Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian

by Stayrr

The phoenix is a creature of legends, a wonder of the world, an imagery of life and destruction. This fabled creature signifies the rise of a hero in a virtual world where battles occur for the sake of honor and glory! Zhang Yang was a professional gamer in the first and most fantastic game that revolutionized the world: God’s Miracle. A game where traditional knowledge in RPGs di

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Chapter 171: Fight against Master Waller

Except for Han Ying Xue and Sun Xin Yu, the rest of the party used their [Beginner Power Potion]s and frantically fought against Angelo!

4%!

3%!

They still left 12 seconds to go before Angelo uses his Devil Shield!

2%!

9 seconds!

1%!

6 seconds!

0%!

"Ah!" Angelo roared with anger, his helmet shattered into pieces, revealing a frighteningly ugly face as he crashed down.

"Ding! The party you are in has killed Blood Guardian Angelo. Obtained 187,550 EXP (50 points Party Bonus)!"

"Yes! We defeated Angelo!" The gang cheered and the atmosphere became lively. They were greatly relieved to escape from death.

"It was really thrilling but it was so exciting as well. Dungeons like these are really interesting!" Zhang Yang laughed and said.

Everyone agreed with what he said, when defeating new bosses of unknown difficulties and circumstances, wasn't that is the joy of playing the game? But only Fatty Han was uninspired and said, "I'd rather that Angelo be easy to defeat. Sigh, Angelo got me so incredibly nervous!"

Wei Yan Er walked over and looted Angelo's corpse. When she saw Angelo's ugly face, she could not help but said, "No wonder this sh*tty boss covered up his face, he's so, so ugly! Noob tank, Angelo knew that he was ugly so he covered up his face, why don't you find a cloth and cover up yours?"

Zhang Yang immediately glared at her and said, "Do I look so ugly to you?"

"Exactly! By looking at your face, I don't need to watch a horror film anytime soon!" Wei Yan Er laughed nonstop.

Zhang Yang felt helpless and sighed, "Little brat, go ahead and loot the corpse!"

Wei Yan Er skipped to the corpse proudly, as if she just won a war.

[Steel Helmet] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 20

Vitality: 96

Strength: 48

Dexterity: 16

Unidentified

Level Requirement: 40

Endless Starlight immediately said, "Heavy armor without Intelligence, I'm not getting involved!"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Little brat, let's roll the dice!"

"I don't want to roll the dice, you take it. You are still wearing Level 20 set equipment, it looks so lame! You would lose our guild's face with such set equipment!" Wei Yan Er shook her head and said.

This little brat! Before they were fighting the fourth boss, Angelo, none of them were willing to move on from their Level 20 Gray-Silver set equipment and now she even dares to sneer at Zhang Yang! Zhang Yang selected request and received the helmet. Since it was difficult to obtain the 5 set equipment effect, he immediately equipped the Level 30 equipment he received previously.

Zhang Yang kept his Level 20 [Brave Glove] and changed all the other pieces of armor and boots to Level 30 Gray-Silver equipment. His HP rocketed up to 7,760! His melee attack was now ranged from 816 - 868 which was slightly higher than previous melee attack which ranged from 813 - 870.

This showed that the 10% damage increase from 5 set equipment effect was actually powerful!

Everyone did not show any interest in the remaining four Green-Copper items, so they directly passed the items to Zhang Yang, knowing that they would share the money equally if the items were sold out! The others would not have minded much even if that wasn't the case. But Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er were two money-grubbers, they would not stop bothering Zhang Yang if he didn't share the money.

"Little Yang, after killing the final boss, I'm going to post this on the forum immediately and show it to those who looked down on us!" Fatty Han said it in anger.

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "Your dream may not come true today!"

"Is it that hard to defeat old Waller? Aren't you going to tell me that he is the Yellow-Gold boss?" Fatty Han started to be agitated.

When the rest of the people heard the word "Yellow-Gold boss", all of their eyes shone and looked at Zhang Yang. The previous four bosses were indeed slowly increasing in level. Angelo's level was 47, so the level of the final boss, Master Waller, could be 50! Level 50 boss may be a Yellow-Gold boss!

Zhang Yang laughed out loud, shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, Master Waller is a Gray-Silver boss! But, don't feel disappointed yet, for Master Waller's value is still very high! This is because among all the bosses in 'God's Miracle', only Master Waller would drop the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order]!"

"Guild Upgrade Order?"

"What is that?"

"Our Lone Desert Smoke is now a Level 1 guild, and if we wanted to expand our guild scale and obtain more functions and features, only by using the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] could we upgrade to Level 2 guild! There will be many advantages such as our current 10% extra EXP obtained will increase to 20%! We could also buy the special mount, Storm and Gale Direwolf, from guild shop. The Member slots of the guild could also hold up to 20,000 players!"

Zhang Yang thought in deep and continued saying, "If we get the first kill of Master Waller, then the chances of dropping the guild upgrade order would be even higher! We will use the first guild upgrade order. If we get additional guild upgrade orders from this boss, we could sell it to other guilds. It will be totally no problem if we sell it at around 300,000 to 400,000 gold coins in the beginning!"

300,000 to 400,000 gold coins! According to the current exchange rate, it would be about 1,000,000 dollars! Even if they divided it by eight, each of them would still obtain about 100,000 dollars!

Hundred Shots, Fatty Han, Endless Starlight and Daffodil Daydream were not born with a silver spoon or a powerful background, so 100,000 dollars was not a small amount for them and their faces said it all. Although Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan er were rich, both of them were the standard money-grubbers, so both of their eyes shone even brighter. It was only Sun Xin Yu who was uninterested in the money and was indifferent as usual.

"Hurry up! Let's go!" Wei Yan Er could not wait for it anymore and tugged at Zhang Yang's arm.

Zhang Yang had wanted to tell them that it was not easy to defeat Master Waller, but now he that saw everyone being so enthusiastic, so he decided not to ruin the high morale.

The gang opened up the door that Angelo watched over and entered the final boss, Master Waller's room.

This is a spherical building, approximately 50 meters in diameter. However, the structure was empty, except for a humongous werewolf dead center. From the look on it, they could see that it had it eye shut tight! Beneath him was a huge hexagonal magic seal, with beams of light blasting out from six edges of the hexagon into his body. Occasionally, the beam of light would change mysteriously!

[Master Waller, The Master of Shadowmoon Castle] (Gray-Silver, Humanoid)

Level: 48

HP: 2,000,000

Master Waller was a yellow named monster1! This meant that Master Waller would only attack a player when it gets attacked!

"... What is the strategy?" Everyone gazed at Zhang Yang once again.

Zhang Yang coughed a while and said: "Do you guys still remember the Awaken Wolf from the first boss, Jenny?"

"Yes, increase 10% damage every second which was very terrifying!" All of them agreed.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Master Waller was a husband of Jenny, he is much stronger than Jenny! According to the official statement, werewolves were a race that disrespected the Wolf God and were abandoned by Wolf God! But this Master Waller is a genius among the werewolves, he could re-connect to Wolf God using magic circles and obtain similarly incredible strength like his ancestors obtained years ago!"

"F*ck, little Yang, this is not a story telling session now! Just tell us what the strategy to defeat the boss is!" Fatty Han could not wait anymore and kept worrying that the server would announce that Imperial Sky has obtained the first clear.

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "The backstory and Master Waller's skills are related, that's why I need to explain this in detail! In short, Master Waller is blessed by Wolf God, so Master Waller is extremely powerful. Any players below Level 100 would be killed instantly if Master Waller struck anyone under normal conditions! Although Master Waller has obtained Wolf God's recognition once again, Master Waller has not yet completely become the Wolf God's representative, he is still in the progress of absorbing Wolf God's strength! Those are the ray of lights going towards Master Waller!"

"Oh, I get it! We'll have to interrupt Master Waller from absorbing Wolf God's strength. We need to weaken him first and then only wipe him out!" Wei Yan Er had finally become smart this time.

Zhang Yang showed an exaggeratedly surprised expression and said, "Ah, little brat you finally figured out the trick? Is that really you?"

"Noob tank!" Wei Yan Er put her arm on her hips and shouted loudly.

Zhang Yang laughed happily and continued elaborating, "The hexagram magic circle appearing on the ground is the source of power for Master Waller. We need to send six persons to block each ray of lights, so that Master Waller's damage will be reduced to 10%! Those who are blocking the lights, you do not need to stand on the pole where the light is emitted from, you guys just need to block the lights from him."

"It sounds easy!"

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "The lights will be disconnected once every 20 seconds. 2 seconds later, the lights will re-connect, but the colour of the lights will be changed randomly. The yellow lights emitted previously may be changed into green lights; the green lights emitted previously may even change into red lights! Besides, when each person starts to block the lights, they will have a 30 minutes debuff, for those who block the yellow light at first, 'yellow source' debuff will appear across their head; while those who block the green light at first, 'green source' debuff will appear across their head and so on! Thus, when you guys going to block the light once again, those who have 'yellow source' debuff must block the yellow light and those who have 'green source' debuff must block the green light. If any lights are wrongly paired, then the Wolf God will appear and all of us will be annihilated instantly!"

All of them frowned after listening to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang continued, "So, the six guys in charge of blocking the lights, when you realize that the lights behind you are not being emitted anymore, you must stay away from the path, where the lights emit, at the first instance. Otherwise, if we are unable to pair up with the correct colours of light with the debuff then we will be annihilated immediately. 2 Seconds later after the lights re-connect, we must pair the correct colours of light with the right debuff status and block the light as soon as you can! Master Waller's strength will recover back to normal when any rays of the light irradiate him for 2 seconds, that would be our end!"

"So, with the six guys successfully blocking the lights by matching the correct colours of lights with debuffs, we would win! We could still fail if any rays of light irradiate the boss!"

"On the other hand, those who are blocking the lights will be dying immediately if they are not irradiating by the light for 5 seconds! Even if we make extra two persons to match the correct colours of light, it will be still pointless to help those who are blocking the lights!"

"Besides that, Master Waller will be in a fixed position, not moving around as he will need to absorb Wolf God's strength! But guys, do not think that it will be easy to fight against him! If there is nobody within his melee range, he will then cast AoE spells, so the ending is still the same, complete annihilation!"

Translator Notes

1 Yellow name monster will not attack a player. The monster will only attack when it received an attack.

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Chapter 172: Practice and Collaborate

"Master Waller has only one skill which is Shadow Slash. He will use it once every 30 seconds towards the player who holds the highest aggro and the target next to that player. It can cause 12,000 of physical damage in total. It cannot be dodged or evaded, so Endless Starlight and I must stand next to Master Waller to deal the damage! It means that six of you will need to complete the task of blocking the lights. Then Endless Starlight and I will responsible for dealing the damage from Master Waller!"

"Before starting this, six of you choose your positions and stand behind it. When the battle starts, you guys move forward and block the lights. Ranged attackers can attack the boss from their positions but for melee attackers like Frost Night and little brat; you guys need to move along the pathway where the lights are being emitted towards the boss! You guys must also keep your distance from me, if any of you stands any nearer to me compared to Endless Starlight, you guys will probably need to take the damage of Shadow Slash that was meant for Endless Starlight! 6,000 of physical damage would absolutely kill you guys."

Zhang Yang had to explain everything in detail as a lot of teams were actually forced to surrender to this boss in his previous life as they failed to pull of such a perfectly coordinated strategy!

"It might just a ray of light, but you guys must not crouch beneath those rays of light as that also can also be considered as blocking the lights! So, when the lights stop emitting, those who are blocking the lights, must step backwards immediately and move around the outer circle to the new position!"

Zhang Yang spoke until his mouth was feeling dry and he asked, "Do you guys understand now?"

"It's easy enough right, do not pass through the light and move around the outer layer to look for new positions!" Wei Yan Er clapped her hands and said.

"That's right, this is what I meant just now!" Zhang Yang nodded and continued, "But, this has to be done by six persons not one person. After the lights re-connect, you guys have only 2 seconds to look for the new position and reach it!"

"There's no point in explaining any further, it is better that we try to fight him once. Let's start the battle first!" Zhang Yang pulled out his Lover's Sword, "Everyone, get into position! Choose a pole and step backwards. Master Waller is a yellow named monster and he will not attack us automatically! Starlight, we will approach Master Waller together. Remember, do not stand on any pathway of the light emissions. We must always remain in the same position from the beginning of the battle!"

"Roger that!" Endless Starlight exaggeratedly made a military salute.

Eight of them went into the positions respectively. Han Ying Xue and the rest chose each corner of hexagram magic circle, while Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight stood next to Master Waller. Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight also paid attention to avoid the direction where the lights were emitted from.

"Ready, we are going to start!" Zhang Yang said, "I will count to three, and those who are blocking the light will need to step forward together! Pay attention, Master Waller will start attacking if any of the are lights being blocked! So, you guys must step forward consistently and in tandem!"

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

Han Ying Xue and the five of them stepped forward at the same time and each of them blocked a ray of light respectively.

"Hummm, who is blocking me from absorbing the strength?" Master Waller abruptly opened his eyes and a pair of yellow-green eyes glowing supernaturally were exposed, "Wretches, I will kill all of you who are disrupting the sacred ceremony!"

He raised his huge and rough wolf paws and struck Zhang Yang's chest.

'Block!'

Zhang Yang raised his shield and successfully blocked Master Waller's attack.

'-1,680!'

Master Waller continue attacked Zhang Yang with his other wolf paw.

Master Waller was similar to Thief monsters using two one-handed weapons. He attacked with both of his hands, thus, the frequency or rate of attack was extremely high. However, a single attack was not particularly damaging and basically, it was just about 2,500 points of basic damage. Master Waller swung his wolf paws once every 2.5 seconds, leading to 8 attacks within 10 seconds; and two of the attacks could be blocked. The remaining DPS would be 1,000 and because of this, Han Ying Xue could heal them easily.

"I will kill all of you, you despicable vermin!" Master Waller suddenly lifted up both of his wolf paws, a dazzling light surged out!

"Ding! Master Waller has used Shadow Slash!"

'-4,480!'

'-4,760!'

Damage texts appeared across both Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight's head.

Luckily, Zhang Yang had 7,760 HP currently, excluding the 1,682 points of HP that he lost from Master Waller's previous attacks, after receiving damage from Shadow Slash, he retained about 1,500 HP. After Regeneration was initiated once, Zhang Yang still could take another direct hit from Master Waller!

Han Ying Xue hurriedly cast a Holy Shield on Zhang Yang and then used Regeneration on Endless Starlight to let him heal slowly because Master Waller would use Shadow Slash again after 30 seconds, so two ticks of Regeneration could actually recover Endless Starlight's HP to full. Thus, Han Ying Xue put in all her effort to heal Zhang Yang as much as possible.

The combat had already carried on 20 seconds and the lights emitted from hexagram magic circle were disconnected!

Han Ying Xue, Hundred Shots, Fatty Han and Daffodil Daydream simply stepped a step backwards and continue attacking and healing. Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er needed to run backwards a few steps before they could reach the outer circle of hexagram magic circle.

2 Seconds later, the six rays of different colours of light emitted at the same time but the positions were totally different with previous emission. So, the six of them immediately started running for their new positions!

"Ah, Fatty, out of my way!"

"Cousin, you're running to the wrong direction!"

"Daffodil Daydream, let me go first!"

"..."

A moment of noise and the scene was total chaos.

Two seconds passed.

Six rays of light emitted to Master Waller!

"Ding! Master Waller has restored his strength!"

'-19,682!'

'-20,914!'

Master Waller only used his paws and sent Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight directly back to the graveyard! Then, he started to cast a spell which only took 2 seconds to complete.

'-50,000!'

'-50,000!'

'-50,000!'

...

Humongous damage texts appeared across everyone's heads, as Han Ying Xue and the rest were also sent to graveyard after Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight.

Complete annihilation!

"Cousin, you are so stupid! Pervert fatty, you are also dumb! Hundred Shots is even dumber! Sister Daffodil, sigh!" Wei Yan Er was in a foul mod, she shrugged and said, "Except for sister Sun and I, the rest of the four people were so stupid!"

"Little brat!" Han Ying Xue glared at Wei Yan Er, her temper at boiling point!

"It's the truth, you guys are really stupid!" Wei Yan Er continued despising them.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "No hurries, an initial period of running in is required for a perfect collaboration, it will slowly establish our unspoken form of teamwork!"

All of them ran back, entered dungeon, resurrected, recovered their conditions and entered Master Waller's room once again.

10-man dungeons renewed once every two days, so the monsters and the other four bosses in the dungeon would re-spawn tomorrow night at 12.00 AM.

Eight of them returned to their positions and initiated the battle.

20 Seconds later, Master Waller showed his divine strength once again and the team annihilated instantly.

They ran back, resurrected and started the battle again.

20 seconds later, they were annihilated the third time.

After the team had been annihilated three times continuously, the team morale reduced dramatically.

After another resurrection, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "What's wrong, you guys giving up so easily after three defeats?"

All of them remained silent.

"Okay, don't initiate the battle first and just train on our position switching at the outer circle! The colours of the lights will still change every 20 seconds, the six of you, get into position first and remember the colours of the lights you guys block at the first round. You guys will need to look for the new position when the colours of the light change after 20 seconds, and when we manage this 20 times consecutively, then only will we initiate the battle! Otherwise, we simply don't want to give away repair fees!"

In fact, Zhang Yang was already prepared for this, but everyone was so enthusiastic at the beginning, so he dared not ruin the team's morale. But now with everyone mellowed down, all of them understood why he made them practice.

Zhang Yang thought carefully, if they could learn well the position switching within three days, it would be considered pretty fast! As other team did not know Master Waller's skills, they might need about two to three days to discover a strategy to fight against Master Waller. Additionally, they needed to train for position switching. Therefore, they actually needed at least ten days or up to half a month to defeat the final boss!

They had killing the previous four bosses smoothly and they had also killed the Yellow-Gold boss in Centaur Palace, and thus, their confidence levels were way up high, and they thought they could defeat Master Waller without a hitch as well. But now, as they face a setback, they would be sober enough to obediently train in their position switching.

One hour, two hours and three hours!

Han Ying Xue and the rest slowly familiarized themselves with position switching, they were able to successfully switch the positions continuously for seven to eight times without mistakes. But this was still not enough to defeat the boss. According to team's dealing damage capability and position switching every 20 seconds, they needed at least 400 seconds to defeat Master Waller. This meant that they must successfully do position switching for 20 times continuously without mistakes!

It reached 12.00 AM midnight, and Zhang Yang stopped them from training and said, "Alright, everyone has put in a lot of effort, but there's no point cramming for it! We'll stop here for today, everyone should log out from the game and go to rest. We shall continue tomorrow night!"

"But, I'm so excited. I don't wanna sleep yet!" Wei Yan Er still very energetic.

Zhang Yang smiled and said: "Little brat, you still want to play truant? If you can't wake up tomorrow morning, are you going to apply for leave again? Besides, Hundred Shots and Starlight have work tomorrow, right?"

"Yes!" The two of them nodded their heads.

"Ah! So frustrating!" Wei Yan Er yawned, "Cousin, let's go to bed! Wrinkles appear easily if we sleep late, that'll be horrible!"

All of them tore [Teleportation Scroll]. Suddenly, they were surrounded by white lights and returned to White Jade Castle.

Fatty Han anxiously said, "Little Yang, I'm going to log out as well! I have to hurry up and post the screenshots of all the bosses that we defeated on the forum to show them our capabilities and see what they'll have to say this time!"

Zhang Yang first went to the Little Merchandize Shop and stored all the equipment in his inventory to warehouse. Then, he made a few stacks of [Beginner Power Potion] and stored them all in warehouse as well. He finally summoned his war horse and rode it, heading towards the Item Identifier to identify the [Steel Helmet] he was wearing.

After paying 40 gold coins, a ray of silver light flashed and [Steel Helmet] revealed its real attributes.

[Steel Helmet] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 20

Vitality: 96

Strength: 48

Dexterity: 16

Level 1 Socket

Level 1 Socket

Level Requirement: 40

Damn it, 40 gold coins for two Sockets! Besides, adding Gemstones also needed more money, this developer was really good at ripping players off!

Zhang Yang went to Gem Shop once again and bought two [Level 1 Vitality Gemstones] to insert them in his helmet. Under the boost of his Vitality Aura, Zhang Yang's HP reached 7,960.

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Chapter 173: Forum war of words

The night passed uneventfully. Zhang Yang completed his training exercises early the next morning, before buying his take-away breakfast and logging on to the official forum. He was curious and had decided to observe the the war happening over the forum while eating his food.

Fatty Han had gone ahead and posted under the battle report category under his in-game nickname 'Slim and Handsome', boasting about how they conquered the first 4 bosses at the castle interior along with some screenshots. He then directed his sharpened tongue towards the 5th boss, Master Waller, bragging that Lone Desert Smoke would only require 2 days tops, to acquire the final dungeon's first clear title!

The rather bold declaration had provoked a number of players into accusing them of arrogance! However, it also roused up the cries of many other players who were in support of Lone Desert Smoke, and one after another, they posted their praises and encouragement on the comment section below. Many fans of Lone Desert Smoke were declaring war to the players who once belittled Lone Desert Smoke before, "Do you see it now? This is the Lone Desert Smoke that we supported, without the slightest effort, they had taken down 4 bosses in the castle interior, in just one night!

The current outcome was a big fat slap on the faces of those who underestimated the Lone Desert Smoke. Even the King of Prediction, Martian Homeland edited his post on the battle report category immediately, praising Zhang Yang and his gang as if he was trying to lift them above the moon, saying that they are the real deal, despite having started late, they were progressing like a hot knife cutting through butter, demonstrating their pure, terrifying strength!

By comparison, even though the Imperial Sky guild which One Sword Stroke belonged to was also at the progress of 4/5, but they had spent around 5 days exploring the dungeon! At that instance, both parties were standing right before the final boss. According to the regular pattern of the dungeons, the final boss would certainly be the most difficult challenge there ever was. Although the stronger Lone Desert Smoke started out one day after Imperial Sky, their chances of winning instead were so much higher!

Because a simple boss required about 2 days to to pass, Imperial Sky would be one day ahead, and they probably could instantly secure the first clear for Master Waller! But with the boss being so much more difficult to handle, it would require about 4 to 5 days, or maybe even 7 or 8 days to unlock new areas, therefore the advantage of being ahead no long mattered!

After praising Lone Desert Smoke enthusiastically, Martian Homeland exclaimed for that the competition for the First Clear of the dungeons would become more unpredictable compared to the previous times. Where uncertainties lie, the competition is bound to be fierce! It would definitely far be more glorious as the small party of the Lone Desert Smoke who appeared out of nowhere had crushed all doubts about them!

He also tried to butter up One Sword Stroke and Imperial Sky, encouraging them to keep up with their good efforts, even if they lose to the Lone Desert Smoke in this attempt of acquiring the first clear title, they would still have revealed to all players in the whole of China that there were strong parties on equal standing as Lone Desert Smoke!

With this post out in the public, Martian Homeland had stirred up a fierce argument among the players, with part of them supporting Imperial Sky, while others supported Lone Desert Smoke, splitting them into half and starting a war of words on the forum!

Zhang Yang could not help himself but smile, this was probably because people would say, 'love well, whip well'! No matter the winner at the end of it, even if it did not concern the players at all, everyone had a team as their favourite, just like the Olympic games, who would not wish to see their own country winning over a few more gold medals than the others?

After bagging up his emotions, Zhang Yang went online again. However, it was just Fatty Han, Han Ying Xue and him logged in today. Wei Yan Er had to go to school while the rest of the four members had to go to work.

'Beep' the voice communication device suddenly beeped, but it was a call coming from Perfumed Water. She was a fair Priest from Crimson Rage, also happening to be one of the core players in the guild. Ever since Zhang Yang had assisted them in slaying Chalvos the King of the Moutain Giant, this damned sister had passionately pushed Zhang Yang into adding her as his favourite friend.

"Hey handsome Zhan Yu, do you have any idea about how long I waited for you? You must take responsibility!" As soon as the communication channel was connected, the soft and sweet voice of Perfumed Water came right out from the device.

Zhang Yang felt a chill, as he replied, "Come on Sis Water, don't talk like there's something going on between us, alright? You and I are not an item! Spit it out, why were you looking for me?"

"Hmph, so cold, rejecting the old and craving for the new!"

Zhang Yang burst into laughter for a bit, and then he said "Silly girl, when did you ever become my girl before?"

"Alright, jokes aside!" Perfumed Water changed her tone and said, "By the order of milady Snow Seeker, I am hereby consulting you concerning strategies for clearing the bosses in area number 3 and area number 4!"

Are you kidding me? Zhang Yang wondered and asked, "Why didn't she ask me that herself?" Although it was possible to predict the skills of the bosses in normal mode and hard mode, the damage output of the bosses differed in different modes, so sometimes it would be futile to use the same tactics on them. There was no doubt that seeking advise on the strategies for clearing dungeons from players who had completed the death mode was the simplest solution.

Perfumed Water giggled, and she said, "Milady Snow Seeker is a shy person, she cannot stand begging others. Come on, don't be stingy. You guys have already cleared the boss stage, giving us a small piece of advice will not rob you of your first clear achievement!"

Zhang Yang gave it a thought, and said, "Fine, I can give you the strategy, 100,000 gold for a boss, cheap and fair!"

"Wuwuwu, Zhan Yu, how can you be so mean to talk about money? 100,000 gold... That's a solid 800,000 dollars for only 2 bosses! Fine! I am selling myself to you then!"

"I'm not taking you, money only!"

"Come on, don't reject me just yet! I can cook and clean the house during the day, and warm your bed during the night for you! A gentle and caring girl like me is impossible to find out there!" Perfumed Water used her best effort to sell herself high.

As expected, this woman is dirty and bold, a little teasing from her will drag you down straight to hell when confronting her verbally!

So, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "If I am to take you in, my wife would force me to kneel on the washing board everyday!"

"What are you so afraid of then? I can be your mistress! You men are professionals in keeping 'the red flag' (wife) standing in the house, with 'colorful flags' (mistress(s)) fluttering outside!"

"... Are you here to get some strategies or to sell yourself high?"

"Huh? The blame is on you! You made me forgot my main purpose!" without any pause, Perfumed Water remorselessly put the blame on Zhang Yang. "Come on, aren't we all allies? Alliances are supposed to help each other out right? No money should be involved, money corrosive to relationships! It's also no big deal for me to sell out some private information about Milady Snow Seeker to you!"

"No thanks, I am totally out of the league to get your 'Milady Snow Seeker', just get your notepad ready, I am going to brief you on the strategies in taking down the 2 bosses."

"OH YEAH!" the cheering of Perfumed Water instantly came from the other side of the communication device. "Since you kept your word and all, I should be returning you the favor. Our Snow Seeker is currently divorced, left without child, and is definitely very lonely and empty at the moment. Now is the best time to thrust yourself into her life!"

"Oh yea, please don't tell her that I told you this! That's all, bye!" Perfumed Water ended the communication straight.

Zhang Yang was not bothered about giving the strategies to Crimson Rage, and what Perfumed Water mentioned earlier was true, the Crimson Rage did not pose any threat to them for them in acquiring the first clear title for the dungeon. Furthermore, since both of them were alliances, they did have the obligation to help out each other, so they had decided to start with the Lone Desert Smoke.

However, the idea of selling these strategies out for some money had put Zhang Yang down a rather skewed mindset.

Being free all along the way, Zhang Yang regrouped with Han Ying Xue and Fatty Han, and together they departed for the 1st floor of the Centaur Palace to grind for a bit.

Although 3 of them were grinding a little bit slower than they would as a full party, fewer players also meant more experience points for each of them! Other players usually took about 5 days to level up once, but Zhang Yang and the gang only took one day to receive the flash of golden light across their body, a level up!

Zhang Yang was currently at level 42 while Fatty Han and Han Ying Xue were both at level 43!

For the current top 20 level in the White Jade City, the highest level achieved is level 44, and the lowest level achieved is level 42. As Zhang Yang had only stepped into level 42, he was not on the list yet, but Fatty Han and Han Ying Xue had fulfilled the requirement to be on the list, securing the 8th and the 10th place respectively.

Fatty Han was joyful at that instant, preparing himself to work harder to climb up to the 1st spot on the list. Just as he was preparing to challenge the list of the China Region, he was pulled back to the main city by Zhang Yang -- it was almost 6:30pm, they should be prepared to explore the Waller Dungeon after dinner.

Just before logging into the game, Zhang Yang went to the official forum again and found a surprising notice, a challenge issued by Imperial Sky!

This notice was published by one of the higher rank officer of the Imperial Sky, with the identity and ranking officially verified, under the in-game 'authentic name', Mountain Cleaver.He issued a challenge towards the Lone Desert Smoke on behalf of the Imperial Sky to see which guild would take down Waller and acquire the first clear of the castle interior dungeon before the other does!

Mountain Cleaver were full of confidence, he also placed a voting option for players to pick their side.

The debate on who was the stronger between the Lone Desert Smoke and the Imperial Sky on the forum had been incredibly intense, and now, with this challenge invitation sent by the Mountain Cleaver, the players are hyped to the limit! Countless players had replied and voted for the guilds that they supported.

Currently, Lone Desert Smoke held the lead, reaching a rate of 57%.

However, Zhang Yang responded with a sneer, knowing that no matter the outcome of the challenge, Imperial Sky would be earning enough popularity by stepping over the Lone Desert Smoke if they won! If they lose, there will be nothing to lose. They basically belong to the stronger category, plus, the first few titles of first clear had been taken by the Lone Desert Smoke, so it would not be unexpected for them to lose.

How about victory? It would be even better for them to be victorious, stepping over the dead body of Lone Desert Smoke to secure the throne of the strongest dungeon team in the whole China Region!

But the unstoppable train had already started, no matter what Zhang Yang does, the Imperial Sky had successfully shaped their own image as one being equivalent to Lone Desert Smoke, they had called dips on that claim!

If that's the case! Zhang Yang logged in the forum with his in-game name and sent a post with only one word on it, 'Accepted!'

Luckily the official forum did not have rules that required 15 words to issue a notice. This simple yet powerful post was instantly moved to the top and being highlighted by the forum administrator. Within just a few minutes, the post attracted tens of thousands of clicks and thousands of replies!

The fans of 'Zhan Yu' were hyped up, they all cheered for Zhang Yang on the post, it was like a complete detonation of words all over the forum.

It was 7:30pm, all gang members had arrived, so once again, the gang stepped into the Shadowmoon Castle : Castle Interior.

On their way straight to the boss stage, Zhang Yang informed the gang about the challenge notice from Imperial Sky. Han Ying Xue and the gang were all pumped with the will to fight, fiercely practicing their formation and moves, while Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight were casually talking to each other.

But, a guy with a head full of women was obviously not on the same page as Zhang Yang, as he was bombarded with female bust, hip theory to the point that he rolled his eyes backwards entirely. He could not stand it anymore, so he rubbed the bandages at his side.

Another 2 hours had passed, Han Ying Er and the gang were almost done with the training at last. Zhang Yang had decided to challenge the dungeon once, because he knew, it will be futile with a lot of practices alone, actual combat was the best way to find out the results of their training.

"Huh? Who dares to interfere me while I am absorbing energy?"

Following by the boss's introductory saying, the battle had finally begun.

20 seconds later, the critical moment, of the boss using the Shift of Light Rotation formation has begun.

Han Ying Xue and the gang swiftly retreated back by the edge of the hexagram and when the lights were resurfacing, they instantly ran to their own positions.

1 second, 2 seconds!

All lights were blocked by them, and no one had made any mistakes!

The battle continued, after 40 seconds, the second Shift of Light Rotation had began. It was alright, none of them made any mistake as well!

"Alright, everyone maintain your pace, the first clear title is about to be ours!" Zhang Yang encouraged the gang.

"Noob tank, that's easy for you to say, why don't you switch with me and have a taste of this!" Wei Yan Er grumbled.

Actually, the most relaxed players among them at the moment were Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight. Zhang Yang only needed to maintain the aggro values, and Endless Starlight was even more relaxed because all he had to do was to share the damages received from the boss!

"Hahaha!" Zhang Yang burst into laughter for a bit and said, "It was I who always had to keep the boss at bay, it's always been tiring! Now every one of you will have a taste of what I had to go through those days back!"

"Piss off!" Wei Yan Er cried loudly.

60 seconds... 120 seconds... 180 seconds...

The longer they were held in the battle, the more stressful they tend to get, and it would be more likely that they would make a mistake!

During the 13th Shift of Light Rotation, finally, there was an error in the collaboration among Han Ying Xue and the gang. Fatty Han ran into a red light carrying a negative effect called Blue Source!

Instantly, a gigantic wolf head appeared out of the void right from the above of the boss stage, with indescribable dread, it swiped the stage with only it's eyes and boom! A damage output of '-1000000' appeared on everyone. The whole team was instantly wiped out!

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust!" The wolf head then vanished into the void again immediately, disappearing and never to be seen again after that.

But the gang managed to put a lock it before it vanished, they wanted to see what exactly is this wolf god thing.

[God of Wolf] (Celestial, Beast)

Level: ???

HP: ???

Everyone felt that they had died for nothing, one by one they released their souls and returned to the cementery to report in.

"Brother Yang, hunters can tame beasts, so can they tame this God of Wolf?" both eyes of Fatty Han were shining brightly, having thoughts of capturing the Celestial boss as a pet, any bosses they encounter in the future, close to the gate of their territories, he can just release his... wolf to settle everything!

"Wretched fatty, in your dreams, if you can get a Celestial boss as your pet, what about the other players? Do they still have anything left to play for?" Wei Yan Er shot a straight and sharp arrow at Fatty Han from her tongue.

Zhang Yang gave it a thought and asked, "Theoretically, a hunter can have the monster as a pet as long as the monster is under the beast category. But Fatty Han, what are the criteria for taming a pet?"

"One must be acquire the first aggro of the taming target, and guide the taming spell for 30 seconds. Any attack during this period of time will immediately interrupt the taming spell and put it to a stop. The higher the level of taming target, the lower the success rate of taming the target." Fatty Han immediately dug out the description of the skill and read it out loud.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "So do you have any idea on how to be the first aggro of a Celestial boss and survive for 30 seconds long?"

"It seems impossible!"

"Furthermore, even if you succeeded in keeping a Celestial boss as your pet, the standard will decrease a lot when it reaches the hands of the players! Just like taming an elite beast as a pet, will the HP and attack of the pet be the same as it was before it was being tamed?"

"No it will not!" Fatty Han mellowed down a little bit.

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Chapter 174: Take down

"Haiya --" Fatty Han sighed dejectedly and said, "Excited over nothing!"

"Alright, let's pick up our corpses and go!" Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I have issued a very clear notice with only one word - 'Accepted', so you guys won't leave me alone to be embarrassed, right?"

"Serves you right!" Wei Yan Er turned towards Zhang Yang and stuck out her tongue at him.

The gang went back into the dungeon and revived. After replenishing their statuses, they activated their aura skills immediately. If this act did not becomes a habit for them, they will easily forget to activate their aura skills every time they are in combat. Although a boost of 2%, 4% of did not seem like much, when the players' basic properties are higher, the boost will still be very significant.

In Zhang Yang's case, without activating his Vitality Aura, he only has 7720HP, but after activating it, he will have 8030HP. That is a total boost of 310 HP to the players!

After everyone got in their assigned position, under the instruction of Zhang Yang, Han Ying Xue and the gang, all 6 of them, moved one step forward and triggered the boss battle.

"Huh? Who dares to interfere me while I am absorbing energy?" Master Waller spoke a line that now sounded familiar. With both eyes opened and a roar full of rage, he instantly swung his big bad claw and slashed at Zhang Yang.

Block!

Zhang Yang immediately fought back, stacking 5 layers of Cripple Defense and unleashed a flurry of attacks, doing what he does best. The faster they struck, the lesser times they were required to move, undoubtedly decreasing the difficulty of the battle!

20 seconds had passed, the first Shift of Light Rotation.

40 seconds had passed, the second Shift of Light Rotation.

60 seconds had passed...

95%, 90%, 85%... the HP amount of Master Waller was depleting at a slow rate! Firstly, it must be due to his overly high HP amount. Secondly, the gang had to move multiple times after awhile, having no opportunity to comfortably unleash their damage output.

After countless hours practicing, Han Ying Xue and the others had mastered the movement quite well, and their cooperation was so much better. Hitting into each other, blocking each others' ways, those are phenomenon that will not happen again, ever!

60%, the entire team got wiped out.

Next attempt!

53%, the entire team got wiped out again.

Another attempt!

45%, the entire team got wiped out... 34%, the entire team got wiped out... 22%, the entire team ...

The gang had lost count of how many times, 6 or 7 times, have they been wiped out. But no one was frustrated by that, instead, they were burning with the will to fight! Because every time they were wiped out, bit by bit they progressed, and they were getting closer and closer to empty down the HP of the boss!

8%, the entire team got wiped out! 5%, the entire team got wiped out! 3%, the entire team got wiped out! 4%, the entire team got wiped out!

Having pushing themselves to deplete the HP of the boss down to only within 10%, the gang were starting to become impulsively greedy. After a few attempts of being wiped out when the HP of the boss were very low, they were getting frustrated!

So Zhang Yang immediately shouted to get their attention, "Let's go back to the city to repair our equipment, and then we shall be back, and we shall prevail!"

Having been wiped out for almost a dozen times, their equipment were all in red letters, wearing those equipment on their body was basically useless as the equipment had no effect at all before repair.

So the gang quickly tore their own teleportation scrolls and headed back straight to the city, where they found themselves the blacksmith to repair their equipment. Afterwards, they headed straight back to to dungeon.

This trip took them about half an hour, Zhang Yang could not help himself but sympathized, them, saying, "It's such a pity that Hundred Shots haven't be able to learn Repairment Robot, if he did, we could have place a Repairment Robot in the dungeon and save us the trip of getting back and forth for our equipment repair."

"Zhan Yu, where can I learn this Repairment Robot?" Hundred Shots asked.

"Level 50 Dungeon, the Poison Fireland. There is a possibility that the blueprint of the Repairment Robot will be dropped by slaying the final boss! But it requires a professional level of an engineer, can you learn it?"

"Not now, but I am still about half a month away from reaching level 50, and my current proficiency is at advanced level with 328 points. I will definitely reach full points before I reach level 50!"

Talking all the way through their journey, Zhang Yang and the gang had reentered the dungeon and stood in front of Master Waller.

Looking at the time, Zhang Yang told the gang, " This will be our final chance today! It's about to be 12 am, the dungeon will be refreshed, by then, we will have to repeat the whole dungeon, battling the four bosses and clearing those annoying creeps and monsters! So, this time we --"

"We must prevail!" The gang cried together, their morale soaring in desperation!

"Very well, in position!"

The gang went straight to their own positions and stood readily, as this would be their last attempt of the day, and if they failed, they will have to repeat everything on the next day! No one can accept that kind of outcome!

"Huh? Who dares to interfere me while I am absorbing energy?" the loathed dialogue spoken by Master Waller sparked the battle.

90%... 60%... 30%...

With their proficient cooperation, movement between positions, and the consecutively successful blocks, Waller's HP was decreasing gradually.

10%!

Again, it was the moment of life and death! Zhang Yang and the gang had failed at the very last moment multiple times!

"Keep it up, steady, steady!" Zhang Yang was not pressured at all, because he knew, all he had to do was to focus on slashing the boss with all his might, slashing away Waller's large amount of HP with his sword, one swing after another!

8%... 4%... 2%!

The light around suddenly dimmed.

"Don't rush yourselves, a 4-second of time is not enough to take down a 390000 HP. Fall back and keep your distance. We just need to do this one more round!" Zhang Yang quickly shouted, as he was worried that someone would really went over their head and go all out, leaving their own post.

Han Ying Xue and the others retreated backwards, everyone was nervous from head to toe, because this was their one attempt that was nearest to winning the battle!

2 seconds later, the 6 points of the lights on the hexagram started to flash up.

Moving position! Block!

Sun Xing Yu, in position! Wei Yan Er, in position! Hundred Shots, in position! Daffodil Daydream, in position! Han Ying Xue, in position! Fatty Han... sun of the beach, he went to the wrong direction!

Zhang Yang immediately moved his body and blocked the last orange beam of light that shot out!

Made it!

1%!

0%!

"I am the son of the god of the wolf, the leader of the wolves, I should be the one who conquer the world! No! No! NO --" Master Waller gave out a thunderous roar, raising his claws towards the sky and howled, then he unwillingly turned into a stream of white light. A stream of gold coins poured out like pillars of gold onto the ground, piling up into a mountain of gold!

"Ding! You and your team have slayed Master Waller, you have acquired 250050 experience points (50 points for team effort)!"

"Ding! You and your team has acquired the Shadowmoon Castle: Castle Interior (Death Mode) First Clear Title, as the leader of the party, please key in the name of your party. Your name will be published on the list of the First Clear title, allowing the world to praise you!"

"We made it!"

Everyone was cheering very hard. Even though Waller was not the highest level among the bosses they have slayed before, but it was undoubtedly the most difficult boss they had encounter in their whole gaming experience! Before this, none of them had ever put in so much time and effort in training!

Their emotions that were contained within them for the past 2 days had finally met their way out at that instant, the unspeakable joy! The men were hugging into each other, while Wei Yan Er, Han Ying Xue and Daffodil Daydream were hugging each other as well! Only Sun Xing Yu seemed calm, but a even then, faint smile flickered across her lips.

Zhang Yang entered their name 'Lone Desert Smoke', and the server immediately congratulated them on the big screens with a lot of announcements!

"Server Announcement: Lone Desert Smoke has succeeded in acquiring the Shadowmoon Castle: Castle Interior (Death Mode)First Clear Title, their great deeds will be published on the list of the Death Mode First Clear title (China Region). Please cheer for them!"

"Server announcement: Player Zhan Yu (Leader) has acquired the Shadowmoon Castle: Castle Interior (Death Mode)First Clear Title, acquired server reward 10 gold pieces, skill point 1, all reputation points of the alliance 500 points!"

"Server announcement: Player Zhan Yu (Leader) has acquired ..."

In just an instant, the players in the China Region were bombarded once again by the latest news!

On the forum, they were still going all out in the war of words, debating on which guild would win over the First Clear title of the dungeon, it was intense! It was believed that if the two sides were to meet in real life, they would have clashed and started a real-life PK! Just as their debate was on it's peak, the sudden victory of the Lone Desert Smoke in acquiring the First Clear title had finally put an end to the contest between the two guilds!

The battle for the first clear of dungeon had concluded, however, the players on the forum had started a new trend of upsurging topic, making a lot of noise on the region channel.

"Brother Yang, I think I have dragged you guys down a little back there, again, I'm going to become a laughing stock, looked down by people." Fatty Han secretly told Zhang Yang.

"... don't worry about it, no one ever had a high opinion of you!"

"Sun of the beach!" Fatty Han immediately spat the words out from his mouth, then he said, "Haiyah, I'm not that kind of caliber, being so careless in many ways. You want me to fight, no problem! But playing games that requires considerations in so many aspects, that is definitely out of my habit!"

"Indeed!"

"Pui! And you claim to be my best buddy! Shouldn't you be comforting me a bit?"

"Haha, you are normally shameless, ain't I right?" Zhang Yang said.

"From now onward, I better not join you guys in exploring new dungeons! But, brother Yang, we are brothers, right? After clearing the new dungeons, remember to bring me some equipment or gears!"

"Fatty, are you seriously thinking about this? Actually, if you really want to stay in the party, I believe no one will have a opinion on this!"

"They aren't saying anything, but I still need my face intact! It's fine, brother Yang, let's do it this way!"

Zhang Yang gave it some thoughts, and then he did not try to convince Fatty Han anymore, since he had already planned to put Fatty Han and Endless Starlight to the second party in the lead. As they have experience in succeeding, he believes that the second party will do well. Endless Starlight has so much potential in him, even though he has not achieved any high standards yet, but it is obvious that he is improving.

"Loot time! Loot time!" Wei Yan Er cheered with joy.

Knowing from the look of their faces, they were obviously looking forward to the loot. Checking up on the loots after defeating a high difficulty boss was definitely a very joyful thing to do.

Master Waller was a Gray-Silver boss, so naturally there would not be any Yellow-Gold equipment among the loot. However, as the boss for the final defense of the dungeon, he was generous enough to drop 3 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment, 7 pieces of Green-Copper equipment, with an addition of a glittering green plate.

Wei Yan Er has a pair of sharp eyes, immediately she picked that piece of plate up. Because everyone was very much looking forward to the boss dropping a [Guild Upgrade Order, and among all the items and equipment, that was the only item that looked similar to the [Guild Upgrade Order]!

Immediately, she selected the 'show info' box and the information popped up on the user interface of the gang.

[Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] (Gray-Silver, Consumable)

Use: Upgrades a level 1 guild into a level 2 guild.

Required: Guild master.

"It really came out!" the whole gang could not help themselves but muttered among each other.

With a smile revealing his satisfaction, Zhang Yang said, "This is the first piece of [Guild Upgrade Order] in the whole game, if we were to auction it out, it's price might increase to the millions!"

Wei Yan Er immediate had her eyes filled with golds, and she said, "Then let's auction it out first!"

"Silly girl, a [Level 2Guild Upgrade Order] gives a 20% additional experience points of the experience points that the player earns, and it will also allow players to buy a battle wolf for mounting purposes. Do you not want those?" Zhang Yang smiled while saying it.

"Owh... " with money on the left hand, level and mount on the right, Wei Yan Er was conflicted by the choices at hands. She was flustered to the point that she was red in the face!

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Chapter 175: The second piece of [Guild Upgrade Order]

"Silly Yu, don't always pick on my little Yan Er!" Han Ying Xue stood up for the unfair treatment.

Zhang Yang laughed, and then he said, "The first piece of [Guild Upgrade Order] will be used by ourselves, there's no doubt about it. The 2nd, 3rd pieces and more to come shall be auctioned out for funds! The dungeon is about to be refreshed, let's come again tomorrow to bust our luck again, there might be another drop of this!"

"Really?" Wei Yan Er had returned to her joyful state.

Zhang Yang nodded, and then he said, "I have some points of the luck attribute, which may slightly increase the rate of dropping additional items!"

"What do you mean?" everyone was confused.

"For example, this Master Waller will constantly drop 3 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment and 7 pieces of Green-Copper equipment. So, depending on which equipment pieces would he dropped out of the 3 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment and the 7 pieces of Green-Copper equipment, that all depends on luck! But, this piece of [Guild Upgrade Order] is an additional drop as reward. Whether it drops or not, it will not affect the number of the other loots dropped! The drop rate for this additional reward will be affected by the player who has the highest luck attribute points among the party that slayed the boss!"

"Oh!" Everyone understood.

Following the event where everyone in the gang agreed upon it, the first piece of [Guild Upgrade Order] is now officially belonged to Zhang Yang, going straight into his backpack.

Zhang Yang immediately used his position as the Guildmaster to bring up the configuration of the guild, and he selected the 'upgrade' button in the menu of the upgrade option.

"Ding! Lone Desert Smoke is eligible for level 2 upgrade, proceed in upgrading Lone Desert Smoke to level 2 guild, this will consume the [Level 2 Guild Order Upgrade, continue?"

Continue of course!

"Upgrading..."

A progress bar appeared on the configuration interface almost immediately, progressing in quite a slow manner, it required about 30 seconds to complete.

10%... 30%... 70%... 100%!

"Ding! Congratulations, Lone Desert Smoke is now a Level 2 Guild!"

Instantly, all members of the Lone Desert Smoke heard the system voice notification over their ears.

"Server announcement: Congratulations to Lone Desert Smoke for being the first Level 2 Guild in the China region! All members of Lone Desert Smoke will receive additional 100% experience points as a bonus for the next 3 days, the cost for repairing equipment, inserting socket gemstones, identifying equipment will be reduced by 50% as reward!"

