On the way back, he spoke with Tu Feng over the phone. Although Tu Feng did not entirely trust Tian Feng and the ten men under him, he still brought over the materials as Lu Yang had instructed. "You'll join the guild as ordinary players. I'll assign each of you to one of ten groups, and we'll start by inspecting those ten groups."
Tian Feng knew this was the first test Lu Yang and Tu Feng had given them, and he readily accepted the task. "One day. Just one day."
Lu Yang did not speak with Tian Feng again, leaving the rest to Tu Feng. He believed Tian Feng could pass Tu Feng's series of tests.
He was desperate to raise his level now. The global tournament was drawing closer and closer. If he could not obtain the level 170 Dark Gold Set before the ten thousand slots for the global individual competition were filled, he would have no chance of becoming champion.
Back at the Game City studio building, Lu Yang put on his helmet and continued fighting in the hundred-thousand-player battlefield. It took 40 billion experience to rise from level 169 to level 170, so he still had a long way to go.
With the battlefield set up, Lu Yang had Blackflame, Luo Siyu, and Liu Yunpeng command the battle. He transferred his consciousness into the Earth Avatar and continued fishing, while the Water Avatar, Wind Avatar, and Lightning Avatar continued doing the Temporal Nether Dragon quest as usual.
Just as he killed a Temporal Nether Dragon and returned to the Grand Elder with its crystal core, the Grand Elder gave him experience but did not fall silent as usual. Instead, he frowned and said to Lu Yang, "Honored guest of the Curved Horn Demons, may I ask