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 299: Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses - Morchason

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[Scavenging Mythical Tyrannosaurus] (Normal, Beast)

Level: 65

HP: 6,500

Defense: 60

These mythical tyrannosauruses looked basically just like the dinosaur itself. Every single one of them was about 10 meters tall, with lower bodies that looked incredibly strong and powerful while having a pair of short tiny hands with claws. They looked just like the feet of chickens popping out of their chests! Each of them had long and thick tails that looked like steel whips. Their entire bodies were dark-gray in colour, and they had gnashing big maws full of blade-like teeth!

However, Zhang Yang would not waste his time looking at regular monsters! He patted Whitey's head gently and said, "We shall charge forward and just ignore everything else along our way. If anything follows, we'll just wipe them out!"

After finishing his words, he rode on Whitey and began to charge into the valley, and naturally, Sun Xin Yu followed behind closely.

As they passed through, a large number of mythical tyrannosauruses detected their presence, and power coursed through their muscular legs as they began to give chase!

Zhang Yang did not give a damn about these regular monsters as he was riding on Whitey. Whenever the monsters got close enough to snap at Sun Xin Yu, he would activate his {Horizontal Sweep} and {Blast Wave}, or just jump down from his bear to activate {Charge} and {Thunder Strike} to take out the 'trash'. After that, he would jump onto the back of Whitey with a flip and continue his journey.

Since they were here to hunt for a boss, nothing else mattered!

After a seven to eight minutes of charging forward, the two of them were already closing in on the bottom of the valley. As they turned around, they saw hundreds of monsters charging towards them in a furious stampede! If not for the aggro system where monsters would stop their pursuit after a certain distance, that 'army' of monsters that followed them over would have been two times more!

Zhang Yang turned around, and as his rage gauge was full, he activated his {Horizontal Sweep}!

Instantly, the monsters were inflicted with damages of 4000, which repeated itself over and over again! One second later, the common cool down had ended, Zhang Yang activated another {Blast Wave}, blasting the and dazzling the monsters around!

Sun Xin Yu wouldn't leave all the action to him. She peppered the monsters with {Fan of Daggers} from one side, throwing out her knives that spread out in eight directions, inflicting a series of outstanding damage! However, she lacked the special effect on her weapon, so they never came close to Zhang Yang's output!

If other players had been surrounded by so many monsters, the players would have been quickly overwhelmed even with hundreds of healers supporting them! But Zhang Yang's equipment were simply out of this world, leaving no chance for the monsters!

After some time, all of the Scavenging Mythical Tyrannosaurus had been slain, leaving the ground with glittering loots. Zhang Yang glanced through all the loots and picked up a few pieces of equipment. The other items did not even have good selling values, so there was no point picking them up.

Zhang Yang took a look at Sun Xin Yu and began to smile, "Now, you should just look at me in admiration. That should stroke my ego!"

"... boring!"

She began to summon her [mount] while trying to ignore him.

"Wait just a second!" Zhang Yang suddenly pointed towards a direction, "There is a Mythical Tyrannosaurus over there, the size of it looks odd, could it be --" He had already began rushing over there.

Sun Xin Yu followed closely from behind on her mount, and as they were approaching it, they saw a mini-sized little Mythical Tyrannosaurus. It's whole body was crimson red, it was definitely different from the others in the wild! That was not the main point, the main point was that this little Mythical Tyrannosaurus was labeled as Level 0!

[Crimson Red Mythical Tyrannosaurus] (Yellow-Gold Battle Mount)

Level: 0

HP: 50

Caution: Can be captured.

A Yellow-Gold [Battle Mount]! It was a jackpot out of the blue! They actually encountered another such mount!

Zhang Yang smiled at Sun Xin Yu and asked, "Did you bring your [Sealing Leash]?"

"Of course!" Sun Xin Yu nodded and pulled out a [Sealing Leash] from her backpack. Without waiting for Zhang Yang, she instantly threw her {Sealing Leash] straight at the little Mythical Tyrannosaurus.

As she began to cast the spell to activate the [Sealing Leash, 1%, 13%, 45%... Pak, failed!

The first [Sealing Leash] had been broken into two, however, Sun Xin Yu was not rattled or anything. She took out another [Sealing Leash] from her backpack and threw it at the little Mythical Tyrannosaurus once again.

Activating the [Sealing Leash]... Failed!

For the third attempt! Forth attempt... the eighth attempt!

'Ding! You have successfully sealed the Battle Mount - Crimson Red Mythical Tyrannosaurus!"

At last, Sun Xin Yu received the sweet and satisfying voice of the system notification in her ears.

"You are now a mother with a child!" Zhang Yang told her solemnly with a straight face. She rolled her eyes at him.

The two continued to push on forward, and they slayed another wave of monsters. Eventually, they arrived at the deepest bottom of the valley.

A gigantic Mythical Tyrannosaurus with the height of up to 30 meters was lay in a deep slumber by it's nest, it's nostrils ejecting jets of hot air, threatening to blow off the leaves on the nearby trees.

[Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses - Morchason] (Yellow-Gold, Beast)

Level: 70

HP: 7,000,000

Defense: 1,400

Sun Xin Yu turned to Zhang Yang with a questioning stare, then she asked, "So much health points, how are the two of us going to pull this off?"

According to the official database, the basic attack of Morchason is approximately 10,000, therefore, Zhang Yang would probably take 6,200 damage per hit. The boss would attack every 2 seconds, and considering the fact that Zhang Yang could use {Block} once in every 6 seconds, the damage sustained should be around 2,000 -- all these calculations had not yet taken the boss' other skills into account yet!

Zhang Yang would have a total amount of 60,000 health points when mounted on Whitey, and with him able to activate two {Berserker's Heals}, two {Shield Walls}, he would probably last for 2 minutes! However, to deplete the 7,000,000 health points of the boss within that two minutes, the DPS of Sun Xin Yu and Zhang Yang must reach up to 50,000! Well, that was out of the question!

One option was to have Sun Xin Yu use the [teleportation scroll] to travel back, and then pass her [Lover's Charm: Yin] over to Han Ying Xue, allowing their 'Super Healer' to teleport over to him! Possibly being the most well-equipped player in China, she will be able to leisurely give Zhang Yang all the time in the world to chew the boss off, bit by bit. It would definitely be a piece of cake!

However, when Zhang Yang pulled up his friend list, he saw that the avatar portrait of Han Ying Xue was dimmed, and the same went for Wei Yan Er.

Han Ying Xue was a priest, leveling up all on her own would be extremely difficult and inefficient. She would always be paired with Yan Er. Miraculously, Wei Yan Er did actually attend her classes today, giving Han Ying Xue reason to be offline as well, as she was probably out shopping at that very moment!

At this time, he could not depend on Han Ying Xue! Furthermore, if he really did shoo Sun Xin Yu back to Thunderstorm Castle for this particular reason, this Icy queen would definitely explode -- who does he think she is? To summon her when she is required, and to send her away when she is no longer needed?!

Still, it was not a wise move to go up against the boss in their current situation!

If he was already Level 80, equipped with several pieces of Violet-Platinum equipment, then it could have been possible for him and Sun Xin Yu to work together in bringing down this Mythical King of Tyrannosauruses! But now... Zhang Yang raised up his head and looked around. He really would not want to waste the final summon of the Friendship Jade!

"Are we going to engage or what?" Sun Xin Yu demanded in her crystal clear voice.

Zhang Yang revealed a smile on his face as he said, "Engage!"

"Huh? If we are engaging, why are you moving back then?"

"Silly girl, with just the two of us to go head on against the boss, won't we get raped by the boss?" Zhang Yang patted Whitey as he arrived at the flat side of a mountain.

"... who are you calling silly?" Sun Xin Yu sounded dangerous.

Zhang Yang couldn't help but tease her further, "What a silly girl, making me repeat myself twice! Oh dear, there's no cure for this one!"

'Qiang!' Sun Xin Yu pulled out her dagger.

"Don't get mad, it was just a joke! I say that you, icy, should smile more often. If you keep your face that tense all the time, your face might not last through your 30s!" Zhang Yang began to laugh.

Sun Xin Yu was silent for a moment before she asked.

"The boss is at the other side of this area, how are you going to engage with the boss from here?"

"Mountain men will play by the mountain! Got it?" Zhang Yang nudged his head in the direction at the mountain wall, trying his best to crack a mountain joke.

"Stop being so lame!"

"Can you see the cave by the top side?" Zhang Yang pointed at the mountain wall.

As Sun Xin Yu raised her sight of view upwards, and she saw it, 40 meters above the ground she was standing now, the mountain wall had seemed to have been skewered by gigantic spears countless of times, leaving a series of crack marks on it. Some of the crack marks were shallow, but some of them were deep enough to hide people in it. Some of them were actually as deep as seven to eight meters!

"So, what's with them?"

"The entrance of these caves are extremely narrow, at least for the boss. That big-mouthed idiotic Tyrannosaurus will never fit into it, we fight from the cover of it and wear the boss down!"

"Well, but he would be out of your range as well, what good would the cover do?"

"Indeed! But, we will control the rhythm of the battle! When we feel like engaging, we can just engage! When we are out of health points, we can retreat into the narrow cave and get patched up, take our time for our skills to cool down. We can kill him at leisure!"

Sun Xin Yu gave it some thought, and then she asked, "That being said, the problem is still unsolved. How are you going to reach the cave on the mountain wall?"

Those crack marks are basically 40 meters from the ground, making it impossible for any player to jump up to any of them! It sounded like Zhang Yang was making a pointless suggestion!

At that instant, Zhang Yang could not help himself but smile, as he took a piece of item out that he left it long in his backpack -- [Frog King's Powerful Flippers, upon activating, player can jump extremely high for the next 10 seconds, cool down: 1 minute only!

And it is a Level 20 equipment! Sun Xin Yu was shocked by what she just saw, "I can't believe you actually held on to that!"

Zhang Yang smiled, always believing that such equipment with unique abilities would always have their use, someday! He would not even abandon a level 1 equipment with such attributes!

After putting on the [Frog King's Powerful Flippers, Zhang Yang activated the equipment's special effect. With a powerful leap, he instantly leaped over a height of approximately 50 meters, and started climbing up the cliff face.

However, the duration of the "powerful leap" had ended by the time he was climbing. So Zhang Yang had to wait for another minute doing nothing but stand on the shelf of rock before he could continue to leap for a higher 'milestone'! It took him about six or seven minutes before he could squeeze himself into one of the crack holes on the wall. When he saw that it wasn't deep enough, he had to spend more time jumping further up to try the other holes.

Another five or six minutes had passed, and Zhang Yang had finally found himself an ideal crack hole which was about 10 meters deep, 2 meters tall and 2 meters wide, enough for a player to move around freely.

"Icy, I am counting on you to get the boss here! After I've taken its aggro, you can freely interpret the situation to attack or use {Vanish} to clear yourself from the aggro of the boss."

Without a word, Sun Xin Yu rode on her wolf mount straight towards Morchason.

The range of the boss's aggro was approximately 30 meters wide. The moment Sun Xin Yu entered that range, Morchason instantly let out a thunderous roar and lumbered to its feet. With the powerful and muscular legs powering it forwards, Morchason opened up it's bloody big mouth and crunched its teeth at Sun Xin Yu!

Sun Xin Yu immediately started running!

Morchason was right behind her with it's two powerful, long and muscular legs! Every step it took shook the ground with incredible vibrations, emitting out a series of thunderous rumbles!

Zhang Yang pulled out his [Dark Enigmatic Sword, waiting for Morchason to enter the range of his attack. The moment Morchason stepped into the range distance of 30 meters from him, Zhang Yang immediately fired a {Spear of Obliteration} straight at the boss!

'-2,298!'

The first damage value inflicted on Morchason appeared right on top of the boss's head!

Sun Xin Yu had merely gotten close to the boss. Compared to a direct attack; after that obliterating strike from Zhang Yang, most of Morchason's aggro value was pulled over towards Zhang Yang, so the boss began to advance ferociously towards Zhang Yang who was standing at the entrance of the crack hole.

{Block}!

Raising up his shield upon the activation of his skill, his shield was caught between the mouth of the boss! With the shield pressing against the sharp teeth of the boss, sparks flew, with a horrifying screech! While holding out until the boss withdrew it's mouth, a number of scratches were seen on the [Titan Wall]!

That was why equipment were designed to have a of durability in this game!

After a long period of time using an equipment, it will naturally be damaged or even break! Engaging in a seriously intense battle would greatly decrease the durability. And when the durability of that equipment hits zero, it would lose all of it's additional attributes, which meant that players would need to find a blacksmith to repair it, in order to use it again for future battles!

Furthermore, the durability of an equipment would increase correspondingly to the quality of the equipment. The better the quality meant greater durability, meaning a longer time of use. For players, having their equipment 'damaged' was not too big of a deal, as the equipment would still function with all of it's additional attributes, as long as there is still one durability point remaining, as long as it is not 'broken'!

For tankers, their shields take the most impact of all other equipment. So the game developers have made the shield far more durable, compared to other equipment. [Titan Wall] had a durability of 800, which was far more durable than the other equipment on his body, like [Furious Chest Plate] which had only 100 durability points!

Unfortunately, monsters did not have the attributes of equipment durability!

If not for that, players could have depleted the durability of all the boss's teeth, leaving it as a toothless hag!

Zhang Yang was waving his sword around to fend off against the ferocious attacks from the boss while shouting out to Sun Xin Yu, "Icy! You may start attacking!"

Both of them started attacking from both sides.

After a few seconds of battle, Morchason suddenly let out a thunderous roar, lashing out its tail which was as thick as a tree tunk at Zhang Yang! But before the tail could reach Zhang Yang, it struck the mountain wall first! The powerful strike of the tail actually shook the while mountain for awhile and the rocks and dust were dropping from the ceiling within the crack hole!

Although the sound made by the attack was extremely loud and intimidating, the attack stopped there!

Zhang Yang could not help himself proudly ask, "How is it, Icy? Are you impressed?"

Sun Xin Yu instantly rolled her eyes at Zhang Yang.

However, Zhang Yang could not mount his [Battle Mount] within holes and caves. After merely a minute, his health points were starting to get low. He quickly activated his {Shield Wall} and continued to rely on the activation of the health recovery effect of his [Armor Set, and when things got tensed up, he activated his {Berserker's Heal}.

Even with all his powerful skills activated, he could only last against the assault of the boss for 50 seconds long before his health became critical!

"Icy! Use {Vanish} now! I am about to draw back!" Zhang Yang shouted out, and began to run inwards into the crack hole. Of course, Whitey was twerking it's big fat butt, following closely.

As they were retreating, Morchason tried to snap at them, but it failed to touch Zhang Yang. The boss went berserk, flinging it's large head around while ramming at the entrance of the crack hole, shaking up the mountain stones, causing the stones and dust on the ceiling within the crack holes to rain down.

At that moment, the boss was like a continuous wave of explosives! Anyone who got too close would only become it's victim!

Zhang Yang threw another strike of {Spear of Obliteration} at the boss. After that, he calmly took his sweet time to patch himself up with the [Silk Bandage] that he brought along.

[Silk Bandage] (Consumable)

Use: Recovers 8,000 health points within 10 seconds. While patching up, you cannot have any other movement, or else the effect will immediately be interrupted. The cool down time will be shared across all other types of bandages.

Cool down time: 1 minute.

Required: Professional tier First Aid

As Zhang Yang had previously acquired the title of 'Specialist tier First Aid', and with only one [Silk Bandage, he immediately healed himself by 16,000 health points!

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Chapter 300: Takeshi's Fort

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Zhang Yang launched another {Spear of Obliteration} at the boss, and resumed his assault on the boss.

Morchason was truly frustrated, and it let out a series of thunderous roars, fruitlessly gnashing its teeth against the rocks. Sun Xin Yu had immediately followed up.

Actually, if Zhang Yang wanted to, he could have used the special terrain of this crack hole to launch a series of attacks every six seconds, using his {Block} to immunize himself from any damage, even being able to slay the boss without receiving any damage! But if he did so, he would make Sun Xin Yu feel awkward, therefore, he abandoned the thought and decided to carry on.

From the looks of it, Zhang Yang seemed to have found a way to cheat. But the game initially encouraged players to discover new battle tactics to engage in battle. The repetition of using only the same tactics are just meaningless and boring! However, only a few players could implement newly discovered tactics like what Zhang Yang was doing right now, before the implementation of flying mounts!

After some time, Zhang Yang's health bar was about to hit the bottom again. He quickly informed Sun Xin Yu, "Icy, I am about to retreat again, you can activate your {Blur} to force your way to stay alive for awhile!"

He went straight for the crack hole as he spoke.

As Morchason could not lay it's assaults on Zhang Yang, it turned all it's aggro towards Sun Xin Yu and immediately began to stomp it's way towards Sun Xin Yu.

One toe of the boss was as large as seven or eight Ping Pong tables bound together! The damage from the stomping covered a large area, and even with the activation of {Blur}, it was inevitable for her to be inflicted with damage! Sun Xin Yu quickly activated her {Sprint}, increasing her movement speed. Then she began to run towards the opposite direction.

At that moment, Zhang Yang ran out of the crack holes in time, once again attracting the aggro of Morchason, luring the boss to abandon Sun Xin Yu. The boss turned around and began to charge back at Zhang Yang. But just before it reached him, Zhang Yang quickly withdrew again.

Morchason could only turn back around to attack Sun Xin Yu. However, Sun Xin Yu had already ran a distance away.

Apparently, Zhang Yang was calculating the time frames silently. The poor boss was being meddled with like a marionette! As the boss will turn to whoever had the higher aggro value within it's range of attacks, it could only turn back to look for Zhang Yang.

{Block}!

That little time was enough for his {Block} to cool down, so he took the opportunity to give it another blow before running back into the crack hole. At the same time, the cool down for the [Bandage] had ended, and he quickly patched himself up, restoring himself back to his solid state!

Reengaging into battle!

The aggro value was the most important basic knowledge when it comes to battling against monsters and bosses! If the aggro value distribution is erratic, the monster would either be really easy to defeat, or impossible to fight! That would leave the battle full of unpredictable possibilities! And because of the existence of this aggro value distribution system, only could players be divided into different roles; tankers kiting, healers healing, and damage output!

Thanks to this aggro value distribution system, Morchason had become an idiotic monster from head to toe. It was more like a toy, instead of a Yellow-Gold boss, being played around by Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu!

As long as the boss does not heal itself, it will surely be taken down in just a matter of time!

Half an hour later, Morchason was left with only approximately 300,000 health points, close to it's demise!

Zhang Yang once again patched himself with a [Bandage] and went out of the crack hole. Just when he was about to land on the ground, he activated {Charge}, clashing into the thick, muscular lower body of Morchason!

Safely landed!

Whitey landed in similar pattern, and then Zhang Yang leaped onto the back of Whitey, instantly boosting his health points to 52,381/57,810!

Morchason gave a thunderous roar and attempted to stomp on Zhang Yang with it's gigantic foot claw.

190,000! 180,000! The boss was near death! Just when things were getting smooth, suddenly, a party of approximately 20 players rode into the scene. Their leader was tagged, 'Sanada Jubei, Level 66, Male Human, Templar, {Takeshi's Fort}' right above his head! The rest of his party members were maintaining a distance of about 3 meters away right behind him, clearly revealing him as their leader.

These players were all from 'Takeshi's Fort'!

Zhang Yang was not familiar with any player from the other countries, so he had no idea if this Sanada Jubei was a famous player or not in his previous life! Every country, region used different languages, however, the game had an in-built translator. Even though the translations were not always accurate, the meaning would always be conveyed.

They were staring Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu, and three of them were pointing at Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu. As they were still very far away, Zhang Yang could not hear what they were saying. But he could recognize that those three were among the players that he and Sun Xin Yu slaughtered while they were searching for the boss!

Reinforcements! What 'great' timing!

"Icy, let's pick up the pace! We've got company!"

The two of them were increasing their strength in slaying the boss, while Zhang Yang managed to push the boss a little backward!

There were over 20 Japanese players coming their way. Knowing the fact that these Chinese players had crossed the border over to their territory to snatch the bosses within their area, and killing three of their members along the way, who could ignore that!

The party started charging at them.

"Is your cool down time over?" Zhang yang asked.

"17 seconds left!"

"Alright. Let's wait until they enter the aggro range of the boss, then I shall use {Shadow of the Void}, and you shall use {Vanish}! Let the boss handle those shorty japs!" Zhang Yang laughed.

The players of the Takeshi's Fort had already collided into them. Other than Sanada Jubei, the rest of them had jumped down from their own [Mounts] and had began their assaults on Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu. At first, Zhang Yang thought that Sanada Jubei had a [Battle Mount, but upon closer observation, the player wasn't even attacking him, he was only trying to act tough!

Sun Xin Yu activated her {Blur} without hesitation as she turned around and began her counter attack against the players from Takeshi's Fort. Her equipment was very powerful, and her assassin profession was specialized for player versus player battles! After a few sidesteps and slashes, an enemy fell! The player dropped a pair of gaunlets that glittered in a greenish light.

A Green-Copper equipment? They actually came to seek for a fight with such low grade equipment?

"Just, disappear!" Sun Xin Yu said.

Although Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu are powerful, kiting a boss while engaging 20 over players, was a little too much to ask!

"Time to disappear!"

{Shadow of the Void}, {Blur} were both activated at the same instant! Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu immediately disappeared from the sight of the Japanese players.

But poor Whitey could not disappear together with Zhang Yang. Immediately, it became the main target of the boss. Boom! Boom! Boom! With every stomp inflicting more than 10,000 damage, Morchason stomped Whitey to it's demise!

The moment Whitey was dead, the aggro of Morchason immediately switched straight onto those Japanese players! With a deadly swing of it's long tail and a resounding sonic boom, the Japanese players were all flung into the air!

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer from it!

Sanada Jubei and his party members were screaming in agony. Why did this boss turn against its 'countrymen'?! It was alright if it did not aid in chasing down the foreign intruders, it actually began to attack it's compatriots!

Left without a choice, they were forced to engage!

Although Morchason was basically a fool right before Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu, it now acted like a true Yellow-Gold boss! With some stomps and swings of it's tail, the party was wiped out!

20 seconds had passed, and Zhang Yang came out from the void. Seeing how the boss was chomping down their asses, Zhang Yang could not help himself but to laugh out loud.

Afterwards, he quickly ran towards the boss -- because if Morchason killed every single players on it's aggro list, it will disengage from the battle and recover all of it's health points. By then, all of the trouble that he and Sun Xin Yu went through will all be for nothing!

"You filthy Chinese pigs! I am going to tear you both into millions of pieces!" Sanada Jubei was cursing in rage!

Zhang Yang arrived at Morchason, however, he did not launch any of his attack but only pointed the tip of his sword at Sanada and said, "Dream on! Just get lost!"

In China, many people had amicable terms with the Koreans and Japanese, several being fans of their media and culture, but so were those who used terms like 'Shorty Japan1' and 'Gaoli bangzi2'. Zhang Yang had no idea which type of people were the majority, but he was very sure of one thing, he did not have any good opinion towards Japanese men!

Although Sanada managed to activate {Sacred Protection} to grant himself a 5-second of invincibility, it only prolonged the inevitable. The moment the {Sacred Protection} vanished, Zhang Yang pierced through Sanada's chest with his sword and fresh blood oozed out like a fountain, depleting all of Sanada's remaining health points!

Grunting in anger, his body slowly slipped onto the ground. How could this had happened? They were having the advantage in numbers, while the two China players were engaged in a boss battle! Logically speaking, it should be just a walk in the park to take them both out for good, but how did the situation get turned around like that?

"Just roll away with your 'eggs' and get lost!" Zhang Yang withdrew his sword and turned back to the boss, blocking the big mouth of Morchason! The moment these bunch of Takeshi's Fort players were all dead, the aggro of the Morchason was instantly switched back onto Zhang Yang.

Sanada Jubei was releasing his soul back to the the graveyard while posting comments on his regional channel saying, "There are two China pigs trespassing over into our territory, just by the Mountains of Miduo, and he is a Guardian! Gather around and chop up the two China pigs into pieces!"

In just an instant, the regional channel was full of their unrestful voices, with countless of them swearing to start a war.

In their previous attempt, the players of the Takeshi's Fort had managed to reduce the health points of the boss by a few 10,000, leaving Morchason with only about 70,000 health points left. Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu finished off the boss in a short time, leaving behind tons of loots on the ground!

Zhang Yang quickly began to search the ground. He did not have the interest of finding any equipment, what he was looking for was the drop of the [Monster Attack Order]! Hoping, praying for it to drop!

After conveniently picking a few of the Yellow-Gold equipment and some Gray-Silver equipment, and finally, Zhang Yang found a piece of pale purplish parchment. It was just the size of a palm, one side of it was had the word 'Order' and the other side had the word 'Monster'.

[Monster Attack Order] (Consumable)

Use: Marks a territory and lead monsters into bring destructive damage to the territory that is targeted.

Zhang Yang could not help himself but to reveal a sinister smile on his face, having thought to himself, "One Sword Stroke, Liu Wei, I bet none of you would have guessed... that I would obtain a [Monster Attack Order]... I shall make you look 'good'! Don't you guys love to fight for glory? Don't you guys want China to only have one territory? I shall fulfill your 'dream'!"

TL Notes:

1. Shorty Japan - a term used to make fun or discriminate Japanese.

2. Gaoli bangzi - a common Chinese slang term used in damning the Koreans.

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Chapter 301: Monster Siege again!

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"Icy, let's go, it's time to leave!" After getting his hands on the [Monster Attack Order, Zhang Yang naturally felt contented.

"You go on ahead, I am going to slaughter some more Japanese pigs!"

Looking at her excited eyes, Zhang Yang could not help but to feel riled up, and he suggested, "Fine! Let's go kill some more of them piggies! Just let me activate this [Monster Attack Order] first!"

With a gentle tap on the [Monster Attack Order, a three-dimensional projection of a map appeared right in front of his eyes. On the left hand side of the map were the names of the eight main regions while the right hand side of the map was empty.

'Ding! You have used the [Monster Attack Order]. First, please confirm the region!'

Zhang Yang reached out his finger and gently touched the 'China region' on the map, then, the projection on the right side instantly began to shift and a complete map of the China region appeared! Within the map, the Thunderstorm Castle and the Imperial Castle were both highlighted.

'Ding! You have selected the 'China Region'. In this region, there are two territories available for attacking, known as Thunderstorm Castle and Imperial Castle. Please select your specific target!"

Zhang Yang revealed a wicked grin on his face and gave a gentle, steady tap on 'Imperial Castle'.

'Ding! You have selected your target as China Region, Imperial Castle! The [Monster Attack Order] can only be used once. Once it is used, you cannot recover it anymore, proceed?'

Poof! The [Monster Attack Order] instantly turned into a piece of scrap, breaking up in Zhang Yang's palm and dispersing into the air.

"Let's go! Time to slay some shorty Japs!"

Zhang Yang summoned his regular [Mount] and rode for the valley together with Sun Xin Yu.

Not long after they departed, Zhang Yang received a private message from a fuming mad One Sword Stroke, "Zhan Yu, you ruthless sun of the beach!"

Zhang Yang shook his head without any pause and said, "Hey you, you used the [Monster Attack Order] on my territory back then. I didn't make much fuss about it then! What, I'm not allowed to do the same back to you? How shameless!"

"... You just wait, I'm definitely not going to let this go! I'm decreasing the fare for my territory teleportation fees! Even if it means I'm not earning anymore, I'll deprive you of your income!"

"Ha, by all means, if you succeed in keeping your territory! Oh right, I'm very busy right now, no time to chat now, bye!"

After ending the conversation with One Sword Stroke, Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu began their 'conquest' on hunting down the players in the Japan and Korea regions. When they came across a large number of enemies, they would stay hidden and not engage. When they came across a small number of enemies, they would simply engage and slaughter them all! Since the Level 60 maps are all so large, all they had to do was to hide, and the enemies would never find them unless they dispatched tens of thousands of players to sniff them out!

At that moment, the players in Korea and Japan regions were throwing all sorts of curses. Other than the parties of at least 20 or 30 players, any other small parties would not dare to set foot on the leveling grounds of Kalojar Highlands.

Both of them continued sweeping the area clean, day and night, however, as the real world time was already close to dawn, and Sun Xin Yu needed to go to work, both of them tore their own [Teleportation Scrolls] and made their way straight back to Thunderstorm Castle. Some well-informed news 'transporters' were posting the news about their deeds on the game forums.

'Slaughtering within the land of Shorty Japan and Gaoli bangzi, boosting the morale of Republic of China!'. This person used an exaggerated title which instantly attracted a large number of clicks and replies. At first, many players thought that he was simply trolling, but later on, a bunch of players from Japan and China regions started replying furiously on the thread. They were calling them bullies, and challenging them to face the professional players from their own region!

Looks like it wasn't fake news afterall!

In just a short moment, the reputation of Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu were escalated high up into the sky, even being called 'heroes of the race'! Zhang Yang could not help but frown, he only intended to get the [Monster Attack Order, those players were simply collateral.

The enemies of the Lone Desert Smoke such as Imperial Sky and The Dominators also revealed themselves one after another on the forum page, trying to defame Zhang Yang by saying that he was only asking for attention! However, they ended up being drowned in the saliva of the 'Online Water Army1' to the point where they started being insulted instead -- it was an act that boosted the morale of the entirety of China, so do it yourselves if you are capable of doing it, if not, just drown yourselves by the drains at the side!

5th January, 7 pm!

The moment where the monsters would attack the Imperial Castle was finally here!

Zhang Yang and the gang abandoned the thoughts of grinding their levels, and instead, they went to the Meadow Flatlands. Although they could not join the battle Imperial Castle, but they could still at least watch the scene from afar! It was not a bad idea at all!

A few days back when they were defending their own territory, they were always hoping that the monsters were weak! But now, they could only hope that the monsters were all stronger than average bosses! It would be ideal if the first wave of the assault can level down Imperial Castle!

Apparently, Lone Desert Smoke weren't the only ones who came by to enjoy the scene, guildmasters of the other large guilds such as Crimson Rage, Sky High, Sunset Amber, Radiance and others, along their own core players were showing up one after another to enjoy the scene as well!

First wave, second wave, third wave...

The main gate of the Imperial Castle was already been broken through! The battle was invading into the inner side of the territory!

Boom!

A flash of white light passed, the Magic Cannons had been fired!

"They have already activated their Magic Cannon in the forth wave!" Lone Desert Smoke could not help themselves but to compare their own experience, as they only activated their Magic Cannon on the fifth wave!

"The monsters who spawn starting from the second half of the forth wave are all elite grade, it was indeed very challenging to handle!" Zhang Yang was happily retelling his experience to the other guild leaders.

Snow Seeker revealed a smile on her face and said, "From the looks of it, looks like Imperial Sky won't make it through the day!"

Indeed, the Lone Desert Smoke had relied on Zhang Yang's [Friendship Jade] to survive the assault, and even so, their territory was almost destroyed by the end of the assault!

After defending against the assault of the forth wave, the monsters of the fifth wave began to arrive!

The Magic Cannons on the upside of the wall were emitting out a series of blinding white blasts, wiping the invasive monsters away. However, as the those cannons had limited shots, they were quickly used up!

A large number of elite monsters gushed into the Imperial Castle. The spectators from afar could not see the events that were happening within the castle, but all they could see were wave after wave of monsters gushing, in like water going through a ruptured dam!

The boss of the fifth wave finally appeared! It was that farting boy Moriarty the Wind Surfer! His appearance was the last straw that broke the camel's back!

'Server Announcement: The territory: Imperial Castle was destroyed by the monsters!'

"Oh yea!" Fatty Han and the other spectators were cheering and clapping, celebrating! Meanwhile, the people from Sunset Amber, Radiance were smiling from the bottom of their hearts. Previously, they were sabotaged by the Imperial Sky during the Soaring Sword Competition. Since then, they had bore deep grudges towards Imperial Sky! Nothing pleased them more than to witness the loss of their territory!

Zhang Yang was also receiving a tons of cursing and scoldings from the members of Imperial Sky through private messages. One Sword Stroke knew that there was no point in any of it, so he chose to let Zhang Yang walk away with a smile, without saying a word.

Setting the status to not accepting private message from strangers, Zhang Yang found his tranquility without trouble.

After logging out from the game, Zhang Yang confirmed with Sun Xin Yu on their dinner with her before he began to prepare to go out.

Walking beside a pretty police officer whose militaristic uniform did nothing to hide her voluptuous body, brought lots of envious looks from the street! After having dinner, he forcefully brought Sun Xin Yu to a movie, {Heart of the Knight}, which was shot in the {God's Miracle}.

This movie was in high demand, and a lot of people were watching it, making the tickets hard to purchase. However, the movie itself was not that good, the story line was a little dull and old-fashioned, but the special effects, on the other hand, were off the charts.

However, Rome was not built in one day, to melt the ice frost of Sun Xin Yu and see her blooming with with joy and laughter wasn't going to be easy, the amount of effort to do so must be tremendous!

After the movie, Zhang Yang escorted Sun Xin Yu back to her house before taking a cab back to his own apartment.

When he went online, Zhang Yang received a message sent by Sun Xin Yu, saying "Thank you!".

He could not help but smile, then he began to sweet talk, "Am I not your 'boyfriend'? It's my obligation to do so!"

"... Don't think I had no idea about it. You were only saying it to save yourself from getting shot in the face!"

"Then, why didn't you call me out?"

"Did you really want to die so badly?"

"No, not at all!"

"So let's stop playing pretend now, I officially declare that I am dumping you!"

Although he had previously been trying to rid himself of that 'Boyfriend' title, now that his dream had come true, Zhang Yang suddenly felt a little heavy-hearted...

Sun Xin Yu may be icy cold and all, but she was a beauty nevertheless. Her body was out of this world! Pui! Zhang Yang could not imagine who would be picking away such delicate flower in the future!

As the Imperial Castle had been destroyed by the monsters' assault, there was once again, only one territory in the whole of the China region. Players who had linked their [Teleportation scrolls] to Imperial Castle would have to rush all the way to Thunderstorm Castle to link [Teleportation scrolls] there.

Players who knew about the story from the beginning to the end could not help themselves but to laugh at the Imperial Sky for writing their own death sentence! Initially, they were planning to use the Monster Assault on the castle to get rid of Lone Desert Smoke's Thunderstorm Castle. Not only did Lone Desert Smoke manage to defend themselves, they had replied with a [Monster Attack Order] of their own! Unable to hold out against the exact, same assault, they had lost their own Imperial Castle instead!

Lifting a rock up only to drop it on their own feet!

In the modern age of the internet, secrets no longer existed! The Imperial Sky had become the public joke, pushing them to go low profile ever since, rarely even appearing on the forums.

Since the Level 70 Dungeon, 'Vestibule of Stones' was for a party of five, Zhang Yang waited for the four ladies; Han Ying Xue, Daffodil Daydream, Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er to reach Level 70 for starters. Only then did he make his move to acquired the first clear of the dungeon.

Currently, only the party who won the Soaring Sword Competition championship had crossed over the threshold of Level 70. Therefore, there was no stress at all for Zhang Yang and his party in acquiring the First Clear of the dungeon. All of them easily acquired one skill point for themselves!

"Guildmaster, guildmaster! There are two shorty Japs calling out for you and Ms. Sun Xin Yu on the official forums!"

Zhang Yang was looking for good stuff in the Auction house when he received a private message from a member of his own guild. He could not help but to smile, and he replied, "If they want to challenge us, why not! Just let them come over here if they are capable of doing so!"

"But they mentioned saying that they want a match on the 'Hovering Amphitheatre'! Guildmaster, what is a 'Hovering Amphitheatre'?"

Zhang Yang was shocked for a moment. That's right! He knew very well what a 'Hovering Amphitheatre' was!

Hovering Amphitheatre was some sort of an arena which exist for players to challenge each other. But to activate the Hovering Amphitheatre, a player must pay a large sum of gold pieces first. Once the Hovering Amphitheatre is activated, the player can simply challenge another player to battle. No restriction on regions. However, the challenged player can choose to accept the challenge or decline the challenge.

The battle mode on Hovering Amphitheatre had the Level-Drop Penalty! There was a total of 3 grades. In a C-grade challenge, the loser will lose 1 level; in B-grade challenge, the loser will lose 2 levels; and finally in the A-grade challenge, the loser will lose 3 levels!

TL Notes:

1. Online Water Army: a group of Internet ghostwriters paid by either enterprises or companies to post online comments with particular content that affects the flow of the situations.

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Chapter 302: Hovering Amphitheatre

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The Japanese players were trying to wash away their humiliation, and they were really putting in a lot of effort and money into doing so! It was actually unbelievable that they actually managed to dig out something such as this Hovering Amphitheatre!

Zhang Yang gave it some thoughts and replied, "Since they are wiling to spend money to buy more humiliation, then I shall grant them their 'wish'!" He quit the game and looked up the official forum page where the Japanese posted their challenge invitation. By looking at it, he found out that the post was already been replied over tens of thousands of times. Some were summoning Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu to stand out and accept their challenge, while some other were cursing and scolding these two Japanese players for not knowing their own boundaries.

However, someone exposed that these two challengers actually belonged to the runner-up party of the Soaring Sword Competition held in the Japan and Korea regions, one being a tanker and the other being a thief. They definitely shouldn't be underestimated -- but why didn't they get the first place in the competition then? It was unfortunate, that they shared the same server as Korea, and Korea had always been a strong force in the world of online games. Naturally, they had a powerful presence in {God's Miracle} as well, constantly oppressing the players from Japan.

Zhang Yang used his ID that had already been verified by the officials to comment, and he accepted the challenge of the two shorty Japs.

In just a short period of time, the two Japanese players replied. The duel matches were set to happen on the next day on 7th of January by 9 pm. It will be Tanker VS Tanker and Thief VS Thief, and the duels would answer all questions! The two Japanese players were shouting out like mad men, claiming that they would give a good beat down on Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu until they were on their knees, begging for mercy!

Faced with the provocation from the Japanese players, the players in China region were also agitated. One by one, they were posting their supports for Zhang Yang and SunXin Yu.

Before the real duel had even begun, the battle of words had already reached the peak!

The officials of the game even took the opportunity to sell tickets for the duel matches, and whoever wished to watch the matches must pay for it! And it's not expensive too, just two gold pieces! But think about it, how many players are there in China and Japan, that amount of profit...

One day had passed quickly, and the time to duel had come!

"Noob tank, you better not lose!" Wei Yan Er stared up at them as if she was the one in charge.

Han Ying Xue threw a flirty wink and said, "Silly Yu, I shall give you a sweet kiss as the reward of winning the match!"

Zhang Yang felt a shiver down his spine for one brief moment and said, "Are you trying to make things hard for me? I have to consider whether to win or not now!"

"Don't worry, I shall solve your problem and accept the kiss on behalf of you!" Fatty Han thumped his chest and said.

"Sister Sun, do you best! We are rooting for you!" Wei Yan Er also cheered for Sun Xin Yu.

"Zhan Yu, now that you are representing the entire China region into this battle, if you dare to lose this to these shorty Japs, I shall slaughter you with my own bare hands!" Greensleeves Prince of Sunset Amber said.

"Zhan Yu, if you win against those shorty Japs, I will stay with you for a night!" that was from Perfumed Water.

'Ding! Player Kigetsu Zan (Japan-Korea Server) has sent you an A-rank Hovering Amphitheatre Challenge, accept or decline?"

Zhang Yang heard a voice notification from the system right by his ears, and almost at the same instant, Sun Xin Yu had also received a A-rank Hovering Amphitheatre Challenge from Player Kichiku Michi as well.

Accept!

Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu both vanished in an instant and they were teleported into a virtual arena.

'Ding! The duel will commence in 5 minutes, please make preparations for it!'

Meanwhile, the players from both China and Japan-Korea were tossing in their gold pieces to enter the spectator area, and the number of the audience was increasing rapidly as time passes. Unfortunately, the two matches were held at the same time, so everyone had to choose!

Zhang Yang did not summon his Whitey out, and on the contrary, he took off every single piece of his equipment and only kept the [Dark Enigmatic Sword] and the [Titan Wall] on him!

If he was on a battlefield, he would do anything necessary to kill all his enemies! But this was a highly prolific match, and it involved the name of their countries, their races! So, he had to win, and he had to leave the opponent with no excuses for it!

Seeing Zhang Yang taking off almost everything, most of the audiences were puzzled by his act. What is going on? Was Zhang Yang trying to let go of the winning chance of this match?

But those who knew Zhang Yang well, began to smile.

Fatty Han cheered, "Little Yang is about to get real! Those Japs are going to drop their pants to the ground, and then they'll have to bow down and sniff them!"

"These shorty Japs really need to be taught a good lesson!" Lost Dream was tossing his fists around and said, "Unfortunately I can't go to the Japan-Korea server, or else I will kill them myself!"

"Guildmaster, do your best! Go go go!" The entire guild cheered for him.

'Ding! The match of Zhang Yang VS Kigetsu Zan will commence in 10 seconds!'

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

Zhang Yang raised up his [Dark Enigmatic Sword] and [Titan Wall] and walked towards his opponent slowly.

Two opposition sides --

Zhang Yang

HP: 9,520

Attack: 1,178 - 1,378

Defense: 800

Damage absorb Attribute: 300

Level: 71

Kigetsu Zan

HP: 19,840

Attack: 1,576 - 1,776

Defense: 730

Damage absorb Attribute: 820

Level: 69

Judging from the attributes from both sides, the regular attack of Zhang Yang could not even penetrate the defense of Kigetsu Zan, not at all! So how would this carry out then?

Kigetsu Zan stared at Zhang Yang, full of rage and said, "Are you trying to humiliate me?"

Zhang Yang shrugged and said, "Don't get me wrong, now that we are evenly matched with this current situation, people won't say anything about me picking on you!"

"You mother of... Argh!" Kigetsu Zan pulled out his battle axe with murderous intent and said, "I shall make you regret your actions!"

The two dashed towards each other and used {Charge}!

As the two of them clashed into each other, both of them were stunned almost at the same instant. But why 'almost'? Zhang Yang had initiated his Charge by just a few fractions of a second earlier!

That had cause him to recover from stun a tiny bit earlier than his oponent!

It was enough to determine the results of the battle!

Zhang Yang swiftly circled to the back of Kigetsu Zan and activated his {Blood Rage}, instantly boosting his rage points up to 42 points, and he swung his sword at his opponent.

'-136!'

The damage was so low that the audience went 'awww', and the rage points accumulated from that hit was just 5 points.

Kigetsu Zan had also recovered from stun, and he turned around trying to face Zhang Yang. However, Zhang Yang had predicted his movement by observing all the micro movements of his body, and with a swift slip again, he stayed on the back of his opponent for about 3 seconds, and he gave another hit that inflicted about '-73' points of damage.

Poor Kigetsu Zan continued to make attempts to face himself towards Zhang Yang, trying his very best to shake Zhang Yang off his back, but he never succeeded. All he could ever do was to let Zhang Yang continued to poke his ass from his back! His health points was around 20,000 points, to kill him by inflicting these small amount of damages that Zhang Yang is doing to him right now requires at least 3 minutes, enough for his {Berserker's Heal} to cool down!

But the main point was the indignity! This time around, it was them who invited Sun Xin Yu and Zhang Yang for this match to stand up for the dignity and the pride of their Imperial Japan, isn't it? Allowing Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu to travel into their lands just like that was already an insult!

Things were worse now! The fact that a near-naked player could toy with him like that! This... nobody would be able to swallow in this kind of humiliation!

{Destructive Smash}!

Zhang Yang had finally accumulated enough rage points, with a flash from his [Dark Enigmatic Sword, he finally inflicted Kigetsu Zan with more decent damage!

'-1,340!'

Kigetsu Zan was moving left and right trying to turn around, and as he began to realize that he could not shake off Zhang Yang, he began to run forward in a straight line.

-- Zhang Yang almost had no equipment on him, so his agility attribute must be very low now, his movement speed would definitely be no match to Kigetsu Zan's!

After Kigetsu Zan ran forward for some distance, he turned his head around, only to get even more enraged! Apparently, Zhang Yang was resting his [Dark Enigmatic Sword] on his shoulder while staring at him nonchalantly! He had not even tried to pursue Kigetsu Zan!

"Bastard! Bastard!" Kigetsu Zan had lost it and began to curse continuously. He ran all the way back to Zhang Yang. Swinging his axe up into the sky, he tried to cleave Zhang Yang's head.

Approach, activate skill!

Zhang Yang dodged the slash from Kigetsu Zan without much effort, and then he raised his shield up to engage, and used his {Block} to block the following {Wave Blast} from his opponent. With another swift glide, he went right to the back of Kigetsu Zan once again!

'-204!'

As the [Dark Enigmatic Sword] struck by, another damage value appeared right on Kigetsu Zan.

The battle progressed with Zhang Yang continuously staying behind Kigetsu Zan and poking Kigetsu Zan's ass with his sword, and every time when Zhang Yang's {Block} was completely cooled down, he would create a chance for Kigetsu Zan to attack him, accumulating 30 rage point with his skill {Block}. The rest of the time, he would just focus staying on behind Kigetsu Zan to poke his ass with his [Dark Enigmatic Sword, and activate {Destructive Smash} whenever he had enough rage points, to reduce the healing effects on Kigetsu Zan.

The battle was absolutely one-sided, took a lot of time, but within two minutes, Kigetsu Zan was already close to death! But what humiliated him the most was that he was not even be able to touch his opponent yet!

Kigetsu Zan was drowned with his shame. He was running forwards, attempting to gain distance between himself and Zhang Yang while waiting for the reduction effect on his healing effects to fade, planning to use {Berserker's Heal} to heal himself back to his full health!

But Zhang Yang had already predicted his moves, and with a stomp on the ground, he activated {Thunder Strike} and reduced the movement speed of Kigetsu Zan!

Kigetsu Zan quickly used his {Thunder Strike} as well, leaving both of them moving slowly, at least he had the higher agility value still!

The logic was right! Initially the agility attribute of both parties were different, the agility attribute of Kigetsu Zan was 110 points, which was 10 points higher than Zhang Yang's 100 points of agility attribute. But after the speed reduction was applied on both of them, the difference between the two agility attribute points was shortened! It became a situation where the agility attribute of Kigetsu Zan became only 55 points, which was only 5 points higher than Zhang Yang's 50 points of agility! As the movement speed was reduced, the difference between their speed was shortened quite much! Both of them were moving like snails!

'-229!'

'-1420!'

Zhang Yang was still poking Kigetsu Zan's ass with his [Dark Enigmatic Sword]!

Left with no choice, Kigetsu Zan grit his teeth and activated his {Berserker's Heal}.

'4960!'

It was a pitiful healing value, because of the 75% reduction on healing effect by {Destructive Smash}, the {Berserker's Heal} could only heal Kigetsu Zan not more than 5000 health points! It was a tragedy, a tragedy that was too cruel to even look at!

Kigetsu Zan was tearing up. What a menace! To actually toy with people to this point!

Having activated his {Shield Wall}, his other life saving skills, and his {Berserker's Heal}, Kigetsu Zan had nothing left to defend himself in the arena!

Time to slaughter!

'-3022!'

Zhang Yang had finally emptied out Kigetsu Zan's last drop of health points with a fatal blow using his sword.

It was a total torture and slaughter! Kigetsu did not only suffer the lost physically and mentally, he also received the penalty of the A-Grade Challenge, being 'downgraded' by 3 levels! He was definitely going to be cursed upon after this, a tragedy that he will never forget in this life!

