Huang Jianguo and Liu Yuanxiang returned to their own tent.
As soon as he stepped inside, Huang Jianguo could not help cursing, "That Jiang Kai really is like a ghost that will not go away. Seeing him still alive and kicking even now just makes my blood boil!"
Liu Yuanxiang shook his head, calmly sat down, poured water, and made tea.
"Old Liu, let us hurry up and kill this kid. The longer he lives, the more it feels like a fish bone stuck in my throat. One more day alive, one more day of misery!"
"Has Heart Devourer still not come out? If we do not kill this kid now, it will be hard to do it later!"
Liu Yuanxiang lifted his head to look at Huang Jianguo and smiled. "What is the rush? Come, have some tea."
"At a time like this, you still have the mood to drink tea?"
Liu Yuanxiang, however, was full of confidence. "So what if he is strong on Ghost Star? When he gets to the Beast God Battlefield, he is still just a rookie."
"You have to know, Ghost Star only decides wins and losses, but the Beast God Battlefield decides life and death!"
"And the Beast God Battlefield, that is our home turf!" When he said the last sentence, Liu Yuanxiang lowered his voice and looked at Huang Jianguo with deep meaning.
Huang Jianguo suddenly had an epiphany.
But he still had some worries. "Even if what you say is right, that kid knows we are here opening the BOSS and still comes over to join the fun. I do not think he is just here to farm damage."
Liu Yuanxiang snorted coldly. "That goes without saying. His ambition has never been small. Do not worry. I will immediately notify the main force battle gods over here. If he dares to come and snatch it, I will make sure he never leaves!"
"He still wants to snatch first place? I will make him, and his Lord God Guild, including that half dead Qingyun Guild, all die together!"
...
The battle would only start tomorrow morning. Jiang Kai stood in front of the camp, looking far into the distance.
In that direction, it seemed a team from an Ancient Martial Arts guild was stationed.
Hu Yan walked over. "Captain Kai, if you like her, then go see her. What she rejected was the you with the mask. Maybe she does not even know your real identity."
Jiang Kai sighed. "I already hinted so clearly. She should know who I am. And my identity has been exposed for a while now. She did not come to find me either. That already explains everything."
Hu Yan thought about it, and what Captain Kai said did make sense.
"Captain Kai, do you still like Chang Siyao now?"
Seeing there was no one around, and with his posture not too convenient, Jiang Kai leaned slightly toward Hu Yan and said quietly, "Yeah."
"Hiss… then I heard that after that you even went on a blind date with someone else. And you did not come back all night!"
Jiang Kai had a headache. The blind date with Yin Lingsha was a long story.
"Ai, forget it. Chang Siyao and I probably just have fate but no destiny. Old Hu, when you have time, help me calculate again when I will be able to find a partner."
"Captain Kai… ai, there is something I still have to be honest with you. Ever since I got Dongli, my matchmaking readings have not been accurate anymore… I even calculated that Ruan Gui would be able to spend his life with the one he loves. Do you think that is possible?"
"This…" Jiang Kai was instantly left speechless.
Someone as twisted as Ruan Gui finding true love was not hard at all. When he was drunk, anyone he saw was true love. The problem was, what kind of girl could actually fall for him?!
"Ai, such a normal young man in his prime like me cannot even find a partner. That is really unfair!" Jiang Kai sighed and turned back toward the camp.
The appearance of Lord God and Qingyun instantly stirred the interest of the small guilds around.
As the guild currently ranked second, plus Qingyun having only a bit over two hundred people, such a lineup was hard to match their current achievements. Many people were peeking around outside the Lord God camp.
"How can Lord God be this strong? It makes no sense. I heard most of them are non combat professions. They already made geomancers and drunkards popular. Who knows what profession they will make popular next."
"Qingyun has so many battle gods, but even with more than a hundred battle gods, they still cannot hold against the beast tide, right?"
"Where is Jiang Kai? I want to see that legendary figure with my own eyes."
Ding Jian and the others also felt the attention from the people around. As those who had always been ignored, they were finally experiencing what it felt like to be the focus of all eyes.
At night, Jiang Kai met with the core members under the cover of darkness.
"Captain Kai, during the day Liu Yuanxiang was threatening us in every word," Ouyang Yi voiced his concern.
Jiang Kai nodded. "So Shishi, Old Zhou, you must make our people be even more careful."
Zhao Tiequan suddenly looked at He Shishi. "Sister Shishi, do you feel awkward now?"
He Shishi shook her head. "I never liked Liu Yuanxiang in the first place. This person is extremely insidious. He loves to act one way in front of you and another behind your back. In the past I always considered things from Xuanwu's standpoint, so I could only accept his leadership. But now, I also feel how they bully others by relying on their power."
"Do not worry. Since I am in Lord God now, I will do everything I can to protect the people of Lord God and Qingyun."
The four from Xia Hua's side all nodded, stating their stance.
