First Blood

"What are you all standing around like idiots for?"

"They're only peak Quasi-Apprentices who used Martial Skills! Everyone, get them!"

"Take these people down, and there'll be handsome rewards afterward!"

Lante roared furiously at the frightened White Feather Gang members.

In that instant, the White Feather Gang members understood. Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei were not truly terrifying; they had merely relied on sneak attacks and Martial Skills to suppress their leader Lante and captain Maiti.

"Kill!"

"Just two peak Quasi-Apprentices dare oppose the White Feather Gang? You're courting death!"

"Archers, take out that kid and the woman in the distance! Don't let them get away!"

The three White Feather Gang captains who had come to their senses all pulled out the modular spears on their backs. With a twist and turn, the weapons became nearly three-meter-long alloy spears, which they immediately thrust toward Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei.

Although the three captains did not know Martial Skills, their more than 300 kilograms of strength as beginner Apprentices was enough to easily suppress Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei if the two did not use Martial Skills.

As Lante's roar spread through the base, the White Feather Gang members patrolling inside immediately gathered at the entrance, ready to seize some credit.

Within a gang, it was extremely difficult for ordinary members to rise in rank. Generally, there were only two methods.

The first was to complete missions assigned by the gang and accumulate enough merit until one's strength was sufficient for promotion.

The second was to kill enemies. By accumulating enough contribution, one could also rise from an ordinary member to captain.

Now that only Lin Qi and two others had dared come to White Feather Gang territory to snatch someone away, this was absolutely a perfect opportunity to claim credit.

"We're done for." Seeing more than ten White Feather Gang members in protective gear charging at them, as well as the archers aiming from not far away, Luo Qi shouted at Lin Qi, "Run! I'll find a way to hold them off!"

In Luo Qi's view, Lin Qi had specifically come here to make a fake deal with the White Feather Gang in order to save her. As a peak Quasi-Apprentice, she naturally could not let Lin Qi, who was not even a Quasi-Apprentice, step forward for her.

However, just as Luo Qi was about to pull Lin Qi onto the vehicle and face the White Feather Gang members, she suddenly discovered that she could not move him at all.

"Lin! You?"

Before Luo Qi could recover from her shock, she saw Lin Qi calmly raise his other hand.

"Move! Kill them!"

Lin Qi watched the approaching White Feather Gang members and abruptly swung his raised hand.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Four silver-white flashes suddenly shot out from behind Lin Qi, striking the unprotected necks of four White Feather Gang members with perfect accuracy. The four died on the spot.

As the four died, more than twenty figures charged out from the distant deadwood forest at the same time, each faster than the last. Several of them had reached Apprentice-level speed.

This sight shocked all the White Feather Gang members. They had not expected Lin Qi's group to have planned this all along, rather than simply having three people come here.

"Not good! Enemy attack! We're under attack!"

"Quick! Notify the people nearby! A gang is attacking the plantation base!"

"Damn it! There's no signal! The signal's been blocked!"

In the darkness of night, a single volley of arrows had directly killed four armored men, while more than twenty people charged forward. Other than another gang trying to raid the plantation base, there was no other possibility.

"Who exactly are you people?"

"You dare attack a White Feather Gang base? Do you want to fight our White Feather Gang to the death?"

Lante, who had also joined the encirclement, glanced at the players charging over in the distance from the corner of his eye. His expression was incomparably grave and bewildered as he roared aloud.

Although he could not see clearly in the darkness, the ten people at the very front had clearly reached Apprentice-level speed, exceeding twelve meters per second.

In other words, the opposing gang had actually dispatched ten Apprentice-level experts, twice as many Apprentices as their base possessed. Combined with the two monstrous women before him, such a terrifying force would have been enough to wipe out a small wilderness gang.

Yet in Lante's memory, he seemed never to have offended such a force.

The members of this gang were extremely conspicuous at the moment, each wearing dark gray long-sleeved T-shirts. Once they drew closer, he could clearly see that every one of them carried a shovel. With such an obvious gang emblem, there was no way he could have forgotten them.

As for the claim that this gang had come to save Luo Qi, not even ghosts would believe that. In the City of Light Chasing, anyone protected by a gang bore that gang's mark. Touching someone with a gang mark meant becoming enemies with that gang.

Yet Luo Qi had no gang mark whatsoever. She was merely an ordinary employee of the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop.

"This BOSS sure talks a lot of nonsense." Luo Wu Shang could not help feeling speechless as she watched Lante fight while questioning them. "The game developers really need to properly adjust BOSS intelligence. We've already come to fight him, yet instead of focusing on battle, he's asking whether we want to fight to the death. Is that interesting?"

"Bear with it. The plot requires it." Zhang Qingwei, who was continuously fighting two White Feather Gang captains, reminded her softly, "The others are charging over too. Let's speed things up as well. We can't let anyone else take this BOSS's first blood."

"Right. This BOSS's first blood will definitely have extra rewards. We can't let anyone else have it." Luo Wu Shang dodged a sweeping spear strike from Lante and fully agreed. She used Point Star again.

"You're courting death!"

Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei's words left Lante both enraged and alarmed. He fiercely smashed down with his spear, blasting back Luo Wu Shang's Point Star. He then took two steps back, held his spear horizontally, and bulged the muscles throughout his body, intending to use his ultimate move to take one of them down first.

Although Lante could not understand why lunatics these days were so strong, using Martial Skills one after another as though they cost nothing.

