The Boss Behind The Game

by Little Merger

Lu Wu, an aimless video game developer, had been feeling perturbed ever since he found out he was the direct descendant of a king from the underworld. Other than the title, His Excellency, his ancestor hadn’t passed down anything else to him. On top of that, all of his ancestor’s subordinates had rebelled against him and completely usurped his inherited territory. Under the circums

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Chapter 65: Wood Spirit Clan

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In the North Rocks area, within the depths of a dense forest, an ancient large tree twisted its body slowly, its branches swaying like snakes.

"Cha Na is dead? A new power within the Mansion of the Dead? Is this information reliable?" the ancient tree split open as a deep and solemn voice sounded from within.

"Lord Rock, I've already investigated. The information is true, and Liuli District has already been occupied by these new forces!" replied the steel zombie commander below.

"I'd already thought of him ending up destroyed in our initial discussion about the division of territory where we chose to hand Liuli District over to him, but I didn't think that he would have been defeated by a foreign force. I thought the Sea King would have been the one to end him instead. What a good-for-nothing!"

As the Rock Ghost King spoke, his body shook and the ground followed suit immediately as it began to tremble, making the soil below him fly up in different directions while his enormous body rose from the ground.

"Lord Rock, should we launch a war against the Mansion of the Dead? These foreigners of unknown origins are a tremendous threat!" asked the steel zombie commander instinctively.

"No. As you've said, this force is from an unknown origin. It's best if we don't brew conflict rashly so as to not let other forces reap the benefits of our fight."

"Then… then what if they attack us?"

Upon hearing this, the Rock Ghost King burst into laughter, his immense laughter shaking the surrounding trees. He cast his gaze on the steel zombie commander.

"I am not Cha Na. Besides, aside from those old corpses buried under the ground, who else has the confidence to fight my army of Tree Demons within my territory in the Land of Beiqi?!"

The Rock Ghost King seemed to have thought of something, and he looked at the steel zombie commander again.

"By the way, what is the situation of the Wood Spirit Clan?"

The steel zombie commander was taken aback, but then he immediately replied, "Stubborn. They still refuse to surrender to you, my Lord."

"My patience has run out. I have been very lenient towards the Wood Spirit Clan, but since they're so unwilling, let's just exterminate the entire clan!"

As the Rock Ghost King spoke, the trees in the entire forest began to twist and sway. From above, it almost looked as though demons and monsters were dancing riotously.

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……

Before the New Year's event began, the players still chose to prioritize leveling up by fighting monsters. After all, there was only a small amount of players who did have enough soul coins to build their own Specter Ship and set sail out to sea.

At that moment, a few hundred players had congregated outside the entrance of the Ghost Mountains, their expressions grave as they looked at the dozens of figures before them.

The figures being surrounded all had the appearance of the human race, moreover, they looked incredibly attractive. It could even be said that they had wholly conformed to the human race's standards of aesthetics.

However, the players knew that these people were not players of their own faction as they all had light green hair and dark green pupils. It was obvious that they were a foreign clan!

[Wood Spirit Clan: A humanoid race masterful of the way of the Wood Spirit. Adults of the Wood Spirit Clan possess special abilities of growth, healing, divine protection, and so on.

"Wood Spirit Clan? Boss, should we kill them?" questioned a man with a wand in his hand.

The man who was called the boss did not reply, instead he looked at the members of the Wood Spirit Clan surrounding them and shouted loudly.

"Hey, what're you doing here at the Mansion of the Dead? Don't you know that this is the territory of the Beiqi Army?"

Upon hearing those words, the members of the Wood Spirit Clan who were initially unwavering in their determination to rebel like their lives depended on it all seemed startled.

A handsome man from the Wood Spirit Clan with a long bow on his back stepped out from the group. Sweeping his gaze across everyone at the scene, he then turned toward the leader of the Demolition Guild, Liu Chai.

"You say that you're the Beiqi Army?"

"Duh, if not us, then who else?! You?" Liu Chai glared at him.

"As far as I know, the Beiqi Army of the Lord King of Beiqi had already been scattered. How could the Beiqi Army possibly still exist?" the man from the Wood Spirit Clan appeared to be very astonished.

"Millions of descendants of Beiqi exist, how could the Beiqi Army possibly collapse?"

Liu Chai glared at him again, "Speak up, what is your origin and why are you here? If it wasn't for your human appearance, my brothers and I would've cut you all down long ago!"

Upon hearing the threat of action in his words, the man panicked a little, "We are the Wood Spirit Clan, a medical clan appointed by the King of Beiqi."

"Appointed by the King of Beiqi?" Liu Chai was a little confused.

Subsequently, the man from the Wood Spirit Clan explained how his clan had been cornered in the North Rocks area after the death of the King of Beiqi. When they vowed to die rather than surrender to the Rock Ghost King, their entire clan was eventually exterminated and only a few dozen people had managed to escape.

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After listening to the man from the Wood Spirit Clan, all the players present were stunned.

"So they're allies?"

"Could they have been sent by the Rock Ghost King to spy on us?"

"I still think we should be cautious, let's kill them!"

"We don't know if they're trustworthy. Go ask an NPC, they ought to know."

The players of the Demolition Guild immediately began to discuss heatedly.

"Everyone, be quiet. Although you say that you're allies, I don't believe it, so let's do it this way. You can come with me to see the butler of the Mansion of the Dead. If he says it's true, then you can stay in the Mansion of the Dead, if not, then hmm…"

"Butler of the Mansion of the Dead?" the man from the Wood Spirit Clan was startled again.

Having stayed in Beiqi for so many years, not only had they never met the force before their eyes, they were also oblivious to the fact that the Mansion of the Dead had a butler.

However, under the pressing circumstances, the man from the Wood Spirit Clan only looked at the meager remainder of his clansmen with a trace of sorrow in his eyes and chose to compromise.

As a result, the few dozen members of the Wood Spirit Clan had their weapons confiscated by the Demolition Guild as they were escorted to the heart of the Mansion of the Dead.

Naturally, Lu Wu was already aware of this situation and had already asked Bei Li about it.

However, Bei Li was also utterly surprised by the existence of the Wood Spirit Clan. In her opinion, the forces that were extremely loyal to the King of Beiqi should have already been wiped out by the rebels. She had never expected that the Wood Spirit Clan still exist.

"I think I know the reason, it might be the specialty of the Wood Spirit Clan!" after pondering for a while, Bei Li lifted her head to speak.

"Specialty?"

"Yes, the Wood Spirit Clan aren't the same as the other battle-type clans. They have extremely weak fighting abilities, but they're an auxiliary-type clan that possess healing and restoring abilities. Evidently, the Rock Ghost King plundered this clan, wanting to retrieve them for himself to improve the combat strength of his own forces, but he didn't succeed!"

After Lu Wu found out that the Wood Spirit Clan was truly loyal and devoted, he gave the butler a new command prior to the arrival of the Demolition Guild and the others.

Upon arrival of the members of the Demolition Guild, they met with the butler whose gaze suddenly turned to the Wood Spirit Clan who were encircled in the center.

"You… you all are still alive!"

The Wood Spirit Clan was confused.

"It must truly be the blessing of the King of Beiqi. I never imagined that you would actually be able to survive the ambush of the rebels," the butler's eyes were brimming with tears as he spoke.

The Wood Spirit Clan was now even more confused.

At that moment, they were stupefied. Who in the world is this emotional old man before us? He acts as though he is very familiar with us!

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Chapter 66: Players' Dyeing Vat Of Influence

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After asking the butler, the players found out that the members of the Wood Spirit Clan were indeed allies.

This allowed the players to let their guard down, and they began to engage in small talk with the members of Wood Spirit Clan.

The Wood Spirit Clan was also curious about these players that called themselves the descendants of Beiqi and were very willing to talk to them.

However, the more they talked to them, the more confused the Wood Spirit Clan became. They almost thought that they had crossed over to the Mansion of the Dead in a different dimension.

This was because the Mansion of the Dead that the players spoke of was definitely not the Mansion of the Dead that they knew.

For example, according to the players, the King of Beiqi and the Black Dragon King had perished together. The Wood Spirit Clan only wound up even more confused as they did not even know who the Black Dragon King was, only that he seemed like a powerful person.

The Wood Spirit Clan was also extremely confused as to who Lu Mo and Fatty Chef were. As they took in bits and pieces of information, they started to have an existential crisis, wondering if the life they knew to be was fake. It was either that or the players themselves were fake.

However, the same thought occurred to all of the Wood Spirit Clan after they had heard how the players had united as one and killed Cha Na after a night of fighting.

These people are so good at bragging that they do not even blink when they do it!

The Wood Spirit Clan suspected that these players would continue bragging until the cows came home if they were not stopped.

In their opinion, although Cha Na was weaker than other Ghost Kings and Ghost Generals, he could not possibly have been as weak as described.

However, this doubt turned to shock when they saw Cha Na's decapitated head hanging on the wall of the Mansion of the Dead. They realized that these guys truly were strong.

The appearance of the Wood Spirit Clan was quickly revealed in the forum by the players, with many curious players from around the world flooding in just to catch a glimpse of the Wood Spirit Clan.

The players' friendliness had made the Wood Spirit Clan let their guard down, and they too began to mix around the players.

However, the players' enthusiasm had also made some maidens of the Wood Spirit Clan feel very uncomfortable as they felt that these players were approaching them with some sort of intention.

In the forum:

Kindred_Spirit: "What a pretty and gentle girl from the Wood Spirit Clan, a thought suddenly appeared in my mind."

Assassin_Creed replied to Kindred_Spirit: "It is impossible, all the girls are very kind, don't even think about flirting with them."

Xueli_The_Strongest: "The guys of the Wood Spirit Clan are very handsome too, unfortunately I already have a boyfriend, so I can only enjoy some eye candy~"

Millenium_Cold_Iron: "I got injured when I leveled up at the Ghost Mountains, but then I met a girl from the Wood Spirit Clan who healed me, I feel like I have fallen in love (Embarrassed~)"

Cutie_King_Slime: "Sure enough, 2D beauties are the real beauties. My lonely soul burns, I want to reserve one in advance!"

Crayon_Shinchan: "I seem to smell the stench of loneliness… (funny)"

Watermelon_Taro replied Crayon_Shinchan: "You're probably the most powerful troll in this forum! (funny)"

Crayon_Shinchan replied to Watermelon_Taro: "Hehe~ (funny)"

Pmurt: "Going out to sea to watch the sunrise and sunset with a girl of the Wood Spirit Clan, together in the beautiful sunset…"

Crayon_Shinchan replied to Pmurt: "I suspect that there's an important message hidden in your ellipsis, I will report you first! (funny)"

……

Lu Wu welcomed the arrival of the Wood Spirit Clan and had further requested the butler to arrange an area between the Mansion of the Dead and Liuli District to become the new domain of the Wood Spirit Clan.

According to Bei Li, the Wood Spirit Clan were loyal to the King of Beiqi, and they had outstanding abilities that would allow them to play the roles of military doctors during battles, all of which could help the players.

The Wood Spirit Clan and the players had different thoughts on the history of Beiqi, so in order to be safe, Lu Wu had instructed the butler to bring the Wood Spirit Clan to the Mansion of the Dead. Using the excuse of having them swear their loyalty upon the statue of the King of Beiqi, Lu Wu had them read out the pledge of allegiance on the artifact prepared by Bei Li.

After the artifact had received the pledge of allegiance, the Wood Spirit Clan were then sent into the artifact for memory modification to become new NPCs.

Lu Wu did not care whether the players intended to flirt with the Wood Spirit Clan, as there was a set regulation in the game that only allowed players to be together if it was consensual.

This regulation, proposed by Lu Wu and set up by Bei Li, was initially set to protect the players. Later, protection for NPCs was added and players were then only allowed to have intimate contact if their intimacy levels had reached the score of 100.

Lu Wu also used the artifact to include the Wood Spirit Clan into the protection list, so the players were unable to cross the line unless everything was consensual.

During this period, the Wood Spirit Clan integrated into the crowd of players quickly. To them, the players were gifted combatants with special talents and were part of a secret force cultivated by the King of Beiqi.

However, the Wood Spirit Clan were stunned when the players showed them their gift of the undead for the first time.

These beings had the terrifying ability to return to normal within three hours even if they had died. The sheer knowledge of this shocked the Wood Spirit Clan to their core.

Now they knew how these people, who called themselves players, and the descendants of the King of Beiqi, had defeated Cha Na.

They also felt the absurd relief of having allied themselves with these players.

However, since the Underworld was enormous and mystical, they slowly got used to the idea of it after getting closer with the players. At the same time, they used their inherent talent and capabilities to become the players' medical aid station.

In the beginning, they felt panicked when players would come to them for help after getting poisoned or seriously injured, and they would give them emergency treatment. Yet after a while, the Wood Spirit Clan got used to it and became calmer, in fact, even calmer than the players themselves.

When they came across those who were seriously injured, they could even mention phrases that they had learned from the players.

"Bro, why are you scared? You'll be fine after three hours. Your injury is incurable, it's better to die earlier and return online earlier!"

"Ah, your injury is too troublesome, why don't you die first and empty your bed for the next person?"

"Hey bro, your injury is a little scary. Let's not waste any more time, could you please die first?"

The changes in the Wood Spirit Clan stunned the players, but as a result, the cultural and societal gap between them had disappeared. Now, they would even mix around and chill with the players.

In addition, the Wood Spirit Clan had another ethnic characteristic, which was wine-making.

The wine produced by the Wood Spirit Clan tasted mellow and had the effect of regenerating vitality points. Moreover, it was not intoxicating at all. The players loved it very much and were often found trying to curry favor with the people of the Wood Spirit Clan in order to drink some wine.

After getting closer to the players, the people of the Wood Spirit Clan were inevitably affected as well. Occasionally, some internet slang would spill from their mouths, and these kinds of changes shocked Lu Wu. One's environment truly does determine the character of a person.

Even the peaceful, easy-going and elegant Wood Spirit Clan were unable to escape the destiny of being badly influenced when they were together with the players.

The reputation of the Fourth Disaster was truly well-deserved!

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Chapter 67: New Year's Eve

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New Year's Eve.

Countless players walked out of the Mansion of the Dead in pairs toward the coast of the Underworld Sea in Liuli District.

That was where the activity would start.

With the arrival of dusk, the coast was seen to fill up with ships and rafts of various sizes while the shore was crowded with people.

The players rubbed their hands together, waiting for the activity to start. They were getting ready to compete with each other by sailing out to sea.

Lu Wu, who was already prepared beforehand then began to condense an enormous clock above the sea.

[The activity is about to start. Everyone, please get ready, any player that leaves the shore to enter the ocean before the activity starts will be deemed to have forfeited their competitive rights!]

Accompanying the countdown on the clock were countless brilliant fireworks that filled the air above the coastline, illuminating the sky.

Soon after, the sound of the countdown bell rang.

Dong! Dong!

Ten… Nine… Eight… Seven…

One!

At the end of the countdown, the game notification sounded again.

[The New Year's activity has officially started! This activity will last for six hours, all fish caught during this time guarantees an accumulated reward. The fishing contest begins!]

Gazing at the sky overflowing with fireworks, all the players cheered as they set sail with their mates, heading toward the direction of the brilliant moon hanging above the sea line.

The players who did not have guild warships or ships followed along, rowing their small rafts.

This activity relied mainly on the enthusiasm of the players because it really did not depend on how strong one's ability was, but how much luck that one had.

However, because many players had already seen the video of Ba Mu fishing, most of the players moved around in small squads. After all, if the Spiritual Fish was of a higher class, it would be harder to handle for one person. Furthermore, if there were more people, they could look after each other.

As for the players who had neither Specter Ships nor rafts, they fished around the shoreline. Even though the chances of getting a Spiritual Fish were lower, they decided to try their luck since this activity was based on luck. Maybe fishing near the shore would bring about a lavish reward.

Not only did the New Year's activity this time attract all the players, even the Wood Spirit Clan had rushed over due to curiosity.

They smiled widely as fireworks burst open in the skies and the cheers of the players rung in their ears.

To them, this was one of the celebration ceremonies for the players' culture, so they joined in curiously as well, looking at the players fishing. They were so enthusiastic that they even set up a barbeque, grilling fish for the players that were fishing.

As the first player caught a fish, the ranking board appeared as well. All the players could clearly see the translucent ranking board hanging on the upper right corner of their screen, stating their current ranking.

Below the ranking board was an activity chatroom, an area where the players could communicate with each other.

After about half an hour, a hundred Guild Level Specter Warships sailed into the Void Ocean. Once they entered this part of the ocean, they then went their separate ways, each choosing a different spot to start fishing.

At the same time, the ranking board was changing almost every second, the ranking of the players moving back and forth. At this stage, it was hard to tell who would be the winner.

……

At the edge of a cliff along the coastline, a bald man held a fishing rod in his right hand and a bottle of Wood Spirit liquor from the Wood Spirit Clan in his left. He took a sip of the liquor every now and then lazily, but his piercing gaze remained on the water's surface.

Shi Hu was absolutely sure that he would not win any of the top spots in this fishing competition. After all, a boorish and unrefined person as himself had no knowledge about fishing. Moreover, he was clumsy when it came to fighting monsters to level up. He had entered this competition just for fun.

That was why he had chosen not to work with a small team. Instead, he had found himself a remote cliff edge to casually fish upon while watching the moon and feeling the sea breeze.

As for the potential harvest, Shi Hu was still very excited about it.

He was excited to send the fish that he had caught to the shore for the brothers of the Wood Spirit Clan to cook scrumptiously and did not really care for the marks accumulated in the competition.

From his point of view, he was just as useless as a salted fish. Rankings and rewards did not exist for him! The most important thing was to wine and dine to his heart's content.

Shi Hu effortlessly excused his mentality by calling himself a player for life. All the fighting and killing was too bloody for him. In his mind, to live a life of ease and leisure was the real relish of being a human.

Drowned deep in his thoughts as the sea breeze swept across his face, Shi Hu fished calmly, not even the slightest bit as nervous as other players.

He had pretty good luck as he had already caught three marine fish, three Lischke, and a huge lobster within two hours.

The elated Shi Hu glanced at his creel, preparing to send his catch to the Wood Spirit Clan's barbeque stall after catching one more fish.

Subsequently, he cast his fishing rod and waited patiently again.

At that moment, the sound of the game notification could be heard, while a line of red-colored words appeared on the ranking board in the upper right corner.

[Congratulations to player Sun Qi who caught a Tiger Fish (Spiritual Sea level), obtained 500 points, currently placed second on the board!]

When the notification appeared, a picture appeared in the chatroom.

The picture was of a white puppy enthusiastically holding a fish bigger than the size of its own body in its jaws with a line of words below the picture.

"Sure enough, Gou Zi is the king of the game, obtaining a Spiritual Sea Fish, hehe, the Myth Guild blesses you!"

Shi Hu cast a brief look undisturbed, then went on to admire the moonlight.

[Congratulations to player Meng Shao Chun who caught a Blood Spirit fish (Spiritual Sea level), obtained 500 points, currently leaping to third place on the board!]

Another notification appeared, causing Shi Hu to sigh. He gazed at the ocean and nagged uncontrollably.

"Those with great luck like to show off all the time, while those who have bad luck can only look in their empty bags and weep. I curse all of the lucky ones and hope that they'll stay single for all of their lives!"

After speaking, Shi Hu felt his fishing rod quiver slightly. He realized that a fish had taken the bait and snapped out of his distracted mood as he started to reel in the fishing line.

It was just as he thought, the rod was easily lifted. Clearly, there was no good outcome.

Yet after Shi Hu lifted his fishing rod, his mind went blank for a moment. What kind of trick is this?

A weird-looking fish with the head of a dragon and the tail of a fish was hanging on the fishhook. He remained stunned for a while before he started using the Artifact to analyze.

After he saw the analyzed characteristics, Shi Hu widened his eyes as a notification was announced throughout the whole region.

[Congratulations to player Shi Hu who caught an extremely rare fish called Ao (Spiritual Sea level), obtained 1000 points, currently leaping to the first place on the board!]

[Ao (Spiritual Sea level):

Legend has it that during the olden times, the golden-colored and silver-colored carps wanted to jump over the dragon's gate to fly into the clouds and become dragons, but the moment that they jumped over the gate, it closed, so they could only have the head of a dragon with the tail of a fish. Thus, they were named Ao. Male Ao are golden-scaled and gourd-tailed while female Ao are silver-scaled and hibiscus-tailed. Always roaming the sea, this kind of fish is a branch of the offspring of Ao, and its blood is not pure.

(Note: This fish does not have the pure blood of an Ao, although it is listed as a rare fish, it will be divided into the Spiritual Sea level. After the conversion of the accumulated marks, it will be listed as the lowest type of rare marine species at 1000 points.)

Looking at the Ao in his hands, Shi Hu had a mental breakdown.

He had accidentally just levelled up as king of the game…Can I take back my words now…

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Chapter 68: New Year's Eve Countdown

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Based on the occasional pulls, it seemed to be a rather weak Ao. Thus, Shi Hu appeared to be stunned.

As he glanced at the scoreboard, he realized that his name came in first place. The corners of his lips twitched as he recalled the curse earlier on. All of a sudden, he found the situation both funny and extremely embarrassing.

The moment Shi Hu caught Ao, numerous questions asking for the selling price started to arise in the event's chat box.

Yet, Shi Hu ignored them. Instead, he chucked the Ao into the creel. Then, he swiftly lifted the creel and headed toward the sandy shore.

For sale? He would not put it up for sale. Even though he did not consider himself realistically wealthy, he still owned and sublet more than ten houses. In other words, he was neither short of food nor clothing. Playing games was something he did just for fun, hence the issue of money never crossed his mind.

Thus, it turned out that the Sea Spirit Level fish was the first of its kind to be placed over the barbecue pit.

A few fellows from the Wood Spirit Clan were dumbfounded by Shi Hu's action of generously grilling such a premium-priced Spirit Fish. To them, this was a reckless waste of natural resources.

If it were up to them, they would have used it to make elixirs or rear the creature to see whether there was room for nurturing.

However, since Shi Hu was insistent, they did not speak any further.

In a flash, the sandy shore was filled with the meaty fragrance of Ao.

As he gazed at the spam questions asking for the selling price in the event's chat box, Shi Hu contemplated before chuckling. Then, he moved the cooked Ao which was skewered on a twig to the corner of his mouth and triggered a screenshot.

"Ka-cha."

Immediately, Shi Hu meanly uploaded the screenshot into the event's chat box.

"I heard that you guys are looking for this? Mmm~ It tastes quite good~"

After posting the photo, Shi Hu sat by the barbecue pit and savored his food while reading the replies of the enraged players in the chat box.

After munching for a bit, Shi Hu's eyes widened.

The Spirit Fish had a silky smooth and tender texture. When the shredded meat was broken into delicate strands at every bite, a rich flavorful fragrance would fill his palate. The aromatic scent was caused every inch of his body to relax.

This sort of intense experience on his taste buds bewildered Shi Hu.

He had never eaten anything as scrumptious as this. At the same time, he could not stop munching and it was not until he bit into the twig when he realized that his food was gone.

[Digested Ao, earned a free attribute of 15 points!]

When the game's prompt appeared, Shi Hu threw the twig aside and let out a breath of hot air. At that moment, his entire body loosened up and his desire for the Spirit Fish grew.

With an insatiable appetite, Shi Hu stood up and gazed at the girl from the Wood Spirit Clan before pointing at the creel,

"Miss, I'll gift this creel to you~ I shall continue fishing now."

The girl from the Wood Spirit Clan was stunned as she nodded her head. She was still astonished as she found it hard to believe that the Sea Spirit Level Ao was gone just like that.

After consuming the Spirit Fish, Shi Hu was overcome by the pleasure on his taste buds which he knew he could never experience in real life.

There was no point in continuing his original plan of having a big seafood feast. This time around, he decided to return to the beach and try his luck. Who knows, today might be his lucky day.

……

The fishing competition resumed with endless announcements popping up periodically, stimulating the desires of the players for the Spirit Fish.

Even if they could not catch a Spirit Fish, being short-listed would ensure the reward of an equipped weapon equivalent to the price of a standard Spirit Fish. All the players were hoping to be the lucky one.

The shores of Liuli District were scorching. Everyone was fixed on their fishing rods as they hoped that their next catch would be a Spirit Fish.

Meanwhile, at the region of the Void Ocean, while there were plenty of fish in the sea, sea creatures would emerge from time to time.

Once a small sea creature is spotted, none of these large associations would hold back. Instead, they would immediately steer their Specter Warships and ram it!

The simple collision of had no significant effect on Specter Warships as these battleships had self-healing powers.

Waves of small naval battles were taking place within the Void Ocean.

Even though the players were unfamiliar and untrained in naval battle, they continued to mess around in exhilaration together.

Some players even went to the extent of posting mischievous photos of fished up sea monsters on the activity chatbox. The festive atmosphere of the whole game was filled with joy.

Due to the overcrowded situation at the Wood Spirit Clan's barbecue stall by the shore, no room could be spared for the remaining players. Many players then cleverly improvised by setting up their own barbecue pits. Unfortunately, they were not as accommodative as the Wood Spirit Clan because they imposed fees and earned lots of soul coins through their services.

As long as the players had tasted the Spirit Fish, they would naturally be captivated by its excellent fragrance.

This experience was deeply relatable to Lu Wu. At this moment, he and Bei Li were observing the happenings in the game while feasting on a Spirit Fish that was left in a shop by a mindless player.

The Spirit Fish's acquired flavor was addictive to Lu Wu, not to mention the glutton Bei Li.

After devouring the entire Spirit Fish, there was no effect on Bei Li's face yet Lu Wu's face reddened. It felt as if a warm current was flowing through his body, causing him to fall into a relaxed state.

While rubbing his belly, Lu Wu was already mentally plotting the tactics of conning a few more Spirit Fishes from the players.

……

The launching of this event ran smoothly. When the event came to an end, a bell was sounded off, ringing from the ears of the players as the jumping scoreboard came to a halt.

[The New Year's Fishing Competition has ended. The rankings are as follows:

First place: Sang Yu

Second place: Shi Hu

Third place: Ye Jingjing

Fourth place: Sun Qi (Little White Dog)

Fifth place: Feng Xiaoxin

…

After the event had ended, all the ships and boats were on their return voyage.

Meanwhile, by the shore, countless players sat down together, sharing their rewards of the day while boasting to one another on what they had experienced at sea.

This was the first time for many people to spend a holiday in a game. They enjoyed this kind of atmosphere.

The relationship among themselves was complicated within the game. They could either be supportive comrades or notorious enemies or even a group of buddies who savored on delicacies by the beach.

This sincere attitude of treating one another with open-heartedness in the game by the beach was comforting, not to mention memorable as well.

Removing the superficial masks of reality may enhance the crudeness in them, but what was there to be afraid of?

