Miko's New Friend

In the Violet Magic Domain, a girl who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old was frantically smashing and destroying things in the room. If anyone were outside the door, besides the sounds of shattering dishes, they would definitely hear her hysterical screams, "I want Gu Ding dead! I want Gu Ding's entire Pirate Crew Death Ray!! I want to chop Gu Ding and his companions' corpses into mincemeat and feed them to the dogs!!!"

This hysteria lasted for more than three hours before finally stopping.

The girl opened her communicator and dialed a number. "Ta Ruibo, it's been a long time since we last contacted each other, hasn't it?"

"Little Anxi Ya, do you miss me?" A rough male voice came from the other end of the communicator, but it sounded somewhat indistinct, as if he was chewing something.

"Would you be interested in collaborating with me on a side job?" Anxiya avoided the topic about men and went straight to the point.

"Side jobs? It's not like someone's offended you again, and you want us to act as your henchmen, is it? You've done this kind of thing before," Ta Ruibo chuckled. "You know, personal grudges are either settled by yourself or you issue a mission and have someone else handle it for you, with you providing the corresponding reward. That's the organization's rule. You want me to take action? That's breaking the rules." "Is that so? Trying to pressure me with the Princess? You're too naive. Do you think you're Annie? With your qualifications, you're far from being a messenger for the Princess. Besides, whatever the Princess wants, it's the Temple Knight who handle it. If the Knights can't handle it, the Temple Master will personally intervene; he wouldn't even bother with our Crimson Moon Magic Domain." Ta Ruibo easily saw through Anxiya's petty tricks.

"I didn't say it was the Princess's order. I said the Princess would be interested," Anxiya immediately retorted. "If you could dig out the heart of the target and give it to the Princess, Princess would be very happy."

"Enough with the nonsense. If you want me to take action, you'll have to pay the price." Ta Ruibo wasn't stupid. He wouldn't do a losing business. "If you're not willing to pay the price, then you should find someone else."

Anxiya hesitated for a moment. Then, gritting her teeth, she asked, "What do you want?"

"Three days. If you agree to spend three days with me, I'll help you solve your troubles." Anxiya could clearly hear Ta Ruibo swallowing on the other end of the communicator. "What? Didn't we have a lot of fun last time? Too bad it was too short, only one day." Ta Ruibo's lewd laughter came through clearly, while Anxiya remained silent.

After a long silence, Anxiya spoke again, "One day, but you must promise that this matter will be completed exactly as I require."

"How stingy! One day is fine, but what can I do? I'm a man who's soft-hearted when it comes to women, always making these kinds of losing deals." Ta Ruibo readily agreed. "So, can you tell me now who the target is?"

"The Gu Ding Pirate Crew. Leave no survivors! And I want Gu Ding's head and heart." Anxiya stated her objective through gritted teeth.

"I must say, the people of your Violet Magic Domain have quite the peculiar tastes," Ta Ruibo teased with a laugh. "That guy named Gu Ding, could he be your type? Soaking his head in Formalin, is it so he can stay by your side forever? What a noble love! In that case, I really should seriously consider whether I should develop a relationship with you. I don't want any part of my body to become your collectible."...

"Then stay away from me!" Anxiya roared.

"Sorry, I can't do that. I like women like you who give me a sense of threat, and your body, which looks like it's not fully developed, is a deadly temptation to me." Ta Ruibo said, then hung up the phone with a smile.

Anxiya heard the dial tone on the other end of the communicator, and a series of humiliating images resurfaced in her mind. Ta Ruibo's obese face and flabby body seemed branded into her brain, an indelible memory. Every time she recalled that image, she felt nauseous...

In the virtual world, Gu Ding naturally had no idea that Anxiya, whom he had sent out of the game, had actually hired people to deal with him and his team in the Real World.

He had only recently entered the Peak-rank God Region.

The Five-Star Peak-rank God Zone in the Boulder Zone, like the Flame Zone, has 108 steps and the same challenge mode. The only difference is that the virtual creature used for the challenge has changed from the Luo Yu Beast to the Giant Rock Dragon Turtle.

