Chapter 10 – Blossoming Tree
Along with Bai Xuan and Gu Siming, the trio cleared the Night of Yisu City dozens of times and finally rose to level 20. It was also one in the morning domestically.
Li Cangyu asked, "Xiao Gu, shouldn"t you sleep?"
Gu Siming smiled reluctantly. "I will go change my cla.s.s first before sleeping."
Li Cangyu said seriously, "Don"t find excuses to avoid it. Once you change your cla.s.s, go to sleep immediately. Do you hear me?"
Gu Siming had no choice but to nod. "Yes, I heard you!"
This little boy was so obedient. Li Cangyu smiled with satisfaction and returned to the building in the centre of Yisu City with Bai Xuan and Gu Siming.
Due to the speed at which they cleared the instance, the current level of the three players had already reached the forefront of this district. The skills instructor responsible for changing cla.s.ses was on the second floor where there weren"t many players. Li Cangyu went to the skills instructor and pressed the dialogue b.u.t.ton.
"h.e.l.lo, the summoner relies on the master and pet fighting together. You can use different pets to achieve different attack effects. The difficulty is seven stars. Are you sure you want to become a summoner? You won"t be able to change it later!"
Li Cangyu didn"t hesitate to press the confirmation b.u.t.ton.
“Congratulations on becoming a summoner! This is the external outfit that the Summoners a.s.sociation has given you. Please check it."
A soft green light appeared around his body and the summoner icon appeared next to the "Love to Eat Braised Fish" name above his head. As soon as his mouse moved over this icon, his personal information would be displayed next to it.
ID: Love to Eat Braised Fish
Race: Elf
Cla.s.s: Summoner
Level: 20
His elf summoner was finally back!
Li Cangyu continued to talk to the skills instructor and learnt the third skill.
Summon Thunder Spirit.
The thunder spirit was the third pet for an elf summoner and was strongest in group attacks.
The ice control of the water spirit, the fast and powerful single target attack of the fire spirit and the group attack of the thunder spirits, the elf summoner was basically formed by possessing these three pets. Of course, these three pets could only cope with the simplest battles. Later. there would be more powerful pets which involved relatively high-end operations such as status release and displacement control.
Li Cangyu happily summoned his water, fire and thunder pet. He surrounded himself with his three cute pets and went to find his teammates.
Bai Xuan and Xiao Gu had also successfully changed cla.s.ses. The team list showed a clear cla.s.s marker next to the three names.
Bai Xuan had changed to a priest. The slender man wore white priest"s robes and there was the white wings that the angel race was born with. He looked as holy as an angel but the ID of Love to Eat Twice-cooked Pork above his head completely destroyed the beauty of the angel priest.
As for Xiao Gu, the beast race were tall and strong, making him look quite mighty when he put on a knight"s armour. But when Li Cangyu thought of the cute 17 year old boy on the computer, he really felt that his senses were violated.
Xiao Gu successfully changed cla.s.ses and jumped two times in front of both of them. He said excitedly, "Captain, I can play a knight again!"
Li Cangyu bluntly struck him, "Go to sleep."
"…Oh." Xiao Gu reluctantly turned off the computer to go to sleep.
After he left, Li Cangyu took out the summoner"s clothing from the parcel and put it on.
This type of external clothes didn"t add any attributes, it only changed the appearance of the game character. Wearing it could be considered a symbol of the cla.s.s.
The clothing designers of Miracle were very attention. An elf summoner was biased towards agility and the clothing was relatively light. It had the silver-white colour of the Moonlight Forest and was designed simply and concisely, making it convenient for the elves to move quickly.
Bai Xuan looked at the elf summoner wearing the cla.s.s outfit in front of him and felt a bit bitter. Previously, Li Cangyu"s elf summoner swept through Miracle and many players who met him in the dueling arena got a headache. Such a strong person refused the invitation of countless giant clubs in the name of so-called brotherhood loyalty and collectively transferred with his teammates to Wulin.
It wasn"t easy to make such a decisive decision.
At that time, he gave up his elf summoner for a few good friends. Now he could finally return to Miracle and operate his favourite elf summoner again. It might be a few years late but Bai Xuan believed that Li Cangyu would surely be able to shine in the Professional League.