Boom! The members of the Lone Desert Smoke had not yet calmed themselves for their own guild achievement in acquiring the First Clear title, and immediately, they were boiled in excitement once again!

Pride! Glory!

Those were the emotions of the members of Lone Desert Smoke at the moment, especially those who were walking down the city paths, showing off their character information. Seeing other players passing by, they would purposely stopped, worried that others would not see the guild title above their heads!

What is honor? This is honor!

Zhang Yang sent a secret message to Han Ying Er, saying, "Witchy Snow, send a guild invitation to Daffodil Daydream."

-- as his settings only allowed officers and above to invite people to their guild, only Han Ying Er, Wei Yan Er, Fatty Han, Hundred Shots, Sun Xing Yu and himself had the authority to do so.

"Why? Trying to win her heart over using your current victor's mood?" Han Ying Er instantly replied.

"If that was what I really have in mind, I would have won your heart over first!"

"As expected, my looks are the prettiest of all and all men shall bow before me!"

"Cut the crap and start working!"

Within a short amount of time, the system sent him a notification, 'Daffodil Daydream has joined the guild!'

Zhang Yang could not help himself but smile, and he said, "Can't see that you have the potential to be a madame! Such great skills in tricking others to sell themselves over!" the successful recruit of a future superstar magic-caster had made his day.

Han Ying Xue, "..."

Wei Yan Er picked up the 3 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment, one after another.

[The Black Wolf's Armor] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 20

Vitality: 96

Strength: 48

Agility: 16

Unidentified

Required Level: 40

As Wei Yan Er had already possessed a similar level 40 [Sol Brave Chest Plate, and Endless Starlight had also possessed a [Sincere Soul's Chest Plate, so this piece of armor naturally went to Zhang Yang. The remaining 2 pieces of the Gray-Silver equipment were leather armor and cloth armor, which were divided among Han Ying Xue and the others. As for the 7 pieces of Green-Copper equipment, all that went straight into Zhang Yang's backpack.

"Alright, the dungeon has been completed, everyone can have a good night sleep tonight!" Zhang Yang smiled.

"That's right!" Wei Yan Er nodded continuously, and then she said, "I had a dream yesterday night, it was about me taking down the boss all by myself! And this morning, when I was thinking how to block the light in class, I was called up by my teacher to answer some questions. My first reply was, I will block the yellow light, don't bother about me! That made everyone else in the class laughed!"

"Hahaha!" the whole gang was laughing out loud.

Wei Yan Er was annoyed, and she said, "Hmph! Even you guys are laughing, you guys are so bad!"

Later, everyone tore off their teleportation scroll and shoof! Everyone was back in White Jade City. It was about to be 12am, so everyone said their goodbyes and went offline for a good night's sleep.

One night passed, and when Zhang Yang went back on to check the official forum, what he found was that Lone Desert Smoke had conquered the whole forum by borrowing their leading party's winning momentum, the forum pages were crawling with posts about how their leading party secured the First Clear title of the dungeon. Meanwhile, the Imperial Sky had crashed down into the ground, with nothing to defend themselves. The forceful Mountain Cleaver who came with confidence earlier on could not even make a fart's worth of noise.

Zhang Yang received countless friend requests in his information station, luckily, he did not have to reply one by one, he could just switch off the whole thing and be done with it.

After logging into the game, he went straight to the Identifying Shop and the Jewelry shop to be slaughtered with the high prices. Firstly, he passed the [Black Wolf's Amour] over to the Identifier for identification. And truth to be told, this piece of item did not even have any special effects, with only two extra empty sockets. This was a total bad luck!

But looking at the bright side, for the coming 3 days, all the cost for identification will be decreased by 50%, at least the system did not fully suck him dry.

The first clear of the castle interior had been taken down, plus there were no special quests or target to be achieved at the moment, so Zhang Yang started focusing on buying [Solid Iron Bar]s. He currently has 4400 available empty slots, but so far only 1100 slots were occupied!

But this kind of thing did not require him to do it himself, because the price that he offered is 0.9 gold for each iron bar. Although the price is a little lower than what the auction house had to offer, considering the 20% commission which will be taken away, it will be more profitable for players to sell them to the Little Merchandize which is owned by Zhang Yang!

So what Zhang Yang could do now was to build up his advertisement on this as much as possible so that more Miners would know his Little Merchandize shop was currently purchasing [Solid Iron Bar]. However, he could not make the deal too obvious, because he was considered to be one of the famous stars in the game, having no idea of how many people watched him closely at his every move. If people were to discover this, they would also start purchasing the iron bars, and that would undoubtedly seize most of the market stocks! And when the number of goods are greater than the market demand, the price for the [Solid Iron Bar] will decline, and the profits will naturally be lower!

So Zhang Yang gave his thoughts about it for half a day, at last, he still decided to put the [Solid Iron Bar] onto the racks, selling them at the price of 1 gold for each, with the effort of trying to hide his true agenda. Anyway, no one knew exactly how many [Solid Iron Bar] has he received, because all sellers will deal with Natalia, the NPC with a pair of big boobs who was responsible for purchasing the iron bars from the sellers.

For these 3 days, there would also be an addition of 100% experience points added onto the experience points earned by the players. So it was the best time to grind up their levels. So, Zhang Yang picked up the pace and gathered Han Ying Xue and the others. Then they headed to the Centaur Palace's 1st floor to level up! Because of the rich amount of experience points to be offered through grinding during this period of time, Wei Yan Er skipped her classes, while Hundered Shots and the other skipped their work just to be there, every single one of them were present at the gathering!

The gang shot their levels up by a lot after a day of grinding, each of them rising by 2 levels at the least! Unfortunately, the effects of different additional experience points could not be stacked after one another. It only picked the greatest effect among them, limiting everyone to only have an increase of 100% additional experience points based on the experience points they earned, including Sun Xing Yu who possesses the [Heaven's Pearl].

Among the 8 of them, 6 of them had made it to the top level list of the White Jade City! Currently, Han Ying Xue was listed as number 1 with level 45, Fatty Han was listed at number 2 with also level 45, Zhang Yang, Sun Xing Yu, and Wei Yan Er were listed at number 7, 8, and 9 respectively, with all 3 of them at level 44. Daffodil Daydream was at level 43, where she was listed at number 14. Hundred Shots and Endless Starlight were at level 42, it was just a little more before they can make it up on the list. However, if they continued to grind on the next day, they would definitely make it up onto the list!

Han Ying Xue and Fatty Han had made it up to the leveling list of the whole China region, being the 7th and the 9th respectively!

During the night, because the castle interior had been refreshed, Zhang Yang regrouped his gang and went straight into the area to grind.

With the confidence of clearing the dungeon once before, the gang went to the dungeon with a different attitude. Without the pressure of dying for a righteous cause if they failed, they repeated the dungeon easily and slayed Master Waller on their first attempt this time around!

God seemed to be taking care of them, and when Wei Yan Er was looting from the boss's dead body, another piece of [Guild Upgrade Order] was among the drop!

Everyone cheered instantly.

Back in the main city, Zhang Yang published an information under the name of his Little Merchandize Shop, saying that, 'Extra! Extra! Tomorrow at 7pm, The Little Merchandize Shop will be auctioning a [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order, interested parties, please come with your money!"

The information was published just briefly, and Zhang Yang had already received numerous secret messages from Snow Seeker, Sky Shaman and the others, all trying to bargain with him, hopefully that he could sell it to them because of their previous engagements! Humbly Gentleman was also present in the lively situation, aggressively commanding Zhang Yang to sell the [Guild Upgrade Order] to him straight away with the price of 10,000 gold pieces!

Zhang Yang had already published the information, because he did not intend to go back on his own words, he had to decline the offers from Snow Seeker and the others, and of course, he replied Humbly Gentleman with only one word, idiot!

However, the number of people sending Zhang Yang secret messages had began to increase, all of them being Guildmasters! Some of the guilds might not be large, and their progress in exploring the dungeons were slow, but most of them are rich, and money was never a problem to them! Slamming an in-game item [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] on the table should be considered as a large-scale advertisement effect! It would be even better if the system could make a server announcement!

Therefore, every single one of them were polishing their fists and fangs, ready to put up a good bargain for the night by tomorrow! To progress by clearing dungeons, their were way out of their leagues, but to progress using cash money, every single one of them are professionals!

Therefore, Zhang Yang could not oversee that fact and sell the piece directly to Snow Seeker and the others!

Zhang Yang took a piece of glove that he acquired from the dungeon previously to be identified, before he replaced the last piece of level 20 equipment on him with this piece of equipment.

[Pale Gauntlet] (Gray-Silver, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 20

Vitality: 48

Strength: 24

Agility: 8

Level 1 Socket

Level Required: 40

By inserting a [vitality gemstone] on the equipment, and by activating his Vitality Aura, Zhang Yang could reach a total HP of 8960, a strength of 347, and an attack between 816-868!

Although the guild had already been upgraded to level 2, getting all sorts of benefits of the level 2 guild required elevating the experience points of the guild to 100%! Fortunately, there were guild points as incentives, and members of the guild were very enthusiastic. Moreover, every member would be entitled to enjoy the welfare of the guild, there no reason for anyone to get lazy!

However, to fill up the guild experience points up to 100% required about 10 days more or so, they could only take it easy at the time being.

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Chapter 176: Humbly Gentleman The Buffoon

The next morning, logging in to the game, Han Ying Xue and the rest were all present, waiting for him to regroup with them to depart for the Centaur Palace 1st floor, to grind their levels of course.

Needless to say, they were current having an extra 100% additional experience points, but even if they did not have such beneficial effect, the dense number of the melee monsters were also suitable for group sweeping, it was a sacred paradise for leveling up! Because the entrance of the valley was also very well hidden, unless you receive a quest navigation that is related to the place, normal players would not be able to locate the place.

Of course, if players fell down the cliff like how Daffodil Daydream and Endless Starlight did, then it would be a whole different story!

After a full day of grinding, everyone got a flash of golden light through their body, twice to be precise, they had progressed up by 2 levels, consecutively! And now, every single one of them are on the White Jade City's top level list! Among them, Han Ying Xue and Fatty Han had conquered the first and the second places respectively on the top level list of the whole China region, with both of them at level 47!

With such incredible speed in leveling up, it was natural for the players in China region to feel extremely surprised. But very soon, everyone understood, they had an additional of 100% additional experience points upon the experience points they earned!

But for those clever ones, they would know something was not right, even with the addition of 100% additional experience, a player would still require one day to level up by 1 level. On the other hand, grinding through slaying monsters like there is no tomorrow, they themselves would still require 5 days just to level up!

It was certain, that the strong players on the list must have found some sacred paradise for them to grind!

All Guildmasters from all the guilds were not idiots themselves, and of course, instantly, they related Zhang Yang to the previous achievement of acquiring the First Clear title for the first Yellow-Gold Boss. So immediately, they planted spies into the Lone Desert Smoke with the goals to locate Zhang Yang and the others' wherebout!

However, even though they could see clearly that Zhang Yang and his gang were located within the Land of the Red Cloud, their specific coordinates were yet to be known, they had to go and find out by themselves!

The map of the Land of the Red Cloud was incredibly vast, and the valley where the centaurs were located is extremely far-off. If they were to find them by then, Zhang Yang and the others would have reached level 50 or above, ready to remove themselves from that part of the map!

After dinner, Zhang Yang logged into the game around 6:30pm, saddled up and headed towards his Little Merchandize Shop to get ready for the auction.

The moment when he was arriving from afar to his shop, he saw a bunch of people gathering around his shop, wandering around the entrance trying to stick their necks in to peek around. Their movements and expressions revealed their anxiousness. Zhang Yang kept his battle horse and walked towards the door to take a look. Holy moly! His shop was also occupied from the inside, crowded with people!

The merrier the better! That would only means the competition would become even more intense, and the auction price of the item would become even higher! It was supposed to be good news, but when Zhang Yang saw that most of the people in the shop were actually members of The Dominators, the guild symbols above their heads showed it all! Rage filled his heart, it was outrageous!

At least 90% of the people within the shop are the members of The Dominators!

To purchase a [Guild Upgrade Order, it was sufficient for each guild to send only one member over to make the transaction. Sending tons of men over, they were obviously here not for the [Guild Upgrade Order, but they were actually here to stir things up!

As the game's setting prohibited players from walking through solid objects, as long as The Dominators fully occupied the space of the shop with their bodies, no other players can enter the shop! Furthermore, main cities prohibited PK battle, everyone was invincible in their own existence, it would be impossible to kill other players and step over their dead bodies to get by!

With a face full of rage, Zhang Yang forcefully calmed himself down. Then he walked up to the people at the roadside and asked, "Brother, are you here for the auction of the [Guild Upgrade Order]?"

"Yea!" the person who replied was a human magic caster named Falling Maple, "But there is no way we are able to go in, how to participate in the auction! F*ck this sh*t! The Dominators are really domineering in their way! If I am the one who gets the upgrade order, I will level up my guild, summon 20,000 players and kill them everyday over and over again!"

There were more people at the side revealing their dissatisfaction, it seemed that the selfish act of The Dominators had gone so far that it triggered the rage of righteous of the public!

Zhang Yang grinned deep down his heart, thinking over about how despicable this Humbly Gentleman could be, to use this kind of lowly means to get to him? So he spoke with clear voice, "Everyone, everyone! I assure you, today, everyone gets to go in to the shop! As long as you provide the correct amount of money, you will have a chance to bid for the purchase of the guild upgrade order!"

The few dozens of people standing by the turned their attentions towards Zhang Yang, with their face full of questions.

Zhang Yang laughed and brought up his personal character information with a swipe of hand.

'Zhan Yu, Crypt Slaughterer, Physician's Friend, Hero of White Jade Castle, Warrior of the Centaur, Level 46, Human, Male, Guardian Warrior, Lone Desert Smoke.'

It's such a long title! It's awesome!

"Zhan Yu, it is really Zhan Yu!"

"That's incredible! I'm shaking just reading that!"

"Anyone interested to join my guild? I shall grant you a the position of vice president, 100,000 cash as monthly reward!"

The people outdoor were agitated with excitement.

"Hahaha," Humbly Gentleman put up a good man face and walked towards the crowd, and then he said, "So here comes the crowd, the auction for the [Guild Upgrade Order] shall be concluded with a high price, aiya, Guildmaster Zhan Yu is going to make big money this time! Congratulations!"

Falling Maple and the others saw him and revealed their anger on their faces, and shouted, "Humbly Gentleman, what is the meaning of this, bringing all your men to clog up the shop! How are we going to enter the shop to participate in the auction?"

Humbly Gentleman smiled pridefully, saying, "Guys, you are blaming the wrong person! A shop is meant for selling things, and there are no rules about who can enter or who cannot enter the shop. And the saying goes, the shop welcomes the world! Are you saying that everyone needs your approval to enter the shop? I said, one cannot be too arrogant!"

Sun of the beach! Everyone who was present could only think of one sentence to express their feeling. This son of a b*tch was not only capable of blatant self-flattery, but went on to accuse others of being stepping over unseen boundaries! At such a level of hypocrisy, it was more apt to call him a b*tch, rather than the son of one!

Zhang Yang smiled, and he said, "Some people just like to be smarty-pants, but in truth, these people are just boneheads!"

Even though Zhang Yang did not point out the name of the person he was talking about, but Humbly Gentleman had already condemned himself to the topic, so he grinned and said, " Zhan Yu, let me put this straight to your ears today! That piece of [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] of your can only be sold to me, and also, hmph hmph! If you refuse my toast, then you shall be forced to drink a forfeit!"

He put up his left hand and opened up to show his five fingers, and then he said, "500 pieces of gold! If you dare to give a price higher than this, from now onwards, hmph hmph, the customers that are in the shop right now shall come again everyday, and your business shall be zero!"

Falling Maple and the others were furious beyond words even before Zhang Yang could speak. They stepped forward to curse Humbly Gentleman for being a shameless Guildmaster, such a waste!

The more they cursed him, the happier he became. He is born a masochistic b*tch, feeling an itch when nobody cursed him.

Zhang Yang laughed out loud and said, "Gentleman, there is no need to bother yourself arguing with the likes of him, putting yourself to the same level as him!"

"Zhan Yu, let see how long more can you keep that smile of yours on your face! It's about 7pm now, you better hurry up and get ready for the auction! You are not going back on your words and give up on the auction for today, are you? Tsk tsk tsk, then we shall have this as the front page news for tomorrow!" Humbly Gentleman laughed as he felt prouder and prouder as the moment passed.

Previously, he was tricked of tens thousands of gold pieces by Zhang Yang, and it had bothered him since then, making his life miserable until now. If he could return the 'favor' as ruthlessly as possible, how could he rest peacefully in his sleeps for the rest of his days?

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "Hypocrite, what a shame, how much can a frog know while staying in the bottom of the well all the time? One cannot talk to summer insects about the ice!"

Humbly Gentleman was provoked, so he spoke, "Bastard! What's with all the freaking idioms!" As he was low in his cultural level, he hated people who loved to use idioms and poems the most.

Zhang Yang gave another smile and said, "When you have your own land properties in the future, you shall understand how idiotic you were today! Just like a buffoon putting up a great and entertaining performance for me to enjoy!"

"Hmph hmph, then laugh all you want now while you still can! Because later, you can only cry as much as you want!" Humbly Gentleman spoke out of his rage.

Zhang Yang shook his head, immediately he pulled up his land property setting and went into the configuration screen of his Little Merchandize shop. He can operate his shop at any point as long as he wanted to, only accessing the storage, checking the store's warehouse and monitoring the shop's marketing situation required him to be in the shop himself!

Entering the Little Merchandize's blacklist setting, Zhang Yang selected to blacklist a guild. After he entered the name 'The Dominators' into the entry box, he smiled and spoke to Humbly Gentleman, "Witness the great magic that I am about to show you!"

"What --" Humbly Gentleman had just begun to speak, but in a sudden, he realized that the men he arranged to stand guard within the shop had been respawned to a location 10 meters away from the entrance of the shop!

The members of The Dominators were at loss from the looks of their faces, having no idea on how did they miraculously been teleported out from the shop! Some of them attempted to rush back into the shop, but the moment they put their first steps into the shop, they were instantly repulsed, as if there was an invisible wall in front of them.

"Boss --" The members of The Dominators immediately sent Humbly Gentleman secret messages, saying that "I cannot get into the shop anymore! The system said that I am being refused to be accepted as the guest of the Little Merchandize shop!"

"Boss!"

"Boss --"

"Boss ..."

Similar secret messages were received and shown in front of Humbly Gentleman.

In just an instant, Humbly Gentleman's face turned ghastly pale, it was not a wonder that Zhang Yang was fearless towards all his actions and words. So, the owner of the land property had the power to expel the guests! Humbly Gentleman had not possessed any land properties before, and he thought that what he was doing can become a major hindrance to Zhang Yang. But now, his actions were completely wasted and he became a buffoon that had put up a great and entertaining performance! He had lost his face all the way down to the ground!

Zhang Yang did a gesture of welcome at Falling Maple and the others, "Gentlemen, the space is vast, welcome in!"

Falling Maple and the others were laughing out loud, one by one they passed by Humbly Gentleman before entering the Little Merchandize shop. They did not forget to show him their contented faces, provoking Humbly Gentleman to the point that he was having metal meltdown, it was marvelous!

"Zhan Yu, you --" Humbly Gentleman had finally exploded with anger.

But Zhang Yang replied with a "Aiya" and said, "It is almost showtime, I have to get ready for the auction, sorry that I cannot accompany you, Mr.Hypocrite!"

"Stay there!" Humbly Gentleman went into rage, and just when he was trying to move his legs to pursue Zhang Yang, he crashed into an invisible wall and instantly, he was bounced back!

'Ding! You have been listed as the rejected customer of the Little Merchandize shop, you cannot enter!"

The system announcement gently informed Humbly Gentleman by his ear, making him even more angry to the point that he almost puked blood!

After the humiliation he had sentenced upon Humbly Gentleman, Zhang Yang's mood had improved a lot, so he whistled along while waiting for the clock to strike 7. Awhile later, other than Sun Xing Yu, Han Ying Xue and the gang had arrived at the scene to witness the fiery scene of the auction that yet to happen.

The number of people were increasing, although the Little Merchandize shop currently was a 4-story shop, but the crowds were very tight, making the situation so much merrier.

Zhang Yang immediately issued a notice under the name of Little Merchandize, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, as it is too crowded at the moment, so we shall only entertain the customers who are here for the auction for the Guild Upgrade Order from 7 pm to 7:30 only! So, for those who does not wish to participate in the auction activity, please leave the premises for the time being, we appreciate your understanding. In addition, each guild just needs to send a representative on the line. If more than 2 members from a guild is present, I will have to use my right as the owner of the shop to kick players out! Your understanding will be greatly appreciated!"

After 3 consecutive times of publishing the notice, the crowd finally dispersed, the people left the shop premises one after another. But there were still some players without guild names wandering around in the shop.

Zhang Yang could not help himself but smile, secretly he told himself, so that Mr.Hypocrite has not given up on him yet? Making his members to quit the guild and come forth to stir things up again?

Once again, he pulled up his blacklist option in his land property setting, and by the name of the owner of the shop, he specifically put certain players' names into the blacklist list. He did not even have to identify the message of the players, as long as he confirmed, the system will record automatically.

Shoof shoof shoof, a lot more players had been kicked out of the shop.

Finally, it was 7pm, Zhang Yang officially began the auction for the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order].

"This is the moment that we have been waiting for, now, let's begin the auction for the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order]! You can bring up the item search page and enter 'Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order' or 'Guild Upgrade Order' or 'Upgrade' as the keywords to search and locate the item. Then you can view the current price of that item through the refresh button!"

"The base price for the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] is 50000 pieces of gold, each increment of the price must not be less than 1000 pieces of gold, and you can increase it as much as you want, to infinity! Everyone can freely increase the price, and when the price does not increase for 20 seconds, I will announce the price of the item and count 3 times. If no one is there to increase the price after the count of 3, the item will be sold!"

Zhang Yang smiled for a bit and said, "Then, let's begin!"

50000!

100000!

150000!

In front of Zhang Yang, there was a display, the above shows the changing price of the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] at all times, at the side of the price is the bidder's ID. The price will not be scrambled, because once a player has placed a bid, the player's money will immediately be deducted by the system, when the amount of his or her bid is overtaken by other's bid, the deducted money will be returned back to them to prevent anyone from bidding with malicious intent.

Han Ying Xue and the others surrounded around Zhang Yang, they were all pleased to see the drastic rise of the price. Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue were not short in money, so they just loved to enjoy the process of making money, but it was different for Fatty Han and the others. For them, tens of thousands of dollars is considered as an incredibly huge income!

"It's still rising, it's still rising!" Daffodil Daydream was screaming with excitement.

200000! 400000! 500000!

The price had increased to where the public can manage within such a short time frame. The second piece of [Guild Upgrade Order] is not as precious as the first piece, but still was one of a kind by it's own. It did not matter it is a large guild or a small guild, everyone has the urge to own it, and take the opportunity to strongly promote their own guild!

Therefore, the price has not reached the bottom line of acceptance of these particular players. The price was still increasing, just not as swiftly as before.

600000! 700000!

The price seemed to have frozen at 700000, and it stayed the same for quite awhile. Zhang Yang waited for a full 20 seconds before he started to speak, "The current price is at 700000 pieces of gold! 700000 going once... 700000 going twice... 70 going thrice..."

1000000!

The price on the display screen suddenly changed, increasing by almost 50% margin!

Zhang Yang was stunned, not because of the unexpected change in price, but because of the person's ID who placed the bid -- Snow Seeker!

What a rich woman!

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Chapter 177: High Price

In his previous life, the rumor that went around was that the Guild master of the Crimson Rage was a very rich person possessing a high profit earning cosmetic company. The company happened to have the name 'Crimson', founded by Snow Seeker herself.

In his previous life, Snow Seeker might not have made it into the list of top 10 players in the China region, but she was definitely one of the top 10 when it comes to fame! On the official website of the game company, there were always special interviews with One Sword Stroke, Snow Seeker, and other superstar players that were widely-known in the China region!

The current in-game gold piece had dropped to the ratio of 1:3, but 1,000,000 pieces of gold was also the equivalent to 3,000,000 dollars. Snow Seeker must have been a big-budget player, that was a total gamble at a very high stake!

The biggest difference between Crimson Rage and the other guilds such as The Dominators and the Imperial Sky was that their guild master is the direct sponsor of their guild's capital. With Snow Seeker taking the lead and directing the guild, the whole guild will obey unanimously! Moreover, a guild purely consisted of only female players had a specialized recruitment drive, once a lady player joins Crimson Rage, she will never jump to another guild ever again.

That was also the main reason the Crimson Rage will dominate the other guilds like Imperial Sky, The Dominators, in becoming the Number 1 guild in the White Jade City!

Seeing her risk a million gold for a bet just like that, could Sky Shaman and Humbly Gentleman possibly follow? Investment that involves millions would require them to consult their sponsors, the decision must not lie on them alone!

Zhang Yang brought up the voice communication device with Snow Seeker, before saying with a smile, "Guild master snow is really something, to show such a big hand, gambling at such high stakes without even a slightest flinch!"

Snow Seeker gave a light smile and said, "You have not seen me yet, how would you know that I did not flinch at all when I did it? I'm putting everything I have on the line, including my pension and funeral funds, and you believe that I didn't lose a drop of sweat doing it?"

If he did not know about the background of Snow Seeker from his past life, Zhang Yang would have difficulty imagining a beauty who soaks herself in the game everyday would possess assets that's worth billions! 300 million dollars may be an amount that is impossible to earn for a person's whole life, but for a rich player like Snow Seeker, it was like a hair pulled off a bull's back to her! The question lay on whether they were willing to pay so much for a virtual guild upgrade order!"

Other rich players like Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er simply play to enjoy the fun of playing the game, even casually relinquishing their positions as guild masters. To let them pay a large sum of money for a piece of guild upgrade order... absolutely impossible!

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Alright, if guild master Snow says so, I shall finalize the deal, and when I make the announcement, I will definitely speed it up a little by half a second!"

1,100,000!

15 seconds later, a new price immediately popped up on the the display screen, and the player who placed the bid was from the Falling Maple who were standing at the front of the entrance of the shop not long ago!

So many rich players! Zhang Yang could not help himself but to sigh for Snow Seeker, and he said, "Guild master Snow, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that there are too many rich people!"

Snow Seeker smiled lightly and said, "It's alright then, I guess I shall wait for the 3rd or the 4th piece of guild upgrade order then!"

Even though she was rich, she was not an idiot. If this is the 1st piece of the guild upgrade order, there would still be higher bids to come, but the 2nd piece... It's how it went for winners, every players will remember the party that took down the First Clear Title of the dungeon, but no one will even bother about the party who gets the 2nd clear, or the 3rd clear of the dungeon!

20 seconds later, the price of 1,100,000 pieces of gold remained. So Zhang Yang said, "The current bid is fixed at 1,100,000 pieces of gold, no one is willing to bid higher? 1,100,000 going once... 1,100,000 going twice... 1,100,000 going thrice! Sold!"

Pak! He pressed on the button to confirm the transaction, instantly concluding the deal.

"Wow, 1,100,000! That is actually 3,300,000 dollars, and 8 persons... each person can get 300,000!" Endless Starlight got too excited that he counted it wrongly!

Wei Yan Er giggled and said, "Silly Star-Star is stupid! 3,300,000 divided by 8, that should be 500,000!"

Oh my god... another mathematics idiot had self-destructed!

Zhang Yang burst into laughter, and he said, "Actually little silly is the brightest of all! Even thought she also counted it wrongly, she was overselling it, not only she did not suffer any loss, she had something to gain!"

The words were out and the gang were all laughing.

The auction of the [Guild Upgrade Order] had been a success, so the auction activity this time around had came to an end. But since they were already there, they casually continued looking at the other goods in the shop. Many did not rush to leave the shop with the intention to check for any good stuff left in the shop.

That was the effect Zhang Yang was hoping for. Even if a piece of guild upgrade order can be auctioned out for a price of 1,100,000 gold, but it will only be tens of thousands after dividing among themselves, and that amount is only enough to be equivalent to the Little Merchandize shop's one day profit. Therefore, he did not value it much. However, the popularity of the Little Merchandize shop had been increased thanks to the auction this time around. Although the profit of the shop still could not be compared to the system's auction house, the daily profit is definitely going to hit a new high!

The gold coins had reached the accounts, that was a solid 1,100,000 pieces of gold, without any deduction from the system! Zhang Yang immediately divided the gold coins and sent each share to the accounts of Han Ying Xue and the others, each of them received 137500 pieces of gold. He mailed over Sun Xing Yu's share.

"Everyone, hurry and trade the gold coins for cash, because the gold coins are depreciating as we speak, the longer we wait, the more we lose!" Zhang Yang told the gang.

Fatty Han and the others immediately ran out from the Little Merchandize shop as the bank is located not far away from the auction site, they could reach it by taking just a few steps out. On contrary, Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er were lazily hanging around with no intention to move their asses, that had provoked the curiosity of Zhang Yang on whether the both of them were really that obsessed with money, or if they were just in for the thrill of making money?

For the next 2 days, the gang continued to rely on the great opportunity offered by the addition of 100% additional experience points to grind and level up. However, the creeps and monsters in the 1st floor of the Centaur Palace are all level 40. When players reach level 48, they will no longer acquire experience points from these monsters.

Even so, within those 2 days, all of them had reached level 48, claiming the number 1 to number 8 places of the top level list of the White Jade City and the China region! It was a most dramatic, hostile takeover, because most of the players were level 42 at most. With the advantage of leading ahead by 6 or 7 levels, Zhang Yang and the gang were were a full month ahead in the game!

Now they just have to wait until they reach level 50 and open up the quest door, where they will clear the Poison Fireland and head for a new region to uncover an even more intense contest ahead!

Without the addition of 100% additional experience points, and also not able to grind by killing elite monsters, Zhang Yang and the gang had found themselves instantly slowed down. So they switched their focus to the level 40 monsters in the Canyon of Scattered Feathers, with each of them leveling up by themselves.

They continued leveling up day by day by clearing the dungeons in the castle interior once every 2 days. The Yellow-Gold boss Zac and all of the bosses in the centaur palace have been aligned to respawn once in every 7 days! The boss would not be respawning until the 11th of September already.

Even with higher levels and vastly improved equipment, Zhang Yang and the gang still spent 2 days to clear the whole Centaur Palace! Looking at the bright side, the rewards were Quite abundant, and putting them in Zhang Yang's shop could earn them quite a handsome amount of income!

Zhang Yang had also harvested two [Chaos Gem]s and upgraded his backpack to increase his space by 80 slots!

This time around, Zac had dropped a whole bunch of items and equipment that were not as good as the first time around, but the loots still included 2 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment and 4 pieces of Gray-Silver equipment, all of which were the highest quality level 50 equipment! Zhang Yang received a pair of boots, and he spent 100 gold coins to identify it. The attribute of the items had made him drooled for a bit.

[Lion's Blood Battle Boots] (Yellow-Gold, heavy armor)

Defense: 40

Vitality: 120

Strength: 48

Agility: 48

Level 2 socket

Equip: Absorb 200 damage every you are attacked.

Level required: 50

Daffodil Daydream had also successfully crafted the [Limitless Cape, and Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight both received a free one respectively. She crafted 8 pieces of the capes, with the remaining 6 being placed in the Little Merchandize shop for sale. They turned out to be hot sales, priced at 1000 gold for each cape. The capes were sold out within half a day, leaving Daffodil Daydream staring speechless as she viewed the results on her screen.

However, [Limitless Cape] was actually a level 50 Gray-Silver equipment, and also the first batch of the game's exclusive defense equipment! What is the most important thing for a party? Tank, obviously! No matter how poor a player is, the equipment of the tank must be complete, and this is the basic knowledge for all!

That was why Zhang Yang felt that Daffodil Daydream had priced the item too lowly! Daffodil Daydream simply did not have the business acuity. She felt that she only spent 500 gold as the cost to craft it, so selling it at 1000 gold was just enough, for a man cannot be too greedy!

What that was even more pitiful was that one of the materials for crafting the [Limitless Cape] was extremely rare, that was why Daffodil Daydream had enough to craft only 8 sets of the cape, with no possibility to mass produce.

Fatty Han and Endless Starlight were placed into the second party by Zhang Yang, having both of them fully responsible for the selection of party members. Members who registered for the selection were extremely enthusiastic, and in a short period of time, both of them had picked out 8 good players. There, the new party began their challenge of the death mode of the castle interior to reclaim the land, as a training ground for the new party members.

Zhang Yang was very impatient with the on the trivia matters on the management, so he usually handed over those trivial matters over to Fatty Han and the others to manage, to ease any conflict among the members, to regularly organize activities, and to also invigorate the atmosphere of the guild.

Over time, Zhang Yang found out that Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream were both very suitable to be in the management level!

Let's talk about Hundred Shots. He was loyal to the guild, and was viewed rather highly by all people. Every member would kindly call him uncle, even though he was actually only 30 years old! Everyone had great confidence in him.

On the other hand, Daffodil Daydream is a careful and detailed representative. The guild's only funding for guild activities is to be taken care by her, to manage equipment of tanks, oversee the treatment of the occasional equipment repair, and to buy red and blue potions. Every time she carried out a task, she would make a detailed account that which can be viewed clearly at just a glance!

Therefore, Zhang Yang had made a decision, to turn these two into professional players, so that they would have more time and energy to spend on the guild management.

He is the type of person who gets right on the job, the moment he thinks of something, he will immediately implement it!

"Hundred Shots, Daffodil Daydream, come over here and have a seat!" Zhang Yang had not opened up the 4th floor of the Little Merchandize shop, which was kept as a private spot for meeting purposes or other personal matters. Although players can communicate with each other through the voice communication device, it was best to meet face-to-face as it's more formal that way.

Zhang Yang smiled softly, then he said, "I hope both of you can help me by becoming Appointed Managers for the Lone Desert Smoke!"

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Chapter 178: An Interesting Scene

"Appointed Managers?" Both Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream gaped with their eyes wide open.

Zhang Yang smiled and explained to them. "That's right, as appointed managers, you will receive proper salary from the guild. You will have to put all your focus into managing the guild. Take it as a real job!"

Both Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream exchanged a confused and 'hard-to-believe this was real' kind of look. Both of them had jobs in their real life. It would be unwise for them to give up on their current job to be a virtual game manager. After all, how long could a game last for? 5 years? 10 years? It will eventually die down!

Zhang Yang laughed. "Hold on to your thoughts and listen to my explanation before you reject my proposal. So far, I will pay you 10,000 dollars as the fixed basic salary! In the future development of the guild, you'll get appropriate bonuses!"

Both of them expressed dubious expressions. Zhang Yang continued to explain. "You see, 'God's Miracle' started with around 5,000,000 players. Now, the number has risen to a staggering 170,000,000 players! This took only 2 months! This clearly demonstrates the pulling power of the game! I can be certain that the number of players would even exceed 1 billion! 2 billion, even! What does this mean then? This game is an endless, unlimited market and well of opportunities! If a guild is raised into a proper one, it could become a money-making machine!"

Hundred Shots scratched his chin and said, "Zhan Yu. It's not that I don't believe you! But this is just a too big decision for me to make now! I have to think of the risks and opportunities!"

Daffodil nodded.

Zhang Yang explained further, "As a guild, the perks and advantages would only come after level 50! Look at the current situation of the training grounds. The one closest to the main city is a level 10 training ground. Another area further out is the level 20 training ground, beyond that is the level 30 area and so on! By now, I'm sure that you have experienced it first hand on how troublesome it is just to get to the training grounds. Just taking the "plane" to the training ground would take around 1 to 2 hours!"

Zhang Yang paused a while and continued to speak. "Players would need to restock and resupply, they would need to fix their equipment, and they would need to visit the auction house, banks and more. All these would require them coming back to the main city. Think of how much time is being wasted just walking back and forth!? Right now, the furthest training area would take at least 1 to 2 hours, and when the game matures enough, level 50 fields and up will appear. To save players' time, there will be a territory in the map and has a teleportation circle, linked to the city's teleportation circle! [Teleportation Scroll] can also be used to bind to the map's territory and be used to teleport there as well!"

Zhang Yang leaned his chin on a hand. "Territory could be claimed! Anyone could fight for the authority of the Territory and claim the rights to obtain the fees for the Teleportation Circle! Think of it. If we set the fees to only 1 gold per use, how much gold would we receive when 20,000,000 players use it to travel daily?"

Of course, 20,000,000 might be a little too much to expect. But since a Territory could appear elsewhere, sharing it with at least 1,000,000 players is an easy feat! Right now there are already 170,000,000 players around, and the number will rise to 1 billion or even 2 billion!

Both Daffodil Daydream and Hundred Shot was shocked beyond words!

"To claim a Territory, I would need the strength of the entire guild! I can't do this alone or with just a few players! The guild would need to be a super guild to achieve such feat! I need more than just numbers. I need the players to be strong in fights and easy to work with!"

Hundred Shot thought for a while. "Zhan Yu, aren't you the soul of the guild? So far, everyone in the guild has viewed you as their idol! Everyone would be willing to do your bidding if you said so!"

Zhang Yang laughed loudly. "I'm just but a rather skilled fighter. I can bring a team into dungeons and claim the First Clear Achievement. That, I am good at. But to manage a guild, I don't have the patience and time for these troublesome matters. I need help. I need someone to help me settle the problems in the guild in my stead. I need someone to handle the guild's account! That is why I hope you guys to accept my proposal. Right now, the guild has nothing to offer to you. I can only issue 10,000 dollars as salary to the both of you for now. But, I do hope that after 2 months, our guild would be in shape to claim the game's first Territory! By then, your salary would be at least 100,000 dollars!"

Daffodil sighed and said, "This decision is still too large for me to decide now. I would need some time to think it through!"

Hundred Shots said, "I need to discuss this matter with my wife!"

Even if the popuilarity of the game was at its peak, but if all future updates of the game is squashed into this small period, anyone would feel rather anxious. No one could really predict how would 'God's Miracle' be like in the next few years! The current situation might just be a pre-festival!

Zhang Yang nodded his head. "You guys take your time to think about this. This decision might be the one that will affect your entire life!"

In all honesty, there were things that Zhang Yang could not reveal too much about! In his previous life, there were a number of player who had depended on the game to become millionaire, and even billionaires! A super VRMMORPG that had over 2 billion players worldwide, greatly exceeded the expectations of the game! Like football and basketball, soon, this game would be a culture among everyone. It would eventually be another large money making industry!

After 3 to 4 days of thinking, Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream did not let Zhang Yang down; both of them agreed to Zhang Yang proposal, having believed in him! Following Zhang Yang for the past few days, they had been selling equipment and had collected more than 100,000 gold coins! With the additional bonus of 400,000 gold coins that Zhang Yang had sold the [Guild Upgrade Order, both of them had earned at least 600,000 dollars in a short period of time!

If they had not quit their job, they might have to work for at least 8 to 10 years to accumulate that amount!

That was why, even if they did not have much hope for the "Territory", they could still follow Zhang Yang into fights and earn enough money to cover the loss of their job! They could even earn a large fortune just by playing the game! Even if 'God's Miracle' only operated for a year, they could earn say...around 1,000,000 dollars! By then, it would never be too late for them to find a new job!

Furthermore, when Zhang Yang had explained the interesting future ahead of them, how could they just let it pass by without grabbing it! Just thinking about it could give them many sleepless nights to come!

The two of them eventually quit their jobs and focused fully on the game. Zhang Yang had immediately issued their first month salaries as means to encourage their decision.

Under Zhang Yang's arrangement, Daffodil Daydream was to be the financial manager. She had immediately established the campaign to recycle old equipment for guild contribution points. The campaign was to encourage players to contribute their discarded equipment into the guild storage for points instead of selling them in the auction house. That way, high-level players could accumulate wanted equipment and low-level players would not have to grind the same dungeon over and over again! They would only need to complete a few guild quests to get the equipment they want!

Hundred Shots was tasked as the guild human resource manager. He would be in charge of recruitment and expulsion of the members of the guild. Lone Desert Smoke would only recruit players with suitable characteristics. Those who are egoistical, selfish, rude, or fraudulent in manners such as cheating in a dungeon for equipment, cheating players for gold, would not be recruited into the guild. Since the guild had many join requests every single day, Hundred Shots could not risk adding a rotten apple into the guild in order to prevent the guild from collapsing from the inside.

Under the supervision of those two; Lone Desert smoke had become lively and happy. Everyone was rather cooperative and had formed strong bonds between players. Slowly, the guild had managed to morph into a strong guild. It was not all because of Zhang Yang and his merry little band contributing to the guild's fame alone now. Eventually, they had their own way to shine.

...

On September 14th, 3pm, Han Ying Xue managed to reach level 50!

'Ding! Congratulation to Player Little Snow for being the first player to achieve Level 50! Obtained Luck 1!'

'Server Announcement: A Level 50 player has emerged in the game! The patch Expedition has official started! Players can find any guard in main city for further explanation of the patch! Further description of the patch can also be found in the official website!'

'Server Announcement: New Profession available! Rune Crafting has been added into the game! Please talk to the main cities' Rune Crafter for further explanation about Rune Craft!'

After a chain of announcement, players around the globe got excited and headed to the nearest guard to asked about the Expedition patch! Some of them even logged off the game to read the detail explanation in the official website. Other players found their way to the Rune Crafter in the city to ask about the profession.

Han Ying Xue and the rest of the gang were a little lazy. They know that Zhang Yang was a "Beta player" and quickly private messaged him for information.

To save time and trouble, Zhang Yang partied up with everyone and explained in the party channel.

"I'll talk about Rune Craft first." Zhang Yang coughed. The patch Expedition has been brought forward by as much as half a month earlier due to Zhang Yang presence in the game.

"Rune Craft consists of two parts. The first part, Break Down. The second, Rune Crafting. A Rune Crafter can disassemble equipment in the game and obtain Rune Essence! The better the grade, higher the level, the obtained Essence would be better! The equipment grade would change at every 30 levels. Let's say that I disassemble any level 10, 20, or 30 Black-Steel tier equipment, I would obtain a [Level 1 Black-Steel Essence]. If I disassemble a level 40, 50, or 60 Black-Steel equipment, I would obtain a [Level 2 Black-Steel Essence]."

"Rune Essences would be used to craft [Rune Stone]s. These [Rune Stone]s could be used to upgrade existing bonus attributes in the weapon! For example, Enhanced Strength 2 effect is obtained when an equipment is upgraded twice using [Rune Stone]s, increasing the Strength by 20 points. Enhanced Vitality 3 effect is obtained when the equipment is upgraded 3 times using the [Rune Stone, increasing HP by 160 points. The maximum upgrade count is 10!"

"High level [Rune Stone] can be used to upgrade low level enhancement. For example, a [Level 5 Rune Stone] could be used to get Enhance 4. It cannot go the other way around. To get a 5 enhancement, you must use a [Level 5 Rune Stone] or higher. When the equipment reaches Enhancement level 10, there will be an extra effect to it. For example, with Enhanced Vitality 10, every attack would have a Lifesteal effect! Now enhancing with [Rune Stone] has success rates. Once an enhancement fails, not only would the material would be burned, the original Enhance would also drop a level."

Zhang Yang laughed a little. "Why is the profession only being introduced now? If the profession was introduced into the game since the very beginning, no one would want to disassemble their equipment! Now, with majority of players reaching level 40 and more, the equipment that were discarded in to the auction house is just too much, to the point where new players would not need to grind low level dungeons to get their equipment! New players could just buy the items that they need from the auction house! This was not what the developers intended. Now that Rune Crafting is introduced into the game, many low-level equipment would be disassembled! This is one of the methods for them to earn a stable income as well."

"Huh..." said Wei Yan Er with her mouth wide opened. "In that case, what is this Expedition thing?"

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Chapter 179: Level 50!

"I assume that everyone knows now that there are 8 major cities in just China alone. In each city, the same level 10 to level 50 training grounds are there. However, once you're over level 50, players must leave the city ground and enter the training grounds beyond level 50. One more thing, you can't just simple walk or fly to there. There will be an extremely long quest to unlock the area!"

Zhang Yang sighed heavily in his heart. To think that Dream Technology was that good in doing business. They are obviously conducting daylight robbery; taking away player's money and gold, and yet they could present it nicely like a booby trap in a present box.

"What quest are you talking about?" asked Wei Yan Er.

"This patch is called Expedition. Which is kind of self-explanatory. We are to fight a large group of enemies in a large party! As the idiom goes, before you sortie, be sure to bring enough supplies. Without proper preparation of war, how could you even expect the soldiers to perform? That is why, as of now, players could head to the main city's Expedition manager to submit all kinds of materials. This is considered to be a repeatable quest. The items that they would take would be like, 20 pieces of [Cotton Bandage, or 10 bottles of any healing potions, and other random items as well! The NPC will take it all. Every time the NPC collects a material, the storage bulk will be filled up a little. There's a progress bar! Once the bar reaches 100%, the army will then set out to attack the enemy waves and unlock the level 50 training ground!"

"Damn...the system sure is sneaky!" said Daffodil Daydream.

Zhang Yang nodded, agreeing with her. "However, even if the players do not submit anything to the NPC, the progress bar would still go on by itself, only much more slowly! Once a player has submitted a certain amount of material, the system would award a chest which will has a 99% chance of dropping [Reputation Medal] and a 1% chance to drop other items such as equipment, recipes, [Gem Stone]! The grade of the item could range from Black-Steel to Yellow-Gold!"

"Y-Yellow?! Yellow-Gold?!" Endless Starlight choked.

Zhang Yang laughed. "Don't get your hopes up that high! I must warn you that the drop rate is only 1%. If you want to have Yellow-Gold tier drops, it might even be at rate of 1 in a million chance!"

"A chance is still a chance, I'd still go for it!" said Endless Starlight. "We have only managed to get 2 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment in 7 days from the Evil Necromancer Zac! How is that enough for us all?!"

Everyone else nodded. Who would not want to get their hands on the best equipment in the game? But the drop rate and the boss' respawn time simply made it impossible! Still, if it was set to be on an even scale, the equipment would be immensely downgraded like a street goods.

Zhang Yang further explained. "There are 64 major cities in the world, each of them will have their own respective progress bars for the expedition quest. Whichever city is the first to have their progress bar filled, will be able to send our their Expedition Army! Mind you that this fight will be like a huge, climatic war. When the war starts, there will be waves of monsters appearing from the base. I think it would be at least 10 waves! All waves will spawn an unlimited number of enemies and will be accompanied with a boss. All players must work together and only then we could defeat the monster attack. The NPC army will be joining the battle as well. However, the number of NPC will be negligible. The main attack would still depend on the players!"

Zhang Yang continued to explain. "After all 10 waves are over, the battle will only be over once the enemy general is defeated. Otherwise, the expedition army will sortie again after another 2 days. The first city to successfully defeat the enemy waves and the final general would be awarded with a buff. Everyone in the city will receive a 100% experience boost! Besides that, the top ten players who contributed the most in the war will received extra reward. It could be Grey-Silver, Yellow-Gold equipments, there could even be a skill book or a skill point!"

"The enemy general will drop a [City Order] at death. The person who obtains the [City Order] could be the Territory owner and also a "Hero of bla bla bla city" title. All repair fees, gem socketing, teleportation will be reduced by 50%! With 64 major cities in the world, the taking of one of them would end the war, and the remaining 63 cities' Territory would automatically be taken. All monster waves will end, and there will not be any luxurious rewards for the other city's players.

"After conquering the fortress, the teleportation point of all major cities will be open to everyone. Player can use these teleportation points to go to any city they want. Banks and auction houses of all eight major cities will share the same information, thus players are not required to go back to their own city to conduct transactions!"

