Monsters Are Coming

After the command was issued, the warriors responsible for guarding the rear launched a self-sacrificing charge, using Star Shifting to save the scattered damage-taker players back to the rear.

The magic players quickly constructed a Magic Tower defense line at the front of the battle formation.

And the warriors who exchanged lives for others found themselves surrounded but did not choose to wait for death; they decisively opened the Oath Space, entering a 1V1 Single Combat Space with the Gang Sword Battle Group’s damage-taker player.

They wanted to make a strong exchange before dying.

However, the president of Shadow Dance knew well that the Magic Tower defense line could only slow enemy advancement but couldn’t resist the tide of damage-takers.

Choosing passive defense would only lead to being overwhelmed by the enemy.

"Assassin Team, heed the commands!" Ying Lin’s voice exploded in the guild channel, filled with a resolve to fight to the death:

"Gather at the position I marked. Target: enemy commanders and magic system rear line. Charge."

As soon as the order was issued, a dense black mist exploded from the members of the Assassin Team.

The figures transformed into flickering afterimages, moving at high speed along the marked route like phantoms, rushing straight towards the rear of the Gang Sword Battle Group.

It was a suicide raid with an extremely clear purpose: decapitation and output termination.

However, Gang Po faced this wave of attack with not a hint of panic.

With the Eagle-Headed Demon Perception enhancement, the movements of the enemy Assassin Team were crystal clear.

He chose neither to retreat nor leave, but to face the incoming Assassin Team directly.

Because once the incoming Assassin Team was taken down, the victory or defeat of this war would have no suspense.

The figures of the Assassin Team drew closer and closer.

Meanwhile, the vice commander attempted to have the warriors activate Blood Wall to start defense but was stopped by Gang Po.

When the Assassin Team was less than 50 meters away, a smirk appeared on Gang Po’s face:

"I’ve been waiting for you all!"

"All output, target my area, indiscriminate fire coverage."

The members executed this command without hesitation, and when the dagger’s sharp edge flashed before their eyes, Gang Po looked at a support beside him and initiated "Oath Space" with them.

Both vanished, leaving the Assassin Team empty-handed.

What followed was a fierce firepower tilt, amid the earth’s trembling, the Shadow Dance’s Assassin Team was entirely annihilated.

Having learned about external circumstances from the guild chat channel, Gang Po completed the kill, calmly reappeared, and looked at the distant shock-stricken Ying Lin, revealing bright white teeth and waving towards him:

"Bye-bye."

As those words fell, the damage-taker tide of the Gang Sword Battle Group broke through the Magic Tower defense line, and the following warriors began harvesting the rear line.

The flanking assassins and archers also joined in the harvest array.

The war situation completely tilted towards the Gang Sword Battle Group.

Soon after, Challenger Tips emerged in the minds of both sides’ players.

[Challenger Tips: Gang Sword Guild Battle Group, victory, time taken: 14 minutes and 38 seconds, entering the next round of match waiting.]

Hundreds of spectators in the watching channel immediately began a heated discussion.

"The command was powerful; the combat power gap between the two sides felt insignificant. Command deserves significant credit."

"Indeed, having a strong commander makes a real difference."

"The Shadow Dance Guild’s skills haven’t even been fully displayed, and they’ve gone out in a single round. Better luck next season."

...

Similar scenes played out on various maps.

Sparks flew at all battle arenas, as countless emerging warbands announced their rise with strength.

Extreme Cold Tundra.

On the battlefield covered in Bing Xue, the "Frost Wolf" guild, famous for its seamless group attack tactics, was staging a thrilling hunt.

Their opponents were a Heavy Armor guild adept at plain advancement, but in the tundra’s complex terrain, their formation advantage vanished completely.

Frost Wolf president "White Fang" roared in the cold wind, as over a thousand Frost Wolf warriors, like a true pack of wolves, broke into small groups, darting through the snowfield and between ice pillars with astonishing speed.

They did not choose direct confrontation, using the terrain to constantly maneuver, harass, like a pack of wolves tearing apart a giant beast.

Pulling, tearing the steel tide’s formation.

Whenever the steel tide attempted to gather for a charge, the Frost Wolf guild’s warriors would rapidly retreat.

When the opponent’s formation scattered due to pursuit, the wolf pack would launch round after round of lethal strikes from unexpected angles.

Final result: Frost Wolf Guild, victory.

Time taken: 23 minutes and 47 seconds.

Jade Forest Sea.

The Green Wood Clan players leading the Fairy Garden Guild manipulated nature.

In the dense jungle, they reached the ultimate level of synergy with the environment.

The opponent guild attempted to burn the forest with Flame Magic, seeking to open up the battlefield, but as dense seeds rained down.

New forests quickly emerged, and burning trees transformed into Flame Tree Men rising to counterattack, vines on the ground entwined like snakes, while birds in the sky continued dropping dense seed bombs.

The opposing guild despairingly realized they were fighting the entire forest.

Entering the arena with no chance to change Life Soul, lacking Extraction Characteristic enhancement, the forest construction stream tactic won with overwhelming advantage.

Combat result: Fairy Garden, victory.

Time taken: 32 minutes and 23 seconds.

Void Battlefield.

The "Bengxing" guild demonstrated a spectacular performance here.

A unique warband mix of half giant beast flow and half magic system, balancing offense and defense.

The giant beasts were like moving casting platforms, living rune bases, allowing the magic players atop to release Frenzy output and have ultra-high mobility.

Following giant beast players charging wildly across the battlefield, enemies and their warbands turned upside down.

Took only 6 minutes and 28 seconds to sweepingly end the first round of the duel match.

During which, major media outlets went equally crazy.

Fishing Port City Daily live studio.

The traditional-clad host excitedly shouted:

"We won! Our Tide Battle Group ended the battle in just 2 minutes and 48 seconds in the illusion battlefield. They are our pride... we are witnesses to the Legend, go, Tide Battle Group!"

Earth Core Weekly studio:

"Current fastest record; Fire Heart Battle Group melted the opponent’s defense line in 1 minute and 59 seconds, this is truly violent aesthetics. Let’s look forward to the next exciting display, congratulations to the triumphant warriors."

Heavenly Eye Observation holo-live room:

"Incredible, the Observer Warband achieved initial field suppression at the start with the precise deployment of ’Slow Stone Golem’ tactic in just 11 seconds, with subsequent attack momentum unstoppable, securing victory easily. Truly an exciting speed-push round."

Voice of the Wild live room:

"The charge of the Grassland Fury Battle Group was magnificent, 3 minutes and 7 seconds! They crushed all doubts under their iron hooves, they are the absolute stars of this match..."

Moon Times studio:

"This tournament, the Mist Army consisting entirely of assassins brought us an exciting harvest display. Though previously unknown, they proved technique surpasses Barbaric Force, let’s congratulate them on advancing."

𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

...

The matches continued; the footage from major media live rooms shifted through different arenas.

Besides popular guilds, many small guilds also emerged in the first round of the tournament.

In their hands, many imaginative tactics previously unseen on forums surfaced, becoming hot topics on forums and beyond.