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 267: Progressing into Shanghai

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Upon activating {Vanguard's Aggression}, the tankers started to receive double damage. Thus, under the concentrated fire of the enemy, both Zhang Yang and Traveling Piglet activated their own {Shield Walls} concurrently, and they began slashing at each other like crazy.

At this moment, the difference between the strength of the tankers were their equipment. Even the with their {Shield Walls} activated, the health points of Traveling Piglet were falling much quicker than Zhang Yang's.

Afterall, Lone Desert Smoke had the upper hand in both defense and offense. Even the [Gold-Eared Bear King] alone could have made things difficult for The Dominators!

After 3 seconds, Zhang Yang's {Destructive Smash} had finally cooled down. Immediately, he threw another {Destructive Smash} onto Traveling Piglet, reducing 75% of the healing effects on him. He had basically taken the healer out of the battle!

Traveling Piglet was only equipped with Gray-Sliver equipment, and had total health points of not more than 14,000. How would he be able to sustain the powerful damage output of the trio, Zhang Yang, Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream? He had held his own well enough before {Destructive Smash} took away his healing support. Before the duration of his {Shield Wall} even ended, he was already dead!

{Vanguard's Aggression} vanished along with his death.

Not giving any chance to those opponents within the barrier to respond, Zhang Yang unleashed his {Blast Wave}, knocking the three opponents closest to him into stunned states.

Focus fire on Millenial Wanderer!

Pak!

Millenial Wanderer was fast, immediately he had created an {Ice Barrier} and entered an invincible state, stationary state.

Switching fire power onto Humbly Gentleman!

Pak!

Humbly Gentleman panicked and immediately entered his {Ice Barrier}.

Switching fire towards I'm Not Healer!

I Am No Healer quickly activated his {Sacred Protection}, entering an invincible state of 5 seconds. At the same time, he was healing up the health points of all three members of his own party, including his own.

Within just a few seconds, the three members of The Dominators were forced into activating their life-saving skills.

It was only a stop-gap measure, things were not looking good for them, Millenial Wanderer quickly snapped into the party chat. "Bad Guy, stop playing hide and seek with that thief and start attacking Daffodil Daydream. We will remove our Ice Frame immediately. My {Ice Ring} is still under cool down, so the Guildmaster will freeze them first, then we can finish her off. When their spellcaster dies, the remaining battles will all be melee, we can slowly kite them until they die!"

"F*ck you, *sshole! Call me 'Top Class', not 'Bad Guy'!" Top Class Bad Guy retorted.

"Okay, okay, okay! 'Top Class', go ahead and use your {Ambush} on Daffodil Daydream, now!" Millenial Wanderer was getting impatient.

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds...

Pak!

Top Class Bad Guy burst into the visible spectrum, but it was not because he was about to use {Ambush} on Daffodil Daydream, but it was because he had been busted out by Sun Xin Yu! His body swayed with stars over his head, and the ice queen got to work with her daggers!

However, I Am No Healer only cared for hmself and took no action, as his {Sacred Protection} could only last for 5 seconds. The moment it passed however, he was once again attacked by Zhan Yang and the party. He started healing himself, but was quickly interrupted as Zhang Yang used {Crash Magic} on him! He could not use his skills for another three seconds!

"Let's go!", Millenial Wandered grit his teeth, they would not stand a chance against them in a drawn-out battle of attrition!

Millenial Wanderer and Humbly Gentleman removed their {Ice Barriers} at the same time. Humbly Gentleman immediately used his {Ice Ring} to freeze Zhang Yang, Wei Yan Er and Whitey so that I'm Not Healer would have an opportunity to escape for the moment!

{Thunder Strike}!

Zhang Yang stomped on the ground once, immediately reducing the movement speed of I am No Healer for 5 seconds, slowing down the slinky shadow who was trying to escape. It delayed him for an extra second, which was enough.

'-2,102!'

Zhang Yang stuck his back, bringing his hitpoints below 20%. Wei Yan Er whistled and unleashed her assault. Although she had only accumulated 32 points of rage, it was enough to do it!

'-5280!'

I Am No Healer immediately collapsed!

{Dispel}!

Han Ying Xue freed Wei Yan Er from the {Ice Ring} first. A second after, the skill had cooled down, so she freed Zhang Yang from the {Ice Ring} as well.

"Argh!" Top Class Bad Guy let out a miserable cry as he fell to the knifework of Sun Xin Yu!

Three out of five of the Dominators had been eliminated, leaving only two of them behind, struggling for their lives.

Zhang Yang pursued Humbly Gentleman. As the hypocrite knew that he could not beat Zhang Yang, he snarled and began to cast his spell in anger, hoping to cause some damage before he went down. Zhang Yang laughed out loud as he hacked away. Humbly Gentleman went down like a rotten tree under the repeated hews of a woodcutter's axe!

Zhang Yang placed a foot on Humbly Gentleman's chest and grinned. "Hypocrites, you shouldn't have provoked me!"

Humbly Gentleman was filled with hatred. Such humiliation! Although he was thick-faced and all that, but this, this was just too much to bear, for anyone! Who knew how many spectators were watching this match? A prideful man like him getting humiliated in such manner was just too much! This would mentally scar him for life!

It was so frustrating! They had overlooked Lone Desert Smoke's potential when they were much smaller! Now, the roles had been completely switched, Lone Desert Smoke is indisputably the strongest guild in the whole of China while The Dominators have fallen far below grace!

"Humph! You have only won one match, do not think that..."

Shoof, before Humbly Gentleman could even finish his last word, he was axed by Zhang Yang right in the face, forcibly sent out of the arena.

On the other side, despite Millenial Wanderer's skills, Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream made quick work of him! Bear in mind that Sun Xin Yu is the future number one thief queen while Daffodil Daydream will be the top 10 spellcaster, ranks that were equal to his! Even though Wei Yan Er did not attain any fame in Zhang Yang's previous life, she was obviously on equal caliber, with her reflexes and abilities!

First round, Lone Desert Smoke First Party obtained victory!

Second round competition would start immediately after 5 minutes.

"Ice queen, forget about the thief. Other than wasting your time, he's basically useless!" Zhang Yang decided to change the tactics for the second round, so he said, "We shall steamroll them this time round!"

"Good, good, good! I like it!" Wei Yan Er raised her hands up with joy..

'Ding!, Lone Desert Smoke Vs The Dominators, the second round of the match will start in 10 seconds!"

10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1!

The invisible air walls faded. Zhang Yang and his other four party members immediately charged towards their opponents.

Coincidentally, their opponents were using the same tactic as well. Top Class Bad Guy remained visible, charging alongside his partymates. Only when he was 30 meters away from Daffodil, did he enter stealth. Zhang Yang instructed Whitey to engage Traveling Piglet while he ran at Millenial Wanderer himself.

Pak!

Zhang Yang was ambushed by their thief, and a circle of spinning stars appeared on his head.

The Best Bad Guy appeared behind Zhang Yang and started working with his blades, but even without the defense value of his shield, the damage was absolutely pathetic!

Has he lost his mind? Because assassins use the fastest weapons, daggers, their low damage was the least effective thing against tanks. 90% of his efforts would be wasted on Zhang Yang's clothing!

After 1 second, Traveling Piglet recovered from his stun. He immediately activated {Vanguard's Aggression} on his own party members..

-- Every time upon entering the arena, all skills will be cooled down. The same goes to the skills when players leave the arena.

The Dominators instantly focused their fire power on Wei Yan Er who responded with {Charge}.

Zhang Yang suddenly understood the tactic that The Dominators were using: The main focus was to control Zhang Yang and stop him from activating his {Vanguard's Aggression}. After that, using the 10 seconds of their own {Vanguard's Aggression}, The Dominators will try to take out one or two of the hardest hitting Lone Desert Smokes!

It was a good idea, if Zhang Yang uses {Warrior's Will} to remove the stun inflicted by {Ambush}, then Top Class Bad Guy shall continue to stun him with {Kidney Shot}. It would keep him stunned for another 3 to 4 seconds.

That time was enough to kill Wei Yan Er already!

Zhang Yang smiled in his heart. These idiots had paid too much attention to him!

Pak!

Sun Xin Yu had slunk over and activated her {Ambush}, immediate stunning Millenial Wanderer. At the same time, her left hand flicked out, throwing a small cloud of dust that sent Humbly Gentleman into 8 seconds of confusion -- {Blind}.

{Vanguard's Aggression} only reduces 90% of the damages received, it did not grant full immunity. Status Effect Skills would still take full effect. The strategy of the opponent was instantly being pushed off the cliff by Sun Xin Yu with ease.

"Sun of the beach!"

Both Humbly Gentleman and Millenial Wanderer contorted in anger. God damn it, do they waste their {Ice Barriers} to rid off the control skill or not? They would lose the best opportunity to unleash their focus fire onto their target. But if they did... Sh*t, it would be a joke to activate their life-saving skills even under the the protection of {Vanguard's Aggression}!

Dilemma!

Extreme dilemma!

Where did this assassin come from? Such great combat instinct, striking where it hurt the most, it totally disrupted their plan! Sh*t! to think that such a skillful thief existed. Comparatively, Top Class Bad Guy was totally trash!

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds!

The duration of stun effect caused by {Ambush} had finally passed, there was no other alternative for Top Class Bad Guy, but to continue on with his plan of activating {Kidney Shot}, suppressing Zhang Yang for just a little longer!

Zhang Yang had not used his {Warrior's Will} yet, as out of three attackers in the opposition, two were manipulated by Sun Xin Yu while the remaining one was giving Zhang Yang a gentle back scratch. Furthermore, they were all under the protection of {Vanguard's Aggression}, there was no rush!

Humbly Gentleman could have used {Flash Out} to remove himself of the stun state, but he will be moved out from the protection of {Vanguard's Aggression}, and he would be killed almost immediately. Millenial Wanderer was still in the confused state. If he forced his way out now and helped Top Class Bad Guy, they would still be outnumbered, three-to-two against the attackers of Lone Desert Smoke!

Like her counterpart, Sun Xin Yu activated her {Ambush}, followed by a {Kidney Shot}, the classic supressive combo employed by all thieves. She intended to burn away the remaining time of the opposition's {Vanguard's Aggression}.

5 seconds, 6 seconds, ... 10 seconds!

The {Vanguard's Aggression} finally vanished. Every player stunned and confused, recovered, just in time to face the music.

{Blast Wave}!

That instant when the {Vanguard's Aggression} vanished, Zhang Yang unleashed an attack to his front, stunning all his opponents except for Top Class Bad Guy!

As the {Vanguard's Aggression} was vanishing, the four members of The Dominators had already started spreading out, but Zhang Yang had cut them off!

In that instant, Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er began to unleash hell!

{Horizontal Sweep}!

{Tornado Cleave}!

All four of them were inflicted with two damage values of '-4200' and '-6400' each!

Humbly Gentleman was instant-killed! Millenial Wanderer was instant-killed! Top Class Bad Guy was instant-killed! I'm Not Healer was instant-killed!

The only survivor in the arena was Traveling Piglet. The joint attack by Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er was so sudden that the opponents were unable to activate any life-saving skills to defend themselves!

Traveling Piglet let his arms fall to his sides, accepting his fate. He too, fell soon after.

Lone Desert Smoke First Party had defeated The Dominators with the score of 2:0, progressing into Shang Hai's top 32 Finals, with their heads raised high!

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Chapter 268: Rescue Our Men!

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After the 10 preliminary rounds, the name list of four battle teams was displayed in White Jade Castle. Lone Desert Smoke took up two slots out of the four finalists. Their excellent performance had caused a heated discussion in the forums. The superguilds in the other cities also performed as expected. The result was pretty predictable. Big names appeared up there, as expected. None of them emulated Lone Desert Smoke's achievement, however, to take up two slots like that.

The atmosphere in Lone Desert Smoke was jubilant! Even though only 10 of them made it, the glory and pride was still shared among all the members in the guild! Two days after the local competition ended, Zhang Yang had received a call from the Soaring Swords program committee. He was told to be at the Empark Grand Hotel in Shanghai by 20th and register there. All transportation and accommodation fees will be covered by the program committee. If the selected participant is willing, they could even choose to head over there right now. The program committee was rather generous at this. They did not mind you freeloading there, as long as the participant was present on the date of the launch.

It was all due on the 20th of December, where the committee will start the launching ceremony in Empark Grand Hotel. All 32-party leaders would have to be present on the launch date to draw for their matches.

Just as Zhang Yang logged into the game, the little brat's voice came bombarding his ears. "Hey hey hey hey hey hey! Noob tank! Q-Q-Q-Quickly pack up your stuff! We're heading down to Shanghai this evening!"

"…Is it because it's all paid for?"

"Exactly!"

Zhang Yang sighed. However, as long as he had the gaming helmet with him, he could play anytime, anywhere. It made no difference to him if he did it in his room, or in the hotel. "Ok. Go inform Daffodil, Hundred Shots and the others! We'll gather there!"

The little brat hung up without another word. After informing everyone, they all agreed to stay in Shanghai for a few days.

However, since some of them were staying much further away, they had to book flight tickets to get to Shanghai! For Zhang Yang and his merry friends, the distance between Zhou Su City and Shanghai was only 80 kilometers apart! They would only need half an hour to reach there via the freeway.

Out of the 10 people, Zhang Yang, Fatty Han, Wei Yang Er, Han Ying Xue and Sun Xin Yu lived in Zhou Su City. Besides Sun Xin Yu, who had to work and could only take a leave on the 20th, the rest of them gathered at the freeway toll gate. Fatty Han drove Zhang Yang while Hang Ying Xue drove Wei Yan Er, and the four people in two sports cars sped off to Shanghai.

"Dude, I really think that you should get a car already!" said Fatty Han out of the blue.

Zhang Yang chuckled. "If I owned a car, you can drive mine and yours separately and show off. Isn't that right?"

"Hah! You know me best, Little Yang!" Fatty Han laughed heavily.

Luckily, Fatty Han drove ahead, guiding Han Ying Xue who was basically a broken compass. After half an hour, both of them entered Shanghai and with the G.P.S guidance, they had safely arrived at the Empark Grand Hotel. After parking their car in, Zhang Yang made a call. A committee member came out of the hotel and helped them to register. The four of them got into two separate rooms. They didn't exactly get first class suites, but at 888 a night, it was rather luxurious.

After settling in for a while, Wei Yan Er came knocking on the guys' room. Zhang Yang got up and let her in. However, the young, petite little girl stood at the door entrance, stroking her flat tummy, she said, "Noob tank! Pervy bro, let's go eat!"

Zhang Yang frowned immediately. "I don't supposed you guys were starving yourself just to have a fancy meal here?"

"Nyehehehe!" The girl snickered happily. "Not to the point of starving. We did have a little snack!"

"Hoho! Oh my little Yan Er, you look lavishing! Astounding!" Fatty Han grinned and stared at the little flowery and cheerful girl.

"Hey! Pervy bro! Keep your eyes off Wei Er, you pervert!" Han Ying Xue appeared right beside her and scolded Fatty Han.

Fatty Han froze when he saw Han Ying Xue for the first time. Like being kicked in the buttock by a horse, Fatty Han rose to his feet and pointed his trembling fingers at Han Ying Xue in disbelief. "Y-Y-You are Little Snow!?"

Zhang Yang could not helped but laughed at his over-exaggerated reaction. This devilish Snow had purposely tweaked her settings to look as plain as possible in the game. No one could possibly compare her real look and in-game look! Since Han Ying Xue was wearing sunglasses and wrapped in a scarf ever since they got out of the car, Fatty Han had now only just witnessed her true appearance.

Fatty Han turned over to Zhang Yang, almost in tears. "Little Yang…Is she really Little Snow? The Little Snow in our guild?"

Zhang Yang nodded happily and said, "The one and only."

"Sii!" Fatty Han sucked a long breath through his teeth. He cried pitifully, "Argh! I'm so freaking jealous! Little Yang! D*mn son! How could I, a modal citizen, a handsome man, a man of talent never ever have encountered someone as beautiful as her!"

"Enough, enough! Let's go eat!"

Knowing that they wouldn't have to pay anything, Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue were rather barbaric. You can just ignore the fact they are both women, they had monstrous appetites! Zhang Yang felt truly suspicious. Did these sisters starve themselves since yesterday when they knew that they were about to get free food, and let themselves go all out today?

The hotel system used a tab system. The bill would be accumulated until the customer checks out. Of course, they need not worry since the person who will pay for their meal would be the committee of the program.

Having stuffed themselves with luxurious food, the four of them went back to their rooms and logged into the game.

Zhang Yang departed from Thunderstorm Castle after stocking up on necessary supplies, and headed to Kalojar Highlands. He had been chasing after all quests in the maps around the area, and had been searching for more quests in further places.

The experience points gained by questing was almost as good as grinding itself. After all, most of the time questing was spent in traveling here and there. Since killing monsters all day was rather dull and boring, it was better to do some quest since, sometimes, they will get good rewards! Especially if the quest was a hidden quest that triggered the main story quest! The rewards of those quests were several times more lucrative than fighting monsters all day long!

Zhang Yang was just a normal human being, ignoring the fact that he was reincarnated, he had a regular human's memory. He could not remember all the hidden quests and main story quests. Sometimes, those memories were all jumbled up that he would only recall them once he actually encounters a certain place or NPC.

After spending some time climbing mountains and crossing rivers, Zhang Yang arrived at a small village. Where there is a village, there must be villagers! When there were villagers, there could be quests!

Zhang Yang pulled the reins of the bear and moved inside. There were just a few houses in this village. A few lonely women were seen bustling in and out of the house while children were playing merrily in the streets. As Zhang Yang approached closer, the children started to surround him and looked at the bear with admiration and curiosity.

This time, the women noticed Zhang Yang presence and screamed loudly at the children to get away from Zhang Yang. One by one, the women wielded broomsticks and approached Zhang Yang as if he was an enemy.

[Villager of White Lambs Village] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 65

HP: 130,000

Defense: 350

Judge not by the weapons that these women wielded, they were all elite tier! If Zhang Yang were to face one or two villagers, he would not mind forcing his way in. However, when there were more than 10 of them grouped together, it would be like poking your hands into a swarm of wasps!

Hurriedly, Zhang Yang spoke. "I am an adventurer from White Jade Castle! I am just passing through! I mean you no harm!"

Zhang Yang pointed at his badge in his chest. After Level 10, players could select which city to be based in. The badge would then indicate their city.

"Y-You…you're not a bandit?" One of the elder woman cried.

"No!" Zhang Yang shook his head. "Where are all the men in the village? Why are there only women around here?"

"Thank the gods!" All the NPCs sighed a breath of relief. After they lowered their guard down, the same elderly woman spoke. "Two months ago, our men started to go missing! Three days ago, the last man in the village had went out hunting and never came back! Adventurer! I'm telling you! It must be the work of those bloody mountain bandits! Please help us! Vanquish those evil bandits and rescue our men!"

'Ding! Villagers of White Lamb Village have a quest for you: Rescue Our Men! Will you accept it?'

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Rest assure, I will try my very best!"

"Adventurer! Please exercise caution! Oh right! We have right here, homemade Hawthorn Biscuits! Please take them and help yourselves whenever you're hungry!" said the older woman as she hand over a bag.

[Hawthorn Biscuits] (Useable)

Use: Restores 10% HP and MP every second, for 10 seconds. Can only be used in non-combat status. Unable to execute any other actions during consumption, or the recovery process will be interrupted.

Duration: 36 hours.

Level Requirement: 60

The bag was filled with three stacks, or 600 counts of Hawthorn Biscuits. Enough for Zhang Yang to last for a very very long time!

This recovery snack which healed based on percentages were extremely efficient for players with high HP and MP! It was a pity that the snack would expire in 36 hours, or else he could use this all the way to level 300, where its effects would only be more potent!

Zhang Yang left the village and headed to the west.

[Rescue Our Men] (Difficulty Level: C)

Quest Description: Our men have been kidnapped by bandits! Please rescue them! According to the villagers of White Lamb Village, the men were taken away by the bandits from Evil Wolves Fortress! The fortress should be located at the west, in the Mountains of Evil Wolves! Warrior! You must make haste! You not only rescuing the men of White Lamb Village, you're also rescuing countless roosters!

Progress: Find the clue about the missing men from the village 0/1

Luckily, the little brat was not following him. Zhang Yang laughed a little. This little brat would have relentlessly asked him about what rescuing men had got to do with roosters!

The Evil Wolves Mountains was not far away from White Lamb Village. Zhang Yang only took about 20 minutes before reaching his destination with the bear. Even though the name of the place bore the word: mountain, in actuality, the place was just a slightly steep hill. From afar, Zhang Yang could easily spot a fortress built on the side of the hill. The surrounding was protected by some large, round pillars of wood, forming a barrier around the fortress. The entrance was two large wooden doors.

Without delaying any further, Zhang Yang took out his axe and shield and prepared for a huge battle. When he rode close to the fortress, he found the doors wide open with no one aroundit. He went inside to search, expecting an ambush, but no one was present. The entire fortress was as silent as a graveyard.

He rode around the entire fortress and could not find any living being! There was only one thing present, an ominous aura. A cold wind blew by and sent shivers up Zhang Yang's spine.

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Chapter 269: Eliminate the Spider Queen

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'Ding! You have search the Evil Wolves Fortress and found no traces of men from White Lamb Village. Perhaps you should return to the village and inform the villagers. Perhaps they have some insight on the manner.'

After the system notification rung in his ears, Zhang Yang turned back and hurried his way back to the village. The place was hauntingly eerie; Just by standing in there could give anyone nightmares!

After another 20 minutes, Zhang Yang returned back to White Lamb Village. The rest of the villagers had already dispersed and went back to do whatever they were doing. The only NPC left standing at the entrance was the same old woman.

"Adventurer? Why did you come back?" said the woman looking unhappy. She had a face that practically said, "You've eaten and taken everything, yet you have nothing to show for it!".

Zhang Yang explained, "I have searched the Evil Wolves Fortress and have not found anyone from the village! Moreover, the entire fortress was completely empty! Not even a single bandit was found!"

"What?!" The old woman was in shock. After a few moments of silence, she said, "I think you should head over to the White Fox Mountains and search there! Alaska, the man who went missing three days ago, went there to hunt and did not come back. I think you can find something there! Ah! White Fox Mountains is located in the south. Alaska had always hunted for food in the forest, north of the mountain."

Zhang Yang nodded and rode towards the south and arrived in no time. White Fox Mountain was so much larger than Evil Wolves Mountain. The silhouette of the mountain looked like a fox lying down on its belly. Since the entire mountain was literally covered in white Camellia flowers, the entire mountain looked like white fox from afar. That was probably why the mountain was named that way.

Zhang Yang made his way towards the north of the White Fox Mountain and went through the forest. There, he found trails of a man's steps which was probably belonged to Alaska. After venturing through the thick forest, he found himself arriving at an large open area within the forest. There was a huge clear lake and in the middle of the lake was a small island measuring around 60 to 70 square feet. There were only small plants growing on the small island, and in the center, sat a young man who looked like he was in his twenties, with a petrified face.

Zhang Yang looked around and found the reason why the man was so afraid. Surrounding the entire lake, were red and black striped spiders as large as cows; enough to scare a weak-minded man!

In reality, spiders can float on water. But since this was a game, and the spiders were so large in size, that they probably couldn't walk across water!

Zhang Yang observed the man's name tag and found the missing target, Alaska.

[Alaska] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 65

HP: 321 / 6,500

Defense: 60

Zhang Yang patted the bear, and it growled fiercely in respond. Both of them charged bravely into the crowd of monsters.

The spiders were just normal tier monsters. Zhang Yang was not afraid even if though he was greatly outnumbered.

[Flowery Striped Spider] (Normal, Beast)

Level: 65

HP: 6,500

Defense: 60

The white bear quickly made its way into the aggro range of the spiders. Almost instantly, three spider had quickly caught on. Zhang Yang did not immediately start fighting, instead, he began to run around and manage to kited around 30 spiders. He continued on and only got down from the bear and started attacking after luring the monsters away so far from their spots that he risked them resetting.

Charge!

Horizontal Sweep!

Thunder Strike!

Blast Wave!

After four chained skills were unleashed, the spiders at the frontmost had only 1,000 HP left. Zhang Yang rode back up the bear and kited more monsters around the lake. After he had collected a trail of more than 30 monsters again, he used Horizontal Sweep to bring more than 4,000 damage to all the spiders around. The first few spiders immediately flipped over and perish, while the second wave of spiders from behind caught up to the front and received heavy damage.

Zhang Yang continued around like this for quite a while and had cleared up all the remaining spiders. It was a pity that the AoE of Horizontal Sweep was only two meters around him. He could only damage around 10 monsters at a time, unlike Spellcaster or Hunter class skills that could easily cover a super-large area! That being said, Zhang Yang only took over two minutes to kill more than a hundred spiders, cleaning the place up.

"You're so strong! Hero!" Alaska swam from the island towards the mainland gave a thumbs up at Zhang Yang, with a face of admiration. "I don't think even the mightiest warrior in our village, Bagon would be a match to you! You know, I was once an adventurer like you, until I took an arrow to the knee!"

Zhang Yang smiled weakly and said, "Are you from White Lamb Village?"

"That's right! I'm Alaska! Thanks to those d*mned spiders, I was stuck there for 3 days and 3 nights! I would be dead if there was no water around! Hero! Do you have anything to eat? Could you spare me a some? I will never forget your deed!'

The face Alaska was wearing now, the expression that expressed immense gratitude, was exactly like Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er's faces when looking at the free meal menu!

Zhang Yang took the [Hawthorn Biscuits] from his inventory and gave them to him. "My name is Zhan Yu. I am an adventurer from White Jade Castle! Not long ago, I had passed through your village and had heard from the villagers there that all the men had gone missing mysteriously!"

"Oh! Thank the gods! These are my favorite Hawthorn Biscuits!" Alaska gobbled the food in front him. After healing himself back to full health, he patted his tummy and said, "My guess? All the men from the village have been eaten by the spiders! Hero! You don't know it, but back then, the spiders were just one finger length away from my butt! I was almost eaten myself! By the gods! I was so frightened! If those nasty spiders had taken a bite off my butt, I would be d*mned! I'm sure that Marianne would not want me anymore…"

This NPC was a talkative person. Like a thousand ducks quaking away noisily beside him, truly a source of headache.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Rescue Our Men! Obtained 2,000,000 Experience Points!'

The quest ended just like that?

"Hero! Could you escort me back to the village? I'm worried that the spiders might chase after us and eat me! I will pay you luxuriously! I can't die now! I'm marrying Marianne next month! She is carrying my child in her womb! You must help me!" Luckily, Alaska started to talk again.

'Ding! Alaska has a quest for you: Escort Me Back to White Lamb Village! Will you accept it?'

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Fine! I'll take you back home! But! You must keep your mouth shut! Or else, you won't have to worry about the spiders, I'll hack you to death myself!"

Alaska nodded obediently and added one extra line, "but what if I am attacked by a monster? What should I do then?"

"…"

[Escort Me Back To White Lamb Village] (Difficulty Level: C)

Quest Description: You're hired to escort Alaska back to White Lamb Village! Note: You have an agreement with Alaska. In case where Alaska is hurt in the journey, you will not receive a single copper coin and will have to compensate Alaska by on the damage he received. Please refer to [Alaska Contract Agreement] .

Progress: Arrived to White Lamb Village with Alaska 0/1

Zhang Yang open his inventory window and saw a book in it. He took it out and read the contract. In the book, it was stated explicitly how much gold coins Zhang Yang should pay depending on the type and amount of damage Alaska received. For example, a broken finger would require 20,000 gold coins for compensation.

This had to be a prank!

Zhang Yang rode the bear and yelled crossly. "Let's go!"

As they made their way back to White Lamb Village, Alaska's silence was only momentary, in just a few steps, he had started to "quack" endlessly. He had started to tell stories of him wetting his bed since he was three, to the point of the kind of nightmares he had! Zhang Yang was so annoyed that he almost lifted his axe to hack the man's mouth off!

Luckily, there were very few monsters on the way. The only annoying part of the journey was the distance, and the fact that Alaska was always asking for a rest after a few moments. They had spent more than one hour just to return to the village.

"Oh! Marianne! That's my Marianne right there!" As they entered the village, Alaska cried out and pointed to a young woman. He then jumped to his feet and ran over to her.

"Alaska! My husband!" The NPC woman rushed to Alaska and embrace together as both of them cried tears of relief.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Escort Me Back to White Lamb Village! Obtained 1,000,000 Experience Points!'

"Adventurer! You have rescued Alaska!" The previous NPC that had issued the quest for Zhang yang had appeared out of nowhere. "According to the boastful, good-for-nothing Alaska, he was almost eaten by spiders! Is that true?"

Zhang Yang nodded. "Yes. When I found him, he was trapped in an island surrounded by a large group of spiders!"

"Looks like my previous assumption was right! It wasn't the bandits who kidnapped our men, it was the bloody spiders that had eaten them!" The older woman NPC bellowed furiously. "Adventurer! You need to help us exterminate the spiders! You must not allow them to hurt others!"

'Ding! Villager of White Lamb Village has a quest for you: Exterminate the Spider Queen. Will you accept it?'

Zhang Yang accepted the quest and the old woman said, "I remember something. To the south, there is the Spider's Valley. I heard that there was an extremely strong spider monster. Rumor has it that it was the God of Spider's daughter! Due to her violent outbreaks, she was banished by the God of Spider out of the Kingdom of Spiders. Eventually, a powerful magician had sealed this monster away. Perhaps, the seal was broken and the monster now runs free, wrecking havoc to all living beings! Adventurer! You must go there and see!"

[Exterminate the Spider Queen] (Difficulty Level: A)

Quest Description: Kill Catalina, the spider leader in the Valley of Spiders and earn justice for all! Valley of Spider is located to the south of White Lamb Village.

Progress: Kill Catalina: 0/1

Zhang Yang left the village and rode the bear down towards the south. He had spent more than one hour to search for the Valley of Spiders. Similar to White Fox Mountain, this clump of hills brought out the shape of a spider through the deep parts of the valley and the blackened sky around it, making it look as if a large spider was crawling out of the mountain.

Zhang Yang pulled the reins of the bear hard and charged into the valley. Along the way, he kited many spider monsters that chased after them with their eight freaky legs.

The valley was large beyond explanation. It was so large that it could even fit a huge palace somewhere in the valley! The construction of the palace was very odd. It did not resemble the architecture of any man or elf, dwarf, or beastman; the palace was literally filled with many statues of spiders. The palace only had one floor, but the floor was so huge that it stood as tall as a hundred meters and more, displaying power and dignity!

Just as Zhang Yang was surveying the palace, the spiders that were chasing after Zhang Yang had caught up. Zhang Yang hurriedly turned around and jumped down from the bear to begin his massacre. Thunder Strike cannot be used while the user is on a mount. The skill was different from normal single attack skills, since it was an AoE type that can only be cast by blasting waves of lightning on the ground.

Once Zhang Yang had cleared all the spiders around him, he went up to the palace entrance.

Four elite tiered spiders were guarding the entrance with heads as big as vans! Their bright, threatening red and black stripe made them look extremely dangerous, implying some deadly venom at play.

[Flower Striped Venomous Spider] (Elite, Beast)

Level: 67

HP: 134,000

Defense: 700

Zhang Yang controlled the bear and charged into them. The spiders noticed Zhang Yang approaching and quickly surrounded him to attack.

Ding! Ding! Tang!

The spear-like legs of the spiders struck Zhang Yang's metal armor.

'Ding! You have received the effect Spider's Venom (1 Stack). Received 500 natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

'Ding! You have received the effect Spider's Venom (2 Stack). Received 1,000 natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

The monster's normal attack were rather average, around 3,000 damage or so. Their attacks were reduce greatly and only damaged Zhang Yang at 1,400 after being deducted. However, their normal attacks had a chance of inflicting the poison DoT effect on him. If the stacks were low, it would not matter for Zhang Yang. But, the poison could be stacked on endlessly; and when the stack count reaches above 10, Zhang Yang would never endure it even with Shared Life was active!

The only way to survive this was by speed-killing!

It was fortunate that these spiders had only 130,000HP, Zhang Yang only needed 30 seconds or so to kill them. After he had taken care of two spiders, Zhang Yang had already racked up 16 layers of Spider's Venom, taking 5,406 HP every three seconds. Unable to take it anymore, Zhang Yang quickly activate Warrior's Will and remove all the negative debuffs on him. He quickly ended the battle soon after.

Instead of the regular snacks, Zhang Yang sat down and ate the [Hawthorn Biscuit] and waited until the DoT effects on him wore off before moving on.

The monsters in the palace was spread all over the grounds. Sometimes, he had to deal with two more, some time he could deal with one less, either way, Zhang Yang had only stacked up seven Spider's Venom before killing the group of spiders without activating Warrior's Will.

The palace had five stages, and after three hours, he came to the end of the first stage. He was shocked to find this Spider Palace was just the same as a regular dungeon, with mini bosses and all!

After proceeding through two floors of the palace, he encountered some huge-*ss spiders! Those eight legs were at least 10 meters in length and were as long and sharp as spears. On the legs of the spiders were hairy thorns that gleamed with a dark blue light, and looked as sharp as daggers!

That being said, the weirdest, out-of-this-world, WTF fact was that the spider had a face, of a human male!

[Marzarrock] (Gray-Silver, Beast)

Level: 67

HP: 2,000,000

Defense: 700

Note: Catalina fourth child. Naturally violent. Favors fresh blood!

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Chapter 270: Liu Wei

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Zhang Yang gave the boss a single attempt. Since he could not ride the battle mount in an indoor environment, the maximum healing amount of Berserker's Heal was only at 30,000 HP at most. Moreover, Marzarrock's Spider's Venom was too strong for Zhang Yang, or practically anyone else! One stack could deal close to 2,000 damage every 3 seconds, no one, not even Zhang Yang could handle it when the stack count got higher than three or four!

The boss's physical attacks were nothing to be afraid of, however, Zhang Yang had no way of continuing the fight without a Priest or a Sacred Knight supporting him with Dispel.

Just as he was about to contact Han Ying Xue to join his party, he felt a sudden nudge on his physical body's shoulder and Fatty Han's voice muffled in his ear. "Ooi! Hello! Time for dinner yo!"

Zhang Yang found himself a safe spot and logged out. He tossed the gaming helmet aside and got ready for dinner. Just as he was combing his hair, he realized something and asked Fatty Han. "Why didn't you bring Yun Yun along with you?"

"Sigh!" Fatty Han sighed heavily. "We broke up!"

Zhang Yang was stunned. "When did that happen?"

"Just a few days ago!"

"Did she found out about your other girlfriend?"

"No!" Fatty Han raised an eye brow. "In order to have a threesome with Hai Li, I have been trying to "educate" her to have an open mind about it, to look at the world in a new perspective! In fact, just a few days back, she agreed to try to ride the tricycle! She had even insisted on calling someone on her own."

"Isn't that what you always wanted? So, how did you guys break up?"

"Know this, I had never mentioned to Yun Yun anything about Hai Li!" Fatty Han frowned again. "At first, I didn't give a damn who the third person would be, I've never experienced riding the tricycle with a stranger anyway! In the end, as I was already puffing with steam, I arrived home with Yun Yun, ready to go. She had even mention the surprise guest was already waiting in bed. I was raging hard, rearing to go! I carried Yun Yun into the room and saw the most disgusting thing I had ever seen in my life. A fully naked man in my bed!"

Zhang Yang stopped styling his hair and burst into laughter. He laughed for a good long time, wincing in pain as he grabbed his sides. "Fatty, you dug your own grave this time! Threesome? No one had ever set the rules that it had to be one man and two women!"

"F*ck you! Why are you still laughing! F*ck you man!" Fatty Han grimaced. "D*mn! My *ss almost got stabbed! Now that I think about it, I almost fell ill the next day! Sigh…why did I have to face such a tragic event!"

"Relax bro…you'll heal in no time! Plus, your face is as thick as a city wall! You'll be back on your feet in no time!" said Zhang Yang as he patted Fatty Han's shoulder.

Just as Zhang Yang pulled the door open, Wei Yan Er was standing there with her fist raised, ready to knock on the door. The little girl jumped in delight. "Just in time! This lady was about to pester you two lazy bums!" she said, pointing to her cousin who stood behind her.

Zhang Yang said nothing and rubbed the little girl's head furiously.

The four of them came into the restaurant. As expected of Han Ying Xue the beauty queen, her sensual eyes were capable of sending any men to their feet with just a simple wink. Almost everyone in the hall had their eyes locked on her as she came to her seat. Luckily, the woman was naturally a weak against cold. Even though the hotel was slightly warm, she had covered her voluptuous, bombastic body of a devil with thick clothing. If she had not done so, the entire restaurant would probably be flooded with saliva!

Since they knew that their meals will be paid by the event committee, they had purposely picked and ordered the expensive dishes. If the committee had not limited the food expense to 2,000 dollars a meal, and participant would have to pay for any excess, Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er would have already ordered more than that.

Zhang Yang laughed at their extreme comical behavior and said, "You know what they say, you are what you eat. I don't want you two to end up as sows!"

"Hehe! This girl was born skinny as a stick! I won't get fat no matter how much I eat! How's that? Jealous?" Wei Yan Er stuck her tongue out at Zhang Yang.

Tak Tak Tak!

A crisp sound of high heel struck the hard marble floor echoed throughout the room. Those legs that wore the high heels were long and sexy, easily being mistaken for a mannequin's. Higher above those slender legs was a body that could incur sins from a thousand men! As she walked through the restaurant, the slight bumps with each step sent her tiny buttocks shaking from the left to right at a steady rhythm. A tight one-piece dress, colored violet and red adorned her stimulating body. As the dress beneath her waist was rather short, each step she took will reveal a large portion of her fair thighs, almost to the point where her undergarments could be seen! That area where it was almost exposed, just barely, was more than enough to have men locking their focus on that forbidden region.

As for her assets, they were only partially protected by the deep V-cut dress. Almost one third of her massive honkas were exposed. If she would just jump a little more, the peaks of her tatas would definitely pop out! Let's not mention the deep dark abyssal cleavage that could immediately enslave any men to her bidding!

She was wearing a set of modern sunglasses, no one could accurately guess who she was. Though her sharp chin, and jade white complexion would suggest that she belonged to the upper-class of society.

This sinful of a lady had become the center of attention the moment she had set foot into the restaurant. Countless pairs of eyes were focusing like a DSLR Camera with supreme auto-tracking technology. Their heads turned to follow the woman's movement, all the way till she sat down in front of a table. She then sat in such a sultry manner that when her dress was lifted up, whether it was intentionally or not, she revealed a large portion of her fair *ss. Those guys that had their sight locked on to her lost their minds to the point of one of them actually falling off his chair.

Unlike the other men, Fatty Han was looking, or rather observing the woman with a different type of lens, in a different spectrum and said, "Little Yang, dare to have a bet with me? I'm betting that woman is a total slut!"

"Not interested."

Sitting right opposite of Zhang Yang was another woman with a sinful body that could sent men killing each other just to have a handshake with her. Thus, he had only glanced at the previous woman for a second, before focusing on the dishes laying right in front of him. In fact, he was rather excited snatching food with Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er.

"Ack. Hey! That's mine! So sneaky noob tank! How dare you snatch away my shrimp!" Wei Yan Er was about to pick out a large shrimp when Zhang Yang swiftly snatched it with his chopsticks.

"First come, first serve! The early bird gets the worm! The dinner table is a battle zone where everyone sitting here is the enemy. Do you understand? Or do you want me to demonstrate it again?" Zhang Yang grinned evilly.

"Dude! Little Yang! I'm talking to you! Pay attention!" Fatty Han smack Zhang Yang at his shoulder. "No matter how many times I look at her, she just looks familiar! I can't remember who she is!"

Zhang Yang had food in his mouth and spoke carefully with his mouth full. "Which lady in this world isn't familiar to you?"

"F*ck!"

Coincidentally, the exposed-tits lady removed her glasses, Wei Yan Er finally glanced at her and said "Oh".

"That's just Liu Shi Shi!"

"Oh yeah! You're right! She's Liu Shi Shi!" Fatty Han smack his thigh forcefully. "She's the upcoming new star! She relied on her sexy appearance to be popular! I remember once that I saw her in a TV show, she was just practically swinging them boobs all over! Every time I see her in that TV show, I could not help but to bite on something to resist the lust!"

"Huh. Not bad little brat. I'd never known that you would keep up with famous celebrities!" said Zhang Yang. He turned his head over and had a good look at the woman. Indeed she was beautiful, but not to the point where men will kill each other for one night with her. Still, she was above average. She was just extremely sexy because of the way she dressed and how she dared to expose her tits out in public.

Wei Yan Er pouted and said, "No I don't! Liu Shi Shi had shot for an advertisement with Silky Soft Holdings before. That's why I recognized her. But, she's no good person! When she met my father, those eyes of hers would literally glint with greed! And there's my own good-for-nothing father! He would actually fall for that witch's trap! I was so pissed off back then!'

Han Ying Xue frowned and gently nudge her cousin sister in her cheeks. "Don't be bad mouthing your own parents!"

"Oh." Wei Yan Er calmed down and nodded. From Wei Yan Er's perspective, she treated Han Ying Xue with far more respect than her own father.

"Oh right! How and why did is the little brat staying over at your place?" Zhang Yang asked Han Ying Xue.

"Obviously! It's all my father's fault!" Wei Yan Er interjected. "That pig is always bringing random girls over and let them stay overnight! I could not stand it any longer and ran away to stay with sister!"

Fatty Han reacted weirdly. Instead of anything else, he displayed an admiration expression and whispered to Zhang Yang. "No wonder they say an official would have to sacrifice a wife's happiness in order to gain ranks. If only I was a billionaire, I would have thousands of girls coming home with me every single day! That's what I would call, living the life!"

"Ack!" Zhang Yang continued to play snatch-the-food with Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er.

"Hey look! There's a guy sitting next to Liu Shi Shi! D*mn! They're kissing! Deep! French! Tongue! Tongue! Out in the open! Isn't that chick a superstar? Wouldn't she be bothered by the paparazzi?" Fatty Han could not find the mood to have his meal, all his attention was placed on the woman and reporting every single movement.

Zhang Yang continued "hunting" for food and did not even lift his head up. "Celebrities are different from each other. Only those really popular ones would be afraid of letting the media know of their private life. Those half-boiled celebrities would, on the other hand, expect some rumors flying around. That way, they could get their names out in the open! In the entertainment industry, without getting their name out in the open, whether on television or any form of media, would slowly drown themselves and will be, simply put, unpopular.

"D*mn that not good piece of shameless bastard!"

Wei Yan Er picked up a piece of char siew and stuff them into her tiny mouth. She frowned while chewing. "I can't let this pass. I would have the company call her up! If she wants to have rumors about her flying around, it's her deal. But she's current the ambassador for our company! If would be a problem if our product goes down with her!"

Han Ying Xue nodded in satisfaction. "My Yan Er is getting more and more mature nowadays!"

In the end, Zhang Yang had had enough of the commotion and turned around to look at the busty chick. At her side was a young man with a rather handsome look on his face. An extreme well-fitted western suit adorned his well-built body. He was wearing a pair gold-frame glasses that brought out his elegance and class. He was nothing like what Fatty Han had just described him to be.

However, the moment Zhang Yang sight was fixed at the man, he froze. The chopsticks in his hand fell off. A sudden involuntary shiver went through his body, and he clenched his fist.

That man, was none other than his all-time arch nemesis. Liu Wei!

"Hey dummy! What's wrong with you?" said Han Ying Xue when she noticed Zhang Yang acting abnormally.

Zhang Yang immediately took in a deep breath and turned over to face her. "It's nothing!"

"It must be something! I can smell it from a mile away!" It was never easy to trick Han Ying Xue the sly b*tch. Her busy-body face turned to him and said, "Do you actually know that bastard? Ah! Perhaps, you guys had an argument before!"

"Argument or not, it's none of your business!" Zhang Yang bellowed angrily.

"Hey! What's wrong with you, noob tank! When did my cousin sister ever wrong you! Why are you yelling like that?"

"Hey hey hey hey, that bastard has just got up! And he's coming this way!"

Zhang Yang was stunned. According for his past life, Zhang Yang would only encounter Lin Yu one year later, and only because of her, Zhang Yang would encounter Liu Wei! However, as the event was transpiring right now, fate has taken a different path! Perhaps…the only person being reincarnated…was not Zhang Yang alone?

Just as thousands of thoughts was rambling in his brain, Liu Wei had reached their table. He gestured with absolute mannerism and said, "Are you perhaps, Lone Desert Smoke members? Zhan Yu, Slim and Handsome, Little Snow and Drizzler? My name is Liu Wei. I, too am a player of 'God' Miracle'. Pleased to meet your acquaintance. It's an honor to meet the four legends!"

If Zhang Yang had not known about this man's true nature behind that façade, he would have already been tricked by his warm welcome.

In his mind, Zhang Yang thought, "If he had been reincarnated again, I wouldn't be sitting here alive! Ah…I see. The Liu family must have tried to take this chance, to take advantage of the Soaring Swords competition to set his base in 'God' Miracle' and build their own industry within the game! They are the first mega company and pioneers in their field, that's how they were able to gain such lucrative business! Liu Wei must be searching for the first guild to set his foot in the game. Hmph. Now that Lone Desert Smoke has become China's number one guild, he must be thinking of getting his f*cking hands on me!"

Liu Wei came up to Zhang Yang with all his well-trained mannerisms but he was fated to be disappointed. How on earth would Zhang Yang be willing to cooperate with him?

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Chapter 271: Hit a Corner

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Liu Wei was smiling with such radiance that he was literally glowing with the main character's aura of a movie's super handsome man! Standing not far behind him, Zhang Yang noticed immediately that there two extremely well-built middle-aged man were staring at all of them with extreme prejudice. Their silent stoic stance was practically bursting with the strength of tigers. They were Liu Wei's bodyguards. If any of them made any sudden movements, these two punks would definitely drop them by the second!

Zhang Yang smiled slightly. Fatty Han, who had known Zhang Yang his whole life picked up Zhang Yang's sudden glint in his eyes. Zhang Yang pointed at the chair and said, "Please sit!"

Liu Wei bowed a little and sat down elegantly. However, with a loud "thud" he fell onto the floor hard, with his legs practically pointed up to the sky! The gentlemanly, classy, masculine image that was created was completely destroyed!

"Hahaha!" Fatty Han and Wei Yan Er burst in laughter.

"Master Liu!" the two bodyguards came dashing to his rescue. One of them lifted him up to his feet, while the other stared at Zhang Yang with rage in his eyes. Both of them saw Zhang Yang legs moving the moment when Liu Wei was about to sit. Zhang Yang had deliberately nudged the chair by half and inch to purposely make Liu Wei fall down.

"I'm okay! I'm okay! I'd just slipped! That's all!" In his eyes, there was a split-second of rage. However, his face maintained a kind and forgiving appearance, enough to fool anyone who was not observant enough. He sat back on to the chair properly this time, with less grace.

