Chapter 194 – The Legion Leader’s Tribulations (Part 3)

Fang Zheng didn’t know that the spectators had already labeled him as the “Janitor Monk.” He only felt lucky to be alive and quickly summoned 502—Bell Maiden—while King of the Gods was still stunned from being “harvested.”

One moment, King of the Gods was shocked by the “collection,” the next, he was floating in the air, then losing HP nonstop like he’d been electrocuted!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Damn, this pet is OP! Crowd control and DPS!!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: Turns out their legion isn’t all jokes—there are one or two legit accounts among them.

King of the Gods, still under crowd control, couldn’t cast any skills but could see the spectator chat. His teeth practically itched with frustration.

Though Fang Zheng had the upper hand, there wasn’t much else he could do at the moment. Normally, 438 would be the one controlling the fight, floating the opponent or boss while the rest of the team followed up with attacks. But now, without teammates, he could only watch as 502 attacked King of the Gods. However, 502’s Airborne skill was primarily for control, with damage as a secondary effect—not enough to kill outright. At this rate, by the time the floating ended, King of the Gods—or rather, Milk Bottle—would still have at least half his HP left, and that was only because Milk Bottle was wearing DPS gear with low defense. If he healed himself even once, the fight would drag on.

PK-ing a healer was always a pain—you could never count on a one-shot kill.

Once Fang Zheng grasped the situation, he zoomed out to survey the battlefield terrain, preparing for the next phase.

But the spectators seemed to misinterpret the Ghost Server Legion Leader’s intentions—

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: Is Outer Flame’s guy gonna get floated to death?

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: No way, that’d be game-breaking.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: Why not? If not for that, why is the Ghost Server guy just standing there?

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: You’re saying the Ghost Server Commander plans to just stand there and watch King of the Gods get slowly drained to death?

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Yep! Ugh, so inhumane.

Did you all fail elementary school reading comprehension?!?!

Though Fang Zheng wanted to type out his fury, there was no time—Bell Maiden’s floating skill icon had started flashing, meaning it was about to end. Without hesitation, Fang Zheng recalled Bell Maiden and bolted!

King of the Gods also saw the flashing icon. He’d been gathering his strength for a counterattack, but Fang Zheng recalled the pet early and fled faster than a rat! King of the Gods didn’t understand why but still healed himself before using a Speed Scroll to chase after him!

The map Fang Zheng and King of the Gods were fighting on was none other than the departure point of the Perfect Storm. Fang Zheng ran ahead, King of the Gods chased behind, and soon they reached the docks—where the Perfect Storm, The Prince, and The Old Man and the Sea were quietly moored.

Without a word, Fang Zheng leapt onto the deck of the Perfect Storm!

King of the Gods, red-eyed with rage, followed without thinking!

Fang Zheng smirked and quickly resummoned Bell Maiden—another floating skill!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Milk is Mom wasn’t running away—he was just stalling for the floating skill’s cooldown. If King of the Gods can’t even see through such a simple trick, he should quit being a commander.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: Not just that—look at King of the Gods’ HP bar.

Upon closer inspection, Grave and Moon Street realized that despite healing himself, King of the Gods’ HP had only recovered to three-quarters. This was due to the high damage from Airborne, the low healing efficiency of DPS gear, and—most crucially—King of the Gods’ haste in chasing his foe meant he couldn’t cast properly, resorting to instant heals. Since Fang Zheng was fleeing, there was no immediate threat, so he didn’t need to waste MP on big heals like Silent Nourishment—small instant heals like Zephyr Jinx sufficed.

The terrifying part? Milk is Mom had accounted for all three factors!!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: They say the quiet ones are the most dangerous, but this noisy one bites hard too.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: A dog that dares to sing in World Chat is no ordinary mutt.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: The problem is, he doesn’t even sing well ╮(╯_╰)╭

[Legion Zone 099] Milk is Mom: Who said I sing badly!!!

So “dog” is fine?! Do your teammates know how weird your priorities are?! TAT

By now, Bell Maiden’s Airborne skill was nearing its end again, and Milk Bottle’s HP had dropped from three-quarters to one-quarter. Fang Zheng mentally gave 438 a huge thumbs-up. If he’d only suspected after the first floating attack, the second one confirmed it—Bell Maiden’s DPS had genuinely leveled up! As for when or how 438 had refined her, who knew? This guy’s entire gaming career revolved around gathering and demon refining, or the road between the two.

Ten seconds left on Airborne!

Nine!

