Bang!

Lu Cang didn't waste any time or waste words with the enemy.

He pulled out his flintlock pistol and killed his opponent with a single shot.

They're all rushing to climb the ranks, and if each person only says one sentence, it'll take forever.

[Battle Ended - Victor: Azure Sky]

[Continue matchmaking or leave the arena?]

"Continue matching."

bite--

The prompt popped up again.

You have been matched with an equally matched opponent.

Soon, the scene changed.

In a dense jungle, the opponent watched helplessly as the sky swept across his face.

He uttered a single word.

"Grass."

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[Hidden Origin Guild - Guild Base]

Inside the Hidden Origin Guild.

Everyone looked terrible.

In the lecture hall, Su Yin, wearing black-rimmed glasses, reported: "We suffered heavy losses in our fight against Cang Qiong."

"Currently, Hidden Sky's level progress is seriously behind. Other guilds' S-rank members have already reached level 18, the level at which they can change jobs, while Hidden Sky has only just returned to level 10."

"In the battle against the world boss just now, most of the elites in our 10,000-strong team lost one or two pieces of equipment."

"We have fallen far behind."

"And just now, the Stargate Guild started encroaching on our outdoor leveling areas."

"The fact that they were killing the wild monsters we had crippled was severely slowing down the leveling progress of our follow-up troops."

"Among them, Leng Qingying of the Godslayer Guild is suspected of hunting down our guild members in the wild. Yin Kong seems to have been ambushed by her three minutes ago."

The president's expression was grim: "It seems?"

"Hmm... I didn't see her in person. Yin Kong and his team had just left the instance when they were instantly killed."

"However, the probability that it is Leng Qingying is very high."

Currently, there are only a handful of players who can instantly kill Hidden Void, so it's not difficult to deduce their abilities.

He frowned slightly and clicked his tongue.

After the report on the cryptogenic element is completed.

On the other side, Dark Current also reported: "It's not just the problem reported by Hidden Elements, we've also encountered great difficulties in recruiting new members."

"More and more newcomers are unwilling to join our Hidden Origin Guild, even with improved benefits."

"According to the latest survey report, the largest percentage of players who were invited but unwilling to join our guild gave the answer that they were afraid of becoming enemies with the Godslayer Guild."

"Accounting for 19.1%"

This percentage is already quite high.

After all, the reasons for not wanting to join a guild are often varied and numerous, with a single reason accounting for nearly one-fifth of the total, which speaks volumes.

"Also, Dimple left the guild."

The vice president has left the guild...

Everyone present fell silent.

It's common knowledge that the vice president and the president have long had some differences in their views.

However, the two have continued to work together to this day.

The sudden departure of the vice president is also a major blow to the Hidden Origin Guild.

"I cannot interfere with Peng Tao's decision to leave," Yin Chen replied calmly, resting his chin on his hand.

Peng Tao is a name associated with the bleak reality of the world.

"Guild Master, as you can see, the guild is in a very bad situation right now."

"The Godslayer Guild has a huge influence on us. If we can't recruit fresh blood, we'll be dragged down."

Players are the foundation of a guild.

It's similar to the relationship between novel websites and authors.

As more authors leave and the number of new authors decreases, the website will also decline.

For example, there's a website that used to earn 4,000 yuan a day when it was at its peak, but it only started earning 4,000 yuan a day when it fell to the top.

With the author gone, there are naturally fewer good books to read, and readers will naturally leave.

Therefore, every online novel platform places great emphasis on cultivating and attracting new authors, as well as recruiting talented authors from other websites.

The more popular and well-known a book is, the more readers it attracts to the website.

With more readers, authors earn more money. I've heard that when websites earn more money, more new authors come along, which creates a virtuous cycle.

The same principle applies to guilds.

Conversely, if a guild fails to attract players, it is equivalent to its strength declining. The weaker the guild, the less willing other players are to join, and the less willing they are to join, the weaker the guild becomes.

Meanwhile, other guilds are on the rise, entering a virtuous cycle of development...

For example, Stargate directly acquired thousands of silver-quality equipment pieces and even gave away bronze-quality equipment for free.

They used this for advertising, which led to a surge in players wanting to join the Stargate Guild.

The difference between the two can be described as a huge gap.

If the Hidden Origin Guild doesn't salvage its image and make changes, it's tantamount to a slow death.

Before long, other guilds will begin to suppress, erode, and dismantle the Hidden Origin Guild.

In fact, the Stargate Guild has already started doing this.

If this situation continues, within a month, the once-great Yinyuan Guild will become a legend existing only in the past.

Anliu sighed and offered his suggestion: "How about negotiating a peace with the Godslayer Guild?"

"Peace talks? Does that mean we have to bow down?"

Yin Chen shook his head and said, "Now all the players in the Illusionary Realm know that they have reduced our S-rank to level 1. If we still have to bow down and negotiate with them, our guild's morale will drop to rock bottom, and we will be unable to hold our heads high in front of outsiders."

"Looking down will not solve the predicament we face."

Yin Chen continued, "The only way to salvage our image now is to defeat and crush the Godslayer Guild once."

"The image of the Godslayer Guild is not only above ours, but also above the other seven guilds."

"If we can defeat them and make them suffer, it means we are stronger than the other seven guilds."

"Our Hidden Origin Guild's image can be restored."

"After that, we immediately cut ties with the Godslayer Guild and stopped getting entangled with them, at least temporarily reversing our current unfavorable situation."

"As for the Godslayer Guild wanting an explanation later, we can consider settling with them privately, offering compensation, and then keeping to ourselves from now on."

Yin Su adjusted her glasses, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Could we pay them to put on a show?"

"I contacted them, but they rejected me."

"Guild Master, is it possible to cooperate with other guilds to deal with the Godslayer Guild?" Yin Su asked again.

Yin Chen frowned: "Currently, within the Eight Guilds Alliance, each guild has a different opinion on Godslayer."

"Golden Scales greatly admires the Godslayer Guild and hopes to establish a cooperative relationship with them."

"Precision Hub wants to seek an explanation from the God Killing Guild because one of its S-rank players was ambushed and killed by Leng Qingying."

"These two guilds have a more prominent stance, while the other four guilds have maintained a neutral to friendly attitude; they don't want to make an enemy of us."

"After all, world bosses are won by the strongest, and profit is the primary consideration. As for whether to fight or cooperate, that is entirely based on profit."

"Just stealing a boss isn't enough to make them enemies. They're probably using us as a reference. With our example, they'll have to think twice before messing with the Godslayer Guild." Yin Chen's tone was tinged with anger, but also revealed a sense of helplessness.

Unexpectedly, I became someone else's stepping stone.

"As for the Star Gate Guild's attitude... hehe, as you all know, they have completely sided with the Godslayer Guild."

"At present, the only one with a chance of cooperation is Precision Hub, but I don't know if they are willing to help us, after all, our relationship with Precision Hub is not very good either."