Everyone looked at one another, shock reflected in each other’s eyes.

In a state where their attributes had been halved, he wanted to fight five hundred survivors who had received a 30% attribute boost all by himself?

If anyone else had said those words, they would definitely have thought that person had gone insane.

But when those words came from John’s mouth, for some reason, they actually felt...

As if it might not be impossible?

Alan opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but in the end, he silently closed it again.

He knew his guild leader’s personality very well. John was definitely not someone who made empty boasts.

Since he said he would kill them alone, that meant he had the strength to do it.

"Then we’ll do as you say, guild leader."

Alan led the others and moved toward the direction where the five hundred players were gathered.

Following John’s instructions, he reminded everyone, "In a bit, our only job is to lure them. Lead all of them into that narrow mountain path, then immediately find cover and hide."

"Yes!"

...

On the open ground, five hundred survivors were gathered together, discussing their next course of action.

The person leading them was a warrior named Gabriel, from Zone 2’s Thunder Guild. He was level 48.

In all of Zone 2, he could be considered a fairly well-known powerhouse.

"Everyone! We’ve gathered a total of five hundred people here. Dealing with those seventeen Wardens will be more than enough."

Gabriel spoke with full confidence.

"So I suggest we search for the Wardens directly!

"If we run into them, we kill them on sight! After all, we have the numbers, and their attributes have been halved!"

This plan quickly received everyone’s approval.

"That’s right!"

"There are only seventeen of them, and their attributes have been cut in half. What can they possibly use to fight us?"

"Especially that John. I heard he has an insane number of treasures on him.

"As long as we can kill him once, even if he drops just one item, it’ll be enough for us to develop for a long time."

As soon as those words were spoken, the breathing of all five hundred people grew heavier.

Who in the entire world did not know that John was covered in treasures?

At this moment, in the eyes of these survivors, John was no longer the terrifying existence who made people tremble at the mere mention of his name.

Instead, he was a moving mountain of gold!

However, what they did not know was that John was currently hiding behind a massive boulder less than three hundred meters in front of them.

When John heard these players’ naive conversation, a playful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"A bunch of idiots. When you really run into me later, you won’t be able to say a word."

He gave the order in the Warden channel.

"You can begin."

"Yes!"

Following John’s command, Alan was the first to emerge from stealth. He swung a Holy Light Sword slash toward the gathering place of the five hundred players.

[-716!] 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Although his attributes had been halved, causing his damage to be far from impressive, and the attack only took away a few hundred HP from that player, it still triggered the shock of all five hundred survivors.

The Wardens actually dared to show themselves?

At that moment, the rest of the Warden players also appeared one after another.

A dozen or so people began attacking the five hundred survivors in a blatantly provocative manner.

"Enemy attack!"

"It’s the Wardens!"

"There’s another one over there!"

The five hundred survivors all turned their heads in unison and saw Alan and the others standing in the distance.

Gabriel’s eyes lit up. With a wave of his hand, he shouted, "Chase them! Don’t let them get away!

"They must know where John is!"

The five hundred players surged forward in a mighty wave, chasing after Alan and the others.

Because they had already received orders in advance, Alan and the others had no intention of fighting. They turned and ran!

For a moment, the sixteen Zone 5 players scattered toward the dense forest and the cracks between the rocks.

These routes had all been planned in advance and were best suited for baiting the trap.

Sure enough, due to the limitations of the terrain, the five-hundred-man pursuit team was quickly stretched into a long line.

"You bunch of rats! If you have the guts, fight us head-on!"

Gabriel cursed furiously.

After chasing for a while, the terrain ahead began to narrow little by little.

The mountain walls on both sides gradually drew closer, forming a long, narrow valley only a few meters wide.

After Alan and the others rushed into the valley, they immediately accelerated and sprinted forward, all of them hiding inside the caves that had been arranged beforehand.

Once they left combat, they entered stealth again.

From this point onward, everything would be left to Boss John.

If Boss John lost, then they would die here too.

"They went into the valley!"

"Chase them! Block them in!"

For the sake of killing John, the five hundred players swarmed into the valley, fighting to be the first inside.

However, after everyone charged into the valley, they did not see a single figure.

They chased all the way to the end of the valley, only to discover that there was actually a sheer cliff ahead.

Below the cliff was a roaring waterfall, while steep rock walls rose on both sides.

The only path of retreat was the narrow entrance they had just rushed through.

Seeing this, Gabriel realized something.

His expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Damn it, this is a trap!

"Everyone, turn around! Retreat!"

But it was already too late.

A slender figure had appeared at the entrance of the valley at some unknown point, directly blocking their only escape route.

It was John!

He looked at the crowd and sneered.

"This is the burial ground I chose for you. Are you satisfied?"

"John!"

"It’s John!"

"He actually dared to come!"

A man’s name was like the shadow of a tree.

Although all five hundred people present had been loudly declaring that they wanted to surround and kill John, when this legendary man truly appeared before them, the aura of pressure belonging to a powerhouse still caused many of them to subconsciously take a step back.

Gabriel’s heart also tightened.

But when he remembered that the Wardens’ attributes had been halved, he relaxed again.

He sneered. "You think you can block five hundred of us by yourself?

"Do you think this is the outside world?"

John was too lazy to answer him. He simply walked forward step by step.

Among the crowd, a Zone 1 player named Everett gnashed his teeth and said, "John! You stole our Leviathan Dungeon and looted our guild treasury.

"You even caused our guild leader to be removed from his position by the guild’s internal council!

"It’s time to settle that debt today!"

"And the debt owed by our Zone 2 guild leader was caused by you too!"

"Our Zone 4’s development pace has been dragged down all this time because of you bastard!"

For a moment, voices of condemnation rose one after another.

Among these five hundred people, more than half of them actually had grudges against John.

After listening to them, John not only showed no fear at all, but instead laughed.

"Looks like I have quite a few enemies.

"Good. I’ll settle all of you in one go today. That saves me the trouble of finding you one by one later."

Gabriel sneered. "John, your attributes have been cut by 50%, while every one of us has received a 30% boost.

"And now it’s five hundred against one. Do you really think you have any chance of winning?"

John smiled disdainfully.

"Chance of winning? I’ve never considered such a thing.

"All I know is that all of you are trash!"

Before his voice had even finished falling, he moved.

Phantom Blink!

Even after being weakened by half, his speed was still terrifyingly fast!

John’s figure vanished from where he stood in an instant.

The next second, he had already appeared in the very center of the crowd.