"Following after the battle, the level 50 dungeon, Poison Fireland will be opened. This is a 20- man limit dungeon. Every player will have to raid this dungeon once to complete the level 50 class quest!"

Zhang Yang shrugged his shoulders to relieved himself. "Argh...anyhow, that's the summary of the Expedition patch content!"

"So you're saying that, we are competing with the other cities in the china server, as well as the global 56 cities as well?!"

"You're god damn right!"

"After level 50, all players in the china server would share a single map?"

"That's absolutely correct! Not just one though, many!"

"Well? What are we still standing here for?! Let's farm some items and be the first city to start the war!"

Zhang Yang nodded. "The item submission quest is not a quest for just one man! Everyone must contribute as well! Hundred Shots! Daffodil Daydream! I need you to announce in the guild and convey the importance of the Territory battle!"

"Roger!"

"Okay!"

Both Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream nodded. Every else dispersed after Zhang Yang had ended his explanation.

This submission quest was indeed a long and dragging quest! There was no way you can complete it in half a month!

Zhang Yang rode to the Griffin manager and rented a Griffin before flying to Canyon of Scattered Feathers to grind his level to 50.

After 2 days of heavy grinding, Zhang Yang achieved level 50 and equipped the Dragon Tooth Dragon Axe, Lion's Blood Battle Boots, Limitless Cape, and more level 50 equipment. His attributes had gained another huge upgrade.

HP: 11230

Weapon Attack: (1528-1728) x 105%

Strength: 437

Dexterity: 169

Defense: 420

Damage Absorption: 450!

Zhang Yang had invested all the skill points he had gained at level 50 and the Castle Interior's First Clear Achievement into Shield Wall. By then, this skill's cool down was reduced down to only 5.5 minutes!

Zhang Yang tore a [Teleportation Scroll] and went back to White Jade Castle and met up with the class instructor for a new skill.

"Young warrior! Your growth sure was fast! However, the path to strength is a far and harsh journey! Like the flow of the river, if you do not fight the current, you'll only be washed away with it's power. To grow stronger, you have to beat yourself! Now, are you ready to move on?!" Emmy looked rather excited.

Zhang Yang replied. "I'll accept every challenge!"

"That's the spirit! At least you have proven yourself to be fearless!" said Emmy while nodding her head.

'Ding! You have accepted the quest: Level 50 Class Quest!'

[Level 50 Class Quest] (Difficulty Level: Selectable)

Quest Description: Kill Roshan - Copper Hammer, and prove yourself to be a brave warrior! Roshan - Copper Hammer is now hiding in the Poison Fireland. That place is a dangerous area, so please bring along enough comrades with you in your journey! This quest has 3 Difficulty Level:

Level A, Kill Roshan - Copper Hammer in Hardcore mode.

Level B, Kill Roshan - Copper Hammer in Hard mode.

Level C, Kill Roshan - Copper Hammer in Normal mode.

Progress: Kill Roshan - Copper Hammer 0/1

The hardest level being A and not S? Zhang Yang snickered. By far, only Zhang Yang would know about it. This quest has a hidden option. After killing Roshan, and the hidden boss in the Poison Fireland dungeon, Silica, the Queen of Medusa, the quest would be upgraded to an S level difficulty and so would the reward.

However, the hidden boss was rather hard to defeat. It would take at least 4 to 5 days, or even 10 days' time to properly explore the boss' skill. No party would be willing to spend the time there! Once they have defeated Roshan, they would just submit the quest and head straight to the maps beyond level 50! No one would be willing to linger in the quest.

Because of that reason, this hidden option remained undiscovered for a long time! Until one day, a high-level player had returned to the area and babysit his recently joined friend and help him defeat Roshan and the hidden boss. Only then, was the hidden option was reveal to the public.

Emmy had only the quest for Zhang Yang and did not grant him any skills. From level 50 onwards, skills that are obtainable from the class instructors will be lesser. Those powerful skills could only be, and exclusively, obtained from skill books.

To complete the Level 50 class quest, he had to wait until the submission quest was completed and take the Territory down, only then the Poison Fireland would be unlocked for him. Zhang Yang encouraged the guild to complete the submission quests while at the same time, pick out the strong players among the weeds in his guild. He tried his best to upgrade the equipment they have.

'Server Announcement: Player 7 Prosperity Calf had obtained a shiny silver equipment from the Army Chest! He looked at the equipment and it was [Soaring Dragon Sheen Guard]!'

A server announcement was released out of the sudden. The equipment obtained from the player seems to have its properties attached in the text as well.

[Soaring Dragon Sheen Guard] (Gray-Silver, Leather Armor)

Defense: 12

Vitality: 120

Strength: 60

Dexterity: 60

Level 2 Socket 1

Level 2 Socket 2

Equip Effect: Increases Attack Power by 60.

Level Requirement: 50

Players around were rather agitated and excited by the equipment properties! Should they know, only Hardcore mode dungeon would drop Gray-Silver equipment! Most of the Gray-Silver tiered field boss had already been occupied by guilds. Small guilds and random guild-less players could not even lay their hands on the boss! Since the difficulty of the Hardcore mode was too much, the majority of players around could only return after over exceeding the dungeon by at least 20 to 30 levels.

Who would not want to have good equipment!? Those who did not have a strong party could only stare in envy as they see the shiny equipment on the bodies of other players. Right now, they would not have to raid dungeons or fight a bosses they knew that they could not defeat to obtain the equipment! Just because of that, players around were burning with passion to complete the submission quest as many rounds as they can to obtain equipment! The ridiculously low chances did not hinder them!

The system was rather fair to the players around. As long as a player obtained a Gray-Silver equipment from the chest, the system would announce in the channel to the world! Still, even then the proc rate was extremely low, there were at least 2 billion players around the globe! How low could it be to suppress the sheer number of players opening the chest and proc'cing an equipment? In an instance, the world channel was like a Chinese rolling scroll, scrolling down endlessly as many more players had obtained their own respective Gray-Silver equipment!

The power of a "role model" is truly impressive. This was especially effective when a lucky player proc'ced a Yellow-Gold equipment from the chest! Everyone was even more excited than before when they knew that there was a chance to obtain luxurious items! Even the high ranking officers from super guilds were agitated; they did not have any Yellow-Gold equipment!

Just like that, the entire world was send to a burning fervor!

Dream Technology was not only good at developing the game, but they were also rather smart at marketing! As such many items were recycle back into the system. Undoubtedly, as the economy of the game flourishes, the game company will earn a massive fortune!

Zhang Yang sighed heavily and contacted Han Ying Xue through the voice messenger. "You evil b*tchy snow woman, did you sell yourself to anyone in the Dream Tech? How could you explain the Yellow-Gold equipment from the chest?! The drop rate is insanely low!"

That's right. The lucky player in the game that had proc'ced a Yellow-Gold equipment was none other than Han Ying Xue.

Han Ying Xue snickered and replied. "Haha! That's right! I had to sleep with 2 men in one night! Aiyo! They were so rude and rough with me. My breasts are sore from them rubbing it so hard and roughly!"

Zhang Yang could not help but imagine her perky, voluptuous breasts...how would it feel like, having those soft bouncy balls rubbing his d -- Zhang Yang immediately felt hot and steamy. He changed his thoughts. That evil woman really knew what she is doing!

Zhang Yang changed the subject. "What is your Rune Crafting mastery?"

"Aiya! I had completely forgotten about it! Now that you have mention it, I need more level 40 Black-Steel and Green-Copper equipments! I'm almost reaching Advanced tier now! Help me a little!"

Zhang Yang dripped cold sweat. "Sister, how many Black-Steel and Green-Copper equipment have you already taken from me now?! It's been two days now! How can I continue my business while you take all my stocks?!"

Han Ying Xue was the only one in his gang to convert her profession into Rune Craft. Since this particular profession required endless disassembling of equipment to increase their mastery level, the profession required heavy investment! A normal player would not be able to train that high. The profession was mostly brought up ny a strong guild!

Han Ying Xue, being who she was with Zhang Yang, did not reserve herself while dealing with Zhang Yang. For the past two days, she had taken many equipment from the shop to disassemble them! Just two days, Han Ying Xue had burned away close to 50,000 gold coins worth of equipment. Ever since the introduction of the profession, the useless equipment had be of some use! Since the disassembled product would be the same, the price for each equipment had risen; indirectly raising the buying and selling price of the Little Merchandize Shop! Furthermore, as many players had taken the Rune Craft profession. Old equipment have become a scarcity in the market. There was high demand with low supply.

Han Ying Xue giggle a little and said, "Dummy! Are you trying to seduce me? Oh you bad boy!"

The way she said that was truly slutty yet alluring. Her words sent Zhang Yang's blood into a boiling rage, softening every part of his body except for one part!

What a b*tch! What a b*tch! Zhang Yang shook his head hard. "Fine! Fine! Fine! Just take the equipment!"

"Heh. You should have said that earlier. I wouldn't have to waste my sex appeal to attack you!"

Beep!

Han Ying Xue hung up.

It was an unspoken law that every guild had to raise a Rune Crafter. Since the risks and expenses to raise a Rune Crafter was extremely high, each super guild out there had carefully handpicked their members to prevent the cultivated Rune Crafter from jumping!

Han Ying Xue was rather reliable, as it was her and her cousin sister was the one that had built the guild originally. It's rather impossible for her to suddenly quit the guild to join someone else's. Beside, the b*tch was from a wealthy, billionaire family! She merely played the game for the fun of it! To think that other would buy her in using money was rather improbable.

Zhang Yang took out a few [Bandages] and herbs and submitted them to the Expedition Army's manager and obtained 12 [Army Chest]s. He only obtained 12 [Reputation Medals] from all the chest. It was rather expected and normal for him to obtain only the medals. In fact, it would be considered to be extremely lucky for him to obtain any equipment at all!

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Chapter 180: Expedition, Start!

Time flows like the river; in a flash, it was already the end of September and also the completion of the item submission quest!

'Ding! Players of White Jade Castle! The item submission quest has ended! By the order of the King of the Empire, the Army Expedition will officially start tomorrow at 10am! Please make your preparations for war!'

Everyone is the city received the system notification when the expedition item submission quest was completed.

"Please rest early tonight! Tomorrow is the day we fight in the war! The battle will be extremely draggy! My advice, do not stay up tonight! Rest well and be ready to fight a lengthy war!" Zhang Yang posted in the guild notice.

After the efforts of both Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream, Lone Desert Smoke had begun to display a professional guild's behavior. At least, for now, Zhang Yang could still control the members' actions to a certain level.

With the call from Sky High guild master, Sky Shaman, he called for a meeting for all big and small guilds to gather and discuss about the incoming war. All 63 guild masters sat together and had come to an agreement. Clearly, everyone treated this Expedition quest as their first priority. After all, it's for the glory of White Jade Castle, their own city!

Now that the official statement had been released in the official website, almost everyone had understood the details of the incoming war. In summary, survive and defeat all 10 waves of monsters and dominate the enemy base Territory! The battle will be hard, but the rewards will be worthwhile. According to the explanation, each minion will have a 10% chance to drop a Black-Steel equipment. Elite monsters will have a 5% chance to drop a Green-Copper equipment. And after each wave, there will be a boss that will drop a Gray-Silver equipment! There will be a chance for a Yellow-Gold boss to appear in the field as well!

However, each wave of minion will only have one boss, after all and all, there will be only 10 bosses in total. With such a low supply for so many players, the meeting between the guild masters went on and one as everyone discussed on how to properly distribute the chances to fight the boss. Without a proper arrangement, everyone will race with each other to kill the boss; a first come first served tactic leading to the demise of all!

After a thorough discussion, for the benefit of all, everyone had finally came to a decision that each guild will arrange their own positions in the battle ground and protect their own. When the boss appears in the field, whichever side that the boss appears to will automatically claim the right.

Without the guild's consent of invitation, other guilds shall not interfere with the boss fight! If any guilds broke the rule, they will make themselves public enemy number one!

Zhang Yang contacted Snow Seeker and Crimson Fire. Since they were his allies to begin with, they should watch each other's backs in the war! In the war, unless there is a player with a Celestial-tier equipment in the battle, everyone's strength in the war would amount to nothing without team work.

The 3 guild masters discuss and agree that in tomorrow's war, that all 3 guilds would form a single defensive formation and protect each other!

The next day was October the 1st, which was also 3 month after the launching of the game. Today is the day the Expedition Army sortie out!

'Ding! Players of White Jade Castle! The Expedition Army will sortie in one hour! Please pick up your swords and shields, the time to fight for the Alliance has come!'

Zhang Yang combined all 9000 and more players in the guild and formed 9 massive parties. Each thousand-man party will have one leader and 20 sub leaders. Each sub party will answer to the main leader and those main leaders will answer to Zhang Yang, forming an organized chain of command.

By then, players would not have to deal with the measly trouble of boarding a Griffin to travel all the way to the battle ground. One hour later, when the Expedition Army sorties, the Teleportation Circle will appear. An extra-large Teleportation Portal will immediately send the players to the battle ground.

One hour later...

'Ding! Players of White Jade Castle, please head to the Teleportation Circle to join the front lines! This historical battle awaits your arrival!'

Zhang Yang commanded his "troops" to stand by and let the crazy, bloodthirsty fanatics go through the portal first. Until 10 minutes later, when the number of players has substantially decreased, Zhang Yang pulled out his battle axe and cried out loud. "For victory!"

"FOR VICTORY, HURRAH!"

Now that Lone Desert Smoke had reached level 2, as long as players in the guild were at level 35 or more, they could go to the guild shop and buy themselves a [Storm and Gale Direwolf]! The majority of Lone Desert Smoke member were already riding on the back of their own magnificent and grand Direwolf, threading lightly through the portal and into a strange new land.

They appeared at the slope of a small hillside. Not far ahead was the army, with the flag flapping against the squall. The army was huddled together in a long stretching defense line and measured almost 10km far. Further ahead, about 500 meters north of where they were, stood a massive fortress that was built along the hills. The fortress was the only thing between White Jade Castle and the outside world!

The fortress of the enemy was affixed with many magic canons! Those contraptions were so strong that it could easily flatten, obliterate, smash, crush everyone at their current level!

Zhang Yang swiftly contacted Snow Seeker and Crimson Fire. The three massive guilds quickly group together and form a massive, 30,000 player alliance.

'Ding! The war will start in 30 minutes! Once the battle starts, the Teleportation Portal will close! Players who falls defeat can only revived in White Jade Castle and would no longer be able to participate in the war! Players must assist the Expedition Army to defend against 10 waves of enemy attacks. The Expedition will fail once all players are killed. After enduring all 10 waves of monsters, the Empire's Dragon Riders will sortie and join the war to destroy the enemy magic cannons. Defeating the enemy fortress' Demon General Nexxar will result in victory!'

'Ding! The system will record every single player's contribution in the war and will select top 10 players with the highest contribution and award them with luxurious rewards! Rewards will only be distributed if players wins the war!'

'Ding! Nexxar will drop [City Order] on death. Players who obtained the [City Order] will become the fortress owner and gained the rights to it. The player will also gain the title 'Hero of White Jade Castle'!'

'Ding! The Expedition will start over again in two days if players lose the war!'

Some of the player were getting impatient as the read through the system notification. One by one they shouted and screamed.

"Kill dem son of b*itches now! What are we waiting for? If we take down the fortress now! We will win the war! Why do we have to wait for waves of monster?!"

Small party of players rushed towards the fortress.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The cannon blasted from the fortress and killed all players that had stepped too far away from the defense line.

Being killed by monsters would not have any experience point deduction penalty. However, it will cost you're your equipment endurance! The repair fees were expensive!

Seeing is believing; and when other players and seen what if to become of them if they rushed into the warzone, so each of them quietly waited for the waves of monster.

Zhang Yang switched to the party channel and said, "Note that when you die in the war, that will be the end of it. You cannot get anything anymore, not experience, not loots, nothing. That is why you must fight to stay alive! The amount of equipment dropped from monsters is not as important as the experience they could give out! This is a good chance to raise your level quickly! Furthermore, there is a Yellow-Gold boss! I don't care about a Gray-Silver boss! But we must grab that Yellow-Gold boss!"

'Ding! The war will start in 20 minutes! Once the battle starts...'

The system notification pops out again to remind the players the time they had left to prepare.

'Ding! Server Announcement: Longainer City army had started the war!'

The world channel announced a message.

Han Ying Xue and the rest of the party was rather baffled by the announcement and asked. "Zhan Yu, where is this Longainer city? How could they have started the war that quick?"

Zhang Yang thought about it a while and explained. "I think its somewhere in the European country. Ah. Players from Longiner City are mostly from North Europe!"

"Ahh. North European...I see. That place is doing quite well. Most players are otakus anyway! That is why even with lesser players, they could still proceed with the quest rather quickly."

North Europe's society welfare was rather well during then. Many of those unemployed citizens could easily live comfortably as those who were employed, by using their government welfare funds. That was why the number of NEETs1 were rather high.

With someone already on their tails, players from White Jade Castle were rather agitated. Afterall, this was would determine the standing of each city! Anyone would want to fight for their own city's honor and glory!

'Ding! The war will start in 10 minutes..."

'Ding! The war will start in 5 minutes...'

Zhang Yang walked to the front of "his army" and cried out. "The first few waves of monsters are rather easy to fight! We should stand in the front line and fight. We have many healers here so it should be fine! NPCs cannot receive any heals from players! So, we should let them handle the later waves! All Guardians, Defenders follow me! We shall stand in the front line!"

With both Snow Seeker's and Crimson Fire's agreements, Zhang Yang had been selected to lead all 3 guilds.

Thousands of players followed Zhang Yang to the front and went even further ahead of the NPC army. The front most position was filled with Guardians and Defenders forming a solid defense line. Behind them were the attacking classes and behind them were the healers and supporters. Zhang Yang had even commanded all melee attackers to stay behind the defense line to protect all ranged attackers and healers. They were tasked to kill off any monster and had made it through the defense line.

When other guilds saw how Zhang Yang had form his defense line, they began to mimic his strategy. While some of them had followed Zhang Yang's arrangement, other cowered behind the NPC, some even went as far as the slope's peak! Obviously, they wanted to take advantage of the NPC to take on all monster's firepower and play it safe.

This method, was clearly represented by The Dominators! Not only had they hidden behind the NPC army, they too had gone back to the slope's peak! It's not that they wanted to remain at the slope. They could not withdraw any further since there was an invisible wall that prevented them to do so.

Standing at the top of the slope, Humbly Gentleman looked down onto Zhang Yang and grinned. "Hmph. Dumb prick. Do you really want to play hero that badly? Heh! I shall see who squirms in pain when he dies!"

A player standing next to him spoke out. "Boss. Isn't is better for them to burn into dust? Who else can compete for the contribution rank with us? Hmph, I say, all bosses will belong to us, The Dominators!"

Humbly Gentleman laughed. "You're god damn right! This is what I would call, making a wedding dress2 for someone else!"

"As expected of our brilliant boss! Besides, I've even seen people wearing wedding dresses but not for their wedding! They say we learn as we live and we can use that knowledge as we grow! Truly magnificent!" That underlings knew that Humbly Gentleman was just saying things that he did not know, or rather, Humbly Gentleman was a man with little knowledge of the world, yet his underlings would still kiss his ass for it.

Humbly Gentleman looked at his underling with much appreciation and satisfaction.

'Ding! The war will start in 1 minute!'

'Ding! The war will start in 30 seconds!'

10, 9, 8...

3!

2!

1!

A war horn was heard.

'Ding! Battle start!'

'Ding! The first wave of monster has started to come out from Tukulo Fortress!'

With system notification, the door to the fortress opened and countless of blue apparitions rushed out of it like water from a dam! Most of the monsters were at least 2 meters in size yet a few of them were as tall as 10 meters tall, fairly visible among the crowd of monsters. The smaller ones were normal monsters while the big ones were obviously elites.

[Apparition Guard] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 51

HP: 5,100

Defense: 50

[Apparition Killer] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 51

HP: 100,00

Defense: 300

After the implementation of the patch Expedition, players can now check the monsters Defense value.

Zhang Yang raised his shield and sword and cried out. "Protect the front line! Stand your ground!"

"PROTECT THE FRONT LINE!"

"HURRAH!"

"Kill!"

As thousands of voices screaming out their battle cry, a strong aura was permeating from everyone, influencing the nearby player to be as passionate and eventually, the entire field was radiating with strong zeal!

"GO GO GO!"

"KILL!"

Zhang Yang cried. "Let's kick some ass!"

"WOOOOAHHHH!"

Thousands replied his cry.

THUD! THUD! THUD!

Marching sound was heard as the monster was approaching the players.

BOOM!

The first strike was unleashed, marking the first attack of the war!

1NEET - Not under Employment, Education, nor Training. Refers to young people who were jobless and were not looking for a job.

2Wedding Dress - This phrase is a common idiom in china. It describes someone else putting in effort for someone else's sake. Here, Humbly Gentleman used the phrase to describe Zhang Yang doing all the work whilst Humbly Gentleman stands there waiting for the opportunity to grab all the glory.

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Chapter 181: First Wave

The tanks in the front line has formed a rigid, impregnable defense line, while the ranged attackers standing behind them had started to cast their AoE skills at the monsters that were grouped tightly together!

Zhang Yang cast Horizontal Sweep and dealt more than '3200' damage to all monster in the semi-circular area in front of him. He then stomped the ground and cast Thunder Strike dealing another '444' damage! Wham! Blast Wave was cast and a similar '444' damage was dealt.

In this chaotic situation, all skills and attack could only be cast upon instinct, not anticipation of the enemy's actions. As a tank, he must stand his ground firmly without moving around. He needed to make sure that no monsters could get pass him or else they would threaten the attackers standing behind. The number of monsters were pouring in like tsunami in the ocean. No one knew exactly how many monsters are there behind the front line! How much could a single tank handle? Only a full battalion of tank could do so much.

While the monsters around Lone Desert Smoke and Crimson Rage were blocked off, not all player were able to perform just as strong as them. Other side of the warzone, monsters had already penetrated the player defense line and had clashed with the NPC army.

The sound of war echoed throughout the field, clashing and banging of metal against metal. This is the true opening of the full-scale warfare in 'God's Miracle'!

With the level 50 Yellow-Gold Dragon Tooth Battle Axe in his hand, a full Gray-Silver tier equipment clad his body, coupled with the 50% defense negation passive, even as a tank, Zhang Yang's damage output was overwhelmingly devastating! Especially when he had use Horizontal Sweep, he could easily deal 3200 or more damage and 6400 if it was a critical strike! If he got a Lucky strike, his damage will burst out with a 9600 damage. It was enough to trigger a heart attack to anyone who witness his power!

Is...is this motherf*cker really a Guardian?!

Tanks regardless of class had one unique AoE skill for themselves. A Guardian had Thunder Strike while a Defender had Devotion. Defenders also had Spike Shield which only trigger when one was attacked. Zhang Yang was an odd ball among all tanks, as other than Thunder Strike he also had Horizontal Sweep and Blast Wave!

In a fight like this, with tanks standing in the front line with that many attacks, their Rage would be built up without limit and they could just simple cast all their skills once the cool down finishes. With Horizontal Sweep alone, Zhang Yang had already on par with Spellcasters and Hunters in terms of damage. Adding on Thunder Strike and Blast Wave to the equation Zhang Yang had long exceeded the rest of the attack and became the strongest attacker in the field. He was obviously ranked first in the contribution list and left the second ranked player far behind.

Contribution points were measured in attacks dealt and also healing amount. To balance the contribution measurement, tanks would have a bonus counting system that would multiple the damage deal by a certain amount to balance the low damage tanks.

However, Zhang Yang had nothing to do with the regular low damaging tanks! This guy's damaging power was like an apache attack helicopter. Bom Bom Bang Bang! This guy would drop hell from above when you least expect it! How would his contribution point be low?!

The two other tanks who were standing next to Zhang Yang was rather bored since all the monster that approached them only targeted Zhang Yang instead. Their own roles were lessened by a notch and had only to make sure the line remained impregnable to monsters. They would only need to make sure Zhang Yang was not surrounded and to kill off any other enemy that risked breaking past the line, putting the healers and attackers in danger.

Apparition Guards had a basic attack of around 1000, and when they attacked Zhang Yang, he would only receive 20 damage after deducting his Defense value, 20% damage reduction, and the equipment own 450 damage absorption effect! Only around 10 monsters could attack Zhang Yang in one instant; and all those attacks were only just petty tickle to Zhang Yang!

When the Apparition Killer appeared, Zhang Yang gathered his concentration and fought seriously. Even though the number of these elites were just a few, when one struck hit Zhang Yang, he was received more than 800 damage in one strike. Han Ying Xue quickly cast a Regeneration and went on her way.

Others where not as strong as Zhang Yang with Han Ying Xue the super healer supporting his all the way, when the battle had only started not too long ago, many front-line tanks had fallen and allowed many monsters to spill into the crowd of players. Now it was the chance to let other attacks such as the Berserkers, Bandits, Templars and other melee attacking class to shine. All of them rushed to meet the monsters and killed them all. Even without a tank to hold the monster's aggro, a beautiful woman would automatically attract man; and good monsters would attract players to attack! Elite or not, this Apparition Killer had 100,000 HP, but it was still killed off by 10 over players in only 10 seconds or so. The monsters could not even kill a single player!

The NPC army were not just sitting ducks there doing nothing while Zhang Yang and the rest of the tanks were fighting with their might. The monsters that were attacking from the front could not trigger the NPC army behind the defense line, but once the monster had broken through the tanks and headed for the ranged attackers, the NPC army would initiate their attacks on them monster and help the players.

The monster kept on pouring in endlessly; and when one bunch was killed, another would take its place! The cycle would only repeat endlessly! Luckily, the sheer amount of experience points provided by the monster were so much that many golden lights kept on flashing on and on; players were gaining levels here and there. The level 20 to 30 players that had joined this battle were definitely in for a treat!

While the monsters around gave out precious experience points, they would also drop equipment. Even though the drop rate of 10% was rather low, but the sheer number of monsters made up for it, the floor was filled with many Black-Steel equipment and a few Green-Copper equipment as well! Since the battle ground was still filled with monsters, no one actually dared to step forward to pick up the loots. Only the equipment that were lying around between the players crowd could be picked up; they were dropped by monsters that had broken through the defense line.

50 minutes later...

'Ding! The first wave boss Bangla has appeared!'

Along with the system notification, a large, 50-meter-tall giant flying Apparition appeared in the field. The minions stopped spawning.

[Bangla] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 51

HP: 10,000,000

Defense: 600

"F*ck! 10,000,000 HP?! It's just a Gray-Silver boss! Look at that Defense! 600?! How do you expect us to kill it?! I have only a level 40 Gray-Silver equipment and only 1200-1400 damage! I would only hit with less than 50% of my original power!" Fatty Han cried out as he check the boss' properties.

Zhang Yang laughed. "This is rather normal! Look at how many players we have right now! If the boss did not have that much HP, wouldn't he die after 2 to 3 seconds?"

Fatty Han nodded. The number of player participating in this war could easily exceed 2,000,000 players! However, not everyone could damage the boss at where they stood. At most, only 100 to 200 players could attack the boss in the same time, it could be a rather fast kill too!

"Noob tank! Let's get that boss!" Wei Yan Er squealed.

"There are still many monsters around here! We can't just rush out even if we want to! Keep an eye at where will the boss go!" Zhang Yang smashed a Destructive Smash and instantly killed many monsters around him with a critical strike!

The boss' movement speed was not all that fast; it took him forever just to move 500 meters. By the time the boss had arrived, players had already killed most of the Apparition Guards around. By then, battle cries from players could be heard filling the air.

"Kill the boss!"

"WOOAHHH"

When Zhang Yang had noticed many players rushing over to the boss, he had immediately called out to his guild mates via the guild channel. "Don't rush to the boss just yet. Any boss that appears in full scale war like this would definitely be strong as f*ck. Don't throw away your life! Take this chance and get all the equipment that belong to us!"

In that instant, as if those players were trying to prove Zhang Yang was right, most of the player that had rushed over to the boss had gained its aggro. The boss waved its right arm and a huge black hole appeared among the rowdiest players.

'-4000!' '-4000!' '-4000!'

Players that were standing on the hole received continuous damage every 2 seconds, instantly killing most of the players there! Those that were still rushing into the fight and suddenly pulled the handbrakes and turned around, running away like they saw their ex-wives chasing them with a knife.

The slow and sluggish boss had suddenly moved around with such agility, as if the steroids that he had taken earlier had finally kicked in. One by one, the boss chased after the players and killed them by summoning more black holes. Eventually, without much effort, the boss had killed off most of the players that had rushed over earlier.

Those players that arrived slightly later had gratefully thanked their own tardiness. If they had rushed in along with the earlier players, they would have joined them in their death. Everyone took the chance and rushed to the other way and picked up the loots and equipment on the floor. If the items were left on the floor un-looted, they will disappear along with the monster's corpse after a fixed duration.

In an instant, players around would not step forward anymore. In fact, no guild would dare to make the first move to attack! When a boss appeared, it was just too strong for any random guild to take on! Secondly, every guild master had already come to an agreement about the boss. It was the boss to decide whom shall claim his loots! With much haste, the boss had entered Sky High's defense line.

Sky High guild master, and also the main tank of the guild, Sky Shaman, a Dwarf Guardian, had quickly gathered 20 other well-equipped tanks to join him to tank Bangla. Behind them were ten and more healers supporting the tanks. Within seconds, Sky Shaman had successfully hold onto the boss aggro and the ranged attackers from Sky High had started their assault. Their melee attackers had all stood back, preparing themselves from getting hit by the boss devastating AoE attack.

The boss had the extremely thick 600 Defense value, not only that, it also had a similarly strong Magical Defense as well. Even with 5 layers of Cripple Defense on it, most players' attacks were already reduced by 40% since their equipment were at level 40 Green-Copper and their character level was only at level 45; their damage was only around 500 over.

Those player that with that standard of level and equipment were the majority of all the players in this war. After all, not many could get their hands on the level 30 or level 40 Gray-Silver equipment!

90%, 80%...

Bangla's HP was just too much for them to handle. Even though they had several hundred players surrounding the boss attacking, the HP bar was dropping at an extremely slow pace! Sky Shaman was clearly holding onto the boss aggro firmly but yet it could still toss a black hole among the crowd from time to time. As long as players were gathered closely together, they would be killed without being able to dodge the skill in time.

When Bangla's HP had been reduced down to 30%, Sky High had already lost more than a few hundred players. However, if there were no other unexpected incidents occurring, the boss should eventually fall to Sky High.

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Chapter 182: Shameless Pricks

Just as everything was going smoothly, The Dominators started to rush towards the boss!

The moment The Dominators initiated a move, countless of guild-less players, as well as guilds that were too small to even participate in the guild master's meeting yesterday, all poured in after them.

Due to the status of Sky High as a Chinese Super Guild, many did not want to get on to their bad side, and had respectfully kept their distance, leaving the boss to them. But as they saw the similarly ranked Dominators charging in, nefarious thoughts, rising up from human nature, took over their minds.

If they were to join the fight, it would be like vultures picking clean the bones of carcasses left as remnant's of a lion's meal...

Facing the swarm of players, Sky High, acted in manner fit for a professional guild. Some of the players broke off from the boss fight, quickly forming a circular defense line. Thousands remained with the boss, hacking for all they were worth. These vultures would have to go through the defense line, if they wanted the boss!

The atmosphere turned dreadfully hostile in an instant.

Sky Shaman cried out. "Hypocrite! You f*cking bastard, do you want to KS the boss??"

Humbly Gentleman smiled gently and laughed. "Sky Shaman. Which pair of eyes told you that we've even touched the boss?! Can't we just come closer and witness your strength from the front rows?"

Sky Shaman silently muttered to himself.

Watching the boss' HP starting to drop, the smaller guilds started to feel the anxiety. Slowly, one by one, they started launching attacks. It was not like they were attacking Sky High players, they simply wanted to land a strike on the boss!

In 'God's Miracle', the system will register a player as part of the attacking force. Being registered as an attacker would grant anyone a chance to obtain the battle loots! When the boss falls, anyone could run to the area and take the loots if they were registered as such!

With the smaller guilds starting to attack, the random players around joined in and started to attack the players from Sky High.

Sky High is strong. Their average player level was rather high! With proper equipment and skill, they could be described as a strong lion! Those smaller guilds would never be on par with Sky High. Despite their best efforts, they were like hunting hounds at most!

A single hound may be useless while facing a lion, but if say...5 or 6, or perhaps 10 to 20 hounds attacked a lion? The outcome would be different!

Just like that, the defense line formed by members of Sky High was broken. A large number of players started to break through their defense and landed hits on the boss! As long as they could land a hit, they would be able to pick up the drops! That was, if they were still standing when the boss is killed!

"Noob tank! Should we KS the boss as well?" Wei Yan Er nudged Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang smiled. "Let it be! That's just a level 50 Gray-Silver boss. The drops will be nothing compared to anything that is Yellow-Gold tiered! We already shook on a deal with Sky High. There will be no KSing of each other's bosses. Why would I jeopardize our good relationship for a mere Gray-Silver boss?!"

"Oh!"

Zhang Yang and his little merry band of friends had already defeated a level 40 Gray-Silver boss and a level 50 Yellow-Gold boss! None of them had any desire to fight Bangla ever since they tasted the blood of far greater foes.

That being said, if The Dominators up and KSed the boss, Zhang Yang would surely bring a few men into the fray! If you ever attempt to communicate diplomatically with Humbly Gentleman, you may as well be playing catch with a wall!

Pouncing on the opportunity, The Dominators made their move. Through the gaps that other players have made, they made their way through to the boss.

"Brother Sky Shaman, I have brought along my brothers from The Dominators! Do not fret! With two guilds working together, I'm sure we can punish these unlawful players!" cried Humbly Gentleman as he commanded his underlings to attack the boss.

Sky Shaman was so infuriated that he could feel the rage in him rising up like hot bile! Could anyone go lower than this scum!? It was this bugger himself who brought his men here! Others had taken advantage of the situation and made it worse! Those smaller guilds and random players could not have known what the bigger guilds had already carried out a meeting prior to this! Of course they would be driven to this point when Humbly Gentleman made a decisive move!

In the end, Humbly Gentleman is just here to KS the boss, on the premise of 'helping' them fight off the other players! This f*cking hypocrite had gone even lower than what Sky Shaman could ever imagine!

Sky Shaman bellowed angrily. "You shameless prick! F*ck all 18 generations of your ancestors!"

Humbly Gentleman laughed it off. "All 18 generations have already turned to dust in the earth! Feel free to f*ck them if you want. I'm afraid that you might not find any holes for your little d*ck."

Sky Shaman was rendered wordless. How could he face someone as shameless as him? To argue with this humongous assh*le would only cause him to vomit blood! Sky Shaman could only command the guild members to kill anyone close to the boss, preventing other players from grabbing the loot.

There were many players around, but Sky High had no problem dealing with the boss. On the contrary, the boss was killing players off at even faster pace! The boss swung a gigantic arm and cast many black holes everywhere. The entire area was almost engulfed in black dye, instantly killing countless players around!

Wei Yan Er pouted her lips and said, "Look at those petty players. It's like they have never seen a boss in their life before! It's just a level 51 Gray-Silver boss! It will only drop level 50 Gray-Silver weapons at most. It's not like it's going to drop any Yellow-Gold stuff!"

Zhang Yang shook his head and laughed at her. "Little brat! We just only fought Zac a few days ago and got some Level 50 Yellow-Gold and Gray-Silver equipment for ourselves! To them, a level 50 Gray-Silver equipment is by far, the best equipment they have ever seen!"

Han Ying Xue sighed and said, "Curiosity killed the cat; greed killed humans!"

Fatty Han opened his mouth to say something. But before he could speak, he turned around to glance at Sun Xin Yu and turned back again quietly and silently. His face looked like he was holding in a massive turd; twisted up to look extremely uncomfortable and full of pain.

Zhang Yang sighed heavily and said, "Fatty, if you have something to say, just say it. It's not like it's our first time listening to your crap!"

"Men would die for his d*ck, Woman would die for ..."

BAM!

Before he could finish his sentence, everyone close enough had already smacked his head.

"The boss is about to die!"

Amidst the chaos, someone had screamed out loud. Non-tank players who had fallen back after throwing in a hit or two were already charging back in, getting ready to fight for the boss' drops.

"MA LA BA SHI DA!" Bangla cried out and his huge body blew up, dealing massive damage to every player within a 20 meters radius. It then turned into a paper-talisman which dropped onto the floor. Similarly around the area, many equipment were dropped.

When the boss was killed, the explosion had killed off all non-tank players. Only a few higher HP tanks remained around the corpse. Sky Shaman reacted quickly and picked the loots as fast as he could.

When the rest of the players around tried to pick the items, they quickly noticed that the items were not entering their inventories. "Guild leader! Switch to free-pick mode! Don't use Leader Distribution mode!"

Whenever a super guild like Sky High attempts to kill a boss, most parties would choose to use Leader Distribution mode to pick the items. This was to prevent spies in their own guilds from running off with the items! Sky Shaman was the guild master of Sky High, and naturally, the party leader of the entire network of parties. However, the tanks from other guilds would not necessarily be party leaders. Even though members of the party had the right to pick up items, only the party leader would have the authority to distribute the items. When that happens, they could only wait for the leader to make the decision!

By the time the other parties had switched the distribution mode to free-pick, Sky High had already looted most of the equipment around, leaving only a handful of Green-Copper equipment around for the others.

What a bloody waste! They had lost so many players and because of one small detail, they had wasted their efforts for only 1 or 2 Green-Copper equipment! What a huge let down.

Zhang Yang had been laughing hard on the other side of the warzone.

Once the boss was defeated, other guilds started to disperse. With 9 more waves of monsters coming up, it was not a good time to start a civil war. To put matters into perspective, while KSing the boss, close to 3000 players had died.

Even though Sky Shaman had managed to loot most of the drops, he remained in a foul mood. He turned to The Dominators and screamed, "Hypocrites! When this is over, I will personally bring my own army to destroy you!"

Even though Sky High was a strong guild, The Dominators were not weak. Humbly Gentleman replied immediately. "Sky High! What are you getting all work up for?! I brought my troops to help you! How could you not recognize the deed that I had done!?"

"Bullshit!" Sky Shaman cried. "If you had not brought your f*cking men down here, none of the random players would have attack! F*ck you! I had clearly saw what you had did! I'm KSing the next boss you fight, and if I don't, I'm f*cking deleting my account!"

Humbly Gentleman scolded back. "Shy Shaman! You're such a petty little man! I helped you out, with good intentions! But you would bite me back after what all that, like a rabid dog! What on earth has happened to you!"

"Holy..." Fatty Han nearly slipped and fell. "Isn't...isn't that just too shameful for him to be saying it out loud?"

Zhang Yang shook his head sadly. He did not know Humbly Gentleman well enough, and never would have imagined the level of indecency that man was capable of!

Sky Shaman was filled with pure rage. If he had not been a guild master of a super guild, having to maintain his status and protect his guild's interest, he would have already thrown down the order to kill everyone from The Dominators!

'Ding! The second wave of monsters have started to come out of Tukulo Fortress!'

Just 30 minutes after Bangla's defeat, the system beeped again and countless red colored monsters started to emerge out of the fortress. The march of the little red devils could easily be seen with the naked eye as the monsters were easily distinguishable via the dangerous, red color that one would associate with disaster. The monsters that emerged out were mostly red devils, approximately 1 meter in height. While the lesser few were at least 3 meters tall, darker in color. They were obviously the elite.

[Little Devil] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 52

HP: 5,200

Defense: 50

[Malevolent Little Devil] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 52

HP: 100,000

MP: 40,000

Defense: 300

Zhang Yang immediately shouted out his orders. "Regroup! Now! Prepare for the next wave!"

Scattered members from Lone Desert Smoke, Crimson Rage, and Lost Paradise converged quickly and reformed the defense line. Tanks and ranged attackers got to their positions while healers prepared themselves for support.

As the sea of red monsters approached closer with every passing second, the tense atmosphere in the air grew heavier. Anxiety, worry, and dread grew to a fever pitch.

Zhang Yang activated Blood Rage and gained 30 Rage. With that, he activated Horizontal Sweep and swung his sword with brute strength, dealing more than 3000 damage to all monsters nearby.

Several "-3000!" damage texts popped out, displaying such devastating power to those around him, rousing their morale.

While Zhang Yang was ditching out bombastic damage, he was only receiving menial, petty damage from the monsters.

"-29!"

"-32!"

"-24!"

While Zhang Yang was dealing super-crazy-high damage to countless monsters around, he had only received cat scratches from them. It was estimated from all the collective damage, that by average, he was receiving about 30 damage per monster.

"-1552!"

In an instant, a huge Fire Ball came flying through the air and blasted Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang turned around swiftly and retraced the direction of the projectile, finding that the attack came from a Malevolent Little Devil. Unlike those little devils, the elite monsters were magical attack types! To make things worse, the monster's attack range was really far; to be able to strike Zhang Yang from 20 meters away! In between the elite monster and Zhang Yang was a crowd full of monsters cramped up together, forming their own version of defensive line, allowing the monster behind to cast its spells away without any worry.

Zhang Yang cried out to Hundred Shots. "Hundred Shots! Get over here!"

Hundred Shots listened and complied. He made his way from all the way back to where Zhang Yang was.

"What's up?"

"See that tall one there? I need you to attack that Elite monster and kite him towards me!"

"Roger that!"

Hundred Shots immediately went ahead and shot the monster. Once Hundred Shots had managed to draw the attention of the elite monster, it turned towards him and fired a Fire Ball.

"-2500!"

Hundred Shots spontaneously turned and ran back, kiting the monster closer to where Zhang Yang could start his assault. Being out of the firing range, the monster's spell was interrupted and it was forced to move closer.

Zhang Yang immediately cast Provoke and forced the Malevolent Little Devil to change its target to Zhang Yang. The monster stopped mid-stride and immediately started chanting a spell.

Crash Magic!

Zhang Yang successfully stopped the spell from casting and also inflicted a Silence effect for 3 seconds; preventing the monster from casting any other skills within the debuff duration. Unable to use its regular magical attack, the monster resort to using its claw to attack.

0!

As a magic type monster, the Malevolent Little Devil had only around 500 physical attack damage. After going through his defense and passive skills, Zhang Yang literally felt nothing!

With the massive party's attack, the monster's 100,000 HP was nothing to be concerned about. Within seconds, the party took down the monster effortlessly.

Once the second wave of monsters attacked, the classes which did the most damage were Spellcasters. They were the naturally AoE killers; with Rain of Fire or Hail Storm being able to inflict more damage than a Hunter's Barrage! However, the one major disadvantage was that all Spellcasters would require MP to cast any skills! Naturally, AoE spells were the ones that consumed the most MP! At most, a Spellcaster could only cast around 10 AoE spells before needing to withdraw from the front line to restore their MP. However, in battle mode, players could not just sit down to nibble on recovery snacks. To recover HP or MP, they could only depend on Spirit and MP potions, which were rather inefficient.

This time, it was the Hunters who could display their strength since they depended on Focus points to cast skills. Focus recovered at a constant rate of 10 points per second; Hunters would be able to fight as long as they needed to, as long as they had sufficient arrows in their inventory.

A Spellcaster's damage skills could easily exceed a Hunter's in a short period of time, however, once the fight drags on for longer, Hunters would easily catch up with overall damage output. If a Spellcaster wore equipment with high Spirit attribute, they could match evenly with a Hunter in terms of total damage output.

As the war continued on for 40 minutes, the monster that were coming out from the Fortress started to decline. However, the number of elites in the warzone were starting to increase in frequency, from 100 normal monsters per 1 elite, to 10 normal monsters per 1 elite.

The pressure of the war has increased dramatically as more and more players were starting to die off. If 7 or 8 Malevolent Little Devils were to attack simultaneously, even Zhang Yang would be roasted to a crisp.

Zhang Yang cried out. "BACK! BACK! WITHDRAW! LET THE NPCS TAKE THE FRONTLINE!"

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Chapter 183: Nazghoul

Those who had low HP could easily retreat and heal back up, but those who were dead could only watch the event from White Jade Castle! It's time to let the NPCs to take one for the team!

All 3 guilds fell back and made way for the rushing NPC army to take the lead in the war.

A knight in shining armor, riding a white horse rushed to the head of the army and cried, "Soldiers of White Jade Castle! Fight for the Empire! Fight for your nation!"

"HURRAH!!"

With a sudden strong war cry, the NPC army rushed forward and charge into the monster army.

Zhang Yang bellowed. "Kill the demons!"

"Woohoo!"

Zhang Yang's approach to using the NPC army at his disposal was rather different compared to the others. In contrast, at the other side of the battlefield, many other players had been cowering behind the army's back, letting the NPCs take the brunt of the damage. By then, after two waves of monsters, their NPC army had been reduced by half, with the surviving ones left with very little HP.

With the NPC army at the front line, Zhang Yang's side had it easy now. Working together with the NPCs, the players on this side of the battlefield were having a much easier time at killing the incoming threats. The pressure was significantly lessened.

50 minutes into the war.

'Ding! The second wave boss Nazghoul has appear!'

The system notification rang and a huge, 20-meter-tall demon spawned. It was extremely distinguishable as its entire body was red in color. The demon strode towards the players, creating strong tremors as each step hit the earth!

The smaller demons had stopped spawning.

[Nazghoul] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 52

HP: 12,000,000

Defense: 500

"WTF?! What a big ass monster. Is that still considered a demon? I thought demons were mostly human sized." said Endless Starlight as he saw the monster approaching. "If that's the case, then we are the ones who are mini-sized!"

Be it by luck, or chance, whatever you call it, Naghoul was heading straight for Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang turned around and cried out to his charges. "Prepare to fight the boss! Remember the strategy! Move and spread out!"

All players from the 3 guilds started to move around to form a huge net like formation to surround the boss. The net consisted of 2 circular formations with the inner circle prepared to fight the boss and the outer circle ready to fight off other players that intended to KS the boss! With all 3 guilds working together, excluding Lost Paradise, Lone Desert Smoke and Crimson Rage were recognized super guilds, no players would dare to even try KSing the boss, unless The Dominators and Sky High actually formed an alliance to defeat them.

After all, everybody belonged to White Jade Castle. If you did not bump into them at one particular street, you would eventually bump into to them on another. If they wanted to try fighting for the boss, they would have to measure their own capability first!

Charge!

Zhang Yang set off like a gust wind and collided with the boss. Zhang Yang used Blood Rage and gained 30 Rage. He then immediately cast Destructive Smash and Cripple Defense.

Spouting some random gibberish, Nazghoul cried and begun to move both its claws around like a tai-chi master. Apparently it was trying to cast a Fire Ball.

"-3552!"

BOOM!

The Fire Ball blasted Zhang Yang directly, causing rather significant damage. That was not all, the Fire Ball seemed to have an AoE effect that caused a fan of fire to spread 3 meters around Zhang Yang. A few other tanks who were close to Zhang Yang had received around 4000 damage.

Nazghoul's Fire Ball attack power was at around 5000. With the AoE effect of the attack, other tanks had taken 450 more damage than Zhang Yang since they did not possess any equipment that had damage absorption ability.

Zhang Yang took note of that and quickly made a decision. "All melee attackers move to the boss's back! Make sure everyone stays at least 3 meters away from me!"

Bang Bang Boom Boom!

All elite players from 3 guilds started their attacks ferociously.

After 5 layers of Cripple Defense, the boss still had 300 Defense, but Zhang Yang had Eagle Eye. To him, any monster or boss that faced him would have zero defense after Zhang Yang had stacked sufficient Cripple Defense. For Zhang Yang alone, all attacks would technically be at their maximum strength without any restriction! An unrestricted attack by Zhang Yang was so strong that it could really send anyone's jaw dropping.