Everyone on the audience area was speechless with what they had just witnessed! Previously, they thought that the 'Butterfly Steps' that Zhang Yang invented during the Soaring Sword competition was already the best creation in the world of Player VS Player! But no one had thought that Zhang Yang would pull off a performance that far transcended that!

Quite a large number of people were stunned to see that it was actually not that difficult to bring a Guardian down to the ground. After witnessing Zhang Yang taking off almost all of his equipment and defeating the fully equipped Kigetsu Kan, it seemed that the officials were right all along! No profession was stronger than the other, only players!

Meanwhile, somewhere in a corner, One Sword Stroke could only frown! He knew that Zhang Yang was a skillful player, but he had considered himself close to that level as well. But he knew, that he would never have been able to defeat Kigetsu Zan after taking off his equipment like Zhang Yang did. And Zhang Yang had not taken a single damage from it!

That would require skills that go far beyond one's imagination! One must also have an incredible motor nerve system, and also a very sensitive feeling towards the situation of battles! These all 3 criteria are a must for a player to be so good!

But as Zhang Yang grew stronger, One Sword Stroke only grew more determined! It would be a true achievement to defeat Zhang Yang at his top form! He couldn't wait for the Professional League Championship to begin. He was very eager to have a battle of the century with Zhang Yang in the arena!

...

After Zhang Yang was teleported out from the arena, Sun Xin Yu was already waiting outside. The real battle between her and her opponent merely took 17 seconds, the rest of the time was spent on playing 'hide and seek' in the arena. In the end, Sun Xin Yu was far more superior in term of skills! She successfully caught her opponent, which sealed her victory!

"Little Yang, good job! You've tortured that Jap well enough to entertain me! I feel so much happier now!" Fatty Han was smiling very happily, "Let's go, we shall go and have a good drink together!"

Zhang Yang reequipped himself and replied, "No go! Not unless it's on you. You always leave the bill to me!"

Han Ying Xue and the rest of his gang had rounded up on him. One by one, they congratulated him, and after some idle chatter, they finally left.

"Time to grind for experience points!" Zhang Yang recruited Han Ying Xue, Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream into his party, and they departed to the Level 70 map, the Kingdom of Oz.

The five of them rode on their [Mounts].

The [Crimson Red Mythical Tyrannosaurus] that Sun Xin Yu was riding had leveled up to Level 63. It had grown up from a mini tyrannosaurus to a 3-meter tall tyrannosaurus! It's body is completely covered in crimson red skin, it was very attractive! From afar, it looked like a gigantic ruby!

Han Ying Xue was envious of it, so she said, "Silly Yu, you really are biased! I don't care, you must take the responsibility and find me a [Pet Mount] too, and it should at least be a Yellow-Gold grade!"

"I want it too! Me too!" Wei Yan Er quickly took the opportunity to beg as well, raising her hands high up to the sky.

"Sigh!" Zhang Yang let out a breath of sigh and said, "You two should be more like Daffodil Daydream! Look at her, when did she ever demand for anything like this before?"

"Daffodil Daydream, you can't be like this forever. It is the fate of a mistress to demand for everything from her man!" Han Ying Xue continued with a straight face, "Furthermore, even if you become the main wife, you'll have to throw more tantrums. You need to keep him in check! Sooner or later, you will be replaced by another mistress out there!"

Zhang Yang dripped cold sweat all over his head, and he said, "What the heck are you talking about?"

"Oh yea, the 23rd of January is upon us, I'm about to become an adult, and finally, I will be claiming the company back!" Wei Yan Er did a fist pump.

Zhang Yang could not help himself but to laugh, "What an ungrateful daughter you are, to actually want to kick your dad off the company so urgently!"

"What choice do I have, if dad does not step down, those bloodthirsty relatives of mine shall suck the company dry! By then, it will be too late to chase them out of the company! If I leave the company to them, they will definitely taint everything that my mother and my aunt worked on, for so many years!" For once, Wei Yan Er was dead serious.

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Chapter 303: The Ravine of Coyotes

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Zhang Yang gave it some thoughts and then he said, "You two young ladies should be more careful about this. They may be your relatives, but you will be taking a load of money off their hands. Who knows what may happen!"

In his previous life, he had not heard about Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er, was it because they had an accident before he knew about them? Some people would kill for tens of thousand dollars. Silky Soft Holdings was a large-scale company, worth tens of millions! That kind of profit would drive people into the madness of greed and kill for it!

The Kingdom of Oz was just located by the north side of the Forest of Tanila, being the nearest map from Thunderstorm Castle among the six Level 70 maps. Of course, it would naturally become their first choice to grind their levels.

After rushing for a distance, they arrived at a narrow valley. Looking at the valley side, the place was crawling with demons. There were small-sized demons with Crimson red bodies, there were also blue apparitions, and also a bunch of scantily clad succubi.

"Let's begin our work here!" Zhang Yang tapped on the head of Whitey, Whitey immediately let out a roar and began to charge into the valley.

The five of them were so powerful that they quickly wiped out the monsters, providing Zhang Yang and his party a sea of experience points. After grinding for more than three hours, Zhang Yang had finally achieved a level up, reaching Level 72, bringing him one step closer to equipping the [Titan Armor Set].

The five of them were slaughtering their way through, forcing their way through to the other end of the valley. Before them was a small camping site with only ten tents being set up there. The surroundings were set up with defensive fences, built with sharpened woods. There were also two heavily armored soldiers guarding, by the entrance of the camp site.

The armors on the two soldiers were heavily weathered, and they were stained in aquamarine blood. It seemed that they did not even have the time to fix their equipment, or even wipe them clean!

[Ravines of Coyotes - Soldier] (Elite, Humanoid Creature)

Level: 74

HP: 74,000

Defense: 400

The information of these NPCs were shown in green words, it also meant that this entire camp site was a friendly station. To find a camp in such a desolated place, Zhang Yang was 90% sure that such places would have quests to complete!

"Hold it right there, who are you people?" The two soldiers instantly drew their swords after catching sight of Zhang Yang's party. They did not sound friendly at all.

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "We are adventurers!"

"Adventurers? God damn it, I knew it! That god damn state of Empire abandoned us and left us for dead! Alright, fellow adventurers, you may enter our camp site. Maybe our chief will give you some small errands to run!" One of the soldier informed them.

As the five of them entered the camp site, they saw a pergola, set right in the middle of the entire camp site. There was an officer with the name 'Captain Kang Na' shown right above his head, standing right in front of a table, revealing a worried frown on his face. Beside Kang Na, there was a warrior equipped in a full body of armor, with a name 'Quartermaster Patna' right on top of his head.

[Captain Kang Na] (Gray-Silver, Humanoid Creature)

Level: 75

HP: 3,750,000

Defense: 800

[Quartermaster Patna] (Gray-Silver, Humanoid Creature)

Level: 73

HP: 3,650,000

Defense: 800

D*mn, a captain and a quartermaster -- Gray-Silver bosses! Ever since they they entered the high level maps, Gray-Silver bosses had been all over the places, meaning that they were certainly losing their prestige over time!

"Adventurer?" Kang Na raised his head up and glanced Zhang Yang and his party, before scowling, "Just the five of you? What can you do?"

Zhang Yang smiled and said, "If the five of us were able to clear a path and arrive at your camp site, does that not speak for our strength?"

Kang Na blinked in surprise and said, "That is true, this valley is crawled with demons in all corners. You making it here should mean that you really have some skills! However, our camp is now facing a crisis that cannot be solved with skills alone!"

He then stared at the five of them and said, "Alright, rookies, I shall give you a chance! Our camp is seriously lacking of supplies, and our soldiers are required to stay and guard this camp site. So, you rookies go ahead and get us something to eat! Hmm, preferably meat, large pieces of meat! We have not been eating fresh meat for weeks!"

'Ding! Captain Kang Na has given you a quest: Supply for the Camp, accept or decline?'

Accepted.

Zhang Yang approached the Quartermaster Patna and asked, "Quartermaster, anything here for sale?"

Patna gave a good laugh and said, "Adventurer, you have good intuition, knowing that I have some here! Here, feast your eyes upon them!" the NPC reveal his interface for sales.

Holy god, there were really plenty of good stuffs in there! Alchemist recipes, a variety of blueprints for different professions such as Blacksmiths, and also a variety of [Skill Books] for different professions. However, these items could not be bought with gold pieces, but a type of item called the [Demonic Stone].

These so-called [Demonic Stones] can be bought from the NPC, but the price is 1,000 pieces of [Demonic Stone Shards] for each stone. Zhang Yang tapped on the description of the [Demonic Stone] with his finger and immediately, the information popped right out: You must be equipped with the [Soldier's Badge] to be eligible to collect [Demonic Stones] or [Demonic Stone Shards] from the dead bodies of the demonic monsters within the Ravines of Coyotes. The higher the grade of the demon, the higher the rate of dropping a [Demonic Stone]!

Zhang Yang was curious, so he asked, "Quartermaster, how do we get [Soldier's Badges] then?"

"Only brave warriors who have earned our approval will be eligible to wear the [Soldier's Badge]! So, rookies, get the quests done well and you might gain the captain's approval!" Patnar explained.

"Silly Yu, are the stuffs here good?" Han Ying Xue asked.

The descriptions of [Skill Books] and [Recipes] were not visible to people who have not learned them yet. Therefore, the four ladies on his party could only stare at the names of those [Skill Books] and [Recipes] dumbly.

Zhang Yang nodded and told them, "It's worth the shot!"

The warrior profession [Skill Book] was named {Heroic Leap}! In his previous life, he did not acquire this [Skill Book] through any quests in this location, but he had acquired it through slaying a boss. This skill allowed a warrior to leap from one place to another, the effect was basically similar to {Charge}, but the only difference was that {Charge} could not travel through obstacles, while {Leap} could!

Of course, the obstacle must not be too tall.

"Let's go and get these NPCs some food to eat!" Zhang Yang flipped on his [mount].

Although each [Skill Book] was sold at only one piece of [Demonic Stone, but judging from the fact that 1000 [Demonic Stone Shards] were required to exchange for only one [Demonic Stone, Zhang Yang knew that it was not going to be easy at all, and they had no clue on the drop rates of those [Demonic Stone Shards]!

Han Ying Xue and the girls once again summoned their [mounts] as well and rode out of the camp site with Zhang Yang.

[Supply for the Camp] (Difficulty: D-rank)

Description: The captain of the Ravine of Coyotes - Kang Na would like you to collect 200 pieces of Iron Back Rhinoceros leg meat! "Humph, it's been so long since we have tasted good meat, the thought of it is making us drool!" You can find Iron Back Rhinoceroses by the Swan Lake in the Ravine of Coyotes.

Completion: Collect the thigh meat of Iron Back Rhinoceros 0/200

Quest reward: Soldier's Badge

As the five of them came out from the valley, they arrived at the Swan Lake. Along the lake, there were many white rhinoceros chewing on the grass and drinking from the lake. Although their numbers weren't small, they were scattered across the entire area, making it difficult to round them up.

"The quest says that each of us must collect 200 pieces of thigh meats of the rhinoceros, I think it's best we split up!"

So they went out into the area in four different directions. Han Ying Xue, as always, tagged along with Wei Yan Er.

Although the Iron Back Rhinoceroses were quite large in size, but they were just regular Level 73 monsters, posing no threat at all to Zhang Yang. But as the number of monsters around was low, the effect of the [Dark Enigmatic Sword] could not be triggered often. It could only function as a regular Level 60 Yellow-Gold weapon!

Although the number of monsters in the area were abundant, the drop rate of the quest item was not high at all. It took about an hour for Zhang Yang to complete collecting all 200 pieces of thigh meat of the Iron Back Rhinoceros! On the other hand, Sun Xin Yu and Daffodil Daydream were almost done with the quest as well, but Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue still had a certain number to collect in order for them to catch up.

Zhang Yang went on to help the two ladies finish up, and after another 20 minutes, everyone in the party had finally collected all 200 pieces of the meat. Then they headed back to the camp site ready to turn their quests.

"Very good, you are more capable than I thought, after all! But don't get ahead of yourselves, you people are just a tiny bit better than those rookies! Compared to my soldiers, you are still far behind!" Captain Kang Na had a holier-than-thou look on his face.

'Ding! You have completed a quest: Supplies for the Camp, obtained 200,000 experience points!'

'Ding! You have acquired an item [Soldier's Badge]!'

[Soldier's Badge] (Accessory, White)

Equip: allows you to collect [Demonic Stone Shards] and [Demonic Stone] from the demons you slay within the Ravine of Coyotes.

Level required: 70

"Rookies, you have completed one simple quest! Now, here's another! The reason remains unknown for the sudden increase of these foul demons around this area. Go and investigate!"

Captain Kang Na still had that arrogant look pasted on his face, ordering Zhang Yang and the others around with his loud, annoying voice.

'Ding! Captain Kang Na has given you a quest: Investigate the Demon's Territory, accept of decline?'

Wei Yan Er began to complain, "This NPC is so full of himself! I really want to beat the crap out of him!"

"It's just an NPC, it's all part of the script. If you want to beat someone, beat the designers from Dream Technology!"

[Investigate the Demon's Territory] (Difficulty: B-rank)

Description: The Captain Kang Na of the Ravine of Coyotes wants you to investigate the Demon's Territory, and find out the reason behind the increasing number of demons lurking around. The Demon's Territory is located approximately 20 kilometers from the Ravine of Coyotes.

Completion: Investigate any anomaly within the Demon's Territory 0/1

The five of them rode out on their own [mounts] towards the west. After traveling through a forest, a large camp site was spotted right in front of them. The camp site was about seven to eight kilometers in radius. The previous campsite was more like a hut compared to this!

Around the campsite, there was a large number of demons wandering around. Succubi prowled around the outside, showcasing their scantily clad, seductive bodies, with nothing but a piece of leather around their ample chests and tight spats that barely covered their butt cheeks. At their lower spines, devilish tails sprouted out. More importantly, compared to the previous succubi that they encountered before, these succubi were all elite monsters!

[Succubus] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 75

HP: 75,000

Defense: 400

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Chapter 304: Investigation in the Demon's Territory

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"Why aren't there any male succubi?" Wei Yan Er asked.

"…"

"Are they even called male succubi to begin with?"

"I think they are called incubuses..." Daffodil Daydream whispered to herself quietly.

"Hmm…In that case, could they just give birth to male succubus?" Persistent till the end, Wei Yan Er refused to let the topic die off without getting a satisfied answer.

Zhang Yang rustled his hair furiously. If he did not answer her question, it would only be hell for him as she will continue bugging the party with more and more stupid questions. He gave it serious thought and finally came up with a suitable answer. "I believe that this race is a peculiar, special one. I think that if the succubi gave birth to male offspring, they will inherit the father's race. The female offspring will the succubi by default!"

"Woah…" Wei Yan Er eyes glinted with joy at the newly acquired knowledge. However, she cocked her head and asked, "Why is that?"

"…How the hell would I know? What do I look like? The father of all succubi? Ask the game developers yourself!" Zhang Yang snapped impatiently.

Han Ying Xue patted Zhang Yang's shoulder and said, "Ah…my sweet stupid Yu, now you know my pain!"

Zhang Yang pondered for a brief second and realized what she meant. She must have had to endure Wei Yan Er's insanely huge curiosity for several years! Zhang Yang smiled weakly as he understood her! Perhaps, the reason that Han Ying Xue went to England for her studies was not all because of Luo Yang Ming, could it be, that she was also running away from her precious, demonic little cousin sister?!

Zhang Yang clapped his hands together and cried out. "Alright guys! Let's start the fight!" He then patted the white bear's head in a light, yet decisive manner.

The party now had a total of three battle mounts. Their total battle power had increased to a whole other level, especially with the [Gold-Eared Bear King] and [Crimson Red Mythical Tyrannosaurus]. Both of the battle mounts were Yellow-Gold tier! Their battle power were about the same as similarly leveled players with Gray-Silver equipment!

"Mmmm~ Human male! Play with me!" One of the succubus immediately engaged with the party and lashed the whip in her hand. She licked her red lips seductively, moaning at the same time as she gyrated her hips.

Whoo PISHH!

The whipped landed on Zhang Yang head, even though he thought that he actually dodged it.

"You sly minx! Taste my axe!" Wei Yan Er leaped forward and swung the giant axe in her hand.

With the combined attack from five players and three battle mounts, the succubus only fought for a few minutes before moaning in a great, loud ecstatic cry as she collapsed. Just as she fell defeated, a few [Silk Cloth] and copper coins burst out! There was even a piece of [Demonic Stone Fragment] which was swiftly looted by Wei Yan Er by her lightning speed snatching!

"Sigh! You girls don't know how to take care of your own image. At least make an effort to do so!" Zhang Yang sighed heavily and laughed. "I knew it, women are the brutal ones!"

"*ahem* Excuse me! I'm not a woman! I'm still a girl!" said Wei Yan Er as she stuck her tongue out.

Han Ying Xue, on the other hand, blew a kiss at Zhang Yang and winked. "I'm not a girl, but I'm not yet a woman. A maiden, I would say at best!"

A cold sweat dripped down from Zhang Yang forehead. What a woman! If the little girl does not what she's saying, it's best to leave it that way! Why can't you just keep your lecherous mouth shut for just a good d*mn minute!?

There were many monsters in the camp. As the party proceeded in deeper, they had killed so many monsters that they had already lost count of them. After a while, they finally arrived at a small castle. This was the central point of the entire Demon Territory. Instead of a regular, medieval like castle structure, this was more of a gigantic round pillar. With only one floor, it was not all that tall in height. Outside the entrance of the castle were four large flags that represented various demonic races. Under the flags were eight elite tiered Flame Hell's Devil.

[Flame Hell's Devil] (Elite, Demon)

Level: 76

HP: 76,000

Defense: 600

These stone-like beings were naturally high in defense. The average Level 70 Elite tier monster would have only roughly 400 Defense! Yet, they had 50% more than that! In addition to that, these devils had the {Burning Aura}, dealing 1000 Fire damage to every target within 40 meters of their vicinity. Luckily, the same aura effect would not stack upon each other!

"I think, that's where we're supposed to investigate!" said Zhang Yang.

Han Ying Xue cast a {Holy Shield} on Zhang Yang and winked at him. "Go on!" said Han Ying Xue with the expression that says "Go, be the meat shield!".

Reading the expression on her face like a book, Zhang Yang rolled his eyes and said, "You're already so brutal to me as a maiden. I wonder how orc-like you'll become when you become someone's woman!" As soon as he said that, he rode off to the monsters, leaving Han Ying Xue behind, sulking.

"KIIIII KIII!" One after the other, the monster reacted violently as Zhang Yang entered their aggro. Zhang Yang had only engaged one of them, but the other seven of them were also triggered. Stomping their stone feet into the ground, they fired flaming green-emerald projectiles at Zhang Yang. If Zhang Yang were to fight these monsters alone, like he always did, he would have evaded the attacks with a quick sidestep. However, now that he had brought the devilish Little Snow along, he would not let her have it her way, knowing that they woman was lazy and would definitely slack if given the opportunity. With that thought in mind, he took the hit head on, without dodging it.

{Burning Aura} could have only done minuscule damage to him. Even though the monsters had 1,400 physical attack damage, all eight of them combined would only damage Zhang Yang by around 10,000 damage. At most, if Han Ying Xue could not keep up the healing, he would only need to activate {Berserker's Heal} since it had only two minutes of cool down time. Might as well use it, or it will be wasted there in his hotkeys, collecting dust!

"As expected of Zhan Yu! Only the guild master could do something as brave as tanking all eight monsters at the same time! I believe that no other tanks could stand up to those monsters like the way Zhan Yu did!" Daffodil Daydream praised Zhang Yang.

Hearing what she said, Han Ying Xue budged in and laughed manically. "Oh, please. If you have a crush on our precious dummy there, just say it! We're all practically family now! You don't have to act all shy and bashful! Be straight! Be firm! Say it to his face!"

"N-N-No! I-I I er…" Stopping her attacks, Daffodil Daydream crouched down and hid her vermillion colored cheeks.

Zhang Yang frowned. "Woman! Control your words! Would it kill you to not be a jack-*ss for just one day?"

"Why? Feeling heartbroken?" Han Ying Xue provoked Zhang Yang.

"Oh! Sister! You're such a thug! Thug life!" cried Wei Yan Er.

Zhang Yang let out a loud sigh and turned back to focus on engaging the monster. After a brief moment of silence, Zhang Yang spoke. "You know, when we were fighting the rhinoceros back there, I heard a male and female rhinoceros chatting about something. It went like this. The male rhinoceros said, "My love! Run away! The devilish snow has arrived!" and then the female rhinoceros said, "Who the hell does she think she is!? I will stab her myself!" and before the female rhinoceros could do anything, the male rhinoceros quickly said, "No! You must run! That devilish snow loves to 'blow the horns'. Hearing that, the female rhinoceros ran away."

Before Zhang Yang could continue on, Sun Xin Yu and Daffodil Daydream were already snickering away. Wei Yan Er looked at Zhang Yang with her dumbfounded expression on her face. "Why did the female rhinoceros ran away?"

"Dummy! Shut up! Don't you dare…" said Han Ying Xue as she shook her fist at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang put up a smug and said, "Well, after the female rhinoceros ran for a while, she turned back only to see that the male rhinoceros from before had caught up with the female rhinoceros. Surprised, she asked the male rhinoceros, "Dearest, why did you ran away?" The male rhinoceros stared at the female rhinoceros with wide, unblinking eyes and said, "Not only does she love to 'blow horns', she also loves to 'squish the eggs'!"

Finish with his joke, Zhang Yang could not help but started laughing manically. It was a joke that he had read in the forums from a few days before.

Sun Xin Yu and Daffodil Daydream could not stop snickering madly, as they fought to hold back their laughter. Han Ying Xue on the other hand, was all flushed with anger. Only Wei Yan Er was the only person who had no reaction whatsoever. She only stared with a poker face at everyone else, wondering what Zhang Yang meant by 'blowing the horns' and 'squishing the eggs'.

At a monstrous speed, the party cleared all eight of the Flame Hell's Devil and proceeded to enter the weird, pillar-shaped castle. Once they entered, they were greeted with two dividing pathways. One led to the right, and the other to the left. There was no direct path that led ahead.

"So…which one?"

Zhang Yang answered nonchalantly. "It's just a round shaped pathway. I'm sure we'll be heading to the exit at the end of the pathway. So…guys to the left, girls to the right. Let's go to the left, then!"

"RIGHT!" said all the girls at the same time. Just when they realized that. "Jinx!" and a laughter broke out.

Going by the majority, Zhang Yang followed the ladies and took the right pathway. Regardless, the pathway was not as clear as he thought it would be. Every 20 to 30 meters, there will always be a blue, round, and fat Floating Apparition. Well, there was nothing else that could be done besides killing it!

"Nyehehehe! That blue bum bum is cute! I want one!" said Wei Yan Er excitingly.

BOOM!

Just as the last drop of HP was drained from the blue Floating Apparition, it exploded and dealt 10,000 Shadow damage to everyone around.

Wiping away his sweat, Zhang Yang turned over and cocked his head.

"Still think it's cute?"

"…no." Wei Yan Er sulked.

Following the pathway, the party killed each and every single Floating Apparition and collected a large number [Demonic Stone Fragments].

However, the monsters here did not have a 100% chance of dropping the stone. The fragments had only a 10% drop rate from elite monsters! It was expected, as the normal monster only had less than a 1% [Demonic Stone Fragment] drop rate. On the side note, the complete [Demonic Stone] was nowhere to be seen. Zhang Yang guessed that only the bosses would drop that.

After following the parthway, the party arrived at a narrow, straight, and short pathway that was only 10 meters long. After the narrow pathway ended, the party came up to another dividing pathway.

It was like there was another circle leading to another smaller circle . With no choice but to move down the semi-spherical pathway, the party hacked their way through and arrived at the end of the second pathway, only to find another pathway.

Wei Yan Er sulked and said, "I'm betting that after this route, there will be another circular pathway!". She guessed right. After walking for 10 meters, they had arrived at yet another circular pathway. The circular pathway got smaller and shorter after every end, and the party was getting impatient. After repeating the same path for seven times, they had finally arrived at a hall! On each of the walls in the rectangular hall had lit torches that illuminated the entire hall.

The place was extremely clean and spotless. On the floor, there was a gigantic magic circle and radiated with black rays in the shape of a hexagon. The light converged together and formed a black colored portal which spawned one elite tier monster and 10 normal tier monsters.

At the other end from where Zhang Yang and the party were standing, there was a humanoid creature that seemed to be made of a dark, gaseous substance. Though it was slightly dark, Zhang Yang could easily see that the aforementioned monster did not have any legs and was floating in the air, a few centimeters from the ground. Every time monsters walked out of the portal, the creature reached out with its right arm and engulfed the group of monsters in a black gas. The clump of cloud, carrying the monsters inside, floated away and flew out of the hall, from a hole in the ceiling.

[Dream Demon, Knightmare] (Yellow-Gold, Demon)

Level: 78

HP: 7,800,000

Defense: 1,400

Han Ying Xue gritted her teeth angrily and screamed. "Here we are, walking around in circles for the entire day, and yet the monsters could just fly out of here that easily!?"

The actual distance from the entrance to the center was only a few hundred meters. But by circling around endlessly, Zhang Yang and the party had traveled for at least 1.5 kilometers!

'Ding! Quest: Investigate the Demon's Territory has been completed. Please head back to Captain Kang Na to report your findings!'

The five of them exchanged a look after receiving the system notification.

"Should we…I don't know…try to whack the boss for a bit?" said Wei Yan Er.

"Hmm. It might be a little tricky since there will be monsters spawning continuously!" said Daffodil Daydream.

Zhang Yang scratched his chin and said, "I think we should give it a try anyways. Alright, when the monsters spawn, clear all of them! You guys take on the elite monster. I'll kill all of the normal tier. I can easily wipe them all with {Horizontal Sweep}, if my Dark Enigmatic Sword triggers."

"Let's go!"

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Chapter 305: Summoned Soldiers

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Zhang Yang rushed to the front and entered the boss' attack range. The moment the boss reacted in a hostile manner, the battle started promptly.

With nothing with his bare fist, Knightmare thrust's his massive knuckles towards Zhang Yang. The massive fist cast a huge shadow that enveloped Zhang Yang. He quickly used {Block}.

As per the usual battle strategy, Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu went behind the boss and attacked from there. Daffodil Daydream and Han Ying Xue stood behind Zhang Yang, attacking with fire spells and healing.

Knightmare shared the standard attack interval of around 2 seconds. After the first strike, the second attack came 2 seconds later. This time, Zhang Yang could not use {Block}, and he could not evade the lightning speed fist coming at him. Zhang Yang had to take the fist, fully undefended.

'-7,812!'

A massive, painful attack landed, taking away a significant amount of HP and leaving a debuff on him at the same time;

[Shadow Radiation: Cause 1,000 Shadow damage to all targets 10 meters around. Last for 10 seconds.

Zhang Yang screamed. "Get away from me! At least 10 meters!"

Wei Yan Er and Sun Xin Yu immediately kept their distance from him. During their escape, Wei Yan Er had slipped in an insult, calling Zhang Yang something that meant swine king, leaving Zhang Yang madly infuriated.

Although Zhang Yang had responded fairly quick, and Wei Yan Er and Sun Yin Xue had escape swiftly, they had still sustained two damage ticks from the {Shadow Radiation}. Daffodil Daydream and Han Ying Xue only needed to step back a little and were still able to attack and heal. As for Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er, unless they were willing to take on the damage of {Shadow Radiation}, they would have to wait until the debuff on Zhang Yang expires. Nevertheless, the damage from {Shadow Radiation} was quite painful.

Zhang Yang felt something was odd, and checked the battle log.

Knightmare's physical damage had dealt 7,812 Shadow damage to you. (2,201 damage reduced, 994 damage absorbed

The moment a physical attack deals Shadow damage instead of the usual physical damage, Zhang Yang's ultra-high Defense would lose its meaning! The boss' attack was similar to Knight class players. Knight class players would always deal holy damage!

That was why Zhang Yang felt that the boss' attack was odd. It would be wrong to say that it was a magic attack since it could be "blocked". However, it could not be considered a physical attack either since it had Shadow damage! That aside, Zhang Yang could not spent too long dwelling on this ridiculous mental argument. 2 seconds later, Knightmare punched Zhang Yang again, the {Shadow Radiation} on Zhang Yang had been refreshed to 10 seconds again!

With him constantly radiating shadow damage, there was literally nothing that Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er could do!

"Hey! Noobie tank! We can't fight like this!" Wei Yan Er complained bitterly.

"Then sit down and grow a tree or whatsoever! Didn't you learn {Spear of Obliteration}? Start using that to attack then!" Zhang Yang scolded.

Sulking, Wei Yan Er quietly complied, and started hurling spears, 10 seconds at a time.

7 to 8 seconds into the battle, the magic circle on the floor glowed brightly and a magic portal appeared. A group of demons walked out of the portal. The strongest monster from the group of demons was the Level 76, elite tier Flame Hell's Devil. The other weaker ones were just 10 normal demons such as imps, Floating Apparition, and even Succubi. Right this time, Knightmare should be casting a bubble to transport the demons outside of the hall. However, since the boss was engaging Zhang Yang and his party, the demons were immediately sent into battle with Zhang Yang. The problem was, Han Ying Xue was currently generating the second largest aggro value as she was healing vigorously, prompting the demons to target her first.

{Horizontal Sweep}!

Since the beginning, Zhang Yang had reserved {Horizontal Sweep} for the sole purpose to dealing with the group of demons. With a good swing of the Dark Enigmatic Sword, the blade shone brightly and dealt more than 4,000 damage to all. SHIING! The sword's effect was triggered and another blast of {Horizontal Sweep} was cast, killing all the normal tiered demons, leaving the elite Flame Hell's Devil alone standing.

With the huge aggro value generated by Zhang Yang, the Hell's Devil shifted its target from Han Ying Xue to Zhang Yang. Stomping violently, the Flame Hell's Devil thrust its stone fist at Zhang Yang. With burning flame enveloping the fist, the heat of it was felt even before it touched Zhang Yang.

"Ice! Brat! Get the Devil! Daffy! Deal with the boss!" Zhang Yang cried out.

Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er nodded their heads and did what Zhang Yang has asked. Ignoring the damage from Zhang Yang's {Shadow Radiation}, they took the damage and attacked the Hell's Devil. Instantly, the stress on Han Ying Xue sky rocketed to a point where she was swiveling from side to side so quickly that her boobs were slapping against themselves! She was moaning as if she was both in pain and ecstasy. Zhang Yang sighed to himself. This woman was a treasure. One of a kind. There's no one else like her.

Her moans were so loud, and indecent. She sounded like she was climaxing all the way, in both pain and pleasure. Zhang Yang was trying his utmost best to keep his shaft from standing at attention, while Daffodil Daydream and Sun Xin Yu were blushing so furiously that both their heads looked like oversized peaches. The only person not reacting to Han Ying Xue's moans was the innocent Wei Yan Er. At most, she had stopped to look at her sister, cocking her head like a curious dog. After a micro second, she went back to cleaving the Devil, having lost interest in her cousin sister.

The fact that Han Ying Xue continued moaning without pause, finally blew off what remained of Zhang Yang's patience. He roared, "Hey! B*tchy Snow! Shut your mouth for just a second!"

Han Ying Xue grinned. "OooooOOoooOohhhh~ AAaaaAAaaaAHHhhh~~"

Zhang Yang facepalmed himself and finally sent fire against fire. "One more moan, and I'll personally put my pokey in your hokey!"

Zhang Yang's funny euphemism worked like charm, which instantly silenced Han Ying Xue as she rolled her eyes at him .

With only around 150,000 HP, the Flame Hell's Devil was unable to endure the focus fire from Zhang Yang, Sun Xin Yu, and Wei Yan Er. After 20 seconds, it was defeated. Promptly after killing the Devil, Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er leaped away from Zhang Yang to reduce the pressure on Han Ying Xue.

The calm did not last for long. Since the portal will summon another wave of demons in just 30 seconds, the peace only lasted for just 7 to 8 seconds before another wave spawned. Zhang Yang resorted to the same tactic as before. Zhang Yang used {Horizontal Sweep} and {Blast Wave} to clear the weaker monsters, while Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er dealt with the Devil. Though it may seem effective, Han Ying Xue was the only one who seemed to be having the short end of the stick. Without a break, she had jiggled her mounds here and there in order to cast all sorts of healing spells just to keep the team alive. In the end, her efforts had caused her to moan again. The team was forced to deal with her constant moaning.

Overall, the battle was extremely tough. Luckily, Han Ying Xue had good equipment, along with unparalleled management of her skills. Even though she had been constantly healing several members at once, her MP was far from dropping!

On the side, Daffodil Daydream was having a tough time dealing with the boss. Alone, she was slowly pricking the boss with her spells.

By the time the boss' HP reached 80%, the summoned group of demons had been upgraded. From just one, the summoned group of demon had two elite tiered monsters now!

The party could handle one elite monster in 30 seconds. But with two of them at the same time, thing might be turn sour for the party.

Every time they killed one elite, the portal would send out another wave, leaving them with an extra elite to deal with! They would eventually be overwhelmed!

Without second thoughts, Zhang Yang spoke up.

"I'll kite all the monsters. All of you, take this chance to use the [Teleportation Scroll]! That portal is ridiculous. We're not here to kill the boss. The boss is here to kill us!"

"But what about you!?" everyone asked.

Well, it was good to know that they cared about him. Zhang Yang smiled and explained. "I have the {Shadow of the Void}. After you guys teleport away to safety, I'll activate the skill and escape as well!"

"Okay!" Everyone nodded and prepared their [Teleportation Scroll].

Zhang Yang swiftly used {Shield Wall} to buy some time for the girls to teleport away. After everyone had vanished from the battle field, Zhang Yang activated {Shadow of the Void} and escaped as well. 20 seconds of invisibility gave him time to run to absolute safety. There, he used his own [Teleportation Scroll] and went back to Thunderstorm Castle.

"How are we gonna kill the boss with the portal there!?" cried Wei Yan Er bitterly.

"Hm…Looks like the only we for us to kill the boss is to rely on the quest. Perhaps, there is a way…" said Zhang Yang. The poor white bear had sacrificed itself in the battle field. He could only summon his old skeletal horse and rode with the girls through Oz and into the Ravine of Coyotes. Within the hour, the party stood in front of Captain Kang Na.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Investigate the Demon's Territory Obtained 200,000 Experience points!'

"Haha! Greenhorns! You did well! The demon territory is a dreadful place! Not a single one from my troops was able to handle the quest at such speed! Well done indeed! You're strength is worth acknowledging! Adventurer! You now have the qualifications to be one of us!" said Captain Kang Na with a warm smile on his face.

Zhang Yang gave an adventurer salute and said, "Respected Captain! We will put our bodies and souls to protect the future of humanity!"

Han Ying Xue cringed. "Dummy. That was too corny!"

"Yeah! That lame-*ss speech is so cringey!" said Wei Yan Er as she dramatically flailed around, as if her whole body was itching.

Though that sort of speech was indeed a little too inappropriate in the real world, Captain Kang Na was greatly moved by Zhang Yang. "That's the kind of response I wanted to hear great warrior! You have the heart of a true fighter, brave and full of justice! Alright, based on the information you have collected, that magic circle has to be the transportation mechanism that the demons had constructed! No wonder the number of monsters will never go down! They would keep replenishing their numbers!"

The captain wavered a little. "This would be too dangerous. The situation has escalated to a whole other level. If the demons had set their base here, they could easily transport a large army and plunge Oz into a never-ending chaos! We have to move out now! We have to destroy the portal!"

'Ding! Captain Kang Na has a quest for you: Sortie. Will you accept it?'

Without a second thought, Zhang Yang and his fellow members accepted the quest. They were all left dissatisfied, however, not being able to kill the boss.

[Sortie] (Difficulty Level: A)

Quest Description: Assist Captain Kang Na in destroying the demon's portal! Time waits for no man. The longer you wait, the stronger the demons will be! You have to make haste!

Progress: Destroy the Demon's Teleportation Circle 0/1

Quest Reward: Summoned Soldier

[Summoned Soldier] (Usable)

Use: Summons 1 Elite Soldier of the Ravine of Cayote to assist you in battle! Last for 10 minutes. Cost 1,000 gold piece for every summon.

Charges left: 3/3

Level Requirement: 70

Bound upon acquire.

No wonder they could not defeat the boss earlier! Knightmare was the guardian of the magic circle! It was a quest-based boss! If the boss could be killed without accepting the quest, there would have been no point making a quest all around it!

Captain Kang Na lead four foot soldiers out of the camp and call out to Zhang Yang and his party. "Adventurer! It's now or never!"

He then summoned a grey horse for himself. The other foots soldier followed and summoned their own horses. When his followers were ready, Captain Kang Na gave a 'hiyah!' and rode off. Zhang Yang and his party did the same and followed Captain Kang Na with their own specific mounts. The party rode for 20 minutes and arrived at the demon's territory. Unlike Zhang Yang, Captain Kang Na did not choose to hide himself and had barged into the large encampment. With his huge battle axe in hand, the captain went on a killing spree like a true war general.

D*mn! This Gray-Silver NPC is so violent!

The party did not stop for even a second. With haste, the party had arrived at the center point of the camp and proceeded into the pillar-like castle. Since it had not been 5 hours, all the elite monster inside the castle had not yet respawned, providing the party a free flow to the center of the castle and to the stone hall with the magic circle.

Captain Kang Na stopped the party from proceeding, and spoke to Zhang Yang. "Adventurer, I need your help in dealing with the demons. My soldiers and I will need some time to destroy the magic circle!"

"Roger. Leave the demons to us!" Zhang Yang thumped his chest.

"Let's go!" Zhang Yang led the four ladies to face Knightmare for the second time.

Without wasting a second, Captain Kang Na and his soldier went around the magic circle to do something that Zhang Yang had no clue about. His only wish was that they could, at the very least, stop the monsters from appearing from the portal.

Zhang Yang turned to Sun Xin Yu and Wei Yan Er. "I need the both of you to fight together. Don't waste time, leave that snow b*tch to the healing!"

Han Ying Xue immediately rolled her eyes and sighed heavily. "Dummy! Do you really want to work me to death?"

In truth, it was not too difficult for Han Ying Xue to heal two more players in the same time. Priests always excelled at mass healing. Still, it was a troublesome situation.

On the other side of the battle, Captain Kang Na and his soldier had seemed to stop the portal from summoning monsters. It helped them wonders!

90%...80%... with everyone chipping in their strength, the boss HP was dropping down at a tremendous speed.

In the heat of battle, Zhang Yang had received a sudden call from Hundred Shots. "Zhan Yu! There's a problem with the Mining Cave!"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yang asked. The Mining Cave was one of the guild's "gold mine". With a large number of excavation going on in these few days, the amount of mineral mined from the Mining Cave was able to accommodate the guild members request, and had increased the Territory Defense Level to Level 2! There was so much surplus that it was all placed in the Little Merchandize Shop to be sold! The profits were never as lucrative as the Territory itself, as it required players to constantly mine the minerals in the cave. However, it couldn't be dismissed, since they could at least farm close to 1,000,000 gold coins worth of mining every day! That was the reason why Zhang Yang had paid close attention to Mining Caves.

"There's this guy who claims to be Yan Er's cousin brother! He said that he deserves to mine in the cave and wants to send some players in!" said Hundred Shots, with great uncertainty.

Zhang Yang was stunned. "Is that guy's IGN iLuvHanYingXue?"

"That's right!"

What a loser! That f*cking *sshole actually dared to show his face at the Mining Cave! If his face could get any thicker, he would be asking for a share in the Thunderstorm Castle!

"Ignore that wanker! If he dares to do anything, kill his sorry *ss!"

"Understood!" said Hundred Shots without any objection. He sounded eager. Perhaps, Luo Yang Ming had went overboard with his arrogance and had pissed off Hundred Shots. Since he had claimed to be someone from Wei Yan Er family tree, Hundred Shots had been holding back. However, now that he had gained the approval from Zhang Yang himself, Hundred Shots could unleash his arrows!

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Chapter 306: Heroic Leap

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The battle between Knightmare continued on. This time however, the party stayed strong, while the boss was close to death!

10%!

"SHI MA LE SHI TU!" The boss suddenly cried out in a loud screech. Its body suddenly expanded out like a balloon.

'Ding! Knightmare has entered Berserk state. All damage increased by 50%!'

"The boss has gone berserk! Kill it quick!"

Upon entering the Berserk state, Knightmare had gained immeasurable strength. With a single punch, Knightmare could deal more than 12,000 damage on Zhang Yang. Not even Han Ying Xue, the super healer could balance out the damage! As a resort, Zhang Yang had to unleash all his ultimate skills. {Shield Wall}, {Berserker's Heal}, {Rearm}, Clear Lotus's {Substitute}, and the set-equipment set effect were all used and only then, Zhang Yang was able to survive and kill Knightmare. By then, Captain Kang Na and his soldier had just finished with the portal. It looked like, the quest's secret completion requirement was to kill the boss!

CRACK!

With a thundering crack, the magic circle on the ground shattered into millions of particles and dispersed into the air.

"Well done adventurers! You have performed splendidly!" said Captain Kang Na as he clapped his hands to congratulate the party.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Sortie. Obtained 500,000 Experience Points!'

'Ding! You have obtained the reward: Summoned Soldier!'

"Adventurers! Though the magic circle may have been destroyed, this place still remains dangerous! I urge you all to leave this place immediately!" said Captain Kang Na. He then turned around and left Zhang Yang all by themselves.

"Hmph! What a useless NPC! Look at how he left us here after completing the quest!" said Zhang Yang with a laugh.

"Let's take a look at the loots! Loots!" said Wei Yan Er as she went on to pick up the battle loots.

[Poison Flame Chest Plate] (Yellow-Gold, Leather Armor)

Defense: 24

Vitality: 235

Strength: 94

Dexterity: 217

{Unidentified}

Level Requirement: 70

"Hey Ice Cube, you want this? It doesn't have any set-equipment effect, at least it's better than the one you're wearing now!" said Zhang Yang.

"No!" said Sun Xin Yu coldly without glancing at him.

"Noob tank! What are you planning to buy for me as a birthday present?" said Wei Yan Er out of the blue.

"Hmm?" Zhang Yang pointedly turned away.

"Present! Birthday! Present!" said Wei Yan Er.

"Ah…that. Well, it's a present after all. If I tell you what it is, it would not be a present anymore! It should always be a mystery until you receive it!"

Wei Yan Er clicked her tongue disgruntledly. "Tch. Well then, what sort of mystery would it be?"

Zhang Yang kept quiet and sighed heavily.

[Energy Crystal] (Yellow-Gold, Necklace)

Vitality: 59

Strength: 24

{Unidentified}

Equip-Effect: Absorbs 46 damage on attack.

Equip-Effect: Creates a 1% chance to cast an {Energy Shield} when an attack is received. {Energy Shield} will disappear after 30 seconds, or after absorbing 5,000 damage.

Level Requirement: 70

"This sh*t is good. Finally, I can change my hundred-year-old necklace!" Zhang Yang helped himself and kept the necklace for himself.

[Boots of the Crimson Gem] (Yellow-Gold, Cloth Armor)

Defense: 8

Vitality: 118

Intelligence: 108

Spirit: 47

{Unidentified}

Level Requirement: 70

Both Han Ying Xue and Daffodil Daydream insisted on maintaining their set-effects, so the boots would be placed for sale in the Little Merchandize Shop. So far, the shop had been supplying 60% of all Yellow-Gold equipment in the market. In other words, almost 60% of every player's Yellow-Gold equipment had come from Zhang Yang and his guild members! In a way, it was an extremely efficient way of building a good reputation in the market and obtaining a good, long term profit.

After clearing all three Yellow-Gold equipment, the rest of the remaining equipment were Gray-Silver, which were all ignored by the party and went in straight into Zhang Yang's inventory. What remained were two other items that were not equipment. They were two solid, black, glowing stones. The complete [Demonic Stones]!

In total, they had two completed [Demonic Stones] and 1,892 [Demonic Stone Fragments]. With that amount, they could only purchase three skill books.

With no intention of purchasing the skill books just yet, Zhang Yang said, "We should now head out of this place and grind at the camp area. No matter what, we should farm at least 3,000 [Demonic Stone Fragment] to allow everyone here to get themselves a skill book!"

"Ok!"

The five of them then went their separate ways and took 3 hours to farm a total of 3,000 [Demonic Stone Fragment]. After trading them for 3 completed [Demonic Stone, they went back to the Ravine of Coyote to purchase five skill books for everyone.

[Heroic Leap: Leap far and high into the air, across all obstacles and towards the distant enemy! With great force, you can land on the ground and stun the target, and everyone 5 meters around it for 3 seconds.

Attack Range: 20 meters.

Cost: 50 Rage.

Cool Down Time: 2 minutes.

Compared to {Charge}, {Heroic Leap} could not only stunned the target for a longer duration, but was an AoE skill! The only disadvantage was that the skill would cost a large amount of Rage instead of generating it!

Wei Yan Er had also selected {Heroic Leap} as well. Everyone was extremely pleased after purchasing their respective class skills.

Just when Zhang Yang wanted to asked the ladies to farm for more [Demonic Stone] to purchase a few more recipes, he received a distress call from Hundred Shots.

"Zhan Yu! That guy, "iLuvHanYingXue" brought his own people to raid the Mining Cave!"

At first, Zhang Yang was stunned. But then, he started laughing. Did he really think that it would be a great idea to raise his sword against Lone Desert Smoke? He shook his head and said, "Kill them all. Leave no survivors!"

"Will do!"

"Hey dummy, what's going on?" asked Han Ying Xue.

Zhang Yang thought about it, and decided to inform Han Ying Xue about the situation in the Mining Cave. "Your precious Luo Yang Ming wants a share of our Mining Cave!"

This time, Wei Yan Er frowned. Annoyed and disgruntled, she broke out into a rant. "What a greedy bastard! Just when I thought he was already taking up too much of the company, he also wanted to sully his hands in 'God's Miracle'! I cannot let him continue any longer! I will personally go back and give him a piece of my mind!"

Without waiting for any response, Wei Yan Er tore a piece of [Teleportation Scroll] and went away. With her gone, the party had no interest to continue grinding and followed her back to Thunderstorm Castle.

The Mining Cave was located at the west of Tanilla Forest. It would take roughly 30 minutes by mount. By the time Zhang Yang had arrived to the location, the area outside the Mining Cave was filled with dead bodies of random players. Hundred Shots and a few more Lone Desert Smoke players' name tag were dyed in red. So red1, that they would already be winning the lottery!

"Ah! You had finally came, my beloved cousin sister!" Just when Wei Yan Er showed herself in the Mining Cave, Luo Yang Ming had appeared out of nowhere and approached Wei Yan Er with an enraged, infuriated expression on his face. He pointed at Hundred Shots angrily and yelled, "Yan Er! Expel that wanker out of the guild! Just who does he thinks he is?! Doesn't he knows that I'm your cousin brother? How dare he raise his voice at me! He even stopped me from going into the Mining Cave to mine some minerals! Pui! (sound of spitting), just which dog pound did he crawl out from!? How dared he did not recognize a man from the same house!?"

Instead of explaining, Wei Yan Er puffed her cheeks angrily and screamed at Luo Yang Ming from the top of her lungs. "You're the one who crawled out from the dog pound! I have told you a gazillion times! Zhan Yu is the guild master of Lone Desert Smoke now! Not me! Don't ever use my name to justify your nefarious actions!"

