Chapter 85

(At first glance, he had harvested five mooncakes, and he was so happy, super happy! Thank you to those who gave me mooncakes! Very, very grateful!!!! Although I don't know what the mooncakes are for, look at the four exclamation marks I used; this is deep love...) For Yang Ye at the moment, equipment and attributes were not important; what was important was to quickly accumulate enough military merit points and then buy a shop as quickly as possible.

And how could he quickly accumulate military merit points?

Generally speaking, the speed of military merit point accumulation was closely related to the mode entered. While the Capture Point and Massacre modes could add points quickly in one go, they took a relatively long time. Moreover, if a player was killed within the first ten minutes of the Massacre mode, they would be directly teleported out. Although they could do other things, they couldn't enter the battlefield mode for ten minutes and wouldn't gain anything. It was known that as long as a player stayed in the Massacre mode and took action, their military merit points would automatically increase by half at regular intervals, and death wouldn't cause a loss of military merit points. Therefore, some players had suggested on the forum that when the Massacre mode started, both sides of players should wait quietly for ten minutes before beginning, to avoid being directly teleported out. This suggestion was agreed upon by the majority of players and was one of the reasons Yang Ye didn't want to go.

He had no time to wait.

As for the Capture Point mode, although death wouldn't result in being teleported out, a single Capture Point match would take much longer than the other two modes, and the corresponding military merit points would be slightly higher. However, for Yang Ye's needs, it was still too little, and it was difficult to get kills in the Capture Point mode. The military merit points gained from assists were too few.

After much consideration, Yang Ye chose the Ranked King's Battle, which was a bit more advanced than the regular King's Battle.

The Ranked King's Battle was a match where players who had earned points in the regular King's Battle of their level segment competed. The overall strength was naturally much higher than in the regular King's Battle, and in the Ranked King's Battle, the focus was on the player's military merit points rather than their level. The match Yang Ye had just played was a regular King's Battle. Any player who had never entered a King's Battle before would start with the regular King's Battle. After the second match, they could choose to continue with the regular King's Battle or the Ranked King's Battle based on their military merit points.

The rewards from the Ranked King's Battle were much better.

Deciding on this, Yang Ye directly spoke to General Hu Ke. The taciturn general had no interesting dialogue, and Yang Ye directly chose to enter the Ranked King's Battle.

[System: The battlefield is ready. The charge has sounded. Advance toward your honor!]

[System: You have entered the Etrara Bridge area. This place is full of danger. Please be careful and good luck!]

[System: The Ranked King's Battle mode has started. In the next hour, try to kill as many enemies as possible. You will respawn in a random area 3 seconds after death.]

Yang Ye didn't pay much attention to the familiar system prompts.

Looking up, he saw a low forest with wild bees flying around, insects chirping, and birds singing. The underbrush was thick, and small animals occasionally scurried through. Although the trees were low, they were exceptionally dense, and the sky above was dark, with little sunlight filtering through. Not far ahead was the edge of the forest, with hills of various sizes. Further ahead was a wide road. Yang Ye turned his head and saw that one end connected to the distant forest, while the other end led to a large stone bridge. The bridge was old, with obvious signs of rain erosion and moss covering it. This must be the Etrara Bridge.

The Etrara Bridge spanned a turbulent river, with swift currents that made a dull sound as they hit the bridge piers. The river water was murky, with a high content of silt. The other side of the Etrara Bridge was similar to Yang Ye's side.

With Lilina, Yang Ye quietly crouched in a place and had already spotted his first target, a cautious mage, an Ice Mage.

An Ice Mage could be easy to deal with or difficult, but with two people, how could it be difficult?

Patting Lilina's head, Yang Ye, with his dark Xuan Yang Zhi Xie, quietly approached...

Two minutes later, Yang Ye patted his hands, pinched Lilina's cheek, found a virtual line, and charged out at full speed...

In half an hour, Yang Ye's points soared by 151, meaning he had killed 171 people in half an hour, which was indeed much faster. This time, he was too lazy to drag things out, and when he encountered someone, he would call Lilina to intercept them, then charge in and kill them with her.

After killing another person, his points increased by one more. Yang Ye was now in second place, just three points behind the first. He chuckled and said, "Hey, Lilina, this time big brother is going to take first place!"

"Yay, big brother takes first place, big brother is the best!" How silly, Lilina had killed just as many people as Yang Ye, if not more. Yang Ye was just the executioner.

Putting away his playful mood, Yang Ye found a target and continued his hunting.