Without talking about about Crimson Rage or Lost Paradise, even the players from Lone Desert Smoke who have never joined Zhang Yang in his elite raiding party, were all gasping as they saw how devastating their own guild master was.

"Eh, Panda, you said that Zhan Yu was a Guardian, right?"

"No...No...I er...It must be fake!"

"I mean look at that damage!"

Listening to other guild member chattering about the prowess of their own guild master, the members of Lone Desert Smoke were rather honored and proud! Even when they were not the ones tanking the boss, they could feel the glory and pride of having Zhang Yang as their own guild master.

90%, 80%...

Although Nazghoul's HP was at least 2,000,000 more than the previous boss, Bangla, Zhang Yang's side consisted of 3 guild's elite forces. Their firepower was stronger than Sky High alone. So, even with more HP than Bangla, the boss was dying at a faster rate!

At the other side of the battlefield, The Dominators were standing idly.

"Boss, aren't we taking that boss as well?"

Humbly Gentleman immediately replied without thinking. "Of course we are taking that boss! I don't care if we miss the other boss, we must take the one from Zhan Yu! It's him that I want to KS the most!"

"But boss...Zhan Yu's own Lone Desert Smoke had two other guild backing his back. That's Crimson Rage and Lost Paradise! I also think that when we were KSing the boss from Sky High, they probably saw us! We might eventually have to face hostility from 4 g..."

That player did not dare to finish his sentence. The message was clearly understood.

Humbly Gentleman pondered slightly. "As long as we make the first move, the smaller guilds would not just stand idly by. It will be the same as before! Hmph! How could I ever let them take the boss so easily! Get ready! We will make our move at 20% HP!"

Although Zhang Yang had ful control of the boss' aggro, it would still occasionally cast Fire Ball at a random direction! Every time the boss cast the skill, it always dealt 5000 damage to other players! The damage was strong! This, was the specialty of a field boss! It would almost always possess strong AoE damage!

Although the healers were doing their very best, they could not completely prevent events of instant deaths! Casualties will always occur in every battle. After around 400 deaths, the players had managed to reduce the boss' HP down to 20%!

Humbly Gentleman cried out. "Brothers! We are taking the boss!"

"OOOOOOHHH!"

An army of players were charging towards the boss.

Zhang Yang immediately had an idea and commanded his troops. "Open up, let them pass through!"

Everyone was baffled but obeyed his words nevertheless. The players around made an opening and gave way to the players from The Dominators.

Zhang Yang quickly turned around and kited the boss towards The Dominators. With a quick Charge, Zhang Yang was right in the middle of the crowd.

BOOM!

The boss cast a Fire Ball and hit Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang took the damage, also causing nearby players to take the damage as well!

Those players who only had a full set of Green-Copper equipment would only have 4500 HP at most! The attack from the boss was enough to instantly kill those players! Wherever Zhang Yang ran to, the players from The Dominators were mowed down like weeds.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Constant "-5000!" damage texts kept on floating up by as many more players were massacred! By borrowing the strength of the boss, Zhang Yang rushed into the crowd of players from The Dominators and killed more than 1000 players from their main attacking force!

Humbly Gentleman quickly turned pale as he saw what was happening. "K-Kill! KILL ZHAN YU!"

Zhang Yang laughed at his feeble words and led the boss to the death of more players. With quick reactions, Zhang Yang survived the onslaught with Shield Wall, Substitute and other skills.

The strength of The Dominators was not as strong as the combine forces of 3 guilds, but they had still dared to move against them. In turn, they wanted to incur the greed of other smaller guilds around. As those players charged in with no one in particular to be blamed for trying to KS from a super guild, the Dominators could then follow through for the steal! However, Zhang Yang had borrowed the strength of the boss and instantly killed thousands of The Dominators. The greedy players who were meant to be collaterals in the frivolous scheme were left shivering in fear, if The Dominators had failed to raid the boss, how could they possibly do so?

The Dominators initially had more than 10,000 men. They had lost around 700 when they pulled off that stunt on Sky High's boss. Additionally, they had also lost around 300 men while facing the monster waves, even after having the NPC army fighting at the front lines. Finally, the Zhang Yang-boss union had killed over 2000 of their players. Their remaining players had been drastically reduced to around 7000! What else were they left with to fight the alliance of 3 guilds?

On the other side of the field, Sky High had come into the fray; to join the fight against The Dominators!

Dropping everything in hand, The Dominators retreated back to the top of the slope, leaving behind another 1000 more dead players. It was just like losing their wallets and returning home to find their house burned down; truly a series of unfortunate events!

Humbly Gentleman was stamping on the ground angrily. He could never have predicted that Zhang Yang would actually lead the boss to them and use its strength to butcher his own men! Like a butterfly effect, one action will lead to another. The Dominators had successfully incited the greed of others. This fault, Humbly Gentleman could only swallow by himself.

5%, 3%, 1%, 0%!

Nazghoul let out an ear-piercing shriek and fell over, equipment and items bursting out of it as it did.

Zhang Yang reacted hastily and quickly picked up all the shiny equipment and a few skill books.

Snow Seeker and Crimson Fire came by with a flash and picked up the items as fast as they could. But they were not as quick as Zhang Yang; the only loots that they could pick up were a few Green-Copper equipment. The good stuff was all in Zhang Yang inventory! Even though they were in an alliance, they were not in the same party! That was why, even with party leader distribution mode, others would still have the authority to loot items.

"Zhan Yu guild master..." Snow Seeker was rather straightforward. Without saying anything else, she thrust her hand out, gesturing expectantly.

Zhang Yang laughed. "Relax, I was worried that the good stuff might get taken by someone else!"

"You have sharp eyes, man! There isn't a single piece of Gray-Silver equipment left!" said Crimson Fire as he snickered.

Zhang Yang gave both Crimson Fire and Snow Seeker 3 Gray-Silver equipment each. "There are 8 of them in total. I'll take one for the team and keep two for myself! Erhm...let me have some Green-Copper equipment for a change!"

Crimson Fire was rather delighted and gladly gave Zhang yang 4 Green-Copper equipment as a trade for the 3 Gray-Silver equipment. For Lost Paradise, it was an extremely rare case for them to obtain any level 50 Gray-Silver equipment. Even with back-breaking effort and a die-hard attitude, the guild had only been able to obtain the Gray-Silver equipment after raiding two bosses from the Castle Interior dungeon. To them, it was the best achievement they could ever obtain. Everyone smiled from ear to ear as Lost Paradise returned to their own position.

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Chapter 184: The Third Wave

Snow Seeker was not as easily satisfied as Crimson Fire. After receiving 3 Gray-Silver equipment from Zhang Yang, her palm remained open to Zhang Yang. "What about the skill books?"

For someone of her caliber, of course she would know that skill books were much more valuable than equipment!

Zhang Yang played dumb, trying his best as possible to look oblivious. "What skill book? I didn't see any!"

Snow Seeker had an expression that could be called a smile, yet she could also not be smiling. "I see...I should let you hang out with Perfume Water more often, then!"

Zhang Yang immediately raised his hands in surrender.

What a b*tch!

He took one book out and gave it to her. Without saying another word, Zhang Yang turned around and ran back to his position. He had taken 3 skill books in total. He was very much afraid that this woman could be greedier than he is.

Back at his position, Zhang Yang took out a skill book and a Gray-Silver robe, giving it to Han Ying Xue.

"Snowy Devil! Give me 100 thousand gold pieces as tribute!"

Han Ying Xue shamelessly took the equipment and skill book. She quickly changed into the equipment and learned the skill.

She turned to Zhang Yang and winked seductively. "Money? I don't have any but I could let you use my body in turn!"

Before he had the chance to retort, he felt a sudden chill running down his spine. He turned around frantically and saw Sun Xin Yu staring at him with a pair of eyes that spoke of death. All his muscle tensed up as he had completely forgot about her bring his girlfriend!

The two of them had barely talked after they had left the police station. Dating aside, they had not even met once after that!

It was also the same in the virtual world, nothing has changed, which had lead Zhang Yang to almost forgot about being tied down with Sun Xin Yu!

He would have never known that even a woman with a heart as cold as ice would get jealous! Even if Sun Xin Yu was not in love with Zhang Yang, Han Ying Xue's words had raised her insecurities! Like a child watching another child take hold a toy that she had put aside, she had watched closely. Even if she was not particularly fond of that toy, she would be angry since that toy belonged to her! How could she just let anyone else take it away from her!?

Zhang Yang took out another Gray-Silver equipment and gave it to Sun Xin Yu. "Ice cube. I have one for you as well!"

Hmph! At least he could calm things down a little.

Zhang Yang pondered a little. These two beauties were at about the same level as Lin Yu. In fact, they could at least be three times prettier than her. However, they say that the grass is always greener on the other side, but one will always believe that the homeland was always the best. It was the same in his case, no matter how beautiful the two girls were, he would always have Lin Yu in his heart.

At least for now, he had one more good item in his hands. Zhang Yang took out a skill book and learn it.

[Rearm: Immediately ends all skill with cool down by 30 minutes.

Cool down: 30 minutes.

This skill can be learn by all classes.

If one had no strong skills to dispense, Rearm would be completely pointless to learn. On the other hand, if one possessed several strong skills, Rearm would serve as a godly skill!

Zhang Yang was so happy that his grin stretched all the way to his ears.

"Noob tank! What skill did you just learn?" Wei Yan Er noticed his suspicious action and asked.

Zhang Yang laughed and posted Rearm skill description for her to see.

"Do...Does this mean that you can use Shield Wall twice in a row?" said Wei Yan Er surprised.

Zhang Yang's own little band of players were left speechless as well.

"Ayy sis! What skill did you learn?" asked Wei Yan Er.

Han Ying Xue posted her skill as well.

[Healing Rain: Heals a maximum of 10 players within 10 meters. Every healing target will receive be healed by 200% of the caster's magic power.

Casting time: 1.5 seconds.

Cool down time: 30 seconds.

"Strong!" cried Daffodil Daydream.

'Ding! The third wave of monsters have begun to come out of Tukulo Fortress!'

As they talked, the fortress opened its door for the third time and countless of monster started to rush out!

This time, the monster were riders on horses with burning hooves. They were wearing full black armor with long, two handed spears. The monsters were in an organized formation. The riders rode as one, in an orderly manner. Stomping could be heard as loud as thunder, blasting through the battle field like thousands of drums striking simultaneously.

Similarly to the two previous waves, the riders were separated into two categories; normal and elite. The only difference between the two was that the elites were larger in size - both horse and rider. Anyone could easily tell the difference just by looking at the field.

[Metal-Armor Riders] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 53

HP: 5,300

Defense: 50

[Metal-Armor Rider Captain] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 53

HP: 100,000

Defense: 300

Thud! Thud! Thud! Like a sea of black ants, the darkness spread across the green field like plague.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Each rider possessed a such strength that when they swing their spears, almost all tanks that were position on the front of the defense line were pushed back! The defense line was broken instantly! This knockback effect is directly affected by the player's own Strength value. Players like Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight who were equipped well possessed high Strength, and so the knockback distance was negligible, while the other tanks were immediately sent flying to the sky.

The defense line was broken instantly, sending panic to everyone around the fractured formation.

Zhang Yang roared. "All tanks, regroup and reform the defense line! Other classes, retreat! I'll say it again! Other classes, retreat!"

When humans are in a disarray, he or she would unconsciously look for something as a guide, and when straightforward instructions such as these were given out, they would comply before they even process the meaning of those words! Amidst the rumbling chaos, Zhang Yang had roared like a beacon of light. Most of the players who heard his call quickly calmed down and formed a secondary defense line behind what remained of the first!

This time, the NPC army had been triggered by the close proximity of the monsters and had started their own skirmish with the incoming riders.

Zhang Yang tried his best to catch the attention of as many monsters as he could to reduce the burden on the other tanks.

BAM! SWOOSH!

Zhang Yang used Horizontal Sweep and Thunder Strike, with another Blast Wave after that. His rampage was akin to a heavy-duty machine knocking down small trees in a forest. Due to that, his contribution points shot up like a rocket, peaking at the top with points that doubled the second rank holder, Han Ying Xue!

Han Ying Xue was ranked at second place in the contribution list because of her super-healing capabilities. With a 75% MP cost reduction, the amount of healing she could dispense in the war was at least 50% to 100% of other healers in the troops since she could last much longer! A Priest is specialized in mass healing! With skills like Healing Bond, Mending Prayers, Healing Rain, and many other multi-target healing skill, a Priest is truly a class that could easily prevent death from claiming his victims.

"-1632!"

Zhang Yang suddenly received a significantly higher amount of damage. He looked down at his chest and found the shaft of long spear that had impaled him, along with two other players behind him! They had been skewered together like a human kebab!

"-2931!"

"-2948!"

The two other received damage as well.

CLANG!

A loud metallic sound was heard as the rider pulled the spear back out. The Metal-Armor Rider Captain was completed covered in the metal armor, only a slit exposing nothing but darkness within. Zhang Yang could not even make out the eyes! It was nothing but empty void!

Damn! It even had a strong piercing skill!

In 'God's Miracle', a majority of skill and attack would not pass through objects! Just like the flame thrower skill of the third boss in Bangar Crypt, as long as someone was in its way, the person behind will not take any damage! This was why Zhang yang could use the bugged system to kill the boss in the first place!

However, there were a few skills that could penetrate object or players. Take this Rider Captain for example, his spear attack would easily penetrate many more players if they were all lined up nicely for him!

"QING DUO LA ER LO!" the elite monster shriek random gibberish and thrust its spear again.

Block!

Zhang Yang met the incoming spear with his shield.

Violent sparks of light flew about Zhang Yang as he was sent back a step. The elite Rider Captain was knocked on his back on his horse, almost falling off the saddle. In terms of Strength, Zhang Yang was equal to the monster. It had only managed to push Zhang Yang back one step after gaining sizable momentum from the horse's charge!

The area around Lone Desert Smoke had quickly settled down. After fending the sudden Rider Captain's attack, the chaotic period was over quickly and the players around quickly retaliated swiftly.

On the other side of the battle field, things were not going as smoothly as Zhang Yang. Lacking strong players, the other player's defense line was quickly destroyed, sending players there in complete chaos. When the formation was broken, it became harder for them to reform and regroup. They had to retreat back and depend on the NPC army to push back the invading force. However, since the NPC army could not heal themselves, most of the NPC did not last long and perished.

Only super guilds like Sky High could withstand the immense pressure and reform the defense line after much struggle.

The cries of war filled the air. Heads flew, swords clashed, the entire battle field was completely dyed in blood red. The game had utilized it's hyper realistic physics engine to depict this historical and climatic war! Everything about this war was too real to be passed off, even though they knew that this was just a virtual reality game, players still felt the terror and fear from it!

Like it was in ancient wars, the brave would endure and gain more fervor as the weak could only cower behind dead bodies, trembling in fear. This was the main selling point of 'God's Miracle', its hyper realism! Only the truly brave would stand out as the weak and fearful show their true colors.

The third wave of terror had lasted for another 50 minutes.

'Ding! The third wave boss Narxus has appear!'

"NEIGH!" a monstrous sound that could only come from an equally monstrous horse could be heard as a huge rider rode into the field.

With flaming hooves, the beast stood as tall as 10 meters, and was approximately 13 to 14 meters long. As the horse took each step, the ground burst up in blackened ashes, with flames crackling at where the horse had laid its hooves. The rider on the horse back was as large as Zhang Yang had ever seen. The rider was completely covered in the similar, black metal armor while wielding a matching spear that measured at least 10 meters long.

[Demon Knight, Narxus] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 53

HP: 13,000,000

Defense: 500

Unlike the two other boss that Zhang Yang had fought, this boss rode like the wind towards the players, leaving behind a trail of burnt ground in its wake.

"WOAH! LOOK! It's the Hell's Stead! Damn! It's so cool!" cried Wei Yan Er when she saw the beast. "AIYA! Don't turn! Don't turn! Come here! Let me kill your ass!"

But Narxus turned away and headed towards the other player defense line. It's positioned at least 4 to 5 km away from Zhang Yang!

"Ack...my horsie! My horsie!" Wei Yan Er sadly and looked at Zhang Yang with puppy eyes begging, "Noob tank...Let's go over there and kill that boss!"

Zhang Yang shook his head. "We had already discussed about this yesterday! Whichever guild that the boss heads to, gets to have all rights to it! Unless they personally invite us to join the fight, we won't raise a hand! With limited forces left, we cannot spare any men to start a civil war! Do you want to be just like that hypocrite of a loser!? If we lose this war, we will have to start over again 2 days later! By then, other city would have already won the war!"

"Tch...stingy noob!" said Wei Yan Er unwillingly. She was rather interested in that horse. In fact, she had always been envious of Zhang Yang's Skeletal War Horse for quite some time now. When she saw the glorious stead carrying the boss on its back, how could she not want to own it as well? Wei Yan Er pouted her lips angrily like a 3 year old child being denied candy.

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Chapter 185: Leash of the Stead from Hell

For this wave, the guild that got the boss was a guild called Place of Glory, a medium-sized guild that had the maximum member capacity of a level 1 guild, with all 10,000 members present on the battlefield. However, even with that many members, none of them were of decent caliber. The average player's level was only around level 25. The best equipped player only had a full set of level 30 Gray-Silver equipment. It simply wasn't enough for to take on the boss!

Narxus had the same penetrating skill as the smaller monsters. The long spear thrust out and skewered through the players like a series of caramel apple on one long stick. The longitudinal skill damaged the unfortunate players with 5000 damage, enough to kill of at least 7 to 8 players.

Although that skill was quite formidable, the boss had another skill that was even stronger -- a "sweeping" ulti. One clean sweep with the spear would cause 5000 damage to every player within 10 meters around him. Death would be certain to anyone who was unable to escape that radius.

Within a minute, Palace of Glory had only managed to reduce 12% of the boss' HP, while having their own main attacking force completely wiped out. The remaining lower leveled players had a hard time attacking the high leveled boss. Most of their attacks were nullified since their attacks were unable to exceed the boss' defense. If the battle continued on, the guild would be completely routed before the boss is defeated.

The guild master of Palace of Glory was in hysterics. When the guild first saw the boss was heading towards them, they were ecstatic. But as soon as the boss laid down the first strike and followed up with a "sweeping" skill, all that euphoria was completely replaced with complete despair. The drops from a Gray-Silver boss was great and all, but the at least one must have the capability to defeat it first!

"Palace of Glory has given up on the boss! The boss is now free for all!" The guild master cried out as he led the remaining survivors to retreat to safety.

Zhang Yang slammed the axe into the ground and call out to Hundred Shots. "Snowy b*tch! Follow me! Hundred Shots! Bring a team of ranged attackers and follow me!"

The monsters around Zhang Yang's area had already been defeated. Most of the players here were already resting -- sitting on the ground munching on recovery snacks. Hundred Shots went around the crowd and recruited a few strong Hunters and Spellcasters. One by one, the recruited players summoned their mounts and followed Zhang Yang to the boss.

"Hey! Noob tank! Remember to bring back the horsie for me!" Wei Yan Er yelled.

To defeat the boss was not just the intention of Lone Desert Smoke alone. Crimson Rage, The Dominators, and Sky High had already dispatched their own elite group of attackers. Others who had the capability to kill the boss, like the big four, lesser known ones like Lost Paradise and Miracle Garden, had also joined in the fray.

In a short time, close to 10 groups of players had rushed towards the boss. All of the incoming party were consisted of 2 tanks and a bunch of ranged attackers, followed by a few healers! They had already learned their lesson when the first and third boss were wiping out their melee classes like they were snapping a twig.

Zhang Yang stopped his horse 50 meters before the boss and shouted, "Everyone! The enemy is at hand, I suggest that we do not fight amongst ourselves but instead join hands to defeat this tough boss! Let go for the first come first serve basis! Whoever gets their hands on any of the equipment shall have full claim to it without contest!"

If everyone wanted to have their city to be the best in the world, everyone have to be united! They would have to suppress their greed for loots and instead quench the thirst for honor instead! Everyone had same thoughts as Zhang Yang and were in line with his thoughts! After all, those who were sent to defeat this boss were elite members of their respective guilds. As of now, no one could bear to suffer any losses!

Zhang Yang saw that everyone had someone come to terms with his suggestion and was pleased. Zhang Yang rushed to the boss and started to fight. In his mind, he was rather happy, not because of the unity, but because he knew that he was going to be the one getting all the good stuff! His athletic speed and reaction is not something he had just obtained. No one could be as fast as he! Still, it's bad taste to haul everything in sight. Instead, he could at least grab all the really good ones first!

Narxus was still chasing after members of Palace of Glory, and in the ongoing pursuit, they lost another 1,000 players. The situation was already bad for them, yet the boss had to rub additional salt on their wounds. They were no longer just running back to the hill like children crying for their mothers! They had already dropped their swords and were fleeing with their tails between their legs!

While Zhang Yang was already within the boss' aggro zone, the boss had ignored the threat as the boss was still locked onto Palace of Glory members. Zhang Yang immediately unsummoned his mount and slid across the battlefield with Charge!

Provoke!

Immune!

Blood Rage

Rage 30!

Horizontal Sweep!

Normal attack!

"-1,423!"

"-2,983!"

The Cripple Defense effect on the boss had long since expired. Only Zhang Yang was able to strike 3000 damage while the boss still had 600 Defense. Only Zhang Yang, the player with a Yellow-Gold weapon and a 50% ignore defense passive Eagle Eye could do that! Once other players witnessed the prowess of Zhang Yang, every one of them instinctively jumped at the sight of the ridiculously high damage.

After two instances of attacks, Narxus finally turned his attention to Zhang Yang. The boss raised its spear high in the air, ready to strike Zhang Yang. It cannot be helped; the main attacking force of Palace of Glory had been killed off earlier. The remaining players around could only deal nullified damage as their own attack power was unable to surpass the boss' defense. The aggro that any of them generate was so low that 1 minutes' worth of attack was easily overtaken by Zhang Yang's two instances of attacks.

Block!

Zhang Yang raised his shield and blocked the attack. Once the attack was stopped, the piercing effect was not implemented and the protected players behind Zhang Yang continued to lay down their attack.

"Attention! Do no stand in line with me! Please attack from 30 meters away! That's the furthest distance possible! Dear friends from other guild, please do not forget to set your attacking mode to "City Raid" mode."

In 'God's Miracle', there were many types of attacking mode to match different situation. For example, in the Eight server-wide world war, if you switched to "Server Raid" mode, your AoE attack will only cause damage to players from other servers instead! Another example is the current war that involves the players from an entire city. "City Raid" mode would cause their attack to hit only the enemy instead of each another. This was to prevent any unwanted conflict.

There are also other attacking modes such as "Guild Raid", "Party Attack", and "Attack All"1.

Just as Zhang Yang had finished his words, he glanced towards Humbly Gentleman.

Humbly Gentleman changed his expression suddenly and cried. "What are you looking at me for, Zhan Yu? Do I look like man who casts aside the greater good?"

Sky Shaman huffed lightly and made eye contact with Zhang Yang. Both of them exchanged a look and nodded together, instantly agreeing to do one thing: Form an alliance after the war and kill The Dominators!

More than 10 guilds had started to send out their tanks to attack the boss. It was not because they feared Zhang Yang might not be able to handle the boss alone and would die after. On the contrary, it was because their range attackers and other non-tank classed players were just too weak to endure any of the boss' attack. If they did not send anyone up to the boss, how could any of them loot any equipment when the boss dies?

Initially, none of the guilds knew about Zhang Yang's potential or capabilities; no one dared to let their guard down! But when they took a quick look at the damage list, their eyes went wide open, unsure if they were reading it wrong, or if they had suddenly seen a naked woman dancing across the street. Is this Guardian on turbo, nitro or whatever else that made a car super-fast?! What the heck! His damage was so high that he was ranked at the top! He had even left a massive gap between him and the second rank!

Eagle Eye effect grows stronger as the Defense of the boss was higher. Furthermore, the weapon in his hand was a Yellow-Gold tier!

Even though it looked like Zhang Yang was focusing on the boss, he was actually paying attention to his surroundings. He wanted to prevent anyone from attacking his back, especially The Dominators. To let them guard you rear was like depending on a monkey to guard your bananas!

For Zhang Yang to bravely fight in the front lines; he obviously had a trump card against those cheating bastards, the Shadow of the Void! After activating the skill, his character will immediately leave the battle and enter another dimension where no one can attack him and vice-versa. However, it was his trump card, and if possible, he did not want to expose his skill!

With Han Ying Xue's massive support power and Zhang Yang's high defense, attack immunity skills, as long as they had enough time, both of them were enough to slowly kill the boss! However, the surrounding players were rather greedy and fierce! Everyone was attacking with their might, causing the boss HP drop like a boy going down a water slide.

70%...50%...30%...the boss' HP was about to be emptied out!

Many attacking players and smaller guilds were standing at the outer circle and all they could only look on in envy. However, there were many strong guilds attacking the boss together! No one else dared to attack since they risked offending several guilds at the same time!

10%, 5%, 0%!

The boss fell off its horse and slammed against the ground hard, sending a minor tremor in every direction. In that instance, close to 20 items popped out and drops onto the ground!

LOOOTS!

The tanks that were closer to the loots had bent over and picked up any items they could get their hands on. This time, everyone was smarter. They had switched their looting mode to All-Pick

Zhang Yang eyes were faster, and with one quick sweep, he picked up 3 items!

All 20 items that were on the ground didn't last for more than a second, quickly finding themselves in player inventories instead! The atmosphere of the field was rather mixed, those who got their hands on Gray-Silver items were elated while the ones who got Green-Copper were filled with disappointment. However, they were others that were even devastated as they had not been able to pick up anything at all. If they were guild master themselves, it would be alright, but if they were regular guild members, they would surely be scolded by their guild masters when they return empty handed.

Zhang Yang summoned the [Skeletal War Horse] and hopped onto it's back. "Everyone! Return to your original positions immediately! The fourth wave of monsters will spawn in just 2 more minutes!"

After the third wave of monsters, everyone had gotten an idea of how the war system worked. Monster wave will spawn continuously for 50 minutes and will stop after that. There will be a 10 minute window for the players to kill the boss! After one hour, the next wave will spawn.

Snow Seeker came to Zhang Yang and asked. "Zhan Yu Guild master, did you get anything good?"

Zhang Yang laughed. "How about you?"

Both of them exchanged looks and kept their lips sealed. Even when both guilds were allies, they were not in the same guild, it would only cause each other grievance if they shared their results.

Back to where his guild waited, Wei Yan Er cried out when she saw Zhang Yang returning. "So? Where is my horsie! Horsie! HORSIE WHERE ART THOU!"

"Keep quiet, you annoying little brat!" said Han Ying Xue.

Just when Wei Yan Er was about to throw a tantrum, Zhang Yang laughed. "I was rather lucky! Look! I got a [Leash of the Hell's Stead]!"

"Really?!" said Wei Yan Er with her eyes wide open.

Zhang Yang posted the item's description and shared it with everyone.

A small party had a maximum of 10 players, and every 5 small parties will form a group, every 20 groups will form an expedition! Those who were in the same small party as Zhang Yang were those that were really close to him, with two more extra players, Defiant Monk and Ironhills. The rest of the party was just there to filled in the gap.

[Leash of the Hell's Stead] (Ground Mount)

Use: Summon or unsummon a Hell's Stead for a player to ride.

Summon Time: 2 seconds.

Level Requirement: 30

Bound upon first-time usage.

"MINE! GIMME! MINE! MY PRECIOUS!" Wei Yan Er cried.

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "This item will be placed in the guild auction. Buy it with your contribution points!"

Wei Yan Er snorted as she approached Zhang Yang looked at him with a rather cute and pitiful puppy face.

"Pretty please..."

Zhang Yang laughed. "Don't look at me like that! This item has to be bought with guild contribution points. What if there are others with higher guild contribution points? If I just gave this horse to you, I would be treating the rest of the guild rather unfairly!"

"But! My points is higher than yours! I'm higher than my cousin and sister Sun!"

Zhang Yang shooked his head. "I have the [Skeletal War Horse, so I'm not going to compete with you! All that's left is your cousin and that ice cube! Hurry up and persuade them! I'm going to sell the item already!"

Wei Yan Er quickly ran to Sun Xin Yu and Hang Ying Xue to persuaded them with all she had. By the looks of Han Ying Xue's twitching lips, it would seem that she had made a different sort of deal.

Zhang Yang then posted the [Leash of the Hell's Stead] in the guild channel and said, "Attention members of Lone Desert Smoke! This item was only looted in the boss fight less than 5 minutes ago! Now, based on the rules, everyone can participate and bid. You may use your accumulated guild contribution points to buy this item! Please, remember! Only guild contribution points are acceptable! I do not want to hear gold coins or cash! This is a guild, not a free-market to flaunt your wealth! The guild will only acknowledge your contribution points! Nothing more! Nothing less!"

"Right! Everyone can now start bidding for the item! If the same amount of bids are issued, the faster one will be selected! One more thing, besides bidding, no one is allowed to use the guild channel! 200 guild contribution points will be deducted for that offense."

Everyone in Lone Desert Smoke was startled. Based on the regular standard operating procedure, super rare items would automatically be shared among the guild officers and not the regular member.

Suffice to say, the Black-Steel equipment and Green-Copper equipment, along with a luxurious amount of experience points, all dropped by the monsters were already enough to satisfy everyone in the guild. Now, they had the qualifications granted to them to participate in the rare item auction! Zhang Yang had clearly won over the hearts of the member just by sharing the loot.

Guild contribution points...crap!

Everyone started to wail and cry. If they had known earlier that the points could be used for events like this, they would had already done it as a daily routine!

100! 2001 300! 500!

Everyone cried out the contribution points to bid for the horse.

"1,200!" Wei Yan Er cried out the number that anyone else could hope to have.

Zhang Yang went with the flow. "1,200! Any higher? 1,200 going once! Going twice! 1,200! Anyone?"

The guild channel remain silent.

"Sold! Congratulation to Player Drizzler for obtaining the mount! Hundred Shots, deduct 1,200 contribution points from Drizzler's character."

Even though they could not get their hands on the mount, they were still filled with spirit and excitement! None of them were displeased about the result! They knew that someday, they too, could get their hands on rare item! All that they needed were guild contribution points!

By using this method of distribution, all were equal. No guild officer could have special treatment! They would have to depend on guild quests and dungeon raids to collect their points. All in all, it was rather fair to everyone.

Zhang Yang took two more Gray-Silver equipment dropped by Narxus and auctioned them in the guild channel. Before he began, Zhang Yang advised Han Ying Xue and the rest of his own party to not participate in the auction. This way of sharing their wealth, was a good way to bring everyone closer!

1Attack All mode - In previous chapters, I used the term "Friendly Fire" instead of "Attack All".

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Chapter 186: Hijack!

'Ding! The fourth wave of monsters have started to come out of Tukula Fortress!'

A huge, 10 meter tall treant started to walk out slowly from the fortress! Its movement speed seemed rather sloppy and sluggish. The monster moved one limb after the other, at a speed slightly above that of a real life sloth. However, each stride it took was vast -- as long as 6 to 7 meters. In actuality, it was moving rather swiftly towards them!

Like the previous waves of monsters, treants were also divided into normal and elites. The elite monster was twice the height. Like a sky-scraping tree in the amazon jungle, this monster had similarly proportional long legs! In fact, it was so huge that every step caused a massive tremor!

[Thick Bark Treant] (Normal, Elemental)

Level: 54

HP: 5,400

Defense: 100

[Iron Bark Treant] (Elite, Elemental)

Level: 54

HP: 100,000

Defense: 600

Such a strong defense value; almost double that of other monsters! As expected of the names they were given.

Zhang Yang frowned. In just three waves of monster, the army of players had already lost more than 30% of their total members! Only half of the NPC army remained! This is just the fourth wave! Each wave will definitely be stronger and tougher than the previous waves! If the battle continued on like this, they might not be able to handle all 10 waves!

The thumping of the treants could be heard louder and louder as they approach nearer.

Wham!

As soon as they were in melee range, the treants lifted up their massive feet and stomped on the tanks! Its massive size was so large that it was enough to stomp on 3 to 4 players at a time.

Players around started to initiate their counter attack. The Thick Bark Treants were easier to deal with since they only had 100 Defense. The Iron Bark Treant were significantly harder! Physical attack-type players had a really tough time trying to return damage blow for blow.

Still, one class stood out better than the rest. With strong Defense, the treants had one weakness, fire! Pyromancers in the vicinity were casting waves of Rain of Fire, dealing more than twice the normal damage!

In an instant, Pyromancers had their contribution points shoot up like rockets. Daffodil Daydream was one in particular. She had been following Zhang Yang for the past month and had obtained many equipment for herself. She wore a complete set of Gray-Silver equipment. Her damage soared to the sky, laying waste to everything she set her sight on!

Phew Boom! Boom! Her rank rose from 13th to 9th, overtaking Fatty Han at 10th place.

Looking at his rank, Fatty Han could not help but cry in envy.

The vigorous battle raged on, leaving countless monsters dead, equipment that couldn't be perceived with numbers left among their corpses! Subsequently, many players were killed off as well, leaving the battle field emptier as time went on.

"Zhan Yu, how many men do you have left?" ask Snow Seeker, nervously.

"I've lost more than 2000 men. But my main attack force is still intact!" Zhang Yang answered. During the recruitment drive, Lone Desert Smoke had a rather strict policy. The guild would only recruit high leveled and strong players. So, out of a maximum capacity of 20,000 players, the guild only had a total of 9,000 players at the moment.

Moreover, the average level of the members of Lone Desert Smoke was quite high, being at Level 42! Most players that were killed off were basically at around level 30 or so, they had participated in the war only for experience points and equipment. So, while the casualties may seem high in number, it was negligible in terms of strength. Moreover, the healers were now able to focus their healing on the important members only. The combat efficiency of the guild had only risen!

"Our guild has over 7,000 players left! We've even lost some elites! If this goes on, we might be in danger! I think we can only last until the 7th or 8th wave before we bite the dust!" said Snow Seeker worriedly.

Zhang Yang laughed. "Let's just give it all we got!"

In his previous life, he had never participated in such an event. He was not clear of the difficulty of this war! But there was one thing that he knew clearly, even though Violet Star City's item collection quest was not completed rather quickly, the other cities repeatedly failed their expedition war, and so, victory was claimed by Violet Star City, led by the infamous One Sword Stroke!

Since then, his name soared to the high heavens and became the number 1 tank in the China server!

"I...I'll never allow myself to lose to anyone!" Zhang Yang muttered silently. He had always believed that he had the talent in online gaming. Now that he started along with everyone, if he lost to One Sword Stroke while having such an abundance of experience, he would rather just find a rotten piece of tofu and knock himself to death with it!

50 minutes into the wave...

'Ding! The fourth wave boss, Lodac has appeared!'

A super-sized , 100 meter tall giant treant appeared in the battle field. In just one step, it manage to traverse by several hundred meters!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

In just 4 steps, the monstrous treant had arrived to the doorsteps of The Dominators.

Wham! It stomped the ground and struck at least 30 players in one shot, causing many "-5,000!" damage text to pop up like flies.

[Demonized Treant Lodac] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 54

HP: 14,000,000

Defense: 1,200

"Hold on! Hold on! Get the aggro locked in!" cried out Humbly Gentleman. He wanted to pull the aggro himself but he was a Spellcaster!

Traveling Piglet ran up to the front and after a number of aggro-gaining skills, he managed to hold onto the boss' aggro. Instantly, the main attacking force of The Dominators started their attack. However, even after inflicting 5 Cripple Defense, the boss's 600 Defense proved too strong for anyone from the physical attacking class. Exasperated, they were crying out in agony.

Ladac had two attack patterns. The first attack was the stomping attack that caused an area attack of 5,000 damage to every single player in a specific area. The second attack was fist slam, capable of causing 5,000 damage to every player in a long straight line!

Since the boss was extremely large in size, all melee players did not have to go near it to attack; thus, they will not take much damage. Melee class such as Berserker, Thief, Templar were able to approach the boss to attack, their lives out of danger as long they keep a distance from Traveling Piglet.

There were many melee attackers participating in the war, so even though the boss had such strong Defense, and the glaring weakness of treants towards fire, they were doing good damage, more so than the previous boss fights!

Humbly Gentleman begun to smile happily, looking like a cheater grinning evilly after a successful scam. His face was truly asking to be pummeled on.

"Hey noob tank, That Humbly what's-his-face is really annoying and irritating! Let's go and KS his boss!" said Wei Yan Er after staring irritably for a while. She had been pacing up and down on her Hell's Stead.

Zhang Yang thought for a moment and said, "No. The amount of fighting force we have left is very little! If we had another internal conflict, I fear that the chance of us finishing this Expedition would be slim!"

Wei Yan Er pout her lips disgruntledly. "Are you going to just let them be?!"

Zhang Yang smirked. "Calm your flat pan cakes! Just you wait! I'll take all their loots!"

Everyone turned their heads and rolled their eyes.

Do you really think that you are a god of war now? How do you plan on getting past the 3 circles of attackers and 3 other circles of defenders and get to the boss?

Zhang Yang laughed at their incredulous stares. "Just you wait and see!"

Even though Sky Shaman hated Humbly Gentleman down to his bones, he could jeopardize the entire expedition for the sake of revenge! The main objective right now was to survive all 10 waves of monsters! Grudges can be settled after the war!

As the battle raged on, Lodac's HP was left with only 20%!

Zhang Yang summoned his mount and rode towards The Dominators.

"Little brat! Keep me updated on the boss' HP!"

He rode on, leaving his guild members behind.

Everyone was rather confused as they listened to Wei Yan Er yelling the HP percentage repeatedly.

"19%, 18%, 17, 16%..."

Zhang Yang pulled up near the outermost defense circle and waited there patiently.

Humbly Gentleman always liked to take advantage of others, and fearful of the same being done to him, he was a paranoid one! Now that he saw Zhang Yang coming along with his horse, alarms were blazing in his head and he stared at him suspiciously.

This guy must be up to no good. Could he be trying to lure him out?

Thus, he did not dare lay down the attack order, or else he would have to break his own perfect defense circle, put there in the first place to prevent the nearby Thieves who could be hiding in the shadows, coming out when the boss dies to pick up the loots.

"Zhan Yu! What are you up to?!" Since it was better than to just stand idly by, Humbly Gentleman tried to pry.

Zhang Yang shrugged nonchalantly. "Oh, nothing at all. I like the scenery here!"

Scenery my arse!

Humbly Gentleman nearly opened his mouth to curse. However, he held it in and smile. It did no matter how many hidden thieves he had in place, stealth only made them harder to detect. They could not pass through objects anyway! As long as the defense line is properly formed, no one would get pass this line easily!

Humbly Gentleman quickly reverted to his gentlemanly persona and smiled gently. "I see. If you're keen to watch the scene, please enjoy it to your liking!'

10%, 8%, 6%, 4%!

Zhang Yang dashed forward and breached the defense line!

Without waiting for the attack command, the players in the defense line started to attack with hundreds of arrows, fire balls, frost arrows, aiming directly at Zhang Yang! Even if he was a super tank, these attacks were enough to kill him off in one wave!

BOOM! PAK! WHAM! PEW!

As the attack ended, every attack seemed to only hit air and kicked up dust on the ground, with Zhang Yang nowhere in sight!

Humbly Gentleman was so baffled that his eyeballs nearby popped out of their sockets.

What the hell just happened?! That was Stealth! How could a Guardian learn Stealth!? WTF!? I must be confused!

"Use all AoE skills! Don't leave any corner untouched!" Humbly Gentleman spun around and ordered his equally bewildered members.

At the same time, the outermost circle Hunters and Spellcasters had attacked continuously with their AoE skills at the area where Zhang Yang was last seen. Any hidden Thief would be forced out of hiding after receiving an attack, if they were to remain in the same spot!

Invalid! Invalid! Invalid!

Humbly Gentleman began to have second thoughts. "Did the first wave of attack killed him already?"

"3%, 2%, 1%!" the chirpy voice of Wei Yan Er rang continuously in Zhang Yang's ears!

He was already in the realm provided by the skill, Shadow of the Void! He was still in the same battlefield but in this realm, all life forms had disappeared from his vision, Zhang Yang felt like he had entered a barren earth with him as the sole survivor.

Easily and effortlessly, Zhang Yang had breached through the defense line of The Dominators and arrived at the point where he estimated the boss' stood.

When Wei Yan Er announced that the boss' HP was at 1%, he quickly activated Blood Rage and gained 30 Rage point, whist surfacing out of the Shadow of the Void. Immediately, as he resurfaced in the real world, he was greeted by the sight of thousands of players along with the gigantic boss.

Destructive Smash!

'-3,324!'

With that one attack, Zhang Yang had dealt the last attack to kill off the boss.

'Ding! You have killed Lodac! You have struck the last blow! You have been granted 50% of all experience points! Obtained 7,000,000 Experience Points!'

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Chapter 187: The Fifth Wave

Zhang Yang hands were in a blur, like the hands of Flash! Swish! Swoosh! He grabbed all the loots and placed them into his inventory! From Gray-Silver equipment to skill books, leaving the Green-Copper as the last...he swiped them off the ground!

He had hide his player's profile and turned on the helmet effect that hide his face and appearance. He had even unequipped his shield to be safe! When the players around him saw him picking up the loots, they were not suspicious of him since they knew that the item distribution mode was set to leader distribution. If you wanted the honors of picking them up, by all means, that's probably the closest you can get to owning it!

However, in a flash, they realized that something was going wrong. The items on the floor were disappearing extremely quickly!

"Spy! There's a spy!" one of the player shouted which had instantly triggered the nearby players to react and attack Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang summoned [Clear Lotus] and activated Substitute to gain immunity.

Zhang Yang took this chance to quickly pick more items as he could!

At this point of the game, no many players could get their hands on a [Servant]. Those who knew about the Substitute ability were only those within Zhang Yang's party. There was no way that players from The Dominators would know that they would need to kill the servant before they could dispel the immunity effect, thus everyone was vigorously attacking Zhang Yang with everything they had.

5 seconds was very short, in that time, Zhang Yang had missed 3 Green-Copper equipment on the ground. He then ignored the items and used Charge, targeting the closest Spellcaster. In an instant, he activated Rearm and refreshed every skill's cool down!

Shadow of the Void!

Swoosh!

In Zhang Yang's world, every living being was removed from his vision. He quickly dashed back to his guild position. In the effect of Shadow of the Void, his movement speed was increased by 100%. With a 20 second active duration, it was enough for him to run 300 to 400 meters away!

By the time the skill had ended, Zhang Yang had reappeared far away within the NPC army. He then summoned his mount and rode by safely to his guild position. Zhang Yang checked his loots and found that he had looted 9 Gray-Silver equipment, 19 Green-Copper equipment and two skill books, Grace and Healing Rain.

Haha! Humbly Gentleman would have cried his eyes out if he had knew I took these awesome skill books!

That being said, Humbly Gentleman was still preoccupied with Zhang Yang's disappearing act. Was he still alive? Humbly Gentleman was still at the outermost circle of defense, commanding the troops to attack at random. In that instant, he had so distracted that he did not bother about the boss loots. In his opinion, as long as the defense line was intact, no one else could pick up the boss' loots, so it does not matter!

However, when his underling had reported about the loots had been looted by an unknown player, Humbly Gentleman had frantically shoved his way to the boss' copse and found only three miserable Green-Copper equipment lying there!

Having worked tirelessly for so long to earn only 3 pieces of Green-Copper equipment?! Humbly Gentleman felt his final fuse burning out. He asked around, but his underlings could only report that the thief had hidden his profile information and had a helmet covering his head, hiding his face from everyone. With that little information, Humbly Gentleman had the highest confirmation that the thief was Zhang Yang!

Play with fire and you will be get burned one day!

Humbly Gentleman quickly sent a private message to Zhang Yang. "I knew you were behind this! Give me back all the items that you stole!"

Zhang Yang immediately replied. "I have no idea what you are talking about!"

"Don't act coy with me! I knew that you were the one who stole all our boss loots!"

"No! I did not!" Zhang Yang replied in his heart. "I did not steal. I clearly robbed you!"

"You..." Humbly Gentleman finally had a taste of his own medicine! To be unable to come up with a reply! Furthermore, he had no proof that it was really Zhang Yang who had stolen all his boss loots.

Zhang Yang laughed and continued. "Hey! Hypocrite! The monsters are about to spawn again! Who knows, the next boss might land in your hands again!" If that was really the case, Zhang Yang could easily hijack the boss again since one hour was a luxurious duration for all his skills to refresh!

When Humbly Gentleman saw his reply, he was so enraged that he could feel the anger gushing out of every pore of his body. He felt nauseous. What kind of attitude was that?! At least, he now understood how Sky Shaman felt back then.

On one side, Wei Yan Er was overjoyed. "Hey! Noob tank! Did you really hijack their boss?! I could see their tantrum all the way from here! Ge Ge Ge Ge! It's looks like fun!"

Zhang Yang only nodded his head and did not say anything else. He then posted each of Gray-Silver equipment he looted in the guild channel and auctioned them off like the rest. One of the equipment was called [Lodac's Arm Brace, a heavy armor type. Zhang Yang equipped the armlet first, with the intention of getting it identified back at the city, after the war. He will give it to Wei Yan Er if the identified properties were of the offensive type, and keep it for himself if it was a defensive type.

As for the skill books, since Endless Starlight and Han Ying Xue had the skills in hand, Zhang Yang decided that he will put them up for sale in his shop.

'Ding! The fifth wave of monsters have started to come out of Tukula Fortress!'

In an instant, a massive horde centaurs stampeded out of the fortress. However, unlike the Kukulo's tribe, these centaurs were completely red, from head to hoof. They looked much fiercer, having eyes that emitted a dark reddish flame. These were clearly indicators of a demonic nature!

Similar to all the previous monster waves, there were normal and elite types, both wielded a long bow and a quiver on their backs.

[Demonized Centaur Archer] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 55

HP: 5,500

Defense: 50

[Demonized Centaur Archer Lord] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 55

HP: 100,000

Defense: 300

Zhang Yang cried out. "Everyone! Get back! Let the NPC army take the first wave of attack!" Zhang Yang lead his own troops back and let the NPC army take over the frontline.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The stomping of hooves got louder as the centaurs approached the players like lightning speed. As the enemy entered their attacking range, they began drawing their bows and shot endless waves of arrows to attack.

A few of those monsters were capable of dishing out damage on par with a large group of players. Unless the players were all wearing the same tiered equipment as Zhang Yang, they would easily be killed. Besides those who were standing at the front line, other players had made their way behind the NPC army to prevent themselves from getting instantly killed by the NPC!

Zhang Yang waited until the NPC had started to return fire and then commanded his own troops. "Time to lay waste to these bastards!"

"HUURAHH!"

Once the players entered melee range, the Hunter class monster lost their offensive edge. Due to the outrageous number of monsters, with many layers stacked together, the ones standing behind were unable to attack, blocked by the ones in front! However, these monsters had Barrage, and with a number of attacks, the monster had inflicted massive causalities to the NPC army in the front row!

As the killing went on, the number of drops multiplied, as player deaths shot up relatively. The number of players was initially at around 2,000,000, but right now, there were less than 1,000,000 left! The NPC army had lost an even greater number! With lesser players to pick the loots, the ground was littered with them!

Once the NPC army had suffered significant losses, the attacking force was unable to match evenly with the incoming enemies. They actually had enough man power to create a literal defensive line to fight the monster, but currently with their low numbers, the monsters had begun to engulf the army like an island in sea! With this kind of situation at hand, the death rate was increasing drastically!

Monster will spawn again after dying and the numbers will keep on getting higher and higher. Inversely, once an NPC dies in battle, they will not respawn again! A loss will remain lost!

