One-Person Army

"Guild Leader!"

"The Dark Gold Rose herself!"

The members of Light-Chaser Garden’s eyes lit up as they recognized the young woman, their previously low morale instantly skyrocketing.

"It really is Dark Gold Rose..."

Hearing her name, the members of the Five-Guild Alliance lost their previous arrogance and began to shrink back.

"What do we do?"

"Are we actually going to attack?"

Many felt the urge to retreat.

"Are you not coming?" A rose rifle manifested in Xu Xiaoyou's other hand, which she rested against her shoulder.

Facing the alliance of hundreds that covered the hills and fields in a dense, dark mass, she remained as calm as a shepherd, as if these fully-armed thugs were nothing more than soft little lambs.

With the sheer pressure of her presence alone, she intimidated them so much that no one dared to move.

"Since you struck my people, you must pay the price. Even if you retreat now, I won't let you off later."

Xu Xiaoyou's cold voice echoed over the area. Upon hearing this, the wavering expressions on the crowd's faces quickly hardened into ruthless desperation.

"Is this person crazy?"

"She really talks big. Does she think she can do whatever she wants in Oasis!"

"There are so many of us, why should we be afraid of one person? If we retreat now, we'll be the laughingstock of everyone else. Ignore that idiot Lin, let's go and tear her apart!"

Countless people began to stir, their faces showing signs of madness.

Xu Xiaoyou didn't bother wasting any more words. She raised her rose rifle, pressed it against someone's forehead, and opened the battle with a single shot.

Bang!

Blood sprayed. With Xu Xiaoyou's first move, the stalemate was broken instantly. Countless people lunged forward, threatening to drown the girl in a sea of bodies!

"Guild Leader!" Xixi screamed.

"Don't worry about me. Withdraw from the front line and preserve your strength. Just wait to clear the battlefield and divide the spoils later."

Xu Xiaoyou's gaze remained indifferent. She grabbed a lunging man by the collar, slammed him to the ground, pinned his shoulder with her boot, and pressed her rose rifle against his throat.

Bang!

"But Guild Leader, what about you?"

Xu Xiaoyou spun her rifle, slammed her elbow into someone's back, and shattered another's teeth with an upward knee strike. Ignoring his wails, she grabbed him and threw him into the incoming crowd, following up with a Fireball Bombardment!

"This is an order. I am enough alone," Xu Xiaoyou shouted heroically.

"Withdraw from the front line!"

The members of Light-Chaser Garden were shaken. They watched as the girl calmly faced the endless waves of enemies, her movements rigid yet filled with a phantom grace, dancing a dance of slaughter amidst blood and fire.

This was the first time they had seen their guild leader fight. One person was an ultimate weapon; one person was worth more than ten thousand soldiers!

The members who had previously been dissatisfied because Xu Xiaoyou hadn't joined the operation immediately shut their mouths and silently followed the rest of the group to evacuate the battlefield.

No one doubted that the girl truly possessed the strength to take on a hundred enemies alone.

Flames spread rapidly. Countless people let out agonizing screams as the area filled with writhing bright lights. The shadows of the fire looked like demons, grinning and clawing. Xu Xiaoyou turned and lashed out with her whip, accurately hitting a thief attempting to sneak up on her. She yanked him into the air like a heavy hammer, swinging him down and causing those nearby to howl in pain.

"Fireball!"

"Water Tornado!"

"Lightning Spear!"

The alliance's mage corps chanted in unison. The night sky changed violently as divine punishment descended.

Enemies swarmed forward, and the girl was instantly submerged in a barrage of magical effects.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A faint white light flickered in the gaps, exploding into a blinding brilliance in the blink of an eye. Radiant lightning erupted from the ground toward the sky, and heavy arcs of electricity expanded outward. The terrifying electrical energy turned those standing too close into ash on the spot.

On top of a small hill of corpses, Xu Xiaoyou's body was covered in electrical arcs, forming a thunderous barrier. The violent lightning devoured all incoming elemental attacks, ignited arrows, and charred weapons!

"That's... Electric Whale Slash? How is that possible? She's only grade 3, so why can she master the abilities of a grade 4 lightning wielder?" someone exclaimed.

The electrical arcs in Xu Xiaoyou's palm flickered before turning violent, forming a spiral thunderbolt. A giant whale woven from lightning crashed into the sky, letting out a distant, ethereal cry. From afar, it looked like a pillar of brilliant lightning swords piercing the heavens!

The sky darkened as dark clouds gathered toward them.

The girl gathered the lightning that had made heaven and earth lose their color into her palm. For a moment, the surrounding air became heavy and dim. As Xu Xiaoyou slammed the lightning into the ground, the cracked earth erupted with bolts of electricity!

Boom!

Another deafening thunderclap rang out, and countless people were blown into the sky, screaming.

