《MMORPG: Martial Gamer》 Chapter 1: A Martial Artist’s Plight Chapter 1: A Martial Artists Plight Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Within L Citys Talent Agency Headquarters, a skinny bespectacled man was currently seated at a desk while a tall and sturdy man stood in front of him. Therge man had a strong square jaw, sharp eyebrows and radiant eyes. His overall appearance had a hint of nobility in it and he even had a strong valiant aura about him. "Name? " The bespectacled man was visibly upset by the strong presence of the man in front of him and coldly asked. "Wang Yu!" "And what are your academic qualifications?" "I... I dont have any..." Wang Yu sheepishly replied in a low voice. Upon hearing his reply the bespectacled man started chuckling to himself " Hehehe, then I think you may not be suitable for us at all. Ourpany is one of the top 500 in the whole of China. The people we recruit are all at least university graduates..." "Ai..." Wang Yu let out a sigh and dejectedly got up and started leaving to find a differentpany. "Hey! Wait a moment!" The bespectacled man suddenly called out to Wang Yu: "Even though you dont have any academic qualifications surely you must be good at something right? We have a factory thats currently looking for mechanics." "Martial arts!" "Martial arts???" The moment he heard Wang Yus reply the bespectacled mans face instantly darkened. There were still people who believed in things like "martial arts" in this day and age? He might as well have said that he could control a flying sword! At least that way maybe there would be a deliverypany out there that would hire someone with such a skill. "Interesting! Very interesting! Did you guys hear that? He says he practises Martial Arts!" The bespectacled manughed coldly as he pointed at Wang Yu and said to the two man by his side. There were still people who believed in a joke like "Martial Arts" in this day and age? Everyone who heard the bespectacled man instantly burst intoughter. Seeing everyone around himugh slightly infuriated Wang Yu. Practising martial arts was nothing to be ashamed of! What was the point ofughing so loudly at it? "Hahahahaha what a retard! "The bespectacled man mocked loudly. Wang Yu red at the man and said: "Show some respect when you speak!" However the bespectacled man simply continued to mock Wang Yu "Respect? How about you take a good look at where you are right now! You better get the f**k out of my sight before i call the cops on you!" At the same time he grumpily said to someone next to him: "The day just started and Ive already met a madman, what horrible luck!" "Reason before might..." Wang Yu angrily red at the bespectacled man. As he thought of the teachings of his family that were ingrained in him since childhood he slowly loosened his clenched fists and silently left the building. After leaving the talent agency Wang Yu was very depressed. With heavy steps he slowly walked towards the most luxurious and high end district in L city -- Moonlight Cove. "Honey Im home!" The moment Wang Yu opened the door, a young and beautiful woman wearing an apron immediately pounced forward into a hug and kissed him. "Where did you go just now? Quickly go and take a break. Breakfast is almost ready!" "Hrm..." Wang Yu briefly grunted as he opened his bedroom door and went to lie down on his bed with his thoughts inplete disarray. How did the world even end up like this? Was knowing martial arts a crime or something? In the two months since he had started job hunting Wang Yu couldnt find a single decent job! A strong young man like himself was depending on his wife to feed the family! Just as Wang Yus thoughts started drifting off the bedroom door opened. "Honey the food is ready, I cooked your favourite braised pork ribs today..." "Coming!" Wang Yu then retrieved his slippers from beneath the bed and dejectedly walked out of the room. Seeing the table full of delicious dishes made Wang Yu feel even worse about himself. He held half a bun in his hand and just started to space out. "Whats wrong honey? Are you feeling down about something? Or is the food not to your liking?" His wife asked. "Honey... Lets start eating more normal portions and dishes from tomorrow onwards ok? Theres no need to always eat like we do now" Wang Yu replied. His wife instantly shook her head disapprovingly and said "And how would that be eptable? I may not know any martial arts but I know that you martial artists need the proper nutrition to go along with your training. Though we may not be able topare to the food at your ce I definitely wont let you go hungry!" What Wang Yus wife has just said was absolutely correct. The greatest need of any martial artist would have to be his nutrition. If you were always weak and starving how would you be able practice martial arts? For example, as the undisputed genius of his family Wang Yu used to have his own personal nutritionist and masseuse amongst many other thing. That kind of treatment was worlds apart from his current life. "Forget it... Then just let me truly be an ordinary person. If we continue on like this itll be too much for you to handle and I cant do anything for this family either..." Wang Yu sighed. Seeing his wife still wearing autumn clothing in the middle of winter caused Wang Yu to feel a pang of guilt in his heart. Hearing this Wang Yus wife lightly smiled. She put down her food and gently caressed his cheek and said "Compared to what you sacrificed to be with me this kind of suffering is nothing. As long as I find another job it will be ok. Ill go to the take up the waitress job in the restaurant in the small nearby street. Its $80 a day and they even provide meals." "I... I..." Tears started welling Wang Yus eyes but he quickly fought them back. After finishing their meal his wife started to clear the table while Wang Yu went out to the balcony and silently started hitting the training pir outside. "Boom! Boom!" Wave after wave of loud bangs continuously sounded out. After she finished cleaning up Wang Yus wife went out to the balcony to talk to him. "Honey if youre bored why not go out and take a walk?" "Im not bored. Ive been cooped up at home since I was young. Im already used to it." "Oh right, mypany recently released a new game and its all the ragetely. Do you wanna try it out? I can get you all the equipment you need to get started!" As she spoke, his wifes eyes suddenly lighted up. Wang Yu stopped hitting the pir and turned around to speak. " A new game? Equipment? Its really expensive isnt it..." "Well its a few thousand dors..." "No! Not ying!" With that Wang Yu returned to hitting the pir. "Ai..." Hearing Wang Yus reply, his wife let out a soft sigh and said " Well ok then im off to work. Remember to help me keep theforter on the balconyter in the afternoon. Oh andter around 4 therell be a few potential tenantsing to look at the house." "Got it!" After she left the house, Wang Yu put on a shirt and his shoes and started walking towards the talent market again. "Im already like this and you still want me to y games... Oh Honey... Are you trying to raise me like a son?" Wang Yu bitterlyughed and mumbled to himself. Wang Yus wife was named Mu Zi Xian. She worked in customer service in Soaring Dragon Game studios and typically earned between 5000 to 6000 a month. In the current economy with an ie of this level it wasnt a problem for a family to be able to livefortably in the city. However with the appetite Wang Yu had, five to six thousand a month month was not even enough to keep him fed. Thankfully the two of them still owned a house. Otherwise they wouldnt even be able to afford to rent an apartment and would have to camp in the open. In their current circumstances Wang Yu and his wife were trying to rent out the two spare rooms in house to ease their burden. The Talent Market was bustling with activity and really living up to the word " market ". Anywhere one looked they would see countless people feel it employment. All of these people held a little sign with their skills and specialty written on it hoping that someone would take notice of them and hire them. Since he spent his whole life pursuing martial arts, Wang Yu had been homeschooled since his childhood. Hence he did not have any sort of academic qualifications and was rather helpless in that regard. Furthermore since he practised martial arts, all his meals and lodgings were taken care of for him by other people. Aside from his bottomless stomach Wang Yu didnt have any particr talents. Let alone something like a specialty. Wang Yu didnt dare to write that his specialty was martial arts fearing that people would mock him for it again. This kind of mockery was extremely harsh to hear and to Wang Yu it was as though these people werent mocking him but mocking martial arts itself... Since his youth, learning martial arts had always been Wang Yus pride and glory. What he hated the most was others trampling on that which he loved the most. Even after squatting at the side of the street for more than an hour there still wasnt a single person who even looked straight at him. Having waited so long without any harvest Wang Yus mouth had long since dried up. He then left the Talent Market and walked towards a small a small drink store nearby to buy a bottle of water when he suddenly remembered that he had spent hisst two dors in the morning taking the bus... Not knowing what to know Wang Yu just stood there awkwardly with his wallet in hand. Looking at his pitiful state, the shopkeeper indifferently pointed at a nearby water fountain and said "Theres some tap water over there if you really want." Wang Yu let out a sigh and was about to leave when someone running past him knocked his wallet out of his hand, causing it to fall on the ground and drop a few bring red notes. Seeing the money Wang Yus tears immediately starting flowing down his cheeks. This few hundred dors was definitely ced in his walled by Mo Zi Xian. She knew his pride was too strong so she secretly stuffed the notes into his wallet. He had such a good wife and not only was he unable to bring her happiness he was even a burden to her... As a man he hadpletely failed!!! "Stop that man! He stole my purse! Someone block him!" Suddenly a shrill voice rang out, pulling Wang Yu back to reality. Chapter 2: Joining a Gold Farming Studio Chapter 2: Joining a Gold Farming Studio Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions When he turned around, Wang Yu saw that the person who shouted was a beautiful youngdy with delicate features. She wore a pure white winter coat and a pair of white boots as well. Thedy was currently running in his direction causing her long flowing hair to flutter in the wind. Looking in the direction the girl was pointing in, Wang Yu saw that the rascal who knocked into him earlier. The man was constantly looking behind as he ran. Wang Yu immediately got up and shot forward towards the man, using hisrge body to block the path of this short little man. The man had drooping eyes, messy hair and a womans purse in his hands. The moment he saw someone block his path he immediately pulled a dagger out from his waist. "If you dont want to die then f*ck off! Mind your own business!" Wang Yu simply continued staring at the man with no intention of giving way to him. Seeing the youngdy about to catch up to him, the man began to panic and raised his knife to stab Wang Yu. With a frown, Wang Yu suddenly reached out and grabbed the mans wrist before the man could even react. He then pulled the man and mmed him into the ground. Lifting his right leg Wang Yu kicked the knife out of the mans hand and then stomped on the back of his head. Within a short span of 3 seconds, the man had lost any ability to retaliate. At this moment the youngdy finally managed to catch up despite beingpletely out of breath. She hastily picked up her purse and inspected its contents and gratefully said "Big bro thank you so much! Could you tell me your name?" Wang Yu nced at the girl and lightly nodded. He then turned to the shopkeeper and shouted " Call the cops!" " I... I... I understand..." The shopkeeper had already been frightened out of his wits, hearing Wang Yusmand he hurriedly nodded while struggling to take out his phone to call the police. Next to him, the youngdy took out a stack of notes. After briefly counting them she pushed it towards Wang Yu and said " Big bro if it wasnt for you the money i was going to use to buy my equipment today would have all been gone. I dont have much but please ept this small token of appreciation..." "..." Wang Yu silently nced at the girl before suddenly running away as though he had just remembered something important, leaving behind the fumbling shopkeeper and a very confused youngdy. After leaving the drink store Wang Yu immediately starting running home. The conversation with the youngdy had reminded Wang Yu that he needed to keep the nkets in the afternoon... Jogging all the way home had taken slightly more than three hours. Seeing that going out didnt interfere with thepleting the task Mu Zi Xian had given him, Wang Yu let out a sigh of relief. After keeping theforter he then went back to hitting the pir again." Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of rhythmic knocks echoed throughout the empty apartment. Around 4, the doorbell in the living room sounded. The tenants were here to look at the house! Wang Yu immediately stopped his training and picked up towel to wipe his sweat before walking to the living room. The first person to enter the house was Mu Zi Xian carrying arge shopping bag filled with groceries. " Pleasee in,e in. My house is pretty big but Im only staying here with my husband so we thought of renting our two spare bedrooms out..." She said to the people behind her as she set the items in her hand down on the table " What? A man? Were all girls so wouldnt this be a bit of a problem?" A very familiar voice asked. Following that, a youngdy wearing a white winter coat entered the house. " No no its no problem at all my husband is really docile and he doesnt normally leave the house..." When she saw Wang Yu walking over Mu Zi Xian giggled as she pointed to him and spoke " This is my husband! Dont worry about it I can guarantee that theres nothing wrong with his character!" " Um... Nice to meet you!" Wang Yu awkwardly greeted the girl. Currently Wang Yu was only wearing a small ck singlet and his upper body was essentiallypletely exposed. Hisrge broad back and thick bulging muscles were all clearly visible. In addition, with his strong square jaw, sharp eyebrows and radiant eyes he looked incredibly imposing and unspeakably manly! As the girl gazed in the direction that Mu Zi Xian was pointing in she managed to catch a glimpse of Wang Yu was was momentarily stunned. Wasnt this the man she had just met in the market today? Maybe it really was fate that the man who saved her ended up being the owner of the room she was trying to rent. Noticing the girl stare at him so intently Wang Yu suddenly realised what he was wearing and instantly turned red. He hastily walked into the master bedroom and closed the door behind him. When the girl regained her senses she awkwardlyughed and said " This apartments location is not bad, I want to rent it!" As she spoke the girl reached into her bag and pulled out a thick stack of cash " This is one years rent!" " A... A year?!" As she took the money Mu Zi Xian felt incredibly overwhelmed. The original deal was only for half a year and didnt the girl say that having a man around the house would be slightly inconvenient? "Yes! And if our studio does well we might want to extend the rental for another year! The price is negotiable!" The girl nodded. With great difficulty Mu Zi Xian suppressed her excitement and said " Good, now lets just sign the contract then!" After finishing up the paperwork, the girl quickly left the house. After the girl had left the house Wang Yu came out from the room to help his wife. As he was putting the groceries into the fridge he couldnt help but ask " Honey what was that girls job anyway? "I think shes in a gaming studio!" Mu Zi Xian replied. "Gaming studio? Whats that?" Wang Yu curiously asked. Since his childhood Wang Yu had always been the jewel of his n. Hence he had never stepped out and had little to no contact with the outside world. Naturally he had never heard of something like a gaming studio. "Well they y games to earn money!" Mu Zi XIan instantly replied. As a customer service officer in a gamepany she was naturally no stranger to something like a gaming studio. "Oh..." Wang Yu vaguely replied. You could y games for a living? Such a thing was like a fairy tale to him. After tidying up their bedroom Mu Zi Xian looked at Wang Yu and said "Im going to the restaurant to help out now. That girl will be here soon to move in so try and help them ok? Dont just stand there and watch!" "I know! Dont worry about me!" "Im not an idiot, even I know some of the ways of the world..." Wang Yu thought. Around evening time the girl with the white coat returned with 3 other girls behind her each with a luggage in hand. All three of the other girls were extraordinarily beautiful and wouldnt lose to the white coat girl in any way. When they saw Wang Yu they immediately greeted him together " Nice to meet you Mr Landlord!" "Er... Nice to meet you too..." Wang Yu started blushing again "Is there anything that i can help youdies with?" "No no we dont have that many luggage anyway. Theres no need to trouble brother Yu." The white coat girl replied. "Oh, ok then" Wang Yu hastily replied and immediately went back to his room Looking at Wang Yus clumsy and awkward disy the 3 new girls instantly burst into a giggling fit. "Big sis are you serious? This is the strong and gant man you were talking about?? Hahahaha" I mean he is pretty hunky but howe hes so weird?" "Thats right! Did you see how embarrassed he was when he saw us just now? Hahahaha" "Enough nonsense! Quickly go and settle in. We still need to start work tomorrow!" Soon after the girls had finished settling in, Wang Yu heard a soft knock on his door. Upon opening the door he saw the white coat girl standing outside waiting for him. "Is there something wrong?" He asked. " Brother Yu i still havent repaid you for all your help this afternoon. Since we seem to be fated why dont i treat you to a meal?" The white coat girl replied. "Theres really no need to, it was nothing much! Besides, I dont really like leaving the house." Wang Yu chuckled. Just as he said that Wang Yus stomach started growling and gave him away. It was already reallyte, but since Mu Zi Xian was working at the restaurant and Wang Yu didnt know how to cook for himself he had already been starving for hours. The white coat girl gently giggled as she said "Brother Yu since were all living under the same roof now we can be considered a family. You really dont need to stand on ceremony like that. Since your wife isnt home right now you must definitely be starving. Well order some take-out for you to eat with us, its really convenient!" "This..." Wang Yu hesitated. "Hey... Brother Yu youre not looking down on us are you?" The white coat girl said with a hint of displeasure in her voice. "No! Definitely not!" Wang Yu hurriedly said while waving his arms. "Then what is there to hesitate about having a meal together?" "Okay okay Ill eat. But I dont drink alcohol..." Since he couldnt argue his way out Wang Yu resigned himself to it. After a round of introductions Wang Yu found out that the name of the girl in the white coat was Li Xue and the other three girls were all her employees. The one with therge eyes was Xiao Yi, the one with the sharp chin was Meng Meng and the incredibly outgoing one was Mary. The four of them were in a gaming studio which was dedicated to farming gold in various games and were currently operating in a game called REBIRTH. REBIRTH was thetest game that Mu Zi Xianspany had released just 3 days ago that was exploding in poprity. "You can earn money from ying games?" Wang Yu asked curiously. Without even waiting for Li Xue to answer Mary immediately replied with a giggle " Of course! Professional gamers have been around for a few years already! Dont tell me that have never heard of this before right? "I... havent..." Wang Yu honestly replied. "Oh! My! God! You really are a bumpkin! Brother Yu, whats your job now anyway?" Mary exaggeratedly hit her forehead and eximed. Around her, the other all had curious expressions as well. "I... Well... This.... I dont actually have a job now..." Wang Yu felt really frustrated. Being the traditional and straightced man that he was, even though he didnt have very outstandingmunication skills he still knew that being taken care of by his wife like that wasnt something to be proud of. "OHHH! So youre a leech huh! Hahahaha! Dont worry I wont look down on you. I mean, Im looking for someone to take care of me too!" Maryughed at the top of her lungs. "This..." Hearing this, Wang Yu had an awkward and depressed expressions on his face. Seeing Wang Yus gloomy expression Li Xues face instantly darkened as well. "Mary! Watch your tongue!" She scolded. "Oh..." Mary quickly lowered her head. "Brother Yu she was just kidding. Times are tough now and its pretty normal to lose your job. If you really want one then why not join us!" Li xue hurriedly said. As a boss, Li Xue naturally had a very keen eye for people. She knew that Wang Yu was definitely not the kind of guy that Mary had described him as. Furthermore, when she meet him earlier in the day at the entrance of the market, he was indeed earnestly looking for a job. "Work for you? I can do that?" Wang Yu was sent into a daze. Since his youth, all his time had been spent perfecting his martial arts. Hence, he hadnt even touched aputer before, let alone y games. "Of course you can! The game is so simple even girls like us can y so how could you not? REBIRTH is a virtual reality game anyway so its exactly the same as real life. The business opportunities in the game are massive right now, especially in the first few years of its its release so its really easy to earn money!" Li Xueughed. "Really?" Wang Yu was slightly moved by her words.He had been unable to find a job for two months and his confidence had long since been grinded to dust. As long as it was legal, as long as it could let him earn money, Wang Yu was willing to do anything! He didnt want to depend on his wife forever! "Of course! Even though our studio isnt very famous, giving you a sry of five to six thousand a month should be no problem at all!" Li Xue replied. "Alright! Ill give it a shot then! But I dont have the equipment..." "Thats not a problem! Our studio will provide you with all the equipment that you need!" Li Xueughed. Chapter 3: Trash Job Chapter 3: Trash Job Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions The next morning, Li Xue knocked on the couples room, bringing over a small parcel. "This is the equipment?" Wang Yu opened the box and asked as he took out an object that looked very much like a hat. Li Xue answered: "Yes, you only need to connect to the inte, a power source and turn on the power switch. The equipment will automatically connect to the Cloud System. Its very convenient!" "Interesting!" Wang Yuughed as he brought the equipment back into his room. Back in his room, Wang Yu exined to Mo Zi Xian that he had joined Goldrush Studio. After hearing this piece of news, Mu Zi Xian was rather supportive of Wang Yus decision. As a matter of fact, Mu Zi Xian didnt expect Wang Yu to earn much money, she was only afraid that Wang Yu would be bored to death by staying at home all day. Lately, Wang Yu seemed to be very absent-minded, which made Mu Zi Xian extremely worried. In fact she already had the idea to let Wang Yu y video games, but this idea had been rejected by Wang Yu himself. This was good, now that Wang Yu had joined the studio, whether or not he made any money was inconsequential. What was more important was that Wang Yu could relieve his boredom. Mu Zi Xian tugged Wang Yu as she instructed. "Darling, let me tell you, when you enter the game, go find the vige chief and ept his quest. The vige chief is the person with an exmation mark above his head, a question mark signifies that you havepleted the quest..." Wang Yu waved his hand andughed bitterly, "Honey please! I am also a young person, things likeputer games, I used to see my juniors y them all the time when I was a kid, and I know all these basic information! You dont always have to treat me as though Im from another world..." After having found a job, Wang Yus mood had improved greatly and even became more talkative. Mu Zi Xian smiled, pinching Wang Yus face as she said: "Ah, thats true... haha, then go ahead and try it out, if theres anything that you dont know, feel free to ask me!" As someone from the customer service branch of the game, Mu Zi Xian had an even deeper understanding of the game than Li Xue and the rest. "Mm!" Wang Yu nodded his head, turning on the power switch for the equipment. A resplendent light shed as Wang Yu entered the game. At this moment, what appeared in front of Wang Yu was an old shrine. The four walls of the shrine were all dpidated beyond repair and in the centre of the shrine, was an enormous altar. On the altar stood 7 statues. Ding, please select a job! A very neutral voice sounded out beside Wang Yus ears. As wang Yu drew closer to the altar, he started to size up the seven statues one by one. These seven statues represented the seven jobs that were avable in the game. King of Close Combat: Warrior, possesses a strong attack potential and defensive capabilities. Bringer of Destruction: Magician, possess a rather frail physique with an imbnced destructive power. Blessing of God: Priest, the most reliable teammate on the battlefield Reaper of the Night: Thief, speed and burst damage define this terrifying existence. Sage of Honor: Knight, defend your honor with your impregnable defense. The Illusive marksman: Archer, your opponents will never see your shadow. Inheritor of Mysteries: Pugilist, your hands and feet are your weapons! After listening to the introductions, Wang Yu pointed to thest statue without the slightest bit of hesitation and said "I choose to be a Pugilist!" Confirming job ----- Pugilist! Confirmed Please enter your name "Xian Yu!" As someone who did not have a sense for naming, Wang Yu spent the whole night thinking of this name... Sorry, this name has already been taken "....." Wang Yu was stunned, even such a difficult name had been taken by someone else, the number of people ying this game was indeed terrifying. After pondering for awhile, Wang Yu simply said "Iron Bull!" This was his nickname. Since his birth he had been built like a bull, hence his father thought this would be the most suitable nickname to give him. This name can be used, character has been generated, please enjoy your gaming experience!! Another resplendent light shed in his eyes and Wang Yu had been transported into a small vige. The vige za was full of people, in the centre of the za, stood an old man with a head of white hair, with arge exmation mark above his head, this old man was the vige chief. Following that, the game started to generate some instructions... following the instructions from the game system, Wang Yu walked a round for a bit, before finally opening his character attributes page. Personal Attributes ID : Iron Bull (Pugilist-) Level : LV-1 HP: 120 (4x30) MP: 90 (3x30) Strength: 5 Vitality: 4 Spirit: 3 Intelligence: 3 Dexterity: 5 Physical Attack: 2-7 Magical Attack: 1-3 Physical Defense: 2-5 Magic Resistance: 1-3 Equipment: -Old Cloth Clothing, Defense: 1-1 -Old Gloves, Damage: 1-2 Skills: -[Lateral Kick] (LV1). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% physical damage to the target, causing it to fly. Costs MP30. The game was very fair, every job started off with 20 attribute points, the pugilist appeared to be rather mediocre. Closing his personal attribute window, Wang Yu swung his fists around and couldnt help but feel depressed: "What kind of lousy attributes are these, the strength and speed arepletely unable to generate any power...." Wang Yu let out a long sign, resigning himself to this fact as he followed arge crowd of people, squeezing his way towards the vige chief. As he squeezed his way to the vige chief, Wang Yu got even more depressed. Standing at 1.85m tall, his physique could be described to be akin to a tigers back and a bears waist. Yet he could not even squeeze himself past a smalldy (Thisdy was a knight, so her Vitality and Strength were both higher than a pugilists), this was not logical at all! Thankfully all yers under level 10 had the protection of the system, if it werent for this fact, given Wang Yus attributes, he would not have been able to squeeze his way in front of the vige chief. "Excuse me, is there anything that i can help you with?" Wang Yu politely asked as he arrived in front of the vige chief. The vige chief was all smiles as he said: "Iron Bull youve arrived, recently there has been a Wild Dog overpoption guing the vige, could you help me kill 10 of them?" System notification -- Do you ept the quest: Wild Dog Menace? A notification window suddenly opened in front of Wang Yu. Wang Yu immediately pressed the "ept" option. Of course he would ept the quest, for what other reason would he have risked being squeezed to death to arrive here. Quest reminder: Kill crazy wild dogs 0/10 After epting the quest, Wang Yu squeezed his way out the crowd and ran towards the outskirts of the vige. Upon reaching the outskirts of the vige, Wang Yu was utterly stunned. Was there something wrong with the vige chiefs eyes? Where exactly how was there a case of wild dog overpoption? It was practically a case of human overpoption. No matter where you looked, there were yers wearing their old cloth clothing everywhere in the vicinity, like zombies roaming thends. As soon as they saw a Wild Dog respawn, they would all pounce on it as though they were fighting for free money. It had not even been a full 3 seconds that the poor Wild Dog had respawned before it was sent back into the system as data. Just as he was day-dreaming, a new Wild Dog respawned beside Wang Yu, bared its fangs and howled at him. Mad Wild Dog (LV1) HP: 30 MP: 0 Skills: [Eviscerate] Wang Yu turned towards the Mad Wild Dog as sent a Lateral Kick towards it, causing it to beunched into the air as Wang Yu followed up with firm punch to its throat. -9 -7 Two bloody numbers appeared above the head of the Mad Wild Dog. Wang Yus fist had struck his opponents vital point, given his ability, if this was the real world, not to mention a Wild Dog, this blow would be sufficient to deal with a Wolf. But this Mad Wild Dog was rather capable, after letting out a low grown, it promptly got back up and bit Wang Yus leg. A number appeared above Wang Yus Head -3 Wang Yu stared nkly at his opponent before unleashing another two fists to the Mad Wild Dogs head, finally beating it to death. After its death, the Mad Wild dog dropped 1 bronze coin. "Not logical, not logical at all!" Wang Yu mumbled to himself as he picked up the bronze coin and walked towards his next target. As there were more yers than monsters, Wang Yu spent half an hour before he was finally able to kill 10 Mad Wild Dogs. Without exception, it took him around four to five strikes to kill them. However, after his first encounter, Wang Yu learnt from his mistake and was not bitten by any Mad Wild Dogs subsequently, much to the shock of the numerous yers around him. There were many yers in the game, experts with vast gaming experience would naturally be able fumble around till they could activate thebo system. But being able tobo a monster to death like Wang Yu had done was another matter entirely. Having said that, other than the Lateral Kick that he first used, all his other strikes could be considered to be A grade, his attack damage was low, with no other special effects. New yers all had slowly striking speed, thus if their rhythm wasnt good, it was very easy to have suffered from the attacks of the monsters. After killing the Mad Wild Dogs, Wang Yu returned to the vige before exiting the game. After taking off the helmet, Mu Zi Xian smiled at Wang Yu and said, "This game isnt bad right,e eat first and the you can continue ying!" "Mm." Wang Yu put down the helmet and followed Mu Zi Xian into the living room. Li Xues group of four were also there, looking at the pleased expression on their faces, it was clear that they too had yed the game. "Mr Landlord! Was the game fun? What level are you?" Mary waved at Wang Yu and asked in a very familiar manner. Wang Yuughed as he replied "Only level 1...just started out." "Youve training for half the morning and you still havent levelled up? What job are you ying? Dont tell me its the Pugilist!" Wang Yu replied curiously: "Yeah it is, how did you know?" Mary was utterly shocked: "F*ck, that cant be right Mr Landlord, of all the job avable, why did you have to choose that trash job?" Even the others began to cast peculiar gazes at Wang Yu, with disbelief in their eyes. Even Mu Zi Xian revealed a very gloomy expression: "Aiya, I forgot to tell you not to choose the Pugilist job!" The current Wang Yu was a top ss martial artist, choosing the Pugilist profession was something to be expected, yet Mu Zi Xian hadmitted such arge blunder and had forgotten about this matterpletely. "Whats the matter?" Wang Yu was puzzled. Li Xue exined: "The Pugilist is currently the most bnced job in REBIRTH!" "Isnt that a good thing?" "Whats so good about that?" Mary noisily interjected: "Being bnced means youre a jack of all trades, but master of none! Cant attack cant defend, even your various attributes are neither high nor low, this job is simply trash...." Wang Yu thought for a while before replying: "I feel like thats okay." Li Xue replied: "In the early stages the difference might not be too obvious, but there are some discrepancies, because of the the Pugilists bnced nature, this job has neither a weapon mastery nor defensive mastery capability. If other sses were to take three strikes to kill a monster, a pugilist would need maybe four or five strikes... as it progresses to theter stages of the game and weapon mastery bes even higher, this discrepancy in damage will be more and more obvious, thats why this job isnt very good. Because of that, theres a lot ofints on the cloud system now!" "F*ck! What kind of broken game is this!" After having heard her exnation, Wang Yu angrilymented. It was not the case that Wang Yu regretted choosing this job, but rather that he was depressed. Martial artists like him were already pitiful enough in the real world! Who would have thought that even in a game they would be side-lined like this. Exactly who had they offended to suffer such a plight! Yi Yi was very understanding and quickly tried tofort Wang Yu: "Mr Landlord dont be depressed! Its not as though the Pugilist doesnt have any good points, at the very least there are not job restrictions on the equipment that they are able to use, in the future when we have better equipment, we can give the ones that we dont need to you!" "Then thank you very much...." After hearing this Wang Yu became even more depressed, in the real world he was unable to break free from the fact that he was being provided for by his wife, and it seemed that even in this game he would have someone providing for him... Chapter 4: Independent Mode Chapter 4: Independent Mode Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions After having finished their meal, the fourdies helped Mu Zi Xian to clean up the dining room while Wang Yu returned to his room. Shortly afterwards, Mu Zi Xian entered the room. She gave Wang Yu a pat on the shoulder as sheforted him: "Dont be discouraged darling, as the saying goes, there arent lousy jobs only lousy yers, the Pugilist has its good points as well!" "What good points does it have?" "At the very least its design is very handsome!" Mu Zi Xian replied. "..." Wang Yu continued to be depressed. Mu Zi Xianughed: "Im just kidding! Every job has its own unique characteristic that makes it equal to the rest, the Pugilist job definitely has its own strong points, if this equilibrium was broken, the system would definitely do something to fix it!" "Mm!" After having heard what Mu Zi Xian said, Wang Yu started to feel somewhat better. Wang Yu felt extremely bitter, why was the Pugilist so unlucky! "Oh by the way darling, I realised that this game is not very logical!" Wang Yu suddenly said. "How so?" Wang Yu said: "Didnt you say that this game could simte reality? Then howe when I was fighting the monsters, regardless of how hard I hit, I always did the same amount of damage to them?" "What mode are you using?" "Mode? Whats that?" Wang Yu asked. "There are two modes that you can y on in REBIRTH, one is the Assisted Mode, the other is the Independent Mode." Mu Zi Xian exined. "Whats the difference?" "For the Assisted Mode, some changes will be made to the capabilities of each and every job, the damage done by their skills and normal attacks will be based on their personal attributes! As for the Independent Mode, the damage from your skills and normal attacks arepletely dependent on you! This mode is closer to reality, you can even use whatever abilities you have in real life in the game if you use this mode." "If thats the case, wouldnt the Independent Mode be a lot more overpowered than the Assisted Mode?" Wang Yu thought. Even though he had never yed any games before, but even he could understand the difference between these two modes. "Haha!" Mu Zi Xianughed: "Did you think everyone in the game is like you? A majority of the yers in the game are normal people! If the didnt have any assistance from the system, many of them would struggle to do battle. For example the Archer, even an olympic champion would not be able to achieve 100% uracy!" A thought shed in Wang Yus mind as he said: "Then wouldnt that mean, that us martial artists would be better at the game than regr people?" "Of course! If you use the Independent Mode, then the Pugilist job would probably be the most suitable job for you!" Mu Zi Xian answered. "Thats great! Im going to try it out!" After hearing what Mu Zi Xian said, Wang Yus mood greatly improved. "Go on then, its about time for me to go to work! You can do it!" If Li Xues group of four were here, they would definitely have sighed in amazement, having a GM in their home was definitely different. Mu Zi Xian was so much more reliable than those people lurking on the forums. After starting the game again, Wang Yu returned to the vige za. The vige was much less crowded than it was before, which was to be expected. Today was a work day after all and there werent many yers who would still y during office hours. The majority of yers would only y before work started at 0800 in the morning or after work at 1800 in the afternoon. Wang Yu followed Mu Zi Xians instructions and found the option to change the game mode, then proceeded to change to the Independent mode. After waving his fists around, Wang Yu realised that it did in fact feel much more natural, unlike before when it constantly felt as though something was inhibiting his movements. "Thats more logical!" Wang Yu blurted out as he stared at his fist, running towards the outskirts of the vige. He wanted to see how much of a difference there would be after changing the game mode. Fortunately or unfortunately, a Wild Dog had respawned and growled as it lunged towards Wang Yu. Wang Yu took a step back to dodge the Wild Dogs bite, returning a kick to its jaw. -21 The Wild Dog was knocked into the air after receiving this kick. Wang Yu stretched out his hand and grabbed the Wild Dogs throat, then mmed it on the ground. -35 The Wild Dog turned into a ray of white light, leaving behind a bronze coin. Wang Yu opened the Battle Log to check what had been recorded. [Lateral Kick], 120% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 300%, added effect: Knock Up, Stunned for 2 seconds. [Normal Attack], 170% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 500%, added effect: True Damage. "Perfection? Interesting...." Wang Yu was shocked, he never expected the perfection to exceed 100%, even having other effects. Furthermore, because the Perfection of his strike was high, the damage from his normal attack even exceeded that of his skill. Mu Zi Xian was right, this game was simply a tool to measure a martial artists strength! Having thought of this, Wang Yu suddenly felt that his future was extremely bright and happily returned to the vige toplete his quest. At this time, someone in the hunting grounds pointed at Wang Yus back and told the person beside him: "Did you see that? That guys a Pugilist!" "Indeed! What about it?" "He beat a Wild Dog to death in 2 seconds!" "How can that be? Even I, a Thief with such a high Physical Attack, would take at least 3 strikes to kill a Wild Dog! Let alone trash like a Pugilist..." The person beside him was utterly shocked. "It could be that his level was higher!" Someone else chimed in. "Probably. Anyway, hisbos were rather good! Thats probably the only redeeming quality of the Pugilist!" After returning to the vige, Wang Yu handed in the quest to the vige chief, who smiled at him and said: "Iron Bull, you really are a good child. cksmith Li seems to be having some difficulties, why dont you go over and help him!" As he spoke, the vige chief waved his hand and Wang Yu was bathed in a ray of gold. He had risen to level 2. Every time someone levelled up in REBIRTH, they would receive 10 attribute points. 5 would be evenly distributed to each of their respective attributes, while they were free to allocate the other 5 attribute points themselves. Of the 5 attribute points, Wang Yu assigned 3 to Strength and 2 to Dexterity, now his attributes were Personal Attributes ID : Iron Bull (Pugilist-) Level : LV-2 HP: 150 (5x30) MP: 120 (4x30) Strength: 9 Vitality: 5 Spirit: 4 Intelligence: 4 Dexterity: 8 Physical Attack: 6-11 Magical Attack: 2-4 Physical Defense: 3-6 Magic Resistance: 2-4 Equipment: -Old Cloth Clothing, Defense: 1-1 -Old Gloves, Damage: 1-2 Skills: -[Lateral Kick] (LV1). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% physical damage to the target, causing it to fly. Costs MP30. After walking around the entire vige, Wang Yu finally arrived the cksmith Lis ce. cksmith Li had a worried look on his face as he was forging some weapons. "Excuse me, is there anything that you require some assistance in?" Wang Yu asked as he arrived in front of cksmith Li. "The animals outside the vige have all gone crazy, I cant even leave the vige to go mining, could you help me kill the Wild Bulls that are blocking the road?" "..." Wang Yu was speechless, mumbled to himself: "Its either killing some dogs or ughtering some bulls, arent there any other quests to do?" Truth be told, Wang Yu was extremely respectful of his profession as a martial artist. He had started practicing from the tender age of 4 and had been continuously training for the past 20 years. He couldnt help but feel as though he disgracing his martial arts if all he did was kill dogs or ughter bulls. Wang Yu had only mumbled this under his breath, but cksmith Lis suddenly lit up: "Oh? Who would have thought, that you were a Brave Warrior, I have a quest here, would you like to ept it?" "What quest is this?" Wang Yu was no fool, he realised that he had encountered the rumored secret quest. The cksmiths face suddenly became very somber: "My only son died in the jaws of a Wolf, I want to avenge him, but Ick the power to do so. O Brave Warrior, are you willing to help me kill that detestable Wild Wolf?" System notification: You have activated the "Brave Heart" quest, quest difficulty S, will you ept this quest?" "ept!" Wang Yu epted without the slightest hint of hesitation. System notification: "Brave Heart" Part 1: cksmith Lis revenge. Kill the Silver tier boss Silver Wolf King in beginner viges Dawn ins 0/1. Quest description: Only for those under level 10, no parties allowed! Chapter 5: Slaying Wolves Chapter 5: ying Wolves Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "Just a Silver grade boss?" Wang Yu was thrown off guard and thought to himself. "And here I thought that an S rank mission would at leaste with a Divine grade boss!" Before entering the game, Wang Yu had seen some basic information about the game and knew that bosses were split into five different grades. Bronze, Silver, Gold, Obsidian and Divine. However, what Wang Yu didnt know that all bosses in the game possessed insane attributes. They were simply iparable to those ordinary monsters roaming around. Even a Bronze grade boss would require the yer to party up with at least one other person to fight. A Silver grade boss was already a peak existence within the beginner vige. As for a Divine grade boss Wang Yu was simply over thinking things. The entire server itself only had so many Divine grade bosses so how could a mere beginner vige have the honor of having one? If any other yer had seen this quest they would immediately recognise the severity of this task. No, the word scam was more appropriate to describe it. Killing a Silver grade boss solo while not exceeding level 10? Was something like this even possible? However being a video game noob Wang Yu naturally didnt understand the difficulty of this quest and simply continued making snide remarks about it. "Rest easy Old Li, Ill definitely help you kill that bastard!" With that Wang Yu headed off towards the Dawn ins. The beginner vige was also called Dawn Vige and the Dawn ins was simply arge empty in to the west of Dawn Vige. These ins were home to packs of level 10 wolves.Being only the third day since the game had beenunched the highest level yer was only around level 9. Hence the Dawn ins was rtively devoid of yers while those that were there that had formed parties of two or three to hunt. All these people were here with the intention of farming loot. In the game, skipping levels to y monsters earned yers more experience points than killing those of a simr or lower level making it more efficient to hunt higher level monsters. Killing one level 10 wolf took roughly 30 seconds and gave 200 experience points. In the same amount of time, yers would have been able to kill three monsters of their own level. The efficiency of ying wolves was simply iparable to killing lower level monsters. Solely counting the experience points gained, it was not economical to go to the Dawn ins to hunt. Following the indicator on his map, Wang Yu soon arrived at the Dawn ins and immediately ran to the spawning ground of the wolves. In REBIRTH yers had a sort of love hate rtionship with these wolves. Love because they were the highest level monsters in the beginner vige and had incredibly high drop rates. In fact they even had a chance to drop level 10 skill books! Hate because these wolves spawn as a pack in the game with every pack consisting of at least six individual wolves. Ordinary yer had to form a party to hunt these wolves and even so they could only do so by pulling one away from the rest of the pack. Fighting in such a manner took a huge toll on the efficiency of farming them. However, these yers had no other choice. Abined attack from six of these wolves was enough to instant kill any yer. As for the present Wang Yu, after aimlessly walking around for a period of time he had finally encountered a pack of wolves! Seeing Wang Yu intrude upon their territory, the six wolves that were originallyzing around on the grass immediately stood up, bared their fangs and began to close in on him. "Hey... Howe these wolves behave like the wild dogs near the vige entrance?" Wang Yu ridiculed as he inspected their attributes. Wild Wolf (LV 10) HP: 300 MP: 50 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch] Domesticated animals were domesticated animals in the end, all they had to rely on were their fangs and ws. With a shout, Wang Yu charged into the pack of wolves. Without wasting any time the wolves began to surround Wang Yu as well. With a sh of his leg, Wang Yu evaded the attack from a wolf. He instantly unleashed his [Lateral Kick] to the stomach of the nearest wolf. With a pitiful yelp the wolf was sent flying, with a blood red "-44" shing above its head. Immediately following that, Wang Yu grabbed the wolf by its neck with his left hand and formed a knife with his right and forcefully shed down. -55 -99 -100 [Lateral Kick], 140% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 400%, added effect: Knock Up, Disabled. [Normal Attack], 170% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 500%, added effect: True Damage. [Normal Attack], 185% Perfection, damage dealt increased by 900%, added effect: True Damage. The 3-hitbo did an extra 100 bonus damage! With only 2 HP left, the wolf in Wang Yus hands was already at itsst breath. With a toss, Wang Yu threw the wolf towards the other five, hitting them and causing the wolf to disappear in a bright sh of light and a ck object to fall on the ground. Complete and utter annihtion!!!!! No one would have been able to imagine that a level 2 Pugilist would be able to annihte a level 10 wolf in just onebo! Even Wang Yu himself was slightly puzzled. What the hell was that extra 100 bonus damage after his 3-hitbo just now? The bonus damage from thebo was actually one of the hidden functions in REBIRTH. Though most yers wouldnt be able to activate abo this early in the game, in future as the yers levelled up and gained more skills and more attribute points, they would be able to generate longer and longerbos resulting in greater bonus damage from thebos. The Pugilist was a job that received no love from the creators. The only speciality they had was the innate ability tobo. Perhaps this was the reparations given to the ss... The remaining five wolves immediately surrounded Wang Yu again. However his [Lateral Kick] had already gone off cooldown. With the exact samebo Wang Yu easily annihted another wolf. The AI of these wolves wasnt anything spectacr and even their attacks were very stiff and robotic. Wang Yu was able to easily grasp their attack patterns and turn them all into arge number of experience points in a short time. Going from level 2 to level 3 required 2000 experience points and every wolf gave 200 experience points. Skipping levels to y these wolves also gave Wang Yu additional experience points. With a bright sh of light Wang Yu rose to level 3. After distributing 3 points to strength and 2 to dexterity Wang Yu began to pick up the items that the wolf pack dropped. In total the wolves had dropped around 30 or 40 bronze coins which was way more than what the wild dogs had dropped. Furthermore, the first wolf had also dropped an item! Grey Wolfs Protective Armlet (Iron) Physical defense 1-1 Magic Defense 1-1 Level requirement: 5 In REBIRTH equipment had 7 different tiers: Iron (white), Bronze (green), Silver (blue), Gold (yellow), Obsidian (orange), Ancient (purple), Legendary (rainbow). There were also ck coloured equipment called set equipment. These came in different numbered sets and were nothing special individually. However when one equipped them all it would activate a hidden attribute and massively boost the power of the equipment! Although it was only a Iron-tier equipment, it showed that the rumours of the high drop rates the wolves had was not just a fantasy. Keeping the Grey Wolfs Protective Armlet, Wang Yu sat down to recover some of his MP and then continued to roam around ying all the wolves he came across. The wolves had a high drop rate and gave decent experience as well but most importantly, they were much stronger than the wild dogs outside the vige. This made Wang Yu feel slightly better about himself since he was not wasting his martial arts Wang Yu had not been able to find the Silver Wolf King despite searching for it all morning. However he had in over a hundred wolves and was already level 6 at this point. Such a levelling speed waspletely unheard of in REBIRTH. Due to the nature of levelling system in the game, the speed which yers levelled up was totally abysmal. Going from level 1 to level 2 was still easy since it only needed 1000 experience points. Completing the first beginner quest was already enough to raise the yer to level 2! The vige chief really wasnt stingy at all! However the adjustment phase was where the real hell began. After each level up the experience points needed for the next would be doubled The highest amount of experience points a monster in the beginner vige gave was a mere 200! It was only after reaching level 8 andpleting the final beginner quest that the experience needed to level up would go back to increasing by 10% per level. Hence in the 3 days since it released, there were still no level 10 yers with most being only level 7. The wolves that Wang Yu had in had dropped 8 pieces of equipment in total including a Grey Wolfs leather armour, a Grey Wolfs leather shoes, a Grey Wolfs bandanna and another 4 Grey Wolfs protective armlets. Aside from this, Wang had also picked up an uncountable number of bronze coins. Since he essentially didnt get hit, he didnt spend any money on healing items either. Fully equipped with grey wolf equipment, the originally domineering looking Wang Yu now had a wild aura about him creating a suffocating feeling for those around him. Personal Attributes ID : Iron Bull (Pugilist-) Level : LV-6 HP: 270 (9x30) MP: 240 (8x30) Strength: 25 Vitality: 9 Spirit: 8 Intelligence: 8 Dexterity: 20 Physical Attack: 22-27 Magical Attack: 5-8 Physical Defense: 12-15 Magic Resistance: 10-13 Equipment: -Grey Wolfs leather armour, Defense: 2-2, Resistance 2-2 -Grey Wolfs bandanna, Defense: 1-1, Resistance 1-1 -Grey Wolfs Leather Shoes, Defense: 1-1, Resistance 1-1 Movement speed +4% -Old Gloves, Damage: 1-2 Skills: -[Lateral Kick] (LV1). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% physical damage to the target, causing it to fly. Costs MP30. With Wang Yus current defence, even if a wolf bit him he would barely lose any health at all! But of course with his abilities these wolves werent able to even touch him at all! Hence to Wang Yu, something like defence wasnt very useful. Wearing all these equipment was merely for show. After circling the ins another time, Wang Yu had still yet to see the Silver Wolf King. Bosses were something that could only be met by chance and not searched for after all let alone a Silver grade boss! Hence Wang Yu had no choice but to return to the beginners vige where he instantly attracted a lot of attention. In the current era of cloth clothing and wooden weapons, Wang Yus current dressing was very eye catching. When the other yers saw Wang Yus equipment they all almost started drooling. One look at his equipment and everyone knew that it wasnt something ordinary especiallypared to their torn and tattered cloth clothes... "Brother where did you get this set of equipment?" A sword carrying warrior slowly asked as he walked out from the crowd. "From drops!" Wang Yu replied ndly. The crowd waspletely speechless, what bullshit! Of course it was a drop! Where could you even find a shop selling equipment like this? "Where did it drop?" The warrior asked again. "Dawn ins! The wolves dropped it!" Wang Yu was a honest man, if anyone asked he would definitely reply truthfully. *Gasp* The crowd sucked in a cold breath of air. This was the Dawn ins he was talking about! The monsters there were all level 10! If any low level yer went there the only thing he would receive would be a free trip back to the spawn point... Could this great Pugilist really have the ability to hunt in the Dawn ins alone? Since when did the shitty Pugilist ss be so monstrous? After being stunned for awhile the warrior asked: "Are you selling it?" This warrior had only been asking to try his luck. It was only the start of the game so something like this set of equipment was godly in the eyes of the rest of the beginners. The chances that he would sell it was abysmal. How would have guess that Wang Yu would reply "Yes!" To Wang Yu, the only item in the entire set worth keeping was the Grey Wolfs Shoes. Since the rest were useless to him then why not just sell them off? When he first joined the studio Wang Yu had signed a contract with Li Xue stating that he had to contribute 5 gold coins each month for the first two months of the games release. In the game the currency conversion was 1 gold coin= 100 silver coins= 10000 bronze coins Wang Yu didnt spend anything when fighting monsters and even skipped levels to fight the wolves. With the money he had picked up he could have been considered a rich man now with the more than 10 silver coins he had in his bag. In the early stages of the game before the Free Market had been released, selling anything with the price of 5 gold coins was nothing but a pipe dream! Chapter 6: I’m a Martial Artist Chapter 6: Im a Martial Artist Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions In the early stages of the game, simply hunting monsters to earn 5 gold coins a month was nearly impossible since most ordinary monsters only dropped a few bronze coins per kill and there was still the costs of potions to consider! Hence the best way to earn money was to sell the equipment drops from monsters. The studios contract clearly stated that Wang Yu had to contribute a fixed amount of gold coins per month and anything else he earned would belong to him. With his current embarrassing living situation how could Wang Yu give up any opportunity to earn money? Hearing that he was willing to sell his equipment, the surrounding yers immediately leapt into action. With the high defense the equipment provided, if a knight were to wear it he would be able to tank hits from any monster in the beginner vige aside from bosses! "I have 10 silver coins here! Ill give it to you for that armour! How bout it?" The same warrior shouted hopefully. "10 silver coins?" Wang Yu was slightly stunned. It was not that he thought it was too low, just that found it too shocking. In the official exchange rate that thepany released, 1 silver coin was 1 dor in the real world. However since the game had just been released the actual price of coins in the game was more than 10 times the actual exchange rate! What this meant was that the Grey Wolfs Leather Armour he had was worth 100 dors!!! At this time yesterday, Wang Yu was being scorned due to a 1 dor bottle of water yet now in this virtual world, a random item could already earn him so much money! "Brother how about it? This is all I have on me now... If you think its too little I can still top up some real money..." Seeing that Wang Yu wasnt replying him, the warrior began to panic. While Wang Yu was still deep in thought, a thief next to the warrior suddenly burst intoughter. "You dont have any money and yet you still dare to strut around like that? Cant you see that he cant even be bothered to acknowledge you?" Following that the thief boldly said : "Brother Ill pay 50 silver coins for your leather armour and shoes! How about it?" "Fif...fifty silver coins??" The entire crowd was stunned. This thief really was a rich kid after all. The game had only been out for 3 days and he already had so many silver coins. Wang Yu maintained his emotionless expression. He didnt know what the market price for these pieces of equipment was. If he just blindly sold them off he would definitely suffer a big loss. It was safer to wait for Mu Zi Xian toe back so he could consult her or maybe even ask Li Xue first... At this point, Wang Yu opened the world chat and set up a stall to sell his equipment and immediately logged out. Aside from the shoes, all 7 of the grey wolf equipment he picked was being sold for 1 gold coin a piece. Seeing Wang Yu suddenly turn into a scarecrow the crowd instantly knew that he had logged out and began approaching his shop. The moment these yers saw the price of his goods they began to curse him in their hearts. 1 gold per equipment?! Was this motherf**ker insane? Did he lose his mind from being too poor? Taking off the headset, Wang Yu headed to find Li Xue to ask her about the prices of equipment in the current market. However, their door was still locked and they were probably still fighting monsters. Wang Yu was raised in an ancient a traditional martial arts n and was raised on the notion that women were inferior to men. Though he had long since discarded this view he still believed they shouldnt frivolouslye into contact. Having no other option he helplessly went out to the balcony and began hitting the pir. Since he could remember, Wang Yu would always do three full routines for his martial arts a day. This was a habit that had long since be a part of him and he had never taken a break even for a day! As he continued to hit the pir, Wang Yu began to recall all the battles from the morning. This game was really quite good! Wang Yu could faintly feel that the effectiveness of fighting monsters in the game was better than hitting the lifeless pir in real life! After hitting the pir for some time, Wang Yu heard some movement in the living room. Thinking that Mu Zi Xian hade home Wang Yu immediately rushed to greet her. However instead of seeing Mu Zi Xian, Wang Yu saw Mary gingerly walking out of the toilet. The moment he saw Mary, Wang Yus entire face turned red in embarrassment. Being alone with a group of girls wasnt much of a problem for Wang Yu. The problem was that Mary was wearing nothing but her underwear! It was only a tiny pair of purple underwear that wrapped tightly around her important parts to protect them... It was very natural to want to be rxed while gaming since it was very tiring to wear a heavy helmet while in game. Most people opted to lie down while ying as though they were sleeping and Mary was no exception. She must have needed to relieve herself really badly since she had ran out of the room without even bothering to put some clothes on. "S...so...sorry!" Wang Yu stammered. However contrary to his expectations Mary just burst intoughter and said: "Mr Landlord whatre you so embarrassed about? From what Sister Xue said your pecs are insane! Can I have a feel..." "....." "Boom!" Without saying a single word Wang Yu ran back to his room and mmed the door shut. "Cheh! So stingy!" Mary mumbled to herself as she continued to tip-toe back to her room. Not long after that Mu Zi Xian returned home from work. Entering the bedroom she saw Wang Yu browsing the official site for REBIRTH. Mu ZI Xian lightly chuckled and said: "Ooooh so youve learnt how to read the forums huh." "Hehe Im just casually browsing. Its nothing much." Wang Yuughed. "So how was it? Hows the feeling of independant mode? Whats your level now?" She asked. "It feels great! An well after killing wolves for the whole morning Im level 6 now..." Wang Yu replied. "Level 6? Wild Wolves? You joined a hunting party?" Mu Zi Xian asked curiously. "Nope! I hunted solo!" Wang Yu replied. "S..solo?" Hearing his reply the corner of Mu Zi Xians mouth lightly twitched. Wolves were the highest level in the beginner vige and even formed their own packs. yers would need at least a three man party to barely be able to hunt in the Dawn ins and yet Wang Yu was there fighting solo and had even reached level 6 in one morning! Mu Zi Xian was thoroughly shocked. If she knew her husband was such a demon she should have let him y even sooner! Luckily it was still only the third day sinceunch and he wasnt at that much of a disadvantage. "You can break the defenses of a level 10 monster?" Mu Zi Xian asked. In REBIRTH monsters had their own form of level suppression as well. If a level 6 yer fought a level 10 wolf, the wolfs defense would double! Even though she knew that Wang Yu was a martial artist, Mu Zi Xian found it hard to believe that he could y a wolf solo. After thinking for a bit Wang Yu said: " Break its defense? But my attacks already do true damage though?" Hearing this Mu Zi Xian was so shocked her jaw almost hit the ground. "You mean in Independent mode all your attacks have more than 100% perfection?" "I think so?" Wang Yu nodded. "Mon...monster!!!" After a second Mu Zi Xian only had this to say. Although Mu Zi Xian was only a customer service officer she was still a part of thepany and had a thorough understanding of the attack perfection rating system. If ordinary yers tried to use Independent mode the best they would be able to reach was around 70%-80% perfection which was far from what they would achieve in assisted mode. During the beta testing phase one of the programmers had personally tested Independent mode and was only able to achieve 98% perfection at best. That programmer had supposedly been someone who practised martial arts as well. Even the pugilist ss had been designed by him! However Wang Yu had not only been able to surpass 100% perfection, ording to what he said he was able to do so with every attack he unleashed! This waspletely unheard of! If Mu Zi Xian didnt know everything about her husband she would have assumed he was lying! "Hey... How can you say something like that to your husband?" Wang Yu was slightly upset. "I was too excited..." Mu Zi Xian smiled apologetically. The way she looked at Wang Yu now was as though she was looking at some heavenly being and she couldnt help but remember the first time they met... "Thank you so much for saving me!" "Dont mention it! Something like this is part of a martial artists duty anyway!" So this was what a true martial artist was like... There really was a difference between them and ordinary people! Closing the webpage, Wang Yu turned around to face Mu Zi Xian. "Oh right honey, I picked up a few pieces of equipment today and people want to buy them. Can you help me with their price? "Equipment? How many pieces?" The moment Mu Zi Xian heard the word equipment she instantly became excited and woke up from her shback. "Eight pieces! And theyre all Grey Wolf equipment!" Wang Yu replied. "Impressive! Very Impressive!" With all the surprises Wang Yu had given her Mu Zi Xian was already numb to whatever feats came next. The drop rates of monsters were also dependent on the number of yers hunting them. If a three man party wanted to find eight pieces of equipment they would need to y at least a thousand wolves! Since Wang Yu was hunting solo and skipping levels as well, picking up so many equipment drops was actually within reason. "Although you cant really level up that fast in REBIRTH these equipment are still only a transitionary set. Furthermore, theyre only Iron tier! For you to be able to sell them for 50 silver coins so early in the game is already considered not bad!" Mu ZI Xian analysed. "Really? Well then I have a price in my head then! Oh right do you have any idea where i can find the SIlver Wolf King? Ive been looking for it for half the day and Ive still yet to see it at all!" Wang Yu nodded as he asked. "Silver Wolf King? Whatre you looking for him for?" "A quest! This bastard ate the son of cksmith Li and Im going to kill him to carry out Old Lis revenge!" Wang Yu replied. "Dont tell me its Brave Heart?" "Oh so you know? GM sis give me some hints... I can pay you with my body!" Wang Yu jokingly winked. "So shameless!" Mu Zi Xian jokingly scolded and then seriously said: "Brave Heart is one of the hardest hidden quests in the entire game and it ispletely unique! Even most programmers wouldnt know the exact questline let alone me!" "So you dont know where the boss is then huh..." Wang Yu dejectedly said. "The bosss spawn point isnt something rted to the questline. It spawns in the Dawn ins at the coordinates 475-635. There is arge tree there, surrounded by a pack of wolves. After you kill all these wolves the Silver Wolf King will spawn to avenge its brethren. Mu Zi Xian replied. "Ohhhh! So its like this! No wonder I spent the whole morning searching without finding anything! So there was a spawn condition!" Wang Yu suddenly realised. " Yep! From what Ive heard this boss has a spawn condition because its supposed to be special. Supposedly its even more powerful that the average Gold grade boss! Even the programmers were afraid that it would annihte the entire beginner vige if they let it roam free!" Mu Zi Xian nodded. "Hah! Dont worry about it! Im a martial artist!" Wang Yuughed. When he talked about martial artists Wang Yu naturally exuded an air of extreme confidence and seemingly swept away the dispirited expression he normally had. This sudden change in Wang Yu stunned Mu Zi Xian as she thought to herself: "Now this is the man I remember marrying!" Chapter 7: Encounter with Bandits Chapter 7: Encounter with Bandits Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions After finishing his food, Wang Yu hurriedly entered the game once again. Upon entering the game, Wang Yu realised that his Notification Tab was shing non-stop. Since he did not have any friends, Wang Yu assumed that it was just some system notification and decided to ignore it, Wang Yu opened his store to take the equipment off the shelves. Mu Zi Xian had previously exined that in the early stages of the game, everyones levelling speed would be rtively fast, hence the value of the equipment would rapidly depreciate as time went by. After opening the store, Wang Yu realised that all the equipment had been sold, much to his surprise. "1 gold for a piece of equipment and there are still buyers?" Wang Yu looked at the 7 gold in his inventory and sighed. There really were too many rich people who didnt know where to spend their money. 