Chapter 45: The Fat Guy Gets Killed

  Soaring fireball, true name Lu Ming, standard rich second generation. Unlike other rich second generations, he doesn't like speeding cars, clubbing, or chasing beauties, but is particularly fond of online games! Whatever game is popular, he plays it, and because he's willing to spend money and has decent skills, he gets along famously in every game!

  As soon as "Miracle" was launched, Lu Ming immediately entered the game and established the "Arrogant" guild. Because Lu Ming was quite famous in various online games, a large group of followers gathered around him, of course, a considerable part of them were bought by Lu Ming with money.

  Lu Ming's greatest hobby is showing off his rank!

  Equipment? I'm not short of money, just go straight to the auction house and smash it!

  So, he chose to be a mage who is the king of leveling in most games, or a flame mage with high attack power but low defense! Undoubtedly, his choice was correct. On the second day after the game started, he topped the level ranking list, and on the fourth day, he became the number one on the list, and has remained so until now!

  At this moment, he is leveling up in the tomb of the undead, while outside, the "Invincible" guild has cleared the area to ensure that no one comes in and steals his monsters, maintaining his leveling efficiency!

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Lu Ming would shoot out a fireball, and a monster would fall to the ground dead! It wasn't that his attack power had reached the point of one-shot killing, but rather that his subordinates would first chop the monsters down to residual blood, then bring them over for him to finish off!

  In "Miracle", in the case of non-team play, the player who gives the monster the final blow will exclusively enjoy 50% of the experience value! So, Lu Ming has always been ranked first in the level list, and the position of the king of leveling is unshakeable!

  With countless Skull Monsters falling down, a golden light flashed by, and Lu Ming finally reached level 20!

  Awesome! *licks lips* Too awesome! Most players are still struggling at levels 13-15, but I've already reached level 20! This feeling of leaving everyone in the dust... is just too cool! Lu Ming thought to himself as he opened up the ranking list, planning to admire the beautiful sight of being two levels ahead of second place!

  Huh? Level 21? What's going on! Is the system malfunctioning or did I mess up my own leveling, can't even tell if I leveled up to 20 or 21?!

  Rubbing his eyes, Lu Ming looked again!

  Ranking List (China Region)

  1. Slender beautiful male, agile, Beast King Hunter, level 21

  Lu Ming almost spat out a mouthful of blood!

  I'm not the first! What's going on, where did this 21st level come from?

  Unexpectedly squeezed into second place!

  2. One-Hit Wonder, Pixie, Beast King Hunter, Level 21

  What? What? What? What?

  How did another level 21 hunter appear? Are hunters more suitable for leveling up than mages?

  Wiped out third place!

  3. Snowy, Human, Holy Priest, Level 20

  Lu Ming was stunned.

  4. Water Elf, Human, Berserker Warrior, Level 20

  5. Blazing Fireball, Human, Flame Mage, Level 20

  What's going on?! Did everyone take Viagra or something? How did I end up in fifth place?!

  Lu Ming's face suddenly turned gloomy. He opened the guild channel and said, "What are Miao Tiao Mei Xing Nan, Bai Fa Yi Zhong, Guai Xue Er, and Shui Yan Er?"

  "Huǒ Qiú Gē, don't you know? Miáo Tiáo Měi Xíng Nán and Bǎi Fā Yī Zhōng are both members of the first team to clear the Ban Jia Dì Hole death mode, while Guāi Xuě ér and Shuǐ Yān ér killed the outdoor white silver-level BOSS for the first time yesterday and just made it onto the Glorious Deeds list! They're all amazing people, I didn't expect even the training levels to be so intense!"

  Lu Ming's face turned even uglier, and after a while, he said: "Pig head, go and find out which main city these four people are from! If they're also in White Jade City, bring some men with you, and kill them on the spot! Damn it, how dare they rob me of my number one ranking? Don't they know what the word 'death' is written like?"

  Boar Brother immediately said: "Yes, Fire Brother!"

  ……

  After taking a break, Zhang Yang went online again.

  "Ding! You have reached level 20 and can now activate the gold coin exchange service! Do you want to bind your resident credit points with your game account?"

  A system prompt came, and Zhang Yang suddenly remembered that after reaching level 20, the gold coin exchange service could be activated!

  "Yes!" he said immediately.

  "Ding! Associating your brain waves with bank information, please wait!"

  "Ding! User's resident credit points have been found, account number is 3205XXXXXXXXXXX. If correct, please press confirm to continue!"

  "Go on!"

  "Ding! Your account has been bound with the resident credit points. You can now exchange in-game gold coins for system credits, or purchase game gold coins from the system! This service is available at any main city bank. The exchange rate between gold coins and currency will be based on the current bank's displayed exchange rate!"

  Zhang Yang arrived at the bank and saw that the current exchange rate between game currency and real currency was 1:8. It was clear that the game's gold coins would only continue to depreciate, so Zhang Yang didn't hesitate and left only 1000 gold coins to continue buying herbs, exchanging all the rest.

  He had over 200,000 gold coins on him, and after exchanging them, he went bankrupt in the game, but his savings in reality increased by 1.6 million!

  It's just been a few days and I've already earned 1.6 million!

