Chapter 325: Demands and Shock!
"Um... are you planning to acquire our Guild...?"
Li Xiang nodded, observing the female player. Her ID was Poetic Spring, a Priest, level 55.
"Yes, your Guild has been continuously suppressed by other Guilds, and has never had any dungeon clear records. You also can't recruit people. If this continues, the Guild will eventually face the problem of insufficient funds."
After speaking, Li Xiang glanced at the information Lu Qingshui provided and continued, "Furthermore, your Guild is currently facing the predicament of being unable to pay the Guild Residence rent."
Having the Guild's predicament pointed out sharply by Li Xiang, Poetic Spring lowered her head, "But... we've already worked very hard..."
Li Xiang nodded, "You have indeed worked hard. From over a hundred Guild members originally to just over thirty now... Oh... just a moment ago, two more left the Guild.
Is this the result of your hard work?"
"This..."
Poetic Spring's body trembled, and she lowered her head, not speaking.
Li Xiang was about to continue speaking but noticed the young girl quietly sobbing.
This...
Li Xiang was a bit stunned and found himself at a loss for what to do.
Poetic Spring raised her head, wiped away her tears, "Big sister, you're right, the Guild will only get worse in my hands."
Big sister?!
Li Xiang slapped his forehead.
Damn!
He forgot that he currently had the appearance of a female player...
Poetic Spring looked at Li Xiang, "But I'm not going to sell the Guild."
Li Xiang slightly furrowed his brow, then relaxed it the next second.
Then he could only look for another Guild.
Another reason for choosing Heaven's Gift Guild was that it was entirely composed of casual players with no connections, making it easy for him to hide.
"In that case... I won't bother you any further."
After speaking, Li Xiang turned around, preparing to leave.
Seeing Li Xiang leave without a word, Poetic Spring quickly stood up and grabbed Li Xiang's hand, "Big sister, please wait."
Her hand was very soft, with a hint of coolness, yet her palm was somewhat warm.
Li Xiang instinctively pulled his hand back, "Speak."
Poetic Spring was taken aback by Li Xiang's action. Thinking Li Xiang was displeased with her inconsistent words, she quickly explained, "Big sister, if you can lead our Guild players to complete a level 55 dungeon clear, I'll give you the Guild."
A level 55 dungeon clear?
A first clear?
This was no problem at all for Li Xiang.
"Okay, gather your people. Let's go to the dungeon now."
Poetic Spring was momentarily stunned, then immediately nodded, "Okay, big sister, what class composition do you need? Which dungeon should we choose?"
Li Xiang casually said, "Any four people are fine, you choose the dungeon."
Poetic Spring didn't waste time and immediately called for people in the Guild channel. Within a few minutes, three girls came over.
After arriving, Poetic Spring gathered with them on the other side, whispering something, occasionally looking over at Li Xiang.
A moment later, a tall, striking-looking girl walked up to Li Xiang, her eyes filled with anger, "Did you make Shi Shi cry? Please apologize to her."
Apologize?
Li Xiang showed a smile, looking directly at the girl.
She didn't back down and met Li Xiang's gaze, but the longer they looked at each other, the more she felt uneasy. This seemingly ordinary girl had extremely deep eyes, giving her the feeling of looking at her strict father. After just a few seconds of eye contact, she felt sweat on her back and nervously looked away.
Seeing the tension, Poetic Spring quickly ran over and pulled the tall girl, "Aige, it has nothing to do with big sister, it's my own fault for being useless."
After speaking, she looked at Li Xiang, "I'm sorry, big sister, Aige is my friend in real life, she's just like this."
Li Xiang shook his head, "It's fine, invite me to the party, let's go."
"Mm-hmm~"
Poetic Spring immediately invited Li Xiang to the party.
Joined the party.
There were five people in the party. Besides Poetic Spring, who was a Priest, the other three girls were an Archer, a Mage, and a Summoner.
The Archer was the tall girl from before, her ID was Aige, and she had the highest level among the four of them, level 57.
Poetic Spring said apologetically, "Big sister, because our Guild has many female players, very few girls are willing to play the Warrior tank class. We couldn't find a Warrior to tank damage, but Ah Hua's summons are strong and can withstand Monster damage."
"It's fine, give me party leader authority, let's go."
【Ding! Party leader authority has been transferred to you.】
On the way to the dungeon, Aige remained silent, occasionally glancing at Li Xiang, while Poetic Spring was quite talkative, standing beside Li Xiang and chattering non-stop.
Li Xiang also learned a lot about the Dafen Empire through her and gained a full understanding of Adam City.
Soon, they arrived at the dungeon entrance.
This was a level 55 dungeon, Sea Serpent's Calamity.
Li Xiang remembered clearing a dungeon called Water Serpent's Calamity before. It seemed that the servers in various countries had similar dungeons.
Normal difficulty had been cleared by many parties, but Hard difficulty had not yet been first cleared.
"Let's go in."
After Li Xiang spoke, without waiting for the four girls' response, he directly selected Hard difficulty.
【Ding! Do you want to enter the dungeon "Sea Serpent's Calamity"?】
Yes!
Entering the dungeon.
The four girls were stunned on the spot.
"Hard difficulty?! Big sister, did you choose the wrong difficulty? Although you're a level 60 Mage, this is a Hard difficulty dungeon..."
"Hard difficulty... our Guild hasn't even successfully cleared Normal difficulty once, has it..."
"How can we possibly beat this... my summons can't withstand the Monster damage at all..."
"..."
The only one who didn't speak was Aige. She looked at Li Xiang's back, her eyes showing a trace of apprehension.
This girl is very strong!
This was the feeling Li Xiang gave her!
Li Xiang turned back, showing a gentle smile, "It's fine, you guys just watch."
After speaking, Li Xiang surveyed the dungeon environment.
This was a pier, with the sea in front.
Based on the typical pattern of dungeons Li Xiang had played, the first stage would be completed on the pier.
Sure enough, narration appeared.
【Oh, brave adventurers, you dare not come over... this pier has been occupied by those maddened Sea Serpents... Hurry and leave!】
After the narration finished, Sea Serpents holding various weapons emerged from every corner of the pier.
【LV55. Frenzied Sea Serpent】
Quality: Normal
HP: 224470
Physical Attack: 13873~13970
Magic Attack: 15894~15992
Physical Defense: 8779
Magic Defense: 13663
【Comment: These Sea Serpents have been affected by an unknown force, becoming frenzied and starting to attack the people on the pier, causing the nearby residents to evacuate.】
As soon as the Monster stats appeared, the four girls started to get scared.
These Monsters' stats are too high...
Ah Hua immediately summoned her summons. Her summons were Skeleton Monsters, quite numerous, over thirty of them.
But as soon as they charged forward, they were hit by a barrage from several Frenzied Sea Serpents and all fell apart.
The Sea Serpents charged forward.
The girls were so scared they panicked, "It's over... we're going to die..."
Li Xiang took a step forward and raised his staff.
Rainfall!
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Extremely explosive damage appeared.
Instant kill!
Instantly, dozens of Frenzied Sea Serpents were all instantly killed.
On the scene, there was complete silence, so quiet that the four girls could clearly hear Li Xiang's breathing.
Li Xiang casually lowered his staff. The setting sun on the sea surface fell upon Li Xiang, illuminating his figure as if he had walked out of a divine realm.