066 Revenge!

“Do we know each other? I was in a car accident before and lost my previous memories…”

Chen Feng sensed that this female mage wasn’t joking; she seemed to truly know him. As a supernatural assassin, Chen Feng’s ability to discern was quite sharp, and he felt this female player wasn’t bluffing. Due to brainwashing, Chen Feng had no recollection of his past and was eager to uncover his history, even if those memories held little practical value for him.

“Amnesia? No wonder you don’t remember me. I thought I had the wrong person,” the female mage smiled. “We were classmates in middle school. My name is Liu Xiaoxiao.”

Middle school classmates?

Chen Feng was genuinely unaware he had even attended middle school; he had thought skipping elementary school was unnecessary—after all, he didn’t even have an elementary school diploma. Apparently, he had been a good student in the past, though he didn’t know if he had gone on to high school or university. He chatted with this self-proclaimed middle school classmate for a long time and learned about his past.

It turned out Chen Feng had a relative—his aunt—whom he used to live with. As for how the aunt treated him, Chen Feng couldn’t recall, and this classmate did not know either. She gave Chen Feng the address where the aunt used to live but wasn’t sure if she had moved.

“Chen Feng, in a couple of days, we’re having a middle school reunion. You must come! It’s at the home of our school beauty!” Liu Xiaoxiao added Chen Feng as a friend and sent him the address and time, urging him to attend. After she told him so much about his past, Chen Feng took her to his warehouse and gave her some equipment, which excited her to the point she thought she was dreaming. Chen Feng asked her to help inquire about his aunt and to notify him through the game if she found anything.

Aunt? Could this lead to information about his father? Chen Feng knew his father was also a killer with dual supernatural powers: metal manipulation and soul splitting. His father had discovered that his body was to be transferred to a “snake brain” and ultimately rebelled against the organization, committing suicide when trapped.

Chen Feng felt his origins were somewhat irrelevant and might even endanger his only relative, so he tried not to reveal his connection to his aunt. As for the middle school reunion, Chen Feng planned to attend, hoping to reclaim some memories or find close friends who knew about him.

When Chen Feng returned to the arena, the Data Emperor and Endless Honor were already fighting, but few spectators remained. The two were locked in a dull battle; the Data Emperor seemed to anticipate Endless Honor’s moves, and Endless Honor circled around, blocked by a rhino pet, unable to break through.

“Crow, with this going on, they’ll fight till tomorrow and still not finish! I’m bored—time to level up!” Outrider said and left as soon as Chen Feng arrived, finding the fight passionless and a waste of time.

“Let’s call it a day! Let them fight it out themselves!” Chen Feng wasn’t keen on waiting either. He hated battling the Data Emperor in the arena since it was always like this—unless he struck first and had a follow-up move, killing the Data Emperor was nearly impossible.

Endless Honor initially seemed to have an easy time against the Data Emperor but didn’t expect him to stubbornly drag the fight out. Endless Honor disliked such tedious wars of attrition and agreed to a draw. He had hoped to win one match for a bonus before facing Chen Feng, but it ended this way. Endless Honor lost 200,000 gold coins and his pride.

“Ugh, you wasted so much of my time and never even faced me! Don’t bother coming to me again, trash!” Chen Feng’s words darkened Endless Honor’s face.

Losers never have a say. Gao Ruyun and the others were speechless. Endless Honor had been humiliated, killed four times in a row, and couldn’t even defeat a chosen healer in the last round. His reputation as South Korea’s top professional player was utterly ruined. A fiercely patriotic player like Endless Honor wished he could disappear.

Chen Feng felt great about having earned 140,000 gold coins for free and rubbing salt into Endless Honor’s wound. Instead of leveling up, he continued roaming the 32 zones collecting materials needed to forge weapons or synthesize equipment. Earlier, he had sold a batch at a high price; now that material prices had dropped, he needed to stock up.

While gathering materials and pondering how to level up, Monk summoned Chen Feng to the forum, saying something big had happened. Chen Feng initially thought it concerned the tribe attacking the alliance’s main city, but instead found a joint post by the guilds Divine War, Wind Chaser, Storm, Dark Night, and Wild Thunder demanding that Frost Snow Guild expel Chen Feng or they would continue attacking its members.

So far, these five major guilds had cleared many Frost Snow players from China’s servers and the main map. Before killing them, they shouted: “Either expel that despicable Chen Feng from Frost Snow Guild, or face death without mercy!”

Chen Feng remained calm and did not foolishly confront them. He felt this was sudden—why hadn’t these five guilds resorted to such tactics before? Both Wind Chaser and Wild Thunder had professional teams; how could they stoop to this?

Could it be related to Endless Honor? Humiliated and out 200,000 gold, he wanted revenge against Chen Feng? Knowing he couldn’t beat him outright, he resorted to underhanded tactics? Or perhaps the Cobra Organization and Acid Rain Organization were pulling strings behind the scenes? Maybe they orchestrated this plan, saw Endless Honor’s embarrassment at Chen Feng’s hands, and then collaborated with the five Chinese guilds to target Chen Feng.

