10 - Han Bing Xue Field (5)

Translated by rabbitrisu

They were all as dumb as wooden chickens. 1

Xiao Ran sped up his output at will.

The actual boss who Xiao Ran was fighting against only had 2% of his blood volume left. Xiao Ran realized when it landed next to him. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have transformed his weapon to its sharp spear form so intently. His output peaked sharply, bursting out in waves.

That’s right. Xiao Ran knew from the start which one was real and which was the clone—as soon as it got close, it clearly read [Xue Qiu Elite Real Body Level 39] with its blood volume marked beside it. It would be difficult for Xiao Ran not to have known. Of course, the words ‘Real Body’ and the boss’s blood volume were invisible to the players. Such a thing only happened because Xiao Ran loaded the instance data when he entered it.

Xiao Ran blatantly showed off his sequence of operations, slashing the Xue Qiu Elite with his spear, leaving ten silver coins and a flashing purple piece of equipment on the ground. At the same time, the clone that was attached to Gaosu Gonglu also disappeared in the snow.

Xiao Ran cruelly took down the remaining blood of the Elite, but no one had any reaction in their hearts. In the face of that scene that violated the rules of the game just now, how could single-handedly taking down the boss compare?

Even if that brother was an alien, I definitely believe now, ah QAQ!

“This broken game won’t stop…” Naozhong Ni Bie Nao swallowed and said. If it weren’t for his having watched Xiao Ma-ge walk all the way there, he may have lifted his sinful little hand and clicked to report him.

“Yeah. I didn’t want to adjust the defense of all the mobs to 0, but I also struggled to fight. I was a fool.” Xiao Ran could neither laugh nor cry. Although Naozhong was right to a certain extent, he was the one who had actually performed that operation.

As a game AI, although Xiao Ran used his Ultra Brain to do things that players couldn’t, it was very limited. Operations, upgrades, killing mobs… all of those were things he still had to do.

To put it simply, compared with the sci-fi movie Ais that could invade systems, modify game data, and even control the internet… the omnipotent, inorganic, super-powerful AI Xiao Ran was more similar to some human geniuses that had hyper-developed brains.

“This weapon… It couldn’t be the legendary Yanjia Brush series, ba?” Xigua Jingling was more familiar with amongst the rest of them. After a couple more glances, they could distinguish some clues.

“Yeah.” Xiao Ran wasn’t surprised. Xigua Jingling was a Shen Bi player from a top-ranked guild. He was well-informed. It was reasonable for him to be able to recognize a Yan Brush.

“Fuck? You can really get this level of equipment?” Xigua Jingling was shocked.

Xigua’s words aroused the others’ curiosity.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “What’s the background of this brush, ah?”

XIgua explained that Shenzhou’s mainland had a long, expansive history. The most important aspect was that there was no shortage of amazing talents. They not only impressed their eras, but left behind legends that have been passed down to later generations. More importantly, those legends were often accompanied by the creation of some god-tier equipment and weapons. Players would need to complete some extremely difficult legendary missions to get them. The Yanjia Brush series was among them.

At Xigua’s request, Xiao Ran shared his weapon information.

[Weapon: Yan Brush

Level Requirement: 20

Quality: Orange Weapon

Spell Damage: (Brush End) 231-238

Physical Damage: (Brush Tip) 457-476

Attack Speed: 6

Attributes: +10 will, +10 strength, +20 intelligence, +7 crit, +10% max. mana, +5% physical damage, brush tip causes 6% bleeding effect, bonus to cloth-wearing career damage.

(Skill) Critical Strike: When the target’s HP is <2%, the tip of the brush pierces their vital organs. 5% chance of the target dying instantly.

(Skill) Floating Flower: After the spell is cast, the target is tossed into the air, temporarily losing its mobility.

(Skill) Forward Stab: Pierce the tip of the brush into the body. Bonus to backstabbing.

(Skill) Bone Cutting: The tip of the brush pierces the body. The wound is pulled apart in a certain direction, yielding a 5-second bleeding effect.

(Skill) Block: Block front and side attacks.