Before withdrawing, the guards threw an intense glare at Zhang Yang and stood behind Liu Wei. The two guards' mountain-like posture was truly not something you'd want to provoke.

"So, you're Zhan Yu!" said Liu Wei as he fixed his sight on Zhang Yang. "The guild master of Lone Desert Smoke! China's number one tank! The man behind the feat of leading Lone Desert Smoke to claim all of the First Clear Achievements of all Hardcore Mode dungeons! The champion who had claimed the first Territory in the game! The hottest and most popular players in Soaring Swords competition!"

Zhang Yang laughed. "You flatter me too much. I didn't even know that I'm that popular!"

"Master Liu!" The busty chick from before, Liu Shi Shi came by and looked at Liu Wei with a concerned face. "Are you alright?"

The nudge from Zhang Yang earlier was so subtle that only those with sharp eyes would know that it was his doing. Oblivious to that, Liu Shi Shi had sincerely thought that Liu Wei had slipped and fell all by himself.

"I'm fine. Thanks!" Liu Wei smiled gently and pulled out another chair beside him. "Please have a seat."

He then turned back to Zhang Yang and asked, "Could you tell me your true name?"

Liu Wei must have some connections to the hotel staff or the Soaring Sword Committee to be able to recognize that the four of them were from Lone Desert Smoke. Even if Zhang Yang would not reveal his name, Liu Wei could easily pull a few strings to get his personal details.

Zhang Yang smiled courteously. "My name is Zhang. Zhang Yang."

"Mr. Zhang!" said Liu Wei with a tone suggesting that he was addressing an old friend. "Would I interest you a business plan with me?"

"Hmm?"

"Ah! How silly of me. I had forgot to introduce my background! I am the vice-president of Ming Sheng Technology! We want to purchase and acquire a famous guild in the game 'God's Miracle'! You should know, currently there are more than 200,000,000 players in the game! This game is a large and extremely lucrative industry! The company wishes to infiltrate the market in 'God's Miracle', and what better way than having a mutual cooperation with Lone Desert Smoke!" said Liu Wei as he revealed his plan.

Zhang Yang laughed lightly. "So, you're saying that Ming Sheng Tech would like to purchase us? The entire guild of Lone Desert Smoke?"

"That's correct!" Liu Wei nodded. "We currently have two options. One, the company will completely own the guild. Two, we could buy the guild as shares. However, the company must own 51% of the shares."

"Sorry. Not interested!" Zhang Yang downright rejected his proposal without a second thought.

"Mr. Zhang, would you please listen to my explanation before you made any rash decision?" Liu Wei kept his composure and only smiled.

On the other hand, Liu Shi Shi was frowning and angry. "Master Liu was approaching you with his grace and sincerity! How could you not behave in the same manner? Do you even know what kind of company is Ming Sheng Technology? Street thug." The last insult was said so softly that only the people around her side of the table could hear it. If they were paying any attention to her.

Fatty Han was definitely paying attention. Even though he was as huge, raging pervert, he was still a man who valued a brother and willing a take a bullet for Zhang Yang. He scoffed coldly. "Street thug? Please…what are you? Street car? Street bus? Name your price! How much does it cost me for a night with you? I've never been in bed with a celebrity."

"Y-You!" Like a cat that had just gotten its tail stepped on, Liu Shi Shi jumped to her feet and pointed her tiny finger at Fatty Han.

"Shi Shi calm down! Can't you see that he was making a bad joke? How could you not have a sense of humor?" said Liu Wei calmly. However, when Liu Wei glared at Liu Shi Shi, she froze on the spot. Immediately, Liu Wei smiled and turned over to Zhang Yang. "I understand that your current Territory is a gold mine, however, did it ever occur to you that it would only last as long as the majority of players are at Level 60. Once players start to reach Level 70, or even Level 80, the overall profit from that particular Territory will drop!"

To talk about the game development and future market, there was no one else but Zhang Yang, the man who reincarnated and possessed an inhuman level of knowledge of the game. Not even a professional gaming economist could accurately predict the outcome of the game. After a patch, they could only rely on prediction and nothing else.

Zhang Yang remained stoic, unexpressive yet he was laughing mentally. "In that case, Mr Liu, please teach me!"

Han Ying Xue chuckled when she heard Zhang Yang tried to act all humbly. She quickly rolled her eyes at Zhang Yang. That thousand-expression b*tch with a superior level seduction had even manage to one-up Liu Shi Shi, leaving her pale and frozen.

During this time, Wei Yan Er took the chance to scoop up the last piece of lobster and smiled happily as if she had hit the jackpot.

Liu Wei had been paying full attention to Zhang Yang and had not noticed the other two fair princesses. Once he turned his gaze to them, he felt a sudden cold shiver that flowed down his spine. Both Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er were world class women; the kind that was not just beautiful but had special features that made them stand out among the rest of the world class beauties.

Han Ying Xue was like the Queen of Charm herself; her erotic eyes were her special feature that could easily stray a loyal man from his wife. On the other hand, Wei Yan Er had a petite little body that gave of an innocent look and could also easily charm an innocent man! Both Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er, a mature and and blossoming top-class rarity!

It took him while before Liu Wei realized that he was staring at them. He quickly recollected his composure and reverted back to his "Humbly Gentleman" like stature. However, deep down, his lust and greed were burning violently, he knew that he must use all his methods to get his hands on Lone Desert Smoke and these two women!

He cleared his throat and said, "So, currently, you own one piece of land. That gives you a huge advantage in the game's economy. However, when the second, third or subsequent lands appear, your profits will drop exponentially. So you can earn say, 100,000,000 or 200,000,000 a month, that's great, but after two months' time, I'd say your profit will drop to almost 10,000,000. By the time players have reached Level 100 and had moved on to the new Chaos Realm, you won't be able to earn a single cent!'

Hundred million!? Liu Shi Shi had began to breath vigorously. Her rising and falling humongous chest trembled in excitement. To think that a man could easily have a hundred million dollars worth of fortune; he could easily be a piece of cow dung, but many flowery girls would be fighting for a place in that piece of excrement. Now that she knows what Zhang Yang was capable of, her view had now changed.

The latter patch of 'God's Miracle' had yet to be announced. However, there are official introduction in the main official site. When players have reach Level 100, they can enter the new area called the Chaos Realm where players from all 8 servers will join together to form a real world war.

Liu Wei spoke with much confidence and influence. "Mr Zhang, you have to place your sight further into the future! Don't let minor profits blind your eyes from the future! Right now, we can offer 1,000,000,000 dollars to purchase Lone Desert Smoke, or invest 300,000,000 dollars as investment. Of course, we will be taking the Thunderstorm Castle and the land in White Jade Castle. However, I suggest Mr Zhang Yang to take the latter offer. Lone Desert Smoke has such a fantastic and bright future ahead! Under the leadership of the Ming Sheng Group, we can definitely raise the guild to produce 3,000,000,000 or 5,000,000,000, perhaps even 10,000,000,000!"

Liu Wei looked at Zhang Yang with eyes full of anticipation, however, deep down, he was laughing maniacally. If Zhang Yang had selected the first option, Liu Wei would have to fork out 1,000,000,000. However, if Zhang Yang had chosen to go for the second option, Liu Wei would only need to pay up 300,000,000 and could eventually own Zhang Yang through the dilution of his shares! Eventually, Liu Wei could even make Zhang Yang work for him!

While they were having that conversation, Liu Shi Shi has already lost it when she heard the number 300,000,000 and 1,000,000,000. Her hands and legs were trembling violently. She could have sworn that the region between her thighs was getting slightly damp.

On the other hand, Fatty Han was furious at Liu Wei's ridiculous offer. He knew that Little Yang's Little Merchandize Shop could easily earn 500,000 gold coins a day, which was equivalent to RMB12,000,000, and in a year, Zhang Yang could easily earn 140,000,000! Just that small land alone could be worth more than 1,000,000,000! This little bugger was being too shameless!

Zhang Yang maintained his stoic look. "I may be the guild master of Lone Desert Smoke. However, I cannot make that decision alone! Furthermore, our guild is currently in contract with Silky Soft Holdings. If we do wish to cooperate with you, wouldn't that be violating the terms of the contract?"

"That's just a small problem. There's nothing that says money can't solve a little contract penalty." Said Liu Wei as he gestured with his hand nonchalantly. "I'll personally help you take over the responsibility!"

While Liu Wei was not looking, Zhang Yang hurriedly look towards Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er and raised his eye brows, indicating that the man was trying to coax Zhang Yang away right under their nose!

Han Ying Xue responded immediately. "Mr Liu, don't you think trust is the most important thing in business?"

"Wrong! The market is like a battle field. You have to use any method you can to obtain the best results!" said Liu Wei while raising a finger and wagging it.

"That's great! The lawyers in my company could really use this." Said Han Ying Xue as she raised her phone up and showed a running recorder to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei staggered. "W-What lawyers?"

"Oh! My apologies. I've forgot to introduce them to Mr Liu." Zhang Yang pretended to be surprised and facepalmed himself. "This person's IGN is Little Snow, who so happens to be Miss Han, the largest shareholder of Silky Soft Holdings!"

"Me too! Me too!" said the little Wei Yan Er as she struggled to stand up on her toes.

"Hm. That little girl, Drizzler, is Miss Wei, the only daughter of the current president of Silky Soft Holdings!"

Liu Wei's face turned into the color of the sea. His expression was like he had actually tasted a spoonful of houseflies.

To think that he had attempted to coax someone out of their company contract right in front of their face!

To think that these two females were hiding their true selves in such manner! Liu Wei had to change his strategy. Now that he had insulted Silky Soft Holdings, he would need to get his hands on Silky Soft Holdings as well! That way Lone Desert Smoke could be in his hands!

Furthermore, Silky Soft Holdings was worth around 10 billion dollars. If they could get their hand on that company, Ming Sheng Technology would expand as a multi-platform company, becoming closer to being a multinational super company!

Besides, those two girls were extremely alluring!

Liu Wei thoughts quickly shifted and he turned his attention to the girls. How to get them hook up to Liu Wei…

Liu Wei had much confidence in his handsome face and those excellent humbly gentleman-like manners!

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Chapter 272: The Assembled Weapon

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"Master Liu~~" Liu Shi Shi moaned silkily. As a woman, she had a heightened sense when it comes to a male's attention. She realized that Liu Wei's attention was now directly onto someone else but not her. She tried her best to draw back Liu Wei's attention.

Compared to the manufactured charms of Liu Shi Shi, Han Ying Xue was a natural. Just her glinting pair of eyes could set a man burning with the raging fire of lust. Those two women could not be compared as they were both on a different scale! Liu Wei immediately responded to her pathetic attempt.

"Miss Liu must be tired after having to work for the entire day! Please head back for some rest!"

A direct slap to the face! A hidden command to "get lost!" so that he could court with the ladies in peace!

Working in the entertainment industry, Liu Shi Shi could easily understand how a man thought, and got the message clear and simple! With that bold statement to her face, she turned emotionless and stood up. "They say, that once you obtain a new toy, you'll forget about your past passion! Prince Liu surpasses even that statement. The first night with his wife would probably bore him already! *Cough*"

She turned away and placed her slim hands on her slender waist, shaking it while walking out of the restaurant.

Liu Wei turned around to glace at her. A sudden, unsatisfied emotion boiled up in him. He had not had his fun with her yet…Right now, it was not the good time to call her back. Perhaps he shall give her a call later. Something as simple as donating some money to invest in her upcoming film should suffice, that amount of money would not even faze him one bit!

Zhang Yang noticed what was going on and quickly took out a silver bank card, tossing it through the air towards Fatty Han. Fatty Han caught it midair with a questioning look. Zhang Yang whispered something in to his ears. With a straight face, Fatty Han nodded, slipped the card into his front pocket and walked away quickly.

Liu Wei did not know what were they planning, and he couldn't care less about it. Right now, the main agenda was Han Yang Xue.

"Miss Han, I'm very interested in the current development of Silky Soft Holdings. Perhaps if we could find a time to discuss this matter?"

Han Ying Xue had no spare energy to deal with him. She was busy battling Wei Yan Er over a piece of white truffle cake on the table. The only response Liu Wei got was the noisy clicking of her chopsticks.

Liu Wei frowned at her reaction. These two sisters had to be the type of generation who inherited their family's wealth, raised in an environment of surplus. Yet, they were behaving as if they had never seen anything like a cake in their life! They were actually fighting over a piece of cake! He was already tempted to just say something like, "Please stop fighting. I'll buy you all the cakes you want as long as you be my woman!"

However, little did Liu Wei know, it was not really about the cake, but the bond Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er had as sisters.

Liu Wei was always confident of his diplomatic sway, and his charm. However, this was the first time that he had encountered such a woman like Han Ying Xue. It was the first time Liu Wei would actually doubt his own ability. That, or this woman actually swings the other way.

Wei Yan Er completely lost to Han Ying Xue who was more experienced with her chopsticks. She pouted her lips and puffed her cheeks as she could only stared at Han Ying Xue slowly chewing on the last piece of cake that they had been fighting over for at least three minutes. Boiling with anger, she slammed the table with her petite little pair of hands and snapped.

"What is a stupid faced person like you still doing here?!"

Stupid face? Liu Wei's cheek twitched, Zhang Yang could have sworn he saw a vein pop on Liu Wei's forehead. Liu Wei was the vice-president of Ming Sheng Technology, the man who was bound to inherit all the fortune from his family, the man with a natural born elegance and looks that could easily attract any single woman with a wave of his hands, the man who was dubbed as "China's most eligible bachelor"!

With such grace, mannerism, and wealth, he was the perfect woman's perfect prince charming! How could a man such as him, take an insult like "stupid face"!

Tak Tak Tak!

The sound of those familiar high heels, striking the floor, echoed through the restaurant. Liu Wei turned around to glance and was so shocked that he almost fell to the floor again.

It was Liu Shi Shi, the same woman who had flung herself to Liu Wei. The same woman that was now clinging to the fat guy like glue! The two of them were giggling and chuckling away as if they were madly in love! Anyone who was oblivious of the situation could easily mistake them for a couple that had been together for a few years!

What just happened? Not only had he yet to obtain the two fishes in front of him, but he had already lost one good fish to some fat f*ck!

Now Liu Wei had finally understood why Zhang Yang had thrown his card to that fat guy! Liu Wei's gaze turned cold and distant.

The first strike, Zhang Yang had purposely kicked his chair and embarrass him in public by having him plant his ass on the ground.

The second strike, deliberately withholding the identity of the two important ladies and spilling his rotten self to them.

The third strike, knowing clearly that Liu Shi Shi was his woman, Zhang Yang had made the fat guy court her openly and deliberately.

As Sun Tzu said, the first and second mistake could be of natural causes, but the last strike was deliberate and intentional!

What did he ever do to offend Zhang Yang? Why must he be so blatantly against him!? Liu Wei was racking his mind, finding for a reason, but the more the thought about it, the more confused he became! He was sure that the two of them had never even met before this! He was from Zhou Su and Liu Wei was from Lin Hai, the two cities were completely far apart and passing by each other on the street was completely impossible!

"What's up bro!" Fatty Han sat down with a wide grin on his flabby face. Liu Shi Shi, she was leaning softly and gently against that fat guy's overly large shoulder, completely ignoring Liu Wei!

It was as if Zhang Yang was wielding a massive Celestial hammer and using it to pummel his emotions. The slam was so strong to his face that Liu Wei could not take it anymore.

Looking at Fatty Han's ridiculous folds of fat, Liu Wei had completely lost the intention to f*ck Liu Shi Shi anymore. He had no desire of putting on the same old broken slippers worn by that fat f*ck. Twitching uncontrollably, Liu Wei finally gave up. He knew that if he overstayed his welcome, he would only face more embarrassing moments. He stood up abruptly, dropped a "see you later" and moved away like a centipede that had lost all its legs save for two.

"Hey! Noob tank, did you have beef with that guy? Did he offend you in the past?" said Wei Yan Er with her eyes opened wide.

Zhang Yang shrugged nonchalantly. "Oh, nothing of that. His face just pissed my off. Oh right, b*tchy snow, I want to fight a couple of bosses later, I might need you to help me. Get the Lover's Charm from Ice Cube and teleport over to me."

"I wanna come too!" cried the little girl.

Zhang Yang sighed.

"How about this? If Ice Cube isn't online, both of you girls come over. But if Ice Cube happens to be online, don't waste time and let Han Ying Xue come over alone." Zhang Yang laid down an ultimatum.

All of them finished what was left on the table and quickly went back to their room.

"Little Yang, I swear to god, whoever says that Liu Shi Shi can't act, I will personally shove his head up my *ss!" said Fatty Han as he waved goodbye to the departing Liu Shi Shi. The card that Zhang Yang had just given over to Fatty Han had over 100,000 dollars in credit, and was only used to hire Liu Shi Shi to put up a show and act in front of Liu Wei.

Zhang Yang could not help but laugh.

Liu Wei would never be dissuaded from ruling over 'God' Miracle' in spite of failing to own Lone Desert Smoke. There were still plenty of other guilds for him to choose from. However, Zhang Yang will never allow that him to succeed. No matter which guild Liu Wei tries to buy, he will go all out and declare that guild as public enemy number one. He will never allow Liu Wei to set his foot safely in the game!

According to his memories, Liu Wei will first invest a large sum of money in a particular guild. Slowly and eventually, he will use money to buy over the high-ranking officers in the guild and execute a hostile takeover, a coup from within. He will then proceed to create a new guild called "The Myth"!

In this life, he will never allow "The Myth" to even come into fruition!

Zhang Yang arrived at his room and quickly logged into the game. Sun Xin Yu was offline, so he had to wait for Han Ying Xue and her little cousin sister to slowly take their time to reach his position.

If Zhang Yang used the [Friendship Jade] and summoned Smaug's shadow, he believed that he could easily take down the boss. However, this treasure was just too valuable to be used on this Gray-Silver boss. With its limited use, he would at least keep it for a Violet-Platinum boss's first kill!

It took them two whole hours to reach to where Zhang Yang was. When Wei Yan Er saw the boss difficulty, she pouted. "Oh come on! It's just a Gray-Silver boss! What a complete let down, noob tank!"

"I had never thought that you had such high expectations of me!" Zhang Yang laughed.

"Well? Go on then, kick the boss's butt!"

Zhang Yang nodded and went up charging at the boss.

"I smell the scent of a man!" Marzarrock cried out excitingly as it shifted on its massive legs and turned towards Zhang Yang.

The battle started promptly. Now that Han Ying Xue was present with her {Dispel}, the boss was turned from a formidable foe to a street thug. As long as Zhang Yang had a {Regeneration} on him, there was nothing left for Han Ying Xue to do other than {Punishment Ray} at the gaps between her {Dispels}.

Within five minutes, Marzarrock wailed and fell defeated, dropping many loots.

"Hmm? Hey! Noob tank! What is this thingamajig?" asked Wei Yan Er as she poked out a piece of Gray-Silver object among the loots.

[Sword Piece of Dark Enigmatic Sword] (Gray-Silver, Weapon Shard)

Use: Assemble all seven Sword Pieces and one Sword Hilt. Able to forge a Dark Enigmatic Sword through Smithing.

Level: 60

"Assembled Weapon!" Zhang Yang was surprised. "Just as the item describes. Once you gather all seven sword pieces and one sword hilt, you can forge a weapon through the main city's Smithing Shop. This is not limited to only swords or weapons. You can also find shards of armor, rings, and also necklaces! Based on the rarity of this weapon shard, the completed [Dark Enigmatic Sword] will have the same power of a Yellow-Gold tier weapon!"

"Huh? Why didn't it just drop a Yellow-Gold tier weapon then? It's so complicated and waste of time!"

Zhang Yang laughed. He was always amazed at how oblivious the little girl was.

"Alright. Listen up. Firstly, the Assembled Weapon system was created to balance out the extreme scarcity of high-leveled bosses. However, since the Assembled Weapons require many weapon shards, it will balance out the number of weapon availability. That way, the prestige of higher leveled weapons will not be effected. Second, its just another way for the gaming company to earn some profit. The Assembled Weapon is required to be forged through a Smithing Shop, which naturally, requires a large sum of gold coins. After that, you will need to visit the Identifier to reveal the item's hidden specs! That's gold vacuum!"

"Hmph! I already have a Level 60 Yellow-Gold axe!" she growled, waving it up high. "It's not that rare then, is it?"

Zhang Yang facepalmed in disappointment. "You…sigh…Listen closely. There are two types of Assembled Weapons. Take this sword for example. The sword pieces will most definitely be all Gray-Silver, and if the sword hilt is also a Gray-Silver tier, the final product will be the same as a Yellow-Gold tier. But what if the sword hilt was a Yellow-Gold? The final result will be stronger than an average Yellow-Gold tier!"

The topic piqued Han Ying Xue interest and she raised one of her seductive eye brows. "How so?"

"For example, if the same Level 60 Yellow-Gold weapon had 3.1 seconds attack interval, and the other had a 3.8 seconds attack interval. Which one would you choose?"

Wei Yan Er squealed. "The one with the 3.8 seconds! Not only it will be less effected by the weapon defense, skill damage will be increased as well!"

"Exactly!" Zhang Yang nodded. "Now, if this [Dark Enigmatic Sword] was forged, and if the sword hilt used was a Gray-Silver tier, the final product would not be as good. A One handed sword would have 2.3 or 2.5 seconds attack interval, while two handed swords will have 3.3 or 3.6 seconds attack interval. It would definitely not have the slowest possible attack interval of its class! However, if the forged sword used a Yellow-Gold tier sword hilt, the final product will definitely have the slowest attack interval! Not just that, it will also have a special effect, such as {Lifesteal} effect or a special cooldown reduction effect!"

"That's very good!" Wei Yan Er crossed her arms and nodded, pretending to be a scholar agreeing to a statement.

The only loot that was worth looking at was the weapon shard, the rest of the items dropped by the boss were three counts of Gray-Silver weapon and eight more Green-Copper equipment. Zhang Yang did not even bother inspecting them and just hauled them all into his inventory.

"Those Gray-Silver equipment might not be useless to us anymore, but at least they could be worth a few gold pieces in the market."

"Hehehe!" both Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er grinned as their eyes flashed with the dollar sign.

"Let's push on!"

Being it a dungeon or an open field, the minions or none-boss monsters will still be plenty. Zhang Yang and the two others had spent more than two hours to reached the second boss. However, like taking a candy from a baby, the party killed the boss without breaking a sweat and found themselves another sword piece weapon shard.

"What a shame it didn't drop any sword hilts." Wei Yan Er sighed. The weapon shards did not come in any specific order and can be obtained by killing the same boss again and again. The weapon shard for the sword hilt was special. Unless dropped, you can never forge a complete sword even with 100 pieces of weapon shards.

Zhang Yang smiled. "It's good that the sword hilt did not show up here! Just so you know, if it did, the sword hilt will be a Gray-Silver tier! Since the last boss will be a Yellow-Gold tier, the sword hilt dropped there should be a Yellow-Gold tier! And that is what we should look forward to!"

The three entered the third floor and cleared the monsters there. However, before they could fight the boss, both sisters said that they wanted to call it a night as burning the midnight oil will affect their skin.

Without them, Zhang Yang had no means of continuing the raid. He could not possibly kill the boss alone. Since the elite monster around will respawn after five hours, he would have to expect being surrounded by them when he logs in first thing in the morning. Zhang Yang sighed and logged out as well.

The next day, at the break of daylight, Zhang Yang dragged Fatty Han to the hotel's gym for a nice one-hour workout. After having breakfast, Zhang Yang spotted Liu Wei ogling over the two sisters. When the two girls saw Zhang Yang walking over, Han Ying Xue jumped to Zhang Yang as if he was the hero and she was the damsel in distress, wailing dotingly as she went. "Hubby~~"

She dragged Zhang Yang into the guys' room and left Liu Wei standing alone outside.

"What luck! Just when I managed to get away from Luo Yang Ming, I thought I could have a few days without having any guy chasing after me, and here comes this jack*ss who thinks that all the girls in the world are obligated to grovel at his feet. D*mn! I'm f*cking pissed!" Han Ying Xue walked over to Zhang Yang's bed and fell flat on her back without any elegance of a woman, not caring for the parts of her body that would jiggle when faced with impact!

Zhang Yang turned away and said, "Perhaps the one who carries the surname Luo is already here. And if he knew which room you were in, he would sleep at the doorstep!"

"Like I care." Said Han Ying Xue as she bolted upright. She slammed the soft mattress with her hands and stood up. "That Liu-what-his-name must have left by now, I'll head back to my room and play my game!" She dragged Wei Yan Er and scampered back to their room.

Zhang Yang shook his head and flattened the bed before logging into the game. Together, they cleared the monsters and continued raiding the Spider Palace. In his Friend List, Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream's icons were blackened. It looks like they were currently in-flight towards Shanghai.

Lost Dream and the rest were supposed to arrive over the next two days. By 15th, everyone should be gathered together.

Zhang Yang and the two sisters took a whole day just to clear the rest of the palace but had yet to kill the boss. Together with the weapon shards from the two previous bosses, they had accumulated a total of five sword pieces. All that was left was just the boss.

When night fell, Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream arrived at the hotel and checked in.

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Chapter 273: Catarina the Queen of Spider

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Hundred Shots looked like a middle-aged man despite being only 30 years old or so. He was well-built, not like the refined build of a bodybuilder, but a build that had to come from genuine, tough labor, and a full-faced beard and moustache. When he spoke, they knew he most definitely originated from somewhere far north of china. As for Daffodil Daydream, she was a cheerful woman who appeared to be in her mid-twenties. She looked like the kind of woman you would meet randomly on the street. Still there is a high chance than men, and women (if they swung that way) would turn around just to have another glance at her.

When everyone gathered and met with each other, they were extremely delighted. Fatty Han even took the chance to jump at Daffodil Daydream and give her a huge bear-like hug. Daffodil Daydream reacted unexpectedly. She allowed him to hug her and even pecked him on the cheek with a kiss. This, on the other hand, had embarrassed Fatty Han as it was never the reaction that he would get from a woman. The group had a little chat and went to their respective rooms after a while.

Sun Xin Yu had yet to log in. Apparently, she said that she would have to work for a few more days. After that, she would take a leave for a total of 10 days. Truthfully, she could just bypass all that procedure and protocol and not turn up at work as much as she wanted, and no one would dare to object, due to her stature. Still, the woman took pride in her job, and rarely ever called for favors unless the other party broke protocol first.

After a while, Zhang Yang and the two girls cleared more monsters off, finally arriving at the final boss. Compared to the final boss, the previous bosses had human faces on the full bodies of spiders. Catarina the final boss was very different. Instead of just a face, she had the upper body of a booblicious woman. It was a pity that her magnificent curves were not accompanied by a fitting human's lower-half. Below her curvy waist was the body of a huge spider with eight long sharp legs of a spider.

Right at where she was standing, there were many human remains, many of them were just bones, but some of them were fresh, with blood still oozing out of their spilled inner organs. The sight alone was very appalling, let alone the smell. The gruesome scene was enough to send brave men shivering with fear.

[Catarina the Queen of Spiders] (Yellow-Gold, Beast)

Level: 68

HP: 5,000,000

Defense: 1,200

Note: The youngest daughter of the God of Spiders. Due to her insatiable hungry for flesh, she was excommunicated from the kingdom of spiders.

"Hey, silly Yu, are you sure the three of us can do this?" asked Han Ying Xue worriedly. A Yellow-Gold boss was far superior to mere Gray-Silver bosses. It was by far, the strongest tiered boss they had ever encountered.

"If she doesn't have a berserker mode, we could try and kill her off slowly." Said Zhang Yang. "Let's just give it a shot. I will call for more if we fail."

"If we do fail, you will have to compensate us with the repairing fee!" said Wei Yan Er just when Zhang Yang took a step closer to the boss.

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes and continued towards the boss. "One of these days, I swear that I will get back at you."

"Tee hee~" both the girls giggled at his joke.

"Human!? A male human!?" Catarina turned around and faced Zhang Yang. She raised her nose and took a sniff. "Ah ha!" she squeaked in excitement and grinned evilly. "What a tough man! I see that you have a strong body too! You will prove worthy enough to mate!"

After her opening speech, the boss thrust one of her long legs out at Zhang Yang's face. He thought he heard it wrong but after thinking it through, it was a female spider's habit to consume her partner after a successful mating. That was why, so many men from the village had gone missing! That was why there were so many human skeletons lying around! He finally understood why this boss was exiled from the Kingdom of Spiders by the God of Spiders. If she went on like this, the entire kingdom would run out of male warriors!

{Block}!

Zhang Yang raised his shield to block the kick. He retaliated by swinging his axe from the right side and gave her a good blow. While Zhang Yang was fighting the boss head on, Wei Yan Er was attacking furiously from behind. While attacking, Wei Yan Er noticed Catarina's back carapace and laughed. "Hehe, the boss' buggy butt is almost the same as Liu Shi Shi butt! Both of them are round and big, not to mention they jiggle like soft pudding every time I hit it!"

What the actual f*ck! What is inside her brain? How could she think of something like that in this kind of situation!

"PSSS!"

Just as the little girl opened her mouth to further comment on the jiggling butt, the butt quivered. Catarina spun around swiftly and spewed out spider webs at Zhang Yang, the two sisters, and even the [Gold-Eared Bear King].

'Ding! You have been {Web Bound}! You cannot execute any action for 5 seconds!'

It seemed that the boss' control skill would indiscriminately target every single player around, including the pet, regardless of the party size!

'-5,406!'

'-5,591!'

'Ding! You have received the effect {Spider's Venom} (1 stack). Receive 5,000 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds!'

In the time Zhang Yang was immobile, Catarina had attacked twice and managed to spit a green, vicious liquid out of her mouth, onto everyone, including the bear and inflict them with a DoT effect.

If another tank with slightly weaker equipment had been in the fight, they would sure be dead by now, since {Block} could not be used in the five second "stun". The biggest difference between a dungeon boss and an open-world boss was the design of their skills. Dungeon bosses ranged from extremely easy, to ridiculously difficult. Since the player count did not matter in the beginning, you can try taking on open world bosses with five players. If five players were not enough, you can even bring your entire village of 10,000 players to kill the boss with numbers. A dungeon boss was designed to fight a fixed number of players. If a dungeon required 10 players, the dungeon has to be raided with a party of 10. Since the attack power, skill, and other factor were calculated precisely, there would not be a scenario where a dungeon boss is undefeatable.

Five seconds passed and everyone was free to move again.

"Dispel the DoT on the little brat and yourself first! The bear and myself take second priority!" Zhang Yang cried. He had a 20% damage reduction passive skill and 994 damage absorption, making him slightly more resistant to the DoT effect.

"Ok." Han Ying Xue acknowledged, doing as he told. Luckily, the DoT effect skill was not as frequent, or else the boss would have been slightly annoying to deal with.

The {Web Bound} skill was used roughly every 30 seconds or so, which was enough to grate on his nerves. If a tank's HP was any lower than 11,000, it would definitely be an auto-death. The {Spider Venom} was rather frequent, being cast at roughly every 15 seconds. Even though this skill could be easily dispelled by Han Ying Xue, it proved to be tremendously MP costly.

Zhang Yang and the bear attacked as swiftly as they could. Repeatedly using [Power Potion, making sure the effect remains active, Zhang Yang had to finish the boss off as soon as possible. If the battle is dragged on for too long, Han Ying Xue would not last. It would all be over once she runs out of MP.

90%, 80%, 70%...

The boss HP dropped down rather rapidly. Even though her Defense value was high, she was practically naked when Zhang Yang hit her. With {Cripple Defense} Wei Yan Er was able to deal extreme damage with her slow attack interval Yellow-Gold weapon. Luckily, Han Ying Xue had {Divine Soul} with a 75% mana reduction for healing spells. Though the passive skill did not apply to {Dispel}, it was enough to help out with her healing. To make it better, the equipment she had was by far, the best in all of China!

"Obey me! Or face death!" Catarina shrieked. Four blood-red webs flew across the field and latched onto everyone including the bear.

'-20.111!'

'-11,080!'

'-12,110!'

Four strong damage values was inflicted on everyone.

'Ding! You have received the skill {Blood-Web Poison}. Losing 70% of your maximum health. Damage rating is fixed and cannot be modified with any damage reduction skill!'

Zhang Yang originally had a maximum HP of 24,890, and after losing 70% of it, he was only left with 4,447 HP!

Shush!

The boss did not give room for any respite and immediately came for Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang immediately activate {Berserker's Heal} and restored all his health. The boss' overwhelming skill was percentage-based, regardless of defense and passive skills.

Swiftly, Han Ying Xue responded by using {Healing Bond} to heal Wei Yan Er and herself at the same time. If the boss used the same skill again, it would surely bring the battle to a close.

Luckily, the skill was only used once every time her HP dropped by 30%. This time, it showed the huge benefit of having a small party. If the party was huge, the time to dispel all of the {Spider's Venom} would surely be insufficient. With just one {Blood-Web Poison}, 80% or even 90% of players in a large group would surely perish.

Who knows, the boss might have some flesh-eating health recovery skill. If she did have it, she would be impossible to kill!

60%, 50%, 40%...Eventually, the boss used {Blood-Web Poison} again. This time, Zhang Yang managed to counter it with {Berserker's Heal}. Since the team attacking speed was not too fast, two minutes had passed and Zhang Yang's {Berserker's Heal} had finished its cooldown, ready to be used again.

Once the boss' HP dropped below 20%, Wei Yan Er activated {Indiscriminate} and hacked the boss for close to 60,000 damage in one devastating cleave.

When the boss' HP reached 10%, she used {Blood-Web Poison} again. Still, she failed to kill anyone and keeled over, dead.

Shoom!

A dark light beamed out of her corpse and reveal a twin-horned, devil like figure with bat-like wings protruding out from its back. The shadowy figure screeched, "Curse you humans! You have ruined my plans! I will return! I will be back!"

The black light then dispersed into nothingness. Following closely after, a translucent image of Catarina stood up. She looked just the same as she did in live. However, this time, she was slightly different. The greatest and most obvious difference was that, her body was completely human. Unlike the, bloodthirsty, battle-crazed version of her, her ghost form was kind and demure. There was a calm and serene atmosphere around her now.

[Catarina's Soul] (Normal, Summoned)

Level: 1

HP: 0/50

"Humans. Please do not be afraid. I am the real Catarina. The one that had just fought you was possessed by a demon." Catarina waved her hands, trying to assuage their fears. "Many years back, I ventured out of the Kingdom of Spiders and was unfortunately taken over by a demon. It controlled me and invoked some sort of demonic frenzy, turning me into a blood thirsty beast. Because of my sudden change of behavior, father had thrown me out of the kingdom. Eventually, a human sage who came to seal me away. However, the seal was broken recently and the demon in me was revived and wreaked havoc upon this land."

"Woohoo…poor soul!" Wei Yan Er started to tear up.

"That demon had planned to use me to build an army of spiders to serve the demons! However, thanks to your bravery, you have stopped their plans. Nevertheless, he will be back again! Human, listen my plead. Head over to the Kingdom of Spiders and inform my father, the god of spiders, about everything that had happened to me. You must tell him to stop the invasion of the demons!"

'Ding! Catarina's Soul has a quest for you: An Urgent News. Do you accept it?'

Zhang Yang, Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er exchanged a look and accepted the quest without a second thought.

"You have my greatest appreciation adventurers!" Catarina voice was filled with gratitude. Her sincerity was reflected on her warm smile. After nodding in acknowledgment, her projection faded away and eventually became one with the wind.

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Chapter 274: Dark Enigmatic Sword

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"Woohoo…" the little girl cried her eyes out. "Why didn't you spare her? It's so pitiful!"

"Okay. My bad, in that case, I'l take full responsibility. I guess I should be the one taking all the loot then…" Zhang Yang whistled as he pretended to pace towards the battle drops.

"Ayyy! That won't do." Wei Yan Er jumped to her feet and headed straight for the drops.

"Aw yea! There's three Yellow-Gold items here!" said Wei Yan Er as she pulled a piece of accessory out. "This one's mine! You're not allowed to take it!"

[A Spider's Kiss] (Yellow-Gold, Accessory)

Equip-Effect: Grants your weapon a poison coat. Grants a certain chance to an attack to inflict the target with 1,000 Natural damage. The success rate is increased if the attack interval of the weapon is longer.

Level Requirement: 60

Zhang Yang nodded. "No problem. That's just a trinket with some minor bonuses."

Wei Yan Er grinned. She immediately put it on. Female accessories are mostly worn on the ear like an earring. The [A Spider's Kiss] hung at the lowermost part of the ear lobe. It looked like a green, tiny little spider dangling down. It was too tiny to be repulsive, rather it had a cute, delicate quality.

[Blade of Spider's Fang] [Yellow-Gold, Dagger]

Weapon Attack: 411 – 611

Attack Interval: 1.9 seconds

DPS: 269

Equip Effect: 20% chance to inflict {Poison} to a target on attack. Causes the target to receive 70 Natural damage every 3 seconds for 30 seconds. Maximum 5 stacks.

{Unidentified}

Level Requirement: 60

"And this is for Sister Sun! Right now, she only has a Level 50 Yellow-Gold secondary weapon! If she equipped this as her main weapon, her DPS would soar beyond the clouds!"

"No arguments there. What's the last Yellow-Gold item?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Hehe! You're in luck! Speak of the devil, it's really a Yellow-Gold sword hilt!" Wei Yan Er pulled out a shiny golden sword hilt and passed it to Zhang Yang.

[Sword Hilt of the Dark Enigmatic Sword] (Yellow-Gold, Weapon Shard)

Use: Assembles all seven Sword Pieces and one Sword Hilt. Able to smith a Dark Enigmatic Sword through Smithing.

Level: 60

"I wonder how strong will the sword be…" said Han Ying Xue curiously.

"Little brat! Look again, I'm still lacking two more sword pieces!"

"Ok." Wei Yan Er pulled more drops out one by one and smiled happily. "Haha! I found one! Noob tank! You're really lucky today! The boss actually dropped two pieces of sword pieces."

At last, Zhang Yang gathered the sword pieces from Wei Yan Er and kept them all nicely in his inventory. Staring in satisfaction, he knew that this time, he was able to gather all seven pieces of sword pieces and one sword hilt because of it being the boss' first kill, and Zhang Yang's 9 points of Luck. All these factors had worked together to give him everything he needed in a single run.

"Noob tank, are we going to finish up the questline?"

Zhang Yang shook his head slightly. "No, I have to return to the village to submit my current quest. Could you guys help find out where the Kingdom of Spiders is?"

"Ok!'

The two sisters tore their [Teleportation Scrolls] and went back to Thunderstorm Castle. Zhang Yang unequipped all his gears and ran to the fourth floor of the Spider Palace and killed himself by jumping into the herd of monster. He then revived himself at the graveyard and went to the Village of White Lambs.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Eliminate the Spider Queen. Obtained 2,000,000 Experience points!'

'Ding! You have obtained: Chaos Gem x2!'

Zhang Yang went to the elderly woman NPC who had given him the quest and completed the quest there. Other than the mountainload of experience points, he also obtained two [Chaos Gems] which were used to increase his inventory slot from 80 to 100!

By the time he was just done with business, Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er chirped on the party channel, pestering Zhang Yang to return to city to forge the sword. Zhang Yang laughed and used his [Teleportation Scroll] to return to Thunderstorm Castle, and traveled to White Jade Castle from there via the Teleportation Point.

"Come on! Quickly! We are waiting for you at the Smithing Shop!"

Zhang Yang summoned his bear and rode like the wind towards the Smithing Shop. Itching with curiosity all the way, he went up the Smithing NPC, Smithing Master Dwarf Banderash. He too wanted to know the power of the first Assembled Weapon in the game.

"This is…" Banderash examined the sword pieces one by one with an intriguing eye. "I can feel it…The ancient power that radiates from these weapon shards! This weapon had seen battle in one piece during the ancient times, in the hands of figures who walked among legends, if not legends themselves!"

Zhang Yang asked, "Great master, could you fix it?"

"It's not that I can't...But, the ancient art has been long forgotten. Even if pieced it back together, it will never be as powerful as it once was!" said Bandarash as he caressed the weapon shards as if it was his own daughter.

"In that case, I have the highest of faith in you, Grand master!"

"10,000 gold coins!" said Banderash as he lifted his head up. The grand master of smithing was now gone, what that stood in front of Zhang Yang was a typical, greedy, old Dwarf. The legends were so true about Dwarves and Dragons being equal in greed!

Still…f*cking hell! 10,000 gold coins! Expensive as f*ck!

The developers had already implemented the Identifying system that would cost a few hundred gold coins, yet now they introduce another method to rob players of their hard-earned cash! 10,00 gold coins!? More like day-light robbery! Might as well point a gun to my f*cking face and I'll sh*t out 100,000 worth of gold coins for you!

Zhang Yang turned back and said flatly to Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er. "If both of you were to become the presidents of Dream Tech, I'm sure you'll be in cloud nine!"

"Hmph!"

"Bleh!" Wei Yan Er stuck out her tongue.

Kaching*

After a successful transaction, Banderash started hammering. After 10 minutes or so, a bright golden light ray beamed, and the completed form of the sword formed in Banderash's hands.

'System Announcement: The first Assembled Weapon has been found in White Jade Castle! Behold of golden luster of the sword! Beware of the ancient power! Please refer to the official site for more information on Assembled Weapons and how to acquire them.'

"Take it young man! Treat the sword with care, and it shall do the same for you! The ancient power that once dwelled in it may be a shadow of its former self, but the blade itself still has tremendous attacking capability." said Banderash as he carefully handed over the sword to Zhang Yang.

He quickly examined the sword's properties.

[Dark Enigmatic Sword] (Yellow-Gold, One Handed Sword)

Weapon Attack: 652 – 852

Attack Interval: 2.8 seconds

DPS: 269

Equip Effect: Grants a 1% chance to attack one more time after an attack. The mirrored attack will be the same as the previous attack.

{Unidentified}

Level Requirement: 60

OP! Super OP!

Do not look down on 1% chance, after being Identified, the rate will most likely be 2%! Still, that was not even the main point, the reason behind this item being so OP was the fact that it would generate another same attack! Fighting just one monster wouldn't change much, however, what if the targets were a huge bunch of monsters?

One {Horizontal Sweep} could hit at least 10 monsters! As long as one of the strikes procced the sword's effect, it will generate another wave of {Horizontal Sweep}! Instantly! If your luck is superbly good, the sword could be procced again repeatedly! A killing machine! An OP, killing, godly sword!

Since the sword was a Level 60 Yellow-Gold tier, Dark Enigmatic Sword's DPS was about the same as all other Yellow-Gold tier swords. The one thing that split the gap a million kilometers wide was the effect it carried!

"Hey! Stop drooling over it! Let us see it as well!" Wei Yan Er smacked Zhang Yang's back.

Zhang Yang smiled from ear to ear and posted the Dark Enigmatic Sword's properties on the party channel.

"Hmm? Just one extra attack? What's so good about it? It's only 1% chance. Why would you smile like you just popped your cheery." said Han Ying Xue while pouting her lips.

Zhang Yang did not bother explaining. He went to the Socketing Shop and told her, "Give me a few Vampiric Rune Stones."

After paying 120 gold coins, the final stat of Dark Enigmatic Sword was revealed.

[Dark Enigmatic Sword] (Yellow-Gold, One Handed Sword)

Weapon Attack: 975 – 1175

Attack Interval: 2.8 seconds

DPS: 384

{Level 2 Socket 1}

{Level 2 Socket 2}

Equip Effect: Grant a 2% chance to attack one more time after an attack. The mirrored attack will be the same as the previous attack.

Zhang Yang hurriedly put on the Dark Enigmatic Sword. Even though he would lose his 5% damage increase, and 5% Critical rate from the passive skill, {Axe Mastery}, the Level 60 sword was enough to compensate for his old Level 50 axe. Especially since that the Dark Enigmatic Sword had the super OP multi-kill effect!

He then inserted the runes into the sword, giving an additional effect of {Vampiric 2}. Even though the {Lifesteal} effect was weak, it was still better off than not having any extra effect!

"Noobie tank! I had just gone through the official site. The Kingdom of Spider is located in the Chaos Realm!" said Wei Yan Er. She had logged out of the game for a brief moment before reappearing again.

"That's too bad. We cannot continue the quest until we get to Level 100 then," said Zhang Yang.

The Chaos Realm could only be accessed by players over Level 100. So, as of now, there was nothing much that Zhang Yang could do. However, having the new sword in his hand, Zhang Yang had a sudden desire to test the weapon out. He traveled to the Thunderstorm Castle and rode the white bear and search for monster to kill. Around the area, there were many Level 60 players around. Tanilla Forest had become a popular spot for grinding now. For Zhang Yang to find a quiet place for him to test his new sword had become a sudden chore.

Left with no choice, Zhang Yang had to move on. He came into the Didier Flatlands and found himself a large valley with a huge number of Elemental monsters. He circle around the valley and started "collecting" as many monster as he could. After being tailed by a hoard of monsters, Zhang Yang jumped down from the bear. He activated {Blood Rage} and activated {Horizontal Sweep}.

WHAM!

More than 10 damage texts, all with 4,000 damage popped out. Following closely was a glow of golden light, and another blast of 4,000 damage. But, it did not stop there, after the first proc, the sword effect proc again and caused another blast of 4,000 damage to the monsters! To Zhang Yang's surprise, the sword's effect was triggered four times in a row. He had dealt more than 200,000 damage in just a span of a few seconds! His DPS could easily exceed more than 50,000!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

One by one, all the Elementals dropped dead and turned into a pile of dead bodies.

{Blast Wave}!

Zhang Yang tested it out again. This time, he used {Blast Wave} and stunned more than 20 monsters around him while dealing only around 700 damage to them. The chain started again; another blast boomed out and procced for a total of five times. The effect would only be triggered by melee skills. It was all good, but the copied attack would only mirror the damage and not the skill effect. For example, {Blast Wave} was copied 5 times, but the monsters were only stunned for the first time. It was a pity but, how could he ask for more? Those repeating attacks were far too good to be true!

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Chapter 275: Divide and Conquer

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As the 20th slowly approached, many more players had started to flock the hotel. On the 14th, Lost Dream, Galileo, Fantasy Sweetheart had arrived and exchanged greetings with Zhang Yang and the rest. Naturally, everyone was excited. Lost Dream was an ordinary looking youth of average build. Not too shabby, nor too bulky. Galileo was just a high school student. Zhang Yang wondered about how he managed to get his parents approval to come all the way to Shanghai all by himself.

The best way to describe Fantasy Sweetheart was: big-boobed baby face. She was 20 years old, however, her cute appearance totally went against her age that everyone had to agree that she was just too "kawaii". Her big juggling breasts were firm and large, on par to Han Ying Xue's perfect genes! Lost Dream and Fatty Han were openly drooling at her. Galileo was the only innocent young boy, he had to hide somewhere else to hide his blushing red face.

The rest of the team members had also arrived, however, due to the fact that they had altered their appearance in the game, some of them had a hard time recognizing the real person based on their characters, while other were simply beyond recognition altogether.

