Chapter 48: The Second Monster Siege and the Opening of the Level Rankings

Upon receiving the announcement of the second monster siege, a subtle curve appeared at the corner of Su Yu's mouth.

Triggering this monster siege was not for the sake of killing the Wolf King a second time. The Wolf King only yielded 1,000 experience points, and its drops offered no improvement to him whatsoever.

Su Yu's purpose was to use hard facts to show the players who had been cursing him on the forum that the Wolf King was simply not something players could kill at the current stage.

He wanted to shut those players' foul mouths.

Su Yu would need to use this batch of gear to recruit guild members in the future. If he didn't do this now, those trolls would definitely come flocking later to spew their toxic nonsense, which would be utterly disgusting.

With everything taken care of, he left the Wolf King Valley in Clear Wind Novice Village and returned to Novice Village Number Six.

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Meanwhile, Clear Wind Village was in an uproar.

Upon receiving the system announcement, the news that "a monster siege has occurred in Clear Wind Village" spread like wildfire across all novice villages.

Players from the entire server gathered once again, preparing to challenge this monster siege.

Major guilds such as Emperor Blood, Slash Heaven, and Cloud Herder cared little for their reputations; they successively organized personnel to enter the Wolf King Valley, attempting to intercept the siege boss.

However, the personnel responsible for the interception awkwardly discovered that they couldn't penetrate deep into the Wolf King Valley at all. They would be repelled by the patrolling wild wolf packs within the valley after taking just a few steps, leaving them with no choice but to awkwardly return to guard the village.

One hour later, the [Moon-Howling Wolf King] Version 2, leading over a hundred of its wolf pups, began its assault on Clear Wind Village.

As Su Yu anticipated, the wolf pack launched a one-sided slaughter against the players.

As an intelligent boss, the [Moon-Howling Wolf King] Version 2 completely ignored the defensive warrior's [Taunt], focusing instead on diving into the backline and wreaking havoc among the fragile priests and mages.

The players were slaughtered amidst wails and cries, turning into continuous flashes of white light.

Meanwhile, the wolf pack won victory after victory, pushing forward relentlessly.

Half an hour later, all players in the game received a system announcement:

"Ding! Clear Wind Village has fallen under the attack of the [Moon-Howling Wolf King]. Clear Wind Village has entered an unavailable state for 48 hours. Players are advised to take refuge in other villages!"

According to the descriptions of the last few players who laid eyes on the Wolf King, until the very end of the monster siege, the [Moon-Howling Wolf King] still retained 46% of its health!

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Faced with such a massive setback, the atmosphere on the forum shifted instantly.

The voices previously cursing Su Yu as a "thief" or "robber" vanished in an instant, replaced entirely by complaints and grievances across the forum:

"The [Moon-Howling Wolf King] is simply too strong! It moves around like it's teleporting!"

"This Wolf King has no martial ethics whatsoever! It completely ignores the defensive warrior and specifically picks off the backline. How is anyone supposed to withstand that?"

"And this Wolf King even brings along a dozen guards, every single one of them a Level 10 boss! How on earth is this thing supposed to be killed?!"

"I'd really love to know how the first Wolf King died? Who killed it?! The players who killed it must be insanely powerful!"

"Could the first one have been killed by a bug?"

"Stop fooling yourselves with the bug excuse, damn it! Have you ever heard of a real bug happening in a game you've played for this long?"

"Uh... actually, no, I haven't."

By now, there were no longer any voices on the forum cursing Su Yu. Instead, everyone was consumed by curiosity: Exactly how did the first Wolf King die? Who on earth possessed such incredible capability?

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Su Yu paid little attention to any of this.

Upon returning to Nolan Village, he immediately headed to the Wolf King Valley to go into seclusion and grind levels.

Su Yu had no intention of leaving the Wolf King Valley until he reached Level 10.

An hour and a half later, he received the announcement regarding the fall of Clear Wind Village, and Falling Snow also sent a congratulatory message:

"Senior, the siege boss is truly formidable! It completely destroyed Clear Wind Village! I suppose those trolls on the forum wouldn't dare badmouth you anymore!"

Su Yu: "Normal. Current-stage players can't deal with the Wolf King; I'm well aware of that."

