Chapter 144 - 125: Joint Raid Invitation

Chapter 144: Chapter 125: Joint Raid Invitation

"You... you..."

Zhang Bo looked at Su Hong in disbelief, his expression gradually shifting into terror. He recalled the fear of being brutally beaten by Su Hong in the past. And this time, it was more intense than ever before.

The power gap between a Lv20 and a First Turn expert was like an uncrossable chasm! But... how was that possible?!

Just a month ago, when he was discussing Su Hong with the lackeys he had taken in back in the Newbie Area, the other party was still stuck at Lv10. How long had it been since then?

He had painstakingly grinded in the Main City for two months to finally reach Lv20, making him an outstanding existence among players of the same generation. Su Hong’s arrival at the Newbie Area was definitely later than his. Yet, the other party had already leveled up to Lv30 so early and even successfully passed the First Turn trial that stumped countless players?

If it weren’t for that familiar face, Zhang Bo would have suspected that the person standing before him was merely someone who shared the same name!

Remembering his earlier verbal abuse, Zhang Bo’s face instantly turned deathly pale. Back in the Newbie Area, Su Hong had only beaten him up. Now, he had come specifically looking for him...

THUD.

Zhang Bo’s legs gave way, and he dropped straight to his knees.

"Don’t... don’t kill me!"

He had gone through so much trouble to join a Three-star Guild and gain everything he had now! The thought of being killed, of all this vanishing like a popped bubble in an instant, of becoming a mere ordinary person unable to ever again experience the feeling of being flattered—it made Zhang Bo’s expression all the more terrified.

THUMP.

Zhang Bo slammed his forehead against the ground, producing a dull thud, followed by a second, then a third...

Su Hong watched calmly, his clenched hands slowly loosening. He had actually long since let go of his past grievances with Zhang Bo. No, not exactly let go. It was just that after witnessing a broader world, these trivial matters naturally faded into insignificance. Thinking back to how he had dared to draw his sword against the Demon’s Might of the Deep Red Demon Lord during his First Turn trial not long ago, what did a mere Zhang Bo amount to? He merely wanted to give him one last beating after recalling how Zhang Bo’s lackeys had almost gotten him, Su Yue, and Yu Zhun killed in the Newbie Area. But now, even that desire gradually faded away.

CLANG.

A Long Sword gleaming with a cold light instantly thrust into the stone brick right next to Zhang Bo’s head. Its razor-sharp edge pierced the stone with ease. The looming fear of death caused Zhang Bo’s movements to stiffen abruptly, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"I won’t kill you." Su Hong slowly withdrew the Long Sword. "Because my sword is meant to protect my most important companions."

He turned and walked out of the alley, letting the bright sunlight spill across his face and his radiant silver armor, leaving behind only a receding figure.

"Our grievances are settled. Look out for yourself."

***

"Chairman Yu, you are truly young and promising!"

A burly man strode up to Yu Zhun with a warm smile, suddenly grabbing both of his hands and shaking them vigorously.

"Last time at the expedition site of the [Red Moon Tide] Dungeon, I wanted to befriend a young talent like you, Chairman Yu, but alas, the guild had urgent matters to deal with, so I had to leave in a hurry.

"In the blink of an eye, dozens of days have passed, and Chairman Yu looks even more dashing than before." The man patted Yu Zhun’s shoulder. "Come, let’s head to the reception room!

"We just got some excellent new tea; you must try it, Chairman Yu!"

Feeling the astonished gazes cast upon them from all around, the corners of Yu Zhun’s and Ji Xiaoyu’s mouths twitched simultaneously. Although the man’s words were blatantly fake, for the dignified chairman of a Four-star Guild and a top-tier Lv58 First Turn player to lower his stance this much... it was truly giving them a lot of face.

"Chairman Liu, you’re too polite."

Yu Zhun smiled and followed Liu Xiongfei, the chairman of the [Moon-devouring Celestial Wolf] Guild, striding into the guild’s interior. Ji Xiaoyu stayed half a step behind Yu Zhun, tagging along closely like a little secretary.

Once both parties were seated in the reception room, Liu Xiongfei brought out the fine tea, his gaze toward Yu Zhun carrying a hint of complexity.

Previously, at the [Red Moon Tide] expedition site, he hadn’t stepped forward to obstruct the [Godslayer] Guild alongside the other civilian guilds. However, this was not because of the [Godslayer] Guild itself. It was simply because the [Moon-devouring Celestial Wolf] Guild didn’t have much confidence in achieving a perfect clear in the first place; they were purely there to make up the numbers. Whether the [Godslayer] Guild entered the Dungeon or not had no impact on [Moon-devouring Celestial Wolf].

Thus, he hadn’t wanted to clash with the Divine Revelation Hall over such a trifling matter. Who knew that in the end, he would wind up watching a grand spectacle. That nepotism hire no one thought highly of had actually snatched away the [Red Moon Tide] right under the noses of a massive number of Four-star and Five-star Guilds.

What Liu Xiongfei had expected even less was that his single choice had preserved his entire guild.

Multiple advanced civilian guilds across the thirty-six Main Cities had disintegrated at the same time. The true reason could be hidden from bottom-tier players, but it couldn’t be kept from people like him. This was a warning. A warning from that person.

Sorn, the Alliance Leader of the [Civil Alliance], the only one among the Nine Strongest who remained outside the Divine Revelation Hall’s system—the second-strongest person on Blue Star, second only to [Blood Rainbow] Zhu Xiuming. The fact that this Strongest expert, whose stance was closest to the civilian guilds, was unusually firm on this issue already spoke volumes. Civilian guilds must obey the Divine Revelation Hall’s deployment. The [Godslayer] Guild was not to be provoked!

Therefore, when the player on guard duty reported that the [Godslayer] Guild had come to visit, Liu Xiongfei had brought a group of high-ranking officials to welcome them without the slightest hesitation. Nevertheless, Liu Xiongfei had absolutely no clue as to the [Godslayer] Guild’s intentions for coming. In theory, the two guilds had zero intersection. Why would a Two-star Guild seek out a Four-star Guild from another Main City...