Chapter 1 An Answer Without Surprise

"What an answer without any surprise!" Wei Chen commented on Ye Xiu's reply. Looking at the current situation in the Realm of Gods and Lord Grim's infamous reputation, besides Yi Zhan Tian Xia, there really isn't a weighty cooperative partner to choose from.

The other club guilds had suffered losses at Ye Xiu's hands, from the tenth server to the Realm of Gods. Working with them again meant they couldn't trust each other. His relationship with Yi Zhan Tian Xia had always been good, with mutually beneficial interactions. Moreover, Zhan Lou Lan was still the one in charge at Yi Zhan Tian Xia. Unlike other club guilds, where the guild leaders were just employees who would do anything to profit, Zhan Lou Lan had a reputation to uphold. If he were to turn ruthless for a single Boss drop, it would be too disgraceful.

Having made up his mind, Ye Xiu immediately contacted Zhan Lou Lan. He had the game running, and when he looked at his friend list, he saw Zhan Lou Lan was online. He sent a direct message: "Busy with something?"

Using his usual opening line that he had used countless times, Ye Xiu never bothered to change it.

"Not doing anything, haha!" Zhan Lou Lan replied.

"Let's go, let's snatch a Boss!" Ye Xiu said simply and directly, without wasting words.

"Which Boss?" Zhan Lou Lan asked.

"A wild Boss!" Ye Xiu said.

"Where?"

"How would I know? Don't you have any information?" Ye Xiu asked.

Zhan Lou Lan was speechless. "What's going on here?"

"Oh, how smoothly is your Yi Zhan Tian Xia's work on wild Bosses going?" Ye Xiu asked.

"So-so..." Zhan Lou Lan said.

"What's 'so-so' like? How many did you snatch last week?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Three..."

"You call three 'so-so'? You're really not being modest!" Ye Xiu exclaimed. How big was the map of the Realm of Gods? From level 55 maps to level 70 maps, how many wild Bosses were there if each area had one? Ye Xiu couldn't count them all for a moment. But he was sure that three was definitely an extremely low number. To dare call that "so-so" was quite immodest.

"For us, that's considered average," Zhan Lou Lan sent with a bitter smile emoji.

Ye Xiu was pleased. It wasn't that he was gloating. He had expected that Yi Zhan Tian Xia wouldn't be too successful in snatching Bosses. Could the major club guilds' accumulation be fake? From the comparison of the various guilds' warehouses, it was clear that the major club guilds' equipment level was definitely higher than Yi Zhan Tian Xia's. With a higher equipment level, their strength would naturally be greater. If they couldn't beat the others, they naturally wouldn't be able to snatch the Boss. If they couldn't snatch the Bosses, Ye Xiu would have more leverage to cooperate with them. If they had already taken all the Bosses, then it wouldn't matter whether he was there or not!

"I'll help you. How about we cooperate? We'll split the loot from the Boss, how about that?" Ye Xiu suggested.

"If we can really snatch it, absolutely no problem," Zhan Lou Lan agreed readily. He was already in such a miserable state, having only snatched three Bosses in a week. What was he afraid of? He would agree to any idea Ye Xiu gave him, treating it like a last-ditch effort!

"Alright, let's keep each other informed if there are any situations!" Ye Xiu said.

"No problem," Zhan Lou Lan said.

Ye Xiu closed the chat window. Before long, Zhan Lou Lan sent another message. Ye Xiu thought he had information so quickly and wasn't too surprised. The random refresh mode of wild Bosses was such a pain. If one were to devote themselves to this endeavor, from zero o'clock on Monday, every minute and every second wouldn't be peaceful. They might have to put on their armor at any time. The elites of the elite groups of the various club guilds who were responsible for wild Bosses were truly not easy. They weren't freelancers at all. They were 119 Boss exterminators who had to move out as soon as a Boss appeared.

When he opened Zhan Lou Lan's message, he found it wasn't about that. Zhan Lou Lan was asking him about the skill book strategy from last time.

"Oh, that, I don't have it anymore. I sold it," Ye Xiu replied.

"Ah... is that so? What a pity," Zhan Lou Lan said with some regret, but the result wasn't too unexpected. He knew what Ye Xiu was thinking when he contacted him. Although he had refused, he also knew that there would be plenty of buyers, and the other party wouldn't have to worry. Later, Ye Xiu indeed didn't contact him again. He guessed that it had definitely been sold. Today, the two were talking again, so Zhan Lou Lan just casually confirmed it. When he saw that it was indeed the case, he stopped dwelling on it.

The two stopped talking and busied themselves in the game. Ye Xiu's Lord Grim hadn't reached max level yet, so he was naturally focusing on leveling up. Walking around, he saw that the Realm of Gods was truly chaotic these days! Not only did the guilds of Samsara and Blue Rain have disputes from time to time, but the fans of these two teams also often argued at the drop of a hat.

Besides these two, the others like Tiny Herb and Misty Rain, who had just been eliminated, were naturally not in a good mood. If they were to be ridiculed by the victors, they certainly wouldn't be able to bear it. There were also those who were eliminated in the first round. Feeling unconvinced, they wanted to regain some dignity in the game. They would create trouble even if there was none.

The Realm of Gods didn't have safe zones. From inside the city to outside the city, every corner was full of people PK-ing. Everyone was stirred up by the playoffs.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim hadn't even left the main city yet when Zhan Lou Lan sent another message. This time, it was really about a Boss, but when Ye Xiu saw the name, Sewer Rat King, he immediately lost interest.

