“Tsk, tsk, tsk…” A Warrior, whose hair was dyed in pale purple and who purposely exposed the tattoo on his shoulder, exclaimed, “You few newbies made us recall the days in the past. How about this? Since we are in a good mood, we’ll recruit you as our underlings and help train your levels.”
“Brother Dragon is really good-tempered. Our Internet Celebrity Organization is a high-level guild, which is going to annihilate Savage Blade, and you are still willing to train newbies in your free time,” said somebody while grinning widely. Then that person shouted to Demon Sword and the others, “Hey, newbies, your luck is quite good. Come, each of you, hand over ten gold coins as an entry fee, and we, the Internet Celebrity Organization, will accept you, newbies.”
Their arrogance ignited the rage of Demon Sword. He gripped his dagger, preparing to make a move. However, Hardworking Pants stopped him. He took a step forward, smiled, and said, “Hi brothers, which guild are you all from?”
A red-haired youngster called Internet Celebrity Momo said sharply, “Internet Celebrity Organization!”
“Oh, oh, Internet Celebrity Organization… I’m sorry, I’ve never heard of this name before. You guys want to destroy Savage Blade? That’s great! Actually, that was always my goal. By then, we’ll become famous people, and we’ll be able to flaunt the name… eh, what was it again?” Hardworking Pants knocked his head and spouted, “Lipstick Organization?”
Internet Celebrity Momo’s greasy and white face instantly turned blue, and he scoffed. “Youths really know no fear. Since this is the case, I’ll teach you all for free and show you that some people ought to know their place in this game!”
“Surge Cut!”
The red-haired Momo was pretty capable. [Surge Cut] was a Weapon Specialist’s Epic Skill, which could send a target into the air and deal a combo attack, with rather high-explosive strength. Momo swung his blade, and a ray of light was sent towards Hardworking Pants! His timing with the skill was pretty good, and the light from the blade seemed as if it was going to land a critical hit.
“Runes•Dispel!” Hardworking Pants smirked, and rays of light appeared from the ground. At some point, he had actually scattered tons of the low-grade enchantment material [Elemental Powder] on the ground in the formation of a broken weapon. The Runes were activated, and the light from Momo’s blade was absorbed into it.
Jiangnan Yanyu cried out, “Pants, let’s work together!” After receiving an acknowledgment from Hardworking Pants, he waved his wand, and waves of warm Holy Light flew up.
“Me too!” Lingyun Xiaoxiao pointed, and a circle of Holy Light descended. This was [Healing Halo], which could continuously heal allies within a radius. It was Lingyun Xiaoxiao’s specialty! The two healing spells stacked together and combined to form a sun-like ball of light.
Hardworking Pants grinned, and with a wave of his right hand, three black runes slowly floated, forming a triangle, which completely enveloped the Priests’ healing spell.
Internet Celebrity Momo was shocked. However, he was not afraid and scoffed. “What kind of trick can a few newbies come up with?”
The trio shouted simultaneously, “Dark Cannon!”
The spell, filled with bright energy, completely changed into another power with the addition of the runes. The turbulent energy in the air spun wildly, and with a command, shot down like a cannonball.
Boom—
This cannon blasted internet Celebrity Momo, and black smoke was coming out from him. After a long time, his pathetic silhouette finally appeared. Half of that irritating red hair of his was burnt away, and he looked hilarious! He stood stunned with his jaw dropped, and black smoke coming out of his mouth.
-2,938!
Their combined skill depleted 2⁄3 of Internet Celebrity Momo’s health bar. However, don’t forget that their gear was just a Level 25 Gold Set!
“You pieces of trash, die!” Internet Celebrity Momo was enraged. As an “elite player”, he was actually put into such a state by a few “newbies” and their strange skills. Didn’t they know that as an Internet Celebrity, his hair could not be messy even if his head rolled on the floor? Momo was fuming mad, and threw his weapon out with [Burst Throw]!
Burst Throw was a Weapon Specialist Skill, where the user threw out his weapon. It dealt 200% damage to a target with an additional 100% penetration. Internet Celebrity Momo’s greatest pride was the Dark Gold [Wind Demon Sword] he had in his hand. That weapon gave Burst Throw an additional effect—when a Critical Hit was landed, the weapon would return to the user immediately, and Burst Throw’s cooldown would be reset.
Although a Weapon Specialist’s mana was only enough to use the skill three times, it was enough!
Shh—
The Wind Demon Sword spun in the air and headed towards the one with the weakest job, Poison Bandit Demon Sword.
“Can you dodge?” asked Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy.
“The speed is too fast. I can’t dodge it. You do it. I’ll prepare to attack,” replied Demon Sword. During that period, he had become much less arrogant. If it were in the past, he would never say something like that.
Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy agreed and rushed towards the Wind Demon Sword. He swung his Level 30 Dark Gold longsword, which clashed directly with Wind Demon Sword. The spinning Wind Demon Sword sent Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy flying, and it activated its special effect and returned to Momo’s hand.
Momo took the chance to cast Burst Throw once again! The blade flew towards Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy, aiming straight at his head!
“I’ll dodge!” Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy shrank his head, and with a good slap on his own butt, his neck, which was pulled back, instantly bounced up. The Wind Demon Blade, which was originally aimed at his mouth, slid out along the edge because of the suddenly elongated neck.
“F*ck! Damn, that actually worked?” Internet Celebrity Momo was stunned.
However, another silhouette appeared before him. Demon Sword waved his dagger and smiled sinisterly. “Backhand Backstab!”
