What the Fuck Does It Have to Do with Me?

What the Fuck Does It Have to Do with Me?

But Tang Baizhan had a temper! War Soul Hall had become the top guild in Blade's Edge because of its unity and its never-say-die spirit!

Even if he was the number one player, he wasn't getting anything good out of War Soul Hall today!

"Fine, fine, fine. Yang Shan, is it? You've got some skills, huh? You actually snatched the boss right out from under my nose. War Soul Hall brothers, surround him!"

Tang Baizhan normally wouldn't have been this irrational.

But he was bitter!

Forget the previous Global Announcement.

This time, he had truly come closer to a Global Announcement than ever before.

Then he fucking turned around, and there was nothing left! Who wouldn't be unwilling to accept that?

As a large crowd of players closed in around him, Yang Shan remained completely calm and swept all of the Fire Cloud Leopard's drops into the Azure Wood Ring.

Chao Bafang rushed to Yang Shan's side with his halberd in hand. "Great God, I'll cover you. Get out of here!"

Yang Shan whispered, "Why run? Let's try talking first. If that doesn't work, then we'll fight."

Even though over two hundred people were glaring at them like tigers eyeing prey, Yang Shan wasn't intimidated in the slightest.

He was currently the only Dou Master-level player on the entire server.

Against Dou Zhe-level players, he had the advantage of level suppression.

Not only that, Yang Shan's Agility was extremely high, making him incredibly fast, and his attack power was off the charts.

With Chao Bafang's help, carving a bloody path through these two hundred-odd people was no empty boast.

But Tang Baizhan didn't seem inclined to give Yang Shan much chance to talk.

"Yang Shan, fine. I'll admit that you snatched the boss—you've got skills! But now you've offended our War Soul Hall. If you're willing to hand over the boss drops now—"

Yang Shan had intended to have a proper discussion, but Tang Baizhan's words made him somewhat unhappy.

"I killed the boss with my own ability. Why the hell should I give you the drops? What kind of bullshit are you dreaming?"

Tang Baizhan: "."

Just then, Jin Shankao suddenly stepped forward to smooth things over.

"President Tang, you're making things difficult for him. What Brother Yang Shan said makes sense too. He killed the boss with his own ability, so why should he hand the drops over to you? Wouldn't that be the same as working for you for free as hired muscle?"

Tang Baizhan sensed that something was off.

"Boss Jin, whose side are you on? Don't forget, the boss might have belonged to your Hero King Manor too. He's offended both our guilds at once!"

"Hey! I never said that, so don't drag me into this!"

Jin Shankao rubbed his hands together, then turned to Yang Shan with the standard smile of a businessman.

"Brother Yang Shan, remember what we discussed the last time we met?"

The hostility in Ye Suifeng's eyes toward Yang Shan had vanished as well. "Master Yang, come, come, come. Join our Hero King Manor. With the golden signboard of the number one player, we'll soon become the top guild in Battle Through the Heavens. We'll build a great enterprise together, conquer the world together, and hit the club together!"

Jin Shankao confidently displayed his assets once more. "Brother Yang Shan, look, War Soul Hall isn't easy to deal with either. Join our Hero King Manor, and I'll settle this for you immediately. You don't need to worry about me treating you poorly. Everyone knows Jin Shankao is generous. Money, women—I have both!"

Tang Baizhan finally couldn't hold back any longer. "You bastard, Jin Shankao! You're pulling this right in front of me?"

Why had War Soul Hall and Hero King Manor been fighting to kill the Fire Cloud Leopard? The most important reason was the Global Announcement! Now that Yang Shan had taken the Global Announcement again, both guilds should have returned empty-handed.

But if Yang Shan joined Hero King Manor at this point, then Hero King Manor could use the four Global Announcements Yang Shan had earned to build hype on the forums. Tang Baizhan could imagine with his toes how popular Hero King Manor would become! He had acted impulsively—far too impulsively!

Even Yang Shan had to give Jin Shankao a thumbs-up.

People who did serious big business really were different.

Who wouldn't be angry after having a boss snatched away?

But Jin Shankao could rationally suppress his temper.

In the early-server version, the penalty for players dying in PvP really was too light.

Even if they surrounded Yang Shan and killed him now, with luck they would only be able to make him drop one piece of equipment at most.

There wasn't any equipment among the Fire Cloud Leopard's drops.

