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Chapter 18: Chapter 18 The Death God Comes

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Yao carefully roamed through the Mogul Mountain Range, it was already noon in the game.

After leveling up to level five with Dumb Mon and Changeable Witch, Li Yao said his goodbyes to prepare for the mining task, only to receive another voice message from Mon.

"Wow, big brother, you've become famous you know, our boss slaying video is now number one on the weekly hit chart." Mon excitedly said.

"Hey, young missy, it's midnight in the real world, didn't you go to sleep?"

"What, brother you're not excited at all, this is number one on the weekly hit chart, your video has three hundred million more hits than Xiao Ze's, and there are many professional gamers thanking you and big guilds inviting you to join them. Don't you know how big your name is right now?" Mon grumbled.

"Alright, alright, I got it, you go to sleep now, I still have tasks to do, that's it." Li Yao hung up the communication.

When he uploaded the video, he already knew the result, which is just what he wanted.

In fact, what Li Yao wanted to do, some top-tier studios have already begun.

That is, to help players earn medals, especially some capable top-tier studios, they don't make a living simply by 'Gold Farming', they rely on their skills.

Sweeping dungeons on behalf of others, also known as gold groups, is the main business of these top-tier studios.

The market in the past two days changed constantly, Li Yao found out. Three experts carrying a boss, if passing the challenge mode dungeon and getting a One-Star Black Iron Medal, the price is one thousand credit points.

If it's a One-Star Silver Medal, then it is three thousand credit points, which sounds terrifyingly high, literally an ordinary person's monthly salary.

But for the wealthy, let alone the slightly affluent middle class, this amount of money is nothing. These people don't have the technical skills, but they do want the attribute bonus of medals or to show off in front of girls, finding a gold group is the easiest solution.

Thanks to the recently passed virtual law, if it was a few years earlier, Li Yao estimates that the price would be at least ten thousand, with silver ranging from thirty to forty thousand. The virtual law made the game operate more legit and orderly, even the pricing has a basis for conversion.

Li Yao's first earnings would also come from helping others get medals. He consulted a bit, and set the price at five thousand credit points per person.

Furthermore, he was the one carrying three, not three carrying one. He could play five times a day, just what he would make in one day was a number he couldn't even make in a year before.

Li Yao was not in a hurry, with his current fame and the Platinum Medal he had, there would be countless customers lining up for him at any post or area call in the evening gaming hours.

Li Yao hung up, and looking around the environment, he unintentionally spotted something sparkling.

"To think that one could find a treasure chest, it seems being a thief is quite promising." A thief's stealth can more freely move between monsters.

System: Opening the treasure chest...

Click

A silver light flashed past, Li Yao opened his first silver treasure chest. Li Yao hastily placed the items from the chest into his backpack.

"System: You have obtained the Military Heavy Crossbow"

"System: You have obtained the Skill Book of Arrow Rain"

"System: You have obtained a silver coin"

Seeing the attributes of the two items, Li Yao was once again overjoyed. This was the advantage of being in a low population area, otherwise how could he have obtained a treasure chest, let alone a silver treasure chest.

Military Heavy Crossbow

Quality: Blue Fine

Features: Two-Handed Slow Crossbow

Attack: 20-25

Strength: 14

Agility: 12

Equipment Level: 5

Professional Equipment: Hunter, Warrior, Knight

Li Yao fiddled with the heavy crossbow for a while and then put it in his backpack. The heavy crossbow had extremely high attack power and insane attributes, but its drawback was obvious, it was too heavy. Equipping the heavy crossbow would cause a significant slowdown in attack and movement speed, and the firing speed of the heavy crossbow was too slow. Even for a skilled veteran hunter like Li Yao, it took about four seconds from loading the arrow to firing it.

This crossbow can be seen as a sniper rifle, usually used to bait mobs or for stationary output.

As for Arrow Rain, it is the only group attack skill book for hunters in the early stages. Without hesitation, Li Yao learned it straight away. Li Yao could imagine the terrifying sight of switching to the heavy crossbow and releasing Arrow Rain when faced with a mob.

Feeling good, Li Yao tracked down the NPC friend. The guy gave him a transfer certificate, saying that as long as he got the contract from the mine, it would be his private property.