"Hmm? Cousin sister?" Luo Yang Ming was genuinely surprised, though only for a second. He then smiled, or rather grinned evilly and said, "Don't coy with me! I know that Lone Desert Smoke is being sponsored by us, the Silky Soft Holdings, and you were the guild master before that anyway, no? I know that you're only using Zhan Yu as a puppet! Honestly, you're just using him! The real master mind behind all of this is you! You control everything from behind the scenes! Am I right?!"

Even a pig would be smarter than this idiotic swine! No, calling him one would be a disgrace to all swine in the world! It does not take a rocket scientist to correctly figure out how lucrative the profits from a Territory were! In truth, Zhang Yang was holding to a mother hen that would only lay golden, no! Platinum-Golden eggs! However, how much was it worth, exactly? No one had clearly calculated. It was one of the uncertainties that a Territory had. Other factors like an attack from other guild, a raid from a wave of monsters, or perhaps the shutting down of 'God's Miracle itself, could affect it! However, as long as Zhang Yang possessed a Territory in his hands, the profit will be on par, or higher than a multi-million dollar company!

Unable to hold down his anger, Zhang Yang rode his white bear and went forward. "To the man named Luo, your mother is summoning you back for dinner!"

"Oh please, my mother—" Luo Yang Ming turned around and bit his tongue. He wanted to return the insult until he saw it was Zhang Yang. He opened his eyes wide and glare at Zhang Yang. "You rotting, stinking barbarian! This is not a place for you to talk! Know you place, peasant! F*ck off!"

He then turned to Wei Yan Er and switched to a politer tone to talk to her. "Yan Er, we are cousins! Relatives! That guy? He's nothing but a stranger! How could you let a stranger manage something important like a Territory!? This brother does not fear hardship! Just let Zhan Yu transfer all the ownership of all the Territories to me! I'll personally handle all the management! Only blood-relatives can be trusted!"

Other than Zhang Yang, almost everyone present at the scene were frowning furiously. This man's face was so thick that no digger in the world could get to his epidermis layer in a lifetime! His narcissistic, self-praising, arrogant, shameless, and egoistical behavior was off the charts! It was already beyond human comprehension and could be framed as a work of art! A talent worthy to be recorded in the Guinness World Book of Records!

"I ain't got time for you! Hmph!" With such level of greed and egoism, Wei Yan Er had nothing to say to him and turned to Hundred Shots. "Uncle Hundred! Next time you see this douche bag! Feel free to kill him! Do not mind me! You do not have to worried about me!" With that, she turned away and got some distance between the two of them.

"Wait! W-Wait!" cried Luo Yang Ming. He then turned to Han Ying Xue and beg for her help. "Please, little snow, help me get some sense into little Yan Er's head!"

Without even responding to his plea, Han Ying Xue dragged Zhang Yang and said, "Let's go! Let's go grind some levels!"

Zhang Yang nodded and the whole party went away. Luo Yang Ming started to give chase, but Hundred Shots shot a volley of arrows and killed the man. By the time he revived and came back, Wei Yan Er, Han Ying Xue and the rest of them were already long gone.

His expression gradually turned sour. He knew that Wei Yan Er's 18th birthday was just around the corner. This little brat was always threatening that she would reset the main company's accountings after inheriting the company at her coming of age. No doubt, she would wipe these parasites off the board! Luo Yang Ming was not as stupid as played out to be. At the very least, he knew that when judgement day comes, his own family's little factory will be forced to close down!

After so long, Luo Ming Yang had already gotten used to the high life. It would cost him his entire integrity to go back to where he crawled from. He had always mingled along with his foxy minx and bastardic b*tches, and each and every one of them had been addressing him as the boss. Without the factory backing him, how could he continue living the same lifestyle?

He would never allow such things to happen to him! NEVER!

TL Note:

1Red – According to Chinese culture. The color red signifies prosperity and good luck.

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Chapter 307: At Her Doorstep

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A few days went by, and Fatty Han and Lost Dream had managed to get themselves to Level 70. Zhang Yang then proceed to recruit them into his small team to make nine men and ventured throughout Oz to search for every available quest. The problem, was that they could not find any quests that rewarded them handsomely. Most of the quests they found were the repetitive types that required them to kill monsters and submit items. A few days went by like this and by January the 16th, Zhang Yang was the first to reach Level 73!

As expected, no matter how fast his killing speed was, it would take him roughly 8 days to gain a level! To get to Level 80 would take another 2 months! By then, the Professional League would already have started!

For the past two days, Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er were not acting as themselves. After enduring the urge to ask, Zhang Yang finally caved in and broke the ice.

"Hey! What's with the two of you!? Usually you're all so noisy and chirpy like a broken piano! What's gotten into you two?" Zhang Yang asked.

"It's nothing! Just, not feeling too happy!" said Wei Yan Er lazily.

"Why are you feeling down?" Fatty Han start to stick his nose.

"You wanna know?"

"Yeah!"

"You really wanna know?"

"Yeah! Yeah!"

"…Not telling!"

Fatty Han facepalmed himself. Fatty Han tried his best to coax Wei Yan Er to reveal the reason. She did eventually, only after she had her fun messing with Fatty Han. After sulking for a long time, she finally smiled a little. She smiled sadly and said, "Lately, there this problem going on with the Silky Soft Holdings. Rumors were spreading about the quality of the material that we use for our products. The rumors went on about how we have no quality control and so on! They are basically saying that we are cutting corners and cheating on our customers!"

"So, how do you, as the capitalist of the company, justify yourself?" said Lost Dream as he posed like a person leading a revolution.

"Hmph. Please, we do not need to justify ourselves. Without us, people would already be losing their jobs!" snorted Wei Yan Er, disgruntled.

Zhang Yang interjected. "What's the damage?"

"Bad." Said Han Ying Xue. "There were simultaneous reports stating defects in the products from all over the places! Either we really do have problems, or someone is out there trying to slander our company!"

"What will all of this lead to?" asked Fatty Han.

Han Ying Xue raised a finger and said, "Firstly, once there are too many negative rumors spreading out in the public, markets, retailers, direct sales, and distributors will reject our product and will refuse to sell our product in the market! Once there are too many stagnant sales, the company will suffer from a great lost, since we could not reach the product turnover sales! All of these will probably stop us from getting financial support from the banks!"

She then raise a second finger. "Second! When the sales goes south, our company stock will plummet. If the numbers goes down too much, parties will be trying to get their hands on our company! Without the help from the banks, the company ownership might fall to others!"

"Is there a counter measure for this?" asked Zhang Yang.

"The office is already cracking their heads trying to solve this. GRAHHH! It's so frustrating!" said Wei Yan Er as she ruffled her long hair. "Dammit! I was about to take over the company and all these problems are popping up! Dammit it all!"

If the topic was anything about the gaming world, all of them, except for Fatty Han would definitely have something up their sleeves. However, when it's about business in the real world, none of them had any clue. Terms and jargon like revenue, turnover rate would definitely be confusing to them! Even with nine brains in the party, there was nothing that they could do to help solve the problem. In the end, they had to push this matter to the back of their heads and continue on grinding.

The team split up, having completed the quests. It was much more efficient, this way. Just when Zhang Yang started grinding monsters alone, he received a call from Yu Li.

"Zhang Yang, please come over to my house tonight. Ah…right. I found myself a new home. Everything will be moved over in just two more days!"

"Hey! Why didn't you tell me sooner! I could always come over and help out!"

"There's no need for you to work up a sweat. There are always people to hire for this kind of job. Oh, and one more thing. My mother wants to meet you!"

Zhang Yang gulped. "…Does your mother know about us?"

"Yeah…it's my fault. I misplaced the pills and my mother found them. You know what!? It's your fault to begin with! Why can't you just use rubbers like everyone else?!"

"Oh come on! Teacher! Using a rubber would only get in between the two of us! There's a third party getting in between us! No! Trojan can find himself another b*tch to get inside. I ain't wearing one!"

"…Oh please, you just love it raw don't you. And you love to finish it inside. Inside! Hmph!"

"Nyehehe. Jokes aside, what time do you want me to come over?"

"Hmm…7pm in the evening should be fine! Come earlier if you can! We'll be waiting for you to start dinner together. Get a pen and write down my new address. Don't end up at the old house!"

"Okay!"

Zhang Yang continued to game until it was 5pm before logging off. Usually, Zhang Yang and Yu Li would always do it in a hotel. He had never has the chance to meet and greet her mother in person. Since this was going to be his first time stepping up to her front door to meet her mother, he started to grow anxious and nervous, wondering if he was just meeting Yu Li's mother…or his future mother-in-law!

Before heading to Yu Li's new home, Zhang Yang took some time to buy some expensive healthcare products as a gift.

Taking the chance, Yu Li had not spared any expenses in buying a new home. She had found herself a good neighborhood in the uptown. There, the security of the new estate was tight. They did not allow taxis to enter the premises and Zhang Yang has to reveal Yu Li's home address and the security had to make a call to Yu Li herself to confirm his identity, before allowing Zhang Yang to enter.

As expected of the higher end apartments, even the elevators were all pimped out, with music and fancy decoration going all out! After enjoying the ride up to the highest, 19th floor, Zhang Yang walked for a little before ringing Yu Li's doorbell.

The person welcoming him in was Yu Li herself. Curiously staring after seeing the bags that Zhang Yang carried, she giggled and asked, "What's with those?"

"Hmm. More gifts, better impression!"

Yu Li laughed at his logic and pulled him in. She then closed the door behind Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang was already impressed by the apartment itself, but he was even more impressed to see her new home. Compared to her old home, this was a huge upgrade from the small trailer size home, to a massive palace! Her house was 180 square meters! The apartment had 3 bed rooms and two toilets. Compared to her old home, this was a luxurious mansion! A true home for a princess! Still, the emptiness of the home had given the illusion that the place was gigantic, since they had just moved in and had not brought in the furniture.

After getting himself ready, he entered the house and saw a middle-aged woman leaving a room. When she saw Zhang Yang, she immediately scowled, gazing at him up and down.

Zhang Yang did not respond much, since it was a typical response of a mother seeing a man taking the hands of her daughter. He then proceeded to address her in a polite manner. However, to his surprise, Yu Li's mother did not acknowledge him. During dinner, she only had a plain, sulky face. After only five minutes into dinner, she pushed her chair away and went to her bed room, leaving Zhang Yang in an extremely awkward situation.

Yu Li entered her own room and came out and sat beside Zhang Yang. Annoyed, Zhang Yang asked, "What's wrong with your mother? Why was she so cold towards me?"

Yu Li laughed and scooted closer to Zhang Yang. In an extremely seductive voice, she said, "If you knew that your own daughter was under the care of a sugar daddy, what would you think of the man?"

Zhang Yang's heart sank. "You even told you mother about that?!"

"Hey, think about it. With that expensive medical cost and this house, how could I make up an excuse like that? Before my mother found out about the pills, I actually lied that it was all sponsored by the university." said Yu Li as she gave him a certain condescending look.

Zhang Yang could not help but dripped cold sweat. If he knew any bastard would actually take in his own daughter like that, he would take up the kitchen knife and fight with him to the death. Zhang Yang scratch his hair and cocked his head. "Well…you have a point there. At least I got off lightly, since your mother didn't kick me out of the house!"

"Hmph. At least you're smart enough to know that."

Yu Li pushed herself close to Zhang Yang and picked at his ear lobe. "I've yet to mention that you were once my student! I bet that she'll be raging on if she knew about it!"

Aroused, Zhang Yang had to push Yu Li aside and said, "Hey, stop it. Don't go too far. It's not just me who would be in trouble. This is your own house!"

"Relax. My mom has been having trouble sleeping lately and will always take sleeping pills before going to bed. Don't worry. I made sure she had taken her pills just now."

Sneaky as a snake, Yu Li's other hand had slithered under the table and had made its way to Zhang Yang's pants. There, with a gentle caress, she unzipped his pants, pulled down his underpants and let loose his "rattlesnake". A mature woman always had her ways. After the two of them have experienced their world rocking, heaven thundering moments, Yu Li had fully embraced her nature and was behaving like a true, passionate lover. With a naughty expression on her face, she placed both her hands and played with his hardening shaft in her soft, gentle hands.

"Hehehe! Looks like little Zhang Yang is being more honest than Zhang Yang himself!" Yu Li teased.

Zhang Yang had to suck in a deep breath. Her movements were so gentle yet, they had lit a vigorous flame in his heart and had stolen his breath. The woman beside him was truly breath-taking. Her red, burning lips looked like they crave for his. Her eyes, expressed the loneliness she felt when Zhang Yang was not with her. As her body burned with the desire for his touch, Zhang Yang could no longer tame the fire in him and reached out with his arms around Yu Li. He then pulled her closer to him and said, "Teacher…You will always belong to me!"

"I…Will always be yours!"

Yu Li bent down. She pulled her hair back and lowered her head, taking his member into her supple lips, playfully toying with her tongue.

Zhang Yang pulled his head back at the sheer impulse that hit him. With a forceful push, Zhang Yang cupped her head closer to him, and watched as his prideful organ disappeared between her lips. After a passionate lick, Yu Li pushed herself away and looked into Zhang Yang eyes. Zhang Yang helped her to her feet and he planted his lips onto her burning lips. Satisfied, Zhang Yang was ready to take this loving action to the next stage. However, Yu Li stopped him.

"Shower!" said Yu Li as she stopped him from unbuckling her own pants. With a hand around the hilt of his 'sword', she pulled him to the bathroom like a dog by its leash.

Zhang Yang kicked open the bathroom door and the two of them started to kiss each other frantically as if they were long lost lovers. In an instant, the two of them rushed to help each other remove any fabric that remained on them. Clothes, pants, undergarments were flying everywhere and until the last two pieces of clothing were removed, the two lovers embraced each other tightly. Zhang Yang struggled, but eventually manage to turned the shower on with a foot.

Shush…

"Ohh…"

As the warm water ran down their bare backs, mixing with their bodily fluids, both Zhang Yang and Yu Li gave out the most satisfied moans, as they embraced. Hugging her from behind, he placed his large hand on her chin and pulled Yu Li to face him. Like a puppy that had finally saw her master, there was the burning desire flaming in her eyes. Zhang Yang planted a kiss and stroked her wet hair over her ears.

After ravaging each other for some time, they heard a loud thump of the door and the figure of a person entering the toilet. While running, she was struggling to remove her jeans and said, "Hmm? Li Li, why would you take a shower before finishing your dinner? Why, today, I—"

The person that had just barged into the bathroom was none other than Yan Fei Fei. Before she could finished her sentence, she had already caught sight of the other two, who were locked together in the shower room, firmly connected at the hips. Stunned and abash, she quickly stood up from the toilet seat and rushed to pick up her jeans. She quickly realized it was a bad idea, so Yan Fei Fei tried her utmost best to remain calm as she squeezed her thick thighs back into the extremely slim-fitting jeans. All three of them were completely silent. Neither one of them had anything to say. Abashed and ashamed, Zhang Yang was flushed red. Yu Li, on the other hand, had sneakily, silently, pulled herself out of Zhang Yang, and had turned around to hide her face in Zhang Yang's chest.

After what seemed to be an eternity, Yan Fei Fei had successfully pulled her pants up and had scurried out of the bathroom as if it was on fire.

Still, having her leaving the room, Zhang Yang regained his composure and the mood to continue. Being a man, it was not big of a deal if he was seen in the act. It's not like he would lose anything else! He lifted her face up and whispered. "Teacher, I think she has left the bathroom, let's continue!"

"Continue? Are you daft?!" Yu Li rolled her eyes. She quickly turned off the shower and left the room to wipe herself dry. Still wet, Zhang Yang laughed. "Hey! It was you who wanted to do it in the first place! I wanted to have dinner and you wanted to have Zhang Yang Junior!"

Picking up the clothes on the floor, Yu Li ignored Zhang Yang and continued to put on her own clothes.

"Hm. Why is she here?" said Zhang Yang curiously. Yan Fei Fei did lived together with Yu Li previously, but what was the reason for her to also live with Yu Li here?

"Oh. That. Well, I had an extra room. Might as well let her stay in it. Fei Fei is a good girl. I can't have her staying alone!"

"Did she know about us?"

"Well, she does now."

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Chapter 308: Something Is Amiss?

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"What on earth are the both of you…" Yan Fei Fei shook her head in disappointment and disgust.

"You just can't keep it in your pants, could you!" said Yan Fei Fei to Zhang Yang. He shrugged.

"And you! Some dry spell, huh! You'll literally impale yourself on any guy you see! I couldn't…just…you should be ashamed of yourself! I, am ashamed for you! Get it together, girl!"

"Hey. You came in without knocking! I should be the one going off on you!" said Yu Li refusing to back down.

Zhang Yang wanted no part of this. He was feeling famished. He left the scene and went to the dinner table to help himself.

"Fei Fei, I remember you saying that you're going to shoot a video or something. Why are you back so early?" asked Yu Li.

"Tch." Yan Fei Fei clicked her tongue disgruntledly. "Well, sorry for disturbing you two love-birds in your precious moments!"

"Video?" Zhang Yang grinned playfully. "You aren't doing those, cheap, amateur kind of…hmm…how do I put this delicately, French style, adult, action romance video?"

"Well, not the way you said it. At least you got one part right. It's definitely not for kids." Yan Fei Fei nodded.

"Sigh…" Yu Li sighed and quickly spoke up before Zhang Yang got misled. "Fei Fei is currently working for an undergarment company. She's the model for their latest products."

"Oh…" said Zhang Yang. But as he thought of it, Yan Fei Fei did have an excellent body of a woman. She was definitely more than qualified to be a model for an undergarment company. Her voluptuous body would showcase the fabric wholesomely. Naturally, if it was Yu Li dressed in a black, laced bra, coupled with tiny thongs, she would be looking badahonkas! He could already picture her, walking down the runway in high heels, jiggling her semi-nude body all around! It would definitely be a super erotic scene that would send every man covering their bleeding noses with tissues!

In truth, Zhang Yang had already seen her in it! It was back when they were having a role-playing session in the hotel room!

Putting the blissful memory aside, Zhang Yang had a sudden realization. "Didn't you use to work in a bank? Why did you run off to be an underwear model? Is the pay better, there?"

"Sigh…" Yan Fei Fei let out a long and tiresome sigh. "It was all because of that d*mned robbery case back then! After that incident, my colleagues had been giving me strange looks! They thought that I was already violated by that robber. They think that I am a used woman. An old abalone, a spoiled oyster!"

"We get what you mean…" said Yu Li.

"It's a rich area so…ANYWAY! Since they thought I was…that kind of woman, men were actually trying to get a little "something, something" from me!" said Yan Fei Fei as she gestured furiously at her groin. "There's this time when the bank manager himself asked me for a quickie! What the hell! If I didn't reject him forcefully, I would really be a rotten fish, a broken doll, a--"

"Oh! Come on!" Yu Li stopped her again.

"So, here I am now. I just couldn't take all the harassment in the bank. I left no sooner after the manager himself rejected my application to be reassigned to another branch."

Zhang Yang understood immediately. Perhaps, the time she quit the job was when Yan Fei Fei came back late at night when she encountered them in the bedroom, putting pussy in the playpen.

"You still haven't explained why did you came back so early." Yu Li came back to the topic.

"Oh. There was a problem in the company. The shooting was postponed and I had to call it early!" Yan Fei Fei facepalmed herself. "Aiyaya…I'll be d*mned if my eyes grow something1. I am both shock and disgust! Just today alone, I had witnessed two unwanted scene! The first one was really, disgustingly, shocking!"

"You little minx! Are you begging to be smacked!"

Zhang Yang was curious about that and asked. "Hmm? What, or whom did you saw? What's so surprising about going twenty-toes with someone?"

"Earlier today, when I received the notice about the shooting's cancellation, I went to the dressing room, and was ready to pack up and leave! Who knew, when I was halfway changing, I heard the moans of a pervert! What could I do? The only thing I could do there was to hide in the locker!" said Yan Fei Fei excitedly.

"Hmm? Let me guess, was it the same guy that you have been complaining about peeping at you with that perverted glare?" asked Yu Li.

"Bingo!" Yan Fei Fei snapped her fingers. "That Luo guy, was someone remotely related to the company's boss, and he's been treating the place like his own home! That S.O.B is always hiding at some corner, seizing every chance to disturb us models! And I kid you not, there are so many gullible ones, like you said Zhang Yang, putting their pussies in the playpen."

There was a sudden tick in his brain. Undergarment company, relative of the boss, Luo?

Zhang Yang could not just dive into the pool. He tried to test it out before going all cannon ball with it.

"Could you, perhaps be, and I'm just speculating here, working for a company called Silky Soft Holdings?"

"Yes! Oh my god. You didn't strike me as the man who would know about Silky Soft! Well aren't you a swell guy, you must be taking my girl Yu Li to shop for high-quality bras!" said Yan Fei Fei, both curiously and surprised.

It was a bull's eye. She was talking about Luo Yang Ming!

Yan Fei Fei continued her story. "That Luo guy was always bugging me as well. I really can't stand him. That's why I hid in the locker. In the end, I saw something that I shouldn't have seen. The man had his arms around the manager herself. And my god, the two of them were so close and passionate. I had to look away! I was so shocked that I couldn't say a word!"

Zhang Yang snickered under his breath. "That's perfectly normal. You said it yourself! That man is a huge, raging pervert!"

"That's not the main point! Do you know who was the manager?" Yan Fei Fei rolled her eyes before continuing. "She was also a relative of the boss! They don't share the same surname, she's Liu and he's Luo. Even though they were not from the same family, they are still cousins!"

Both Zhang Yang and Yu Li were shocked. Yu Li gasped and Zhang Yang twitched a little. Zhang Yang had never expected Luo Yang Ming to be so ruthless that he would lay hands on his own cousin sister!

"Those two cousins were kissing and hugging so passionately and then I overheard something that I shouldn't. This is so much like those dramas on TV. They were saying something about splitting the property when the boss passes away! I was so afraid that my knees went weak! I couldn't even breathe properly then. I had to cover my mouth. I was so scared that they might do something to keep me silent if they found out I overheard it all!" said Yan Fei Fei. Zhang Yang immediately noticed that she was trembling.

"Correct me if I'm wrong. But you're saying that they were planning to seize the family property?"

"From the tone of their conversation, I'd say, yes!"

Zhang Yang was highly intrigued. "What exactly did they say?"

"I'm sorry. They were too busy talking about it that I couldn't hear much from their conversation. Those guy were doing it so hard that the slut, I mean…that Liu girl was already crying for the lord's name that even he was getting annoyed by it. How could I bear to continue listening after that?"

Zhang Yang was already busy thinking about this sudden news. Were the recent rumors about Silky Soft Holdings all, Luo Yang Ming's doing? But…Luo Yang Ming's ultimate goal was to seize Silky Soft Holdings, so why would he cause it to lose its stock value? It did not make any sense!

After thinking of many ways to make the connections, he got lazy and decided to relay the news to Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er and remind them to be extra cautious about that Luo Yang Ming.

Coincidentally, Yan Fei Fei had not had her dinner and the three of them grabbed more plates and cutlery. After filling their tummies with food and alcohol, Zhang Yang prepared to leave, but was quickly tugged on by Yu Li to stay over.

"Hey…Mr. Zhang, could you have me as your lover as well? *Hick*" Yan Fei Fei was already drunk. Her face was flustered red and her eyes were unfocused.

Zhang Yang not paying attention to Yan Fei Fei. However, he felt a sudden pain in his wrist. It was sudden and painful since she was digging in with her nails. He quickly replied, "Calm down woman, how could you blatantly steal someone's husband right in the face of your own sister!"

"*Hick* Li Li is your second roomie, I could be your third!" Yan Fei Fei was so intoxicated that she ignored the killing glare of Yu Li and continued. "Do you know why during ancient times, they called their wives by their room numbers instead? That's because, one wife, one room, geddit?!"

"Yeah I get that. My answer is no. I may not be the prime example of a man, but when I want a woman, I want, a woman. Uno. At least, if I wanted more, it has to be someone I really like. That, or she would just be like someone from the red-light district." Zhang Yang waved his hands a big no, as if signaling to a plane that it was a no-landing zone, and dragged Yu Li into her bedroom and locked the door. Who knows, when they were asleep, some other woman might crawl in, or perhaps, slither into the room and make things a whole lot worse!

"Hmph!" Yu Li smirked. But behind that fake smile, lay an authentic joyful smile. "At least you're a good man. To reward you for your loyalty, I shall see what I can do about this!"

Zhang Yang smiled like a baby and tackled Yu Li onto the bed. "You may not know the inside of my head. But you can go ahead and enjoy yourself as I wrestle with a man's instinct."

It did not take long, for the room to be filled with the cries and moans of Yu Li.

…

The next morning, when Zhang Yang was about to leave Yu Li's house, he saw Yu Li's mother in the living room. The moment he stepped out, she was staring, or rather, glaring at him as if she was wishing him death. It was as if he was an abomination, the worse crock of the entire nation.

After hastily returning to his home, Zhang Yang immediately logged into the game and was immediately bombarded with a gazillion of question to why did he not log into the game yesterday night.

He simply could not. After wrestling in Yu Li's bed for a good time, he was too tired to do anything else and went straight to chase after Peter Pan, let alone log into the game! After dodging questions and getting a scolding from the gang, the party went on to grind their levels. Mostly all the quest in Oz had been cleared, and the team then proceeded on to a new map and came to a place known as the Black Moss Wilderness.

Unlike the Kingdom of Oz, which was filled with harmless citizens, Black Moss Wilderness was how you would describe a place that had yet to receive the touch of society. The place was covered with wild beasts. It was eerie, and gloomy. Even during the daytime, the place was covered in thick mist and dark clouds, giving them poor visibility, even during daytime.

Zhang Yang had vaguely recalled that a group of Elves that had set up a camp in this map. Since he could not remember their precise location, Zhang Yang was blindly groping about. However, it did not take long before they encountered an overly large encampment.

The camping grounds were so huge. There were camps and tents that were set up, with flags soaring high in the sky. Zhang Yang frowned. According to his memories, he did not remember this camp being so huge! In the past, when he reached this place, the camp was only located under the cover of a hill, with only seven to eight camps! Yet, here there were hundreds, even thousands of camps, being set up in this massive flatland.

Within the camp grounds, there were hundreds of female Elven warriors sparring with each other. Elves were famous for their prowess in archery. However, those female warriors carried both a bow and a sword, making them capable of engaging in both ranged and melee fights.

Wei Yan Er asked, "Why can't we equip a bow?"

Zhang Yang laughed. "You can. Go and get yourself a "God of Bow" Inheritance!"

When the female warrior noticed the arrival of Zhang Yang's party, they got into their combat stances and were on guard. The frontmost female warriors unsheathed their swords while the female warriors behind them drew their bows, ready to let their arrows fly.

Zhang Yang swiftly jumped down from the white bear and did an adventurer salutation to them. "We are adventurers from White Jade Castle! We mean you no harm!"

"Adventurer?" A voice ranged loudly as a female Elven priestess stepped out from among them.

It was quite obvious that this NPC was a prominent one among the NPCs here. When she walked over, the warrior opened a pathway for her. The warriors bowed respectfully to her.

[Priestess Priestess Thea - Moon Glory] (Gray-Silver, Humanoid)

Level: 75

HP: 3,750,000

Defense: 800

Thea gaze at everyone and observed the mark of the White Jade Castle on their chest. "By the Moon Gods, for he had guided me in my dreams! These guests will help us to rescue the Priestess of the Moon! Bless the gods, bless us all! You came! You have fulfilled the prophecy!"

The priestess gestured and the warriors lowered their weapons.

Bingo, a quest!

Zhang Yang spoke, "To serve the proud Elven race would be our honor!"

Thea nodded and gracefully spoke, "Dear adventurers, we face an imminent threat! Our beloved Priestess of the Moon has been kidnaped by the Red-Skinned Beastman of the Blood Moon Castle! We must to rescue the Priestess of the Moon as soon as we can! That said, the Blood Moon Castle defenses were too strong! At our current strength, we can never breach their castle wall!"

Zhang Yang responded, "Oh respected Priestess, how may we assist you?"

"I can use my Alchemy and Smithing skills to forge a Teleportation Device that could transport troops to inside the castle itself! However, the Teleportation Device requires many materials and ingredients. I will require your assistance to gathers said materials and ingredients," said Thea. "But first, the one item I need most would be a large quantity of the Tooth of the Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger."

'Ding! Thea – Moon Glory has a quest for you: Collecting the Tooth of the Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger. Would you accept it?'

It was a necessary quest for the party to enter the castle to rescue the Priestess of the Moon. Be it S or A ranked, it would only be a collection quest. Though it might be a little annoying, it was necessary to proceed with the quest!

[Tooth of the Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger] (Difficulty Level: C)

Quest Description: Thea – Moon Glory has instructed you to collect 200 counts of the Tooth of the Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger. You can find the monster at the Valley of the Ent, west of Black Moss Wilderness.

Progress: Collect Tooth of the Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger 0/200

The party took the quest and rode to the designated destination.

"Hey! Did you guys notice that there were no males in the entire camp?" said Fatty Han suddenly.

"Elves in this game are more like amazons. Their culture and beliefs are in the Moon Goddess, and their leader will always be a Priestess of the Moon. No male has ever taken that position. That is why, I think, the males are at home, nursing the kids or something," said Zhang Yang.

Endless Starlight eye's glinted. "If I could live in such a world, that would be just great!"

Zhang Yang snickered. "Elven races would actually support polygamy, meaning, one woman could have many husbands! You better think again."

Both Fatty Han and Endless Starlight kept their mouths shut.

"Oh right! Snow b*tch, little brat, I advise you to stay clear of that Luo guy. I'm guessing that that bastard will be incredibly jealous of the little brat for taking over the company and will do something nasty about that," said Zhang Yang.

"Him? He's all teddy bears and cotton candies inside, how could someone like him come up with anything?" said Han Ying Xue.

Zhang Yang turned to Wei Yan Er and said, "Do you have a cousin name Liu?"

"EH!? How did you know about that?" Wei Yan Er widen her eyes. She puffed her cheeks and grinned evilly. "Hehe, could it be that you have eyes on her? You sneaky little bastard. You shouldn't be looking at other women besides my cousin sister!"

"Please, cut the crap. I got hold of some bad news about her. That Luo guy and your cousin Liu are secretly planning to take over Silky Soft Holdings behind your back!"

Wei Yan Er scratched her head. "Liu Shu Yan might be a little sneaky sometimes. But if she ever wanted to take over Silky Soft Holdings, she wouldn't be able to! As long as sister Han and me are in the company, there is no way anyone could take over. Not even my father could stop me, legally."

Zhang Yang frowned. Worriedly, he said, "But, what if something happens to you guys?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean, say, both of you had encountered a bad accident and went missing?"

"Hey! Touch wood! You nasty noob tank! You dare to curse me and my cousin sister! I'll summoned the great power of the super Saiyans and pull every single strand of hair on your head!" said Wei Yan Er fiercely.

On one side, Han Ying Xue was already seriously thinking about it. "So, you're saying, someone is out there trying to do something to me and Yan Er?"

"There is that possibility."

Han Ying Xue remained quiet for a while, "If something happens to me, the company ownership will automatically be given to Yan Er. But, if something happened to the both of us…That will be bad. The entire company's property will fall into the hands of that bunch of leeches!"

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Chapter 309: Collecting the Dragon Crystals

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The crowd arrived to the Valley of the Ent and was greeted by a mountain full of ancient trees that soared up to the sky. In the mountain, there were many of those fore mentioned Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger roaming freely. As their names suggested, they had wings sticking out of their backs, and razor-sharp fangs that could pierce even the toughest armor.

[Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger] (Normal, Beast)

Level: 73

HP: 7,300

Defense: 70

"Let's split up!" To have the team farm a total of 200 teeth would be troublesome. It would be for the best to have them split up and farm for their own parts. Han Ying Xue had quietly remained by Zhang Yang's side as they started going their own paths. Naturally, Zhang Yang had to farm her parts too since she was a priest with low attacking power.

"Dummy. Did you really mean it, when you said that the Liu and Luo couple were planning to harm Yan Er and me?" said Han Ying Xue. No wonder she was so serious.

Zhang Yang shrugged. "I'm not too sure about that either. But, at least, now you know about it, and you can take some precautions."

With the bear under him, Zhang Yang kited 20 to 30 monster in one shot and killed them all. Though they may have wings sticking out from their backs, they could not fly. They could only hover in the air after running at great speed and attack Zhang Yang like levitating bulls.

Han Ying Xue bashfully asked. "I heard form that perverted fatty that you could fight, like, in real life?"

"But of course!" Zhang Yang thumped his chest and proudly gloated. "While I can't possibly fight a hundred at a time, I could at least take on more than 10 men at the same time."

Han Ying Xue turned away and glared somewhere else. "Then…you should be our bodyguard!"

"…Woman, I'm sure there are plenty of such services out there. You could at least do yourself a favor and hire the professionals."

"I don't trust strangers!"

Zhang Yang heart fluttered a little. Han Ying Xue had her full faith in him. Zhang Yang still shook his head. "That Luo might have some hidden plans that might exceed my calculations. I'm one man. If I were to be your bodyguard, that would mean that I would have to stay by your side for a good deal of time! We would probably end up annoying the shit out of each other, me before you!"

"You silly dummy! This lady here is a wonder of the world! If you were to take a picture of me, that picture would be a masterpiece! Why are you complaining when I'm allowing you to remain by my side!"

"Just shut up and do your job, will you?"

It was always harder to complete a collection quest. Unlike the regular killing quest, these quests required luck, since the drops were determine by random number generator! People like Sun Xin Yu were so lucky that she had collected 200 teeth on her own in just 30 minutes. On the far end of the scale, Lost Dream had rotten luck. He had already spent close to one hour and had yet to finish collecting. When everyone had already finished with their quests, they had to go assist him.

The luckiest of them all was Daffodil Daydream. She had managed to capture herself a Gray-Silver battle mount. It was a Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger Cub. Her capture had brought the total number of battle mounts in the party to four.

Zhang Yang said, "As the difficulty of the map gets higher, so will the rate of appearance of battle mounts. However, the higher tiered battle mounts will get even harder to capture. Take the current standards as example. When players were carrying Yellow-Gold equipments, the Yellow-Gold mounts will be rare. Until players reach the point where Violet-Platinum equipment becomes a norm, they will try to make Violet-Platinum tier battle mounts the bare minimum, snuffing out the Gray-Silvers."

"That means, we don't really have to rush for battle mounts at this stage?'

Zhang Yang nodded. "You are correct!"

The party returned to the elven camp and submitted their quests, one at a time.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Collect Tooth of the Quad-Winged Saber Tooth Tiger. Obtained 100,000 Experience Points!'

"Wonderful! Now, I trust you to collect the second ingredient!" said Thea to her free laborers. "The next ingredient that I require, would be the [Burning Amber] of the Ash Wonderer. Please make haste dear adventurers!"

Endless Starlight started to complaint, "D*mn. I haven't even caught my breath yet and yet we have to run off again!"

"Stop whining and start running!"

[Burning Amber] (Difficulty Level: C)

Quest Description: Thea – Moon Glory requires you to collect 200 counts of [Burning Amber]. You can find Ash Wonderers at the Lava Pits, west of the Black Moss Wilderness.

Progress: Collect [Burning Amber] 0/200

The team took 20 minutes to reach the new farming ground and started killing their way to complete the quest.

The monsters called Ash Wonderers were just a new kind of Fire Elementals. All of them carried the {Burning Aura} even when they were only normal tier monsters. Still, the damage was unbelievably low. The problem was not the difficulty in killing the monsters, like all of other collection quest, the problem lay in their drop rates. The team spent a long time completing the quest. After returning to the camp ground and submitting the quest, they were only rewarded with a measly 300,000 Experience points.

"One last thing now! We are almost there!' said Thea happily. "The last ingredient that I require to complete the Teleportation Device is the Dragon Crystal. I need you to visit the Dragon's Slumber Temple and collect a Dragon Crystal!"

[Collect Dragon Crystal] (Difficulty Level: C)

Quest Description: Thea – Moon Glory had request you to collect a piece of [Dragon Crystal]. You may collect the [Dragon Crystal] from the corpse of a dragon in the Dragon's Slumber Temple, north of the Black Moss Wilderness. Be caution, there are hidden dangers lurking on the area.

Progress: Collect Dragon Crystal: 0/1

No choice. They would have to run around again! The party made their way through the Black Moss Wilderness and towards the Dragon's Slumber Temple. Half an hour later, they could already see their destination from a long distance. Standing there was an emerald blue tower, so huge, and it had actually scraped the dark, grayish sky. The team rode on and on. The tower made no sign of getting closer It was like traveling in a car, and not seeing the moon and mountains moving even after traveling a distance. The team had actually traveled for another 30 minutes before actually reaching their destination.

From afar, the building looked like a tower, however, when they stood at the bottom of the tower, it looked more like a huge stadium. The entire construct was oval in shape, with a diameter of more than 1,000 meters. Due to the mega towering structure and the weight it seemed to bear, its base somehow looked fragile in comparison. The temple had an entrance at every four points of the tower base floor. There were a total of 30 floors to the top, with each floor sharing the exact same design. Each floor measured at least hundreds of meters tall. The problem, was that the structure was extremely puzzling. There was a huge gap between them with no visible stairs or pathway to get to the next floor. That said, it would seem like players would have to have flying mounts to get across each floor.

Without delay, the party rode their mounts and the others walked, all into the towering, mega structure's first floor. Inside, there were nothing but gigantic corpses laying around. Each corpse was so huge that Zhang Yang's group were like ants to a huge elephants.

"Didn't they say that dragons were extremely rare? Look at this place! It's filled with dragon bones! It looked like someone had a huge *ss party with dragon ribs!" Fatty Han joked.

"Isn't this quest A-classed? Why aren't there any monsters for us to kill?" said Lost Dream suspiciously.

"Just be careful. Let's not split up for now. Stick together and search for the dragon"

Wei Yan Er lazily scanned the area and said, "Where are you…Dragon Crystal…"

"Dragon Crystal huh…I think it mean something like the essence of a dragon. Perhaps it would be at somewhere the heart would be." Lost Dream tried to explain.

Fatty Han snickered. "Essence? That would be at the heart, it should be somewhere…for a dragon? 3 meters below their waist!"

Endless Starlight claps his hand and praised. "D*mn bro! Well said! They say that the essence of a man lies deep within one's manhood1! Fatty Han, you're a genius!"

Almost everyone else beside the two perverts rolled their eyes as they started to initiate their dirty talk.

"The quest item should be glowing. It be easy to spot it. Take your time, and be careful!" said Zhang Yang. The party took their time to search around each corpse but found nothing. The area didn't even seem to have any hostile monsters. The only thing was the deafening silence.

"Huh…It's taking too long. Let's split up!"

Everyone nodded. They were all getting annoyed. Each of them took a direction and followed it till the end and came back to the center to regroup.

After 20 minutes, the party regrouped, empty handed.

"We have searched everything!"

At the center of the Temple, there was a huge skeleton that measured approximately 200 meters in length. Hoping that they would find the quest item, the party proceeded to search from the tail, and slowly move up the torso. After just a few seconds, Fatty Han's loud voice was heard howling. "Ooi! Come to me!"

Everyone came around and gathered to where Fatty Han was and saw the huge, football size ruby-red crystal, glowing violently as if there was a raging fire inside.

Smiling from ear to ear, Fatty Han bellowed. "I knew that it would be somewhere below the waist!"

Fatty Han actually was standing at the pelvic region of the skeleton.

"Such a big crystal…I think it should be enough for everyone if I break it up!" said Wei Yan Er as she picked it up.

THOOM!

Just as Wei Yan Er picked the Dragon Crystal up, the loud, cracking sound of the wind blew up, sending a howling gale through the vicinity.

"What's happening?" Wei Yan Er was shocked.

"This is an A class quest. Do you really think that it was going to be so easy?" Zhang Yang unsheathed his sword and said, "Get ready to fight!"

During their conversation, shadows of dragons were emerging out from the skeletons. Red, black, green, blue, and even copper colored shadows flying around! The different types of dragon merged together, turning into something menacing, and even worse, solid.

[Ancient Dragon Soul] (Yellow-Gold, Summoned)

Level: 75

HP: 7,500,000

Defense: 1,400

BOOM!

This dragon that was formed from many other the different dragons had a multi-colored outer shell, and stood a few hundred meters tall, stomped the ground. It growled angrily, "Cursed intruders! You have tainted the grounds of Dragon's Slumber Temple! You sins will be forgiven only by your death!"

Zhang Yang quickly turn around and screamed at the little brat. "Hey! Take the crystal and keep it!"

"I can't! There's this system notification telling me that it cannot be looted!"

"F*ck it! That means we'll have to kill this boss first!"

BOOM! BOOM! BAM!

The earth exploded with each step the dragon took.

Zhang Yang did not waste even a second and rushed towards the dragon with {Charge}. Zhang Yang sliced the dragon for 1,683 damage and quickly stack up as much {Cripple Defense}. The rest of the party immediately moved into action. Each of them got into position and started to attack. After a while, a bright blue light glowed around the dragon, only to blast out in all directions. The light blast radius was so wide that it had even manage to hit ranged players such as Han Ying Xue, Daffodil Daydream, and Hundred Shots.

'Ding! You have received the effect {The Blue Dragon's Curse}. Dexterity has been reduced by 20%. Last for 1 minute!'

Everyone received the debuff.

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Chapter 310: The Ancient Dragon Soul

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Once the skill effect was released, Fatty Han, Hundred Shots, Lost Dream started whining. Also affected as Sun Xin Yu, as classes that highly depended on Dexterity were the ones that were effected the most.

After 15 seconds, there was a green hue glowed brightly and everyone received another debuff.

'Ding! You have received {Curse of the Green Dragon}. Vitality has been reduced by 20%!'

Hundred Shots immediately cried out to exclaim. "I think there were Green, Blue, Red, Black, and also Copper colored dragons merging into that big dragon. I think the boss dragon will have five types of curses!"

Zhang Yang laughed. "Hey, little brat. That dragon's much better at cursing than you ever will be!"

"Hmph! So what? That thing is still going down, either way!" said Wei Yan Er.

Following the predictions, every 15 seconds, there would be a blast of light, followed with a curse. The Black dragon curse would reduce 20% Strength. The Red dragon would reduce 20% Intelligence, the Copper dragon curse would reduce 20% Spirit. Although the curse would wear off after 15 seconds, the boss would always be right on time to renew its effects with another one.

{Warrior's Will}, {Ice Barrier}, and {Holy Shield} could dispel the curse. However, they had much longer cooldowns. The rate at which the boss would cast the curse was just too quick. Having had their main attributes reduced, the party's total attack power had suffered a massive reduction. Luckily, the boss's curse did not include a Defense reduction, and even though Zhang Yang had suffered a 20% HP reduction, his attack power did not suffer much.

"Fus Ra Duh!" the dragon spoke in a twisted dragon tongue and stomped the ground with its massive foot. Everyone was instantly afflicted with a curse that had made their body to move involuntary. They gripped their heads tightly and cowered down.

'Ding! You have received {Dragon's Intimidation}. You have fall into the state of {Fear} for 10 seconds!'

The boss flung its massive claw and sliced Zhang Yang.

'-7,790!'

Being in the {Fear} state, Zhang Yang was unable to control his body and had to take the hit. Unfortunately, the attack landed on his back and had bypassed his shield defense value. With them vulnerable, the boss moved forward to chase after and attack them with a clean sweep.

10 seconds felt like an eternity. With an average attack speed of 2 seconds, the boss had already dealt more than five attacks! With no healing, and completely exposed, it would be enough to kill Zhang Yang! Sensing that danger was imminent, Zhang Yang quickly used {Warrior's Will} and removed the state of {Fear}. He activated {Block} to shield himself from an attack and consumed a bottle of [Level 3 Healing Potion].

There was a problem. The boss's [Dragon's Intimidation] was a little complex. Just after 1 minute after the initial cast, the boss had once again placed everyone into the same state.

This time, Zhang Yang countered the skill with a {Shield Wall}. The third cast, he had summoned Clear Lotus and used {Substitute} to remove the debuff. {Rearm} was used immediately to reset all the cool down time for all his skills. The fourth cast was removed by {Warrior's Will}. The fifth cast was countered with {Shield Wall}. At this point, the boss had still over 3,000,000 HP. The party would have to endure another three casts of {Dragon's Intimidation} to finish off the boss. That said, all of Zhang Yang life preserving skill had been used. How would he survive another three counts of {Dragon Intimidation}?

Zhang Yang speedily opened the aggro list. If Endless Starlight could position himself as the second aggro target, he could use {Shadow of the Void} to escape from the area and allow Endless Starlight to tank the boss. A Defender has {Sacred Protection} and {Sacred Healing} that could prolong his survival. That could at least, hold the boss off for another two castings of {Dragon's Intimidation}!

On the side note, Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er, Lost Dream, were attacking like madmen, pushing their aggro beyond the capabilites of any other skilled tank. Still, Hunters and Thieves had skills that could remove their aggro value on them. Zhang Yang himself could use {Shadow of the Void} to leave the battle field. The only one who would be in real danger would be Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream!

Zhang Yang braced himself and cast {Provoke} on the boss. Hoping that the skill was effective on the boss, it should make things easier.

Immune!

Disappointed, but not unexpected. If {Provoke} worked on the boss, it wouldn't be much of a Yellow-Gold.

"Ice Cube, Old Dream, get ready to use {Vanish}, Fatty, Hundred Shots, get ready to use {Fake Death}. The moment before the boss uses {Dragon's Intimidation}, I'll activate {Shadow of the Void} to leave the battle field. Let Endless Starlight take on the boss," said Zhang Yang.

Wei Yan Er suddenly realized that she had no role in Zhang Yang's improvised plan. Her eyes widened, and she said, "Hey, noob tank, what about me?"

"You…hmm…Prepare to erhm…take one for the team? Die a glorious death?"

"Waaa…Why you…little ungrateful tank! How dare you not take responsibility!?" cried Wei Yan Er.

Zhang Yang wiped away a cold drop sweat. "Little brat. I think you should dial back a little on the television dramas. They would do you more harm than good."

"Hmph!"

Zhang Yang calculated the timing and when there was only 2 seconds left before the boss activated {Dragon's Intimidation}, Zhang Yang yelled. "{Vanish} now! {Fake Death} now! I'll use {Shadow of the Void}!'

Poof! Poof!

Two smoke puff burst out from where Lost Dream and Sun Xin Yu were standing, as the two of them disappeared from the battle field. Fatty Han and Hundred Shots had triggered their own skill and were laying perfectly still on the ground. Only when Zhang Yang had made sure that the four of them had cleared all their aggro, only did he activate {Shadow of the Void} and enter the other realm, removing himself from the battle field.

1 second…2 second…!

Just then, the boss activated {Dragon's Intimidation}. He prematurely ended {Shadow of the Void} and returned to the battle field. The boss was already chasing after Wei Yan Er and had killed her in just two strikes. After dealing with her, the Ancient Dragon Soul turned around and had set Daffodil Daydream as its next target.

{Ice Barrier}!

It was a shame that that skill would only provide a small window of invincibility and not clear the character's aggro. Still, it was still able to draw the boss' attention and she could last for a short duration of 10 seconds, buying Endless Starlight more time. However, as the {Ice Barrier} ended, Daffodil Daydream too, succumbed to the boss in just two hits. This time, the boss had set Endless Starlight as its next target.

