Earth’s Best Gamer

Chapter 201: Transcendent Item: Viral Staff

“This man is very shrewd…”

Ji Ye secretly made a remark as he watched the tall black-robed man disappear.

Clearly, the tall black-robed man was quite aware of what might happen, so he simply chose to retreat and left behind the body of his companion who launched a reckless attack…

“Yueyu, why are you back here?”

Ji Ye stopped thinking about it anymore now that he decided to let them go.

Instead, he looked at Qin Yueyu, who emerged from the back of a rock with a purple bow in his hand as well as a dozen arrows in different colors on her back. She came to him quickly.

“After we reached the Heartless Valley, we found that it was already occupied by the people from Guan City… so we went to Xiangyang City according to Plan B…”

Qin Yueyu peeped at Bao, the big panda who was still tearing apart the undead warriors violently.

“Right now, things are going differently from what we expected in Xiangyang City.

“Because a dozen settlements had already entered the city, and some of their members assassinated senior Yuan officials, so the Yuan people were pissed and might launch an attack in advance!

“Besides, some of our senior officials have been killed by the battle participants on Yuan’s side. Elder Meng hoped that you could get to Xiangyang City sooner if you can!”

Qin Yueyu and Li Qing had followed Elder Meng and the heroes to Xiangyang.

Li Qing’s talent skill was of greater significance on the battlefield, so Elder Meng sent Qin Yueyu back to inform others.

She happened to catch the black-robed players the moment they arrived at the Hundred Flowers Valley and then shot an arrow!

“Got it! Thank you.”

Ji Ye nodded at Qin Yueyu.

The outcome of this Battlefield of Providence would partly be decided by whether or not Xiangyang City was secured and partly by whether or not the key personnel on the two sides could survive.

Therefore, it would definitely be a strategic focus to assassinate the key personnel.

It wasn’t easy for a lone player or hero to kill those people who were all well-protected.

However, the assassins would have a chance if they worked together, not to mention that they had unusual methods and equipment.

Under such circumstances, it was true that he should set off to Xiangyang.

Because he could bring the dead back to life with his healing talent when it was necessary, he could prevent the leaders on his side from being assassinated.

Besides, if he had a chance to rescue the key personnel such as Guo Jing and Huang Rong, not only would he have a chance to learn martial arts and the Book of Wumu from them, but it would also provide tremendous power of providence for the Twin Dragon Mount fort!

Speaking of “healing”…

Ji Ye stepped back into the fog that covered up the valley.

He reappeared two seconds later.

After that, a yellow light flashed under his feet. He blinked to Shi the Fourth who was still on the ground and pointed his finger at the center of this muscular man’s eyebrows.

The man was enshrouded in the glow of the healing talent.

Several seconds later, Shi the Fourth suddenly opened his eyes.

“How… how did I fall asleep…”

Shi the Fourth seemed confused at first.

“Master Ji, it’s all my fault!

“I don’t know why I took them to the Hundred Flowers Valley!”

Then, Shi the Fourth thought of something and slapped his own face regretfully.

“How did you know them? Did they have contact with other people from the Manor of Beasts?”

Ji Ye stopped him and asked.

He knew from the very beginning that something was wrong with Shi the Fourth, who was reckless but always listened to Ji Ye’s command because Ji Ye treated his brother.

Earlier, Ji Ye had told him not to reveal any information on the Hundred Flowers Valley to strangers.

Something must’ve gone wrong when he took some strangers here.

However, with Ji Ye’s healing talent, nothing was really a problem to him as long as it wasn’t caused by a Transcendent power.

What really worried Ji Ye was that those black-robed players might have done something to the Manor of Beasts.

It must be noted that the ferocious beasts in the Manor of Beasts could hold off the Yuan army.

It was also one of the Twin Dragon Mount fort’s important plans. If those black-robed players had infiltrated the Manor of Beasts, Ji Ye would have to spend some time cleaning up their influence!

“No, I met them halfway. Then, I somehow just told them what was going on in the Hundred Flowers Valley.”

Shi the Fourth seemed confused and scared.

“You were only bewildered by them… But don’t worry, I’ve fixed it for you.”

Ji Ye said to him.

When a player used a talent skill, the light of its corresponding color would show up. It was probably a special reminder of the Land of Inheritance.

The tall black-robed player probably had a “confusion” or “hypnosis” skill. It was naturally easy for Shi the Fourth to fall for the trick when he wasn’t prepared.

Actually, it was also why Ji Ye was confused about the man’s operation.

Theoretically speaking, the tall black-robed man should’ve learned most information about Hundred Flowers Valley from Shi the Fourth.

Even though he didn’t know Ji Ye’s real strength or Han Meimei and the others who had just arrived, he should know that Ji Ye was closely related to Yang Guo and Reverend Yideng.

So, if he fought Ji Ye, those heroes wouldn’t like him. They might even attack him.

It would’ve been impossible for him to launch a battle with the few of his companions.

Then why did he attack anyway?

Was he too stupid to think of that?

Those who had awakened such a talent couldn’t have been too stupid.

Come to think of it, the tall black-robed man didn’t really do anything in the whole process.

It was the shorty who had a high-pitched voice that really attacked and roared ferociously.

Therefore, the tall black-robed player might not be here to compete for the projections of the heroes, but only to let the short black-robed man die here!

“An internal conflict of their settlement?”

Ji Ye sensed the staff that had a black ball on the top. He had acquired it from the short player.

[Viral Staff]

[Level: Special]

[Rarity: Excellent]

[Description: This is a staff made by a Transcendent lich that can infect a creature’s soul with a powerful virus. That lich once created a scourge with the staff. However, after the lich perished, the power in this artifact mostly leaked, and nobody knows its real secrets anymore!]

“An item that contains Transcendent power… Is it compensation?

“He’s truly generous!”

What the short black-robed player launched with his staff was a soul virus.

It could theoretically work on most creatures, but it didn’t work on Ji Ye.

It was because the person who appeared outside of the valley wasn’t his real self but his Dragon Aura clone, which didn’t have a soul at all, and naturally, he couldn’t be infected.

On the other hand, the Dragon Aura was so intimidating that Ji Ye could dispel it even though his real self was hit, not to mention he had a trump card that was the healing talent.

However, the problem was that the tall black-robed man couldn’t have anticipated that he could ignore the soul virus.

It was possible that the guy had a “double plan”.

He was hoping that Ji Ye would kill the short black-robed player in fury after being hit.

In that case, the tall player would get the Viral Staff that the short player left behind.

After that, he would decide whether to demand something from Ji Ye in exchange for curing the poison for him, or to surrender this staff as compensation.

However, Ji Ye ignored the soul virus and simply killed the short black-robed player with one powerful strike of the Jade Dragon Sword.

So, his ingenious plan didn’t cover up all the possible changes!

“The Third Master’s wounds are mostly recovered.

“You tell the First Master that we’ll be setting off to Xiangyang City in a couple of days. We’d appreciate it if they prepare things for us!

“On the other hand, we’ll have to borrow the wolves of the Manor of Beasts too,” said Ji Ye.

The tall black-robed man wasn’t the only person whose plan was disrupted.

By his and Elder Meng’s anticipation, he still had plenty of time left.

However, the updates from Xiangyang City made it impossible for him to stay in the Hundred Flowers Valley to improve his strength.

Nevertheless, he was more or less prepared!

He was theoretically an expert even among the Extraordinary Rank-7 people.

With his equipment that contained Transcendent power, Ji Ye was confident to fight the top experts on this battlefield!

It was time to meet Guo Jing, Huang Rong, and young Guo Xiang who had left a note for him!