Sewer Rat King Lu Ka Xiu, what an imposing name, King! In reality, he was just a sewer thug. Ye Xiu didn't dislike thugs, but the problem was that this Boss was only level 55, the lowest level wild Boss in the Realm of Gods.

Low-level wild Bosses were also in demand, but Ye Xiu and his group had limited manpower and time. He preferred to use it on high-level Bosses. Even if they didn't have the materials from low-level Bosses, they could exchange them for the things they got from the big Bosses.

Rare materials from wild Bosses were hard to buy with money, but they could be exchanged for other things. The various teams had different classes and equipment, so their needs for various rare materials were naturally different. Although they accepted all kinds of materials, their demand varied. Trading rare materials through barter was still very active.

With such a background, whether there was a need or not, a level 70 Boss was always more worthwhile than a level 55 Boss.

Unfortunately, the information Zhan Lou Lan sent this time was only about a level 55 Boss. Although it was a pity, it was better than nothing. Ye Xiu immediately called out to Tang Rou, Bao Zi, and Chen Guo, and they each headed toward the location Zhan Lou Lan had indicated. Wei Chen, on the other hand, hadn't received any news from Samsara. The Samsara guild might not have known, or more likely, a level 55 Boss wasn't important enough to be dealt with by the second most elite team in the entire guild.

Lu Ka Xiu, the Sewer Rat King, was from the sewers. Sewers were a town facility, so they wouldn't be in the wilderness. The one that had been turned into a leveling area was near Hoth City. Ye Xiu and the others each used the main city teleportation station to transfer, and then met at the Hoth City teleportation station. Then, they saw many players leaving the teleportation array and running in the same direction, with various guild names above their heads.

Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had one too, still under the name of Yi Zhan Tian Xia. Ye Xiu had also told Zhan Lou Lan that he would put Tang Rou's Soft Mist and Bao Zi's Steamed Bun Invasion in Yi Zhan Tian Xia first. The main reason was to get more free stat points by being in a guild.

"There are quite a few people already!" Ye Xiu exclaimed. The major guilds didn't snatch wild Bosses without a plan. On Mondays, their manpower was spread all over the map. Once a Boss in a certain area was cleared, that area would no longer be the focus. As for the areas where the Bosses hadn't been cleared, there were always people from various guilds wandering around, never resting for 24 hours. This wasn't a game; it was an important job for the club guilds.

"Should we be a little more low-key?" Chen Guo suggested, worried that if the name Lord Grim flashed out, his popularity would exceed that of the Sewer Rat King, Lu Ka Xiu.

"Yeah, it's better to be low-key," Ye Xiu agreed. Then, the four of them detoured, and Ye Xiu messaged Zhan Lou Lan to ask about the situation.

"There are quite a few people," Zhan Lou Lan replied, having arrived earlier than Ye Xiu and the others.

The location where the Boss spawned was naturally provided by intelligence. Ye Xiu and the others went according to the coordinates. Originally, there weren't many people in the level 55 main city, but the closer they got to the coordinates, the more people they saw. Ye Xiu didn't find the level 55 Boss interesting, but the major club guilds still treated it as an important task to be carried out seriously.

"How many guilds have come?" Ye Xiu asked.

"I've already seen five," Zhan Lou Lan said.

"Has the Boss been engaged yet?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Probably soon," Zhan Lou Lan said. Level 55 Bosses were easily crushed by level 70 players from the Realm of Gods. So, they usually didn't dawdle when facing level 55 Bosses. They would start killing as soon as they had enough people. Because pushing the Boss was easy, starting earlier and doing more output would likely determine the Boss's final ownership.

"Ah, they've started!" Zhan Lou Lan suddenly messaged.

"Which guild?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Blue Brook Guild," Zhan Lou Lan said.

"Those who make it to the finals have momentum!" Ye Xiu replied. "Let's make a move too."

"Where are you? I haven't seen you yet," Zhan Lou Lan said.

"We haven't arrived yet. We'll start on our side, and you make a move on the spot. Snatch the output, and steal kills if you get the chance," Ye Xiu said.

"What about you guys?"

"We're intercepting on the road," Ye Xiu said. He called out to Tang Rou, Bao Zi, and Su Mucheng, and they rushed onto the street. Looking ahead, they saw that the two coming were precisely from Blue Rain.

"What a coincidence!" Ye Xiu said.

The two were stunned when they saw the name Lord Grim. When they heard Ye Xiu say that, they thought he was going to say something, but the next second, battle lances, cannons, and bricks came flying at them. One of them was immediately knocked down. The other was shocked and hurriedly tried to resist, but the valiant Steamed Bun Invasion had already pounced forward, directly pinning him to the ground and beating him senseless.

Two Blue Rain players were killed in the blink of an eye. Ye Xiu led the three towards the sewers while continuing to hunt in all directions. It was clear that the guilds were still mobilizing manpower. Players were arriving at different times, so there weren't any large-scale teams gathered on the streets of the main city. As a result, they were swept away by the four-person group. Especially when they saw the people from Blue Brook Guild making a move to snatch kills, they killed them most diligently.

On the sewer side, the Boss had been engaged. However, none of the guilds had a large number of people. They cautiously responded while waiting for reinforcements to arrive quickly. As a result, each guild received news that they had been attacked while still in the city.

"Who is it?" Naturally, everyone asked. The answer shocked them all. Lord Grim had been silent for a long time. How did he suddenly start making moves again?

"Damn it!" On the Blue Brook Guild side, the leader directly smashed his keyboard. "How can I be so unlucky?"