Chapter 1203: The Entire Army Perished at Xifeng Tower

“I’m sorry, Brother Lei… and everyone else… it’s all my fault.” After reviving in the Martial Temple, Xiao Bei, filled with shame and guilt, bowed 90 degrees decisively under the astonished gazes of Lei Zhan and the others.
Lei Zhan and the group exchanged puzzled looks. “What do you mean, it’s your fault?” “What did you do?” They raised their heads in confusion, meditating while curiously staring at him.
Still bowed in apology, Xiao Bei shouted, “If it weren’t for me, none of us would have gone after Dong Fang Bu Bai or the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance. We wouldn’t have encountered those troubles, and the entire army wouldn’t have perished… If I had gone down with everyone to dig for the passage to the Desert Palace…”
Hearing Xiao Bei’s explanation, they suddenly understood and helplessly rolled their eyes. “Hey! You must have done something terrible—so that’s why…”
Most of them turned away. Lei Zhan was both amused and exasperated. “You kid… If it were according to you, without your reminder, would we still be doing menial work at the Longmen Inn? Are you stupid?”
“That’s right. I think you’re just causing trouble for yourself… Following the wind was our own idea—don’t blame others.”
“Exactly! Even without your reminder, we would have figured it out eventually and gone after them… Few really managed to escape this time…” As they spoke, they all sighed. “Yeah, I saw—there were a group of experts from the Western Regions with us, and they were all killed in one strike. There wasn’t even time to hide, and no protective magic helped.”
“Tsk… How did Dong Fang Bu Bai suddenly become so powerful, like he’d taken some medicine?!”
“What’s the use of Dong Fang Bu Bai taking medicine?”
Suddenly, someone blurted out these words. After a half-second of silence, everyone burst into laughter. Only Xiao Bei raised his head, staring blankly at those who were still laughing so happily despite having died once before, scratching the back of his head in confusion. “Medicine?”
His silly expression made Lei Zhan and the others laugh even harder.
The group soon became a sight at the entrance of the Martial Temple…
After joking around for a while, they prepared to meditate to recover and leave the desert—given their current condition, even going into the desert would mean death, so no one dared to think about fighting the Tiger Soul again.
“By the way, I wonder if any of our brothers from Jinxiu Huashan are still in the desert.” Someone suddenly mentioned this.

Lei Zhan quickly realized there was indeed such a possibility. Frowning, he took over the conversation: “Yes, ever since the system announcement was issued, large groups of people have flocked to the desert every day. It’s very likely that some of our brothers are on their way here too…” He paused for a moment before changing his tone: “No! We must warn them not to approach Dong Fang Bu Bai—he’s too dangerous. Hu Po is beyond our reach.”
“But how can we know who’s coming?”
“Send a message to Yu Cha. I heard he’s now in charge of our intelligence network here. Maybe he can inform some of our brothers!” Prompted by those around him, Lei Zhan acted immediately, drafting a letter on the spot and sending it to Yu Cha via carrier pigeon.
Lei Zhan’s letter didn’t stay in Yu Cha’s hands for long before it reached Kai Xin, who was sipping tea in Yan Town.
The four Silver Fox members had already left…
In the desolate desert town, utterly deserted, only an old man and a young girl sat on the city walls, looking quite at ease.
Kai Xin held two pieces of paper, his brows tightly furrowed!
Although the news on them wasn’t beyond his expectations, the detailed reports sent by Yu Cha still took him by surprise:
Hu Po had changed hands and fallen into Dong Fang Bu Bai’s possession;
Thousands of Jinyiwei soldiers had been wiped out, slaughtered by Dong Fang Bu Bai;
Tens of thousands of players couldn’t stand up to Dong Fang Bu Bai, and most perished in the desert;
The other piece of paper contained news from Bai Xiao Sheng, even more shocking than what Yu Cha had reported:
Cao Shao Qin was dead!
The forces of Xi Feng Lou were attacked fiercely by the Wild Wolf Organization. Thousands of soldiers were utterly defeated by just a few top experts from the Wild Wolves, slaughtered to the last man!
Cao Shao Qin was just an ordinary Tian Dao expert, so his death in the struggle for Hu Po was quite normal. But the subsequent news left Kai Xin deeply puzzled and uneasy.
Although the Wild Wolf Organization had many experts, each as skilled as Mei Ying and Wu Kuo, this time Mei Ying led only a small elite force…
Yet Xi Feng Lou, with its overwhelming numerical advantage, shouldn’t have been so weak without the Evil Emperor leading them! Mei Ying was there in person!
Even if they really couldn’t resist, it wouldn’t be a problem for some to escape!
No wonder Bai Xiao Sheng had written “wiped out” in such a striking manner in his letter! It was already an incredible thing.
If it weren’t for Kai Xin’s understanding of Mei Ying’s abilities, he would have thought Mei Ying might have lost his mind due to the desert’s scorching heat.
After a moment of silence, Kai Xin took a deep breath.

