I saw news of Lu Cang on TV again.

The entire world channel was thrown into chaos once again.

"Holy crap?"

"Brother Cang is on TV again! How many times has it been?"

"Damn, I've lost count. All sorts of first kills, plus guild upgrades and stuff, it must be at least ten times, right?"

Does the announcement of "Level 2 launch" count?

"Damn it, what kind of nonsense is that?"

"In just two hours, there were nearly ten announcements... and it seems that the website was offline for almost an hour."

"Damn, this means we have to do it about every 5 minutes on average!"

World announcements are usually only made for major events that affect the entire server; most people don't have many chances to be on the big screen.

Even the largest guilds would fight tooth and nail for a single world announcement.

Every announcement is an opportunity for publicity.

For them, every opportunity to promote their work is equivalent to an opportunity to bring in a large number of new talents.

After all, having 5 A-level talents join the guild is equivalent to a profit of 100 million.

Lu Cang has now made TV so popular that it's making the players incredibly envious.

"The reason for this announcement...is that...triggered a hidden boss?"

"And it's a hidden boss in the Blackwater Cave?"

"Could it be the stone gate in the Blackwater Cave?"

"We've been studying that stone door for two years, but we haven't found any clues to open it. How could Cang Qiong know how to open it?"

"If we can clear the hidden level, the rewards will be so amazing that everyone will be green with envy!"

"Damn, did Cang already figure out how to open the stone gate? Is he going to secretly open it when the new server opens? That's so cheating!"

This is indeed a reasonable speculation.

After all, once you reach a high level in an older server, you can't figure out how to unlock hidden levels in low-level dungeons because you don't know how to use them yourself.

If you ask someone else to collect the reward on your behalf.

How can we guarantee that others won't hoard the rewards, or simply turn their backs on us?

Since a new server is about to open, and I know how to open it, it's safest to create a new account and get the server myself.

"Damn it, I hate it! Why am I not an S-rank talent?! I want to join the Godslayer Guild too!"

"I wonder what Lu Cang will get."

A variety of discussions were taking place in the world chat, while on the other side, the Hidden Origin Guild dispatched a secret team to the south of Maple City.

"Yin Chen, are we really going to send Yin Kong to kill Lu Cang? This will delay our development too much."

[Dim and lifeless] sent a message to Yinchen.

"Yes, kill them."

“Lu Cang is now recognized as a master in the entire Illusionary Realm. If Yin Kong can kill him, the title of the number one master in the Illusionary Realm will also be firmly held by Yin Kong.”

The fact that the Hidden Origin Guild has the number one expert in the Illusionary Realm is indeed an extremely effective form of publicity.

But the dim-eyed man asked worriedly, "Does a sneak attack count?"

"Heh, isn't the way assassins fight to ambush? Do you expect an assassin to fight a fair and square one-on-one?"

"At worst, we can try to brainwash them through public relations."

Since the president has said that, the vice president, who is in a state of utter discontent, has nothing more to say.

Actually, he has always disliked the practice of being secretive, because the things they do are too dirty.

But he was also considering the Hidden Origin Guild, so he had nothing to say about being gloomy. He could only tell Yin Kong beside him, "Did you hear that? If this mission is successful, you will be the number one expert in the Illusionary Realm."

Yin Kong nodded slightly: "Mm."

"However, you'd better not get your hopes up too high. In my opinion, Lu Cang is not someone to be trifled with."

“His brilliance is too overwhelming; I’m worried you won’t be able to outmaneuver him.” The dim-looking man took a sip of wine on the chocobo.

Even the food system in the fantasy world is incredibly realistic; the food and wine taste just like the real thing.

"Tell me what kind of person he is."

Upon hearing the vice president's assessment, Yin Kong couldn't help but ask, "Vice president, what kind of person is Lu Cang, exactly?"

"Him..." The vice president scratched his chin, recalling Lu Cang's performance in the guild over the past year.

"Serious, very serious, never smiles, how to put it... well, he's the kind of person who's very difficult to deal with."

"I reckon the chairman went to great lengths to set him up."

"But young people are still young people after all, and they still got tricked by the president." The dim-looking man put the wine into his backpack.

He then produced a pack of cigarettes from his hand, took one out, put it in his mouth, and lit it: "But it seems that the president didn't gain any advantage either."

Yin Kong watched from the sidelines, somewhat speechless. This vice president really does smoke and drink.

"Vice President, smoking too much will lower your maximum health." Yin Kong kindly reminded him.

The dim-looking man waved his hand dismissively: "Not much will fall."

"In fact, you need to be more careful this time."

"You're level 13 now, right?"

"They're already level 18. If they get killed by the dungeon boss, that's fine; they'll come out with low health."

"But if they come out at full health, you'd better watch out." He stared blankly at the distant dungeon, his eyes unfocused, lost in thought.

This move is a risky one.

"We previously sent out a probe force to intercept them, and we obtained some intelligence."

"Leng Qingying, the second assassin of the Illusionary Realm, has been confirmed to have joined the Godslayer Guild."

"And what's even more terrifying is that Leng Qingying seems to have acquired an S-level talent."

