Outskirts of Holy Spirit City.
"Master, whose Stronghold is this?"
Ye Linna followed Zhao Mingwei to a place far away from the outskirts of Holy Spirit City. There was a very small Stronghold here. It looked more like a small camp than a Stronghold. There weren't many players around the Stronghold Tree.
"A friend."
Zhao Mingwei half-knelt in front of the Stronghold Tree and placed an unknown flower beside the roots of the Stronghold Tree.
"Friend?"
Ye Linna had thought that she was on a field trip with her master, so she had been on guard the whole way. However, Zhao Mingwei's expression looked a little sad, so Ye Linna restrained her emotions a lot.
"Is Master … not here?" Ye Linna asked Zhao Mingwei softly.
"As long as there are people who remember him, then I can answer your question … no."
Zhao Mingwei said something that Ye Linna didn't understand. At this moment, Ye Linna turned around cautiously and saw Boss Yin standing not far away with a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
"I wanted to come after the two of you left, but do you know his ID in Holy Spirit, Player Zhao?" Boss Yin asked.
"Just a friend I met in Holy Spirit."
Zhao Mingwei stood up and watched as Boss Yin walked to the Stronghold Tree and placed the flowers in his hand down.
"Then I asked around. Although the Holy Spirit officials didn't reveal Gaby's in-game ID, some people still know about it."
Boss Yin looked at the empty Stronghold, but there were a bunch of players mourning this legendary game designer on the World Channel. He felt quite sad.
It wasn't surprising that Zhao Mingwei knew this game designer. After all, Zhao Mingwei might be one of the most outstanding Dispute players in history.
"What plans does Jumping Nucleus have for this Holy Spirit League?
If you can become a shareholder of Dispute, can you ask the game designers to sell less of those scam gifts in the future? "
Zhao Mingwei chose to change the topic. Although he had invested a lot of time in Holy Spirit recently, he would occasionally go to the World of Dispute to take a look.
However, Zhao Mingwei didn't like Dispute more and more. The reason was the conflict between the commercialization of the game and the gameplay. The result was that the value of Dispute in the game started to exceed the players' practice and skills. More and more classes became homogenous in pursuit of damage …
Zhao Mingwei realized that this game … was no longer suitable for him.
"Contestant Zhao, you have given me a difficult goal, but I will do my best. After all … the temptation is too great," Manager Yin said.
In the Freya Cup of the Holy Ghost League, whoever won the group competition would receive 20% of the shares of Strife's parent company!
Twenty percent!
This was enough to make the CEO a major shareholder of the League of Dispute. Money was secondary. The key was that the CEO could directly interfere with the internal decisions of the League of Dispute and reorganize the League of Dispute, which was already beginning to be dragged into the quagmire of commercialization.
However, this was not what CEO Yin was most concerned about. What he was really concerned about was the recent movements of the Perpetual Sanctum that Rose had revealed to him during the process of helping Rose train.
The Perpetual Sanctuary had already viewed the Holy Spirits as enemies that needed to be destroyed. However, this wasn't the worst information that President Silver could gather. There was another piece of information that was even worse …
"Contestant Zhao?
Do you plan to participate in this competition? "Manager Yin directly asked about his other purpose of coming here.
"Not at the moment. The qualifier is a five-man dungeon at the Regulator difficulty, but compared to a five-man dungeon, I still want to challenge the Commander difficulty."
Zhao Mingwei had not gone to Blacktide Island to challenge the Annihilation Army recently because there was no longer any trace of the Annihilation Army on Blacktide Island. The Path of Ascension's Ruler's Challenge had once again allowed Zhao Mingwei to find … the feeling of being addicted to fighting a boss that was too difficult.
In summary, Zhao Mingwei simply felt that the five-man dungeon at the Regulator difficulty was too easy. It wasn't fun at all, so he had no intention of participating in the Holy Ghost League for now.
"This is really in line with Contestant Zhao's thinking …" Manager Yin had actually heard of Zhao Mingwei's nickname as the Esports Holy Monk. Zhao Mingwei wasn't indifferent to fame and fortune. When he met Zhao Mingwei in real life, he had a feeling that … Zhao Mingwei was drifting away from the real world.
