Highway Robbery

Whenever he saw a flash of red light, Lin Zhen would immediately wave his hand, and the Red Gem Fragment would be drawn towards him by Gravity.

Another hour passed, and he had actually collected twenty-five Red Gem Fragment, and even a Blue Gem Fragment.

After each martial artist obtains Gem Fragment, they will have a faint Treasure Light on their body, indicating that they possess Gem Fragment. This is intentional on the part of the God of War Alliance to encourage martial artists to fight within the realm.

After obtaining these Gem Fragment, Lin Zhen's body was enveloped in a red and blue light, but Lin Zhen didn't care, since no one else saw it anyway.

"Ah! That was so much fun!"

Lin Zhen's treasure hunt has become quite exciting. Although the Ancient God Ruins are being explored more and more, and the number of Star Artifact is increasing, prices have plummeted. The days when a Low-Grade Star Weapon could sell for billions are gone forever, but the price is still not too low.

The official buyback price for each Red Gem Fragment is 10 million, but if ten fragments can be exchanged for a Low-Grade Star Weapon, its value is still worth several hundred million.

Mid-grade items are even more expensive, with the worst one costing over a billion. Defensive Star Artifact can be worth two to three billion, while auxiliary ones can cost six to seven billion, or even over ten billion.

Top-Grade Star Artifact generally start at tens of billions in price, and those are the worst ones; tens of billions are not uncommon.

Top-Grade Star Artifact are practically priceless; even the worst Top-Grade Star Artifact might cost hundreds of billions to buy.

"I've already acquired two Low-Grade Star Weapon, which should net me at least four or five hundred million, but there are a few Blue Gem Fragment in this Grassland Region."

Lin Zhen's Windmill Great Blade swept across a radius of 100 meters once again, finally yielding another Blue Gem Fragment.

"Let's sweep through for another three hours. By then it will be afternoon. I'll head to the Sea of Flowers Region then, and I should be able to leave the grassland before spring."

Occasionally, a Mutated Insect would appear, but it couldn't stop Lin Zhen at all. His Tenfold Compression Dantian Qi was not just for show. Unless it was an S-level Mutated Insect, which he couldn't defeat, A-Rank insects posed no threat to him.

What Lin Zhen didn't know was that while he was sweeping through the back of the group searching for Gem Fragment, many people outside were already very dissatisfied with him.

The Preliminary Round had been going on for over two hours, and it was already noon, but the spectators hadn't left and were still keeping an eye on the various leaderboards.

The current situation is very unfavorable for Huaxia.

Apart from Lin Zhen getting the first blood at the beginning, which made Huaxia famous, Huaxia didn't show any advantage in the subsequent battles.

The Advancement List will not change for the time being; no one will be able to reach the Garden Cottage on the first day, and there may not even be many on the second day.

People are now focused on the Slaughter List.

Chris, currently ranked number one, has already killed twenty-five people, far ahead of everyone else.

Kholov gradually demonstrated his formidable strength, ranking second on the list with eighteen kills, followed by a long string of foreign names, including Doc, Al, Pogba, Shahan, Lancelot, Sangji, and so on.

It wasn't until the twenty-second person that a Huaxia name appeared.

The Northwest Army of Huaxia, led by the Northwest Military Martial Hall Feng Ni, killed eleven people.

Moreover, this ranking is not solely his; he has killed more than a dozen people, totaling eleven.

Then there were Tang Wenbo, Duo Long, Xin Ru Hai and others from Huaxia who each killed ten people. As for Tong Yuehu, the master of the Ice City, he personally took to the field and killed even fewer than ten people.

People like Ma Yao and Wei Li haven't killed more than five people, and their rankings are tied for a certain number.

But no one criticized these people; many people criticized Lin Zhen.

Since Lin Zhen got the first blood, his kill count has remained unchanged, just like Old Bull sitting there, without any change.

Because of the large number of participants, people can only find the top-ranked participants through search.

Lin Zhen became famous for getting the first blood, and her current search volume ranks first, even surpassing Su Mingyue.

It's worth noting that Su Mingyue has countless fans worldwide due to her status and appearance, and has always been synonymous with high popularity. Especially recently, with the start of the God of War Arena, Su Mingyue, as the cover star, has captured the hearts of countless men, so it's only natural that her search volume is high.

After killing one person at the beginning of the game, Su Mingyue did not kill a second person. However, everyone could understand this. The Starry Sky God Sect does not advocate killing, and Su Mingyue, who is kind by nature, is unwilling to kill even in virtual combat. At the beginning, someone attacked her and she had no choice but to fight back and kill one person. After that, she would definitely avoid other people as much as possible and would not want to hurt others.

But Lin Zhen is different. You're a martial arts War God from a small Martial Arts Hall, and you even killed a Hall of Fame Member after you went in. So your strength must be pretty good, right?

