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  Chapter 81 - Challenging a Purple Rank
  
  This chapter was sponsored by Timo Flegel and William Wang!
  
  TL: Most likely last chapter of the day.
  
  Our group of 200 passes through forests, and after about an hour, we finally reach a blood-red area on the map. But what made me light up is that I had been to this area before. This is to the east of The Dragon City, an extremely vast area with high-level monsters - Fire Stone Canyon!
  
  
  
  According to official sources, the Fire Stone Canyon has monsters from Level 39 to Level 90, and the deeper you venture, the higher the monster"s level is. This will be the number one leveling area for players from Ba Huang City in 2 to 3 months. This vast area can accommodate 100,000 players leveling since the monsters have a fast respawn rate at about 20 minutes per respawn, so the players won"t run out of monsters to kill.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Standing at the edge of the Fire Stone Canyon, I muse to myself.
  
  
  
  Beside me, Jian Feng Han carries his blade and smiles: "Hey, Xiao Yao does this area feel familiar?"
  
  
  
  I nod: "Of course, I was PK-ed by you here before."
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han: "I got killed by you too......"
  
  
  
  General Li Mu holding onto his longsword says: "Both of you can stop the reminiscing, let us know where the Boss is, I"m sure you can tell us now?"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han: "Yeah, the Boss"s location was found by our assassin. The Level 55 Purple Rank Boss is just up ahead after we pass over a small hill. It"s in a place called "Valley of the Everlasting Wind", and the Boss is called "General of the Everlasting Wind". It"s said to be the spirit of an ancient general. As long as we can kill him, our chances of getting the Guild Creation Tablet are at least 25%!"
  
  
  
  General Li Mu trembles and with confusion in his eyes: "Jian Feng Han, when you told me that we"re going to kill a Boss, I thought it was a Gold Rank one, you... you actually choose to fight against a Purple Rank Boss. Are you trying to lead 200 people to their death?"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han chuckles with a domineering look in his eyes: "Hero Mound"s Q Sword has chosen to fight a Level 55 Gold Rank Boss. As such, I, Jian Feng Han, will take on an even stronger Boss. I believe that if we all work together, even a Purple Rank Boss can be killed. What"s more, a Purple Rank Boss can drop extremely rare Purple Tier equipment that surpasses Gold Tier equipment. Don"t you all think that this is a huge opportunity? Relax, if there are weapon loots, swords belong to Xiao Yao, axes to Bai Qi, you and Wang Jian get priority on spears, and longbows go to Lian Po. What do you think?"
  
  
  
  Li Mu takes a deep breath and with a deep hunger for war in his eyes, he says: "Alright, let"s do it......"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han draws his blade, and points straight and true towards Fire Stone Canyon: "Brothers, forward! We will reach the Boss in 10 minutes!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  As the mass of players swarm over the hill, a Level 45 monster gets in the way and is focus-killed by a group of mages and musketeers. Flying above in groups, there are at least 30 Wind Elves who are mages, archers and musketeers. Even a Level 55 Purple Rank Boss shouldn"t stand for long if all of us attack it together.
  
  
  
  "Rustle......"
  
  
  
  My Silver Locked Battle Boots tread lightly on the sandy ground as I reach the top edge of the valley first. Leaning over, I see a valley about 50 metres deep; it"s the Valley of Everlasting Wind. All around, there are many soldiers carrying long halberds; Level 49 monsters with pretty normal attack and defense. Looks like we will have to clear these monsters before we can approach the Boss!
  
  
  
  "Healers, add buffs to Xiao Yao Zi Zai !" Jian Feng Han commands.
  
  
  
  Immediately, a ray of white light descends, it"s Level 4 [Encourage], and it raises my attack by 4%. Jian Feng Han looks at me and chuckles: "Xiao Yao will you go ahead and kill one Level 49 Soldier of the Everlasting Wind first? Show us the power of your DPS and defense!"
  
  
  
  "Sure!"
  
  
  
  I lift my sword and rush down the slope. A golden hexagram appears underneath my boots as rocks concurrently explode due to my speed down the slope. Three consecutive strikes leap from the edge of my blade as I launch a Level 4 Combo and loudly strike the shoulder of a Soldier of the Everlasting Wind, bringing out a string of damage numbers -
  
  
  
  "398!"
  
  
  
  "377!"
  
  
  
  "802!"
  
  
  
  The third hit was a critical strike. Next, as my blade flashes, an aura surges out from under my feet before I land on the ground. Without waiting for the monster to regain his strength, [Strength of a Thousand Men] gives off a repeated thrashing as it connects with the monster"s rotten face. A stream of damage numbers jump out and [Wind Blade] abruptly hacks it"s arm off, releasing a damage number of 700+. Baby Bobo does a combo and the Soldier of the Everlasting Wind falls to the ground. All settled within 1.5 seconds!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  On the hillside, a group of [Vanguard] players are dumbstruck. Jian Feng Han clenches his teeth: "Damn...his firepower......"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han looks closely at me and says softly: "This Xiao Yao Zi Zai is indeed not a simple person, a pity he isn"t willing to join my [Vanguard]......"
  
  
  
  Li Mu grips his longsword tightly, in a low voice: "This guy, his strength has grown so much since the last time we met, it"s scary!"
  
  
  
  Wang Jian raises an eyebrow: "Hmph, I"d like to duel with him!"
  
  
  
  Lian Po runs his hand down his beard: "Don"t bother, your current equipment is a level below his and he has a combo. You definitely aren"t a match for him. But the most important thing is...... Xiao Yao Zi Zai"s moves are really exquisite, his movements are exceptional even though his gaming skills are only 70 points max. He must be a rare expert in real life!"
  
  
  
  Wang Jian: "......"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  20 minutes later, we kill our way into the depths of Valley of the Everlasting Wind.
  
  
  
  In the distance, 12 antique totem pillars stand proudly at the heart of the valley. Every totem is linked at the top by a thick metal chain. The 12 glowing chains are all tied to the center, where a heavily armored war general with disheveled hair kneels, holding the shaft of a long blade. The chains penetrate his chest, as black blood drips along them.
  
  
  
  "We have reached the Boss......"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han raises an arm: "Let"s not be anxious to start attacking the Boss, take a look at his skills and attributes before we make a move......"
  
  
  
  I take a step forward and realize that my level is too low to see the Boss"s attributes. It"s same for the rest of the players. For a Level 55 Purple Rank Boss, it"s reasonable to say that a minimum of Level 49 is needed to see its stats. The current information is hardly complete, and though we can see the tip of the iceberg, all we can gather is that this Boss won"t be easy to kill -
  
  
  
  [General of the Everlasting Wind] (Purple Rank Boss)
  
  
  
  Level: 55
  
  
  
  Attack: ???
  
  
  
  Defense: ???
  
  
  
  HP: ???
  
  
  
  Skills: ???
  
  
  
  Introduction: General of the Everlasting Wind was a general in a distant empire about 2000 years ago. Disagreeing with the cruel and atrocious emperor, he betrayed his country. Later, he was chased by the Imperial army to the East Coast where he used his long blade to massacre a thousand soldiers. In the end, he was imprisoned by a crafty black magician. His soul was broken into pieces and his body imprisoned within the Valley of the Everlasting Wind. After being imprisoned for such a long time, his natural temperament has changed and has been reduced to that of a murderous devil.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I smile: "We can"t see his attributes and skills, only that he is a Level 55 Purple Rank Boss. How do we fight him?"
  
  
  
  Li Mu ponders aloud: "Kill him with brute force? We can use Monks to surround the Boss, then kill him using ranged attacks, this tactic should be feasible and may reduce our losses."
  
  
  
  Everyone looks at Jian Feng Han. After all, he is the Guildmaster of [Vanguard] and also the man behind the plan to take down this Boss.
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han appears to understand what everyone is thinking. He sticks his longsword into the ground and looks towards the Boss: "I think that we should split into 3 squads. Squad 1 will be Xiao Yao Zi Zai, with the General Family assisting him, as well as 20 Healers to focus on keeping their HP up. If Xiao Yao Zi Zai cannot hold up and it leads to Squad 1 to be exterminated, Squad 2 will engage the Boss. Squad 2 will be led by Fushen Moren and assisted by sufficient DPS and Healers. If Squad 2 cannot hold up as well, then Squad 3, led by myself, will attack the Boss. If Squad 3 also perishes, then that means we have failed."
  
  
  
  I frown but do not say anything.
  
  
  
  General Li Mu narrows his eyes: "Bad idea?"
  
  
  
  Wang Jian grips his longsword: "Yeah, not smart."
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han looks surprised: "Why not? Is there anything that you all disagree with?"
  
  
  
  Li Mu nods: "Doesn"t it seem a bit inappropriate that you invited the 4 of us from the General Family and Xiao Yao to assist and are now placing us in the main battle force; Asking us to engage the boss first? After all, we have no idea what the Boss"s skills, HP, attacks and defense are at the moment. To attack hastily would mean an easy death. I think we should be Squad 2, while you can form Squad 1 and attack the Boss first to test out it"s skills."
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han licks his lips and raises the corner of his mouth: "Alright, Brother Li Mu has a point. Let"s do as he suggested! [Vanguard] will organize a squad to attack first, to test the Boss"s skills and stats. Who"s willing to go first?"
  
  
  
  Fushen Moren raises his staff and shield: "I will!"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han shakes his head: "No, you are [Vanguard]"s main tank, you shouldn"t be in the advanced party. How about...... Monk, why don"t you go first?"
  
  
  
  From the crowd, a Level 39 Monk from [Vanguard] steps forward. In his right hand, he holds an iron rod, in this left, a shield. His bald head shines as he grins: "No blood relations means being relegated to cannon fodder. Just joined the guild and I"m already given a nice errand......"
  
  
  
  ID: Goodbye Tears Level 39 Monk
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Goodbye Tears quickly chooses 7 healers, more than a dozen mages, archers and musketeers, as well as 2 assassins as the main DPS dealers.
  
  
  
  "Guildmaster, shall we start?"
  
  
  
  "Yeah!" Jian Feng Han seems to chuckle: "You can only blame yourself for ridiculing me on the forums......"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Brothers, stay strong, let"s roll!"
  
  
  
  Goodbye Tears raises his iron rod and roars as he rushes towards the Boss. As he raises his arm, a golden ray shines down, [Put Down Your Sword] reduces the Boss"s attack by 10% and draws a large amount of aggro!
  
  
  
  "Clang clang clang ......"
  
  
  
  Right after getting hit by [Put Down Your Sword], the General of the Everlasting Wind is immediately agitated and angry. Emitting wrath as he struggles to stand up, he bellows: "Damn it, you lowly adventurers dare to violate my territory, die!"
  
  
  
  "Bang bang bang ......"
  
  
  
  The irons chains break apart as the General of the Everlasting Wind struggles free from the chains and regains his freedom. Raising his longsword, he rushes toward Goodbye Tears and snarls: "Baldy, your life is mine!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Crash!"
  
  
  
  Bloody bristles appear on the edge of his blade as it slams into Goodbye Tears"s shield, sending countless sparks flying!
  
  
  
  "741!"
  
  
  
  "What kind of attack is this......"
  
  
  
  Goodbye Tears retreats several steps and wielding his iron rod he lunges forward, "Bang", the strike connects straight onto the Boss"s forehead as he shouts: "Healers, focus on me. Mages use Ice Wind and Ice Cones to reduce his attack!"
  
  
  
  Author Note: One of "s controls allows the setting of the skill level to be used to be decided by the player. For example, if a players can execute a Level 10 Combo, he or she can choose to use a Level 1 Combo or a Level 7 Combo etc. When activating the skill, the Level of use will appear in the box below.
  Chapter 82 - Reasonable Tactics
  
  This chapter was sponsored by Laura Lai Tong, Bakari Gaynor, Jason Chen, Vesa Kivisto and William Wang!
  
  Whooshwhooshwhoosh...
  
  In the glow of the three continuous [Heals], the monk"s HP is pulled back up. With tears, he raises his steel rod and aims for the boss, but it barely does anything with an attack damage of under 100.
  
  Lime coloured air swirls around General of the Everlasting Wind and suddenly his sword trembles with 4 golden hexagrams sweeping across his sword. Damn, it"s a [Combo] LV-6! 4 strikes!
  
  
  
  "690!"
  
  
  
  "674!"
  
  
  
  "710!"
  
  
  
  "704!"
  
  
  
  Luckily, the monk"s total HP is at least 2000, and with a close heal, he withstood it. He holds his shield, slowly backs away, and yells loudly, "Quickly, use [Hemostasis] and [Heal], get my HP back to full!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  The battle continues ferociously while the Generals and I watch from a distance. I clench my fists and frown, "This isn"t too good. The boss"s attack is too high. Even if the monk has enough defense, he can"t dish out enough damage. Once he receives a large amount of damage, he can"t guarantee that the aggro will be on him.The aggro might switch to the higher priority healers."
  
