The Blossoming Blood Scene with Sun Xiang

The narrow canyon was quiet and lonely, with only the occasional rustle of poisonous insects crawling. 

Ye Xiu was levelling up with Tang Rou, Steamed Bun, and Sleep Admist Joy. Chen Guo was also there because Liu Hao was busy training at the club and couldn't accompany her, so she joined the group instead.

At that moment, Chen Guo noticed a large number of players approaching from a distance. They were well-organized but had different guild titles above their heads.

"What's going on? They don't look friendly," Chen Guo muttered.

Chen Guo was unaware of the "Lord Grim Anti-Campaign." Although she was one of the persons in charge of the Jia Dynasty's Tenth District, this position was more of a courtesy given her relationship with Liu Hao rather than an active role in the guild's operations. Because of this, Chen Yehui hadn't informed her about the "Anti-Lord Grim Campaign."

There was also the concern that Chen Guo might leak the plan.

The anti-Lord Grim alliance didn't recognise Chasing Haze, but when they noticed that she had the Jia Dynasty guild title above her head while being in Lord Grim's team, the leader ordered without hesitation, "Take her out!"

Although the plan was named the "Lord Grim Anti-Campaign," the actual content was to kill any player close to Lord Grim. This included members of the Moon Wheel Guild like Sleep Admist Joy, Steamed Bun and Soft Mist.

Roughly counting, there were more than twenty players on the opposing side, ready to attack. Chen Guo was so frightened that she quickly fled using her flying cannon.

Ye Qiu noticed the situation and immediately realised something was wrong, shouting to his teammates, "Run!"

Steamed Bun was still dazed, "What's going on?"

"Someone's coming to kill us," Tang Rou replied.

"Who? Let me take them down!" Steamed Bun bristled, ready for a fight.

Ye Qiu sighed helplessly. Steamed Bun was good in many ways, but he lacked a bit of common sense. "Can you win? There are more than twenty of them!"

Chen Guo's luck was terrible. Despite her skilful operation, her reaction and hand speed couldn't keep up, and the flood of skills swallowed her. Even her orange-grade heavy cannon was dropped, and a player from the Tyrannical Ambitions Guild picked it up.

Chen Guo had many orange weapons, primarily gifts from Chen Yehui, but this one was special because she had obtained it herself in a dungeon. An orange weapon she got herself was more meaningful than one gifted by someone else.

Chen Guo was so furious that she almost exploded. Feeling wronged, she immediately messaged Liu Hao, telling him that her orange weapon had been dropped.

Liu Hao, who was holding a review meeting with his team, found it both frustrating and amusing. But he had no choice; he had to pamper his girlfriend. He already couldn't accompany Chen Guo due to work, and if he refused to help her now, he'd be shirking his responsibilities as a boyfriend.

After the review meeting, Liu Hao hurriedly logged in.

Professional players' account cards were officially certified by the game. The moment Liu Hao logged into the Heavenly Domain, the news spread across the entire server.

For a moment, all the players in the Heavenly Domain were in an uproar.

Tyrannical Ambitions Guild's president, Ye Du Hantan, stared blankly at the news of Total Darkness logging in, puzzled. "Dancing Rain logged in by mistake last time and immediately logged off. Did this Total Darkness also log in by mistake?"

As soon as Liu Hao logged in, he received countless friend requests, almost crashing the game. Liu Hao directly chose to ignore these requests and then located Ye Du Hantan, the leader of the Tyrannical Ambitions Guild, and sent him a friend request.

It was too troublesome to explain his identity using a Smurf account, so using his main account to state his intentions directly made things simpler and also made resolving the issue easier.

Ye Du Hantan looked at the friend request from Total Darkness and was momentarily confused. Why was Total Darkness adding him? Even if Ye Qiu had retired, Excellent Era and Tyranny were still mortal enemies!

However, Ye Du Hantan accepted Total Darkness's friend request, curious about what Liu Hao wanted.

As soon as the friend request was accepted, Liu Hao sent a message.

Total Darkness: "Hello [smile.jpg]."

Ye Du Hantan: "What do you want?"

Total Darkness: "Here's the thing. Your guild members in the Tenth District accidentally killed a player named Chasing Haze and took her orange weapon. Could you return it?"

Ye Du Hantan was stunned. Liu Hao contacted him just for this? Resolving this issue was simple; he could just send a message to Ye Du Han Tan. But why should he help an Excellent Era player?

Ye Du Hantan was a die-hard fan of Tyranny and hadn't forgotten Liu Hao's arrogant behaviour towards Team Han. He couldn't understand why Liu Hao was asking for help from Tyranny's people.

Ye Du Hantan: "Why should I help you?"

This question caught Liu Hao off guard. He thought to himself, "I'm still a professional player, right? I came to you for help. Even if you don't want to help, you should at least be polite. Besides, your guild members were the ones who accidentally killed her. I'm not asking for compensation; I'm just asking you to return the dropped weapon. And you're not willing to do that?"

Total Darkness: "Please don't make this complicated. You can solve this issue with just a word. Don't let it affect the relationship between Excellent Era and Tyranny."

Liu Hao tried to elevate this minor issue into a conflict between the two clubs, thinking it would intimidate Ye Du Hantan. However, Ye Du Hantan was wholly unfazed and arrogantly replied:

"You think it's that easy? I don't believe you, and I won't help you!"

This amused Liu Hao. After taking a screenshot as evidence, he logged off the game, went downstairs to the Jia Dynasty Guild, and grabbed the account cards for Hateful Sword and Grieving Haze, preparing to retrieve the weapon for Chen Guo personally.

Although Liu Hao seemed to be acting out of personal vendetta, he used this excuse to completely disrupt the Tyrannical Ambitions Guild's progress in the Tenth District, accelerating Jia Dynasty's advancement among the top three guilds.

To ensure the plan's success, Liu Hao decided to bring Sun Xiang along.

Liu Hao tossed the Hateful Sword account card to Sun Xiang. "Come with me to the Tenth District for a special training session."

"What kind of training?" Sun Xiang picked up the Hateful Sword account card.

"The Blossoming Blood Scene training method. We lack synergy, don't we? You use a Berserker, and I use an Ammunition Specialist. Executing the Blossoming Blood Scene together is the fastest way to build rapport," Liu Hao said with a smile.

Moreover, they could shift the blame for wreaking havoc on the Tyrannical Ambitions Guild to the Hundred Blossoms. After all, the Blossoming Blood Scene was a signature move of the Hundred Blossoms.

Sun Xiang didn't refuse and obediently inserted the Hateful Sword account card.

Liu Hao also sat back down in his seat, inserted his card, and logged in. He thought to himself, "Chen Guo gave me a perfect excuse. I can use the excuse of retrieving the orange weapon to weaken the Tyrannical Ambitions Guild's strength and even improve my rapport with Sun Xiang."

"Do you know how to use the Blossoming Blood Scene?" Liu Hao asked.

"Of course. I grew up watching Sun Zheping's match videos," Sun Xiang replied confidently. "But do you know how to use the Hundred Blossoms style?"

"Heh, let's find out!" 

(End of chapter)