The Giant Rock Dragon Turtle is actually a remnant of the ancient divine beast, the Golden Armor Dragon Turtle. Among five-star Peak-rank God beasts, its attack power is only average; its greatest strength lies in its defense. Most predators will avoid them, as they certainly don't want to have their teeth broken.

Gu Ding was helpless against these Giant Rock Dragon Turtle with their formidable defenses. All his attacks were ineffective, so he had no choice but to summon the Destruction Flame to annihilate them. The Giant Rock Dragon Turtle's defenses were indeed terrifying; even with Gu Ding's Destruction Flame, they withstood the attack for nearly half an hour before finally collapsing.

Gu Ding advanced step by step until he reached the ninth step, at which point he stopped. His points were also rapidly increasing at a rate of 45,000 every half hour.

In the Gale Zone, Miko was led by Miniana the whole time, and they walked a very, very long way.

"Miniana, we've been traveling for a long time. What area are we in now?" Miko heard Miniana fight many times along the way, and each battle ended very quickly. Although he couldn't sense the intensity of each life form's aura like Gu Ding, he could vaguely feel the oppressive aura that powerful creatures brought him when they appeared—an oppressive aura that surpassed that of Mid-rank God.

"We're currently in the four-star High-rank God area. We'll be in the Five-Star High-rank God area soon, and that's my destination," Miniana explained, turning her head. At that moment, a giant wolf pounced on her. Suddenly, a dagger appeared in her hand, and without her making any move, the giant wolf automatically collapsed to the ground and completely disintegrated.

"A four-star High-rank God zone?!" Miko somewhat surprised. "This shouldn't be a place for me."

"It's alright, I can protect you." Miniana was very confident in her strength. She pulled Miko, and the two of them entered the area of Five-Star High-rank God in no time.

After spotting the first pack of beasts, Miniana stopped and turned to Miko, saying, "You stay here and don't move. There's a pack of beasts ahead; I'll go deal with it."

Miko somewhat helpless. This area was completely beyond his capabilities, and moving around carelessly could very well get him eliminated from the game. But he didn't want to be eliminated so soon, so he chose to stay put.

Miniana, wielding a dagger in each hand, moved like a butterfly through the Gale Serpent, each tens of meters long. Her attack speed far exceeded the Gale Serpent' ability to catch her. In less than three minutes, the swarm completely disintegrated, as if it had never existed. Miniana then grabbed Miko's hand again. "Let's go!"

"Where are you going?" Miko guessed that this girl's identity must not be simple.

"Let's go check out the Peak-rank God Region. Before, in the Boulder Zone, my strength was limited by my physical body, so I couldn't unleash my full potential and test my true strength. Now that my strength has finally recovered, I want to see how far I can go."

Miko then realized that this Miniana he had randomly encountered was indeed as powerful as she herself claimed; he had initially thought the girl was just bragging.

Half an hour later, Miniana and Miko finally appeared in the Peak-rank God Region.

"Miko, starting from the Peak-rank God Region, I need you to share some of the points so I can hide my true strength. Every time I kill a virtual creature, I will share the points with you. I will only keep the points, and the rest will all go to you. Consider it payment for your help this time." Miniana made her request.

"Well, it's not a bad thing for me." Miko didn't have anything to say.

Miniana led Miko through the area of One-Star Peak-rank God, then the area of Two-Star Peak-rank God, and only slowed down when they reached the Peak-rank God Region. But after more than half an hour, they crossed over again and entered the area of four-star Peak-rank God.

Miko utterly stunned by Miniana's strength; the power this little girl unleashed was terrifying.

However, for every virtual creature that Miniana kills, her score only increases by a point, while the remaining points all go into Miko's pocket.

Miko's ranking was also slowly improving, but not many people were paying attention to him. After all, his previous ranking was outside the top 800, and even if it improved, as long as he didn't reach the top 100, not many people would notice. But that didn't mean no one noticed his sudden surge in points; Fa Te was one of them.

"Who exactly is Miko with? How come his points are increasing so fast?" Fa Te was speechless. He clearly saw that Miko's points were increasing by over a thousand each time. But he also noticed that the other members of Gu Ding Team Miko. In other words, the person helping Miko a large number of points was not a member of Gu Ding Team.

The Sea Emperor also told Gu Ding about this. Gu Ding didn't have much objection to Miko making a new friend. "Let him go!"