Zhang Yang had received a private message in the game from Snow Seeker, saying that she had arrived along with the other team members of Crimson Rage. Both side had set an appointment and agreed to have dinner together later at night. Around 6.30pm, nine members from Lone Desert Smoke and five members from Crimson Rage had gathered at the hotel's restaurant and sat down together in a large dining table.

The players from Crimson Rage were as such: Snow Seeker, Perfumed Water, Thorny Rose, Mellow Venom, and Prima Ballerina. All of them were absolutely stunning. The one that stood of the most was Snow Seeker and Prima Ballerina. One was the epitome of gentleness and elegance, while the other was a stunning beauty with glasses that brought the ultimate lust in men. With both of them joining forces, many men around were stopped in their tracks at such beauty.

There was a total of 14 of them, and nine of them were female. Each of them had their own charm and specialty, but their variations were so contrast that it was like an art gallery! Both Fatty Han and Lost Dream were restless the entire time. Neither of them could stop making indecent jokes that indirectly made the atmosphere a little livelier.

Poor innocent little Galileo was the center of attention among all the girls. Some of them even asked questions like whether or not he had a girlfriend, whether he had his first kiss, first love, first this and that. Poor little Galileo could not answer the older sisters those embarrassing question and cowered quietly in one corner, with his face all flushed in red. On the other hand, Fatty Han and Lost Dream were itching to have such treatment as well. They were dying to swap places with Galileo to help him take over the role.

On the 19th of December, all 32 teams of 160 players had arrived. Sun Xin Yu was the last one to join the fray. Fatty Han and a few others were dying to see how does the person behind the mask would look like. Their wish was granted when Sun Xin Yu arrived. Everyone was left flabbergasted when they could finally see the absolute beauty behind the mask of that stone-cold Assassin.

On the night of the 20th, the organizers had sent all the players to the hall of the hotel that could easily fit in more than 10,000 people and started the launching ceremony live while also streaming the event into the game at the same time. The ceremony was so huge and grand that the organizer had also invited a few popular celebrities to host the event. The emcee of the event was none other than the famous, super sexy, local super star Liu Wan Fei. Her 36D sized bust was tightly held in her black low cut dress that only covered two thirds of her almost bursting meat sacks. That being said, this rare specimen of a female loved to jump around ever so energetically. Her dress was already too low to begin with; perhaps she had the utmost confidence that her assets would never "jump" out of her dress. Still, each time she jumped, her bouncing front was so alluring that 99.99% of all the men around could not stop their auto-focus feature from activating.

"Nice right?" said Han Ying Xue as she followed Zhang Yang's gaze.

"Yeah. It's good." said Zhang Yang unconsciously.

"Pervert!" Several girls that sat at the table cried out playfully.

Zhang Yang reacted quickly to save his own skin. He laughed. "Don't get me wrong. The entire performance was great. The choreography, the lighting, the music."

"You can make up all sorts of excuses, but we all know where you were staring at…" Han Ying Xue grinned evilly. Zhang Yang turned around and saw Fatty Han and Lost Dream, lost in their own world. Zhang Yang pointed at them and said, "Why don't you ask them?"

"Them? I don't know those guys?"

After jumping around and pitching tents in 99.99% of all the men, Liu Wan Fei moved on to the next agenda of the event, that is, the selection of all 32 battle teams. All 32 teams will go through eight elimination rounds to determine the 16 teams that will proceed to the next round. The battle system will be the same as before. The teams will have to win two out of three matches. To prevent any method of cheating, all four teams who were from the same city would not be facing each other, in the event of match fixing.

At the center of the stage, there were four draw boxes with four holes, allowing four team representatives to draw their lots at the same time. Each team's captain will be sent out as the representative and will draw the lots in a linear order. The representative will then have to pick out the lotto number. The first box had team A and B numbers, the second box have the C and D team numbers, the third box have the E and F and the last box will have the G and H team numbers.

The elimination rounds ground rules were as follows: A1 will fight A2, A3 will fight A4. The victorious team will join the victory side while the losing team will join the losing side.

The victorious team will have another match and the losing team of the victory side will fight with the winning team from the losing side's own match. The winning team from the first match will automatically be the first while the winning team from the second match will be the second.

Since the battle will be decided with a two out of three match, the battle style was called the "Double Lost Elimination". Compared to the regular fight and win style, this method was fair and will not have any scenarios of two teams ending up in a draw. The disadvantage of this method was the fact that one team would be given ample time to counter another team's class composition. There will be cases where a team might face consecutive losses and will be eliminated from the battle.

The battles between Team A,B,C, and D will be conducted in the first half of the event and team E,F,G and H will be conducted in the second half of the event. Any team that wishes to fight till the end will have to survive the elimination rounds until the final battle.

The top 16 teams that survive the elimination rounds will be rewarded with a single level up.

The top eight teams that survive the subsequent battles will be rewarded as follows: Level 1, one Lucky draw chance where the lowest reward will be a Green-Copper tier equipment, and a 10% chance of drawing a Gray-Silver equipment.

The top four teams will be rewarded as follows: Level 2 and one Lucky draw chance where the lowest reward possible will be a Gray-Silver tier equipment along with a 10% chance to draw a Yellow-Gold equipment.

All members from the third-place team will be rewarded with: Level 2 and one Lucky draw chance where the lowest reward will be a Green-Copper tier equipment, and a 10% chance to draw a Gray-Silver equipment.

All members from the second-place team will be rewarded with: Level 3 and one Lucky draw chance where the lowest reward will be a Yellow-Gold tier equipment, and a 10% chance to draw a Platinum-Gold equipment.

All members from the champion team will be rewarded with: Level 3, Skill Point 1, and one Lucky draw chance where the lowest reward will be a Yellow-Gold tier equipment, and a 30% chance to draw a Platinum-Gold equipment.

On the side note, there will be a selected MVP of the day chosen from one of the member of the winning teams. The MVP will be rewarded with Level 1, a second Lucky draw chance with Yellow-Gold equipment as the lowest tier and a 50% chance to draw a Platinum-Gold equipment!

That aside, all participants here today will be receiving a cash reward ranging from 20,000 dollars to 1,000,000 dollars. Even though the reward was already stated in the official site, everyone's desire was peaked when Liu Wan Fei was the one announcing it.

After giving an opening speech of encouragement and fervor, Liu Wan Fei started to cried out in enthusiasm. "Ladies and gentleman! We have now arrived to the main event of the day! At the center of the stage, lies a box that will determine the outline of the 32 teams! May the odds ever be in your favor! Now, put your hands together for the Team Captain of Radiance, from Black Dragon City! A round of applause for Sword of Light!"

claps*

Other than the 32 teams of 160 chosen players, the organizers had also invited a few lucky players to spectate the event. Many more players that had voluntarily come to Shanghai on their own accord, at their own expenses. The large hall was completely filled, with many spectators standing behind the seats, carrying flags of the team that they were cheering for. The atmosphere was very hyped up and feverish.

Just as Sword of Light moved up the stage , thunderous applause filled the hall. The guild Radiance was the nation's old dog in the gaming community with an extremely large group of supporters and fans. Sword of Light was a young man, slightly older than Zhang Yang. As he walked to the center of the stage, he carried himself with nobility and elegance, and many women in the hall could not help but scream in excitement.

Sword of Light came up to the box labeled "1" and drew out a red cue ball, with B2 written on it. He then raised it high up and displayed it to everyone before passing the ball to one of the stage helpers.

On the far side of the hall was a huge LED signboard. On the B2 slot of the now still empty battle outline, the stage helper then moved behind somewhere and keyed in Radiance.

Sword of Light descended down the stage and Greensleeves Prince, the captain of Sunset Amber guild, walked up to the stage and drew C4 from the box labeled "2". This continued on for a while. Hundred Shots was the captain of Lone Desert Smoke team 2. He was the sixth person who went up the stage and drew a D2.

There were plenty of female players among the team, however, Snow Seeker was the only female captain. When she ascended the stage, claps roared and cheers filled the hall. With two absolute beauties on the stage, many men felt extremely blessed, ready to drop dead right there and then. Some even jizzed in their pants.

"Alright now! Let's welcome the captain of Lone Desert Smoke's other team, Zhan Yu! Lone Desert Smoke was the only guild among all 32 selected participants to send in two teams! Their achievement is second to none! Please give him a round of applause!" Liu Wan Fei announced as she clapped her hands as well.

Lone Desert Smoke was by far, China's unofficial number one guild. Zhang Yang himself was currently sitting on the throne that stood up above all else. His presence on the stage caused a huge uproar. The moment his right foot stepped on the stage, the crowd roared and cheer louder and ever before. Flowers, handkerchief, and even scarves were thrown on to the stage! The most bizarre item among the tributes laid on the stage was a black-laced bra…and it was still warm!

Zhang Yang remained stoic and walked towards the box and drew a ball reading F2. Zhang Yang passed the ball to one of the stage helpers and returned to his seat swiftly. The name Lone Desert Smoke appeared on the board, in the F2 slot.

The drawing event lasted for only half an hour until all 32 teams were properly placed. There was nothing to really be excited about, as the real battle would be starting tomorrow, and will continue to do so every day. If all battles continued on as planned, 25th and 26th of December will be the two days that will have the top eight battles. The top four battles will be held on 27, and 28th will host the semifinals. The final round will be held on the 29th, as well as the closing ceremony and the Lucky draw session.

The four teams from White Jade Castle were arranged in such a way: Crimson Rage will be in A, Sky High will be in H, the second Lone Desert Smoke team, led by Hundred Shots will be in D. Zhang Yang and his own team will be in F. Technically, if Hundred Shots remained undefeated, both Lone Desert Smoke team will have a final showdown.

However, Zhang Yang highly doubted that will happen. The first-half of the competition had several "in-the-future" strong S-class Professional League battle teams, such as Crimson Rage, Radiance, Imperial Sky, and Blue Sea. These guilds are all super strong, even as of now! It would be extremely difficult for Hundred Shots to remain in the competition.

That being said, the second-half of the competition had a few worthy opponents as well. Guilds like Brilliant Star and Breaking Dawn were as strong as Crimson Rage as well. It will take some effort for Zhang Yang to win the battle.

After the opening ceremony ended, the hall was cleared and everyone went back to their own room. Zhang yang could not find anything else to do, so he chose to log into the game. When he connected, he saw the in-game notice board was streaming the Soaring Swords competition live, with more than 50,000,000 viewers watching. The system announcement was constantly flashing red colored text messages in the comm channel.

24 hours was rather short when it comes to waiting. The competition started at 7pm, the 21th of December. Group A battle started and ended within expectations. After five intense matches, Crimson Rage emerged victorious at the first place, with Rolling Rocks at the second place. Group B battle started at 8.30pm, and Radiance won the first place, followed by Storm Riders. The battle competition continued on 22th December, 7pm, the night after. Group C's battle was won by Imperial Sky and Sunset Amber. Group D's battle started at 8.30pm with Lone Desert Smoke fighting against Ocean's Moon.

"Hey dummy, can they win?" Han Ying Xue gently nudged Zhang Yang. They were standing among the other spectators. The screening of the game was broadcast live on the big notice board. There were even commentators explaining the situation going on both sides. There were talks about the team's strongest players, the possible strategies that they could use, the formation of their battle plan, and even who was likely to be killed first. The battle teams were ready, assembled on the two far ends of the battle arena.

Zhang Yang could not immediately answer Han Ying Xue's question. He pondered for a bit and finally opened his mouth. "It's…hard. I can't say really. Only Lost Dream is considered to be a pro in the team. Galileo and Hundred Shots could still make some effort, and Fatty Han's DPS is still only above average. Fatty Han…if anyone gangs up on him, he will panic and forget to activate any escaping skills. Which makes him a sitting fat duck! I don't know much about the other team so, I can't predict anything for now. We can only rely on luck this time."

The battle started and unfortunately, Fatty Han's dumbstruck face made him the first target to be focused fire upon. Even though Lost Dream had managed to activate {Ambush} at the last minute and controlled two of the opposing attackers, he could only hold them back for a brief period before a volley of attacks ended Fatty Han life. The opponent won the match with two surviving members.

Team 2 of Lone Desert Smoke had fallen into the losing division.

In the other match of the same group, Blue Sea had easily defeated Rebirth Flames and also defeated Ocean's Moon in the victory division. Blue Sea was Group A's champion.

In the losing division match, Lost Dream went all out and managed to summon all his skills to display a wild performance like no one had ever seen before, bring a ray of hope to the team.

The final battle was Lone Desert Smoke's Team 2 vs Ocean's Moon.

After tasting the sweet taste of victory, Ocean's Moon repeated their previous strategy again. They laid down the pressure on Fatty Han. Knowing that they had lost the same way before, Hundred Shorts had revised their battle plan. Fool me once, shame on me. They had used Fatty Han as a bait to tear apart Ocean's Moon's battle formation. In the midst of the chaos, Fatty Han had even managed to kill one of them as he went down.

After another rough tussle, both sides lost another member. At such a critical stage, only the strong would stand out. Lost Dream performed as how Zhang Yang had expected him to. He moved around, fast and agile, coupled with Lost Dream's trash talk, forcing the opponent to make a mistake, costing them their healer.

With no healer and only two members left to face three of them, Lone Desert Smoke emerged victorious. Team 2 of Lone Desert Smoke had managed to survive the match and earn their revenge on Ocean's Moon and entered the Top 16 teams.

On the third night, group E's battle started. Genesis and The Glory emerged victorious.

8.30pm, group F battle started. Lone Desert Smoke main team vs Youthful Era.

The opponent's team lineup were as followed:

Divinity's Son, Level 62, Male Dwarf, Sacred Knight, 15,230 HP

Cloud Dancer, Level 61, Female Human, Berserker, 13,980 HP

Frozen Starburst, Level 62, Male Beastman, Berserker, 14,260 HP

Prosperity Puppet, Level 62, Male Elf, Beastmaster, 13,650 HP

Gentle Flare, Level 61, Male Human, Assassin, 14,520 HP.

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Chapter 276: Group Battle

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5 minutes before the battle started, both teams had entered the mock arena. Lone Desert Smoke was represented by the color red and Youthful Era was represented by the color blue.

"Our opponents are mostly physical attackers," said Zhang Yang as he observed the opponent's team line up and class composition. "Do not underestimate the enemy. To stand here, facing us, they have no doubt earned the spot. We cannot afford to be careless."

"Alright then, what's the battle plan?"

"Focus fire on one guy at a time."

…

"You call that a battle plan?!"

Everyone else other than Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu rolled their eyes.

"There was never a battle plan to begin with. It all depends on how the enemy reacts and we will react accordingly. I'm just reminding you to be careful. Never let your guard down!"

"You don't say…"

"They have two Berserkers in their party. My guess is they intend to spam {Blast Wave}. They will prolly split up and fan out. Be careful not to stand in between those two Berserkers, or you will be stunned till kingdom come."

{Blast Wave} was a rare skill when players were still in the Level 40 stage. But three months after that, many players had known about the skill book from Kukulo Centaur tribe reputation shop. The higher the level, the easier it was to farm Reputation Points. Basically, almost all Level 60 players around had already possessed the skill.

"Hey noob tank, you go on and on like an old grandma," said Wei Yan Er.

"This grandma is gonna slap your naughty butt!" said Zhang Yang, pretending to be angry.

"Ayy! You stinky pervert!" cried Wei Yan Er while blushing like a ripe peach.

"Pervert!" Han Ying Xue, Daffodil Daydream, and even the ever silent Sun Xin Yu scolded him in unison.

Zhang Yang cried a river. The way he treated Wei Yan Er was like a big brother teaching his young sister. It was just a sibling-like relation! Nothing more! Even if he wanted to get himself some loli, he would be picking someone else with a curved front! Not this little flat ironing board!

'Ding! The battle of Team 1 Lone Desert Smoke vs Youthful Era will begin in 10 seconds!'

10, 9, 8, 7 , 6…3,2,1!

The green lights was lit and the invisible wall of air was removed. Both sides started to rush towards each other with the intention to kill.

Zhang Yang and his bear sticked together like bread and butter and rushed, at the foremost of his party like a knife straight through the enemy's heart.

{Wild Charge}! {Charge}! {Charge}! {Charge}! {Charge}!

Wei Yan Er, Cloud Dancer, Frozen Starburst, and Zhang Yang's [Gold-Eared Bear King] all activated their {Charge}. Stuns appeared on both sides. Zhang Yang had been taking cover behind the bear and had remained unscathed. He swung the Dark Enigmatic Sword in his hand and struck Cloud Dancer.

'-2,281!'

His gained some Rage points, enough to cast a {Horizontal Sweep}!

'-4,452!'

'-4,890!'

Divinity's Son was startled. He had never seen anyone with such destructive power before. Zhang Yang, as a Guardian could actually damage Cloud Dancer for more than 6,000 HP! He quickly chanted a healing spell to save her.

In the nick of time, Daffodil Daydream {Apparated} right into range and cast {Counter Magic} to immediately interrupt Divinity's Son casting of {Divine Ray}, also forcing all of his Holy attribute skills to enter a cool down period.

"I've been silenced! Guys, hurry up and target their team's Spellcaster!" cried Divinity's Son to his team.

Divinity's Son was positioned in the rear. He had never anticipated that Daffodil Daydream would actually {Apparate} right in midst of the team just to cast {Counter Magic}! A Spellcaster was naturally weak in Defense, and with Cloth armor, they were extremely weak to physical attacks. That was why they would normally hide behind the team and attack. Her sudden unforeseen action had confounded Divinity's Son! However, now that Daffodil Daydream had appeared in the mouth of the tiger, she had become the clear target for attacking!

Poof*

Gentle Flare, the enemy's Assassin had appeared and stunned Daffodil Daydream with {Ambush}. However, before he could even move the dagger in his hands, Sun Xin Yu appeared behind with a poof as well. Similarly, she cast {Ambush} on him and started to bleed him out. What better way to describe this, than out of the frying and into the fire.

Wei Yan Er, Cloud Dancer, Frozen Starburst, and Zhang Yang's [Gold-Eared Bear King] all recovered at almost the same second. The two enemy warriors swiftly turn around and headed towards the still swaying Daffodil Daydream. Prosperity Puppet was drawing her bow on the other end, ready to release a volley of arrows towards Daffodil Daydream.

"Kill Cloud Dancer first!" Zhang Yang cried. Right before an enemy's attack was about to land on Daffodil Daydream, he quickly cast {Sacrifice} and protected her.

Transferred!

Transferred!

Transferred!

Cloud Dancer and Frozen Starburst and struck Daffodil Daydream with {Destructive Smash} and a normal attack. Prosperity Puppet had attacked with a normal shot and a {Take Aim}. Though she might seem to be taking the hits, the damage was all transferred to Zhang Yang.

"What a turn of events! Player Zhan Yu was able to protect player Daffodil Daydream with {Sacrifice} in just the nick of time! Look at that! It was in fact a 0.01 second before the attack had landed! The blue team attackers could not cancel their attacks in time and had just wasted a volley of skills!"

"Change target! Attack Drizzler!" Cloud Dancer and Frozen Starburst communicated in the party channel and they all wheeled around to Wei Yan Er at the same time.

Even though their first attack had failed, it had managed to force Zhang Yang to cast {Sacrifice}. They deemed it a fair trade.

It was hard not to notice two men running to you; Wei Yan Er saw them coming to attack her and grinned knowingly. She activated {Blood Rage} and swung the huge battle axe.

'-8,016!'

'-8,212!'

{Tornado Cleave}.

Unlike the other two guys that were about to attack her, Wei Yan Er had a level 60 Yellow-Gold weapon, and also plenty of skill points to spare. She had used those extra skill points and raised {Tornado Cleave} to Level 10, pushing the skill's attack power to 170% melee damage. It may seem little but the final output was far stronger than their 150% melee damage - {Destructive Smash}.

Zhang Yang charged towards Cloud Dancer and used {Destructive Smash}, dealing a satisfying number of 4,444 damage. Even though Cloud Dancer had consumed a bottle of [Level 3 Healing Potion, he was unable to escape death.

Right then, the {Counter Magic} on Divinity's Son had just ended. He was halfway through casting a healing spell when the target had dropped dead, automatically cancelling the spell.

He then quickly changed his target to Gentle Flare. Being attacked by Sun Xin Yu continuously, his HP was already dropping down like fully open faucet. She had equipped the new [Blade of Spider's Fang, which gave her a huge boost in attack power, and the blade had a powerful DoT effect.

However, just when he started chanting a spell, the white bear pounced on Divinity's Son. With a swift blow from the bear's claw, his spell casting was instantly dragged longer.

In the game, whenever a player receives an attack while casting a spell, there's a 70% chance that the casting duration would be extended. The limit was that it could not be extended to twice the original duration. Which meant that, a 2 second casting skill could be extended to at most only 4 seconds.

Divinity's Son was left flummoxed. He could grant himself the opportunity to finish his cast with a {Holy Shield}. But, it was just an attack from a pet! To use an important surviving skill just to cast a healing spell would be a complete waste! But, if he did not use {Holy Shield} he would not be able to save Gentle Flare.

The tide of war has turned, and the atmosphere was filled with confusion. With the healer left there standing unable to do anything at all, Sun Xin Yu's dagger slashed on swiftly and relentlessly, without giving any chance to Gentle Flare to retaliate. She only stopped attacking when Gentle Flare dropped dead.

5v3!

Youthful Era quickly admitted defeat to prevent themselves from being put through more shame. That being said, losing a match would not mean that they will lose the next match!

With that, the match was concluded with Lone Desert Smoke moving on to the victory team.

"Sigh…What a let down!' said Wei Yan Er as she removed her gaming helmet while blowing raspberries towards Zhang Yang.

In truth, Zhang Yang felt the same way. Even though everyone had experience with PvP, he had not expected to find such sore losers in such a professional match.

Even though there were preliminary rounds in the city, there were only 16 matches in this event. Back then, random parties were matched with random parties, and players could not come up with solid strategies in time, nor proper team lineups to counter the other parties.

After all, the professional league will only be held after this Soaring Swords competition. That was why the average capability of the players was still low. Unlike Zhang Yang, who had already been fighting in the professional league for at least two years! Recalling back the days when he was actually fighting professional players, it made him feel slightly melancholic.

The second battle started just after 10 minutes, featuring the fight between Angel Wings and Emperor's Return. The two battle teams were strong, but the that team emerged victorious was Angel Wings. Emperor's Return was sent off to the losing division, to go through further battles. Lone Desert Smoke will be facing Angel Wings in just the next 10 minutes.

Zhang Yang had spent his time carefully observing each of the team's equipment and status. "I think they might be using all Vitality type gemstones." Zhang Yang scratched his chin. "That has to be the explanation. How else could they all have more than 15,000 HP?"

"Hey hey! Noob tank! Look! Their Guardian seems very strong!" said Wei Yan Er as her eyes glinted with interest.

In the previous battle between Angel Wings and Emperor's Return, the Guardian from Angle Wings, Mei Chao Fung performed rather well. With skills executed at precise timing and accuracy, he managed to use {Thunder Strike} to slow, {Blast Wave} to stun, {Sacrifice} to cover a teammate, and other heroic acts that had made him stood out like sore thumb…or a hero to aspire for, depending on whose side you were on. It was safe to say that without Mei Chao Fung, Angel Wings would definitely be far inferior to Emperor's Return.

Zhang Yang nodded his head and agreed with Wei Yan Er. Zhang Yang could see his past self in Mei Chao Fung. Back then, in his previous life, he was person who led the team. Lacking strong team mates and a good leader, Zhang Yang had to take the mantle and had dragged the team to survive in the Class A Professional League.

He laughed. "Leave this man to me. I'll personally handle him myself. I'll leave the rest of his team to you guys, yeah?"

"Hehehe! You betcha! I've got no interest in hacking away at an empty turtle shell anyway! I'll take care of the rest! Leave it to this young lady!" said Wei Yan Er confidently as she patted her flat chest.

"Hey! Stop hitting that spot! You're gonna iron yourself flat-ter! At this rate, you'll end up inverted!"

"What!?"

'Ding! The battle of Lone Desert Smoke Team 1 vs Angel Wings will start in 10 seconds!'

After the 10 seconds countdown ended, Zhang Yang sent the white bear to target the opponent's healer while he targeted Mei Chao Fung.

{Charge}! {Charge}!

Two Guardians slid through the floor, dragging their swords and clashing into each other, sending both of them into a state of stun. In just 1 second, both of them recovered. Mei Chao Fung felt that it would be rather meaningless, fighting against a hard tank. He might have a strong defense, but his attack was weak. Facing another opponent with a strong defense and attack, it would be a questionable act if he could even damage Zhang Yang.

A Guardian's main role in a PvP match was rather fixed.

1. To provide {Sacrifice} and {Vanguard Aggression} to help with the survivability of the entire team.

2. To use all crowd control skills to help maintain the tide of war.

3. To disrupt healing efficiency with {Destructive Strike}.

In the end, Mei Chao Fung turned back around and targeted Wei Yan Er instead of Zhang Yang.

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Chapter 277: Just as Easy

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Just when Mei Chao Fung thought that he had shaken off Zhang Yang and moved to Wei Yan Er, a sudden figure appeared in front of him, blocking out his unfocused vision. It was Zhang Yang himself. He too had moved and blocked Mei Chao Fung from trying to change his target. If he still persisted on moving forward, he will clash into Zhang Yang.

Mei Chao Fung clearly understood the difference in power between him and Zhang Yang. One simple glance at Zhang Yang's HP would tell all about the immense gap between the two of them. He had only around 18,000 HP while Zhang Yang had over 29,000 HP! The gap was ridiculous! If the two of them did crash into each other, the person who would be knocked back would be Mei Chao Fung!

He did not want to fight him, it would be a stupid decision. He sidestepped swiftly and tried to maneuver around Zhang Yang. But every single time he tried to move, Zhang Yang would be there to block his path. A step to the right, Zhang Yang was there. A step to the left, there he was again! Zhang Yang was behaving just like an annoying mirror!

A pro!

If Mei Chao Fung solely relied on his skills, he would not be able to out-maneuver Zhang Yang. He had to use his active skills!

"Tch!" Mei Chao Fung clicked his tongue. He lifted his battle axe and swung it hard at Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang strafed aside swiftly and avoided the attack. At the same time, he swung his axe up. Mei Chao Fung's movement were as agile as Zhang Yang. He traced Zhang Yang's movement and swiftly took a step back--the sword sliced the air in front of him.

From the perspective from professional players, avoiding a normal attack would be as easy as stepping away from a speeding bicycle rider, since normal attacks were easily telegraphed. When two professional tanks fought each other, both of them would left in an extremely awkward situation. Normal attacks would simply miss again and again. Both of their Rage gauges were slowly dropping down at 2 points a second. How long would it take for them to finally realize that their action were like watering the sand in the Saharan Desert?

This was why tank class players would not simply rush into a fight. Just when it took an eternity to attack the enemy, the warrior class player could easily be healed back to full health with a simple click of {Berserker's Heal}. The cycle would then start over and loop endlessly.

F*ck it!

{Blood Rage}!

Mei Chao Fung decided to go all out. At that moment, he had completely forgotten about the competition. He only wanted to go all out with this Zhan Yu!

{Thunder Strike}!

'-0!'

He stomped the floor and slowed Zhang Yang down. Even though he may not receive any damage at all, he was slowed. That was the main point of the skill in PvP! Those with higher movement speeds would definitely have the higher ground in battle!

With a quick slip and slide, Mei Chao Fung made his way to Zhang Yang's back. He lifted his axe to slash Zhang Yang's back! If an attack landed on a tank character's back, the effect of the shield will be muted.

However, just as he thought he could land a perfect slash, Zhang Yang had already spun around, with a big grin on his face!

{Block}!

30 Rage!

{Horizontal Sweep}!

'-2,402!'

Mei Chao Fung was stunned. As if he had just witnessed a miracle, both of his eyes almost popped out of their sockets! Once a player was hit with a slow effect, the turning speed was also reduced. To keep up with his speed, Zhang Yang must have predicted his movement and destination before moving around! This level of observation and decision making would require a monstrous level of athletic skill and insight to pull off! No amount of equipment or skill would be able to help you with that! It was all in the blood of the player!

"Hehe. Ha ha! HAHAHAHAHA! Good one! As expected from China's number 1 tank! You have not let me down! Alright! Come on! Come at me, bro!" roared Mei Chao Fung.

Zhang Yang's grin morphed into a satisfied smile. Mei Chao Fung had acknowledged his strength and to respect that, Zhang Yang decided to show him his all-out skill!

{Thunder Strike}!

It was Zhang Yang turn to slow down Mei Chao Fung. Once his movement speed was reduced by 50%, he then proceeded to display a performance, cultivated from all five years of his gaming experience! His movement and attack were so quick and elaborate that Mei Chao Fung could not even catch his after image! In the front? In the back? The only place Zhang Yang could not be at was below him! The rest of the time, he was everywhere!

"Am I seeing things? I haven't even started drinking. So what am I looking at?! Player Zhan Yu is displaying some insane footwork while attacking Player Mei Chao Fung! Oh my lord! I have never seen anything like it! I would never even dream of such a thing being possible if I'm not witnessing it myself! This is something no one could even imagine! My word…I believe that this is an art! A dance! What a spectacular view. I truly believe that PvP will never be the same again! Take a look at that movement! I mean, no one could have known that PvP could involve something like that!"

The commentators were busy commenting as if they were two ESPN newscasters, busy praising a football star's goal kick.

Yet, it was not weird that the commentators were shocked. Their mouths and voices were working. Unlike the audience who were watching the match. Almost all of them had their jaws touching the floor!

Back in the stage, Mei Chao Fung wanted to find a chance to stun Zhang Yang with {Blast Wave} to regain the upper hand, however, just as he wanted to activate the skill, Zhang Yang was all around him. {Blast Wave} effective area of attack was only a small conical shape area in front of the caster. How could he land a clean hit when Mei Chao Fung could not even catch his freaking shadow!

Relying on {Destructive Smash} and {Horizontal Sweep's} destructive damage, Mei Chao Fung was reduced down to only 20% HP after 20 seconds! Mei Chao Fung swiftly activated {Berserker's Heal} to prevent Zhang Yang from using {Killing Cleave}. However, carrying the debuff of {Destructive Smash}, {Berserker's Heal} had only healed him by 4,640 HP. Mei Chao Fung immediately took action and activated {Shield Wall}, struggling to survive. That being said, the skill had only provided him with a 10 second window.

Full Rage {Killing Cleave}!

'-5,240!'

crack*

Mei Chao Fung fell down to the ground and heard the system notification ringing in his ears.

'Congratulations to Lone Desert Smoke Team 1 for obtaining two consecutive victory! You are now the champion of Group F!'

Just then, he realized that he was the last surviving member of his own battle team. With a calm heart, he accepted his fate. However, when he turned his head to survey the battleground, he heart sank when he noticed that Zhang Yang's entire team was still standing. All four female players were still standing and chilling as if the battle was nothing to be worried about.

Even though the power gap between Zhang Yang and him was large, but it could not have been at the point where his own team could not even kill a person from Zhang Yang's team! It was impossible! That left him with only one explanation, Zhang Yang had been protecting his team mate with {Shield Wall}, {Sacrifice}, and other protecting skill, while fighting Mei Chao Fung at the same time! Just how strong was this man is?! While spinning around Mei Chao Fung like a hurricane, Zhang Yang could still find the time to protect his team mate on the other side of the battle field!? Was the gap between Zhang Yang and him, that huge?

Negative thoughts started to flood his mind as his self-esteem started to plummet.

"Don't feel bad, crazy f*ck. Our opponent was Lone Desert Smoke's main attacking team! There is nothing to be ashamed in losing to them! Besides, we can still fight as long as we win in the losing division! It's not the end of the world!" The guild master of Angel Wings, Angels Are Demons consoled him.

Without much rest time, the losing team battles started off. After the battle with Lone Desert Smoke, Angel Wings next opponent was Emperor's Return. Sadly, unlike Lone Desert Smoke Team 2, Emperor's Return lost and was eliminated from the competition.

24th of December, the last two groups had went up the stage to fight for the Top 16th position. In the end, Group G was led by Mugen and Breaking Dawn, and group H was led by Brilliant Star and Sky High.

The Top 16 battle outline were as follows:

First half:

Crimson Rage vs Storm Riders

Radiance vs Rolling Rocks

Imperial Sky vs Lone Desert Smoke Team 2

Blue Sea vs Sunset Amber.

Second half:

Genesis vs Angel Wings.

Lone Desert Smoke Team 1 vs The Glory.

Breaking Down vs Sky High.

Brilliant Star vs Mugen.

On the 25th of December, the first half of the battle took place at 7.30pm. Crimson Rage performed exemplary feats against Storm Riders and won the battle with a straight 2:0 victory.

8pm, the match between Radiance and Rolling Rock was held. The guild Radiance was able to perform on an entirely different level and overwhelmed their opponents with the score 2:0, eliminating them from the competition and being the second group to enter the top 8.

8.30pm, Zhang Yang and his team 2 members came to watch the match between Lone Desert Smoke Team 2 and Imperial Sky. The main problem they were facing in the match was the fact that Imperial Sky had already understood that Lost Dream was the main driving force of Team 2. One Sword Stroke was smart. He had cornered Lost Dream and kept him occupied. His team then killed the other members with relative ease.

2:0!

Lone Desert Smoke Team 2 faced an indiscriminate loss!

9pm, Blue Sea vs Sunset Amber! This battle was the first time a losing team had managed to stand out and won the battle. After three excruciating fights, Sunset Amber won the battle with a 2:1 score. So far, both teams in D group had been eliminated from the competition.

As the last battle of the night ended, everyone returned to their rooms to rest. Back at his own room, Zhang Yang saw Fatty Han sulking. He could not ignore the fat f*ck and patted his shoulder. "Chill Fat*ss. Hey! At least you get to be in the top 16! There's still the 40,000 dollars reward!"

Fatty Han turned to Zhang Yang and back to the floor. He sighed loudly. "At first, I could not accept defeat. My DPS was high…How could I lose?! However, after these few days, I realized something. Especially after losing to Imperial Sky, I realized that PvP is not just about having the higher damage. PvP requires a strong sense of control, skill, insight and maneuverability! And I have none of those! I better go back to the secondary raiding party and be a pro there instead! I don't want to have my self-esteem go any lower!"

Zhang Yang gasped sarcastically. "Dayum bro! You finally admitted that you're just a sucky noob! How rare it is for you to admit that!"

"F*ck! Come on bro! I'm already heartbroken here! How can you call yourself my bro if you keep on attacking me like that!"

"Hahaha! Alright, how about this? I'll leave this room to you alone. I think this hotel would have those kind of service that could satisfy that one particular desire of yours?" Zhang Yang winked.

Fatty Han turned his head over to Zhang Yang. "Tsk. Tsk. Tsk…I don't ask for much. Just have Liu Shi Shi to come here and I'll handle the rest!'

"…"

Dream Technology was rather generous, even after losing, the organizers did not force the losing teams out of the hotel. They had allowed them to stay until the end of the entire competition, complete with the expenses.

On the side note, Zhang Yang's mystical footwork had cause a major stir up in the social media and the gaming world. Players had started to conduct their research, tracing Zhang Yang steps through the recorded video and trying to imitate him! Players had dubbed Zhang Yang footwork as the Butterfly Steps, because of Zhang Yang's wide area of movement which resembled the wings of a butterfly. Without a doubt, the Butterfly Step had proved to be too advanced for the current stage of the game. Not only were the general players tirelessly trying to learn the steps, even the professional players in the current competition could not stop thinking about it. However, since time was not as luxurious for them, they could not have learnt about it.

The night of 26th of December, the second half of the battle had eight teams being reminded to fight for their chance to be in the last remaining four teams to move on to the next stage of the competition.

7.30pm, the first battle between Genesis vs Angel Wings started.

A landslide victory was expected, based on forecasts and analysis.

Genesis was a popular team and was one of the team that had high odds of entering the finals. Their prowess was well proven. However, things had taken a different turn. Even though Angel Wings had only managed to enter the top 16 battle team, their capability was nothing to be taken note off. However, they had still managed to perform beyond expectations and managed to win the match with a 2:1 score, successfully eliminating Genesis from the competition!

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Chapter 278: Quarterfinals

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Eight o'clock sharp, the second contest started, Lone Desert Smoke versus The Glory.

Lone Desert Smoke's team won the loudest cheers. The official battle bets offered odds of 1.05 to 4.7 for Lone Desert Smoke to The Glory, respectively! However, many more fans placed bets for Lone Desert Smoke.

Easy as a pie!

Zhang Yang's team did not give The Glory any chances of winning. Regardless of levels, equipment, controls and teamwork, Zhang Yang's team reigned superior in all. Zhang Yang's team won an overwhelming victory in two matches and successfully broke into quarterfinals, showing their well-earned, prevailing dominance!

All eight qualifying teams were announced after 9.30 pm.

The first few matches were: Crimson Rage versus Sunset Amber; and Radiance versus Imperial Sky.

The second batch of matches were: Angel Wings versus Breaking Dawn; and Lone Desert Smoke versus Brilliant Star.

On 27th December, at 7.30 pm, Crimson Rage started the event, raging against Sunset Amber. The ability and strength of both teams were almost similar. Currently, both teams had won one round each at 1-1, and were now putting extra effort in the third and most crucial match.

The final round ended with both teams only left with an attacker and a healer each, an excruciatingly long, final phase of the match. The final phase lasted for more than seven minutes. Crimson Rage's healer, Perfumed Water was a Priest who was not as efficient in single-target healing as her counterpart, Sunset Amber's Sacred Knight. Perfumed Water ran out of MP first, and sadly, that was the end of Crimson Rage's stint!

It was a regrettable 1-2 loss.

The elimination of this beautiful all-girl team had left a lot of male players heartbroken and furious at Sunset Amber!

Due to the lengthy match, the following match between Radiance and Imperial Sky was affected, starting late at 8.20 pm.

That match too, was a close battle, with the third match beginning at a score of 1-1. However, Radiance made unexpected mistakes, and their Spellcaster was immediately killed under the combined attacks of the enemy. The Spellcaster had mistimed his {Ice Barrier} and left himself open to the enemy!

The balance broken, Imperial Sky's team members grabbed the chance and in one stroke, defeated their opponents soundly and proceeded to the semifinals!

Due to the long battles of the first two matches, the match between Angel Wings and Breaking Dawn did not happen until 9.00 pm.

"Noob tank, the Spellcaster threw the match!" Wei Yan Er looked at the Radiance members who had walked off-stage, bickering among each other, most of them clearly berating the Spellcaster.

Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Maybe it was just a one sided contest!"

Such careless mistakes were not supposed to happen in any team who had made it to the quarterfinals, thus, the circumstances definitely looked dubious.

"Guild master Zhan Yu!" Snow Seeker led her four team members elegantly towards them, "It's almost your turn! You guys are the only team left from our White Jade Castle, be sure to fight hard!"

"Sister Snow Seeker, please do not worry. I will lead the team and our team will surely steamroll over all obstacles, we are brave and skillful in battle, we shall conquer everything… we are undefeatable like The Legend of the Swordsman!" Wei Yan Er initiated some sort of poorly worded, ancient oath from the battles of the olden days.

"Little brat, drop those drama series and start reading some books!" Zhang Yang reached out and waved a hand in front of Wei Yan Er's face like he was shooing off an annoying fly. Zhang Yang replied, "Guild master Snow Seeker, if your healer was a Sacred Knight, the outcome would have been really different!"

"Oh, I'm sooo sorry for being a Priest!" Perfumed Water growled, rolling her eyes.

Snow Seeker smiled graciously and said, "Being able to enter the top eight ranking is more than enough for us! We'll leave the rest to you guys! Guild master Zhan Yu, although you guys have the most support out of all the fans, please does not underestimate Sunset Amber! They are definitely not weak. I even believe that they were holding back against us, trying to mislead the other teams!"

"Oh?" Zhang Yang muttered, genuinely surprised. If it was like what Snow Seeker said, then Sunset Amber's leader definitely took a great risk, but with convincing results! All these were semifinal teams, if Zhang Yang got careless, he might even get his team eliminated!

"Hmph, it doesn't matter, we'll just defeat them all!" Wei Yan Er clenched her fist as she said.

Zhang Yang laughed out loud and said, "Little brat, that's a bold statement, I like it!"

"Silly Yu, I'm warning you, don't you dare have any thoughts towards Yan Er!" Han Ying Xue moved in between the two of them.

Zhang Yang let out of a sigh, simply waved his hand and said, "Take it easy, I have no interests in flat-chested lolis!"

Han Ying Xue immediately turned flirtatious and said, "Oh! So you do have the hots for me! Sigh, it's not like I chose to be born gorgeous!"

"Earth to Han Ying Xue!" Wei Yan Er furiously shook her out of her reverie.

As they spoke, the first match between Angel Wings and Breaking Dawn had started and Breaking Dawn's team completely mopped the floor with their opponents. The next match was no different. So much for Angel Wings writing a story for underdogs.

It was getting late, so the matches between Lone Desert Smoke and Brilliant Star started right away.

Both teams went up to the stage one after another and entered the battle arena. As the team leader, Zhang Yang went to the middle of the stage to shake hands with Brilliant Star's leader, Hawk Striker.

"Zhan Yu, from today onwards, we Brilliant Star will replace Lone Desert Smoke as China's Top Guild!" Hawk Striker hissed through his smiling teeth. Other than those words, onlookers would only see two men shaking hands in mutual respect, with no tension between the two.

Zhang Yang returned the smile evenly, knowing that it was to be expected. Currently, Lone Desert Smoke was indisputably the strongest guild in China. Naturally, they would be targeted by everyone. If Zhang Yang really took every jab like this to heart, he would wear himself out in no time!

"Then you guys should try harder than this!" Having said that, Zhang Yang headed back to his team without sparing a second glance.

"Noob tank, what did you say to him? That guy looks mad!!" Wei Yan Er laughed.

Zhang Yang put the gaming helmet on, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows?!"

The Five of them logged in the game one by one, and after a while, all of them teleported to the virtual arena and entered the final stages of preparation.

Brilliant Star's 5-man team members included:

Hawk Striker, Level 62, Male Orc, Bandit, 15,780 HP.

Slip and Fall, Level 61, Male Dwarf, Guardian, 19,260 HP.

Chaos Thought, Level 62, Male Dwarf, Sacred Knight, 14,820 HP.

Purple Carrot, Level 62, Female Elf, Phantom Assassin, 14,970 HP.

The Second Red Lotus, Level 61, Male Human, Cryomancer. 14,550 HP.

"We are going to have to blitz this! Focus fire on the Guardian first, force their Thieves to emerge from stealth. Then, I will use {Vanguard's Aggression} on all of us. I'll keep them busy with {Thunder Strike} and {Blast Wave} and use {Rearm} to start off the cycle again! We'll defeat them within 20 seconds, okay?" Zhang Yang looked at the four girls.

"Yeah! Violent and brutal, just the way I like it!"

'Ding! Lone Desert Smoke versus Brilliant Star will officially begin after 10 seconds!'

Bang!

When the invisible wall disappeared, Zhang Yang and his team rushed towards their opponent.

Both teams' melee attackers came into contact.

Zhang Yang and his four teammates, along with Whitey, started hammering the enemy Guardian down!

Are they mad? Focusing their fire on a Guardian, of all things, right off the bat?!

Nobody in the entire hall could figure out what Lone Desert Smoke was up to!

While there was no denying the durability and toughness of Guardians, even they could not withstand an all-out onslaught from six enemies like this! Within three seconds, the Guardian's HP was at a critical state.

Even though Chaos Thought healed Slip and Fall with his greatest effort, Slip and Fall was already under a debuff that reduced 75% of his healing effect! Slip and Fall had no choice but to use {Warrior's Will} to cancel Sun Xin Yu's {Kidney Shot} while activating {Shield Wall} and {Blast Wave}at the same time.

As Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue were standing at both sides of Slip and Fall while Zhang Yang was directly in front of him, his {Blast Wave} could only strike a person! Out of the three, Slip and Fall decided to target Zhang Yang!

Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot both emerged from stealth mode, one of them stunning Wei Yan Er with {Ambush} while the other used {Blind} on Daffodil Daydream, incapacitating her momentarily. They then focused fire on Wei Yan Er!

"Hah! Bout time you guys showed up!" Zhang Yang laughed loudly, activating {Warrior's Will} and casting {Sacrifice} on Wei Yan Er. Almost immediately after, he took a few steps back and unleashed {Blast Wave}, stunning all three of them.

Wei Yan Er also quickly shook the stun off herself using {Warrior's Will} and the team started raining blows on Hawk Striker!

"Slip and Fall, quickly activate {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier!" Chaos Thought hurriedly shouted, knowing that Hawk Striker would fall in no time!

"I can't, my {Warrior's Will}'s cool down is not completed yet, and I'm still stunned for another 3 seconds!" Slip and Fall shouted loudly in the team.

"Let me use {Blur}!" Hawk Striker was the leader of Brilliant Star's team. Befitting of the role, he was calm and analytic. His shadow blurred as he entered {Blur}'s state, where Zhang Yang's team had only a 25% chance of hitting him with physical attacks!

This was a survival skill for Thieves. They could activate it while stunned, similar to the Warriors' {Shield Wall}.

Only Daffodil Daydream's Magic attacks continued landing on him with continued damage.

"Change target to Purple Carrot!"

Purple Carrot also activated {Blur}.

"Keep attacking her!"

Currently, Slip and Fall had {Shield Wall} activated, while the other two Thieves were in {Blur} states. Their Knight and Hunter were standing too far away to assist. A 75% evasion rate would not grant them full invincibility. As long as they reduced Purple Carrot's HP to 20% she would be as good as dead, as {Killing Cleave} was unblockable, and had a guaranteed chance of hitting!

Four seconds later, {Blast Wave}'s stun effect ended, but Purple Carrot still had 10,000 hitpoints. This was thanks to the effects of {Blur} and Chaos Thought's continuous healing.

Brilliant Star quickly launched a counterattack against Zhang Yang's team!

Zhang Yang activated {Vanguard's Aggression}, protecting his entire party.

The battle had seemed to be at an impasse!

However, Slip and Fall's {Shield Wall} duration ended. Zhang Yang and the gang quickly switched their target to Slip and Fall once again!

Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot used {Vanish} without hesitation, and then used {Ambush} to stun some of Zhang Yang's team, so that they could buy him some time, and immediately started lashing out like the sneaky thieves they were!

"Fall back!"

Both opposing Thieves were still under {Blur}'s state and his {Thunder Strike} would not necessarily land, forcing them out of stealth! However, the disadvantage of {Stealth} was a reduced movement speed, and as long as Zhang Yang delayed them for a few more seconds, {Blur}'s effect will be gone, and then it would time for them to attack!

Back off, back off, back off!

Zhang Yang mentally counted down the seconds. Suddenly, he advanced, stamping on the ground and launching a {Thunder Strike}!

Pa! Pa!

Two shadows were instantly struck out of the thin air--Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot!

