Chapter 234 The Feeling of Falling from Heaven to Hell

What it felt like to fall from heaven to hell was something Jian Qi Suo Zhi now fully understood.

Letting Lord Grim escape might not have been a big problem. What was truly fatal was that Lord Grim breaking through the formation and charging out completely destroyed Jian Qi Suo Zhi's confidence. The immense confidence he had just built up collapsed completely in that instant.

His self-righteous feat was ultimately futile. He still hadn't caught up. By the time he had completed his feat, Lord Grim had already rushed out of that gap. He was too slow. He was still too slow after all.

Jian Qi Suo Zhi's fingers were truly numb at that moment.

He didn't speak or send any messages for a long time, until someone sent a message to ask.

The Pan Si Spiral Formation, the word "spiral" meant that the formation was constantly rotating. Even if the prey in the formation didn't react violently, the members setting up the formation still needed to move around, especially now. Tyrannical Ambition's goal was to clear out the Christmas thieves around Lord Grim, so of course, they needed to move around even more.

Some members had already sent messages asking why the commander hadn't issued any orders.

"Lord Grim is no longer here," Jian Qi Suo Zhi replied to the message, without embarrassment, only disappointment.

"Ah?"

Jian Qi Suo Zhi sent several more instructions, ordering the members to shrink their formation and fully monitor that area. The visibility in the City of Sin was quite far. Perhaps Lord Grim had intentionally stopped somewhere without moving?

This seemed like the last glimmer of hope, but Jian Qi Suo Zhi didn't have any expectations for it.

Such methods were childish and trivial. How could the dignified Autumn God be so naive?

As Jian Qi Suo Zhi had expected, Lord Grim was no longer within their Pan Si Spiral Formation. Where had he gone? They didn't know yet and still needed to search.

"Failed..." Jian Qi Suo Zhi sent a message to Chen Yehui.

"Hmm?"

"Ye Qiu's Lord Grim has escaped our control," Jian Qi Suo Zhi said.

"It doesn't matter. You still held him up for more than an hour. In that hour, his ranking has been steadily declining. This is all thanks to you. Keep it up!" Chen Yehui said.

Jian Qi Suo Zhi was a little dazed. Obviously, Chen Yehui didn't really care if Ye Qiu had broken the formation. Even if he had, he had been entangled for over an hour. Rebuild it, and continue to entangle him. Let him break it. Maintaining this was all Chen Yehui needed.

Jian Qi Suo Zhi understood this point, but he didn't have the mood to continue. In his heart, he had already labeled himself a loser, and now, this loser had to continue to be trampled on by the opponent. How could he be happy about that?

But at least, the goal was achieved... Jian Qi Suo Zhi forced himself not to judge success or failure by breaking the formation, but instead to interpret the matter from Chen Yehui's perspective. This kind of entanglement was victory! Jian Qi Suo Zhi told himself. After responding to Chen Yehui, he renewed his spirit to search for Lord Grim.

Previously, the breakthrough had been created because he had been killed. This time, if everyone was more careful, perhaps things would be different?

Since he was going to do it, of course, he had to try to do it well. Jian Qi Suo Zhi adjusted his mindset and then adjusted his thoughts. While hurrying towards the City of Sin, he was already dispatching his members to start searching for Lord Grim's location.

City of Sin.

Although Ye Xiu had successfully broken the Pan Si Spiral Formation, he was very clear that it wasn't over. Because he was very clear about Excellent Dynasty's purpose, which was to create obstacles for him to participate in the event and prevent him from taking away their guild's current limelight. This purpose was exactly the same as their intention to hunt him down before.

"Isn't that too exaggerated? Such a big guild, would they bother competing with you?" Chen Guo said, somewhat unconvinced after hearing Ye Xiu say this.

"As an expert, the pressure is very high. Even if you don't want to, you will involuntarily become an obstacle for the other party," Ye Xiu said with a sigh, making Chen Guo really want to press his head on the table and flatten it. Although he was indeed an expert, he shouldn't be so unmodest and presumptuous, right?

"As an expert, you certainly wouldn't be willing to give in, right?" Chen Guo said.

"Give in? How? Am I not supposed to do the Christmas event?" Ye Xiu said.

"Change your perspective! For example, you could join the Excellent Dynasty guild! With your skill, they would definitely welcome you if you were willing," Chen Guo thought her idea was quite good. Excellent Dynasty was her guild after all, but now it was causing so much trouble with her friend, Chen Guo felt uneasy. If he joined, wouldn't that be a win-win situation?

Ye Xiu turned to look at Chen Guo, "Could it be that you were actually sent by Chen Yehui?" Ye Xiu had used Chen Guo's account and knew that Chen Guo was a member of Excellent Dynasty.

"Oh, you know our guild leader?" Chen Guo was surprised.

