Chapter 1 Many Years a Pro-Gamer

Dou Qingwan had been a professional gamer for many years, but he had never been as successful as he was in Parallel World! Being a professional gamer in online games wasn't a glamorous job; most could barely make ends meet. The only good thing was that they could earn money while playing games. However, under the pressure of survival, many professional gamers lost interest in the game, which was undeniably a tragedy. What was even more tragic was that this was almost every professional gamer's ultimate fate.

Dou Qingwan felt quite lucky. While watching many of his predecessors play games painfully and helplessly, he not only enjoyed the game but also secured his livelihood, and his income was pretty good. In the Eagle Regiment, they not only received a fixed salary from Boss Gaishi Qiying of Yingqi Studio, but the thirty top experts could also often take on private jobs to earn extra money. Boss Gaishi Qiying didn't mind them doing this. However, most of their equipment was provided to them free of charge by the boss from his studio, and the owner of the equipment was ultimately Gaishi Qiying. So, if they accidentally dropped any equipment while doing private jobs, they would have to compensate the boss for the loss.

However, under the leadership of Yongyuan, the leader of the Eagle Regiment, they had never had such an accident. The only two times it happened were in Group Two. Because the Eagle Regiment rotated in three groups, each group would sometimes take on tasks without going through the entire regiment. Group Two had two accidents under such circumstances, and the unlucky guys who were killed both dropped items.

The leader of Group Two was Ying Yang, the original leader of the Eagle Regiment. This incident made everyone feel that replacing the leader with Yongyuan was a wise decision. To this day, no one knows if Ying Yang has any emotions about it. After all, at that time, the Eagle Regiment had already been acquired by Gaishi Qiying, and personnel appointments were all up to the boss. And the fact was that Yongyuan did a better job than Ying Yang, and everyone was very satisfied with the change of boss.

It was from the time Gaishi Qiying began to support them and provide them with equipment that the members of the Eagle Regiment became experts one by one. The organizational scale of the Eagle Regiment naturally had to follow Gaishi Qiying's arrangements. Subsequently, the new members of the Eagle Regiment were all directly found by Gaishi Qiying, and when it developed to thirty people, Gaishi Qiying no longer allowed them to recruit new people. After all, each person here was someone he had to spend money to raise, and more people meant more expenses. It was enough to have enough people; Gaishi Qiying wasn't thinking of raising a guild.

Of course, some people chose to leave during this process. Dou Qingwan's deepest impression was Piao Liu. This mage expert, who was famous before and very famous in Parallel World, had also stayed in their Eagle Regiment for a while. At that time, the leader was still Ying Yang. Originally, the Eagle Regiment would no longer recruit people, but the boss couldn't bear to refuse such a famous expert like Piao Liu. However, Piao Liu and his two partners didn't play in the regiment for long before deciding to leave. As for whether the boss offered conditions to keep him, Dou Qingwan wasn't too clear. But he thought he probably wouldn't, after all, Gaishi Qiying's usual needs were already met by the thirty people at the time.

After Piao Liu, the lineup of the Eagle Regiment had been very stable, and after Yongyuan became the leader, they continued to serve the boss. They traveled to multiple main cities in the southeast, mainly to choose tasks with generous rewards in each city for the boss to do. Ordinary players certainly didn't have these conditions, but Gaishi Qiying was able to reach such a high level so easily under such luxurious conditions.

Thinking of the boss's gorgeous growth method, Dou Qingwan couldn't help but sigh. This was fate! Having money and not having money was really very different. But now Dou Qingwan was also a strong player ranked thirteenth on the mage榜 (bǎng, list), and he was quite satisfied with himself. His biggest ideal was to surpass Piao Liu and become the number one mage. However, after the city war, things took a turn, and Qianli Yizui actually jumped to become the number one player in the entire game and the number one mage. Now, even if he surpassed Piao Liu, he could only be ranked second on the mage榜. However, Dou Qingwan's goal remained unchanged, because he heard that their mission this time would be against Qianli Yizui. Although he heard that this person was very strong, Dou Qingwan felt that he could only disappear pitifully from the top ten on the mage榜 when facing their Eagle Regiment. This was a goal that didn't need to be surpassed.

