Chapter 155: This Guy’s Gone Mad!

I didn't have to head back to repair my equipment until noon at 12:00, and upon checking my status, I realized my level had already reached 40. This leveling speed was truly unprecedented; even Murong Shanshan had sent me a text message asking where I was grinding at such a great spot.

Of course, I didn't reply to her. Otherwise, if that foolish girl led a group of people up to Silver Moon Mountain to throw their lives away, my guilt would be monumental.

My stomach seemed to be growling continuously, and I felt a creeping sense of exhaustion. I remembered back when I used to play games, I had the record of staying awake for two days and two nights straight. Yet now, barely a day and a bit had passed, and I already felt thoroughly fatigued. The reason was simple: "Yueheng" was far more thrilling and required a level of intense concentration greater than any game before it.

When I returned to the city, I conveniently handed over the equipment to Xu Lin and Xin Yu. By now, Xu Lin should be roaming around everywhere with Xin Yu and Liu Xuehan, casting that Netherfire spell. I wondered how powerful that skill actually turned out to be.

By 5:00 PM, my leveling speed began to taper off, but it still managed to push me to Level 42 before the hour struck. Meanwhile, Xu Lin and Xin Yu had already reached Level 44, while Liu Xuehan had successfully hit Level 45, securely claiming the second position in Silver Moon City. Blood Red was even more monstrous, having already attained Level 47.

I took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the pangs of hunger, and continued slaughtering monsters!

It was around 7:00 PM, the golden hour when players flooded online. Inconveniently, my gear's durability had run completely out, forcing me back to the city for repairs. However, on my way to Silver Moon Mountain, I discovered a rather bizarre phenomenon—a large number of players from Illusory World and Berserk were assembling in the forest just outside the East Gate of Silver Moon City.

Because I was accustomed to moving in Stealth mode, they failed to notice me standing right in front of them.

I hurriedly opened my communicator and asked Young and Crazy, "Didn't you plant a spy inside Illusory World? Have him check what the hell Illusory World and Berserk are gathering in Silver Moon Forest for. Damn it, they're all high-level players above Level 40! Even though there are only a little over a hundred of them, if a battle breaks out and they drop their gear, I'm afraid our small groups of grinding brothers over there are going to suffer."

Young and Crazy readily agreed and went off to investigate. A few minutes later, I received his text: "Because they got completely wiped out by us last time, Grandmaster Illusory and Berserk are afraid that another full guild war will result in too heavy of losses. Therefore, they've only organized high-level players to wipe out our small factions in Silver Moon Valley tonight, and then slowly nibble their way forward, ultimately driving us, Sword and Rose, out of the Silver Moon Mountain Range."

I couldn't help but be inwardly startled. It seemed Illusory World and Berserk still had some brains after all. Since they couldn't take down Sword and Rose through a frontal assault, they decided to systematically uproot Sword and Rose's footing one piece at a time. That actually sounded like a brilliant idea.

I checked my attributes; my defense was still doubled at 1,324. I figured anyone with an attack below 600 wouldn't even be able to scratch my defense. Judging by the current levels and equipment of the players, there shouldn't be more than a handful whose attack exceeded 600. Even Murong Shanshan maxed out at 720, let alone these folks whose best gear consisted of merely blue-grade items.

A bold thought suddenly popped into my mind. I quickly dismissed it, thinking, *How could this possibly work? If I try to challenge over a hundred high-level players by myself, people will think my brain got kicked by a donkey.*

Grandmaster Illusory and Berserk were standing right at the front of the formation, and Grandmaster Illusory was currently using words to boost troop morale—

"Brothers, that stinky girl Murong Shanshan is right there in Silver Moon Valley! As long as we wipe out all their little trash in the valley right now, Silver Moon Valley will belong to us! That idiot Vegetable White Jade Soup has already been farmed down to Level 37 by our men, so they've got nothing to act high and mighty about anymore. Our other brothers will be backing us up from behind the entire time. Once we annihilate Sword and Rose, we'll capture Murong Shanshan and let everyone have a blast!"

What the hell! Insulting me was one thing, but they actually dared to desecrate Murong Shanshan? Damn it, I'm going to fight you to the death!

The old saying that a beauty brings disaster was indeed proven right. Consumed by anger, I instantly dropped my Stealth mode, stood my ground with sword in hand, and said with utter disdain, "A bunch of trash like you want to capture Murong Shanshan? Ha! Go wash your faces by taking a piss first. I'm standing right here today; you better turn on your recording functions and let me witness what it means to be a match for ten thousand!"

"Swish~!"

The men of Illusory World were stunned for a split second, followed by several crisp cracking sounds. A few archers had already fired illumination flares right above my head, meaning my stealth was disabled within seconds and I could no longer make an easy escape.

A smug smile instantly surfaced on Grandmaster Illusory's handsome face as he pointed at me and shouted loudly, "I said you were an idiot, and damn it, you really are! You walked right into this trap yourself. Brothers, this moron is wearing quite a few purple-grade items! Hack him to death, and whatever gear he drops is yours to keep!"