Frantically, Zhang Yang went all Rambo on the boss, rebuilding his aggro so that the boss wouldn't target Han Ying Xue when Endless Starlight goes down.

"…Wuuu" Wei Yan Er cried. "Noob tank, why I can't release my soul from the body?" she whined.

Zhang Yang turned to Daffodil Daydream and asked. "What's going on?"

"The system has prevented us from releasing our souls. It says: Unable to release the soul during a battle!"

"Hm…I think it's just for this occasion. It must be because of the boss fight. You guys go ahead and rest while we wrap this up."

The battle continued on, as the firepower had only affected a little since only Wei Yan Er and Daffodil Daydream were out of the fight.

3 minutes into the battle and Endless Starlight had used up all of his survival skills. After the third {Dragon's Intimidation}, Endless Starlight was crushed to death. Fortunately, Zhang Yang had managed to overtake Han Ying Xue in the aggro table and was in control once again.

When the boss had over 1,200,000 HP left, Zhang Yang's {Warrior's Will} was ready once again. So far, the skill was already raised to Level 8, having only 3 minutes of cool down time. {Shield Wall}, on the other hand still had a 30 second cool down time, allowing him to stand his ground for another two more {Dragon's Intimidations}.

1,000,000! 800,000! 400,000! 100,000!

Full Rage! {Killing Cleave}!

'-9,016!'

It was just enough to finish the boss. Upon its death, the boss wailed and cursed the party, saying, "Sinners! You have tainted the sacred Temple of the Dragons! You're hereby cursed to face the full wrath of all Dragons!"

BOOM!

The humongous dragon burst open, scattering all the merged souls into the air and disperse into the corner of the Temple, leaving no bodies behind. With no bodies, there were no battle loots!

Fatty Han frowned furiously. "What a !@#!@#$ system! What the actual f*ck! We just busted our butts killing this sorry piece of sh*t and it didn't give us anything?!"

Zhang Yang laughed and pointed at the spot where the red crystal was supposed to be. "Look there!"

A golden treasure chest sat right there, waiting for the party to open it.

"WOAH! Sis! Quick, revive me! I want to open that chest!" Wei Yan Er urged.

Han Ying Xue nodded and revived Wei Yan Er and without saying anything, the little girl dashed over to the chest, without bothering to recover her health. The greedy little girl was practically molesting the chest, while the rest of the party was highly amused at her comical acts.

Finally satisfied with her groping, Wei Yan Er proceeded to open the chest. At that moment, a black puff of smoke spewed out from the chest and damaged the little girl for 10,000 damage, instantly killing her.

"Wuuuu….What kind of idiot would place a trap in a treasure box? D*mn you, dragons!" cried Wei Yan Er.

"That's on you. Who told you to run off like a monkey without restoring your HP?" Zhang Yang teased.

"Sis! Revive me!"

"{Revive} would have to wait for 5 minutes. Sit tight and wait if you don't wanna run!"

Daffodil Daydream and Endless Starlight had already left the place and were already running back to their bodies. With no choice, Wei Yan Er obediently released her soul and ran back to her body from the graveyard.

Being good sports, the party had waited for the little girl to come back and let her to open the chest. There were a total of three counts of Yellow-Gold equipment, seven counts of Gray-Silver, and one quest item, the {Dragon Crystal}. There was only one, but everyone's quest had been fulfilled.

The three Yellow-Gold equipment were a Leather Armor glove, a Cloth Armor boots, and a defensive ring. Since everyone wanted to preserve their set equipment effects, none of them wanted the glove and the boots. Eventually, the equipment was placed in Zhang Yang possession to be sold off in the Little Merchandize Shop. The ring however, was taken by Zhang Yang.

After completing the quest, Zhang yang used a [Teleportation Scroll] to go back to Thunderstorm Castle, and back to White Jade Castle to have the ring Identified.

[Undying Hero's Ring] (Yellow-Gold, Ring)

Vitality: 84

Strength: 34

Equip Effect: Absorbs 66 Damage upon being attacked.

Equip Effect: Grants a 1% chance to summon the {Undying Hero} to deal 1,000 Shadow damage to a target on every attack.

Level Requirement: 70

So far, Zhang Yang had two Level 50 Yellow Gold rings. Merlinda's Appreciation Ring, and the Ring of Raging Blaze. After consideration, Zhang Yang decided to keep the Merlinda's Appreciation Ring. Even now, healing 10,000 HP every 3 minutes was still rather OP, far stronger and better than a 50 damage absorption skill. Zhang Yang put on the new ring and teleported back to the party via the Lover's Charm.

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Chapter 311: Rescuing the Priestess of the Moon

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'Ding! You have completed the quest: Collect the Dragon Crystal. Obtained 500,000 Experience Points!'

After submitting the [Dragon Crystal, everyone obtained only a little experience. It was only about the same as killing monsters. After the Level 70 threshold, the amount of experience points required to gain another level was a headache.

"This is wonderful! Now, I can create a Teleportation Device!" Thea the Priestess took out a bunch of Tiger Teeth, and Burning Ambers from somewhere on the back of her body. She then placed the ingredients on the ground and the Dragon Crystal on top of the pile. She then proceed to pour vials of potion-like stuff on the pile.

"Say, Little Yang. Where you do you think that this lady kept all the Tiger Tooth?" said Fatty Han as he stared pointedly at Thea's voluptuous butt. His question was completely rhetorical.

Zhang Yang kept quiet for a while and finally facepalmed when Fatty Han would not stop staring at Thea's butt. "Fatty…How dry are you? Are you so desperate for some, that you would stare at a virtual character's rear? Please find yourself another girlfriend to help you solve your loneliness at night!"

Fatty Han laughed. "Oh please, Little Yang. Don't be saying stuff like that. Don't tell me that all the people in the movies and television were fake, and you can't hug, touched, or even take them to bed?"

"That…That's a whole other story! At least you know that the person behind the camera is a real human!"

"Ah! You cannot deny the fact that those characters were also the products of fiction! The only difference between the one in front of us and the one in the movies is that one was an image captured by a camera while the other has been created by data! How could you guarantee that this lovely lady right here was not created based off a real female model? Artists are not magician who could create something out of nothing. Technically, they draw inspiration from their real life experiences!"

Zhang Yang gasped. "Woah! Fatty! Since when did you become so wise? You must have created such a viewpoint on life after all those hardships and heartbreaks from the ladies!"

"Hey!" Fatty Han started to put up airs like a philosopher that was lost in his thoughts. "We are the sum of all our past experiences. I am but a sword hidden in a sheath. For someone to discover the real me, one would need to dig deep into my soul and discover a youthful man of artistic sense!"

Zhang Yang laughed. "I have known you for close to 20 years and just only managed to discover this part of you now!"

Everyone grinned, some were almost at the point of laughing out loud. Endless Starlight snickered and said, "Fatty Bro, what the big boss had just said, what…buahahaha, was too true!"

"Oh…f*ck off you little prick. Little Yan and I have a friendship as strong as the steel that was forged from the brutal fights in the streets! The kind of bond we have could withstand anything you throw at us! We drank beer together, broke bread together, found the same girls in the clubs…"

"F*ck you Fatty, who would want to go to the club with you! Please do not tarnish my name here!"

As the crowd laughed and joked, Thea was finally ready to craft the Teleportation Device. With a sudden blast of light ray, a weird, awfully similar gadget appeared in her hand. It was black, but it look awfully similar to that of a hair dryer!

Lost Dream frowned. "I think the designing department of Dream Tech was too lazy. Look at that bloody contraption! It's hideous!"

"Adventurers, I, have but one last request of you." Said Thea with a stoic expression. "The next candidate of the Priestess of the Moon is being held at the Blood Moon Castle! You have to make haste in order to save her! You have proved your strength to us and show us that no one other than you are perfect for this mission. On behalf of the Moon Elf race, I beg of you! Please head towards the Blood Moon Castle and rescue our Priestess!"

"Candidate for the Priestess of the Moon?" Zhang Yang repeated, seemingly coming to an epiphany.

The Priestess of the Moon is the highest rank, and served as the leader of the Elven race. Theoretically, she would be as least the same rank as the King of the White Jade Kingdom. An Ascended tier boss! However, how could such a boss could be trapped in a Level 70 map? Either that, or she was in a similar circumstance as Princess Serena! Now that Thea had explained the situation, the Priestess that was kidnapped had yet to inherit the throne. It was only natural that someone like her would be targeted.

"That's right. There's hasn't been a Priestess of the Moon guiding the Moon Elves for at least 300 years! Bless the Moon God for she had not forsaken us! For she had even elected a successor for our race!" said Thea. "Please. Adventurer! I beg of you!"

'Ding! Thea – Moon Glory has a quest for you: Rescue the Priestess of the Moon. Will you accept it? This quest will be linked to a part of the main story quest. Complete the quest for a luxurious reward!'

A main story quest!

Everyone exchanged a look, nodded their heads in unison and accepted the quest without saying a word.

[Rescue the Priestess of the Moon] (Difficulty Level: S)

Quest Description: The Priestess of the Moon of the Elven race has been kidnapped by the Red-Skinned Orcs of the Blood Moon Castle! You have to rescue her as soon as possible! The Elven race requires a new leader! Godspeed! Who knows what the Orcs will do to the Priestess of the Moon! Blood Moon Castle is located at the East of the Black Moss Wilderness.

Progress: Rescue Priestess of the Moon 0/1

"Please take this with you!" Thea passed the "hair-dryer" to Zhang Yang and said, "This device can only be activated when you're 500 meters away from the Blood Moon Castle. It can directly transport you into the castle. However, since I forged the device in a hurry, the device can only be used once!"

[Carelessly made Teleportation Device] (Quest Item)

Use: Teleports you and your team mates into the Blood Moon Castle. Can only be used within 500 meters away from the Blood Moon Castle. Transports a maximum of 10 persons.

"Let's go! Let's save the world. Again!" said Zhang Yang as he summoned his white bear.

The party rode like the wind towards the west. They reached their destination about 30 minutes later. Unlike the topography of the Thunderstorm Castle, the Blood Moon Castle was built on a flatland. The castle was fully exposed and surrounded by a vast empty field and could be attack from all directions. That being said, the castle was impregnable. With thick castle walls and an uncountable number of magical cannons. The defense of the castle was astonishing!

Zhang Yang took out the "hair-dryer" and said, "Let's fly!"

However, when Zhang Yang clicked on the machine, it responded with a message. 'Ding! You can only use this device within 500 meters from Blood Moon Castle!'

"What's wrong?"

"…My bad. We have to walk a little up front."

The party had to move a little further. As they moved, the device did not prompt anything but shone brightly, enclosing the party in a large light cage. With a loud crack, the party disappeared. When vision returned to their eyes, they had found out that they had indeed been teleported into the castle. Judging from the surroundings, they were in the kitchen. The nine of them were unfortunately trapped behind a stone oven and an invisible chain fastened them to the wall, rendering them immobile.

"Hey! I can't move! How bout you guys?"

"I can't move either!"

"Me too!"

"What the hell is going on?"

The party channel was instantly rowdy.

"Tesmo, you'd better be puttin' some effort in yer back eh. Our great lord Pilo is going to marry that Elven babe. He ordered us to make 'em good meal. If we screw this up. We be losing our heads!" During the commotion, two red-skinned orcs entered the kitchen. One was tall, and the other was much shorter. It was the shorter one that had just spoke.

The taller orc said, "I'd say Piji, but our Lord Pilo has the purest blood flowing in his veins. I'm curious at the fact that he would marry to a female Elf? I must say that those puny little minxes are too skinny for us orcs. My word, how could they bear to give birth to great warriors in the future? What say you my good orc?"

"Yer moron!" the shorter orc shook his head. "Heard from Lord Shalin, dem Elf babe was a saint. She be the Priestess of the Moon! Think of it, if she be bearin' me kids, it surely be a godly kid innit? He be carryin' some of dem godly powers eh?"

"I comprehend your speculation, my dear friend."

"What yer yapping like that for eh? Put em plates out now!"

As the shorter one finished with their conversation, the two of them exited the kitchen. Just then, Zhang Yang and the team regained their mobility and were surprised by a sudden notification.

'Ding! You have obtained a sudden news. The red skinned orc leader Pilo wants to marry the Priestess of the Moon! You have to move faster to save the Priestess of the Moon!'

'Ding! Main Quest: Rescue the Priestess of the Moon! A time limit has been added. You now have 10 hours to rescue the Priestess of the Moon. The quest shall be permanently terminated upon failure.'

The normal quest could be re-taken again if the party fails to meet a certain criteria of the quest by visiting the NPC and start over again. However, main story and hidden quests were different. With only once chance, its either win it, or pack it!

"Comrades! Let's hurry! We must save that Priestess of the Moon!" Fatty Han cried.

"Could you be more civilized, pervy fatty?"

"What are you talking about? I'm merely stating the obvious!" Fatty Han raised an eye brow.

"Enough. Let's work!" Zhang Yang unsheathed his sword and headed to the exit of the kitchen.

"Did you guys feel that the tall orc was very polite?"

"And that shorter one was savage as f*ck!"

"Would you guys please focus!?"

Just when the party left the kitchen, a pair of orc guards spotted them and charged at them.

"Intruder!"

They swung their weapons in the air like lassos and aimed to bash the living hell out of Zhang Yang.

[Red Skinned Berserk Soldier] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 76

HP: 76,000

Defense: 400

"Aren't all orc green in color? Why are they all red here?" asked not by Wei Yan Er, surprisingly, but Daffodil Daydream.

Since it was Daffodil Daydream instead of the annoying little brat, Zhang Yang had no qualms explaining. "These red skinned orcs were once a faction of the main orc race. Their ancestors were tempted by the demons and had succumbed to the demonic force. Their bodies were infected with the demonic power, turning them into a blood red color."

Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight each engaged one orc and with the party laying waste to them, the elite monsters were kill in matter of seconds. The obtainable loots were just a few pieces of Silk and coins. Coins were to be expected but the quantity of the Silks was just too scarce. Be it Tailoring or First Aid, player would need a large volume of these Silks. Even though they are relatively cheap in the auction house, the supply in the market is always on shortage. Players would have to farm on their own to supply themselves.

As the party continued venturing into the deeper parts of the castle, they had encountered and killed a number of red skinned orcs. After 30 minutes, the party came into a large hall. At the entrance of the hall were two humongous red skinned orcs! With its top half naked, and a small loin cloth covering its lower half, the muscular body of the orc was greatly emphasized, bringing out their destructive power and intimidation. They were both carrying huge morning stars made of wolf fangs. Imaging getting your head bashed in with those spiky balls…

[Red Skinned Crusher] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 76

HP: 760,000

Defense: 600

They were also elite tier, but these two brothers had 10 times more HP than the regular monsters around. They even had 50% more Defense! With these types of stats, they could be the equivalent as a Gray-Silver boss!

Endless Starlight felt a sudden rush of goosebumps when he saw their weapons. "Hey, Fatty bro, how would it feel if you were pricked in the *ss by those weapons?"

"Hehehe. I'm telling you. These two monsters are actually called The Butt Crackers!"

Zhang Yang slid towards Endless Starlight and lightly kicked his butt. "In that case, you should try and solo tank the boss this time! Try and let the monster rip you a new one!"

"WAA. Mama mia! No!" cried Endless Starlight, covering his butt with his hands. However, he went on forward and tossed his shield from afar, triggering the fight.

"Intruders? Such brilliant timing! I was just lacking a cup! I shall make do with your skull and fashion it into my drinking cup!" said one of the orc as they charged towards Endless Starlight.

Wham! Bam!

10 seconds into the battle, one of the Red Skinned Crusher's morning star glowed as it smashed Endless Starlight. He was then immediately sent lying on the floor motionless. Unable to get up, he was stunned for 6 seconds and was beaten like a flat pancake by the two orcs!

'-10,524!'

'-10,248!'

The two devastating damages had nearly killed him off when Endless Starlight frantically activated {Sacred Protection}.

"Why did the damage suddenly spike up!?"

Endless Starlight answered hurriedly while attacking, "The stun carried another effect that will increase all received damage by 100%!"

"NYAHAHAH! Now that what I call as Butt Cracker!"

Zhang Yang effortlessly activated {Provoke} to draw one of the Red Skinned Crusher to lessen the burden on Endless Starlight.

No wonder the monsters were named Crusher. Their stunning capability was heightened to a point that it could even cause additional damage to their target. Luckily, both Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight were well-equipped. Though the battle was slightly nerve-wrecking, the party managed to take down the two monsters without any casualties.

"Phew! If all the monsters from now on are as strong as these Crushers, I'd better prepare myself!" wailed Endless Starlight.

Zhang Yang reached out with his hands and uncovered the loots.

[Bloodied Staff] (Green-Copper, Magic Staff)

Magic Attack: 446 – 646

Equip Effect: Increase 1% Critical rate.

Level Requirement: 70

Note: There were weird blood stains on the tip of the staff. Wonder where did that come from?

Noticing the equipment description, both Fatty Han and Endless Starlight started to grin evilly.

The entrance of the hall was shut tight but was easily pushed open by the combined force of everyone in the party. Inside, there was a huge empty space. Deep inside, there was a huge, approximately 3 meters tall red skinned orc lying motionless. At his side, there was a 5 meters long battle axe with fresh blood still dripping at the blade.

[Dilloca the Butcher] (Gray-Silver)

Level: 76

HP: 3,800,000

Defense: 800

"Just a Gray-Silver? What a letdown!"

"It's better this way. The easier the boss, the faster we can complete the main story quest!" said Daffodil Daydream with her chest held up high.

"Endless Starlight, go and tank it. I'll be the attacker this round!" Zhang Yang unequip his shield to reduce the extra generated aggro.

Endless Starlight nodded and wielded his battle hammer and shield and charge to the boss. Within 30 meters, his toss out his shield and started the fight.

Once triggered, the boss bellowed. "MUAHAHAHAHA! Another bunch of rats for me to kill!"

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Chapter 312: A Sneaky Business

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Gray-Silver? It be had nothing on Zhang Yang. Dilloca the Butcher was immediately flattened like a pan cake.

That being said, how could a pan cake fill your stomach when you break fasting? The equipment that the boss dropped was nothing but scraps. All the Gray-Silver and Green-Copper equipment were swept into Zhang Yang inventory, ready to be sold in the shop. Right now, the current market value of Green-Copper equipment was worth peanuts, on the other hand, Gray-Silvers proved to be slightly better and were worth a couple of beer, with some snacks on the side. That being said, Yellow-Gold bosses were still as rare as the blue moon.

The end of the hall was another large door which led to a long winding stairway that led to the second floor. Almost all of the monsters in the second floor were the same Berserk Soldiers. The group went on a killing spree and obtained a large quantity of [Silk]. 30 minutes into the second floor, the party came to another large hall, and another Red Skinned Crusher, with the same morning star similarly made from wolf fangs.

This turn, Endless Starlight was not brave enough to go on alone. Instead, the battle started with both Zhang Yang and Endless Starlight each taking on one. After killing the door guards, the party entered the hall of the second floor. Deep inside the hall, there was an orc, draped in full fashionable accessories, with gold and silver blings hanging all over his body. He looked like a walking a chandelier. He did look like an orc, neither did he really resemble a human. With a face that read money, business, and trade, his eyes went up and down the surroundings, as if he was frantically trying to find something, or someone.

[The "Honest" Florick] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 78

HP: 7,800,000

Defense: 1,400

Note: The one and only, world's most honest being alive!

This boss had a yellow name tag on him, which meant that he will not promptly attack anyone.

"Hmm? Where did you guys sneak in from?" said Florick when he had noticed Zhang Yang from afar. Without any visible change in stance, he did not have any hostility towards them and gestured the party to approach him. "Could it be, that you have heard about the famous Florick and decided to pay him a visit?"

He quickly laid down a large sack and opened it to show the party a bag full of colorful shiny equipment. "Count yourselves lucky. This batch of stock had only arrived today. If you want to buy, make it quick. I'm about to leave to meet with an old client.

Everyone was immediately weirded out, for since when, could a boss turn into a merchant? However, when Florick took out the equipment and displayed it to them, they were immediately entranced by the gleaming luster. Like cats drawn to light, the party swarmed around the weapons only to find themselves gasping for air. They were all Celestial tiered weapons! All of them!

The Sword of the Sky! The Heaven's Helm! The Opal Chest Plate! The Hands of the God of War! The Sky Scraping Heavenly Pillar!

Everyone started to drool like deranged gods. What was going on? Could a Celestial weapon be sold off? If this fate?!

"N-N-Noobie tank! Look at the battle axe!" said Wei Yan Er, stuttering. She lifted the gigantic axe and showed it to Zhang Yang.

[Nova Breaker, Agulos' Heavenly Axe] (Celestial, Two Handed Axe)

Weapon Attack: 98,038 – 118,038

Attack Interval: 3.8 Seconds

DPS: 28,431

{Level 10 Socket 1}

{Level 10 Socket 2}

Equip Effect: Grants a chance to summon the great Agulos' soul, giving the attack a fixed chance to cause a Critical strike.

Level Requirement: 0

"Am I going blind? Do all of these Celestial weapon cost only 1,000 gold?" said Endless Starlight.

"I think I'm going blind as well, because I'm sure that they are sold for only 1,000 gold!"

"J-J-Jackpot!"

Zhang Yang sensed that something was incredibly off. How could a Celestial weapon be sold? Furthermore, there was no Level Requirement and they only cost 1,000 gold coins each. That meant that a character could equip this Celestial equipment from head to toe! If that was the case, how would the game be balanced? Besides, he had not heard anyone from his past life owning a Celestial tier equipment!

Zhang Yang hurriedly tried to stop the party. "Don't buy them. Something has got to be off!"

"Dude! I'm already wearing them! Look at me!" said Fatty Han as he pat his chest proudly. He then spun around to show everyone how fabulous he was, wearing a complete set of equipment from top to bottom.

Tempted, the rest of the party started buying equipment as well. It was a euphoric feeling, as if you had just stepped up from a 1986 Toyota Sprinter Trueno (AE86) to the latest model of the Mitsubishi Evos series. 1 The feeling of owning a bad*ss weapon was surreal.

Slim and Handsome, HP 2150.

Lost Dream, HP 2850.

… …

Those who were wearing complete "Celestial" tier equipment had only over than 3,000 HP! They were basically naked!

Technically, to wear a full set of Celestial equipment, your HP should have been boosted to close to a million. However, their HPs were less than 10,000! They were all fakes!

"What the…"

"KYAAA!"

Both Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er shrieked in horror. "We've been had!"

There was a hidden note under the properties of the equipment description that stated : (1) This is a product of imitation. (2) Item will disappear after 15 minutes. Those two sentences were so small to begin with, and they were only visible after a player had made the purchase!

Everyone frantically swapped back to their original equipment and glared at Florick. Especially the two girls, who were basically misers. The two of them grabbed Florick by the collar and screamed in his face. "You cheater! Give me back my money!"

"Sorry. Goods sold are not refundable!" said Florick with a straight face.

"What goods? They're all fakes!"

"That's preposterous! I am Florick! The one and only, the world's most honest merchant! You shall not slander me, women! Or, I will sue you in court!" said Florick, as he hurriedly packed up his wares and made ready to leave. "I have another client to meet. Please leave!"

"You cheater! You refuse to return my money?!" said Wei Yan Er with a pain in her voice. Wei Yan Er had spent more than 10,000 gold coins just to purchase a full set of "Celestial" equipment. How was she going to let the man go?

"You want your money back? Well then, I shall see to it! Defeat me if you can!" Florick growled and took out a large axe. He then took out four weird looking sticks and struck the ground with it at four corners around him. The sticks were round on the top and had slim shafts, like pins.Florick's name tag had changed from yellow to red, indicating that he was a hostile target.

With a flash, Zhang Yang scrape the floor with {Charge} to rush towards Florick, while Endless Starlight tossed his shield.

"Stupid boss! Give me back my hard-earned money!" Wei Yan Er gritted her teeth as she cleaved the boss over and over again, her fury off the charts. Until the moment Wei Yan Er gets her money back, she would probably never sleep again.

Fuum!

One of the pins on the ground had blasted a wave of fire and dealt around 2,000 damage to the party. 2 seconds later, it released another wave of fire.

"What sort of plaything is this?" Everyone was intrigued by the pins and checked on its properties.

[Flame Totem: HP: 1,000, Defense: 0. Deal 2,000 Fire damage every 2 seconds, to all targets within a 10 meters radius.

[Squall Totem: HP: 1,000, Defense: 0. Increases 10% Dexterity to all ally within 30 meters of the totem.

[Great Earth Totem: HP: 1,000, Defense: 0. Grants ally the ability to absorb 20% incoming damage on attack.

[Vitality Totem: HP: 1,000, Defense: 0. Restore 1,000 HP every 3 seconds to all allies within 30 meters of the totem.

"Dummy, what class is this boss supposed to be? How, and why did he stab that many sticks into the ground?" Han Ying Xue asked.

"Hm. That is called a Poke Poke Master!" said Zhang Yang with a straight face.

"Please…"

Zhang Yang laughed. "Alright. The boss' class is called a Totem Master. This class plays with the natural elements of Fire, Wind, Earth, and Water! That being said, they are pretty good in melee combat as well! In the future, whoever who gets to become a Totem Master after the Inheritance patch would have strong DPS power, and also a strong supporting capability! Sill, the totems are rather fragile and can be easily destroyed. However they can only be struck by targeted skills, not AoE."

"In my opinion, that's pretty useless. I mean, just look at the totem's HP. People will simply wipe them out!" said Wei Yan Er.

"It's not that simple. You can place four totems at the same time, while others can only destroy them one at a time. Think of it this way, while others spend some time being delayed by the shared cool down to destroy one totem, you have already summoned four. You still have the advantage!" said Zhang Yang. That being said, unlike the Aura skill, the totems were immobile and had a limited range, whereas the Aura skill is basically permanent and always moved with the player!

The party destroyed the four totems and proceeded to target the boss. Once the totems were destroyed, the boss' attack and defense were no different compared to a regular Yellow-Gold tier boss. He posed no threat to the party, but when all the totems were destroyed, the boss would always immediately summoned them again. It was getting annoying.

"Cheater! Liar! Give me back my money!" Wei Yan Er cried endlessly.

"A bunch of gullible pricks! I will kill you all and take all your money!" said Florick, displaying the same manner of greed as Wei Yan Er.

Wham!

The boss cleaved Zhang Yang for 6,974 damage. Suddenly, a dark gust of wind blasted out of the back of the axe, propelling it further and causing more damage.

'-7,021!'

As the second damage text popped, Zhang Yang quickly referred to the battle log to get a better understanding on what just happened.

'Florick used {Force Strike} and dealt 6,974 damage (3,000 damage reduced, 1,026 damage absorbed).'

'Florick's {Force Strike} had triggered an echo effect and dealt 7,201 damage (3,000 damage reduced, 1,026 damage absorbed).'

What a complicated attack pattern! What was more important was that the boss could actually use a Warrior's {Force Strike}.

After the axe cleaved through Zhang Yang, the boss pulled back the axe and waved his hands. A blot of white lightning blasted out and struck Zhang Yang. The bolt of lightning leaped off and struck Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er, and Lost Dream. All of the melee attackers had suffered close to 10,000 damage except for Zhang Yang. He had only taken 6,974 damage.

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Chapter 313: The Darkness

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According to the battle record, it was Florick's {Chain Lightning} skill. After striking the current target, it would jump to the next target for a total of three times. Each strike caused 10,000 Nature Damage.

"Damn it, is this boss a physical-type or a Spellcaster? Why does it know all kinds of skill?!" Lost Dream complained.

Florick's {Chain Lightning} undoubtedly increased the workload for Han Ying Xue. This time, the bewitching queen did not have time to joke around and tease them with any of her obscene moans, but instead shouted in desperation, "Hurry up, kill the boss, I'm exhausted!"

"HAHA! Your money is mine! Is mine!" Florick laughed cynically.

Zhang Yang could not help it, but laughed and said, "B*tchy Snow, I think this boss, Florick and you make a good match! If both of your greediness were combined, nothing can possibly match up to it!"

"En, exactly, cousin is very greedy!" Wei Yan Er nodded her head again and again.

"Yan Er, do you want to experience what it's like being homeless tonight?" Han Ying Xue threatened Wei Yan Er.

Wei Yan Er immediately changed her tone and spoke seriously to Zhang Yang, "Noob tank, how could you insult my lovely cousin?! My cousin is so smart, generous, beautiful, honest, kind and cute… Wu wu wu, I can't take this anymore! I'm done! I'm telling the world's biggest lie, I will be going to hell in the future!"

"Sh*tty brat!" Han Ying Xue snapped.

In spite of Florick's wide array of skills, Zhang Yang was still able to get a good grip on the boss' aggro. Han Ying Xue may be complaining, but it was mostly because she was lazy. Sun Xin Yu and the rest of the team had strong attacking power, thus, Florick was quickly overwhelmed. He fell within seven to eight minutes.

"I'm going to whack you to death!" Wei Yan Er attacks got faster and wilder in the heat of the moment.

"No! I still have so many treasures and I haven't used up all of them yet! I need to raise my 37 wives and children!" Florick uttered a despairing cry. Little brat used {Killing Cleave} to wipe out Florick's last drop of HP. Florick fell defeated and a copper coin rolled out of his hand. Desperately, he reached out and tried to catch the copper coin, however, his body lost strength as his arm stretched out halfway.

"My money…" Florick breathed his last.

Florick dropped two pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment, eight pieces of Gray-Silver equipment, a few pieces of cloth, some coins and ETC.

Wei Yan Er was disappointed and asked, "Where did Florick hide the money he stole from us?"

Zhang Yang picked up a bag under the ETC category and threw it to Wei Yan Er and then grinned, "Will you be greedy next time?!"

[Florick's Money Bag: All of Frolick's fraudulent claims are hidden in this bag, you are going to be rich!

Wei Yan Er suddenly burst out with laughter and quickly opened up the money bag. There was actually around 100,000 gold coins in the money bag and it was divided up nicely for the players. However, Zhang Yang did not buy any fake equipment from Florick, so he actually earned an extra 10,000 gold coins or so!

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "I like this boss!"

"Not us!" the rest of the people disagreed in unison.

"Quickly, distribute the equipment, this is a time limited quest!"

Hundred Shots was always the cautious one.

[Forsaken Sting] (Yellow-Gold, Dagger)

Weapon Attack: 464-664

Attack Interval: 1.8 seconds

DPS: 314

Equipment: When the target is struck, there is 1% chance of interrupting target's spell casting.

Level Requirement: 70

"Although it is even faster than the 1.9 second interval you usually see, it's too small to make a difference. While, the main point is this is Level 70 Yellow-Gold weapon," Zhang Yang turned to the two Thieves in the party, "It is definitely better than you current main attack weapon!"

Sun Xin Yu and Lost Dream rolled. Fortuna1 had blessed Lost Dream and he won the [Forsaken Sting]. Before the dagger is identified, its attributes would worse than a Level 60 weapon. So, Lost Dream just kept the dagger in his inventory first.

[Boots of Sorrow] (Yellow-Gold, Leather Armor)

Defense: 24

Vitality: 235

Strength: 94

Dexterity: 217

Level Requirement: 70

Because of the existence of set equipment, they wouldn't spare any such equipment a second glance unless they were Level 80 Yellow-Gold equipment. Therefore, the boots were directly thrown into Zhang Yang's inventory, fated to be sold in Zhang Yang's Little Merchandize Shop.

A Gray-Silver Servant!

[Servant: Codger Florick] (Gray-Silver)

Use: Summons Codger Florick as your servant in battle. Lasts for 5 minutes. You can only summon one Servant at a time. Summoning any Servant will cause all other Servants to be in cooldown. Cool down time: 30 minutes.

Level Requirement: 70

Binds on obtain.

"This one isn't bad, let's request together. Whoever rolls the highest points will get this!" Zhang Yang said.

After rolling the dice, Han Ying Xue won the Servant. Conveniently, this would help offset her low attack power.

Han Ying Xue immediately summoned the Servant. It was a red-skinned Beastman, which looked like Florick, only smaller in size. It held a big broadaxe in both of its hands. However, one wouldn't feel threatened by him, but rather feel that he's just a sneaky little urchin whose up to no good.

Han Ying Xue laughed and posted her Servant's skill description in party channel.

{Stealing}: Steals from the target. There is 1% chance of stealing 1% of the target's total number of gold coins. Skill range: 3 meters. Cool down time: 5 minutes.

Everyone was speechless. Florick had turned from a con man to thief!

After passing through this hall, there was still a corridor, and then a staircase that was connected directly to the third floor.

"No monsters?" everyone came to the castle's third floor but did not see any appearance of monster. All of them were surprised.

"That's not possible. I'm sure there are Bandit-types in stealth mode!" Zhang Yang said, "Starlight, you walk in front!"

"Sigh, am I fated to be the bait each time?" Endless Starlight groaned, but otherwise obediently did as he was told.

After they walked forwards for a few steps, a red-skinned Beastman suddenly emerged from the dark and smacked the back of Endless Starlight's head with the hilt of its sword. Endless Starlight was stunned. The red-skinned Beastman wielded its two swords and madly slashed at Endless Starlight.

Zhang Yang quickly used {Charge} and dashed towards the red-skinned Beastman without using {Provoke}. Zhang Yang was able to take over the red-skinned Beastman's aggro by just slashing once.

[Red-Skinned Lurker] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 77

HP: 77,000

Defense: 400

Bandit-type monsters were at their most dangerous during the first 10 seconds when emerging from stealth mode. Even so, they were poorly matched against tank! Zhang Yang pulled the monster, and all of them piled up and wiped the monster out.

The massacre proceeded. Because they needed to deal with stealth-type monsters, their progress was slowed down. After about 40 minutes, they reached the hall on the third floor.

There were two Red-Skinned Crushers at the doorway. After some thrilling but safe battles, both of the monsters crumpled to the ground.

They opened up the two heavy doors, and everyone went into the hall.

It was all dark in the hall!

It was pitch dark in the hall!

It was a room that measured to at least thousands of square meters. Other than the light coming out from the doorway, the hall was completely dark! It was completely silent, other than the footsteps!

And when they stopped moving, their breathes and heartbeats took over the dead silence!

Endless Starlight said, "It's really dark…"

"Oh my god!"

"You scared me!"

"Shut your mouth! You scared us!"

The moment Endless Starlight started to talk, everyone had jumped, like dropping a stone into a calm lake.

Zhang Yang laughed as he said, "Starlight, you're trying to say that it's so dark that the boss could easily get the jump on us and we won't be able to see a single thing, right?"

"Yes! Exactly!" Endless Starlight nodded his head again and again. But no one saw it, as it was too dark in the hall.

"Even if the boss standing in front of us, we wouldn't know any better!" Hundred Shots agreed.

Shush!

At this moment, a mass of phosphorescent light suddenly floated across their head. The emerald flame gave them highly limited visibility. The flame was not bright, but it was a like light bulb in this absolutely dark environment.

The flame went off once every 10 seconds, flashing on and off, and everyone moved forward by using this weak glowing flame.

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Yang suddenly stood still and turned around. Han Ying Xue, who was walking behind him, was not prepared and suddenly bumped into Zhang Yang's arms.

"Stupid Yu, you are such a jerk!" Han Ying Xue scolded in embarrassment.

"My bad! My bad!" Zhang Yang immediately said, "It should be nine of us, right?"

"Noob tank, have you just graduated from primary school? You don't even know how to count?!"

"…You guys, quick, headcount, now?!"

"1, 2, 3… 7, 8, 9!"

By using the light of floating emerald flame, everyone started to count up.

"Yes, yes, there are nine of us, stop being a soccer mom, silly Yu!"

"…Little brat, did you include yourself?"

"Of course… not!"

Everyone shivered in fear, ten of us?

"The boss is among us!" Zhang Yang said.

Shush!

The will-o'-the-wisp flashed right then, revealing the ferocious and horrible face of a complete stranger!

Zhang Yang shouted in surprised, and slashed at the boss.

'-1,433!'

"Urgh!" a strange sound was uttered and they heard a low and hoarse voice saying, "Damn it, that hurts! I'm not going to play around anymore! I will kill all of you!"

'-3,774!'

'-3,824!'

Damage texts floated across Zhang Yang's head. Although the single damage was low, boss' attacks were quite frequent and it attacked at almost each second, what a relentless rate of attack!

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Chapter 314: Sightless Slayer Hazel

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Shush!

Another flash of light floated across them, and this time, they finally read the monster's information.

[Sightless Slayer Hazel] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid)

Level: 78

HP: 7,800,000

Defense: 1,400

Everybody started to attack the boss.

However, the hall was too dark. Besides, the doors had automatically closed when they started the battle, so they could see anything in the limitless and eternal darkness, let alone know which way they were facing!

The emerald flame flashed again for a brief moment, before the hall became completely dark again. The melee attackers could still slash blindly, as long as the boss was not moving around. However, blind rangers were as good as no rangers!

Hunters could still fire randomly in the dark and hope they hit something. However most of the Spellcasters' attack spells required casting time, and in such a dark hall, if the boss disappears from Daffodil Daydream's sight, the spell casting bar would be interrupted!

"How do we fight against this boss? We don't even know where the boss' position is!" the three ranged attackers complained.

Zhang Yang was groping in the dark, and when he felt the boss' weapon collide with his body, he immediately retaliated. Luckily, the boss did not move around constantly like players would. After Zhang Yang got hold of the boss' aggro, the boss wielded its two sharp swords and slashed at Zhang Yang nonstop. If the boss had been controlled by a player, the party would have been wiped out hundreds of times!

Shush!

The light flashed once again, and Hundred Shots and the other two ranged attackers quickly launched attacks without wasting the opportunity. Fire arrows and fire balls were randomly launched.

Annoyingly, the light would flash for about three to four seconds only, so everybody had was blindly attacking most of the time! Luckily, they were in Party Attack mode so they did not have to worry about accidentally hurting their own team members.

Although the dark environment had weakened the team's attack power, as long as they had a strong tank and a healer, they still could slowly defeat the boss! It so happened that both Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue were the strongest tank and healer in the server, respectively!

After about a minute, Zhang Yang found himself slashing air! He was shocked and yelled, "He disappeared!"

The party stopped attacking. Everyone was stumped. In total darkness, none dared move, fearing that they would step into a trap, or fall down the abyss if there was a sudden chasm.

Zhang Yang immediately said, "Everyone, come closer to me, hurry up!"

With their full faith in their longtime leader, everyone rallied to the sound of his voice.

"The boss is Bandit-type monster, it must have used {Vanish} just now! Do you guys still remember the Bandit-type bosses we've all fought against? Every time they emerge from {Vanish}, they will reset their aggro list! Later on, if any of you receive a sudden attack, do not fight back, let me pull the boss first!" Zhang Yang commanded.

About five to six seconds later, Han Ying Xue suddenly shouted, "Ah!" and they could see the Party column, Han Ying Xue's HP was reducing dramatically!

'{Thunder Strike}!'

Zhang Yang was never trained to fight in the dark, it was too difficult for him to rely on his hearing to identify the boss' position! But {Thunder Strike} was an AoE skill, as long as the enemy was within the skill range, it would receive damage. This was the reason why Zhang Yang had told everybody to come closer to him!

'-756!'

Although they could not see the boss' shadow, a damage text appeared in the dark!

"Urgh! Damn! Damn you all! I just wanted to play hide and seek with you guys, why you guys are hurting me?! Why?!" Hazel roared angrily, dashed towards Zhang Yang and slashed at Zhang Yang wildly.

"Hunters step 3 meters back for your minimum range. Daffodil Daydream, please sticks with the melee attackers so that we can change positions together. Everybody, try to surround him!" Zhang Yang assigned tasks as he tanked the boss.

Shush! Shush! Shush!

The light flashed across them on occasion, but otherwise, their efficiency was greatly reduced when fighting in such a dark environment. Besides that, the boss used {Vanish} at random intervals, and attack indiscriminately whenever it revealed itself. Fortunately, Zhang Yang always caught hold of it before it could deal serious damage. Besides, everyone had good equipment, so they wouldn't be killed off easily.

It wasn't a particularly powerful boss, but it was surely a difficult battle.

'Ding! Hazel has launched {Fan of Blades}!'

A system notification echoed out, Hazel's body suddenly burst out with countless flying sword of lights, which flew towards everyone's directions.

Many '-7,000' damage texts floated across everyone's head. Some of them even got hit twice, but with 17,000HP being the lowest maximum HP value of the party, none of them were killed.

Hazel disappeared once again!

Han Ying Xue quickly cast all sorts of healing spells such as {Healing Shower}, {Healing Bond} and {Holy Shield}.

After fighting for so long, Zhang Yang had actually figured out Hazel's battle pattern. Hazel would emerge from {Vanish} each time, within three to eight seconds!

1, 2!

Zhang Yang was counting in his mind, and activated {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier without hesitation!

After the skill adjustment, the current {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier acted like an Aura which sets Zhang yang as the center and radiates by a 3 meters radius. Everyone's HP was very low, even with Han Ying Xue's strong healing, it was not possible for her to heal everyone's HP up within such a short time. The boss could most likely kill its next target!

Slash!

Another three seconds later, Hazel emerged from the shadow, and used {Ambush} on Hundred Shots.

'-703!'

'-718!'

Zhang Yang stomped on the ground and activated {Thunder Strike}, which caused damage to Hazel and immediately pulled back its aggro.

Hundred Shots let out a sigh of relief and said, "Good thinking Zhan Yu! I wouldn't have survived that!"

Endless Starlight quickly said, "Uncle Hundred Shots, don't forget about me! I'm a strong tank as well!"

"Starlight, you are only slightly less perfect than Zhan Yu!" Hundred Shots quickly said.

"How am I not Zhan Yu's equal?"

"…"

Endless Starlight was definitely a competent tank, whenever the boss disappeared, Endless Starlight would cast {Devotion} among the crowd as the boss would receive damage whenever it appears nearby. At the same time, Endless Starlight could also pull the boss' aggro immediately. Although {Devotion}'s total damage was high and it could last for 10 seconds, it was no match for {Thunder Strike}, so Zhang Yang always successfully pulled over the boss' aggro.

Zhang Yang said, "My gut feeling is that Endless Starlight would be on the list if there is any China's Top 10 Tanks or a Top 10 List of Godly Magicians in the future!"

Endless Starlight immediately laughed happily.

"Then I must be the king of Top 10 Berserkers!" Wei Yan Er was being boastful.

Zhang Yang laughed out loud and said, "Little brat, I'm not sure whether will you listed in Top 10 Berserkers but someone among us must be the queen of Top 10 healers!"

"Stupid Yu!" Han Ying Xue was flustered.

Luckily, Endless Starlight had also learnt {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier, and Zhang Yang's {Rearm} would reset all his skills' cool down times, so they would be able to use three count of {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier within a short period time. On the other hand, Hazel launched {Fan of Blades} at each 20% of HP loss. When Hazel was left with 20% of HP, it finally killed a player with the combo of {Fan of Blades}, {Vanish} and {Ambush}.

However, Hazel was fated to indecently assault afterwards!

14 Minutes later, Hazel uttered a horrible scream and fell defeated.

"You guys are too fierce, I just wanted to play hide and seek with you guys!" Hazel breathed its last.

The dark hall suddenly brightened after Hazel died. It seemed that he was the source of the darkness.

"We finally defeated the boss!"

Everybody let out a sigh of relief, while Han Ying Xue used {Redemption} spell on the unlucky Fatty Han to save him.

"How many floors are there?"

Zhang Yang thought for a while and answered, "I think there are four levels, we should be on the second last floor already!"

"Let's distribute the equipment!"

Looting from the boss' corpse was still the most exciting part of a boss fight.

Wei Yan Er immediately ran to the corpse to pick up the loot.

[Immortal Necklace] (Yellow-Gold, Necklace)

Vitality: 59

Strength: 30

Dexterity: 30

Equipment: Increases chance of Critical by 1%.

Unidentified

Level Requirement: 70

"This is good!" Zhang Yang nodded and immediately gave up his roll, as this necklace was more suitable for physical-type attackers.

The team threw their dices. Fatty Han won the necklace with highest points.

[Stinger Gloves] (Yellow-Gold, Leather Armor)

Defense: 24

Vitality: 118

Strength: 47

Dexterity: 109

Unidentified

Level Requirement: 70

Although this was a Level 70 Yellow-Gold equipment, it was definitely the best leather armor for Level 70 players. However, the Thieves and Hunters in the team were unwilling to part with their set equipment effects. Thus, this glove was fated to be sold in Zhang Yang's Little Merchandize Shop.

Zhang Yang nodded, and thought to himself, "No wonder set equipment in the future would get so scarce! The effects were too strong." for example, this Level 60 Yellow-Gold set equipment is actually able to support players up to Level 80. Even then, Level 80 set effects aren't that much better!

As a result, level 70 equipment would be most likely skipped over.

"By the way, let's go out tomorrow!" Fatty Han suddenly sent a private message to Zhang Yang.

"Why?"

"Speed dating!"

Zhang Yang almost fell over and asked, "Are you really seeking for a spouse?"

"He he, I just registered on the website, and coincidentally, there is a big speed dating event. Let's have a look tomorrow!"

"Why ask me then?"

"I feel embarrassed, going alone!"

Zhang Yang scratched his head and said, "You are so thick-skinned, but you are actually scared of going on a speed dating event? I'm really speechless!"

"Damn, we are brothers for life. Are you helping me or not?!"

"Alright, alright. Pick me up tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow, 7.00 pm, wait for your Highness to drop by!"

"Get lost!"

Hazel did not drop any great equipment, despite being a Yellow-Gold boss. However, Hazel was merely a mini-boss in Blood Moon Castle. The great equipment should be dropped by the final boss, Red-Skinned Beastman Lord Pilo!

Everybody continued moving forward and reached the fourth floor in castle.

The type of minions had changed to guards which carried shield. Under the team's strong attack power, the shields hardly made any difference and they were torn apart in no time.

There was an iron cage in the middle of the hall in which a female elf with white dress was held prisoner. The female elf had a graceful, slender body shape but had a massive rack, and her soft and silky long hair went straight down to her buttocks.

Zhang Yang took a look at the profile on top of the head of female elf, and he nearly burst out laughing!

This female elf was Merlinda - Song of the Forest!

She was a captive in Underground Tower and Sacred Palace of Frozen Fractal. Here she is now, captive in Blood Moon Castle!

This NPC had a knack of getting caught, somehow! She's a specialist!

"You guys… Zhan Yu! Praise the Moon God, she sent a warrior to save me!" Merlinda saw everyone, especially after she saw Zhang Yang, and she instantly revealed an extremely relieved expression.

The crowd was surprised. Although all of them communicated with NPCs every day, low grade NPCs did not have "memories", and they could only communicate with the players by the preprogrammed script. However, advanced NPCs had such advanced AI that it was difficult to distinguish them from players.

Zhang Yang moved forwards and asked, "Merlinda, why are you here?"

"I have found the Elves' Staff of Treasury Prophecy and assigned my people to deliver it back to Holy Land of the Elf Athuran in Chaos Realm. Who knew that our Elder unexpectedly believed that I'm the next Priestess of the Moon appointed by Moon God and told me to go back to Holy Land of the Elf to inherit the position itself! But when I was passing here, I was captured by this bunch of Red-Skinned Beastmen!" Merlinda looked at Zhang Yang and said, "My warrior, you must save me!"

