58: Before the decisive battle, organize the spoils.

Upon seeing the message from White Emperor, Leng Wuyou didn't care what time it was and immediately summoned his finance officer, instructing,

"Five hundred million. I've invested a full five hundred million. At two o'clock this afternoon, dump it all."

Leng Wuyou looked excited. With White Emperor re-entering the Jianghu after being silent for so many days, could the Overlord Guild withstand him?

Various forums of the Land of the Final End.

The topic of the Overlord Guild killing the level 12 world boss last night had entered a heated discussion.

"The Overlord Guild is rising too fast. It's no exaggeration to say they're the number one guild in the Land of the Final End right now."

"Two world boss first kills in two days—their momentum is just too strong."

"Don't underestimate the other guilds either. In terms of financial strength, other guilds are much more substantial than the Overlord Guild."

"Everyone knows that, but the problem is the Overlord Guild has seized the initiative. Who can say for sure they'll be stronger than the Overlord Guild in the future?"

...After browsing the forums casually, Lin Yue closed his phone out of boredom.

Topics about White Emperor were no longer visible, replaced entirely by discussions about the Overlord Guild.

"That's fine. The more they're at the center of the storm, the better it will feel to destroy the Overlord Guild."

The corners of Lin Yue's mouth curled up slightly. Tonight, the Overlord Guild had high-profilely announced they would continue to tackle the third world boss first kill. Since they were being so flashy...

The higher you stand, the harder you fall.

Currently, Ba Tian Group's stock was skyrocketing, but that didn't matter at all.

Tonight, he would show the Overlord Guild the meaning of tragic.

At that time, Ba Tian Group's stock would meet its Waterloo, the initial investment capital would shrink significantly, and Overlord Invincible's life would certainly not be easy.

And this was only Lin Yue's first step against the Overlord Guild.

His gaze turned resolute as Lin Yue logged back in and returned to the Lost City.

"Adventurer, you've returned."

As soon as he logged in, Zhuge Liang spoke with a kind smile.

"You weren't waiting here for me this whole time, were you?"

Lin Yue was startled, nearly jumping at Zhuge Liang's sudden appearance.

Zhuge Liang waved his fan and said with a smile, "You are the only Adventurer to enter the Lost City in all these years. It's no trouble for me to wait a while."

"Wait if you want."

Lin Yue ignored him and immediately opened the leaderboard.

There was a big battle tonight; knowing oneself and one's enemy wasn't a bad thing.

After browsing for a few minutes, he saw that the first-tier players had all reached level 13. Among them, the proportion of Overlord Guild players was the highest, nearly 40%, followed by other major game guilds splitting the remaining 60%.

Solo players were few and far between.

As for the top ten, the first place had already changed hands—it was now Overlord Divine Bow, a level 15 Archer.

Second place was Feng Yun, Young Master Leng, a level 14 Warrior.

Third through tenth had all reached level 14, and half of them were players from the Overlord Guild.

Lin Yue narrowed his eyes. This situation was similar to his past life. Because they had the early advantage, the Overlord Guild's leveling speed was indeed very fast right now.

Lin Yue was still stuck at level 11, and his name had long since disappeared from the leaderboard.

However, as long as Lin Yue wanted to, he could surpass everyone in a very short time.

Rank wasn't important right now; one's own potential was what mattered most.

After checking the leaderboard, Lin Yue opened his bag. After escaping from the Ruins of the Gods, he had logged off immediately and hadn't had time to look at the items from the treasure chest.

niman-thunder punishment: Golden Growth-type staff.

Rank: Level 11 Mage Class.

Effect 1: magic power +1500

Effect 2: Casting Speed +1

Effect 3: Your Spell attacks have an 80% chance to trigger Lightning Spell, a 50% chance to trigger Chain Lightning, and a 10% chance to trigger Group Lightning.

Effect 4: Temporary Luck +1

Effect 5: Spell True Damage +10%

Effect 6: Spell Lifesteal +20%

Special Effect: Indestructible, Non-tradable, Non-droppable.

Attribute: Growth equipment will level up as the player levels up; Weapon Rank = Player Rank.

Although the attributes of thunder punishment were only five simple lines, every single attribute was the best of the best.

Casting +1, Luck +1, triggered special effects, and increased Spell damage—these top-tier attributes completely crushed all current weapons.

Aside from its quality being Golden Epic, it had no flaws.

What a pity. If this were a black gold ancient or a red gold divine artifact, this weapon could be used all the way until the Invasion of Ten Thousand Races.

Epic it is, then; Lin Yue was already very satisfied.

Replacing the Vanquisher in his hand, his Spell True Damage reached 20%, and Lin Yue's spell power was as high as 15,000 points. With the additional 3,000 damage increase, a random basic Spell attack could deal over 18,000 damage.

What did 18,000 damage mean? At this stage, not a single Warrior could withstand it.

It would just be an instant kill!

After drinking a luck potion and adding the one point of temporary luck from thunder punishment, Lin Yue's Luck attribute reached 4 points, which was terrifying.

Every point of Luck was a qualitative change.

One point of Luck could increase the equipment drop rate fivefold. Originally, with two points of Luck, Lin Yue's drop rate was about 0.05%; now, with four points of Luck, his drop rate had increased to a staggering 1.25%.

This wasn't calculated by addition, but by multiplication!

This was incredibly terrifying.

On average, one piece of equipment would drop for every hundred monsters. Lin Yue's efficiency alone was comparable to a large-scale gold-farming group.

The special skill turned out to be a crit-type buff. It wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad either.

At one star, it could increase Spell Crit by +10%; at five stars, it could increase Spell Crit by at least 50%.

Attributes like crit were naturally better the more they were stacked. The base crit rate was double damage, but as Spell Crit increased, a crit could become triple, quintuple, or even ten times the base damage.

Crit rate and crit were two different concepts. Crit rate affected the frequency of crits, while crit affected the final damage of the crit.

It was hard to increase crit rate at this stage, so Lin Yue wasn't in a hurry. He would slowly collect skills and items to increase his crit rate later.

After mailing the king-tier talent reset stone to Old Bai, Lin Yue focused his attention on the final Divinity.

Thin as a strand of hair and emitting a crystal-clear glow, this Divinity was an essential item for opening the Path to Godhood.

Divinity: Divine-Grade.

Effect: Open the Path to Godhood or increase Divinity Rank.

Requirement: First Rebirth.

It seemed it couldn't be used for now; it had to wait until the player's first rebirth. He'd put it away for now.

After sorting through all his gains, Lin Yue looked at Zhuge Liang.

"I want to go to other main cities. Is there any way?"

"Yes, come with me."

Zhuge Liang put his hands behind his back and led Lin Yue into the Lost City.

Along the way, Lin Yue saw all kinds of NPCs: the peerless beauty Xi Shi, the valiant Lu Bu, the First Emperor who was the emperor of all ages... He even saw the Grand Supreme Old Lord and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

This Lost City likely still held many secrets.