With amplified voices, mouthfuls of liquor were gulped down as words were spoken freely under the moonlight. Standing before the campfire, a friendly challenge was held where everyone was to drink for each other. This sensation was amazing and truly enjoyable!

As the sea breeze fluttered, everyone drunkenly waited for the arrival of dawn in the dark night of New Year's Day!

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Chapter 69: New Year's Day Treasure Hunt

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On the second day, players who had taken their break offline went back online to start preparing themselves for the event of the second day.

As compared to the fishing competition, more people were looking forward to this event. Countless players were hovering between the Mansion of the Dead and Liuli District in search for their most suitable feng shui spot. Then, they waited quietly for the event to begin.

At 8pm, following the players' anticipation, the game's prompt appeared.

[The New Year's Day Treasure Hunt begins now and will last for six hours. The game credentials will be refreshed every ten minutes!]

At this very moment when the announcement was made, Lu Wu thought of something. Then, graceful and lithe figures which were clothed in traditional red dresses while carrying bamboo baskets started to appear above both the Mansion of the Dead and Liuli District.

Along with the official opening, these ladies began to waft around the air, simultaneously pulling out New Year's Day certificates which appeared like red envelopes unceasingly from their bamboo baskets, scattering them toward the ground.

All of a sudden, all the players surged and rushed toward the rain of red envelopes.

The value of New Year's Day certificates was clear-cut. It was as good as giving a free bonus to the players. Even if that person had picked up just one New Year's Day certificate, it would already be sufficient to exchange for ten potions.

The lucky red envelope rain persisted in both regions for about a full minute, covering a wide area. The players were simply ecstatic.

The most thrilling part of this event was the hidden character class. This opportunity was open to every player, and everyone was looking forward to being the lucky one.

……

At the border between Liuli District and the Mansion of the Dead.

With the commencement of the game, Qi Ming, who was well-prepared way beforehand, pounded his staff on the ground. Dark fog tumbled on the ground as dozens of Yin soldiers emerged.

Then, with a change in Qi Ming's thoughts, the Yin soldiers rearranged themselves into a horizontal row, each three meters apart, before they began to advance.

Multitasking was simply easy for Qi Ming. So long as the red envelopes were found along their way, Qi Ming would command his Yin soldiers to collect them. In this manner, their speed of collection would be significantly faster than the other players.

Qi Ming's method quickly caught the attention of others.

A mage was extremely astonished when he saw how Qi Ming operated. He also summoned dozens of Yin soldiers to model after Qi Ming's method in collecting certificates.

However, no matter how hard he tried, these Yin soldiers appeared to be incapable of executing commands other than attack and defend.

"Damn, I'll report this!"

The indignant mage went behind Qi Ming to take a video of how he collected game certificates and posted it on the activity chatbox.

"I'm reporting this man for cheating! All of us had to go through the same compulsory education for nine years, so why is it that he can have such outstanding Yin soldiers!"

Many players became restless upon the sight of how Qi Ming collected all the red envelopes.

"Perhaps it's like what you said, his Yin soldiers were educated, that's why they are outstanding (comical!)"

"After watching the video, I tried it but my Yin soldiers were like broken off writing, totally unmanageable!"

"That's multitasking. Do you know the ability to draw a circle with your left hand and square with your right concurrently? Some people are just gifted, you simply can't compare!"

"True! So far, there are no cheaters in this game. Don't you see that there are many honest players in this game?"

"This is so cool. Indeed, great people shall remain great wherever they go. There are more and more gods in the game!"

"A 100 meter long blanket search, this man is terrific. Look out for the one at the top of the list, it should be him!"

"Sure enough, it's a cheater again. Here goes another suffocating operation, we mortal players just can't hold a candle to that!"

……

Just like what the players had said, Qi Ming had escalated to the top of the list within an hour with his super multitasking talent and was constantly widening the gap from his competitor which was ranked second on the list.

Unlike Qi Ming's systematic and steady blanket-search strategy, other players' games appeared to be a crazy, disorganized, and aimless wild chase.

Once again, the Wood Spirit Clan was confused upon seeing the sight.

Based on what they could see, this race does indeed possess unique characteristics.

Yesterday's fishing was understandable, but what is going on with today's lunatic-like running on the mountain?

"Elder brother, are they all fools?" a little girl from the Wood Spirit Clan who seemed to be about seven or eight years old raised her head and asked her elder brother curiously.

This man from Wood Spirit Clan who was referred to as the elder brother patted his younger sister gently on her head,

"Mind your words, we have to respect the custom of other races!"

"Oh!" The little girl nodded, "Then I will go and play with them!"

The man's expression congealed upon hearing her, "No, do not play with the fools!"

The little girl was speechless.

……

The treasure hunt event lasted for six hours. When the bell rang, some players yelled in excitement while some were dejected.

[The New Year's Day Treasure Hunt officially ends now. All players with game certificates please proceed to the Event Messenger Area to redeem your rewards. The certificate rankings are as follows:

First place: Qi Ming (328 certificates)

Second place: Xueli (133 certificates)

Third place: Qi Wen Jiang (102 certificates)

Fourth place: Lu Shun (102 certificates)

Fifth place: Li Chu Xuan (101 certificates)

……

With the powerful ability and talent of multitasking, Qi Ming surpassed everyone with his outstanding performance.

As the event ended, many players began to flock toward the Event Messenger Area based in the Mansion of the Dead. It was also a time for Lu Wu to give out a lot of things dear to him.

As expected by everyone, once the redemption activity began, Qi Ming redeemed the hidden character class (Ghost Monster).

[Congratulations to Qi Ming for successfully redeeming the highest reward of this event, the hidden character class, Ghost Monster]

Amidst the envy and praises from other players, Qi Ming felt a surge of power flowing through his body. A string of data appeared in front of him.

[Ghost Monster:

Character class background: After 10,000 years, the most powerful ghost bred in the Ghost Mountains formed the spiritual body of the Ghost Monster. It used to be the strongest overlord of the Ghost Mountains. After its voluntary allegiance to the King of Beiqi, it died in the Battle of the Abyss and was sent to the Spirit Summoning Palace by its descendants for worshipping.

Character class abilities: Spirit Summoning, Strength of Ghost Monster, Destruction

[Spirit Summoning: Summon all kinds of ghosts for its use. The quantity and strength of ghosts summoned increases with the character level.

[Strength of Ghost Monster: A 200% increment in strength attributes when used. All damage from carrying Strength of Ghost Monster will last for ten minutes. It has a cooling period of four hours.

[Destruction: Stimulate the use of Strength of Ghost Monster for a wider damage range. After the activation, the character's body will explode within five seconds for a damage range of 100 meters. The intensity of the damage decreases according to the distance from the character.

Seeing that he finally possessed the inheritance, Qi Ming revealed a smile on his face.

After so many years of hard work, it was the first time he thought that it was just an easy task to possess the inheritance.

But when he saw the third ability of the inheritance of Ghost Monster, Qi Ming was stunned.

Isn't that a suicide attack? It doesn't really match my identity!

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Chapter 70: The Cliffs Of Desperation

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

The third day of the new year was finally the day when Lu Wu would regain what he had given.

Just as he had expected, as a result of the once in a blue moon full discount, tons of players who had been reluctant at first had all relentlessly changed their equipment or bought whatever they needed.

Lu Wu's soul coins were finally back to their original amount.

This time the New Year's Day event had brought great enjoyment to the players and thus it created a great deal of feedback as well.

Though due to players' crave for top-ups, Lu Wu finally answered their calls in the forum and got ready to open up the top-up portal.

[Update preview. This update will open the top-up portal. All top-ups ratio will be 1 dollar : 1 dragon coin. All dragon coins can be used to buy beautiful outfits after the upcoming Fashion Auction Event!]

Fashion Auction: Three sets of fashion outfits will be presented for the auction every week using dragon coins as the bidding currency. Each outfit for each auction is limited to only 1,000 sets.

Invincible Loneliness: "Smile gradually freezing… What the heck are dragon coins? What about my soul coins?"

Cutest Ye Xue'er: "Report your addresses, time to embrace your execution you devs!"

Crayon_Sinchan: "So happy to see how all the tycoons want it but are not able to get it (goofy)"

Assasin_Creed: "I want soul coins. I don't care, I only want soul coins!"

Xueli_The_Srongest: "Devs: In spite of your voodoo, I remain unmoving like a mountain while suppressing everything with my bare hands. How dare you mortals defy the game masters. Have you seen the submerging Taowu? Would you believe me if I said that with just a few clicks of the keyboard I can pinch it to death?"

Crayon_Sinchan replied to Xueli_The_Srongest: "Legit!"

……

Lu Wu understood the reason for the players' grumblings about the top-up, but he simply did not have such a huge amount of soul coins for them to exhaust.

If he was to really initiate the top-up, he believed that his soul coins might be bought up by the players in a matter of less than ten seconds.

Lu Wu totally acknowledged the tycoons in the game. Players like Invincible Loneliness, Ye Xue'er, Liu Chai of the Demolition Officers, etc, each and everyone of them were lords of wealth.

Therefore, the passageway of soul coins top-up will never be up for grabs, not until he has made a fortune, at least.

What's more is that those soul coins are of great use for Lu Wu. Every part of the game's construction needs the soul coins, but of course, his expenditures are to enhance the earnings of soul coins whilst cultivating the capability of the players.

It was at this moment when Lu Wu reminisced the good old days of the war between the players and the Cha Na Army. It was through the destruction of the Cha Na Army that Lu Wu earned a great deal of soul coins.

Fueling war with battles will be the greatest way for the players and Lu Wu to learn and grow. He had already aimed his target at all the areas surrounding the Mansion of the Dead; ready to disclose the exploration mission again.

……

As the curtains were drawn on the New Year's Day event, all the players were once again on the new journey of becoming stronger.

Though this time around, the players had many more choices to choose from.

Expansion of the sea, evolution of fortitude of the land, duplication of Treasure Hunt, etc, the diversity and playability of the game was slowly increasing alongside each update.

……

Meanwhile, at the region of the Cliffs of Desperation.

Gu Yu (Invincible_Loneliness) was with Sun Qi; a man and a hound preparing to climb to the highest peak in this area.

Ever since the climb up the snow mountain, Gu Yu fell in love with the feeling of challenging mother nature. He felt that conquering them created a sense of great accomplishment in him, hence this time he chose to take a shot at the much more treacherous Cliffs of Desperation.

As for why he brought Sun Qi along, the reason was of course because Sun Qi had the ability to regenerate vitality points. He would be a great support if they ever encountered any wild monsters along the way.

Sun Qi opposed Gu Yu's proposal at first.

Why look for trouble when they hadn't even finished tasting the miseries of life itself? To Sun Qi, this was totally how rich people would act when they don't have anything else better to do.

However, this firm attitude of his instantaneously changed when Gu Yu flung a stack of cash in front of him. Immediately, he wanted to follow, and that he actually likes mountain climbing, too!

Thus, a man and a dog came to the mountains of the Cliffs of Desperation.

This climb was different from all the previous ones as it was much more troublesome throughout the climb, for in the Cliffs of Desperation, an abundance of monsters awaited them.

Still, everytime Gu Yu got injured, Sun Qi would help him recover by donating some of his blood to him, with a long face that is.

Both had climbed for approximately three hours, but when they looked up, the peak of the Cliffs of Desperation was still nowhere to be seen, and the end was still heavily covered by the clouds.

Initially both of them wanted to continue their climb, but it was at that moment when Sun Qi's nose twitched and it said,

"Boss, there's a scent of wine here!"

Naturally Sun Qi's ability to express was liberated by Lu Wu, reason being this guy here kept on whining in the forum just because he couldn't speak. Finding him funny yet annoying, Lu Wu eventually allowed Bei Li to change the settings, allowing him to voice out like the others.

Hearing his remark, Gu Yu stood stiff and inspected their surroundings.

"Follow me!" Sun Qi's lightly scrunched its nose and ran toward a flat ground around the mountain.

Seeing that, Gu Yu followed its footsteps.

Halfway around the mountain, both of them swiftly stopped in their tracks. To their surprise, there was actually a wooden cabin not far away and what's more was that there was a vague bonfire-like shadow emitting from the inside.

A man and a dog glanced at each other before walking toward the cabin together.

The two surveyed the outskirts of the cabin. After they made sure that they were free from danger, Gu Yu raised his hand and knocked on the wooden door,

"Is anyone here?"

No one answered, and this made Gu Yu a little curious. Just when he was about to make his way in, the door creaked open.

A shaggy, white-haired elderly man with squinted eyes popped his head out and blurted, "Need something?"

"Uh, may I ask you about the Cliffs of Desperation?" Gu Yu uttered after a brief consideration while at the same time wondering why would this old man settle down here.

"Ask," said the white-haired old man faintly.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?"

Sun Qi's sudden speech startled the white-haired old man, thus he exclaimed, "Fuck, you have a talking dog? Was he demonized?"

They were dumbfounded.

After discreetly holding down Sun Qi who was at the verge of leaping and chomping someone, Gu Yu blurted out, "Old man, I am curious about the reason why you are living here. Also, how high are these Cliffs of Desperation? I want to climb to the crest and take a look."

"The crest? With your skimpy body and a dog, you want to climb to the top? Forget it!" insulted the white-haired old man.

If it wasn't for Sun Yu yanking him backwards, Gu Yu would have almost lost it due to the white-haired old man's sharp tongue. No matter what, he needed to teach this white-haired old man a lesson.

Just when Gu Yu was about to say something, the white-haired old man leaned sideways, indicating that the two may come in.

Both of them were confused but they still went in anyway.

The interior of the cabin was plain. There was a wooden table and a wooden bed. There were kerosene lamps on top of the wooden table and all around the cabin. Rusty iron pieces were scattered all over the floor, complemented with a hint of alcohol which permeated the whole cabin.

Having only a chair in the cabin, the white-haired old man signaled the both of them to sit on the wooden bed. Then, he turned, stepped into another room and brought out two glasses of fragrant fruit wine.

The two of them took the wine before Gu Yu asked, "Why did you say that we can't climb to the top of the Cliffs of Desperation? Is there any danger?"

Hearing the question, the white-haired old man's face turned solemn.

Thinking that the white-haired old man might reveal to him about the myths of the Cliffs of Despair, his expression gradually mimicked the old man's.

"Fuck, the way your dog drinks is really human-like…"

Gu Yu looked over to Sun Qi and realized that he had already helped itself on the wine, followed with a hint of crimson on its cheeks. Yet after hearing the white-haired old man's words, Sun Qi's expression instantaneously became hostile.

Once again Gu Yu quietly suppressed the bared fangs of the ready-to-pounce Sun Qi and gravely asked again,

"Do you mind giving us some useful information?"

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Chapter 71: The Seal Of The King Of Beiqi

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The white-haired old man looked at Gu Yu and Sun Qi as if they were a wacky duo,

"Why do you guys want to ascend to the summit of this cliff?"

Initially, Gu Yu wanted to say something for fun, but he figured it was not suitable for him to tell that to the indigenous people of the game. Thus, after some contemplation, he said once again,

"We heard that there's a treasure on the summit of this cliff, so we want to ascend it to try our luck!"

"With just you and a dog?"

Sun Qi held down Gu Yu's clenched fist quickly and hinted at him to calm down.

Gu Yu felt his temper becoming worse as he continued to experience the occasional sharp tongue of the white-haired old man.

Just when he was ready to explode in anger, the white-haired old man went into another room. A few moments later, he came out with a sheepskin scroll.

As Gu Yu and Sun Qi looked on curiously, the white-haired old man unfolded the sheepskin scroll on the table.

Both of them looked over the scroll immediately.

There was a towering peak at the center of the sheepskin scroll, but what made them wonder was that the peak was divided into many parts and the area of each part of the peak was drawn with a ferocious demon.

"Did you see something?" the white-haired old man stroked his beard and asked seriously.

Gu Yu nodded, "If I walk up the Cliffs of Desperation, there will be a demon guard at every stop, so it is very dangerous."

The white-haired old man shook his head, "All of these demons are dead, so there is no danger!"

Gu Yu was speechless.

He clenched his fists once again but Sun Qi held Gu Yu tightly and hinted that he must restrain his impulse to lash out in anger.

"So can you tell us why you showed us this picture scroll?" Gu Yu asked through gritted teeth.

At the same time, he was prepared to accept the possible next sentence from this sharp tongued white-haired old man, "Just for fun."

"I just want to show you this sentence on the picture scroll!" the white-haired old man said while pointing at the small sentence to the bottom right side.

When Gu Yu and Sun Qi heard this, they moved their heads curiously toward the scroll.

However, Gu Yu and Sun Qi had never seen these words nor the archaic language before, hence they appeared rather confused.

Fortunately, with the existence of artifacts, the automatic detection started to translate, and the words on the picture scroll began to distort.

[I, Beiqi, swear that generations of my people will guard the Cliffs of Desperation, get rid of evil, and defend fate!]

"What does that mean?"

Both the man and dog looked confused as they raised their heads.

"It is a long story," the white-haired old man sighed toward the sky.

"Then cut it short!" Gu Yu answered curtly.

"Do you know who I am?" the white-haired old man's expression turned serious again.

This white-haired old man is downright evil!

Nevertheless, these kind of words only appeared in the hearts of Gu Yu and Sun Qi. They did not actually say anything and just shook their heads at the same time.

"I am the offspring of the King of Beiqi!" the white-haired old man said proudly.

After he finished, the white-haired old man thought that Gu Yu and Sun Qi would be surprised, but he discovered that both of them were just staring at him as if they were staring at a moron.

"What? You don't believe me?"

Gu Yu and Sun Qi did not answer him this time, instead they just turned around together and walked to the door.

After dealing with him for such a long time, turns out he is just a fool!

"Both of you stop right there!" the white-haired old man was anxious when he saw that he had failed to show off.

"What?" both of them turned back slowly and said emotionlessly.

"Take a look at what this is!" the white-haired old man took out a greyish seal from his pocket.

Gu Yu and Sun Qi looked at each other and wanted to leave again but both of them turned back again suddenly.

[The seal of the King of Beiqi (Ancient): The creator of the Land of Beiqi, the seal of the King of Beiqi was made by the first King of Beiqi and symbolizes the supreme power and glory of the Land of Beiqi (Expired)

"Hiss."

"Hiss."

Both of them were shocked as they looked at the introduction of the seal of the King of Beiqi.

"But why it was expired?" Sun Qi was confused.

"Maybe because it's an old edition so it can't function anymore," Gu Yu shook his head.

"Now do you believe me!" the white-haired old man said happily.

Both of them looked at each other and sat beside the bed again. They looked at the white-haired old man as they awaited his story.

When he saw them sitting down, the white-haired old man sighed, "It's a long story!"

"Then make it short!" Both of them said together.

The white-haired old man rolled his eyes, "My ancestor was the creator of the Land of Beiqi. He governed the Land of Beiqi for around a few hundred thousand years. These Cliffs of Desperation were his burial ground and the place he defended all his life."

"The demon you saw on the scroll was once a subordinate who held vigil for him and also implemented his will after his death. It was the top Demonic God who guarded the Land of Beiqi!"

"What is the top Demonic God? Is it powerful?" Gu Yu asked curiously.

"This Cliffs of Desperation were a single horn on the head of that Demonic God… amazing, right?" the white-haired old man was slightly displeased at how Gu Yu interrupted his story.

"Hiss!" Gu Yu and Sun Qi shuddered when they heard this.

They knew that the height of the Cliffs of Desperation could even touch the sky. So if this was just a horn on his head, they could not imagine how huge this Demonic God was. It can probably be described as blocking the sun and sky.

"This means that your ancestor defeated this Demonic God, sealed it here, and made his descendants guard it?"

"Impossible, even ten of my ancestors could not defeat this Demonic God," the white-haired old man rolled his eyes.

"I don't know the specifics as to why the Demonic God was sealed, but it is still not safe even if the Demonic God had been sealed as his demonic thoughts will slither out sometimes. It was precisely because my ancestors had to fight against the Demonic God's demonic thoughts that he used up his last strength and passed on at these Cliffs of Desperation less than 100 years after defeating the demonic thought!"

"But how is this related to the difficulty of climbing this hill?" Gu Yu asked curiously.

"It is not about difficulty, it is simply that you cannot climb this hill!" the white-haired old man's expression became more serious this time.

"Why?"

"I'm afraid that you guys will be eroded by the demonic thoughts of the summit's Demonic God and robbed of your bodies in order to become a new sockpuppet for the Demonic God."

"All the demons on this scroll were originally sent by my ancestors to stop anyone from climbing up this hill!"

"How mysterious!"

Both Gu Yu and Sun Qi looked at each other, but their passion was burning like a fire inside.

"I'm warning you, don't ascend the hill, or else having your bodies taken away would be a small problem. If you become the sockpuppet of the Demonic God, you will bring disaster on the Land of Beiqi."

Facing the serious warning of the white-haired old man, Gu Yu and Sun Qi looked at each other again, then said in a righteous manner,

"Please don't worry, for the sake of the safety of the Land of Beiqi, we will definitely not ascend this hill!"

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Chapter 72: Demonic God(Part 1)

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Regarding the warning from the descendant of the King of Beiqi, Gu Yu and Sun Qi promised earnestly that they would listen to his words. For the sake of the safety of the Land of Beiqi, they would never climb the mountain.

Half an hour after they had said goodbye to the white-haired old man,

"Come on dog, hurry up, it's getting dark. Put in a little more effort, we have to reach the top before we max out our time to be online."

"Alright!"

With their strengthened bodies, it was easier for the man and dog to climb the mountain than it would be in reality. They kept on moving toward the summit of the Cliffs of Desperation.

However, as they were moving upward, both of them could feel a force continuously sweeping over them. It was like there was a pair of vicious eyes looking at them.

It took them eight hours, with short breaks in between, to finally pass through the clouds and see the summit of the Cliffs of Desperation.

It was also at this moment that Gu Yu's heart wrenched.

He could not help but squat down and start to retch as all kinds of negative thoughts came into his mind. He felt that his body was as if it was out of his control, and both his eyes had turned red.

"Boss, are you alright!?" Sun Qi asked worriedly when he witnessed this scene.

At this moment, the crimson-eyed Gu Yu reached out his hand all of a sudden and choked Sun Qi by the neck, his fingers gradually tightening.

Sun Qi was so scared that he gave out a bark subconsciously.

"Boss, what's wrong with you!?" Sun Qi tried to pull off Gu Yu's hand, but he realized that his Red Ruby Rune had brightened up, and the strength of his hand was increasing slowly.

Just when Sun Qi was at a loss, Gu Yu let his hand go suddenly. He laid on the ground once again, his jaw dropped and his face appearing horrified as he began to pant heavily.

An indescribable strength shrouded all over his body just now. His mind was filled with various scenes of bloodshed and slaughter. Under the cover of this kind of negative emotion, he felt as if he almost had a mental breakdown.

It felt so real that even if he thought that it was just a game, he still had a lingering fear.

He once again stared at the summit, and thought about the warning from the white-haired old man. He was really scared this time.

"Boss, it's quite creepy here, I feel like there is something staring at us…"

"You felt it, too?"

Gu Yu looked sullen. Before this, he thought that it was just his delusion, who would've known that Sun Qi had felt it, too.

"Are we going to continue…" the cowardly Sun Qi swallowed as he stared at the summit.

"What are you afraid of? There's no big deal. It's not like we are going to die in real life," Gu Yu gave Sun Qi a hard look and said firmly.

Thus, Sun Qi had no choice but to keep on climbing to the summit with Gu Yu.

Finally, after another half an hour, the figures of a man and a dog appeared at the summit.

Gu Yu and Sun Qi were stunned when they saw the scenery in front of them.

A rusty and mottled pillar pagoda stood in the middle of the summit, and there was a black skeleton that sat beside it.

Both of them walked to the pillar pagoda curiously. They opened the screenshot function and took a few photos. Then, they started to look around this pillar pagoda.

Meanwhile, Sun Qi walked around the pillar twice. Suddenly, he lifted his right leg up.

"What are you doing!?" Gu Yu opened his eyes wide.

When Sun Qi realized what he was doing, he put down his leg in embarrassment, "I had no idea either, it seems to be a kind of instinctive reaction."

In order to ease the embarrassing situation, Sun Qi decided to pat the pillar pagoda with his paw. When he touched it, a black light appeared, while green light also appeared from the body of Sun Qi at the same time.

The moment both those rays of light collided, Sun Qi was bounced off before hitting the ground brutally.

This made Gu Yu surprised. He quickly ran toward Sun Qi and helped him up, "Dog, are you alright?"

Sun Qi shook his head in confusion, "This pillar is weird. Just now, the moment I touched it, a sudden thought appeared in my mind. It seems like it's telling me that it doesn't like me."

Gu Yu let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Sun Qi was okay. He stood up and walked toward the pillar once again.

Gu Yu thought of what Sun Qi told him. Then, he reached out his hand as well. He wanted to know the feeling that Sun Qi described just now.

When his hand touched the pillar pagoda, he could feel the negative emotions once again, and they were drilling into his mind in a craze.

At this moment, Gu Yu's eyes once again became red and the world of a raging bloody sea appeared before his eyes.

Above the bloody sea, a tiny figure was all huddled up as he swayed along with the waves.

Without knowing how much time had passed, this lonely figure kept on swaying. He would open its eyes once in a while and take a look at this world curiously. However, most of his time was still spent in deep sleep.

Gu Yu did not know why but he could feel that time passed quite quickly in this void. He did not know how many hundreds of years, thousands of years, or even ten thousands of years had passed before a light shot across the sky, appearing in this blood colored world.

Along with the appearance of light, gigantic waves surged on the bloody sea. The entire world began to tremble as it collapsed and shrunk before flooding into the little boy's body.

The light was getting brighter. In the end, this blood colored world was totally absorbed by the little boy, and the surroundings became deserted.

The little boy who was finally shrouded by the light, opened his eyes slowly.

"Wah!" he cried out for the first time in this new world.

"Why is it red?" a voice filled with confusion asked.

This time, a gigantic palace appeared before Gu Yu.

A few enormous giants were surrounding an altar. They looked at the little boy who was crying on the altar with confusion.

"Bloody red! Calamity! An ill omen!"

"Abandon the child. This child was born full of the power of blood. I'm afraid that he may bring an unknown fate to our clan!"

A few of the priests in the clan looked at the blood colored little boy, and spoke with a sullen tone to the King of Giants who was in heavy armor.

"No, he is my child. I will not abandon him no matter what happens," the King of Giants picked up the child from the altar and placed him in his arms. Then, he touched the blood child's face gently with his hand, showing a smile on his face.

At this moment, the blood child turned tears into laughter.

When they saw their patriarch walking away, a few of the priests gave out a sigh, but they were unable to do anything.

As time once again went by, the blood child started to grow.

Unlike the other people in his clan, children the same age as him already had a height of three meters and above. Meanwhile, he still remained with a height of just one meter. He was discriminated against by his fellow clan members as he was like a square peg in a round hole.

However, the blood child was not upset about it. He was living a happy life because he had parents who loved him very much.

