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Join the ServerThis day was the most tense for all the major guilds since the launch of Pursuit—even the first day hadn’t been this stressful.
Unbeknownst to many, this day had become the first official competition since the game’s release. The outcome would even affect the future power structure of the Ader continent!
Pursuit dominated the human spiritual world. In a sense, those who could dominate Pursuit could dominate the spiritual world!
No ambitious person would give up such an opportunity.
Bets were already being placed on the forums, wagering on who would claim final victory.
All ten of the server’s top guilds were listed. Sword Sweeping the World held the top spot, with the most bets placed on their ability to clear the Hell-difficulty Spider Nest.
At the bottom was Zhaoge, because their president, An Mo, had personally gone to the forums to cheerfully announce that Zhaoge would not participate in this competition, lest they lose too much.
While returning from the auction house, I opened the forums and eagerly read the various analyses of the upcoming battle.
Sword Sweeping the World had the highest win rate, thanks to their strongest dungeon-clear capabilities—they had even claimed the first Normal-difficulty clear of the Spider Nest.
Ten Thousand Souls Hall followed closely, as their president, Dong Jun, possessed the hidden class [Shadow Priest]. The Shadow Priest could debuff the boss, reducing its defense and resistance. Their damage output was respectable, and their team composition was well-suited for high-end boss battles.
I had initially browsed the forums hoping to find a strategy guide for the Spider Nest, but for most players, the nest was an impassable chasm. Even guides for Normal difficulty were impossible to find, circulating only within elite circles.
Helpless, I closed the forums and rushed back into the Spider Nest, armed with a set of newly purchased lightning-element gear. The equipment was all low-quality but priced exorbitantly. I guessed that the good gear had already been swept up by the major guilds, leaving only these scraps for others.
I stayed alert and searched a bit more. Coincidentally, ice-element gear was in the same situation. Suspecting that later bosses in the Spider Nest might also require ice skills to deal damage, I prepared another set of ice-element gear.
Upon re-entering the Spider Nest, this run went smoothly. Earlier, I had wasted much time not realizing that elemental affinities were the key to victory. Once I understood that lightning could damage the Spider Queen’s Water Elemental Clone and even double the damage, the fight became simple. I dispatched it in no time.
After defeating the Water Elemental Clone, I collapsed breathlessly in front of the treasure chest and checked the time.
Three hours left.
In three hours, the elite teams from the major guilds would come online. After a day of strategizing, clearing the final boss on Hard difficulty would be as easy as reaching into their pockets.
One step behind, every step behind—this would be a chain collapse like an avalanche.
I opened the chest. Three pieces of gear: two half-purple and one blue. The two half-purple items were a plate armor with decent stats for Yingning and an accessory that increased backstab damage for Qingyu. The blue item had mediocre stats, unsuitable for the upcoming high-difficulty battles, so I could only sell it.
I consumed the entire boss’s experience again and leveled up to 39.
Pressed for time, I didn’t even restore my fatigue. I only healed my HP and mana before diving into the next fight.
The third boss was called the Spider Queen’s Vine Clone.
[Spider Queen’s Vine Clone | Attributes: Grass & Poison | HP: 7,000,000 | Level: 44]
Soloing bosses was exhausting, I tell you. These bastards had millions of HP. Even if they stood still and let me hit them, it would take an hour and a half. Worse, they never cooperated, trying every trick to kill me.
Staring at the tall female form composed of emerald-green vines, I charged forward with my weary body.
The first attempt was just a probe—there was no way I’d clear it in one go.
Without wasting time, I rushed into range, formed the hand sign for Fine Snow, and sprayed a crystalline snow wind from my palm.
The snow wind flew at a moderate pace, seeming light and airy. When it struck the boss, it instantly wrapped around the vine tendrils, freezing them into ice chunks that eventually shattered.
[-4,000]
Just as I thought! This boss was weak to ice! Likely, like the other clone, other elemental attacks would be ineffective.
The boss let out an angry roar and swung its vines to entangle me.
If I got caught, some hentai plot might unfold. To protect the masses’ innocence, a sense of mission welled in my heart, and I resolutely dodged!
But I hadn’t expected the boss to attack from underground. As I was about to evade its next round of entanglement, a cold, slippery sensation suddenly wrapped around my ankle, immediately binding me in place.
A torrent of vines entangled me tightly. The next second, countless hard thorns sprouted from the vines, cutting into my flesh with a sharp sting. My HP began to plummet.
“Reset boss!”
In desperation, I reset the boss and restarted the fight.
It seemed that to beat this boss, I had to watch out for the vines that suddenly shot out from the ground. Otherwise, I’d have to eat the entire entrapment combo, which dealt massive damage with a deadly poison—enough to one-shot me!
This time, I jumped away in advance, dodged the boss’s full combo, and took the opportunity to damage it.
Fortunately, I had chosen to solo. If I had brought a team and Yingning had taunted to pull aggro, getting targeted… the consequences would have been disastrous.
This was terrible!
What followed was a race against time. Every time I checked the clock, I lamented how quickly time passed—it was impossible to achieve the progress I wanted.
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Time crawled like a tortoise! Yingning thought impatiently.
Six o’clock! Why isn’t it six o’clock yet!
Xiaoya, Xiaoya, where are you now? What are you doing?
Idiot! Fool! You better not be in trouble!
Because she had logged in and out a few minutes earlier than her usual schedule, she hadn’t logged off exactly at 6:30 AM. At around 5:50 PM, the indicator light on Yingning’s game pod turned green.
She rushed into the game impatiently, immediately opening the pet interface to check my status.
Nine-Tailed Fox, Level 40: Alive
Letting out a long, relieved sigh, Yingning felt as if she had narrowly escaped a life-and-death crisis.
[Friend Cannon Fairy entered the game.]
[Friend Qingyu entered the game.]
White light flashed, and figures appeared one by one at the entrance of the Spider Nest.
Jiangu and Dong Jun were among them.
“Let’s go! We’re aiming for the first kill!”
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