  
  
  Li Mu nods and mutters, "Yeah, this isn"t going too well..."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Whoooooosh!
  
  
  
  Under the ray of healing, his HP returns to full once again. But at the same time, the General gives up on attacking the monk. He raises his sword, spreads his arms, and bellows, "Die!"
  
  
  
  With a whoosh, he uses [Biting Cold Blade], and the leaf-like skill lands in the middle of the 4 healers! It"s an AOE attack!
  
  
  
  The healers let out multiple large cries as a chains of damage numbers fly up. The 4 healers receive over a thousand points of damage. They fall one after another and become the boss"s first victims.
  
  
  
  I look at the battle and quietly say, "The General"s [Combo] is a Level 6 skill so it can strike 3-4 times. The healing has to be very tight, or else I won"t able to tank through it. Also, his [Biting Cold Blade] is an AOE attack, so if there are over 2 players standing together, they can very easily attract the aggro. We will need to be careful as well."
  
  
  
  Wang Jian clenches his teeth and asks, "Xiao Yao, is it possible that you can take on a boss like that?"
  
  
  
  I smile, "Give me 10 healers that will continuously heal me non stop, then I can!"
  
  
  
  "Mm, then that"s good...."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  In the battlefield, the General already started to ignore Goodbye Tear"s aggro control and he was raising his sword and causing destruction everywhere. Each of his attacks are in the form of an arc and spread death everywhere. Mages, musketeers, and archers all fell under the attack range of the General. Our first attacking group is almost annihilated.
  
  
  
  "Damn..."
  
  
  
  Feng Han clenches his fists and teeth while looking at the boss"s direction. He yells, "The first group can"t take it anymore. Xiao Yao Zi Zai, Generals, you guys prepare to go, and continue attacking the boss!"
  
  
  
  I nod, "Feng Han, I"ll be the leader. Give me 9 healers, and concentrate their healing on me. Bring your best healers, and they need to heal one after another, or else I won"t be able to take on the boss"s attack!"
  
  
  
  Feng Han"s gaze lands on Simple, "Sister?"
  
  
  
  Simple raises her staff and says, "Duck, take 8 healers and join Xiao Yao"s party, concentrate all of the healing on him. I"ll make two mage and archer teams and we will control the boss. This is the second battle, we need to kill the boss in one go. If we leave it to the third group, then we might not have a chance to win!"
  
  
  
  Very quickly, a Level 40 healer stands up, ID: Darling Duck. She should be the best healer in [Vanguard]. I"d give her a 7!
  
  
  
  Tick!
  
  
  
  System Notification: Player Darling Duck wants to join your party!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I immediately accept and very soon, another 8 healers join in the party one after another. They are really some top class healers, the lowest leveled one is already at level 39. Duck is the only healer in my party that"s Level 40 with the second promotion. She has [Healer Advent], [Revive], and [Group Heal], the three second promotion skills. With her, the success rate should increase quite a bit.
  
  
  
  "Duck?" I ask.
  
  
  
  Duck widens her eyes, "Mm, what"s the matter, Xiao Yao?"
  
  
  
  I say, "When the boss uses [Combo], after his first strike, use [Heal] and then use [Hemostasis] to keep me alive. If I ever get killed, then use [Revive] on me as fast as possible, or else I won"t be able to control his aggro."
  
  
  
  Duck smiles and nods, "Mm, I understand!"
  
  
  
  On the side, the vice-Guildmaster raises her staff, and organizes a 20-man group. She yells, "Do not stand together, everyone spread apart, or else [Biting Cold Blade] will land on you!"
  
  
  
  I look to my right and see General Li Mu raising his longsword. He gathers a 10-man party together with 3 healers and yells, "Xiao Yao is the front line. If he ever gets too low, then we will immediately go take on the boss to buy him some time. Be sharp healers, I might need to tank some damage. Remember to do some tight healing or else I"m just going to meet the grim reaper..."
  
  
  
  The healers look at each other, understanding that the pressure is on them. Tight healing. Easy to say but hard to do. To do tight healing, you need to anticipate the attacking time of the boss, because all healing spells have a bit of lag time. [Hemostasis] has 0.1 seconds of lag time, which is near instant, but [Heal] has a lag time of 0.5 seconds, which is quite a bit confusing.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  We finish preparing and Goodbye Tears is already kneeling in front of the General. Feng Han gets agitated and says, "Xiao Yao Zi Zai. If you don"t go now, when will you go?!"
  
  
  
  I bite my lip, grab my sword and run over there. I need to instantly grab the boss"s aggro!
  
  
  
  A clear sharp sound comes from the sword and 3 golden hexagrams sweep along the blade. Without any hesitation, I attack the General. The sword cuts through the air and it strikes the General"s hip. With 3 clangs, 3 damage numbers also fly up--
  
  
  
  "311!"
  
  
  
  "287!"
  
  
  
  "325!"
  
  
  
  Of course, the boss"s level is too high, to the point where even with [Turmoil Sword], [Encourage], and other buffs, I can"t penetrate its defense by a large amount. However, dealing 900+ damage with a single [Combo] is pretty good.
  
  
  
  Growl....
  
  
  
  The General glares at 3 mages from afar with his blood-red eyes and seems to be planning to charge at them. My aggro isn"t high enough, this won"t do!
  
  
  
  With a circle of white light, Baby Bobo"s [Combo] attacks 3 times. The boss hesitates for an second before his body tilts slightly. This is the chance that I was waiting for!
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  A white-glow appears under my legs, it"s the activation of [Strength of a Thousand Men]!
  
  
  
  "147!"
  
  
  
  "172!"
  
  
  
  "155!"
  
  
  
  "74!"
  
  
  
  With those attacks, it"s obvious that my attack damage and strength doesn"t match my opponent"s. My head became purple from the ramming. Nevertheless, my sword collects the wind and after 0.2 of preparation, I use my strongest attack--[Wind Blade]!
  
  
  
  Bang!
  
  
  
  The sword"s edge sparks blue as it slashes the boss"s heavy armor and a huge damage number pops up--
  
  
  
  "1544!"
  
  
  
  A Critical hit! Not bad!
  
  
  
  But the thing that breaks my heart is that I still don"t have the boss"s aggro. The ranged attacks from behind are way too strong and I immediately chase after the boss who"s charging towards the backline. I check my skills" cooldowns and my sword starts to emit a glow. Ice starts to swirl around my sword and I strike powerfully at the General"s back--[Fierce Ice Blade]!
  
  
  
  "679!"
  
  
  
  Indeed, the skills gained from the second promotion are strong. Frost starts to form on the boss"s armor and his speed is greatly decreased. The slowing effects from it are stronger than the ice spells from mages!
  
  
  
  .......
  
  
  
  Growl...
  
  
  
  The General finally turns around and with blood-red eyes, he stares at me. The corners of his mouth rise and he says, "Brat, are you looking for death? I"ll bring you into the depths of Hell!"
  
  
  
  He raises his sword, and a blood-like glow appears on it!
  
  
  
  I instinctively step back but my body feels like it"s attracted to a magnet and it"s hard to move. I feel a wave of pain on my shoulder. The boss"s attack landed on me!
  
  
  
  "987!"
  
  
  
  Of course, I"m no monk. I haven"t put any points in endurance, so my defense is a bit weaker!
  
  
  
  I had already casted a skill right when the boss was striking and with a flick of my wrist, I heal myself. [Heal] recovered 600 HP, and at the same time,
  
  
  
  Ding!
  
  
  
  LV+1.
  
  
  
  [Heal] rose to level 5 in the middle of a battle! Last night, when I kept on using this skill. I had forgotten to look at the skill proficiency!
  
  
  
  The boss" killing intent instantly rose since my [Heal] gathered a large amount of aggro. The guy sweeps his blade and starts a Level 6 [Combo]! 4 strikes!
  
  
  
  I see through it instantly and jump to the side to dodge it!
  
  
  
  "MISS!"
  
  
  
  I successfully dodge the first one, but I can"t do the same for the next 3!
  
  
  
  "847!"
  
  
  
  "+870!"
  
  
  
  "821!"
  
  
  
  "+614!"
  
  
  
  "+434!"
  
  
  
  "811!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  A chain of damage numbers and healing numbers blend together. Duck"s healing effect is quite good, she has a 750 base heal and with equipment and stat points, the heal effect rises to 870. She also healed me the instant I took damage. There aren"t many healers like this and in all of Ba Huang City"s healers, her skills are at least in the top 5!
  
  
  
  Right when my skill cooldown ends, I immediately use [Wind Blade] and [Fierce Ice Blade]. The two skills provide explosive damage and with the slow from [Fierce Ice Blade], the General bellows in frustration. He tries to kill me but can"t. Even though he has a level 6 [Combo], he"s a bit slow when it comes to using it and I can usually dodge the first strike. With that, a lot of my pressure is reduced.
  
  
  
  In the air, many high-leveled mages including Simple continuously cast freezing spells. On the tip of her staff, a curiously dangerous combination of fire and ice appear. In the next instant, the Level 40 skill [Pillar of Fire and Ice] casts!
  
  
  
  "774!"
  
  
  
  [Pillar of Fire and Ice] is a 5?5 meter AOE magic spell. Combined with such a high damage, it is really amazing.
  
  
  
  "Careful, don"t go too close!" Feng Han warns from afar.
  
  
  
  Sadly the mages were a bit too slow. With a sweep of the boss"s blade, a leaf-like glow appears between two mages and they are instantly killed!
  
  
  
  "Damn..."
  
  
  
  My heart sinks, but I continue slicing at the boss with my sword. After a few seconds, I use [Strength of a Thousand Men] again. The boss can only keep slashing at me. But with 9 healers healing me continuously and 1558 HP, it"ll be hard for me to die, even if I want to!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Hehe, looks like Xiao Yao can tank everything on his own..." Li Mu smiles.
  
  
  
  Wang Jian frowns, "Boss, we need to be careful. If he makes any mistakes then we need to save Xiao Yao instantly..."
  
  
  
  Li Mu nods and doesn"t say anymore.
  Chapter 83 - The Proclaimed Fairness
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang and Estela Perez! Thanks!
  
  TL: I"ll try to get the next chap out but don"t count on it :(
  
  "Keng!"
  
  The long blade strikes my Dawn Breastplate, leaving behind a dent and forcing me to fall back a few meters. My Silver Locked Battle Boots fiercely slide to a stop against the grassy plain. Using both of my legs to send force towards my sword-hand, I activate [Strength of a Thousand Men] and attack the General of the Everlasting Wind"s forehead.
  
  "Keng! Keng! Keng!"
  
  A string of damage numbers fly out.
  
  Behind me, Simple leads the group of archers and musketeers to attack the boss using long range attacks. The Boss"s health drops quickly; a meagre 17% remains after 10 minutes of battle, even though the durability of my items are falling down at an astonishing rate; my Dawn Breastplate already lost 74% of its durability. But, I would"ve already paid the Grim Reaper a visit if not for the 9 healers continuously healing me.
  
  .......
  
  Jian Feng Han stands behind the fight as steady as a mountain, the corner of his mouth slightly raised and with his hand firmly grasping his sword, he smiles: "As expected, it was a good call for Xiao Yao Zi Zai to be the tank, over 97% of the Boss"s aggro has been on him. He has surprisingly high defence even though he belongs to the swordsman class, so his equipment is not bad at all; he can even hold his own against a Level 55 Purple Rank Boss"s attacks.
  
  Fushen Moren stands beside Feng Han while carrying the Broken Army Shield, his eyebrows tense up: "Apparently, I, [Vanguard]"s number 1 tank am not of any use right now. Guild Master, if the Boss drops gold equipment, will you actually give it to Xiao Yao Zi Zai, even though our [Vanguard] provided the potions and healers? The equipment should be rolled to a more deserving person ......"
  
  Jian Feng Han smiles slightly: "No, look at it in the long term, 1 or 2 pieces of equipment aren"t anything. If [Vanguard] wishes to sit at the top of Ba Huang City, then we must recruit many talented players. This is the first cooperation between Xiao Yao Zi Zai, the General Family, and us. After this, we should be somewhat familiar with each other, and then we can possibly recruit them to join [Vanguard]. Ahh, these fellows have talent but each and every one of them is not easy to deal with. It requires patience to subdue them......"
  
  Fushen Moren nods: "Ahh, hopefully this Boss will drop a Guild Creation Tablet. Hehe, once we get the Guild Creation Tablet, we"d be a huge step closer to becoming Ba Huang City"s number 1 Guild..."
  