Unfortunately, he might not be able to accompany him, Bai Xuan thought regretfully.
Li Cangyu turned around and found that Bai Xuan"s face wasn"t quite right. He couldn"t ask asking, "What"s wrong. Is your stomach uncomfortable?"
"No." Bai Xuan said softly. "I just saw you wearing the summoner"s clothing and felt some emotions."
The first time Bai Xuan saw him wear this outfit, he was 17 years old. In the blink of an eye, so many years pa.s.sed…
Li Cangyu understood the other person"s meaning and smiled cheerfully. He patted Bai Xuan"s shoulder and comforted him. "It"s okay. I have met many friends in Wulin and have also gained a lot of knowledge. That time wasn"t wasted and it isn"t too late to return again."
Bai Xuan laughed. "It other words, it is too late to go back now."
"By the way, while you were having the gastroscope, I asked my dad some private questions. He suggested that we should try Chinese medicine. When it comes to regulating the stomach, Chinese medicine is better than Western medicine. Once we return to China, I will accompany you to see Chinese medical pract.i.tioners. My father introduced me to some Chinese medicine doctors who should be reliable." Li Cangyu paused and earnestly looked at Bai Xuan. "If you can recuperate your body to a healthy state, are you willing to come back with me next year?"
"…" Bai Xuan didn"t answer, his expression somewhat complicated.
Then Li Cangyu said, "You always feel sorry for me but isn"t it the same for you? At your level, you are definitely a first-cla.s.s healer in Miracle. You followed me for so many years without winning a prize. I feel very sorry. In any case, we have acc.u.mulated a lot of experience in the past few years. It is better to join hands to fight in Miracle one last time. This time, we might be able to get the championship."
Bai Xuan couldn"t help laughing when he heard this. "Get the championship? You can say it so easily."
Li Cangyu explained seriously. "I"m not being a big talker. The Dragon Warriors Club can provide us with the best platform and resources. In terms of teammates, we already have Xiao Gu. This little guy is definitely a talented player. He acted many times without me commanding him and certainly won"t be bad with training. We just need to find a few high level teammates and the championship isn"t hopeless."
"…" Bai Xuan was somewhat tempted by the words.
Let"s put aside friendship and the polite words. Who didn"t want to win in a game? Who didn"t want to win the championship? Not receiving a trophy for so many years, who could accept this?
Li Cangyu didn"t have any restrictions after the disbanding of Canglan. It was entirely possible to reorganize a team based on his tactical ideas. With the full support of Boss Liu Chuan, it wasn"t impossible for him to attack Miracle and seize the trophy.
"How about it? Are you thinking about it?" Li Cangyu continued to persuade Bai Xuan.
Bai Xuan was very soft-hearted and was too embarra.s.sed to refuse his old partner. He could only smile and say, "I…will consider it."
He said this but Li Cangyu knew he was definitely a sure thing!
Initially, Li Cangyu didn"t dare leave Bai Xuan because he was afraid Bai Xuan"s illness was serious. Once he consulted his father and found out that Bai Xuan could recuperate in half a year, Li Cangyu didn"t want to let him go. He would pay more attention to the team"s affairs and make sure that Bai Xuan rested and cared for his diet and sleep. As long as Bai Xuan"s spirit was good, there would be no problem with him playing the game.
“Do you want to continue to level up?" Bai Xuan changed the topic. "Should we change instances? Or should we do the main tasks."
“Let"s do the bounty mission." Li Cangyu said.
A bounty mission was the best way to make money in the early stages of Miracle. It opened once a player changed cla.s.ses at level 20 and ended at level 25. This mission gave both money and experience.
In general, bounty missions were about escorting NPCS to the designated located. Once the mission was successful, the players would receive experience and bonuses, leading to a good harvest of money and experience. However, a bounty mission could be intercepted. Not only would the system set a group of mobs to intercept the NPCs and interfere with the players, other players pa.s.sing by could also intercept it. If the escort NPC was intercepted and killed, there would be no rewards and they would lose experience and money.
—In order to achieve high returns, you must take bigger risks.
