Chapter 1

Deceitful Rippling Lotus was dead, his soul drifting in mid-air. The PK drop rate in the Realm of the Gods wasn't just for show. With this death, he dropped another piece of equipment. From his soul's perspective, Deceitful Rippling Lotus watched helplessly as Lord Grim circled around and picked up the equipment he had dropped.

Having been mentally prepared, Deceitful Rippling Lotus wasn't too frustrated by this death, and he quickly chose to revive.

At the respawn point, Deceitful Rippling Lotus checked his equipment. When he died in the Dark Black Church, he had dropped his lower leg armor and a pendant, and he had replaced them with two pieces of equipment that were just passable. This time, he dropped a ring.

Thankfully, it wasn't a total loss.

Dropping equipment was always painful, so Deceitful Rippling Lotus could only console himself with the three materials he had obtained earlier.

What should he do next? Would that guy still be guarding the teleportation array? These were the thoughts running through Deceitful Rippling Lotus's mind. He hadn't paid much attention to what Ye Xiu had just said. However, he didn't know that the instant he died, Ye Xiu had already sent messages to Tang Rou and Steamed Bun.

"He's coming, he's coming! Watch him, watch him!" Receiving the message, Steamed Bun immediately began searching the respawn point.

It wasn't easy to find Deceitful Rippling Lotus in the respawn point. During world wars, the respawn point was always extremely busy. Not only were there many people reviving, but there were also many people fighting. There were people like Tang Rou and Steamed Bun, who guarded the respawn point and hunted players. At this moment, the respawn points of the advanced main cities had become the fiercest battlegrounds.

Although the respawn point wasn't a safe zone, resurrected characters would have a period of system protection. Like online protection, they were immune to damage during this time, but they also couldn't deal damage to others.

After reviving, Deceitful Rippling Lotus checked his equipment to comfort himself, and then quickly tried to escape from the chaos of the respawn point. Otherwise, when the system protection disappeared, although the players here weren't randomly attacking, it was still easy to get caught in the crossfire.

When Tang Rou and Steamed Bun saw the chaotic state of the respawn point, they naturally didn't want to enter and cause trouble for themselves. Their characters hovered outside the area, each guarding one side.

"This way, this way, he's this way!" At this moment, Tang Rou received a message from Steamed Bun.

"Which way is 'this way'?" Tang Rou asked helplessly. "Coordinates!"

No message. Tang Rou had to look at Steamed Bun's screen. Steamed Bun was already fighting Deceitful Rippling Lotus. Tang Rou saw the coordinates and quickly ordered her Soft Mist to rush over.

"Kid! Prepare to die!" Steamed Bun shouted, starting with his most familiar brick attack.

When Deceitful Rippling Lotus saw that the other party had set up an ambush here, he felt annoyed. However, there was no way that a brick thrown straight at him like that could hit him. He tilted his head to dodge, and the brick whizzed past, "smack!" hitting the back of the head of a Blue Brook Guild player who was fighting fiercely in the respawn point.

Steamed Bun didn't consider the problem of accidental damage causing aggro. He only reacted after the accidental damage had occurred.

"Ah yo!" Steamed Bun shouted, and his character immediately squatted down, as if the other person wouldn't be able to see him if he did that.

In fact, with the respawn point in such a chaotic state, accidental injuries like this happened from time to time. The victims could only accept their bad luck and didn't have time to argue!

When Deceitful Rippling Lotus saw that this guy was really an idiot, he turned around and wanted to leave, not wanting to fight here at all. However, when Steamed Bun saw that no one was bothering him, he immediately became valiant again, shouting, "Don't run!" The previously crouching Steamed Bun Invasion suddenly bounced up, bending his legs and gliding out, his knees directly colliding towards Deceitful Rippling Lotus.

Rogue skill: Powerful Knee Strike.

The Rogue class really had a strong street style. Skills like Sand Toss, Brick Throw, and Poison Needle all had a hint of sneakiness. But skills like Powerful Knee Strike and Tyrannical Chain Punch showed a disregard for everything and a madness.

This Powerful Knee Strike was fast and fierce, but Steamed Bun's habit of being noisy during attacks wasn't a good habit. Deceitful Rippling Lotus heard him shouting and turned his view back to see two knees swiftly approaching, and he quickly dodged to the side. Steamed Bun Invasion landed from the Powerful Knee Strike and immediately turned around, charging over without even straightening his body.

Deceitful Rippling Lotus quickly formed a seal, and his character instantly burrowed into the ground and disappeared. He used Earth Shattering Slash to avoid Steamed Bun Invasion's charging attack, then burst out of the ground, slashing directly at Steamed Bun Invasion.

Steamed Bun reacted quickly and immediately performed an action. Steamed Bun Invasion blocked with his arm, actually catching Deceitful Rippling Lotus's wrist and parrying the incoming slash.

Rogue Skill: Mountain Block.

This skill sounded like it had a name and a lot of knowledge, but players called it "Desperate Face Guard." From this, it could be seen that this skill was actually created based on street fights, and it was mainly a defensive skill. Of course, the game settings couldn't directly name it "Desperate Face Guard" or something like that, it would be too uncouth.

The incoming blade was blocked, but Deceitful Rippling Lotus had already jumped up. Taking advantage of his height, he immediately used a Swallow Drop, stepping on Steamed Bun Invasion's shoulders, and then "whoosh!" he darted out, already sweeping behind Steamed Bun Invasion.

