Chapter 23

The beauty that the rumors spoke of is the president of the Summer Palace guild, with the ID "Cherry Blossom Rain," who is also a very famous beauty guild president.

The Summer Palace guild, not too old or too young, has been around for six years now. It mainly recruits female members but also accepts male players. Many male players dream of entering the Summer Palace to enjoy the feeling of being the only green in a sea of flowers. However, the requirements for female members are not strict; almost any girl can join. But for males, the requirements are extremely strict. Unless you are a top player on the China region leaderboard, you will have to wait for a long time for approval.

Cherry Blossom Rain contacting Yang Ye was quite unexpected. If she needed help, she could have asked other guilds to step in. The Summer Palace is a neutral guild and rarely participates in conflicts. After all, they are all girls, and their PvP skills are not strong. But in terms of relationships, except for SVNT-GC (SeVenNighT Gaming Club), other guilds wouldn't mind helping them, right?

Yang Ye was puzzled and about to add her as a friend when she sent a message first.

[System: Player Cherry Blossom Rain hopes to add you as a friend, additional message: introduced by Fei Yu]

Accepted.

As soon as he accepted, a message came through—

"Great God Promise, hello."

"Ah... President Cherry Blossom, calling me that is too much, just call me Promise."

"Alright, I'll just call you Promise, and you don't have to call me President, just call me Cherry. Well, I'll get straight to the point."

"Go ahead."

"Here's the thing, our guild plans to take down a level 25 outdoor boss, but we've tried many times and can't do it. The main tank can't hold up. I heard from Fei Yu that your skills are very impressive, and you might have a chance to take it down."

"I see, but I still need to level up..."

"Leveling up can wait. Our reward is very good."

"What reward? Tell me, maybe I'll be interested."

"First, if we succeed, 300 gold as a reward, and you get to choose one piece of equipment first. Second, our guild is full of pretty girls. If you can help us, you can imagine how many cute girls will like you. How about that, isn't it a great deal?"

300 gold to kill an outdoor boss, to be honest, the reward is quite low. The gold dropped by the boss alone is probably more than that. Choosing one piece of equipment first is a bit better, who knows what the boss might drop. If it's something amazing, it would be a good deal.

"Alright, I'll do it, but you'll have to wait. I need to level up to 20 first."

"Okay, hurry up."

He closed the message and continued grinding with Lilina. He was now level 18, 90% complete, and would soon reach level 19. From 19 to 20 should take about two hours, and Lilina was also level 18.

...

Two hours later, with a golden glow, Yang Ye reached level 20, and Lilina was level 19.

Equipping a few level 20 items, Yang Ye's stats changed—

Player: Battle of Promise

Level: 20 01%

Class: Warrior

HP: 1843/1843

MP: 784/784

Physical Attack: 589~594

Magic Attack: 120~125

Physical Defense: 1130

Magic Defense: 912

Strength: 639

Intelligence: 132

Stamina: 286

Spirit: 60

Movement Speed: 209

Skills: Gravity Strike Level 1 (The warrior strikes with his large sword, causing massive damage. There is a 3% chance to cause a crippling strike, reducing the target's movement speed by 30%. Valiant Guard: Reduces damage from skills by 10%, forces the target to hate you for 2 seconds, 1-minute cooldown. Charge: Locks onto a target and charges at them from a medium to long distance, causing a strong collision that stuns the target for 3 seconds.)

Great! The overall stats are quite high, but this high is only due to the equipment. When everyone has similar equipment, the stats will even out. He must do some stat-boosting quests.

After setting everything up, he sent a message to Cherry Blossom Rain—

"Cherry, I'm ready, how about you?"

After a while, he received a reply—

"OK, come over, coordinates 75546:58745:65"

Setting the coordinates as a target, Yang Ye and Lilina headed towards the location.

...

The Ruins of the Stone Giants.

The level 25 Stone Giant Ruins, where level 25 Stone Giants spawn, offering rich experience, attracting many players to grind here. More importantly, there is a level 25 outdoor boss here—Ancient Stone Giant Sostak.

When Yang Ye arrived, Sostak was surrounded by many people, mostly female players, clearly members of the Summer Palace.

He sent a message to Cherry Blossom Rain, giving her his coordinates and informing her he had arrived, then stood there waiting.

Soon, a tall and beautiful woman led a group of girls and a few male players over, including Fei Yu.

Fei Yu quickly left the group, walked between Yang Ye and Cherry Blossom Rain, first introducing Cherry Blossom Rain and the people around her to Yang Ye, then introducing Yang Ye to Cherry Blossom Rain.

While Fei Yu was introducing Cherry Blossom Rain, Yang Ye also carefully observed her. She was tall, with a beautiful face, long hair reaching her waist, exuding a queen-like aura. She wore light purple leather armor and held a black dagger.

After the introductions, they were acquainted.

"President Cherry Blossom Rain, let's go. Tell me about the boss first."

"Sure, let's go. We've tried three times and failed. First, it..."