But they had actually treated him as a BOSS and dared covet his first blood?

Then he would let them learn just how difficult his first blood was to take!

"This BOSS is getting anxious. Looks like he's about to enter phase two!" Luo Wu Shang, who had been knocked back, performed an airborne flip and landed precisely on the ground. Her eyes brimmed with excitement as she said, "Come! Let me see what your second phase can do!"

"Fuck! You lunatic!" Seeing Luo Wu Shang show no fear and instead look eager to try, Lante felt utterly stifled.

Using Martial Skills put a heavy burden on the body. Normally, using one meant fighting for one's life—either you died or I did.

This lunatic before him simply had no idea what death was. It even made Lante hesitate over whether to use a Martial Skill and risk his life.

Betting his own life against a lunatic's, no matter how he looked at it, was a losing deal.

"This BOSS isn't much, huh? He's taking so long just to enter phase two." Zhang Qingwei glanced at Lante from the side, somewhat anxious. "The others are about to reach us. Is he planning to gather everyone here and let us all compete for first blood?"

"Fuck! You die first!"

Lante fixed his eyes on Zhang Qingwei in the midst of battle. He absolutely could not tolerate this woman any longer. With a leap, he smashed his spear down toward Zhang Qingwei.

Apprentice-level Martial Skill: Mountain Breaker!

This spear technique could increase strength and speed by more than fifty percent. A single strike carried over 600 kilograms of force, enough to threaten an Advanced Apprentice.

"Is this BOSS's second phase an aggro transfer?"

"That's actually got something to it."

Seeing Lante directly smash toward Zhang Qingwei, Luo Wu Shang could not help examining him seriously.

Faced with two White Feather Gang captains, Zhang Qingwei had no time to evade. She could only forcibly swing the arrow in her hand and meet the attack with Surging Wave Blade.

Bang!

Zhang Qingwei was sent flying more than ten meters away. The arm gripping the Black Steel Arrow twisted and broke, leaving her looking much more bedraggled and unable to fight the other captains any longer.

Just as Lante was about to reveal a smug expression, he saw that Zhang Qingwei, whose arm had been broken, actually looked delighted.

"Wu Shang, this BOSS is pretty good! He actually broke my arm with one move. If we get his first blood, he might drop something good!" Zhang Qingwei excitedly reminded Luo Wu Shang.

"This BOSS really is decent. After entering phase two, his strength and speed have increased quite a bit. But the backlash from that move does not seem small either. I can feel his aura has weakened somewhat, so he probably cannot use it many times." Luo Wu Shang nodded, her gaze growing even more excited as she used Point Star on Lante again.

Zhang Qingwei likewise stopped caring about the other captains. She gripped the Black Steel Arrow in her other hand, took Leopard Shadow Steps, transformed into a black shadow, and rushed straight at Lante with another Surging Wave Blade.

"Madwomen! These two are completely madwomen!"

As Lante watched the two charge at him without regard for their lives, he could clearly sense that they did not care about their own survival at all. They did not even know what fear was.

The only thing on their minds was his first blood!

At this time, it was not only Lante who thought these people in dark gray clothes were lunatics. Every White Feather Gang member who had exchanged blows with them also felt that the Gray Robe Gang was a pack of lunatics.

Fuck!

These people did not even use normal weapons in battle. They simply carried shovels and charged forward. Some had even been struck by several arrows, yet instead of being afraid, they pulled out the arrows, put them away, and wore expressions as if they had made a profit.

Then, while charging onward, they shouted, "Shoot me! Come on, shoot me!"

When the surrounding Gray Robe Gang members saw this, they actually looked envious and began copying them, leaving the White Feather Gang archers completely dumbfounded.

They had seen people use others as shields, but they had never seen people voluntarily step out to be shields, wearing expressions that said, If you don't shoot me, you're dead.

The archers were so confused that they did not even know who was shooting whom.

But the most ruthless were the Gray Robe Gang archers. Once they ran out of arrows, they would violently yank arrows from their companions' bodies and fire them backhandedly at their enemies without even blinking. Even ruthless and merciless did not go that far.

Meanwhile, due to Fang Zhen and the others' shooting, the players were causing White Feather Gang members to fall almost every moment. The White Feather Gang members who had initially charged in began to rapidly scatter.

"Great!"

"This BOSS's first blood is mine!"

One Leaf Floating Cloud, who had already rushed before Lante, held a spear in both hands and spun through the air. Filled with excitement, he unleashed Spiral Demon Spear Kill at Lante.

Lante had just resisted a combined assault from Luo Wu Shang and Zhang Qingwei, and his vitality was already extremely unstable. Yet he instinctively sensed danger from One Leaf Floating Cloud's move, so he leaped again and used Mountain Breaker.

Bang!

After only one collision, the spear in Lante's hand was knocked aside. Immediately afterward, a silver alloy spear pierced through Lante's neck, sending his entire head flying.

In Lante's final moment, he saw that One Leaf Floating Cloud, who had used Spiral Demon Spear Kill, had already lost one arm. Blood sprayed wildly from all over his body, and he clearly would not live much longer.

Yet for some reason, One Leaf Floating Cloud, who was on the verge of death, was grinning from ear to ear, continuously cheering.

First blood!

I got his first blood!

"Fuck!"

Lante cursed inwardly. Even in death, he could not understand when he had provoked such a terrifying gang, one where there was not a single normal person from top to bottom.