  Simple waves her staff while shouting loudly: "Xiao Yao, pay attention to your mana, without your [Heal] you won"t be able to control aggro....."
  
  I take a quick look at my mana and immediately take out a Chilling Wind Pill to refill it: "Relax, my mana is sufficient, I"m using Level 1 [Wind Blades] and [Fierce Ice Blades], so they only need to consume a little mana, my main mana consumption is [Heal]."
  
  "Ahh, hehe, smart guy!"
  
  "Thanks!"
  
  ......
  
  Countless Ice Cones go straight at the Boss"s chest creating different explosions. General of the Everlasting Wind"s health is dropping steadily and he howls and brandishes his blade randomly. But against me, he has no chance.
  
  General Li Mu rubs his hands together and says excitedly: "Hehe, the first Purple Rank Boss will soon be overthrown, and I"m here to witness the historic moment. What will it drop?"
  
  Wang Jian replies: "I don"t know but I hope it is a golden axe. Bai Qi has been wielding a bronze axe for a long time and it"s embarrassing for us."
  
  "If a breastplate drops, does Xiao Yao Zi Zai get it?" General Bai Qi asks.
  
  I use [Wind Blade] and take the time to reply: "No, if a breast plate drops, we will roll for it. If a sword drops, it"s mine."
  
  "Alright, such a nice person....." Ba Qi says with chuckle.
  
  ....
  
  Suddenly, the General of the Everlasting Wind lets out a huge roar. He kneels to the ground and pounds the ground with his left land, angrily shouting: "Spirits from hell, heed my cry, come to me! Let us destroy these enemies in front of us! Let us show them that the General of the Everlasting Wind is indestructible!"
  
  The earth trembles as many dark shadows rise. They fly around the general as he absorbs them into his body; it looks just like black magic.
  
  "Finish him , the boss is evolving!?" Jian Feng Han grips his sword and shouts: "Xiao Yao, be careful! Do not get killed!"
  
  I clench my teeth and say: "Don"t worry, I will not die so easily!"
  
  ....
  
  Ding!
  
  System Notification: Please note that the [General of the Everlasting Wind] successfully absorbed nearby souls. The General is now a Level 60 Purple Boss, his attack power increases by 10% and his HP recovers by 15%!
  
  Damn, his health has recovered!
  
  I raise my head and see the Boss"s blade coming down on me!
  
  "1198!"
  
  That really hurts! It feels like I almost died!
  
  I swing my Jade City Sword and stab the Boss"s body with [Fierce Ice Blade]. A huge damage number of 1344 appears. In addition, Darling Duck quickly uses her [Heal] and I recover another 870 HP and I"m almost at full health!
  
  The pressure on the healers and me is huge. All of the attacks of the Boss are biting into me. I would rather die than keep fighting this Boss. Now I truly understand the pains of a Main Tank. A good Main Tanks resists violent strikes and feels the pains of weapons cutting into his flesh, and I"m starting to walk down that path....
  
  ....
  
  "Full power! No mercy!" Jian Feng Han pulls out his sword. With a burning passion in his eyes, he shouts: "As long as we kill it within the next 3 minutes, we will be the first players to have killed a Purple Rank Boss. No more going in as groups! All together now! Full power! Everyone join in!"
  
  "Ok...."
  
  My heart leaps in surprise. I quickly shout: "Jian Feng Han, calm down. Think rationally, don"t be impulsive..."
  
  Jian Feng Han replies: "Don"t worry!"
  
  As a result, berserkers, swordsmen, assassins flood over to the boss. Soon, I was fighting side by side with them and we were producing an amazing amount of damage!
  
  "Go to hell!"
  
  The General of Everlasting Wind raises his sword and swings it down into the large group. I suffer huge blow and my HP drops by 1100+. Several berserkers and assassins fall to the ground and die immediately!
  
  I reach behind me and grab a health pot. I quickly shout into my party channel: "Darling Duck, focus on healing me and don"t pay attention to the others!"
  
  Darling Duck nods: "Ah, Chief ordered everyone to fight together? This is chaos!"
  
  Standing not far in the distance, General Li Mu frowned, "Fuck... it looks like a frenzy trying to get the drops of the boss..."
  
  General Wang Jian clutches his sword: "Be carefully guys."
  
  ...
  
  Strike by strike, the General of Everlasting Wind killed over a 100 players, but our damage output is too strong and his hp has reached 1%!
  
  I count 5 seconds and then put my strength into my arms, this is my chance!
  
  "Peng!"
  
  Without stopping for a second, I use [Strength of a Thousand Men].
  
  With my custom combo, the Boss"s HP continues dropping. When the Level 4 [Wind Blade] hits, all of his Hp disappears!
  
  "Ow, ow......"
  
  With a ringing noise and the death of the Boss, I am bathed in two columns of light. I receive a lot of experience and reach level 42. I finally enter into the ranks of the top 5 in Ba Huang City leader boards!
  
  ...
  
  "Pata......"
  
  As the General of Everlasting Wind kneels forward, a large bounty bursts forth. I look and see at least 100 gold coins laying in the grass. But I don"t pick it up because they are promised to the Vanguard guild. Three other items drop: a golden leather helm, a golden necklace and a double edged blade with a faint purple glow.
  
  A purple-tiered sword!!!!
  
  At that moment, everyone"s heart stopped. Right now, golden equipment is still very rare. For a boss to drop a purple item, this is a super rare drop!
  
  (AU: The tier system: Black -> Green -> Bronze -> Silver -> Gold -> Purple -> Emperor -> Sacred -> Saint -> Divine -> God -> Epic )...
  
  Nobody makes a sound. A silence falls over the entire area. Floating above the purple tiered sword are enticing purple glowing words-- [Heavenly Plan Sword] (Purple Tier) !!!!!
  
  ...
  
  Really, a purple-tiered weapon!
  
  I quickly sheathe my sword and reach out for the purple sword.
  
  "Shua!"
  
  All I see is a shadow speed past me. Before I know it, a man reaches the purple sword and looks at me as he picks it up. It"s Jian Feng Han! Who else could it be, others don"t have that kind of sprinting speed.
  
  ...
  
  "Unfortunately, the boss did not drop the Guild Creation Tablet." Jian Feng Han chuckles, as he hold the Heavenly Plan Sword. "But still, this purple blade that dropped isn"t bad. A god-like sword, a purple tier..."
  
  I clutch my Jade City Sword and turning to face him, I whisper, "Jian Feng Han, we already agreed beforehand that all sword type weapons would belong to me. I only had this one requirement. This Heavenly Plan Sword is mine!"
  
  Jian Feng Han looks at me and smiles, "Xiao Yao, I think you"ve misunderstood. I told you before that if it was a gold sword or lower, I"d have no problem just giving it to you, but this is a purple sword. We, [Vanguard], had 100+ brothers sacrifice 1 level in exchange to acquire it. How could I just give it to you? How about this? I"ll pay you... I"ll pay you 1,000 gold. Okay?"
  
  ......
  
  "Ugh..."
  
  My mind goes blank. I have been duped! This time, I really got cheated!
  
  Trembling, I raise my head and stare bloody-eyed at Jian Feng Han. I whisper, "Is this how one of China"s top ten guilds gets its edge? Jian Feng Han, in front of your hundred plus guild members here, you plan to openly steal my loot? How do you hope to face the hundreds of thousands of players in Ba Huang City?"
  
  Jian Feng Han purses his lips: "Xiao Yao, don"t get too excited. You are my friend... I couldn"t possible steal what belongs to you, but following our previous agreement, this purple sword definitely cannot go to you. How about this? Let"s have all the players here roll for it. That way, it"s fair."
  
  "Fair my ass!" General Li Mu cries, as he draws his sword and backstabs Jian Feng Han.
  
  Shua!
  
  Likewise, I pierce at Jian Feng Han"s neck with my Jade City Sword.
  
  This will be a bloodbath. Even if Feng Han has hundreds of guild members around him, even if I die and lose all my equipment, I will kill him! I"ll show them that I am not afraid when I say -
  
  From now on, I am your enemy!
  Chapter 84 - Honesty
  
  This chapter was sponsored by Timothy Cheung, John Saoit, Tyler Terra and William Wang! Thanks!
  
  TL: Definitely final chapter of the day! Enjoy!
  
  "Pu!"
  
  "384!"
  
  A large damage number appears as the sword glances off Jian Feng Han"s shoulder. I dash forward and use my shoulder to ram straight into Jian Feng Han"s chest.
  
  "Peng!"
  
  
  
  He retreats swiftly as my Jade City Sword flashes and 3 golden hexagrams appear on it, unleashing a Level 4 Combo with a bang!
  
  
  
  Behind Jian Feng Han, General Li Mu growls as an aura surges from under his feet. This is the custom combo he is proud of - [Wuan Xuanwei]!
  
  
  
  "Bang bang bang... ..."
  
  
  
  With a concentrated stream of attacks, [Wuan Xuanwei]"s first 4 strikes take out 600+ HP from Jian Feng Han. Then, Li Mu lowers his body and thrusts suddenly. There will be a high probability of hitting Jian Feng Han so hard that he gets knocked off his feet, so that the final revolving strike can deal the most damage. What a pity, Jian Feng Han is too agile and just as [Wuan Xuanwei]"s fourth stroke ends, he quickly moves between some nearby rocks. Lowering his body, he rolls onto the grass behind him and succeeds in escaping from the last 2 strokes of [Wuan Xuanwei] as well as my combo.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Shua......"
  
  
  
  Rolling into the open several metres away, Jian Feng Han readies his sword in front of his chest as the healers around him heal him and exclaim: "You guys...... what are you trying to do!? We are friends, not enemies!"
  
  
  
  I raise my sword and point at Jian Feng Han: "A friend would not steal equipment, Jian Feng Han; you are our enemy from today and forever more. You must die today!"
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han gazes coldly at me: "With more than 100 [Vanguard] players here, do you guys think you can kill me?"
  
  
  
  "Crash!"
  
  
  
  General Wang Jian suddenly attacks from the rear, piercing Jian Feng Han"s chest with the tip of his sword as he fumes: "It doesn"t matter what people think, Jian Feng Han, you"re not fit to be our friend!"
  
  
  
  "Pa!"
  
  
  
  General Lian Po"s arrow lands on Jian Feng Han"s arm. As his white beard floats in the wind, he says: "May the gods be our witness, the Heavenly Plan Sword belongs to Xiao Yao Zi Zai, and everyone knows this to be true! Die! Even if I have to sacrifice myself to get rid of you Jian Feng Han, I will make sure you die and drop the Heavenly Plan Sword so that it can be returned to its rightful owner!"
  
  
  
  I"m greatly moved and while holding the Jade City Sword, I yell: "Even if I lose the Heavenly Plan Sword today, I, Li Xiao Yao will have no regrets. To exchange one sword for 4 friends, it"s worth it!"
  
  
  
  Nearby, the beauty Simple shivers and has a complicated look in her eyes: "You...you guys please stop this..."
  
  
  
  Jian Feng Han draws his sword and shouts: "All [Vanguard] members listen to my command, kill Xiao Yao Zi Zai and the 4 members of the General family. Kill them right this instant!"
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  Ice Cones, Rock Spikes, arrows, musket rounds and other attacks fly through the air at us. Our time to live is numbered with the dozens of long range attacks flying at us. How can we resist when we are pure attack classes? Since death is inevitable, we better take some of them down with us....
  
  
  
  "Go, fight!"
  
  
  
  General Bai Qi yells, raising his axe, and rushes into the crowd of [Vanguard] members. Swinging his large axe, he kills several mages in an instant. But multiple Rock Spikes appear underneath his feet. In the blink of an eye, he kneels in a pool of blood and dies. The [Vanguard]"s mages are all elite class. Their attack damage is inconceivable!
  
  
  
  General Li Mu looks around and quickly adds me to his party. In his party channel, he shouts: "Xiao Yao, Wang Jian and I will cut off his retreat. You focus on killing Jian Feng Han. Don"t worry about us, we will fight to our last breath!"
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  I quickly nod as Li Mu and Wang Jian part ways and fight through the crowd. General Lian Po continues to fire arrows from afar, but he cannot match the firepower of the [Vanguard] musketeers. The general slowly falls to the grass and dies.
  
  
  
  "Ah!"
  
  
  
  Wang Jian uses his combo. But Jian Feng Han moves slightly to the right and by kicking a rock he avoids the blade and a large "MISS" appears. At the same time, he retaliates by swinging his blade to cut down Li Mu!
  
  
  
  "Keng keng keng...."
  
  
  
  A chain of sparks appears on Li Mu"s armor. It"s Jian Feng Han"s Twelve Hammer Combo [1]! Li Mu falls to the ground from the shock of the attack.
  
  
  
  "Ohhh...."
  
