What would your first reaction be if you were "ambushed" the moment the game went online?
In a game like "Glory of the Gods," situations where a player is ambushed right as they come online, only to be instantly killed, were commonplace in Lin Yi's past three years of gaming experience.
Thus, unless it was an emergency, most players rarely logged off in the wild.
There were numerous complaints to the officials about the online protection mechanism, but the only response from them was: the entire game is monitored by AR intelligence, and the rules would not be forcefully changed unless absolutely necessary.
As a result, the issue was quickly left unresolved.
At that time, everyone just tried not to log off in the wild.
More importantly, they ensured that their enemies did not know where they logged off in the wild.
After all, nobody likes to lose a level and have their equipment randomly drop from their bodies or backpacks as a penalty.
It was still early in the game, and Lin Yi was momentarily confused, not understanding why someone would know he logged off here and 'waited' for him.
However, since the other party clearly had bad intentions, Lin Yi was not one to shirk from confrontation.
Even though killing wasn't possible in the Newbie Village, the sense of pain from being attacked was still present.
Being hit for no reason was something nobody would enjoy, anyway.
Just as the fireball was about to strike, Lin Yi sidestepped to dodge the attack and quickly switched to an ordinary longsword from his backpack, charging towards the direction of the fireball's caster.
Under the stunned gaze of Xia Haitang and her two companions, a sharp longsword was already held against Xia Haitang's fair neck.
"Why are you attacking me?"
The Mage could only inflict minimal damage with a sword, but in this situation where he couldn't kill his opponent, the sword was the only weapon that could cause a sense of pain.
Lin Yi wasn't foolish enough to use a magic staff to hit someone, which was why he chose a sword as his weapon from the start.
At Lin Yi's questioning, Xia Haitang's confused face turned furious in an instant,
"I should be asking why you're here!"
At this time, Xing Xing snapped out of her astonishment, pointing behind Lin Yi,
"Move aside quickly!"
It turned out that the fireball that Lin Yi dodged earlier hit its target: a wild boar was charging at them aggressively.
Noticing the commotion behind him, Lin Yi didn't have time to think and immediately switched back to his magic staff and stepped back,
the wild boar brushed past Lin Yi and charged directly at the one responsible for all this, Xia Haitang of Phantom City, under the shocked and incredulous gazes of Xing Xing and Qian Menyu.
"Bang!"
"-126"
It instantly knocked out more than half of Xia Haitang's health, scaring her pale.
"Fierce Strike!"
"-41"
Xing Xing directly slammed the shield hard on the wild boar's head, causing a 1-second dizziness effect.
The instant the boar was confined in place,
"Wind Arrow!"
"-86"
Qian Menyu's attack followed up immediately.
At this moment, Xia Haitang quickly retreated to a safe area, while Lin Yi's Small Fireball Technique was completed,
"Bang!"
"-97"
"-1"
"-1"
"-1"
Originally charging towards Xing Xing, the wild boar's aggro was instantly pulled by Lin Yi, as it rushed at him with red eyes.
Lin Yi, however, easily dodged the boar's attack and finished another fireball technique,
"-91"
"-1"
"-1"
"-1"
Under the startled gazes of the three, Lin Yi effortlessly sent the enraged wild boar into the cycle of reincarnation with a few attacks.
"He's Feng Hua!"
Xing Xing shouted, being the first to recognize Lin Yi.
Qian Menyu also snapped back, looking shocked,
"It's really him."
By this time Xia Haitang regained her composure from the unexpected events, furious:
"What do you mean?"
Lin Yi looked at the three women, equally puzzled:
"It seems you were the ones who attacked me first, right? Yet you're asking what I mean."
"We attacked you?"
Xia Haitang was both amused and infuriated by his words.
Not to mention that his sudden appearance startled her, but she was almost one-shotted by a wild boar too.
All of that could be overlooked, but he even had the audacity to question her for attacking first!
Pretending to be innocent?
Phantom City's Xia Haitang, with rage surging, pointed to the boar's corpse,
"Our target was that; who would have thought you'd suddenly appear?"
"Who do you think you are? Why would we attack you out of nowhere?"
How can there be someone so brazenly shameless in this world!
"He's the legendary Feng Hua!" Xing Xing timidly reminded from the side.
Upon hearing this, Xia Haitang was fuming, casting an angry glare at Phantom City Xing Xing,
"You and your big mouth."
Xing Xing hastily shut her mouth, but her gaze never left Lin Yi,
This real person is way more handsome than in the videos.
Thinking of that set of fluid dodges, Xing Xing suddenly realized she might already have a crush on the mysterious master who appeared out of nowhere.