The players did the best they could and managed to somewhat keep the monsters of the fifth wave at bay. However, the performance of the super guilds were much better, they could at least preserve their NPC army while the rest of the players had already completely sacrifice the NPC army on their end! Among the guilds that could preserve their NPC army was the alliance between Lone Desert Smoke, Crimson Rage, and Lost Paradise. The number of NPC army on their side of the battle field remained at 70%!

'Ding! The fifth wave boss, Marcus the Wind Ranger has appeared!'

Along with that system notification, the hill-sized male centaur Wind Ranger had entered the battle field. His massive body had actually managed to block the sun and cast a huge shadow onto a large portion of the battlefield! With half of its body naked, his tight and ripped muscles were filled with explosive power, coupled with his full red body, he was packed with power, easily spotted from afar!

[Marcus the Wind Ranger] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 55

HP: 15,000,000

Defense: 600

"GROANN!" The centaur growl loudly and stomped his way towards the players. The thundering sound of its hooves was as loud of the drums of war, a truly ferocious and terrifying prospect!

This time, the boss was headed towards the guild called "Floating Clouds"

The closer it came, the stronger the clopping of its hooves. The boss, Marcus drew its bow at a far distance and began to fire arrows, burning in emerald colored flame. When the arrows struck the Floating Clouds players, they exploded and formed 2 meter tall flaming walls that spread out everywhere.

' -5.000!' -5.000!' -5.000!'

Just as the flame touched with the players, the damage number popped out from the head and was mostly killed off instantly. A single attack alone had killed off close to 50 players of the guild!

"Spread out! Spread out immediately!" cried Nightless Moon, the guild master of Floating Clouds.

However, even when the tanks of Floating Clouds had gotten hold onto the boss' aggro, Marcus remained completely unfazed and still fired arrows towards the attacking tanks!

Wei Yan Er saw the scenario and asked Zhang Yang. "Hey...noob tank. A Hunter is not supposed to attack when a player gets close to him, right?

A Hunter cannot attack targets that were too close to him. The effective range was between 3 meters to 30 meters. Within 3 meters, the Hunter would be unable to fight. It was also called the "Blind Spot".

"...Did you see how tall is the monster is? From his feet to his head, he could at least be a few meters tall! How can there be any blind spots?" Zhang Yang laughed as he explained.

Everyone was baffled by his explanation. How could that be valid?!

It's the truth and nothing but the truth. They had to accept that fact since the boss kept on shooting arrow and arrow at the tanks beneath him! Every time an arrow was fired, it would deal an AoE fire attack to all targets in 10 meters of the first target.

Skill-wise, this boss had simple mechanisms. He had only been using one form of attack. Every time he attacked, the aggro value was reset! It's a bloody massacre by his hand! By the time Floating Clouds had understood the mechanics, they would stop their attack in time when the boss cleared its aggro and allow the tank to regain his aggro hold, but, by then, Floating Clouds had already lost more than 2,000 men!

In the end, the boss was slain by the guild, but at great cost. It could be predicted that by the time the next wave onslaught arrives, the guild would be completely routed and removed from the city war!

Having witnessed such events, the other guilds had started to be wary of the bosses. Without proper strength and power, they would be in trouble trouble of they did not have enough power to take the boss head on!

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Chapter 188: In Jeopardy

'Ding! The sixth wave of monsters surging forward from Tukula Fortress!'

The system was not kind enough to provide sufficient time for the players to prepare for next wave of monsters. The interval between waves was fixed. If the players could not kill all the monsters from the previous wave in time, they would be further assaulted by the next wave of monsters!

This time the monsters were Demon Manticores, the size of the normal variation was similar to normal lions except for their powerful, long scorpion tails. The monster's body was maroon in color, as if it had been drenched in fresh blood. The elite variation were similar to the normal Demon Manticores other than having heads that swelled up to seven or eight times larger than normal.

[Bloodthirsty Demon Manticore] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 56

HP: 5,600

Defense: 50

[Bloodthirsty Demon Manticore King] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 56

HP: 100,000

Defense: 300

These Demon Manticores rushed out from the fortress like a wave red sea towards the player, threatening to wash them away!

Except for a few strong guilds that still kept their NPC army, the rest of the defense lines' were no longer accompanied by their NPCs, thus, those guilds had started to move closer to each other. In this way, they could enhance their strength as well as use each other as meat-shields.

The Dominators, led by Humbly Gentleman, positioned themselves at the back of Zhang Yang's defense line, hiding behind the NPC army.

Hundred Shots shouted angrily, "Humbly Gentleman, haven't all the guild masters agreed that all guilds stick to your own defense lines? What are you doing here?!"

Humbly Gentleman put on his royal princeling face, waving a hand lackadaisically. One of his followers immediately replied, "F*cking shit, this battlefield is not owned by your guild, who are you to tell us where to stand? We are kind enough to assist you in fighting against the monsters, but you even dare blame us?!"

The follower spoke like a true Dominator. The whole lot of them were self-entitled pricks, acting as if they were a blessing to the world! They knew that Zhang Yang's defense line still had an ample amount of NPCs to fight against the enemy and they wanted to reap the rewards without sowing, as they could rely on the enemy to reduce the strength of Lone Desert Smoke and Crimson Rage. The Dominators would be able to earn the title of the master of the city in the coming contest!

Zhang Yang pondered upon it for a moment, before switching to the open channel and announcing, "Everybody, our NPC armies are almost depleted, and our numbers aren't looking too good either, if we insist on fighting alone, we will not survive the tenth wave! Those who are willing, please come to my side immediately. I have Lone Desert Smoke, Crimson Rage, Lost Paradise and The Dominators here! Brothers and sisters, unity is strength, let's fight together so that we can claim victory together!"

Those lost and weak players were wandering at their spots uneasily. Zhang Yang's announcement calmed their mind and emotions, and they immediately came to Zhang Yang's side. Everyone knew that Lone Desert Smoke, Crimson Rage and The Dominators were the strong guilds in White Jade Castle. Lost Paradise was another guild that was quite capable. With all of these guilds allied, they could be depended upon. The lost and weak players could rest safe, knowing that they were in good hands!

The rest of the weak guilds hesitated for a while before coming to Zhang Yang's side one after another. Instantly, Zhang Yang's defense line increased from 20,000 players to more than 700,000 players. In fact, it was almost two-thirds of the surviving players!

Humbly Gentleman never thought that Zhang Yang would use them as an excuse to recruit more players to join his defense line. Besides, this also made Zhang Yang more heroic and messianic, even! A savior that appeared in desperate times to liberate the weakened minds! Humbly Gentleman suddenly became furious, but who told him to do what he did in the first place?

Zhang Yang commanded the crowd to move backwards and use the remaining NPC army as defense.

The Demon Manticores already rushed towards them and fought with the NPC army. These monsters had many kinds of attacks, from their claws that clubbed and slashed, to their fangs that bit and crunched, and their tails that lashed about and stung. Their attacks were overwhelming, tearing up an opening among the NPC army. The Demon Manticores fought straight ahead toward players' defense line.

The melee attackers fought against these monsters, and another bloody war broke out.

"Move back, back!" Zhang Yang shouted repeatedly and led the players until the rear forces had their backs against the invisible wall at top of the hillside while fighting against the monsters. By moving backwards to the air wall, the monsters would be unable to flank them and they would only need to fight against the monsters from the front!

Facing the endless attacks from the monsters, the remaining NPC army was now all defeated. However, their sacrifices were not wasted as they withstood a full 20 minutes of insane onslaught from the monsters, greatly reducing the pressure on the players.

With NPC army was all dead, their last buffer was gone, and the players were forced to fight against the monsters themselves. The boss appeared when they had fought for 50 minutes. The number of players remaining was 750,000!

'Ding! The boss of the sixth wave monsters, Demonic Manticore King, Hooke has joined the battle!'

Suddenly, a giant Demonic Manticore, about 60 to 70 meters tall, more than a hundred meters in length, swathed in black flames, appeared on the battlefield.

[Demonic Manticore King, Hooke] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 56

HP: 16,000,000

Defense: 600

All of the players focused on Hooke and were surprised to find out that Hooke had an Aura Effect!

[Aura Effect: Causes 1,000 fire damage every second to targets within range. Aura range: 30 meters radius around the caster.

Zhang Yang immediately spoke in the open channel, "Hooke has an Aura Effect, melee attackers do not approach Hooke, otherwise, you will be dead! All ranged attackers who have more than 800 basic damage points, come forward and attack Hooke while standing 30 meters away from him, if your HP is not enough, move back and make sure you get it full! Players who do not have good equipment, stay at the back, otherwise, you will waste the healers' MP and take up important spots! For the pride of all the players in White Jade Castle, everyone, please cooperate!"

Zhang Yang spoke again in his party channel, "Demon Snow, follow me when I dash! Hundred Shots, look for 100 ranged attackers with good equipment and fight with us! Daffodil Daydream, look for 200 healers with good equipment, pair up two healers to focus on one attacker each and do not let anyone die!"

"Yes!" Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream accepted to the command and complied.

Zhang Yang summoned his war horse and dashed towards Hooke. Hooke had an Aura Effect so Zhang Yang must not allow it to go near to the crowd, thus, Zhang Yang had to pull Hooke further away from the crowd!

On the other side, Crimson Rage, The Dominators and Sky High also sent their attackers to join the battle, while those small and medium guilds simply stood aside, observing the battle as they could not afford to fight anymore.

Zhang Yang dashed towards Hooke, immediately using Charge. Because of Hooke's gigantic body size, Zhang Yang was like an ant bouncing off a building!

'-1,253!'

'-3,012!'

Although this ant was small, its damage was high, thus, Hooke screamed with pain and lifted his gigantic paw, attacking Zhang Yang.

'Block!'

'-350!'

Zhang Yang raised his shield and blocked against Hooke's paw attack. However, Hooke's Aura Effect could not be evaded, so '-350' damage text appeared above Zhang Yang's head every second!

Luckily it was Zhang Yang, if it had been someone else without the equipment which absorbing a total of 450 damage, it would have been 800 damage points every second! Defenders had high magic resistance but even they would still receive 750 damage points!

Han Ying Xue immediately casted Regeneration on Zhang Yang, followed by Mending Prayers. She kept Holy Shield in reserve, it was to be used in emergency situations!

Tanks from the rest of the guilds rushed toward Hooke, but they did not come over to help Zhang Yang take damage from Hooke, simply waiting for the loots from Hooke!

After Zhang Yang applied the five stacks of Cripple Defense on Hooke, and the damage from the Hunters instantly increased! This round, the Pyromancers' were unable to contribute much. Although Hooke was not fully immune to fire damage, but being a firey beast itself, it had extremely high flame resistance. 1,000 Points of Fireball were turned into a measly 100 points when it came to Hooke!

Zhang Yang's strategy was a two plus one tactic, with ranged attackers taking 1,000 fire damage every second and two healers to keep them alive. The rest of the guilds followed this tactic and some even used a three plus one variation that actually wasted MP.

'Ding! Demonic Manticore King, Hooke used Charge!'

Hooke suddenly dashed towards the surrounding crowd, the gigantic body steamrolling over them like a giant meteorite. Targets who were hit were sent flying, with '-5,000' damage texts appearing on their heads. Hooke instantly killed a large number of players!

Shush!

Hooke dashed in another direction, repeating the action seven times, instantly killing at least 200 to 300 players. After that, Hooke dashed towards Zhang Yang as the aggro value had already been established!

Whenever Zhang Yang pulled a monster, nobody could possibly OT. However the Charge skill was used at random, this outcome was inevitable!

Open world bosses usually took several lives as they go down!

At the cost of 3,000 players' lives, the Demonic Manticore King, Hooke was finally killed. The gigantic corpse crashed onto the ground, dropping a lot of loot. The tanks who surrounded Hooke's corpse quickly reached out and looted the equipment as much as could possibly take.

Although Zhang Yang had fast hands, there were too many people around, so he could only loot a Gray-Silver cloth armor and a skill book. The equipment was immediately put up for auction in guild's warehouse. A Spellcaster named 'Midsummer Fruit' won it, she was the main Spellcaster in the second team. Overjoyed, she had thanked him repeatedly for it in the guild chat.

The skill book was Crusader Strike which could only be learned by Templars. Zhang Yang also put it up for auction in guild's warehouse.

"Silly Yu, the NPCs are all dead now, and we are left with only 748,923 players, it's going to be difficult for us to survive until the tenth wave!" Han Ying Xue said, her brow furrowed. There were statistics displaying the number of surviving players in the upper right corner of the character interface menu.

Zhang Yang sighed and said, "Let's just do our best!"

"Do not give up, do not falter!" Fatty Han boldly proclaimed.

"How irresponsible!" Endless Starlight added on for Fatty Han.

Everyone suddenly laughed, their doubts slightly alleviated.

'Ding! The seventh wave of monsters is surging out of Tukula Fortress!'

Another wave of monsters had appeared, they were packs of Cerberuses, much larger in size than the Manticores! Their entire bodies were jet black, as they snarled, white gleaming teeth coated in dribbling saliva snapping shut with deadly intent. Just staring at them alone sent chills down the spines of the players. Elite monsters were even bigger in size than the normal monsters, and they had two heads!

[Cerberus] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 57

HP: 5,700

Defense: 50

[Two-Headed Cerberus] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 57

HP: 100,000

Defense: 300

Without NPCs as their protection, the players would have to face the monsters head-on. The normal attacks from these Cerberuses were not particularly high but they could cast Mana Burning skills. Mana Burning had no effect on players who did not have MP bars, but players who had MP bars were in grave danger, suffering 1,000 damage points and losing 2,000 MP!

A lot of healers' MP were depleted due to this skill, they could only watch on helplessly as players left and right went down!

Kill! Kill! Kill! KILL!

Upper right corner of the screen showed the number of surviving players reducing drastically!

700,000!

600,000!

500,000!

The players lost 250,000 people to the seventh wave. After the ordeal, those who were left standing were basically elite players. Those who were low leveled or inadequately equipped had gone as far as they could possibly go.

'Ding! The boss of the seventh wave monsters, Three-Headed Cerberus, Ankeda has joined the battle!'

They eliminated all the minions and those healers who had depleted MP immediately sat down and ate cakes to recover their condition. But now, a gigantic Three-Headed Cerberus was coming towards them from the direction from the fortress. The Three-Headed Cerberus was about a hundred meters tall, it was even larger than the Manticore Boss, Hooke!

[Three-Headed Cerberus, Ankeda] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 57

HP: 17,000,000

Defense: 600

"Damn, with each level, they gain another 1,000,000 HP!" Endless Starlight muttered.

"We fight as usual!" Zhang Yang summoned his mount and asked Han Ying Xue, "Demon Snow, are you ready?"

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Yang reined in his war horse and waited for Han Ying Xue. Speaking to Hundred Shots, he gave further instructions. "Reorganize the people that we have left, currently we have less than 6,000 people, team arrangements have to be redone again for balanced job roles! Make sure every party has a healer!"

Zhang Yang had built Lone Desert Smoke with elites, thus, they had only lost less than 40% of their full roster! Strong guilds like Crimson Rage, The Dominators and Sky High had already lost 50% of their guild members. The rest of the guilds were in even worse states. The remaining guilds who had anything above 30% were considered pretty good, as most of the other guilds had been completely wiped out!

"Done!" Han Ying Xue immediately stood up and summoned her [Storm and Gale Direwolf] and said, "Let's go!"

Zhang Yang nodded, whipped his war horse and dashed towards Ankeda.

The rest of the guilds had already sent attackers to fight against Ankeda, Ankeda's damage dealing style was revealed; each head of Ankeda had their individual attack intervals, similar to dual-wielding Thieves. It would also cast a much larger variation of the AoE skill, Mana Burning every 20 seconds, causing 5,000 damage and burning off 10,000 MP!

Other than players who had Level 40 Gray-Silver equipment, none of the healers' HP were more 5,000, thus, they were all killed in the first round. Those who survived were left with empty tanks and became sitting ducks.

Ankeda was the bane for Spellcasters, healers were either killed instantly or their MP was quickly depleted. The tanks at the defense line died one after another, further increasing player losses.

Zhang Yang thought for a while and said, "Demon Snow, stay back, this boss is the exterminator of Spellcasters!"

"What about you?"

"The damage from this boss to physical attackers is not really high. I will defeat it with sheer number of players!" Zhang Yang spoke in open channel, "Ankeda will not cast AoE damage to players who do not have MP bar but causes high damage to healers! We cannot use regular tactics to fight this boss. All the attackers who do not have MP bars, come forward and fight together, we will defeat this boss with our numbers. If the healers are all killed, it'll be the end for all of us!"

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Chapter 189: The Eighth and Ninth Wave

As per Zhang Yang's orders, Lone Desert Smoke sent a large amount of tanks and attackers without MP bars towards Ankeda. All the healers remained behind, the precious keys to victory, tucked safely away.

Ankeda's physical damage was devastating. Each bite from each head of the Ankeda caused 2,000 damage points which could kill a player within two to three seconds. Despite not casting AoE skill, its mere attacks brought enough trouble, how many players would die fighting this boss?

One after another, more players died, as Ankeda's HP was continuously reduced.

Most of the guilds did not send their elite members to fight against Ankeda as 80% of the players would die! The most suitable attackers to fight against Ankeda were the Hunters. When their aggro values were high, they immediately used Fake Death to clear the aggro. Thus, even if their damage was high to Ankeda, their lives were not in danger. Hunters were the MVP1s of this boss!

Ankeda had killed more than 300 players within five minutes, but his ample HP was also exhausted. Ankeda's three heads reared up, facing the sky as it roared in denial before crashing down, dropping a lot of loot.

Different tactics were used to fight against different bosses. If they used the traditional tactic of sending tanks and healers to fight against this MP-depleting boss, healers would be wiped out, along with the tanks.

Zhang Yang did not tank the boss; otherwise, he would have held the highest aggro! Even though he was powerful, he would not be able to tank the boss for five minutes without a healer. Thus, this was the first time he stood aside and watched the battle as an audience.

Zhang Yang switched the item distribution mode in the party to All-Pick, allowing every member of their own respective guild to fight for the boss loots. He did not mind them getting a few items for themselves.

'Ding! The eighth wave of monsters is surging out of Tukula Fortress!'

The system did not allow the players to rest for long, and the eighth wave of monsters were already dashing towards the players from fortress.

This time, it was not a running monster but a flying Quad-Winged Demon Bat! A dense, dark mass could be seen from afar, it was like the night itself was being brought to them via sorcery!

The size of a normal Demon bat was similar to a little calf, while the elite Demon bat was much larger in size. Fully outstretched, they would easily have a wingspan of 10 meters. The edges of those wings were lined with gold, which marked the difference between them and the black wings of the normal Demon bats!

[Quad-Winged Demon Bat] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 58

HP: 5,800

Defense: 50

[Golden Quad-Winged Demon Bat] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 58

HP: 100,000

Defense: 300

Countless Demon bats blotted out what little sun they had. Zhang Yang knew that the monsters had ranged attack abilities so he immediately said, "Everybody spread out! If anyone of you is attacked by monsters and you are unable to fight back, you have to run forward, the monsters will chase after you until you have gained enough distance!"

Faced with aerial monsters, defense formations did not matter anymore. Due to the nature of the monsters, attacks would come in three—dimensions, melee attackers would be unable to fight back if they were bunched up together!

Demon bats flew pretty swiftly, able to cover 500 meters in 10 seconds. The Demon bats spat acid on the players from their positions up in the sky. Normal monsters caused 900 points of neutral damage while elite monsters caused 2,000 damage.

Ranged attackers started to retaliate immediately, while the melee attackers ran continuously. Whenever the melee attackers were out of Demon bats' attack range, Demon bats would fly obliquely and land on the ground, where the melee attackers were given the opportunity to run back and hack at them.

450,000!

400,000!

Monsters were raining down from the skies as they were killed, but the number of players also reduced continuously!

350,000!

300,000!

250,000!

The boss spawned at the 50th minute while only 200,000 players remained!

'Ding! The boss of the eighth wave monsters, Quad-Winged Demon Bat King, Cinchorida has joined the battle!'

A giant Quad-winged demon bat immediately appeared on the battlefield. It had about a hundred meter-long wingspan. Once it flapped its wings, a whirlwind was formed and the battlefield was clouded up with dust, demonstrating its power!

[Quad-Winged Demon Bat King, Cinchorida] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 58

HP: 18,000,000

Defense: 600

This Demon bat king flapped its wings and about ten swirls of dust appeared immediately and formed into a few mini tornadoes. These mini tornadoes moved about ten meters before gradually disappearing!

"Ranged attackers, kite the boss like how you fought the minions!" Zhang Yang immediately spoke in open channel, "Spread out, spread out as far as possible!"

Cinchorida came over the top of the players and spat green acidic saliva on a player, '-5,000' damage text appeared above that player's head, instantly leading to the player's demise. At the same time, about ten ranged attackers also attacked Cinchorida. It came swooping down at them in retaliation, but they scattered, running off in different directions. It was a rather comical, yet terrifying spectacle.

Although the boss spat another acidic glob of sputum and killed a player, an attack interval had been established and thus, based on its rhythm, the rest of the players were able constantly stay out of its attack range. Cinchorida was helpless and it flew obliquely after one of the players who currently held the highest aggro value.

Zhang Yang already summoned his war horse and waited for the chance to tag Cinchorida as it flew low. When the opportunity came, he chased after the boss, yelling, "Demon Snow, follow me!"

Cinchorida successfully chased after a player, killing the player with another spit of acid. At the same time, Zhang Yang already approached Cinchorida and entered the range of Charge. Zhang Yang immediately disabled his war horse summon, used Charge and dashed towards Cinchorida.

'-1,305!'

'-2,932!'

After two attacks, Zhang Yang had locked onto Cinchorida's aggro. It growled and spat green acidic saliva on Zhang Yang.

'-3,500!'

Damage text appeared across Zhang Yang's head. Because this acidic saliva caused magic damage, Zhang Yang's defense value did little to reduce the damage.

'Regeneration!'

'Mending Prayers!'

'Higher Healing!'

Han Ying Xue stood 30 meters behind Zhang Yang and threw healing spell after healing spell on Zhang Yang.

The rest of the players surrounded Cinchorida and started to attack.

Hu!

Cinchorida flapped its four wings, ten mini tornadoes immediately released around its side, sweeping off in all directions. Those players who touched by the tornadoes, were tossed up to the sky, taking 1,000 damage every second.

"Evade the tornado! Evade the tornado!" Zhang Yang looked around and hurriedly yelled, "Those tornadoes aren't really fast, if you guys don't bump into each other, evading won't be much trouble!"

Tornadoes did not last long, spiraling for about ten seconds. However, these ten seconds were enough to cause more than 10,000 damage to the players who were flung to the sky. If it was not for the efforts of the healers, they would have been dead before the tornadoes even weaken!

This particular round of tornadoes took at least 200 lives, showing that tornadoes could be lethal as well!

Besides, Cinchorida activated tornado attacks rather frequently. It activated another round of tornado attack after about ten seconds, scattering those players who were trying to surround it!

In fact, Cinchorida's single attack was weak. Han Ying Xue alone was enough to heal Zhang Yang's HP easily. If Zhang Yang had sufficient time and lesser players surrounding Cinchorida then Zhang Yang could even kill Cinchorida easily as Zhang Yang would have ample space to evade Cinchorida's attacks. However, Zhang Yang knew that the ninth wave of monsters would be unleashed anytime soon, so he had to wrap things up as soon as possible!

Bosses with powerful AoE skills had been specially designed for this battlefield for a simple but effective purpose--to reduce the number of players and increase the difficulty of seizing the fortress. However, the game had anticipated the average player's strength at this point in time, so the bosses weren't impossible to beat.

This time, all the elite forces had gathered up, and they hacked away, quickly depleting Cinchorida's HP. After three minutes, it succumbed to their deadly blows, dropping loot befitting of a boss. Another scramble among the players occurred again as they raced for the loots.

"Ke, ke, ke, noob tank, I got a Gray-Silver equipment!" Wei Yan Er laughed with proud.

Sun Xin Yu showed her loots, immediately silencing the little brat, as she had scooped up two pieces of Gray-Silver equipment!

"Put them all up for auction!" Zhang Yang simply said, himself only being able to loot a Hunter's skill book.

If the main forces in the guild wanted the equipment so badly, nobody could compete with them as their guild's contribution points left everyone else in the dust. Besides, Zhang Yang used such a method of distributing loots to earn trust and respect from the members. He wanted to give them all a sense of belonging.

"Guys, don't join the auction this time round, Yellow-Gold bosses will appear later, keep your guild's distribution points for that!" Before Zhang Yang started the guild's auction, he told the gang in party channel.

'Ding! The ninth wave of monsters is surging forth from Tukula Fortress!'

Hisssss...

With a series of snake hisses, a group of snake monsters came out from the fortress. They had both humanoid and snake-like features. They had four arms protruding out from their female bodies. Their upper body was covered in golden strips that could hardly be considered armor, merely covering the tips of their breasts. Their fair bellies were fully exposed. Each one of them was rather coquettish and beautiful. The green silky hair had a rather mysterious aura, adding on to the sex appeal.

There were no normal monsters for this wave. All of them were the elite monsters, wielding swords in all four of their arms, gazing upon the players with beautiful deadliness.

[Lamia] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 59

HP: 100,000

Defense: 300

"So sexy!" Fatty Han's eye immediately shone and locked his sights on the Lamias' tits.

"It's such a shame, if only they had two legs, they would be perfect!" Endless Starlight spoke, using a somewhat professional tone.

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "It would be perfect when they've killed the two of you!"

"It would be our honour to be killed by such great beauties!" Both Fatty Han and Endless Starlight replied together.

Hisssss...

The lamiae swayed their hips seductively as they slithered to the players' direction, their swords poised to strike!

"Stick to your defense line!" Zhang Yang raised his shield and lifted up his axe then shouted, "Two waves to go, we must survive this! For victory!"

"To victory!" All players shouted together.

"Kill!"

"Kill..."

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The lamiae collided with the players' defense line, whirling their swords with deadly finesse, starting another bloody clash!

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Chapter 190: Demon Snake Queen

Each sword attack from the Lamia was around 1,000 damage points. With four arms and four swords, a Lamia's flurry of slashes would amount up to 4,000 damage points if she was attacking a non-tank player! But if she slashed a tank, the damage would be dispersed and the damage from each sword attack would be reduced by the tanks' defense value. Zhang Yang had his 450 damage absorption attribute, so he received only two digits worth of damage from Lamia's attack!

Every tank was drooling when they saw Zhang Yang taking so little damage. If everyone had the same equipment as he did, these monsters would be a piece of cake for them!

Besides Zhang Yang, everyone else was fighting at their best efforts as all of these were the elite monsters! These elite monsters had high HP, high defense and high attack, so it was not easy for the players to kill them. Rays of light appeared one after another on the battlefield as more players were sent back to White Jade Castle!

180,000, 140,000, 100,000, 80,000... The number of players drastically reduced!

The surviving players were the skillful players with good equipment. As a whole, the players were like a sharp sword covered in dust, and having the 'dust' removed, their attack capability immediately shot up! Although the number of players was dropping, it seemed to have hit a hard bracket that separated the truly elite from the average. The rate of deaths was slowing down.

60,000, 40,000, 20,000, 10,000!

Out of 2,000,000 players, they were left with only 5,000 players. The ninth wave monsters had finally been eliminated completely! These 5,000 players were the players with top equipment in White Jade Castle. Naturally, this meant that they were also minority that stood at the top of the pyramid hierarchy!

Not only have they survived this much, they have also accumulated vast amounts of experience points and gained several levels! They usually required about seven days to gain a level after Level 50, but now those surviving players had gained at least one level. This battle had rewarded them handsomely with experience points, if nothing else!

Zhang Yang's level increased had to 52 and it was now only 28% away from Level 53!

'Ding! The boss of the ninth wave monsters, Demon Snake Queen, Mimina has joined the battle!'

The ninth boss had appeared and she was different from the previous eight bosses which were with gigantic body size. This Demon snake queen as large as the regular Lamiae, but she had a thicker and longer snake-like body. Every time she moved her body a little, her 40 meters long and huge body would be revealed!

She had six arms and held a sword in each hand, she was a Yellow-Gold boss!

[Demon Snake Queen, Mimina] (Yellow-Gold, Demon)

Level: 59

HP: 20,000,000

Defense: 1,000

"A Yellow-Gold boss really did appear!"

Everyone gazed at Mimina hungrily, they truly wanted the drops!

Except for Zhang Yang and the gang, this was the first time the players actually encountered Yellow-Gold boss. Once they thought of the quality of Yellow-Gold equipment that was much more powerful than Gray-Silver, all somehow found new strength coursing in their veins!

"Kill!" Somebody shouted first, triggering the 5,000 survivors to rush at Mimina, their depressed mood greatly uplifted!

"Noob tank, let's go hurry up!" Wei Yan Er had already summoned her Hell's stead and was shifting impatiently. Despite Zhang Yang and his gang's past experience with Yellow-Gold bosses, they were still greatly enticed.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "There's no need to rush, they'll take a while to kill Mimina! Daffodil Daydream, sum up how much people, tanks and healers we left!"

After a while, Daffodil Daydream answered, "We have a total of 827 people, and we have 89 tanks, 118 healers and 620 attackers!"

Zhang Yang nodded his head and said, "Hundred Shots, put everybody into a team!"

30 Seconds later, Lone Desert Smoke's remaining players were all formed into a huge team, the elites of the elite, the wheat separated from the chaff!

"Zhan Yu, hurry up, kite the boss!" Suddenly Snow Seeker sent a message in open channel.

Sky Shaman quickly followed up, "Damn it, Mimina's defense is so high, even after applying five stacks of Cripple Defense, she still has 500 defense. Besides, her level is too high, I can only cause about 200 damage points to her with physical attacks while Shield Bash causes only 100 damage points, I cannot grab hold of the aggro!"

"What are you talking about? You're barely even trying, you were waiting for Mimina to kill the people who were OT! She's attacking you now because there's nothing else for her to hit!" Crimson Fire complained.

Mimina's defense was high, but she was relatively weaker to magic attacks. Spellcasters did not cause much damage to Mimina due to their differences in levels, but they still fared considerably better compared to the melee attackers. Spellcasters were in danger of going OT as they were gaining more aggro than the available tanks.

Besides, Spellcasters did not have Fake Death, unlike Hunters and Thieves. The moment Mimina targets them, they would be killed instantly as her six swords make quick work of them!

Mimina had already killed several attackers, with 300 spellcasters making up most of the deaths!

Zhang Yang laughed and replied on the open channel, "I'm coming!" He switched to party chat, "Team one, follow me!"

Zhang Yang led 50 people towards Mimina.

All of the players who surrounded Mimina stood aside and opened up a way for Zhang Yang when they saw him coming. Why were they so polite? Obviously it was because they could not establish the aggro. With all the Spellcasters dead, healers would hold the highest aggro. If all the healers died, they would fail the expedition!

'Charge!'

'Blood Rage!'

Zhang Yang dashed towards Mimina and immediately hacked at her with his axe.

'-1,801!'

Because they had applied five stacks of Cripple Defense on Mimina and Zhang Yang had Eagle Eye, his attacks toward Mimina would not be reduced by her defense value! Besides, Zhang Yang was only seven levels behind Mimina. As long as the level difference did not exceed ten levels, Zhang Yang's attacks would not be penalized.

"F*ck, he is so powerful!" Sky Shaman could not help but swear. He could never accept the fact that a tank could deal so much damage, compared to his '200' worth of damage points!

'-3,571!'

When Zhang Yang used Horizontal Sweep, Sky Shaman almost cried out in front of everyone, complaining that Zhang Yang must be using cheats!

"Everyone, stop attacking, let me get a solid hold of the aggro!" Zhang Yang shouted loudly.

At this moment, nobody wanted to be killed by Mimina, all of them stopped attacking and patiently waited for Zhang Yang to establish aggro. Only Hunters could continue attacking as they had Fake Death. The skill's cool down duration was short, unlike the variations that Thieves had -- requiring five whole minutes!

On the other hand, Zhang Yang and his people continued attacking and healing as they started attacking alongside their leader. If anyone of them got to OT Mimina, Zhang Yang would have failed as a tank!

Mimina was immune to Provoke, but Zhang Yang used only 15 seconds to establish Mimina's aggro! Mimina turned away from Sky Shaman and started Zhang Yang wildly.

Sky Shaman's face was full of tears, he was afterall, one of the top tanks in White Jade Castle. It filled him with shame that Zhang Yang had acquired sufficient aggro in merely 15 seconds, while it had taken him a whole minute to do the same.

Mimina did the Yellow-Gold boss title justice, each attack of her swords caused about 2,000 damage points and she always attacked with her six arms which would absolutely destroy any non-tank attackers at current the current phase of the game. Mimina had dealt more than 7,000 damage points to Sky Shaman but when she attacked Zhang Yang, the damage was reduced to 5,000!

If Mimina's damage output was calculated as a single hit, then a single attack would cause up to 12,000 points of damage. By then, Zhang Yang's 450 damage absorption would have been pointless. But since he faced multiple, lower single attacks from the opponent, the damage absorption effect truly shone!

"You guys can start!" Zhang Yang sent a message in the open channel.

Suddenly, those players who stopped attack just now, they started to attack zealously, causing plenty of damage to Mimina! This was the first time they met Yellow-Gold boss! Their excitement was just as it was for Wei Yan Er, Hundred Shots and the gang when they first met Evil Necromancer Zac!

However, open world bosses would ranged skills and would be much harder to bring down!

'Ding! Mimina used Tail Strike!'

Mimina moved her body and used her long tail like a whip, lashing out at the enemies at her rear. Instantly, a bunch of '6,000' damage texts appeared on players' head and killed at least 100 players. Suddenly, there was a conical void at her back, where players had been snuffed out. It was 40 meters in radius, cleanly marking the spots where she had massacred the players. It was currently occupied by not more than seven players. These included five tanks, Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu.

Although Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu were not tanks, they were equipped with Level 40 Gray-Silver equipment, a few Level 50 Gray-Silver and Yellow-Gold equipment. Along with Zhang Yang's Vitality Aura, their HPs already exceeded 7,000, which enabled them to survive the Tail Strike!

Suddenly everyone was shocked, the space behind Mimina was quickly vacated, everyone keeping close watch of her long tail. They quickly moved to the front, having no desire of taking another Tail Strike again!

Unfortunately, Tail Strike was not only used at the rear of Mimina. She was actually capable of flicking her long tail all around her. After a while, Mimina used Tail Strike once again, striking the area in front of her and killing another 100 players! Their maneuvering had brought no change!

Everybody was stunned at this point as they did not know if anywhere around her was safe! But the guild masters insisted that they kept up their attacks, so they had no choice but to funnel themselves into the empty spots, filled with dread as players who once stood there had been instantly killed!

60%, 40%, 20%. Because of Mimina's high defense value, long HP and high level, most of the attackers had been wiped out. Ten minutes later, Mimina was doggedly hanging on with 10% HP!

'Ding! The tenth wave of monsters fall from the sky, the battle is nearing its end!"

At this moment, the system notification rang and the tenth wave of attacks was coming soon!

"Quickly, kill Mimina!" Everyone yelled.

If Mimina was reinforced with the tenth wave of monsters, the players would stand no chance whatsoever!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One after another, burning meteorites fell from the sky, crashing onto every single spot of the battlefield, leaving deep, vast craters. Out of those craters, gigantic rock monsters, with bodies covered in green flames climbed out, roaring with their arms spread open like Alpha Silverback Gorillas!

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Chapter 191: The 10th Wave

[Hellfire Demon] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 60

HP: 150,000

Defense: 1000

These foul demonic creatures that were basically rocks and boulders clumped together to form crude humanoid figures had greenish flames dotted all over their bodies. They had varying heights, but all of them stood over 10 meters. The moment they spawned from the pit, they would immediately charge towards the players with deafening roars. Even before they got within melee range, the players would already suffer from a DoT effect of '-500' per tick!

These Hellfire Demons were equipped with a lesser version of the Demonic Fire Lion King's Burning Aura. After all, the Demonic Fire Lion King was a boss!

"Blitz the boss down, quickly!"

Everyone was shouting their lungs out. The members that were being sent over to encircle and suppress the boss by their respective guilds are all elites among the elites! Without these excellently equipped players attending to the garrison, their own line of defense would have been easily crippled by the monsters!

"Put your backs into the game, just a little more!"

"Kill the boss first, then we shall go around to obliterating the monsters! There is still hope in completing the siege!"

"Never surrender!"

"Keep it up!"

At that single moment, everyone fought side by side, rivalries, grudges and enmities forgotten, with the greater good in mind. The morale was at its peak, as everyone desperately fought, none willing to fail at the 10th wave, with victory this close!

9%, 8%, 7%...

Mimina's HP continued to drop, but the Hellfire Demons were inflicting heavy player casualties. Without the command of the guildmaster and the support of the stronger players to hold down the fort, the overall combat capability of the players dropped drastically, leading to heavy losses!

Zhang Yang immediately said, "Hundred Shots, Fatty Han, take the other parties back and help main battalion out! Witchy Snow, her silly little cousin, ice queen and Daffodil can stay! We'll handle the boss!" Without any support, the entire team would definitely be crippled!

Hundred Shots obeyed immediately and nodded, leading his parties back with one command.

Fatty Han, however smiled perversely and said, "Brother Yang's appetite is only is getting bigger and bigger, initially he only had one in mind, then it became two, and now he's doing it with three and four! Tsk tsk tsk, 5P, brother Yang, I will definitely send you some tiger whip to replenish your body!"

"Replenish your ass, get lost!" Zhang Yang barely prevented himself from kicking this wretched *ss into the distant sky, that man was playing with a live bomb. Sun Xin Yu was an explosive fireball. If you really lit her up, this violent woman would not hesitate to blow your head off with her guns!

Fatty Han and Endless Starlight left with obscene smiles on both of their faces.

Several other guild masters saw the situation and followed suit. It would be fine to leave the boss as long as their melee combatants stayed back to grab the equipment in the first place!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Meteorites came raining down, one after another, like a series of carpet bombs. If any of them were to land on the players, they would instantly deal a damage of 3000 points to the players along with a 2 second stun! Therefore, players did not dare to bunch up together in one spot. If they were to take a few consecutive blows of the meteorites while also receiving some burn DoT from the burning aura, there would definitely be a massive amount of deaths on the field!

But once they split up, they would have face the onslaught of the monsters, every single one being an elite, and having defense points that went up to 1000! Without inflicting a full 5 stacks of the warrior's Cripple Defense, professions that dealt physical damage would not even be able to pluck out a single hair! Also, Hellfire Demons were fire attribute monsters, with exceedingly high fire resistance, rendering every Pyromancer on the field useless.

Sending elite players to assist the main battalion was like an act of sending firewood in a snowstorm, resolving their urgent needs! The battalion rallied to the reinstated chain of command from the return of high ranking guild officers and elite players, turning the tide of the battle!

Boom!

A meteorite struck Han Ying Xue on the back, a shockwave emanating from the impact, instantly dealing '-3000' damage on her, additionally stunning her for 2 seconds! A gigantic Hellfire Demon crawled out from the crater where the meteor landed, its greenish flames dealing '-500' damage on Han Ying Xue with every passing second!

Zhang Yang immediately backed up and sprung forward with a Charge, ramming straight into the Hellfire Demon. He shouted, "Finish the boss off, I will keep the other monsters(Creeps) occupied!"

He summoned Shadow of Merlinda to recover his health.

5%, 4%, 3%!

Mimina had a HP value that reached 20,000,000, so 1% of that would already be 200,000 worth of damage points. With only 60 to 70 people surrounding the boss, they were simply understaffed, taking about 15 seconds to forcefully bring down 1% of the boss' health!

2%!

1%!

0%!

"Argh --" Mimina screamed in misery, with her long snake body twitching and flailing about chaotically, finally crashing down to the ground, dropping loots all over.

Zhang Yang, Wei Yan Er, Sun Xin Yu immediately ran forward, arms extended, using their very best efforts to pick up the items that gleamed gold! Members from other guilds were at a disadvantage as they had never killed a Yellow-Gold boss before, and had no idea on how Yellow-Gold items looked like. Instead, they were bedazzled by the shiny Gray-Silver items that nearly covered the entire ground, habitually grabbing at the more familiar sight.

It took about 2 or 3 seconds before they were finally aware of the prospect, but there were only 4 or 5 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment, which were already swiped clean up by the 3 fast-handed players! Unfortunately, only 2 skill books dropped, one that Zhang Yang managed to grab, with the other one being taken by Crimson Rage. After all, skill books were too eye-catching!

Having no time at all to check on the loots he gathered, Zhang Yang immediately said, "Quickly! Head back to the main battalion!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Even if they wanted to leave, they would have to cope with the meteorites that were pouring down from the sky at a rate that only increased with each passing moment, like a snow hail smashing down, punching hundreds of thousands of craters in the ground, along hundreds of thousands of Hellfire Demons emerging from the pits, surrounding them from all directions!

It was definitely not possible to advance forward in the thick mass of demons. Although the effects of Aura skills would not stack, being flanked from the rear was no doubt the greater danger!

"Retreat! Fall back!" Zhang Yang quickly gave the 5-member party an instruction to retreat uphill, as it led to the edge of the map. The invisible wall supplied by the system would help block the monsters from one direction, reducing their pressure significantly! One less direction to look out for!

'3549!' '3201!' '2843'...

The remaining number of survivors was dropping drastically, but the Hellfire Demons continued descending from the skies, endlessly reinforcing their numbers.

'2602!' '2312!' '2103!'

"Sun of the beach! Brother Yang, I died!" the raging scream of Fatty Han came from the small party.

Zhang Yang could not help himself but wonder, so he asked, " Aren't you a Hunter? You can just lay down and play dead!"

"I had to hold my pee-pee for half a day, and that was what I did exactly, I was lying on the ground like a dead man! As a result, when I returned, I found myself burnt to death by their Burning Aura!" Fatty Han wailed.

"For god's sake, why didn't you go to the washroom after every wave?"

"Well, I was nervous since the beginning, holding it in without noticing, but I could not hold it any longer, so..."

"Aiyer, wretched fatty is just disgusting!"

The four pretty ladies in the party spoke in unison.

'1938!' '1743!' '1329!'

"Boss, I died too!" Endless Starlight also spoke up in the party chat, "What bad luck! I was attracting the attentions of the monsters smoothly, but suddenly, a few monsters came from the back and killed Sweetheart within seconds! So I died without any healing!"

The one who he called 'Sweetheart' was the priest in the second leading party of Lone Desert Smoke, Fantasy Sweetheart. She had a good sense of combat awareness, however, the main reason she was able to join the second party was because she had a sweet appearance along with a proud pair of boobs that Endless Starlight and Fatty Han coined as the 'giant boobed loli face' while adding her to the formation of the second party.

'892!' '532!' '321!'

"Zhan Yu! I am dead as well!" it wasn't long before the dispirited voice of Hundred Shots came by their ears.

40 minutes passed before the raining of meteorites from the sky started to slow down, however, the appearance of the boss was just 10 minutes away!

'Server announcement: The Longard Ciy expedition has failed!'

Suddenly, the system announcement in unique red words appeared on the global channel.

"That bunch of otakus and fujoshis have failed?" Fatty Han was sitting by the side of the bank, colluding with Endless Starlight in enjoying the view of the pretty girl players passing by.

"They began 40 minutes after us, they probably lasted until the appearance of monsters of the 10th wave before they were wiped out!" Zhang Yang gave some thoughts on it before saying it.

Daffodil Daydream was full of worry, saying, "I wonder if we can make it till the end!"

"Yes, we definitely can!" Zhang Yang said with certainty that was no bluff. The difficult part of the siege came when facing the monsters of the 10th wave. As long as they held their ground till the end, the NPCs will send forth an army of reinforcements to join the siege. By the time the NPCs take on the boss, the players will only have to ensure their own survival to complete the final task of the siege!

284!

183!

127!

The number of players was still dropping drastically, but the monsters was getting sparse in the number as well. There couldn't be more than two to three hundred of them in the field!

'Ding! The boss of the 10th wave, Hellfire Demon King Bariyada has joined the battle!'

Boom!

A gigantic meteor rock descended from the sky, smashing violently onto the surface of the ground, shaking the earth with a boom that resonated across the land, forming a giant pit with a diameter of more than a kilometer on the site of the crash. The edges of the crater were still crumbling, collapsing. The shock waves lifted the surface of the ground like a carpet being lifted off the ground, emitting a 3 meter high shockwave that spread outwardly!

Pak! Pak!

Two huge hands reached out from the pit, followed closely by the rise of a colossal demon of rock and magma, crawling out from the pit. With a height of up to a hundred meters, it pierced through the clouds and the sky beyond. The greenish flames peppered across its whole body distorted the air with intense heat!

[Hellfire Demon King Bariyada] (Yellow-Gold, Demon)

Level: 60

HP: 30,000,000

Defense: 1500

"A HP of 30,000,000 points! And a defense of 1500 points!"

"Gulp--" The remaining of the approximately100 survivors found it very hard to swallow at the exact same moment.

Zhang Yang immediately gave instructions, "Witchy Snow, follow me as I kite the monsters. Little sister, icy and Daffodil, go help the others in clearing the remaining monsters!" Then he posted his comment in the region channel, "Everyone, I will handle the boss for the moment while you guys clear out the remaining monsters, then we shall face the boss together!"

That would be the only way to solve it. If anyone still wanted to compete for the boss, they would have been slaughtered clean by the remaining monsters before they could even get a tenth of the boss' HP down! Every members of their respective guilds made no delay in taking out all the remaining monsters, each of them knowing that with the excessive health points of the boss, they would not have to worry about Zhang Yang taking up the time and opportunity to slaughter the boss!

Gong! Gong! Gong!

Bariyada advanced towards the players at big strides, every step he took shook the ground with claps of thunder!

Zhang Yang went straight up in a swift manner while Han Ying Xue followed behind him closely.

Looking down above from the sky, Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue were like two small insignificant cockroaches, recklessly trying to block the giant juggernaut that was approaching, Bariyada!

100 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters!

The moment they entered the distance of 30 meters away from the boss, Zhang Yang felt a surge of blazing-hot air that threatened to vaporize the average human, and the damage values of '-350' constantly deducted from their HP points -- of course the boss had to possess Burning Aura as well, dealing 1000 fire damage to all targets within the radius of 30 meters!

Phew!

Bariyada suddenly dropped a punch onto Zhang Yang. 'Koom'! Although the assault was blocked with a raise of his shield, the enormous impact still hit Zhang Yang hard, burrowing both of his legs in the ground.

"Anpalaseekdoka!" the boss roared in its demonic tongue, expressing it's dissatisfaction at being defied. Raising its left fist, it threw another violent punch.

'-4015!'

Zhang Yang did not block this time round, instantly, a damage value appeared on the top of his head.

The melee attack of the boss ranged at around 6000, give or take, and it attacked once every two seconds, the power was astonishing! However, the damage per second did not exceed a damage of 2000 when striking Zhang Yang, with a further reduction of Block every 5 seconds, the damage per second would be less than 1,400!

As long as Zhang Yang does not mess up with any single one of his Blocks, Han Ying Xue would definitely be able to keep up with her healing abilities!

On the other side of the battlefield, the number of the monsters was decreasing rapidly, dropping from the hundreds to two digits, then again, dropping from two digits to one digit, and finally, they were completely exterminated! The number of remaining survivors were only 53!

Among the numbers, 11 players were members of Lone Desert Smoke, 8 members were from Crimson Rage, 8 members from Imperial Sky, 5 from The Dominators and another 5 from Lost Paradise. The other 14 were from lesser-known guilds!