Li Yao thanked him, was just about to enter the mine when he received a call from his sister. She had called yesterday and was delighted to hear that she had received the gear he mailed. She was playing with her little classmates from school.

"Brother, we were ambushed, I and my friends were killed once."

Li Yao's face immediately changed, asking: "What happened?"

Li Jia frustratingly said: "I am doing tasks with my classmates, then a group of people came over and wanted to team up with us, we refused, then they started attacking us. We couldn't escape and died once."

"What's happening now?" Li Yao immediately stopped attacking his target and began to teleport back to the city as he asked.

"We revived once, but they are still chasing us." Li Jia was so frustrated she wanted to cry, she was just playing the game peacefully, why did they suddenly get hunted?

Li Yao ran towards the highest building of the Tower of the Sun: "Which Sun Tower are you in, what are the specific coordinates?"

"Sun Tower No. 5682, let me see the coordinates, they are 58256, 27568."

"Wait up, my friend is in that Beginner's Village, he'll be right over,"

"It feels like I'm troubling him, doesn't it?" Li Jia hesitated.

"Don't worry, he's my buddy, I'll have him contact you soon."

Having said that, Li Yao addressed the Administrative Officer of Beginner's Village, "Hello, I would like to go to Mirror Image number 5682."

The male elf responded indifferently, "50 silver coins."

Traveling to another Beginner's Village's Mirror Image required a lot of money. Fifty silver coins was a significant sum of money and even major guilds seldom spent so extravagantly.

Without further ado, Li Yao forked out the money. With a flash of light, he arrived at the Beginner's Village that Li Jia resided in.

Halfway there, Li Jia sent another voice message, "Big bro, you might as well not have your friend come over. The expert that Big Sis Bing invited got killed."

"Calm down, I have it under control," Li Yao reassured.

"But I heard Big Sis Bing saying that the expert was from a professional team and had participated in A-level competitions." Li Jia began to worry for Li Yao.

"Chill. Just trust my buddy, he's really strong." Li Yao said helplessly, having been reincarnated and knowing well that the former experts in free play mode weren't much stronger than ordinary players at this stage. It would take quite some time for the gap to widen.

Li Yao saw from afar a clear space where a male player's corpse lay on the ground. A female Paladin was dueling a warrior. He then set his game character to Star Fire.

On the viewing side, Li Jia and a little girl were present, along with four male players.

The female Paladin was pushing back the warrior player gradually, then swiftly knocked him down.

Li Jia immediately cheered, exclaimed loudly, "Humph, I told you guys that you can't beat her one on one."

The leading male Mage, Shengshi Madman, snorted, "She just took advantage of superior equipment."

The little girl next to Li Jia retorted, "Didn't you guys just use superior numbers to kill me and Dragon Bro?"

With disdain, Shengshi Madman said, "I'm running out of patience. I'll ask one last time, do you want to join us in play? It's your fortune that we took a liking to you girls. You'll level up as fast as a rocket. If you refuse again, I'll have my team surround and slaughter you all, bringing you back to zero."

Li Yao, who had climbed a big tree, was both annoyed and amused by the scene. How absurd it was not to be accompanied in game play but rather to be courted. His sister was definitely a beauty, and the other two girls were not too shabby either. They were all femme fatales. Likely, the guys on the other side were jealous and wanted to form a team with the girls. However, they were rejected and thus enraged.

Aiming to demonstrate their strength in one-on-one fights, they were cut down by the girls. From the male players' mortifying expressions, the thoughts of the other side were apparent.

By then, the fallen male player, Dragon Roams the Sea, had revived. With an ugly face, he castigated, "How despicable! You guys didn't keep to the agreement of one-on-one dueling. The reputation of Shengshi Worldwide is ruined by scum like you."

The insulting Dragon Roams the Sea said, "Did signing a contract with Qionghua Club make you cocky? You think you're an expert? You forgot how you bootlicked my elder brother just a few days ago." Shengshi Madman shot a glance at the revived Hunter, "Little girl, have you made up your mind?"

The female Paladin, Instant Elegance, lifted her sword with one hand, stating indifferently, "Who's next?"

Shengshi Madman's face darkened even more, coldly retorting, "You really don't give face to our Shengshi Club, do you want a war with Shengshi?"

Instant Elegance scorned, "Your brother can't even represent Shengshi Club, let alone you."