One was the patriarch of the clan, while another was the newly appointed high priest. Under the protection of his parents, he felt extremely happy.

It was also at this time when the scene in front of Gu Yu became distorted.

When the scene became clear again, the world in front of him had changed drastically.

At the sky above the City of Giants, many coffins which were ablaze shot across the sky and fell from it. The entire City of Giants was covered in a sea of fire.

And the most terrifying thing were those fierce zombies who got out from the coffins that fell to the ground.

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Chapter 73: Demonic God (Part 2)

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From that point onward, an all-out war erupted. The giants rose up in defense against the zombies.

Unfortunately, the zombie army was too powerful. Even when they fought with all their strength, the giants were still unable to turn the tides.

Due to their opponents' merciless slaughtering, the number of casualties were piling up at a frightening rate.

Now, the blood child had also grown up into an adult, his height reaching almost six feet tall. He watched silently as the others who had grown up with him donned their armor and prepared to follow their fathers into battle. But his heart was gripped by an overwhelming pain.

He wished he could help his father in this moment. This was the first time that he felt so desperate for power.

The war raged on for days. The giants kept falling back to regroup and fortify their defenses. Over half of their numbers had already been lost, yet the zombie forces were still increasing in number.

This made the giants fall into despair.

At this moment, a coffin that measured about 320 feet long and 100 feet wide fell from the sky. When it landed on the ground, the entire City of Giants trembled, like it was hit by an earthquake.

As the cover of the coffin creaked open, a huge zombie appeared from within, its body wreathing with burning flames.

"Hiderigami!" several shamans from the Giants Clan shrieked.

When the figure appeared, the zombies immediately sank to their knees, as if they were welcoming a supreme being's arrival.

"The blood source!" a harsh voice boomed as Hiderigami opened his eyes. His gaze burned with desire as it locked onto the blood child, who was being protected behind the ranks of the giants.

"Surrender it to me!" Hiderigami demanded as he stared at the giants in front of him.

"Roar!" All of the giants raised their warhammers and thumped on their huge shields, facing off against their enemies unflinchingly.

Even the shamans who had once said that the blood child would bring calamity to their clan were now standing firm, their eyes resolute and steady.e

Since he was accepted into the clan, he was considered one of them. Even if they did look down on him and had underestimated him before, the giants would never abandon one of their own because of the threats of some outsiders.

When he saw this moment, the blood child's heart was filled with gratitude.

This time, Hiderigami did not say anything else. His eyes flashed red, and suddenly, all of the zombies got to their feet as they howled and threw themselves at the ranks of the giants.

Sadly, the gap between the strength of both armies was too wide. The giants could not hold off the zombies' frenzied attacks, and so they fell, one by one.

The blood child's eyes burned with hatred when he saw this scene.

At this moment, he hated himself for being so weak. He did not even have the strength to pick up a weapon, let alone fight against his people's enemies.

He could only watch helplessly as his brothers died one by one in front of him. When he saw that even his father and mother had been torn to pieces by the zombies, the blood child broke down completely.

Tears of blood fell from the blood child's eyes as he gazed upon the war-torn ruins of the world.

At that very moment, Hiderigami appeared right in front of him. He stared at the little boy before barking out a sudden laugh.

"As a blood source, I cannot believe that you've developed emotions. How ridiculous!"

"Why am I so weak? Why am I so useless? This is unfair!" the blood child glared at the huge figure in front of him as his face twisted into a grotesque expression.

"You are weak because of your emotions. Now your only choice is to become my blood food, which is the fuel for my evolution," Hiderigami cackled as he continued staring at the blood child.

The blood child stiffened when he heard these words. It was as if something had shattered, as a powerful strength started to well up within his body.

Right in front of Hiderigami's shocked gaze, the blood child started to grow taller and taller, surrounded by blood pillars that appeared out of thin air.

In the blink of an eye, the blood child had reached the same height as Hiderigami. Despite that, he continued to grow.

Hiderigami immediately hurled out his palm as the seriousness of the situation became apparent to him.

Boom!

The hills trembled and the earth quaked, while the blood child was thrown into the air after being hit.

However, the blood child's growth had not stopped at all. His body continued to expand as he flew through the air. Now, he was roughly the size of a tall mountain.

"Being emotionless will make you stronger! Being emotionless will make you stronger!" the blood child chanted to himself as a powerful strength that had never existed before started to course through his body.

The death of his parents and clan members had filled his mind with all kinds of negative emotions, which severed the last thread of attachment he had to this world. The strength of the bloody sea had been awakened completely.

In addition to the gifted talent from the giants, his body mass was still increasing. Even Hiderigami was shocked by what he saw.

"You are not a simple blood source… you are the source of the bloody sea!" fear arose in the heart of Hiderigami when he saw that the blood child had grown to the height of the sky.

He realized that he was completely wrong. Initially he had followed the scent of the blood source all the way here, but he did not expect that what he found was the source of the bloody sea, which was a power that even he could not control.

"Roar!" the blood child, who had transformed into a titan, emitted a mighty sound. Even the clouds in the sky were dispersed by his bellow, and powerful gales of wind were whipped up around them.

Confronted with this terrifying scene, Hiderigami had completely abandoned the thought of seizing the blood source. He returned to his coffin, and flew into the sky.

"Roar!" the blood child shrieked again when he saw that Hiderigami was trying to escape. His gigantic arm reached through the sky, and smashed toward the coffin.

"Boom!"

The entire expanse around them quaked from the aftershocks of that blow. Hiderigami's coffin cracked and shattered as his body was blasted to a distance far away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"Roar!"

The power pent up within the blood child was too much for him to bear, yet he did not have any way to vent it out. Thus, he lifted his leg and brought it down hard on the City of Giants. The entire city, along with the zombies, were all crushed and buried into the earth.

"Kill!"

Now that he had no more emotional ties, the blood child had gone berserk. All kinds of negative emotions flooded his mind. At this moment, he wanted to destroy the world.

Calamity had fallen upon the world. The blood child kept moving forward, tracking the scent of Hiderigami. Every place that he passed by became victims to his anger. Countless species and beings were destroyed by his strength. He wanted to destroy everything under the sky!

Gu Yu was completely stunned when he saw this. The overwhelming strength that allowed the blood child to reduce the world to rubble shocked him to the core. Now, he had an inkling that the identity of the blood child must be the Demonic God that was mentioned by the white-haired old man.

At this moment, the scene had changed again. The blood child, who had turned into the Demonic God, appeared in a new place. He could sense the presence of Hiderigami here, thus he decided to commence the destruction of the entire area.

However, he could not do that so easily right now. This was because he encountered someone, a lady who was not even the size of an ant in his eyes.

"Hi, my name's Li. Do you want to be my friend?" the lady asked the Demonic God with a smile as she looked up at him.

The Demonic God did not deign to reply. Instead, he smacked his hand downward as he roared ferociously. The tremendous strength seemed to warp the very dimension that they were standing in. However, the aftermath of that attack was not as devastating as it used to be, as his palm stopped when it was about to collide with the woman.

The Demonic God howled in frustration, but his body seemed to be suppressed by an unseen force. He could not even move a single inch.

"Big guy, you are too dangerous. Please go to sleep, I will let you out once you know your place. We will be friends by that time. That's a promise, okay!"

The lady smiled as she raised her hand. The gigantic body of the Demonic God was slowly lifted off the ground.

Then, the lady pressed her hand downward. As the Demonic God howled in anger, the ground cracked open, and his body sank into the earth.

Her strength was so great that even the Demonic God was incapable of fighting against it. He struggled valiantly, but it was all in vain. His body sank slowly, deeper and deeper, until he was completely submerged in the ground. Only the horn on his head was still visible.

Meanwhile, the graceful lady in the white dress smirked as she turned around and walked away.

Many years have passed since then. That Skyward Horn, which was once visible, had now been covered by dirt and soil, forming a mountain. The legend of the Demonic God was passed down through generations, and was still talked about widely among those who inhabited this land…

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Chapter 74: Do You Long For Power?

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Gu Yu was still dazed after he came out of the flashback.

"Boss! Are you alright? Why are you frozen in place?" Sun Qi hollered at him as he clung to his legs.

"Go away!" Gu Yu kicked Sun Qi aside. Then, his expression became very serious.

The previous scene was just like a dream, but he could clearly sense the Demonic God's evil intentions to destroy the world.

From the Demonic God's birth until his awakening, Gu Yu truly resonated with the change in mentality that he had gone through. That feeling was like deja vu, as if he himself was once the Demonic God.

He stared at the pagoda column. Obviously, the pagoda column was erected here afterwards. The skeleton must've belonged to the first King of Beiqi.

Gu Yu fell into deep thought. He did not know what was going on. Why would Sun Qi be repelled when he touched it, while he had a different experience when he did the same thing?

"Do you long for power?" a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

The voice was familiar to him. Although it sounded much older and wearier, he could still recognize that the voice belonged to the Demonic God.

"You're the Demonic God?" Gu Yu asked in his mind.

"Do you long for power?" the voice repeated.

"What bullshit are you talking about? Explain properly!" Gu Yu snapped impolitely.

Although he knew that the transformation of the Demonic God was brought about by external interference, it was undeniable that the Demonic God himself was the epitome of evil. Gu Yu thought that the Demonic God was trying to lure him into doing evil deeds.

After Gu Yu's response, the voice remained silent for a few moments before speaking up again.

"Do me a favor, and I will repay you with boundless power!"

"Yeah, right!" Gu Yu was unimpressed.

……

At that moment, Lu Wu and Bei Li's expressions were solemn.

They had borne witness to everything that happened to Gu Yu just now, including the flashback that showed a part of the Demonic God's memories.

Lu Wu suddenly turned to look at Bei Li, who jumped like a deer in headlights.

"I haven't asked a single question yet…" Lu Wu said flatly.

Bei Li laughed awkwardly after hearing that.

"Tell me, are you that girl who addressed herself as 'Li'?" Lu Wu stared at her unblinkingly, like a father who was questioning his child on whether he completed his homework or not.

"No!" Bei Li answered without hesitation.

Seeing that Lu Wu did not look convinced, Bei Li lifted her right hand and declared, "I swear that it wasn't me, but I know who she is."

Lu Wu pondered for a moment before speaking up again, "Previously, you told me that you're only around 300 years old, but the girl that appeared in the scene looked like she was at least tens of thousands or a few hundred thousand years old. Can you explain how you got to know each other?"

Bei Li started to look awkward again as she remained silent.

"You have thirty seconds to organize your thoughts or come up with a story."

Bei Li's brows furrowed as she fell into deep thought.

After a few seconds had passed, Bei Li lifted her head. She opened her mouth, paused for a moment, then closed it again. She looked at Lu Wu with wide puppy dog eyes as she said, "Sadly, I'm incapable of making anything up."

Lu Wu was speechless.

"Then just tell me the truth!" he sighed as he facepalmed.

"No can do. If I tell you now, then your soul will disintegrate on the spot, because it won't be able to handle my secret!" Bei Li's face contorted into a terrified expression.

"So magical?" Lu Wu was surprised.

"Yes, so in the meantime, I will try my best to strengthen the fortitude of your soul. I will tell you about everything when you are ready," Bei Li answered in a serious tone.

Upon hearing this, Lu Wu could not make up his mind for a few moments, but he nodded eventually.

Since he had chosen to believe in Bei Li, then he would continue to do so. After all, she was the one who made his life so much more colorful and interesting than before, and they were growing increasingly attached to each other as time passed.

He felt that Bei Li must have her own reasons for not telling him everything.

But then, knowing that she had secrets yet he did not know anything about them was making him feel uneasy.

"By the way, since the Demonic God was so powerful, wouldn't it harm Gu Yu's soul?" although Bei Li had told him about the mystical qualities of the artifact, Lu Wu could not help worrying about Gu Yu.

"Impossible. The Demonic God's strength is roughly on par with just a regular deity. Even though it's not exactly common to see supernatural beings with such strength, there are still a fair number of them around. Anyway, his power is peanuts compared to the power gained from the Six Paths of Reincarnation, so you don't have to worry at all."

When he heard that, Lu Wu nodded. Then, he asked, "Also, the Demonic God was chasing after Hiderigami, right? Where is he now?"

Bei Li smiled enigmatically as she said, "That old corpse in the Burial Grounds belongs to the mysterious man who was once hailed as the strongest in Beiqi!"

……

"Kill Hiderigami for me. In return, I will grant you unlimited power!" the Demonic God's voice echoed in Gu Yu's mind again.

"Hiderigami? Where is he now?"

Gu Yu had a deep impression of Hiderigami. Hiderigami was over 300 feet tall, and commanded a powerful army of zombies. Although he sustained a powerful blow from the Demonic God that sent him flying, he was somehow still alive.

"He's right here!"

Just as the Demonic God's last word fell, a scene appeared in his mind.

The ground was littered with corpses, while large numbers of bones piled up into mountains. There were even the skeletal remains of several gigantic dragons amongst the carnage. This entire place seemed barren and unforgiving to anyone who laid eyes on it.

"He is hiding here. Help me kill him, and I'll bestow upon you insurmountable power!"

As Gu Yu heard that, his expression became troubled. To be frank, he did not like that Hiderigami guy either. If it was not him, the Demonic God would still be a little kid of the Giant Tribe, living happily ever after.

However, he was aware of Hiderigami's strength. Even if millions of players tried to rush him at once, they would still be hard-pressed to defeat him.

"I'm not strong enough to go against him," Gu Yu said honestly.

At this moment, deep underneath the mountain, a pair of evil-looking eyes snapped open. Within the irises, lava and burning flames overlapped, painting a picture of a burning hell.

At the same time, a wave of evil energy exploded from underground, funnelling through the horn to reach the peak of the mountain.

The white-haired old man, who was drinking in his hut, suddenly opened his eyes. Shock colored his face, but he shook his head right after. He picked up his urn of alcohol and continued to enjoy its contents.

"I won't stop you this time. Let's hope that you will cease your evil deeds when your obsession is fulfilled."

At the peak of the mountain, a dense black mist started to form. A pair of red eyes appeared in the mist, shining with a bloody crimson light.

"You can't do it, but I can!"

Just as the voice echoed, the black mist seemed to turn sentient, driving its way into Gu Yu's body.

Lu Wu's heart skipped a beat when he saw that scene.

"Argh!" Gu Yu howled in agony as a wave of negative emotions flooded his mind.

A few moments later…

"Argh!"

The Demonic God was silent for a few beats.

"Why can't I possess it? Why is your soul attached so stubbornly to your body? Why? I can't believe this!"

The black mist started to toss and turn inside his body, battering itself against his torso.

"Arghhh! Arghhhhhhhhh!" Gu Yu was still howling pitifully.

After several moments of this, the Demonic God was completely befuddled.

"Argh, my head is about to explode!"

"Cease your whining!"

The Demonic God shouted angrily as the black mist gushed back out of Gu Yu's body. Its red eyes once again appeared in front of Gu Yu.

"An immovable soul. Which deity are you a descendant of?"

"You piece of shit! I was originally considering how I could seek vengeance for you, but now that's just wishful thinking! How dare you try to possess my body!?" Gu Yu snapped back angrily as he cradled his aching head.

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Chapter 75: Hidden Quest

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

As Gu Yu's soul was immovable, the pair of evil eyes turned its gaze onto Sun Qi, who was trembling while standing at the side.

"Woof!" Sun Qi was so scared that he barked on reflex.

However, the Demonic God merely spared him a glance before turning its attention back onto Gu Yu.

Wait, is that contempt I see? Pah! You have bad taste in vessels! Sun Qi was scared, but he was also grumbling in his mind.

"Lend me your body as a vessel, which will be returned after I kill Hiderigami. When that is done, I will grant you enormous power!" the pair of eyes stared directly at Gu Yu as the voice resounded in his head.

"Fuck off! I'm not interested in lending anything!" Gu Yi replied angrily.

Right at this moment, the game's notification tone chimed:

[The Ancient Grudge (Hidden Quest): Let the Demonic God assume control of your body for three hours. When the lending period is over, you will receive the Demonic God's strength as a reward!]

……

"Are you sure about this?" Bei Li asked as she looked at Lu Wu, seemingly feeling touched.

"Yup. Since you said that you owe the Demonic God a favor, then I agree with it!" Lu Wu replied with a charming smile on his face.

"Thanks a lot. But rest assured, it's only for three hours. When the three hours are up, the artifact will remove the Demonic God's evil consciousness from his body. Gu Yu will definitely not be harmed!" Bei Li said confidently.

Lu Wu nodded. He trusted Bei Li's decision.

……

As the mission appeared, deep underground, a floating contract appeared in the Demonic God's mind.

[Swearing on the Demonic God's body, under the witness of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Gu Yu's body shall be borrowed for three hours. Upon completion, power shall be granted to the host!]

The mission appeared at one side, while the other side received a Supreme Reincarnation contract. Both sides were stunned.

It seems that he is truly the descendant of a deity…

Now, the Demonic God was sure of Gu Yu's identity.

On the other hand, Gu Yu's determined attitude started to waver when he saw the mission. This was especially tempting as it was a Hidden Quest, meaning that it would not appear anymore if he chose to ignore it.

After a few seconds of contemplation, Gu Yu looked up and said awkwardly, "Umm… Mr. Demonic God… maybe we can discuss this just a little more?"

"Say no more! I agree with your reincarnation contract, I only need three hours!" the Demonic God replied.

Gu Yu was speechless at how fast the Demonic God agreed to this.

The Demonic God then left a mental imprint on the reincarnation contract, while Gu Yu decided to accept the mission.

"Emancipate your body!" the demon's voice appeared in Gu Yu's mind once again as the black mist attempted to re-enter his body.

At this point, Lu Wu finally lifted the ownership restrictions on Gu Yu's body.

Gu Yu instantly sensed that his body was no longer under his control. Although he could still observe what was going on in the outside world, he had lost the ability to manipulate his actions.

However, what happened next shocked Gu Yu to the core.

[Gained buff: Demonic God's strength, all attributes increased by 1000 points.]

[Gained buff: Demonic God's blood source, all attributes increased by 3000 points.]

[Gained buff: Demonic God's negative energy, immunity to negative emotions granted.]

[Gained buff: Demonic God's divine body, defense increased by 60%.]

[Gained buff: Demonic God's Giant talent, all attributes increased by 300 points.]

[Gained buff: The Ancient Heart, HP increased by 20 times.]

[Gained buff: Blessing of the Demonic God, dark attribute skills are now 300% stronger.]

[Obtained title: Great Emperor of Feng Du, all attributes increased by 5000 points.]

[Obtained title: Great Emperor of You Du, all attributes increased by 5000 points.]

[Obtained title: Great Emperor of Dong Yue, all attributes increased by 5000 points.]

[Gained the Demonic God's ultimate belief: Immense Bloody Sea, access to blood manipulation granted.]

[Obtained the divine scoreboard of the underworld, status [Immortality] granted.]

……

A series of notifications popped up continuously, completely throwing Gu Yu for a loop. As the notifications kept on appearing, he could feel that his body was being flooded with endless power.

The good thing was that this power was not under his control, but rather the Demonic God's evil consciousness. If not, Gu Yu's body might have imploded on the spot due to the immense overflow of strength.

The newly empowered Gu Yu stood up slowly. A pair of flame-wreathed black wings sprouted from his back. Flames that were the color of blood burned in his eyes.

At this moment, Gu Yu had the absurd feeling that he could kill ten people at once by flicking them away with his bare hands. The power was so terrifyingly strong that even Gu Yu's soul was trembling from the pressure.

"I will keep my promise. Once everything is done, your body shall be returned to you, deity descendant!"

Upon saying that, Gu Yu's face morphed into a smirk. Then, he sank downwards and launched himself up into the sky with great force. The mountain peak crumbled from the aftershocks of his takeoff.

"Bring him along!" Gu Yu urged the Demonic God when he caught sight of Sun Qi tumbling in the air.

The Demonic God glanced at Sun Qi before stretching out his right hand. A wisp of black mist emerged, wrapping around Sun Qi and securing him in place to fly behind them.

Then, the Demonic God flapped his wings. The world turned into a blur and everything around them disappeared into a sea of white light.

When their surroundings became clear again, Gu Yu and Sun Qi noticed that they were hovering above a clearing that was littered by corpses.

Sun Qi, who was stunned speechless, suddenly thought of something. He quickly opened up the settings menu and turned on live streaming.

[Oh my god, my boss transformed into an evil god! He's going to bring disaster onto the Land of Beiqi. What should I do?]

As the Demonic God surveyed the corpse-littered clearing, he suddenly plummeted downwards, crashing into the earth like a meteor.

When the countless bones spirits that spawned in the burial grounds, as well as the players that were grinding in this area lifted their heads, they were shocked to see a blazing ball of flame descend from the sky, crashing thunderously into the ground.

Blinding rays of light were emitted from the impact point.

Kaboom!

Originating from the point of impact, all the skeletons and corpses within a five mile radius were obliterated by the tremendous wave of energy. Right in the middle of it was a crater than spanned a few hundred feet. Everything within the area of attack was destroyed by the Demonic God's unbelievable strength.

"Hiderigami!"

The Demonic God roared angrily. He raised his fist, and drove it viciously into the ground.

Boom!

The ground trembled under the force of his blow.

……

At this moment, Sun Qi's live streaming channel had gained a truckload of viewers.

"This is the first thing I see upon joining! What the hell happened? (shocked emoji)"

"Who's this guy? How can he be so strong? Is he a Super Saiyan?"

"It's like a meteor crashing into Earth! What the fuck, who is this burning guy? Can anyone enlighten us?"

"Where is the host? Can you please explain what's happening? Why does this guy bear such a grudge toward the ground? Why is he tearing up the earth so badly?"

"The host is the little dog, right? No wonder he looks so familiar. (laughing emoji)"

"Little white doggy, please explain what's happening in your livestream! We want all the juicy details!"

Sun Qi replied: "Fellow friends, maybe you won't believe this, but this guy is my boss. He is also the leader of the Myth Guild, known to most by his username Invincible_Loneliness. Currently he is possessed by the Demonic God, which means that he is currently destroying the world. As for the reason why he kept pummeling the ground, my hypothesis is that he's trying to drill a hole right through Earth as a warm up activity!

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Chapter 76: The Demonic God vs. Hiderigami

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

Soon after, Sun Qi's livestream broadcast was shared to several popular forums by his viewers, which attracted more people to the channel.

Everyone was shocked by Gu Yu's transformation into the Demonic God. They could not imagine that a single player could attain such strength.

"Hiderigami!" the Demonic God bellowed. He raised his hand again as black stripes started to appear on his palm. These stripes started to swirl quickly as they gathered energy.

"Reveal yourself!" the Demonic God clenched his fist, grabbing the energy ball that had coalesced from the stripes. Then, he smashed it forcefully into the ground.

Boom!

The earth crumbled as debris flew everywhere. It was like a tectonic event, land plates shifting back and forth, thrown into turmoil. The Demonic God's imposing aura permeated the atmosphere of the burial grounds, making even the usually bloodthirsty bones spirits tremble in place.

Vicious gales were whipped up by the commotion, which gusted around the entire place. It was as if Armageddon had fallen upon the land.

In the comments section:

"Oh my god, this is not the Invincible_Loneliness that I used to know! This is so frightening…"

"How much money did he have to pay the game company for them to make him so overpowered? Is he still human?"

"This strength… is it possible for a player to achieve that? I'm so excited right now!"

"Even the earth crumbled from the force of his attack… is he really The Demonic God? I thought that the white doggy was just joking about it."

"Are they going to release a new expansion pack soon? The Invasion of the Demonic God?"

"This is way too scary… Invicible_Loneliness can probably go up against Tao Wu at this point!"

"I guess Invinvicible_Loneliness must have triggered some hidden quest, which caused him to be possessed by the Demonic God. Do you think us players can even take him on in this state? I'm scared!"

……

When the earth cracked apart, a gigantic coffin that was the color of blood started to rise up from underground.

When he caught sight of the blood coffin, the Demonic God's red eyes glowed eerily. He lifted his right leg, and leaned forward slightly. Right after that, he disappeared, leaving an immense crater in his wake.

"Hahaha! Hiderigami!"

A grotesque smile appeared on the Demonic God's face as he appeared in thin air. He slammed his fist downward as a gigantic hovering fist formed from his condensed Blood Qi, crashing into the blood coffin.

Boom!

Crimson rays shone from the blood coffin upon impact, staining the world with the color of blood. That scene reminded everyone of hell.

Under the unending assault of ferocious energy, the blood coffin started to emit ominous cracking sounds. Just a moment later, it exploded into pieces, revealing the red-haired, crimson-eyed Hiderigami that was encased in the coffin.

Boom!

The crimson rays of light intensified, creating a halo around the Hiderigami's body.

The Hiderigami suddenly opened his eyes. His mouth fell open as he inhaled deeply. The crimson light that was bathing the outside world became distorted due to the tremendous suction force.

The Hiderigami's mouth gradually turned into a vortex, and the suction intensified as it sucked all of the blood rays into its mouth.

The awakened Hiderigami turned his head and looked at Gu Yu, who was possessed by the Demonic God. There was a complicated expression on his face. He had never thought that he would be discovered by the Demonic God.

"You've become even stronger. Who knew that a mere wisp of evil thought would possess such tremendous power," Hiderigami spoke slowly, his hoarse voice echoing throughout the area.

"You were the one who taught me that being emotionless was the only way to make me stronger. I have you to thank for this," a murderous intent glinted in the Demonic God's eyes. In a flash, he appeared next to Hiderigami, hurling a fist directly at its face.

Since it was facing off against the Demonic God, Hiderigami dared not be too arrogant. It raised its own fist to counter the Demonic God's attack. Their fists collided, emitting a wave of immense energy. Blinding light that was accompanied by a roaring wind spreading out, dispersing the clouds in the sky.

"Do you think that a mere wisp of demonic thought would be enough to kill me? How ridiculous!"

Since it had been discovered, the violence within it was triggered as well. Its long red hair flowed despite the lack of wind as blood-red Qi seeped from its body and surrounded its entire being. The blood-red Qi flowed copiously from its source, painting stripes of red on the ground.

"Roar!"

As Hiderigami roared, the blood-red Qi swirled and condensed in its left fist. It hurled out its Qi-charged fist, causing the Demonic God to be blasted away.

This blow was extremely powerful, plowing a bottomless fissure that was a few hundred feet long along the ground.

Even though Hiderigami had the upper hand right now, he still looked worried.

He knew very clearly that the Demonic God was an underworld deity who was recognized by the Six Paths of Reincarnation. He won't be defeated that easily, despite being a mere wisp of evil thought.

"Damn you, God of the Underworld!"

A terrifying roar that seemed to come from the Nine Nether Regions of the Underworld could be heard coming from the fissure. Then, a gigantic blood-colored hand broke through the earth, appearing from the depths of the fissure.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth crumbled again as a gigantic figure climbed out from the ground.

