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8501 Self Sacrifice
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11Upon seeing Ye Xiu leave so abruptly, Chen Guo locked gazes with Tang Rou for a brief moment and stood up.
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13“Log him out, please.” Chen Guo told Tang Rou before following Ye Xiu out of the room hurriedly.
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15“Okay.” Tang Rou answered while watching the two leaving the room hastily.
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17Chen Guo stepped out of the room and found Ye Xiu right away. Instead of going anywhere, Ye Xiu was smoking, facing across the street. She slowed down, carefully composing her words in her head, but just as she walked up to him, Ye Xiu crushed the cigarette, which still had a good deal left, on the windowsill. 
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19It angered Chen Guo immediately, but she stopped herself before the words fell out. Considering Ye Xiu’s feelings, she thought to forgive him just this once. 
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21“You…”Chen Guo only spoke one word before Ye Xiu’s soft sigh interrupted her. Staring out of the window, he spoke quietly, “This is the end of Excellent Era.”
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23“Hmmm?” leaving a confused Chen Guo, Ye Xiu turned around and walked away quietly. Chen Guo followed his gaze to out of the window. On Excellent Era’s headquarter, the team emblem still glowed radiantly.
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25However, what about the actual team?
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27Chen Gou’s heart ached all of a sudden. Nonetheless, she did invest a lot of emotion and energy into the team for years. She didn’t only enjoy Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng’s performance..
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29That was her, then what about Ye Xiu?
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31He never said much about retirement. Facing the various powers and in the game, he was not particularly nice to anyone due to his attachments. However, this didn’t mean that Ye Xiu didn’t care about Excellent Era.
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33Sun Xiang’s addition was the hope for many Excellent Era’s support. It filled them with expectation.
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35Wouldn’t Ye Xiu have the same expectations?
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37Chen Guo suddenly thought that Ye Xiu leaving Excellent Era already made many uncomfortable. When he was still a part of the team, Excellent Era had been failing. To save the team, Ye Xiu chose to leave. Did he know that his departure would have been an effective way to save Excellent Era?
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39Unfortunately, Excellent Era was simply too heartless. To get rid of what they labeled as a useless burden, they used everything they had. They would probably never know that their team leader, for a chance to improve the team, had already decided to leave on his own.
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41For the growth of the team’s next generation prodigy, Wang Jiexi faked his loss and sacrificed his own reputation. However, this was a competition, after all. No one could keep a perfect record forever. A single defeat didn’t spell the end of the world. On top of that, his sacrifice would be understood and appreciated.
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43What about Ye Xiu?
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45Was there anyone who would understand his departure? Would anyone think of the efforts and troubles he had gone through? Excellent Era might have even believed that it was their trick that forced him to leave. They probably even took pride in it. They would not know that this could have been resolved peacefully. They never had to chose between the team and Ye Xiu, because their team leader was perfectly content with making sacrifices, even himself...
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47Him leaving had brought in Sun Xiang, a shining rookie from the pro scene. He was also a prodigy.
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49Ye Xiu was just like all the other fans of Excellent Era, filled with anticipation for Excellent Era’s future.
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51However, as of now, he was full of disappointment.
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53Sun Xiang was one one factor. After all, there was only so much you could ask of one person. The cause of his despair was probably Excellent Era’s entire team for their inability to guide one single member. His disappointment was never targeted towards any particular member of Excellent Era, but rather towards the entire team and the whole club. The difference in ideologies was the spark of the conflict between Ye Xiu and the club.
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55Finally, after all the self-sacrifices, he was remunerated by nothing but regrets and disappointment. These kinds of emotions never showed even when Excellent Era abandoned and mistreated him, but it surfaced when Excellent Era continued to decline.
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57Chen Guo watched Ye Xiu walk back to the room in silence. She found herself on the verge of tears and in a turmoil of emotions.
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59“You’re back?” In the room, Tang Rou was sitting on Ye Xiu’s seat, controlling Lord Grim when she saw Ye Xiu walk back in. She was telling the others that she was logging out.
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61“How long does it take to smoke a single cigarette?” Ye Xiu smiled.
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63“Oh, do you still want me to logout?” Tang Rou asked.
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65“Log me out.” Ye Xiu consented with a wave of his hand. If he didn't log out, the big guilds would definitely coming back to cause more trouble. He had enough troubles for awhile now. Running around took too much time. It was much more convenient to just logout.
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67“Okay.” Tang Rou nodded, told those around Lord Grim in the game, and logged out of the game. Then, she left the seat and gave it back to Ye Xiu.
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69“How’s the tenth server?” Ye Xiu asked half-mindedly upon seeing Tang Rou going back to her game.
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71“It’s the same as always: dungeons, leveling…” Tang Rou replied.
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73“You are already tackling the Heavenly Domain Challenge, aren’t you?” Ye Xiu asked again with a laughter.
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75“Yep! I’m trying.” Tang Rou answered.
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77“Didn’t you finish the challenge for boss once already? Why are you trying so hard?” Ye Xiu shook his head.
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79“I am just trying to find our difference in skill!” Tang Rou answered with a smile and looked at the door questioningly, “Where’s Guo Guo?”
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81“She’s still outside.” Ye Xiu spoke.
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83“Didn’t she go looking to talk to you?”
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85“When she walked over, I was crushing the cigarette on the windowsill. She caught me red-handed, so I ran away as fast as I could. Awkward!” Ye Xiu explained.
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87Tang Rou’s head poked out from behind the screen, and she peered at Ye Xiu, who sat across her to the side. In the end, only a sentence slipped out nonchalantly, ”So that’s it.”
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89“Hurry and level up. The Heavenly Domain is much more fun than regular servers.” Ye Xiu spoke.  
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91“I can see that.” Tang Rou agreed with a nod.
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93No one spoke another word after. Everyone was minding their own business on their computers. Tang Rou was still in the game, tapping out a string of clicks on the mouse and keyboard. Ye Xiu left the game to the side. No one knew what he was doing.
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95After a few moments, Chen Guo came back into the room and settled herself in the seat directly across from Ye Xiu’s. Likewise, she didn’t say a word and dived straight into the game.
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97However, in the game, after Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim left, Loulan Slash and the others were still indulging in the joy of their victory. They couldn’t believe that they had actually defeated Excellent Era’s starting line up. They didn’t even notice that Deception had vanished.
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99Until another group of people appeared at the opening of the alley.
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101“Perfect! My ambitions are still burning right now!” Ocean Ahead yelled out in the front.
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103“Hahaha! Let’s go!” Loulan Slash didn’t stop anyone. All five of them were using alternates, so they weren’t afraid of being accused of being unfair. The guilds were all rivals, so no matter what you did, there was always someone who used unfair tricks. What’s important was that you couldn’t leave a handle on the surface for someone else to accuse you with. This was the rule for survival for the guilds. Loulan Slash and the others had been preparing for a long time, so they understood this rule pretty well.
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105“Let’s use them to practice our teamwork!” With a swing of Loulan Slash’s sword, the five charged ferociously at the group with the same amount of momentum as before.
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107The group at the end of the alley was a normal ten-people team. Uponing seeing the five rushing at them, the group immediately turned tail, just as like they had been ordered to do.
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109“D*mn! They’re no fun!” Ocean Ahead cursed, running ahead of the group.
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111“Should we chase them?” Homeward Bound asked.
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113“Yes! We have nothing to do anyways!” Loulan Slash yelled back.
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115The five ran after the group. They enjoyed the chase and the chaos that followed greatly. They still needed improvement before they could be compared to the pros, but in comparison with the regular players, their skills were unmatched. With the professional league as their goal, their teamwork was above most guild teams. Five versus ten posed no problem for them at all.
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117The guild masters had just received news and were hastily reorganizing troops. They were rushing over to supervise the battles by themselves.
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119Loulan Slash had no intention of playing guerrilla warfare. Instead, they wanted to see just how powerful the five of them could be as a team.
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121The five were brimming with pride after they crushed the starting team of Excellent Era. Despite the fact that they had seven people before and their victory was largely due to brilliant command of a God, their victory couldn’t have been possible without their teamwork and efforts. Their crushed confidence was re-ignited.
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123Compared to professionals, we are not all that great, but professional teams weren’t unbeatable.
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125All five of them had such realization in their hearts. At the same time, their performance was vicious as well. They slipped in and out of the chaos with surprising orderliness.
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127“Great! It feels so good!” Ocean Ahead was a total battle enthusiast. Stepping over the piles of dead bodies, he roared as spells exploded all around him. It was as if his battle cries were setting the rhythm of his spell releases.
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129“I say that you guys should at least pay some attention! Some dropped pretty useful equipment. Don’t forget to pick them up!” The Cleric, Thousand Falling Leaves, reminded his teammates while pocketing a light saber from a swordsman himself.
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131“True. Look at Deception. He even picked up Sun Xiang and Liu Hao’s equipments.” Loulan Slash commented.
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133“Of course, he’s a professional scrap picker. Things like that are instinct for him.” Night Tide agreed.
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135“Speaking about him, his skills are pretty good too. Should we try to recruit him?” Ocean Ahead stopped his shouting and began to talk business.
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137“That guy, so many guilds had their eyes on him, but none of them succeeded. Look at him, he doesn’t even know who Sun Xiang is. I don’t think he feigned ignorance. Who knows where that NEET came from.” Loulan Slash exclaimed.
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139“No matter how much of a NEET he is, he still plays Glory. To know utterly nothing about the pros, isn’t that a bit too extreme?” Ocean Ahead spoke.
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141“This huge world is filled with exceptions!” Loulan Slash exclaimed.
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143“Hey!  Can you guys stop chatting now?! I can’t hold them off anymore!” Homeward Bound cried out at that moment. As more and more people gathered, the group was starting to have a difficult time holding on.
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145“Kill! Kill until we die!” Loulan Slash shouted, rushing over to help Homeward Bound.
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147The guild masters of the three guilds were present at the battlefield already. They were on the verge of tear of joy over the fact that they were actually able to surround their enemies this time. In the end, with a closer look, they only found five people… Why was it only five? Where were the other two?
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149After a thorough investigation, they still didn't know if the missing two were dead or just escaped their radar. Then they checked again, only to find that both of them had logged out.
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156
157Changing Spring and Arisaema were scratching their heads. Chen Yehui was also scratching his head, while asking for outside help. He had thought that once Liu Hao’s side moved out, their targets would be eliminated for sure. When he received the message that Liu Hao’s side had surrounded their target, he stopped caring about the situation. 
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159He knew which open accounts he had given to Liu Hao and had them all added as friends. Among the ones previously online, one of them had been a Battle Mage. Chen Yehui was aware that this time, even Sun Xiang had come. When he looked at the other open accounts given, he saw that the players were Excellent Era’s starting roster. How could that team lose? 
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161Chen Yehui didn’t think it would even be possible and he even thought he would need to call his troops to retreat soon. When he suddenly received the news, he woke up from his daydream and realized that Sun Xiang’s Battle Mage and Liu Hao’s Spellblade were offline. The other three were offline too. 
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163Chen Yehui felt that something wasn’t right. When he gathered everyone to surround them, he discovered that Lord Grim and Deception were offline too. 
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165What exactly had happened? 
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167Changing Spring and Arisaema had no way of knowing. Chen Yehui knew a little bit of what had happened though. Could the five pros have logged off after killing those two? 
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169However, those seven were together. If they fought, shouldn’t they have killed the other five too? Why were they still alive? 
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171Puzzled, Chen Yehui picked up the phone and called Liu Hao. However, no one picked up. 
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173“Could something have happened?” Chen Yehui felt certain that something bad had happened. Afterwards, he heard Changing Spring and Arisaema order their troops to kill the five players and he followed suit in order to vent his frustrations. 
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175Loulan Slash’s group had never thought of staying alive. They were prepared to fight until their deaths. Because they had been prepared, when they died, they didn’t feel worried at all. After dying, they immediately revived. They had lost a bit of equipment from dying, but it couldn’t be compared to the three great guild’s losses today. 
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177Today’s mess had finally come to an end. The players of the three guilds looked at each other in puzzlement. 
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179In the end, they had only killed off the five mysterious invaders, but what about their original two targets? Where did they go? 
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181Even though the guild leaders were racking their brains over this, they didn’t lose hope so quickly. They knew that this battle wasn’t something that could be resolved in one or two days. 
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183With their targets offline, it wasn’t possible to fight them anymore, so the two guild leaders tasked players with spreading the word through the forums. 
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185Lord Grim was now a public figure. Anyone who killed him would have their name spread far and wide. It hadn’t been an easy opportunity to come by, so they needed to hurry up and seize it. 
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187Quickly, videos of Lord Grim and Deception fighting shoulder to shoulder appeared all over the Glory forums. The guild members cried about how these two guys had killed them to steal their items. 
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189For the guilds, this was enough. They didn’t need to make Lord Grim look like an evil street thug.  They just needed to let everyone know that they had good reason to kill Lord Grim. 
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191The Club guilds only needed to provide a pretext to cause trouble. 
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193Lord Grim and Deception had killed their players and stolen their items, which was why they had chased after them. It was a valid reason. Deception’s infamous name only made the story more legitimate. Many people would now see Lord Grim in a bad light. The guilds didn’t need to look at the results. They knew that they didn’t need to care about Lord Grim’s current fame anymore. 
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195After completing the surface work, the three guilds gathered the other guilds together to make a joint declaration, denouncing scrap picking. Then, they announced their plan to pursue and kill Lord Grim and Deception to elaborate on their denunciation. Loulan Slash’s group of open accounts were also hung up on the blacklist. 
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197All seven of them had a bounty placed on them. This time, the bounty reward wasn’t virtual rewards, but real money! Lord Grim and Deception were valued at five hundred yuan. If someone found Lord Grim or Deception and called the guilds over, as long as the target was found and successfully killed, the finder would receive five hundred yuan! Loulan Slash’s group was worth less money. Every person was only worth one hundred yuan. 
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199Compared to the surface talk from before, this bounty was certainly much more eye-catching. In games like this with trade, everyone knew that the most valuable item in game was real money. 
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201This wasn’t the first time a bounty like this had appeared, but if some random person put it up, you would need to convince people to believe you! No matter how much of a money warrior you were, money and trust were unrelated. You needed to build up trust in the people in order to do this type of transaction. 
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203However, the bounty was being put up by the Club guilds! These guilds were certainly trustworthy. If they promised a reward, they would definitely pay out. 
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205As long as you encountered someone with a bounty and called the guilds, you could earn real money. This money was too easy to get! 
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207As for the Club guilds? On the surface, they simply used scrap picking as their pretense. This bounty was only the first wave. First, they would utilize Deception’s infamous name. Afterwards, they would decide the next step depending on the circumstances. 
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209This was the first time the Club guilds had allied together for this type of activity. The online world immediately exploded and all sorts of discussions were created 
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211The guilds in the tenth servers had been waiting for this day to come. Lord Grim! He had made them grind their teeth in anger for so long. Now was the time for his retribution. They wondered whether or not they should dig out the tenth server’s Guild Happy since Lord Grim had gone to the Heavenly Domain. 
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213However, none of the guilds would agree to this suggestion. 
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215Their reason for allying together and killing Lord Grim was because of the threat Lord Grim’s real identity and goals posed to the Clubs. As long as they could stop him from progressing, it would be enough. After all, Guild Happy was only a guild made up of normal players. Dragging all of Guild Happy’s members into this conflict wouldn’t look good for the Club guilds. Their image was still very important to them. 
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217“Shameless, too shameless!!” The Club guilds’ announcement appeared as the headlines for all the Glory sites and forums. After Chen Guo saw it, she immediately became angry. 
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219“Hm? Why?” Ye Xiu looked over and asked. 
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221“Look!” Chen Guo gave Ye Xiu a link to the announcement. 
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223“Okay okay……” Ye Xiu clicked on it and looked. After reading it, he asked Chen Guo: “What’s so shameless about it?” 
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225“This this this….. How is this not shameless!?” Chen Guo pointed at the screen. 
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227“Apart from saying that Deception and I are partners, everything else they said is true!” Ye Xiu said. 
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229“What?” Chen Guo stared dumbly. Then, she looked again and thought about it. 
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231Scrap picking? Ye Xiu had picked up scraps... Killed players? He really had killed quite a few players... Steal items? He had definitely stolen equipment for her Chasing Haze…… it really was the truth….. 
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233“They’re using this to cover up their true motives.” Chen Guo shouted. 
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235“Yeah, that sounds about right.” Ye Xiu nodded his head. 
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237“Five hundred yuan each time! Tsk tsk tsk!” Tang Rou saw it and sighed. 
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239“Sigh, I wonder if it counts if I go undercover! 500 yuan each time! If no Cleric came to revive me, every five deaths would mean I lose one level. That’s 2500 yuan. We won a total of 24 accounts from that other Internet Cafe. If all of them were killed until they hit zero experience, how much money would that be?” Ye Xiu began to calculate it in his mind. 
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241“4.2 million!” Tang Rou helped Ye Xiu calculate it. 
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243“I really want that money. Hmm, let me think……” Ye Xiu began to think seriously. 
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245“Don’t even think about it!” Chen Guo almost flipped the table over. 
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247“It probably doesn’t count if I go undercover. I’d have to use my real self……. Let me check Taobao.” Ye Xiu said. 
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249“Taobao?” 
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251“I wonder if they’re still selling unspecialized accounts. If they are, then I’ll just let them kill Lord Grim, but it’s been so many years. Do you think they’ll still have any unspecialized accounts?” Ye Xiu began to look. Not long afterwards, he got his answer, “Sigh, they really don’t have any! There aren’t any unspecialized accounts to buy.” 
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253“You you you……” 
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255“There might not be any unspecialized, but what about Ninjas! If we send Deception in to die, his account can earn us 170,000 right?” Ye Xiu calculated. 
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257“175,000.” Tang Rou corrected. 
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259‘NOOO!” Ye Xiu slammed his keyboard. 
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261“What’s wrong?” Chen Guo hastily asked. 
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263“I don’t think I added him as a friend. I wonder if I can still find a way to contact him.” Ye Xiu said in a sad voice. 
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265Chen Guo rolled her eyes. She didn’t know what to say in response. 
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267“Hm? Right, there’s also Loulan Slash’s five accounts. It’s just five open accounts. It doesn’t matter if they die. Free money!” Ye Xiu said. 
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269“But they’ll be the ones earning the money. It’s not like they’ll give me any.” Ye Xiu said with a sigh. 
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271“Do you really think they’ll stoop as low as you?” Chen Guo looked at Ye Xiu with disdain. 
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273“So you’re saying, they won’t even consider it?” Ye Xiu said. 
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275“Of course!” Chen Guo didn’t think a famous money warrior like Loulan Slash would think about it. 
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277“If that’s the case, then because we’re very close now, I’ll trade those five accounts for five of ours. Give them the same classes.” Ye Xiu said, while pulling out a drawer and looking over the 24 account cards. From these, he pulled out the five classes. 
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279“Hey, you’re not actually going to do it right?” Chen Guo saw Ye Xiu’s actions and discovered that he was actually thinking about it. 
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281“It’ll be money for my return to the pro scene! I didn’t think it’d be so easy to get though. Back then, getting money in game wasn’t so easy!” Ye Xiu said as he thought back to the old days. 
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283Chen Guo’s head fell to the table. She just couldn’t see how this person was the same person who would sacrifice himself for his team. 
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291Chen Guo couldn’t believe what was happening. She tapped her keyboard, got up from her seat, and then walked towards Ye Xiu.
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293When she looked over…..
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295It was real. It was actually happening. This guy was already on QQ chatting with Loulan Slash.
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297“You really have no shame!” Chen Guo cried.
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299“Did you see the declaration the top guilds made today?” Ye Xiu greeted Loulan Slash with a question.
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301“I saw it. Ha ha ha ha! We’re only worth 100 yuan. All of us together are only worth one of you. How depressing.” Loulan Slash replied. He was someone who knew how to find fun in things. He was conflicted about his bounty’s value!
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303“We’re all foils. Look at that declaration. Deception is the main focus.” Ye Xiu said.
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305“Ha ha, naturally. He’s a scrap picker. Of course, he should stand out, but their emphasis is still mostly on you. They don’t want everyone to forget about you, so they also placed a 500 yuan bounty on you.” Loulan Slash understood the guilds’ intent.
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307“I came looking for you to discuss this.” Ye Xiu said.
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309“Mm, it really is troublesome. Our characters were just open accounts. We can just not use them, but it’s a lot tougher for you!” Loulan Slash sighed.
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311“That’s not it. My meaning is I wish to take that money.” Ye Xiu said.
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313The other side didn’t reply for a long time. Loulan Slash clearly knew what Ye Xiu’s intentions were.
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315Ye Xiu saw that the other side suddenly stopped talking and moved his QQ window around.
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317“God, are you serious……” Loulan Slash could only use ellipses to express his thoughts. He felt too embarrassed to say anything negative, but couldn’t think of anything positive to say.
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319“I can’t change my main account. Right now, I just don’t know if you’re interested or not. If you’re interested, then it’s fine. If you’re not, then I can exchange five of my open accounts for those five open accounts.” Ye Xiu said.
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321“There’s no need to trade. You can just have them.” After a short moment of silence, Loulan Slash gave a blunt answer.
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323“Wow! How nice of you! Do you want a share of the pot?”
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325“No need! No need!”
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327“You’re an investor too, so your share won’t be small!” Ye Xiu replied politely.
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329“No need. Really, there’s no need!” Loulan Slash refused.
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331“You’re too nice.” Ye Xiu said.
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333“Ha ha ha, this small amount of money isn’t much to me. Really, believe me!” Loulan Slash didn’t want to be involved in this, so he spoke as if he were filthy rich.
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335“Okay, okay. If you don’t want to, I won’t force you.” Ye Xiu said.
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337“Uh, but speaking of this, even though the bounty is out, we might just be something said for appearances. That bounty says the target has to die for the reward to be paid. If they don’t kill the target, you won’t get the money.” Loulan Slash shifted to a different topic and dug into the issue with the guilds’ statement.
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339“Mm, I thought of this too, but if I’m controlling it myself, why do I have to let them kill me? I’ll kill myself off, record the death, and send it to them.” Ye Xiu said.
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341“But if you keep doing it over and over again, won’t it seem too fake?” Loulan Slash asked, “You can kill yourself in the game, but there’s only so many ways to do it, no?”
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343“That’s true, so I need a few collaborators. How about it?” Ye Xiu said.
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345“Oh no, my mom called me to come eat dinner. I’ve got to go. Give me an address and I’ll send those five accounts over to you. That’s all for now then. Bye!” Loulan Slash quickly logged off.
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347“Shameless! Too shameless!” Chen Guo muttered.
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349“Who would be less suspicious to collaborate with?” Ye Xiu pondered.
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351Chen Guo saw Ye Xiu’s and Loulan Slash’s chat exchange, looking down on him, while also beginning to think too.
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353Contact her friends to help? Chen Guo originally had this thought, but when she thought about it, no matter how many friends she had, it wouldn’t be enough! In order to kill all 5 characters until they dropped to level one would require 1750 deaths. Even if each friend could kill one character ten times, she would still need at least 175 friends. Ten times for one character was already very suspicious too.
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355The Heavenly Domain was the final destination for all ten servers. In order to accommodate all these players, the world was enormous. Finding a single person within that sea of players was like finding a needle in a haystack. Why else would the Club guilds place a bounty on them? The Club guilds were already considered extremely powerful forces in the game.
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357Chen Guo wasn’t able to think of a good solution. When she looked at Ye Xiu, his computer screen had the webpage for a game studio.
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359“Are you going to look for a studio?” Chen Guo asked.
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361“Aren’t studios very fair?” Ye Xiu said.
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363CHen Guo thought about it for a moment and agreed. For this type of buying and selling that required effort to complete, let alone one character being able to kill for a bounty ten times, killing the bounty a few more times wouldn’t be a problem, especially if they recorded it themselves. This was something a studio could easily do.
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365“Illusion Studio is a pretty good option.” Chen Guo sat to the side. She saw Ye Xiu skim over information on studios and recommended one of them as she saw him skim past.
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367“Really?” Ye Xiu opened up the description for Illusion Studio, but then closed it after reading it.
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369“What do you think?” Chen Guo was puzzled. Illusion Studio was a trustworthy, in-game, studio. They had many options and had good ratings. Chen Guo didn’t understand why Ye Xiu was unsatisfied with it.
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371“I’m going to keep looking.” Ye Xiu continued to search.
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373“Future is pretty good too.” Chen Guo recommended again. Experienced players usually had some understanding of studios, so they knew the more popular ones.
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375However, Ye Xiu looked at it and then rejected it too.
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377“What are you looking for?” Chen Guo didn’t know what he wanted.
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379“One that I’m familiar with.” Ye Xiu said.
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381“You….. you’re familiar with some of them?” Chen Guo was astonished.
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383“I’ve played this game for ten years. I have all sorts of connections.” Ye Xiu didn’t think much of it.
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385As he said this, he finally clicked on a studio that he was looking at. Chen Guo looked at it. This studio had a pretty low rating and the customer reviews were very mediocre. Most players would consider it a scam and wouldn’t do business with them. However, Ye Xiu didn’t look at these reviews and immediately clicked on the contact info. He really was looking for someone he recognized, and not a famous one.
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387“Mo Qiang, not a well known one…….” Ye Xiu muttered, while asking Chen Guo if he borrow her cellphone.
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389Chen Guo handed over her handphone and saw Ye Xiu quickly punch in the phone number listed for “Mo Qiang Studio”.
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391“Hello, old Mo?”
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393“Who is it?”
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395“Can’t you tell from my voice?” Ye Xiu asked.
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397“I can’t tell. This is a work phone. If you have business, say it.”
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399“Is your QQ XXX?” Ye Xiu asked.
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401“Yeah!” The other side was a bit suspicious.
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403“Let’s talk on QQ.” Ye Xiu hung up.
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405“If you know his QQ, why did you call him?” Chen Guo was puzzled.
406
407“How could I know he’s doing this now? Shouldn’t I confirm it by phone first?” Ye Xiu said. He looked for the QQ username and messaged him.
408
409“!!!!!” The other side replied with five exclamation marks.
410
411“You were the one who called?” The other side followed.
412
413“Yes, it was me.”
414
415“You’re still alive!”
416
417“Of course…..”
418
419“If you’re alive, then why’d you retire????”
420
421“......”
422
423“Let’s chat later. First, let’s talk business.” Mo Qiang said.
424
425“Did you see the bounty offered by the guilds?” Ye Xiu replied.
426
427“Of course. Oh! You’re Lord Grim?”
428
429“Yeah, that’s me!”
430
431“D*mn! Are you planning on sacrificing your own account to give this bro some nice money to spend? Let me think about it. Each death is 500. One level five times. Level 70 to Level 1 means 175,000 yuan. We can also get a Cleric to revive you, so you double that and that’s 350,000! Since that’s just the Heavenly Domain. You can pretend to run back to the normal servers. If we go to the normal servers to kill you, then double it again for 700,000! Holy sh*t! You’re going to send your bro 700,000! You really are a God. You’re too enlightened!” Mo Qiang said.
432
433“Did you finish calculating it?” Ye Xiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Chen Guo was frozen. He really was a f*cking professional! He maximized the amount of profit that could be earned. Ye Xiu and Tang Rou had calculated 175,000 yuan, but this figure was way too weak compared to the 700,000 that had just been mentioned.
434
435“I obviously know you’re not here to give it to me for free. What are your conditions?” Mo Qiang asked.
436
437“When did I say I was going to allow you to get Lord Grim killed?” Ye Xiu was speechless.
438
439“Then what are you here for?” Mo Qiang was puzzled. It sounded like Ye Xiu wasn’t looking for him to do this.
440
441“I have to use Lord Grim, but I can provide you the other five accounts who are on the hitlist.” Ye Xiu said.
442
443“Which five accounts? Are you talking about the ones worth 100 each?” Mo Qiang said.
444
445“Yes……”
446
447“Those five. Isn’t that a bit too small? The net profit is only only worth one Lord Grim for all five…… What about Deception? Can you get that one?” Mo Qiang asked.
448
449“I can’t……”
450
451“How regretful.” Mo Qiang expressed.
452
453“Can you do it?” Ye Xiu asked.
454
455“I can. Of course, I can! However, you’re going to need to give me the details. I have to do some analysis to see how I should go about this.” Mo Qiang asked.
456
457Ye Xiu gave him a general explanation. Mo Qiang listened and expressed some of his disappointment: “So it’s like that….. Those accounts are clearly just for appearance. With how crafty those guys are, if you only provide them with information, they won’t give you the money. Even if we do it like you say, at a certain point, they’ll remove the bounty and you won’t get the maximum theoretical profit possible.”
458
459“True.” Ye Xiu wasn’t too surprised. He had clearly thought about this too.
460
461“If we just directly kill you until they stop giving the bounty, then it’ll be very fake…… but then again, this amount of money isn’t much to them anyways. Plus, it’s all of the Clubs combined. With their work ethic, I doubt they’d go back on their word.” Mo Qiang asked.
462
463“They shouldn’t.” Ye Xiu said.
464
465“Then we’ll do it like that then! We won’t revive with a Cleric either. If we do it too excessively, they won’t be happy with us getting so greedy. We have to leave them some face.” Mo Qiang suggested after thinking about it some more.
466
467“Then it’s set?” Ye Xiu asked.
468
469“Bullsh*t. What’s my share?” Mo Qiang asked.
470
471“I’ll give you half.” Ye Xiu said.
472
473“Okay okay okay. God is still a God. How daring. Then I’ll go arrange it.” Mo Qiang said.
474
475“Okay.”
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482
483Even though Ye Xiu didn’t have a cellphone, he still frequently used QQ as a communication tool. When he had retired, many people had messaged him, but he ignored all of them. Back then, Mo Qiang had asked him about it too and, now that he had been contacted, he used this opportunity to chat. 
484
485“It’s quite a long story. Let’s talk about it when I’m less busy!” Ye Xiu avoided the subject. 
486
487“Are you really planning on creating your own team?” Mo Qiang asked. 
488
489“I have thought about doing so.” Ye Xiu said. 
490
491“So this is to help raise money for it?” Mo Qiang asked. 
492
493“Not entirely.” Ye Xiu replied. 
494
495“It looks like you’re not having an easy time. This bro won’t take half then. I’ll just take profit from two of the accounts.” Mo Qiang said. 
496
497“Thanks!” Ye Xiu didn’t refuse. 