But why is your kill count still only one?

This disappointed many Huaxia who had high hopes for Lin Zhen, and also gave many people who disliked Lin Zhen an opportunity.

This God of War Arena has a forum where people from all over the world can log in, check the performance of a particular War God of War, and post messages.

Posts kept scrolling up, and surprisingly, nearly one-tenth of them were related to Lin Zhen.

"Haha, where's your top-ranked player from Huaxia? What's their current ranking?"

"See? This is all Huaxia can do. Lin Zhen killing the Hall of Fame Member was just an accident. Time will tell."

"Goddess Chris is mighty! She has brought honor to our European Union warriors!"

"Without a doubt, Lin Zhen has gone into hiding. He is afraid of retaliation from us Tsarist Russia. In your Huaxia language, he is a coward."

"I just searched Lin Zhen's name again, and his ranking has finally changed, though it's dropped. He's currently ranked over 18,000, haha!"

The Huaxia people were still fighting back with all their might, but Lin Zhen's killing spree remained unchanged, making their counterattacks seem somewhat weak and ineffective.

Fortunately, the rankings of other people in Huaxia, such as Tang Wenbo, Feng Ni, and Duo Long, are still steadily improving, which gives them some comfort.

However, this did not diminish people's disappointment with Lin Zhen. After getting the first blood, you should at least make some noise. Otherwise, it's easy for people to think you're hiding.

In an instant, people from all over the world, jealous of Lin Zhen's first blood, flocked out, instantly forming a huge Lin Haters group.

Although Lin Zhen was somewhat disappointing, the Huaxia people were still trying their best to protect him. After all, he was from their own country. People no longer expected him to achieve a high kill count; at least he should make a move to prove that he wasn't hiding.

The online flame wars were rampant, but they did not affect the War God in the Virtual World.

The Virtual World gradually became overcast, as if it were about to rain. It was also getting late afternoon, and the sky was getting dark.

If this rain continues, it might last all night. I estimate that by the time the rain stops, it will be summer.

Lin Zhen continued his sweep as he advanced, only stopping in the afternoon.

Seventy-five Red Gem Fragment and twelve Blue Gem Fragment were his reward for this hard-won sweep.

"It's almost time, I should move on. If we set off now, we can reach the Flower Sea before evening."

Lin Zhen retrieved the Liquid Metal, accelerated by Cloud Treader, and headed straight for the sea of the Flower Sea.

Although it couldn't fly too high, Lin Zhen, unafraid of the Mutated Insect, still flew at a very high speed at low altitude, gradually approaching the Fence Wall.

Near the Fence Wall, a number of martial artists gathered.

Although many War God have entered the Virtual World, not all of War God aim to advance in rank.

After arriving here and witnessing the strength of experts from all over the world, many people began to have second thoughts.

With their level of skill, they certainly wouldn't be able to qualify for the next round, but they're unwilling to leave now. This place offers a chance to obtain Star Artifact, and even if they die, it's just a matter of being eliminated. It's essentially a safe Ancient God Ruins.

If that's the case, why not make a fortune here before leaving?

There is a War God from America, Hall of Fame Member, named Mario, from Seattle Base City.

This person was quite quick-witted. He carefully analyzed the possibility of advancing and felt that even if he was delayed for a while, he would still be able to get a spot to advance. Since that was the case, he decided to stay and ambush people!

Many people tried to do the same thing, but most of them were not very strong and had no chance against Mario, a Hall of Fame.

Mario didn't kill too many people. Those who didn't have any Treasure Light on them were the ones he didn't gain anything from, and killing such people wouldn't be of much use. So he gathered these people together and formed a gang of highway robbers.

Whenever someone with Treasure Light appears, they will rush forward to intercept and kill them. Mario gets most of the Gem Fragment, but others also get a share.

Those who don't possess the Treasure Light will be absorbed by them, and the gang will grow stronger and stronger.

By dusk, the group had grown to thirty people.

Mario was radiating a rich red and blue Treasure Light, making him incredibly alluring. However, none of the other War God dared to lay a finger on Mario; as a member of the Hall of Fame of Fame, he had already proven his strength.

A War God from India approached Mario with a somewhat obsequious tone. "Boss, when are we going to the Flower Sea? We've been stuck here at the Fence Wall for hours."

"No rush, let's go when it's really dark. When it's dark, everyone will be resting and it will be harder for us to travel. It will be safer for us to act then. What if we catch a Fat Sheep right now?"

A black War God from the African Union sighed, "I'm afraid it's difficult. Most people have already crossed the Fence Wall, and what's left are just small fry, not Fat Sheep."

Mario hesitated for a moment, considering whether to immediately go through the Fence Wall into the Flower Sea of flowers, when a figure radiating a rich, Treasure Light was rapidly approaching from the front!