Almost in an instant, countless warriors swarmed forward. A dazzling array of skills and weapons rained down upon me, and the combat log rapidly scrolled by—

System Prompt: You have been hit by player "Shameless Rogue's" skill [Ambush], losing 12 HP!
System Prompt: You have been attacked by player "Illusory Little Sister's" skill [Fireball], losing 24 HP! Skill effect has been resisted!
System Prompt: You have been hit by player "Have Big Boobs's" skill [Combo], losing 8, 7, 6 HP!
System Prompt: You have been hit by player "Cecilia Got Married's" skill [Guiding Arrow], losing 16 HP! Skill effect has been resisted!
System Prompt: You have been hit by player "Guiltless Shooting's" skill [Concussive Arrow], losing 21 HP! Skill effect has been resisted!

I stared in utter astonishment. Due to the massive gap in our attributes, I had even resisted their skill effects. Moreover, this entire group's wave of attacks had only shaved off a little over 600 points of my health, while other players outside the attack range were still relentlessly swarming in.

Seeing that the opportunity had ripened, the dozens of people surrounding me had all turned gray-named!

Sword Draw! Ice Sealing Slash!

Perhaps the heavens were favoring me; this Ice Sealing Slash actually triggered the Mystic Ice Sword's hidden effect. Several phantom ice spikes instantly pierced straight through a dozen players in the back. What was even more lethal was that the skills actually intertwined, and the ice spikes carried the properties of the Ice Sealing Slash. The dozen players taking the brunt of it in front of me were instantly and rapidly frozen solid. Brilliant, pale-blue ice flowers continuously burst from the crowd, and these attacked players turned into white lights one after another, respawning back in the city.

Instant kill! A collective instant kill!

Grandmaster Illusory, standing behind the crowd, stared in stunned disbelief, frantically comforting himself, "It's an illusion, it's all an illusion! You can't scare me!"

Perhaps the sheer devastation of that strike terrified the men of Illusory World into halting their advance. Taking advantage of the moment, I lowered my head to loot the high-level equipment scattered across the ground. This simple act of picking up loot reignited the Illusory World members' bloodlust. With bloodshot eyes fixing on the gear on the floor, they charged forward once more.

Grandmaster Illusory was overjoyed and shouted, "Use all your crowd-control skills on him! Damn it, I refuse to believe this bastard can keep resisting forever!"

Soon enough, all kinds of status-inflicting skills were hurled my way. My heart sank. While I swung my sword to finish off a nearby mage, I was struck and stunned by a Concussive Arrow. Facts proved that there was still a certain probability of being affected by status debuffs. In an instant, my previous arrogance vanished, and a cold chill gripped my heart. If this kept up, I would definitely be worn down and killed.

The moment the stun effect wore off, I rapidly chained a [Combo] and a [Heavy Strike], instantly dropping the two knights who had closed in on me.

Grandmaster Illusory's face turned cold, and he calmly issued an order: "All melee classes fall back! Ranged classes, use stun skills! Let's keep this moron stunned until he dies!"

Seemingly validating Grandmaster Illusory's words, just as I killed another three players, I was once again struck into a state of stun.

Fortunately, my defense was ridiculously high, which directly resulted in the Illusory World members failing to chip away much of my health despite wailing on me for ages. On the contrary, a single HP recovery potion was enough to completely refill my health bar.

Moving slowly, as long as any Illusory World member was caught by me, their fate was almost always being sent back to the city for free with a single swing of my sword. Although they had a chance to stun me, the probability was far too low, so the majority of my time was spent hunting down the scattering members of Illusory World.

Time ticked away second by second, and the ranks of Illusory World dwindled rapidly. I notified Young and Crazy in the guild channel to lead people in intercepting any incoming reinforcements from Illusory World, leaving them completely cut off from supplies—every member killed was one less. As for Young and Crazy's side, he reported that Illusory World's main force refused to clash with Sword and Rose; seeing that our side had organized a blockade, they simply stopped coming. It seemed they were reined in by their leadership and currently wished to avoid triggering a large-scale war with us.

"Whoosh~!"

With a gorgeous Ice Sealing Slash, I instantly killed the second-to-last person standing. The only ones left standing before me now were Grandmaster Illusory and Berserk. I spared their lives for no other reason than the fact that they hadn't actually attacked me, and I wanted to keep my name white—pure white, like the wild spring flowers blooming on the mountain.

Right at that moment, Murong Shanshan arrived with dozens of Sword and Rose players. She looked at me in astonishment and asked, "Didn't you say there were over 100 people here? Why are there only these two idiots left?"

I pointed at the vast expanse of equipment littering the ground and replied, "Who said there weren't over 100 people? Look, these are the proofs that they once existed here!"

Murong Shanshan gave me a suspicious look and ordered, "Take care of these two. Be careful, and hopefully, they'll drop some purple gear!"

The expressions of the guys from Illusory World and Berserk couldn't have looked any uglier. Being slaughtered so shamefully time and time again—if it were me, I probably would've already found a block of tofu to smash my head against and end it all.

This time, Illusory World finally showed a shred of manliness; right before getting killed, he managed to loose a Frost Arrow at Day Without Sun. Fortunately, Day Without Sun's equipment was decent enough that he wasn't in any real danger, though it made his method of executing Illusory World all the more brutal. Looking at his expression, I honestly suspected whether he used to be a professional butcher in real life.