Eight!

Seven!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: I bet Ghost Server’s guy will follow up with an insta-cast ultimate after this floating ends.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: No kidding, even an idiot knows that. Well, no suspense left. I always knew that Dutch Chamber of Commerce guy was full of crap—saying Ghost Server was easy to beat. More like “true masters stay hidden!”

Six!

Five!

Four!

Three!

Two!

[Combat] Refined Into a Demon 715 rests.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: He sat down???

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: What the hell?! Why would he sit down now!!!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: Normally, sitting to rest is for recovering HP and MP…

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: His HP hasn’t dropped at all! And he still has over half his MP!! Plus, he was about to win!!!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: I get it now. Damn, that’s cold.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: ?

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: He doesn’t want King of the Gods to die quickly. Like a cat playing with a mouse—toy with it to death.

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: Kill the man, break his spirit…

……

Much later, Fang Zheng asked 438 why he’d placed the rest skill amidst a bunch of attack skills, alternating between attacks and rests in an endless loop. 438’s answer elevated Fang Zheng’s entire gaming philosophy—When you get tired from grinding, you gotta rest to recover HP and MP! Plus, every pet has different skill combos, so the rest icon helps keep them organized ~\(^o^)/~

……

In a duel between experts, the tide could turn in an instant. As the Demon Refiner sat down, Airborne ended, and the healer suddenly dashed into the sea, casting Revival of the Withered!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: Why didn’t he use Ten Thousand Blossoms? Isn’t that an instant heal?

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Silent Hill: Duh, he’s in the water. Ghost Server’s guy is on the boat. If he really wanted to attack, he’d have to recall his pet, jump down, then resummon. With all that time, why waste MP on an AoE instant heal? A single-target big heal is way more cost-effective!

[Legion Zone 099 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Tsk. He played around and let his opponent escape.

[Combat] Milk Bottle of the Gods has died.

[System] Battle concluded. All players exiting Battle Lobby 099.

[Flagship] 17 Moon Street: Can someone explain what just happened? I think I hallucinated—saw a black shadow flash by =_=

[Flagship] Silent Hill: You did hallucinate. That wasn’t a shadow—it was a flying fish. An inexplicably flying fish!!!

[Flagship] Grave Sweeping Scroll: I knew a master who could dodge attacks by gathering would have a trump card. First, a control-type pet, then one that doesn’t even need the Demon Refiner to jump into the water—it can attack underwater on its own. Ghost Server Legion is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

[Flagship] Silent Hill: Choosing to rest instead of going for the kill the first time—he knew his opponent couldn’t escape his grasp. Like I said, killing isn’t the scary part—breaking their spirit is true cruelty.

[Flagship] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Tsk. Such scheming sends chills down my spine.

[Flagship] Big H: Did I just see “Ghost Server Legion”?

[Flagship] Nicknamed White Dragon Horse: Must be Polly. “Scheming” and “chills down my spine”—you think Milk is Mom fits those descriptions?

[Flagship] Grave Sweeping Scroll: It was Milk is Mom!

[Flagship] Big H: Huh?

[Flagship] Silent Hill: He PK’d King of the Gods, won, and toyed with him the whole time, psychologically crushing him to dust! Tsk, can’t even think about it—the imagery is too brutal, needs censoring.

[Flagship] Big H: I don’t fully get what they’re saying, but psychologically crushing an opponent…

[Flagship] Nicknamed White Dragon Horse: Definitely Milk Mom.

Fang Zheng had no time to monitor his reputation on the Flagship. He grabbed a blank sheet of paper, sketched out 438’s entire hotkey layout from memory, and burned it into his brain. Beating King of the Gods had involved some luck—next time might not be so easy, especially since he hadn’t stockpiled karma like 438. TAT

Once he felt confident, Fang Zheng mustered his courage and queued for another match!

This time, the map was a snowy mountain, so blindingly white he had to squint to see his Blesscaller outfit. Clearly, he’d rolled Crossplayer’s Blessing!

But where was his opponent?

Scanning the area, all he saw was snow—nothing else.

A bad feeling crept up Fang Zheng’s spine, as if unseen eyes were watching him, ready to strike at any moment.

Without hesitation, he cast Ironclad on himself!

[Combat] Crossplayer’s Blessing uses Rally.

Of course. =_=

Why did every Ghost Server teammate have their own weird quirks?! As a support class, shouldn’t defensive buffs like Ironclad be on the first hotkey slot?!