Cherry Blossom Rain explained the boss's situation while leading Yang Ye to the boss area.

Ancient Stone Giant Sostak, a level 25 gold-level outdoor boss, with over ten million HP, has large AOE and one-shot skills, making it very difficult to handle.

When Yang Ye reached the boss, he circled around it, pretending to observe, but actually using his miner's hat to check the boss's stats—

Ancient Stone Giant Sostak (Level 25 Gold Boss)

HP: 18,950,000/18,950,000

MP: 1,120,000/1,120,000

Physical Attack: 422~427

Magic Attack: 474~479

Physical Defense: 549

Magic Defense: 490

...

Skills: Earthquake: The earth shakes because of me! Sostak strikes the ground with both hands, causing a large area of shaking, stunning for 5 seconds and dealing 200 fixed damage. Mores' Hammer: Look at my hands, this is a hammer! Sostak uses his fists like a heavy hammer, attacking a target with great force, causing massive damage, a strong knockback effect, and a severe injury effect. Rock Pillar: The rocks are at my command! Sostak summons rocks buried underground, violently piercing the ground, causing a range attack and a knockback effect. Rock Whirl: Spin, spin... Sostak releases several rock whirls, causing continuous damage and slowing. Sostak Core Explosion: Sostak refuses to yield! When Sostak is near death, he will explode his core, causing a large area of 1500 fixed damage. (Drops: Azure Cold Jade Bow (Level 25 Gold Longbow), Honorable Leather Armor (Level 25 Gold Chest), Bone Shadow Dagger (Level 25 Silver Dagger), Dark Demon Slayer (Level 25 Gold Boots), Sostak's Core (Level 25 Spirit Necklace)...)

Seeing the last item, Yang Ye's eyes widened—Spirit equipment! Another piece of spirit equipment! Having already obtained one piece of spirit equipment, Yang Ye, who had experienced its powerful stats, naturally couldn't forget about it. If another piece of spirit equipment was right in front of him, how could he not be excited?

With a calm expression, he returned to Cherry Blossom Rain and said, "President Cherry Blossom Rain, the conditions you mentioned earlier, I get to choose one piece of equipment first, right?"

Cherry Blossom Rain was taken aback and said, "Yes, it hasn't changed."

"Good, let's start. I'll command, do you have any objections?" Yang Ye asked, not trusting others to command. Avoiding skills in advance would make it easier to fight the boss, and no other commander would be as good at "predicting" as he was.

Before Cherry Blossom Rain could answer, a male warrior standing next to her spoke up, "You command? Can you even command? Have you ever led a hundred-person team?" His tone was very disrespectful. Yang Ye knew him, the chief MT of the Summer Palace. The reason they couldn't take down the outdoor boss was that his equipment wasn't good enough. In terms of dodging skills, few could match Yang Ye, which was why he could lead people through various dungeons, completely avoiding skills.

Yang Ye gave him a faint look. Being replaced as the chief MT by an outsider was indeed hard to accept, but saying it out loud was too petty. Yang Ye smiled faintly and said, "You're so capable, why don't you do it?"

Nightfall was speechless. He was just the guild's top MT; commanding was not his job, especially with the president right there. He couldn't say more and turned his face away with a huff.

Cherry Blossom Rain looked at the two of them and said, "You can command, but the first kill must be credited to our guild."

"Of course, no problem." Yang Ye didn't care about the first kill credit; he was more interested in the equipment.

Cherry Blossom Rain added Yang Ye to the team, and the ID "Battle of Promise" immediately livened up the team—

[Team] Nine-Colored Fox: Hey, look, it's Great God Promise, is he here to help us?

[Team] Fragile Glass: Great God Promise, please team up with me!!

[Team] Windflower: Damn, Glass, where's your dignity?

...

Indeed, they were all girls. Yang Ye rubbed his nose, feeling a bit uncomfortable with so many girls.

Cherry Blossom Rain turned on the team voice chat, gave Yang Ye speaking permissions, and said, "Cough, everyone, this is the external support I invited, Battle of Promise. You should know him. He will command, so everyone must listen to him! Promise, it's yours."

Yang Ye went on the mic.

"Cough, everyone, I'm Promise. To be honest, I've never commanded so many people before, but I'll do my best. When we start, pay attention to my commands, or it will be very difficult."

Yang Ye pulled down the map, pushed it forward, and it appeared in front of all team members. He pointed to the map and said, "Here, this is the boss. I've divided the area around the boss into 10 sections, with 50 people in each, numbered 1 to 10. When the time comes, follow my commands to move. You must listen! The boss has AOE skills, and you must be in fixed positions to avoid damage. This division makes it easier to manage. That's all. Some skills you've seen more than I have, so if I dodge and you don't, don't blame me for not giving your president face."

Yang Ye finished speaking, scanned the room, and paused for a second on Nightfall's face before quickly shifting his gaze back to the boss. He shouted,

"Take your positions!"

"Start the fight!!"