Lord Ruler!

Late at night.

Dragon Soul Guild.

As an official guild created by the Dragon Country government, the Dragon Soul Guild was extremely powerful, with branches in almost every Novice Village.

At this moment, in the meeting room of the Dragon Soul Guild headquarters.

[Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] and other high-level members of Dragon Soul were watching a video playing on the player forum with serious expressions.

In the video, Calamity was alone, fighting hundreds of players from Villain Valley.

Countless arrows shot out from his hands like a rainstorm, and violent snow fell from the sky.

In less than three minutes, hundreds of players from Villain Valley were all killed in an instant.

When the video ended, the meeting room was silent.

"Sword God, what do you think?"

[Dragon Soul - Dragon Lord] turned his head to look at a young man beside him.

This young man was none other than the current top combat power of the Dragon Soul Guild—Dragon Soul - Sword God.

Not only was he a closed beta player, but he had also awakened an extremely rare SSS-grade talent—God-Tier Player.

[God-Tier Player]

[Quality: SSS-grade.]

[Effect 1: For every enemy killed whose level is ≥ your own, physical attack/magic attack power is permanently increased by +1 point.]

[Effect 2: For every boss-level monster killed, you can randomly plunder a portion of the boss's attribute bonuses.]

Current bonuses obtained: Max HP +300 points, Strength +5 points, HP recovery +5 points per second.]

[Description: Stand shoulder to shoulder with the gods! Transcend the gods.]

...

Relying on this powerful talent, [Dragon Soul - Sword God] had already displayed terrifying combat power during the closed beta.

"Very strong!"

Facing the Dragon Lord's inquiry, [Dragon Soul - Sword God] spoke honestly: "If it were me, although I could also kill everyone, it definitely wouldn't be as easy as Calamity made it look."

"You mean, Calamity's strength... is even above yours?"

The Dragon Lord said with some shock.

"It should be." Dragon Soul - Sword God nodded.

"In that case, immediately arrange for the head of the branch located in Silver Dragon Village to contact Calamity."

"Use every possible means to win him over."

"If the recruitment fails... at least ensure he isn't taken by the government guilds of other countries."

...

Falling Leaf Village.

Late at night.

In a forest, shrill howls made people shudder.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed by, and a wandering boar monster was instantly killed.

[Huang Quan]'s figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

[You successfully killed [Mutated Boar] (Level 6), EXP +75 points.]

[Your experience bar is full, level increased to Level 7.]

Looking at the golden light bursting from his body, a smile couldn't help but appear on [Huang Quan]'s lips.

"With such a strong talent and working this hard, I deserve to be the strongest player."

Muttering in a low voice, [Huang Quan] took out some prepared dry rations and began to eat.

While eating, he opened the player forum to check it.

As soon as he opened the forum, a video titled [The Strongest Player — Calamity] caught his eye.

"Strongest player?"

"What a joke!"

[Huang Quan] sneered; in his eyes, he was the strongest player.

As for Calamity, although he took the boss's first kill, that was just good luck.

"Let me see just how strong this Calamity can be."

[Huang Quan] opened the video and started watching.

A moment later, the video ended.

[Huang Quan] was left dazed on the spot, his eyes full of disbelief.

"This... how is this possible!"

"Instantly killing hundreds of players in one strike? How did he do it?"

"He must be cheating!"

[Huang Quan]'s expression gradually became distorted.

Jealousy, envy, fear, anger... all sorts of emotions intertwined in his heart.

The combat power Calamity showed in the video was simply too shocking.

"Fake, it must be fake."

"He must have used some kind of special item."

"I... am the strongest player."

[Huang Quan] let out a roar and angrily threw away the dry rations in his hand.

Ignoring the existence of the [Fatigue debuff], he continued to grind monsters and level up.

Grind, grind like his life depended on it!

He would use absolute strength to prove to everyone.

That he, [Huang Quan], was the strongest player.

...

On the other side.

Golden Village.

Miracle Guild.

"Boss, look at this video."

A subordinate shared the video link from the player forum with [Miracle - Jue Chen].

The [Miracle] Guild was a powerful guild composed entirely of top-tier players. Adhering to the principle of quality over quantity, the minimum requirement for [Miracle] to recruit members was having an A-grade talent or higher.

Of course, although their numbers were small, the strength of the [Miracle] Guild was beyond doubt.

Especially the guild leader [Miracle - Jue Chen], who had already displayed extremely terrifying strength during the closed beta.

At this moment, [Miracle - Jue Chen] opened the video link shared by his subordinate.

The video was precisely the scene of Chen Ming instantly killing hundreds of players from Villain Valley.

"Interesting!"

[Miracle - Jue Chen]'s eyes lit up.

The talent he had awakened was called—Lord of Command.

[Lord of Command]

[Quality: SS-grade.]

[Effect 1: All effects of this talent only trigger when you are the guild leader.]

[Effect 2: You can copy the talent abilities of guild members and use them.]

Note: Copied member talents are a nerfed version, having only 20% of the original effect.]

[Effect 3: Every time you recruit a guild member with an A-grade talent or higher, you can receive rich rewards.]

[Effect 4: Guild challenges will refresh for the guild leader from time to time. Upon completion, rich rewards can be obtained.]

[Current number of guild members you can recruit: 8/30.]

[Current Guild Level: Level 1.]

[Description: One person's strength is enough to cut through steel, but the strength of a group can rival the gods.]

...

Although it was only an SS-grade talent, the effect of [Lord of Command] was even more terrifying than many SSS-grade talents.

"Calamity..."

"The one who got the boss's first kill, wiped out an entire guild alone..."

"Without a doubt, this Calamity definitely has a high-quality talent."

"If I can pull him into my guild..."

[Miracle - Jue Chen]'s heart couldn't help but throb.

"Silver Dragon Village... if I remember correctly, Lotus should be in Silver Dragon Village."

The Lotus that [Miracle - Jue Chen] mentioned was one of the members of the Miracle Guild, someone he had recruited during the closed beta.

Thinking of this, [Miracle - Jue Chen] decisively sent a message to Lotus.

"Lotus, no matter what method you use, at any cost, you must bring Calamity into our guild."

"What if he doesn't know what's good for him?" a subordinate asked.

"Then show him the strength of our Miracle."

...

The next morning.

Chen Ming leisurely opened his eyes in the bright morning sunlight.

After a simple wash and breakfast, he walked straight out of the inn and hurried towards a small wooden cabin on the edge of the Novice Village.

If he remembered correctly, the owner of that small wooden cabin was a hunter.

And that hunter had a quest with extremely rich rewards.