Chapter 29: All this trouble, just for five thousand dollars?

"Sister Yan, I see him! The boss of Haofeng Club, 'Haofeng'—pfft! 'Heartless' is right there!"

"Everyone listen up! Five hundred for every Haofeng Club member you kill, two thousand for high-ranking officers or executives, and five thousand for Heartless!"

"Awooo! How could you bring yourself to kill our adorable boss? Brothers, charge! Don't leave a single one of them alive!"

"Strip his pants off and flick his little willy!"

"Kill!!!"

Not far away, a swarming crowd of two or three hundred people surged forward. Their earth-shaking roars sounded as if they were about to devour the members of the Haofeng Club.

"Holy crap, boss, what do we do?"

The hundred or so members of Haofeng Club ground to a halt. Manager Wang looked at his boss in a panic and asked.

Before them, two or three hundred people were about to surround them; behind them, the god of slaughter known as "Slaughter the World."

Was it truly a case of wolves in front and tigers behind?

This kind of situation...

It was all too familiar!

Not long ago, it was the "Slaughter the World" party that had fallen into this exact predicament. Now, in the blink of an eye, it was their turn?

Hearing his subordinate’s question, Haofeng was on the verge of tears.

What could he do?

Faced with this situation, he was terrified too!

"Boss, I have a strategy!"

Suddenly, the voice of L-God rang out.

Hearing this, everyone around them instantly saw a glimmer of hope. This was a professional player known for his tactical intellect. Could it be that he really had a brilliant plan to help them escape?

Haofeng looked at L-God and urged, "Speak quickly!"

If he didn't, they were all going to be toast!

L-God reached up to adjust his glasses, looking cunning and calculating. "Given your personality, Boss, surrender is out of the question. Therefore, today there is only one option... fight to the end and break through the encirclement!"

"Only in this way can we demonstrate our spirit of never yielding, even in death!"

Everyone: "..."

Haofeng: "Nice."

What a great "fight to the end"!

What a great "never yielding, even in death"!

We’re a whole group that can’t even beat one of their people, so how is this "fighting to the end" any different from walking to our own execution?

And another thing...

Where did you get the impression that I, the boss, would never surrender?

As the boss, even if I wanted to surrender, is that something I could actually say out loud?

Wouldn't that damage my dignity?

Couldn't you have just come up and persuaded me, given me an out or something?

What if I had actually surrendered?

"Damn it!"

At this moment, ten thousand alpacas were galloping through Haofeng's heart. He felt like slapping L-God across the face.

But before he could make a move...

"Boss, run!"

"Bang!"

A minion in the back row had barely finished shouting when a foot slammed onto his chest.

Su Nian used that force.

With a kick off the minion's chest, he lunged forward at incredible speed, closing in on Haofeng, who was at the front of the crowd!

"Don't even think about it!"

A tall man in the crowd saw this and stepped forward to block Su Nian’s path, hoping to use his size to knock the latter flying!

However, the next second...

[Skill Triggered: Frostbolt!]

The tall man didn't even have a chance to continue showing his loyalty before a freezing spike hit him square in the face, hard-crowd-controlling him in place. Then, with a plain, unadorned basic attack from Su Nian, he was... insta-killed?

The whole process took less than the blink of an eye.

By the time the crowd reacted, Su Nian was already bearing down on Haofeng!

"Quick, stop him!"

Seeing this god of slaughter approaching, Haofeng was frantic.

But by the time he shouted, and before anyone could even move, it was already too late!

"Damn it!"

Before he died, Haofeng only had time to spit out two words.

Then, two notifications appeared simultaneously.

[Player Slaughter the World has killed Haofeng!]

[Player dropped: Experience x600, Blue Equipment x2.]

Watching the two blue items drop not far away, Su Nian walked over slowly and picked them up.

During this time, no one dared to get close to him; people retreated as he passed.

"Who was it that said killing this guy was worth five thousand?"

Su Nian looked up and glanced around.

Everyone: "???"

Good grief!

You’re a top-tier player.

Going through all this trouble.

Just for five thousand bucks?

"Holy crap, Heartless actually got killed? That five-thousand-dollar windfall just slipped through my fingers!"

"Who cares? Aren't there still a bunch of them left? Kill them all, don't leave a single one!"

"Awooo, kill!"

Just as the crowd was stunned, the earth-shaking roars exploded in their ears again.

When the Haofeng members finally realized what was happening, they saw that the Star Rain members had already arrived!

"It's over, we're screwed."

Someone sighed.

Following that...

A one-sided massacre began!

[Player Only Loves Lolis has killed Haofeng's Manager Wang!]

[Player Rich Loli has killed Dagger at the End of the Map!]

[Player C-Bitch has killed L-God!]

[Player...]

This one-sided slaughter lasted for several minutes.

Soon, after the hundred or so members of Haofeng Club had been completely wiped out, the Star Rain group saw the white-haired loli walking over from a distance, accompanied by Hou Xiaoyu and Su Yu. The scene erupted in cheers!

"Look, the boss is here!"

"Boss, I killed one!"

"Boss, boss, I killed two!"

"Hahaha, I killed four!"

"Damn you, I watched you steal four kills and you're bragging? I didn't get any, but my damage output is definitely in the top five!"

"Boss, I killed the Haofeng Club manager, do I get a bonus?"

Although the voices were noisy, they were filled with excitement!

"Cough, alright." Yu Yourong waved her hand, and seeing the noisy crowd quiet down, she said, "Don't worry, everyone will get their share!"

After saying this, Yu Yourong looked at Manager Yan.

"Boss Yu is right. Whether you were a participant or the one who landed the kill, we have records of everything on our side."

Manager Yan said loudly, not forgetting to add, "So, everyone, go ahead and do what you need to do. We'll settle the payments tonight!"

"Yay, I can have pork ribs tonight!"

"Finally, I can buy Mom that dress she wanted!"

"Let's go, brother, come grind levels with me. I'll be level five after a few more mobs."

"Noob, I'm already level five and a half."

The crowd beamed with joy and dispersed.

Outside the lair of the Twisted Tree Monster, only the four of them—Su Nian and his group—remained.

"Here, your equipment."

Seeing that there was no one else around, Su Nian decisively returned the equipment he had been holding for the three of them one by one.

That’s right.

When he discovered that a large number of players were approaching the boss's lair and that they were likely hostile, he had quickly communicated with the three of them via the party channel.

He had asked them to temporarily hand over all their equipment and gold coins to him.

That way, even if they were killed, their gear wouldn't fall into anyone else's hands.

This move...

This move was what you'd call...