7 gold for these few pieces of equipment that were almost outdated really wasnt that bad at all. After packing up his store, Wang Yu opened the shing Notification Tab and a few messages instantly popped up. Frost de: "Bro, can these equipment be any cheaper?" Frost de: "Are you there?" Frost de: "Fine, 1 gold a piece it is then, if you have any good items in the future, please tell me first..." System notification: Frost de has requested to add you as a friend. "..." Wang Yu selected the ept option and closed the Notification Tab, thinking to himself that it was a good thing that his brothers werent around, otherwise theyd never let go of the fact that someone had tried to haggle with him. Originally, based on the speed of earning in game cash, Wang Yu was very unsure of whether or not he could meet his quota of earning 5 gold. But not it seemed like he had met his quota with a single days worth of work. All that was left to do was toplete all the quests in the game! After leaving beginner vige, the number of yers were still the same as before. But Wang Yu noticed that there were gradually more yers as he moved into hunting grounds with higher levelled monsters. Even though Dawn ins could not be considered a very mainstream training area, but there were still quite a few yers, grouped in parties of two or three, that could be seen in the vicinity. Wang Yu did not bother with the meagre bits of experience points from the Wild Wolves and ran straight towards the heart of Dawn ins. Suddenly, Wang Yu heard a gust of wind behind him, a wooden arrow was headed towards his back. Wang Yu creased his brows and stretched out his right hand, catching the arrow mid-flight. System notification: You have been attacked by "Sage of Three Worlds, Death Ball" and his team, you may now retaliate for 90 seconds to defend yourself. Wang Yu turned around, only to see four yers staring at him with a look ofplete and utter disbelief. The partyposition was the mostmon one that yers used when hunting at Dawn ins: Warrior, Magician, Archer, Priest. These four jobs were also the mostmonly yed jobs in REBIRTH. After having attacked Wang Yu, the ID of the four yers were revealed above their heads. The Warrior in the front was called: Professional Blocker, the Archer: One-Shot-One-Kill and the Magician: Exterminator. The Priest, however, had the most striking name which was in grey. Sage of Three Worlds, Death Ball, from the looks of things, it seemed that though he was only 17 years old, he was the leader of this party. Though the rest of the party did not seem that much older either. "Theres nothing wrong with my eyes right, did he actually grab the arrow that I shot? In mid flight?" One-Shot-One-Kill was utterly bbergasted. Professional Blocker opened his mouth and sheepishly said: "Seems like it..." "Looks like he really is an expert, no wonder he was able to acquire so many equipments, Im not sure if we can defeat him!" Exterminator indifferently said. Death Ball, who was standing at the back, savagely said: "Whatre you scared of? With me around, no matter how strong the expert, he will also have to die and leave the equipments behind!!!" A weak and powerless Priest, had said even more arrogant and unbridled words than the others who had jobs with actual battle power. In REBIRTH, yers were free to engage in yer Killing (PK), the only restriction was that the system would protect the yer if there was a level difference of 10 or more levels. Experience points would not be lost if the yer died, only the equipment in their inventory would be lost. "What are you nning to do?" Wang Yu furiously asked. Despite the fact that Wang Yu was a martial artist, he had an extremely gentle temperament, at the very least he did not go around provoking others. He could not understand the reason why these people would attack him on their own volition. "Is this guy r*tarded?" The Priestughed as he looked towards hispanions, asking Wang Yu: "I heard you have quite a few pieces of equipment on hand?" Wang Yu unhappily replied: "Theyve all been sold, if you want to buy some you have toe earlier next time." "Thats alright, if you dont have any equipment money is fine too!" The Priest snickered. "Are you guys trying robbing me?" Wang Yu coldly asked the Priest. Even though Wang Yu was very innocent he was no fool, this was obviously a robbery. Wang Yu began to feel rather depressed, never in his wildest imagination would he have thought that his first time being robbed would be in a video game, by a bunch of kids! The Priestughed: "No bad! Youre quite smart! I think itll be wiser for you to just surrender your money, dont force our hand, even though dying wont cause you to lose any experience, but the taste of death isnt very pleasant!" "With just the five of you?" Wang Yu creased his brows and let out a deep sigh, taking a quick step to the side, stretching his hand out and grabbing the Thief. After grabbing the Thiefs head, Wang Yu violently mmed him onto the ground. Originally this party had a total of five people, but one Thief had been hiding behind Wang Yu using [Stealth], waiting for an opportunity to attack him. Who would have known that Wang Yu had been a martial artist for years? With a radius of several tens of metres, he could even sense the movement of every de of grass, let alone the killing intent exuded by someone staring at him from behind. "!!!!!!??????" "Hows that even possible?" After seeing that the Thief had been struck and even knocked out of his stealth, the other four people in the party were utterly stupefied. The one who had been mmed on the ground by Wang Yu was a Thief called Butt Stabber, he was in an even greater shock than the rest. [Stealth] waspletely useless, even the Archers [Concentrated Shot] had been caught by Wang Yu. Since when did the Pugilist be so overpowered? Silence, a deathly silence... "Oh My! Death Ball, it really is you, who would have thought that we would be in the same beginner vige, it must be fate!" Just at this moment, a sound from not far away broke the silence. Looking towards the direction of the sound, a Priest and a Warrior were walking towards them. Even though the words spoken by the Priest sounded very friendly and amiable, he wore an expression of disdain and disgust on his face. Wang Yu grew rather depressed, even though the Priest job had nobat potential whatsoever, why did it seem as though all Priests were natural born leaders? Why was the party leader of every party a Priest? When Death Ball looked at the person walking over, he revealed a very frightened expression: "Fearless you scoundrel!! This isnt the business of your Quan Zhen Sect! Just f*ck off!" The Priest walked right in front of Death Ball and rubbed his head: "Who would have thought that you really are just a kid, its almost time for your finals, yet here youre still ying games?" "F*ck your mom!!" After being embarrassed like that, Death Ball flew into a rage, raising his staff to strike at Fearless, but he was swiftly struck to the ground by the Warrior standing behind Fearless, who then pierced Death Balls throat with his de. A Priest was merely a support job, with very low health. Furthermore Death Ball was a Priest who focused on increasing his Spirit, he was instantly struck to death and turned into a ray of white light. Wang Yus pupils contracted, this Warrior was also someone who used the Independent mode! If one used the Assisted mode, they would how to use attacks that had been designed and allowed by the system. A warrior who was able to use the hilt of his sword to cast [Heavy Strike] was definitely someone who was using the Independent mode, anyone who had used the Independent mode before would be able to see the difference! After witnessing their boss get killed without a chance to resist, the remaining members of the party were scared witless, they all stood rooted to the ground, afraid to make even the slightest bit of movement. Fearless smiled sweetly as he asked them: "Are you guys also from the Apocalypse guild?" The group hurriedly shook their heads: "We are only Death Balls ssmates..." "Oh." Fearless immediately understood andughed: "Little kids, dont be led astray at such a tender age, please pay more attention to your studies, uncle doesnt wish to bully you guys today, please leave!" This group of kids vigorously nodded their heads and sobbed: "We...we understand, thank you uncle." The group of kids immediately ran away, not a single one dared to look back. Once that was over, Fearless turned around and walked towards Wang Yu: "Hello, Im called Fearless! This is my friend, Boson!" As he spoke, he pointed towards the Warrior standing behind him. "Nice to meet you guys, Im called Iron Bull, thank you for your help just now!" Wang Yu thanked the duo. Even though Wang Yu could have easily taught those kids a lesson by himself, it was only right to be polite to those that had helped him. Fearlessughed as he asked: "Brother Iron Bull, how did you offend those people from the Apocalypse guild?" Wang Yu shook his head and said: "Im not too sure myself, I think they were trying to steal my equipment..." Fearlessughed: "That does seem like something they would do! Brother Iron Bull, you have to be more careful in the future, those b*stards are extremely vengeful!!" "Just a bunch of kids!" Wang Yu said dismissively. Truth be told, Wang Yu simply did not mind what had happened at all, to squabble with those kids was simply too much! Fearlessughed: "The Apocalypse guild is quite strong, Death Ball is but a minor character there! Brother Iron Bull, its best to be more careful!" "Mm, I got it, thank you for the reminder!" Wang Yu nodded in agreement. "Lets add each other as friends, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. In the future if the Apocalypse guild cause any trouble for you, just send me a message!" "Alright!" Wang Yu agreed, sending the duo a friend request. After having added each other as friends, Fearless very politely said: "Then we wont hold you back from levelling up then Brother Iron Bull!" "Mm, goodbye!" After leaving the two, Wang Yu continued walking towards the heart of Dawn ins. As he watched Wang Yu leave, Boson suddenly said: "That Pugilist is not simple! "Really?" Fearless was caught by surprise, Boson was a rather proud person and rarely had anything good to say about others. Boson nodded his head: "After seeing his attack just now, I realised that he uses the Independent mode just like me! Furthermore, hes a solo yer, he is probably slightly stronger than me!" "Stronger than you?" Fearless stared at Boson: "Youve got to be kidding me!" Bosonughed: "If you dont believe me, why dont we just follow him?" Chapter 8: 100% Dodge Rate Chapter 8: 100% Dodge Rate Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Based the coordinates that Mu Zi Xian had given him, Wang Yu knew that the Silver Wolf King was located in the heart of Dawn ins. Ignoring all the Wild Wolfs that spawned along the way, Wang Yu headed straight towards therge tree that Mu Zi Xian had told him about. The tree was extremely tall and its canopy was immensely dense and wide, just like a gigantic umbre. It stood tall and proud, looming over the rest of Dawn ins. Twelve wolves with white fur, that looked much stronger than the average Wild Wolf, were currentlyzing around in the shade of therge tree. The eight that were lying further from therge tree were of a lower level, being just normal monsters. Silver Wolf Warrior (LV12) (Elite) HP: 1000 MP: 100 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch], [Lunge] The four lying closer to the tree were of a slightly higher level and were even Elite monsters. Silver Wolf Guards (LV15) (Elite) HP: 2000 MP: 2000 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch], [Lunge] It looks like in REBIRTH, you were unable to see the monsters attributes, but just looking at these wolves that were definitely much stronger than the Wild Wolves, Wang Yu knew that getting bitten by them would definitely hurt, but that was IF they managed tond a hit on him... Just a this moment, Fearless and Boson had managed to catch up. "Lets stop here, any closer and he will notice us." Boson held Fearless back as he exined. Fearless was shocked: "You must be kidding! From this ce......I cant even see clearly and youre tell me that he will notice us?" The two of them were several tens of meters away and could only barely make out what was happening in the distance. "Even a Thief using [Stealth] was easily caught by him, do you think that you, a mere Priest, has a better concealment ability than a Thief?" Boson asked. "Er......Whats he doing now?" Looking at Wang Yu facing off against those twelve wolfs by himself, Fearless was very confused: "Dont tell me he ns to solo all those Silver Wolf Warriors by himself..." The spawn point of Silver Wolf Warriors in Dawn ins was by no means a secret, in fact there would usually be some yers who woulde by to train. Those who did had even personally experienced how powerful these monsters are. It wasmon knowledge that even though Wild Wolves did not have very high HP, they used their high attack and group tactics to make up for that. For these level 12, special monsters, in the early stages of the game, they were simply unkible for any yer. "That cant be..." Boson didnt dare to confirm it either. As someone who also used the Independent mode, Boson was very confident in his own abilities, but even he wouldnt dare to take on this group of Silver Wolf Warriors. Especially not together with the four Silver Wolf Guards. Boson was a very proud man. Even though he could see that Wang Yu was stronger than he was, he only admitted that Wang Yu was slightly stronger than himself. As Warrior, taking on the Silver Wolf Warrior alone was already overestimating himself. Wang Yu was merely a Pugilist so how much stronger could he be? "F*ck! Hes really walking towards them!" Fearless pointed at Wang Yu and shouted. Boson rubbed his chin andmented: "If he lures them over one by one, even though that would expend a lot of effort, killing these monster with low level AI would only be a matter of time. Even I would barely be able to do it." Fearless nkly stared at Wang Yu: "It doesnt look as though he the intention to lure them over." "What!" As Boson looked up, he realised that Wang Yu had swaggered straight to the tree, right into the encirclement of the 12 wolves, whistling at them to catch their attention as though they were normal dogs. "Heh, so this is your expert haha! You have truly broadened my horizons!" Fearless mocked. "Th....This fool! Is he looking for death?" Bosons face was dripping with sweat as he watched the scene before him unfold. What happened next left them both utterly speechless. As Wang Yu walked towards therge tree, he had already walked into the attack range of the wolves. The twelve wolves howled as they walked towards Wang Yu. These wolves revealed a sinister and ferocious expression, saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths, as though it had been ages since theirst meal. The whistle from Wang Yu was like amand to them, the twelve wolfs quickly surrounded Wang Yu, baring their fangs and ws at him before pouncing towards him. Wang Yu was not flustered at all, jumping up. He used his legs, rhythmically using the tree bark to climb higher, leaping through the air as he avoided the first wave of attacks from the wolves. Leaping once more, Wang Yu broke through the encirclement of the wolves with ease. Wang Yunded softly behind a Silver Wolf Guard, using [Lateral Kick] to knock it up, striking it in the throat, Combo 1, Combo 2, Combo 3... The pitiful Silver Wolf Guard was beaten senseless by Wang Yu while still suspended in midair. However Wang Yu didnt stop there and continued to attack the Silver Wolf Guard, methodically striking at it throat, lower back and jaw. Wang Yus figure continuously shed, dodging each and every [Eviscerate] and [Scratch] from the pack of wolves. The pitiful Silver Wolf Guard that Wang Yu had beaten to death had not even touched the ground once. As he saw the wolves preparing to pounce at him in unison again, Wang Yu ran straight towards therge tree, not even bothering to pick up the items dropped by the Silver Wolf Guard after it died. "Th...this isnt a dream right..." Fearless rubbed his eyes again and again. He couldnt believe what he had just seen. A Silver Wolf Guard with 2000HP, had beenbo-ed to death by a Pugilist, if this wasnt a dream, then it had to be a bug in the system. Bosons face was twitching non stop. He had originally thought that his fighting capabilities was about the same as Iron Bull the Pugilist, since he had chosen the stronger job. But after watching Wang Yu fight, Boson realised what he said was extremelyughable, slightly weaker? He simply didnt have the qualifications to bepared to Wang Yu. "Its not a BUG, thats the capability of the Independent mode!" Boson emotionally said. Fearless was appalled: "Hows that possible, even when the Silver Wolves attack him he doesnt lose any health..." Boson replied: "Its not that he doesnt lose any health, but that he simply did not receive any attacks!" As someone who dared to use the Independent mode, Boson was someone with some capabilities, at the very least he had better vision than Fearless. "He didnt get hit???" Bosons words left Fearless even more appalled: "Dont tell me this is the legendary 100% dodge rate? In an encirclement of so many wolves, to be able to dodge all their attacks, is this guy human???!!!" If Wang Yu had heard what Fearless had just said, he would definitely haveughed bitterly. In reality, Wang Yu would definitely be able to effortlessly dodge all the attacks from a pack of wolves, but in the game, especially at this early phase in the game where his attributes made him as weak as a child, to be able to do so required hisplete concentration. For example, when facing the [Lunge] that the Silver Wolves used together in unison, Wang Yu did not haveplete confidence to dodge this attack, thus he used the geographical features to assist him in dodging the attack. Originally Wang Yu did not intend to waste so much mental stamina, luring the wolves over one by one would make it much easier to kill them. But Mu Zi Xian had explicitly said that the only way to get the Silver Wolf King to reveal himself was to kill all the Silver Wolves before even a single one of them respawned. Being something that was pre-programmed by aputer, the AI of these wolves were low. With their monotonous and preset attack patterns, as long as he paid attention, he would not be hit at all. In less than 3 minutes, the eight Silver Wolf Warriors and four Silver Wolf Guard had all beenpletely massacred! This meant that he took slightly more than 10 seconds to kill one......This sort of efficiency was something only ate game yer should have! The underlings of the boss were all worthy of praise, every Silver Wolf Warrior dropped 1 silver coin and the Silver Wolf Guards dropped 2 silver coins each, even leaving behind two bronze tier equipments. Silver Wolf Tooth (Ring) (Bronze) Physical Defense: 4-6 Magic Resistance: 1-3 Effects: Hemophile - This ring grants the user a 5% chance to steal life equal to 1% of the damage dealt to the opponent. Level Requirement: 10 Silver Wolf w (Bronze) Physical Defense: 5-10 Magic Resistance: 5-10 Effect: Hinder - User has a 5% chance to lower the opponents attack, with a 20m radius. Level Requirement: 10 The attributes that these equipment granted the user were not bad, at the very least it was better than nothing. After keeping the equipment in his inventory, Wang Yu sat down and crossed his legs, recovering his MP. "Okay, lets leave!" Boson pulled the stupefied Fearless as he said: "Now you know this man is an expert!" Fearless slowly recovered, shaking his head and said: "This man is simply a god, sadly hes not very bright, choosing the Pugilist job..." "Hmph, what the f*ck do you know! Even if someone like him chose to be a Magician, he would still be equally tyrannical!" "Mm, thats true!" Fearless nodded his head in agreement, firmly believing what Boson had said, after watching Wang Yu fight, he had no choice but to agree. "ROAR!!!!!!" Just as the duo was about to walk away, they suddenly heard a loud roar that shook the entire Dawn ins. Upon hearing the loud roar, all the higher level yers training in Dawn ins quietly thought: "What happened? What kind of heinous deed are these wolves nning?" Sitting below the canopy, Wang Yus eye snapped open as he smirked: "Its here!!" Chapter 9: Heaven Defying Strength Chapter 9: Heaven Defying Strength Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Immediately after the loud roar a violent wind swept out ripping the grass from beneath therge tree. Wang Yu immediately stood up and jumped back. At the spot where he once sat stood an extremelyrge wolf. This wolf had a wless snow white fur coat without a single blemish and wasrger than the wild cows outside of the vige by more than a head! Its eyes were like saucers and its mouth was nothing more than a bloody maw meant to kill. Every move it made was brimming with an aura of majesty and the presence of a king. If it hadnt just spawned, the wolf would probably have made an even grander entrance. HP: 50000 MP: 2000 Skills: [Eviscerate], [Scratch], [Lunge], [Full Moon Charge] After looking at the wolf kings attributes Wang Yu was slightly shocked. Was this it? Wasnt this boss supposed to be incredibly monstrous? Aside from its high health and additional skill it was just a stronger version of the Silver Wolf Warrior! If any other yers could hear Wang Yus thoughts they would definitely be cursing his ancestors.This was a silver grade boss! Its level was so high it couldnt even be seen and no other yer would even be able to break its defense at their current level. Only Wang Yu would think that the boss was merely so! For example Fearless and Boson werepletely stunned by the boss. "The f**k? A silver boss? Why isnt he running away? Dont tell me he ns on solo-ing it?!" Fearless eximed. Although Boson wasnt as shocked as Fearless, he was still rather shaken by Wang Yus actions and mumbled to himself. "It cant be... Or does he really have the ability to challenge a silver boss? Does this guy have any limits?" "Suddenly I feel very excited about watching this fight." After the initial shock, Fearless was filled with excitement. Being able to watch someone solo a silver grade boss would be umon even in theter stages of the game let alone now! As he spoke Fearless opened the games recording function. When Wang Yu had solo-ed the group of wolves earlier Fearless had been so shocked that he forgot to record the entire fight and was afraid that he would miss this one as well. On the other hand Wang Yu waspletely disappointed in the wolf. As a martial artist, taking on challenges of unimaginable difficulty was already a part of his nature. Wang Yu had originally thought that the boss would be something special. But after seeing its attributes he let out a dejected sigh. Having already gotten used to the attack patterns of the Silver Wolf Warriors and Guards, no matter how much health they had, Wang Yu would just need a few more punches to finish them off. Thinking of this Wang Yu pointed at the Silver Wolf King and curled his finger repeatedly as though he was issuing it a challenge. Seeing Wang Yus provocation the wolf king felt as though its honour had been sullied. It angrily bared its fangs, arched its body and lunged straight at Wang Yu. Wang Yu knew that this was the skill [Lunge] and it would have only been impossible to dodge if more than ten wolves used it simultaneously. However since it was only the Silver Wolf King using it, no matter how fast it was Wang Yu would still be able to dodge it. With a small sidestep Wang Yu hadpletely dodged the Silver Wolf Kings attack causing it tond on the empty ground. Completely within expectations! Wang Yu lightly chuckled and was just about to unleash his [Lateral Kick] and start hisbo when the Silver Wolf King turned around and immediately wed him! When the Silver Wolf Kingnded it had immediately turned around to attack Wang Yu without pausing! Wang Yu was caught off guard and immediately rushed to block the blow but was still sent flying backwards! -282 A blood red number appeared atop Wang Yus head. Wang Yu and Bosons minds shook and eximed in unison: "Independent mode!!" "What do you mean?" Fearless asked in confusion. "This Silver Wolf King is a monster using Independent Mode! No wonder it had that behind its name!" "What difference does a monster with Independent Mode have with a normal monster?" Fearless asked. "Of course theres a huge difference! Normal monster have very limited and robotic movements and will always have a short pause after their attacks. With Independent Mode, the monsters will have none of these limitations and would be fighting purely based on instinct. What this means is that yers wouldnt simply be fighting a monster in a game, they would be fighting an actual wild animal!" Boson exined. "Then wouldnt Iron Bull be in danger?" Fearless gasped in shock. "Yes!" Boson nodded. "Then we should go and help him!" Fearless said. Even if he couldnt solo the Silver Wolf King, Wang Yu was still an unfathomable expert and he needed help right now! "No, dont go. Well just be running towards our death!" Boson shook his head as he said. "Why?" "Because the creators are too ruthless!" Boson cursed. "Didnt you see that before the Pugilist challenged it the Silver Wolf King had no reaction? Monster in Independent Mode dont have an aggro system! They will aim for the weakest enemy they see! You think well be able to do anything with just the two of us? "...." Fearless waspletely speechless. A monster that wasnt under the aggro system? What kind of concept was that? This was exactly the ruthlessness of the creators that Boson was talking about. "Brave Heart" was a mission that was supposed to bepleted alone. If the Silver Wolf King had the aggro system then yers would try to find ways to exploit it toplete the quest! For example, yers could simply surround the Silver Wolf King in a group but not form a party and allow the yer who epted the quest to freely attack. 50000 HP would eventually be grinded down anyway. Hence the even more sadistic creators decided to remove the aggro system from the Silver Wolf King! No wonder Mu Zi Xian had said that it would be even harder to deal with than Gold grade bosses! It was exactly as Fearless had said, Wang Yu current situation was incredibly precarious! Firstly, Wang Yu only had 300 HP in total. Even if he hadnt been killed in one hit, that one strike from the Silver Wolf King had only left him with slightly more than 10HP. Secondly, the Silver Wolf King was already lunging at Wang Yu again! At the brink of death, Wang Yu onlyughed as he said: "Very good! You really didnt disappoint me!" With a flip, Wang Yu got back up on his feet and dodged the Silver Wolf Kings [Lunge]. After missing Wang Yu again the Silver Wolf King immediately used [Scratch] again. Instead of retreating, Wang Yu dashed forward and jumped behind the Silver Wolf Kings waist and used [Lateral Kick] causing the the Silver Wolf King to tremble from head to toe. As a boss, the Silver Wolf King had 80% resistance to crowd control skills. Even if Wang Yus attack exceeded 200% perfection he would only be able to stop the Silver Wolf Kings movements for a brief moment due to his low level. Luckily the creators hadnt been too ruthless when they designed the Silver Wolf King since it didnt have any damage reduction. The one kick that Wang Yu had delivered had done roughly 300 damage! The Silver Wolf King winced in pain and turned around to use [Eviscerate]. As he chuckled, Wang Yu leaned over to the other side of the Silver Wolf Kings stomach and bent down and delivered a vicious hook to its soft underbelly! "Awooo..." The wolf painfully cried out after being hit in its vitals and immediately jumped away. However Wang Yu emotionlessly followed and delivered punch after punch to its stomach! Every Hit thatnded had been on a vital! The Silver Wolf King had been hit to the point that its legs were beginning to give way and it almost fell over! Not far off both Boson and Fearless were frightened out of their wits. "He cant be human!!!" They eximed together. Although Wang Yus method of attack seemed simple but it required one to continuously hide in the Silver Wolf Kings blindspots. To aplish something like this, one needed to be able to constantly observe the Silver Wolf Kings movements and be able to react ordingly and adjust his positioning. The slightest mistake would result in death! Wang Yus evasion was on point and he hadpletely grasped the timing of the Silver Wolf Kings attack. From the start to end, Wang Yu was like a wless machine and never gave the Silver Wolf King another opportunity to attack him! This waspletely unheard of! Such a thing was the legendary extreme maniption!! Aside from Boson and Fearless, even the people in the game control centre were shocked! When Wang Yu had started fighting with the Silver Wolf King, the system had sent out a notification. <> The control centre staff who heard this were instantly stunned. "Silver Wolf King? A Pugilist really epted this quest? And he actually managed to spawn the Silver Wolf King?" One of the creators seemed to find joy in Wang Yus plight andughed as he said: "AHAHAHA! No matter how many people he finds to fight the Silver Wolf King with him itll still be useless since our Wolf King has the Independent mode! This poor fool has definitely suffered some huge losses! "Definitely! Definitely!" the crowd nodded. However after another minute, the system still disyed the message! "Huh? Hes still fighting the boss? He can really take such a beating?" Seeing the message one of the members of the development team asked. Hearing someone question the ability of the demonic boss that he had created the game designer angrily shouted: "Little Zhao! Bring up the video! Lets see whats going on down there!" The game designer called "Little Zhao" nodded and magnified the video on the screen and zoomed in on Wang Yu. In a moment, all the Members of the team were shocked beyond words... A Pugilist with only 18 HP left was currently dodging all of the Silver Wolf Kings attacks and even returning his own! The poor Silver Wolf King who couldnt even touch the Pugilist was continuously crying out in pain! Watching this seen caused the team to feel as though they were dreaming. After a long time someone suddenly shouted: "F**! Is this guy cheating?" "Cheat my ass! With the helmet connecting directly to the cloud system how could anyone cheat in the game?" "Maybe hes using an additional software or something? Quickly lock onto this yer!" "Okay!" After a brief moment of silence with nothing but the cking sounds from their keyboards, one of the workers face lost all its colour. "H..h..how could this be? Theres no trace of any third-party software being used!" Seeing his expression, the rest of the team immediately rushed over to look at his screen. "This man ispletely legit!" Hearing his words, the rest of the creators sucked in a cold breath of air. If he wasnt cheating, didnt it just mean that this yer had Heaven defying strength? Chapter 10: First Bucket of Gold Chapter 10: First Bucket of Gold Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wang Yu who was currently defying the heavens waspletely oblivious to the fact that he had attracted the attention of Soaring Dragon Game Studios! He simply remained calm andposed and continued to pummel away at the Silver Wolf King without missing a beat! The Silver Wolf Kings health continued to slowly deplete and soon it had only 30% left! "AWOOOOOO!!!" With a savage howl, the Silver Wolf King leapt five meters away from Wang Yu. Just as Wang Yu was about to close the distance again the Silver Wolf King suddenly turned blurry. [Full Moon Charge]!! When Wang Yu saw the Silver Wolf Kings body turn blurry he suddenly remembered this skill and thought to himself: "So this is the Silver Wolf Kings finishing move then?" While Wang Yu was thinking this, the Silver Wolf King created a series of afterimages that lunged towards Wang Yu. Wang Yu held his breath and fixed his gaze onto the Silver Wolf King as his movement technique became increasingly mysterious. A twist to the left, a duck to the right... It was as though Wang Yu was dancing! 1...2...3......7! The after images shed seven times and Wang Yu advanced seven steps towards the real Silver Wolf King as his body warped seven times as well! Every time one of the afterimages seemed like it was about to hit him, Wang Yu would twist his body at thest moment and avoid itpletely! The [Full Moon Charge] haspletely missed!!! Boson, Fearless and the entire development team were so shocked they lost their ability to speak! The game control centre was deathly quiet at this moment... "He... Hepletely avoided the [Full Moon Charge] didnt he..." The creator of the Silver Wolf King feebly asked. "Yea..." The crowd nodded. "What a beast..." It was as if the entire team could hear the sound of the creators heart shattering. If the creator had heard what Wang Yu had to say about the Silver Wolf King, his heart would definitely have turned to dust. "What was with that messy and haphazard attack? Was that supposed to hit me or something?" Wang Yueughed. It wasnt that Wang Yu was being arrogant, rather it was that the [Full Moon Charge] had seemed full of openings to him. It wasnt evenparable to when the Silver Wolf King had been trying to hit Wang Yu with its ws and fangs! What kind of finisher was this supposed to be? It was simply a pile of shit! This was what Wang Yu had wanted to say the most. After using the [Full Moon Charge], the Silver Wolf King seemed to have lost some of its previous majesty like a poisonous snake that had spat out its poison. The Silver Wolf King seemed slightly depressed and its movements had even slowed down! Seeing this scene Wang Yu simplyughed as he charged towards the Silver Wolf King to finish it off. Wang Yu brutally unleashed a [Lateral Kick] on the jaw of the Silver Wolf King, causing its head to fly back. Hook, choke, one inch punch.... Combo 1, Combo 2, Combo 3... At this moment, it was as though the Silver Wolf King had be the training pir in Wang Yus house as he continued to wail on the Silver Wolf King. Wang Yus body constantly shed as he relentlessly hit the poor wolf. The Silver Wolf King let out a pitiful whelp as it gave up resisting and soon transformed into a beam of white light and returned to the systems embrace. Before it died, a trace of unwillingness and anger shed on the face of the Silver Wolf King as it disappeared. At the same time, Wang Yu who had absorbed the experience points of the Independent mode silver grade boss levelled up 3 times at one shot! When he had fought the twelve Silver Wolf Warriors previously, Wang Yu had earned enough experience to reach 90% experience at level 6! With the experience from killing the Silver Wolf King, if the level limit hadnt been capped at 10 before yers finished the final beginner vige quest Wang Yu wouldnt have only levelled up three times. World Announcement: yer "Iron Bull" from beginner vige 3318 has the in the boss "Silver Wolf King" and is the first person to vanquish it, taking another step forward on the path of heroes! Seeing this announcement, the every yer in the game was stunned. Most people knew what the Silver Wolf Warrior was but a Silver Wolf King? What boss was that? Howe they had never heard of it before? Who was Iron Bull? Was he a pro gamer or something? Which game did he transfer over from? What was his ss? Was he a Warrior? Or maybe a Magician? Within seconds everyone began guessing the true identity of Iron Bull. Of course a gaming noob like Wang Yu wasnt bothered about such things and happily picking up the loot that the Silver Wolf King had dropped. The Silver Wolf Kings generosity really lived up to its name as a Silver grade boss! It had dropped several gold coins and 3 pieces of equipment! Wolf Kings w (Dagger) (Silver) Physical attack 22-29 Magic attack 10-13 [Hemophile]: 10% chance of activating lifesteal when attacking and convert 2% of damage done to health. [Grievous Wound]: 10% chance to disable enemy and reduce movement speed by 20% Level requirement: 15 Wolf Kings Fortune (Ne) (Gold) Physical attack 31-42 Magic attack 15-19 [Concentration]: Heals a fixed amount of MP every 3 seconds [Recovery]: Recover 1% of max HP every 3 seconds Additional Skill: -[Full Moon Charge]: Summon seven Wolf Kings to lunge at an enemy simultaneously. Each wolf King does damage equal to users Strength*3. 6 hours cooldown. Level requirement: 10 Wolf Kings Shadow (Shoes) (Silver) Physical defense 22-29 Magic resistance 10-13 Increases movement speed by 10% [Haste]: Increases attack speed by 10% [Ghost]: Increases movement speed by 200% for 3 seconds, 180 second cooldown. Level requirement: 10 The Silver Wolf King had also dropped a skill book when it died! Skillbook for [Return To Origin] [Return To Origin]: Passive Skill, Increases Physical attack and Magic attack by 10% ss Requirement: None Legacy Command: Unknown use, perhaps it has some mysteries in it! Aside from all of these drops, Wang Yu had also gained 1000 points of fame. Looking at how full his experience bar was, Wang Yu felt very pleased with himself and turned around to return to the vige since continuing to hunt was pointless. The moment he set foot into the beginner vige, Wang Yu immediately heard the sound of a notification. When he opened it to take a look, Wang Yu realised that the message was sent by Frost de causing him to immediately light up. His god of fortune had arrived! In the morning, Frost de had spent 7 gold coins to buy a bunch of overpriced equipment. If news of what Wang Yu had acquired were to reach him, he would definitely splurge on Wang Yustest finds. Opening the notification Frost des greeting was: "Brother, did the Silver Wolf King drop anything good?" "Equipment and a skillbook!" Wang Yu replied. "Send me the pictures!" "Um... How do I send pictures?" Wang Yu awkwardly asked. "You dont even know how to take a screenshot of your status page? Dont tell me youre a noob?" "Well yea... This is my first time ying a game after all!" Wang Yu honestly replied. "Monstrous!" Frost de sent a thumbs up emoji to Wang Yu over the chat and then taught him how to send a screenshot of his status page. After learning, Wang Yu immediately sent pictures of all the items that he had picked up to Frost de. After looking at the items Frost de was stunned for a few seconds before eximing: "Name your price!" The game had only been out for three days and not only had Wang Yu acquired bronze tier equipment, but also silver and gold tier ones as well! He really was a genius is this regard! Those two bronze tier equipment were extremely beneficial to closebat sses and were must haves! And the dagger was something that thieves would dream of in their sleep! As for the one Gold tier ne even Wang Yu could see that it was extremely valuable let alone Frost de. Name a price? How was Wang Yu supposed to name a price for something like this? "Im not familiar with the market rate!" Wang Yu ndly said. "Ill give you 10 gold coins for the ring, 15 gold coins for the armour and the rest Ill pay with real money!" Frost de replied. Hearing this, Wang Yu was stunned by Frost des "heroic spirit". It was just 2 pieces of virtual equipment and this guy was willing to pay more than 10000 for it? Were people these days really that crazy about games? "Thats fine. Come over to the cksmith. Well discuss this face to face." Not long after a Thief soon soundlessly appeared next to Wang Yu. This Thief was actually rather good looking, however his constantly attempts to actually act like would made it hard for people around him to not smile. "Are you Iron Bull?" After looking at Wang Yu, Frost de found it rather hard to believe he was actually the real Iron Bull. He had originally thought that the demon who killed the first boss would be a Warrior or maybe a Magician, not some trashy Pugilist! "Youre Frost de?" Was Yu was slightly startled as well. He didnt imagine that the rich buyer was someone like this... Frost de nodded and said: "Yea I am. Lets trade then!". As he spoke, Frost de took out a bag of gold coins and passed it to Wang Yu who also took out the ring and armour and ced it in Frost des hands. "Ill pay 5000 for the dagger, 10000 for the shoes and 20000 for the ne. Tell me your bank ount number and Ill transfer the money over to you!" Frost de said afterpleting the trade. "Im not selling the shoes and ne. I n on using them myself actually." Wang Yu said as he shook his head. "What... Then why did you even send me the pictures of those just now?" "Well you asked what drops I got from the boss!" Wang Yu cluelessly replied. "You really are a noob huh..." Frost de said dejectedly. In REBIRTH equipment didnt have any sort of protection on them so experienced yers wouldnt show their equipment so easily. Unlike Wang Yu who had honestly disyed all his items to Frost de. "Yea this is my first day ying!" Wang yu nodded. "Okay then Ill send you a friend request as well! Quickly give me your bank ount number so I can transfer you the money!" "Just give me a second." Wang Yu hurriedly said and immediately logged out. After a short while, Wang Yu logged back in a sent a string of numbers to Frost de. "Youve never used your card before huh?" "Yea... My wife set it up for me awhile back. It wasnt easy to find the card actually..." Wang Yu blushed. With a sigh Frost de quickly got to work. "Done! The money has been transferred!" "Okay!" With a nod Wang Yu took out the dagger and handed it to Frost de. "Yo...youre not going to check if the money was actually transferred?" Seeing Wang Yus response had felt Frost de in shock. "Er.... How do I check my ount?" Wang Yu quizzically asked. "Oh my god! Im so done here!" And so Frost de thought Wang Yu how to sync his bank ount with his REBIRTH ount and then thought him how to check his bnce, confirming that the 50000 had been sessfully transferred. Looking at the money in his ount he felt an indescribable feeling well up inside him as he continuously counted the money again and again. 50000 dors! This was the first time Wang Yu had ever earned any money in his life! Who would have thought he would have earned it like this? "Alright then Ill be heading off first. Call me if you find any other good equipment!" After he finished speaking, Frost de stealthily disappeared from where we was standing. After Frost de had left, Wang Yu counted the money in his bank ount for the final time before walking in front cksmith Li. When cksmith Li saw Wang Yu this time around, he didnt have the same cold and aloof attitude as he did the first time, he was even slightly emotional as he said: "Brave warrior, I cant believe that you really yed that despicable wolf king!" Hearing his words Wang Yu was slightly depressed. If he couldnt believe it then was this old man trying to send him to his death in the first ce? "Yes!" Wang Yu nodded. "Wuu...Wu... My son... Your father has avenged you..." After the short emotional skit, the cksmith immediately regained hisposure and even had a smile on his face! This caused Wang Yu to secretly sigh. NPCs really were freaks werent they. Crying one moment and thenughing the next, this really was too fast. "Respected and noble warrior, I must thank you again for helping me avenge my son!" "All in a days work for a martial artist!" Wang Yu humbly replied. cksmith Li ignored what Wang yu had said and continued his speech. "A long time ago, I had saved a Pugilist who was in danger. After he died he left a weapon in my care, hoping that one day I would be able to meet a true hero and pass it on! Are you willing to ept it?" "Of course!" Wang Yu excitedly replied. "Since he saved the Pugilist how did he still end up dying? Are the creators idiots or something?" Wang Yu secretly thought to himself. "Achoo!" One of the creators fiercely sneezed. "Motherf**ker! Winter is already so hard to bear and now I have to deal with a cold?" He cursed. Hearing that Wang Yu was willing to ept the reward, cksmith Li happily reached under the counter and took out something that looked like a pair of gloves. Chapter 11: System Upgrade Chapter 11: System Upgrade Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions As he watched the cksmith casually take out the equipment from underneath the counter, Wang Yus heart sank. Whatever it was that the cksmith hadid out on the countertop probably wasnt anything good, however it couldnt be any worse than the Old Cloth Gloves that he was currently wearing. As he thought about it, Wang Yu stretched out his hand to receive the equipment. Wang Yu was stunned when he looked at the attributes of the gloves that he had just received. Not because it was a piece of trash, but because it was too strong! It was simply wasnt a piece of equipment that should exist in the beginner vige. Martial Artists Regret (Fist Weapon) (Silver) (Broken) (Repairable) Physical Attack: 40-40 Magical Attack: 40-40 Effects: [Haste] - Attack speed is increased by 20% [Spread] - 10% of physical damage dealt to the target will hit the monsters surrounding it, up to a maximum of 60% of the original attack. Special ability: [Swallow] - This equipment can merge with other equipments of the same time, to repair itself and advance its grade. Level Requirement: 1 Wang Yu did not really understand the attributes and skills of the weapon. But he had already seen other silver tier weapons andpared to them, this fist weapon was at least twice as strong and wereparable to even gold tier weapons... Furthermore, the two added effects from the weapon were both rather overpowered, one increased his attack speed and the other let him deal AOE damage! These skills both greatly increased the rate that he could kill monsters and coincidentally covered for the greatest weakness of the Pugilist. "Brave Heart" was indeed worthy of being an S ranked quest. Even the equipment that was given as the reward wasnt normal. After putting on the equipment and waving his fist about, Wang Yu could really feel that his speed and power had greatly increased. Even though it still couldnt match up to his power in real life, but such arge increase in power was not bad at all. Wang Yu was in a great mood, happily saying: "Thank you Old Li!" ckSmith Li mechanically nodded his head: "Honorable Warrior, I wish you sess in your Journey of the Brave." Shortly after, Wang Yu received two notifications. The first was that he had received 50 000 experience points forpleting the quest. However, since he was still in the beginner vige, the amount of experience he received was suppressed, thus he did not manage to level up. The next was a quest notification. System notification: "Brave Heart" part 2: The inheritance. Job change to the hidden job- Martial Artist. Job change token 1/1. Wang Yu was stunned, taking out the small ck token and thought: "So this item is needed for me to change my job." Job change could only happen after reaching level 10 and going into the main city. After keeping the token, Wang Yu rushed towards the vige za in search of the Vige Chief. "Hello Chief! "Honorable Brave Warrior, you have arrived!" After seeing Wang Yu, the Vige Chief very respectfully said. This was the second time that Wang Yu had interacted with the Vige Chief, but was referred to as Brave Warrior instead of Iron Bull. "Indeed!" Wang Yu nodded. "Why have youe to find me?" "The world is vast, I would like to go out to broaden my horizons!" Wang Yu followed the systems instructions and replied the Vige Chief ordingly. "...mm" The Vige Chief sighed as he replied: "I can already see that you possess a great strength, but that is still insufficient!" Wang Yu knew that this was a quest! So he asked: "Then what do i need to do?" "To prove your strength is sufficient, go to therge tree in Dawn ins and retrieve the mane of a Silver Wolf Warrior!" System notification: You have triggered the quest "Training to leave the vige", C rank quest, will you ept it?" "ept." Training to leave the vige quest info: In order to prove that you have sufficient strength to wander the world, please go to Dawn ins and retrieve the mane of a Silver Wolf Warrior for the Vige Chief. Silver Wolf Warriors mane 0/1 "Just wait for it!" Wang Yu shouted as he ran towards the Dawn ins. Merely a Silver Wolf Warrior? Even the Silver Wolf King was no match for Wang Yu! Asking him to kill this bunch of weaklings was no different from asking him to cut some vegetables. After arriving at Dawn ins, Wang Yu was surprised to see that there were many people gathered underneath therge tree! Inside, there were a group of yer that seemed to be from the same group, devilishly blocking the other yers from going any nearer. The people in the centre of the group were methodically attacking those few, pitiful Silver Wolves. "What the f*ck is this?" Wang Yu asked the warrior beside him. The Warrior gnashed his teeth and replied: "Its those b*starts from the Apocalypse guild, they are stopping other people from entering because they are guarding the boss. I cant evenplete the quest to leave the vige! F*ck!" For this Warrior to receive the quest to leave to the vige meant that he was also an expert. But for someone like him to be utterly helpless against the Apocalypse guild only showed how tyrannical and despotic they were. "Guarding the boss?" The Warrior replied: "Yes, apparently there someone called Iron Bull who appeared in this beginner vige and killed a Silver Wolf King, which resulted in a system message being broadcasted to the entire server, have you not heard of this?" "Oh! I know! I know!" Wang Yu nodded his head as he thought to himself: "Of course I know, the Iron Bull youre talking about is none other than me!" "Even if theyre guarding the boss, this doesnt give them the rights to stop other people frompleting their quest! What do they take this for, their own backyard?" Wang Yu said. "So what? These people are from the Apocalypse guild!" The Warrior helplessly said. "Hmph!" Wang Yu scoffed as he walked forward. The Warrior hurriedly grabbed Wang Yus shoulder: "What are you doing?" "Completing my quest!" The Warrior advised: "Forget it, even a warrior like myself cant do anything about it, dont tell me a Pugilist like you wants to meet them force for force? Just wait for a bit, once theyre done killing the boss they will naturally leave." Wang Yu looked towards therge tree and saw the members of the Apocalypse guild painstakingly surrounding two Silver Wolf Warriors, casually saying: "Who knows how long you will have to wait!" As he spoke, Wang Yu shook the Warriors arm off his shoulder and continued walking forward. "Ai, you..." Before the Warrior could stop him, Wang Yu had already arrived in the centre of the Apocalypse guild. As he saw Wang Yu walking over, a Warrior in the outer perimeter seriously warned him: "The Apocalypse guild is currently guarding this boss, outsiders are not allowed to enter!" As he spoke, he raised the de in his hand, fiercely stabbing into the ground before him. If only he had a better de, wielding the starting weapon that every warrior possessed to threaten someone did not have much of a deterring effect, it was nothing short of amusing. Wang Yu replied: "Do what you want, I just need toplete my quest and then Ill leave." "Bullshit! Do you know the rules!" As the Warrior heard Wang Yus words he immediately flew into a rage. What did he mean when he said he would leave when he was done? It had already been explicitly said that this area had been cordoned off, yet this guy still dared to approach, clearly he did not put the Apocalypse guild in his eye! Wang Yu was in no mood to argue about the so called rules, dashing past the group and arriving in the centre of the encirclement. "You b*tch! Courting death!" When the Warrior saw that Wang Yu had really forced his way in, he angrily shouted as he brought his underlings to chase Wang Yu. At the moment, there were only six Silver Wolf Warriors and four Silver Wolf Guards left, without saying a word Wang Yu ran straight into the group of wolves. The wolves immediately switched targets to Wang Yu. Wang Yu could already effortlessly kill the whole pack of Silver Wolves when he was level 6 with no equipment whatsoever. What difficulty would he have now that he was equipped with three high quality pieces of equipment? Wang Yu easily dodged the Silver Wolves most troublesome move, their [Lunge]. At this moment, the attacks from the members of the Apocalypse guild had already arrived. Wang Yu coldlyughed and exerted some force from his legs to leap into the air, easily dodging the Silver Wolves [Lunge] and grabbing the arrows from three members of the Apocalypse guild in his hands. Afternding on the ground, Wang Yu raised his leg without the slightest bit of hesitation, knocking down a Thief who had been in [Stealth]. Even though Wang Yu did not use any of his skills, the damage that he dealt was not something that a Thief could resist. This one kick had knocked him onto the ground, straight into the jaws of a Silver Wolf. The Thief let out a blood curdling scream, turning into a ray of white light. After sending the Thief to his death, Wang Yu raised his leg and once again used [Lateral Kick] on a Silver Wolf Warrior, knocking it into the air and then swiftly killed it with a few more blows. The scene had unfolded faster than anyone could react, the Warriors and Knights from the Apocalypse guild had yet to rush over, Magicians were still in mid-chant for their [Fire Ball] skill, yet Wang Yu had already killed a Silver Wolf Warrior and a Thief from the Apocalypse guild. After picking up the Silver Wolf Warriors mane, Wang Yu nimbly ran out of the encirclement, leaving everyone at the scenepletely and utterly stunned. This Pugilists attack was so high! What skill was he using? He could even catch the arrows from an archer......how did he know that the Thief was there? His ability was simply... The members of the Apocalypse guild had no time to admire Wang Yus ability, because at this moment, the Silver Wolf Warriors had lost their target and started to look towards them, fiercely growling and pouncing towards them. Originally the members of the Apocalypse guild had been using their impable teamwork to lure two Silver Wolf Warriors over each time, making it easier to kill them. But after the disturbance that Wang Yu had caused had destroyed the system they were using. In the early phases of the game, no one could resist level 12 and 15 monsters like the Silver Wolf Warrior or the Silver Wolf Guard. Within a few moments, other than long range jobs, the other members of the Apocalypse guild had beenpletely wiped out. "Okay, you can goplete your quest now!" After arriving beside the Warrior that he had first met, Wang Yu gave him a pat on the shoulders and said. "The f*ck, brother expert, my name is Crotch Lord, lets add each other as friends!" The Warrior was so excited that spit starteding out of his mouth. Wang Yu nodded, walking towards the beginner vige as he sent out a friend request. Shortly after, Crotch Lord recieved a friend request: "Iron Bull has requested to be your friend!" Crotch Lord dumbly stared at the two words Iron Bull: "Ju...Just now that was Iron Bull God!!!!" "Vige Chief, this is the mane you requested!" When he arrived at beginner vige, Wang Yu gave the Silver Wolf Warriors mane to the vige chief. "Not bad, this really is the mane of a Silver Wolf Warrior!" After receiving the mane, the Vige Chief nodded in a very satisfied manner. With a wave of his hand, a ray of golden light enveloped Wang Yu, allowing him to level up three times, until he had reached level 12, 92%. Global message: Through his relentless effort, Iron Bull of beginner vige 3318 is now able to leave the beginner vige, heading towards a new world. The system will nowmence a system update for the next 15 hours, in order to introduce new content for the yers. All yers, please logout within the next 10 minutes! During the system update, the system will not be responsible for any data lost for yers who refuse to log out! As the message sounded out another 3 times, the entire game was filled with curses. At this moment, many yers were still training, some had even encountered bosses in the wild, the losses that they would incur this time was definitely not something that thepany wouldpensate. While listening to the announcement, the system gave Wang Yu anotherrge sum of experience and 1000 fame, the experience he received allowed him to reach level 13. After distributing his attribute points, Wang Yu sorted out the ie that he had received and proceeded to log out of the game. Chapter 12: A Man’s Responsibility Chapter 12: A Mans Responsibility Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions After leaving the game, Wang Yu let out a long sigh as he went to the washroom to wash his face. ying the game for an extended period of time was indeed tiring, this was especially true when he was fighting the Silver Wolf King, he was locked in a battle of wits and could not afford to lose focus even for a moment, which caused Wang Yu to feel exhausted, after ying for the entire day, Wang Yu could feel that his skin was rather greasy. Walking out of the washroom, the girls in the next room had also logged out of the game, noisily chatting as they walked out of their room. While hiding in his room and surfing the inte, Wang Yu could hear Mary grumbling non-stop: "Big sis, weve been ying this game for so many hours these three days, but levelling up is still slow as hell! Who would have thought that the game ispetitive..." "Thats right, did everyone see the announcement today, who would have thought that someone could actually solo kill a Silver Tier boss, Ive only managed to kill a bunch of WIld Dogs and Wild Bulls, I dont even know what a boss looks like!" From the sound of it, this was Meng Meng talking. Xiao Yi said: "Things like bosses can only be discovered but not sought after, but the yer who killed the boss is really lucky, with just the experience points from fighting the boss, he managed to rise to level 10!" Mary grumbled: "Thats right, I managed to invite the Crimson Army, I was just about to party with them to hunt some wolves. But we were forced to log out! How disappointing..." "Okay okay!" Xue Li said: "Our Primrose Gold Farming Groups main goal is to farm gold. As long as we can farm up enough gold in the game its enough! Something like a boss is not something we can deal with anyway!!" Mary chuckled: "I wonder how ourndlord is doing, seeing how clueless he was, maybe he hasnt reached level 3 yet!" Xue Li replied: "Dont look down on Brother Yu, he is a martial arts expert, once he gets used to the Assisted Mode, he will definitely be much stronger than us!" "Really? I noticed his muscles are really nice, I really want to cop a feel..." "Oh? I would like to touch them too......Big sis why is your face so red? Dont tell me that you want to touch them too..." After listening to them, Wang Yus forehead was full of ck lines, he felt that the four tenants in his house were no different from four ravenous wolves. Looking up at the watch, it was about time for Mu Zi Xian toe home, Wang Yu picked up the credit card and slid it into his pocket. Not long after, Mu Zi Xian returned home, holding arge number of ingredients in her hand as she walked straight to the kitchen. Wang Yu followed behind her and asked: "Darling, its not even dinner time, why are you cooking?" Mu Zi Xian exined: "I need to go help out at the restaurantter so itll be better if I cook now, otherwise youll end up starving like yesterday." Yesterday Mu Zi Xian left home in a hurry, only when she had finished workte at night did she remember that her own husband had not eaten... Luckily the new tenants bought food for him, otherwise Wang Yu would have starved. Mu Zi Xian understood her husbands temperament. Even though he wasnt arrogant he still had his pride. Even if he was starving to death he would never willingly freeload off another person. Mu Zi Xian started washing the vegetable as she said: "Ill put the food in the food warmer, you can eat itter when you are hungry. After youre done eating just leave everything on the table, Ill clear it when Ie home..." Wang Yu took the vegetable out of Mu Zi Xians hands and held her dripping wet hands gently saying: "Darling, dont go to work tonight, lets go out to eat, I feel like going shopping!" After hearing his words, Mu Zi Xian hesitated for a moment, very reluctantly saying: "Ok, then Ill give the resturant a call..." 80 dors, that was equivalent to half her sry for the day, if it had not been for Wang Yu saying that he wanted to go for a walk, Mu Zi Xian would never have asked for a day off! "Mm!" Wang Yu nodded his head. Wang Yu brought Mu Zi Xian to a luxurious restaurant in the shopping district, pulling her inside. Mu Zi Xian looked very worried and quietly said: "Honey, I dont have enough money to pay for the meal here, if you really want to eat here, we cane here after I receive my pay next month!" Mu Zi Xian had heard of this restaurant before, even a simple te of fried rice costs 80 dors. With Wang Yus appetite they would have to spend at least a few thousand before they could leave the door. Wang Yuughed: "Darling the game yourpany made is really good, Ive managed to earn some money off of it, Ill pay for this meal!" "Really?" Mu Zi Xian was a little stunned: "Then why dont you save the money for flowers, dont spend everything here, a man shouldnt leave the house without any money in his pocket, that would be too shameful!" Wang Yu replied: "Its ok! Money can always be earned again! If I dont treat my wife......then who should I treat?" "Who would have thought that even though you look so naive, you would have such a slick tongue..." After hearing Wang Yus words, a sweet feeling rose in Mu Zi Xians heart. Wang Yuughed, not saying another word. After eating, Wang Yu brought Mu Zi Xian brought Mu Zi Xian to the department store. "Darling, go buy a few pieces of clothing....." "Okay! I think you should go buy some clothes as well!" As she spoke Mu Zi Xian tugged at Wang Yu, walking towards the menswear section. As the passed by the womenswear section, Mu Zi Xian was stopped by Wang Yu. "Whats the matter?" "Lets buy some things from this ce!" Wang Yu stubbornly said. Mu Zi Xianughed: "I dontck any clothes and thepany also has an air conditioner..." Wang Yu replied: "I dontck any money either!" Mu Zi Xian curiously said: "Honey, I realised youre different from before..." "Its not that Ive changed, I just never had the courage to say words like these in the past!" Wang Yu said with a bitter expression on his face. Wang Yu had lived a life of luxury ever since he was born, never having to worry about mary issues. Having been married to Mu Zi Xian for more than half a year, an incident that urred two months ago made him realise how clueless he was to the concept of money. Two months ago, at this exact ce, Mu Zi Xian had stared at a piece of clothing for an extremely long time, but did not buy it. The garment was not very expensive, roughly about 1000 dors. Every time they came here to shop, Mu Zi Xian would stop for a while to stare at it before gnashing her teeth and walking off. While Mu Zi Xian was never stingy with how much she spent on clothes for Wang Yu, she was never willing to buy that winter jacket for herself. No matter how innocent and naive Wang Yu was, he also knew, clothes were a womans face. Regardless of how beautiful a woman was, if she had to wear the same thing all year round, she would never dare to lift her head high when she was with her friends. From that day onwards, Wang Yu resolved to work hard to earn money, so that he would buy that winter jacket for Mu Zi Xian. Mu Zi Xian gently said: "Honey, for you to think like that I am already very happy, next time when we have children I want they to learn some martial arts. Then they will be well-versed in both martial arts and conventional knowledge..." Wang Yuughed: "Dont sweat it, Im a man and a martial artist, in the future Ill deal with the matters of this household! Thats a mans responsibility!" "Hey, isnt that the martial artist?" While Wang Yu and Mu Zi Xian were talking, an extremely annoying voice sounded out from the distance. As he looked towards the direction that the voice came from, Wang Yu saw a bespectacled man. The man looked very familiar, standing behind him was a girl that was around 17 years old. The man was vulgarly staring at Mu Zi Xian, mumbling to himself: "Who would have thought that an illiterate scum like him would be able to snag such a pretty girlfriend..." "And you are?" Wang Yu solemnly asked. The bespectacled man answered: "Youve forgotten me? We met at the Talent Agency Headquarters previously..." As he spoke, the bespectacled man turn his head towards the girl behind him and said: "Do you see it now? This was the martial artist I told you about......HAHA!" After hearing what the man said, the chuckled and looked at Wang Yu as though she was looking at a madman. Upon hearing this ear piercingugh, Wang Yu instantly remembered, this was the bespectacled man was the interviewer that he had met yesterday at the the Talent Agency. The bespectacled manughed again: "Hey martial artist, if youre bringing your girlfriend out for some shopping, you should just go to the Pedestrian Street, can you even afford anything here?" The Pedestrian Street was the wholesale marketce in the shopping district. Though the clothes there were cheap, the were of a very poor quality with very in designs, it was the choice for poor people. "Whats your problem!" Mu Zi Xian couldnt control herself as she scolded the bespectacled man. The bespectacled man revealed a very dark expression as he coldlyughed: "Keke,dy youre rather pretty, you could easily find a man yet you choose a lunatic like him! Look at me, I could buy you any piece of clothing you want from this shop!" As she heard what the bespectacled man had said, the little girl standing behind him unhappily pouted: "Director Wang, youre so mean, how dare you try to woo a girl right in front of me!" The bespectacled man vulgarlyughed: "Dont worry, I will still love you just the same, next time the three of us..." "F*ck off!" A dull voice voice resounded in the bespectacled mans head, snapping him out of his lustful imagination back to reality. The bespectacled man was shocked, looking up only to realise the one who had shouted was Wang Yu. "Whats the matter Mr Martial Artist, cant take a joke?" The bespectacled man answered in an indifferent tone. "F*ck off! Dont make you smack you!" Wang Yu ferociously stared at the bespectacled man as he said. Wang Yu only hated two things. The first was people who insulted martial arts, the second was people who insulted his wife. This bespectacled man just so happened to cross his bottom line twice. Even though Wang Yu was a good natured man, this incident had greatly angered him. After being stared at by Wang Yu, a chill ran down the bespectacled mans spine. As he sized up the distance between Wang Yu and himself, he unconsciously took several steps backwards. Mu Zi Xian was afraid that her husband would cause a scene, coldly staring at the bespectacled man before saying: "My husband has money, I dont need your goodwill!" The bespectacled man chuckled: "Oh really? Im afraid he cant even take 100 dors out of his wallet!" He had personally seen how hard-pressed for cash Wang Yu was. Wang Yuughed, taking out the credit card from his pocket, pointed at the winter jacket that Mu Zi Xian like and told the service staff: "I want this piece!" "Give me that piece, and the other one as well!" As he spoke, Wang Yu pointed at several other pieces of clothing as he spoke. These were all pieces of clothing that Mu Zi Xian had secretly wanted. The bespectacled man was astonished. Even though the clothes here were not expensive, but prices ranged from 1000 dors to roughly 5000 dors, a normal worker would have to scrimp and save in order to buy even a single piece! How could this man who was hard-pressed for cash yesterday, suddenly have the ability to spend tens of thousands on clothes today! The bespectacled man was so shocked he almost fell over. The bespectacled man was merely a mid-level manager in apany, his monthly sry was only about 20 000 dors. He could not imagine himself spending so much money on clothing for any girl. "Honey, are you crazy?" Seeing that Wang Yu casually spending several tens of thousands on clothes for her, Mu Zi Xian tugged at the corner of his shirt and softly asked. Wang Yu indifferently said,: "Darling, dont forget whats my current job, if were justparing money then Im not afraid of anyone!" A single piece of armour in the game already cost several thousand dors, to spend that much money in the real world to buy some clothes for his wife was something Wang Yu found to bepletely rational. After hearing what Wang Yu had said, a trace of worry could be seen on Mu Zi Xians face, but she did not continue talking. After hearing what Wang Yu had said, the bespectacled man was scared senseless: "This b*stard what could he have possibly done......dont tell me..." In this world there were a few jobs that would allow anyone to earn money fast, but none of them were jobs that regr people were willing to do. The more he thought the more afraid the bespectacled man got, taking advantage of the moment when Wang Yu was not paying attention to him, he quietly slipped away. Chapter 13: The Crazed Forum Chapter 13: The Crazed Forum Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions The entire way home, Mu Zi Xian had a very moody expression. Seeing this Wang Yu felt very unsettled and asked: "Whats wrong honey? Are you upset?" Under the light of the street, Mu Zi Xian looked at Wang Yu with red watery eyes and shakily asked: "H..Honey... Are you le...leaving me?" Wang Yu waspletely unable to head head or tails of the situation and hurriedly asked: "What are you talking about? Why would I suddenly want to leave you?" "If you arent trying to return home then where could you have gotten all this money from?" She gloomily replied. "Ohhhhh so thats what you were worried about! Didnt I tell you just now? I earned it from the game!" Wang Yu chuckled. "You earned so much money in one day??? Who would even believe that!" Even though Mu Zi Xian knew that Wang Yu wouldnt lie to her, she still found this piece of news really hard to believe. "Its true! Ipleted that quest today and also got quite a few pieces of equipment from the Silver Wolf King! I really didnt know gaming could have been so lucrative!" Wang Yu replied. "Really?" Mu Zi Xian emotionally asked. "Really!" Hearing this Mu Zi Xian wiped away her tears and she broke into a smile and began yfully hitting Wang Yus chest. "Stupid hubby! Why didnt you tell me that you earned so much money! You made me think that you wanted to leave me!" Wang Yu then pulled Mu Zi Xian into his embrace and lovingly whispered: "Ive never regretted anything since the day I left my n to be with you. All the happiness I owe you Ill pay back bit by bit!" When they arrived home Wang Yu and Mu Zi Xian saw that the four girls were sitting on the couch hugging theirptops and browsing the forums and chattering away. When she saw Wang Yu and Mu Zi Xian walking in hand in hand, Li Xue looked up and giggled "Brother Yu and sister-inw are really close huh!" Wang Yuughed lightly as he said: "We could hear the four of you screaming and shouting from outside! Did something happen?" "Mr Landlord didnt you see the forums? Its really amazing!" Mary excitedly shouted. "Whats really amazing?" Wang Yu asked. He was slightly taken aback by Marys over-excited outburst. "Go look at the forumster! I cant believe that the game has such an expert! If I knew who he was I would definitely marry him!!!!" Mary squealed. Sitting next to her Xiao Yi merelyughed as she said: "And what if this expert has a wife already?" "I dont mind being a mistress!" Mary resolutely replied. Hearing this everyone else waspletely speechless. This girl really was to shameless! "Well then you better work hard towards your goal then. Were off to bed now." Wang Yuughed as he and Mu Zi Xian walked back to their room. "Honey who is this expert that has those girls in such a frenzy?" Hearing the girls outside continue to swoon Mu Zi Xian couldnt resist the urge to ask. "Im not sure, Ive been focusing onpleting the quest the whole afternoon so I havent seen the forums yet." Wang Yu replied. "Quickly take theptop over here and check it then!" "Okay!" Wang Yu reached over and brought theptop on the bed and hugged Mu Zi Xian in one arm as he navigated the forums. Wang Yu had browsed the forums in the morning but at that time the only things on the forum were people sharing their experiences with different sses, showing off their equipment or a few posts discussing levelling. However, now there were two different posts at the top of the front page. The hottest one was titled "Amazing extreme control, solo-ing the Silver Wolf King!!!" and several millions of people had already read it! Seeing this Wang Yu couldnt help but feel stunned. When did someone even record him fighting against the boss? Opening the post, Wang Yu saw an imposing and stalwart figure with phantom like footwork delivering blow after blow with pinpoint uracy. Who else could it have been but him? Seeing the video, the yers had even started a discussion! yer 1: So this is Great God Iron Bull? yer 2: No shit! Aside from him who else has yed the Silver Wolf King? yer 3:He solo-ed it? Thats definitely hacking! yer 4:This Silver Wolf King is really hard to follow! This yer must have incredible eyesight! The rest of the content below these were just bunch of vulgar and off topic nonsense. After watching the video, Mu Zi Xian looked at Wang Yu and said: "Honey, howe I feel like this person really resembles you?" Although the video was taken from very far away other people wouldnt be able to make it Wang Yus face, but after having lived together for so long how could Mu Zi Xian not recognise her husband? "Well thats because it is me..." Wang Yu bitterlyughed. "F**K!!!! Were not renting the rooms anymore!!" Mu Zi Xian was stunned for a moment and then immediately got off the bed and prepared to storm out of the room. There were people outside with designs on her husband! This was uneptable!!!! Wang Yu immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her back as he said: "Those kids are just joking around and you really believe them? You know what kind of man I am, theres nothing to worry about!" "Hmph! You better not talk to her in future understand?" "I know I know..." As Wang Yu tried to pacify Mu Zi Xian, he opened the other post to take a look. This post was a video as well but its name was incredibly domineering. It was titled "Nameless hero mercilessly ys 1 every 10 steps and brushes survivors off!" Although the number of views for this video were not as monstrous as the first it still had several hundred thousand views! After opening the video Wang Yu almost started cursing out loud. Howe it was him again? Were the paparazzi in the game that bored to keep following him around? What this video had recorded was the scene when Wang Yu was trying toplete the final vige quest and showed how he single-handedly broke through the encirclement of more than ten yers, killed a monster in a few hits and even casually dispatched an enemy yer before escaping again! The video had even had a colorful and detailedmentary how this whole situation came about and showed how the Apocalypse guild had tyrannically surrounded the bosss spawn point and how a mysterious expert appeared and taught them a lesson! At the end, the video had even showed how the members of the Apocalypse guild had ended up being wiped, earning the praise and admiration of many yers. The Apocalypse guild was a rather famous guild in Asia and were known for their tyrannical and unreasonable behaviour. Guarding bosses and stealing other guilds territory were only the surface of what they were capable of! However, despite how despicable they were, the guild still had quite a few experts in it, causing others to be unwilling to mess with them. Seeing how the Apocalypse guild had received a p to the face, the yers who had previously been oppressed by them couldnt help but praise Wang Yus actions in the forums. However there was one yer who suddenly started a poll in the forums: Was Great God Iron Bull or the Hero of the beginner vige stronger? This kind of pointless question immediately riled the yers into a frenzy and many started sharing their views on the matter. In this era thatcked a hero, the "Hero of the beginner vige" was actually more well received! Although Great God Iron Bull had solo-ed a boss, his fame was iparable to the "Hero of the beginner vige". Hence the hero had received a greater percentage of the votes in the end. Such a result had left the supporters of "Great God Iron Bull" rather upset and the two sides eventually started arguing, causing Wang Yu to be at a loss for words, not knowing whether tough or cry. Those who actually knew the truth did exist. For example, a yer called Soaring Ocean Dragon the Second replied: " Great God Iron Bull is the hero of the beginner vige! He even personally sent me a friend request before!" However the voice of one person was eventually drowned out by the majority and even became the target of merciless mocking. "HAHAHA! You think Great God Iron Bull will actually add you as a friend? Who the f**k do you think you are?" "Exactly! Even though I think that Great God Iron Bull isnt as strong as the hero of the beginner vige he still isnt someone who would add a random nobody like you as a friend!" "The guy up there please watch what youre saying! Whos better than who? Why dont we find a ce and settle this!" ........ Looking at Wang Yus confused and speechless expression Mu Zi Xianughed as she said: "I really didnt think that you could throw the forums into such chaos on the first day you yed this game!" Turning off theptop, Wang Yu wiped his cold sweat away and said: "I really cant believe that people are so free these days! Such a small matter and they can blow it up so big!" "Hehe has the Great God Iron Bull been scared off by his fans?" Mu Zi Xian asked yfully. "How can that be possible? Your husband is unmatched under the heavens! There is nothing that scares me!" Hearing this, Mu Zi xian flipped over and straddled Wang Yu as she seductively said: "Che... No matter how invincible you are under the heavens, in bed youre still under my..." Chapter 14: The Hidden Job’s Trial Chapter 14: The Hidden Jobs Trial Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions The next day after finishing breakfast, Mu Zi Xian left for work while Wang Yu went to read the new patch notes for REBIRTH. This was a habit that Wang Yu had cultivated since his youth. Before doing anything, one should always first thoroughly understand the situation. Since he had the intention of advancing in the game, he had to start behaving like a professional gamer! The announcement video showed a world on the brink of a cmity. The main idea was that darkness had shrouded the entire world and all the living creatures outside of the cities had started to undergo demonification. The human race needed the yers to look for the source of the darkness! This was a verymon yet long standing trope that many video games had used in the past. The game had also introduced the Home City system. Since the data transfer had been veryrge, the different beginner viges had been split up into over three hundred different home cities based on their geographical locations. These three hundred cities were like the typical regions that a traditional game had. After level 10, yers could enter their home cities andplete their job advancement. Job specialisation would also begin from level 10 onwards. Warriors were divided into: -Guardians, the impregnable fortress. -Weapons Masters, seekers of absolute power. Magicians were divided into: -Ice Wizards, master of control magic. -Lightning wizards, wielder of the destructive arts. Thieves were divided into: -Assassins, masters of stealth. -Godhand, uncontainable by any prison. Priests were divided into: -Bishops, unmatched in the healing arts. -Dark Shamans, masters of the dark arts. Knights were divided into: -Temrs, the towering blockade. -Crusaders, the greatest defense is a strong offense. Archers were divided into: -Hunters, masters in the use of traps. -Sharpshooters, deathes to anything in their sight. Pugilists were divided into: -Fighters, unstoppable and unfathomable attackers. -Qigong Masters, masters of the mystic arts. Aside from the ever tragic Pugilists, every other job would receive a mastery from their weapons and defensive tools after the job advancement. After the job advancement, yers would be allowed to redistribute their attribute points to fit their new jobs! Hidden jobs were also being released in this patch. Every job had its own unique hidden ss but the exact method to unlock it was something yers had to uncover themselves. Rankings were also released and after level 10, yer would be able to track who were the strongest yers in the entire world! All these new updates and additional systems were something that all traditionalputer games had already included so many yers didnt even need to look at the patch notes. However, being a new yer Wang Yu took his time to read through and understand what each new addition meant. Logging in again, Wang Yu appeared right in front of the vige chief. Afterpleting the final vige quest, Wang Yu only saw the scene before him suddenly morphed into that of a bustling city! Since the game was set in game of swords and magic, the home city was built in a medieval european style and had an incredibly sketchy atmosphere. The city had a reddish-brown colour scheme and had an extremely bleak atmosphere. Twilight City discovered. yer has been awarded 1000 experience points So this city was known as Twilight City! Looking past the city walls, Wang Yu saw that the sun really was perpetually setting in the city. The other yers had really been very diligent! While Wang Yu had been reading the patch notes, some yer had already rushed to level 10 and evenpleted their job advancement! Within Twilight city, many yers were forming parties of 2 to 3 preparing to leave the city. What Wang Yu had to do now wasplete his job advancement! Following the indicator on his map, Wang Yu walked towards the location of the job advancement for Pugilists-- the dojo! As Wang Yu stepped into the dojo, an NPCs emotionless and professional voice rang out "Brave warrior, are you here for your job advancement?" "Yes! Im here for my job advancement!" Wang Yu acknowledged. "Please choose your job specialization!" The NPC fighter said. Wang Yu hesitated for a moment before resolutely replying "Fighter!". Wang Yu actually really liked both of the jobs. However he felt that he was closer to a Fighter in real life and decided to choose it over the Qigong Master. "Respected and brave warrior, I can see that your origins arent ordinary. Are you sure you really want to give up an even greater power and be a Fighter?" "Huh?" Hearing the NPCs reminder, Wang Yu suddenly remembered that he had another job advancement quest "Brave Heart" part 2: The inheritance. Job change to the hidden job- Martial Artist. Job change token 1/1! Wang Yu immediately rejected the job advancement into the Fight and then took out the token from his bag and said: "I want to advance into a Martial Artist!" Upon seeing the token in his hand, the NPC revealed a startled expression and hurriedly said: "No wonder I felt a great power from you! So you are the inheritor of the martial way! You must know, the true martial arts are..." "So can I do my job advancement now?" Wang Yu interrupted. "Respectable warrior I deeply apologise. I am too weak and unworthy. A Martial Artists abilities are way beyond mine. I know nothing of the job itself..." "So its not possible then?" Wang Yu was speechless. After all the nonsense that the NPC had said it was unable to help him with his job advancement... Wang Yu let out a dejected sigh and immediately turned to leave the dojo. When he reached the door, Wang Yu suddenly fiercely turned around as though he had thought of something and asked: "Then do you know where I can find someone who can help with my job advancement?" "The Informant in Middle Main Street can guide you toplete the job advancement!" The NPC replied. "F**k! So it really was like that!" Wang Yu silently cursed.Everyone had always said that the creators were really ruthless, and it turns out that they had already gone way past ruthlessness to straight upwlessness! If Wang Yu hadnt turned around and asked, he would have never found out how to continue his quest! "Thanks then!" Wang Yu cupped his fists towards the NPC, opened his map and made his way to the Middle Main Street. Since the other yers were all busy trying to level up, Middle Main Street was really empty. Aside from a few NPCs that looked very bored, there werent any yers around! "Informant... Informant..." After walking up and down the street three times, Wang Yu finally found the Informant in a small and dirty alley. The Informants appearance was truly unsightly. He had a head full of messy hair, a small crooked body, a torn velvet cap on his head and was currently hugging a jar of alcohol and snoring away! Seeing this scene, Wang Yu felt a bead of sweat drip down his forehead. Pugilists were already a really tragic job... Even their hidden job advancement instructor looked like this. What kind of grudge did the creators have against the Pugilist??? "Excuse me, Im sorry to disturb you but are you the Informant?" Wang Yu asked as he patted the man on the shoulder. The informant drunkenly opened an eye and briefly looked at Wang Yu before burping and sleepily saying "Get me another jar of wine first..." This NPC really was special. Wang Yu had to buy him a jar of wine before the Informant would speak to him... "Already in this state and you still want to drink?" Wang Yu silently cursed. Even though he thought that, Wang Yu knew that this was merely the scenario that had been programmed into the Informant and still went towards a nearby inn to purchase the wine. Within moments, Wang Yu ran back with a jar of wine in his hands. When Wang Yu was still far from the informant, he seemingly smelt the Wine in Wang Yus hands and excitedly shouted: "I smell some booze!!!" "Yes! This is the wine you wanted!" Wang Yu bowed and respectfully handed the jar over to the Informant. In reality, this one jar of wine had cost Wang Yu 1 gold coin! This really let Wang Yu learn how evil and oppressive the game really was! The Informant happily grabbed the jar from Wang Yu and began drinking it in huge gulps. In the blink of an eye the jar was already gone! After finishing the jar, the Informants spirit had greatly increased and he looked at Wang yu with a slight red face and asked: "So what are you looking for me for kid?" He finally asked the main question! Wang yu wiped the sweat off his face and replied: "I want to advance into a Martial Artist!" The informant raised his eyebrows and disdainfully said: "Oh? Based on yourself? I wonder who gave you such courage!" "F**k! My gold coin was really just fed to a dog for free!" Being looked down on by an NPC caused Wang Yu to feel slightly dejected. He then took out the token and said: "I have the legacy token!" Looking at the token, the informant replied in shock: "Oh? You actually have this... Fine then! If you can pass my test then Ill allow you to be a Martial Artist!" "What test?" Wang Yu subconsciously asked. Without saying a word, the Informant waved his hand and transported Wang Yu to a different dimension! The dimension wasnt too big. In fact, it was norger than a martial arts stage! The Informant dropped his previously dejected attitude then jumped up on the stage and profoundly said: "It seems that you dont know what true power is! Come! Let me see how you fight!" "You want me to fight you?" "Exactly!" The Informant nodded. "This is the test? Its so simple!" Wang Yu madlyughed. In terms of an actual battle, Wang Yu had never lost once in his life! It didnt matter if he was in a game or facing a monstrous NPC, Wang Yu had absolute confidence in himself! With a light chuckle, the Informant raised his speed to the extreme andunched an attack at Wang Yu. Looking at the Informants speed Wang Yu waspletely dumbfounded. He had forgotten that he was still in a game! If this was in the real world, his body would be able to keep up with his vision and Wang Yu wouldnt feel any sort of pressure facing the Informant. However in the game Wang Yu was only level 13! Facing the Informants immense speed, even though Wang Yu could see it his body couldnt keep up! However facing this situation Wang Yu chose not to retreat but advanced towards the Informant. He was aiming for a double knockout! Wang Yu forcefully sidestepped the Informants attack and raised his hand and stabbed towards the Informants eyes with his fingers. The informant hurriedly dodged wang Yus strike. It appeared that the Informant was unwilling to ept a conclusion like a double knockout! An opening! Taking advantage of the situation, Wang Yu shot forward and closed the distance between the two of them. In the end, the Informant was still an NPC that had been designed by someone. The only reason that it had been so powerful was due to its overwhelmingly high attributes! Wang Yu was a martial arts prodigy. When he was still a teenager, he was already undefeated in the entire eastern hemisphere! Even other masters who had devoted their entire lives to martial arts werent even close to his level! Within moments, the Informant had beenpletely suppressed by Wang Yus attacks. The Informant waspletely helpless under the Wang Yus barrage and could only constantly retreat. A long string of blood red numbers continued to appear above his head. Just as it seemed like the Informant was about to be knocked off the stage, he started sweating profusely. When the Informant could no longer fend off Wang Yus blows he loudly shouted "F**k Off!" After he shouted, a golden light enveloped the Informants body and pushed Wang Yu more than ten meters away from him! With a casual backflip, Wang Yunded silently on the ground. "Kid youre really too ruthless!" The Informant looked at Wang Yu and angrily said. As a high level NPC, the Informant had only been allowed to use 50% of his full strength. However even if this was only 50%, his attributes was already equal to that of a level 40 yer! Hence the requirements to pass this trial had been considered rather lenient. The test had been set in such a way that regardless of the method, even if the yer had used a bow to snipe the Informant, as long as he could deal 10% of the Informants health as damage they would have passed the test. Who would have guessed that Wang Yu would have been bold enough to face the Informant head on! Not only that, Wang Yu had almost beaten him to death if it wasnt for the fact that he had regained his strength at thest moment! He had almost be the first NPC in REBIRTH to be beaten to death! "So did I pass?" Wang Yu chuckled. "You passed! You passed!" With a wave of his hand the Informant returned the two of them to the alley. At the same time, the sound of the system notification constantly rang in Wang Yus ears. System Notification: Congrattions onpleting the quest "Brave Heart" part 2: The inheritance. 100 000 Experience points awarded, fame increased by 200, hidden job "Martial Artist" obtained! With a sh of golden light, the huge amount of experience Wang Yu had earned raised him to level 14! After the system notification popped up, a white and ck light flew out of the Informants hand andnded on Wang Yus chest forming a Yin Yang Taiji emblem on his chest. Chapter 15: An Unfair Advantage Chapter 15: An Unfair Advantage Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wang Yu was extremely intrigued by the small Taiji emblem. Before changing jobs, Wang Yu had done some research into the emblems that each job would have. For example, the Fighter would have a small fist shaped emblem, while the Qigong Master would have a small Qigong symbol. For the Taiji symbol, an eastern construct, to appear in a western game like this was quite peculiar. Wang Yu opened the information page to look at the jobs introduction. Hidden job: Martial Artist Passive Skills: [Son of Heaven] - Every time the yer levels up, he will gain 7 attribute points. [Full Body Mastery] - Able to learn the skills from all branches of the Pugilist job. [True Expert] - The Martial Artist has a chance to turn his actions into a fixed skill. [God of Arms] - Grants the Martial Artistplete mastery of all weapons, equipping any type of weapon will raise the Martial Artists Physical Attack by 10%. After looking at the Martial Artists skills, Wang Yu was utterly stunned... even though Wang Yu did not y anyputer games, he was no fool, he could clearly tell just how over powered this job was. [Son of Heaven] gave Wang Yu two more attribute points than the average yer, while [Full Body Mastery] allowed him to learn at least twice the number of skills. No matter how lousy a yer was, as long as he had these two skills, anyone could be an expert. Naturally Wang Yu did not think much of these two skills. He was already strong enough by himself, this was not something the attributes in this game could measure up to. What excited Wang Yu the most was the skill [True Expert]! This skill would allow Wang Yu to test his true abilities. It had already been said that the quality of the Pugilist job revealed a lot about the level of knowledge its programmer had towards martial arts. Hence the skills of the Pugilist ss, in the eyes of Wang Yu, were rather poorly designed... Even though Wang Yu had his own set of martial arts skills, the game system had used its own set of arbitrary criteria to judge Wang Yus skills. Therefore no matter how exquisite the moves Wang Yu disyed were, they were only viewed as normal attacks by the system. Now that he had the skill [True Expert], Wang Yu had the chance to turn his own martial arts moves into skills. Sooner orter, all of Wang Yus attacks would be recognised as skills by the system. Even though other people might not give this skill a second nce, but for someone like Wang Yu, [True Expert] was nothing short of a godly skill! But what was the deal with the [God of Arms] skill? It was simply going against the specificationsid down by the game system! "Wasnt it said that Pugilists wouldnt have any weapon mastery? Then why did they create a skill that gives a mastery of all weapons in the game?" Wang Yu suspiciously asked the Informant. The Informant coldlyughed: "Thats only for those ignorant Pugilists that chase their idiotic dreams andpletely gave up one of the fundamental paths of a Martial Artist, weapon skills! As a martial arts exponent, if one doesnt understand the intricacies of the weapon arts, how can you still call yourself a Martial Artist?" "Mm, youre right!" Wang Yu nodded as he recalled the time when he was creating his character. The job description of the Pugilist had clearly stated - Your arms and legs will be your weapons, your bravery shall be your defense! No wonder the system did not give the Pugilist any weapon mastery, but this statement was simply too arrogant! What came next was to learn some skills, but that wasnt free even for the Martial Artist which could learn the skills from other jobs as well. Learning skills would naturally cost a small sum of money for Wang Yu. Even though Wang Yu was living a simple and frugal life in the real world, but in REBIRTH he could be considered someone with considerable wealth and status. While others were still scouring the map toplete quests in order to earn their first gold coin, Wang Yu already had more than 30 gold coins in his inventory. At this current point in time where the game had not implemented the option to change real currency into ingame cash. Other than the guild leaders of therge guilds, there was hardly anyone who could match up to Wang Yu in terms of wealth. In REBIRTH, every job would unlock a skill every 5 levels. In Wang Yus skill tree there was only the skill [Lateral Kick], which had been given to him by the system. After spending 30 silver coins, Wang Yu had learnt the level 5 skill [Crushing Blow], the Fighters level 10 skill [Flying Knee] and the Qigong Masters [Rippling Wave]. His Personal Attributes were now ID : Iron Bull (Martial Artist- Hidden) Level : LV-14 HP: 510 (17x30) MP: 480 (16x30) Strength: 18 Vitality: 17 Spirit: 16 Intelligence: 16 Dexterity: 18 Physical Attack: 94-110 Magical Attack: 74-83 Physical Defense: 30-40 Magic Resistance: 28-38 Undistributed Attribute points: 91 Equipment: Marital Artists Regret (Fist Weapon) (Silver) (Broken) (Repairable) Physical Attack: 40-40 Magical Attack: 40-40 Effects: [Haste] - Attack speed is increased by 20% [Spread] - 10% of physical damage dealt to the target will hit the monsters surrounding it, up to a maximum of 60% of the original attack. Special ability: [Swallow] - This equipment can merge with other equipments of the same time, to repair itself and advance its grade. Level Requirement: 1 Old Cloth Clothing Physical Defense: 1-1 Wolf Kings Fortune (Ne) (Gold) Physical attack 31-42 Magic attack 15-19 [Concentration]: Heals a fixed amount of MP every 3 seconds [Recovery]: Recover 1% of max HP every 3 seconds Additional Skill: -[Full Moon Charge]: Summon seven Wolf Kings to lunge at an enemy simultaneously. Each wolf King does damage equal to users Strength*3. 6 hours cooldown. Level requirement: 10 Wolf Kings Shadow (Shoes) (Silver) Physical defense 22-29 Magic resistance 10-13 Increases movement speed by 10% [Haste]: Increases attack speed by 10% [Ghost]: Increases movement speed by 200% for 3 seconds, 180 second cooldown. Level requirement: 10 Skills: [Lateral Kick] (LV2). The Pugilists strong leg muscles allows the user to deal 120% Physical Damage to the target, knocking it up and stunning it. Costs MP30. [Crushing Blow] (LV 2) The Pugilist uses his inner strength to attack the enemy, allowing the user to deal 125% damage to the target and stunning it. Costs MP30. [Flying Knee] (LV1) The Fighter rushes towards to his target and uses his knee to deal a ferocious attack to his target, dealing 150% Physical Damage, momentarily stunning the target. Costs MP50. [Ripping Wave] (LV1) The Qigong master uses his inner strength tounch an attack towards his target, dealing 160% Magic Damage. Costs MP50. After changing jobs, all the attribute points previously distributed had been reset. While an average level 14 yer would have 65 attribute points at his disposal, because of his Hidden job, Wang Yu had 91 attribute points to spend. Based on the form of 3 Strength, 2 Dexterity and 2 Intelligence, Wang Yu distributed all the attribute points he had. This allowed Wang Yus Physical Attack to rise to 144 while his Magic attack rose to 111. It was unlikely that there were any other yers in the game within the same level range that could match up to the attributes that Wang Yu had. When he had finished changing his job, Wang Yu looked at the quest log, only to realise that there was currently no follow up quest for "Brave Heart". The next part of the quest line would only be revealed when Wang Yu had reached level 15 and looked for the Informant again. What Wang Yu had to do now was to focus on training and to raise himself to level 15. After reaching level 15, not only would Wang Yu be able to do this quest, he would also be able to hunt for dungeon instances. ording to the official website, yers could find many rare items and generous amounts of experience points in dungeon instances. But till this very day, Wang Yu still did not understand what exactly a dungeon instance was. With regards with games, Wang Yu was still just a pathetic noob. At this moment, there were more and more yers arriving in Twilight City. Many of them could be seen walking around the main street, looking for shops that sold healing items and skills. Wang Yu opened his map to confirm the location he was headed for, subsequently running out of the city without the slightest bit of hesitation. The Secret Jungle outside Twilight City was filled with level 10 Petty Thieves and level 12 Vagrants, humanoid monsters. While their defence and health were not particrly high, they had surprisingly high Physical Damage and special skills, making them extremely difficult to deal with. Most yers had formed parties and managed to deal with these monsters with some difficulties. While they were hard to fight, these monsters had a decent drop rate for silver coins and could be considered a good way to earn money in the early stage of the game. Wang Yu was neithercking in money, nor did he care for such meagre amounts of experience points, thus he headed straight into the depths of the Secret Jungle. The further he went into the forest, the higher level the monsters were. The monsters deep in the Secret Jungle were level 15 Goblins. Wang Yu had no interest in facing these monsters that were both small in stature and ugly. But just as he was about to head further into the forest, he heard some yers shouting in the distance. From the shouting in the distance, Wang Yu was able to discern that they were female yers. Wang Yu hesitated for a moment before walking in the direction of the sound, only to see five goblins pursuing three girls in an empty patch ofnd. These five goblins werepletely different from the average goblin. Normal Goblins had pale green skin and were extremely ugly. As for these five goblins, two had red skin, two had blue skin and the one with the biggest head had ash-grey skin. Goblin Chieftain (LV15) (Bronze) (Boss) HP: 5000 MP: 2000 Skills: [Thunders Call], [Hurl] Frost Goblin (LV15) (Elite) HP: 3000 MP: 1000 Skills: [Ice Arrow], [Field of Ice] Scorching Goblin (LV15) (Elite) HP: 3000 MP: 1000 Skills: [Fire Arrow], [Burning Field] The five Goblins viciously growled as they chased, the three girls ran with all their might, asionally turning back to sneak a nce at their pursuers, it was truly an intense scene. Amongst the Goblin pack, the Frost Goblins [Ice Arrow] skill had the added effect of causing its target to be slowed, it appeared that the three girls would soon be caught by the Goblins. Wang Yu silently dashed out,nding a flying kick on the Frost Goblins face, knocking it up. Wang Yu then stretched out his hand and grabbed it by the neck, repeatedly mming it in the chest with [Crushing Blow]. -864 -1036 -1210 -100 Four blood red numbers popped up above the Frost Goblins head as it turned into a ray of white light. When [Crushing Blow] exceeded 160% Perfection, it would have the added effect of prating the target. The other Frost Goblin that was standing nearby had lost half it health without receiving a single hit from Wang Yu! Because of the [Spread] effect from his Fist Weapons, all the other Goblins had also received some damage from Wang Yus previous attacks. Due to his insane damage output, Wang Yu had instantly drawn the aggression of all the Goblins towards himself. The four remaining Goblins roared as they unleashed their skills towards Wang Yu. But how could something as simplistic as the fixed trajectory of the Goblins skills possible hit Wang Yu? Wang Yu took a step forward, twisting his body as he dodged all four skills, grabbing the half dead Frost Goblin that was standing the closest to him, violently mming it onto the ground. Wang Yu leapt into the air, "Duang! Duang! Duang!" Viciously stomping three times on the Frost Goblins head. The Frost Goblin let out an anguished cry, turning into another ray of white light. Now that the Frost Goblins were dead, Wang Yu turned his attention to the two Scorching Goblins, rushing towards them and effortlessly turning them into more experience points for himself. After seeing that all its underlings had perished at the hands of Wang Yu, the Goblin Chieftain angrily roared, using [Thunders Call] to summon a bolt of lightning to strike Wang Yu. Wang Yu hurriedly dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack from the Goblin Chieftain. Without waiting for the Goblin Chieftain to recover from using its skill, Wang Yu had already arrived in front of it. Just as the Goblin Chieftain was about to use another skill, Wang Yu had alreadyunched his own attack. [Flying Knee]!! [Lateral Kick]! [Crushing Blow]! ... After receiving one round of attacks from Wang Yu, the Goblin Chieftain was pitifully lying on the ground with only a sliver of health left. Wang Yu did not even give it a second nce, cruelly stretching out his right hand, pressing it onto the Goblin Chieftains face. [Rippling Wave]!! "Peng!!!" The Goblin Chieftain turned into a ray of white light, leaving behind a bunch of items. Chapter 16: Is He Retarded? Chapter 16: Is He Retarded? Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Shock!! Astonishment!! Not even a full minute had passed from the moment Wang Yu appeared till the moment he had defeated all the Goblins! Wang Yus movements were smooth like a flowing river. With no wasted movements, he easily defeated all his opponents. His was like a ghost and had managed to dodge all the long range attacks from the Goblins and even the lighting strike as well!... The three female yers were utterly stunned by his outrageous attack style and his insane damage output! After a while, one the girls, a Knight, raised her weapon and mumbled: "Im not dreaming right......Did that Pugilist really just take down the boss???" "Th......This cant be! How is his Physical Attack so high?" The Magician asked as she picked up her staff. It had to be said, that at this current point in the game, most yers were around level 10. Even if they used all their skills to increase their damage output, they would only be able to deal around 300 damage to a level 15 boss, and that was already considered extremely good! But the Pugilist right in front of their eyes had somehow managed to decimate a 5000 health boss monster with a singlebo......Even though the three of them had dealt some damage to the boss, but it was still over 4000. This kind of damage was simply not something that people could even imagine! "Are you guys okay!" Wang Yu looked back, casually asking the group. "We...Were fine..." The three girls were still in a state of shock. "Oh!" Wang Yu responded as he picked up the items dropped by the boss. The boss had dropped two skill books and a weapon, a Bronze Tier weapon. [Book of Poison]: Teaches the user how to make poison Job Requirement: Priest. [Book of Revive]: Teaches the user the skill [Revive] Job Requirement: Knight. Goblins Glory (War de) (Bronze) Physical Attack: 15-19 Magic Attack: 7-13 [Thunders Call]: Normal attacks have a 20% chance to call down a bolt of lightning to attack the target. Level Requirement: 15 As he looked at the attributes of the three items that he picked up, Wang Yu dejectedly grumbled: "Just a bunch of trash..." A rich man truly didnt understand the plight of the poor. In an era where even Iron Tier equipment was considered rare, this person dared to call this Bronze Tier equipment a bunch of trash... perhaps in the entire game only Wang Yu would dare to say such words. However trash was better than nothing, at least it could still be sold for some money. Wang Yuforted himself with this thought as he kept the items in his inventory. Just at this moment, the youngest of the three girls picked up her de shouted at Wang Yu: "How disgusting! To think that someone would dare to steal our kill (KS)!" "KS?" Wang Yu was stunned by her words. "Im terribly sorry, I thought that you were..." As he spoke, Wang Yu took out the items that had been dropped by the boss, giving it to the girls. Even though Wang Yu was new to the game, he had still been through the beginner vige. He knew that something like KS-ing was an extremely despicable act. "HUH???!!!!" When they saw that Wang Yu had given the items dropped by the boss, the three girls were at a loss for words. Once level 15 Dungeon Instances appeared, Bronze Tier equipments were not worth mentioning. But those two skills books were a different story. Priests would use the poison arts to continuously apply bleed to their targets, while Knights would use their skills to bless their allies, increasing their attack and defense. [Poison] and [Revive] these two skills, were essential for these two jobs. If it werent for the two skills books that Wang Yu picked up, these skills could only be purchased from the Job instructor. The few bronze coins that yers would get from fighting monsters was not even sufficient for them to buy mana potions and health potions. Wanting to buy these skills would ce an immense financial burden on the yers. Therefore these two skill books were extremely precious! Because REBIRTH was a virtual reality game, it was worlds apart from a regr mouse-and-keyboard game. yers had to rely on their own skills and decisions to excel at the game, which made it much harder than other games. This resulted in many yers grouping up to train and fight monsters. The drop rate for items in the game was originally very low, but it was even lower if people hunted in parties. For something as rare as skill books, even if ten bosses were in, a skill book might not even drop once. One of reasons that the Goblin Chieftain had dropped two skill books was mainly because it was a boss that spawned in the wild, while the second reason was because Wang Yu had killed the boss by himself. But the most important reason was because this was the first time that the boss had been in. In market right now, these two skill books could fetch a sky high price. How could this Pugilist so casually give away such precious items...... The three girls stared at Wang Yu, none of them could believe what they had just heard. "You.....Youre giving this to us?" The Priest found this situationpletely inconceivable. Wang Yu nodded his head, indifferently saying: "The monster was yours to begin with, furthermore I have no use for this bunch of trash... since you girls want it you can have it..." The three girls were bbergasted: "Trash... he said these were just a bunch of trash..." "Whats the matter? If you dont want it then Ill just keep it for myself!" Seeing that the three girls were not responding, Wang Yu immediately said. "We want them! We want them!" The three girls ran towards Wang Yu and took the items from his hands. Even after receiving the skills books from Wang Yu, they still felt as though they were dreaming. After receiving the book for her dreams, the Priest stepped forward and emotionally said: "My name is Sanguine Primrose, these two are Sanguine Rose and Sanguine Azalea, we are from the Primrose Militia." As she spoke about her guild, a sense of pride could be seen on her face. The Primrose Militia could be considered a rtivelyrge guild. "Oh." Wang Yu absentmindedly replied. "Heh..." When she saw that Wang Yu was not interested in what she had said, she felt rather disappointed. But she still asked: "I wonder if you could tell us your name?" "My name is Iron Bull!" Wang Yu replied. "Great God Iron Bull??!!" The three girls shouted in unison, giving Wang Yu a shock. "Yeah, thats me..." Wang Yu shamelessly admitted to nickname that had been given to him "Great God". The three girls felt extremely relieved. So this person was Great God Iron Bull, no wonder he didnt seem to care when he heard the name Primrose Militia. Little did they know, that as a new yer, Wang Yu hadpletely no idea what a Guild was. Not even mentioning the Primrose Militia, even the Apocalypse guild was no more than a bunch of hooligans in Wang Yus eyes. "Great God Iron Bull, if you arent in a guild right now, why dont you join our Primrose Militia, the greatest benefit that youll get is..." As she spoke, Sanguine Primroses eyes drifted to Wang Yus chest. When she saw the Taiji emblem on his chest, Sanguine Rosa disappointedly said: "So Great God Iron Bull is an expert from the Quan Zhen Sect! No wonder your actions are so decisive!" "Quan Zhen Sect?" Wang Yu was once again baffled, a western game had created a Quan Zhen Sect? But for some reason, he felt as though someone had mentioned this name in front of him previously. "You mean you arent part of them?" When she saw Wang Yus reaction, Sanguine Rosa curiously asked. After reaching level 10, any yer would have the ability to create a guild. Each and every guild would have their own symbol and it just so happened that the symbol for the Quan Zhen Sect was the Taiji symbol. Currently, every job in the game had their own emblem, but no one had seen the Taiji emblem before. It was easy to understand why Sanguine Rosa had mistaken Wang Yu for someone from the Quan Zhen Sect due to the Taiji emblem he had on his chest. "Im not sure... but I probably am!" Wang Yu rubbed his head and thought to himself: The people from the Quan Zhen Sect could very well be what other yers are calling Martial Artists! These western games often dont have a good grasp of eastern concepts and might have just lumped us under this name. Seeing that Wang Yu was from the Quan Zhen Sect, Sanguine Rosa realised that she might have provoked an enemy she couldnt deal with. In order to save her face, she quickly tried to change the topic: "We really have to thank Great God Iron Bull this time! If it werent for you, we might have even died this time! Even though this sum of money isnt enough to buy those two skill books, but we hope that you will ept this token of our appreciation!" These three girls had all attended auctions before and knew how much these two skills books were worth. Thus they had purchased the information that the boss here had the potential to drop these two skill books. Who would have thought that the Goblins would be so hard to kill, if it werent for Wang Yus intervention, these three girls would probably have died and lost 10% of their experience points. As she spoke, Sanguine Rosa took out a bag of money. The system alerted Wang Yu that there were 24 gold coins in the bad. It seemed like these little girls were quite rich! Wang Yu indifferentlyughed and refused the money: "Haha, the world is unfair, but as a Martial Artist, it is only right for me to help those in need! I cannot ept this sum of money from you!" "Martial Artist?" The three girls were taken aback, ncing at each other and mumbled: "Great God Iron Bull is really absorbed into his persona......Dont tell me that hes mentally retarded?" "I think so too, would a normal person give away such precious items so easily?" "Haha, so the rumors are true, all the members of the Quan Zhen Sect are crazy, no wonder he himself didnt know what guild he belongs to..." "Thats right, I am a Martial Arts expert!" Wang Yu was very satisfied with himself. After training for so many years, only in this game could he truly disy the might of martial arts to other people. "Haha......haha" The three girls nervouslyughed: "Great God Iron Bull, why dont we train together?" Wang Yu dismissively waved his hand and replied: "No need, I prefer to train alone!" "Thats a waste..." The three girls were disappointed by his answer. Wang Yu righteously replied: "Theres nothing wrong with that! A Martial Artists path is meant to be lonely and full of dangers!" When they heard what Wang Yu had said, the three girls could feel goosebumps all over their arms, hurriedly saying: "Since thats the case, then we shant disturb you any longer! If you have time let us treat you to a drink!" As they spoke, the three girls sent Wang Yu a friend request each. Wang Yu epted their friend requests andughed: "Then Ill see you girls around next time!" "...Mm!" The three girls nodded their heads. Wang Yu turned around and dashed straight towards the depths of the Secret Jungle. Once they could no longer see Wang Yu, the three girls let out a sigh of relief: "How unfortunate, who would have thought that such a strong yer was actually a retard!" The Knight Sanguine Azalea said: "But we really have to thank Great God Iron Bull, at the end of the day he did give us these two skill books and even a Bronze Tier weapon..." Sanguine Primrose nodded: "Thats right, if Great God Iron Bull ever faces any difficulties in the future, we have to do everything in our power to help him..." "Hmm, regardless of what you might say, I still think that the less we interact with the lunatics from Quan Zhen Sect the better..." Sanguine Rose said as she pointed at her head, an expression of fear still lingering on her face. Chapter 17: Legendary Dusk Bandit --Wharton Chapter 17: Legendary Dusk Bandit --Wharton Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Beyond the Secret Jungle on the outer perimeter of Twilight Citys territory was Dusk Canyon. In the background information of the game, it was stated that Dusk Canyon was the hiding grounds of the famous Dusk Bandit Gang. The entire area was crawling with level 20 Dusk Thieves, level 23 Dusk Vagrants and level 25 Dusk Bandits. In REBIRTH, although humanoid monsters had the lowest HP, they were the most vicious! One really had to wonder what the creators were thinking when they had designed these humanoid monsters. These monsters could even form parties and support each other in battle like a real party! The moment Wang Yu entered Dusk Canyon, he was immediately surrounded by these monsters. Dusk Thief (LV-20) HP: 3000 MP: 500 Skills: [Crossbow Shot], [Poison Strike] (deals continuous damage over time) Dusk Vagrant (LV-23) HP: 2500 MP: 2500 Skills: [Sand-attack] (causes blind), [Bind] Dusk Bandit (LV-25) HP: 4500 MP: 200 Skills: [Persistence], [Heavy Blow] Looking at the monsters status, one would immediately be able to tell how evil and dishonest the creators had been. Especially the Dusk Vagrant! Not only was it able to recover its health, it was even able to cause blindness! In REBIRTH, the status effect blindness was a rtively simple one that caused yers attacks to miss! "Oh hoh! Where did this little shite from? You dare enter this lords territory? Eat my saber!" While Wang Yu was still looking at the the attributes of the three monsters, the Dusk Bandit suddenly suddenly shouted and pulled out his de. Hearing the Dusk Bandits shout, the nearby Dusk Thief pulled out its crossbow and fired an arrow towards Wang Yu. With a small step Wang Yu twisted his body and dodged the Dusk Bandits sh while casually pping the arrow out of the air. Following this, Wang Yu immediately ran towards the Dusk Vagrant. The Dusk Vagrant had crowd control and was incredibly durable, so it had to die first! Seeing Wang Yu rushing towards it, the Dusk Vagrant immediately used [Sand-attack], scooped in its waist pouch and viciously scattered a handful of powder, forming a white mist in front of Wang Yu! Seeing the mist, Wang Yu merelyughed as he charged right through it and unleashed [Crushing Blow] on the Dusk Vagrants cheek, knocking it lifelessly onto the ground. Blind would have worked on other yers, but not Wang Yu! Sensing the movement of the air around him and the killing intent the monsters were emanating, Wang Yu was able to easily identify their positions. He was even able to tell where the stealthy Dusk Thief was let alone the position of the Dusk Vagrant that he had already locked on to since the start! Wang Yu used the [Lateral Kick] to knock up and stun the Dusk Vagrant and then grabbed it and strangled its neck. -638 -824 -1123 -100 All three of his attacks had over 160% perfection, causing the 2500HP Dusk Vagrant to be instantly wiped out! Twisting his body again, Wang Yu avoided the second wave of attacks from the Dusk Thief and the Dusk bandit. Stretching out both of his hands, Wang Yu pulled the Dusk Thief into his arms and unleashed anotherbo on its head. With a blood-curdling scream, the Dusk Bandit burst into a cluster of white light and died! "[Persistance]!" With a shout, the Dusk Bandits body was shrouded in a golden light. However to Wang Yu, such actions werepletely futile. Since his attacks all had over 110% perfection, all of them dealt true damage! No matter how much health or defense the Dusk Bandit had, it was still nothing more than a live target for Wang Yu! [Lateral Kick]! Strangle! [Crushing Blow]! [Flying Knee]! [Rippling Wave]! Ding! With a sh of white light, the Dusk Bandit disappeared and its saber dropped onto the ground. Large Curved Saber (Iron) Physical Attack: 19-24 Magic Attack: 0-0 Level Requirement: 25 Picking up the item, Wang Yu realised that it was merely Iron tier trash and dejectedly threw it into his bag. Aside from bosses, the drop rates of monsters were really low! How could it be so easy to find good equipment? Since Wang Yu had skipped levels, solo-ed and even fought humanoid monsters, the 3 Dusk Bandit Gang members had given him a sizeable amount of experience points. He even received 2 silver coins from each of them! It seemed that this bandit gang was actually pretty sessful. "Good money and good experience! This ce is really not bad at all!" Wang Yu smiled to himself as he ran towards the next group he saw. Compared to the animal shaped monsters, Wang Yu still preferred fighting the humanoid monsters more. The martial arts he had learnt were all meant to deal with humans after all. Using them to deal with animals was nothing more than butchering! Since most yers were still currently around level 11 or 12, the only person in the entire Twilight City with the ability to skip 10 levels and y these bandits was Wang Yu. Hence he Dusk Canyon waspletely devoid of any other yers and had be Wang yus personal hunting grounds! Wang Yus control of his own martial arts hard long since reached perfection. Hence every attack he used exceeded 150% perfection and everybo hepleted would wipe out one monster. Facing these monsters and their low level AI, Wang Yu quickly developed the most efficient method to annihte them. With his high damage, urate strikes and incredible efficient attacking methods, Wang Yu quickly and easily massacred all the monsters within Dusk Canyon! When other yers fought monsters of the same level, they typically had to expend arge amount of effort to do so. But when Wang Yu was fighting monsters more than 10 levels above him, he had greatly exceeded the speed others would need for monster of the same level! This was somethingpletely unheard of! After ying the final Dusk Bandit, Wang Yu naturally rose to level 15. Out of the near hundred monsters in the entire Dusk Canyon, not a single one had dropped any equipment again! The only thing that Wang Yu had picked up was an abundance of limestone powder and poison pills that the Dusk Vagrants dropped. Although Wang Yu had no use for these item he knew he could still sell them for some coins in the shop! Never one to miss any opportunity to earn money, Wang Yu stuffed them all into his bag. Luckily in this game items could be grouped into stacks of 99 items, otherwise Wang Yus bag would have long since been filled with a whole bunch of trash. "Truly despicable! Who dares kill all my underlings?" Just as Wang Yu sat down and was about to recover his MP, and angry and mournful roar sounded out from the depths of the canyon! Hearing this sound Wang Yus eyes lighted up as he excitedly shouted to himself: "Its a boss!" Before Wang Yu had finished shouting, arge Dusk Bandit wearing a resplendent grey armour spawned in the spawn point behind some rocks. Legendary Dusk Bandit--Wharton (LV-???) (Silver Boss) HP: 200000 MP: 1500 Skills: [Charge], [Mountain Shattering Blow], [Tornado sh] Wang Yu was slightly startled after looking at the attributes of this boss. Since Wang Yu was unable to see the level of this boss, it meant that it was at least 20 levels higher than him and at least level 35! Another important point was that this boss even had a name! The two bosses that had previously been in by Wang Yu both didnt have a name but the one he was facing now did! "So youre the piece of shit that dared kill the underlings of this lord, Wharton? Prepare to die!" Upon seeing Wang Yu, Wharton bellowed a scripted line and then immediately used [Charge] in Wang Yus direction. Wang Yu immediately retreated and was surprised to find out that this boss could evenbo as well! After using [Charge], Wharton fluidly used [Mountain Shattering Blow] on the spot where Wang Yu hadnded. Wang Yu was greatly shocked and quickly raised his speed the moment hended, turning into an afterimage and easily dodging the attack. Wolf Kings Shadow--[Ghost]: Movement speed increased by 200% for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 180 seconds However Wharton was incredibly relentless and immediately used [Tornado sh] after [Mountain Shattering Blow] had failed. Spinning his body, he moved towards Wang Yu yet again. Facing a level 35 Silver grade boss, Wang Yu had to be very careful. If any of these attacksnded on him how would he even be able to survive? Jumping back again Wang Yu used [Rippling Wave] on the ground where he once was. With the additional force of [Rippling Wave] coupled with Wang Yus own jumping power Wang Yu easily flew out of Whartons attacking range. After spinning a few more rounds, Wharton finally slowed down and stopped. "As expected of a humanoid boss! If he was in Independent Mode I cant imagine how hard he would be to deal with." Wang Yu muttered. Taking advantage of the time when Whartons skills were on cooldown, Wang Yu began his own attacks. In the jungle outside Twilight City, a group of more than 10 yers were walking towards Dusk Canyon while dealing with the goblins in their way at the same time. "Sorrow are you sure your information is trustworthy? Weve walked so far and we still havent seen a boss!" A warrior wielding a greatsword asked as he continued to cut down the surrounding goblins. "Brother Light after we pass through this jungle we will reach the canyon I spoke about. During the beta testing I was passing by this area and saw Void de fighting a boss there!" The Thief named Sorrow replied. "You better not be lying to me!" The warrior frowned. "No no! Brother Light please! I would never dare to lie to you!" The Thief hurried shook his head and replied. Suddenly one of the yers at the front of the party suddenly shouted: "Brother Light! Theres a canyon in front!" The Sharpshooter job had a passive skill [Eagle Eye] which allowed them to see great distances. "Do you see a boss?" The entire party hurriedly asked. "I see it! I see it!" The Sharpshooter excitedly shouted and went back to looking at the Canyon. "I can see the ... Huh? Whats that?" The Sharpshooter suddenly said. "Whats wrong?" Hearing his words someone curiously asked. Th...there seems to be someone fighting the boss already!" He replied in a daze. "Oh? Are there alot? If there arent then we can just go snatch it now! If there are then we can just wait for the boss to wipe them first!" Brother Light replied. "There arent many! Only one man!" The other Sharpshooter replied. Chapter 18: The Legendary Fast Break Chapter 18: The Legendary Fast Break Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Whartons first three attacks had been like an avnche. Not only were they fast and overflowing with power, they were even fluid! However after using all three of his skills, Wharton seemed dispirited and tired. Without his skills, Wharton could only clutch his warde and chop towards Wang Yu. Being nothing more than a bunch of data, Wharton could only rely on his high attributes to suppress the yer. In terms of an actual battle, Wang Yu was the true master! Dodging to his right, Wang Yu was like a fish in water and Whartons clumsy warde was wasnt even able to touch the hem of Wang Yus clothes. As a martial arts expert in real life, Wang Yu had long since mastered the true essence of martial arts and would always be calm and collected regardless of the situation. As he dodged Whartons attack he didnt forget to counter with one of his own. Wearing his thick and heavy armour, Wharton had initially been dismissive of Wang yus attacks. However this caused him to suffer immensely over time. Every one of Wang Yus attacksnded on the parts of Whartons body that werent covered by his armour. Coupled with the high perfection of his strikes, every single hit dealt over a thousand damage! Not only that, the prolonged beating had even caused Warton to develop the status ailment "Crippled". This caused his already slow speed to drop even further, causing him to be even more pitiful. Within a few rounds, Wang Yu had already reduced Whartons health by over 10% of Whartons 200 000 HP. Although Wang Yu remained as rxed as though he was strolling in a park, Wharton had not been able to touch a single hair on Wang Yus head let alone hit him! The fearsome bandit who had struck fear into the hearts of the citizens of Twilight City was being toyed with by Wang Yu just like that! After being toyed with by Wang Yu for so long, Wharton let out and angry roar and raised his warde and activated [Charge]. Monsters would always be monsters. No matter how much they looked like humans, these monsters would never have intelligence of a human. Before they activated a skill, monsters would always telegraph their moves. It would have been a joke if this could hit Wang Yu! When he kept his warde, Wang Yu could tell that Wharton was about to use [Charge]. The moment when Wharton lowered his head, Wang Yu casually sidestepped andpletely dodged the attack! When Wharton missed Wang Yu, he immediately cancelled [Charge] and and jumped to smash Wang Yu with [Mountain Shattering Blow]. Using the same move twice on an experienced martial artist was useless and Wang Yu was able topletely see through the attack. While Wharton was still in mid air, Wang Yu seized the chance and reached out his arms to forcefully grab Wharton and activated [Flying Knee], heavily mming into Whartons body. Even if he was a boss, Wharton still couldnt go against thews of heaven(system presets). Before he had even finished activating his skill, Wang Yu had already disrupted it and smashed his knee into Whartons stomach! Why was the Pugilist considered a trash job? Because the Pugilist could only use his fists as a weapon. Hence Pugilists had the shortest attack range in the entire game! Even shorter than Thieves and their daggers. Although the range of Thieves were small they could still learn [Stealth]. This skill caused them to turn invisible and stab enemies in the back, allowing thieves to close the distance easily, unlike Pugilists who still had to worry about getting into striking range. Furthermore, Pugilists were the job with the weakest defense and lowest health. The only specialty they had was that the character looked very gant. If Pugilist tried to sneak up on a boss they would definitely be on the receiving end of a skill. In such a scenario, What other oue would a Pugilist have other than death? Precisely because of this, as a ss without any in-built advantages, the Pugilist was even more useless and more and more yers hadpletely given up on it. On the other hand, if the Pugilist really was able to close the distance between him and the target, aside from another Pugilist no other ss would be able to properly retaliate! Since weapons couldnt extend or retract in the game, once anything had entered the range of the Pugilist any weapon would have been rendered useless! Hence "Fast Break" had be the ng for Pugilists when describing them entering their ideal striking range. "No matter what job you were, if this lord were to fast break to your face then it didnt matter if you were a god or devil, only death awaited you!" This was the mostmon saying by pugilists on the forums. Of course the most important factor in this statement was the word "if". All of this was merely spections. Aplishing such a feat would first require them to ovee the hurdle of the Pugilists incredibly low health. Unfortunately, these Pugilists who still held onto these dreams werent here to watch Wang Yus fight, missing his perfect demonstration on how to perform a fast break. Facing Whartons undodgeable skill, Wang Yu had used [Flying Knee] to cancel Whartons skill. After [Flying Knee] had ended, Wang Yu immediately followed it up with [Lateral Kick] to stun his target and then unleash abo on all his vital points! Wang Yu hadnt used any of his actual martial arts moves and was merely using the skills he had in the game. Yet he had alreadypletely suppressed Wharton, leaving him no chance to retaliate at all! "Argggggh!" Being constantly wailed on by Wang Yu, Wharton finally let out a loud roar as his body was covered in a tyrannical golden light. Wang Yu instantly knew that the system was up to no good again. Ending hisbo with [Crushing Blow], Wang Yu had dealt over 10 000 damage to Wharton! What surprised Wang Yu was that hisbo had even generated 1000 bonus damage! At this time, Brother Lights group in the Secret Jungle had also arrived at Dusk Canyon. Seeing Wang Yu solo-ing a boss had left all of thempletely dumbfounded. "There was one crazy motherf**ker solo-ing the boss! He really has balls huh!" Brother Light cried out. When Sorrow saw Wang Yu not only solo-ing the boss but also thoroughly crushing it, he timidly whispered to Brother Light: "Brother Light why dont we head back? This guy seems to be an expert..." Sorrows worries werentpletely unfounded. During beta testing Sorrow had personally witnessed the power of Wharton. Back then he had seen Void des two front line tanks who were fully equipped with iron equipment get instantly killed by Whartons [Charge] and [Mountain Shattering Blow]bo. However this Pugilist had managed to grind the boss down to 20% health by himself! If Sorrow hadnt seen it himself, Sorrow would have dared to believe it. "Hah! So what if hes an expert? Are you telling me that the sixteen of us cant handle a single man?" Brother Light arrogantlyughed. "But..." Sorrow knew that in the game, yers were restricted by their characters attributes. No matter how monstrous someone was they wouldnt be able to fight an army alone. "But what? Our Apocalypse guild also has a lot of experts! Why should we be afraid of him? Stop being a little bitch and quickly use your [Stealth]! The rest of you, Thieves use [Stealth], Sharpshooters get into position and the tanks protect our healers! Lets go steal us a boss!" "Ok then..." Sorrow nodded as he disappeared. Since the boss had cooldowns on its skills, Wang Yu was depressed to realise that he couldnt grab it again to start hisbo again. Normally, yers were afraid when the boss skills werent on cooldown, unlike Wang Yu who was eagerly waiting for the boss to be able to use its skills again. If the creators got wind of this, they would definitely be vomiting blood. Just as Wang Yu was looking for an opening in Whartons attacks, Wang Yu suddenly felt 16 streams of killing intent locking onto his body! The nearest one was even less than twenty meters away from him! "Someones trying to KS me!" Thinking of this Wang Yus expression immediately grew serious. Chapter 19: Killing With A Borrowed Blade Chapter 19: Killing With A Borrowed de Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wharton waved his de mechanically, as if he had an infinite amount of energy. If this was the real world, Wang Yu would already have beaten him to death countless times. But in this game, no matter how many blows Wang Yu sent his way, Wharton seemed to have the vitality of a dragon, receiving punch after punch, blow after blow. It was extremely demoralising. The members of the Apocalypse guild dumbly looked on as they watched Wang Yu and Wharton locked in mortalbat with each other. "The f*ck, to think that he could be so evenly matched with a boss? Is this guy even human?" Brother Light disdainfully replied: "The f*ck are you talking about, hes just nimble thats all. Cant you see? Hes only attacking ces that the boss doesnt defend. Later on well use our two Assassins to attack him, no matter what he does he wont be able to avoid his death! Then the boss will be ours..." Just as Brother Light finished talking, Wang Yu suddenly stopped fighting with Wharton and leaped backwards, kicking towards the empty space behind him. "Haha, that idiot..." Before Brother Light evenpleted his sentence, he was forced to eat his words. As Wang Yu kicked the empty space behind him, a silhouette was sent flying, an Assassin from the Apocalypse guild to be exact! All the Sharpshooters from Apocalypse guild were able to see the look of utter disbelief on the Assassins face, he still could not understand how Wang Yu had discovered him despite having used [Stealth]. An Assassins health was much lower than a Pugilists... Wang Yu had beaten him into a bloody pulp with a single kick. Without letting him touch the ground, Wang Yu leaped into the air and stepped on the Assassins head, viciously stomping his face into the ground and reducing him into a ray of white light. "Ding" A violet dagger fell onto the floor. At the same time a system notification shed. System notification: You have killed a yer from the Apocalypse guild, Twin Skewer, PK +1 Brother Light also received a notification. Your teammate Twin Skewer has been killed by Iron Bull. You have 180 seconds to retaliate in self-defence, any enemies killed within this period of time will not raise your PK rating. Everyone who had received the notification waspletely stunned... "F*ck! So it was Great God Iron Bull! No wonder he dares to fight the boss by himself. Big brother, we cant do this!!!" Brother Light angrily shouted: "The f*ck are you afraid of? Hes just a single person! Who cares if hes Iron Bull, even if he is Gold Bull we can still massacre him!" Wang Yu picked up the dagger that Twin Skewer had dropped and chuckled to himself: "Heh, not bad! This is a piece of Silver Tier equipment, no wonder he dared to try to steal the boss from me!" Abyssal de (Dagger) (Silver) Physical Attack: 27-31 Magic Attack: 12-16 Skills: [Abyssal sh]: Total damage dealt to target will include (Dexterity attirbute X2) + (Physical attack) [The Abyss]: The user will gain 30% efficiency when using stealth. Level Requirement: 10 The Apocalypse guild was indeed arge guild. Those that hade along with Brother Light to steal the boss were all cream of the crop, elite yers. Even their equipment was the best that could be found in the game at this current juncture. In the eyes of the members of the Apocalypse guild, regr yers were no different frommon mobs. "F*ck, Twin Skewers dagger dropped! That unlucky bastard!" "Wait a second, how did he know where Twin Skewer was hiding?" "Dont tell me he can see through the [Stealth] skill???!!! The f*ck! Sorrow run away!" Only now did Brother Light manage to react to the situation at hand, barkingmands to the party. After hearing themands that Brother Light shouted, Sorrow who was currently using [Stealth] quickly ran towards the rest of the party. An Assassin was a job with high mobility, once he used the [Haste] skill that was unlocked at level 10, Wang Yu was simply unable to catch up to catch up. He took out a bag of limestone powder and hurled it at Sorrow. "Duang!" A soft sound could be heard as the bag of limestone struck its target, exploding as it coated Sorrows upper body white... Once an Assassin used [Stealth] he would only be revealed if he dispersed the skill on his own volition or was forced out of it by a strong external force. At this point in time, while Sorrows upper body was coated with limestone powder, his lower body could still not be seen. It was a thoroughly amusing sight to behold. "Hehe, Sorrow does look quite amusing, if this was the Tomb-Sweeping festival he could even go around scaring some people!" The other members of the party started to mock Sorrow, ignoring the situation that they were in. Brother Light resisted the urge tough as he shouted: "Stop joking around! Focus! That b*stards about to catch up!" When the group looked up, they realised what their leader said was true. Wang Yu was currently dashing towards their direction with Wharton following closely behind, wildly shouting as he brandished his de. Brother Lightmanded: "Hold your formation and attack! Dont let hime closer!" After hearing themands, the four Magicians and four Sharpshooters immediately reacted. Four arrows and four [Icicles] flew towards Wang Yu. The arrows gleamed with a sheen of white light, coated with the magic from the Sharpshooters skill, [Homing arrow]. This skill would cause the arrow to continuously fly until it struck its intended target. [Icicle] was the Ice Wizards skill. Though it might becking in damage, but it had the added effect of causing its target to slow down, a troublesome skill to deal with. The arrows from the Sharpshooter were much faster than the spells casted by the Ice Wizard, quickly arriving in front of Wang Yu. Without even looking up, Wang Yu had managed to grab all four arrows in his hands. "The f*ck!!" The Sharpshooters were all horrified: "How was that even possible?" While they were still in a state of shock, Wang Yu had already thrown the four arrows back in their direction. "Ding ding ding ding!" The four arrows collided with the [Icicles], causing them to explode. "Peng..." After colliding with the arrows, the [Icicles] all turned into a cloud of blue smoke. "WHAT THE F*CK!!!!!" Not only were the Sharpshooters shocked, everyone elses eyes were popping out of their sockets in utter disbelief. "This, this is impossible..." No one dared to believe what they had seen. Not even mentioning how Wang Yu managed to grab all four arrows mid flight, but to casually toss these four arrows and make them all hit a moving target was simply impossible to believe! It had to be known, even though the Pugilist could utilise every single weapon in the game, the game system did not have a Weapon Mastery for the Pugilist job. Whats more Wang Yu seemed to have a hidden weapon in his hands, since when did REBIRTH have such a weapon??? Naturally, Wang Yus attack was all performed with his own abilities! Even an olympic champion wouldnt be able to replicate such an action! As the crowd was still tongue-tied in amazement, Wang Yu had already led Wharton right in front of them. As a Warrior, it was only natural for Brother Light to be standing at the very front. As he saw Wang Yu draw closer to him, he noticed the Taiji emblem on his chest and loudly shouted: "So youre a dog of the Quan Zhen Sect!" Wang Yu ignored the provocations of Brother Light as the corner of his mouth drew a slight smirk. Wang Yu immediately suddenly jerked his body to the side, revealing Wharton, who had relentlessly pursuing him. Wharton sheathed his de, lowered his head and used [Charge]. Going straight into the centre of the members of the Apocalypse guild. Due to the fact that the sneak attack from Sorrow and Twin Skewers had failed, many of the members of Apocalypse were still waiting in ambush. They had yet to regroup and set up their battle formation. As Wharton suddenly rushed in with [Charge], the tanks were sent flying without having done a single thing! Even though the Warriors had a lot of health, they were all knocked senseless after receiving the attack from Wharton. The squishy yers fared even worse. The two magicians standing closest to the front line were instantly crushed to death, turning into a ray of light. The rest of the people were thrown into a state of panic as Wharton prepared his [Mountain Shattering Blow], quickly following up with [Tornado sh]. Ray after ray of white light danced around Wharton. The sixteen members of the Apocalypse guild werepletely wiped out!!! Sorrow had tried hunting Wharton before, so he knew its greatest weakness. Even though Wharton could boast a high Physical Defense, its Magic Resistance was extremely low! If the members of the Apocalypse guild had started this fight right from the start and managed to set up their attack formation. They would have had the ability to slow kill Wharton. But never in their wildest imagination would they have thought they would encounter Wang Yu. Without being able to respond to the situation, they had already taken the brunt of all three of Whartons skills. Wharton was a boss whose level was even higher than 35. The fate of anyone that received even a single hit from his skills could be imagined. After using Wharton to kill off the members of the Apocalypse guild, Wang Yu immediately ran over and groaned with a gloomy look on his face: "Oh? Looks like they didnt drop anymore items... This boss luck is really too low!" Chapter 20: Wharton’s Head Chapter 20: Whartons Head Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Even though Whartons level and his attributes were high, he was still just a boss withputer program and a very monotonous attack pattern. After understanding his attack patterns and his behaviours, Wang Yu had very quicklye up with a strategy to deal with him. After several more rounds of repetitivebat, Wharton let out a loud roar, still wearing an expression of indignation and unwillingness, before turning into a ray of white light. Global message: Iron Bull from Twilight City has in the Silver Tier boss, Legendary Dusk Bandit - Wharton, taking another step forward in "Brave Heart". At the same time, Wang Yu received arge amount of experience points, as well as 3000 fame and 50 Twilight City merit points. Wang Yu knew that he had received the fame for being the first yer to have killed the boss, but as for the Twilight City merit points, Wang Yu didnt have the slightest idea what it was. After Wharton had died, all he left behind were a bunch of items Bosses that were found in the wild were rather pitiful, upon their death they would just turn into a ray of white light, not leaving behind a corpse. This was different for bosses in Dungeon Instances who would leave behind a corpse. But this design would mean that the wilderness would not be littered with corpses of boss monsters. What was peculiar about Wharton was that after he had died and dropped a bunch of items, his head had also remained here... After picking up the items that Wharton had dropped, Wang Yu started to despise the system for how stingy it was. As the boss of a group of bandits, how could Wharton be poorer than the Silver Wolf King! He had only dropped one de, one title deed, one skill book and a few gold coins. The fact that he didnt even drop any armour made Wang Yu extremely disappointed. Twilight Warde (Warde) (Gold) Physical Attack: 92-115 Magic Attack: 23-42 Skills: [Battle Fury]: Every time the user loses 5% of his health, he gains one stack of Battle Fury, every stack increases Physical Attack by 1% [Rage]: Every stack of Battle Fury increases the users attack speed by 1%. Job Requirement: Warrior Level Requirement: 40 Title Deed This title deed can be given to the ruler of Twilight City in exchange for ownership of the area - Dusk Canyon. Skill Book [Charge] (Empowered)] Ferociously charge towards the location of your target, dealing 120% Physical Damage and slowing the target by 30%. If the user has more health than the target, this skills will also knock up and stun the target. Umon skill Job Requirement: Warrior, Knight After taking a good look at the items that Wharton had dropped, Wang Yus mood had improved greatly. Even though he hadnt dropped many items, but they were all good items, especially that Gold Tier weapon. After looking at the skill book that Wharton had dropped, Wang Yu suddenly recalled that the Silver Wolf King had also dropped a skill book, the only difference was that there was no job requirement for the skill book that the Silver Wolf King dropped. Even though the title deed did not look like it was worth much money, but since it was an item that was dropped by the boss, it probably wasntpletely worthless. After happily keeping all the items in his inventory, Wang Yu turned around and looked at Whartons head once again. The head still had not disappeared and you could still clearly see the anger in Whartons eyes. Looking at it made Wang Yu feel extremely ufortable. As someone who had received martial arts training from a young age, Wang Yu could not stand the idea that someone he previously fought had died without a proper burial, even if he was just a game character. "Even though you were a bandit, you were still a warrior. To leave your corpse in the wilderness is too disrespectful!!" Wang Yu sighed as he walked forward to pick up Whartons head, preparing to keep it in his inventory. But as Wang Yus hand touched the head, the head automatically turned into a package with the words - Quest item: Whartons Head. "..." Wang Yu was speechless. The game developers were really too evil. If he had not picked up Whartons head because of his goodwill, then wouldnt he have missed out on this quest item? After throwing the package into his inventory, Wang Yu opened his friends tab which had been shing incessantly. Wang Yu had only added a few people as friends in this game. Fearless, Boson: Congrattions Brother Iron Bull for once again being in the global announcement!? The three girls from the Primrose Militia: Great God Iron Bull is dead formidable! Crotch Lord: The f*ck, Great God Iron Bull you killed another boss? Why dont you just be my boss... dont ask me why Im treating this game so seriously, just ept my loyalty... Wang Yu chuckled as he saw all these messages of praise and admiration, only replying them with a singleughing emoji. He then opened the message from Frost de. Frost des message was as simple as it had always been, only having 5 words: "Hey genius, any good drops?" This was the difference between a merchant and a normal person. Regardless of how much effort you put into killing a boss, all the merchant was interested in was the items that it had dropped. Wang Yu sent over the information of the three items that the boss dropped and the [Return to Origin] skill that he had previously obtained. After sometime, Frost de replied: "The Warde is trash! 