216: Guild Challenge Begins

The first stage of the qualifiers ended, and without any surprise, all nearly 1.5 million members of Forbidden City advanced.

And all of Huang Chen's Harem also ranked among the top.

Shu Fei Ma Suo secured second place. Her opponent was from a Mid Martial Race Group, but her personal potential points were almost on par with top-tier High Martial Race Groups, not to mention the potential and equipment buffs provided by Huang Chen.

Therefore, her opponents were basically quickly and overwhelmingly defeated.

However, although she also accumulated 24 points, her total time reached 37 seconds.

Third place went to Tie Shengnan, followed by Huang Chen's Harem Legion.

Conversely, Feng Wu, whom Huang Chen originally expected to be in the top three, ended up around 40th place in this ranking.

However, a moment's thought made it clear: Feng Wu faced High Martial Race Groups, where the equipment gap wouldn't be too large. Even with her buffed potential points, the difference compared to her opponents was only a few times.

In contrast, the Harem Legion faced Low Martial Race Groups. The equipment crushing was a given, and just the potential points Huang Chen bestowed upon them were dozens of times that of their opponents.

Therefore, being fast was only natural.

After the individual competition, the system quickly announced that the guild competition would begin an hour later.

Huang Chen had originally wanted Qin Shuang and the other two to leave Yanhuang and join Forbidden City.

However, they righteously refused, both still hoping to return to Yanhuang and contribute to the Official Faction.

Huang Chen wasn't too insistent on this.

The Forbidden City Legion wasn't lacking these two or three people.

A thousand Dragon Rider Army... Heh, it's estimated that the Wyverns alone could spray their opponents until they were completely disfigured, without even needing the Forbidden City Legion to act.

In Li Ruo's words, even if Huang Chen brought 999 grandmothers, he could still easily bring back the championship.

During this one-hour break, Tie Shengnan immediately handed over equipment to Qin Shuang, while Tie Weiguo stood by, beaming with joy.

With this batch of equipment, let alone fighting Low Martial Race Groups, they might even have a fighting chance against top-tier High Martial Race Groups.

This time in the guild battle, Yanhuang couldn't guarantee a top three finish, but a spot in the top hundred was possible.

Soon, the guild competition began.

The first stage, like the individual competition, used a point system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

Each duel took place on a square arena with 10-kilometer sides, with a time limit of 1 hour. Each guild fought 12 consecutive matches, and the top 100 million were determined by total points.

With a flash of light, the thousand people Tie Shengnan registered appeared at the bottom of the square arena. Unlike the individual competition, the guild competition had a large audience watching.

Normally, all Trial Takers would pay attention to the guild matches within their own race groups.

As soon as Huang Chen and the others landed, the number of viewers in the corresponding live stream immediately surpassed 100 million and continued to increase at a rate of 100 million per second. After more than ten seconds, the live stream audience settled at 1.7 billion.

[Ding! You have entered Guild Arena No. 10000. The match will begin in three minutes. Countdown starts now: 2:59]

Unlike the individual competition, the guild competition always reserved three minutes at the start for observing the opponent and deploying formations.

This should also be Star Abyss testing the group combat command capabilities of various race groups.

However, before the arena battle even began, the spectators in the live stream's public chat started arguing.

Hake Clan:

"Huh? What kind of race group is that? Why did they send a bunch of women?"

"Maybe their men are all dead, that's why they sent a bunch of women to fight!"

"The person above is mistaken. I once heard of a place called the Kingdom of Daughters. Perhaps they are from there."

"Isn't that just sending us benefits? Warriors of the Hake Clan, show no mercy! Promise me you'll conquer their main city and capture the Queen of the Kingdom of Daughters alive!"

Huaxia Clan:

"How much did the other side drink? So drunk?"

"Benefits? You'll soon see why flowers are so red."

"When you cry later, remember to call us 'daddy,' otherwise, we'll beat you to death!"

"You'd better not let God Huang find your main city, or your men really will die out... I heard God Huang's brothel still has many vacancies, I hope your women aren't too ugly."

Hake Clan:

"Ha! A bunch of birdless weaklings who only bark from behind women! Watch how our Hake warriors flatten your Kingdom of Daughters! Women should stay at home, why are they on the arena?"

"Exactly! With those thin arms and legs, they'll probably be paralyzed with fear if our warriors just roar! That leading woman, don't kill her too quickly later, save her for our warriors to have some fun first!"

...Huaxia Clan:

"Tsk tsk, I can smell the bad breath of primitives through the screen! Did your Hake Clan just crawl out of some septic tank? Brains rotted by biogas?"

"Capture our President Tie as a trophy? Hilarious! With your pathetic skills, you probably can't even touch a single strand of her hair! Just wait to be trampled into meat paste by our Dragon Rider Army!"

"Low-level civilization? Open your dog eyes and look at the scoreboard! How many of the top ten in the individual competition did our Forbidden City Legion take? Didn't God Huang's name blind your dog eyes? A bunch of frogs in a well, sitting at the bottom of a well and feeling smug! Just wait for a dimensionality reduction strike, you idiots!"

...The text on the public screen scrolled so fast it was almost unreadable, filled with continuous insults, taunts, and provocations.

Both sides' tempers were thoroughly ignited.

Just then, a cold system prompt sounded, forcibly interrupting the escalating war of words:

[Ding! Countdown ends! Guild Arena No. 10000 — Officially begins!]

Huang Chen's side was unaware of the verbal battle outside the arena, and he couldn't be bothered with it.

The moment he entered the arena, Huang Chen tried to activate all his domain Halos.

Unexpectedly, all the Halos that had been ineffective in the individual arena were now fully functional again.

It seemed that during the individual competition, he was isolated on a different map.

As the overall commander, Tie Shengnan did not let her guard down because of the opponent's uneven equipment.

A quick observation of the opponent's weapons showed that spears, swords, and hammers were the most common categories.

This indicated that most of the opponents were Metal Element Users.

Therefore, all 200 Fire Element users from the Dragon Rider Army were moved to the front.

As the countdown ended, the Hake Clan let out a deafening roar. Like cats smelling fish, they charged madly towards the Forbidden City Legion.

Their formation seemed chaotic, but upon closer inspection, one could still discern that each person's position in their formation was very deliberate.

It was still a typical setup: Metal Element Users leading the charge, Water Element users in the second echelon for healing, and the remaining three elements following closely as long-range firepower.

On the Forbidden City Legion's side, the thousand-man phalanx stood silently.

Throughout history, attackers have always paid a much higher price than defenders.

In just a few tens of seconds, almost their entire army entered the attack range of the Fire Element users.

And the Metal Element Users running at the front had also activated their displacement skill, Soul Severing Stab.

The Forbidden City Legion made no movement, as if those charging towards them were mere lambs.

Seeing that the time was right, Tie Shengnan slowly raised her mist concealment spear straight forward.

"Fire Element users... front position... Karma Fire Burns the City... area-of-effect strike!"