The risk of bounty missions was high before failure would reverse the experience and money situation. An average player was afraid of being robbed and generally wouldn"t do it. It was mainly the elites of the guilds.
Bai Xuan asked, "Should we gather a few more people for the bounty mission?"
"No." Li Couple said, "Aren"t we more than enough to deal with a few robbers?"
“I"m afraid that players will intercept us." Bai Xuan often did bounty missions so he knew that players who successfully killed the NPC would get experience and gold coins immediately. Therefore, the game had many special teams to intercept bounty missions. Bai Xuan couldn"t help feeling worried. "We only have two people. What if the elites from the big guilds intercept us?"
Li Cangyu"s expression didn"t change. "What are you afraid of? I will clean them up."
Bai Xuan, “…”
That"s right!
Based on the level of Cat G.o.d, how could he be afraid of players in an online game robbing him? Forget the elites of the big guilds. If he was singled out by three professional players in the Professional League, he would be able to calmly hold on for several seconds.
They played the online game together and Bai Xuan forgot that Li Cangyu was a professional G.o.d level player.
Bai Xuan couldn"t help laughing. "Then let"s go do the bounty mission with the two of us."
They just arrived at the NPC who issued the bounty mission and received the task when a message suddenly popped up on Li Cangyu"s screen.
[Player "Blossoming Tree", level 20, terran race, swordsman cla.s.s, has requested to team up with you.]
Blossoming Tree also typed in a nearby channel: [A bounty mission? Let"s team up."
Bai Xuan said, "Accept him and get one more helper. In case of a robber, you can make him a cannon fodder."
“It makes sense." Li Cangyu accepted this person into the team.
[Hey, an elf summoner! What a rare sight!] Blossoming Tree entered the team and typed: [A full agility?]
This guy wasn"t a rookie if he knew the full agility gameplay of the elf summoner.
Li Cangyu typed: [Yes.]
[Blossoming Tree has challenged you. Do you want to accept?]
Li Cangyu was surprised. [Why?]
Blossoming Tree sent a smiling expression. [Learn and compare notes.]
Since he actively requested a PK, Li Cangyu naturally wouldn"t be polite. Immediately after accepting the application, he summoned his water spirit and shot a Water Ball at him.
Bai Xuan thought that this person would definitely be knocked down by Cat G.o.d in two strikes. Unexpectedly, the other person actually rolled in an agile manner to escape from Li Cangyu"s control. He quickly rushed towards the summoner and the sword in his hands rose, locking straight onto the target and stabbing the chest.
This method was clean and clever!
Li Cangyu was somewhat surprised but his fingers were extremely stable. He quickly pressed his index finger and middle finger of his left hand. The elf summoner used Flying Feather Steps to swiftly escape the attack while calling a fire spirit to the same location. Fireball was used to knock out 20% of the swordsman"s blood at once.
Attacking with ease while evading, this was a first-cla.s.s awareness!
The terran swordsman realized that he had encountered and master and slightly narrowed his eyes. He wasn"t in a hurry. After the first move where he received damage from the fire spirit, he quickly jumped away and accelerated his a.s.sault. He closed in on Li Cangyu from behind and used the swordsman"s currently most serious attack: Breaking Bone Sword.
A summoner"s defense was very weak. If this. .h.i.t, there would be a lot of blood loss. Li Cangyu immediately decided to recall his fire spirit to his side and forcibly used his pet to block the damage.
The fire elf was killed and Blossoming Tree sent a row of thumbs up. [Great!]
Li Cangyu smiled. [You are also very good.]
Blossoming Tree put away the sword in his hand and didn"t keep fighting. He said: [Let"s do the bounty mission.]
Li Cangyu and Bai Xuan looked at each other with puzzled expressions.
“What"s the origin of this person?" Bai Xuan asked directly.
"I"m not very clear. But I am certain that he held back when fighting me." Li Cangyu had a top level awareness and quickly made a judgment about the other person. "This swordsman is quick at close range and his technique when dodging and moving behind are absolutely perfect. This person is absolutely a first-cla.s.s master in online games. Since he is still holding back, I think he isn"t just a master of online games."
Bai Xuan looked at the other person with surprise. "Is he a professional player?"