"What's your PK value?" A voice suddenly interrupted Dou Qingwan's reverie. The person who asked the question was called Liu Lan, a strong player ranked fourteenth on the archer榜. He and Dou Qingwan were currently hunting near the Warrior Camp. Both were ranged professions, and with good equipment, their attacks were naturally high. Their cooperation was also very skilled, and basically any character would be cleaned up before they could get close to them. However, after hunting for a day, the extremely heaven-defying people were obviously becoming more cautious, and there were fewer and fewer people acting alone. The brothers at each resurrection point hadn't opened for business for some time. Liu Lan was thinking that there was no business at the moment, so why not wash off his PK value. Speaking of the previous fierce battle with Yun Zhongmu and fifty others, the people of the Eagle Regiment were under great pressure. At that time, they all had PK values, and they thought that the opponents could be easily suppressed and resolved, but they didn't expect those guys to be so fierce and desperate. At that time, four people in the Eagle Regiment were almost killed. Fortunately, the formation arranged by the leader Yongyuan was appropriate, and his grasp of everyone's lives was almost more accurate than the individuals themselves. Those who were about to be killed would be quickly maintained by the team. But that thrilling experience was naturally unavoidable. Although this trip was a mission for the boss, there was no need to compensate if equipment was dropped, but if the loss was serious, it meant that the mission wasn't completed beautifully. The boss wouldn't ask you to compensate for the equipment, but would indirectly deduct a bonus, and the result would be the same...

"I have seven points," Dou Qingwan replied.

"I have four points. I haven't seen anyone for half a day. Why don't we go wash off our PK values?" Liu Lan said his intentions.

"Alright," Dou Qingwan nodded. It was indeed quite boring to wander around the streets when there was no one to kill for half a day.

After the two negotiated, they naturally walked towards the wanted mission office. Passing through a street, there happened to be a Yingqi store on the street. The two just glanced at it casually, but were shocked to find dozens of people gathered at the door of the store, not knowing what they were doing.

Both secretly cried out that something was wrong and exchanged glances, pretending to be nonchalant as they walked towards that side. Without getting too close, Liu Lan's Eagle Eye had already seen clearly, and his face changed drastically: "It's the people from the Ten Associations!"

"Guard the store, they guessed our tactics!" Dou Qingwan said.

"Quickly report to the leader!" Liu Lan said as he sent a message to Yongyuan. At the same time, the two had already turned around and dared not walk past the store again. Although they were experts and there were two of them, they didn't dare to fight against dozens of people. There were no rookies in the Ten Associations Alliance.

Yongyuan received the message from Liu Lan, but wasn't too panicked. He even smiled and said, "There are so many stores, can they guard them all? Dozens of people? Isn't this giving us kills? Everyone in each district, check the troop allocation guarding the stores on your side."

The messages from each district came back quickly and slowly, but the conclusions were extremely consistent: no guards were found outside the stores.

Yongyuan finally realized that the situation wasn't simple. At the same time, Liu Lan sent another message: many people from the Ten Associations Alliance had appeared in the streets around the Warrior Camp, but the two had not yet been discovered and were currently looking for a way out.

"What are you still wandering around for? Leave immediately with a teleportation scroll!!" Yongyuan shouted anxiously.

But he didn't receive a reply. Yongyuan sent two more messages, but still no sound. He knew that the two must have encountered the enemy and couldn't spare the time to reply to his messages.

In the Ten Associations Alliance's deployment, the people guarding the streets didn't have to stay put like those guarding the stores. After each point was occupied, they could shrink inward from the street entrance, as long as they didn't expose any alley entrances. The real search teams had already entered the city and dispersed into the small streets and alleys. Liu Lan and Dou Qingwan turned left and right, always finding people from the Ten Associations Alliance. With so many people, the targets were obvious, and the two could always avoid them in advance. Turning around and around, they found that there were fewer and fewer roads. Both felt that something was wrong. At this time, Yongyuan's message also arrived. Everyone in the Eagle Regiment had teleportation scrolls on them. Just as the two were about to take out the scrolls, an arrow suddenly flew towards them.

Both were stunned and quickly dodged. The two, who were also very experienced, instantly judged the direction of the arrow. They looked up and saw six players rushing towards them. Liu Lan's Eagle Eye was sharp, and he discovered that one of the six people was from the Ten Associations Alliance! The people from the Ten Associations Alliance were actually acting in groups of several people. He almost didn't have this concept in his mind and was careless for a moment, not noticing these six people.