[Combat] Crossplayer’s Blessing uses Ironclad.

The defense boost eased Fang Zheng’s nerves slightly, and he began searching for cover…

[Combat] Festive Lantern uses Crimson Lotus Holy Fire.

The moment this combat log appeared, Crossplayer’s HP dropped by 60%!

His opponent was a healer—a class Fang Zheng knew all too well! But to one-shot over half of a defense-buffed Blesscaller’s HP, even with a crit, meant insane DPS!

At the same time, Fang Zheng finally spotted his opponent—a white boulder at the mountain’s base! Blending into the snow and terrain, it was nearly invisible!

In the blink of an eye, his opponent was right in front of him!

[Combat] Festive Lantern uses Willow Leaf Blade.

[Combat] Festive Lantern uses Five Animals Play.

[Combat] Festive Lantern uses Zephyr Jinx.

A god-tier three-hit combo! If not for Fang Zheng’s healer instincts making him chug a Major Health Potion the moment his HP dropped, he’d be dead for sure!

The account was strong, but the player behind it was terrifying! This APM even surpassed Birdy’s! Compared to this mystery expert, King of the Gods was downright amateurish.

Healers had limited attack skills, and Fang Zheng calculated that his opponent’s were all on cooldown. Realizing this, the opponent disengaged and retreated!

Fang Zheng didn’t chase—once those skills came off cooldown, he’d be a sitting duck!

The healer soon vanished from Fang Zheng’s screen, giving him time to think. The opponent’s ID was [Iceborn] Festive Lantern, which meant his foe was either ice Iceborn or Liaodong Iron Cavalry… No! His gut said it was ice Iceborn!

Quiet, low-key, and precise—that was Fang Zheng’s impression of Assassin Iceborn. But during the Perfect Storm event, he’d been so unremarkable—not flashy like Don’t Stop the Meds, nor as noticeable as Silent Hill or King of the Gods—that Fang Zheng had almost forgotten about him.

Yet this guy wasn’t just precise—he was ruthless and fast. Worse, if Fang Zheng hadn’t known Iceborn was an assassin, he’d have sworn the guy was a healer main—his mechanics were that polished. A true pro gamer.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Rock N Roll Will Never Die: Moon, this is the Ghost Server expert you said could crush souls? Iceborn seems way scarier. Also, is that Liaodong Iron Cavalry or ice Iceborn?

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: That can’t be—last match he was terrifying!!!

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] One Night Resurrection: Our commander said the same, so I came to see for myself.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Rock N Roll Will Never Die: Oh, the silent one’s here too.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] One Night Resurrection: Long time no see, midnight howler.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: Weren’t we just on the same ship? Can’t we show some camaraderie?! That’s gotta be ice Iceborn—Liaodong’s APM isn’t this fast.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: Uh-oh, Ghost Server’s guy is gonna die!

While the spectators chattered, the Blesscaller in the battle zone was cornered!

The snowy mountain map offered little strategy—just uphill or downhill. Once Festive Lantern’s skills came off cooldown, he resumed attacking. Though the Blesscaller had healed to full, Iceborn, now familiar with his stats, had calculated a surefire kill. Fang Zheng, however, still hadn’t figured out how to win. Healers were already tough in PK, but Festive Lantern under Iceborn’s control had no weaknesses—so Fang Zheng fled!

Yet his opponent gave chase, driving Fang Zheng to the mountain’s peak—a dead end!

Festive Lantern began casting.

Suddenly, Fang Zheng had an epiphany—scenes from the cross-server PvP flashed before him. Instead of running, he charged at Festive Lantern!

The spectators were baffled, but Fang Zheng’s fingers were already on his hotkeys!

[Combat] Crossplayer’s Blessing uses Mindless Frenzy.

[Combat] Festive Lantern uses Restoration.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Ever Bright: Using Mindless Frenzy to bait him off the cliff—bold move.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: Predicting Mindless Frenzy and using Restoration to dispel it at the same time—genius.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: Oh hey, Outer Flame! How’s your legion doing? Split into factions yet? Hahahaha!

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: The PvP zone is for fighting and spectating. Gossip belongs in the forums.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: What’s left to spectate? Ghost Server’s doomed.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: Not necessarily.

On the battlefield, Crossplayer’s Blessing leapt from one mountaintop to another!

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: What’s the point? Festive Lantern can jump too.

As predicted, if Fang Zheng could make the jump, so could Iceborn!

Both avatars landed safely on the opposite peak!

