Chapter 371 - 346: Strategy for the Pool of Radiance of Lei Huolong
——"Hello viewers, good evening, it’s time for Hero News competition broadcast again. The international qualifiers have all ended, with a total of 6531 players competing and 736 players qualifying. These players will receive a prize of $10,000 for ranking within the top 1000 in the competition. Here, we congratulate these outstanding players who have emerged from the melee. The next round of the competition will be divided into 8 large groups, using a round-robin system to fight against each other, and finally, the champion of the inaugural Hero World Cup will be born..."
——"And our China Region has performed excellently, with 84 players qualifying, including 45 professional players. Tonight, we are fortunate to have Mr. Long Xiangtian, chairman of Star Guild, Mr. Huang Zhen, chairman of Ninth Heaven, and Mr. Ma Yinglong, chairman of Dragon Slayer Guild, in the studio for an interview. Welcome, everyone!"
Long Xiangtian: "Hello everyone, fellow viewers and players! I’m very happy to see you all!"
Ma Yinglong: "Fellow players, I’ve missed you so much!"
Huang Zhen disdainfully said: "Last time we invited you, you didn’t even show up! Have you become famous now? Wrist too big, huh? Too busy, right? I despise you!"
"Hey hey! This is a live TV broadcast, can you pay attention to your image?"
"That’s right, we need unity!"
"Anyway, the next round is just round-robin singles, we don’t need unity anymore, just make sure I don’t run into you!"
"How many do you even have left? I’m not afraid of you!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Host: "Ahem! Seeing how joyful our three chairmen are, I am very confident about the next round of China Region’s matches!"
Huang Zhen sighed: "I’m not joyous at all, these two are the ones who are ’joyful 2X youth’ alright. The qualifiers were too harsh on me, it’s like having pig-like teammates!"
Ma Yinglong laughed: "Who’s your teammate, huh? I’m from the Dark Alliance and you’re from the Bright Alliance, it’s only right I trip you up!"
Host laughed: "It seems all three chairmen are in good spirits, so what is the most memorable thing about this competition for you?"
Ma Yinglong sighed: "Need I say more? Of course, it’s the Ancient City Ruins match, the level of that match was extremely high, we need to work harder."
Long Xiangtian sighed: "I believe this match will leave a deep impression on the professional teams across all the servers. Especially the remarkable performance by Da Fei from the China Region, which even led the competition committee to introduce a ban on Divine Artifacts."
Huang Zhen shook his head: "It was expected that Divine Artifacts would be banned, but it was unexpected for players to have them so soon. For me, the impressive performance of players from the American Zone and Korea District in other matches is what left a deep impression. The players in these zones don’t rely on numbers to win, but they have already entered an era of Elite Army formation, very agile and fierce. We didn’t even know the attributes of the Elite Army, which put a lot of pressure on us, the players from other realms."
Host: "From the competition footage, Da Fei also has quite a number of Elite Troops, doesn’t he?"
Ma Yinglong laughed: "Not quite a few, but a lot! Anyway, the Elite Army should be the focus of our next development. However, once the Elite Troops die outside of the competition, it would be a huge loss, so I take this opportunity to advertise to some players who are not confident in their control and fear deaths of their troops, buying Elite Troops! No limit on quantities!"
Long Xiangtian: "Also buying!"
Huang Zhen: "Sell to me, not them!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Host laughed: "Okay, then please give your thoughts on the American Team and the South Korea Team..."
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Today, the day of the competition, is destined to be a sleepless night.
At this moment in Bloodrose Studio, a group of ladies listening to the news are grinding their teeth in hatred.
Bloodrose Qiqi angrily said: "Da Fei! Da Fei again! Those dozens of Elite Banshees, in the end, must have come from our Banshee Instructor!"
Bloodrose Holy Spear smiled lightly: "Who would have thought the Banshee Instructor would be so useful."
Bloodrose Qiqi angrily said: "How can you still laugh? I get so mad every time I think about this!"
Bloodrose Holy Spear smiled: "Why don’t you ask why the boss seems not to take it seriously every time?"
Bloodrose Qiqi snapped: "The boss wouldn’t care if she lost a sports car, how can you compare her to the boss?"
Zhou Qing smiled faintly: "I indeed didn’t take it very seriously. Qiqi, do you know how the Banshee Instructor came about?"
Bloodrose Qiqi wondered: "Of course, it was when we first started the server, found a book in a hidden layer in the library of the Monastery, and it took days of summoning to bring her out."
Bloodrose Holy Spear sneered: "That book is the soul contract for summoning the banshee. Though the banshee may switch allegiances at the drop of a hat, her fate is still firmly in our grasp!"
Bloodrose Qiqi was taken aback: "Does that mean the banshee is still ours?"
Bloodrose Holy Spear laughed: "Unless she never dies, the moment she dies without the soul contract, Da Fei can’t resurrect her. Only we can resurrect and summon her. Get it?"
Bloodrose Qiqi exclaimed joyfully: "Does that mean Da Fei is unwittingly grooming and developing the banshee for us? Why are you only telling me this now?"
Bloodrose Holy Spear laughed heartily: "Because we only realized this later. Who would bring up such a topic for no reason? It’s just asking for trouble!"
