"That’s roughly what happened." Returning to the Godslayer Guild, Yu Zhun helplessly spread his hands after exchanging a wave of resources for the other members internally. "Mith placed a bounty on me across all servers. Next time we enter a 4A Dungeon, we might face some targeted attacks."
"That’s too much!" Salas slammed his hand on the table, filled with righteous indignation. "We clearly killed them together! Why did he only put a bounty on the Guild Leader?"
Everyone was speechless.
"You were still cleaning up in the Human Circle back then," Ji Xiaoyu couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "How do you have the nerve to try and leech off a bounty!" She crossed her arms, her slender, pale forearms supporting her ample chest. "But that guy named Mith is indeed going too far. To think he didn’t put a bounty on me."
"Same here." Sheila’s face was expressionless, her aura carrying a trace of icy coldness. Evidently, she was also very dissatisfied with this.
Yu Zhun was left speechless. His original intention was to explain that entering a 4A Dungeon would be more dangerous from now on, so everyone would be more careful. Now, it seemed his worries were completely unnecessary.
Shaking his head in resignation, Yu Zhun cleared his throat. "I’ll give everyone a day to prepare and digest the resources. Then, we set off to clear the Special Dungeon, Celestial Nether Lone Star."
He was absolutely determined to conquer this Level 40 Special Dungeon.
The others nodded in unison. Just as they were about to leave, Ji Xiaoyu suddenly received a message, and her expression instantly turned strange.
"Um... Guild Leader."
"Hm?" Yu Zhun looked at her.
"I..." Ji Xiaoyu opened her mouth, hesitating as if struggling with her words. Finally, she gritted her teeth and spat it out. "My grandfather wants to see you."
Yu Zhun blinked. "Your... grandfather?"
A few minutes later.
A man with loose, flowing hair strode into the pre-arranged conference room. Looking at Yu Zhun sitting at the head of the table, he smiled. "I’ve been hearing about you for a while, but this is our first time meeting."
Yu Zhun abruptly sprang to his feet, his expression somewhat nervous. "Elder Ji, hello."
Looking at the glaring "Level 76" floating above the man’s head, Yu Zhun was still in a slight daze. He had always known the rich lady’s family was incredibly wealthy, but he truly hadn’t expected them to be *this* powerful. She was the biological granddaughter of one of the nine Strongest! If Ji Ruoxu hadn’t come here himself, Yu Zhun would probably still be kept in the dark.
He had heard that this man was also the President of Arcane Roar, one of the top five Profession Guilds... No wonder Arcane Roar had stepped up to back them back during the Red Moon Tide.
Although Yu Zhun had already guessed that Zhu Zhe might also be one of the Strongest, that man had never revealed his identity from start to finish. In contrast, Ji Ruoxu, who had just arrived, made absolutely no effort to conceal who he was.
"If time permitted, I would have liked to chat with you about lighter topics, like my mischievous granddaughter." Ji Ruoxu shook his head slightly and pointed at the conference room doors behind him. The heavy doors slowly swung shut, blocking out the rich lady who was peeking inside. "But right now, we might not have enough time." His smile faded slightly as he gave Yu Zhun a profound look. "You know about Server 23993, right?"
"I do." Yu Zhun thought for a moment and gave a small nod. "I encountered SSS-rank talent players from their world twice, and I killed them both."
"Server 23993 has now added a bounty of 2,000 Divine Demon Medals for your head," Ji Ruoxu said, his voice slow and deliberate as he looked at Yu Zhun. "Furthermore, they updated the bounty information to include the fact that your talent is SSS-rank, and that its characteristic is ’One-Hit Kill’."
"What?!" Yu Zhun’s expression changed instantly. Even when Mith had put a bounty on him earlier, he hadn’t been overly anxious. But now, with the sudden bad news brought by Ji Ruoxu, Yu Zhun immediately thought of the many severe consequences that could follow. For instance... his identity as an SSS-rank talent owner could no longer be kept a secret.
Just when Yu Zhun thought this news was already bad enough, Ji Ruoxu slowly delivered another devastating blow. "Server 23993 has issued a First Turn World Slaughter Order against Blue Star. This means that during the First Turn Stage, the probability of our two servers matching with each other in 4A Dungeons will drastically increase. At the same time, the players from their server will elevate the priority of killing Blue Star players to a higher level than actually clearing the Dungeon."
Yu Zhun’s pupils shrank slightly, and his hands clenched into tight fists. This move was far too ruthless. If a bounty only targeted an individual, then the First Turn World Slaughter Order targeted all Blue Star players from Level 31 to Level 60.
He remained silent for a long time. "Elder Ji, shouldn’t I have killed them?"
Belorn had attacked him first in the Nether Abyss; if it hadn’t been for Little Brother’s helmet, he would have died right then and there. Tagel, being a follower of Mith, was destined to clash with him in the human Holy Land—there was zero possibility of peaceful coexistence between them, either. He had killed them, but in doing so, he had brought an undeserved catastrophe upon the entirety of Blue Star. Did this mean he should have just offered his neck to their blades?
A hand gently patted Yu Zhun’s shoulder. It was Ji Ruoxu.
"If you didn’t kill them, they would have killed you," Ji Ruoxu said calmly. "So, they deserved to die."
These words acted like a shot of adrenaline, snapping the bewildered Yu Zhun back to reality. "Then why..." he asked with some difficulty.
"Because we are weak," Ji Ruoxu said, his tone low and heavy. "If we were strong enough, Server 23993 issuing a First Turn World Slaughter Order against us would be playing with fire. It’s precisely because we aren’t strong enough that they dare to do this. There is no reasoning with the weak. There is only—kill!"
A brilliant light burst from Ji Ruoxu’s eyes. This elegant and easygoing man suddenly looked like a scholar who had abandoned his pen for the sword, radiating boundless killing intent.