his own ranks. They glanced at each other and suddenly shouted in unison:

“Chief, the Great River Gang has seized our Qingcheng disciples’ training resources and committed countless evils!”

“The few of us have realized our mistakes and decided to leave the Great River Gang, no longer associating with them!”

“We will follow the Chief’s lead!”

These Qingcheng disciples had no loyalty to the Great River Gang whatsoever; they had only joined semi-forcibly to avoid being driven away while training near Black Water River. Now, with Yijian Kurong appearing, on one side was the dispensable Great River Gang with no benefit ties, and on the other was the Chief Disciple who could decide their future in the sect and was himself extremely powerful. The choice was obvious without thinking.

The three of them suddenly broke away from the Great River Gang’s formation and rushed to Ye Rong’s side. Da Jiang Yingxiong and the others didn’t have time to react and stop them, only watching as they reached the opposite side safely.

“To know your mistakes and correct them is a great virtue. That you could leave a scumbag faction like the Great River Gang early is not too late.”

Ye Rong immediately labeled the Great River Gang, classifying them as a scumbag faction, while looking toward the layer of rolling, gathering black smoke.

“One Demon Banner, break for me!”

Merging with his sword, a frosty sword light shot up from the ground, stirring up large amounts of river water as it charged toward the Shrouding Demon Banner.

Youzha Wanzi likely didn’t know the identities of the two opposite him earlier and underestimated them. He had activated the Shrouding Demon Banner to its maximum to trap them completely, but this also dispersed its power.

When this frosty sword light blasted over, the black smoke was directly torn open into a large hole. With a swish, it returned to Youzha Wanzi’s hand.

“Boss, we’re here!”

Over Black Water River, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—over a hundred sword lights flew over. The most eye-catching among them were naturally the few multicolored sword lights, like ostriches dressed in flamboyant feathers—they were players wielding the Seven Avian Feather Fan.

In Far Shore, cyan, white, and yellow sword lights were the most common, followed by red and gold. Rare sword lights like purple or multicolored ones might not appear even among a thousand flying swords, so the Seven Avian Feather Fan was very easy to recognize.

Pecking Chicken charged down through the air. He now had one set of the Seven Avian Feather Fan and one set of Mixed Gold Orb, plus several pieces of his own equipment. His strength had greatly increased. With sixteen fewer Inner Hall Disciples, he had high hopes of entering the top sixteen in this month’s Sect Minor Competition.

As soon as Ye Rong noticed the Great River Gang members surrounding him, he had sent a Flying Sword Message to Pecking Chicken, telling him to gather personnel and come to Black Water River to cooperate in completely destroying the Great River Gang.

With just himself alone, even if Breeze Clear and Clouds Light stepped in to help, it would be impossible to completely scatter and eliminate a faction of a thousand members.

At worst, they could all log off. What could you do after they ate or slept and came back online?

Only by completely occupying and assimilating Black Water River could it be turned into his own territory.

“Kill! Leave no one from the Great River Gang!”

Ye Rong had already switched to the Sinking Water Sword. The Eight Trigrams Dragon-Binding Array was activated. The eight golden characters—Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, Kan—flew out from the sword body toward all directions, completely sealing off this stretch of water.

Unless a Great River Gang player was over level 50, they couldn’t leave the confinement range of the Eight Trigrams Dragon-Binding Array.

Pecking Chicken brought over a full hundred-plus team members, almost their entire force. When he received Ye Rong’s Flying Sword Message, he was extremely excited—this was the team’s first external battle since its formation.

The sudden idea to annihilate the Great River Gang—was the boss planning to establish a guild?

This possibility excited Pecking Chicken thoroughly. He acted even more proactively than Ye Rong himself, wildly smashing with the Mixed Gold Orb and directly sending a Great River Gang player in front of him back to the Resurrection Point.

The two sides’ strength might be comparable, but with a two- to three-fold difference in numbers, how could the Great River Gang hold out? They wanted to escape but couldn’t break through the Eight Trigrams Dragon-Binding Array’s confinement, so they fell one by one.

From the start, Ye Rong had his eyes on Da Jiang Yingxiong. This Great River Gang leader had a hard fate, being firmly locked on by such a formidable killer.

Since refining the Twin Sword Style further, the combat power Ye Rong could unleash in an instant was more than double what it used to be. Not to mention the two sword lights in his hands—one tinged with green radiance, the other faintly purple—boosted by Green Sword Reflection Art and Lightning Purple Rainbow respectively.

In just three to five sword strikes, Da Jiang Yingxiong was dazzled by the dense, layered sword lights. Unaware, he was sliced in half at the waist.

Under his indignant, unyielding gaze, his whole body turned into white light and disappeared, only dropping a black, rhombus-shaped token. It was dull and lusterless, as if any light projected onto it would be absorbed and contained.

But Ye Rong had no time to examine this mysterious black token right now. Turning his sword, he went after Youzha Wanzi. This person’s demonic arts were impressive; he alone was holding off four of his subordinates.

However, under Ye Rong’s sword light, small demon banners screamed miserably one after another, the evil spirits and demon heads on them shattering in succession.

“Alright, I’ll help Brother Yijian clear out a few as well.”

Breeze Clear and Clouds Light, who had been watching the show all along, let out a long cry. The nine Great Peng Wind Flags on his body gathered together, actually forming the phantom of a great peng. With one bite, it chewed two players into fragments.

…

Like a sweeping wind or autumn leaves fallen, within ten minutes all the Great River Gang members were wiped out—not a single one escaped.

Ye Rong glanced at his Karma Points and found that compared to before the fight started, they hadn’t dropped but had actually increased a bit.

“I was the one who attacked first, though… Ah, right, there are Demonic Path Players in the Great River Gang too, like that Youzha Wanzi. Just by killing two Demonic Path Players, all the Karma Points lost elsewhere were recovered!”