Chapter 850: Turning Off the Lights, Night Battle

Boom!
Boom!!
Tens of thousands of soldiers from the First-Class Hall surged forward like a giant wave, carrying powerful energy currents, and pressed fiercely against the 20,000 soldiers of the four major gangs.
At this moment, the First-Class Hall had all three advantages: favorable timing, strategic location, and unity among its forces!
They had the darkness to hide behind; the enemy was in the dark while they were clear to see, allowing them to strike first; the enemy was panicked, while their side was strong and numerous—many times larger—with an overwhelming momentum!!
In such a fierce battle, it would be unjust if they couldn’t win.
Yet…
Just as they thought the 20,000 enemy players were already trapped, something unexpected happened.
Hiss!
Hiss!!
Hundreds of torches across the vast camp suddenly went out starting from the center…
At first, it didn’t draw much attention—after all, in such a large camp, a few torches going out wasn’t unusual.
But in just a few seconds, the torches in the enemy camp started going out from the center and quickly spread to the sides.
Hundreds of torches in the large, open camp went out in an instant, leaving one-third of the camp in darkness…
“…What the hell!”
The soldiers from the First-Class Hall at the forefront felt it most acutely.
They were already less than a mile apart. They were about to launch a surprise attack, but the enemy was clever enough to extinguish the torches right away.
And the spread of darkness quickly covered the entire camp.
It was like an area without electricity, with widespread darkness spreading rapidly.
Even the torches in farther areas were quickly extinguished by someone who acted swiftly.
It was like a gust of wind sweeping through.
In less than ten seconds, the entire camp fell into dead silence and darkness.
To the tens of thousands of soldiers from the First-Class Hall, it was as if they had lost their lights and their targets…
“What’s going on?”
“Damn it! Are the Mu family trying to fight us in a night battle?” Despite their numerical advantage, faced with this sudden change, the vanguard couldn’t help but slow down.
The enemy forces suddenly disappeared…
Without any visibility, continuing a blind attack meant losing their strategic advantage—blind charges would result in heavy losses!
Moreover…
In a night battle, it’s extremely difficult to tell who is friend or foe around them.
“Stop gawking!”
Xueyi shouted from behind the crowd, “Keep charging! The guys behind should light the torches.”
As he spoke, flames quickly lit up among the crowd.

Ten, twenty… fifty—since it was a night raid, Yipin Hall must have made thorough preparations, with almost everyone equipped with a torch.
Surrounding the flames were countless members of Yipin Hall!
Hundreds of torches quickly spread like wildfire, illuminating Yipin Hall’s troops all over the mountains, instantly boosting their morale to its peak!
“Kill!”
“Charge!!”
With the light from the torches, not only could the enemy see clearly what was happening on Yipin Hall’s side, but the disciples could also tell how many troops the higher-ups had mobilized. Seeing the vast army stretching endlessly behind them, their morale soared even further:
“Destroy those damned people from the Mu Family and the Xiyi Gate!”
“Kill!!!”
Their morale was soaring!
The sound echoed through the sky!!
The entire grassland was illuminated by thousands of torches.
The flickering flames traced paths as they rushed forward, making it seem as though the entire grassland was in motion under the night sky!
Those with sharp eyes might notice that tens of thousands of troops were encircling the enemy camp from three directions, forming a massive pocket that seemed destined to swallow everything in its path.
Now…
The only thing that disappointed them was that the range of the torchlight was very limited—only about thirty to fifty meters—so nothing beyond that was visible.
Thus, despite the intense light and fierce momentum, they still couldn’t see what was happening to the enemy trapped in darkness.
But based on the absence of any sound from the enemy side—no footsteps or the sound of movement—they guessed that the enemy must be fully prepared for defense, not daring to move an inch.
Yet…
Half a minute passed!
A group had rushed over a mile, but there was no sign of the enemy!!
Although the momentum of tens of thousands of troops remained, many began to sense that something was wrong.
Based on their earlier estimates, the enemy forces should be somewhere in the area they had just crossed.
Many stopped and looked around.
This included Xue Yi.
Surrounded by a group of Yipin Hall’s elite fighters, he frowned and stopped, his gaze filled with confusion:
“That’s impossible.”
“So many people leaving shouldn’t go unnoticed.”
He looked ahead, where the blazing flames and crowds continued to advance.
With encirclement from three directions, it was impossible for the Mu Family’s troops to vanish silently right under their noses.
Just then!
Distant thunderous hoofbeats suddenly rang out!
Flames appeared in the distance, as if a sizable cavalry force was approaching.

“Blood Hall Master, what should we do now? Continue the pursuit or stay behind?” someone beside him asked urgently.
After all, many members of the four major gangs were still offline and hadn’t returned. To completely wipe out this group, they couldn’t recklessly abandon this camp.
Blood Cloak understood this better than anyone else.
Gritting his teeth, Blood Cloak ordered, “Select a group to stay behind! Guard this area tightly!! The rest, continue the pursuit!!”
……
The roaring of iron hooves and the vibrations of the ground grew louder, even overpowering the sound of a hundred thousand people chasing at high speed.
The members of the First Rank Hall assumed that the people from the four major gangs must have gone toward the enemy camp after extinguishing their torches!
“Pursue!”
“We must not let the people from the Mu Family and the Heroic Justice Gate escape.”
“Keep chasing!!!”
People from three directions encircled them, forcing a large group from the Mu Family to flee in only one direction—toward those hundreds of rapidly approaching flames.
As time passed, the members of the First Rank Hall finally realized that those weren’t cavalry from the Mu Family’s forces, but…
Mongol cavalry!!!
What surprised them even more was that as the flames drew closer, they could clearly see that there were no signs of a large army ahead—only a single rider, running alone in front of the Mongol cavalry, charging swiftly toward them.
The two hundred thousand troops of the four major gangs had vanished without a trace.
If Blood Cloak had been there, he might have realized the severity of the situation and taken action.
Unfortunately, he had been delayed at the main camp and hadn’t arrived yet. Seeing over three thousand Mongol cavalry charging toward them, the members of the First Rank Hall didn’t care at all.
Since they had lost track of the four major gangs, their hundred thousand men could no longer escape the approaching Mongol cavalry. They decided to eliminate these cavalry first!!
If more than twenty thousand troops from the four major gangs could defeat over ten thousand Mongol cavalry, how could their hundred thousand experts be afraid of just a few thousand cavalry?
“Kill!!!”
Roaring cries of battle echoed across the grasslands.