Ambushed

Wu Shaoqing stared at his screen for a while before finally letting out a small burst of laughter. Unexpectedly, the person he wanted to poach was his fan.

"Alright. I will sign for you," Wu Shaoqing said into his mic. "Where do you live?"

"In Shicheng, A City," came the enthusiastic reply from Li Shenyang.

"Shicheng? What a coincidence. Next week, I have a business in Shicheng, C City. How about I go and see you tomorrow in A City? I don't mind going there early. Then I can simply depart to C City the next day," Wu Shaoqing suggested.

"Tomorrow? No problem, ah! Are you going by plane or bullet train?" Li Shenyang asked.

"I will update you later. Let's go back into the game now. Earlier, you got the Silverlight Blueprint. Have you checked the item description?" Wu Shaoqing asked.

"I have. Hold on…"

Wu Shaoqing didn't wait long before the Silverlight Blueprint were shared in the chat. Clicking on the item link, Wu Shaoqing began to read the item's description.

[Item: Silverlight Blueprint (Divine)]

[Description: Blueprint for the Divine Weapon: Silverlight. Use this item to learn how to craft Silverlight. Silverlight was one of the weapons that were created by the legendary swordsmith, Huang Liuxian. This blueprint can be found as a rare boss reward from the dungeon, 'Maze of the Shunned Immortal.']

When Wu Shaoqing read this, he suddenly frowned. He opened the game forum and typed in the dungeon name. The result came out but when he read through the first line of information, his grip on his mouse became stronger.

'Maze of the Shunned Immortal, recommended cultivation rank: Dacheng, recommended cultivation level: Realm 1, level 1…' Wu Shaoqing quietly read it. 'If its an item drop for a high-level dungeon, why did it appear here in the beginner's dungeon?'

Wu Shaoqing doesn't know what to think of it. In the end, he opened up his instant messaging application and sends a message to one of his contacts, informing the other about the abnormality he found.

"Captain! Hurry and distribute the rest of the boss's reward, ah!" Illusory Swan's voice sounded from his headphone, bringing his attention back to the game.

"Alright. Give me a moment," Wu Shaoqing said as he then controlled his character. The boss's reward is rich. Other than the common items that had already been distributed earlier, and the blueprint that had already been given away, there was still a purple weapon, a blue armour and an enchantment stone.

The enchantment stone was kept by Wu Shaoqing since it can be used for the team in the future. The weapon naturally goes to his character, as for the armour, because every one of his team wanted it, they opted for a roll. Of course, Wu Shaoqing and Li Shenyang who had already benefited gave up on this roll chance. In the end, Bai Lang won the armour and he even immediately equipped it.

"Hehehehe, do I look handsome yet?" Bai Lang asked as he turned around, showing off his new armour.

"Handsome. Really handsome…" Illusory Swan replied. "The armour is so handsome even the stat is handsome…"

"Too bad the owner is not," Lightning Lynx added quickly.

"Hey!" Bai Lang's displeased voice could be heard when Lightning Lynx said it. "In case you forgot, I have several hundred thousands of fans just from streaming before joining as the trainee!"

"What do fans count for?"

"What it counts for? Naturally, they came to my stream because I'm handsome, ah!"

"Oh. So your fan only came for your face and not your skills?"

"You-!"

"Alright, enough. Just because you are all currently at home does not mean you will escape any reviews and punishment," Wu Shaoqing quickly acts as mediator before the two became out of control. "All of you have recorded your gameplay?"

"Yes, captain."

"En. Send them to me tonight. Let's leave the dungeon," Wu Shaoqing said to the team.

Unlike most games where players can simply teleport out of the dungeon, in Lord of Supreme Immortal, they have to trek back their way out of the dungeon. Of course, there is a teleportation stone that can be used to teleport directly to the entrance, but it costs real money.

When they left the dungeon, their chat box exploded with new text coming from the local text. Most were asking Li Shenyang if he wanted to sell the blueprint. Some offered a whooping 20,000 yuan which made even Li Shenyang who came from a wealthy family sweat.

"Don't sell it," Wu Shaoqing quickly told Li Shenyang. "Use the blueprint quickly so that no one can try and steal it."

"Oh, okay!" Li Shenyang replied and he quickly used the blueprint. An achievement notification appeared on Li Shenyang's screen, congratulating him for learning how to craft Silverlight.

They had just left the mountain area and was about to separate to go to their own beginner's village when a group of players came, surrounding them. Their numbers are exactly six people, a full team. Li Shenyang eyed each of their names that are coloured in red before he typed in the local chat.

[YangShen(Local): May I ask why your name are red?]

"Yang Shen, isn't it obvious? They're here to PK us, ah!" Illusory Swan replied. "These people are probably from Bloodvale based on their name."

"Bloodvale?" Li Shenyang heard of the name before. In King's Arena, they were known for trash-talking, but no skills. What's worse about this team was that, despite being a professional, they would play a full team in a normal match, bullying the non-professional player. Although they do use trumpet account, they would still boast about it by saying how easy it was.