498
499“I say we just have those five accounts party up and then kill them together.” Mo Qiang clearly wasn’t very insistent on chatting and quickly returned back to discussing business. 
500
501“I’ll leave it up to you then!” 
502
503“Alright! Just wait for the money to arrive!” 
504
505With the deal completed, Ye Xiu turned his head. Chen Guo was still beside him and had a complicated expression on her face. 
506
507“Hey, it isn’t easy starting from scratch.” Ye Xiu said. 
508
509Chen Guo was startled. She felt as if her heart had been pricked again. Ye Xiu took out a cigarette and told her he was going out for a smoke. 
510
511Chen Guo went back to her game. Right now, quite a few people were talking about the news. Some people just randomly sent out coordinates, saying Lord Grim was here or that Lord Grim was there. They were making fun of the guilds. Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim wasn’t even online. 
512
513Not just Lord Grim, but Deception and Loulan Slash’s five open accounts weren’t there either. The players could only shout loudly. If their targets weren’t online, what could they do? 
514
515The guilds were obviously paying close attention to them. Them not being online was a success for them in a way. After all, their goal was to stop Ye Qiu from levelling. 
516
517Ye Xiu finished smoking his cigarette and returned. He logged into the game. On a different computer, Chen Guo’s Chasing Haze received a notification indicating a friend had logged on. 
518
519“You’re still going to keep playing?” Chen Guo was astonished. 
520
521“Why not?” Ye Xiu asked. 
522
523“Be careful!” Chen Guo said. 
524
525“Yeah, I know, but I’m only going to leveling areas without many people. I’ll take a look at the circumstances and see whether or not there’ll be people wandering around hoping to catch sight of me.” Ye Xiu said. 
526
527“I imagine there’ll be quite a few people doing that.” Chen Guo said. She understood a player’s mind. Five hundred yuan wasn’t much, but it wasn’t a small amount either. One of the main purposes of the game was to strengthen one’s character. If the five hundred yuan was spent on a piece of equipment or an item, it would definitely be able to purchase a top quality item. There would be players who would try to test their luck. 
528
529“Mm, if it doesn’t look good, I’ll run.” Ye Xiu said. 
530
531“If you really need an unspecialized account, you can just look for someone to level it up for you. It wouldn’t take very long.” Chen Guo said. She understood that Lord Grim himself wasn’t worth much. It was mostly the Silver weapon that was valuable to them. Apart from a few bored players or collectors, there probably wouldn’t be any other unspecialized characters out there. However, a studio wouldn’t care. As long as you needed one, they would level one for you. It was just a matter of how much you paid. All he had to do was transfer the Silver weapon to the new account and character. If he did that, wouldn’t he be able to avoid all of the hunting and grinding? Lord Grim could also be used to earn some money too. This was what Chen Guo was thinking. 
532
533“Ha ha, I’ll do it if I don’t have any other options!” Ye Xiu said. 
534
535Chen Guo heard this and knew he had already thought about it before, so she didn’t say anymore. 
536
537“Where are you?” Chen Guo asked. After Ye Xiu told her his location, Chen Guo immediately had Chasing Haze head over. 
538
539As she moved towards his location, Chen Guo discovered a few players moving in a similar direction as her. It seemed like quite a few had noticed that Lord Grim had come online. Everyone knew Lord Grim’s level too. He could only move about in the Level 55 leveling area, so they immediately headed towards it. 
540
541“It looks like quite a few players are heading towards the Level 55 leveling area.” Chen Guo said to Ye Xiu. 
542
543“Ha ha, the leveling area is so large. They won’t be able to find me so easily.” Ye Xiu said as he continued to level up. He was still in Wilderness Town, a Level 55 area. 
544
545As he killed monsters, Ye Xiu looked for a place convenient for observing the surroundings. He didn’t move around randomly either. If he didn’t see anyone around, he would stay there. If he moved around randomly, it was more likely that he would bump into someone. 
546
547Even so, he wasn’t able to kill monsters peacefully the entire time. After a period of time, Lord Grim finally noticed a player heading towards him. With his current situation, it didn’t matter if the player was in a guild or not. Now that a bounty had been place on his head, it really was as if he had become a street rat. He wasn’t just any street rat, but a street rat worth five hundred yuan. 
548
549Chen Guo was concerned about Ye Xiu’s situation and switched to a computer next to Ye Xiu to play. She constantly glanced at Ye Xiu’s screen. She saw how unsafe Ye Xiu’s leveling was and would turn her attention to his screen from time to time. Fortunately, Ye Xiu had lots of experience and an incredible amount of skill. Whenever he saw a player, he immediately hid. With the distance between them, the other side wouldn’t be able to see Lord Grim’s ID clearly, so Ye Xiu hadn’t been in any danger yet. 
550
551“Are you sure someone isn’t following you?” 
552
553Chen Guo was worried that someone might be following Ye Xiu. However, it was Ye Xiu who reminded her of something. 
554
555Chen Guo stared blankly. She turned her Chasing Haze around and immediately saw a bunch of players following her. She couldn’t hide her surprise after turning around. 
556
557Chen Guo suddenly understood. Some of them might have known about her relationship with Lord Grim, so they tried to see if they could get their five hundred yuan through her. Thinking of this, Chen Guo began to sweat. She really had been looking for Lord Grim. If Ye Xiu hadn’t reminded her, she would have guided a whole bunch of players over to his location. She had been concerned about Ye Xiu’s situation and nearly caused a disaster. 
558
559“You don’t need to worry. Nothing will happen. People will watch you closely if you’re online and might look for you if they need something. How about you go play in the tenth server for now? You can help manage the guild while you’re over there.” Ye Xiu said. 
560
561Chen Guo looked at the crowd of people behind her. There was nothing she could do about it, so she accepted Ye Xiu’s suggestion. At the tenth server, she had an account which was in Guild Happy too. Her position there wasn’t low either. Her character’s level might be low, but the guild knew that her main account was a Heavenly Domain character. 
562
563As a result, Chen Guo began managing the tenth server guild. Ye Xiu was having a difficult time in the Heavenly Domain. Even though he hadn’t been killed yet, his leveling speed had been greatly affected. Chen Guo had been very anxious at first, but when she saw that Ye Xiu didn’t seem to care at all, she became more at ease. 
564
565On Saturday, an unexpected result appeared in the Pro Alliance. In the match between Excellent Era and Thunderclap, Excellent Era had been completely crushed. 
566
567Ye Qiu had retired and Sun Xiang had taken his place. After a period of ups and downs, Excellent Era seemed to have returned to their best shape. Even though there wasn’t any hope of making it to the playoffs this season, with their recent results, Excellent Era had once again become a strong competitor for next year’s championship. 
568
569But in this match, everyone in Excellent Era showed a terrible performance. The end result was 1:9. Throughout the entire competition, they had only won a single point from the individual competition. The rest of the competition was plagued with mistakes. Excellent Era’s players looked as if they had something else on their minds. 
570
571Especially during the team competition. Xiao Shiqin’s Team Thunderclap was relatively weak in the individual competition and group knockout competitions, but with a Master Tactician leading their team, no one would ever underestimate them in team competitions. In the team competition, Excellent Era lost magnificently. 
572
573The media was stunned. Excellent Era fans were also stunned. Even the victorious Team Thunderclap was stunned. In the post-match interviews, when Thunderclap’s Captain Xiao Shiqin was asked about Excellent Era’s loss, he couldn’t find anything good to say because there simply wasn’t anything Excellent Era had done well during that battle. In the end, he lied saying “their performance wasn’t bad, but luck just wasn’t with them today.” 
574
575Happy Internet Cafe didn’t stream Excellent Era’s matches like usual, so there weren’t as large of an audience. However, there were still quite a few players who watched the match on their own. That day, Happy Internet Cafe was also in an uproar. Excellent Era’s disgusting performance made many jump out and praise Chen Guo for not streaming their match. It was their one bit of salvation from the disaster. 
576
577The customers, who had watched the match, all looked as if they had eaten a fly. They ran out the door and began throwing rocks at the nearby Club Excellent Era. This match had even taken place in Excellent Era’s home stadium. Those who had watched the match live had gathered around, refusing to leave and shouted angrily at Excellent Era. 
578
579Excellent Era wasn’t a stranger to this scene though. Their performance in the first half of the year had been very bad. Fans had done this before. 
580
581However, no matter how poorly they had performed, the hate they got had never been this bad. Today’s performance could be described with two words: unprecedented brutality. 
582
583Just when everyone’s hopes had been rekindled, Team Excellent Era dumped a bucket of cold water over it. The disappointed fans gathered around in the winter cold and refused to leave for a long time. Excellent Era could only look at the scene in shame. The spokesperson, manager, and team members all went out to apologize as well as promise that they would do better in the future. 
584
585However, were they actually sincere in their promises? 
586
587Sun Xiang, Liu Hao…… Excellent Era’s main team all had dead expressions on their faces. 
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594
595The web game had its own liveliness, while the pro league had its own news.
596
597Excellent Era had always been the center of attention. After all, they were a seasoned and well-known team in the Alliance. Before this season, they had always been contenders for the champion spot. However, this season, the characters being paid attention to were different. From the beginning of the season, Excellent Era was very unstable. Their captain and ace player changed halfway through the season and the team seemed to be on the rise again. However, a few weeks earlier, vice captain Liu Hao had a disastrous performance and the team was in complete disarray. Their last two performances were so bad that their defeats would go down in the history books.
598
599The press and newspaper once again used the headlines that they had been using throughout the season: What Happened to Excellent Era???
600
601This time, they added additional words in their headlines: What Is Actually Going on with Excellent Era???
602
603Excellent Era’s public relation team appeared helpless in the face of this historical disaster. Their fans were tired of their empty promises and wanted results instead of empty talk. Before it happened, they would never stop making their dissatisfaction known.
604
605In Excellent Era’s inter-team meeting, the manager could sense that something wasn’t right.
606
607Despite his shouting, his only response to it were the dead expressions on the team. Sun Xiang, Liu Hao, Shen Jian… All of the main players appeared to be out of it.
608
609The worried looks on their faces were not for the team, but for their own futures. Right now, Excellent Era was a sinking ship and the people that were supposed to be the fixers of the ships were thinking about matters after the ship had sunk.
610
611The sight that played out before him frightened the manager. The poor performance during the first half of the season could be brushed aside as a period of transitioning, but what about now? He didn’t know how the situation had gone out of hand so quickly and he had no solution to it…
612
613Pacing back and forth unsure of what to do, the manager decided to conclude the meeting. He hadn’t achieved the outcome that he had hoped would happen through this meeting. The only thing he obtained through the meeting was knowledge on how grave the situation looked. He had no choice but to pull out his phone, “Boss….”
614
615Although in-game players paid attention to the pro scene, the game wouldn’t be directly affected by news from the pro scene. Dungeons, missions, and PK’s between players continued regardless. The disastrous performance of Excellent Era, however, was a disgrace in the eyes of their fans as well as a subject of ridicule for their opponents.
616
617Chen Yehui managed the in-game guild. The pro team’s poor performances had nothing to do with him. However, as a core member of the club, he could clearly feel the heavy atmosphere within the club.
618
619What happened to Liu Hao and his companions last time? Chen Yehui couldn't muster the courage to ask. He came across Liu Hao several times since then, but Liu Hao always seemed to have something else in his mind and walked past him without noticing him.
620
621He Ming, Shen Jian, Zhang Jiaxing...
622
623Everyone he encountered looked like they were troubled. As for Sun Xiang, according to the information that Chen Yehui had gathered, it was said that he had isolated himself in his room and only came out for training and meal times.
624
625With the situation being so serious, Chen Yehui didn’t dare to do anything rash. He came to the conclusion that going back to the game and completing his responsibilities was the safest way to go.
626
627Progress in the game remained the same as before. The bounties placed on Lord Grim and Deception didn’t seem to affect them.
628
629The leaders of the big guilds understood that even though there were a lot of names on their wanted list, 6 out of 7 of them were just dummies. Lord Grim. Their only target was Lord Grim. This was precisely the reason that they reacted to news regarding Lord Grim while ignoring the rest.
630
631But what about Lord Grim? They had received a lot of information about him in these past few days, but they still hadn’t managed to catch a glimpse of him. They weren’t even sure if the information that they received were real or just to pull their legs. Later, the guilds required reports to confirm the target and keep the target in sight until they arrived. But when they thought about it, who was it they were supposed to keep in sight? Ye Qiu! Three guilds had allied together and sent out over a hundred players to lock down Wilderness Town. Even so, Ye Qiu had still been able to escape from their eyes. How could a single player keep him in sight for so long? It would only possible if Ye Qiu didn’t care and intentionally let someone pursue him.
632
633Would Ye Qiu be so careless with his current circumstances? Clearly not. For the past few days, Lord Grim was nowhere to be seen despite being online. The intelligence received by the big guilds decreased by the day. After the initial hype, not many were actually willing to try their luck in low level zones.
634
635Was this another wasted effort? Each club-backed guild was puzzled. Why couldn’t they defeat Lord Grim even when such a strong weapon, the renminbi, was employed.
636
637One week passed in the blink of an eye and a new round of the weekly pro matches began. Other than the Glory fans that cared about the top 8, the number of fans that were concerned that their teams would be disqualified increased as well.
638
639In terms of the long-term competition system of the professional league, doing horribly in a game or two wouldn’t decide the overall situation. The two teams that usually got relegated were usually teams that that had been at the back of the pack due to their lack of actual strength. But for the first half of the current season, Excellent Era had dropped low because of their continuous bad performances. A few good matches came after switching ace players, but the collapse that followed right after made many feel that Excellent Era had returned to the bottom. A contender for relegations was back!
640
641If Excellent Era actually got relegated, it would not be a small matter.
642
643With only 8 seasons, the development of Glory’s competitive scene was still considered quite short. The rise and fall of a powerhouse hadn’t occurred in history yet, but in this season, Excellent Era might just fulfill that role. Could the champions who once led to the creation of the first empire in the history of Glory be trying to change the history of Glory again, but this time in the completely opposite direction?
644
645Reports from the mass media were full of such sarcasm. Even though they were no longer as invincible as back in their days as reigning champions for three years, Excellent Era was still a strong competitor. However, they had suddenly plunged into the possibility of relegation without any warning as if to surprise the masses.
646
647Excellent Era’s rivals took pleasure in their misfortune, while their supporters were ridden with anxiety. Their next match began with much attention to it. Excellent Era would be the away team facing against Samsara.
648
649Samsara had been the host of the All Star Weekend, but unfortunately, their team didn’t show anything very outstanding. Despite that, their morale were exceptionally high after the All Star Weekend. Excellent Era was demoralized after their disastrous last match and was unlucky to face such a team with high spirits, but it was also a chance for them.
650
651If they were going to defeat Samsara, they would need to pay tremendous effort to do so. Btut if they managed to defeat them, it would be very strong evidence that their strength hadn’t faded.
652
653Could Excellent Era make it? The fans of Excellent Era weren’t the only ones paying attention to this match. Even Happy Internet Cafe was broadcasting this match. Chen Guo’s current policy was to stream important matches, so she didn’t avoid Excellent Era on purpose. This match would without a doubt be one of the the most important matches of the season.
654
655Happy Internet Cafe was once again full of customers, but the atmosphere was very heavy. There might be neutral fans watching the match elsewhere, but at this specific location, almost all of the audience members were Excellent Era supporters who were watching with sweat covering their palms. There were no cheers when the match started, no shouts of approval for their favorite players. Everyone was silently and anxiously paying attention to the match.
656
657Su Mucheng won the first individual match, bringing everyone’s spirits up.
658
659In the second match, vice captain Liu Hao managed to win too and the atmosphere in Happy Internet Cafe suddenly livened up.
660
661Even Chen Guo let out a breath that she had been holding in. Her wish to see Excellent Era fail miserably faded after seeing Ye Xiu’s dejected expression. She suddenly began to hope that Excellent Era could make a comeback.
662
663Without a doubt, Chen Guo was a typical fangirl. Su Mucheng was still a member of Excellent Era! If Excellent Era fell into disarray, wouldn’t Su Mucheng be affected as well? Just imagining this made Chen Guo hope that Excellent Era would deliver.
664
665Chen Guo stole a glance at Ye Xiu, who was smoking at the doorway. The guy was expressionless, as if the 2 wins were nothing to him.
666
667Excellent Era lost the third round. The Internet Cafe was filled with sighs of regret, but the atmosphere was way better than it had been when the match first started. At least the place was getting more lively.
668
669The group arena competition that followed was like a heavy rain, drenching the audience’s morale heavily. There was only one player that took part in the team knockout tournament from Samsara’s side, Zhou Zekai.
670
6711v3!
672
673Zhou Zekai scoring a 1v3 in the team knockout tournament with his stylish Sharpshooter may have been dazzling, but nobody was in the mood to appreciate his magnificent skills. Most of them wanted to eat Zhou Zekai alive.
674
675At this grave moment, a cheer emanated from amongst the crowd, “Awesome!”
676
677The cheer could only be towards Zhou Zekai. The crowd looked for the source of the voice with fury in their eyes. The owner of the voice was luckily a beautiful girl. If it were a guy, the emergency services would be needing to take a field trip to Happy Internet Cafe.
678
679The atmosphere of the internet cafe regressed immediately to a state similar to when  the game had first started. The team competition started with great anxiety amongst the audience. Lasting for 30 minutes, the match was just of moderate length, but it caused Excellent Era fans to wince with pain.
680
681Defeated. Once again, they had suffered defeat.
682
6832 : 8 was the final score, with only a difference of one point compared to their last match. Although not as disgusting as their last match, Excellent Era’s team remained in low spirits, retaining their horrible performance. This was made obvious by the team competition.
684
685“F*ck!” The air in Happy Internet Cafe was filled with strings of curses.
686
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692
693Curses filled the air. Quite a few audience members stood up and kicked away their chairs, just like the ending of a movie in the cinemas. In their agitated state, there was no order when the audience left the place. Individuals at the front of the crowd were cursed at whenever they slowed down. The chaos didn’t subside even after a long time. Most of them went across the street, throwing bricks, vandalizing the walls, but how could Excellent Era’s guards have the courage to stop them?
694
695They watched or at least saw the results of the match. The moment the saw that Excellent Era had lost again, they knew it would be a disaster. At that moment, the only thing they could do was shut the main entrance. The best they could do was to stop the crowd from entering their headquarters and wrecking it from within.
696
697Chen Guo was stunned by the result of the stampede. A lot of her customers didn’t intend to destroy her Internet Cafe intentionally, but in their moment of rage, much destruction was wrought upon the facilities. Chen Guo realized that her previous decision had been a blessing in disguise. The popularity and income of the Internet Cafe suffered drastically from her action of cancelling the broadcast of Excellent Era’s match, but with the team’s current performance, she was lucky that she stopped the broadcast. With their disgusting performance, her Internet Cafe would be the audience’s first place to release their rage. If the situation continued, her Internet Cafe would’ve been dismantled.
698
699While directing her staff to clean up the place, Chen Guo glanced at the doorway, Ye Xiu was already gone. She shifted her view and saw that a huge crowd had formed outside Excellent Era’s entrance. It wasn’t as bad as last time though. They knew that it was an away match and that not many of the staffs members were around.
700
701Excellent Era had lost to Samsara, who were at the peak of their performance, so the media gave them a bit of leeway and didn’t show too much disappointment towards Excellent Era’s performance.
702
703However, having scored only a meager three points total from their last two matches, Excellent Era’s ranking plunged. Their score this season wasn’t high to begin with and they had only barely increased their ranking with their previously stable performances the last few games. The blunder that they’d made caused their ranking to drop, and they were headed straight towards disqualification.
704
705“If this continues, will Excellent Era be eliminated?” Chen Guo went upstairs and was surprised that Ye Xiu had not logged into the game yet and was in the living room instead.
706
707“I don’t know…….” Ye Xiu replied as he looked out through the window.
708
709That night, Ye Xiu didn’t spend any time on the game, but the next morning, he headed straight to the computer.
710
711He continued levelling his character, but not long after logging into the game, he received a message from Mo Qiang on QQ.
712
713“God d*mn, after working on this for a week, I’ve finally finished it!” said Mo Qiang.
714
715“It’s done?” After Ye Xiu’s discussion with Mo Qiang last time, he gave Mo Qiang’s address to Loulan Slash and the five accounts were sent straight to him, giving him full access to the accounts.
716
717“It’s done. Let me send a short clip to you!” Mo Qiang sent Ye Xiu a video file.
718
719After receiving the file, Ye Xiu clicked into it and the words “Xiaoqiang Productions” appeared on screen in a comical fashion.
720
721“Your introduction…” Ye Xiu hesitated.
722
723“Brand consciousness is a must!” replied Mo Qiang.
724
725“You’re overdoing it... your deal with the Clubs is like ripping hair out of their heads. They’re going to hate you for doing this and you actually made an intro to deepen their impression of you?” Ye Xiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
726
727“Ayy! You’re right about that. It’s not like I’m going to have any more business relationships with these Clubs, so I’m going to gross them out.” said Mo Qiang.
728
729“If you push them too far, they might not pay you for this!” said Ye Xiu.
730
731“Oh they can’t.” Mo Qiang sent a sly smile emoticon, “I’ve already made preparations, they will pay me no matter what, unless they don’t care about their reputation anymore.”
732
733Ye Xiu kept quiet. He guessed that Mo Qiang would be doing this deal in the open, where it could be seen by all the players. Under these circumstances, the clubs wouldn’t be able to go back on their words. Even if they knew that Mo Qiang was tricking them, they could only suffer in silence.
734
735But with so many guilds offering the bounty, the expense would be shared between them. With the sum divided amongst themselves, it wouldn’t be considered much. Just as Mo Qiang said, even if it did not affect them financially, it was more important that they gross them out.
736
737Ye Xiu didn’t  comment on Mo Qiang’s mischievous joke because he knew that Mo Qiang didn’t have a good view of these Clubs.
738
739“Do what you want! I only care for the money.” Ye Xiu replied with an “Emotionless” emoticon.
740
741“Keep watching my video, I’ve been working on it for a week and the only thing you’ve watched is the introduction? How could you!” Mo Qiang grumbled.
742
743“I’m watching, I’m watching…” Ye Xiu continued watching the video helplessly.
744
745The main theme of the video appeared right after the introduction, starting with a chaotic battle. Mo Qiang grouped the 5 accounts together, creating a scenario where the party was annihilated in battle. The footage was shaky, hinting that the person recording the video was also a part of the battle. The video ended with 5 corpses on the ground, with the shot stopping at each ID.
746
747“The party was annihilated, but they don’t revive themselves and they just lay there so you can get a clean shot on them? Isn’t this too take? You really intend to disgust them to death!” said Ye Xiu.
748
749“Hahaha, keep watching!” Mo Qiang continued.
750
751Ye Xiu continued to watch the video. The footage zoomed out as if the character were backing off and looking around, while paying close attention to the corpses lying on the ground. Not long afterwards, a Cleric appeared on camera. Ye Xiu immediately understood his intention.
752
753It was scripted. Everything was scripted to giving the chance for his opponents to be rescued by their Cleric and then ambushing them.
754
755“......” Even Ye Xiu was speechless.
756
757“Haha, if the characters respawn, we still need to control them. I was a little lazy. By doing this, even if they counted these two occasions as one, it’s still quite convenient!” said Mo Qiang.
758
759“You often use this method. It’s too disgusting.” said Ye Xiu.
760
761“Yeah yeah, that was why I made it look like they saw through it after a few times and then stopped doing it. We want to decrease our workload, but we can make it look realistic at the same time! For the viewing pleasure of the higher ups of the clubs, it can’t be done too crudely, right?”
762
763“With these five accounts moving around so frequently, won’t people notice them?” said Ye Xiu.
764
765“Who would notice them faster than our own guys? I notified the big guilds every time, saying how I found these five player’s whereabouts. But these guilds are really sly. These five characters had a bounty placed on them to fool the public. They don’t even care about them. I’ve never seen any one of their men come over. I’m guessing the others that gave them intelligence on these five were also ignored. I was lucky that I had a trick up my sleeve. Xiaoqiang’s product, home made. I feel good earning this money.” Mo Qiang prattled on.
766
767“In the end they’re all bald?” asked Ye Xiu. Being “bald” meant that all the experience points on the characters were gone. Even though their levels were still at 70, if you opened up their character info pages and looked at their stats, you would break into tears.
768
769“Sigh, speaking of which, we made a mistake in our calculations. The minimum level a character can have in Glory is level 1, there is no level 0, so to make these Level 70 characters go bald, there are only 69 levels. With 500 yuan per level and 5 times 69 levels, we’ll only get a grand total of 172,500. The sum that we came up with, 175,000, was incorrect!” Mo Qiang continued!
770
771“So how much are you going to get in the end..…” said Ye Xiu.
772
773“I didn’t finish off all of their levels. It would be too unrealistic, so I got a total of 150,000.” said Mo Qiang.
774
775“This isn’t realistic either.” said Ye Xiu.
776
777“Isn’t 150,000 easier to divide? We’re aiming to decrease our workload.” said Mo Qiang.
778
779“Sure, sure. I’ve finished watching the video, do what you have to do!” said Ye Xiu.
780
781“I intend to leave it there for a few more days, but I’m afraid that they’d suddenly cancel the bounty. I heard that even after so many days, they still couldn’t get ahold of you right? Why don’t you give them some hope? Dying once or twice. Isn’t there’s a huge pile of money waiting for you after that? Make some sacrifices. Huh? Come on!” Mo Qiang continued earnestly.
782
783“Stop spewing nonsense, if you’re afraid that the bounty will be canceled, do it faster.” said Ye Xiu.
784
785“But there is also a possibility that they will increase the bounty. Raising yours to a thousand, and if these accounts’ got increased by about 200 yuan, it would still be a very big profit!” said Mo Qiang.
786
787“Don’t be too greedy. If the amount is too big, aren’t you afraid that they’d rather lose face than to pay the bounty? Everything has a limit!” said Ye Xiu.
788
789“Yes yes yes, you are right. Fine! I’ll cash in on the bounty, give me your account number, I’ll send the money later.” said Mo Qiang.
790
791“Slow down, I have a list of things here that I need, so help me acquire those.” said Ye Xiu.
792
793“What do you need?” asked Mo Qiang.
794
795When the shoplist was received by Mo Qiang, he immediately understood Ye Xiu’s attention after a glance, “You’re going to upgrade that Silver Equipment of yours!”
796
797“Yes!”
798
799“You’re upgrading it to level 50, am I right?” Mo Qiang continued. Each equipment and materials had their own levels. The level of the materials used to forge a piece of silver equipment wasn’t limited, but it was still based on the level of the end product. Guessing the level of the equipment was simple just by looking at the list of materials.
800
801“Yes.”
802
803“I don’t have all the things you need. How could this be a single weapon? This is enough for an entire set!” Mo Qiang was amazed.
804
805“I know you have your ways of getting it done. The money is with you, just help me out here. Is it enough?” said Ye Xiu.
806
807“It’s hard to say, Orange Equipment is easy to get, but you need three materials that are only dropped by wild bosses, which are mostly owned by the big guilds. It’s tough luck for the studios. Even if others have them, if we try getting it, they will certainly raise the price unreasonably, you know that.” said Mo Qiang.
808
809“Yes, I know.” Ye Xiu nodded. There was no market price for such rare materials. They were so rare that they couldn’t even form a market out of it. Such items could accurately be described by “rare commodity”. If any workshops got their hands on them, they would only sell them when the time is right.
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814507 Leave It Alone
815Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
816
817Three of the materials required to upgrade the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella to its Level 50 form only came from wild BOSSes. No other upgrades had required such luxurious materials thus far.
818
819This was because the upgrade process from Level 5 to 45 could be considered relatively easy to accomplish, but from Level 45 to 50, the capabilities of the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella would be completely branch out. When the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella had been designed, Level 50 had been its final form. Leaving the extremely precious materials until the final form was done in order to save materials needed for the previous upgrades. Most Silver equipment followed this train of thought. If materials could be saved from previous upgrades, then it was best to save them.
820
821However, the current Silver equipment had their final upgrades from Level 65 to 70, while the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella’s final upgrade was still stuck at Level 45 to 50.
822
823The current tenth server might not even be able to gather together enough materials needed for this upgrade. However, Ye Xiu was already in the Heavenly Domain and he could acquire these materials through others from older servers. Items could go forward, but not backwards in the Heavenly Domain and normal servers. In other words, items from normal servers could be brought into the Heavenly Domain, but items from the Heavenly Domain couldn’t be brought back to normal servers, unless the item originally came from the normal server. If a player had any sort of item from the Heavenly Domain, the player would have to store it in the Heavenly Domain before going back to the normal server.
824
825After finishing his deal with Mo Qiang, Ye Xiu continued to level up. He played cautiously every day, not allowing anyone find his tracks. Even though this slowed down his leveling speed, he slowly wore away at the patience of bounty hunters. Ye Xiu had predicted this would happen. At first, everyone would be filled with excitement, but after awhile, most people would give up on trying their luck and would stop wasting their time.
826
827Chen Guo saw how the situation had turned for the better, so she logged into her Chasing Haze and began to help him level. Helpers would increase his leveling speed, so Ye Xiu didn’t refuse her assistance.
828
829They killed monsters for the entire morning. After eating lunch, everyone took a short break. Chen Guo took this time to browse the internet. She checked the forums and saw a post created by Mo Qiang. Seeing this, she hastily called for Ye Xiu to come over and see.
830
831Ye Xiu went over and looked. Sure enough, Mo Qiang had posted videos of him killing those five open accounts. It wasn’t all of it though. There would be too many videos and file size would have been too big. He only posted the videos that he had sent Ye Xiu to take a look at. It was only a small portion of all of them. The main content of the post was the text. Mo Qiang told everyone of how hard he had been working for the whole week. This cunning fellow didn’t even mention that the amount he had killed was worth 150,000 yuan. Killing them that many times in the span of a single week would clearly be too fake. Were those five fake? If those five knew that they would be pursued every day, why would they stay online and letting their experience drop?
832
833Just from these videos and this text, it seemed like Mo Qiang had truly gone through great difficulties just to kill these five a few times, which was why he went on the forums to express his joy.
834
835“F*ck these Clubs!”
836
837Ye Xiu was reading through these posts, when he received a message from Mo Qiang.
838
839“What?” Ye Xiu was surprised. Would the Clubs really not reward him for cashing in the bounty? Ye Xiu hadn’t thought that this would happen, but Ye Xiu also needed this money. Getting the materials he needed just through in-game methods would be extremely difficult! Ye Xiu didn’t mind using real life money in this case. The more time he could save, the better.
