“Roar~” In order not to shock the weak human being in front of him, Pang Kirates deliberately lowered his voice, which was what Feng Lianzhu taught him.
In the “Voyage into the Void” game, the Phoenix Arrival guild’s channel buzzed with activity:
Phoenix among Birds: Everyone knows what to do, right?
Tuo Qinyuanhua & Guild Members: Ambush the scumbags amidst chaos!
Phoenix among Birds: And our goal is?
Tuo Qinyuanhua & Guild Members: To take down those scumbags and cleanse the game of bad romances. We’re not here to level up; wherever there’s a scumbag, we’ll be there!
Phoenix among Birds: Good, let’s go!
After the game’s restructuring and update, the Phoenix Arrival guild seemed reborn, adopting a new motto: “I’m not playing the game, I’m playing the game of love.” They formed teams to ambush male players who were messing around with relationships in the game. With 57 members, even a top player like Sword to the Sky would be overwhelmed when faced with 57 irrational players.
While everyone was busy leveling up, this guild caused trouble everywhere, but nobody dared to call them out publicly or rally players against them. The reason was simple: apart from Tuo Qinyuanhua, all 57 members were girls. Even if some of them weren’t girls in real life, their game characters were, and each had stunning virtual looks.
Phoenix Arrival targeted players with whom they had grievances, not just any male player. For many male homebodies in the game, those two-timing scumbags who monopolized one girl while deceiving another were the common enemy. Given the scarcity of female players, it was unbearable for single players to see these guys not only get a girlfriend but also treat her badly.
Thus, Phoenix Arrival operated relatively freely without much interference.
However, since they kept targeting Panlong, and attacked whenever they encountered its members, the animosity grew. The guild leader’s ex-wife, who was part of Phoenix Arrival, also held a grudge. Many in Panlong knew about the leader’s affair but didn’t tell her, fueling her resentment.
After the game update to level 120, while other players were leveling up – even Sword to the Sky reached level 107 despite the tough conditions – the Panlong guild leader was repeatedly killed, dropping to level 87 within three days.
Panlong-Xiao Nie: @Phoenix among Birds, enough is enough. Let’s stop here.
Gossip Lover: What’s happening? I came as soon as I saw the name of a well-known player.
Da Mingbai: Not so well-known anymore. Level 87 looks pretty bad.
Love is What: How many Panlong members has Phoenix Arrival taken down these past few days?
Tuo Qinyuanhua: And you guys dropped me to level 79.
Panlong-Xiao Qi: That’s because you took advantage of our situation and hunted our deputy leader, resulting in a guild-wide manhunt for you.
Tuo Qinyuanhua: Your deputy leader had it coming. Remember how he bad-mouthed our leader? Saying things like, ‘Just play simple games like dance games or kart racing, why bother with a full-blown holographic game? No wonder you got dumped with those skills.’ How could I let that slide?
Nirvana Xiaofeng: Exactly. Our leader practiced in secret late at night for Panlong-Xiao Nie, even losing a lot of hair. Do you know how important hair is to a girl?
Panlong-Xiao Jiu: But that’s a personal issue between your leaders. Why involve the whole guild? You looted and sold my max-level purple gear. I haven’t even settled that score yet! And look, every member of Phoenix Arrival is red-named. Isn’t it a common understanding to go after red-named players? So, you expect us to just watch Panlong get beaten up?
Qingqing Zijin: This is mainly a personal dispute between you two. We really can’t intervene.
Durian Lover: Yeah, and with so many pretty girls in Phoenix Arrival, I’ve been holding back from helping out…
Panlong-Xiao Nie: @Phoenix among Birds, I’ve been lenient so far. If you keep playing dirty, don’t blame me for what comes next.
Not long after this exchange, Panlong and Phoenix Arrival completely fell out and went to war. It’s said that Panlong sought peace but was rebuffed and attacked again. Unable to bear the negative growth in levels, the guild leader decided to declare war.
Panlong, being a large guild unlike the smaller Phoenix Arrival, had hundreds of members. Once they gathered to hunt down Phoenix Arrival, the girls stood no chance, and their average level dropped below 60 in a day. The maps in “Voyage into the Void” have level restrictions, and at level 60, many areas become inaccessible. As the battle progressed, they inadvertently moved near a volcano in the game.
This was actually a strategic move by Phoenix Arrival. With hundreds from Panlong hunting them, they had no escape unless they logged off. As red-named players, even if they returned to the main city, Panlong could activate the “Eliminate Evil” mode to chase and kill them in non-combat areas.
If they were going to die anyway, they might as well hold out near the volcano and provoke Yuan Cunfeng to a collective demise.
Through Phoenix among Birds’ relentless approach, it was clear she was an extreme and decisive woman. If she was suffering, she wouldn’t let Panlong have it easy either.
Yuan Cunfeng, now a dragon as large as the volcano’s mouth, slept soundly. His thick skin was unbothered by the skills hitting him, sometimes even adjusting his position to get hit on his back.
Seeing Yuan Cunfeng uninterested in fighting, Panlong became more aggressive, pushing Phoenix Arrival to the edge of the volcano.
Panlong-Xiao Nie spoke via voice mode to Phoenix among Birds: “I was going to let you off, but you just wouldn’t let things slide. It’s hard enough to level up in the game, and you kept on our tails. We have no choice. Either we reconcile and go our separate ways, or we fight until you leave the game. What do you say?”