  
  
  I rush forward while summoning Baby Bobo to kill Jian Feng Han"s Hellhound. With my Jade City Sword raised, I slash down on Jian Feng Han"s back.
  
  
  
  "You"re dreaming!"
  
  
  
  As if Jian Feng Han could see in 360 degrees, he predicts my attack. With a turn of his blade, his sword clashes with the Jade City sword. However, behind Jian Feng Han, Li Mu lets out a huge roar and uses [Flame Blade] to pierce through Jian Feng Han"s arm!
  
  
  
  "415!"
  
  
  
  At the same time, I activate [Fierce Ice Blade] and stab at Jian Feng Han"s neck!
  
  
  
  "554!"
  
  
  
  Unfortunately, [Heal] and [Homeostasis]"s glow fall from the sky and Jian Feng Han"s HP stays above 50%. This is not good. Li Mu sees this, clenches his teeth and says, "We must kill Jian Feng Han with one hit or we will die instead!"
  
  
  
  Without any hesitation, I grab Jian Feng Han"s throat, lean forward and thrust my Silver Locked Battle Boots into his stomach. At the same time, I feel a burning yet freezing sensation on my back; it"s the effect of [Pillar of Fire and Ice]. Finally, Simple decided to help her brother.
  
  
  
  "Bang!"
  
  
  
  Eating a punch to the face, Jian Feng Han"s head flings back. He, then, looks back at me with eyes full of anger, saying: "Xiao Yao Zi Zai! Do you understand what you are doing?!"
  
  
  
  "I"m killing you!"
  
  
  
  I slide forward. Under my feet, a faint glowing aura appears. I launch my S Level Combo, [Strength of a Thousand Men]!
  
  
  
  "211!"
  
  
  
  "234!"
  
  
  
  "241!"
  
  
  
  ...
  
  Stamping on to the ground, I ram my shoulder into Jian Feng Han"s chest, causing him to lose his balance! Light gathers at my blade for 0.2 seconds as I prepare to launch [Wind Blade]!
  
  
  
  "Kacha!"
  
  
  
  The Jade City sword almost completely slices open Jian Feng Han"s chestplate. A large number appears--
  
  
  
  "899!"
  
  
  
  Instantly, Jian Feng Han"s HP falls very low. At the same time, my Combo comes off its 6 second cooldown!
  
  
  
  With a hint of desperation in his eyes, Jian Feng Han shouts, "Darling Duck,[Revive] me immediately after I die!"
  
  
  
  Not too far away, Darling Duck stands carrying some health potions and her staff. She looks at us with her beautiful eyes and says: "Why did this happen? Why did Guild leader and Xiao Yao have to become enemies?"
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  "Keng Keng Keng..."
  
  
  
  Sparks fly as I continue my fast attacks. I don"t give Jian Feng Han any time to heal as I hack away at the rest of his health. Meanwhile, Wang Jian kneels over with his chestplate full of arrows, musket fire, and smoke.
  
  
  
  The corners of Wang Jian"s mouth turn up. As he dies, he smiles and says: "Xiao Yao is amazing. He really got rid of that trash...."
  
  
  
  I glance and see that as Jian Feng Han died, a few equipment dropped. In them is a glowing sword, Heavenly Plan Sword!
  
  
  
  "Pa!"
  
  
  
  I reach out and grab Heavenly Plan Sword. To my side, Li Mu laughs: "Great, you got it!?"
  
  
  
  But, at that moment, Darling Duck uses revive and Jian Feng Han"s corpse jumps up with 50% of his health and mana. Flames flicker on his sword and [Flame Blade] along with a Combo land on my chest. With dense arrows and spells flying at me, my [Heal] won"t be enough!
  
  
  
  A violent pain erupts from my chest, I"ve died!
  
  
  
  The instant that I fall, I glance at Li Mu. He has a helpless expression watching his final 10% of health be destroyed by a barbarian who, using an axe, splits Li Mu"s shoulder apart.
  
  
  
  ....
  
  
  
  "Shua!"
  
  
  
  I appear in the nearby graveyard. In my soul state, I still clutch my Jade City Sword but because I killed Jian Feng Han, I had a red name and lost two levels. In addition, the glowing ring on my hand also dropped. Finally, my inventory is empty; the just acquired Heavenly Plan Sword also dropped.
  
  
  
  General Li Mu looks at me: "Are you okay?"
  
  
  
  "Sorry, Heavenly Plan Sword dropped..."
  
  
  
  "That"s expected..." General Li Mu nods: "It"s part of <>"s rules. Newly acquired equipment has a high chance of dropping. But, to be able to kill Jian Feng Han in the middle of over a hundred [Vanguard] players, that"s enough."
  
  
  
  On side, Wang Jian furiously clenches his fist: "It can"t end like this. Jian Feng Han is trash, complete trash."
  
  
  
  General Lian Po smiles and meaningfully says: "You can"t say that Jian Feng Han is trash, it"s just that Purple-tier swords are too expensive. Heavenly Plan Sword is a priceless treasure right now. If it were any other weapon, Jian Feng Han might have given it to us, but he also is dreaming for an upgrade on his old sword and Heavenly Plan Sword is perfect. So Jian Feng Han could only sacrifice us."
  
  
  
  Bai Chi holds his axe: "Damn, he"s shameless!"
  
  
  
  Li Mu pauses: "We lost quite a few levels this time, Xiao Yao, what are your plans?"
  
  
  
  I thought about it before saying: "I would like to thank you guys for your support today. I, Li Xiao Yao, will remember this day for the rest of my life. But to attack [Vanguard] right now is kind of dumb. We"re only 5 players and can at most kill 20 players. Our opponent is [Vanguard], 20 players is nothing to them, and they have thousands of players. We can"t fight that."
  
  
  
  Bai Chi nods: "Yup, your right, we can"t go and fight them now."
  
  
  
  Wang Jian asks: "Then... Then what should we do now?"
  
  
  
  Liao Pao asks: "Xiao Yao, do you really want the Heavenly Plan Sword?"
  
  
  
  I firmly shake my head: "Of course not. To make you guys lose another level over a single weapon, I"m not that kind of person. But thankfully, [Vanguard] didn"t get a Guild Creation Tablet this time, so let"s try to get one ourselves. How"s that?"
  
  
  
  Liao Pao smiles: "Great! I was also thinking that. With Xiao Yao"s DPS and survivability, all we need to do is get some good healers and we"ll be able to defeat level 50+ gold-tier bosses. If we could get a Guild Creation Tablet before [Vanguard], that"d be the greatest blow to them!"
  
  
  
  Li Mu also smiles: "I feel that the most important thing right now is to get the video for the battle just now and our conversations with Jian Feng Han. Jian Feng Han would want to keep his "honorable" appearance and if we don"t have any solid evidence, he would definitely say that we"re lying!"
  
  
  
  I nod: "Yup, I have the videos for the past 24 hours."
  
  
  
  "Great!"
  
  
  
  .....
  Chapter 85 - Mind Reading
  
  This chapter was sponsored by Estela Perez and William Wang!
  
  In the Valley of the Everlasting Wing, a chilling wind sweeps through everything.
  
  Under a huge tree, the General of Everlasting Wind"s corpse still hasn"t refreshed yet but the [Vanguard] players have already left. On the equipment ranking, a new weapon took the top spot, it was the sole Purple-Tier weapon - Heavenly Plan Sword. It"s overall stats are about 4 times the stats of the next best weapon. Most infuriating, the owner of Heavenly Plan Sword has put his name next to the equipment, its Jian Feng Han.
  
  Shua!
  
  
  
  I revive and with my Jade City Sword, I appear next to the General of Everlasting Wind"s corpse. Li Mu, Wang Jian and the other four also revive. There shouldn"t be any danger here anymore; Jian Feng Han is someone who tries to keep up a good appearance so he wouldn"t camp or try to kill us. He"s a joker, even when I killed him, he had an innocent appearance and it was this innocent appearance that made those [Vanguard] players turn on us.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Sitting on a huge rock, I say: "Let"s discuss what we"re going to do from now on..."
  
  
  
  Li Mu sits in front of me and says: "Xiao Yao, you should probably know this. Me, Wang Jian and Bai Chi were high school and college classmates. We just graduated for two years so we still keep in contact. Lian Po is a friend that I know and he"s been involved in virtual reality games for a long time so he decided to join the General family..."
  
  
  
  I smile: "I"m envious of you guys!"
  
  
  
  Li Mu continues: "Since we"ve decided to play this game, we might as well do it with a bang. We want to realize a dream, a dream of being respected by everyone. It might seem a little silly but we want to create a guild, even if it isn"t the best guild in the game, it should at least be one of the top guilds. For our four helmets, we saved money for three entire months, our studio"s rents are backed up pretty far too...."
  
  
  
  Wang Jian: "Boss, stop..."
  
  
  
  Li Mu smiles: "It"s fine, Xiao Yao is one of us."
  
  
  
  "..."
  
  
  
  Li Mu: "Therefore, what I want to say....since it"s like this, Xiao Yao, why don"t you join our Generals family and fight with us, wouldn"t that be better for you?"
  
  
  
  I pause before raising my head: "For now, I"m not considering in joining any guild."
  
  
  
  "Mm, we won"t force you." Li Mu laughs: "Let"s talk about what going to happen next. I looked at our fight with the General of Everlasting Wind and I feel like with you, Xiao Yao, killing bosses shouldn"t be too hard. All we need are some high leveled healers and mages. I plan to fight a boss within the next three days. We"ll invite you to be the tank, we"ll use an employer-employee system. We only want the Guild Creation Tablet, the other equipment that the Boss drops will go to you."
  
  
  
  I couldn"t hold back a smile: "It"s fine..."
  
  
  
  Lian Po sits up, startled: "Xiao Yao, you don"t plan to help us?"
  
  
  
  I shake my head: "No no no, as long as you guys ask, I"ll definitely come. But, I don"t need any compensation when I help with the boss. I"ll just take the equipments that I need and the rest go to you guys."
  
  
  
  "Alright, it"s a deal?" Li Mu excitedly says.
  
  
  
  I look at his level and smile: "Yup, we should hurry and level. When Wang Jian and Liao Po"s level get to 40, we can start fighting the bosses."
  
  
  
  "Sure, we"ll get there tonight!"
  
  
  
  "Alright! Let"s friend each other to keep in contact!"
  
  
  
  "Sure!"
  
  
  
  ..........
  
  
  
  I watch Li Mu and his group leave and then look at my own equipment and level. I"m at level 40 with 47% experience. It"s not bad since even though I lost two levels, I am somewhat close to level 41. All I lost was a Glowing Ring but to trade that for four friends, it"s definitely worth it. Equipment, as I long as I"m still alive, I can find more equipment."
  
  
  
  What should I do next? Continue leveling or....
  
  
  
  I pause and think about it for a second before I decide to go to Dragon City.
  
  
  
  Out of the Fire Stone Canyon, I head straight to Dragon City. At the edge of Dragon City, I stop by to say hi to Beast Trainer Dalin. Afterwards, when I began to leave, he closes eyes and falls asleep immediately, I wish I could be like him.
  
  
  
  Standing at the end of the Ice Spine, I look up and see thousands of miles of snowy mountains and my goal, the Dragon"s Tomb, is on the other side of this mountain. This is going to be tough, dammit!
  
  
  
  Step by step, I start climbing the mountain. My level 40 strength isn"t too shabby so as my Jade City Sword plunges into the side of the mountain, I get to the top of the mountain in 15 minutes.
  
  
  
  Standing at the top of the mountain, I look down and find the Dragon"s Tomb shrouded in a dull glow. In addition, above the Dragon"s Tomb seems to be an invisible dome which prevents snowflakes from falling through and also makes the Dragon"s Tomb seem like its in the fall. Where does this dome comes from? Maybe it"s the legendary dragon"s spirit....
  
  I jump down the mountain and slide down into the dragon"s tomb. Far away, the stone door entering into the tomb is shut tightly and my teacher - Dragon Tomb"s guardian Karl is resting within the tomb. Even when I knock, no one answers...
  
  
  
  .....
  
  
  
  At this time, a Ti! sound appears and a message comes from Cang Tong who is Lin Wan Er: "Li Xiao Yao, how did your Boss fight go?"
  
  
  
  "We defeated it...but there wasn"t a Guild Creation Tablet, you guys?"
  
  
  
  Looks like Lin Wan Er doesn"t know what happened after we killed the Boss.
  
  
  
  "We also defeated the boss, the level 55 Gold Tier Boss isn"t too scary. We finished the job after 40+ players died..."
  
  
  
  "Then I"ll congratulate Hero"s Mound..."
  