Shengshi Madman's face turned green. He was steaming with rage after being exposed in public, "Attack! Kill them all together. Our men are on their way. Today, I will kill these little women back to level 0."

The few men rushed forward, without noticing a leisurely sheep beneath them.

Boom...

A loud explosion rang out, knocking the leading warrior and paladin onto the ground, with large damage numbers appearing above their heads.

-145-142

Li Yao's Exploding Sheep was counted as half his pet, boosted by attributes and thus causing substantial damage to even elite warriors with thick armour, let alone the level three players with little equipment.

The explosion nearly killed two heavily-armoured professionals in one shot. The group was startled by the huge blaze, stopping the Shengshi players in their tracks.

"What's happening?" Covered in dirt from the explosion, Shengshi Madman roared.

The warrior up front climbed to his feet, saying, "It's Star Fire. We were attacked by Star Fire."

No sooner had he finished his sentence than a yellow light pierced his throat.

-45

With a bemused look in his eyes and his hand clutching the arrow in his throat, the warrior collapsed, drained of life.

All eyes were on Li Yao, perched up in the tree, their faces filled with horror.

Seeing Li Yao crouching on the stout tree trunk, his long bow gleaming yellow, the Shengshi Madman players' faces turned a ghastly white, "Oh no, run."

Feeling a shiver down his spine, the Paladin lifted the shield in his hand instinctively to protect his head and upper body.

Boom...

An empowered arrow harboring level three force slammed into the Paladin's shield.

Crack...

-38

Despite the shield reducing damage, the Paladin's health bar instantly depleted, and he slumped onto the ground.

The remaining few players were white as a sheet. They never expected the two shields among them would be killed in an instant...


Chapter 19: Chapter 19: It Only Takes Two Arrows to Kill

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"The Spark of Stars!!!"

Shengshi Kuangshao's eyes were practically shooting fire, he had no idea what he did to offend this formidable player who seemed capable of defeating the boss single-handedly.

"It's him."

The priest and thief by Shengshi Kuangshao's side were equally astonished.

In this incredibly challenging game, it was impossible to defeat a boss in both lock-on and free modes, especially as a low-tier class like a hunter. In no time at all, the Spark of Stars became a hot topic among all the guilds and players.

"I don't care about this Spark of Stars or whatever, but the one who killed Shengshi won't live happily. Kill him for me."

As Shengshi Kuangshao commanded, he began to chant a spell, while the priest also began to chant Holy Light Punishment. The thief then quickly approached Li Yao's location stealthily.

Li Yao simply smiled and used a flash technique to dodge behind a tree. He would never go easy on them for threatening his little sister, let alone the fact that Shengshi had been his mortal enemy in his past life.

A Fireball Technique and Holy Light struck the tree Li Yao was hiding behind. Meanwhile, Li Yao charged his 'Charged Arrow' as he slid down the tree, becoming visible again—the level 3 Charged Arrow is ready to go.

This time his target was the healing priest.

Thump...

Not even a cloth-armored priest could resist a level 3 Charged Arrow, especially when it hit his knee. The priest fell to the ground instantly, with frightful damage numbers floating above his head.

-86

Li Yao adjusted his position while continuing to charge his bow.

Instant Beauty was the first to react. A golden glow flashed in her hands and a hammer glowing with gold light fell from the sky, striking Shengshi Kuangshao's head. The shimmering hammer then bounced onto the priest.

Sanction Hammer: A Paladin throws a hammer imbued with the power of the Holy Light setting a maximum of three enemies alight, causing 100% weapon damage with a cooldown of 15 seconds.

Instant Beauty stopped Shengshi Kuangshao instantly, his face turned gloomy as he retreated and cast a spell simultaneously.

Also, Long You Sihai, the Hunter who just respawned started to react and shot an Arcane ray towards Shengshi Kuangshao.

Li Jia and her classmates started casting spells from both sides to attack simultaneously.

Li Yao's second arrow was a decisive headshot, killing the priest instantly. He then set his sight on the ground, looking for the stealthy thief's trace.

As a low-level mage, the consequence of being focused by four players was that he barely managed to cast a Fireball Technique before being beaten to death.

Instant Beauty vigilantly scanned the surroundings and warned Li Yao, "Be careful of the thief. He ranks within the top ten in the Shengshi Club."