50 000 for [Charge], 100 000 for [Return to Origin] and you might as well try auctioning off the title deed!" "...The Warde is trash? You must be kidding!" Wang Yu had no qualms with the price that was offered for the two skill books, but Wang Yu was extremely dissatisfied with that Frost de had called the Warde trash. "Yup!" Wang Yu asked: "But why? The Physical Attack of this Warde is over a hundred! Even the skills that it has are extremely good! If those two skill books can be sold for such a high price then theres no reason for the Warde to be considered trash!" Frost de replied: "The [Charge] skill is an umon skill and [Return to Origin] is a skill that any job can use to increase their damage output. But the Wardes level requirement is simply too high! In the early stage of the game itspletely useless!" "But its attributes are good arent they?" Wang Yu felt extremely depressed. For a Gold Tier equipment to bebelled as trash... this was too disappointing. Frost de continued exining: "In the early stage of the game even though Iron Tier equipments are the norm now, once Dungeon Instances open, Bronze Tier equipments will be the norm. Once everyone bes level 40, Gold Tier equipment will probably be the norm by then. Thats why this Warde cant be sold for much, its just trash!" "Fine I get it!" Wang Yu impatiently answered, keeping the Warde in his inventory. As Wang Yu reached into his inventory to put back the Warde, he suddenly had a realisation and told Frost de: "I still have some good stuff!" "Send me an image!" Wang Yu quickly sent over an image of the limestone powder. "?" Frost de replied with a single question mark, half suspecting that Wang Yu had sent him a random material. Wang Yu exined: "Let me tell you, this item can be used to counter [Stealth]!" "!!!!" "If you have something to say that just say it, dont just send exmation marks!" "Where are you!!??" Frost de hurriedly asked. "Dusk Canyon, I havent gone back!" Wang Yu answered. "..." Frost de paused for a while before replying: "Im in the Secret Jungle at coordinates 1456.3658, why dont youe over, the monsters in your area are too high level. They can see through my [Stealth]." "Okay!" Wang Yu replied as he sent an image of the Abyssal de over to Frost de: "If the efficiency of your [Stealth] increases, does that mean that the monsters wont be able to see through it?" "Ill buy this dagger for 150 000! Are you willing to sell it???" After looking at the image that Wang Yu had sent him, Frost de stared at it in utter disbelief, replying without the slightest bit of hesitation. "Of course Ill sell it!" Wang Yu happily replied. "Deal! Ill wait for you in the Secret Jungle!" Frost de emotionally replied Wang Yu. In the beginning, Frost de had thought that the only reason Wang Yu could obtain so many items was simply because of his luck. But after looking at the videos that had been posted on the forums, he realised that Wang Yu was simply too overpowered. This was especially so after he saw the announcement that Wang Yu had defeated a level 40 boss, this had caused Frost de to be even more amazed! The equipments dropped by bosses were usually slightly lower than the actual level of the boss. Since the Warde had a level requirement of 40, this meant that Wharton was at least a level 45 boss! Even though the Warde was not worth much, but anyone who could kill a boss that was over level 30 was simply terrifying! For someone like Wang Yu to have found rare items time and time again, umon skills, skills that could be utilised by every ss, even a title deed had ended up in his hands! This was clearly a bug in the game! For him to discover that limestone powder could be used to counter [Stealth], how did he discover this? Was the game actually meant to be yed this way? All these things made Frost de start questioning his gaming knowledge. But naturally what moved Frost de the most was the Abyssal de. [Stealth] was the signature move for Assassins, without a proper mastery in [Stealth] how could they dare to call themselves Assassins! Hence, all the yers who chose the Thief job, regardless if they became Assassins or Godhands, would all train their [Stealth] skill to the maximum. But even after reaching the maximum mastery, there would only be a 50% increase in the effectiveness of [Stealth]. But the Abyssal de was able to increase the efficiency of [Stealth] by 30%. As an Assassin, there was no way the Frost de would not be moved by this weapon. Just as he was daydreaming, a thunderous voice resounded beside Frost de: "Looks like we discovered a dog of the Quan Zhen Sect here!" Chapter 21: Breaking The Game’s Balance Chapter 21: Breaking The Games Bnce Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions In a sh, a team of 16 appeared before Frost de. "??" Once Frost de heard the shouts, he immediately activated [Stealth], but before he couldpletely disappear, a Knight blew him away with [Charge]. This Knights [Charge] was different from Whartons. An ordinary [Charge] could only forcibly move someone, while dealing limited damage, and inflicted no additional statuses. Since Frost de was an extreme casher, a mere [Charge] naturally couldnt deal much damage to him. However, for an Assassin, having [Stealth] forced to CD was very dangerous. Yet Frost de did not panic. He found arge tree and put his back against it, taking out his dagger and cing it on his chest while he spoke, "So its just trash from Apocalypse, and I thought it was actually someone significant!" Brother Light gave Frost de a death stare as he replied: "Hmph! Stop the bullsh*t! Kill him!" Actually Frost de quite liked to collect some top grade items. Normally he was very well tempered, never engaging in PK. However. Brother Light took Wang Yu as a member of Quan Zhen Sect from the start. As there had been some friction between Quan Zhen Sect and Apocalypse, so it wasnt unusual for him to disy animosity towards Wang yu. It was very difficult to level up in Rebirth, but losing experience points was easy. In the previous exchange, all 16 of them took a free trip back to town and were indignant. Twin Skewer even lost his equipment, hence the me for this incident naturally fell on Quan Zhen Sect. As Frost de had the insignia of Quan Zhen Sect pinned on his chest, although his name was not disyed above his head, who else would members of Apocalypse target other than him! But he also had decent situational awareness, using [Stealth] the moment he knew that he was surrounded. Even after his [Stealth] was disrupted, he stuck his back against an obstacle to avoid taking attacks from behind. However, Frost de was merely an Assassin, a job based on stealth, thus he was like a toothless tiger once he lost [Stealth]. At this moment, he was underneath a tree, and was battling two Warriors and a Knight at the same time. The fight was extremely brutal, but thankfully he was wearing top grade equipment, which allowed him to even put one of the Warriors health into the red. Such an impressive disy by Frost de ignited a burning rage in the group of members from Apocalypse. Those with long range jobs had initially intended to shoot their arrows or magic at him decided to halt their attack. They wanted to see how long this guy couldst. The equipment on Frost des body was of the highest grade obtainable at this stage of the game, and they imbued him with high attack, defence, and speed. Each sh from his dagger drew blood, which made it difficult for even 3 people to suppress him. This sight stunned everyone. "No wonder the forums always say theres no strongest job, theres only the strongest casher. This guy has really broken the bnce of the game. This kind of person should be eliminated!" Everyone secretly thought to themselves. At this point, Frost de received a message from Wang Yu: "Where are you? Where are you? Im lost!" "..." Frost de went speechless for a instant, before he replied: "Where are you?" "I dont know, but theres a small hill beside me." Wang Yu answered. "Turn right!" Frost de instructed. But this incited an unhappy response from Wang Yu: "Cant you use more than two words?" "Being attacked!" As another Warrior joined the fray, Frost de frantically fought back while sending messages. "Being attacked!" Once Wang Yu heard of this, he immediately instructed: "Give me a loud shout! Ill pinpoint your location based on the sound!" "Shout?" Upon hearing Wang Yus demand, Frost de was embarrassed. Being attacked ingame was very normal, and even if he died, he could still respawn. Frost de had never seen anyone shouting for help when under attack! Gaming entailed losing to people, not losing face. Wouldnt this be motherf**king embarrassing? How would he face other people in the future? "Yes, quickly shout!" Wang Yu said as he continued to the right. Seeing that Frost de kept pausing, everyone knew that he was calling for reinforcements. Although Apocalypse members hated Quan Zhen Sect, they still had a decent understanding of Quan Zhen Sects strength. They knew that none of those crazy b*stards were weak, so once those guys arrived, who knew which side would emerge the victors of this battle. Thus those 3 Warriors increased the intensity of their strikes. After pausing for a moment, Frost de had a chunk of his health depleted by those 3, and he appeared paler than before. As he thought of the 10% of experience that he would lose, he did not bother about losing face anymore, and shouted out: "Im here!" "..." This action of Frost de stunned the members of Apocalypse. One of the members mockingly spoke: "Youre actually calling for reinforcements like that? As expected of Quan Zhen Sect......You guys can really do anything....." After that guy finished speaking, Frost de turned beet red, and no longer said a single word. Brother Light looked up,menting casually: "Hmph, it doesnt matter even if you shout till your throat goes dry. Hand over the dagger now, otherwise consider it as a grudge well bear against Quan Zhen Sect." With a coldugh, Frost de replied; "You speak as if theres no grudge between us before this!" Brother Light responded: "Hmph! We couldnt bother to bully you guys since your guild was too small! But its different now. Just wait and see, Apocalypse will destroy Quan Zhen Sect! None of your members will be left in Rebirth!" "Oh, what a im. None of us will be left? Do you think youre a GM?" At this moment, Wang Yus voice echoed out from the back of the tree. Once he heard Wang Yu, Frost de heaved a sigh of relief: "Youre finally here!" Brother Light and co. turned in Wang Yus direction, and when they saw him, all of them shouted: "Youre the b*stard who betrays his own kind!!" Back in the Dusk Canyon, other than that Assassin, the other 15 who died were very indignant. A gamer actually killed other gamers with a monster. This was a wicked traitor!! "What do you mean?" Frost de was puzzled when he heard theseints from the members of Apocalypse. Wang Yu happily enlightened him: "They tried to snatch my boss, and were killed by the boss instead!" Hearing this, Frost de burst intoughter: "Ha ha, you deserve it!" At the same time, he pointed his middle finger at the Apocalypse members. As he had been shamed by Frost de, Brother Light shouted furiously in response: "Dont be so smug, you only killed us with the help of the BOSS. Now youre alone, and youre just a trash Pugilist. Watch how we kill you all the way back to the beginner vige!" Frost de turned to his left and right: "Brother, where are your men?" "What men?" Wang Yu asked quizzically. Panicking, Frost de asked again: "You came to save me, but didnt bring any men along?" "Cheh, Im enough to deal with this bunch!" Wang Yu chuckled as he reached out to the side, and grabbed an Assassin . This was the Twin Skewer that had been stomped to death by him previously. This was not the first time that Brother Light and co. had seen such a weird situation. Although it was shocking, but they couldnt be bothered about it. However, it was not the case for Frost de, as his jaw dropped at this sight: "You have items to counter [Stealth]? Sell them to me!" As this was going on, the Apocalypse members were already in formation, shooting arrows and magic their way. "No!" Wang Yu replied. With a flick of his hand, he grabbed Twin Skewers by the hair, throwing him out. The arrows and magic blew up Twin Skewers into a burst of white light. Unlucky Twin Skewers didnt read the divination guide before leaving home today. He had just lost his item after being killed by Wang Yu once, then before he could fight for his band of brothers, he was destroyed again by them. Wang Yu taunted the group: "You guys even kill your friends, youre really heartless!" Everyone shouted back in unison: "F**k! Shameless!" As they shouted, their bows were being reloaded, and magic incantations were read. At the same time, Wang Yu had used [Ghost], jumping into midair, and stepped on the heads of Warriors and Knights in the front rows, charging straight into the midst of the group. Archers and Magicians were jobs with much lower health than Pugilists, only having 300-400 health even after level 10. [Lateral Kick], [Crushing Blow], chokes. Wang Yu ruthlessly used all his abilities without any hesitation. One strike one kill, white light everywhere. By the time the tanks turned around, their back row had disappearedpletely. "F**k! What magic did he use?" The Warriors in the front row were stunned after seeing the empty space behind them. The Priest that saw everything shouted: "They were all killed instantly by this b*stard!" "..." Everyone turned speechless. Only a moment had passed, and this Pugilist actually killed 8 men. This speed was a little too terrifying. However, Wang Yus fists and legs did not give them a chance to pause there. The next instant, his hands grabbed the neck of the frontmost Knight,nding a [Crushing Blow] on the guys head, and turning him into a sh of white light on the spot. The remaining people then reacted and attacked Wang Yu with the weapons in their hands. With a kick to the ground, Wang Yu weed them in battle. Skillfully avoiding their weapons, he approached Brother Light and threw out an attack, creating another sh of white light as Brother Light died. "Priest!! Priest!! F**k yourself, why arent you healing us!" The dead members of Brother Lights group shouted in their group chat. "Do you think you would have a chance even if I did?" The Priest scolded back. This was only a game, and no one yed it to get angry. Even the head of Apocalypse couldnt shout at his subordinates without reason, much less Brother Light. In the span of their conversation, all Warriors and Knights were wiped out by Wang Yu, and he turned to stare at the 2 Priests: "At least you 2 are smarter and didnt retaliate pointlessly!" Both Priests faces were filled with tears as they scolded him inside; "We also wanted to, but there was no chance! Moreover, the meagrebat ability of Priests would just tickle you, so theres no use in attacking!" Seeing that the Priests didnt speak, Wang Yu carried on: "Since your brothers have all died, it wouldnt be good if you 2 didnt follow in their footsteps. Die now!" As he spoke, Wang Yu stepped forward, grabbing both their becks. With a crack, white light rose up once more. System notification: As you have be enlightened,a umon skill [Choke] has been created, fame increased by 500 Chapter 22: Joining The Quan Zhen Sect Chapter 22: Joining The Quan Zhen Sect Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Inside Twilight Citys respawn point, the members of Apocalypse were silently staring at each other. "No way... He got you guys too?" When the Archers and the Magicians saw Brother light and the rest appear they asked in shock. Being jobs that had low defense and health, for them to have been killed was within expectations. However, for someone like a Warrior, especially Brother Light who was fully equipped in Iron equipment and even had one Bronze equipment, to have been killed by a Pugilist waspletely unexpected! The Knight and three Warriors all turned red in shame and silently lowered their heads. The four of them with their closebat jobs had been annihted by the useless Pugilist! Even they themselves had a hard time believing something like this was possible. The knight immediately tried to change the subject and said: "Well did anyone here survive?" "Wait a second... Where are our Priests?" Brother Light suddenly said. The whole group was stunned and then quickly sent a bunch of thumbs up emojis in the chat and said: "Our two healers really are capable warriors!" Just as they had said this, two shes of white light appeared in front of them and the two Priests spawned with confusion and anger on their faces. Seeing the two Priests also being sent to the respawn point, the rest of them finally calmed down slightly. "The two of you really couldnt run away either huh..." "F**k! That bastard is really too vicious! We clearly said that we wouldnt resist yet he still strangled us to death!" The Priest named Little White angrily cursed. "Did he ever say he wouldnt kill us?" The other Priest Cloudy shook his head. "Strangled to death..." Hearing his words everyone sucked in a cold breath of air and turned gloomy. His words had reminded them of how Wang Yu had killed them. Those that Wang Yu had killed in one punch or kicked started to feel slightly better about their deaths. Compared to those that had been beaten alive by Wang Yu their own deaths were still rather merciful in a way. Especiallypared to the first Assassin and one of the other Priests. These two had even been kicked in the balls by Wang Yu... The more that they thought about it the more horrific it seemed. Eventually Sorrow couldnt take it anymore and interrupted: "Enough! Enough! That damned bastard isnt human at all! Theres nothing we small fries can do but ept our deaths..." Twin Skewers dejectedly crouched at a corner and muttered: "Motherf**kers... Ive been reduced to nothing because of you guys..." "... Todays weather is really nice isnt it?" "Yea the sunset really is something else..." Hearing their replies Twin Skewers was speechless. As their leader, no matter how much he was afraid of Wang Yu, Brother Light still had to take care of the interests of his men. He turned around and kindly asked: "Brothers, Twin Skewers equipment is still in that mans hands. Are we still going to try again?" "This..." Hearing his words everyone was stunned and turned to look at Twin Skewers awkwardly. This group had been ying together for quite awhile so their rtionship was naturally very close. They were willing to die for him but rushing to fight someone they had no chance of winning against was just pure idiocy. Thus the decision fell on poor Twin Skewers. "Ai... Lets just forget about it... Its just a piece of equipment anyway. If its gone then so be it. The game just started anyway so its really not worth it to antagonize someone like that anyway..." Twin Skewers dejectedly sighed. Hearing his reply the rest of the group finally let out a sigh of relief. If cashers could take advantage of their superior equipment to make up for the differences between jobs, then Wang Yu could be said to have been able topletely ignore the job system! He was able topletely destroy the bnce of the whole game! There was simply no point going against someone like that...... Nodding his head Brother Light said: "Well then this matter is settled then. Dont worry little Skewer, when the dungeon instance opens up in future any good equipment will go to you first! Does anyone have anything against this?" "No! Definitely not!" What a joke! If they didnt agree then they would have to face that demonic Pugilist again... In the depths of the Secret Jungle. Frost de was staring at Wang Yu withrge eyes and his jaw wide open. "Youre hacking right?" "Nope! Pure skill!" Wang Yu lightlyughed. "Monstrous!!!" Frost de sincerely sighed. Out of the seven jobs in the game the Pugilist had always been considered the worst. With no innate weapon masteries and the shortest attacking range in the game, Pugilists were abused no matter where they went. Even monsters would feel happy when they encountered one! However this wasnt the case for the Pugilist in front of him. Not only was his strength extraordinary enough to have solo-ed a boss previously, the Pugilist even wiped out sixteen other yers in front of him! Actually watching Wang Yu in person was much more shocking than seeing a video of him. Wang Yus immense power had caused Frost de to start doubting the job rankings. Were Pugilists actually the strongest job? "What was that anti stealth skill you used just now?" Frost de asked. What shocked Frost de the most in the fight just now sad how Wang Yu had seemingly casually reached out his hand and choked an Assassin. As an Assassin himself, Frost de was naturally very curious about this. "Also pure skill!" Wang Yu replied. "Your own skill? Did you use sound to estimate his position?" Frost de recalled that Wang Yu had mentioned something like that to him previously. "My five senses are just normal. My hearing isnt anything special either. The reason I knew where that Assassin was was due to his killing intent!" Wang Yu replied. "Killing intent?" "Thats right! Im a martial arts expert!" Wang Yu proudly replied. "Ohhhhh!!!! Truly amazing truly amazing..." Frost de replied as he stared at Wang Yu with a half convinced expression. "You believe me?" "Why wouldnt I?" "Most people think Im crazy when I tell them this..." Wang Yu sighed. "Well in the Quan Zhen Sect Ive seen all kinds of madmen... its not only you so why wouldnt I?" Frost de shrugged. After being silent for awhile Lee Wang Yu suddenly asked: "Speaking of which what is the Quan Zhen Sect anyway? Is it some kind of sect in this game?" Knowing that Wang Yu was a noob when it came to games, Frost de patiently pointed at the Taiji emblem on his chest and said: "You see this? Anyone with this emblem on their chest is a member of the Quan Zhen Sect!" "Does that mean Im part of it too?" Wang Yu asked af he pointed to the Taiji on his chest. "Hm?" After quickly ncing at Wang Yus chest Frost de quickly opened up his Guild namelist. There were only a small handful of names in the list but "Iron Bull" wasnt one of them. "Youre not in our guild..." Frost de muttered to himself. "And your emblem looks much cooler than mine too..." "Really?" As he looked at his emblem, Wang Yu realised that what Frost de said was true. Frost des emblem was simply a standard guild badge. His on the other hand seemed to have a faint halo around it and the colours of the Ying Yang fishes even seemed to move! "Where did you get this emblem from?" Frost de asked. "From my job advancement!" Wang Yu replied. "Your job advancement?" Frost de asked in surprise. After the first update of the game, the patch notes did mention that every job had a hidden quest. If the yer were toplete this hidden quest they would be rewarded with a hidden job! "Yes exactly!" Wang Yu nodded. "Do you have any interest in joining our Quan Zhen Sect?" Frost de excitedly asked. "Will I have a lot of duties that Ill need to do?" although Wang Yu was a noob when it came to games he wasnt a fool. Assert the very least he knew that most guild had many rules and roles for it members. Since his goal when ying the game was to earn as much as her could, Wang Yu didnt want to new tied down. "Dont worry about it! Our Quan Zhen Sect isnt like other guilds. Hell we dont even grind levels together!" Friday de replied. Most guilds in such games always had very strict discipline. If the members werent clearing dungeons together then they would be grinding together. For a guild to not even train together like the Quan Zhen Sect did meant that they werepletelywless and useless! One advantage to such a guild was its immense freedom. Even if the guilds base were under attack and the members were sleeping, no one would care! "Ill take a look then!" Wang Yu nodded. "Great!" Frost de replied and quickly opened his friend list to find the guild leader of the Quan Zhen Sect. "Fearless! Hey! Fearless! Are you there?" "F**k man Im following some girl with nice legs in Twilight city! Go bother Boson or something!" "I want to invite someone to the guild! Give me the rights!" Frost de ignored Fearless words as though he was already used to it. Hearing his words Fearless suddenly put on a serious expression and said: "Whos this guy? Is he dependable? Let me warn you first he better have some skill! We might not be arge guild but our entry requirements are very strict!" "Cut the crap. Youll know who it is when I add him in!" Frost de replied. "Well then let me tell you. If this guys doesnt have any skills then Ill kick him out without giving you any face!" After Fearless sent the message, Frost de immediately received the right to invite people to the guild. "So much bullshit!" Frost de muttered as he added Wang Yu to the guild. System notification: yer Frost de has invited you to join "Quan Zhen Sect" Do you ept? ept! Congrattions on joining Quan Zhen Sect! Our motto is: Seek not the best, but the most interesting! Chapter 23: Im Afraid Ill Accidentally Beat You To Death Chapter 23: Im Afraid Ill identally Beat You To Death Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions With Frost des help, Wang Yu opened the guilds name list and saw that his name was at the top and there was a level 15 behind it. Scrolling down, Wang Yu was surprised to see that there was already someone else in the Quan Zhen Sect that was level 15 and the lowest level member was level 14! Levelling in this game went from really fast to slow. At this point, most yers in REBIRTH were only around level 13. Brother Lights group were actually considered experts! Wang Yus efficiency when hunting monsters was already incredibly high and he had solo-ed two bosses previously thus helping him reach level 15. It was hard to believe that there were people capable of keeping up with him! The people who threw money into this game really were something else! "We have a new member! Everyone say hi!" Frostde had sent this message in the guild chat but after waiting for nearly half a day there still werent any replies. During this time Wang Yu and Frost de could only awkwardly stare at each other. "Motherf**kers! These sluts muted the group chat again!" After cursing for a bit Frost de personally messaged the other members of the guild. Soon their other members started entering the group chat one by one. Fearless: Bitch do you want to die or something? I already told you Im on a date!!!! Boson: Stalking her is considered a date? Then if you actually speak to her would it be sex already? Spring Halo: F**king Frost de! This poor man had a sudden burst of inspiration and was trying to divine the location to hunt a boss! Your damn screaming destroyed everything! You betterpensate meter! ... Looking at them banter on the guild chat, Wang Yu finally understood why everyone said that the members of the Quan Zhen Sect were mad. Their reputation really was deserved! "Theres a new member!" Frost de cleared his throat and said. "A new member? Is he here to worship us? He can do it in his heart. Were all very shy people so saying it out loud is very embarrassing..." The rest of the members openly discussed. "These bunch of whores are called shy?" Wang Yu silently cursed. As the guild leader, Fearless was the only who even bothered to check the Guild log to see had joined. The moment he had opened it he was immediately stunned. Holy f**k!!!!!! Its Great God Iron Bull!!!! How the hell did Frost de even manage to rope someone like that in? With all the nonsense that these clowns had been spewing without looking at the guild list they might have already offended him! Suddenly Fearless remembered the dreadful image of the poor Silver Wolf Kings demise and couldnt help but shudder. Thinking of this Fearless immediately said: "Enough! Our new member is an expert!" Although Fearless really wanted to watch Wang Yu deal with these idiots, he still did his duty as a guild leader and reminded the rest. "Expert? Hah! Didnt you see the World Leaderboards? Which one of the yers in this guild isnt an expert? Come on then! Lets see how many rounds you canst against this grandfather!" A Pugilist called Vainglory disdainfully said. His words stunned Wang Yu momentarily. After he recovered, Wang Yu turned to the nearby Frost de and asked: "Who is this guy? He really lives up to the word vain in his name!" "Just a stupid kid. You can ignore him." Frost de replied as he opened the guild chat and said: "Hey brat! Why dont go open up the World Leaderboard yourself and see whos the top yer!" Suddenly the guild chat wentpletely silent. The rest of them really did go and check the World Leaderboards. With some help from Frost de, Wang Yu found a button and also opened up the World Leaderboards and realised his name was right at the top! Iron Bull: Pugilist - LV 15 (Hidden jobs are not disyed so Wang Yu appears as a Pugilist) Spring Halo: Dark Shaman - LV 15 Boson: Weapons Master - LV 14 Fearless: Bishop - LV 14 Frost de: Assassin - LV 14 Vainglory: Fighter - LV 14 2012: Archer - LV 14 Ming Du: Lightning Wizard - LV 14 Crotch Lord: Guardian - LV 13 Nine Solitary Spears: Crusader - LV 13 Quan Zhen Sect only had a small number of members, but each one was on the top of the Leaderboards! Especially Spring Halo who was a Dark Shaman. This was a control focused job that had been considered even worse than the Pugilist by some yers and yet it was second on the Leaderboards! After a brief silence, Spring Halo was the first to speak up. "Oh? So it was honourable Brother Bull who joined our Quan Zhen Sect! A talented man naturally chooses a patron of integrity after all. It seems like we all have the same ideals!" "Urgh..." Seeing what Spring Halo had said Wang Yu felt rather distraught and almost deleted his message instead of sending it. When Boson saw that Wang Yu had joined the Quan Zhen Sect he excitedly said: "Brother Bull if you wanted to join us you couldve just told me! You shouldve said something earlier!" "Boson and Fearless are the kind of friends that would even share a bed! The closeness of their friendship isnt something normal people can hope to understand!" Frost de added after Boson had spoken. "Im just here to casually y the game." Wang Yu awkwardly replied as though he had misunderstood something. At the same time he thought to himself: "Im just in this game to sell equipment and earn money for my family... If I knew you guys were like this I wouldnt have joined even if all of you beat me to death!" "Che! Whats so great about being so high level? The most important thing in this game is your own technique!" Seeing everyone else being so enthusiastic and weing towards Wang Yu had made Vainglory feel jealous. Kids being kids would naturally love topare andpete with each other. Whats more, the both of them were Pugilists yet Wang Yu had suppressed him on the World Leaderboards. It was very natural that someone so arrogant like Vainglory would harbour ill feelings towards Wang Yu. Hearing his words, the others immediately started to get excited and said: "Oh! Little chicky are you upset? If youre upset then just fight it out!" The guild really waswless. Instead of trying to calm him down and reason with him they were adding fuel to the fire! They really did just want to watch something interesting happen... "Thats right thats right! Little chicky against Iron Bull! Iron Bulls odds are 1 to 1 and little chickys are 1 to 10! Come and ce your bets!" Instead of doing his job as the guild leader, Fearless had instead started taking bets! "Ill bet on honourable Brother Iron Bull then!" "Ill bet on Brother Bull as well!" Everyone started cing their bets on the fight one by one. Seeing that everyone felt that he was weaker than Wang Yu, Vainglory was naturally incensed and angrily shouted in the chat: "You guys dare look down on me? Iron Bull, do you dare to fight this grandfather one on one?" Hearing this Wang Yu felt slightly conflicted. "This... this isnt too good...Were all one guild... Im afraid that..." "Huh? You dont dare to? Did you guys hear that? He said hes afraid! Hahahaha!" Vainglory mocked. "Fists are blind! Im just afraid that I mitt identally beat you to death! It isnt easy to level up so you should treasure your levels!" Wang Yu exined. What Wang Yu had said was true. Pugilists had the lowest health in the game. Even after advancing to a Fighter this fact still remained the same. At level 14 if Vainglory didnt add any points to vitality he would only have about five or six hundred health! Using the Independent mode, all of Wang Yus attacked exceeded 100% perfection would be dealing true damage! A single punch from Wang Yu would have been more than enough to beat Vainglory to death! Since they were in the same guild it wouldnt be nice if Wang Yu had beat him up that badly. Wang Yu had said these words with kind intentions. However to those that actually heard it, it sounded iparably arrogant! "Im afraid Ill identally beat you to death!" These words were truly outrageous. What kind of courage did it take to say something like that? Finally Vainglory couldnt take it anymore and started shouting: "F**K!!!! What bullshit!!!! You dare say these arrogant words to me?? Thats it! Come to the city now! Were going to fight to the death!" "You better think through this carefully! Going all out is only respectful to your opponent, so martial artists dont give any chance when duelling. If we really fight, I wont show you any mercy!" Wang Yu replied. "Hmph! Juste then! I want to see what kind of abilities the top expert has!" Vainglory coldly retorted. "Ok then. Ill be over in a moment." Wang Yu ndly replied. After exiting the guild chat, Wang Yu caught a glimpse of the extremely moved Frost de and gloomily asked: "The tension was so thick just now! Why didnt you try to ease it?" "When you deal with kids you cant indulge them. Since he wants to fight then just beat him until he relents!" Frost de said with a huge grin. Chapter 24: Uncommon Skill Chapter 24: Umon Skill Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wang Yu was speechless as he looked at Frost des devious smile. "So do you want these two skills books and the dagger or not?" Wang Yu asked as he took out the two skill books. Due to themotion, Wang Yu had nearly forgotten what he hade to the Secret Jungle for. "Yes! Of course I do!" After looking at the items in Wang Yus hand a greedy look appeared on Frost de as he took the skill books from Wang Yu and transferred him the money. "Oh by the way, how much can this be sold for..." After receiving the money from him, Wang Yu took out yet another skill book. Frost des face contorted with shock, confusion and surprise as he looked at the skill book that Wang Yu had taken out. [Choke]: Umon skill, allows the user to attack with the other hand, dealing 120% Physical Damage to the target, cancelling any spell being cast. Job Requirement: None It was another umon skill book, it was even a dual hand skill! How was this b*stard so lucky! In REBIRTH, being able to use both hands was a very rare urrence. The system had dictated that only three of the sses would have the natural ability to use both their hands to attack. Pugilist - Naturally a Pugilist would be able to use both hands, a Pugilist that could only use one hand was unheard of... Weapons Master - After reaching level 40, there was a passive in their skill tree, [Dual Wield Mastery], that would allow them wield two weapons and fight. Just that their other hand would only deal 80% of the damage dealt by the main hand. Assassin - Ever since the beta testing phase, Assassins also had an umon skill that allowed them to dual wield weapons, but this skill was even weaker than the Weapons Master, only having 60% of the original damage. All dual wielding skill books were rtively expensive. In the beta testing only one skill book was found in the entire server and it was only a 80% damage skill book. Even for such a simple skill book, the price had been sky high. The skill that Wang Yu had found not only dealt 120% Physical Damage, but it also could disrupt spells being cast. If such a skill book was ced on sale, it would drive the market crazy! Frost de didnt dare to believe that in less than a week of ying this game, he would be holding such a rare and precious skill book in his hands! He had the burning desire to just log off now and keep the book with him! And hope to never meet Wang Yu in the future. "Dual wielding skill!!!" Frost de asked: "Where did you get this?" "I made it myself!" "You made it yourself???" Frost des jaw dropped, you could make your own skills in this game? Howe he had never heard of this before? Was this some sort of system error? Wang Yu nodded his head: "Mm, my job has a skill called [True Expert], which allows me to turn my own attacks into a skill in the game! The system seemed to have recognised my attack just now when I was killing those yers and turned it into a skill book." "Heh..." After hearing Wang Yus words, Frost de let out a deep sigh: "Even though this skill seems kind of dodgy, but it was something made for you!" Based on Wang Yus words, he was a martial artist, and the skills that he knew were not limited to just [Choke]. It was likely that if he continued to y this game in the long run he would be able to create more and more skills. Frost de sheepishly said: "Im going to be honest with you Iron Bull. This skill book is simply too expensive! I cannot afford it... Wang Yu cheekily replied: "So there are things that even you cant afford!" "Hah, Im only casually ying this game, there are other people who truly throw money into this game. I think its best if you throw this skill to the auction to sell! As long as I work my magic, Im sure itll be able to fetch an insane price!" When Wang Yu heard Frost de mention the auction and "working his magic", Wang Yu couldnt understand a thing he was saying and indifferently replied: "Forget it, it sounds too troublesome! Ill just hold onto to it first and sell it in the future, its not like Im desperate for money now!" Wang Yu had long since earned enough gold coins to meet the requirements that the gold farming studio had given him. With the money that he earned from selling Frost de the dagger, he already had about 300 000 in his bank. For someone like Wang Yu who did not seek a very high standard of living or very luxurious material goods, there was no need for him to go out of his way to try to earn money in this game. He had only just started ying and there were still plenty of opportunities to earn money in future. "Aiyah, thats a shame, a skill like this is worth a ton of money in the game right now!" Frost demented as he shot a disappointed look at Wang Yu. Wang Yuughed: "Thats alright, good things wont depreciate in value!" "Thats right, how much do you intend to sell the limestone powder for?" Frost de asked. Wang Yu scratched his head and replied: "Im just a noob in this game, I have no idea how much its worth!" "Oh, how could I forget this!" Frost deughed. Because of how overpowered Wang Yu was, Frost de hadpletely forgotten that this beast was actually a noob! "Even though this thing is very useful, but its still a consumable item. 5 silver for one unit of it, what do you think?" Frost de asked. Wang Yu replied: "Okay! Lets go with that!" 5 silver coins were equal to 50 dors, that was a lot of money! "4 gold coins for eighty units of limestone powder, heres the money!" Frost de immediately took out 4 gold coins and handed them over to Wang Yu. After finishing the trade, Frost de asked Wang Yu: "Speaking of which, where does this thing evene from? Does anyone else know? Wang Yu exined: "Its dropped by the Dusk Vagrants, Ive used this thing against the people from Apocalypse guild so they probably know." "Dusk Canyon... do you have any buyers for that title deed?" Frost de asked. "Nope! I dont know many people" After hearing what Wang Yu had said, a devious grin appeared on Frost des face: "Keep it, sell it to Fearlesster! Hehe! A cold chill ran up Wang Yus spine as he looked at Frost de. The duo left the Secret Jungle and returned to Twilight City. The closer they came to the city, the more yers they saw. The scene outside of Twilight City was reminiscent of the scene outside beginner vige. The sheer amount of people in the area had scared the Thieves and Robbers whitless, causing their attributes to be reduced by 10% as they quaked in their boots. Wang Yu sighed at how realistic the game was. As the duo walked towards the gates of Twilight City, a toon of city guards in their shining armour started to walk towards them. Frost des seriously asked: "Brother Bull, how many people did you kill just now?" "Probably a dozen or so......werent you there as well just now? Whats the matter?" Wang Yu inquired. Frost de hurriedly shouted: "Run away now!" "Why?" "Youll be killed for killing other yers!" Frost de shouted. As an online multiyer game, REBIRTH did not mind PK, but it could not be programmed in a way that would allow yers to thoughtlessly go around killing each other. Hence, the game designers included a PK score. In REBIRTH, if you killed one person your name would turn grey, if you killed two your name would turn yellow, but if you killed five or more yers your name would turn red. yers with red names would not only be unable to enter towns or cities, but they would be attacked by the city guards if they came close to the city. Of course, the names of all yers were kept hidden at all times, therefore a normal yer would not be able to tell who had a red name. With how well designed the game system was, the NPCs could easily see the PK points of each yer. For someone like Wang Yu with 16 PK points to try to enter the city through the front gates was simply too brazen! Wang Yu raised his fist and asked: "Are they strong?". Looking at Wang Yu preparing to fight, Frost de rolled his eyes and said: "They are all masters in the jobs, they can even take down a Divine Tier boss, do you think theyre strong?" "..." After hearing what Frost de had said Wang Yus expression turned grave. This was simply too unfair! Given that he couldnt even use 10% of his actual abilities in this game, even if he used all the skills at his disposal to fight these guards, he was sure to die! Just as Wang Yu was about to run away, the guards had already rushed over! As he looked at the movements of the city guards, Wang Yu finally believed what Frost de had said. F*ck, to use [Charge] to rush over......and they didnt have cooldowns for their skills, this was too unfair. Without much effort, the city guards had arrived beside Wang Yu and Frost de. Wang Yu got into his fighting stance and prepared for a desperate struggle. However when the city guards took a good look at his face they were stupefied and immediatelyid down their weapons. Chapter 25: Duel Chapter 25: Duel Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "Whats the meaning of this?" Wang Yu was quite shocked. Did this whole bunch of guards rush over here just to scare him? The captain of the guards mechanically answered: "So it was Lord Iron Bull! We were still wondering if some sort of hoodlum hade to the city!" "Hoodlum? Isnt that him?" Frost de pointed at Wang Yu and replied. "Hey hey hey, dont forget why I had to kill all those people just now you ungrateful little b*stard!" Wang Yu angrily scolded. "Lord Iron Bull you have eliminated the Dusk Bandit Gang from the canyon, you are the hero of our city! The city lord wishes to meet you!" The guard captain continued. When he heard the words of the guard captain, Wang Yu immediately understood that this whole fiasco was a result of the Twilight City merit points he earned! "Alright, Ill find himter!" "Mm!" The city guards nodded their heads as they rearranged themselves into their toon formation, returning back to the city. Everyone one present had been thoroughly shocked by the scene they had just witnessed: "Did you see that, the city guards actually went up to that guy to speak to him! On their own ord!" "Thats right, whats going on? I thought that group of blockheads couldnt speak?" "Maybe its a hidden quest? Lets go take a look!" At this moment, everyone who had reached the same conclusion flocked towards the city guards. "Hey, excuse me..." The city guards showed no signs of stopping even though they had been surrounded by the yers. They still wore a solemn and serious expression on their face as they continued to march unhindered towards the city gate, trampling over the yers... "Thats awesome! Howe you werent faulted for murdering other yers?" Wang Yuughed: "Its just a coincidence. Lets keep moving, there are people waiting for us!" "Mm!" Frost de nodded. He seemed very excited that Wang Yu had received what he thought was a special mission. Once they arrived at the dojo, Wang Yu realised that there actually werent that many yers in the Quan Zhen Sect. "This pair of good friends are Fearless and Boson!" Frost de pointed the Warrior and Priest in the corner of the dojo as he introduced them. Wang Yu smiled at the pair as he nodded his head. Boson had a very emotional expression when he saw that Wang Yu had actuallye. "This is Spring Halo, Brother Spring! Youre awesome!" Frost de pointed at a middle-aged person wearing a pointed hat (a typical Magician equipment) and said. "Hello Brother Spring!" Wang Yu politely greeted. Spring Halo looked at Wang Yu and eximed: "You have a very impressive appearance Iron Bull! Youre not a normal person!" "Thank you Brother Spring!" Wang Yu replied. Even though Spring Halo could be considered rather old and had a rather vulgar appearance, truth be told he was the most friendly person in the Quan Zhen Sect. "Whys everyone talking so much b*llshit! Are we going to fight or not!" At this time, a youth angrily shouted from the top of the duelling tform in the dojo. "Thats Vainglory..." Frost de quickly exined. "Oh..." After having seen Vainglory in person, Wang Yu lost his will to battle. This youth was roughly 17 years old and still carried an air of innocence in his demeanour. Compared to those brutes from Apocalypse, he still looked like a child. "Thats no different from bullying a kid!" Wang Yu nervously told the crowd. The crowd shook their heads: "Just beat him up! You dont need to show mercy!" "But......I dont think I can hold myself back..." One of the most basic rules of a martial artist was that he couldnt use his techniques to bully kids. Fighting Vainglory would be directly viting this rule. If word ever got out, Wang Yu would never be able to show his face in the martial arts world again. Vainglory impatiently shouted: "Do you dare to fight me or not? Juste! If you dont dare to fight just admit youre a coward! Then maybe this grandpa can give you a pointer or two!" "Admit Im a coward?" After hearing his words opponents words. Wang Yus prideful spirit had been ignited. Ever since he was a kid, Wang Yu had been an unmatched genius, even in the entire martial arts world he was second to none, yet this kid in front of him wanted him to admit that he was a coward! This stinky brat truly didnt know how vast the world was. "Come here and let this uncle educate you!" Wang Yu shouted as he jumped onto the duelling tform. When Vainglory saw that Wang Yu had jumped onto the tform, he immediately rushed over to attack. Not even waiting for Wang Yu to prepare himself as heunched a [Lateral Kick] towards Wang Yu. As the saying went, when an expert decided to move anyone could tell if he was bluffing or not. From this single attack, Wang Yu could tell that Vainglory was also using the Independent mode. Nearly all the skills that a Pugilist had utilised his physical body as they normally did not use any weapons to fight. This led many people to think that even amongst those that used Independent mode, Pugilists were the weakest. For Vainglory, a Pugilist, to dare to use the Independent Mode, proved that this kid had some skill. Starting with [Lateral Kick] to knock up the opponent, then following up with [Crushing Blow] and [Flying Knee] to deal more damage. This was one of the mostmonbos that Pugilists used. Once all these skills were chained, this would also result in an additional 100 damage. As he looked at Vainglorys fluid movements, Wang Yu realised that this kid wasnt just all talk. But meeting Wang Yu was probably the biggest tragedy in Vainglorys life! Wang Yu himself had chosen the Pugilist job, whats more, he had a very deep understanding of the capabilities of the Pugilist job thanks to his martial arts background. Naturally, he would know how to take down another Pugilist. Without letting Vainglorys attack reach him, Wang Yu shifted his body, taking a step forward as he stretched out his right leg to push Vainglory. "Piak!!!" Wang Yu had used the force from Vainglorys movement to push him off the stage. Without even using his hands, Wang Yu had defeated Vainglory in a single exchange. Everyone in the Quan Zhen Sect was stunned. Vainglory wasnt a simple kid, everyone in the guild had known him for a period of time and were familiar with his abilities. Vainglory had always yed long-range jobs in other games, but when he came over to REBIRTH he suddenly decided to y as a Pugilist. This sudden change had shocked everyone. It was quite normal for a Magician to change to something like an Archer, but for a yer who had used long ranged jobs for a long time, to suddenly want to engage in meleebat was quite peculiar. Vainglory had decided to answer all their questions: Basically, he was born in an affluent family and had received strict martial arts lessons since he was a kid so that he could protect himself. Even seven or eight thugs wouldnt be able to get near him! Once he entered the game, Vainglory was like a fish in water, even though he had chosen a lousy job, even Boson who had learnt sword arts wouldnt dare to say he could beat him in a fight. Everyone in the Quan Zhen Sect could be considered experts in the game that they were previously ying, but when they switched to REBIRTH, Vainglory suddenly became a lot better than them. Due to his blind arrogance and his conceited nature, he had previously dered himself as the number one expert in REBIRTH back when they were in the beginner vige. Thats why everyone started trying to incite a fight between Wang Yu and Vainglory at the first opportunity they got. Everyone in the guild was just trying to teach him a lesson, that there would always be someone better so he shouldnt get too full of himself. Even though everyone already knew that Wang Yu was an expert, they didnt expect that he would be able to defeat Vainglory so effortlessly. Who would have thought Vainglory would have been defeated without even touching his opponent, simply getting knocked of the duelling tform. Vainglory didnt ept it as his loss, after all he had only been knocked off the tform and lost a bit of health. But in the eyes of the crowd, Vainglory had already been defeated. Vainglory stood up and stared nkly at Wang Yu......after half a minute, he pointed at Wang Yu and shouted: "You f*cker how dare you cheat!" Wang Yu indifferentlyughed at him: "So you use Cha style martial arts." "How do you know this???" After hearing Wang Yu mention Cha style martial arts, a look of shock covered Vainglorys face. Even though Cha style martial arts werent as famous aspared to other styles like Taiji, it didnt mean that it was a weak martial art, it was just quite secretive. The only reason that Vainglory knew this style of martial arts was because one of the body guards that his family had hired knew this style of martial arts and taught it to Vainglory. Who would have thought that there would be someone in this game that recognised it? "Master Chang and I used to be neighbours, I even traded blows with him in the past when I was 15 years old!" Wang Yuughed. "Ah..." When Vainglory heard Wang Yus words, his mind went numb. As someone who had some knowledge about the martial arts world, Vainglory naturally knew who the Master Chang that Wang Yu was talking about was. He was even clearer about what Wang Yu meant when he said that he had "traded blows" with someone. There was a rule in the martial arts world that only the winner could go around saying that he had "traded blows" with someone. No one in the martial arts world would casually say that they had "traded blows" with another party as this could harm the other partys pride. Vainglory had no reason to doubt Wang Yus words. Vainglory had merely learnt the Cha style martial arts from a practitioner for a short few months, while Wang Yu had defeated the founder of this style of martial arts when he was just a teenager! Was there even a need topete? When he thought of this, Vainglory lowered his head in embarrassment and said: "No need, lets not fight anymore, I admit defeat!" What a joke, why would he willing offend someone of that level! "Mm, youre not too bad yourself!" Seeing that Vainglory had admitted defeat in such a straightforward manner, Wang Yu nodded his head in approval, thinking to himself: "Even though this kid is proud, hes not narrow-minded!" "Dont look down on me! I know very clearly the difference in our strength! Even though I lost today Im no coward! Ill surpass you someday!!!" "Not bad, you have guts, Ill be waiting for you!" Wang Yu looked at Vainglory and realised that this kid really resembled himself in his youth. After Vainglory had admitted defeat, the crows quickly rushed onto the duelling tform. "Looks like you lost Little Chick! Maybe next time you should just hide behind the guild master!" "Haha, looks like youve met your match! You arent much stronger than me but yet you dare to challenge Brother Iron Bull!" "Hehe, thats not important, whats important is that Little Chicky here is a good gambler who never forgets his debts. You arent going to forget your debt today right?" After heard Brother Springs words, Vainglory gloomily took out arge number of gold coins and handed it to the crowd. Wang Yu was speechless. It seemed that Vainglory had bet on himself winning back when everyone was cing their bets! As he looked at this group of grown men bullying a kid almost to the point of tears, Wang Yu took out a skill book and threw it to Vainglory: "Take it, dont need to be too modest!" Vainglory thoroughly read the skill description before excitedly shouting: "Thank you Brother Bull!" "Disrespectful little shit! Call me uncle!" "Ill even call you daddy if you want!" When he saw the expression on Vainglorys face, Frost de couldnt help but ask: "You gave THAT skill book to him?" "Yeap!" "The f*ck!" Frost de revealed a very sorrowful look as he pleaded: "Uncle Bull, can you take that book back from him and give it to me instead?" "What book is that?" Everyone else chimed in. "A dual wield skill book that does 120% damage and even cancels the opponents skill!" Frost de cried. "The f*ck!!! Uncle Bull!! Give us some skills books too!!!" Wang Yu was speechless: "The f*ck was wrong with this group of people!" Chapter 26: Friends Chapter 26: Friends Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Looking at everyones expressions, Wang Yu was able to guess how valuable the skill book was. However he didnt regret giving it away at all. In this day and age, where learning martial arts was scorned, seeing a member of the younger generation so passionate about martial arts really moved Wang Yu. In the past, Wang Yu had been exactly like Vainglory. His martial arts was his life and he would never give up, never admit defeat and never forsake it. Giving him the skill book could have been considered giving the younger generation some encouragement even if this was just a game. As a grown man, Frost de naturally understood the reasons behind Wang Yus actions. He was merely joking around when he asked for the book. All of these people didntck money in real life. Even if Wang Yu had given them the skill book, they would all have taken out their money and paid him for it. After joking around, Frost de secretly asked Fearless: "Hey Fearless, are you interested in getting a guild headquarters? "Guild headquarters? Nah its not like were fighting for supremacy or anything. Its too troublesome anyway. Might as well just rent an office somewhere..." Fearless grumbled. In REBIRTH, it didnt cost much to set up a guild. As long as there were more than five yers and they paid the fee the guild would be officially formed. To acquire a headquarters on the other hand really was very troublesome. Not only did the guild have toplete a lot of quests, they would even need to go to the outskirts of the town to fight against hostile forces! Hence, only those guilds that truly wanted to rule over the game would even bother with trying to get a headquarters. Other smaller guilds would simply rent a small space in the city to use. For a small guild like the Quan Zhen Sect, renting an office wasnt even necessary! "Take a look at this then." As he spoke, Frost de took out some limestone powder from his bag and passed it to Fearless. Fearless simply nced at it and dismissively said: "You can just throw this kind of trash to the NPC shops to sell. Whyre you passing it to me for?" "This power can counter [Stealth]!" Frost de replied. "Are you serious?" Fearless gasped. "If its fake then Ill refund you. Great God Iron Bull tested it out himself!" Frost de confidently replied. "Holy f**k! Thats incredible! But what does this have to do with us getting a guild headquarters?" Fearless asked again. "Great God Iron Bull managed to get a title deed to start the quest for the guild headquarters. The site of the headquarters is exactly where this limestone powder can be farmed!" Frost de said. Hearing his words, everyones eyes instantly lit up. At this stage of the game, the job that was the hardest to deal with were the Thief rted jobs. Under [Stealth], they would bepletely undetectable. Backstabs would deal an extra 50% damage due to the ss passives. With their high speed, Thieves would often use hit and run tactics. Aside from Archers, no other d would be able to retaliate. However with their low health Archers were most afraid of closebat... Thus before Guardians and Temrs properly grew, Thieves basically didnt have any counters! If an anti-stealth item really did exist then didnt that mean that the Thieves reign of terror over? Furthermore, this legendary item could bepletely monopolized by their guild... They definitely just hit the jackpot! Thinking of this Fearless had an embarrassed expression as he said: "This really is too much! Brother Bull just joined us and hes already given such a great gift!" Hearing his words, Frost des face darkened as he said: "Truly shameless! This title deed is worth a whole city and you think hes giving it to you for free?" "Ah? Hes not giving it to us?" Fearless was slightly stunned by Frost des words. Seeing how Wang Yu had so casually tossed a rare skill book to Vainglory had awed him senseless. One must know that the skill book Wang Yu had given away wasnt much lower in value than the headquarters title deed! "Give your mom! Although he may be an expert, Iron Bull isnt that well off in real life! Since hes already given away a skill book how can we still try and take advantage of him?" Frost de said. Hearing his words, the rest of them were stunned. Looking at Wang Yus skills, it was obvious that he was an expert. There were usually only two possibilities for someone like this to be ying a video game. Firstly, they didnt need to work, or worry about money, and their real lives were extremely boring, like most of them members of Quan Zhen Sect for example. The next kind were those that wanted to temper themselves to further their martial arts. Seeing how Wang Yu had so casually given away such a valuable skill book everyone thought that he belonged to the first type. Who wouldve thought that hed be poor... "No way... Brother Bull, your appearance and mannerisms give off the feeling that youre rather rich in life! You dont seem like a poor person at all!" Spring Halo gasped in shock. "Actually Im part of the Primrose Gold Farming Group... Im only ying this game to feed my family..." Wang Yu awkwardly replied. "Primrose Gold Farming Group? Youre working for that kind of second-rate group? Uncle Bull your talents are just being wasted there! Come work for me, Ill definitely pay you much higher than they ever will!" Vainglory said as he unconsciously disyed his status as a rich kid. Hearing his words the rest of them simply remained silent. Although they were all from the same guild and knew that he had said this with good intentions, his spoilt tone really was rather damaging to ones pride. "Thanks for the invitation little chicky but Im just doing this job temporarily. When I reach my goal for the month I can still do my own things after that." Wang Yu casually said. "Oh...Okay then..." Vainglory disappointedly nodded. After thinking for a bit Fearless said: "How about this then, well buy your headquarters title deed for 500 000 dors!" Wang Yu instantly turned around to look at Frost de who said: "Its about that price!" "Alright then! Take it!" Wang Yu said as he took the title deed out of his bag and tossed it over to Fearless. As he caught the title deed Fearless turned to the rest of the guild and said: "Since were buying this title deed so that everyone can profit together, well be splitting the cost! Does anyone have any issues with this?" "None!" Vainglory immediately shouted. "None!" The others replied one after another. All of them were experienced gaming experts and naturally knew the value of an item that could counter the effects of stealth. This was especially so during this time when Thieves reigned supreme, if the few of them could monopolize the limestone powder then a measly 100 000 dors could easily be earned back! "Alright then! You just need to give me 410 000 then Fearless." Wang Yu said after hearing the discussion. "This title deed is worth 600 000. Your portion has already be ounted for!" Fearlessughed. "This... isnt very good though..." Wang Yu felt slightly guilty after hearing is words. They were tantly letting him take advantage of them! "Haha Brother Bull dont worry about it! Since were in the same guild, were all brothers anyway! We can afford this bit of cash!" the restughed casually. "Thats right! The skill book you gave me is worth way more than Im paying. If anything, Im the one whos taken advantage of you the most!" Vainglory added. "Th...thank you guys!" Wang Yu forcibly nodded his head as a warm fuzzy feeling welled up inside him. Although these people werent very normal, they truly did treat him as a genuine friend... Wang Yu 25 years of life had been rather carefree. Aside from martial arts, all he had was his family. After he started looking for a job, Wang Yu finally experienced the harshness and coldness of the world. However, Wang Yu was able to experience why true friendship was due to this game. As a result, his impression of this cold and cruel world began to change bit by bit. "If anyone has anything that they need to me do in future, just ask me! Ill do my best to fulfil it!" Wang Yu dered. "Of course we will! Our Quan Zhen Sect only has us few brothers! If anyone dares bully us well definitely band together!" Theyughed. "Haha not bad at all!" Wang Yuughed. "Brother Bull, although we just met, it feels like we have known each other for years! Why dont we go to an inn and drink a few cups!" "This... Maybe another time. Im actually pretty hungry now. I really want to log off and eat!" Wang Yu said with an embarrassed smile on his face. Hearing his words the rests faces changed as well. "Hearing you say that kind of makes me feel hungry as well! This game really is too realistic! I always forget to eat! My mum is definitely going to nag at me again..." Boson grumbled. "Hahaha Boson! Youre already 30 and youre still living with your mum?" Fearless mocked. "Motherf**ker you dare to mock me? Arent you living with your dad as well?" Fearless face rapidly turned red as he hurried to say: "Well lets all log off first and go eat then! Well meet againter!" "Okay!" After everyone had replied in unison Wang Yu then logged off. After Wang Yu took off his helmet, he received a message confirming that the 500 000 had been sessfully transferred into his bank ount! When he checked the time on his phone, Wang Yu realised that it was already almost noon! Mu Zi Xian had alreadye back from work and was busy preparing lunch, causing wave after wave of mouth watering aromas to waft out of the kitchen. "Honey howe you didnt tell me that you were home?" Wang Yu asked as he helped Mu Zi Xian arrange the dishes on the table. Mu Zi Xian wiped her hands and pinched Wang Yus cheek as she said: "You looked so serious just now so I didnt dare to disturb you. What if you were fighting a boss?" Wang Yu only gave a sillyugh as he used his free hand to grab onto Mu Zi Xians hand. "So? How are your earnings today?" As she brought more dishes out to the dining table Mu Zi Xian asked. "Not bad, not bad..." Wang Yuughed. "Well just make sure you dont tire yourself out too much ok? Just casually y the game." My Zi Xian said with concern. "I know honey I know. Oh right, my credit card had the money Ive earned from selling equipment. Take it and spend it on yourself ok?" Wang Yu nodded as he took out his credit card and passed it to Mu Zi Xian. However, Mu Zi Xian didnt take the card and instead said: "You keep it. As a man you still need to carry some money when you go out." Hearing her answer, Wang Yu only cheekily smiled and said: "Well since were always together anyway it doesnt really matter whos holding the money!" "Hey... What kind of f**kboys have you been meeting in the game? Since when did your tongue get so glib... Look at you trying to seduce me!" With a giggle, Mu Zi Xian took the card and jokingly scolded him. "Im being honest! If you dont believe me then just listen to my heart!" Wang Yu said as he pulled her into his embrace. At this point, the four girls had also smelt lunch being prepared and had all logged off and left their rooms to eat. Upon seeing this intimate scene, they quickly turned around and said: "We didnt see anything!" Mu Zi Xians face instantly flushed red as she squirmed her way out of Wang Yus hug. "Wow Brother Yu and sister-inw have been married so long but theyre feelings are still so strong..." Li Xue enviously said. Mu Zi Xian gave Wang Yu a deep look as a contented expression appeared on her face. she turned around to look at Li Xue and said: "Dont worry about it. Youll find someone like that one day too!" "Yea... I hope I will..." Li Xue said with a tinge of sadness in her voice as she looked at Wang Yu. "Oh right Brother Yu have you reached level 10 yet? Our groups main branch has set up its office inside Twilight City! When you reach level 10e to the main gate and find us!" Li Xue suddenly said to Wang Yu. "Oh Im already in Twilight City!" Wang Yu replied. "Huh? Really? Such a coincidence! Ok then when you log in just send me a friend request. My name is Snowy Velvet. The four of us will bring you to fight Goblins. Then once you reach level 15 we can enter Dungeon Instances together!" "Goblins?" Wang Yu was slightly stunned. What was the point of killing trash monsters like Goblins? "Mr Landlord theres no need to be scared! Although Goblins are level 15 monsters, well be hunting them in a group so we can definitely take them on! You can just hide at the back and pick up the equipment!" Mary kindly said. "Ok..." Wang Yu helplessly nodded. Chapter 27: Scourge Of The Dusk Chapter 27: Scourge Of The Dusk Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions After logging into the game again, Wang Yu noticed that the others from the Quan Zhen Sect were still offline. After leaving the dojo, Wang Yu first went towards the city lords manor. The city lords manor was located in the middle street and was located in roughly the same location that a government building was in the real world. However, unlike real life, the city lords manor didnt have any prestige to it. Right at the gate of the manor, there were many yers with crafting sses who had set up stalls and were pedalling their wares! Seeing Wang Yu pace around outside the gate while seemingly thinking about something, mocking expressions soon emerged on the faces of these yers. "Someones here to try his luck again! I wonder if the city lord is in a good mood today hehehe..." When Wang Yu arrived in front of the manor door, the guards in charge of the door took the initiative and went to speak to him first! "Lord Iron Bull youve finally arrived! Our Lord has been expecting you! This way please!" "En!" With a nod, Wang Yu followed the guards into the manor. Watching this scene caused the surrounding yers to be shocked silly. "This... this cant be real right? He actually managed to barge his way in!" "Are you blind? He was clearly invited in!" Someone corrected. "F**k! Did the system just glitch or something?" The surrounding yers quickly started a heated discussion. What was the fastest way to level up in the game? Completing quests of course! Low risks for high rewards. And there was even a chance that yers would even be able to trigger a hidden quest and climb to the peak amongst their peers! High grade quests would naturallye from high ranking NPCs. In the entire Twilight City who would be higher ranked than its lord? Following this logic, most yers would have tried to enter the city lords manor or walking around its walls for a bit. Ever since these crafting ss focused yers had entered Twilight city, they had just been manning their stores outside the city lords manor and had seen countless yers try to enter and fail. Those who were lucky were simply turned away by the guards. Those that were more shameless and had tried to forcibly enter were returned to the respawn point by the guards... Seeing someone being invited in by these guards, there was no way these yers wouldnt be shocked. Following the guards in, Wang Yu arrived at arge meeting hall with a man standing in the centre. The man looked around forty years of age and had a tall stalwart figure withrger bulging muscles, giving him a betty imposing aura. This was the fabled city lord that all the yers were dying to meet. Wang Yu could tell at a nce as there were the words "Twilight City Lord--Count Wylie". "Esteemed martial artist! Youve finally arrived!" Noticing Wang Yus arrival, the city lord hurriedly greeted him. "Is there something that you need me to do for you, my lord?" Wang Yu instantly replied. "Ive heard the tales of how you single handedly vanquished the vile Dusk Bandit Gang and I simply had to meet you in person!" The city lord humbly answered. "It was nothing much my lord." Wang Yu lightly chuckled. "The Dusk Bandits Gang has been guing our city for a very long time. Ive sent my armies to exterminate them time and time again but theyve always returned in failure... Your actions have truly been of great help to our city! I represent all the citizens when I say thank you great hero! Let me also award you the title of honorary citizen of Twilight City!!" The city lord said emotionally. System Notification: You have received the title "Honorary Citizen of Twilight City". Monsters killed within Twilight Citys territories will award 10% extra experience and 10% extra gold! System Notification: You have received 50 Twilight City merit points. Your reputation amongst the citizens of Twilight City has risen to "Idol Of The Masses". All items purchased in Twilight City will have a 10% discount. "Against that ragtag little bandit gang any random soldier should have been able to easily annihte them... Yet youre telling me that your armies have been pushed back repeatedly? This really isnt logical at all..." Wang Yu muttered to himself. However, he was in a game so many things werent logical anyway. "Esteemed martial artist, to express our gratitude to you I want to give you a reward. Tell me, what do you desire?" The city lord asked. "Theres another reward other than the title?" Wang Yu was slightly shocked. Several of the NPCs that he met were always all too eager to reduce his rewards. In fact, many of these NPCs were programmed to try and exploit the yers! Someone as generous as the city lord was really rare! No