Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1247: The Power of One

Chapter 1247: Chapter 1247: The Power of One

Xue Wang’s face sank. He was becoming agitated. After all, those were the vampire elite he had carefully selected, and yet, they were all killed off in such a short duration, a feat not even Xue Wang himself could achieve.

Lord Xiong said, "I don’t have the ability to take out thirty-five vampire warriors that quickly. Maybe there was more than one of them, and that’s why they could kill them all in such a short amount of time."

"Right, it must be so," Xue Wang immediately ordered nearby groups to assemble, determined to find out who was responsible.

Consequently, seven vampire warrior teams from the vicinity gathered together. This time, more than eighty vampire warriors mobilized, heading straight for the site of the incident.

Moreover, the leaders of the seven teams carried communication devices to report back at any moment. As long as one of them made a discovery, they could inform Organization X, unless someone had the ability to take out all seven team leaders in an instant.

All the members of Organization X’s command center were holding their breath and staring at the large screen, watching over eighty vampire warriors’ life signals, feeling that something was about to go wrong.

"I don’t care who you are. If you dare invade my territory, don’t even think about leaving alive," Xue Wang said, irritated and with a growing unease. Organization X had never faced such a situation before.

Suddenly, life signals on the screen started to disappear one after another, and everyone’s nerves became immediately tense. Xue Wang picked up the microphone and demanded, "What’s happening, what’s going on?"

However, the signal was very poor, and nothing could be clearly heard on the other end, only wails and gunfire.

In a blink, ten life signals had vanished. This was not a good sign. Xue Wang’s expression was more dreadful than ever, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.

Even though the microphone was being interfered with and the sound was unclear, fragments of conversation were occasionally audible.

"Be careful, they have guns, be careful, wooden bullets."

"Where is he, where is he?"

"In front, no, also to the left, everyone be on your guard."

"We’re being ambushed, everyone retreat!"

"How can this be, we’re so fast, yet the bullets can still hit us."

"It seems there’s only one person. He’s faster than us."

Cries and wails entwined, creating chaotic sounds, while more than fifty life signals had disappeared. The remaining thirty or so were fleeing.

The command center of Organization X stared at the thirty-odd fleeing life signals. It was not looking good—those signals were also vanishing; they were being hunted down.

Eventually, all of the eighty-plus elite vampire warriors sent out were killed off. The command center of Organization X was utterly horrified, exchanging looks with each other, struck dumb for a moment.

No one dared to turn back and see the expression on Xue Wang’s face, fearing to witness his explosive anger.

"Damn it!" Xue Wang was so furious that he smashed the desk into powder with a single punch.

At this time, only Lord Xiong still dared to speak to Xue Wang, "This is not the time to be angry; we must quickly come up with a strategy, otherwise our vampire warriors outside will continue to be annihilated one by one."

"That’s right, we can’t give the enemy the opportunity to break us one by one." Xue Wang glanced at everyone in the command center and then solemnly asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Someone answered, "How about we quickly call back all our vampire warriors?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Wang was so angry that he nearly twisted off the speaker’s head, scolding loudly, "When has Organization X ever retreated? Besides, this is our territory, and outside there are seven thousand five hundred vampire warriors. Why should we retreat?"

Yes, now that they were only slightly at a disadvantage, thinking of retreating was precisely why Xue Wang was angry.

If they were not to retreat, then they would have to send even more vampire warriors to surround and annihilate the enemy, and Xue Wang agreed to this. For this purpose, he decided to dispatch one hundred groups of vampire warriors, a total of a thousand individuals, not believing they still couldn’t overcome the situation.

Just at this moment, the signal from another group of vampire warriors vanished, making it feel as if the enemy was ruthlessly hunting vampires.

Xue Wang couldn’t stand it anymore, and quickly ordered his people to dispatch reinforcements to chase after them, saying that they must drag the enemy out at all costs.

Lord Xiong stared at the screen and noticed a pattern, "Xue Wang, have you noticed that every time a group’s life signal disappears, it’s in the west direction, as if the enemy is intentionally drawing our attention to the west?"

"So what!" Xue Wang was very angry now, unable to listen to anything else, and ordered all one hundred nearby groups of vampires to assemble.

Lord Xiong advised again, "Dispatching our forces like this, sending so many vampire warriors to pursue, will leave this area’s defenses empty. If there are invaders at this time, they will be able to pass through easily."

Others also suggested that Xue Wang should not do this, but when the life signal of another group of vampire warriors disappeared, Xue Wang could not stay calm and began to give orders, still directing the nearby one hundred groups of vampires to pursue towards the west. The vacancies they left behind were to be filled by other groups.

Xue Wang’s idea was good, but the vampires in other areas were too busy chasing after regular forces and couldn’t immediately execute the order.

One hundred groups of vampires rushed towards the masked stranger, and once they left, a large area was left without vampire warriors. Leng Le, leading his subordinates, thus passed through that area without any danger.

By the time the other groups of vampires arrived to fill the defense of that area, they had no idea that some had already gone past it.

That was exactly what the masked stranger wanted. The first step was to use human mercenaries to clear all vampire creatures from Dark Primitive Mountain so that they could force Organization X’s hand. The second step, the masked stranger personally took action here to kill as many vampire warriors as possible, thus weakening Organization X in a future major battle in Dark City. The third step was to ensure that Leng Le and his people could advance smoothly.

As for why they didn’t wait for things to be arranged properly and clear the path before letting Leng Le and his people enter Dark Primitive Mountain,

the masked stranger worried that if he went ahead and struggled through Dark Primitive Mountain, he might have a hard time managing alone. By the time he informed Leng Le they could move, Leng Le might report that, in the absence of the masked stranger’s deterrent power, his subordinates dared not enter Dark Primitive Mountain, and some key individuals had run away.

Therefore, the masked stranger could only bring Leng Le and his team into dangerous territory, forcing them to follow.

The masked stranger was well aware that Organization X’s strength was too great and that they needed to be weakened step by step before attacking Dark City and completely overthrowing them.

"Gu Fan, I’ve done what I can; now it’s up to you on your end." The masked stranger stood atop a tree, looking toward the direction of the River of Survival, as if he knew Gu Fan’s actions and plans. Then he looked down at a group of vampire warriors who were searching and heading his way.

The masked stranger’s eyes showed excitement, and he couldn’t help but laugh, "A thousand people, what a formidable force! Very well, I shall test my limits." With that, the masked stranger leaped down and charged towards the thousand vampire warriors.