Chapter 280: Do Your Best, Big Bros (1/2)
A while later, everyone heard a ding—
System Announcement: Congratulations to player ”Purple Marquis” for successfully killing the Shadow Flyer. 300 points are awarded to the player!
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Damn, the boss of the fourth wave was killed by Purple Marquis?
He Yi, Murong Mingyue and I exchanged glances with each other. It would seem that Snowy Cathaya wasn't lacking in outstanding talents at all. Purple Marquis normally concealed his abilities, but he had great skills, high level and top-tier equipment. In fact, his individual skill was on par with Gui Guzi’s at least. Thanks to him, much of Lin Yixin’s burden was lifted off her shoulders.
More importantly, Purple Marquis was similar to Xu Yang in that he always reciprocated favors and his loyalty was undying. Just a week ago, it was rumored that Dominating Warrior God personally sought out Purple Marquis in Suzhou and promised him a whopping monthly salary of 100k RMB if he agreed to join Gods of Destruction. Not only that, he offered to make him the vice leader of Gods of Destruction.
To everyone’s surprise, Purple Marquis turned him down. ”I will only serve Lin Yixin this lifetime,” he said. After Dominating Warrior God went back to Shanghai, Gods of Destruction never tried to steal Snowy Cathaya’s generals again. He wasn’t even the only person to turn down a tempting offer. Li Le had attempted to recruit her other general, Zi Chuanyu, and was met with the same response.
One had to wonder just what magic Lin Yixin possessed to enchant her generals so. The kind of loyalty that surrounded her was so thick that it was probably unparalleled in all of China. Even the retired pro, Seven-Star Lamp, had to post a thread and state, ”If Song of Cloud and Water was even half as attractive and courageous as Wind Fantasy was, Soul Battle Robes would’ve returned to the top a long time ago…”
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Meanwhile, a lot of Floating Ice City parties had regathered around us: solo players, temporary 5-man parties and even thousand-man guild parties. If there was one thing China wasn’t lacking, it was manpower. Countless people had died just now, but now almost a hundred thousand players were forming up at the eastern walls of Skull Castle again!
Moreover, He Yi had improved by leaps and bounds since she started training seriously. Not only was her equipment much better than before, her individual skills were growing as well. Heck, this might even be the first time in years He Yi played any game this seriously. It was to the point where she used her annual leave and pushed aside her real work at GGS.
It didn’t take a genius to notice that He Yi was working very hard to improve herself, and her efforts were clearly paying off. She was sliding toward the peak of second-rate experts, and she was only one step away from being first-rate. One big battle, or should I say one evolution, was all she needed to become an expert with both beauty and skill!
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It was at this moment a group of well-equipped and high-level players cut through the crowd and appeared between Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. It looked like they would be taking around 50 meters of the defense line. It was none other than the Top 10 guild on the Guild Ranking of Floating Ice City, Soul Battle Robes!
A breeze blew past my face as a delicate-looking female knight walked toward me. She had a spear in her hand and the emblem of the Soul Battle Robes on her shoulder. She stopped in front of me and smiled a smile only she thought was attractive. A line of text floated above her head:
Song of Cloud and Water LV-77 Silver Knight
Guild: Soul Battle Robes
Guild Position: Leader
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Damn, it’s this girl again? Apparently she was the guild leader of Soul Battle Robes now. Her guild was at Rank 2, and she commanded nearly a thousand brave warriors. She was not to be underestimated.
A pair of dimples appeared around her cheeks as Song of Cloud and Water said, ”Long time no see, Falling Dust! I wasn’t expecting to meet you here! Anyway, it looks like you’re doing pretty well in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, but would you like to develop even further in Soul Battle Robes? If you join us, you’ll still be the vice leader, and you can ask for any monthly salary you want. What do you think?”
I stared at the city walls and swore seriously, ”Fuck those giant beasts on the city walls man… Their Encourage buffed the mobs’ Attack by at least 25%. I was wondering why these Level 81 elite mobs hit so much harder than they should be! If only we had a couple of godly archers who could pick off all those bastards from here, someone like the mythological archer Houyi!”
He Yi suggested, ”Maybe Lil Beiming can give it a try?”
I shook my head. ”Nah, Lil Beiming’s a girl, her arm strength isn’t enough to shoot through their tough skin. She’s not Huang Zhong, you know.”
She giggled at my response.
At the side, Song of Cloud and Water stared at me while shaking, ”He… he ignored me again…”
Two high-level warriors walked up to her and said, ”Leader, he’s literally the soul of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. There’s no way he would join Soul Battle Robes.”
Song of Cloud and Water bit her lips before shooting me an upset look. ”Hmph, just you wait! You will be mine one day!”
After that, the little girl walked away, stomping her feet in anger.
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After she was out of earshot, Murong Mingyue glanced at me. ”Man, our Lu Chen sure is a popular man, isn’t he? Even a loli wants to take you for herself. I knew that you were a predator who would assault any woman who goes your way, young or old!”
I glared at her. ”WTF, I am not a predator! And what do I have anything to do with this? She’s the one who threw herself at me!”
He Yi giggled again.
Murong Mingyue replied, ”Eve, you’d better keep a close eye on him. I can see that he’s popular as hell right now, and if you’re not careful he might just be stolen by someone else. Even if we overlook the little girl in Soul Battles Robes, let’s not forget that Beauty Lin wants him for Snowy Cathaya too…”
I curled my lips and declared, ”You can save your energy, sis. I will not abandon He Yi.”