âShua!â
After I picked up my 77th Spirit Recovering Grass, Quick Thunder Swift Wind and four of his guildmates finally revived. At the same time, another dozen of expert class players appeared in the vicinity of the mountain, all members of [House of Prestige].
Turning around, I looked at the people who had just revived and activated [Black Tortoise Realm] to block their path up the mountain. I smiled and asked, âYou guys still want to fight? Come on!â
This time, the area around Swift Thunder Quick Windâs wrist was empty. He lifted his battle axe, clenched his fists and said, âXiao Yao Zi Zai, as you can see, we have a total of 23 [House of Prestige] members here. You cannot take us on alone. Since youâre also here to harvest the Spirit Recovering Grass, thereâs no reason for us to fight to the death. How about we split the harvest?
I raised my hands and smiled, âNo need. Once Iâve gathered enough Spirit Recovering Grass to reach Lv 10 Alchemy, Iâll leave immediately. You have my word. Unless you guys make a move, I wonât attack you either.â
âThatâs fine. You can harvest as much Spirit Recovering Grass as you want. But please return the Divine Dragon Slaying Arms to me. No matter what, PKing is just a wild spar. Thereâs no need to take my equipment right?â
I smiled but didnât comply.
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Next to Quick Thunder Swift Wind, an Archer frowned and whispered, âVice Guild Master, that Divine Dragon Slaying Arms was obtained at the cost of the Guild Masterâs levels. How can we let that brat Xiao Yao Zi Zai have it so easily? How about we all just rush in right now and kill him. Thereâs a 50% chance that heâll drop it. Itâs worth a try!â
A Mage on their side nodded. âYeah. We have the numberâs advantage. We donât have to be scared of one person.â
Quick Thunder Swift Wind coughed, and loudly said, âGuild Master Xiao Yao, I hope you will return the Divine Dragon Slaying Arms. This equipment is really important to me. I canât not have itâ¦â¦â
I suddenly stood up and said, âQuick Thunder Swift Wind! PKing in the wild has its own rules as well. Do you think Iâm a three year old? If I was killed by you and my Emperor Qinâs Sword dropped, would you still return it to me? Weâre all adults here. Donât treat me like a child. If you want the Divine Dragon Slaying Arms then come get it. If you kill me, thereâs a high chance that itâll drop. Donât say that there are 23 of you. Even if there were 230 of you , itâll be worth fighting for if I can take revenge for those three bystanders from before!â
Swift Thunder Quick Wind gritted his teeth, âXiao Yao Zi Zai, youâre not giving me any face now are you?â
I smiled coldly, âYou have to earn your respect. [House of Prestige] is viewed as a reputable guild, but you guys took advantage of your strength and bullied weaker players? Iâve recorded all of it and I donât mind posting it on the forums, butâ¦â¦ Iâm worried that Bai Li Ruofeng will lose all his face after thisâ¦â¦ You guys better watch yourselves. If you want to fight, I wonât back down!â
After saying that, I continued to harvest Spirit Recovering Grass. My Flaming Tiger God was patrolling the area a bit further away. Also, Iâd already set up [Black Tortoise Realm] and [Soul Army] to block their reinforcementâs path, so now, only their Wind Elf type players can fly up here to join them. Unfortunately, they only have three Wind Elf players and as Archers, they couldnât penetrate my defense. It would be committing suicide for them if they came up here.
I also have my [Great Realm of Desolation] and [Seven Star Fragment Slash], two AOE skills. I wasnât afraid of any flying Wind Elves at all.
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In the end, only after I had gathered around 1200 Spirit Recovering Grass, I realized that I had harvested a bit too much. I stood up, pointed at the ground and said, âThereâs around 30% of the Spirit Returning Grass left. Do you guys want it? If not, Iâll be taking it all.â
Swift Thunder Quick Wind gritted his teeth, âYouâ¦â¦â
The Archer quickly yelled, âOf course!â
I wiped the dirt from my knees and took out a City Returning Scroll, then smiled, âIf fate has it, weâll meet again! Quick Thunder Swift Wind, donât do anymore bad things. God knows what youâre always doing. Karma will definitely get you!â
âKacha!â
The City Returning Scroll shattered!
At that time, I received an attack on my back. F*ck. When did an Assassin get behind me?
âRoar!â
My Flaming Tiger God roared out and raised its claws as it tackled the Assassin behind me. After recovering from my short stun, I immediately spun around and stabbed the Assassin in the chest, killing him instantly. From above, Quick Thunder Swift Win and the others finally began their attack. A group of people ran straight down from the hilltop with the close combat specialists in front!
I lightly smiled and telepathically commanded my Flaming Tiger God to activate [Flame Armor]. His defense dramatically increased, then he activated [Burstfire Raid] and charged up the hill. Not a single one of the heavy armor type players came out unscathed. At the same time, I cast [Seven Star Fragment Slash] backwards, wreaking havoc alongside the entire hill. Combined with the sound of my Flaming Tiger Godâs roars, seven of the heavy armor players all fell to the ground. The damage from the AOE attacks were just too heavy; even their Healers didnât have time to heal them all. Only Quick Thunder Swift Wind was able to get out with critical health. It was pure luck that he was still alive.