"Tsk, stupid Yu, this pretty girl NPC seems to be interested in you!" Han Ying Xue seemed to be slightly unhappy.

"…You're jealous of an NPC?"

"Whose jealous?! Hmph!"

This pitiful Merlinda, anyhow she should already be upgraded to a Yellow-Gold boss, why is she still getting captured by others?

Zhang Yang nodded as he said, "Do not worry, we will get you out of here!"

Merlinda trusted Zhang Yang and nodded confidently as she said, "The key to unlocking this cage is with Beastman Lord Pilo. You guys must defeat him to get the key!"

'Ding! Your relationship with Merlinda is now improved!'

Inexplicably, Zhang Yang received a system notification.

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Chapter 315: Beastman Lord

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Besides Merlinda, there were no other NPCs. Zhang Yang and the gang looked at each other and focused their sight on the grille at the end of the hall.

"Let's go!"

There was a long corridor which was connected to staircase after they opened up the grille. Everybody followed the staircase and reached the top of the castle.

It was an outdoor environment and the wind was violent. The entire ground on this floor was all flat, and the area was larger than a football field. The nine of them stood there like insignificant ants.

A Red-Skinned Beastman stood magnificently not far from them. Its height was three meters tall with ripped abs. Its muscular arms were much thicker than an ordinary people's thighs! The Red-Skinned Beastman was holding a giant axe, where it puffed its chest out in an imposing fashion!

[Red-Skinned Beastman Lord Pilo] (Violet-Platinum, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: 8,000,000

Defense: 2,400

It was a Violet-Platinum boss!

Everybody was astonished, as this was the third Violet-Platinum boss they met. The first Violet-Platinum boss was defeated by Smaug's phantom, the second Violet-Platinum boss was killed by the power of the entirety of Lone Desert Smoke!

Now there were only nine of them, could they defeat this boss?

Zhang Yang thought for a while and said, "Let's try this once, if it's clearly impossible, I will summon Smaug's phantom as a last resort!"

"Wait a minute!" when Zhang Yang wanted to move forwards, but Wei Yan Er stopped him suddenly. Wei Yan Er suddenly summoned her [Fire Chocobo Chick] and smiled. "We are able to use mounts here!"

Everyone was speechless. No genius would have seen this coming. It was only because the little girl simply felt like peeking at her pet mount at that moment!

Still, this meant that four of them could use their battle mounts now, it would really make a huge difference to their combat effectiveness! Although Zhang Yang had the {Beast Taming} skill and he could use his mount as a battle pet at any place, a combination of their hitpoints would do wonders for him!

"Let's fight!" Zhang Yang got atop his Whitey, lifted his [Dark Enigmatic Sword, and at his command, the great bear let out a roar and charged at the boss.

Those who had pet mounts also followed him closely.

"Bold intruders, how dare you step into my domain!" Pilo suddenly shouted and it lifted its axe, "How did you guys come in? My domain is impregnable and indestructible, how could these stinking little pests come in? Are you guys colluding with spies in this castle? Hmph, who is so bold to actually betray me, I'm going to slash that spy into pieces and behead that spy' entire bloodline! Could it be Slane, the bastard who wants to overthrow my throne? Damn it, all of you are fools, after this, I'm going to kill Slane, that traitor!"

This boss was a paranoid one. Zhang Yang and the rest had not uttered a word but the boss was already coming up with all sorts of presumptions!

Slash!

The boss swung its axe and Zhang Yang quickly raised his shield and used {Block}.

Dang!

Zhang Yang and Whitey were knocked three steps back!

"En, this boss is very strong! Just like me in real life!" Fatty Han said.

Wei Yan Er quickly stuck her tongue out and said, "Pervy fatty, the boss' arms are much thicker than your thighs, stop bragging!"

Fatty Han said serious, "I never brag! If I started bragging, the Earth would go upside down, the Moon would be out of its orbit! Do you know how did Chang'e escape to the Moon? I blew her up to the Moon with a single breath!"

Everyone was speechless. Even Endless Starlight also said, "Brother Fatty, too much bro, too much. I wanted to help at first, but I don't even know how to carry on!"

'-10,174!'

Pilo started the second attack with its axe. Zhang Yang had to take the damage head on!

"Ha ha, let's have some fun!" the boss turned its giant axe the other way round and struck the ground with it, as if he was using a sledgehammer!

Suddenly, a countless amount of sharpened spears popped out from the ground!

However, the spears did not strike all corners of the map, but instead struck different spots at a time. There were two variations, and they were divided by squares, it was as if all the white squares on a chessboard were lighting up, before the black squares followed.

Everyone was spread out, so only some of the party members were hit. However, those who were unlucky, got hit for '-5000' damage.

The sudden, unpredictable attack startled everyone.

Fortunately, everyone's HP was almost 20,000 points. Even if they received another spear attack, they would not be killed!

Three seconds later, the sharpen spears struck out from the ground once again and the "Qiang Qiang Qiang" sound was made as the spears skewered the air.

The spears were alternating between the 'white' squares and 'black' squares.

These people were not stupid. In fact, all of them were professional. They immediately understood the spears' attack pattern and started moving accordingly.

The battle was started and it was totally different compared to their boss fights. This battle required everyone to constantly change position. Otherwise, '-5,000' of damage texts would appear continuously. Han Ying Xue had to cast healing mainly on Zhang Yang, so she did not have enough time to take care of the rest. At most, she could only throw {Regeneration} on them whenever she managed to find the time!

Qiang! Qiang! Qiang!

This battle scene was very spectacular, countless of sharp spears struck towards the sky time and again!

Fatty Han and Endless Starlight were so busy counting the timing of the spears and changing position that they did not even have the time to talk nonsense. Otherwise, they would definitely have started a joke about getting their asses impaled or something.

Pilo caused about 10,000 points of damage on Zhang Yang for each attack and Pilo attacked every two seconds. Zhang Yang could use {Block} every six seconds, resulting in him taking 3,000 damage per second. This was close to Han Ying Xue's limit.

However, Pilo's defense value was too high, even if Zhang Yang weakened Pilo's defense value by 50%, Pilo still had about 1,200 defense values. Also, as the team had to constantly run about, their damage output had decreased significantly.

Like emptying the tank of an oil tanker, one drip at a time, they slowly worked on the boss.

Seven minutes later, Pilo's HP was down to 80%

"Hah, I never thought you guys would last this long! Ha ha, I will let you guys try something else more powerful now!" Pilo laughed madly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Flames were rapidly spewed out from the left and right, and instantly, the entire ground turned into a sheet of flames. Each flame was three meters wide and nearly took up the entire 'square' that the spears sprouted out from. Luckily, there were three meter wide gaps between each flame, which were the safe zones for the players.

'-8,000' damage text appeared above the heads of those who got scorched!

"F*ck, did this boss come from circus, what's with all these stage effects?!" Lost Dream could not help but yelled.

"Stop complaining, quickly figure out how these flames work!"

The flames activated every three seconds, but with the boss and the spears, they couldn't figure it out. If it was anyone other than the peerless healer, Han Ying Xue keeping them alive, they would have been wiped out already!

After running about in panic, they finally caught the pattern. But everyone's HP had already been drastically reduced at this point. Han Ying Xue could only cast {Regeneration} when she was able.

77%, 74%, 71%... After they were able to stabilize the battle, Pilo's HP resumed with its slow but steady descent.

"You fools, why you guys are not dead yet?!" Pilo swung its axe at Zhang Yang's head. Fortunately, due to all the gimmicks from the stage, this boss did not have any powerful skills, other than {Dividing Slash}. As long as they did not stand in front of this boss, they would not receive damage from {Dividing Slash}.

"Stinky boss, you are the one who should die!" Wei Yan Er shot back.

"Little brat, you are indulging in online games all day long. If you were born 20 years earlier and met 'professor Yang and professor Tao2' then you would have been the one suffering!"

"Who are 'professor Yang and professor Tao'?"

Another six to seven minutes later, Pilo's HP had been reduced to 60%!

"Damn it, these stinking little pests actually have some skills! It seems like I really need to be very serious this time!" Pilo howled loudly, "My courtiers and people, it is the time for all of you to serve your King!"

'Ding! Pilo has released [Summoned Guards]!'

"Grr…" suddenly, nine fully armed Red-Skinned Beastmans spawned hundred meters away from the crowd and uttered a crazy howl before rushed towards Zhang Yang and the gang, swinging various weapons.

[Pilo's Guard] (Elite, Summon)

Level: 77

HP: 77,000

Defense: 400

It seemed like the number of the guard boss summoned was based on the number of the players in the battle! This was where a small party would shine. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of monsters would have spawned and overwhelmed the team. For a small group of elite players however, it was a different story!

"Starlight, start kiting the minions and call for us once you have them all. The rest of you, clear them up, then come back to me!" Zhang Yang commanded. He paused for a while and looked at surrounding to make sure that there were no more surprises like spears and flames, and then he said, "Also use the [Summoned Soldier] to show the boss that not only it can summon minions!"

"Noob tank, 1,000 gold coins are required for each summon!"

"… Alright, you can apply for reimbursement!"

"That's great!" Wei Yan Er happily used [Summoned Soldier].

Pa! Pa! Pa!

More and more human soldiers popped out. As Fatty Han and the rest had also completed the quests of the Coyotes camp and obtained [Summoned Soldier, they too started summoning.

[Veteran of Coyotes Camp] (Elite, Summon)

Level: 70

HP: 70,000

Defense: 400

Although the Veterans of Coyotes Camp were slightly weaker than the Red-Skinned Beastmans summoned by the boss, they were still very strong!

Endless Starlight dashed towards the nine guards and started to pull the monsters, using {Devotion}. The summoned Veterans of Coyotes Camp charged at the Red-Skinned Beastmen.

Translator Notes

1Chang'e or Chang-o, originally known as Heng'e, is the Chinese goddess of the Moon. She is the subject of several legends in Chinese mythology.

2'Professor Yang and professor Tao' started the treatments of online gaming addiction by using traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine and even electric shock at China in the year of 2004.

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Chapter 316: The Third Violet-Platinum Boss

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At first, it was a nine versus one fight. Now, it became an all-out chaotic skirmish!

In terms of strength, the guards summoned by Pilo were much more powerful, but Endless Starlight was also a top tank with the best equipment, good intuition and control. Thus, he easily pulled five monsters and left another four monsters to the Summoned Soldiers to deal with.

Although the Summoned Soldiers had weaker attack power than players, they had vastly more HP. They would serve as good tanks!

Sun Xin Yu and the rest tentatively switched their targets and attacked the elite guards. With their strong attack power, the elite guards were killed, one after another.

The nine elite guards all fell defeated in less than three minutes. Because the guards were summoned, as a result, their corpses quickly disappeared without any loots! While at Zhang Yang's side, the nine Veterans of Coyotes Camp had lost most of their HP, but none of them had killed. Besides, Han Ying Xue simply threw {Regeneration} on them and their HP started to increase!

"Unfortunately, these veterans cannot gain levels. How nice if they could gain level up to Level 80 or 90!" Hundred Shots lamented.

"Only three charges remaining, it would pointless even if they could!" Lost Dream shook his head and ran towards Pilo.

Zhang Yang commanded, "Veteran, attack this Red-Skinned savage!"

"Yes, sir!" Zhang Yang's summoned soldier immediately saluted Zhang Yang and rushed towards Pilo, brandishing his spear.

"Wow, very impressive!" Wei Yan Er eyes shone brightly and pointed at her summoned soldier and then commanded, "Veteran, sing a song!"

"Yes, sir!" Wei Yan Er's summoned soldier raised his chest up and sang, "Sister doesn't open her mouth, sister is not talking, what is sister thinking…"

Everybody gaped at the soldier!

Zhang Yang felt like fainting on the spot and groaned, "Little brat, stop playing around. Quickly, hit the boss!"

"Sigh, I see everybody fighting so hard. I thought I could make my veteran sing you guys a song as a morale boost!" Wei Yan Er shrugged her shoulders and raised her hands then continued,

"Veteran, although I wanted to give you a 'Yes', I have no choice as the rest of the people do not agree! Do not worry, true gold will always shine anywhere, someone out there would appreciate your talents!"

"This is… talent show?"

"Little brat changed her favorite genre again!"

After the nine veterans had joined them, the team's attack power increased significantly. In addition to that, the map no longer spat our spears or flames. As a result, they attacked Pilo with ease.

50%!

"My fellow courtiers and people, quickly, show yourselves, and fight for your King!" the boss yelled loudly once again.

Shush, shush, shush!

Nine elite guards spawned hundreds of meters away from the crowd once again. Nine elite guards shouted loudly and rushed towards Zhang Yang and the gang.

Endless Starlight had already lifted his hammer and shield and had dashed towards the elite guards without Zhang Yang's command. The crowd also sent their veteran NPCs towards the elite guards. The veteran NPCs' HP bars were already full with {Regeneration}!

Zhang Yang did not waste any opportunity to fling {Spear of Obliterations} at the distant elite guards. Every little bit of help would count. Wei Yan Er also followed suit. Her melee attack was up to about 4,800, so the damage caused was quite significant!

After clearing the second wave of minions, all of them turned around and continued attacking the boss.

40%!

For the third time, Pilo summoned the nine elite guards.

Everyone thought that the boss would change its attack pattern at every 20% reduction of its HP, but there was no change this time! They had already adapted to these elite guards, and the third wave was taken out even sooner!

Pa! Pa! Pa!

Their bodies hit the ground uneventfully.

30%!

"Stinking little pests, I may have underestimated you guys!" Pilo stared them with bloody red eyes then howled, "More! More minions! Crush all these silly intruders!"

Shush!

18 Elite guards appeared!

This time, everyone was slightly nervous. If all 18 of these elite monsters surrounded and fought against a player, even Zhang Yang himself would succumb after two or three rounds of attacks!

"Send the veterans ahead. Starlight, don't be a hero and just do what you can!" Zhang Yang immediately commanded, "If the veterans die, summon them again. They have no cooldown periods! Just another 1,000 coins!"

"Noob tank, I…"

"Apply for reimbursement! Apply for reimbursement!" Zhang Yang did not wait for Wei Yan Er to finish her words.

The Veterans may be lower in level, but it did not really matter! In 'God's Miracle', levels had a hard bracket at every 10 levels. For example, a level 79 monster would be slightly stronger than a level 70 monster, but they would be outrightly outclassed by level 80 monsters!

The disadvantage of Zhang Yang's team was they were outnumbered. Although Endless Starlight had pulled six monsters, the other nine players still had to fight twelve monsters at once. Suddenly, the battle became a lot harder!

Luckily, they could use [Summoned Soldiers] three times without waiting for a cool down period. Therefore, they could immediately summon the Veteran again when the Veterans fell!

After seven Veterans were killed, they finally cleared all the 18 elite guards! Still, the veterans had a 10 minute duration. The remaining ones would disappear too, in time to come!

20%!

Another 18 elite guards had been spawned again!

"Ha ha ha, stinking little pests, I have the best soldiers and the strongest war horses, my soldiers are going to kill all of you!" Pilo shouted, and the eighteen Arhats rapidly rushed towards Zhang Yang's gang.

"Oh my god, why is it not over yet?!"

Zhang Yang was frowning as he said, "Perhaps the boss would summon 27 to 36 elite monsters when its HP drops to 10%. That would really be trouble!"

"No time to worry about that, hurry up and clear all these minions first!" Han Ying Xue cried. She was already pushing past her limit. Any more pressure, and she might slip up, and someone may die, leading to a cascade failure.

Having learned slightly from the previous wave, they only lost 4 veterans this time.

10%!

Boss' body started to turn into bloody red and its damage output instantly skyrocketed as it roared wildly!

'Ding! Pilo has entered Berserk state, damage output increased by 20%!'

At first, Han Ying Xue could scarcely heal Zhang Yang's HP, but now she could only panic and and stare helplessly as the boss turned into a Berserk state!

Zhang Yang quickly activated [Merlinda's Ring of Grateful, drank health recovery potion and tried to reduce Han Ying Xue's healing pressure. Zhang Yang kept {Berserker's Heal} and {Shield Wall} for last!

5%!

"Warriors of Blood Moon Castle, come and fight for your King!" Pilo shouted as it lifted its axe!

36 Elite guards appeared hundred meters away!

It was not just the normal 36 normal monsters, but the genuine elite monsters!

Everyone was instantly astounded!

"Let's use the Veterans to fight the elite monsters, try to hold up against them as long as possible, and we will focus on defeating the boss! Regardless of whether the minions disappear after the boss is killed, at least we complete the quest requirement!" Zhang Yang said as he commanded his Veteran to rush towards the terrifying wave of elite guards.

The rest of the people also sent out their Veterans as they attacked the boss without wasting any second.

The nine Veterans were able to hold up eighteen elite guards for a long time, but these nine Veterans collapsed was faster when they faced the 36 elite guards. Horrible shrieks and bodies fell every 10 seconds!

The corresponding players quickly summoned other new Veterans to replenish their numbers. In total, they had used their [Summoned Soldiers] 16 times. After another 11 summons, they ran out of uses!

During this time, the boss was left with less than 3% HP, which was a total of 220,000 HP!

"I will activate {Vanguard's Aggression} protective barrier!" Endless Starlight shouted, immediately lifted his shining blue armor and shrouding all the people within the protection barrier. At the same time, Endless Starlight also used both {Strong Hammer} and {Devotion} to pull the six elite guards.

Endless Starlight waited until the last moment before multiple weapons struck him, and activated {Sacred Protection}, granting him invincibility!

Endless Starlight used the five seconds of invincibility to its fullest!

3, 2, 1!

The moment the effect was over, he took one wave of attacks which almost emptied out his 20,000 HP entirely! He quickly activated {Sacred Protection} and recovered his HP! However, that would only buy him a second or two at most!

At this time, Zhang Yang had activated {Vanguard's Aggression's} protective barrier while also activating {Shield Wall} at the same time! Endless Starlight's {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier was already fading.

"Quickly, kill the boss!"

Everyone let out their warcries!

140,000! 110,000! 90,000! 70,000!

{Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier's duration ended! Zhang Yang quickly used {Rearm} to end all skills' cool down, and then activated {Vanguard's Aggression} protection barrier once again!

50,000! 30,000! 10,000!

"No…" when Pilo was left with only 10,000 HP, it actually turned tail and started fleeing!

"F*ck, what kind of boss is this? It actually wants to escape!"

Caught off-guard by the boss' sudden move, the gang stood rooted to their spots for a moment, before coming to their senses and giving chase. If they dragged the fight any long, they would definitely be overwhelmed by the elite monsters in no time.

Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er threw {Spear of Obliterations} toward the boss which caused a total of about 6,000 damage. Daffodil Daydream also quickly used {Fire Blast}, and a '-2,812' damage text appeared above Pilo's head.

Just a little bit more!

Luckily, they had Hunters in the team. When the boss ran out of the 3-meter minimum range, the Hunters launched their arrows!

'-3,012!'

'-3,362!'

"Argh…" Pilo got shot in the back of its knees, the final bit of his HP bar fading away. Pilo fell on his face and tried to crawl forward, "I'm the Lord of Red-Skinned Beastman, I could have ruled the entire Beastman, conquer the whole continent, but I got an arrow to my knee.."

'Ding! You and the party members around have killed Pilo. Obtained 888,938 Experience Points. (50 points party bonus)!'

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Chapter 317: Alchemist's Intuition

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The instant when Pilo died, the 36 elite guards vanished in a puff of smoke at the same instant, and the assaults were put to an end, leaving everyone with great relief.

"Quickly, let's see what the boss dropped for us!"

Anyone would be crazy about the loots of a Violet-Platinum boss, so everyone was a little excited about it. They circled around the dead body of the boss. Poor boss, not only he was shot in the knee, but he also had to bear the humiliation of being studied like a exhibition showpiece after his death!

The first thing they managed to recover from the loots was a dark key, known to be used to open up shackles that were specially designed to special characters such as Merlinda.

The second trophy they recovered from their victory was a piece of [recipe] for a specific profession.

[Recipe: Alchemist's Intuition]

Usage: Teaches you Alchemist;s Intuition.

Require: Professional Alchemy.

Bound upon picking up.

"Why is it bound upon picking up!" Zhang Yang could not help but to grind his teeth, because if not, he could have given this recipe to Yu Li for her to learn the skill. But now, only one of his party members could claim it now!

And among the entire party, he was the only one that is a Professional Alchemist!

Only he would gain something out of it.

"Silly Yu, is that good?" Han Ying Xue was asking him while blinking her large eyes.

Zhang Yang patted the recipe on his chest and acquired the skill, and then he posted the description of the recipe onto the party channel.

[Alchemist's Intuition: Every time when you craft a potion, there is a certain rate that the crafted potion will transmute, adding a new effect upon it's initial effect. There are 10 levels of transmutation in total, the higher the level of the transmutation, the better the additional effect will be, ranging from 10% to 100%.

"Wow! This skill is awesome!" Everyone was caught by surprise!

But Zhang Yang was smiling bitterlyy, because he initially intended to delete Alchemy profession and pick another profession that would be more suitable for PvP. This sudden acquisition got him good, forcing him to abandon his initial thoughts! He shook his head again and again and complained, "Looks like I'm forced to craft some potions now and then now, huh?"

"Haha, generosity will always be rewarded!"

"Holy god, you guys are just going to sit there, waiting to get free potions from me, right?!" Zhang Yang gave out a breath of sigh. After he masters [Alchemist's Intuition, he would instantly become a god-like being in his profession, not only could he no longer delete his current profession, he would also need [Herbalism] to enhance his profession further!

Players who were focused on [Herbalism] tended to be lower leveled, but high-level potions required high-level herbs, so he could only rely on himself!

He should just give up on [Smithing] then, since he picked that profession only for the [Shield Blueprint] in the Level 10 dungeon in order to be able to earn an initial amount of gold in the beginning of the game! Now that his earnings from his territory and the Little Merchandize Shop are on track, he no longer needed it.

[Boots of Brutality] (Violet-Platinum, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 80

Vitality: 282

Strength: 189

Agility: 81

{Unidentified}

Required Level: 80

"Little girl, you just struck jackpot!" Zhang Yang threw the pair of boots to Wei Yan Er.

But Wei Yan Er was shaking her head about and said, "I want [Armor Set]!"

"Armor Set, your head!" Zhang Yang flicked his finger against the shiny forehead of Wei Yan Er and said, "Do you think [Armor Sets] come raining from the skies? Don't be so d*mn greedy. Plus, these boots are not bound upon equipping, just take it for now and use it first. When you get your new [Armor Set] later, you can sell these boots for money!"

Wei Yan Er gave some thoughts about it for a while, and did as he said, with a joyous smile.

"I know all of you are waiting for [Armor Sets, but don't get your hopes up too high, after level 80, [Armor Sets] come as rare as they go! Violet-Platinum grade is one level higher than Yellow-Gold grade. One piece alone would already surpass the [Armor Set] of your Yellow-Gold stuff!" Zhang Yang spoke straight to the point, "When we start exploring level 80 maps, you'll find that your level 60 Yellow-Gold sets would be good up till Yellow-Gold bosses, but once we meet a Violet-Platinum boss, it would be doom, for us all! The battle with Polo just now was just an appetizer! The defense of the boss was as high as 2,400, so what can those baby Yellow-Gold equipment do to it?"

The gang nodded in realization. Things had been going too well for them these days, and they had been steamrolling through bosses without a hitch, giving them a sense of misguided invincibility, thinking that they could reach the sky with a single bound and switch all their Level 60 Yellow-Gold [Armor Set] to all Level 80 Violet-Platinum [Armor Set] equipment!

[Spiky Helmet] (Violet-Platinum, Leather Armor)

Defense: 48

Vitality: 564

Strength: 161

Agility: 378

{Unidentified}

Required Level: 80

This time, the two thieves and the two hunters were tossing for points to compete for the equipment, and by the end of it, Hundred Shots won, with 91 points.

[Ring of Beastman's Ancestor] (Violet-Platinum, Ring)

Vitality: 141

Use: Releases the soul of the Beastman's ancestors, inflicting massive damage to the enemies, lasts for 10 seconds. Cool down: 24 hours. When equipped with this ring, the player will be cursed by the soul of Beastman's ancestor, and cannot remove the ring for 24 hours.

{Unidentified}

Required Level: 80

After coming across the ring, everyone was looking into each others faces. Although the description stated that it could inflict massive damage to enemies, that value was not specified. Other than having the attribute of vitality, there were no other attributes on the ring. Also, the cool down of the item effect is as long as 24 hours! What's even more unacceptable was that the cooldown and the binding shared the same duration - 24 hours! After the 24-hour cool down, are you going to take it off or use it again?

Dilemma!

Lost Dream said, "It better be powerful, or else it's a shitty deal to have it stuck on you for 24 hours!"

"Let's toss for points to decide who has it!"

Zhang Yang outrolled them all with a total of 89, successfully keeping the ring. As it is, rings that only add vitality points were far more useful for tankers to have.

[Gaunlets of Peaceful Soul] (Violet-Platinum, Cloth Armor)

Defense: 16

Vitality: 282

Intelligence: 189

Spirit: 81

{Unidentified}

Required Level: 80

Daffodil Daydream and Han Ying Xue tossed the dice. However, Han Ying Xue was out of luck this time and the item was taken by Daffodil Daydream.

The boss dropping a total of 4 pieces of Violet-Platinum equipment in one shot. It was considered to be a highly generous act already! Other than that, there were also other nine peices of Yellow-Gold equipment, and all of the equipment were distributed among them all one by one. The remaining equipment pieces that were not wanted by anyone of them were tossed at the Little Merchandize for sales. Out of it all, Zhang Yang obtained a pair of boots.

[Blazing Defensive Boots] (Yellow-Gold, Heavy Armor)

Defense: 40

Vitality: 134

Strength: 54

Agility: 27

{Unidentified}

Required Level: 80

"Let's go, off to rescue the lady priestess!"

The gang went back to the forth floor of the castle, when Merlinda was pleased to see the return of Zhang Yang, her face lighting up. "Zhan Yu, are you holding up fine?"

"What a bias NPC, we had also fought so hard, but she only concern for Zhang Yang alone!" Fatty Han was pouring out his grievance.

It was all because Zhang Yang was the one who triggered Merlinda's dialogue in the first place, so she would only have eyes for him!

Zhang Yang smiled lightly and said, "I'm alright, and we can actually get you out of here, right now!"

He took out the key and unlocked the prison door, and Merlinda immediately walked right out from the prison chamber with her white dress that looks bright and clear, and she looked just like a goddess of the moon, her beauty unmatched in the entire world.

'Ding! You have completed a quest: Rescue the Priestess of Moon, acquired 1,000,000 experience points! Quest duration: 4 hours 36 minutes 58 seconds, quest appraisal: Perfect! The result has been added into the appraisal of the Main Story Linking Quest!" Everyone received the voice notification from the system, but they did not receive any rewards immediately after, obviously they had not completed the final part of the quest yet.

"Now, let us take leave of this forsaken place!" Merlinda told the gang.

{Hair Dryer} could only be used once, furthermore, it can only teleport players into castle, not out of the castle. So the gang could only fight their way towards the exit of the place. It was actually a good thing since they could actually harvest more experience points on their way out. After another three or four hours, they arrived at the outside of the castle.

But it did not mean that they had escaped yet!

The Blood Moon Castle is surrounded by a tall castle wall all around, and there were many Magic Cannons placed right on the wall. Therefore, one cannot simply climb to the top of the wall and jump over, the fall would kill them!

-- they had to locate the main gate before getting themselves out of there!

"Zhan Yu, we must destroy every single one of the Magic Cannon if we plan to get out of here in one piece! Or else, these Magic Cannons will blow us to smithereens!" Merlinda turned over to Zhang Yang.

'Ding! Merlinda has given you a quest: Destroy the Magic Cannons, accept or decline? This quest is linked to the Main Story Linking Quest, complete the Main Story Linking Quest to acquire luxurious rewards!"

What else to think about it? Of course they're accepting it!

[Destroy the Magic Cannons] (Quest difficulty: A-rank)

Description: Destroy 32 Magic Cannons on the wall of Blood Moon Castle, create conditions for a safe escape from Blood Moon Castle!

Completion: Destroyed Magic Cannon 0/32

Going up along the stairs to the top of the castle wall, the gang began to sweep through the monsters in the clockwise direction. They also hacked the Magical Cannons to pieces that they encountered along the way.

The number of the monsters on castle wall was far more higher than the number of monsters within the castle, and all of them were elite-grade, brutal and deadly! But at the same time, they also had the super healer Merlinda at their side, who healed 5% of their health every second! That was totally unbelievable!

Furthermore, the {Higher Regeneration} of the NPC affected multiple targets at the same time like an AOE effect. With just a gentle lift of her hands up, everyone was buffed with a {Higher Regeneration}, healing once in every 30 seconds, and players with higher health points were having the time of their lives, being healed by percentages!

"Witchy Snow, seems like you need to get a boob job! She's outhealing you, outboobing you too!" Zhang Yang teased her.

Wei Yan Er immediately took the opportunity to tease Han Ying Xue as well, "That's right! It's not like yours are really that much bigger than everyone else, so stop feeling happy about yourself all day and night!"

Han Ying Xue obviously took great pride in her perfect pair, so she glared at both Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er and said, "You two are just saying that the grapes are sour because you can't have it, just envy on! I'm not going to fall for it!"

With the healing support of {Higher Regeneration} from Merlinda, Zhang Yang had no fear at all! With a few gentle pats on the Whitey's head, he charged right into the horde and began to slash like crazy! {Horizontal Sweep}, {Blast Wave} were activated one after another, activating the special effect of his [Dark Enigmatic Sword]!

Now that he mounted onto his [Mount, boosting his health points to exceed 60,000, and the {Higher Regeneration} healed him by 3,000 health points every time, and with the addition of Han Ying Xue's healing, he had become truly undefeatable! As he basically steamrolled over the monsters, the gang arrived at the position of the first Magic Cannon without much effort. From there, they began to destroy the Cannon!

Endless Starlight looked upon Zhang Yang with envious eyes and he said, "I must get a [Mount] for myself as well!"

For a tanker, the damage boost from having a [Mount] was not that important, the real uttermost importance was the massive boost in health points, giving tankers a massive boost on their survival ability!

[First Level Magic Cannon] (Item)

Level: 1

HP: 1,000,000

Defense: 1000

Zhang Yang and Wei Yan Er joined hands and stacked their {Cripple Defense} onto the cannon to bring down the defense of the Magic Cannon down to 500 points. Then, the gang laid waste to it! The 1,000,000 health points of the cannon was no match at all with the assaults of the gang. In just a few moments, the Magic Cannon was turned into a pile of scrap metal!

Zhang Yang could not help but to think, "If only these Magic Cannons could be brought back to the Thunderstorm Castle, they would have been a great addition to the territory's defense!" There are only three Magic Cannons on the walls of Thunderstorm Castle, they'll quickly be overrun by a force large enough. If it weren't for Zhang Yang's [Friendship Jade] back then, Thunderstorm Castle would have been completely leveled down to the ground!

"Hehe, never thought that you would be so sensitive towards money and gold!" Wei Yan Er patted Zhang Yang's shoulder.

It was actually called putting material resources to good use, and the little hypocrite was actually calling him out for something she was known for herself! Zhang Yang shook his head again and again, and finally said, "Let's keep moving forward!"

Although there were numerous elite monsters appearing along their way, however, under the terrifying advance of the gang, every single one of the monsters quickly fell! One Magic Cannon, two Magic Cannons, three Magic Cannons... 30 Magic Cannons, 31 Magic Cannons!

At last, they had arrived in front of the final Magic Cannon on the wall. They got to work.

"Intruders, stop it right there! Now!" a thunderous roar was heard, and they saw was a large dragon flying over them, a shadow suddenly jumped from the back of the two-legged dragon, ascending down from the sky. The blazing light behind the shadow was so blinding as if the light was coming out from a raging sun. The party was forced to shield their eyes.

Boom!

The shadow descended with a loud bang, and a red-skinned, imposing, giant of a beastman appeared right by the upside of the Magic Cannon. The beastman had a shield in its left hand and a long spear in its right, with a set of metallic heavy armor on the entire body, which rattled, due to the aftershock of its violent landing.

[Soldier Captain Slane] (Yellow-Gold, Humanoid Creature)

Level: 80

HP: 8,000,000

Defense: 1,500

"Who are you people? How bold of you to trespass into the territory of the Blood Moon Castle and have your way there?" Slane was shouting in rage. And when his sight was set upon Merlinda, he frowned and asked, "How did you get out of there? Pilo that imbecile, he just wouldn't listen, insisting on having some sort of wedding! What a joke! If it were up to me, I would have simply ended you on the spot and be done with it! All the cubs are born the same!"

The boss spoke in a very barbaric manner, and the pretty ladies were all blushing in embarrassment. Meanwhile, Fatty Han was left with his jaw slack, and he muttered, "Well, damn! That's what I call an idol to be looked up upon! Straight to the point, I like it!"

"You barbaric beastman, today you shall pay for all your insolent acts!" Merlinda pointed at Slane while talking in a huffed manner.

Although she had not yet officially become the Priestess of the Moon, but she definitely had the stature of being one soon, standing tall and regal!

"Hahaha, since you have escaped, that would only mean that imbecile Pilo is already dead!" Slane held up his spear with a firm grip and let out a big laugh, "Very well, from now on, I am the new King of the Red-Skinned Beastmen! I declare, that you intruders must all die! As for you, my noble priestess, you shall become my woman and give birth to a child of god, for me!"

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Chapter 318: Dance of Heaven and Earth

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After a bunch of crap talk, the battle was triggered immediately.

It wasn't that Zhang Yang and his gang did not want to initiate the battle, but it was because the game had entered a cutscene, and they could only speak at that point!

Shoof! Zhang Yang initiated the battle with a {Charge}.

Although Slane was only a Yellow-Gold boss, his attacks were extremely brutal, and he constantly activated {Tornado Cleave}, inflicting high damage to any players around him. Regrettably for the boss, now that Zhang Yang and the gang had Merlinda on their side, her constant healing had turned the tables!

Even without Merlinda on their side, Zhang Yang and the gang could just carry out some tactics and bring down Slane -- afterall, they managed to slay a Violet-Plantinum boss all by themselves, what could a slightly above average Yellow-Gold boss do to them? Now that Merlinda was supporting them, the battle had become a cakewalk for them! They only remained where they were, ignoring the attacks of the boss, because they could!

In the case of Wei Yan Er, where she has to carefully manage the rage points that she has on hand, she simply embraced the damage inflicted upon her, now! With basically infinite rage points, she could just activate her skills at will, as long they were already cooled down!

With all the crazy skills and attacks thrown on him, Slane was slaughtered alive within 8 minutes!

"Sigh, he could be the king of the beastmen, and he chose to stand his ground and die by our hands! This is called committing suicide, even the gods and fairies wouldn't be able to save him!" Fatty Han put his palms against each other and made a posture of praying to the buddha, "Farewell, my respected idol!"

"He left behind a number of Yellow-Gold equipment, at least!" Wei Yan Er went up with joy to pick up the loots that were left on the ground by the boss.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The rest of the gang destroyed the last Magic Cannon with their joint attacks.

'Ding! You have completed a quest: Destroy the Magic Cannons, acquired 1,000,000 experience points!'

Slane dropped a total of four pieces of Yellow-Gold equipment, six pieces of Gray-Silver equipment, all of them being Level 80 equipment. The gang were no longer expecting a huge transition to a Violet-Platinum set anymore, so the four Yellow-Gold equipment were distributed among them. Of course, they did not spare any of the Gray-Silver equipment a second glance, so the rest of all equipment would be taken back to the Little Merchandize for sales.

Merlinda gazed into the distance and said, "Zhan Yu, all Magic Cannons have been destroyed, we can leave now!"

'Ding! Merlinda has given you a quest: Escape from the Blood Moon Castle, accept or decline? This quest is linked to the Main Story Linking Quest, complete the Main Story Linking Quest to acquire luxurious rewards!'

Of course they accepted it!

[Escape from the Blood Moon Castle] (Difficulty: C-rank)

Description: You have successfully destroyed the defense of Blood Moon Castle, grab the opportunity to escape now!

Completion: Escape from the Blood Moon Castle 0/1

This quest is only ranked as C-rank, obviously it was a simple one. The gang gave a breath of relief as they stepped out of the walls.

No longer in battle, those who were without a [Battle Mount] were summoning their [Mounts] one after another. Merlinda had also summoned a white tiger.

Wei Yan Er's eyes sparkled and she said, "Aww, what a cute, massive cat!"

"... Little girl, if you are to go to the zoo full of wild animals, I'm sure the tigers would appreciate your attention!"

The gang headed towards the elvish camp site.

"Master Thea!" Merlinda immediately jumped down from her [Mount] and walked towards Thea, "I could never imagine that you would personally come forth! Your noble presence puts me to shame, I am not worthy of it!"

"Merlinda, you are the new Priestess of the Moon, soon after, you complete the ritual back in the sacred land of ours, and you will become the leader of the Moon Elves! Your stature shall be even far greater than mine!" Thea smiled gently and turned to Zhang Yang and the gang to thank them, "Adventurers, you have completed the quest, I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of the entire race of the Moon Elves!"

She bowed gently at Zhang Yang and the gang, and the elvish warriors behind her, knelt down on one knee. It was a bone-chilling scene!

'Ding! You have completed a quest: Escape from the Blood Moon Castle, acquired 200,000 experience points!'

'Ding! You have completed the Main Story Linking Quest: Hope to the Race of Elves! Appraisal: Perfect!'

'Ding! You have acquired Luck Attribute 1!'

'Ding! You have acquired a skill book {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}!'

[Skill Book: Dance of the Heaven and Earth ]

Use: Teach you the skill {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}.

Required profession: None

Required Level: 70

Bound upon pick up.

This skill can actually be learned by any profession!

The gang all found that they had all been rewarded with the same [Skill Book: Dance of the Heaven and Earth].

"... We'll only talk about this after learning it!" Everyone tapped the skill books on themselves and learned the skill. Since the skill books are bound to the players who picked them up, they could only learn the skill for themselves.

[Dance of the Heaven and Earth: Activates a devastating assault upon the enemy, inflicting Chaos Damage of 10,000 for every second! Lasts for 10 seconds. Range: 30 meters. Cool down: 24 hours.

That would mean a total damage of 100,000 points in one single activation! Furthermore, chaos attribute damage ignores defense and magic resistance, which meant that 100,000 damage would always be inflicted!

Everyone drew a collective breath -- this amount of damage is just brutal! Even if Zhang Yang mounted on his [Battle Mount, he would not survive that!

The gang was overjoyed except for Zhang Yang, he was the only one who sighed lightly at aside. This {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} is the best skill for the current stage of the game, but the weakness of this skill was that it would soon be phased out in the later stages of the game. It could not be upgraded, and would still deal the same amount of damage upon players reaching Level 200!

If a tanker stacked up on more damage reduction passives, they could still turn themselves completely immune to the attack! Furthermore, with the improvement of equipment over time, the health points of the players will increase as well. So, this {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} was only a temporary gimmick, and even then, it could only be used as a final resort in a battle, as it had a long cool down of 24 hours.

"In the upcoming Professional League Championship in few days time, let's just throw our {Dance of Heaven and Earth} at all of our opponents at the same time, then we shall become the champions!" Fatty Han was excited, as his PvP abilities were lacking, but it shouldn't be too difficult to activate one skill, was it?

Everyone nodded to express their agreement! If the number of players who learned this skill increased, PvP matches will become meaningless. It would turn into a cowboy match of seeing who pulls the trigger first, and who had more health points to outlast their opponent!

In the future, the arena would forbid the use of powerful skills that had a cool down time of more than 10 minutes!

Zhang Yang could only keep this to himself. Afterall, even the beta players will never be able to foresee this kind of future development, and he cannot leak the future to anyone, so he could only bury this fact deep down in his heart until it happens.

"Fellow adventurers, please stay for the night and have a good rest. Tomorrow, we shall depart for the sacred land of Chaos Realm! We shall wait until you are strong enough to step into the Chaos Realm. By then, you must not forget to make yourself guests in Arthulan. We, Moon Elves are forever indebted to you!" Thea said.

Everyone nodded.

Of course, they could not possibly waste one night there, so they mumbled a simple excuse and left the camp site, marking the beginning of their new journey.

After earning a large amount of fortune, none of them were up for any other quests. So they just slayed some monsters around the wild to maintain their lead in the leveling board. Meanwhile, Zhang Yang headed back to the White Jade Castle to stock up the Little Merchandize with their newly acquired loot. From the looks of it, this batch of equipment is bound to generate a large sum of fortune for them.

After that, he got rid of his 'Smithing' and approached Herbalist Mentor to learn a series of new profession-based skills.

'Ding! You have chosen to forget your Smithing Skills. Once forgotten, even if you relearn the art of Smithing, the recipes and skills you once learned will not exist anymore, accept or decline?'

Accept.

'Ding! You have forgotten Smithing, now you can learn a new profession skill.'

'Ding! You have chosen the Herbalism as your second profession skill!'

'Ding! You have acquired a new skill: Herb Search!'

'Ding! You have acquired a new skill: Pick and Pluck!'

[Herb Search: The navigation map will show the location of available herbs around the area.

[Gather: Allows you to collect herbs in good condition.

Unfortunately, the newly learned Herbalism skill was still at Level 1! Left with no choice, Zhang Yang could only summon his Whitey and dashed forward over to the Level 10 Leveling area. He could only travel to the lowest level map to begin his training on his Herbalism skill, because he still cannot gather high-level herbs yet. Attempting to harvest them would only damage the herbs, and garner him no experience points!

'Ding! You have acquired a new skill: Blood of Life!'

When the Herbalism level of Zhang Yang has reached middle-class level, he automatically obtained a new skill, and this is actually a 'free gift' for all players who practiced the art of Herbalism.

[Blood of Life] (Level 1): Recovers 100 health points within 10 seconds. Cool down: 2 minutes.

It was really a fortunate thing that they adjusted the ratio of the in-game time and the reality time, plus the leveling up of the herbalism skills took little effort. It took him two days and two nights to level up his Herbalism skills before he achieved the Professional grade! The skill {Blood of Life} will level up automatically based on the level of the player's Herbalism. So when Zhang Yang had elevated his Herbalism skill up to professional grade, the {Blood of Life} had been leveled up to Level 3 as well.

[Blood of Life] (Level 3): Recovers 2000 health points within 10 seconds. Cool down: 2 minutes.

This skill {Blood of Life} was actually quite a handful skill, similar to a regular bottle of red potion. The only weakness was that the cool down time was a little lengthy, and the healing amount did not come all in one shot. But, what else could you hope for, it is already a good skill that would save you a few bottle of potions in a battle. After all, this is just a free skill that anyone can obtain.

It was already almost 6.p.m the next day when he logged out of the game. Actually, he intended to rank up his profession skills to the Specialist grade, but Fatty Han came over to forcefully drag him out on a speed date.

"Fatty, are you sure you are going on a speed date?" Zhang Yang felt that it made no sense whatsoever.

"Let's just go! Fermenting yourself in your little apartment room everyday is not healthy for your both mental and physical state! Little Yang, you must not always live in the virtual world, plus, you are not some kind of isolated hermit!" Fatty Han replied seriously for once.

Zhang Yang burst into laughter and said, "Alright, just because you say so, I'll tag along this time, good gentleman!"

"It's accompanying me, brother fatty, not gentleman! What's in it for a gentleman, just strings and limitation that binds one person into the mold of an obedient 'gentleman', there's no fun at all. I'm a man without strings and limitations!" Fatty Han pulled open his car door.

"Hey fatty, haven't you been picking up many pretty girls by driving your sport car around? Why are you attending this sort of speed date then?"

"Hehe, I fell in love with one of those pretty girl upon first sight!"

"Entering into a relationship without the aim of marrying her is kind of disrespect towards the lady, an act of indecency, you know?"

"... I'm being serious this time, if she is willing to, I am willing to take her over to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register!"

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Chapter 319: Luo Xin Yan

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Fatty Han drove Zhang Yang over to a hotel's conference hall. A banner hung over the entrance of the hall: Best Century Major Speed Date Assembly.

However, entry was not free, men were required to pay a sum of 100 dolar to enter, while women could simply walk in. Although Zhang Yang and Fatty Han did not care for that small sum of 100 dollars, they were still sighing over the fact that men and women will never be equal, despite all the protests, and slogans, and speeches about true equality.

The two of them searched around for a table to sit, and leisurely ate the melon fruits that were served on the table. These melon fruits were free of charge, but if anyone wanted a refill, it would cost some money. Of course, they could order some other food, but they would all cost some money.

"Don't you have a photo of your beloved lady? Take it out and show me, let me see the charm that actually got you to keep your balls in check!" Zhang Yang was munching on some orange slices to keep his hunger at bay. Thanks to Fatty saying that there would be dinner for him here, he had not yet eaten. Now, he was so hungry that he was beginning to see stars!

"Of course I do! Have a look! Look!" Fatty Han took out his phone and presented it to Zhang Yang as if he was presenting a precious item.

It is a pure, sweet looking girl, she wasn't really that pretty, but she gave people a fresh kind of feeling, and she looked to be about 18 or 19 years old.

"Not bad at all!" Zhang Yang nodded to express his approval. Well, finding a wife is totally different compared to finding a boyfriend or a girlfriend, and a pure looking girl is far more reliable than a sexy-ass woman.

"Of course, when have I ever shown a lapse in judgment?" Fatty Han was blatantly boasting at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang burst into laughter and said, "Then how does she feel towards you?"

"Well, we just had two conversations, and I haven't had the chance to ask! Today's the day I find out more, and also, she's a local! So I came all the way here! She should feel quite alright with me, I guess!"

"So after all we have been through, only now you are telling me that it's just your own wishful thinking and feelings!"

"Well I am not bad on the outside, and as long as she spends some time together with me, she is definitely going to dig me!" Fatty Han confidently told Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang passed the phone back to Fatty Han and said, "She is just about to begin her university life and here you are, rushing her into things now?"

"This is called fate!"

More people were arriving as the time passes, but the lady that Fatty Han had his eyes on had not shown up yet. A little while later, a man, seemingly the official person-in-charge, went up on stage and gave a few words to the crowd. After that, he announced that the Speed Date Assembly had officially begun and everyone can look for their dates freely.

"Let's go, it seems that she had stood you up!" Zhang Yang had already eaten up all the melon fruits that were available on the table, leaving the plates spotless.

"Just a little longer --" Fatty Han was not willing to give up, his eyes fixed to the entrance of the hall. Suddenly, he widened his eyes and said, "There she is!"

They could only see two pretty, young ladies walking in from the entrance, both of them were in their late teens. The lady on the left was slightly shorter than the other one, and she had that pure sweetness around her, looking just like the photo that Fatty Han showed Zhang Yang.

The other lady was about 170 cm tall, with a tall and thin body, small waist, well-shaped buttocks, with long hair flowing over her shoulders, she was very pretty. The outer corners of her bewitching eyes tilted upwards like a feline, and her lips were thin and red, charming several men at first glance.

However, Zhang Yang was startled!

Luo Xin Yan! The woman who toyed with his feelings for half a year! In the end, it turned out that she was a mistress sent by Liu Wei to suck the warehouse of Clear Water dry, she was a woman who had almost succeeded in bringing him down to his knees!

