MMORPG: Martial Gamer

Chapter 1665 1665: Don't They Still Have Family?

"Alright, enough with the nonsense!" Seeing that the group was about to start arguing, Sanguine Thousand Miles quickly interrupted, "I'm not doubting anyone's strength, but the people from the Quan Zhen Sect are notoriously cunning. Without the help of other guilds, who can catch them?"

Sanguine Thousand Miles was right. Chasing someone is different from direct competition; it's not just about who can fight better. Even in reality, capturing a person requires at least three times the manpower to ensure the task is completed, let alone in a game.

Players in a game have countless escape methods—flying, teleporting, going invisible, and so on. Even if they can't avoid capture, they can just log out forcibly. With Sanguine Thousand Miles and just five others, how could they possibly chase down a dozen members of the Quan Zhen Sect? It was nonsense!

"Don't worry!" Dripping Wetstone said, "As long as we manage to kill one member of the Quan Zhen Sect, the rest will be easier to deal with."

"Oh?" Sanguine Thousand Miles asked in confusion, "Why do you say that?"

"Because once a member of the Quan Zhen Sect dies, it will eliminate their fear", Dripping Wetstone explained. "The reason other guild members don't provoke the Quan Zhen Sect is not that they don't want to, but that they're afraid. Deep down, they believe that the Quan Zhen Sect members are unbeatable. If we break that assumption with our actions, other players in the guild will reevaluate the Quan Zhen Sect."

Fearless's ability to see the bigger picture wasn't due to authorial favoritism; it stemmed from a critical strategic advantage—he never underestimated his opponents, no matter how clever he was.

As expected, if the Sanguine Alliance members thought for a moment, they could grasp the key point. What Dripping Wetstone said was the very reason the Quan Zhen Sect was unwilling to confront the Sanguine Alliance head-on.

As the saying goes in military strategy: show strength to seek peace, show weakness to seek war. The Quan Zhen Sect was able to intimidate the Sanguine Alliance because of the momentum they had built up previously.

Players have their own agendas; they help whoever seems likely to win. Once the intimidation created by the Quan Zhen Sect was punctured, the Sanguine Alliance players, who had been cautious, would surely become eager to act.

By then, no matter how strong the Quan Zhen Sect was, facing tens of thousands of players would not give them much chance of victory... at best, they could only hope to escape unscathed.

But such a situation was exactly what Sanguine Thousand Miles wanted. He dared to declare war on the Quan Zhen Sect precisely to drive them out of Twilight City.

"You make a good point!" After hearing Dripping Wetstone's explanation, Sanguine Thousand Miles felt enlightened and cheerfully asked, "So who should we target first?"

"Let's go for the Warriors!" Dripping Wetstone suggested.

Archers move too fast, assassins can go invisible, mages have a variety of spells, and killing priests lacks intimidation. Warriors have always been the primary targets for pursuit, especially Guardians, who are easy to kill without much damage.

"Alright! Then let's start with that guy named Crotch Lord!" Sanguine Thousand Miles nodded. "Jinguang, use your skill to see where Crotch Lord is."

"Okay!" After receiving Sanguine Thousand Miles' instructions, Jinguang quickly activated the Thousand Miles Eye skill. Moments later, he said in surprise, "That kid is in the Blood-Soaked Church..."

"In a dungeon?" Sanguine Thousand Miles frowned. "Check on Boson..."

"Boson is also in the Blood-Soaked Church", Jinguang replied. "Should I check on anyone else?"

"No need to check!" Sanguine Thousand Miles asserted. "These guys must be grinding in the same dungeon. Let's wait a bit; this low-level dungeon won't take long to clear. We'll go to the entrance of the Blood-Soaked Church first."

...

After about ten minutes, Sanguine Thousand Miles and his group arrived at the entrance of the Blood-Soaked Church. Since it was a low-level dungeon, there weren't too many teams at the entrance; only four or five were present.

Sanguine Thousand Miles and the others surveyed the nearby terrain and found a discreet spot to pretend to level up.

However, after waiting for more than an hour, the Quan Zhen members still hadn't appeared.

The impatience in Sanguine Thousand Miles' group began to grow.

"Old Jin, did you check the right place? Is it the Blood-Soaked Church in Twilight City?"

Sanguine Thousand Miles asked with a frown.

"Absolutely!" Jinguang looked at the query records and confirmed, "It is indeed in Twilight City."

"Then why haven't they come out yet? Are they planning to spend the night in there?" Sanguine Thousand Miles asked irritably.

As the first dungeon in <<Rebirth>>, the difficulty was low, and nowadays, strategies for it were well-known. Generally, even if they were grinding at hell difficulty, it wouldn't take too long. It had already been nearly an hour, yet the Quan Zhen members were still inside. This was too bizarre.

"I'll check again!" With that, Jinguang painfully activated his skill again...

The result was identical to before: Crotch Lord was still in the Blood-Soaked Church.

"Damn! What's wrong with these guys?"

Seeing the query result, Jinguang and the others were dumbfounded. It was just the Blood-Soaked Church; even a regular team should have cleared it in an hour. The Quan Zhen Sect was the champion team of the professional league; how could they remain inside for so long?

"Could it be that they know we're waiting for them?" Guiwu Kuteng pondered, stroking his chin.

"How could they know?" Sanguine Thousand Miles asked, confused.

"Why wouldn't they know?" Guiwu Kuteng scoffed. "When we decided to hunt the Quan Zhen Sect, we weren't exactly quiet about it."

"This..."

Hearing Guiwu Kuteng's words, Sanguine Thousand Miles' expression changed dramatically. That's right; during the discussion, Sanguine Stormbringer and others were also present.

These guys were all old subordinates of the Sanguine Warflag and had close ties with the Quan Zhen Sect. It wouldn't be surprising for them to leak information to the Quan Zhen Sect.

Realizing this, Sanguine Thousand Miles was filled with rage: "Damn it, when I get back, I will definitely deal with these traitorous bastards!"

"Who are you talking about?" Guiwu Kuteng asked knowingly.

This guy was quite sly; without naming names, he led Sanguine Thousand Miles' thoughts to Sanguine Stormbringer and the others while pretending to be innocent...

"It must be Sanguine Stormbringer!"

Sanguine Thousand Miles declared, "That kid has always rubbed me the wrong way. Not only does he wholeheartedly support the Quan Zhen Sect, but he also loves to make sarcastic remarks. No one else would have informed the Quan Zhen Sect."

"So what do we do now?" Jinguang asked urgently. "If the Quan Zhen Sect is hiding inside and won't come out, are we just going to wait here?"

"No need!" Dripping Wetstone waved his hand. "You can't run from a monk, but you can run from the temple. If they won't come out, we can find someone else."

"No way? You want to attack the Quan Zhen Sect's base?" Sanguine Thousand Miles replied. "With just the six of us, making a loud attack on their base would be asking for death!"

Base battles mainly rely on manpower. If the Sanguine Alliance directly engaged in war with the Quan Zhen Sect, the players from the Sanguine Alliance would definitely not go against the Quan Zhen Sect. With just six people trying to take on another guild's base, if the Quan Zhen Sect launched a counterattack, it could wipe out the Sanguine Alliance since the penalties for base battles are mutual.

"No, no, no!" Dripping Wetstone said with a smile, "We absolutely cannot attack the base; don't they still have family?"