Monsters Are Coming

"It’s over!"

Seeing the Earth Thought Bully standing suspended in front of him, the Divine King’s heart was filled with unparalleled shock.

He couldn’t understand how he was selected by the Earth Thought Bully from over a hundred thousand players.

Previously, he had worried about this issue.

The Earth Thought Bully was known to possess a vast perception ability similar to the Eagle-Headed Demon, and an information library of recorded language, a fact that had been proven long ago.

He had thought that by exposing too much information, he might be singled out by the Earth Thought Bully from the Player Corps.

Thus, he avoided showcasing himself as much as possible.

He instructed the players in the warband not to mention him when facing the Earth Thought Bully, and to keep communications in chat channels wherever possible.

During command, he communicated entirely through internal channels, never speaking a word to expose his identity externally.

Additionally, to prevent the Evil Eye’s perception investigation, he always blended in with the crowd of players, never standing out.

His position was not in the central core area but was more towards the mid-rear magic spot.

For that reason, he couldn’t figure out what gave him away.

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A similar situation had never happened before.

Staring at the Earth Thought Bully hovering in front of him, a ferocious grin on its face, the Divine King knew this battle was likely to end sooner than expected.

As the commander-in-chief of the United Battle Group, it was humiliating to be decapitated by the Bully.

What a disgrace!

Before this, he hadn’t been without failure.

You could say he witnessed the growth of the Earth Thought Bully from a green novice to its current cunning state.

At the beginning of the game, he lead over a thousand players to seize two Domain Nodes from the Earth Thought Bully.

In the early days, the Demon Fall Pit (Spirit Ore) and Cloud Field (Spirit Field) were both Domain Nodes he led veteran players to capture.

At the time, he thought this was just the starting point.

The Earth Thought Bully was merely a minor opponent in his command career.

Yet he hadn’t expected that he himself was at his peak then.

He was growing, but the Earth Thought Bully’s AI evolution speed was even more astounding.

From initially being evenly matched to now being completely overwhelmed, the Earth Thought Bully’s growth speed outstripped his imagination.

Now, in every encounter, he was suppressed the entire time, never winning once against the Earth Thought Bully.

He thought obtaining the "Lord" Life Soul would turn the tide.

And it did.

One of the advantages the Earth Thought Bully had over him was its influence on the direction of war.

After all, the Earth Thought Bully wasn’t essentially a War Commander; it was the Black Tide, acting according to its own ideas.

This was a significant difference in battlefield impact.

The Earth Thought Bully’s idea needed to be communicated and understood by players, making its efficiency pale in comparison to the Bully.

But with the Lord Life Soul, his influence on the warfare rose significantly, somewhat bridging the gap.

In previous counter-tests, the effect of the Lord Life Soul pleased him greatly.

Although the war against the Earth Thought Bully still ended in failure, at least it proved the Lord Life Soul’s potential future.

This time he initiated a large-scale combined assault, planning to expend his stock of Lord Power to try a broader influence of Lord’s traits.

Yet once again, he was taught a lesson.

He was evolving, but the Earth Thought Bully was evolving even faster.

This time it pinpointed and locked onto his position, capturing him via decapitation.

At that moment, the Earth Thought Bully floating in front of him grinned fiercely:

"You are the War Commander of the Player Clan, aren’t you?"

While the Earth Thought Bully spoke, the battlefield observed from the Perception View was already in chaos.

The direction of the war had already proven it had caught a big fish.

Before it was testing and speculation, but now the performance of the Player Clan on the battlefield confirmed its idea.

Realizing his defeat, the Divine King sighed dejectedly.

Silently cursing, he thought how excessive the Earth Thought Bully’s AI was, as if leaving him with no path forward.

He had worked hard to improve, but the Earth Thought Bully’s progress speed continuously surpassed him.

Now he just wanted to know one thing, how exactly did the Earth Thought Bully identify, locate, and target him from within the Player Warband?

Faced with the inquiry, the Divine King decided not to disguise anymore and calmly nodded:

"It’s me."

"Hahaha." The Earth Thought Bully laughed joyously.

The taste of victory was indescribable.

Opponents from other races, it couldn’t even be bothered to care for.

But this was the Player Clan!

A sense of unprecedented accomplishment surged in its heart.

This sense of achievement far surpassed defeating other races.

Other races were mere ants in its eyes; even if momentarily defeated, the outcome had long been decided.

But the Player Clan was different, the opponent it loathed intensely, placed in the "formidable enemy" category.

This was why it didn’t kill the opponent outright.

The ant-race wasn’t worthy of communication; defeating them was as insignificant as crushing a speck of dust.

Just like the creatures in that city earlier, their struggles, despair, and resistance weren’t worth granting even a glance, let alone bothering about their internal drama before extinction.

But the Player Clan was different.

It’s a race that could make it feel the joy of victory.

Reflecting on the past, it had faced multiple dire situations under the Player Clan’s pressure, nearly dying.

In its first battle in Monster World, it encountered the Player Clan, almost becoming extinct before establishing the Black Tide Army.

Since then, this race hovered over its mind like a nightmare.

Even though now it had grown to a far greater height than when it first arrived, the Player Clan remained constantly by its side.