He immediate raised his alertness level from his head to toe! If 'history' was repeating itself, Luo Xin Yan should only appear in his life two years after. But as he sailed across the sky to be reborn, many events had been altered from the original timeline. It was perfectly possible that Liu Wei had sent her to string him up like a puppet!

Zhang Yang quickly shook his head again and again. He only happened to be here by coincidence, only a god could predict things this far!

He buried down all his restless thoughts deep and calmly remained in his seat.

On the other side, Luo Xin Yan and the pure lady had spotted Fatty Han thanks to his obvious mass, and were already approaching them.

"Fatty--" Luo Xin Yan snapped, "So you are the one pursuing our Xiao Wei?"

Fatty Han is lustful, but he was no fool who would have weak legs whenever gazing upon a pretty woman in front of him. Instead, he immediately took offense and fire back, "What's it got to do with you!"

"Humph! Xiao Wei is my roommate, of course I must watch out for her, to prevent her from being played around like a doll!"

Her tone struck Fatty Han deep down in the gut. He furiously growled, "Hey! Don't you dare make things up off the top of your head!"

"Xin Yan!" Xiao Wei pulled the sleeve of Luo Xin Yan and gently said, "Fatty Han is a decent person!"

"Pfff--" Zhang Yang could not hold it, the milk that he just drank came back gushing right out of his mouth. It was fortunate that his head was laying low and the milk had not struck anyone else. As he coughed repeatedly, he wondered how did Fatty Han manage to butter up that pure lady into believing him so much. She had so much faith in him that she would call him a 'decent' person! It was like calling a tiger a vegan!

"You have no quality at all!" Luo XinYan suddenly turned her 'firepower' towards Zhang Yang and began to fire away, "Xiao Wei, people say that the same type of feathers flock together! Looking at the company he keeps, he can't possibly be a nice person! Tonight is the last time you're seeing him!"

"Xin Yan!" Xiao Wei pulled Luo Xin Yan's sleeve again, blushing in embarrassment.

Zhang Yang stood up and pulled Luo Xin Yan into his seat which was right beside Fatty Han.

"What are you --" Luo Xin Yan was about to reach out to pull Xiao Wei up from her seat.

However, right before she could even finish her words and reach Xiao Wei, Zhang Yang had forced her into his seat, and then he sat right on top of her, grabbing her hands to prevent her from getting up.

"You hoodlum! Let me go!" Luo Xin Yan screamed.

Zhang Yang smiled gently and said, "One would damage ten temples rather than destroying a marriage! Do you understand?" So be quiet, and just sit there, and watch!"

Luo Xin Yan had lit up like a firecracker, snarling at him furiously! As she struggled to get up from the seat, Zhang Yang overpowered her with his mighty strength and kept her pinned down.

"You f*cking hoodlum, let go of me!"

Zhang Yang turned to Fatty Han and Xiao Wei and he said, "You two, take your time and enjoy your evening, we are not going to interrupt you!" then he turned back at Luo Xin Yan and aimed his lips at her red lips, and it went in for the kill! He kissed her!

"Mmm--" Luo Xin Yan's eyes widened as she uttered something inaudible.

Fatty Han and Xiao Wei were left with their eyes wide open and their jaws hanging wide. Who knew that Zhang Yang would be so bold as to do such extreme actions in public! Fatty Han was giving him a thumbs up behind his back. He thought that Zhang Yang was truly his brother in arm, bold enough to strike on the spot like that!

At first, Luo Xin Yan still tried to struggle, but under the forceful kiss of Zhang Yang, her strength began to fade and by the end of it, her feline-like eyes grew hazy, and she seemed to sink into the moment. Her nostrils were flared, as she moaned a little.

After all, Zhang Yang was most familiar with Luo Xin Yan, even if compared to the experiences of this life! In his previous life, Zhang Yang had shared the same roof with her for about half a year, and he knew what exactly turned her on!

Only after a long while, Luo Xin Yan only managed to recover from the 'attack'. She could not help but to feel ashamed of herself for actually beginning to enjoy the forceful kiss performed by a man that she had never met before!

The more Luo Xin Yan thought about it, the worse she felt about herself. How could she possibly stay here any longer? So she stood up quickly and tried to leave. However, her legs were already weak, and as she stood up in a swift manner, she almost fell down flat on her face! But as she quickly braced herself against a chair, she met Xiao Wei's curious gaze. Knowing that her face was telling a very strange story, she covered her face and quickly walked out of the hall.

"Xin Yan--" Xiao Wei stood up.

"Don't worry, I shall help you escort her back, you and Fatty Han can take your time and chat!" Zhang Yang smiled, and then he stood up and followed Xin Yan.

After walking out if the hotel, Zhang Yang did not go after Luo Xin Yan, because he did not have the mood to do so!

In the previous life, Luo Xin Yan had really done a number to him, not just by breaking his heart, but also sucking dry the entire warehouse of Clear Water guild, costing a loss of more than tens of millions of dollars! What she left behind for Zhang Yang, was a short clip of her, confessing that she only got together with him because she had taken Liu Wei's money and had been told to do so! Everything she had with Zhang Yang was just a lie, a farce!

Zhang Yang gazed at the back of Luo Xin Yan slowly fading into the street, as he sneered in satisfaction.

After taking a cab back to his apartment, Zhang Yang thought to himself, that maybe it was time to give himself a new place to live.

Logging onto the game, Zhang Yang summoned his Whitey and went straight to the Black Moss Wilderness. Then, he picked a spot with fewer people and began to grind for experience points by slaying monsters, while collecting herbs to improve his Herbalism skills.

'Ding! You have used {Gather} on the [Corrupted Grass, your Herbalism dexterity has increased by 1 point!'

'Ding! You have obtained [Corrupted Grass] X 2!'

...

'Ding! You have used {Gather} on the [Black Leaf Lotus, your Herbalism dexterity has increased by 1 point!'

'Ding! You have obtained [Black Leaf Lotus] X 3!'

...

Because in the current stage of the game, the number of players who had managed to reach Level 70 and above were so small that they may be counted in one hand, so Zhang Yang had no pressure at all. He claimed all of the herbs on the entire map, and where ever he went, he would just use {Gather} to pick up herbs at his will!

The night had arrived, and Zhang Yang had succeeded in elevating his Herbalism to the Specialist grade, and his {Blood of Life} had been elevated up to Level 4 as well, giving him a healing effect of 8000 health points within 10 seconds, which was not bad at all.

The latest update version of the game helmet had an additional function of a'wake-up call', so Zhang Yang had set the alarm at 7a.m. At seven in the morning, the helmet brought his brain out of sleep, and automatically logged him out of the game.1

After a series of serious training, Zhang Yang once gain logged into the game and began to craft potions at the Alchemist shop in the White Jade Castle.

As he just bought a new recipe - {{Enrage Potion}}, the use of it was to instantly increase 100 rage points. Because these [Enrage Potions] were not highly in demand, Zhang Yang had kept the recipe to himself instead of passing it over to Yu Li.

'Ding! You have crafted [Enrage Potion] X 4!'

...

'Ding! You have crafted [Enrage Potion] X 4!'

...

'Ding! You have crafted [Enrage Potion] X 4! Because of your {Alchemist's Intuition}, the [Furious Potion] acquired a transmutation!'

[Furious Potion (Transmutation 3)] (Consumable)

Use: Instantly gain 100 rage points, while increasing your attack by 30%, lasts for 10 seconds! Cool down: 1 minute. Use of any potions will cause other potions to enter a state of cool down as well.

Level required: 60

{Alchemist's Intuition} gave potions additional effects other than just their initial effects, and the potions would transmute based on the rate ranging from 10% to 100%. If this 'Transmutation 3' gives an additional effect of a 30% increase in attack, then a 'Transmutation 10' should be able to give an additional effect of a 100% increase in attack!

Awesome!

Zhang Yang was motivated to continue brewing more potions!

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Chapter 320: Dividing the Power

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'Ding! You have crafted [Enrage Potion] X 4!'

...

'Ding! You have crafted [Enrage Potion] X 4! Because of your {Alchemist's Intuition}, the [Furious Potion] have acquired a transmutation!'

...

Zhang Yang had crafted thousands of [Enrage Potion] in a single breath. But unfortunately, the rate of {Alchemist's Intuition} kicking in was extremely low, and less than 100 bottles of potions had acquired transmutation. Furthermore, most of them only acquired grade 1 to grade 3 transmutations. Naturally, the higher the grade, the harder they are to occur! For instance, the number of potions that had undergone grade 7 transmutation or above were only 7 bottles. 3 of them had undergone grade 7 transmutation, 2 of them had undergone grade 8 transmutation, one of them had undergone a grade 9 transmutation while the last bottle undergone a grade 10 transmutation.

Even then, most of it was due to his extremely high luck attribute!

He then deposited all the non-transmutated potions into the guild's warehouse, waiting for the correct moment to distribute them to the members when necessary. These non-transmutated potions will still have their uses in battle. For example, tankers will not be able to kite monsters if they had no rage points left in them, they could use these potions to gain more aggro!

As for those [Enrage Potions] that had undergone transmutation, he kept them into his own backpack. One frustrating fact was that if the potions had different grades of transmutations, they would be categorized as an entirely different item, and they would no longer stack up together. Although there were only 97 transmutated [Enrage Potions, these potions had solidly occupied 10 of his backpack slots!

Awhile later, Fatty Han came online as well.

Zhang Yang could not hold his smile and he sent a voice message over and said, "Someone did not even log into the game last night, is it because someone has been shakalakaboombooming with someone else?"

"Sigh, little Yang, why must your brain always filled with those thoughts? Can't you be a little decent for once?"

Zhang Yang almost fell flat on the ground, to be criticized in such manner by a legendary pervert! He did not know whether to cry or to laugh!

"Oh, so, you two were just holding hands, leaning against each others shoulders while looking at the stars in the sky for the whole night?"

"Hehe, I'm just going to keep that to myself, it's a secret!"

Fatty Han paused for awhile and said, "Oh yea, you were really savage last night! To kiss that b*tch by force, that really left me stunned! Worthy of being my brother! Even when you're acting all gangster on her, you look awesome! Xiao Wei said she had never seen that b*tch run away, all flustered like that before!"

Zhang Yang smiled vaguely and said, "You sure about this 'real' love?"

"Yes, yes, and yes, unless it's Xiao Wei, I'm not getting married, ever! To show my determination, I have decided to deposit all the educational discs of Ms.Aoi and Ms.Matsushima over at your place, and I will turn over a new leaf!"

"... you can just throw them away!"

"Well, they have been with me for so many years, they do hold a special place in my heart, you know!" Fatty Han was feeling regrettable and said, "All these years, you have no idea how much I have sacrificed as offerings to them, all the sweat, all the jiz--"

"Stop stop stop! Hold it right there, I haven't had my lunch yet!" Zhang Yang felt a cold shiver down his spine as his mind automatically started picturing how Fatty Han would juice himself out, in front of the computer while doing it. It was just too much for Zhang Yang to bear, and he was feeling ill, just thinking of it!

After more idle chatter, Fatty Han set out to grind for experience points. Meanwhile, Zhang Yang had realized that his herbs had almost been used up, so he too, set foot in the Black Moss Wilderness. He kept going back there, because despite not having much minerals and ores, the entire land was rich with herbs!

Just as he was sunken into the joy of collecting herbs, suddenly, Zhang Yang received a voice message from Hundred Shots.

"Zhan Yu, the number of players applying to join our guild is getting out of hand, and many of them are actually highly skilled! But we have reached the population cap for Level 2 guild. We'll be missing out on some good recruits! I would like to suggest that you elevate our guild to Level 3 guild with a [Level 3 Guild Upgrade Order]!"

Ever since Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu had made a mess in the Japan-Korea server, and the incident of the two Japanese players challenging them, Lone Desert Smoke was becoming even more famous, turning their guild into a national symbol! Other guilds were struggling to recruit players, while Lone Desert Smoke was having a shortage of space!

All bosses that are higher than Level 80 had the possibility of dropping a [Level 3 Guild Upgrade Order, but unfortunately, for Zhang Yang and gang, they was no sign of a [Level 3 Guild Upgrade Order] even after they had slain a few Violet-Platinum bosses!

However, when players have attained Level 80 and above, the chance of encountering a Level 80 boss would incearse, as would the rate of getting a [Level 3 Guild Upgrade Order]! After all, Zhang Yang and all his gang members were currently around Level 70, so they could only wander around the map of Level 70. Therefore, it would be really difficult for them to encounter a Level 80 boss!

Zhang Yang gave it some thought and said, "It is really difficult to suddenly obtain a [Level 3 Guild Upgrade Order, how about we establish a Sub-Guild then?"

"Sub-Guild?" Hundred Shots frowned vaguely. They discussed about this before, but because they were really worried about juggling the standards between the two guilds and the inconvenience that it would cause, they had not implemented it until now. Furthermore, if the Sub-Guild is not being managed well enough, discord might be sowed among the members, with the Guildmaster himself being dragged into the mud in a worst case scenario!

If the Sub-Guild was managed too poorly, some ambitious players would try to take over, and cause them shame in public!

Zhang Yang laughed and said, "If Heaven wishes it to rain or your mother to remarry, there is no way in stopping them1. If there really are people who would try to make a scene, the Guildmaster will cause an even bigger scene!"

"Then, who shall manage the Sub-Guild then?"

"Let Fatty Han and Endless Starlight go over to manage it. With them both there managing and supporting, the progression in Dungeon of the Sub-Guild should be able to keep up, they won't look too awkward."

"Alright."

Establishing a Sub-Guild was a very short process which required only a short period of time. Firstly, Fatty Han and the appointed members would leave the guild, and then they would register a new guild, with a new name at the reception of Guild-Establishment. When there were 30 players responding to this establishment, then 'Lone Desert Smoke First Sub-Guild' would be established.

Zhang Yang broadcasted the announcements in White Jade Castle, informing everyone about this new development. Those players who wished to join Lone Desert Smoke will be placed in the Sub-Guild for a certain amount of time. If they performed outstandingly, then they will be promoted to the main guild.

Fatty Han went over to the Sub-Guild in great delight, shamelessly asking for the Guildmaster spot. His main aim was to be a fox, assuming the majesty of the tiger, to experience the joy of barking orders left and right for his own pleasure. Meanwhile, Endless Starlight was hugging onto the leg of Zhang Yang while bawling madly, giving everyone the impression that he could not bear the sorrow of leaving Lone Desert Smoke.

But, at the end of it, Zhang Yang solved the situation with only one sentence, "The Sub-Guild is full of pretty ladies!" The little brat actually bought it and disappeared in just a second. Everyone only found out that Endless Starlight was actually unwilling to leave the pretty ladies in Lone Desert Smoke, not Lone Desert Smoke itself!

Zhang Yang then summoned all the higher ranking players in the guild for a discussion, where they temporarily came up with a few guidelines.

1. Members in the Sub-Guild who perform well are eligible to be promoted to join the main guild. While members in the Main Guild who under-performs will be demoted to the Sub-Guild for further observation.

2. Although there are differences in the names of Main Guild and Sub-Guild, everyone should be considered as full-fledged members of Lone Desert Smoke, like a family. The Sub-Guild must be treated as equals by all means!

3. The resources of the Main Guild and the Sub-Guild would be shared equally, as would the loots and earnings. Therefore, the points accumulated in the Sub-Guild can be spent in the Main Guild.

At that moment, the reputation of Lone Desert Smoke was reflected. After only 3 hours, the number of applications to join the newly founded Sub-Guild had already reached the maximum capacity of Level 1 guild. Although the [Level 2 Guild Upgrade Order] was not that difficult to come by these days, elevating a Level 1 guild to Level 2 guild required the accumulation of experience points, other than just the [Guild Upgrade Order].

They'll have to take it in stride!

Zhang Yang irresponsibly threw all the responsibilities to Hundred Shots and Daffodil Daydream, and then he went on to collect herbs and grinding on his own.

After going offline to have his dinner, Zhang Yang logged back into the game and managed to secure a new alchemy recipe :{{Level 4 Intelligent Potion}}.

[Level 4 Intelligent Potion] (Consumable)

Use: Increase 100 intelligent points, last for 1 hour.

Required level: 60

Coincidentally, he had a few hundreds sets of the materials for crafting this potion, so he got to crafting.

'Ding! You have crafted [Level 4 Intelligent Potion] X 4!'

...

'Ding! You have crafted [Level 4 Intelligent Potion] X 4! Because of your {Alchemist's Intuition}, the [Level 4 Intelligent Potion] acquired a transmutation!'

[Level 4 Intelligent Potion (Transmutation 2)] (Consumable)

Use: increase 100 intelligent points, magic attack increased by 20 points, last for 1 hour.

Required Level: 60

After 5 to 6 minutes, all of the materials had been crafted into [Level 4 Intelligent Potion, but only 19 of the potions were transmuted potions, and there was no sign of potions that had undergone grade 7 transmutation, not even one!

Even his 10 points of luck did not seem to be near enough. Only if he could reach 30 to 40 of luck attribute points, he should have a 10% rate of transmutation!

"Daffodil, come back to White Jade Castle, I'm passing you some potions!" Zhang Yang sent a private message over to Daffodil Daydream.

"Alright, coming."

Traveling back to White Jade Castle was easy, and within just a couple of minutes, Daffodil Daydream had arrived back at the castle, riding on her [Mount]. Although her [Mount] was only a Gray-Silver grade, it looked magnificently appealing. It's pair of dual wings allowed it to glide in the air, looking significantly stunning!

It was the image of a pretty lady riding on her [Mount]. Along her way, Daffodil Daydream had attracted the attention of countless players from below.

"Guildmaster --" Daffodil Daydream jumped down from her [Mount] and realized that only Zhang Yang was there. Her oval, olive-skinned face instantly turned a little red, as she fidgeted around with her sleeves in her fingers and asked, "You call me over for something?"

"Yea, I just crafted some potions, here are some for you!" Zhang Yang traded a bunch of [Intelligent Potions] over to Daffodil Daydream, and among those potions were some good stuff like grade 4 and grade 5 transmuted potions!

Daffodil Daydream immediately widened her bright eyes and said, "You're too good, guildmaster!"

Is she treating him more than a friend? It was getting awkward.

Zhang Yang was feeling uneasy about the situation, so he let out a sudden "Oh!" and asked, "Oh yea, I haven't seen Witch Snow and that little girl online yet, have you seen them?"

Daffodil Daydream thought for a while and said, "Yea, I haven't seen them for awhile now, either."

Zhang Yang felt puzzled, if Wei Yan Er did not come online during the day, it might be because she had gone for school, but she had never ever missed a night before, what could be the reason?

Daffodil Daydream went on to grind again. Meanwhile, Zhang Yang went on to the mailbox and sent a portion of the potions that he had crafted to the second-party including Fantasy Sweetheart. A portion of the potions were reserved for Han Ying Xue. However, the entire night passed without them logging in.

On the next morning, Zhang Yang could not beat it anymore, so he gave Han Ying Xue a call.

Tut... Tut... The phone rang for awhile before it was being picked up.

"Hello--" it was a weak voice coming from Han Ying Xue.

"I'm Zhang Yang. Anything happened to you and Wei Yan Er?" Zhang Yang was worried.

"... Wei Yan Er's father ran into an accident and passed away yesterday." Han Ying Xue only replied Zhang Yang after a pause.

Zhang Yang was shocked, then he asked, "How did it happen?"

"Her father left a suicide note, saying that he would want to take responsibility for all the negative news about the company, and he apologized to Yan Er's mother. So he decided to end his life to make up for it!" the voice of Han Ying Xue indicated her tiredness, it was probably because she did not have a good rest at all.

"How is little girl holding up?"

"She cried for the whole night, and she just fell asleep just now."

Zhang Yang thought to himself for awhile and said, "I'm coming over right now!"

"... Alright. We are at her place, just take down the address."

After taking down the address, Zhang Yang immediately departed out and took a cab to the destination.

Wei Yan Er's house was located at a high-class villa area. After going through a security check by the guards, he finally arrived at the doorstep of Wei Yan Er's house. It was a three-storey high house, with a large garden by the entrance, and also a series of facilities like a swimming pool, a tennis court and the likes of it.

Han Ying Xue personally came out to invite him into the house. The body of Wei Yan Er's father had not yet been recovered from the Police. After all, the deceased was the CEO of a muti-billionaire company, a thorough autopsy was required to ensure that there was no foul play. There were a number of people gathered in the middle hall of the house, and the only person that Zhang Yang recognized was Luo Yang Ming, so all of them were probably relatives.

After seeing Zhang Yang, Luo Yang Ming immediately jumped over and asked, "Little Snow, who is he? Is he qualified to be here at all?"

"Oh, buzz off!" Han Ying Xue spoke to him coldly and dragged Zhang Yang up to the second floor.

Luo Ming Yang was so furious that he tightened his grips on both hands, but when a pretty-faced, frivolous girl tapped his shoulder gently, he was back at ease, a cold grin on his lips.

Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue entered a study room, and both of them sat down facing at each other.

"Did the little girl's father really commit suicide?" Zhang Yang began to ask.

Han Ying Xue shook her head and said, "Who knows! I don't know! We just received an email. His so called 'Death Wish Note' was sent from his email address. So in theory, only he himself could have access to the account, but --"

She did not have to finish her words for Zhang Yang to understand, no matter how good the firewall of the company was designed to prevent hackers, according to Wei Yan Er, her dad was a flirtatious person, god only knows if there were any 'Secretaries' under his 'care' as he logged into his email.

Zhang Yang let out a breath of sigh and said, "I am genuinely worried for your safety, for both of you!"

Han Ying Xue set her sight upon the floor, and it was as if she was gazing through the floor at the people downstairs, and she asked vaguely, "Can people really be that ruthless when it comes to money?"

Zhang Yang solemnly said, "The numerous negative news about Silky Soft Holdings back in the days could have been staged for this, I guess! Setting up a good reason for Yan Er's father's death! They could just say Yan Er's father could not bear the enormous stress from the company, and to prevent himself from seeing his own company fall, he committed suicide!"

"How much could a fallen company get them? 2,000,000,000, or only 1,000,000,000, in fact! There are so many of them, each of them can only get, at most, 100,000,000 to 200,000,000!" Han Ying Xue was muttered dejected.

Zhang Yang said, "Even if it is only one or two hundred million, it is definitely better than not getting anything at all! Furthermore, maybe one to two hundred million isn't much to you, but for regular folk, this amount of money is no small matter for them! People die for money, birds die for food, the ancient idioms used to say that!"

"Zhang Yang, I need your help!" Han Ying Xue stood up and looked at him with renewed hope!

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Chapter 321: Beat Down

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The Han Ying Xue at that moment, seemed very weak, her lovely and gentle eyes were lost in despair.

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I will do my best!"

"Thank you." Han Ying Xue frowned and said, "I do not know who to trust anymore! If Yan Er's father has been murdered, then their fangs must have found their way into the inner circle of the company's management, no one in the entire company can be trusted!"

Too much thought had been put into this already!

Luo Ming Yang had a simple thought, and that was to make sure Han Ying Xue, Wei Yan Er and Wei Yan Er's Father stay dead, then the entire Silky Soft Holdings will become theirs to claim! They did not care how bad will the company becomes in the future, as long as they could get their hands on the profit, they were already satisfied!

Wei Yan Er slept all the way until 3 p.m before she woke up. When she saw that Zhang Yang was present, she tried to pout at him like she always did, but quickly broke down into tears again. Then, she sobbed, "My dad is gone!"

Zhang Yang sighed gently and patted her shoulder, and he said, "Everything will pass! You still have your cousin sister, and you still have us, your friends! You are not alone!"

Of course, Wei Yan Er did not stay in her own house after that, instead, she went to stay with Han Ying Xue at her warm house. Zhang Yang insisted on becoming their driver to send them both back to their place safe and sound.

"Silly Yu, you are welcome to stay here for the next few days." Han Ying Xue suggested. She glanced at Wei Yan Er's house which had been flooded by those 'animals' and said, "I'm very worried that Luo Yang Ming and his goons will knock on our door to make a scene!"

Her worries were not based on nothing, and Zhang Yang had always wondered why he had never heard of Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er before, in his previous life!

Anyone could see that Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er were extremely good looking, and they were highly skilled. They also had the heart and grit to match up to everything else! So according to all these facts right in front of him, there is no doubt that these two girls should have become famous players in the game, like Snow Seeker! But somehow, he had never heard of them in his past life, and the most suitable explanation was that they had already quit the game before the Professional League Championship had even begun!

If Zhang Yang had not intervened, they would just believed that Wei Yan Er's father died of car accident, and they would definitely have let their guards down. By then, it would be possible that they would also suffer similar 'accidents', and their names would just disappear from society for good!

Zhang Yang felt a chill from head to toe, and he knew, no matter what, he must not let that kind of thing happen to these two ladies!

"Alright, I will be your personal bodyguard for these few days!"

"You can use Yan Er's game helmet to log in, and I will order a new one. Also, I don't think she will log into the game for these few days." Han Ying Xue said mournfully.

Han Ying Xue's house had 3 rooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms. So the three of them could have their own personal rooms. As for the use of bathrooms, they had to be strict in the sharing part, so Zhang Yang would only use the one on the west side while the two ladies would be sharing the one on the east side of the house.

"Silly Yu, you are not going to release your foul beasty attitude and go gangster on me and Wei Yan Er in the middle of the night, are you?" If Han Ying Xue could say such things, it only meant that she was getting back to her usual self.

Zhang Yang could only shake his head again and again, and said, "No worries, I will never take opportunity on others!"

"You better be, and I am telling you now, I have a tazer, a pepper spray and all other sort of stuffs that can prevent perverts, all lying there in my room! It would only mean death for you if you try something funny!" Han Ying Xue warned Zhang Yang.

"Fine! Fine!" Zhang Yang took the game helmet over from Han Ying Xue, then he walked into the guest room and began to log in to the game.

He then informed Fatty Han and the rest of the gang about the horrible things that had happened to Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er. Everyone felt so sorry to hear about it. Fatty Han said that he would go visit them, while Daffodil Daydream and the rest who were living afar expressed that they were going to fly over to Zhou Su City to attend the funeral of Wei Yan Er's father.

On the next day, Fatty Han and Sun Xin Yu came by to Han Ying Xue's house.

"Little Yang, you stayed overnight over here?" Fatty Han asked Zhang Yang pointedly.

"What are you thinking?"

"Well, there are two pretty ladies in there, and they're nicely spread over multiple preferences of men, if you get what I mean. One mature, one young, and they are both feeling hurt, being in a state of 'void'. It is extremely easy for you go, you know, 'get in'! Little Yang, I approve and give my utmost support on you having a 'double kill'!" Fatty Han patted Zhang Yang's shoulder gently, expressing an expression that said 'I know, you know'.

"Shut up!" Zhang Yang then turned towards Sun Xin Yu and asked, "Anything suspicious?"

Sun Xin Yu gave Zhang Yang an intense stare before she begin to speak, "After the investigation, it appears that Mr.Wei ingested some alcohol before he drove. However, the amount of alcohol in his blood stream wasn't high. However, there were also traces of high dosages of sleeping pills inside his system, which caused him to be disoriented while driving. As a result, he died in a crash!"

Zhang Yang felt uneasy under her intense gaze, and he was shocked to hear about the result as well. He paused for awhile and said, "No suspicion at all?"

"If, let's say that the 'Death Wish' email from Mr.Wei is real, then his suicide is most likely true! But if the email was forged y someone else, then the police will take in account, on the possibility that someone was drugging him on purpose!" Sun Xin Yu explained coldly.

"Doesn't Mr.Wei have his own personal driver?" Zhang Yang was curious, a big boss of a large-scale company like Mr.Wei wouldn't drive by himself. Plus, he was not some youngster, so he wouldn't simply race around for the thrill of it!

Han Ying Xue smiled coldly and said, "I guess he was on his way to meet his mistress, his driver could not know."

Although she treated Wei Yan Er like her real sister, but she obviously did not share the same respect towards Mr.Wei.

"Icy, didn't I tell you that the biggest suspect is that annoying guy Luo Yang Ming? Why didn't you guys bring him in for questioning yet? That guy is definitely the spineless type. A few good scares will definitely crack him up!" Zhang Yang told Sun Xin Yu.

"Police work requires solid evidence!" Sun Xin Yu was still speaking coldly to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang could only smile and he turned to Fatty Han, "Fatty, let's go and have a chat with that guy."

Sun Xin Yu frowned her pretty looking eyebrows and asked, "What do you guys intend to do?"

"Did you say police work requires solid evidence? We are gangsters, hoodlums! As long as we suspect someone, it's enough reason to shake them up!" Zhang Yang replied.

"Personal torture to extract confession is illegal!"

"Then arrest me!" Zhang Yang put out both of his hands, "Or just pretend you know nothing about this!"

Sun Xin Yu was enraged, but she only turned her head away after giving some murderous glares at Zhang Yang.

"Move out!"

Zhang Yang requested for the contact number of Luo Yang Ming from Han Ying Xue and he dialed the number. After just awhile, he heard a man's voice over the phone saying, "Hello? Who are you? How did you get my number?"

"You with the sir name Luo, if you did nothing wrong, what are you so afraid of!"

"You're insane! I'm hanging up if you're not telling me who you are!"

"Hehe, hang up then! Because if you hang up the phone right now, I shall let lose the recording of the conversation between you and Liu Shu Yan, discussing about your conspiracy!" Zhang Yang took a wild guess, hoping to strike gold. Zhang Yang assumed that if they really had something to do with the death of Mr.Wei, these two siblings must have had more than one conversation about it.

Instantly, the sound of Luo Yang Ming breathing rapidly was heard over the phone, and after quite awhile, Luo Yang Ming finally began to talk, "So what do you really want?"

"Of course it's money!" Zhang Yang gave a few sinister laughs and said, "Meet us alone, drive alone! We shall negotiate the amount of money that you need to pay us to get back the recording! I will only wait for half an hour! Any later, do dress up nicely for the cops, yeah?"

Luo Yang Ming immediately panicked and said, "Please don't! Please calm down! I'm coming right now! Please don't go to the police station!"

"Fine, then go to this address!" Zhang Yang gave Luo Yang Ming an address.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yang let Fatty Han drove him over to the address he gave to that guy.

Luo Yang Ming was really a coward, to cave in so easily. An idiot like him, can they really get the proof on his conspiracy?

Zhang Yang could not help himself but to have doubts in his plan.

Having the sport car parked at the dark corner side of the bridge, Zhang Yang got down from the car and said, "If that guy shows up alone, just ring the phone once, if he brings some muscles along with him, ring the phone twice!"

"You can count on me! Just relax!" Fatty Han pounded his chest and told Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang walked down from the bridge alone. It was alright, because the weather was quite cold that day, and there was no sign of hobos around the area. He quietly waited for awhile, and then his phone began to ring! And it only rang once before it was cut off.

In just awhile, a shadow of man was visible within his sight, and under the pale moonlight, he could see that the shadow was indeed that rich bastard, the son of the rich, selfish family!

"Hello -- I'm here, where are you?" Luo Ming Yang was beginning to feel anxious and began to call out. Although the security in Zhou Su City was not bad, there were still cases related to guns and murders happening around the city. It would take a lot for the coward to have come out alone by himself.

Zhang Yang was standing by the shadow of the bridge, and under the cover of darkness, he began to talk, "You who carries the surname Luo, you really are a bogey, you attempted to rape your cousin, and then you killed your own uncle! Any other dirty things that you haven't done yet?"

"What can I really offer you to stop all this?" Luo Ming Yang was indeed an idiot. He had not denied anything once, and had already admitted that he indeed was involved in the 'accident'.

"How much money do you want, you just say it!"

Zhang Yang shook his head again and again, and then he walked out of the shadow into the light, and the moonlight instantly shined on his face.

"You... You are the guy that went to Wei Yan Er's house yesterday!" Luo Ming Yang lost his voice while attempting to shout.

Zhang Yang was shocked for a while there before he could react. His face is different from his avatar's face in the game, no wonder Luo Yang Ming could not recognize him!

Luo Yang Ming was sensing that something was not right, so he began to back up slowly!

Zhang Yang dashed forward, and it was like an eagle grabbing a chick, with only one hand, he grabbed hold of the back collar of Luo Yang Ming and lifted that coward up into the air.

Although Luo Yang Ming was an idiot, he knew at once that he was outmatched and outclassed! Instantly he stopped struggling and said, "Boss, anything can be settled, just say the price, please don't hurt me!"

Zhang Yang took out his phone and called Fatty Han, "Hey fatty, come over here for some exercise! Move your bones and muscles for a little bit!"

The instance Luo Yang Ming heard what Zhang Yang said over the phone, his face turned pale immediately and said, "wha... what are you guys going to do?"

Crunch!

Zhang Yang swung his fist, at the same instant, he let go of the collar and Luo Ming Yang staggered back, clutching his jaw. He then spat out some blood and broken teeth from his mouth!

Luo Yang Ming was given a beat down to the point that he could not understand! Anything could be settled with words right? They could have discussed over it and have a happy ending. But why would he be beaten up without even having the chance to negotiate at all!

Crunch!

Zhang Yang swung another powerful punch and Luo Yang Ming let out a horrible and terrified scream. More teeth flew out of his mouth.

Fatty Han had also arrived at the scene, and seeing that Zhang Yang was having a hell of a good time beating up that coward, he too rushed forward and said, "Allow me to enjoy for a bit!"

Zhang Yang took a few steps back while Fatty Han cut in and began to do some weird stuff to that guy. Fatty Han let out a few sinister laughs, and pressed Luo Ming Yang face down into the ground, and shoof! Fatty Han took off Luo Ming Yang's pants!

The man was barely conscious, but was instantly shaken out of his stupor! He began making muffled groans, thinking that he was about to be violated by that fat man! The horrific screams coming from Luo Ming Yang broke through the night, and his tears were dripping down, like there was no tomorrow.

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Chapter 322: The Confession

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Fatty Han's hands were fast and deft. With a few seconds, he had unbuckled the rather thick jeans and had pulled the pants down, revealing a pair of floral, Hawaiian style boxers.

"Erhm…Fatty. Are you…erhm…are you planning to give him the experience of a woman?" said Zhang Yang with a shiver.

"Please. Boobies are the only pair I'll take. That and nice, curvy buttocks." Said Fatty Han. "This is what I call a real life "Cripple Defense"."

Zhang Yang let out a long sigh of relief. Even Luo Yang Ming who had been pinned down was screaming at one point, thinking that his anus was truly in danger. After hearing Fatty Han's explanation, he relaxed and stopped struggling violently.

Fatty Han then removed Luo Yang Ming's leather, hard sole shoes and smacked his unprotected butt with the hard end.

"Owiie!" Luo Yang Ming screamed like a woman. His entire body stiffen up like a solid wood, trying his best to struggle. His sudden buckle even shoved off someone as heavy as Fatty Han!

"Hahaha! That was fun!" said Fatty Han, laughing like a hyena. Fatty Han turned Luo Yang Ming face down and sat on him again. This time, he sat on his lower back and made sure that Luo Yang Ming could not move again when he continue "spanking" his butt with the shoe until it was all red and swollen.

Zhang Yang groaned. "I've never known that you would be into BDSM."

"Please. I haven't beaten up anyone for such a long time, I'm starting to get a little crazy! Bear with me a little, yeah!"

"Please stop! Please! Have mercy!" cried Luo Yang Ming. "I'll give you anything you want! Just, please stop hitting me! It hurts!"

"Hmph! Fatty, don't stop. Smack some testosterone into him! This sissy needs some manliness smacked into him!"

"Will do!" Being large, Fatty Han had heavy hands. The sheer momentum of his arms, coupled with the hard, rough surface of the shoe's sole, had caused the poor Luo Yang Ming to faint from the pain and was awaken again and again from the same sensation. Both Zhang Yang and Fatty Han knew that the death of Wei Yan Er's father had something to do with Luo Yang Ming. That was why they were relentless in punishing him for over 30 minutes!

It was winter. It was so cold that you can practically freeze a bucket of water in just 10 minutes. Yet, Luo Yang Ming was smacked to the point where he was drenched in his own sweat. With pools of sweat underneath, him, it was clear that the pain he suffered was tremendous. After having their suppressed rage released, Zhang Yang nudged Fatty Han aside and moved in to and slap Luo Yang Ming's face.

"Alright, speak up! Was it you who caused your own uncle's death?"

If Zhang Yang had started off with that question, Luo Yang Ming would surely have denied it. Now that Zhang Yang had given him a good spanking, the only thought in Luo Yang Ming's mind was to not piss off the two attackers any further.

Obediently, Luo Yang Ming answered. "We have always known that at every Saturday, he will sometimes drive himself to visit his lover and his son. That's why, we spiked his wine with a large dose of sleeping medication."

"Hmm. Did Liu Shu Yan put you up to this?"

"Hm. Liu Shu Yan was the master mind behind all of these. I was the one that carried it out. It's true! I'm no one! I'm just a little guy! Please, let me go! Please!" Luo Yang Ming started to cry like a little girl.

"Hmph! I believe you!. Only because a little pea bag like you couldn't have the intelligence to come up with such a plan!" Zhang Yang boldly proclaimed. "So? What's next in your grand master plan? Do you actually plan to do something to Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er?! I know that after killing off Wei Zhang Tao, you guys would not inherit the family property!"

"The plan was to wait after uncle's funeral. After that we will plan another accident to have her killed."

Zhang Yang slapped him again. "Right now, with the problems surrounding Silky Soft Holdings, you plan to use them as a good reason for them them to suicide, right!? Not bad. Not bad at all! Were all the negative rumors about Silky Soft Holdings spread by you?"

"Yes…" said Luo Yang Ming having lost all resistance. "Those years where we had taken money out of the company, no one, not even uncle, knew about it. Uncle was a klutz. The only thing in his mind was to play with women! However, Little Xue played quite a role in office management as well. If she ever found out of the discrepancies, we would be the ones in trouble! I would rather have her die before me!"

The last sentence took Zhang Yang over the edge. His face hardened up, and he spat on the ground beside the man's face.

"What a shameless prick!" said Fatty Han as he spat directly on Luo Yang Ming's face.

"Let's go. We got what we needed," said Zhang Yang as he turned off the phone. His entire confession had been recorded.

"Hey! Give me the recorder! Please! I'll pay you! I'll pay you a fortune!" said Luo Yang Ming as he started struggling frantically.

Zhang Yang scoffed and kicked him in the face before turning away. "I don't need your money. Use that pathetic money of yours to visit the doctor…while you still can!"

The two of them got into the car and left Luo Yang Ming in the dirt.

Back at Han Ying Xue's house, Sun Xin Yu was still there waiting. Zhang Yang did not even bother to clean himself up and directly dropped the phone into Sun Xin Yu fair hands. "Take this. It has everything you'll need to prosecute that bastard!"

"You guys…what did you—"

"You don't want to know!"

"…You. I see. Let's just say an anonymous citizen handed this over!"

"You're absolutely right. The police and the citizen should help each other out during hard times!"

With the confession in hand, the Public Security Bureau had everything the needed. The "suicide" news was brought up to light and had cause major uproar in the media around Zhou Su City. There were headlines about this investigation all over, in the newspapers, for the next few days! After a thorough investigation, the Bureau had managed to uncovered more than 10 suspects that were involved in his homicide case, however, the main culprit, Liu Shu Yan had manage to slip out of trouble! Since the only mouth that was tying her to the case was Luo Yang Ming's. However, there were no proper evidence that stated her involvement in this case! Furthermore, she was backed up with a very efficient lawyer!

This sly fox was very good. She was the mastermind, but her hands had never been sullied. Luo Yang Ming did all the heavy work. Since the two of them had never recorded their conversations, Luo Yang Ming would only appear to be falsely accusing her. The case was dismissed, and she got off the hook under the premise of false allegations.

Zhang Yang and the rest of them were waiting outside the station when Liu Shu Yan walked out of the station, free from all charges. When the woman entered her car, she stared coldly at Han Ying Xue. Zhang Yang could have sworn that he saw the woman was smiling.

"What a completely retard! Why didn't he keep any sort of evidence that he could have used as leverage?! What a loser, now he's taking all the heat!" said Fatty Han disgruntledly.

"This woman would not rest until she gets what she wants." said Zhang Yang. Deep down, his instincts were screaming when he saw the smile. It contained such a killing intent, faint, yet so powerful that Zhang Yang would not ever get a good night's sleep.

"That's why, noobie tank should continue on protecting me and cousin sister!" Wei Yan Er had regained her spirit.

Zhang Yang was slightly relieved. In truth, he did not want anything to happen to them. He frowned and said, "I'll say, what you really want is to have me to make you more dishes! Isn't that right, you little brat!" said Zhang Yang, as he rubbed the little girl's head.

"Nyehehehe!" Both Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue grinned happily.

Zhang Yang had lost his parents when he was only a little boy. Since childhood, he had learned to cook on his own and had manage to raise his culinary skills to a certain extent. During his stay in her house, Zhang Yang was the one who had been cooking all the meals for Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er. With his level of cooking, Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er had completely fallen for his cooking.

Fatty Han shot him a thumbs up, flashing a wink that practically says, "We are a good team!"

Sun Xin Yu was starting to get agitated. "With only Zhang Yang staying over, it would be extremely inappropriate for the both of you! From here on out, I shall take over the role and protect you both!"

Wei Yan Er walked up to Sun Xin Yu and cocked her head cutely. "…Sister Sun? Can you cook?" she asked like an innocent little girl.

"I…I-I-I'll order takeout!" said Sun Xin Yu coldly as she stuttered. Apparently she had zero cooking abilities.

"No.NO.NO.NO!" said Wei Yan Er as she turned her head left and right at a high speed. "Takeouts are not as nice as the one that noobie tank cooks!"

Sun Xin Yu sighed. Helplessly, she blushed with a great deal and walked over to Zhang Yang. "Don't you dare agree to them!"

"Huh? Why?"

"There's no why! Just don't!" said Sun Xin Yu.

Zhang Yang cocked his head as well and pretended to gasped. "Oh! You're jealous!"

Sun Xin Yu slid across the floor and went up straight closer to Zhang Yang. "GRAH! W-W-Who's j-j-j-jealous!? Hmph! I'm leaving!"

Although she said she was leaving, but Sun Xin Yu turned around to walk into the station instead.

Since Wei Zhang Tao, Wei Yan Er's father had just passed away, Wei Yan Er was not in the mood to hold a party for her birthday. In the end, she had only called for Han Ying Xue, Fatty Han, Zhang Yang, and Sun Xin Yu to have the traditional Longevity Noodle1. Two days after the court order, Wei Yan Er was so busy cleaning up the mess in Silky Soft Holdings, and other related matters. After the dinner, made specially by Zhang Yang, everyone took a stroll outside before logging into the game.

Since it had been a while since they had logged in, many guild members had missed them. The moment the notification rang, announcing their logins, members started to bombard the girls with greetings. Zhang Yang invited them into his party and took Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue to take up some quest and kill monsters for experience points.

"Grah! Annoying!" cried Wei Yan Er. "These days, I finally gone through the accounting. Those parasites have already eaten up a large empty hole inside the company accounts! My god! Even cheese rolls have lesser holes than this!"

Han Ying Xue was also frowning. "The company will be announcing the past year records in just a few days. I have no idea how this issue will affect the stock value. Furthermore, the suppliers will want us to settle the accounts with them as well! I have no idea how to solve this huge gap!"

"Couldn't you just ask for a loan from the bank?"

"After reading the company financial report, I could swear that no bank will be willing to offer us a loan!" said Han Ying Xue as she shook her head disappointingly. "We might need to lay off a few large departments, tuck in, and hope for the worst to past by before we can relax!"

"I had never known that those little parasites could really spend that much! No wonder that worm would resort to attempting to kill me and cousin sister off! The amount of money that has been taken out of the company would be enough to have them shot in the head! More than once!" cried Wei Yan Er furiously.

"Enough with the bad news. There will be a bridge and we'll cross it when we get to it. Until then, let's just focus what's now!" Zhang Yang transferred a large number of [Intelligence Potions] to Han Ying Xue and said, "You guys have been inactive for some time now. You'll need to speed things up a notch and get back on track!"

That being said, Zhang Yang himself had not been training for the past days. Still, he was at Level 74 with 51% experience points, while Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue were still at Level 71.

After arriving at the usual grinding site, Zhang Yang and the party killed one wave of monster when a figure was seen from afar galloping towards them. Initially, the trio thought they were players, however, when the figure got closer, it was a soldier, fully clad in armor, on a handsome horse.

[Leanger, the Messenger] (Elite, Humanoid)

Level: 80

HP: 80,000

Defense: 450

Leanger stopped the horse when he was close to Zhang Yang. He then got down the horse and salute Zhang Yang. "In the name of Prince Serena, Zhan Yu has been requested to return to the castle immediately!"

The three of them exchange a surprised look. An NPC could search for a player?! How intriguing.

"What does Princess Serena need of me?" said Zhang Yang.

"My apologies. I was only sent here to summon you back," said Leanger as he saluted again. "The message has indeed been delivered. Please head back to the castle at once. Fare thee well."

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Chapter 323: Meteor Sword

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Leanger got back on his horse and rode off.

Puffing her cheeks out, Han Ying Xue scoffed. "Dummy, I'd never known that some kid like you would actually manage to hook up with a princess! That, and the Elven Priestess of the Moon. What a player!"

Zhang Yang was not paying attention to her, as he was busy thinking about the reason why Princess Serena would actually summon him. Normally, an NPC would only interact with a player via direct communication and interaction. That applies to NPCs with complex AI as well. All things considered, Princess Serena had actually sent someone out to contact him. It was extremely odd.

Zhang Yang took out a piece of [Teleportation Scroll] and said, "You guys, continue your training. I'll head back for a bit!"

With a flash of bright light, Zhang Yang arrived at Thunderstorm Castle and "jumped" to White Jade Castle via the Teleportation Points. He then made his way quickly to the castle doors.

"Peasants are not allowed into the royal grounds!" cried one of the eight guards who were blocking the castle entrance.

Zhang Yang said sternly. "I am Zhan Yu. I am here under the order of Princess Serena herself!"

One of the guards standing closest to Zhang Yang approached him. "Are you really Zhan Yu?"

"The one and only!"

The guard nodded his head and opened a pathway for him. "Follow me!"

The guard led Zhang Yang directly into the Royal Chamber of Star and Luna.

"Please wait here! I will notify the princess," said the guard as he entered the chamber. After a moment, he came out of the chamber and allowed Zhang Yang to proceed further. "You may enter."

Inside the chamber, there were the same 24 gigantic pillars, along with heavily armored soldiers, standing at the side of each pillars. All of them were Elite tier soldier with their Levels hidden away! The defense of the castle had been upgraded to a whole other level!

Serena was sitting at her throne reading a book when he entered. As his heavy footsteps got louder, she closed the book gently and set it aside to welcome Zhang Yang. "Ah. Zhan Yu, please sit!" said Serena as she gestured to a small chair near her throne.

Zhang Yang went up to the chair and made himself comfortable. "Princess, I have no idea why you were in a rush to meet me. Is there anything of importance?"

Serene did not respond to him immediately. Instead, she glanced to the left and right without looking at him and said, "Zhan Yu, do you know of the Imperial Heaven's Empire?"

"Yes. Imperial Heaven's Empire was humanity's first and only empire. It was divided about 1,000 years ago, which was why there were many smaller kingdoms now," said Zhang Yang. It was the background of the game.

Serene turned to look directly at him. "My ambition, is to expand the great kingdom of White Jade to become the next Imperial Heaven's Empire!"

