Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 37 Suicide Strategy

At first, Wang Ergou and his group felt it was a novel experience, standing on the bamboo raft flying in the air, enjoying the admiration and envy of other players, which was incredibly enjoyable.

But soon, the wind blew so hard that the Jade Emperor couldn't help but sniffle.

The temperature in "Ten Continents Chronicles" is quite pleasant; it's not too cold. This season is somewhat similar to spring and autumn in central and eastern China. If players haven't adjusted their five senses and are wearing the clothes that come with their character at birth while farming, they might even feel hot.

But flying in the air is a different story. Especially in order to travel quickly, Wang Ergou controlled the bamboo raft at almost the fastest speed. The whistling wind in his ears was like a knife scraping his cheeks, and the faces of several players were distorted by the wind. They were not seen as elegant and graceful, but rather as disheveled and miserable.

The extent to which people are blown away when a convertible sports car goes on a speed in real life is only more exaggerated here.

Because after increasing the speed, Wang Ergou had difficulty maintaining the balance of the bamboo raft—thanks to the fact that he often used the [Transport] skill to show off, so his skill proficiency was high and the consumption was not high.

Even so, the small bamboo raft trembled in the air, constantly going up and down, left and right, making people tremble with fear.

This forces other players to use every trick in the book to avoid being thrown off the raft.

Although the Jade Emperor was already disoriented, he still managed to cling tightly to the only standing bamboo pole, taking advantage of his proximity. Jie Ran, lying on the bamboo raft, gripped the ropes tightly, still having the energy to observe the map and route. The two "human detector" players were protected between the Jade Emperor and Jie Ran, crouching on the ground, each occupying a prime spot on either side of the bamboo pole.

As for the remaining two players, they were not so lucky. One of them was clinging to the Jade Emperor's left leg, and the other was clinging to his right leg, like two shrewd generals dragging the Jade Emperor down, making his survival on the bamboo raft even more difficult.

Finally, a "click" sounded as the bamboo pole, which had been supporting five players, broke after bearing an unbearable weight.

"what--"

Apart from Ji Ran, the Jade Emperor, his two leg ornaments, and the two players who were brought in as human detectors all fell off the bamboo raft.

"Holy crap! Wind manipulation technique! Wind manipulation technique!"

Wang Ergou shouted anxiously. In his excitement, he shook his spiritual power, causing the bamboo raft to capsize completely. This time, both Jie Ran and he himself fell in!

Fortunately, after practicing jumping off the cliff at the sect's headquarters many times, the players became very skilled at using the Wind Riding Technique. Although they all suffered minor injuries when they fell to the ground, no one died.

The bamboo raft is now unusable...

"Finished calf..."

Wang Ergou looked at the scattered bamboo raft with a heavy heart.

The Jade Emperor offered a half-hearted consolation: "Brother Dog, look on the bright side, we've already covered one-fifth of the distance!"

Wang Ergou stared with dead fish eyes and said, "What I mean is, we have to run away through free fighting..."

One player chimed in, "Not necessarily! Even though the bamboo raft is broken, we can still ride on the big tree!"

Wang Ergou turned his head away in despair: "Dad! I'm out of mana! Out! Mana!"

"Given that we need to take the slowest possible travel speed, based on the mana consumption rate and meditation speed of the player with the lowest level and cultivation in the team, it will take us about an hour and a half to reach our destination. This is only considering the straight-line distance."

The Jade Emperor counted on his fingers, saying, "If we ride a tree, we only need to calculate your mana regeneration speed and skill casting time, and it's roughly... wait, let me look at your mana bar, oh—about an hour! Right, don't you have an item that reduces skill cost? Then the actual time should be even shorter!" At this point, the Jade Emperor confidently concluded, "Therefore, in conclusion, the optimal solution is still riding a tree!"

"Alright, alright, then you go and cut down the trees!"

Wang Ergou completely gave up struggling and sat down on the spot to start regulating his breathing.

A dozen minutes later, a towering tree rose from the forest—it stood horizontally, and seven people were sitting in a row on it. If this place hadn't been in the middle of nowhere, this bizarre sight would probably have been circulating among the people for half a month!
The people in the tree were afraid of falling again, so they clung to the tree tightly. In addition, the wind made it difficult to hear each other, so they simply started chatting in the team channel.

"Brother Dog! You know what? Riding a tree is more fun than a bamboo raft!"

"At least I can sit down!"

"May the god of Aruba bless me—Damn it, Dog Bro, be careful when you're opening this tree!"

Wang Ergou also found it much easier than controlling a bamboo raft, because controlling a bamboo raft required maintaining its balance in the air, while controlling the balance of a large tree was relatively simple, except...

"It's a bit cramped around my butt!"

Wang Ergou muttered to himself and shifted his position.

Soon, after taking a few breaks along the way, Wang Ergou and his companions successfully returned to the place where their "dream began".

The first player, acting as a human detector, carefully moved towards the BOSS's location, exuding a stealthy feeling, much like someone performing a battery theft act in a stage play.

A moment later, a series of rapid breathing sounds came through the group microphone, accompanied by the player's wail: "Brother Dog! Brother Dog! I feel like I can't breathe!"

Wang Ergou confidently commanded, "It seems the BOSS has been triggered. Don't move for now, wait a few minutes and see if it comes out. Last time, we instinctively ran back and were wiped out instantly!"

"Brother Dog, I don't think this will work. I feel like I'm about to send it! Holy crap, help—"

Wang Ergou panicked: "Don't send it! Don't send it! If you really want to send it, use a lightning talisman on the BOSS first!"

Wang Ergou's words were of no use. In just a few seconds, the first player's avatar to become a "human detector" flashed red a few times before turning completely gray.

However, in the instant the map turned gray, everyone suddenly heard a piercing scream, and a very conspicuous health bar appeared on the map. Looking into the distance, it seemed to be under that pond deep in the forest!

In the team chat, the player who had died excitedly exclaimed, "Brother Dog! I broke the boss's defense! I used a lightning talisman when I went into the boss's belly! Although I got blown up, the boss's health bar dropped!"

“We saw it, it took a lot of damage from the explosion, it looks much easier to fight than that Yin Corpse from Huang Gong’s adventure! But,” Wang Ergou hissed, his tone somewhat conflicted, “but this thing doesn’t give us any chance to deal damage! We die instantly if we go over, are we supposed to play a suicide strategy? How long will this take!”

"Brother Dog, you have to think of it this way: last time, that Shadow Corpse was so hard to kill, and the gold equipment it dropped was the only piece of gold equipment in the entire server. This time, the BOSS is even harder to kill than that Shadow Corpse, so what good stuff will it drop, right?"

Wang Ergou was quite tempted. He glanced at the time; it was a little past nine o'clock in the evening, which was exactly when players were most active. There should be quite a few people online, so it seemed like he could give it a shot!
"Then I'll post the recruitment ad first! Let's wait and see, at least until some players can run over, whether they'll disengage from combat. If they don't, then the suicide strategy should be viable!"

As he spoke, Wang Ergou skillfully posted the recruitment message and started spamming the world chat:
[Wild Boss! Suicide-style strategy, come quickly! Two Dogs Boss raid, same rules as always, loot split evenly among the raid!]

The cover has been changed! I love these little bunnies so much! I even commissioned a character design in the style of round bunnies, and I'll be using it in a few days. As for why it's bunnies, hehe, those who know, know!
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(End of this chapter)