  
  
  "Congratulations? We didn"t get the Guild Creation Tablet...." In Wan Er"s icon, she purses her lips and smiles: "It"s already 3 pm and me and Dong Cheng are both tired after fighting that boss. Let"s go to the school"s cafe and relax. We"ll be having a lot of Boss fights from now on and the atmosphere in the game is so heavy now..."
  
  
  
  "Sure, wait for me downstairs."
  
  
  
  "Sure, come quickly..."
  
  
  
  "Yup!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I raise my head and looked at the stone door, dammit ... If that old geezer doesn"t want to see me, then I"ll go to Wan Er. Near Wan Er I can always look at her, which is a pretty good luxury and after Wan Er and I have been together for some time, she"s slowly beginning to become nicer to me instead of being savage like the first time we met. Is her scar of me seeing her in the company slowly disappearing?
  
  
  
  After lunch, at about 3 pm, the warm autumn sun shines into the schoolyard and filters through the scattered trees. Stepping through the trees" shadows, I arrive at the girl"s dorm and find Lin Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue already waiting for me. The girls are wearing such refreshing clothes. Lin Wan Er is wearing a short skirt and high heeled sandals. Her snow white legs causes the surrounding male student"s imagination to run wild. Even the female students can not help but glance at them.
  
  
  
  "Xiao Yao!"
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng Yue walks over while laughing and says: "You really are the most famous person in Ba Huang City right now...."
  
  
  
  My heart skips a beat. Damn it. I did not know that the news of what happened at the Valley of Everlasting Wind and Jian Feng Han becoming my enemy would spread so quickly. These two girls must already know.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er"s eyes sweeps up and down my body while she smiles and says: "No need to guess. Before Dong Cheng and I went offline, we looked at the forums. It"s really a shame. The Purple-Rank Heavenly Plan Sword just brushed by, or else you would"ve be one of the top combat players in the heavy armor classes in the China server."
  
  
  
  I purse my lips: "If I got it, I would be happy, if I don"t have it, I wouldn"t die. I"ve gotten over it..."
  
  
  
  "Haha, Let"s go. I want to go to a cafe"
  
  
  
  "Ok"
  
  
  
  A few minutes later, we sit down at the newly open cafe. It was relatively quiet with soft music playing.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er sips her coffee and pushes her phone in front of me. Smiling, she says: "See this? It"s Jian Feng Han"s post. I feel that you should leave Ba Huang City for a while."
  
  
  
  I look at the cell phone. On it was one of Destiny"s website forums. In a large red post, it says:
  
  
  
  [Ba Huang City] Apologizing to Xiao Yao Zi Zai and the four members of the General"s family! (Post Owner: Jian Feng Ha)
  
  
  
  Content: Today, in the fight at the Valley of Everlasting Wind, with the help of Xiao Yao Zi Zai and four members from the General"s family, we, [Vanguard], defeated a level 55 Purple-Tier Boss. Even though a Guild Creation Tablet did not drop, the first Purple-Tier equipment in the entire server dropped. It was a level 55 Heavenly Plan Sword with an upper attack of 775 and increases attack damage by 4.5%. Maybe it was a misunderstanding but Xiao Yao Zi Zai thought that the sword belonged to him and thus PKed [Vanguard] members. Xiao Yao Zi Zai and the four generals died after killing dozens of [Vanguard] players. I, Jian Feng Han, am not one to hide things, moreover, I don"t like to pick on weaker players, let alone friends. So I"d like to apologize to Xiao Yao Zi Zai and the four generals here. Hopefully you can forgive the [Vanguard] players who retaliated after you killed our [Vanguard] friends. We"re still friends and hopefully, after you calm down, we can get together. A cup of wine resolves thousands of grudges, so friends don"t leave any scars between each other. Hopefully you guys can contact me and [Vanguard] will always be your friend!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Peng!
  
  
  
  I smash the table and Lin Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue"s drinks shake violent. I struggle to keep control my anger. Keeping the corners of my mouth lifted, I smile and say: "Haha, how interesting...."
  
  
  
  Actually, in my mind, I"ve already cursed Jian Feng Han to hell, man, screw you and your whole family...One of these days, I"m going to get my revenge! Just wait and see!
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Wan stares at me, as if she had a mysterious power that could make people intoxicated, She laughs and says: "Experienced the vicious side of people? If you want to curse then you should just curse, there"s no need to curse his whole family..."
  
  
  
  Stunned, I raise my head and look at Lin Wan Er. How did 34D know exactly what I was thinking?
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er sees me looking at her and her cheeks turn a shade of pink. She bit her lip: "What are you thinking?"
  
  
  
  "I...."
  
  
  
  I didn"t know what to say, so I gulp down a big mouthful of coffee. Again, I look over at Lin Er Wan. What a scary girl. Can she really see what I am thinking?
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng Yue glares at me with her beautiful eyes, smiles and says: "Xiao Yao, Have you ever heard of a kind of inherent ability called Mind reading?"
  
  
  
  My body trembles. "Wan Er, you couldn"t possibly...?"
  
  
  
  ....
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er giggles. Her laughter sounds like the spring wind blowing over a frozen pond. Smiling, she says: "I was only guessing. Do you really believe there is such thing as mind reading?"
  
  
  
  I stare at her in disbelief.
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er looks at her phone, "You should post your side of things. Or are you not planning to fight back?"
  Chapter 86 - North Star Style
  
  This chapter was sponsored by William Wang, Kilian Fa and Jordan Garmatter! Thanks!
  
  TL: Last chapter!
  
  "You can"t leave this alone, you need to strike back right now..." Cheng Yue clenches her fists and looks at me with a determined gaze.
  
  Wang Er looks at me with hope and also nods.
  
  
  
  I think for a while and silently take out my cellphone. I find the two-part video that I had prepared. The first section is Feng Han"s promise to me that I will have priority over the equipment that I can use. The second part is the video where Feng Han kills me and the 4 Generals for that one purple-rank sword. Combined the two, there should be nothing left for Jian Feng Han to say.
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Tick!
  
  
  
  Cell phone Prompt: Upload this game video?
  
  
  
  I quickly confirm and name the video: ?About the Battle of the Sword and its Origin, the TRUTH is in this Video! ?
  
  
  
  After that, I also add a description to the video: I am Xiao Yao Zi Zai. Everyone should know the truth of what happened after watching this video. Although Jian Feng Han is the guildmaster of [Vanguard] and a top-class player in the China server, he is a dishonest person. Would an honest person sell out his friends for one purple-rank sword? I don"t want to explain too much because this video will explain it all.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  It takes approximately half a minute to upload and the video is on the forums.
  
  
  
  Wan Er refreshes her page and smiles, "I"ll bump it up for you..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue uses her phone, "Mm, me too..."
  
  
  
  "Thank you!"
  
  
  
  After a few minutes, Cheng Yue raises her head and smiles, "Xiao Yao, look at this, your post is already a sticky post! Hehe, this"ll be interesting, I would really like to see what Feng Han has to say about this!"
  
  
  
  I open the post up and it really is sticky. After just a few minutes, there are over a thousand replies--
  
  
  
  ?Post 1 (Player Cang Tong)?: First, hello people...
  
  
  
  ?Post 2 (Player Color Pond)?: Wha, I"m not mistaken, am I? The previous post is by the #1 beauty of Fan Shu City?!!
  
  
  
  ?Post 3 (Player Color Pond)?: Yep, I"m right! The rumours are true, Cang Tong really knows Xiao Yao in reality...
  
  
  
  ?Post 4 (Player Cang Yue)?: Support Xiao Yao and defeat Jian Feng Han!
  
  
  
  ?Post 5 (Player Exiled)?: Look at the video first. This afternoon is so crazy and the truth is finally revealed!
  
  
  
  ?Post 6 (Player Piggy)?: So that"s where the purple-rank sword came from...
  
  
  
  ?Post 7 (Player Yue Qing Qian)?: Oh, Xiao Yao"s post...Support Xiao Yao without question!
  
  
  
  ?Post 8 (Player Vanguard Pioneer Camp)?: Xiao Yao Zi Zai, you can"t trick anyone with that tongue of yours! We saw everything today, you were the person who attacked the guildmaster first and now you"re accusing us?
  
  
  
  ?Post 9 (Player Feels)?: I want post 1, 4, 7...
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  The corners of my mouth turn up and I smile, "Posts 1-10, so many beauties...."
  
  
  
  Wan Er sips a bit of coffee and smiles, "Of course, Qing Qian has completely fallen for you...Just a beauty saving a bear..."
  
  
  
  I glare at her, "Who said that? My relationship with Qing Qian isn"t what you think it is!"
  
  
  
  "To explain it is to cover it!"
  
  
  
  "Sigh..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue leans on the table, tilts her head and looks at me, "Xiao Yao, what are you planning to do next? You and the Generals won"t have an easy time in Ba Huang City after irritating Feng Han and [Vanguard]. I know that you"re not scared of Feng Han, but think clearly. With a small flick of his finger, he can call over 1000 people to go after you to stop you from leveling. He can constantly keep your level below 40. He can even kill you till you reach level 1 if he wants. He can basically do whatever he wishes to you. How about you come to Fan Shu City and join us at [Hero Mounds]. To be completely honest, Q-sword isn"t a bad person. He and Feng Han are said to both be the top-class players, but his character is way better than Feng Han..."
  
  
  
  I look at her with conflicting thoughts, "I have never thought of joining other people"s guilds. I had originally thought of creating my own guild or for you two to create one and we would be fighting against the world or something, but now if I join in other people"s guild, that would just be me relying on others..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er"s delicate shoulders tremble, as she sits there blankly and says nothing.
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue, on the other hand, seems to be in deep thought. After a while, she says, "I also want that, but our influence isn"t high enough. Also, Wan Er and I have never created a guild before and our friend lists aren"t too full either. If we create a guild, then I"m afraid that it"ll only be us three. Getting the Guild Creation Tablet by itself is a huge task. We need dozens of top-class healers; where would we get any?"
  
  
  
  I nod, "I know this is very difficult, but I won"t give up."
  
  
  
  Wan Er lowers her head, daydreamingly staring at the desk. After a few seconds, she raises her head, looks at me and says, "You really want to create your own guild?"
  
  
  
  I clench my fist, "Mm, when I get the chance, I will reconstruct the Zhan Long team. After gathering my former members, I will create my own guild. Wan Er, will you and Cheng Yue join it?"
  
  
  
  "What are the benefits?" Wan Er asks with a smile.
  
  
  
  "Benefits..." I pause for a moment, "What if I gave you my heart?"
  
  
  
  "You wish..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue laughs on the side, "I think Wan Er and I would join, but only if your guild is strong enough, right?"
  
  
  
  Wan Er goes with the flow and nods and with seriousness in her voice, says, "Li Xiao Yao, I support you in creating a guild. If...Mm, if your guild is on the top 10 in China, then me and Cheng Yue will join it instantly, how about it?"
  
  
  
  I clench my fist and say, "Mm, I understand. I will work hard..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er laughs lightly, "Mm, you should try to survive in Ba Huang City first... Say, how did you anger so many people? At first, it was Tyrant of Western Chu/Liu Ying chasing you, but now the entire [Vanguard] guild is after you. I don"t even know what to say..."
  
  
  
  "......" I stay silent.
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng purses her lips, "It"s very simple; Xiao Yao is probably the strongest healer, he can both heal and deal damage. His battle strength and recovery power are already enough to challenge Jian Feng Han, a top-class player. I"m guessing that Feng Han doesn"t want him in the running for the top seat, so this is jealousy, I think?"
  
  
  
  I smile, "I doubt it. I"m not that powerful yet. I think it"s just that I have bad luck. The first Purple-Rank Boss dropped a purple-rank sword when it died. Feng Han may not be that selfish, but he couldn"t resist the temptation of a purple-rank sword. In this case, I can probably understand why he did it..."
  
  
  
  "That"s fine. What are your next plans then?" Wan Er smiles.
  
  
  
  "Actually, I don"t have any big plans but my class instructor is in the freezing wastelands. The monsters over there have really high levels and the environment is hard to traverse in as well. The distance from there to Ba Huang City is about an hour by foot; most players aren"t willing to venture that far, so leveling around Dragon City is safe. I do plan to help the Generals kill a boss and get the first Guild Creation Tablet. Of course, my priority right now is to reach level 41 and level my main battle skills, [Combo], [Fierce Ice Blade] and [Wind Blade], to level 5 With that, my strength will increase quite a bit..."
  
  
  
  "Mm, good luck!"
  
  
  
  "Thanks..."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "That"s right..." Wan Er suddenly pauses and looks at me, "There"s still an hour till the dinner at 6, how about we go to a more interesting place, mm?"
  
  
  
  "Huh? Interesting place?" I"m stunned.
  
  
  
  "The Swordplay department..."
  