Upon hearing the bleak news, the other guild members who were on the mission together were also unsettled.

The Black Lightning beside the dimly lit figure was somewhat shocked: "Leng Qingying? The one from District One?"

"Oh right, I remember you're a fan of Leng Qingying, right?" An Danwuguang glanced at his companion beside him.

Black Lightning scratched the back of his head somewhat sheepishly: "Haha, Vice President, you still remember me."

"Yes, it's Leng Qingying, who got an S-level talent."

“She’s one of our targets this time. If you can’t bring yourself to do it, you can back out now. Don’t make me kick you later.” The dim-looking man took a drag of his cigarette.

"How could that be? The guild is more important." Black Lightning's mood was somewhat complicated.

I don't know whether to be happy that Leng Qingying got an S-level talent, or to feel despair because of it.

But then I thought, whether I win or lose, it's all worth celebrating, and my mindset instantly improved.

"Hidden Sky, when they come out of the dungeon, kill the squishy ones first."

"Their team has no tanks and no healers."

"That mage named White Deer is the most fragile, and Brave Warrior is probably a newbie who doesn't know how to play."

"After we take care of these two, we'll surround Lu Cang and Leng Qingying and use our numerical advantage to hold them off while you wait for the right moment to finish them off."

"Based on the current intelligence and our plan, and according to calculations by the mathematicians in our guild, we have at least a 90% chance of winning."

"Heh, according to calculations... Yin Kong, don't believe those idiots, Lu Cang is much more difficult to deal with than you think."

Yin Kong nodded after hearing this: "Understood."

Just then, a player who was in charge of reconnaissance sent back some information.

"Two new pieces of equipment have been added to the equipment rankings, now ranked 6th and 7th."

"They are a dagger and a headscarf, respectively, and they belong to Leng Qingying and Yongzhe Wuwei."

Upon hearing this news, his already gloomy face darkened even further.

The odds of winning have dropped a little.

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Blackwater Cave – The Final Cave

"The white deer retreated, retreating to the outside of the cave."

"The brave are fearless, now kill the giant serpent."

"Leng Qingying, cooperate with me!"

Lu Cang's tone finally became more serious, less lazy and casual.

Leng Qingying immediately changed her target and rushed towards Lu Cang.

The brave warrior rolled away, dodging a fiery blast from the boss.

It has to be said.

Although the brave and fearless one is a newbie, his awareness of evasion is quite strong.

The boss failed to hit him twice in a row.

The fourth stage of power, the fifth stage of power: slash!

The fearless warrior immediately finished the unfinished five-stage attack! Then, he immediately followed up with a normal attack!

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Raptors draw their swords! Double draw!

Whew!

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Two swords were drawn and slashed out! The boss's health instantly dropped by 600,000.

Almost instantly, only a thin layer of blood remained.

After being hit by the sword twice in a row, the boss's entire body underwent a drastic change.

"The brave are fearless, step back."

This is precisely the true meaning of the fearlessness of the brave.

Seeing that things were not going well, the best course of action was to slip away first!

If Lu Cang ordered him to keep pushing upwards, he would probably grit his teeth and push a little harder.

But the order was to run, and the fearless warrior only regretted that his Five-Stage Might Slash was on cooldown and he wasn't fast enough.

Normally, if you know the boss will be low on health and you have enough damage, you'll try your best to kill the boss before it gets low on health.

The problem is that this boss automatically locks 10% of its health.

Even if the sword draw damage is enough to kill it instantly, it will be locked at 10% to allow it to enter the second phase.

So, there was nothing we could do but watch it transform.

Boom—

The giant snake's black skin gradually peeled away, revealing its skin underneath, which was as hot and scorching as magma.

On the other end, a long, thin head emanated a chilling aura of frost.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom—

Centered on its wall, dozens of pillars of fire and ice shot into the sky!

It spread throughout the entire cave!

Ding! Ding ding ding ding!

Lu Cang has now fully summoned all five Shadow Assassin clones.

Apart from his own body, every clone that Lu Cang summons uses the template of a fearless warrior.

High damage, stats are amazing, easy to use.

Of course, another reason is that the White Deer is really not very useful in such a narrow area where it is impossible to drop meteorites.

As for Leng Qingying... she doesn't even have a special weapon. Her main body only needs to be able to activate her shadow, so what's the point of using her clone?

The clone cannot summon another clone, even if it copies Leng Qingying's talent.

At this moment, all five clones simultaneously sheathed their swords at their sides.

They also struck out almost simultaneously!

Raptors—Raptors—Raptors—Raptors—Raptors—

Draw your sword and strike!

Whoosh! The greatsword was drawn, unleashing a sword aura as heavy as a hurricane!

He drew his sword five times, followed by a second sword draw so fast it was almost invisible!

Five swords drawn, fully charged!

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In an instant, ten columns of damage numbers appeared, almost completely overlapping.

In an instant, two of the four health bars of the [Celestial Arbiter] disappeared!

But it was at this moment!

The second phase of the [Twin Kings Black Serpent]'s pillars of fire and ice also covered the area where Lu Cang was located!