"Am I the only one who thinks the first clear reward is very attractive? There are two other instances similar to Blood Battle Lin Family Fortress. If we can get the first clear..."
"Do you think you're the only one who knows you can clear instances by being cautious? People have already entered those two instances a long time ago. The first clear will probably come out soon. If you enter now, you won't even get a hot meal."
After a bunch of spam posts, finally, someone wanted to join the group.
"Rain After Clearing: May I humbly ask, can I join the group with an E-grade Talent?"
Before Zhou Li could reply, a group of people jumped out to dissuade her.
"Are you stupid? You dare to join the death group."
"Girl, listen to your brother's advice. You are still young, you can't handle this team."
"Let me say something fair, isn't it still considered clearing if you lie down and get carried? Hilarious."
"Rain After Clearing: Thank you everyone, but I still want to try. After all, I really can't find a team with my E-grade Talent."
As if something crucial was triggered, after Rain After Clearing, more and more people requested to join the group.
"Count me in."
"Big shot, pull me in, pull me in."
"What death group? Slander! This is blatant slander! This is clearly the path to heaven!"
Zhou Li frowned. With such a big change, he knew without thinking that there must be a reason.
He opened the backend mailbox, and the top message was from Rain After Clearing.
"Rain After Clearing: Brother Zhou Li, I hope you can take me through an instance once. I'm not afraid of death, and even if we don't clear it in the end, I can accept it, because I am really short on money."
Below was a link.
After clicking, it jumped to a trading post. Seeing the content, Zhou Li immediately understood.
What was being traded was a strength crystal.
Price: 1 million.
"No wonder everyone wants to join the group."
Clearing an instance yields at least one attribute crystal, a guaranteed 1 million.
Unlike others, Zhou Li had already proven himself capable of carrying four people to clear an instance. Thus, the death group also became a popular luxury car.
What was given for clearing was an attribute crystal, not attribute points, which made trading possible.
"There's this kind of playstyle."
Zhou Li was full of admiration.
He could imagine rich people rapidly rising through the power of money.
However, it had nothing to do with Zhou Li. His attributes came too easily, and he didn't have that much money either.
Looking at the other messages, most were requests to buy attribute crystals.
"I'll save a spot for you."
The others who requested to join the group did not send messages to explain the reason, clearly intending to take advantage of Zhou Li.
He absolutely could not be a sucker.
Immediately, Zhou Li modified the post, changing the title to 500,000 per spot.
Below, there was immediately a wail of lament.
"500,000 per spot? Brother, are you crazy about money?"
"1 million is just the current price. It will definitely drop later. If you come out after six hours, maybe it won't even be 500,000. This is a pure loss."
"Only an idiot would pay to join the group."
Looking at the curses and doubts in the post, Zhou Li sat calmly like a fisherman, with no intention of lowering the price.
Value is determined by scarcity. He knew, of course, that the price of 1 million per attribute crystal was not accurate. As more and more people cleared the instance, the price would inevitably drop significantly.
But no one knew that Zhou Li could now clear it in less than two minutes, one of which was the instance preparation time.
500,000 per spot, honestly, was still cheap.
After the post became deserted again, someone else popped up.
"Stone Sinking into the Sea: Count me in, but I'm not a carried player."
"Stone Sinking into the Sea: I have an S-grade defense-type Talent. I've entered instances before and survived the boss's attacks. Although I didn't clear it, I managed to lead my teammates out successfully."
"Stone Sinking into the Sea: I can join, but how the team is built must be up to me. No carried players."
"A big shot has arrived."
"Why doesn't the big shot go to a strong team like Fenglei Team?"
Zhou Li also saw Stone Sinking into the Sea's reply, and he curled his lip. He could see what the other party was thinking at a glance; they simply wanted a higher evaluation and reward.
Carried players die upon contact and contribute nothing, only receiving the lowest evaluation and reward. Stone Sinking into the Sea, however, had an S-grade defense-type Talent. Not only would they not die, but they could also exchange blows with the boss and make a certain contribution, naturally resulting in a higher evaluation.
