Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 870: Chapter 826: Abundance of Hair Weakens ___1 Chapter 870: Chapter 826: Abundance of Hair Weakens ___1 “Boom, boom, boom!!”

“Boom, boom, boom!!”

Violent drumming resounds.

Players in the midst of chaos raise their heads, only to find themselves somehow having rushed through the walls of Brightness Square and arriving at Prosperity Square to the north.

The intense drums resonate from the watchtower of Prosperity Square.

Accompanying this drum beat, the dense footsteps approach; the fully-armed Golden Guard is finally joining in!

If it hadn’t been for their focus on the BOSS, everyone would have noticed the movements of the Golden Guard earlier.

However, the battle was so intense that everyone had no time to consider other things.

Even those who attacked from a higher position had to concentrate on the rooftop, chasing the BOSS who was dashing around, lest they fall into the air and make a fool of themselves.

— Looking at the overwhelming number of viewers watching this BOSS battle, Victoria, Lance and Yelang as top live broadcasters, along with mid-sized and small anchors who managed to join in later, and coupled with the popularity of “Chang’an”, the total viewership of this live broadcast surpassed ten million.

Under such tremendous attention, the members of the [Digital Reserve Team] performed with greater dedication and involvement.

However, due to the crazy movements of the BOSS and players chasing after it, they had to constantly keep up with the crowd and the BOSS while performing if they wished to stay at the center stage.

This was an unprecedented new experience.

As the lead vocalist, Peter had no choice but to seize the opportunity to jump between rooftops while taking a break and catching his breath, pursuing the crowd below.

The Pipa seemed easier.

Brother, having gained long-term training, calmly sprinted across the skewed rooftop stepping on tiles while continuously playing his instrument.

Even when soaring in mid-air, the music never stopped.

Brother Flute found it overwhelming.

— Blowing a flute generally requires seamless breathingand it’s quite challenging to keep this up while running and leaping.

As a result, there were noticeable intonations and breathing sounds in the flute melody every now and then.

But the most pitiful one must be the Guzheng player.

Vanessa isn’t an actual Six-fingered Piano Demon or a character like Heaven-defying and Earth-deficient.

It was really too hard for her to keep playing the instrument calmly while running, flying around rooftops and performing an incredibly fast and agitated folk rock—not to mention her beautiful archaic robe was now dirty.

And she had a long tear caused by the ridge beasts on the eaves.

Along the way, she learnt a lesson — it’s better not to wear a skirt if you plan on hopping around rooftops.

If you need to wear a skirt, you’d better wear a pair of proper underpants…

This girl turned out to be the most disheveled one in the band, all under the scrutiny of tens of millions of global spectators.

Vanessa had a strong premonition — the events of today might become a dark part of her life history…

Among all the musicians, Brother Suona was the most relaxed.

Playing a Suona isn’t possible throughout a performance—otherwise, the lead vocalist wouldn’t be able to sing.

So, he had a lot of spare time to move around.

Even if he was unlucky and the battlefield shifted just as he began to play, with the ridiculously loud volume of the Suona that could penetrate the skies and rocks, everyone within a ten-mile radius could hear it all too clearly.

So, there was absolutely no need to move.

Just stand and play.

When finished, then move.

A display of overbearing and outrageous characteristics.

Even the fully deployed Golden Guard couldn’t resist but look up to see who could possibly play a Suona so calmly amid such an intense battle.

Everyone felt both happy and worried when they noticed the army joining.

The joy naturally came from finally getting some aid.

The BOSS was raging through the buildings, making it tough for players to inflict damage as they could only chase after it finding opportune moments.

Players using bow and arrows, hidden weapons, javelins experienced very narrow damage windows due to the BOSS constantly crashing into buildings.

The result was that after a long fight, the BOSS only lost 23% of its health bar.

It was indeed too tough to defeat.

It’s of course great to have the NPC’s support in inflicting damage at this point.

However, the worry was: Would these NPC’s take the monster from them?

Did they fight so hard to only deplete 30% of its health bar, while the NPC’s take the remaining 70%, and in the end, tally the kill under the NPC’s, not rewarding them…

That would be duping them!

But their worry was useless, as they couldn’t manage the NPC’s mindset.

The Golden Guards split into three routes, charging towards the BOSS.

The players in the alley hurriedly retreated, making way for them.

The Golden Guards formed an imposing ring around their target.

The BOSS did not back down, charging forward with equal fury.

The soldiers did not panic at all.

The front row of soldiers raised their shields to block, the second row leaned on their comrades’ shoulders in preparation for the impact, and the third row held their spears ahead, ready to counterattack.

Their response was flawless.

However –

“Boom!”

A loud noise followed as soldiers were knocked off their feet, and several were sent flying.

The black-haired zombie charged into the army, opened its bloody mouth, and bit down on a poor soldier’s neck.

The victimized soldier screamed twice before rapidly going quiet.

The surrounding soldiers tried to slash at the BOSS, but it reacted quickly.

After a few strikes, it charged once again, scattering the NPCs, then seized an opportunity to latch onto someone else, feasting on their neck.

The soldiers got up and charged again, only for the BOSS to knock them aside and start feeding again.

The soldiers charged once more, the BOSS knocked them down again…

The players were utterly dumbfounded:

“Wait, an average street vendor is that clever, so why are soldiers so stupid?”

“Did I see it wrong?

The BOSS regained health??”

“Damn it!

These guys are only making things worse, get lost!”

“Don’t they even know how to run?!”

Players rushed to separate the BOSS and the soldiers, but due to the advance of the soldiers, there was no space to rush forward – even if they did, here in this space, death seemed imminent.

Only the ranged players could offer some support, but the damage inflicted was less than the health the BOSS regained from feeding.

Seeing more and more soldiers fall while the BOSS’s health bar slowly rose back up to 90%, many people felt like personally killing these NPCs!

“…” Victoria opened her mouth, but she was too angry to say anything.

If they waited any longer, the BOSS’s health would be fully restored!

All the time they spent fighting it would have been wasted!

Just then, a burning arrow suddenly flew into the crowd and accurately hit the black-haired zombie, instantly setting the black hair on the BOSS’s body ablaze!

“Ahh~~” The BOSS let out a miserable scream, and immediately rolled on the spot to extinguish the flames.

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Victoria turned her head to see that it was Shuihua who had shot the arrow, who was now tearing off one of her sleeves – the previous arrow had been wrapped with her torn left sleeve, soaked in strong wine and then set ablaze.

Seeing the BOSS’s reaction, it was obviously very effective!

“So, the BOSS is afraid of fire?” Victoria suddenly realized.

Lance suddenly jumped on the roof to stop Shuihua, tearing off his own two sleeves to hand to her, then he ran into the NPC room to rummage through old clothes.

The players on the ground also quickly woke up, hurriedly crafting torches on the spot and searching for things like kerosene to throw at the BOSS.

Yelang’s liquor gourd was also filled with a special kind of strong alcohol.

He ferociously splashed the alcohol on himself and his sword, holding his sword in his right hand and a lighter in his left, launching a kamikaze attack at the BOSS.

As he charged, he didn’t forget to speak to the camera in the live streaming room: “Dangerous actions are coming up, never try to imitate them!”

He opened the cap of the lighter, waving it in mid-air.

The lighter immediately caught fire.

However, he didn’t set himself on fire right away.

Instead, he bypassed the Golden Guards who had already died and tried to get as close to the BOSS as possible.

During this process, he noticed something odd:

On the faces and hands of these dead soldiers, white hair had already started growing.

He was somewhat puzzled:

“Is it this hot?

The bodies are growing hair so soon?”