Dou Qingwan glanced at it and his heart skipped a beat. He couldn't see the badge on the chest of the player from the Ten Associations Alliance, but he thought that a mage in the other team looked familiar...

"Could it be him?" Just as Dou Qingwan was thinking, the six people had already rushed a few steps closer.

"Archer, mage, warrior, martial artist, priest, thief!" Liu Lan reported the professions of the six people in one breath. An experienced expert can basically judge the profession by their attire.

The opponent's mage made his move almost at the same time as Liu Lan spoke. With a wave of his spell, Dou Qingwan scanned the direction of the opponent and dragged Liu Lan to dodge.

The difficulty of this dodge was unexpectedly small. The two only took a few steps forward and were already out of the range of the spell. But the two, who were also experts, wouldn't think that the opponent's mage was too unskilled. This *Tian Jiang Huo Lun* (Heavenly Fire Wheel) didn't place the two at the core of the spell. Area spells wouldn't make it impossible for players to dodge. Even if they were in the center of the spell, as long as they judged accurately, there would be enough time to dodge when the spell attacked. The opponent's mage obviously knew this, so the selection of this spell placed the two in a corner, so the two could easily dodge forward and left, but not backward and right. Dou Qingwan judged accurately and dodged easily, but as a result, he had to further shorten the distance with the other six people. The purpose of this spell wasn't to attack them, but to cut off their escape route.

The two quickly understood this technique. Under constant attacks, the teleportation scroll would definitely be interrupted, and there would be no chance to use it. But it wasn't a solution to be forced to approach step by step. Six opponents weren't scary, but six opponents who had already gotten close were a bit troublesome. The two were ultimately ranged professions who were afraid of getting close.

In an instant, the opponent's mage was already raising his hand and continuing to chant, but Liu Lan shouted to Dou Qingwan while turning around, "Don't bother, run!!!"

"Don't!!" As a result, Dou Qingwan desperately grabbed Liu Lan. Liu Lan was stunned and quickly didn't resist. He thought that the opponent's mage was still using that technique, wanting to withstand a spell damage to create distance. It wasn't a solution to be forced to approach step by step. But seeing Dou Qingwan pulling him, he thought that the opponent wasn't using that technique this time. After all, Dou Qingwan was a mage expert, and his judgment of the mage's spell placement was more accurate.

Liu Lan followed Dou Qingwan a few steps to the side, and the spell wasn't difficult to dodge. He was stunned and found that the opponent's mage was still using that technique. He thought that Dou Qingwan's judgment was wrong, but Dou Qingwan had already explained to him, "Don't you recognize that mage? That's Piao Liu!!!"

"Piao Liu?" Liu Lan was stunned and immediately understood why Dou Qingwan didn't let him run while withstanding the damage. Piao Liu had been in their Eagle Regiment before. This original number one mage in Parallel World with full intelligence had terrifyingly high damage. None of the mages in the Eagle Regiment, who were fully equipped by the studio, could compare to him. His spells must not be resisted head-on. At least, they had to get some magic resistance equipment first. Otherwise, the risk was too great. A one-hit kill might not be possible, but who knew if he would have any follow-up techniques?

"Kill him first!" Liu Lan raised his hand and launched a Snipe, showing no mercy to this old acquaintance. Dou Qingwan didn't hesitate either. Piao Liu was the target he wanted to surpass, so it wouldn't be bad to kill him here.

Liu Lan's arrow was very fast, almost arriving in a flash, but the warrior who had been charging forward suddenly stuck out his left hand at this moment and held his shield horizontally, accurately blocking Liu Lan's arrow. The *Lianzhu Huoqiu* (Linked Fireball) that Dou Qingwan was chanting was much slower, and it was no suspense that it hit the shield. A white light almost simultaneously bathed the warrior, but Liu Lan and Dou Qingwan didn't see where the priest was. When the opponent rushed up, the priest had already hidden behind someone, hiding so precisely. This was also extremely skilled coordination.