Tuo Qinyuanhua: “That’s despicable. You don’t even feel a bit of guilt. A real man would take responsibility, resign as the leader of Panlong, publicly apologize on the forums, and then delete his account. If you want to continue playing, fine, start a new account and level up from scratch.”
Panlong-Xiao Qi: “Tuo Qinyuanhua, you’re going too far. It’s just a game.”
Phoenix among Birds, who had been silent, let out a cold laugh and said, “Just a game? If it was really just a game to you, why did you brutally attack Feng Lianzhu for an entire night in Bamboo Valley? Who is being petty now? You even went after a level 30 mini-boss so mercilessly. How small-minded can you be! And do you really think my relationship with him was just within the game? We’ve met in real life, and this is how he treats me?”
The players confronting each other didn’t notice that, as Phoenix among Birds spoke, the dragon at the mouth of the volcano slowly opened its eyes.
“It seems we have nothing more to say,” said Panlong-Xiao Nie. “Keep your distance and try to keep them away from the dragon by the volcano.”
The game’s default assumption was that Yuan Cunfeng was asleep and would only wake up when players reached level 120 to challenge him. Living up to the game company’s expectations, Yuan Cunfeng had been sleeping for days, not initiating any trouble with players, which is why the severely weakened Panlong dared to approach the area.
Just as the fight was about to start, Phoenix among Birds suddenly felt someone grabbing her from behind. She thought it was a member of Phoenix Arrival, but when she turned around, she saw Yuan Cunfeng staring at her.
Phoenix among Birds: “โฆ”
She was so frightened that she lost half of her health bar, thinking she was about to be killed by this boss. But to her surprise, Yuan Cunfeng pointed at Panlong-Xiao Nie, then at his own face, and stuttered a few words: “He… kill… Feng?”
With her back against the wall, Phoenix among Birds said, “Yes, a month agoโฆ”
She narrated the entire incident to Yuan Cunfeng, specifically mentioning those with “Panlong” above their heads as members of the Panlong guild, accusing them of complicity and wrongdoing.
Those who helped Xiao Nie chase Phoenix among Birds were indeed a bit unscrupulous.
After hearing Phoenix among Birds’ story, Yuan Cunfeng let out a deafening roar that reduced the health of everyone in the vicinity by a third.
After roaring, he charged into the fray, moving so fast he was a blur. Grabbing and kicking, he threw every member of the Panlong guild into the mouth of the volcano in less than a minute.
Many members were high-level and could withstand the volcano’s heat. As they struggled to climb out, Yuan Cunfeng transformed into a ferocious dragon mode, perched at the edge of the volcano, and unleashed a blast of flame!
Yuan Cunfeng, having been in the game for so long, had always restrained his power, never using special skills. This was the first time he used a special skill.
It seemed that the previous battles were child’s play for Yuan Cunfeng, not warranting his full strength. But this time, Panlong had truly enraged him. With a single breath of dragon fire, more powerful than the highest-level fire skill in the game, he annihilated the Panlong members in the lava, leaving no survivors.
But it wasn’t over yet. The Kirates Dragon spread its wings, and an even more terrifying roar echoed. The spiritual energy of the heavens and earth near the volcano was swept clean by the ferocious dragon, even more thoroughly than the Ice Throne Array it had absorbed before.
Phoenix among Birds, being the closest, clearly saw the ferocious dragon absorbing spiritual energy with its left wing, while its right wing transformed the absorbed energy into another form.
Before she could ponder what this energy was, Phoenix among Birds felt her injuries healing.
Is this… healing power? What is he doing? Helping Phoenix Arrival heal?
As it turned out, Phoenix among Birds was overthinking it. The healing energy spread across the entire map, reviving all the Panlong members who had just died!
Even though it was hot lava, it only affected the health bar in the game; the players’ bodies wouldn’t actually melt. Dead players floated on the lava, waiting to be revived by teammates.
As a transformed Kirates Dragon, Pang Kirates had begun to use Kirates’ most mysterious and formidable energy โ the energy of life. Originally, life on the primal star was born from the energy of Pang’s mother. Now, while Pang’s power was nowhere near his mother’s, reviving a few players was no problem.
The Panlong members had just died and were revived before they could log off. They didn’t even know who revived them before experiencing the dragon’s fiery breath again, dying and being revived repeatedly.
After several cycles of this, all Panlong members logged off, unable to withstand such a brutal experience. The realism of the holographic game was high, and even with pain sensations set to the lowest, the psychological impact was too intense, scarier than watching a horror movie.
Only the Phoenix Arrival members, healed by the dragon, remained. Under the influence of the life energy, they even leveled up!
Seeing that everyone had left and the dragon was still angry, he looked at Phoenix among Birds with his blue eyes.
Realizing what the dragon wanted, Phoenix among Birds said, “How about I take you to the main city and raid Panlong’s headquarters again?”
“Roar~” To avoid harming the frail human in front of him, Pang Kirates deliberately lowered his voice, a trick taught to him by Feng Lianzhu.
Author’s Note:
Fat Dragon: Heard someone hurt Feng Lianzhu? Beat them up, beat them to death, then revive and beat them again!
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Feeling a bit lazy today, so just this one update. I’ll write more tomorrow~ Mwah (ใฅ๏ฟฃ3๏ฟฃ)ใฅโญ?๏ฝ
Bahahaha heโs cute, I like that heโs so protective even if they havenโt really personally met yet.