Once Hong Yaotang went berserk, the whole world seemed to tremble. The December Fire Chain, amidst her furious keyboard smashing, spread fire all over the sky. Even people from Tianya City nearby rushed out to see what extraordinary event was happening by the sea. However, Su Ya was even more dumbfounded.
Not only could she not hit the incredibly agile assassin, but she was also chased around the arena, her sharp ears as a professional player telling her that in this small room, someone’s fingers were moving faster and more ruthlessly than hers. If he hit her even once, even with a minor move, her remaining 20% health would be gone, and her December Fire Chain couldn’t touch his elusive figure. The Shadow Thief, truly living up to the name “Shadow,” had completely outmaneuvered the world’s first thief, Hong Yaotang.
Desperate, Su Ya activated her ultimate escape skill – Invisibility! During the 20-second invisibility period, she could move freely but became a shadow, immune to all attacks. Su Ya never used Invisibility in PvP; she considered it an insult to a professional player, but now facing someone even more formidable, she threw caution to the wind. She had to defeat him within these 20 seconds, or she would face another long chase around the arena. Invisibility was indeed invincible, but this skill couldn’t be used continuously; after 20 seconds of invisibility, there was a three-minute cooldown.
For instance, attack skills had no cooldown, but buff skills did, encouraging players to abandon buffs for true skill-based gameplay. Thus, the buff-despising Hong Yaotang used Invisibility for the first time in PvP, racing against time for those 20 seconds – yet she still couldn’t hit him. “Damn, who is this guy!” After the brief 20 seconds, Sanchuanchuan, this level 50 assassin with trash gear, executing ultimate moves as easily as breathing, chased the top thief in the server like a rat.
Su Ya was in tears; how many years had it been since she was beaten so badly? A momentary lapse made her press the wrong key – an overhead strike, a turn, and a backhand strike! Three consecutive “Soaring Eagles,” and the final strike hit her chest, taking away her last 20% health. The world’s first thief fell with a thud.
“How was it?” Qin Chuan turned his head, smiling slightly, as if he had just killed a chicken. Su Ya’s hands hovered in mid-air, staring blankly at the screen. Chapter Ten: Mary Next Door–> The world channel was flooded with wedding blessings, with occasional doubts quickly washed away by the enthusiastic crowd. Ah, what a festive, joyful scene! Su Ya had imagined this scene countless times; she even had her thank-you speech ready.
But now, the male lead was still the same, but the female lead had changed to someone else.
Under the dual blows of a crushing defeat and heartbreak, Su Yao was feeling all sorts of discomfort. NND, if getting dumped was bad enough, she had to encounter an unprecedented master who utterly defeated her. Now, he definitely wouldn’t buy her account. Su Yao was gritting her teeth in frustration; if she had lost to him and her main account had turned back into a level 1 newbie, she could have just gone to hell! Fortunately, she listened to him and only fought his level 50 alt — and thus, she was humiliated like this!!!!!! Su Yao glared hatefully at the carefree otaku beside her. “Hey, aren’t you heartbroken? Your wife has gone off to marry someone else.” Su Yao maliciously poked at the world channel chat box on Qin Chuan’s screen, where wedding blessings were scrolling by, indicating that two well-known players in this server — the King of Great Xia, “Laughter in the Vast Sea,” and the Princess of Great Yan, “Glazed Glass” — were tying the knot at this moment. “She even scammed you out of six thousand, didn’t she?
Su Yao added maliciously, absolutely convinced at that moment that he was humiliating her with his alt because his wife had run off with someone else! But he said: “I’m not heartbroken.” And then he added: “Isn’t your husband also off marrying someone else?” Su Yao: “…” My husband and your wife ran off to get married… What kind of world is this? At that time, Su Yao thought Qin Chuan was as miserable as she was. “I’ve wronged two people in my life,” Qin Chuan said, “so later, I wanted to be good to one person, thinking it would make up for the guilt in my heart, even though I never had feelings for her — you know, I have numerous online aliases, and I’ve received flirty messages from her on three different forum accounts, all from her boyfriends.” So, he willingly became her backup and ATM, even though they had never met, never loved, and never truly been together. Just because he wanted to be good to someone? Su Yao couldn’t see through those eyes behind the black-framed glasses, sharp and bright but hiding countless concerns. The immediate concern was for Su Yao to sell her account!
“Are you going to buy my account or not, buy my account or not, buy my account or not…” The pitiful female thief shook Qin Chuan’s shoulders; she had played the game for so long, and there were countless treasures in her inventory she didn’t want to see rot away! “No.” Qin Chuan smiled slightly, “I never liked thieves, and have you forgotten you lost to me so quickly?”
“Alright then, I’ll find the next buyer. Thanks for treating me to dinner today, and I wish your wife a happy new marriage.” Su Yao wasn’t one to drag things out; since he wouldn’t buy the account, she was about to shut down and leave when Qin Chuan grabbed her. “We’re in an internet cafe!” Su Yao pushed him away, blurting out, “Go home and play with your inflatable doll!”
“What are you thinking?” Qin Chuan searched for the right words; he wanted to order another cup of tea to calm his nerves, but fearing he might choke again, he decided against it. He said, “My favorite class is priest, but my alt is still leveling. If you want to sell for money, why not level a priest and sell it to me? With your skills from Red Medicine Hall, reaching level 200 shouldn’t be hard.”
Leveling a new character?
For Su Yao, it wasn’t difficult — leveling by just fighting monsters without PvP was a long road, but a full nude account could fetch a good price. A brand new account, managed by a professional leveling service, would be quite an expense. Su Yao thought, with no job and no food right now, being a game leveler temporarily before finding her next job wasn’t a bad idea. “Alright, it’s settled then, you can’t back out this time!” She quickly agreed. She turned on the computer, logged into the game, and created a new character. Qin Chuan leaned over her chair, watching with relish. A system prompt popped up: Please enter your character’s nickname. “What do you want to call it?” Su Yao asked. “Whatever you like,” Qin Chuan replied indifferently. Su Yao then entered “Whatever” and clicked confirm, only to have her hand swatted away. “Is this the aesthetic of the server’s number one thief, Red Medicine Hall?” Qin Chuan was in tears; Red Medicine Hall was such a nice name, and you named your alt “Whatever”?
Well, Su Yao admitted she had been quite agitated today, her brain wasn’t functioning well, and upon being mocked, she finally understood Qin Chuan’s meaning. She cursed under her breath and, in a fit of pique, entered “MLGB” into the name box. The intelligent system quickly responded: Sorry, the nickname you entered contains characters prohibited by national standards or does not fit the cultural atmosphere of our harmonious society, please re-enter. Undeterred, she entered “Mary’s Neighbor” instead. System: Sorry, the nickname you entered has already been taken, please re-enter. “Damn it!” Su Yao cursed again; who the hell had beaten her to it! With tears in her eyes, she tried “Mary is in the Neighbor”. Oh, finally, it went through. Then came the choice of class — Holy Priest, class weapon: staff.