"How..?" Hawk Striker was shocked. Zhang Yang had accurately predicted the locations of both thieves, forcing them out of stealth with a single move!

Zhang Yang flashed his teeth. He was already competent at "catching" Thieves in his past life, all of them professional players with four to five years of experience, these substantially less experienced thieves were child's play to him! Besides, even after taking all of that into consideration, Sun Xin Yu was still, definitely more skilled at "catching" thieves than he was!

Wei Yan Er stepped in, unleashing {Blast Wave} stunning the two thieves!

Slip and Fall hurriedly used {Vanguard's Aggression}. As both Thieves were stunned, unable to move nor dodge blows, all their survival skills spent, they were in deep trouble!

"Attack their Guardian!" Zhang Yang issued a new command.

All of them dashed towards Slip and Fall.

The {Vanguard's Aggression} barrier could not be moved after activation! Thus, Slip and Fall did not back off but dashed towards Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot. He needed to run into the protection barrier and wait for Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot's stunning effects to end before he could launch attacks!

'{Thunder Strike}!'

Zhang Yang stomped the ground, and Slip and Fall's speed was slowed down immediately!

Lone Desert Smoke proceeded to unleash all of its firepower on Slip and Fall!

Slip and Fall was a tank. But tank or not, when faced with the Yellow-Gold attacks of an entire team, there was no point deluding yourself! Slip and Fall had already used his {Shield Wall} and he was also under the effects of {Destructive Smash}, so he was all on his own now.

Within six to seven seconds, Slip and Fall became the first player to be eliminated!

Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot quickly dashed towards Zhang Yang! As Zhang Yang also already used {Vanguard's Aggression}, they still had a chance to win!

Zhang Yang only laughed and resetted all skills' cool down by using {Rearm}, and then he launched another {Blast Wave} to stun the oncoming Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot!

Hawk Striker and Purple Carrot could just cry there and then. They had been stunned three times within 30 seconds! It was oppressive! They were the dancers in the shadows, flitting through the dark, striking when least expected. But now, they had been turned into clumsy ducklings out of water, constantly being stunned again and again!

Such a tragedy!

With no more survival skills, and no protection, it was all over for them!

1–0, Lone Desert Smoke won the first match!

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Chapter 279: Rigged?

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The second match started five minutes later!

Brilliant Star's team was still discouraged from last game's loss. After some half-hearted, disorganized swings, they were quickly defeated.

2–0, Lone Desert Smoke wins!

"Noob tank, you are Level 67 and I'm Level 64! When we get the championship, I'll gain three levels, along with the MVP award which grants me another level, so I'll be level 68, one level above you!!" Wei Yan Er grinned. She loved stepping on Zhang Yang's head.

"Silly girl, if your elementary school's math teacher heard that, he would run headfirst into a wall!" Zhang Yang sighed.

The others at the dining table only smiled gently.

Wei Yan Er bit her fingers for a while and said, "Humph, can't people act cute for a little?"

"Eh, you see…" Fatty Han pointed at a corner of restaurant, Liu Wei was sitting closely with a tall, young man, their faces so close to each other that it was inevitable for Fatty Han to suspect that they were lovers.

That tall and young man was not just anyone else, but the Top tank from Zhang Yang's previous life, One Sword Stroke!

What in the world were these two guys doing together? In Zhang Yang's previous life, they were never even mentioned in the same breath!

"What's wrong, Brother Fatty? Something interesting about those two?" being the blabbermouth that he was, Lost Dream immediately perked up and asked.

Fatty Han was a pretty good bullshitter himself. He immediately made up a romantic man's love story that broke secular prejudice between Liu Wei and One Sword Stroke, which caused Lost Dream's eyebrows to wiggle like earthworms. The others started commenting about the eyebrows instead of Fatty Han's story.

Could it be that since Liu Wei failed to bribe Lone Desert Smoke, he decided switched his target to Imperial Sky?

Zhang Yang was deep in thought. But, the guild Liu Wei bribed was Blue Sea. Could the timeline be altered at this point once again? But, why would One Sword Stroke even consider Liu Wei's deal?

As One Sword Stroke would be the China's S-Class League iconic character in the future, along with all sorts of endorsements in advertisements, his annual income would exceed more than 400,000,000 dollars! Besides, he was the successor of Sky and Ocean Electronics, why would he collaborate with Liu Wei?

Zhang Yang suddenly had an epiphany, and whipped out his phone to surf the net, looking up Sky and Ocean Electronics' information. He nodded in understanding.

Five years from now! Currently, Sky and Ocean Electronics was still a small medium sized company, worth less than 50,000,000 dollars. Also, because of Zhang Yang's intervention in this life, him winning all the First Clears had really sent the other teams down a notch!

In Zhang Yang's previous life, First Clear competitions were much intense,and Imperial Sky had rose dominant out of them all! Furthermore, Imperial Sky also successfully obtained the first territory in China under One Sword Stroke's leadership!

In Zhang Yang's previous life, One Sword Stroke was much more of a legend than he was now! Just like Zhang Yang now had, he had his equivalent of Thunderstorm Castle and Little Merchandize Shop! Even now, would he have collaborated with Liu Wei?

Obviously, the answer would be no!

If Zhang Yang did not exist in this timeline, Liu Wei's first target would definitely have been Imperial Sky. However, in his previous life, One Sword Stroke had obviously said "no" to Liu Wei, but this time…

Zhang Yang realized just then, he was the matchmaker of these two men!

Liu Wei was wealthy and One Sword Stroke was strong in leadership, Zhang Yang could not imagine what kind of power these two men would produce together!

Zhang Yang clenched his fist forcefully, a friend of Liu Wei's was an enemy of his! The friend of my enemy is my enemy! He would have to make moves against Imperial Sky should they threaten his position.

Liu Wei met Zhang Yang's gaze and the handsome, charming man lifted a hand up, firing an imaginary pistol at him. *Poof* his mouth went, a sinister gleam in his eyes, like a serpent which could swallow a person in a single mouth! Zhang Yang felt a chill rising up his spine.

This was the Liu Wei in Zhang Yang's impression, the arrogant and evil person that he knew!

"F*ck, that pretty boy is so arrogant!" Fatty Han roared, having seen the gesture as well. He had unbuttoned his top collar, ready to punch Liu Wei.

"Fatty, sit down!" Zhang Yang said calmly, keeping his eyes locked on Liu Wei, Zhang Yang slowly raised his right hand, and then kept his another four fingers and only his middle finger remained upright!

"He he!" it looked fun for Wei Yan Er, so she also followed Zhang Yang, and vulgarly showed her middle finger as well.

"Ha ha ha!" the rest of the gang also followed Zhang Yang, and showed their middle fingers at Liu Wei one after another, even Sun Xin Yu.

With their dining table being so full of pretty girls, several guests were actually sneaking occasional glances at Han Ying Xue and other pretty girls. The guests were stunned when they saw the pretty girls pulling off such indecent gestures! However, a few people also found it interesting, and like obedient sheep, they started throwing middle fingers in the same direction as the girls.

Humans tend to have herd mentality, and more fingers raised up, as it seemed to be the cool thing to do at that moment.

All of a sudden, hundreds of people in the restaurant stopped eating and drinking to show their middle fingers at Liu Wei.

Liu Wei felt his gut sinking into nothingness! His handsome facial expression turned red and pale, he was so embarrassed that he wished there was a hole in the ground for him to bury himself in!

Zhang Yang did not think that his random gesture would cause such an effect with the help of those pretty girls. Zhang Yang was astonished, and could not help but laugh.

"Ha ha ha" Han Ying Xue and the rest broke out in laughter, not expecting that effect themselves.

The laughter influenced the crowd and the restaurant was suddenly filled with clueless. pure laughter.

Liu Wei's face turned extremely red, and he snorted in disgust, glaring at Zhang Yang one last time before walking out from the restaurant like a wounded animal making its escape. It only fueled the crowd's laughter even more.

On the evening of the 28th of December, the first semifinal match started with Sunset Amber versus Imperial Sky!

Both of these teams were definitely close in power. Sometimes, one of the team members would do a minor mistake and get caught by the opponent, and this situation was juggled between the two sides until the match ended!

1–1, both teams had drawn in two matches and started the crucial third match!

It was supposed to be a wonderful match, but one of Sunset Amber's Thieves made a fatal mistake! He was supposed to use {Blind} to daze the opponent's healer and defeat the opponent, but his {Blind} inexplicably missed the target!

Everyone knew that when {Blind} was being activated, all a player had to do was to keep their eyes on their target, and it would never miss!

The audiences dropped in dead silence, as voices started to boo. Accusations of match fixing flew through the air. Regardless of it being a deliberate move or a mistake, Sunset Amber regrettably lost to Imperial Sky with the score of 1–2!

At 9.00 pm, another semifinal started, Lone Desert Smoke versus Breaking Dawn.

Breaking Dawn was the only team who had two healers when they broke into final top 16 positions. Their healers had strong healing endurance and healing capability! Because they had two healers who could provide healings to all the team members, thus, even focus fire on a single member would prove difficult!

As long as they dragged on the duration of match, their long-term heals would shine and wear the opponent down!

However, nobody blitzed better than Zhang Yang and his team. Breaking Dawn had no options of defending themselves against the overwhelming offense!

Zhang Yang's {Destructive Smash} removed 75% of healing effects, turning both of them into half a healer! Even without that, the combined attacks of Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er, Daffodil Daydream, and Whitey would already overwhelm the healing rate of even 2 healers. Breaking Dawn simply stood no chance.

2–0!

Zhang Yang's team defeated Breaking Dawn effortlessly. A lot of teams were actually frustrated with Breaking Dawn's dual healer strategy, but Zhang Yang's team had steamrolled over them with sheer brute force!

Absolute dominance!

Lone Desert Smoke's team proudly broke into the finals. They would compete with One Sword Stroke for the finals tomorrow night.

…

"Ding Ding!"

The doorbell rang. Zhang Yang walked to open the door, and saw Radiance's guild master, Sword of Light together with Sunset Amber's guild master, Greensleeves Prince standing at the corridor. Zhang Yang was a little surprised and greeted them, "Oh, guild master Sword of Light and guild master Greensleeves Prince, please, please come in!"

Zhang Yang stepped aside graciously.

Currently, left Zhang Yang was alone in the guest room as Fatty Han had picked up a sexy girl on the way back, and had gone on a date.

"I never would have thought that two of you were close!" Zhang Yang made two cups of coffee for both of them and being surprised. They were from different cities, different servers after all.

Sword of Light shook his head and said, "Although I knew of Greensleeves Prince long ago, I have never met him before, not till today!"

Greensleeves Prince nodded silently in affirmation.

Zhang Yang was puzzled and asked, "So…what's this visit about then?"

For a brief moment, Sword of Light's face flashed with fury, and he said, "Guild master Zhan Yu, you may call me a sore loser for this, but our loss to Imperial Sky raised up too many questions! The circumstances of it were simply too suspicious! Venshi simply cannot explain how he made such mistake!"

Venshi was the Spellcaster who made a careless mistake when they were battling with Imperial Sky's team for the third match yesterday. Because of his careless mistake, the hope of Radiance breaking into the semifinals was ruined.

Greensleeves Prince also said, "Lonely Tree's mistake was also inexplicable! When I saw Radiance's match, I could not help but think, why do such newbish, amateur mistakes only occur when Imperial Sky is involved?"

Sword of Light continued, "I did some asking around on my team, and they said that Venshi had been sneaking around a few days ago, constantly whispering into his phone. They had thought that it was a family member, or his lover, but nobody asked!"

"Lonely Tree also met a stranger for two hours this morning, and I too have no idea on what they are talking about. However, I have good reason to believe that both Venshi and Lonely Tree have been paid off to throw the matches!"

"I agree!" Sword of Light nodded in acknowledgement, "But it's too late for that now. We have lost our battles, people would only think of us as sore losers if we voiced this out! However, we cannot let such underhanded tactics pass! Guild master Zhan Yu, Lone Desert Smoke is definitely stronger than Imperial Sky, anyone could see that. You must be careful, there's all the more reason for them to resort to dirty tricks!"

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Chapter 280: Tricks

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After Sword of Light and Greensleeves Prince left, Zhang Yang went deep in thought.

Although he had not known One Sword Stroke well in his past life, he would never expect such a distinguished figure to use such contemptible ways!

Liu Wei!

That's right! Zhang Yang's eyes shone, only Liu Wei would slink around and manipulate people in such manner! Only with his wealth could offer such important key persons in Radiance and Sunset Amber to turn their coats!

Everything about it spoke of Liu Wei. In Zhang Yang's previous life, Liu Wei had headhunted all the talented members in Blue Sea and had left with only an empty shell. Finally, he built The Myth and replaced Blue Sea!

What if Liu Wei bribes Zhang Yang's 5-man team?

Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er were money-grubbers, however, they were in it for the fun of earning, not the money itself. They had more than enough wealth to go around for themselves. In fact, if Liu Wei really wanted to bribe these two money-grubbers, Liu Wei would definitely lose his money and go bankrupt! These two ladies were billionaires, it was an absolutely ludicrous idea!

Sun Xin Yu? You won't be bribing her, you're just paying for your own execution fees!

Daffodil Daydream? That girl may not have been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but she has been with Zhang Yang for a while, and in addition to the fixed 100,000 dollars monthly salary, she still had additional earnings from the sales of her dungeon runs, as a result, she would already be earning millions! As long as she did not have a screw lose somewhere, she definitely would not consider such short term benefits! Besides, she had proven her loyalty time and again, directly managing the guild's wealth and storehouse!

Well, that leaves only Zhang Yang himself! Oh, Liu Wei did already approach him, but only got humiliated in return!

His team was basically impregnable!

"Ding Dong!"

The doorbell rang once again.

Sword of Light and Greensleeves Prince again? Zhang Yang walked to open the door and saw a waitress who came with a dining trolley. He frowned and said, "Wrong room, I didn't order anything!"

The waitress looked at a paper, revealed a smile and apologized, "I'm sorry to bother you!"

"It is okay!" Zhang Yang took a step backwards, but when he wanted to close the door, he saw the waitress holding a spray bottle and an odd smell rushed into his nasal cavity, "You…" Zhang Yang could only speak a word, before dizziness overcame him and he lost his balance. He leaned against the door and sank to the ground. His world became dark.

Bang!

Zhang Yang stirred. As his vision recovered, he found himself lying on the bed in the room with about seven to eight cops with uniform surrounding him!

What was happening here?!

"You are under arrest for prostitution!" a cop with a strong Shanghai's accent said.

Two cops immediately came over and cuffed him!

Prostitution??

Zhang Yang scanned the surroundings, and realized that a woman lay at his left side, blankets wrapped around her naked body. Her long hair covered her face, hiding her identity! Liu Wei….only he could come up with such a scenario!

However, prostitution was not a serious crime. Zhang Yang would only be slapped with a fine and spend a few nights in lockup!

But he had much bigger things to worry about now!

Tomorrow would be the finals of the Soaring Swords competition, and as long as Zhang Yang remained in the lockup, Lone Desert Smoke would be severely handicapped. In a four versus five matchup against Imperial Sky, they stood no chance!

Zhang Yang did not have time to bother about being wrongly arrested or falsely charged. Zhang Yang would only bother about it after the Soaring Swords competition!

The Liu family's home base was in Lin Hai City, and Liu Wei could easily pull the wool over everyone's eyes in Lin Hai City! In Shanghai City, Liu Wei had so much sway that this was child's play for him!

Zhang Yang forced his body to move, but he heard one of the cops mutter, "Resisting arrest?" The next moment, he felt the sting and shock of an electric baton, and fell back helplessly. Still weak from the drug, he was basically rendered comatose.

A few cops bodily manhandled Zhang Yang out of the hotel and drove off.

After they reached the police station, the cops simply flung him into a cell without any due process, and went on their own business.

What should I do?

Zhang Yang was deep in worry! Claim his innocence? Obviously, the cops were acting under Liu Wei's orders, they would not listen to him!

He had no chance of making a phone call, for he was basically naked when they discovered him, all he had was a blanket to cover himself!

Damn it! Damn it!

Liu Wei must have sent that sexy girl to get Fatty Han away and leave Zhang Yang alone in the room! It was pointless no matter how cautious Zhang Yang was, as Liu Wei would have thought up of a plan anyway!

There was no other way of undermining Lone Desert Smoke, so Liu Wei had to come up with a different kind of trap! Liu Wei's motive was to keep Zhang Yang in the lockup for at least one day!

Zhang Yang racked his brains to find a solution, but could not think of anything else until next day, at 5.00 pm, a cop came patrolling, and Zhang Yang's eyes shone suddenly.

…

In front of the Soaring Swords competition showcase stage.

"Eh, where is that silly Yu? Where in the world is he?!" Han Ying Xue tapped the ground with a foot impatiently as their match was only half an hour away!

"Little Yang is not back yet?" Fatty Han panted, running over.

"Fatty pervert, aren't you staying in the same room with silly Yu? How could you do not know where he is?" Han Ying Xue questioned Fatty Han.

Fatty's face turned red and answered, "I'm sorry that I'm so charming. I was approached by a sexy girl last night, and as a result, I was 'busy' the entire night! I did not see little Yang when I went back to the hotel room this morning. Maybe he got jealous of me getting all the action and decided to go hunting himself? Heheh, he's really 'busy' huh, doing it for almost a whole day!"

"Fatty, can't you ever say anything good? Guild master is not a person like that!" Daffodil Daydream immediately spoke up.

"Ha ha, pretty sis Daffodil Daydream, don't you fancy little Yang?! Do you want me to be your matchmaker?" Fatty Han started to ramble on.

"Something's not right! No matter how dumb silly Yu is, he will not go missing at such a critical moment. What should we do? The match is going to start!" Han Ying Xue was anxious.

Sun Xin Yu was leaning against the wall at a corner, her face deep in thought.

"What happened in the hotel?" Lost Dream scratched his head.

"Little Yang left his mobile phone behind. I glanced through the room just now and his clothes are still in the room. It's weird, as if someone took him in his sleep or something!" Fatty Han started to worry, but thought about Zhang Yang's skills and shrugged the thought off.

"Lone Desert Smoke, the final will begin in 20 minutes, please hurry up and prepare!" a staff member walked towards them.

"Alright!" Han Ying Xue answered and turned back to the group, worry lining her face.

"Forget about it, since noob tank is not here, it's up to us four ladies. Let them taste the capability of our female army!"

"Eh, aren't you are Miss Han and Miss Wei?" Liu Wei suddenly came to them, smiling sinisterly, "I do not seem so see your guild master here? Sigh, oh dear, what an irresponsible person? How could he go missing at such a moment?"

"Pretty boy, what are you talking about?!" Fatty Han rounded up on him.

"It is nothing, I just wanted to remind you guys. Ah, the final will be started in 19 minutes and 12 seconds! Ha ha, I should not disturb you guys, I shall look for a seat to watch the contest. See ya!" Liu Wei laughed out loud and went into the hall.

"What an annoying fellow!" Wei Yan Er spat on the ground.

"Let's go in!"

"Excuse me, may I know who is police officer Sun Xin Yu?" when all of them wanted to go in showcase stage, a policeman in uniform ran towards them, his brow shiny with sweat.

Sun Xin Yu took a step forwards and replied, "It is me!"

That policeman was astounded by Sun Xin Yu's beauty, and he quickly blinked, he whipping out a mobile phone while saying, "I'm Zhang Yang's university friend, oh, right, you guys know him as Zhan Yu. He is in our lockup now, and he got a recording for you guys. He thought of calling you guys, but he cannot remember any of your phone numbers and he also thought of calling the hotel, but you guys were nowhere near your rooms!"

"Your police station?"

"Why is little Yang captured?"

"What happened to silly Yu?"

"How could the boss be in the police station?"

All of them peppered him with questions.

Sun Xin Yu played the recording in mobile phone, and Zhang Yang's frantic voice rang out, "Ice cube, quickly make a call and get me out of here! That bastard Liu Wei set me up, he drugged me last night, and got me arrested! Some prostitution thingy, I don't know the details! I will tell you everything else when I get out of here, the owner of this phone is an old friend from my university, his name is Zhao Xiao Song! He will cooperate!"

"F*ck, it's that pretty boy!"

"No wonder he came over just now, it was his doing!"

"Such a shameless person!"

"So despicable!"

"Sister Sun, do you have any connection in Shanghai? Otherwise, we'll get Lost Dream to help us. Isn't he always saying that his dad is so capable?" Fantasy Sweetheart said.

"Damn, my dad is really very capable!" Lost Dream retorted as his father was a Deputy provincial level's military office! However, he did not bother to elaborate further and quickly asked Zhao Xiao Song, "Which area is your police station?"

Sun Xin Yu had already taken out her phone and was dialing furiously.

"Dong Ming Street Police Station!" Zhao Xiao Song quickly answered.

Sun Xin Yu walked to a side and started talking. Then she walked back to the crowd within 30 seconds, her facial expression remained unchanged like nothing had happened. Lost Dream was also on the phone, chatting like a machinegun.

"How long does it take to travel from Dong Ming Street?" everyone looked at Zhao Xiao Song.

"If there is no traffic jam, at least 20 minutes!" Zhao Xiao Song answered immediately.

"Even if that silly Yu is released now, he won't make it for the first match!" Han Ying Xue thought for a while and said, "Let's just buy him time in the first round, and hope he makes it to the next round!"

"En!"

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Chapter 281: Here I Come!

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It was 7:30 pm, the first match of the Soaring Swords Competition Finale had begun!

The audience immediately noticed the situation and started chattering among themselves! Would a guild master and party leader simply not show up at such an important event? Did he get cold feet? Was he lost in some paradise of his own?

The rules of the competition, only the five players who registered for the competition can enter the competition. If anything led to the shortage of one person or so, they would have to make do!

There came a wave of 'Boo' from the audience!

Since the beginning of the quarterfinals, those parties who went up against Imperial Sky all seemed to suffer some misfortune! During the quarterfinal match, the spellcaster from the Radiance was acting silly; during the semifinals, the thief from the Yellow Flame was floating about like an idiot; and now, someone was completely missing!

Everyone could connect the dots at this rate!

Even if Han Ying Xue and the others unleashed 120% of their real strength, they were outnumbered and mismatched from the start. Furthermore, One Sword Stroke was the number one tanker in Zhang Yang's previous life, and was a powerful player in his own right! With his coordinated control between his {Sacrifice}, {Vanguard's Aggression}, {Blast Wave} and {Thunder Strike}, and some additional outstanding tactical commands, the 'girl-team' had to swallow down the first trace of defeat ever since they debuted!

"I'm so mad now!" Han Ying Xue crossed her arms with a violent, sudden jerk, causing her massive, outstanding pair of jugs to jiggle in shock as they were momentarily crushed, before spilling over her arms, as she surveyed the area with her bewitching eyes.

"Why isn't the noob tank here yet?!" Wei Yan Er was positively wailing now, her tough facade completely shattered! They now saw clearly, the importance of a Guardian. Although Guardians definitely lacked offensive power, they were an irreplaceable class in the arena. They provided massive support to their allies, while controlling the movements of the enemy!

"This is bad, the second round of the match will begin in 10 minutes time..." Daffodil Daydream almost looked nauseous.

It was not that they were sore losers, but to be defeated under circumstances was laughable!

Without a word, Sun Xin Yu took out her cellphone. The girls could only hear something about "cutting the power" and "I shall take full responsibility". They could not help but to look at each other in the face. What sort of woman possessed such power?

This is Shang Hai City! In an internationally recognized financial metropolis, how much influence would it take to cut the power supply of a large hotel?

Liu Wei laid back against his seat, smirking contentedly.

The rich would always control the world! He would only need to sit back while setting his grunts to work! What good would the skills and combat prowess of Zhang Yang be when he could just make him disappear like that! This was just the beginning, since Zhang Yang had insulted him time and again, he intended to slowly 'take care' of him! First, he would buy over the core members of Lone Desert Smoke, and after hollowing out their 'backbone', he would leave Zhang Yang as a general without an army!

In an online game, what can one person do? Give a player a full set of Yellow-Gold equipment, and have the player triumph over tens of thousands of players?

After securing the championship of the Soaring Swords competition, Imperial Sky would rise to fame, while under the lead of One Sword Stroke and his leadership, Imperial Sky shall become the strongest guild in the whole of China! When that time comes, their 'backbone' too, shall be hollowed out. After ousting One Sword Stroke from the guild, he could finally write his own myth of 'Liu Wei'!

That's right, myth! And after that, his guild shall be named after as 'The Myth'!

"All contestants please log in, the second round of the match is beginning shortly!" the voice of the hostess, Liu Wan Fei began to echo.

Victory was almost at hand! The smile on Liu Wei's face only grew wider with each passing moment!

Pak! Pak! Pak!

The lights of the showcase hall went out of a sudden, and the crowd rose in uproar and shrill screams. Soon after, people started turning on their cellphone flashlights. They started muttering unhappily.

"What's with this power failure!"

"A big hotel like this having power outage? Where's the backup generator?"

"Time for some touchy touchy in the dark!"

"Argh! Pervert!"

"Someone touched my butt!"

"Beat him!"

A brawl instantly broke out!

"Everyone, remain calm, the hotel management is doing all that they can, the power will be restored shortly!" the hotel staff shouted over the din.

Liu Wei was stumped, he had not considered power outage, out of all things! But... power failure was just a power failure, Zhang Yang was still sitting in the jail, this would only be a short delay to his great uprising!

"Sister Sun, you are really something, you know that, did you really do this?" Wei Yan Er looked at Sun Xin Yu in admiration.

Sun Xin Yi only smiled knowingly for an instant.

Even after 10 minutes, there was no sign of power being restored, and the crowd was getting hot and furious, trapped in warm, stale air, and darkness.

Sun Xin Yu's phone rang and after listening to the other end, she simply said, "Let's give them back power!"

Pak! Pak! Pak!

The hall was instantly lit up again.

Liu Wan Fei was shaking her round butt to left and right as she catwalked up to the center stage. Those with sharp eyes immediately spotted a trickle of white, milky liquid at the edge of her lips. There was only red wine on her table, there was no milk on it!

At that instant, countless pairs of murderous eyes swiveled around to burn holes in the straight faces of the two officials sitting close to the back of the stage.

"Alright, the power has been restored back to normal, let us now move back on to the match between Lone Desert Smoke First Party VS Imperial Sky, the second round of the match shall carry on immediate--"

"Wait!" the voice of Zhang Yang suddenly echoed through, as he bounded towards the stage, "Hahaha, can you believe it I actually overslept! My bad, my bad!"

Wow!

The audience lost their minds. The very air shook with their cheers and screams, as if the messiah himself has arrived!

"Hehe, guildmaster Zhan Yu's timing couldn't have been any better! Your party has already lost one round, things were really looking back for them!" Liu Wan Fei pointed her finger towards the location of Han Ying Xue and the party, and then her tone got more serious, "Guildmaster Zhan Yu, please make ready, the competition is about to start!"

Liu Wei's eyes almost popped out of his sockets then!

What was going on? Didn't he already 'notify' them to keep Zhang Yang in a 24-hour custody? They couldn't even handle such an easy task?

"Are you Liu Wei?"

Just as Liu Wei was scratching his head, wondering about the incomprehensive situation, two policemen in uniforms went up to his side, flashing their badges. The two bodyguards of Liu Wei immediately stood up, with the 'I dare you to make a move' expression on their faces.

Liu Wei quickly reached his hands out, hinting the two bodyguard not to act rashly! This is Shang Hai, not Ling Hai, and he could not flaunt his prowess without knowing what is in these waters! He spoke calmly, "I am Liu Wei, so what brings you two officers here?"

"We suspect that you are connected to a murder case, please come with us!" One of the policemen took out a pair of handcuffs and dangled it in front of Liu Wei, "Please cooperate!"

The blackout was unfortunate, and the sudden appearance of Zhang Yang was unprecedented. They could have been dismissed as unfortunate coincidences, ridiculous as they seemed. But now, something was really wrong here! He could not help but go numb with shock!

Anyone with a fair bit of connection could easily arrange for Zhang Yang's release. But to cut the power supply of the entire hotel, and for as long as ten minutes, required serious power! What sort of influence did this guy possess, or rather, who was it who had this man's back?

People do not fight against the government, which included their government servants, and furthermore, a powerful dragon cannot crush a snake in its old haunts1! Liu Wei searched his thoughts hopelessly before looking up to where Zhang Yang was. With the face of a defeated man, he slowly raised his hands up in surrender.

...

"Noob tank, you are finally back!" Wei Yan Er patted her flat chest, "You made us miss you so much!"

"Oh? To think that the little girl actually has a crush on me!" Zhang Yang chuckled while putting on the helmet.

"Humph! How rude! I only meant well! If that's how you're going to respond, I'll throw you back in the cell!"

The five of them went online one after another, and immediately, they were teleported into the virtual arena once again.

"This time, we are going to handle them with 'care'!" Wei Yan Er was cracking her knuckles with ferocious intent.

"Yes!" Daffodil Daydream nodded earnestly.

Zhang Yang glanced at the formation of the opposition party, and he said, "I will take care of One Sword Stroke, I shall leave the rest to you guys!"

"Fine!"

The formation of five members of the Imperial Sky are --

One Sword Stroke, Level 63, male human, Guardian, health points 19,120.

Blooming Ichor, Level 63, male elf, Assassin, health points 15,780.

Fire Fountain, Level 62, male human, Pyromancer, health points 15,420.

Soul Striker, Level 62, male human, Priest, health points 16,390.

Lord Wicked Virulence, Level 62, male dwarf, Sniper, health points 16,740.

'Ding! Lone Desert Smoke First Party VS Imperial Sky will begin in 10 seconds!'

10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1!

As the invisible air walls vanished, all party members from both sides immediately charged out. Zhang Yang followed closely behind Whitey, and when they were 10 meters away from One Sword Stroke, Whitey instantly used {Wild Charge} and knocked One Sword Stroke into a stunned state.

Zhang Yang did not activate his {Charge}, but said, "Everyone try to stay 10 meters away from One Sword Stroke, don't give him get the chance to use his {Charge} on you!"

Under Zhang Yang's control, Whitey turned and began to charge towards the opposition's healer, Soul Striker.

One second later, Zhang Yang activated his {Charge}, stunning One Sword Stroke again!

He then weaved to the back of One Sword Stroke and began to work with his weapon.

'-897!'

One Sword Stroke took damage, while the rage gauge of Zhang Yang increased from 12 points to 30 points.

Another second passed, and One Sword Stroke recovered from the stun effect. Knowing that Guardians worked best with their team mates, he decisively ignored Zhang Yang and ran straight towards Wei Yan Er.

{Thunder Strike}!

One Sword Stroke was inflicted with a damage value of '-0', but his movements were visibly slowed!

After struggling to move forward, he had to abandon the stupid intention of his, and swiftly, he turned around, ready to engage with Zhang Yang for one big battle! But, there was no sign of Zhang Yang! His blood boiled in frustration.

Zhang Yang had already left him behind, and was attacking Lord Wicked Virulence. With a {Blast Wave}, the sniper had been stunned!

Zhang Yang glided through the battlefield, more like an assassin than a guardian, as he followed up with {Horizontal Sweep}, inflicing a damage of '-2183' on Lord Wicked Virulence, while immediately turning towards Blooming Ichor who had, in that moment, been forced out of stealth by Sun Xin Yu! He was constantly moving across the battlefield, giving this guy a slash, that guy another blow, sealing up their movements!

One Sword Stroke was dragging his two feet that had been loaded with lead, crawling like a snail. Gritting his teeth, he threw his {Vanguard's Aggression} out onto Blooming Ichor!

Because the disadvantage of {Vanguard's Aggression} was that it could not be moved once cast, it was best used on an existing area where another buff is active! If used like how One Sword Stroke just did, it would only bring out it's life-saving effect! An ideal situation for the usage of {Vanguard's Aggression} was for a thief to keep someone locked up in the bubble with him, while the party finished off that unlucky bastard, all the while taking only 10% of the damage from the enemy who would try to save their team mate!

"Focus fire on One Sword Stroke!" Zhang Yang calmly voiced out. The other four members of the Imperial Sky had already entered the effective area of the {Vanguard's Aggression}, having no intention of attacking at all!

One Sword Stroke had finally obtained the chance to use {Charge}! He knocked Wei Yan Er who was running in front of him into stunned state, while at the same time activating his {Shield Wall}!

Fire Fountain and Lord Wicked Virulence are both ranged profession players, so they could still launch their assaults from within the effective area of the {Vanguard's Agression}.

Instantly, they targeted Wei Yan Er.

"Retreat!"

The entire party fell back, drawing a distance of more than 30 meters between themselves and the party of Imperial Sky who had refused to leave the effective area of the {Vanguard's Aggression}. That distance had exceeded the maximum range of any Imperial Sky party member.

After the first clash, One Sword Stroke had been forced to use his ultimate skills like {Shield Wall} and {Vanguard's Aggression}. The same could not be said of Zhang Yang's team!

10 seconds had passed, and both {Vanguard's Aggression} and {Shield Wall} expired uneventfully!

"Stay put for now, let my {Charge} and {Blast Wave} cool down first!" Zhang Yang smiled slyly.

"Noob tank, you are really mean!"

The five members of the Imperial Sky had been forced onto the defensive, and had no intentions of chasing after their opponents. With a wave of his hand, Blooming Ichor disappeared into thin air, entering stealth mode with {Vanish}.

With a 'humph', Sun Xin Yu mirrored her counterpart's move. After approximately 10 seconds, Zhang Yang's {Charge} had been completely cooled down, and with {Blast Wave} almost ready, he said, "Go!"

The second clash was underway!

Poor One Sword Stroke was once again stunned by Whitey and Zhang Yang. After recovering from his extended stun, {Blast Wave} was waiting for him, and he was forcefully pinned to the ground for another 4 seconds! He instantly removed the stun effect of {Blast Wave} by activating his {Warrior's Will}, and quickly activated {Sacrifice} on Fire Fountain who had become the focal point of their attack!

Zhang Yang activated his {Thunder Strike} and left One Sword Stroke unattended! As his ultimate skills had been forced out into the field already, as long as they stay away from the range of his {Blast Wave} and {Thunder Strike}, he had been rendered totally useless!

Lone Desert Smoke began to focus their assaults on Lord Wicked Virulence. Zhang Yang activated his {Vanguard's Aggression} while Sun Xin Yu used her Status Effect skills to pin the sniper who fell shortly after! They turned around and began to focus their assaults on Fire Fountain, forcing him to use his {Ice Frame}. During that moment, Blooming Ichor used {Ambush} on Sun Xin Yu, but Sun Xin Yu quickly shook it off with {Blind}.

It was now five members of Lone Desert Smoke vs four members of Imperial Sky!

Blooming Ichor was killed!

Fire Fountain was killed!

Soul Striker was killed!

One Sword Stroke sighed dejectedly, and automatically, he admitted defeat and left the arena.

The score was 1:1, the final clash was coming up next!

1. A powerful dragon cannot crush a snake in its old haunts: Even a person with great power cannot defeat a local villain in his/her own territory.

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Chapter 282: We are the Champions!

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After a short break, the climatic battle was beginning to unfold!

"Just charge forward! Use any violent means necessary and crush them!" Zhang Yang raised up his battle sword and let out a war cry!

The two sides drew closer, the battle had begun!

Both sides had {Vanguard's Aggression} and {Shield Wall}. After using {Rearm}, Zhang Yang had activated {Vanguard's Aggression} once again, forcing Imperial Sky's thieves and spellcasters to activate their {Blur} and {Ice Barrier}!

The fire power of Lone Desert Smoke was already ridiculous to begin with, and after waiting out for their opponents to exhaust their life-saving skills, they simply took out the enemy one after another, under concentrated fire!

It was like breaking the dead branches off a tree, they were simply unstoppable!

In term of attack power, Lone Desert Smoke had the advantage. In term of defense, Zhang Yang had {Rearm}, giving him the ability to use {Vanguard's Aggression} and {Sacrifice} two times in a roll! In terms of individual strength, Sun Xin Yu was the future monarch of thieves, while Daffodil Daydream will be one of the Top 10 Spellcasters, and Zhang Yang had an additional five years worth of experience in the game and knowledge of several intangible factors of the game!

After merely holding on for a minute, the final member of the Imperial Sky had finally been hewed right down to the ground courtesy of Wei Yan Er's large axe! Violent, just as Zhang Yang said!

2-1!

Victory has been claimed by Lone Desert Smoke!

"Congratulations to Lone Desert smoke for managing to obtain a victory after such an unfavorable start! I present to you, the Champions of this year's Soaring Swords tournament!" Liu Wan Fei began to clap enthusiastically.

The audience quickly followed after her applause. Lone Desert Smoke had always been more popular than Imperial Sky. Also, due to the suspicious circumstances of Imperial Sky's advancement through the tournament, many of their feats had been thrown into doubt.

Zhang Yang and his party members took off their game helmets, opening their eyes to the deafening cheers of the real world! Fatty Han and the others stormed to the stage, grabbing them in hugs. Of course, boys were only hugging boys while girls were only hugging girls.

After giving her obligatory, insincere congratulatory speech, Liu Wan Fei said, "Now, let's begin with the award distribution! Firstly, this moment belongs to the four parties who made it to the quarterfinals! So let's give our applause to the five members of the Radiance! Please step up to the stage to claim your rewards!"

The five of Radiance walked up the stage to claim their rewards, one after another.

A lucky-draw counter lay in the middle of the stage. All they had to do was to press the button, and the wheel on the screen behind the stage will begin to spin. After 10 seconds of spinning, it would stop, showing the name of the player and attributes of the equipment drawn.

The Radiance members were a bit out of luck, as none of them were able to hit the 10% rate for the special prizes! All they got were some Green-Copper equipment. However, strong guilds like Radiance would not even be interested in Gray-Silver equipment, so the entire event did not really interest them in the first place.

Afterwards, Crimson Rage, Angel Wings and Brilliant Star took their turns. The pretty ladies of Crimson Rage fared slightly better, with three of them drawing Gray-Silver equipment, and the left the stage cheerfully!

Next it was the turn of Sunset Amber and Breaking Dawn, the semifinalists.

Among the draws, Greensleeves Prince of Sunset Amber and Sardine of Breaking Dawn got lucky and managed to draw Yellow-Gold equipment for themselves, top of their range at that, too! The two of them were visibly ecstatic!

After that, it was the Imperial Sky's turn, the first runner-up, to earn their draws.

"May the gods on the ground, and the gods in the sky, under the command of the father of gods, bless these scums with Black-Steel equipment!" Wei Yan Er began to draw circles in the air.

"Little girl, the first runner-up will get Yellow-Gold equipment at the very least!" Zhang Yang informed her.

"I know! That's why I'm trying to curse them!" Wei Yan Er rolled her eyes backward towards Zhang Yang.

The first four members of the Imperial Sky obtained Yellow-Gold equipment, however, when it was One Sword Stroke's turn to draw, he actually drew out a piece of Violet-Platinum equipment! Immediately, the attribute of that equipment was shown on the big screen!

[Ring of Endless Desire] (Violet-Platinum, Ring)

Vitality: 202

Strength: 58

Upon equip: when attacked, 116 damage absorbed.

Use: All damage received will be turned into health points, lasts for 2 seconds. Cool down: 30 minutes.

Level Requirement: 80

That was just wicked sick!

Seeing the attribute of the equipment on the big screen, all of the audience members 'oooh'ed! Well, calm down, this is a Violet-Platinum equipment after all, it was to be expected!

One Sword Stroke had not anticipated that he would actually draw a Violet-Platinum equipment, so he burst out in triumphant laughter. While he was at it, he shot a victor's pose at Zhang Yang.

"Wah argh! This is driving me mad!" Wei Yan Er immediately rolled up her sleeves.

"Little girl, did you actually bless them with a Violet-Platinum equipment instead? You got your chant all wrong!" Zhang Yang could not help himself but laughed.

"And finally, the long await turn for the Champion! Let us welcome Lone Desert Smoke up to the stage with a warm applause!" Liu Wan Fei was bouncing her badonkers up and down while walking to Zhang Yang and the party, and then she gave everyone a warm hug.

"The bounce is strong in this one, eh?" Han Ying Xue couldn't help but teased Zhang Yang who had an uncomfortable look on his face.

She was absolutely worthy of the name 'Sexy Goddess'. That pair of round, huge mountain tops, were probably more famous than their owner, dragging her to worldwide acclaim. Words simply could not describe the level of her sexiness! Zhang Yang smiled vaguely and said in a soft voice, "Don't be jealous, I believe that yours are bouncier!"

Han Ying Xue blushed and turned beet red, for once rendered completely speechless.

The lucky draw had finally begun, Wei Yan Er was impatient, so she leaped on front of the line.

The big wheel turned for awhile, and finally, the prize was revealed!

[Silver Wolf Mask] (Violet-Platinum, Armor)

Defense: 80

Vitality: 806

Strength: 540

Agility: 240

{Level 3 Socket 1}

{Level 3 Socket 2}

Level Requirement: 80

The Champion party had a 30% of drawing Violet-Platinum equipment, this little girl was pretty lucky!

Following the first draw, Daffodil Daydream was the second person to walk up for the lucky draw. After a thrilling spin pf the big wheel, her prize was also shown on the big screen.

[Moonstream Gown] (Yellow-Gold, Cloth Armor)

Defense: 8

Vitality: 288

Intelligence: 270

Vigor: 115

{Level 2 Socket 1}

{Level 2 Socket 2}

Level Requirement: 60

Unfortunately, her luck was out of it on that day, she could only claim a piece of Yellow-Gold equipment. Although Yellow-Gold equipment were a luxury that commoners could only dream of, compared to the other potential draws, this was a letdown! She couldn't help but walk away rather sadly.

However, Daffodil Daydream was already equipped with a full set of Yellow-Gold armor set, so this piece of Yellow-Gold equipment was basically useless to her. She could still earn a huge fortune by selling it, at least!

Han Ying Xue became the third person to step forward. This woman always had a ridiculous amount of luck, when it came to finding things, and earning equipment. She could have even bedded the system itself for all you knew, and the outcome of her draw was no big surprise!

[Gown of Devotion] (Violet- Platinum, Cloth Armor)

Defense: 16

Vitality: 806

Intelligence: 540

Vigor: 230

{Level 3 Socket 1}

{Level 3 Socket 2}

Required Profession: Priest

Level Requirement: 80

Heart of Devotion armor set (1/8):

3 pieces: increase your maximum mana points by 5000 points.

5 pieces: when player uses a healing skill, increase 10% casting speed, last for 10 seconds, can stack up to 3 layers at maximum.

8 pieces: Any of your healing skill has a 5% rate of summoning a mirror of yourself, aiding you in healing!

This woman really had a level of luck that challenged the gods in the heavens! Not only did she draw out a Violet-Platinum, that equipment was also an armor set piece!

The usually stone-faced Sun Xin Yu had an uncharacteristic gleam in her face, unable to hide her excitement. She walked to the stage with a rather lively gait that wouldn't be usually associated with her.

The big wheel once again spun, and stopped!

[Titan Greaves] (Violet-Platinum, Armor)

Defense: 80

Vitality: 806

Strength: 230

Agility: 115

Equip: absorb 232 damage when attacked.

{Level 3 Socket 1}

{Level 3 Socket 2}

Required Profession: Guardian

Level Requirement: 80

Titan Armor Set (1/8):

{Titan Helmet}, {Titan Necklace}, {Titan Chest Plate}, {Titan Cape}, {Titan Gaunlets}, {Titan Greaves}, {Titan Boots}, {Titan Wall}

3 pieces: increase your maximum health points by 10,000 points.

5 pieces: With every effective {Block}, your {Shield Bash} will not consume any rage points, and you gain 100% damage! Last for 3 seconds.

8 pieces: Every time when you are attacked, there is 1% chance to acquire 'Blessing of Titan', stun enemy for 10 seconds. This effect is effective against all boss monsters below the grade of Violet-Platinum.

A Guardian's Armor Set!

Zhang Yang could not stop himself from rubbing his hands against each other, and he basically drooled at Sun Xin Yu as she was on her way back, and he said, "Ice queen, you really are gorgeous today, I love you so, so much!"

Even the icy cold personality of Sun Xin Yu gave way, and she rolled her eyes at Zhang Yang, saying, "Did I ever mention anything about giving it to you?"

"Hehe!" This woman was a volatile flame. A little teasing would work on her, but any further, she would only be angered! Zhang Yang smiled wisely and walked towards the lucky draw counter to claim his prize.

Spin, and spin, and spin!

Zhang Yang reached out his hand and pressed the button, immediately turning around to look at the big screen on his back.

The wheel stopped!

The prize was --

[Love's Thorn] (Violet-Platinum, Dagger)

Attack: 1259-1659

Base Attack Time: 1.9 seconds

DPS: 768

{Level 3 Socket 1}

{Level 3 Socket 2}

Upon equip: Successful attacks on the target have the possibility to inflict 'Love's Thorn', decreases 20% of the target's attack, lasts for 5 seconds.

Level Requirement: 80

What a terrifying DPS! That is actually double the damage value compared to Zhang Yang's [Dark Enigmatic Sword]! With the Base Attack Time of 1.9 seconds, it was definitely unmatched among the equipment of thieves. Being stabbed by this would not be fun!

Zhang Yang walked back towards his party and smiled, "Icy, it seems you stand to gain a lot more!" Thieves depended on their offensive power far more than anything else. This would turn her into a legend among thieves!

Sun Xin Yu smiled vaguely without saying a word, expressing naked, unrestrained joy on her face. It was a very fresh outlook of her.

"And now, we shall hand out the Most-Valuable-Player award! Let us move forward to the final lucky draw! And this final candidate is --" Liu Wan Fei drew out a piece of paper from the envelop on her hands, paused for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhan Yu!"

The crowd instantly cheered for him.

Wei Yan Er pouted unhappily, "Hmph! Such bad taste! I performed so much better than that noob tank!"

Liu Wan Fei pulled Zhang Yang close and hugged him tightly, once again. This time, she made a point of bumping her massive badonkers against Zhang Yang's chest a few times, before saying, "Mr Zhan Yu, you are the guildmaster of Lone Desert Smoke, and also the MVP of the Soaring Swords competition. Do you have any words to share with the players around the world?"

Zhang Yang gave it a thought before saying, "{{God's Miracle}} is not just an outstanding platform of the gaming world, it is also a society within a virtual reality, one in which anyone can find joy and discover new worlds! I hope that more players will join {{God's Miracle}}. Let us conquer the world together and claim our future!"

The hall erupted in cheers and applause.

"Hehe, well said, Mr. Zhan Yu! Then, let us proceed to the drawing of the grand prize for the MVP of the competition!"

Zhang Yang took a deep breath before pressing the button once again!

Spin! And spin! And spin!

And the wheel stopped!

One fine thick shield immediately appeared on the big screen behind Zhang Yang, and the incredibly strong attributes left everyone speechless!

[Titan Wall] (Violet-Platinum, Shield)

Defense: 1920

Vitality: 1344

Upon equip: absorbs 696 damage when attacked.

Upon equip: Increases the duration of {Shield Wall} for 5 seconds.

