Something Happened

The plan of these seven people is actually not difficult. Their team's initial group slow skill is actually a very powerful Control Skill.

This skill not only has a long range and is instantaneous, but it can also reduce the enemy's Movement Speed by 30% and deal a lot of damage to the enemy.

Most importantly, after using this skill, they have a follow-up skill, which is the skill that another person is charging up but hasn't released yet.

That skill can be considered their trump card. It can Freeze slowed enemies for 1 second and deal magic damage equal to 30% of their current health.

The only drawback of this skill is its relatively long charging time, but with the significant increase in release speed, the skill only takes a little over 3 seconds.

Their plan was that after successfully unleashing this skill, they would use a special item to silence Old Wang, and then slowly whittle them down through skillful maneuvering.

The plan was Perfect, but a problem arose during its execution. Unlike the enemies they had faced before, the equipment of the Future Guild members was far superior.

This made their slowing skill damage less than ideal, and the speed at the Future Guild members were able to remove the slow effect was beyond their expectations.

Then came the Sword of Miracles, whose group Taunt made them suffer, followed by attacks from Sister Hua and Lin Qimeng that caused them to explode.

These people are essentially frogs in a well, asking for trouble. They don't follow information from the professional scene and have no idea just how monstrous the damage output of players like Old Wang really is.

In Old Wang's team, almost everyone except him had a complete set of Perfect gear, and some even had Legendary Weapon.

As for Old Wang's equipment, it goes without saying that it gave him an overwhelming advantage that couldn't be compensated for by skill alone.

Moreover, their supposedly impressive skills might not actually be able to suppress Old Wang and his team.

However, this group is probably the weakest among the Hidden Faction; they've hidden themselves so well that they've become foolish in the process.

Judging from the situation on the field, the system should be allocating teams according to their combat strength, just as the host said, by separating all the high-strength teams.

The fact that this team was able to be matched with Old Wang and others whose combat power is definitely at the top of the rankings means that they probably didn't even make it into the top 10,000.

After the group of clowns went offline, Old Wang and his team accelerated the pace of the game. In the end, none of the other teams could step up to slay the dragon, and they were all defeated by Old Wang and his team.

After they easily advanced, a bunch of people received Star Diamond as a reward from the system; these were all people who bet on Old Wang to win.

However, the odds of betting on Old Wang to win are only 1 to 1.1, which is the lowest odds in the entire game.

But countless people still bet on him to win, since betting on Old Wang to win is essentially a stable investment.

It's not uncommon for people to try their Future in other teams' matches with what they have, but at this stage, such people are ultimately a minority.

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After the top 10,000 individuals and teams were determined, Old Wang went back to slaughtering sheep, leaving tomorrow's Team Competition to be arranged by Sister Hua and the others.

When they reviewed the match after it ended today, they guessed that the Ice River Guild's combat power was probably below 10,000.

This gave the previously calm Old Wang a sense of urgency. Although he didn't want to admit it, Ice River's strength was actually quite good.

However, they were ranked after ten thousandth, so the strength of the others was questionable. Only by continuing to improve could they feel more secure.

"Old Wang went back to the guild, something happened!"

However, things may have really gone against our wishes. Just as Old Wang was busy slaughtering the sheep, Lin Qimeng sent a message.

Upon receiving the message, Old Wang frowned and immediately flew back to the Dawn. Lin Qimeng wouldn't have spoken in this tone if it weren't something important.

"What happened?"

After returning to his post, Old Wang saw that most of the Future Guild's high-ranking members had arrived, and asked in a deep voice.

"It's like this..."

Upon hearing Old Wang's question, Lin Qimeng and the others explained to Old Wang what had happened.

It turns out that several streamers from the Future Guild were killed, or rather, their guild's Legendary Equipment was targeted.

The Future Guild currently has five pieces of Legendary Equipment, making them the only guild that openly possesses Legendary Equipment.

