Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

Upon receiving this idea, Manager Cui immediately went to Tao Xuan's office to discuss their plan. Hearing this, Tao Xuan was immediately conflicted. Right now, he only wanted to defeat Xiao Nai and his team head-on on the field, and he was somewhat disdainful of such off-field tactics. After all, he and Ye Xiu had already settled all their scores. As for the rest, who was right and who was wrong, they all tacitly agreed to leave that to the competition. They both knew that only the result of a professional match could truly convince their opponent.

Therefore, Tao Xuan didn't want to agree to this, but coincidentally, several investors and shareholders of Excellent Era came to discuss matters with him today and heard Manager Cui's suggestion. Just as Xiao Nai thought, although Tao Xuan had the largest share in Excellent Era, he couldn't possibly ignore the thoughts and opinions of investors and shareholders. With them all agreeing, he couldn't stop anything.

Then he remembered what Xiao Nai had told him not to feel pressured, which made him feel even more guilty.

"So that's why you came here to play games?" Xiao Nai said to Tao Xuan, who was already online and controlling his knight, venting his frustration by attacking the boss in the wild alongside Xiao Nai and the others.

Although Tao Xuan is currently playing a knight, Xiao Nai and the others don't need him to draw aggro at all. He just needs to deal damage, since drawing aggro is a high-level skill that Tao Xuan obviously can't handle. Xiao Nai didn't even let him learn any skills that generate aggro.

Of course, Tao Xuan playing the Knight isn't because he's suited to the Knight role, but because Knights are the most durable. With Xiao Nai fully equipped with top-tier gear, Tao Xuan at least won't die. As long as he doesn't die, he can still deal damage, so it's just one more person to carry. It's also a way to give An Wenyi extra training.

"Xiao Nai, that's not fair of you. As your opponent, I'm sending you such important intelligence with a guilty conscience, and you're just looking down on me like this? Besides, I'm helping you steal wild bosses right now!" Tao Xuan said.

"Yes, thank you so much. We're sweating buckets from treating him," Xiao Nai said helplessly. There was no other way; Tao Xuan's skills were simply too poor. He couldn't dodge many of the attacks and had to tank them with his shield, sometimes not even having time to raise it. This greatly increased An Wenyi's workload. Treating Tao Xuan alone wouldn't have been so bad, but Xiao Nai's requirement was to treat multiple people. An Wenyi was already at his limit, and now with Tao Xuan on the scene, only he knew how desperate he felt.

Let's put it this way: facts prove that the look in someone's eyes when they want to kill them cannot be hidden; every bulging of veins is a sign of suppressed rage.

"Anyway, you can decide for yourselves. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be coming to find you around this time," Tao Xuan said with a shrug.

“Yes, we already had a plan to deal with this,” Xiao Nai said.

"Hmm, you even have a plan to deal with this, which means you thought of this a long time ago? Tell me about it." Tao Xuan asked curiously.

"No, you better understand who your 'enemy' is!" Xiao Nai said helplessly. He had no way to deal with Tao Xuan's personality of not treating him like an outsider. Xiao Nai remembered that in the original work, this guy was considered a minor villain in the early stages, but now he didn't look like a villain at all.

"Oh, I see. None of you care much about your reputation, so you've never cared about Excellent Era's suppression of your fame. In fact, the training camp players we send out are actually giving Jingjing and the others a chance to practice." Tao Xuan was the boss after all. Seeing Xiao Nai's expression and thinking about Xiao Nai and the others' personalities, he actually guessed Xiao Nai and the others' purpose.

"Wow, you're really something as a boss; you even guessed our plan," Zhang Jiale said, somewhat surprised.

"No, so you've been using our people as sparring partners all this time?" Tao Xuan said.

“That’s right. Those who come to target us will definitely not play a coaching match with Xiao Nai. With Xiao Nai around, Tang Rou and the others won’t expend too much energy on other people’s challenges when none of you come to challenge them. The only thing that surprised us was that Jingjing was exposed a little too early, which has made Jingjing quite busy every night now,” Ye Xiu said.

"No way, you guys are just getting a freebie!" Tao Xuan expressed his utter contempt for Xiao Nai and his friends' lack of nerve. "What are you talking about? Well, it's because your Excellent Era dungeon is so difficult. How are we supposed to beat this boss without leveling up by fighting some mobs?" Xiao Nai said helplessly.

"What kind of description is that? That's not fair!!" Tao Xuan said.

“That’s not fair. You traded something as trivial as me, whose strength I know, for the strength of the team’s second boss, while we just used your minions to level up. If you think about it that way, you’ve made a huge profit,” Xiao Nai said.

"If you put it that way... it seems like we actually came out ahead." Tao Xuan, after hearing Xiao Nai's words, realized they indeed hadn't lost out. After all, Ye Xiu, as their old rival, knew Xiao Shiqin's situation all too well, and even Xiao Nai had analyzed it thoroughly. Using information the other side already knew to gain information they didn't know—it was definitely a win for them.

“Alright, we’ve finished defeating the wild boss and reported the intelligence. As the boss of the enemy, shouldn’t you go back?” Xiao Nai said.

Tao Xuan: "..."

He had never seen such a shameless person; they had just obtained the information from him and were already trying to drive people away...

However, he has indeed been playing here for a while now, having already hunted down a wild boss. Being a club, he has many things to do.

After venting his frustrations in a battle against a wild boss, he felt much better and it was time to move on and face those troublesome matters.

That's right. His visit to Xiao Nai's place to tell them the news was just a side effect. Actually, he was extremely annoyed by the investors and shareholders because of Excellent Era's current situation. Mainly, there were some things he couldn't afford to offend, especially in front of the investors. Now that he had vented his emotions, he still had to deal with the things that needed to be dealt with.

"Oh right, there's one more thing I forgot to mention." As they reached the training room door, Tao Xuan suddenly remembered something and smiled at Ye Xiu.

"What's wrong?" Ye Xiu asked, feeling very uncomfortable under Tao Xuan's gaze.

"I received news when I got back that Qiu Fei will be back today if nothing unexpected happens. Old Ye, be careful of your apprentice's revenge," Tao Xuan teased.

"Hehe..." What else could Ye Xiu say?
Seeing Ye Xiu's speechless yet somewhat complicated expression, Tao Xuan's mood instantly improved. He put on his mask, waved to everyone, and left. However, after leaving Happy, Tao Xuan recalled Xiao Nai's earlier statement that they had made a profit, but now it didn't seem right.

It wasn't until he returned to the entrance of Excellent Era that he realized, thinking about Xiao Shiqin's profession, that Xiao Nai and his opponents weren't using the profession and playstyle he intended to employ in the match. They had somehow figured out Xiao Nai's strength. In the end, they were the ones who got ripped off! (End of Chapter)