Acid Rain Organization would do anything for profit. Since they couldn’t beat Chen Feng directly, using dirty tricks was logical. Endless Honor’s loss gave him incentive to spend money to humiliate Chen Feng, and since he was well connected to Wild Thunder and Wind Chaser, recruiting them for revenge made sense.

Now, Chen Feng’s enemies had united against him. With the analytical skills of Acid Rain’s strategists, they knew capturing Chen Feng in the wild was difficult, as was killing him solo, so they resorted to these base methods. Among assassin organizations, someone like Chen Feng was unprecedented—extraordinary opponents required extraordinary means. This time, Cobra and Acid Rain chose not to play hide-and-seek; they had found Chen Feng’s weakness.

Usually, Chen Feng blocked guild channels, but opening it now, he saw many demanding his expulsion, or they wouldn’t dare level up outside. Some members had even quit. If they fought Chen Feng openly, even if he lost his magic ring, it wouldn’t matter. But these underhanded tactics infuriated him deeply.

Calm down, calm down!

Chen Feng forced himself to stay composed, refusing to storm out of the main city to clash with the five guilds and two organizations. Surviving their siege was already remarkable; fighting head-on would be suicidal. Even if he killed some guild members, the attacks on Frost Snow would only intensify.

Immediate revenge was impossible. They knew Chen Feng’s nature was to retaliate swiftly when wronged; this incident was meant to provoke him. But they didn’t know his true character—if he retaliated immediately, that would be one thing. But if he didn’t, that would be truly terrifying.

“Xiaoxue, what’s the guild’s situation?” Chen Feng was puzzled as to why Xiaoxue hadn’t told him about this. Asking him to quit the guild was easy; he had joined just to fill numbers.

“Most of the fringe members want you out, or they’ll leave by tomorrow,” Cheng Xue said, feeling those fringe members were utterly ungrateful. Without Chen Feng, would the merchant rewards be so good? Would the guild warehouse have so much powerful gear? Now that they’d been attacked once, they wanted someone kicked out.

“I’ll leave the guild then. Whether I’m in it or not makes no difference.” Chen Feng knew Frost Snow Guild had no background or foundation; without good welfare, it wouldn’t attract so many. Most joined for profit, with no real bonds.

Cheng Xue protested, “Chen Feng, you’ve done so much for the guild. How can you let them kick you out over some words? That’s so heartless. You’re part of our studio; we won’t abandon you. My sister already said, those who want to leave can leave—they have no backbone, joining only for rewards.”

Cheng Xue’s words moved Chen Feng slightly, but he stayed pragmatic: “Xiaoxue, I’m part of the studio too. If the guild is in trouble, me leaving might help. This incident exposed the guild’s problem: lack of core members. Fringe members join for profit.”

“Tomorrow, if anyone wants to leave, let them. They’ll be blacklisted. I’ll leave after the mass departure, so the five guilds can’t use me as an excuse to bother you. If I stay, Frost Snow’s growth will stall. We’re too few to fight them head-on. Plus, members need to level up; if they can’t even leave the city because of me, the guild might collapse.”

Those ungrateful players can leave; it’s no surprise with Frost Snow’s rapid growth. The guild can use this chance to purge some members so they don’t occupy spots without fighting when a big battle comes. If Chen Feng stubbornly stayed, Frost Snow would be in trouble—even if core members refused to leave, constant offline kills during leveling would frustrate them, and they’d quit too.

Chen Feng planned to wait until after the mass departure to quit, so the five guilds would see he was forced out and have no reason to continue harassing Frost Snow. His leaving didn’t matter; he just didn’t want the five guilds to bother the guild, so he could deal with them on his own terms.

It took Chen Feng half an hour to convince Cheng Xue of the situation’s gravity. Chen Feng’s presence in the guild had invited disaster; better to be an invisible contributor by leaving. This way he could attack the five guilds without restraint. Neither Cobra nor Acid Rain could touch him then, as his leaving was no benefit to them but reduced his vulnerabilities.

Sure enough, nearly 2,000 players quit Frost Snow the next day. Chen Feng left with them and posted on the forum: “Members of the five trash guilds, be careful when you leave the city from now on!”

Chen Feng deliberately feigned anger, claiming the five guilds couldn’t kill him but had provoked Frost Snow and forced him out with underhanded tactics. He declared that whenever he encountered members of these five guilds in the wild, he would kill without cause until they all quit.

The post revealed Chen Feng’s fury. Many said he was arrogant to dare oppose five major guilds alone. The five guilds had finally gotten a measure of revenge by humiliating Chen Feng. But this was not what Cobra and Acid Rain had wanted—they only wanted Chen Feng’s Blood Magic Ring.

That very night, Chen Feng assassinated four squads of Acid Rain members and seven squads of Cobra members. Members of the five guilds also suffered brutal ambushes in the wild. Chen Feng had truly taken on the five guilds and two organizations alone; he needed no help. He intended to kill them until they feared him!