Chapter 1 The Fiery Witch

On the arena, as Zhao Yueru stepped down, the surrounding players instinctively cleared a path for her, because the name of the Fiery Witch was no joke.

Before, some members of the Dark Guild had provoked her, and as a result, they were killed twice, even damaging the Soul of the Corpse of the Dark Guild.

Previously, these experts had mostly treated it as a joke during chats, but now, they had to muster their courage even to shift their gaze to Zhao Yueru. If they accidentally displeased this young lady, they might be instantly killed and sent back to the city as soon as they stepped outside.

"The Fiery Witch is too powerful! She might even be able to compete for the top ten now."

"Top ten? More like top five! The combination of that Lord-ranked monster and large-scale destruction magic is simply invincible in PvP. Only a few people can quickly get close to the Fiery Witch at the start of the match. Others will probably be blasted to ashes."

"It's a pity for Ice Queen this time. If she hadn't met the Fiery Witch, she might have been able to compete for the top fifteen. But now, she can't even rank in the top fifty..."

"With the Fiery Witch in Zero Wing, their guild ranking might even reach the top five."

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Everyone couldn't help but discuss Zhao Yueru enthusiastically, each wondering what rank Zhao Yueru could reach in this Wind and Cloud Tournament. As for the defeated Yi Luofei, everyone could only sigh.

"Damn it! How could this happen?" Chi Huohu stared intently at Zhao Yueru as she stepped down from the arena. "Zero Wing Guild is really insidious, hiding a trump card like Zhao Yueru all this time!"

"Guild Leader, what should we do now?" The shield warrior Gu Cheng couldn't help but feel anxious.

The ranking war points of the Wind and Cloud Tournament increased with each higher rank.

Players ranked between 1000th and 501st place received 5 points, but from 500th to 249th place, the points doubled to 10 points.

After entering the third round, it was directly 20 points, and entering the fourth round was 50 points. Now that Zhao Yueru had entered the fifth round, it was 100 points.

Although the two experts Jiulong Huang had hired had also entered the fifth round, Jiulong Huang had said that they would be lucky to reach the top sixteen in the seventh round. The points for the seventh round were 300 points each. However, Zhao Yueru could compete for the top five, and even if she only entered the top four, she could get 600 points. One person was worth two of them. If she was lucky enough to reach the finals, it would be 1000 points. The points obtained by one person would exceed the total points of their Chi Cheng Guild...

"You go and give the Epic-ranked item that Jiulong Huang lent us to those two. First, ensure that they can enter the seventh round of the competition. As for Zero Wing Guild, it's not certain whether they can enter the ninth round. If they encounter those melee experts along the way, it's hard to say who will win. If they encounter Yan Tianxing, the leader of the FFF adventurer team, Zero Wing Guild's journey will end there," Chi Huohu couldn't help but look at Yan Tianxing, the leader of the FFF adventurer team.

The FFF adventurer team had always been among the top adventurer teams in the Black Dragon Empire. Before that, it was entirely dependent on Yan Tianxing. Yan Tianxing had been a top expert in the virtual game world for many years, and now he was ranked second on the Black Dragon Empire's assassin class rankings.

As for Ming Yu, who had assassinated Yi Luofei before, was only ranked fourth in the profession.

Ming Yu alone had made it impossible for the major guilds to do anything, and Yan Tianxing's strength was above Ming Yu, so the major guilds of the Black Dragon Empire were in awe of the FFF adventurer team. Otherwise, how could an adventurer team of a few thousand people want to be on par with the major guilds? It was simply a dream.

"I understand." When the shield warrior Gu Cheng heard this, he felt it made sense. Although Zhao Yueru had the potential to compete for the top five, it was only a possibility. If she encountered an expert who could restrain her along the way, she might not even be able to enter the seventh round and would be eliminated directly.

Although Chi Huohu's plan was good, the reality was cruel. Round after round of competition, Zhao Yueru completely crushed her way through the fifth and sixth rounds and entered the top eight in the eighth round, only one step away from the top four in the Wind and Cloud Tournament.

On the other hand, nothing unexpected happened on Chi Cheng's side, and they stopped in the seventh round, with a total score of only 630 points.

This result could easily rank in the top ten in the guild, which was quite a gratifying result for the Chi Cheng Guild, but Chi Huohu, the guild leader, couldn't be happy no matter what. As long as Zhao Yueru won the next game, Hidden Mist Town would be completely out of reach for their Chi Cheng Guild.

If they couldn't control Hidden Mist Town, the threat that their Chi Cheng Guild posed to Zero Wing Guild would be greatly reduced. In that case, Jiulong Huang would naturally not reuse them. Without Jiulong Huang's support, it would be a dream for their Chi Cheng Guild to break into a first-rate guild. After all, their Chi Cheng Guild was originally a weaker second-rate guild. They had only received support because they could cause some harm to Zero Wing Guild.

"You must not pass!" Chi Huohu stared intently at the big screen on the main arena, praying silently in his heart.

The order of matches in each round of the Wind and Cloud Tournament would be rearranged.

Watching the player IDs constantly flashing on the system screen, Chi Huohu's heart was in his throat.

After the final top eight match order was decided, Chi Huohu was extremely excited.

"Great! Heaven has not forsaken my Chi Cheng Guild!" Chi Huohu looked at the first match, which was Zhao Yueru against Yan Tianxing, the expression on his face was ecstatic, and he couldn't help but laugh.

As long as Chi Cheng won this bet, the first-rate guild would be beckoning to him.

A first-rate guild! This was the dream of countless guilds.

"The Fiery Witch is in some danger now. Yan Tianxing is the second-ranked assassin on the professional list, and he is completely known for his speed. This time, it won't be so easy for her to use large-scale destruction magic."

"Even if the Fiery Witch can't defeat Yan Tianxing, she will still be glorious in defeat. After all, professions restrain each other."

"But Yan Tianxing won't necessarily win, right? After all, triple casting is not so easy to get close to. If the distance is too close, he might be instantly killed by accident. The damage of that Fiery Witch is no joke. Even a full-blooded shield warrior was instantly killed with his shield wall activated, let alone an assassin with such a low blood volume?"

Everyone watched Zhao Yueru and the thin Yan Tianxing step onto the arena, cheering and discussing.

As the countdown to the match on the main arena ticked by, Yan Tianxing couldn't help but look at the VIP box where Zero Wing Guild was located and said loudly, "Guild Leader Hei Yan, I heard that your guild's Stone Forest Town is preparing to auction off Adventurer's Homes to the public. I wonder if I win this match, can you give one of the Adventurer's Home slots to the FFF adventurer team? Of course, if I lose, I will pay ten thousand magic crystals and a treasure map of the Great Dragon Cemetery!"

As soon as Yan Tianxing finished speaking, the whole place was instantly silent, and everyone was dumbfounded.

The first reaction was what was going on?

Shouldn't Yan Tianxing be avenging Yi Luofei now? Shouldn't he be saying some grand words about defeating Zhao Yueru?

But Yan Tianxing, the leader of the FFF adventurer team, one of the most famous top adventurer teams in the Black Dragon Empire, actually publicly announced that he was preparing to enter Stone Forest Town...

Even if it was just entering, it would be a great thing for any guild, but judging from Yan Tianxing's meaning, the right to enter Stone Forest Town seemed to be very precious, so precious that Yan Tianxing was willing to pay ten thousand magic crystals and a treasure map as the price, and it was still a treasure map related to the Great Dragon Cemetery. This was simply crazy!