Looking at this gargantuan blood-colored figure that was hundreds of feet tall, Hiderigami's pupils contracted.

"It's not the end yet!" the Demonic God got to his feet as he straightened himself. He then looked at Hiderigami with a mocking look on his face.

These two figures looked at each other for a moment before disappearing at the same time. Then, they once again collided in the middle.

Every hit and strike they made landed forcefully on their opponent. The energy generated from their clashing was channeled to their surroundings. The earth kept giving away as it could not support such pressure.

Sun Qi, who was hovering high above them in the cradle of the Demonic God's black mist, was completely flabbergasted by this scene.

Just like Sun Qi, every single player who was watching the fight was also stunned by the sheer strength they saw, which was beyond their imagination.

"Umm… if the Demonic God really invades us… then what should we do!?"

"I guess we would be bound to an infinite cycle of throwing ourselves against him and dying. Even if we repeated that cycle hundreds of times, I think it's unlikely that we would escape the fate of being killed instantly…"

"That kind of power is truly terrifying, it's practically beyond what I could have imagined…"

"I'm scared to death! When gods fight, us commoners can only shiver in fright…"

"This is indeed a fight between two deities. Luckily I didn't go to the burial grounds today with my friend to farm drops from the bones spirits, or else we'd probably get torn up by the force of their fight. (facepalm)"

"This is way too scary, please… Mr. Demonic God, please don't invade us! Everybody, let's start a thread and bring it to the attention of the developers. If the unthinkable happens, whatever rune warriors, whatever cursed apostles, whatever hidden character classes would still be unable to avoid the fate of being killed instantly (facepalm)"

……

The battle was still raging on.

Both parties were equally strong, so they have reached a stalemate.

"I call upon the Nine Zombified Snakes!"

Their fists collided again. This time, Hiderigami eye's flashed crimson as nine huge blood-red snakes appeared behind him.

"Asura's Eight Arms!"

At this moment, the Demonic God snarled as six arms extended from his back.

Crash! Boom! Boom!

The battle intensified as the nine zombified snakes and the Demonic God's six arms clashed frenziedly.

The earth caved in further. The burial grounds were utterly ravaged by the ferocity of their attacks, causing lava to gush from the cracks on the ground, which formed magma pillars around the battleground.

In the comments section:

"Oh my god, if they continue to fight like this, the entire burial grounds will disappear."

"Let's all put our hands together and pray that they won't migrate to another place to continue their fight. Please gods, don't come to the Mansion of the Dead!"

"I have a question… who is the one fighting against the Demonic God? How can he be so strong as well? He is not inferior at all!"

"I guess he's a deity, too. I heard the Demonic God call him Hiderigami, so it seems like he is the legendary ancestor of the zombies!"

"Oh my god, this is so motivational! If I train for another twenty years on this account, do you guys think I can possess such strength as well?"

"Replying to the above, nothing is impossible! There is a relatively high level of freedom in this game, so you might even come across a miracle and possess such strength in just one year! Look at Invincible_Loneliness, he was talking about buying soul coins to upgrade to purple equipment in the group chat yesterday. But today, he has turned into the Demonic God! There's no need for him to get any purple equipment now."

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Chapter 77: The Superiority Of The Demonic God

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

As the news of the majestic fight spread through the game, more and more players tuned into the livestream broadcast. At this point, the broadcast had amassed a whopping 4.5 million viewers, which meant that practically all players of the game were watching.

The comment section was flooded by numerous terrifying comments, as everyone was shocked by the unprecedented scale of the battle.

Other than the players, even the elite of the land of Beiqi were alerted by the Demonic God's presence.

Within the Illusion Zone, a pure white crane froze as it turned to look northwest. It mumbled uncertainly, "I sense the Demonic God's aura. Did he escape?"

Within Evil Nightmare City, the 3,000 Evil Yin Soldiers who were slumbering deep in the palace opened their eyes, which flashed with an eerie green light.

Within the Ascension Zone, the Ghostly King of Snakes, who was devouring a huge boar, started to tremble involuntarily.

In the Void Ocean, thirty thousand meters below the sea, the slumbering Tao Wu opened his eyes. Then, he raised his head and a stream of bubbles escaped from his mouth. It was clear that he was extremely excited.

On the Barren Grassland…

In the Arctic Abyss…

Among the Northern Rocks…

……

One by one, these elites were alerted by the Demonic God's aura. All of them turned to face the direction of the Burial Grounds, falling deep in thought.

On the Cliffs of Desperation, the white-haired old man pushed the door open. His hump-backed figure faced the Burial Grounds as his murky eyes gradually cleared up.

"I truly hope that after you exact your revenge, you would finally let go of your anger and negative emotions and be a righteous deity. Only then would I be able to fulfill the order of setting you free!"

The Demonic God and Hiderigami were still engaged in battle. As the fight intensified, both parties continued to dish out immense area-of-effect attacks. The scale of destruction wrought upon their battleground caused many players' jaws to drop.

The Demonic God's eight arms held a blood-colored battle axe each, while two of the zombified snakes behind Hiderigami had already been decapitated.

Facing off against such a tough yet persistent enemy, Hiderigami became more and more agitated. He stretched out his hands and drew several Divine Seals in front of him. A blood array appeared in the air behind him, which expanded rapidly and covered his entire being in the blink of an eye.

"Let the sky and earth be awash in blood!"

Upon hearing Hiderigami's enraged howl, the blood array rose into the sky as its surface area increased rapidly. In a few moments, it had spread out to cover the entire sky.

A series of sharp blood pillars appeared within the formation. Then, they aimed themselves at the Demonic God and rocketed toward him.

"Roar!"

The Demonic God raised all eight of his muscular arms as he bellowed at the sky. Then, he started to hurl his arms around, repelling the projectiles that attempted to pierce his skin.

As the number of blood pillars increased, the Demonic God's arms turned into a blur, frenziedly blocking the aerial attacks.

"Great Demonic Seal – red!"

Since the blood pillars were getting too much for him to handle, the Demonic God raised his right leg and stomped forcefully on the ground.

A single horn slowly emerged from his forehead as the scorching hell in his eyes turned into blazing hellfire.

Then, a rapidly whirling ball of purple energy started to gather at the tip of his horn.

"Buzz… buzz…"

As the buzzing sound of energy gathering started to resound through the battlefield, the purple energy ball became larger and larger, until it reached full formation. At that instant, the Demonic God suddenly stopped waving his arms around and aimed his horn at the blood array in the sky.

"Roar!"

A pillar of purple light tore through the sky and collided with the blood array.

At that moment, the sky was shrouded by rays of blinding light. Waves of excess energy radiated throughout the battleground.

"Don't you dare, Demonic God!"

Hiderigami arched his head as he looked at the sky. Endless streams of Blood Qi emanated from his body, rising up into the blood array to provide a steady source of power.

Currently, the Demonic God's eyes were cloaked by a layer of purple energy. He opened his mouth slightly, where more purple energy started to congregate once again.

"Roar!"

Another beam of light was emitted from the Demonic God's mouth. It barrelled through the sky and converged with the first pillar of energy. At that instant, the combined force of both energy pillars generated an unprecedented level of destructive power.

Crack!

The blood array in the sky fractured, with cracks spreading all across it like spiderwebs.

Blood-colored fragments started to fall from the sky turning into a shower of crimson light. Hiderigami's blood array had been shattered completely.

"It's over!" the Demonic God snarled as he raised his head to look at Hiderigami, who was clearly in panic after this turn of events.

"Great Demonic Art – Calamity!"

When the Demonic God's last word fell, a wisp of purple vapor drifted from the direction of the Cliffs of Desperation and dissolved into his body.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The earth started to quake as the Demonic God's skin turned from red to purple. Scales that were carved with mysterious symbols erupted all over his body, while his body mass and height started to increase exponentially. In the blink of an eye, he had surpassed even the underworld deities and turned into a colossal presence that was as intimidating as a tremendous mountain.

Hiderigami was utterly shocked when it saw this scene. It had never imagined that the Demonic God would possess such frightening power despite being a mere wisp of evil thought. Even when it went all out, it was still unable to defeat him.

In the comments section:

"Oh my god…"

"That kind of power is so shocking that I'm falling into depression…"

"We shouldn't mess with the Myth Guild in the future, their boss has turned into such a monster! (facepalm emoji)"

"(Blushing emoji) This is so awesome! Watching this battle play out made my blood boil and almost made me bust a nut. Don't ask me why, it's just too exciting!"

"Okay, I've made my decision! I want to have this kind of power, too. If one year is not enough then I'll take two years, if that's still not enough then I'm willing to spend my entire lifetime training just to experience the overwhelming power of a deity!"

"I agree with the guy above, my new ambition is to become a god!"

"The battle's coming to an end, and it seems like Hiderigami is about to lose. I think the new Invasion of the Demonic God expansion pack is coming soon, let's all think of a way to survive this…"

"Don't worry, I have just the perfect strategy! We can try to lure this Demonic God into Tao Wu's domain, and watch while they duke it out!"

"The guy above is an idiot. He must be autistic, intelligence assessment complete!"

"The guy who suggested that we should let the Demonic God and Tao Wu fight each other, can you tell us how exactly are we luring them into such a situation? (laughing emoji)"

……

Looking at the newly evolved Demonic God, Hiderigami's eyes filled with fear. He had come to the realization that he would not be able to take on even a weaker clone of the Demonic God.

Deities were still deities, even if they were sealed. The Demonic God was not at his full power, but his current state was not something to be taken lightly.

The titan's gigantic hand started to fall, causing immense wind pressure to weigh down on Hiderigami. Hiderigami raised his head to howl in frustration, as he knew that he would most probably meet his end here.

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Chapter 78: The Great Emperor Of Dong Yue

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As the giant hand was about to smash into Hiderigami, a virtual illusion of a golden cauldron suddenly emerged from the Demonic God's body.

Dong!

The sound of the golden cauldron resounded loudly as it vibrated gently.

"Boom!"

Something unexpected had happened. In a split second, the cauldron's sounds had destroyed the newly formed Great Demonic Red Body. The Demonic God turned pale as he fell from the sky.

"The Great Emperor of Dong Yue!"

The cauldron's sounds made Hiderigami look fearful as well.

If what he felt for the Demonic God was fear, what he felt for the Great Emperor of Dong Yue, who controlled the life and death of the Underworld, must've been terror.

"Bang!"

The Demonic God's body fell and smashed onto the ground.

"Why, why did you stop me!? Why!?" the Demonic God got up from the ground, his eyes ablaze with wild purple flames as he stared at the golden cauldron in deep confusion.

"First she stopped me, now you are doing it as well… why!?"

As the Demonic God's negative aura increased, his physical power gained momentum once again. Staring at Hiderigami, the Demonic God roared once again as his face contorted in anger.

"Great Demonic Seal – Red!"

As his physical power increased, his form began to change again.

"Dong!"

The bell rang again, and the Great Demonic Red Body collapsed immediately again.

"Argh!" the Demonic God roared angrily at the sight of the giant cauldron.

This time the Demonic God did not attack Hiderigami. Instead he swung his fists toward the giant golden cauldron.

"Dong!"

The cauldron rang again, causing the Demonic God to be bound by an invisible power right on the spot. He struggled angrily and bellowed unyieldingly.

……

Lu Wu, who was watching the battle closely, was stunned by what he saw. He looked toward Bei Li and asked, "Who is this Great Emperor of Dong Yue? Hiderigami looks terrified. Also, how can such a powerful Demonic God lose his battle power just by hearing some cauldron's ringing!"

Bei Li replied with a solemn expression, "He is one of the strongest deities in the Underworld who has power over life and death. Together with the Great Emperor of You Du and the Great Emperor of Feng Du, they are equals. All three deities hold the actual divine powers of the Underworld!"

Hearing this, Lu Wu was shocked. He did not expect the Underworld to have so many tough and powerful deities.

"Wu, the Underworld is infinitely huge. Furthermore, it is split into the east and the west. It is vast and boundless. Even deities like the three great emperors are only rulers over the East Underworld. Do not be too surprised, take it one step at a time. I believe you will achieve such power some day!"

Lu Wu nodded his head in appreciation of Bei Li's encouragement. However, he could not help but ask curiously, "Then how is this Demonic God related to the Great Emperor of Dong Yue?"

"I do not know the specific details either, but I guess it must have something to do with the Demonic God's previous lifetime. In his past lifetime, he must have been idolized by the Great Emperor of Dong Yue, otherwise his body would not have bore the seal of the emperor."

"As to why the Great Emperor of Dong Yue is stopping the Demonic God from exacting his revenge, I have no idea," Bei Li shook her head in perplexity.

Lu Wu nodded his head in half understanding, and then he looked toward the battleground once again.

……

Seeing the Demonic God bound, the initially fearful Hiderigami showed expressions of surprise. He did not understand why the mighty Great Emperor would stop the Demonic God.

He definitely did not think that the Great Emperor cared about him. He knew his worth, he was a nobody in the eyes of the Great Emperor. Yet he had to seize this chance to turn the tides.

Hiderigami disappeared from where he stood, and when he reappeared he was behind the Demonic God. The remaining seven blood snakes opened their bloody mouths at the same time and they attacked together in the direction of Hiderigami's fist as he smashed toward the Demonic God.

"Rumble!" The snakes bit down on the Demonic God's body at the same time and tore away multiple pieces of blood and flesh. Hiderigami focused all his energy and penetrated the Demonic God's body with one fist, causing a mist of blood to sprout all over.

"Roar!" Hiderigami opened his mouth revealing his sharp fangs and bit down hard on the Demonic God's neck.

Suddenly the blood of the Demonic God's body faded at a visible speed. On the contrary, Hiderigami's wounds started to mend as he gained blood energy.

Excitement came into Hiderigami's eyes as he felt the power of Blood Qi pump into his body. Little did he expect that his old injuries would begin to heal slowly at that moment.

Hence Hiderigami made another move. The seven blood snakes pounced onto the Demonic God once again and coiled around him at the bite spot.

This time, Hiderigami intended to devour the Demonic God to repair his own body.

Looking at the struggling and weakening Demonic God, Hiderigami's bloodlust grew stronger.

Just as Hiderigami thought that the Demonic God would be fully swallowed by him, the golden giant cauldron disappeared all of a sudden as it morphed into starlight and entered the Demonic God's body again.

The binding from the giant cauldron disappeared as well.

As that happened, Hiderigami felt a fierce surge of power flowing out from the Demonic God's body. Facing the Demonic God's struggle, Hiderigami exhausted all his energy to continue trapping him as this was his only chance of winning.

In the comments section:

"What a surprising twist… the Demonic God seems restricted by external forces, it looks like Hiderigami will win this time!"

"Hiderigami won by cheating, rubbish! What a good-for-nothing!"

"Asking for enlightenment, what is that giant cauldron, is it really that powerful? Is it an artifact? Can we obtain it?"

"Hey buddy, you have too many questions!"

"Finally the artifact has been sighted, this cauldron will be mine!"

"Artifacts can only be obtained by those who are fated to have it, according to my predictions I think I am one of them!"

"To be honest, previously I was overconfident of our Beiqi Army's powers. After watching this battle, I feel like we have much to improve, too many powerful bosses out there, so scary!"

"What is there to be afraid of, sooner or later, we will have the ability to kill gods, too. Long live the Beiqi Army!"

"Our Beiqi Army is fearless and unstoppable!"

……

Following the giant cauldron's disappearance, the Demonic God's physical strength returned. As he felt the binding on his body, he growled angrily. A bright red head popped out from his shoulder and bit Hiderigami's neck.

With the bite of this second skull, blood energy poured into the Demonic God's body once more as it extracted continuously from Hiderigami.

Seeing this, Hiderigami's eyes glistened with bloodlust as he accelerated his devour of the Demonic God.

The energy from both sides exploded at the same time as they tried to swallow each other.

The situation ended up in a stalemate.

In the comments section:

"Umm… the fighting was pretty intense, but now it looks a little ambiguous…"

"Swallowing one another? Their postures do look shady… hehe…"

"Whose side are you on?"

"To answer the question above, they should die together, I don't think the Beiqi Army could take either one of them (facepalm)."

"I agree, it would please everyone if they just died together!"

"I would like to express my support for the lonely, invincible, and varying Demonic God. At least he looks more handsome than Hiderigami."

"Dumb comment above, can looks bring food on the table?"

"Obviously Hiderigami is the more handsome one, especially that blood-red long hair of his, he looks so cool!"

The audience who was watching the livestream broadcast started to veer off in their discussion after witnessing the scene.

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Chapter 79: North Sea

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

In the Burial Grounds.

The swallowing contest between the Demonic God and Hiderigami was still ongoing.

But what terrified Hiderigami was that he was losing Blood Qi faster than the Demonic God. If this continued, not only would he fail in devouring the Demonic God, he would be swallowed up whole by the Demonic God instead.

Coming to this realization, intense hatred flowed out of Hiderigami's eyes. Thus he changed his mind. The seven blood snakes let go of their bites altogether. At the same time, his neck was twisted and skull ripped off his body.

A mist of blood sprinkled in the air. A headless Hiderigami took a few steps back. Then, his body got distorted and he flew into the sky in the form of blood light.

"Argh! Hiderigami!"

Seeing this, the Demonic God raised his head and tossed Hiderigami's skull away. At the same time, he jumped up and rushed toward that mist of blood.

He had suffered for hundreds of thousands of years to have the chance to kill Hiderigami today. He could not let Hiderigami escape just like that.

The Demonic God's body approached rapidly as he transformed his right hand into a bloody giant hand in the air and pressed down on the blood mist.

Just as the hand was about to come into contact with the blood mist, a piece of the game's contract appeared in the Demonic God's mind. He stopped mid-air and fell from the sky.

The ability to reincarnate according to the contract had been activated. The three-hour limit to this body's usage was officially over.

As Gu Yu regained control of his own body, he stared at the blood mist unwillingly with regret.

When the Demonic God possessed him, he felt his anger burning inside him. The Demonic God's vengeful hatred toward Hiderigami was far deeper than he imagined.

If he could, Gu Yu was willing to lend his body to the Demonic God until he could kill Hiderigami.

But now everything was too late. The blood mist was already gone and Gu Yu fell heavily onto the ground.

Without the support of the Demonic God, Gu Yu's health bar dropped significantly by half.

……

In the deepest part of the Cliffs of Desperation.

The Demonic God was bellowing wildly.

He wanted to break through the constraints of the land and continue fighting. He was unwilling to let things end like that!

Multiple golden chains appeared with each struggle of the Demonic God, flickering with glory in the darkness as it locked the land. This was a sealing power that the Demonic God could not resist no matter how much he struggled.

He was so close to victory yet he had failed. How much time did he have to wait for the next chance? Ten thousand years? A hundred thousand years?

The negative emotions in the Demonic God's body skyrocketed once again, causing his body to inflate.

At this moment, the golden chains tightened up all of a sudden, suppressing the Demonic God's power forcefully. It made the Demonic God roar in pain.

At the top of the mountain, a silhouette of an old man emerged slowly. The old man stepped to the side of the pillar pagoda.

Glancing at the black skeletons on the pillar, yearning flowed from the old man's eyes. He caressed the pillar gently.

"Demonic God, control your power!"

As the old man spoke, a force flowed from his arm into the pillar. Immediately, the golden chains stopped constricting.

"North Sea, I do not need your sympathy! Get out of here!" a pair of blood red eyes appeared on the mountaintop.

"I have never pitied you, I even wanted to kill you!" the old man chuckled as he looked at the blood-colored eyes formed by the black mist.

"So many years have passed, I no longer have hatred for you," the old man spoke once more.

"I do not need friends! I don't! Get out of here!" the Demonic God said fiercely.

"Do not be silly, who will keep you company and talk to you if I am really gone."

The Demonic God fell silent as he heard this. The anger in his heart simmered suddenly.

"North Sea, let me go and I will give you infinite power!" the Demonic God started to speak again.

"You may bluff anyone and everyone, but did you think you could use your tricks on me?" The old man knocked on the pillar helplessly.

As he had tried these a few times, the Demonic God was used to the old man's rejections. After a moment of silence he opened his mouth again.

"North Sea, please help me!" this time the Demonic God lowered his voice as he pleaded.

"Say it!" the old man imitated Gu Yu's tone.

"Bring the man that I possessed back to me!"

"You want to possess him again?" the old man asked in puzzlement.

"This is what I promised him, I have to keep that promise."

The old man stared at him with eyes widened, "This is not like you at all. A bastard like you would keep his promises?"

The Demonic God glared at the old man, "Will you help or not!?"

"Alright, since you rarely beg me, I will help you this time."

The old man smiled then his body slowly faded and disappeared.

……

In the Burial Grounds, Gu Yu and Sun Qi, who fell on the ground at the same time, stared at each other.

"Boss? Demonic God?" Sun Qi raised his head and asked carefully.

Gu Yu slapped the back of Sun Qi's head and asked, "What do you think!?"

"You're back, boss?" joy appeared on Sun Qi's face while he discreetly closed the live broadcast that was running.

In the comments section:

"You're a whore, dog! What do you mean by shutting down the broadcast at this point, I still don't know what is going on!"

"Dog you have changed, how dare you shut down the live broadcast. Don't let me see you out there, otherwise I will tame you!"

"Good job dog, let's see if I will break your leg when I see you outside!"

"Ah, what happened, why did the Demonic God disappear? Also, Hiderigami seems to have fled. Has Invincible_Loneliness recovered, or is he still possessed by the Demonic God? Is this going to remain an unsolved mystery?"

The darkened live streaming channel triggered a barrage of scolding in the comment section.

As Gu Yu was about to answer Sun Qi, a flash of white light swept them up from the ground and carried them toward the direction of the Cliff of Desperations.

The sight in front of them went blur and when their vision recovered, Gu Yu and Sun Qi realized that they had appeared in front of the white-haired old man's wooden house again.

At that moment, the door creaked open.

"What are you doing? Why are you here again?" the white-haired old man looked at both of them in dislike.

The dumbfounded Gu Yu thought for a while and assumed that the Demonic God had summoned him. Therefore he said, "Dog, you stay here. I think I need to take a trip to the top."

"Eh, do you mean to climb this mountain? Didn't I tell you not to go?" the white-haired old man retrieved his walking stick from his back and looked ready for a fight.

They were speechless for a moment.

"Old man, you heard me wrong, I meant to say that I left something on the road so I have to go back and look for it. I will leave the dog here with you. I promise not to climb the mountain! "

Facing the skeptical old man, Gu Yu promised once again that he would not hike the mountain and turned to leave promptly.

After seeing Gu Yu's departure, Sun Qi glanced at the white-haired old man's stare and smiled awkwardly.

"Silly dog, move aside. What are you laughing at?" the white-haired old man raised his leg to kick Sun Qi out and quickly closed his wooden door with a bang.

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Chapter 80: Inheritance Of The Blood Seed

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Glancing at the mountain peak that pierced through the sea of clouds, Gu Yu felt helpless.

He felt exhausted at the thought of climbing it again.

Although he had just spectated the battle between the Demonic God and Hiderigami, his body was still affected and his Attributes Menu showed that he was in a weak state.

Just as Gu Yu sighed and got ready to climb, a cloud of black vapor floated down from the top of the mountain, wrapping him in it, and the next thing he felt was weightlessness.

When the black vapor disappeared, Gu Yu realized that he had reached the top of the mountain, and a pair of evil-looking eyes were staring at him.

"Uhh… Demonic God, I desire power!" Gu Yu said frustratingly.

The Demonic God did not reply to him, but the black vapor suddenly became thicker and then lurched toward Gu Yu.

As Gu Yu felt unsteady, the picture of a bloody sea appeared in front of him and at the center of the bloody sea, a purple seed, nurtured by the bloody sea, shone while being shrouded in dense purple mist.

A bunch of data also came into view at this moment.

[The Demonic God's Apostles:

Class description: After completing the Hidden Quest, you will be officially recognized by the Demonic God and be given the seed crystal from the Demonic God's power to master the primary Blood Power. You will then obtain a special energy bar known as Blood Qi.

[Blood Qi Level 1: After exhaustion, the recovering rate is 1% per minute. Consume Blood Qi for faster recovery.

Class ability: The Demonic God's Apostles, Evil Body, Flame of Blood, Sucking of Blood, Evil Eye Stare.

[Evil God's Apostles: The inheritance granted by the Demonic God is blessed by the Gods, and health will be restored 1 point per second.

[Evil body – Beginner's level: When this ability is initiated, 30% of Blood Qi is consumed, an increase of 150% for all attributes lasting for 30 minutes, and derivative abilities can be released.

[Flame of Blood: With the apostle as the center, Naraka flames are summoned to burn in a large range. The damage diameter is 20 meters. This ability can only be used in the state of Evil Body, exhausting 30% of the Power of Blood Qi.

[Sucking of Blood: Any blood within the range of 10-30 meters from the apostle can be absorbed into the body through manipulation after this ability is initiated, so as to recover both Blood Qi and health. This ability must be exerted in the state of Evil Body, exhausting 10-50% of the Power of Blood Qi.

[Evil eye stare: When the Evil Eye Stare is initiated, all the targets that made eye contact with you will be eroded by negative emotions, and there is a chance that disorder, weakness and other negative states will take place. This ability must be used in the state of Evil Body, which exhausts 40% of the Power of Blood Qi.

Recommendation of class development: There is no specific direction for your class development, seek advice from the Demonic God!

While receiving the power from the Demonic God, the artifacts kept reorganizing the body of Gu Yu. Fortunately, this reorganization exhausted only the inheritance power provided by the Demonic God, while Bei Li only needed to make a body vessel. Even so, it cost Lu Wu 1,000 soul coins.

However the Rune Master template used for transforming Gu Yu was directly stripped away by the artifact, and Lu Wu was not planning to return the material used to mold the body of a Rune Master, so he kept it.

After reorganizing, there was a huge change in Gu Yu's body.

His muscles became bigger like a dragon's, and his body became taller than before. On his back was a tattoo of a pair of flaming evil eyes.

Clenching his fist, he felt the power flowing through his body, which made Gu Yu a little too excited.

"Do you want to become stronger?" the evil eyes stared at Gu Yu, with a tempting voice echoing in his mind.

Gu Yu was shocked, and he thought that he would need to consult with the Demonic God regarding his class development which was shown on the Class Menu. So, he quickly opened his mouth and spoke, "Demonic God, how can I become stronger and more powerful?"

"Do you know that I gave you a Blood Seed? If you can cultivate it successfully, then you will master the Law of Bloody Darkness, which is one of the Laws of the Underworld. Do you understand what this will mean?"

Gu Yu was confused, "What does that mean?"

"If you are able to master any law among the Laws of the World, you will be qualified to be a god. As long as the Great Emperor grants you amnesty, you can become a new god!"

When he heard this, Gu Yu suddenly recalled his memories of the battle between the Demonic God and Hiderigami which almost destroyed the world, to which he became agitated and shouted, "Just name the price!"

The Demonic God showed a questioning look.

