“Thunk thunk thunk!”
Three stabs in one second.
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Wan Huanyu was a mage. His base stats gave him 100 HP, plus an extra 5 points of Constitution, for a total of 150 HP.
And the person across from him dealt 160 damage.
Wan Huanyu's body collapsed. His perspective turned strange. Everything became black and white.
He was dead!
He was dead again!
This was the newbie village!
There was no resurrection ability here. Even if all 10,000 new players spent 24 hours grinding copper coins, they still couldn't accumulate 100 gold to summon the special merchant.
And besides, could the special merchant even be summoned in a newbie village?
Probably not.
Was he… going to have to delete his character again?
Meanwhile, Huanyu Kuangwu watched his big brother die right before his eyes and let out a furious roar.
“Damn it! You got a death wish? I'll take you down!”
Eighteen Stabs cursed back, “Kill one, no loss. Kill two, pure profit. You're Wan Huanyu's lackey, right? Well, you're getting stabbed.”
The Revenge Soul effect was gone, but Eighteen Stabs' other talents and class were nothing to sneeze at.
[S-rank Talent: Revenge Soul
Feature 1: Revenge Soul.
Feature 2: Limit Break: When you perform a normal attack, your attack speed surges to 3 hits per second. Speed increases with Agility.
Feature 3: Physical attack increased by 100%.]
[Hidden Class: Blood Feud Assassin
Class Feature: Your attacks have a 5% lifesteal effect. After killing a target, your HP instantly recovers to full. If your HP is already full, it converts into a “Blood Feud BUFF.” Each stack of Blood Feud increases attack power by 1%. Disappears 5 minutes after leaving combat.
Starting Skills: Blood Mist Vanishing, Bloody Backstab.]
Eighteen Stabs charged forward and stabbed Huanyu Kuangwu three times.
Not dead!
The players from Huanyu Studio started cursing up a storm as they swarmed Eighteen Stabs. But in the next moment, she transformed into a cloud of blood mist and turned invisible.
Then, she appeared behind Huanyu Kuangwu — Bloody Backstab.
Huanyu Kuangwu was dead!
That's two kills already.
After that, the remaining Huanyu Studio players fell one by one, one per second, under Eighteen Stabs' blade!
“Stop fighting! I told you all PKing is off-limits, why are you still going?!”
“What district are you from? What street? Show me your ID!”
“Oh, you're not listening, huh? I've taken screenshots. I'll have the cops come after you!”
The Shen family members rushed over to intervene.
“Comrade, this is a normal gameplay mechanic. My cousin didn't even insult anyone, so what right do you have to stop this? Besides, these two sides have a grudge. Isn't it better to settle it in-game than in real life?
And don't you know that you need 100 player kills to get the Disguise Mask? Without the Disguise Mask, how can you bring out the real experts? It's survival of the fittest here. Mind your own business!”
The moderator wanted to step in, but Eighteen Stabs was like a wolf among sheep — one kill per swing. It was absolutely terrifying.
He didn't dare go in either!
With that thought, the moderator gritted his teeth: “After you're done with this group, you can't kill anyone else, got it? Otherwise, I'll summon other moderators, and we'll risk everything to take this person down.”
“We know what we're doing. Don't just stand around — go grind monsters.”
The Shen Chi family took over the best farming spot and started hunting Red-Eyed Rabbits.
In less than two minutes, 99 of the Huanyu Studio players in front of them had been slain!
There was one left, and Eighteen Stabs held back.
If she killed the 100th person now, Werewolf Tuge would spawn — and she wasn't ready to fight that yet.
As for the Huanyu Studio players, they were terrified out of their minds. Seeing that Eighteen Stabs had stopped chasing, they all breathed sighs of relief.
Meanwhile, the Shen family members had already secured the one-shot kill spot. They formed teams of five, and family groups stuck together, each finding their own mobs to farm.
At the same time, they communicated in the group chat.
“No flying ability, but I do have stealth. Can Can, are you going?”
“Bet on it. If I die, I'll head to Wangxi Village and help my nephew run the guild.”
“No problem.”
Then, one copper coin here, another copper coin there, they pooled enough to buy explosives from the general goods merchant.
Eighteen Stabs bought the bombs and dove into the wilderness.
Relying on her agile movements, she finally located the hornets' nest.
She pulled out the explosive and tossed it up.
“BOOM!”
The blast blew the hornets to pieces, and a flash of white light enveloped her.
She leveled up.
Level 2!
Level 3!
Not only that, she even completed an achievement.
After hitting level 3, she snuck back into the Wild Boar King's territory, secured the first kill, advanced to level 5, and opened a Silver Treasure Chest.
At level 5, she could bring two level 1 players into the normal Mutated Rat Nest dungeon.
Soon, she picked the best A-rank tank and an A-rank healer from the family, entered the Mutated Rat Nest, and secured the first clear.
As they say, one step ahead means every step ahead.
This account was thriving.
As for Wan Huanyu, Huanyu Kuangwu, and the others — all they could feel was that life had gone dark.
Wan Huanyu gritted his teeth: “No. My talent got downgraded, that's bad enough. But at this rate, once I hit level 20, I'll have to enter Linjiang City eventually. I probably won't even make it to level 30. How am I supposed to extract my abilities into the real world?”
He pulled out his phone and saw a name on it.
Guan Youlong.
His good brother had the foresight to head overseas early, and he was even the big shot of Zone 009. But after that incident got exposed, the authorities cracked down hard on him, and led by Old Ji (Old Horse Lying in Wait), they wiped out the Youlong Guild in Zone 009.
Now Guan Youlong has an overseas account that doesn't belong to Server 8888 anymore.
Wan Huanyu gritted his teeth again.
“Prep the yacht. Keep selling off our assets. We're moving our capital overseas.”
Wan Huanyu announced this loudly and openly.
He was way too conspicuous, not hiding it at all, and it didn't take long for someone to catch wind of it.
...
At 2 p.m., during Chu Fu's workout time, Feng Huimin arrived at the villa with documents that needed signing.
She quickly reported all the latest intel, especially regarding their old rival.
“I have good news. President Shen's family has made an excellent start in Zone 048. President Shen's aunt — her ID is Eighteen Stabs — awakened an S-rank talent. Not only did she take down Wan Huanyu and the remnants of Huanyu Studio in the new server, she also secured four first kills. At this pace, her leveling speed is off the charts.
Secondly, Wan Huanyu is planning to transfer his assets overseas. He's selling off everything he owns.
Based on current estimates, if we take over his entire conglomerate, including unsold properties, developments, office buildings, property management stakes, and construction crews, it would cost about 50 billion.
If we factor in his liabilities, we could negotiate down to roughly 35 billion.
I think we should take it.”
Chu Fu nodded when she heard this.
“Then take it.”
Meanwhile, Chu Feng, sitting nearby, had a thought.
“How is Wan Huanyu going overseas?”
“Probably by large cruise ship. His family does own one.” Feng Huimin carefully observed Chu Feng's expression. For some reason, she felt that terrifying aura emanating from him again.
A cruel, bloodthirsty smirk crossed Chu Feng's lips.
“Give me their exact departure time!”