The leaders of this mission were familiar faces like Yanlang, Xiaotaohong, and Xianer. He was well aware of their strengths—though formidable, they weren’t enough to hold back Meiying. But this time, even Meiying was defeated in a skirmish, and it happened in the open desert. Kaixin couldn’t imagine what had taken place. Yet… a shadow of gloom lingered in his heart for a long time. After staying silent for half a minute, Kaixin took a deep breath, glanced at the scorching sun high in the sky, and murmured under the concerned gaze of the Face-Shifting Fox: “It’s time…” “…” The Face-Shifting Fox followed Kaixin’s gaze to the sky, then to the desert outside the town—nothing but sand and the sun could be seen. Just as he was puzzled, “Whoosh!” The sound of wings flapping came. Another white pigeon entered their sight, flapped its wings, and neatly landed on Kaixin’s outstretched arm. “…” The Face-Shifting Fox was speechless. Did his master mean pigeons? Indeed! The moment he unfolded the note, Kaixin knew he had waited for it… a message sent by Meiying via pigeon. Having suffered such a heavy loss in the desert, as the leader of the Xifeng Tower, Meiying’s quick decision to overcome his pride and send a message via pigeon showed just how serious the situation was. If it were just some minor command error, Meiying would surely not have sent a message to explain! It must be that some accident or something utterly unexpected had occurred. With this thought, Kaixin unfolded the note and carefully read its contents… The letter was long! As he read, Kaixin’s brows gradually furrowed. The details in Meiying’s message were too precise, from the beginning to the end, giving him the feeling of being on the battlefield himself… Three minutes! It took the Wild Wolves Organization less than three minutes from launching the attack to ending the battle… The letter said that at first, the Wild Wolves’ elite group sent less than thirty men to launch the attack! With such a clear numerical advantage and an open environment, Meiying immediately decided to engage. Both sides wanted the Tiger Soul! Facing the enemy, they shared the same goal—to eliminate each other. With over a thousand experts from the Xifeng Tower and more than a dozen top experts by his side, Meiying’s first thought was that these Wild Wolves were crazy, splitting up to give themselves a chance to be defeated one by one. But… when the actual battle began, the twenty-seven members of the Wild Wolves Organization suddenly split into three groups; one group of nine!

Nine people formed a very strange formation—a 12321 pattern. It looked like a shuttle… When they moved, the eight people at the back simultaneously reached out and placed their hands on those in front… They pressed gently and then released. “A formation?” Shadow’s first thought was that the opponent was trying to use a formation against him, so he became slightly wary. But Shadow still underestimated the threat posed by these twenty-seven people! When a group of them rushed into the ranks of Xifeng Tower, Shadow watched in horror as one of Xifeng Tower’s elders, known in the martial world for his defensive skills, had his chest smashed by a single palm strike. He collapsed like mud, knocking over several of their comrades and flying more than ten zhang away. One dead! Four injured. Just one palm strike… “The power of this palm strike is almost on par with my ‘Wind Filling the Sky.’ What formation could be this powerful?” Seeing this, Happy couldn’t help but frown. A formation formed by nine people could be this powerful—even his “Four Exquisite Sword Formation” for Silver Fox and the others wasn’t this terrifying. “Could it be a top-tier formation secret?” Thinking this, Happy tried to calm himself… The power of a single palm strike from the Wild Wolf Organization’s experts terrified everyone and reminded Shadow of how deadly this formation was. “Attack together!” At that command, all the thousands of people from Xifeng Tower charged forward. Yet… The terrifying ordeal had only just begun. Even facing enemies ten times their number, the Wild Wolf Organization’s members remained calm, retreating while methodically killing enemies. The twenty-seven of them maintained three shuttle formations, avoiding being surrounded by keeping their distance and killing multiple enemies with each strike—the defensive skills of the experts at the Wuwei realm weren’t much stronger than paper under the attacks of the Wild Wolf Organization’s experts, and they were easily broken through; on the other hand, when the attacks from Xifeng Tower hit those people, they didn’t suffer any harm at all… In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people from Xifeng Tower were killed. “Retreat!” Faced with such a powerful and mysterious enemy, Shadow’s first thought was to buy time to figure out what was going on. But as soon as the retreat order was given, things took an irreversible turn! The people behind him all had top-tier lightness skills—how could the people of Xifeng Tower escape so easily? The Wild Wolf Organization’s hidden weapons pursued them relentlessly, killing even faster—another hundred people died in the blink of an eye… By the time Xifeng Tower’s people tried to scatter and flee, a dozen Wild Wolf Organization experts suddenly leaped out from the sand in front of them. Chaos! Mass killings! The Wild Wolf Organization’s experts slashed at anyone they saw.

The situation became completely chaotic! Not knowing whether the remaining members of the Wild Wolf Group were still lying in ambush ahead, Shadow had to change his strategy amid the screams of his comrades falling rapidly—switching from evacuation to a desperate fight, fighting one by one. As a result… thousands of people perished all at once in such a short time. “The Nine-Person Formation…” After pondering for a while with a frown, he asked the Faceless Fox standing behind him, “Every time, it requires transferring energy to maintain such terrifying attacks and defenses… Is there any formation that can do this? Ten thousand years—do you know that?”