Li Cangyu spoke thoughtfully, "The Miracle Professional League is currently in the midst of its regular season. How can a professional player be idle enough to appear in the online game?"
Chapter 11 – Bounty Mission
Three simple moves caused Li Cangyu to feel very suspicious of the true level of this terran swordsman but he wasn"t certain if the player was a professional. There were many pa.s.sersby in China who didn"t want to play in the Professional League.
In any case, he would be able to find out some clues when they teamed up together. There was no need to be too anxious to figure out the swordsman"s ident.i.ty.
Li Cangyu thought this as he talked with the NPC and took the bounty task.
The goal of this mission was to escort the the businessman Erdos to the black market not far outside Yisu City. Successfully completing the task would give 10,000 experience per person and a total of 1,000 coins.
The bounty mission gave experience to everyone while the gold coins were equally divided between teammates. If a person"s level was enough, they could do it alone and the reward would naturally be the highest. But in order to avoid being robbed in the game, most players would make a full six player team and there were few people like Li Cangyu who would do a bounty mission with only three players.
Once they received the task, the NPC Erdos had an "escort" character icon. This large icon was simply giving other players a signal— Come and rob me! I have experience and money to steal!
The three people escorted Erdos to the target point. As soon as they left the city, three system mobs moved to intercept the NPC and were directly killed by Blossoming Tree.
A swordsman was the most aggressive among melee cla.s.ses. At level 20, they could learn low level group attack skills. It wasn"t unusual for Blossoming Tree to take care of the mobs in the seconds. Li Cangyu didn"t say much, just escorting the NPCs to move on.
They had only taken a few steps after handling the mobs before meeting a team with unified IDs.
The other captain saw the escort icon on top of the NPC and directly moved to intercept.
In order to prevent the NPC from being killed by several teams at the same time, the bounty mission would be transmitted to a separate instance s.p.a.ce. The two parties and the NPC were sent to the separate instance, allowing them to launch a fair battle without being disturbed by outsiders.
In this instance s.p.a.ce, the escorts must protect the NPC. The killers only needed to kill the NPC to get the rewards, but if they failed, their experience and gold coins would be added to the final mission rewards.
A bounty mission was risky but also extraordinarily stimulating. It was the favourite gameplay of the major guild masters.
Li Cangyu looked around after being transferred to the independent instance and quickly discovered who was making trouble.
—The Wind and Clouds are Light, the Wind is Leisurely, the Wind Flutters, Wind is Small and Obedient, Wind has Unmatched Style, Wind Flower Snow and Moon.
The IDs all starting with "Wind" and the unified guild icon over all six heads were really obvious!
Bai Xuan also recognized them and couldn"t help exclaiming, It is the Wind Colour Guild!]
Li Cangyu spoke calmly, "You will add blood to the NPC while I will take care of them."
After entering the instance, the battle list appeared showing the player IDs on both sides. The other side had a complete six player elite team while Li Cangyu only had Love to Eat Braised Fish, Love to Eat Twice-cooked Pork and Blossoming Tree… three people!
The vice president of the Wind Colour Guild, Wind and Clouds are Light was surprised and couldn"t help saying in the voice channel, "Three people doing a bounty mission, their courage is too big!"
Then he typed in the area channel: [Love to Eat Braised Fish, it is three against six. You can still give up the task and give the NPC to us!]
Li Cangyu saw this and smiled slightly. [Sorry, I"m not used to giving up.]
Wind and Clouds are Light: [Since you aren"t smart, don"t blame us for bullying you too much!]
Li Cangyu carefully typed: [I won"t blame you, come on.]
Bai Xuan, “…”
Why did he suddenly feel sympathy for the Wind Colour team?
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The six player Wind Colour team soon appeared in the field of view. Li Cangyu quickly pressed his left index finger and found the healer Wind is Small and Obedient. A Water Ball was accurately thrown and directly froze Wind is Small and Obedient in place!
The six people hadn"t been able to react when they found out that their healer was already frozen. The remaining five people rushed forward.
Li Cangyu used Flying Feather Steps to quickly walk around the five people. Fireball was pressed immediately, causing small fireb.a.l.l.s to directly slam into the leader of the team, Wind and Clouds are Light. The summoner"s elf fire spirit had a very strong attack power. Once hit by three fireb.a.l.l.s, Wind and Clouds are Light"s health fall below 40%!