840
841“They said today is Sunday. Wait until Monday!” Mo Qiang typed furiously.
842
843“Oh…… then just wait!” Ye Xiu saw his reply and broke out into a laugh. It was a very normal response. No one would be willing to work on the weekend or work overtime for something so trivial.
844
845“Do you think they’re going to try to keep on delaying it?” Mo Qiang clearly didn’t have a good image of the Clubs.
846
847“For something like this? Just wait. There’s more to come!” Ye Xiu calmly said.
848
849“What?”
850
851“Do you think you’re talking to a real person? The Club is still a company. No matter how they run, it’s going to take them awhile to process it. If you get it by next week, then that would already be considered quite quick.” Ye Xiu said.
852
853“I’m just afraid that long delays will cause trouble!” Mo Qian said, “If I knew there would be a delay, I wouldn’t have posted it today. What happens if I rustle the grass and scare a snake?”
854
855“You can always delete posts you know…..” Ye Xiu said.
856
857“Right right right, I’ll delete it first.” Mo Qiang immediately went to do it. Fortunately, he had just posted it, so it hadn’t gotten much attention yet. After deleting it, he repeatedly searched the post on Baidu and let out a sigh of relief after seeing no one had reproduced it.
858
859Chen Guo saw the treacherous dealings going on between these two, but didn’t have the energy to scold them.
860
861That day, at Club Excellent Era, a huge number of fans had gathered at its entrance again to protest. It was Sunday, and they clearly didn’t have much else to do.
862
863Despite protesting, it still showed the fans’ passion. With Excellent Era’s recent performances, they couldn’t just turn a blind eye towards the fans, so they sent some people out to calm them down and provided them with food and drinks. Later, it was said that they invited a few representatives of the fans to go inside and have a chat…..
864
865A chaotic day passed by just like that.
866
867The next day was a business day, so Mo Qiang did the same thing that he had done yesterday. He made a post and contacted the Clubs for the rewards.
868
869“Oh? You killed them? And you have video proof??”
870
871The person who replied today was someone who managed this type of work, not an answering machine.
872
873“Yeah, should I send over the videos?” Mo Qiang asked.
874
875“Sure, go ahead!” The manager clearly didn’t care.
876
877“Okay.” Mo Qiang replied. He sent the files and the other side received them. Afterwards, he commented: “This is for 104 kills.”
878
879“How many?” The manager rubbed his eyes as if he had read the message incorrectly.  He felt like it would only be a few times at most for a few hundred yuan. How could he have imagined that the other side would say 104 times. The amount of money to be paid out for that amount already broke the ten thousand range.
880
881“104 times. If you don’t believe me, you can count. My recordings should be quite clear.” Mo Qiang replied and then sent another file over.
882
883“Why did you send it again?” The manager was confused.
884
885“It’s another file. 112 times.” Mo Qiang said.
886
887“There’s more!” The manager cried.
888
889“Of course.” Mo Qiang said.
890
891The manager received it, while feeling astonished. This was already within the twenty thousand yuan range.
892
893And then a third, a fourth, a fifth…...
894
895“How many do you have?” The manager couldn’t believe his eyes.
896
897“10 files for a total of 1500 times.” Mo Qiang replied.
898
899“1500 times……. 150,000……” The manager was completely stunned. He stared at the files sent and didn’t know what to say.
900
901“I’ll keep working hard!” Mo Qiang said.
902
903“Uh…… wait. We’ll have to look over all of your videos before talking again.” The manager replied. 1500 times, 150,000 yuan, the number was so ridiculous that they seemed fake. The manager felt like he had encountered a scammer, so he had to verify it. As a result, he hastily called over people to watch the videos and confirm the number count.
904
905Ten videos. Fifteen hundred kills. Even though he killed them five times in some of the videos, it wouldn’t be easy to look through them, especially since they had to check if he was hacking.
906
907After working busily for the entire day, the specialists came to a conclusion: there were no problems with any of the videos.
908
909“Are you joking!” The videos weren’t fake. Moreover, the manager had counted the number of kills, exactly 1500.
910
911However, killing them that many times in an entire week only existed in theory. Anyone who understood anything about the game would know that something wasn’t right.
912
913Even the video specialists expressed how even though the videos were clean, the content themselves………
914
915The responsibility had exceeded this manager’s power. It was clearly a fraud, but there was no proof…...
916
9171500 times meant that each player had died 300 times. 5 deaths 1 level, so 60 levels lost.
918
919For five players to have lost 60 levels in one week……. If the five weren’t killing themselves on purpose, then only an idiot would believe it.
920
921“This has to be fake!” The manager felt. Something so ridiculous didn’t need proof. However, he knew the other side must have understood this too, yet he still spoke so frankly. Why was he not afraid?
922
923The manager felt like this issue was a bit complicated and he couldn’t make a rash decision. Moreover, he was just acting on behalf of others. This was something created by all of the Clubs, who had allied together. How could he represent all of the Clubs?
924
925As a result, he decided to ask his boss for help. Anyone would immediately understand something so obvious! No one cared about the stuff on the surface. After all of the Clubs received this news, they pondered over whether there was something more to this.
926
927They could already figure it out easily enough.
928
929Because as everyone already knew, these five accounts were Heavenly Justice’s open accounts.
930
931What were open accounts? Open accounts were accounts with no identity and could be sacrificed at any time. And now, these five accounts had been killed in such a way. Trying to level them back up would be nearly the same as leveling them from scratch. They could already be considered as trashed. However, the sacrifice was worth it! Five accounts, 150,000…...
932
933Heavenly Justice had done it!
934
935All of the guilds now thought that they were the perpetrators. Who would have thought that such a famous guild would do something so dirty.
936
937The Clubs now had an even worse impression of Heavenly Justice. None of them had a good feeling about them ever since their eye-catching step onto the professional stage.
938
939However, in the end……
940
941“Give it to him!” The Clubs decided despite their anger. They weren’t angry towards the money, but rather this incident. They had been scammed.
942
943However, when they thought of Heavenly Justice, everyone still felt cautious. If they prodded at them any further, who knew if they would do something in return. Heavenly Justice couldn’t be underestimated.
944
945Give them the money. Leave it alone. 
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950508 Out of Expectations
951Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
952
953The videos were sent and examined carefully for an entire day. In the end, the Clubs grit their teeth and contacted Mo Qiang, who happily accepted the reward. Mo Qiang himself was surprised. He didn’t think that it would have been so easy! Why else would he have made a post online as a cover or record of all of the calls? The other side had taken a close look at the videos, so he thought there would be a huge argument between them, but contrary to his expectations, they simply responded with two words: bank account.
954
955The deal went so smoothly, that Mo Qiang was somewhat astonished. He gave the other side his bank account’s routing number and called Ye Xiu.
956
957“Really? Well that’s good!” Ye Xiu was quite calm and didn’t seem too surprised. This was because he had another window open on his screen. Loulan Slash was crying: “You guys have given us a lot of trouble!”
958
959“What’s wrong?” Ye Xiu asked.
960
961The Clubs have been scammed of 150,000 yuan and it turns out they weren’t just going to swallow it so easily. Mo Qiang? In their eyes, he was just a subordinate, so they didn’t make things difficult for Mo Qiang. Instead, they directly contacted Loulan Slash and sent him a message showing their disdain towards him.
962
963The message was clear. The Clubs wanted to let Loulan Slash know that they weren’t stupid with more money than sense. This small amount of money wasn’t much to them, so if you wanted it, you could have it! We’re too lazy to bicker with you over this matter, but for you to actually plot something like this, we’re definitely going to look down on you.
964
965Loulan Slash felt wronged!
966
967He felt like earning profit like this wasn’t his style, so he had refused to collaborate with Ye Xiu. Who would have thought that the blame would be put entirely on him? Ye Xiu had come off clean without a speck of dirt. Loulan Slash also had to blame himself for overlooking this matter. Those five accounts had been his, so if someone else used them, then wouldn’t it be obvious what the outcome would be?
968
969God replied, “Ha ha ha ha, it looks like I’ve wronged you.” Loulan Slash felt like he had been cheated!
970
971“Just tell them I was the one who did it. Wouldn’t that solve everything?” God followed up with another message, making Loulan Slash feel at ease again. Taking a bit of blame was nothing, but if the other side really had intended on pushing the blame onto him, then he would have felt uneasy.
972
973Seeing the reply and then thinking about his interactions with God, Loulan Slash now truly believed that this God didn’t care about this at all, so God didn’t have any intentions of making him a scapegoat. Everything had just been an accident.
974
975“In any case, they’re already set on believing that I did it. I’m too lazy to explain, so that’ll be that then!” Loulan Slash decided.
976
977“Are you sure you don’t want a share of it?” Ye Xiu asked.
978
979“No need no need.” Loulan Slash jumped. “Even though he had been made a scapegoat, he hadn’t thought of asking for compensation. A leader knew there were things that he should and shouldn’t do. Loulan Slash was clearly a very principled youth.
980
981“The money has arrived!” Mo Qiang was very excited. His entire week of hard work had paid off! The Clubs displayed their demeanor, expressing how this matter was beneath them. They didn’t make any delays and immediately transferred the money over to Mo Qiang.
982
983“Okay, then I’ll leave it with you for now! How are the other matters I talked to you about going?” Ye Xiu asked.
984
985“Senior, it’s only been a day. Give me some time!” Mo Qiang said.
986
987“See you then!” Ye Xiu said.
988
989“It’ll be done, so don’t worry!” Mo Qiang received the reward and was in high spirits. Yesterday, he said how gathering those materials might have be difficult, but he seemed much more confident now.
990
991In the time that it took for him to raise his hands, he had earned 150,000 yuan. In the same amount of time, the money he earned would be completely spent. From start to finish, the money never touched his hands. His trust in the other side was admirable as well.
992
993“Time to level up!” Ye Xiu stretched and continued to kill monsters.
994
995On the Clubs’ side, after sending the money to Mo Qiang’s account, they urgently convened for an online meeting, discussing the issue of the other two player’s bounty.
996
997The rewards for the five open accounts might not have cost much, but money was still money. The money had flowed right out of their accounts and had even left a stain. The presidents of the Clubs may have a certain amount of financial power in their hands, but that power wasn’t their Club’s power. All of these things would be assessed in their annual financial record. The amount of money wasn’t much, but it would still be infuriating. It would make them seem like they had no ability.
998
999For their appearances, this small amount of money didn’t matter.
1000
1001For internal affairs, it was a deep cut to their hearts.
1002
1003Heavenly Justice had cheated them of a portion of money. If Deception and Lord Grim cheated them too, they would be making the same mistake twice……. it would be unforgivable!
1004
1005The loophole for this bounty was too big! Neither the public, nor the private, wanted to continue. Not long after holding the meeting, several presidents decided to withdraw. If someone left, then the burden would be split by the others. No one would agree to that, so after another ten minutes, they unanimously decided to stop giving out the bounty. Next time, if they had to make such a move, they had to be more careful.
1006
1007The bounties had only been placed a week ago. Not only were there no signs of their target, the five dummies had cost the Clubs 150,000 yuan. This sort of result made them very displeased.
1008
1009More importantly, the activity had created a huge wave of excitement. Ending it would require an explanation.
1010
1011The 150,000 yuan couldn’t be spent for nothing. They provided the videos bought for 150,000 yuan as proof for the success of their move. In reality, they grit their teeth every time they saw those ten videos, especially those huge glamorous words “Xiaoqiang Productions”. The more they watched, the more annoyed they became and had the opening titles deleted.
1012
1013Those five dummies had been dealt with, but those other two’s bounties had to be explained too!
1014
1015Unfortunately, they hadn’t been able to kill either of them a single time. In the end, they could only express with a magnanimous voice how Lord Grim and Deception had committed crimes and then hid like cowards, abandoning their five brothers and letting them die over and over again.
1016
1017Because everyone was very busy right now, we’ve decided to stop the activity and we can’t promise something like this will ever happen again. Scrap pickers, behave yourself!
1018
1019It turned out that, for a majority of the players, they actually believed the Clubs had been hugely successful. The videos shared to the public were highlights picked from the ten video files. As a result, the normal players didn’t know about the loophole that had been exploited.
1020
1021This time, the Clubs had used scrap pickers as a pretense to justify their actions. Who would have thought that their actions would actually help get rid of them? Afterwards, a lot fewer scrap pickers appeared in the Heavenly Domain. The players were smart. Facing the annoying scrap pickers, they used the actions of the club-backed guilds as a threat. The bounty had benefited the community and the Clubs were praised for it.
1022
1023However, these were all things that came after a period of time. Right now, who did this affect the greatest? Ye Xiu, of course. Even though the danger was still there, he didn’t need to worry about how every piece of grass or stone might suddenly turn into an enemy.
1024
1025Killing monsters over the next two days went relatively peacefully. Lord Grim steadily reached Level 54. With the amount of time Ye Xiu had spent playing the game, his leveling speed after level 50 was considered quite slow, but what choice did he have? He couldn’t run any dungeons.
1026
1027Starting from this day, Ye Xiu was no longer busy with only in-game affairs. He started spending time outside the game studying and researching.
1028
1029Why? Because the upgrade path for the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella was limited to this.
1030
1031For Level 55, 60, 65, and 70, Ye Xiu needed to look all over the Glory world to find suitable materials for it.
1032
1033In addition, the materials needed for these next few stages would be much more expensive than before. This was because starting from Level 55, the Heavenly Domain existed, making it even larger than the old Glory mainland, so there would naturally be many more items available. Finding suitable materials out of all of the materials available would require a lot of research. Ye Xiu became even busier.
1034
1035As for Chen Guo, she was still the boss for the Internet Cafe and had other priorities besides the game. Every day, she would have to spend some time patrolling the Internet Cafe. Like usual, the first thing she did in the morning was get up and go for a walk. Outside the entrance to the cafe, she sucked in a breath of fresh air and stretched her arms. When she looked ahead, a person was crossing the street, heading towards Happy Internet Cafe.
1036
1037When he arrived in front of the door, he gave Chen Guo a smile.
1038
1039Chen Guo looked at him. He looked to be a bit over thirty years old and looked intelligent and capable. This type of person didn’t seem like someone who would go to an Internet Cafe first thing in the morning. He probably had something urgent come up and needed to use a computer.
1040
1041Chen Guo studied him, while giving him a smile back. Who would have thought this person would be the first to speak: “Is Ye Qiu here?”
1042
1043“Ah!” For a moment, Chen Guo was in a daze as she stared dumbly at this person. She suddenly felt like he looked a bit familiar. Was he a pro player? Chen Guo quickly recalled all of the pro players she recognized, but couldn’t register a match.
1044
1045“Is he here?” The other side saw Chen Guo lost in thought and asked again.
1046
1047“Oh, come with me.” Chen Guo nodded her head and led the person up the stairs. He was looking for Ye Qiu and because she wasn’t anyone too close to Ye Qiu, she didn’t feel like she had the right to ask about his business.
1048
1049Right when she got upstairs, the door to the room opened and Ye Xiu walked out with a cigarette in his mouth. Ye Xiu saw Chen Guo and then looked in surprise at the person behind her.
1050
1051“He came looking for you.” Chen Guo made way and introduced him.
1052
1053The expression on Ye Xiu’s face didn’t change much. He simply nodded his head. He held open the door and invited the person in.
1054
1055The person also nodded his head and then walked into the room with a smile on his face. Chen Guo followed after him, but she wasn’t as nice to Ye Xiu. She immediately asked him out of curiosity: “Who is he? He seems kind of familiar. I feel like I should recognize him!”
1056
1057“Excellent Era’s boss.” Ye Xiu smiled as he walked into the room.
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1062509 I Don’t Want Any of That
1063Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1064
1065Chen Guo suddenly understood. That’s right! The person in question was none other than the CEO of Excellent Era’s club, the true boss, Tao Xuan. She had seen him before on some reports, but as the CEO, he didn’t get as much media exposure as the players. Therefore, there was much less attention fixed on him. As a result, Chen Guo only felt that his face looked familiar instead of immediately recognizing him. Upon hearing Ye Xiu’s words, she finally remembered.
1066
1067Excellent Era’s CEO was personally paying a visit?
1068
1069Chen Guo immediately realized that there was much brewing under the surface. She couldn’t help but follow the two into the room with all of her worries and curiosities. Upon seeing them staring at her, she found herself embarrassed on the spot, pointing towards her own room, “I’ll be going back to my own room.” While her words were still leaving her mouth, she had already moved with brisk steps. She quickly entered the room, closed the door… and then flattened herself against it.
1070
1071“Sit.” In the living room, Ye Xiu gave his seat to Tao Xuan before standing next to the window.
1072
1073“How’s everything going?” Tao Xuan asked Ye Xiu as he settled himself on the couch.
1074
1075“Pretty good.” Ye Xiu answered and fished a cigarette out of his pocket. With a wave of his hand, Ye Xiu tossed it towards Tao Xuan.
1076
1077Surprised, Tao Xuan paused for a split second. When he reached out to catch it, it was already too late.
1078
1079Tao Xuan picked the cigarette up from the floor. After a he held it uncomfortably for a moment, he set the small offer on the table and looked up at Ye Xiu with a smile, “I quit.”
1080
1081“Oh? Really? Well, I didn’t hear about that.” Ye Xiu spoke. He took a deep breath and blew the smoke out the window.
1082
1083In another short silence, Tao Xuan looked around the room as he asked with a laugh: “You live here?”
1084
1085“Yeah.” Ye Xiu nodded.
1086
1087“Living with such beauty, aren’t you afraid of upsetting Mucheng?” Tao Xuan joked.
1088
1089“Heheheh.” Ye Xiu chuckled three times and then wiped his smirk away. He looked at Tao Xuan in all seriousness, “State your business.”
1090
1091Instead of avoiding Ye Xiu’s gaze, Tao Xuan met it straight on with his own before replying with the same smile, “Come back!”
1092
1093“To where?”
1094
1095“Back to Excellent Era.”
1096
1097Bang!
1098
1099The door Chen Guo’s room sounded as if something crashed into it. Ye Xiu shook his head, laughed, before calling out, “If you want to listen in, just come inside! Shame…”
1100
1101The door was pulled open, and out of of it, Chen Guo appeared with a turmoil of emotions on her face ----- embarrassment mixed with anger.
1102
1103Ye Xiu looked at her, smiled, then turned to Tao Xuan and continued the conversation,”What could I possibly do back in Excellent Era?”
1104
1105“Coach.” Tao Xuan answered quickly.
1106
1107“Oh? Me as a coach? Could this be part of your scheme?” Ye Xiu asked.
1108
1109This time Tao Xuan didn’t reply as quickly. His gaze averted, as well and dropped to the table before him. The cigarette on the table laid all by itself in solitude. Chen Guo stared at him, suppressing the urge to scream in his face: how dare he come to ask Ye Xiu to go back? Did he have any sense of shame left? In the end, her gaze bounced back and forth on the two’s faces, as if she was trying to decode some hidden message from them.
1110
1111“I have no interest watching from the bench. I like the stage the best.” Ye Xiu suddenly broke the stagnant silence.
1112
1113This sentence put a smile on Tao Xuan’s face. He lifted his head, “Coaching would only be temporary. After the one year required leave, you can return immediately.”
1114
1115“Of course I would go back immediately.” Ye Xiu laughed.
1116
1117Tao Xuan understood the subtext in Ye Xiu’s words right away: I’m going back no matter what. Tao Xuan smiled bitterly, “What’s the point?”
1118
1119“What is your point?” Ye Xiu shoveled Tao Xuan’s words back.
1120
1121Tao Xuan’s expression turned agitated. Ye Xiu’s retort seemed to poke a nerve in him.
1122
1123The answer to the question was that there was no point. There was no need for both of them to have this conversation in the first place. Additionally, when Ye Xiu replied, his answer seemed to imply more than returning to Excellent Era.
1124
1125“Both you and I watched the league become what it is today step by step. Both of us know this well: the current league isn’t the same as before.” Tao Xuan opened his mouth again, “The big teams’ success helps the league grow; Brilliant stars help expand the League's influence. They are what the league need the most now. In a match, strategy and teamwork are surely important to determine the outcomes. However, stars! Stars are what drives ticket sales the most. Of all of your intricate strategies, if we sample a million audience members, how many of them do you think will understand them? None! That cannot grip the players’ hearts. What do the players like to see? One versus three in a challenge match and a lone hero in a team battle. These are the things that they talk about.  These are what they want, like, and hope to see. These are what they view as miracles.”
1126
1127Tao Xuan paused for a moment and observed Ye Xiu’s expression. He even looked at Chen Guo before he continued, “Why do they call Zhou Zekai the best in Glory? Is it simply because he looks the best? No. What’s important is that his skills are extravagantly displayed, and that his battles are splendidly fought. In the eyes of the players, splendor means difficulty. It means skill. You might say such opinions are extremely shallow, but what people like to see is exactly this shallowness. Your legendary technique, you said that you created it for fun, you said its practicality was limited, but what about it? All of the fans see it as your signature technique. Does it matter that its practicality is limited? No, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that it's irreplaceable. You are the only one who can perform it, so it became an irreplaceable splendor. When you stopped using it, people believe that your skill level dropped. When you used it at All Stars, you ignited the whole stadium’s excitement instantaneously. I don’t believe that you didn’t see all of these things!”
1128
1129After an emotional speech, there was not a single trace of a smile on Tao Xuan face. He stared intently at Ye Xiu.
1130
1131Ye Xiu only smiled, “All of what you have just said are true, but I don’t want any of them.”
1132
1133“What do you want?”
1134
1135“Victory.” Ye Xiu gazed straight at Tao Xuan.
1136
1137“You…” Tao Xuan looked as if he had lost all of his strength at once. After a while, he opened his mouth again. This time, a hint of sarcasm was mixed in with his words, “You honestly believe that you can still regain your former glory?”
1138
1139“I will try.” Ye Xiu replied.
1140
1141“You. Can. Not. Do. It.” Tao Xuan stated.
1142
1143“Are you that sure?” Surprisingly, Ye Xiu still found the nerve to laugh.
1144
1145“Yes.”
1146
1147“Then we’ll see.” Ye Xiu promised.
1148
1149“Very good. Let’s see it happen.” Tao Xuan stood up.
1150
1151“Humph. Before that, make sure your Excellent Era doesn’t get kicked out first.” Upon realizing that the conversation ran aground, Chen Guo added, unable to hold herself back.
1152
1153“Hehe.” Tao Xuan laughed, clearly belittling the threat, “Even if Excellent Era got kicked out, we can still rejoin the league after a year. We’ve set our sights on the future. We will not be tied down by our past. Those who stand in our ways will be kicked away mercilessly.”
1154
1155“Yeah. About that, you did a very good job indeed.” Ye Xiu commented half-heartedly.
1156
1157“I’ll take my leave.”
1158
1159“I won’t see you out.”
1160
1161Tao Xuan walked hurriedly to the door, but he stopped when he pulled it open. He didn’t look back as he added, “The league won’t be going back to the way it used to be in the past.”
1162
1163“I know that, but I’m too old to keep moving forward. “ Ye Xiu spoke.
1164
1165“Initially, you could have had a perfect end.” Tao Xuan said.
1166
1167“Whether my end is perfect or not, I’ll decide that.” Ye Xiu retorted.
1168
1169After standing in the doorway for a long time, Tao Xuan finally turned around, “For all these years’ sake, I will grant one wish of yours.”
1170
1171“Oh?”
1172
1173“Even if you want to move One Autumn Leaf out of Excellent Era.” Tao Xuan finished.
1174
1175“That would be very costly.” Ye Xiu grinned.
1176
1177“As long as you set the price, I will not make it any harder for you.” Tao Xuan promised.
1178
1179Tao Xuan’s words shook Chen Guo’s heart. She knew that changing ownership of a character was far harder than changing the team of a player. The value of a player would fluctuate based on the player's’ performance, but character would not. The value of a character would only go up.
1180
1181This was because characters were objects. As long as there was someone to command them, they would obey every order with perfect precision. Its value could be fully utilized. Players were a different story. If there was one who really wanted to change teams, the club would probably acquiesce because forced situation don't end well most of the time.
1182
1183This logic applies to people, but not characters.
1184
1185There were a lot of steps involved for a player to change teams. There were also a lot of negotiations about the money involved. However, if a character changed ownership, the buyer was almost guaranteed to face a ridiculous price proposed by the sales. As a result, during the transferring time window, there would always be a lot of players moving around. In comparison, there would hardly be any transferring of characters.
1186
1187For Tao Xuan to actually let go of One Autumn Leaf, the trump card of Excellent Era, without setting barriers on the cost, the promise held a heavy weight.
1188
1189“Very well.” Ye Xiu nodded, “I want Dancing Rain.”
1190
1191“What?” Chen Guo exclaimed in confusion. Tao Xuan’s surprised appeared on his face as well, but he didn’t say much. He only nodded in consent, “Okay. I will keep my word.”
1192
1193“Thank you.”
1194
1195“Well then…” Tao Xuan turned around, “I never thought that I would ever be saying these words to you one day: See you on stage!”
1196
1197“I thought of it way earlier. See you on stage!” Ye Xiu replied calmly.
1198
1199Tao Xuan left. Chen Guo pressed herself against the window. Soon she saw him walk out of the internet cafe, striding across the street. Without hesitating or turning back, he stepped through Excellent Era’s entrance.
1200
1201“You guys… were friends once upon a time, right?” Chen Guo asked Ye Xiu.
1202
1203“Yes.” Ye Xiu acknowledged. He walked past the table, picked up the cigarette on floor, lit it, and then walked out of the room.
1204
1205“Where are you going?” Chen Guo asked hurriedly.
1206
1207“The game of course. You coming?” Turning his head around, Ye Xiu asked with the same smile.
1208
1209“Of course.” Chen Guo followed him right away, finding tranquility in her heart. She realized that her worries for Ye Xiu had being totally unnecessary.
1210
1211In room 213, the two logged into the game together. In the past two days, Chen Guo was always helping Ye Xiu level up, so they were in the same place. Immediately after he logged in, Ye Xiu spotted a burn mark on the ground. With a momentary pause, Lord Grim spun around in a full 360 degrees circle, completely surveying the surroundings instantaneously. Something seemed to have tipped him off as Ye Xiu yelled at Chen Guo frantically, “Run!”
1212
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1216510 Ambushed Online
1217Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1218
1219"What’s happening?" Chen Guo only had time to call out in surprise before her screen was filled with resplendent lights. She hastily shifted Chasing Haze out of the way, but she was rooted as soon as she took two steps. Waves of attacks caused Chasing Haze to stay in a stunned state. Her health disappeared in chunks with a whoosh, Chen Guo quickly gulped downa health potion, but it didn’t ease the situation at all.
1220
1221It’s finished… Chen Guo knew in her heart. Her reaction was too slow. The reason she was able to move a few steps in the beginning was not because the opponents failed to land an attack, but because every character was invincible for the first three seconds the moment they logged on, but after that, the opponents’ attacks were effective. Chen Guo didn’t have time to let Chasing Haze escape at all. In that instant, her eyes were filled with uncountable resplendent attacks that were targeted at Chasing Haze. She only saw a bunch of tightly-packed, varieddebuff symbols, which resembled the densely-packed maggots found in corpses, causing her to feel nauseated.
1222
1223It has already come to this, Chen Guo didn’t expect there to be any hope, she only glanced quickly towards Ye Xiu’s side. She was sure that an ambush this scale was aimed for him.
1224
1225Tap tap tap tap tap…...
1226
1227Intense and rapid typing taps came from Ye Xiu. His hands danced across the keyboard continuously without stopping. His expression was very serious, which showed that the situation wasn’t easy to handle. From his screen, Lord Grim was shown to be moving about at high speed. Continuous attacking lights and silhouettes brushed past Lord Grim, making Chen Guo feel worried as she watched. 
1228
1229The clear sound of the system’s prompt transmitted through Chen Guo’s ears amidst all the chaotic variety of attacks. From this, she knew that her Chasing Haze had fallen.
1230
1231Chen Guo quickly opened her inventory to take a quick look. She heaved a long sigh of relief when she saw that her weapon didn’t drop. After coming upon the fact that she only dropped a ring, which was an inexpensive blue equipment, she turned a blind eye towards it.
1232
1233As her ghost floated up, she could see a bird’s eye view from the sky. However, a ghost could only see everything in black and white, so she couldn’t see much apart from the lights from skills. Fortunately, these skills stopped after Chasing Haze was killed. Chen Guo was looking for Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim, when she saw a gray shadow move across her screen.
1234
1235A character’s ghost is shapeless, so this character had come from her ghost’s position. It was why she felt as if the shadow had suddenly appeared in front of her.
1236
1237Chen Guo glanced at the shadow that had passed by. Wasn’t that Lord Grim?
1238
1239A helicopter blade spun above Lord Grim’s head. He had used Rotor Blade, a Mechanic’s skill, to fly across. Then, Chen Guo saw a Witch riding a broomstick fly over. The witch jumped in mid-air and swept her broom towards Lord Grim.
1240
1241Lord Grim quickly retracted his mechanical rotors and returned fire with his gun before the Witch could sweep him down with her broom.
1242
1243Bang! Flames spurted out from the gun’s mouth and the Witch fell to the ground. Lord Grim used the recoil from the bullets to fly out. Midway, he drew his sword and crashed to the ground with a Falling Light Blade. At nearly the same time, a sword light shot towards the sky.
1244
1245Blade-Master Skill: Sky Plunging Blade
1246
1247The sword light twinkled like the stars in space, brushing past Lord Grim. If not for Lord Grim’s Falling Light Blade, which sped up his fall, he would have been struck by the Sky-Plunging Blade.
1248
1249Although this strike had missed, a second one followed up shortly after.
1250
1251A streak of crimson sword light swung towards Lord Grim, who had not reached the ground yet. The Berserker’s Wild Blood Strike allowed the player to slice either vertically or horizontally. This Berserker sliced horizontally across. Lord Grim was unable to dodge the attack while in the air. He lifted his sword and parried the attack. He attacked to defend, making his sword collide with the enemy’s blade.
1252
1253Parrying was essentially meeting an attack with another attack. The resulting damage would be judged by both side’s attack. Lord Grim was lower leveled and he didn’t use a skill either, so his strike couldn’t compare to the Berserker’s. Wild Blood Strike knocked Lord Grim’s offensive parry aside. The crimson sword light continued to move horizontally towards Lord Grim and looked as if it would cut Lord Grim into two.
1254
1255Clang!
