“How’s Fufu doing in the game? Have the other studios been ganging up on you guys?”
Chu Fu smiled and said, “Brother, the servers haven’t merged yet. Everyone’s still doing quests and exploring Fengdu Town in the mirrored map.
We have to wait until midnight, after the village defense battle in Longshan Village ends, to get the full details on the server merge.
But Wan Huanyu has already ordered not to attack us. I just don’t know what Guan Youlong thinks about it, or how Wang Rongxun, the head of the Rongxun Studio, has issued his orders!
Hmph, if they won’t attack me, I’ll attack them first. I’ll find any excuse to wipe them all out!”
Chu Feng immediately burst out laughing. He didn’t find Chu Fu’s words malicious at all—instead, he found her mischievous and adorable.
He reached out, wanting to pinch her cheek. She used to have a hint of baby fat, but now her small face was all sharp angles, without a trace of softness.
A flicker of tenderness crossed his brows, and in the end, he gently patted Chu Fu’s head.
“That’s right, take them all down. But you also need to be careful. Your Thorn Guild should have left some people in the newbie village, right?”
Chu Fu nodded.
“Then you have to watch out for spies infiltrating your guild.”
Chu Feng spoke from experience.
In his previous life, major guilds were constantly scheming and betraying each other, resorting to all sorts of dirty tricks.
“Once your guild expands, don’t just recruit every player who leaves the newbie village with you all at once. Otherwise, it’ll become too big to manage later.
If you’re recruiting high-level talents, make sure they’re all truly high-level.
And keep your distance from guild members—you can’t let them know your moves. If someone gets isolated, they’ll be easy prey!”
“That healer you have, the Suture Saint, her skill is actually ‘Suturing the Dead.’ If any of you get caught and die, and your bodies are smashed to bits, she won’t be able to revive you!”
Chu Fu thought this made a lot of sense.
“Especially since she’s a healer—if she gets caught, it’ll be even worse! Losing her would be a huge blow to you guys!” Chu Feng warned.
After all, ‘Suturing the Dead’ is a skill, not a talent, so it can’t bring the Suture Saint back to life.
If her character dies, she’s done for.
Chu Fu thought about the Suture Saint’s recent promotion to S-tier talent today and realized that if the enemy tried to assassinate her, it might be anyone’s game.
“I’ll remind them when I get back!” Chu Fu promised.
Afterward, Chu Feng helped her out of the gaming pod and supported her as she went downstairs.
They had a hearty, nutritious lunch, and then Chu Fu strolled through the garden of the estate, soaking up the sun.
She worked out for another hour, returning drenched in sweat.
After freshening up, Chu Fu logged back in.
No one had disbanded the team, and as soon as she logged on, everyone saw her.
“Plant girl, are you tired? Want to eat something? After level 10, it gets so realistic, right? We should stock up on food in our backpacks from now on,” Jiao Jiao Bu Jiao was the first to speak.
“Not too tired. It’s only going to get more realistic. Oh, by the way, my brother said…”
Chu Fu shared Chu Feng’s warnings with everyone, urging them to stay vigilant.
The Suture Saint floated away.
"Just now, I tested it—my innate critical hit rate is incredibly high. Of course, it's impossible to have a thousand hands, but at the very least, there are ten hands! If I unleash the Thousand Needle Barrage, it’ll be even more terrifying! Who dares to attack me? I'll make sure they face ten hands!"
Chu Fu suddenly slapped her forehead.
"Ah, I was so busy grabbing quests earlier that I forgot to learn the level 15 skill. You guys go ahead and handle the quests; I’m off to learn it."
She dashed toward the skill instructor.
Although Fengdu Town had swelled with over nine thousand players, only her team had reached level 15 on the leaderboard.
When Chu Fu arrived, no one else was around. The NPC instructor was flipping through a book.
A familiar, enormous crystal orb sat before the instructor.
"Instructor, I need to learn a skill."
Without putting down the book, the skill instructor said, "You know the rules, right? Five hundred silver per lesson! Pay up, and you can learn!"
Prices had skyrocketed.
That was half a gold coin now.
Fortunately, Chu Fu was already a wealthy lady. She handed over the money without hesitation, then placed both hands inside the crystal orb.
What kind of skill would she learn next?
So far, the system-taught skills—Venomous Art, Poison Spray, and Poison Vein Awakening—felt rather mild, not sharp enough.
Surprisingly, it was the rare skill dropped from a dungeon, Plague Transmission, that had given Chu Fu the biggest thrill.
Poisoner skills didn’t seem very lethal!
As she pondered this, an image suddenly flashed in Chu Fu’s mind—a man in a green robe.
He was casting a skill.
It was Poison Spray!
But every time he released poison, it was different—snake venom, plant toxins, and various other poisonous powders.
Then, in the next moment, his staff swung.
All those poisons exploded violently.
[System Notification: You have learned Poison Explosion: By exerting your spiritual power, instantly detonate all poisons afflicting the target, triggering all subsequent damage at once, with an additional 50% damage increase.]
Chu Fu suddenly understood.
A combo skill.
All her skills were about applying poisons—deadly venom, slowing toxins, and plague poison.
These poisons needed time to take effect, the shortest lasting 15 seconds, the longest up to three minutes.
But once Chu Fu unleashed Poison Explosion, the poisons that would normally take 30 seconds to deal damage would detonate instantly.
The damage was massive.
And utterly unpredictable!
Especially when snatching the final blow on a boss, it was nothing short of divine.
After all, Plague Spread could drain 36% of a boss’s health over three minutes.
Although bosses had skills to resist percentage damage, this was still devastating.
Not bad, not bad at all.
Yet Chu Fu felt this skill could be improved even further.
She took out enhancement stones and hammered away.
[System Notification: Your Poison Explosion has evolved into Malicious Explosion!]
[Malicious Explosion (Enhancement +8):
By exerting spiritual power, instantly detonate all poisons on the target, triggering all subsequent damage at once, with a 400% damage increase.
Poisons on the target transform into a toxic pool, forming a poisonous prison that continuously traps the enemy, preventing movement. Jumping, flying, or using control removal skills can escape.
The toxic pool continuously inflicts deadly poison damage.]
Chu Fu was very satisfied.
“Once our reputation hits 500, let’s go farm goblins. The goblin kill achievement on this map doesn’t require solo kills; you can complete it as a team. The only problem is there are just too many of them.”
“Let’s go, forget the quest!” Jiao Jiao, who was never fond of quests to begin with, immediately gave up.
Since Fengdu Town was the newest map unlocked, Li Weizheng didn’t even know where the fast farming spots were.
Chu Feng’s usual map for levels 10 to 20 wasn’t Fengdu Town either, and without any storyline guidance, Chu Fu could only slaughter every goblin tribe she came across.
She was level 15, well-equipped, and the monsters in Fengdu Town were no match for her.
Caught up in the busyness, time slipped away without notice.
...
Midnight.
The village defense battle at Longshan Village had begun!
Lin Haowan, the game’s very first live streamer, immediately switched to reporter mode and entered Longshan Village.
But as soon as he arrived, he spotted competition.
[Host Lulu]
“Hello everyone, I’m Lulu.”
At the same time,
Chu Fu, still hunting monsters in the wild, took a moment to glance at the livestream.
Seeing Lin Haowan’s camera focusing on a semi-transparent reporter player, her eyes widened.
Wang Silu!
She actually applied to be an official reporter too?
Who does she think she is?