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Ever Bright: Wait… something’s off…

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Rock N Roll Will Never Die: Is Ghost Server’s commander… sliding down?

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: He slid all the way to the base…

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: ice Iceborn is still on the peak.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: He’s healed to full…

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: ice Iceborn looks like he’s about to vomit blood.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Rock N Roll Will Never Die: Moon! You weren’t lying! Using a faceplant slide to escape—that’s not something a normal person would think of! It takes creativity, skill, and luck!!!

What followed stunned the spectators—Crossplayer’s Blessing and Festive Lantern engaged in a 50-minute stalemate. “Battle” might be too generous—95% of it was just one chasing the other. Crossplayer’s Blessing’s hotkeys weren’t fully mapped for combat, but Speed Scrolls and defense buffs filled every slot, so Fang Zheng wasn’t at a speed disadvantage. After the faceplant slide, he pulled it off three more times—not due to precision, but because Crossplayer’s stats ensured a faceplant with every no-runup jump, more accurate than a measuring cup. Festive Lantern’s stats, however, made it impossible not to land on the peak.

Fang Zheng was having fun fleeing, but the spectators were losing it—

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Little Willow: Who dragged me here saying it’d be exciting? This is just Running Man: Blesscaller Edition?!

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Blue Skeleton: Why’s it all familiar faces spectating?

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Little Willow: Who else besides us has hit 900 points already?

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: Can’t stand Dutch Chamber of Commerce’s smugness.

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Little Willow: Oh yeah? Wanna fight? Pick a room! This is boring as hell!

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Fist of the Gods: First, matchups are random. Second, I’ve been enduring this just to see how it ends!!!

[System] ice Iceborn surrenders.

The sudden system message stunned the spectators. Combat logs showed character IDs, but system messages displayed player names. Meaning—despite overwhelming odds, ice Iceborn had conceded?!

[System] Battle concluded. All players exiting Battle Lobby 013.

[Flagship] Ever Bright: Why did ice Iceborn surrender??

[Flagship] Liaodong Iron Cavalry: Iceborn surrendered?

[Flagship] Fist of the Gods: Over an hour—how many matches could he have won in that time? I’d quit too. Consider it 30 points for “please leave me alone” =_=

[Flagship] Grave Sweeping Scroll: What happened? Who did ice surrender to?

[Flagship] One Night Resurrection: Milk is Mom.

[Flagship] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Damn, I told you—that guy’s a monster! Hell Emissary!!

[Flagship] Rock N Roll Will Never Die: Uh, feels like your takeaway differs from what I saw, but I can’t pinpoint how…

[Legion Zone 013 Spectator] Soldiers in Snowfield: Ghost Server’s fighting again! 005!

Word spread via megaphones, and a flood of spectators rushed into 005, where the battlefield proved the saying “enemies meet on a narrow path.”

[Legion Zone 005] X: HAHAHAHAHAHA, this account again? HAHAHAHAHAHA

[Legion Zone 005] Milk is Mom: …

[Legion Zone 005] X: Just surrender already, this is like squashing an ant HAHAHAHA

[Megaphone] Milk is Mom: Don’t Stop the Meds, your teammate’s lost it, what do I do? >_<

X’s laughter wasn’t unfounded—Fang Zheng had rolled Mad Lad’s account again.

But though the underwear was the same, the Ghost Server Commander was no longer the PK newbie who panicked at the sight of a naked account. And “naked”? The first time, he’d been too shocked to notice the empty gear slots. Now? A naked account might scare players, but a naked whale account…

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] Big H: How long is XX gonna laugh? =_=

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] War-Black Gold: If I were him, I wouldn’t let Milk Mom escape.

But X wasn’t Big H or Black Gold—he lacked their insight into Milk is Mom. So, amidst his laughter, Mad Lad slipped away like greased lightning!

Thirty minutes later—

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] Little Willow: Who dragged me in this time?! What’s next—Running Man: Underwear Edition?!

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: This is insane—how is he so fast without gear?!

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: What’s that icon above his head? Do assassins have skills like that??

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] Silent Hill: Must be an item, but I’ve never seen it before.

[Legion Zone 005 Spectator] Grave Sweeping Scroll: Ghost Server is truly unfathomable.