With each of their faces filled with joy and excitement, they knew, even with the boss still at 97% HP, everyone could see the light of hope for victory, and one after another they went up to attack to the boss.

'-1000!'

'-1000!'

'-1000!'

The damage values appeared right above the players who charged straight up to the boss. The boss was equipped with the Burning Aura!

Zhang Yang frowned and made a suggestion, "All of you, join my party!"

The players could not help themselves but stare at him, dumbfounded, unwilling to compromise to a suggestion like that! For all they knew, once they joined Zhang Yang's party, all Zhang Yang had to do was to set the distribution mode to 'Leader Distribution Mode', and lay waste to everything they had done all along?

Zhang Yang was infuriated beyond words. H could only shake his head continuously without any pause. They had already set their thoughts on the equipment distribution even before they could kill the boss! So he had to say it, "What is there to worry about? All you guys have to do is quit my party when the boss is at 1% or 2 % health left, you would still be able to pick up the equipment! I'm inviting you guys into my party is because of our Aura effects!"

So he posted the explanation link of the Vitality Aura onto the region channel, before asking Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er to post the explanation link of their Life Aura and Strength Aura respectively, as well.

Han Ying Xue was truly contemptuous of such people with vile intentions. She unwillingly posted the explanation link of the Life Aura out on the channel. Wei Yan Er had been very aloof towards them, she did not make any faces like her cousin did.

The players only understood after they read the descriptions, Zhang Yang and his gang possessed Aura skills!

My goodness, these are really good stuff!

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Chapter 192: Hellfire Demon King Bariyada

It was no longer a mystery on why he wanted everyone to join his party, it was all because Aura skills can only benefit the members of their own party!

The increment of 2%, or 4% may seem very little, but when the number of the party members increases, the power will be immense!

While Zhang Yang kited the boss around, he took out two pieces of scroll -- Magic Scroll: Increase Morale (Level 1) and Magic Scroll: Debilitation1 (Level 1). Lone Desert Smoke had been reserving the Cave of Bones to themselves for the past few days, so there were at least 10 pieces of these scrolls deposited in the warehouse of the guild. Zhang Yang had brought them along this time round.

Pak, he tore a piece of the Magic Scroll: Increase Morale, adding the effect onto his own side of the party. Every single members instantly acquired an increase of 5% in both damage effect and healing effect. Zhang Yang threw the other scroll, the Magic Scroll: Debilitation at the boss.

Failed!

As the level gap of the two sides was 7 levels apart, the first scroll was instantly wasted.

Zhang Yang quickly passed another Debilitation scroll to Han Ying Xue.

"You throw it!"

Han Ying Xue was currently at level 53, which was one level higher than Zhang Yang. Although the level difference between the two of them was only one level, the Magic Scroll was just too expensive to be wasted, saving up even one scroll was well worth it!

Pak, Han Ying Xue threw the scroll with a swing of her arm, slapping the Magic Scroll onto Bariyada.

'Ding! Bariyada has been affected by Debilitation (Level1) effect', decreasing all damage and healing effect by 10%. Last for 60 seconds!'

Han Ying Xue giggled as she teased sultrily, "Look, even the boss can be affected by the seduction of a woman!"

The party had the Strength Aura that gave them an addition of 2% strength, also with Increasing Morale that gave them an addition of 5% damage. The damage output of the whole gang had gone up by one level! Engaging a boss with high defense, the 5% increase of their attack was not merely increasing their damage output by 5%!

For example, a player who dishes out 120 base damage would only cause 20 damage to a boss that had 100 points of defense. When there is a 5% increase in the attack, the basic damage will reach a value of 126, which actually can do 26 damage to the boss, which meant that the damage has actually been increased by 30%!

Although the increase of 2% strength could not increase 2% of the players' attack, but the direct increase of 1.5% would still be of use!

Taking the advantage of the time where the magic scroll was still in effect, everyone immediately went out with their full power, unleashing every major skill in their arsenal on the boss.

"Rawh --" Bariyada suddenly let out a loud cry, smashing both of it's fists against the ground with a rumbling power. Immediately, pow, pow, pow, the cracking ground was abruptly raised up, one piece after another, it looked just like a cloudy shockwave expanding outwards.

As the wave of dirt passed through them, the players fell to the ground one after another, having a damage value of 6000 points appeared right above their heads!

'Ding! Bariyada released Grounding Hammer Strike!'

Fortunately, with the Vitality Aura in play, the players that survived up to this point were wearing basic armors of level 40 gray-silver equipment, boosting their health points up to 7000, give or take. Most of the players survived the attack, but there were also a small number of players with HP lower than 7000 points. Taking one Grounding Hammer Strike and along with the damage from Burning Aura, they were instantly robbed of their lives!

Han Ying Xue swiftly used her Healing Shower, casting her Regeneration and prioritized her healing on the health points of the Lone Desert Smoke members. Other healers were also healing their respective guild members.

With only one wave of this attack, another 7 players were instantly killed, leaving only 45 surviving members in the field!

92%, 84%, 72% ... The sheer defense of the boss was ridiculously high! Even with five stacks of Cripple Defense, the boss would still have 500 points of defense. Furthermore, the level of the boss was high, being at level 60, while the average level of the remaining surviving players ranged between level 47 to level 49. A large part of their DPS was taken away by the penalty incurred due to the difference in levels, it was obvious that their attack power was seriously inadequate.

The only player who did not have his attack reduced was Zhang Yang! With his Eagle Eye, he could ignore all the defense, and the level difference between him and the boss was only eight levels, so his damage was not penalized. The weapon in his grasp was also a level 50 Yellow-Gold, and while sustaining the attacks raining upon him, his rage points was constantly being charged. His damage per second had reached up to 2000, putting him in the first place for causing the most damage in his party.

The following was Wei Yan Er, with a two-handed weapon that had a high range of attack value, barely affected by the defense value. The only unfortunate thing for her was that her weapon was still a level 40 Gray-Silver Axe, if only she had her hands on a Yellow-Gold weapon, her damage output would definitely exceed Zhang Yang's.

The third in place was Sun Xin Yu. The 500 points of defense of the boss had greatly affected her regular attacks, reducing them to almost nothing. She was saved by her skills, which were not as severely affected!

It was even worse for Daffodil Daydream. She was a pyromancer, with the boss being fire attributed, she could not even make it in the top 10!

Merely 30 seconds had passed, the boss went for another Grounding Hammer Strike, and through the rolling dirt wave, another five players were taken away from the field!

66%, 53%, 46%!

The health point of the boss was depleted down by half, but the number of the surviving players had decreased down to only 34!

Grounding Hammer Strike!

Grounding Hammer Strike!

Grounding Hammer Strike!

31 players left... 27 players left... 22 players left...

Another 20 minutes passed, the boss was left with 28% of health points, but only 19 players were left alive! What was even worse was that the mana bar of the healers were at the brink of being emptied! Even the great healer Han Ying Xue had only 20% of her mana left, the main reason being that there were too many surviving members from Lone Desert Smoke! Subsequently, she was under the most pressure among all the healers!

"Kill it fast! Kill it fast!"

The gang were having the same thoughts in their mind.

26%... 22%... 18%...

They struggled to drain the health points of the boss. If this went on, they would certainly be unable to hold on any longer!

Zhang Yang made a critical decision, speaking up. "Players with DPS lower than 300, remove yourself from the effective range of the aura effect of the boss immediately! You don't have to waste the efforts of the healers! All healers split up into two groups, one group in-charge in healing, while the other group, recover your mana points!"

Engaging the boss until this very moment, it had already been 10 hours, everyone was hungry, starving and tired! Their judgment and reactions were declining down in a straight line. Having been reminded by Zhang Yang, everyone only realized it just then -- Argh! They could have done this themselves sooner!

There were still 6 healers in the party. Immediately, they divided themselves into two groups with 3 players in each group. The two groups took turns, with one group healing while the other group stayed out of the effective range of the aura effect, using the advantage of 5 seconds to recover their mana points. The two groups would switch their roles once every 30 seconds. Even though their mana points were still insufficient, that had already bought them some extra time!

14%, 11%, 7%!

"Hang in there! Almost there!" Every players on the field could not help themselves but to shout out loud.

'Ding! Player Another Joy has died!'

'Ding! Player Dragon's World End has died!'

'Ding! Player Sacred Wings of Night has died!'

The boss was still vigorously violent, every strike of the Grounding Hammer Strike would harvest a few lives from the field, it was inevitable, because the mana points for healing could only replenish the amount of health point reduced by the aura effect. Confronting the ultimate skill of the boss, only the Healing Shower of Han Ying Xue could heal up the health points of the players!

5%, 4%, 3%, 2%!

The remaining 15 players were irritably excited, however, the healers had almost used up all of their mana points!

Bariyada raised up both of it's fists, immediate smashing them into the ground, it was another Grounding Hammer Strike!

"Come over everyone!" Zhang Yang shouted in a loud voice, triggering Vanguard's Aggression and Shield Wall simultaneously, casting a vague blue protective barrier over each of the players.

'-600!'

'-600!'

'-600!'

Under the protection of his Vanguard's Aggression, everyone would only sustain 10% of the damage they receive, while with the Shield Wall triggered by Zhang Yang, they would only suffer 40% of the damage received!

"Witchy Snow, carry on with your mana recovery, I'm triggering Shadow of Merlinda!" Zhang Yang shouted and selected the [Merlinda's Ring of Grateful].

'1000!'

'1000!'

In the interval of every passing seconds, a healing number appeared right above Zhang yang's head, in just a short moment, his health points had been replenished back to full.

Sky Shaman witnessed the scene with envious eyes, wondering, "Wow, Zhan Yu, whatkind of skill is that!"

Zhang Yang laughed and then he spoke, "Let's hustle and f*ck the boss up!"

'260,000!'

'210,000!'

'190,000!'

The remaining health points of the boss was only at 1%!

10 seconds after, the barrier of Vanguard's Aggression had worn off, the effect of the burning aura persisted again, deducting 1000 points of health points from the players!

Han Ying Xue quickly threw out her Healing Shower, while using up the last of her mana points to cast Regeneration and Holy Shield on Zhang Yang, and there she was, completely spent!

She was well aware that it would be useless to stay on the same spot, she would only end up being burned by the Burning Aura, so she immediately ran out of the area.

170,000! 140,000! 110,000!

'Ding! Player Slight Breeze has died!'

'Ding! Player Yue Wanxin has died!'

70,000! 40,000!

Zhang Yang activated his Substitute, acquiring a 5-second invincibility.

20,000! 10,000!

"Rawh--" Bariyada gave out a raging roar that trembled the sky, and boom, it's huge body was broken down into pieces of gigantic rocks falling down, scattering all over the ground.

'Ding! You and all parties have slayed Hellfire Demon King Bariyada, acquired 230,000 experience points!'

'Ding! The defense of the Tukula Fortress has been greatly weakened, the Empire Dragonic Cavalry are on their way to the battlefield, please wait patiently, and join the Imperial Expeditionary Army in the siege of the fortress!'

On the display of the players, a 30-minute countdown clock appeared.

"We made it!"

The people could not help themselves but to cheer in joy, lost in excitement. Zhang Yang was forcefully hugged by the female rogue Perfumed Water, receiving tons of her fragrant kisses on his face.

Stop it! My equipment! Zhang Yang cried in tears, just in the manner of seconds, Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu had already stabbed him in the back, grabbing all the Yellow-Gold equipment on the ground while everyone else was basking in their current victory!

"Quickly! Grab the equipment!" A few seconds later, someone finally noticed, and they quickly bent down to grab the loots dropped by the boss.

In the midst of the chaos with everyone was grabbing what they can reach their hands on, the 30 pieces of equipment dropped by Bariyada were cleaned up from the ground, distributed among them. 13 players looked at each other, with no knowledge of what the others had managed to grab from the ground.

Zhang Yang kicked all the non-Lone Desert Smoke members out of the party, before he started asking, "So what did you guys get from the loots?"

The remaining members of the Lone Desert Smoke were only the five of them, including himself, Han Ying Xue, Wei Yan Er, Sun Xin Yu and Daffodil Daydream.

Although they didn't amount to much, they still occupied 40% of the total players who survived till the end. Evidently, they were absolutely the strongest among the remaining players who survived based on overall strength!

TL Note:

1Debilitation - the item name was changed from Weakness to Debilitation.

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Chapter 193: The Reinforcements Have Arrived

Until the moment they were kicked out of the party, everyone only realized that they had not quit the party right before the boss died, they had been too nervous and excited! It was fortunate for them that Zhang Yang did not set the distribution mode to 'Leader Distribution Mode'. Otherwise, it would have been too late for them!

It was still half an hour away before the Empire could send the second wave of their army over to the site, so everyone took the time to rest, to have some food and water as well.

The four ladies logged out to replenish their food. The last battle that was about to begin, and the general of the fortress is a Yellow-Gold rank boss, the drops would be most rewarding, there was no reason for them to miss it at all!

Having bought two boxes of rices in a haste and devouring them all, Zhang Yang quickly logged back on.

A while later, Sun Xin Yu, Han Ying Xue and the remaining ladies appeared at his sides, one after another.

"Noob tank, this one's for you!" Wei Yan Er traded a piece of equipment glittering in gold over to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang selected the accept button, jumping in shock!

[Furious Metallic Boots] (Yellow-Gold, Armor boots)

Defense: 40

Vitality: 288

Strength: 115

Agility: 115

Unidentified

Profession required: Guardian

Level required: 60

Furious set (1/5)

3-piece set: Decrease Shield Wall cool down by 1 minute.

5-piece set: Whenever there is an attack that will kill you, the attack will not damage you, and also recover 40% of your HP value. The effect can only be triggered once every 5 minutes.

This is a warrior's second set of armor set, it is also the exclusive armor set for Guardian!

Every second set of armor set for all professions can be acquired from the level 50 dungeon, the Poison Fireland. But players can only acquire Black-Steel grade armor set from Normal Mode, Green-Copper grade armor set from Hard Mode, and Gray-Silver grade armor set from Death Mode. Zhang Yang had always thought that there would be no such thing as Yellow-Gold grade armor set all along. Now he realized that it's not that they did not exist at all, it was just that these Yellow-Gold grade set armor will only drop from the Open World boss!

However, how many level 50 to level 60 Yellow-Gold boss would be out there in the open world? The difficulty of collecting a complete set of the armor was imaginable, so it was perfectly normal that Zhang Yang had never seen a Yellow-Gold grade Furious set in his previous life.

Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er had grabbed a total of 5 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment, other than one accessory, the other three pieces were exclusive armor set pieces for Cryomancers, Berserkers, and Snipers respectively. Players will never be able to wear the equipment if their professions are not correspondent to the equipment, so Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er handed over [Spiritual Boots] and a [Dragon Hunter's Boots] to Zhang Yang. They had left it to him to decide on whether to auction them in their guild or put them on the sales rack of his Little Merchandize Shop and split the money earned among themselves.

The accessory belonged to the physical damage type. Because Wei Yan Er already got a [Furious Boots] (Berserker), she let Sun Xin Yu have the accessory piece.

[Fury of Hell] (Yellow-Gold, Accessory)

Use: Increases your physical attack by 900 points, lasting for 10 seconds. Cool down: 3 minutes.

Level required: 60

Open world bosses could really drop seriously good stuffs! An accessory such as this might not be acquired by regular players even if they reached level 100. However, the level 50 Zac, the level 60 Bariyada had already dropped such fine pieces of accessories!

"No skill books this time around, huh?" Zhang Yang expressed his dissatisfaction towards his own greed.

Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er shook their heads. Han Ying Xue and Daffodil Daydream were ranged professions, they did not even stand a chance in grabbing the loots dropped from the boss.

"It's alright since that's enough, the boss only dropped seven or eight pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment, and we grabbed 5 pieces out of that. If we forget our own boundaries, god is going to smite you down with his thunder!" Han Ying Xue smiled while teasing him.

"Oh yea! There are also the loots acquired from Demon Snake Queen, Mimina!" Zhang Yang gave his head a slap as he remembered. Previously, after killing Mimina, he had hustled to skill the Hellfire Demons without even looking into what he had grabbed before that!"

Zhang Yang, Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er posted the loots that they grabbed earlier on:

[Ring of the Queen, [Sword of the Demon Snake, [Necklace of the Thick Soil Defense, and [Swiftfoot Boots].

According to the attributes of the equipment, [Ring of the Queen] went to Han Ying Xue (Actually it was also useful to Daffodil Daydream, but Han Ying Xue expressed that the ring accords with her identity), the necklace went to Zhang Yang, while the boots went to Sun Xin Yu. As for Endless Starlight, Hundred Shots and Fatty Han, they were gracefully ignored by the ladies.

[Sword of the Demon Snake] was a level 50 one-handed sword. Unfortunately, there were no Bandits in their small party, so the sword would only go straight into Zhang Yang's backpack.

[Strong Earth Defense Necklace] (Yellow-Gold, Necklace)

Vitality: 100

Strength: 25

Unidentified

Required level: 50

Zhang Yang immediately switched the old necklace with the new one. Even though he had not identified the necklace yet, but it was definitely much stronger than the previous [Necklace of Anxious Attack]!

Very soon, Snow Seeker and the others were logging into the game.

"Guild master Zhan Yu, please take good care of us!" Snow Seeker smiled softly at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang shrugged and teased, "You guys are not bad yourselves, it goes both ways!"

At the current moment, there were only five members of Lone Desert Smoke left, being the most powerful force among them all. The next was Crimson Rage, with three people surviving, they were Snow Seeker, Flirtatious Lady, and Perfumed Water. The following was Imperial Sky, with Sky Shaman and The Great Compassion Mantra as the two remaining survivors. The Dominators also remained with two survivors, Humbly Gentleman and Traveling Piglet. With no healers left in their party, they would definitely be taken out if and when they engage in battle. The thirteenth survivor was Crimson Fire, thanks to the blessing of Han Ying Xue, this fellow had been healed at the very last moment, every single time he was close to death, on several occasions!

Currently, the top-10 contribution list on the battlefield were as below:

1. Zhan Yu: 542, 343, 412.

2. Little Snow: 278, 961, 987.

3. Snow Seeker: 138, 797, 892.

4. Drizzler: 123, 488, 720.

5. Frost Night: 119, 873, 693.

6. Daffodil Daydream: 91, 343, 493.

7. Sky Shaman: 87, 391, 349.

8. Humbly Gentleman: 74, 134, 987.

9. Perfumed Water: 66, 738, 868.

10. Crimson Fire: 64, 134, 098.

Zhang Yang's ranking as the first was absolutely uncontested. Even if he withdrew himself from the battlefield, his contribution points would still be in the first place! Han Ying Xue's ranking was also very firm, but from the third position onward, all the other positions were easily subject to change. The only way to know the final results would be to complete the siege on the fortress.

'Ding! The Dragon Knights of the White Jade City have joined the battle, prepare to launch the attack on the Magic Cannons of Tukula Fortress!'

A dozen gigantic dragons flew in from afar, their unfolded wings were impressively wide, spanning to about two to three hundred meters! Just a dozen dragons spreading their wings were already intimidating enough to overwhelm the sky! Each of these dragons differed in their own colors, there were red dragons, bronze dragons, green dragons, blue dragons. Each dragon had a knight riding on it's back, directing the dragon to launch the attack on the Magic Cannons located on the fortress.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

All of the dragons opened up their huge wide mouths, jetting out streams of dragon breaths, packed with destructive power. The Magic Cannons were immediately destroyed by the dragon breaths right after they fired their first shot, blowing up after taking direct hits. The monsters that were commandeering the cannons and those around it were blasted away in bloody pieces.

After clearing out the Magic Cannons, these gigantic dragons flew away one after another, disappearing into the sky as swiftly as they had arrived. Evening had already arrived, the unparalleled beauty of the sunset, paired with the scenario of a dozen of dragons flying together as a group, gave people a sense of infinite fascination.

"I really, really wanna have a dragon to ride on!" Wei Yan Er immediately imagined herself in the scene she just witnessed, provoking the hell horse that she currently sat atop to roar, stomping it's horseshoes loudly on the ground as they moved.

The one and only person who would be able ride a dragon in the whole ofis Hundred Shots! He would tame a red dragon to be his pet, aiding him in battling enemies and also as a mount for him to ride on. It would be really useful in getting people's attention, without even mentioning the unlimited coolness factor!

Zhang Yang let out a breath of sigh, he had to admit that he would never be able to ride a dragon, however, he still had hope to ride a phoenix! So all he could do was to wait for Fatty Han to reach Level 100, and then have Fatty Han bring him to complete the hidden quest for his profession!

It can be easily imagined, when Wei Yan Er sees Zhang Yang and Fatty Han riding on a Phoenix, she will definitely be flooding the surroundings with her tears!

'Ding! The Magic Cannons have been destroyed, the Imperial Army is entering to the battlefield!'

In conjunction with the system's verbal announcement, a huge portal was opened, and parties of NPC squads were walking neatly out from the portal, amounting up to at least 300,000 men! A knight with a grand visage was riding an equally tall and handsome white horse into the battlefield, carrying a huge war hammer behind his back, right above his head was his title 'The Expedition First General, Frodoc'.

[The Expedition First General, Frodoc] (Yellow-Gold Leader, Humanoid creature)

Level: 65

Hp: 30,000,000

Mp: 1,500,000

Defense: 1200

"Victory for the expedition is just within our sights! Soldiers, warriors of the White Jade City, charge!" Frodoc took up his war hammer and pointed it straight at the fortress, shouting out those words and roared.

"Charge --"

The soldiers responded in unison, every single one of them marching neatly in formation towards the direction of the fortress. Hundreds of thousands of footsteps boomed in rhythm, echoing throughout the open field!

Croom! Croom! Croom!

Moving forward through the enemy like splitting bamboos, the army smashed the city gate down and marched mightily into the fortress!

The players followed meekly behind the NPCs, with only 13 of them left, they would instantly fail the expedition if they were to die in the process!

"Stick with Sir Frodoc!" Zhang Yang rode on his [Skeletal War Horse] while talking on the party channel.

Han Ying Xue and the others had no objection to his suggestion of course, Snow Seeker and the other two ladies pondered on it for a bit, before they too decided to follow Zhang Yang and his gang. Needless to say, Crimson Fire quickly followed. If a lone pyromancer like himself is left behind on his own, he would definitely be as good as dead if he ever met an elite monster!

With 9 out of 13 players standing together as a team, Sky Shaman and Humbly Gentleman did not want to be left out, and so they grudgingly followed Zhang Yang from behind just like the others.

Frodoc charged all the way through on his horse, riding straight for dozens of minutes to stop in front of a large mansion, pak, he dismounted with the grace of a general. Grabbing his war hammer in his right hand, he did an about face, turning to his men. "Guards! Follow me into the mansion and slay all the evil demonic generals!"

"Yes, sir!" hundreds of elite NPC guards raised their swords up high and roared in unity.

"We shall follow them behind and take whatever advantage we can get from them!" Zhang Yang smiled with content.

At this time, instead of battling, it was more like following the NPCs to watch a movie. Players simply had to ensure their own survival, the NPCs would handle the final battle! Of course, for players who wished to acquire the City Order, they must join the battle, because monsters that are completely killed by NPCs will not drop a single victory loot!

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Chapter 194: The End of the Expedition!

Bang!

With a swing of his war hammer, Frodoc blew open the huge iron door of the mansion. He walked in, followed closely by hundreds of elite guards, with Zhang Yang and the others in the midst of them.

Along the way, regular elite monsters were spawning, but they were instantly blown away by the powerful war hammer of Frodoc. His hammer smashing an enemy apart at a time, he held nothing back, the monsters dying in a single hit!

"This NPC is so ferocious!" Crimson Fire was left breathless.

Zhang Yang laughed, "This is the story mode, he must be ferocious to be a general! NPCs will not be too powerful when they engage with players. If that;s not the case, you can try to engage with the boss!"

Crimson Fire quickly shook his head frantically, it was just a joke! If he died in the hands of an NPC when victory was almost at hand, that would make him look very stupid, truly!

Han Ying Xue then said, "If there was such an NPC helping us with the 10th wave monsters, it would have been great!"

Zhang Yang instantly rolled his eyes back, thinking to himself that, if that would be the case, what was the point or even having 10th wave in the first place? However, Witchy Snow's moral attainments had reached another height. Once provoked, she would use her seduction tactics to tease him all day long... That was least of his worries, he more afraid of Sun Xin Yu losing control and gunning the two of them down!

Under Frodoc's lead, the players were proceeding like they were having a stroll in a bamboo forest, monsters to the left and right were instantly being killed. In just a short period of time, they had reached the front of a huge chamber.

The chamber was rectangular in shape, with a length of about 100 meters, width of 80 meters, and 30 meters high. The whole chamber was supported by twelve large pillars, the atmosphere was ominous yet grand.

At the bottom of the chamber, there was a huge throne. Lounging upon it was a winged, red devil with and two horns on its head. The devil was more than ten meters tall!

[Demon General Shanks] (Yellow-Gold, Demon)

Level: 65

Hp: 40,000,000

Defense: 1200

"Filthy demon, the world does not belong to you!" Frodoc raised up the hammer in his hand and walked into the chamber with confident, big steps.

"Hahaha, a bunch of fools here to die!" Shanks stood up boldly, unfurling his wings with a shake of his back, instantly stirring up a howling gale. As he stretched out his right hand, 'bam!', the black flame rose from his palm. "The world, is our hunting ground! In the near future, our family of nine lords will all be revived, be it human beings, elves, orcs, dwarves, dragons, or elemental bodies, all shall be completely erased from this world by our own hands!"

"Arrogant demon! Allow me, Frodoc, to bury your head into mud!" Frodoc bellowed sonorously. Dom dom dom, his heavy footsteps boomed through the chamber and he charged towards the boss.

"Guards, kill all these intruders." Shanks drawled nonchalantly.

Jik Jik Jik!

Suddenly, a dozen demonic monsters, wielding battle axes, leaped from behind the pillars, all of them being Level 60 elites with health points up to 300,000!

"You useless maggots!" Frodoc swung up his war hammer once again, gong gong gong, with just one hit from his hammer, he took out all of the monsters in an instant! The pace of his charge did not slow down at all, he was like a gale rushing towards Shanks.

"Finally, a worthy warrior among the insignificant humans!" Shanks murmured, with a sudden move of his right hand, a shiny, giant axe flew over to him from the weapon rack at the side of the room, falling firmly into his palm. Shanks belted out a war cry, with his hands holding the axe in a firm grip, he gave an overhanded, downward swing. That was the start of the battle.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

The two Yellow-Gold bosses were engaged in battle, every clash of the hammer and the axe discharging showers of sparks all over the place. The rate of health points lost on both sides amounted up to ten thousands at a time!

"Little sis, the boss is about to die, who knows, there might be a two-handed axe among the loots!" Zhang Yang turn to Wei Yan Er and made a guess.

Wei Yan Er immediately widened her eyes, dashing forward, she took her axe from her back and grabbed it firmly, snapping urgently, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's role, take out the boss!"

Zhang Yang laughed, "Forward!"

Shoof! shoof!

Both of them used Charge and smashed right onto the boss, and unleashed their attacks onto Shanks.

Sky Shaman and the others were not willing to be left behind, so naturally, they went forward as well.

At this point, the game company clearly no longer had any intentions of making things difficult for the players, Shanks's aggro was firmly held by Frodoc, no one else would need to tank. Furthermore, the only all-out attack this boss had was Dividing Slash, causing the same amount of damage on the players nearest to the target. So, as long as players stood behind the boss while unleashing their attacks, they would not be damaged by the skill.

However, the level of the boss and his defense were really high, the damage output of everyone was largely diminished, even Zhang Yang could only unleash 30% of his full attack!

It was all they can do for now, the vast difference in levels cannot be covered up with powerful equipment and weapons.

In just 2 minutes, Shanks had been rid of 12,000,000 health points. But correspondingly, the damage output of the boss was even more ferocious, Frodoc had taken up to 20,000,000 damage!

"Silly Yu, the NPC won't last for long!" Han Ying Xue was worried. The attacks of the boss was just too overwhelming, with a damage output up to 170,000 in each attack, if any of it were to land on the players, it would be like smashing the golden cudgel used by the monkey king on the players. The moment the attack reaches the players, they are all as good as dead!

Zhang Yang gave it thought, before saying, "There's nothing to worry about, even if the NPC dies, the boss will not deal such high damage on players, we only see such outrageous values in Story Mode!"

While Frodoc took away another amount of 5,000,000 HP of the boss, he was left with only 1,000,000 HP. Just as he was about to be killed by the boss --

'30,000,000!'

A horrifying amount of healing value appeared right on top of Frodoc's head, instantly healing the NPC back to it's original full state!

Sacred Heal!

Holy cow! Everyone could not help themselves but mutter, this NPC was too shameless!

Healing so much HP in a single time, giving no alternatives to the boss to survive!

But Zhang Yang felt uneasy, would the boss in turn, use a Berserker's Heal to heal himself while engaging in this battle? It was very obvious that the boss is a Berserker warrior, it wouldn't be unusual for the boss to be able to use Berserker's Heal! With such thoughts held in his mind, Zhang Yang did not dare to disrupt his chain of Destructive Smash, the moment the cool down time was over, he would quickly use it again on the boss.

40%, 30%, 20%, 10% ...

The health points of the boss was dropping like an avalanche, he was not far from his own demise!

6%, 3%, 1%!

"NO --" Shanks uttered a roar full of rage, "My master will return! When that happens, the whole world will be engulfed by fire, I shall be revived from the darkest flames of all! Humans, enjoy your last days while you are still able!"

Boom!

The huge body of the boss let out a stream of gold piling up on the ground, before he crashed down onto the ground, rattling the whole chamber with a large tremble!

'Ding! The Demon General Shanks has been killed!'

'Ding! The army of the White Jade City has completely conquered Tukula Fortress! Victory over the expedition!'

'Server Announcement: The players of the White Jade City has completed the siege on the fortress, acquiring the first victory in the expedition! To honor these heroes, all players of the White Jade City will acquire an additional effect of 100% experience point as their additional reward for the next 3 days, and acquire the 'Hero' Effect!'

'Server Announcement: The first phase of the expedition has been completed, all teleportation sites in the main cities are now opened, players are free to travel to all main cities via teleportation!'

'Server Announcement: The 20-limit cap for the dungeon Poison Fireland has been officially opened!'

'Server Announcement: Battle Mounting System has been officially opened!'

The system messages came up one after another, while Zhang Yang and the others had begun their own chaotic battle, grabbing the loots that were dropped from the boss. They had used every single possible way, the Knights used Sanction, the Spellcasters used Frozen Ring, the Priests used Fear of Mind and Soul. In short, everyone wanted to drive others away and gain control of the situation, so that they could pick the most precious item, the [City Order]!

Summoning servant Clear Lotus, activating the Substitute skill! 5-second invincibility, immune to all control and damage!

Blast Wave!

Zhang Yang aimed from the perfect angle and emitted out a conical shock wave, instantly stunning the 8 remaining players who were not members of the Lone Desert Smoke!

Wei Yan Er could not stop giggling, while her arms worked quickly along with Han Ying Xue and the rest in grabbing the equipment that radiated gold light, stuffing them into their own backpacks. 4 seconds was enough for them to grab all 7 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment clean up from the ground!

When the others had regained their statuses from the stun, there were no more Yellow-Gold equipment left on the ground. Even the Gray-Silver equipment had not gone untouched, 6 of them remained -- there were originally a dozen of them on the ground before that.

"Zhan Yu, f*ck your mother!" Humbly Gentleman was in absolute rage. It was not easy having to hold on for so long, but having all the best rewards taken away from him, someone greedy and selfish like him would definitely snap and go crazy!

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "Hypocrite, how can I just stand there and do nothing when you initiated your attack? Fine, I guess it's better that I send you back to the graveyard!"

Shoof, shoof, shoof. Zhang Yang wielded his battle axe, launching his attack on Humbly Gentleman.

With Zhang Yang in action, Wei Yan Er and the gang naturally followed their leader. Everyone was in a frenzy, and without much effort, they had sent Humbly Gentleman and Traveling Piglet back to White Jade City. With the little time left, Snow Seeker and the rest quickly relieved the ground of the remaining equipment and divided the loot among themselves.

Of course, those equipment had been left on purpose for them by Zhang Yang. Although it is said that the number of loots you can grab depended on your capabilities, leaving nothing for others would only provoke their rage! Now that Crimson Rage, Sky Shaman and the others had acquired a few Gray-Silver equipment, they would hopefully, not react as poorly as Humbly Gentleman did.

"Guildmaster Zhan Yu, you guys have earned a fortune this time!" Snow Seeker smiled gently while talking to him, as the saying goes, if it's laid, it's played. In the previous attempts in grabbing equipment, she had also used up all her juice, it was unfortunate that she could not compete with Zhang Yang. A Blast Wave took care of everyone else. If she goes around with a sad face, scolding and cursing, that would only make her look like Humbly Gentleman, who frankly did not deserve to play!

Zhang Yang smiled meekly, "Nothing special, just so-so."

"Noob tank, this is for you!" Wei yan Er suddenly handed him a golden plate the size of a palm.

[City Order: Tukula Fortress] (Consumable)

Use: You have acquired the recognition of Your-Highness, to become the owner of the Tukula Fortress!

Level required: 50

Zhang Yang received the order over, but he did not use it immediately, he asked among the party members first, "None of you guys want this?"

"Cheh, don't be so hypocritical! You are the guildmaster, the symbol of our guild, if this is not given to you, who else should we give it to?" Han Ying Xue scoffed with her nose up.

Daffodil Daydream nodded earnestly, expressing her agreement, "It should be given to Zhan Yu! It should be!"

Meanwhile, Sun Xin Yu was sharpening her daggers, with a face that didn't seem to care for anything at all.

So, Zhang Yang accepted it bluntly, and used the city order on himself. A sudden burst of blinding gold light instantly covered him whole, and a large seal of the Royal of White Jade Kingdom appeared right above his head, gleaming as it floated in the air, displaying the title with cheerful, colorful ribbons.

Snow Seeker and the others saw the royal seals, and immediately they understood -- Zhang Yang had used the [City Order]! Unfortunately there was only one [City Order, so they could only be envious of him, staring from aside.

This moment of glamour lasted for half a minute, before the royal seal floating in the air finally dimmed down. The symbol then began to shrink and went hidden into the position of Zhang Yang's chest, engraving itself onto his armor.

'Ding! You have become the master of the Tukula Fortress!'

'Ding! You have acquired the privilege of the city order:

1, You can manage all players who enter the Tukula Fortress.'

You can use teleportation to the main hall of the city in any places."

'Ding! You have acquired the title: Hero of White Jade City, permanently gets a 50% discount in equipment repair, socket equipment and other costs!'

'Server Announcement: White Jade City has completed the siege on the fortress, the reward will be distributed according to the contribution of players on the battlefield!'

"Server Announcement: Player Zhan Yu ranked first in the contribution list, acquired Yellow-Gold [Furious Chest Plate, 1 skill point, lucky attribute 3!"

"Server Announcement: Player Little Snow ranked second in the contribution list, acquired Yellow-Gold [Excellent Robe, 1 skill point, lucky attribute 2!"

"Server Announcement: Player Snow Seeker ranked third in the contribution list, acquired Yellow-Gold [Spiritual Robe, 1 skill point, lucky attribute 1!"

"Server Announcement: Player Drizzler ranked forth in the contribution list, acquired Yellow-Gold [Furious Chest Plate, lucky attribute 1!"

"Server Announcement: Player Frost Night ranked fifth in the contribution list, acquired Yellow-Gold [Bloody Teeth Chest Plate]!"

"Server Announcement: Player Daffodil Daydream ranked sixth in the contribution list, acquired Gray-Silver [Spiritual Robe]!"

...

The rewards for the top five achievers were all the second pieces of Yellow-Gold armor sets, respective to their professions! As for the remaining 5 top achievers on the contribution list, they were rewarded with a second piece of the Gray-Silver armor sets. There was a vast difference between the value between these two grades of the rewards, as Gray-Silver equipment can be acquired through the Death Mode of the Poison Fireland Dungeon, but Yellow-Gold equipment...can only be acquired by slaying Yellow-Gold Open World bosses.

The problem is that the difficulty is too hard, unlike a dungeon, it was open for everyone!

Zhang Yang was extremely pleased, other than getting a piece of Yellow-Gold equipment, he actually got another skill point and 3 luck attribute points! Currently, his lucky attribute had already reached 9 points, while rate of his lucky strikes had almost reached 1%. It might not seem to affect much when engaging a boss as it only increased the his output damage by a little, but it can instant-kill a player in PK, if the effect is suddenly triggered out of the blue!

Although Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er both acquired a [Furious Chest Plate, one aimed to increase defense while the other aimed to increase damage output., the system had already considered this on behalf of the players. However, the second piece of Yellow-Gold equipment required players to be level 60 to wear it, and players can wear equipment that are Gray-Silver or lower grade when they reach level 50. Currently, Zhang Yang could only wait for a little longer, staring at the Yellow-Gold equipment after acquiring a few pieces of them.

Afterwards, they divided the Yellow-Gold equipment that they acquired from the boss, Shanks. Zhang Yang was extremely lucky, he actually got another piece of his armor set -- [Furious Helmet]. So now, he just needed to level up to level 60, and then he will be able to equip all 3 pieces of the armor set he now possessed, acquiring the first effect of the armor set!

Shanks had dropped 7 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment in total, and among the 7, 4 of them were armor set pieces, all being helmets for priest, assassin thieves, guardians and pyromancers. However, there was no helmet for Wei Yan Er, she was so upset with the fact and blamed the boss for being biased.

It was fortunate that the axe weapon that always made her drool had finally appeared, although it required her to be level 60 to equip it, the little girl was already filling her face with only joy, her joy was beyond any description possible.

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Chapter 195: Notice of the Gathering of Classmates

After splitting up the loots, there was nothing left there for them.

The existence of the Tukula Fortress was to allow players to go to Level 50 leveling areas. Currently, this place can be described as a transfer hub. For the players to go to the level 50 leveling area, one must first travel from the main city to this fortress, and then go on out to the designated areas through here.

However, there were a number of 'Territories' on the map of level 50 areas with teleportation points of their own. As long as these 'Territories' are refreshed and conquered by players, the players would be able travel directly from the main cities to the 'Territory' points, saving a lot of time.

Therefore, the Tukula fortress would only be enticing for now, after all, there is a Level 50 dungeon that would drop the second piece of the armor set. When 'Territory' points start appearing, the number of players coming to this fortress will greatly diminish. Only the novice players will occasionally come through to farm for armor pieces, or simply level up a little before buying some better equipment from the auction house. Tearing of their teleportation scrolls, everyone left the place in a swoop. They were all back in the long-left White Jade City. After experiencing a dozen hours of crazy slaughtering and killing, everyone was tired, both physically and mentally. So they went offline to get a good rest, one after another.

Removing the gaming helmet from his head, Zhang Yang breathed out a long breath of relief, it was extremely tiring.

He had logged in at nine, and began the expedition at ten, it was a full 11 hours, and it was already 12a.m! He took a bath and immediate lay on his bed like a dead piglet, it had been extremely tiring.

The next day in the morning, Zhang Yang had his physical training, he was at ease as he brought back some breakfast back to his house. While he was half way finishing his breakfast, Fatty Han called him.

"Brother Yang, were you outside just now?"

"Yea, I went to buy myself some breakfast."

"Oh, no wonder Zhou Kang Ming had me pass you a message! Well, next week, our high school class will be having a classmate gathering, the location will be at the Sheraton Hotel, on 9th of October, 7 at night!"

Zhang Yang was moved by the news, the 'past' that was asleep immediately fluttered through his heart.

In his previous life, it was at this time when he received an invitation to the classmate gathering. He was working in his office when he received the news, so he had taken the call by himself. At first, Zhang Yang was quite excited to see all his old classmates and old friends that he had not met for 4 long years.

Unfortunately, there were too many fair-weathered people! Fatty Han had already stepped into the society right after he graduated from high school, and he became a logistic driver, naturally not having suitable living conditions. Zhang Yang had just graduated from a university, without his parents' aid, as both of them belonged to the bottom category in society.

On the day of their classmate gathering, Fatty Han had fetched Zhang yang with his logistic lorry to the hotel... But in the end, the hotel did not allow a huge lorry to be parked in the parking lot, so they had to park the lorry by the roadside, a few hundred meters away from the hotel.

This event had become the laughing stock for everyone that night. Everyone was looking at Zhang Yang and Fatty Han with contempt and disdain. So, Zhang Yang and Fatty Han were holding their anger throughout the night!

On that day, Zhang Yang had a thought, if he was able to turn his luck around and become successful, he intended to slap those snobbish faces as hard as possible, every single one of them! However, going through the passage of time, he now had nearly 50 million properties, he could definitely look down on these old snobbish classmates. But he had switched his target to people like the heir to the billionaire family, such as Liu Wei, raising up his status by numerous levels. It would be not interesting at all, not even a bit for Zhang Yang to be angry at those kind of people!

To oppress others with that little bit of wealth, only small time crooks would do such a thing, like they were afraid of people not knowing their wealth.

The real rich people, are those who got their fortune through inheritance, they did not have to raise a finger, they would embarrass others just standing at the side!

Zhang Yang replied with a light smile, "Not interested, I don't feel like going!"

"Brother Yang, don't forget that your first love will be there as well! Zhou Kang Ming mentioned that Zhao Hui Shan will be there as well! Don't you want to see how your old lover has turned into now? There are also Yang Zhi Xian and Li Ru, they were all school idols, I wonder how have they turned out to be now!"

Zhao Hui Shan... That was a memory from a very long time ago!

Zhang Yang was a king of fighter since he his childhood, having no interest at all in studying. Although he was already attending high school, he was still not willing to settle down, and he would still fight with some bad students from other schools. His name was very well-known in school, and even teachers were afraid of him to the point that they weren't dare to file any complaints about him!

Teenaged boys and girl are full of hope for love, and that was also their passionately rebellious period of time. Zhao Hui Shan was attracted to the rebellious attitude of Zhang Yang very much, and that was why she began a relationship with him. At that time, Zhao Hui Shan, Yang Zhi Xian and Li Ru were the three most beautiful girls in the class, they were also the school's top ten school babe. More importantly, Zhang Yang was positively interested in sex and filled with curiosity about it, so the two two were naturally became a thing, immediately starting their relationship together.

However, Zhao Huishan was still a good girl, although Zhang Yang had been a responsible, affectionate partner, the two did not take the final step. In the end, the romantic relationship between the two were found out by Zhao Hui Shan's parents, and that was when the relationship was ended naturally.

Zhang Yang had also tried hard in his studies because of that, and ultimately he was admitted into a university, which was a total shock to both his classmates and his teachers. Everyone had thought that getting a high school certificate would be extremely difficult for Zhang Yang!

Entering the university life, Zhang Yang had secretly fell in love with his own lecturer named Yu Li. That was when he realized that the puppy love he had during his high school time was just like a game, it had not matured at all! Zhao Hui Shan was naive and knew nothing, that was why she fell in love with his violent attitude, but the moment when she open her eyes and think through maturely, she certainly would not want to stay together with him for the rest of her life.

As for him, it was like he never actually fell in love with Zhao Hui Shan. Just like a gangster trying to impress, it would be a shame for him to be without a woman by his side while standing in front of his so called 'brothers'!

In his previous life when he attended the gathering, he had found out that Zhao Hui Shan had became Zhou Kang Ming's girlfriend! The funny part was that the main reason Zhao Hui Shan wanted to see Zhang Yang was because she wanted to prove to Zhang Yang that she had made the right decision, saying that Zhang Yang was just a hooligan, there was no way he could better than Zhou Kang Ming, who had already become the vice general manager of a photo frame company at such a young age!

At the gathering, Zhou Kang Ming and Zhao Hui Shan had been throwing all sorts of ridicule at Zhang Yang, and they ended up provoking him to the point where he beat the crap out of the two of them! In the end, he was thrown into the lockup of the local police station for 7 days!

There was a saying, a girl changes fast in physical appearance from childhood to adulthood, but the changes in this girl was not just the appearance, but also her heart! The initial sweet and pure looking Zhao Hui Shan, with a look of a fine lady, had now turned into such a materialistic and ugly person, by heart!

Zhang Yang could not help himself but shook his head over and over again, then he replied, "Fatty, this classmate gathering has no meaning at all, it will all be about showing off the fortunes earned at hand, looking for opportunity to get into beds with their previous lovers. I would rather spend the time on killing more monsters and level up a little!"

"For f*ck's sake, brother Yang, when did you become an otaku! No, I Fatty Han must drag you out for a spin!"

"... Fatty Han, you're so persistent because you heard me talking about the 'getting into bed' part, didn't you?"

"Haha! You are worthy of being the brother Yang that knows me well! I was very interested in Yang Zhi Xian, Li Ru and Zhao Hui Shan, but don't you worry brother Yang, the wife of my brother, quietly... Eherm, I shall not mount her not be mounted by her! I will definitely keep my hands off Zhao Hui Shan, haha! Having the chance to 'fly' with both Li Ru and Yang Zhi Xian would very satisfying for me! Yo, speaking of Li Ru, I would very much want to see to what extent have the boobs from those days developed into!"

"Then you should go by your own, I have no objections as well if you are flying on 4P!"

"Brother Yang, we are said to be the pairing of a dragon and a tiger, never to leave each other, how could you abandon me alone? Furthermore, those high school people look down on me, so this time around, I am going to teach them a lesson they will never forget!"

"You are referring to all your saving money that you have spent, plus the 600,000 that I lent to you just to buy a Maserati sports car?"

Having the thought of this had already sent Zhang Yang bursting with sweat. Fatty Han had proven himself to be so much more free spirited than he is. With only a few million on hand, he had spent all the money on his ride!

"Haha! Brother Yang, my sports car is very stunning isn't it?"

"It's OK, I guess."

Zhang Yang commented without any particular thought, a sport car that's worth 300 million was naturally not a low-grade property, although there is still a very big difference between Fatty Han's car and the really famous sports cars, but this would be more than enough to astonish ordinary people.

"What did you mean it's OK, this is the actual Maserati GT2034!" Fatty Han was jumping in rage over the phone after hearing what Zhang Yang had to say.

Zhang Yang laughed and replied, "Alright, alright, a lovely ride, absolutely stunning!"

"Therefore, I must bring you along to the gathering to show off for a bit!"

Zhang Yang shook his head again to reject Fatty Han's offer, "Fatty, you can use famous cars to fish for women... But, aren't you worried if others find out that you have no savings at all, plus a ton of debt nailed onto your ass?"

"Debts are nothing to worry about! Furthermore, if I don't say, who would know about my history? Brother Yang, please accompany me to the gathering!"

"Brother Yang --"

"Brother Yang..."

"Brother, Yang!"

Fatty Han was using all sorts of intonations and volumes in persuading Zhang Yang to go.

Zhang Yang was annoyed to the point where he finally gave in to Fatty Han, "Fine, fine, fine! I will go along with you! Happy now?"

Fatty Han was finally contented, and he praised, "That's my good brother!"

After ending the conversation with Fatty Han, Zhang Yang put on his gaming helmet and logged onto the game.

As he still had a few equipment yet to be identified, Zhang Yang went over to the Identify Shop and spent a total of 196 gold to identify 4 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment and one piece of Gray-Silver equipment.

[Lodac's Arm Brace] (Gray-Silver, armor)

Defense: 20

Vitality: 60

Strength: 30

Agility: 30

Level 2 Socket

Equip: Absorbs 60 damage points when hit.

Required Level: 50

[Strong Earth Defense Necklace] (Yellow-Gold, necklace)

Vitality: 100

Strength: 25

Equip: Absorbs 50 damage points when hit.