Suddenly, all the beauties in the Bloodrose Studio suddenly realized: "So that’s why! With Da Fei’s amateur skills, it’s impossible for his heroes not to die! Let him be happy for nothing; that’s what you call instant karma!"
Bloodrose Holy Spear said with a smile: "This is a secret, okay? No one is allowed to leak it out. If Da Fei finds out, Qiqi, it’s definitely because you spilled the beans!"
Bloodrose Qiqi anxiously said: "Why would it be me? What if someone deliberately frames me?"
Everyone laughed heartily: "That’s why, Qiqi, you better prepare to treat everyone to keep them quiet!"
Bloodrose Qiqi went crazy: "You bad people, you’re bullying me!"
Everyone laughed heartily: "That’s because you have the loudest voice and the most arrogant attitude!"
Zhou Qing smiled faintly: "Alright, alright, let me tell you some real good news. Our guild is about to be established, and it might even happen faster than the three major guilds! That means, it’s very likely to be the first official guild in China. Let’s think of a name?"
The whole studio applauded: "Big Sister is amazing, let’s call it Blood-colored Rose!"
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If today’s most glorious player in the China Region is Da Fei, then the most conflicted player is undoubtedly Skyshattering Thunder.
Earlier in the afternoon, after the incident with the Divine Artifact transaction, Skyshattering Thunder’s friends and family occupied the forum, unanimously condemning Da Fei: "Claiming others are frauds because he can’t use the Divine Artifact himself, what a low character..."
In any case, although everyone knows Skyshattering Thunder’s intention was just to trap Da Fei, it may be alright to steal from a thief or deceive a deceiver, but it’s definitely not okay to admit to deliberate fraud publicly.
Meanwhile, both Da Fei and the Japan Region have publicly released videos of Da Fei killing Baron Nash in the sewer, where the Divine Artifact glittered brilliantly and rendered the boss completely defenseless, stunning the viewers and bleeding the heart of Skyshattering Thunder!
Now, Skyshattering Thunder can finally stand tall and say to others like an idiot: "See? I’m the most trustworthy, when have I ever deceived anyone?"
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And tonight, perhaps the most driven person is Lei Huolong, the newly appointed ’Zone Leader’ of the Dragon Slayer Guild. Lei Huolong’s workplace has suddenly moved from the club’s first floor, which reeked of smelly feet, in a "Internet cafe" to a command room on the third floor with walls full of large screen TVs and over a dozen phone sets on the desk, in a refreshing and beautiful environment, even with waitresses regularly coming to serve tea and water!
Now, whenever Lei Huolong shouts an order into the phone set, he will immediately have subordinate studios running errands for him. This is the high-paying life of a senior professional player! Just work a few years and earn enough to retire for a lifetime!
Of course, Lei Huolong knew that his appointment wasn’t because he defeated the Japanese today, but rather due to his sustained reports finally earning the boss’s recognition.
This matter started from the last national war, which ended in a stalemate with both sides damaged after the Pool of Radiance triggered the Ancient Storm.
If it had ended there, Lei Huolong would have just continued leveling up, and the Pool of Radiance would have nothing to do with him. But understandably, that wasn’t the case. Lei Huolong acutely discovered that due to the pollution and the effects of the Ancient Wind, the World Tree at the Pool of Radiance had entered a dormant state and the barriers were gone!
This was a great opportunity to strike! On one hand, it could deal a heavy blow to the enemy camp in the game, expanding the Hell Race’s influence, and on the other hand, it could strike at the Star Guild in reality, so why not? But the problem is, neither the NPC Demon King in the game nor the real life boss Ma Yinglong had any interest in continuing to linger at the Pool of Radiance. Practical experience showed that the Pool of Radiance was not conducive to the large mobile army of the Hell Race. The opponents didn’t need much force, a ship like Da Fei’s was enough to render the Hell Army’s "Navy" useless. Both the NPC Demon King and the boss Ma Yinglong understood this.
Lei Huolong did not give up, he kept trying. Firstly, after Da Fei stirred up a series of Blood Sea Storms in the Abyss Blood Pool, the common troop production of all Hell Race cities reduced, but the production of elites noticeably increased, Lei Huolong seized this opportunity to obtain some Elite Army units, gaining the boss’s attention.
In fact, today Ma Yinglong spoke before the live broadcast, stating that developing Elite Army units was not aimless, his long-term support was for the Hell Race!
Meanwhile, in the game Lei Huolong continued doing quests, regaining the trust of the Demon King, who began to reinvest troops in the Pool of Radiance, but obviously not enough! If he couldn’t persuade the Demon King to decide on a decisive battle, it could potentially miss the opportunity!
And now, the boss finally settled it, granting him almost a hundred high-end players from two studios. With these hundred people united in the Pool of Radiance, seizing the title of Hell Lord would be just around the corner!
Of course, Lei Huolong’s strategy was certainly not about building ships and fighting naval battles, but about establishing Lava Rock Factories to push the pollution to the limit!
Now, Lei Huolong, full of vigor, issued his first order as the new officer over the phone set: "Everyone, assemble at Radiant City!"
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