Chapter 15 Even the First Divine Priest couldn't solve it? Su Qinghan became a fan.

Zhao Kai had been squatting in the creation space for two whole hours, not daring to move. He didn't dare speak—the forced voice broadcast was still active, and even the sound of his breathing could be heard by the entire server. He didn't dare log off—logging off would trigger a pop-up vibration every five minutes, making it impossible to sleep. He didn't even dare to take a deep breath, his face turning purple from holding it in.

"Brother Kai, why don't you try looking for someone else?" his underling suggested in a low voice.

Zhao Kai gritted his teeth and opened his friends list. He had added most of the top ten players on the server, but since Su Qinghan couldn't dispel it just now, the others would have even less of a chance. As he scrolled, he suddenly saw an ID—Qinghan.

No, that wasn't right; he had already asked her.

He scrolled down further and saw an ID—Holy Judgment, the third-ranked priest on the server, who was said to have a Purification Spell only slightly weaker than Su Qinghan's. Zhao Kai hurriedly sent a private message.

[Private Message] Master Kai: Brother Judgment, help! Help me clear a debuff, one million gold coins!

[Private Message] Holy Judgment: What kind of debuff is so expensive?

[Private Message] Master Kai: It's the one that Lin Ye put on me! Even Su Qinghan couldn't dispel it!

The person on the other end fell silent.

[Private Message] Holy Judgment: Even Su Qinghan couldn't dispel it? Then I have even less of a chance. You should look for someone else.

Zhao Kai contacted the fifth-ranked priest "Holy Light," the seventh-ranked "Saving Lives and Healing Wounds," and the tenth-ranked "Amazing Milk Amount." The result was exactly the same—the moment they heard it was a debuff that even Su Qinghan couldn't dispel, none of them dared to take the job.

Zhao Kai was completely desperate. He slumped in his chair, staring at the dense layer of debuff effects on the screen, his eyes unfocused.

It's over, completely over.

Meanwhile, Su Qinghan was following Lin Ye at Black Wind Ridge, grinding monsters.

At first, she was only interested in Lin Ye's Talent and wanted to see for herself what kind of monster he really was. But after following him for half an hour, she was completely convinced.

Lin Ye's way of grinding monsters was different from any other player she had ever seen. While others ground monsters by fighting them, he farmed them. He would hang a debuff on the wild monsters, then sit on the side eating melon seeds, waiting for them to die on their own. After clearing a wave of monsters, he hadn't even lost a single point of health.

"Is this how you grind monsters?" Su Qinghan couldn't help but ask.

Lin Ye shrugged: "Otherwise? Hacking at monsters is so tiring."

Su Qinghan was speechless. She had been playing this game for so long, and this was the first time she had seen such a lazy player. But she had to admit, the efficiency was truly high. While others spent half an hour grinding a group of monsters, he could finish it in ten minutes by himself, and he got all the experience points, equipment, and materials.

"How many layers can your Talent actually stack?" Su Qinghan asked.

Lin Ye thought for a moment: "The most I've stacked so far is five hundred layers. Theoretically, there is no upper limit."

"No upper limit?" Su Qinghan gasped. What did no upper limit mean? It meant that as long as he had time, he could reduce any boss's stats to zero. Any ultimate boss, any world lord, would be like paper in front of him.

"Aren't you afraid the officials will nerf you?"

Lin Ye laughed: "If they could nerf me, they would have done it already. Haven't you checked the forums? The GMs checked my account three times and didn't find anything. My Talent's authority is higher than theirs."

Su Qinghan was completely convinced. She had been playing games for so many years, and this was the first time she had seen the officials unable to do anything about a player.

Just as she was thinking about this, the system suddenly popped up a notification—

[System Notification: Your friend [Master Kai] has come online.]

Su Qinghan frowned. Zhao Kai was online again? She opened her friends list and saw that Zhao Kai was indeed online, with his location displayed as the creation space.

"Zhao Kai is back online," she said to Lin Ye.

Lin Ye raised an eyebrow: "He still dares to come online?"

"He probably wants to find someone to help," Su Qinghan thought for a moment. "When he was looking for me earlier, he said he was going to look for Holy Judgment. I guess he didn't find anyone and came back online to try his luck."

A wicked smile curled at the corners of Lin Ye's mouth: "Let him look. I want to see who in the whole server can dispel my debuff."

As soon as he finished speaking, a message popped up on the world channel—

[World Channel] [Master Kai]: Priests of the server! Whoever can dispel the debuff on me, I'll give five million gold coins! I mean what I say!

Five million gold coins!

The whole server exploded.

[World Channel]

[Player "Wocao Wuqing": Five million?! Is Master Kai crazy?!]

[Player "Brick-Moving Expert": Five million gold coins, that's enough for me to move bricks for a lifetime!]

[Player "Holy Judgment": Master Kai, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that it really can't be dispelled. Even Su Qinghan couldn't dispel it, so I have even less of a chance.]

[Player "Holy Light": Same here. I've looked at this debuff; it simply cannot be cleared.]

[Player "Amazing Milk Amount": Master Kai, you should just beg Brother Ye for mercy. Spending money to avoid disaster is better than being tormented.]

Zhao Kai looked at these messages, trembling with anger. He gritted his teeth and sent another one—

[World Channel] [Master Kai]: Ten million gold coins! Whoever can dispel it, I'll give ten million!

Ten million!

The whole server was completely in an uproar. But still, no one dared to accept. Who would dare to accept a debuff that even Su Qinghan couldn't dispel?

Zhao Kai was desperate. He slumped in his chair, staring at the "ten million gold coin reward" message on the screen, feeling like crying but having no tears.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye was watching the excitement on the world channel, laughing uncontrollably.