"Zhou Li: No S-grade."
"Stone Sinking into the Sea:..."
"Stone Sinking into the Sea: I know someone with an SS-grade. I can pull them over."
"Zhou Li: No SS-grade either."
"Zhou Li: Only taking carried players."
This series of actions stunned everyone. Others were all wishing for stronger teammates, but this one was good; they would rather have carried players than high-Talent teammates.
Stone Sinking into the Sea didn't say anything else, perhaps too angry or too speechless.
Just as Zhou Li thought he would have to wait a long time to gather enough people and was considering whether to lower the price, three people quickly came, paid readily, and joined the team.
After asking about their Talents, the highest was only D-grade. Zhou Li quickly sent them team invitations.
【Team successfully formed】
【You have selected Trial Instance: Blood Battle Lin Family Fortress. Do you want to enter?】
"Enter."
【Entering the instance. Ten, nine, eight...】
The countdown ended, and the five people entered the Lin Family Fortress.
"I am Zhou Li."
"I am Rain After Clearing, my real name is He Yuqing. Brother Zhou Li, thank you for not kicking me out."
He Yuqing was a delicate-looking girl of eighteen or nineteen, with a frail body and worn, faded old clothes that had been washed many times.
The other three also introduced themselves, they were Gao Qiang, Yu Xiaobo, and Yan Wu.
They were all wearing designer clothes and clearly had money.
He Yuqing was full of gratitude. She was truly short on money. When Stone Sinking into the Sea said he didn't want carried players earlier, she almost despaired. Who knew that Zhou Li would only want carried players? Although she didn't know the reason, it didn't prevent her from being grateful to Zhou Li.
Gao Qiang and the other two were more casual.
They didn't care about this little bit of money, and they wouldn't sell the attribute crystals they obtained. At a time when most people couldn't clear instances, or even dared not enter them, clearing instances and getting attribute crystals gave them a lot of face in their small circle.
"Let's not waste any more words. I originally wanted to choose other instances, but considering you don't know my strength and might have doubts, I'll go through the process once first."
"If you don't have any objections, I plan to take you all the way and clear instances until we clear the Advancement Instance."
As soon as he said this, the four of them were dumbfounded.
Gao Qiang: "What's going on? Isn't it just one run?"
Yu Xiaobo: "Brother, can you handle it...? I don't want to die too many times."
Yan Wu said directly: "I'll leave the group after I die."
He Yuqing opened her mouth but didn't say anything.
Their understanding of Zhou Li was still based on clearing instances by being cautious. Therefore, Zhou Li's words seemed unbelievable. Let alone Gao Qiang and the other two, He Yuqing also didn't want to waste all her instance resurrection chances here.
"You'll know soon."
The preparation time ended.
Just as the four of them were at a loss, Zhou Li suddenly lunged forward with unimaginable speed.
"Huh, there's also... Who are you?"
Before the Boss could finish his surprised words, they turned into fear.
"Bang~"
In less than a round, the thug was headshot by Zhou Li's punch, instantly killed.
"Ah, this!"
The four of them widened their mouths, wondering if they were hallucinating. Who was the boss after all?
It's over just like that. What about clearing by being cautious as promised?
The system notification sounded.
They each received 10 growth points and a random attribute crystal.
He Yuqing: "It's not a hallucination, it's not a hallucination."
Gao Qiang: "Wrong, everyone is completely wrong."
Yu Xiaobo: "Brother, I beg you, take me flying."
Yan Wu was even more direct: "No one can make me leave the group."
Zhou Li smiled, not surprised by the four people's turnaround, and then looked at the system notification he had just received.
【Congratulations on clearing Trial Instance: Blood Battle Lin Family Fortress. Evaluation: SSS. Rewards: 50 Growth Points, strength crystal * 10, agility crystal * 10, constitution crystal * 10, spirit crystal * 10, Skill - Magic Shadow Step.】
【As your growth points are full, continuing to clear zero-grade Trial Instances will significantly reduce your gains.】