"Wait!"
Just as Liu Kai drew his bow, ready to finish off the wounded Wang Junjie beneath his foot with a single arrow, Zhuge of the Chaotic World suddenly shouted at Liu Kai, "Do you know whose girl that Zhao Ling'er is? And whose orders Brother Jie is carrying out by coming to find her?"
Liu Kai glanced back at Zhao Ling'er.
Then looked at Zhuge of the Chaotic World.
He said indifferently, "Why should I care whose girl she is? Or whose orders you're following? What's it got to do with me?"
"Rulebound!"
That one word that Zhuge of the Chaotic World blurted out instantly made Liu Kai, and even every player from the Genesis Guild present, shudder.
Around them, the Genesis players looked at one another in disbelief.
"Rulebound? You mean the number one on Inferno City's level rankings? Number one on the equipment rankings? Number one on the rank rankings? Number one on the 100% win rate rankings? The undefeated boss from the official Divine Oracle promotional ads, Rulebound?"
"Holy crap! Didn't everyone say he was a hacker?"
"I heard five guilds with a thousand players each once got trapped on one map by Rulebound, and he alone killed every single one of them back to level 0."
"That terrifying? Is this Zhao Ling'er really one of Rulebound's people? If we mess with one of his people, will he come after us?"
While the Genesis players whispered among themselves in panic, and while Liu Kai hesitated, Genesis's strategist, the bespectacled High Priest Genesis Yuange, sized Zhao Ling'er up and said dismissively to Zhuge of the Chaotic World, "Her? One of Rulebound's people?"
"What about her is worth Rulebound's attention?"
"Besides, Rulebound already has a girlfriend. I've met his girlfriend, Liuli. She's number one on Inferno City's Heavenly Rankings."
"In terms of looks or strength, she's hundreds, even thousands of times better than Zhao Ling'er."
"How could someone who's had a phoenix ever take a sparrow seriously?"
At once, countless gazes focused on Zhao Lingyun.
Under everyone's eyes, already insecure, Zhao Lingyun lowered her head with a face flushed red. Her right hand gripped her right leg, which, although restored by the system, was still like a prosthetic, completely without feeling.
She bit her lips until they turned purple.
The shame and frustration inside her reached their peak.
As the "greatest brain" of the Genesis Guild, Genesis Yuange made a decision.
"Brother Kai, don't let them fool you!"
"They're just making excuses to get themselves off the hook!"
At the same time, Zhang Dong came over from the other side.
Excitedly, he said to Liu Kai, "Brother Kai! The strategist's right. I already looked it up online."
"The Chaotic World Guild used to be Rulebound's mortal enemy back in the beginner village and the level-three main city. Wang Junjie got killed back to level 0 by Rulebound several times. His guild was wiped out by Rulebound several times too. They absolutely hated each other."
"With that kind of relationship, how could the Chaotic World Guild possibly be following Rulebound's orders?"
"Everything I said is recorded online. Anyone can look it up! Go check if what I'm saying is true!"
After hearing Zhang Dong, the Genesis players immediately went online to search.
Sure enough, they found that everything Zhang Dong had said was true.
"It really is! Is the Chaotic World Guild that trash? Getting destroyed by Rulebound alone so many times."
"Being bad is one thing, but they're stupid too. Rulebound even used them as mine sweepers in the Insect Nest Underground Palace to block the insect tide! Hahaha! I'm dying!"
"Tsk! It says online that after Wang Junjie reached the second-level main city, his personality completely changed. He stopped targeting Rulebound and became... his obedient little lapdog?"
"Rulebound doesn't even give him the time of day. He just chases after him like a lapdog. It also says that in the recent Divine Tomb dungeon, Wang Junjie risked his life helping Rulebound complete a mission, got himself killed, and after Rulebound cleared the dungeon, he just walked away."
"What a bootlicker! Wang Junjie really is a top-class lapdog!"
"Who would've thought Wang Junjie had such an interesting past!"
Amid the Genesis players' roaring laughter Wang Junjie was so furious he almost coughed up blood.
"You all just wait! If I don't kill every single one of you until your accounts get banned, then I swear I won't be—UGH!"
Before he could finish.
Liu Kai stomped down with one foot, turning Wang Junjie's mouth from "=" into "∥".
At that moment, Zhang Dong squatted beside Wang Junjie and said with a gloating smile, "Boss Wang, why bother?"
"If you ask me, instead of joining Rulebound, you might as well join Brother Kai."
"Bootlickers end up with nothing. Look at you. You've licked Rulebound's boots so hard. What did you get in the end? Even if what you said is true, and you really came to find Ling'er for Rulebound, you've ended up like this just carrying out his orders. What about him? Where is he? Does he care whether you live or die?"
"If Chaotic World and Genesis joined forces, you'd firmly hold the position of the number one family in Inferno City. No guild could stand against you. Even Rulebound would have to fear you."
"Bullshit!", Wang Junjie glared at Zhang Dong, "Once I get up, you're the first bastard I'm chopping down."
Zhang Dong also became bolder with someone backing him.
With Liu Kai supporting him, he kicked Wang Junjie hard in the stomach several times, then spat on him.
"Who do you think you are? What makes you think you're somebody? In front of Brother Kai, you're nothing!"
When it came to handling people, while putting Wang Junjie down, Zhang Dong didn't forget to flatter Liu Kai.
"Besides, with Brother Kai's strength, even if Rulebound came, he'd still have to respectfully call him Brother Kai."
"Your Chaotic World Guild may be afraid of Rulebound, but our Genesis Guild isn't."
The moment he finished speaking, a word suddenly came from behind him, "Really?"
He turned around and looked toward the voice.
Outside the crowd behind them, two figures slowly approached.
A young Soul Archer, wearing a full set of top-tier lightning-element light armor that was obviously worth a fortune. His expression was calm, yet it couldn't hide the endless sharpness in his eyes. His presence was visibly overwhelming.
Beside him was a young Elemental Mage girl in a red mage robe. Stunningly beautiful, cold as ice, with an extraordinary bearing.
[Supreme Lord · Rulebound] (Lv. 68 Third Class Soul Archer · Heavenly Rankings No. 1)
[World-Famous · Liuli] (Lv. 67 Third Class Elemental Mage · Heavenly Rankings No. 1)
The moment they saw the IDs above the two newcomers' heads, every Genesis Guild player present widened their eyes in shock.
"H-Holy crap! Rulebound? Liuli? The two number ones on the Heavenly Rankings?"
"What the hell... Level 68? That's eleven levels higher than me! Are we even playing the same game?"
"It's my first time seeing Rulebound and Liuli in person. So it's true what novels say, you really can tell how strong someone is just from their presence Both Rulebound and Liuli have such powerful auras."
At the same time, when Liu Kai saw Lin Mo and Ning Xi, he couldn't help but freeze.
"Why are Rulebound and Liuli here?"
"Could it be... Wang Junjie was telling the truth? Was he really here under Rulebound's orders to find this Zhao Ling'er?"
"Is this Zhao Ling'er really one of Rulebound's people?"
Just as Liu Kai was thinking that, Wang Junjie, still pinned beneath his foot, suddenly burst into laughter.
"Your Genesis Guild is finished!"
"I said it."