Required Profession: Guardian

Level Requirement: 80

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Chapter 283: Second Adjustment of Class Mechanics

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One Sword Stroke was sure that he had popped a vein somewhere in his temple. But he did not care!

This was just too convenient! Lone Desert Smoke has been well-known to be highly efficient in dungeon progression. To witness Zhang Yang being conveniently provided with two pieces of Violet-Platinum equipment, it was stupidly ridiculous! By the time Zhang Yang achieves Level 80 who in the world would stand a chance against them?

He may have obtained one piece of Violet-Platinum equipment, an accessory at that too! Normally, accessories such as rings and necklaces are extremely difficult to find, they were a gem among all other equipment, but the odds of drawing two set equipment would put that accessory to shame!

Zhang Yang had obtained two pieces of the [Titan Armor Set, if he could only get one more piece of the set, then he would have fulfilled the conditions for first set effect! He will instantly gain an additional 10,000 health points! This would only mean that his error margin for dungeons would be widened--it wasn't like his skills needed further cushioning--and he would also last much longer against open world bosses!

Holy sh*t, this is bad, this is really bad! How did he draw so many good items!

One Sword Stroke was already sinking into despair, his face darkening with each passing moment!

In contrast, Zhang Yang was experiencing utmost joy, because for Guardians, their shields defined their entire being! Getting a good shield was so much more important compared to anything else!

After the lucky draw session, a few officers of the Organizing Committee took turns giving their utterly useless speeches, and finally, the Soaring Swords competition came to closure.

The servers of {{God's Miracle}} would be shut down for 6 hours starting from 2 a.m, for a server maintenance, and new patches and updates would be implemented.

Other than that, the large-scale epic movie -- {{Heart of the Knight}} which was filmed entirely in the {{God's Miracle}} by the 'Counting-Gold-Stones Film company' in association with 'Dream Technology', had already been wrapped up, and ready for release. The movie would be aired in cinemas and in the game on the 1st of January, so audiences can choose to watch it in the cinema or to experience a spectator's view of the epicly marvelous and magnificent war movie!

The Organizing Committee had already aided the contestants in purchasing their tickets back to their respective homes, but they did not provide anything for players such as Zhang yang and Han Ying Xue who lived closer to Shang Hai. As the 10 members of the Lone Desert Smoke left the hotel, they arrived at the beach located 10 miles away from the metropolis. Although the cold wind was strong, but it did not cool down their warm hearts, as they had supper, and fulfilling conversations. They only went back to the hotel to rest at almost 3 am in the morning.

As the Organizing Committee only took responsibility for the staying cost until 12 pm the next day, if any players wished to stay, they would have to dig out their own pocket money to cover the expenses.

On the next day at about 9 am, everyone only began to wake up one after another. After a heavy-hearted goodbye, Zhang Yang, Fatty Han, Sun Xin Yu, Han Ying Xue, and Wei Yan Er finally began their journey back to Zhou Su city.

Sun Xin Yu reported straight back at the police station after her leave of absence, while Fatty Han drove Zhang Yang back to the narrow road of his housing area.

"Little Yang, just who is that lady cop?" Fatty Han finally asked, out of curiosity. Releasing Zhang Yang out of the prison cell with one call, and cutting the power supply of a high-class famous hotel in Shang Hai for more than 10 minutes just by saying 'I will take full responsibility'. It was mind-blowing!

Contacting the local police station demanding for the release of a person charged in 'dealing with prostitutes' wasn't that difficult, even an influential person like Lost Dream could have done it. But to cut the power supply of a large hotel for more than 10 minutes, even the grandfather of Lost Dream might not have the power to do so!

It was not that his grandfather could not do it, but if the matter was found out by the government and used it as a 'weapon' against his family, there would be no way out for them!

However, even the next day after, the incident of the 'Jin Yuan' hotel blackout had not been published or even mentioned in any of the news channels, and not even a crumb had shown up on the internet! Just how terrifying is her influence and strength then?

Although Lost Dream had a big mouth, he was no idiot. He had stated that unless his grandfather became the governor himself or was the governor's aide, only then could he pull off this sort of thing in his own turf!

So who is Sun Xin Yu? Zhang Yang had never asked her before, leaving him to question himself: He was really a failure of a boyfriend!

After sending Zhang Yang back home, Fatty Han continued to coast around the area slowly. Zhang Yang could see the wretched fatty stopping his car to pick up a woman after driving a few hundred meters away from his drop off!

That pervert!

He could only shake his head, as he went up the stairs, opening his door, embracing his home. He squeezed himself back into his comfortable lair that he had left unattended for days.

He went straight online to check the official website of the game to see if there was any new information about the upcoming updates.

The first information was about the adjustment of the profession skills, and the information related to warrior classes were --

'1. All instant spells, skills will have a 1 second common cool down period after activation.'

Not just warriors, but this one statement would weaken every single class in the game!

For example, when a berserker is being {ambushed} by a thief, losing health points in the stunned state, would still boost their rage points up to 100 points. As long as there is 1 health point left, the berserker would have one chance of retaliating, and regular attack {Tornado Cleave} {Destructive Smash} {Force Strike} could all be activated in the same instance. Due to the extreme power of a two-handed weapon, it might even instantly kill an opponent!

However with this new implementation, after doing a regular attack {Tornado Cleave}, berserker players would have to wait for 1 second before they can activate their {Destructive Smash}, then wait for another 1 second before being able to activate {Force Strike}.

It did nerf every class, but it would affect warriors the most!

'2. The skill {Vanguard's Aggression} has been revised. It is now similar to an {Aura} effect, the shield can be moved around with the activator as the center point, it would still be 3 meters wide in diameter, and still last for 10 seconds.'

This can be considered to be a powerful upgrade, as it increases the flexibility and possibilities in both party PK and dungeon battles.

'3. The rage point consumption of some warrior's skills are adjusted! The rage point consumption for {Force Strike} has been increased from 30 rage points to 40 rage points. The rage point consumption for {Tornado Cleave} has been increased from 20 rage points to 45 rage points. The rage point consumption of {Destructive Smash} has been increased from 30 rage points to 45 rage points. The rage point consumption of {Horizontal Sweep} has been increased from 20 rage points to 45 rage points.'

That was simply ruthless, seriously impeding the explosive force of the warrior class!

After that, the Professional League Championship which Zhang Yang had long waited for finally surfaced on the news feed!

Just like it was in his previous life, the Professional League Championship will be divided into two levels, the S rank and the A rank, and the championship will be held in the form of regional matches.

There would be a total of 16 parties in the S rank level while there would be 32 parties in the A rank level championship. All of them will be ranked based on their accumulated Championship Points.

Each party can have 10 party members, and the competition will implement seven 1 VS 1 battles and one 5 VS 5 party battle as the layout. 1 match point is awarded to the winning side in the 1 VS 1 match, while 2 match points will be awarded to the winning side in 5 VS 5 match!

When one party has acquired 5 match points, they will be awarded 1 accumulated Championship Point.

Each player can only enter 1 VS 1 match once, but the 5 VS 5 party match would not take note on whether the player has taken part in any previous matches or not.

The championship is scheduled to begin by the beginning of February, spanning until the end of December. After that, the top two winners on the ranking list in every region of the S rank championship will be appointed to join the World Elite League Championship for the finals which will be held in January, entering into contest for the title of the worlds best achiever's champion!

Other than that, the last four parties on the ranking list from the S rank championship will compete with the best four parties from the A rank championship, and their opponents will be decided through the drawing of lots. The winning party will either proceed further into the competition or continue to stay in the S rank championship for next year, while the losing party will be pushed down to the A rank championship.

The contestants of the S rank and the A rank championships will be paid annually by Dream Technology, but only the contestants with an active rate higher than 30% will be paid. Because of having only seven 1 VS 1 matches, and the same contestant being able to repeatedly enter for the 5 VS 5 party battles, Dream Technology was worried that some parties may deliberately hide two or three inactive names to rob them of some cash!

Other than the S rank and A rank championship, there are also the other B, C, D rank championship which implemented the 'ladder climbing' method of accumulating points. As long as the contestants are capable, they can swiftly leap from the D rank championship straight into the B rank championship.

Similarly, when S rank and A rank championships are on break, the eight parties of the bottom eight of the A rank championship shall compete with the eight parties of the top eight of the B rank championship in the elimination matches.

Those who win will be able to proceed into the A rank championship while those who lose will have to fight in the B rank championship!

The parties that managed to enter the top 16 in the previous Soaring Swords competition in Shang Hai will be selected as the seeded parties in the S rank category championship. As for the A rank category, 32 parties will be competing against each another. 16 parties out of the 32 will be selected as the seeded parties in the A rank category championship. As for the remaining available 16 slots in A rank championship, players who decide to take part will have to compete among each other in a regional competition among main cities, and the top 32 entries of this regional competition will go through an elimination competition to secure their slots into the remaining 16 slots in the A rank category competition.

Parties that have been selected as the seeded parties had a choice of dropping out, but they must report to the system by the 10th of January, next year so that the organizer will have an easier time finding replacements.

Other than that, the comparative ratio between the game time and the reality time will become 3:1 starting from 1st of January, and players can also adjust themselves into sleep mode while playing the game. In other words, three days in the game would be equal to one day in the reality, and players can play while they slept, this function has given the white collar workers a great blessing!

At the same time, otakus would be able to play for half a month without having to worry about food and sleep!

Zhang Yang took up his game helmet and logged into the game, and instantly, a series of system voice notification exploded in his ears.

'Ding! Congratulation on acquiring the 'Champion' title of the Soaring Sword competition (China)!'

'Ding! You have leveled up by 3 level!'

'Ding! You have obtained 1 skill point!'

'Ding! You have acquired an item: [Love's Thorn]!'

'Ding! Your cash prize has been deposited into your locked on bank account, please check the amount!'

'Ding Congratulation on acquiring the 'MVP' title of the Soaring Sword competition (China)!'

'Ding! You have leveled up by 1 level!'

'Ding! You have acquired an item: [Titan Wall]!'

The body of Zhang Yang streamed in continuous beams of gold light, and his level was elevated from Level 67 to Level 71 in just a brief moment, becoming the highest leveled player in the whole of China!

He added the skill point that he acquired from reaching Level 70 and the award he received from being the champion onto his {Warrior's Will}, with the addition of the skill point he earned from the First Clear of the Thunderbolt Prison, his {Warrior's Will} had been upgraded up to Level 7, and the cool down time had been shortened to only 4 minutes!

At his logging in, his members flooded their leader with congratulatory messages, one after another. Hundred Shots was still on the plane, so everyone was taking that opportunityto butter up Zhang Yang through the guild channel. If they missed this opportunity now, when the 'tiger' is back in the lair, these kittens will never get another chance to fool around!

As Zhang Yang did not have the momentum to level up at that moment, he decided to go for some bidding in the Auction House. As he looked around, he unintentionally found the recipe for the [Beginner Mobility Potion]! The person who was auctioning this piece of recipe was obviously not aware of the value of this piece of alchemy recipe, and only wanted 500 gold pieces for it!

Zhang Yang immediately locked in on the auction and bought the recipe. Yu Li happened to be online, so he contacted her, handing over the recipe for her to master! Then, he took out the [Frozen Ice Weedings] that was stored in the warehouse long ago and passed it to Yu Li to craft the potions!

Yu Li had returned to {{God's Miracle}} ever since her mother had been discharged from the hospital, and she had dedicated her time in the game to her alchemy profession. Under the strong support of Zhang Yang, she had managed to upgrade her alchemist skill to the professional level in just a short amount of time. However, the recipes of the [Beginner Anti-Shadow Potion] and [Level 3 Fire resistance Potion] were not easy to come by, so she did not get the chance to master them.

It was fortunate that the demand for these two type of potions had passed their peak seasons, so she had not lost out significantly.

Ever since the night when he popped her cherry... the two of them had repeated their nightly activities several more times after! Ever since that night, Yu Li had been sexually awoken, and her appetite had only grown, as did her finesse and skills in that field, giving Zhang Yang a really 'hard' time!

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Chapter 284: Snow White

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Another day passed, and the players who participated in the memorable Soaring Sword competition had arrived at the doorsteps of their cozy home, and the profile icons that had been left dimmed for a day in the friend list started lighting up one after another, as players got back to their daily lives.

Zhang Yang logged into the game early in the morning, and the first thing he saw was the portrait icon of Wei Yan Er glowing brightly in his friend list! Shocked, he sent her a private message asking, "Little girl, did you just skip your classes again?"

"Who said that I am? It's New Years Eve for Christ's sake! We have three days off!"

"Even so, don't you have anything else to do? Are you planning to get a degree in {{God's Miracle}} or something?"

"Stupid stupid stupid! I specialize in art, I am going to be a great designer! What's the use of sh*t like maths and science? The company will be managed by professional managers, all I'll have to do is to capture the fashion sense according to time and make the best designs ever!"

"... You sure come up with wonderful excuses for your slackiness, you know that?"

"Hmph! Bully! Just leave me be! Pui!"

After partying up with Han Ying Xue, Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream, Zhang Yang led the party towards the Level 70 dungeon, the Kingdom of Oz.

Because Fatty Han and Hundred Shots were only in their mid sixty levels at the moment, therefore, only the members who joined the Soaring Sword competition together with Zhang Yang met the requirements to enter a Level 70 dungeon. Each of them had been elevated by 3 levels as one of their rewards. Other than Zhang Yang, Sun Xin Yu was currently at Level 68, while Han Ying Xue, Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream were currently at Level 67, and they could merely sweep the monsters in a Level 70 dungeon for now.

One large region may have up to six Level 70 maps, or three Level 80 maps, or only one Level 90 map! However, the map sizes would grow proportionally larger as they grew lesser! The area of the Kingdom of Oz was basically six times larger than the total mass area of the Forest of Tanila!

The Kingdom of Oz was built by men, but these men were unaffiliated to any of the other human kingdoms. It is a neutral kingdom, having great relationships with the centaur, the dryad, the half-elf and many other races, together, resisting the corruption of the undead and demons across their land!

As the four of them traveled across the rainforest, they finally arrived at a small ancient town. Close to the entrance of the town there were a few pieces of wanted posters pasted on the notice board, and surprisingly, one of the wanted posters was blinking with a yellow exclamation mark. It was a player quest.

[Wanted: Snow White] (Quest Difficulty: B rank)

Quest description: Snow White is the princess to the Kingdom of Oz, but because she murdered her own father, the great Ontario The Third, she is now being wanted for treason and murder by the queen herself! Take note, Snow White is an extremely dangerous individual and is good in manipulating people! Therefore, one must be extremely cautious of her words, and once her whereabouts are discovered, please inform the authorities of the kingdom immediately, or kill her on sight! The queen will provide handsome rewards! Latest news: It was rumored that a person that looks like Snow White was last spotted in the Butterfly Valley!

The four of them exchanged looks, and Han Ying Xue began to speak, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?"

"Dream Technology and move rip-offs!" Zhang Yang nodded.

"Are we accepting this?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Of course we are accepting it! Didn't you see 'handsome rewards'?"

"Oh, noob tank, you really are heartless, Snow White is already so pitiful, framed by her stepmother for murdering her own beloved father, on top of persecution from her stepmother, and now you are accepting this quest to kill her! I was wrong about you! Boo!" Wei Yan Er was drawing a clear demarcation between whom to hate and whom to love, stating that she was furious with Zhang Yang's decision.

"Silly little girl, if we don't look for Snow White, who would help her fight against her evil witch stepmother?"

"Oh! We shall depart for Butterfly Valley then?"

"Of course!"

The location of the Butterfly Valley was not indicated on the wanted notice, and the new map was still covered in the fog of war, showing only the areas that were explored before. But, right beneath the nose of a person were a pair of lips, so all they needed to do was flap them and ask!

Although the NPCs of the town never spoke in detail, they did point them to the direction the needed to head for!

After leaving town, the four of them headed east. After an approximate time of 20 minutes, they arrived at a small valley where flowers bloom in every corner of the place, and grass grew green all over the ground. There was a deer chewing on some grass, and countless colourful butterflies danced in the air around them, and they seemed to form a letter 'S' which later turned into a 'B'.

"What a great place, so this is the place where the seven dwarfs and Snow White live?" The three ladies were filled with joy and they were couldn't wait to venture further, for it was every girl's dream to meet their prince charming.

Fortunately, Fatty Han wasn't there, or he would have said something crazy like having an orgy of eight to immediately destroy the fantasies of the three ladies!

Walking all the way into the deep valley side, the place grew smaller and tighter, just like a 'V' shape. When they arrived at the bottom of the valley, the distance between the two walls beside them were merely 20 meters apart from each other. Located at the deepest part of the valley, there was a row of very low houses. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, a total of seven low houses!

There was a vast garden in front of the houses, surrounded by a fence made of bamboo. In the middle of the garden stood a beautiful woman who looked like she was in her mid-twenties, sitting quietly on a deck chair made of wood, basking in the sun light. She was wearing a dress made of silk, and had long hair that went straight down to her waist. Her skin is as fair as the colour of milk, smooth and white!

[Snow White] (Elite, Humanoid creature)

Level: 76

HP: 152,000

Defense: 400

Note: "Evil" princess, by the queen's decree, to kill on sight!

As Zhang Yang and the gang walked straight into the range of Snow White's aggro, she was immediately shocked, and then she shouted, "Have you been sent here by that wicked witch to rid the world of me as well? I will not let her do as she pleases!"

Shoof! Snow White instantly charged forward and initiated her attack on Zhang Yang and the gang.

Zhang Yang immediately reacted and activated his {Charge} to meet her charge, knocking Snow White into a state of stun. He begun kiting the hostile enemy.

Even if she slightly outleveled them, she was just an elite NPC, and under the strong fire power of the small party, Snow White was taken down to the ground in no time, leaving her with only a small amount of health points left. However, she became invincible almost immediately after, which could only mean that they had triggered a script.

"Please don't kill me! Please! I beg of you!" Snow White begged pitifully, her eyes welling up with tears. "I did not murder my own beloved king. He was my father, it was the deed of that wicked witch! She framed me, and attempted to shut my mouth once and for all! She plans to turn every single one of the citizens of the Kingdom of Oz into her slaves!"

'Ding! You have two options:

1. Kill Snow White, present her heart to the Queen of Oz and claim your rewards!

2. Spare Snow White, and maybe she will ask for your aid in doing something!'

Zhang Yang and the gang received a system indication at the same instance.

"Of course we are picking option number two! How can we help the wicked and kill the innocent!" Wei Yan Er spoke another corny line that she had picked up from the garbage she was watching these days.

"... Silly Yu, if we kill the queen, do you think we'll get her magic mirror? Once I look into the mirror, it shall say, 'Han Ying Xue, Han Ying Xue, you are the fairest among them all!"

Zhang Yang frowned a little and said, "Let me teach you something easier, all you have to do is to record this phrase and play it to yourself everyday! Isn't that nice?"

"You really aren't romantic at all! Hmph!"

"So, all in favor of option one then?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Yang nodded and took a step back, then he began speaking to Snow White, "Princess Snow White, we believe you!"

'Ding! You have made the decision for your party, the quest: 'Wanted: Snow White' has been automatically dropped from your quest list!'

Snow White was clearly relieved and grateful, and she tearfully told her story, "My father was a great king, but three years ago after my mother died, my father married this wicked witch! She did not only murder my father, the King, and take over his throne, but also tried to get rid of me, his legitimate flesh and blood. She will not rest till then!"

"Travelers, are you willing to aid me in getting rid of this wicked witch, and return the glorious days of old back to the Kingdom of Oz?"

Wei Yan Er quickly took the initiative to speak to Snow White, and she said, "Princess, we will definitely help you! Rest assured, we are going back the way we came from and rid the world of this wicked witch, once and for all!"

"No! It is not possible! That wicked witch has a mirror with unlimited immense power, which can kill anyone with ease! Even the great gods tremble in fear before the power of that mirror!" Snow White quickly shook her head, "To be able to handle that wicked witch, one must destroy that of mirror first!"

"Alright! Let us move on to destroying the mirror!" Wei Yan Er thumped her chest and immediately turned to leave!

Snow White immediately stopped her from doing so, she said, "Brave and just warrior, you must not be hasty about this, that mirror is incredibly strong, normal weapons are definitely not going to damage it!"

"So what do we do?"

"You have to defeat the Stone Giant Herlow and get his heart. It is made out of the strongest stone in existence, even the thunder strikes from the Gods cannot destroy it! Use the heart of Herlow to shatter that mirror, and then you will be able to destroy the mirror once and for all!"

'Ding! Snow White has provided you a quest: The World's Strongest Stone, accept or decline?'

The four immediately accepted the quest.

[The World's Strongest Stone] (Quest difficulty: A Rank)

Quest description: Slay the Stone Giant Herlow, get his heart to destroy the wicked queen's mirror! Take note, the Stone Giant Herlow is extremely powerful, it is recommended that you invite more friends to aid you in this quest! You may find Stone Giant Herlow at the south side of the Mount Heaven's Fall.

Limit of players for the quest: 5 players (can be shared)

Completion: Obtain the heart of the Stone Giant Herlow 0/1

"The quest can be done with five players? Then let's go find the boss first, when icy comes online, let her use the [Lover's Charm, and then we shall complete the quest together!" Zhang Yang looked at the quest description while saying it.

Han Ying Xue humphed lightly and said, "Silly Yu, you really care for her don't you, always remembering to count her in, every single time!"

"If you are talking about that now, don't I treat you even better? When have I ever not called you along for any boss fights?" Zhang Yang fought back against her claim.

"It's obvious that you are using me like a mule! Bringing me along just to be your walking potion!"

While joking around with smiles and laughter, the four of them headed towards the exit of the valley.

Suddenly, Wei Yan Er was reminded of something, "Argh! We actually forgot to drop by the houses and take a look at the dwarfs!"

Daffodil Daydream smiled and said, "Yan Er, the seven dwarfs must be the dwarfs that we all know of, so there shouldn't be anything special to look at!"

"Oh -- "

Arriving back at the small town, Zhang Yang tried to pry for information about the location of the Mount Heaven's Fall from the NPCs. Only after asking seven or eight NPCs, they finally knew that the general direction to Mount Heaven's Fall was to the west. They were unable to get any other details!

The party of four rode out towards the west, and after one and a half hour, they finally arrived at the next small town. Once again, they asked the NPCs around and continued heading towards Mount Heaven's Fall.

"Noob tank, why is it taking so long just to find a monster?" Wei Yan Er began to feel impatient. They had been running around all day long, and she was getting frustrated.

"Calm your badonkers, starting from tomorrow, the time in the game and the time in our reality shall be adjusted to the ratio of 3:1!"

"Wouldn't everyone be moving in fast forwarded pace then?"

Zhang Yang laughed out a while and said, "Our human thinking ability is measured in light speed, even with the adjustment of 3:1 ratio, you will not feel any difference!"

"... Does that mean that traveling on a journey to some place else will still consume a large amount of time?"

"Indeed, from your perspective, everything will still remain the same!" Zhang Yang nodded.

After another hour of traveling, finally, they arrived at the Mount Heaven's Fall. This was a tall mountain that pierced through the layer of clouds, but the tip of it was remarkably flat, as if it had been sliced off by a sharp sword, leaving the whole mountain with an entirely flat head! Legend had it that this Mount Heaven's Fall was connected straight up to the palace of the Gods. However, as the gods grew tired of being disturbed by mortals, they cast their power to cut Mount Heaven's Fall into half, which led to the appearance it had now.

Zhang Yang and his party arrived at the south of the foothills of Mount Heaven's Fall. They found a way into the stone valley and entered this deep and quiet valley.

"Humans! Please leave, now! This is the abode of the great Herlow, no trespassers shall interrupt him!" a humanoid shape, its body being made entirely out of blackened mud suddenly crawled out from a pile of mud not far from them, speaking to the four of them in a deep voice.

[Stone Valley Mud Man] (Elite, Elemental Creature)

Level: 72

HP: 144,000

Defense: 800

The monster's name was yellow in color, meaning that the monster was currently non-hostile. However, if Zhang Yang and the party ventured any further, it would probably turn red and attack them.

Wei Yan Er took out her big axe and shouted, "Hey mud monster, let's see how I turn you into mud pile of sh*t!"

She charged forward with a shoof, starting the fight.

Zhang Yang chuckled a little and took over in kiting the monster. With his current defense, one heal from Han Ying Xue will would completely counteract any damage the mud man could deal, allowing him to unleash his damage with joy.

In less than 10 seconds, the Mud Man was really beaten into a pile of mud sh*t.

The gang continued to push forward, and more Mud Men crawled out of the mud piles by the side of the corridor they were passing through. As they had already entered the territory of the monsters, the Mud Men were immediately hostile and attacked them relentlessly.

Killing these Mud Men was nothing more than genocide, for they did not even drop any loot! That drove Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er so mad to the point, that they were releasing their anger by shouting out to the heavens, complaining about how stingy the system was!

After killing about 20 or more of these mud monsters, finally, one equipment was dropped!

[Stone Helmet] (Green-Copper, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 10

Vitality: 84

Strength: 42

Agility: 21

Level requirement: 70

Stone Armor Set (1/5)"

Stone Helmet, {Stone Chest Plate}, {Stone Gaunlets}, {Stone Greaves}, {Stone Boots}.

3 pieces: Increase defense by 200 points.

5 pieces: Increase HP by 2000 points.

"An [Armor Set, not bad at all!" Zhang Yang nodded continuously.

Daffodil Daydream was confused, so she asked, "Green-Copper [Armor Set, isn't the quality a little too low?"

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "After the appearance of the second set of armor, there will be no more [Armor Set] pieces appearing again, and only open world bosses might drop this kind of armor pieces! Therefore, don't overlook its Green-Copper tier, it is one of the mainstream equipment in the eyes of most players. Well, at least it will remain this way until players reach Level 80!"

Daffodil Daydream understood and said, "So after level 80, when a Violet-Platinum boss appear, they will be the new Gold-Yellow! And the Gray-Silver bosses in the future shall be the same as Green-Coppers to us. So, the Gray-Silver grade equipment shall become worthless goods that would be easily found by the roadside at leisure!"

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Chapter 285: Stone Giant Herlow

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After running forwards for some distance, the rate of Mud Men appearing from the sides began to decrease, and eventually, they disappeared. After going through a narrow and small exit, the gang instantly saw a stinging light in front of them, and a huge temple appeared right in front of their eyes!

This temple was in the shape of a pyramid. From the looks of it, there was no telling of how many floors the building had. Every single surface of the building was smooth and shiny, and the height of the building was approximately hundreds of meters. The base of the building alone was already 30 to 40 meters tall, it was a magnificent sight to behold!

Within the peripheral view of the temple, there was a large number of rock monsters patrolling back and forth, their heavy footsteps issuing out continuous rumbles, like the sound of thunder along with the tremors of earthquake!

[Stone Man of Mount Heaven's Fall] (Elite, Elemental Creature)

Level: 73

HP: 146,000

Defense: 1000

"The game company is really mean, how am I going to play when each move consumes so much rage points?" Wei Yan Er began to complain about the new adjustments made by the company. Because after yesterday's adjustment on several game mechanics, her damage output had been significantly reduced! She was really unhappy about it!

"Previously, the damage output of the warrior was indeed a little too high. For hunter and thief class, their focus points and mana points recover consistently, so their damage will more or less be constant, but warriors gain power the longer a battle drags on, meaning that the longer they engage in battle, the more powerful they become. Therefore, it's only appropriate that they get nerfed to balance things out!" Zhang Yang spoke out pertinently, hittting right in the point!

He was a tanker, so the increase in the consumption of rage points did not hit him as much as imagined. Because as long as he is hit, he will be able to accumulate rage points.

"Oh yea, are we required to take part in the Professional League Championship?" Han Ying Xue asked in a sudden.

"Of course we are!" Zhang Yang nodded, "Why? Is your 'Silky Soft Bra' planning to crown it's name upon our party again? Please no, I really am afraid of you people. Won't we lose all our face and dignity if we are to be called the 'Silky Soft Bra' party every time we go on stage!?"

"I can't believe you're so childish! What's wrong with the name 'Silky Soft Bra', are you saying that you don't wear your underwear?"

"The main thing is neither the bra nor Silky Soft, it is because when these two name are combined together, it's such a blatant statement! Would you run on the streets on the streets, shouting bra, bra, try out this bra?" Zhang Yang shook his head in shame.

"Pui! Of course anyone would treat you as an idiot if you shout and run like a madman on the streets, it wouldn't matter what you're shouting about!"

"Back to the topic, guildmaster, a party of 10 members is one of the absolute requirements for joining the Professional League Championship, and now that we are short of members, how do we solve this?" Daffodil Daydream voiced out to Zhang Yang about the issue.

Zhang Yang gave it some thoughts and said, "We are definitely pulling Hundred Shots and Lost Dream over to our party! As for the remaining three members, I have not thought about it yet. We really need to let some core players stay back at our second party to prevent them from becoming a laughing stock in the S rank category championship!"

Han Ying Xue said, "If we cannot find any good party members, I'd rather we withdraw our second party from the competition!"

"We shall see about that, we might be able to buy some skillful players over to our side!"

"Goodness, noob tank, I can't believe you would do such an act, stealing players form other guilds! I'm wrong about you! Pui!"

The four of them pushed forward up the stairs. Although the stone monsters had very high defense, but Zhang Yang had {Eagle Eye} and Wei Yan Er had a two-handed weapon of a Yellow-Gold grade! So the monsters' high defense did not affect either of them much.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The stone monsters were smashed into pieces of small stones onto the ground one after another, it was like watching a fireworks extravaganza! But unfortunately, there no valuable loots dropped from the monsters they defeated. What stingy developers!

The number of monsters inside were definitely much more numerous than the mud monsters out there. Zhang Yang and the gang had been clearing the monsters from the afternoon until the evening, yet they still cold not clear all of them! After having their dinner and logging back into the game, they found Sun Xin Yu online.

Zhang Yang added Sun Xin Yu into the party, and used the [Lover's Charm] to teleport her over to their location. It was extremely convenient!

"Hey noob tank, why is there only one pair of this [Lover's Charm, and none other have ever appeared since then?" Wei Yan Er was feeling depressed, because they had already slain the Frozen Fractal Witch Spectre, Luke Vick several more times, and there was still no sign of any [Lover's Charms]. Sun Xin Yu had been generous enough to let her use it once, but she simply refused to part with it now!

Zhang Yang shook his head and said, "It's possible that this accessory was just a one-time drop, you better give up on it already! Oh yea, Icy, here's your [Love's Thorn]!"

He traded over the top-class weapon, [Love's Thorn] over to Sun Xin Yu while she handed over the [Titan Wall] over to him.

Zhang Yang could not hold his smile and he sent her a private message and said, "So does this count as us having traded our tokens of love with each other?"

"... " Sun Xin Yu could only roll her eyes at Zhang Yang.

With Sun Xin Yu joining their party, they started killing monsters in droves. In just an hour, they had managed to clear everything and enter the magnificent temple.

This gigantic temple was designed to only take up one floor, and on top side of the temple, there were countless stones, made of uncertain materials which glowed gently, lighting up the entire temple! They could even see the sand and dust on the floor! The floor of the temple is paved up with strong bricks, and each of those bricks were as large as approximately 10 square meters!

The temple had no pillars supporting it at all, the pyramid-shaped walls held itself up under constant tension, making it possible for such magnificent building to exist!

Anyone who stood in the middle of the temple will feel how tiny oneself's existence is!

It surprised all five of them at the same time. As they thought that such large temple would be filled with monsters, they had not expected the interior of the temple to be so empty and quiet to the point that it was scary. It was like the noises on the outside had been totally blocked out of the temple's interior area!

At the center of the temple, there was a large stone man sitting cross-legged. Zhang Yang and the party were like the size of an ant to the stone man, they seemed so insignificant before him!

[Stone Giant Herlow] (Yellow-Gold, Elemental Creature)

Level: 75

HP: 7,500,000

Defense: 2000

"I can sense your aura!" The seemingly asleep stone man suddenly opened it's mouth to speak. His voice was thunderous, and the air began to surge as if a storm was just pouring over them, causing them to stagger back from the impact!

Zhang Yang took out his sword and walked forward, then he said, "I'm really sorry, we need to borrow your heart for something!"

"Let me guess, you are going to use my heart to destroy the 'Mirror of Truth'?" suddenly, there was a strong fluctuation on the voice of Herlow, "So, you are the underlings of that wicked Snow White, you shall die!"

Herlow stood up and swung his fist towards Zhang Yang and his party!

The body mass of the boss was just too large, that right fist was already larger than a truck! Zhang Yang quickly shouted, "Dodge! Just dodge!"

He raised his shield up high and activated {Block}.

Boom!

The large fist of Herlow was forcefully blocked back, but that was because Zhang Yang had activated his skill {Block}. If it wasn't for his skill, all five of them would definitely taste the impact of the fist and become pancakes themselves!

Immediately, Zhang Yang raised up his sword and swung it, igniting a spark on the fist of the boss, inflicting a damage of '-1140'. After that, he swiftly charged towards the boss.

"Snow White is just pitiful! First she was framed as the murderer of the king, and then she has to bear with all these false accusations! You stinky rock monster, I will smash you to bits!" Wei Yan Er let out her high-pitched war cry. She dashed to the back of the boss and began to hit as hard as she could.

Another punch of Herlow was thrown into Zhang Yang.

'-6206!'

Zhang Yang was inflicted with a significant damage value, but his rage gauge had been boosted up to 50 points already!

{Cripple Defense}! {Cripple Defense}! {Cripple Defense}! {Cripple Defense}! {Cripple Defense}!

Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er coordinated with each other, making the activation of {Cripple Defense} upon the boss as their priority. They stacked five layers of {Cripple Defense} onto the boss and weakened the defense of the boss down to 1000 defense points. That had significantly increased the total damage output of Zhang Yang, Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er and Whitey!

Bosses that are Level 60 and above, nine out of ten, would be equipped with {Aura} skill. Of course, Herlow was one of them! His aura skill is {Rock Fall Aura}.

[Rock Fall Aura: To attack with rock fall, the targets within the effective range area is inflicted with 1500 physical damage in every 2 seconds. Range of the aura: With the user as the center point, a radius of 60 meters in diameter.

Zhang Yang could ignore the damage, but for the rest of his party members, it was a headache that cannot be taken lightly! It was fortunate that Han Ying Xue is a priest, able to provide group healing. Furthermore, with her powerful equipment, she could still manage healing everyone up.

But having to heal Zhang Yang as well while making sure everyone's health bars were at a safe state, Han Ying Xue was so busy to the point that she almost cried!

99%, 98%... The health bar of Herlow had finally began to reduce slowly.

Charge! Charge! Charge!

The battle had just began for awhile, suddenly, countless stone thorns drilled their way out from the surface of the body of Herlow, making the smooth body of Herlow to become spiky in an instant! Zhang Yang realized it and halted his assault right before his attack landed on Herlow, then he took a few steps back. Immediately he shouted out into the party channel and said, "Stop your attacks! Stop!"

But it was already too late!

He could control Whitey at his will, but Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu could not halt their attacks in time, so their weapons had already been smashed against the ankle of the boss.

'-9800!'

'-9880!'

Two high damage values appeared right above the heads of Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu respectively! Another additional wave of damage from the {Rock Fall Aura} would very likely finish them off! Fortunately, Daffodil Daydream had instantly canceled her own casting the moment she heard Zhang Yang's words.

'Ding! You are inflicted with 9800 physical damage from the {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage} of Herlow (200 damage reduction)!'

'Ding! You are inflicted with 9880 physical damage from the {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage} of Herlow (120 damage reduction)!'

The two ladies received the notifications from the system respectively.

"The boss has a reflective damage effect!" Wei Yan Er quickly shouted out loud to remind everyone!

"... Your reaction... is indeed fast enough..."

It was fortunate enough that the reflective damage effect of the boss only lasted for 10 seconds. The intimidating stone spikes all over his body swiftly retracted into his body soon after, giving the party the opportunity to continue unleashing their assaults upon the boss.

"We must keep an eye out for those spikes! None of your health points are above 20,000, two reflects would be enough to kill you!" Zhang Yang explained.

After engaging them a little while longer, Herlow once again activated his {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage}. Upon closer observation, they realized that the boss would activate his {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage} once every 30 seconds.

After a few {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage}, everyone was very familiar with the skill of the boss. They could even pull back their attacks one second right before the {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage} was activated. That had largely decreased the pressure of Han Ying Xue in healing them all.

Although Herlow was a Yellow-Gold boss, but he was not too difficult to handle. Other than the annoying damages inflicted by the effects of the {Rock Fall Aura} and the {Stone Spikes Reflective Damage}, his other strong points were his physical damages. But to engage with an outstanding tanker like Zhang Yang himself, those physical attacks were basically useless. The health points of the boss was decreasing down slowly but steadily!

10 minutes later, the boss had finally crumbled down to the ground and dropped many loots, including a piece of shiny stone that glittered silver, about the size of a fist.

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Chapter 286: Destroy the Magic Mirror

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[Heart of the Stone Giant Herlow] (Quest Item)

Item Description: The entire essence of the stone giant concentrated into a rock. This is the world's strongest rock that can break anything!

"We got it!" Zhang Yang picked the stone giant's heart and kept it in the inventory before looking at other items.

"Oh man…Why didn't this boss drop any weapon shards?" said Wei Yan Er. She had yet to get over Zhang Yang's Dark Enigmatic Sword. Even though there were three Yellow-Gold items and a bunch of Gray-Silver items around, there was not a single piece of weapon or armor shard.

Zhang Yang snickered at her and said, "This boss is as easy as a pie. Moreover, it's a quest based boss. It was kind enough to drop some Yellow-Gold items for you! What more can you ask for?"

"Stop talking and start picking! And don't forget to post the item descriptions if there are any good equipment!" said Han Ying Xue disgruntledly.

Who best to tame the raging Han Ying Xue besides little Wei Yan Er? Instantly, she had picked up the three Yellow-Gold equipment and posted it on the party channel.

[Obsidian Ring] (Yellow-Gold, Ring)

Vitality: 50

Strength: 47

{Unidentified}

Use: You have received the blessing of the Obsidian stone. Increases 700 Strength for 5 seconds.

Cool Down Time: 30 seconds

Level Requirement: 70

"Not bad. This item can grant a sudden burst damage. The cool down is a little too long though," said Zhang Yang.

"Rings have bonus attributes while Accessories doesn't, that should explain the length of the cooldown. Correct? After Identifying the item, the bonus Strength should be around 1000, right?" Wei Yan Er asked.

"Hm. That's right." Said Zhang Yang. He scratched his chin and added, "Little brat, I think I want this ring. High Vitality, good strength, yea…I like this. Besides, I only have two Level 50 rings!"

Wei Yan Er then quickly clutched the little metal ring in her hands and shook her head left and right vigorously. "Hell no! No way! Mine! Mine!"

Everyone could not help but laugh at her comical act.

[Emerald Crown] (Yellow-Gold, Cloth Armor)

Defense: 8

Vitality: 202

Intelligence: 189

Spirit: 100

{Unidentified}

Level Requirement: 70

Zhang Yang voiced out promptly. "Snow b*tch and Daffodil have Yellow-Gold equipment. I say we leave this one out for Fantasy Sweetheart."

Han Ying Xue immediately pouted. "*Cough* Somebody sure have a greedy heart. Just when you can't get enough from your own bowl, you've started to scoop from the pot!"

Zhang Yang frowned. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying, you already someone for you! Why are you still trying to pick up someone else?"

"Huh? Since when have you been in my bowl?"

"Oh please…I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about Daffodil! That girl is full on lady wood for you. Just look at the poor girl, she's been your guild secretary and personal assistant!" Han Ying Xue pulled Daffodil by the sleeve and pushed her forward, turning her cheeks crimson vermillion.

"Sigh…calling you a b*tch would be an insult to all b*tches out there. Please calm your titties! Why would you even try to tease her?"

[Defender's Gauntlet] (Yellow-Gold, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 40

Vitality: 101

Strength: 40

Intelligence: 20

{Unidentified}

Equip Effect: Absorb 81 damage on attack.

Level Requirement: 70

"Damn! That Endless Starlight is freaking lucky!"

Disgruntled, Zhang Yang kept the equipment that was meant for Defenders into his inventory. They may have looted plenty of Level 60 Yellow-Gold equipment from this boss, but since there were so many mouth to feed, there was a situation that even the main tank of the secondary raid team, Endless Starlight had not yet have a complete set of Level 60 Yellow-Gold equipment.

"Hmph! We can't just give it to him for free! We should charge him for it!" said Wei Yan Er.

"Yeah. I agree. At least 5,000 gold coins!" said Han Ying Xue.

Endless Starlight had always been hanging out with Fatty Han, a lot. Both of them had been casually spouting nonsense annoying the females.

Zhang Yang sighed at the pathetic Endless Starlight and said, "Cut him some slack, girls! Do you really think that charging 5,000 gold coins would be too much for that kid? I say, we charge him 50,000!"

"…what the hell…I had never knew that noob tank would be that sly! Nyehehehe!" said Wei Yan Er.

After collecting all the battle loots on the ground, the team went out of the temple and headed back to the valley to finish up the quest.

Along the way, the entire team was silent and quiet. There was not a single conversation going on. Eventually, the party, mostly just Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue, had to create some kind of joke just to tease the little girl, which had annoyed the ever so hyperactive Wei Yan Er. After "cutting ties" with Han Ying Xue for god-knows-how-many times, the team had arrived at the Butterfly Valley and spoke to Princess Snow White.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Strongest Stone in the Universe. Obtained 4,000,000 Experience Points!'

Snow White held the stone and pressed it against her chest and expressed her appreciation. "Adventurers! You have done it! You have brought the stone back!"

"It was nothing but a small task, my princess!" said Zhang Yang as he saluted the princess.

"I do not wish to pour cold water over this celebration, but the toughest part would be what comes next!" said Snow White as she gazed into the distance. "You will have to take this stone and infiltrate the Royal Castle. There, you will need to search for the magic mirror and destroy it with this stone! Only then, would the magical power of the evil witch be weakened! Dear adventurer! I plead of you, would you extend your help to save this Kingdom of Oz?"

'Ding! Princess Snow White has a quest for you: Destroy the Magic Mirror! Will you accept it?'

Zhang Yang stretched a little, doing a little warm-up before saying, "My princess, your wish is our command!"

"That's wonderful to hear! Here, I have something for you." Snow White took out a large cloak and gave it to Zhang Yang. "This magic cloak helped me escape the Royal Castle. Imbued in this cloak is the magic from my godmother which can be used to hide your body! Without it, I would have…*sigh*. Now, I give this to you. You can use this cloak to sneak through the Royal Castle outposts with ease. The magic mirror should be hidden in the deepest part of the Astrology Tower."

[Snow White's Magical Cloak] (Quest Item)

Item Description: Holy smokes! This cloak is truly fantastic! It could actually increase in size!

"Please make haste! That evil magic mirror is omniscient! If the evil witch had asked the right question, your lives might be in danger! Please hurry! Godspeed!" said Snow White nervously.

Zhang Yang received the cloak and turned to the princess. "My princess, rest assured, we will bring good news upon our return."

The five of them left the valley and not long after, Wei Yan Er slammed the back of her chocobo hard and it jumped in surprised. "Oh crap! I forgot to enter the house to check out the seven dwarfs!"

Other were also shock and thought that it was something more vital…

Along the way, Zhang Yang and the team rode rather quickly. He looked at the time and spoke. "After tonight, the time in the game will be altered. The time in the game will be three time slower than reality. A 3:1 ratio. Additionally, you can also play the game in sleep! It's 11.38pm. Let's logged off first and wait until midnight. Let's play together in our sleep then!"

"…Please! Who would want to sleep with you!"

Everyone agreed and logged out of the game to have their late-night supper, rest, and carry out other temporary recreational activities to pass the time. After 12 midnight, they logged back into the game and noticed the system announcement, saying the time in game and reality had been set from 1:1 to 3:1.

"I'd say, if the game time ratio was set to infinity, would that mean that we could live forever in the game?" asked Han Ying Xue.

"I think that would be an endless dream!"

"Somehow, that's a little scary."

"Pssh. Let's just focus on doing our quest. Let's not dwell too much on this."

After the game time was set, the players could feel no difference. Zhang Yang and his merry friends did not behave nor responded differently. The five of them rode down to a small town to inquire the location of the Royal Palace.

As the party venture on, they had spent more than five hours, and finally arrived to an ancient castle with high walls and barricade. Standing at the bottom of the mighty construction, they felt like they were literally ants in a gigantic mega structure. (Author's Note: Whenever time was mention in the game, unless specified, will be game time, not reality.)

Riding around the castle wall, they found a huge door and immediately entered the castle.

'Ding! You have entered Hera's Castle!'

You can observe the entire detail of Hera's Castle simple by opening the world map and focused on the castle. The Royal Palace was located at the center most point! Thus, the party rode forwards from the wall, towards the center.

Outside the Royal Palace, stood 16 well-armed, heavily-armored soldiers guarding the entrance to the palace. The ones to the right were armed with swords, and the remaining were armed with long spears. Each of them were extremely well-built, irradiating with enough malice to send any weak-spirited soldiers back home and cry for their mama.

[Royal Guard of Oz] (Elite. Humanoid)

Level: 78

HP: 1,000,000

Defense: 400

Note: Oz's most powerful soldiers. Each of them have been through thousands of battles and have been honed to perfection.

"16!? 1,000,000 HP elite monsters!?" Zhang Yang felt like his balls had just shrunk a little. "This is just the front gate! God knows what we will expect inside!"

"Quick! Take out the magic cloak!"

"Calm down, Harry Potter. Don't need to be that feisty!" Zhang Yang laughed at the little girl and took out the magic cloak. "Come to me. Try to squeeze in a little bit more. I think this cloak could fit us all!"

Even though the decryption had mention about its flexible size, there was still a limit to how large it could expand. The party literally had to squeeze together like sardine in a can to have the cloak effect.

"Gah! I--I have trouble breathing!"

"Can we even move properly like this?"

"Damn! Please woman! Have the courtesy to start dieting! You're so fat that you're taking up more space than I am!'

"Please, boy! Are you calling me fat? Just so you know, I'm well-figured!"

"Riiiiight…"

It was rather hard for the five of them moving together. They hobbled together at snail's pace. Like five drunkards wobbling about, the five of them bumped into each other repeatedly while they made their way into the palace.

thud*

They had even accidentally bumped into once of the guards. Fortunately, no matter how realistic the graphics of the game may be, the system of the game still relied on the visible spectrum in the sight of monsters to trigger their aggro. Since aggro was decided on sight and proximity, the party had not triggered any aggro and the guards remained silent and stoic.

"Nyehehehe. This is fun!" said Wei Yan Er. The little girl had taken the liberty to have fun while being squished like human sandwich; playing around and pushing the persons in front, while using her butt to bunt the person behind her.