Career Limitation: Shen Bi (Chinese Server), Painter (European Server)

Equipment Description: The masterpiece of the famous Yanjia Master Song Kang. He was entrusted by his fellow class siblings to change the weak image of those interested in arts and literature in the eyes of the world, so he specially designed a series of Yanjia brushed that were capable of being used for both long-distance and melee combat. This brush is a first-generation piece. Ma Ma 2 no longer has to worry about being in melee combat anymore.]

“Song Kang, the God of Yanjia! No wonder this is so sharp!” They all looked at Xiao Ran’s Level 20 weapon, then looked at their own Level 40 weapons—

Their hearts were completely broken, old iron……

“It’s a shame. This Yanjia brush is only Level 20. “If you’re able to get Cang Feng, that would be really cool!” Xigua Jingling smacked his lips. The ultimate form of Song Kang’s Yanjia brush series—Cang Feng 3 , was an absolute golden weapon! Players regularly called it a legendary weapon; a divine weapon!

“Where is such a good divine weapon.” Xiao Ran waved his hand and smiled. He did actually know some things about the divine weapon Cang Feng, but that knowledge was related to another of his very rare missions and he didn’t want to expose it.

Xigua Jingling, of course, just casually said that if golden weapons were so easy to find, they wouldn’t be raised on a pedestal by the players.

It’s important to know that every golden weapon had its own legend. Their accompanying legendary missions were also very difficult, like Shenyuan Zhi Huo in the hands of Fengdu’s master, Yiye Feihua, the Wuji Jiulong Sword 4 belonging to Jun Heqiu, the guild master of the number one superguild in Shenzhou, the number one Dragon Knight’s 5 Ao Si Shendun 6 that Zhan Kuangsha won in the last world-wide battle for dominance…… Each golden weapon had a rich, colorful history, and everyone who was able to get their hands on one were all Great Gods on the leaderboards!

The official professional league even clearly stipulated that teams were not allowed to use golden equipment in their games! Golden weapons in particular, once discovered, would lead to the player’s suspension for the entire season! It was clear that they were very powerful.

Knowing that, they never actually thought that Xiao Ran could have gotten a divine weapon on his own.

But Xiao Ran’s performance was truly very stunning.

If the almost divine skill One Thousand Troops and Horses was considered fortune, then this melee skillset could be described as demonic!

Unlike ordinary players such as Naozhong, Xigua Jingling was a serious elite player from a superguild. He, as the one who was in charge of player recruitment, knew how amazing Xiao Ran’s performance just now was. Even when compared to their own teams of professional players, Xiao Ran’s consciousness and reaction speed didn’t lose out at all!

The boss of HR naturally moved on to different thoughts.

He contemplated for a while before saying: “Speaking of which, Xiao Ma-ge, you’re so great. Why haven’t you joined a guild before now?”

Even Xigua subconsciously used the three words ‘Xiao Ma-ge’ to address Xiao Ran now. The image of Xiao Ran’s Shen Bi was so deeply entrenched within their hearts that Xigua, who was also a Shen Bi, sometimes forgot that he and the others were professionals.

Xiao Ran saw through his careful probing thoughts at a glance, then shrugged his shoulders and said: “Games are used for relaxation. In reality, I’m afraid of being restrained by school, so I don’t want to join any guilds and burden myself.”

If he said that, it would be out of their reach.

Xigua Jingling was somewhat frustrated, but he quickly regained his vigor. He was just part of HR. It was normal for a master of Xiao Ran’s level to say no, but what about to his own boss? The bosses must have a way!

He took advantage of the time period when everyone was finishing their post-boss battle repairs and hurriedly spoke to the captain of his professional team.

[The other party is in an arena and cannot connect. Please wait……]

Xigua Jingling wanted to voice chat with Yihai Yuntian, the guild master of the Juyi Court guild.

Yihai Yuntian was a 30 year old, stable, mature Dragon Knight player. As soon as he spoke, his impatience was obvious in his voice.

“Xigua, it’s time to work right now. What are you doing?” The voice was accompanied by the sound of some spell impacts. Yihai Yuntian was leading the first tier of their elite group into the lower Top-Level instance, Huoyun Palace. 7

“Yuntian-laoda! I have something very important to tell you! I ran into a casual player who’s operations are against the heavens today! 8 Shen Bi! Super fierce!”

Although Xigua Jingling wasn’t technically skilled, he truly was unique in terms of observing people. Except for the parts he exaggerated, he had described the operations as ‘against the heavens.’ It seemed that he truly has run into a good seedling.