Realizing that he had said something wrong, Gu Yu smiled embarrassingly, "Demonic God, you are my boss now, teach me how to be strong!"

"The difficulty of cultivating the Blood Seed is far beyond your imagination. Maybe it will take you hundreds of thousands of years to cultivate and still fail to come up with the Seed of Blood Method, but I can help you to speed up!" the voice of the Demonic God reappeared in Gu Yu's mind.

Gu Yu realized something and quickly asked, "Boss, I will try my best to do anything that you wish!"

"I have sensed the presence of Hiderigami, he is here! Find him and kill him!"

As soon as the Demonic God finished speaking, a picture appeared in the mind of Gu Yu.

A magnificent city stood on the earth, and above this city was a coffin floating in the sky. The city, however, was empty like a ghost city.

[Hatred That Cannot Be Annihilated (Class Upgrade Quest):

Quest description: Go to Evil Nightmare City, kill the weak Hiderigami and complete the instruction given by the Demonic God. There is no time limit for this quest.

Quest reward: Receive a prize from the Demonic God (Class development)

Gu Yu was stunned for a few seconds after he saw his new quest, and then he nodded solemnly toward the evil eyes to indicate his acceptance of the quest.

Although this quest was very difficult, at least there was no time limit, as long as he could continue to level up and grow stronger. Besides, his guild was continuously expanding, so he believed that he had the opportunity of completing the quest.

"Aren't you afraid?" apparently his attitude made the Demonic God feel surprised.

"What is there to be afraid of, I am not even afraid of death!" Gu Yu chuckled.

"I admire you more and more, I find that you have no fear from the beginning to the end, even when I controlled your body previously, you… are good!" the voice of the Demonic God reappeared.

Gu Yu giggled, "Demonic God, is there anything else that you would like to request? If there is none, could you send me down the mountain?"

The Demonic God did not reply this time, but the black vapor resurfaced and surrounded Gu Yu.

When the black vapor was gone once again, Gu Yu realized that he had arrived at the wooden house.

At this moment, Gu Yu was in a good mood, he did not expect that he could get the inheritance so easily. Nothing could make him happier than this. Sure enough, one would need to roam around in this game to have the chance to find any hidden quest.

Taking a few steps forward, Gu Yu reached out his hand to knock on the wooden door, "Old man, I have come to pick up the dog, please open the door!"

After a while, the door creaked and opened, the old man walked out holding a red-faced Sun Qi.

"Take this silly dog away!"

After he had finished speaking, the old man tossed the drunken Sun Qi out.

"I don't want to go, I still want to drink, I will not go if I don't win today!" Sun Qi stumbled as he tried to stand up, walked forward a few steps and fell on the ground again.

"Let's go, dog!" Gu Yu helplessly stepped forward and picked Sun Qi up.

"I… I am not going to leave, fill it up, we will fight until dawn!"

Sun Qi pushed Gu Yu's hand away and fell to the ground. Then he stood up unsteadily and put his left hand on his waist. He pointed at the old man with his right hand and said with a red face, "You… you don't look down on me… I definitely can… drink!"

"It's kind of fun to see your dog get drunk!" the old man leaned on the door frame and drank the fruit wine from his cup as he chuckled.

"Silly dog, stop it!" Gu Yu who was utterly speechless at the moment tugged at one of the dog legs and carried Sun Qi on his shoulder.

After saying goodbye to the old man, Gu Yu began to descend the mountain while carrying Sun Qi.

Throughout the journey, Sun Qi talked nonsense and fidgeted the whole way. This annoyed Gu Yu so much that he almost could not resist smashing him to the ground and demonstrate his dog-punching skills.

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Chapter 81: Five Elements Warlock

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

After the battle between the Demonic God and Hiderigami, the players had another goal.

They wished to have the power to cause chaos like the Demonic God and Hiderigami.

The battle was shocking and destroyed the original pride of many players. At this point only did they realize such a horrifying existence.

The players also understood that the two biggest advantages, quantity and immortality, would not play any role in this kind of battle.

It was also this battle that gave the players a greater ambitious prospect and inspired them to continue to become stronger.

At the same time, a large number of mage players in the forum began to complain that the mage had not yet been allowed to have any class advancement. They felt that with the constant class advancements of other professional players, their character class was going down the drain.

Lu Wu originally intended to put the three mage templates into use altogether. However, since the players were so demanding, Lu Wu decided to insert a mage class advancement template completed by Bei Li into the game first.

……

After this update, the mage players who logged into the game were surprised to find that the mages' class advancement finally appeared.

The display arrived at the familiar scene for class description.

However what surprised the players was that the form of the new character class had changed a lot until the point that it was not even human-like.

Only a human-like form that completely consisted of blue energy stood in the middle of the scene.

[Class description:

[Five Elements Warlock: In order to comprehend the power of the five elements of heaven and earth, the body is abandoned for the sake of the truth and therefore incarnated into the spirits of the five elements, controlling the power of the five elements of heaven and earth, and exploring the ultimate meaning of the five elements!

Class specialty: Spiritual bodies of the five elements which are gold, wood, water, fire, and earth can be switched freely to control the five elements of heaven and earth.

Wearing equipment: Five Elements Bracelet

Class requirement: The default class must be a Mage.

After the introduction, the scene became dim and the blue figure moved.

"Water Turret!"

As soon as he said those words, streams of water which were connected to the ground extended out from the Five Elements Warlock's body, holding him down firmly in place, and a gun barrel made of water slowly appeared in front of him.

Following that, the players were dumbfounded by what happened next. As the body of the Five Elements Warlock began to glow, the blue energy continuously flowed into the gun barrel in front of the body. Suddenly, countless water balls shot out and the sky was covered with a large number of water balls, which rained heavily onto a faraway place.

"Water Dragon Canon!"

Another skill was released. The blue laces connecting with the gun barrel started to glow and the barrel then expanded.

With a loud bang, a roaring water dragon shot out of the gun barrel and crashed into the distance.

"Rumble!" there was a deep pit at the place where it was hit, and the inside of the pit were frozen ice crystals.

Then the screen paused and the skill introduction appeared.

[Body of Water Element: In the state of water, you can cast yourself as the source of the spell to attack in a large range over a long distance (Attention: No movement is allowed in this form!)

The introduction disappeared, and the scene continued.

This time, the color of the Five Elements Warlock's spiritual body began to change, and in a swift second it turned into an earthy yellow color.

Under the expectant gaze of all the players, the Five Elements Warlock stretched out his hands and pressed them down. Suddenly, a large amount of soil on the ground was carved out and suspended.

And in front of the Five Elements Warlock, the figure of a berserker also appeared.

"Argh!" at the same time the berserker appeared, he launched an attack toward the Five Elements Warlock.

At this time, the Five Elements Warlock grabbed his right hand forward, "Earth Dungeon!"

Two earth arms appeared from under the berserker's feet at the moment, firmly grasped onto the feet and fixed them in place. Then the earth tumbled and quickly wrapped him from the feet upwards.

At this time, the lumps of earth floating beside the Five Elements Warlock began to solidify and shaped into sharp earth spears. When the Five Elements Warlock waved his hand, the spears suddenly shot at the berserker wrapped in the earth.

Blood splashed everywhere as the earth softened and fell from the berserker. The berserker's gaze turned still, and there were several blood holes on the body. It was obvious that he was dead.

[Body of Earth Element: Power of manipulating the Earth. The comprehensive ability is used for control and self-defense.

The scene continued.

The Five Elements Warlock's body turned into gold color, and his whole body flashed with golden beams that looked extraordinary.

And in front of him, there were five berserkers.

Facing the charging berserkers, streaks of golden pattern extended out from the surface of the Five Elements Warlock's body.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

This time the Five Elements Warlock did not fight back, but allowed the berserkers to smash him.

However, the warlock's defense in the golden form was extremely high. Although the blood count appeared on his head, they were all single digits. Obviously, all the damage had not broken the defense in the golden form.

After a full minute of chopping, the scenes stopped.

[Body of Gold Element: Gain a strong defense in a short time. This ability inflicts no damage in a metal-free environment. However, in a specific environment with large amounts of metal substances, the ability will become a method of the Gold Element with violent attacks!

……

The forms of the Water Body, Fire Body, Wood Body, Gold Body, and Earth Body were displayed one by one. The class advancement to a new mage who could change fighting forms at will made the mages who were watching the class demonstration even more excited.

Crayon_Shinchan: "Knocking on wood, what did I say? I said that our mage character class is the best. Have you seen it? The next time a Cursed Apostle approaches me, I'll release the Gold Body and I'll be invincible!"

Black_Witch: "After activating the Gold Body, I'll watch and laugh at all your efforts. I even want to make a cup of coffee (Smirking emoji)"

Assassin_Creed replied to Black_Witch: "Our Cursed Apostle's Praj?ā Scarification is really harmful. In order to break the defense, I'll stab myself and you'll have to endure a few stabs yourself (Smirking emoji)."

Watermelon_Taro: "My favorite is the form of the Water Element. The Water Cannon looked so real, it's amazing!"

Thunder_King: "Why don't they have my favorite Thunder Element (Crying emoji), but my favorite of the five forms now is the Water Element. The mage's Water Turret looked so cool."

A_Mammoth: "Let's don't talk about that, I see that you mages finally have a class advancement. Tonight, I shall kill some mages in the field to entertain you all (Smirking emoji)."

Xueli_The_Strongest: "I think the Fire Element is the most handsome. It exerts extremely explosive damage. Although the defense is very low, vulnerability is the exact characteristic that a mage should have! In addition, I am an assassin (Sly smile)."

Experienced_Mage_Player: "Obviously the Earth Element is the most handsome, and the feeling of controlling the power of the earth is decisive and refreshing!"

Groot: "I like all the abilities of the five elements~ Spinning!"

Crayon_Shinchan: "Anyway, in a few words, the mage is awesome! (Voice cracked!)"

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Chapter 82: The Gillfish Clan

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After the update of the mage's class advancement, there was an inflation of the material prices in the auction house within the game.

At the same time, there was a new NPC created to assist mage class advancements. It was called the Master of Disintegration.

The conditions for the Five Elements Warlock to undergo class advancement were more special. Players were required to find materials of the five elements and bring them to the Master of Disintegration for disintegration, in exchange for the Points of Five Elements needed for class advancement.

As long as the items corresponded with the elements, the players could obtain the respective Points of Five Elements from the disintegration.

For instance, by bringing a regular piece of wood or a handful of grass to the Master of Disintegration, the items could be disintegrated into only a few Points of the Wood Element. Only when a total of 10,000 Points of the Wood Element were accumulated, the player could fulfill the mission requirements for the state of the Wood Element.

It was the same for the other elements.

However, materials like soil, logs or minerals could only provide very few Points of Five Elements. It would take ages if not an eternity to accumulate the target number of points if one relied solely on these materials for class advancement.

This was necessary not only for class advancements, but also for the class upgrade of the Five Elements Warlock at a later stage. Materials of different elements were needed as a foundation to solidify the body that had already been transformed to withhold the five elements.

Consequently, the prices of the spiritual materials that could contribute a huge amount to specific attribute points increased tremendously.

Due to the specialty of this cultivating-type character class, Lu Wu decided to decrease the difficulty level of requirements for class advancements. As long as the players could accumulate enough points needed for one of the elements, they could activate the class advancement process.

Of course, after the class advancement, they could only transform into one state which corresponded to the collected element points.

The game also had its fair share of rich players. The materials in the auction house were quickly sold out. With this, many players had their bodies reformed to have the element states of the Five Element Warlock. They were full of pride and glamour as they walked on the streets.

At the same time, it gave rise to an opportunity to develop the oceans in the game.

……

The Void Ocean.

The gloomy sky overlooked the howling winds of the ocean. A black warship was going against the waves, sailing straight ahead.

On the hull of the warship, there was an illustration of a monster with one horn drawn with plant juices. With a closer look, the monster looked quite similar to the Demonic God.

On the ship were about ten people, wearing similar red outfits and white capes with the same hideous portrait of a dark embodiment of the Demonic God.

It was the first time the Demonic God Warship set sail since its creation. The ten members of the guild from earlier knew each other from the forum. After they found out about their similar interests, they voluntarily started the guild.

As for the illustration used by the guild, they paid to have it specially designed and drawn onto the warship. They were deeply shaken by the power of the Demonic God after watching the fighting video of the Demonic God. So, they started worshipping him and even used him as a symbol of their guild.

Yet, at that moment, they were tumbling around trying to hold on to any stable object on the ship. Their complexions were as pale as paper, and needless to say, they looked especially beaten up.

"Boss… vomit!"

The person who spoke was a chubby guy. Before he could say anything, he had thrown up.

"Fatty, you better hold it in. This is the Demonic God Guild's first sail, we must look handsome… vomit!"

As a respected leader of the guild, An Sheng too could not help but vomit as soon as he opened his mouth.

Once he started, no one could keep it together anymore. Everyone on the ship began to puke as well.

One could tell that everyone on the ship was very young, even though they had plenty of best quality equipment. Despite that, they had no experience with the towering waves and howling winds on the sea. After a few hours of sailing, they had reached their endurance limits.

"Boss, look, there is an island! There is an island!" Fatty was in the middle of throwing up when he saw an island not far away. He instantly squealed in excitement.

With that in sight, An Sheng dragged his body to the edge of the ship and took a look at the island nearby.

"Pull in to shore! Pull in to shore!"

An Sheng finally regained some energy and immediately sped up the warship. He changed the direction of motion and started directing the warship towards the island.

When the crew of the Demonic God Warship received the order, they all cheered and started working. The warship slowly changed direction and was led toward the island.

Upon the sight of being able to go ashore, the members of the crew shed tears of joy. It was truly a tortuous journey on sea.

As the warship approached the island, some of the crew members were already rushing down the ship ladder. The first thing they did was lie down on the sandy beach, with the feeling of escaping a near-death experience in their hearts.

"Boss, the next upgrade for the warship must be stability. It definitely should not be just about the looks. I really cannot stand it anymore," Fatty was still traumatized from the incident.

The other members of the guild nodded in agreement. It was obvious that this journey had left them with a bad impression.

After resting for a while, a few of them stood up and started observing their surroundings.

Right at that moment, Seven pointed his finger toward somewhere far. He said excitedly, "Look! There's a village with people in it!"

Their gazes followed his finger and there they saw a small fishing village filled with wooden houses.

Every house in this fishing village had dried fish hanging on their doors. At that instant, some weird-looking people armed with fish forks and sticks started walking out from the fishing village.

They were similar to humans, yet very different.

Their faces had a green tint with three cracks of fish gills by the sides of their faces. Everyone was well built to fight with thick waists and broad shoulders. They were manly and gave off an intimidating aura.

When they saw An Sheng and the others staring at them, the Gillfish Clan raised their weapons and started yelling, as if they were trying to scare them away.

With this in sight, An Sheng and the others armed themselves, too. What a joke, they were not scared of a fight.

Their actions then angered the Gillfish Clan. Suddenly, a swarm of ferocious people barged out from the village and charged toward them.

"Prepare for battle!" An Sheng demanded at the top of his lungs. His members were ready.

Then, they were dumbfounded. From the jungles by the beach, out came hundreds of people of the Gillfish Clan, defending themselves with long spheres.

"Oh shit, run!"

When they saw the amount of people from the Gillfish Clan, their original desire to fight till the last drop of blood extinguished immediately. They ran the other direction with all their might, toward the other side of the seashore.

Apparently, they underestimated the Gillfish Clan. With their strong and fit builds, they caught up with the members and surrounded them in just ten minutes.

The war started abruptly. The only thing that An Sheng and the others did not expect was that the people from the Gillfish Clan were skilled fighters. They were well-equipped with excellent gear and weapons but they were still defeated by a mess of sticks.

Surprisingly, the Gillfish Clan were not trying to kill them. Instead, they tied them up and brought them back to the fishing village.

……

The sky was filled with bright stars. Darkness stretched across all nooks and crannies of the village yet it was a happening night. With the fishing village well-lit with fire torches, the people sang and danced around a campfire. Laughter and joy filled the air.

An Sheng and the others, who were tied up right at the heart of the fishing village, found it difficult to blend in with the happiness. They realized that they were about to be eaten.

Still in their battling states, they could not exit the game. They had never felt this suffocated before.

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Chapter 83: Mental Breakdown

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Looking at the cauldron in the middle of the village, An Sheng and the others seemed to be in despair.

An Sheng then glanced at the fat guy next to him who was staring into space and said, "Excited? We just arrived and are now about to get cooked."

The fat guy was speechless.

"We must take revenge!" after a moment, the fat guy said in grief.

"Yes! We must take revenge. I have never been eaten in my entire life. They are the first who dare to eat me and they must pay for it!" an immature young man spoke with a sad and aggrieved expression on his face as if he had suffered great insult.

As expected, their clothes were soon stripped off and they were carried into the cauldron. Fortunately, they were all male. Hence, it was not too embarrassing.

But, one thing surprised the warriors of the Gillfish Clan – the pieces of equipment and weapons suddenly disappeared when they were taken off their bodies.

An Sheng and the others were savagely beaten as the warriors of the Gillfish Clan were infuriated for not being able to find the equipment after searching for a long time.

This made An Sheng and the others swear as they had never suffered such great injustice.

They would pay them back for this.

However, this was just the start. They almost cried at the grievance they next encountered.

At that moment, a shirtless burly man went to the fat guy with a sack. He then grabbed a handful of green powder from the sack and handed it to the fat guy.

What?

"Ura!"

The burly man glared at the fat guy and pushed the green powder in his hand toward the fat guy's mouth.

For fuck's sake… I would definitely fight this guy to death if I were not tied by a rope.

It was fine for wanting to cook him, but how dare they let him eat the seasonings. Don't they know that one can be killed but not humiliated?

"Bastard! Go to hell. Bah!" this was now the only means the fat guy could retaliate.

Upon seeing the fat guy's reaction, the tough guy stuffed the seasonings in his hand back into his pocket and lifted the fat guy out of the cauldron.

After the fat guy took a beating, he who had first decided to fight back was badly battered. He then tearfully swallowed all the seasonings.

Looking at what the fat guy had encountered, the others who were also in the cauldron trembled and swallowed the spices that were handed to them without hesitation as they were afraid of being beaten up mercilessly again before they died.

These green powders were made of some unknown plant. It would melt in their mouth and slide down their throat along with the saliva, improving their appetites.

The fragrance then spread from their stomach up to the lungs and the entire body through breathing, making their entire body suffuse an exquisite aroma.

However, this made them even sadder!

"Ura!"

The tough guy of a different race nodded with satisfaction. Then, he took out a handful of red powder from another pocket and sprinkled it on the heads of An Sheng and the others. A piquancy taste entered their trachea through the nostrils, causing them to sneeze.

"Damn you… I will remember this. Just you wait… I will fucking kill you guys."

They yelled in sorrow but they could not resist.

As time went by, bubbles emerged in the cauldron. The water temperature had finally reached the boiling point.

Bloody hurting words sprang on their heads and soon their blood volume dropped to the point of death. All of them lost their consciousness and slipped into the cauldron. In the end, they turned into black smoke and were withdrawn by the artifact.

The Gillfish Clan was bewildered at the sight of this.

Where's our food?

Dragon Metropolis. A fat guy took off his virtual helmet and slammed the table.

"I'm so pissed. I will teach you all a lesson since you guys dared to eat me!"

Upon saying that, Liu Pang entered the guild's chat group and typed a line of words:

"Revenge! We must take revenge!"

An Sheng: "I'm furious, too. Let's hire a few experts from the forum. Gather more players and avenge once we are resurrected!"

Seven: "A real man is sure to take revenge and we shouldn't wait to take revenge!"

Sun Xucheng: "I have never suffered such grievances since I was a kid. My brother is a member of the Great Dragon Guild. I will borrow some men from him."

Lu Yuan: "I will take a look at the forum and hire some people. Let's find some people and gather at the resurrection point after three hours! Let's revenge!"

A revenge operation had just begun.

Late at night, the Demonic God's Warship sailed off the coast again.

This time was different as there were more than a hundred people on the battleship.

An Sheng, Fatty, and the others had spent a lot of money on this operation. They had hired professional players in order to avenge them being cooked.

After zooming in on the map at the upper right corner, An Sheng confirmed their location and began to reverse the sailing direction of the Demonic God's Warship.

Luckily, they had been to the Fallen Fish Island and the fog on the map had dispersed. Thus, they could still feel their way.

An Sheng and the others had learned their lesson. Before departing, they had purchased some materials from the auction house in order to improve the sailing stability of the Demonic God's Warship. Thus, the battleship had improved greatly in terms of its stability and speed that it did not cause them to suffer from seasickness again.

It could be said that their revenge this time was imperative.

Looking at the island that was getting closer on the map, strong hatred filled the eyes of An Sheng and the others.

The thought of them being abused previously sent shivers down their spine.

As the battleship had been upgraded, they arrived at the island that they resented in less than two hours.

"Ready to fight!" the fat guy stood up and said with a livid face.

Clatter. A group of people who were well-prepared at the back stood up.

As the Demonic God's Warship was docking, An Sheng pointed at the fishing village which was not far away and yelled, "Kill them! Destroy the village!"

Upon hearing this, everyone yelled and rushed down the stairs, heading toward the village.

"Kill!" the fat guy rushed to the forefront of the team.

The arrival of the fat guy and the others soon alerted the Gillfish Clan in the fishing village.

"Beep!" a loud horn blew in the fishing village.

Realizing that the village was under attack, the Gillfish Clan immediately picked up their weapons and rushed out of the fishing village.

Meanwhile, the fat guy quickly fixed his gaze on the member of the Gillfish Clan who hit him hard that day. He took the lead by jumping toward the man and threw him to the ground. He then slapped him in his face.

"How dare you hit your Fatty Master! How dare you hit your Fatty Master!"

The fighters of both sides soon clashed with each other.

This time, all the players showed their power. They used various powerful skills to turn the Gillfish Clan upside down, causing them to suffer a crushing defeat.

Just as the players thought that they were about to win, the horn sounded again.

One by one, heads emerged out of the jungle at the side and they immediately joined the battle.

The members of the Gillfish Clan were increasing and it soon achieved thousands, close to ten thousand people. This stunned the players.

They had always abused others by number and this was their first time being suppressed in number.

However, the players found something strange in the battle – the members of the Gillfish Clan were not killing them. Instead, they would only smash them to the ground, then a group of people would swarm to tie them up.

After holding on for a while, all the players were badly battered and were being pressed onto the ground.

After being carried back to the fishing village, there were ten more cauldrons in the village. There were also thousands of members of the Gillfish Clan looking on. Half of the Gillfish population on the island was here.

Seeing that there were so many new faces in the fishing village, An Sheng realized that the clan in front of him was not the only alien staying on the Fallen Fish Island. Apparently, there were still other villages.

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Chapter 84: Legend Of The Fallen Fish Island

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Looking at the huge cauldrons, the sorrow in the hearts of An Sheng and the others were indescribable.

They were resentful by the thought of them having to get tortured again and regretted not being killed in the battle.

"Bro, what are they trying to do?" a hired player asked curiously.

Next to him, a fat guy with a badly bashed face snorted and blood spurted out of his nose. He then turned to glance at the hired player.

"Have you seen those cauldrons? It will be really exciting. You need to be prepared!"

The hired guy was speechless.

"Why are there so many aliens?" one of the members of the guild, Seven, could not help but question.

"It will be such a waste if they can't finish the food. Hence, they invited their relatives from next door to eat with them!" the fat guy heaved a sigh.

Everyone was dumbstruck.

Just as all of them were nervous, an old man of the Gillfish Clan walked out of the crowd.

He came to the players and examined them carefully. From time to time, he would pinch their faces as though he was choosing pork.

The players got bent out of shape. A player even struggled and spat at the old man on the spot.

The warrior was then carried out of the crowd by three burly men of the Gillfish Clan. He was savagely beaten up and his face became swollen.

Upon seeing this, shivers ran down their spine. They sympathized with the strongman who was dying on the ground. At the same time, they were fortunate for not acting impulsively.

Punishing someone as a warning to the others was certainly effective. This time, none of the players dared to fight back. Their faces were covered with rage as the old man of the Gillfish Clan pinched their faces in turn.

After the inspection, the old man of the Gillfish Clan went to the center of the village and knelt down. He was also muttering words that they did not understand.

Seeing this, everyone from the Gillfish Clan knelt down with their hands facing the sky as if they were worshipping.

"What are the idiots doing?" Seven asked curiously again.

"According to my years of gaming experience, they should be thanking god for the food given!" the fat guy said at the back. Upon hearing this, all of them could not remain calm.

"Ura!" the old man seemed to be done with his prayers. He shouted at the sky and the crowd cheered. Then, all of them dismissed, began to raise the cauldrons and set fire.

Everyone was at a loss for words.

After walking through the procedures of bathing, eating green powder, and sprinkling seasonings, the faces of the hired players turned blue. They had not been told that they would be eaten if they lost the game. This was too much. This was too brutal.

However, they could not fight against their fate of being eaten. They were powerless and could not do anything but swear.

At that moment, all of them secretly swore to take revenge.

The number of people who wanted to take revenge had once again increased.

Looking at the hired players gritting their teeth, An Sheng and the others were inexplicably comforted. Sharing the pain could indeed reduce suffering.

The fat guy seemed calm now. He was clear about the cooking procedures of the Gillfish Clan. This time, he did not resist as he had learned his lesson. He even bit a few slices with his mouth when the Gillfish Clan put the ingredients into the pot.

After chewing and swallowing it, the fat guy suddenly opened his eyes widely.

"Oh my god, this thing tastes great!"

Upon hearing this, several players from the surrounding cauldrons bit a few ingredients to have a taste of it. They showed surprising expressions after tasting it.

"Delicious!"

"It tastes good. What is this?"

"This red fruit tastes great!"

Looking at the insensitive crowd, An Sheng's temples were twitching. Why are they eating it? Don't they feel ashamed?

"Not to mention. It does taste good!" Seven who was next to An Sheng chewed the fruit which was about the size of a lychee and told him earnestly.

An Sheng did not want to talk as he felt ashamed. Where was their anger and their intention to take revenge?

I'm not going to collude with them.

But, the water temperature was rising slowly. Seeing them eating joyfully, An Sheng boringly bit a piece of leaf that was floating on the water and chewed it.

"Damn, it's indeed delicious!"

Seven was speechless.

Looking at the disdain in Seven's eyes, An Sheng simply continued eating. Since the Gillfish Clan could eat them, they could also eat their ingredients.

"Asshole, don't grab my fruit," Seven was enraged as he saw An Sheng open his mouth and took away the fruit which he was about to eat.

After the players were done eating and drinking, they lay in the pot and looked at each other, waiting for the arrival of their doomsday.

"Brothers, I have a suggestion. We just pretend to know nothing and don't tell anyone regarding the things that happened today," looking at the crowd, An Sheng burped as he said.