  Zhang Yang was filled with emotion, if he wasn't a reborn player, it would be impossible for him to get the blueprint of the Earthshaker Shield so quickly. The equipment elimination rate in the game was extremely fast, by the time Mazavi's lair opened and that white silver shield appeared, whether the Earthshaker Shield could sell for 10 gold or not was a problem!

  Knowledge is wealth! His knowledge is about the future, so it's even more valuable!

  Yeah, stock up on more herbs to make low-level anti-venom potions. By the time the masses reach level 20 and Mazavriel's lair is cleared out, he'll be rich!

  Zhang Yang was thinking happily as he arrived at the Warrior's House to learn new skills for level 20 from his mentor.

  After spending 20 gold coins, he also gained two new skills in his skill bar.

  【Shattered Armor】: Destroys the target's defense, reducing their armor value by 10% and dealing 50% melee damage. Can be stacked up to 5 layers, lasting for 30 seconds. This skill generates a large amount of hatred. Consumption: 10 rage. Cooldown time: 1 second. Requirement: Melee weapon.

  【Thunder Strike】: Strikes the ground with thunderous force, dealing physical damage equal to 100% of Strength to all enemies within range and slowing their movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. This skill generates a large amount of hatred. Consumption: 20 Rage. Cooldown: 8 seconds.

  Shattered Armor is a common skill for both Warrior specializations, while Thunderclap is the exclusive skill of Protection Warriors, corresponding to Whirlwind, the exclusive skill of Fury Warriors at level 20, which is also an AoE attack.

  After a while, Bai Fa Yi Zhong, Guai Xue Er and Shui Yan Er all came online. Zhang Yang let Shui Yan Er first form a team with Bai Fa Yi Zhong, then add the others from Da Mo Gu Yan to brush Death Mode's Ban Jia Di Xue.

  Shuiyan and Qiaoxue both knew that Bai Fa Yi Zhong was a member of the team that would be playing in the 5-man match tomorrow, so when distributing equipment, they tended to favor Bai Fa Yi Zhong. Although the people from Dahuang didn't say anything out loud, it could be seen from their expressions that they weren't very happy about it!

  People are always greedy. Yesterday, they were satisfied with being able to survive the death mode, but today they think that all the equipment dropped in the instance is theirs and are reluctant to share it with outsiders!

  As a result, the team's atmosphere became somewhat tense, and fewer people spoke up, only getting lively when distributing equipment.

  "Yangzi, brother has been ambushed, come quickly and fight!"

  Before the fight with Lao San even started, Han Baozi opened his voice connection with Zhang Yang and shouted urgently.

  "What's wrong, your wildflowers are too many and got bitten by bugs?" Zhang Yang joked.

  "No, a group of arrogant bastards, don't know what's wrong with them, suddenly started attacking my brother! Shit, I'm going to die... damn it, really going to die!" Han Paozi roared in anger.

  What's with the "Proud World Society"? Those barbarians? Zhang Yang also got angry and said: "You'd better not come back to life, wait for me to get there!"

  "Go, hurry up! I won't swallow this breath, and I must kill them all!" Han Paozi was filled with murderous intent.

  "Sorry, I have an emergency and can't fight anymore! You guys either wait or switch to another tank and continue fighting!"

  After finishing speaking, he immediately quit the team, took out a teleportation symbol and tore it open, and threw a team invitation to Han Baozi.

  "What's going on?" Shui Yan'er asked in a low voice.

  "My friend, that fat guy, was killed by someone, I'm going to help him take revenge!" Zhang Yang replied.

  "Wow, there's a fight! Hurry up and get me on!" Water Smoke was extremely excited.

  Zhang Yang thought for a moment and felt that since everyone was going to be teammates in the future, they should naturally help each other out. He then handed over a team invitation to Shui Yan'er.

  "And also my cousin!" After Shui Yan'er joined the team, Zhang Yang wanted to add Qiao Xue'er.

  At the same time, Bai Fa Yizhong also sent a secret message to ask what was going on. After learning about the situation, he didn't say another word and immediately wanted Zhang Yang to join him in fighting.

  So the leveling team gathered again at noon!

  "Fat boy, where are you?"

  "Leaving the city and heading east, by the riverbank of Yulong River, coordinates 124.64, 39.74."

  "How many people are there on your side?"

  "About ten or so, damn it, this bunch of bastards made me drop a level!" Han Piaozi gritted his teeth. He was currently at 20 levels with 0% experience and had suddenly dropped from first place on the ranking list to fifth!

  "Alright, just wait by the corpse, we'll be right there!" Zhang Yang sped up his running. To be honest, he really didn't put those dozen or so players in his eyes, with his skills, plus the current stage's top-notch equipment, he was a hundred-man killer!

  Soon, Zhang Yang and his group arrived at the place where Han Paozi's body was lying, by a large river. There were over a dozen players surrounding the corpse, occasionally spitting on it or stepping on it, muttering to themselves. Because of the distance, Zhang Yang and his group couldn't hear what they were saying.

  These people did not hide their character information, each with the name of the "Proud World" guild on top of their heads, and their levels were between 13-15.

  Zhang Yang suddenly brightened up and saw several familiar faces!

  Flower pants, Ao Shi Fa Shen, Ao Shi Fa Shen - Ao Shi Quartet, just missing a chest hair on fire. Because they were killed by Zhang Yang to level 3, they are now all only level 13.

  Brush, Zhang Yang drew out the Silver Scale Sword, and his eyes burst with intense killing intent.