24: Take revenge lightly

In the Withered Forest, the five members of the San Guo team were rushing at full speed.

Three Kingdoms Wushuang looked irritable and impatient. "Damn it, I originally wanted to break the record to show off in front of the boss, but I didn't expect this great opportunity to be ruined by that clown."

"No matter what, we can't let him go today!"

The other four members of the San Guo team shared the same sentiment.

As novice players, they all wanted to perform well in front of Yuan Shu, as this would likely affect their futures.

Now that the plan had failed, the five of them blamed everything on Lin Du.

"We've been chasing for so long, where is that clown?" San Guo Ouchen scanned the surroundings with a gloomy face.

Three Kingdoms Wushuang observed the surrounding terrain and said in a deep voice, "Let's split up to chase him. He only came out a minute before us, so he definitely hasn't gone far."

The five agreed instantly and split up to search for traces of Lin Du.

...

San Guo Xiao Yu was a level 13 mage. Her speed was a bit slow, so she lagged behind the other five.

Walking in the quiet Withered Forest, San Guo Xiao Yu always had a bad premonition in her heart.

"Strange, why do I have a bad feeling? Could there be any monsters in this forest that threaten my safety?"

While San Guo Xiao Yu was talking to herself, she didn't notice a black phantom silently appearing behind her.

Whoosh—

A short blade appeared like a startling flash, and the cold blade energy flashed across San Guo Xiao Yu's neck...

"Ugh..."

San Guo Xiao Yu's footsteps froze in place, and then, a sharp pain struck from her neck.

San Guo Xiao Yu felt the world in front of her spinning rapidly, and the intense pain quickly drowned out her last remaining bit of sanity.

Bang—

San Guo Xiao Yu was decapitated and fell to the ground.

At the moment she fell, San Guo Xiao Yu's eyes saw a tall and upright figure walking past her.

She tried hard to see the culprit who killed her, but unfortunately, her vision had already completely blurred...

One hundred meters away from San Guo Xiao Yu.

San Guo Ouchen's footsteps suddenly froze in place. He turned his head sharply towards the direction of San Guo Xiao Yu.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... Nothing unusual happened.

"The sound just now, did I mishear it?" San Guo Ouchen looked suspicious.

A few seconds ago, he vaguely heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, but after listening for a while, he didn't hear any strange noises.

"It seems I really misheard. Damn it, it's all that clown's fault."

"Don't let me catch you, otherwise, I will definitely kill you five times!"

San Guo Ouchen relaxed his heart and quickly chased into the distance...

However, just as San Guo Ouchen passed by a large tree, a pitch-black figure suddenly flashed out from behind the tree without warning.

Whoosh—

The short blade flashing with cold light was as fast as lightning. Before San Guo Ouchen could react, it pierced into the back of his heart.

Puchi—

Blood sprayed out, and the vitality in San Guo Ouchen's body quickly drained...

Until his death, San Guo Ouchen didn't see where the enemy came from.

...

The bloody scene continued to unfold in the Withered Forest.

Following San Guo Xiao Yu and San Guo Ouchen, San Guo Xiao Nai Gou and San Guo Yibao could not escape the doom of death.

Finally, only Three Kingdoms Wushuang was left alive in the San Guo team.

Three Kingdoms Wushuang's strength was the strongest among the five. Driven by anger, he chased for several miles in one breath...

"Damn it, where are they?"

"How have I not caught up yet!!"

Three Kingdoms Wushuang panted heavily and opened his friend list to ask his four teammates about the situation.

However, when he opened the friend list, he found that the avatars of his four teammates had all turned black?

"This! How can this be!"

A bad thought quickly crept into Three Kingdoms Wushuang's mind.

Whoosh—

Just as Three Kingdoms Wushuang was stunned, a cold light pierced out from the darkness, heading straight for the back of Three Kingdoms Wushuang's head.

Three Kingdoms Wushuang's combat awareness was very sharp. The moment he sensed the crisis, he didn't even think and immediately dove forward like a dog eating dirt.

Whoosh—

The short blade didn't stop after missing, as if it had been planned, and slashed at Three Kingdoms Wushuang on the ground again.

The blade light was like mercury pouring down, with no flaws to be found!

Three Kingdoms Wushuang was in pain all over, suppressed by the blade light so much that he didn't even have a chance to turn around.

Although he couldn't see the weapon attacking from behind, he could clearly feel the deadly aura transmitted from the weapon.

Three Kingdoms Wushuang was extremely terrified, and the arrogance on his face had long since disappeared completely.

"I am a genius trained by Three Kingdoms, you can't kill me!!"

"Let me go, the grievances between us can be written off!"

Three Kingdoms Wushuang shouted while dodging quickly. In his panic, he could only see a black shadow flashing past him...

Under the extreme speed of the "Ghost Blade Stabbing God Technique", every dodge of Three Kingdoms Wushuang was like slow motion, stuck frame by frame.

"Death Slash!"

Lin Du didn't want to waste time with Three Kingdoms Wushuang, so the short blade fiercely drove into the back of Three Kingdoms Wushuang's head.

Puchi—

With the power of one blade, Three Kingdoms Wushuang's head immediately turned into a paste.

Thus, all five members of the San Guo team had been taken care of by Lin Du. Under Lin Du's deliberate control, these five didn't even see the clown mask until they died...

Just now at the exit of the Heavenly Wolf Dungeon, Lin Du had deliberately exposed his whereabouts in order to lure the San Guo team over.

Unexpectedly, the brains of the five members of the San Guo team were simpler than imagined; they actually foolishly followed him...