"Is this person... a monster?"

Xu Xiaoyou took a deep breath. The enemies were still lunging at her with reckless abandon. After using the Electric Whale Slash, she didn't hesitate to place a vial of poison in her mouth and swallow it. A green light filled her throat all the way down to her core.

With a gentle blow, a highly corrosive toxic mist poured out. Anyone who touched it saw their skin erupt in white smoke, rotting and oozing until they died.

Agonized wails echoed between heaven and earth. Xu Xiaoyou loaded Headshot, Dense Fire Net, and Suppressive Fire into her rose rifle. With just a single lever-action rifle, she forced dozens of people back, preventing them from advancing a single step while frequently triggering staggering critical damage numbers.

"What class is she? Why can she master so many skills from different classes at once?" one person muttered unwillingly before a blood flower bloomed on his forehead.

A brawny barbarian charged through the girl's omnidirectional bombardment, swinging a Viking axe while shouting:

"Blood Aura Burst!"

The blood aura lingering in the air swirled into the man's Viking axe, forming a scarlet storm. As the sharp axe swung down, a blade light carrying the blood aura poured toward the girl!

"It's the grade 2 ultimate move of a barbarian! Even Dark Gold Rose will have a hard time if she takes this head-on!" someone analyzed with a cold laugh.

"To let a barbarian get close... she made a mistake. No matter how strong Dark Gold Rose is individually, can she really crush all of us head-on?"

But in the next moment, the situation changed. The Viking axe clearly hit the girl's head, but it passed straight through her body and slammed into the ground without any resistance!

"Checkmate," the man grinned confidently.

"Wait, that strike didn't hurt her!" someone yelled.

The barbarian stared blankly at his Viking axe embedded in the ground, surrounded by cracks. He looked up to see the muzzle of the rifle engraved with rose patterns pressed against his forehead. The golden-haired girl looked at him like an executioner,

Her indifferent eyes held no emotion.

Bang! The barbarian's head exploded in a spray of blood, and his body rolled limp to the side.

The remaining enemies watched the strong man's corpse roll before them, their eyes gradually losing focus.

Only a few minutes had passed since the battle began, yet more than half of the Five-Guild Alliance’s members were dead or injured. The looks they gave the girl were now filled with nothing but terror. Now that their blood had cooled, their previous battle intent faded, and they stood frozen in place. Not a single person dared to step forward.

Only a few remaining heavy knights charged with a shout. Xu Xiaoyou easily sliced through their heavy armor with her Hundred-Bone Whip as if cutting through tofu.

Deep bloody gashes opened across their chests. As the last heavy knight fell, the area fell into an eerie silence, and a lethal pressure spread among the crowd.

They were completely baffled. Why did she have such a variety of attack methods? She was clearly a grade 3 like most of them, yet she was a one-person army, causing them to retreat like a receding tide!

The members of Light-Chaser Garden watching from afar were even more stunned. Akabane Tsubaki’s eyes widened, her shock at the girl’s combat prowess beyond words.

The players finally realized why the guild leader hadn't personally participated in the battle earlier. With her strength, she didn't need them at all to take Mist Village Harbor.

Xu Xiaoyou remained composed and lowered her whip, as if everything before had been nothing more than punishing lambs that wouldn't follow their master's orders.

Under the trembling gazes of the crowd, she tied back her golden hair that had fallen over her shoulders and spoke dismissively:

"What's wrong? You don't dare to come anymore?"

"Do you need an intermission? I can give you time."

Thus, a comical scene unfolded. As the girl surrounded by enemies took a step forward, the fifty or sixty people around her retreated like a tide, as if they were the ones who were cornered.

"Damn it, how is this possible?!"

Seeing that over a hundred people couldn't take the girl down immediately, the seductive woman sitting in the rear could no longer stay still, her expression twisting slightly.

"What are you doing? Why can't you even take down one person?"

She screamed, lashing her whip at her own guards, tearing their skin open.

The members of the Five-Guild Alliance looked at the woman screaming her lungs out from the back with exasperation. They thought, 'It's easy for you to say since you're just standing there. Haven't you seen this monster's strength? If you're so capable, you do it.'

At the same time, many people began to waver, and the tide seemed to be turning completely toward the golden-haired girl.

"Push forward! In the name of the Red Queen, I order you to push forward!" the woman roared. "Whoever kills her will be allowed to enter the Queen's Treasury and pick one item!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd was first shocked, and then greed filled their eyes without concealment.

Everyone knew that the Red Queen was once the second-in-command of Silent Sequence. Only after falling out with Smiling Jazz did she angrily leave the guild to start her own. It was by relying on the assets she had accumulated in Silent Sequence that she led the Red Killer guild to prominence in this era of conflict.