“Show me a video of his operations.”

“I didn’t record it earlier. We’re currently playing in Han Bing Xue Field, and there’s still the last boss left. I’ll record it and send it to the boss later.”

Han Bing Xue Field? Right, Xigua was already Level 40. If they could play an instance with him, that other party would be at least at that level. A Level 40 casual player whose operations were against the heavens? A Shen Bi nonetheless?

Yihai Yuntian sensed something out of the ordinary, so he said: “Wait, wait. What’s the ID of the Shen Bi player you mentioned?”

Xigua Jingling spoke unguardedly: “Xiao Ran.”

“Xiao Ran? You’re together with that troublemaker?!” Yihai Yuntian’s voice was raised clearly. It sounded like he was shocked.

“Ei? Laoda, you actually know him?”

“Which guild master of these super guilds doesn’t know him… Just don’t do anything with him Xigua. It’s best to stay away from that player. Don’t draw his attention or offend him. Wait until you come back to talk about anything!”

“Ei? Laoda…!”

Yihai Yuntian hung up.

Xigua Jingling raised his eyes and looked toward Xiao Ran’s direction. The young man with a delicate silhouette looked like an elf who had strayed into the mortal realm. There seemed to be some kind sort of hidden depths surging within those quiet eyes.

He knew it wasn’t that simple!

But what did Yuntian-laoda mean? He sounded like he was jealous of him, and… the guild masters of the several super guilds all knew him!

Fuck! What was his background?

Xigua Jingling was in shock. Naozhong Ni Bie Nao called his teammates to gather around at that time, so Xigua Jingling had to suppress the shock within his heart and walk closer to Naozhong Ni Bie Nao.

After they all rested, they would head to the final boss.

The final boss in Han Bing Xue Field was the Level 40 Xue Lang overlord 9 that lived on the edge of the cliff.

In the instance’s story, the little boy’s father wasn’t taken away by some Xuenu at all, but accidentally tripped and fell off the cliff. He was taken by the Xue Lang overlord to prepare as food for the cubs. They only needed to attack the Xue Lang den and clear out the Xue Lang boss and her three little wolf cubs to complete the mission. Although it was a bit burdensome with their team makeup, under normal circumstances, it wasn’t difficult to complete the mission.

Of course, in such an abnormal situation, it was hard to say.

Like right now.

The crowd walked forward along the base of the cliff, hovering near the fork in the road and thinking deeply.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao said: “To touch it or not to touch it?”

Xiao Ran pondered x1: “This is a problem.”

Gaosu Gonglu pondered x2: “What if we find the Xuenu?”

Xigua Jingling pondered x3: “Then we can only be imprisoned by her and become her male pets. Every night will be a spring night, everyone will be exhausted until they die.” 10

Everyone: “……” At such a serious moment, his mind was filled with such horrible thoughts. Are you a real man!

Liang Xia patted her thighs: “Whatever happens, happens. I’m afraid of being turned into an egg. How can we be worthy of Xiao Ma-ge’s pills if we don’t try this because of a Xuenu!”

After she finished speaking, she rushed to the small fork in the road ahead of them, with a tragic, majestic aura of a strong person who will never return.

The girl said so, so of course the others shouldn’t be hesitant. With the shameful idea of ‘encountering a hidden instance, they wouldn’t be so unlucky,’ they embarked along the small side road with her.

Ding.

System: Triggered the Hidden Instance—Xuenu Cave.

Everyone: “……”

As all travelers say, no matter what, the most feared words were ‘whatever happens, happens.’ QAQ

Footnotes

they were stupefied/dumbfounded Nickname like Xiao Ma, not mother. Cang Feng is a calligraphy term meaning when you hide the tip of the brush/pen at the start and end of your writing promise/infinite nine dragon sword. Assuming it’s for Infinite swordsman (wuji) careers changing from dragon power knight to dragon knight because honestly, it sounded cringe and this is better. Aegis of Oz romanized maybe but also not doing that Fire Cloud Palace beyond what’s normal Snow Wolf. Sometimes I want to TL these instead of pinyin, but I feel weird mixing between them ☹ oh well. spring is a metaphor for sex.