Ye Bugu

"You... what did you just say?" The Black-Clad Girl stared at Xiao Fan in disbelief.

If she hadn't misheard him, Xiao Fan had just said he could help someone create a Heaven-Tier Skill?

!!!!!

Did he even hear himself?

What did he think a Heaven-Tier Skill was? A head of cabbage?

Ten years after the game descended, there were only four Heaven-Tier Skills in the entire world. Every one of their owners was the strongest person in their respective country!

And this guy was saying he'd help someone create a Heaven-Tier Skill!

This... this was simply...

Ridiculous!

Her good breeding kept the Black-Clad Girl from voicing her scorn, but the way she looked at Xiao Fan was as if he were an idiot.

"Just pass along what I said. You don't need to worry about anything else."

Xiao Fan had only one thing on his mind now: saving people. To do that, he was willing to reveal a little of his strength.

The Black-Clad Girl fell silent.

She suddenly realized that the person before her wasn't an ordinary player. He might well be the genius who had created two Heaven-Tier Skills.

The Black-Clad Girl kept a calm expression, but inside, she was already screaming.

"Ahhh! I want a Heaven-Tier Skill too! If only I could help him find that person!"

When the Black-Clad Girl didn't move, Xiao Fan frowned and forced down his impatience. "Could you ask him for me?"

Xiao Fan would have preferred to get Ye Bugu's contact information and speak to him directly, but he was afraid his friend request would be rejected. For now, he could only rely on the Black-Clad Girl to pass along his message.

"Sure."

The Black-Clad Girl gave Xiao Fan a long look, then opened the game interface and started typing.

At last, Xiao Fan let out a breath of relief.

In the Cloud Sea, everywhere beyond the Novice Zone was dangerous.

Over the years, countries had tried to establish Safe Zones outside the Novice Zones, sparing no expense in the process.

Yet each time, before construction could be completed, Fierce Beasts destroyed the site, and many people were lost.

Eventually, the countries abandoned the plan and turned instead to creating player settlements.

Player settlements had nothing more than simple walls, with escape gates on all four sides. If Fierce Beasts invaded, the players would immediately abandon the settlement.

At the center of one such settlement, a dozen tents occupied the area. This was the temporary base of the Night Blade Mercenary Group.

Inside one of the tents, a stern-looking man in his late twenties stared at his friend chat window. He was the leader of the Night Blade Mercenary Group.

"A rookie who hasn't even left the Novice Zone says he can help me create a Heaven-Tier Skill? What an outrageous claim!"

The man sneered. If he hadn't been talking to Qin Muyu, a genius of the Qin Family, one of the Dragon Nation's Four Great Families, he would have blocked her long ago.

Creating a Heaven-Tier Skill was as difficult as reaching the heavens. The fact that there were only four in the whole world was proof enough.

Wait! Including the two Heaven-Tier Skills that had appeared a month ago, there should be six now.

Over the past ten years, countless dazzling talents had entered the game. Their ultimate goal had always been to create a Heaven-Tier Skill.

But how many had actually succeeded?

What gave a rookie the nerve to say something like that?

Ye Bugu sneered as he typed out a refusal, but hesitated just as he was about to confirm it.

"What if... what if it's true?"

A Heaven-Tier Skill!

Setting aside the God-Tier Skills that had appeared a few days earlier, having a Heaven-Tier Skill was practically every player's dream.

Even if there was only the tiniest chance, he didn't want to give it up.

Besides, when he reached level 60, he'd gained an exceptionally unusual trait.

He'd thought long and hard, but couldn't come up with a good skill. He'd even halted the mercenary group's work to focus on creating one, but so far, he hadn't made any progress.

Now someone had come along and said he'd help him create a Heaven-Tier Skill. Even though the odds were low, Ye Bugu couldn't help feeling a flicker of hope.

"What am I hesitating for? It'll only cost me a little time. If he can't create one, I won't lose anything, will I?"

Ye Bugu gave a self-deprecating smile. He'd been cautious for so long that he'd forgotten what an incredibly favorable deal was sitting right in front of him.

Well, favorable to him, at least.

Even if the skill the other guy created wasn't any good, he could simply choose not to use it. And if he didn't use it, he'd lose nothing.

With that thought, Ye Bugu eagerly deleted his refusal and sent just one message.

"Send me his game ID."

Zone 18.

When Qin Muyu saw the message from Ye Bugu, her eyes widened.

"He actually agreed?"

Qin Muyu found it hard to believe. Ye Bugu was so cautious, yet he was willing to trust Xiao Fan's words—even though he had no idea Xiao Fan had two Heaven-Tier Skills.

"Did he agree?" Xiao Fan asked anxiously when he saw Qin Muyu's expression change.

"Yeah." Qin Muyu nodded. "He asked me for your contact information. Looks like he wants to talk to you himself."

Xiao Fan quickly gave her his game ID.

Ye Bugu looked at the account Qin Muyu had sent him. It was only level five, and he began to have doubts all over again. Had this guy even been in the game for three months?

"I must be crazy to believe a level-five rookie."

Ye Bugu shook his head and sent a friend request.

Before long, Xiao Fan received two friend requests.

One was from a level-zero account named Soul Piercer, and the other was from a level-60 account named Shadow.

Xiao Fan glanced up at Qin Muyu. As expected, Soul Piercer was her.

"We'll be teammates from now on, so let's add each other," Qin Muyu explained when she noticed Xiao Fan looking at her.

"Okay." Xiao Fan accepted both friend requests.

Meanwhile, as soon as Ye Bugu saw that Xiao Fan had accepted his request, he eagerly sent a message.

"Can you really help me create a Heaven-Tier Skill?"

Xiao Fan replied, "Of course, but you have to agree to help me find someone."

Ye Bugu: "If you can help me create a Heaven-Tier Skill, I'd do anything. I'd even call you Dad if you asked me to."

Xiao Fan: ...Why was this guy so shameless?

"No problem. I need to know your attributes and traits." Xiao Fan thought for a moment, then added,

"If you can, tell me what weapon you use and the Skill Chain you created before."

Xiao Fan waited ten minutes after sending the message, but Ye Bugu still hadn't replied.

"Why hasn't he replied yet?" Xiao Fan furrowed his brows.

On the other side, Ye Bugu was silent for a long time.

He didn't mind sending Xiao Fan his attributes, traits, or weapon. But apart from the four-ring chain he'd had in the Novice Zone, he'd created every part of his Skill Chain himself. The final link was even a priceless Earth-Tier Skill!

If he sent it, he was afraid the other guy might learn it or reveal it to someone else.

The latter was especially dangerous. For someone with as many enemies as he had, it was too risky to let others learn about his skills!

Just as Ye Bugu was struggling to decide what to do, Xiao Fan sent another message.

"It's fine if you don't want to tell me about your skills or weapon. I only wanted to use your Skill Chain to create skills that suit you better. Don't misunderstand."

Seeing Xiao Fan say that, Ye Bugu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, my weapon and skills are private, so I'd rather not tell anyone. I'll send you my attributes and traits now."