Upon hearing this, everyone seemed to be in embarrassment. They nodded in agreement with An Sheng's suggestion as the situation they encountered today was embarrassing.

An Sheng was already preparing to fool more people for the next battle in his mind. He believed that with more manpower, they could defeat the Gillfish Clan.

The water temperature gradually increased and blood words began to appear on the players' bodies.

The players' camp was once again wiped out.

As the players died, their bodies turned into black smoke and were withdrawn by the artifice again.

Upon seeing this, the Gillfish Clan who was initially excited stared at the empty cauldrons, doubting their life.

After their death, An Sheng and the others became busy. They were preparing to bring another group of people to take revenge.

However, before this, he got an idea and posted a post on the forum:

"I've found the Son of the Sea. There are many Sons of the Sea on this island."

A screenshot of the coordinates on the map in his game was also provided below the post.

Originally, this kind of post would be ignored. After all, rumors often appeared on the forum. However, the post was inexplicably being pushed to the top.

Seven_Seven: "Yes, this is the island. I have seen the Son of the Sea on this island!"

I'm_Not_Fat_At_All: "Me too! I didn't expect the thread starter to find it too! Don't you know how to keep it a secret? I wish to return after I become stronger."

Blood-stained_World: "Heartache. I thought I was the only one who knows about this secret. But, you made it public. I hate you, thread starter!"

Crayon_Shinchan: "What! The Son of The Sea? Oh my god! Let's go!"

Peppa_Boar: "It's mine! It's mine! I will set off now! The Son of the Sea is mine!"

Hence, a huge wave of fooled players began to march toward the island of the Gillfish Clan.

The tragedy of them being eaten continued. However, all of them chose to remain silent and secretly pinned An Sheng's post to the top.

Another wave of fooled players set sail.

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Chapter 85: The Distressed Gillfish Clan

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Thousands of members of the Gillfish Clan sat on the shore with weapons in their hands, gazing blankly at the sea.

They did not go fishing in the sea or hunting in the jungle today as they knew that those creatures would arrive at any time.

It had happened countless times, and the constant visits of the players had caused them to lose their cool.

From being grateful to the Sea God in the beginning to cursing the gods now, no one knew the ups and downs that they had been through.

Ever since the legend was spread across the forum, saying that the Son of the Sea was found at the Fallen Fish Island, innumerable players had sailed here according to the coordinates they had.

Meanwhile, all the players who had suffered the inhumane torture had somehow reached a consensus and chose to hide the truth. Then, they quietly hyped the deceiving post in the forum, hoping that the other players would join in on the suffering.

This became the greatest deceit in the history of Battle Online.

However, this had caused a great inconvenience to the humble and honest Gillfish Clan. The arrival of incessant batches of players were starting to exhaust their hospitality.

As they expected, a warship came into view in the distance.

The gamers on the ship were moved by the scene and some of them even shed tears.

"I see it… I see it! That's the Fallen Fish Island that was mentioned in the forum," the players on the warship exclaimed in excitement, as though they had foreseen themselves reaching the peak of life after they had successfully obtained the Son of the Sea.

"The members of the forum were right. The natives on the island are really welcoming. Look! They are standing at the shore, waving at us!" they made a joyful remark when they saw the members of Gillfish Clan who were actually waving their weapons in protest by the shore.

As they were approaching the island, the players stood on the deck of the warship and waved back at the Gillfish Clan gleefully.

The members of the Gillfish Clan were flustered by the players' reactions.

They were especially bewildered when they saw the creatures' smiling faces. Are these creatures insane? They obviously know that they are sending themselves to an early grave. Yet, they act so imprudently. How did they gain their courage?

After the warship docked at the port, the players were beaming as they disembarked the warship. Then, they walked toward the members of Gillfish Clan, who were running at them enthusiastically.

……

In a certain crystal palace under the Void Ocean.

Confused, the Sea King stared at the elder who was groveling at his feet.

"You are saying that there's a kind of creature that has been coming to the Fallen Fish Island to die every day, and you can't take it anymore?"

"That doesn't sound right. The Gillfish Clan doesn't have many resources. You should be welcoming them to sacrifice their lives at your place instead. Only with sufficient food can you expand your tribe, too."

The elder of the Gillfish Clan clan raised his head and wiped away his tears, "My King, but we can't eat them. They will disappear after we briefly cook them."

The Sea King was puzzled.

He had no idea what was happening either.

He would not be bothered with such a trivial matter if the Gillfish Clan had not pledged loyalty to him and selected ten of their strongest warriors to join his navy every year.

Upon listening to the the complaint of the Gillfish Clan's elder, the confused Sea King interrupted him,

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

The elder of the Gillfish Clan calmed himself down, "My King, can you send someone to protect us? If this continues, our clan will really be doomed. We haven't been eating for the past few days. They will come in the morning, evening, and even at midnight. We haven't been hunting for other food for days."

The elder of the Gillfish Clan involuntarily teared up again when he recalled his recent experience.

Looking at the poor elder, the Sea King heaved a sigh and waved his hand, "Big Hammer, bring along a group of people to protect the Gillfish Clan. Meanwhile, investigate the opponent's background."

The humanlike tiger shark, with the name of Big Hammer, nodded. It threw a contemptuous glimpse at the elder before it exited the crystal palace and assembled his subordinates.

Then, Big Hammer followed the elder of the Gillfish Clan back to Fallen Fish Island.

With Big Hammer's help, the Gillfish Clan was finally put to ease. They began to hunt and pick fruits as usual. Their daily lives resumed. For the first time, they were so grateful for their everyday life.

Big Hammer and the warriors were stationed at the territorial waters near the Fallen Fish Island. They were rather satisfied with the hospitality provided by the Gillfish Clan.

However, before long, they got distressed again.

Just as the elder of the Gillfish Clan predicted, the players attacked them several times during the period of Big Hammer's stay.

Everytime, the players would run into the Sea King Navy led by the Big Hammer, and none of them could escape from death.

In the beginning, Big Hammer had some fun with it. However, as he encountered more and more players, he quickly became exhausted.

He did not get to sleep at all as the ceaseless attacks came erratically. Big Hammer could finally understand what the Gillfish Clan was going through.

It's as if they are here for a suicide mission. They are walking to their graves with a smile while waving at me politely. Am I not ferocious enough to scare them?

Eventually, Big Hammer and the others could not take it anymore.

However, it did not end here. As the post of Battle Online on the forum reached tens of thousands of views, the visits of the players became increasingly frequent. Big Hammer could not take it any longer. It ordered its navy to return to the crystal palace to seek help.

The Forum of Battle Online: "I've found the Son of the Sea. There are quite a number of them on the island."

The 33,412th comment:

I'm_Not_Fat_At_All: "The number of views has reached 30,000… I reckon it's time to reveal the secret. (hilarious)"

Crayon_Shinchan: "The power of the deceived ones is strong enough, and we are fully capable of taking revenge now. Shall we disclose the secret?"

Beef_Noodle: "Yes. Let's do it. Let's tell them the truth. We have enough people already. Our capacity is sufficient to make an extermination possible."

A_Salted_Fish: "I hate you, bastards. Do you know what I went through? (Gritting teeth)"

Cat_Slave_XiaoMei: "We're finally revealing the truth! I almost perished trying to keep the secret! OP, I really want to kill you!"

Adorkable_XiaoBai: "We're going to stop tricking people? Knowing that I'm the last batch to be tricked, I feel so aggrieved that I can't share this kind of pain with others."

As many players fell into the trap, the size of the crew increased. Fatty and An Sheng, together with the others, decided to disclose the truth. They had also prepared to assemble the resentful players and form a troop to go to Fallen Fish Island to take their final revenge.

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Chapter 86: The Expedition Of The Players

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After the truth was revealed, the forum was swamped by new responses. Many players, who had missed the opportunity due to the absence of a ship, were wild with joy.

Meanwhile, the players who had been duped, had turned the air blue by swearing at the original poster.

The comments on the original thread:

"The members of the Gillfish Clan are so welcoming. They even made me stay for a meal when I visited! I love them!"

"The hospitable Gillfish Clan prepared a large pot of food to serve us. We're so happy! (Smile)"

"I love this island. I found a lot of spiritual materials there, and I was so close to getting the Son of the Sea!"

"I love Fallen Fish Island so much. The people there are very loquacious. All of them are talented, and I've gained a lot of knowledge from them. Go and have fun! You will never regret it!"

"I would definitely like to revisit the place. It is definitely a treasure trove. You will regret not going!"

However, the style of the comments changed immediately after the truth was unveiled.

"This is excellent. I can finally swear at the OP and his family members on this post. I'm so happy."

"Do you know that I was cooked alive… you tricksters. I will not believe in love anymore."

"Well, I have written down all the 13,241 lies before this. I'm going to spend some time memorizing them, and repay them once the operation is over!"

"I was so excited to visit the island, but I wanted to cry after I found out the truth. Anyway, here's a middle finger for everyone who commented before."

"That's such a well-planned lie. Didn't they say that we, the Beiqi Army, are family? I always treated you as my family, but you used me to feed the Gillfish Clan? I'm furious!"

"Gillfish Clan: Come to my bowl now. Don't argue anymore. I'm going to eat ten of you today. (Hilarious)"

"Gillfish Clan: Come on, stop it or you will be extinct after we consume all of you. (Hilarious)"

After the secret was disclosed, all the deceived players jotted down the name of a certain guild.

It was the Demonic God Guild which was founded by a group of youngsters. The resentful players recorded the name of the guild in their notebooks, preparing to give them a devastating blow after the operation of vengeance.

However, An Sheng and the others were rather happy at this moment as they saw more players arriving at the shore to join their operation.

The plan had certainly worked. It did not cost them a penny to assemble their troops. An Sheng and Fatty were pleased with their intelligence.

Before long, 20,000 players had arrived at the shore. Warships and Specter Ships, which were extravagantly decorated, were gathered to form a huge fleet.

"Let's go, brothers! Today, I will exterminate the village and destroy the clan!" Fatty excitedly waved the battle axe in his hand, appearing extremely pleased.

The warship left the coast and sailed toward Fallen Fish Island.

Meanwhile, on Fallen Fish Island, Big Hammer had once again brought in a thousand warriors from the Sea King Navy and dozens of sea monsters.

Facing the ceaseless harassment from the players, Big Hammer was close to losing his temper. Therefore, he decided to implement a shift system. Although the job would remain tiring, it would not be insufferable as they were all granted with brief breaks.

Big Hammer felt at ease as his crew had grown bigger. After he assigned 300 people for the shift, he was ready to have a great sleep.

However, right after Big Hammer fell asleep, he was awakened by a quake.

Grumpily, he opened his bloodshot eyes. He slapped his servant, who had also woken up, and threw him to the ground.

"Damn it! Don't you know that I'm sleeping!?"

"They're here again!" the servant cried with a hint of despair painted across his face.

Slap!

Once again, Big Hammer slapped the boy who had just gotten to his feet, causing the servant boy to fall to the ground again.

"I've sent 300 warriors and 20 sea monsters. Yet, you want me to be there personally? Are you trying to completely exhaust me!?"

"There are so many of them this time. We will not be able to defend the island!"

Big Hammer's expression turned somber upon listening to the boy's words. Immediately, he got out of his bed, left the coral, and swam toward the surface of the sea.

When he emerged from the water, Big Hammer quickly found the fleets that were sailing toward them from a distance.

At the sight of this, his eyes widened in shock.

Do you really not want me to sleep? I have just strengthened my defense. Yet, you sent more members for this suicide mission? Is this the right thing to do?

You're clearly bullying me. I need to save my own pride as well!

Big Hammer despaired. At this moment, he hated the Gillfish Clan for involving him in this saga. Now, he had to go through the whole ordeal which initially just belonged to the Gillfish Clan.

He clenched his teeth as he pondered the situation. Then, Big Hammer dove into the sea and woke all his subordinates up.

Soon, the Sea King Navy, which was formed by thousands of soldiers, emerged from the sea at Big Hammer's heels. There were also dozens of sea monsters glaring menacingly at the players from a distance.

Looking at Big Hammer and his troops that were blocking their path, the players' warships approached them at a constant speed. Together, the warships formed a steel barrier as they sailed toward Big Hammer.

"Take them down!" Big Hammer roared in anger. He dove into the water, leaving his shark fins visible on the surface of the water. He charged forward and broke the waves of the ocean.

Upon witnessing this, the rest of the Sea King Navy followed Big Hammer and dove into the water before they rushed toward the players.

Unfortunately, the players were completely different from before. As Big Hammer and its team approached the players, they discovered that there were many more ships behind the fleet. The number was far beyond their expectations.

However, Big Hammer did not think that the Sea King's Navy would lose. Therefore, he still took the lead and charged toward their opponent.

He collided with a moving black warship and created a hole at the bottom of the ship. Seawater quickly gushed into the ship.

Big Hammer continued to attack and hit several warships successively.

Just as he expected, the warships were weak. Big Hammer put on a disdainful expression before he decided on his next target, a blue warship, and charged toward it.

Unfortunately, his next chosen target was the Great Dragon Warship that was owned by Chen Ziyu, who had girded his loins to avenge his members.

On the ship, Chen Ziyu smiled as he watched Big Hammer ferociously charging toward his direction.

His ship was upgraded with the materials that were specifically meant to improve the rigidity of the ship. He was not afraid at all.

"Great Dragon! Brace yourself!"

Following Chen Ziyu's order, a deafening dragon roar sounded from the ship. Immediately, the surface of the ship began to sparkle as if it was plated with a coat of metallic protection.

Bang! At that moment, Big Hammer arrived before the ship and violently hit the warship's naval ram.

The Great Dragon Warship that was in the armor form shook vigorously, and the gleam of the armor was dimmed, but unscathed.

Big Hammer gently massaged his swollen head before he curled into a ball.

At this moment, he felt a sharp pain in his head. It was excruciating!

How can this be so hard? This is not the same as the warships from before! Big Hammer grimaced in pain under the water.

At the same time, Chen Ziyu began to counter the attack. He reached out to pat the steering wheel, "Great Dragon, kill him!"

Buzz… Roar!

Accompanied by the loud road, the Great Dragon Warship extended its claws that were covered with scales toward Big Hammer.

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Chapter 87: To Experience What We Went Through

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At that time, there were only a handful of guilds that were capable of building warships with special abilities. That wouldn't be a problem to fight against the small sea monsters. However, they were evidently no match for a commander of the Sea King Navy like Big Hammer.

But Big Hammer had picked the wrong opponent this time. The Great Dragon Warship contained the strength of the entire Great Dragon Guild. Big Hammer cannoned himself into the warship twice and ended with an agonized grimace on his face.

He did not insist on fighting the Great Dragon Warship. Instead, he swam forward, ready to change target and continue his destruction.

However, he was unable to just leave as Chen Ziyu did not allow him. The dragon hands extended from the bottom of the ship and quickly seized him.

As Big Hammer struggled against the restraint, he noticed that the five mages on the warship began to transform and turned into Water Turrets.

In the ocean, the water element would be significantly empowered. Five enormous Water Dragons were blasted from the cannon before they charged toward Big Hammer.

Boom!

A huge wave was triggered. The attack had made Big Hammer light-headed. It was suffering from excruciating pain as blue-colored blood oozed from his wound.

Big Hammer was intimidated. Obviously, the power of the Great Dragon Guild was way stronger than any of the other players that he had seen before. The fear of death overtook him.

However, the power of the Great Dragon Guild had not been fully manifested yet. Two silhouettes leapt down from the Great Dragon Warship, encircled by the shadow of the Night Killer.

Shadow Step, which was the iconic skill of the Assassins, had been activated. The two figures turned into phantoms, and at the speed of light, charged toward Big Hammer. Simultaneously, two bloody blades were thrust into Big Hammer.

Big Hammer, who had long lost his fighting ability, was stunned as he watched the bloody blades penetrate his body. Then, his body was slowly dismembered into pieces.

After they withdrew the shadow of the Night Killer, the two assassins took a step on the water before they hopped onto the warship.

Xue Li said, "Boss, mission accomplished!"

Wang Damang replied, "They are so weak!"

Chen Ziyu chuckled before he added, "Go ahead and help the other players to destroy the rest of the Sea King Navy!"

They nodded before they took a glimpse at the battlefield.

At that moment, many warships had been destroyed. This was a common sight for players who often sailed the ocean. After all, a majority of the players' warships had not been upgraded, and the default rigidity of the warship would not be sufficient for the ship to withstand the attack.

However, when they encountered creatures like the sea monsters, although the ship would be destroyed, they would usually hit the monsters directly. After all, It wouldn't matter as their warships could repair themselves. Therefore, the players did not fear the damage.

When a warship was severely damaged and sank into the sea, it would be recalled by the channel. They would then pull out their weapons, and engage in naval warfare with the warriors of the Sea King Navy.

Soon, all the sea monsters were annihilated by the players. Then the players set their eyes on the warriors of the Sea King Navy.

With a greater number of members and better skills, the players rapidly slaughtered the warriors.

The naval battle continued for approximately an hour and ended when most of the Sea King Navy was killed and the remaining warriors chose to flee for their lives.

The sea had turned dark blue after the bloodshed.

The players had obtained absolute victory for this small-scale team battle.

……

At the Steel Hammer Army Hall in the Crystal Palace.

"Big Hammer died?" looking at the extinguished Soul Orb, Steel Hammer widened his eyes.

He had only one son. The death of Big Hammer infuriated Steel Hammer, bringing it to roar in grief.

"General… my condolences," a humanlike creature in a tortoise shell rushed forward to comfort him.

"Condolences? What kind of condolences? Have you ever lost your son? Do you know how I feel!?"

The tortoise instantly fell silent. It had no idea how to answer the question.

"Kill Gui Liu's son!" Steel Hammer, who had nowhere to vent its rage, shouted as he could not help but feel angry at the sight of the tortoise.

"After his death, relegate him as the Junior General of the Steel Hammer division of the Sea King Navy," Steel Hammer added before he ended his sentence.

Gui Liu was dumbstruck by Steel Hammer's words. He did not expect that his words of consolation would lead to the death of his own son.

"I feel better now. How does it feel to have your son dead?" Steel Hammer asked as he looked at the silent Gui Liu.

Gui Liu was rendered speechless.

After Steel Hammer had sent his order, Gui Liu led the tiger shark, who was assigned to execute the death penalty, to his house.

Upon his father's return, Gui Liu's son welcomed him gleefully.

"Dad, you're home. Did you bring me any toys today?"

Gui Liu looked at his son, and tears flowed down his cheeks, "My child, I have brought you both good news and bad news. Which one do you want to know first?"

Gui Liu's son pondered the question, "What's the good news?"

"You have been installed as the Junior General of the Steel Hammer division of the Sea King Navy!"

Upon hearing this, Gui Liu's son was wild with joy, "Then, what's the bad news?"

"You have to be mentally prepared to receive the bad news!" Gui Liu shed tears of remorse as he stared at his son.

……

At the same time, a greater war had broken out on Fallen Fish Island.

20,000 players fought fiercely with the Gillfish Clan.

However, the players had the upper hand as they significantly outnumbered the Gillfish Clan, causing the clan to be only able to defend themselves bitterly.

As the members of the clan fell, the elder of the Gillfish Clan stood at the center of the village. He trembled as he murmured under his breath.

He did not know if his clan was cursed by the Sea God, causing his clan to end up being targeted by such a horrifying race.

The killings continued. The ground was blanketed by the corpses of the Gillfish Clan members, while the fallen players turned into dark smoke and were sent back to the channel. This put great pressure on the Gillfish Clan as there seemed to be a constant decrease in their number, while the number of their opponents remained the same.

The trumpet was constantly blowing in the fishing village. The other tribes of Gillfish Clans continued to send help. However, the Gillfish Clan was still weaker and had a lesser number compared to the players' enormous troops.

Eventually, the Gillfish Clan was forced to retreat to the fishing village.

"Kill them and bring out their cauldron. Don't they love cooking? Throw them into the cauldron today. Steam, fry, and cook them all," the resentful Fatty yelled in excitement.

Seven heard this and was stunned, "They are all humanlike. Are you sure you will have the appetite to eat them?"

Fatty rolled his eyes, "I just want them to experience the despair that we went through."

After hearing this, the players recalled being controlled by the Gillfish Clan. The memory had brought a hint of fear to their eyes.

The time for revenge had finally come, and it was their turn to take charge this time!

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Chapter 88: Steal Hammer

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At Fallen Fish Island.

Smoke clouded over the fish village while the water was boiling in the big cauldrons. The players were busy carrying the firewood and making fire.

"Seasoning… there's no more seasoning!?" the displeased Fatty shouted, who could not find the seasoning.

The members of the Gillfish Clan were helpless as they were all tied up. Seasoning? Do you really have no idea who finished the seasonings?

However, the players did not actually plan to eat them. They only wanted the Gillfish Clan to get a taste of their own medicine.

The annihilation of the village was very successful. As the players tortured the Gillfish Clan, they also seized some fresh fruit and set the village on fire before they left.

When the players went to the shore to prepare for their embarking, they noticed an enormous wave in the distance before many sea monsters began to emerge from the water.

"Brothers, get ready to fight!" commanded Chen Ziyu as he put on a somber face.

The size of the Sea King Navy was clearly bigger this time and the players dared not take this lightly. They immediately hopped on the ship and sailed the warship toward their opponent.

From afar, Steel Hammer was burning with anger at the sight of the players' warships.

Without much hesitation, he knew that they were the culprits who killed his son.

To avenge his son's death, Steel Hammer had assembled the entire Steel Hammer division. It was eager to find out who had the audacity to provoke the Sea King's Navy in the Void Ocean.

"Kill them all!" Steel Hammer yelled furiously before the sea monsters sped up as they charged forward.

After hearing the command, the warriors roared in unison before they accelerated forward.

The players did not fret as they confronted the Sea King Navy that was led by Steel Hammer as their own fleet continued to move onward.

In fact, the players had always thought that it was merely a matter of time before a war between the Sea King Navy and Beiqi Army broke out. They had always talked about the Sea King Navy on the forum.

Hence, the players were completely fearless even when they came without any preparation.

This time, however, the players' headcount did not give them any advantage over the Sea King Navy which was led by Steel Hammer. Immediately after the violent exchange commenced, a few of their battleships were destroyed.

Countless sea monsters began to climb onto the warships from all directions before the warriors, aided by the sea monsters, jumped onto the decks. Then, they began to battle the players individually.

The players on the ships' decks had a slight advantage, but those who fell into the water had a tough time defending themselves.

After all, the Sea King Navy was far more adept with fighting in the water compared to the players, who could hardly perform at all under the water.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ziyu got a little perturbed. They had certainly provoked a strong opponent.

Steel Hammer was the most vicious enemy during a battle. His ability was definitely unfathomable. Chen Ziyu decided to crush him with the Great Dragon Warship to relieve the stress of the other players.

The Great Dragon Warship, which was in the armor form, crashed into Steel Hammer, and caught it by surprise, causing it to flip backward.

"How dare you hit me?" Steel Hammer said as he regained his footing. He widened his eyes and bent his body before he charged toward the Great Dragon Warship.

Bang! Steel Hammer was thrown backward by the collision. The glimmer of the armor on the Great Dragon Warship was dimmed. The bow was slightly raised as the ship slipped backward.

"Come again!"

Steel Hammer's bullheadedness was triggered and he refused to admit his defeat. He summoned all his energy before he charged toward the Great Dragon Warship again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Chen Ziyu and his members felt as though they were on a swing as they were continuously pushed backward by the ceaseless attacks. They were in a daze.

They could not comprehend why Steel Hammer only aimed at their strong bow, instead of all the other weaknesses of the ship.

Steel Hammer's head was buzzing after the repeated bangs. However, his headstrong personality did not allow him to give up, bringing him to throw himself at the Great Dragon Warship over and over again.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The members of the Great Dragon Guild were rocked by the collisions.

"This retard is the commander of the Sea King Navy?" flustered, Wang Damang glanced at Steel Hammer as he raised his doubt.

"Tsk tsk tsk, doesn't it hurt? I can feel the pain just by looking at him," Chen Ziyu shook his head and said.

"Let him do as he likes!" Xue Li made a nonchalant comment.

The members of the Great Dragon Guild were rendered speechless.

After dozens of thumps, Steel Hammer's head was buzzing. He grit his teeth in agony.

"I'm going to break you!" Steel Hammer gathered all his strength and charged at the Great Dragon Warship once again.

Crack!

The golden armor on the Great Dragon Warship shattered immediately, while the ram at the bow was also broken by the great force. The entire warship had suddenly lost its defence system.

At the sight of this, Chen Ziyu glowered as he shouted, "Let's get into the water and finish him!"

Upon the command, the members of the guild quickly grabbed their weapons and dove into the water. Chen Ziyu's red ruby glimmered as he took a leap forward and threw a punch at Steel Hammer.

Thud!

His punch penetrated the water and hit Steel Hammer's head.

The impact landed on Steel Hammer's head before it threw Steel Hammer away by force. At this moment, Steel Hammer's body was covered in blood as well.

Chen Ziyu was a little terrified. This is why the monster has been relentlessly throwing itself at the warship. His skull is so tough!

At this moment, Steel Hammer was slightly dizzy. The previous collisions had made him extremely sick, and the blow from Chen Ziyu had certainly caught him off guard. He felt as though his brain had been stagnated into a halt and he could no longer distinguish the directions.

However, confronting Wang Damang and the others, Steel Hammer subconsciously swung his arms.

Steel Hammer had always had great strength. Just as Wang Damang and the others got nearer to him, they were sent flying. After all, they were no match for him.

When Chen Ziyu came back alongside his men, he noticed that in the distance, Steel Hammer's Sea King Navy had arrived at the scene to aid their leader.

Upon seeing this, Chen Ziyu realized that they were in a quagmire before he hurriedly shouted in the regional channel.

"Withdraw! Save as many warships as possible!"

Although the warships could fix themselves, the repair required a long time. If they insisted on proceeding with a quick repair, they would require a lot of wood. Therefore, Chen Ziyu acted decisively and ordered the players to retreat immediately. Meanwhile, he could also put the marginally damaged Great Dragon Warships into the channel.

Chen Ziyu was prestigious among the players. The players, whose battleships had not been destroyed, immediately sailed away.

Surrounded by the Steel Hammer's navy, the players who had fallen into the water fought for their lives.

However, they were very close to defeat and their final defense was merely a futile attempt before their deaths. Eventually, the players were surrounded and killed by the enemy.

"Boss, a few ships are trying to run away!" a warrior of the navy said as he pointed at the players who were trying to escape.

Steel Hammer shook his head violently. He could not hear his subordinate at all. At that moment, it felt as though the world was spinning, and he was losing it.

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Chapter 89: An Manman

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During the battle with the Steel Hammer's navy, the players had lost about a hundred warships of the guild level and hundreds of Specter Warships.

The players had experienced the power of the Sea King Navy through this battle, and had also realized that they had a long way to go before they were able to confront the Sea King Navy.