  
  
  "Swordplay department?" I"m even more stunned.
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng smiles, "I know the Swordplay department. It combines both foreign sword styles and Chinese sword styles together. According to rumours, it"s being controlled by a violent force..."
  
  
  
  I purse my lips, "Wan Er, what are we going to the Swordplay department for?"
  
  
  
  Wan Er"s dimples indent slightly, "I know a senior at the Swordplay department. Wang Ran, do you know her?"
  
  
  
  "Fifth in Liu Hua University"s top 10 beauties..." I smile, "Of course I know her!"
  
  
  
  "She invited me to go check out the Swordplay department but I"ve been putting it off for a long time. Now I have time, why don"t we and take a look? We"ll go online and continue to grind our levels after dinner. How about that?"
  
  
  
  "That"s fine. Cheng Yue, you"re coming too?"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  In the brightly coloured autumn day, we leave the cafe. Stepping on the fallen leaves, we go towards the eastern-section of the school. Around here, there are gyms, piano rooms, public rooms and other recreational rooms. The basketball court is filled with passion with countless boys" bare arms dribbling while they sweat like it"s raining. Of course, there are groups of girls on the side checking out the boys" bodies. Their eyes are drawn towards them; they may even be having dirty thoughts... That rings a bell: If you want to pick up girls, then play a sport. It has to be basketball though, soccer won"t do...
  
  
  
  In the fencing department, I can hear the clashing of swords from far away. After entering, there are indeed dozens of people facing each other and attacking with bamboo swords. They are all practicing Japanese sword styles. Among the people, a woman wearing white sportswear is holding a bamboo sword. Looking at her, without a doubt she is the legendary Wang Ran.
  
  
  
  "Senior~~" Wan Er yells from afar.
  
  
  
  Wang Ran quickly spins around and instantly her face is filled with smiles, "Oh, our guest is here! Wan Er, you finally came to visit my department..."
  
  
  
  Wan Er smiles, "Mm, but I brought two friends too. Is that okay?"
  
  
  
  "It"s fine..."
  
  
  
  Wang Ran smiles politely. At the same time, she looks at the male students behind her and yells, "Stop staring at the beauties and continue practicing! Get your act together!"
  
  
  
  With bangs and clangs, the group of males fight with even more effort as they see the legendary #1 beauty of Liu Hua University. Wan Er comes in wearing the latest fashion and although she is lacking a bit of fighting spirit compared to Wang Ran, she makes up for it with her charm. Wan Er"s looks also win by a chunk, so she, of course, grabs quite a bit of attention.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I stand next to Wan Er and say nothing as I look at the male students putting effort into their training.
  
  
  
  Bang!
  
  
  
  The bamboo sword strikes and it slices through the air in an arc. I couldn"t help but exclaim, "Kasaya strike..."
  
  
  
  Kasaya strike, one of the 9 battle strikes in Japanese Kendo.
  
  
  
  Wang Ran says surprisingly, "This student, you also know swordplay?"
  
  
  
  I"m caught off guard, "Uh...I know a bit..."
  
  
  
  Cheng Yue looks at me, "I think that Xiao Yao is quite good with a sword..."
  
  
  
  Instantly, a male student behind Wang Ran speaks up. He picks up his bamboo sword, walks towards me and arrogantly says, "What are you called?"
  
  
  
  "Li Xiao Yao, what do you want..."
  
  
  
  That student proudly raises his bamboo sword and says, "I"m called Zhao Mu, Mu with 3 dots. I am the vice leader of the Swordplay department and my style is the North Star Style, how about we spar a bit?!"
  
  
  
  I hold my cup of tea and say, "I"ve only heard of Zhao Mu, with "herd" as the Mu..."
  
  TL: In Chinese, there can be different words of the same pronunciation. The Mu in Zhao Mu means to cleanse but Mu can also mean to graze or herd and a lot of other meanings.
  Chapter 87 - Dual Sword Style
  
  This chapter is sponsored by Joakim Dreier and William Wang! Thanks!
  
  TL: Two things, first, please, please do not just take our translations. If you would like to post our translations on your website, either contact [email protected] or reblog the post!
  
  Second, please no spoilers in the comments, there"s a room for spoilers found under the Zhan Long page and you should post spoilers there!
  
  How very despicable!
  
  In front of the beauties, this Zhou Mu wants to use me as a stepping stone to show off? This behavior is so despicable. Even if he wanted to attract Lin Wan Er"s attention, he did not need to challenge me to a spar. And also.... after the incident at the company, her beautiful arcs keep me up every night. I cannot lose face in front of Lin Wan Er....
  
  At that moment, I glance over at Lin Wan Er. I"m surprised when I see her looking back at me. Her cheeks turn slightly pink as she looks at me with eyes filled with resentment. In a low angry voice, she says: "Xiao Yao, you pervert...."
  
  
  
  My heart sinks, as it becomes clearer and clearer; Lin Wan Er seems to be able to sense what people are thinking.... Could this be mind reading?!
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  This won"t do. I can"t lose face anymore, not in front of Lin Wan Er. To Dong Cheng Yue, I seem strong; Today, I will win!
  
  
  
  I stand up and put down my milk tea, smiling: "Okay. Since Zhao Mu invited me so kindly, I will join you in a spar. Let"s be careful and not injure each other..."
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu laughs: "Don"t worry, I won"t injure you."
  
  
  
  I furrow my brow. These people are really egotistical. No wonder the swordplay club is just one big violent group!
  
  
  
  Wang Ran"s eyes grow wide: "Li Xiao Yao, can you do it? Zhao Mu"s North Star Style is unrivaled among the swordplay club. Even I can"t beat him."
  
  
  
  I nod: "Don"t worry!"
  
  
  
  "Then... which weapon would you like? A bamboo sword?"
  
  
  
  "Okay, Give me two!"
  
  
  
  "Two?"
  
  
  
  "Yes, two bamboo swords!"
  
  
  
  "Ah, ok..."
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  Wang Ran personally hands me two bamboo swords. Holding them in my hand, they seem so light compared to my Xiao Hei; they"re as light as toys.
  
  TL: Xiao Hei is Xiao Yao"s sword in real life
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu grips his bamboo sword with both hands. His eyes are filled with confusion: "Two swords? Did you think that having another sword will make you stronger?"
  
  
  
  I laugh a little: "It is not like that. These bamboo swords are too light. With two, I can control the speed much better. However, it does hit harder."
  
  
  
  "Ba!" Zhao Mu says angrily: "Then I will give you a taste of the North Star Style"s most fearsome strike!"
  
  
  
  Holding one bamboo sword in each hand, the blades become an extension of myself. With a faint smile, I say: "You only know that North Star Style"s most fearsome strike is the strike: Killing Intentions. You probably don"t know that the North Star Style came from Japan learning China"s Tang dynasty"s swordsmanship. You also probably do not know China"s Han dynasty"s borderland warriors use a dual swords style!
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu coldly says: "Dual sword style? Okay, let us see if this Dual sword style is as impressive as it sounds...."
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  At the same time, a loud noise sounds from outside of the swordplay club. Many of the girls that were watching the basketball competition decided to come over. All of them have their eyes wide open like curious little babies.
  
  
  
  "Wow, Isn"t that guy "Maniac Killer" Zhao Mu? Who is he dueling?"
  
  
  
  "A student that I don"t know, dual swords though.... wow, he looks very handsome holding two swords...."
  
  
  
  "Its gonna be a good show."
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  I wrinkle my brow and whisper: "Wang Ran, could you please close the club door?"
  
  
  
  Wang Ran nods. She quickly runs to the door but there are so many girls outside that Wan Ran can"t close the door. On the other hand, after they see showdown here, everyone will probably leave.
  
  
  
  "Can we start? Come!" I impatiently say.
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu takes a deep breathe and charges toward me while roaring loudly. Holding the blade with both hands, he rushes towards me with small steps. Suddenly, he quickly thrusts the blade at a weird angle, aiming at my underarm. This is the North Star Style!
  
  
  
  Twisting my wrist, I turn over my right hand. "Pah!" I block his blade with mine. Then I lean forward and strike!
  
  
  
  "Pah!"
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu retreats a few steps and his complexion turns purple.
  
  
  
  On the sidelines, the students stare on with dumbstruck eyes: "Wow, Zhao Mu"s attack was blocked? What kind of reaction speed does he have?"
  
  
  
  I spread my two swords. With a slight laugh, I say: "Good, a blitz attack!"
  
  
  
  "Pah!"
  
  
  
  My sports shoes stamp on the ground and I spring forward as fast as lightning. Afterwards, the dual blades begin to dance!
  
  
  
  "Oh...."
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu immediately yells out. He carelessly tries to block my attacks by placing his bamboo sword horizontally in front of his chest but he could not block my attacks. The dexterity of dual blades is incomparable to a single sword and I use almost every skill I know from the Dual sword style to harass Zhao Mu.
  
  
  
  "Pah! Pah! Pah!"
  
  
  
  I leave behind marks on Zhao Mu"s clothes as I swing my swords. Within 3 seconds, my swords hit him at least 29 times!
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  3 minutes later...
  
  
  
  "Pah!"
  
  
  
  I throw both swords on the ground and turn around to look at Lin Wan Er. Smiling, I say: "Miss, let"s walk around the garden once and then go to the cafeteria for food. It doesn"t seem like we have time to go to the library."
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er and Dong Cheng Yue both stare at me with their mouths wide open with amazement. Apparently, this is the first time these two girls have seen me show off my swordsmanship.
  
  
  
  Wang Ran is more amazed by me than the two girls. She understands the basics of Dual Sword Style but what I displayed was beyond the basics. Every second, I executed 10 different attacks which is almost at the human limits. It is only natural that I had to train and train until I reached this state.
  
  
  
  "Li Xiao Yao...."
  
  
  
  Wang Ran runs up and grabs my wrist. A pair of beautiful eyes look up at me: "Would... would you please join the swordplay club?"
  
  
  
  "I can"t. I just met you."
  
  
  
  Zhao Mu stands there disappointedly, with a hurt expression.
  
  
  
  Slowly pulling out my hand, I give Wang Ran an apologetic look: "Sorry, I am already in a club. That is why I cannot join the swordplay club."
  
  
  
  Wang Ren"s jaw drops: "What club are you in?"
  
  
  
  I say forcefully: "Table tennis!"
  
  
  
  "Ah?" Many expressions cross Wang Ran"s face: "Such an amazing swordsman. How can you be in the table tennis club?"
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er starts to laugh.
  
  
  
  Dong Cheng Yue narrows her eyes. Looks like someone is a rising star in table tennis.
  
  
  
  ...
  
  
  
  As we leave the swordplay club, a fall wind blows through and the two beauties" short skirts flutter lightly in the wind. I thoughtfully, place my palm on Lin Wan Er"s back.
  
  
  
  "Li Xiao Yao, what do you want to do?" Lin Wan Er suddenly turns and looks at me.
  
  
  
  "Hiccup.."
  
  
  
  I raise my head and smile: "I want to help the Generals get the first Guild Creation tablet. I wonder how they will thank me."
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er purses her lips. With a small laugh, she says: "You want something too far out of your reach. Level 50+ Gold bosses do not fall so easily. I heard that from all three of the big cities, Niu Lu City, Fan Shu City, and Ba Huang City, teams were sent to kill the boss. More than 100 divisions were wiped out. One guild suffered incredible damages; they sent 500+ people to fight a level 57 purple ranked Boss. After 5 rounds, everyone fell below level 40. While they were trying to gather people to fight the boss again, the Boss just flew away...."
  
  
  
  "Pfff..." Dong Cheng Yue stifles a laugh.
  
  
  
  I remain silent for a second. "Okay, if the Generals can not find another healer like Darling Duck that will come then it might be hard. I require a 2nd promoted healer to cast a level 5 heals in addition to my own level 5 heal to be able to tank it. Killing a gold rank Boss ought to be a bit more easier but they rarely spawn."
  
  
  
  Lin Wan Er nods: "Ok. As of today, the number of dead Gold level bosses among the three cities have reached 9 but no one has found a Guild Creation Tablet yet. It is said that Gold level Bosses drop chance is at 0.7% and Purple level Bosses drop chance is around 3%. For Bosses, it seems higher rarity has higher drop chances. However, higher rarity also means tougher bosses; many players have died to them. So, you shouldn"t think about it too much."
  
  
  
  "Ok, I will burn an incense before confronting the Boss"
  
  TL: In chinese culture, you usually burn incense as an offering to accompany a prayer of good health or luck.
  
  
  
  "Huh?...."
  
  
  
  "....."
  
  
  
  ....
  
  
  
  After eating dinner, I shoo away a wave of boys from the two girls. After at the girls dorms, I help Lin Wan Er send away a large male student holding a bouquet of roses. I wait until they go upstairs and check that it is clear before I leave. Every boy in Liu Hua University views me as an enemy. I have a bad feeling about this....
  
