Chapter 1 The Action Against Very Heaven

The campaign against Very Heaven was widespread across many main cities in the parallel world, but each city had only one core member involved, and to save on travel expenses, no one wanted to bring too many people. After careful consideration, the thirty-one heroes finally set off, some with scrolls, some on foot, some with large groups, some with small groups, each different. They agreed to meet in Cloudrise City to form a team and establish a common channel.

For those planning to use scrolls, acquiring them took more time; flying to Cloudrise City afterward took less than a minute. Soon, all the scroll-using players among the thirty-one had arrived in Cloudrise City. After contacting each other, the team was formed. The player serving as the team leader was called Baodu Fengshuang (Well-Read and Weathered), a mage from Wanqian City, a core member of the level-six guild Wind and Rain Together in that main city, and a well-known figure ranked high on the mage leaderboard.

However, the reason he was the team leader was simply because he was the first to contact others after arriving in Cloudrise City, so he conveniently formed the team and invited others to join.

After the team was established, everyone began to consider a very important issue: they had all come to Cloudrise City with the same goal, and in terms of total numbers, they outnumbered Very Heaven. But they were thirty-one groups from thirty-one main cities, unfamiliar with each other, let alone having any tacit understanding. Cultivating a tacit understanding now seemed unlikely, but at least they should elect someone to serve as the unified commander. Otherwise, even if they had more people, they might not win against Very Heaven in a team battle. As top-notch talents in the game, they all understood this principle.

But who should be elected? This was too difficult. The thirty-one had only just met, and it was impossible to choose someone everyone would agree with. Choose someone at random? But how should they choose at random?

"Uh, I think all thirty-one of us should be fine with team battle command, right?" Several people who had already arrived in Cloudrise City discussed this issue in the team channel while agreeing on a meeting point. The thirty-one who came were not lone wolves like Apple Cider; they all held important positions in large teams. They couldn't occupy these positions without some commanding skills.

"So it doesn't matter who is the commander; we just need a unified command," another person said.

"Let's draw lots," one person suggested.

"Isn't that too casual?"

"Whether it's drawing lots or something else, we have to wait for everyone to arrive. There must be a commander-in-chief, and everyone must uniformly listen to his command after he is selected. Those of us who are here now have no doubt about this, right?"

"No, no," those who had arrived expressed their opinions.

"Uh, we have a total of thirty-one people, but only seven have arrived!" Baodu Fengshuang said.

"Cheapskates, they don't want to use scrolls!" one person despised those who hadn't arrived.

"How many people did you bring?" Everyone began to inquire about this information.

"Twenty people, what about you?"

"I only brought sixteen people."

"I also brought twenty people..."

Everyone reported their numbers, all multiples of four, since one scroll could transport four people. More couldn't be transported, and fewer would be a waste.

On the way to the agreed meeting point, several more people arrived in Cloudrise City. Baodu Fengshuang had already told everyone that the team had been formed, so those who arrived immediately contacted him to join the team. By the time the first seven gathered at the agreed coordinates, eighteen of the thirty-one had arrived in Cloudrise City, more than half. Baodu Fengshuang also confirmed with the remaining thirteen; seven had decided to walk to Cloudrise City and definitely wouldn't arrive today, probably around dawn tomorrow. The other six were still looking for cheap teleportation scrolls. Overall, most people were willing to spend money on scrolls. So, everyone openly and secretly despised the seven who refused to use scrolls.

"We are at coordinates xxx, xxx; everyone, come over first!" Baodu Fengshuang said in the team.

"Those who used scrolls will probably all arrive soon. Should we wait for those seven brothers who are walking?" one person asked in the channel.

"This... let's talk about it later!"

The first seven waited at the agreed place, with no desire to admire the city scenery. After a while, a familiar face appeared with a group of people, clearly one of the thirty-one.

