Chapter 1: The Life and Death Formation (Prelude...)

  "Deal?"

  Liu Yun smiled lightly and calmly placed the Langya sword on the woman's white neck, then muttered a secret incantation.

  Suddenly, the land behind the woman began to shake and open up.

  The woman was slightly startled, she felt a pressure forming behind her back, she slowly turned around, and saw that behind her own back, there was actually a gigantic stone statue standing.

  "Huh?"

  A hint of panic flickered in the woman's eyes.

  The stone man didn't say a word, directly stretched out his hand and grabbed the woman's two arms, lifting her up.

  In an instant, the woman seemed to be lifted up, her full and plump breasts standing upright, her slender figure fully exposed in front of Liu Yun.

  "What... what are you doing?! Let me go quickly!"

  The woman struggled and shouted loudly.

  The guardian of the earth is Xiu's undying way, with great power and many means to suppress people. It goes without saying that a woman like Ling Feng wants to break free by force, it's obviously difficult, unless she keeps struggling, maybe after a few seconds she can break free.

  "Let's talk about what kind of deal it is first, if I'm not interested, I won't be polite!"

  Liu Yun let out a sly laugh and gazed at the plump, jiggling breasts in front of him, but his eyes trembled slightly.

  What a pity... Unfortunately, she can't move, otherwise, as soon as she touches those forbidden areas, she can use the 'anti-harassment' system to kill herself instantly...

  However, Liu Yunke is not an animal that thinks with her lower body. This woman will kill herself if she can't get any benefits out of it, and there's no need to show mercy then.

  The sword tip was pressed against the woman's pale and delicate face, at this time he cooperated with the Earth Guardian to kill this suppressed Ling Feng would not be too difficult.

  "I'll trade you a skill book!! Do you want the Qian Kun's skill book?? If you want it, then let me go!!"

  The woman began to panic a bit when Liu Yun brought the sword tip closer, but unexpectedly she was not afraid and faced everything calmly.

  "Skill book?" Upon hearing this, Liu Yun's expression slightly froze.

  Look at Liu Yun's expression, a glimmer of joy flashed in the woman's eyes, and she hurriedly said: "Qiankun is a self-contained skill in the Tian level, symbolizing ghost surprise! Can transform its shape into a fierce ghost to intimidate the enemy, causing all enemies within range to enter a 3-second fear state! If you want, you can exchange the previous Wind Slashing Stab with me. If you don't want it, then kill me. However, I must remind you that even if I die, I may not be able to explode that thing!"

  Liu Yun fell into deep thought as soon as she heard it.

  "Alright, you win!"

  After a moment, Liu Yun agreed. He really wanted this skill, which was an oppressive skill. The creator said that the profession was comprehensive, with low defense and poor output, and short legs. Especially when encountering Ling Feng and Mie Xue, who were good at close combat, it would be very troublesome. With this skill, at least in close combat, he could effectively suppress his opponents.

  The duration of the earth's guardian is almost up, it can't keep suppressing this Lingfeng, and the system will give suppression protection.

  Liu Yun put down his sword and then heard a transaction request from the woman.

  System: Player 'Hong Xue' has sent you a trade request.

  "Red Snow?"

  Liu Yun was taken aback, and it seemed like he had heard this name before in his memory.

  "What?" The woman was somewhat puzzled, her peach blossom-like eyes vigilantly staring at Liu Yun.

  "Hehe, nothing..."

  Liu Yun shook her head.

  In memory, Hong Xue was the seventh strongest in the battle power rankings and also a beauty ranked tenth, unfortunately, it is said that she acts low-key and for years on end either wears a face mask or a veil, so few people have seen her true appearance.

  However, beauty is in the legs. Hong Xue's legs were tightly wrapped in her suit, but the slender lines and plump texture were enough to explain everything.

  Liu Yun pressed 'accept'.

  A transaction frame appeared in both of their fields of vision. Liu Yun placed "Wind Stab" on it, and then Hong Xue also placed "Talisman Ghost Shock".

  Click.

  Transaction successful!