To put it in a more vulgar way … When Zhao Mingwei went offline to eat, his mind would still be thinking about how to fight the boss of this dungeon. He would never go offline to sleep unless he was tired. His various lives in real life were just to prepare him for the virtual world.
If this kind of person was thirty years ago, he would have been locked up in a detoxification center for electrotherapy!
But in this era, Zhao Mingwei was a great hero, an existence worshipped by countless players as a god.
"I'll just say it. Yesterday, our guild's players were doing a Path of Ascension five-man dungeon and encountered the Annihilation Army," Manager Yin said.
"There are indeed some dungeons in the Path of Ascension where the Annihilation Army is the guardian." Zhao Mingwei frowned slightly, but Manager Yin sent a video file to Zhao Mingwei.
"They didn't encounter the guardian, but another group of challengers!" Manager Yin said.
Zhao Mingwei clicked on the video file that Mr. Yin had shared with him. In the video, the five players from Pulsating Nucleus were challenging a Dragon-shaped enemy. They were having a good fight when five members of the Annihilation Legion appeared out of nowhere and killed them.
The video was recorded very clearly. The characteristics of the Annihilation Army's armor and fighting style were also very unique, so Zhao Mingwei recognized them at a glance.
"The Annihilation Army is also challenging the Path of Ascension, and they can also invade the dungeons of other challengers," Manager Yin concluded.
"… Boss Yin, do you want me to join your team?"
Zhao Mingwei didn't feel bored at the mention of the Annihilation Army. He didn't care what the Annihilation Army wanted to do by challenging the Path of Ascension. It was definitely not something good. They just had to fight!
If the Annihilation Army could invade the dungeon that the Holy Spirits challenged, then the Holy Spirits must have a way to invade the dungeon that they challenged.
They were hurting each other anyway.
"I actually really want you to join, but … how do I say this?"
Manager Yin's expression suddenly became very conflicted. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "But your old teammates might need you more."
"My teammates from Sovereign Descent?"
Zhao Mingwei suddenly realized something. Qi Junzi and Lin Xi hadn't come online for the whole day, which was very unusual.
"Yeah, the rewards for the Holy Spirit League this time are too tempting. My dad is asking me if I can become the champion, and if I can't, how much money do I need to become the champion … and how much money do I need to become the champion? Sigh," Manager Yin sighed and said.
"Anyway, it's very likely that those who don't play games are paying attention to this tournament. You should understand, Player Zhao. With your reputation in Holy Ghost, there will definitely be a lot of people who will offer you a high price to join their team and participate in the tournament. The other famous players in Holy Ghost might encounter the same thing. I'm sure the boss of Sovereign Descends won't sit idly by … You should understand, right?"
"Qi Junzi will definitely not agree." Zhao Mingwei knew his old teammate's personality better than anyone else.
The Sovereign Descent in Holy Spirit and the Sovereign Descent in real life were two completely different existences.
In Holy Ghost, Monarch Descends the World had been single-handedly built up by Qi Junzi and the fans of Monarch Descends the World. They hadn't received any help from the club's officials at all. It was completely built up by the fans' love for Qi Junzi.
It was the same for Qi Junzi's account in Holy Spirit. Originally, the Sovereign Descent was very resistant to Holy Spirit.
This was still the case even now.
However, the rewards of the Holy Spirit League were enough to make everyone go crazy!
The Sovereign Descent was no exception. Therefore, the Sovereign Descent was probably trying to make use of Qi Junzi's achievements in Holy Spirit.
How could Qi Junzi be willing?
However, the problem was that Qi Junzi was currently a member of the Sovereign Descent. If he were to fall out with the higher-ups of the Sovereign Descent …
"Boss Yin, are you interested in recruiting a few strong players?" Zhao Mingwei asked directly.
"Yes, but I don't have the money. Your Feng Yi is too expensive. I've been eating bread recently after buying Feng Yi."
Manager Yin could only shrug his shoulders helplessly. However, he still said afterwards, "But if it's a business lawsuit, I can still help you. The only person who can make them make a decision is you."
The only person who can make them make a decision is you.
Of course, Zhao Mingwei knew what the decision was!
"Master?" Ye Linna watched carefully from the side, not daring to say anything.
"Boss Yin, please bring Ye Linna back to the stronghold. I have something to do, so I'll be going first." Zhao Mingwei said to Manager Yin after rubbing Ye Linna's forehead.