"Healer, give me more blood!" Wind and Clouds are Light roared on the voice channel. "Melee, interrupt him! Don"t let him use Fireball!"
[We can"t catch up.] The two melee players were forced to bitterly type.
Yes, they couldn"t catch up!
How fast did the elf act? It could be described by: As swift as the wind. In addition, Li Cangyu was a full agility type and his summoner was a ranged cla.s.s. The knight and berserker in the team were the short-legged beast race, how could they catch up with the elf?
Li Cangyu fired two more Fireb.a.l.l.s and directly took away Wind and Clouds are Light"s residual blood.
[Love to Eat Braised Fish has killed Wind and Clouds are Light.]
This prompt appeared in the centre of the screen and Wind and Clouds are Light fell to the ground in an instant.
—Trying to kill a person first, only for the thief to seize the king.
The water spirit directly sealed the Wind Colour team"s healer while the fire spirit killed the leader. Li Cangyu was simply too decisive!
Once the captain died, the elite group of the Wind Colour team became disorderly. Wind and Clouds are Light was angry after falling down to the ground and cried out angrily, "Black magicians! What are you doing?"
The two black magicians immediately recovered and rushed to stack death spells on Li Cangyu.
The demon black magician was a ranged magic cla.s.s. Their movement speed might be slower than elves but their magic attack power was stronger. Once Death Spell was stacked, black magic damage would double.
It was unfortunate that Death Spell must be seamlessly connected to stack up. Li Cangyu looked at the Death Spell on his body and within five seconds, he suddenly used Flying Feather Steps and moved straight out of the range of the black magician!
[d.a.m.n, it didn"t connect!] Wind has Unmatched Style received the prompt that the "other person isn"t in range" and couldn"t help cursing.
[What the h.e.l.l! Why can"t the both of you kill a crispy elf!] Wind and Clouds are Light was furious.
Li Cangyu, who lost 40% of his health from the black magic spell, let the opponent"s attack range and entered Bai Xuan"s healing range. His control of distance had always been excellent.
Bai Xuan saw him come near and immediately gave a small healing spell, quickly raising Li Cangyu"s blood.
The other party"s commander realized that he met a master!
Wind and Clouds are Light took a deep breath to calm himself down and said, "Don"t worry about the summoner. Kill the healer first!"
He had been caught unprepared and his thinking was a bit confused, but the vice president of the Wind Colour Guild wasn"t a rookie. Wind and Clouds are Light quickly a.n.a.lyzed the key problem. In order to kill the target NPC, they must first take care of the healer. Otherwise, the healer would keep giving blood to the NPC and they wouldn"t be able to succeed in killing the NPC.
In any case, they obviously had superior numbers. Even if Wind and Clouds are Light had accidentally died, there were five people. Killing the healer and cleaning up the two outputs wouldn"t be a problem!
"Kill the healer! Knight and warrior, move closely to interfere with the healer. Black magicians, work together. Xiao Yan, speed up the healing array!" Wind and Clouds are Light calmly commanded.
However, when the two melee rushed to Bai Xuan"s side to control him, they were bitten halfway.
Blossoming Tree! The terran swordsman watching the good show finally started to act.
When comparing melee cla.s.ses, a swordsman"s defense was inferior to a paladin and the damage caused by a single attack wasn"t as good as a berserker. But the comprehensive abilities of the swordsman was strong, his skills were agile and his attack speed extremely fast!
Blossoming Tree raised the sword in his hand, used Spirit Lock to freeze the knight in place while Breaking Bone Sword directly stabbed the berserker"s chest. Then he used flexible footwork to quickly approach the two black magicians, directly using the group attack skill Light and Shadow Rotation.
The silver-white sword danced in the air and the blood of the two black magician"s suddenly fell wildly!
Light and Shadow Rotation, this was a swordsman"s ranged damage skill. There was a sustainable release, the consumption of blue (mana) was extremely high, and the damage was also extremely high!
When used against a magic cla.s.s, a master swordsman"s Light and Shadow Rotation could leave corpses everywhere.
