Puppeteer was a newly added, universal class that could be played by all three races.
Their specialty was to transform corpses into puppets and use them to attack or support. Human Puppeteers used corpses of Demons and Untamed. Similarly, the Demon and Untamed Puppeteers used the corpses of the other two clans respectfully.
In any case, to make things simpler, tweedledee and tweedledum. No one could call the other a vandalizer.
The guild leaders in the server each had their uniqueness. Some were adept at social interactions and talked a lot, for example, Wooden Shackles from Blazing Sky.
Some talked less. Savant Initiate and the Golden League Alliance’s guild leader, Gu Wen, both belonged to this category. The difference was that Gu Wen was truly cold. Savant Initiate, on the other hand, actually talked quite a lot occasionally. It’s just in most situations, he didn’t like to waste his breath on people.
Jiang Chen had seen him the day he logged back online.
The two people’s conversation didn’t exceed three sentences. They met each other, said hello, and then nothing else.
This was Jiang Chen’s second encounter with Savant Initiate.
The group reached the desert area utilizing the teleportation array and walked towards the entrance of the dungeon.
Fang JingXing and the Wardcaster walked side by side at the tail of the squad. Knowing the other has never played this level 90 dungeon, Fang JingXing attentively introduced it to him.
The difficulty level of this dungeon was very high amongst the 10-man dungeons.
Normal dungeons were designed with three bosses. This dungeon had five in total. Furthermore, upon entering the dungeon, there were three paths available. The System would randomly divide the players into three squads, which only merged at Boss #1. After defeating that, they’d join forces to fight Boss #2, then split up again afterwards.
He said: “To put it simply, split at 1 and 3, don’t split at 2 and 4. The last boss doesn’t require splitting either.”
Jiang Chen naturally understood and nodded.
Fang JingXing started to explain each boss’s special characteristics to him.
The first four were average in difficulty, the last one was more difficult. Not to mention, the boss liked to raise canaries. Every once in a while, she’d choose a random person and place them into a cage as ‘the bird’. This was equivalent to removing a player’s ability to fight. As such, everytime people played this dungeon, they brought at least two Warriors and two Clerics.
Jiang Chen stared at him in silence.
Randomly splitting up the squad, then randomly becoming ‘the bird’……Was this dungeon something playable by humans?
Seeing him just staring without saying a word, Fang JingXing pretty much guessed his mood and kind of wanted to laugh.
If last night didn’t happen, perhaps he would have boldly patted the other on the head.
But recalling this Wardcaster’s possible secret identity, he didn’t dare to reach out this hand. Explaining, he said: “They finished clearing the other dungeons already. This is the only one left, so we can only play this one. Not to mention, there are 5 bosses. You guys can gain a lot of experience.”
Jiang Chen said to himself, that’s true, and accepted it.
The 10-man squad reached their destination very quickly and was transported inside.
The System split up the squad automatically and threw them onto the three paths.
“Oho.” Gou Cheng was the first one to speak up: “There’s actually five people on my side.”
Deep Love and Longevity followed closely: “There’s three over here. Me, Scummy, and Abyss.”
Gou Cheng checked the list briefly and concluded that the people remaining were Total Annihilation and Savant Initiate.
5cum asked at the same time: “Then there’s a path with only two people, who are they?”
Jiang Chen and Savant Initiate said in unison: “Me.”
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Gou Cheng said: “Are you guys going to be okay?”
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Savant Initiate glanced at his squadmate: “Follow me.”
Gou Cheng and the others were aware of their skills. Considering it briefly, they felt like there shouldn’t be any issues and relaxed.
The three squads set out at the same time and encountered their first wave of mobs very quickly. On Savant Initiate’s side, they were low in level. He immediately summoned a puppet to provide shields for himself and his squadmate.
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Seeing the puppet standing in front of him with a dead man’s face, like a deceased specimen of his own race, Jiang Chen said: “I feel like I’ve been offended.”
The rest of the people on the other two paths: “? ? ?”
Savant Initiate digested those words briefly and then understood, throwing him two words: “Endure it.”
Before Jiang Chen could endure it, Fang JingXing already lost his cool over there and asked in the squad channel: “What’s the matter?”
Jiang Chen and Savant Initiate said in unison again: “Nothing.”