Although these guys were strong, they were much easier to deal with than Lord Grim. Just as Deceitful Rippling Lotus was thinking this, he heard a "smack" and felt a brick hit the back of his head.

A brick to the back of the head while facing away, 100% chance of 4-second stun.

In other words, although Deceitful Rippling Lotus was still jumping in the air, he had already fainted. How could a fainted person make any movements? So he landed awkwardly and fell head over heels.

Damn it!

Deceitful Rippling Lotus was so frustrated! Why did this guy love using bricks so much? And he used it with no skill at all, just using it whenever it was off cooldown. But he had still been hit. Deceitful Rippling Lotus, who was lying on the ground, was furious.

Fortunately, he had jumped into the air earlier! Although the stun made him lose his balance, he had managed to jump out a bit due to inertia. Then, the fall to the ground caused some damage, which cleared the stun. Deceitful Rippling Lotus flipped over and got up, throwing three shurikens, and then stabilized his view to see... Damn! It wasn't Steamed Bun Invasion who had come.

Battle Mage!

Dragon Breaks the Heaven!

Tang Rou's Soft Mist had finally arrived.

Shurikens were a skill that could cause a bit of flinching, which was good for interrupting some spells, but they were just clouds in front of Dragon Breaks the Heaven. Dragon Breaks the Heaven was a super armor skill. Unless it was a skill with a grapple judgment, no move could interrupt it.

The three shurikens hit, dealing damage to Soft Mist, but they couldn't stop the momentum of this attack at all.

Skills with super armor were always so domineering and recklessly charging. In the blink of an eye, Soft Mist had already charged in front of him. The battle spear carried a dull wind sound and "poof!" stabbed into Deceitful Rippling Lotus's body.

Deceitful Rippling Lotus was sent flying. Soft Mist was currently a strength-type build, and the power of Dragon Breaks the Heaven was maximized. But when had Tang Rou ever held back in battle? After Dragon Breaks the Heaven, a Flying Dragon in the Sky was already connected. The battle spear transformed into a dragon under the fluctuations of mana, suddenly窜out, and instantly grabbed the flying Deceitful Rippling Lotus. The magical fluctuations injected forcefully, and Deceitful Rippling Lotus exploded in the air in a dazzling display.

"I think this guy seems to have gotten weaker," Steamed Bun's Steamed Bun Invasion said from the side.

"It's because you changed your equipment and got stronger, right?" Tang Rou said.

"Oh, oh, that's right!" Steamed Bun realized.

Next, with the two of them cooperating, Deceitful Rippling Lotus's hard times had really begun. He wasn't trying to kill them at all, but thinking about how to escape. But these two had changed their equipment, and their strength had improved by more than just a bit. In a two-on-one situation, Deceitful Rippling Lotus was really having trouble coping. What's more, he was dropping experience and equipment. Now he was missing three pieces of equipment, and his attributes were at the level of a level 69 character.

"Kill him directly?" Steamed Bun asked at this time.

"Probably?" Tang Rou wasn't sure.

"I'll ask Boss!" Steamed Bun said and stood up directly, yelling, "Boss, should we kill him or not?"

"Oh, oh..." Ye Xiu was startled by Steamed Bun's sudden shout. He was just having Lord Grim rush towards the respawn point, but it seemed like Tang Rou and Steamed Bun were about to finish things up?

"I was just communicating with him, wanting to see if he could join us. You continue to ask him," Ye Xiu said.

"Understood." Steamed Bun sat down and immediately said, "Kid, it's rare. Our boss actually appreciates you. He asked you how you've considered it?"

Consider what! Had he said that he needed to consider it? Deceitful Rippling Lotus had been chased and killed repeatedly. How could his mood be good? But he couldn't beat his opponent no matter what he did. This feeling of powerlessness was really suffocating.

"Why aren't you talking? Are you considering it? Is counting to three enough?" Steamed Bun said.

"..."

"One, two, three..." Steamed Bun counted on his own.

"..."

"Still not talking? Isn't counting to three enough? Then how many should I count to?" Steamed Bun asked.

"Enough!!" Deceitful Rippling Lotus couldn't bear it anymore and shouted.

"Enough, then make a statement!" Steamed Bun said.

"I'm saying you've babbled enough!" Deceitful Rippling Lotus said.

"Then have you considered it enough?" Steamed Bun asked.

"..." Deceitful Rippling Lotus was speechless again. He wasn't good at speaking in the first place, let alone having a conversation with someone with a bizarre train of thought like Steamed Bun. It was even more difficult.

"He's almost out of health," Tang Rou reminded from the side.

"Quick, quick, eat a medicine!" Steamed Bun said to Deceitful Rippling Lotus.

"..." Deceitful Rippling Lotus was in tears. To survive, he had been eating medicine all along, but medicine had a cooldown, didn't it? It was on cooldown now. Did they think he didn't want to eat it?

Tang Rou felt that Steamed Bun's words were incoherent, so she also briefly explained, "We're a newly formed team and we want to know if you're interested in joining us?"

"No interest!" Deceitful Rippling Lotus gritted his teeth.

"Oh!" Tang Rou responded and raised her spear for one strike, completely finishing off Deceitful Rippling Lotus.

"I..." Just as Deceitful Rippling Lotus wanted to say something, his character fell and his voice naturally couldn't be transmitted. His soul began to float into the air. Deceitful Rippling Lotus was speechless. This girl was really too straightforward!

Afterward, from his soul's perspective, Deceitful Rippling Lotus saw Steamed Bun Invasion rush forward and pick up something from beside him.

Equipment... more dropped...