Li Cangyu saw him use a group attack skill to decrease the other party"s blood and immediately noticed his intentions. He didn"t hesitate to summon a thunder spirit, placing the pet in the middle and firmly pressing a key.
—Thunder"s Wrath!
Purple thunder descended from the sky. There was a loud "booming" sound in a 5m rang, directly killing the berserker and black magicians in range.
[Love to Eat Braised Fish has killed Wind is Leisurely.]
[Love to Eat Braised Fish has killed Wind has Unmatched Style.]
[Love to Eat Braised Fish has killed Wind Flower Snow and Moon.]
Four of the six people died instantly, causing the vice president to feel sluggish.
“What happened?" The vice president asked.
[I don"t know… my spirit hasn"t returned yet! It was instantaneous!] The berserker who was killed typed.
[Was it a critical hit?] A dead black magician asked doubtfully.
Li Cangyu was very calmly and quickly typed in the team channel: [You kill the healer, leave the knight to me."
Blossoming Tree: [OK.]
The two people agreed. The melee swordsman went to the healer so that the headache healer couldn"t use healing skills. The ranged summoner went to the knight, while the clumsy knight couldn"t fight back…
Soon, the six member elite group of Wind Colour fell to the ground.
[Wind and Clouds are Light"s team has failed to intercept the bounty mission. 300 gold coins and 3,000 experience per person has been deducted and has been added to the final reward.]
[This mission reward has acc.u.mulated 2,800 gold coins and 28,000 experience.
[Love to Eat Braised Fish"s team bounty mission will continue.]
The system issued three prompts.
Bai Xuan saw these messages and finally understood Li Cangyu"s intentions. "Don"t tell me that you deliberately had three people do the mission in order to make the elite guilds think we are easy to bully and attract them to rob us? The robbery won"t succeed and we will acc.u.mulate rewards!"
Li Cangyu nodded seriously. "Yes, they took the initiative to send us experience. It is good."
Bai Xuan, “…”
He should be used to Li Cangyu"s thoughts!
It was the same during his previous commands. Li Cangyu always loved to lay traps in the field. Even if the Canglan team"s overall strength wasn"t high, no captain dared to underestimate Cat G.o.d.
Bai Xuan couldn"t help smiling when he thought of this. He said, "I suddenly feel that the elite group of the Wind Colour team was badly abused by you. Six people faced three people and it turned out like this. It will certainly be difficult for then to accept psychologically. I estimate that the captain over there hasn"t recovered yet."
"They walked over freely to rob us, they can"t blame me." Li Cangyu calmly said before adding, "By the way, did you observe the operations of the swordsman?"
“Yes, his actions of suppressing the other players" blood was very clever. It matched your thunder spirit and three people could be killed instantaneously." Bai Xuan carefully a.n.a.lyzed, his tone filled with obvious appreciation. "The group attack skill Light and Shadow Rotation was especially beautiful. The distance was just right to cover four people on the opposite team. This swordsman is definitely a master. At this level, he won"t lose to professional players."
“Don"t you think of a person when you see his name?" Li Cangyu asked.
"Name?" Bai Xuan silently read the name "Blossoming Tree." The name wasn"t special but when combined with the sharp Light and Shadow Rotation of the other person, it was easy to a.s.sociate him with someone!
"You mean… Xie Shurong?" (This name can mean Withering Tree) Bai Xuan was suddenly startled. "Isn"t this just a coincidence?"
“It is really a coincidence?" Li Cangyu asked.
"…" Bai Xuan made a depressed expression.
Li Cangyu said with a smile, "He was your nemesis at the time but he has already left the Flying Feather team. You shouldn"t care about old things."
Bai Xuan replied, "How can I not care when I was chased and killed by him 10 times?"
"…" Li Cangyu patted his shoulder to comfort him. "It was a tactical need from his position."
Bai Xuan took deep breaths to calm down and asked, "If it really is him, why did he come to the new district?"
Li Cangyu suggested, "Why don"t you talk to him and ask?"
Bai Xuan nodded and directly sent a private chat message. [Xie Shurong, what are you doing in the new district?"
In front of the computer, someone"s hands shook on the keyboard while the human swordsman on the screen slipped and directly fell into the lake!