Chapter 1 The Arena Roars

The arena entrances in every main city of the God Domain suddenly became bustling with activity. Players from all directions, having heard the news, rushed to the arena to watch the matches.

To be honest, professional players had at least weekly matches to offer. But what about these experts from the guilds? Although they were closer to ordinary players, few had actually seen them PK (Player Kill). Now, hearing this news, those cheering for their guild leaders, those watching the excitement, those taking the opportunity to set up bets—all sorts of people were running into the arena. Once inside, they all ran to the same room, which quickly became packed.

The eight guilds also intentionally waited for the audience to grow larger, and when they saw it was about right, they prepared to start. They had decided the order of the duels by rolling dice long ago, and now the first to take the stage were Misty Rain and Herb Garden. The experts sent by both sides were already standing on the arena stage.

Over on Ye Xiu's side, he was again using Chen Guo's computer to spectate. He didn't really care about the fighting process, only occasionally glancing at it while sending messages to Wei Chen: "If we end up having to deal with Blue Brook Guild, are you feeling any pressure?"

"Nonsense, of course I am. Didn't you see that I'm in Blue Brook Guild? It would be a huge loss to be kicked out of the guild. You should know how good the benefits are in a big guild," Wei Chen replied.

"As expected, you have no bottom line," Ye Xiu said with contempt.

"Hey, that's called professional ethics. Would you show mercy to Excellent Era because of old feelings?" Wei Chen said.

"That depends on who I'm up against," Ye Xiu said.

"Tch~" Wei Chen scoffed.

Afterward, Ye Xiu continued to glance at the match from time to time. His main focus was still on traversing the Poison Fang Swamp. He didn't want to be discovered by the people from the eight guilds, but he also didn't want to stray too far from the circle.

And today, the Poison Fang Swamp was indeed very quiet. The eight guilds were also afraid of complications, so when they said they were going to determine the victor, they didn't reveal which Boss it was. The God Domain map was vast, and trying to find it like that was very unscientific. As for the other club guilds, even if they had information at this time, seeing the attitude of the eight guilds, just as Ye Xiu said, they knew it was already too late to try and get a piece of the pie, so they simply didn't bother to stir up trouble.

Over at the arena, the eight guilds didn't completely follow the professional league's format. Playing through a complete set like that would take a long time, and they didn't want to waste time like that. So in the end, they decided to just have a single team match to decide the winner, with rules exactly the same as in the professional league. Five against five, each with one substitute.

Since the match was impromptu, they quickly formed teams and went on stage. To be fair, the map was also random, so neither side had any tactical deployments. They came up and clashed directly, going straight to the point. In the end, Misty Rain couldn't withstand it and was defeated by Herb Garden, becoming the first to be eliminated.

Although Misty Rain was a bit disappointed, it wasn't too painful. With their strength, the chance of ultimately snatching the Boss in such an eight-way melee was quite slim. Being eliminated in this way wasn't too difficult to accept.

"Misty Rain lost," Ye Xiu sent a message to Wei Chen with the information.

"Aren't you busy acting yet? Wait a bit, we'll prepare some more. It would be best if there's a somewhat unexpected result," Wei Chen said with extreme sneakiness.

"Waiting for news," Ye Xiu didn't say much more.

In the following match, Blue Brook Guild went up against Tyrannical Ambition. As a result, Tyrannical Ambition lost. Jiang You was the initiator of the entire plan, and even though they had come this far, everyone still had some doubts. Seeing Tyrannical Ambition get eliminated so quickly, they started to believe that Jiang You really didn't have any schemes.

Jiang You also showed his magnanimity, laughed, and expressed his compliance with the agreement.

Then Excellent Dynasty faced Hundred Blossom Valley, and Excellent Dynasty won.

Samsara faced Void Walk, and Samsara won.

Four guilds were eliminated, and none of the results could be considered unexpected. The four matches were all quite fast, but even after finishing quickly, an hour had passed. Wei Chen was delighted with the hour of preparation time and was extremely busy. On this side, the four guilds had already begun a new round of duels. Since the purpose of the publicity and verification had been achieved, they decided to save time and proceed quickly, so they simply opened another room and played two matches simultaneously.

Samsara against Herb Garden.

Excellent Dynasty against Blue Brook Guild.

The first match produced a result first, and Samsara defeated Herb Garden, naturally delighting everyone. As soon as this result came out, all the spectators immediately scattered and ran to the other side. Chen Guo also followed along and saw that the other side was also about to end, with Blue Brook Guild currently at a disadvantage.

"It's about time to act," Ye Xiu messaged Wei Chen.

"What's the situation?"

"Herb Garden, Blue Brook Guild," Ye Xiu said.

"Damn, really Blue Brook Guild?" Wei Chen asked.

"Professional ethics," Ye Xiu reminded him.

"Damn it, I'm going all in!" Wei Chen replied, and then there was no more news. By this time, the cross-examination by the eight major guilds in the forest had long stopped. After confirming that there were no troublemakers, they had all returned to monitor the Boss. Wei Chen's side was also almost ready. He had worked so hard for this hour! Gathering these monsters in the direction he wanted was not an easy task. Wei Chen's biggest advantage was that all his bros were right next to him, so he could direct them by hand. If that didn't work, he would do it himself. Finally, he managed to maintain the situation he wanted. Now that he had finally received Ye Xiu's message, Wei Chen immediately pointed out a few people and told them to act.

