117: The White Emperor has arrived!

"He gave me a piece of equipment and just left?"

Lin Yue helplessly finished his cup of hot tea, then bid farewell to Zhuge Liang and left the Lost City once again through the Four Divine Beasts Teleportation Array.

The next time he came, it would likely be time for his second class advancement.

Walking out of the teleportation point in Vermilion Bird City, he checked the time; a day and a half had passed since the bounty quests in the major cities were released.

"It's about time to take action."

Looking at the sparse players in Vermilion Bird City, most were currently doing the War Preparation quests, so there were naturally far fewer people in the main city.

Opening his contact list, Lin Yue first sent a message to Yun Ruoqing.

"What's the situation now?"

Soon, Lin Yue received a reply from Yun Ruoqing.

"Currently, the four Battle Groups of the Overlord Guild are steadily farming Battle Merit Points. Based on estimates, one Farming Spot can generate a million exploit points a day. They have at least four million exploit points in hand now, which can be exchanged for quite a lot of things."

Individual exploit points depend on how many Bandits one kills, while Guild exploit points pool the merits of all players in the guild to be used collectively for item exchanges.

This is the advantage of a guild; for quests like farming exploit points, no matter how strong an individual is, it's hard to compete with an entire guild.

Seeing Yun Ruoqing's message, Lin Yue did a rough calculation.

With four million exploit points, the Overlord Guild could exchange for four King-rank class advancements, or twenty pieces of Legendary Equipment, or forty Purple Advanced Rare Sets.

For a day and a half's work, it was already quite impressive that the Overlord Guild could exchange for so much.

The other top ten clubs weren't necessarily doing better than the Overlord Guild.

It might seem like these items wouldn't be enough to distribute, but don't forget that while farming mobs, many equipment Materials also drop, and the Overlord Guild's Ranks were also rising rapidly.

If Lin Yue had come out a few days later, the Overlord Guild might have taken off directly on this wave and reached the strength of the number one guild once again.

Of course, this was calculating overall strength.

Someone like Lin Yue, who was so heaven-defyingly strong that he could crush a guild alone, was not included in that calculation.

Opening the Rank leaderboard, Lin Yue took a quick glance and, combined with the news reported by Yun Ruoqing, had a good grasp of the current situation.

Members of the Overlord Guild were back on the top ten list, and most players in the First Tier had reached level twenty and completed their class advancement.

The Overlord Guild members alone accounted for thirty percent of them.

This level of strength was already terrifying; aside from White Jade Capital, the other eight large clubs combined only accounted for seventy percent.

"They really start charging the moment they catch a tiny opportunity. It seems the Ba Tian Group has invested a lot of money again this time."

Seeing the changes on the leaderboard, Lin Yue only had to think for a moment to guess Overlord Invincible's strategy.

By leveling and farming exploit points non-stop for 24 hours and occupying Farming Spots, they were trying to make a quick comeback.

It was indeed useful in the Early Stage of the game, but as time progressed and the major clubs poured money in to expand their strength, this current advantage would be nothing more than a flash in the pan.

At this thought, the corners of Lin Yue's mouth curled into an unconscious smirk. If he crushed the Overlord Guild again tonight, the slight advantage they had gained in the early phase would vanish completely.

"Send me your coordinates. I'm coming over now."

Soon, another message from Yun Ruoqing arrived.

"Black Wind Mountain, forty kilometers from Phoenix City, coordinates (195, 58, 123). It's a bit far, I'll keep an eye on things for you here."

Forty kilometers—if he ran there normally, it would take even someone with Lin Yue's speed over thirty minutes.

However, how could Lin Yue be so foolish as to just run there?

Instant Movement!

In the next second, Lin Yue vanished from Vermilion Bird City and appeared behind Yun Ruoqing.

At this moment, Yun Ruoqing was hidden on a tree trunk ten meters high, her gaze occasionally drifting toward Black Wind Mountain in the distance.

On Black Wind Mountain, flickering torchlight could be seen everywhere, and the sounds of shouting and killing were incessant.

The Bandits for the bounty quest were just like those on Demon Dragon Mountain—level forty mobs that held the terrain and were numerous.

If solo players wanted to participate, it was best to form a ten-person team, but even then, they could only farm the mobs on the outskirts, which was inefficient.

Guild players were different; they could form large Battle Groups and use various tactics to strike at these densely packed humanoid mobs.

The Overlord Guild was using this method; not only could they defeat the enemies with a low casualty rate, but their efficiency was also incomparable to that of solo players.

They only needed to occupy one Farming Spot to continuously and efficiently farm exploit points.

Setting aside mob respawn times, one Farming Spot could yield nearly a million exploit points a day, very consistently.

"Who is leading the team here?"

Lin Yue suddenly asked.

"Tyrant Fire and Overlord Savage Bull... Ah! You scared me! When did you get here?"

Yun Ruoqing immediately turned her head, and after seeing it was Lin Yue, she patted her chest.

Standing on a ten-meter-high tree trunk, it was a miracle she didn't fall off in fright when someone suddenly appeared.

"I have a special skill that allows me to arrive instantly."

Lin Yue gave a brief explanation, and only then did Yun Ruoqing feel relieved.

"Are we acting now?"

Yun Ruoqing fixed her gaze on Lin Yue; she could feel a terrifying aura emanating from him. As an Assassin, she was very sensitive to such things.

"You keep watch here. I'll be right back."

With that, Lin Yue leaped down from the tree trunk and headed toward Black Wind Mountain alone.

Cloaked in the night, Lin Yue was like a ghost; in just a few breaths, he reached the foot of the mountain.

"Stop right there. Solo players aren't allowed in here. Go to another Farming Spot to farm exploit points."

At the foot of the mountain, four or five Overlord Guild players responsible for guarding the Farming Spot blocked Lin Yue, their gazes fierce and their tone unfriendly.

"Is that so?"

Lin Yue wore a faint, ambiguous smile.

"What if I insist on going up?"

"F*ck you, we're giving you face, aren't we? Can't you see we're from the Overlord Guild? Get the hell out of here!"

Seeing Lin Yue unmoved, one of the warriors spat on the ground and threatened him while holding a large saber.

Unfortunately, he was threatening Lin Yue.

Boom!

Without even time to react, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, crashing heavily onto the warrior player's head.

-68888!

An instant kill.

At the same time, the lightning split into five bolts, instantly killing all four remaining players.

The summit of Black Wind Mountain.

At this time, Overlord Savage Bull and Tyrant Fire were organizing their members to besiege a BOSS.

As the BOSS crashed to the ground, they sat down on some stools to rest, looking slightly exhausted.

"Farming non-stop for 24 hours... I'm about to f*cking puke from farming so much."

"Tell me about it. My nephew is great in every way, except he's too competitive. Why make everyone work so hard?"

Overlord Savage Bull and Tyrant Fire complained while waiting for the mobs to respawn.

"Sigh, you can't blame the Young Lord. The White Emperor is too ruthless. If we don't hurry, what if he comes to mess with us again?"

"Whatever. As long as the White Emperor doesn't come to Vermilion Bird City first, if the teams in other cities suffer, we'll just run."

"That makes sense."

Overlord Savage Bull also felt there was nothing wrong with that logic, but in the next second, he and Tyrant Fire were scared out of their wits.

"The White Emperor... The White Emperor is here!"