Internet Celebrity Momo’s reaction was quick. He instantly switched weapons and attacked, but to his surprise, the figure in front of him disappeared. In the blink of an eye, he had already avoided his weapon’s trajectory, spun around to his back, and thrust the dagger into his back with a strong force.
-1,272!
Armor Ignore, Weak Point Damage, Critical Hit!
With all sorts of buffs, the attack emptied Internet Celebrity Momo’s health bar and sent him to the ground!
“Hahahaha!” Lingyun Xiaoxiao began laughing hysterically. “Oops, we, the newbies, with Level 25 Gold Sets, killed a Level 45 expert. This is just—”
“Just like bullying the weak.” Jiangnan Yanyu finished the sentence.
Finally, the man called “Brother Dragon” moved. His arms were folded all along, and his expression darkened. His purple hair immediately turned rock stiff, like a hedgehog’s quill, and flames were burning in his eyes.
He took a step forward and pointed at Demon Sword and the gang, saying, “Not bad, you newbies are pretty capable and not easy to deal with. Seems like you guys are also veteran gamers but are just lost in The New Age. Now, join Internet Celebrity Organization, and I’ll give you all good positions. With some hard work, sooner or later, you’ll be able to step over that so-called Codename Lone Wolf and Savage Blade and climb to the top in the game. What do you think?”
Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy sneered. “But why do I feel like you have this capability? Can you beat Codename Lone Wolf?”
“There are many things that cannot be measured by force alone. The group supporting Internet Celebrity Organization is the strongest organization in The New Age—Dark Shrine.” Brother Dragon spat the words out one by one, and the purple soul fire appeared around him appeared— it was rather imposing.
“If you do not accept, hmph! Then—”
Kaboom—
Suddenly, the sky was dyed a layer of red flames, as if countless clouds of fire had appeared. The surrounding temperature became hot as well. Brother Dragon frowned, and as he was about to raise his head to check the situation, he felt scorching hot flames. It felt as if a broken blade with magma in its core came crashing down on him!
Whoosh!
After the light from the blade dissipated, Lin Jie’s body appeared slowly.
-3,828! (Critical Hit)
Brother Dragon was shocked. “Codename Lone Wolf? Nice, you saved me the time from looking for you. Brothers—”
Lin Jie spat out four words coldly, “Mountain-Crushing Flame Slash.”
In an instant, a wave of Blade Aura penetrated the ground like an excavator, shattering the earth into pieces. A stream of magma surged out, drowning the Internet Celebrity Organization’s members in the blink of an eye! Under the burning magma, a series of 1,000+ damage values popped up. At the same time, many of them received two Critical Hits and died instantly.
Brother Dragon cried out, “Okay, Codename Lone Wolf. You are true to your reputation. We’ll meet again!” Then he flew out from the magma with arms resembling the wings of a large bird, preparing to escape. To his surprise, a pair of giant black hands grabbed him by his waist.
“So much nonsense.” Lin Jie rolled his eyes and tossed that piece of trash into the magma with Death Grip. Brother Dragon, who already had low health, died without being able to struggle the moment he fell into the fire pit.
Hardworking Pants’ jaw dropped, wider and wider… It looked as if it was going to fall out of his face before he closed his mouth. “F*ck, what skill is that? How powerful!? Boss, could it be after you brought Breeze Wind to gain Double Ability, you learned the true essence of some lineage skill and got a huge breakthrough? Ouch, ouch, pain, pain, pain…”
Breeze Wind appeared from behind Hardworking Pants with a grim expression. She pinched his ear viciously and scolded, “Next time, you can’t say more than ten words in front of me. Otherwise…”
“Okay, okay. You are the Big Sis, whatever you say goes… Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, it hurts—-” Hardworking Pants was about to obey but realized that the pain in his ear intensified. He then realized that he said one extra word when he was pleading. He was in tears from the pain.
Lin Jie sheathed with his Broken Blade, and said, “Didn’t I ask you guys to train your techniques? Why were you all fighting with this group of people?”
Ten Thousand Men’s Enemy took a step forward and explained, “They picked a fight with us first. Also, we’ve already seen the results of our training. Oh, oh, oh, Pants, did you take a video of me dodging the attack just now?”
Hardworking Pants was gritting his teeth in pain while being abused by Breeze Wind. It took all his effort to raise his big thumb and say, “I’m such a smart person, so of course, I recorded it!”
“12 words.” Breeze Wind quietly increased the force on her fingers, and another loud wail could be heard.
“I saw your performance, and you’ve made huge improvements. We’ll end the operation here this time. However, your training is far from over. The next mission target…” Lin Jie waved his hand. “You guys have five people, just nice. Form a group and compete in Best Of The Best. Come back as the Top 5.”
Breeze Wind frowned. “Five? There’s six of us.”
Jiangnan Yanyu pointed at Hardworking Pants in Breeze Wind’s hands and said, “Living Job players are not counted.”
“Jiangnan Yanyu, your looks are actually so deceiving! You fake man!” Hardworking Pants was having an outburst. Back when the five of them had successfully joined Savage Blade, they had not been good at speaking and had always been following his lead. Great, now that they were more familiar with one another, Jiangnan Yanyu was immediately selling him out.
“11 words,” said Breeze Wind.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!!”
Upon hearing Hardworking Pants’ painful cries, Lin Jie cringed. He immediately backed away. “Hurry go and join the competition. Best Of The Best is a competition in teams of five, and the team with the highest number of wins will enter the finals. Good luck, everybody. I’ll be gone for a while.”