However, the price of the materials in the auction house had increased again due to the naval war. Consequently, many players could not afford to purchase the spiritual materials they needed.

At this instant, a post caught everyone's attention.

"Are you looking for spiritual materials? Come and log at North Rocks. The Tree Demons here all contain spiritual materials."

Two videos were attached to the post.

In the first video, several players were fighting a Tree Demon, and they managed to kill the Tree Demon owing to their perfect teamwork. The dead Tree Demon left behind a branch that was glowing in emerald green.

At the bottom of the video was a screenshot of the item's attributes.

[Tree Demon Wood (Level 2 spiritual material): The body essence of the Tree Demon can be used for many purposes, such as healing and alchemy.

In the second video, a few players were summoning a private Specter Ship, and placed the Tree Demon Wood next to it.

The Specter Ship was seen slowly drawing in the Tree Demon Wood before a chewing sound echoed within the ship. The experience bar that was floating above the deck of the Specter ship in the video began to glide forward.

At the end of the video, the player who posted the video made a comment.

"Aren't you all looking for spiritual materials? There are so many Tree Demons and spiritual materials at the North Rocks. What are you waiting for? Young men who want to make boats, grab your axe and chop down the trees!"

The technical post had created a commotion among the players. The post was followed by positive comments from players, complimenting the original author.

This time, the players turned their target toward North Rocks before the start of the naval war. Many players put in a strenuous effort to cut the trees and upgrade their ships.

……

That day, Lu Wu was feeding Bei Li when he received an unexpected phone call.

Aside from messages that were demanding a payment option, Lu Wu would usually not receive any calls on his phone. He was a little surprised when his phone rang at this time.

After he took out his phone from his pocket, a woman's picture appeared on the phone screen. The name 'An Manman' was displayed.

At the sight of the name, the image of a cheerful teenage girl came to Lu Wu's mind.

An Manman and Lu Wu were neighbors in childhood and their families shared a close relationship. Therefore, they had been good friends since they were young.

However, An Manman's family was offered an opportunity and they moved out of Indigo City when Lu Wu was in primary school.

Coincidentally, An Manman and Lu Wu ended up in the same university again before they discovered their past friendship during an off-game meetup.

Lu Wu and An Manman were polar opposites, but they made a pair of good friends. An Manman was also one of the very few friends of Lu Wu.

"Hey, Dog Daddy! Are you asleep yet? Let's have some fun if you're still awake!" a clear and sweet female voice sounded from the other side of the phone.

"What fun can we possibly have? It's midnight already," Lu Wu was flustered.

"Brother, I'm finally here in Indigo City, and I called you as soon as I got off the plane. I'm going to punch you if this is how you're going to speak to me!" An Manman lowered her volume on purpose as if she was threatening him.

"Where are you? I'll come and pick you up," Lu Wu glanced at his watch. Although he was bewildered, he agreed to meet up with her.

Lu Wu did not have many friends, but he cherished every one of them. When he found out that An Manman was in Indigo City, he decided to catch up with her.

"I'm right in front of the cinema next to the airport. Hurry up. I'm really hungry and waiting for you to treat me to a great meal!" An Manman laughed on the other end.

"It'll take me more than two hours to get there. It's better for you to occupy yourself with something else first."

"Okay! I'll wait for you!"

After he hung up the call, Lu Wu looked at Bei Li, who was glaring at him. He felt a sudden menacing aura.

"I want to come, too!" Bei Li said as she stared at Lu Wu.

"I'm going to pick up a friend. We're not going to a theme park…" Lu Wu explained.

"I'll protect you from danger!"

Upon hearing her words, Lu Wu turned expressionless.

He knew about Bei Li's power. Apart from doing research and eating, Bei Li was a poor warrior. He could not say for sure who was going to protect who later.

"Stay here and wait for my return!" Lu Wu comforted the irritated Bei Li before he left the house.

Lu Wu had to grab a taxi since he owned no vehicle.

He quickly hopped in a taxi. The driver was quiet as music was playing on the radio, reminding him of many nostalgic moments.

In fact, An Manman did not invent the name Dog Daddy without a good reason.

They went to the same kindergarten. During that time, an incident left a lasting impression on An Manman.

And that incident haunted Lu Wu for the rest of his life.

When they were in kindergarten, the teachers were teaching them to avoid any physical contact between opposite genders. They were told that they would get pregnant if a boy kissed a girl.

At that time, Lu Wu believed the teacher unreservedly.

One day, Lu Wu accidentally kissed a pregnant dog in the kindergarten while he was playing with it. The next day, the female dog delivered a puppy.

Witnessed by An Manman, Lu Wu vowed to the female dog and the puppy, "As long as I have food, you will never be hungry! I swear on my life!"

The vow had become one of Lu Wu's biggest jokes to An Manman. It was also the most embarrassing event that he would always try to forget but couldn't.

Two hours later, Lu Wu arrived at the cinema before he gave An Manman a call.

"Manman, I'm here. Where are you?"

"Dog Daddy, give me another ten minutes. The movie's reaching its climax!" the uncaring An Manman said. Meanwhile, Lu Wu could hear the noises from a fight in the movie over the phone.

Lu Wu was frustrated as it had taken him two hours to reach here. Yet, An Manman was watching a movie.

However, since An Manman had come all the way to Indigo City, he decided to keep this grudge for later.

Approximately fifteen minutes later, the audience began to exit the cinema as the movie had ended.

A tall woman, who was wearing a beautiful smile, waved at Lu Wu as she held a bucket of popcorn in her left hand.

Greeted by a familiar face, Lu Wu smiled and walked up to her.

"It's been a long time since we last met, Dog Daddy. It seems like you haven't changed much," An Manman grinned ear to ear as she looked at Lu Wu.

"You've grown prettier but unfortunately your personality hasn't changed," Lu Wu replied with a saracastic smile.

A wave of familiarity washed over them causing the estrangement that grew from their prolonged separation to gradually fade away.

Knowing that An Manman had not had her dinner, Lu Wu searched for a nearby eatery.

However, it was already three in the morning. Other than the cinema, all the shops were already closed. They had no choice but to find a restaurant as they walked around the city.

They laughed heartily as they recalled the funny incidents that happened in the past. They enjoyed this moment greatly.

"Oh yes… what movie did you watch just now?"

An Manman tossed some popcorn into her mouth. She replied as she chewed on the popcorn, "The Avengers. It was released not long ago, and it's pretty popular. But, I wasn't moved by it because I couldn't really grasp the movie."

"Perhaps it's because you haven't watched the other Marvel movies. That's why you can't grasp the movie," Lu Wu chuckled.

"Perhaps. But, I have a question. If the villains are so powerful, why didn't Superman and Batman join the Avengers during the fight?"

Lu Wu was dumbstruck.

He read An Manman's face and realized that she was not joking. Therefore, he had to explain.

"They are movies from different companies. One is Marvel and the other one is DC."

"The job to save the earth depends on which company they work for? Can't they work together?" An Manman was surprised, too.

Lu Wu was tired of explaining. He was talking about reality, and An Manman clearly thought that he was talking about the forces in the movie.

Nevertheless, Lu Wu explained the relationship between Marvel and DC in detail, and An Manman finally understood the situation.

They continued walking like this, and their journey was filled with laughter.

In the end, they couldn't even find a food stall, so they decided to skip the meal.

Initially, Lu Wu intended to let her crash at his place as there was still an empty room available.

However, An Manman told him that she had an important appointment tomorrow. Disappointed, Lu Wu did not persist.

After sending An Manman back to the hotel where she had reserved a room, the weary Lu Wu headed home.

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Chapter 90: Tournament Collaboration

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The next day, in a meeting room at Platform173 headquarters…

"You want to collaborate with Battle Online Corporation for a tournament live stream?" Wu Guoyi asked An Manman, who was sitting across the table.

"Yes, President Wu. For now, you are the only person that has any connection with the Battle Online Corporation. This is why I am reaching out to you to discuss with Battle Online Corporation about the live streaming rights for the tournament," An Manman looked earnestly at Wu Guoyi.

The main reason for her to take a trip to Indigo City was to get the live streaming rights of the Battle Online Corporation's tournament.

Recently, several videos became viral on various video hosting platforms.

These videos were recorded by the Battle Online players during their gameplay.

One of the most popular videos was the Christmas Battle Event.

The video was paired with energetic background music, showing countless players fighting fervently and fearlessly against their enemy. Even though it was only through the screen, it made its viewers feel the burning anger and persistence in the hearts of the players.

Moreover, this particular video had received over a million views on various websites and had attracted a large number of new players.

It was precisely through her market research on Battle Online's gaming video, that the company An Manman worked for, Shark Streaming Platform, decided to seize this opportunity to obtain Battle Online's live streaming and commentary rights.

Although the popular online game had not been updated with popular events such as battle arena or guild wars, she had a feeling that it would be all too late if she waited for the updates to be launched before proposing this collaboration.

As of now, Battle Online had garnered an unprecedentedly high rating within the gaming community. For this reason, her father had asked An Manman to come to Indigo City and ask Wu Guoyi for help to discuss the collaboration details with the Battle Online Corporation.

Looking at An Manman, Wu Guoyi went silent for a moment, "Since your father is an old friend of mine, I will be frank with you."

An Manman listened while nodding her head.

"Even though Battle Online has not released any tournaments yet, I can firmly say that once it does, its impact will not be weaker than the popular games like Atlantis. What's more, its popularity could even surpass Atlantis. If you want to buy live streaming and commentary rights, I'm afraid the cost will be very high!"

Wu Guoyi himself had been discussing with Lu Wu about their collaboration several times in the past, so he knew Lu Wu's take on this matter very clearly.

He sensed that Lu Wu did not care about profits, but instead wanted to focus on developing a good game.

And this was something that Wu Guoyi admired so much about him.

Since he was also one of the players of the game, he was well aware that if they launched the gaming credit top-up function, the profits generated would be phenomenal.

Wu Guoyi believed that if he himself were to make the decision, he would definitely not be able to resist this temptation.

However, since the beginning of the game's development until now, there was no hint of making soul coins an in-game purchase. This was something that he could not figure out. He just could not grasp what was on Lu Wu's mind.

This was why he was not confident in An Manman's proposal for the collaboration.

Having heard Wu Guoyi's advice, An Manman spoke after a moment of silence, "President Wu, I would like to talk face to face with the person in charge of Battle Online."

Wu Guoyi nodded when he heard her request, "If that is the case, then I'll make an appointment for you. However, I could not guarantee that he will meet you!"

An Manman smiled faintly, "Thank you for your help, Uncle Wu."

……

Lu Wu let out a sigh as he looked at Bei Li. She was lying on the bed, snacking while sneaking side glances at him from time to time, "Li, if you're eating then eat properly. Why are you looking at me like that?"

Bei Li propped up her upper body, with her mouth still chewing, "Spring is just around the corner, I wanna see how animals change during their mating season!"

Lu Wu was left speechless by her statement.

"She is just a friend. We haven't been in contact for a long time now…"

Lu Wu sighed. In all honesty, there was really nothing going on between him and An Manman; both of them were really just regular friends.

At that moment, Lu Wu's cell phone rang.

Picking up the call, Wu Guoyi's voice came from the other end, "Brother Lu, are you free now? I would like to treat you for lunch."

Lu Wu looked at Bei Li, who had now turned her ear to his direction in an effort to eavesdrop, and he felt a wave of helplessness in his heart.

"Brother Wu, I am kind of busy lately. I'll buy you a meal next time when I am free."

Hearing this, Wu Guoyi went straight to the subject, "Have you considered launching a tournament mode?"

Lu Wu was stunned for a moment.

In fact, he too was thinking about holding a live stream for the game's tournament.

Apart from the guild war that had been planned previously, he was also developing a battle event for individual players as well as a leaderboard of the players and other features.

These were the new competitive tournament features in development that Lu Wu was going to add.

Lu Wu had always paid extra attention to gaming tournaments.

In the development of games, competitive tournaments had played one of the most crucial roles in gaining publicity. Not to mention, it could also increase the popularity of the game itself.

This was well reflected in the earliest games. Each event had attracted a large number of players to cheer for their favorite team.

However, holding official tournaments required detailed and complicated preparations such as the venue, commentators, and opening ceremonies. Although there were official gaming platforms that only stream tournaments, which could also be used to run a tournament, the impact was way weaker and the necessary conditions were still not up to par yet.

Nonetheless, Lu Wu wondered about the reason why Wu Guoyi would bring this topic up. As far as he knew, Platform173 did not have any involvement in the live streaming of tournaments.

"What does Brother Wu mean by that?" Lu Wu asked curiously.

"Have you heard of the Shark Streaming Platform?"

"Of course. This streaming platform is one of the three major live game streaming platforms. I used to watch the local and international tournament commentaries on that platform."

The moment Wu Guoyi mentioned the Shark Streaming platform, Lu Wu had more or less guessed the reason.

"They would like to talk to you regarding the contract for the Battle Online tournament's legal rights. It is up to you to meet them or not, I am just asking on their behalf," Wu Guoyi replied.

As soon as Lu Wu heard it, he was excited. After all, he was already planning to launch the first season of the guild wars that he was developing. Moreover, Shark was one of the three major local live streaming platforms, so they already have high traffic on the website, which could help to promote the game. The company was highly experienced in hosting tournaments, which was exactly what he needed.

"Let's meet, Brother Wu!" after a moment of thought, Lu Wu gave a simple yet clear answer.

Wu Guoyi was stunned with Lu Wu's change of attitude. He did not expect this reaction as Lu Wu's attitude had always been very chill.

Apart from developing the game, he had never cared about profits, but now, it seemed that he suddenly had a change of heart.

"Well then, let's have lunch together. I'll inform her about it and will book a table at the Palace Hotel. When you reach, just come to the table."

Lu Wu gave his swift approval.

As he hung up the call, Lu Wu noticed Bei Li was staring blankly at him.

"I want to tag along!"

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Chapter 91: Son Of The Sea

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In a private room, Palace Hotel.

Lu Wu and An Manman were staring at each other.

"Dog Daddy, so you are in charge of Battle Online?"

Lu Wu smiled embarrassingly after hearing that, he did not expect An Manman to be the one who wanted to meet him.

"So, it's on?"

Lu Wu nodded, "Since it's you, why not!"

"What about the conditions?"

"Uncle An has always treated me well. On top of that, you are my friend. Besides, cooperating with you will help me promote my game, so no conditions required. My only request is for you to bear all the expenses and arrange the venue for every tournament."

Lu Wu's thoughts were very simple because he had a higher pursuit, money was of lesser importance to him now, which might even be less important than soul coins. He was satisfied as long as he had enough money to use.

"No problem!" An Manman replied with a smile.

Wu Guoyi who was sitting aside had his eyes wide open. They were only there for less than five minutes but they had already settled everything.

"There must be something fishy!" Bei Li, who glanced back and forth between An Manman and Lu Wu, murmured.

When they heard it, the atmosphere turned awkward instantly.

"She is just a child, she didn't mean it, I hope you don't mind…" Lu Wu explained to An Manman in an awkward tone.

"When did you have a child!" An Manman shuddered inexplicably while looking at Bei Li, and Bei Li felt her murderous aura.

"She's not my child, her name is Bei Li, she is my friend," looking at An Manman's suspicious gaze, Lu Wu explained while bracing himself.

After listening to Lu Wu's explanation, Wu Guoyi's gaze on him changed, too.

He clearly remembered that Lu Wu said that Bei Li was his sister, so how did she become a friend now? Fishy.

"Why are all of you looking at me like this?"

Looking at the apparent distrust of An Manman and Wu Guoyi, Lu Wu felt that they seemed to have misunderstood something.

"Little girl, where are your parents?"

Looking at the delicate and cute Bei Li, An Manman bent down and asked softly.

"Parents? All gone!" Bei Li calmly replied.

An Manman was silent.

An Manman thought that Bei Li was an orphan, and was suddenly full of empathy, and she could not help wanting to hug her, but Bei Li dodged it nimbly.

"Fair competition, no sneak attacks are allowed!" Bei Li raised her fist and put on a fighting posture.

Lu Wu pulled Bei Li to his side, and he got a headache while looking at the grumpy Bei Li, "Enough! This is not a fight, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing the suspicious faces of An Manman and Wu Guoyi, Lu Wu could only give the explanation that he had already fabricated, saying that he met the pitiful Bei Li somewhere. Then, his sympathy overflowed so he adopted her.

Fortunately, the two did not delve into it. An Manman also knew Lu Wu's character and she knew that he would not commit such stupid things that would put him behind bars for three years so she overlooked it.

Later, while having a meal, An Manman took the initiative to talk to Lu Wu about the issues in future tournaments.

Lu Wu had nothing to hide about this, and he proactively told her about the Guild War that he was preparing.

After hearing that, An Manman said that she would arrange the commentators and opening for the tournament when it commenced. It was also a kind of appreciation to Lu Wu for authorizing the streaming rights to her without conditions.

However, Wu Guoyi seemed to be the most excited person after hearing this news.

He was also the president of one of the guilds. How could he not be thrilled to hear this insider information? Although it did not show on his face, he was already secretly planning on the next development of his guild and was ready to make a splash in this Guild War.

After dinner, everyone got along well, especially Lu Wu and An Manman who were already close friends. They often talked about the past while they were eating.

However, on the other hand, Bei Li was eating silently at the side. From time to time, she would look up and see the two chatting happily, and then she would turn her grief and resentment into appetite again and started gorging on the dining table.

The Insect Island, Void Ocean.

The ten-member team of the Demolition Guild was hiding quietly in the bushes, observing the situation outside through the gaps between the branches and leaves.

There was a strange land that shone with an emerald light about a ??100 square meters wide, several dozen meters away from the bushes. Many beast-like creatures patrolled the field, guarding this Spiritual Field.

Among the many spiritual materials planted in this Spiritual Field, the most attractive one was the strangely shaped fruit in the middle of the field.

[Son of the Sea: A mysterious fruit blessed by the sea, an epic treasure of limitless value. One could get the blessing of the Underworld Sea God and randomly gain a talent-level ability after eating this fruit.

Several people hiding in the bushes showed greed in their eyes when they saw this epic treasure.

This was already their third time landing on the Insect Island.

The numerous direct confrontations previously ended terribly and they returned empty-handed, but they were unwilling to share this secret. This time, only ten people came and snuck in here. They wanted to see if there was a chance to steal the Son of the Sea.

After five hours of observation, they found out that there would be a rotation of orc guards on the Spiritual Field every two hours, with a gap of two minutes in between, so they were ready to take action quickly when the guards changed shifts.

They waited for another few moments, and the orcs patrol began to head east.

And at this moment, Liu Chai and the others jumped out of the bushes and ran toward the Son of the Sea frantically.

As expected, there were no orcs who blocked them in those two minutes. They easily picked the Son of the Sea, and at the same time, they ran around the Spiritual Field crazily.

[District Announcement: Congratulations to Liu Chai for winning the Epic Treasure, Son of the Sea]

Liu Chai showed his ecstatic face when he saw the announcement.

"Woof, woof!" suddenly, a puppy came out of nowhere ran to Liu Chai's side and rubbed its head on the edge of his pants.

"Go away!" Liu Chai kicked the puppy away.

He hated dogs the most, his husky had cost him a lot. If it was not his wife's favorite, he would have cooked the dog and ate it long ago.

The dog which he hated was Sun Qi from the Myth Guild.

The two guilds already had several conflicts because of resources. Sun Qi, a dog that could heal its whole group, gave him a headache. The few times he lost was because of this damn dog.

So from Liu Chai's point of view, dogs were not a good thing!

However, this kick had caused them trouble. When the puppy landed, it began to whine. The orcs of another shift heard it and rushed toward them in the Spiritual Field.

"Run!" Liu Chai screamed loudly and shoved the Son of the Sea into the Artifact Channel.

He knew the mighty power of these orcs, they were no match for them.

But when Liu Chai turned around and took a glance, he suddenly saw the puppy's property menu which was not far away.

[Gou Dan: The son of the Insect Island's owner, in its juvenile phase.

Seeing the puppy's introduction, Liu Chai stared at it for a while. Then, he hugged the puppy and ran.

The orcs guarding the Spiritual Field were extremely powerful fighters. With just a few steps, they almost caught up to Liu Chai and others. The slower guild members were immediately knocked down to the ground by the orcs.

When Liu Chai realized that there was no way of escaping the orcs, he turned around and lifted Gou Dan, choking its neck, "Don't come any closer!"

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Chapter 92: Sea Spirit Body

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"Don't come over, or I'll kill the dog!"

Liu Chai threatened the approaching orcs while holding Gou Dan and staring at them.

This method worked seemed to work. The expression of the orcs changed and they looked very shocked when they saw Gou Dan being held by Liu Chai.

"Give me the Son of the Sea and let go of the young master, then I'll let all of you go!" the orc leader looked ferocious.

"Dream on!" Liu Chai yelled decisively.

"Don't you forget that your partners are in our hands now."

While the orc was speaking, he gestured to his comrades behind his back. Then, several orcs behind him quickly pulled Liu Chai's partners up from the ground, and they also placed their hands on their necks. Both parties were in a confrontation.

"How dare you threaten me!?" Liu Chai glared down at Gou Dan in his hands, and then he reached out his hand toward Gou Dan's 'little earthworm' and pinched it.

"Owwwww!" Gou Dan wailed with a heartbreaking cry.

The orcs trembled when they saw him doing that, "Don't do that to the young master! What do you want?"

"Let them go!"

"We'll trade, you gotta hand over the young master and the Son of the Sea!" the orc leader growled.

"Son of a bitch, I'm gonna break it right now!" Liu Chai threatened them again while staring at Gou Dan who was already rolling his eyes.

The orc leader showed a struggling expression when he looked at Gou Dan. Both the young master and the Son of the Sea were very important, so he was troubled when he was forced to make a decision.

After a moment of confrontation, the orc leader gave them a stern look, "I will give you another chance! Our boss, Xiao Tian, has more than one child, but you and your partners have only one life, you have to think about it carefully!"

All the nine hostages were terrified when they heard that.

In their opinion, how could their lives be worth more than the Son of the Sea? It was crazy to threaten the boss with their lives.

"Fucker, how dare you threaten me? I'm not scared of threats at all. Come on, I'll count to three, then we'll just do it together!" Liu Chai said while staring at them.

The few orcs were nervous upon hearing what he said, but they did not heed Liu Chai's warning.

In their point of view, the reason Liu Chai's team came here was to get the Son of the Sea.

If he had killed the young master now, then he would not be able to escape from the island and take the Son of the Sea outside anyway. After all, they did not know the existence of the Artifact Channel and still thought that the Son of the Sea was still in Liu Chai's inventory.

"One!" Liu Chai started counting.

Although the orcs were anxious, they did not think that Liu Chai really dared to kill the young master, so they remained unmoved.

"Three!"

Crack!

Liu Chai strangled Gou Dan's neck, and Gou Dan's body hung down naturally, losing motion.

Lu Chai skipped counting the number two, which caused the orcs to be unable to respond immediately. Even more unexpected was that Liu Chai really killed Gou Dan.

Liu Chai made an inviting gesture after throwing Gou Dan's lifeless body away, "What are you waiting for, brothers!?"

The orcs were stunned. How could he be so nonchalant toward matters of life and death?

When his men saw this, they just silently reduced their levels of pain perception, and turned around to look at the orcs who were still dumbfounded, "Brothers, just end it quickly, thank you!"

The orcs were startled.

After being stunned for a moment, the orcs were utterly angered, they killed the nine of them on the spot, and then they glanced at Liu Chai.

Liu Chai also reduced his pain perception level after seeing that, and then he smiled, "Do it however you like, if I cry in pain then I am a loser."

At this time, Liu Chai was in such a good mood, as he had already gotten the Son of the Sea. He had already started imagining his bright future after he respawned.

……

Three hours later, at the Mansion of the Dead.

The several who respawned went online and Liu Chai took out the Son of the Sea with excitement and ate it in front of his followers who revealed envious expressions.

[Congratulations to player Liu Chai for getting the first talent ability in the server, the Sea Spirit Body]

At the same time, the announcement was published in the district, the data and information of the talent ability were displayed in front of Liu Chai.

[Sea Spirit Body (Talent ability):

Description: Under the blessing of the Sea God, you will get the passive ability called the Sea Spirit Body, the special ability called the Sea of ??War, and the sealed ability called the Tidal Sacrifice.

Sea Spirit Body (Passive): Restores 1% of maximum health every 2 seconds (improves as your level increases)

Sea of ??War (Special ability): When this ability is turned on, all members of the same faction gain a 5% movement speed bonus, healing 2 health points per second. Duration: 10 minutes. Area of Effect diameter: 100 meters.

Tide Sacrifice (God Body): Unawakened

(Note: Talent abilities will evolve as the player grows. Devouring more Sons of the Sea will accelerate growth)

Seeing the introduction of the power of talents on the property menu, Liu Chai felt exhilarated.

He did not expect this ability to be so powerful. His new class was the Rune Master, which had a high health percentage, to begin with. Now with this Sea Spirit Body, he could be considered as a human tank.

What made him even more excited about this talent was that it even came with a battle aura.

Although this ability was not as powerful as that dog's, it scaled with player level.

Liu Chai could already imagine how strong his guild would be with this talent. He could not help laughing out loud.

"Boss, look at this," several members of the Demolition Guild took out several spiritual materials from the Channel while they were jealous of Liu Chai.

[Derived Spiritual Rice (Level 5): The special spiritual material cultivated under the nourishment of the Spiritual Field and the breath of the Son of the Sea. Due to the special nature of this spiritual material, it cannot be used on ghost ships and refining medicine.

(Note: It is highly recommended to sell it to the shop, the price is 500 soul coins per plant)

Liu Chai's eyes widened when he saw the introduction of this spiritual material.

He initially thought that the Son of the Sea was the best thing in the Spiritual Field, and he did not even pay attention to other spiritual materials at all.

He never thought that there was such a good thing. He regretted that he was too anxious at that time and got so few of them.

This was a Level 5 spiritual material. It was the highest level of spiritual material that the players could ever find at this stage.

However, Liu Chai was a little frustrated that this spiritual material had no practical use, and it could only be sold to shops.

However, since it was a special spiritual material, and its description even explained its purpose, Liu Chai could not do anything about it. So he asked his followers to take out all of their Derived Spiritual Rice and put them all on sale in the shop.

Lu Wu and Bei Li, the masterminds behind all of these were relieved when they saw Liu Chai sell all of his Derived Spiritual Rice.

When Liu Chai and others got the Son of the Sea, Lu Wu and Bei Li had already noticed them.

While they targeted the Son of the Sea, Lu Wu and Bei Li were also targeting the Derived Spiritual Rice, nurtured and cultivated by the Son of the Sea.

According to Bei Li, these orcs were not growing Sons of the Sea at all, but they relied on the Son of the Sea to grow the special Spiritual Rice in the Spiritual Field.

Although this spiritual rice was all Level 5 spiritual materials, they had the potential to evolve to become King Level spiritual materials.