1256
1257It resulted in another rattle. Lord Grim’s sword in his right hand had been knocked aside, while the umbrella’s shaft in his left hand swung forward.
1258
1259Dual Sword Style!
1260
1261Chen Guo was surprised. Even though she had played Glory with Ye Xiu for a long time, it was her first time seeing the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella use a dual sword move. This attack needed its corresponding weapon as a foundation. Out of the numerous weapons that existed in Glory, only Nightwalkers possessed dual blades.
1262
1263The Nightwalkers consisted of Assassins, Warlocks, Ninjas, and Thieves.
1264
1265Out of the four, the Assassin could use the Dual Sword Style to full effect. In the Pro Alliance, the player most famed for this was the captain of Team 301 Degrees, Yang Cong. His character, Scenery Killer, wielded a famous silver dual blade weapon in Glory, Dancing Shadows.
1266
1267It would be a waste if an Assassin, who used dual blades, didn’t delve into the Dual Sword Style. Yang Cong had perfectly mastered Dual Sword Style. In fact, the reason he was able to becomean All Star was mainly because of his skills and performance. His character, Scenery Killer, couldn’t really be counted as top tier in the Pro Alliance.
1268
1269The Dual Sword Style was the bane of parrys. Parrying using two swords had its advantages. At this moment, Ye Xiu made use of this advantage to block the Wild Blood Strike using two strikes. With the first parry, his weapon was knocked aside. The second time, he successfully parried against the attack, but it wasn’t enough to completely defend against the Wild Blood Strike attack. The light from Wild Blood Strike still swept across his character, but Lord Grim used the recoil from his parry in order to move backwards.
1270
1271This movement allowed Lord Grim to escape from being caught by another chain of attacks. If he actually wanted to fully defend against Wild Blood Strike, Ye Xiu could have simply used the Blade Master skill "Guard". As a skill, the effects were much better than something done through normal means. But at this moment, Ye Xiu needed to parry against the attack, so he didn’t completely negate the attack. If he had used "Guard", the blow away effect from the Wild Blood Strike would have been reduced by a lot. By parrying, he was able to utilize the blow away effect in order to quickly move and dodge the next chain of attacks.
1272
1273Lord Grim rolled when he landed on the ground… leaving Chasing Haze’s death camera.
1274
1275The ghost’s line of view couldn’t be moved around, so when she could no longer see the fight from her screen, she looked at Ye Xiu’s screen. However, his high speed movements always made her feel dizzy. She could all sorts of flickering glows of attacks from Ye Xiu’s screen. Lord Grim was like a storm trooper weaving in between gunfire, using astonishing techniques to dodge.
1276
1277Health. There would still be a decrease in health after being scraping by the attacks. For example, the parry used against the Wild Blood Strike. Even if he used skills like parry, under the limits of his level, it would be impossible to neutralize all of the damage, let alone a basic parry. However, more importantly, compared to his health was his rapidly decreasing stamina.
1278
1279Stamina wasn’t only consumed when sprinting. Walking, jumping, rolling, even normal attacks consumed stamina. Lord Grim’s stamina decreased at such a rapid pace because he was using all sorts of movements to dodge attacks.
1280
1281He was able to survive until now, but what would happen when his stamina ran out?
1282
1283Chen Guo was very worried, but she wasn’t able to provide any sort of help. She even found it hard to look at Ye Xiu’s screen. Chen Guo peeked at her own screen, and saw people appearing and disappearing from her screen from time to time. Their direction was mainly turned towards the direction where Lord Grim had disappeared to.
1284
1285Which guild did these people belong to?
1286
1287Chen Guo noticed the names of the characters who entered her view, but no one’s guild tag was visible. She didn’t know whether they were deliberately hidden or that they just didn’t have a guild.
1288
1289One, two, three, four, five…..
1290
1291Ye Xiu played while he counted quietly to himself.
1292
1293He didn’t have enough spare time to let Lord Grim identify who his opponents were. He could only judge the amount of people by the attacks he continuously dodged.
1294
129515....
1296
1297In the blink of an eye, he counted fifteen.
1298
1299This was only a conservative estimate, based on his judgement, Lord Grim had dodged fifteen attacks from different classes so far, which indicated that there were at least fifteen characters who were besieging him.
1300
1301It was a plotted ambush.
1302
1303Ye Xiu knew it in his heart. The moment he logged on, he noticed the black trace marks on the ground. It was the remains of the Elementalist’s fire attacks. It hadn’t been refreshed yet, which indicated that the attacks were only done recently and that there were players around.
1304
1305Ye Xiu would obviously be suspicious if there were people around him. He quickly spun his character’s camera around and instantly saw some other marks made by skills other than the scorched trace marks.
1306
1307There was more than one person!
1308
1309At that moment, Ye Xiu understood what was going on. The marks dealt by attacks were organized in Ye Xiu’s eyes, so he immediately tried to break out of range of the spell marks.
1310
1311He was able to do it, but Chen Guo hadn’t been fortunate enough to escape from it.
1312
1313The opponent’s intention was very clear, but at this moment, Ye Xiu didn’t have the time to think about their identities.
1314
1315Boom boom boom boom!
1316
1317A series of explosions. Lord Grim dodged a Launcher’s Stinger, which left a sea of fire behind him. Although he continually used his stamina to make enhanced movements he still couldn’t break away from his opponents. The enemies predicted Lord Grim’s movement and sent out attacks towards where he would be.
1318
1319Apart from the wave of attacks in the beginning, the opponents no longer had the intention to kill their target in a single wave. The attacks were never ending and continuous, meaning that they were planning to grind Lord Grim to death. It was the very same technique Ye Xiu had used with Loulan Slash’s group to kill Sun Xiang.
1320
1321Who would have thought that the skill he had just used would be used by someone else on him.
1322
1323Fortunately, their skill level and teamwork were inferior to Loulan Slash’s group and Ye Xiu’s experience was far greater than Sun Xiang’s. By avoiding the significant attacks, while taking the insignificant attacks, Ye Xiu was able to allow Lord Grim to survive the enemy’s assault.
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1328511 Expert Commander
1329Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1330
1331The battle ensuing on Ye Xiu’s screen was a blur to Chen Guo’s eyes. She could still see his status clearly. Lord Grim’s life was dancing on a blade’s edge the entire time. This meant that the only thing Ye Xiu could do was survive longer than her Chasing Haze. It was hard to say if he would be able to escape or not.
1332
1333What should she do?
1334
1335Chen Guo was extremely worried. Whether she revived and rushed back or called for help, it would be too late now. Everything depended on Ye Xiu.
1336
1337Ye Xiu’s normal lazy look often made Chen Guo grind her teeth in anger, but at this moment, she really wanted to see the look on his face.
1338
1339However, it wasn’t there. He had an expression of concentration on his face. The sounds of rapid tapping and clicking continued to be produced by his two hands. The screen had already made Chen Guo feel dizzy. Now, even the sounds made her feel uneasy.
1340
1341In any case, she should try to do something!
1342
1343Chen Guo revived her Chasing Haze and ran in his direction. She didn’t know if she would be able to arrive in time, nor did she know if she would be able to provide any help. She didn’t want to sit there and do nothing.
1344
1345As she sprinted over like mad, Chen Guo glanced at Lord Grim’s coordinates and health from time to time.
1346
1347Ye Xiu was still trying to hang on.
1348
1349Chen Guo hated how she couldn’t just teleport there. Even if she could only block attacks for him, it would be enough…..
1350
1351Suddenly, Chen Guo realized the room had quieted down.
1352
1353Ye Xiu’s rapid tapping and clicking ceased.
1354
1355Chen Guo was alarmed. She immediately turned her head, but discovered his screen was still colorful. Lord Grim hadn’t died. He was hiding behind a stone wall covered in moss.
1356
1357“Ah? You escaped??” Chen Guo was overjoyed at the good news, but then she saw Lord Grim suddenly run forwards a bit. All sorts of bright effects from attacks could be seen exploding behind him. People were attacking his previous hiding place, but he had been able to run out in time.
1358
1359“Not yet.” Ye Xiu replied to Chen Guo’s question.
1360
1361But being able to talk meant that the situation had become much better than before. She looked at Ye Xiu’s current position: Milo Ancient Ruins.
1362
1363Milo Ancient Ruins was one of the Level 55 leveling areas in the Heavenly Domain. The background lore described this place as the ruins of an ancient city, which had been destroyed a thousand years ago by an earthquake and volcanic explosion. Most of it was already buried beneath the ground. The remnants, visible above ground, had been weathered by time, badly damaged and in pieces.
1364
1365Milo Ancient Ruins wasn’t a large area because it wasn’t a leveling area with many monsters. The surface remnants were only small portions of the ancient ruins. They were like a line, guiding players towards the real Milo Ancient City, which was buried underground. In the past, Milo Ancient City had been a huge hundred player dungeon, where countless players died.
1366
1367Chen Guo looked at Lord Grim’s level. He was Level 54, but still needed half a bar of experience before he would reach Level 55. He wouldn’t be able to suddenly reach Level 55 and run into the dungeon to hide. Ye Xiu had Lord Grim run here in order to take advantage of the terrain and shake off his pursuers.
1368
1369“20 players.” Ye Xiu pushed the microphone on his headphones to the side and spoke to Chen Guo. He was afraid his pursuers would hear his voice and figure out his position. Right now, Lord Grim was hiding in the corner of a stone room and was looking out from a small crack in the wall.
1370
1371“Oh?”
1372
1373“It’s just a guess, but it should be around there.” Ye Xiu figured out the strength of his enemies while hiding and running.
1374
1375“Who are they?” Chen Guo asked.
1376
1377“I don’t know. That’s not important right now. These players are all average in skill, but their commander is very troublesome.” Ye Xiu said.
1378
1379“Who’s the commander?” Chen Guo was astonished. To be able to make Ye Xiu feel pressure, this person must be at the pro level!
1380
1381“I’m not sure. I haven’t had the chance to see him.” Ye Xiu was helpless. He had been running for his life the entire time. Figuring out the enemy numbers was already impressive enough. Under the situation where the enemy commander was giving orders through text in a private chat, figuring out who the commander was among 20 people was nearly impossible.
1382
1383“If I figure out who the commander is and kill him, the remaining subordinates will be easy enough.” Ye Xiu said.
1384
1385“F*ck!”
1386
1387Right as Ye Xiu finished speaking, he suddenly cursed out loud. He hastily tapped his keyboard and Lord Grim rolled out of the corner. Bang! Behind him, a hole suddenly appeared in the stone wall. Bits of gravel flew out into the corner. Only a Sharpshooter’s Thunder Snipe had that sort of penetration power.
1388
1389“Bang!”
1390
1391Following afterwards, an even louder sound erupted. A small mushroom cloud rose up in the corner of that room. A Launcher had fired a Heat-Seeking Missile into there.
1392
1393Several characters suddenly popped up in Lord Grim’s line of sight. A Berserker charged forward using Colliding Stab.
1394
1395The usage of this skill reflected Ye Xiu’s evaluation of their skill. Ye Xiu simply leaped backwards and the Berserker awkwardly stopped in front of Lord Grim. Colliding Stab had reached the limits of its attack range.
1396
1397Ye Xiu didn’t give him a second chance to try again. Lord Grim knocked the Berserker high into the air and Flung him away.
1398
1399Another two players followed after the Berserker, but how could they have known their ally would turn into their enemy? One of them jumped to the left, while the other jumped to the right, but they soon discovered that not only had Lord Grim thrown the Berserker at them, he had also lobbed a grenade. It was too late for them to dodge. The grenade exploded and all the three went tumbling through the air.
1400
1401Ye Xiu didn’t bother with these three anymore and immediately had Lord Grim turn around. He pointed his Myriad Manifestation Umbrella straight ahead and fired rapidly. Ahead, at a small intersection, a Thief was laying a trap down.When he saw the gun aimed at him, he hastily rolled to the side, but his trap had been hit by the gun. The trap sprung out of the ground and became useless.
1402
1403The Thief was furious. When the Gatling Gun finished firing, he wanted to jump out and show his fury. Suddenly, a bang sounded out from behind his butt and he was sent flying towards a pile of trash. While in  the air, he turned his head and saw the scraps left behind by a Mechanical Seeker. However, he had no clue where it had come from.
1404
1405Lord Grim turned around and fired twice diagonally. A Witch, who had been flying out, was hit down and the Spitfire who had jumped onto the roof went stumbling backwards.
1406
1407Then, the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella changed into a spear. He released a Falling Flower Palm at the incoming Striker and Grappler and sent them flying backwards. These two were puzzled. Lord Grim had clearly fired in a different direction. How did he turn around so quickly and use a Falling Flower Palm?
1408
1409In a single breath, he had attacked eight characters. He just happened to have turned around in a circle too. Ye Xiu saw an opening and immediately had Lord Grim charge through it.
1410
1411“I don’t think any of these eight are the commander.” Ye Xiu suddenly spoke.
1412
1413“Ah?” Chen Guo was afraid of bothering Ye Xiu, so she hadn’t said anything to him. She didn’t think Ye Xiu would be the one to speak. After a short pause, Chen Guo figured out Ye Xiu’s meaning: “ You’re saying none of those eight players are the commander?”
1414
1415“Yes.” Ye Xiu nodded his head.
1416
1417“Or maybe this person is only good at commanding and doesn’t have any actual battle skill?” Chen Guo said.
1418
1419“It’s possible.” Ye Xiu didn’t deny the possibility.
1420
1421Lord Grim rolled and jumped. He took notice of a narrow opening ahead and headed towards it. Right when he was about to go through it, an Ice Wall suddenly appeared, blocking his path.
1422
1423Six players closed in on him from behind. They didn’t give Ye Xiu any time to break the wall. Ye Xiu looked left and right. There were six enemies on his right and three on the left. It was obvious which direction he should head. At this moment, he heard a whirring sound from above. It was an enemy Mechanic’s Rotor Wing. Two winter melon like objects spiralled towards Lord Grim’s head. The stomachs of these things split apart and bombs fell out.
1424
1425Lord Grim twisted his body and rolled to the left. At the same time, he fired twice towards the two winter melon-like objects.
1426
1427These winter melon like objects exploded like grenades, turning into two balls of charred metal.
1428
1429However, the air raid had just begun. A Witch broke through the explosion and flung a Lava Flask at Lord Grim’s head.
1430
1431Ye Xiu’s Lord Grim had already turned back around. He hadn’t expected the enemy to hide such a move. Lord Grim jumped up into the air. His Myriad Manifestation Umbrella transformed into a spear as he stabbed at the Witch.
1432
1433Pu!
1434
1435The Circle Swing connected with the Witch and sent the Witch smashing into the ground, but this time, Ye Xiu had been a bit too slow and wasn’t able to block the Witch’s Lava Flask. The Lava Flask shattered and the ground instantly turned into an ocean of lava.
1436
1437Right when Lord Grim was about to plunge into the lava, the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella transformed into Rotor Wings and he quickly flew over the lava field.
1438
1439After flying over the lava field, he charged towards the three on the left. The Warlock among them immediately formed a black ball of light with his hands. The Warlock positioned the Curse Arrow high up and didn’t charge it up. The black ball shot out and transformed into a rain of countless black arrows.
1440
1441Ye Xiu had no way of dodging the attack by flying up and could only drop back down, but if he were to move any farther downwards, his feet would hit the ground. He might as well just run, so Ye Xiu canceled the Rotor Wings and had Lord Grim land on the ground. Following afterwards, he used the Shadow Clone Technique and instantly teleported in front of the Warlock.
1442
1443The back throw input had already been entered, and so Lord Grim’s two hands shot towards the Warlock. At the same time, Ye Xiu saw the Warlock’s face covered by his mantle. It was a rough male face with a messy beard. With one look, he could tell it wasn’t a system generated face, but a scan of a real life photo.
1444
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1448512 Old God
1449Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1450
1451“F*ck, why are you so troublesome! Hurry up and die so I can get my 500.” The Warlock, who Ye Xiu called Old Wei, responded in an extremely loud voice. Chen Guo could even hear his voice from Ye Xiu’s headphones clearly.
1452
1453His hands didn’t stop moving either. The Warlock jumped backwards. He had predicted Ye Xiu would use a Back Throw and dodged it.
1454
1455“You’re still looking at that 500? Did you not see the statement?” Ye Xiu said, while continuing to attack. Lord Grim shook the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella and it transformed into a spear shooting towards the Warlock.
1456
1457“Hm? Statement? What statement?” The Warlock asked.
1458
1459“The bounty has already been withdrawn.” Ye Xiu told him.
1460
1461“F*ck, that happened?! Then all of the work this senior did was for nothing? Practicing the team’s coordination and studying your work and rest schedule?” The Warlock shouted.
1462
1463“Not my problem. Why didn’t you start a day or two earlier? They only just withdrew it.” Ye Xiu said.
1464
1465“You’re not trying to trick me, are you? What statement? Send it to me.” The Warlock yelled.
1466
1467“One sec.” Ye Xiu said.
1468
1469Chen Guo was stunned. Could everything that had happened today have just been an accident? Who the heck was this guy?
1470
1471Chen Guo was just about to ask, when she suddenly discovered that while Ye Xiu should be finding a link to send to him, he didn’t even have a web browser open. However, he had stopped controlling his character. Lord Grim stood there, not moving.
1472
1473“You….”
1474
1475Chen Guo only said one word, when a shadow suddenly appeared behind Lord Grim. The shadow lifted its hands and cut downwards in a cold arc.
1476
1477Ye Xiu immediately input a string of commands. Lord Grim stepped to the side and turned around, allowing Chen Guo to get a glimpse of the attacker. The shadow was an Assassin, holding a dagger. The Assassin looked like a wild tiger, undaunted by dangers. Chen Guo couldn’t help but tremble. She recognized this skill: Life-Risking Strike!
1478
1479Blood for blood. Life for life.
1480
1481Life-Risking Strike didn’t consume mana, but rather used health. The Assassin’s health burned like mana for a final strike. As long as it hit, the health spent would do true damage to the opponent, ignoring all defenses. In other words, even if it were a weaponless Assassin, as long as he used Life-Risking Strike, he would guarantee that would do damage proportional to the amount of health he burned.
1482
1483The amount of health that could be burned depended on the skill’s level. The higher the skill level was, the more health could be burned. The max-leveled skill had no limit to the amount of health that could be burned. One could even burn one’s health to zero. However, once the skill ended, the Assassin would certainly die.
1484
1485Life-Risking Strike could be an instant kill move. It was the only skill in Glory that could kill a full health character in one hit.
1486
1487Using one’s own life in exchange for damage was fair. The only thing which limited the amount of damage this strike did, was the Assassin’s own health. If one saw an Assassin equipped with Stamina increasing equipment, then one would be extremely wary of this move. These types of Assassins stacked health in order to fully utilize this Life-Risking Strike.
1488
1489Assassins weren’t a class with high stamina, so they didn’t have much health. After an Assassin burned his health, he would just be an extremely weakened Cloth armor class, but if an Assassin stacked stamina, any class would have to be careful against them.
1490
1491This Assassin suddenly used Life-Risking Strike.
1492
1493Lord Grim had a balanced growth, so while he didn’t have a lot of health, he didn’t have too little either. However, his level was low and his equipment were relatively weak. If this attack had hit, the true damage trading health for health was one thing. The skill’s base damage was already painful enough for Lord Grim. In addition, Lord Grim wasn’t at full health right now. An instant kill wouldn’t have been hard for this Assassin to achieve.
1494
1495Even though Lord Grim stepped to the side, this Assassin had clearly burned a lot of health. Lord Grim had stepped to the side, but the Assassin quick movements from using this Life-Risking Strike made it so Lord Grim’s sidestep not only did not widen the distance between them, but closed the distance. With Lord Grim’s stats, dodging this Life-Risking Strike was clearly too difficult.
1496
1497Chen Guo thought Lord Grim would certainly die from this strike. Suddenly, a dark light flashed, turning into a six-pointed star. A green goblin popped out from the six-pointed star right in between Lord Grim and the Assassin.
1498
1499The poor little Goblin didn’t even have time to understand the situation when it made a shrill cry. The Assassin’s Life-Risking Strike smashed into its body.
1500
1501“F*CKKK!!!!” The Assassin also cried out. The poor goblin had already exploded into a bloody corpse, but the Assassin didn’t feel sorry for the Goblin at all. The Life-Risking Strike, which he had burned almost all of his health for, had struck a weak little house pet. How could he not mourn!
1502
1503After Life-Risking Strike was used, potions couldn’t be used for a certain amount of time and the user wouldn’t be able to receive any healing spells during this time either. Otherwise, if one could chug potions and receive help from a Cleric, there wouldn’t be any risk involved in using this skill.
1504
1505Risking one’s life meant no regrets. When Jing Ke attempted an assassination on Ying Zheng, he hadn’t left a path for his retreat.
1506
1507“D*mn! Even that didn’t hit! Is there still any justice in this world!” The Warlock roared in fury.
1508
1509“Nonsense. I was prepared for it!” Ye Xiu said, while attacking back at the Assassin. The Assassin had burned his own health in order to kill a measly green goblin. He was still filled with grief and wasn’t able to react. Ye Xiu seized this opportunity to give him a quick beating and killed the Assassin.
1510
1511Chen Guo heard the two speaking to each other and became dumbstruck again. Both of them harbored evil intents! That Warlock lied to Ye Xiu saying he could leave, but had an Assassin make a sneak attack. On the other hand, Ye Xiu pretended to be fooled, but then took the chance to kill the enemy Assassin. 
1512
1513Neither of them were sincere, but in any case, it was the Warlock who started it. In addition, the Warlock had set up an ambush as soon as he went online. More importantly….. Chen Guo was definitely  on Ye Xiu’s side.
1514
1515“Too despicable!!” Chen Guo moved closer to Ye Xiu’s headphones and shouted.
1516
1517“Where’d this b*tch come from!” The Warlock answered back without a hint of politeness.
1518
1519“Ambushing us as soon as we log in, how low can you get?” Chen Guo shouted.
1520
1521“Ha ha ha ha, you can remember this senior’s name if you’d like!” The Warlock laughed.
1522
1523“Peh, I’m not that shameless. If you’ve got the skill, 1v1 me!” Chen Guo spat.
1524
1525“Ha ha, are you hot? If you’re hot, I can keep you company. If not, I don’t have that sort of free time.” The Warlock responded.
1526
1527“Cut the crap! Do you dare to 1v1 me?” Chen Guo shouted.
1528
1529“Ha ha, how fiery! How about you find a room and wait for me there!” The Warlock chuckled.
1530
1531His wording sounded very dirty, making Chen Guo stamp her feet in anger. When she looked at Ye Xiu, she saw that he was still controlling Lord Grim to have him break away from the trap. He also glanced at her as if he were looking at a dead person.
1532
1533“What’s with you!” Chen Guo said.
1534
1535“Do you know who this person is?” Ye Xiu asked her.
1536
1537“Who cares!” Chen Guo was so furious that she wasn’t afraid of anyone.
1538
1539“His name is Wei Chen. Have you heard of his name before?” Ye Xiu said.
1540
1541“I don’t think so. Who is he?” Chen Guo heard Ye Xiu give a serious introduction to him, so she calmed down a bit. She reckoned his background wouldn’t be small. He was most likely a pro player. However, this name……. Chen Guo tried to think if she had ever heard the name before, but she really had no idea.
1542
1543“He’s already retired.” Ye Xiu said.
1544
1545“Oh…… he probably retired a long time ago then.” Chen Guo said. If he had retired a long time ago, it wouldn’t be strange that she had no impression of his name. 
1546
1547“Yes, before he retired, he was Team Blue Rain’s captain and Swoksaar’s former owner.” Ye Xiu said.
1548
1549“Ah…..” Chen Guo suddenly turned cold. Swoksaar was the number one Warlock in Glory and was currently in the hands of Team Blue Rain’s captain Yu Wenzhou. Chen Guo thought that this person would be a pro player, but she didn’t think he would be a captain-level player. In the pro scene, the captain of the team was often the team’s best player. Even if the captain wasn’t, the captain would at least be at an All Star level, let alone a captain of a powerhouse like Blue Rain.
1550
1551“Why is he like a bandit…….” Chen Guo couldn’t help but say.
1552
1553“Compared to normal citizens, he’s certainly a lot more crude. In those days, when we just entered Glory, he was already considered quite old. He retired after playing for only two years.” Ye Xiu said. 
1554
1555“Is he very good?” Chen Guo said.
1556
1557“You know about Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian, right? He brought them up by himself. Their styles were pretty much inherited from him.” Ye Xiu said.
1558
1559“Disabled hands and a chatterbox?” Chen Guo asked.
1560
1561“Can’t you think of any positive traits……” Ye Xiu coughed blood.
1562
1563“Uh……” Chen Guo had clearly said that intentionally. She knew very well just how good Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian were. She just had a hard time imagining how such an immoral guy could bring up two top tier experts.
1564
1565“Comrade Ye Qiu, can you not hide? Come out and fight me in a battle to the death!” Wei Chen challenged. While Ye Xiu was chatting with Chen Guo, he immediately had Lord Grim break out of the encirclement after killing off the Assassin. Right now, Lord Grim was hiding in a corner.
1566
1567“Don’t you have any shame! You brought so many people and you’re calling for a battle to the death?” Chen Guo couldn’t help but roar back.
1568
1569“No one’s stopping you guys from calling for help though? Speaking of which, I’ve been waiting all day. Have you really not called for any helpers? Your b*tch doesn’t count. With that pathetic skill, all she’s good for is lying in bed and playing around with.” Wei Chen called out.
1570
1571“I’M GOING TO KILL HIM!!!” Chen Guo couldn’t hold it back anymore.
1572
1573“Calm down.” Ye Xiu urged, “In any case, you’re not his opponent, so why ask to be humiliated?”
1574
1575“Then what should I do?” Chen Guo asked.
1576
1577“Let me handle it?” Ye Xiu grinned.
1578
1579“You…..”
1580
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1584513 There’s Someone Behind You
1585Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1586
1587Ye Xiu’s shout seemed quite pathetic, but his hands continued to input commands in a steady and orderly way. He even had time to talk. His current situation was much better than it had previously been.
1588
1589Even so, Ye Xiu was far from having the advantage. Even though he had successfully killed off an enemy Assassin, he relied on the Assassin killing himself. The Assassin had burned most of his life by using Life-Risking Strike. If Ye Xiu couldn’t finish off the miniscule amount of health remaining, he didn’t deserve to play the game.
1590
1591Following afterwards, another flashy show started and Lord Grim began hiding in corners again. The opponent’s commander might be strong, but he didn’t have that many people under his command. More importantly, Milo Ancient Ruins wasn’t a leveling area. Back in Wilderness Town, Ye Xiu not only had to avoid being seen by three guilds, but he also had to make sure he didn’t aggro any monsters, since it would have  made it that much more troublesome.
1592
1593But Milo Ancient Ruins? Ye Xiu had already lit a cigarette. He was having quite an easy time playing hide and seek.
1594
1595“If he has such a background, then is this Blue Brook Guild’s doing?” Chen Guo saw how Ye Xiu seemed to be relaxed, so she didn’t need to stay silent.
1596
1597“It doesn’t seem like it.” Ye Xiu shook his head, “Blue Brook Guild would have brought a lot more experts. At the very least, they wouldn’t have given him a random group of players, no?”
1598
1599“Then if he’s not doing it for the Blue Brook Guild and there’s no bounty, then what does he want?” Chen Guo was puzzled.
1600
1601Suddenly, she heard Wei Chen shout: “Listen to me, Ye Xiu. You’re completely surrounded. Coming out and dying is your only path left. Logging off would be very shameful of you. Resisting would be a waste of time. Hurry up and come out. Give me that five hundred yuan, so I can go eat dinner.”
1602
1603“D*mmit, didn’t I tell you that the bounty was already withdrawn? Do you really not know about it or are you just faking it?” Ye Xiu replied.
1604
1605“What was that? I can’t hear you clearly. Speak louder.” Wei Chen yelled.
1606
1607Ye Xiu immediately shut up. Wei Chen was lying. He wanted Ye Xiu to speak up, so he could figure out his position!
1608
1609“You don’t want to fight and you don’t want to log off. You’re hiding to stall for time. Are you really waiting for helpers to arrive? Are you forcing me to call for more people? F*ck, if I call more people, that five hundred won’t even be enough for me to buy water. Even with the 20 people I have right now, I’d still have to pay a bit out of my own pocket for a meal!”
1610
1611Ye Xiu heard Wei Chen cursing and making a huge fuss over the five hundred yuan, but Ye Xiu had a hard time believing that Wei Chen didn’t see the announcement that the bounty had been withdrawn. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said to Chen Guo: “Do you have any friends in other guilds? Ask them about the bounty.”
1612
1613“The announcement was very clear. Didn’t we see it already? Even if they went back on their word, it shouldn’t be so quickly!” Chen Guo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
1614
1615“No. I’m asking whether or not the guilds might have made another move internally.” Ye Xiu said.
1616
1617“What?” Chen Guo was a bit surprised, but quickly understood.
1618
1619She had been in the Heavenly Domain for so long. She wasn’t familiar with any of the big names, but she still had friends in other guilds. She asked them about it and they confirmed what Ye Xiu said.
1620
1621“You’re right. The guilds all have a bounty on you. It’s five hundred every time you’re killed! Some of the guilds even have contribution rewards.” Chen Guo hurriedly told Ye Xiu.
1622
1623“So he really is after the money!” Ye Xiu was speechless.
1624
1625“How tragic.” Chen Guo commented. She could understand if he were a normal person, but according to Ye Xiu, he was a God-level player with an incredible background, and yet he was leading others just for five hundred yuan. It was quite tragic. How was he going to split the money with 20 people? Each person would get 25 yuan? Or was it the killer takes 300 yuan and everyone else gets ten yuan? In either case, it was quite pitiful…...
1626
1627“That might not be the case. It’s more likely he’s just looking for fun. If he has free time and there’s an event with five hundred yuan as a reward, why not do it!” Ye Xiu analyzed his opponent’s motive.
1628
1629“Ah, he’s going to find me soon!” Ye Xiu said to Chen Guo and noticed the enemies were beginning to close in on his hiding place, so he immediately jumped and moved out.
1630
1631By moving out, his location was revealed, but at least, he had taken the initiative. It was better than the enemies suddenly ambushing him and forcing him out.
1632
1633“B*stard, running again. You really do have some skill. You’d better not log off today. Let’s see how long you can run for.” Wei Chen saw Lord Grim and immediately had his subordinates chase after him.