Required Level: 50

[Furious Helmet] (Yellow-Gold, armor)

Defense: 40

Vitality: 288

Strength: 115

Agility: 115

Level 2 Socket 1

Level 2 Socket 2

Equip: Absorbs 100 damage points when hit.

Required Profession: Guardian

Required Level: 60

The attribute for [Furious Metallic Boots] was almost similar to the attributes for [Furious Chest Plate] and [Furious Helmet, the only difference lay on the slight difference in the numerical values on each of the equipment's attributes.

"Noob tank!" The moment Zhang Yang put a foot out of his shop, Wei Yan Er rode up to him on her [Hell's Stead, blocking his path, "Don't go just yet! Please help me identify these equipment!"

Zhang Yang's brows were furrowed. He possessed the title of 'Hero of White Jade City', so all fees within the White Jade City are halved. This little girl actually pulled him aside to identify equipment on her behalf, she was indeed a business-minded girl!

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Chapter 196: King of the Frost Chimera

Wei Yan Er passed 3 Yellow-Gold equipment to Zhang Yang, with 2 of them being Furious set equipment and the other being Shanks' two handed axe.

[Histola the Malicious Axe] (Yellow-Gold, Two Handed Axe)

Weapon Attack: 1697 - 2097

Attack Interval: 308 Seconds.

DPS: 499

Level 2 Socket 1

Level 2 Socket 2

Equip Effect: Creates a chance for you to use the power of evil when you're under attack. Deals 1,000 Shadow damage to the attacking target.

Level Requirement: 60

"What a crazy amount of damage!" cried Zhang Yang after identifying the 3 equipment and returning them to Wei Yan Er.

Delighted at having received praise, Wei Yan Er had a wide grin as she snorted proudly. "As they should be!"

Just as he was done with it and was about to leave, Wei Yan Er stopped him and said, "Wait up! My cousin sister is on her way, you have to help her too!"

Those words reminded Zhang Yang that this little brat had not yet paid him the identification fees. He reached out his left hand and gestured. "That's 180 gold coins for the identification. Pay up!"

"Oh wow! Will you look at that! What beautiful flowers over there!" said Wei Yan Er as quickly as she could. She walked away from Zhang Yang and headed towards the potted plants outside the shop, pretending to enjoy the flowers.

Not long after, Han Ying Xue came as well and threw a heap of equipment for Zhang Yang to identify. Of course, she did not have to bear any costs herself. The moment the female gang logged in, the ever-enthusiastic Wei Yan Er called out to Sun Xin Yu and Daffodil Daydream to make use of Zhang Yang's discounted rate. That too, was free-of-charge.

Muttering to himself, Zhang Yang went into a tirade of complaints. "Damn...I would have to pay to watch a girl strip down naked! Here, you guys wring me dry, and make me pay for everything?! What is the meaning in this?! Sigh..."

"Hey! Big Dummy! What are you rambling about?" said Han Ying Xue as she could see his lips moving.

Zhang Yang immediately replied. "Nothing much. That sh*tty Fatty just logged in and told me about joining a student gathering or something."

"Ehh...boring!" said Wei Yan Er as she stuck out her tongue. She then changed the topic. "Hey! When are we going to raid Poison Fireland! I hear that the second set of equipment is there! I still have the class quest to do!"

"The dungeon would only drop 3 tiers of equipment, Black-Steel, Green-Copper, and Gray-Silver. Yellow-Gold tier gears are only available from a Yellow-Gold tier field boss. You are wearing some Yellow-Gold tier stuff now, aren't you? Why would you still want to farm for Gray-Silver equipment?"

Zhang Yang continued, "Besides, that dungeon is a 20-man dungeon. Only level 50 players and above can raid the dungeon. We have only 8 of us at that level. How are we going to raid the boss?"

Starting from level 50 onwards, all drops from field bosses would almost always be higher tiered than the loots from a dungeon. That is, of course, corresponding to the boss' own difficulty as well. You cannot expect a low level, easy boss to drop something worthwhile, just because of its field boss prestige. If it was not for the free skill point rewards from First Clear Achievements, Zhang Yang saw no other reason to clear dungeons.

Besides that, after the level 50 mark, even when it was said that the entire world would share the same training maps, additional maps would be made to cater for the astounding number of players! There would be enough field bosses to satisfy the entire world! More bosses meant more rewards! Farming field bosses would be the best source of income and power!

"If we can't raid the Hardcore Mode for now, we can always try the Hard Mode instead!" said Wei Yan Er. She had always been this way. After raiding the same old boss for a number of times, she would grow sick of it look to the other bosses for fresh challenges.

"We might as well train for the time being! Let's just train to the point where we can finally wear the equipment still sitting in our inventories! That's the path of lords and ladies! Let's focus on field bosses! Leave the dungeon raids to Endless Starlight and his merry little friends!" said Zhang Yang as he patted the little brats head.

"Let's find ourselves some Yellow-Gold field boss! We can always come back to raid the Poison Fireland in Hardcore Mode, obtain the First Clear Achievement, complete the quest in the highest difficulty, all in one shot!

Thinking about the axe that lay in her bag, waiting to hack through the air and spill the blood of her enemies, Wei Yan Er could not help but smile innocently like a little girl. She summoned her own mount and cried to her cousin sister. "Let's go! What are we waiting for?! To the grinding fields!"

Burning with enthusiasm, the little girl and her elder cousin ran off to who knows where, leaving Daffodil Daydream behind with Zhang Yang.

Watching them galloping away with such enthusiasm, Zhang Yang smiled and was about to leave when Daffodil Daydream quickly grabbed him by the sleeve. Her face was flushed red in embarrassment, and she asked for the identifying fees. "I..erhm...Zhan Yu...I...I want...I want to pay! It's not that I did not intend to earlier. It's just that...little Yan Er didn't allow me to! P-Please accept my thanks!" said the girl as she bowed down politely.

Oh well, since he had already been ripped off on a rather epic scale, a little more or less wouldn't make any difference. Zhang Yang smiled at her earnestness and smiled. "There's no need for such humility! Just take it as one of the perks of having me as your guild master!"

Zhang Yang summoned his own mount and rode to his Little Merchandize Shop. He had a mountain of Green-Copper and Gray-Silver equipment for sale!

Ever since he had auctioned the [Guild Upgrade Order, the shop was gained a burst of popularity in White Jade Castle! His total profits had doubled since then! The total revenue had increased from 100,000 to 200,000! All these were just profits he gained from 20% of the auction house's service fees! The other sales from the equipment had not yet been included! Mostly because the equipment was farm with the cooperation of the party, the sales profit gained had to be shared among the 8 party members.

Zhang Yang put up the Green-Copper and Gray-Silver equipment up for sale. As for the Gold-Yellow equipment, he had planned to auction them! This time, he intent to advertise his sales to all 8 major cities! To spread out the name of his little shop as vastly as he could!

As for [Solid Iron Bar]s, Zhang Yang had already purchased 17,000 stacks of the item, totaling up to an expenditure of 3,100,000 gold coins. However, he had also spent an additional 13,000,000 gold coins to buy the storage expansion to store the items! According to the current exchange rate, 1:3, he had spent close to 50,000,000 dollars!

That being said, the shop storage's capacity had been upgraded to level 10 as a result, so the 6 tabs in the guild warehouse had become a little excessive. When the exchange rate drops down to 1:1, he would have wasted 26,000,000 dollars!

With a surplus of 13,000 empty slots, it was enough to store 13,000 stacks of [Solid Iron Bar]. One stack contained 200 units. These units could be sold for 5 gold each in the near future, totaling up to 13,000,000 gold coins, which was equivalent to 39,000,000 dollars, just enough to reimburse the investment.

However, this was a good investment as it's a one-ff thing. The following investments that require him to store massive amounts of ingredient would not require further spending on storage upgrades!

However, it was a shame. Since the storage space was still insufficient, Zhang Yang could not make a huge amount of profit from this current sale. At most, the return profit would only be equivalent to a free 17,000 storage slots and, earning a little more than 13,000,000,which was far from his initial estimation of 100,000,000 to 200,000,000 profit! However, following the size of the storage capacity of the shop itself, the quantity of the item turnover could raised as well. Since the profit had been growing exponentially for the past few days, earning 300,000 gold coins a day would not just be a dream!

After becoming a city lord, Zhang Yang had gained a new skill: City Teleport. This skill wasn't really all that different from the regular [Teleportation Scroll]. One is used to teleport to the fortress while the other was used to teleport back to White Jade Castle.

Zhang Yang activated City Teleport and a white glow formed underneath his feet. A circular magic circle sharpened out from the light and after 10 seconds, a white pillar of light engulfed his character. He appeared immediately at the headquarters of Tukulo Fortress.

"All hail the Lord of the city!" As he appeared, he was greeted by the surrounding maids and guards.

No wonder everyone wanted to be an official1; anyone could easily be intoxicated by the sensation of being respected! Even when he was in the game, he could feel the reverence from the realistic human characters kneeling down to him. Somehow, he felt as light as a feather.

Zhang Yang exited the headquarters and rode out of the fortress, and came into the Frozen Sky Wasteland.

There will be a level 50 maps after exiting each fortress from all 8 main cites. As the level 50 and 60 maps grew tighter and closer in the center of the global map, there will naturally be fewer and fewer of them as you head deeper in. However, even if the number of maps decreased, each map itself only grew larger!

The name of the map really speaks for itself; everything in this map was either frozen solid or encased in thick ice. The ground was covered in thick snow and walking by yourself was rather troublesome. A gentle breeze persisted in the background, bring the frosty north wind along with it. The sky, the field, and even the forest was completely engulfed in snow, making the map seem to appear completely monochrome. With only the sound of the cold wind and the crushing snow beneath his feet with each step, the atmosphere here was nothing but cold and barren.

In 'God' Miracle', a field boss had its own "domain"; it will only roam around in a very small area within a map, which players could easily find and defeat. However, there were a small number of bosses that could roam a large area with no fixed area. They could easily roam across several maps!

The boss that Zhang Yang wanted to look for was called "King of the Frost Chimera", a Green-Copper tier and it was rather weak. However, this boss was the only boss that would drop the [Level 3 Fire Resistance Potion] recipe! This was one of those bosses that did not have a fixed spawning location. The boss would roam around this frozen wasteland without any fixed pattern. Since it will fly around randomly, player had a hard time tracking it down! Players could simply bump into out of nowhere, or spend half a year simply trying to pick up a trail!

Further, King of the Frost Chimera was rather rare despite being Green-Copper. Once defeated, it would take another 7 days to respawn again!

Maps above level 50 only had one similar map in each server. This meant that the entire china server only had one King of the Frost Chimera! Once killed, every player in the china server would have to wait for an entire week!

Since the boss was only a Green-Copper tier, a small team of rag-tag players could easily defeat it! With many players after this boss, nobody will even know if the boss was alive, or if it was playing hide-and-seek as usual. Other than the first-kill, there was no way of knowing if anyone else has killed the boss for the last seven days! Right now, the time was ripe, Zhang Yang had to find the boss now and farm that recipe before other players start exploring this map!

Zhang Yang rode his horse tirelessly, from the top of trees to the bottom of valleys, he searched every nook and cranny of the map for the boss. But, Frozen Sky Wasteland was just too enormous for him to search! He had already spent an entire morning, and had covered at least one third of the entire map and had no clue where the boss was. It could have easily entered the spots he already checked!

After lunch, Zhang Yang logged back in and continued his quest to search for the boss. Incidentally, he had triggered a few monsters in his wake and killed them in stride, albeit unwillingly.

Two days passed in an instant, and Zhang Yang was still roaming in the frozen land with no trails or clues on the whereabout of the boss. In that time, Zhang Yang had already attained level 53.

So far, beside the 8 players from Lone Desert Smoke including Zhang Yang, the highest level in the guild was only level 48. They might have to train for another 7 to 8 days to reach level 50 in order to raid the Poison Fireland. Besides spending his time searching for the boss, Zhang Yang had brought his party to farm Master Waller for the [Guild Upgrade Order]. The rest of his time was fully spent on searching for the boss.

October the 7th was the fifth day Zhang Yang had spent searching for the King of the Frost Chimera in the Frozen Sky Wasteland.

"Heyyy dummy. The monster that you're searching for...is it called King of the Frost Chimera, Basilisk?" Han Ying Xue's sultry voice was heard in the voice messenger.

Zhang Yang was stupefied for a moment. "You saw it?" he finally asked.

"Yeah! I logged out in an open field yesterday. When I relogged in, I decided to walk around, and then I saw a huge chimera monster flying in the sky! When I targeted it, the name was pretty similar to what you have been mumbling on about these few days!"

Zhang Yang almost felt like crying there and then. He had spent 5 whole days searching for the monster and there it was, chanced upon by an idiot who has a tendency of getting lost all the time!

"Follow the boss! Do not engage, do no engage! I'll be right there!" said Zhang Yang as he quickly sent a party invitation to Han Ying Xue. That way, he could easily locate her position in the map UI.

Han Ying Xue accepted the invitation and Zhang Yang quickly opened his world map. When he had pinpoint her location, he frowned again. "I'd say. You're really a good runner! How could you run off to the edge of the map! You're almost running into the Necrotic Wastelands!"

"Is that so?"

"Is that so? That's all you're gonna say about that?"

"Tsk! Hey! I did you a favor here! I found the boss for you! Aren't you supposed to show some gratitude at least? What are the chances of me walking away from here and having you spend a third of a month wandering around the land like a homeless beggar again?!"

1Officials - The author used the word to refer to the ancient china palace ranking system. Officials were ranking officers that had 9 level of rankings. Normal citizens can become officials by taking a written examination.

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Chapter 197: Fire Resistance Potion Recipe

Zhang Yang set off like a rocket towards Han Ying Xue.

Since Han Ying Xue was just following the boss and had nothing else to do, she was rather bored and was chirping in Zhang Yang's ear during the whole time. While he was making his way towards her, Han Ying Xue had been asking him all sorts of personal question such as his first love ... the popping of his cherry ...

Frozen Sky Wasteland was truly large indeed. The boss was located away by almost as far as half of the map's size itself. He had to spend at least half an hour riding on his mount just to arrive to the point where he could finally see the blinking dot of Han Ying Xue in his mini-map. The blinking dot of an ally meant that the distance between them was within 100 meters.

FUU RA RA...

The Skeletal War Horse roared as it kicked off a heap of snow into the air when Zhang Yang pulled the reins. Zhang Yang pulled over when he reached by Han Ying Xue's side. The woman was sneezing uncontrollably when he had arrived.

"Hey dummy...I have been waiting for you all day!" Han Ying Xue complained.

Zhang Yang sighed heavily and answered. "That's a big no for taking any more Gray-Silver equipment from my shop!"

Knowing her for 3 months, he had already seen past all her little tricks.

Han Ying Xue rolled her eyes and said, "Hey! I learnt Rune Craft was for you guys!"

"Oh please...You have to know that equipment higher than level 40 Gray-Silver tier are extremely valuable! Not many others would be willing to sell them off! The ones in my shop was farmed with everyone's effort! How could I just simply take them out for you!" Zhang Yang rolled his eyes as well.

You think you're the only who can roll their eyes? Please, I can use the same trick as well!

Han Ying Xue realized that rolling her eyes was not effective enough. She then resorted to raising her eye brows suggestively, "But, 2 Rune Stones require Level 2 Gray-Silver Essences! Don't you want to upgrade your weapon?"

"What the f*ck woman! I haven't even received a 1 Rune Stone from you! What 2 Rune Stone are you talking about!?"

Zhang Yang turned around and spotted the flying boss in the air. That flying beast was a large chimera, hovering at least 20 to 30 meters above the ground, soaring passively and slowly.

[King of the Frost Chimera, Basilisk] (Green-Copper, Beast)

Level: 55

HP: 55,000

Defense: 300

That was it! That was the one!

Zhang Yang sent away his horse and ran towards to the boss. He bent over and collect a bunch of snow and formed a snow ball in his hand. He aimed and tossed the snow ball at the boss.

Pak!

The throw did no damage but it was enough to trigger the boss' aggro and to engage in a battle.

The beast growled and flapped its gigantic wings, gliding down from the high heavens and down towards Zhang Yang, firing out a cold stream of air from its mouth.

'Ding! Basilisk has used Ice Breath!'

'-1,023!'

Zhang Yang took the damage and gained 42 Rage points.

'-1,482!' Normal attack.

Cripple Defense!

'-692!' Cripple Defense.

'-3,389!' Horizontal Sweep.

'-3,512!' Destructive Smash.

Zhang Yang had instantly expended all his Rage and had dealt close to 9,000 damage to the boss. In terms of percentage, Zhang Yang had knocked off 20% of the boss' HP! Incredibly scary!

Basilisk's cried out as it swings its claw to attack Zhang Yang.

Block! 30 Rage

'-359!' Block reflect damage.

Blood Rage! 30 Rage/

Cripple Defense!

'-752!' Cripple Defense/

'-868!' Shield Bash.

'-1,648!' Force Strike.

Zhang Yang stacked another 3 layers of Cripple Defense, making it to 5 stacks in total. The boss was now completely naked to Zhang Yang attacks.

"Woah, looks like soloing a boss is no problem for you now, huh..." said Han Ying Xue admirably. Zhang Yang's current attack had far exceeded that of the boss. His HP was now at 12,000. He did not even need to use Berserker's Heal to kill the boss!

"I'm wearing Yellow-Gold and Gray-Silver equipment, woman. How can I not solo kill a Green-Copper tier boss? If I can't even do that, how do I show my face in public?" said Zhang Yang as he smirked.

"What a thick face!"

Zhang Yang laughed. He raised his axe up high and continued to attack the boss with a DPS of nearly 2000! To kill a boss with 55,000 HP would only take around half a minute! By the time he had killed off the boss, he did not even break a sweat and had only lost 5,000 HP.

"Dummy, what exactly is up with this boss to make you go so far out of your way?" Women were as curious as cats. As more so for Han Ying Xue, as she posed the question while raising her eye brows seductively.

Zhang Yang bent down and poked around the boss' drops and smiled contentedly when he picked up a sheet of recipe. He then quickly patted it on his chest and learned the crafting recipe.

Han Ying Xue cried out immediately when she saw him doing that. "What the...You sly meanie, you actually used All-Pick distribution mode!" She actually wanted to pick up the item and teased Zhang Yang for a bit before letting him taking the item. She had never though that Zhang Yang was one step ahead of her and had set the distribution mode beforehand.

Zhang Yang laughed manically. "Hmph! Without proper skills, how can I fight off demons and monsters like you!"

"BLEH!" Han Ying Xue blew raspberries at him. She was now even more curious about the item that Zhang Yang had picked up. "Dummy, at least let me see the item description!"

Zhang Yang laughed under his breath and posted the description of a type of potion.

[Level 3 Fire Resistance Potion] (Consumable)

Use: Adds 600 fire resistant. Last for 2 minutes.

Cool down time: 2 minutes.

Level Requirement: 50

"Is this the junk that you spent 5 days searching for?" snorted Han Ying Xue.

"This junk could only reduces 600 fire damage. I can easily heal that amount with one tick of Regeneration."

"Your hair must be too long now, it's dulling your senses!" said Zhang Yang while giving a crooked smile.

"What did you say? Care to repeat that again?!" said Han Ying Xue with the temper of a lioness behind her voice.

"Ah...ah..." Zhang Yang quickly twist his brain, trying to think of a way to switch the topic. "There are many bosses that have damaging aura effects. Just like the one that gave us a lot of trouble in the Expedition war, the Burning Aura? If we had used the potion to nullify the aura effect, we won't not have to worry about it anymore!"

Han Ying Xue only nodded and hummed "Okay" under her breath. For now, she bought what Zhang Yang said.

The last boss in the Poison Fireland, Roshan - Copper Hammer was the kill requirement for the level 50 class quest. The boss had a strong Aoe, Burning Aura - like ability. It was not like the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] that was needed to resist the Marzerway's shadow attack, where it was completely impossible to complete the raid without it. This level 50 boss could still be killed without the potion, but having it would make things much easier! The item was bound to be extremely popular in the future! However, Zhang Yang remained quiet about this fact. If he had said it, Han Ying Xue would definitely be asking for a share of the profit! It's best to remain quiet for now.

As for the other drops of Basilisk, Zhang Yang did not even care to have a glimpse at them. He just looted them all and tossed them into the corner of his inventory (if the inventory had a corner to begin with). It was all just random Green-Copper and Black-Steel tier equipment. Nothing important enough for him to pay attention to.

Now that he had what he wanted, Zhang Yang mission was completed. He tore a [Teleportation Scroll] and went back to White Jade Castle. To craft the [Level 3 Fire Resistance Potion, he would require [White-Spotted Flower]s and [Fire Crystal Shard]s. [White-Spotted Flower]s are harvest ingredients obtainable by Herbalism profession. They can be harvested in level 40 hunting grounds and are extreme abundant in nature. The price in the auction house was quite low as well. [Fire Crystal Shard]s were the miscellaneous -- items that would be in the 'ETC' tab of inventories -- dropped by any Fire Elemental monsters, levels 20 and higher. They usually ended up being sold to NPC directly.

Miscellaneous items, in 'God' Miracle' usually seemed worthless, but when a recipe pops up and requires them as ingredients, the item would undergo a sudden change, gaining popularity and having its prices hike up by over hundred-fold within a day!

Since the recipe of [Level 3 Fire Resistance Potion] was extremely rare to begin with, Zhang Yang had never go to figure out the ingredients needed to craft the item! Only after he had obtained the recipe did he gain the knowledge of the items.

Back in his shop, he had adjusted Natalia's setting to begin purchasing these said ingredients.

[White-Spotted Flower]s were sold in the auction house at 10 gold coins a stack. [Fire Crystal Shard]s, they were being sold directly to the NPCs. No one would want to waste their money by selling it at the auction house due to the service fees incurred, that would deduct 20% of the price they put up. Selling the [Fire Crystal Shard] to the NPC would earn them 2 gold coins a stack, without any extra charges. Zhang Yang set the buying price for the [White-Spotted Flower] at 8.5 gold coins a stack and [Fire Crystal Shard] at 2.5 gold coins a stack.

This time, all 8 major cities had their teleportation circles opened for all. Any player could freely travel to all cities for their liking. With that, Zhang Yang did not have to search for "distributors" to help him sell his "junks" anymore. As long as he could spread his Little Merchandize Shop name to all cities, customer will flock to his shop with no time at all!

By the afternoon, Natalia had bought a number of ingredients. Seeing that, Zhang Yang could not help but sigh heavily. All his available storage was used to store the [Solid Iron Bar, he had no more space to make way for the potion!

With no more space left in his own inventory, Zhang Yang had to use Fatty Han's personal inventory as storage for his potions. Zhang Yang was now a Professional-tier Alchemist, he could make 4 bottles of potion in one instance. In just half an hour, he had used up all the ingredient Natalia had stockpiled to craft the [Level 3 Fire Resistance Potion]. There were a total of 34 stacks, all of them which he mailed to Fatty Han.

In two days, Zhang Yang had not only filled up Fatty Han's own personal storage, he had also filled up Wei Yan Er's, Endless Starlight's and other friends' as well. He had even persuaded them to open up a few more storage space in their personal warehouses, all to help Zhang Yang to store the potion. Since both Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue was misers to begin with, to ask them to spend their own "hard earned" gold to open up a few more slots of storage crossed a line. Left with no choice, Zhang Yang had to pay them money to do his favor. Luckily, the expansion cost of 4 of their personal storage tabs were not expensive at all. At most, it costed him 1,000 gold coins.

October the 9th, 6pm in the evening.

"BANG BANG BANG!" It was like someone was trying to break down the door.

"Who is it?!" cried Zhang Yang as he peeked through the peephole in the door. He saw Fatty Han standing outside his door while stroking his big tummy. He quickly unlocked the door and greeted his friend. "Damn! I just had my dinner! I have nothing left for you to leech!"

After the Fatso had bought himself a sport car, he had been rather busy for the past few days. He had been coming over to Zhang Yang's to leech drinks and food off him every night.

"Little Yang! You must have forgotten!" Today, Fatty Han was dressed up all fancily.He was wearing a Burberry top and the same brand of long pants. It was a shame though; he was ALMOST a sharp dressed man -- if not for the sight of his bouncing belly which ruined the whole image. Fatty Han shook his head and went up to Zhang Yang ears, shouting, "It's the student's gathering today, yo!"

"ARGH! Crap!" Zhang Yang had completely forgotten about the matter. He had screamed in response to Fatty Han's abrupt reminder.

"Don't "argh" me! You promised to joined me! Let's go! Let's go! We have one hour! Damn! If we get stuck in traffic now, who knows when we might get there! We might not even be there by the Year of the Monkey!1" Fatty Han's standard operating procedures: if he obtained wealth this year; complete with a car and some money in his bank, he wanted to gloat in the face of those people who had looked down upon him.

If Zhang Yang had not died, he would have the same thoughts. However, now that he had experience death and rebirth, this kind of childish act was completely out of his thoughts.

Being dragged and yelled at by by Fatty Han, Zhang Yang quickly changed into a new shirt. That outfit was for his job interview. Back then, it had cost him 700 dollars!

"Little Yang! You're a millionaire now! Why would you still wear something that cheap!" said Fatty Han when he saw Zhang Yang's outfit. "Oh...I understand what you trying to do Little Yang! You're trying to be a wolf under a sheep skin! Though I must say that it is a little lame for you to do so!"

Zhang Yang frowned heavily. Wrinkles as long as the highway formed on his forehead!

Am I not the one being dragged along by you! Why would I follow your style?

Fatty Han's sport car was indeed cool and extravagant. When he parked his car in front of the apartment, many youngsters were ogling and pointing at the car, all with the admiration and impressed look on their faces.

Fatty Han was rather happy about being admired at. As he walked to his car, he winked at some female on the side seductively. First, he lead Zhang Yang to the car and forced him in. He then moved to the driver's seat and got in. Since he was rather large, he did not exactly take his seat immediately. In fact, he had to squeeze inside, finally managing to get into the driver's seat with much effort.

THUMP!

With a loud thump, his butt landed on the seat, shaking the entire car and stressing the suspension to its maximum potential. It was no wonder how Fatty Han could be as heavy as a tonne.

Zhang Yang could not help but laugh. "Hey fatty, did you buy a car insurance for your baby?"

"Of course I did!"

"Thank god! If you crushed this car, which I think is completely possible. At least you won't be losing everything if you loss the car!"

"F*ck you. I've been "crushing" Yun Yun every night and she's hasn't broken anything! This car is made of metal2, goddamit! If I could crush this car, I would go back to the bastard's shop and send a wrecking ball through it for selling me cheap goods!"

"Oh right! Why didn't you bring Yun Yun along?"

"Little Yang, are you being serious right now? If I brought Yun Yun along with me, how am I going to pick up other girls!" sulked Fatty Han as he started the car and drove out of the area.

Zhang Yang raised his eyebrow and asked. "So, you're not planning to settle down with her?"

Fatty Han scratched his head. "Little Yang, what kind of era do you think you're living in? I'm out for chicks, it's not like I'm breakin' up with Yun Yun! Besides, I'm still single and ready to mingle!"

Zhang Yang broke a cold sweat.

Damn son! You have a girlfriend and you're out there playing with other women! Am I the one who's outdated? Or are you the one with issues?!

Zhang Yang could not help but shake his head in denial. "Oh well. Anyhow, it's your personal life. I'm not going to butt in this. Do what you like!"

As they drove all the way to Sheraton Hotel, they were, as Fatty Han has predicted earlier, got stuck in traffic.

The traffic jam was rather bad. By the time they had arrived to the door steps, the time was already 7:11pm.

Just as the two friends got down the car, they saw a young man crying out from two parking spots away from them.

"Zhang Yang! Han Guang!" the man had just gotten down his normal, everyday car.

Zhang Yang stared at the man for a good second and was surprised when he recognized the man. "Liu Qi Ming!"

"Haha! That's right! That's me!"

Thomp!

The man closes the door of his car and walked jubilantly towards them. Laughing, he said, "I never thought that you would be doing so well! Look at you! Driving a Maserati! How much does this one cost? I assume it cost at least 1,000,000 dollars!"

Zhang Yang smiled as he shook his head. "Oh no! The car is Fatty's. I was just hitching a ride!"

Liu Qi Ming nodded his head. The wonder in his face faded quickly but rekindle when he saw Fatty Han.

"Han Guang! I see that you've struck gold now, huh!"

Fatty Han and Zhang Yang were soul brothers. To look down on Zhang Yang was to look down to him! Seeing that Liu Qi Ming had expressed a cold shoulder to Zhang Yang; Fatty Han reciprocate the same expression and only exchange a few word with Liu Qi Ming and called out to Zhang Yang, "Let's go, Little Yang!"

Even though Liu Qi Ming had received the cold shoulder from Fatty Han, the slight anger was immediately gone when he saw the luxury car that Fatty Han owned.

Author's Note: this story arc is about Zhang Yang interaction in reality, his thoughts and relationship. That is why it's long...

1Lunar Calendar- Year of the Monkey is one of the years in the Lunar Calendar. It was not specified on what year they were in at that time.

2Editor's note - Fatty Han had used a word that literally meant 'iron'. This word is used to refer to 'metals' in general. Also, since this is Fatty Han we're talking about, I seriously doubt that he knows what Maseratis are made of. Let's hope that he doesn't think it's really iron.

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Chapter 198: Zhou Kang Ming

The three of them walked out of the parking lot and walked into the hotel lobby. There stood 4 beautiful doorwomen wearing tight traditional Chinese Qi Baos, greeting the guests of the hotel. When the three guys walked closer, the girls bowed down in respect and greeted them as well.

"Welcome!"

Fatty Han did a quick up-down on one of the girls and could not help but leak out a perverted smirk. He reached out with his flabby hands and grabbed Zhang Yang by the shoulder, whispering into his ear. "Dude! Check the babe second to the right! Damn, that is one fine piece of arse! I swear to god, I'll grab those buns!"

Zhang Yang sighed heavily. "Dude. Undo the calamity that is your mammaries1. Did you accidentally swallow an entire bottle of Viagra before you got here?"

Fatty Han burst out in a loud thunderous laugh and it took sometime before he could catch his breath. "Hah, I could have died laughing! Say, Little Yang. I've noticed this for some time now, but...you've changed! Like, you've turned into someone else! Didn't you use to love hanging out with me, checking out chicks on the streets? What's with the pseudo-gentleman get-up?"

Zhang Yang could not help but agree with Fatty Han. During his high school life, he was as Fatty Han described. Hanging out with Fatty Han at the streets, enjoying the view of girls walking by. Staring, judging, picking the girls with bigger boobs, or booties that rivaled Nicki Minaj! They would sometimes even throw out a catcall or two! They had been doing it so often that people in the street called them the little wolves!

However, times has changed. He has changed. His mentality was no longer the young, rebellious brat that had just graduated from university! He had experienced the working adult life, the 5 years of working in the society like every adult did. He had, in fact, died! If he had not changed mentally, that would be weird!

When Liu Qi Ming saw how nonchalant Zhang Yang and Fatty Han were, envy boiled up in him.

In high school, everyone was so busy trying their best to cope with studies. With the spirit of youth in them, none of them would slack for a taste of temporary enjoyment! It was a pity though; during university times, they eyes and ears were opened wide; with sweet luxury cars taking beautiful girls out, a scene that was rather common in that period, changing a young teenager into a man of money. You can't put food on the table with bravery and guts. That's the harsh reality of the world. Money makes the world go round. Without money, you can achieve nothing. No girls...no success...nothing. Don't expect beautiful girls to even look at you, if you don't have the bulge of a thick wallet on the back of your pants.

Liu Qi Ming was the same as Zhang Yang was, a university graduate. He had found a job in a small business and had to depend on his parents to buy him a generic car. Working a dull 9 to 5 job had killed off his joy! When he saw the car that Fatty Han rolled in with, he immediately knew that Fatty Han must be a business owner to be that rich!

Back when he was still in high school, Liu Qi Ming was not a man who would neglect his studies to mingle around with Fatty Han, a fat boy who would only spend his entire day brawling about in the streets. However, desperate times, desperate measures. Liu Qi Ming had thought of a way to help himself. Even if had to defy his own conscience to do so, he thought that he could at least try to pull some strings with Fatty Han. He would try to play the "old-school friends" card.

He thought that Zhang Yang was just the same as him, he thought that he could see through Zhang Yang acts; that he was trying to get to Fatty Han's good side. But obviously, he was no further from the cold truth. Both of them were chatting along, getting into each other's nerves like they were already in good terms. Liu Qi Ming felt a strong disdain, and silently cursed "ass-kisser, boot-licker".

"Say...Han Guang, what have you been doing after high school? How did you get your hands on a Maserati?" said Liu Qi Ming as he tried to slide in a word with Fatty Han. He could not let Zhang Yang hog all the quality time talking to Fatty Han.

Fatty Han had no intention of bothering the arrogant bastard, but when the snobby prick mentioned his car, he got a little excited. "Oh nothing really. I was just around, you know. Helping other buying and selling some stuff. Casual business. Commission based. What the heck though. That Maserati GT2034 had cost me 3,870,000 dollars! F*cking greedy Americans!"

Zhang Yang had specifically told him not reveal his trades to anyone. That was why Fatty Han had given a vague description like that. Even though he had a body full of fat, he was not pigheaded. He was, not really stupid, he was just really bad with books and all. He immediately sensed Liu Qi Ming trying to get to his good side. Fatty Han laughed mentally at him.

The real god of fortune is standing right next to me! I don't see you bending over, head over heels to him! I'm the fake one! Hah! I'll see how you suffer later!

Zhang Yang laughed at Fatty Han's comment about his car. "Dude. Maserati is from Italy you dumb-f*ck! What's it got to do with Americans?"

"OH!" Fatty Han opened his eyes wide as he jaw was left gaping.

"What the hell! That bloody sly manager! I told him to give me the best sport car! And that sneaky old fox dared to sell me a toy car from Italy!? Oh heeellll no! I ain't gonna stand by this! I'm going back and drive this sh*t crap car into his broken *ass!"

This oblivious Fatty Han was not familiar with any famous brands. He thought that he had cheated by the manager of the auto shop. His heart ached when he realized that he had spent all his savings into buying a cheap car!

On the other side of the coin, when Liu Qi Ming heard what Fatty Hansaid, he could not help but realize just how rich this guy was to throw his money away without a care! What kind of person could just ignore the brand of the car they are buying and make the purchase without thinking twice? What sort of human would do that!

Zhang Yang laughed. "Damn you, American fan-boy! Do you really think all good things come from America?"

"Is it not then?" said Fatty Han with genuine curiosity.

Zhang Yang smacked Fatty Han's head. "Of course not! You dumb wit! That shirt you're wearing! Burberry. That brand is from England! What does it had anything to do with America!?" Zhang Yang sighed. No wonder people say it would take at least 3 generations to culture a noble family. If they were to be like Fatty Han, 10 billion dollars would be wasted in a day!

Fatty Han shamelessly nodded and laughed it off. "Ah well. I don't care if it was made in America, England, or Zimbabwe! I'm rich! I can buy anything I want!"

Liu Qi Ming knew that Maserati is an Italian car, but he did not dare to be the Nazi. However, he had never thought that Zhang Yang would blatantly point out his mistake and ridicule Fatty Han for it. Instead of being angry or offended, Fatty Han was rather jubilant about it! Filled with regret, he should have just corrected Fatty Han when he had the chance.

"Zhang Yang! Liu Qi Ming! Han Guang!" A loud voice could be heard from the front of them. Not far from where they were standing was a young man that just hit his twenties. Dressed to impressed, with glimmering hair line that shone under the light. However, his overall appearance was rather dull and common. Nothing really stuck out in particular. He did not have a handsome, nor unsightly face. It was, at best, the most generic face and body that anyone could see and have.

With a glance, Zhang Yang could easily recognize the owner of the voice. It was Zhou Kang Ming. He was also a student of the same high school as Zhang Yang. Zhou Kang Ming came from a rather mediocre family. A few years back, the government wanted to create road ways that would cut right through their family home. To reimburse them, the government had paid them a generous amount of 10,000,000 dollars as compensation. With that money, his father built a factory that made picture frames. The business was shockingly high; with annual profit of 2 to 3 million dollars!

This information came from his own mouth when Zhang Yang had attended the student gathering in his previous life. When he had announced his wealth, he was rather proud of it, and had looked at his fellow friends with a rather condescending look when he said that his annual income was close to 2 million dollars.

"Zhou Kang Ming!" Zhang Yang greeted him coldly and let it be that way. He came to the gathering today as a favor of the bastard Fatty. He would not go out of his way, pleasing everyone else.

Zhou Kang Ming smiled with a grandiose posture and said, "It's just the three of you, Yang Zhi Xuan, and Li Ru. Ok, let's go, I'll let Shan Shan give a call to the girls, and let them get a room for themselves when their arrive!"

Just as the name Shan Shan was mentioned, Zhou Kang Ming had eyed Zhang Yang.

This exact scene, was just like Zhang Yang's previous life.

Zhou Kang Ming had been seeing Zhao Hui Shan, the same girl that Zhang Yang was with in high school. The two of them would have been about to get married in a few months' time! In high school, Zhao Kang Ming was rather mediocre in every aspect, he was not wealthy nor poor, he had a personality that was rather down-to-earth, following rules obediently to the letter.

He was not a handsome man that could easily pick up girls at will. He was, as previously described, the most generic kind of person you could ever met. The kind of person that would not naturally attract the attention of the opposite gender.

But what kind of guy would not want to get involved with girls? Zhou Kang Ming had feelings for Yang Zhi Xian, Zhao Hui Shan, and Li Ru when they were still in high school. But then, who would have noticed him? Only after his family struck gold, and having coincidentally entered the same university as Zhao Hui Shan, after a few small gifts, he had successfully captured the heart of the young maiden called Zhao Hui Shan.

Having a beautiful woman by his side now was definitely a joyful event, however, there was still a heavy emotional baggage that Zhou Kang Ming could not let go, like a sharp prick in back of the brain. That was the fact that Zhao Hui Shan have once dated Zhang Yang for a year! He would not have that! What's so good about Zhang Yang back then? Both of his parents were dead, leaving him nothing but dust. He was bad with his studies and was always getting himself into fights! What did Zhao Hui Shan see in this person!?

That was the reason why Zhou Kang Ming retained a certain level of resentment towards Zhang Yang. In his previous life, Zhang Yang was provoked endlessly by Zhao Kang Ming in the same student gathering. In the end, his provocation had gotten to Zhang Yang, which led him to sending a good strong punch directing to his mouth. That one punch had bruised his mouth and sent 3 teeth flying off!

Reminiscing the past, Zhang Yang started to laugh when he saw his mouth.

Want to have another go at it?

This time, Zhang Yang was thinking of breaking all of his teeth!

The four of them came into the elevator and arrived at the fourth floor of the hotel. They entered another large hall. The hall was filled with 8 large tables which was already filled with over 60 people at the age of 20 and so. Some of them were exchanging words, smiling at each other courteously, nodding politely while talking about the past. Some of the people around were alone, while the rest brought along their partners.

As the 4 late comers arrive into the gall, everyone stood up clapping their hands, welcoming them to the occasion.

"Alright guys! It's just Yang Zhi Xian and Li Ru left! Let's eat!" Zhou Kang Ming waved and gestured something with his hands to the service crew, signaling for the crew to start serving the dishes.

"Here! Zhang Yang, please sit here!" Zhou Kang Ming pointed at the center table.

Fatty Han smiled delightfully and said, "Zhang Yang and I must sit together! We're like salt and pepper!"

Everyone sat down and after a while, a few service crew start coming out from a corner, pushing a cart full of dishes to each table.

"Zhang Yang~~" Just when Zhang Yang sat down, an incredibly beautiful woman smiled proudly, with a hint of patronizing behavior.

"Zhao Hui Shan!" cried Fatty Han and laughed as he replied her. "How many years have passed, I see that you're only getting prettier by the day! I see that your parents will no longer need to bug you for a relationship huh! Ah! Just right, my brother, Little Yang is still single! You guys talk!"

Zhao Hui Shan changed her expression in a flash. "Han Guang! Please don't remind me of the past! I was stupid and juvenile at the time! I wouldn't have known if I was being cheated!"

Fatty Han frowned. "What are you talking about? Back then, I remember that you were the one that followed Zhang Yang like a loyal puppy! What cheat are you talking about?"

Zhao Hui Shan was wavering. Back then, she admired men with strength! During his high school days, Zhang Yang was famous for being the king of fighters. Whenever Zhang Yang was in the middle of a fight, she had always been secretly peeking at the brawl, thus falling for Zhang Yang. However, everything changed when she entered university. Everything was either money or cash. When she saw her classmates taking out their cold hard cash every time they shop, slowly and eventually, her mentality had changed. Seeing other rich people having the ability to buy anything they desire, that behaviors had changed her into becoming a gold-digger!

When Zhou Kang Ming brought his fortune into her life, she felt that he was her fair prince on a white horse. Eventually, she gave into her desires and became his girlfriend. Today, they had fixed the marriage date, a few months from now!

Now that she had recalled back the day she had wasted with Zhang Yang, Zhao Hui Shan cursed at herself in her heart. How was she that blind to actually fall for a poor and useless man! Like striking the lottery, she felt that she had made the right choice. If she had not taken her parent's advice and lived on together with Zhang Yang, she could been one of those poor housewives, strolling along the farmer's market trying her best to think of the cheapest vegetable to buy!

That is why, the worse shape Zhang Yang's life currently was, the happier she would be. At least, she could get proper closure on the matter. Still, it was an incredibly stupid theory.

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Chapter 199: A Boring Attack

"Eat up! Eat up!" Zhou Kang Ming tried to raise the atmosphere.

To shame Zhang Yang was an obligatory act, how it must be done moderately. If it were to be too much...

The two of them, Zhang Yang and Fatty Han were the two fighting addicts that the even the teacher would not dare to meddle with! Right now Zhou Kang Ming felt that his well-being was much more valuable. It's not worth taking a punch for it!

In the midst of it, the atmosphere of the table had turned cold and awkward. Besides the chomping of food and the clacking sound of chopsticks, no one would bother to speak up at all.

"I say, the most successful ones in our class would be Zhao Kang Ming and Han Guang, is it not?" said Liu Qi Ming out of the blue. Sitting together, Liu Qi Ming decided to start a conversation topic when he sees everyone was only pushing food down their food pipe.

Zhou Kang Ming was successful, everyone knew that. That big mouth had mentioned that his family had started a picture frame factory, and he was the vice-CEO or something, earning at least 1,000,000 a year. He was so proud about it that he had been repeating that for several times.

This meal, this student gathering, was all funded by Zhao Kang Ming. That was why he was treating this place as if it was his own house.

To think that the dumb fatty who barely graduated was this successful, it was an insult to the 3 to 4 years of studying in a university!

Everyone started at Liu Qi Ming with much curiosity.

Liu Qi Ming smirked. "Try guessing what kind of car did Han Guang drive today?" He presumed that Fatty Han would love to take a compliment. That was why he had decided to go all out with it.

"What car?"

"What kind of car?"

"Brand?"

Everyone was startled by Liu Qi Ming's question and started to follow up with more questions.

"It was a Maserati GT2034!" said Liu Qi Ming word by word to build up a suspense.

"Get out of here! That car costs more than 3,000,000!"

"Fatty! Wow! Good for you! You must be rich!"

"Han Guang! Your father must be some company's president!"

Everyone started to get all chirpy about Fatty Han. Some were guessing his source of income, while the others were guessing about Fatty Han's family business.

Being at the center of attention, Fatty Han was happy. He gestured his hands by waving them in the air. "Ah...please guys. It's just nothing. I'm even planning to purchase another villa in the next few days. It shouldn't be that expensive. Around 10 million should do!"

This pig sure knew how to brag!

Zhang Yang held in his laughter and gulped some beer to hide the expression on his face. He was interested to see what followed next, he did no intend to ruin Fatty Han's "performance".

But what he did not know was that the car alone, worth more than 3 million already blew everyone's mind. There were many students here with a rather luxurious families backing them, that they could easily buy a house or a car after they graduated. But to buy a 3-million-dollar sport car and a 10-million-dollar villa was completely out of this world!

Zhou Kang Ming heard what Fatty Han said, even him, an man of his statue, got agitated when he heard Fatty Han blab. His own family's fortune was not as vast as Fatty Han, with an annual income of one million, and a 10,000 dollar monthly "pocket money" from his father. If he wanted to buy the same car, he would need to wait until his old man died and passed all the family inheritance to him.

Zhou Kang Ming felt bitter. How could he spend a large amount of money to organize a grand gathering in a luxurious hotel, just to let someone else take the spotlight!

Just then, a service crew walked in and served a plate of European lobster. He quickly cried, "Alright! Alright! Settle down guys! Here! Please taste this dish! It's lobster! Sheraton's most famous lobster dish! The lobster they used was from Europe! It's authentic and awesome! Though it's only around one pound and a half portion...Please taste the tenders meat!"

Zhao Hui Shan echoed, "Yeah! I heard it's really good! Please, help yourself!"

The dish was so rare that not anyone could eat this kind of cuisine in their lifetimes. Everyone grabbed their chopsticks and helped themselves to the lobster.

When Zhou Kang Ming saw everyone attacking the lobster with relish, silently, he felt that he was patronizing these "caveman".

"Is it really that good? I mean...*munch munch* It's tender, just like Kentucky!" It had to be from the mouth of an inelegant man. Fatty Han had spent more than 3 million on a car that he had no idea in what country it was made! How could you argue with a man like that, about the difference between a lobster and a chicken drumstick?

Everyone choked. Some had even coughed out the food in their mouth. Others were glad that they had already swallowed, or else they might actually choke on the food! Zhou Kang Ming was just a little more from spitting blood all over the table. This was the highest grade of lobster! From Europe too! One lobster of this grade would easily cost more than 700 dollars! How could this pig compare it to a regular fast-food joint!

Liu Qi Ming steeled his heart to continued gain Fatty Han's good side. He quickly said, "Ahh! Hahaha, you must have eaten a whole lot of luxurious food now have you! This lobster must be one of those dishes you have every day! Fatty bro here must be having more than this, perhaps abalone or even bird nest1! It's the same as we us eating fast food daily!"

Everyone quickly understood what he said and nodded. Owning a 3 million dollar car was enough to gain the respect from all. So no matter what Fatty Han blabbered, the audience would gladly listen. Everyone thought that Fatty Han was just putting up an act. It was worth putting up an act for him too.

That thoughtless utterance had completely been misinterpreted by everyone. Now that it had come to this, everyone was left with a stronger impression that Fatty Han was really a rich man!

Zhou Kang Ming was even madder. This meal had cost him tens of thousands, but for what?! It was for him to gloat in front of all his ex-classmates. But now that he had bought them the meal, the real spotlight befell on Fatty Han! This event had left Zhou Kang Ming confused and angry.

"Oh right! Zhang Yang! So, what did you do after you graduated?" Zhou Kang Ming had decided to divert the attention. He must change the target. He shall divert the conversation towards Zhang Yang and follow his plan to humiliate this ex-lover of his girlfriend.

Zhang Yang was munching on the lobster and looked up when Zhou Kang Ming had mention his name. He quickly swallow the food in his mouth and smiled lightly. "I'm a professional gamer."

"Professional gamer?" One by one, the people around the table asked the same question. "Is that some sort of a career where you sell some in-game currency for the online game?"

That was called a gold-farmer. They made money via endurance, not skills. To earn a living as a gold-farmer was easy as they took up several days and nights, killing monsters endlessly and collecting the gold coins! A true professional gamer required genuine skills. Just like the Korean Starcraft league from a few years back. This career required actual skills to survive!

However, Zhang Yang did not bother correcting him. He simply nodded and replied, "Close enough!"