These guys were already impatient, and they almost cheered when they heard the order to move. Several people quickly controlled their characters and eagerly took out the insect repellent smoke from their pockets and threw it in the location that Wei Chen had told them to remember countless times.

As soon as the insect repellent smoke was thrown out, there was a "buzz" sound. The buzzing of these tiny Poisonous Flies sounded like thunder, showing just how many had accumulated.

Countless Poisonous Flies flew out of the swamp pit that had been smoked by the insect repellent, covering the sky and the earth, but they all had a unified flight direction. There was no way around it. There was insect repellent smoke in the other direction, and to get away from the smoke, there was only one direction!

The continuous "buzzing" sound had already startled the guild players in front. When those people looked back, they were all shocked.

"Damn, where did all these Poisonous Flies come from?"

Poisonous Flies move so fast! They arrived in an instant. On that side, Wei Chen's brothers had once again hidden their guild titles, and they threw a bit more insect repellent smoke before fleeing.

Players who come to the Poison Fang Swamp all carry this insect repellent smoke, and they use it very frequently. Otherwise, Wei Chen's arrangements wouldn't have gone unnoticed. It was simply because everyone seemed to be doing the same thing as them.

Although insect repellent smoke is effective, the guild players who are being attacked now can't achieve their desired purpose even if they use it. This insect repellent smoke is just a smoke that poisonous insects don't like. It's not an insecticide. If they're really surrounded by this smoke, the Poisonous Flies will just go crazy like headless flies. They won't be killed. If people get close, they'll still bite and sting as usual.

Players who didn't realize this paid a bloody price. This brother subconsciously released insect repellent smoke, but the Poisonous Flies were surrounded by the smoke. In a chaotic flight, they still rushed towards him. It's unknown how many Poisonous Flies pounced on him, but after a few attacks, this player had already fallen to the ground.

This is also another terrifying aspect of these types of monsters. Because of their small size and ability to fly, once they fly and attack at the same time, the scale is far greater than that of ordinary monsters. This is also a major reason why Ye Xiu and Wei Chen's tactics are feasible. If these were goblins or other small monsters, lining up and crowding together as they charge over, no matter how many there were, they wouldn't have this kind of lethality. This is the same principle as players surrounding a Boss. Even if you have a million soldiers, how many people can actually get close to the Boss?

And the Poisonous Fly monster avoids this problem. It flies high, flies low, flies left, and flies right. At the same time, it attacks you from all directions, from above, below, left, right, and from every possible angle. No matter how small the damage is, it accumulates into a fatal blow. What's more, the damage of these Poisonous Flies is not small. Players are level 70, and they are level 65. They haven't reached the point where they can ignore their damage. Moreover, their attacks have a chance to cause poisoning damage. Didn't you see that the corpse of the player who was just targeted and killed was green and bubbling?

One person was killed in seconds, and everyone else was shocked. The second person to meet them was a knight, and he subconsciously raised his large shield.

A series of clanging sounds immediately followed, as the Poisonous Flies crashed into his shield one after another, making people feel very safe. But he was already as pale as a ghost. This is a game. Blocking Poisonous Flies with a shield doesn't mean there's no damage. The purpose of the shield is just to reduce damage by a percentage. But at this time, there were so many Poisonous Flies, and the clanging sounds were so bright. This knight saw his life dropping in a straight line and was so scared that he quickly turned around and shouted for a priest.

This was the first time he had seen it, and the priest was also being overwhelmed by the Poisonous Flies and was running around with his head in his hands! The Poisonous Flies had actively established aggro (a game mechanic where NPCs will attack whoever has caused them the most 'threat'). How could they be so obedient and all attack one person? At this time, they had already randomly searched for targets and rushed over. Players aren't afraid of being alone, but when they line up in such a dense formation, they can only run for their lives.

The monsters charged suddenly, and everyone was unprepared. There were many, and the damage was high. In an instant, many people fell. The rest then quickly formed a formation to defend themselves. It wouldn't be possible for them to be completely wiped out by a bunch of small monsters like this.

The news of the attack was quickly told to the guild leader who was still in the arena, and the guild that was attacked was the Samsara guild, which had just entered the finals and was celebrating.

"What!!" The Samsara guild leader, Sanjie Liudao, who received the news, was immediately furious and suspected Herb Garden, whom they had just defeated, without thinking. Big guilds inevitably get angry when they lose an opportunity because of this. Thinking back to when they made the agreement, Herb Garden had agreed rather reluctantly. At this time, after asking in detail, it was a Poisonous Fly attack. Of course! After all, the agreement was made in writing, so blatant attacks were impossible. They had to secretly use methods that wouldn't leave any evidence.

"Despicable!" Sanjie Liudao angrily cursed. The other guild leaders had also received the news at this time and immediately knew who Sanjie Liudao was cursing. Jiang You, the initiator of this plan, quickly came out to maintain order: "Guild Leader Sanjie, don't be anxious. Things haven't been figured out yet!"

"The field was cleared by all eight of us together, so there can't be any problems. If it wasn't our own people who did it, who else could it be? Don't tell me that this Poisonous Fly attack was randomly generated by the system. That's just to fool the newbies in the tenth server!" Sanjie Liudao said angrily.

Jiang You was just about to persuade him again when another message came: his own guild was also attacked by the same Poisonous Flies, and, Blue Brook Guild had opened the Boss!