After taking personal revenge, Lin Du returned to Yunlong City with satisfaction.

Next, it was time to go to the Blacksmith Shop.

...

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Within the territory of the Three Kingdoms, there was a magnificent modern villa.

In the living room of the villa, a woman who looked about 30 years old was resting on the sofa.

The woman had a fresh and neat short ponytail. Her appearance was not particularly beautiful, but she had a noble and cold temperament that made people fascinated and unable to extricate themselves.

The woman held a lady's cigarette in her long left hand, and her right hand was casually stroking a silver-haired, silver-eyed cat.

The cat arched comfortably against the woman's chest, squinting its eyes in enjoyment.

"Cao Thief, did you just say that my record was broken by that novice player who sold the hidden quest?" A magnetic and hoarse voice sounded from the woman's mouth.

"Hoo!"

The woman exhaled a smoke ring, and a faint look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

Shameless Cao Thief nodded like a chicken pecking at rice on the side, "Yes, Boss, it's that novice player named Night Ember!"

"Night Ember..." The woman muttered to herself, "What was his record-breaking time?"

Shameless Cao Thief looked at the woman's face and said cautiously, "3 minutes and 11 seconds!"

3 minutes and 11 seconds!

The woman's hand stroking the cat suddenly stopped, and the cigarette also paused at her lips.

She raised her head, and her deep gaze fell on Shameless Cao Thief, "Did you just say 3 minutes and 11 seconds?"

Shameless Cao Thief didn't dare to lie and nodded honestly.

After the woman got the answer she wanted, her expression quickly returned to normal, and she continued to stroke the cat beside her.

"Interesting, it's actually 1 minute faster than my speed."

"Did you go to recruit him?"

When the woman asked this, Shameless Cao Thief's heart suddenly became uneasy.

"Boss, I went to recruit him according to your request, but he said he wanted freedom, so he didn't agree."

The woman extinguished her cigarette, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Want freedom? It's nothing more than thinking that the chips we offered were not enough. You go find him again..."

"By the way, have you found a suitable candidate to challenge the level 30 Supreme Secret Realm?"

Speaking of the Supreme Secret Realm, Shameless Cao Thief immediately became energetic.

"Boss, we have recently recruited many high-sequence players under level 30. If we equip them with enough high-quality equipment, we should have a chance to take down the Supreme Secret Realm of Violent Bear Ridge."

Shameless Cao Thief patted his chest and guaranteed, "If even we can't break the level 30 Supreme Secret Realm, then no force in Yunlong City can do it, not even the Peak of the Forbidden City!"

The woman listened to Shameless Cao Thief's guarantee, and there was not a trace of emotional fluctuation on her face.

"Having confidence is a good thing, but you also underestimate the difficulty of the Supreme Secret Realm too much."

"Go try it!"

...

Deep in Yunlong City, there existed an ancient bronze hall.

The bronze hall was unusually quiet and empty. In the huge hall, there was only one long metal table and twelve bronze thrones.

The twelve bronze thrones were made by top craftsmen, carved with mysterious and complicated patterns. If an old scholar came to study them carefully, they would find that these patterns carved the totems of The Twelve Constellations from the ancient period.

At this moment, a figure hidden in a black robe was sitting on the bronze throne of Gemini.

This figure sat quietly on the throne without making a sound, like a silent black phantom...

Time passed slowly, and black-robed figures of different sizes appeared one after another on the surrounding bronze thrones.

These black-robed figures were not physical bodies, but projected phantoms.

More than an hour later, except for the bronze throne of aquarius which was still empty, the remaining eleven bronze thrones were all occupied.

"Long time no see, everyone!" The phantom on the Leo throne spoke first. He lifted the hood on his head, revealing a cold, square face.

With Leo taking the lead, the remaining ten people also successively showed their real faces.

Among the people present, there were old and young, men and women. After nodding and greeting each other, everyone quieted down.

Leo's gaze swept around and landed on the empty throne of aquarius.

"The theme of this meeting is still recruiting a new aquarius!"

"aquarius has been dead for more than half a year. This position cannot be vacant. Does anyone have a suitable candidate to recommend?"

The people on the thrones looked at each other and shook their heads regretfully.

The White-Haired Elder of Aries sighed and said, "The threshold we set is too high. To find a player qualified to join us depends on chance; we cannot rush."

Libra nodded in agreement, "Yes, let it be!"

The atmosphere in the hall became quiet again because of these two sentences...

After everyone was silent for a while, Cancer, who was as big as a hill, suddenly turned his head to look at Gemini.

"Gemini, I heard that the Heavenly Wolf Dungeon record in your Yunlong City was just broken by a player who awakened the Sequence 999 Clown in 3 minutes and 11 seconds?"

"Is this news true or false?"

Cancer's words stirred up the curiosity of everyone in the hall.

Gemini nodded truthfully, and a faint sense of confusion and disbelief remained in his charming eyes, "This news is true, I have confirmed it."

Everyone was surprised when they heard this.

"There is actually such a bizarre thing in universe ol? That is Sequence 999 Clown, not Sequence 10 Demon Dragon Rider, and certainly not Sequence 1 Heavenly God!"

"That player must have discovered a loophole or a shortcut in the Heavenly Wolf Dungeon. Otherwise, just the first level would probably take more than 3 minutes."

"The shortest time among us is Sagittarius. Her time was 4 minutes and 16 seconds. This record is still hanging at the entrance of the Heavenly Wolf Dungeon in Junlin City."

"That pervert Yuan Shu broke the level in 4 minutes and 12 seconds. So many years have passed, and I don't know how strong he is now."