1634
1635“More like you’d better not run.” Ye Xiu retorted.
1636
1637“F*ck, you can still talk, while you’re running away. You really are Ye Qiu!” Wei Chen yelled.
1638
1639The two fought back and forth, while shouting at each other nonstop. Chen Guo was staring speechlessly for a long time and then suddenly realized that this was what it was like when two pro level players fought! The trash talk never stopped.
1640
1641“What are you planning on doing?” Chen Guo was somewhat at a loss. Ye Xiu didn’t have any helpers he could call on. Loulan Slash and his friends weren’t online. Apart from them, Ye Xiu didn’t know anyone else.He isn’t waiting for me, right? Chen Guo was worried. She really hoped she could help, but if he was actually placing his hopes on her, then she would feel very pressured.
1642
1643“My helper is almost here.” Ye Xiu said.
1644
1645“Who? You’re not talking about me, right?” Chen Guo asked. Ye Xiu’s glance at her made her want to die.
1646
1647“If you check the system announcements, you’ll know sooner or later.” Ye Xiu said.
1648
1649Chen Guo was puzzled. What did getting a helper have to do with the system announcements? Just when she was going to ask, she realized that Ye Xiu was busy.
1650
1651A huge fireball flew in front of him, cutting off Ye Xiu’s escape path. The pursuers from behind had already arrived, cornering him in a small alleyway. Wei Chen had been shouting at Ye Xiu at how he kept on running and wasting his time, but now he had successfully found another opportunity to kill him!
1652
1653Ye Xiu had nowhere to go in front or behind him. He saw a big chunk of the wall missing to the right of him and immediately had Lord Grim run up to it. He flipped over the wall and escaped.
1654
1655He didn’t land on the ground after jumping and continued to fly using Rotor Wings.
1656
1657“Sh*t, he’s too crafty! Hit him down for me.” Wei Chen’s Warlock was right outside of this gap. This had clearly been a trap set by him. A Thief had set several traps beneath the gap. If Lord Grim had stepped on them, he wouldn’t have any chance of escaping. However, Ye Xiu had seen this scenario in his head and didn’t land on the ground.
1658
1659On the ground, several gunners shot at Lord Grim.
1660
1661Rotor Wings wasn’t very quick and it wasn’t very nimble either. However, under Ye Xiu’s control, it appeared exceptionally agile, dodging all of the incoming bullets and making the enemy Mechanic watch on in astonishment.
1662
1663Wei Chen wasn’t someone who simply ordered others around. He kept a close eye on Lord Grim and maintained a certain distance from him. He calculated how soon Rotor Wings would end and cast a Chaotic Rain at the place, where Lord Grim would stop.
1664
1665Lord Grim landed just where Wei Chen predicted he would land, but the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella became an actual umbrella. Lord Grim walked straight out of the rain.
1666
1667Compared to other shields, the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella was more convenient at blocking moves from above too.
1668
1669“F*ck, what a despicable weapon!” Wei Chen cursed. Lord Grim had been forced into a position he wanted, but he didn’t think Lord Grim would just be able to walk out of it like that. He had a limited number of subordinates with him too. His opponent wasn’t someone who could be stopped by just one or two people.
1670
1671“Team 3 come back. He won’t be going to your area. Head towards area 3958, 2564. Team 1 cut off his escape path. Team 2 circle to the left and converge with Team 4. Four players who have high movement speed come and see if you can circle in front of him.” Wei Chen was ordering everyone in the team chat.
1672
1673Wei Chen gave orders, while circling to the right. His peak had passed already and he wasn’t as skilled as before. Of course, against normal players, he was an exceptional expert, but in the pro scenes, he wasn’t much anymore. He still had confidence in stalling for time against Lord Grim though. After all, he had a huge level advantage.
1674
1675Wei Chen had his Warlock hide behind a line of collapsed stone walls, while looking forward. Before, he had been chattering nonstop with Ye Xiu, but now he remained silent. Right now, he didn’t want to expose his position. He heard Ye Xiu’s voice come closer and closer and prepared to attack at any moment.
1676
1677He’s here!
1678
1679Lord Grim directly jumped over the stone wall and landed not far away from Wei Chen’s Warlock. Wei Chen was ready and immediately fired Curse Arrows to block his path ahead.
1680
1681Bind!
1682
1683Under Wei Chen’s practiced hands, a curved ray of black light shot out from his Warlock towards Lord Grim.
1684
1685Lord Grim hastily turned around in an attempt to dodge it, but the ray of black light seemed to come to life as it also turned.
1686
1687“Oh! Hand control!” Ye Xiu shouted as he rolled forward. The ray of black light turned, but only hit air. Wei Chen once again had the ray of black light move downwards, while beginning to cast another spell.
1688
1689Hexagram Prison!
1690
1691From the sky to the ground, a purple and black prison of light began to form around Lord Grim. If Lord Grim touched the light prison, he would immediately be sealed inside the Hexagram Prison.
1692
1693“There’s someone behind you!!” Ye Xiu shouted.
1694
1695“Only a little kid would fall for that!” Wei Chen ignored him.
1696
1697“There really is someone.” Ye Xiu was still yelling at him.
1698
1699“A ghost?” Wei Chen continued to look down on him.
1700
1701“Ha ha, there really is a ghost. A ghostblade.” Ye Xiu grinned. A blue light flashed from beneath Wei Chen’s Warlock and an Ice Boundary formed.
1702
1703At the same time, Chen Guo checked the system announcements and finally noticed something.
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1708514 You Were Already Prepared!
1709Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1710
1711One Inch Ash, Qiao Yifan!
1712
1713Despite having had very little association with the person, Chen Guo still knew who he was. Ye Xiu didn’t hide anything from those who were around him everyday, including Chen Guo.
1714
1715Although Qiao Yifan was still a nobody among pros, he was still one of the best of the best in the game. Chen Guo immediately checked his character; as of now, One Inch Ash was level 55.
1716
1717After being left way behind during the Christmas event, One Inch Ash had not only made a comeback, but he was half a level higher than Lord Grim now. There was nothing Ye Xiu could do. Between levels 50 to 55, there was nothing he could do but kill monsters in the wilderness to level up, and there was no efficient way to do so. However, the regular servers had plenty of quest chains and an abundance of dungeons. As long as players were willing to spend enough time, they could level up pretty quickly during this period.
1718
1719This not only applied to level 50, but 55, 60, 65 …..
1720
1721All of these levels used to be the max level in the game. To make the game’s content more diverse at the time, there were a large number of dungeons for players to enjoy for each max level. When the level limit was raised, those dungeons became treasure troves of experience points.
1722
1723Qiao Yifan started his quests for Heavenly Domain while he was still leveling up. After all, being a professional player, the skill tests required in the quest posed no problem for him at all. As for the Arena aspect, Qiao Yifan was not Tang Rou, and so keeping a winning streak against regular players was a piece of cake.
1724
1725Nonetheless, with Ye Xiu as the leadoff, Qiao Yifan didn't spark off as much of a craze. His One Inch Ash was also unlike Lord Grim, who couldn’t gain any experience after reaching level 50 in the normal server and could only focus solely on the quest for Heavenly Domain. Lord Grim spent all of his time in the Arena, raking in victories, battle after battle. It was almost impossible for people not to notice him. Qiao Yifan, on the other hand, employed a much more gradual process. He saved up his victories one at a time, stretching it across a number of days, so no one noticed that he was another one who started the Heavenly Domain’s quests early.
1726
1727Until he finished the quests, entered the Heavenly Domain and was announced by the system of his arrival did the tenth server explode in shock. Such announcements weren't that rare in Heavenly Domain, but it did surprise people for it had came from the tenth server. The highest level in the tenth server was level 58. This proved to everyone that whoever just entered the Heavenly Domain was undoubtedly a brilliant expert.
1728
1729The moment One Inch Ash had stepped into the Heavenly Domain, a curious crowd had gathered. Chen Guo and Ye Xiu were too busy at the moment to notice the system announcement. Ye Xiu noticed through a different way soon though, because Qiao Yifan sent the news to Ye Xiu along with his greetings right after he had entered the Heavenly Domain. Ye Xiu immediately called him over to help.
1730
1731“F*ck! You actually called helper!” Wei Chen, who had 19 helpers with him, roared righteously. Chen Guo was losing more respect for god-level players by the minute.
1732
1733The Ice Boundary’s constant freeze damage immediately interrupted Wei Chen’s Warlock’sHexagram Prison. Unfortunately, One Inch Ash’s level was still too low. Under such extreme level suppression, the Ice Boundary’s freezing effect was rendered completely ineffective.
1734
1735Wei Chen didn’t know One Inch Ash, and so he thought that the ineffective freezing effect was nothing more than a stroke of luck for himself. After all, the chances weren’t 100% to start with. He jumped out of the Ice Boundary frantically, swung himself around, and saw One Inch Ash’s equipment. One look, he knew that he had been tricked.
1736
1737He was no longer a pro player who had to put all of his focus on professional matches. Indulging his days in the game, he knew all kinds of items by heart, so it was no surprise that he recognized the weapon in One Inch Ash’s hand was a level 55 katana, Sword of Carnot. It used to be a very popular weapon, but its fame had faded away with the level 55 level limit. Even nostalgists wouldn’t bring such a weapon to an important PK match.
1738
1739As the thought raced through his mind, Wei Chen clicked on One Inch Ash, whose level of 55 displayed truthfully in in front of him. With such as low level, Wei Chen knew the limit of the character’s performance even without checking out the character’s equipment.
1740
1741“This is your long-awaited helper?” Wei Chen laughed. Suddenly, a glimmering flash shot into his view. The sword of Carnot was glinting right in front of him. Coming from a Ghostblade, the flash gleamed with a haunting wickedness.
1742
1743“Woah! Not bad!” Wei Chen exclaimed, stumbling to dodge the blow. His Warlock raised his staff the following second, trying to cast another spell. Unfortunately, it was interrupted by the following strike from One Inch Ash.
1744
1745Ghostblade and Warlocks both used cloth armor, but they had completely different attack power when it came to close-range combat. Even with weak armor, Ghostblades were still considered swordsmen. As for Warlocks, they were the same as Elementalists, possessing no martial skills whatsoever.
1746
1747Trapped in such a tiny space by One Inch Ash, Wei Chen was actually in a pretty dire situation.
1748
1749“Ah! Slow down!”
1750
1751Under One Inch Ash’s constant slashing assault, Wei Chen’s Warlock’s left and right  dodging was rather unsightly. Undignified words rolled out of his mouth ceaselessly. Even if Wei Chen started begging for mercy, no one would find it strange.
1752
1753However, Wei Chen was not undignified to such extreme degrees. When he deemed his endless stream of useless words was unable to ease the ferocity of his enemy's attacks, his final cry was: “Help me!!!”
1754
1755“Yifan! Don’t let your guard down! This guy will do anything to achieve his goal. He doesn’t have any sense of shame. Hurry up and chop him down! The faster the better!” Ye Xiu called out to stop Wei Chen’s distracting noise. He didn’t go over to help One Inch Ash out because some of Wei Chen’s guys had just arrived.
1756
1757Killing Wei Chen was of utmost importance. Unfortunately, Ye Xiu and Qiao Yifan’s characters’ levels were too low to kill a level 70 character in such a short span of time. Consequently, the priority became stopping Wei Chen’s people from regrouping with their leader. Ye Xiu had no idea where this group of people came from, but he did know that they were just a group of nobodies. Without Wei Chen’s commands, despite Lord Grim’s low level, Ye Xiu was confident that he could defeat each one of them one by one.
1758
1759“Sh*t! Ye Qiu, you shameless scum! I left the scene a long time ago, so I’m not going to talk about my past glory, but speaking of no sense of shame, why don’t you introduce yourself?! Stop framing good people!” Ye Xiu didn’t pay a single shred of attention to Wei Chen’s honorable speech. More importantly, the Ghostblade in front of him wasn’t distracted by his speech neither. Instead, his attacks only became more fierce because of Ye Xiu’s “Hurry up”.
1760
1761“Little brother, pretty nice moves you got there. Which team are you from?” Although Wei Chen retired many years before, he still played Glory and his judgement was still very sharp. Qiao Yifan’s cautious and organized style exposed his professional background clearly in Wei Chen’s eyes.
1762
1763No matter how fierce a regular player’s performance was, some wild habits would always be mixed in. This style was unavoidable for the older generation of professional players like Wei Chen and Ye Xiu. After all, they all entered the professional scene after playing the game on their own for a very long time. Some of the latecomers were able to learn from the earlier generation’s experience, and thus avoided a lot of mistakes and wiped away some of the bad habits from the chaotic gaming styles back in the day. Qiao Yifan’s performance bared such marks. This was how Wei Chen was able to recognize the boy in front of him was not only professional, but of a younger generation as well, hence the source of the title, “little brother”.
1764
1765Qiao Yifan was an honest child. In addition, he figured the person knew Ye Xiu well from the way the two’s conversed, even though he didn’t quite understand their relationship. In the end, he replied truthfully, “Tiny Herb.”
1766
1767“Oh! Tiny Herb! It’s a good team. Speaking of Tiny Herb, I have some personal connections with your team leader. Your skills are pretty good. I can talk to him later and see if he’ll let you play a starting position. It’s the end of the season anyways. Tiny Herb’s general situation is already set. It’s such a small chance to let the youngsters shine. I am pretty sure I can do at least that much.” Wei Chen gave a reasonable response, “You’re not bad. All you need is an opportunity to shine.”
1768
1769Opportunity!
1770
1771Starting position!
1772
1773To a pro player, these were no words more attractive than those.
1774
1775If it were the Qiao Yifan from a week before the All Star, if someone promised such things to him, he would probably be on the floor, thanking them for the offer with excitement.
1776
1777But after he screwed up that Rookie Challenge and thought everything over, with Ye Xiu’s help, he finally came to a realization.
1778
1779Talking about opportunities, wasn’t the Rookie Challenge an opportunity?
1780
1781Yet he was unable to seize that opportunity.
1782
1783No opportunity could be understood as bad luck. Being unable to seize an opportunity, should this be counted as bad luck as well? At least Qiao Yifan knew that he wouldn’t do that. He couldn’t use that opportunity because his level of skill wasn’t good enough, that’s all.
1784
1785During recent times, he was no longer restless. He would not try his hand at another opportunity before he knew that he was skilled enough for another one.
1786
1787Qiao Yifan could now laugh off the offer that was able to move him greatly in the past. He could even tell Wei Chen sincerely, “Sorry, I’m not ready to take that opportunity.”
1788
1789“No!” Wei Chen sounded much more certain than Qiao Yifan, “The you from the past might not be ready, but you’re different now. You’re completely prepared now.”
1790
1791Delivering such a passionate speech, Wei Chen even forgot to move his character. His poor Warlock just stood there stupidly like a sandbag as One Inch Ash splashed him twice in a roll.
1792
1793Such honesty and compassion made Qiao Yifan slight embarassed. Right then Wei Chen cried out, “Your time has come! Fight for it, Zhou Yebai!”
1794
1795Qiao Yifan was puzzled, “I’m not Zhou Yebai.”
1796
1797“What are you talking about? If you’re not Zhou Yebai, who could you possibly be?”
1798
1799“Hahahaha!” Ye Xiu’s laughter resounded from the other side, “Very impressive. To be more convincing, you even abandoned moving. You used two strikes just to get a name out. RIP. You’ve got the person wrong, bro!”
1800
1801“Really? Who are you then?” Wei Chen asked.
1802
1803“I’m Qiao Yifan.”
1804
1805“Qiao Yifan?” Wei Chen mumbled. He stole a glance at the list of Tiny Herb’s members that he had just pulled up and added, “Isn’t Qiao Yifan an assassin?”
1806
1807“Enough already. Are you still trying to trick him? Yifan, don’t listen to his nonsense. He has no connection with your team leader. He doesn't even know that Tiny Herb’s gate now opens from the South side.” Ye Xiu retorted.
1808
1809“D*mmit! Who says I don’t know that?! I just met with your team leader for a meal just a few days ago.” Wei Chen protested.
1810
1811“Our Tiny Herb’s has gate never opened on the south side.” Qiao Yifan added weakly.
1812
1813“F*ck you! I told you that scum is worse than I am! I’m done with you!” Wei Chen roared and charged towards Lord Grim recklessly. A spell manifested in the Warlock’s hand.
1814
1815Qiao Yifan was pretty confused by the exchange. He rushed forward, trying to stop Wei Chen, but only heard a warning cry from Ye Xiu, “Watch out!” With a flicker of his hand, the Warlock threw a binding spell behind himself.
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1820515 This is an Ultimate
1821Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1822
1823All of this happened in under a minute.
1824
1825The guy, who just said "Your time has come!" in a very serious voice, might have gotten his name wrong, but Qiao Yifan still felt gratitude for his words. However, in the next instant, a dirty sneak attack suddenly came at him. Even though Ye Xiu shouted for him to be careful, it was too late for Qiao Yifan.
1826
1827The two were only inches apart from each other. Qiao Yifan hadn't seen Wei Chen mutter any spells. By the time he saw the spell coming at him, a black of ray light shot out from the Warlock's hands and instantly wrapped around One Inch Ash.
1828
1829"Sigh, young people!"
1830
1831Ye Xiu and Wei Chen both spoke in unison.
1832
1833"Shameless, too shameless!!" Chen Guo nearly jumped up in anger. On the other hand, Qia Yifan felt very embarrassed upon hearing the two sigh at him. He was usually a cautious and suspecting person. Whenever something bad happened, he would never denounce the opponent and instead look for how he could improve.
1834
1835As a result, he regretted how he hadn't been careful enough. He felt like the two sighing wasn't wrong. He was too young and too inexperienced…..
1836
1837At this point, struggling was useless. The Bind Spell didn't do any damage, but it stopped the target from moving. It stopped the affected target's movement for five seconds, which was enough to do many things.
1838
1839Wei Chen seized this opportunity and he quickly cast another spell. Another ray of black light shot out from his hands and bored into One Inch Ash's body. This ray of black light didn't do any damage, but when the Warlock lifted his hands, One Inch Ash also lifted his hands and floated into the air.
1840
1841Control Spell!
1842
1843Control Spell was a Warlock skill, which allowed the user to control whatever the black light hit, but continually consumed the mana of the user. The heavier the target was, the greater the mana consumption. If the target was a living thing, like a player, mana would be consumed even faster.
1844
1845It sounded like a fun skill to use that allowed the user to make a fool out of the target, but in reality, the skill was very easy to break out of. You wanted to control the target for a few minutes? Impossible. You might not even be able to for a few seconds because the spell could be broken with an attack.
1846
1847As a result, this skill was mainly used to put the target in an unfavorable position or stop the target from moving.
1848
1849Wei Chen used this opportunity to send One Inch Ash into the air and then prepared to throw him into a wall.
1850
1851While in midair, Qiao Yifan could already see the crowd of enemies waiting by the wall. Being tossed into them would be like a lamb entering a tiger's den.
1852
1853"Do you think I don't exist!" Ye Xiu shouted. Lord Grim raised his sword and slashed downwards.
1854
1855"Ha ha, I know you're there!" Wei Che laughed. He hastily retracted the ray of black of light and One Inch Ash fell to the ground. He immediately moved his Warlock out of Lord Grim's attack range.
1856
1857But during this small amount of time, he was able to give his allies enough time to arrive.
1858
1859A Blade Master and Striker leapt up together and jumped over the short wall.
1860
1861Lord Grim immediately turned around after completing the slash. He shot out a sword wind using Sword Draw and sent the Striker tumbling back over.
1862
1863However, Ye Xiu couldn't reach the Blade Master. These two hadn't jumped over together. The two had some distance between them, one after the other. The gap between them made it so that Ye Xiu had no way of handling both at once. On the other side, One Inch Ash landed on the ground at around the same time as the Blade Master.
1864
1865"Ice Boundary!" Ye Xiu shouted. Qiao Yifan didn't dare to be slow and immediately cast an Ice Boundary.
1866
1867"Interrupt him!" Wei Chen didn't react slowly either and immediately gave an order. The Blade Master listened and sent a sword wind at One Inch Ash using Sword Draw.
1868
1869Qiao Yifan saw how fast the attack was coming at him and knew he wouldn't have enough time to finish casting. Helplessly, he cancelled the spell and dodged the attack. Even so, the light of a boundary appeared. It was a Sword Boundary.
1870
1871"Slash!"
1872
1873Ye Xiu ordered. One Inch Ash immediately countered with a Moonlight Slash after dodging the Sword Draw. The timing was perfect. The Blade Master was still in the middle of the Sword Draw animation and couldn't dodge the Moonlight Slash.
1874
1875Full Moonlight Slash!
1876
1877Ghost Slash!
1878
1879In one breath, One Inch Ash had completed two slashes, sending the Blade Master directly at Lord Grim. Lord Grim stepped forward. He grabbed the Blade Master and threw him towards Wei Chen's Warlock. Wei Chen was in the middle of casting a spell similar to when Qiao Yifan had attempted to cast an Ice Boundary. He had no choice but to cancel his spell in order to dodge.
1880
1881"Cast every single boundary!" Ye Xiu yelled and shot through the air, throwing another guy who was jumping over the wall back to the other side. Wei Chen roared in anger: "Why are you all lining up one by one to get over? Just get over all at once!"
1882
1883It hadn't been easy getting a Blade Master to help him, so his opponents wouldn't be able to gang up on him one versus two, but after so long, a second helper hadn't been able to get over the wall.
1884
1885The two sides were only separated by a wall, so the players on the other side of Wei Chen could hear his voice loud and clear. They gathered below the wall and jumped up together all at once. Then, a blue light appeared from below the wall. A circle was drawn on the ground. The blue light rose into the air and the incoming players were thrown into the sky via the Rising Emblem.
1886
1887"F*ck..." Wei Chen cursed, but he couldn't do anything about it. Under Lord Grim's protection, One Inch Ash had already successfully cast a Flame Boundary. Wei Chen was in the middle of it. It was already impressive for him to be able to avoid the damage from the flames. Where would he find time to cast a spell? The Blade Master didn't need to be talked about. In front of pro players, the only thing he could do was attract damage. Under an AoE Flame Boundary, the Blade Master didn't even have the ability to dodge the flames rising from the ground and was burned from head to toe. Luckily, the enemy was under leveled and the damage taken wasn't too heavy.
1888
1889All of their helpers were launched into the air by Lord Grim's Rising Emblem. They looked like a complete mess in the air, making Wei Chen want to cry.
1890
1891When they fell, some of them successfully Quick Recovered, while some of them failed. Some of the ones who succeeded were knocked to the ground by those who had failed. Lord Grim swept them away by using an Earthquake Sword. The ones who had managed to stand were knocked to the ground, while everyone else was sent into the ghost boundary.
1892
1893Falling Light Blade, Back Throw…...
1894
1895The damage wasn't scary, but the most annoying part was the effects. Wei Chen's subordinates were stacked on top of each other and couldn't escape from it. It made Wei Chen want to scratch Lord Grim to death. Meanwhile, One Inch Ash continued to pile ghost boundaries one on top of the other. Even though the boundaries were low leveled, with so many boundaries layered over each other, they would certainly have an effect.
1896
1897"How interesting. With your levels, trying to kill us is too hard." Wei Chen's group was in a sorry state, but he wasn't worried. Lord Grim's and One Inch Ash's level disadvantage could be fatal. Even though they had controlled the situation, their damage output wouldn't be enough to turn the tides of battle to victory. If they had been two Level 70 characters, Wei Chen would have surrendered long ago.
1898
1899Right when he finished saying this, he heard a loud female voice shout: "Eat a bullet, you immoral b*stard!"
1900
1901Boom!
1902
1903How was that a bullet! It was a gigantic pillar of light!
1904
1905A Launcher's Satellite Beam descended from the skies and crashed directly at them. In that instant, the crowd was completely immersed in deadly light. When the pillars of light split, those who hadn't been immersed in the light were swept into it. Between the two walls was a small alley, leaving them nowhere to run.
1906
1907This skill didn't come from a Level 50 character. This time, it was from a true Level 70 character. There wasn't any level suppression due to the gap in levels. In addition, Satellite Beam was an ultimate.
1908
1909"F*ck, why did this b*tch also come!" Wei Chen heard the female voice and responded in a very impolite manner because he knew that this time, the situation had turned bad. Don't look at how the enemies only had three players. Lord Grim and One Inch Ash had strong control over the situation. They grouped them up like NPC mobs. Now, a Level 70 character had arrived. The character was a high burst Launcher too with a Sword Boundary increasing her strength. In addition, the enemy's Plague Boundary decreased their defense. When the Satellite Beam descended, their health bars dropped like waterfalls.
1910
1911When the Satellite Beam finished, she followed up with a grenade. Another explosion took another chunk off their health bars. She fired a Stinger, showering them with missiles for another AoE attack. This was all with the persistent damage from the ghost boundaries and Lord Grim adding to the fire. Wei Chen focused on avoiding the attacks, while watching the names on his team list turn gray. There was nothing he could do.
1912
1913"Where'd that immoral one go!?" Chen Guo's Chasing Haze stood on top of a wall looking down mightily. Right now, she was a killing machine. She swept across the bloody field, but didn't see any signs of that Warlock..
1914
1915"Did he die already?" Chen Guo asked. She had Chasing Haze shoot at the ground. With One Inch Ash and Lord Grim blocking the paths of the normal players, the players had no way of escaping. The field had turned into an execution ground. There was nowhere to run or hide. They could only wait for their deaths.
1916
1917"He didn't die. He got over the wall and ran." Ye Xiu noticed Wei Chen's movements and even shot at him. Unfortunately, he hadn't been able to stop him.
1918
1919"He has no loyalty! He really is immoral!" Chen Guo was dumbstruck. Could the guy have actually left his comrades to die, just so he could escape?
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1924516 In Close Pursuit
1925Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
1926
1927The space between the walls had already become hell. It hadn't been easy for Wei Chen's Warlock to escape from it. He hadn't left yet though and was on the side sneaking around like a cat.
1928
1929What did it mean to have your troops defeated in a landslide of a battle? He was currently witnessing it. Two thirds of his team of 18 were instantly obliterated. Of the remaining six, two of them were close to death, while the other four were still fairly healthy. Wei Chen didn't know why, so he asked them immediately!
1930
1931When he asked, he found out that they were behind the wall on the other side and were sneaking about as well! These four heard Wei Chen's orders and went over the wall together. However, they weren't close enough and jumped a tad bit later than the others. Before the four had jumped, the rest had already been sent tumbling through the air by the enemy's Rising Emblem. Thus, they didn't dare be too careless and circled around to find a different area to enter from. Then, they witnessed their comrades slam into the ground and get blasted to smithereens.
1932
1933At that moment, they weren't sure if they should still rush over and help! Suddenly, they saw Wei Chen's Warlock roll over and flip over the wall. The enemies even shot at his butt, so they immediately abandoned their original thought and retreated too.
1934
1935"How sad! Be careful. Make sure you don't get discovered." Wei Chen said.
1936
1937"You should be the one who should be careful! They're heading towards you." The remaining four reminded him.
1938
1939"F*ck, then hurry up and come out so you can distract them!" Wei Chen threw his previous thoughts of concern out the window.
1940
1941"Sh*t! You've got no sense of shame!!!" Even his own allies couldn't bear it anymore.
1942
1943The sounds of gunfire and explosions echoed throughout Milo Ancient Ruins. Amidst the noise, Ye Xiu shouted: "Old Wei, there's no point hiding. Coming out and waiting for your death is your only route. Give me five hundred and I might consider letting you live."
1944
1945"Ye Qiu, go kill yourself! This senior vows to fight to his death!" Wei Chen replied.
1946
1947"Don't stop attacking! Don't stop attacking!" Ye Xiu reminded Chen Guo, "As soon as this guy is out of combat, he'll log off immediately. Don't forget he has no morals."
1948
1949Boom!
1950
1951A missile exploded near Wei Chen's Warlock. Even though it didn't injure him, this type of attack would keep him locked in combat. These guys just fired randomly, making it so he couldn't escape from combat. Ye Xiu was right. As soon as his combat status cleared, he would definitely have log off without any delay.
1952
1953"Think of your brothers. They sacrificed their lives for you. How can you be alright with being the only one to survive!" Ye Xiu continued to shout.
1954
1955"Quiet down. You killed them all." Wei Chen said.
1956
1957"If you hadn't ordered them to come back and save you, they might have survived. They've already lost faith in you." Ye Xiu said.
1958
1959"Shut up. They're already on their way here." Wei Chen responded.
1960
1961"Your bluff won't work on me. Even if you called all of Blue Brook Guild, you will still die today." Ye Xiu said.
1962
1963"You really have incredible foresight! Blue Brook Guild's troops are about to arrive. Not just them either. Look at the world!" Wei Chen shouted. An announcement came up on the global chat.
1964
1965Windward Formation: Lord Grim in Milo Ancient Ruins. Hurry and come!
1966
1967"Ha ha ha, you think they can save you?" Ye Xiu looked down in disdain. Windward Formation was the name of Wei Chen's Warlock.
1968
1969"You've got guts not running." Wei Chen said.
1970
1971"I'll leave right after I kill you." Ye Xiu said.
1972
1973"Say it when you find me."
1974
1975"Did you really think that our attacks were randomly aimed? I already know your position. You haven't escaped from combat yet, right? So it's not hard to figure out your position. Do you hear our footsteps? Probably not. We're crouching as we walk. Watch your back!" Ye Xiu suddenly raised his voice.
1976
1977"You're going to die!!!!" Chen Guo was the one who got scared.
1978
1979"It's to scare him." Ye Xiu said, while gestured to Chen Guo to look at his screen.
1980
1981"Here?" Chen Guo whispered.
1982
1983Ye Xiu nodded his head.
1984
1985"Shouldn't we get closer?" Chen Guo asked.
1986
1987"No need. If we get closer, he'll notice us. That spot is a good position and has good range of vision, so here is the limit." Ye Xiu explained.
1988
1989"But even if we hit him, the distance is too far. He can still run." Chen Guo lamented.
1990
1991"We'll take it a step at a time!" Ye Xiu wasn't in a hurry.
1992
1993As a result, Chen Guo positioned her Satellite Beam towards the spot Ye Xiu indicated: a place covered in straw.
1994
1995The Satellite Beam descended from the skies. However, any player with a bit of reaction speed would easily dodge an attack like this without any setup. The three saw Wei Chen's Windward Formation come out from behind the pile of straw and quickly escape from Satellite Beam's range.