Falling Snow: "Then how did you manage to kill the Wolf King?"

Su Yu: "A high-level NPC passing by cast a buff on me."

Falling Snow: "......"

Falling Snow: "I have one more question. When do you plan to establish the Yellow Turban Army?"

Su Yu: "Let's wait a bit longer, until the majority of players reach Level 10."

Falling Snow: "Alright."

The two ended their private chat.

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The reason Su Yu wanted to establish a guild was primarily to prepare for a core gameplay mechanic in the late stages of the game—Mage Towers.

As player levels increased, the number of wild monsters of the same level would steadily decrease.

By the time players reached Level 84, the tier of the [Star-Casting Dragon King], there were only 12 NPCs in the entire game whose strength exceeded the Dragon King's, making it completely impossible to kill monsters to level up.

As for doing quests, the experience gained from them was negligible.

Therefore, in the late stages of the game, mage classes would be forced to build Mage Towers, pouring massive amounts of demonic beast materials into the core magic pools of the towers, purifying and absorbing the magic power within the pool in order to level up.

These demonic beast materials were accumulated bit by bit by players, and the demand was extraordinarily massive!

If Su Yu wished to reach the pinnacle of both in-game and real-world strength, he needed millions or even tens of millions of players silently backing him up to help gather materials.

Only by relying on the collective power of the masses could one forge a top-tier powerhouse capable of standing against Skru.

(This was precisely the reason Su Yu hated Slashing Heaven Sword so bitterly. Countless people sacrificed themselves, building up a powerhouse with boundless resources, only for that powerhouse to betray them? Unforgivable!)

Originally, Su Yu planned to cooperate with Guo Jia in the later stages, but upon second thought, it would be better to establish a guild first and cultivate a reliable group of subordinates.

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While pondering quietly, Su Yu's hands did not stop as he continued his slaughter of the [Moon-Howling Wolves] in the valley.

At 7:00 PM, Su Yu's experience bar finally filled to the brim, and he reached Level 10!

Upon hitting Level 10, all online players received a system prompt:

"Ding! A player has been detected reaching Level 10. The Level Leaderboard is now open!"

Upon hearing this system prompt, the bustling leveling zones across the various novice villages fell silent for a brief moment before erupting into an uproar:

"What? Someone actually reached Level 10?! I'm only Level 4!"

"I logged in quite early today, and I'm only Level 5. Just which big shot is this insanely awesome?"

Players scrambled over one another to open the level leaderboard on the system interface.

First place: Nemesis, Level 10, Mage.

Second place: Drunk Without Limit, Level 8, Assassin.

Third place: Emperor Blood Slaughtering Heaven, Level 8, Warrior.

Fourth place: Iced Black Tea, Level 7, Assassin.

Fifth place: Blue Mountain Has a Well, Level 7, Archer.

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The players were nearly driven mad:

"I bow down to the big shots! Even if I grinded for a full 24 hours straight, I wouldn't reach Level 7!"

"Big Shot Nemesis is forever our god! He's actually two whole levels ahead of second place!"

"Leveling up as a mage in the early stage is far too painful. Cast a few spells and you're out of mana. How on earth did Big Shot Nemesis level up so fast?"

"Big Shot Nemesis is already heading to the major city, while I'm stuck lingering in the novice village for several more days!"

"Comparing oneself to others only leads to despair!"

Before long, screenshots of the level leaderboard spread from online to offline, and the official forum became engulfed in frantic discussions regarding the image.

At the same time, Zhong Feng was browsing the official forum on his laptop while biting into a piece of bread.

Seeing Su Yu's glaring "Level 10," he froze, and the bread in his mouth suddenly lost all its flavor.

Not long after, he received a message from his comrade-in-arms [Range is Truth]:

"Old Zhong, did you see the level leaderboard?"

"Saw it."

"Any thoughts?"

"No particular thoughts. Senior Zhang Jiao is truly formidable!"

"Sigh! We need to find a way to catch up too! We modern people cannot let an ancient person beat us at gaming!"

"It's tough! But don't harbor any competitive anxiety; Senior Zhang Jiao's strength is ultimately a good thing for humanity."

"That's true."

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