wonder he sad the city lord! "Yes! This reward is my own personal reward to you! As long as you need it, Ill do my best to give it to you!" The city lord confirmed "I want 10 000 gold coins then!" Wang Yu replied after thinking about it. The primary reason that Wang Yu had started ying video games was to earn money after all. With the current exchange rate for gold, as long as Wang Yu could trade away these 10 000 gold coins then he wouldnt need to worry about money in future! "This request... Its not that we dont have 10 000 gold coins, but the taxpayers money isnt something I can use so easily..." The city lord said with some hesitation. "So you cant give it to me then?" "I cant..." The city lord replied with a red face. Wang Yu gloomily thought for awhile and then said: "Then how about a Divine weapon?" Since he couldnt get gold coins then a Divine weapon would still be able to fulfil his needs. At this point, even Silver tier equipment could be sold for a high price. If he sold a Divine weapon when the time was right then it could be worth hundreds of thousands of ordinary Silver equipments! Hearing his words, the city lord almost feel over in shock. After some time he weakly replied: "Things like Divine weapons are things that can be hoped for but not sought after... Even Ive only heard stories about them..." "You dont have a divine weapon either? You really are quite poor arent you..." Wang Yu disappointedly mumbled. Hearing his harsh words, the city lords lips twitched slightly before he said: "How about this instead? I can see that youre still wearing beginner cloth armour and I have a set of light armour with me that I used to wear when I adventured in my youth. Why dont I give it to you!" As he spoke, the city lord took out a light armour and presented it to Wang Yu. Wang Yu stretched out his hands to ept the armour and disappointedly said: "Alright then I guess that settles it since you dont seem to have much wealth..." Wang Yu had previously imagined that the city lord would have taken out some high grade equipment. Who would have imagined that he would take out an old second-hand armour that he had worn in the past? What Wang Yu needed wasnt equipment that focused on defensive stats like armour... However a reward was still a reward no matter how small. He could still sell this armour for some moneyter on. Seeing Wang Yus dissatisfied expression the city lord felt very indignant. However, as aputer program, he could only swallow this insult and say: "Well since we are done then I wont hinder your growth anymore esteemed martial artist! I hope that the next time we meet youll be even stronger!" Since the city lord had already bade his goodbyes Wang Yu cupped his hands and said: "Then your servant will make his move first!" After leaving the city lords manor, Wang Yu took out the swarthy suit of armour and properly inspected its attributes. Wang Yu was pleasantly surprised to find out that although the armour didnt look that impressive, it was a Gold tier equipment! Heavenly Silk Armour (Light armour) (Gold) Physical Defense: 54-72 Magic Resistance: 66-86 [Lithe] (Passive): Increases speed of wearer by 5% [Spirit Guard] (Passive): When the Wearers health drops below 30%, a strong surge of energy will cover the wearer and negate all damage for 2 seconds. [Blessing of the Wind] (Passive): Recover 1% of HP and MP per second. Level Requirement: 15 It truly lived up to its name as the city lords old armour. Its attributes wereparable to those of heavy armours of the same level! Seeing that the armour also increased his speed, Wang Yu immediately put the armour on. What he needed the most right now was more speed! Putting on the armour, Wang Yu suddenly felt that it was a little tight. Wang Yu was tall and bulky but the armour was rather small. It was pitch ck and almost looked like it belonged on a horse when he put it on. It reminded Wang Yu of the gag characters he had seen in theics he had read in his childhood. Wang Yu was also a young person and cared about his appearances. Although he wasnt that particr about it, his current appearance still made him feel slightly uneasy. He was about to take it off when he suddenly thought about the 5% increase in speed... There really wasnt such a thing as perfection in the world... Hence Wang Yu kept the armour on and walked through middle street towards the little alley. The story mission when yers reached level 15 was avable at their individual job instructors. Wang Yus instructor was currently snoring in the alley and reeking of booze... Walking in front of the Informant, Wang Yu took out a jar of alcohol and opened its cap. The sleeping informant immediately shot up and crawled towards the direction of the alcohol smell. After gulping down the jar, the Informant finally regained his senses and looked at Wang Yu. "Master! Youre awake!" Wang Yu respectfully greeted. Although this old man didnt have any semnce of a teacher, Wang Yu was brought up in a very traditional martial n so he would still show respect. Even if this useless old man was nothing more than a bunch of data in a game, Wang Yu still wouldnt just kick him awake. "Oh, so its you! Do you need something from me?" The informantzily asked as he hugged the jar of wine like a lover. "Ive already reached level 15 and encountered a few problems on the road of cultivation. I was hoping that nearer would be able to guide me..." Wang Yu replied in ordance to the systems scenario. "Oh? So fast? The chaos in the world is due to the battle between the angels and demons. Go to the Blood-Soaked Church and investigate." The Informant said in surprise. System Notification: You have epted the dungeon quest "Origin of Chaos". Difficulty: D. Clear Blood-Soaked Church on normal mode 0/1 "So thats how you ept a dungeon quest..." Wang Yu muttered to himself before asking the Informant: "Master I want to grow even stronger. Is there any skills or legacies that you have for me?" "There is. As long as you pay for them!" Wang Yu was speechless at his reply. However, he still took out the coins and learnt the level 15 Fighter skill [Eagle Stomp] and the Qigong Masters [Energy shield]. [Eagle Stomp]: Jump into the air and stomp on an enemy dealing 120% of physical attack as damage. The same enemy can be stomped on a fixed number of times with the final stomp dealing the most damage. [Energy Shield]: Generates a shield using a strong chi. Blocks damage equal to 120% of the users intelligence. The skill [Eagle Stomp] was actually rather familiar to Wang Yu. When Wang Yu was fighting goblins in the Secret Jungle he had used such a move. He hadnt imagined that there would have been a skill like this in the game. As for [Energy Shield], though its defensive prowess were high, the actual area of the shield was rather small. Although Wang Yu wouldnt have much use for it, it was still better than nothing. "Master if theres nothing else then Ill make my move first!" After learning the skills Wang Yu was about to leave when the Informant suddenly shouted: "Whyre you leaving so soon kid? Im not done talking to you!" "You still have something for me master?" "Dont you want to continue your Brave Heart questline?" The Informant ndly said. "Huh? Of course I do!" Wang Yu hurriedly replied while vigorously nodding his head. After he learnt from Mu Zi Xian that this quest waspletely unique in the game Wang Yu hadnt had the time to look for any clues to continue it. Who would have thought the clue would have been the Informant himself? With a burp, the Informant hooked his finger at Wang Yu and said: "Then give me more wine!" Wang Yu could only silently take another jar of wine from his bag. Luckily he had prepared this time... Taking the jar from Wang Yu, the informant happily nodded and said: "My disciple really does know me very well! Honestly if you werent this sensible I would have never told you anything!" "Yes master! Thank you for your praise" Wang Yu replied. It appeared that the prerequisite to starting this quest was to have a certain level of intimacy with the Informant! "So master what is it that I should be doing next?" Wang Yu asked. The Informant gulped down another mouthful of alcohol and burped: "Go to dusk canyon and exterminate the Dusk Bandit Gang. Then bring me Whartons head. You have 2 hours toplete this quest! This quest isnt easy so you better take it seriously! If you fail it there are penalties!" System Notification: You have triggered the third part of the "Brave Heart" questline, "Scourge of the Dusk". Difficulty: S. Do you ept? "I ept!" System Notification: You have epted the quest "Brave Heart" part 3: Scourge of the Dusk! y the leader of the Dusk Bandit Gang in the Dusk Canyon, Wharton. Whartons severed head 0/1. Quest reminder: Only effective under level 20. Failure will result in the loss of 10 levels and the hidden job "Martial Artist". Chapter 28: Glory Of The Martial Artist Chapter 28: Glory Of The Martial Artist Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "This quest..." Wang Yu sighed: "Is far too brutal!" Failure toplete the quest would cause Wang Yu to lose his hidden job...this..... what kind of b*stard would have designed this quest. Fortunately, he had already killed Wharton. A trip to and fro Dusk Canyon would have taken more than an hour. As he looked at Wang Yus troubled expression, the Informantughed: "Young man, the life of a martial artist is filled with troubles and an iparably heavy destiny. Did you think that it would be so easy to have this hidden job? Quickly go! Dont just stand here! Even I cant protect you from the consequences of failing this quest... But, if you canplete the quest ahead of time, Ill give you a special reward hehe." Wang Yu chuckled when he heard the Informant talk about the special reward, taking out a package from his inventory and handing it over to the Informant: "Teacher, this is the thing you asked for!" "Wh...what thing?" The Informant rubbed his eyes again and again...he didnt dare to believe the scene before his very eyes. "Whartons head!" Wang Yu exined. "You rascal...to think that...fine then, to think that you managed to pass this test so easily!" The Informant mumbled as he took out a small box and passed it to Wang Yu: "Here, this is your reward!" System notification: Congrattions, you havepleted "Brave Heart" part 3: Scourge of the Dusk. You have received 500 000 experience points, 500 fame and the item "Glory of the Martial Artist" as a reward." This 500 000 experience points allowed Wang Yu to immediately rise to level 16. After distributing his attribute points, Wang Yu opened the box that he received and found a ring inside. This ring was half ck and half white, shaped like a yin yang koi fish. The ring had glowed with a faint translucent light, as if it were afraid that others wouldnt be able to see how valuable it was. Glory of the Martial Artist (Ring) (Divine) (Damaged) Physical Attack: 10-10 Magic Attack: 10-10 Physical Defence: 10-10 Magic Resistance: 10-10 Skill: [Ocean of Knowledge]: The user has a fixed chance to learn the skills of his opponent during battle. Repair Progress: 0/10 Job requirement: Martial Artist System notification: You have received the quest: "A Practitioners Pride" to repair the ring "Glory of the Martial Artist", an S rank quest. Completion 0/10. Items to repair it include: Seed of Darkness 0/5, Feather of Evil 0/5, Demon Bones 0/5, Fallen Heart of a Maiden 0/1. Reminder: This quest cannot be abandoned. Since it was a Divine tier equipment, the attributes that it gave were very good, but it was a pity that it was damaged...and it even had a quest that could not be abandoned tagged to it...whats more, it required a huge quantity of materials to be repaired... Wang Yu felt extremely vexed as he looked at the ring. After having yed REBIRTH for several days now, Wang Yu had some understanding of how the game worked. All the materials that he had to gather could only be farmed from Dungeon Instances, whats more, there was an umon material which was especially hard to find, its price was likely to be astronomical as well. The amount of effort and money that it would take to fully repair this ring was frightening. Wang Yu had intended to use this game to earn enough money to support his family, how would he be able to spare the time and money to fix this ring... This ring could only be equipped by someone with the Martial Artist job. Since only one yer could get a hidden job, this ring could essentially only be used by Wang Yu...he couldnt even sell it if he wanted to. "Ai..." Wang Yu sighed as he closed the information window for the ring. He had been put in a dilemma and didnt know how to deal with it. The Informant chuckled as he looked at Wang Yu: "Little boy, cultivating this item is also the job of a Martial Artist, you still have a long way to go." "That right...but I feel like this ring is a bottomless pit." Wang Yumented: "Thats right! Wheres the special reward for finishing this quest?" "This...aiya I was just joking with you heh..." The Informantzily answered. "F*ck!" Wang Yu was furious, how could this NPC be so immoral! He even wanted to reduce the reward forpleting the quest. "Even though youre the teacher, Ill still file aint if you dare to go back on your words!" Wang Yu sternly warned. "You b*tch!!!" The Informant whined when he saw how furious Wang Yu was, taking out a skill book and throwing it over to Wang Yu. [Void Seizing Palms]: Umon skill, the user utilizes his immense inner power to move objects from a distance, can cause 80% Magic Damage Job Requirement: Qigong Master "Hehehe." Wang Yu learnt the skill and turned to the Informant: "You NPCs are really ruthless, to dare to bully an honest yer like me! If I didnt ask, you probably wouldnt have given this skill book to me at all!" "Thats right!" The Informant stroked his beard andughed. "Do you not feel remorseful at all?" "Nope! Not at all! This is the power god (the system) has given us. To teach you simpletons about the evils of human society so that you can learn from it!" The Informant exined. "Fine then! Then I wont bother you any further." Wang Yu said as he turned to walk out of the alley. "Remember toe back when youre level 20! All the best little boy!" The Informant shouted as Wang Yu left. After walking to the main street, Wang Yu realised that he didnt know what he should do now. The only people that had reached level 15 were Spring Halo and himself; they didnt have enough people to go clear a dungeon instance together. Looks like he could only go to a high level hunting ground to train in order to level up. Wang Yu suddenly remembered that Li Xue had asked him to add her as a friend and join their group to train together. After opening the friends tab, Wang Yu keyed in the words Snowy Velvet... Meanwhile in the Secret Jungle A troop of a dozen or so yers were currently training. The monsters in the depths of the Secret Jungle were level 15 Goblins. At this current stage in the game, not many people had the capability to fight these monsters other than the elite yers from the bigger guilds. The one leading this group of yers was a Guardian. The Guardian was tall and well built, with fair skin and an extremely handsome face. Whats most striking about him was that the yers following behind him were all female! A group like this had attracted the attention of many yers in the Secret Jungle Normally there were very little girls that would yputer games, and in a game like REBIRTH where the yers had to personally kill the monsters they fought, there were naturally even fewer female yers. Thats why in REBIRTH, female yers were as rare as a boss, you probably wouldnt see one on a normal day. But this man was not just apanying a girl to train, he was the only guy in the entire group of girls! This was simply b*llshit! "The f*ck! Whos that kid? To bring so many girls out to train, isnt he afraid of being ganged up on by other yers?" "You fool, you dont even recognize him? Hes the guild leader of the Primrose Militia C Heavens Bird "Oh, so he was the rumored thorn amongst the roses, the only male yer in the Primrose Militia?" "Thats right, thats him..." "Heh, he sure is lucky...to have so many babes by his side, he must be on cloud nine!" Heavens Bird turned towards Li Xue and asked: "Little Xue, have the people in your group arrived?" Li Xue had a face full of worry and embarrassedly reply: "He hasnt even added me as a friend... hes just a noob, lets wait for a while more!" Li Xue was extremely regretful that she had not asked Wang Yu for his character name... Heavens Birdined: "Li Xue ah, weve already waited for 20 minutes, you have to know, if it wasnt because of the rtionship that we have, your second rate gold farming studio wouldnt even have the qualifications to join this guild! Dont go too far!" Li Xue unhappily replied: "Were only friends from the same guild, we have no other rtions!" Heavens Bird had a dark expression on his face when he heard what Li Xue had said: "After all Ive done for you, you still cant tell?" Li Xue retorted: "Whatever you did for me, you could have done for the rest, there are no secrets between the sisters in this guild! Whats more, with the sry that youre paid every month, leading the guild here to train is your responsibility!" "You!!! Hmph, Im not going to force you, but were going to leave in 10 minutes, when the timees dont say I didnt warn you!" Heavens Bird coldly said as he walked to the front of the troop. At this time, Mary and the other three girls walked forward and asked: "Big sis, whats the matter? Mr Landlord still hasnt arrived?" "I dont know, maybe he doesnt know how to add friends!" "That Heavens Bird is both lecherous and evil, I wonder how many sisters in this guild have been tricked by him! And hes even the guild leader now; whatever you do you cannot offend him! Otherwise, hell definitely deal with you!" Everyone warned. Li Xue nodded: "Mm, I know. If he continues to be like this, then lets just change guild!" "Yes! Well follow you no matter where you go!" "Why dont we log off now and go find Mr Landlord!" Mary said. "Hmm that might be the best choice we have...hm? Someone sent me a friend request..." Just as Li Xue was about to log off to find Wang Yu, she received a system message. Iron Bull has requested to add you as a friend! Chapter 29: Big Trouble Chapter 29: Big Trouble Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Li Xue was stunned when she saw the name "Iron Bull". "Iron Bull" was currently the most well known celebrity in REBIRTH. He was someone who was currently ced first on the leaderboards and his achievement of solo killing two bosses had been announced on the global server. He had entered the limelight when a video of him solo-ing a boss had been posted on the forums. Even if he was not number one on the leaderboards, merely the video of him fighting the Silver Wolf King by himself was enough for Wang Yu to be recognized as the number one expert in REBIRTH. Li Xue was just the leader of a gold farming studio, who just so happened to be part of the Primrose Militia, she was a nobody. She couldnt even bepared to "Iron Bull". "Huh? Why is Great God Iron Bull looking for me? Dont tell me hes a pervert like Heavens Bird..." Li Xue had assumed that all the men in the world were like Heavens Bird, a dirty pervert. But Li Xue still epted the request anyway, since "Iron Bull" was an expert who was many times greater than Heavens Bird. Li Xue was a smart girl, she knew that for a girl to survive in the jianghu, trouble would oftene around, yet she had to ensure that she didnt offend anyone. After epting the request, Li Xue immediately received a message. "Little Xue, where are you? Where are you? Im really sorry, I was doing a quest just now so Ipletely forgot about our agreement!" "..." This message was like a bolt of lightning, shocking Li Xue to her core. "You...Youre brother yu?" Li Xue couldnt believe her eyes. So the rumored number one expert in REBIRTH had been beside her this whole time! Whats more, he was her video game noob of andlord! "Then who else would I be? Quickly give me your coordinates, Ill go over immediately!!!" "Oh, Im in the Secret Jungle coordinates 3983-8274! Quicklye over, our group is going to leave soon!" "Iming over now!" Li Xue was still in a state of shock after she closed her notification tab... the sudden shock had made it impossible for her to recover quickly. "Big sis, whats the matter? Is our na?ve littlendlording over or not?" Mary impatiently asked. "Mm...hesing over..." Even after hearing that Wang Yu was on his way, Mary was a little peeved that Wang Yu had made them wait, and joked: "That idiot, I knew he would drag us down... looks like well have to punish himter!" Li Xue hurriedly said: "You... you better not say such nonsense...you dont know..." Before Li Xue could finish what she was saying, Heavens Bird interjected: "Whats the matter little Xue? Has your friend arrived or not? Our time is very precious, we cant waste any of it on waiting for an insignificant person!!! But..." Li Xue nkly stared at him as she replied: "No buts, hes almost here!" "Hmph!" Heavens Bird red at Li Xue as he shouted to the rest: "Ok, get ready everyone, were moving out!" "Little Xue! Im here!" Just at this moment, a voice could be heard from behind them. The crowd followed the voice and looked behind them, only to see arge figure running quickly towards their direction. The huge figure was extremely well built and was wearing tattered clothes. "Brother Yu! Youre finally here!" Li Xue immediately brought her group over to greet him. When Heavens Bird saw Wang Yu, he grew very displeased and scolded Li Xue: "Little Xue, its not that Im trying to scold you or anything, but how can you associate with this kind of person? To have a Pugilist, are you even taking your job as a gold farmer seriously?" The weapons that the yer was carrying would allow others to easily differentiate what job they were ying in REBIRTH. Thieves used daggers, Knights used maces.... Pugilists were not only rather handsome, but they didnt carry any weapons at all, this made them extremely easy to recognize. This was the first time that Li Xues group had met Wang Yu in the game, even so, hearing the demeaning words from Heavens Bird had enraged all of them. This was especially so for Li Xue. Wang Yu was someone that belonged to her group, therefore by belittling Wang Yu, this was no different from belittling Li Xue herself. Wang Yupletely ignored what Heavens Bird had said about him, turning to the girls and asking: "Mary, whats your character name?" Mary giggled: "Iris!" "Not bad! What about little Yi?" "Lavender!" Little Yi shyly replied. "What about Meng Meng?" Wang Yu asked. "Sedum!" "Is there such a flower?" Wang Yu suspiciously asked. "Of course!" "So which flower is that b*stard over there?" Seeing that Wang Yu had ignored him, Heavens Bird flew into a rage, stomping his was over to the group. "Im talking to you! Did you not hear me? A f*cking Pugilist like you, what right do you have to join our group!" Heavens Bird fumed. "Whos this guy?" Wang Yu turned around and shot Heavens Bird a nce before asking Li Xue. Mary whispered to Wang Yu: "Thats our guild leader! He was really upset that you werete just now!" "I see!" Wang Yu rubbed his head as he turned around: "Im really sorry guild leader, I had forgotten my arrangement with Snowy Velvet." Wang Yu turned back to Li Xue and said: "The next time we encounter such a situation, just log off and shout for me!" Li Xue nodded her head in agreement: "Mm, got it!" "Shout for you? You guys live together???!!!" Words were easy to twist and even easier to misinterpret. Heavens Bird flew into a rage after listening to Wang Yus words. Even though logging off and shouting for someone could mean a lot of things, Heavens Bird had misunderstood what Wang Yu had said and assumed that Li Xue had an intimate rtionship with him! "Thats right, we live together!" Wang Yu very casually replied. "F*CK!!!!" Wang Yus answer had seriously enraged Heavens Bird, who raised his fist and swung it at Li Xue. "I was so magnanimous! I even used my connections to allow a second rate gold farming studio like you guys join a good guild like Primrose Militia, yet you dare to live with another man!!!" Heavens Bird rabidly roared. This strike was so sudden that it scared the girls witless, they couldnt even react to it. Li Xue was even more terrified; tightly shutting her eyes and bracing herself for the impact. The other members of the Primrose Militia were equally shocked by this scene, they began gathering around to see exactly what was going on. "This Snowy Velvet is really shameless, even though Heavens Bird really likes her... This is the first time Ive ever seen him get so mad!" "Thats right, shes really done for this time. After angering brother Heavens Bird so badly, not only is she going to get hit, shes going to lose her job as well!" Even though Heavens Bird was known tomit a lot of bad deeds, striking a girl was something that he hadnt done before! Seeing that Li Xue wasnt even defending herself, everyone else could know watch as Heavens Bird struck her. However, Heavens Bird never managed to hit Li Xue. Arge hand had firmly grabbed onto his hand mid flight. The owner of therge hand was Wang Yu. As he turned around to face him, Heavens Bird could feel the killing intent emanating from Wang Yu. "Hey, if you have any issues you should talk it out properly! You must never hit a girl!" Wang Yu coldly warned. "Who the f*ck do you think you are? How dare you reprimand me!" As he spoke, Heavens Bird raised the shield in his hand and swung it towards Wang Yus head. Wang Yu caught Heavens Bird by the wrist and decisively kicked him in the thigh, causing Heavens Bird to lose control of himself as he tumbled to the ground. "You little shit, I told you not to hit girls so you decided to attack me instead? Youre looking for death!!!" Wang Yu red at Heavens Bird as he shouted. "..." The chatter from the crowd instantly died down when they saw what had happened. The members of the Primrose Militia stared nkly at the scene before them, no one dared to believe what they had just seen. The reason that the Primrose Militia was able to gain so many members was not only because Heavens Bird was handsome, but also because he was strong. His strength was recognized by every member of the guild. What female yers looked for was a strong yer that could protect them. If you thought about it, would any random yer be able to protect so many girls? The answer was no! But even an expert like Heavens Bird had been knocked down in a single move!!! Heavens Bird was furious that he had been embarrassed in front of the entire group of girls. He stood up without uttering a single word and waved his weapon as he charged towards Wang Yu, this time activating his skill [Charge]. This skill was no different from the [Charge] that Knights were able to use, and it could even stun the target! Heavens Bird had activated his skill, hoping to knock over Wang Yu, embarrassing him in the process. Wang Yu faintly smiled, twisting his body as he dodged the [Charge] from Heavens Bird. Grabbing him by the jaw as he pulled him back... The attack from Wang Yu had caused Heavens Bird, who was currently moving at a very high speed, to viciously smash onto the ground once again. Seeing how incorrigible he was, Wang Yu didnt bother to reason with him anymore, raising his foot and stomping down on Heavens Birds face. Heavens Bird couldnt even let out a scream before he turned into a white ray of light, dropping his shield. Wang Yu picked up the shield and locked at its attributes. After determining that this item was trash, he turned towards Li Xue and asked: "Do you girls want this?" Li Xue didnt dare to receive the shield, and asked Wang Yu in a terrified manner: "Brother Yu...why did you kill him?" "That little shit was incorrigible, so I sent him to the respawn point!" Wang Yuughed. "Oh no, youve really made a big blunder this time!" Li Xue was as pale as snow. Wang Yu indifferently asked: "Why?" "Theres a really strong power standing behind that wastrel! The only reason that we can be in the Primrose Militia is because of him... now that youve beaten him to death, I dont think we can stay in this guild in the future!" Li Xue gloomily replied. In a game, regardless of how strong an individual was, there was still a limit to their strength. Even if they were cashers. Thats why people joined guilds! Heavens Birds older brother was a yer called Sanguine Warg! He was the guild leader of one of the top ten guilds in this game, Sanguine Alliance. The Primrose Militia depended on this rtionship that Heavens Bird had in order to establish themselves in REBIRTH. But because of this, the Primrose Militia didnt have a very good reputation. Many yers were calling them the Sanguine Support Group. If it had just been Heavens Bird alone, the fame of "Great God Iron Bull" would have been enough to absolve him of any responsibilities, but this situation wasnt so simple. Not only had Wang Yu beaten Heavens Bird to death, he had even stolen his equipment, gravely offending him... Not only were the jobs of Li Xue and her friends at stake, they might even be hunted down by Sanguine Warg! Chapter 30: No Need To Thank Me! Chapter 30: No Need To Thank Me! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions When the rest of the Primrose Militia saw this scene the were incredibly shocked. Soon the guild chat became a mess of angry outbursts. "Big Brother Heaven are you alright?" "Hmph Snowy Velvet that little bitch! Helping others while living off of us! We definitely cant let her get off so easily!" "Whos that big guy anyway? How dare he mess with our Primrose Militia?" Everyone in the guild was frantically spamming the chat in anger, however none of them dared to avenge Heavens Bird. These girls werent fools. Someone who could casually kill Heavens Bird like that definitely wouldnt have any issues doing the same to them. When Heavens Bird revived at the respawn point he was angrily gnashing his teeth. Though the others there didnt know how he died, Heavens Bird clearly knew who had killed him. Opening up the battle log, Heavens Bird saw a sentence disyed in red: yer Iron Bull has attacked you with hostile intent. "Iron Bull" was publicly known as the top expert in the game that had sprung up overnight... No matter how arrogant and overbearing Heavens Bird was, Iron Bull wasnt a character that he could so easily seek revenge on. Since he waspletely unknown before that, Heavens Bird didnt know if he had some great power backing him. A thorough investigation was necessary before he took any action. "Heavens Bird, whats wrong?" After seeing the string of messages in the guild chat, the guild leader of the Primrose Militia, Sanguine Primrose, privately messaged Heavens Bird. "I was killed by Iron Bull because of some branch gold farming group!" He angrily replied. "Iron Bull?" "Are you sure? When I met him, he seemed like a very amiable person..." Sanguine Primrose replied in shock. "Amiable my ass! Just quickly investigate him! Since this motherf**ker dares to kill me he can forget about ever ying this game again!" Hearing his words Sanguine Primrose could only clench her teeth and send a message to Wang Yu. "Great God Iron Bull! Youve stirred some shit again!" Wang Yu didnt find it odd that he received a message from Sanguine Primrose. He knew that Sanguine Primrose was a part of the Primrose Militia. Since Wang Yu had attacked one of their "esteemed" leader and even killed him, it would have been weirder if he wasnt contacted by her. "That little bastard deserves to be taught a lesson! Are your people going to hunt me down since I over killed him?" Wang Yu unhappily said. "Heavens Bird does deserve to be taught a lesson... But hes really too strong... Even I cant control him! Since youve killed him it really wont be so easy for me to settle this matter..." Sanguine Primrose anxiously replied. Sanguine Primrose was speaking the truth. Although she was the guild leader, one only had to look at the Sanguine in front of her name to know that they were simply one of the tributary guilds of the Sanguine Alliance. Tributary guilds werent anything new in the gaming world. Manyrge guilds would send their members to form a new guild and recruit more members when the original guild had reached max capacity. The Primrose Militia was exactly this. It only seemed special because all the members but Heavens Bird were females. However, at the end of the day, the Primrose Militia wasnt considered arge power to Heavens Bird. "If itll be difficult to handle then dont involve yourself. Let someone whos big enoughe and settle it with me!" Wang Yu ndly replied. Seeing Wang Yu being so unyielding, Sanguine Primrose was rendered speechless. Wang Yu had originally gifted her group so she had a good impression of him and wanted to try and resolve it peacefully. However, Wang Yus current attitude towards her and the matter was truly to overbearing. It even upset Sanguine Primrose! An eye for an eye. Even if it was just in name,Heavens Bird was still one of her people. If it was anyone else that had killed him she would have immediately led an army to seek vengeance. However the killer this time was the top expert on the leaderboards! Since this matter couldnt be settled privately then she only could only report this to her higher-ups. Thinking of this Sanguine Primrose could only rte the entire incident to Sanguine Warg. "That top expert really is very powerful. But does he belong to any guild?" After understanding the whole situation, Sanguine Warg merely replied with a bored tone. "If Im not wrong hes a member of the Quan Zhen Sect!" Sanguine Primrose reported. "Quan Zhen Sect?" Sanguine Warg frowned. "Those clowns really arent easy to deal with... However if they really dont put anyone else in their eyes then maybe its time for someone to teach then a lesson!" "But the one called Iron Bull can be considered to have some rtionship with me. The two umon skill books we acquired were gifted to us by him." Sanguine Primrose said. After being silent for a moment Sanguine Warg said: "How about this then. You go and arrange a meeting with him and Ill bring Heavens Bird as well. If he apologises and his attitude is decent then thatll be the end of this matter. However if he insists on choosing the hard way out then Im interested to see how powerful the number 1 expert truly is!" "Yes boss!" Closing the chat Sanguine Primrose sent a message to Wang Yu again "Great God Iron Bull are you there?" "Have you found someone big enough to handle this?" Wang Yu asked. "Yes. Our boss wants to meet you at the Twilight City Inn." Sanguine Primrose said. "Ok." Wang Yu gave a short reply and left the chat. To Wang Yu, this matter wasnt actually that big. He just killed one man! This guild really was making a mountain out of a molehill. If the others from the Quan Zhen Sect hadnt sent him a message saying that they were drinking at the inn Wang Yu wouldnt have bothered meeting this Sanguine Warg. He could have been spending this time killing a boss anyway. "Brother Yu whats the matter? Is our guild leader finding trouble with you?" Seeing Wang Yu just standing around nkly, Li Xue and the rest knew that he was messaging someone. "If the guild leader finds trouble with Mr Landlord because of that piece of trash then I wont stay in this worthless guild anymore!" Mary raged. "Yea! Me too!" Xiao Yi and Meng Meng agreed. " Our gold farming group isnt a core part of this guild anyway. We can survive wherever we go! Theres no need to study under this kind of toxic guild!" "Yes! Well said!" Li Xue nodded as well. "Dont worry so much! Your boss just invited me for a few drink. Its nothing much." Wang Yu casuallyughed. "Well go too!" Mary said uneasily. Looking at how unsettled they were Wang Yu could only helplessly nod. In this area that was filled with level 15 monsters, the four girls strengths were very limited. Since they wanted to leave then they might as well just leave. After leaving the Secret Jungle, the five of them headed towards the Twilight City Inn. The Inn was already surrounded with arge group of people with soaring killing intent. They all wore the same blood red emblem and were clearly from the same guild. "Just wait outside for me. Ill go in alone!" Wang Yu said to the girls after he saw the disy outside the inn. "Will you be alright?" The four asked. "Whats there to be scared of? Its just a game anyway so itll just be a new experience!" Wang Yu chucked. "But..." Mary was just about to say something when Li Xue stopped her and said: "Then well wait for you outside. We dont want to be burdens to brother yu." "Yes exactly!" The other three nodded in unison. After giving them instructions Wang Yu walked into the inn alone. The inn wasnt actually veryrge and only had onerge hall. Furthermore, due to the Sanguine Alliances blockade outside there were only two tables that were upied. The most eye-catching people were the members of the Quan Zhen Sect. Even though the Sanguine Alliance had such arge blockade outside the inn, not only were these bastards unfazed by the disy of might, they were even arrogantly sitting at the most prominent table and making a scene. When they saw Wang Yu enter then immediately called out to him: "Brother Bull youre finally here! Weve been waiting for you for damn long!" "Then just wait a little while more. I have done stuff to settle" Wang Yu chuckled. As he spoke, Wang Yu casually made has way to the other table. When they saw him walking towards the table of the Sanguine Alliance, they immediately started discussing it in the guild chat. "Did Iron Bull get into a fight with the Sanguine Alliance?" "Looking at the situation I think so... @Iron Bull tell us what happened man!" Fearless said. "I killed Heavens Bird." Wang Yu replied in a very matter of fact way. "Haha! Truly our Iron Bull! You even dare to kill Sanguine Wargs younger brother!" They excitedly gasped. "This poor cleric, many dark clouds were around Sanguine Warg just now. Im afraid hes going to die soon..." Spring Halo muttered and he shook his head. "Poor guy..." Vainglory sympathetically said. As they continued chatting, Wang Yu had already reached the other table. This table also had familiar faces. One was the leader of the Primrose Militia, and the other was Heavens Bird. The rest of the people there werent people that Wang Yu had met before. However based on Sanguine Primroses attitude towards them, they were clearly her higher-ups. "Great God Iron Bull youve arrived!" Ever since Wang Yu had stepped into the inn, the people of the Sanguine Alliance have been staring at him and the members of the Quan Zhen Sect. "This is the number 1 expert, Great God Iron Bull!" Seeing Wang Yu walk towards their table Sanguine Primrose hurriedly stood up and introduced him. Aside from Heavens Bird, the rest of the yers at the tables nced at Wang Yu very dismissively said: "Its an honour." Looking at their mannerisms, it was obvious that they didnt even put this Pugilist in their eyes. Sanguine Primrose then pointed at another man and said: "This is our leader, Sanguine Warg." This man looked around 30 years old and his face had a 90% simrity with Heavens Bird. The main difference was the scar on his forehead. "Hrm." Wang Yu grunted without much reaction. Respect was something that was mutually given. Since these people didnt respect him the why should he respect them? Following this Wang Yu stretched out his leg and hooked a chair over to him and casually sat down as if there wasnt anyone around him. Wang Yus casual actions immediately caused the faces of the Sanguine Alliances members to turn iparably ugly. Someone next to Sanguine Warg angrily mmed the take and shouted: "Who the f**k do you think you are? Since when did we let you sit down?" Wang Yu simply raised an eyebrow and casually said: "If youve got anything to say then say it properly. Look, youve spilt the wine!" "Motherf**ker..." Just as the man was about the explode again Sanguine Warg immediately stopped him and said: "Asura you really need to learn how to control your temper. Cant you see that this expert doesnt even have you in his sights?" When he spoke, Sanguine Wargs words were filled with mockery and malice. Wang Yu simply nodded and said: "Thats right. I dont put people of this level in my eyes." Sanguine Warg was stunned for a moment before continuing: "Truly worthy of the title of top expert! Your vision isnt like us ordinary people!" "Yup I know!" Wang Yu casually smirked as he grabbed a jar of wine and poured himself a cup. "Even if youre a top expert you still need to do things reasonably." Sanguine Warg seemingly ignored Wang Yus actions and continued talking. "Of course! Thats only natural." "Well then for the matter regarding my brother shouldnt Great God Iron Bull give us an exnation?" Wang Yu nonchntly lifted up the cup, downed it and said: "Ohhhhh that matter huh! Well educating the young is only natural! No need to thank me!" Chapter 31: Seal the doors! Kill Iron Bull! Chapter 31: Seal the doors! Kill Iron Bull! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "You!!!" When they heard Wang Yus words, the members of the Sanguine Alliance were angered to the point of getting a stroke! The Sanguine Alliance has always dominated games with the sheer number of members they had. Given their character, anyone who dared to touch any of their members would have immediately been hunted down by all their members. The only reason they had bothered to sit down and talk to Wang Yu was due to his fame as the number 1 expert as well as their unwillingness to offend the Quan Zhen Sect. Hence as long as Wang Yu was willing to lower his head and admit his fault the matter would have been considered settled. Who would have imagined that Wang Yu would be so obstinate and fail to recognise this favour? All he had to do was apologise but he went ahead and said something like "no need to thank me"? He dared to say there wasnt any need to thank him after he killed their people? How arrogant was this guy? Even Sanguine Primrose was slightly enraged by Wang Yus words and pulled his arm and said: "Great God Iron Bull, guild master Warg is a very open person. As long as you admit your fault and apologise then well just let bygones be bygones. How about that?" "You want me to admit my mistake? Are you telling me that trying to strike a girl without any reason is eptable?" Wang Yu opened his eyes and asked. Sanguine Warg suppressed his anger and asked: "So then how does Great God Iron Bull want to settle this matter?" Wang Yu pointed at Heavens Bird and said: "Its very simple actually. This little bastard just needs to apologise to my friend! I wont pursue the matter any further after that." Naturally, Wang Yu didnt wish to have aplete falling out with the Sanguine Alliance. Although the four girls were merely his tenants and Wang Yu wasnt normally a very obstinate person, hitting someone for no reason was uneptable! It didnt matter what kind of guild he had backing him. Since they had reached this point, an apology was definitely necessary! Sanguine Warg could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and snarled: "And if he doesnt apologise?" "Then your Sanguine Alliance can forget about living peacefully in Twilight City!" Wang Yu casually said. "F**k your mother! Do you really think youre some kind of god?" Sanguine Asura angrily shouted as he pulled out his sword and shed towards Wang Yu across the table. Dont let this little f**ker ever y again! This was the mostmon phrase amongst the members of the Sanguine Alliance. Who would have ever thought that a single person like Wang Yu would say something simr to them? Sanguine Asura had already be slighted by Wang Yu when he first came in. Of all the members present, he was the only one who lost control and struck out at Wang Yu. Wang Yu coldlyughed in the face of Sanguine Asuras attack. He casually dodged and quickly stretched out his right hand to grab Sanguine Asuras wrist and then violently threw him onto the ground. Luckily this was just a game, otherwise, Sanguine Asuras arm would already have snapped! Being thrown like that, Sanguine Asura unknowingly let go of his sword. Wang Yu simply grabbed the sword from mid-air and stabbed it through his neck. -887 Since he was a Weapons Master, Sanguine Asura naturally didnt have much health and instantly burst into white light! One hit kill!!! Although it was the early stages of the game, something like a one hit kill wasnt that rare to see. However, for abo reliant job like Wang Yus Pugilist to have such high damage in one attack waspletely unheard of. Since Sanguine Asura had the right to sit at this table meant that he was one of the top experts in the Sanguine Alliance. Yet he was still killed so casually! What shocked the members of the Sanguine Alliance the most was that Wang Yu had dared to kill their own people right under their noses and even stole his weapon! Most games naturally had a drop system when yers died. However something like being able to steal weapons from other yers was a first. Everyone from the Sanguine Alliance was stunned. Naturally all of them knew that this weapon had been dropped by a level 15 boss that the Sanguine Alliances elite team had spent a great deal of effort killing. Since Sanguine Asura had been the main DPS of the team, the sword was awarded to him. Now that his weapon was stolen the rest of the guild members were utterly enraged. However no one dared to rashly make a move. Since yers would turn into white light upon death, Sanguine Asura did not have the chance to retrieve his sword by himself! After killing Sanguine Asura, Wang Yu casually yed with the sword and said: "I already told him to calmly talk this out! Since he insisted on acting up then this isnt my fault!" At the same time, the Quan Zhen Sect guild chat was being sted with nonsense. "Holy f**k! Iron Bull really attacked!" "Brother Bull really didnt disappoint this old man! Pay up little chicky!" "F**king spring dog cant you find someone else to bully?" "No one else is as stupid as you!" "Boson?" Wang Yu suddenly sent. "Im here brother bull!" "You can probably use this sword right?" Wang Yu said as he sent over a screenshot of Sanguine Asuras sword. Silver Light de (Silver) Physical Attack: 19-34 Magic Attack: 11-17 [Holy]: Has a restraining effect on dark type monsters [Fortune]: Increases all attributes by 5% Level Requirement: 10 This sword had very standard attack values and the increase in attributes it offered was also nothing special. However Silver tier equipment were still rare after all. Boson had been using his bronze sword since he came from the beginner vige... After looking at the swords attributes Boson said: "50 000! Ill send it to youter." "Ok!" With one word, Wang Yu tossed the sword behind him. With a loud bang itnded on the table of the Quan Zhen Sect and spilt their wine. "You! Youre taking this too far!" Wang Yus actions had enraged the Sanguine Alliance members to the point of spitting mes! Sanguine Warg had originally thought that Wang Yu would have tried to use the sword as a bargaining chip against him. Who would have imagined that this bastard would have been so savage and directly gift it to someone else! Clutching hisst stand of hope, Sanguine Warg turned towards Fearless and said: "Guild leader Fearless, since Iron Bull is one of your people shouldnt you give me an exnation for all this?" "Hehe Im sure you know that Im only guild leader in name. Our guild is pretty democratic unlike yours so theres no such thing as a leader in the eyes of our members!" Fearlessughed. Hearing his words the faces of the Sanguine alliance became even darker. All the members of the Quan Zhen Sect were justughing, treating this matter like a joke. They werent like the other business like guilds that had leaders and underlings. "Furthermore, since when has our Quan Zhen Sect ever given any exnation for what weve done?" Fearless continued with augh. Sanguine Warg sad finally enraged to the point where he startedughing: "Good! Very good! The Quan Zhen Sect really is just a bunch of arrogant and conceited fools!" Following which Sanguine Warg released his orders in the guild chat: "Surround the inn! Exterminate the Quan Zhen Sect!" When they received the order, the members of the Sanguine Alliance stationed outside the inn immediately rushed in. Since there was an upancy limit in the inn, many ended up standing at the door. Seeing thisrge group of people, Vainglorys face changed as he cursed: "Oh f**k! The Sanguine Alliance really does have a lot of people! We cant escape from this!" "That doesnt include me! Your father has stealth!" Frost deughed. "Me neither! I have a hostage!" Wang Yu said. Fearless swung his hands out and angrily shouted: "You still have time to spout nonsense? Brother Spring quickly block the door for Iron Bull!" "Alright!" As the oldest member of the Quan Zhen Sect, Spring Halo was the most dependable in this sort of situations. With a sh of his magic cane, four ghosts appeared and immediately formed a line a blocked the members of the Sanguine Alliance at the door. Dark Shamans rare skill -- [Call of the Abyss] Seeing this scene, the members of the Sanguine Alliance were dumbfounded. Being the leader of arge guild, Sanguine Warg had naturally participated in the beta testing of REBIRTH and knew of the strongest skill back then that was even considered a bug. This skill was exactly the Dark Shamans [Call of the Abyss]! [Call of the Abyss] was a level 10 skill and would be upgraded every 5 levels. After every upgrade, the skill would be able to summon an extra two ghosts with each having 80% of the users attributes! This wasnt even what made it so broken! The skill could be advanced every 10 levels and when the yer reached level 20 the ghosts summoned would have 100% of the users attributes! With this skill, fighting a level 20 Dark Shaman would be the same as fighting a party of seven people! Back in beta testing, Dark Shamans were equivalent to the boss, Spectre Dharma! With their army of ghosts, they easily swept through challenges and werepletely unbeatable! Since the skill utterly shattered the bnce of the game, many yers took to the forums to rant. Eventually one of the GMs replied that when the game was properly released there would only be one copy of this skill book! Furthermore, other jobs could also receive simr skills if the yers could ever find it... This finally appeased the angry mob. Luck was also part of ones abilities. If a person couldnt find the skill book then he had no one to me but himself! However when Sanguine Warg saw the four little ghosts appear, he started cursing the system. Howe this group of trash from the Quan Zhen Sect had everything??? Four little ghosts with 80% off the attributes of a Dark Shaman wasnt actually that strong. With their numbers, the Sanguine Alliance would be able to heavily wound these ghosts in one wave of attacks and kill them in the next! However if Spring Halo only had this skill how could he dare to block the door? His magic cane lit up again and the space around the door of the inn began to morph. At the same time, the members of the Sanguine Alliance felt something tighten around their feet and lock them in ce! Dark Shamans level 15 skill -- [Distortion] Using the power of darkness to create an imprisoning domain. Being a control focused job, thus was considered one of the staple skills of the Dark Shamans. The space inside the inn was small to begin with, so those that managed to rush in first were the tanks and close range sses. The four ghosts continuously attacked the stationary targets in front of them while Spring Halo asionally used poison on these yers, reducing their movement speed by 30%. Spring Halo had managed topletely block the entrance of the inn by himself! Seeing this scene, how could Sanguine Warg simply sit there and await his death? He quickly pulled out his weapon and stabbed towards Wang Yu. Being a crusader, Sanguine Wargs weapon was naturally a spear. One inch longer, one inch stronger! Sanguine Warg had intended to use his advantage in range to suppress the barehanded Wang Yu. However, unlike his imagination, Wang Yu easily grabbed his spear... Remembering what happened to Sanguine Asura, Sanguine Warg hastily tightened his grip on the spear and tried to pull it back. Since the growth of the Pugilists strength attribute wasnt something that could bepared to Knight, Wang Yu naturally wouldnt try to get into a contest of strength against Sanguine Warg. Wang Yu released his grip, causing Sanguine Warg to stumble back into a table and crush it. Instead of being able to kill Wang Yu, Sanguine Warg had embarrassed himself instead. This caused him to explode in anger and curse furiously in his heart. As he stood up and was about to charge in again, the owner of the inn suddenly tightly grabbed Sanguine Warg and said: "Compensate me..." "F**k me!" Seeing their leader beaten, the rest of the members of the Sanguine Alliance immediately charged towards Wang Yu. There was a Thief who either wanted to take advantage of the chaos or looked down on Wang Yu and had tried to back stab him without [Stealth]! In the end, hewas killed by Wang Yu with a single kick. Out of all his attackers, Heavens Bird had the most tragic death. He had wanted to use his shield to bash the back of Wang Yus head but ended up being choked to death by Wang Yu without him even turning around! Within a single exchange, the Sanguine Alliance was left with only four people in the inn. Aside from Sanguine Primrose and Sanguine Warg there was still an Archer and a magician. These two long range characters had immediately distanced themselves when the fight started and one was taking aim while the other was chanting a spell. "Argh!!! Ahhhh!!!" With two shrieks the Archer and Magician dissolved into white light and Frost de materialised where the Archer had once been. Vainglory who was standing where the Magician once was raised his fist and shouted: "Its a gang fight! Whyre you guys acting like its a one on one?" Chapter 32: A Huge Scandal Chapter 32: A Huge Scandal Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Sanguine Warg lost his mind when he realised that everyone else had been killed, with only two other members alive other than himself, he shouted in the guild chat: "Everyone listen up! Kill everyone single person from the Quan Zhen Sect! Dont spare a single person!!!" "F*ck you! You people from Quan Zhen are really courting your own death!" Sanguine Warg shouted at Fearless. "This isnt the first time that weve courted death, alliance leader. Is this the first time youve heard of us?" Members of the Quan Zhen Sect mocked. Wang Yu was even more direct, viciously kicking Sanguine Warg and sending him tumbling towards the bar in front of the door. "Crash!" The wooden bar top counter was smashed to splinters. Because he had chosen the Knight job, Sanguine Warg was rather resistant to attacks and did not die from being hit by Wang Yu once. Frost de silently thanked his lucky stars that he did not try a sneak attack on Sanguine Warg, otherwise he himself would have been killed. After he sent Sanguine Warg flying, Wang Yu disdainfully shouted: "Cut the crap!" Sanguine Warg was almost driven to the point of tears when he looked at the bar top counter that he had crashed into. Previously when he had destroyed a table, the system had directly deducted 2 gold coins from him. Now that a bar top counter had been destoryed by him, god knows how much money he would lose!!! "Great God Iron Bull, this..." Just as Sanguine Primrose, who had not moved since the fight started, tried to speak, she suddenly felt a cold gust of wind behind her as arge de violently cut her in half. Before she knew it, the scene in front of her had changed to the respawn point for Magicians. Back in the shop, Fearless pointed at Boson as he angrily roared: "You f*cker! You would even kill a girl???" Vainglory gave a thumbs up to Boson as he praised: "Brother Boson is ruthless!" "True, True." Everyone chimed in agreement. Logically speaking, you wouldnt discriminate your target because of their gender. But people were generally not so brutal to female yers, at the very least they wouldnt kill them in such a vicious way. There were many ways to kill an opponent, one or two shes would have been enough to kill a beautiful Magician like Crimson Primrose. But Boson had gone as far as shing her at the neck... Such a vicious attack made others wonder if there was some existing enmity between the two of them. Boson sheathed his de as he coldly red at Fearless: "You have to be decisive in killing your enemies! Whats more, the faster I kill her the less time you guys have to oogle at her!" "Ooooooooh ~~~" "This was a crime of passion! It definitely was!" "To think that Boson loved her so deeply..." Seeing that everyone was starting to get distracted, Fearless turned to Spring Halo and asked: "Brother Spring, how long more can you hold them there?" "F*ck you guys, Im struggling like hell here yet you b*stards are talking nonsense over there!" Spring Halo howled. Fearless indifferently said: "The Sanguine Alliance has too many people, we would just be digging our own graves if try to fight them head-on. Why dont we just log off now!" "Mm, okay!" "F*ck you guys, then what about me?" Spring Halo urged. He was still currently in a battle state, if he didnt disengage from the battle he wouldnt be able to log off. Vainglory snickered: "Brother Spring Halo is really magnanimous, well definitely pay our respects to you when we log onter!" "You bunch of unscrupulous b*stards! F*ck off now! I cant hold them off for much longer!" Spring Halo angrily shouted. "Mm!" Without wasting another second, the other members of the Quan Zhen Sect immediately logged off. Once he has that everyone else had logged off, Spring Halo faintly smiled as he used thest bit of mana he had to cast [Distortion], before retreating to the furthest end of the shop. Spring Halo wasnt someone that was easy to kill. [Distortion] could be used to control the space for three seconds, while the ghosts couldst at least two rounds against it opponents which was roughly five seconds. It would take twenty seconds before the system would acknowledge that Spring Halo had stoppedbat. As long as he avoided Sanguine Alliances front line and their attacks for twelve seconds, Spring Halo would be free. But Spring Halo had been too optimistic. The members of the Sanguine Alliance werent fools and didnt attack as he had anticipated. They had arranged for their Archers to be the front line in order to shoot him down. The Archers immediately used their skills to attack Spring Halo as though they were afraid they couldnt kill this one Magician. Dozens of lights shed as the Archers sent [Chain Arrows], [Homing Arrows] and [Charged Arrows] flying towards Spring Halo. "This is a bit too much isnt it..." Spring Halo sighed as he closed his eyes, resigned to his fate of being skewered by arrows. But just as the arrows were flying towards him, a figure darted out of the corner and stood in front of him. Reaching out his hand to grabs the arrows as he urately threw them back towards. The arrows used by the Archers were merely tools and could not be controlled after they had been released. The arrows thrown back at the Archers had interrupted their second wave of attacks. Spring Halo stared at the figure standing before him as he asked: "Iron Bull, why havent you logged off???" Wang Yu indifferently answered: "Brother Spring just log off first, Ill handle this!" Spring Halo didnt bother arguing with Wang Yu, immediately rolling towards a corner that the Archers wouldnt be able to shoot at him from and hollered: "Please take care!" "Mm, I got it!" At the moment, Sanguine Warg stood up and coldly stated: "Thinking of running? Things wont be so easy!" Sanguine Warg raised his spear as he used [Charge] towards Spring Halos direction. While the two of them were not that close to each other, roughly five metres apart, [Charge] was able to cover four metres. Given that he was equipped with a spear, Sanguine Warg was definitely able to disrupt Spring Halos attempt to log off. At this critical moment, Wang Yu kicked a table and sent it flying towards Sanguine Warg. Sanguine Warg was the leader of one of the top guilds in this game and he was fully equipped with the best equipment in the game so how could a measly table be enough to block him? "F*ck, yet another two gold coins gone." Sanguine Warg thought to himself as the table shattered uponing into contact with him. The sacrifice from the table had caused Sanguine Warg to slow down. Wang Yu took advantage of the situation, stretching out his hand and grabbing Sanguine Warg by the face, violently throwing him into the air. Sanguine Wargnded among the Archers, throwing their formation into a state of disorder. Wang Yu lept forward, stepping onto Sanguine Warg as he used [Rippling Wave], turning Sanguine Warg into a ray of white light. Using the force from his [Rippling Wave], Wang Yu did a somersault in the air, leaping out of the encirclement of the Sanguine Alliance. Opening his friends tab, Wang Yu saw that Spring Halo had finally logged off. Hearing themotion around him, Wang Yu had initially thought that the Sanguine Alliance had caught up to him, but it had simply been a crowd of yers that hade to see what was going on. Every single one of them had been deeply shocked by Wang Yus actions, staring at him as though he was some kind of freak. "Did you see that? Dont tell me this guy is some kind of circus performer?" "Hes just a Pugilist, how did he manage to throw a Knight so effortlessly? Is there some bug in the system?" Because the natural growth rate of a Pugilist was lower than that of a Knight, it should have been impossible that Wang Yu had managed to deal with Sanguine Warg using a normal attack. A Pugilist standing in the crowd suddenly said: "Its not a random throw, his arms were very closely imitating the skill [Flying Knee]!" "Haha, are you stupid? Youre a Pugilist yet you dont know how [Flying Knee] works?" The crowd mocked. "I just use the skill......I dont really understand the mechanics behind it..." The Pugilist honestly answered. Truth be told what the Pugilist said was right, what Wang Yu did previously was in fact [Flying Knee]. He had used [Flying Knee] to get behind Sanguine Warg, but he had cancelled the skill and instead used the force of Sanguine Wargs [Charge] against him, throwing him into the air. Even though it might be easy to describe, but the actual mechanics involved were not simple, even the system wouldnt be able to recreate Wang Yus attack. At this moment Sanguine Warg had already respawned at the Knight respawn point, angrily shouting into the guild chat: "Kill that bastard for me! Dont let him run away! Asura, bring your men to the dojo, kill him when he respawns!" Only when they heard the instructions of their leader did the members of the Sanguine Alliancee to their senses, shooting their arrows and magic spells towards Wang Yu. If it had only been one or two dozen people, Wang Yu might have faced them, but he was facing over a hundred opponents. Forget about Wang Yu, even superman wouldnt be able to dodge all those arrows. Knowing that he couldnt deal with the head on, Wang Yu turned to run. Despite back facing his enemies, Wang Yu was still able to dodge all the iing attacks, as if he had eyes on the back of his head. The crowd grew even more bewildered as they watched Wang Yu dodge each and every single attack. "Dont let him run away!" The members of the Sanguine Alliance immediately gave chase when they saw that Wang Yu escaping/ At this moment, everyone in Twilight City had already heard of the brawl that had urred in the inn. All the yers in the city had gathered to see what themotion was. Some yers had even logged off from the game and started posting about this matter on the forums. "Sanguine Alliance shed with the Quan Zhen Sect, upper echelons of Sanguine Alliance all killed. Mysterious expert from the Quan Zhen Sect battles a hundred Sanguine Alliance members by himself." All the yers in Twilight city immediately logged on to watch the battle, even yers that were training outside the city had put side their tasks and returned to Twilight City. Training could take ce at any time, but a battle like this was hard toe by. In a blink of an eye, there had been a scandal in Twilight City. Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 33: Why Won’t You Just Die! Chapter 33: Why Wont You Just Die! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions To face a hundred enemies by yourself was something that only happened Wuxia novels, to say that it was possible in REBIRTH was utter nonsense. Everyone knew that the programming of the game was already set in stone, and it would be nothing short of impossible to fight a hundred opponents alone. Even if it was possible, it would definitely be a bug in the system. Even though Wang Yu could deal tons of damage, he had very little health. If he was surrounded and his pursuers all used [Charge] and [Charged Arrow], he would definitely die. At this moment, Wang Yu was running for his life while the Sanguine Alliance was in relentless pursuit. When the other members of the guild received the message, they started to log on as well, quickly joining the hunt for Wang Yu. The whole city was abuzz with excitement as the crowd followed closely behind to watch the battle between Wang Yu and the Sanguine Alliance. A Pugilist was not supposed to be able to move very fast, but Wang Yu had added many points into his Dexterity attribute and even had a skill to increase his speed, therefore none of the Archers and the Thieves in Sanguine Alliance were able to keep up with him. Wang Yu suddenly turned around when he had reached a small alleyway, and mocked the members of the Sanguine Alliance: "Looks like you guys are the only ones chasing me. If you dont wish to die just scram to the side!" After hearing Wang Yus words, the Archers from the Sanguine Alliance began to observe their surroundings, and realised that there were only about twenty of them that had caught up to Wang Yu. Even so, Wang Yus words had infuriated them. For a single person to dare to look down on this group of twenty or so Archers was noughing matter. "Seems like youre really full of yourself, do you really think that we cant beat you?" One of the Archers standing at the front retorted. "More or less." Wang Yu quipped. "F*cker! How dare you belittle us! Brothers, lets kill him!" On hismand, all the Archers raised their bows and took aim at Wang Yu. The greatest programming w of the Archer job was the aiming mechanism. This game was not very realistic. The way that the aiming mechanism worked in REBIRTH was that the yer had to take aim a the target first before he drew his bow. Thats why the arrows shot by Archers also flew in a straight line at a single target. This was something that wouldnt change even if they used a skill. But this sort of aiming mechanism had greatly reduced the pressure that Wang Yu was facing. In a game like REBIRTH where his attributes did not allow his actions to keep up with his reactions, Wang Yu would have been helpless if he was facing a volley of a thousand arrows like those in the movies. But facing attack from the Archers of the Sanguine Alliance... Wang Yu ran straight towards them, not even bothering to dodge. His two hands dancing in the air, catching all the arrows that came his way. The Archers were dumbstruck by this scene... earlier on they were not outside the shop so they had not seen Wang Yu performing the same feat. In a blink of an eye, Wang Yu had already arrived in front of them... In a close ranged battle, and Archer was basically a punching bag. Once a Pugilist like Wang Yu got into close proximity of an Archer, they basically had no means of retaliating. [Lateral Kick, [Crushing Blow], [Choke]... Wang Yu systematically attacked the Archers as he nimbly darted around their formation, single handedly beating all twenty of them to death. Ray after ray of white light shone, in less than 10 seconds, the entire troop of Archers found themselves at the respawn point. A huge pressure was lifted off Wang Yus shoulders now that he had managed to kill the Archers. Just as he was about to log off, he received a message from Crotch Lord: "Iron Bull, there are a lot of people in the Sanguine Alliance, you cant fight them alone! And dont just log off in a random location, you have to go to a safe zone!" When he considered what Crotch Lord had said, Wang Yu realised what he said was right. If he logged off here, it was very likely that the Sanguine Alliance would set an ambush. He thanked Crotch Lord and made his way towards the Dojo. When the Archers from the Sanguine Alliance revived, they sheepishly looked at each other, no one dared to utter a word. "Stormbringer, if you guys see Iron Bull shoot him to death on the spot! Dont bother talking to him!" Sanguine Warg shouted in the guild chat. Sanguine Stormbringer was the leader of the troop of Archers. "We didnt even manage to shoot him before we died..." Sanguine Stormbringer meekly replied. Sanguine Wargs expression turned grave as he shouted: "What about the rest? Didnt you bring twenty men to chase him?" "They all died..." "Hmmmm..." Sanguine Warg held himself back from using any further profanities and bewilderedly asking: "Didnt the other members of the Quan Zhen Sect log off? Does that guy have anyone else helping him? Sanguine Stormbringer didnt answer his question, sighing as he asked: "Hey boss, can I speak the truth?" "Speak!" "I think we should stop fighting him......that b*stard is a bit too strong..." "F*ck you mother! If youre going to be a coward then just leave this guild!" "..."Sanguine Stormbringer was at a loss for words. Seeing that Sanguine Stormbringer was not replying him, Sanguine Warg calmed down and asked: "Darkness, where is that b*stard now?" "Hes heading towards the main street, I think hes looking for a safe zone to log off!" Sanguine Darkness replied. "Then follow him! Dont lose sight of him!" Just as Sanguine Warg had given him instructions, Sanguine Darkness gloomily replied: "The f*ck......I just died..." "Whats going on? Didnt you use [Stealth]?" "I dont know! It was as if he could see me! He suddenly turned around and kicked me, killing me in an instant..." "How! Thats just bullshit!" Just at this moment, Heavens Bird sent a message to Sanguine Warg, saying: "Big bro, I caught the four girls!" "Where?" Sanguine Warg replied. "Theyre nearby the in! Come quickly!" Li Xue and gang had been caught by Heavens Bird in a small alleyway near the inn. A crowd had gathered to watch what was going on. As news of what happened continued to spread, more and more people started gathering at the alley. "Hm? Which one is Great God Iron Bull?" "Hes fled already!" "Cheh, to think that he ditched the girls and fled by himself, what kind of man is he... To think I even got off work early to y this game... ... When he saw that the girls were thoroughly trapped and had no means of escape, Heavens Bird coldyughed as he walked forward and smiled at them: "Little Xue... let me tell you, Im no ordinary person, if anyone offends me in this game, I have to power to make their lives unbearable!" Once they heard his words, a gloomy look appeared on their faces. The four of them depended on this game in order to earn a living. Once they had been marked by the Sanguine Alliance, they could forget about ying this game ever again, much less trying to earn a living off of it. "Oh really? But Ive heard that youve already died two times today, to think that you still have the mood to boast..." Li Xue coldly answered Heavens Bird, who was currently all smiles. Li Xues words were no different from rubbing salt into his wounds. The smile on Heavens Birds face disappeared as he snapped: "You filthy sl*t, this whole issue today was caused by you! Maybe if you agree to spend a few nights with me, I might consider sparing you, otherwise youll just have to wait for your death!" Just as Heavens Bird finished speaking, the crowd split apart as Sanguine Warg led his men to surround the girls. When he saw Li Xue and the other three, Sanguine Warg creased his brows and asked: "These four girls are Iron Bulls friends?" "Yes!" Heavens Bird nodded. "Primrose, send a message to Iron Bull, tell him that we have his friends captive and that well kill them if he doesnte!" "This..." Sanguine Primrose shot a nce at Li Xue and the other three, feeling extremely vexed. Regardless of what had happened, these four girls were still her underlings. "Send it now!" "Fine!" Sanguine Primrose let out a sigh, sending a message over to Wang Yu. In a matter of moments, Wang Yu had arrived at the alley near the Inn. "Hey, move aside move aside, I need to get there!" Wang Yu told the surrounding yers. "Hey, wait for your turn, do you have any manners?" Someone shouted at him. Wang Yu was speechless, these rascals had gathered to watch the show and yet they still dared to talk about manners? "Im the one theyre looking for! Let me pass, my friends are being held captive there!" Wang Yu patiently exined. "Haha, and Im a GM, do you believe me!" "Of course not!" "Then why should I believe you?" "I..." Wang Yu was infuriated, but he did not continue arguing. "Then excuse me!" Wang Yu shouted as he rushed towards that yer, stepping on his face as he lept over the crowd. After leaping over the crowd, Wang Yu twisted his body, doing a somersault in the air as he gentlynded in front of Li Xue and the others. "Wow, that was impressive! Does that guy know qing gong or something?" The crowd gasped in shock as they saw Wang Yu descend from the sky. Sanguine Warg was filled with envy as he saw Wang Yus grand entrance. Compared to Wang Yus entrance, Sanguine Wargs one was no different from amon hooligan... "Hey guild leader, have you been busy?" Wang Yu joked. "Yes, busy looking for you!" "Even though you are a big and strong guild, you shouldnt involve third parties in your conflicts. Youre not going to embroil these fourdies in our conflict right?" Wang Yuughed. Before Sanguine Warg could speak, Heavens Bird rushed out and pointed at Wang Yu: "F*ck your mother! Let this grandpa tell you, if you dont kneel before me and apologise in front of the whole Twilight City, you and these four b*tches can forget about ever ying this game again! If you dare to log on, the Sanguine Alliance will teach you a lesson!" Wang Yus expression turned dark as he red at Heavens Bird, coldly saying: "Oh really? Youre wee to try harming them!" "Of course I dare!" Heavens Bird thought that in front of so many members of the Sanguine Alliance, Wang Yu would not be able to harm him. He walked in front of Li Xue, raising his hands to attack her. At this moment, Heavens Bird felt a peculiar sensation. Looking down he realised that he thoat was tightly in the grasp of Wang Yus hand. "You...you dare to kill me?" Heavens Bird was shocked beyond belief. He never expected in that in an alleyway crawling with members of the Sanguine Alliance, Wang Yu would still dare to make a move against him! Wang Yu emotionlessly replied: "Im not just going to kill you, Im going to kill you until Im satisfied!" Without even the slightest bit of hesitation, Wang Yu exerted the force in his hand, turning Heavens Bird into a ray of white light for the third time today. Along with Heavens Bird, the four girls also turned in rays of white light. When Wang Yu had rushed over to attack Heavens Bird, he had sent a message to the four girls, telling that to immediately log off when the system had considered them to have left battle. "This guy has some guts..." "Thats right, I dont think that the Sanguine Alliance is going to spare him." "Thats a shame, for a hero like him..." The crowd began to pity Wang Yu. After seeing his younger brother being killed right before his eyes, Sanguine Warg exploded with rage, giving the order to kill Wang Yu. At this moment, Wang Yu caught in the alleyway, there were walls on three sides and member of the Sanguine Alliance blocking the only way out. Wang Yu was basically trapped with no room for escape. Arrows flew and magic chants were whispered. In this small space with so many attacks directed at him, even Wang Yu could not dodge every single one of them. "Puh..." A loud resounded from Wang Yus body as a giant golden shield appeared, protecting Wang Yu inside, blocking any attack fromnding on him. [Spirit Guard]: When the health of the user drops below 30%, his immense inner power will surge forth and protect him from further damage for 2 seconds. When he saw that Wang Yu had avoided the fatal barrage of attacks, Sanguine Warg sarcasticallymented: "You really are stubborn, why dont you just die and go to heaven!" "Mm, thats a good idea!" Wang Yu chuckled to himself as he turned around and jumped towards the brick wall, rapidly climbing up the wall until he reached the top. Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 34: We’ll Fight Until You’re Satisfied Chapter 34: Well Fight Until Youre Satisfied Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "What the f*ck!" The crowd gasped in shock as they watched Wang Yu climb to the top of the wall. "How the f*ck did he do that???" "Hows is this even possible? This game really isnt very logical!" The members of the Sanguine Alliance grew increasingly frustrated as they watched Wang Yu climb to the top of the wall; this was especially true for Sanguine Warg. He had originally thought that Wang Yu would definitely die by the hands of the Sanguine alliance, but who would have thought that he had escaped once again. When Wang Yu immediately jumped off the wall when he saw that the Archers from the Sanguine Alliance were already aiming their bows at him. "Hey Pugilists, what are you waiting for? Chase him!" Sanguine Warg impatiently shouted. Sanguine Warg was so infuriated that he couldnt think straight, he even thought that climbing up a vertical wall was a skill that all Pugilists had, shouting at the Pugilists in his guild to give chase. The Pugilists of the Sanguine Alliance had no choice but to obey orders. Bracing themselves as they dashed towards the wall, giving it their all to scale it, but the results could be imagined. Wang Yu sent a message to Crotch Lord after he had jumped down the wall, asking: "Where is the respawn point for Warriors?" "You actually managed to escape?" Crotch Lord asked. "Yup!" "Then you should go to the Dojo before you log off, why do you even want to go to the respawn point for Warriors?" Crotch Lord inquired. "Im going to beat them until theyre satisfied!" Wang Yu righteously dered. "Bullshit!" While Crotch Lord did not know whether or not the Sanguine Alliance was satisfied or not with their battle with Wang Yu, he knew for sure that to be able to take on one of the top ten guilds REBIRTH without dying once was already an impressive feat. Yet Wang Yu had no intentions of stopping there, he was fully prepared to take on all the members of the Sanguine Alliance until they were beaten to submission. To Crotch Lord this was simply a madmans dream. "Its by the weapon shop on the right of the Dojo!" Crotch Lord replied as he sent the coordinates to Wang Yu. He had even sent a detailed map with directions, afraid that Wang Yu might get lost along the way. "Ive received it!" After ncing at the map, Wang Yu realised that the respawn point was less than a hundred metres from his current location! "There he is! Dont let him get away!" Just as Wang Yu had turned around, a voice sounded out from behind him. As he turned in the direction of the voice, Wang Yu saw Heavens Bird leading a group of eight Warriors, walking towards him. The Warriors immediately drew their weapons when they saw Wang Yu and took up a fighting stance. These Warriors had just logged on when they received the order from Sanguine Warg and rushed over to protect Heavens Bird in an attempt to impress Sanguine Warg. Other than Heavens Bird, the other Warriors were all underestimating Wang Yu. None of them had been involved in the previous skirmishes and naturally didnt know of Wang Yus ability to kill them with a single blow. They had all assumed that Wang Yu was just a random Pugilist. The Warriors lowered their head, using [Charge] in their assault formation to close the distance between Wang Yu and themselves. They had arranged themselves in an extended line as they charged over, sealing off all possible routes of escape. Wang Yu softly sighed as he leapt over the warriors charging at him, and dashed towards Heavens Bird. Heavens Bird was just a Warrior who focused on his offensive capabilities, how could he possibly escape from a fast and nimble Pugilist like Wang Yu? Within a blink of an eye, Wang Yu had arrived beside him, grabbed him by the forehead and violently smashed his face into the cold hard ground before cruelly stomping on the back of his head, instantly turning Heavens Bird into a ray of white light. Before he died, Heavens Bird had his hand stretched out as he looked towards the Warriors that hade to protect him, with boundless disappointment in his eyes. As they watched Heavens Bird get killed before their very eyes, the eight Warriors burned with rage, a measly Pugilist had dared to kill their guild leaders brother? As they furiously swung their des at Wang Yu, a crowd of excited bystanders and members of the Sanguine Alliance once again formed in the vicinity. Wang Yu easily dispatched the eight Warriors as if they were made of paper before disappearing amongst the crowd of onlookers. This was the fourth time that Heavens Bird had been killed in front of them... "What the f*ck! How did you die again!" Sanguine Warg roared when he received the news that Heavens Bird had once again died by Wang Yus hands. "We met the Pugilist when we were walking around just now and he charged over and killed Brother Heavens Bird..." One of the Warriors following Heavens Bird meekly replied. "..." "The rest of you are fine right..." Sanguine Warg asked. After being killed by Wang Yu, the Warriors had a much better understanding of his fighting capabilities. To be killed by a Pugilist was one thing, but to be killed with a single blow was something that they were too ashamed to admit. "Were fine, he immediately ran off when we surrounded him! Maybe he was just scared of us!" One of the Warriorsughed. "Hmm..." Just as this Warrior was feeling satisfied with his answer, Sanguine Warg interjected: "No I dont think he was afraid of you, but that he didnt want to kill you..." "..." Silence filled the guild chat. To think that in a guild with hundreds of skilled yers, not a single one of them dared to stand up against this one Pugilist. "About that, why didnt he want to kill you guys?" Sanguine Darkness asked. When he heard what Sanguine Darkness had said, the Warrior felt extremely displeased: "Hey hey hey, what the hell are you trying to say? Dont tell me that you think its unfair that we didnt get killed by that b*stard?" "What the f*ck, how many people has this guy killed?" "At least 50..." "Ohhh...well the system is probably going to hunt him down and kill him then..." Someone mumbled. In REBIRTH, a yers name would turn red if they had killed more than five people. Someone like Wang Yu who had killed over fifty other yers was simply asking for the system to strike him down. No matter how stubborn and strong a person was, fighting against the system and the NPCs was simply asking to be killed. Even though this news might have been good new, but the members of the Sanguine Alliance became even more dejected... This simply meant that fifty guild members had been in by Wang Yu and lost an inestimable amount of experience points in the process. "But it doesnt seem like the city guards have made a move against him..." As the head of the intelligence branch, Sanguine Darkness observation ability and his informationworks were leagues above the rest of the guild members. "Maybe he has not entered their field of vision yet." Sanguine Warg answered. Since the game had not been around for long, there had been no precedence of any yer with a red name entering a city. However, it was known that once a yer with a red name entered a city, he would be hunted down and killed by the city guards before being thrown into prison and having his level reduced. "Then what should we do now?" Heavens Bird asked. "If we have too many people that b*stard will run, but if we approach with too little men we arent his match. The only thing we can do now is to try to lure him to the vicinity of the city guards and try to get them to kill him on our behalf." "What the f*ck, do you know how vicious that f*cker is? So whos going to be the bait?" "Hey bro, since youre the one that hes targeting, you have to be involved in this no matter what..." Sanguine Warg calmly stated. "You cant be serious, Ive already died four times..." Heavens Bird whined. "Dont worry, well be around to protect you." Sanguine Warg assured him. "Are you guys sure?" Sanguine Warg replied: "Youre my own brother, how could I even think about doing anything that will harm you? Even if you cant trust us, at least you can trust the system" Heavens Bird smiled when he heard the words of assurance from Sanguine Warg. What he said was true, even if the system was unfair at times, it wouldnt be so unfair as to let Wang Yu go unpunished. "Fine, Ill go!" Heavens Bird decisively said. Wang Yu had chosen to hide amongst the crowd not because he was afraid of the Sanguine Alliance, but because he was waiting for Heavens Bird to respawn before he could kill him again. Wang Yu had been hiding nearby, staring at the respawn point and waiting... At this moment Heavens Bird had appeared once again, sticking his head out of the respawn point as he looked around the street before he hesitantly took a step out. The crowd had gathered around the respawn point. They knew that if they followed Heavens Bird, they would definitely be able to watch him get killed by an expert. Heavens Bird had not travelled far before he heard a loud shout from behind him. "Where are you running off to scum!" Heavens Bird turned around only to see Wang Yu running along the wall, leaping towards him. "Help! Someone save me!!!" Heavens Bird squealed as he used [Charge], speeding towards the city guards. The crowd shook their heads as they looked at Heavens Birds cowardly behaviour, feeling ashamed for him. Even though you could die in REBIRTH, every yer had unlimited lives. Death only meant that they would lose 10% of their current experience points. To be running for his life and shouting for someone to save him, this scoundrel was indeed spineless! Cowardly beyond redemption! In the blink of an eye, Wang Yu had already caught up to Heavens Bird who was right beside the city guards. Heavens Bird tugged at the city guards as he pleaded: "Brother city guard, hes a viin!" Even though the city guards had immeasurable strength, the AI that governed their thoughts was simplistic beyond belief. The city guardspletely ignored the pleas of Heavens Bird, not even looking at him, let alone helping him. Looking at the emotionless city guards, Heavens Bird was ovee with grief. The city guards continued standing by looking into the distance, even as Wang Yu killed Heavens Bird right beside them, turning him into a ray of white light. Only then did they react, asking: "Brave Warrior, youre killing someone, is there anything that we can help you with?" The crowd was bbergasted as they looked at the scene before them. Was this yer designed by the system or something? Not stopping him from murdering someone in the streets is one thing, but to even offer to help him? This was simply inconceivable. Heavens Bird, who had once again been beaten to death by Wang Yu, had already revived in the respawn point. He was absolutely livid, jumping up and down shouting: "F*ck your mother! This gentleman is going to stay here, I f*cking dare you to kill me again!" Wang Yu stared at him with a dark expression as he asked the city guards: "Can you guys drag him out for me?" "Yes sir!" The city guards bowed. The city guards charged into the respawn point, violently dragging Heavens Bird out. "Oh my god!!!" Heavens Bird was dragged out of the respawn point before he could even react. Wang Yu walked towards Heavens Bird, grabbing him by the throat as he lifted him up, and gave him several ps before reducing him into a ray of white light. This was the sixth time that Heavens Bird had revived at the respawn point on the same day. He nervously looked around, and realised that there was no point resisting Wang Yu, the only thing waiting for him was death. Just as Wang Yu gave the orders to the city guards to have Heavens Bird dragged out once more, he took the initiative and logged off from the game first. "F*ck!" The crowd shouted as they watched Heavens Bird log off. Such an interesting show had been cut short. Wang Yu walked into the respawn point after Heavens Bird had logged off, walking towards the Warriors that had previously followed Heavens Bird, telling them: "Go tell your guild leader, if hes unhappy,e again if youre not satisfied, well fight until youre satisfied!" "Mm..." The Warriors vigorously nodded their heads. "Ding!" Wang Yu turned into a ray of white light, logging off from the game. Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 35: It’s Nothing To Admit You’re Scared, What’s Important Is Who You’re Admitting It For! Chapter 35: Its Nothing To Admit Youre Scared, Whats Important Is Who Youre Admitting It For! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Taking off the helmet Wang Yu looked at his watch and realised it was already 8 in the night! Mu Zi Xian hade home long ago and was preparing dinner in the kitchen. Wang Yu wiped his face with a towel and was about to wash up in the toilet when he noticed Li Xues group gloomily sitting on the living room sofa in silence. Wang Yu naturally understood the oue of the whole situation. For these girls toe out and work like that wasnt easy. Although gold farming in games was slightly tiring, it was still better than working an ordinary desk job. Anyone would have beenpletely distraught to suddenly lose their jobs like that. "Brother Yu... Im really sorry... If it wasnt for me then today..." Seeing Wang Yu, Li Xue guiltily muttered. Before she could finish talking, Wang Yu loudly pped to interrupt her and said: "What are you saying? Neither of us are at fault here! Its all that little gigglos fault! Dont worry too much though the Primrose militia is only a second rate guild anyway! Ill help you find a better one in future!" After joining the Quan Zhen Sect, Wang Yus horizons had broadened. Although the Primrose Militia was merely a second rate guild, for the girls to join them was already quite a stretch! To even consider joining a better guild was nothing but a pipe dream! Hearing his words, Li Xue couldnt help but sigh: "Gold farming doesnt actually have many requirements in terms of the environment, but since weve offended the Sanguine Alliance then we cant really stay in this game much longer... It wasnt easy for you to find a job and now... because of me..." What Li Xue was so worried about was that they wouldnt be able to continue ying the game after offending the Sanguine Alliance. It wasnt much of a problem for the four of them since they were all single, however Wang Yu still had a family to feed. Although Wang Yu and Mu Zi Xian hadnt spoken of their financial situation, Li Xue was able to tell they were rather strapped for cash. Why else would a newly wedded couple like them be willing to rent out their apartment like this? "Oh youre worried about that? Just go look at the forums and youll understand what happened!" Wang Yu chuckled as he walked into the toilet. In game, when Wang Yu had killed Heavens Bird in front of the crowd, he had overheard a few people saying that they only came to spectate after hearing about it on the forum. "The forum?" The four girls stared at each other. "Mary pass me theptop!" "Okay!" After opening theptop, Li Xue immediately opened the forums for REBIRTH. Every single post she saw was discussing what had happened between Wang Yu and the Sanguine Alliance! "Berserk Pugilist paints the streets with blood and kills the number one hunk Heavens Bird six times!" "New expert joins the Quan Zhen Sect! The Sanguine Alliance cant withstand a single blow!" ... Such posts hadpletely flooded the forum and if the girls didnt personally witness what happened they would have been swept away by thements in the forum. Li Xue clicked on the top post titled "Come again if youre not satisfied, well fight until youre satisfied!". The contents of the post described the cause whole situation as well as the awe inspiring when Wang Yu was massacring the members of the Sanguine Alliance. Running up t walls, extreme evasion, iparable positioning, one shot kills... These were just a few of the feats that Wang Yu had performed. With Wang Yus extraordinary abilities, the hundred against one battle wasnt as simple as many had imagined. Furthermore there was still that extremely domineering phrase that Wang Yu had shouted before logging off. The forum was set aze with intense fanaticism! "Come again if youre not satisfied, we can fight until youre satisfied!" Although this phrase was rather crude, it contained a zing heroic spirit and caused the blood of those who heard it boil in excitement! It was just a game after all so other than the professional gamers most yers just yed to kill and have fun. An outstanding and domineering person like that would naturally be their idol. Whats more, some yers even began to say that "the Pugilist is the job for real men"! This one phrase once again sparked the debate about the actual power of the Pugilist. Looking at the world notifications, the top ranked yer was a Pugilist and the first yer to sessfully kill a boss were all Pugilists! And today the one who had caused a storm in Twilight City was also a Pugilist! Compared to other jobs were Pugilists really trash? Or was the strongest job in REBIRTH actually the Pugilist? Now the Pugilists that had always been mocked and suppressed on the forums could finally hold their heads up high! At this moment, ament by one of the yerspletely crushed all the excitement. "It seems like no one else noticed it but I think that there was a bug in the system thest time the Pugilist killed Heavens Bird." "Bug?" Seeing hisment, the rest of the yers quickly opened the video of Wang Yu killing Heavens Bird again. At the end of the video, Wang Yu hadmanded the city guards to enter the safe zone and push Heavens Bird out for him to kill again. Seeing this scene, the yers could no longer remain calm. Originally, a yer challenging a top guild like that was something out of a novel! Due to this many yers started to admire and worship Wang Yu. However, thatst scene in the video was really too suspicious. This kind of killing machine was not only let off by the city guards, they had even be his aplices! What if theynded in such a situation? Wouldnt they only be able to stand there and ept their death? Thinking of this the admiration these yers felt for Wang Yu turned into rage. "This is definitely a bug! We need to report this!" "Report your ass! Ive already tried reporting it." "What did the system say?" "Thank you for your report. However no bug was detected. Thank you for your continued support for Rebirth and we wish you a pleasant gaming experience." "F**k!" The rest of the yers immediately started cursing in the thread. Thepany really was too half-hearted! At the same time, in the office of the Sanguine Alliance in Twilight City, the high level members of the Sanguine Alliance were all gathered. Currently, Sanguine Wargs expression was so dark that no one could even see his face. "So what does everyone think of this matter?" Sanguine Warg asked. "This..." The rest of the yers quickly lowered their heads to avoid his gaze. The origin of this matter was actually very insignificant. However the one who started the whole conflict was the younger brother of their leader so who would dare to speak out? Seeing that no one was willing to say anything, Sanguine Warg said: "We deal with the matter and not the person. If anyone has any opinions then speak up. How are we going to deal with Iron Bull the next time?" Hearing his words the rest could only silently curse: "Leader you skin is really too thick... Only you can bear to say this kind of shameless words... Its not us hunting Iron Bull, its him hunting us..." Seeing all of their gloomy expressions, Sanguine Warg sternly said: "Are you all afraid?" Facing Sanguine Wargs scolding, the members were stunned. Afraid? Facing such a demonic expert who wouldnt be?? Normally, ten to twenty yers in a group was already considered quite threatening. A force of one to two hundred yers was enough to exterminate any small guild. However who would have thought that they would encounter a freak like Wang Yu who could easily deal with their hunting squads? Who would dare to boast that they werent afraid? Although the Sanguine Alliance did have a lot of members, they couldnt mobilise all of them for every conflict. Although they all thought that, no one dared to voice their opinion due to their knowledge of Sanguine Wargs brutal leadership style. Fear was not something that was tolerated in this guild! Even if others were afraid no one would admit that they were as well! The members just kept looking at each other silently, waiting for someone to speak up first. Just as Sanguine Wargs rage was about to erupt, the Archer Sanguine Stormbringer stood up and said: "Leader I still think we shouldnt fight anymore. That man isnt human!" "Youre afraid?" "Its impossible that no one here isnt afraid. But i think that whats more important is that this really isnt worth it. Were only in the early stages of the game so who has the time to round up hundreds of yers to fight him? Theres no honour in winning and if we lose well be aughing stock! Why dont we just leave it be?" Hearing his words, Sanguine Warg smiled and said: "Very reasonable! Well follow what you said the. Primrose go contact Iron Bull. He seems like a reasonable man so just fulfill whatever conditions he has!" "Yes leader!" "Alright! Dismissed!" After speaking Sanguine Warg immediately left the office. After he left the members finally heaved a sigh of relief and started discussing amongst themselves. "Holy f**k thats it? And here I thought that leader would try and toy with our lives... But you Stormbringer, you really are terrified of that Iron Bull huh!" "And youre telling me that the rest of you arent?" Sanguine Stormbringerughed. "But we didnt admit it! You on the other hand just admitted it so bluntly!" Sanguine Stormbringer simply shook his head and said: "Its nothing to admit youre scared, whats important is who youre admitting it for!" Although the rest didnt understand his words, they realized what he had done when they received a notification: Sanguine Stormbringer has been promoted to "Vice Guild Leader" Of Sanguine Alliance by Sanguine Warg! ... When Wang Yu walked out of the toilet, the four girls were staring at his as though they were looking at a monster. He lightly chuckled and said: "Is something wrong? Is there still some foam on my face or something?" "Mr Landlord you killed Heavens Bird six times???" Mary eximed in shock. "Yea I did. And if he didnt log off I would have killed him a few more times!" Wang Yu replied. "F**k me! Mr Landlord arent you afraid the Sanguine Alliance will keep causing trouble for you?" "Afraid of what? Ill just kill them if I see them!" Ill just kill them if I see them? Just how arrogant was this? The Sanguine Alliance was one of the top ten guilds in the country! If it was anyone else who had said this it would have been treated as a bad joke. However,ing from Wang Yus mouth these words seemed like the absolute truth because Wang Yu had the strength to back it up! "Theres nothing else right?" "N..No..." The four shook their heads in unison. With and expert like this protecting them the foul mood that they had all been in was quickly blown away. "Then Ill go find you sister-inw then!" With that, Wang Yu put on his jacket and walked out of the door. Watching his disappearing figure, Li Xue couldnt help but feel a certain sweetness in her heart... Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 36: Bounty Time! Unrelated People Please F**k Off! Chapter 36: Bounty Time! Unrted People Please F**k Off! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions The next day when Wang Yu logged in, he received a message from Sanguine Primrose saying that she wanted to sit down for a chat and express their sincerity. She even let him choose the location for this meet up. Wang Yu very casually sent back: "No need to choose. Lets just go to the inn from yesterday!" Wang Yu wasnt afraid that the Sanguine Alliance would try to ambush him. If the Sanguine Alliance still refused to change their ways after everything that happened yesterday, then Wang Yu would have no choice but to teach them a lesson again! The patience and tenacity of a martial artist wasnt something that a normal person could imagine. When Wang Yu arrived at the inn, it was obvious that the Sanguine Alliance werent a bunch of brainless fools. Although the inn was crowded, there werent any members of the Sanguine Alliance in sight. In a secluded corner, Wang Yu saw Sanguine Primrose sitting alone sipping a cup of cheap malt liquor and seemingly deep in thought. "Hello!" Wang Yu greeted her. "Ah Great God Iron Bull!" Hearing his voice, Sanguine Primrose snapped out of her thoughts and hurriedly greeted him. "Just call me Brother Bull. Whats with this nonsense about Great God anyway?" Wang Yuughed. "En... Yes, Brother Bull..." Sanguine Primrose lightly nodded. "Quickly speak then. What do you n on talking about?" Wang Yu immediately cut to the crux of the matter. "Our Sanguine Alliance is willing to apologise to you and your friends about this whole matter." "Thats only natural!" Wang Yu nodded. "Furthermore, if those four girls are willing to remain in the Primrose Militia, we will transfer them to an elite squad and pay them the highest sry." She continued. Sanguine Primrose was a smart woman. After the incident, she could tell that the rtionship between Wang Yu and the four girls wasnt as simple as it seemed on the surface. Pulling the four of them to their side would be equivalent to pulling an expert like Wang Yu into their ranks! Even if others didnt know the true extent of Wang Yus power, the Sanguine Alliance did. Forget about joining the Primrose Militias elite squad. As long as Wang Yu was willing to say yes the for girls could even be elders in the Sanguine Alliance! "Hmm... I think you should ask the girls themselves about this." Wang Yu replied. "Well ok then. Even if those girls dont want to remain in the Primrose Militia, we are willing to consider it as our side breaking the contract and pay them double the severance pay!" Based on the actual contract, if the girls insisted on leaving the guild then it would have been them breaking the contract and they naturally wouldnt receive any severance pay. Yet now the Primrose Militia was willing to pay them twice the normal severance pay. It was very easy to tell how much they wanted to rope Wang Yu in. Wang Yu naturally understood the intentions of the Sanguine Alliance and lightlyughed: "Then Ill thank you in their ce first!" "No need to be so courteous." Sanguine Primrose giggled as she took out a coin pouch and said: "Leader Warg said that his younger brother really caused you too much trouble. This money is just a small token of his sincerity." Wang Yu had originally wanted to reject this offer. However, after giving it some thought, he concluded that such reparations were only natural and unreservedly epted the pouch. Upon inspection, Wang Yu realised that it contained exactly 200 gold coins! This was a reallyrge fortune! "Leader Warg is really quite generous!" "Its only natural. We just hope that in future when Brother Bull meets the members of our Sanguine Alliance youll be merciful." Sanguine Primrose replied. "Thats only to be expected. Im a pacifist after all. As long as no one antagonises me I wont intentionally find trouble with them." Wang Yu answered. The Sanguine Alliance was a veryrge guild and they even paid him such arge amount of gold coins as reparations. Wang Yu wasnt an unreasonable person to begin with. Since he had achieved his original intention of getting an apology, Wang Yu naturally wouldnt find trouble with the Sanguine Alliance. "As if theres such a thing as a pacifist who kills without even blinking like you..." Sanguine Primrose silently thought. "Well, thats that then. If theres nothing else then I wont take up any more of Brother Bulls time!" With that, Sanguine Primrose stood up and left. "See you around then!" After Sanguine Primrose left, Wang Yu wasnt in any hurry to go anywhere and continued to drink alone. When Li Xue and the rest logged in, Wang Yu exined to them what Sanguine Primrose had offered. Right now Li Xue and the rest had two choices. They could either just y the game for fun every day and still earn money, or they could quit and take the severance pay. Although it was very clear that the first option was much better for them, they still chose to leave the guild. Why did gold farming groups need to join a guild in the first ce? The main reason was to secure a safe environment. The Primrose Militia was one of therger guilds within the country and was also an all girl guild. This guild was the most ideal one Li Xue and the rest when the first entered the game. Who would have thought that when they were being bullied and hunted down, the Promise Militia didnt even pretend to try and protect them? How could they not be disappointed in such a guild? Though the conditions and sry offered by the Primrose Militia was very extravagant and enticing, it was only because Wang Yu had stepped up and fought for them! If it wasnt for Wang Yu, the girls would have only been able to swallow this humiliation or worse! "Are you sure about quitting?" "Yes, Im very sure!" Li Xue determinedly answered. "Well go wherever big sis goes! Even if its the ends of the earth!" The rest agreed. "Dont be so negative! Ill find you guys a guild where no one will bully you!" Wang Yu chuckled. When Wang Yu ryed the girls decision to Sanguine Primrose, she merely expressed some regret. It wasnt very shocking that the girls wanted to quit after everything that happened. After closing the chat window, Wang Yu took a big gulp from his cup shouted: "I know you guys are there! Stop hiding ande out!" Seeing that there was no movement, Wang Yu took a sachet of limestone powder out of his bag and threw it. When the powder scattered, the silhouette of an Assassin slowly appeared. Although the Assassin remained motionless and Wang Yu couldnt see his face, he could still feel how shocked and afraid he was. The Assassin had clearly thought that Wang Yu had been talking to someone else. Turning around, Wang Yu scanned the surrounding yers and loudly said: "Youve all been sneakily staring at me for half the day! What are you all trying to do?" These yers didnt have any guild emblems on them so they couldnt have been from Apocalypse or Sanguine Alliance. Wang Yu didnt have any conflicts with any other guilds or yers either... "Are you all here to worship me?" Wang Yu shamelessly asked. When this thought surfaced Wang Yu nearly scared himself death. Having spent so much time with those clowns from Quan Zhen Sect, Wang Yu had begun to think like them! In the face of Wang Yus question, no one dared make any sounds. In fact, these yers really werent from any guilds. They were just trying toplete a bounty quest. In REBIRTH, there were only two ways to get rid of PK points. The first was to hide in the wilderness until they dispersed naturally. The second was toplete bounty quests! Since the time taken for PK points to disperse in the wilderness was very long, the PK fanatics usually chose toplete bounty quests to cleanse their own points. When these yers first logged in today, the habitually went to ept some quests and realised that there was a mass murderer with 57 PK points! This caused their hearts to itch and instantly ept the bounty. When hunting those with PK points, yers would be rewarded based on the number of points that their targets had. The higher the points, the greater the rewards. However, after epting the quest, the yers were all dumbfounded. Their target was in an inn in the city... Everyone in Twilight City knew who the only person with some rtions with the city guards was. For someone with over 50 PK points to be walking around the city so casually meant that he was definitely the beast who had single-handedly fought the Sanguine Alliance everyone in the forums was talking about. These yers quickly thought to themselves: "Against an expert like this, brute force is definitely useless. I just need to seize the right moment to act. The Sanguine Alliance was too arrogant yesterday so the ended up getting yed by him. This lord isnt so retarded. As long as I conceal myself and act at the right time Ill definitely kill him!" Hence all these yers didnt try to leave and instead sat around Wang Yu, asionally ncing at him and trying to find an opening. Who would have imagined that Wang Yu had already discovered them from the start? After being revealed, the yers didnt even have the time to react before someone walked through the door and tossed a gold coin to the owner while shouting: "Bounty time! Unrted people, please f**k off! Those without insurance and those who suck too, please! If anyone wants insurance I know a guy..." Hearing this long winded and annoying voice, the faces of the surrounding yers turned iparably ugly as they retreated several steps. "F**k me! That f**king magician is here to steal our business again..." "Quickly run! That madman kills without batting an eyelid! Hes doing bounty quests anyway so hes not scared of a few PK points!" Within seconds, the yers that came to kill him opened up arge empty space in the middle of the inn. Wang Yu turned around and looked at the neer who was dressed like a magician. The magician wore a long ck robe and held a staff with a faint blue glow around it. The staff even had a gem embedded in it that asionally shed with arcs of lightning. Although he appeared very shy, his appearance was rather horrifying. His stare was filled with excitement and boundless killing intent. "So its you then! After killing so many people you still refuse to repent? Alright then... eat my lightning!!!!" After droning on and on, the Magician suddenly explosively shouted and kicked up a table to block himself. Even though he had shouted "eat my lighting", he had cast [Fire Ball] instead... Wang Yu didnt even bother to dodge and simply used [Rippling Wave] to cancel it out. "Boom!!!!" A bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky and struck Wang Yu on his head! System Notification: You have been attacked by yer "Ming Du". Since the yer is on a bounty quest, you have no right to defend yourself. Wang Yu was greatly shocked. Right now, Wang Yu had at least 100 magic resistance. Most Magicians now would only have around 110 magic attack. However this bastard Ming Du was able to reduce Wang Yu to half health with one attack! Even [Spirit Guard] had almost been activated! This Magicians magic attack was terrifying! What was the most horrifying was that although [Lightning st] was an instant skill, it would have a "boom" before it struck. The moment Wang Yu heard the "boom" from Ming Du, he had immediately dodged to the side. However, he still ended up being hit directly by the [Lightning st]! This kind of predictive ability and uracy were truly terrifying! "Oh? Youre still alive? Not bad kid, you should be proud! Theres no one in this game that can take even half my spells! Looks like you really are an expert!" Seeing that Wang Yu was still alive, Ming Du was shocked as well. [Lightning st] was the strongest early game skills that was able to deal 230% of the casters magic attack as damage! The staff in Ming Dus hand was able to raise the levels of skills by 2 and increased the damage of [Lightning st] to 350%! With the boosts from all the top tier equipment that Ming Du had, during this era where no one had much magic resistance, there really wasnt anyone who could survive one attack from him! Even tanks would have been instantly killed by his attack and yet this little Pugilist was still alive and even had half his health left! How could Ming Du not be shocked? "Truly worthy of being the man who f**ked the Sanguine Alliance! You really do have some skill!" With that Ming Du raised his staff again. But how could Wang Yu possibly let him cast his spell again? Thus, Wang Yu immediately shot towards Ming Du. "Boom!" another thunderp sounded out. Wang Yu knew that Ming Du was very urate so he immediately halted and raised his hands to block his head. However, the spell still hit him directly in the head! The [Energy Shield] in Wang Yus hand shattered and he was only left with 33% health! However, Wang Yu was now three metres away from Ming Du. "Motherf**ker! Youre still alive? Why dont youe with big brother and we can find a nice open area and fight a few hundred rounds..." Ming Dus face changed. Wang Yuughingly interrupted him: "Luckily I was prepared this time. Forget about going to an open area, lets fight to the death now!" Before Wang Yu had even finished speaking, he stretched his hand out and a small energy vortex pulled Ming Du into Wang Yus hands! Umon skill -- [Void Seizing Palms]!! Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 37: Looking For A Guardian Chapter 37: Looking For A Guardian Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wang Yu viciously mped his hand down on Ming Dus throat causing him to only be able to make soft squeaking sounds. If a Magician couldnt speak then they couldnt chant or cast any spells! Ming Du was choked to the point where his entire face was flushed a deep red, causing his already hideous appearance to be even worse. Just as Wang Yu was about to crush Ming Dus neck, a bright sh of light rose from the ground and a white-robed Priest appeared between them. Luckily this was was a game. If such a scene happened in real life than most people would have pissed themselves in fright. "Iron Bull? Youre still fighting?" This Priest that had suddenly popped up was Fearless who had logged off in this exact spot yesterday after the fight. After reading the forums, Fearless had decided to log in and see what was going on in the game. Who would have imagined the first thing he saw was Wang Yu strangling someone? "Ah! Argh ah ah!" Seeing Fearless log in, Ming Du revealed what might have been an ted expression and started screeching. Hearing these odd sounds Fearless turned around and quizzically said: "Hmm? Howe your face looks so familiar?" "Arrrgh ah ah argh ah..." "Holy f**k! Old Li! Iron Bull quickly let him go! Hes one of us! " Fearless suddenly realised who this poor soul was and hurriedly tugged at Wang Yus arm. "You recognise this guy?" Wang Yu asked in amazement. Honestly Ming Dus face had been crushed by Wang Yu to the point where it was deformed and discoloured! Even his own mother wouldnt necessarily have been able to recognise him! "Theres only one man in the world who could still be spouting so much shit while getting choked to death!" Fearless replied. Having been released, Ming Du clutched his throat and desperately gasped for air as he cursed: "Fuck! You goddamn motherf**kers! Why do you keep hiding from your father instead of adding me to the guild..." "Well... Ive been busy..." Fearless nonchntly replied. "Cheh! Dont give me your bullshit you swindler. Is this the new member you guys found?" Ming Du pursed his lips and asked. "Yea! Not bad right?" Fearless nodded. Ming Du rubbed his chin while patting Wang Yus chest andughed: "Yes... not bad at all! Very lively man youve got here, though he is kinda cruel. This round can be considered a draw but if theres another chance we can find a more spacious area and settle whos the best!" Hearing his words, Wang Yu was truly at a loss for words... A draw? He called it a draw when Wang Yu could have crushed the life out of him at any time? This mans shamelessness truly wasnt simple... "Is he part of Quan Zhen Sect too?" Wang Yu turned around and solemnly asked. This bastard called Ming Du was trulywless, but his skill was the real deal. Furthermore, in terms of personality, he was infinitely close the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members. Whats more, Fearless had said he was one of them. "Yes..." Fearless slightly dejectedly nodded. "Then howe you didnt add him into the guild?" Wang Yu felt rather vexed. There were already barely any members in their guild and yet these clowns still didnt want to gather together? "Well... Its a long story..." Fearless could only helplessly sigh as he shook his head and added Ming Du to the guild. Within seconds, Wang Yu understood why everyone had been avoiding adding Ming Du like the gue. System Notification: yer Ming Du has joined Quan Zhen Sect! "Hahahahaha! Quan Zhen Sect kiddies grandpa Ming Du is back! Wooohooooo!!!!!" "Here kiddy kiddy kiddy youre grandpas back! Whys no one greeting him?" "Oh? Everyones offline? Its ok then they can still see this grandpas messages when they log back in! Ahahahahaha!" .... The moment Ming Du joined the guild, it was as though a bomb had gone off in the guild chat. Within seconds he had spammed it with all sorts of useless bullshit, frightening Wang Yu to the point where he immediately shut the chat down. Seeing Wang Yus expression, Fearless helplessly sighed: "I think you understand why we hadnt added him to the guild yet. Our tradition of muting the guild chat is because of him!" "I see..." Wang Yu numbly nodded. An entire days worth of chat logs from the whole guild wasnt even close to what Ming Du had sent in thest five minutes! No wonder this guy was a Magician! His talking speed was several times faster than a regr person! Seeing that Wang Yu and Ming Du had stopped fighting, the surrounding yers also began to slowly disperse. When the yers doing bounty quests saw that Wang Yu and Ming Du had be friends, they immediately perished any thoughts of killing either. Either of them was more than enough to exterminate all of the yers present, let alone working in a team! At this point, the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members also began to slowly login. Seeing Ming Du the rest were both shocked and horrified before slowly greeting him: "Old Li youre here... Its really been a while... Howe youre suddenly here..." "Bullshit!! You motherf**kers were purposely hiding from this old man! You think I couldnt tell or something? So just cause Im slightly more talkative you guys dont treat me like a brother? Very good! If youre going to treat me like your parents and hide from me I have nothing to say!" Ming Du raged. "Why do you have so much nonsense to spout... Youre annoying to the point even these neurotic madmen are afraid of you... truly a monster..." Wang Yu dejectedly thought. Meanwhile, the rest of them were trying to change the topic: "Theres no such thing man! We just got to Twilight City as well! And we were even surrounded and attacked by the Sanguine Alliance! Oh right Iron Bull, what happened in the end anyway? I heard that you sessfully beat them into submission?" "No no theres no such thing. It was just that they wouldnt have benefited from fighting me any longer!" "Ooooh! Very impressive!" They gasped in admiration. For a single man to have fought a few hundred to a standstill without either side being at an advantage was truly a godlike and unique feat in the game. Originally, the rest of the members of Quan Zhen Sect had nned on just fighting when they could and escaping when they couldnt. They had intended on taking advantage of the quality of their individual members and harass their enemies to the point of surrender. Who would have imagined that their new member would have settled the entire matter with his own strength? This really was too impressive! "Well since we have Old Li back I have an important announcement to make!" Fearless suddenly dered. Hearing his words, Ming Du happily asked: "Oh? You couldnt have done something without me? It looks like I really am the true carry of our guild! Hahahaha!!!!" "Motherf**ker can you just shut the f**k up for once in your f**king life????? Whos the leader here huh????" Fearless angrily shouted. "Its you its you... But I still have my right to spe... oh fu..." Before Ming Du had even finished his sentence Vainglory had grabbed him by the mouth and menacingly growled: "Old Li you better shut the f**k up! I really want to kill you right now... Ive recently learnt a new skill so if you want me to strangle you to death then keep on talking..." When Ming Du finally stopped trying to talk, Vainglory turned around and said: "Fearless, you can continue now." "Ok so as I was saying, I assume that everyone remembers that we bought a title deed recently right? So basically I n on epting the Headquarters Defense quest today! Does anyone have any issues with that?" Fearless emotionally said. Hearing his words, the usuallyposed Frost de blurted out in surprise: "Are you mad? Were not even level 15 yet and you want to do a Headquarters Defense quest? No matter what we should still at least wait until everyone is level 20!" In REBIRTH, the title deed was merely a tool to begin a Headquarters Defense quest. yers had to bring the title deed to the city lords office to exchange it for a quest item. This quest item could be brought to the location stated in the title deed to build their headquarters. However after the building itself finished construction, it would receive attacks from the original inhabitants of the area. For example, the location the Quan Zhen Sects title deed was meant for was the Dusk Canyon. Hence if they received the quest the Dusk Bandit Gang wouldunch an attack ten minutes after the construction had beenpleted! Such a system was simr to the to the fabled monster siege! The Dusk Bandit Gang monsters were considered rather high level monsters with even the normal ones being over level 20. And there were still the elite and boss monsters in the Dusk Canyon. If the Quan Zhen Sect officially epted the quest several hundred of these "low level" monsters would pour onto them like a flood! The few of them wouldnt be able to resist at all. The title deed used to start the quest was a consumable item so if the Headquarters Defense quest was failed then the few hundred thousand they spent buying it would be gone just like that! Due to this, establishing a guild headquarters was something that onlyrge guilds would even attempt. Small guilds would generally not even bother with such an endeavour. Although Fearless had bought the title deed from Wang Yu previously he hadnt dared to use it yet. Although the members of Quan Zhen Sect were all experts in their own right, they were all still only around level 14 or 15 so forcibly fighting these over level 20 monsters was still quite a challenge. He had originally nned to ept the quest after everyone had reached level 20. Having spent so much time together, the rest naturally knew what Fearless had originally nned. However they didnt think that he would have suddenly lost his mind like this. "For something like establishing a guild headquarters, the sooner we do it the better! If we wait too long, someone else might discover the limestone powder and introduce it to the market! Once that happens, we wont be able profit as much. Anyway since Ive made the decision, I obviously have some confidence in us!" Fearless continued. "Can I not go along?" Vainglory sheepishly asked. "Of course! But in future when were rolling in the dough you can just stand there and watch..." "What kind of bullshit is that? Quan Zhen Sects matters are my matters too! Im willing to die as long as its for my brothers!" Vainglory sternly said. At this point, the ever silent Spring Halo suddenly spoke up: "Honestly with honourable brother Iron Bull around, we shouldnt have to worry about any boss at all. If I have enough health potions and mana potions we really can give this a shot. Its just that..." "Its just that what? If there are any conditions then quickly say it! As long as you can tank for us during the battle then thats already half the battle won!" "Well honestly I think we should try to find a Guardian actually. Otherwise I really dont think that my recovery will be able to keep up even with all the potions. When that happens were all f**ked!" Spring Halo stated in a very matter of fact way. "So Boson isnt enough right..." Fearless cocked his head and nced at Boson. "Hah! As if! This lord is a brave and powerful warrior! Im not done kind of little bitch who hides behind a shield!" Boson proudly dered. "Arent Warriors supposed to be just a bunch of cheap f**ks for people to p anyway? You should take advantage of your youth and y the guardian!!" Ming Du mocked. Before level 20, yers were still considered to be in the adjustment phase. Hence they were still allowed to change their job once! "Hmph! You want me to stand there and just get beaten up without retaliating? In your dreams!" Boson snorted. "Bosons temper really isnt suitable to be a Guardian... Does anyone have any Guardian friends to rmend?" Fearless asked. "Nope! A true expert needs no friends!" Boson arrogantly dered. "Were all solitary experts!" The rest shamelessly agreed. "Enough! Stop with all this nonsense and get back on topic!" "I really dont man... the only friends I have are you guys... honestly it doesnt even need to be a high level expert. As long as he can hold down the fort until I can recover my mana its already good enough." Spring Halo honestly replied. The rest of the members also nodded their heads in agreement at his Spring Halos words. They really didnt have many friends... "I have one actually!" Wang Yu was an honest man so after hearing Fearlesss words, he immediately opened his friend list and sent messages to everyone he knew and someone had actually replied! Crotch Lord: "Iron Bull Im a Guardian. Whats up?" "Do you have a guild?" "Nope. Great God Iron Bull which guild are you in? Ill go find you!" Crotch Lord replied. "Thats great! Come over now then. Im in the Hans Inn now!" Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 38: Preparing For Battle Chapter 38: Preparing For Battle Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Travelling in REBIRTH was a very simple matter. Regardless of how far you were, using a return to town scroll and utilising the teleportation formation in town would get you to your destination in no time. It was significantly more convenient than travelling around in the real world. After a few rounds of drinks, Crotch Lord had already reached the Inn. "Bull God!!!" Everyone was taken aback when a tall and sturdy Warrior rushed over to Wang Yus side, frantically greeting him. "So youre him right..." Wang Yu paused for a moment,ughing as he asked. Wang Yu and Crotch Lord had only met once and that was in the beginner vige. At that time, Wang Yu had not bothered to take note of Crotch Lords appearance, hence when he approached the group Wang Yu had been unable to recognise him. "Yes yes yes, its me!" Crotch Lord grinned. Seeing how unfamiliar the two men were with each other the other members of the Quan Zhen sect started to feel rather uneasy. "The f*ck, can we trust Iron Bull or not!" "Based on what I can see, these two dont seem to know each other very well....dont tell me they just met!" "Watch what youre saying, would Uncle Bull do something so treacherous?" "Even if others wouldnt do it, it doesnt mean that Iron Bull wouldnt. How about we make a bet!" "F*ck off!" At this moment, Wang Yu had dragged Crotch Lord over to introduce him to the rest: "This the guild leader of the Quan Zhen Sect, Fearless. This is Spring Halo..." All the members of the Quan Zhen Sect were well-known yers who dominated the Leaderboard. Each member of the Quan Zhen Sect was stronger than the previous. No matter who he was introduced to, Crotch Lord would heave a heavy sigh, mouthing words like "Are you f*cking kidding me". Words like "what the f*ck" were meant to be used to scold others, but now the more vain and arrogant members of the Quan Zhen Sect had taken them to be words of admiration. A wide grin was stered across their faces. "You recognise them?" Wang Yu curiously asked as he looked at Crotch Lords reaction. Crotch Lord was taken aback, quickly replying: "Just open the Leaderboards and look! Theyre all notable figures that dominate the Leaderboard! Your Quan Zhen Sect really is a gathering of talented and powerful individuals, no wonder the Sanguine Alliance was beaten to such a sorry state!" The other members felt really pleased with themselves when they heard the praise Crotch Lord was heaping on them. "Hey Iron Bull, this friend of yours is even more charismatic than you!" The loose-tongued Ming Du made a snide remark at Wang Yu. The rest chimed in agreement: "Not bad, the Quan Zhen Sect reallycks people like him! If your strength can meet our requirements, then this brother over here can join us as a permanent member!" "Hehe" Crotch Lord chuckled, not saying a word. Crotch Lord had heard of the reputation of the Quan Zhen Sect. "Dont just brush them off as shameless and despicable people, they really are decent people! Dont be afraid!" Wang Yu told Crotch Lord. Fearless nodded in agreement: "Thats right, dont believe all those vicious rumors that youve heard about us. Oh thats right, I wonder what this honorable brothers name is?" "My name is Crotch Lord!" "OH!!!" Everyone was stunned for a moment, before eximing at the same time: "The number one Guardian in the country! So you were an expert as well!" In actual fact, Crotch Lord was also a famous yer on the Leaderboard, which everyone a little surprised when they heard his name. Which made them think, for a yer like Wang Yu, all his friends would naturally be high calibre yers like himself. Crotch Lord blushed: "Please dont exaggerate, I really cantpare with all of you here! Ive even seen Bull God fighting!" It seemed as though Crotch Lord had assumed that everyone in the Quan Zhen Sect were experts on the same level as Wang Yu. When they heard his words, the smiles on their faces became very forced. Fearlessughed as he asked: "Hey Crotch Lord, did Iron Bull tell you anything when he called you over?" "Nope, Bull God asked me toe over, so I did!" Crotch Lord honestly answered. "Well about that, our guild is nning on epting a mission with an extremely high difficulty that is probably impossible toplete at this stage of the game, but our Quan Zhen Sect really likes to challenge ourselves. So if you dont want to take any risks with us, then theres still time to back out now..." Fearless replied. "What quest is this? Its just a game, why do you really have to put it that way? Even if we die, all we lose is 10% of our experience points, whats there to be afraid of." Crotch Lordughed. Fearless shook his head: "Its not just 10% of your experience points!" Once the Headquarters defence quest started, the respawn point would be changed to a designated location in the Headquarters. This would remain so until the quest waspleted or the guild had failed the quest. Once the monsters started attacking the Headquarters, the respawn point would no longer be a safe zone. If the monsters managed to overrun them and flood the headquarters, they would all be repeatedly killing over and over again. They would either log off and give up or be killed... until they returned to level 1. Crotch Lord thought about it for a moment before resolutely answering: "Since you guys dare to take on this quest, then you should have some confidence. Since Bull God has called me over, I cant let him lose face by leaving now. Id be willing to fight, even if I end up back in the beginner vige!" Fearlessughed: "Goodd! Dont worry, once this quest ispleted youll reap immense benefits as well!" "Exactly what quest are we doing?" Crotch Lord curiously asked. "Headquarters defense quest!" "What the f*ck! Big bro Fearless, youre not crazy right?" Crotch Lord was so taken aback he almost lost his footing. Was the Headquarters defense quest something that yers could currentlyplete? Even a massive guild like the Sanguine Alliance with several hundred yers would not dare to take on a Headquarters defense quest. "Nope Im not, originally I had about 5 parts of confidence, but if you join us for this quest then I think itll at least be 10 parts!" Fearless casually replied. "Oh....." Seeing how confident Fearless was, Crotch Lord helplessly asked: "Other than the eight of us, how many other helpers do you have?" "Helpers? Why would need outsiders to interfere in the matters of the Quan Zhen Sect?" Fearless indifferently replied. "Oh my god!" Crotch Lord silently cursed as he asked: "You mean its just the eight of us?" "Thats right!" Fearless smiled. Crotch Lord was speechless. Exactly what gave them so much confidence, that they would dare to take on a Headquarters defense quest with just eight people! It had to be known that the difficulty of a Headquarters defense quest wasparable to a Hell tier Dungeon Instance. Even if the eight of them managed to fight the hundreds of monsters swarming forth to attack them, then what about the boss? In REBIRTH, the hardest part of the Headquarters defense quest was the fact that the boss would lead the normal monsters to assault the defenders. This had been tested by yers during the beta testing period. Once the Headquarters defense quest had started, the boss of that area would rise one tier. In other words, a boss that was originally Silver tier would be a Gold tier boss for the duration of the quest. But the quest would not be much hard if it was just the boss that had received a power up. The cruxy in a skill that bosses would gain during Headquarter defense missions. All bosses would gain a skill called [Invigorate] that would affect all the monsters around them, boosting their attributes. This skill was simr to the [Halo] skills that Knights had, only that it was significantly stronger. The [Blessing Halo] skill that Temrs had would boost both the Physical Defense and the Magic Resistance of other yers, while the [zing Halo] of the Crusaders would increase Physical and Magical attacks. Both skills had a maximum range of three metres. The [Invigorate] skill that bosses had were extremely overpowered inparison. Not only could it boost all kinds of attacks and defenses, as long as the boss was in the battlefield, all other monsters would be affected by this buff, regardless of the distance between them and the boss. This would make the attributes of the normal monsters stronger than the elite monsters. Even arge guild might not be able to handle so many empowered monsters. Just thinking about it, how could eight people possible resist an entire mountain of elite monsters? But the people standing before he didnt have an ounce of fear, they even looked like they hadplete assurance for this matter... Crotch Lords thoughts were in disarray. It seemed as though the rumor that everyone in the Quan Zhen Sect was a lunatic was notpletely unfounded. "Whats the matter? You dont trust us?" Fearless unhappily asked as he looked at Crotch Lords expression. "Logically speaking I really shouldnt be trusting you guys. But Im not sure why, but I feel that since were still so low levelled, training again from scratch wouldnt be a problem! Even if we failed its still something we can brag about right?" Crotch Lord answered. "Just based on that one sentence, I think you really can get along with the people from the Quan Zhen Sect!" Wang Yuughed. Crotch Lord cheekily grinned, turning around to ask Fearless: "Hey boss, when you said that you were 10 parts confident for this quest, were you being serious?" "Mm! Of course I meant it! Just that its 10 parts out of a 100!" "..." This b*stard was really asking for a beating, to dare to attempt such a quest with only 10% assurance that they would seed? Fearless decreed: "Alright then, everyone should take the time now to go prepare yourselves. Go stock up on health potions and mana potions, this Headquarters defense quest should roughly take about 4 hours toplete. Please ensure that youve paid your inte bills and your electricity bills, dont just disappear when were fighting the boss." "The inte bill and electricity bills arent the problem. I have to go tell my mom about this matter, otherwise shelle into my room and beat me when Im really engrossed in the game!" Boson sighed. Fearless nodded in agreement: "Yeah, I have to tell my dad as well." "I have to tell my wife..." Wang Yu said. "You have a wife?" Everyone eximed in unison. "Yeah..." Wang Yu nodded. "Heh..." Everyone shook their heads. It was hard to believe that the most heaven-defying expert in the guild was afraid of his wife. "Its not what youre thinking..." Wang Yu tried to exin as he realised that everyone started having strange ideas. Fearless suddenly instructed Spring Halo: "Brother Spring, go make a thread about this matter on the forums, you have to make it sound epic so that everyone will see it!" "You want to make a post about this?" Crotch Lord asked. "Of course we do! This is something that will be recorded in the system, a huge matter! We have to let the whole world know that the Quan Zhen Sect is number one in REBIRTH!" Fearless dered. Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 39: The Following Discussion Is Not Directed At Any Guild Chapter 39: The Following Discussion Is Not Directed At Any Guild Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Once Spring Halo logged off, he immediately went to the forums. Like a skilled story teller, he carefully crafted a title for the discussion thread before finally posting it. "Announcement: Notice to all you useless yers. The Quan Zhen Sect wishes to announce that they will bemencing a Headquarters defense quest at 10am today. We will prove to everyone in REBIRTH who is truly the best. Naturally, the following discussion is not directed at guild, it is targeted at every guild!" Spring Halo had fully understood Fearless intent, writing with unbridled arrogance, looking down on everyone else. The moment this thread was created, it incited heated debates and discussions in the forum. "What the f*ck, those idiots from the Quan Zhen Sect sure are lively..." "Starting a Headquarters defense quest? Do those fools not know their limits..." "Whos the Quan Zhen Sect?" "Are you kidding me? You dont know the Quan Zhen Sect? Have you never yed any games?" "Ive only heard of Apocalypse, Sanguine Alliance, Hades. But Ive never heard of the Quan Zhen Sect before!" "Dont mention the Sanguine Alliance, have you not heard about what happened in Twilight City yesterday? The Sanguine Alliance offended the Quan Zhen Sect and were beaten into submission, they even apologised..." "Are you kidding! How many people did the Quan Zhen Sect have to mobilise?" "Would you believe me if I said one?" "Haha, it seems that the people from Twilight City really like to shamelessly brag!" Themotion on the forums quickly reached the ears of the yers that were currently ying, even the leaders of therge guilds were informed. Storm City The guild leader, Desert Shade, of the third highest ranked guild "Endless Desert" had received this news. He was taken aback, quietly mumbling to himself: "Damn it, how are those crazy b*stards still alive?" The vice guild leader,Endless Gale, vigorously nodded his head in agreement: "Thats right, I heard they already caused a hugemotion in Twilight City. They just had a brawl with the Sanguine Alliance yesterday, apparently Sanguine Wargs younger brother was killed six times by a pugilist from the Quan Zhen Sect." "What the f*ck! You mean that gigglo?" Desert Shade probed. "Yup!" Endless Gale nodded. "Heh he really deserves it, even I want to cut him down. More Importantly whos the Pugilist? Spring Halo or Boson?" Desert Shade asked. "Its neither of them, apparently its a new guy..." "Haha, seems like they managed to pull an expert out of nowhere again......speaking of which, they really are quite capable. The highest levelled yer in their guild should be Spring Halo at level 15!" Desert Shade sighed in admiration. Endless Gale opened the Leaderboard before replying: "Mm thats right, the rest of them are level 14, the top few yers on the Leaderboard are all members of the Quan Zhen Sect." "Do you think theyll seed?" Endless Gale shook his head: "I doubt so! Think about it, even if it was our guild doing the quest, we would probably only have a 30% chance of sess, let alone a small guild like theirs. They probably dont even have a one in hundred chance of seeding at all! I really dont know what theyre thinking..." Desert Shade smirked: "Haha, remember the time they challenged the three demon grave? Wasnt it said that they didnt have a one in a million chance of winning? In the end they still won..." "Thats true, a one in a hundred chance of sess is more than enough for those guys, theyll definitely try..." "Truly a bunch of idiots..." Sky Dragon City In the main branch of the Apocalypse guild, the guild leader Solitary Nine Spears had also received this news, coldlyughing: "This bunch of retards, what game are they trying to y this time?" The military strategist, Scheming Beggar, replied: "Who cares what game theyre trying to y. Trying to do a Headquarters defense quest is simply asking to be killed!!!" "Those guys really have no other talents than bluffing!" "Thats right, back when we were ying Golden Colony, didnt they say they wouldplete the "Four Gods of Mount Hua" quest? In the end, they were just beaten to death by the God of The East, bing the biggest joke in Golden Colony. Whats even more shameless was when they said that there was still glory in that loss, criticising others for not even having the balls to take the quest......I think history is going to repeat itself today." Scheming Beggarughed. "Ha ha ha, those moral-less scumbags!" Solitary Nine Spearsughed as he recalled failures of the Quan Zhen Sect. At this moment, Brother Light, who had previously remained silent, suddenly blurted out: "Boss, I dont think this is such a simple matter. I heard that they recently recruited a new expert who even managed to suppress the Sanguine Alliance..." "Hmph, Sanguine Warg? It would be a surprise if he managed to beat that bunch of scumbags!" "No I mean I heard that the new expert is really strong..." Brother Light said. "Chey, no matter how strong he is, he couldnt possibly take on ten people by himself right?" Scheming Beggar impatiently retorted. Brother Light remained silent......When the Pugilist had eliminated his team, it didnt seem to have been a challenge for him at all. Brother Light naturally wouldnt want to bring up the fact that his group of sixteen yers had beenpletely wiped out by that one Pugilist. Twilight City Once he had received the news, Sanguine Warg hurriedly gathered the upper echelons of the Sanguine Alliance for a meeting. "I heard that the Quan Zhen Sect is nning to try a Headquarters defense quest, what are your thoughts?" Sanguine Warg asked. After having suffered such a crushing defeat previously, the members of the Sanguine Alliance began to enthusiastically discuss their ideas. "Those idiots, if they really want to die so badly then just let them go!" Sanguine Darkness grumbled. Everyone was in agreement: "Thats right thats right, the difficulty of a Headquarters defense quest is so obvious. It would be strange if they could actually win, given their hit and run tactics." "Anyone has any ideas to suppress them?" Sanguine Wargughed. Sanguine Asura chuckled: "When the timees, we can be the first to gough at them on the forums! Those bastards really disgraced the Sanguine Alliance, I feel so ashamed to identify as a member of the Sanguine Alliance now..." "..." What Sanguine Asura said did have some logic to it, even though hisst sentence waspletely unnecessary. Sanguine Warg had a really dark expression on his face when he heard the formers words. Even though Sanguine Darkness was usually on very good terms with Sanguine Asura, his words this time were simply too much. "Why dont we go disrupt them when they are doing their quest?" Sanguine Darkness suggested. "This idea is not bad." Sanguine Warg said appreciatively. "This idea is terrible!" Sanguine Stormbringer, who had been quietly observing this whole time, suddenly interjected. "Why?" "When the Headquarter defense quest starts, the AI of the monsters will not differentiate us from the members of the Quan Zhen Sect and attack anything indiscriminately. If we were to join the fray, we would just end up helping them. Tell me, if those monsters attacked you, would you retaliate or not?" Sanguine Stormbringer exined. The room went silent. If they retaliated they would be helping the Quan Zhen Sect, If they didnt they would die......Both these options were detrimental to them. "Thats why we should just sit by and watch them. If they win then well offer a few words to congratte them. If they lose then well shame them on the forums, at that time theyll definitely be suppressed by the press from the rest of the yers!" Sanguine Stormbringer exined. "Not bad not bad!" A satisfied grin appeared on Sanguine Wargs face upon hearing this idea. Sanguine Primrose stood at a corner and sighed to herself: "If they dared to insult every single guild in this game, I really doubt that group of idiots would give a damn if everyone else in the game was mocking them..." Once everyone had settled their personal matters offline, they once again gathered in the Inn. At this moment, everyone in the Inn were heatedly discussing the same topic. Fearless was extremely pleased with how effective Spring Halos thread was: "I saw Brother Springs thread and I must say, he really did put a lot of effort into it! Even I wanted to clobber his face when I read it!" "Youre exaggerating!" Spring Halo contentedlyughed. Crotch Lord frantically looked at his surroundings: "No one will recognise us right..." "Nope, this game doesnt reveal our character names, no one will know who you are. But of course, once you appear in public with us, everyone will recognise you!" Ming Du narcissisticallyughed. Crotch Lord gravely replied: "As long as they dont recognise me its fine. Im just afraid that once we fail, I wont be able to face the world..." "F*ck youre still thinking about your face? If you cared so much about your face why did you evene to help our Quan Zhen Sect...... Before Ming Du could even finish his sentence, Vainglory had pulled him over by the scruff of his cor: "Old Li, why are you such a nuisance!" Dark lines appeared on Wang Yus face: "Little Chicky, the skill I gave you is to be used to kill people, not to deal with annoyances like him..." Frost de mmed his dagger into the table, drawing everyones attention as he spoke: "Settle down guys, I have an important matter to share with you all!" "Whats that matter Frost de." Everyone immediately settled down as they asked him. "It looks like someone has set up a Gambling Den in the marketce, why dont we all go ce our bets?" "What are the odds?" Spring Halo was the first to ask. "Currently the odds are 1:100!" Frost de exined. Vainglory was shocked: "So high! Doesnt that mean that if I bet 1 gold coin on us winning, I would get 100 gold coins in return?" "Thats right!" Frost de excitedly said. Spring Halo chuckled as he took out 10 gold coins, handing them over to Frost de: "Hey Frost, help me ce my bet on us winning." "The hell, Brother Spring is really rich, 10 gold coins..." Boson muttered as he passed 5 gold coins to Frost de: "This is all the money I have, help me ce a bet on us winning!" Seeing that Boson had taken out 5 gold coins, Fearless threw out 5 gold coins as well. "What about you guys?" Frost de looks at Vainglory and the rest. Vainglory shook his head, staring at Spring Halo as he replied: "I already swore to the heavens that I would never bet again!" Spring Haloughed: "Dont be so stingy young man, if you follow this old man over here, youll win for sure!" Vainglory clutched his head and he entered into deep thought, before finally taking out 1 silver coin: "Then Ill just bet 1 silver coin as a formality!" "Me too..." Crotch Lord hurriedly said as he threw out 1 silver coin. "Then what about you Old Li?" Frost de looked at Ming Du as he asked. Ming Du chuckled: "Well recently Ive destroyed quite a few tables and chairs in this Inn, Ive spent all my money repaying them. Why dont you pay for me first, then when we will Ill evenly split the money with you! Let me tell you, Im not someone that likes to take advantage of people..." "Yeah yeah yeah, youre definitely someone who likes to take advantage of others. Alright then, Ill ce a bet with 1 gold coin on your behalf." Frost de cut in. Ming Du hugged Frost des thighs as he eximed: "You really are a good brother! I, the honorable Li Ming Du, was right to make friends with you!" Only now did Wang Yu realise that Ming Dus name was actually Li Ming Du. No wonder everyone called him Old Li, he was using his real name in the game! "Do you want to y Iron Bull?" Frost de asked Wang Yu. Wang Yu took out a bagbelled 200, passing it over to Frost de as he indifferently said: "Help me bet on us winning!" "What the f*ck!!! 200 gold? Are you crazy???!!!" Everyone was taken aback when they saw that Wang Yu had taken out such arge sum of money, after all they all knew that Wang Yus financial situation was not particrly good. "Since were going crazy, might as well go all the way! Besides, I got this bag of gold rather easily, it doesnt matter if i spend it all." Wang Yuughed. Everyone one confused, asking: "Then where did you get this money from?" Currently in the game, the number of people that could take out this much gold could be counted on one hand. "This was the reparations I got from the Sanguine Alliance..." "Bullshit!!!" Everyone shouted in agreement. Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 40: The Perfect Terrain Chapter 40: The Perfect Terrain Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions After collecting the money, Frost de smilingly said: "Hehehe... As long as we sessfully defend the headquarters this time well all be f**king rich!!!" "Thats right! For the 1000 gold coins Ill use all my secret moves!" Spring Halo dered. "Yea... This is my entire fortune! If we really fail this time then Im going to be sleeping on the streets..." Boson nodded. "Dont worry Boson were all in this together. As long as we seed no one will be left behind! Since weve already decided to start the quest then we should at least have some confidence!" Ming Du tried to encourage him. "Lord Bull are you sure youre not going overboard here..." Crotch Lord said with aplicated expression. 200 gold coins really wasnt a small sum. Only the high level characters in those top guilds would be able to amass such a sum at the early stages of the game. "With me around how could we possibly fail..." Wang Yu confidently chuckled. Hearing Wang Yus words, the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members werepletely dumbfounded. He was even more confident than Fearless was! Fearless merely took another sip of his cup and remained silent in a corner. The way the situation was unfolding now waspletely within his calctions. Letting Spring Halo cause a stir in the forums was exactly to create this all or nothing scenario. The matter with the Gambling Den wasnt actually that important to Fearless. What was important was the sentiments it created in the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members. Lose and they would end up on the streets, win and they would live like kings! When the time came to actually do the quest, these hooligans would surely fight like their lives were on the line! Looking at the in-game clock, Fearless noticed that it was already nine in the morning and stood up and said: "Its time! Lets go!" Hearing this, the rest immediately got up and walked towards the city lords manor. The city lords manor was where the quest would be epted. Since the quest could not be shared, those who wanted to take part in it had to all personally enter the city lords manor in order to ept the quest. By now, the streets around the city lords manor waspletely filled with yers. Many of these yers were actually from other cities and had specially ran all the way to Twilight City to catch a glimpse of the legendary Quan Zhen Sect. Having been at the center of numerous storms, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect were naturally used to such situations. Wang Yu was a martial artist and his will was unshakable so such a scene couldnt even faze him in the slightest. Crotch Lord was the only one out of the group who was bothered by the situation. His steps started to be weak and he quickly took out a small rag from his bag to cover his face and sheepishly whispered: "I think i better hide my face... if not..." Seeing this little rag tag band walking towards the city lords manor, most of the spectators didnt know what they were doing at first. epting something like a a Headquarters Defense quest was something that should have been undertaken by hundreds of people. What kind of idiots would try it with just eight members? Only after the eight of them had entered did the crowd finally react. "The f**k? Thats the Quan Zhen Sect?" "That cant be right... I thought everyone taking the quest needs to be present in person. Howe theres only eight of them walking into the city lords manor?" "It cant be that they n onpleting this quest with just the eight of them right? These crazy motherf**kers... Even if youre rich this isnt how you should be spending your money! Maybe some of their other members went in first?" "It cant be... Ive been camping outside here for a really long time..." While the crowd outside was furiously discussing their line up, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect had already epted the quest and were leaving the city lords manor. Seeing them re-emerge, the crowd started counting the number of members they had. There was no mistake, it really was just eight people going on the Headquarters Defense quest... The spectators might have doubted their eyes, but they didnt doubt their own intellect. If they couldnt even do simple additions and subtractions below ten, they how could they even be ying this game? This small lineup of eight yers really caused the spectators to feel dejected. What kind of team was this... A Priest, an Assassin, a Weapons Master, a Guardian. They didnt have any long range jobs other than the Priest... What drove the crowd even crazier was that the Quan Zhen Sect had two Pugilists and a Dark Shaman that even Rivalled the Pugilist in terms of usefulness... One yer even disdainfully said: "The f**k? Youre telling me they want to do the quest with this line up? If they actually seed then Ill chop my dick off!!!" If anyone has said something like this before, there would definitely have been someone who would disagree with him. Yet now there was no one who opposed this view. The main reason that most people hade to watch the "show" was because they were gamblers that loved to bet on dark horses.Since they had bet that the Quan Zhen Sect would be able to sessfully defend the headquarters, they had naturallye to scout the Quan Zhen Sect to put their hearts at ease. How would have imagined that the wild and unrestrained Quan Zhen Sect really was as insane as the forums had said... The sight of them casually sauntering with this sort of line up around caused the hearts of these gamblers to shatter. If they had known about this earlier, they definitely wouldnt have bet that the Quan Zhen Sect would seed... Meanwhile those that bet that the Quan Zhen Sect would fail were beyond ecstatic. Even though they wouldnt earn much, they were still guaranteed to win! "Has everyone prepared all the health and mana potions that theyll need?" Fearless asked. "Yes! Weve swept all the stores clean this morning!" "Thats good then! When the timees open up the guild chat and take my orders from there!" Fearlessmanded. "Understood!" They shouted in unison. The power of money really wasnt something to be underestimated... "Alright then, lets go!" The eight of them were like the heros of a movie, gantly walking out of the city under the fanatic gaze of the the masses. The sunset in Twilight City caused the shadows of the Quan Zhen Sect members to grow longer, creating a solemn atmosphere. No matter what time of day it was, the sun in Twilight City was always setting. Since the monsters in the Dusk Canyon were all over level 20,there were no other yers who hunted there aside from monsters like Wang Yu. After the Quan Zhen Sect peted the Headquarters Defense quest, the normally scattered monsters had be more organised, like actual army and the number of monsters roaming around had also increased! After passing through the Secret Jungle, the members of the Quan Zhen Sect arrived at the Dusk Canyon. When they saw the monsters organising themselves, they couldnt help but be stunned. "Leader Fearless, with so many level 20 monsters around can we actually make it for the quest?" Crotch Lord asked in shock. "Nope! Definitely not!" Fearless casually replied. "F**k! Then why did you still..." "Thats why were not truly to meet them head on! If we just follow my n exactly then we can definitely defend the headquarters!" Fearlessughed. "..." Hearing this Crotch Lord was at aplete loss for words. The yers who refused to give up on the Quan Zhen Sect had followed them to the Dusk Canyon to watch were dumbfounded when they saw the monsters. There were already so many of them... When the boss actually used his buff then even a hundred yers might not be enough to defend... However, Fearless was clearly in no rush to build the headquarters. He led the rest to walk an entire round around the canyon before finally stopping in a corner. "Well build it here then!" After inspecting the area for a final time, Fearless pointed at the ground and dered. After looking around Spring Halo nodded his head and said: "Yea, this is a good ce!" Though the rest didnt know what Spring Halo and Fearless were thinking, after inspecting the area themselves, they realised that it was indeed very ideal for the quest. The Duck Canyon was, as its name suggested, a canyon. Both sides were sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces. The width of the canyon wasnt fixed throughout. Some parts would naturally be more narrow than the rest. From an aerial view, the Dusk Canyon was actually shaped like a gourd! The spot that Fearless had chosen was exactly the valley where the mouth of the gorge was! What this meant was that the entrance of the headquarters that was built would be very narrow, but its interior would be very spacious. This would mean that very little monsters would be able to attack the headquarters at any given time, hence making defending the headquarters much easier. Since this was a game, as long as the monsters were able to break through the doors and invade the respawn point, the quest would have been considered failed.By building the headquarters in this location, the difficulty of defending the headquarters had dropped significantly. "Lets go!" After choosing the location, Fearless led the rest into the depths of the valley. These monsters truly were just ves to the system. Although they all saw the Quan Zhen Sect members walking by, none of them attacked. After walking to the bottleneck, Fearless took out a small model and some wooden nks from his bag. This little model and wooden nks were given to him by the city lord. Naturally, the game wouldnt have expected the yers to actually build the headquarters from scratch by themselves. These items could be used to instantly build the headquarters at a chosen location! Although this was very unrealistic, it was all in the interest of time. Thus, there was really nothing that could have been done. "Check out my awesome magic!" With a shout, Fearless tossed the little model out and aplete guild headquarters sprang up from the ground! "Haiz... If only construction was really so simple in the real world... Those evil constructionpanies would really bite the dust..." Everyone sighed emotionally. At this time, the yers at the top of the Dusk Canyon that hade to spectate were also stunned. Some had even seen through Fearless n. "These Quan Zhen Sect people arent that stupid... If they defend it here then itll really be a lot easier on them..." "What do you mean?" Those who still didnt understand asked. "Take a look at where their entrance is facing!" When these yers gazed over at the guild headquarters, they realised that the entrance was between the cliffs, creating a sort of natural defense for them! "Holy f**k! Even this is possible? They really do have the qualifications to be so wild! I guess my gold coins can be multiplied after all!" "Dont be happy so soon. The boss still has its battle skillter on. When the attributes of all these monsters are increased, its not something that just eight people can withstand!" "Thats true... I really hope their luck is good though..." Many yers muttered from the bottom of their hearts. Meanwhile in the guild chat, Spring Halo was currently ming Fearless. Spring Halo: "Fearless are you f**king blind or something? Why the f**k is our entrance facing inwards? Are you trying to get the monsters to attack our ass?" Fearless: "Do you think the system really is a god or something? These monsters cant climb walls..." Ming Du: "If you never tried it before how do you know? God damn stupid..." Suddenly the sound of a system notification interrupted their argument. System Notification: Quan Zhen Sect Guild Headquarters Defense quest, Difficulty A Conditions forpletion: 1. Kill all surrounding monsters 0/400, Wharton 0/1 for 100%pletion 2. Defend the headquarters for 0/240 minutes for 60%pletion Conditions for failure: 1. All yers are eliminated at the same time. 2. Opposing monsters enter and capture the guild respawn point. Questpleted: Awarded territory: Dusk Canyon. Additional rewards awarded based onpletion percentage. Quest failed: Lose all rights to the headquarters andnd, all yers will lose 3 levels. Time left until siege begins: 8 minutes 43 seconds. Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 41: Battle! Chapter 41: Battle! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "Difficulty A" When they saw this difficulty rating, everyone was stunned. In REBIRTH, the Headquarters Defense quest was considered a veryrge scale quest. Even a guild with more than a hundred members would not necessarily be able to seed! Hence, it would have been ssified as an A rank quest. If there were fewer yers defending then the system would ssify this as an S rank quest! Even though the Quan Zhen Sect only had eight members, the system had still ssified the quest as A rank! The system wasnt stupid after all. It had even taken Fearless schemes into its ount when assigning the difficulty. If the system really was aswless as Ming Du had imagined, then the sieging monsters would probably have cannons on top of the ability to climb walls! As the countdown ticked away, Fearless began to divide the roles for all the members. "Brother Spring, you and Little Crotchy will be our door gods. Just clog up the entrance and half the battle will be won!" "Heh with your father around that wont even be a problem!" Spring Halo nodded. "Hey! The names Crotch Lord! Not Little Crotchy!" Crotch Lord disgruntledly countered. "Anything you say then Little Crotchy!" Fearless nodded before turning to Ming Du and saying: "Old Li do you see that tform at your 3 oclock? Just camp thereter ok? Brother Spring will be herding the monsters into your attacking rangeter, so just go wild!" "Heh! Dont worry about it. Ive hunted these monsters before! With my magic attack and Brother Springs poison, itll be a walk in the park!" Ming Du arrogantlyughed. "Moral character aside, your strength really is something I can believe in!" Fearless mumbled. "Old Li is just boasting! He couldnt even damage 70% of my health with two [Lightning sts]!" Wang Yu sneered. "For real? Old Li is only famous because of his insane magic attack! Supposedly when he does bounty quests, he can even kill a Warrior in one hit! Youre saying that he couldnt even kill a Pugilist like you with two attacks?" The rest gasped in astonishment. "Ask him yourself then!" Wang Yu nced at Ming Du and tly said. "Wha... whats your magic resistance?" Ming Du awkwardly coughed. "Well theyre both are around 110 actually." "F**k!!!" The others immediately started cursing when they heard Wang Yus reply. At this stage of the game, yers with high physical defense werent that umon to see. However, someone with high magic resistance like Wang Yu was really difficult to achieve. Even Frost de who was decked from head to toe in top tier equipment only had 50 magic resistance! Someone with 110 magic resistance like Wang Yu was the bane of Magicians everywhere. Ignoring the inhuman Wang Yu, Fearless looked at Ming Du and continued: "Just stand over there and dont worry about your expenditure!" "Yea yea I get it already! So much bullshit!" Hearing Ming Du saying that he was spouting a lot of bullshit, Fearless felt incredibly wronged. "Frost de! Team up with Boson and Little Chickyter and fight within Brother Springs area of control! It doesnt matter how you guys fight as long as you can win! If you cant then just run first, the rest will cover for you awhile!" "Understood!" Compared to the rest, Boson and Frost des temperaments were rather mild. Although Vainglory might have been slightly childish, he was also obediently listening to orders now. "Iron Bull!" Fearless turned around and shouted to Wang Yu: "Your mission is the most important!" "And whats that?" Wang Yu lightlyughed. "Distract the boss!" "Huh???" Before Wang Yu even had the chance to respond the others had already spoken up for him: "Fearless what kind of grudge do you have against Iron Bull?" "Dont tell me Iron Bull stole Fearless wife!" "Since when does he have a wife? Ive only heard that Iron Bull has one. I think if anything its Fearless feeling jealous of Iron Bull! Let me tell you, this Old Li has seen all kinds of people but Fearless type is the mostmon..." "Fearless are you serious about letting Iron Bull distract the boss alone?" Spring Halo asked in shock. Spring Halo had known Fearless much longer than he had known Boson. Whatever Fearless was thinking of, Spring Halo would be able to tell. Hence, when Fearless had suggested epting the Headquarters Defense quest Spring Halo was the first to agree. However, Spring Halo would definitely never have imagined that Fearless would instruct Wang Yu to solo the boss! Although everyone knew that Wang Yus abilities were insane, this was still an over level 40 Gold boss he would be facing! Normally without a full team no one would even dare approach a Gold boss. Yet Fearless had wanted Wang Yu to pull it away by himself? Wasnt this simply targeting him? "Chill guys. Im the one who understands Iron Bulls abilities the best! Dont you remember the thread on the forum a few days back about an expert solo-ing a boss?" Fearless lightlyughed. "But thats not the same thing! The Silver Wolf King didnt even look that smart... It didnt even chain its skills!" Crotch Lord retorted. "Heh heh heh... You ignorant fools! The difficulty of that boss wasnt any lower than the average Gold grade boss! Iron Bull, do you think you can handle it?" Fearless ignored Crotch Lord and directly asked for Wang Yus opinion. "So I just need to lead the boss away from you guys right?" Wang Yu asked. As a noob, Wang Yu had to rely on guessing when it came to all these gaming terms. "Thats right!" "So I cant kill it then?" Wang Yu asked again. "Erk..." Once again the rest were stunned by Wang Yus immense confidence and angrily shouted: "Then why dont you defend alone? The rest of us can just go take a nap!" "Maybe if I had another 8 or 10 levels I could give it a try!" Wang Yu bluntly replied. "F**k me! He thought we were being serious..." Fearless loudly pped and drew everyones attention back to him and said: "It doesnt really matter if you kill or just distract him. Everything is up to you! As long as he doesnte anywhere near us!" "Great!" Wang Yu nodded as he excitedly rubbed his knuckles. This was a Gold grade boss, and this would be the first time anyone hunted it. The drops would definitely be amazing! After Fearless had divided up the roles, someone suddenly realised that he hadnt assigned one to himself and asked: "Hey! Were all going to be out there fighting for our lives! Whatre you doing?" "You damned degenerates! You expect a weak little Priest like me to be on the front lines? As the guild leader, Ill obviously be at the back cheering everyone on!" Fearless replied as if this was the most natural thing in the world. "Scum!" The rest angrily pointed their middle fingers at Fearless. As the countdown timer slowly ticked away everyone hurriedly got into position. The moment the time was up, arge golden beam of light appeared in the middle of the hoard of monsters preparing to attack the headquarters. Arge bandit that was covered in heavy armour from head to toe suddenly spawned in the middle of Dusk Canyon! Since this was the first time that anyone had seen a Gold grade boss, they all quickly checked its attributes. Enraged Legendary Dusk Bandit--Wharton (LV-???) (Gold Boss) HP: 300000 MP: 5000 Skills: [Charge], [Mountain Shattering Blow], [Tornado sh], [Warcry], [Bloody Vengeance]. Truly worthy of being a Gold grade boss! Compared to its Silver version, Whartons attributes had risen several times and even had two new skills! What was most impressive was the new armour the upgraded Wharton sported. It was clear that even that had gone up a tier! Previously Wharton had only worn a breastte, leaving most of his joints exposed. The Gold grade version of Wharton had full heavy armour and an even more impressive saber with a glowing aura around it. "Hmm... His equipment is a lot better than it wasst time!" Wang Yu reported in the guild chat after inspecting Wharton. "Whats wrong?Do the two of you have some unfinished business?" Ming Duughed. While the two of them were talking, Wharton suddenly loudly bellowed: "Members of the Dusk Bandit Gang! This group of filthy mongrels dare to invade our territory! What do you think we should do?" Hearing his shout, the rest of the monsters had their morale boosted and excitedly chanted: "Beat their mothers! Kill their families!" These monsters really had too poornguage abilities... "Hahahahaha! Thats right! Lets show these little bitches our true strength!" With a wildugh, a ripple of golden light spread out with Wharton as the origin and engulfed all the monsters. Within seconds, all the monsters were covered in a set of golden battle armour! When all the yers inspected the attributes for these monsters again, they realised that the attributes had doubled! "CHARGE!!!!!!" With onemand, the entire Dusk Bandit Gang surged forward like a massive flood. As the army charged forward, Fearless started the final countdown in the guild chat. "3......2......1...! Begin!" The moment Fearless shouted, Spring Halos staff immediately lit up and four ghosts appeared and blocked up the entrance of the valley. Although the monsters in the Dusk Bandit Gang could break down walls, they werent able to climb or destroy the mountains! If they wanted to pass through then killing Spring Halos ghosts were a must. Spring Halo was a Dark Shaman who had invested attribute points into his vitality and walked the path of a mixed character! Although his health couldnt bepared to a real tank, it would definitely be higher than any other normal yer. Hence, the ghosts that he summoned were also rtively sturdy. When the first row of Dusk Thieves were poisoned by Frost de, their attributes were reduced and were only able to damage 80% of the ghosts health after a full wave of attacks. Before the second wave of attacks started, Spring Halo had already cast [Distortion], locking the Dusk Thieves in ce and preventing the Dusk Vagrants and Bandits from advancing. Combined with Ming Dus [Fire Ball] and [Lightning st], Frost de, Boson and Vainglory were able to wipe out the Dusk Thieves within one round of attacks! What pleasantly surprised the four of them was that killing these monsters awarded them points! A kill was 3 points and an assist was 1. After being awarded the points, all four of them secretly thought: "If theres no mistake, then individual rewards would be based on these points! If I can get the most, then the other f**ks can just cry!!" While they were all in their own little worlds, a figure dashed past them and stepped on a Dusk Thiefs face to climb the cliff. Within a few steps, Wang Yu appeared again right in front of Wharton! Being able to climb walls was a feat that only Wang Yu was able to aplish in this game! "Boom! Boom! Boom!" As Wang Yu descended from the sky, he unleashed [Eagle Stomp] on Whartons head. As Wharton tried to turn around, Wang Yu simply continued andnded three hits from [Eagle Stomp],nding on Whartons back. -68 -120 -270 Bonus damage -100 A string of blood red numbers appeared atop Whartons head. With a loud roar, Wharton sheathed his sword, hunched over and used [Charge]. Afternding on the ground Wang Yu was slightly shocked. However, instead of waiting for the other monsters to surround him, Wang Yu quickly activated [Ghost] and retreated while firing [Rippling Wave] at Wharton. Using the momentum from the recoil, Wang Yu was able to retreat even further and dodge Whartons attack. Stepping on the face of another Dusk Thief, Wang Yu easily escaped the encirclement. How could Wharton possibly let Wang Yu off like that? Cancelling [Charge], he then used [Mountain Shattering Blow] and leapt towards Wang Yu. The moment Wharton left, the golden armour around the rest of the Dusk Bandit gang immediately dissipated... Trantors Thoughts JTJTY97 JTJTY97 Cant get enough of Martial Gamer? Visit https://.patreon/martialgamer for early ess to more chapters of your favourite martial arts and gaming novel! Chapter 42: No More True Damage Chapter 42: No More True Damage Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wang Yu stepped on the mountainside as he leapt toward the boss, drawing its aggro towards him before turning around and leaving. The people on top of the mountain valley were utterly stunned when they saw Wang Yu jumping on the boss head to draw its attention. "The hell is this... did you see that, that Pugilist can actually fly..." This yer had actually left his original city to watch this fight, hence this was the first time that he had seen anyone perform such an inconceivable action like flying. "Yeah I saw it, but why did he attack the boss for, dont them me hes given up already?" No one could understand why Wang Yu had chosen to run on the mountain side just to attack the boss. "Hes not trying to draw the boss towards us right..." A yer hesitantly said. "What kind of sick joke is that, drawing a monster away is an Archers job. Would a Pugilist with that little bit of health and his immensely short attack range do something so stupid?" The crowds jaws dropped as they saw Wharton chasing after Wang Yu. "What the f*ck, this guy really has balls!!!" "Hmph! Hes not even ying a job with very high dexterity, how long can hest for? Even if he could survive, how long can he hold the aggro of the boss for? I dont think hell evenst 30 seconds! A pugilist really cant do much." A Knight called Bighead coldly dered. Beside Bighead, a Pugilist called Dragon Li unhappily retorted: "How sure are you? Even though Pugilists arent that fast, that guys movements are very fluid and he even knows [Rippling Wave], who knows, he might be able to hold the boss off. Speaking of Knights... do you see those guys down there using a Dark Shaman as their front line? Theyre not even using a Knight, if you really want to talk about whos useful and whos not, the answer is pretty obvious!" Anyone who saw his name would know that the Pugilist Dragon Li was a martial arts fanatic. To this day, any yer in <> that was still ying as a Pugilist were yers who genuinely loved the job. It was rare that anyone one could find a yer that was so skilled at ying the Pugilist job, therefore Dragon Li could not stand it that Bighead was still despising Wang Yu. "Hmph! Everyone knows that the Pugilist job is utter trash! If you know believe me then lets chase after him and watch!" Wharton had used [Mountain Crushing Blow] to leap past the other monsters, furiously chasing after Wang Yu. But Wang Yu was only a level 16 yer, his attributes were sorelyckingpared to Wharton, a level 40 Gold tier boss. Even though Wang Yu has used [Haste], Wharton had caught up to him in no time. Wharton immediately began his monotonous, system nned assault. Raising his de to use [Whirlwind sh], shing down towards Wang Yu. "Did you see that! I told you he wouldntst!" Bighead happily bragged when he saw that Wang Yu was about to die, inciting the rage of the rest of the yers. These yers had all bet their money on the Quan Zhen Sect being able toplete their Headquarters defense quest. What benefit would this Knight gain if Wang Yu died? Dragon Li clenched his fists tightly as he stared at Wang Yu. At this moment he looked even more anxious than Wang Yu himself. Right at this moment, Wang Yu suddenly tried to lie on the ground, flexing his powerful back muscles to pull himself to the floor, narrowly dodging Whartons de as he slid towards thetter. Given Whartons tall stature, his horizontal sh was naturally rather far from the ground, giving Wang Yu the leeway to slide towards him without receiving any damage whatsoever. No matter how unfair the system was, it still had its limits. "What the f*ck!!!" The people in the crowds stared nkly at this scene, their eyes wide as the moon. "He can do that??? Does that mean that the [Whirlwind sh] from Warriors can be dodged the same way? This..." As they watched the scene unfold before their eyes, the crowd suddenly felt enlightened, at the very least they had learnt something new today. Even after he dodged Whartons attack, Wang Yu was in no rush to run away. He simply stood up and watched as Wharton continued to use [Whirlwind sh]. "Whats that guy thinking? Why isnt he running? Is he waiting to be killed?" The spectators were sweating bullets as they looked at Wang Yu casually standing around. Just at this moment, Wang Yu made his move. He did not run away like everyone had expected but instead dashed straight towards Wharton. "Oh my god! Does he intend to fight this boss alone? "It cant be, is that even possible? Theres a difference of 25 levels!" In <>, if a yer was 5 levels lower than the boss he was fighting, the boss defensive attributes would increase by 10%. To try to fight a boss that was 25 levels higher than himself would mean that the boss would gain a bonus 50% defensive attributes. This would simply mean that Wang Yu would not be able to prate Whartons defense and deal damage to him at all! But Wang Yu never once considered this an issue since he had never met a monster who had defenses that he couldnt breach. Once Whartons [Whirlwind sh] had ended, he paused for a moment. Wang Yu took advantage of this moment,unching a [Lateral Kick] at Whartons chest. Whartons mighty chest trembled as Wang Yu retreated two steps. At the same time a red number appeared above Whartons head. -227 Wang Yu was taken aback when he saw how much health Wharton had lost. [Lateral Kick] which was currently level 3, would deal 135% physical damage to its target, while the bonus damage from perfect of his attack was calcted based on his Attack Damage X skill damage. That would mean that since his previous strike had achieved 120% perfection, it should result in 200% damage. Meaning that his [Lateral Kick] should have done 270% (200% X 135%) damage. Wang Yu current Attack Damage was 150, since Wharton had been stunned by his attack, this meant that the attack had at least 120% perfection, so the damage he dealt should have been over 400, but why was it so low? Was there some error in the system? When he thought of this, Wang Yu quickly opened the battle log. That was strange, Wang Yu looked again to confirm what he saw. He clearly should have dealt 1200 damage! While still trying to find out a reason as to why he did so little damage to Wharton, Wang Yu leaned to the side as he dodged Whartons de before punching Wharton in the throat. -180 He did even less damage than just now! Wang Yu retreated several steps, looking at his battle log again. "This..." Wang Yu looked closely, suddenly realising what the problem was: "Theres no more true damage!" No wonder Wang Yu felt that the damage he was dealing was extremely low, Whartons armour and defence had been the cause of this! Wang Yu immediately understood. There were 2 conditions that had to be met before he could deal true damage: He had to achieve at least 110% perfection for his attacks in Independent Mode. He needed to attack a vital point. The reason Wang Yus damage was so high, was because Wang Yu already had a habit of striking at his targets vitals and all his strikes were naturally above 110% perfection. Hence no matter who the boss was, Wang Yu was always able to prate their defenses with his true damage. But this Wharton was different, this b*stard waspletely wrapped in armour from head to toe, there wasnt a single vital point that was exposed. Wang Yus true damage had beenpletely suppressed. Even though Wang Yus attacks were not as effective as he had thought, but other than having more health than he did previously, this Wharton was not very different from the Silver tiered one. He still only had three skills, used the same attack patterns and moved slightly faster than the Silver tier Wharton. Wang Yu was still able to deal with him. As they watched Wang Yu go toe to toe against Wharton in a closebat fight, the yers on the top of the mountain valley watched tongue-tied in amazement. Words could not describe the respect and admiration that they had for Wang Yu. "What the f*ck, hes really fighting the boss..." "For a Pugilist to go so many rounds against the boss all by himself is truly admirable! This mans a beast!" "When I first read on the forums that a Pugilist had single-handedly fought against the Sanguine Alliance, I thought that was just the people from Twilight City bragging. Who would what thought that it was all true..." "Its a shame, I dont think I can kill him in the stipted time..." Wang Yu dejectedly sighed as he looked at Wharton. If anyone else heard what he had said, they would have cried. To be able to solo a level 40 Gold tier boss for so long and not be killed, and this madman was even thinking of killing him? You shouldnt be saying such nonsense even if you were high on drugs! The hardest part of the Headquarters defense quest was the boss, but Wang Yu had already pulled the boss away. The other members of the Quan Zhen sect were having a much easier time now that Wang Yu had lured the boss away. Furthermore, the entrance to the valley was already very narrow, only four monsters could enter at any given time. With Spring Halo guarding the entrance and controlling how many monsters could get in, that left seven people to kill four monsters. This allowed them to make up for the difference in levels and attributes. The seven even started chatting as they fought. "Who would have thought that a Headquarters defense quest could be so easy, to think I was so afraid just now!" Crotch Lord sighed. "Hmph, thats because you have a genius like me deploying you guys! Otherwise how would a bunch of trash like you guys be able to hold all these monsters off! "Hey Fearless, if you continue spouting nonsense like that, Im going to let all the monsters in" Spring Halo replied. "Of course, the sess that were enjoying now is 50% due to Brother Spring over there. Brother Spring really is a hardworking and talented yer..." Fearless corrected himself. "Hey Little Chicky, how many points do you have?" Boson suddenly asked. "Almost thirty, what about you?" "Twenty four, that f*cker Frost de keeps stealing my kills!" Boson raged. "Hahaha, Its pure skills!" If you really want to take about stealing kills than you have to look at Old Li! Oi, Old Li, why arent you talking?" Frost de snickered. "F*ck off, this gentleman over here is watching Iron Bulls fight! I couldnt tell at first, but the more I look now, the more overpowered that guy gets!" Ming Du stood on the wall, holding his staff as he looked into the distance, asionally shooting some lighting at the monsters in the valley. Only when they heard Ming Dus words did everyone remember that the one with the toughest job was the expert that was currently fighting for his life against the boss. As Ming Du watched, he sent a message to praise Wang Yu: "@Iron Bull, hey Brother Expert, you managed to save your ass pretty well! You even dodged the boss de!" "The f*ck do you know, this is called baiting! Its martial arts!" Wang Yu replied. "What the hell, you have the time to reply even while youre soloing the boss? Exactly who is the boss..." Everyone was astonished. Did that guy have no limits? "Its fine, this boss is very weak. Its just that his Physical Defense is too high, my attacks are no different from mosquito bites to him..." Wang Yu replied. Wang Yu was probably the only person in the world that would say that a level 40 Gold tier boss was too weak. "How high is it?" Fearless curiously asked. "At least 120!" "That high?!" Everyone eximed. The Physical Damage of most Warriors at this stage of the game right now was probably around 120, if they didnt use their skills, they probably wouldnt be able to break Whartons defense and deal any damage to him at all. You would probably need a Sharpshooter to deal with this boss. [Eagle Eye] could increase their range and grant that a 30% damage pration. But unfortunately, in the Quan Zhen Sect, theycked Archers and nothing else... "Well the boss cant be invincible, since Physical Damage wont work, then why dont you try using Magic Damage, do you need my help? As long as you can hold on, Ill definitely be able to help you!" Ming Du offered. "You just want to steal the boss!" Everyone mocked. Chapter 43: Bloody Vengeance Chapter 43: Bloody Vengeance Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Though Ming Du didnt have the best intentions, his question had reminded Wang Yu of a simple fact. If Physical Damage didnt work, then he should have tried switching to Magic Damage. Wang Yu dodged a horizontal sh from Wharton andunched a [Rippling Wave] towards his chest. -827 "It works!" Wang Yu eximed: "Looks like this boss Magic Resistance really isnt very high!" Even though Wang Yu wasnt a Magician, he still had a skill that dealt Magic Damage! He even allocated two attribute points to his Spirit every level. Due to the "Martial Artists Regret" having extremely high Magic Damage, the Magic Damage that Wang Yu was able to dish out with his skills werent much lower than most Magicians. Even though a Qigong Master had some magic skills, it was still fundamentally a closebat job, hence the magic damage it could deal was not very high. A level 1 [Fireball] from a Magician could deal 185% Magic Damage, while the level 2 [Rippling Wave] was only able to deal 180%. Furthermore, Wang Yu only had a single skill that could deal Magic Damage. For [Void Seizing Palms], that skill wasnt even worth mentioning. For an auxiliary skill like that, it was useful to grab at other yers, but for grabbing the boss, that was just seeking his own death. Hence, Wang Yu decided to focus on dodging the attacks from Wharton, releasing a [Rippling Wave] every 3 seconds, but this seemed even less effective than using his fists to deal Physical Damage... it seemed like in order to eliminate this boss, he really did have to cooperate with Ming Du... But at this time, Ming Du was too busy to bother with Wang Yu. Due to the fact that Boson had identally revealed the fact that killing the monsters would allow them to gain points, everyone flew into a frenzy and wanted to participate in the killing. Even Fearless had jumped into the fray and began hitting the monsters. A moral-less bastard like Ming Du would never let anyone take advantage of him, in fact he was even slyly looking around trying to steal the kill credit of the others, shooting his lighting at monsters that were already right at deaths door. Taking advantage of his excellent judgement, at least eight out of ten of the monsters were killed by him, the only reason he couldnt kill everything was because his skills were on cooldown. "Old Li, you help is really appreciated!" Fearless gnashed his teeth and grumbled. "Hahaha youre just exaggerating, its really all thanks to you guys! When this is over Ill treat you all to some Malt! No need to thank me, after all were all brothers, this is a small token of appreciation for my generous brothers..." Ming Du snickered. Malt was the cheapest type of alcohol in the Inn, 10 bronze coin for a ss. "Ming Du, youre looking for death!" Fearless shouted. "Ill throw that f*cker into the midst of the monsters!" When they saw how Ming Du was taking advantage of them, Boson angrily shouted as he turned around, clutching thedder as he prepared to climb up to where Ming Du was. "Stop making a fuss, were doing a quest now, we have to be united! Do you understand?" Ming Du seriously warned. "..." What the f*ck, as it stood, the only one that was disrupting their teamwork was that a**hole! After having fought for awhile, about a quarter of the monsters had been killed, while the remaining 300 were still mindlessly rushing towards the entrance of the valley. When he saw this situation, Spring Halo pointed at arge rock in front of him as he shouted: "Were moving forward 16 meters, and Im going to let seven monsters in this time, Crotchy will stop the monsters by thatrge rock over there, Fearless continue to heal us, that way we can split the points more evenly!" "Thats a great idea!" Everyone agreed. "What the f*ck, how am I supposed to hit anything when Im so far away?" Ming Du whined. Spring Halo coldly red at him as he sneered: "This grandfather specifically chose a spot you cant reach!" As he spoke, Ming Du withdrew his ghosts, letting four Dusk Bandits into the valley as Frost de and the rest rushed to deal with them. Spring Halo once again cast his spell, summoning the four ghosts 10 meters in front of him, standing guard by therge rock, blocking off the entrance once more. The monsters came flooding in as Crotch Lord rushed forward to block them, mming them aside. Only after Spring Halo has casted [Distortion] did the two of them set up an effective blockade once more. At the same time, the four Dusk Bandits had already been killed and the other members of the guild going back to their positions to prepare for the next wave. Spring Halo was letting the monsters into the gorge, blocking them and totally controlling them. Without even having to attack, Spring Halo had them dancing in his palms. When the yers that had been watching Wang Yus fight with Wharton looked over at the other seven members of the Quan Zhen Sect, they couldnt help but sigh in admiration. "Do you guys see that? That Dark Shaman has truly grasped the essence of what it means to control!" What was control? When I allowed you to move forward you would take a step forward, when I let you take a step back, you take a step back, everything that was happening on the battlefield was going on exactly to the my specifications. Spring Halo had truly grasped the meaning of this word and disyed it to apletely wless degree. "Dont forget about that Guardian, his timing is impable! If he was even a second off he would already be dead!" "Those three guys over there are really impressive, to think that they would be able to kill off four level 25 monsters in a matter of minutes, what equipment do they even have?" Just at this moment, Ming Du had climbed down the wall and ran behind Spring Halo, shooting a lightning bolt at a Dusk Bandit as he whined: "You guys are really too much, how could you just leave me behind!" Ming Dus attack had once again shocked the crowd: "What is that damage..." Ming Du previously been cking off, only attacking monsters that were on the brink of death so no one could tell how much damage he did. But right at this moment, he had insta killed apletely untouched Dusk Bandit with a single spell! His Magic Damage was truly heaven defying. Out of all the seven yers, only Fearless the Priest was not making any unnecessary movements. Since he was a Priest, he did not have much attack potential and the other members of the guild did not need any healing at this moment. Fearless could only stand by the side, stroking his staff as he watched his guildmates fight, revealing a very lonely expression on his face. In the eyes of the crowd, he looked like a solitary general,manding his troops. "I heard this Priest is the guild leader, to have so many talented individuals serving under him, he must be even more overpowered!" The crows spected as they looked at Fearless. A Pugilist that could solo the boss, a Dark Shaman with peerless control abilities, a indomitable tank, four powerful attackers and a solitary expert! "Ai..." The crowd grew increasingly flustered as they evaluated them: "Is this the rumoured Quan Zhen Sect? No wonder they dared to challenge all the guilds, they really do have the abilities to walk the talk." When they first started the quest, they had only fought four monsters at a time, furthermore, with Ming Dus conniving behaviour, their progress was rather slow. But now, they had moved their defenses forward, taking on seven monsters at a time. Even though the pressure had increased, but Ming Du had stopped trying to steal the kills of other people and was wholeheartedly fighting, increasing the guilds fighting speed by two-fold. Spring Halo begin releasing poison as he instructed the four attackers: "Dont attack the monsters that have not been poisoned by me or Ill let all you f*ckers die here!" Supporting would give some points, this was still better than nothing. The four nodded their heads as they switched targets. Crotch Lord imitated Spring Halo, shouting at the rest: "Let me sh them at least once, give me a share of those points, otherwise Ill let all these monsters in!" Fearless reached out and cast two healing spells at Spring Halo and Crotch Lord. The duo turned around and shouted: "Are you bored? Save your mana!" Fearless proceeded to heal each and everyone of the guild members, casually saying: "Im trying to get a share of the points as well, do you guys understand?" When Wang Yu, who was fighting Wharton not far from the valley, saw that they had moved the first line of defenses forward, he was initially very irritated, wondering what nonsense this group of hooligans were up to. But once he saw that their fighting speed had increased, he finally understood their intentions. All the monsters in the Dusk Canyon, from the boss Wharton to the small monsters like the Dusk Vagrants were all rather simple monsters that had been designed by the system. They only had those few skills and only knew how to use them in a fixed number of ways. As time went on, the Quan Zhen Sect had already been fighting this Headquarters defense quest for an hour and the number of monsters remaining were steadily decreasing. Even after being beaten by Wang Yu for such a long period of time, Wharton had only lost about 10% of his health. Once they understood the attack patterns of the monsters, standing their ground and fighting them became much easier. Just as the crowd grew more rxed and just as the members of the guild were thinking of whether they should move their defenses forward again, Wharton let out a loud roar as he started glowing red. "You despicable invaders! You dare annexe mynd and kill my people? You all deserve death!!! Everyone! Kill them for me! Kill them for our brothers that died!" When the monsters heard Whartons shout, their pupils turned red as well. This was the boss skill ---- [Bloody Vengeance]!!! "This is bad, hes gone berserk, retreat!" Fearless cried out,manding the guild members to move the first line of defenses back. Ming Du waited for the others to retreat before fleeing for his life. "Crother Lord you go back, Ill stop them!" Spring Halo shouted at Crotch Lord as he casted [Distortion] again. Crotch Lord promptly turned around and used [Charge] to retreat. When the monsters went berserk, their attacks would increase as well. Spring Halos ghosts could onlyst a single round against them before they were killed. "My god! Their attack is so high!" Spring Halo shrieked as he took out a scroll and threw it on the floor before rolling backwards,pletely ignoring his image as he crawled to safety. "Huuu..." A meter long ck protective screen rose up behind Spring Halo, blocking the monsters from advancing. "What the hell is that?" Everyone asked. This was the first time they had seen such an odd skill in the game. "World of Darkness! Its a one time use item, f*ck it can only block them for 30 seconds, you guys better repay meter!" Spring Halo unhappily replied. Ignoring what Spring Halo had said, Fearless knitted his brows as he mumbled to himself: "What is that boss doing, to think he still had such a skill." "How is it? Can you still block them?" Fearless indifferently asked Spring Halo. Spring Halo picked his staff off the ground as he replied: "The attacks of these monsters have increased by 50%, but at the same time, their defense should have decreased as well, as long as I can poison all of them, my ghosts can still hold them off for a single round. But my skill cooldowns wont be able to keep up, we have to trouble Crotch Lord to step up." "Not a problem!" Crotch Lord mmed his tower shield into the ground as he bravely dered. The fight had greatly boosted his confidence in the Quan Zhen Sect. "The one Im worried about now isnt us, its Iron Bull. If he cant handle the boss and it returns to lead the rest of these monsters, theyll definitely receive another buff and be even stronger, knowing how cruel the system is. If that really happens, I dont think well be able to handle this quest anymore." Spring Halo added. Double buffs... When the rest heard this, they felt a cold shiver running up their spine, nervously looking over towards Wang Yu. Chapter 44: Ming Du’s Slappable Face Chapter 44: Ming Dus ppable Face Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions At this point, Wang Yu was expendingrge amounts of effort to deal with Wharton. [Despaired Vengeance] was a passive skill of Whartons that activated when a quarter of his army was killed. When activated, it would buff the attack all the monsters in the canyon regardless of distance. Of course, this passive would also apply to Wharton himself. Not only would his attack and speed increase, his fighting style would also improve by leaps and bounds. Although he wouldnt be as monstrous as the elite Silver Wolf King, he would still be vastly superior to the Wharton who only knew how to blindly sh at an enemy. Currently, Whartons skills and attack patterns had be much livelier and unpredictable than before! As Wang Yu twisted his body to avoid Whartons Saber, Wharton even went as far to strike Wang Yu with his elbow! Luckily Wang Yu had dodged in time, otherwise, this strike would have killed him on the spot! The hardest aspect the new Wharton to deal with was that he had gotten much smarter than before. After fighting Wang Yu for a few more rounds after being buffed, Wharton realised that he wouldnt be able to beat Wang Yu and immediately turned around and ran towards his army. Seeing this Wang Yu felt slightly depressed. This was an above level 40 boss after all! If he had been chasing Wang Yu, it wouldnt have been much of a challenge for Wang Yu to escape. However now the boss had given up fighting and wanted to regroup with his minions for an assault, what could a puny level 16 Pugilist even do in this situation? Wharton truly was a boss that cared for his underlings... Wang Yu had used all the skills and abilities in his arsenal to try and distract Wharton. [Crushing Blow] to the face, [Void Seizing Palms] to grab him... Wang Yu had even used his own body to trip Wharton! Yet Wharton had simply crawled up and continued running towards the bulk of his forces. Seeing this scene the yers watching the battle from on top of the valley silently thought: "Ah? Whats up with Wharton? Did that red light just now damage his brain or something? Why is he just letting himself get beat up like that? He even got tripped by that Pugilist! What an embarrassment of a boss..." Whartons will truly was indomitable... with just Wang Yu alone there really was no way to stop him... "F**k! I really cant stop him anymore! Wharton is hell bent on screwing with you guys! I really cant do anything about it..." Wang Yu helplessly sent in the guild chat. "The f**k? What happened? Whys he so determined to rush at us? Iron Bull has been wailing on him for so long and he doesnt have any aggro at all? This really isnt logical at all!" Ming Du replied in shock. "Who knows. He was fine one moment and then ignoring me the next." Wang Yu replied. In truth, Wang Yu was probably the most depressed out of all of them. He was really enjoying the battle with Wharton before he suddenly gave up and ran away. Could it have been because Wharton was upset that he couldnt evennd a blow on Wang Yu? "Could it be that the boss upgraded?" Boson asked. "I think he definitely did! He was so dumb in the beginning yet now he knows how to try and elbow me!" Wang Yu replied. "Well then were f**ked! He probably doesnt have the aggro system anymore!" "No aggro system? What do you mean by that?" Wang Yu wasnt the only one who didnt understand Bosons words, even Frost de was confused. "Youve never encountered a boss upgrade before? It just means that it receives a higher level AI and its aggro gets reset. But now, no matter how much you hit him, the boss wont be aggro-ed to you anymore!" The nearby Spring Halo who had participated in beta testing suddenly spoke up. "F**k! Doesnt that mean theres no way to fight this boss now?" The aggro system was a very vital system in every game. With it, the traditional party of Warrior, Priest and Magician had flourished. If the aggro system was deactivated, then the frontline tanks would lose their ability to stop these monsters! Tanks were generally regarded as the most important characters in most western fantasy games. No matter what game one yed, tanks would generally be the yers that guilds focused on gearing and levelling up first! A good tank would be able to ensure the safety of the entire party. The main role of a tank was mainly to use [Taunt] or rted skills to draw the aggro of the boss and allow the main DPS jobs to freely attack. If the boss aggro was reset, then the tanks [Taunt] would have been rendered useless. In this kinds of scenarios, the squishy jobs hiding behind these tanks would immediately lose all their protection. A team wipe would be the only oue of such a scenario! Thus, when everyone heard that the aggro system was removed, the first thought they had was "Were f**ked"... "There isnt such a thing as an unbeatable boss in any game! Based on the creators shitty personalities, the boss will definitely go for the weakest amongst us!" Fearless unhurriedly said. "Ohhhhhh... Well then I have nothing to worry about!" Everyone thought to themselves. Losing a friend was fine as long as they didnt die themselves! The only one who sighed in this situation was Wang Yu: "Oh... well that sucks..." "Hes not attacking you so why are you sighing?" Wang Yus words had left everyone dumbfounded. They all acknowledged his strength and secretly felt that he was the strongest amongst them so he definitely didnt have anything to worry about. "If the boss doesnt attack me then how are the rest of you going to be able to handle it?" Wang Yu honestly replied. "F**k!" Wang Yu unknowingly trampled on the pride of the rest of the Quan Zhen Sect members with his words. "So what now? The boss is about to reach us!" Crotch Lord who was right at the front asked. Right now, the other members of the Dusk Bandit Gang were in front while Wharton was at the back. Abandoning their post to fight Wharton was definitely not possible, yet leaving Wharton alone would only mean their deaths... "Brother Spring and Little Crotchy have high health so the boss definitely wont go after them. You guys just keep them here and the other five can go and deal with Wharton to prevent him froming into contact with his minions." Fearless muttered. "You sure about this? These are all monsters with more than 100 physical attack! One hit from any of them and were f**ked" seriously asked. "Hey! Dont you trust my healing abilities?" Fearless said in contempt. "F**k! Alright then!" "Send me to that boulder over there! Illmand you guys from it!" The moment Fearless finished speaking, Boson immediately unleashed a skill and cut down a Dusk Bandit that was in front of him. Surrounding Fearless, the four of them slowly escorted him towards the boulder. The boulder was only less than ten meters in front. The five of them arrived in front of it very quickly and hurriedly boosted Fearless onto it. The boulder was roughly the same height as the Headquarters, hence the surrounding monsters werent able to climb it. Other than the Dusk Thiefs arrows, no other monsters would be able to hit Fearless at all. Thus, he was rtively safe in this spot. "Hey! Give me a hand! Ill go up there too!" Ming Du enviously said. However, the rest only shook their heads at his request. No one wanted to be adder for this scumbag! "Ming Du, your magic attack is high so you should go help Iron Bull." Fearlessmanded. Looking at the distant Wang Yu who was struggling to obstruct Wharton, Ming Du smiled and said: "Fine!" Looking at this silly boss, Ming Du felt that it would be exceedingly easy for him to amass a massive amount of points! Thinking of this, Ming Du excitedly ran towards Wharton and shouted "Eat my lightning!" as a lightning bolt fell of Whartons head. -844 A bloody number popped up above Whartons head. The originally worry free Wharton who just wanted to form up with his minions suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around and used [Charge] in the direction of Ming Du! "..." Watching this scene, everyone else was stunned. Wharton didnt even bother with Wang Yu who was constantly beating him up! Yet the moment Ming Du struck him once he immediately got aggro-ed! Ming Dus ppable face really was a special kind of talent... Chapter 45: Complete Victory! Chapter 45: Complete Victory! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "Motherf**ker! This isnt logical at all! Your father is unmatched under the heavens! How could I be the weakest link... Fearless is way weaker than me..." As Ming Du angrily whined, he rolled out of the way of Whartons attacks and towards Wang Yu. "Youre not weak man. Youre just f**king ugly!" Fearless leisurelymented from atop his boulder. Seeing that Ming Du had managed to dodge his [Charge], Wharton angrily roared as he used [Mountain Shattering Blow] andunched himself towards Ming Du again. "F**k! Iming!" Having lost any chance of escape, Ming Du just stood still and waited for his impending demise. However, right at this moment, Wang Yu jumped in front of him and blocked him. "Brother Bull... You really are my guardian angel..." Ming Du happily eximed. Ignoring Ming Du, Wang Yu reached out both arms and dragged Wharton into his embrace. After viciously kneeing him twice in the stomach, Wang Yu then flung him aside. At this time, Ming Du had also managed to crawl up. With a wave of his saber, Wharton used [Tornado sh] and chopped towards Ming Du yet again. Wang Yu quickly flourished his hands and activated [Void Seizing Palms] to pull the still stunned Ming Du to safety. Luckily using skills on party and guild members would only have the effect and not the damage. Otherwise, with how squishy Ming Du was, Wang Yus [Void Seizing Palms] would have at least have put his health in the red. "The f**k are you staring for? Zap him!!!!!!" Wang Yu growled at Ming Du. After finally regaining his senses, Ming Du swung his staff and shot out lightning bolt after lightning bolt at Wharton. Wharton was wearing a full body metal armour, this caused his magic resistance to be very low and even made him weak to lightning element attacks! As a Lightning Wizard, Ming Du was his natural counter and even managed to st Wharton so much he got stunned! Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Yu closed the distance between him and Wharton and was tried to find an opening to strike at. When Wharton finally managed to raise his saber and was about to chop Ming Du, Wang Yu waved his hand again and pulled Ming Du to safety again. Being a job that depended onbos for damage, the Pugilists naturally had a much lower cooldown on their skills. With Wang Yus assistance, Ming Du didnt need to worry about his positioning and couldpletely focus on attacking Wharton. Ming du continuously spammed [Lightning st] at Wharton, asionally throwing a few [Fireball] his way. Under Ming Dus constant barrage, Whartons health started to drop significantly. On the other side, the four attackers had also slowly started to get used to ying Whartons minions. With their buffed attack and lowered defenses, as long as the Quan Zhen Sect members could keep up with the healing then this fight would be a walk in the park. Fearless healing abilities were definitely top notch. He hadpletely grasped the cast times and cooldowns for all his skills. His use of the healing spells were urate and precise with absolutely no waste. Boson and the rest didnt even need to worry about their health at all and couldpletely focus on killing the rest of the Dusk Bandit Gang. Standing atop the boulder, Fearless directed Boson and the rest to quickly dispatch any of the Dusk Thieves that could harm him. Out of the entire Dusk Bandit Gang, the Dusk Thieves were the highest priority to be killed since they were the main DPS. Now that they werepletely wiped out, not only was Fearless no longer in any danger, the pressure on him to heal the rest had also greatly dropped. With the enemys main DPS gone, even the pressure on Spring Halo to tank was also greatly lifted. From just passively being hit by these monsters, he could now evenmand his ghost to attack the Dusk Bandits here and there. The spectators above the valley were already long since shocked speechless by the scene of the Quan Zhen Sect fighting. They really were a group of monsters!! The system only had a fixed number of patterns that the monsters would use. Once they had grasped the timing, the quest really wasnt as hard as they thought. Although it was an A rank quest, there were no other sudden twists or changes and the rest of the Duck Bandit Gang were slowly being whittled down. Seeing this, those that bet on the Quan Zhen Sect could finally breathe easily. At the same time, Wharton let out a pained and unwilling roar before transforming into a bright sh of light and a pile of items. At the moment, Wharton could be considered the most pitiful boss in the entire <>. From the moment he spawned until his death, he didnt even manage to deal any damage at all... This could have been considered as a kind of talent as well in some ways. After Whartons death, everyone received the same system notification. > will not be responsible for any loss of progress during this time.