1996
1997"Cancel your attack. Gatling Gun!" Ye Xiu called. His Lord Grim was already after him.
1998
1999"Ah..." Chen Guo felt a bit unwilling to cancel her ultimate, but she still followed his orders. She took out a Gatling Gun and fired at Windward Formation.
2000
2001Windward Formation's movements didn't look natural at all, perhaps it could even be considered a bit ugly. However, his erratic movements were effective and he dodged the bullets. This type of movements would be much slower than Lord Grim, who was running in a straight line, and the distance was quickly closed. As soon as Chasing Haze's firing ended, Lord Grim immediately used his own Gatling Gun. Ye Xiu's technique was much better than Chen Guo's. Windward Formation's movements suddenly became even uglier and wasn't able to completely dodge all the bullets. A few of the bullets connected.
2002
2003These stray bullets wouldn't do much damage, but they still affected his running speed. Wei Chen was very gloomy and shouted: "Ye Qiu, do you have the guts to fight with this senior 1v1!"
2004
2005"Okay, stand still. I'll fight you 1v1." Ye Xiu replied, but didn't stop shooting.
2006
2007"Pei, who would believe you." Wei Chen spat and continued to run.
2008
2009"Same to you." Ye Xiu laughed.
2010
2011Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash never stopped attacking. Right now, he was at the forefront and had closed in on Windward Formation. Chen Guo's Chasing Haze was chasing him now too. Gatling Gun was a Level 20 and under skill, so it didn't have a long cooldown. If they kept on doing this, it was only a matter of time before Windward Formation was caught.
2012
2013"We're about to catch him!" Chen Guo was very excited. She was looking forward to obliterating this immoral guy.
2014
2015"Hard to say." Ye Xiu frowned.
2016
2017"What do you mean?" Chen Guo said.
2018
2019"There's a dungeon ahead." Ye Xiu sighed.
2020
2021"Dungeon?" Chen Guo was startled and then looked ahead. Sure enough, ahead was Milo Ancient City's dungeon entrance. Dungeons only had a lower bound, but no upper bound. Thus, Windward Formation could enter it. If he entered it, they wouldn't be able to chase him.
2022
2023"Isn't entering this dungeon the same as dying?" Chen Guo was puzzled. Even though Milo Ancient City was a Level 55 dungeon, it was a hundred player dungeon. It wasn't something that a solo player could clear, not even a pro player. Progress could be saved in hundred player dungeons, but saving progress didn't mean one could leave the dungeon. It was similar to a pause, so one could come back when one had more time to continue progressing further.
2024
2025"If you die in a dungeon, at least you can't drop your equipment." Ye Xiu said, "Did you not notice? His weapon is a Silver weapon!"
2026
2027'Really? I really didn't notice! Where did he get it from? Did Blue Rain give it to him?"
2028
2029"I don't think so. He probably made it himself. He's been playing for so many years, so it isn't a surprise that he has his own Silver weapon." Ye Xiu said.
2030
2031"Do you think he wanted to kill you for your Silver weapon?" Chen Guo guessed. She still couldn't accept that a former God that would actually stoop so low as to get five hundred yuan from a bounty.
2032
2033"Probably not. Five hundred yuan is just a cherry on top. He's mainly playing to have fun." Ye XIu said.
2034
2035"..." Chen Guo was somewhat speechless, but she could feel it. Wei Chen was cursing and fighting Ye Xiu, but he wasn't actually angry. It was like sparring with an old friend. The two mocked each other and trash talked for fun.
2036
2037However, their trash talking went beyond what Chen Guo could bear. Wei Chen was truly too immoral. Even Ye Xiu had his limits. In any case, Chen Guo didn't dare be certain. Ye Xiu making her cough blood in anger over and over again was already enough.
2038
2039"Senior, I don't think we'll be able to catch him." Qiao Yifan had good judgement. After hearing Ye Xiu's intent, he calculated their speed and Wei Chen's speed and made a guess.
2040
2041If they had reached this conclusion, Wei Chen naturally would have too and laughed in glee: "If you want to kill this senior, you're still too green."
2042
2043"Give your mouse to me!" At this moment, Ye Xiu suddenly spoke to Chen Guo.
2044
2045Chen Guo was slightly startled, but having experienced this before, she quickly handed the mouse over to Ye Xiu. Ye Xiu took it and began controlling Chasing Haze to use Gatling Gun.
2046
2047The bullets flew out and Wei Chen hastily tried to dodge them. A few of the bullets hit and caused Windward Formation to stumble a few steps.
2048
2049Wei Chen was alarmed. There were still more bullets coming at him. He tried dodging again, but got hit by another bullet.
2050
2051If he were a normal person, he wouldn't have been able to react so quickly. However, Wei Chen immediately understood what was going on and cursed: "Ye Qiu, you shameless b*stard. You're even using such methods! Where's your spirit of fairness?"
2052
2053"Then stand still. I'll fight you one one one." Ye Xiu said.
2054
2055"Ptui!" Wei Chen spat. He clearly didn't trust Ye Xiu at all. However, with Ye Xiu helping Chen Guo, the Gatling Gun's effects were extremely different. In addition, her level was higher, so the effects from Chasing Haze's Gatling Gun were much greater than Lord Grim's. Qiao Yifan's eyes lit up and he recalculated it. He wouldn't have thought of doing such a thing.
2056
2057One Inch Ash grew closer and closer and Chasing Haze's firing became more and more dense. Lord Grim began firing with Chasing Haze.
2058
2059'Okay, hit him with anything you want!" With this done, Ye Xiu handed the mouse back to Chen Guo and immediately began controlling Lord Grim again. Lord Grim followed up with the suppressing fire. They finally caught up to Windward Formation.
2060
2061"Slash!" Ye Xiu shouted and pounced on Windward Formation along with One Inch Ash.
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2066517 Death's Hand
2067Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2068
2069Wei Chen had experience with chasing, so he anticipated One Inch Ash's slash. With a sigh, Windward Formation leaned to the side, wishing he could dodge and keep running. If it were any other ordinary player, Wei Chen's move would be sufficient enough, but how could Qiao Yifan be considered an ordinary player? Even the most insignificant pro player was still an expert. They couldn't be compared to normal players.
2070
2071The sword light followed Windward Formation's twisted body, Wei Chen saw it coming. He couldn't do anything about it except attempt to dodge more drastically. If it were a 1v1 battle, it would have been better. Wei Chen would've been able to handle it, but Lord Grim wasn't far away. By the time he escaped from One Inch Ash's sword, Lord Grim would be there to take his place.
2072
2073He now realized this was a dead end. His plans to enter the dungeon were hopeless.
2074
2075Wei Chen immediately changed his mind, Windward Formation turned around and said to One Inch Ash: "Little brother, I can see that you're a good man. If you pick up any of my equipment, you have to return it to me!"
2076
2077Qiao Yifan was surprised. After a short pause, he answered "Okay". As he was answering, he didn't dare to move carelessly again. The previous experience remained fresh in his memory. Qiao Yifan was very good at learning from experience. 
2078
2079Right after he answered, Windward Formation quickly stripped off all of his equipment and pushed his chest forward: "Quick, kill me now!"
2080
2081Qiao Yifan's hand shook once again. He suddenly realized that his state of mind was still far from that of a top pro-player. He didn't know who the person in front of him was, but he could at least tell that he wasn't a normal player. Even among pro-players, there weren't many geniuses like this guy.
2082
2083"Quick, attack faster! Use more boundaries! Hey hey hey, you shouldn't be this slow even if you're level 55. Are you deliberately holding back? No no no, you should seize every possible opportunity to attack your enemy with the fastest speed. This is the only efficient way to reduce accidents, avoid mistakes, and decrease the effect of luck!" Wei Chen even started lecturing Qiao Yifan.
2084
2085Qiao Yifan remained silent. Everything this man said sounded reasonable, but these words at this moment felt very weird and out of place.
2086
2087"Boy, you did it on purpose!"
2088
2089Finally, when he saw that Lord Grim had arrived and he still wasn't dead yet, Wei Chen grunted in dissatisfaction and sent an angry face.
2090
2091"Hahaha, he's an honest man, but he isn't stupid. Step aside Little Qiao and watch how I tidy up this old man." Ye Xiu smiled. Lord Grim stabbed directly towards the naked Windward Formation extremely quickly.
2092
2093"F*ck! You want to tidy me up by yourself?" Windward Formation re-equipped all of his equipment immediately, downed a huge potion, and said: "Little fellow, step aside, I don't want to hurt you."
2094
2095Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash actually listened and stepped back two steps. Ye Xiu stopped him in a hurry: "Qiao, why do you still listen to him! Get behind him and cut off his escape path."
2096
2097"Ye Xiu, you son of a b*tch!" Wei Chen's trick was once again seen through and he cursed out rage. Windward Formation released a Curse Arrow shortly after.
2098
2099It wasn't focused towards anywhere. The light ball twisted and arrows flew out in all directions.
2100
2101Wei Chen wanted Windward Formation to escape during the chaos, but Ye Xiu had already seen through his plan. Lord Grim used a Z-Shake to charge through the gap between the arrows and lunged at Windward Formation's head with his spear.
2102
2103Windward Formation had to dodge. Warlocks didn't have many options in close range battles. All the strong skills had cast times, but when the enemy was close, who had that sort of time? Elementalists could teleport into a better position, but Warlocks couldn't.
2104
2105When a Warlock was attacked at close range, their only option was to dodge. They could also use moves like parries, but their physical damage was too weak. Even Dual Sword Style wouldn't work. The result would be a knocked back by a powerful skill like Lord Grim's Wild Blood Strike.
2106
2107Bind Spell!
2108
2109Cut Spell!
2110
2111...
2112
2113Wei Chen cast a few instant skills in an attempt to fight back, but his opponent wasn't any ordinary player. He had the level advantage, but the effects of the advantage were all within Ye Xiu's calculations. After considering these factors, Ye Xiu attacked Wei Chen. As a result, it was only Ye Xiu's damage output that was a bit lower. Their ability to control the flow of battle were at about the same level.
2114
2115If Wei Chen were a melee class, he could try to confront Ye Xiu head on and suppress his opponent, but as a Warlock, his level advantage was worthless in close combat situations.
2116
2117A few moments later, Chen Guo's Chasing Haze arrived. Seeing the black cannon aiming at him, he wouldn't be Wei Chen if he didn't have any words to say. 
2118
2119"Fine, today I recognize my defeat! You outnumber me, so I surrender!" Wei Chen said.
2120
2121"Whether you're outnumber or not is an entirely different matter. I can't believe you're still boasting when you're about to die." Ye Xiu wasn't Qiao Yifan, so his hands weren't shaking at all. In fact, he continued to attack fiercely.
2122
2123"We have to make an arrangement! This silver weapon is the result of my painstaking labor. If I lose it, you have to give it back!"
2124
2125"Sure, I will return anything as long as it's not the silver weapon." Ye Xiu said.
2126
2127"Sh*t, don't pretend that you don't understand what I'm saying!" Wei Chen said in a great rage.
2128
2129"If I don't make you suffer, you won't remember how powerful I am." Ye Xiu said in return.
2130
2131Wei Chen was originally going to stop, but he started operating madly again. However, if his madness could have helped, he would have done it earlier. Now, he was only trying to sting Ye Xiu a little before he died, but how could Ye Xiu give him the chance? Ye Xiu beat him up in a frenzy. Windward Formation's life came to an end. A Circle Swing stabbed him and smashed him into the ground.
2132
2133"Come out, silver weapon!" Ye Xiu shouted.
2134
2135"Ye Qiu, go to hell!" Wei Chen cried. Windward Formation landed on his head and died.
2136
2137"F*CK, Ye Qiu, are you a f*cking summoner?! GO TO HELL!" At the exact moment of his death, Wei Chen opened his equipment window. He immediately started cursing again. Ye Qiu was like a summoner and called out his silver weapon.
2138
2139"Hahahaha, Old Wei, go cry!"
2140
2141Ghosts couldn't make a sound nor could they hear any sound. When Wei Chen saw these words and a laughing emoji floating above Lord Grim's character, who was circling around his dead body, he almost died due to shock and rage. He opened his friend list and tried to add Lord Grim as a friend, but he got rejected immediately. Ye Qiu had turned the option to receive friend requests off.
2142
2143"Ye Qiu screw you screw you screw you!" Wei Chen cursed angrily, even though he knew the person he was cursing would never hear it. Several people close to him in the Internet Cafe stood up: "F*ck, which sh*t eating dog is cursing at Ye Qiu!!!"
2144
2145"This senior here! You got something to say?!" Wei Chen slammed the table and stood up. A dozen or so people also stood up with him.
2146
2147The arguers saw that he had a dozen or so hoodlums by his side and suddenly lost confidence. Even though they felt offended on their idol's behalf, their own safety was more important. As a result, one of them nodded: "Good man! Cursing Ye Qiu? We'll join you!"
2148
2149This shameless man was among the minority. Most of them slinked back into their seats when they saw the other side was more aggressive.
2150
2151"Go play your game!" Wei Chen gave this person a dirty look. He didn't even have the heart to curse. He knew full well that these tricks were useless against Ye Qiu, absolutely useless.
2152
2153"What happened, Brother Wei?" One of his bros came up to him and asked.
2154
2155"D*mnit, I lost my weapon." Wei Chen said bitterly.
2156
2157"Fuck!" All of his fellows shouted and looked to Wei Chen with the same murderous look, "What should we do?"
2158
2159"Do what? Go play your games." Wei Chen shook his hand. He saw Lord Grim was still showing off and chose to revive at the city. What the eyes didn't see wouldn't grieve him.
2160
2161"Ah, he's gone." Ye Xiu felt that it was a bit of a pity when he saw the body was gone. He had a strong opinion against the fact that he couldn't communicate with the dead. It's a game, why does it have to be so serious? Wouldn't it be great to hear the complaints of those who lost their weapon?
2162
2163"Check the weapon, hurry!" Chen Guo couldn't wait. She has been rattling and raring to see the silver weapon since Ye Xiu picked it up.
2164
2165"Okay, okay!" Ye Xiu opened his inventory as he spoke. Before he had the silver weapon, he couldn't see the weapon's stats, only the color of the Windward Formation's weapon. Only now could he see the weapon's stats in detail.
2166
2167This silver weapon was a Warlock's Scepter.
2168
2169Death's Hand, Level 60
2170
2171Weight 3kg, Attack Speed 2
2172
2173Physical Damage 530, Magic Damage 777
2174
2175Intelligence +45
2176
2177Dark Element Strengthen +20
2178
2179Dark Element Resistance +20
2180
2181Magic Critical Attack Chance +10%
2182
2183Magic cast speed +10
2184
2185Cast Distance +2
2186
2187"Amazing!" Chen Guo could tell if a weapon was good or not. It was a true silver weapon just by looking at the base stats. The attributes were higher than an orange weapon. The intelligence, dark element strengthen, magic critical attack, magic cast, cast distance…These were all very useful additional attributes for Warlocks. This was the embodiment of a silver weapon's value.
2188
2189Other than the stats being better than that of an orange weapon, the additional attributes of the silver weapon were customized according to the player's need. You could create whatever you liked, whatever you needed if you just put in the effort.
2190
2191Just by looking at the attack attribute alone, Death's Hand was equivalent to a Level 70 Purple weapon. The value of Death Hand's was way above a Level 70 Purple weapon with all the additional properties. Even a Level 70 Orange weapon wouldn't have all these useful stats together, let alone a Level 70 Purple weapon. 
2192
2193"It's not even Level 70 and it doesn't increase any skill levels!" Ye Xiu could still find faults in it.
2194
2195As he was speaking, someone messaged him on QQ, Ye Xiu opened it and laughed. It was Wei Chen. He couldn't find Ye Xiu in the game, so he looked for him on QQ.
2196
2197"Son of a b*tch! Give me back my silver weapon!" Wei Chen cursed.
2198
2199"Don't disturb me, old Wei. You just threw me under the bus on global chat, Now I have to concentrate on dealing with people you sent after me. If by any chance I died, and your Death Hand's dropped…what do you think would happen?" Ye Xiu asked.
2200
2201"F*ck, then why are you still online? Are you waiting to die?!"
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2206518 Old Wei
2207Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2208
2209"Ha, I need more time to study your silver weapon. How is it? Do you have a plan for future upgrades? Ye Xiu asked casually.
2210
2211"If you're not going to log off, then you'd better store it somewhere safe for this senior!" Wei Chen shouted out of rage.
2212
2213"Relax, relax. Hey, do you have any extra materials?" Ye Xiu asked.
2214
2215"F*ck off, I don't even have enough for myself." Wei Chen said.
2216
2217"What do you need materials for? You don't even have a silver weapon anymore." Ye Xiu said.
2218
2219"F*ck you, f*ck your mom, f*ck your dad!" Wei Chen cursed furiously
2220
2221"To be honest, you're only playing the game, so you don't really need high-end equipment! Keeping it is just a burden for you. You have to worry about it all the time. Why don't you let this brother help you sell it? We can split the money. You can easily get a set of weapons and equipment good enough for you to play like a king and I can upgrade my silver weapon. I need to hurry up and continue upgrading my Silver weapon. This is something that truly needs to be done urgently." Ye Xiu said with ease and sincerity.
2222
2223"Screw you… Mine is also a priority. Do you know how much effort I put into this just to upgrade it to level 60?" Wei Chen roared.
2224
2225"Do you have the plans for future upgrades? If you do, we can increase the starting price." Ye Xiu was considering the value of Death's Hand to himself as if he did not see Wei Chen's message.
2226
2227"What price?! That's my life and blood! It's priceless!" Wei Chen said.
2228
2229"Your life and blood work is quite different from the one you had before!"
2230
2231"Dark Element strengthen, magic critical attack, Casting speed, cast distance…" Ye Xiu went over the additional attributes as he typed, "These are all strengthening personal attributes!
2232
2233The style is very different from Swoksaar's Curse of Destruction."
2234
2235"The style of my weapon is none of your f*cking business." Wei Chen cursed.
2236
2237"You must be very lonely, Old Wei?" Ye Xiu asked all of a sudden.
2238
2239"What are you talking about? I don't even understand what you're saying." Wei Chen frowned.
2240
2241"Why didn't you stay in Blue Rain? I heard that Blue Rain tried to keep you as a coach." Ye Xiu said.
2242
2243"This senior isn't interested in that sort of thing." Wei Chen said.
2244
2245"You'd rather stand on stage!" Ye Xiu replied.
2246
2247Wei Chen suddenly fell into silence. His hands were on the keyboard, but he didn't know what to say.
2248
2249"Can you find that feeling in the game? Ye Xiu asked.
2250
2251"Do you really need me to tell you? " Wei Chen replied faintly.
2252
2253"Have you ever thought about returning?" Ye Xiu asked.
2254
2255"Returning? Me? Don't joke with me, God!" Wei Chen laughed bitterly.
2256
2257"Don't tell me you're satisfied?" Ye Xiu said.
2258
2259"Even if I'm not, so what?" Wei Chen asked.
2260
2261"You can try again!" Ye Xiu said.
2262
2263"Try again? Like this, at level 70, using a level 60 high-end silver weapon? Taking 19 brothers who follow me every day, but failed to handle two level 50s like you guys? Go back like this? Go back and do what?" Wei Chen's words were mixed with pain. The helplessness brought by time had left a deep scar on him long time ago.
2264
2265Ye Xiu asked him if he was satisfied.
2266
2267He could answer without thinking.
2268
2269Of course not!
2270
2271He too carried hopes and dreams when he entered the pro scene, but his career had only lasted two short years.
2272
2273Within two years, the Alliance grew rapidly from inexperienced to mature, but as for him, he was constantly on the decline. He desperately tried to prolong his career, trying to stay for even a single moment longer in the growing Alliance, but all of his efforts were useless. He could clearly feel his deterioration. Game after game, he soon reached the point where his ability fell short of his ambition.
2274
2275What if I were born a few years later!
2276
2277Wei Chen had imagined it countless times before.
2278
2279But regretfully, there were no what if's in reality. He could only admire and envy those lively youngsters. He had tried to lay his dreams and ambitions on these young people so that maybe he wouldn't feel so lonely. He failed. He realized that he yearned for a chance to stand on the stage again. The feeling of existence that he wanted couldn't be satisfied by entrusting his hopes to someone else.
2280
2281When Blue Rain tactfully asked him to take on the role of a coach for the next season, he immediately knew that everything had come to an end.
2282
2283He thanked them, but rejected the invitation. He also rejected invitations from other clubs, even though some were invitations for him to be a player.
2284
2285He had dreams. He had hopes. He didn't want to be like a piece of seaweed spread on the beach, getting beaten by waves over and over again. Therefore, that season, the second season of the Pro Alliance, he decisively announced his retirement. He ignored all the persuasions for him to stay and cleanly left the professional scene.
2286
2287For a time, he wanted to give up Glory as well, but he couldn't let it go. Thus, Windward Formation was created. He even developed a silver weapon for himself. There were countless times that he dreamed that he went back with Windward Formation and his silver weapon Death's Hand, to the time when the Alliance had just begun. He too was like these youngsters, full of energy. He could play for two years, three years, five years, eight years, forever…
2288
2289Wei Chen was laden with grief as these thoughts rushed through until he suddenly realized that all his friends around him were looking at him as if he were mad. He quickly pulled himself back together, and become his ruffian self again. He looked at the screen, Ye Xiu had already replied: "If you truly wish for it, there is no such thing as impossible."
2290
2291"Sh*t, do you still believe in the power of will?" Wei Chen quickly hid his regrets. He was Wei Chen! The same Wei Chen who didn't know shame. The Wei Chen who could fight dirty. His hand speed may be gone, his skills may have declined, but his personality still remained. In this aspect, he remained true to himself. He was still the one who amazed Glory eight years ago, who got invited to build a team immediately after the Professional Alliance was formed, and became team captain as a top pro-player. He was the former captain of Team Blue Rain. The shameless Old Wei, although he didn't like this nickname..…
2292
2293"That's right, will can determine victory or defeat. Just think of that fellow on your team." Ye Xiu said.
2294
2295"He's a weirdo…" Wei Chen knew who Ye Xiu was talking about, "I have to admit, I made a mistake, a very serious one too."
2296
2297"I heard you lost to him. Was it that embarrassing defeat that determined your retirement?" Ye Xiu asked.
2298
2299"Tch. Do you think this senior's decision could be affected by such a trivial matter?" Wei Chen scorned.
2300
2301"No?" Ye Xiu asked in return
2302
2303"Of course not."
2304
2305"Not even just a little?" Ye Xiu asked again.
2306
2307"Fine, a little…" Wei Chen said.
2308
2309"How much is little?"
2310
2311"A little is a little. Completely insignificant, negligible, little!" Wei Chen answered.
2312
2313"No way, right?" Ye Xiu said.
2314
2315"Sh*t, what do you mean?" Wei Chen shouted in rage.
2316
2317"I can imagine the trauma of being defeated by someone whose hands were deemed as handicapped and would never be able to make it to the pro scene. I can imagine it...…" Ye Xiu said.
2318
2319"F*ck your imagination…..!" Even though Wei Chen said so, he couldn't help but recollect the bitter blow of his defeat.
2320
2321That's right… The person they were talking about was Yu Wenzhou, the present team captain of Blue Rain, Alliance's number one Warlock, Swoksaar's controller.
2322
2323At the beginning of the Alliance, he was just a young lad who signed up for the club's team training camp. He wasn't even close to having the qualification to enter a pro team.
2324
2325From the beginning, the pros on the team, including Wei Chen, saw this youth as a passing guest. His hand speed could be considered decent amongst average players. But in the training camp for future professionals, his hand speed was considered unimaginably slow. 
2326
2327All of them thought he would be eliminated in the first round of selection. No one ever thought that he would manage to stay until the end.
2328
2329He remained in the team by barely surviving every round of selection. Even though he stayed, he was only thought to be lucky. No ever thought about his growth because nobody expected anything from him. At that time, everyone's attention was focused on another one, someone Wei Chen had brought back from the game. 
2330
2331According to Wei Chen, the precise eyes and techniques of the youth when killing steal showed much promise. However, most people believed that Wei Chen related to the youth because of their shared shamelessness.
2332
2333This youth was truly talented. He quickly became the rising hope of the club. The Club began building up his his Blade Master carefully. At that time, the ace player of Blue Rain had been the Warlock Swoksaar at the time. Warlocks had strong crowd control, but the ace player of a Club usually had the burden of being the attacker to boost the morale of the team.
2334
2335As a result, many Blue Rain fans named this part of history "The beginnings of the legends of the Sword Saint."
2336
2337Correct, this person was Huang Shaotian. The hopeful star who bore the weight of Blue Rain's future. As for Yu Wenzhou, he was constantly being forgotten.
2338
2339Until one day, during a training session when the trainees were being tested, Wei Chen lost to this opponent whose name he didn't even remember.
2340
2341"He was lucky." Wei Chen repeated the comment he had said when Yu Wenzhou remained with the club after passing numerous selections. After all, there would always be winning and losing in a competitions. At that time, Wei Chen's condition was already declining. He thought that he had just been too careless when he was competing against the youngsters of the training camp.
2342
2343The second round…
2344
2345The third round…
2346
2347After being defeated by this irritatingly slow fellow for the third time, Wei Chen finally realized something. Everyone in the Club realized something.
2348
2349"Thank you senior for your teachings." He didn't get proud because of his victory, nor did he lose heart because of his defeat. He was neither shy nor arrogant. This young man was like an immovable iceberg. Wei Chen immediately knew that he lost to this young boy in spirit as well. He suddenly felt that Blue Rain didn't need him anymore.
2350
2351This youth would become Blue Rain's foundation and Huang Shaotian would become the blade that cut through any enemies in their path.
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2356519 A Reason for You
2357Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2358
2359Wei Chen’s thoughts slipped back to the beginning of the Alliance unintentionally. There was happiness and excitement, but that era eventually left him with boundless regrets. 
2360
2361Wei Chen had to admit in his heart that losing to Yu Wenzhou was not the sole reason why had stepped down, but it had been a large part of it. Otherwise, with his level of skill, even if he lost his status in Blue Rain at the time, he could still have easily drifted along in another place for a year or two. However, in Wei Chen’s eyes, drifting along was not an extension of his professional career, so he decided to end it. 
2362
2363He couldn’t tell his past feelings to the friends that surrounded him now. He always made himself look like a big shot in front of them. Ye Xiu was not as close as those friends were to him, but he was one of the people in the circle who understood Wei Chen’s situation back then. 
2364
2365“What about you? What are you doing? Returning right after retiring and all of the ruckus. Just what are trying to achieve?” Wei Chen retaliated at Ye XIu after much melancholy. 
2366
2367“Hey, after some consideration, I decided to stir up some noise again. I don’t want to end up like someone, all lonely and blue after just a few years.” Ye Xiu returned.
2368
2369“F*ck off f*ck off f*ck off f*ck off f*ck off!” Wei Chen shouted out five “f*ck off”s in row. 
2370
2371“How about it? Let me bring you along for the ride. You can go back to those old times, too.” Ye Xiu offered. 
2372
2373Wei Chen maintained his silence. The other had the intention, and he was not at all without such desires. Recently, he often dreamt of returning to the Alliance. Honestly, it wasn’t like he had never given the idea any serious thought before. Nevertheless, the decisiveness of him leaving became the biggest obstacle of return. He had left so smoothly that he could not bring it to slap himself in the face in front of everyone now. Just like this, as time moved on, the distance between him and the Alliance grew and he found it harder and harder to gather enough courage to go back. Fortunately, today, there was a force pushing him to do so. In Wei Chen’s heart, the desire of returning has never being as strong. 
2374
2375“Don’t lose this opportunity. You even have the perfect reason this time!” Ye Xiu urged. 
2376
2377“What’s that reason?”
2378
2379“Your silver weapon is being held hostage by me! In order to get it back, you have to return. For someone as shameless as you are, that’s a good enough reason, right?” Ye Xiu explained. 
2380
2381“F*ck off!” Wei Chen cursed. 
2382
2383“You can do it!” Ye Xiu replied. 
2384
2385This short phrase became another wall for Wei Chen. He was like a hesitating wanderer, insecure about his own strength. 
2386
2387“What do you think of me right now, compared to the me of the past?” Wei Chen asked. 
2388
2389“Your technical skill and speed can’t be compared to the past, but your shamelessness hasn’t changed. I’m really happy to see someone so familiar.” Ye Xiu answered. 
2390
2391“A few years ago, it was Yu Wenzhou who was learning from you in secret. Now you can reverse it. You can crush him by surprise. What about it? Doesn’t it sound great?” Ye Xiu added. 
2392
2393“Mm, it sounds good…” As Wei Chen thought about it, his heart was filled with yearning. 
2394
2395“Then what are you waiting for?” Ye Xiu questioned. 
2396
2397“What I suddenly thought of is that according to the regulations, you dirty b*stard still has to wait for at least an entire year, which means you will definitely miss the next season and will have to join the following season after that. Do you expect me to return at the old age of 32? Am I supposed to be grandpa to everyone?” Wei Chen spoke. 
2398
2399“32? You’re that young? Aren’t you like 40+ now?” Ye Xiu doubted. 
2400
2401“You f*cker!” 
2402
2403“We need time to get used to each other anyways. I’m assuming you don’t want return and just run back like a clown, right? Speaking of which, did you win any championships back then?” Ye Xiu continued. 
2404
2405Wei Chen was speechless. For the first three years, all of the championships in the Professional Alliance were snatched away by this guy’s Excellent Era. Who didn’t know that? And now this guy was pretending to be ignorant? So who was truly the most shameless person in the Alliance? 
2406
2407“You mean to say that the goal of your return is to be the champion?” Wei Chen asked. 
2408
2409“Besides that, what other goal would a pro player have?” Ye Xiu retorted. 
2410
2411“Good! This is a nice goal. Hahahaha, children of the Alliance,  quiver in fear! This senior is coming back!” Wei Chen sent the message with a laughing emoji. 
2412
2413“You’ve decided? Are you sure?” Ye Xiu checked. 
2414
2415“Stop blabbing!’ Wei Chen snapped. 
2416
2417“Then we will have to face a real and important issue.” Ye XIu stated. 
2418
2419“What?”
2420
2421“With your shamelessness, how can I believe that you aren’t lying to me just so you can get your silver weapon back?” Ye Xiu clarified. 
2422
2423“Ah… That really is an issue.” Even Wei Chen himself had to agree. 
