Chapter 165: You Have Crossed the Line

“What?”

“Black Panther Studio’s land-clearing team went to Huishui County to take revenge on Wangchuan?”

“When did this happen?”

As soon as Su Wan received the notice, her high heels clicked rapidly down the corridor so polished it could reflect light like a mirror.

They had only just finished dealing with Instructor Yu’s aftermath, calming him and making him accept his fate. Now news arrived that Black Panther Studio was seeking revenge, and Su Wan instantly turned serious.

There had been cooperation and friction between studios, but they absolutely could not become enemies, hunting each other down and killing in the game.

That was the rule.

Su Wan entered a room where a robot had already connected her to Black Panther Studio’s person in charge.

On the other end was a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. His appearance was gentle and refined, and he greeted her with a smile, raising a hand.

“Supervisor Su, it is so late. What is it?”

“Zhou Tianqi, I heard two of your martial artists died yesterday, and you are preparing to seek revenge on people from our studio. Is that true?”

Su Wan went straight to the point.

The man on the other end paused slightly.

“Two members of our land-clearing team did die yesterday, yes. But how does that have anything to do with your Warring States Game Studio? I do not know.”

“You do not know? Then it was the land-clearing team’s own action?”

A cold glint flashed beneath Su Wan’s lenses.

“If it was not a studio decision, then this is easy. We follow the rules—if they die, they deserve it.”

“…Wait! Supervisor Su, let us talk this through. I will call that land-clearing team right now. If they offended anyone, I will have them apologize.”

Zhou Tianqi truly seemed unaware, but from Su Wan’s attitude, he could sense the gravity of the situation.

“Three minutes.”

“If I do not receive an answer that satisfies me within three minutes, then if they die, they deserve it.”

Su Wan knew Wangchuan’s situation was dangerous, but she also knew his mobilization ability in Huishui County. A mere ordinary land-clearing team could not possibly withstand him.

A hall master.

Hundreds of men under his command…

And the key was that he also had large numbers of archers and Armor-Piercing Arrows.

Zhou Tianqi had already picked up his phone.

However—

He called the land-clearing team’s captain.

No one answered.

Zhou Tianqi’s expression darkened. He tried another number…

A different member of the land-clearing team.

Still no answer.

Zhou Tianqi’s gaze rapidly chilled. He made one last call, to the third person.

Three minutes had passed.

Su Wan silently nodded, and a mocking cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.

“Chief Zhou, your control over Black Panther Studio’s players… is rather ordinary.”

Then she moved to end the call.

“Wait.”

Zhou Tianqi removed his glasses.

“Supervisor Su, try your best to leave them a way out.” His voice was low but forceful. “Leave a line, so we may meet again in the future.”

Su Wan narrowed her eyes slightly and replied, “Yesterday, your people attacked our team, placing more than twenty people from our studio in danger. The gold-farming team’s leader died on the spot. Our people fought desperately, killed two of your land-clearing team members in return, and then your land-clearing team launched this so-called revenge action…”

Her tone turned colder with every word.

“You have crossed the line.”

“I will report truthfully to those above, including the entire process of your lack of control, Zhou Tianqi… I believe they will consider accountability, and they will reserve the right to revoke all of Black Panther Studio’s privileges.”

With that, Su Wan ended the call unilaterally.

…

Huishui County, Sihai Inn.

This was the inn closest to the docks.

Three members of Black Panther Studio’s land-clearing team were currently staying in one of its guest rooms.

The window was open.

Moonlight poured into the room. A man and a woman sat facing each other by the window. With the slightest turn of their heads, they could take in the docks and the hall’s situation in full.

Another man—a monk with six burn marks on his scalp—sat cross-legged in the corner, an iron staff resting across his knees.

“The Huishui County docks really did send away a batch of inner disciples. Roughly sixty men. Right now, the hall’s Quasi-Martial Artist fighting strength is only a little over thirty.”

The man had thick brows and large eyes, and murderous intent filled his gaze.

He was Qian Jiangmen, captain of Black Panther Studio’s second land-clearing team. A First-Rank martial artist, his strength close to Second Rank.

The woman opposite him was Chen Yanhong, a second-team member. An official martial artist, her strength close to First Rank.

The monk in the corner—You Shan—also had strength close to First Rank.

Chen Yanhong said, “I heard that this hall’s hall master has no helm leader under him. The only one who might have martial artist strength is an archery master he invited from Blackstone Village—a hunter with terrifying archery.”

“This hall once repelled Qingyi Sect’s invasion and also endured the Five Poison Sect’s snake tide. I heard that nearly every inner disciple is skilled with a bow. They do have some strength.”

“That is why we strike only after they fall asleep.”

“Hm?”

Someone emerged from the hall.

A group of three, moving quickly, headed into the city.

The monk You Shan had appeared at the window at some point.

“One of Wangchuan’s lackeys, I think he is called Chen Ergou.”

“What is he doing going out at this hour?”

“Hmph!”

“Even better if a few more leave!”

However…

They soon realized that Chen Ergou, who had rushed out, returned with more than forty men.

“What is going on?”

“Where did these people come from?”

“They look like escort agency men.”

“Damn it.”

“The target has become alert. Otherwise, they would not have brought reinforcements for no reason…”

Qian Jiangmen’s face turned ugly.

Originally, there had been only thirty-some Quasi-Martial Artists…

Now it had become more than seventy.

They did not know that the hall had been recruiting, already bringing in more than thirty new men. The number of Quasi-Martial Artists inside the hall now exceeded one hundred.

“What do we do?”

The three of them looked grim.

“We can only keep waiting!”

“We wait for the Five Poison Sect to make a move, and then we will fish in troubled waters.”

“Wangchuan is a hall master. He definitely has a large number of gold notes. If we kill him, we can not only avenge our two brothers, but also make a fortune.”

However.

At that moment, Qian Jiangmen frowned slightly.

He heard his phone ringing beside his ear.

Someone was calling him at this hour.

“What is it?”

“At this hour, if someone is calling, it is probably because Chief Zhou has learned something.”

“Hmph!”

“Ignore him!”

Not long after, Chen Yanhong said, “My phone is ringing. It should be Chief Zhou.”

Then it was the monk You Shan.

The three of them exchanged a look.

“Chief Zhou probably already knows what we are doing. What do we do now?”

“We must avenge Old Chen and the others!”

“Warring States Game Studio killed Old Chen and the others. Begging did not even help. Wangchuan’s life must be taken as well… Today, even if the gods descend, they cannot save him! That is what I say!”

Qian Jiangmen’s gaze was icy, his words like blades.

Just then…

Movement erupted on the hall’s side!

The three of them looked over.

They saw a tide of inner disciples surge out of the Huishui County hall, blades in hand.

The crowd swiftly surrounded Sihai Inn, sealing it so tightly that not even water could pass through.

Thud, thud!

A group of men charged into the inn with swords and sabers!

The corridors and the restaurant below filled with people.

Inner disciples vaulted over walls, stepping onto opposite roof eaves. They nocked arrows, drew their bows, and aimed at the open window.

Before the three of them could recover from their shock, the Yulong Gang inner disciples had sealed Sihai Inn.

Three layers inside, three layers outside—there was no way out.

Wangchuan emerged from behind the crowd, leading men forward. He shouted toward the three, whose faces had turned iron-blue behind the window.

“Will you come down yourselves, or should I kill my way in?”

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