The alliance has grown

Bat looked down and coldly snorted, "Noisy!"

He waved the long sleeve of his robe with his left hand, and a fiery red light flew toward the people below.

The item he threw was a damaging consumable with immense power.

"Everyone, be careful! Retreat quickly!"

"That old guy threw something!"

Ye Chen noticed a light flying toward the group out of the corner of his eye.

Swish!

A circle of light enveloped everyone.

The fiery red item landed on the light shield, igniting fierce flames.

However, it did not cause any harm to the people inside the light shield.

Ye Chen looked at Bat and sneered, "Why bother? Are you attacking these people just to show off your skills?"

"You!"

Bat was rendered speechless by Ye Chen's words.

He could tell that Ye Chen was insulting him.

Rage ignited in Bat's heart, his fists clenched until they creaked. He shouted angrily, "Even a clay bodhisattva has a temper, and I am certainly not made of dough. After I kill you, I will slaughter all these mongrel scum below!"

After speaking, a giant axe appeared in Bat's hand.

It was clearly a Three-Star Rare-grade weapon.

Black Shadow Bat squeaked twice and charged toward Ye Chen.

However, this time Black Shadow Bat did not act as the main attacker; instead, it harassed Ye Chen from the side while Bat swung his giant axe at him.

Ye Chen glanced at the people below. This was a good opportunity to establish his authority.

"Myriad Thunderbolts!"

With a loud shout from Ye Chen, the surrounding space was enveloped by the power of thunder and lightning.

Suddenly, the heavens and earth changed color.

Rumble!

A peal of thunder sounded out of thin air.

Ye Chen turned to look at Bat. Bat also sensed that something was wrong; feeling the crackling thunder and lightning around him and looking at the Thunderclap Blade surrounded by lightning in Ye Chen's hand.

His eyes were filled with shock, and a bad feeling surged in his heart.

Bat patted Black Shadow Bat's back and said urgently, "Black Shadow Bat! Quick! Escape!"

Black Shadow Bat squeaked and turned to fly outward, but as soon as it touched the thunder and lightning barrier, the intense electricity caused it to retreat repeatedly in pain.

"Legend has it that Lord Blood Fiend has a weapon capable of summoning heavenly thunder. Is that the blade?"

Someone looked at Ye Chen in the sky and said in surprise.

"I think it looks like it. I feel that blade is at least a Five-Star Epic-grade weapon!"

The people below began to discuss, all feeling astonished by the scene.

Bat was trapped within the thunder circle, terrified, his eyes filled with fear.

For a moment, Bat threw every consumable he had, attempting to break through the thunder circle.

Unfortunately, it was of no use.

Ye Chen looked at Bat and said coldly, "Bat, stop struggling. Today, you will die!"

Bat had exhausted all his methods but still couldn't break the thunder circle. His eyes filled with unwillingness, and he snorted coldly, "Ye Chen, my boss will not let you off!"

"Don't worry, it won't be long before your boss joins you underground!"

As soon as he finished speaking, rolling thunder sounded.

Ye Chen drew a circle in the Void Realm with the Thunderclap Blade in his hand, then held it high!

The immense power of thunder and lightning surged from the Thunderclap Blade into the sky, transforming into tens of thousands of lightning bolts that descended.

For a moment, the sound of thunder and lightning echoed continuously in the space where Ye Chen was.

Bolt after bolt of lightning struck Bat and Black Shadow Bat.

In an instant, the corpses of Bat and Black Shadow Bat fell from the sky.

Ye Chen also landed on the ground and removed his Golden Armor.

Looking at the dead Bat and Ye Chen before them, everyone was instantly filled with excitement.

Everyone looked at Ye Chen with admiration and said, "Lord Blood Fiend, you, you are too strong! You killed that Bat all by yourself! That is so awesome!"

"Lord Blood Fiend, c-can we join your Star Alliance?"

"Yes, Lord Blood Fiend, can we join your Star Alliance?"

Ye Chen looked at their expectant eyes and smiled, "Sure."

"Really!"

"Really!"

Everyone asked repeatedly, the surprise in their tone was easy to hear.

Ye Chen nodded, "Of course it's real!"

Upon receiving a definitive answer, everyone was a bit excited.

As one person took the lead, the others followed by kneeling on the ground, saying in unison, "Alliance Leader, please accept our respects. From now on, we will follow your lead, Alliance Leader!"

Their excited and resonant voices rang out across the plaza.

They knew a little about the Star Alliance.

Some people who were originally in the Star Alliance had told these independent team members about it, and before long, more and more people knew.

They all knew that this Star Alliance was not like other Alliances; there was no need to do evil deeds, and no need to hand over good items.

Moreover, the Star Alliance had a well-established system.

Of course, these systems were created overnight by Lin Nuoyi and the others.

What they envied most was that the Star Alliance had a Battle Alliance Warehouse, which contained many weapons and items.

If they wanted something, they could take it directly.

More importantly, the Star Alliance would establish a Safe Zone in Qing County, which could protect ordinary people.

Although they had pets, their relatives did not!

Some Pet Masters still had relatives who were alive.

Ye Chen said to everyone, "Follow me first; I will take you to our temporary stronghold later."

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

Everyone quickly followed behind Ye Chen, unable to control their excitement, and kept discussing something behind him.

These people's Rank was not high, all around LV7.

In Qing County, independent team members were the lowliest.

Their pets were low-Ranked, and they couldn't even enter the doors of the Azure Alliance.

Usually, when hunting monsters, it was easy to have their experience stolen.

Especially now, as time passed, let alone monsters below LV10.

Even monsters below LV15 were rare.

Facing monsters above LV15, they simply couldn't win.

If this continued, they would either be killed by others or die at the hands of monsters.

But joining an Alliance was different; joining an Alliance meant they could latch onto a big shot, who could lead them in hunting monsters and let them have a share of the spoils.

(If a monster takes damage within the last five seconds before its death, the experience points will be divided equally.)

Therefore, they were so eager to join the Star Alliance.

An hour later, everyone arrived at the bar entrance again.

When Ye Chen arrived, he found that Lin Nuoyi and the others were already standing outside the door.

Zhu Qiang hurried to greet him and said happily, "Brother Chen, those guys have already been killed by us. These people who were originally playing in the bar all want to join as soon as they heard we are from the Star Alliance."

Ye Chen looked over; more than sixty people were standing together, their eyes filled with longing.

The sixty-plus people quickly bowed and respectfully shouted, "Hello, Brother Chen!"

Ye Chen nodded and said, "No need for formalities; we are all family from now on."

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed joy.

Since Ye Chen said this, it meant that Ye Chen had agreed to let them join the Star Alliance.

The people behind Ye Chen, looking at those sixty people, were also extremely happy.

From today on, they would all be brothers!