Chapter 377: Burning Cave (1/2)
Thump!
Little Piglet collapsed to the ground, unreconciled. He never thought that it was possible for someone to outposition him while Freezing Heat was active, and he definitely never thought that it was possible to multitask to the extent I did in virtual reality.
Pop!
Farewell Song hadn’t left behind any equipment for me to pick up, but Little Piglet did. He had dropped a pair of crystalline boots on the ground, and I picked them up right before the eyes of the Hegemon Palace players and brought up their stat screen casually. They were none other than the boots Little Piglet was wearing, and their stats were pretty amazing—
Long Boots of Wild Heart (Dark Gold–grade, Outstanding★)
Defense: 255
Magic Resist: 170
Strength: +60
Stamina: +54
Passive: Increases user’s movement speed by 11%
Outstanding Property: Increases user’s physical crit rate by 9%
Class Requirement: Warrior
Level Requirement: 95
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Mm hmm. For Level 95 metal armor boots, this Long Boots of Wild Heart were extremely good. No wonder Little Piglet was able to move like the wind and even crit me twice in combat. If I didn’t have Regeneration of the Undead, I might’ve been dead before I could turn things around.
I turned around and tossed the boots to Xu Yang. ”Take this, Xu Yang. You can wear these, right?”
Xu Yang grinned. ”Thanks!”
I thought for a moment before taking out the Miracle Purgatory Sword as well. This 3-star Outstanding divine weapon had been my faithful companion when I slaughtered noobs all over the world, and now it was finally time to say goodbye to it.
I tossed the Purgatory Sword into Xu Yang’s hands as well and said, ”Here, I no longer need this weapon as well.”
Xu Yang: ”Fuck, even your discarded weapons are OP as fuck, Lu Chen. I owe you lunch…”
”Fuck…”
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With that done, I turned around and smiled at Pillar of the Nation. I said slowly, ”So? Little Piglet and Farewell Song both died, but you still have Shangguan Wan’er. Are you going to make her duel me 1v1?”
Pillar of the Nation stayed quiet. His expression looked extremely ugly.
Shangguan Wan’er replied, ”Forget it, warriors naturally counter assassins. I’m no match for you.”
I gave her a smile before looking at Pillar of the Nation again. ”Alright, I’ve won the duel, so please honor your promise and back out of Fire Desert now. And just so you know, know that I’ve recorded our conversation and our duel from start to finish. If you dare to break your word, Hegemon Palace will be a laughingstock of the entire Sky City!”
He Yi stepped out as well to say, ”Thank you for your advice. Now, leave us!”
”Hmph!”
Pillar of the Nation was incredibly unhappy, but he ultimately honored his word and departed Fire Desert with his players. He couldn’t break it even if he wanted to because keeping your word was the single most important thing when operating a guild. An untrustworthy guild would be scorned no matter where they went, and in Hegemon Palace’s case it would be the equivalent of committing social suicide in Sky City if they broke their promise. To gamers like us, promises were sometimes more important than our own lives!
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When I returned to my battle line, Beiming Xue happily pounced me and hugged me tightly, saying, ”You’re absolutely amazing, big bro! I can’t believe you fought them 1v3 and still managed to kill two of them. Hoho, my big bro is the strongest gamer in the entire world, hehe~~”
Amused by her reaction, I patted her shoulder and replied, ”You know there’s no one in the world who would dare to accept that claim, right?”
I was also a bit embarrassed since our antics were watched by everyone. Chaos Moon, Moonlight Stone, Xu Yang, and the others were barely holding in their laughter. Sigh, my little sis is just too innocent. She doesn’t know how to conceal her thoughts from anyone at all.
I shot He Yi a glance and saw the praise and delight in her eyes. See, our guild leader is way smarter. She knows that the hug should be saved for when we’re offline...
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Xu Yang walked up to me and patted me on my shoulder, laughing. ”Beiming Xue is right, you know. The PvP skills you displayed today are absolutely among the best of the best, and I’m sure even Candlelight Shadow will feel immense pressure after the footage is uploaded to the forums. Hahaha! Seriously, you fought Farewell Song, Little Piglet, and Shangguan Wan’er 1v3, and you actually emerged as the decisive victor. Are you sure you’re human, Lu Chen?”
Chaos Moon smiled. ”At Lu Chen’s level, there’s no human in the world who can stop him anymore…”
Pure Love chimed in. ”Yeah, yeah! He’s the man I chose after all…”
Pure Love’s passion was too great for me to handle, so I moved next to Murong Mingyue and put an arm across Beiming Xue’s shoulder just in case. Then, I gave everyone a smile and said, ”Alright, let’s go! It’s time to defeat Warsky Alliance and enter the heart of Fire Desert! All players who are Level 90 and above, get ready to fight a Level 140 Spirit Rank boss!”