2424
2425“Let him come to our place. Once we have the real person, there wouldn't be any more problems, would there?” Chen Guo, who had been watching the two’s conversation the entire time, added. She didn’t expect Ye Xiu to attempt to drag someone who had been away from the pro scene for so many years into his team. Still, after seeing Ye Xiu actually succeed, she immediately started to brainstorm ideas to help them out. If they were going to end up on the same team, then they would have to gather in one place eventually. 
2426
2427“Where are you?” Ye Xiu asked consequently. 
2428
2429“Siqi City.” Wei Chen replied. 
2430
2431“I’m asking about you in real life, not your character...” Ye Xiu was speechless. Siqi City is one of the major cities in the Heavenly Domain. 
2432
2433“Oh, I’m at City X.” Wei Chen replied. 
2434
2435“Come to our place. We can talk things out here.” Ye Xiu said. 
2436
2437“That will happen sooner or later, but I can’t leave just yet. That's what irresponsible youngsters do. I have a few things to settle before I come.” Wei Chen was already educating others. 
2438
2439“Well then, you can attend to your business first, but until then your Death’s Hand stays with me.” Ye Xiu agreed. 
2440
2441“If you f*cking lose it, kill yourself and wait for me to bury your rotting corpse. “ Wei Chen threatened. 
2442
2443“Okay. If you have some materials, you can offer them up now.” Ye Xiu went on. 
2444
2445“Ai. With the situation right now, it’s so hard to find some for yourself. I truly don’t have a lot. There are some low level and dungeon ones, but I’m really short on the rare materials too.” Wei Chen explained. 
2446
2447Ye Xiu knew that this was the truth. The current times were vastly different from the time when the Myriad Manifestation Umbrella had been invented. There hadn’t been any professional clubs back then, and there was no large-scale research done on silver class weapons. It was unlike current times, when every big club had a large demand of rare materials. Each club kept a close eye on the market and bosses that produced these materials. In the present environment, it was truly very hard to obtain rare materials. 
2448
2449“What do you have? Let me see if there are any that I can use. I am stilling trying to reach level 50.” Ye Xiu added. 
2450
2451They were chatting on QQ, outside of the game. In a moment, Wei Chen sent over a few screenshots of his own storage. Ye Xiu glanced over them and realized that, just like Wei Chen said, there were some common materials, but the rare ones could be counted on one hand. As for the three super rare materials that Myriad Manifestation Umbrella needed to reach level 50, Wei Chen had none. 
2452
2453Ye Xiu gave Mo Qiang money for the materials, but from Mo Qiang’s tone, it appeared that even with a few thousand yuan, they might not even be able to secure them. There was nothing they could do. Rare materials like this didn’t even have a market, so there was no set price. The prices were set when the buyer bumped into a seller, who actually had to sell it. 
2454
2455“Obsidian, aquamarine, and silk paulownia, can you get these three?” Ye Xiu asked Wei Chen helplessly. 
2456
2457“These are all from normal server’s wild bosses! These things are really hard to obtain, you should know this yourself.” Wei Chen knew what those were. After all, he worked on his own silver weapon for many years now. 
2458
2459“These are the three that I am having trouble finding. I can’t advance to level 50 without them.” Ye Xiu lamented.
2460
2461“F*ck. It’s only level 50, yet you already need three super rare ones? That’s some expensive silver weapon you got there. Truthfully speaking, that thing is a bit unworthy. It’s true that I put a lot of time and effort into making my Death’s Hand, but I could treat it all as an investment. When I don’t need it anymore, I can find a team and sell it to them, but for your strange weapon, regular teams have no use for it. Unspecialized...talking about long term, there is no future for it. I am pretty sure that more developed teams would never invest too much into it, so your weapon is basically a dead end…” Wei Chen said. 
2462
2463“En, that’s true speaking of long term. However, if we look now, the power of an unspecialized with this weapon is unmatched, you see…” 
2464
2465The two began chatting about Glory in all seriousness surprisingly. Chen Guo, on the other side, felt a bit uncomfortable. However, her discomfort did not last for long. Soon, the two’s opinions disagreed and trash talking started right away. 
2466
2467“Trash!”
2468
2469“Garbage!”
2470
2471“Nonsense!” 
2472
2473“Is there anything other than sh*t in your brain?”
2474
2475In that crazed trash talking, Wei Chen’s language was incredibly inappropriate. If this was in a competition, there would be red lights everywhere. He would be killed by the rules in moments. Chen Guo watched the two's argument for a while, knowing that she couldn’t interrupt in any way, so she could only put on her headphones silently and log into the game. 
2476
2477In the game, the three of them had already left the Milo Ancient Ruins. They didn’t see with their own eyes if Wei Chen’s message actually summoned a lot of players. Chen Guo asked her friends in the guild. According to them, some people said they wanted to come and see. No matter what, the three of them were no longer there. 
2478
2479In a level 55 wilderness, Ye Xiu was either cursing or discussing with Wei Chen while leveling up. Qiao Yifan’s One Inch Ash needed to level up as well and Qiao Yifan played dedicatedly. Chen Guo’s Chasing Haze was more like a mercenary because her character had more attack power. 
2480
2481Qiao Yifan… would that child be a part of the team? Watching him setting boundaries, placing them, and killing monsters, Chen Guo wondered. She knew that he was still part of Tiny Herb, a member of a champion team. It was just his position on the team that was unremarkable. After this season, his contract would end and he would probably have some difficulty maintaining his position. 
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2486520 Qualification Tournament
2487Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2488
2489Seeing the team taking shape, Chen Guo was full of hope and felt very glad. She had a smile on her face the entire time at lunch.
2490
2491"What's making you so happy?" Tang Rou soon saw Chen Guo's abnormal behavior. She wasn't there that morning, since she had been working downstairs at the front desk.
2492
2493"The team is growing so smoothly." Chen Guo commented on the recruitment of the old God.
2494
2495"Think about it, we already have enough people to build a team. Our goal is the championship!" Chen Guo said excitingly.
2496
2497"We're still extremely far from that goal!" Ye Xiu laughed bitterly, pouring cold water all over Chen Guo's excitement. "You already know Little Qiao. He's a nobody in the champion team, but in our team, he's our number two player. Don't you think we're still far away from being champions?"
2498
2499"It was you who said it, so you must have some solution!" Chen Guo said.
2500
2501"We'll have to take things slowly for now!" Ye Xiu said.
2502
2503"What about you, Little Tang?" Chen Guo turned to Tang Rou eagerly, "If you've truly decided to become a pro player, then stop working! Just focus on the game. I'll still pay you your salary." 
2504
2505"I... Alright…..." Tang Rou was going to say something, and then she saw the expression of expectation from Chen Guo, so she nodded.
2506
2507"Ha ha, that's great. Work on leveling. Soon you can enter the Heavenly Domain as well." Chen Guo said.
2508
2509"How is Steamed Bun doing?" Ye Xiu asked Tang Rou.
2510
2511"He's usually there when I get online. Whenever I level up, he will send an "AHHHHHHH" to scream at me. He's level 51 or 52." Tang Rou smiled and answered.
2512
2513Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash was leveled by someone else. Even though his speed of leveling couldn't compare to those new server accounts in the big guilds, it was much faster than a normal player's levelling speed. Steamed Bun Invasion did the leveling by himself. He and One Inch Ash had started at the same level, but with the same amount of time, he had fallen behind a few levels.
2514
2515"And Concealed Light?" Ye Xiu also asked about Concealed Light.
2516
2517"He's about the same level as Steamed Bun." Tang Rou said.
2518
2519"Oh." Ye Xiu nodded without saying anything more.
2520
2521"So, Concealed Light will join in too?" Chen Guo was quite familiar with these people. Concealed Light wasn't like Tang Rou or Steamed Bun Invasion. These two people had incredible technical skill. Don't underestimate them because they're noobs. In a 1v1, if the opponent wasn't exceptionally experienced, the opponent would get massacred. Tang Rou even had the glorious history of killing a pro player. That isn't something that can be done through pure luck.
2522
2523As for Concealed Light, he was somehow deficient in this aspect. His technical skill was completely obsolete and he had even chosen to play a Summoner. If it were just for fun, the technical skill required for a Summoner was extremely simple, but if one wanted to play it at a high level, the requirements for technical skill were extremely high. The thought of expecting a rookie summoner play at a pro level made Chen Guo shiver.
2524
2525"Take it slowly, we'll all have opportunities." Ye Xiu replied in a comforting manner, "Why don't you practice too? Maybe you can even be used as a sub or something."
2526
2527I'm only a sub…Chen Guo really wanted to smash him dead with a chair, but objectively compared to other people on the team, she fell short of everyone, except Concealed Light. What a tragedy!
2528
2529After the meal, Tang Rou continued to work the front desk. Even though she had decided to play the game professionally, the schedule of the Internet Cafe was already set. Chen Guo couldn't remove one person all of a sudden. She needed time to make adjustments. She might even have to employ a new attendant. This small investment was nothing to her. In theory, Ye Xiu and Tang Rou were already pro players. Paying pro players the salary of an Internet Cafe employee was something Chen Guo should gloat on in secret.
2530
2531They were all leveling in the afternoon, except for Qiao Yifan.
2532
2533This kid was well-behaved. Even though there wasn't a future for him in Tiny Herb, he still took his training seriously and completed it on time. It's just his heart was now focused on his Ghostblade. He had the Assassin account at Tiny Herb, but he did not do much training for assassin related skills. His mind was occupied with how to use an Assassin to practice Ghostblade skills.
2534
2535Chen Guo still helped them level. However, this afternoon she seemed to be busy. No one knew who she was talking to. They just heard the sound of typing. As time went by, her facial expression became heavier and heavier. By dinner time, she was completely different from the gleaming person she had been at lunch.
2536
2537"What's wrong?" Tang Rou was scared for her. She looked at Ye Xiu with an inquiring expression. She was smart. She knew that those two were together every day, so she would tell happy stuff to Chen Guo and ask Ye Xiu for troubling stuff. 
2538
2539"I don't know!" Ye Xiu knew that something might have happened when she was chatting with another person that afternoon, but he hadn't peeped on their conversation, so he didn't know who Chen Guo was talking to.
2540
2541"Err, there's something…" Chen Guo looked as if she was afraid to look at them and was too embarrassed to speak.
2542
2543"Yes?" Ye Xiu asked.
2544
2545"Well…I was talking to Loulan Slash this afternoon." Chen Guo said.
2546
2547"Loulan Slash?" Ye Xiu was lost for a moment. What did she need to talk about with Loulan Slash that made her act this way?
2548
2549"I asked him to give me some information on joining the Alliance. It seems like there are a few compulsory requirements." Chen Guo said.
2550
2551"Oh…" Ye Xiu started to understand the situation, but he did not reveal his thoughts. He smiled and asked: "And?"
2552
2553"I'm afraid…I can't meet some of the requirements …" Chen Guo finally said it. She wanted to cry. After Loulan Slash gave her an explanation in the afternoon, she felt her heart turn to ice. It wasn't that she was afraid she wouldn't be able to meet some of the requirements for applying to the Alliance. It was that she couldn't meet even a single one of the requirements, not even if she were to sell the Internet Cafe. The requirement for a stadium with a certain amount of seats alone had sealed her hopes. She was even more desperate after Loulan Slash disclosed inside information to her. The next season, the live game would employ visual projection technology. All hosting clubs must satisfy the technological requirements.
2554
2555"I'm sorry…" Chen Guo lowered her head. She had been the one excited for the formation of a team, but she failed at the crucial moment. She really regretted it. Why didn't she learn about these things before!
2556
2557"Don't worry, I wasn't going to apply for the Alliance like Loulan Slash did anyway." Ye Xiu said.
2558
2559"What?" Chen Guo lifted her head.
2560
2561"You don't know?" Ye Xiu looked at Chen Guo. " Every year two teams drop out of the Alliance, so there are two places for new teams. One of them enters the Alliance like Loulan Slash. They apply for the Alliance,and the Alliance will examine them and approve the qualified team to enter. The other team is decided through a qualification tournament."
2562
2563"Qualification tournament…You mean, the revival tournament?" Chen Guo asked.
2564
2565"Exactly…Due to a special reason, the qualification tournament is often called a revival tournament." Ye Xiu smiled.
2566
2567"For what reason?" Tang Rou wasn't happy. It seemed like both of them knew the reason and had stopped there, but she was just a newbie who didn't know anything, so she hurriedly asked.
2568
2569"For this qualification tournament, there are only two simple requirements: enough team members and a participation fee. There are no other requirements, which means, the two pro teams that were relegated can still compete in the qualification tournament. Pro teams are much more competitive than any random team. Even though there are some strong teams that can cause problems for the pro teams in the qualification tournament every year, in all of the previous seasons, the teams that came through the qualification tournament were pro teams. That is to say, of the two teams that got relegated, one of them has always returned to the Alliance through the qualification tournament one year later. That's why people call it the revival tournament, because it feels like an intended opportunity for the two eliminated teams to re-enter. Well, sometimes there aren't two, there might be three or four previously relegated teams. The teams that failed to revive in the past will sometimes try again the next year." Ye Xiu explained.
2570
2571"Oh, now I see!" Tang Rou nodded.
2572
2573"So all we need to do is participate in the qualification competition and win all the way to the end! The Alliance will figure out some way and help you complete the necessary compulsory requirements. But speaking of this, the Alliance has never troubled by an amateur team before through the revival tournament. It seems like I'll have to make history." Ye Xiu laughed.
2574
2575"That's not the point!" Chen Guo was frustrated, " The revival tournament is a knockout tournament! Losing one game results in immediate elimination, a year wasted! What if…"
2576
2577"There are risks in everything. Even if you apply for the Alliance, the risk still exists. There is probably more than one team applying for the Alliance. It's not enough to barely reach the requirements if you want to be approved. The Alliance will inspect your investment. A team will never be taken seriously if they barely meets the minimum requirements. " Ye Xiu said.
2578
2579Chen Guo was stunned. She couldn't even fulfill the minimum requirements. Now she knew that even if she were able to satisfy those standards, she would most likely get beaten by other more competitive opponents. The competition here was simply money.
2580
2581Chen Guo was only the owner of an internet cafe! What financial strength did she have to compete with?
2582
2583"The qualification tournament is our only way. Instead of thinking what could happen, concentrate on preventing those things from happening. We can make good use of this year to break in our team members and perfect our teamwork." Ye Xiu said.
2584
2585"Yes, that's right!" Tang Rou nodded, she already looked full of hope.
2586
2587"The qualification tournament for this season is happening right now. You can look into it. The qualification tournament and the league games take place at the same time. By the end of the season, the qualification tournament will produce its final result. That's when twenty teams for the next season comes out. There are many teams participating in the qualification tournament. If it continues to develop, it should develop into a secondary league. Well, well, the Alliance is growing so very fast isn't it." Ye Xiu sighed.
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2592521 Where Dreams Start
2593Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2594
2595Chen Guo didn't even want to eat after she heard what Ye Xiu had said. She quickly finished her dinner and went about learning the requirements for the qualification tournament.
2596
2597On the official website of the Glory Alliance, Chen Guo soon found a complete introduction and advertisements for the qualification tournament. As soon as she opened the site, she saw the slogan for the qualification tournament: the place where dreams begin.
2598
2599Cheesy! Chen Guo thought to herself and hastily went digging for information. As she learned more and more, she found that it was exactly as Ye Xiu had described to her. The only difference was that the official publication had a more of an advertisement tone to it. It said that every participating team "had a chance to fulfill their dreams". Teams with outstanding performances were said to be "living their dreams". The pro teams that re-entered the Alliance were said to have their dreams "saved".
2600
2601But the most appealing ones were the players who were discovered through the qualification tournament and were selected by professional teams. For these people, the qualification tournament was truly what the slogan had promised, a place where dreams began. 
2602
2603After Chen Guo read through everything, she became so excited and so eager that she wished that the qualification tournament would start tomorrow. They would first "have a chance to fulfill their dreams" and then "live their dreams". Finally, the qualification tournament would "save someone's dream", while the others would "begin their dreams".
2604
2605How do we sign up?
2606
2607Chen Guo couldn't wait to find out. Then she found out that that signing up was extremely simple. The sign-up page would open at the end of the season. All she needed to do was follow the instructions provided by the website.
2608
2609Why weren't the pro games over yet?
2610
2611Chen Guo immediately became anxious. She went to check the regular season's timetable. There were eight games left in the regular season, which meant that there were still about two more months until the end of the season.
2612
2613"Don't be so hasty! The later the competition, the better it will be for us." Ye Xiu was behind Chen Guo for a while. He saw she was checking this and that, and guessed her thoughts.
2614
2615"True. We still need a lot of preparations. At least, you guys have to be max level first." Chen Guo said.
2616
2617"Obviously. The other equipment will come along later on in the process." Ye Xiu said.
2618
2619"Right now, you and Wei Chen are the only ones with silver weapons, so we are far behind on equipment! What if we meet god level character fully armed with silver equipment?" Chen Guo said. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had already fought against top players like Wang Jiexi, Han Wenqing, and Huang Shaotian in the game, but he hadn't met any God level character yet. The time when he had fought against Troubling Rain was in the Fixed Field.
2620
2621Why were God level characters worshipped? There were three main reasons. First, the player had excellent skills that gained them fame through battle. Secondly, their skill points were high. The higher the skill points, the better the skill levels. It would enhance both attack damage and crowd control effects. The third was equipment. Equipment directly enhanced the character's stats. If characters like One Autumn Leaf, Troubling Rain, Vaccaria, and Desert Dust were stripped of their equipment, they would be no different from any other max-level character in the game.
2622
2623Ye Xiu was trying to create a new team. From a player's aspect, at least, they would have to have a top player like Ye Xiu. All the others could improve their level through practicing, but from the equipment aspect, they were far behind. Even though Ye Xiu and Wei Chen character had silver weapons, they couldn't compare to a character fully armed with silver equipment. The gap between two full set of equipment was obviously not the same with the differences between two pieces of equipment. As for skill points, that was something one cannot ask for. If one was extremely out of luck, one might still only have four thousand points after playing for ten years. There was nothing one could do about it, so Chen Guo did not even mention it. 
2624
2625"Yes, equipment is a huge problem. As you can see, there is a lot that we need to do this year. Winning the qualification tournament is only a small part of it." Ye Xiu said.
2626
2627"We can work it out!" Chen Guo said to Ye Xiu, she was also saying it to herself.
2628
2629"We have to!" Ye Xiu said. He returned to his seat and started working immediately.
2630
2631The second day, Chen Guo started rearranging the work schedule in the internet cafe to free Tang Rou from the front desk. She then posted an advertisement for employment and headed back to the reserved room. Her main task was still leveling with Ye Xiu. She wished she could be a pro player, but her age wouldn't allow her to. She was too late to be trained. She didn't possess Wei Chen's talent, nor his experience. 
2632
2633Experience needed time to accumulate, that was for sure, but it didn't necessarily mean that with the accumulation of time one could definitely gain experience. The forming of experience needed studying, thinking, and processing.
2634
2635One had to actively work their brain to accumulate experience.
2636
2637That was the exact reason why many old gamers might be playing longer than new pro players, but were less experienced than pro players.
2638
2639Was it because pro players went through more battles? Of course not. The attitude was key. If the gamers played for fun, they were passively accumulating experience. What about professional players? They actively accumulated experiences, one battle, one game, one recording…They were constantly reflecting on these things.
2640
2641Therefore even though Chen Guo had played Glory for many years, and had a lot of experience, the experience was divided into levels as well, and her experience level was honestly quite low.
2642
2643She had to help everyone else in her own way under her circumstances.
2644
2645Ye Xiu was leveling in the game. Outside the game, he received a QQ message from Mo Qiang.
2646
2647"I'm here, what's up?" Ye Xiu replied to Mo Qiang.
2648
2649"I have two bad news, which one would you like to hear first?" Mo Qiang asked.
2650
2651"Just tell me…"
2652
2653"All your money is spent, but I don't have everything you want." Mo Qiang said.
2654
2655"What's missing?"
2656
2657"Aquamarine. It's not because there isn't enough money. I've asked everywhere, and there is no stock of it anywhere. If there were, I would definitely have bought it for you." Mo Qiang said.
2658
2659"Well, thanks! It looks like I'll have to figure that one out on my own." Ye Xiu said.
2660
2661"I'll keep on the lookout for it as well." Mo Qiang said.
2662
2663"Okay. What about the others, do you have those?" Ye Xiu asked.
2664
2665"I got them. You can come over and grab them. Damn, I'm too afraid to even go out of the city with these precious materials. What if I were killed and lost them, that's one hundred thousand yuan right there! Even I want to hire a killer to kill myself, just to get these materials." Mo Qiang said.
2666
2667"I got it. I'll come get it soon, but can you teleport somewhere close to where I am?" Ye Xiu replied.
2668
2669"Sure. Where are you? I'll head over." Mo Qiang said. 
2670
2671In the Heavenly Domain, there were teleport portals between large cities. Otherwise, if gamers had to travel everywhere on foot in the vast lands of the Heavenly Domain, the Glory game company would have been bombed.
2672
2673In some level 55 bordering cities, there were as few people as the level 55 levelling area. Within the Heavenly Domain, except for a few level 55, 60, and 65 characters who were abandoned from the time when these levels were the level caps, most characters were level 70. Gamers were active mostly in the Level 70 areas. The lower levelling areas were lonely, and the cities seemed desolate. 
2674
2675Arriving at the agreed place, Ye Xiu saw Mo Qiang's character. Its name was Run Cockroach. The class of the character had a dirty style, it was a Thief.
2676
2677Seeing Ye Xiu's Lord Grim arrive, Mo Qiang clicked his tongue in wonder at his mix and matched equipment. He then traded every material he had bought.
2678
2679"How are you going to get your hands on the Aquamarine?" Mo Qiang asked.
2680
2681"I'll go back to the normal server and ask around, see if I can steal a boss!" Ye Xiu said. He used the word "steal". In Glory, it was almost impossible to kill a map boss in harmony.
2682
2683"Oh, the new server. Your level shouldn't be too disgusting there, right?" Mo Qiang said. 
2684
2685"Yes, but at your level, that would really be disgusting." Ye Xiu said.
2686
2687"Hahahahaha, with this level, I couldn't do it even I hacked the system." Mo Qiang laughed.
2688
2689"Well, I've got to go. I'll talk to you if I need anything." Ye Xiu said.
2690
2691"Okay. Come find me when you have big deals!" Mo Qiang said. 
2692
2693"Of course, of course." Ye Xiu sent Mo Qiang's Run Cockroach away and saved the materials he had received. Even though the rare materials weren't complete, it could upgrade some forms of the Thousand Chance Umbrella, but because he was in the Heavenly Domain, if he were to upgrade the Thousand Chance Umbrella now, according to the irreversible rule, the Thousand Chance Umbrella would not be able to return to the tenth server. Therefore Ye Xiu didn't do it at the moment. He notified Chen Guo and teleported Lord Grim back to the tenth server.
2694
2695The tenth server.
2696
2697A normal system notification showed up. It would be common for anyone, but the tenth server exploded in an instant.
2698
2699"F*ck, Lord Grim! Why is he back!!!"
2700
2701Numerous Guild leaders received this notification because they all had this top expert as a friend. The expert had gone to the Heavenly Domain, and none of them had deleted him. It was nice to keep him as a distant memory. In the end, it worked in an unexpected way. Last time Lord Grim had returned, everyone was melancholy. They saw him break a few records and then leave. What did he want this time?
2702
2703The tenth server hadn't seen Lord Grim for a long time. The guilds were finally developing in their expected direction. They had dungeon records under control. Players gradually realized the strength of the big guilds. Happy was popular in the beginning, but with Lord Grim gone, there were no new records to excite the player, so right now it was out of the big guild's line of sight.
2704
2705But now, Lord Grim returned! Did he want to break more records and leave? The tenth servers were finally forgetting about him, why did he have to return at such times? Was it planned?
2706
2707The core members of the big guilds were coughing blood after they learned of this news. They really wanted to throw a protest in the streets.
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2712522 Managing the Guild Storage
2713Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2714
2715Despite having added Lord Grim as a friend, the only guild leader who dared to talk to him at this time was Blue River.
2716
2717"What are you doing back here again!" said Blue River, emphasising the "again". With Lord Grim gone, his workload had been reduced by a lot. Competition with the other guilds was something he was used to no matter the situation, but against this God, he repeatedly suffered setback after setback to the point where he would cough up blood in helplessness. In Blue River's opinion, against such an opponent, if he could hide, it would be better to hide. This was a thought he had even before the guilds had allied together against Lord Grim.
2718
2719"I'm here for a boss." Ye Xiu replied.
2720
2721"Which boss?" Blue River asked.
2722
2723"Crystal Knight. That's the name right? The one that drops Aquamarine." Ye Xiu said.
2724
2725"What are you going to kill him for!" Blue River continued to be astonished.
2726
2727"Didn't I already say it?" Ye Xiu said.
2728
2729"You want an Aquamarine?"
2730
2731"Yeah, does your guild have any of it?"
2732
2733"No." Blue River replied bluntly.
2734
2735"How many times have you guys hunted for the Crystal Knight? Which guilds have killed it?" asked Ye Xiu.
2736
2737"..."
2738
2739"Why aren't you speaking?"
2740
2741"I'm not your spy..." Blue River replied.
2742
2743"You've already told me about your guild's situation…... I'm asking about the other guilds." Ye Xiu said.
2744
2745"Of course I wouldn't know about the other guilds." Blue River replied.
2746
2747"Ha ha." Ye Xiu laughed.
2748
2749Blue River was depressed, but when he thought about it, the lies that he came up with could only fool noobs. Even if his side hadn't killed the boss, he should at least know something as simple as which other guilds had killed it, no?
2750
2751"The Crystal Knight has been killed three times so far by Tyrannical Ambition, Herb Garden, and Excellent Dynasty." Blue River said.
2752
2753"How could your guild be so weak!" Ye Xiu commented.
2754
2755Blue River kept quiet. Our guild killed most of the other bosses. Do you think I would tell you that? Blue River thought.
2756
2757"Have you helped manage Happy recently?" Ye Xiu asked.
2758
2759"Once in awhile…..." Blue River felt embarrassed talking about this. The guild leader ran over to the Heavenly Domain, but he was still managing Happy quite meticulously. But speaking of this, this opened up a new world for Blue River as a spy. He felt like spies didn't necessarily have to sell out information. They could also work on improving relationships between two sides and prosper together. This was also a good way of developing his guild.
2760
2761"How is Happy doing?" asked Ye Xiu.
2762
2763The question made Blue River feel somewhat confused. The leader of the guild was asking the spy how the guild was doing. What the f*ck was this? Blue River really wanted to remind the other side that he was a spy. However, the phrase "I'm a spy" wasn't something he should be saying, yet it now turned into a phrase he could casually throw out. Blue River really didn't have the courage to say it.
2764
2765"The guild is quite stable and it's growing quite well." Blue River said.
2766
2767"It's about time to establish the storage system for the guild, no?" Ye Xiu replied.
2768
2769"Ah….." Blue River was surprised again.
2770
2771"Don't tell me that you thought that I wouldn't know about that?" Ye Xiu asked.
2772
2773Blue River remained silent. He wouldn't dare to think that the God would not know such things. It was just that a person of importance often forgot many things and he hoped that he wouldn't have remembered this.
2774
2775"If we don't set up the storage system, the guild will disperse sooner or later, don't you think?" Ye Xiu asked.
2776
2777"Yes…..." Blue River replied reluctantly.
2778
2779"Hey, does your storagehouse have any excess equipment? How lending us a few?" Ye Xiu continued.
2780
2781"No!" Blue River rejected it firmly.
2782
2783"Stingy." Ye Xiu replied.
2784
2785"Go figure it out on your own!" Blue River replied. At this stage of development for a guild, the guild storage system was very important. It directly affected the continuity of a guild's growth. For Happy, it was no longer a matter of growth, but rather, it was a matter of its survival. This guild was always a thorn in the side to the other Club guilds. Using the guild storage system was a method that would allow them to eliminate Happy without bloodshed.
2786
2787A guild storage system was a system that helped to maintain the stability of a guild as well as something that could show its strength.
2788
2789A guild's storage has a much higher capacity than a personal storage and its capacity would increase along with the guild's level. In a guild, the guild leader possessed the highest authority over the guild's storage, which meant that a guild's storage was no different from the guild leader's personal storage.
2790
2791But just having a large storage was nothing to be impressed by. The core of the guild storage system were the items stored inside.
2792
2793How to allocate these items was the most important part of the guild storage system. Currently, all of the big guilds had different ways of setting up the guild storage, but the theory behind them were all quite similar.
2794
2795Each guild stored a lot of equipment and materials in their storages. The guild leader had absolute authority over the distribution, which meant that they could be considered the guild leader's personal property. These equipments weren't just for show. They were to used by guild members. However, each guild managed the distribution of their stored equipment with their own sets of rules. This is the so-called guild storage system.
2796
2797Usually, guilds gave each equipment a certain requirement for guild contribution points. When guild members reached a corresponding level, they could freely use equipments within that level. However, these items didn't belong to the players. They only had the right to use them. The guild leader reserved the right to recall any equipment to the guild storage. This condition was only exempted if the guild leader officially gave a certain equipment to a certain player. The equipment would become his or her property if this condition was met.
2798
2799If equipment was lost or damaged by a guild member, they would usually be punished by a deduction to their guild contribution points. Guild contribution points would also be deducted by the usage of consumables such as potions and materials. In a sense, guild contribution points could be said to be a form of currency.
2800
2801How could guild contribution points be earned? Each guild had their own way, but the guild leader also held unlimited power over this. The guild leader could give a guild member unlimited guild contribution points and could also deduct the guild contribution points of any member.
2802
2803With this, a guild leader would no longer simply be a servant for the guild members. A guild leader with rights to distribute benefits to the members was a guild leader that could command respect.
2804
2805But this depended heavily on a guild leader's ability. Guild leaders who handed out rewards and punishments based on impulse wouldn't win the hearts of the masses and a guild like this wouldn't last long.
2806
2807A guild could only maintain a healthy growth with a complete system that had a clear guideline regarding rewards and punishments.
2808
2809The Club guilds had an advantage in this matter. The could use their immense wealth to build up their storage. For a normal player, to achieve such a large scale with only his or her own effort would be extremely hard. The starting equipment in the storage couldn't be bad. It had to be rare items that could make people drool and that would be the drive for guild members to grind for guild contribution points to get the equipment. To obtain guild contribution points, they could hand in materials and equipment to the guild. With this, the wealth of the guild's storage would increase. The more items and materials owned by the guild, the more player-dependent it became.