X’s tragedy differed from ice Iceborn’s—the latter had faced a Blesscaller with Speed Scrolls filling every hotkey slot, while X was up against Mad Lad, whose hotkeys contained no scrolls or gear, only cash-shop items for flexing or personal enjoyment. Like the hat with flaming effects, or the now-discontinued 888-yuan item Mad Lad had hoarded even during Sky Arena’s brutal grind—stashed in his last hotkey slot for easy viewing and emotional fulfillment—

[The Flash Badge]

Price: 888 yuan

Effect: +50% Speed

Duration: 24 hours

Note: One-time use, consumed on activation.

[Legion Zone 005] X: Dammit, my laptop’s overheating. Can you show me that speed item? Just wanna see it, okay?

[Legion Zone 005] Milk is Mom: [The Flash Badge]

X inspected the item. The 888-yuan price didn’t faze him—but the 24-hour duration did. Though a one-time use meant he could theoretically chase Mad Lad down after the effect expired… who the hell would tail someone for 24 hours?! His youth wasn’t for chasing men!!! TAT

[System] X surrenders.

[System] Battle concluded. All players exiting Battle Lobby 005.

[Flagship] X: Ghost Server guy, one last question.

[Flagship] Milk is Mom: Never loved you, not even a little.

[Flagship] X: Thanks for that =_=

[Flagship] X: When your legion’s zombie fought me, he used this account but not this item. Why?

[Flagship] Milk is Mom: He could’ve beaten you naked.

[Flagship] X: But he lost in the end.

[Flagship] Milk is Mom: Oops, my bad—should’ve been clearer~~~

[Flagship] Milk is Mom: He thought he could beat you naked.

——X of Dutch Chamber of Commerce had no friends on Huaxia Summit. None. So no one warned him: Never question the Ghost Server Commander. ╮(╯_╰)╭

Three straight wins didn’t just boost Fang Zheng’s morale—it made him infamous in the Legion Zone. From then on, every match drew crowds. After each battle, spectators would excitedly exit and queue again. Matching against the Ghost Server Commander was like hitting the jackpot; those who didn’t would quickly finish their fights to spectate.

When luck strikes, nothing can stop it. Fang Zheng’s fourth match was against War-Snow Wolf—specifically, War-Six Souls vs. Drink Your Sister 3X!

Six Souls was a Berserker, offense-oriented with weak defense, while Your Sister was a healer—Fang Zheng’s specialty! Combined with healers’ natural tankiness, Fang Zheng dominated from the start, eventually chasing Six Souls down. Though Your Sister’s DPS was low, he whittled Six Souls’ MP to zero, then his HP.

1040 points!

Fang Zheng pressed his advantage—fifth match, go!

[Legion Zone 101] Insidious: Heard you’re good at drawn-out fights. Heh, let’s see who lasts longer.

[Combat] Bard has died.

[System] Battle concluded. All players exiting Battle Lobby 101.

[Legion Zone] Insidious: Where’s the drawn-out fight?!

[Legion Zone] Milk is Mom: Only weak accounts drag out fights. Our 2B account’s OP and crits all the time—of course we brawl~~~~~

With that, Milk is Mom leapt to third place on the leaderboard at 1080 points!

Among experts, wins and losses balanced out—40 points for a win, but -30 for a loss. Most climbed slowly, 10 points at a time. Only the elite could chain wins—requiring both skill and strong legion accounts. Like second-place ice Iceborn, and first-place… Don’t Stop the Meds.

[Legion Zone 001] Don’t Stop the Meds: Heard you’ve got divine help. I’ve been praying for this—thank heavens it’s finally you!

[Legion Zone 001] Don’t Stop the Meds: Hello? Anyone there?

Fang Zheng wasn’t paying attention to his new opponent—he’d rolled Little Lucky Charm, the one account he’d dreaded!

Just the name screamed “zero luck”!!! TAT

After painstakingly reviewing Lucky Charm’s hotkeys, Fang Zheng finally checked his opponent—and froze. Don’t Stop the Meds was using his own account?!

Wait, no—Don’t Stop the Meds was a Demon Refiner, but this was a Spirit Master like Lucky Charm, and the name was slightly…

[Combat] Stop the Meds uses Sleep.

Dammit! Sloppy!!!

No choice—ZZZs were already crowning Lucky Charm’s head. Fang Zheng braced for the incoming nuke.

Don’t Stop the Meds didn’t hold back, casting Phoenix Rebirth!

Fang Zheng hadn’t expected such brutality—leading with the Spirit Master’s most MP-costly, highest-damage skill! Against Phoenix Rebirth, his only hope was that it wouldn’t crit. Please don’t crit, please don’t crit—he didn’t want to get one-shot…

[Combat] Stop the Meds uses Phoenix Rebirth Brutal Strike!