Rumor had it that the Red Queen's treasury contained art grade gold items and countless treasures that were valuable for their unique traits alone, despite their ordinary quality.

The Red Queen relied on her treasury to constantly entice new members with promises, which was why so many were deathly loyal to her. If they could enter that treasury and pick any item, it would be enough for them to find success in Oasis!

The Red Queen's words instantly reignited the embers of the battlefield. The remaining players stopped holding back and brought out their final trump cards, attacking Xu Xiaoyou all at once.

"Red Queen?" Xu Xiaoyou tilted her head and let out an almost imperceptible laugh.

Using a shot to finish off the first player to lunged at her, Xu Xiaoyou sprinted through the forest of figures. She leapt lightly, stepping on a player's face like a nimble sparrow hopping through the air.

At the same time, she lashed her whip in a wild frenzy, forming a Void Rip Spear Shadow around her that left a trail of flying blood, harvesting the players' lives.

"Agh!"

Accurately loading her bullets, she picked off the enemy buffers. Xu Xiaoyou spun lightly in the air, her boot stepping on someone's forehead like a dragonfly skimming water, dancing elegantly and calmly through the countless incoming attacks.

Her elusive and enchanting figure left some players in a daze, and by the time they realized that the muzzle of that exquisite long rifle was pressed against their foreheads, it was too late to act.

"So beautiful," a green-haired figure murmured in admiration from the crowd.

The wild wind blew the girl's radiant golden hair into a mess, and her black shawl fluttered upward as she descended.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Xiaoyou claimed two more lives, continuing to step on their heads as she leaped toward the Red Queen in the back. She seemed intent on capturing the leader directly!

'This person is coming for me!'

Seeing the girl move through the army as if it were an empty field, the Red Queen realized no one could stop Xu Xiaoyou’s progress.

Her heart sank, and she kicked the back of the male favorite at her feet, intending to run away. But at that moment, an odd feeling arose in her mind, as if someone were whispering in her ear.

'Haven't you noticed? Her attack methods and frequency have weakened compared to the start.'

'Her strange attack methods must require some kind of price to activate.'

'And now, she can't afford that price anymore, which is why she's in such a hurry to end the fight!'

The Red Queen reconsidered and felt it made sense. She immediately turned and gave the order.

"This person has used up all her trump cards! This is just a final struggle before death. Don't be intimidated by her. Take her down!"

Hearing this, the crowd immediately gained a second wind, swarming toward Xu Xiaoyou like sharks smelling blood, eager to tear a piece of flesh from the girl.

Xu Xiaoyou wasn't surprised. What they said was true. The reason she had been so dominant earlier was because of the limited-edition skill cards she had accumulated over these past few days. This battle had effectively emptied her entire savings.

Her goal had been to use overwhelming force to intimidate them and end the fight quickly.

Xu Xiaoyou's goal had basically been achieved. The enemy's main strength had been largely depleted by her. While her earlier offensive seemed reckless and chaotic, she had specifically targeted the enemy's elite members, including the buffers.

Even if someone saw through her current weakness, no one could stop her next attack!

Besides, she still had one last trump card.

Xu Xiaoyou flipped the Logic Deconstructor into her hand and pointed her index finger like a gun, the corner of her mouth curling slightly.

"Bang."

As the Logic Deconstructor transformed into points of light and merged into her body, she raised her index finger. A stream of data erupted from her fingertip, and dark red cubes quickly gathered in the air before deconstructing and reversing outward like a wave. Every player touched by this dark red tide didn't even have time to scream before they were deconstructed into data in the blink of an eye!

In an instant, the dense wall of people looked like a dam eaten away by ants. The dark red particles started as inconspicuous dots but quickly multiplied and spread, eating hollow holes into the chests of flesh and blood.

The dark red data collapsed and crumbled beneath the girl's feet, devouring everything around it as it spread wildly toward the distant Red Queen.

"It seems you don't have soldiers to share your glory with."

The woman's face was filled with terror. Xu Xiaoyou broke through all obstacles in a flash and arrived before her. Her disdainful golden eyes flickered for a moment, and her whip cut through the air, heading straight for the Red Queen's neck.

This battle was about to conclude.

That was the thought that arose in the minds of the members of Light-Chaser Garden.

But then, a sudden change occurred. Before the whip could reach the woman's neck, an eerie giant scythe rose from nowhere, spanning the space between the two of them and easily neutralizing all of Xu Xiaoyou’s fierce attacks!

"Long time no see."

The light tone rose to a peak of pleasure before tapering off. A deep blue figure, like a demon capable of bewitching human hearts, stood there with a polite smile. Those pale eyes stared straight at the girl, as if wanting to imprison Xu Xiaoyou's slightly startled expression within them to savor it slowly.

"Or rather, I should say... nice to meet you for the first time, Dark Gold Rose."