Chapter 171 - 138: Mith’s Revenge!

Chapter 171: Chapter 138: Mith’s Revenge!

After a welcoming reception, Liu Xiongfei publicly announced the tragic news of the two players’ sacrifices and the generous compensation their families would receive, giving everyone a proper explanation.

Afterward, he and Yu Zhun walked into the guild’s meeting room.

As soon as they were seated, Liu Xiongfei spoke up sincerely. "Chairman Yu, I’m truly sorry about what happened this time."

Yu Zhun gave him a questioning look. He thought about it for a long while but couldn’t figure out what the Moon-devouring Celestial Wolf guild had done wrong, so he turned a confused gaze toward Liu Xiongfei.

"It’s like this," Liu Xiongfei explained proactively. "Before you entered Giant Demon Valley, a brand-new special Dungeon appeared. Although I only received the news after you had already gone in, it ultimately delayed your progress in clearing a special Dungeon."

"A special Dungeon?" Yu Zhun was a little surprised and quickly waved his hand. "Chairman Liu, there’s no need to apologize. After all, you didn’t know.

"Besides, it only took us three days to clear Giant Demon Valley, so it shouldn’t have delayed us for too long, right?"

"That’s true." Liu Xiongfei let out a hearty laugh. "Your clear time was much shorter than I expected. This Dungeon still has twenty-seven days left!"

Since they were already on the topic, Yu Zhun casually asked, "Chairman Liu, what’s the situation with this special Dungeon?"

"This special Dungeon is called Celestial Nether Lone Star." Thinking of the elite team his guild had lost, Liu Xiongfei’s expression turned serious again. "It’s a Level 40 special Dungeon.

"Its type is extremely rare. It’s a sub-category of Mechanism Dungeons—a rule-based horror Dungeon. None of us have any experience clearing something like this."

Yu Zhun nodded slightly. He didn’t care much about the specific type. The moment he heard it was a Level 40 special Dungeon, he had already decided that the Godslayer guild had to find a way to conquer it.

Previously, Red Moon Tide had provided immense help to the Godslayer guild. However, it was only a Level 30 Dungeon. After their First Turn, none of the guild members could enter it anymore. If they could secure a Level 40 special Dungeon right now, it would perfectly solve their most pressing problem.

"I’m ashamed to say that we really haven’t researched this Dungeon much," Liu Xiongfei sighed. "We managed to fight for a single entry qualification during the pioneer phase, but we ended up losing our elite clearance team inside.

"If it weren’t for that, we might have been able to provide you with some useful intelligence."

"It’s fine," Yu Zhun shook his head slightly. "I’m already very grateful that you informed me about this immediately, Chairman Liu.

"If there’s nothing else, our Godslayer guild won’t impose on you any longer."

He slowly stood up. He planned to lead everyone back to their headquarters in Divine Strategy City first to digest the loot they had obtained from Giant Demon Valley. Afterward, they would immediately set off for the location of Celestial Nether Lone Star. If they were too late and another guild cleared it first, he would be kicking himself.

"Alright." Knowing that the Godslayer guild was pressed for time, Liu Xiongfei smiled and nodded, standing up to see Yu Zhun out.

But in the next second, he received a message. His expression instantly grew solemn as he grabbed Yu Zhun’s arm. "Chairman Yu, wait."

"What’s wrong?" Yu Zhun blinked.

"You..." Liu Xiongfei didn’t know where to start for a moment. He paused before asking, "Do you know about 4A Gathering and Dispersal Dungeons?"

Yu Zhun shook his head slightly.

"It’s like this," Liu Xiongfei explained at a rapid pace. "The 4A difficulty of different Dungeons comes with varying requirements and rules.

"A small number of Dungeons on 4A difficulty can accommodate players from hundreds or even thousands of servers simultaneously. Moreover, the players who enter can leave the Dungeon within a short period.

"Such Dungeons, apart from standard clearances, are also used as special zones for information exchange and trading between different servers.

"Places like these are known as 4A Gathering and Dispersal Dungeons."

A look of sudden realization dawned on Yu Zhun’s face, feeling as if his horizons had just been broadened. It turned out that different servers could communicate and trade through a few special 4A Dungeons. However, he knew that Liu Xiongfei wouldn’t have stopped him with such a solemn expression just to explain this.

"Chairman Liu, what happened?"

