Your Death Gives Me Pleasure
Big White Dog: Hey! Hey! Mr. Xiao, are you still there?
On the other side of the screen, Xiao Yu stared at the computer monitor with a blank expression.
Endorsing aphrodisiacs was something that Xiao Yu found both laughable and exasperating. He felt that talking about it would damage his image—even though he didn't have much of a public image to speak of at the moment.
However, he didn't refuse immediately. After all, he was at a critical juncture in his life. If he could earn enough for the surgery with an endorsement fee, that would be great. He didn't care about losing face for the sake of his life.
Xiao Yu: How much is the endorsement fee?
Big White Dog: How about 500,000?
"Damn, you think you can make 500,000 from going into business? Are you crazy?!" Xiao Yu thought to himself. "I make more than 500,000 a month selling dungeon tickets."
Xiao Yu: Get out!
Big White Dog: Please forgive my bluntness, Mr. Xiao, you only made it to the top 16, so 500,000 is already quite a lot. Moreover, your group includes the Nephalem Naiser, so your chances of winning are really not high. Therefore, 500,000 is indeed quite a lot.
Xiao Yu: Get out!
After saying that, he hung up the call. He knew that with his current reputation, asking for ten million was wishful thinking, but he could at least get three to five million. He also knew that facing a formidable opponent like Naiser, his chances of winning were not high, but how could he know he would fail if he didn't try? Besides, he wasn't completely without any trump cards.
As Xiao Yu pondered, he recalled the feeling of tearing Maximus apart in a fit of rage. That feeling of unleashing all the power in his body during a moment of mental fury seemed to be the true technique Medivh had described for controlling power—no longer confined to specific moves, but using power in the way one desired. Could the technique for controlling power lie in the changes of emotions? Perhaps he could try it again.
Since becoming the Elemental King, he often tried the technique Medivh had mentioned when he had nothing to do, but he had never gotten anywhere with it. But now, he felt that he might have gotten close to it, and endorsements would definitely come as his fame grew, so there was no need to rush.
With that thought in mind, he climbed back into the game pod.
Five minutes later, he had returned to the Chamber of Chaos Realm of the Immortal Throne.
Then, he began to try to feel anger. However, things were not as simple as he imagined. Anger is a very subjective emotion. You can't just get angry whenever you want. You can't just fly into a rage for no reason unless you're going through menopause. He tried several times but couldn't find that feeling again, nor could he exert the same strength as before. At this moment, one of his subordinates from the studio suddenly ran in.
"Boss, Naiser's match has started, do you want to watch?"
"Of course," Xiao Yu hurriedly exited the game and went directly to the Demon King Tournament live stream.
Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. To deal with a master like Naiser, it is essential to have a good understanding of his abilities.
This is the third match of the Demon King Tournament. Naiser's opponent is an ogre monster force called Blade's Edge Force. The leader of this monster force is a Gronn, a descendant of the ogre demigod Gruul. Gronn possesses immense strength and superhuman vitality, and is enormous in size, essentially a powerful monster on par with dragons.
This Gronn's name is Typhon (the Defiler), a seven-skull-level boss. In addition, the Blade's Edge Force guild also has an ogre chieftain named King Molagu and a two-headed ogre wizard named Kara Laka.
Interestingly, the two-headed Ogre Mage named Kara Laka, although played by two players, is actually considered a boss.
The monster units of this Blade's Edge Force monster faction are all kinds of ogre Warrior and Ogre Mage. They are all very tough and have a relatively high population density. However, their combat power is also extremely strong. A force of a thousand people only has two or three hundred members.
At that very moment, Naiser also appeared with his demon army.
The map where the two sides battle is called Boneyard Ridge, a gloomy canyon overrun by Undead. The key element of this map is that powerful Undead creatures roam everywhere, attacking any Undead person who gets close.
In addition, there are many ghosts on the map. These ghosts have the ability to control the Undead. Therefore, the key to victory lies in gaining the favor of the ghosts and getting them to bring the Undead to your side.
However, just like in Xiao Yu's previous match, where map elements were basically useless, map elements often become less important when the skill gap between the two sides is too large.
Naiser was indeed a straightforward man. As soon as he entered the fray, he ordered his demon Legion to guard their home base, and then went straight to the ogre's home base by himself. He did not avoid the monsters he encountered along the way, nor did he take a detour. He went directly into the Burying Ground the monsters were most concentrated.
Then, Naiser demonstrated what a "Musou mowing-down-enemies" game really is.
He fought his way from his home to the ogre camp, shredding every Undead he encountered into dust. At first, he needed two or three hits to kill a monster, but he grew stronger with each battle. When he got close to the ogre's home, he casually swung his sword, and the Shockwave released by the greatsword could blast all the enemies in a line into dust.
[Hero Without Dreams: Holy crap, this Naiser is really fierce.]
[It's Hard to Be a Good Person: This is Invincible! That monster must have had hundreds of thousands of HP, and it was killed in one hit.]
[Expert Player 1973: Blade's Edge Force has finally met its match. I think those Big Guy oafs are doomed.]
The screen was filled with comments, which Xiao Yu found annoying, so he turned it off. Looking at the screen again, he saw that the ogres had gathered all their forces outside the camp and were waiting in ambush. As soon as Naiser rushed to the camp, they all surrounded him.
Hundreds of monstrous ogres, three or four meters tall and with broad shoulders and thick waists, surrounded Naiser, who was less than two meters tall. Naiser was completely invisible on the screen, as if he had been submerged.
But facing this group of giant monsters that resembled the Hulk, Nesser was not nervous at all. His expression could even be described as relaxed and carefree. He raised his hand, and the huge Dark Ripper Greatsword pointed at Grontiff behind the wall of people.
Naiser (King of Purgatory): "Come on, don't waste time, come at me all at once, use your dying struggles to amuse me."