Lao Ma's special training and high-level meetings

"Run around! You need to develop the habit of shooting while moving right now! Don't think that the monsters in the Abyss will be as docile as the sheep here!"

Old Ma corrected Yang Jian's attacking habits while drinking wine.

"Your attributes can fully support you in shooting while walking and jumping! Become one with your bow and your will..."

Yang Jian felt a bit numb.

"Isn't there a skill book that I can just slap and instantly learn?"

Old Ma was expressionless, so Yang Jian stopped talking.

Continue practicing!

Old Ma said he was leaving, but he still decided to train Yang Jian first.

After all, no matter what, Yang Jian was the number one figure in the New World, worth investing in.

As long as they didn't want to betray the gods and join the Abyss, people would invest in these 'new stars' to varying degrees!

It wasn't that there were no 'traitor' who wanted to surrender, but the Abyss wanted to consume them from body to soul... if they defected, nine out of ten would have to die once first!

As for whether they could live again? That depended on luck.

"Attack habits and methods of striking are not something you can learn from a skill book; these are all developed through repeated battles with enemies!"

"Your talent is very strong... but too strong! So strong that even if you only rely on your talent, you can still be at the forefront of the world!"

"But... your talent will infinitely raise your lower limit, but it might also restrict your upper limit!"

"I have seen many prodigies in the early stages become mediocre later on... and I have also seen people with blue and purple talents challenge demigods!"

"Tian Mu... whether you are a dragon or an insect is not up to you to say; you can only wait for the day the results are revealed!"

Listening to Old Ma's incessant brainwashing, Yang Jian wasn't annoyed.

After all, the other party's good intentions were genuine... The two practiced from after their morning drinks until evening.

They almost ravaged every murloc village in the waters around Iron Mine Ridge!

Old Ma's request was simple.

Charge directly into the murloc crowd and pull all the murlocs he could into his aggro range.

Then, while moving to dodge damage, he would counterattack when he had a chance!

Of course, it wasn't like this from the start; the difficulty was increased step by step!

Finally, at this point, Yang Jian pulled a whole village of murloc monsters in one go!

When the last murloc priest died under Yang Jian's arrows, the system prompt sounded.

"Congratulations! Through your unremitting efforts, you have independently learned the skill: Elf Bow Combat Art. A server-wide broadcast will now commence. Would you like to hide your ID?"

"Hide!"

"Ding! Congratulations to player '***' for being the first on the server to independently master a skill through learning. Special rewards: All attributes +5, main city reputation +1000, Gold +10."

"Ding! Congratulations to player '***' for being the first on the server to independently master through learning..."

"Ding! Congratulations to player..."

Now, the World Channel exploded again!

"Who is this?"

"I don't know, but it's definitely not 'Tian Mu'..."

"How do you know it's not him?"

"That show-off would hide his name? He'd love to advertise it with a loudspeaker!"

"That's true... And he acts so cold and doesn't talk much every day?"

"Upstairs, is it possible he's just poor?"

"Do you have too much money and nowhere to spend it? So wasteful? Aren't you focusing on the main point? This game actually allows you to learn skills? I want to ask how to learn a big fireball?"

"To be honest, I want to learn that too..."

"Hehe, I'm a Druid, I want to learn how to transform into a bird..."

The World Channel was in chaos for a while!

Yang Jian had no time to look at that; after finishing the small monsters, Old Ma arranged a BOSS battle for him!

"What about using pets? They are also part of my combat power!"

"Just tell me if you're going to practice or not!"

"Practice!"

Yang Jian answered very decisively.

Old Ma summoned his flying mount, a pure white griffon!

Yang Jian stared with wide eyes!

"Get on, I'll take you to find a BOSS..."

Sitting behind Old Ma, stroking the griffon's pure white fur, it felt really good!

The two flew directly offshore towards a distant island.

"Where are we going?"

"I once saw a Level 20 Silver BOSS here. Its attack methods are relatively limited, but it has high attack and thick health, perfect for practicing kiting!"

When they arrived in front of the BOSS, Old Ma took out a beautifully crafted longbow.

"Watch carefully, I'll only demonstrate it once!"

Yang Jian said nothing, just silently activated the recording function!

"Sand Crocodile, LV20"

"Beast, Silver-grade"

"Health: 10,000,000"

"Skills: Bite, Accelerate, Death Roll, Water Arrow, Sandstorm..."

Old Ma shot an arrow, accurately hitting the napping Sand Crocodile.

-1

This damage number completely bewildered Yang Jian!

No, big brother, are you kidding me?

Before his mind could process it, he saw a blue light flash across the Sand Crocodile's body, its speed suddenly increasing significantly as it charged towards Old Ma.

Old Ma moved gracefully, turning around and landing a Concussive Shot on the Sand Crocodile.

Its speed immediately slowed down a bit.

Once its speed returned, it continued to chase the human who provoked it.

Old Ma was unhurried; while walking and running, arrows always shot out from tricky angles.

Although the damage numbers were consistently -1, -1, he genuinely didn't let the BOSS touch him once.

This large island didn't only have this one Sand Crocodile.

Crocodiles by the water, crabs on the beach, beasts in the forest... Perhaps because Old Ma's level was too high, those beasts ignored him.

But he always had a way; seeing one from afar, an arrow would fly... and -1 would also float above those wild monsters' heads!

Thus, there were pursuers behind and blockades ahead.

Old Ma's movement was still graceful, showing no signs of panic.

Yang Jian followed, running and observing, filled with admiration!