> "F**k me! Thats it? Did we kill the boss just like that? I really am a f**king genius!" Ming Du started madlyughing as he immediately reached forward to pick up the drops. He would have never imagined that just the two of them would have been able to y a boss that was more than 25 levels above them! "Hm? Old Li youre still alive?" Seeing Ming Du still alive and so lively after being chased around by a boss for so long, the rest could only sigh dejectedly. "Heh! Of course! Your fathers positioning is f**king god-like! Let me tell you scrubs, your father over here didnt lose any health at all just now!" Ming Du boasted. "Cough cough" Wang Yu wordlessly coughed next to Ming Du. "Of course what was most important was that Iron Bull and I could coordinate very well" Ming Du hurriedly added. "Cheh!" The rest simply looked at Ming Du disdainfully. Everyone knew that if it wasnt for Wang Yu, Ming Du would have died an uncountable number of times! "So what did the boss drop?" What everyone was most interested in after all was the items that a Gold grade boss dropped. Ming Du immediately took out all the items that Wharton had previously dropped. Physical Attack: 115-150 Magical Attack: 42-75 Effects: [Bravery] (Passive): Normal attacks have a 30% chance to cripple targets, reducing movement and attack speed by 35%. [Divine Strength] (Passive): Melee attacks have a 25% chance to be a heavy blow, stunning target for 0.5s. [Berserk](Active): Increases attack for all party members for 30s [Mountain Shattering Blow] (Active): Deals damage in a 500 radius and moves the users to target, deals damage equal to 120% of the users physical attack. Effective in a 300 radius, costs 100MP, 8s cooldown. Job Requirement: Warrior, Knight Level Requirement: 30 Physical Defense: 110-130 Magic Resistance: 22-35 Effects: [Titans Strength] (Passive): Health is increased by 500. [Titans Heart] (Passive): Ignores damage by yers for 5s, automatically heals 2% of max health per second. Job Requirement: Warrior, Knight Level Requirement: 20 [Triple Chop]: Umon skill Job Requirement: Weapons Master [Backstab Mastery]: Umon Skill Job Requirement: Assassin Lastly, there was still a crafting recipe for "Medium Grade Recovery Medicine". Job requirement: High Grade Pharmacist, Alchemist. Taking these items out, Ming Dus face immediately froze. These were all meant for close range sses! These was absolutely nothing that he could use! However, such a situation was also within expectations. Wharton was a Warrior after all so how could the system be so brazen as to let him drop something like a staff? He was a bandit so how refined could his treasure hoard be anyway? It would naturally be items that suited himself! Although Ming Du was unhappy, this didnt mean that Boson, Frost de and Crotch Lord were as well. Staring at these items, the three of them could barely stop themselves from drooling. "How should we divide these?" Wang Yu asked the rest. Wang Yu wasnt a greedy person who just tyrannically monopolised everything. He knew that if it wasnt for the other members of the Quan Zhen Sect holding off Whartons minions and Ming Du helping out, then he naturally wouldnt have been able to kill Wharton. Since everyone had contributed, it wouldnt have been right for him to im all the loot. "This..." Everyone knew how Wharton had been killed. Since Wang Yu himself had not even taken the first item then how could the rest of them dare speak up? Finally, Fearless stepped up as the guild leader and suggested to Wang Yu: "Since your contribution this time is the greatest, then why dont you choose what you want first? For the rest well just buy them based on what we need at the market price!!" Hearing this, Wang Yu nodded and took the "Middle Grade Recovery Medicine" recipe and said: "Since theres nothing thats suitable for me Ill just take this." Seeing that the rest didnt have any objections, Fearless said: "Well just buy the rest at market price and then split the money. Frost de, you determine the prices..." The Titan Armour was a high grade tank equipment that had high physical defense as well as two decent passive skills. Hence, it naturally went to Crotch Lord. [Triple Chop] was an umon skill for Warriors. Since Boson was the only Warrior in the entire Quan Zhen Sect, it naturally went to him. Though the price wasnt cheap, it wasnt as if Bosoncked the money. [Backstab Mastery] was an even more obvious choice. Just the name made it clear that it was an Assassins skill. Since Frost de was notcking money either, he immediately bought it. The Flowing Sunset was a level 30 weapon and even and Obsidian tier equipment. Since its price wasnt something that they could determine at this point, no one dared to covet it. Finally, they decided to sell it at the auction and split the profits. Those who didnt get any skills or equipment got money in return. Hence no one was left out at all. At this time, a world announcement suddenly rang. Chapter 46: The Most Shameless Guild System message: Fearless, Boson, Spring Halo, Vainglory, Frost de, Iron Bull, Ming Du and Crotch Lord of the Quan Zhen Sect have sessfully defended their headquarters, bing the first guild in REBIRTH to set up their headquarters, this achievement will go down in the annals of history! The words shed three times in the sky before disappearing, thoroughly shocking everyone in the game. Going into the annals of history! Compared to the two times that Wang Yu had killed a boss, this achievement was exponentially more significant. Once the system message had ended, the entire world flew into a state of frenzy... "What the f*ck, that bunch of monkeys actually managed to seed?" "F*ck, and they only had eight people!!! Hows this even possible?" "My money......I bet 10 gold coins that they would fail..." Only when that yer had brought up the issue about money did this matter register in everyones head, a gloomy expression appearing on their faces... in that moment, the whole game was filled with howls of grief. In Storm City, Desert Shade was currently leading some troops to train. He emotionally sighed when he saw the system message: "They really are worthy to be called the Quan Zhen Sect, to think they would have such a ster performance." "Whats the matter? Feeling pressured?" Endless Gale mocked. "What f*cking pressure would I have, what those idiots are aiming for ispletely different from our goal." The Endless Desert was arge guild, their goal was naturally to dominate to game, establishing their own empire. But the Quan Zhen Sect did not have such heroic aspirations. To be precise they were not interested in things like establishing their own empire, the only thing that they were interested in was to trample on the yers who dared to im that they were the above everyone else, casting them aside... Sky Dragon City, Solitary was currently on the guild chat flirting with the female guild members: "Let me tell you girls, Im actually a police bureau chief, if you ever have the time you can look for me. Ill take you for a spin the squad car, then we can go have some fun..." The moment the system message had appeared, Scheming Beggar interrupted Solitary Nine Spears words, frantically shouting: "Boss, that bunch of scoundrels actually seeded!" "So what if they seed, well seed someday too!" "But didnt you say..." Scheming Beggar mumbled. "Hmph! Looks I can consider the Quan Zhen Sect as our rival, they naturally have the strength to y the part. But let me tell you young man, when you deal with such matters you have to be moreposed, dont get so flustered!" Solitary Nine Spears gravely said. "This...." Scheming Beggar was at a loss for words. Suddenly, Solitary Nine Spears received a private message from Scheming Beggar: "F*ck, how did those fools manage to seed? I actually bet 100 gold coins that they would fail... did the system make a mistake! F*ck their ancestors, my money..." But it had to be said that the guild that was the most depressed was the Sanguine Alliance. There were only so many guilds in Twilight City, thergest two being the Sanguine Alliance and the Primrose Militia. But everyone knew that these two guilds were allied together, which meant that the number one guild in Twilight City. But today, they had lost this position! The Quan Zhen Sect had been the first guild in REBIRTH to have sessfullypleted a Headquarters defense quest. Even if they, the Sanguine Alliance, was the number one guild in Twilight City, they werent even worth a fartpared to the Quan Zhen Sect. Number one in the worldpared to number one in a city, there wasnt even aparison to be made. It was only yesterday that Sanguine Wargs younger brother had been killed by the Quan Zhen Sect six time and today the Quan Zhen Sect had given them a huge p to their face, bing the first guild toplete a Headquarters defense quest. Number one? Bullshit! That was just self-dered! The Quan Zhen Sect was the real number one in Twilight City, the Sanguine Alliance would always be considered inferior to them. Sanguine Warg was extremely sullen! Sanguine Warg could still control his rage if they had been surpassed by arge guild, but the Quan Zhen Sect only had eight people, they couldnt evenpare to his personal troops. But yet that had firmly suppressed him with their strength, how could he bear this humiliation? Just yesterday the Quan Zhen Sect had climbed all over his head and humiliated him, yet he had topensate them and apologise. Sanguine Warg was feeling more and more depressed, violently resisting the urge to order his troops to ambush the Quan Zhen Sect and wipe them out. The upper echelons of the Sanguine Alliance could only remain silent as they looked at Sanguine Wargs expression, even Sanguine Stormbringer didnt dare to say anything as he lowered his head, not knowing how to defuse the situation. Sanguine Stormbringer was an intelligent man, apologising andpensating the Quan Zhen Sect was his idea, not disturbing them was also his idea, even though he was only acting ording to Sanguine Wargs intentions. An ego-maniac like Sanguine Warg would naturally not allow himself to be embarrassed. "Is there anything anyone would like to add?" Sanguine Warg gravely asked, shooting a nce to Sanguine Stormbringer. "Ive guessed correctly, looks like that asshole Sanguine Warg wants to use me as a scapegoat again!" Before Sanguine Stormbringer could even speak, Sanguine Asura stood up and shouted: "Didnt I already say so? We should have interrupted their mission right from the start! But no, you f*ckers had to be a bunch of cowards. After losing to the Quan Zhen Sect yesterday you guys became a bunch of spineless cowards, sitting here and doing nothing, are you ashamed of yourselves or not!" Seeing that Sanguine Warg had voiced his unhappiness himself, Sanguine Stormbringer chuckled to himself: "This idiot, he really knows how to to dig his own grave!" When Sanguine Warg heard those words, his expression faltered... Sanguine Asuras words had precisely hit his sore point, his own brother had been killed, yet he himself had just watched from the sidelines, exactly who should be the most ashamed of himself? Naturally it was Sanguine Warg. Sanguine Warg had suddenly felt as though Sanguine Asuras words had been directed at him. "Asura, since youre so capable, why dont you bring twenty of our guys and eliminate the Quan Zhen Sect..." "Just twenty? Youre kidding right?" Sanguine Asura protested. Sanguine Asura had previously suffered defeat at Wang Yus hands.Wang Yu alone could effortlessly take on two dozen men. If he only brought twenty men along with him, the was no different from amb at a ughterhouse. "Whats the matter? There are only eight of them, you dont dare to try?" Sanguine Warg unhappily replied. "Hmph! Even if we cant beat the Quan Zhen Sect, we can still go beat their friends! Twenty men are enough for me to kill thosedies a few times!" "..." The crowd was speechless, taking his anger out on a bunch of defenseless women. Sanguine Asura trulycked moral character, fearing the strong and bullying the weak were words made to describe him. "Just go then! Dont ever saw that youre from the Sanguine Alliance, such a disgrace..." While there was an uproar in the game, there was also a huge storm brewing in the forums. Today had been a working day, thus a majority of the yers were either still working or at school, only being able to use their mobile phones to ess the forums for updates or news. At the very start of the day, Spring Halo had dered in front of everyone that they would take on a Headquarters defense quest. Many REBIRTH fans fought hard to resist to urge to stay at home to watch the fight. However there were many good-willed people on the forums, there had even been yers that were constantly logging on and off the game in order to update the forums, vividly describing the entire process of the Quan Zhen Sects Headquarter defense quest and posting it onto the forums. But once the fight had started, the discussions on the forums became even more heated, many people scolding the Quan Zhen Sect for being despicable and shameless. Why? Because the Quan Zhen Sect had taken advantage of a randomndform and used it to their advantage. Fearless had decided that the Headquarters would be positioned in a valley in the middle of the mountains, and the other seven members of the guild were still casually chatting as they killed the monsters. They were even more rxed than most yers were when they were training, how could such a scene not enrage the masses? Most yers were already very shocked when they heard that the Quan Zhen Sect had seeded, but they became even more shocked when they watched the video recording of the battle. A Headquarters defense quest was originally supposed to be an extremely intense battle, where the yers would stake their all in order to seed! Who were they trying to trick? There were many yers that were extremely unconvinced by such a result, lodging aint, iming that there was a bug in the system, ndering the Quan Zhen Sect, saying that their behaviour was atrocious, suggesting to null the rewards for the quest and banning all the members of the Quan Zhen Sect... But the system had very quickly replied: "Since REBIRTH is a virtual reality game, anything is possible, the Quan Zhen Sect did not cheat in anyway. We encourage yers to dispose of such ideas and continue working hard in this game." "F*ck!" Sanguine Warg nearly smashed his table in half when he received this reply. Dispose of such thoughts, were they trying to say that he was narrow minded! F*CK! Of course, these administrators could never understand the pains of the lowly yers. Only the people that had personally witnessed the fight would understand how intense and invigorating it was to watch. While the recordings made it seem as though they were having an extremely easy time, this was only on the surface. Only the true experts in REBIRTH were able to discern this truth. The number one yer, Sacred Mountain, of the number one guild in China, Ancient Empire, was staring intently at the recording, trying to analyse each and every detail. "Hey brother, whats up with the serious expression? I heard that the Quan Zhen Sect are just a small group that banded together to y Wuxia games, theres really nothing special about them. Truth be told, their strength is really average, the only reason that they managed toplete this quest was probably because they took advantage of a bug in the system, theress nothing to be worried about!" Boundless Oceanughed when he saw Sacred Mountains serious expression. Sacred Mountain shook his head as heughed: "Look closely brother, youve only scratched the surface of this matter, why dont you look more closely? For an expert like you to be this careless, youre bound to die sooner orter!" Chapter 47: The Most Fearsome Guild Chapter 47: The Most Fearsome Guild Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions "Oh? So youre able to see the w in the formation?" Boundless Ocean grinned as he disdainfully asked. The Ancient Empire guild could be considered to be the oldest guild in the country, regardless of what game it was. As a high ranking yer of the guild, Boundless Ocean naturally had a wealth of experience when it came to games. It was not unheard of for people to take advantage of the systems bug to fight bosses, but there had never been anyone so shameless to brag about it, even going as far as challenging the entire world. In the eyes of Boundless Ocean, the actions of the Quan Zhen Sect had set a new low for shameless behaviours. Sacred Mountain chuckled as he pointed at Wang Yu and asked Boundless Ocean: "What do you think would happen if they didnt have this Pugilist?" Boundless Ocean turned around, apprehensively answering: "This Pugilist managed to fight the boss all by himself, if he wasnt there, the boss would join the fight and use all his skills to buff the other monsters. It would be very hard for them to resist the onught." "And if they didnt have the Dark Shaman?" Sacred Mountain pointed at Spring Halo. "That Dark Shaman is part of their front line,pletely controlling the flow of the battle. If they didnt have him, even if the boss was pulled away, the guild wouldnt have won!" Boundless Ocean wore a serious expression on his face as he replied. "And if they didnt have this guy?" Sacred Mountain pointed at the Ming Du, who was standing on the wall. "The Magician was initially just causing problems for everyone, but when it really came down to it, he dealt a lot of damage to the boss..." Sacred Mountain continued to point at each and everyone of the members of the Quan Zhen Sect. Boundless Oceans expression grew more and more bewildered with each sessive person. Without Crotch Lords assistance, Spring Halo would not have been able to resist the monsters and the guild would have failed the quest. If they didnt have Frost de or any of the other three attackers, they would have just been beaten senseless without being able to resist, ultimately failing the quest. If they didnt have Fearless and his heals, the three of them would have been killed very early on, failing the quest. What they didnt know was that this deployment had beenpletely Fearless idea. Only after Sacred Mountain had individually pointed out each yer in the Quan Zhen Sect did Boundless Ocean finally understand, regardless of which yer you took out from this group of eight, they would have no chance to sessfullyplete this quest... If you thought about it, to survive the onught of monsters that many monsters for 2 hours, you could not even make the slightest mistake. In this kind of high pressure environment, most people wouldnt even be able to maintain a level head, much less think of sessfully finishing a quest of this magnitude. As he thought of this, Boundless Ocean bewilderedly stared at the image of these eight men in the recording as he sighed: "They really are a frightening bunch!" "Those two are the most frightening!" Sacred Mountain pointed at Wang Yu and Spring Halo as he dered: "That Dark Shaman has the skill from the beta testing, the most powerful skill in the game! Coupled with his impable control skills, no one could gain an inch against him!" "What about the Pugilist?" Boundless Ocean asked. "He managed to pull the Gold tier boss all by himself! Whats more, the Magician and him managed to kill the boss. Did you realise, every time the Magician seems to be teleporting around, the Pugilist will be moving his hand as well? Therefore Im willing to bet, its not that the Magician knows [Teleport], but that the Pugilist is using some sort of skill to help him move, leaving him free to just focus on attacking." "..." It was only after Sacred Mountain had mentioned this point that Boundless Ocean realise, every time Ming Du moved, Wang Yu would be waving his hand in the same direction. When he first saw Ming Du shing about the battlefield, Boundless Ocean had assumed that this was some lighting rted skill that only Lightning Wizards had. Who would have thought that it was actually the Pugilist who was the one causing this phenomenon. But wouldnt that mean that the Pugilist was ying the role of two people in order to fight the boss? F*ck! This was simply inconceivable! Boundless Ocean felt a cold shiver run down his spine as he drew this conclusion. "Are the people on the forums idiots? Cant they see this as well?" "Of course not, there are definitely people who have noticed, just that they are pretending to be fools..." "Why?" "Because they lost money! It seems that the people who profited the most from the betting are the members of the Quan Zhen Sect themselves!" Sacred Mountain replied. "F*ck......Those scoundrels." "Thats why I said, we definitely cant underestimate the Quan Zhen Sect..." Sacred Mountain sighed as he continued to watch the video recording, hoping to gain another insight. Just at this moment, while the whole world was still furiously discussing the miracle that the Quan Zhen Sect had pulled off, the people in question were happily walking towards the City Lords manor to receive their reward. When the system had made the announcement previously, the eight members of the guild all received a notification. "How many points did you guys get?" Ming Du curiously asked. "423!" Boson replied. "512!" Frost deughed. "What about you Vainglory?" Ming Du probed. "A**hole! You stole so many of my kills! I only got 377 points!" Vainglory howled at Ming Du. "Thats not bad! At least you got more than 300 kills, those of us with support jobs didnt even manage to get 200 points." Fearless grumbled. "Ha ha ha, is that so? Brother Spring, how many points did you get?" "188." Spring Halo mumbled. Even though Spring Halo had exerted the most effort and had arguably the toughest role in the Headquarters defense quest, the system only awarded points to the yer that killed the monsters. "What about Crotch Lord?" "Only 76 f*cking points!!!" Crotch Lord whined. During the fight, he had been standing behind Spring Halo, it would have been strange if he got more points than Spring Halo. "Ha ha ha ha!" Ming Du broke into a fit ofughter: "Trash!" "Who are you talking about!" Crotch Lord unhappily red at Ming Du. "Im not talking about you, Im referring to the whole lot of you! Youre all trash! Grand daddy Li over here got 874 points!" Ming Du arrogantly dered. "..." Right from the get go, Ming Du had been viciously stealing the kills of everyone else. Since he was a Lightning Wizard with the capability to instantly kill the monsters in this quest it was no surprise that he had so many points, not to mention he even joined Wang Yu to kill the boss. It was well within expectations that he would amass more than 800 points. As they looked at Ming Dus smug face, the other members were fervently resisting the urge to hit him, especially Fearless. "How did this scoundrel get so many points!" "If only I wasnt so soft-hearted, I should have just let him die..." Spring Halomented. "Why dont we kill him now? Otherwise I dont think Ill ever be able to resolve the knot in my heart." Vainglory quickly suggested. "Not bad, I agree!" Frost de added. "Then lets start!" "+1!" The members came to a consensus as they began to encircle Ming Du. "What the f*ck are you a**holes agreeing about, you pathetic bunch of scoundrels. Are you all just jealous of my heaven-defying, god given talent?" Ming Du panicked as he shouted. "So what if we are?" The other members of the guild coldly retorted. Ming Du finally understood the severity of the situation as he quickly shouted: "Ok! Im sorry kind sirs, I didnt mean it!" "..." After joking around for a bit longer, Ming Du suddenly turned to Wang Yu as he curiously asked: "Iron Bull, how many points did you get?" "1000!" Wang Yu indifferently answered: "Inded thest blow on Wharton." "What! Thats not logical at all! How did you get so many points from killing just one monster?" Ming Du eximed. "Thats where youre wrong, its one boss!" Wang Yuughed as he waved his finger in front of Ming Dus face. "Ha ha ha ha!" The other members of the guild contentedlyughed when they saw that someone had finally surpassed the number of points that Ming Du had. "Hows that wrong? Iron Bull solo-ed the boss, it wouldnt be unfair even if they gave him 10 000 points!" Fearlessughed. Mm, Uncle Bull really is a peerless expert! Youre not ever worth a fart when yourepared to him Old Li!" "Thats right, a coward that only knows how to hide behind others. These are the people that I despise the most!" "I agree!" "Me too!" "Same here!" F*ck!!!" Ming Du gloomily grumbled. Chapter 48: I’ll Crush Your Skull Chapter 48: Ill Crush Your Skull Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions In a guild headquarters, the conference room was an iconic addition, with an NPC named "Guild Manager" standing at the corner of the entrance. The NPC hid himself rather well, and had a vulgar appearance. Once he saw the eight of them enter, he greeted them from afar: "Esteemed warriors of Quan Zhen Sect, congrattions on your victorious return. Im the manager here. Can I help you with anything?" "Were here to collect rewards." Fearless stepped forward to exin. Nodding his head, Guild Manager replied: "You guys eliminated the Band of Dusk Thieves, and are brave warriors of Twilight City. On behalf of the City Lord, Ill give out the rewards..." After he finished speaking, a white light enveloped the eight of them and everyone received a system notification. After passing nervously ncing at each other, they all began to run through their bags contents. "So what did the rest of you get?" Ming Du gleefully smirked. Seeing his expression, everyone else knew that he was about to start boasting. After all, the amount of points this snob had umted was second to only Wang Yu so his rewards were bound to be great. Amongst the people, Crotch Lord was the only one who was unfamiliar with Ming Dus character and immediately fell into his trap. Grinning, he pointed to the helmet resting on his head and replied: "Well I was given this ..." Thereafter, he sent a screenshot to the guild chat. Defence: 27-35 Magic Attack: 27-35 Protectors Set 2/3 Set Bonus: Protectors Shield 1/1 Protectors Helm 1/1 Protectors Leggings 0/1 Effects: [Vitality] (Passive): Increase Max HP by 500 (Unlocked) [Hardness] (Passive): Increase Physical Defence and Magic Resistance by 15% (Unlocked) [Protectors Power]: Equips a continuous shield for 4 seconds, shields HP is equivalent to 10% of your max HP. After 4 seconds, the shield will explode, decreasing surrounding enemys speed by 40%. (Locked) Upon seeing this equipment, everyone eximed: "Not bad, not bad!" Equipment with magic resistance were already rather rare and this one even part of a set. At this stage in the game, it was practically a Divine tier equipment. "If we obtain the third piece in the future, well leave it for you.." Everyone dered. "Thank you everyone, Ive already obtained a clue to where the third piece may be. All I have to do isplete a quest and the set will beplete!" Crotch Lordughed. "So what did the system give you? Show us too..." Crotch Lord turned to ask Ming Du. Ming Duughed and blue light started to gather in his once empty left hand. In the blink of an eye, a long electric spear appeared. Lightning magic indeed had such shocking visual and sound effects, so much so that even Ming Dus grotesque face was buried under the bright light. "Secondary skill?!!!" The people were astounded. Ming Du gave a sleazy smile. "Hehe, this it the [Spear of Lightning]; its just a pseudo-secondary skill... but this skill is sick. It deals much greater damage than [Thunders Call] and even has a piercing effect. "Wow what a waste of a treasure" The others sighed emotionally. There were some differences between pseudo-secondary skills and the real thing. A pseudo-secondary skill could be set to be used by ones non-dominant hand, but when it was used, no equipment effects would be added onto it, which made it like one was using skills while naked. However, [Spear of Lightning] had greater damage than [Thunders Call], hence it could be considered on par with an ordinary secondary skill. Furthermore, [Spear of Lightning] could prate through the enemy, which was essentially a straight line AOE effect, making it pretty impressive. "What about the rest of you?" Ming Du inquired. "A rare skill book: Muscle Jab " Frost de ndly replied. [Muscle Jab] (Active): Causes 140% damage, inflicts cripple on target. Targets speed decreases by 30%. In [Stealth], damage increases by 20%. When attacking from behind, damage increases by 30%. Damage increments stack. Job Requirement: Assassin "Not bad man, not bad! With this skill, Frost de can one shot others!" Frost des dagger improved [Stealth], and he had learned [Backstab Mastery], so after [Muscle Jab] stacked its damage increments, it was likely that even Crotch Lord, a Guardian, would be reduced to low HP levels without using any skills. Compared to Ming Du and Frost des skills, the rests rewards were rtively dull. Boson had obtained a Silver tier armour with an additional effect, [Sudden Strike]. Vainglory obtained a pair of Silver tier gloves which increased attack speed by 30%, while Fearless obtained a pair of shoes which increased movement speed, but what use was that for him? Spring Halo was even more unfortunate, he obtained a Shaman staff. The staff he was currently using had been awarded to him forpleting a hidden mission and was extremely good, thus the Shaman staff was practically useless. Even if it were put up for auction, it was unlikely to even fetch a decent price. After all, in REBIRTH, Dark Shaman was a rare profession even whenpared to Pugilists. "Iron Bull, what about you?" They finally asked Wang Yu. Wang Yu nced at them and lifted his foot, stomping down subsequently. A bright sh followed and the next thing everyone knew was that they were knocked back. "What is this?!" The group was dumbfounded. They never knew Pugilists had AOE skills. Wang Yu said: "[Thunder Gods Stomp]! A Martial artists unique skill! It causes 180% damage, with a radius of 100, causing knock up and knockback effect. If you guys were enemies, you would be at the respawn point by now!" "AOE damage and crowd control??" Fearless eximed. "I guess so!" Wang Yu nodded. Boson gave him a thumbs up: "Hidden jobs are simply too OP!" In REBIRTH, other than Shamans, no jobs under level 30 had AOE skills, not including umon skills of course. Although Shamans [Distortion] was an AOE skill, it could only perform crowd control and not cause damage. Despite that, [Distortion] was still identified as Shamans iconic skill. Even when one reached the maximum level, as this was an AOE crowd control skill, [Distortion] would not be outdated. This highlighted how important AOE skills were in the game. Wang Yu, being a close-range Pugilist, was even more of a typical damage dealer. However, not only did this skill deal great AOE damage, it could also do crowd control. Damn, did this mean that he would take over the job of Magicians in the future too? "It doesnt seem very useful to attack the ground right?" Vainglory, a fellow Pugilist asked. In the game of REBIRTH, there werent any skills that could mow someone over, so even though Lightnings Foot seemed domineering, its attack radius was only 100. Who would get so close to a Pugilist for no reason? This skill would only be effective on targets lying on the ground. Wang Yu said: "But Vainglory, both you and Boson know martial arts and use Independent Mode, but you are still thinking as if you were in Assisted Mode!" "We are still thinking as if we were in Assisted Mode?" "Yes. Since you are in Independent Mode, you should incorporate your individual skills into the system skills, not just rely on your reaction time as you apply the system skills. If you only apply the system skills, it would bepletely nonsensical. There is no way you would unleash the essence of Independent Mode." Wang Yu replied. "Is there a difference between incorporating your individual skills into the system skills and relying on your reaction time to apply the system skills?" "Of course!" Wang Yu moved swiftly towards Vainglory and activated [Crushing Blow], while Vainglory hurriedly stretched out a hand to defend himself in response. Wang Yu cancelled the Crushing Blow and used one hand to grab Vainglorys wrist and twisted it. Vainglory fell to the ground with a "st" and Wang Yu lifted his foot before aiming it down at Vainglorys head. Vainglory was greatly taken aback, and pitifully shouted: "Ouch!!" Wang Yus foot stopped just a centimeter away from Vainglorys head, and he asked: "Do you understand now?" "Ye... Yes!" Vainglory replied, nodding his head vigorously. In this game, although there was no skill that could knock people over, in Independent Mode it was possible to do so by actually apply real life skills. In the days leading up to today, Vainglory had always relied on his quick reaction time and only system skills to y the game. It had never crossed his mind to incorporate real life skills into the game. With his current ystyle, he would just be a little faster and more maneuverable than others, with little room for improvement. After this lesson by Wang Yu, everyone was enlightened, and this thought popped up in their heads: "Should I try Independent Mode too?" Vainglory asked Wang Yu hesitantly: "Uncle Bull, what would have happened if you used [Thunder Gods Stomp] just now?" With a casual tone, Wang Yu replied: "Your head would have been crushed to bits!" Upon hearing that, the entire group was speechless, looking at Wang Yu in fear, and thinking to themselves: "This is simply too brutal..." Chapter 49: Hidden Quest Chapter 49: Hidden Quest Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions After epting their rewards, the eight of them took a stroll around their new headquarters to get a good look at it. Even though it was called a guild headquarters, it was closer to a shrunken version of Twilight Citys Middle Street. Aside from theck of NPCs, all the public facilities were here. For example the spawn point and the auction house. Furthermore, since this was the very first headquarters in REBIRTH>>, the system had also rewarded them with a research room and a forge! This was a truly pleasant surprise for everyone. The forge could be used to craft various pieces of equipment and the research room could be used to craft different types of potions. Health potions and mana potions were the mostmonly used consumables and equipments were even more important. Without them how would yers even be able to fight anything? Hence, manyrge guilds would try to be self sufficient and raise their own craftsmen. To raise a yer who specialised in a crafting job, the conditions provided naturally had to be very good. Aside from an exorbitant amount of raw materials, what was most important was that the guild itself had a research room and a forge. Due to the dishonesty of the system, the price to build a forge or research room in the guild headquarters was insanely expensive. Hence, aside from the few super guilds, yers would normally go to cksmiths or pharmacies to rent a room for crafting. However, all the members of the Quan Zhen Sect were self proimed masters and they all thought that crafting jobs were deviations from the right path. Since none of them had any crafting jobs, these two facilities werent any different from decorative furniture. "Ive finally reached level f**king 15! Anyone wants to go clear a dungeon with me?" Ming Du asked. "Clearing a dungeon is no problem... As long as you arent the party leader and you dont spew so much bullshit!" Frost de coldlyughed. In the past when Ming Du led the others to clear a dungeon in Insatiable Mountain>>, he had spouted more nonsense thanmands caused the whole Quan Zhen Sect to be team wiped when the boss had only 1% health left... Ever since then, Ming Du had lost any right to lead any party ever again. "Fine!" Ming Du helplessly swept his gaze across the rest and asked: "Anyone else?" "Take us along then. The Blood-Soaked Church isnt a dungeon you can clear without a Priest anyway. Brother Spring are youing?" Fearless and Boson spoke in unison. "Nah man I still have a few quests I need to clear." Spring Halo replied. "Little Crotchy?" "Im going to goplete the quest for the Protectors Leggings" Crotch Lord replied. "The Blood-Soaked Church cant be opened unless we have at least five people! Cant you guys be more supportive? If you and Brother Spring arent going then whos going to tank for us?" Ming Du panicked. The two of them nced at each other and immediately pointed at Wang Yu: "Iron Bull then! Hes really tanky too!" "Sorry guys its already almost 1 now. I need to log off for abit..." Wang Yu waved his hands and replied. "Ohhhhh... Your wife ising home now isnt she~" The rest cheekily replied. "Its not what you guys think!" Wang Yu blushed. "We get it, we get it! Quickly go then!" "Ai..." Wang Yu could only helplessly sigh as he logged out of the game. "Well if its just tanking a few monsters then why not let me do it? If Brother Bull can do it then so can I!" Vainglory offered. Since it was almost 1, Mu Zi Xian had long since returned home and was already preparing lunch. Taking off the gaming helmet, Wang Yu realised that Mu ZI Xian was currently sitting right next to him on the bed and staring at him. "Whatre you staring at?" Wang Yu chuckled as he tossed the helmet aside. "I didnt realise this before, but you really are quite dashing when you smile. Did you find a mistress or something in the game? Whyre you so happy these days?" Mu Zi Xian teased. After getting married, Wang Yu has constantly been burdened by their financial situation, hence he didnt really smile much. However recently, Wang Yu had started to smile more whether it was because he was earning money or because he was gaming. Either way, nowadays when Wang Yu was ying, he constantly had a smile on his face! "How could I have time to find a mistress? Everyone around me is male! I havent even seen a female monster in the game!" Wang Yu solemnly swore. "Hmph! You better not be lying to me! If I find out that youve been lying to me then watch me..." Mu Zi Xian threateningly clenched her fist at Wang Yu and then cheerfully said: "Anyway lunch is getting cold, lets go eat!" "En!" After finishing lunch and cleaning up, Mu Zi Xian changed her clothes and prepared to leave the house. "Dont you need to work in the afternoon?" Wang Yu asked. Mu Zi Xian pointed at the calendar on the wall and said: "Havent you looked at the date? Its a public holiday today!" "If its a holiday then why dont you stay at home and rest?" Wang Yu said. "Since its a holiday then of course the restaurant is going to be more busy! And theyre also giving extra pay today" Mu Zi Xian casually replied. "Oh..." "Wait... Honey have you looked at that credit card i passed to you yet?" Wang Yu hesitantly asked. The past few days, with the sale of his skills, equipment and title deed, Wang Yu had amassed quite the fortune in his bank ount. "Look at what? It isnt easy for you to earn money and we still need to save for our future children as well! All of these still need money so we better start saving more ok?" Mu Zi Xian giggled. Wang Yu knew Mu Zi Xian very well and how opinionated she was so he could only resignedly sigh: "Ok then, just dont tire yourself out too much please." "I know I know! Remember to eat dinnerter ok? Ive already put the rice and dishes inside the slow cooker!" With that, Mu Zi Xian turned around and left the house. After Mu Zi Xian left Wang Yu stood up and stretched his back before going to the balcony to his the pir again. Just as he was about to go back to his room, the four girls left theirs. The four of them silently and dejectedly trod out of their room and slumped onto the sofa outside. Seeing the four of them like this, Wang Yu curiously asked: "Whats wrong? Your frowns are so long be careful you dont be a donkey!" Having spent so much time with those rascals from the Quan Zhen Sect, Wang Yu had naturally learned how to banter. "Ai... Lets not talk about it anymore... This game is really too damn hard..." Mary dejectedly sighed. "You guys still havent found a new buyer yet?" Wang Yu asked again. Wang Yu words seemed to suggest that the four of them were goods to be passed around and infuriated the four of them. "Hey! I never realised you mouth was so dirty Mr Landlord!" Mary grumbled. "If you have any problems then just tell me, Ill help you guys settle them!" Wang Yu casuallyughed. Hearing Wang Yus words, the four girls immediately brightened up and said: "Oh right Mr Landlord, the Quan Zhen Sect could evenplete a Headquarters Defense Quest so something small like this wont even be a problem for Mr Landlord!" "Well Its like this, Sister Xue managed to ept a hidden quest, but its really too hard... The four of us cant evene close topleting it together..." Mary honestly answered. Hearing this, Wang Yu immediately understood. So it was a hidden quest! REBIRTH>> was known as the second world to many and its crafting jobs were numerous. As professional gamers, Li Xue and the rest naturally wouldnt solely focus on gold farming. Hence, the four of them all had their own corresponding crafting jobs. Li Xues main job was a Priest and her crafting job was a Pharmacist. The quest that they were trying toplete this time was from an NPC who normally didnt speak at all. Who would have imagined that when he did open his mouth he would give out the legendary hidden quest? The final reward for this quest was something that Li Xue didnt know as well. However, at the first stage of this quest, the NPC had already given Li Xue a Silver tier "Medicine Hoe". So the future rewards could already be imagined. Unfortunately the four of them had very limited strength and had already failed the first part of the second stage of the questline. They had tried again and again the entire morning and had already failed the quest four times! Li Xue had started considering just dropping the quest. "Oh thats it? Why didnt you guys juste find me then? Do you guys consider me an outsider or something? Im a part of your gold farming group remember?" Wang Yu chortled. "But you were defending your headquarters... so..." Li Xue awkwardly mumbled. "Ohhhhh. Ok well just find me when you guys log in againter then!" "Dont you have other things to do?" Li Xue asked. Although Li Xue didnt know how much of an expert Wang Yu was in the past, she knew now. For a top expert like him, it was only natural that he would be very busy. "Its just a game anyway whats there to be busy with? Your problems are mine so no matter how busy I am its not important! Cheer up ok? Just message me when you guys log in!" With that, Wang Yu turned around and went back to his room. With the support and assurance from Wang Yu, the four girls moods soon improved. Mary hugged Li Xue and happily giggled: "Our Mr Landlord really is the most dependable in these situations!" "Yes, yes! Nothing less from the only man in the house!" Meng Meng and Xiao Yi chimed in as well. "The only man..." Li Xue mumbled to herself as her face flushed red. Seeing her expression, the rest asked in confusion: "Big sis whats wrong? Are you ok?" "N...nothings wrong! Lets quickly eat something and then log in ok? An expert like Brother Yu definitely doesnt have much time to waste! We cant let him wait for us for long!" Li Xue ordered. Chapter 50: The System’s Thought Process Chapter 50: The Systems Thought Process Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions When Wang Yu logged in again, Ming Du and the rest had alreadypleted the dungeon and were currently arguing in the guild chat. Normally when these arguments took ce, it was always everyone ganging up on Ming Du. However this time, the target of their abuse was Vainglory. What was surprising was that the usually short tempered Vainglory waspletely silent. If the chat didnt show that he was online Wang Yu would have thought that he was already logged off. "Whats going on? Look you guys already scared the poor kid! Even if you couldnt clear the dungeon you shouldnt be taking it out on a child like this" Wang Yu tried to mediate. "We cleared it!" Boson sourly replied. "Then whys everyone still scolding him?" Wang Yu asked in confusion. "Because this little f**ker almost got us team wiped!" Ming Du angrily replied. All five of them were one in ten thousand talents and something like almost getting them team wiped in a normal dungeon really was a huge mistake. "..." Wang Yu was silent for a moment before asking Ming Du: "You sure it wasnt because Id you that you guys were almost wiped out?" Ming Dus shamelessness was something that Wang Yu had personally experienced countless times. It wasnt rare for him to cause problems for others. "No it really isnt Ming Dus fault this time. Its all Vainglorys! F**king embarrassment!" Frost de replied. "What exactly happened in there?" Hearing Frost des answer Wang Yu was slightly stunned.Aside from himself, Frost de was the only other honest person in the guild. So his words were definitely true. "The moment he saw the boss this like kid just froze! Isnt that embarrassing or what? Kids really havent seen how vast the world is." Fearless coldly scoffed. "For real? How ugly was this boss to scare the little kid?" Wang Yu asked. "Heh! It was a female boss!" Boson replied. "Oh... so it was like that huh..." Wang Yu nced at Vainglory and sighed: "Truly a kid... You havent seen many girls huh?" If anyone else had said this, Vainglory wouldnt have reacted. However because it was Wang Yu, Vainglory felt very wronged and angrily retorted: "Hmph! Im not scared of my wife like you!" "Are you guys together?" Wang Yus face darkened. "Yea we are" The rest replied. "Whats the use of scolding him anyway? You need to beat this lesson into him!" "Iron Bull, f**k your mother!" Vainglory roared. Closing the guild chat Wang Yu used the teleporter in the guild headquarters to travel to Twilight City. After walking around Middle Street for awhile, Li Xue and the rest began to log in as well. "Brother Yu where are you?" Li Xue messaged Wang Yu. "In Twilight City waiting for you guys..." Wang Yu replied. "Ok then were in the Pharmacy. Are you far away?" "Im right outside actually." As he sent that, Wang Yu walked into the Pharmacy and Saw Li Xue and the rest. At the moment, the four girls were standing in front of the counter quietly being scolded by a balding old NPC with pure white hair. "This is the fourth time you girls have failed already! I only have five bottles of this poison so if you fail again then Ill have to find someone else..." The four of them silently stood there, not daring to say a word. However based on their expressions, the four girls were either day dreaming or chatting with someone else. NPCs were just a bunch of data anyway so who would bother treating them like real humans? After the old man finally stopped nagging, Li Xue emotionally took a dark green potion from him. After thanking the old man a few times the four smilingly walked towards Wang Yu. "Brother Yu!" "Mr Landlord!" "What kind of quest is this? The NPC even scolded you guys!" Wang Yu chuckled. "That old man is called Winston and he wants us to go to the Dusk Mountain Range to get a key. But that key is in the hands of his nemesis Howard the Alchemist. Howard is a very powerful boss that were helpless against..." Li Xue replied. "Ohhhh ok I see. So whats the purpose of that potion he gave you?" Having listened to Winstons ramblings, Wang Yu roughly knew what the quest was about. "Its an important quest item! Were supposed to feed it to Howard." Li Xue stated. "Thats weird... youve already fed it to Howard so many times and you still failed. You sure hell eat it again?" Wang Yu asked in confusion. Though NPCs had never heard the story of the boy who cried wolf, but the would at least have somemon sense. Since Winston was the one who gave out the hidden quest, then his AI was definitely not low. Naturally, the AI for his nemesis wouldnt be low either. This kind of boss level existence being tricked again and again by these girls sounded incredibly suspicious to Wang Yu. "He never suspects a thing..." Li Xue nodded. "Yea that Howard really is too tyrannical. Maybe he thinks that he can kill us even if he is poisoned so he just happily drinks the poison every time." Mary suddenly interrupted. "Do you mix the poison into his food or drinks?" Wang Yu asked. "No we just directly give it to him..." Mary honestly replied. "..." Wang Yu was dazed. What kind of poisoning method was this? And they managed to seed four times? If that was true then these girls were prodigies when it came to poisoning. "Theres something fishy about this quest..." Wang Yu dered after some thought. "Fishy? Whats so fishy about it?" The girls asked in shock. Rubbing his chin Wang Yu replied: "Since its a hidden quest how could the system give you so many chances? Theres definitely some kind of catch to it..." From the job advancement to hunting Wharton to the Informant trying to skimp on his quest rewards, Wang Yu had learnt time and time again how vicious and underhanded these NPCs could be. Right now, Wang Yu had some understanding of the thought process of these evil game designers. Since it was a hidden quest, there was definitely no was that they could try so many times without any consequences. There was definitely some kind of catch that the girls just couldnt grasp. After some thought, Wang Yu determined that the crux of the issue was definitely in the so called "poison". This kind of honest and straightforward poisoning method that the girls used was something that truly defied the heavens. Even the wild dogs outside the beginner vige wouldnt just eat foods from a stranger (if they could), let alone poison! Yet these silly girls had seeded not once, but four times with the exact same method! How could that not be suspicious? Thinking of this, Wang Yu asked: "Did Winston tell you how to use this poison?" "No he just said it was they key to defeating Howard..." Li Xue shook her head. "So then you girls just tried to feed it to him?" Wang Yu gasped. "Then what? Should we drink the poison?" Mary asked. "You girls really are too innocent..." Wang Yu shook his head in resignation. Since the four girls mainly focused on gold farming before they left the Primrose Militia, they didnt know how crafty and evil the game designers truly were. How could theypare to Wang Yu in this aspect? "What do you mean?" the clueless Mary asked again. "I can guarantee that this youre supposed to drink the potion and not poison Howard with it!" Wang Yu solemnly replied. "No way... Are you sure Mr Landlord?" "Thats right... any other way of dying is better that being poisoned..." Hearing his words, the girls began to voice their opinions. Hearing that he wanted to drink the poison and kill himself, the girls began to wonder how Wang Yu even became the number one expert. After thinking for a moment Li Xue said: "Brother Yu this is your first time gaming so maybe you dont know this, but quests are just quests. Theyre not asplicated as you think they are." It appeared that since Li Xue and the rest had already yed games for so long that they had a kind of system thought process. "How are you so sure that the NPCs wont trick yers?" Wang Yu chuckled. "Because NPCs in other games arent like that..." Li Xue honestly said. "That may be true... but is REBIRTH>> like other games?" "Ah!" Hearing Wang Yus words, the four were stunned again. Chapter 51: Adrenaline Chapter 51: Adrenaline Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions REBIRTH>> was naturally not just any other game, REBIRTH>> was the first game to have transcended the realm of mouse and keyboard games, using state of the art technology to create the first virtual reality game in the market. But at the end of the day a game was still a game and had followed the norms of many other games. With regards to a game trying to lie to the yer was somethingpletely unheard of. Seeing that the girls did not believe the words he said, Wang Yu took the poison from them as he said: "If you dont believe me, then Ill drink the poison!" "Brother Yu, youre currently level 17, losing 10% of your experience points is too much, I think it would be better if you dont take the risk." Li Xue replied. "Its merely 10% of my experience points. Besides, my friends have told me that Dungeon Instances give a lot of experience points, as long as I clear them a few times Ill be able to get recoup my losses." Wang Yu nonchntly replied. "But..." "But what, you girls have already died four times, given the speed that you girls train at..." Before Wang Yu had even finished his sentence, he had noticed that the girls were already blushing. But it was true, their levelling speed was simply nothingpared to Wang Yu. "Lets go!" Wang Yu decisively dered, leading the group towards Dusk Mountain Range. The Dusk Mountain Range was located behind Twilight City. Spring Halo had previously told the members of the Quan Zhen Sect that the fengshui around Twilight City was very good, with the four divinities surrounding the area. To the left of the city there was the Azure Dragon Lake, to the right was the Byakko Pass, to the front of the city was the Secret Jungle and behind the city was the mountain range. Of course, this was the lore that had been written about thend, the bit about fengshui was just something that Spring Halo had added in by himself, hence everyone in the guild had denounced him as a superstitious lunatic. If the fengshui was really that good would there still even be monsters lurking around the city? The Dusk Mountain Range was a hunting ground for increbily high levelled monsters, the monsters in this region ranged from level 30 to level 40, at this current stage in the game, not a single people dared toe to this ce. Luckily for them, there was a small path that led all the way from Twilight City straight to Howards home. As long as they managed to avoid the monsters that had identally stumbled onto the path, they would be able to safely reach their destination. Howards home was at the base of the mountain, a humble wooden house that sat in a barren plot ofnd. He was truly worthy to be renowned as someone who had studied chemistry, he even looked like he had been subjected to his own experimentations. When the group of five finally reached his home, Howard was standing by his front door, holding a test tube in his hand as he mumbled to himself: "Shake shake shake......should I shake it or not..." Operson and the old man before them looked the same, the only difference was that Opeson was bald while Howard had a full head of luscious hair. "Is that him?" Wang Yu asked. "Yeap, it is!" "Alright, then Ill get the key from him." Wang Yu replied as he headed towards the old man. Howardughed as he saw the group of five walking over to him, viciously taunting them: "Whats the matter little girls, why are you back again? This is already the fourth time, dont tell me that the previous lessons werent enough? Oh? Seems like you brought a helper along this time?" Wang Yu was even more convinced that he had the right idea when he heard the mocking words of Howard. This old coot even remembered how many times the girls hade over to look for him, he even knew that Wang Yu himself was a new addition to their time. This clearly showed that this was not a normal AI, he definitely wouldnt just consume poison for no rhyme or reason. "We wont give up before we get the key!" Li Xue valiantly dered. "Operson really is a troublesome one, sadly he only has five bottles of that poison. Fine then, my time is precious, quickly hand it over to me to drink." Howardughed. But before Li Xue could respond, Wang Yu walked up to Howard, holding the bottle in his hand as he asked: "You want to drink it?" Howard eagerly reached out to grab the bottle from Wang Yus hand, only to see that Wang Yu had swung his hand out of the way, keeping the bottle as he chuckled: "How about no..." "..." The four girls broke into a cold sweat as they watched the scene before them unfold. Toying with an NPC, did this man really dare to do anything? Howard flew into a rage once he realised that he had been yed by Wang Yu: "You despicable worm, how dare you toy with the almighty lord Howard, ept the rage of the alchemist!" In his rage, Howard swung his hand as he threw the test tube in his hand at Wang Yu and gang. When he had seen the barrennd around the house Howard lived in, Wang Yu knew that the experiments that this old men carried out were definitely not something to be trifled with. Not daring to receive this gift, Wang Yu stretched out his left hand as shield appeared, knocking the test tube away. "Boom..." An explosion erupted where the test tube hadnded, releasing a copious amount of poisonous green gas. Wang Yu immediately took advantage of the moment and inspected Howard. HP: 100 000 MP: 50 000 Skills: [Poison Mist], [Exploding Test Tube], [Adrenaline Rush] No wonder his AI was so advanced, Howard was an elite boss that operated on the Independent Mode! Howard appeared very indifferent when he noticed that he had failed to kill Wang Yu with his first strike, calmly taking out a water gun like weapon, shooting it at Li Xue. Li Xues health immediately started to diminish. Even though the poison was strong, its effects only persisted for 3 seconds. Her life was in no apparent danger after she had frantically casted [Heal] and [Recover] on herself. Just as Howard was about to take another shot, Wang Yu immediately reacted, pulling Howard into his grasp. [Flying Knee], [Lateral Kick], [Crushing Blow[... Wang Yu then used [Choke] to finish hisbo, viciously mming Howard onto the ground. "m!!!" A sh of lightning illuminated the area as Wang Yu violently stomped on Howards head. -2452 Arge red number floated up. In a singlebo chain, Wang Yu had already taken out a tenth of Howards health bar. Just as Wang Yu was about to attack again, he noticed that Howard had taken out another test tube, throwing it at him. [Energy Shield] activated once more as Wang Yu stretch his hand out to block the attack. "Poof" When the test tube touched the shield, it immediately burst into a cloud of blue smoke. It was then that Wang Yu realised that the defense of his armour was steadily decreasing... "What the f*ck, what a shameless tactic!" At the same time, Howard took a bottle that looked very much like the one that Wang Yu was holding onto, opening the cap and downing the contents of the bottle. A green light shed as Howards speed explosively increased, charging towards Wang Yu with a clenched fist. Wang Yu taken aback by the speed that Howard disyed, but it was already toote for this to dodge. Wang Yu swung his arm upwards, using a martial arts technique to redirect Howards attack, borrowing the attackers force to retaliate. Howard revealed a sinister grin, turning around as he dashed towards the girls. The battle between Wang Yu and Howard had been extremely fast, not more than 10 seconds had passed from the time that Wang Yu had initially grabbed him till the moment that he had consumed that mysterious test tube of his, not more than 10 seconds had passed. The girls could barely make out what was happening in the fight between Wang Yu and Howard, let alone even thinking of helping him. Even though Howard was only level 25, he was still a humanoid Independent mode boss, he was leagues about Wharton in terms of battle prowess. Not to mention that he can consumed some type of medicine that had exponentially increased his fighting capabilities, raising his speed to a mind numbingly scary level. Due to the limitations of his attributes, only Wang Yus eyes could keep up with Howards speed, not his body. In the blink of an eye, Meng Meng and Little Yi had already been killed by the explosion from Howards test tube. Howard did not even hesitate for a moment when he killed the two girls, immediately turning towards Li Xue and Mary as he dashed to them. Li Xue was scared witless, turning as pale as a sheet as she ran towards Wang Yu screaming for help: "Brother Yu... Save me..." Li Xue had already been killed by Howard four times, but she did not scream for help because she feared death, rather it was because she knew that she would fail this quest if she were to die another time. Mary heroically dashed forward, attacking Howard with her shield. Howard flung a test tube at Mary, not even looking in her direction, reducing Mary into a ray of white light. This old mans attack prowess should have risen to an unfathomable level after taking the medicine, seeing as to how he managed to easily dispatch Mary, a Guardian, even after she had activated her skills. Right at this moment, Li Xue had arrived besides Wang Yu. Wang Yu took out the small bottle that he had previously taken from Li Xue, opening the bottle cap as he emptied the contents into his mouth. Chapter 52: Killing You Isn’t That Hard Chapter 52: Killing You Isnt That Hard Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Wang Yu felt an immense amount of power surging through his veins after he had consumed the "Adrenaline", greatly increasing his speed and strength. Strength, this was something that he had been longing for... Wang Yu sighed emotionally as he tested his strength. Truth be told, even though Wang Yu could be considered to be an immensely sessful yer, being in possession of a hidden job, being able to solo a boss, he was actually the most unhappy yer. Because of the limitation from his attributes, Wang Yus speed and strength had been greatly reduced from what it was in reality. While this was still enough to destroy normal monsters, Wang Yu often felt extremely inadequate when he was fighting more speed based monsters. This sort of feeling often made Wang Yu feel as though his martial arts ability had deteriorated and was an extremely ufortable feeling. Therefore Wang Yu would always practice his martial arts the moment he logged off the game. Even though the Adrenaline medicine could not give Wang Yu the same strength he had in the real world, but the feeling of having his attributes increased had pleased nheless. After reading the description of the buff, Wang Yu was stunned. If the effectssted for 50 seconds and he lost 2% of his maximum health every second, wouldnt that mean that he would die at the end of it? No wonder those girls could not finish their quest. They were already no match for a level 25 elite boss, once he consumed the Adrenaline medicine and had his attributes augmented by 300%, would they even be able tost a single second against him? This hidden quest was simply impossible for in the early stages of the game. Even though he immediately started losing health, Wang Yu was not afraid that he would die from the effects of the medicine, after all he still had the lifesteal effect from the Heavenly Silk Armour. "Ill restrain him, you should run. Run to a ce that this bastard wont be able to find you!" Wang Yu instructed Li Xue. Boson had previously told Wang Yu that because of the independent mode, bosses would have a cognitive ability no different from normal humans, this meant that they wouldnt so easily be tricked by yers. If Wharton, the bandit leader, was capable of returning to lead his men during their Headquarters defense quest, naturally this scientist would be capable of much more. To Wang Yus disappointment, due to the limitation of his attributes, he was not able to match Howards speed even though they had both consumed the Adrenaline. Naturally Wang Yu was not afraid of facing Howard in straight up closebat, but Howard was naturally unwilling to do so, turning around as he charged toward Li Xue at neck breaking speed. Once Li Xue died, it would be meaningless even if Wang Yu managed to kill him. Even though Li Xue did not understand what Wang Yus intentions were, she understood that she could not let herself be killed, nodding her head as she ran away. But how could Howard be willing to let Li Xue leave? "Where are you running to?" Howard bellowed as he chased after her. Wang Yu instantly reached out and grabbed Howards arm. Howard ignored Wang Yu as he violently freed himself from thetters grip. But Wang Yu calmly twisted his wrist, flipping Howard over once more. Howard lost all control of his body, like a kite whos strings had been cut. Howard violently shouted as he wrestled to free himself from Wang Yus grasp, while Wang Yu methodically countered each and everyone of his attacks. Howard couldnt even flee even if he wanted to. If anyone had seen this, they would immediately recognise that Wang Yu was using Taiji, a famous style of martial arts. Using slow to counteract fast, using soft to deal with strength, borrowing the strength of the aggressor to retaliate. This wasmon knowledge to deeply ingrained in Chinese culture that even children knew. But the programmer of Howard was a western born individual, how much of chinese culture would he even know, let alone understand? However Wang Yu did not take advantage of the situation to continue beating Howard, afterall the concept of Taiji was to borrow the force of the aggressors attack to hurt him. Since Howard had no intention of fighting Wang Yu anymore, Wang Yu naturally could not use Taiji to hurt him. Furthermore, Howards speed was astonishingly fast, Wang Yu waspletely unable to grasp the timings his attacks, if Howard were to suddenly attack, even Wang Yu might not be able to dodge in time. At this moment, Howards attention was fully focused on Li Xue, afterall she was the key to the quest. Li Xue was like a frightened animal, constantly looking back as she ran away. She stood still, shocked senseless when she saw Wang Yu embroiled in a close quarterbat with Howard. Other than the time Wang Yu had effortlessly killed Heavens Bird, this was the first time that Li Xue had seen Wang Yu using martial arts. Li Xue clearly knew how terrifying Howard was once he had taken the medicine, after all she had been killed by him four times with just a casual p from his palm. Li Xue was utterly dazed as she watched Wang Yu toy with Howard. Wang Yu was not that many levels higher than their group, which were currently level 13, even if his skills were much stronger than theirs, how was this even possible? "What the hell are you looking at! Quickly leave, he still has 50 seconds!" Wang Yu grew frantic when he saw Li Xue just standing there. Did she really think that he was superman? This was a boss that used the Independent mode! Even though he was only level 25, he was not any easier to deal withpared to Wharton. Now that he had consumed the Adrenaline, his attributes were three times stronger than before, it was hard to say who was stronger between the two bosses. No matter how strong Taiji was it still had its limits. Especially since this was not the style that Wang Yu was trained in since a tender age, Wang Yu was unable to disy the full might of this style of martial arts. Even under the influence of the Adrenaline, Wang Yu was already struggling to restrict Howards movements. The moment the effects of Adrenaline wore off, he couldnt stop Howard even if he wanted to... Even though Howard had consumed the medicine before Wang Yu, but given how biased and unfair the system was, it was hardly surprising that an Alchemist like Howard would been given a bonus for the duration that the effects of the medicine wouldst on him. It seemed as though he didnt even have the debuff of losing any health. "Oh, right..." Li Xue was shocked out of her dazed state by Wang Yus voice, continuing to run away. But even after half a minute had passed, this slow little Priest had not managed to create much distance between Howard and herself. But the effects of the Adrenaline on Wang Yu were about to end... "Shameless worm, how dare you block my path!!!" Howard angrily bellowed when he lost sight of Li Xue, throwing a test tube at Wang Yus face. Wang Yu grinned as he dodged the attack. Since Howard was a boss that used the Independent mode, he would naturally mimic the actions of humans. Even though he wouldnt mindlessly use skills like other bosses and didnt pause between his attacks, he still had to wait for the cooldowns of his skills to end before he could use them again. Wang Yu seized the moment and began his ruthless assault, unleashing [Crushing Blow] on Howards chest. Using [Lateral Kick] on his jaw to stun him. [Crushing Blow]! [Flying Knee]! ... Wang Yu didnt dare to waste a single moment when dealing with this buff-ed boss, using a series of skills and his own martial arts to rapidly attack, raining a relentless barrage of attacks on Howard, not giving him a chance to resist. As a humanoid boss, Howards health was not very high. Wang Yus relentless assault quickly dropped his health below 30%. Naturally, when a boss health fell below 30%, they would activate their final skill. Howards body glowed with a gold hue, beginning to activate his skill. Yet Wang Yu ruthless grabbed him as he viciously mmed his knee into Howards chest once more. Wang Yus attack was extremely effective, knocking Howard out of the state of activating his skill. Following which, Wang Yu executed yet another wlessbo, reducing Howards health to 0... Exactly what was this bastards final skill, Wang Yu would never know. Even after reducing his health to zero, Howards corpse did not disappear. Wang Yu stepped on the corpse as he mumbled: "F*cking hell, it might have been hard to stop you from running, but killing you isnt that hard." Chapter 53: Dishonest Boss And Shameless Wang Yu Chapter 53: Dishonest Boss And Shameless Wang Yu Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions Even after his death, Howards corpse still didnt dissipate... Though Wang Yu didnt have any sort of fetish for it, he still went forward to step on it to prevent any surprises from happening. After making sure his body was secure Wang Yu messaged Li Xue and said: "You cane get the key now, Ive convinced this old fool!" "Convinced?" Li Xue was extremely puzzled. The look on Howards face just now was crazed beyond all reason. Returning to Howards wooden house again, Li Xue saw Wang Yu standing atop Howard and finally realised that he had "convinced" Howard with his fists... After her initial shock due to Wang Yus overwhelming strength, Li Xue was already numb to what he could aplish. Taiji Quan really was too well known. Watching Wang Yu using it to deal with the boss, Li Xue really thought that Wang Yu had been able to easily deal with Howard. "Is he dead?" Li Xue sheepishly asked from a distance. Though she hadnt personally in a boss before, she knew that most bosses outside of dungeons would dissolve into white light after their deaths. With a kick to Howards head Wang Yu replied: "Officially he is dead... but he hasnt dropped any items yet... what kind of poor boss is he supposed to be..." "..." No matter what, Howard was still an old man. Looking at how roughly Wang Yu was treating him, Li Xue was silent for a moment before quietly saying: "Maybe its a quest boss so the drops are the rewards for the quest?" "Hmmm that does make sense. Quickly go find what you need then. I really dont trust the system so Ill just stand on him until youre done!" Wang Yu nodded. Without another word, Li Xue entered the wooden house. After searching high and how for some time, Li Xue dejectedly walked out and sighed: "Thats weird... theres nothing inside..." "You sure you checked everywhere? Behind the walls and under the floor?" Wang Yu fully expressed hisck of faith in the system. "This little house is the location for the quest, but theres no cracks or items inside. Ive really searched everywhere but other than this theres really nothing inside..." Li Xue replied as she took out a beaker that was filled with a reddish liquid. Scratching his head, Wang Yu then pointed at Howards corpse and said: "Maybe theres a clue on his body?" After the incident with Whartons head, Wang Yu had learnt that these kinds of bosses that didnt disappear after death definitely had some purpose. "It could be..." At this point Li Xue hadplete faith in Wang Yu. These NPCs really couldnt be trusted at all! Bending down, Wang Yu lifted Howard up and said to Li Xue: "You search him. Ill hold him still." Under normal circumstances, Li Xue definitely wouldnt have tried to search an old man even if he was an NPC. Yet now, no matter how realistic this virtual reality game was, for the hidden quest she would do whatever it took! With a growing blush, Li Xue reached towards Howards chest. "Cough... cough..." Right at this moment, Howard coughed a few times before opening his eyes, frightening Li Xue out of her wits. The current Howard was weak to the point where he didnt even have the strength to lift a finger. When Wang Yu saw Howard wake up he was slightly stunned as well. He was still alive even after being kicked by Wang Yu with no health... this really was one of the legendary story bosses. "G...gi...give it to me..." Howard croaked as he stared at the breaker in Li Xues hands. Right as Li Xue was about to have it over, Wang Yu blocked her and smilingly said: "Give us the key first!" "Urk..." With a sigh, Howard reached into his shirt and pulled out an old and rusted key. Taking the key, Wang Yu stared at Howard and sternly said: "Give us the key that Winston wants!" "?" Hearing his words Li Xue couldnt help but bepletely confused. Howard stared at Wang Yu with a gaze full of enmity before finally pulling out another key and handing it over to Wang Yu. Watching from the side, Li Xue waspletely confused. This Howard really wasnt any average AI! He even knew how to y with words like this! However what was even more impressive was that Wang Yu knew exactly how to deal with him! "M...me...medicine... Give me my medicine..." Having handed over the keys, Howard pitifully begged again. Taking the beaker from Li Xue, Wang Yu shook his head and asked: "If I kill you what will you drop?" "Shameless! Ive already given you the keys!" Howard angrily cursed. "Its not like I promised you I would give you the medicine if you passed me the keys..." Wang Yuughed. Having dealt with the Informant, Wang Yu learnt that the only way to deal with these shameless NPCs was too be even more shameless himself! "You!" Right as Howard was about to curse again, he noticed that Wang Yu was holding the beaker at an angle like he wanted to pour it away and hurriedly took out four small bottles and said: "These are for you! Please give me my medicine!" It really was a good thing that Wang Yu hadnt been conceited previously. This old coot still had four more potions on him! Who knew what kind of buffs it would have given him? Based on all the life preserving methods that the system had given him, it was very likely that it would have been some kind kamikaze potion that buffed him while damaging ordinary yers! "Youre trying to trick me? I know these will kill me once the buff ends!" Wang Yu angrily growled. "Theres a chest in my house... you can open it with the first key I gave you..." Howard dejectedly squeaked. "This really is all I have... if you dont believe me then just kill me..." "You actually managed to extort it out of him? The game game really be yed like this?" Watching the interaction between Wang Yu and Howard the Alchemist with one trying to cheat his way out and the other shamelessly extorting him, Li Xue had long since be shocked senseless. Seeing that there really was nothing left, Wang Yu smirked as he grabbed the four vials and said to Li Xue: "Watch him, Ill go inside and search the house again." The moment Howard took out the second key, Li Xue had already received a notification that her quest had beenpleted. Hence Wang Yu didnt really have any worries that Howard would continue to resist. "What about my medicine? Wheres your integrity?" Howard ranted. "I am a man of integrity but I just dont trust you at all! I need to go check your chest first then Ill think about it." Wang Yu coolly replied. Tossing Howard away, Wang Yu walked towards the house and realised there really was a chest inside. After using the key to open the chest, Wang Yu found two skill books and a few gold coins. [Craft: Corrosion Potion]: Umon skill that allows the user to craft a potion with corrosive properties. Job Requirement: Dark Shaman [Craft: Toxic Potion]: Umon skill that allows user to craft a potion with toxic properties. Job Requirement: Dark Shaman From the looks of it, these were the contents of the two test tubes that Howard had thrown at him previously. Just by looking at these two skill books Wang Yu could tell how dishonest the designers were. Li Xue was a Bishop and yet the two skills the bods have were meant for Dark Shamans! Where would there even be a Bishop who used poisons? However it should be known that the two skill books werent something that was meant to appear in this quest originally. They only spawned due to Wang Yus repeated extortions. Someone with the Bishop job would definitely not have done anything simr. Anyway, someone evil like Howard definitely wouldnt have any items for Bishops. Leaving the house, Wang Yu walked towards Howard and said with dissatisfaction: "Thats it? Just these two little toys? What about the recipe for that potion you drank at the start?" "Dont have it!" Howard resolutely replied. "Only our teacher has the recipe for it! When me and that old scoundrel Winston graduated we each stole five bottles from our teacher..." It turned out that these two sly old men were previously fellow disciples. "Ai ... a pity..." Wang Yu sighed. He didnt know what was worst. Their losses or the fact that they couldnt obtain the recipe for the secret potion. He could only shake his head as he handed the beaker to Howard. Grabbing the beaker out of Wang Yus hand, Howard immediately gulped it down, causing his constitution to greatly improve. After regaining his strength, Howard coldly stared at Wang Yu and Li Xue and shouted: "Now get out of my sight you shameless bastards! Dont ever let me see the two of you again!" It was merely the rants of an NPC so there real wasnt any need to take it to heart. Especially not from one that they had sessfully extorted. Wang Yu and Li Xue lightly smiled to each other before turning around and leaving. "Do you want these two books?" Wang Yu asked Li Xue on the way back to the pharmacy. "I have no use for Dark Shaman skills so you can just sell them Brother Yu." Li Xue lightly sighed. "Alright then." Wang Yu straightforwardly replied. There was no need for him to be courteous since these were his spoils in the first ce. "Oh right Brother Yu how did you know the first key was fake just now?" Li Xue curiously asked. Wang Yu profoundly stared in the direction of Twilight City and said: "My teacher told me that in this game NPCs were designed to trick yers so I just decided to give it a try. I didnt think itd actually work either." "Then what if the key was real? Wouldnt you have asked for nothing?" Li Xue giggled. "Its not like it cost me anything to try anyway. And we have nothing to lose!" Wang Yu shrugged. "..." Chapter 54: Then Ill Just Have To Kill You All! Chapter 54: Then Ill Just Have To Kill You All! Trantor: Sparrow Trantions Editor: Sparrow Trantions When Wang Yu and Li Xue handed the key to Winston a small smile finally appeared in the stoic mans face. "Not bad, not bad! Didnt I say before that you could do it?" Winston praised "These NPCs really change their tunes very quickly... he was just calling her trash before we left..." Wang Yu thought to himself. "Youre exaggerating sir. This is what I should be doing in the first ce!" Li Xue recited from systems script. "For the next part of the quest, youll need to go to the Old Nuns Monastery north of the city to find a scared medicine called knotweed and bring it back to me!" Winston dered. Hearing his words Wang Yu was slightly shocked. A western game like that this would even include chinese medicines... truly interesting... The moment Winston finished speaking, Li Xue received the quest notification.