  Liu Yun's hand immediately had an extra copy of 'Symbol Ghost Shock', while Hong Xue was delighted to hold the 'Wind Walking Stab' and hurriedly wiped it away.

  Phantom Fright: Transform into a ghostly entity that shocks and awes enemies within its area of effect, causing them to enter a 3-second fear state.

  Range: Within 2 meters of itself.

  Cooling time: 60 seconds.

  "Alright, transaction complete, I think...I've gained experience from you!"

  Liu Yun's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

  This woman is dangerous, be more careful!

  Now that he has the oppressive skill of Yuè Guǐ Jīng Shén, Liu Yun is like a tiger with wings added. Once Hong Xue gets close, she will be intimidated, and Liu Yun no longer has any reservations when facing her.

  As soon as the words fell, Liu Yun was about to make a move and launch an attack!

  Despicable!! It's simply despicable! Turning your back on someone after a deal is made?

  Hong Xue's face changed drastically, hatred in her heart, but she hastily called out:

  "Wait!! The transaction is not over yet!!"

  "What? Want to exchange something?"

  "No, no, no! I just want to cooperate with you!" Hong Xue said hastily.

  "Cooperation?"

  "Yes... I see you seem to be killing players in Lingyue City too... If I'm not mistaken, you're also from the Neutral Camp, right?"

  "Really? Could it be... you too?"

  Liu Yun furrowed his brow.

  "Now our situation is the same, I don't know why you want to choose a neutral camp, but I think that if we want to gain more benefits, we should unite together, otherwise, our outcome will only be death!"

  Red Snow Explanation

  "As for me myself, I have more experience, why bring you along?"

  "Not very efficient, I can help you pull people over and kill them! And if we're discovered, we'll still have each other's backs."

  Hong Xue's peach blossom-like eyes flickered with a hint of murderous intent.

  This can be seen as a good and shocking thing, a woman with such eyes, what does she do in real life.

  "How can I trust you?"

  "I've got this!" Hong Xue suddenly pulled out a dark red longbow with intricate carvings all over it from her bundle.

  "Spirit Arrow and Magic Bow?"

  Liu Yun's face was slightly stunned. This thing is a good thing, although it's just a magic tool and its attributes aren't particularly strong, but it has a powerful monster-pulling skill.

  Incite hatred.

  Using the Spirit Arrow and Bow to attack monsters can produce extremely high aggro, however, this weapon is not only able to pull monster aggro but also player aggro!

  Attack the player with a spiritual arrow and bow, the player will immediately receive a system prompt, which tells the player the direction and strength of the attacker, and also tempts the player to kill the holder of the item to obtain it.

  Of course, these data are all set by Hong Xue, and the purpose is to lure those greedy players.

  "Do you know what this is?" Hong Xue was somewhat surprised.

  "Feathered Wings Chasing the Wind Lin's second-rate product, extremely low drop rate!" Liu Yun glanced at Hong Xue: "I didn't think you'd passed that second-level human-grade instance!"

  Hong Xue was even more shocked upon hearing this.

  "I've been following the strong ones on the battle rankings and we've all died several times, have you also experienced that?" No way... with his abilities? Red Snow thought to herself.

  "It's still okay for now, but I know!" said Liu Yun.

  "How did you know?" Hong Xue asked.

  "What makes you think I'd tell you?" Liu Yun crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head.

  Hong Xue's face darkened instantly, but she couldn't do anything to Liu Yun. She took a deep breath and hummed: "Since you know the properties of this treasure, are you willing to form a team with me?"

  "I don't object." Liu Yun nodded.

  "People who are truly greedy will come rushing in one after another." Hong Xue sent out a team invitation, and Liu Yun chose to accept.

  Then she held her bow and walked to the alley entrance, her eyes fixed on the city gate hundreds of meters away.

  "A greedy person will often die at their own hands; we are just handing them the butcher's knife!"

  The city wall of Lunar City has collapsed more than half, countless ferocious spells are blasting on the city wall like cannons.

  Tianshui faction has four super powerful players joining, greatly increasing their strength. Linger City, despite being the defending side, was unexpectedly defeated!