Fang JingXing: “……”
The two scumbags next to him instantly came over to pat his shoulder.
If you want to live a decent life, how can you not wear some green on your head?
Those two people’s personalities clashed, so perhaps a collision will create an intense spark. How did that one saying go again…… When love comes, you can’t stop it even if you try. A man… should be more open-minded.
Fang JingXing watched them with a faint smile.
Deep Love and Longetivity and 5cum retracted their hands in unison and behaved themselves.
The three squads continued to advance and clear mobs. The fastest was Gou Cheng’s 5 man squad. Fang JingXing’s small 3-man squad was second. The two low levels were the slowest, but fortunately, they were pretty talented, so they weren’t killed by mobs and reunited with the rest of the team with all limbs intact.
Clearing the path in a daunting but safe manner, the group very quickly reached the lair of the last boss.
The last boss was a beautiful woman. She pointed at them with bright red fingernails and said in amusement: “My birdie died two days ago, so I’ll just choose one of you to accompany me.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Chen’s vision blurred and he entered a cage.
Gou Cheng and the others: “……”
For some reason, they weren’t surprised at all.
Fang JingXing comforted him with a smile: “It’s alright, you’ll be able to come out in a bit.”
Already prepared mentally in advance, Jiang Chen nodded and toured the inside of the cage.
This cage was completely gold and as tall as the room itself. The space it occupied was similar to a bedroom. Seeing that there’s even a swing inside, he reached out and tugged on the rope. Discovering that it actually moved, he sat on the swing and watched them do all the work.
Gou Cheng and the others: “……”
This Ace really knew how to enjoy himself.
Fang JingXing couldn’t help but laugh. As he directed them to hit the boss, he diverted a part of his attention to the Wardcaster.
Five minutes later, Jiang Chen was transported out, appearing next to Fang JingXing.
Fang JingXing asked with a smile: “How did it feel?”
Jiang Chen said: “Haven’t enjoyed myself fully yet, how I wish for more.”
Simultaneously, the beauty said: “Aiya, the birdie ran away. Then let me switch to someone else.”
She reached out a hand towards them again.
Everyone saw a white flash inside the cage. The Ace went inside it once again.
Jiang Chen: “……”
Fang JingXing: “……”
The remaining people: “…….”
Who told you to wish for more…… The corners of Gou Cheng’s mouth twitched. He didn’t know if he should congratulate the other or light a candle for him.
Jiang Chen stood in place and fell silent for two seconds. This time, he didn’t want to sit on the swing anymore. Seeing the big bed inside looking pretty comfortable, he touched it and found it didn’t feel as nice as he had imagined. He didn’t mind, however, and laid on the bed, peacefully watching the trial and tribulation outside while offering encouragement: “Do your best.”
Gou Cheng and the others: “…….”
For some unknown reason, Fang JingXing suddenly remembered the scene when they first met and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
He discovered that those chaotic feelings of apprehension, astonishment, and concerns of the future, quieted down in an instant.
Regardless of who this Wardcaster was, regardless of his identity, Fang JingXing liked him. Even if he truly was Jiang Chen, it didn’t change this fact.
He finally adjusted his state of mind properly and said with a smile: “I’ll lure the boss over there so you can hit her a few times and vent your anger?”
Jiang Chen said: “No need. You guys hit her. I’ll just watch.”
These careless words turned into a prophecy.
The boss picked five times. The Ace went in a total of four times, basically observing the entire fight.
Fortunately, they received a lot of experience killing the bosses. Jiang Chen and Savant Initiate only needed a little more until they were max level.
As such, the group formed a squad to farm mobs in the wilderness, finally carrying these two people to max level. Setting off fireworks immediately, they celebrated for a moment.
The gorgeous and splendid lights exploded one after another. The originally dark wilderness gained a splash of color.
Fang JingXing accompanied the Wardcaster quietly and finished watching the fireworks. Glancing at the time, he discovered it was almost 9pm and asked: “There’s still half an hour, what do you have planned?”
Jiang Chen said: “Let’s get a room together.”
Although Fang JingXing knew he didn’t mean that, his thoughts still went slightly astray. He hastily dragged it back and said: “PK?”
Jiang Chen nodded.
As such, the two people went to the PK arena to open a room. They started video recording at the same time.