With no successor to the king, this princess had the heart of a real queen! That being said, it was already expected. If she did not have any intentions of expanding her kingdom, she would not have led the expedition to conquer Tukula Fortress in the first place, and would not have let herself become a hostage.

"How ambitious! We as thy followers, shan't disappoint thee" Zhang Yang continued to kiss her *ss. At least, there was no one around to judge him.

Serena nodded her head in satisfaction. "You have proven yourself worthy when you planted the flag of White Jade Kingdom in the Tanilla Forest! Your actions have demonstrated the power of my kingdom!"

Zhang Yang was getting worried, thinking that she would have him surrender his territory back to the kingdom. It was the one food provider of Zhang Yang, and if she wanted it back, he would not be giving it up without a fight.

"All is well, but that's not enough!" said Serena as she stood up suddenly. With a heroic stance, she roared, "I had advised my father, the king, to lead an army to enter the territory beyond the fortress but my father, the king wishes only to defend and not expand the borders of the kingdom! Before I succeed the throne, I am no position to command a large army in order to fulfill my ambitions! Therefore, I have to find another way!"

She paused a little. "Zhan Yu, do you know why the Imperial Heaven's Empire could rule over all of humanity and become history's first ever human empire?"

"No!" That was not a lie. The game's introduction did not include any further explanation.

Serena smiled and crossed her arms as she sat down gracefully back on her throne. " Legend has it, that Imperial Heaven's Empire had obtained a Celestial weapon called the Meteor Sword. Only with the sword, humanity had managed to suppressed all other beings in the world and built an invincible empire! However, it was also the cause of their downfall. Imperial Heaven's Empire was built on military strength, and was able to suppress other races in terms of military power. The following generations grew greedy. A greedy king is never loved by their subjects. They tried to enforce their will over the seven great generals, but were only brought down in retaliation!"

"Imperial Heaven's Empire has long lost it's royal blood line. The original seven generals of war had expended all their military forces. It was by then, when the officials wanted to take over the military in the name of the Emperor. One by one, they rose up to take the lead, but their true intentions were to take control of the Meteor Sword and to rule over the nation! Left with no choice in their hands, the seven generals had to resort to forbidden magic and banish the entire palace into an alternate dimension. However, they had also created a key that could open the dimensional gateway. They keys have been split into seven parts. Each general kept a part and their descendants now hold it. To open the gates, one must gather all the parts. One can enter the palace from there and obtain the Meteor Sword!"

Celestial weapon?

Serena continued. "After a thousand years, countless men have tried their best to search for the descendants of these seven generals, to search for the key parts, to obtain the Meteor Sword, but no one had succeeded! No one and no kingdom had ever been able to search for any clues! 7 years ago, I had sent spies out in various directions. After spending a large amount of gold, I have gathered the information about the location of the descendent of the seven generals! I know where they are! However, despite my efforts, father has vehemently disagreed! He thinks that the sword is a bad omen, a cursed weapon! That is why, I leave the search to you. Zhan Yu, you are my only hope in finding the sword!"

'Ding! Serena had a quest for you: Search the Meteor Sword. Will you accept it? This quest will link to the main story quest. Complete the quest for a luxurious reward!'

A main story quest had just turned up at Zhang Yang door step!

Now Zhang Yang had finally understood the benefits of getting a good Relationship with Princess Serena! To think that she would deliberately seek him out for such a request!

Zhang Yang spoke out. "My princess, your wish is my command!'

Serena smiled and gave him a small pamphlet. "This is the current location of all the seven generals' descendants. I cannot disobey my father, the king's command. Therefore, the kingdom cannot support you in any way. You are on your own in this dangerous mission. Please be careful!"

"My Princess. Rest assured, I will complete the mission!" said Zhang Yang as he took the pamphlet.

"I will take you word for it. Please, hurry. I am not the only one who knows of this. The other seven kingdoms have already done the same thing! Please hurry!" said Princess Serena agitatedly.

"Roger!"

After exiting the royal chamber, Zhang Yang flipped open the pamphlet and read the paper. What a pain, all seven NPC were all scattered in all different maps! Just travelling alone would be tough! Among the seven NPC, three were located in three different Level 70 maps. Three others were located three other different Level 80 maps. The last NPC is located in a Level 90 map! In that case, to finish this quest, Zhang Yang would have to grind his way to Level 90!

For a start, Zhang Yang could at least gather the three key fragments from the Level 70 maps. Zhang Yang opened the quest window and read the description to see it could be shared with others.

[Search the Meteor Sword] (Difficulty Level: S)

Quest Description: Princess Serena has ordered you to search for the ancient Celestial weapon, the Meteor Sword! The Celestial sword exists in the treasure vault within the royal palace of the Imperial Heaven's Empire. However, the palace, the vault and the sword is currently trapped within an alternate dimension. First, you have to search for the seven key fragments to form a perfect key. Only then, you can open the dimensional gates to enter the palace. The same key could be used to open the treasure vault.

Progress: Meteor Sword 0/1

Unable to share. In the lower corner of the quest description, the option button to share the quest was grayed out.

"Noobie tank, what did the princess ask you to do?" ask Wei Yan Er in the party channel.

"Hehe, a main story quest!" said Zhang Yang with a smile on his face.

"…Woah! What are you waiting for! Share it! Let's go! Come on! Share it!"

"Nope. The quest cannot be shared."

"What!?"

Zhang Yang first returned to the Thunderstorm Castle and went to Oz with the white bear panting beneath him. One of the seven descendants, named Alousous, was located somewhere in the small town of Lagguda. The information did not mention his exact position, neither about the exact position of the town Lagguda.

Riding around like the wind, Zhang Yang had spent over 3 hours and had finally came to a small, ancient looking town. The entrance of the town had a large clock tower that did not move; the long hand was pointing at 37 minutes while the short hand was pointing at 1. It seems that the clock was broken.

Zhang Yang patted the bear's head and the bear slowed down. Slowly, it walked through the streets of the ancient town. The strangest thing about this place, was the fact that it was shining brightly outside, yet, the moment Zhang Yang entered stepped into the town, everything turned dark and gloomy. Even the sky was void of sun light yet it did not seem to be night fall. A cold wind blew by, sending dusts and a few piece of paper rolling off the floor, giving a ghostly feel.

Where are all the people?

With a dead silence looming over the place, only the bear's footsteps could be heard. With each step it took, there was nothing else, besides the sound of its footsteps and the echoes it produced. That sort of atmosphere had given Zhang Yang a cold chill down his spine. The place was just too eerie for him to be alone. After a quick search, Zhang Yang arrived at the center plaza of the town. Standing there, Zhang Yang scanned the entire town and could not even find a shadow of a person. The entire place was completely devoid of any sign of human activity! It was as if some form of famine or plague had robbed the town of all life.

Clak. Clak. Clak.

Footsteps echoed behind Zhang Yang. Along with it, came the sound of ragged breathing as if someone was breathing through a mask. It was so terrifying that he did not even dare turn around to meet this approach.

Shaking, Zhang Yang tried to calm himself and gripped the hilt of the sword tighter. Props to the game developers for such convincing effects! The virtual atmosphere was so real that it could even induce a heart attack for the weak-willed.

"Young man~~~" came a shady voice from behind.

With all the strength he had, Zhang Yang pulled out the sword from the sheath at lightning speed and, ready to slash whoever is was that surprised him. However, before the blade landed on its target, Zhang Yang quick reflexes saw that the person behind him was an older man with a walking stick, and was hunched back. Zhang Yang stopped the blade immediately with both of his hands, creating a powerful after shock that blew away some of the dust on the floor.

Zhang drew a long breath, calming down when he saw the name tag on the old man. He then slammed the sword back into its scabbard and walked closer to the older man.

[Alousous] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 1

HP: 1/50

Defense: 10

This man was the person that he was looking for! This NPC seemed so weak and a simple draft would easily blow him to his feet. Could Zhang Yang simply kill the man and take the key? Zhang Yang was seriously considering it in his thoughts. Technically, a majority of all the quests would not be so simply. If he killed the NPC, it would definitely not drop anything, instead, it might cause the quest to be stuck forever, since the key fragment would be forever lost!

That was what the game developers wanted the players to think. In truth, the NPC would simply die in a quick swing of the sword. After considering it for some time, Zhang Yang had decided to just act rationally. "Old man, what had happened here? Where are all the other people living here?"

Alousous held the walking stick closely and stood still. "They…they have all plunged into eternal sleep! Young man, this place is too dangerous! Please, leave this hellish abyss while you still can!"

Zhang Yang got down from his white bear and said, "Old man, could you please explain to me, why are the people in this town in eternal sleep?"

Obviously, he could not just walk away. How else would he obtained the key fragment?

"Sigh! Please do not think highly of yourself! There were many, many others like you! Young adventurers who thought they could take on the world! Many had come and many had refused to listen and chose to remain. In the end, they met the same fate as the citizens here. Never again to have a waking moment!" Alousous sighed heavily.

Zhang Yang could not help but ask. "If you could just explain, how did an old man like yourself escape and remained awake?"

"How, you ask? That's because I wasn't as greedy and gullible as the rest of them!" said Alousous while he shook his head. "Young man, do you intend to stay?"

"Yes!"

"Sigh!" Alousous sighed again. "This town used to be a beautiful and peaceful little town. People were happily working, happily living. Until 20 years ago, or 30 years…an evil witch came into town and offered a lie. The lie told the citizens that they could attain immortality by drinking the potion she had made!"

The old man shook his head. "One fateful night, 1.37 midnight. The entire town was frozen in time. Just like that clock over there. No living being in this town could move! No one would ever awaken from their dreams! They will never grow old! Neither will they awaken!"

"Did anyone defeat the witch?"

"She is a powerful witch, young man. Those who had drank on the potion will extend her own life span, killing her once will kill one of the citizens here!"

"Is there any other way to defeat her?"

Alousous dwelled in his thoughts for a moment before he answered. "There is a way. There is a Mirror of Truth that belonged to the queen, it could dispel all evil spells! That alone could defeat the witch! Young man, if you truly wish to help this town, please don't rush into things. Leave this place and head to Hera's Castle, and retrieve the Mirror of Truth to defeat the witch!"

'Ding! Alousous has a quest for you: Retrieve the Mirror of Truth! Will you accept it?'

….There is but one problem with this quest. The Mirror of Truth had already been destroyed by him, a long time ago! Is this what they call shooting oneself in the leg? Zhang Yang laughed. He accepted the quest and bid the old man goodbye. "Old man, I shall try my best!"

The game would never make a quest impossible to be completed. That is why, even if the Mirror of Truth is destroyed, there had to be another way to eliminate the witch. Still, he must visit Hera's Castle. Zhang Yang then rode hurriedly towards Hera's Castle. Crossing rivers and over the mountains, Zhang Yang finally arrived at the ancient castle.

At the gates, Zhang Yang got down the bear and talked to one of the guards. "My name is Zhan Yu and I am here to speak with the Queen!"

"Kah Kah Kah! Do you think the Queen will talk to any sloppy adventurer who comes up to her castle?" one of the guards laughed.

"I came from the town of Lagguda. Something has happened to the town and I am here to seek the assistance of the Queen!" Zhang Yang explained. Since the quest had instructed him to talk to Shaenita in Hera's Castle, the word Lagguda should be an important keyword or pass phrase.

"Lagguda?" Bingo. One of the guards expressed his concern and quickly replied. "Wait here. I shall inform the Queen about this."

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Chapter 324: Underwear Thief

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Without keeping him waiting, the guard came back and welcomed Zhang Yang into the castle. "Please follow me. The Queen will see you."

The guard led Zhang Yang all the way into the castle and into an exquisite library. There were two guards standing outside the library which were both Elite tier and their levels were three question marks, an indication that their levels were at least 20 levels higher than Zhang Yang.

"Your highness, the visitor from Lagguda has arrived," said the guard with the utmost respect.

"Let him in." The voice of Shaenita rang from within the library.

Zhang Yang walked in to the room and saw Shaenitta was sitting by the corner with a book in her hands. As expected of a queen, she was dressed in a black, fashionable dress which wrapped around her tightly that brought out the figure of her slim body. The cutting on her chest was so low and it squeezed her hookers out like a pair of water balloons! Zhang Yang could not help but to wonder how women actually breathed when their breasts were squeezed like that. Behind her were two handmaidens that also had their levels hidden.

When Zhang Yang finally approached her, Shaenita puts down the book in her hand and glanced up. Her eyes widened and was instantly burning with rage. "You!"

D*mn! NPCs with AI had "memories" and were really a nuisance when they actually remember what you did to them! If it were any other normal NPC, it would not matter what a player did him! You could beat him, slam him, give him a cock screw punch, R.K.O the s.o.b, pinch his nipple, or anything else, and the NPC will completely forget all about it once you leave its aggro range. The NPC will run back to its original place and reset its memories.

Zhang Yang smiled awkwardly. "Your highness, I represent the citizens of Lagguda to beg for your help!"

"Hmph!" Shaenita scoffed. "You're not a citizen of my kingdom, who are you to represent the town of Lagguda?" It was plainly obvious that Shaenita was still angry at him.

"I'm but a adventurer. Fulfilling the wishes others in order to move forward. Now that I have given my word to the people in Lagguda, I stand by my plea to you. Please help us!" said Zhang Yang. It's best to have his slate cleaned before asking for anything else in return.

Shaenita looked at Zhang Yang and solemnly sighed. After a long pause, Shaenita finally spoke. "A few years back, many had asked me to investigate a case where people would disappear after entering the town of Lagguda. Since the number of missing people were but a small number, I had always pushed the thought to the back of my head. I had never thought that it was all the work of an evil witch!"

Now that Zhang Yang had drawn her attention, he had to strike the iron when it's hot! "Your highness, that witch was using some kind of time magic to obtain life force from the people who have consumed her potion. There is an easy to way to kill the witch, that is to use the Mirror of Truth!"

"You dare to mention about the mirror!" Shaenita shot up to her feet. "If it wasn't for your foolish act and gullible brains, the Mirror of Truth would still be intact! You dare to feign ignorance about this?!"

Zhang Yang bowed down horridly. "Your highness! When there is a will, there is a way! Everything that had been wronged, can always be right! Can the Mirror of Truth be fixed?"

Shaenita sighed and sat down. "The magic behind the Mirror of Truth is not the mirror itself, it is the magical tool's spirit! To fixed the Mirror of Truth, you must first revive the spirit that lives in the mirror!"

Jackpot. There's never a quest that could not be done!

Zhang Yang asked, "Your highness. How does one revive the tool's spirit?"

Shanita rested her chin on her silky, fair hands. While gazing to the horizon of the land from the window beside her, she said, "To revive the tool's spirit, it's not a big of a deal. All you need is a bottle of Ethereal Springwater. However, the only place to obtain the Ethereal Springwater is in the deepest parts of Siccory Mountains within the Chaos Realms. It will be tough for you, since that place is crawling with huge and dangerous monsters!"

Chaos Realms? This is a bad joke. That place can only be access after Level 100! This is just a Level 70 quest! How could the quest require Zhang Yang to be at Level 100 to complete it!

Zhang Yang frowned. "Is there any other way to obtained the Ethereal Springwater?"

Shaenitta shook her head and stopped suddenly. "I recall that there was an adventurer named Gus who lived in the Tanjar Flatlands, the Town of Sivar. He had ventured into the Chaos Realms and obtained a bottle of Ethereal Springwater himself! Zhan Yu, if you can retrieve the Ethereal Springwater, and fix the Mirror of Truth, I will promise to lend you the mirror!"

What the hell!? This queen is being a b*tch! The mirror was nothing but shattered into pieces of glass! The queen was taking advantage of Zhan Yu to basically fix the mirror for free! But from the way she phrased it, it seemed that Zhang Yang was the one who was gaining a huge favor from the queen! As expected from a manipulative politician!

'Ding! Shanita has a quest for you: Fix the Mirror of Truth. Will you accept it?'

It's not like he could simply ask for a better way around, does it?

Zhang Yang left the palace and rode the white bear towards the Tanjar Flatlands.

Tanjar Flatlands is a Level 70 map. Luckily, it was not far from Oz. It was just right beside the Black Moss Wilderness. Oz was to the left of Black Moss Wilderness, while the Tanjar Flatlands was to the right. Still, a Level 70 maps was just too huge, that Zhang Yang had spent 5 hours just to travel from the far left to the end of the right.

Compared to the silent town of Lagguda, Sivar was much livelier. With many people walking around, filling the street, the town brimmed with liveliness. Along the street, Zhang Yang stopped once in a while to ask for the location of Gus the adventurer. Never had it cross his mind that Gus was rather infamous in this town. The thing was, it was not because of the tale of his adventures, it was the mischiefs that he had done in town.

"What? You want to talk to that old pervert? The guy that will fall to his feet and flip a beautiful girl's skirt to peek at her panties?! Is that the man that you're looking for?" This was said by an NPC in Sivar. However, it crossed his mind that that description would fit how Fatty Han would behave, 40 years in the future.

As he proceeded to the east of the town, Zhang Yang finally encountered the legendary adventure who had ventured into the depths of Siccory Mountain and obtained the Ethereal Springwater, the brave and bold adventurer, who was currently crawling over a brick wall, trying to steal the neighbor's laundry, specifically undergarments that were worn by woman. However, even after he had successfully crawled over the wall, an older lady, roughly by the age of 40, had come out of the house, and with a butcher knife in her hand, had started to chase after Gus.

Right then, Gus had not managed to steal any of her undergarments. Still, despite his age, his veteran status as an adventurer made itself clear as he started sprinting away. Behind, the old woman was puffing with steam, throwing a huge fit as she was slowly left behind.

Zhang Yang quickly hopped on his bear and chased after Gus as well. No matter how fast you may run, you can never outrun a four-legged beast.

After a good distant from the house, Gus stopped by the road side for a quick rest. Panting for his breath, he jumped when he saw the bear sniffing at him. Unconsciously, Gus covered the female fabric in his chest. "I'm warning you, young man! Don't be thinking of any funny business! It took me 3 days of scouting to get Marilyn's panties!"

Zhang Yang nearly fell off his bear. The 40 year old woman who was chasing him not two minutes ago was not what a normal man would want to have as a wife. Zhang Yang knew this because he had seen her clearly just now. To think that a man would have her panties, and do something…indecent…the man would need to have the heart of the bravest warrior!

Zhang Yang shook off the thought of what would Gus to do that piece of undergarment and said, "Look, Gus, I just want to buy the Ethereal Springwater that you have."

Gus raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "I have you know that the Ethereal Springwater was obtained with such bravery. I nearly lost my own life venturing deep into the Chaos Realms to get that godly water. It's practically priceless! Young man, are you sure you want to buy it?"

Money? That word meant nothing to Zhang Yang now. He was not the kind of person who would use the money in some investment kind of trade. All the dollar bills that he owned was sitting in the bank's vault, collecting dust. If anyone wanted to compete in money spending, no miserly millionaire could even be a match for him!

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "State your price, old man!"

Gus looked at Zhang Yang while raising both eyebrows, one side at a time and was scratching his graying beard. He looked like the kind of man in the thrift shop trying to cut you a deal, but instead, he was just trying to get more money from you!

After tapping his foot a thousand times, Gus finally answered, while gritting his teeth, "100-"

100 gold coins? That's too low! But if it's 1,000,0001, that would be daylight robbery!

"—pieces of woman's panties!"

Zhang Yang actually fell from the white bear after hearing his demands.

"Nyehehehe! 100 female panties! You can't buy them from the store! I want them used! Not fresh! If it has to be fresh, it must be fresh from the laundry! And make no mistake, I better not be sniffing some men's boxers! You feel me?" said Gus, with a shameless expression, and a smug grin.

'Ding! Gus has a quest for you: The Great Underwear Thief. Will you accept it?'

…Was there an option for him to reject the quest and beat this @#$% with a cast-iron frying pan instead?

[The Great Underwear Thief] (Difficulty Level: B)

Quest Description: Search and give Gus 100 female panties! Pss! Don't forget, the best ones are the fresh ones! Don't be swiping the male underpants eh?

Progress: Panties collected 0/100

Quest Reward: Ethereal Springwater.

Zhang Yang sucked in a deep breath to prepare himself for the worst possible quest that he has ever done in his life. To become an underwear thief was harder than he had expected.

Zhang Yang rode the bear and sighed all the way. He could not believe that the game developers would actually make a player commit such degenerate acts. Zhang Yang started peeking left and right for freshly dried underwear. He finally saw one at the far end of a street. He sighed heavily. He is the guild master of Lone Desert Smoke, the champion of the Soaring Sword League, China's number 1 tank! How did he end up doing something as retarded as stealing people's underwear! If word spread about this, there is no hole in the world for him to hide his face! He would literally lose all his fame in one night!

Behind the house, there were a few hanging laundries, one of them was a cute pink underwear that was surely was not worn by men! The backyard was only protected by a low fence. The bear leap over the fence effortlessly and proceed on to swipe his "prize". However, before Zhang Yang could reach out his hands, a low bark was heard from behind him. Zhang Yang quickly turned around only to find a large black hound waiting for him.

[Guard Dog, Black Star] (Elite, Beast)

Level: 75

HP: 150,000

Defense: 400

Note: The Guardian of the town! Rocky's Partner! Untamable!

"Woof!" the hound barked and leap towards Zhang Yang.

The white bear lifted its paws and forcefully pushed the black hound back to its place. Zhang Yang then started swing his Dark Enigmatic Sword to slice the hound. Even though he was never a person who would treat animals badly, but for the sake of this ridiculous quest, he had to kill the poor guardian.

Even though the hound was an elite tier, it was too weak to be a fair opponent to Zhang Yang. Within 40 seconds, the dog was beaten to its last drop of HP. However, before it could be killed, the hound whimpered ran away, its tail tucked between its legs. How fortunate, the system was protecting it.

Zhang Yang ignored the hound and picked the underwear and kept it in his inventory. With a "ding" ringing in his ears, the quest progress went up by 1.

A thousand-mile journey begins with the hardest step. Now that he had taken one, the rest should be a walk in the park.

Continue stealing!

Without delay, Zhang Yang had found another victim and leaped across the fence, towards the laundry.

"Woof!" The black hound appeared again, its health fully recovered. The hound charged heroically and was sent running again by Zhang Yang.

2/100!

The third piece! The hound appeared again! Same thing went with the 4th and the 5th!

The hound was persistent! Every time it was sent packing, it would always appear again from behind the fence and was ready to fight Zhang Yang until the last drop of its HP.

Zhang Yang could not help but recalled a joke he heard from Fatty Han.

It went like this: A hunter came up a mountain to hunt for bears. He failed and was beaten by a bear. The next day, the hunter came again and was sent home again by the bear. On the third day, when the bear saw the hunter coming up again, the bear asked, "Hey. Are you really here to hunt or to seek for some BDSM sh*t from me?"

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Chapter 325: For the Sake of Fixing the Magic Mirror

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The black hound relentlessly made its return over again and again.

15/100!

…

43/100!

…

Since the town was…a town, the number of people who lived here were few. That means, the number of laundries were as little. Many of times, Zhang Yang would have to sit there and wait until the underwear re-spawned again. For as long as it seemed, Zhang Yang got really agitated as times goes by. Every time there was someone coming out of their house to dry their clothes, Zhang Yang would be the first to visit the house and wait for the golden chance to swipe the ladies' undergarment.

81/100!

…

99/100!

…

"Woof!" The black hound barked, "welcoming" Zhang Yang for the last time as Zhang Yang defeated the little critter to claim his final "prize". Once it's done, he rode frantically to Gus to dump all the "dirty" load.

"What a blessing!" said Gus as he buried his face in the pile of slightly damp laundry.

Zhang Yang felt the ultimate disgust. Turning away, he cried, "You done? The request is completed. Where's my reward?"

"Here!" said Gus as he tossed the Ethereal Springwater to him as if it was worthless. "Now scram! Don't interrupt me in my moment of bliss!"

'Ding! You have completed the quest: The Great Underwear Thief. Obtained 15,000,000 Experience Points!'

'Ding! You have obtained: Ethereal Springwater x1!'

15 million?! That's too much to be true! However, after thinking about it, Zhang Yang understood the reason behind it. As he had trudged along doing the quest, he had not obtained any drop of experience points! Perhaps defeating that black hound a hundred teams would have granted him that amount of experience points afterall!

Zhang Yang sighed. It may seem luxurious, but the system was just too stingy to not provide any bonus experience points. He quietly left the place with haste and go on his way. The moment he rode off a good distance, he saw a group of housewives coming out from their homes with kitchen knives in their hands. Everyone was pissed off. Just when he thought that he was about to be sliced and diced - Gordon Ramsey style -, the group of housewives headed for Gus!

"HEY!! PERVERT OLD MAN! SURRENDER OUR CLOTHES!"

"You sick old bastard! I'll beat you up good!"

"Gus! How could you even steal my granny's pants! Today, I'll make sure you regret your decision to ever steal from us!"

…

While the crowd of people surrounded the old man, only the one black hound gave chase to Zhang Yang, barking ferociously. Luckily, the group of housewives had their anger and frustration directed at Gus, they failed to noticed the black hound was barking at the real culprit!

Zhang Yang ignored the hound and made his way out of the town. After some time, the hound turned back around after leaving its original position. Zhang Yang left Sivar and took a long, cumbersome journey back to Hera's Castle.

"Noob tank! Wakey wakey! Time to make dinner for us!" Zhang Yang was only about to set foot into the castle when the annoying voice of Wei Yan Er came shouting. Zhang Yang logged out and realized it was already past 6pm. He then rushed down to made the "family" their dinner. He came down to the kitchen and got as busy as Hell's Kitchen would be during rush hour. However, unlike the contestants, Zhang Yang was much more agile and proficient in cooking and had made several dishes in a flash. Content with his work of art, Zhang Yang went to the girl's room and gave a hard and loud knock to notify them dinner was ready. He then hurriedly rushed to the toilet. Back when he was preparing dinner, he was already being called upon by nature, but since preparing a meal required constant observation, he could not just leave the stove on. Only after all the food was served, only did he permit himself to answer the call.

Turning and spinning around the house, he rushed into the toilet and relived himself. It was then he realized one fatal error of his decision. The toilet that he was in, was meant for Wei Yan Er and Han Ying Xue! When nature calls, you could not just put it on hold. Grah! So be it! Since it would only take a few seconds, at most a minute, if something is to happen during that duration, it's the worse of luck.

After emptying his bladder, Zhang Yang cleaned his hands zipped his pants up and was ready to pull the door when he noticed a pair of black colored fabric. It was a T-back undergarment. Such a design could only mean that it belonged to Han Ying Xue the B*tchy Snow!

Honest to god, and everything that He had created. Zhang Yang could swear at he had no fetish for a women's undergarment. However, since he had been the Great Underwear Thief for such a long time in the game, his hands had automatically, and involuntarily moved to grab that piece of laced clothe and place it in his pockets. It was how he usually store items in his in-game inventory.

Flop*!

The toilet door opened and it was Han Ying Xue.

The two of them made eye contact for a moment and both of them turn to the dangling piece of cloth that had protruding out from Zhang Yang pocket. Silence filled the small toilet. After 7 to 8 seconds later, Han Ying Xue took a step back. Knowing that things had gone wrong at the maximum level, Zhang Yang frantically took out the panties and tossed it back to where it was.

"Wait! Let's me explain! It's an accident!"

Instead of the typically, expected response, Han Ying Xue seemed to understand him. Not in the way he wanted, however. "Well, it's understandable since you're living with two world class beauty and had not burst out like a raging beast. You did hold yourself back for a long time. This is nothing. Worry not. I'm completely fine with it."

What?!

Zhang Yang pulled the woman into the toilet and shut the door behind him. "You need to listen to my explanation before jumping to any messed-up conclusion!"

"Hey! Like I said! I understand what's happening!" said Han Ying Xue while nodding understandably. The problem was her expression was different from her usual outbursts. If this incident got out unresolved, that little brat would be the first to know. After that, the little trumpet will surely spread the word to Sun Xin Yu, Daffodil Daydream and the others! Like falling dominoes, it would only get worse and worse…

Zhang Yang pressed his entire body to block the door and said, "Please listen! I really took it by reflex!"

"Like I said! I understand and believe you! Now, can you please let me out?!"

"Y-You! You're not sincere!"

Han Ying Xue crossed her arms and her eyes turned soft suddenly. She took a step forward, drawing the distant closer and kissed Zhang Yang on the lips. "How about now?" said Han Ying Xue.

What was that? Was he just harassed by a lady pervert!?

Stunned, Zhang Yang was as stiff as a strawman. After a good second, "Y-You…W-Wha…Why?"

Han Ying Xue cocked her head playfully and flicked her index finger against Zhang Yang's forehead. "Sigh…Dummy. You're really a big dum-dum!" Han Ying Xue winked. "If I had no feelings towards you, why would I allow a man like yourself to stay with me? Do you think I'd let any wolf enter my house of lambs?"

Han Ying Xue stared into Zhang Yang eye's with a face that says: All men sure are dumb!.

Zhang Yang stuttered. "Y-You like me?"

"What are you stuttering about? Did that really shock you that much?" said Han Ying Xue as she leaned against the wall, emitting a lustful, sleazy aura.

"But…why?"

"What do you mean why?" She giggled. "You may not be as handsome as what I want from a man. However, you do have the qualities of what a man should be. You're a figher. You're dependable. Brave, strong, buffed, and other qualities that satisfies my taste!"

"…Well…that's pretty straight forward."

"Sigh. What a tragic event. I had never thought that my confession would happen in a toilet. This is so not romantic! It's a total lady-bone killer!"

Zhang Yang was so confused that he was sure that his brain was all gooey and soupy inside. His heart beat was so fast and he was already not thinking straight. Han Ying Xue's confession was just too sudden! While looking into her dreamy eyes, he heard Han Ying Xue calling out to him.

"Is your head spinning?" Sighing heavily, Han Ying Xue pulled Zhang Yang large palm and pressed it against her left breast. "Can you feel my heart beat? If my words could not get through to you, perhaps the beat of my heart could!"

Waves and waves of confusion had successfully sent a surge of blood rushing to his face, making it flustering with red. Underneath her clothes, Zhang Yang could not feel nothing else but his own heart pulsing faster than a steam train! Unconsciously, Zhang Yang's palm had started curling its fingers around.

Han Ying Xue moaned, and her faced twisted with a surge of pleasure. With her cheeks dyed pink, she playfully pinched Zhang Yang's arms and said, "I said to feel my heart, not make yourself comfortable!"

What an impossible demand!

Han Ying Xue slowly removed Zhang Yang's hand and said, "Is it all that hard to believe?"

Nodding obediently, Zhang Yang could not help but to think that this was just a bad prank.

Han Ying Xue lunged herself and locked her hands together around Zhang Yang's neck. "Kiss me!"

How could he!? This minx is a world-class calamity! If he were to fall into her deceit, it would be the end of the chapter for him! Still, her sensual eyebrows were like magic working their way to hypnotize Zhang Yang. Her rose-colored lips were like the burning flames that could attract poor insects to burn themselves. In that moment, Zhang Yang knew that he had f*cked up. His resistance towards this woman is practically 0!

Or perhaps, he already had feelings towards her a long time ago and had not realized it till now…

Zhang Yang lowered his head and pressed his lips against hers. Time stopped for the both of them. Both of their hearts were pulsating to strong that they could feel each other heartbeat. After an eternity, they separated their lips, a line fluid stretching between the both of them.

Be it bashful, happy, angry, or excited, Han Ying Xue's expression was gold. Giggling, she said, "Dummy, now that you had touched me, you had kissed me, you're now my man!"

"Actually, I had been meaning to ask you…Just how old are you?"

"Hmm…that is a good question. I'll answer that question when you're the grandfather of my grandchildren 50 years later!" said Han Ying Xue with a wink.

"…"

"Now, begone! Yan Er will be out soon and if she sees us together like this, it would be a whole other mess to deal with," said Han Ying Xue. She then pushed Zhang Yang away and out of the door.

Still confused over what had just happened, Zhang Yang did not know how he found his way back at the dining table. Completely dumbfounded, the thought that Han Ying Xue had just confessed to him, and kissed him, was all simply too surreal!

Wei Yan Er was just too thick headed to realize what had just happened. She took no notice of extremely odd behavior of Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue on the dining table. Minding her own business, she walloped the food on the table and once she was done, she tossed the chopsticks on the table, said "Thanks for the meal!", and disappeared into her room. They had a rule, or rather a competition, that whoever was the last person eating should be the one cleaning everything up.

Still confused, Zhang Yang decided to put it all behind his head and logged into the game to finish the quest.

"Your highness. Zhan Yu has arrived and had completely the mission!" said Zhang Yang as he took out the Ethereal Springwater and offered it to Shaenita.

One of the handmaiden walked and retrieved the bottle for Shaenita.

Shaenita took the bottle and opened it immediately. With a wave of her wand, a puff of black smoke came floating out of the bottle and formed into various of shapes in the air.

"Wonderful! This is, indeed, Ethereal Springwater!" Delighted, she summoned another handmaiden and said, "Fetch me the pieces of the Mirror of Truth!"

"Yes, your highness!"

It took them a while, but the hand maidens had come back with a large box. The box was then placed onto the large desk. Shanita took the bottle of Ethereal Springwater and emptied it into the box. She then start waving her wand whist chanting an incomprehensible spell.

Bang! Bang! Boom!

Like fireworks, the box started to glow with various colors, emitting popping noises here and there. This lasted for at least 3 to 4 minutes until Shaenita stopped her chanting. A bright white light burst out from the box and formed into a face of a man. With a loud groan, "uuuUUUAAA! I'm back! I'm finally back!"

Pieces of the shattered mirror pieces started to float up into the air. The broken pieces then glued themselves together and formed a large mirror.

Zoom*!

A bright light flashed all the way from the bottom of the mirror to the top and all of the cracks and gaps in the mirror were repaired instantly.

Thud!

The mirror dropped back down and landed on the desk unscathed. A cloud formed from within the mirror and formed the face of a man. "Ah! My beloved lady, is there anything you want to ask of me today?"

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Chapter 326: Saving Lagguda

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'Ding! You have completed the quest: Fixing the Magic Mirror. Obtained 1,000,000 Experience Points!'

Shaenita raised her gaze to Zhang Yang and praised him. "You have done your part, adventurer. It is my turn to fulfill my end of the bargain. I will lend you the Mirror of Truth, however, you must return it back to me within 10 days!"

The man in the mirror turned around to observe the person who was about to receive his aid and was shocked to see the same person who was responsible for his demise! "Oh! My beloved queen! T-T-That man! Please don't let him take me! He was the reason! He was the person! He was the one responsible for my death!"

Zhang Yang picked up the mirror and grinned evilly while meeting the mirror's gaze directly. "If I were you, I'd be grateful to have been revived in the first place, instead of basking in your narcissism. Or, should I find another stone to wreck your body once more?"

The man in the mirror fill silent when he saw that even Shaenita, his owner, had remained quiet and ignorant to his plea.

'Ding! You have obtained the item: Mirror of Truth!'

'Ding! You are now affected with the {Item Return} effect. Lasts for 10 days. All attributes will be permanently reduced by 100% upon failure to return the Mirror of Truth after the stipulated duration.'

Zhang Yang skipped past the warnings and checked the mirror's properties whilst leaving the palace.

[Mirror of Truth] (Quest Item)

Use: Dispels all Black Magic within the vicinity.

"Hey listen up! I'm not just some random Celestial item that can be found all around the world, so you best consider yourself fortunate enough to even talk to me! That being said, I expect you to handle me with extreme care! Furthermore, I demand that you serve me my favorite Energy Crystals! They had better the best of quality or else—HEY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU—Watch your hands! Where are you touching!"

Annoyed, Zhang Yang kept the blabbering mirror into his inventory and it was immediately silenced.

"Sigh…what a long day…" Zhang Yang stretched himself out and summoned the white bear to ride towards Lagguda. Again, once he stepped foot inside the border of the small desolated town, the atmosphere grew heavy and the air was shrouded with a complete utter silence. There he was, one moment pleased to be greeted with silence from the absence of the mirror. Then the next moment, here he was, desperately wanting to be rid of the town's eerie silence. He came to the center of the town and met the old man in the plaza. "Old man, I have brought the Mirror of Truth!" He then proceeded to take the mirror out of his inventory.

"Ahhack! D*mn you! What else did you stuff inside!? I'm all sore here and there! Listen, you! I am the greatest of all Celestial items! I do not deserve treatment like this! I'm warning you! Never again..." The man in the Mirror of Truth continued on rambling as he plucked out feathers from all over him.

Delighted and surprise at the discovery, Alousous continued observed the mirror. "How and why would the queen lend the magical tool of the nation to a man such as yourself? This is fabulous! Fantastic! Bless the queen! May her reign last forever and ever more!"

…His thanks should be targeted towards Zhang Yang instead, since he had just spent an entire day just to steal some panties.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Retrieve the Mirror of Truth. Obtained 2,000,000 Experience Points!'

Alousous gazed up and down, looking at Zhang Yang and the Mirror in turn. "Young man, your feats have raised my hopes. Now, I truly believe that you could defeat the evil witch and rescue our town! Let's not waste time, please take the mirror with you and head west. The witch is living in a small, rundown garden!'

'Ding! Alousous has a quest for you: Save Lagguda. Will you accept it?'

…

[Save Lagguda] (Difficulty Level: A)

Quest Description: You have obtained the one weapon to defeat the evil witch. Please take the mirror with you and slay the evil witch! The entire town of Lagguda awaits your victorious return!

Progress: Kill the Evil Witch Daphne 0/1

Zhang Yang took off alone. The lair of Daphne was pretty close to Lagguda. After traveling merely 3km away, Zhang Yang came to a small farm. There were weird flora that flourished around the garden and have been tended to carefully. In the middle of the garden were a few small shacks and one of them had smoke coming out from the chimney on top.

Just before he was about to barge into the shack, he noticed there were blinks in the mini-map that notified Zhang Yang about the location of herbs. Zhang Yang zoomed in and was shocked to see there were extremely rare herbs that were growing in the garden! Almost of them were rare and awfully scarce.

Two factors limit the production of herbs. A low number of spawn points, and an extreme lengthy spawning duration. These herbs that were growing in the garden were known for both factors! Even though they were only Level 70 herbs, they were extremely rare and valuable! Without hesitation, Zhang Yang leapt down from the bear and started to harvest the herbs.

"Insolent fool! How dare you steal my precious herbs! Begone!" A loud and coarse sound of an old woman roared from behind him. Zhang Yang turned around only to be greeted by an old hag that looked like she was already at the age of 60. Her skin was wrinkled and she was as skinny as a stick. Dressed in a black magician cloak, the old hag took out a foot-long wand and point it at Zhang Yang. Instantly, a black ray blasted out and struck Zhang Yang.

'-4,574!'

[Daphne the Witch] (Gray-Silver, Humanoid)

Level: 75

HP: 750,000

MP: 400,000

Defense: 400

Zhang Yang jumped back onto the bear and charged towards the boss. She was merely a Gray-Silver tier. There was absolutely nothing to fear about the battle. Since there were walls and obstacle laying around, Zhang Yang could easily block the boss' line of sight to disrupt her spellcasting!

Just as he got within range, Zhang Yang pulled out the mirror from his inventory and yelled. "It's your turn to shine now, magic tool!"

"CALL ME THE GREAT MAGIC MIRROR!" Even though the man in the mirror protested, he carried out his task. Like oil and water, the mirror had automatically activated its power in the presence of Black Magic, just like how an anti-virus program automatically activates when a virus was present in the computing system.

SHIING!

A bright light blasted out from the mirror and illuminated everything that the mirror was facing, including Daphne.

"KYAA!"

Clumps of black clouds oozed out of Daphne shrieked in horror. Her reaction was rather amusing, similar to how a vampire reacts upon being exposed to sunlight.

"No….NO! It cannot be! Why…? Where did my life source go!? What has happened to my immortality!? What have you done to me? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?!"

While being accused by the distraught old hag, Zhang Yang felt extremely awkward. He was indirectly innocent since it was the mirror that had snatched away her black magic. He then started swinging his sword and taunted the witch. "Time for you to die!"

"Grr! It doesn't matter if I've lost my Vitality Puppets! I can always find more!" Without delay, Daphne started chanting her attack. Before the man in the mirror could voice his complaints again, Zhang Yang swiftly stuffed him back into his inventory and equipped himself with the shield.

"Hehehe! Feel the honor as being the first replacement of my Vitality Puppets!" cried Daphne, giving out a typical witch's cackle. Pew! A {Shadow Arrow} blasted and damaged Zhang Yang for 4,500 HP.

Zhang Yang planted five layers of {Cripple Defense} and shot back. "Old witch, you're not my type! Give it up!"

"Insolent fool! Weep for your own dark future! You shall be plunged into eternal sleep!"

The boss' {Shadow Arrow} casting rate was rather fast, at 2 seconds per shot, pushing her DPS up to 2,200! Guardians never had any solid form of defense against magic. They could not use {Block} either. Without the shield, the Defense value would not apply, thus forcing Zhang Yang to receive the highest damage possible.

With the immense damage received, his Rage gauge was constantly filled. Zhang Yang would not need to worry about the cost of the skills, as he could blatantly cast all his skills at will.

Even though Daphne might be a Gray-Silver tier, her natural anti-tank magic attack had managed to damage Zhang Yang down to his last drop of HP in just half a minute, despite having attack no better than the physical attack of a Yellow-Gold tier boss. Relying on his set-equipment set-effect, and a bottle of [Level 4 Healing Potion, Zhang Yang had managed to keep his HP up to a certain degree. He then commanded the bear to move across the field, behind a wall to disrupt the witch's line of sight.

This would possibly reduce the total damage output, but at the same time, could reduce the damage received. As long as he could survive each clash for more than 2 minutes, he could easily win the battle with the 2 minute cool down of {Berserker's Heal}.

As easy as it seemed, the boss was still a boss. To defeat her that easily would put a shame to all Gray-Silver tiered bosses in the world.

As the battle continued on for another 4 minutes, Zhang Yang had managed to decrease the boss HP down to 130,000. He decided to activate the {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}.

FOOM!

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

…

With each slice, the boss would take a clean amount of 10,000 damage. After the skill's 10th consecutive strike ended, the boss had received a total of 100,000 damage!

Full Rage (points) {Killing Cleave}!

'-8,940!'

Zhang Yang then consumed a [Transmute (5) Enrage Potion] to raise his Rage to 100 points and also gained an additional buff that increased 50% of his attack power!

{Horizontal Sweep}!

{Destructive Smash}!

{Force Strike}!

With a chain of attacks landing on the boss, coupled with the bear's own claw strikes, the boss's 130,00 HP swiftly plummeted down to the last bit.

"OOOUUUAHHH!" The old hag wailed and fell defeated.

Nodding contentedly, Zhang Yang felt that the skill {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} was truly OP beyond words. It would be especially indispensable during the race to win the First Clear Achievement of a Hardcore Mode dungeon! When a sudden jolt of power is required to kill the boss, all 9 of the members who had the skill could activate them at the same time and instantly deal a massive amount of 900,000 damage! What could match up to that!?

Zhang Yang smiled knowingly as he fantasized using it in dungeons. He then went on to pick up his battle loots. Naturally, all the Gray-Silver tier equipment were junk to him. Only one item drew his attention, it was an Assembled Equipment part.

[Fireglass Necklace Fragment] (Gray-Silver, Necklace Fragment)

Use: Combine five fragments of the Fireglass Necklace to form a complete Fireglass Necklace.

Level Requirement: 70

Since the fragments did not have any specific numbers to them, he could farm the same piece over and over again until he could assemble the item.

Zhang Yang tossed the fragment into his inventory. Just one of the five pieces would not be worth anything. When five fragments are gathered, they would worth a whole lot more. For example, each fragment could cost around 10,000 gold coins, but the cost of the completed equipment would be worth roughly 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins. If the item had any specific effects, it would fetch an even higher price, naturally.

Since drop rates were so unpredictable, one could gain four pieces successfully, without a hitch and be stuck forever, trying to gain the final piece. Furthermore, before the product is actually forged, no one could really judge the equipment's properties to deem it worth the trouble of farming in the first place!

Setting that aside, Zhang Yang went on to collect all the precious herbs that had spawned in the garden. All of them could be used to concoct [Invincibility Potions]! These potions will grant their users the ability of being literally invincible, to be immune to all attacks! It was one of the game's strongest potion! Just like [Mobility Potions, [Invincibility Potions] are categorized into three different ranks. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advance, each respectively having 3 seconds, 5 seconds, and 10 seconds of effective duration.

Logically, being one of the strongest potion in the game, it also had one of the longest cool down time, which was 30 minutes. That meant that, there was absolutely no way that a player could use the potion in the PvP arena.

After digging up all the herbs and grass, Zhang Yang hopped on his mount and rode back to Lagguda happily.

Back at the town's entrance, the clock's hands were no longer frozen. The time had changed to 1:58! The witch's spell was lifted! The curse was gone! Instead of the gloomy, dark, spooky town, light had been reintroduced into the streets!

One by one, windows and doors were open as many people were sticking their heads out to finally see the world again, after being frozen in time. Happiness filled the streets as Alousous greeted each and every one that he saw. With a jubilant smile, the old man greeted Zhang Yang. "Warrior! You have done this town a great favor! You have rescued everyone in Lagguda! You're our hero! The savior!"

Slowly, the citizen walked out of their home. Puzzled and confused of what has happened to them, they started asking one another questions.

Zhang Yang nodded and hopped down from the bear and patted the old man's shoulder. "I'm but an adventurer. The honor is mine!"

"Young warrior! You're brave and wise! I shall ensure the land will always praise your name in songs and poems for decades to come!"

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Save Lagguda. Obtained 1,000,000 Experience Points!'

Alousous took out a piece of shiny metal from his pocket and gave it to Zhang Yang. "This old man has nothing to give you except this. It was an heirloom from my ancestors! It is said to be a treasure or some sorts, but I have no knowledge of it. Please take it. Instead of keeping it, I feel that it may be of some use to you!"

'Ding! You have obtained an item: Dimensional Key Fragment 3!'

[Dimensional Key Fragment 3] (Question Item, Unique)

Description: Gather all seven fragments of the Dimensional Key to form a complete Dimensional Key that opens the dimension gate to the royal palace of the Imperial Heaven's Empire. In the situation where players that possesses the key fragment is in the same map as you, a system location notification of their position will be announced. If you are killed by a player possessing the key fragment, the key fragment in your inventory will have a 100% chance of being dropped upon death. The item will never appear elsewhere again.

Unique item! That meant that the same item will never appear elsewhere in the whole of China!

Dammit! After running all day long, running errands here and there, he had only manage to obtained one of the seven key fragments!

Sighing, Zhang Yang felt that it was rather unfair. He bade Alousous farewell and hurried back to Hera's Castle to return the Mirror of Truth back to Shaenita. Once the mirror was back into Shaenita's hands, like a spoiled child, the man in the mirror started to rumble about how Zhang Yang had been "mistreating" him.

The second, reachable descendant of the several generals is located in the Crimson Flame Hills. The NPC carrying the key fragment is called Tiffany..

Just as Zhang Yang was racing towards the destination, he was disturbed by a voice message from Wei Yan Er. "Hey! Noobie tank! Time for supper!"

"…Didn't you had enough for dinner? How are you able to eat so much at night?"

"What are you talking about? I'm a growing child! Of course I need more that that!"

"Glutton!"