So Jin Shankao immediately changed strategies, acting in his own best interests.

His calculations were so loud and clear that even the dirty old perverts in Cloud Frost City flirting with the beautiful NPCs at the Mercenary Guild could hear them.

"Old Bro Jin, about this matter..."

Yang Shan had originally planned to honestly refuse Jin Shankao.

But a sharp female cry suddenly rang out from the forest, forcibly interrupting the conversation between the big shots present.

"Who killed the Fire Cloud Leopard?"

Everyone turned toward the sound.

A young girl in a moon-white dress that outlined her lovely figure strode over briskly.

Behind her was an elderly man who was clearly advanced in years, yet carried himself with uncommon bearing.

Ye Suifeng said excitedly:

"Holy shit, isn't that Nalan Yanran from the forum leaks? She's gorgeous! Seriously gorgeous!"

Jin Shankao was not particularly interested in young girls who had yet to fully mature, but even he had to admit that this Nalan Yanran in the game was truly stunning! Tang Baizhan, on the other hand, felt like his head was splitting in two. "It's over, it's over. The Fire Cloud Leopard's drops are in Yang Shan's hands, and now Nalan Yanran is here. If we make another move, we'll probably become enemies with her!"

In the game, every action taken by Players had an effect on the game world.

Just like this time, when the Players of Cloud Frost City had surrounded and killed the Fire Cloud Leopard.

As an NPC, Nalan Yanran would also receive news of it.

That was why Nalan Yanran had appeared here!

"Ah, what a pity. Still a little too late."

Yang Shan found himself with a bit of a headache.

He understood very clearly how the system operated.

It was perfectly normal for Nalan Yanran to rush over after Players surrounded and killed the Fire Cloud Leopard.

After all, the Fire Cloud Leopard was Nalan Yanran's trial target.

But Yang Shan had still wanted to deal with the Fire Cloud Leopard and leave as soon as possible, avoiding a face-to-face encounter with Nalan Yanran if he could.

Aside from Tianyao Group's R&D department, no one understood Nalan Yanran better than Yang Shan.

After all, many of the things Nalan Yanran had done in the game in his previous life had either been witnessed by Yang Shan personally or read about by him in related forum posts.

Before the Misty Cloud Sect underwent its great upheaval, this pretty little miss had always been a pampered, heaven-blessed daughter! If he came face-to-face with Nalan Yanran, then just for stealing the Fire Cloud Leopard alone, she would hold a grudge against him!

As Nalan Yanran approached, she saw the Fire Cloud Leopard's corpse.

She also saw Yang Shan, who stood closest to it.

"It's you!"

Nalan Yanran clearly remembered Yang Shan:

"Did you kill the Fire Cloud Leopard?"

Yang Shan nodded calmly.

There was no helping it. He could not deny it even if he wanted to; there were too many witnesses for him to brush it off.

Obvious anger appeared on Nalan Yanran's face. "Did you know that the Fire Cloud Leopard was my trial target?"

Just as Yang Shan had expected, Nalan Yanran's first words were an accusation.

Ding! Because the Player killed the Fire Cloud Leopard and displeased Nalan Yanran, Nalan Yanran's Favorability -10!

Yang Shan had been about to play dumb and claim that he did not know.

But Nalan Yanran cut him off directly:

"You definitely knew! You! And that big, dumb brute beside you!"

Chao Bafang pointed at himself.

"Huh? I'm the dumb brute?"

Nalan Yanran paid Chao Bafang no attention and continued with her own analysis. "Back at the Floating Cloud Inn, the two of you were hiding outside the courtyard wall when Uncle Ge discovered you. You definitely overheard my conversation with Uncle Ge!"

Once Nalan Yanran finished speaking, Ge Ye, the Misty Cloud Sect deacon behind her, had already revealed his hostility:

"So you deliberately intended to make our young miss fail her trial?"

With those remarks, the two of them seemed to have painted Yang Shan as some villain deliberately causing trouble for Nalan Yanran.

Yet in the face of their aggressive questioning, which seemed to have already passed judgment on him, Yang Shan leisurely asked:

"Nalan Yanran, did you raise the Fire Cloud Leopard?"

Nalan Yanran frowned.

"No, but—"

"Then what the hell are you whining about?"

Yang Shan actually did not give Nalan Yanran a shred of courtesy:

"You decided to make the Fire Cloud Leopard your trial target. What the fuck does that have to do with me?"