"Ahhh. My colleague's younger brother was a professional gamer as well!" Someone started to talk. "I heard that he could earn around 1 to 2 thousand dollars by selling the gold he collected for the month!"

"1 to 2 thousand? That's rather good, I must say. When I first entered the company, I only had 2,000 as my basic salary! Now, I'm entering the third month now, with 3,000 salary!"

Everyone started to discuss about the topic, however, it was implicit in their conversation, it felt as if they were demeaning Zhang Yang. What could he do? Professional gamer? These two words sounds like an unauthentic career.

Fatty Han was mentally laughing.

Look at you guys go! Did you know that Little Yang's in-game shop is earning more than 200,000 to 300,000 dollars daily? He earns more than what you could earn in a year! Looking down at him? Please, you guys are just frogs in the well.

Zhao Hui Shan was rather jubilant about this. She was truly glad that she had made the right choice. She smirked and said, "What a drag! Working like a cow for a whole month just for 1 to 2 thousand dollars! Kang Ming dear, we have already spent close to one thousand dollar for our little Bei Bei!"

The moment she had said that name, everyone was baffled. One of the shouted, "Zhao Kang Ming! When did you marry the class queen! You even have a baby now?!"

Zhou Kang Ming laughed awkwardly and said, "Bei Bei is the pet dog I have back at home. It's a pure bred German Shepard! I bought it two years ago. It costed around 700,000 dollars2 with actual pedigree!"

With that, everyone now knew that Zhao Hui Shan was intentionally trying to belittle Zhang Yang! It was rather common knowledge that both Zhang Yang and Zhao Hui Shan were seeing each other back then, but they could never expect that she would lose her sense and turn around 180 degrees, treating Zhang Yang like a piece of garbage!

"By the way you speak with each other...I assume you're going to marry soon?"

Zhou Kang Ming laughed and purposely glance and Zhang Yang. "Yeah. We had just fixed the marriage date at 1st of May! Please! Come and join us!"

Swoosh!

The speed at which the people around the table turn their neck to look at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was drinking a pint of beer and put the glass down. "Well then, I believe congratulation is in order!"

At his current state of "height", looking down at the ugly performance of Zhao Kang Ming, he could not bring himself to be angry! He could not help it! Have you seen an ant trying to dance around to impress an elephant? And would the elephant be impressed by it? NO! Because either side was on a whole other level!

However, Zhang Yang action had led everyone to believe that he was drinking to release his frustration. How could they not!? When a first love was being married to someone else, and the groom was not you! How much pain could the heart contain before it implodes!

Those with a heart of sympathy was rather a plenty around the table, many of which had raised their glass for Zhang Yang.

Zhou Kang Ming saw the "drunk" look on Zhang Yang face and was rather satisfied with his accomplishment. Yet, he still wanted to throw more wood into a burning forest, trying to incite the anger in Zhang Yang. "Hey, Zhang Yang! It seems that you came here alone today. I assume that you did not have any person you're seeing! How about this? I'll asked Shan Shan here to introduce a few girls for you! Well, I can't guarantee that the girls would be as pretty as Shan Shan herself! Hahaha...ha...ha..."

He thought that he had said something funny and started to laugh on his own. But when his laughter was not accompanied with anyone else, he stopped and went silent.

Tok Tok Tok!

A soft knock echoed thought the hall that came from the main door. A service crew quickly head over and opened the door. A mature, beautiful young lady walked in. Her long hair brushed against the wind as she walked through the door. A piece of short dress was plastered tightly against her pale marble-like skin. The chest was designed in a deep V cutting that completely expose one third of her voluptuous hoonkas. By the looks of it, the dress was not meant to be worn over a bra. Paired with her slender waist, her soft and well-filled butt cheeks were clearly held back by the dress. Each step crossed over the other leg; as she catwalked down the hall, sending waves and waves of pure hot passion!

The skirt was so short that it barely touched her knees. Whatever that was lower down was covered in two long black colored leggings that was so thin, you could mistakenly assume she was not wearing any! Her legs were obnoxiously long and slender, and the short skirt and the high heels only added to their radiance!

A pair of sunglasses adorned her nose. With a small handbag hanging on her left arm, she looked like a super model from the western fashion company!

The moment she walked into the hall, every young man had their carnal instinct triggered to its maximum! Everyone was questioning themselves the identity of the woman!

The woman smirked and curled her lips in. She pulled down her sunglasses a little and said, "You guys sure are full of yourselves huh! How could you start without me!"

"L-L-Li Ru!?" Those who recognize this sexy woman immediately screamed in shocked.

Li Run turned in circle on her spot and giggled playfully. "What's wrong guys? You can't recognize me?"

Fatty Han screamed out. "I said before that women are genius shape-shifters, and I'll say it again! Especially pretty chicks! Every time they change into a new look, they would only be sexier and sexier!"

Every other guys nodded their head like student listening to a professor in a classroom. Li Ru was the same as everyone else. She was at the same age and studied together in the same class as the rest. Li Ru had been the class queen, and the school idol! But, back then, her figure was still maturing, she was not as alluring, nor as bewitching as she was now! Those perky breasts, that jiggle in her booty, those assets reminded how those boys were still boys. She was the kind of perfect dish that people would crave in an instant!

Every other lady was sulking bitterly. How could they not?

A beautiful peacock has just entered the hall! That entrance alone was enough to send all them doubting their own complexion. How could they be happy about it!? Especially when their own partners were drooling over her face, chest, and ass!

1Bird Nest - To be more accurate, swallow's nest. The Chinese believe that ingesting swallow's nest gave strong health benefits. It's usually costly.

2700,000 dollars - I have no clue what kind of German Shepard that would cost 700,000 dollars. However, do note that the currency they are using is assumed to be China's RMB. After conversion to USD, it would be around 100,000. USD 100,000 for pure-bred German Shepards that came with their own certificates of authenticity.

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Chapter 200: Class Idol

Of all the ladies present, Zhao Hui Shan was most bitter!

Before Li Ru had made her appearance, Zhao Hui Shan was the most beautiful lady around! Every gesture, every move she made would attract the silent stares of men. But, the moment Li Ru stepped in, every single eyeball in the room had swiveled around to lock onto her body! That alone infuriated the narcissistic beauty, Zhao Hui Shan. How could she allow this to continue any longer!?

Li Ru smirked again. She slid her sunglasses off and nipped the edge of it with her lips, ever so sexily. She slowly turned around, giving the men several more angles to gaze upon her beauty as she scanned the room, her long eyes lashes fluttering. As soon as she spotted Zhang Yang, her eyes widened. She kicked off the floor with her high heels and headed towards him.

"Hey. Wang Hai, let me have this seat," said Li Ru to the person sitting next to Zhang Yang. As if she was wearing a concoction of Aphrodite herself, the man, coerced by the sweet scent emitting from behind him lost all sense of mind and complied obediently. Driven by instincts alone he stood up and stepped aside, his eyes wandering. As she pulled the chair back and sat on it, as his body moved by itself, the man called Wang Hai realized just then that he had given up his seat. Shaking off his stupor, he walked around the large dining table to find himself another empty seat.

Li Ru got comfortable in her seat and waved at the service crew at the corner of the hall. She ordered them to bring her a new set of utensil and cutlery.

She smiled at everyone. "Ah, it's been such a long time guys! I missed you guys so much!"

Fatty Han laughed, "Li Ru! Why the hell are you sitting next to my man Little Yang!"

Li Ru was twirling her silky long hair over her fair, jade-like skin. "Since when, was Zhang Yang your man?! I'd known that both of you were rather close, but I don't think that you guys were into each other like that!"

What was that!? Fatty Han may be known, for better or for worse, for his knack of blabbing out other-worldly nonsense. Even so, this woman was completely out of his league! Fatty Han was dumbstruck for a moment. Being the Fatty Han that Zhang Yang knew, he would always get back up, more determined than ever, and this was no exception. Fatty Han finally said, after a noticeable pause, "Yo! Little Yang, mah bro here is my brother from another mother! Listen, woman, we're so close that we're practically wearing the same pants! As long as you're not getting close to the point of going twenty toes with him, he is still my man!"

Even though his words were specifically directed to Li Ru, everyone else had been listening as well. Li Ru was the only one laughing uncontrollably. She was practically shaking all over. Her tightly packed goods were trembling vigorously, like a water balloons in an earthquake. Everyone was fixated on her assets, worried that they would sudden pop out of that deep V dress! Well, it wasn't like the men would have anything to complain about if that actually happened.

That slow-motion waves of tremors...was enough to send 9 out of 10 men down to the abyss, pitching their tents!

After laughing for a good minute, Li Ru calmed down and curled her lips. "Did you really think that you could wear Zhang Yang's pants with that body of yours? You could, if you go commando all the way!"

Everyone laughed at her joke. Such an enticing creature, a marvelous being, unfazed by indecent jokes, how could men resist such temptation. Naturally they would respond to please, their minds running wild with images of fantasy!

At that moment, all of the men in Zhang Yang's table had been completely charmed by Li Ru. In fact, men from the other table were already coming over to his side. Most of them were just trying to get close to her, bumping their glasses with her's to cheers.

Zhao Hui Shan was still sulking over the matter. The crown that was supposed to be hers had been instantly snatched away by Li Ru! That beautiful lady was being ogled at like a super star! Men fell for her, women envied her.

To put it on the score board, Zhao Hui Shan was at the same level in terms of looks. However, she was somehow lacking in attractive force. Furthermore, she was inferior to her when it came to everything below the neck. It was only natural that Zhao Hui Shan would lose to Li Ru! It was no news that Li Ru had been the famous girl with big boobs in high school. That devilish, vulgar body of hers was so attractive that she even managed to capture the hearts of male teachers! They had to use their briefcases to cover their groins!

Thinking about the past, Zhao Hui Shan got even angrier. However, the final straw was that her own partner, her boyfriend, Zhou Kang Ming would not stop peeking at Li Ru's peaks! What else could she feel then? The regret of not drinking papaya milk and massaging her breasts since she was younger?

"Li Ru, how have you been these few years?" asked Zhao Hui Shan. She decided to have a showdown with Li Ru after being knocked off the stage.

Li Ru suddenly expressed a distant look; grief and sadness filled her eyes for only an instant, it faded off swiftly, but some of it remained on her face. "I did fine! My husband died and left me with a large fortune! Well, at least I don't need to worry about money for the rest of my life!"

Everyone was curious. One of the men asked. "You were married? When did that happen?"

"In university, I was a fashion model. There was this one time when we were filming for a TV program when a rich, old horny man caught sight of me. He said that he liked me and wanted to marry me. He even offered me luxury gifts like a car and a villa!"

Li Ru was playing with the teaspoon in her hand, twisting and flipping it on the table.

"I am a woman who enjoys the glamorous life of the rich. So, I took him in. I dropped out and married the man!" said Li Ru. She smiled and rested her chin on her palm. "He was just aiming for my body. I was aiming for his pot of gold. There was no real chemistry there. Just mutual interest. After we got married for a while, he had a heart attack and died off, leaving my family a huge, profitable company. I think it was worth at least 10 million or so. At least, I have it in for me! My life is secure till I die!"

The other ladies in the room who were listening to her story gasped in horror. Disgust filled their faces. Some were throwing inaudible insults like gold-digger, b*tch, sly fox, sly snake, and whatever else they could connect to the word 'sly'.

In the current era, people would look down on the poor but would never look down on those with beauty, what she had right now was wealth along with a beautiful face and a sexy body! She had it all in one nice package! What man would not want to have her! Obtaining her hand in marriage would be the same as obtaining the world!

Every man in the room was burning with desire to have her for their own.

"Zhang Yang! A toast for you!" Li Ru picked up her glass out of the blue, turning to Zhang Yang.

He was stunned.

Li Ru had not been present in his previous life. His only had fuzzy memories of her name being mentioned during his high school days. If she had not appeared here, he would have completely forgotten about her!

He had no idea on how things had turned out this way. However, now that it has come to this, no matter how they diverge from the timeline that he knew, he will just play along and go with the flow.

Zhang Yang went along with the flow and raised his own glass to clink into hers. When the cold transparent glasses made contact, he could feel Li Ru fingers caressing his. At first, he thought that it was merely accidental. However, he saw the seductive curve of her lips, along with a playful lick of her tongue. He immediately got an idea of her thoughts.

Witnessing how Li Ru was trying to seduce Zhang Yang, other men gulped. They did not understand what and how this was happening.

Zhang Yang was just a regular guy, with a regular face. In fact, he was bad at his studies, often getting involved in street fights. Right now, in his youth and in good health, he had not found himself a proper job. Well, a professional gamer was not considered to be a legit job. For god sake, which online game could last for more than 3 to 5 years? How could he rely on the game to survive? It would never be able to put food on the table and a roof on his head.

While everything was thinking about the same thing, Zhou Kang Ming was growing redder in color. Tonight, he wanted to strike down his enemy, to publicly shame Zhang Yang! He would never have anticipated that he would end up drooling himself! How could a jewel like Li Ru be interested in a monkey like Zhang Yang!? Now, who was the one rubbing salt on whose wounds!?

He quickly tried to do divert the attention. "Li Ru, did you know, Zhang Yang is now a professional gamer!"

"Oh!" Li Ru eyes widened with curiosity. "Please tell me! Zhang Yang, what game are you playing now?"

"Oh...'God's Miracle'" replied Zhang Yang casually.

"Ah! I'm playing that too!" said Li Ru as she dragged her chair closer. That sudden jerk sent another vulgar tremble across her peaks, sending them jiggling about in the confined space of her dress. "What is your IGN? Please send me a friend request!"

"Li Ru! I'm playing 'God's Miracle' as well! I'm based in Violet Star City! I'm in the famous Imperial Sky! We were the second guild in the world to clear the Castle Interior Hardcore Mode!" One for man came by suddenly and interrupted. He was another ex-classmate, Feng Guang Bao. Zhang Yang remained silent and pretended to be distract by Feng Guang Bao. He wanted to play dumb to hide his true identity.

Li Ru scoffed. "Imperial Sky? Please...that useless guild could not even get their hands on any First Clear Achievements! Can they compete with Lone Desert Smoke? Besides...the name Imperial Sky sounds weird. It's so...western!"

Everyone laughed. One of them cried out, "Not bad. There are many of us here playing 'God's Miracle!". I'm in Emerald City! Level 43, anyone else?"

Feng Guang Bao was clearly bothered by Li Ru's comment. "I know what we cannot be compare with Lone Desert Smoke, but at least Imperial Sky is still the world number 2!"

Fatty Han had a bad impression on Imperial Sky. He opened his mouth to comment. "You claim to be the second in a single dungeon. With that in hand, you claim that you're the world's second best guild? Are you flattering yourself?"

"Han Guang! Which guild are you in then?!" Feng Guang Bao snorted.

"Oh it's quite widely known, everyone knows the name. Just like you said, the best guild in the world, Lone Desert Smoke." Fatty Han held his nose up high, posing a proud look.

"Is that true?!" said Li Ru as she widened her pearly eyes and edged forward. "I've always wanted to join Lone Desert Smoke, but their entry requirements are just too strict! Hey! Fatty! Do you know anyone else inside the guild? Take me! Take me!"

Take her? Many of the men listening to their conversation had taken those words in an entirely different context. Fatty Han threw a quick glance at Zhang Yang and said slowly. "Erhm...this...is rather...I mean. There are rules...and regulation..."

"Fatty~~~~" Li Ru squealed suddenly. Fatty Han was rather shocked by it to the point that he forgotten what he was about to say.

"Actually, if you want to join the guild, you'd best talk to Zhang Yang. He was the one who introduced me into the guild! No biggie. He is one of the higher ranked guild officers!" said Fatty Han. He was obviously out of tricks to fend of this b*tch and had passed the baton to Zhang Yang.

Li Ru quickly turned her head to face Zhang Yang. Her hair flew out glamorously and brushed over her cheek. She smiled sweetly and said, "Come on, old friend. You would help me out, right?"

Furious with Fatty Han for talking too much, he pointedly turned away and explained to Li Ru. "He was right. There are rules and regulations to follow..."

"I'm going to stop you right there!" said Li Ru as he held her hand out. "Please don't bring that attitude to me."

"What attitude...?"

Li Ru made an impression of a sales girl.

"Oh. I'm sorry sir. We cannot allow you to smoke in here."

"Huh!?"

"You know. Uptight, rigid, black and white, stick-up-your-ass kind of behavior. That's you! Don't do that."

"Oh."

Zhang Yang returned to his beer. He did not want to carry the conversation any further.

Li Ru jerked her chair yet again and got even closer to Zhang Yang, whispering into his ear. "If it's come to that, I'll let you bend the rules a little!"

From Zhang Yang's point of view, he could clearly see the deep, forbidden regions of a woman's cleavage. That deep, dark canyon between her two humongous melons. When she leaned in, the scent of her perfume was to strong and sweet that it filled him with a strong carnal desire to grab hold and claim the woman. However, Zhang Yang was not someone with a weak will. He nodded and looked up to meet her eyes instead.

"I cannot allow you to bend the rules. Just give me your IGN and I'll have the other officers process your application to the guild. Whether they accept or reject you, would be out of my hands. My authority is limited."

Fatty Han bit his lips. He thought that this man was good in putting up an act; he was determined to aspire for that kind of behavior.

Li Ru giggled and remained close to Zhang Yang's ear. "Zhang Yang, you must know that I was in love with you ever since high school! Everyone in class were as soft as teddy bears, but you...you were like a lion. A man above all men! I'll let you in on a little secret. Whenever that old, wrinkled husband of mine was in bed with me, I had always imagined that it was you, inserting your huge and thick p*n*s inside me! Only then, I would not feel disgusted about that dead man!"

The smell of her perfume lingered around him. Zhang Yang had a sudden thought, and it was a rather sympathetic one. "For money, you married a man that you didn't love. Was is all worth it?"

Li Ru laughed this time, yet her laughter was fake and hollow. "How many women truly marry the men they love? Didn't you notice? There are many women out there who would rather be mistresses to married men? At least I had it better. I was married officially to him. Compared to the other mistress or secret lovers, I had it better!"

Zhang Yang was rendered speechless. Reality was like a butcher's knife, hacking away at people's dreams and visions. Society was like a huge pot of water; ever so polluted with what was once pure romance and love. Everyone had the power to choose. Whether it was right or wrong, good or evil, all depended on the person's own situation.

"Here, to our wonderful futures! Cheers!" said Zhou Kang Ming as he lift his glass high. Zhou Kang Ming had seen how close Li Ru was to Zhang Yang. He was burning in a rage, fueled by a source he could not determine himself. Even though it was none of his business, really, his heart was a torrent of unstable emotions. He immediately took action to stop them from getting along further, trying reclaim the spotlight.

Everyone knew that Zhou Kang Ming was the person who organized this gathering, and also the person who would be paying the bills in the end. So, in obligatory respect, everyone stood up and lifted their glass. "For a wonderful future!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

When everyone had a little more alcohol in them, the atmosphere got a little livelier. Many of the men in the hall know clearly, that they had no chances of tackling someone out of their leagues like Li Ru. They resorted to try their luck on the person they had a liking to back when they still in high school. Perhaps luck might give them a chance. They might be able to take off to the hotel and rent a room to snuggle around later!

After the rather exaggerated show of an applause, Zhang Yang sat down. Just then, he felt a light rubbing sensation on his shin. He began looking around and quickly realized that he did no need to do so. Only Li Ru who could do something like that. He turned to face her, only to see the charming little minx biting her lower lip, completely dyed in a deep, rose red color that expressed a burning passion. Her seductive eyes looked as if they were craving for lust.

Zhang Yang remained stoic and silent. He pulled back his legs and tucked them beneath his seat. However, just when he was about to get comfortable, he felt another light touch. Not much sooner after that, he definitely felt something on his thighs now, dangerously close to...danger.

Zhang Yang turned to Li Ru again. This time, her eyes were lowered, but her intentions were clear nevertheless. They were burning with desire. Her cheeks were flushed in a pinkish hue that could instantly double the rate of any man's heart beat. Everything she did, and gazed at, made her look even more seductive.

What the hell is going on?!

Zhang Yang came here was only because he had been forcibly dragged along by Fatty Han. Yet, here he is, being seduced? If he was placed in the same situation in his previous life, he would surely fail to resist this exquisite creature! However, after all that he had been through, it was as if Zhang Yang had activated an unlimited amount of Shield Wall.

You can try all you want...but you'll never be able to seduce me in this massive crowd!

Tok. Tok. Tok.

The door of the hall was knocked on again. The service crew hurried up to the door and opened it.

Foosh!

A gorgeous lady with her eyes covered by a pair sunglasses walked in. Her long silky hair flowed back and forth as she walked into the hall.

A light-yellow dress adorned her slender body. The dress was rather well-made, with excellent workmanship and high-quality fabric. Anyone with a keen eye could easily recognize the dress was Chanel's most popular dress this summer. The little hand bag that was slung over her forearm was also a Chanel. The perfume that she wore on her today was also Chanel's. The bracelet was yet another Chanel...this lady must be a crazy fan of Chanel. That, or Chanel had a crazy sale and she was just there coincidentally.

Unlike Li Ru's mature style, this young woman had a distinctively different style. Her curves were rather substantial; however, she could not be described as having a devilish body. However, she had her own special features. Her legs. Her long, pearl-like legs were so slender. If she had stood in a corner, she would look like a mannequin in a fashion shop.

Complexion-wise, she possessed a certain degree of beauty that rivaled Li Ru and Zhao Hui Shan! Her cold, frost-like composure gave her a sense of nobility; that people could only look up to.

Another unexpected person appeared!

Yang Zhi Xian. She was the most beautiful girl in the first class, which made her the most beautiful girl in the entire school. She was beautiful indeed; no one doubted that. That and, she was rather exceptional in her studies. A full package, people said. Zhang Yang vaguely remembered her but, one thing was for certain; neither of them were supposed to be in the student gathering.

Among the things that had happened, it was as if there was a huge hand in the cosmos, silent and undetected, changing the world as it is.

"Yang Zhi Xian?!" Li Ru was the first to greet her. "Here! Here! Here! Sit with me!" she shrieked.

Chanel girl Yang Zhi Xian saw Li Ru calling out to her and smiled proudly. She lowered her sunglasses a little and walked gracefully towards Zhang Yang's table. With extreme elegance and grace, she sat in the last available seat at Zhang Yang's table.

She carefully took out a napkin and ran it over the chopsticks and spoon. Only after the deed was done did she sit properly and get comfortable. The graceful, lady-like manner had left everyone slightly uncomfortable.

Fatty Han loved beautiful women, but he could not get used to her level of mannerism. He laughed awkwardly and said, "I'd say, miss Yang, if you took off your pants and fart, wouldn't it be too redundant? I think you're sugarcoating your actions a little too much. This hotel is 5-star, 3-star by your standards at least, they would never serve unwashed cutlery for a customer to use, no?"

Yang Zhi Xian lifted her head and stared at Fatty Han. Her eye brow twitched a little, as if she was clearly offended by his crude language.

Li Ru interjected, "Fatty, would could you say something like that in front of a fair lady?!"

"Sorry, lady. I mean, Lady Yang..." Fatty Han laughed awkwardly again. Who knew that kind of context he really meant when he used the term "lady".

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Chapter 201: Yang Zhi Xian

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Yang Zhi Xian only deepened her frown and expressed her disgust. However, she remained quiet. Her silence towards Fatty Han sent the message that she would never lower herself to talk to a person of his stature.

Li Ru giggled. "Yang Zhi Xian. I've not seen you in 4 years. Your temper seems to be much better now!"

"Please." Yang Zhi Xuan only replied with a single word.

What an arrogant and prideful lady!

Looking at the lady, fully clad in branded clothing, she looked like she came from a wealthy background. No one dared to put up a face publicly and kept their judgment by themselves. They went back to the dishes and let things run its course. The world won't stop turning just for one person. It's best not to think too egoistically!

Zhang Yang only smiled knowingly . Even though Yang Zhi Xian tried her best to play the role as the cool and noble beauty, he saw right through her immediately. This was not her true nature, but a persona, carefully crafted to express her apparent status.

To put it bluntly, it's an expression derived from psychological motivations. When one encounters a true lady, the person would consciously try to imitate the behavior as she would deem it superior and exemplary. Yet, if she could not behave like the original, she'll end up…weird and strange. Something would be off. She would fail to portray the true noble-like behavior, turning out egotistical, rude, and stand-offish.

A good example would be Sun Xin Yu. That was what a real, cool, ice queen should look and behave like. She does what she thinks, and whenever she encounters anything that does not sit right with her, she would immediately take action. She would do it without fail as it's her true nature!

People true to themselves would not need to put up any pretenses. It would naturally be expressed out.

After a short period of silence, the noise returned and the atmosphere in the hall returned to its liveliness.

At the table, Yang Zhi Xian was always clicking her tongue with a cold, patronizing grimace. As she turned to the left, a "tsk" could be heard. As she turned to her right, another "tsk" came again. She was disgruntled, dissatisfied with something, apparently, and she made a huge show out of it.

At one point, Fatty Han could take it no more. Just when he was eating happily, he would raise his head to see a blackened, disgusted face! How could he even eat in peace! He laughed awkwardly again and said, "Yang Zhi Xian. So, where are you working?"

If it was Sun Xin Yu, she would not even be bothered to look at you, much less answer your question! You could reel in the moon and blacken the sun, but she would still ignore your entire existence. On the other hand, this lady, who loved to put up airs, pretended to stall a little but eventually replied to Fatty Han in a rather happy tone. "It's nothing. I'm working as a deputy chief in the Industry and Commerce Bureau in Chang Lang province."

"Is that real!?" Wang Hai was the first to be startled. His face was filled with excitement and shock. "You just graduated recently and was able to work in the government as a chief!? Oh my lord, that's Industry and Commerce Bureau we're talking about. The most lucrative department!"

Zhao Hui Shan looked like she was forming an alliance with Fatty Han. Among the 3 Queens, despite Li Ru being the wealthy widow due to her million-dollar inheritance, Yang Zhi Xian seemed to be in an even better position!

No matter how much money Li Ru had, everyone knew that she had obtained that money by selling her own body for it. With the tag "lonely widow" on her head, everyone else would want to have her as their own. She was no threat to Zhao Hui Shan!

But Yang Zhi Xian was different. Back in high school, she was called the genius girl and the beauty queen! And, right now, she bore the aura of nobility with a rather good position in society. In an instant, she had managed to place a huge gap between them. Others could only gaze up to her as if she was higher than anyone of them.

The meal, the gathering they were having right then was all because of her and Zhou Kang Ming! But when people like Fatty Han, Li Ru, Yang Zhi Xian had appeared and grabbed the spotlight, Zhao Hui Shan had been left wordless.

She laughed lightly and said, "I heard that to climb ladders in the department is easy as unbuckling one's pants. The leader would surely obliged!"

What a poisonous utterance!

Zhang Yang truly believed that if Sun Xin Yu was here and heard what Zhao Hui Shan had just said, the latter's face would have a reddish hand print on her cheek. However, after listening, Yang Zhi Xian only smiled and replied evenly. "My father is the Head of Magistrate of the Cang Lang province."

Head of Magistrate! That is a Provincial officer leader! It's the same as local governor.

No wonder! Hah! No wonder! Everyone exchanged a look in understanding. They turned back to Yang Zhi Xian, and looked at her with a sense of respect. A citizen cannot compete with an Official, that was the beliefs of the people of China since the ancient times!

Zhang Yang returned to gaze at her seemingly nonchalant, casual expression. He could easily observe and detect, she was actually expressing a hint of pleasure. From the slow beginning, to when she revealed the information about her father, Yang Zhi Xian wanted to experience the shock of the crowd!

And she had pulled it off successfully!

Back to when he was in high school, Yang Zhi Xian was the one who Zhang Yang admired the most. He really loved her conduct and elegance. However, as how things were now, he would not even think of marrying this woman. Even if he wanted to get back to her, he would completely start over again, he would only do it for the fun of it. Once a relationship with her carries on for a longer period of time, no one could possibly endure her snobbish attitude.

To qualify as a true beauty, a beautiful face alone is not enough to pass the bar. Without a sense of independence, a beauty would be no different from a pretty picture. Back in ancient china, a so-called classic beauty would need to be good with the ancient Chinese music instrument, Gu Qin, Chinese Chess, books, drawing, calligraphy and more!

Zhao Hui Shan was bitter. But just as she was about to sulk even more, she had a sudden realization. Among the three-beauty queens, she was the least successful one. One had a million-dollar inheritance. The other was the daughter of a Head of Magistrate! As for her, her family background was rather normal. Even though she managed to got herself a rich husband, how could she compare herself with the other two?

Because of that, Zhao Hui Shan had failed in her intention to further shame Zhang Yang. She lowered her head in silence and ate the meal in front of her, licking her own wounds quietly.

The entire hall was still rather lively. Many of them were still drinking and chatting happily. Slowly, they spent close to two hours in the dining hall before one by one, they started to leave.

Zhou Kang Ming eyes was filled with lust and depravity, glancing with every chance, at Li Ru's magnificent chest and called out. "Guys! Everyone! Since it's such a rare occasion for all of us to gather together, shall we continue the party? How about a trip to the KTV Karaoke center?!"

"Oh! Sounds good!"

"Nah, we can't make it. We left our baby back at home and got to go back soon!"

"I'll go! I'll go!"

"GRAH! What a shame! I've work tomorrow!"

A part of the crowd could join, while the others had to leave the party. After a headcount, there were about 40 people that had to go back to take care of their children, others had to work tomorrow and rest early. In the end, only 12 remained.

Zhang Yang wanted to leave but he was dragged along again, by Fatty Han. Fatty Han had successfully hooked up with a former member of the Disciplinary Committee. Because of that, he wanted Zhang Yang to tag along and have a good time at the karaoke center.

When they leave the building, Zhang Yang whispered to Fatty Han. "You fat f*ck! Didn't you once hate Wu Hai Li?"

Wu Hai Li was the Disciplinary Committee of the class they were in back then. Whenever Zhang Yang and Fatty Han got into trouble, Wu Hai Li was almost always responsible because of her whistle-blowing tendencies. That got them to write dozen of books worth of punishment writing. Back then, wherever Fatty Han heard the name Wu Hai Li, he would grit his teeth so hard and he could grind them into bits.

Fatty Han laughed. "That's because we deserved it back then. Right now, I'm going to drill her, like really drill her, as payback for what she did to us!"

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes. Fatty Han was truly beyond saving.

Back at the parking lot, Fatty Han gallantly dragged Wu Hai Li by the hand to ride along in his car. He turned around and told Zhang Yang, "Bro, this car has no more space for you now! How about you join that Li Ru chick?"

He flabby hands pointed at the smiling Li Ru.

"Zhang Yang! Join me! Let's ride!" Li Ru waved at Zhang Yang.

Now that it has come to this, Zhang Yang had no choice but to sit in Li Ru's Ferrari.

Right then, everyone could easily distinguish those who had a fortune and those who did not. Fatty Han has his Maserati, Li Ru had her Ferrari, both of their cars are world famous sport cars. Some had cars that at most cost around 200,000 to 300,000, while the majority of them had cars that only cost around 100,000 dollars.

Watching the Maserati and Ferrari driving off, leaving only a trail of dust behind them, the crowd was filled with both admiration and envy. Zhao Hui Shan was even madder. Blood had already drained off her face. Clenching her fist with pure rage, she turned to see Zhou Kang Ming's own 600,000 dollar Toyota. She got into the co-driver's seat and slammed the door with great force. Her face turned bitter.

Zhou Kang Ming had no reaction to what that had just transpired. Which could only mean that his attention was no longer on Zhao Hui Shan. Compared to Zhao Hui Shan's natural beauty, Li Ru's mature style had awoken a new kind of itch in him. When he was still in high school, he had always known that Li Ru was a sl*t. Now that she had lost a husband, he would not believe that the woman could endure being alone for long! If he could just put some effort, he believed he could reel in the widow, and then he would kill two birds with one stone, claiming both her fortune and her body.

But, it would be even better if he could get his hands-on Yang Zhi Xian as well. If he did, he could be living together with all 3 beauty queens! That would really be realizing his lifelong dream!

With a lewd smirk, Zhou Kang Ming started his car and drove out of the parking lot.

…

The sound of the Ferrari engine roared through the narrow roads of Zhou Su City.

"Hey Hey Hey! You're not really trying to cause an accident, do you?!" cried Zhang Yang as he tried to stabilize himself in the car. Watching cars being overtaken by this red sport car at an incredible speed, Zhang Yang could not help but to feel and make a show of his horror. Even though he had died once, it had not turned him into a daredevil! On the contrary, it would be the lamest thing for him to die in a car accident!

Li Ru laughed loudly, shaking wildly as she laughs, causing her massive jugs to jiggle about vigorously! "What's wrong, Zhang Yang? Back then, you're the one people called the daredevil of the school! Was it all a facade of Zhang Yang the scaredy-cat?"

Zhang Yang forced himself to laugh. "I'm not afraid of fighting! But I do not wish to die in vain in a car accidental!"

SKREEEE!

Li Ru hit the brakes suddenly. The tremendous inertia and pushed Zhang Yang forwards and slammed him face first onto the dash board. He would have broken his nose if he had not shielded himself with his arms.

He was not wearing his seatbelt.

"WHAT THE F—" Zhang Yang turned around to faced her. But just as he was about to give her his piece of mind, Li Ru had already caught hold of him and laid him on her lap. She pulled his chin up and planted a deep, passionate kiss onto his lips.

"Ooh~ You naughty boy!" After a while, Li Ru withdrew from the kiss. She looked down to him, with sparkling eyes of lust as she spoke to him playfully.

Zhang Yang didn't know what to think, or feel. Instinctively, he tried to push her away but found his hands sinking deep into her voluptuous breasts! A wonderful, blissful, feeling that you would usually find in heaven -- rushed across his palms. That sudden jolt of sensation left his hands resting there for a little too long. From the looks of it, it looked like he intentionally did it.

"I can explain!" cried Zhang Yang. Colors had vanished from his face. His senses were just beginning to return!

"Trying to give an excuse would only mean you're guilty!" said Li Ru. She raised her hands and ran them down her own red-color lips, tasting her own fingers. She then put her index finger into her mouth and licked it ever so sexily. She moaned and touched herself as if tasting the remaining saliva on her lips had given her the ultimate pleasure.

"I have been wanting to kiss you since five years ago! Now, my wish has come true! Ah! That felt really good!"

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Chapter 202: A Meeting of Chance at the Karaoke

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There is a song out there with lyrics that goes like this: "A woman's heart is like a puzzle~"

Zhang Yang did not understand what was happening to him. Could it be? That he was reborn with the hidden attribute of a bastard?! Sun Xin Yu wanted him to be her boyfriend (well, technically, he did ask for it), Li Ru has this "I've been m*st*rb*t*ng to you for several years" kind of look on her! If he had not died and had his rebirth, he would have quickly hopped onto this train of pleasure and went off to sexville. However, this time, in his better sense of mind, he could not possibly accept things lying down like this -- literally!

The gods must be crazy! How could they just toy with his life! Zhang Yang had never wished to be the center of a huge harem! Why would the gods keep sending these minxes to compel him into committing such sins!

But what Zhang Yang did not know, was that a woman's heart was much simpler than he could imagine. Women view romance in a simpler way than men believe it to be. For starters, the men that they would like should have these three attributes: Handsome. Smart. Famous. Zhang Yang did not have superstar handsome looks, but he was tall and buffed. Moreover, he was, in fact, one of the famous boys in high school! That time, Li Ru falling in love with Zhang Yang was no accident. Following the years after, she had dropped out of university to be married to an old and ugly gold mine. Every time she slept, she would have dreams of her first love, and that was Zhang Yang.

That being said, back then, Li Ru was not truly aware of her own crush on Zhang Yang. But after her marriage, she was constantly comparing her husband and Zhang Yang, creating her own fantastical image of Zhang Yang, intensifying her love towards Zhang Yang. Perhaps, the one she had really fallen in love is not the current Zhang Yang, but the high school delinquent. These pure and innocent emotions, sculpted the perfect Zhang Yang in her own mind.

Li Ru started her car again and drove off. This time, she drove normally, without speeding off like a F1 driver. She rolled down the driver's window and let the wind blow her hair off randomly. She had a smile on her face. Her smile was rather genuine and happy, as if she had never experienced true happiness for a long time. "I love this feeling. The sensation when you let the wind to blow you away. That feeling of freedom and I can just forget about anything I want! That is why I love to drive!"

By the looks of it, Zhang Yang could clearly see that even though she had inherited a large fortune, she had also been burdened by something unseen.

"My husband had no legitimate kids. However, he had many nephews and nieces. Those little buggers have been harassing me for a while. Pestering me to give up my dead husband's inheritance. They have been throwing all sort of insults at me. They called me a sly fox. They called me a witch. They said that I did no deserve to inherit anything! But, all I see and hear are the same thing! They just want the money!"

Zhang Yang listened to her complains and turned to his window. As lights and shadows came through the car, illuminating the interior momentarily, he replied. "It's their right to speak, and your right to ignore. Don't mind about the others."

Li Ru was surprised at his words and smiled happily. "Well…what they say was true anyway. I did cause my husband's death." Her face turned solemn. "That old man had a weak heart. One fateful night, when he was on the bed with me. I wanted to give him a rather nice son! But, little did I know, sex is rather cruel. To have the ultimate pleasure in bed is truly a dream. But he was old, his body didn't work the way it used to be. He had to rely on drugs and supplements if he wanted to have me in bed. Eventually, one thing led to the other. He died in my arms."

She scoffed. "Still. I had it better when he's gone. I do have to see his ugly face anymore. You have to know that when my parents saw their son-in-law, they thought he was my husband's grandfather! Grandfather! Do you understand how serious is this matter was? After I cleared things up with my parents, they scolded me that night and even refused to attend the reception! I had shamed my family!"

Zhang Yang remained quiet the whole time. Even though they were old friends, neither of them were really close enough to reveal deep secrets to each other like in such manner.

Realizing his silence, Li Ru finally stopped talking and drove on through the night. Neither of them looked at each other after that. After approximately 10 minutes, Li Ru drove into a parking lot. The two of them remained silent as they got down the car and walked away. A short distance away, Zhou Kang Ming and the rest of the merry little band were already waiting.

"What took you so long?" said Zhou Kang Ming as his eyes flitted repeatedly between Zhang Yang and Li Ru suspiciously. His voice had a trace of jealousy as he spoke.

On the other side, Fatty Han's right arm was around the slim waist of Wu Hai Li. He had completely seduced and "claimed" her. "Zhao Kang Ming. What does his tardiness have to do with you?"

Li Ru smiled playfully, "I was shagging Zhang Yang on my way here! That's why I was late!"

After she said that, everyone was completely dumbfounded. To count the time they had taken from the hotel to here, they were only late by a few minutes. No matter how quickly some people did it, they couldn't have actually done the deed as she claimed. But, that was beside point. To think that she would dare use that term to joke around, it was only further testament to her boldness. Furthermore, she had only allowed Zhang Yang in her car and no one else. Who else is there to say otherwise?

Zhou Kang Ming got even more jealous. Truthfully, Zhao Hui Shan was not as pretty and alluring as Li Ru, but they say that a wild flower would bloom better than a potted flower! What you cannot own makes it even more valuable to you. Since Zhao Kang Ming was aiming to "own" Li Ru and everything that she had, it was just a natural reflex to direct jealousy and hatred towards Zhang Yang.

"Let's go! Let's blow our vocal cords out!"

Everyone walked away from the parking lot and headed into a karaoke center called "Dream City". This time, it was Zhao Kang Ming who paid the fees and got them a private room to sing in. After the transaction was made, a beautiful usherette led the little party into a large room.

Everyone got themselves a large case of beer and started to sing with the lights dimmed down. As the lights dimmed, everyone grabbed the microphones and sand with the beer in their hands.

Yang Zhi Xian did not know what to think then. Although she was constantly putting on airs, like she was looking down on everyone, but eventually, she did come along. However, she was hiding silently in one corner, occasionally glancing over at Li Ru and Zhao Hui Shan.

Perhaps she was silently judging the two ladies who were respectively once the class queen and as well as the school queen with her keen eyes.

Zhang Yang did not sing along. He opened a bottle of beer, blew the cap off the mouth, and gulped the beer down. He turned around the room and found Fatty Han and Wu Hai Li snooping around in one corner. Even though the lights was dimmed down, he would make out their silhouette. Both of them were practically stuck to each other like sandwiches. Now, even though he could not make out what they were actually doing, even an idiot could easily guess it right. Still, the man was unmarried, and the same goes to the woman, no matter what they did was none of Zhang Yang's business.

Zhou Kang Ming was the mic hogger. Even when his singing was always out of tune, he would still hold onto the mic without giving a chance to others. He had even winked at Li Ru seductively, earning the rage of Zhao Hui Shan. Even thought it was rather dark, her glowing red cheeks could practically set the room on fire.

"Li Ru! Let's sing this together!" Zhou Kang Ming had purposely picked a duet and boldly asked Li Ru to be his partner.

Glancing back at Zhao Hui Shan with a pitiful eye, she understood how she felt and shook her head. "Sorry. I don't know this song."

"That cannot be! We all know that you were practically a superstar back in high school! In fact, we still know that you can be a superstar someday! How could you not sing this song?!" Zhou Kang Ming was borrowing the power of the alcohol in him to speak so boldly.

Zhao Hui Shan had finally snapped. She got up. "Kang Ming! I'm heading out to buy a few things. Come with me!" She pulled him, or rather, dragged him out of the room to, obviously, give him a piece of her mind.

By the time the angry couple came back, Zhang Yang and Li Ru were singing the very song that Zhou Kang Ming had picked earlier!

It was like a tight slap to the face!

Zhou

Kang Ming sulked. If his self-consciousness was any good, he would have already picked up the telltale sign that Li Ru had no interest in him! He managed to "own" Zhao Hui Shan by baiting her with his money! However, Li Ru was a rich widow! What would money do to her? She could have several more digits behind her fortune, what reason was there for her to look up to Zhou Kang Ming?

Why! Why!?

Zhao Kang Ming could not understand it! He wanted to humiliate Zhang Yang, but nothing ever went past the planning stage. Before he could throw the first strike, he had already been slapped in the face multiple times! How did that happen?

Zhang Yang sang the song together with Li Ru because he was forced to do so. After that one song, Zhang Yang quickly went back to his seat and glued himself to it. No matter how Li Ru tried to push, dragged, and persuade, Zhang Yang was determined to remain stationary.

The singing continued on for another hour. By then, Zhang Yang had already drunk 4 to 5 bottles of beer. A sudden discomfort struck Zhang Yang. It was like his arse was about to explode. He quickly got out of the room to find a toilet, only to realize that the establishment did not have one. He had to leave the center entirely. Toilets were only available at the end of buildings around here.

After taking his time to answer nature's call, Zhang Yang exited the toilet and returned to the karaoke room. Just when he was about pull the door, he heard a loud 'thud' coming from the room opposite. He saw a shadowy figure bumping against the wall.

"Haha! Miss Yu! Don't be shy! Come back! Let's sing a little more!" Immediately, a rather large middle-aged man, with a huge beer belly came out. He reeked of alcohol. The first person who came out of the room was a young lady, around the age of her early twenties. She had the most alluring body; with full frontal peaks and a curvaceous butt. Her face was flushed red. It was not the kind of red you see on a shy person, but rather, the red cheeks, of a person who has clearly drank too much. Her eyes were out of focus. In her dazed, disoriented struggle, she cried out, "No! I-I-I can't drink anymore! I'm going back!"

The man smirked slyly and grabbed the woman. "Going home? Sure! I'll send you home!" said the man as he grabbed the woman and pulled her forcefully back into the room.

Zhang Yang hand was already holding on the door knob, but when he saw the face of the woman, Zhang Yang instinctively walked up to her and grab the woman's other free hand.

The man felt a sudden jerk. He pulled the woman again only to find that she would not budge. He turned around to see a huge man holding on to her hand. Annoyed, he scolded. "What are you doing! Let her go!"

Zhang Yang calmly replied the middle-aged man with a low voice whist staring straight into him. "Didn't you hear what Teacher Yu said? She wants to go home, yet you're dragging her back into the room. What are you planning?"

"Teacher…Yu?" the man was stunned and quickly expressed an understanding emotion. "I see that you're Miss Yu's student! Don't worry! There's nothing to fuss about. We're singing and drinking together with a couple more colleagues from work!"

"Zhang…Zhang Yang?" the woman tried her best to lift her head. Her hands reached out and grabbed to Zhang Yang sleeves tightly, her expression terrified. "S-Save me!" she pleaded.

This woman was clearly one of the lecturers that had taught Zhang Yang in university.

Zhang Yang nodded confidently and said, "Teacher Yu! Worry not. I shall send you back home!"

"Don't you dare walk away!" the middle-aged man was obviously infuriated. His hand was still holding onto Yu Li's feeble wrist. "Mind you own business, boy! Leave!"

As he spoke, another man came out from the room. "Chief Qian, is there something wrong?"

He revealed his face and Zhang Yang could easily recognize the man. He was the Dean F.I.C.T (Faculty of Information, Computing, and Technology). His name was Hou Bi Hua. Since he was not really good person in the campus, students had given him a nick name, Monkey Butt1.

When Monkey Butt saw Zhang Yang, he was stunned. Zhang Yang recognized him but the same was not the case for the other party. Afterall, there were so many students in the entire campus, he could not possibly remember all of their faces! He was annoyed. "Who are you!? Trying to act like a thug?"

Zhang Yang laughed boldly. "I'm not trying to, I'm the real thing! At least, I'm not some pretentious bastard that look all righteous while planning to harass a girl. You're the ones acting!"

"Bullsh*t! Let her go now! Or I'll call security!" Monkey Butt started to threaten Zhang Yang.

"Hmph!" Zhang Yang scoffed and with lightning speed, he threw a punch at the shoulder of the person called "Chief Qian". The pain was unbearable that the man let her go in reflex. Zhang Yang quickly walked up, covering Yu Li behind him and readied his fist. "Monkey Butt. You can try, if you dare!"

When he heard Zhang Yang called him Monkey Butt, he knew instantly that Zhang Yang was a student from his university. His heart sank.

This outing was all for the university president's nephew, the Cang Lang Province Government Publication Department Deputy Chief Qian Hong Wen. He had an eye for Yu Li and had requested Monkey Butt to pull a few strings to get them together. However, Monkey Butt knew that Yu Li was not the kind of woman who would spread her legs for money. If that had been the case, he would have gotten onto her earlier! So, make it less sketchy, he invited a few more lecturers from his own faculty and made the encounter with Qiang Hong Wen, purely coincidental.

Everyone had started a drinking session and at Monkey Butt's direction, the other lecturers had pushed Li Ru to drink. With no effort at all, they had successfully made her drunk. The rest of the lecturers were proactive and quickly left with many random excuses. The remaining people in the room were Monkey Butt, Qian Hong Wen, and the heavily intoxicated Yu Li.

Tipsy and dizzy, Yu Li sense their ill intentions and and had quickly decided to leave the room. However, she was so dizzy that she needed the wall to support herself. If she had not drawn Zhang Yang's attention, she would have been dragged into the room and the following events that could have unfolded would have been most undesirable.

This could have been the start of her downfall from his past life!

If Zhang Yang was indeed a student from his university, he could use his authority to pressurize him. If he wasn't, what that is about to follow would be a little rough. Monkey Butt looked at Zhang Yang with a deathly stare and asked. "What year did you graduate?"

TL note:

1Monkey Butt – The author used a word play that sounded the same but writes differently. The Chinese word used was 候, which sounds Hou, the same as 猴. 猴 means monkey. 毕,sounds Bi while 屁sounds Pi, but meant butt. Thus, the word play 候毕, 猴屁, Hou Bi (Pi), monkey's butt.

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