  
  
  At my dormitory, Glasses is wiggling on his bed. I know that he must be doing something intense in Destiny but in reality, he isn"t really moving that much in real life. It is the game that is making him move, that is the only way to explain his lack of coordination. I guess this is good for him. For example, lets say Glasses keeps on using his skills in game and in real life, he would wiggle, wiggle and boom he"s in the bathroom. Then, he can have an exceptional endurance because he doesn"t have to log off to take care of bodily needs.
  
  
  
  "Shua!"
  
  
  
  I go online and appear within the Dragon Tomb. Beside me is the guardian Karl"s house but it seems like he doesn"t really welcome me with the stone door shut tight. But I need to get a mission so I will knock until this door opens.
  
  
  
  "Pa pa pa......."
  
  
  
  As I knock on the stone door, I ask: "KARL?"
  
  
  
  "Squeak......."
  
  
  
  The stone door finally opens and Karl comes out in his wooden wheelchair. He raises his head to look at me and with a smile of arrogance he says: "Kid, do you know why that brat Frost left you here?"
  
  I pause: "Why?"
  
  
  
  "To make you undergo various hardships. Maybe you can"t take them so you should get out of Dragon City."
  
  
  
  "It"s fine..." I proudly stick out my chest: "Teacher, give me your assignments, I"ll be able to handle them..."
  
  
  
  "Alright, then let"s start the first phase of your training in Dragon"s Tomb!"
  
  
  
  Karl says: "Within Dragon"s Tomb, every dragon bone has an abundance of residual spiritual power. So, a lot of forces come and try to steal these dragon bones. Even though Dragon City has a few hundred soldiers, they are at least 20 minutes away so we must use our own power to protect Dragon"s Tomb. Recently, a bunch of tomb imps have appeared within Dragon"s Tomb and are stealing small dragon bones. We can"t allow them to disrespect the remains of the dragons so brat, your mission today is to kill 1000 tomb imps!"
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  System Notification: You accepted a quest to [Hunting Tomb Imps] (The current quest difficulty: A grade)
  
  
  
  Quest Description: Enter the Dragon"s Tomb and kill 1,000 Tomb Imps and bring 100 imp skulls to the tomb"s guardian, Karl. Upon completion, you will gain a huge experience reward. But you must be careful of these cruel and murderous imps. Perhaps, you"ll be one of the corpses stolen by these demons.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Okay, looking at the task, it must be rich in experience. My goal today is to reach level 42 and help the General family kill high level bosses.Chapter 88 - Dragon"s Tomb Shin Guards
  
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  "Woosh... ..."
  
  As the chilling wind whistled inside the dragon"s tomb, I wrap the [Ice Fire Cloak] tighter around my body. Carrying the Jade City Sword and with Baby Bobo by my side, I slowly advance. Before me, as far as the eye could see, were countless dragon bones. The dragon"s skeleton glows with a faint luster. This must be the dragon soul Karl mentioned. Before their deaths, the dragons must have swallowed everything, including gold and gems. Presumably, the bones have inherited some of that wealth.
  Growing underneath every dragon bone, tall unknown weeds with black leaves emit a faint aroma.
  "Sha sha......"
  
  
  
  Suddenly, the weeds rustle, and a small green dot shows up on the mini-map. Ah, a monster has appeared.
  "Baby Bobo!"
  Hearing my order, Baby Bobo rushes out, and fires a level 4 combo at the underbrush.
  "Shua shua shua... ... "
  
  
  
  Before the combo could finish, an ugly hunchbacked demon around half a meter high jumps out. It has six legs, four of which it uses to run. The other two legs it uses as arms. It clutches a dragon"s bone between its sole two arms and begins to flee.
  
  
  
  I quickly rush after it, firing [Fierce Ice Blade]!
  
  "698!"
  
  After the strike, the monster"s attributes appear-
  
  [Tomb Imp] (Elite-rank Monster)
  
  Level: 45
  
  Attack: 450-700
  
  Defense: 400
  
  HP: 3000
  
  Abilities: [Steal bones] [Cut] [Penetrating Strike]
  
  
  
  Description: Tomb Imps, small demons that live most of their lives underground. The species is on the fringe of extinction and because of their desire for shiny treasures rich in souls; they will often excavate graves, attracting a lot of hatred.
  
  ......
  
  I blink. Elite ranked?! Great, in addition to normal monsters, elite monsters also appear here. Compared to normal monsters, elite monsters are on a whole new field and of course, their rewards are also on a whole new field.
  "Pi pi..."
  A layer of frost forms under the Tomb Imp"s feet. With a hit from [Fierce Ice Blade], its movement speed steeply drops. Already unable to escape, it immediately turns to attack me with a [Cut] from its sharp claws.
  "272!"
  
  
  
  Fortunately, my 845 defense isn"t just for show. This level 45 monster"s attack has a ceiling of 700 points, plus the +20% elite monster bonus. Its attack isn"t even 900 points. It"s not enough to break my defense.
  "Ding!"
  With a humming sound, the golden hexagram floats on the edge of my sword and I use my combo, hitting the target twice. A lvl 4 Combo hits 2-3 times. So it just got the unlucky end of the stick, hitting twice. I really need to rise it to lvl 5. A lvl 5 Combo hits 3-4 times. Although the chance of 4 hits is relatively low, it will be devastating once it happens.
  
  
  
  I look at my skill proficiency--
  
  [Combo LV-4]:764/2000
  
  ......
  
  It"s still early. Every time I use my combo, the proficiency raises by 1-2 points. I still need to use my combo 1000+ more times to raise to level 5. Fortunately, inside my bag are a sufficient amount of potions to rush my skills without fear of a lack of mana. While rushing lvl 5 [Combo] is easy, leveling [Wind Blade] and [Fierce Ice Blade] is a pain. Lvl 4 [Wind Blade]s consumes 80 MP and Lvl 4 [Fierce Ice Blade]s consumes 120 MP. It"s extremely brutal. Perhaps, that is the reason why most players" melee skills stay at lvl 3. The potions are just too expensive!
  "Jie jie......"
  
  
  
  Under force of my combo, the Tomb Imp screams and falls to the ground. 7 silver coins burst out. How generous. Elite ranked monsters definitely are special. In addition, with +1 imp exterminated and a imp skull as bonus, this is going well!
  
  
  
  Picking up the coins, I continue forward, and more Tomb Imps appear. Sometimes as many as 3 appear together, but fortunately, my defense is so high, it"s impossible for them to kill me. I can come back here to milk this place without too much pressure of getting killed. A different class swordsman, even a top fighter like Jian Feng Han, would need to bring several healers into the map. Drinking HP potions alone certainly wouldn"t be enough. Drinking a potion has a cooldown of 60 seconds. That is to say, for 60 seconds, the most I can add is 600HP. But since my [Heal] has a cooldown of 6 seconds, my recovery power surpasses potions by as much as 900%.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  The experience from these elite monsters is exceptional. For every 5 Tomb Imps killed, my experience bar jumps around 1%. At this pace, ah, after I complete this time-consuming quest, I should have leveled to 42. These Tomb Imps" respawn rate is pretty good, and the silver coins dropped is about 150% greater than what normal monsters drop. Soon, a few green tiered equipment drop too. Practically all of them are leather armors but it"s still good.
  
  
  
  Before I know it, 5 hours pass by and it"s nighttime: 11:00 PM. I"ve jumped to lvl 41, while [Combo], [Wind Blade], and [Fierce Ice Blade] are all at lvl 5. Inside my bag are considerably fewer potions, but it is worth it. Especially for lvl 5 [Combo]. When I tested it 50 times, the chances of hitting 4 times was around 50%. While the official number given is 30%, out of 50 tries, I got 4 hits 27 times. There could only be one explanation -- charm!
  
  
  
  Yes, the effects of charm to increase the success rate of skills is starting to show, especially for improving my [Combo]"s probability. My 31 charm is like a treasure.
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Gu gu......."
  
  
  
  My stomach growls. A little hungry, I go offline. But after eating a bowl of noodles, I return back online. Today"s mission is to level up to 42.
  
  
  
  "Kacha!"
  
  
  
  [Wind Blade] cleaves off an imp"s head while it gives off a horrible death shriek. And at the same time, three things burst out: silver coins, gems, and a ring. Looking at the ring"s bright shine, my heart bursts; something amazing just dropped.
  
  
  
  Hastily reaching down to pick it up, sure enough, it was an excellent ring. For elite monsters to drop such equipment. Great!
  
  
  
  ?Green Stem Ring?(Silver-Tiered Equipment)
  
  
  
  Strength: +27
  
  
  
  Magic Power: +22
  
  
  
  Extra: Increases attack by 20 points
  
  
  
  Level Requirement: 40
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Looking at +27 Strength and +22 Magic Power, these additional attributes makes me smile. While ordinary swordsmen have no use for extra MP, for me it"s extremely important. At lvl 41, I"m capped at 480 mana and my usage is far greater than the amount an Indigo Sea Pill recover. Now adding this +22 Magic Power, along with a swordsman"s 0.8 magic power growth, I have a 176 mana bonus. This is like a gift from god!
  
  
  
  Immediately equipping the ring, I feel the mana surge. The extra mana means I can use [Fierce Ice Sword] one extra time.
  
  
  
  ?Xiao Yao Zi Zai?(Tomb Guardian of Dragon City)
  
  
  
  Level:41
  
  
  
  Attack:726-983
  
  
  
  Defense:846
  
  
  
  HP:1473
  
  
  
  MP:656
  
  
  
  Charm:31
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I look down at the dropped gem with delight. Ohhh, my luck"s too good--
  
  
  
  ?Soul Gem?:Strengthens weapons or defensive equipment to improve the quality of the equipment!
  
  
  
  To my surprise, it"s a soul gem! Not saying anything more, I open up the strengthening window and see the 80% success rate in strengthening the Jade City Sword.
  
  
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  Strengthening successful!
  
  
  
  ?Jade City Sword +2?(Gold Tier Weapon)
  
  
  
  Attack:210-300(+42-60)
  
  It"s peerlessly sharp! Another addition of 21-30 hidden attack points.....
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  "Di!"
  
  
  
  A message from Lin Wan Er: "Yue Er and I are going offline. You should go to sleep too!"
  
  
  
  This is the first time Lin Wan Er has taken the initiative of telling me goodnight. I excitedly reply: "Ah, sweet dreams!"
  
  
  
  She sends a smiley face emoticon. The name goes dim and she goes offline.
  
  
  
  After a few seconds, I hear another "Di" sound. It"s a message from General Li Mu: "Xiao Yao, are you still busy?"
  
  
  
  "Ah, I"m in the middle of leveling, shooting for lvl 42 by tonight!" I look at his rank and find General Li Mu at lvl 43. His leveling speed is insane!
  
  
  
  Ba Huang City"s golden emblem on my head was already gone, meaning that my rank at lvl 41, dropped to be top 10. Now I"m ranked No. 300+. It"s really depressing.
  
  
  
  Li Mu replies: "Ah, you"re nearly lvl 42. Just to let you know, we"ve been busy as well. We"ve already found eleven lvl 37 healers willing to join us. We haven"t been about to find any at lvl 40; healers with second promotion are too scarce. But if we fight 50+ gold tier bosses, we should have no problems. I"m trying to start the operation tomorrow afternoon. Xiao Yao, you need to be online then!"
  
  
  
  "I understand. No problem! But my only request is that I have the killing blow on the boss. I want to get more experience, or I won"t be able to re-enter the top ten."
  
  
  
  "Okay, we"ll let you get it......"
  
  
  
  "Okay......."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Continuing the leveling, I sweep through the Dragon"s Tomb once more. Already 2:00AM at night, practically all of the elite Tomb Imps have been killed off by me but I"ve also killed the 1000 Imps required and found 100 Imp skulls. There"s still 11% until lvl 42. Ah, finishing my quest should be enough for me to level up. Cherishing every elite monster found, I search through the tomb once again and kill off the dozen or so that slipped through the net the first time. Carrying my Jade City Sword, I walk back, ready to complete my quest.
  
  
  
  Inside my bag, there are a heap of black and green tier equipment, but no bronze tiers. The best drop was the Green Stem Ring but a second silver tiered item never turned up.
  
  The small stone house is quiet. I use the hilt of my sword to knock on the stone door, yelling: "Teacher, I"ve finished your quest!"
  
  
  
  Rolling out in his wheelchair, Karl looks at the 100 imp skulls and a smile finally shows on his hardened face: "Haha, kid, you really don"t disappoint. Those imps weren"t even slightly difficult for you. Come here, this is your reward!"
  
  
  
  "Ding!"
  