"Yes, he's guiding work in the tenth server right now!" Ye Xiu said.

"Really? The guild leader ran to the tenth server to pioneer? No wonder I haven't seen him in the guild much lately, and many of the guild's experts are online less often. Are they all running to the tenth server?" Chen Guo muttered.

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Ye Xiu said.

"Yeah, look." Chen Guo said as she opened her Chasing Haze's guild interface. In the list of guild members, she pointed out many characters among a group of grayed-out names to Ye Xiu, also giving comments and introductions, not without some pride. However, when she pointed to Jian Qi Suo Zhi, she hesitated a bit.

Ye Xiu just listened silently. In fact, he had heard of quite a few of these people's names. He was once the captain of Excellent Era. If there were experts in the Excellent Dynasty guild, the team would definitely be told. This was the oldest way for professional teams to select talent: from the experts in the online game.

And those who were still in the guild now were of course those who had been examined but still hadn't caught the team's eye. Ye Xiu, as the captain, often did this work. In fact, he was more familiar with the experts in the Excellent Dynasty guild than Chen Guo was. Everyone had a real and objective evaluation in the club. Some were even evaluated by Ye Xiu. He would still have some impression of these characters.

"So that's how it is." Ye Xiu now realized that Excellent Dynasty had almost come out in full force for the tenth server. They were so determined, but they happened to encounter him here, suppressing the major guilds everywhere. Where there was oppression, there would naturally be resistance. Ye Xiu didn't find anything abnormal about the reactions of the major guilds. However, he would also very normally compete fiercely with them like this. Retreat? If he had such a thought, then Ye Xiu wouldn't have used Lord Grim with the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella from the beginning.

"Originally what?" Chen Guo was still asking.

"They're making such a splash in the Christmas event, dominating the top fifteen on the leaderboard. So many experts from Excellent Dynasty came. No wonder!" Ye Xiu said.

"You can also become one of them!" Chen Guo, who was completely unaware of the situation, was still acting as a lobbyist.

"When I really can't make it, I'll consider your suggestion," Ye Xiu said with a smile.

"Do you want me to say a few words for you? I actually know a few experts quite well and can put in a good word," Chen Guo said, not without some pride in her expression.

Ye Xiu could only laugh helplessly. Someone was showing off their connections in Excellent Era in front of him!

"Okay, okay, if you need it then, boss, you must help!" Ye Xiu didn't laugh at Chen Guo's good intentions.

Chen Guo nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Ye Xiu's Lord Grim still wandering around here, and couldn't help but say, "I think you should hurry up and consider it! It's been almost two hours, and you've only killed a few Christmas thieves?"

"Don't worry! You'll have a use," Ye Xiu said with a smile. "If Excellent Dynasty is crying at that time, you can tell Chen Yehui that you can put in a good word for me here."

"Put in a good word? You're too arrogant! I'll fire you!" Chen Guo reminded Ye Xiu to pay attention to his identity. She was the boss, and you were just an employee. You should listen to me!

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" Ye Xiu nodded repeatedly, but he didn't bother to argue. As a result, Chen Guo pointed at his screen again and shouted, "Christmas thief! Hurry!"

"Saw it," Ye Xiu responded. He had already fired a shot when Chen Guo spoke. The Christmas thief immediately charged towards Lord Grim, but Lord Grim didn't meet him head-on. He used a flying gun to jump onto the house.

"What are you doing?" Chen Guo asked, puzzled.

"Isn't there a setting for Christmas thieves that they are very sinister and cruel, hiding their identities and stealing the gifts carefully prepared by Santa Claus? So once they are discovered, in order to continue hiding their identities, they will attack the players who discover them, killing them to silence them," Ye Xiu said.

"It seems like there is," Chen Guo said.

"I'm going to test this setting," Ye Xiu said.

"How do you test it?" Chen Guo asked.

"I want to see if he will keep chasing me to kill me and silence me," Ye Xiu said. As he said this, the Christmas thief had already chased to the bottom of the house. Of course, the system wouldn't give players such loopholes. Players couldn't, but the NPCs had the means to climb walls. However, this Christmas thief was an assassin, so he didn't need to climb the wall. He directly used a mid-air leap, and at the highest point of the first jump, he stepped into the air and jumped a second time.

This was an assassin's passive skill, mid-air double jump, ensuring they had better jumping ability than other professions.

The Christmas thief used a mid-air leap to jump onto the house, but Ye Xiu didn't fight him. He controlled Lord Grim to turn around and run, jumping to the other side of the street in the blink of an eye. On this street, there happened to be another Christmas thief loitering suspiciously. Ye Xiu made an operation, and Lord Grim decisively raised the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella and fired another shot.

"Tell me, how many Christmas thieves are there in the City of Sin?" Ye Xiu suddenly asked Chen Guo, who was still staring at his screen.