"Damn! Stop playing, stupid! That dummy is touching me all over now!" Han Ying Xue squeaked. She was positioned directly behind Zhang Yang. Since Wei Yan Er had been playing around, she had caused Han Ying Xue to pressed her ample breasts against Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang immediately took offense and snarled. "Come on! This is just a game! Even if I were to unleash my beastly desires on you, you won't be affected one bit! That precious hymen of yours will still be there! Geez!"

"D-D-Dummy…" Han Ying Xue whispered quietly as blood rushed to her cheeks.

Obviously, rape or any sexual intercourse would not occur in the game. Still, everything we feel, see, hear, smell, and touch are all decided by electrical impulses in the brain. Even though in reality, Han Ying Xue and Zhang Yang had not made any physical contact, the game would generate a similarly tactile sensation that could not be distinguished from real life!

Secretly, Han Ying Xue was greatly aroused by the constant rubbing and pressure. Her breath was getting ragged and the most embarrassing part was, she could feel the tips of her globes stiffening up.

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Chapter 287: Shaenita

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After a short series of curving route and corners, the party had finally arrived at the deepest parts of the palace. There, a hundred-meter-tall tower stood there, covered in a completely silver outline which practically glowed brighter than the moon itself!

"Hm…silver…not appealing enough. It would be better if it was made of gold. It will look rather bold that way, no? You know, it looks like Sun Wu Kong's Ru Yi Jing Gu Bang1?"

The place where they were right now should be the Astrology Tower. Unlike other places that were fully guarded, this towering structure had only four guards securing the entrances and no one else inside. There was practically nothing inside but a long spirally stone stairway, twisting up all the way to the peak of the tower.

Zhang Yang removed the cloak and everyone finally sighed a breath of relief and moved away from their own personal space. Other than Wei Yan Er, who expressed her dissatisfaction of not having enough fun, the rest of the girls were flushed pink like a glowing peach. They could not be helped but to glance a Zhang Yang once in a while, while cowering away with a mild sense of embarrassment. The five of them were practically on skin to skin contact during the sneaking part, which meant only one thing. Almost all the forbidden places had been "fondled" away. That explained the peachy-ness.

"Well…Time to climb the tower now," said Zhang Yang, oblivious to their predicaments, as he scratched his forehead after seeing how tall the tower was.

"This is going to be a pain in the arse."

The five of them protested a little but have no choice but to walk up the long flight of stairs.

"What a drag! *huff huff* Why couldn't they install a freaking elevator!?" Wei Yan Er complaint as she was huffing and puffing along the way.

In the game, a character could get tired after a certain period of action. The fatigue could be alleviated after a simple rest. If the character were to chew on bread or snacks, the recovery rate would be faster. There were other factors that would contribute to stamina as well, such as a player's Strength value. The higher the Strength, the longer one could endure without being tired. Han Ying Xue and Daffodil Daydream were already panting like mad dogs, were drenched in sweat.

Zhang Yang saw how exhausted those two unathletic ladies were and had to stop.

"Let's take a break." He said.

Even though one could travel a thousand miles on a mount, players would have to rely on their own two feet to climb a tower. After a short rest, the team continued on for another 20 minutes and arrived at the top of the tower.

The area on top of the tower was surprisingly huge. At the center of the of the circular space was a gigantic telescope that looked like it was a hyper-mega-particle-beam cannon from one of those spaceships in sci-fi movies, giving the tower a true sense of an authentic astrological study. The only remaining missing piece was an old man with a walking stick gazing into the heavens via the telescope. Hanging on the left side on the wall of the dome shape observatory, was the door-sized mirror that glowed with a golden luster. The surface was the mirror was smooth like ice, yet the reflection of it was slightly darkened as if it had a protective barrier in it.

[Mirror of Truth] (Tool)

Level: 1

HP: 100,000,000

Defense: 1,000,000

Magic Defense: 1,000,000

"Is this the so called magic mirror?" asked Han Ying Xue. Like a fish attracted to a bait, the girls started to flock over the mirror and stared into it to observe their own reflections.

The sheer HP and Defense value of the mirror was so bewildering that the mere thought of shattering the mirror via brute force was abandoned immediately.

Without delay, Zhang Yang took out the [Heart of Herlow] and wanted smash the mirror with it. He was immediately stopped by Han Ying Xue just when he was about to thrust the stone-like object.

"Wait!" said all the girls.

Zhang Yang was stunned. "What's wrong? Don't you want to finish the quest?"

"Of course, we do! Just wait for a minute…"

Han Ying Xue was the first one to spoke to the mirror. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"

If you could actually see Zhang Yang's face right now, it would look like the emoticon that look like this -_-.

"My lovely lady. Princess Snow White is the fairest lady of them all!" A face materialize in the mirror and spoke in a voice that was hard to distinguished between a man and a woman.

"Oho…I see…" Han Ying Xue waltzed over to Zhang Yang and took the [Heart of Herlow] from him.

"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, do you know what am I holding in my hand?" she asked.

"My lovely lady. That is the Heart of Herlow."

"Now tell me mirror, what will happened to you, if I took this piece of rock and smashed you with it?"

"My lovely l-l-lady…I-I-I would shatter into a thousand pieces and perish!"

Han Ying Xue grinned. "I see that you understand the situation. Now tell me once more, O mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"

"My lovely lady. You are the fairest of them all!" The mirror lied immediately.

Zhang Yang quietly praised the programmer of the game for even making an object like that possess such a level of AI.

Satisfied with the answer she had obtained, Han Ying Xue passed the rock to Daffodil Daydream and went to rest at one side. Under the threat of the [Heart of Herlow, the mirror could not help but to lie his reflective *ss off to satisfy all the girls around. Wei Yan Er was the last one to receive the baton and she asked. "Magic mirror! Magic mirror! What is my name?!"

"My lovely child, your name is Drizzler!"

"Haha! This is fun! It actually knows my name!" Wei Yan Er squealed in delight. She then walked closer to the mirror and was only 2 inches away from it.

She asked again. "Magic mirror. Do you think that my chest will grow any bigger?"

Zhang Yang frowned and facepalmed himself so hard that it actually left a mark on his forehead. This little girl had the impression of the mirror really knows it all! But lo and behold, the mirror really did answer her question!

"My lovely child. Everything you wish for shall come true!"

Wei Yan Er squealed again in delight. She turned over to Zhang Yang swiftly and said, "hey noob tank! I like this mirror! Let's take it back!"

"Are you playing?!" said Zhang Yang angrily as he snatched the [Heart of Herlow] from Wei Yan Er. Without waiting for any answer or response from the girls, Zhang Yang quickly threw the rock towards the mirror and broke it.

Piang!

The 100 million HP mirror immediately shattered into uncountable pieces.

"Sigh…what a shame." Said Daffodil Daydream. The rest of the girls seems disappointed as well.

As they completed their mission, instead of walking down the tower, the party tore their [Teleportation Scroll] and went to Thunderstorm Castle instead. There, it was nearer and faster to reach to Oz instead of walking back from the Astronomy Tower.

Three hours of riding later, the party arrived to Butterfly Valley for the third time.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Destroy the Magic Mirror! Obtained 5,000,000 Experience Points!'

"O brave adventurers! You have done it again!" Snow White cheered happily. "Now, it's time to eliminate the evil witch! Once I have regained my rightful place in the throne, I shall reward all of you handsomely!"

"My princess, let us go together and vanquish this evil witch!" Wei Yan Er cheered.

"Adventurer! Would you assist me in eliminating the evil witch?" Snow White asked the party anticipatingly.

'Ding! Snow White has a quest for you: Take Back the Throne! Will you accept it?'

"Yes! Yes!" Wei Yan Er frantically nodded his head.

[Take Back the Throne] (Difficulty Level: A)

Quest Description: Kill the evil Queen Shaenita and rescue the Kingdom of Oz! Heroes! Hopes lies just over the horizon!

Quest Participant Limit: 5

Progress: Kill Shaenita 0/1

"Let's ride then! Onward!" Snow White waved her hands and summoned a blood red Direwolf and rode it bravely.

"How cool!" said Wei Yan Er. Her voice was a mixture of both jealousy and adminration.

As the party rode out of the valley, the princess waved her hands again. She cast a skill {Haste} on everyone which increased the movement speed by a fewfolds. Like a rampaging squall, the six of them rode at a breakneck speed towards the kingdom.

In less than one hour, the party had arrived at Hera's Castle. There, Snow White took out a magic cape and put it on herself. "I will follow your lead to the Royal Castle!" she cried.

As she put on the cloak on herself, the magic seeped in and rendered her completely invisible.

Zhang Yang led the party to proceed on toward the palace entrance. There, the muffled voice of Snow White broke through the air and said, "I will protect you with my magic cloak! Go on!"

A sudden darkness blanketed their vision and after a quick second, their vision returned. They just realized that Snow White had just covered all of them with the magic cloak.

"At this time of the day, the witch should be having tea by the flower garden!" said the princess. She then led the party forwards and moved around the palace with great precision as if she was extremely familiar with the route around the palace. In no time at all, the party arrived at the garden.

There were a total of 11 guards patrolling the entrance. All of them were Level 77, elite tier with 150,000 HP! One of them guards was even a Yellow-Gold tiered boss!

[Guard Captain, Angelo] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 78

HP: 7,800,000

Defense: 1,400

Note: Angelo was once a Hunter.

"Someone's there!" Angelo sniffed something in the air and yelled from the top of his lungs. He pulled out a long sword from his back and pointed at the direction where Zhang Yang was hidden.

As expected of a Hunter, with instincts and senses like a dog!

The other guards were confused at Angelo's sudden outburst and went on surround the area where Zhang Yang and his party were, even though, from the guard's perspective, they were just surrounding nothing but air.

"Reveal yourself! My sense of smell will never be wrong!" Angelo bellowed.

Without any means of warning, Snow White yanked off the cloak on her and revealed herself to Angelo. "Angelo! I need your help! Oz needs your help!"

"Princess!?" Everyone, including Angelo and the rest of the guards around were stunned.

"No, princess! You have lied to me! I may have spared your life the last time! But my will and loyalty is still to the Kingdom of Oz! You have plotted against your own father, the great and benevolent Andalu the Third. This sin of blood must be repaid in blood! You will die!" Angelo bellowed and swung his sword towards Snow White.

Before the sword landed, Zhang Yang, who had already anticipated, pulled on the reins of his bear and intercept the sword strike with his shield held up high.

{Block}!

Pang!

The sword clashed heavily against the shield and sent thousands of sparks flying off into the air. Zhang Yang had successfully blocked the boss' attack.

"Brothers! Kill the traitors!" Angelo stabbed the sword into the ground and commanded his troops to attack.

Well, d*mn!

Zhang Yang swiftly activated {Blood Rage} and increased his Rage to over 60. He waited a quick moment for the guards to approach nearer and activated {Horizontal Sweep}. Numerous waves of attack blasted off as the Dark Enigmatic Sword effects were triggered repeatedly, causing 4,000 damage over and over again. Zhang Yang was rather lucky this time as the sword had triggered a total of six counts and had dealt more than a total of 300,000 damage to all.

"That's ridiculous!" Han Ying Xue cried in surprise.

"Indeed, it was!" said the ever-silent Sun Xin Yu which had added on to their surprise.

"Hehe! What are you waiting for?! Stop staring and start killing!" Zhang Yang yelled.

While facing a large group of monsters, the capabilities of the Dark Enigmatic Sword would increase tremendously! The more enemies there were, the better it would be! Zhang Yang activated {Blast Wave} to attack and this time, the skill was triggered three more times and caused a relatively high damage!

"Kill the minions with your AoE skills first! We'll target the boss last!" Zhang Yang screamed.

'-6,206!'

Angelo attacked Zhang Yang, and this time, his {Block} was on cool down and had to take the hit head on.

Zhang Yang's bear was already at Level 71, with a HP of 19,640! After combining with Zhang Yang, their shared life would boost Zhang Yang HP to a whopping 48,780 HP. The boss slashed at Zhang Yang and had only chipped away one eighth of his total HP.

"Brothers! Kill them! Kill them all!" cried Angelo. With a sudden burst of red hue, the guards gained a buff.

'Ding! Angelo has used {Raging Command}!'

[Raging Command: Increased 20% Melee Damage. Last for 2 minutes.

"Nice! That skill is awesome! I want one!" cried Wei Yan Er as she yanked Zhang Yang sleeves.

Even though all the monsters aggro was on Zhang Yang, the number of monsters that could only attack him was three at a time. Zhang Yang had relied on his positioning and constant maneuvering around the boss to block the monsters around which had limited the number of monsters engaging him. Coupled with his strong defense armor, Zhang Yang was only taking close to 5,000 damage per second.

While Zhang Yang was taking all the damage, the rest of the girls had start releasing all their AoE skills, leaving Han Ying Xue to throw healing spells on Zhang Yang. With her healing rate close to 3,000 HP per second, Zhang Yang could only last for approximately 24 seconds before he would be in danger. If he relied on {Shield Wall}, {Berserker's Heal}, and {Rearm}, he would at least last for another minute or so.

If he was to win this battle, he would need to hurry up with clearing all the guards before he starts taking on the boss.

Princess Snow White was a Berserker class NPC. With a long sword in her fragile-looking hands, she danced around like a butterfly and attacked the guards around swiftly. She did not have any AoE skills, her damage was not as strong, hence, she was not just an ornament in the battlefield!

Still, Zhang Yang had quickly used up {Shield Wall}, {Berserker's Heal}, and {Rearm} to repeat his cycle of skills again. Luckily, with the effect of the Dark Enigmatic Sword and the girls with strong equipment, everyone had managed to kill all the monsters right before Zhang Yang started to get worried about his HP.

One thing led to the other; and once the monsters around were gone, the boss was nothing but a simple target to kill. Even though Angelo was a Yellow-Gold boss, it was just gatekeeper boss that was meant to guard doors, nothing spectacularly powerful. It true that the skill {Raging Command} was powerful, but only when the surrounding allies were many. Once the monsters around had been weeded out, its skill would not be of much help alone. The long 7,800,000 HP was nothing but a delay of the inevitable. In just ten minutes or so, Angelo grunted loudly before falling, defeated.

"Adventurers! We have now passed the final obstacle. The evil witch is just inside there! The last fight is there!" said Snow White, before rushing into the garden on her own.

Before moving to the garden, Zhang Yang instructed, "Take the loots first! We'll distribute them after the battle with the witch!"

As expected of royalty, even the garden of the palace was as huge as a football field. The party followed closely after Snow White and after sprinting for a few hundred meters, they had arrived at where the last boss was at!

Not far from the garden was a grand swing with a huge wooden seat in the middle. Sitting quietly on the swing was a beautiful lady dressed in a black. She was reading a book, occasionally flipping the pages along with her right hand. Beside the swing were four maids standing quietly, awaiting orders from their master. They were all elite tier.

[Queen Shaenita] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: 8,000,000

MP: 4,000,000

Defense: 1,400

Note: The stepmother of Snow White, a witch with unlimited magic power.

[Loyal Maid] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 78

HP: 1,000,000

Defense: 400

"Shaenita! I've returned!" cried Snow White boldly with rage.

Surprised, the lady stood up frantically from the swing. Her tall slender body was filled with the elegance of a true born royalty aura. She lifted her fair, pale finger and pointed them furiously at Snow White. "You…You dare to show yourself here!"

"Shaenita! Today will be the day you die!"

1 Ru Yi Jing Gu Bang – The golden magical staff that Sun Wu Kong wields which is capable of adjust its size according to the wielders' will.

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Chapter 288: The Truth about the Dark and the Light

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"Snow White! You evil being! I will never allow Oz to fall into your hands! Your evil ways will cause Oz to fall into the depth of the abyss!" Shaenita held up a dark magic staff and stepped forwards boldly.

She raised her staff up high and chanted something rather mysterious. However, after a quick rumble, she stopped halfway. Her confident expression went pale immediately. She looked up to Snow White, with horror written all over her face.

"You…You've destroyed the Mirror of Truth!?"

Shaenita looked in despair at Zhang Yang and the party. Her voice trembled as she spoke. "The Mirror of Truth is the one and only thing that could repel Snow White! She could have never destroyed it herself! It was you! All of you! How could all of you be so dumb and stupid to help her!? Imbeciles! You have assisted evil itself! What have you done?!"

Zhang Yang was stunned. It was a huge, sudden change of events.

"Did we just help the villain?"

"I think the evil witch is the good guy here, and Snow White is the evil one!"

"Damn! We have been duped into thinking that the plot will follow the actual fairy tale! This is 'God's Miracle'! Not the world of Grimm's fairy tales! Snow White isn't the real damsel in distress! And the stepmother isn't the real villain here!"

"Sneaky developers!"

"I think it's on us. Remember when we met Snow White for the first time, the system had given two choices. To kill her or to spare her. We were the ones who chose to help Snow White with her evil plot!"

"Oh I see! No wonder why we haven't seen the seven dwarfs! She must have killed them all!"

Snow White laughed. It was not the same kind of laugh of a woman. It was the exact same cliché laugh of a villain. The deep, long, maniacal, and draggy laughter. "You're absolutely right! These gullible adventurers had helped me! The only thing I had to do was to tell them a pathetic story and they had bowed down obediently to me! With a simple request, they had agreed to help me to kill Herlow and get his heart for me, sneak into the palace for me, and destroy the Mirror of Truth for me! Hahaha! Shaenita! Without the mirror, you're not worthy of being my opponent. Today, I will let it rain blood all over the Kingdom of Oz! I will summon the darkness to envelop Oz for as long as I breathe! I will instill fear into every one here! They will fear me! They will worship me! For I, am, Snow White!"

Shrom!

Black rays started to leak out of Snow White and blasted off everywhere like a massive explosion. More and more rays blasted out of her in the form of sharp swords. As the rays dimmed a little, Snow White's black hair floated around wildly. Her eyes glowed brightly. Another sudden flash of light blasted off her and she gained a three tier jump.

[Snow White] (Violet-Platinum, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: 8,000,000

Defense: 2,400

"Violet! Platinum!" Everyone gasped in horror.

"Adventurer! Your acts have led to this result! Because of your foolishness, you Snow White now roams free! Now, you have to do what is right! Kill her now! Do not let her win! Or Oz will forever be plunged into darkness!" Shaenita pleaded the party.

'Ding! Your quest: Take Back the Throne has been forfeited.'

'Ding! Shaenita has a quest for you: Atonement! Will you accept it?'

Accept!

[Atonement] (Difficulty Level: S)

Quest Description: Due to your inconsiderate acts, Oz is now facing the greatest threat against humankind. Without the Mirror of Truth, the evil Snow White is now undefeatable! You will have to atone for your mistake and kill the princess to save Oz from certain doom!

Quest Participant Limit: 5

Progress: Kill Princess Snow White 0/1

The quest had just completed a huge loop, from killing Snow White back and back again. The only difference back then, was Snow White was just an elite tier monster, but now, she had turned into a formidable Violet-Platinum boss. Which was, by far, the strongest boss in the game!

With that quest level of difficulty, it surely had to come with a certain level of reward!

If the party had killed off Snow White when she was only an elite tier monster, the rewards obtained from the quest would be relative to that level. However, after the sudden change of events that had led to Snow White gaining a huge upgrade, the quest had also been upgraded to an S Level difficulty! Not that an S level quest was that scarce throughout the game, but once a quest was set to an S level difficulty, the rewards would most definitely be luxurious!

Zhang Yang was the first one to intercept Snow White's attack. With a quick flash, Zhang Yang swung his sword and hacked at Snow White.

'-1,005!'

With a 2,400 Defense value, Zhang Yang unbelievable attack was diminished to only 1,000, even though he had {Eagle Eye}.

Snow White retaliated with a raging roar and countered Zhang Yang attack with her own long sword.

{Block}!

Wham!

As her huge long sword clashed onto Zhang Yang's shield, the huge difference in strength and power had pushed Zhang Yang a few steps back! This proved the formidable power of a Violet-Platinum boss!

The worst was not over just yet. In just two seconds, Snow White rushed to Zhang Yang and attacked again. This time, Zhang Yang was forced to take the attack head on!

'-12,606!'

Even though he may be a Guardian with huge physical attack defense, and also, by far, had the strongest equipment in game, Zhang Yang still took an insane level of damage from the boss.

"GRAHHHH! How dare you deceive this young lady's good heart! I will smash you good!" cried Wei Yan Er as she started attacking Snow White furiously. Without much delay, Sun Xin Yu and the rest of the attackers followed Wei Yan Er and started to attack as well.

Still, no matter how spirited they were, everyone besides Zhang Yang could not deal much damage. Since Snow White was a Level 80 Violet-Platinum boss with ultra-thick defense, coupled with the huge level gap between the party and the boss, all their attacks were greatly reduced.

Wei Yan Er was still able to dish out visible damage values since she was wielding a two-handed weapon to begin with. However, attackers like Sun Xin Yu could all scratch the boss with her tiny daggers and deal only three digits damage numbers to the boss! Daffodil Daydream's attacks would not be affected by the boss defense, however, since the level gap was too huge between them, and they were penalized for a different reason.

The only person who could deal a visible amount of damage was Zhang Yang alone. He was, by far, the highest-level player in the game at Level 71. He had a nine Level gap, the damage reduction was not too severe. Besides, he was always able to hit the boss, ignoring all Defense with {Eagle Eye} and {Cripple Defense}.

However strong Zhang Yang was, Snow White was several times stronger than he could ever be! Even though she could not instantly kill Zhang Yang, her strength was so strong that the super-healer Han Ying Xue could not keep with the HP loss! She had been putting all she has on Zhang Yang and still could not keep him out of danger!

On the other hand, what made things worse was that Zhang Yang had already used all his strong skills during the fight with Angelo! {Shield Wall}, {Berserker's Heal} and even {Rearm} was on cold down!

"Foolish peasant! You dare to attack me!? Die!" Snow White bellowed thunderously and spun around with her long sword far out.

'-27,080!'

'-27,000!'

'-27,160!'

'-27,160'

'-19,966!'

'Ding! You have received 27,080 damage from Snow White {Tornado Cleave} (120 damage reduced)!'

…

'Ding! You have received 19,966 damage from Snow White {Tornado Cleave} (6,240 damage reduced)!'

The AoE of the skill was so huge that even Han Ying Xue, who was standing far behind, received the attack! The damage was so great that everyone besides Zhang Yang was instantly killed! None of them even had the split-second window to use their skills such as {Ice Frame} or {Vanish}.

Though Zhang Yang still had over 10,000 HP in his HP gauge, he quickly jumped down and escape more attacks with {Shadow of the Void}.

'-16,600!'

When Zhang Yang had vanished and cleared his aggro, the only one target left in the battle field was the white bear. A single strike from Snow White was enough to kill the bear, allowing Zhang Yang to safely escape.

Zhang Yang was pissed. He was so ticked off that he resorted to using his trump card. Swiftly, he took out the [Friendship Jade, equipped it, and canceled {Shadow of the Void}.

When his character reappeared, his appearance had undergone a major change. From the rotting flesh, to dangling ribs, his entire appearance was changed into a spectre!

After successfully killing off the players around, Snow White shifted her target to Shaenita. The fight between two NPC boss was on another level. Still, Shaenita was just a Yellow-Gold tier boss. Though she may had the help from her four elite tier maids, Snow White had killed them all by spamming {Tornado Cleave} on and on until Shaenita herself was at the brink of death. Snow White herself had only lost 10% of her HP after the ordeal.

Zhang Yang walked closer to the bosses and lightly pressed the jade in his palm. At the top of his rotten lungs, he cried. "Come to me! Shadow of Smaug!"

Voom!

With a strong blast wave of an unknown force, a shadow emerged out of the [Friendship Jade] and materialized in midair, taking the form of Smaug, The King of the Forgotten One. Though he had a single skeletal wing protruding out from his back, and a fully skeletal body, Smaug was not lacking in his threat value!

[Shadow of Smaug] (Holy, Summon)

Level: ???

HP: ???

Defense: ???

Note: This is but the shadow of Smaug, yet it still possesses tremendous power!

The moment Smaug appeared in the battle field, his dominating presence had even cause Snow White and Shaenita to stop their skirmish for a good second! They lowered their weapons and stared at Smaug, terrified!

Zhang Yang pointed his boney finger to Snow White and commanded. "Kill her!"

"Growl!" Incapable of any form of speech, Smaug growled and brandished its copy of the Blood Shadow Blade and rushed towards his target.

DIIING!

Fearing for her life, Snow White frantically lifted her sword up to parry Smaug's attack. The strike was so strong that a single metal clashing sound was as loud as a gunshot fired right beside your ears. The strike was not just for show. It had managed to send Snow White flying back a good 10 meters and more, leaving a deep mark on the floor where Snow White had dug her feet in.

'-200,000!'

It was not a glitch, nor was it a system error. Smaug had indeed dealt 200,000 damage on Snow White with just one parried strike.

"Noob tank! What's happening?" Just when Han Ying Xue and the girls were running back to the fight as fast as they could, Wei Yan Er sent a message via the party channel.

Zhang Yang laughed. "Just hurry up! You're missing a good show!"

The shadow of Smaug was relentless. One strike after the other, the shadow did not stop to rest for even a second as he struck at the enemy with all his malice.

Before the appearance of Smaug in the battle field, Snow White had seemed unstoppable. However, right after Smaug was summoned, she was immediately turn from a formidable enemy to a mere punching bag as she continually had her HP chiseled away like nothing. Just so you know, after Violet-Platinum, there would still be the Mythical and Ethereal rank before coming to Holy tier! With a three tier gap between the two of them, it was obvious who was going to perish!

The gang quickly made their way back to Zhang Yang and was instantly shocked at at his appearance. While talking, the girls quickly munch on recovery snacks.

"Woah. Dummy Yu, what had happened to you?"

Zhang Yang scoffed. "If I hadn't become like this, how do I summon that awesome ultimate weapon!?" Zhang Yang replied Han Ying Xue and also posted the properties of [Friendship Jade] on the party channel.

"Holy-macaroni! That is awesome! Why didn't you tell me about this awesome thing!" Wei Yan Er puffed angrily. "Hey! There's only two uses left! Give it to me! I wanna play!"

"Dumb girl. Don't you see it's bound to me?"

Wei Yan Er squinted and stuck her tongue out at Zhang Yang. "Noob tank! Call me dumb one more time, and I will cut ties with you!"

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Chapter 289: The Second Territory Command Order

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The shadow of Smaug continued slashing away like a butcher, hacking away Snow White's HP down from 8,000,000 as if it was just a piece of butter. How could a mere Violet-Platinum boss last for long, under the attack from a Holy tier summon?! One hack and 200,000 HP was gone!

That being said, no matter how strong Smaug was, being their ally and all, Han Ying Xue and the rest of them had just jumped out of the pan, and surely enough, they know where is the fire was. As far as they could go, there's they will be. Smaug was hacking Snow White like madman slapping his child. However, Snow White was still a fearsome boss with attacks strong enough to whack everyone dead with a slap to the face. If they were to get a little hot headed, it would be like ants trying to walk between the battle of two huge tornadoes. Since a pet mount can only be summoned 10 minutes after being killed, Zhang Yang's own 30,000 HP would not be enough to guarantee him a safe sideline show. Not that he could even deal much damage to begin with anyway.

In the end, Snow White slain by Smaug's shadow in just less than two minutes. After the usual wailing and cries of utter defeat, Snow White fell defeated and dropped a heap of battle loots. There were even a few metallic purple glows among the loots!

'Ding! Congratulation on being the first party to defeat an Open-World Violet-Platinum boss! Your glories achievement will be recorded in history! As the party leader, please name your party to be registered in the records!'

A system notification, followed by an input box appeared right the moment when Snow White was defeated.

Zhang Yang shrugged and keyed in the advertisement-like comment. Just one second after he hit the enter button, the server was flooded with the system announcement, followed by roaring responses from players from China. There were discussions, arguments, minor discourses, but overall, players were impressed with the ability of Lone Desert Smoke managing to pull off this feat. The guild was even rowdier than ever with players cheering and applauding Zhang Yang, on and on. How could they not? When the guild's fame increases, they could wear their guild tag over their heads proudly.

Snow Seeker, Sky Shaman, Sword of Light, and Greensleeves Prince all sent their private massages to congratulate Zhang Yang. At one point, he was so busy replying them, that Han Ying Xue had to walk over to him and give him a nudge.

The reward for having the First-Kill of an open-world boss was a Luck attribute. After killing Snow White, Zhang Yang's Luck was raised to 10.

"S-S-Spectre!" Shaenita cried and glared at Zhang Yang with hatred in her eyes. She quickly reverted to a defensive stance.

Zhang Yang swiftly unequipped the [Friendship Jade] and reverted back to his original human form. As the item was removed, Smaug's shadow followed and disappeared into thin air. It was quite a huge waste there since Smaug's shadow would have remained for another 10 minutes. If only he could actually kill Shaenita. Since she was a Yellow-Gold boss…her loots would be…

NPCs would always behave like NPCs, clueless as ever. Once Zhang Yang returned to his human form, Shaenita relaxed and lowered her guard, talking to Zhang Yang as if nothing odd had happened a few seconds ago.

"You have atoned for your mistakes! You have my thanks! However, you must know that you had destroyed the Mirror of Truth. Still, you also helped in eliminating the evil Snow White from Oz, for good! With that, I thank you again!"

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Atonement. Obtained 5,000,000 Experience points!'

'Ding! You have obtained the reward: Obtained 5,000,000 Experience points!'

'Ding! You have obtained the reward: {Unyielding Rage}!'

With his eyes wide open, Zhang Yang quickly open his inventory and took out a deep purple skill book.

[Skill Book: Unyielding Rage]

Use: Teaches you the skill {Unyielding Rage}!

Class Requirement: Warrior

Level Requirement: 10

Bound.

Without further delay, Zhang Yang pats the book on him to learn the skill.

[Unyielding Rage (Passive): Increases your maximum Rage point to 120.

Good stuff. Be it only 20 extra Rage point, this upper limit not only will allow the user to use more skills, but will also increase the maximum destructive power f the skill {Killing Cleave}.

"Did you obtain a skill book?" Zhang Yang asked the team.

"Yeah! I got {Unyielding Rage}!" Wei Yan Er answered swiftly.

"Mine was {Inferno}! Daffodil Daydream spoke up.

"Haha! What a loot! We were quite lucky!" Zhang Yang smiled.

"And then there's still the Violet-Platinum equipment!" cried Wei Yan Er happily as she collected all the gold coins and equipment on the floor.

Snow White was the first Violet-Platinum boss that was killed in the game, thus, the battle loots were so rewarding that just equipment-wise, there were three pieces of Violet-Platinum and seven Yellow-Gold, enough to fill a player's equipment tab!

[Ancient Killer Long Boots] (Violet-Platinum, Leather Armor)

Defense: 48

Vitality: 564

Strength: 161

Dexterity: 378

{Unidentified}

Class Requirement: Thief

Level Requirement: 80

Ancient Killer set (1/8):

Ancient Killer Face Mask, Ancient Killer Necklace, Ancient Killer Cape, Ancient Killer Chest Plate, Ancient Killer Gloves, Ancient Killer Leggings, Ancient Killer Long Boots, Ancient Killer Ring.

3 Set Equip Effect: Increase 500 Dexterity.

5 Set Equip Effect: Reduce {Vanish} cool down time by 1 minute.

8 Set Equip Effect: Grant a 1% chance to cast a shockwave attack on every attack. 5000 physical damage will be deal to all target in a small conical shape area in front of the caster.

Finally, a Thief set equipment!

Without a doubt, this piece of equipment went to Sun Xin Yu.

[Titan Necklace] (Violet-Platinum, Necklace)

Vitality: 141

Strength: 40

{Unidentified}

Equip Effect: Absorb 81 damage.

Equip Effect: Grant a 5% chance after a successful {Block} to cause 2000 physical damage to the attacker.

Class Requirement: Guardian

Level Requirement: 80.

Zhang Yang was extremely pleased. "Very nice! The third piece of the Titan set equipment! I could finally bring out the first set equipment effect!"

It was a pity that the third Violet-Platinum equipment was not a set equipment.

[Heaven's Hunting Bow] (Violet-Platinum, Ranged Weapon)

Weapon Attack: 1,843 – 2,243

Attack Interval: 3.8 seconds

DPS: 538

{Unidentified}

Level Requirement: 80

"Haha! It's either Hundred Shots or Fatty Han who's gonna get lucky!" exclaimed Zhang Yang as he kept the bow.

The remaining seven Yellow-Gold equipment were rather good, however, most of them were equipping Level 60 Yellow-Gold set equipment, and were unwilling to break up their set effects. To make things simpler, they were aiming directly for Level 80 set equipment. Thus, all the Yellow-Gold equipment loots were headed straight to the shop for sale. It would be worth a whole lot since Yellow-Gold equipment was the gold standard for other players, and even major guild masters out there had not yet even managed to get their hands on a complete Yellow-Gold set!

This time, they had just realized that they have not yet gone through with the battle loots from Angelo! However, though Angelo's fight seemed easy, the battle drops were appropriately level to its difficulty, that is, two Yellow-Gold equipment and five Gray-Silver equipment, which were all going to the shop to be sold as well!

As they finished their quest, the five of them went back to Thunderstorm Castle and teleported back to White Jade Castle via the Teleportation Point. One by one, they Identified their new equipment and burned a hole in their pockets just to socket a Level 3 Gemstone.

Each Level 3 Gemstone costs at least 500 gold coins each, and had a 30% socket failure rate! At their current stage, the exchange rate between in-game currency and real-world currency had leveled out with each other; 1:1. 500 gold coins was now worth 500 dollars!

After the money-wrecking ordeal, Zhang Yang stored the three Titan set equipment in his storage warehouse. He could not help but sigh at the sight of the purple metallic luster of the equipment, counting down the days as he got closer to equipping them. With that, his motivation to reach Level 80 was as high as ever.

'System Announcement: The second Territory Order has been found. The battle for the Territory will commence tomorrow night at 7pm (real-world time). Please make your preparations! The location of the Territory is Meadow Flatlands. The coordinates for the battle will be announced at the start of the battle! The battle for the Territory will last for three hours! After the battle is over, the last person who still holds the Territory Command Order will become the Territory owner!'

A system announcement flared up, causing a ripple of chaos throughout the entire server. Discussion, argument started again, some were debating which guild will the second Territory belong to. The other professional players were worried about the battle tomorrow, whether it will become a bloody ordeal or a complete chaos.

It did not take long before the news spread, claiming the guild that found the second Territory order was none other than Imperial Sky, and the person who found it was One Sword Stroke!

As expected of the rival guild of Lone Desert Smoke, the runner up of the Soaring Swords competition. Looks like they might have some luck on them after all!

The new about Imperial Sky obtaining the Territory Order was revealed by One Sword Stroke himself. He had broadcasted it proudly at his own Violet Star City and have blatantly requested that all players from that city assist his guild to secure the Territory. As a reward, all teleportation fees will be waived once he secures the second Territory Order!

Never underestimate the value of just one gold coin. It would still be a mountain of gold coins once accumulated. On average, a player would have spent at least 10 to 20 gold coin on travelling alone! With the huge incentive offered y One Sword Stroke, players all over Violet Star city had given their support and had expressed their willingness to help Imperial Sky fight in the war!

"D*mn bro, that One Sword Stroke guy is quite impressive!" Lost Dream sighed. Zhang Yang had gone up and recruited all of the main attacking force.

A city would approximately have at least 6,000,000 players! Mind you that the number would only grow larger and larger! To waive one whole city's teleportation fees would be losing out on approximately 1,000,000 players! (Since they was still a majority of players that were still below Level 50). That being said, the profits lost there would be close to 20,000,000 gold coins a month!

Zhang Yang grined. "He's smart. When we took down Thunderstorm Castle back then, we had helped from Crimson Rage, Lost Paradise, and also Sky High. He may have sacrificed the earnings of an entire city, but he has been compensated for it by having a large army to defend his position."

"Hey hey! Are we going to make some trouble for them tomorrow?" Ever since the PvP competition in Shanghai, Wei Yan Er had been treating Imperial Sky with hostility since their dirty methods had been made known.

"Of course we would. How could we let them sit comfortably and get that Order? I'd say, let's bring them hell!"

"Hell yeah! Even if we don't get that second Territory, we should not let it fall into the hands of Imperial Sky!"

"That bunch of wenches! Let's f*ck them up!"

Just two days after the Soaring Sword competition had ended, Venshi from Radiance and Lonely tree from Sunset Amber had left their own guild and joined Imperial Sky. By doing so, everything was made clear!

Not only were Radiance and Sunset Amber had been raging on about this matter, their anger was shared among other players as well. One by one, they had filed their complaints to the organizers to rescind the runner up title from Imperial Sky, for cheating.

'Ding! Player One Sword Stroke has used Monster Attack City Order on Thunderstorm Castle! 7pm tomorrow (real-world time), there will be hordes of monster attacking Thunderstorm Castle. The defensive battle will last for 3 hours! During the war, the teleportation point in Thunderstorm Castle will be deactivated. This Territory will only allow access to Lone Desert Smoke players at this time! If monsters have destroyed the main hall of the Thunderstorm Castle, the entire Territory will be erased permanently.'

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Chapter 290: Monster Raid

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"F*ck! D*mn, that One Inch 'Sword'! How dare he pull off such a move! We won't be able to leave Thunderstorm Castle unoccupied now!"

"Hmph! Obviously, he's afraid of us!"

"You got that right! That little boy doesn't dare take us head-on! That's why he's playing tricks like a schoolgirl! What a p*ssy!"

In an instant, members from Lone Desert Smoke had started to flood the guild channel with a massive number of angry complaint despite the warnings from Hundred Shots. It was clear that the system announcement was not narrowcasted to Zhang Yang alone, but to all members of Lone Desert Smoke.

Zhang Yang shook his head. There was more to this. He spoke in the party channel, "Lone Desert Smoke is big, but our presence does not necessitate the usage of such a rare item. We are strong. We are large, having 20,000 members. But all that is nothing against the might of an entire city! Our strength is not even up to scale!"

"What do you mean?"

"I'm saying that One Sword Stroke is a man with big ambitions. Not only does he intend to have the Territory for himself, at the same time, he wants to crush the Territory that belongs to us! That way, he would be the only person to own the one and only Territory in China! It is a good strategy. Why have competitors at all if you can crush them directly and leave everything to yourself?"

Everyone looked at Zhang Yang, their eyes wide open in realization. One Sword Stroke was indeed a greedy man!

"Noobie tank! How did that spineless worm get himself a Monster Attack Order? If Imperial Sky really do get their hands on the second Territory Order, we should get ourselves a Monster Attacking Order and raise them hell on Earth!" cried Wei Yan Er, puffing with angry steam.

Han Ying Xue interjected just when Zhang Yang was about to open his mouth. "These monsters, are they hard to subdue?"

Zhang Yang replied with a sulk on his face. "That is a good question. For that, which I do not have any answer to."

During a Monster Attack event, only the guild members of the Territory could participate in the war. Once the battle starts, non-affiliated players will be automatically kicked out of the warzone. In his previous life, Zhang Yang had only managed to catch a few glimpse of how a monster attacking event took place. Some guilds were able to overcome the madness, while the unfortunate ones will be washed away by the waves of monsters.

Everyone knew that Zhang Yang was the person to go to, the person who knew it all, the beta tester; where no matter what sort of trouble they got themselves into, as long as Zhang Yang shone a light over their shadow, they would always get it right. But now, with even Zhang Yang left clueless, everyone knew that something was not right. Perhaps, this time, they were really in trouble.

Like the angel of death itself had just passed through the scene, the atmosphere was deathly silent and tense. The party went quiet. Everyone was fidgeting in their own way, wracked with worry. The atmosphere felt so tense that a single drop of needle could probably blow up the place.

Zhang Yang laughed. "Relax, guys. The game developers would not create something impossible. I'm sure there will be a way for us to prevail. As long as we work together, we will surely prevail."

"Okay!" Everyone replied in unison.

Since the in-game time and real world time had been set to 3:1, everyone took the opportunity to train heavily. Perhaps, before the decisive battle starts, they could just gain a little more strength. This was particularly true for those who had a nine in their levels. With just one more level to go, they could at least make some vital changes if they could, such as changing into new equipment, or obtaining new skills. That being said, Zhang Yang had just taken notice that he had not yet obtained his Level 70 class skill even though he was already at Level 71. Her then rode on his white bear and rushed over to Ani, the Warrior class instructor.

As always, Ani's sexy body and alluring posture had drawn in a few perverted male swines, ogling at her from the side. Judging by the level of these useless scum, they had been squandering here for a long time. Their levels were only around Level 20 to 30. Without wasting any more time, Zhang Yang proceeded on and claimed his skill.

The Level 70 Warrior class skill was {Spear of Obliteration}.

[Spear of Obliteration: Trust your weapon forward and deal 100% melee physical damage to a target. Attack ignores all Defense value. While Shield is equipped, this skill will generate a huge amount of aggro on the target.

Requirement: Melee Weapon

Range Distance: 3 – 30 meters.

Cool Down Time: 10 seconds.

This skill is the only ranged skill that a Warrior could have. The skill does not consume any Rage. The animation of the skill itself was rather flashy. However, since the skill was a ranged attack and had a 3 meter "blind spot", a Warrior would have to move away in order to use this skill, since all Warrior are melee attackers. That, or the skill could be used to start a fight. Besides that, this skill could be used in turn with {Thunder Strike} during PvP fights to kite an opponent to death.

With great power, comes great responsibility. This skill was strong, and it cost Zhang Yang 700 gold coins to learn. It could not be avoided. The developers had set it that way. There is no way of escaping the expenditure of this pot of gold.

After getting himself a new skill, Zhang Yang went to the auction house to do a little shopping. Lately, players have been getting smarter and better at doing business. Items such as recipe and skill book that would only reveal their use upon learning, were not auctioned before their functions had been determined beforehand! The players will do their research through forums or the item database, and set the price of the item only after they had determined the items' capabilities.

Take the [Beginner Mobility Potion] that Zhang Yang obtained yesterday. That bargain was truly a purchase of once in a blue moon. The kind that you could only encounter but not seek. Still, after searching for a bit, Zhang Yang managed to find himself another good bargain. It was a [Pet Skill Engravement Scroll]!

This scroll functioned as a means to Engrave a pet skill and allow another pet to learn the fore mention skill. However, the skill that is Engraved will be lost from the host. It was just like the "cut-and-paste" function in a computer, the original skill will be moved, instead of being copied.

Though the [Gold-Eared Bear King] was currently the strongest pet in the game, it was only temporary. After Level 80, there will be Violet-Platinum tiers, Level 110 will have Mythical tiers, Level 140 will have Ethereal tiers and so on so forth. At most, this white bear could only follow Zhang Yang until he reached Level 110, after that, the bear will have reached its limit and could no longer aid Zhang Yang any further.

It was a shame that the bear had learned a decent skill, that is the {Icy Build}. The skill was extremely strong against Ice based attacks! It would be extremely wasteful to let the skill be discarded along with the bear. Now, with the help from the [Pet Skill Engravement Scroll, it would solve the problem! Zhang Yang could easily pick out the skill that he deemed worthy and use it on the next pet he gets!

It was another shame that this absolute item had only two stocks in the auction house. Both of them were sold at 5,000 apiece. Without hesitation, Zhang Yang took out his wallet and purchased both items, keeping them in his own personal storage until later use.

With the upcoming war drawing closer and closer every second, Hundred Shots was constantly rounding up members in the guild channel. The emergency announcement requested that all higher-level players to gather tomorrow night at 7pm (real-world time) to participate in the Territorial Defense. With that, many players were getting their hopes up by training vigorously and making preparations for tomorrow.

Seeing his own guild members working round the clock for the war tomorrow, Zhang Yang could not allow himself to slack off, since he was the guild master after all. Just as he was his the way to the grinding field, he received a voice call from Snow Seeker.

"Guild master Zhan Yu, Imperial Sky has found the second Territory Order. The war will start tomorrow. We, Crimson Rage would like to form an alliance with Lone Desert Smoke and fight for the Order. That being said, since you guys already have Thunderstorm Castle in your grasp, I'm sure that you would let us have it this time around. Right?" Her voice was extremely pleasant to hear. However, Zhang Yang sighed heavily.

"I'm so sorry, guild master Snow. Even if I would love to help you guys out. I'm afraid that we are occupied during the war tomorrow."

"What's going on?" she asked, concerned.

"I have no idea where did One Sword Stroke get his hands on a Monster Attack Order, but he had it and had used it on the Thunderstorm Castle. He had purposely set the Monster Attack event to happen tomorrow, during the Territory Order war! I have to get all members of Lone Desert Smoke to prepare for the Defensive war tomorrow. If we lose, Thunderstorm Castle will be erased from the map."

Snow Seeker sucked in a sharp breath. "What a greedy person! If I'm correct, he wants to be the only player in China to own a Territory and monopolize the market!"

As expected from Snow Seeker, not only was she thinking from the game's perspective, she had a business-oriented mind as well!

"I'm sorry I cannot help you out this time!"

"It's completely fine!" Snow Seeker laughed it off. "How about Crimson Rage sending over a few of our elite players over to help you out?"

This woman was indeed a true ally, as gracious and generous as she was!

"It's fine. There's no need to do that! This Monster Attacking event can only be participated by players of Lone Desert Smoke. Other non-affiliated players would not be able stay within the battle field. Guild master Snow, I think you're better off making some trouble for Imperial Sky. However, I really do appreciate the thought! Thanks!"

"Don't mention it. I hope the both of us will have favorable outcomes tomorrow!"

After the conversation with Snow Seeker, Sky High and Crimson Fire had also contacted Zhang Yang. Both of them were also seeking help from him to fight during the war. However, unlike Snow Seeker, after knowing the situation that Zhang Yang had gotten himself into, they did not offer any help.

That being said, Zhang Yang understood their position and what they did was reasonable. However, Zhang Yang could now differentiate their standings. Crimson Rage was a guild, willing to fight together as close friends. On the other hand, Lost Paradise and Sky High were simply allies in war.

They say, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Zhang Yang was no saint. But at least he knew when to reciprocate a good will, and when to have revenge when it comes to it.

…

At Zhang Yang's current level, grinding at a Level 60 map would not do him any good. The monsters there were too low leveled for him. He then decided to give up on this place and proceed to Oz, hoping to grind there.

With his strong equipment and many AoE skills in hand, along with the Dark Enigmatic Sword in his hands that could replicate {Horizontal Sweep} and {Blast Wave}, his killing speed was several times faster than any other players around! Coupled with his ridiculous damage, he managed to raise his experience bar from 7% to 17% in just one night!

Starting from Level 70, gaining another level would take approximately 30 days of in-game time. Based on Zhang Yang's current grinding speed, it would take him half of the estimated time, which was only 15 days!

…

On the second night 6.30pm, a large number of Lone Desert Smoke members had gathered together and were ready to intercept the monsters.

While Zhang Yang was overseeing the operation, he received a voice call from Liu Wei himself.

His in-game-name was Heaven's Pride. Ostentatious and arrogant, as always. It takes a ridiculous amount of hot air and pride to call yourself Heaven's Pride.