Qinghua Zangxue, the ninja who had won first place in the previous match, had also chosen the Ranked King's Battle and was coincidentally paired with Yang Ye. However, they had never met, so there was no talk of "fate."

Qinghua Zangxue's first place was due to both luck and personal skill. As a top player on the Chinese server's leaderboard, he naturally had exceptional skills. Even though the ninja class was considered difficult to play, in his hands, it was sharp and effective.

Pulling up the kill leaderboard, Qinghua Zangxue frowned slightly at the second place name and kill count, then relaxed and smiled, saying, "Promise of Battle, I've heard a lot about you. I really want to meet you." Then he turned to a person in silver armor with a cold demeanor beside him and said, "Shuidao, don't you think so?"

Shuidao, the name of the person in silver armor with a cold demeanor, was not a person...

As the virtual line drew closer, Yang Ye became increasingly excited. First place was very attractive.

"Rustle..."

Emerging from the underbrush, Yang Ye spat and cursed, "Damn, was it necessary to make it so realistic? This damn thorn bush is almost draining my health!" But his health was recovering faster than it was being drained.

A sound came from behind Qinghua Zangxue, who was surprised but still turned around slowly. When he turned, he heard a man cursing, and a cute little girl was helping him remove leaves from his body.

Qinghua Zangxue found it amusing. Were they here to play the Ranked King's Battle? Or were they playing in the bushes and he had just interrupted them?

But since they had come to him, they would die.

Qinghua Zangxue waved his hand, and Shuidao nodded slightly. They paused for a moment, then suddenly accelerated, charging at Yang Ye with incredible speed!

Seeing a male warrior and a cute little girl, Qinghua Zangxue might not have thought much of it, as such combinations were common. But if this combination showed no fear when encountering others, Qinghua Zangxue, even if he were foolish, would know who it was.

The top solo player in the Chinese server—Promise of Battle!

And his abnormal follower: Wandering Girl—Lilina!

Qinghua Zangxue could see Yang Ye's fierce attack. He found it interesting to fight this top-ranked player.

And Lilina also seemed eager to fight Qinghua Zangxue's follower, judging by her serious expression.

Qinghua Zangxue's follower, Shuidao, was a Berserker follower. Together with the unpredictable ninja Qinghua Zangxue, they were quite a formidable combination. Even with a follower, if one couldn't beat Shuidao, it was all for nothing.

"Hey, Qinghua Zangxue, why so aggressive?" Yang Ye laughed, raising his sword and attacking to force Qinghua Zangxue to stop his assault.

Lilina was also fighting Shuidao, with particles flying and frequent collisions, making for a spectacular battle.

"Isn't it because I saw a master? I was so excited that my hand slipped and the attack came out." Qinghua Zangxue laughed, his impression of the person in front of him, who was about his age, improving. He had previously looked down on Yang Ye for killing in Ancient Tree City, considering it a noob behavior, using equipment to bully new players.

But this Promise of Battle was probably not just about equipment.

"Haha, master my ass, just lucky. How about letting me sit in your first place? I've never sat there before." Yang Ye sighed, then thrust his Xuan Yang Zhi Xie at Qinghua Zangxue's face, his intentions clear.

Ducking his head to avoid it, Qinghua Zangxue turned his dagger and stabbed viciously at Yang Ye, aiming for his eyes. The attack was cold, but he smiled. "The first place isn't for just anyone. Even if you sit there, without some skill, you won't stay."

Yang Ye pulled back his sword, turned his body, and swung it at Qinghua Zangxue's neck, laughing. "Right, that's why I'm here to try. How do you know if it's stable or not without trying? Like you, if you don't die once, you might think the first place is made for you."

Sliding his feet to avoid Yang Ye's fierce sword, Qinghua Zangxue retreated a few steps, then kicked off and thrust his dagger at Yang Ye's crotch.

Yang Ye was shocked and quickly dodged. Losing health was one thing, but losing face was a big problem! Was Qinghua Zangxue being too petty?

"Hey, that's not good, playing like that." Yang Ye shouted.

"What's not good? A black cat or a white cat, the one that catches the mouse is a good cat. In a life-or-death situation, any dirty trick that kills the enemy is a good trick." Qinghua Zangxue said seriously, not blushing at all for his previous move.

"Damn, fine! You're tough, so what are you waiting for? Come on!" Yang Ye couldn't resist "teaching" him a lesson. He raised his sword slightly, his face serious, no longer smiling—

This enemy was much tougher than the previous ones.

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