"Hey! Over here!" Baodu Fengshuang proactively waved and greeted. He could recognize the person, but he couldn't match him with his name. Thirty-one people, how could he remember them all so quickly?

"Brother Fengshuang." Unexpectedly, the person called out his name in one breath, followed by calling out the names of the other six one by one. It seemed he had remembered everyone, which made Baodu Fengshuang a little embarrassed, but he had to bite the bullet and say, "Um, which brother are you? The name doesn't quite match."

"Zai Lai Yici (One More Time)," the other person said with a smile.

"Oh." Baodu Fengshuang immediately remembered, a little embarrassed, and said, "You have a good memory, remembering everyone."

"Hehe," Zai Lai Yici smiled.

After Baodu Fengshuang greeted him, he also said hello to the group Zai Lai Yici brought. Everyone introduced each other, making it lively. Just then, someone gently tugged at Baodu Fengshuang's arm. Baodu Fengshuang turned his head and saw one of the first seven, what was his name again? He forgot again in a blink of an eye...

"Look there." The person pulling Baodu Fengshuang winked in a certain direction.

Baodu Fengshuang looked in the direction he indicated. There was a guy standing there, seemingly coming from the same direction as Zai Lai Yici's group. The person next to him continued to whisper, "Can you see the guild badge on his chest clearly?"

Baodu Fengshuang wasn't a sharpshooter and couldn't see too clearly at this distance, but the brother speaking to him was indeed a sharpshooter. Hearing his tone, Baodu Fengshuang immediately reacted, "Very Heaven's?"

"Probably! The badge has a 'Ni (Rebel)' character on it, just like Yongyuan (Forever) described," the sharpshooter said.

"That..."

"Don't say it in the channel first; otherwise, everyone will notice and he will realize it! Then he might be wary of us. We are still in the dark, catching them off guard, which can save us a lot of losses," the sharpshooter said.

"Brother is very careful!" Baodu Fengshuang praised.

"It's what I should do," the sharpshooter said.

"What's your name?" Baodu Fengshuang asked.

The sharpshooter rolled his eyes. They had already introduced themselves! Was this brother a little forgetful? He forgot so quickly. Helpless, he had to say it again, "Jian Ding Tianxia (Arrow Settles the World)!"

"Oh, oh, right! Sorry," Baodu Fengshuang said.

"I say," Baodu Fengshuang continued, "Being careful is good, but aren't you being a little too careful? Just because we all look at him, he will realize we are unfavorable to Very Heaven?"

"They should understand their situation now, so they will definitely be more sensitive. We should still be careful," Jian Ding Tianxia said.

"But look," Baodu Fengshuang said, "I think he has already noticed us, hasn't he?"

"Oh?" Jian Ding Tianxia practiced not letting the suspicious person notice his observation, so his eyes were always drifting, only occasionally glancing over there, and he looked at Baodu Fengshuang earnestly when speaking. Hearing Baodu Fengshuang's words, he quickly looked over there again. His sharpshooter's eagle eyes could see more clearly than Baodu Fengshuang. Wasn't that right? That person was staring at them!

"Is he looking at us?" Jian Ding Tianxia had just asked in doubt when the person raised his hand and waved at them, then walked straight towards them.

Jian Ding Tianxia and Baodu Fengshuang looked at each other. As the person got closer and closer, the other guys who were still exchanging pleasantries also noticed him. The "Ni" character on the badge immediately made everyone make the same judgment as Jian Ding Tianxia.

"A person from Very Heaven!!" Jian Ding Tianxia was being careful, but someone had already shouted in the team channel, and some were even about to pull out their weapons.

"Don't panic, stop your people and see what's going on!" Baodu Fengshuang hurriedly shouted in the channel. Their channel only had their boss-level figures. There weren't enough slots to add everyone!

The message spread quickly. Those who had pulled out their weapons halfway quickly stopped. Some put them back, and some put their hands in their pockets, ready to take out their equipment at any time.