"Well…well…Mr. Zhang Yang. Do you feel the regret dragging your guts down into the depths? Those who defy me will only face failure in his life! Now, I shall take away your Thunderstorm Castle. Who knows, perhaps tomorrow, it could be your Little Merchandize Shop! I will make sure that you will own nothing! You may rise from the dirt again, but I will simply force you back down again!"

Zhang Yang responded with a light smile. "Master Liu must have been treated well in prison for the past two days! That's why you're surprisingly chirpy today!"

"You--" His face went blue.

Liu Wei was the only son of the Liu family. He had been treated like prince ever since he was born. Being born with a silver spoon in his mouth, that man could never endure the hardship in prison for even a minute! However, there was nothing he could do in Shanghai! The only thing he could do was to suppress the news of him being arrested in Shanghai to prevent him from becoming a laughing stock. That being said, Liu Wei wanted to have his revenge. However, Shanghai nor Zhao Su City was in the Liu family's territory! He could not figure out what kind of background did Zhang Yang have, backing him! Without being able to address that uncertainty, Liu Wei was careful not to make things a little too complicated.

Liu Wei tried to control his breath before speaking, "You best look after your own skin now! I would really love to see the sight of Thunderstorm Castle being torn down! That would be a spectacular scene to witness!"

"Haha! I'm sorry to disappoint you, but that would never happen! Perhaps, you should keep an eye on One Sword Stroke. There is no guarantee that Imperial Sky would take the second Territory Order!"

The conversation between the two opposing players was dropped without any proper farewell.

While Zhang Yang was busy getting under Liu Wei's skin, Hundred Shots had taken the helm and had arranged everyone's positions. He had positioned ranged attackers to occupy the castle walls and melee attackers were positioned at the castle gates. Once the gates were breached, all melee attackers there will form a line to hold off monsters from proceeding further into the castle.

Right then, the castle gates were only at level one, with a HP value of 1,000,000, Defense and Magic Defense at 1,000. It was a shame that it could not be healed or else, Hundred Shots would have simply positioned all the healers at the gates. There was a total of three magical cannons on the castle wall, which was the maximum limit a Territory could own. All three cannons were commandeered by three cannoneers with two Power Source Crystals in each of the players' inventory. One Power Source Crystal could be used to fire 10 shots. Six Power Source Crystals had costed Zhang Yang a whopping 6,000,000 gold coins!

As painful as it sounds, it was an expense that could not be avoided. If he had tried to save up some gold coins, he might be dooming the castle instead. That would be a regret that would drive him mad for an eternity. Still, Zhang Yang had the intention to purchase a few more Power Source Crystal but the system had limited the number of shots to only 20 shots per cannon! It would be a complete waste if Zhang Yang had purchased more.

Having spent so much time and money just to defend against a deliberate attack from Liu Wei and One Sword Stroke, Zhang Yang gritted his teeth so hard with intense fury that he was sure to break them off if it was in real life. He swore to himself that this is a revenge that he will return tenfold!

Lo and behold, the clock struck 7pm. The long-awaited war had arrived.

'System Announcement: The second Territory will spawn at coordinates XXXXXX, YYYYYY. Territory name: Margulos Town! The War for the Territory will last for 3 hours! The player who holds the Order shall become the owner of Margulos Town! From now on, Meadow Flatlands has been set to a special battle field. All players cannot go in or out of this battle field. Upon death, players will be teleported to their own major cities to be revived.'

'System Announcement: Current player that holds the Territory Order: One Sword Stroke! Players that hold the Territory Order will be marked and cannot leave the battle field!'

'System Announcement: War of the Territory Order starts! Count down commence!'

At the same time, all players from Lone Desert Smoke heard a different announcement.

'Ding! Monster Attack Order has commenced! There will be a total of 6 waves! Each wave of monster will have one boss. Each wave will last for 30 minutes. Monsters will constantly spawn, while the boss will spawn after 20 minutes. Once the boss of each wave appears, the monster will stop spawning. After 30 minutes of each wave ends, monsters shall start spawning again whether or not the previous boss monster is defeated!'

'Ding! Be advise, a debuff {Fallen} will be inflicted on players who die. The debuff will stacked up to three times, and will reduce all attributes by 10% on each stack. Upon the third stack, the fourth death will cause the player to be sent back to the city to be revived.'

'Ding! Within 3 hours, if monsters successfully infiltrated the Territory Main Hall, the war will be over and Thunderstorm Castle will be erased from the map.'

Standing in the main hall of the castle, Zhang Yang stretched his shoulders, before drawing his sword. A flag with the emblem of Lone Desert Smoke appeared in the hall with a long HP gauge of 1,000,000 appearing on top of the flag. This flag represented the state of the entire war. If the flag survives the entire ordeal, it would be Lone Desert Smoke's victory. If not…

Zhang Yang summoned his white bear and walked out of the hall with a commanding aura flowing out of him. He raised his sword up high and shouted at the top of his lungs. "Brothers and sisters of Lone Desert Smoke! Let's give 'em hell!"

"OOOOOHH!!!"

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Chapter 291: Defend the Territory (1)

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'Ding! The first wave of monsters have started the attack!'

Zhang Yang rode on the back of the white bear towards the castle wall. From the high altitude, Zhang Yang observed the far horizon and saw a cloud of dark dust rushing towards their direction. The earth trembled from the sheer number of monsters charging their way to destroy the castle. After just a few moments, the cloud of dust had dispersed, leaving a massive horde of monsters closing in. At that distance, Zhang Yang could finally identify the types of monsters.

It was a large number of Twin-Head Demonic Wolves, covered in pitch black fur. Panting frantically, their eyes were unfocused, with fresh blood dripping from the edge of their sharp fangs.

[Twin-Head Demonic Wolf] (Normal, Beast)

Level: 64

HP: 6,400

Defense: 60

"These normal monsters are easy to deal with. Do not fire the cannon on them. Save the ammo for later." Zhang Yang commanded all three of the cannoneers. Under his personal command, there were at least close to 1,000 players following him. All of them were the strongest, well-equipped, and best players in the guild. The cannoneers were also in his small party of 50 men to allow better communication between them.

After a few short moments, Zhang Yang finally decided to act. He came down to the castle gates and commanded. "Open the gates, I'll take the front line!"

Zhang Yang knew that all the monsters around were unable to deal any damage to him. Knowing that, he stood at the forefront to better protect the castle gates. As long as the gates were unharmed for as long as possible, the chances of them winning the Monster Attack event would be higher.

"Dummy, do you need me?" asked Han Ying Xue.

"No need. Save your MP. These monsters would not be able to put a single scratch on me."

Klang! Klang! Klang! Boom!

The gates were lowered and Zhang Yang was the only player emerging out of the castle. He stood bravely at the front lines, facing approximately close to 1 million monsters all by himself. Because of such an epic scene, many female players were already on the verge of climaxing, thinking in their mind that Zhang Yang was the bravest and coolest guy that could ever be encountered.

"I'll be d*mned! I should have picked a Guardian or a Defender! If I could only be standing next to Zhang Yang, I'm sure the girls will be wetting their pants for me as well! Argh! I'm proud of you Little Yang! You're living the dream! Every men's dream!" Fatty Han cried.

As the horizon was finally covered with a sea of black wolves, Zhang Yang got himself ready. Her unsheathed his sword and stabbed it in the ground. With a calm heart, Zhang Yang closed his eyes and waited.

The noise got louder. The tremors felt stronger. An uncountable number of wolves could be heard, their roar and pants nothing compared to the nervous heartbeats of the players inside the castle.

500 meters…400…300…

The tiny pebbles underneath Zhang Yang's feet started to dance around violently.

200…100…

The sound of water splashes could be heard. The wolves had gone through the river around the castle and were approaching the gates, to where Zhang Yang stood guard.

10…5... 3 meters!

Shriing! At lightning speed, Zhang Yang pulled out the sword and imitated the quick sword drawing technique of the samurai and slashed one of the millions of wolves that had engulfed him completely.

'-2,226!'

His Rage point rose to 42 points. Zhang Yang used {Blood Rage} and activated {Horizontal Sweep}.

Wham! Wham! Wham! Wham!

In an instant, waves of monsters were damaged with more than 4,000 damage. Two of which had died with a critical strike. It did not end there, the sword effect was triggered and {Horizontal Sweep} was procced for a total of four counts! In that split second of chained attacks, the monsters around Zhang Yang dropped to the floor dead, filling the ground with corpses!

Since dead bodies in the game were non-corporeal, and anything else could phase through a dead body, other monster from behind had started to flock forwards to fill in the empty space in front of Zhang Yang to surround him. Know that the all Level 60 normal tier monster have less than 1,500 attacking power. Their attacks were strong, but Zhang Yang's defense was impeccable. Their attacking power could never penetrate Zhang Yang thick defense, and they could only deal 0 damage to him!

Zhang Yang waited until the space in front of him was filled with monsters before he activated {Blast Wave}.

Unlike {Horizontal Sweep}, {Blast Wave}'s damage was far from strong, however, the skill was a true AoE attack type, which meant that, all monster within the effective AoE will receive damage! Within less than a fraction of a second, close to 20 monsters in front of Zhang Yang had received more than 700 damage! The more targets the skill struck, the higher the rate of which the Dark Enigmatic Sword could proc! Before the damage texts could float away, another wave of damage texts proc again! Be it DPS or total damage output, Zhang Yang would always do something that no one else could comprehend!

Witnessing the prowess of their guild master in action, the players who were positioned up in the castle walls were all stunned and had forgot to start attacking!

"Holy lord baby jesus! Guild master! You're just too awesome!"

"Hmph! As expected of our guild master! His damage is much higher than a boss!"

"Hm~ Guild master Zhan Yu! Please take me in! Please be my boyfriend! Marry me!"

Zhang Yang laughed. "Haha! Guys! Enough with the jokes! Please, start attacking!"

"Sir! Yes, sir!"

Spells and arrow filled the sky as players from the top of the castle wall flung their attacks out, killing waves of monsters that were further behind!

'-623!'

'-556!'

'-680!'

Out of the blue, more than 10 {Fireballs} were blasted out of the mouths of the Demonic Wolves. They peppered Zhang yang with minor damage. Though the damage was insignificant, in large numbers, it might prove to be a little more dangerous for him. A few more monsters could deal more than 10,000 damage would only make the defense of the gate harder than expected. Zhang Yang had to resolve this matter quickly before the situation takes a turn for the worse.

"Press the attack!" Zhang Yang roared.

The first wave of monsters were not strong to begin with, with the low HP, players positioned at the top of the castle could easily defeat a large number of the monsters with a few AoE skills. Within 5 to 6 seconds, most of the threats were removed. The atmosphere became casual as players could chat and attack nonchalantly. The melee attackers were bored to death. Those behind the castle gates could only gaze up at the ranged attackers who could at least throw a few skills out now and then.

20 minutes passed, the monsters outside the gates started to thin out. As the sounds from them grew softer, a sudden loud roar could be heard from afar.

'Ding! Twin-Head Wolf King, Karmos has joined the battle!'

A twin headed wolf, with size larger than a full-grown elephant appeared from the horizon. With the speed of the wind, the beast sprint towards the castle.

Zhang Yang prepared himself and took every chance he could to examine the properties of the incoming boss.

[Twin-Head Wolf King, Karmos] (Gray-Silver, Beast)

Level: 65

HP: 10,000,000

Defense: 700

"The boss is here! Team 1, get out of the castle and attack the boss! We must take this boss down as soon as possible! Do not let the second wave of monster to spawn before the boss is down!" Zhang Yang commanded.

The gates was lowered and a group of 1,000 players flooded through the gates and came rushing out to form a proper formation around the castle gates. These 1,000 players were the strongest players of Lone Desert Smoke, with incredible power and strength. With haste, the party wiped the area clean of monsters before the boss could arrive.

Zhang Yang leapt onto his white bear and rode towards the incoming boss without delay. His current level was so much higher than the boss! This time, instead of being overpowered by it, with a complete Yellow-Gold equipment on him, and the OP Dark Enigmatic Sword in his hands, Zhang Yang practically butchered the wolf with no mercy! The party joined the fray and managed to kill the boss within 3 to 4 minutes!

The boss dropped a total of seven Gray-Silver equipment. Zhang Yang looted all of them and auctioned them all to the guild members.

The first wave of monsters was dealt with smoothly without any hiccoughs. After a blood bath, not a single player was down. The only prick in his beautiful strategy was that the castle gate had sustained more than 50% damage to it, leaving only 520,000 HP left.

30 minutes passed, and the system started the second monster wave.

'Ding! The second wave of monsters had started the attack!'

Again, from the horizon, monsters started flooding in. This time, instead of a cloud of dust, bright little orbs of light was observed from as far as 500 meters away from the castle wall. As they approached, players could easily identify their enemies as burning little red imps that were only half a meter tall!

[Burning Imp] (Normal, Demon)

Level: 67

HP: 6,700

MP: 3,500

Defense: 60

D*mn! Magic type!

Zhang Yang cried out loud, "Everyone! Into the castle! It's a magic type!"

"Ah! So even you would withdraw from battle, guild master!"

"F*ck! This is not the time to put up an act! You could really get your *sses burst into a nice crisp!"

Everyone laughed. Unlike Hundred Shots, who was managing the guild's public relations and human resource, Zhang Yang was slightly fun to be with. Everyone could have a good time chatting or joking with him. But if Hundred Shots was there, none of them would dare to make a noise. The only sound that could be heard, would be the sounds of crickets!

In no time at all, the burning imps had flocked and flooded the grounds near the castle gates. From the top of the castle wall, you could just see a sea of flame instead of monsters. The flames on the imps were so hot that you could see and feel the heat wave gushing up to the sky!

"Kill them all!"

Once the monsters had entered the ranged distance, the attackers on top of the castle walls started their assault. With nothing better to do, Zhang Yang stood from afar and only used {Spear of Obliteration} to attack one Burning Imp one at a time. Since it did not need any Rage to begin with, it was a good way deal some damage!

The monster started to retaliate!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The monsters below the castle wall started to show their strength in numbers. With the unorganized attack pattern, the aggro was in complete chaos. Some players were only being target by one monster, while the unfortunate ones were target by seven to eight monsters simultaneously! One monster could deal around 1,600 damage with one blast, seven to eight of those blasts could easily insta-kill a poorly-equipped player!

"Argh!"

"Urgh!"

Lone Desert Smoke started lose men! One by one, players that were killed had started to fall down from the top of the castle wall! Even though the players killed could easily run back and revive from the nearby graveyard, they will be inflicted with a debuff that will reduce all attributes by 10%! The worst part was that, if those player were not careful enough and got three stacks of the debuff, they will be sent back to White Jade Castle and could no longer participate in the defensive battle!

Sensing that the players would need some help, Zhang Yang commanded. "Attention! Please withdraw after casting your AoE skills! Balance out the aggro value! Don't think you could just stand at the front at keep on attacking!"

"Aye sir!"

The players started to form their own organization. All ranged attackers formed three lines volleys. After the first line of attacker had casted their skill, they withdrew to the back and allowed the second line of attack to attack. That way, with the aggro still on the first wave of attackers, the monster could not attack them since the first line of attacker had withdrawn back! The death rate of the player was greatly reduced!

However, this tactic was a double-edge sword! To attack the players who still had the aggro of the monsters, the monsters moved further up the river and attack the castle gates in order to get closer to the fore mentioned players. Seeing how things had turned, Zhang Yang cried out and signaled the party. "Team 1 tanks! Follow me! We will go out of the gate once it's breached! We will stand ground there and make sure no monsters enter the castle!"

"Hurah!" everyone acknowledged!

This party of tanks were the best tanks in Lone Desert Smoke. In term of skills and equipment, they were the best. However, even though they were the best, they were only equipped with a full Gray-Silver Level 50 equipment. Their maximum HP was only close to 9,000! But with their damage reduction skill and damage absorption equipment effect, in a large group, they could form a nigh-impregnable wall of blockade!

Without lady luck on their side, the castle gate was breached in just seven to eight minutes. The flock of burning imps rushed into the castle, signaling the next stage of the war!

Gates were meant to be broken in the first place. Zhang Yang was expecting to have the gates to down in the first wave itself! It was out of his expectation that even the second wave of monsters would take quite some time to breach the gates!

"Have at them!" Zhang Yang roared.

The tanks picked up their swords, axes, and shields and started to attack. They kept on pushing the monster further and further away from the entrance and utilized the narrow walkway to bottleneck the monsters, allowing a better killing rate!

The fighting had entered close quarters!

Zhang Yang took the liberty to stand in the front to intercept a great deal of attacks! With strong damage reduction and absorption passive, coupled with his boss-like HP, his tanking ability shone in the face of these weak monsters. Their weak attacks, around 1,600, were reduced down to only around 300! After combining his HP with the bear, his long 50,000 HP allowed Zhang Yang to stand a little further up. He would be safe, as long as he does not allow himself to get overwhelmed! Without delay, Zhang Yang readied his plans and attack pattern in his head and rushed into the flock of monster, killing his way further like a giant dragon weeding down weaklings!

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Chapter 292: Defend the Territory (2)

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Zhang Yang went deeper into the swarm of monsters. Nervous and worried sick for him, Han Ying Xue leaped to her feet and followed Zhang Yang from a safe distance. There, she kept on casting healing spells, {Regeneration} to keep him alive and kicking!

It was now, where the difference in individual strengths would be made apparent. Like the character, Zhao Zi Long, from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Yang was weaving about in the battle field, with his sword held out, he twisted and turned, turning living monsters into dead corpses without much effort and strength. From afar, you can really see that Zhang Yang was more like a dancer instead of a fighter. If those judges were present in the field, sitting behind a desk, they would surely be holding up scoreboards of 10! Full marks!

Making use of what little firepower they had at the moment, Zhang Yang had arranged a small group of players from the top of the castle wall to be positioned behind the castle gates. There, their attack would be more or less be effective enough to lay waste! Even though the first two wave of monsters were nothing but appetizers, a few Lone Desert Smoke players had already succumbed to death. Still, they quickly made their way back to the battle field, albeit with penalized attributes. It did not feel long, but 50 mins were up and the second wave boss soon made its appearance.

'Ding! Demon Servant, Morlock has joined the battle!'

500 meters away from the castle, a humanoid beast appeared! Measuring 10 meters tall, this humanoid monster looked like a spawn from hell itself. Its color scheme was mostly just brown and green. It had two horns on its head and a cow's tail at its rear and cow hooves for its feet. The only thing that resembled a human's was the human face that it bore. That was about it. A lot of care had been taken into designing its appearance. With each large step it took, flames burst out from the bottom of its feet and spread out as far as 60 meters away before dying down. Theatrical!

[Demon Servant, Moloch] (Gray-Silver, Demon)

Level: 68

HP: 12,000,000

MP: 6,000,000

Defense: 700

Zhang Yang stared at it and urgently shouted. "Team 1, follow me!"

The players in team 1 were those who had already been following him since the beginning, that is Fatty Han, Han Ying Xue, the little brat, Sun Xin Yu, Hundred Shots, Fatty Han, and others who were considered to be the top 10 strongest players in the guild.

The boss carried a DoT burning aura that would cause 1000 Fire damage every 2 seconds. The AoE would be as far as the fire reached out, which was 60 meters. Whether it be ranged attackers or healers, anyone who would want to attack the boss would have to take the boss' aura damage. A normal healer would not survive long enough to heal others! That being said, Han Ying Xue and Fantasy Sweetheart were well-equipped. Aslo, Priests were better at mass-healing. Han Ying Xue and Fantasy Sweetheart could support a maximum number of 10 players at a time, as exhausting as it may be.

The 10-man party rushed toward the boss with Zhang Yang in the lead. 30 meters away, Zhang Yang used {Spear of Obliteration} on the boss.

'-1,790!'

Moloch roared immediately and retaliated by reaching out with its right arm and forming a ball of flame in its palm. The ball blasted out, growing in size with each passing moment. At that moment, the boss' aura effect kicked in and almost all non-tank players around received a good -1,000 damage. The two healers quickly dismounted from their Direwolves and started getting to work.

Zhang Yang ran close to the boss and activated {Blood Rage} and {Crash Magic}!

Immune!

As the game progressed on , boss monsters that were capable of raiding cities, like the one Zhang Yang was fighting, would be much stronger and the usual boss. Judging from the HP of the boss alone, it sufficed to say that it was much stronger than the usual Yellow-Gold or Violet-Platinum boss! This boss had so much more HP! It was made purposely that way to balance out the system. With lower HP, players could easily swarm around and overwhelm it via sheer numbers! That was why, these bosses were all immune to interruption skill or status affect skills! Otherwise, they would be easily exploited, such as having a bunch of Thieves simply spamming {Ambush} and stunning the boss from the moment it appears, all the way till it fell!

Just then, the ball of fire on the palm of Moloch's palm was completed. The spell was completed and it was instantly flung at Zhang Yang.

'Ding! You have received 3,806 damage from Moloch's {Fireball} (1,200 damage reduced, 994 damage absorbed)!'

Such pitiful damage. It's not even worth being worried about!

Zhang Yang cooperated with Wei Yan Er, one hitting from rear, the other attacking head-on. Before any other skill, {Cripple Defense} would always be the first skill to be stacked on the boss!

With loud bangs and booms, the party rounded up around the boss and started their butchering. With their top-tier equipment, and their high levels that no one else could compete with, no other team such as them could yet be assembled in entire server! Compared to the boss, this party were like hungry wolves, preying on the poor like cow! Molock was slain within 8 minutes!

"Hehe! What a noob!" said Wei Yan Er happily.

"I wonder how is Imperial Sky doing now?"

"Hmph! I hope they lose the Territory Order." Han Ying Xue snorted.

Zhang Yang shook his head. "If that was the case, the system would have announced it! And based on One Sword Stroke's personality, that guy would not be handing over the order to someone else for safeguarding before the battle ends."

Just than, Fatty Han clapped his hands. "Dammit! I should have taken the Territory Order for myself! Why did I give it to Little Yang then!?"

"Nyehehe! You dumb Fatso!" Wei Yan Er teased Fatty Han, laughing gleefully.

After the boss was killed, everyone looted the battle drops and quickly made their way back into the castle. The next wave of monsters would only be coming in the next minute or two.

60th minute.

'Ding! The third wave of monsters have started the attack!'

Expecting to see something appearing from the horizontal, players had gathered close to the edge of the castle walls, only to see an empty field.

"Hmmm….I don't see anything…"

"What's this? Server lag? System bug?"

"Well, if it's a bug, don't mind us! We'll be able to take a break"

"Are you stupid!? Just look at your EXP gauge! We gained so much experience points just after two waves of monsters!"

"Woah! You're right! Holy smokes! I've gained 17%!"

Even after the system had made the announcement for the third wave of monster, nobody could catch sight of anything. However, the atmosphere was still gloomy. The ground was bare, yet it was covered in floating dust that had yet to settle down, as if, an invisible army was marching towards them!

After listening to the debates of the players around, Lost Dream could not help laugh. "Perhaps, Imperial Sky just did us a huge favor! I mean, just look at the experience points!"

Everyone laughed at the irony.

Zhang Yang gazed at the dusty battle field and frowned worriedly. In an instance, his eyes widened, as if he had seen through the deceit of the enemy. He pulled out his sword and got into his battle stance. "Get ready! The enemies right beneath us!"

"What!? Underneath? What kind of monsters are they? Spectre?"

"No! Worms!" Zhang Yang roared.

Boom!

Just as Zhang Yang had announced the d*mning word, a large hole broke out at the bottom of the castle wall. In an instant, a large, centipede-like monster burst out of the ground and rose into the sky. The worms were very large, at seven to eight meters long, and as thick as the huge stone pillars of the roman colosseum. Like an earthworm, its body was ribbed and pink, with dark, slimy dirt sticking to its body!

Once the monsters had burst into the battle field, be it the rear or the head of it, the monsters had spewed out a green, viscous liquid at all the players on the top of the castle wall.

'-1,623!'

'-1,530!'

'-1,723!'

Just as the green liquid made contact with the players, damage was inflicted and even the castle wall had received a {Corroding} status!

[Burrowing Earthworm] (Normal, Beast)

Level: 70

HP: 7,000

Defense: 70

"Oh bloody hell! It's bloody disgusting!" female players started to react in disgust, causing them to stop attacking to find a place to cower behind, dropping the damage output down to 90%!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

One by one, many more worm monsters started to surface and attack the castle wall with their repulsive green liquid. These monsters' attacks were annoying. Not only they were AoE type, they also did not require any cast time! The only good thing about them was the long two minutes cool down time!

This time, the players could no longer depend of the castle wall to defend themselves from the monsters' attacks. The casualty rate had increased dramatically.

Taking the helm, yet again, Zhang Yang commanded. "All melee fighters! Get out of the castle and kill all the monsters! These monsters can burrow underground! The castle walls would not do us any good! Attacking from inside will only disrupt us! Out! Everyone out!"

Having waited idly for two waves, the melee attackers were extremely delighted to receive that command. They cheered in excitement and followed Zhang Yang out of the castle gates.

Not only were the worm monsters highly annoying to deal with, they were also extremely sly and cunning! The monsters would stay hidden for the most part, pop out, attack once, and then burrow down into the ground again when their attacks were in cool down, leaving the spellcasters who needed some time to cast their spells especially frustrated!

This time, the physical attack classes were much more effective. Classes like Thieves and Hunters that have a fixed Focus and Stamina recovery duration, would merely have to wait and charge their "MP" up, before the monsters resurface. When the monsters revealed themselves, the Thieves and Hunters will unleash all their skills at once, dealing goog damage. It still consumed time, but at least they could do some damage!

It was like war in real life. The monsters were dying off like flies, but the guild was also suffering heavy losses! Many had already come back twice after reviving themselves, losing a great deal of attribute points! A majority of players that had died twice were all too careful with their attack and stance. Dying just one more time will send them back to White Jade Castle for the rest of the duration of the war!

"Dummy dear, is it time to use the cannons?"

Zhang Yang waved his hands off furiously. "Not yet. It's just the third wave! Besides, the monsters are capable of hiding underground! It's hard get a clear shot at them!"

As the violent battle between the attacking monsters and the players of the guild continued on, the number of players were gradually dropping as well. The problem with this fight was the fact that the monsters did not have a fixed aggro target. Once they burrowed down the earth, their aggro values would be resetted when they resurfaced, they will randomly pick a target and attack. Tanks were unable carry out their roles, taking the brunt of the punishment on behalf of the others! These bastards were capable of sneaking through the tanks in the front line and head straight towards the attackers in the rear! Even if the tanks wanted to die honorably, there was nothing that they could do to stop the monsters from burrowing!

After barely surviving the 80th minute, the worm monsters had finally stopped spawning, and the boss finally decided to show up.

'Ding! Earth King Burrowing Worm, Tumorase has joined the battle!'

Thum! Thum! Thum!

From a distance, the earth rumbled heavily and formed huge waves in the ground, as if the monster was actually speeding through the earth at a great speed! Currently, the boss was still underneath the ground, rendering its properties and level hidden away.

Zhang Yang was the first person to charge towards the boss and commanded his troops to fall back. "Move away! Do not stand in the monster's pathway if you don't want to get killed instantly!"

Just then the earth rumble even violently as it approached Zhang Yang, the ground in front of him burst open, as if someone had set off an explosion underneath it. As the dirt and dust cleared a little, the silhouette of the monster was reveal. It was three times larger than the previous monsters, 30 meters in height and a 5 meters thick, the monster was extremely huge! At least, it was easier to determine which was the head and which was the tail. A pair of round, coal-black eyes were seen at the top and a large opening, covered in fangs, was probably the mouth!

[Earth King Burrowing Worm, Tumorase] (Gray-Silver, Beast)

Level: 71

HP: 14,000,000

Defense: 800

When Tumorase appeared, it immediately spewed out a large amount of green, sticky liquid at Zhang Yang. However, unlike the other worm monster that would immediately burrow down into the earth after the attack, Tumorase remained on the surface and thrust its long, ribbed body towards Zhang Yang.

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Chapter 293: Defend the Territory (3)

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The boss's attack was considered to be a ranged attack, which could not be blocked. Since the attack was an instant-cast, Zhang Yang could not even react in time before a quick, loud "Pak", caused him to be covered in a splat of green, sticky goo. Right then, he looked like as if someone had just dumped a large bucket of green, gooey slime on him.

As a guild master, many members had greatly admired him. Though he may not be as stern as Hundred Shots, his position as the guild master had made others think that Zhang Yang was a little harder to approach. That impression was made even stronger when Zhang Yang was the person who had led the guild to take all the First Clear Achievement so far! He had even led Team 1 of Lone Desert Smoke to win the championship title of the Soaring Sword Competition in Shanghai! The image around him was more god than man!

However, that being said, he was just human. Despite all his unparalleled achievements when it came to killing and getting achievements and so on and so forth, everyone laughed their butts off when they saw how ridiculous Zhang Yang looked then! They saw how approachable he truly was! Zhang Yang was just a normal human after all!

'Ding! You have received 4,634 Natural damage from Tumorase Acid Attack. (1,404 damage reduced, 994 damage absorb!)'

Just as the system notification rang in his ears, Zhang Yang quickly responded by raising his shield up high to intercept an incoming attack!

THUM!

The strong, massive attack was so forceful that it created a thunderous boom, sending both Zhang Yang and the bear a few meters back!

"Growl!" The bear growled ferociously as it regained its footing and began leading Zhang Yang to counter attack.

Following standard procedure, Zhang Yang stacked up {Cripple Defense} and laid down the attack order. The others started to surround the boss and attacked from various positions. No matter how large or ferocious the boss may be, it was just a Gray-Silver tier. With limited damage output, the boss was completely overwhelmed by the swarm of players attacking it, like a bunch of ants nibbling on small pieces of bread crumbs on the floor.

Just after 30 seconds into the battle, the boss twitched violently and burrowed down into the earth.

"I need you guys to move away when the boss resurfaced! Don't attack! The small ones will attack randomly when they reappear! I think the boss will do the same!" Zhang Yang advised. Everyone around nodded their heads, his logic undeniable.

As the dust cleared a little, there was silence in the battle field. Aside from the ragged panting of players around, nothing else could be seen moving or making any noise. 10 seconds later, the boss burst out of the earth, somewhere far from Zhang Yang. As expected, the boss had cleared its aggro value and targeted a nearby Spellcaster, spitting the green liquid on him.

'-7,000!'

Luckily, the players who Zhang Yang had selected to attack the boss with him were all top-tiered players in the guild. The Spellcaster had decent equipment that granted him a maximum HP of over 9,000. Although the attack did not kill him in one shot, it was enough to force him to cast {Ice Barrier} to save himself.

{Spear of Obliteration}!

'-2,236!'

With one attack, Zhang Yang had managed to draw the boss attention, sending it into a violent rage, and it charged towards Zhang Yang like a huge truck. Zhang Yang intercepted the attack and the entire process repeated itself again. The boss would burrow into the earth after a while, where everyone would stop attacking, before the boss reappeared, and everyone continued to attack again. It was rather easy defeating the boss. After approximately 10 minutes or so, the boss was defeated and dropped a large number of loots for the guild.

Zhang Yang looted all the drops swiftly and cried out, "Get into the castle now! The next wave will appear any second!"

'Ding! The fourth wave of monsters have started advancing!'

Just as he finished his sentence, the announcement rang in their ears. 500 meters away from the castle, a large number Abominable Snowmen spawned. With spears in their hand, they roared, almost simultaneously, sending a strong shock wave that resounded against the castle walls.

[Abominable Snowman] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 73

HP: 7,300

Defense; 70

"Tank Team 1, follow me and form an absolute defense line! We have to make sure that all the others get into the castle!" Zhang Yang cried.

The tanks quickly lined up and prepared to meet the enemy's charge. Just then, the Snowmen had arrived and started their attacks.

Shush! Shush! Shush!

The snowmen were all Hunter class monsters. From afar, they could hurl their spears at the players on the castle wall. Since the monsters were all Level 73, the players that were 10 levels and lower would receive a much higher amoung of Unrepressed Damage due to the enormous level gap!

Unrepressed Damage was caused by huge level gap between two combatants. Unrepressed Damage could go from a 50% penalty, to a 100% damage bonus. This was the reason why players would not grind at higher level maps. Firstly, their own damage will be reduced to a certain level, and secondly, the monster's attack will be stronger! Even though the system would award additional experience points for killing a monster that exceeded the level gap, it was too much work.

"Hey noobie tank! How are those monsters throwing spears again and again?! I mean, where do they get their spears from?" Wei Yan Er asked an unfathomable question.

Zhang Yang thought hard and finally replied with a cold sweat. "I think, they're just like us, characters in a game, to be precise. Having an inventory that could fit many items?"

"Oh! That means, their inventory must be humongous! Look at them! They have been throwing for quite some time now and there's no sign of shortages!"

Talking to this little brat would be the same as talking to a cow about playing the piano whilst thinking of string theory. Just by answering her question, one could be spending all their energy just thinking up a suitable answer for her absolutely ridiculous questions! Zhang Yang ignored Wei Yan Er's bombardment of question and cried out to Endless Starlight. "Starlight! Let's go! It's the two of us!"

Among all the tanks around, only Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight were well-equipped enough to stand among the monsters and not take a beating from the Level 70 monster army. Even so, they had the sense not to charge into the thick! The Defense value provided by the Shield will only be in effect when attacks are taken from the front! Once a player is surrounded, the attacks from behind the character will not take the shield defense value into consideration and inflict greater damage. The number of snowmen out there was overwhelmingly large! So large, that even if each of them only dealt 100 damage with a single range attack, they could easily stack up to 100,000 when their sheer numbers added up!

Both Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight took the helm and guarded the front line like the jackal-headed Egyptian statues! Endless Starlight was not good in offense, so he merely held his shield up, while Zhang Yang took the liberty to take on the assault role and blasted all the Level 70 monsters to hell with various AoE skills like {Horizontal Sweep}, {Blast Wave}, and the proccing ability of the Dark Enigmatic Sword. He was acting as a true sword and shield.

With envy swirling in his eyes, Endless Starlight asked, "Boss, when you grow out of that Dark Enigmatic Sword, could you give it to me instead?"

Zhang Yang laughed. "Sure. I can give it to you. But let me ask you this, what AoE skills do you have that would proc the sword's effect?"

Endless Starlight was baffled.

One of the multi-target, AoE type skills that a Defender had would be {Devotion}. However, the skill does not require any melee weapon to trigger, which meant that, it would not trigger the sword's effect. The next skill would be {Hammer Drop} which would only strike a maximum of three targets! It would be difficult, triggering the 2% proccing rate of the sword.

"D*mn! Dream Tech is so biased! Do they have a grudge against Defenders!?" Endless Starlight complained.

Zhang Yang could not be help but silently agree. To put both classes in comparison, a Warrior-class tank was more versatile in attacking and crowd-control. However, there were specific roles being assigned to their classes. As such, Warriors were known to be excellent in controlling just a single target, whereas a Knight excelled in mass control. That being said, bosses rarely spawn in groups, so a majority of players would use the Warrior-class tank to face the boss, and Knights would be left with the duty of kiting monsters.

Without the fighting spirit to face a boss, a tank would never reach the height of his potential!

As the two of them were having their discussion, attacks from players who were station at the top of the castle wall were raining down on the snowmen. As their name suggested, these snowmen were highly resistant against ice attacks. Cryomancers were having a tough time dealing damage to them since most of their attack had been reduced by half, and sometimes they would fail to even deal any damage at all.

While the ice elemental attackers were having a tough time, the fire elemental attackers were doing extremely well. The only problem was that the number of Cryomancer in the guild far exceeded the number of Pyromancers! So, even though the Pyromancers were dishing out solid damage on the snowmen, the number of Cryomancer and Pyromancer did not balance each other out, and as a whole, the guild was not doing very well against the enemy.

Time waits for no man, and the 100th minute checkpoint has arrived.

'-1,406!'

A sudden damage text of 1,000 popped up on Zhang Yang head. Zhang Yang frantically looked around for the source of it. That really came out from nowhere! Based on his current level and defense value, even if a monster attacked him from behind, they would only deal as much as 400 damage! So, what and who had attacked Zhang Yang?! The attack had actually come flying from the front!

Did a boss spawn without him noticing? Was he too busy to hear the announcement?

No, if a boss did spawn, the damage would not just be 1,000! Alarmed, Zhang Yang searched around for the source of the attack. About 20 meters north, he found a slightly larger snowman with silver streak of fur on his snow-white coat. Other than that, it looked exactly like the others!

[Silvervine Abominable Snowman] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 73

HP: 146,000

Defense: 400

Crap, the elites have spawned!

Zhang Yang searched around, and was horrified to see many more Silvervine Snowman spawning behind it! It was obvious that the normal snowmen had stopped spawning and were being replaced with the elite-tier snowmen!

"Be careful! The monsters have been upgraded! There are elite monsters coming! Watch out!" Zhang Yang issued a warning.

As the sound of the trampling elite snowmen got louder and louder, the earth rumbled and the dust started to fill the air.

One within attack range, the snowmen started their attacks, tossing their sharp spears at incredible speeds towards the players.

"Get back! Get back now! Find cover in the castle walls!" Zhang Yang cried. Even he did not dare stand in the front lines any longer. He had to drag a slightly reluctant Endless Starlight all the way back to the castle gates. There, he commanded the troops to prepare themselves to strike when the monsters begin filing through the bottleneck.

GROWL!

Like water, the monsters rushed into the castle gates, 10 monsters at a time. Here, Zhang Yang and the other tank-class players clashed with the monsters while the ranged attackers rained down assaults from the rear. Even though the monsters were elite, they were quickly overwhelmed.

However, increased HP was not the only buff that the elite monsters had, their attacks were also rather strong. After a short while, player casualties started to skyrocket. Lone Desert Smoke was growing significantly weaker as time passed.

"Dummy! Isn't it time use the cannons!?" Anxious, Han Ying Xue felt that they should start using their trump card.

Zhang Yang shook his head. "Just hold it for a little while longer! This is only the fourth wave! The monsters will only get stronger after each wave. The fifth wave monsters should be Level 76. The sixth wave should be Level 79! When that comes, everyone else besides me will have their attacks reduced! When that happens, we can use the cannons to substitute the damage loss! The damage from the cannons are fixed and will not be affected by the level gap. That is why, until that comes, we must hold on! If we cannot hold this wave, how could we hold on for the next two?!

"You don't have to yell at me like that. Hmph!"

Thank god the elite monsters spawned 10 minutes after the normal snowmen. At most, the elite monster will continue spawning for another 10 minutes and stop when it's time for the boss to show up.

It felt like an eternity before the system finally announced the arrival of the boss.

'Ding! King of Snowmen, Akemoshi has joined the battle!'

Without any difficulty, a hundred-meter-tall snowman could be easily spotted appearing from 500 meters away. Its massive body was covered in the usual white coat of fur. Behind it, a long stretch of gold fur stretched from the top of its neck all the way towards its pelvic region. The monstrous snowmen was huge, and it seemed to be as ancient as the world itself. Each step it took was strong and heavy. The earth shook, as if it could not bear the weight of the beast! This was, without a doubt, one of those moments where you could hear the gulping of saliva from everyone.

[King of Snowmen, Akemoshi] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 74

HP: 16,000,000

Defense: 1,400

"Y-Y-Yellow-Gold!?" When the players checked the boss' properties, a majority of them gasped in horror and surprised. Yellow-Gold bosses were still a rare sight for everyone. Some of them had not even encountered, let alone fought one! Yet, right there and then, they finally had the chance to bear witness to the prowess of a Yellow-God boss! How could they not be surprised?

Now that almost all of Lone Desert Smoke knew how strong their guild master was, everyone was filled with tremendous hope and confidence, that Zhan Yang would lead them in slaying this monstrous beast! That being said, it was a major benefit to all guild members since an open-world boss would be dropping a large number of equipment! Anyone could get their hands on strong equipment as long as they had a sufficient amount of guild contribution points! It's Yellow-Gold! Yellow-Gold equipment!

Even at this point, where players such as Zhang Yang or One Sword Stroke have already obtained Violet-Platinum equipment, Yellow-Gold equipment were still a rare encounter! By simply taking any one of them and selling it, you could easily fetch a good price of 100,000 gold coins! If you were lucky enough, you could sell a Yellow-Gold tier weapon for close to 1,000,000!

Seeing the smiles on their faces, Zhang Yang smiled as well. "Alright guys, take care of the smaller monsters before we go kick some boss' arse!'

"AWW YEAA!" Everyone cheered.

From the looks of it, even after Zhang Yang had spent a lifetime worth of gold coins for the cannon's Power Source Crystals, he would be reaping more profit than loss just by collecting the battle loots from the boss! Still, the Power Source Crystal was Zhang Yang's personal expenditure, whereas the battle loots were all shared equally among all players of the guild.

Still, it was not all bad for him. As long as the Territory remained intact, it was a golden goose, laying golden eggs for him, every day! So what, if he had spent more than a million gold coins? The future profits would always be lucrative!

That being said, it would all be for naught if Lone Desert Smoke does not survive this entire ordeal! After all, the monster will only get stronger after each wave! There was a possibility that the next wave of monster would all be elites! If they lose this defensive war, taking down a Yellow-Gold boss would be like saving a nickel from a collapsing bank!

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Chapter 294: Defend the Territory (4)

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With the presence of a Yellow-Gold boss in the field, everyone was pumped up. The incensed players started wiping the monsters at a faster rate, taking bigger risks, bigger swings.

Akemoshi's strides were so massive with it took less than 10 steps to reach the castle gates, walking over all the other monsters, and jumping into the castle area!

The last thing that they wanted was to have any monsters getting into the castle gates. Zhang Yang hurriedly activated his {Spear of Obliteration} and rode on his white bear towards the boss.

'-2,346!'

Akemoshi growled. Provoked, and agitated, the boss hurled its massive fist at Zhang Yang.

{Block}!

Zhang Yang blocked the attack, however, he was knocked back several meters, along with the white bear. The other players around had waited for Zhang Yang to build up the aggro. Even though they had no clue on what kind of skill does the boss had, all melee fighters had already surrounded the boss, ready to attack with all their might. With severe time constrains, none of them could afford to slack off. Who knew how long, it would take for them to kill this boss? By then, the fifth wave of monsters would have already spawn! If the boss was not killed by then, the situation will start to fall like dominos as more and more monsters flock into the castle grounds!

"AURGH!"

Akemoshi roared, and it looked like its muscles were actually expanding. Zhang Yang had a bad feeling something that bad was going to happened. But before he could warn anyone, Akemoshi slammed the ground with all its might, sending a shockwave across the ground, as if it was its personal mattress. The ground literally folded in and out as players started to wobble around as if they had just drank 10 shots of Flaming Lamborghini.

The attacks went on repeatedly. Each time Akemoshi struck the ground, he caused close to 2,000 damage to every player within 40 meters around him. The AoE were strong and quick. Some players had managed to run out of the AoE circle before they were killed. However, no matter how swiftly they ran, the slams came every second for the next 5 to 6 seconds. Many players were already dead by then. The attacks lasted for 10 seconds.

Akemoshi looked around him and started to pound his chest like King Kong in the movies. The attack was call {Quake Slam} which dealt 2,000 physical attack every second to every target within 40 meters, for 10 seconds!

Zhang Yang began to shout orders around. "Those with lower HP please give up on this boss and get away! Ranged attackers, get yourself out of that range! Healers, please stand further back! Melee attackers, move to the outside of the castle gates and attack the elite monsters instead! You are not allowed to attack the boss! Healers won't have time to heal you!"

Everyone else nodded and made their way outside the castle walls to attack the snowmen. Wei Yan Er was the only one who stayed with Zhang Yang, as she had a battle mount. Together, they had up to 30,000 HP. Wei Yan Er could easily withdraw to get herself healed! Such were the benefits of having a battle mount!

Seeing how Wei Yan Er was performing extremely well in the battlefield, Han Ying Xue could not help but feel a little envious of her little cousin sister. "Dummy! Give the elder sister a battle mount as well!"

As the situation was controlled and the number of dying player were reduced tremendously, Zhang Yang could actually reply Han Ying Xue. "Not anytime soon. However, there will be plenty of chances for you to catch a battle mount in the Chaos Realm! That being said, the rare ones are really difficult to find!"

Akemoshi's {Quake Slam} was strong; strong enough to completely overwhelm 90% of all the tanks in the world. However, while the others players yelled in alarm as they ran out of danger, it was nothing Zhang Yang couldn't handle with a little bit of healing.

The attack was activated once every 30 seconds. Once everyone got the gist of it, they could properly move to safety before the skill was activated and move back after the 10 second duration ended. However, Akemoshi had another skill which was activated at every 10% HP bracket. The skill was similar to that of a Warrior's {Blast Wave}, which blasted a conical shaped shockwave, stunning anyone within the AoE for 10 seconds!

If both {Quake Slam} and the {Blast Wave} were used together, it would be a lethal combo! If Zhang Yang had the luxury of time, he could properly control the skill activation so that both skill would never be used together! However, with the next wave spawning in around 7 to 8 minutes, he would have to simply attack the boss without giving much thought! That, or many players will start to lose their spirits, and the guild would lose many more players to the boss!

The good news was that, Healers were not receiving any damage from the {Quake Slam}, and the ranged players were kept alive by the healers. However, players were all human, afterall. Someone was bound to make a mistake or two. The casualties could not be completely halted.

After the fourth wave of monsters, a majority of the players around had sustained the debuff - {Fallen} on them and had their attributes reduced by 10%. After having two stacks of {Fallen}, not only would the attacks will be reduced tremendously, the survivability of the player will also drop.

'Ding! The fifth wave of monster had started the attack!'

Just when Akemoshi still have 30% HP left, the fifth wave of monster had spawned. Luckily, all of the snowmen had already been eliminated beforehand. Zhang Yang had his hands full with the current boss. He quickly contacted Endless Starlight. "Starlight, what do those fifth wave monster look like?"

"They are all elite-tiers! Something call Wind Surfers. I think they are all melee type!" he replied instantly.

"Alright, lead a squad down there and hold the gates!" Zhang Yang commanded.

The battle with Akemoshi lasted for two more minutes before it fell under the focus fire of the ranged attackers. Zhang Yang first looted all the equipment and drops from the boss and kept it in his inventory. The equipment were all Level 70, which still exceeded the current average level of the players in the guild. Auctioning would have to wait! He could not afford to distract them! Even if the auctions only took a few seconds, the entire process will greatly affect the damage output! He could not afford to spare a single moment.

After having things cleared the castle grounds, Zhang Yang rode out of the castle gates and found Endless Starlight and a few others having a tough time, dealing with the new monsters. These Wind Surfers were surrounded with visible vortexes of wind. Their upper bodies were human-like, yet they did not seem to possess any lower halves. Instead, that area was just a focused sphere of condensed wind…that kept them floating up to 20 to 30 centimeters above the ground. They were definitely elemental beings, with a few modifications. Unlike the usual elemental being, these monsters carried swords in their right hands, and shields in their left. They seemed to be the tank equivalent of monsters.