âPa pa paâ¦â
A chain of arrows fell upon my armor but were only able to deal a few hundred damage. One of the Wind Elf girls at the bottom of the hill was so shocked that her little mouth widened and she exclaimed, âHisâ¦â¦his defense is so high, how are we supposed to fight him?â
Suddenly, a [Pillar of Fire and Ice] exploded under my feet, dealing 1700+ damage. He he, this Mageâs damage is shockingly high!
After targeting my enemy, I opened my palm and the Divine Dragon Slaying Arms began to buzz as a red dragon began to wrap around my wrist. It then turned into the shape of dragon chains that locked onto the Mage. âHong!â It pulled the Mage from 20 yards away down the hill right before me. The Mageâs eyes widened!
âKeng!â
In seconds, my Cold Iron Sword slid out of its sheath and with both blades I cut the Mage 5 times in a row!
âMISS!â
âMISS!â
â1327!â
â3482!â
â3718!â
The second the shield broke, the Mage was destined to die, killing him could be done in a momentâs notice.
âRetreat!â
I donât know who yelled that, but I noticed a Healer on the hill who looked so terrified from watching me that his boots began to shake. Then in a shaky voice, he said, âMotherf*cker, this Xiao Yao Zi Zai isnât human! We⦠we donât have a chance against him with those kind of skills in this map, going against him is practically just asking for death! Vice Guild Master, we have spent a lot of time getting to our levels. We canât just lose them like this!â
Quick Thunder Swift Wind gripped his battle axe, his eyes filled with rage, âXiao Yao Zi Zai, remember your words and actions today, our [House of Prestige] will give you a surprise soon, just you wait!â
Before activating another City Returning Scroll, I stared fiercely at my opponents and clearly stated, âI am Xiao Yao Zi Zai of [Zhan Long] from Ba Huang City. If [House of Prestige] is a trashy guild like this, I wonât refuse your challenge. If you insist on making us your enemies, then I will put this recording up on the forums. Everything, from the beginning to the end!â
âGood. Go back to Ba Huang City and wait for it!â
â¦â¦
âShua!â
After successfully using the scroll, I appeared in the middle of the marketplace. I quickly bought a few alchemy furnaces and immediately began refining the Spirit Recovering Pills.
As each pill was successfully refined, my experience in alchemy soared. Not even after ten minutes of doing so, the sound of the System Notification was heard-
System Notice: Congratulations, You have successfully reached Lv 10 in Alchemy. Because you are the first Lv 10 Alchemist, you have received a reward: Charm +12!
â¦â¦
Hehe. Another 12 Charms. Today really is a good dayâ¦â¦
I opened up the alchemy menu and the recipe for Lv 10 Potions appeared.
Lv 10 [Devilâs Pill]: Recover 3500 Mana, Evil God Grass x3, Chilling Grass x1, Alchemy Furnace x10.
Evil God Grass⦠this was another rare ingredient. After searching the forums for a bit, I couldnât find any clues as to the whereabouts of the Evil God Grass at all. Iâll just go find it myself. Finding a single needle in the vast sea is pretty hard, but thereâs nothing I can do besides waitâ¦â¦
Then, accompanied by a âDing!â sound, a voice chat invitation from the beautiful Cang Tong appeared.
âLi Xiao Yao?â She said softly.
âYeah? Whatâs up Wan Er?â I asked.
âYouâve already reached Lv 10 in Alchemy right?â
âYeah. Itâs all thanks to your information!â
âHehe. No need to thank me. Also, I heard that you ran into some problems with the Vice Guild Master of [House of Prestige] in the Hills of Despair.â
âYeah.â I didnât want to hide anything. âThey PKâd three innocent guild-less bystanders for those Spirit Recovering Grass. I couldnât stand it so I decided to sweep the floor with them.â
Wan Er was slightly worried, â[House of Prestige] is ranked 4th place and has 70 million players registered. In reality, their strength is probably not any less than [Vanguard]âs or [Zhan Long]. Itâs a little unreasonable, shouldnât you just deal with any problems right now?â
âYeahâ¦â I extended my arm, âBut I got one of Quick Thunder Swift Windâs equipments after I killed him. He wanted me to return it to him. I didnât want to return it or comply with those lowly people.â
â⦠What kind of equipment did he drop to make you so daring?â
âDivine Dragon Slaying Arms, a Lv 70 Valkyrie Tier Wristguard.â I sent the statlines over to her.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
After looking at it, Wan Er started laughing, âGood! We canât lower ourselves to compromise with those lowly people. Iâll support you. Weâll battle evil to the end!â
I was speechless. âYeah. I got it. But I feel like [House of Prestige] wonât be doing anything big anyways or else theyâll be losing some face. I have the recording of them killing the innocent bystanders. It can be used as a shield if the time comes.â
âOh. Alright, alright. When are you logging off?â
I checked the time. It was already 21:50 and so I replied, âI will get off now. See you at basketball court 7!â
âOkay!â
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I stored all the Spirit Recovering Pills. The quality of the potions made by players were always better than the potions sold in shops. With a 50% higher effect, the potions made by players are much more precious. Of course, the price was also correspondingly higher. This was the reason why every big guild was attempting to dominate the spawn points of high level herbs, which would bring them an endless supply of wealth.
I logged off, dressed up casually and headed out!
It was time to face Tang Qi! Letâs find out how capable this fellow from the Szechuan Tang Clan really is!