Li Yao didn't reply. He was certainly aware that getting backstabbed and throat slit by a thief would lead to instant death.

However, Li Yao, in his new life, had mastered techniques and strategies beyond the reach of a newbie thief, regardless if he was a professional player.

As Li Yao slowly moved and scanned his surroundings, suddenly a blue arcane circle exploded next to him.

Arcane Torrent!

The thief's figure appeared to the left of Li Yao.

"Die!"

A glint of murderous intent flashed in the thief's eyes, and he pounced at Li Yao like a cheetah, a dagger gleaming with green light in his hand.

"You can even prepare poison, nice."

As Li Yao spoke, the yellow glowing Charged Arrow in his hand shot out.

The thief rushed towards Li Yao, there was no way he could avoid the arrow at this close distance. His plan was to swallow the hit and get close to Li Yao - a sure-kill once he got close to the Hunter.

However, he overestimated himself. Li Yao had practiced archery for eight years, and the golden arrow hit his left leg.

At this moment, his right leg was still in the air, and the supporting left leg got hit by the level 2 Charged Arrow, causing him to fall involuntarily to the ground.

-64

As Li Yao fired another arrow, he started charging again. Meanwhile, the thief's body fell to the ground next to Li Yao due to the momentum. At such a close distance, Li Yao didn't miss. His golden arrow instantly pierced the thief's head, killing him instantly.

-89

Li Yao put away his bow casually and walked toward Li Jia.

The other four people stared at Li Yao in awe. His series of moves were seamless and akin to artwork, and even the blood splattered from his actions trumpeted his aesthetic sensibility, pleasing their eyes.

Upon seeing Li Yao approach, the Dragon Traveling the Four Seas changed his expression and stopped Li Yao, "What are you up to? Who are you?"

Li Yao shrugged and replied, "I'm a friend of Li Jia's brother."

Upon hearing Li Yao's response, Instant Beauty sheathed her weapon and told Dragon Traveling the Four Seas, "Zhao Long, let him pass. He's one of us."

The corner of Zhao Long's mouth twitched as he unwillingly parted. He considers himself a skilled player and was supposed to be the hero saving the damsel, but he ended up embarrassing himself.

It wasn't that bad to get beaten up, but compared to Li Yao, the extent of his failings became clearly visible. Both of them were hunters, yet he failed miserably while Li Yao defeated four opponents on his own. His self-esteem was utterly obliterated by this stark contrast.

Compared to Li Yao, he was pathetically weak.

Li Yao knew Zhao Long from his past life. Zhao Long was a relatively skilled player, but considering there were over ten billion players, Zhao Long was just a small fish in a big pond.

Li Yao turned to Li Jia, saying, "Let's retreat. The arrogant Prosperous Era will not let this go."

A contemptuous glint flashed in Long You Si Hai's eyes as he remarked, "What, scared?"

"If you're so brave, stay here with me."

Li Yao casually looked through the equipment dropped by the five players. The Priest dropped a green cloak, while Shengshi Kuangshao dropped a green magic wand. The others dropped nothing special.

Upon seeing Li Yao storing away the equipment, Long You Si Hai's eyes blazed with ardor. "Since when has Qionghua Club been afraid of Prosperous Era?"

"Suit yourself." Li Yao handed the magic wand to his sister. "I'll cover their bodies for a while, but as the crowd grows and their reinforcements arrive, it'll be hard to escape. This time they definitely won't challenge you in a duel."

"Ice sister?" Li Jia turned to look at Shana Fanghua.

"Let's go, leveling up is the main concern. No point in knocking heads with them." Shana Fanghua nodded, saying, "You should come with us too. Leveling up is our top priority right now. It's a waste of time to mess with them."

"I'll cover once more, then leave," Li Yao politely declined her offer.

Shana Fanghua nodded, not insisting any further. After all, they weren't acquainted.

"Thank you," Li Jia said politely.

"Your brother is my bro, making you my sister. You go on, I'll guard for one more round," Li Yao replied with a smile.

Because of the cloak, Li Jia could not see Li Yao's face. Upon hearing his words, she merely nodded. "Be careful."

Li Jia's classmate swung her light golden ponytail, grabbed Li Jia's hand, and started running.

Long You Si Hai's face alternated between green and white as he gave Li Yao a hateful look before reluctantly following. He dared not stay behind. After all, he had already fallen a level. If he were to fall further, he wouldn't be able to keep up with their progress.

