The next day at noon, Shen Huai boarded the plane under the cover of Song Xueyang. After the plane took off, Shen Huai found a card in the snack bag prepared by Song Xueyang. The handwriting was elegant and well-arranged—
“No one can predict how far you can go, not even yourself.”
It was as if a warm current flowed into his heart. He posted a brief message on Weibo—”The road ahead is uncertain, no regrets @Shen Nuo.”
With this as a marker, Shen Huai’s exit from the entertainment industry was finally settled.
The vast number of haters were overjoyed. They had been waiting for so long and finally saw the day Shen Huai left the entertainment circle!
No longer having to endure his zombie-like acting skills, how exhilarating!
The haters flocked to Shen Huai’s Weibo to leave comments, expressing their excitement after a long battle finally won.
[You’re really not suited to be an actor. Leaving the entertainment industry is good for everyone.]
[Shen Huai’s story tells us that without any skills, relying solely on looks and background won’t get you far. Where have all the face fans gone? Why isn’t anyone coming out to worship your husband’s looks?]
[This is the most correct decision you’ve made in your life. Uncle Shen is old and can’t afford to be embarrassed by you anymore.]
[Hahaha, Shen Huai finally left the industry! Can this Weibo account be closed too? Just seeing this name is a buzzkill!]
Amidst the flood of foul language, Shen Huai’s friends in the entertainment industry reposted his Weibo and expressed their blessings. With these celebrities leading the way, the online atmosphere improved significantly.
Among the many reposts, there was one that surprised Shen Huai.
V War God – Goddess: To those who say Shen Huai relied on his family background to get where he is today, think carefully. Shen Huai signed with his own family’s entertainment company. If he really relied on his background, how could he let you scold him? I don’t see a spoiled little prince; I see a good actor who silently acts despite the insults and a bunch of bastards who only know how to slander him.
This person called “Goddess” is Hu Nana, the captain of the War God team in “City of Despair.” She is known for her decisive and efficient style and is the only female captain in the professional team.
Shen Huai had watched her matches. Her Qi Master was agile and flexible on the professional stage, ruthless in attack, and never lingering in retreat, with a very calm playstyle.
Hu Nana is very popular among professional players, and her fans, under her leadership, are not only high-quality but also very united.
Sure enough, the comments under her Weibo were all words of encouragement like “Nana, you’re awesome!” and “Goddess, good luck in the competition!”
Further down, members of the Maple Moon team also expressed their blessings. Fans were surprised and couldn’t help but speculate, could it be that the incident where Shen Huai jumped out of the car last time created a bond between the two sides?
In the evening, Shen Huai logged into his little Assassin account. Song Xueyang’s ID was still gray, but he had already accepted his friend request. However, his little apprentice was online.
[Friend][Yuxue Feifei]: Master, where have you been? Why haven’t you been online for days QAQ
Shen Huai replied with amusement, “I went out, just got back.”
[Friend][Yuxue Feifei]: Oh, oh, Master, you weren’t here, I was 22112
This inexplicable message was sent less than a minute before the system notified him: Your apprentice [Yuxue Feifei] was killed by [Cheng Feng] on the Island of Yellow Sand!
This Cheng Feng was from the Drunken Snow family who had been hunting him down. Shen Huai immediately guessed something was wrong. He used the master-apprentice teleportation skill to fly to Yuxue Feifei’s side.
Standing in front of Yuxue Feifei were four people, the leader being Cheng Feng, followed by Xuan Yun, Drunken Snow, and Luan Yu, all in the same format. To Shen Huai’s surprise, there was also a corpse lying next to Yuxue Feifei, which was Yiye Bianzhou, who had previously cleared a dungeon with him.
Shen Huai frowned. He hadn’t been online for the past few days and hadn’t paid attention to these clowns from the Drunken Snow family. He didn’t expect them to be so rampant, taking advantage of his absence to wantonly retaliate against his companions.
[Current][Cheng Feng]: The main character is here, huh? Are you here to avenge your apprentice, great god?
[Friend][Yuxue Feifei]: Master, they have more people, you should leave first. I’ll revive at the resurrection point once they leave.
Song Xueyang did it on purpose. Even if a sniper’s solo ability is lacking, he wouldn’t be killed by these few people. But when he saw Yiye Bianzhou’s corpse not far away, he immediately changed his mind.