Old Ma kited the BOSS while orderly clearing unexpected situations on the path, and also introduced to Yang Jian how to handle various unexpected situations... Half an hour later, he had already kited the BOSS around the island once.

He neither let the BOSS disengage nor was hit by the BOSS once... "Hit him once, prepare to aggro!"

Yang Jian swallowed, a little suspicious that this guy wanted to kill him!

He took out the Skyhawk Fire Bow, and with an Aimed Shot, hit the BOSS.

-8863, -2256.

One hit dealt ten thousand damage to the BOSS!

This hit stunned Old Ma, who was running, and he was immediately caught by the relentlessly pursuing Sand Crocodile.

Old Ma directly used 'Trip' with his bow, forcing the Sand Crocodile to slow down!

After Yang Jian shot three more arrows, the Sand Crocodile's aggro finally shifted to Yang Jian... Recalling Old Ma's effortless kiting earlier, and then remembering a whole day of movement practice in monster groups!

Yang Jian cast aside distractions and immediately began kiting the crocodile!

...While Yang Jian was undergoing special training from Old Ma.

A special meeting, caused by him, was being held at the high-level.

This meeting was no longer convened by the Rift and Salvation Emergency Response Committee.

Instead, it was a meeting directly convened by the Cabinet!

However, the high-ranking members of the Liekong Society were all called to attend the meeting.

"The ningshen flower... You've all seen it, right?"

The First Elder held the ningshen flower in his hand, examining it carefully for a moment, then had a guard pass it around for the emergency committee members to inspect.

"You've all seen it, but I really haven't. When I saw this thing today, it truly gave me a fright!"

The Fifth Elder, who was responsible for this area of affairs, was the first to receive it and began to examine it.

"Where did this thing come from?"

"It suddenly appeared on my desk this morning!"

"Suddenly appeared?"

The Fifth Elder was a bit incredulous; could something really just suddenly appear in front of you?

The First Elder clearly knew what he was wondering about.

"Yes, the guards and surveillance have checked; it just suddenly appeared..."

As he spoke, a 3D holographic projection appeared on the conference table.

It recreated the entire process of the ningshen flower's appearance that morning!

"Dreamlike, isn't it? Magical, isn't it? Incredible, isn't it?"

The First Elder first expressed his feelings in the form of questions, then sighed with emotion.

"If the evidence wasn't right in front of me, I really wouldn't believe it. To use a popular internet phrase, my worldview took a critical hit today!"

The Second Elder chuckled.

"Didn't we already anticipate this day when that rift in the sky appeared?"

"It seems this was discovered by a domestic force, otherwise, they wouldn't have sent it to us!"

"Indeed, it seems we are far ahead..."

"I just want to know when the universe's will will lift the blockade on our major nations, otherwise, we would just go directly and ask!"

The Seventh Elder adjusted his glasses.

"Do you know who to ask?"

"Do I even need to guess? It must be the First Guild..."

The Third Elder, who was speaking eloquently, suddenly calmed down, a bit puzzled.

"Where was I just now?"

At this, the others had an answer and skipped the topic, no longer discussing it.

When the ningshen flower was passed back to the First Elder.

He said with a serious expression.

"Now, the situation is very clear! We have the evidence of game interfering with reality that we wanted!"

"Since the power that can influence people's subconscious doesn't want us to disrupt the development of ordinary players, then we will temporarily not consider the power of the populace!"

"From today onwards, all members of the Rift and Salvation Emergency Response Committee must prioritize leveling up in the game! We must be prepared to fight alone!"

"Yes!"

The six members of the Rift and Salvation Emergency Response Committee, excluding the Fifth Elder, stood up and saluted!

"All sit!"

After the First Elder issued the command, he became amiable again.

"Little Hu, you tell us about the situation in our Eastern Continent!"

Hearing the First Elder's call, Hu Mingwei from the team stood up, walked to the microphone, and began to introduce the known situation of the Eastern Continent.

Currently, there are a total of twelve players above Level 10 globally.

Half of them are concentrated in the Eastern Continent.

Although Yang Jian himself didn't show off, he subtly revealed a lot of information.

For example, the video about the price of teleportation arrays clearly indicated which main cities were in the Eastern Continent and what their names were.

And the internal data of the Star Palace guild also contained a lot of valuable information!

After all, Yang Jian didn't care about the composition of the guild members; as long as you contributed to the guild, that was fine!

Actually, he didn't care which faction you belonged to... So, the information Yang Jian posted in the guild would soon be available to the Liekong Society as well.

Hu Mingwei briefly introduced the situation of the Eastern Continent.

He also briefly mentioned the basic situations of the West Continent and North Continent.

After all, with today's developments, the first tier had already passed the Level 10 mark!

It was estimated that after tonight's Blood Moon, tomorrow, all fifty people on the leaderboard would reach their respective main cities.

"You all should draft a plan later to see how our current forces can be best utilized for maximum benefit! Whether it's breaking them down into smaller units or dominating a single main city! Produce a feasibility report as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

"Let's end the meeting here today. The main reason I called everyone here today was to get everyone's attention!"

The main meeting ended, but the members of the Rift and Salvation Emergency Response Committee still had to go back and hold a smaller meeting!

The leader's tasks have been assigned; you wouldn't really not take them seriously, would you?

Of course, they couldn't take the ningshen flower with them!

"Who do you think is so amazing to be able to bring out a ningshen flower?"

"It's hard to say, but the most likely candidates are definitely those on the leaderboard..."