Zhang Yang logged off and went to the kitchen to make the girls supper. Even though he was scolding the little girl about eating too much, he was, in fact, getting a little hungry himself.

In just a few minutes, the man had stepped out of the kitchen with light snacks and a couple of hot drinks. He knocked on the door and the three of them sat down together, enjoying their late night supper.

While munching on the piece of bread, Wei Yan Er was busy scrolling her phone and spoke. "There's this guy in the news who had died while playing 'God's Miracle'! Woah. His house had caught fire and he had not realized it until it was already too late. He was actually burnt alive! And then there's this some university professor, a professor Tao, stating something about how the psyche of the human mind might be affected by too much VR diving! He had even urged the government to ban the game!" cried Wei Yan Er, her voice muffled by the piece of bread still in her mouth.

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Chapter 327: Batmans of the Ghastly Mountains

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When a user plays the game, the body will be place into a sleep-like state. The gaming helmet did more than just connect the user to the game. A weak electrical current flowed through the body to maintain a certain level of connectivity between the user and the helmet. This allowed the helmet to monitor the user's body health status. This function was thoroughly checked by the health department.

The function to allow player to continue playing the game consciously even in sleep was a newly added feature. Since the developers who had introduced the function did not apply any additional update to the helmet had led everyone to believed that the function had already existed in the helmet and was only waiting to be released. Just like a game update. It will only be open to the public, one update at a time and would only gather a number of response for a brief period of time before dying down.

The time adjustment (1 hour in real time is 3 hours in-game time) garnered exceptional response, as it was able to indirectly prolong a human's lifespan! Even without the advanced time adjustment in the game, the ability to play while sleeping was already impressive enough. So far, the number of active players had been expanding continuously, from 200,000,000 to 300,000,000 players in a year. While the whole world enjoyed the game, some groups had publicly expressed that 'God's Miracle' was a disaster and should be stopped. Judging from the reaction of those said critiques, unless they were only seeking momentarily attention by being a clown of the year, there was no other reason for them to do so!

Zhang Yang grinned, "Why is there suddenly a professor Tao?"

Wei Yan Er blink a little, "After some research, this Tao professor had a father. His father was once an infamous man named Professor Tao Hong Hong, and now everybody calling his son the Second coming of Tao."

Professor Tao was a professor, that meant that he had his own battles to fight in his field, which was almost similar how players fought each other bravely. Zhang Yang sighed, "Some people just love to cry wolf. When there is nothing happening, they would try to stir up something. All in all, it go back goes back one main objective, money."

Wei Yan Er griggled, "Be careful what you say. Professor Tao is a good friend with Researcher Yang. You best be careful, or else you will be caught and be strapped down to the electric chair!"

After supper, Wei Yan Er was the first one to flee back to her room, leaving Zhang Yang and Han Ying Xue alone in the kitchen to do the cleaning-up. In truth, there was no reason for them to do so. There was a dish-washer in the kitchen which could wash everything with just a push of a button.

"Dummy. Just so you know, even though I had confessed my feelings to you, I'll have you know that I am not a loose girl. I won't be randomly confessing my feelings to any guy that I like. Oh and, I'm warning you. Don't let me catch you crawling into my room late at night!" said Han Ying Xue with a straight face.

Make up your mind woman! Was that a threat or a seduction!? Zhang Yang was a good man. He would had never have the thought of doing something as lame as sneaking into a woman's room while she slept. However, now that she had said it sternly, that idea was already planted in his mind. It was just like a person telling you not to think about elephants, but you would inadvertently start thinking about elephants.

"Please. I would never go to you. In fact, you're welcome to come into mine. I never lock my doors when I sleep!" Zhang Yang counterattacked, leaving Han Ying Xue to turn away with her cheeks blushing in pink.

"Hmm! Rascal!"

After cleaning up, Zhang Yang went back to his room with only the thought of finishing the quest to find all seven key fragments. He rode his way through the Crimson Fire Hills and into the small village called the Alfalfa Village to search for Tiffany. The village was rather historical. Outside, there were a few stone-carved statues of people, giving off an ancient, antiquated impression.

From afar, it would not take anyone a pair of binoculars to see Zhang Yang riding his white bear. Noticing his approach, a group of little kids had came up to him carrying sticks and wooden poles. Everyone surrounded Zhang Yang and glared at him as if they were adults, trying to intimidate Zhang Yang with their numbers.

Zhang Yang pulled the reins of the bear and stopped. "Where are all the adults here?"

The kids exchange a look with one another and remained quiet. The silence lingered until an older teenager who looked like he was at the age of 13 to 14 walked out. He crossed his arms and glared at Zhang Yang like an old man. "What business do you have here, stranger?"

Zhang Yang smiled. "I'm Tiffany's relative. I'm here to pay her a visit!"

"Sister Tiffany!"

"He's sister Tiffany relative!"

Once they heard the name 'Tiffany', they lowered their guards almost immediately and surrounded Zhang Yang. Chitter chatter started to fill every small corner of the village. The little children were bombarding him with questions that any adult could expect, such as how did he catch the bear, or what does the outside world looked like. The worst one of all was a young boy, with snot leaking out of his nostril, asking Zhang Yang to pass his marriage proposal to Tiffany. It seemed that Tiffany was really popular in the village.

Annoyed, Zhang Yang had waited patiently for something to happen, a trigger event of the questline, perhaps, before he snapped eventually. "Tony!" he cried. Tony was the eldest teenager in the crowd. "Where is Tiffany?"

Tony snorted. "Sister Tiffany had led a few men to fight the batmen."

"Bat…men?" Zhang Yang asked.

"50 kilometers east of the village, lies the Ghastly Mountain. There were flying monsters that looked like bats. They consume blood to survive. So, in order to prevent an attack to the village, we will always send a number of livestock as tribute for them to feed on. However, 2 years ago, their numbers multiplied. Eventually, our livestock was insufficient to satiate them. It was then, when the monsters started demanding for human sacrifice!"

Tony slumped. "People were afraid. None of us were willing to do anything. Eventually, the elders of the village had to sacrifice themselves in order to save the village. My grand-daddy and grand-mummy gave themselves up! However, the batmen were greedy creatures! They wanted more. Eventually, all of the elders of the village had given up their lives. After that, they had come to us and demanded the young ones! At this point, the villager had realized that there was no way to escape this. It was either to kill, or be killed. Sister Tiffany had stood up among the crowd and encouraged us to defy the batmen. Because of her, the adults in the village had rallied and were willing to fight. Under the command of sister Tiffany, she managed to lead the adults to victory and push the batmen back!"

Zhang Yang nodded. "She was always a brave young girl."

Tony came close. "Big brother, I see that you're carrying weapons and armor. Are you perhaps a warrior? You can help us to check on sister Tiffany and the other adults!"

'Ding! Tony has a quest for you: Retrieve News. Will you accept it?'

[Retrieve News] (Difficulty Level: D)

Quest Description: Tony of Alfalfa has requested for you to search for Tiffany and the other adults. Find them and see to their condition. Tiffany and the others should be fighting the batmen up at the Ghastly Mountain.

Progress: Search for Tiffany and the adults from Alfalfa Village 0/1

Zhang Yang bade the young children goodbye and pulled the reins of the bear. With a loud roar, the bear dashed off and headed east. The next thing he saw simply looked magical. A few kilometers away from the village, he saw a huge mountain peak, that was actually floating a thousand kilometers up among the clouds! Beneath the floating peak was a flattened mountain. The entire scenery looked like some godly figure had used some godly sword skill to slice the mountain in half and had somehow, left the mountain on top of the clouds! No wonder it was called Ghastly Mountain! It actually looked like it would fall down at any moment! If you were standing at the top of the flat mountain, anyone could feel the tremendous pressure, fearing that the clouds might disappear anytime, sending the gigaton mass of earth to fall down like the an Armageddon-bringing meteor! It that were to happen, it would definitely be much more than {Block} could take.

The flattened part of the mountain was rather small and short. Measuring at almost at 300 meters tall, Zhang Yang took no time at all to reach the top. Since the massive peak was hovering on top of him, its shadow loomed over the area, turning the place as dark as the evening.

On the route to the top, Zhang Yang had noticed many corpses. A few were normal human beings, yet many more were belonged to an odd race that had wings protruding out from their back. Based on the sheer number of them, the death toll of the odd race was far greater than the humans.

Zhang Yang was skeptical. The villagers from Alfalfa were nothing more than normal villagers. How could they possess the battle power to pull this feat? The village was so small, yet the battle here had somewhat made it look like it was an intercontinental war between humans and the monsters! How many villagers exactly, were participating in this battle? From the looks of it, no matter how many monsters there were, the humans were winning by a landslide. Either the monsters were too weak…or Tiffany was too strong, for the sake of the story…

Just as Zhang Yang stood there deep in thought, a few men and women came back down the mountain, running amok. Some of them had weapons in their hands, while the others were sprinting empty handed. At first, Zhang Yang thought that the reason behind their haphazard steps were because they were going down a slope, after all. But upon a closer look, he understood the reason behind the chaos. There were hundreds of flying monsters following behind them closely.

[Alfalfa Villagers] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 70

HP: 7,000

Defense: 70

"ARCK!" With a scream, one of the woman was captured by the flying monster. With a flash, Zhang Yang pulled the reins and rode as swiftly as he could. Within range, Zhang Yang immediately cast {Spear of Obliteration}.

'-2,189!'

The attack landed on the monster. Provoked, the monster dropped the women and immediately shot down towards him. The woman landed unscathed, since the monster had not gained much height off the ground.

[Ghastly Mountain Batman] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 75

HP: 7,500

Defense: 70

The monster glided down from the sky and divebombed Zhang Yang. However, a mere normal tier monster could not cause Zhang Yang any damage whatsoever. The attack has merely knocked some dirt off Zhang Yang's armor. Zhang Yang countered the batman and sliced him with a quick sword stroke. After dealing 2,000 damage, Zhang Yang activated {Blood Rage} and gained 50 Rage. With a quick smash to the ground, Zhang Yang used {Destructive Smash} and killed the monster. With his monstrous strength, he could easily wipe out the entire swamp like a wasp's nest.

Every flying monster stopped their pursuit of the villagers and changed their target to Zhang Yang. He took out and consumed a bottle of [Transmuted (6) Enrage Potion] and gained 100 Rage.

{Horizontal Sweep}!

SWOOSH!

Those that were too close to Zhang Yang received a clean hit, damaging them with more than 6,500 damage. PAK PAK PAK! The Dark Enigmatic Sword effect was triggered on and on, dealing a massive amount of damage that instantly killed more than 20 airborne batmen. The bottle of [Transmuted (6) Enrage Potion] had increased Zhang Yang attack power by 1.6x, making him practically a God of War at his level!

Undaunted, the monsters continued swarming Zhang Yang. Still, their attacks were so weak that even if he got surrounded by a thousand, or a million of them, it made no difference. With the sheer number of monsters, it was easier for Zhang Yang to kill all of them since the Dark Enigmatic Sword effect could be triggered almost endlessly. {Blast Wave}, {Horizontal Sweep} were used repeatedly. In just 4 to 5 minutes, Zhang Yang was completely surrounded by the dead corpses of the batmen. Not a single monster was left alive!

Every Alfalfa Villagers present on the scene could only stare in awe and disbelief. It was almost impossible for Zhang Yang alone to kill all of the monster singlehandedly!

"I'm Tiffany's relative!" said Zhang Yang as he went ahead to pick up the drops on the ground. It was not the coins nor the ETC items that he wanted, but the [Silk]. They were rather useful, not for selling in the market, but for making [Bandages] for healing.

Instead of being in awe, they villagers nodded their head as if they had expected the result, thinking that Zhang Yang was somehow related to Tiffany. It seemed to explain his admirable performance.

"Where's Tiffany?" Zhang Yang asked. He glanced around and found out that none of them had their own specialized name tags. In fact, every one of them shared the same [Alfalfa Villager] name! Zhang Yang could make out who was who at that point. However, he could easily guessed that Tiffany was not among them. Special quest NPCs would almost definitely have their own names!

"She was taken by the batmen!" said a villager.

Sigh! Somehow, Zhang Yang knew that the quest to obtain the second key fragment would never be that simple.

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Chapter 328: Giant Cyclops Phango

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"What happened?" Zhang Yang asked frantically.

"When we were led to destroy the batmen under Tiffany's command, we had successfully pushed them back to their lair! However, when we thought that victory was already in hand, there came down thousands of monster's reinforcements! Among the monsters, one of them was exceptionally strong and even defeated Tiffany. Unfortunately, she was nabbed and and taken to Ghastly Mountain!" explained one of the villagers.

"Warrior! You look tough. Could you please rescue Tiffany on our behalf?" asked another.

'Ding! You have completed the quest: Retrieve News. Obtained 100,000 Experience Points!'

'Ding! The Alfalfa Villagers have a quest for you: Rescue Tiffany. Will you accept it?'

Hmph! Zhang Yang would accept any rescue mission in a heartbeat, compared to any other ridiculous quests, like the stealing panties!

That being said, how does one "walk" to that floating mountain? It's not like he could fly in the first place. He could, if he was Level 100 and had captured a flying mount. But, what could he do now?

He frowned. Perhaps there was something else that could assist the quest by asking the villager. "Tiffany is my relative. I would had done it even without you telling me. However, I have one complication. The Ghastly mountain is floating up in the sky. How do I get up there?'

Everyone exchanged a distress look, as if they had no clue either. After a few moments, someone cried out. "I got it!"

"Hm?"

"I had heard this from the elders of the village. They said that there is a teleportation point at the bottom of the hill! It could directly teleport a person to the top of the mountain." The villager walked out of the crowd and spoke.

"Where is the Teleportation point again?"

"At the other side of the mountain. However, I also heard that there is a terrible and dangerous Giant Cyclops living there that will kill anyone living near there!" he added.

Monsters were meant to be killed. If he could not do it alone, he'll just bring a party. There was nothing to be concerned about. Zhang Yang laughed. "Please head back to the village. I'll think of a way to rescue Tiffany!"

The villagers nodded their heads and left Zhang Yang without much fuss. Zhang Yang rode the white bear and made his way to the foot of the mountain to the west. Zhang Yang was not in any particular rush. There were many herbs on the route and he took his time to harvest some [Wild Steelbloom] and [Stone Root]. Though they were rather uncommon herbs, there were not all too rare to begin with. However, since the number of Level 70 players with Herb Picking profession were few and had yet to set foot in the level 70 maps, the fore mentioned herbs were hardly seen in the market. That was one of the reasons why Zhang Yang had changed his profession to learn Herb Picking. That way, he could at least be self-sufficient.

A sudden bleep on the map indicated that a [Warden's Weed] was available in the west of where Zhang Yang was. Delighted, Zhang Yang kicked his feet against the white bear and headed straight for the rare herb. The [Warden's Weed] was used to craft a [Level 4 Strength Potion, which was the most effective potion to raise physical attack for the moment.

"Psss…"

A red viper appeared right beside Zhang Yang, revealing itself only when Zhang Yang approached the herb. The snake raised it triangular head, poised to strike Zhang Yang at any moment.

Starting from Level 60 and onward, be it minerals or herb, monsters will be nearby the spawning point to "guard" it. The strength of the monsters around will correspond to the rarity of the herb and mineral spawned. Some of them were normal monsters, some could be elite, and for the extreme cases, bosses could be guarding them! Just like the [Refine Iron Vein] back when Zhang Yang was only Level 10 which was "guarded" by the Black Panther King! The developers never made anything easy.

That said, the [Warden's Weed] was not all too rare, hence the red viper guarding it was merely a normal tier monster. It took only seconds for Zhang Yang to kill that single snake and turn it into experience points. The red viper had also dropped a few [Snake's Meat].

[Snake's Meat] are one of the ingredients for the Cooking profession. Cooking, First Aid, and Fishing are three supportive type skills that can be trained together with two other Item Production profession like Alchemy, Rune Craft, and many more. Compared to First Aid, Cooking and Fishing were a hassle that will take more time and effort. Since those professions didn't do much for players, not many players practiced them. That being said, some players who dislike PvP or PvE1 would spend their time fishing and cooking in the game. That was how, non PvP, non PvE players would spend their free time.

Cooking can produce items that could heal HP and MP. Unless the snacks can be purchased in shops, the items produced from Cooking had extra beneficial effects such as increased Vitality, Strength, or even provide a {Haste} buff. Only higher level ingredients can produce items with additional effects. [Snake's Meat] were one of those ingredients that can be used to produce such of healing items.

Zhang Yang took the [Snake's Meat] and swept them all into his inventory. Since he was the kind of person who did not like sitting around, he had not taken up Cooking as his profession. However, he came prepared. There were players in the guild who were low level but possessed high levels of Fishing and Cooking. He will pass the items to them and let them deal with it!

'Ding! You have used Collect on [Warden's Weed]. Your Herbalism mastery has gained 1 point!'

'Ding! You have obtained [Warden's Weed] x2!'

Zhang Yang went on and collected more herbs and [Snake's Meat]. Killing two birds with one stone, Zhang Yang had managed to gathered a small haul and was rather satisfied with it. After hiking a little through the slope, he found the surroundings shrouded in mist. Zhang Yang moved close to the source and stumbled upon a large fountain. Clear water still flowed out of the fountain and formed a beautiful small rainbow. However, beside the mystical fountain was a large giant. Even though he was seated, he was already at least 7 to 8 meters tall! He had the same appearance as a human, but only had one eye positioned on his forehead.

The giant was only wearing a pair of pants made from the leather of a beast. Resting on the right of him was a huge stone club, stained with dry blood. Perhaps, many had already crumbled under it.

[Giant Cyclops Phango] (Gray-Silver, Humanoid)

Level: 75

HP: 750,000

Defense: 800

There was the giant cyclops, but where was the Teleportation point? Zhang Yang went around the giant and searched on. However, no matter how many rounds he circled, he could not find the Teleportation point. Perhaps, the only way to reveal the Teleportation point was to kill the boss!

Zhang Yang drew the sword and sent the bear charging, rushing towards boss, ready to kill him.

Phango's aggro effective range was wide. Right when Zhang Yang had stepped out of the bushes around, he spotted Zhang Yang and immediately picked up a large boulder, and tossed it towards Zhang Yang.

The attack was both fast and accurate. Zhang Yang reacted swiftly enough and raised his shield to block the boulder. Amazingly, with a loud crash, the large boulder was smashed into pieces as it made contact with the shield. The white bear growled and rushed instantly to the boss with {Wild Charge}. Following the attack, the bear started clawing the boss. Zhang Yang followed and slashed at the boss' feet.

"URGH!" the giant wailed. He then picked up the gigantic stone club and smacked Zhang Yang on the head.

'-3,756!'

The damage was rather high. However, considering that Zhang Yang's {Block} had a 6 second cool down, the boss' DPS was reduced to roughly 1,000. To defeat his long 60,000 HP, the boss would need about 1 minute. However, since Zhang Yang had too many of surviving skills, the boss would already be killed many times over before that happens!

"Human! Why did you attack me!" cried Phango in a low, husky voice.

Zhang Yang was stunned. Was not it normal for players to kill monsters? To bring peace and harmony back to the land? Since when would a monster ask a player the reason behind their attack?

After a long awkward silence, Zhang Yang had to think of what to say and finally opened his mouth. "Giant Cyclops! I want to use the Teleportation point!"

"HMPH! You're in the same league with the bat monsters!" Phango bellowed angrily. In a fit of rage, the giant stomped his feet with such force that it left a small crater with the shape of its feet in the ground below him. Zhang Yang had no clue what kind of relationship he had with the batmen, but it was most definitely a hostile one. However, now that he has already started the battle, he could not just leave it hanging. Zhang Yang shrugged and continued raining attacks down on the boss! Even though he was taking severe damage, the boss' HP was dropping at a faster rate than his.

Within two minutes, the boss was left with only 10% HP! Suddenly, the boss made a huge leap backwards and fled the battle!

Trying to run away? Not on my watch. Zhang Yang pulled the reins of the bear and gave chase. The boss leaped back again. This time, he jumped into the pool of water that was made by the fountain. A loud and massive splash of water was sent all over the place.

Not that a boss running away from a player was normal to begin with, the weirder thing was that the boss' HP had began to heal itself rapidly! Zhang Yang checked on the boss and found an additional buff. {Fountain of Life}.

{Fountain of Life}: Restores 1% HP every second.

After only a few moments, the boss' HP was already restored back to 17%!

What the actual hell! The boss is cheating!

If that was the case - Zhang Yang commanded the bear to rush and jump into the pool as well! He too, gained the buff and started healing as well.

"The Fountain of Life is mine! None shall take it from me!" screamed the boss as he picked up a boulder from nowhere and tossed it at Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang frowned. Even though he had considerable DPS, it was surely not enough to overwhelm the healing effects of the fountain! It was the same for him. The boss would never be able to kill him while he remained in the fountain. However, if he does nothing to change the tide of war, they could easily fight till kingdom come and nothing would be accomplished.

Zhang Yang came up with a plan. For the moment, he shall dwell in the pool until all his skills are ready to used. He then left the pool and tried to kite the boss out of the pool. However, even though the boss was merely a Gray-Silver tier, it was smart enough to stay in the pool until he was completely healed before leaving. Now that both of them were fully recovered, the battle started over again!

Zhang Yang continued kiting the boss as far as he could, however, the boss was smart, or rather, the designer of the boss had set a limit before it would automatically turn back towards the fountain. Phango chased after Zhang Yang by several hundred meters and hit his limit. From there, he gave up on the chase and turned back.

…

With nothing else coming up in his mind, Zhang Yang checked his skill tab to see that {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} still had 3 hours before it could be used. He wanted to try and slowly grind the boss' HP down to 100,000 and used {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} to kill the boss in one go without giving the boss any chance to jump into the pool.

Zhang Yang steeled his decision and left the battle to collect some more herbs until the {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} was ready to be used. [Wild Steelblooms] were considered to be a common herb around this area. Even though the herb could only be found in maps higher than Leve 70, the mass number of spawning points made it easier for Zhang Yang to collect a large number of herbs since the re-spawn time was only around 20 minutes. Zhang Yang spent his 3 hours carefully, without wasting a single minute and filled his inventory will all sorts of herbs!

Hm. Now that {Dance of the Heaven and Earth} is ready to be used, it is time to kick some *ss!

1. PvP, PvE: PvP is short for Player Vs Player. PvE is short for Player Vs Enemy. In this case, PvE is used to classify battle between players and non-player entity, that is monsters, or NPC.

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Chapter 329: The Search for a New Source of Energy

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"Give it up human! I will never surrender the Fountain of Life to the likes of you!" Phango lifted the stone club again, preparing for another brawl.

The beginning phase of the battle was fairly straightforward. Zhang Yang kited the boss up to 70 to 80 meters away from the Fountain of Life before starting to attack him. Based on the damage statistics, the boss was no match to Zhang Yang. Still, it had an extremely long HP bar! With time, Zhang Yang gradually ground the boss' HP down to 10%, which was only 80,000 HP.

Phango jumped back, and just when he was about to turn around to run, Zhang Yang activated {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}. A hollow shadow emerged out of Zhang Yang's character and formed a soldier that wielded a long broadsword. The shadow then flew across the field and sliced into Phango like a piece of bread.

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

'-10,000!'

….

As expected of an ulti skill, once the skill is activated, the boss' HP could be seen dropping down like an burst fire hydrant. Before all 10 slashes could land, Phango's huge body suddenly burst out with a bright light and exploded with a loud boom!

The top half was completed missing, while the lower half of Phango was left standing. Blood and innards could be seen directly. It was extremely vile and disgusting!

The game should be rated R for this level of gore! What a twisted scene! No ordinary human could hold the contents of their stomach in after seeing all the blood and organ flying around!

This was not the first time Zhang Yang had used the {Dance of the Heaven and Earth}, but the skill had not dealt the final blow to the witch, Daphne. That was why he was spared such a gruesome scene!

Just when Zhang Yang was about to let it all out, the upper body of Phango came back and he fell to the ground lifeless, in one piece. Perhaps the developers of the company thought that it was just too much for younger audience and only displayed it briefly for the wow-factor.

Zhang Yang shrugged and went to pick up the battle loots. There were a total of three Gray-Silver equipment, seven Green-Copper equipment and one Assembled Equipment fragment. It was a shame that it was not the one that he wanted which was the Fireglass Necklace.

[Bloodlust Snake Skin Boots Armor Piece] (Gray-Silver, Leather Armor Piece)

Use: Combine four leather armor pieces to form a complete Bloodlust Snake Skin Boots.

Level Requirement: 70

Sigh…the smiths in 'God's Miracle' sure are godly. They could fix any kind of equipment! Zhang Yang bit down on his bitterness and kept the armor piece in his inventory. This equipment only required four armor pieces, it should be easier to assemble than the Fireglass Necklace.

All that's left was the Fountain of Life!

This contraption could easily heal 1% HP at every second. It would definitely change the tide of war. If only he could take it back to the Thunderstorm Castle, and use it to his advantage during a monster or enemy raid! Plus, if he could actually sell the item, it would definitely be worth the moon!

Just when Zhang Yang got close to the Fountain of Life, he received a system notification.

'Ding! You have discovered a drying Fountain of Life! You may use Alchemy potion bottles to store the water from this fountain. The collected item will grant the user the ability to heal 50% HP over 10 seconds. Cool down time: 10 minutes. Item does not share the same cool down as the other potion. Hurry! The Fountain of Life is drying up!'

What the hell!? Of all the times to be drying up, it had actually chosen this time to be drying?! This is made purposefully so that players could not make use of this feature over a long term!

glup*

The water level in the pool was getting lower and lower. Zhang Yang started to panic. Immediately, he opened his friend list and contacted Sun Xin Yu. "Icy! Go and buy 100…No! 50 stacks of potion bottles for me! Get over here as soon as possible! Be quick!"

A player's inventory are limited, Zhang Yang had only realized that half way as he was instructing Sun Xin Yu. If he had asked Han Ying Xue or Wei Yan Er, they would surely be asking tonnes of question instead of getting to work pronto! Sun Xin Yu, however, replied with a simple affirmation and hung up.

Zhang Yang hurriedly put on the Lover' Charm: Yang, and within 3 minutes, Sun Xin Yu appeared by his side.

"I have no time to explain. Just use the bottles and fill them up with water from this fountain!" said Zhang Yang as he took 10 stacks of potion bottles from Sun Xin Yu.

'Ding! You have obtained [Fountain of Life] x1!'

'Ding! You have obtained [Fountain of Life] x1!'

…

The two of them were bent over at the fountain, as if the water was made of gold, Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu were scooping up as much water as they could. By the time the water level got even lower, Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu took out their boots and hopped into the fountain to get more of the water. After 1 hour of continuous work, the water from the fountain was completely dried up, leaving a huge magical circle at the bottom. By that time, Zhang Yang and Sun Xin Yu had managed to gather a total of 18 stacks, 3,673 bottles of [Fountain of Life]! It was a big haul!

Sun Xin Yu was surprised. "You must be some sort of luck magnet. How did you even find this place?"

Zhang Yang laughed. "Hur hur. Impressed?"

Sun Xin Yu ignored his smug reply and said, "With just four more days till the Professional League, these [Fountain of Life] will really help us!"

The prowess of the bottled [Fountain of Life] was good, but as good as it seemed. For a non-tank player, 50% HP would be less potent than a [Level 4 Healing Potion] that could heal 8,000 HP, and the [Fountain of Life] required 10 seconds to fully take effect. The main specialty of this healing potion was the fact that it did not share the same cool down sequence with other healing potions. While using any level of healing potion will cause all healing potion to be in cool down, consuming the [Fountain of Life] would not, and player could use the other healing potion while the [Fountain of Life] is in effect. It effect could rival a healer! How could they not be strong? Especially during PvP match.

Zhang Yang kept a stack of [Fountain of Life] for himself and let Sun Xin Yu store the others in the guild storage. He then reverted his attention back to the magic circle at the bottom of the dried-up fountain. No wonder the fountain would dry up, it was to make way for the Teleportation point at the bottom of it! If the fountain water remained, how would the magic take place?

Zhang Yang placed his hands on the circle and heard a system notification.

'Ding! You have discovered an ancient Teleportation Circle. The magical power that powers Teleportation magic has run out. If you want to reactivate the magic within, you will need to search for a new source of energy'

'Ding! You have been given a quest: Search for a New Source of Energy. Will you accept it?'

Can he not?

[Search for a New Source of Energy] (Difficulty Level: B)

Quest Description: To the South, Ranging Runners roam in the Rolling Rock Canyon. The Stone Core of the Raging Runners contain mysterious powers! If you collect enough Stone Cores, you could perhaps reactivate the magic circle!

Progress: Collected Stone Cores 0/1,000

1,000. Right. ONE THOUSAND!?

Zhang Yang tossed all sort of insults he could think of in the back of his bead. What were the designers of the quest thinking? To collect 1,000 of the quest item is no easy feat! To put it logically, by the time he had collected the Stone Cores and activated the Teleportation Circle, Tiffany would have been killed already and had her blood sucked dry! All that would be left of her would be dried meat! Granted, the quest did not imply a time duration, or else he would have already failed. Still, Zhang Yang couldn't help but groan. What were the developers thinking when they designed this quest…

Zhang Yang left the mountain and rode his way to the south, and came down to the Rolling Rock Canyon. For a canyon, it was rather small. From the higher ground where Zhang Yang was, standing, he could see that there were roughly close to hundreds of stone elemental beings rolling around, giving out a rocky, grinding sound.

[Raging Runner] (Elite, Elemental Being)

Level: 76

HP: 76,000

Defense: 600

The normal Level 70 elite tier monster would have around 400 Defense value. Yet, these stone elemental beings had roughly 50% more defense than the norm. Zhang Yang did not care about the Defense and rode down the land and into the canyon, and charged bravely at a Raging Runner.

'-1,356!'

The monster only just rolled over Zhang Yang and had already cause a noticeable damage to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang understood from the attack and had a roughly estimation about the monsters. He then ignored the first monster and headed straight into the heap and kited about 16 to 17 monsters in one flush!

Based on his current equipment in hand, he could never endure the simultaneous attack from all of the monsters. However, relying on his agility, he could make sure that he was only taking at most 3 monster attacks at a time! He could easily handle that.

15 targets, that was the maximum number of monsters that {Horizontal Sweep} could strike. Even without the help from the Dark Enigmatic Sword effect, Zhang Yang had gotten used to using the kiting technique when it came to multi-killing. With the current godly weapon of his, if Zhang Yang still insisted on killing the monsters one by one, it would be a huge disgrace to the weapon itself!

With {Blast Wave} and {Horizontal Sweep} being activated repeatedly, coupled with Zhang Yang's white bear movement speed. The Raging Runners were clearly getting frustrated. It would be extremely funny if the names of the monster would suddenly change from Raging to Infuriated!

Pak! Pak! Pak!

Like popcorn in the microwave, the stone elemental being would break apart violently, leaving behind their cores. Zhang Yang had taken only less than 2 minutes to change all 15 monsters into kernel pops. This sort of grinding speed was definitely unmatched! With the Dark Enigmatic Sword in hand, Zhang Yang could be the game's seventh class, the Grinding King!

The only problem he faced currently was the fact that the drop rate of the Stone Cores was just too low. Of the 15 monsters that he had just killed, only 1 had dropped a Stone Core. Zhang Yang grit his teeth as he knew that this would be a long day…

There were only a few hundred of Raging Runners in the entire canyon. Even if Zhang Yang could possibly kill them all in a go, he would have to clear them all two to three times before he could gather all the Stone Cores. The major problem was the low drop rate! Since it was all RNG based, who knew how much time he would have to kill and kill again until he gathers 1,000 Stone Cores!? Still, Zhang Yang was not in a rush after all. In fact, he could take his time since there were no time limit for the quest.

Riding the bear, Zhang Yang kited another wave of monsters. This time, he was in luck. He managed to haul two cores. However, the next waves of monster did not drop a single core! Zhang Yang kept on at it till the next morning and had only managed to gather 58 cores. It was hard, but at least he had begun his first few steps for the thousand-mile journey. Still, it was not all for naught. In one night, Zhang Yang had already gained 12% experience points which was incredibly fast!

Zhang Yang opened the China level ranking board and saw that the top 10 players had barely changed.

1. Zhan Yu, Guardian, Level 74

2. Frost Night, Assassin, Level 73

3. Daffodil Daydream, Pyromancer, Level 72

4. One Sword Stroke, Guardian, Level 72

5. Fire Fountain, Pyromancer, Level 72

6. Blooming Ichor, Assassin, Level 72

7. Drizzler, Berserker, Level 71

8. Little Snow, Priest, Level 71

9. Snow Seeker, Cryomancer, Level 71

10. Lord Dullahan, Templar, Level 71

Hundred Shots, Fatty Han and several others were already over ranked and "kicked out" of the ranking list. Han Ying Xue and Wei Yan Er had missed some gaming time since the death of Wei Yan Er's father. They had been overtaken, but were still in the top ten list.

On the other hand, Sun Xin Yu was lucky enough to obtained the [Heaven's Pearl] which granted the user 50% extra experience points, which had allowed her to remain on the ranking board even though she had a full time job!

For a few nights and days, Zhang Yang had spent his time camping in the canyon, killing stone elementals beings. At the same time, he had also spent a little time to collect some herbs.

Sadly, before he could finish the quest to gather the Stone Cores, the Professional League had already started.

On the 31st of January, the officials had announced the battle procedure of the S class and A class League battle. Since Zhang Yang and his team was the champion for the Soaring Sword Competition, they were seeded and could start on the 1st of February, fighting the first runner-up of the Soaring Sword Competition as their opponent.

Who would want to miss out the fight between the champion and the first runner up? The two teams, who happened to be strong guilds with deeply held grudges against each other, would surely bring a certain level of heat in the battle arena! On the side note, the officials had also released several new rules. One of them was the banning of using skills and items with cool down time exceeding 10 minutes. One extra rule was added, that had peaked Zhang Yang's interest. It banned non-hunter classes from using battle pets in the battle arena.

Zhang Yang clearly remembered that during his previous life, there was no such rule implemented in the battle arena. Looks like the developers had taken notice of Zhang Yang and had purposely set it as such to offset Zhang Yang's overwhelming prowess. Zhang Yang thought that it was rather justified. Zhang Yang was already overpowered to begin with. To allow someone like him to use a battle pet in the arena would rob the opponent of all their will to fight. Having the opponent giving up before the match even beings would only put off the heat of battle.

On the 1st of February, the first team battle Professional League had started. S class and A class both had their own battle areas and all players were welcome to visit the respective arenas to spectate the match.

Zhang Yang's own battle team were as such: Sun Xin Yu, Wei Yan Er, Daffodil Daydream, Hundred Shots, Lost Dream, and himself. Fatty Han, Galileo, and Fantasy Sweetheart had taken the leading roles of the secondary battle team.

The main battle team - (Zhang Yang's team) had accepted to carry the name of Silky Soft Holdings. The secondary battle team, which was led by Fatty Han, had accepted a contract from another veteran I.T company in china. The main team's name was Silky Soft Battle Team, while the secondary team name was Pride and Honor Battle Team.

This was the first Professional League ever. Even though the Soaring Sword competition was a success, the sponsors were not too deeply involved, thus their monetary remuneration was not very luxurious.

Zhang Yang's team had accepted 5,000,000 dollars a year as a payment to carry the name of Silky Soft Holdings. That was due to the fact that the company owners themselves were in his team. On the other hand, Fatty Han's team, Pride and Honor Battle Team had accepted an 8,000,000 payment a year!

Zhang Yang knew something else. According to proper history, after two to three month after the start of the first Professional League fights, all companies would increase their sponsorship rate due to the massive increase in popularity of the fights. Some even signed lucrative contracts with the individual players themselves!

'Ding! The battle of Silky Soft Battle Team VS Sky and Ocean Electronics Battle Team will commence in 5 minutes! Members of Silky Soft Battle Team, please proceed into the battle arena within 5 minutes prior of this notification. Failure to do so will cause an automatic forfeit of your participation!'

7.30pm, Zhang Yang's team had received the same notification. Without delay, everyone entered the battle arena and allowed the system to teleport them to their own station. One thing that Zhang Yang felt rather impressed was that players could enter the arena no matter where they were. Upon exiting, the players will be teleported back to where they were before entering. Participants no longer needed to be within a major city to enter the battle arena. That being said, players had to be out of combat mode.

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

One by one, they appeared next each other. Once everyone from Silky Soft Battle Team had gathered, an interactive window appeared in front of Zhang Yang. As the team leader, he had to decide the order in which they would fight.

"First, the 1v1 fights. I will fight the first battle. Ice, you're second. Little brat, you're third. Daffodil Daydream, fourth. Lost Dream, fifth. Hundred Shots, sixth. Snow b*tch, you're the seventh. Everyone got that?"

"As for the team fights, Ice cube, little brat, Lost Dream, Snow b*tch, and me will fight. Remember, try to win the first 5 matches. Do not drag it to the sixth or the seventh. The same goes for the team fights!"

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Chapter 330: Rematch with Imperial Sky

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

When both captains had submitted the name list, the system will have lock in their entries. The name list would not be modifiable any more. In the case where the battle team did not contain the players that was listed in the presented name list, the said battle team will automatically be forfeited from the battle without any discussion.

'Ding! The battle of Silky Soft Battle Team VS Sky and Ocean Electronics Battle Team will commence shortly. Both opponents shall proceed into the battle arena. The battle shall start in 30 seconds!'

Zhang Yang immediately walked up into the battle grounds.

"It's Zhan Yu!"

"Their ace in the first round!?"

"Zhan Yu! You can do it! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

Fervor from the audience could be heard from all the way up in the spectator seats around the stadium. Cheers from the audiences could be heard before the match starts. However, once the battle starts, the surroundings will be muted to allow the contestants to focus.

Zhang Yang turned to the audience and waved at them to express his thanks. The contestant from the other team had also entered the grounds. His name was To The Sky. Level 70, male Beastman, Sniper, HP: 19,340.

The crowd booed when they saw that Imperial Sky had not sent out One Sword Stroke in the first battle. "Who is this To The Sky?! Never heard of this guy! What a huge let down! We were expecting the strongest of both sides to have a face off!"

On the other hand, Zhang Yang was completely unfazed. To The Sky was the main Hunter in the Sky and Ocean Electronics Battle Team, in his previous life. Even though he was not in the top 10 Hunter list, his capabilities were worthy enough to be his opponent.

'Ding! The battle will commence in 10 seconds!'

To The Sky gathered his composure and prepared to fight Zhang Yang. He knew that Zhang Yang would be his opponent in the first round, that was why he was sent to brush it off. This is a strategy that throws the tower over to waste an enemy's chance. However, he was not satisfied at being the sacrificing lamb. Even though he knew that Zhang Yang was strong, he would go down swinging! Also, he was a secret weapon! Perhaps even Zhang Yang himself would be shocked to see it!

The horn of war was blown and the battle started. Zhang Yang lifted his shield and his sword up high and dashed towards his opponent. To The Sky controlled his pet behind him and shot a {Concussion Shot} at the 30 meters maximum attack range. The skill landed and stunned Zhang Yang for 4 seconds. A black panther suddenly jumped out from the side and attacked with lightning speed.

In the game, a majority of physical attack type monsters will have roughly the same attack interval rate, which was 2 seconds. Only a portion of the monsters could have higher or slower attack rate. The panther race possessed faster attack speed. Its attack was, on average, one attack per second.

The game was fair. The developers had made everything balanced. Under the same level, same tier, the faster the attack speed, the lower the attack damage would be. If the opponent was a class that wears Cloth Armor type, it is better to have faster attack speed pets. The low defense of the Cloth Armor would not affect the low attack damage of the pet. It also could prolong the spellcasters' casting time! It could be as effective as prolonging a 2 second spell to be as long as 4 seconds.

However, to send out a fast attack speed pet to attack a tank class player would be extremely bad and unwise. With high defense, a passive damage absorption skill, and a passive damage reduction skill, the damage output of the pet would perhaps only be at most, 3 digits or even 2 digits!

Zhang Yang took a millisecond glance at the pet an turn his gaze back onto To The Sky. Black panthers are extremely common, they could be found at any random hill or mountain! It was not even considered to be at elite tier!

'-0!'

As expected, the black panther could not even deal 1 damage to Zhang Yang.

The {Concussion Shot} from before had slowed him down. At his snail pace, and the black panther lightning speed attacks, Zhang Yang felt that it was wise to kill some time by using {Block}. Might as well use it for the sake of efficiency. {Block} would also grant him an extra 30 Rage for a successful parry!

{Block}!

'-722!' {Block} reflect damage.

'1,479!' {Shield Bash}.

Having only 12,000 HP, the black panther had 1/6 of his HP taken away.

"F*ck!" cried To The Sky from afar. Well-equipped tanks are really something. Not only were they as solid as rocks, they also could ditch out painful attacks!

Knowing Zhang Yang prowess, To The Sky did not waste any more time. He started shooting at Zhang Yang and was able to chip off a decent amount of Zhang Yang's HP.

4 seconds later, the slow effect from the {Concussion Shot} ended. Regaining his normal speed, Zhang Yang leaped towards To The Sky. However, just before he could jump, he was stunned. Zhang Yang quickly checked on his status window and saw a debuff called {Maim}. He was stunned for 3 seconds.

Now Zhang Yang understood why this Hunter would, against the odds, bring a pet panther to fight a tank. It was all because of the skill {Maim}!

{Maim} is a pet's passive skill that can stun the target for 3 seconds with a 10% chance on every attack. The black panther was brought into the battle, not because of its attack power! It was because of its high attack speed, it had a higher chance to proc a {Maim}!

Zhang Yang grined out of habit. He then quickly used {Warrior's Will} and freed himself from the stun.

'-8,672!' {Destructive Smash}, Critical!

"Aurgh!" The panther cried in pain. The devastating attack was so strong that it left the panther with only over 1,000 remaining HP!

To The Sky's face was drained of colors. The black panther was supposed to be his trump card. If it were to die, it should at cost Zhang Yang half of his HP! Panicking, To The Sky focused on saving his pet. He immediately shot a {Breaking Shot} to control Zhang Yang for 4 seconds! That was his intention. However, Zhang Yang was better. Right after {Destructive Smash} had struck the ground, he had already consumed a bottle of [Beginner Mobility Potion]!

The effect of the [Mobility Potion] is special. Only after consumption, it will grant the user the immunity to all movement restriction skill! However, if the user was stunned or dazed, the user could not consume the potion to dispel the debuff. It can only take effect after consumption! That was why, the user had to be sharp in predicting the enemy! Zhang Yang had made the right call.

He knew that the opponent would not sit tight and let his black panther be killed. He predicted that the opponent would do something to save the pet. Besides {Concussion Shot}, a Hunter's other ranged interrupting skill could be {Breaking Shot}!

After consuming the potion, a rainbow color glow formed underneath Zhang Yang's foot, granting him immunity from all movement restriction skill for 3 seconds!

{Breaking Shot} landed on Zhang Yang!

Immune!

"What!?" To The Sky yelled. Could the game be stable and have lesser bugs?! Give him a chance to live for once!

'-2,184!'

Zhang Yang did not need to activate any skills. With a quick slice, the black panther wailed and dropped to the floor.

"Why did Zhan Yu killed the pet before the Hunter? A Sniper's pet is not even strong to begin with, why would Zhan Yu waste that much time on the pet?" The same question started repeating itself among the audience, as none of them understood what was happening in the battle ground.

If it was heard by To The Sky, he would be sure to take off his boots and toss it to the crowd in a fit of anger. He may be a Sniper, but having the black panther with the {Maim} passive skill made it a very powerful asset indeed!

A Hunter could tame four pets at a time. However, only one pet could be summoned into the battle to aid the master in battle. During battle, the Hunter could not switch pets. Once the pet dies in battle, the Hunter would have to wait for 10 minutes before he is allowed to revive the pet, or to summon the other pets he had collected. To The Sky was all by himself now for the next 10 minutes! However, even if To The Sky could summon another pet into the battle, it would be meaningless without the {Maim} passive. A normal pet would only be like a kid hitting a castle with a wooden twig! Not only would the tank not feel a single thing, it would only be granting "free" Rage points!

Zhang Yang scoffed. He knows that victory was already in hand. With large, bold steps, Zhang Yang rushed towards his opponent. To The Sky was extremely disgruntled. He then begun to kite Zhang Yang. As expected, his skill was good. But whenever a Hunter attacks, he would have to remain stationary for a brief moment. Since the battle ground had a limited space to begin with, Zhang Yang was able to reach To The Sky in just few minutes. He was already 20 meters away from To The Sky in a jiffy!

{Heroic Leap}!

Zhang Yang leaped. As far and high as the God of War, he glided through the air and landed firmly next to To The Sky! The massive shockwave was so strong that it had shattered the ground beneath Zhang Yang. The slam had also sent countless of tiny debris flying in all direction with Zhang Yang at the center of the commotion. As the dust was slightly blown away by the wind, a massive crack was seen throughout the arena!

HOHO! This skill effect was really showy!

The skill was bought in the Ravine of Coyotes. It was a "buyable" skill like {Blast Wave}. Still, a majority of the players had yet to know about it. {Heroic Leap} could not cause any kind of damage. It could only stun the target. But, from the audience's perspective, the skill display was so extravagant that everyone started cheering loudly.

It was just too darn cool!

"Again! Do it again!" the audience screamed.

{Heroic Leap}, 3 seconds stun.

One more!

{Blast Wave}, 4 seconds stun!

Seven seconds later, To The Sky had only 9,000HP, out of the 20,000 HP that he had! Once he regained his movement, he quickly flipped back and jumped 10 meters away with {Tumble}.

{Charge}!

Zhang Yang was again next to To The Sky and stunned him for another 1 second!

If he could cry and not be humiliated by it, To The Sky wished that he could just let it out! The guy was genuinely confused with Zhang Yang. Is he a Guardian or a Thief? How could a Guardian have so many long stunning skills! It was not fair!

After recovering from the stun, To The Sky bent down a little and planted a {Ice Trap}.

Traps are a Hunter's specialty skill, with various kinds of effects. For example, the {Ice Trap} will trigger when a player steps on it. It will trap the target in a huge ice barrier, rendering the target immobile for 10 seconds. The target will be freed instantly if any amount of damage was received during the entrapment.

Zhang Yang smiled. He then moved around the trap and activated {Thunder Strike} to slow down To The Sky as he continued to attack him.

The {Trap} that was planted will always be invisible to others. However, Zhang Yang saw To The Sky planting the {Trap} with his own eyes. If he had still stepped on it, he would have to call himself a dumb pig!

7,000! 5,000! 3,000!

To The Sky was slowly being pushed to the gates of death and Zhang Yang sent him off with a {Killing Cleave}.

With that, Silky Soft Battle Team had just gained their first battle victory!

Zhang Yang gazed up at the audience's seat and saw Wei Yan Er was pouting her lips. "Hmph! Noobie tank! What a loser! How could you take so long to kill a greenhorn? You sir, had just lost my respect for you! Bleh!"

She stuck out her tongue.

"Oh…my heavens…I am so saddened by what you had just said! Oh, my heart is so weary that I have to take a break from cooking ANYTHING at all! For at least 2 days!" said Zhang Yang while pretending to be a withering old lady.

Wei Yan Er jumped. She panicked and immediately pulled Zhang Yang's left arm. While smiling innocently, Wei Yan Er said, "This little girl has learnt her lesson! Please don't be angry. Big brother…"

"F*ck! Who you think I am? A weak-hearted lolicon?! Scram!"

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