"Yes, President, what's wrong?"

Aoshi Tianxia's eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and he ignored Aoshi Kuangdao's words. After a moment, he finally quieted down.

"It's alright, tell our people to go back to the city, I'll go create a guild." After saying that, Aoshi Tianxia ignored everyone and went back to the city.

The group of Aoshi Kuangdao and his companions exchanged glances, but upon hearing that a guild was to be established, they urged everyone to return to Chixiao City.

......

"Hahahaha, that's hilarious."

"Um, President, what's wrong?"

"Hahaha, Hanyue, you don't know, I just participated in the auction for the guild creation token."

"Bidding for the guild creation token?"

"But guild leader, we've already created a guild, what do we need this thing for?"

"Haha, who can argue with that?"

"But we don't need it anymore, but someone else does."

"For example, being arrogant and unparalleled."

"Unrivaled in the world?"

"Yes, that's him."

"Didn't I send people to keep an eye on Aoshi Tianxia? They told me that Aoshi Tianxia didn't get any guild creation tokens from the boss. Later, Aoshi Kuangdao and Aoshi Fengge went back to the city and bought up a lot of gold coins."

"I suspect he wants to buy the guild-building token from the auction house."

"So in the last minute of the auction, I raised the price from 66,000 gold coins to 90,000 gold coins and sent him a message."

"Ah, this, President, this is too unethical of you." Long Xiaohanyue looked at Long Xiao speechlessly.

"Is it immoral? Maybe it would be a little bit for others, but not at all for Ao Shitianxia."

"Not only is it not lacking, but it's also very suitable."

"But, President, aren't you afraid he won't bid?"

No, it won't.

"As far as I know, the Undying War Souls has just received the guild creation order as well."

"The guild territory competition starts tomorrow night. Currently, among the nine major guilds in Yuanyu, including ours, only Aoshi Tianxia has not created a guild."

“I’ve been fighting with him for so long, I know him.”

“In this situation, even if he knows I’m deliberately driving up the price, he will definitely bid again.”

"Haha, he didn't disappoint me either. My gold coins were returned, so I guess he successfully bid for the guild creation token."

"Server-wide announcement: Player Undying Soul has established a guild called [Undying Soul]. Player Crimson Blaze Sky will be rewarded with a level 30 4-star weapon and 1000 merit points."

"Announcement for the whole region:..."

"Announcement for the whole region:..."

"Server-wide announcement: Player Aoshitianxia has established a guild called [Aoshi Qunxiong]. Player Aoshitianxia will be rewarded with a level 30 4-star weapon and 1000 merit points."

"Announcement for the whole region:..."

"Announcement for the whole region:..."

"Haha, look, he's finally created a guild."

"Alright, let's hurry up and kill the monsters, we have two more competitors now."

......

"Hehe, I've finally found you, my dear Bristleback boss." Wang Ming looked at the Earth-rank Bristleback in front of him and smiled.

Wang Ming has been killing monsters here for more than ten hours, during which he has only found one yellow-tier steelback beast.

Upon seeing the Earth-rank Steelback Beast, they immediately rushed forward.

The battle ended after about 20 minutes.

"System notification: You have killed a level 33 Earth-rank boss, Steelback Beast, and gained experience. You have also gained extra experience."

"System notification: You have received 55 gold coins, 18 silver coins, 1000 merit points, and an additional 2000 merit points."

"System notification: Your merit points have exceeded 500,000, unlocking the 5th stage of the Merit Hall. You can go to the Merit Hall in Daylight City or Night City to redeem rewards."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, granting you 4 points of Strength, 7 points of Spirit, 5 points of Agility, 5 points of Stamina, 3 points of Intelligence, and 7 free attribute points."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated, gaining 2 skill points and 1 critical strike resistance."

"System notification: Your pet has gained experience."

"System notification: Your pet Cerberus has leveled up and gained 360 HP, 700 MP, 56 Attack, 24 Defense, 2 Fire Attribute Enhancement, 2 Water Attribute Enhancement, 2 Metal Attribute Enhancement, and 3 Soul Power."

"System notification: You have obtained 5 Steel Crystal Essences."

"Hehe, I have enough Steel Crystal Essence, and most importantly, my skill points have also exceeded 500."

During this period, Wang Ming spent all his time with Bristleback, frantically farming it. With the support of AoE skills and Split Fist, Wang Ming collected 500 skill points in just two days.

Immediately, Wang Ming selected the "+" sign after the cultivation technique - Soul Devouring, upgraded Soul Devouring, and then looked at the attributes of Soul Devouring.

Cultivation Technique: Soul Devouring (Upgradeable)

Grade: Saint-level

Level: Perfect

Proficiency: / (Skill points can be used to directly increase it by one level)

Description: Cultivation techniques allow players to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thereby enhancing their cultivation level.

Effect 1: When killing a monster of level or higher than the player, there is a certain chance to absorb the target's spiritual power and gain random points in five basic attributes: Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Spirit, and Stamina.

Effect 2: When killing a monster of level or higher than the player, there is a certain chance to absorb the target's spiritual power and gain random attribute points of the five basic elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.

Effect 3: When killing a monster of level or higher than the player, there is a certain chance to absorb the target's spiritual power and gain random special attribute points.

Effect 4: When killing a player who is 5 levels or higher than the player's own level, ignore everything and there is a 100% chance to devour the target's spiritual power and gain random attribute points.

Players who are killed will have their experience points for that level reduced by 30%.

When a player is killed and has insufficient experience points, their level is forcibly reduced.

...

"Holy crap, the new effect of Soul Devouring actually works on players."

"100% trigger rate, forcibly reduces the opponent's experience points by 30%, and if the opponent's experience points are insufficient, it can also forcibly reduce the opponent's level."

"No way, this is insane!"

In the Metaverse, when a player dies, they lose 50% of their current level's experience points, but they do not lose their level.

You will only lose a level if you die using a special item like the Cursed Liquid.

The fact that those killed by Wang Ming would lose levels due to insufficient experience was indeed somewhat surprising to Wang Ming.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm a peace-loving person, I won't attack others without a reason."

"Of course, if anyone dares to mess with me, hmph, then they can't blame me."

"However, it will probably take a long time for this Saint-level Soul Devourer to advance another level."

Wang Ming cannot achieve either 500,000 proficiency or 50,000 skill points in a short period of time.

"This game has only just begun, let's take it slow."

"Now that I have enough Steel Crystals, it's time to go back and find Jia Bujia." Wang Ming picked up the boss's loot, took out a return scroll, and returned to Daylight City.