[Wind Surfer] (Elite, Elemental Being)

Level: 76

HP: 152,000

Defense: 400

The monsters were highly leveled. And since they were elite tier, they were too strong for almost 90% of all players of Lone Desert Smoke. Their attack could deal at least 6000 to 8000 to anyone beside Zhang Yang! Luckily, Endless Starlight and the other tanks were holding their ground. A few of the monsters had managed to pass through the defense line and were causing chaos in the castle grounds. The situation could only get worse as more of them slip in.

"Cannoneers! Aim the cannons at the most concentrated areas and fire! On my mark! Cannon number 1! Respond!" Zhang Yang commanded.

"Aye sir!" The player in charge of cannon number 1 replied, and took aim. He then loaded the Power Source Crystals and wait for Zhang Yang's green signal.

"3,2,1 FIRE!"

"FIRE!"

BOOM!

The cannon burst out a bright ray of light and struck the area beneath the castle wall at a particularly thick clump of monsters. Not a trace was left behind.

With that strike, close to 1000 and more Wind Surfers were annihilated, leaving a void in the middle of the sea of monsters! The drawback was that they did not award any experience points or loots. Still, it was a rather spectacular sight, like seeing something out from a movie.

"Awesome! Good shot!" Everyone cheered in awe.

Being monsters, or rather simple programming, these monsters knew no fear. After witnessing their own comrades being blasted away into smithereens, they hurriedly filled in the gap and cramp together once again.

"Cannon number 2! Fire on my command!" Zhang Yang waited until the time was right and commanded cannon number 2 to aim at the same spot.

"FIRE!"

"FIRE!"

Boom!

Another shot was fired. Another void was created. The cycle continued on with cannon number 3. This time, the cannon was aimed at some place where the monster had already breeched the defense line.

The best usage of the cannon was to wait for monsters to clump up together and fire at them. Since the cannon's damage and the size of the AoE was fixed, a good strategy was to lure all the monster together instead of waiting for them to miraculously lump together. As long as the castle gates stood, players could be situated there, where they would herd the monsters through the bottleneck. This time, it was the cannon's turn to wipe the monsters out.

Boom! Bang! Bam!

Fearing the sixth wave of monsters, Zhang Yang had only used half of their resources for the cannons. Yet, they had only managed to kill half of the incoming monsters. How hard it was, at least it had reduced the massive burden of the tanks in the defense line at the front of the castle gates.

As the battle prolonged, there were many more player that had been sent back to White Jade Castle after accumulated three stacks of the debuff {Fallen}. With that, the defensive power of Lone Desert Smoke had hit a snag. From 19,724 players, the remaining survivor were reduced down to only 7,234 just after 20minutes into the fifth wave.

'Ding! Wind Surfer Moriarty has entered the battle!'

Similar to the previous bosses, a huge air elemental spawned about 500 meters away from the castle wall. A hundred meter high, the boss shared the same appearance with the elite Wind Surfers. The only difference was the weapon and the shield that it was using. Instead of a sword, the boss was using a Yellow-Gold battle hammer, while carrying a torn off castle rampart as a shield. It moved at an incredible speed towards Thunderstorm Castle.

[Wind Surfer Moriarty] (Yellow-Gold, Elemental Being)

Level: 77

HP: 18,000,000

Defense: 1,400

Moriarty floated towards the side of the castle, and began pulverizing the walls with its hammer. A loud crashing sound was heard, and a large cloud of dust was formed. As the dust settled, a large, gaping hole in the wall was made.

Zhang Yang had no intentions of using the cannons to fight the boss! The magic powered cannons were strong, but they would only deal around 200,000 damage a shot. Zhang Yang would need to burn through a large sum of gold coins just to fire a few shots! Left with no other choice in hand, Zhang Yang rode on his white bear and charged towards Moriarty.

"Sha…Sha…" Speaking in an inaudible noise, Moriarty shook his "butt" and emitted a clump of white gas that spread across 40 meters out from him.

"YUCK!" As expected from well-behaved ladies of the guild, everyone pinched their nose even though there were no smell in the air. Still, it had appeared, that the giant boss had just farted at them!

Fatty Han eye's glinted with a mischievous intent. He quickly cried out, "Do not fear! Brother Han is here! Come to me, my darlings! I will protect you!"

Sometimes, when things get out of hand, with mass panic, things might just work out the way you want them to. This time, a few girls had actually listened to Fatty Han and had ran towards his embrace.

They say that, there's always a catch, when things seemed to work out just the way you want them to. When Fatty Han saw the faces of the girls who had come to him, he jumped and cringed, as most of them were extremely unpleasant to the eyes. He then sent a private message to Zhang Yang saying, "Boy! Next time, please set a certain level of requirement during recruitment! Don't be inviting those ugly b*tches man! I almost crapped my pants just now!"

Zhang Yang turned around to glare at Fatty Han who was far behind the defense line and rolled his eyes. "In that case, you'll be the first person I'll kick out of the guild!"

"Hey! What's that's supposed to mean? I'm just fat! There's nothing else wrong with me!"

Ignoring Fatty Han's jokes and comments, Zhang Yang continued to fight the boss. When he walked into the area where the white gas had spread, Zhang Yang and white bear started to float upwards!

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Chapter 295: Defend the Territory (5)

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'Ding! You have received the effect {Weightless}! You have gained the ability to Float. Movement speed reduced by 70%!'

Like the air elementals, Zhang Yang had floated several centimeters above the ground. The white bear beneath him was wiggling its feet frantically like a dog in the water. They may have been slowed down, but the good part was the fact that he could fly!

"Eh!? Little Yang! What are you doing? Are you finally going to the heavens?"

"Haha! Even Aladdin needs a magic carpet to fly. Our boss only needs a giant polar bear to fly!"

"Eh!? Hell nah! Everyone can fly. It's easy as getting stoned!"

"What…?"

"What?"

Everyone started to laughed at Fatty Han and Endless Starlight jokes and forgot to fight.

"Hey! Wankers! Don't just yap around, start attacking the boss!" Zhang Yang sternly scolded.

Without any further delay, Wei Yan Er and the rest of the party hurried to the white gaseous area and followed Zhang Yang, floating upwards like a bunched of oversized party balloons.

"What does this {Weightless} do?" Players started to throw the same question at Zhang Yang. It did not seem to aid the boss or undermine the players in any particular manner.

Zhang Yang shrugged without answering. 'God' Miracle' was just too vast, and to explore every single thing was too much of a hassle.

As if they were underwater, players were able to "swim" upward and "dive" downward, and while it may seem fun to move around in the air, the speed of it was extremely slow. Some players had trouble controlling themselves and were floating haphazardly. Many of them had never experienced underwater combat like Zhang Yang did when he was hunting for the Python skins. Curious, those player experimented with it while attacking the boss at the same time.

Shush!

The boss struck Zhang Yang with its hammer. Though Zhang Yang managed to activate {Block} in time and nullify the attack, Zhang Yang's character was launched at an extreme speed, as if he was plummeting like a cannon ball. At incredible speed, Zhang Yang was sent out of the white gaseous zone and slammed into the ground, hard.

WHAM!

'-3,000!'

Zhang Yang had just received damage from falling. Unlike the other types of damage, such damage would never be reduced or absorbed by any kind of skill. A character will always receive a fixed amount of damage as long as the character had fallen down from a high altitude, unless the character possessed an Invulnerability status.

After striking Zhang Yang, the boss remained in its place without moving. Instead, it turned to the players that were floating around him and swung at them. With a nice curved swing, anyone in the hammer's pathway was struck out of the gas zone. As a Level 77 Yellow-Gold boss with basic attack of 11,000, coupled with the falling damage, the accumulated damage of 15,000 was enough to kill any fully geared Gray-Silver player! Unless they fitted all their sockets with Vitality type gemstones, the attack would only result in death!

The boss's behavior was extreme odd. Whenever a player exited the gas zone, the boss will completely ignore them and turn to other players within the gas zone. By the time Zhang Yang had gotten back to the boss, it had already killed more than 10 players! Only those who were part of the main attack party, such as Wei Yan Er, survived the attack as their equipment were "tanky" enough.

"What a sh*tty boss! You'll be flung out of the fight with just a single strike! This is just plain annoying!" Endless Starlight complained. After Zhang Yang was sent out of the gas zone with a home run, Endless Starlight was next in line to be flung out.

"Healers! Stay out of the boss' attack range! Attackers! Watch your HP! Those who can withstand one strike may remain attacking! Those who cannot, leave the area!" Zhang Yang cried out after thinking up of something.

Nodding their heads, the players obeyed. What that was supposed to be a serious fight, turned out to be quite fun. Players who were floating and fighting the boss were flung out like one of those amusement park rides. Every one or two seconds, 10 or more players will be flung out of the gas zone.

However, Moriarty was still the boss monster for the fifth wave, it will bound to have other skills beside this play thing. Just as everyone was having the time of their life, the hammer in the boss' hand glowed brightly. In an instant, the boss started spinning like a motor. Without any warning, everyone inside the gas zone was flung out! Everyone received more than 15,000 damage in just one attack! Coupled with the 2,000 to 5,000 additional damage from falling, many who had underestimated the boss' attack were killed instantly as they splattered onto the ground.

"What!? {Tornado Cleave}!?" Gasps of horror filled the air as players started to frown. The battle had just gotten much harder. With the recent deaths, there was an obvious decrease in the number of players, as a whole lot of them were already stacked with three {Fallen} debuff and could no longer return to battle.

One problem came after the other, Zhang Yang felt a sudden headache like never before. Open-world bosses were just like that! Since the number of participant in an open-world boss was unlimited, a boss could be as strong as they want to be! Do not hope that the game developers would just present you with a straightforward battle! Most of the open-world boss often required heavy sacrifices to win the battle!

If the situation was different, Lone Desert Smoke would have been willing to send out as many sacrifices as much as they can without giving in to any worries. However, this battle was very much different! Once a player dies three times, they will not be able to come back! There were still many more monsters to clear after this! If more players are sacrificed, how would the guild face the next wave of monsters!?

There was only one thought running inside Zhang Yang's mind. Should he use the [Friendship Jade, and summon Smaug's shadow to fight this boss? Judging from the current situation, to use the two remaining uses of [Friendship Jade] on a Yellow-Gold boss would not be worth it! However, the situation was dire! The Territory was at stake! On the other hand, he also had to worry about the next boss!

Zhang Yang finally came to a final conclusion after serious consideration. If the next boss was even stronger than the current boss, he will drag the boss battle on for longer than 10 minutes after his appearance! Even if Lone Desert Smoke could not defeat the next boss, the Territory should be fine as long as the main Territory hall is left intact! However, if he does not kill Moriarty right now, it will kill more players! Any more losses, and they may be overrun by the next wave!

Without further due, Zhang Yang put on the [Friendship Jade, turned himself into a skeletal soldier, and summoned Smaug.

"Woah! Boss! That's awesome!"

"Long live Zhan Yu guild master! Even as a skeleton, he sure makes a handsome one!"

"KYAAAA! Zhan Yu! I love you!"

There were a few female player with an odd sense of romance cried out for Zhang Yang's attention, which he completely ignored.

Swiftly, Zhang Yang commanded Smaug's shadow to attack Moriarty. "Everyone! Back away now! Let the professional handle this!"

With the speed of the wind, Smaug's shadow hastily jumped into the gas zone! Miraculously, he did not receive any {Weightless} effect and was able to maintain his feet on the ground. He then swung the Shadow Blood Blade and cleaved Moriarty with over 200,000 damage in a single blow.

Besides Han Ying Xue and his own original crew members, the rest of the guild members were oblivious to Zhang Yang's secret weapon. They had always known that their guild master was strong, not I-can-command-holy-tiered-bosses-to-do-my-bidding kind of strong! Would that not mean that Zhang Yang was undefeatable? Unrivaled?! If there was a word to describe the feeling beyond admiration, beyond worship, that would be the word to describe the feeling of how the members of Lone Desert Smoke felt about their guild master.

With Smaug's strength, he only took less than 3 minutes to kill off Moriarty! With no other targets in sight, Smaug returned to guard Zhang Yang. After the entire ordeal, Smaug had only lost less than 10% of his HP! Strong would be an understatement that would not do him justice!

Still, Zhang Yang felt far from joy. He was mourning the second last use of the friendship gem.

Zhang Yang could not help but sigh. After a while, he laughed. Even though the [Friendship Jade] was just a Yellow-Gold tier, it was still able to summon a Holy-tier boss to come to his aid. If it was able to summon Smaug for an unlimited time, that would be too ridiculous! If that was the case, changing the item rarity to Ascended would have made sense instead!

With the early death of the boss, they had won themselves four minutes of rest before the next wave spawned. Everyone took their sweet time to heal themselves with recovery snacks. During that time, Zhang Yang took all the items from the previous bosses and auctioned them out to the members. The session went by quickly without a hitch. Those that had won the bid were happy and those that did not, were not all too disheartened. They knew that the time would come again, in the future!

'Ding! The sixth wave of monsters have started the attack!'

The 150th minute threshold of the battle had started, with the last wave of monsters spawning, 500 meters away from Thunderstorm Castle.

When Zhang Yang the final wave of monster approaching the castle, he froze. Not in his wildest expectations was he prepared for an entire wave of spectres! Every single one of the monsters out there rode atop a skeletal war horse! These Death Knights were all wearing pitch black armor and long broad swords hung on their backs. From afar, you could feel the chill of death coming towards you! Other than their blackened armor, the only part of them that you could see clearly were the glowing green flames in their eye sockets that reeked of doom!

[Death Knight] (Elite, Spectre)

Level: 79

HP: 158,000

Defense: 400

In perfect formation, they started galloping forth, even the sound of the hooves in tandem.

With such a display, fear surged across the players, tremendously lowering their morale.

Without wasting precious time, Zhang Yang commanded Smaug's shadow to guard the castle gates. With only 11 minutes left on the timer, this Holy tier boss should be able to last for that period of time. Riding the mount, the Death Knights were able to reach the gates fairly quickly, where Smaug growled, drawing them to him. With a roar, the Death Knights began to surround Smaug, only to be hacked by him. Without a proper AoE skill, Smaug could only kill the Death Knights one at a time! With millions out there in the battle field, Smaug killing speed was extremely limited!

As expected from a Holy tier boss, Smaug possessed ultra strong defense that all the Death Knights were unable to deal more than 1 damage to Smaug, despite having more than 5,000 basic attack damage. Joining the fray, players from the top of the castle wall laid down their attacks. The cannoneers were also attacking from behind the wall. With each strike killing thousands of monsters in a single blast, the cannoneers spared no expense and fired all 30 shots with haste.

Soon, the 11 minutes counter has finished and Smaug's shadow disappeared into the air. Without the ultimate tank, a large number of Death Knights had rushed into the castle gates and had started engaging with the players.

With no choice left, players could only resort to using themselves as human shields to hold off the Death Knights from proceeding further into the castle. The Death Knights were all Level 79 elite tiers! Other than Zhang Yang alone, everyone else would be affected by the huge level gap! They would deal out penalized damage, while taking even more damage from the monsters! Both attackers, and tankers were having an extremely tough time dealing with the swarm of monsters!

With players all dropping like flies, more and more Death Knights were able to make their way further into the castle. Finally, the inevitable had occurred. The Death Knights were able to punch a huge hole in the last "absolute defense line" and had turned the battle into a one-sided massacre.

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Chapter 296: Defend the Territory (6)

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A lot of Death Knights charged into the castle, some of them clashing with players. However, most of the Death Knights which had not been attacked by the players were riding their Spectre Skeletal Horses directly towards the territorial hall!

After all, the ultimate goal was not to annihilate each other! One side had to destroy the guild flag in territorial hall, while another side had to defend and protect the flag from being destroyed by monsters within the time limit. Therefore, Zhang Yang's ultimate goal did not necessarily involve the annihilation of the enemy!

As a result, a lot of Death Knights directly rushed into territorial hall once they entered the castle! The guild flag always was the target of attack within Death Knights' aggro list, and unless Death Knights were attacked by players, they would ignore everything else and head directly towards the hall!

"Pull back!" Zhang Yang frowned as he shouted.

The purpose of castle gate was to block the enemy from coming into the castle, but, once the castle gate was broken by the enemy then castle gate would lose its purpose! Besides, this was the last wave of monsters attacks, they merely had to survive for another 20 minutes, not wipe out all their attackers!

Lone Desert Smoke's remaining players retreated inwards one after another, and Zhang Yang stayed back to slow the advance of the Death Knights wave after the tank defense lines were destroyed.

However, not all tanks were like Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight. Lone Desert Smoke's members were being overwhelmed by the attacks of the Level 79 elite monsters, and a lot of players were either killed or wounded heavily! These Death Knights would also launch {Death Strike} and cause double attacks. Due to the differences in levels, the Death Knights' attacks were magnified by at least three to four times. As a consequence, one {Death Strike} could actually kill a tank with Level 60 Gray-Silver equipment instantly, which was terrifying!

The number of surviving players kept reducing. Halfway through the retreat, the number of surviving players had been reduced to 2,000 players!

"Get into the territorial hall. We'll make our stand there!" Zhang Yang roared.

The attacks were violent and ferocious, if it Zhang Yang had not used his [Friendship Jade] to summon Smaug's phantom, all of them would already have been annihilated by the fifth wave's boss, Moriarty. They wouldn't even be around to continue resisting at this point.

Damn it, One Sword Stroke and Liu Wei! Zhang Yang had made up his mind. He too, must get the [Monster Attack Order] and let Imperial Sky taste their own medicine!

Zhang Yang did not believe that One Sword Stroke also had something like the [Friendship Jade]!

'Ding! Hoarfrost Death Knight Alps has joined the battle!'

It was the 170th minute and the last boss also made his grand entrance at the battlefield!

Zhang Yang and the rest stayed inside the castle. They could not even see what Alps looked like! They were flooded by thousands of Death Knights who struggled to rush into the territorial hall that was located at the highest point of the castle.

Ouch! Ow! Ah!

Along the way, players were constantly whittled into pieces by Death Knights' rapiers. A lot of players had already died three times, so they had been directly teleported back to White Jade Castle! They could only cheer for the surviving players in guild channel. At this moment, Hundred Shots was too busy to bother about the non-chatting rule.

Pulled back! Pulled back again! We just need to hold up for another 10 minutes!

With the efforts of Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight holding the defense line, nearly a thousand of players eventually made it into the territorial hall. Now, they could only concentrate their fire power on the final bottleneck at the entrance!

The Death Knights kept coming! Luckily, the entrance of territorial hall was narrow, which was easier to defend, compared to castle gate. Zhang Yang and the rest of the players formed a defense line to hold up for a short time!

Due to the huge level restraint, except for Zhang Yang, the rest of the players' attacks were extremely low, which barely slowed the monsters down! Only Zhang Yang's occasional usage of {Horizontal Sweep} and {Blast Wave} could cause huge damage to an area of monsters.

Except for Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight, the rest of tanks hardly survived more than a few seconds under Death Knights' attacks. Players' screams were uttered from time to time and fall defeated. Some players could still be resurrected, and had come back running, continuing their resistance, while, some players experienced their third deaths and had to return to White Jade Castle!

The tanks at the back rapidly filled in the defense line. They used their own bodies to prevent the monsters from crossing!

Two minutes later, the Death Knights' finally started to thin out!

"Have we killed them all?"

"We won?"

Sha! Sha! Sha!

Some strange whispers hissed through the air, carrying ancient voices, they could not even understand what they said.

Clop! Clop! Clop!

At this moment, a skeletal war horse with burning flames on its whole body went into the passage of territorial hall. It seemed far heavier than its skeletal frame suggested. Emerald flames burned within its eye sockets, it puffed out fire from time to time.

A Death Knight in full armor sat atop this spectre war horse, its eyes were burning with white gas which turned into frost and fell on the ground around it!

[Hoarfrost Death Knight Alps] (Violet-Platinum, Spectre)

Level: 80

HP: 20,000,000

Defense: 2,400

This was the second Violet-Platinum boss to appear in the game!

"Violet-Platinum boss, we are going to make a big fortune this time!" Fatty Han was drooling as he said.

"Brother Fatty, you must act like a professional, stop drooling!" Endless Starlight said.

"Damn, take a good look at yourself in the mirror first, you aren't any better!"

Alps did not wait for the players to prepare themselves. His head turned to the guild flag in the territorial hall. "Qiang!" Alps took out his war blade, the war horse under him raised its hooves and dashed towards the guild flag.

Zhang Yang quickly used {Charge} to intercept it and wielded his [Dark Enigmatic Sword] to slash Alps!

Alps uttered a low roar, he flung his war blade and slashed at Zhang Yang's head.

'-12,606!'

A huge damage text floated across Zhang Yang head immediately. This damage had almost reduced 40% of Zhang Yang HP!

Zhang Yang wanted to use {Block} but he was more worried about Alps' {Death Strike}. {Death Strike} was an ulti that could cause double damage! Zhang Yang could not use his battle mount in the territorial hall, and as a result, his masimum HP was only about 29,000. If Zhang Yang received damage from {Death Strike} without a full HP bar, he would definitely be killed instantly!

Alps' single attack was powerful. However, Alps did not have much AoE skills other than {Dividing Slash}, and as long as Zhang Yang did not stand in front of Alps, he would not receive any damage!

There were a lot of surviving healers in territorial hall, Han Ying Xue, Fantasy Sweetheart and a healing Knight started healing Zhang Yang's HP. They managed to keep up with the boss.

"Leave the boss be, and go hold up the monsters ahead! We just need to hold up for another six minutes!" Zhang Yang yelled loudly.

Without a doubt, Violet-Platinum bosses were precious. No matter how precious the Violet-Platinum boss was, it still had far less value than a territory!

Everyone circled around the fight, running to form defensive lines.

Four minutes, three minutes, two minutes, one minute!

1,500 players, 1,000 players, 500 players, 100 players!

As the time went by, the number of players kept reducing!

"Everybody, let's work harder! Just a little bit more! Victory is in front of us!" Daffodil Daydream cheered everyone up.

50 seconds!

30 seconds!

10 seconds!

"We are almost there! We are almost there!" everybody started counting down, "9, 8, 7…"

3, 2, 1!

"Server Announcement: Claim for Terra Nullius has ended, the final holder of [Territory Command Order] is player One Sword Stroke! Margulos town is now a private territory, everyone will be sent back to the main city!"

'Ding! You and your companions have held fast, you have successfully beaten back the monsters and obtained victory!'

Two system messages rang in Lone Desert Smoke's members ears at the same time. The players in White Jade Castle began cheering!

When the time limit of three hours monster attack had ended, all the elite Death Knights disappeared out of thin air like they had never existed before! However, Alps was still in the territorial hall and continued to slash at Zhang Yang violently!

Zhang Yang cried jubilantly, "Well, well, they left us a grand prize! The boss is still here! Everyone, hurry back here and fight the boss!"

At Zhang Yang's command, all of his members started rushing back to Thunderstorm Castle. After that, they summoned their mounts and rushed towards territorial hall!

1,000 players, 3,000 players, 7,000 players!

The numbers kept increasing!

Although most of the players had no way of breaking through Alps' defense, only causing 1 point of damage, their numbers were slowly whittling down his HP! This was because Alps did not have any strong AoE skills.

10 minutes, 20 minutes, 50 minutes!

They used about an hour to defeat Alps by slowly emptying out his HP bar. Alps uttered a cry, and crumpled into a pile of bones along with his horse.

Zhang Yang looted the drops as swiftly as he could, shoving them into his inventory! The monster attack had ended and non-Lone Desert Smoke players could also enter Thunderstorm Castle. It would be most wasteful any of these Violet-Platinum and Yellow-Gold equipment were looted by anyone else!

Only when the last Yellow-Gold equipment was placed into Zhang Yang's inventory did he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, with everyone working together, we have successfully defended the territory! This victory belongs to everyone! This honor also belongs to everyone!"

"Roar!" everyone in the guild roared loudly.

Zhang Yang laughed loudly as he said, "Alright, let's distributes the equipment! Alps dropped four pieces of Violet-Platinum equipment and nine pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment. All of these will be auctioned using the guild's contribution points. Since everyone is already familiar with the rules, let's get right on it!"

[Death Blade] (Violet-Platinum, Two-Handed Sword)

Weapon Attack: 2,246 – 2,646

Attack Interval: 3.5 seconds

DPS: 699

Equipment: Each time the target is struck, there is a 3% chance of causing {Death Strike} to the target, causing double attack.

Level Requirement: 80

"The average weapon attack is at least 2,400 before identifying. After identifying, it will exceed 3,400?"

"En, DPS will be increased by about 1,000 after identification!"

"That's amazing! Look at the special effects, after identifying, there is at least a 5% chance of activating special effects!"

"The basic weapon attack is so strong, if the special effects and critical attacks were triggered side by side, oh my god, there will be at least be 20,000 points of damage from an attack!"

Everyone was acclaimed and astonished by this [Death Blade]

"Auction starts for 500 guild's contribution points, with a minimum increment of 20 contribution points for each bid. All Berserkers and Templars also can join the bid, be quick!" Zhang Yang said.

Those members who had enough guild's contribution points quickly placed their bids, whereas those members who did not have enough guild's contribution points could only drool at one side! This was a Violet-Platinum equipment! These days, having a full set of Gray-Silver equipment was enough to attract looks of envy. What if a player had a piece of Yellow-Gold equipment? Most players would worship them.

If I could get this Violet-Platinum equipment… A lot of players kept drooling, lost in fantasy.

Zhang Yang saw Wei Yan Er standing aside, watching the auction. He asked, "What happened? Little brat, you don't like it?"

"The attack interval is fast, and it's no axe. I won't get any bonuses!" Wei Yan Er pursed her lips as she replied.

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "Although the attack interval is 3.5 seconds, it's a Violet-Platinum weapon. Even without the axe specialization, it is still far stronger than your broken axe!"

"Hmph!" Wei Yan Er clenched her little fist and said, "So you have to find me a high-quality Violet-Platinum axe with an attack interval of 3.8 seconds before I reach Level 80! That will be my 18th birthday present!"

"Eh, are you really near 18? I just don't see it!" Zhang Yang sympathetically gazed at Wei Yan Er's flat-chest.

Daffodil Daydream asked, "Yan Er, when is your birthday?"

"About half a month more!" Wei Yan Er fiercely stared at Zhang Yang, before she turned around to Daffodil Daydream and answered, "23rd January, easy to remember, right?!"

Zhang Yang laughed out loud and said, "Little brat, when you celebrate your birthday, will you be asking your guests to bring lunchboxes with their own money?"

"You idiot, am I that stingy?" Wei Yan Er snorted angrily, she tilted her head to one side as she said, "Noob tank, sister Sun and you must come! By the way, please do not forget to bring along my presents, it doesn't have to be expensive, at least ten thousand dollars will do!"

Fatty Han looked at Wei Yan Er with his disgusting puppy eyes and said, "Little brat, why didn't you invite me?!"

"I'm going to invite the girls in my class, you pervert fatty. You'll scare them off!" Wei Yan Er replied flatly, with a straight face.

Fatty Han was instantly filled with tears and ran to one side to mope. I've been behaving well these few days!

"By the way, sister Daffodil and the others from out of town don't have to came. We've just eaten at the hotel anyway. I'll be able to save some money with fewer guests!" Wei Yan Er's next sentence immediately exposed her intrinsic nature, "However, you guys still can send me presents! Although I will be embarrassed, but if you insisted, I will not refuse your kindness!"

Everybody broke into laughter.

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Chapter 297: A Handsome Reward

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Wei Yan Er not joining the auction of [Death Blade] was good news for the other Lone Desert Smoke's members. As part of Zhang Yang's team, naturally, should she choose to bid, nobody would be able to outbid her!

Even if she did, they wouldn't be complaining! No one could deny their contributions that brought such fame to Lone Desert Smoke in the first place!

Finally, the auction ended, and the [Death Blade] was finally obtained by the Berserker in the secondary team, Galileo. The young cute little boy was so overjoyed, that he feverishly bowed to everyone, greeting them by big brother, big sister. Everyone laughed at his antics.

[The Heart of the Abyss] (Violet-Platinum, Necklace)

Vitality: 141

Intelligence: 94

Equipment: When your spells cause any damage or healings, you have a 1% chance of increasing your spell's damage by 200 points. Lasts for 5 seconds.

Level Requirement: 80

Han Ying Xue fought for the bidding without hesitation, instantly obtaining [The Heart of the Abyss].

[Agulos's Hat] (Violet-Platinum, Leather Armor)

Defense: 48

Vitality: 564

Strength: 161

Dexterity: 378

Level Requirement: 80

This was a high-quality hat for Thieves and Hunters, but neither did Sun Xin Yu, or Lost Dream, or Fatty Han or Hundred Shots placed any bids which made Zhang Yang greatly puzzled. After asking them, only did he find out that these four persons planned to directly acquire their Level 80 Violet-Platinum set equipment!

Zhang Yang started to sweat, Do they think that set equipment would come raining from the sky? The second set equipment could be found in dungeons, so the chances of open world bosses dropping Yellow-Gold set equipment parts were high. But starting from the third set equipment, set equipment would not be found in dungeons, and even the open world bosses would rarely drop set equipment!

Instead, minions held the chances of dropping their variations of set equipment! But the grade of set equipment dropping from minions would be very low and the set equipment effects were ordinary, nothing like the set equipment dropped by bosses!

After the auction of the hat, next up was a pair Defender's boots and this boots was successfully bid by Endless Starlight! This person was easily satisfied and his greatest wish was to lead a bunch of pretty girls to fight dungeons every day, a dream that was already more or less achieved!

Alps' last Violet-Platinum equipment came up, and finally, it was something that Zhang Yang could use!

[Ring of Imprisonment] (Violet-Platinum, Ring)

Vitality: 141

Strength: 40

Equipment: Absorbs 81 damage points when you receive attacks.

Use: Imprisons the target, stunning it. Lasts for 2 seconds. Cool down time: 30 minutes.

Level Requirement: 80

Endless Starlight was already greatly pleased after earning a piece of Violet-Platinum equipment, so he did not compete with Zhang Yang for the ring. Besides, Endless Starlight would not possibly have matched up to him in terms of contribution points. The ring fell into Zhang Yang's hands without incident. Before Zhang Yang reached Level 80, he had already collected four pieces of very powerful Level 80 top grade equipment!

11 pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment were also distributed and those who got the equipment were extremely happy.

Lastly, there were two skill books that Zhang Yang did not put on the guild's auction. These skill books were different, as equipment would be phased out over time but skill books would grow over time. Skills would remain relevant for a long time!

So Zhang Yang intended to keep the skill books, giving it only to the suitable players to learn!

The first skill book was {Death Strike}!

[Skill Book: Death Strike]

Use: Grants the skill {Death Strike}.

Class Requirement: Berserker, Templar, Death Knight

Level Requirement: 80

Zhang Yang posted the description link in the party channel. Han Ying Xue and the rest were astonished.

"Silly Yu, what's this Death Knight class? Obviously, this class option is not available during character creation!" Han Ying Xue opened her pretty eyes widely as she said.

"Is that a hidden class?" Lost Dream asked excitedly.

'God's Miracle' was a virtual reality game, but its realism features was off the charts! However, with only six classes, branching out into a total of thirteen specialties, the options of creating your perfect character was somehow limited. Compared to the various mechanics in 'God's Miracle', they just didn't add up!

Zhang Yang thought quietly of a way to enlighten them as "beta player" instead of someone who travelled from the future, and then he said, "I have never hear of hidden classes in 'God's Miracle'. But after players achieve Level 100, they will obtain some special class' inheritances by collecting a series of items, and completing a series of quests! I believe that's the equivalent of earning hidden classes, because not only to you get to retain your original class, and you will learn a few new class' skills as well!

"Oh!" their eyes lit up and even Sun Xin Yu also asked, "For example?"

"For example…" Zhang Yang thought for a while and said, "Let's talk about the vampiric inheritance. There are seven [Inheritance Fragments, each respectively representing the head, neck, torso, left hand, right hand, left foot and right foot. You are required to collect all these seven [Inheritance Fragments] in order to activate the inheritance quest! The inheritance quest is cumbersome and very lengthy. But when you have completed this quest, you will be entitled to the vampiric inheritance! One of the skills in vampire inheritance is that the player's body can be turned into thousands of bats for a short period of time, the player can fly physically and also rush to their enemies suck their blood and recover own HP bar!"

Fatty Han suddenly gave out a perverted smile, who knows what thoughts ran through his mind at that moment.

"So, there's a Death Knight's inheritance?"

"I guess so!" Zhang Yang nodded and continued, "It is also very troublesome to obtain inheritance. In the case of the vampiric inheritance, you must collect the seven [Inheritance Fragments] in order, not missing a single one of them, and it is impossible to retry or restart the quest! Some of the inheritances can be obtained repeatedly but some inheritances are unique! If two players held pieces of the same set of inheritance, they would be lighted up in each others maps. They would then have to fight for it!"

"Seems to be fun, I'm looking forward to it!" Wei Yan Er chirped happily.

"Alright, alright. Quick, little brat, do you want this [Skill Book: Death Strike]? Otherwise, I will give it to Galileo!"

Wei Yan Er quickly nodded her head repeatedly and replied, "Yes! Of course I want it!"

After little brat received the [Skill Book: Death Strike, she patted it against her body and learned the skill. She also posted the description of {Death Strike}.

{Death Strike} (Level 1): Immediately launches an attack on target, causing 100% melee attack of Shadow damage and recovering 10% HP. Requirement: Two-handed melee weapon. Cost: 50 Rage points. Cool down time: 30 seconds.

"Not bad!" Wei Yan Er smiled with satisfaction.

Zhang Yang shook his head again and again as he said, "That's really too much, this skill does not only cause Shadow damage which ignores defense values, but it also recovers your HP turning it into both an offensive and a defensive skill. And all you have to say about that is 'not bad'. What more do you want?!"

The other skill book was not for the players to learn, but was a pet's skill book {Iron Build}!

Zhang Yang privately kept this skill book to himself, and he immediately handed it over to his Gold-Eared Bear King.

{Iron Build (Passive)}: Increases the pet's HP by 30%.

Currently, Gold-Eared Bear King's HP had exceeded 20,000 points, while its 30% HP was equivalent to 6,000 HP. After "combining" with Zhang Yang, this skill also increased Zhang Yang's HP by 6,000!

Zhang Yang thought for a while and said, "Hundred Shots, get some people to find out, where did Imperial Sky get that [Monster Attack Order]!"

If it was not Zhang Yang's [Friendship Jade, 90% of them would be annihilated! Although [Friendship Jade] had one use remaining, Zhang Yang couldn't get this off his mind. Zhang Yang wanted to turn the tables on Imperial Sky and Liu Wei. It's best he let them taste their own medicine.

Hundred Shots immediately nodded in acknowledgement.

He did not care about the means that Hundred Shot would use to obtain this information. Be it by bribery, or favors, it did not matter. He was willing to stoop to the same level of these villains in order to get back at them!

Zhang Yang disbanded the team. Some of the members logged out from the game to rest and relax. Others continued training.

After a while, one of Zhang Yang's guild members sent a message to Zhang Yang and said, "Guild master, Imperial Sky's territory has changed its name to Imperial Sky Castle and their territory's teleportation fee is only 90 silver coins. They are now advertising in all main cities!"

Zhang Yang could not help get riled up again, as the most annoying thing about doing business was this kind of price war that purposely attempted to ruin the market's value. In the end, nobody was bound to win in this!

When Zhang Yang reached in White Jade Castle, Imperial Sky's members had flooded the area channel by asking people to boycott Thunderstorm Castle, and instead go to their Imperial Sky Castle! They even wantonly slandered Lone Desert Smoke, saying that teleportation fee of one gold coin simply exploited the players!

Zhang Yang felt disgusted. Was Imperial Sky not doing the same? Would a 10% discount make all the difference?

For the majority of the players, it did not matter which territory to go to and as long as the teleportation fee was cheap then they would choose the territory! Therefore, a lot of players immediately changed their mind and bound their [Teleportation Scrolls] to Imperial Sky Castle. However, some of the players did not really bother to switch places as they had already adapted to Thunderstorm Castle's environment. Besides, it was just difference of 10 silver coins, it was not really a big deal for them!

After a day, Zhang Yang's usual 7,000,000 gold coin profit of teleportation fees was instantly reduced to 3,280,000, with at least half of going to Imperial Sky Castle!

Fatty Han acted like a gangster and said, "Little Yang, let's lead a team block the way to Imperial Sky Castle's gate, and rob them, scare them into coming back to us?"

Zhang Yang started to boil up in anger instantly, but quickly burst in laughter upon realizing what Fatty Han said. He choked, "Do you have any idea of stopping 3,000,000 players? You can defeat one or two players but if you provoke everyone's anger, at least a few hundred thousand players will come for your head. Tell me, how many soldiers should I dispatch to rescue you?"

Zhang Yang gazed into the distance and continued, "Currently, we only have to find out how Imperial Sky found the [Monster Attack Order]. As long as we also find this [Monster Attack Order] and use it on them, Imperial Sky Castle will be flattened to the ground. It will take care of all these problems at once!"

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Chapter 298: Heading to the Japan-Korea Region

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hundred Shots did not disappoint Zhang Yang, as it only took two days to come back with useful information!

Imperial Sky had defeated a Yellow-Gold boss, the Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses Morchason, and this boss actually dropped [Monster Attack Order]!

Hundred Shots had purposely searched the information about Morchason at the official website: Level 70 Yellow-Gold boss, Beast, 7,000,000 HP, Melee Attack, Body height of 56 meters, Basic Attack of 11,000, Attack Interval of 2 seconds, Spawns in Northern part of Mountains of Miduo at Meadow Flatlands, Re-spawn time is 1 month (Real time)!

Zhang Yang grew frustrated, realizing that they needed to wait for a month for the re-spawning of Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses. Even if they defeated this boss, it would not necessary drop a [Monster Attack Order]! According to the information from the official website, there was 20% chance of dropping [Monster Attack Order] for First Kill but the subsequent kills would have only 1% chance of dropping [Monster Attack Orders]!

In 'God's Miracle', as long as the players knew the name of the monster, they could get the specific information of the monster, such as monster's HP amount, basic attack amount, type of attack and even its special drop. But if the players searched for the information of items in the official website, such as [Monster Attack Order, the official website would only show the attributes of [Monster Attack Order, without telling the players where to get this item!

Wait a minute!

Zhang Yang's eyes suddenly shone, he immediately logged out from the game and switched on his computer, checking on the official website. He searched for Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses Morchason in official database and rows of information about Morchason were all listed out.

Zhang Yang scrolled the web page as he browsed the database and he stopped at the number of killings!

Currently, Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses Morchason had been killed seven times in the eight servers around the world but the Morchason in Japan-Korea server had not been killed yet!

Zhang Yang revealed a happy smile on his face and logged onto the game once again. He checked his friend list but Sun Xin Yu was offline.

Zhang Yang loitered around when he finally saw Sun Xin Yu logging onto the game in the evening. Then, he quickly sent a party request to Sun Xin Yu.

"?"

"Do me a favor!" Zhang Yang replied, "I need you…"

"… Pervert!" Sun Xin Yu immediately shot him down.

Zhang Yang was stunned, realizing Sun Xin Yu had already jumped to conclusions and he immediately explained, "Don't get me wrong, only you can do this, and I really need you…"

"Do you want to die?" Sun Xin Yu started to grit her teeth.

"Damn it, will you please let me finish?!" Zhang Yang shouted.

Strangely, Sun Xin Yu remained silent after Zhang Yang shouted.

"I need you to go to Mystical Turtle City and head to the Meadow Flatlands, and then find a place known as Mountains of Miduo. After that, I will use the Lover's Charm to teleport to your location, as I want to kill a boss!" Zhang Yang explained.

Sun Xin Yu pondered for a while and asked, "How do I go to Mystical Turtle City?"

The teleportation portal between main cities could only function within the region, and if they wanted to travel across the region, they must first enter Chaos Realm and then go through the realm gate and enter another region! However, players must reach Level 100 in order to enter the Chaos Realm!

Zhang Yang smiled as he answered, "A hermit must have her own ideas!"

"Flattering lips!" Sun Xin Yu complained.

Even an icy woman like her would bother lecturing people? Zhang Yang felt his heart flutter. It was not that he liked to be scolded, but it was rare to see so much emotion from Sun Xin Yu! Zhang Yang ran towards Sun Xin Yu atop his Whitey.

After running for a while, he saw Sun Xin Yu standing elegantly in one corner. Although her face was still covered with a black cloth, her exquisite leather armor outlined her voluptuous body shape, like a beautiful piece of art!

Zhang Yang dismounted from his Whitey and took out his precious [Destination Teleportation Scroll] that had already been stored a long time ago in his inventory. He had won this [Destination Teleportation Scroll] from Ghostly Leaf after making a bet with him. Zhang Yang handed over the [Destination Teleportation Scroll] to Sun Xin Yu and said, "This is a [Destination Teleportation Scroll, you can use this to teleport to any main city in all eight regions of the world!"

A trace of curiosity appeared across Sun Xin Yu's eyes and she immediately made to tear off the [Destination Teleportation Scroll] after taking it from Zhang Yang.

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Yang suddenly said.

Sun Xin Yu stopped tearing off the scroll, looking at Zhang Yang with her puzzled expression and large, elegant eyes.

"Please be careful!" Zhang Yang said with serious expression.

Sun Xin Yu's fair cheeks immediately blushed, even through the black cloth that covered her face. Her delicate body shivered slightly, unable to hide her emotions. Staring at staring Zhang Yang with anger and embarrassment through those big eyes, she continued tearing the [Destination Teleportation Scroll].

A mini teleportation circle rapidly appeared beneath her feet, a white light flashed and encircled her body which was already in stealth mode. Then she was gone.

Stealth mode!

This was the reason why Zhang Yang had asked Sun Xin Yu to travel on his behalf!

Across the world's eight regions, each of the regions were hostile to each other. If Zhang Yang was teleported to Mystical Turtle City, he would be beaten to a pulp by the players and NPCs in Japan-Korea server! No matter how strong Zhang Yang was, what chance would he have against all the players in a region?

In contrast, a thief could enter stealth mode and stalk about! Sun Xin Yu was a peerless Thief Lord and her skills were unmatched. After Zhang Yang had considered so many other factors, he could not find any other candidate than her!

Lost Dream? That was right, he is a strong Thief but the main issue was that, Lost Dream was a male and Zhang Yang would be unable to use Lover's Charm to teleport to Lost Dream.

Sun Xin Yu was sneaking into the enemy's region alone so she would need to be extra careful. Zhang Yang shrugged, settling down at a place and started training, by killing monsters.

Because of the in-game time and real time adjustment, the players now would gain levels faster! Before Zhang Yang had reached Level 72, Han Ying Xue and the rest were already catching up. Currently, most of them were at about Level 69.

However, once they reach Level 70, that speed would drop!

After Zhang Yang pulled and cleared two rounds of monsters, he received a voice call from Hundred Shots, "Zhan Yu, our people discovered a mining cave!"

Zhang Yang blinked in surprise and asked, "What sort of materials?"

"Mithril, and small amount of brass!"

"That's great!" Zhang Yang clenched his fist triumphantly, as mithril was a third grade mineral and it only spawned in Level 60 and above area maps, and was difficult to get into mass production! The mining cave made it so that players would not need to run around the area maps to obtain the ore. Having enough miners in the mining cave would do!

In Zhang Yang's previous life, each time a new mining cave was discovered, guilds would fight for it! In the later stages of the game, a standard of measuring the strength of a guild was determined by whether the guild owned a territory or mining cave. If the guild did not have any of these two, then the guild would not be considered strong!

This should be the first mining cave in the China server. Other guilds would even be aware of the existence of mining caves yet! Zhang Yang commanded, "Send our miner type players, and station them in that mining cave. Then, arrange the appropriately leveled members to train in that vicinity and protect the mining cave!"

"Roger that!"

Hundred Shots was a very compliant right-hand man, Zhang Yang had complete faith in him. So, Zhang Yang did not ask about anything else, other than the exact location of the mining cave, which Coral Jade Mining Cave, in the west of Forest of Tanila.

Zhang Yang continued pulling and clearing monsters to gain experience. After at least seven to eight hours, he received a private message from Sun Xin Yu: "Come over!" Zhang Yang immediately equipped the [Lover's Charm: Yang] and then he was teleported to Sun Xin Yu's location.

'Ding! You have entered Meadow Flatlands (Japan-Korea Server). This is a hostile region, any players can initiate the attack on you and they will not be penalized with the Red Tag! You will be automatically have a red-tag on your name, and if you are killed, the chance of dropping your equipment has been increased by 100%!'

The system notification immediately rang around Zhang Yang's ears.

Sun Xin Yu stood there, silent and still, like a snow lotus on the iceberg, as pure as settled snow.

Zhang Yang suddenly had an urge of pulling her down to the secular world from high above the clouds, to see what this lukewarm woman would actually look like if she started laughing out loudly! Zhang Yang could not help but asked, "Will you laugh?"

Sun Xin Yu looked at suspiciously and answered, "What nonsense!"

"Then, show me how you laugh!"

"…" Sun Xin Yu's pretty eyebrows were furrowed. This was definitely a sign of her getting angry soon.

Zhang Yang laughed as he asked, "Do you still remember when you last had a laugh?"

Sun Xin Yu's eyes widened in recognition, as if she did remember, but she did not reply Zhang Yang.

"Look at you, you don't even remember when was the last time you laughed out loud happily!" Zhang Yang shook his head and asked again, "Are you happy with your life, at where you stand?"

"None of your business!" Sun Xin Yu answered coldly.

"On what days are you off work?"

"Why?"

"I want to take you out and have some fun!"

"I don't want to go!"

"Then I'll look for you at police station!"

"I just said that I don't want to go!"

Zhang Yang stared at Sun Xin Yu, who maintained her gaze evenly. The main characteristic about this woman was that she was unwilling to lose.

Unyielding?

Zhang Yang walked up to Sun Xin Yu and she backed off uncertainly, but she saw the intensity in Zhang Yang's gaze. When Zhang Yang came even closer, Sun Xin Yu finally took another step backwards, keeping a distance of about one meter from Zhang Yang.

"Tomorrow, 8.00 pm, I will take you out for dinner. I won't take no for an answer!" Zhang Yang said.

"…"

It was tiring, talking to this woman!

Zhang Yang relaxed his tensed up body and summoned Whitey, saying, "Let's go for a boss!"

Both of them summoned mounts and started to gallop within the Kalojar Highlands of the Japan-Korea server. Luckily, this area was not a popular place for training, so they only met a few players who they tried to avoid.

Although both of them had hidden their character information, this server would forcibly display all their information. Both of their names were shown, along with the "China Server" tag. Being red-tagged also attracted a few hostile players.

However, this was Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu. They wouldn't be beaten by any random party!

After killing off the annoying players, Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu made their way into Mountains of Miduo. Although the official database showed the Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses – Morchason's approximate location, it did not show the specific coordinates, so players would have to search for the specific coordinates themselves.

After an hour, both of them reached a canyon. Zhang Yang felt that they had come to the correct place, as the monsters in this valley were all Mythical Tyrannosauruses!

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