"Ten million gold coins? Has Zhao Kai emptied his family fortune?" he said to Su Qinghan. "Unfortunately, no matter how much he pays, it's useless. My debuff, nobody can dispel."

Su Qinghan looked at him with a complex expression. She suddenly asked: "Aren't you afraid that one day, someone will actually be able to dispel your debuff?"

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "What's there to be afraid of? If that day really comes, I'll just stack more layers. If they can dispel one layer, I'll stack ten. If they can dispel ten, I'll stack a hundred. My Talent has no limit."

Su Qinghan stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed: "You are quite arrogant."

"It's not arrogance, it's self-confidence." Lin Ye stood up and patted the dust off his body. "Let's go, it's time to get down to business."

"What business?"

"Zhao Kai has brought people over again. This time there are over a hundred of them."

Su Qinghan followed his gaze and indeed saw a large group of people pouring into the entrance of Black Wind Ridge. Zhao Kai was leading them, but the players behind him were clearly several times more numerous than before, at least over a hundred people.

Zhao Kai stood at the very front of the crowd, his face pale, his eyes filled with both viciousness and fear. He stared at Lin Ye, his voice hoarse: "Ye! Today I've brought one hundred and twenty elite players, all in the top five hundred of the server, and everyone has at least two pieces of purple equipment. I don't believe that so many people can't beat you alone!"

The underlings behind him joined in the heckling—

"Ye! If you know what's good for you, hurry up and clear Brother Kai's debuff!"

"Otherwise, we won't let you leave the Novice Village today!"

"With one hundred and twenty people, we could drown you just by spitting!"

Lin Ye looked at this group of people, a wicked smile curling at the corners of his mouth. He turned to look at Su Qinghan: "Do you want to try working together?"

Su Qinghan also laughed: "I was just thinking of trying."

She took a step forward, stood beside Lin Ye, and raised her hand to cast a shield on both herself and Lin Ye—the strongest Holy Shield on the server, which could absorb ten thousand points of damage.

"Are you ready?" Lin Ye asked.

Su Qinghan nodded: "Ready anytime."

Lin Ye turned around and shouted in the direction of Zhao Kai: "Come on."

Zhao Kai waved his hand: "Brothers, get him!"

One hundred and twenty people attacked at the same time, skills raining down overwhelmingly. Warriors charged, mages threw fireballs, archers shot arrows, and assassins went invisible to flank—the scene was as spectacular as fighting a world boss.

Lin Ye was unhurried, activating "Mass Decay Domain"—within a radius of fifty yards, all hostile targets were automatically hung with a debuff.

One hundred and twenty people were hit at the same time.

"Damn! My health is dropping too fast!"

"Priest! Dispel quickly!"

"Dispel my ass! This debuff can't be cleared!"

"Brother Kai, save me!"

Zhao Kai stood behind the crowd, watching helplessly as his one hundred and twenty elite players' health bars plummeted, and in less than ten seconds, a large group had fallen. He wanted to run, but Lin Ye's domain covered the entire entrance of Black Wind Ridge, and he couldn't escape at all.

"Ding! Player [Master Kai] has died, level dropped: Level 0 → Level 0."

Zhao Kai was kicked out of the Novice Village again. He stood up in the creation space, looking at his Level 0 status, and completely lost his mind.

"Ah—!" He let out a roar, frantically smashing the gaming pod, "Why?! Why can't I beat him every time?!"

Meanwhile, Lin Ye and Su Qinghan were standing in the middle of the corpses, smiling at each other.

"Good teamwork," Lin Ye said.

Su Qinghan put away her staff: "Your Talent is indeed powerful. But your weakness is also very obvious—you don't know how to protect yourself. If not for my shield just now, you wouldn't have been able to withstand the focus fire of so many people."

Lin Ye nodded: "That's why I need you."

Su Qinghan was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Are you admitting that you're not good enough?"

"It's not that I'm not good enough, it's complementarity." Lin Ye looked at her, "Your Purification Spell is useless, but your shield is useful. My debuff can kill, but I can't withstand damage. If we work together, it's the perfect complement."

Su Qinghan thought about it, and it was indeed true. Her Purification Spell was ineffective against Lin Ye's debuff, but her shield and healing could help Lin Ye withstand damage. And Lin Ye's debuff could help her clear all enemies; she only needed to focus on staying alive.

"Then it's settled." Su Qinghan extended her hand, "From now on, we'll be partners. I'll protect you, you kill the enemies."

Lin Ye shook hands with her: "Deal."

The wicked duo was officially formed.

Meanwhile, Zhao Kai was frantically sending private messages to Su Qinghan in the creation space—

[Private Message] Master Kai: Sister Qinghan! Why are you helping him?! I'll offer ten million gold coins! Help me dispel the debuff!

Su Qinghan glanced at the private message and replied: "I can't take your order. However, I do want to get to know that 'Ye'."

[Private Message] Master Kai: You... what do you mean?

[Private Message] Qinghan: It means that from now on, I'm his person.

Zhao Kai looked at this message and completely collapsed. He slumped in his chair, his eyes unfocused, muttering to himself: "It's over... completely over..."

The number one divine priest of the whole server had sided with Lin Ye, so what hope did he have left?

He closed the game and logged off. This time, he was truly scared.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye and Su Qinghan were standing side by side on the peak of Black Wind Ridge, looking at the distant sunset.

"What are you planning to do next?" Su Qinghan asked.

Lin Ye thought for a moment: "First, I'll farm all the bosses in the Novice Village. Then I'll go to the main city and smash the monopoly of the Heavenly Temple."

Su Qinghan looked at him: "You really... have quite an ambition."

Lin Ye laughed: "It's not ambition, it's wickedness."

Su Qinghan also laughed. She suddenly felt that following this person, life in the future would definitely not be boring.