  The master of Lunar City is a renowned figure clad in golden armor, wielding the Devouring Moon Blade, with strength that cannot be discerned.

  At this time, he was fighting fiercely with a man wearing a green robe and holding a crystal seven-colored sword.

  Two people fought fiercely everywhere, sometimes flying onto the roof and sometimes treading on a pile of corpses. The ferocious magic made the surrounding people dare not to get close.

  Hmph!

  In a small alley, they joined forces to take down a player who had been lured over by the 'Spirit Arrow Magic Bow', and Hong Xue Mali quickly picked up the equipment on the ground.

  Ling Feng Zhe got hers, Liu Yun got Qian Kun Zhe's, other occupations one piece each, more returned less supplemented.

  "Xiu Ling protects her wrist, Qian Kun value +45 points!"

  Hong Xue threw a pair of wrist guards from her hand towards Liu Yun.

  Liu Yun didn't stand on ceremony and directly changed into it.

  The current spiritual energy value is 38,050, which is still the profit obtained from continuous killing. However, compared to the nearly 10 million spiritual energy required to enter the second layer, this amount of spiritual energy is enough to make one sigh with longing.

  The battle has been going on for three hours, the city gate is in a state of white heat, both sides have suffered heavy losses, but their combat effectiveness still exists.

  Hong Xue swiftly drew the 'Ling Jian Bao Gong', preparing to continue luring people over to gain experience, but just then, a group of people suddenly rushed towards this small alley.

  They came with a fierce momentum, their eyes filled with anger, and the knives and swords in their hands still stained with fresh blood, as if they were running towards this place with a purpose.

  Hong Xue was taken aback: "What's going on? Was I seen?"

  "It's not because they were seen, but those we killed informed their friends, and these people are here for revenge!"

  Liu Yun was taken aback for a moment, then thought of a possibility and said in a low voice.

  "What? What to do?"

  "Run!"

  Liu Yun directly pulled up Hong Xue's arm and rushed towards the depths of the alley.

  "Damn it, don't run!!"

  "Halt!!"

  Immediately afterwards, a burst of urgent chasing and shouting sounds rang out.

  "Learned Soul Reaper's finishing move??"

  Liu Yun ran alongside and asked Hong Xue beside her.

  "I've learned!" Hong Xue nodded.

  "There are six of them, and two are Celestial Beings! Wait a moment, I'll go first and suppress them, then you use Soul Sever to kill their Celestial Beings."

  "Counter kill? We're only two people...." Hong Xue heard Liu Yun's words and suddenly took a deep breath, she was a bit arrogant, but not as arrogant as this guy, right? Two people taking on six? This isn't realistic, you can't just stab someone to death!! Here, killing is about data...

  "I suddenly realized that this was a dead end, and going forward would be futile. We could only take a chance."

  Liu Yun finished speaking, raised one hand, pinched a tactic, and immediately closed his eyes slightly.

  Hong Xue, standing beside, faintly heard a hurried and urgent voice of the law: "The banner hangs, the treasure number is infinite, all gods protect the heavenly crime, eliminate the guilt, after the completion of the banner, return to heaven, each follows the law, do not delay..."

  Unfamiliar characters, unfamiliar words, unfamiliar meaning.

  Hong Xue was completely baffled, but Liu Yun recited it extremely quickly, as if she had long been familiar with it and had memorized it perfectly.

  But then Liu Yun suddenly opened his eyes and turned around, rushing towards the person behind him.

  Hong Xue's heart skipped a beat as she hastily turned around to look.

  "Ghostly apparition startles the gods!"

  A thunderous roar fell from above.

  Roar!

  A shrill roar like thunder echoed through the entire alley, and then a terrifying ghost with its body covered in symbols and iron chains, about three meters tall, suddenly appeared behind Liu Yun.

  He has just learned it, how can he use it so skillfully? Is he a genius?

  Hong Xue's pupils dilated, her heart racing with thoughts...

  Thank you 'Autumn Thought' for the reward and also to everyone who commented in the book review, Lao Huo will continue to work hard as always.