The person had already walked up to them, smiling, looking at Jian Ding Tianxia and Baodu Fengshuang.

"What's the matter, brother?" Baodu Fengshuang casually greeted the person.

"Where are you all from?" the person asked.

Baodu Fengshuang exchanged glances with "everyone" and replied, "We're not from the same place."

"Oh, so you came to Cloudrise City to cause trouble for Very Heaven?" the person asked.

"What do you mean?" Everyone present changed their expressions.

The person simply nodded, "I'm just waiting for you to come and PK (player kill)."

One person, facing a hundred or so people, saying he was waiting for everyone to PK was too shocking. Everyone froze for a moment. Looking at the person's black mage robe and clearly identifying his class, everyone suddenly realized, "It's Qianli Yizui (A Thousand Miles One Drunk), the PK maniac!!!"

"Qianli Yizui?" Baodu Fengshuang continued to speak on behalf of everyone.

"Mm."

"You seem to know we're coming?"

"Just guessing."

"Do you know who we are?"

"I don't know. You can introduce yourselves."

"I'm called Baodu Fengshuang." Baodu Fengshuang really introduced himself.

Everyone then saw the legendary Qianli Yizui take out a small notebook, and after a moment, he looked up and said, "Mm, you have no PK value."

What was this all about!! Everyone was baffled. Did this Qianli Yizui have a problem with his brain?

In their team channel, the eight giants who had already arrived were hurriedly negotiating. Those who hadn't arrived were rushing over after hearing that they had run into Very Heaven's Qianli Yizui. Everyone was somewhat curious about this legendary expert, and some were already inquiring about him in the channel. The description of Qianli Yizui they got was: inexplicable.

This person was a bit inexplicable, his appearance was also a bit inexplicable, and more importantly, he inexplicably knew that these people would come, and it seemed he also knew their intentions. He said he was just guessing, but who would believe that answer? Although they didn't plan to completely hide their identities this time, they had only just arrived in Cloudrise City, and the people hadn't even gathered yet, but the person had already taken the initiative to come to their door, and even seemed to have been waiting for a long time. This was too abnormal.

"Did someone leak the information?" Baodu Fengshuang asked seriously in the team channel.

"Isn't this the time to talk about this?" Jian Ding Tianxia said, "Qianli Yizui is still standing in front of you!"

That's right, Qianli Yizui was still standing in front of them. More than a hundred of them were already trending toward encirclement, but this person was still so calm and composed, not even taking a step back. What was revealed in his eyes? Was it excitement? Was this person really a madman?

"Let's do it!" Someone couldn't hold back anymore.

"I'm thinking, could this be a trap?" Baodu Fengshuang praised Jian Ding Tianxia for being careful, but at this critical moment, he seemed to be even more careful than Jian Ding Tianxia.

"What kind of trap could there be?" someone asked.

"I don't know, but his appearance is too strange," Baodu Fengshuang said.

"You've already said that, but no matter what, now that he's in front of us and has made his intentions clear, are we just going to walk away silently?" one person said.

"Let me do it," Baodu Fengshuang said.

"You do it?"

"Mm, I'll do it."

Everyone was unfamiliar with each other, so at this time, even if Baodu Fengshuang took the initiative to challenge Qianli Yizui to a duel, even if he was going to die, no one would care too much. So, no one stopped him. It would be good to take this opportunity to see how much Qianli Yizui was really worth.

"You're waiting for us to PK, right?" Baodu Fengshuang walked forward and asked.

Gu Fei nodded.

"I'm here," Baodu Fengshuang said.

"Oh? A few more can come too, or everyone can come. I don't mind. I'm used to it," Gu Fei said very seriously. He hadn't experienced a duel in a long time. He didn't even know when the last time was.

"Hehe, when I die, naturally more people will come," Baodu Fengshuang said, looking very confident.

"Oh." Gu Fei nodded, then waved to the crowd, "Everyone move aside to avoid accidental injury."