  
  
  System Notification: Congratulations. You"ve completed the A-level mission [Hunting Tomb Imps], Experience +32,000 points, +10 Gold coins, and your reputation in Dragon City has improved. You"ve acquired the quest item: [Dragon"s Tomb Shin Guards]!
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I hastily open my bag. I actually obtained equipment from the quest! --
  
  
  
  ?Dragon"s Tomb Shin Guards?(Silver-Tiered Equipment)
  
  
  
  Category:Armor
  
  
  
  Defense:110
  
  
  
  Strength:+28
  
  
  
  Endurance:+25
  
  
  
  Extra:Increases attack damage by 0.7%
  
  
  
  Level Requirement:40
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Great. This is just what I need. Replacing the bronze leggings, my defense and HP both increase considerably; it"s just in time for the raid on the boss tomorrow.
  
  
  
  ?Xiao Yao Zi Zai?(Tomb Guardian of Dragon City)
  
  Level:42
  
  
  
  Attack:744-1006
  
  
  
  Defense:872
  
  
  
  HP:1683
  
  
  
  MP:656
  
  
  
  Charm:31
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I have nearly 1,700 HP and my base attack broke a thousand, with [Turmoil Sword], my actual damage reaches 1100+! It"s more than enough to break the defenses of level 50+ bosses.
  
  
  
  After tidying up my bag, I return to Ba Huang City to replenish my potions and repair my equipment. Afterwards, I log out and go to sleep in order to save my stamina. Tomorrow, when I go online, I"ll go and raid the boss. Before I fall asleep, I think: Just wait till I get that Guild Creation Tablet, [Vanguard]!
  Chapter 89 - Skeleton General
  
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  On the morning of the next day, I painfully sit through the morning classes and accompany Wan Er and Cheng Yue to lunch, then we all hurry up and connect online. All sorts of major guilds are planning to attack bosses, and all of them don"t want to fall behind others.
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  1 o"clock in the afternoon, I appear in the middle of Ba Huang City. With a tick, General Li Mu sends a message, "Xiao Yao, you"ve finally came online! Hurry up and prepare, we"ll meet up in the northern plaza of Ba Huang City. We"ve found a boss!"
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  I take my sword and get over there. I notice the Generals surrounded by a dozen of players. Including me, there are exactly 20 players in this group and there are ton of healers; There are 9 healers,but without this many to heal me, I probably can"t take all the damage up.
  
  
  
  "Here comes Xiao Yao Zi Zai!"
  
  
  
  Wang Jian smiles, "Damn, already level 42 now. His leveling speed is something!"
  
  
  
  I shoot a glance at my shoulder and a golden Ba Huang City emblems appears on it. My ranking is same as usual--Ba Huang City"s #10 player. Lowest ranking again... I look towards the ground, smile and ask, "Is everyone ready?"
  
  
  
  "Mm!"
  
  
  
  General Li Mu nods and says, "I didn"t even dare drink any beer today to avoid affecting my game reaction speed. Everyone had already gathered around here at 12:20 and we were waiting on you!"
  
  
  
  "Okay..."
  
  
  
  I walk up, and I scan over our team--4 mages, all male, the highest is already level 40, 1 level 39 musketeer, 1 wind spirit assassin, pretty similar to Wan Er in class and race, but this person pales in comparison... As for the the healer group, the healer lowest level is 37, the rest are level 38-39, and sadly there"s only one level 40 promoted healer--
  
  
  
  ID: Who"s Blue LV-40 Silver Healer
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Her age is probably less than 20, and beside her, there"s a level 39 female healer as well, called "Not Red Yet" and I"m guessing that they"re playing together. To get to this level is already pretty good since there aren"t many healers in Ba Huang City that have had their second promotion, maybe at most 100 players. To have their second promotion is already very good by itself...
  
  
  
  "You should have [Healer Advent] and [Revive] right?" I ask.
  
  
  
  Who"s Blue nods, "Mm, I have it and I spent a lot of money on it, so I accepted this job...You"re that Xiao Yao Zi Zai? Looking at you...you don"t seem that powerful...Why are Tyrant of Western Chu and Jian Feng Han so scared of you and hate you?"
  
  
  
  I put my sword on my shoulder and smile, "You"ve got it wrong. They aren"t scared at me at all but rather they really want to kill me. Since we"re prepared, then let"s go. When we are killing the boss, everyone spread their healing times apart. 6 second cooldown, so everyone should heal me every second. You and Red, you two should have pretty good healing control right? Try to do some tight healing, right after the boss attacks me for the first time, heal me, so it will almost nullify the damage."
  
  
  
  "Mm, I understand."
  
  
  
  "Let"s go! Lead the way Li Mu!"
  
  
  
  "Okay, let"s go!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Our group majestically leaves Ba Huang City. General Li Mu leads a group of DPSs and I lead a group of healers. All 9 healers are in my party. Since I am probably the main tank, it"ll be better for them to all be in the same party so there won"t be anytime when I won"t get healed causing the attack group to collapse.
  
  
  
  As we walk deeper and deeper, Li Mu carefully looks around us, squints his eyes and smiles, "There aren"t any assassins following us right?"
  
  
  
  I blink my eyes, "I think you"re overestimating yourself guy. [Vanguard], [Prague], [Flying Dragons] and [Wrath of the Heroes] all went and found bosses to kill; where would they find the time to follow us? Also, we are only 20 people here, who do you think we are..."
  
  
  
  "Although you are correct, it does hurt our pride a bit..."
  
  
  
  "Oh yeah, to create this group, how much did you spend?"
  
  
  
  Li Mu coughs, moves closer to me and mutters, "The most expensive ones were those healers, Blue and Red those two. I spent 50 gold coins on them both, buy one get one free type of thing. The rest are the 7 healers, I spend 5 gold for battle costs, and the other mages are 10 gold per day. This is already pretty cheap, and the rest are people I know so they"re free."
  
  
  
  I"m shocked, "Did you promise them anything?"
  
  
  
  "Mm, cloth type armor, or magic type equipment are given to mages, healing type equipment is given to Blue, and the rest we decided within ourselves. So that"s how it is..."
  
  
  
  I nod, "Yep, that"s the best way to prevent any arguments. This time...Even if a purple-rank equipment is dropped, we need to give it to them. We only have one life, and trust is very important."
  
  
  
  Li Mu smiles like he understands everything, "Mm, that"s how it should be!"
  
  
  
  "So who"s our target for this afternoon"s battle?"
  
  
  
  "Level 52 gold-rank boss, [Skeleton General]. It"s in a hidden place in the Ba Huang Forest so we should hurry up and get there. It was just discovered barely an hour ago, so there shouldn"t be anyone there yet. According to the Ba Huang City player contract, whoever sees the boss gets rights over the boss. Only until the first group of players get extinguished can the other players follow up and attack. So...we should get there as soon as possible."
  
  
  
  "Mm, but I don"t have a good feeling about this. Level 52 gold-rank boss, the drop chance for the Guild Creation Tablet is less than 1%. With our luck, I"m afraid...coughcough"
  
  
  
  "Don"t jinx it, hurry up ...."
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Ba Huang Forest, the main forest surrounding Ba Huang City, also the main level training area for players. There are countless maps in Ba Huang Forest and over 80% of Ba Huang City"s currently online players are scattered in Ba Huang Forest.
  
  
  
  "It"s ahead, no one"s found it out yet!" General Wang Jian yells, "My assassin friends told me its here, hehe..."
  
  
  
  The whole group rushes forward and goes through the shrubs. Indeed, in the dark and wet forest, a blood-red named boss stands there with a battle axe in his hand. A full body of red armor with a body of white bones. Also, long white hair extends from his helmet. Perhaps in his previous life, he was some good looking guy...
  
  
  
  ?Skeleton General - Wang Lin?(Gold-rank Boss)
  
  
  
  Level: 52
  
  
  
  Attack: ???
  
  
  
  Defense: ???
  
  
  
  HP: ???
  
  
  
  Skills: ???
  
  
  
  Description: The death king hidden deep in the forest, he has a battle axe sharpened from a pile of dried up bones...
  
  
  
  .......
  
  
  
  "Skeleton General..." I mutter.
  
  
  
  General Li Mu raises his sword and stands next to me, "Xiao Yao, what"s the plan? You can direct us, against bosses you should be much more familiar than me. "
  
  
  
  I nod and smile, "Hm. This level 52 gold-rank boss wouldn"t be able to instantly kill me with my 1683 HP; this much is certain. But the only thing is the boss"s high cooldown skills. If it uses some explosive damage skill then there"s a chance that I might be killed, so Blue has to prepare the [Revive] skill. If I get killed, then you have to revive me within 2 seconds. If I revive within 2 seconds, then the aggro will still stay on me, or else the boss will rampage all over and everyone will get trampled by it. Remember, reviving me is very important..."
  
  
  
  Blue nods, "Mm, Xiao Yao don"t worry, I will remember!"
  
  
  
  "Then that"s good..." I grasp my sword and say, "Then I"ll prepare to go now. When my HP reaches 40% then heal me. I"ll do the first heal myself to lock in the boss"s aggro then after that just don"t let me die. Doing all that, we"re pretty much guaranteed that we can finish this boss off."
  
  
  
  Li Mu pats my shoulder, "Mm, you be careful and good luck on getting the Guild Creation Tablet drop!"
  
  
  
  "Okay!"
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  I summon Baby Bobo, take my sword and enter the shrubbery. My sword shines, and with a whoosh I use [Fierce Ice Blade] on the Skeleton General. This although this Skeleton General is a boss, it doesn"t have too good of an AI. It waves its axe and starts to retaliate, but its body is already been stabbed by the [Fierce Ice Blade] and as frost was forming on its body, a huge damage number also pops up--
  
  
  
  "651!"
  
  
  
  Very good, my attack damage is good enough to break through its defense. Just as I finished the previous strike, I lean down, and punch the ground with my left fist. With a clang steel chains break through from the ground, and it latches onto the General"s ankles. At the same time a glow appears from my feet, my S-rank combo is coming--[Strength of a Thousand Men]!
  
  
  
  A chain of damage numbers appear, and the first 3 strikes knocked the boss"s battle axe away, and my [Wind Blade] dealt over 800 damage in one strike!
  
  
  
  "Die..."
  
  
  
  The Skeleton General bellows, and raises its battle axe again with flames on it. Damn, it"s the second promotion skill for players, [Flame Axe]!
  
  
  
  Clang!
  
  
  
  I feel a wave of pain on my shoulder and my entire body feels like it got compressed for half a meter. My body sinks down, and a damage number flies up--
  
  
  
  "474!"
  
  
  
  That"s good, since this is a gold-rank boss, the damage is far less scary than General of the Everlasting Wind, which could easily require thousands. My 872 defense isn"t just for show; many top-class monks and knights at this stage also have around this amount of defense.
  
  
  
  I eat another axe, and my HP reaches 50%. I immediately wave my hand and cast a level 5 [Heal]!
  
  
  
  Whoosh!
  
  
  
  "+750!"
  
  
  
  The instant the [Heal] was casted, a blood-red glow rose from the Skeleton General. It enters an angered state and the battleaxe focuses on me. Indeed, because of my healing, 90% of all aggro is on me.
  
  
  
  .......
  
  
  
  Under rays of light, the 9 healers behind me continuously recover my health. Li Mu also took his longsword and yells, "Start the ranged attacks!"
  
  
  
  Mages start to chant their spell and at the same time, I also yell, "Mages watch your MP, don"t use it up!"
  
  
  
  The group of people nod.
  
  
  
  I also pay attention to my own MP. I need to make sure that I can still use [Heal], so out of all my attacking skills, I only use level 5 [Combo] and only use level 1 skills for the rest of them. My 656 total MP can only allow for 4 level 5 [Fierce Ice Blade]s, so use level 1 [Fierce Ice Blade]s. Although the slowing effect is a bit worse, that"s not a huge problem.
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  In less than 5 minutes, the Skeleton General"s HP is already 70% gone and cries and whines come from it. My HP hasn"t even gone under 30%, while I fought very safely. Even if the General uses all its skills, I can still hang on.
  
  
  
  After 7 minutes, the boss only has less than 5% HP remaining, and we start the final battle!
  
  
  
  ......
  
  
  
  Blue smiles lightly, "0 Aggro changes, 0 overheals, 27 missed boss attacks, waa, Xiao Yao Zi Zai is strong as the rumours say, the gold-rank boss doesn"t even know what to do..."
  
  
  
  General Wang Jian holds his long sword and laughs, "Of course, or how else could Xiao Yao kill the purple-rank boss without dying?"
  
  
  
  I look at the boss"s HP bar and don"t say anything. I only hope that when he dies he drops a Guild Creation Tablet, so we can pro ve that we are not the "losers"!
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