Chapter 1: The Life and Death Formation (Prelude...)

  "I'll see you off!" Xiao Yue said, and then sent a few messages.

  Immediately, a number of players ran out from within the village, including both men and women, totaling over ten people.

  There were many new faces, and also some familiar ones from before. However, at this moment, they all looked at Liu Yun with eyes full of admiration.

  "King Shu called those people at the respawn point to take a bath, was it what he did?"

  "Not scientific at all, is he alone?"

  "Who knows, but this guy is too powerful, I personally saw him suddenly launch a sneak attack and kill a Xianling in one second. That speed, even the Lingfeng can't compare to it."

  Many people whispered to each other, exchanging whispers...

  Liu Yun spat out a mouthful of turbid air and turned his head to look at Xiao Yue in surprise: "Escort? What do you mean?"

  "Wang Shu's men might be waiting for you at the village entrance, I'll escort you out of the village and ensure your safety!"

  Xiao Yue said with a serious face.

  Will you keep me safe?

  Liu Yun was somewhat astonished and looked around at the people nearby, the highest of whom were only at the peak of the first layer of the Earth Level.

  However, Xiao Yue's approach made Liu Yun feel warm in her heart, but Xiao Yue got one thing wrong.

  Liu Yun saved Xiao Yue because Xiao Yue had saved Liu Yun in her previous life.

  Who are these people?

  "Let's go then, but... be careful, there are a lot of people... it's not necessarily better!"

  Liu Yun thought for a moment, said something inexplicable, and then headed towards the village entrance.

  Although Liu Yun seemed very relaxed on the surface, as soon as this group of people had just stepped out of the novice village, a man in heavy armor, holding a large knife, blocked their way at the entrance of the village.

  Xiao Yue and others saw it, and their faces changed slightly at once.

  But just as I heard a loud shout, from all directions, suddenly surrounded by about 40 to 50 players, even the entrance back to the village was blocked by 7 or 8 players who appeared out of nowhere...

  Although these players are generally not highly cultivated, their numbers are four or five times that of Xiao Yue and Liu Yun.

  The man wearing a heavy helmet held up his knife and swept these people with a glance, saying in a deep voice: "Hand over the thing that burst out of Wang Shu's call, and your grudge against our Ascension Force will be written off!"

  This is an Extinction-level master, looking at his posture on the surface, it seems to be open and closed, but in fact, there are both tightness and relaxation, offense and defense are proper, I'm afraid that in reality, he is a master of practice.

  "Are you with Wang Shu's faction?" Xiao Yuexiu raised an eyebrow and asked.

  "We are not people you can provoke, I received a message that Wang Shu's team was exposed and lost a lot of equipment, greatly reducing their strength. Is this your doing? I don't want to cause trouble, return their equipment and we'll have nothing to do with each other from now on!" The man didn't seem like the aggressive type, but his words were firm and left no room for negotiation.

  Liu Yun furrowed his brow, silent, and simply lowered his head in contemplation.

  It turned out that Xiao Yue was furious and laughed instead, retorting: "Alright, you let Wang Shu call back the benefits we got from robbing our BOSS, and we'll return their equipment!"

  Xiao Yue's team worked hard to defeat the BOSS, but someone else stole the kill. Even if she doesn't say anything, what will her teammates think?

  That man heard this, his face suddenly sank: "If you can't snatch the BOSS, you can only blame your lack of skill. This is 'Xuanjie', there's no such thing as courtesy, the weak can only provide food for the strong, or become the strong's food!!"

  "What right do you have to ask us for anything?" Xiao Yue asked angrily.

  However, as soon as the words fell, the delicate girl behind hurriedly and gently pulled at Xiao Yue, seemingly wanting to remind this big sister who had been blinded by anger to take a look at the situation around her.

  Xiao Yue was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that she had looked around, and her anger dissipated by more than half.

  The man seemed to have noticed Xiao Yue's change, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "I'm just giving you a way out, not letting you choose a way out. If you don't return the things, I believe you know the consequences..."

  Whoosh...

  Countless people around them drew out their knives, guns and clubs, holding up their staves, each one glaring fiercely at the dozen or so people surrounded in the middle...

  Xiao Yue's face looked extremely unsightly, her small team had just been hung back once, their cultivation had decreased a lot, if they were to be chopped again and their cultivation dropped further, would they still be able to recover?

  Xiao Yue wasn't afraid of being overturned, but rather felt a pang in her heart for implicating her teammates.

  The scene is tense and explosive, with a strong smell of gunpowder...

  "Don't rush into action!!"

  At this moment, Liu Yun, who had been standing beside Xiao Yue all along, finally spoke up.

  The team members behind Xiao Yue cast their eyes on Liu Yun, with a hint of expectation.

  "I'm just asking if you're going to pay or not!" The man glanced at Liu Yun and didn't take it seriously.

  "I'd like to ask you one question as well: is it more important that over 50 people drop a level in their cultivation, or is our own cultivation more important?"

  Liu Yun scanned around and asked in a low voice.

  Hanzi and others heard this, suddenly burst out laughing: "What do you mean? How? Can you kill all of us?"

  "It shouldn't be possible!" Liu Yun thought for a moment, if he didn't use the "Violent Rain Pear Blossom Needle"...

  "What a load of crap are you spouting?" a hot-tempered undead shouted.

  Liu Yun glanced at him and said calmly: "However, I can pull up twenty or thirty people to take the blame!"

  This is utterly arrogant!!!

  "Cut the crap! You think you're tough? Bring it on now!! What's with all the nonsense?"

  "Stop bragging! Are you going to bring a few dozen people to back you up? Alright, let's not waste any more words. Let's get justice for the brothers of the 27th squadron!"

  The men on this side are all talking dirty and spitting saliva straight out.

  "If you don't believe it! You can try it!"

  Liu Yun had a few points of thin anger in his heart, but the good mood he had cultivated for a long time could easily suppress this anger.

  He took a deep breath, drew out the Langya sword, and assumed a calm demeanor, but his mind was already racing with calculations. Although this place wasn't far from the entrance of Newbie Village, escaping from the encirclement of over fifty people wouldn't be easy!

  But if they really want to fight, Liu Yun is not someone to be trifled with either.

  "Get ready for the one who called you! Later we will rush forward directly! Kill a bloody road! Run first and talk later!" Liu Yun whispered to Xiao Yue.

  "Why don't we attack from behind? The newbie village safe zone is just tens of meters away..." Xiao Yue wondered.

  "With such an obvious retreat route, do you think they won't notice? Take a closer look at how many people are blocked behind. If a fight breaks out, they will definitely block the village entrance, and we can't rush back. The only way to retreat is to charge forward, into Mount Buzhou!"

  "Ah..." Xiao Yue suddenly slapped her forehead, with a look of sudden realization.

  "It seems you are not accepting the path I have chosen for you!" Seeing these people one by one taking out their swords, Han's face turned even more unsightly, with a glint of murderous intent in his eyes.

  "Let them go! Brother Zhang!"

  Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, a voice broke the deadlock.

  That's all for now, anyway.