Yiye Bianzhou was obviously killed because of Cang Yu, and Cang Yu had to know about this.
So he deliberately made a positioning mistake, allowing the opponent to kill him. When an apprentice is killed in the wild, the system will notify the master. Sure enough, Cang Yu flew over without a word after receiving the notification.
Seeing the message from Yuxue Feifei, Shen Huai guessed that someone was camping at the resurrection point. With both Yiye Bianzhou and Yuxue Feifei’s corpses here, it was clear they couldn’t have run over from the resurrection point. So the one tipping them off was…
Realizing something, he turned and ran towards the resurrection point. Drunken Snow and the others chased after him. When Shen Huai reached the resurrection point, he indeed saw two people guarding it, with a small healer’s corpse on the ground, which was Mobei from the same guild as Yiye Bianzhou!
He checked the personal information of Mobei and Yiye Bianzhou. As he suspected, the guild column for both was now blank. It was unclear whether they left voluntarily to avoid implicating the guild or were kicked out due to threats.
But regardless of which, it made Shen Huai’s anger surge.
His expression had never been so grim. Just thinking about how Yiye Bianzhou and Mobei had been hunted by these people while he was away made him disregard any courtesy towards the Xiaolang team.
Shen Huai activated Swift Run and threw a shuriken at a nearby public BOSS. The attacked BOSS immediately raised its heavy fist and slammed down. The Island of Yellow Sand is a max-level map, and the BOSS is naturally level 100, with terrifying damage. Yet Shen Huai didn’t dodge and took two of the BOSS’s skills head-on.
Seeing this, Xuan Yun asked inexplicably, “What’s he doing?”
Cheng Feng mocked, “Maybe he’s gone mad and wants to commit suicide.”
After being hit by the BOSS twice, Shen Huai was left with only 10% of his health. Just when everyone thought they were about to witness Shen Huai being killed by the BOSS, he returned with a sliver of health!
[Current][Mu Wan Ge]: I’ll let you have 90% of your health.
“Damn it, you bitch!” Cheng Feng cursed, activating slaughter mode, and charged at Shen Huai with his sword raised.
This was the highest damage skill of a light sword swordsman—Wave-Riding Sword!
The sword style is divided into three stages: a thrust, a sweep, and a knockback. Not only is the damage high, but it also has control. However, Cheng Feng’s Wave-Riding Sword was clearly not well-practiced. Shen Huai dodged with a move, barely brushing past the sword tip. He moved swiftly, passing through the crowd and heading straight for the enemy’s Holy Light.
A set of Shadow Mark followed by Blood Blade, with extremely fast hand speed ensuring continuous combos, even connecting with normal attacks! The Holy Light’s health was instantly halved. Realizing this, he hurriedly tried to heal himself, but was stunned by Shen Huai’s quick Soul Capture!
Then, almost no one saw what skills he used. They only saw the assassin dancing with his dual blades, blood splattering, shadows following, and the Holy Light died without even healing once!
The palms of Luan Yu, who was killed, were sweaty. She had heard from her family that this assassin was not simple, but she didn’t take it to heart. A profession nerfed to the ground, no matter how flashy, couldn’t possibly 1V6, right?
But now, the assassin’s ruthless pursuit on the screen was simply terrifying! She had never seen an assassin with such explosive damage, and his killing speed this time was more than twice as fast as when they had a 30-man team hunting him!
She suddenly had a bad premonition. The person they provoked this time was definitely not a good person.
The high-level maps in “City of Despair” are far from the main city. After being killed, you can’t choose to revive in the main city, only at the wild resurrection point. Therefore, after being killed on a high-level map, you need to wait 60 seconds to revive.
Seeing their healer killed, the others immediately focused their skills on the assassin. But just as everyone’s skills were about to land, two clones suddenly appeared beside the assassin. One ran back the way they came, while the other two stood foolishly in place, using normal attacks on the warrior.
“Fire Mage and Curse Master, guard the resurrection point. The rest, follow me!”
At Cheng Feng’s command, the others immediately chased after the figure. The short-legged Ice Mage was at the back, and when the others accelerated, he was left far behind.
He was chasing with all his might when suddenly a blade flashed from behind. The assassin’s blood-soaked dual blades, like deadly flying wheels, struck him madly.
It turned out the one who ran was a clone, and the real body had always been behind them!