Of course Your Uncle’s account had a built-in crit buff!!! TAT

Yet “Little Lucky Charm has died” didn’t appear.

He somehow clung to his last drop of HP!

Don’t Stop the Meds fired off an insta-cast Ice Shatter!

But Fang Zheng’s healer reflexes were faster—thankfully, Lucky Charm’s hotkeys were stuffed with HP potions. One Major Health Potion later, the near-dead Spirit Master was back to full, tanking the hit and dropping to 80%. Another potion—full again!

Simultaneously, Lucky Charm’s Cactusfication enveloped Stop the Meds!

Now it was his turn for Phoenix Rebirth!

Fang Zheng smirked and returned the favor!

This time, no crit—Stop the Meds lost only three-quarters HP. Fang Zheng followed up with a fire dragon for DoT!

Freed from the stun, Don’t Stop the Meds also chugged a potion and cast Blizzard Gale!

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Deep Mountain Old Well: First time I’ve found two Spirit Masters dueling… boring =_=

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Blue Skeleton: Such a pretty map, wasted on them.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Scholar Lu: Boss Yao, the boys are watching. Can you move? Even a twitch! We’re falling asleep…

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Mocha: [Yawn]

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Little Willow: I get Ghost Server’s guy—he’s been running way too much!!!

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Rain Ceases: Odd. They say Ghost Server’s commander always flees, but against our Boss Yao, he’s standing his ground—going toe-to-toe?

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] March to Liangzhou: No tactics, no terrain—just a stats showdown.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Ghost of the Gods: So whoever has higher attack, defense, MP, and HP wins.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] March to Liangzhou: Yep. The purest, most primitive PK.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] War of the Gods: This boring style isn’t Boss Yao’s thing.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Nicknamed White Dragon Horse: Milk Mom chose this—the moment he tanked the Ice Shatter instead of running, it was a challenge. Boss Yao just accepted.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Divine Strategist: Who do you think will win?

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] X: Pfft, even a moron knows.

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Mocha: Boss Yao’s attack, defense, MP, and HP all outclass his opponent. No contest.

Fifteen minutes later—

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Summit of Mount Tai: Milk Mom’s MP is full again…

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Nicknamed White Dragon Horse: How many times has he potioned?

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Rain Ceases: At least double Boss Yao’s count—nearly 100? =_=

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] 17 Moon Street: Low MP pool means frequent potting. But how’s he bypassing cooldowns?

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Big H: Why isn’t Boss Yao potting MP?

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Scholar Lu: Shit, is he out?!

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Little Willow: Could be. Who keeps more than one or two MP pots in their hotkeys? Maybe a few dozen at most—he’s probably burned through them!

[Legion Zone 001 Spectator] Scholar Lu: Think our commander’s out of HP pots too…

[Combat] Stop the Meds has died.

[System] Battle concluded. All players exiting Battle Lobby 001.

……

[Megaphone] Rain Ceases: [Milk is Mom] Hey handsome, our commander’s taking meds for his stomachache. Asked me to find out—how do your teammates set their hotkeys?

[Megaphone] Milk is Mom: Normally, legion secrets aren’t for sharing~~but since your commander’s sick, I’ll play nice~~~~~ Good thing I’m smart—I screenshot every account’s hotkeys to memorize them for next time~~~ Sigh, why am I so amazing?~~~

[Megaphone] Rain Ceases: Uh, can you send the screenshot first? After that, praise yourself all you want—I won’t puke.

[Megaphone] Milk is Mom: [Heart][Image][Heart]

[Megaphone] Rain Ceases: …

[Megaphone] Milk is Mom: Here’s the pic. Pass on my regards—wishing Boss Yao a speedy recovery~~~~~

[Megaphone] Don’t Stop the Meds: No need. I’m already dead. But if you don’t want me dying with regrets, explain why your teammates’ hotkeys have over ten types of HP and MP pots—50 each—and cash-shop pots?!

[Megaphone] Milk is Mom: For those living on the edge, you can never have too many pots. Survival comes first. [Patpat] Your Uncle’s struggles—you wouldn’t understand.

……

The match against Don’t Stop the Meds marked a turning point. From then on, no one looked down on Fang Zheng or mocked his legion’s weird accounts. Some even avoided his online hours because—

If you meet the Ghost Server Commander, fight him—the thrill will send you to heaven.

If you meet the Ghost Server Commander, surrender—the relief will send you beyond heaven.