Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Salos's face darkened.

"The Realm of Abyss and the Realm of Sin have always been competitors," Zeres continued. "Perhaps there will be cross-border wars in the future, at which point we will be mortal enemies! ...Although that guy killed my men and forced his way in, he is still a member of our Realm of Abyss! No matter how much we fight, that's an internal matter, and I don't need to explain it to you!"

The veins on Saros's hand, gripping his weapon, bulged.

"Fine, very well." He gritted his teeth. "Then we'll do it the old way. Since you won't give me an explanation, I'll take it myself!"

He raised his trident, pointing it at Zereth: "Zeres, I recently acquired a treasure and was looking for someone to test its skills. You're the one!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he made his move!

With a swing of the trident, a giant wave a hundred meters high materialized out of thin air and slammed down on the Abyss Watchers' stronghold!

Zeris snorted coldly, and all his small eyes lit up at the same time. An invisible mental barrier instantly opened up, blocking the giant wave from the outside.

"Everyone back off!" he ordered. "This is between him and me!"

The mermen, beholders, and mind flayers retreated, and the members of the Tide Council dispersed, making room for the two council leaders to fight.

The colossal wave collided with the mental barrier, producing a deafening roar. Seawater splashed everywhere, shockwaves spread, and towering waves surged up on the surrounding sea surface.

Thalos unleashed a barrage of attacks with all six arms moving simultaneously, each weapon carrying devastating power, as he launched a frenzied assault on Zereth. Zereth, meanwhile, remained steadfast in the center, unleashing a torrent of mental attacks—sometimes illusions, sometimes mental blasts, sometimes mental piercings.

Two top-tier experts, both at level 199, fought fiercely at the entrance of the cross-border passage.

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Shadow Hand Guild Headquarters.

Night Owl sat in the chairman's chair, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

Can anyone tell him why the Abyss Watchers suddenly put a bounty on him at the Assassin Guild?

Who the hell are they?! I have absolutely no idea where this guild is!

Those bastards actually offered a bounty of 1 crystal coins for killing him once, with no upper limit!

Are they trying to farm him like a monster?!

"Investigate," he said through gritted teeth to his barbaric subordinates. "Find out exactly what happened!"

Liu Nian had no idea that the identity he had casually adopted had plunged Night Owl into dire straits.

Thranduil, on the other hand, had it much easier.

Riftscale no longer targets them, and even the Hand of Shadows is now preoccupied with its own troubles, so he has returned to his peaceful life, only now Kal'tsit is no longer by his side.

I wonder where she is now?

"Kal'tsit, don't rush forward!" Yun Xiangrong said as she threw out a Chain Lightning.

"Oh!" Upon hearing this, the Sun Elf withdrew back to the group.

Just like the time Liu Nian took her before, Yun Xiangrong brought about twenty players of the Divine Dragon lineage to explore the Graystone Fortress map, do some quests, and level up along the way.

Apart from Yun Xiangrong, who is level 125, none of the other players are above level 110.

However, since the base stats of the Dragonborn are high enough, when in a team, it's not too difficult to slowly defeat monsters around level 130.

"That's enough to finish this set of materials. Let's turn in the quest and then head towards the windmill!" Yun Xiangrong instructed.

"Okay!" the team member replied.

But just then, a huge griffin suddenly flew overhead. It seemed to have spotted players farming monsters here. The griffin circled once and flew over.

Yun Xiangrong immediately became more vigilant, but the eagle was not a wild monster, but a pet, because there was a person riding on its back.

After the gryphon landed, everyone noticed that on its back was a level 144 half-elf. The highest level person present was Kal'tsit. The half-elf glanced around and then asked Kal'tsit, "What guild are you from?"

"The Divine Dragon Guild," Kal'tsit said.

"The Divine Dragon Guild..." the half-elf muttered, "You'd better retreat quickly. I just saw thousands upon thousands of monsters charging towards the eastern wasteland from the sky. It's probably another invasion. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to escape!"

"Monster invasion?" Yun Xiangrong frowned slightly.

When she came here with Liu Nian before, she had heard that Graystone Fortress was a fortified city established to defend against monsters from the eastern wasteland. It seems that they have encountered a monster invasion.

After thinking for a moment, Yun Xiangrong began to gather her men and prepare to retreat to Graystone Fortress.

The half-elf, riding his griffin, said, "I need to check if there are any other players in this forest. You guys go ahead!"

After saying that, the eagle took off into the air.

"She's actually quite nice," Kal'tsit muttered.

"Sigh, I'm just a few more dire wolf pelts away. Oh well, I'll go back to Graystone Keep and see if anyone sells them."

Graystone Fortress wasn't far from here, so everyone summoned their fire lizards and, led by Yun Xiangrong, headed towards Graystone Fortress.

Before even entering Graystone Fortress, I heard someone shouting in the regional chat:

[Graystone Fortress Urgent Call to Arms: Monsters have invaded the Eastern Wasteland! All players near Graystone Fortress, please come to our aid immediately! As usual, loot will be distributed according to contribution; everyone who participates will receive a share! —Glory Guild]

"Glory Guild?" Yun Xiangrong frowned.

Kal'tsit said, "This guild is quite powerful; it's one of the top ten guilds in Altavian. Their guild leader is a highland human named Reinhardt, level 199, and I've heard he's very strong. They seem to mainly operate around Graystone Castle, focusing on defending against monster sieges. But the fact that they've managed to get nearby players to come and support them this time suggests the monster invasion is quite large!"

Yun Xiangrong asked, "What level are the invading monsters?"

Kal'tsit said, "Since most players aren't above level 150, we can try participating too!"

Yun Xiangrong thought that since she had run into this opportunity, it would be a shame not to participate and broaden her horizons. Besides, she could not only fight monsters, but also get loot!

So I told everyone to speed things up.

Yun Xiangrong led more than twenty Dragonborn players to speed up, and arrived at Graystone Fortress in less than ten minutes.

Graystone Fortress is a typical fortified city, built against a mountain with towering walls. At this moment, the walls are already crowded with players, various ranged classes are on high alert, and players are still pouring in through the city gates.

"So many people?" Kal'tsit asked in surprise.

Yun Xiangrong glanced around and saw that there were indeed many people—at least three or four hundred players had gathered in the city, ranging in level from seventy or eighty to one hundred and seventy or eighty, and their races were also quite diverse. It seemed that the Glory Guild had considerable influence.

"Let's go ask where we're meeting." Yun Xiangrong led the group into the city.