Lu Wu did not plan to grab these spiritual materials from Liu Chai's hands initially, but Bei Li was anxious, so she quickly modified the panel data. This made Liu Chai and others think that this spiritual material was really useless, and they chose to sell it to the shop.

"Li, what exactly is this spiritual material used for?" Lu Wu was curious. He had just spent a huge sum of 6,000 soul coins to buy these herbs.

Bei Li smiled sheepishly.

"I've told you before that if you want to be a deity like the Emperor of Dongyue, then you must start high. Ordinary spiritual materials have too little effect on you, but the Derived Spiritual Rice is different; it's a special spiritual material that is equivalent to the king level. This means that your cultivation is about to begin!"

Lu Wu was shocked.

His smile gradually revealed his excitement, "Then what are you going to let me cultivate? Are there any exercises to become a deity?!"

Bei Li nodded solemnly, and slowly pulled out a little booklet that Lu Wu was very familiar with.

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Chapter 93: The Dark Emperor Code

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Bei Li flipped through the small booklet seriously. Then, she pointed at a pitch-black page and said sternly, "You should cultivate this!"

Lu Wu stared at her blankly.

"It's pitch black, what am I going to learn?" Lu Wu was helpless.

"Hehe…" Bei Li laughed ominously as she tore the black paper from the booklet. Then, she touched the paper with the battle subring.

All of a sudden, the black paper diminished gradually, until it disappeared.

"Be prepared, I am going to transmit it to you!"

A huge stream of data flowed into Lu Wu's mind as Bei Li finished her words.

Other than the endless streams of data, several Primordial Beasts appeared in front of Lu Wu. They were growling, and all of them looked like mountains that could penetrate the Earth as if they were Gods in Heaven.

"The Dark Emperor Code, which comprehended the Law of the World with the body of beasts, condensed all of the Immortal Dark Body, as the Great Dark Day!" Bei Li's voice arose in Lu Wu's mind.

"Wu, choose one of the Divine Beasts in your mind as your starter enlightening beast!" once again, Bei Li's voice appeared in Lu Wu's mind.

Hearing this, Lu Wu focused his mind and started to pick one from all of the beasts after he heard what she said.

In Lu Wu's point of view, these Divine Beasts were equipped with extraordinary powers. All of them were extremely mighty. At the moment, he was unable to decide which one to choose to be his starter enlightening beast…

At this moment, Bei Li's voice appeared again, "Faster, Wu!"

When he heard this, Lu Wu felt his heart tighten and he glanced at all of the Divine Beasts one more time. Then, he focused his mind on the Divine Beast with snowy white fur and a shining body.

"Suan Ni!"

The black paper appeared in Lu Wu's mind and it burned up quickly. Then, the Divine Beasts faded gradually from the world.

Lu Wu felt like his body was burning. He felt sultry and tried to open his eyes. However, he realized that his eyelids were out of his control.

The torrid feeling remained for a while, and Lu Wu's throat felt dry.

After a while, a sudden burst of chill hit him. Then, Lu Wu discovered that he could control his body as usual, and he slowly opened his eyes.

However, Lu Wu found that it was unpleasant immediately, why is everything bigger now?

"Gee, you are so cute!" Bei Li crouched down while looking at Lu Wu who had turned into a white cat as she smiled squintingly.

Lu Wu was quiet.

After that, Bei Li took a mirror from the table and passed it to Lu Wu. "Look at yourself, you are so cute!"

Lu Wu's jaw dropped when he saw the white cat in the mirror. "What have you done to me, bastard?"

"It was the enlightening beast, and this was the starting body state that you have chosen!"

Lu Wu almost fainted when he heard this.

After listening to Bei Li's lengthy explanation, only did Lu Wu understood that he had to stay in this shape for some time before regaining his original body. Lu Wu heaved a sigh of relief, but deep down, he was unhappy.

However, Lu Wu also realized that his surrounding was exceptionally clear in this body, and he felt stronger than before.

Lu Wu began to walk around to make himself adapt to his body.

He attempted to move his limbs, but he fell after he took a stride using his front limbs. Lu Wu was unable to move properly as he was still unfamiliar with his new body. He could only move forward by running and tumbling forward. Lu Wu was grimacing in pain, and he could not help meowing. Meow. Meow. Meow.

Again, he stumbled. Lu Wu was going to get back on his feet, but he felt his body become lighter and his eyesight was improving tremendously.

"Why?" Lu Wu was puzzled, he stared at Bei Li that lifted him up.

"You are so adorable!" Bei Li held Lu Wu tightly in her arms and rubbed him strongly while she spoke.

What the heck…

Lu Wu cried without tears. This was so miserable, I never thought that I would have to experience this one day.

"Oh yeah, it's time for your meal. You could regain your original body sooner by eating this Derived Spiritual Rice," Bei Li placed Lu Wu back onto the ground and a plant of Derived Spiritual Rice appeared from the channel when she reached out her hand to grab it.

Then, Bei Li picked out a few grains from the plant, put them in her palm and put them close to Lu Wu's mouth.

"Come, eat this quickly!"

"It's enough! Don't be mean to me!" Lu Wu felt that his pride was challenged when he saw Bei Li's longing expression to feed him.

"Eat it, quick, it will help you to grow," once again, Bei Li pushed the Derived Spiritual Rice to Lu Wu.

Deep in his heart, helpless Lu Wu was full of anger, but he lowered his head and swallowed all of the rice into his stomach.

This Derived Spiritual Rice was converted into the spiritual fog once consumed. They spread all over Lu Wu's body. Lu Wu could not help shivering, and he felt a wave of relaxation.

"Oh yes, Wu, you should exercise more frequently to speed up the absorption of soul energy. Show your effort to regain your human shape sooner! " Bei Li made a cheering posture as she said this.

Lu Wu was still expressionless, he felt like his life as a cat… no… as a human was hopeless.

This could not be true. Why should a macho man like me be fearful of this little girl? She cannot eat me anyway, can she?

Thinking about this, Lu Wu lifted his paw, slapped the ground and growled fiercely.

However, Bei Li laughed and gave him a pat on his head, and all his ferociousness disappeared.

Once again, Lu Wu felt like he took a big hit. He got up, found a corner and rolled into a ball. Then, he began to weep silently.

Life as such is terrible, this is just the beginning, when will it end?

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Lu Wu lay on the bed, asleep with all of his limbs sprawled out. Suddenly, he felt like he was shaken.

Having stayed up late at night to think about his life, Lu Wu opened his reddened eyes and came across Bei Li's sweet smile. Desperately, he reached out his paw to slap away Bei Li's hand.

"Knock it off, let me sleep!"

"Wu, I had told you yesterday that you require more exercise to enhance the absorption of soul energy," Bei Li tried to pull Lu Wu out of the bed.

Lu Wu ignored her, he shut his eyes after waving his paw lazily.

Seeing Lu Wu who was trying to sleep in, Bei Li curved up her lips. She took out a grain of Derived Spiritual Rice as big as a cherry tomato from the Artifact Channel and threw it at Lu Wu's head.

"Go, fetch your rice!"

Lu Wu's nose twitched when the Derived Spiritual Rice flew over his brain. Since he started cultivating, Lu Wu was always hungry. A strong desire came over his body when he smelled the flavor of the Derived Spiritual Rice. He hopped from the bed and held the rice in his mouth, but his eyes were still shut.

Snap!

Bei Li held Lu Wu in her arms before he could land.

"You should go for some exercise now!" Bei Li brought Lu Wu who struggled to escape to the doorstep. She opened the door and threw Lu Wu outside. Then, she closed the door with a bang.

A few moments later.

As she could not hear anything outside, Bei Li cautiously opened the door.

"Hi! How are you, Li?" Lu Wu greeted Bei Li while squatting on the ground.

"Bang!"

The door was shut again, leaving Lu Wu to brace the wind by himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Open the door, open the door, I want to go home! I am hungry, I wanna eat some rice! I want to eat something! Open the door!

There was no response from inside despite Lu Wu's continuous knocking.

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Chapter 94: These Days Are Unbearable

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

It was the third day of Lu Wu's beast form cultivation.

"Wu, here's the super lovely cat food that I have prepared for you! Come and give it a try."

The noise from the kitchen interrupted Lu Wu's thoughts. At the same time, a strange smell that made Lu Wu feel his palpitation came from the kitchen.

Curiously, Lu Wu hopped down from the sofa and trotted toward the kitchen.

Lu Wu saw a plate of awful food with hot steam that was black-green in color. Besides, it was covered with a layer of brown cheese.

Immediately, he wagged his tail and prepared to escape.

While running, Lu Wu showed a desperate expression, Oh no, oh no, she is abusing me more and more now, these days are unbearable!

Lu Wu was even more upset when he was caught back to the dining table by Bei Li before he could run any further.

"Wu, this is a delicious meal that I have prepared especially for you, how could you not taste it?" Bei Li said in an angry tone while she petted the expressionless Lu Wu.

If you are such a good cook, why don't you try it yourself first? What's the fun in abusing me?

Lu Wu glanced at the cookbook labeled Cat Food Collection that was unfolded on the table. He first looked at the pictures of the delightful dishes in the cookbook, then he moved his sight to the steaming appalling meal. Lu Wu swore under his breath.

After that, Bei Li helped Lu Wu to wrap a triangular handkerchief around his neck, then she pointed at the food with anticipation, "Eat!"

Wait and see, I would spank you until you cry once I recover my original body.

At this moment, Lu Wu seriously doubted that Bei Li wanted him to cultivate the Dark Emperor Code deliberately.

However, beggars can't be choosers, it was better for him to bend than to break. Lu Wu gave up opposing her. He stood in front of the food with a definite look and bowed down his prideful head gradually.

Once the food entered his mouth.

Ew…

Lu Wu bent his back involuntary and vomited all of the food from his mouth.

He had his share of bad food before this, but this was the first time he had such terrible food. The moment when the food melted in his mouth, went down to his stomach and contacted the gastric juice, his stomach started to jerk. His stomach sent signals to his brain, forcing him to spit it out.

Moreover, Lu Wu suspected that he would have died of food poisoning if he did not do so.

Bei Li was astonished when she watched Lu Wu's fearful look, "It was tasty, wasn't it?"

Don't you have any freaking idea? Lu Wu did not have the strength to complain anymore.

Bah! Bah! Bah!

Lu Wu spat out all of the remaining liquid in his mouth, but it was still disgusting. He hopped down from the dining table and came beside the water bowl prepared by Bei Li to gargle.

It was so close! I almost lost my life, Lu Wu was suffering from PTSD.

The dense Bei Li noticed something after witnessing Lu Wu's responses and she smiled embarrassingly. After that, she picked up some of it with a pair of chopsticks and put it into her mouth, puzzled, "Is it really that bad…"

"Bah!"

Lu Wu gloated when he saw Bei Li gargling continuously at the sink.

Deep in his heart, he felt good about it.

However, Lu Wu's smile solidified quickly.

Once again, Bei Li spat the water out from her mouth. Her face was pale but she looked at Lu Wu with a firm look, "Wu, this was an accident, I will do better next time!"

The bad news came abruptly, causing the cat to get slightly caught off-guard. The secretly triumphant Lu Wu was petrified in a flash.

It seemed like the danger of food poisoning would still exist. Unconsciously, Lu Wu made a sorrowful expression.

Finally, Lu Wu had to rely on the Derived Spiritual Rice to assuage his hunger. However, the rice was not enough to fill him. In addition, according to Bei Li, a Level 5 spiritual material should not be consumed excessively. Or else, the soul energy would overload his body without being absorbed, and this would be harmful to his body.

Therefore, other than cultivating by consuming the Derived Spiritual Rice, one had to go through the high-intensity physical workout, too.

After explaining this to Lu Wu, Bei Li reached out for a cat teaser from her shopping bag.

Lu Wu was speechless.

Come on, you better kill me now, this life is too difficult to live, Lu Wu had lost all hope.

Becoming a kitty cat? That's fine. But a cat teaser? Is this a workout? This is challenging my pride.

I am the King of Beiqi with a few million men following me, how could I lose my dignity like this!

All of a sudden, Bei Li approached him and lifted him up and put him on the digital scale in the living room. Then, she pointed at the figure on the scale and said, "You see, you got fatter again. The Derived Spiritual Rice would have a huge effect on you although it cannot make you full. And now, you are obese because you've eaten too much of it."

Lu Wu stared at the figure with a poker face. He would rather die due to obesity than being tantalized by a cat teaser.

Bei Li was out of means. She even demonstrated a set of cat gymnastics herself, but Lu Wu was totally expressionless. In the end, Bei Li could only abandon this plan.

After that, Lu Wu found a corner to shrink quietly and begin to doubt his life.

Why did I want to cultivate, wasn't it better for me to live as a human being?

Such a routine made him feel like he was really a pet cat.

After feeling miserable for a while, Lu Wu focused his mind and entered the game to numb himself, who was physically and mentally injured.

He was worried that he would take things too hard and run away from home.

Recently, the usually deserted Rocks seemed to come alive.

Waves after waves of players came here to chop down the trees. Moreover, they came in enormous crowds without end. Many Tree Demons fell into the hands of players and became the spiritual material to upgrade their ships.

Then, groups of player teams started to invade the North Rocks from the outside.

Along the journey, the players would greet each other cordially when they met,

"Hi, did you come to log? What a coincidence!"

"Hey, bro, we meet again! You are here again today! Good luck!"

"Bro, what level is your ship? Oh, Level 3? Then you might need to work harder."

Within a few days, the crazy logging by the players had startled the Rock Ghost King, and he was furious.

From his point of view, he had treated the new forces in Beiqi well. He did not take action on them although they had occupied the Mansion of the Dead and Liuli District.

However, he never thought that the players would provoke him even though he didn't do anything. In addition, they treacherously formed an enclosed circle around his domain. They intended to take his North Rocks away bit by bit.

Such an act had challenged the limits of the Rock Ghost King, and he could not bear it anymore.

Right now, he planned to counterattack. He would like to declare to the newcomers that he was the true owner of the North Rocks.

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Chapter 95: Counterattack By The Rock Ghost King

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

The Rock Ghost King was finally provoked after the frequent attacks by the gamers. He then started preparing his army for a battle against the gamers to demonstrate his power.

After obtaining the news, Du Yan who was acting as Lu Wu's spy headed back to the Mansion of the Dead to pass the information to Lu Wu before he got exposed.

Lu Wu was not surprised by the Rock Ghost King's plan.

His plan was within Lu Wu's expectations after he got to know the gamers' actions.

Cha Na, the Ghost General was no match for the Rock Ghost King in terms of commanding and personal strength. The Rock Ghost King was clearly stronger than Cha Na.

Lu Wu did not intend to confront him with violence at that moment because he believed that the Rock Ghost King wouldn't dare attack the Mansion of the Dead as he would risk losing his power and his army. After all, the location was disadvantageous for him and Lu Wu believed that the Rock Ghost King was well aware of the pros and cons.

Lu Wu would not fear even if the Rock Ghost King really attacked him.

Since Lu Wu was well-equipped with battle artifacts, he could move all of the important buildings into the inventory if the Mansion of the Dead was destroyed. Also, he would not give the Rock Ghost King any chance for spawn camping by releasing a maintenance notice by that time to get all the gamers offline.

The Rock Ghost King was not planning to go all out as expected by Lu Wu. Instead, his plan was to eliminate some of the gamers by the tactic of suppression while showing off the strength of the North Rocks.

He did not want to take the risk since he had no idea of how strong Beiqi's new power was.

Hundreds and thousands of gamers were still looking for materials to upgrade their ships at the peripheral area of the North Rocks when a shocking scene occurred right in front of them. The land quaked when green brilliant rays appeared from the deep jungle and covered the whole peripheral area of the North Rocks in the blink of an eye.

Many ordinary trees were getting deformed and distorted before they were uprooted.

Numerous Tree Demons appeared from the surrounding area and gathered together before they started assaulting the gamers along with the Enchanted Trees.

The gamers attacked back when they encountered the countless Enchanted Trees and Tree Demons.

However, this was only the start of the war. More powerful creatures such as Ancient Tree Demons and steel zombies advanced toward the periphery of the Northern Zone once they received orders from the Rock Ghost King.

There were only 30,000 players at the Northern Zone at that time. They were defeated and had to retreat when faced with the enormous troops.

However, the Rock Ghost King was not going to let the gamers off easily. He sneered coldly and five enormous ancient trees floated mid-air beside him before they were smashed toward the gamers from behind. Then, they rooted in the earth and formed a barrier to block all the players.

The Ancient Tree Demons remained unmoved despite the gamers' attacks. They waved their arms formed from branches and a large number of players were thrown off with each wave.

The gamers only realized that all the Ancient Tree Demons had been surviving for more than ten thousand years and their strengths were almost equivalent to that of the Ghost General after checking their attributes.

With the strong suppression, there was no way for the gamers to escape.

One of them shouted in the forum, "Shouldn't we at least kill several Tree Demons to get some spiritual materials? We have no way to get out of here anyway."

The others were stunned for a while upon hearing that. They immediately realized that they had nothing to lose since they were all going to die. They could at least gain something out of this by obtaining some spiritual materials.

Therefore, the gamers who were focused on attacking the Ancient Tree Demons changed their targets to the Enchanted Trees and Tree Demons in front of them.

The Rock Ghost King's smile froze as he witnessed the scene.

The counterattack from the gamers was beyond his expectation.

The Rock Ghost King got anxious and he could not sit still anymore. He rose into the air to see what was going on more clearly.

His gigantic body which was almost 100 meters in height landed right at the center of the gamers who were preparing to counterattack.

Boom! All the gamers who were situated within 100 meters from the Rock Ghost King collapsed onto the ground due to the massive concussive force.

The presence of the Rock Ghost King was domineering and oppressive.

However, the gamers didn't show any signs of fear, which was unexpected to the Rock Ghost King. All of them turned around and stared at him with desire. Some of them were even wiping off their drool subconsciously.

[Rock Ghost King: An ancient giant tree that has been cultivating for over 100,000 years located at the North Rocks. He mastered the highest level for wooden spells and the rules of nature. His cultivation level is in the middle to a Ghost King's. He could be transformed into a King Level Herb after death.

"How great is this, it's the legendary King Level Herb. Show your health bar! My ship is hungry for you."

"Kill him, just kill him! Just leave a small bundle of his wood for me when he's dead!"

"I can almost see my future estates, yachts, pretty ladies… Get him!"

"It's the King of Trees. Will my ship become an aircraft carrier if I upgrade it with this?"

"An aircraft carrier? It can even be a spacecraft!"

The gamers were all staring at the Rock Ghost King with craving.

All of them were aware of how valuable a King Level Herb was, even one small wood chip would be precious. Blinded by their desires, they started attacking the Rock Ghost King.

The Rock Ghost King stood motionless despite the siege by the players. All of the attacks were like tickles for him and did not harm him substantively.

However, the Rock Ghost King felt awkward from the gamers' stares.

Even his subordinates would look at him with dread and revere expressions. Why are these creatures so excited to see me and get this insane? Don't they know who I am? The Rock Ghost King?

Although he did not understand what they were thinking, their actions provoked him and he was furious.

The Rock Ghost King twisted his stem and his branches started extending crazily. The area around him was being shrouded by countless branches. Many of the gamers were lifted by the branches and were strangled in the air.

That was the moment when the Rock Ghost King demonstrated his valiant strength as the overlord of the Northern Zone.

The gamers launched their attacks again and again. However, they were pointless as their opponent was equipped with enormous potential. All the gamers were wiped out by the Rock Ghost King not long later.

However, the Rock Ghost King was confused once the battle was over.

A Conjurator? A Rune Warrior?

The skills demonstrated by the gamers were all familiar to him. These skills had been diminished from the Land of Beiqi since a long time ago, so why are they emerging again now? The Rock Ghost King had a hunch that something was going on in Beiqi.

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Chapter 96: Special Spiritual Material Quest

Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio

The video of the battle with the Rock Ghost King was uploaded to the official web forum within a short time and it sparked enthusiasm among many of the players.

The strength demonstrated by the Rock Ghost King might not be as terrifying as the Demonic God, yet it gave the players an opportunity to witness the overwhelming power of a ghost king level monster.

When faced with the siege of over tens of thousands of gamers, the Rock Ghost King relied on his ability to form a wood element territory to massacre everyone. As the Rock Ghost King unleashed his move, the players were made aware that Rock Ghost King was close to invincible inside his territory, unlike Cha Na who was defeated merely because he was exhausted by a huge number.

However, the gamers did not retreat out of fear after the battle. Under the great temptation of spiritual material, the players had yet again formed small teams of their own on a quest to look for the Tree Demons in the North Rocks.

However, the Rock Ghost King was well-prepared this time around and had sent three Ancient Tree Demons to guard the outskirts of the North Rocks.

All gamers who were headed that way were butchered by the Ancient Tree Demons on the spot as they were powerless against them.

The gamers started discussing new approaches in the forum after hitting a wall. After all, killing the trees was the only way for ordinary players to upgrade their ships in the game.

Watermelon_Taro: "*slams table* They wouldn't even let us kill the trees now. This is so frustrating! I'm already this poor but they won't even give me the chance to make hard-earned money. When are we going to go and kill this Rock Tree for good? I'm so mad!"

Crayon_Shinchan replied to Watermelon_Taro: "Sit down, pinhead. How many times do I have to tell you this? The Rock is a horrible development and we can never defeat it with our current strength."

Strike_Gold: "Now is not the time to start a war. We should all focus on getting enough rest, preserve our strength and continue to improve our abilities. The Rock Ghost King will be vanquished sooner or later and we mustn't be hasty. We will be doomed if we followed Cha Na's footsteps!"

Commander_Of_Demolition_Officers: "I might have found a great place with lots of advanced spiritual materials, but I'm contemplating whether to share that piece of information with everyone or not. The thing is, I can't finish all of them."

Peppa_Boar replied to Commander_Of_Demolition_Officers: "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell us! Have you forgotten that the Beiqi Army is a family?"

Commander_Of_Demolition_Officers replied to Peppa_Boar: "Aren't you from the Myth Guild? That was not what you said when you were attacking me with a sword!"

Xueli_The_Strongest: "Have you guys forgotten? The Ghost Mountains lead to the North Rocks. As long as we don't enter from the front, we could still get away untouched after killing a few trees stealthily. *laughing emoji*"

Crayon_Shinchan replied to Xueli_The_Strongest: "Awesome, that's a great idea! Who's joining the team to stealth and kill the trees? It's better to have an assassin!"

Watermelon_Taro replied to Xueli_The_Strongest: "My poor ass found another way to make some hard-earned money, thank you, little missy! Muah~"

Assassin_Creed: "The frontline is selling wood chips from the Rock Ghost King. The highest bidder gets them. Includes screenshot-"

[Rock Wood Chip (Level 5 spiritual material): Wood chips fallen from the Rock Ghost King contain strong wood element spiritual power.

Invincible_Lonliness replied to Assassin_Creed: "Bruh, that's so cool. I'm getting that but I'm curious, how did you get it?"

Assassin_Creed replied Invincible_Loneliness: "It's a long story. It was really a close call. I avoided the crushing branches with Shadow Step and approached the Rock Ghost King with agility from my Shenfa. Then, I aimed my dagger at the Rock Ghost King's weak point and I made a sudden flat cut to obtain this baby. Oh, I died right after that. (laughing emoji)"

Crayon_Shinchan replied to Assassin_Creed: "Pinhead, do you want me to play a song for you as tribute? (laughing emoji)"

Assassin_Creed replied to Crayon_Shinchan: "As the person with the poorest judgment in this forum, you are the pinhead acknowledged by everyone okay? (laughing emoji)"

A_Mammoth: "Everyone should follow what Xueli suggested and take a detour from the Ghost Mountain. It's impossible to win head-on against those ghost general level Ancient Tree Demons without a few thousand players."

Young, Wild Free: "Actually, we could all explore the ocean to find resourceful islands. I mean, look at Demolition Guild who got the Son of the Sea, aren't you all envious?"

Ultraman_Tiga: "Speaking of which, what special ability do you get after consuming the Son of the Sea? I'm really curious, why are they being so secretive? Why not just show it?"

Monkey_King: "Maybe the guild master of Demolition Guild is brewing his power, preparing to surprise everyone. (laughing emoji)"

After further discussion, the players finally found a way to sneak in to kill the trees. Thus, the teams embarked on their journey to the Ghost Mountains, took a detour from there to the North Rocks and went on with their plan to make hard-earned money to upgrade their ships.

Lu Wu did not stop the gamers as Du Yan told him that the Rock Ghost King was being very cautious of the new force from Beiqi because he could not estimate the full force of the gamers' army. Therefore, they dared not make any drastic moves.

The gamers' courage in embarking on their journey into the North Rocks sent a clear message to the Rock Ghost King.

We're not afraid of you!

This made the Rock Ghost King even more cautious than ever!

Lu Wu had already made preparations in case these gamers' actions evoked a large scale war. This war was unavoidable since the Rock Ghost King was already a piece of delicious meat in the eyes of the gamers. Of course, the later they were to start the war, the more advantages the gamers would have.

Meanwhile, Lu Wu announced a new quest in the game.

[Special Quest: Collection of Special Spiritual Material]

Quest Overview: There are many peculiar islands in the Void Ocean and there are spiritual fields that could nurture special spiritual material on these islands. Explore the ocean and find the spiritual fields to collect spiritual materials.

Quest reward: Players will be rewarded with a generous amount of soul coins upon selling the spiritual materials in shops.

However, Lu Wu did not mention the coordination of Insect Island in this quest out of two considerations.

Insect Island was discovered by the Demolition Guild and since they had decided not to share it with the others, Lu Wu would not announce it to the public as well.

He would upset the members of the Demolition Guild by announcing the existence of Insect Island. Looking at the bigger picture, this should also be a privilege deserving of an explorer.

As for the second reason, it was because Xiao Tian was one of the four generals that served the Sea King with the capability close to that of a ghost king level. It was too early for the gamers to fight head-on with Xiao Tian with the little force at sea that they possessed at the moment.

Of course, Lu Wu announced the quest so that he could train himself.

He still needed a huge amount of spiritual rice currently to boost his body's growth so that he could take the form of a human again.

This was an extremely tormenting stage for Lu Wu.

Firstly, he could never get full. Normal foods consumed by him were useless as they were digested too quickly.

Yet, spiritual rice was correlated to spirit energy and it would upset Lu Wu's stomach with too much intake. So, he had to refrain from overeating and this caused Lu Wu to be unable to get full every single day.

As for the food made by Bei Li, Lu Wu tried it once and said that he would rather die than having to eat it ever again. He was afraid that he might get food poisoning before he could take on a human form.

However, Lu Wu could gradually feel the changes in his body as the days passed.

Even though he was still in beast form, his reflexes and body strength had clearly improved and his soul had also evolved through training. It could be said that his training paid off.

At least Bei Li could no longer beat him up!

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