162: A magnifying glass analysis of [The Passing River].

Xu Shian experienced the treatment of having people find faults in him with a magnifying glass.

For example, right now, he was looking at an analysis post on the internet!

[Did You Really Understand the Battle of Qinzhu Water Fortress? The Blogger Takes You Through a Frame-by-Frame Analysis!]

We can see that at the beginning of the video, [Shi Chuan] wanted to back down when faced with the probing of the Nan Yue players;

There is a clear turning motion here, but unfortunately, his retreat was cut off by the players who rushed in to support!

What was cut off this Time was not just his retreat, but also their own path to survival.

Turning back, [Shi Chuan] summoned his signature pets, [Pigsy] and [Feng Tiao].

It has to be said, the presence of these two Wild Boar Kings is truly grand!

They are now about the same size as two off-road vehicles.

Forget about fighting these things; just them standing in front of me makes my ankles shake.

Currently, there are four known captured BOSS-level beasts in total!

Two are in the Xia Country, one in the Iron Fruit Country, and one in the United States... and this one that suddenly appeared dual-wielding two-handed great axes clearly doesn't look like a pure human.

It looks more like an NPC of some foreign race! Currently, too little is known about foreign races to know which one this is.

It's unclear if the double horns on the head are a helmet effect or innate to the race, which needs further investigation... Here comes the key point: the one who suddenly appeared beside [Shi Chuan] is named Wu Lun!

He is an inconspicuous minor character in the Novice Village of the East Dragon Empire, usually patrolling the farmlands south of the Novice Village to drive away wild boars, rabbits, and other beasts that damage crops... and now, forty meters from the city wall, he shot and killed a Black Iron Tier squad leader with three arrows... How do we know it was Black Iron Tier?

Because I specifically went to our main city to ask; to hold a position like a squad leader, one must be at least at the Black Iron Tier!

Ordinary Tier is the fate of low-level patrol soldiers; no matter how well they do, they only get some money... and putting the focus back on this squad leader, it can be clearly seen that he also encountered a round of attacks up there.

In summary:

[Shi Chuan] is not only extremely powerful himself, but his summoning talent also includes a badass special effect for recruiting NPCs.

More importantly, the strength of these NPCs should grow along with the strength of [Shi Chuan]!

...Xu Shian read through the long, elaborate article and couldn't help but exclaim that great masters have always emerged from among the common folk.

That saying has a theoretical basis!

It's because no matter how large a force is, it cannot escape the fate of being controlled by those with connections.

It's not that masters are among the common folk, but that in the later stages of an empire, masters lose their path for advancement.

In the end, they often can only achieve class mobility by rebelling and overthrowing the previous dynasty!

For example, several analysis posts targeting this battle have gone viral on the internet one after another.

Compared to this conflict between Xu Shian and Lin Yue Country, the previous battle videos on the Forum were practically like kindergarten children fighting.

So now, several players who provided very logical analyses even brought their analyses of this battle to [Time] to apply for jobs... Previously, they only had a vague concept from hearing the world announcements: this [Shi Chuan] is very badass.

But what exactly was the situation? That was unclear.

But now... it's clear.

They are clear and happy, but the hundreds of thousands of Wu Luns in the Novice Villages of Xia Country can't be happy.

“Great Master Wu Lun, be my subordinate, high salary!”

“Great Master Wu Lun, do you have a hidden quest for me? About summoning the [Corrupted Ancient Tree - Wosguer]...”

The Wu Luns in various Novice Villages were originally just insignificant nobodies.

Suddenly being surrounded by so many players trying to get close to them was truly hard to adjust to.

Meanwhile, many ambitious and aspiring factions made up their minds to develop in places far from Yun Province.

After all, how can one allow another to snore beside one's own bed?

Although Xu Shian's future plans were still unclear, in many cases, the development of a force is not up to the boss at the top.

Instead, it's pushed forward by the millions of subordinates below who want to advance... [Shi Chuan] himself wants to be a salted fish?

What does he know about [Time]? This guild would fall apart without the assistance of loyal subjects like us!

...“Shian, are you okay?”

He received a private message from An Xixi.

Xu Shian, who was fighting in the hell difficulty of the Level 20 Dungeon [U Minh Forest - Weeping Banyan Tree] at Qinzhu Water Fortress, ceased fire and watched his subordinates mistreat the BOSS.

He directly sent a voice call over.

“What's wrong?”

“Are you okay?”

An Xixi's tone on the other side carried concern, but not much anxiety.

She had seen Xu Shian's attribute panel!

It could only be said that... unless a Level 60 Silver or even Golden Grade powerhouse took action, ordinary main city defense armies would have no chance of winning against Xu Shian.

“Why do you say that?”

“Nan Yue players posted a video on the Forum; Thriving Dragon City, the royal capital of Lin Yue, has sent high-level officials from the city defense system to support Qinzhu Water Fortress!”

“Experts from the city defense system? Why are they joining the fray?”

“Isn't it because you killed an entire integrated squad of the Qinzhu Water Fortress city defense army? How could they save face?”

“Do you know what their strength is?”

An Xixi: ...Seeing her speechless on the other side, Xu Shian also knew she most likely wouldn't know.

He thought about it.

He couldn't stay at Qinzhu Water Fortress now.

Don't treat everyone in the world as a fool to be deceived.

If by any chance some truly powerful experts were lying in ambush at the Dungeon entrance, it would be troublesome if Xu Shian met his downfall in an unexpected place.

After all, although the death rules in the main cities had already spread on the Forum, Xu Shian was, after all, in a foreign country... the situation might very well be different.

Might as well retreat after taking this first clear!

With the [Anywhere Door] in hand anyway, he could wait ten days or so until everything here calmed down, then quietly come back to take the remaining three first clears!

Xu Shian's guess was correct; the current Qinzhu Water Fortress was already in a state of extreme nervousness.

Learning that experts from the royal capital were coming to support, even more players wanted to come and witness the fall of the current number one expert in the game... Because of the grudge with Xu Shian, although many people in Lin Yue Country turned on recording mode, not a single person uploaded the arrangements and personnel to the internet yet.

[Ding, congratulations to player 'Shi Chuan' for the first clear of the Level 20 Dungeon 'U Minh Forest - Weeping Banyan Tree' on hell difficulty. Players, please keep up the good work and create more brilliance!]

[Ding, congratulations to player 'Shi Chuan'...]

Three consecutive world announcements rang in the ears of all players... “My lord, a world announcement just broadcasted that [Shi Chuan] just took the hell difficulty of the Level 20 Dungeon [U Minh Forest - Weeping Banyan Tree]...”

The leading Golden Grade powerhouse frowned. hell difficulty?

“Is this person from the East Dragon Empire? Which province?”

“Someone from Yun Province...”

The Golden Grade expert was named Nguyen Minh Duc, a Level 80 Golden Tier.

Although he wasn't the current number one expert in Lin Yue Country, he was among the strongest group of people.

He knew well the relationship between Lin Yue Country and the East Dragon Empire... To be honest, his own side had no comparison with them.

If these were troubled Times, even if this person named [Shi Chuan] hadn't offended Lin Yue Country, he would have to find and kill him immediately.

After all, one must nip the enemy nation's genius in the bud!

But in this current situation where things were unclear, if he killed a prodigy of the East Dragon Empire, he didn't know if it would be a blessing or a curse... If what followed was the 'Collapse of the Empire' scenario, then of course everyone would be happy.

If it were a 'False Alarm' scenario, then Yun Province would probably just send a special envoy to kill him... It wasn't worth it!

Small countries must have the awareness to survive in the cracks.

Nguyen Minh Duc had exactly this kind of awareness!