There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

Under the reminder of the colorful barrages from countless others,

players in other World Boss Spaces weren't foolish enough to greedily chase that bit of extra damage and target the Greater Charm Demon over the Lesser Charm Demons.

After all, which was more important: life or rewards?

It was still quite easy to discern.

Soon, a prompt sounded in the ears of all players.

"Ding, the Second Layer World Boss Space has been entirely cleared. Now, we invite all players who advanced from the Second Layer World Boss Space to proceed to the Third Layer World Boss Space to face the final boss!"

"The total number of players advancing is 78."

As the voice fell,

Chen Yi suddenly felt a flash of white light before his eyes, sighed softly, and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he was surrounded by nearly a hundred players—all the players who had advanced from the second layer.

Ready to welcome the final boss.

The only thing that puzzled him was why there was always a flash of white light with every transition?

Were there no other methods?

A one-trick pony?

"Ding, the ultimate World Boss of the Third Layer is: the Xuanwu Turtle."

"The boss will descend in 3 minutes. Please prepare yourselves accordingly."

The system's prompt had just finished,

when a man's voice rang beside his ear.

"Everyone, look my way, I have a few words to say."

Wang Yimei's legs suddenly stretched to three meters, as he looked down at all the players and shouted through a megaphone, "I believe everyone's skills should be off cooldown by now, right?"

"For 1000 Points, you can eliminate the cooldown of one Skill or Prop. I hope that no one will be stingy and will clear their cooldowns."

"Nonsense, do we need your reminder, showing off yourself?"

A sultry figure in tight clothing sneered at Wang Yimei from the crowd, apparently with a temperament as fiery as her figure.

"..."

Wang Yimei was startled for a moment, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes before a forced smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand as if to show he didn't take it to heart. He then reverted his legs back to normal and stood back on the ground, looking down at the floor without speaking.

Why... were so many people trying to make him lose face today?

It was really embarrassing.

Embarrass him, and one must be prepared to lose their life.

After Wang Yimei's opening act, the other players also started to interact with each other. After all, they were usually the strongest people in their cities, with little chance of communication, and such an opportunity naturally called for more interaction.

"Long time, no see."

Sword Without End, with a cigarette in his mouth and hands in his pockets, strolled over to Chen Yi, and grinned, "We meet again, huh?"

"Yeah."

Chen Yi lifted his eyelids and casually glanced at Sword Without End standing before him: "Didn't expect to see you here. I thought you only had those flashy effects for show."

"Effects are for show, but strength is for confidence."

"To get those rare effects, you need strength as a basis. Ordinary people don't have the chance to get them."

"Like your effects, could you have gotten them without strength?"

"The more rare effects one has, the stronger that person is."

Sword Without End pointed to the woman who had just spoken: "See that woman? The one with the fiery figure and temper? She's not someone to take lightly."

"I've dealt with her before."

"Her name is Yan Niang."

"She's a character who likes to sleep with men. It's said that before the arrival of the later era, she was working in a KTV as a hostess, the kind that goes out with clients."

"After the later era began, she had a stroke of luck and started using her strength to look for handsome men and forced them into bed with her. Reportedly, once she found a male celebrity idol."

"Quite handsome."

"Unfortunately, that male celebrity idol was bound by the 'Lucky Child of the God of Love,' and during the act, the death penalty suddenly triggered, and that celebrity idol just died like that."

"It made quite the joke in certain circles."

"But many men she's been with say it was torture."

"How so?"

Chen Yi, leaning on his cane with one hand, casually surveyed the surrounding players patiently waiting for the boss's arrival, and casually asked, "She's pretty hot, looks good too, how could it be torture?"

"That woman has a foul mouth."

Sword Without End seemed somewhat contemplative as he clicked his tongue: "She likes to curse while riding, very loudly and dirtily, things like 'I'll f*** you to death' and such."

"In short, those who've been with her say it's just too much torture, the cursing is intolerable."

"Oh, I forgot to introduce her most important identity."

"Remember the organization I told you about? 'Skywake,' an organization formed by a group of stronger players after the later era, its name also has a clear connotation."

"And this Yan Niang is the vice president of Skywake."

"Ah... it seems she's heading our way."

"Are you Chen Yi?"

Yan Niang walked directly up to Chen Yi, arms crossed, her ample bosom almost spilling out as she looked him up and down before speaking coldly.

"I've heard about you from Sword Without End, about your desire to join Skywake."

"Initially, I was against it. Someone who spends a large amount of Points to buy fancy effects in the Guardian Shop doesn't deserve to join 'Skywake.'"

