30: Chapter 30: A Chase by a Hundred
As soon as I exited the dungeon, I heard Zhao Yun's scream.
"Holy crap? Da He, look at the rankings!"
[Chang'an City Level Rankings]
No.1: Blood Blade (Level 22) All Attributes +10%
No.2: Qingming Yushang (Level 21) All Attributes +5%
No.3: Game ID (Level 21) All Attributes +1%
...
The group gasped in unison when they saw the rankings.
So many people had already reached Level 21?
There was even a Level 22 player?
Jiang He, however, was a little calmer. He stared at the top-ranked player and slowly said:
"Do you still remember this Blood Blade?"
"I remember, the first player in the entire server to reach Level 20," Old Demon said.
"He's strange."
"Strange? What's strange about him? Isn't it just that his level is higher than ours?" Zhao Yun asked.
Game ID shook his head: "He never entered the main city."
"What? Never entered the main city?" Everyone shouted in unison.
Jiang He also found it strange.
He was the first to enter Chang'an City.
But this Blood Blade's level was clearly ahead of his.
But why hadn't he entered the city, instead constantly grinding levels?
Just then, two regional announcements continuously flashed across the screen:
[Regional Announcement: Player Qingming Yushang has killed the Wild BOSS Black Bear Demon. First Kill Reward: 700 Silver Coins]
[Regional Announcement: Player Ronin has killed the Wild BOSS Tiger Demon General. First Kill Reward: 900 Silver Coins]
"That idiot Zhang Zixuan?" Zhao Yun spat.
Just then, Jiang He suddenly thought of something.
He immediately opened the system's earlier announcement records!
Sure enough.
Player Blood Blade killed BOSS Wolf Demon...
Player Blood Blade killed BOSS Mountainelf King...
Player Blood Blade killed...
All first kills of Wild BOSSes.
"He's been snatching Wild BOSSes?" Jiang He exclaimed.
Jiang He understood everything.
It turned out that after Blood Blade entered the main city, he didn't immediately choose to do the entry quest.
Instead, he went to various areas to find Wild BOSSes, getting first kills all the way until now.
[World Announcement: Congratulations to Player Blood Blade for successfully getting the First Kill on the World-Class BOSS Abyssal Golem! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins, Blood Roar Battle Axe, Level +3]
"Wo-World-Class?" Zhao Yun was completely speechless.
As he had guessed, this person had indeed been grinding BOSSes.
Jiang He shared his conjecture.
The others were incredibly shocked.
"It seems various factions have already started to appear..." Bai Luoyao said.
This was much faster than she had anticipated.
"Beep beep" Friend messages flashed.
After reading the messages, Bai Luoyao was overjoyed.
"Great, our people have arrived too."
She looked at Jiang He: "I need to meet them, are you coming with me or...?"
"No, I'm going to wander around in the wilderness."
At this moment, Jiang He didn't want to stay for a second.
He realized that the major factions were already racing against time to snatch BOSSes.
If he didn't act faster, he probably wouldn't even get a drop.
Bai Luoyao and her sister sped off.
Old Demon's figure flickered and disappeared into the crowd.
Zhao Yun said he wanted to level up alone.
Actually, Jiang He understood that Zhao Yun did this because he was afraid of holding him back.
Meanwhile, in the Lava Cave.
Hundreds of players stood in a dense formation, their aura solemn.
A young man stood at the edge of the cave.
He had just equipped the Blood Roar Battle Axe.
"Young Master, the next target is..."
Blood Blade's lips curved upward, and he shook his head: "No, go do the entry quest."
He glanced at the rankings.
"Other factions have already arrived. We need to complete the task father assigned as soon as possible."
"Yes, Young Master."
A Warrior class player turned and shouted to the hundreds of people: "Everyone head to the main city and do the entry quest."
"Understood." The hundred people replied in unison.
On the other side, Zhang Zixuan, who was leading his team to frantically grind monsters and search for BOSSes.
Suddenly received a friend request.
[Player Qingming Yushang has sent a friend request. Do you accept?]
Zhang Zixuan hesitated for a few seconds before clicking accept.
[Qingming Yushang]: Chat?
[Ronin]: I have nothing to talk about with you.
[Qingming Yushang]: What if it's about Game ID?
[Ronin]: Send location.
Ten minutes later, in the wilderness outside the city.
"What? You want to kill Game ID?" Zhang Zixuan was shocked.
"Mm."
"What trick are you pulling now? Weren't you always protecting Game ID? Now you want to kill him?"
Zhang Zixuan was a bit confused.
Gu Qingming had saved Game ID repeatedly before, so why did he want to kill him now?
"That was before. Now I just want him dead. I want him to return to Novice Village."
Gu Qingming's eyes flashed with malice, his fists clenched tightly.
"Then why are you looking for me?"
"Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
The two exchanged a smile and officially formed an alliance.
In fact, each had their own ulterior motives.
Although various factions had successively arrived in the main city by now.
It was still only a small portion.
Before truly growing stronger, they still didn't dare to unilaterally clash with the Bai family.
They knew that if they wanted to deal with Game ID, the Bai family would definitely intervene.
But if two factions attacked simultaneously.
Even the Bai family would be powerless to stop Game ID from being killed back to Novice Village, one strike at a time.
[Regional Announcement: Player Game ID has killed the Wild BOSS Poisonous Swamp Crocodile. Reward: 200 Silver Coins]
As the announcement flashed, precise coordinates lit up on both their maps.
At this moment, at the coordinates.
Jiang He had just collected a few silver coins dropped by the poisonous crocodile.
The first kill for low-level monsters was long gone, but even mosquito legs were meat.
Beep beep, messages flashed frantically.
[Luo Yao]: Run, quickly leave your current location.
[Game ID]: ?
[Luoyao]: Our people saw hundreds of people heading in your direction just now, and it seems Zhang Zixuan is also among them.
Jiang He felt a wave of depression.
These announcements were good in every way, except for one thing.
They revealed the player's current coordinates.
Wasn't this clearly telling other players to come and kill them for their loot?
[Game ID]: Never mind, they're already here.
As Jiang He looked up, the surrounding bushes shook violently!
A dense crowd surged from all directions, over three hundred pairs of eyes filled with mockery, greed, and killing intent.
The air solidified.
"Tsk tsk, Game ID, we truly are fated," Zhang Zixuan said, carrying a greatsword, his face smug.
Jiang He sighed: "It's not that I'm telling you, Young Master Zhang, but couldn't you just focus on grinding monsters and leveling up? Why do you keep bothering me?"
Zhang Zixuan waved his hand and laughed: "No, no, no, this time I don't want to kill you. Someone else wants your life."
"Someone else?"
Jiang He scanned the group, his gaze locking onto Gu Qingming.
He immediately understood.
Is this guy here to settle the score for stealing his wife?
"Young Master Gu? You wouldn't really hold a grudge against me over a woman, would you?"
"What kind of trash are you to be worthy of Bai Luoyao?" Gu Qingming's usual elegance was completely gone.
"Game ID, I'm giving you two choices now."
"First, leave Bai Luoyao and join my team."
"Second, be killed by us repeatedly back to Novice Village. I guarantee you'll never be able to come to Chang'an City again."
Gu Qingming looked confident of victory.
"So, there's nothing to discuss, then?"
Gu Qingming snorted coldly, then waved his hand.
Hundreds of people behind him closed in on Jiang He.
Just then, a roar came:
"Noisy, noisy, don't you know I'm grinding monsters here?!"