"Our faction has a bad relationship with Liu Yuanxiang. Many of his decisions never considered the overall interests of Xuanwu at all. And starting a few years ago, this guy became more and more mysterious."
"Right. Several of his decisions went against everyone else's opposition. He was willing to sacrifice Xuanwu's years of accumulation just to exchange for short term benefits. It always felt like there was something wrong with him."
Jiang Kai smiled faintly and looked at He Shishi. "Since I made you vice guild leader, I trust you completely. You must all be careful when the time comes."
"What about you?" He Shishi asked. "Liu Yuanxiang already said they will guard against people stealing the BOSS."
Jiang Kai snorted coldly. "Steal? Killing it with strength, how can that be called stealing? The BOSS is right there. If they have the ability, then let them kill it themselves."
"As for people guarding, that also depends on whether they can actually guard it!"
"In short, do not worry about me. Just make sure you keep yourselves safe."
In this brief meeting, Zhou Chu and He Shishi further refined the division of labor between the two guilds, to avoid the Rat King and the guards scattering the teams, while also ensuring they could deal damage.
Jiang Kai was not too worried about this. Qingyun had many experts. With them around, as long as it was not the BOSS itself, he believed Lord God and Qingyun could hold.
In the blink of an eye, night had fallen. Viewing the night scenery on Qingfeng Mountain had a kind of indescribable grandeur.
The campfires lit up everywhere proved that many guilds were still making plans for tomorrow's battle, with figures moving about all over.
Jiang Kai walked out of the camp alone, following a secluded little path, avoiding the crowds, and arrived at a cliff.
There were not many people here. The surroundings were especially quiet. Jiang Kai sat on a rock and enjoyed the scenery.
He pinched out Little Hunqiu from his pocket and placed it on his shoulder.
"Ai, tomorrow we are going to hunt your own kind." Jiang Kai deliberately tried to scare the little guy.
The little guy did not react at all. It seemed it did not agree with Jiang Kai's statement and did not see the Rat King as its own kind at all.
"Oh right, the Dog King can also increase its strength now. Do you think it also has a primal soul? Could it be that the Dog King is also female?"
"Chi chi chi…" The little guy did not know what it was saying. Anyway, it looked like it had no interest in the Dog King at all.
"You little thing, you are even picky."
Jiang Kai was chatting idly with the little guy when it suddenly stood upright, looked around, then jumped down from Jiang Kai's shoulder, drilled into the forest, and vanished in a flash.
"Hey!" Jiang Kai hurriedly got up to look for it. "You did not run off again, did you!"
Before long, there was a rustling sound from the forest. Then a graceful figure walked out from the woods.
When Jiang Kai saw this person, he froze.
A stunningly beautiful woman was holding Little Hunqiu in her hands, looking at him in shock.
"It… it is you?"
The only person besides Jiang Kai who could get Little Hunqiu's approval was just this one, after all she had also taken Little Hunqiu with her for half a year.
Those especially bright eyes of Chang Siyao stared straight at Jiang Kai. Then she gently shook her head and forced her gaze away from him.
She turned her face to the side and said in a cold tone, "Scumbag!"
"Ah?" Jiang Kai looked at Chang Siyao in shock, completely confused.
"You just finished a blind date with me, and then you immediately went to have a blind date with Yin Lingsha. Sure enough, men are only fit to be brothers!" Chang Siyao said angrily.
"Hiss… did you not say you already had someone you liked?" Jiang Kai hurriedly asked.
"The person I like is…" Chang Siyao's words reached her lips but she could not bring herself to say them. "Forget it, it is all in the past."
Jiang Kai wanted to say more, but at this moment it was no longer convenient to speak.
"You… you are here to snatch the BOSS, right?" Chang Siyao looked at Jiang Kai and asked.
Jiang Kai did not want to lie to her. He nodded. "Yes. But I am not targeting your Kunlun."
Chang Siyao nodded. "I know… you should give up this idea. The battle god level experts of the four great guilds are already fully prepared. They all know what you are trying to do."
"So what if they know?" Jiang Kai said lightly.
"You are still the same as always!" Chang Siyao shook her head. "I know I cannot persuade you. Remember this. Liu Yuanxiang has already gotten the support of our three guilds. Among the four great guilds, four super experts will be holding back and not moving. Once you show yourself, they will strike."
"Four great experts? Then… why are you telling me your plan?" Jiang Kai cared more about this.
"I… I do not want you to die!" After saying that, Chang Siyao hurriedly turned around, carefully set Little Hunqiu down. "I am leaving. You have to take good care of Little Maomao!"
Watching Chang Siyao's back disappear into the forest, Jiang Kai slightly narrowed his eyes.
"She already does not like me anymore, yet she still says she does not want me to die… could it be just pure friendship between a man and a woman?"
Then he looked at Little Hunqiu again. "Maomao? Chang Siyao actually gave you such a cute name…"
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