Chapter 618 (1/2)

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“Sigh, that guy…”

I wordlessly led He Yi through the eastern gate and toward the edge of the forest. As expected, a group of players including Freezing Point were right there. This f.u.c.ker had teleported to Dark Moon City while everyone was too busy to pay attention to him and came here with several hundred Waste and Burn players.

Lu Buyi was staring at Freezing Point icily. Behind him, Xu Yang, Li Chengfeng, and dozens of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls players were ready to take action if necessary. Although they were outnumbered by the enemy, Xu Yang and Li Chengfeng were both one-man armies today. They could take care of Freezing Point with ease if they wanted to.

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“What are you doing?” I might be guildless right now, but that doesn't change the fact that I am a member of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls,” Lu Buyi said indifferently.

A distressed expression appeared on Freezing Point's features. “Buyi, it's been a while since Waste and Burn was established, and everyone in the guild is as thick as thieves. How did it come to this?”

Lu Buyi smiled. “It came to this because I was too blind to recognize the truth.”

“You!” Freezing Point's eyes widened in anger. “Is that your roundabout way to criticize me? d.a.m.n you, did you forget how we gave everything to help you? Did you forget how we party-wiped twice to kill that bear boss at Moonlight Forest and helped you complete your secret cla.s.s promotion quest?”

Freezing Point then pointed at Lu Buyi's nose and yelled agitatedly. “You're the betrayer here, not me! Dammit, who do you think grinded the equipment you're wearing? Who do you think powerleveled you to your current level? If it wasn't for us, you would never have come under the notice of Lu Chen, the seventh-placed CGL Hall of Famer! You are nothing without us!”

Lu Buyi calmly pulled out his cloth-armor boots and discarded it on the ground. Then, he said in a loud voice, “In that case, I'll return everything I owe you!”

Lu Buyi then took off his alchemist robe, his wristguards, legguards, cap, everything. At the end, he was only wearing the beginner's robe and wielding the overpowered Burning Fan. His back was tall and straight as he looked at Freezing Point. “I've given back everything to you. If you want to, I'll even let you kill me until I'm below Level 100. I am the man who will become the greatest tactician of China, and I will never accept the charity of a scoundrel like you. Even if I have to restart from zero, I am confident that I will become the best tactician of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls because I have two things you lack: faith and conviction!”

Caught completely off-guard by Lu Buyi's declaration, Freezing Point blankly stared at the alchemist robe on the ground and wondered if he should pick it up. He struggled with indecision for a long time before he said, “You really are ruthless. f.u.c.k, today's the day I saw through the human heart!”

Lu Buyi chuckled. “You think you saw through the human heart? How could you see anything with a heart as ugly and dirty as yours?”

The comment caused Freezing Point to explode. “Oh really? Then I'll show you just how ruthless I can be! Don't think I wouldn't dare to kill you all the way down to Level 0! Lu Chen is a guild leader who doesn't know how to respect his subguild, and you, his lackey, are no better!”

Freezing Point gripped his blade tighter and acted to take a step toward Lu Buyi. The tactician only had a weapon equipped, so there was no chance he could survive a round of attack from Freezing Point even if he turned on the Purple Dragon stratagem.

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“Stop!”

It was at this moment Li Chengfeng spoke up, “Have some shame, Freezing Point! Do you think Xu Yang and I are decorations? Lu Buyi is our brother since the day he joined Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, and anyone who attacks our brother in front of us is slapping our faces! You should know that there's nothing I hate more than people face-slapping me!”

He Yi and I arrived even before Li Chengfeng could finish his sentence. Our beautiful guild leader blocked in front of Lu Buyi, held her sword in front of her and examined the players of Waste and Burn coldly. “Who dares harm the best tactician of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls? Just try me!”

Although He Yi hadn't logged in for a couple of days and dropped out of Sky City's Heavenly Ranking as a result, she was still the guild leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and a famous person who stayed on top for a very long time. If her appearance made the players of Waste and Burn turn as gray as ash, then it was even worse when I appeared beside her.

Lu Buyi stared at us dumbly. “Guild leader, vice leader, I…”

I turned around and smiled at him. “It's okay, you were absolutely right. A man is born into this world to live with a clear conscience. Even without their equipment, no one can stop you from progressing to the top.”

I kicked Lu Buyi's equipment toward Waste and Burn after saying that, and their players picked them up gingerly. There was no reason for them to turn down perfectly well equipment, but in my eyes, these items were mundane at best. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls' warehouse was filled with Outstanding Dark Gold–grade, Purple Gold–grade and even Spirit-grade equipment. I'm sure I could gather a full set of tactician equipment for Lu Buyi that was at least as good as the one Waste and Burn had given him.

After that, I grinned and said, “Alright, Lu Buyi has paid back what he owed, and now it's your turn to do so, traitors of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls! How dare you waste our trust in you!”

I pointed my sword at them and ordered, “Buyi, you can stay where you are. Everyone else, kill them all! Don't leave a single person alive!”

Li Chengfeng and Xu Yang immediately ran forward and unleashed Reverse Scale Slash and Mountain Stagger Slash. Their attack power was so strong that Waste and Burn's formation was disrupted instantly despite the fact that they were several hundred strong. When He Yi joined the battle as well and summoned a Hurricane with her Whirlwind, Freezing Point looked as though he might faint from terror!

The battle was over in just ten minutes. A wide-eyed Freezing Point was nailed to a small pine tree by Xu Yang. The moment he died, pain flashed across Lu Buyi's features almost too fast for me to catch. I was glad. This proved that Lu Buyi was a person with a heart. I would've been worried if he was absolutely ruthless toward Freezing Point.

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