409: Chapter 409 No wonder they're from the same place

Lin Miao sat on the leather sofa in the center of the sedan chair, still wearing that ethereal Heaven-tier fashion set, "Guanghan Immortal Shadow."

She froze in place, her mind going completely blank.

All the players on the street stopped in their tracks.

"Holy crap!" A warrior who was setting up a stall dropped the iron sword in his hand. "What the hell is that?"

"Good grief, with this BGM, I almost thought the City Lord was having a funeral today."

"Look at the banner! Chuxin First Sovereign! Could she be the girl God You took to the Supreme Tower?"

"The taste of the rich... is it really this down-to-earth?"

Hundreds of gazes gathered simultaneously.

Some were taking screenshots, some were drooling, and others even started dancing the Yangko to the rhythm of the suona.

Lin Miao's face instantly turned beet red.

She had thought playing a game meant silently doing quests and killing monsters; who could have expected this?

Now, she just wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"How do I cancel it? How do I cancel this thing?!"

She swiped frantically in the air, her system panel leaving a trail of afterimages.

"Mount interface... not there! Quest log... not there either!"

The sedan chair continued forward steadily, and the burly men even started chanting in unison: "The First Sovereign is on tour! Make way, bystanders!"

"Stop shouting!" Lin Miao gritted her teeth, lowering her voice.

Finally, just as the auto-pathing was about to reach the quest NPC, she found "Auto-Pathing" among the status icons in the top right corner and selected cancel.

Poof!

The pink sedan chair, the gold-dusted men, and the suona-playing women in red instantly transformed into white light and dissipated.

Losing her support, Lin Miao fell from mid-air.

Fortunately, she had the foundation of the First Layer of Qi Refining; she twisted her waist in mid-air and landed steadily.

The hem of the Guanghan Immortal Shadow skirt drew a graceful arc in the air, trailing a cold moonlight special effect.

This landing was indeed very ethereal.

If one ignored the expressions of the hundreds of players around her holding back their laughter.

"Hey girl, what was that song called just now? It's pretty catchy," a player carrying a large saber approached and asked.

Lin Miao kept a straight face, said nothing, and turned to leave.

Just then, a party invitation popped up on her retina.

[Player 'Chen You' has invited you to join the party.]

Lin Miao didn't think twice and clicked accept.

[Chen You]: Wait for me where you are.

Wait where I am?

Lin Miao stood in the middle of the bluestone road, somewhat hesitant.

She was surrounded by layers of novice players, all wearing coarse cloth clothes and holding rusty iron swords or wooden sticks.

They looked at Lin Miao as if they were looking at an alien who had suddenly descended to Earth.

"Hey girl, want to add me as a friend? I'll take you to hunt wild boars." A warrior player with the ID [Wild Domination Aotian] squeezed to the front and flipped his greasy hair.

Lin Miao didn't speak.

"Ignore him, beautiful. Where did you buy that pink sedan chair? It was so high-profile!" another female player approached with her eyes shining.

Lin Miao still didn't move.

She silently recalled Group Leader Zhang Yunhai's instructions: "After entering the Source Realm, follow Chen You's commands for all actions."

Since Chen You told her to wait where she was, she would wait.

Just then, the light above Chuxin City suddenly dimmed.

It wasn't dark clouds blocking the sun, but an indescribably massive shadow that suddenly appeared.

The clamor on the street came to a screeching halt.

Everyone looked up at the same time.

A black giant beast over a thousand meters long was hovering above the city.

It resembled a giant whale, its entire body covered in mysterious dark-gold patterns.

The Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Kun.

"Holy crap... what kind of monster is that? Is it a city siege?!"

"Run! This is definitely a World Boss!"

The crowd instantly fell into chaos.

Amidst the confusion, the giant shadow began to rapidly shrink and descend.

In the city's airspace, even the Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Kun could not maintain flight.

Buzz—!

The Nine Nether Heaven-Devouring Kun landed, kicking up a circle of dust.

As the dust settled, Chen You stood quietly on the Kun's back.

Wearing the moyuan star river robe, he exuded an aura that was a mix of a nouveau riche and a peerless master, radiating a vibe of "I'm very rich and you can't afford to provoke me."

The entire scene was deathly silent.

Everyone recognized this legendary figure, the only one of his kind in the entire server.

"You... God You?" The Wild Domination Aotian who had tried to hit on her earlier swallowed hard and scrambled back into the crowd.

Ignoring the dropped jaws all around, Chen You walked straight up to Lin Miao.

He sized her up and rubbed his chin.

"As expected of someone from the same place as me; you cause a sensation wherever you go."

Lin Miao took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to draw her sword.

"Captain Chen, what do you need from me?"

Chen You waved his hand. "Alright, I'll stop teasing you."

"Get on, I'll take you to a good place."

Lin Miao didn't think much of it and jumped onto the Kun's back as well.

An invisible force lifted the two of them, and they soared straight into the sky.

The novice players below looked up, watching the giant Kun flick its tail and vanish into the clouds in an instant, leaving behind only exclamations and drool.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at Qirui City.

Above the South Gate, Lin Miao walked to the edge and looked down, her pupils suddenly constricting.

On the ground below, dense crowds of black monsters were surging toward the South Gate of Qirui City like a tide.

On the city walls, the NPC defenders were fighting desperately. Magic light and arrows fell like rain, but they still couldn't stop the progress of the monster battering rams smashing against the city gates.

Outside the city gates, the most frenzied ones weren't the monsters, but the players.

Thousands of players with bloodshot eyes brandished their weapons and charged into the monster horde.

"Double EXP! Charge, brothers!"

"Loot dropped! That Goat-Horned Demon dropped a blue piece of gear!"

"Wait, someone invite me to a party, I don't have a team yet!"

The players were like a pack of sharks smelling blood, one after another using their bodies to pile up a path of blood.

"Truly tragic," Chen You stood beside Lin Miao, looking down at the meat-grinder battlefield, letting out a completely insincere sigh.

Lin Miao clenched her fists. "The city gate is about to give way; the level of that leading monster is very high."

She pointed toward the rear of the monster army.

Standing there was a giant demon dozens of meters tall, its entire body burning with green flames, holding a blood-dripping giant axe.

Demon Lord, Bartos.

"Just stay here and watch the show," an edge of excitement flashed in Chen You's eyes.

He drew the yuhuang sword; its white jade blade looked exceptionally piercing against the dark red sky.

"You're going alone?" Lin Miao grabbed his sleeve.

"That's an army of thousands of monsters! No matter how strong you are, your spiritual power will be exhausted!"

Chen You turned his head, looked at the serious-faced Lin Miao, and grinned.

"Spiritual power exhaustion? That doesn't exist for me."

"Besides, I'm not going down there."

He simply gave a casual toss, and the yuhuang sword left his hand.

In mid-air, the yuhuang sword split into three.

"Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique, Second Form—Chaotic Stars!"

The three yuhuang swords instantly transformed into three golden furious dragons, carrying a shrill whistle that tore through the air as they plunged into the densest part of the monster horde below.

In an instant, a golden sword qi storm erupted violently on the dark red battlefield.

Severed limbs and broken bodies soared into the sky along with black blood.