"Over the past two days, bounty notices for the exact same player have successively appeared across multiple 4A Gathering and Dispersal Dungeons." Liu Xiongfei looked at Yu Zhun with a grave expression. "A reward of 500 Divine Demon Medals for the assassination of player Yu Zhun from Server 45239.

"The person who issued the bounty is a player from Divine Zone 9305. His name is..."

"Mith?" Yu Zhun had already guessed who was behind it.

He had killed that guy on the very first day they entered Giant Demon Valley, and the other party had threatened to retaliate. Now, the retaliation was here. To be honest, having not even known about 4A Gathering and Dispersal Dungeons prior to this, Yu Zhun had never imagined that the game could be played this way.

Furthermore... Mith was a Divine Descendant, after all. Wasn’t his bounty amount a little too low? If nothing else, Mith’s own set of +25 Legendary Equipment would easily sell for more than 500 Divine Demon Medals, wouldn’t it?

"He really looks down on me..." Yu Zhun shook his head in sheer speechlessness. "Only 500 Divine Demon Medals for killing me?"

Liu Xiongfei gave him a blank stare. Had he heard that right?

"You might not realize the implications behind this." Liu Xiongfei’s expression couldn’t help but turn stern. "Five hundred Divine Demon Medals is an absolute fortune for Level 40 players. So, the next time you enter a 4A Dungeon, you’ll be besieged at all costs.

"Because... the priority of killing you is much higher than clearing the Dungeon!"

"I have a question." Yu Zhun rubbed his temples. "Just because that guy Mith put the word out, so many people would risk their lives?

"Then, if I put the word out and offer a bounty of 1,000 medals to kill Mith, would someone murder him too?"

"It’s not that simple," Liu Xiongfei sighed. "Different servers are filled with deception and trickery. No one would believe a mere verbal promise.

"The bounty notice Mith issued bears the oath brand of the Blood Robe War God.

"Even for entities at the level of a God, this kind of brand is highly binding, which is why other players trust it.

"It’s not impossible for you to issue a bounty, but you’d first need to actually have that many medals, and then you’d need to find a God to brand it for you..."

"But..." Liu Xiongfei let out another heavy sigh. Everyone understood the reality of the situation. Which God would be willing to back Blue Star?

Yu Zhun fell silent.

"Alright, thank you for the warning, Chairman Liu." He shook his head helplessly, his expression turning a bit more serious. "I’ll be careful."

Seeing that Yu Zhun had taken his words to heart, Liu Xiongfei’s expression finally softened slightly. He hadn’t visited a 4A Gathering and Dispersal Dungeon in a long time. The reason he received the news this time was related to the server-wide announcements.

A powerhouse who had been to a Gathering and Dispersal Dungeon happened to see the announcement. Upon looking into it, he discovered that the Yu Zhun who was being hunted actually had ties to the Moon-devouring Celestial Wolf guild, so he hurriedly sent a message to inform Liu Xiongfei.

Worried that he might have overcorrected and frightened the young man too much, Liu Xiongfei thought for a moment and patted Yu Zhun’s shoulder. "Chairman Yu, you should be cautious, but there’s no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater and become too afraid to ever enter a 4A Dungeon again.

"In the past, quite a few players with astonishing potential have had bounties placed on their heads.

"Among them, the one with the highest total bounty is undoubtedly the current number one player of Blue Star. Back in the day, he carried a bounty exceeding one hundred thousand medals."

"...Huh?" Yu Zhun’s mouth twitched uncontrollably as the image of Zhu Zhe naturally surfaced in his mind.

A total bounty of over one hundred thousand Divine Demon Medals... Just how many people had that senior offended?

"Also, there is one more thing you need to pay attention to." Liu Xiongfei looked around before suddenly dropping his voice to a low whisper. "Sometimes, the people who want to harm you aren’t from the outside."

Yu Zhun’s expression grew solemn. Indeed. Would 500 Divine Demon Medals really only tempt players from other servers? Not necessarily.

Compared to players from other servers—who could only encounter him by entering a 4A Dungeon and were restricted by the Dungeon’s level limits—players from his own server, who could find him without entering a Dungeon, would have a much easier time making a move against him.

Yu Zhun believed that under the Divine Revelation Hall’s recent series of measures and management, there wouldn’t be many players with such malicious intentions nowadays. However, one could never be too careful.

He couldn’t help but recall Mith’s ferocious expression right before he killed him. Perhaps this was also one of his intentions in issuing the bounty?