Chapter 363: Forums Battle (2/2)
Inside the voice call interface, He Yi’s portrait was still beautiful. Her cheeks flushed bright red as she asked, “I’ve been gone for so long. Did you think of me?”
I nodded. “It’s raining in Suzhou.”
“Oh, I see.”
He Yi smiled before she ended the call and headed off to grind.
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I focused and resumed my efforts in taking out the Level 140 boss’s HP. This was some hard work, alright!
I soon heard another beep. Murong Mingyue had logged on and sent me a message: “Lu Chen, you haven’t logged out yet? Damn, so hardcore…”
“Nah, I got wrapped up with a boss so I’m logging off once I kill him.”
Murong Mingyue: “You’ve been online for an entire day now. Tell me when you’re logging out so I can make you some food. Sigh, you really don’t know how to take care of yourself…”
“Probably around 10. Thanks, sis…”
“Hmph!”
Murong Mingyue stopped chatting with me after that. She was probably grinding with He Yi now. This duo had He Yi for defense and both of them for a decent offense. He Yi’s Soul Stealing Spear had an amazing Attack while Murong Mingyue’s AoE Hellish Rockfall was even deadlier when it came to grinding mobs.
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As I paid close attention to the boss’s HP and movements, I was bored out of my mind so I opened the official forums to see if there was anything new trending. In the end, there was a giant thread on the front page of the official forums. Two players in battle armor were drawn facing each other. One was me and the other was Candlelight Shadow. Between us was a huge blood red “VS”. The subject of the thread was a shocking one—Between Falling Dust and Candlelight Shadow, who is the true Martial God?
I looked below the heading and saw rows of little words. “Last night, two huge things happened in the China server’s World Famous Generals version release. Candlelight Shadow took the lead to become the first Famous General in China and obtained the Famous General Skill “Ghost God Prophecy”, shocking the entire server. However, not even an hour later, Sky City’s Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand also ascended to become a Famous General and obtained the super powerful Famous General Skill “Martial God”, a skill akin to super Encourage that increases attack power by 40%. If we compare the two skills, the acclaimed “Martial God” Candlelight Shadow has been left rather embarrassed. The Candle Dragon guild Candlelight Shadow commands and the Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls guild that Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand is in are old enemies. Who will emerge as the victor in this battle for the title of Martial God? Between Candlelight Shadow and Falling Dust, who exactly will climb to the top of the China server to become the Heavenly King of a new generation?”
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I couldn’t hold back my smile. Struggles between gaming celebrities usually were paid close attention to by the playerbase. This was especially so when it came to CGL Hall of Famers like me and Candlelight Shadow. Even more eye-catching than that was the main point of this topic, which was who would come out as the victor in the battle between the two legendary experts. Now that was enough to make any man’s blood boil.
I opened the thread and could surprisingly see an analysis of me and Candlelight Shadow’s level, skills, equipment, and pets. My Pardon, Dragon Slaying Slash, Thousand Mirage Slash, Ghost Deity Armor, Desperate Gambit, Immortality, Thunderous Charge, etc. were listed for all to see. Even the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf’s stats had been listed. Meanwhile, Candlelight Shadow’s skills like Earth Shattering Slash, Rock Thrust, Blazing Purgatory Slash, Storm Domain, etc. were also all there without a single one missing. It was hard to imagine who in the world understood the two of us this much in detail. Fuck, was it an official staff member revealing our data? If not, this kind of intel gathering was just too damn good!
All kinds of views appeared as replies to this thread. It was pretty interesting to say the least—
1st comment (Player Unrivaled Divine Shield): Candlelight Shadow is upright and ruthless, worthy of the title Martial God. In the later period of the Spirit of Grief era, he was a commanding hero that led the eastern strike against the US server and defeated every vassal state he came across as he swept through a greater part of the continental map with a sword pressed upon the throat of New Sainthelm City. I support Candlelight Shadow no matter what! He is the Martial God!
2nd comment (Player Smoke and Clouds of the Past): To be honest, most of Candlelight Shadow’s achievements are from Frivolous Scholar. If not for Scholar, Seven-Star Lamp, Lonely Grave, and the others bringing an end to it all, Candlelight Shadow wouldn't even have killed through Cool Breeze City!
3rd comment (Player Little Piglet): Hegemon Palace is the real king...
4th comment (Player Legendary Brave): In terms of mechanics, Falling Dust in his peak period absolutely dominates Candlelight Shadow. In terms of moral character, Falling Dust surpasses Candlelight Shadow on far more than one account. In the final stages of Spirit of Grief, Falling Dust fearlessly fought to the death without retreating in the nation war and defended the entrance to Battlesong Canyon for as long as five hours against thirty thousand India players. This requires far more than just courage! In order to take revenge for guild leader From Water, Falling Dust fought against Gods of Destruction alone and dyed Silver Moon Valley in blood. Later on, he founded Bloody Mercenaries and used his life to defend the honor of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. Falling Dust has done everything a courageous, upright man is capable of accomplishing. In my opinion, the true battle has only just begun and it’s still too early for the war in Heavenblessed!
5th comment (Player Fairy Maiden Peak): What’s Hegemon Palace?
6th comment (Player Wind From An Empty Cave): Woah, even the Dragon Warrior and the Cold Wind Swordsman have appeared. Wife, come out to come see God...
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War had technically not broken out yet in the real sense of the word but smoke had already filled the air of the forums. Little Piglet and Legendary Brave were not only fighting in the game but also on the forums as they exchanged verbal barbs here and there. Damn, this kind of dual multitasking was pretty impressive if I do say so myself. It’d even put me to shame.
And so, the Top 15 players on Sky City’s Heavenly Ranking were pretty much all affiliated with a guild now. Legendary Brave joined Ancient Sword while Little Piglet became Hegemon Palace’s hired goon. Pillar of the Nation did not have a great general among his subordinates but once Little Piglet joined, I’m certain that many experts would join Hegemon Palace.
All in all, among the Top 15 players, 6 were in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, 4 were in Snowy Cathaya, 4 in Warsky Alliance, and 1 was in Hegemon Palace. In the battle between top-level players, Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Snowy Cathaya, and Warsky Alliance were in the lead but like Li Chengfeng said, the battle had only just begun.
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After going through the forums and looking up some data, I continued to focus on killing the boss again.
The slow grind lasted up until nine in the morning when the boss’s HP was finally down to the last 3%. Ten more minutes later, the boss only had 1% HP left with most of it completely empty, leaving me super excited. I chomped on a Magic Consumable and continued the grind!
Ziyu went berserk at the zone’s gap. He was incredibly angry but also incredibly helpless as he stood there unmovingly, stuck in place.
Boom!