Li Shenyang once met them in a match, and though his team was losing most of the game, he still remembered the satisfaction of getting a wipeout and turned the game around. His team at the time was even accused of being a team of hackers by the other team but of course, since Li Shenyang was playing solo-queue, that was impossible.

"Don't worry, Yang Shen! Just let the captain talk to them, ba! They won't dare to not give a face to our captain," Bai Lang said to Li Shenyang.

While they were talking in the team chat, Wu Shaoqing has already talked to the captain of the other team.

"It's useless if you tried to attack us now. The blueprint has been used," Wu Shaoqing told the other as he opened his public mic.

"Qing-shao, don't lie, ah! That's the blueprint for a divine weapon! Such rare items, don't say that your boss allows you to blindly use it without researching it!" the other captain retorted. "Just silently ask that teammate of yours to hand it over."

"How can we hand over something that is no longer in our inventory?" Wu Shaoqing asked back.

"Qing-shao, are you really going to play it this way? Don't think we don't know. Those team behind you are all new players from the training camp! They may be better than normal players but compared to a professional, they are still lacking," the other had sounded irritated by now, not even bothering to mask his impatience. "If we fight, you should know how things will end. Just you alone cannot fight us!"

Their mic was opened to the public so naturally, Li Shenyang and the rest could also hear it. In anger, Li Shenyang opened his mic to the public too and started to confront the other team.

"You people from Bloodvale only knows how to bully the weak! Since you are so confident, how about we go right now?!" Li Shenyang taunted them.

"Aaaaah! Yang Shen! What are you doing?! Although our captain is a professional player, we're not, ah! You heard them. We're only players that the captain brought in from the training camp!" Lightning Lynx said in the team chat.

Li Shenyang had heard them before, but he just couldn't control himself from speaking up. When faced with this kind of trash-talk, especially from someone without skills, he just can't help but boil up. "Come one versus one if you dare!"

While he speaks, Li Shenyang's finger was busy typing on his keyboard, wanting to tell his teammate that he will be leaving the team as to not implicate them. But before he could send the message, he heard Wu Shaoqing's voice.

"Not one versus one. We will go two versus two. If we win, you will not bother us again. But if you win… since we can't give you what you want, I'll let you kill my character a hundred times."

Li Shenyang was rendered speechless and his finger which was about to press enter, hovered over it, never going down. In the end, he deleted all that he typed. 'Since the captain has already said this, it's useless to send that now,' thought Li Shenyang.

The players from Bloodvale, on the other hand, was feeling even more annoyed. It seemed that the captain has turned off his public mic and is now talking in team chat because without any warning, they suddenly launched an attack.

"Everyone, be careful! This is also a good experience. Remember your training and try to figure out your own tactics. Do not falter and just fight back. We don't have anything to lose other than few experience and spirit points," Wu Shaoqing said to his team. "Yang Shen, you stay close to me so I can prote-"

Before Wu Shaoqing could even finish his sentence, he saw a figure flash by from his character view and then, the sound of weapons clashing with each other followed suit. He could only watch as Li Shenyang began to engage with the captain of Bloodvale team.

"Yang Shen, pull back! They're trying to lure you in and surround you. It's too risky to engage too deep!" Wu Shaoqing warned. He is worried about Li Shenyang since the other was not part of the team, thus their level of co-operation is quite low. Fighting in a team fight would not be ideal at this moment.

Li Shenyang also understood this so he had been very careful when he dived in. It was only unfortunate that the weapon he currently equipped had its range reduced by three. When Li Shenyang saw that the other kept on moving backwards, he didn't chase after instead, he stayed in place.

"What's wrong? After talking big earlier, you suddenly got cold feet?!" the captain of Bloodvale asked, taunting Li Shenyang.

When Li Shenyang heard this, he just smiled. Even if he knew the other couldn't see his face, he just couldn't help it. After all, they didn't know that Li Shenyang has a very good ranged attack. But he is unwilling to use them here in the open. After all, this skill can be considered his trump card.

"Actually, now that I think of it… why should I go to you? The one who wanted something from us is you so, shouldn't you be the one to come to us instead?" as soon as Li Shenyang said that, he turned around and ran back to the mountain. He also changed his voice chat channel from public to team channel.

"Everyone, let's go back to the mountain. This place is an open field, very troublesome. We can try using the mountain's terrain to separate them, then we'll engage in 1v1 or 2v1 or however it goes later. Just give that captain to me," Li Shenyang told his team.

When Wu Shaoqing heard this, a smile formed on his face and he couldn't help but praise the other's mind. "Let's do as Yang Shen said. Let's try splitting them in half. The four of you will go against the three of them, I'll take on the other three with Yang Shen. Make sure you record your gameplay. Now go!"

Bloodvale team watching Li Shenyang and his team running away: …

Li Shenyang had moved with such vigour, attacking the people from Bloodvale courageously. So when he suddenly turned around and ran, the people from Bloodvale was unable to respond immediately. By the time they did, Li Shenyang and his party had already entered the mountain area.

"Fuck! Chase them!!" the captain exclaimed out loud. "No matter how many times we have to kill them, we must get that blueprint!"