Li Yao scanned the area. It was a typical jungle environment, with trees shading the sky. Sunlight would occasionally spill from the canopy where vines hung down. Not as many as in a rainforest, but still not too few.

On the ground, the area was filled with shrubbery, save for the clearing where everyone had been fighting recently.

Li Yao moved around the area and took cover behind some shrubs, slowly releasing his Exploding Sheep one by one and directing them to enter the different groves of shrubbery.

In just a few minutes, Li Yao had set up dozens of Exploding Sheep. If one could see the Exploding Sheep, they'd realize that there was at least one hidden within each cluster of shrubs. Effectively, it had turned into a minefield.

Afterward, Li Yao pulled out a heavy crossbow and mounted a large steel arrow. This tremendous steel arrow measured over one meter in length and was roughly as thick as a finger. Its sharp, hook-covered head was enough to make anyone's hair stand on end.

Li Yao waited a few more minutes. Eventually, the bodies of the players on the ground began to revive.

"Damn it, how much longer until our people arrive? Don't let that son of a bitch Star Fire escape—argh..."

A low hum...

Before Shengshi Kuangshao could finish his sentence, a large steel arrow pierced through his throat. The massive arrow lodged itself into the tree behind him, leaving a gaping hole in his throat. If it weren't for him clutching his neck, his head might have completely fallen off.

Gurgling...

Shengshi Kuangshao could no longer speak. His eyes were full of confusion and terror. A moment later, he dropped to the ground again.

His comrades who had just revived with him were dumbstruck. It was simply too gruesome and realistic. Warm blood splattered onto their faces and bodies.

The professional player, Stealth Thief Dark Night Death God, was the first to react. Immediately he went into stealth mode and tried to locate the hidden Li Yao. However, they were all too slow.

Four Exploding Sheep, under Li Yao's control, had already reached their feet.

With a boom...

Four glaring bursts of flame erupted, sending the four recently revived players flying. This included the one that had just entered stealth mode. They were instantly destroyed by the explosion, their health bars reduced to zero, their bodies blasted to pieces.

In the game, when a player dies, their soul would appear at the nearest graveyard, and to revive, the soul needed to find the body. After revival, the player would only have one-third of their life points left. Neither the power of the crossbow nor the Exploding Sheep were something they could withstand at this point.

"Bloody hell, Star Fire." Shengshi Kuangshao roared furiously in team voice chat, "What the hell are you guys waiting for? I've already lost two levels. Go and kill him!"

Shengshi Kuangshao was nearly mad. Since he began gaming, he had never suffered such a loss. Plus, up until a moment ago, he thought he was dead for sure. Had it not been for the System's mental safeguards, brain death could have been a real possibility.

This wasn't an exaggeration. When virtual gaming first came on the scene, there were many instances of brain death resulting from in-game death.

At one point, virtual gaming was even banned. Not until the invention of brain protective systems were virtual games allowed again. No matter how cruel or realistic the game, one's mind would not collapse or get extinguished; it wouldn't lead to brain death.

"First squad of the first platoon is nearing the coordinates."

"Third squad of the second platoon will reach the coordinates in one minute."

"Second squad of the first platoon will reach the coordinates in three minutes."

One by one, the squads began to gather at the clearing.

Li Yao didn't go out to collect equipment. Instead, he expertly loaded another arrow into his crossbow and waited for his next target in the shadows, surrounded by shrubs and trees like a lurking cheetah.

Li Yao's grudge with Prosperous Era ran deep in his previous life. He was hunted to the point where he had no choice but to delete his account to escape. This reignited resentment still filled him with hatred to this day.

This guild, from top to bottom, was filled with scum. But because the boss was so wealthy and had hired highly-skilled players at great expense, despite being universally despised, Prosperous Era remained one of the top ten guilds in China.

In this life, Li Yao hadn't bothered them, yet Shengshi Kuangshao dared to provoke his sister. His new enmity had ignited his old grudges, and now Li Yao's heart was filled with fury that needed to be vented.

"I'll take some interest today."

In an open terrain, it would be difficult to fight a squad with his current skill set. But this dense jungle, combined with an assortment of engineering items, gave him the confidence to deliver a harsh lesson to Prosperous Era...


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