After Xia Haitang's explanation, Lin Yi reconsidered the recent events and felt it might really be a misunderstanding on his part.
But isn't this all too coincidental? Lin Yi couldn't help but mock internally.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, should we let it go?"
Let it go?
Xia Haitang's eyes widened, partly vexed:
"Am I supposed to just take the wild boar hit for nothing?"
Lin Yi sighed helplessly:
"So what do you suggest?"
As soon as Lin Yi finished speaking, Xia Haitang immediately said:
"It's simple, help us level up."
"No way!"
Lin Yi resolutely refused Xia Haitang's request.
Are you kidding me? I'm hoping to reach level ten and enter the main city as soon as possible. How could I carry three freeloaders for such a trivial matter?
Forget three, even one is out of the question.
The three women were dumbfounded. Rejected so straightforwardly?
After all, they're three beauties!
Ignoring the astonishment on Xia Haitang's face, Lin Yi replied:
"Pick something else."
Qian Menyu and Xing Xing exchanged glances.
Our guild president was actually rejected by a man?
Xia Haitang glared,
"Why not? Do you think we'd hold you back?"
Lin Yi didn't see anything wrong with that and nodded,
"That's right, pick something else."
"You!"
Xia Haitang was exasperated.
"A god is a god, even his refusals are so impressive!"
Xia Haitang glanced at Qian Menyu, thinking she'd been speaking quietly.
Qian Menyu, imitating Xing Xing, quickly closed her mouth.
"Hurry up, I have other things to do."
Lin Yi appeared somewhat impatient.
Taking a deep breath, Xia Haitang thought of another condition,
"If you won't help us level up, then you have to join my guild."
"Your guild?"
Unlike Lin Yi's confusion, Qian Menyu and Xing Xing quickly covered their mouths, looking both shocked and a bit pleased.
If they could be in the same guild as a god like Feng Hua, it would be something grand to show off at school.
After all, if you ask who's the hottest figure online right now?
Of course, it's the newly famous god Feng Hua!
The online speculation about Feng Hua's identity has never ceased.
So far, aside from the three of them, no one else has seen the god Feng Hua, right?
Under their expectant gazes, Lin Yi suddenly remembered who the woman in front of him was.
The founder and president of the Ice and Snow Illusion City Guild, the strongwoman Xia Haitang!
The famous all-female guild Ice and Snow Illusion City in a previous life—a super guild countless handsome men dreamt of joining!
Although its ranking was unimpressive later on, that guild had loads of beauties!
After all, in a guild where the beauty ratio is as high as 90%, there aren't many men who could resist that temptation.
Seemingly worried Lin Yi would refuse again, Xia Haitang couldn't help but remind,
"My guild is called Ice and Snow Illusion City, you've heard of it, right?"
Lin Yi understood in his heart,
"A household name."
Xia Haitang's heart surged with joy:
"So you're agreeing?"
At this moment, Xing Xing was already fantasizing about the buzz at school if they had Feng Hua the god in their guild.
But in the next moment, Lin Yi, expressionless, rejected again,
"No way."
"What?"
The three women were baffled once more.
Xia Haitang couldn't believe she was rejected twice in one day by the same man.
Twice!!
Seeing the stunned trio, Lin Yi thought for a second,
"Forget it, say no more, I'll give you this equipment as compensation."
The still-stunned trio hadn't yet recovered when they saw Lin Yi continuously pulling equipment from his backpack and dropping them on the ground,
Emerald Staff Lv4 Ordinary
Fine Iron Greatsword Lv3 Ordinary
Oak Shield Lv2 Ordinary
Soft Cloth Boots Lv1 Ordinary
...
"The equipment's all here; you can pick out what you can use."
Lin Yi threw the pieces of equipment they could use on the ground and then turned to leave.
The reason for doing this was that those ordinary pieces were taking up space in the backpack, and Lin Yi was too lazy to go back to the village to deal with them.
Now leaving it with them as compensation was a win-win.
Moreover, while checking his backpack, Lin Yi unexpectedly found there was actually a piece of epic equipment inside.
What the heck?
Wasn't there supposed to be only one epic piece on that pig?
Too rushed to think it through, Lin Yi was eager to leave because of those two pieces of epic equipment.
Seeing Lin Yi generously take out equipment from his backpack, the three women felt as if they were dreaming,
Qian Menyu:
"Is this guy the system's Wealth-Sending Boy?"
Xing Xing looked infatuated and said,
"I think I've fallen for him."
Unlike Xing Xing and Qian Menyu, Xia Haitang was resentful of being rejected twice,
"I won't forget this."