The five pieces of equipment are Beautiful Days and Xiaomi's two Ambush Spear, Old Wang's Black Shark Armor, Old Wang's discarded Gale's Breath, and Old Wang's evolved level 30 Legendary Sword of Victory.

To help their guild's streamers attract more viewers, Old Wang gave away the discarded items, Gale's Breath and Sword of Victory, to the guild's streamers.

The original plan was to only Gale's Breath. The Sword of Victory was assigned to the Sword of Miracles, but he probably still hadn't come out of his shell and refused to take it, so it was also assigned to the streamer.

After all, no one else would dare use this weapon in front of him; that would be like giving him a hard time.

And they also hoped for Miracle to happen so they could take up the sword.

Although the Sword of Miracles said he didn't want the sword because its attributes weren't suitable for him...

Because of these two weapons, the streamers under the Future Guild grew rapidly. Later, Xiaomi also obtained the Ambush Spear, which made their guild almost take off.

However, this is precisely where the problem arose; just now, a group of people were frantically chasing and killing their streamers.

In the Future Guild, including Xiaomi, whether they were streaming or not, were killed at least twice.

That's nothing in itself, but the key point is that one of them dropped the Sword of Victory.

Even the legendary level 30 Dragon-Rising Jian in Old Wang's hands, with its explosive Legendary, can't compare. After all, the Dragon-Rising Jian has only reached level 20. But even if it reaches level 30, they would be about equal.

In fact, they had Future anticipated that someone would try to acquire these Legendary Equipment, as they had equipment insurance.

The so-called equipment insurance is a special kind of backpack, which usually only has 3 to 5 compartments.

As long as you put items inside, they won't be dropped if you're killed. Every streamer carries this item before going out; if they're being chased, they can put their Legendary Equipment inside for absolute safety.

The streamer who lost the Sword of Victory was actually carrying it, but he was instantly killed as soon as he left the Safe Zone, without giving him a chance.

He wasn't live-streaming at the time, so he wasn't prepared for these things.

"Who's behind this? Any leads?" Old Wang asked after pausing.

"They are a notorious group of Mercenary; their Mercenary Corps is called the Scorpion Corps."

However, it's currently unclear whether it was their people who did it, or if they were on a mission.

Based on the analysis, they shouldn't have this kind of capability; they are most likely hired by someone.

Meanwhile, we found out their location, and calling you back is to ask you to come over.

"Only our words are unreliable!"

"Okay! Let's go check out their base first!"

After learning the whole story, Old Wang led his team towards the Mercenary' camp.

However, they didn't have high hopes; a Mercenary encampment could be abandoned so easily.

In order not to make a wasted trip and to understand the cause and effect, Old Wang once again resorted to his trump card: zero.

"Please, Zero, investigate the whole story, starting with the person under our command."

This incident seems to have been premeditated, but something seems amiss.

Leaving aside the question of why this group would risk being hunted down and offending the Future, the very fact that they knew the locations of these streamers is a problem.

Several of them didn't start streaming, including the guy who lost the sword; he was planning to stream but didn't.

But they were all captured. In fact, Gale's Breath almost fell this time too, but fortunately it didn't.

The same goes for Xiaomi's Ambush Spear; if she hadn't lent it to Lin Qimeng for the competition, it would have been in danger as well.

The fact that they were all killed instantly is another point of suspicion.

These people were able to instantly kill streamers who were all quite skilled. Judging from the Scorpion Corps's past strength, they must have received a lot of help.

Were the people behind them going to such lengths to help them really just for Legendary Equipment?

And how can they be sure the Scorpion Corps won't betray them? Their reputation has never been good, and betrayal is commonplace for them.

"Received, sir!"

Zero, who hadn't appeared for a long time, answered Old Wang's command and then fell silent again.

"Sir, we have made progress!"

Old Wang: "... So fast!"

"Yes, because I found the Scorpion Corps's real-money transaction records and confirmed the person you're looking for."