Chapter 897 - Money is not a Problem (1/2)

With Battle Angel Kalenna’s support, Nie Yan’s team breezed through the first eight waves. On the ninth wave, Fallen Angel Brufut summoned three Behemoths. Each had 30,000,000 health. This was the first fierce and bitter battle.

These five-meter tall beasts steamrolled through everything in their path. It was extremely difficult to secure their aggro as they chased after the Mages, who could only rely on blinks to avoid their attacks.

Nie Yan summoned Lil’ Gold and Paladin Lafus, adding whatever he could to the team’s combat strength.

“Shit! Their physical defense is too high! We can’t secure their aggro!” Bladelight anxiously cried out. He could only deal 1,000 or so damage to the Behemoths while the Mages were regularly critting for 8,000 to upwards of 10,000.

KWAANG! A Behemoth knocked Bladelight aside and charged toward Tang Yao.

Tang Yao executed several consecutive blinks and dodged the charge. He chanted an incantation and let loose with a barrage of fireballs.

With the Warriors out of play, the Mages could only rely on themselves to stay safe.

Nie Yan entered stealth and dashed toward one of the Behemoths.

This same Behemoth closed in on Summer Bug and swiped down on him with its massive claws.

Summer Bug was just about to blink away, when he noticed a silhouette dashing by. His heart thumped. Buffing himself with Windwalker, he dodged to the side.

The Behemoth turned around and wanted to pursue Summer Bug, when Nie Yan appeared behind it and struck out with a Backbreaker. BANG! It was immobilized.

In the blink of an eye, a deluge of spells rained down on the Behemoth.

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Elsewhere in Conviction, many large guilds were stirring restlessly. Everyone could sense the tension in the air. Fallen Angel’s forces had already arrived at the underworld passage. It was reported they’d fought off a team from Pantheon that had intercepted them. Though they suffered some losses, their main force was still intact.

Angel Corps’ aerial force patiently waited in the northern district of the City of Sin. Even though they had dispatched a large number of Thieves to search for Nie Yan’s whereabouts, they failed to find anything. It was almost as if he’d vanished into thin air.

...

The Clemenci Stronghold. The higher-ups from Angel Corps and the Century Financial Group were holding an emergency meeting. There were 30 people present in the conference hall.

Soaring Angel glanced at Cao Xu beside him. “What are we going to do next? I’ll leave it to you.”

Cao Xu nodded before turning to face the rest of the people in the room. “Soaring Angel and I have come to an agreement. In two hours, we will declare an all-out war against Asskickers United. No more holding back. We’re going to put everything on the line and defeat the enemy! I hope everyone here will spare no effort.”

Cao Xu’s words went off like a bomb. Though the fighting with Asskickers United had never stopped, the clashes so far were restricted to local areas. Both sides were still holding back in order to avoid taking too many casualties. As long as they could keep the other in check, it was fine. However, once an all-out war broke out, casualties would soar until only one side was left standing.

“Boss Cao, what are our chances?”

“50%, maybe a bit higher.”

“Only 50%? Why are we taking such a huge risk? At least right now, we’re able to maintain a stalemate, and we can keep our strongholds in operation. However, once we enter an all-out war, it’ll be impossible to maintain any semblance of stability, to say nothing of Fallen Angel glaring at us like a tiger from the sidelines. This is a terrible idea!”

“Putting off the inevitable will only cost us more. Plus, we have a good opportunity right now. Fallen Angel’s main forces have already arrived on the surface. Their headquarters are defenseless. Pantheon will support our efforts by declaring an all-out war against Fallen Angel in two hours. Asskickers United and Fallen Angel are colluding together. If we wait for them to deal with Pantheon first, then when they turn their sights on us, we’ll have already lost the initiative,” Cao Xu explained.

Those in the room exchanged glances. So it turned out Pantheon was planning to declare an all-out war against Fallen Angel. Just like with Asskickers United and Angel Corps in the Righteous Faction, between Fallen Angel and Pantheon, only one could rule over the Evil Faction.