"Skywake needs some truly strong players, not those who like to buy flashy effects."

"But since you were able to get here through the Second Layer World Boss Space Station, it shows that you also have some skills."

"I'll give you a chance."

"There are a total of 78 players here, just make sure you rank in the top 40 in terms of damage dealt, and I'll allow you to join Skywake!"

"..."

Chen Yi looked at the woman almost as tall as herself and paused for a moment before turning her head calmly to glance at Sword Without End.

"Um..."

Sword Without End looked slightly embarrassed and shifted his eyes uncertainly before lowering his head and saying, "I didn't say Chen Yi wants to join 'Skywake.' I just said Chen Yi is quite strong, and you guys could recruit him."

"Look, Yan Niang, don't twist my words."

"Plus, 'Skywake' is just a spontaneously organized group. When did it have such a high entry barrier, asking for top 40? As far as I know, Skywake currently has over 30 members, and only about 5 of them are standing here, right?"

"Many members have been eliminated."

"The threshold can be low for others."

Yan Niang stared at Chen Yi, her eyes full of disdain as she licked her fiery red lips, "But for someone like you who likes to show off, it's only natural that the requirements are higher."

"To put it bluntly, I just don't respect you."

"You want me to regard you highly?"

"Fine, show me all your strength. Rank in the top forty, and I will naturally take notice of you."

"If you can rank in the top ten, I might even kneel and serve you, it's not impossible."

"Do you dare?"

"Sigh."

Chen Yi let out a light sigh, looked down at the ground, and remained silent for a while before rubbing her temples tiredly: "The vice president of 'Skywake', huh?"

"Which city are you from?"

"What, you fancy me? Well, I'm in..."

The voice suddenly came to an abrupt halt!

Sword Without End rushed over anxiously, covered Yan Niang's mouth with his hand, and looked back at Chen Yi with apologetic eyes.

"That Chen Yi... this has nothing to do with me. If you have issues, just talk to her."

"I'm innocent, and this 'Skywake' thing has nothing to do with me either."

"I'm going to have a word with her."

"You go ahead with your business."

Ignoring how fiercely Yan Niang struggled, he forcefully dragged her off towards the distance. Only after they had walked away did he turn to her with an angry face and whisper sharply.

"Are you freaking out of your mind?"

"I know you're a bit blunt normally, but you're still sane. Did you even think before you spoke just now?"

"Are you trying to recruit or offend someone to death?"

"Are you crazy? I don't want to offend Chen Yi. Can't you just stop saying stupid things while I'm around?"

"Chen Yi will think I'm as brainless as you!"

He could say he understood Chen Yi relatively well.

Chen Yi was like him, the type that was willing to expend effort and time on a vendetta.

When Chen Yi asked which city Yan Niang was from.

He knew Chen Yi was angry, and after the World Boss ended, a long pursuit would probably begin.

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Yan Niang angrily shook off Sword Without End, rubbed her slightly aching arm, and said with dissatisfaction, "Don't you get it? It's reverse psychology. No man likes being looked down upon by a woman."

"I worked in a KTV for three years."

"Don't I know men better than you do?"

"In the private rooms, the more you say those men have no money, the more they'd go into debt just to buy you expensive flowers."

"By provoking him like this, he'll want to show off in front of me. Don't you understand?"

"..."

Sword Without End suddenly fell silent. After a while, he said in a low voice, "Do you think because you've worked in a KTV for three years, you understand all men?"

"So what if I did?"

"Then it's settled."

Sword Without End looked somewhat speechless as he lit another cigarette and put it to his mouth, "Tell the president, I'm out of 'Skywake.'

"From now on, I have nothing to do with 'Skywake' anymore."

"Quit?"

Yan Niang was stunned, a flash of panic in her eyes, she bit her red lip and said word by word, "Don't forget, when you joined 'Skywake,' there was a rule. If you quit halfway, all the Contribution Value you accumulated in 'Skywake' would be reset to zero!"

"Weren't you always saving up Contribution Value to exchange for the Sword Immortal effect from the president?"

"You don't want it anymore?"

"No, I don't."

Sword Without End shook his head and waved his hand as he walked away, "It's just a Sword Immortal effect, although it looks nice, I'm more worried about being dragged down by you and getting killed by Chen Yi as well."

"I'm somewhat afraid of him."

"I don't know why, but I just don't want to be on the opposite side of him. Just the thought of it is scary, and I don't want to be crushed to dust by a thirty-meter-long blade in my sleep."