2810
2811Benefits seeable with their own eyes were the main reason why players were willing to stay in a guild. Loulan Slash's ability to form Heavenly Justice, a guild with a scale as grand as the Club guilds was closely related to his status as a money warrior.
2812
2813Money warriors enjoyed the same advantage as Club guilds in the early stages of developing a guild. They could pour money in, helping them build up a wealthy guild storage. Despite not having the charisma of Club guilds in terms of attracting fans, they could still depend on their wealth to attract players.
2814
2815Happy at its current stage could only be considered an ordinary guild. Its rapid growth in the tenth server was mainly due to Lord Grim breaking dungeon records. The players in the new server were noobs who had no knowledge of the guild storage system. Once they learned about it, would their expectations and admiration towards the expert that they idolized be able to stand against the temptation of good equipment?
2816
2817Players in the tenth server were already nearing the level 60 stage. At this point, Club guilds were already creating their own guild storage systems. They didn't do so in the early stages as players levelled up too quickly. Equipments that were low leveled were meaningless even though they had very good quality. At this rate, players that finally had enough points to earn the rights to use the equipment would find themselves no longer in need of the equipments as their levels far exceeded the level of said equipment.
2818
2819A lot of dungeons were available once players reached level 50, which meant that players could level up more quickly. This greatly diminished the worth of level 50 equipment. People were more tempted by the allure of equipment that were level 55 and above. Core members of the big guilds that were rushing for the level 60 stage were starting to be more conscious of the guild's storage. The rare Orange Equipments that they came across would no longer be made personal property and they would donate all of them to the guild storage. The equipment that was still rare on the market at this stage became the core of the guild's storage. Next, obtaining and assigning different contribution points to Purple, Blue, and items of other grades would cause guild members to realize the difference between having a high amount contribution points and having little to no contribution points.
2820
2821If Happy didn't implement such a system, they would never be able to contend with the Club guilds. The sheer temptation of such benefits would be enough to cause Happy to fall. Towards Happy, these Club guilds definitely wouldn't give up the change to topple it.
2822
2823Deep down, Blue River hoped that Ye Xiu would forget about it as he was quite expectant of making Happy disintegrate without the use of force. In his eyes, Happy was a strong competitor.
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2828523 True Goal
2829Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2830
2831Lord Grim returned to the tenth server. From a competitor’s perspective, only Blue River came to poke around. After Blue River finished his prying, he was now stuck in a dilemma. The other side had said that he was there to steal the Aquamarine Knight, but he had said so in such a straightforward fashion. Was what he was saying true or false? If it was true, would he want the equipment? If it was false…… then what on earth was he planning to do? 
2832
2833Blue Rain felt very stupid, why did he even ask this? 
2834
2835In reality, he had just blurted out what was on his mind. He hadn’t thought the other side would directly answer him. As a result, he now wondered whether Lord Grim was telling the truth or not. 
2836
2837Putting these conflicts as competitors aside, the main subject would be Guild Happy’s welcome back party. The guild leader had gone to the Heavenly Domain! After understanding the concept of the Heavenly Domain, the players of Happy Guild all felt proud. However, after feeling proud for a short period of time, they slowly came to realize something. Frankly speaking, it was only the guild leader’s personal glory that boosted the guild. In terms of themselves, what benefits did they receive? 
2838
2839None, absolutely none.  
2840
2841Apart from having no benefits, there were even disadvantages. After Lord Grim entered the Heavenly Domain, he had only returned once. After not returning for a long time, many of the records in the tenth server were taken out by the other guilds. Guild Happy completely lost their imposing manner from before and now looked as if it would gradually decline until it  became an average guild. 
2842
2843The will of the members finally began to waver, but not much yet. This was because in comparison to a normal guild, Happy was still quite incredible. However, compared to the surging strength of the Club guilds, they couldn’t help but feel jealous. Those who had joined Happy admired Lord Grim’s fame and power. They had thrown themselves under this expert hoping to bask in his glory. Their current situation and the situation they imagined proved to be very different though. 
2844
2845Suddenly, their guild leader had returned. Quite a few immediately surrounded him in excitement. Last time Lord Grim had returned, he swept through several records and raised their guild’s fame to even greater heights. What would he do this time? Happy’s players hoped to participate. 
2846
2847“Guild leader, you’ve returned!” 
2848
2849“Guild leader, what are you planning to do this time?” 
2850
2851“Guild leader! Are you going to challenge more records?” 
2852
2853Ye Xiu laughed heartily towards their excitement. He didn’t hide his intentions and said, “I’ve come back to do great things!” 
2854
2855Why else, other than to create a stir, did the players of Guild Happy join the guild? The players who found joy in their own way wouldn’t rely on someone else’s power to get things done. As a result, when the guild members heard that they would be doing great things, many of them enthusiastically asked to join. “Guild leader, what great things? We’ll do it with you!!!” 
2856
2857“We’re going to steal a boss!” Ye Xiu replied. 
2858
2859“Wow!” Everyone was in admiration. 
2860
2861Their guild leader was indeed extraordinary. Boss stealing was a phrase specifically for stealing wild bosses. Normally, a guild wouldn’t gather for a random elite or rare boss. However, wild bosses would appear on TV every time they were killed. Until now, regardless of which wild boss was killed, it had almost always been one of the big guilds that were broadcast on the TV. Now, Guild Happy would finally be able to fight for a chance to get their spot in the limelight.  
2862
2863“I’ll go, I’ll go!!!” None of them bothered to ask which boss they would be stealing. All of them signed up excitedly. 
2864
2865“Everyone will be allowed to go, everyone will be allowed to go.” Ye Xiu replied, which made the whole guild bubble with excitement. Many players with lower levels were worried that they wouldn’t be allowed the chance to participate in such an important task, but it turned out that everyone could go. It was as if they had received an amazing prize. 
2866
2867“Which boss are we going to steal?” Only now did someone ask, eager to fight. 
2868
2869“Aquamarine Knight, a Level 50 boss. Do you know of it?” Ye Xiu asked. 
2870
2871“Uh, not really…...” Many of the people replied. The majority of them had only heard of wild bosses from different online databases. However, these bosses were monopolized by the Club guilds. 
2872
2873“Those who don’t know about it, go search it up and do a little bit of research. Those who know about it, go to the Western Desert to level up! Spread out. Message me immediately if you discover anything!” Ye Xiu spoke.  
2874
2875“Understood!” Many members replied with passion. The guild leader hadn’t even been back for five minutes, yet he was already working hard.. This type of leading was very refreshing.  
2876
2877Players of Happy Guild set off towards the Western Desert. Even the players, who needed to do some research on the boss, also moved out. They were only doing some light reading, so they could easily multitask. 
2878
2879At the same time, every guild leader from the Club guilds received a message. 
2880
2881“What? He plans on stealing the Aquamarine Knight?” 
2882
2883Cold Night, Plantago Seed, Lonely Drink, Backlight Bomb, Hazy Mist…… they all received this information only slightly after Blue River did. Moreover, the information came too easily. It came straight from Happy’s guild chat. Only a blind spy would miss it! 
2884
2885None of the guilds were willing to challenge Lord Grim alone. Thus, Cold Night contacted Plantago Seed, Plantago Seed contacted Lonely Drink, Lonely Drink contacted Backlight Bomb, and so on until another tenth server guild leader discussion group sprouted up again. The discussion was once again raising the same old issue: what to do with Lord Grim. 
2886
2887Lord Grim was going to steal the Aquamarine Knight! 
2888
2889Oh, you have spies right? 
2890
2891The discussion group started off with this line, making everyone stare at the screen in thought. Every time they had fought against Lord Grim, there would always be a moment of silence. 
2892
2893“Isn’t this an issue?” The information had been unearthed way too easily. It made everyone feel a bit puzzled. Plantago Seed raised the issue and then waited for everyone else to analyze it. 
2894
2895“I’ve never heard of anyone starting an operation in the guild chat.” Hazy Mist said. 
2896
2897“And there’s no way he doesn’t know we have spies in his guild, no?” Cold Night said. 
2898
2899“It must have been intentional!” Someone else agreed with this point. 
2900
2901“It was definitely intentional, but why?” Blue River asked. 
2902
2903“To make a declaration for the east and strike west? Cross the river Wei?” 
2904
2905“Perhaps he wants us to believe his goal is the Aquamarine Knight by sending a majority of his forces to the Western Desert, but his real goal might in fact be elsewhere.” 
2906
2907“That’s certainly a possibility.” 
2908
2909“Then what is his true objective?” 
2910
2911“Wait a second. What if his objective truly is the Aquamarine Knight and he’s making us believe it’s a misdirection in order to split our forces?” Someone else pointed out. 
2912
2913“Then why would he even say anything in the first place?” Another person said, “Our forces are split in the first place. Who would spend an entire day watching a single boss?” 
2914
2915“True.” Cold Night expressed his agreement. 
2916
2917“So it misdirection?” Plantago Seed said. 
2918
2919“His guild has already begun to move.” Hazy Mist said, “Everyone!” 
2920
2921“How?” Everyone was a bit dumbstruck. When they fought against a boss, they always sent their elite and core teams. They rarely mobilized their entire guild. This was because they knew there would be competition for every boss. If every fight became a world war. Everyone’s strength would be greatly damaged, especially in a server that hadn’t stabilized yet. No one dared to act rashly, which was why everyone micromanaged the strength that they used carefully. After all, these weren’t necessary items. 
2922
2923This was a normal server. The extremely rare items of the normal servers and the extremely rare items of the Heavenly Domain weren’t on the same level. The main reason was because there were ten normal servers, but only one Heavenly Domain. 
2924
2925But now, Happy wasn’t following the tacit agreement made between the Clubs. He had dispatched his entire guild, making the Club guilds unsure what to do. If they dispatched their elite teams as usual, they would be wiped out simply due to the other side having superior numbers. 
2926
2927“F*ck, we should also send everyone and completely turn Guild Happy over!” Lonely Drink shouted. 
2928
2929“Wait a second.” A thought suddenly appeared in Cold Night’s head: “What if this is his real objective? Because he knows how we do things. What if he’s intentionally dispatching his guild to lure our elites away in order to do something else?” 
2930
2931“That’s extremely likely! If his real objective is somewhere far away, then by the time we receive the message, it will be too late to hurry back.” Plantago Seed agreed. 
2932
2933“You guys wait a moment. This is a wild boss. It doesn’t spawn at a specific time. If he uses the Aquamarine Knight as a distraction, what if the Aquamarine Knight spawns, but his real objective doesn’t? Wouldn’t he have done everything for nothing?” Hazy Mist argued. 
2934
2935“No, no. He probably isn’t thinking like this. He’s gathering his forces at the Western Desert, so we have to send our forces to resist. If that’s truly the case, then as long as his true objective spawns earlier than the Aquamarine Knight, then his scheme will succeed. If the Aquamarine Knight really does spawn first, then he can just switch bosses and try again. It’s a 50/50 chance. No one knows which boss will spawn first, so he can’t completely grasp it no?” Cold Night was quite detailed. 
2936
2937“Which wild boss still spawn this week? Do you think we’ll be able to find anything by thinking like this?” Backlight Bomb suddenly spoke. 
2938
2939The top guilds could easily acquire this information. Soon afterwards, they looked at the map and looked for a leveling area far away from the Western Desert. 
2940
2941“Wait!” Plantago Seed suddenly said, “I just received information from my side. I don’t know if any of you have noticed.” 
2942
2943“What?” Someone immediately asked. 
2944
2945“If Lord Grim is misdirecting us, he must have his main force at his true objective, so I specially had my people pay attention to the movements of a few of these characters and my people have just noticed something.” Plantago Seed discovered important information and told them of it. 
2946
2947“Are you saying your people have been paying attention to Soft Mist’s and Steamed Bun Invasion’s movements?” Cold Night immediately reacted. 
2948
2949“It seems like you’ve been doing the same.” Plantago Seed said. 
2950
2951“Where are they heading towards?” Cold Night asked. 
2952
2953“I don’t know right now, but they’re definitely not heading towards the Western Desert. I’ll have my people continue following them.” Plantago Seed said. 
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2958
2959524 Complete Chaos
2960Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
2961
2962The discussion group entered a period of silence once more. Everyone was anxiously waiting for a final detailed report. At the same time, they sent several players to pay attention to the movements of Lord Grim, as well as the few capable subordinates he had under him. These capable subordinates had been exposed cleanly already and the big guilds saw their names everywhere. 
2963
2964The scouting went smoothly. Soon, all of the guild leaders in the discussion group sent out expressions of delight. They looked as if they had schemes prepared.      
2965
2966“It seems like everyone knows?” Plantago Seed, who had gained this intelligence awhile ago, spoke. 
2967
2968“Almarshan.” Cold Night said. 
2969
2970“Correct, the Setting Sun Hunter, so this is his target.” Lonely Drink said. 
2971
2972“It looks like we can present him with a little surprise.” Plantago Seed smiled. 
2973
2974“This time, we’ve got to kill his spirit.” 
2975
2976“Yes, not only do we need to steal away the boss, but we’re going to have him experience a complete wipeout! 
2977
2978The guilds began their preparations in excitement. They didn’t dare to be negligent of Lord Grim’s elite team, so they dispatched all their elites. How many people would be enough? They had failed so many times that they could no longer estimate properly. It wasn’t like they could go wrong with having too many. 
2979
2980“When does the Setting Sun Hunter spawn? I’m looking forward to it!!” These guys were already imagining the beautiful scene in front of them. Getting Lord Grim to eat sh*t would be such an amazing feeling. 
2981
2982“If……. his true target really is only the Aquamarine Knight, then what?” Seeing everyone’s appearances, Blue River couldn’t help but feel uneasy. 
2983
2984“Hmm….. that’s true.” Cold Night, who had crossed paths with Ye Xiu many times before, also had a premonition, “We’ll go elites against elites, a sea of people against a sea of people. We should also send some people over to Western Desert. It’s only one guild, after all. They don’t have that many people, so if each of us send a few people, it should be enough. There aren’t any strong characters there anyways. If we have the same number of troops as them, we hold the advantage.”  
2985
2986“Right, right. This way we won’t have any holes.” Lonely Drink praised. 
2987
2988Western Desert, Level 50 leveling area. 
2989
2990In the tenth server, Level 50-55 was the prevalent level range. The players in Club guilds, whether they were normal members or elites, weren’t in this range; they were at the top in terms of leveling speed. A large majority of them were already above Level 55, with the elites having already reached Level 60. 
2991
2992As a result, the arrival of an army of high-leveled players suddenly appearing in Western Desert quickly attracted the attention of many. Everyone in the army had tags from top guilds beside their name. Any player with a bit of keenness could tell that something was about to happen. 
2993
2994These high-leveled players had already received their orders from their respective guilds. They were to scatter across the Western Desert, look out for the spawning of the wild boss, and pay attention to the movements of Guild Happy’s players. 
2995
2996On the other end of the map, the situation was exactly the same for Almarshan’s spawn, just with more people. 
2997
2998The waiting continued, but the boss never spawned. The Club guild players were already getting impatient, but they couldn’t act irrationally, especially in a leveling area with so many people watching. 
2999
3000The wind sweeping through the tower heralds, a rising storm in the mountains. However, this wind was taking a bit too long. Moreover, the spawn time for a boss was far less accurate than a weather report. The Club guild players quickly began to grow restless. 
3001
3002In comparison, the Guild Happy players were extremely busy because they weren’t high-leveled players. The Western Desert was a very suitable leveling place for them, so they could kill monsters, while wandering around. 
3003
3004The morning passed. 
3005
3006The eyes of the guild leaders had already turned red from staring at their computers for so long. There was nothing they could have done. All of them were nighttime workers and usually slept in the morning. Who would have thought that the devil Lord Grim returning would force them to work overtime and struggle through the afternoon. They were completely exhausted. Seeing that the boss still hadn’t spawned, the guild leaders told the others that they were going to rest and to wake them up if anything happened. 
3007
3008At 3:07 PM, the guild leaders were brutally awoken from their deep sleep. 
3009
3010Then suddenly awoken guild leaders immediately asked what the situation was, while struggling towards their computers. Before reaching their computers, they already learned the news: the Aquamarine Knight had spawned. 
3011
3012“What are Happy’s players doing?” The guild leaders practically asked at the same time. 
3013
3014“There doesn’t seem to be any movements from them yet.” Their subordinates reported. 
3015
3016“Ha ha ha ha, as expected.” The guild leaders were delighted and they immediately went to discuss it in the discussion group, but not long after, they came across a very contradictory issue. Shouldn’t they try and steal the Aquamarine Knight from each other? However, they had invested a bit too many troops into this operation, so they couldn’t act blindly without thinking. According to the report, a randomly put together team was currently fighting the Aquamarine Knight and was getting absolutely decimated. 
3017
3018A wild boss couldn’t be taken down by some random team, let alone randoms from the leveling area. As a result, none of the guild leaders were shaken by this. Their main opponents were the ones participating in the discussion group. 
3019
3020“Cough cough……. There’s quite a lot of people over there. If everyone starts attacking at the same time, it’ll be messy……” Plantago Seed spoke. 
3021
3022Afterwards, no one gave a response. Plantago Seed saw this and knew these b*stards had already come up with an evil scheme. None of them were going to talk about it. Thus, the discussion group immediately fell into silence. The guild leaders went to contact their people in the Western Desert to further understand the situation. 
3023
3024Thirteen guild leaders each with at least a hundred troops gathered together at the Western Desert. 
3025
3026The Aquamarine Knight and his cavalry weren’t far from them. The enemy boss had just killed off another random team. Another group of players took their place. The thirteen guilds didn’t bat an eye towards them and only paid attention to their real opponents. 
3027
3028This deadlock couldn’t last forever. They couldn’t just stand there staring at each other for the entire weekend. The first side to move might not necessarily lose because no one knew each other’s cards or plans. Every side had to adapt to the situation every time a battle for a boss took place. Strength, strategy, luck. Any one of these could determine the result. 
3029
3030At the Western Desert, the small scale conflicts gradually began to spread out. Soon after, even those who wished to join the fray until all others were exhausted first were wrapped into the chaos. Killing a boss entailed killing each other. One moment, two sides might be attacking and defending together. The next moment, the two sides might be at each other’s throats. 
3031
3032The boss’s health went down as more players fell. As for those random teams, the smart ones had already fled. The dirty ones remained as scrap pickers. However, the scrap picking business wasn’t as developed in normal servers because the drop rate couldn’t even compare to the Heavenly Domain. 
3033
3034Amidst this chaos, the guild leaders suddenly received an intelligence report from spies. Lord Grim had ordered his guild to set out for the Aquamarine Knight. 
3035
3036“What? At this time??” Everyone stared in astonishment. 
3037
3038“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind?” 
3039
3040Guild Happy players saw Lord Grim’s message and began converging towards the spawn location. Outside of the chaotic battle, players with the Guild Happy tag on top of their heads began to appear. One, two, ten, twenty, a hundred, two hundred…... 
3041
3042They weren’t high-leveled. Some weren’t even Level 50 yet. They couldn’t compare to the players from the big guilds. However, they had more players on their side and happened to appear just when the thirteen guilds were fighting amongst each other. 
3043
3044“Stop stop stop, stop over there. Don’t give Lord Grim easy pickings.” Someone in the discussion group immediately shouted. 
3045
3046‘Could this guy’s real target actually be the Aquamarine Knight?” 
3047
3048“F*ck, get Almarshan’s people to hurry over.” 
3049
3050“They won’t make it in time. And what if this is just a trick of his?” 
3051
3052They were all pulling their hairs out in conflict! However, at least they understood one thing. If this chaotic battle continued, Guild Happy might become the oriole. 
3053
3054“We’re stealing a boss anyways. There’s no need to be nice. Let’s just all kill the players from Happy first!” Someone suggested. 
3055
3056“It looks like that’s our only choice!” 
3057
3058Everyone unanimously agreed and made the command. In the blink of an eye, the thirteen guilds went from fighting each other to standing shoulder to shoulder with each other. They turned to look at Happy and suddenly charged at them. 
3059
3060“RUN!” At this moment, an order came out from Happy. 
3061
3062Happy’s players suddenly turned tail and ran. The big guild players were still far away and wouldn’t be able to attack them yet.  
3063
3064“F*ck, what is this sh*t?” The guilds were pulling their hair out. In this moment of confusion, the Aquamarine Knight suddenly led his cavalry towards an aggroed target. 
3065
3066The target wouldn’t just stand there and do nothing. He hastily attacked back. The other guilds saw this. Not good! If this continued, the Aquamarine Knight would be killed by him. Thus, they immediately went to stop him. With the guilds fighting amongst each other again, Guild Happy’s players charged back in. 
3067
3068Guild Happy didn’t try to conceal their actions either. Lord Grim even gave this order in the public chat, so the guild leaders received the message at the same time too. 
3069
3070What should they do this time? Should they turn and attack? If they attacked and the other side ran, then boss would attack and nothing would change! 
3071
3072“Split our troops into two!” Someone suggested. 
3073
3074“Right!” Everyone nodded their heads. If they sent half of their troops to chase after Happy’s players and had half their players continued to attack the boss, wouldn’t that work? 
3075
3076The order came out. Half of the troops from each guild chased after Happy’s players. Happy’s players ran away again, but this time the pursuit didn’t stop. The big guild players continued to chase them. Even if they couldn’t kill them, they could at least push them far away. 
3077
3078Not long afterwards, Happy’s players were pushed to one area. The guild leaders received a message saying Lord Grim had called for everyone to group together. 
3079
3080“Not good! If we chase them randomly, our troops will be scattered……” The guild leaders suddenly realized the situation wasn’t good. 
3081
3082“Don’t chase them impatiently. Stay in formation. Don’t scatter!” The guild leaders immediately warned the pursuit team.  
3083
3084A response from the pursuit team hadn’t even come yet, when the boss team sent a message: “We can’t hold on!” 
3085
3086“What can’t you hold on?” The guild leaders were confused. 
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3091
3092525 Can’t Hold the Boss
3093Translator:Nomyummi | Editor: GravityTales
3094
3095"You guys can't hold the boss? F*ck, who's holding the boss' aggro? You guys can't get the last hit in??" After receiving the report, the guild leaders hastily asked in surprise.
3096
3097Simply speaking, the monster belonged to whomever the monster was aggroed on. The items dropped would be protected by the system for that player. For the next 30 seconds, no one else besides that player would be able to pick up the items during that time period.
3098
3099It all sounded very simple, but calculating aggro was actually quite complicated. Normally, the last hit counted for everything. It's worth several times more than a normal hit. This was easy to understand. After all, the last hit was the hit that took the other side's life. The other side would obviously have enmity towards the killer.
3100
3101Apart from this, the first hit was also very significant. The amount of aggro gained for the first hit depends on the situation. There was a difference in aggro between the first hit from a player who took the initiative to attack the monster and the first hit of a player counterattacking a monster's attack.
3102
3103In short, the general rules were very simple, but the details weren't simple at all.
3104
3105Especially against a boss. Bosses had names, background stories, and personalities. Each detail affected how the aggro would be calculated for each boss different. For example, if you took the last hit, some bosses would have five times the aggro for it, but other bosses might have ten or twenty times the aggro for it.
3106
3107Some bosses had increased aggro after falling into a red blood state. Some bosses were very sensitive to the first hit…...
3108
3109Thus, understanding the rules behind a boss's aggro was a very important part of stealing a boss. Usually, the last hit never disappointed, which was why all of the guild leaders asked their subordinates about it. When two teams accumulated similar amounts of aggro, the last hit would often be the deciding factor.
3110
3111However, the reply they received made them even more flabbergasted: "No, it's not that we can't steal the boss."
3112
3113"Then what is it?"
3114
3115"We can't hold the boss off!"
3116
3117"What? Whose scheme is this?"
3118
3119"This isn't a scheme. None of us can hold on!"
3120
3121"What type of stupid joke is this? You guys....." At this moment, the guild leader suddenly stopped. He realized why this was happening at the same time, the discussion group exploded into a commotion. Clearly, the "can't hold on" wasn't pointing towards any one guild, but every single guild there.
3122
3123They actually couldn't hold the boss.
3124
3125Why?
3126
3127The guild leaders originally found it hard to believe. They were about to call it nonsense, but while typing their response halfway, they suddenly realized what had happened!
3128
3129Why?
3130
3131It was because the ones killing the boss were new!
3132
3133These players might be relatively high leveled compared to the mainstream players, but they were still normal players. Usually, the core elites hunted wild bosses. These elites were from the Heavenly Domain with many years of Glory experience and had a good understanding of the normal servers.
3134
3135They could clear dungeons and kill bosses.
3136
3137But these normal players? This was their first time doing it!
3138
3139The Aquamarine Knight had only been killed three times in the tenth server so far and had only been killed by the guild elites each time. How could these normal guild members have experience in killing these types of bosses?
3140
3141When trying to kill a boss for the first time, even if your team read a guide beforehand, wiping out several times wouldn't be strange at all!
3142
3143The reason why the Club guilds could bring their normal guild members to levels higher than the norm wasn't because these guild members were crazy levelers. More importantly, the Club guilds had experts and veterans watching over them. What did this entail? When an expert or a veteran led a party into a dungeon, there would be fewer casualties.
3144
3145As for five noobs, whenever a new dungeon became available, the noobs would die many times before clearing it once. In Glory, dying would result in a loss of experience. Dying would reduce your leveling speed, no? As a result, there would obviously be a difference in levels between Club guild players and non-guild players.
3146
3147And now, these normal players, who had experts and veterans helping, finally encountered a snag. Against the Aquamarine Knight, an existence far stronger than a dungeon boss, these normal players had no way to hold on.
3148
3149In the beginning, the guilds had a lot of players. The chaos made it difficult for them to see the struggling players near the boss. Afterwards, half of their memebers went to chase after Guild Happy's people. When information arrived about Guild Happy grouping together and the guild leaders became worried that something had happened on that side, the ones who had been left to hold the boss were already defeated.
3150
3151The Aquamarine Knight and his cavalry had already summoned their war horses. They took formation and launched an assault. Their iron hooves lifted the yellow sand into the air, creating a huge cloud of dust in the Western Desert. The cavalry and the yellow sand blasted the players and enveloped them.
3152
3153The players had never seen this sort of scene before. Glory didn't have any mounts. The Knight in the Knight class only symbolized a type of ideal. It didn't indicate a soldier on a horse.
3154
3155The Aquamarine Knight and his entourage were a huge and menacing cavalry. Should they attack the horse or the person? If they attacked the horse, which part of the horse should they attack to have the greatest effect? If they attacked the person, what if their weapons weren't long enough? While the players pondered over these questions, the cavalry trampled them into the ground. The unlucky ones were even trampled on a few times. Those cut down by the knights on the horses took heavy damage. The ones that were charged down several times turned into corpses on the spot.
3156
3157A few veterans led the teams, but they couldn't control the situation. Helpless, they asked their guild leaders for help, while hastily transferring the ones in pursuit of Guild Happy over to their side.
3158
3159When the troops in pursuit heard their call for help, they were also confused. They had a hard time understanding why the other troops were being cut down by the boss, but when they went back to see, all of them froze.
3160
3161What was this? What were they supposed to do? How do we hit the ones on top of the horses? It doesn't look like hitting the horses did anything. Ah, I fell! Ah, the horse stepped on me! Ah, where did that sword come from? Ah, I'm dead!
3162
3163Corpses everywhere described the battlefield well.
3164
3165How strong was a wild boss? Against cloth armored character, some skills could even one shot them. The Aquamarine Knight's cavalry might not be as strong as the boss, but they were still comparable to elite monsters. Their strikes were enough to deal heavy damage to any player.
3166
3167The discussion group transformed into chaos because they clearly knew about the Aquamarine Knight's strength. When they took a closer look, the dispatched troops weren't enough to deal with him. No matter how numerous the troops, without an effective strategy, the troops would only be cannon fodder in front of a wild boss. The boss could easily wipe them all out!
3168
3169It was too late to ask for help. The rest of the guild had gone to Almarshan.
3170
3171The guild leaders looked on with deathly pale expressions. They realized what Lord Grim had done. Lord Grim had lured away the elites with his elites and left everyone else to take care of this boss. Their sea of people wasn't enough to defeat the boss though. What about Happy?
3172
3173"If our people can't do it, how could Happy possibly do it?" Someone asked in puzzlement. Another person immediately answered back: "It's different."
3174
3175"How is it different?"
3176
3177"The commander is different..."
3178
3179Everyone fell silent.
3180
3181Commander.... It was truly different. Lord Grim was at the top in all of Glory, and their side? It would be too embarrassing to even make a comparison.
3182
3183At the Western Desert, players from the thirteen guilds ran around the map in chaos. The Aquamarine Knight and his cavalry continued to chase and kill the remaining stragglers. Whoever they pursued, died. After all, the enemies had horses.
3184
3185At this moment, Guild Happy had already gathered together and climbed up a sand dune. The troops were lined up neatly and organized. They appeared from behind, welcoming the Club guild players running for their lives. These players saw the towering troops and were so frightened that they didn't know which way to run. In an instant, the Aquamarine Knight and his cavalry wiped them out completely.
3186
3187The Aquamarine Knight's aggro had already gone into disorder. It was now taking the initiative to attack instead of retaliating against enemy attacks. The Aquamarine Knight saw more targets in his line of sight and charged towards them without hesitation.
3188
3189The yellow sand billowed under the cavalry's' hooves. The cavalry moved like the wind towards Happy's players. The sounds of horses pounding against the sand were only sound effects and didn't do any damage.
3190
3191"Mages!" Ye Xiu ordered in the guild chat. Because he was commanding the entire guild, he spoke in the guild chat. When he yelled "Mages!", all of the mages lifted their staffs into the air. The gems on their staffs glinted in the sunlight.
3192
3193"Ice Wall!"
3194
3195Ye Xiu gave an order. All of the mages immediately began casting the spell. Magic waves rippled and in an instant, nearly a hundred ice walls shot out of the ground like a mountain range, blocking the Aquamarine Knight's and his cavalry's assault.
3196
3197Bang!
3198
3199An enormous sound reverberated into the air. The Aquamarine Knight and his cavalry didn't waver in front of the ice walls and continued their charge.
3200
3201Bang bang bang bang!
3202
3203Ice walls shattered one after the other.
3204
3205"Thieves, advance!" Ye Xiu gave another order. Twenty or thirty thieves began to hide themselves within the cracks between the ice walls.
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