Everyone was immediately messed up again. For him, wasn't accidental injury even better? He even told everyone to move aside. What did this mean? Although they were messed up, everyone did move to the side. Even if Gu Fei hadn't reminded them, they would have moved, as mage battles were indeed the easiest to accidentally injure the audience.

As the crowd dispersed, Gu Fei had already drawn his sword.

"Dark Night Flowing Light Sword!" Baodu Fengshuang said, his tone filled with admiration and envy. The attributes of the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword had long been revealed on the website, and its spell damage and physical damage aroused the envy of all classes.

"Here it comes!" Gu Fei shouted in a deep voice, and suddenly disappeared from Baodu Fengshuang's sight.

"Ah!" The audience shouted. They all saw clearly that the moment Qianli Yizui disappeared, he had already appeared behind Baodu Fengshuang, and the sword had already raised a fiery light and slashed down, and their exclamations seemed to be a little slower than the sword.

The "ah" continued. For surprise, this "ah" was a bit too long. This was really because everything happened too fast. After the first "ah," everyone immediately wanted to "ah" a second time, but there was no time to rest, so the first "ah" didn't stop and continued to "ah."

The reason everyone wanted to continue "ah-ing" was that when Qianli Yizui's sword slashed down, Yin Du Fengshuang also suddenly disappeared.

The way he disappeared was exactly the same as Qianli Yizui, disappearing from here and appearing from there, appearing behind Qianli Yizui.

Instantaneous movement too!

These two people each used instantaneous movement, and everything happened in a short second. The high-tempo game of switching positions made the audience have to mix the two surprises together.

The world knew that Qianli Yizui could use instantaneous movement.

But he definitely didn't expect that the mage Baodu Fengshuang he was fighting also knew it, so this time he was going to lose.

Everyone thought so, but no one expected Qianli Yizui's reaction to be so fast and his judgment so accurate.

Baodu Fengshuang flashed behind him, and Qianli Yizui couldn't stop the sword he had slashed out, but his left arm had already quickly swung backward. Everyone seemed to hear a "bang," and Baodu Fengshuang staggered, covering his nose and retreating several steps.

He felt his nose tingle, and his hands were wet. Looking down, his life hadn't dropped much, but he had a nosebleed, and blood was constantly flowing out of both nostrils.

"You can also use instantaneous movement!" Qianli Yizui turned around and said to him, not rushing to chase him.

Baodu Fengshuang quickly nodded while looking for paper to plug his nostrils. If he didn't plug them, the blood would flow into his mouth.

"You are also an electric mage!" Qianli Yizui said.

Baodu Fengshuang's hand trembled, and the paper ball almost went into his mouth. This Qianli Yizui only knew he was an electric mage now. Didn't he even identify himself before PK-ing?

While Baodu Fengshuang was thinking, Qianli Yizui didn't take the opportunity to attack, and the surrounding audience was silent.

"But about instantaneous movement, that kind of movement of yours... you didn't look at the target location. How did you do it?" Gu Fei asked in confusion.

While wiping his nosebleed, Baodu Fengshuang replied, "Can't you do it? Then your proficiency is too low."

"Oh!" Gu Fei suddenly realized. He had to admit this. Although he intentionally used instantaneous movement frequently, this skill had a relatively long cooldown time. Even if Gu Fei used it as soon as the cooldown was over, with his online time, he really couldn't use it many times a day. Compared to those dedicated players who played the game for more than ten hours a day, Gu Fei believed that his skill proficiency was indeed not high.

"Are you ready?" Gu Fei asked.

"Ready." There was no way to stop the blood too quickly, so Baodu Fengshuang had to leave two paper balls in his nostrils, looking comical. But at this time, he had also taken out his staff.

"Here it comes!!" Gu Fei raised his sword and charged again. Baodu Fengshuang also raised his staff and shouted, "Thunder Light Array!"