After the warrior blocked the attack, he put away his shield, but he didn't expect that the ball of fire that exploded in front of the shield was still there, "Bang, bang, bang," continuing to fly forward while constantly exploding. This was unexpected. It was too late for the warrior to block it again. The fireball exploded while flying towards Piao Liu in the blink of an eye. Piao Liu quickly raised his staff and loudly chanted, "Scatter, Ice Shadow Technique!" Instantly, four Piao Liu appeared in the field. The exploding fireball instantly devoured one of them. Large swathes of exploding fire instantly swallowed the afterimage of that Piao Liu, and then continued to fly forward for a long time while exploding before gradually disappearing.

"What a pity!" Dou Qingwan secretly exclaimed in his heart. His Linked Fireball had some variations compared to ordinary Linked Fireballs through the skill enhancement of his equipment. That was, the exploding effect could be sustained, and the duration of the sustain was determined by the caster. But this wasn't the kind of spell that continuously consumed mana, but one in which the caster decided the amount of mana to be consumed for this spell at once during the chant. So, after the explosion, the explosion would continue until all of these mana were exhausted. Dou Qingwan had once invested 100% of his mana and used this move to explode a string of sugar gourds, and a white light flashed.

Piao Liu was experienced and saw that this spell was unusual. He didn't even dare to dodge, fearing that there would be something strange. He simply used an Ice Shadow Technique, which could also be regarded as a kind of teleportation for him. With this landing, Piao Liu raised his staff and was about to attack. Although Liu Lan knew he had to interrupt him, there were still three Piao Liu in the field at this time, and he didn't know which one was the real body. In a panic, he raised his bow and twisted his body, and a Double Shot was thrown out. Instead of heading in one direction, Liu Lan precisely grasped the tiny gap where the two arrows met and twisted his body. This Double Shot went to each of the Piao Liu.

Piao Liu was unfortunately interrupted. The opponent had a sixty-six percent chance of guessing two out of three, but they had guessed Piao Liu's real body. Piao Liu dodged the arrow, and unfortunately couldn't chant. But this was only temporary. After this shift, Piao Liu raised his staff again, and Liu Lan was depressed. The three figures of Piao Liu were all making the exact same movements. He had dodged both arrows he had shot, so he could now be sure that one of these two was Piao Liu's real body, but he still didn't know which one it was.

But Dou Qingwan was also worthy of being an expert. He seemed to have anticipated this situation. While Piao Liu was dodging, he immediately cast a Heavenly Fire Wheel towards one of the Piao Liu, and Liu Lan quickly shot an arrow towards the other Piao Liu.

Both Piao Liu had been attacked, and the attack had to be interrupted, but then the two discovered that Piao Liu hadn't dodged. Under the two attacks, Piao Liu disappeared instantly, but there was no white light of death. The two were stunned and immediately realized what was going on. They looked at the third Piao Liu together and shouted, "Damn!!"

It turned out that those two Piao Liu were just fake shadows. Piao Liu deliberately dodged Liu Lan's arrow once, making the two think that there was a real body in these two Piao Liu, and all their attention was focused on these two targets. The Piao Liu who had been identified as a fake image was actually the real body. At this time, a spell had been released unstoppably.

*Shuang Lian Cang Huo* (Twin Azure Flames)!

Piao Liu's real attack didn't even make a sound of chanting. Two flames had already rolled out, and the extremely large range made it impossible for Liu Lan and Dou Qingwan to dodge again, and they were burned head-on. This area attack wasn't like the single damage of Heavenly Fire Wheel, but seemed to have a continuous effect like the Fire Tree Thousand Flame, but the continuous effect was even more intense. The two saw that Piao Liu was still maintaining his pose, so they knew that this was a spell that could continuously inject mana to maintain the damage. If the two were hit for a few more seconds, they would definitely be finished. Liu Lan hurriedly shot an arrow at Piao Liu, while rushing forward with Dou Qingwan.

If he hit, he could naturally interrupt the spell, but the two didn't dare to rely entirely on this. Looking at the current situation, rushing out of the sea of fire was still possible, of course, it would be even better if they could hit Piao Liu.

But one person stepped out and directly blocked the incoming arrow with his body. It was no longer possible to interrupt the spell. The two quickly continued to rush out of the sea of fire, but saw that the warrior was already standing horizontally with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. An archer and a mage, wanting to rush through the warrior's obstruction head-on, the two felt a little heavy in their hearts.

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