They PK’d two rounds. Fang JingXing won both.
Looking at this Wardcaster, the speculation that he suppressed previously emerged again. A clear thought flashed across his mind: He was unfamiliar with the skills.
Back then, when max level was 70, the Wardcaster was able to master the level 70 ultimate ability and play it to the point of perfection. But right now the max level was 90, the Wardcaster had just reached max level. He has yet to use the new skills, so he wasn’t familiar with them. Unfamiliar, he’d have to be careful during PK. This was equivalent to Fang JingXing possessing one more skill than the Wardcaster.
This also proved that when the Wardcaster used Volatile Storm to fight 1 versus 10, it wasn’t due to some innate talent that he mastered it automatically without practice.
Fang JingXing calmly pulled the guy up and asked with a smile: “Yield?”
Jiang Chen said very calmly: “Don’t be so pleased with yourself. Again.”
The two people played three more matches, Jiang Chen gradually gained some insights and started to counterattack.
Fang JingXing’s chaotic and messy thoughts disappeared instantly as he became more and more focused. Playing with the other until 9:30pm, he finally watched the Wardcaster log off reluctantly.
He reflected on the experience for a moment and then swiftly scanned his friend list. Seeing Du FeiZhou online, he contacted the other and found his way over to deliver the Divine Weapon.
After transmitting the Wardcaster’s words, sure enough, Du FeiZhou didn’t wrangle with him and accepted the item, saying: “Thank him for me.”
Fang JingXing said with a smile: “Okay.”
He hesitated for a few seconds, but felt this matter was too uncomfortable to ignore. As such, he pretended to be curious and said: “Chairman, if I recall correctly, you and Chen Hui Lan Le were esports gamers from the same era, right? What kind of person is he?”
Du FeiZhou looked at him: “What?”
Fang JingXing said: “My family’s Wardcaster is his fan. I want to gain a better understanding, so we can have more in common to talk about.”
Hearing this, Du FeiZhou somewhat wanted to laugh. He said to himself, there were rumors online claiming the Abysswalker had deep feelings for the Wardcaster. Who knows, perhaps it’s true. At the very least, he has never seen Fang JingXing so interested in anyone like this, glued together with the person every day.
He reminisced about his old friend: “Chen Hui Lan Le……His personality was a bit cold, but he treated people pretty good. Sometimes, he had a very venomous mouth, and could choke people to death. Your family’s Wardcaster has a temperament that’s quite like him.”
Fang JingXing said: “……Really?”
Du FeiZhou said: “En.”
While they conversed, the members of Old But Vigorous found their way here. As such, Fang JingXing bid farewell politely, returned to the guild to afk, and carefully examined the PK video against the Wardcaster. Then he took off his glasses, logged off, and searched for videos of Chen Hui Lan Le’s competitive matches online. Watching them with equal care, he felt like their playing styles seemed extremely similar.
He sank into silence.
The best method to confirm this matter was to ask Xie ChengYan, but Xie ChengYan was still filming. Yet such a major issue, calling might not be safe. So he needed to wait for Xie ChengYan to come back to bring it up.
Actually, he didn’t even need to wait. Fang JingXing thought to himself.
He reviewed the clues that he already possessed, did his very best to analyze this from an objective and impartial point of view, and really felt like this was not just himself wishful thinking or indulging in wild fantasies. There was a very high possibility that the Wardcaster was Jiang Chen.
Finally, he went online and found Jiang Chen’s photo again. This time, he attempted to look at it a little bit longer. Instantly, his heart rate sped up.
Here’s a joke for you. It didn’t matter what’s going on with the Wardcaster’s situation, he’d be able to accept it calmly.
Here’s another joke for you. He was not a person who cared about looks.
Looking at this senior’s attractive countenance, the League Adonis Fang JingXing felt his face ache.
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Ofc his face would ache, where else can you find a “senior brother” that’s younger and more handsome that him aside from JC ? 😂😂
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Thanks for the update!
Everyone who says they don’t care about looks just haven’t yet seen that one person who suits their aesthetic. Also, the appearance is a reflection of health, so good looks mean good health, just how a good scent means good hygiene. Of course, what is perceived as good depends on the individual.
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Hahaha! Fang Jingxing’s face must hurt!
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