The surroundings instantly fell utterly silent.
Seeing Yuuki directly set her sights on Luo Zhen, everyone held their breath as if in unison, losing the ability to speak.
Kirito, Leafa, Liz, and Silika all turned to look at Luo Zhen as well. Together with the players from the Red Wings, they silently waited for his reaction.
"Luo Zhen..."
Asuna instinctively grasped Luo Zhen's hand.
Although they had not even exchanged a word yet, Asuna had already sensed it.
"She's incredibly strong."
Asuna whispered this into Luo Zhen's ear.
Naturally, she wanted Luo Zhen to be careful.
Luo Zhen did not respond. He merely patted the back of Asuna's hand and gave her a reassuring look.
Then, Luo Zhen left the crowd and headed toward Yuuki.
The surrounding people wisely backed away, once again clearing a large space.
Luo Zhen came before Yuuki and looked at the girl staring straight at him across from him. He smiled faintly.
"I'm Luo Zhen."
Luo Zhen gave a simple introduction.
"Yuuki!"
Yuuki immediately responded concisely—or rather, quickly—as though she had long wanted to introduce herself to Luo Zhen. The smile on her face never faded.
The reason was simple.
"I know you." Yuuki grinned. "You're the strongest player in this world, and I heard you even created seven original sword skills, right?"
Clearly, even though she had only just arrived in this game, Yuuki had already heard of Luo Zhen's reputation.
That was not strange. Luo Zhen's fame had long since spread across the internet, and countless people followed him. It could almost be said that every VRMMO player knew him. Even though Yuuki had not been a player of this game before, she had certainly heard of Luo Zhen's exploits.
For example...
"I also know that you're SAO's hero, a great figure who