He quickly typed, “Behind, behind!”
But by the time he sent the message, he was already on the ground.
Shen Huai didn’t hesitate and immediately turned to fly to the resurrection point. When Cheng Feng and his teammates returned, the Mage and Curse Master guarding the resurrection point were also dead.
This was not just a technical crush but also an intellectual suppression!
Cheng Feng was furious. In the blink of an eye, their 6-man team had 4 dead. Admitting he was tricked was harder than admitting Shen Huai was better than him. He wished he could jump into the screen and tear the chaotic assassin to pieces!
With the guards at the resurrection point dead, Mobei, who had been lying on the ground, finally dared to click revive. She remembered Shen Huai’s words in the dungeon, “Don’t heal him,” and immediately cast her ultimate skill “Dawn’s Light.”
A red sun rose behind her, its golden rays illuminating the land like a holy glow protecting warriors, granting immunity to all damage for 3 seconds to allies within range!
Three seconds is enough for a true expert. This time, without worrying about skills being interrupted, he immediately pressed the highest output skill, Death Mark, followed by Backstab – Heart Piercer – Dark Sword – Blade Dance!
Dozens of blades flew wildly in the air, the cold light like a rainstorm overwhelming the senses. Under his fierce assault, Cheng Feng and Xuan Yun could only cower. By the end of the three seconds, they were both left with a sliver of health.
At this moment, Yiye Bianzhou, who had revived at the resurrection point, also arrived. He swung his axe with a Ground Shaking Slash, splitting the ground in two, stunning both Xuan Yun and Cheng Feng. Shen Huai’s rapid hand speed took them both down.
In the blink of an eye, the Island of Yellow Sand was littered with corpses, and none of them dared to revive.
Yiye Bianzhou, usually good-tempered, cursed, “A bunch of bastards chased grandpa for so many days, and now you’re all down?”
None of them said a word, possibly having discussed it in their team. The first to die, the Holy Light, turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared, followed by the others in the same manner.
They had clearly purchased a store item to directly revive in another main city.
Yiye Bianzhou, feeling relieved, invited them to join the team.
[Team][Yiye Bianzhou]: Three days, finally vented my anger!
Mobei said nothing. This girl was very stubborn, never crying or making a fuss no matter how wronged she felt. Shen Huai’s anger hadn’t subsided in the slightest. He sent the first loudspeaker message of his gaming career.
[Loudspeaker][Mu Wan Ge]: Come out.
The short three words didn’t even have a subject, but everyone knew he was truly angered.
Song Xueyang wore a smile, tapping his fingers lightly on the table. The situation had finally reached the point of closing the net. Never try to anger a good-tempered person, because once they reach their limit, their retaliation is not something ordinary people can withstand.
[Loudspeaker][Xuan Yun]: Mad dog barking? Do scammers have the right these days?
Shen Huai sent it again.
[Loudspeaker][Mu Wan Ge]: Come out.
No one dared to speak on the other side, seemingly aware that this big shot was in a rage. Even Shen Huai’s team didn’t dare to persuade him.
Seeing no response from the Drunken Snow side, Shen Huai simply opened the Xiaolang guild information and found the guild leader, You Lang.
“Your guild’s Drunken Snow family killed my friends. Give me an explanation.”
You Lang was leading guild members in a dungeon when he saw the message, his hand trembling as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Mu Wan Ge coming to demand an explanation was clearly a warning before action. If this wasn’t handled well, they might truly offend this great god.
Thinking of the shot at the top of Luoyun Peak, You Lang dared not delay any longer and decisively called the team captain, Guan He.
“What’s the matter?”
The cold voice made You Lang shiver. He quickly explained the situation in the game.
“And then?” Guan He leaned on the sofa, his eyes unreadable and somewhat unapproachable. “Do I need to intervene in a game matter?”
“No, no,” You Lang quickly explained, “Mainly, this assassin seems to have some connection with Captain Song. When we were hunting him before, Captain Song intervened to save him. Isn’t Maple Moon recruiting members? I was wondering if this assassin might be…”
Guan He’s eyes darkened. Assassin, Song Xueyang… he immediately thought of a possibility.
“I’ll log in tomorrow night. Call them into the team.”
You Lang asked softly, “Is this assassin really a new member of Maple Moon?”
Guan He didn’t speak. He hoped not, because this person was very likely Cang Yu!