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Join the Server“The so-called strong are those who use their boundless ambition to seize limited resources. Whether by luck or by scheme, the most greedy and ruthless ones—those who eat the meat and leave no soup for others—are the strongest. People worship them, praise them, and beg from them. In reality, they are just true villains who have pushed selfishness to its extreme—like me, or like our Sword Sweeping the World.”
Jiangu stood on the cliff edge with his hands behind his back. The wind tousled his long black hair and scattered the faint purple glow emanating from his staff.
Behind him, a young man dressed in Confucian robes bowed his head respectfully. “I don’t understand, but I feel that Master standing on the cliff edge in the cold wind before logging off every time might easily catch a cold…”
“Shangui, you do understand. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be in your current position.” Jiangu spoke calmly, but his words carried weight.
Shangui’s eyes flickered. He didn’t answer directly. “Master, is there any major matter you need to instruct before logging off?”
The maximum daily online time in Quest was 12 hours—to be precise, 12 hours and 30 minutes. For the other 11 hours and 30 minutes, the game naturally wouldn’t shut down; another batch of players would dominate the continent.
The players of Sword Sweeping the World were also divided into two groups. One group played at night—like Jiangu—accounting for 70% of the guild. The other group played during the day—like Shangui—accounting for 30%.
When Guild Leader Jiangu was away, the guild could not be without a head. Shangui would take over as acting leader, handling the guild’s affairs and ensuring that Sword Sweeping the World continued to develop steadily in the direction Jiangu had set, even during his offline hours.
“The most important thing is to keep an eye on the movements of the major guilds and always ensure that our game intelligence stays at the forefront. Whether it’s the opening of a new dungeon or the discovery of a world boss, we must be the first to know the details. Better we don’t get it than let others get it! The second most important thing is to organize an elite team to use that item to explore the Spider Nest on Hell difficulty. The Simple difficulty rewards are already generous, and the Hard difficulty rewards are double that… The Hell difficulty rewards are beyond imagination. So, the Hell difficulty absolutely cannot be handed to others!”
“I understand… By the way, Master, how is the progress on the Spider Nest on Hard difficulty? What stage are we at now?” Shangui asked.
“We’ve figured out the strategy for the 4th boss. As long as no one clears it while I’m offline, we can secure the first kill when Team 1 logs in… But since the major guilds are all checking each other, the elite teams have the same online times. So there’s no need to worry about someone sneaking the first kill.”
“As expected of Master.”
“There’s also a small matter, not really important.” Jiangu turned around, speaking as if casually. “There’s a little ant guild called [Gunfire Rose]. If you can stomp them out, do it…”
No one could touch Sword Sweeping the World, for any reason! This unreasonable rule was exactly what made Sword Sweeping the World stand tall until now.
“Kill them all, except for a woman named Oleander.”
After saying that, Jiangu didn’t even look at Shangui. He pulled up the system interface himself. “I’m logging off. The rest is your world.”
Watching Jiangu’s figure fade and dissolve into the air, Shangui’s gaze turned cold.
‘Could this guy have sensed something…’
‘But even if he did, what can he do to me?’
As Jiangu logged off, a large number of members in the Sword Sweeping the World guild list instantly went dark. They were players who were online during the night and had to start their normal work and life in the morning.
“Elite Team 2, move out! Begin assault on the Spider Nest on Hell difficulty! Full force attack! According to reliable information, Hell difficulty drops at least one piece of purple equipment… If we can clear Hell difficulty, why leave it for Team 1? After we clear this Spider Nest, we become Team 1!”
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The third boss of Simple difficulty was named Selni. The 850,000 gold coin we looted earlier was called Selni’s Soul Stone—it must have belonged to this guy.
The poor green crystal was smashed again, awakening the third boss, Selni.
[Selni was once a researcher of the Nine Hua Alliance. While investigating the demon beast ecosystem in the demon realm, he was accidentally devoured by the parasitic wasp X-7000’s mother, X-6000.]
[Later, his body was replaced by goblin machinery, becoming a puppet controlled by goblins. Rumors say that finding Selni’s soul can grant him rebirth and open a gate to the Hell dimension for adventurers.]
[Selni Level: 38 HP: 3,000,000 Attribute: Fire]
A big one with three million HP… But this time, the team was missing a troublemaking traitor. Though our DPS was a bit lower, it should be a more stable run.
Selni was a boss that often laid mines causing huge explosions. The explosion damage was high, but as long as you dodged, it was manageable…
Overall, Selni wasn’t hard to beat. Its difficulty was similar to the first two bosses, but it had three times their HP, so it required more time to DPS.
After all, the Spider Nest was Quest’s first beginner dungeon. It wouldn’t be designed too complicated or difficult. No matter how you looked at it, these monsters weren’t too strong—just right, with a difficulty that even clumsy players could slowly overcome.
But as the final boss of the Spider Nest, though its battle complexity wasn’t much different from the first two, its three times higher HP was still a headache.
More HP meant longer battles, and longer battles meant more fatigue. Fatigue led to mistakes. The endless consecutive fights had already exhausted Yingning and the other two, causing occasional slip-ups. But luckily, my healing output was off the charts, so I could offset the consequences of those mistakes.
In short, Cannon Fairy and Qingyu were too low-level and poorly equipped. Throughout the battle, only Yingning could deal sufficient damage, so it took us an entire hour to whittle this one down.
After an hour, Yingning and the other two were lying on the ground, exhausted.
“Ya-Shen, go loot it! Your luck is really red hot! Hoo… come on! If you can pull another 850,000, I’ll marry you!” Cannon Fairy urged, panting.
“No need for marriage. Just take good care of Beibei for me.”
I chuckled and walked toward the chest. Upon hearing my words, Cannon Fairy looked at Yingning with envy.
“Beibei, what lucky dog shit did you step in to meet such a pro big sister… Waaah, I’m so jealous, so unbalanced! I need Ya-Shen’s hug to comfort me before I get up!”
Yingning looked disdainfully at the two mounds of filth on Cannon Fairy’s chest. “Hug my head! Aren’t you afraid of suffocating Ya to death?”
“Stinky girl, you’re just jealous!”
“Yeah, I am!” Yingning said matter-of-factly.
Yingning wasn’t exactly flat, but compared to Cannon Fairy, she was a bit lacking… Cannon Fairy had the standard mature big sister figure.
I knew Yingning and the others were approaching their logout time, so I didn’t delay and went directly to loot the chest.
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