The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 152 - 140: The Undercurrents of the Ranking Battle

[Player Su Buxian has cleared Team Instance No. 3218915]

[Game Difficulty: Nightmare]

[Game Score: 100]

[Settlement in progress]

[Awarded Perfect Level Dungeon Clearing Experience Points along with 22394 Game Coins and 1333 Spiritual Ability Points]

[As the MVP of this game, you have additionally earned a 30% bonus in experience, game coins, and spiritual ability points]

[Successfully completed three optional tasks, the third task's progress has exceeded the limit, earning a lottery chance at a higher level than the current sequence (lottery linked with player's sequence)]

[Instance summary: Congratulations, player, on successfully taking the first step out of the sequence, unlocking sealed powers. However, like the fluttering of a butterfly's wings, your series of choices may also determine your future direction.]

Su Qi's gaze flickered slightly, as he was curious about the system in Paradise.

The system seemed to have multiple levels of intelligence.

The authority of power among other things varied.

Whenever there was a summary, it seemed to pose enigmatic questions.

At this moment,

Su Qi looked at his friends list, which was constantly updating.

[Sword White Clothes requests to add you as a friend]

[Cheng Feng requests to add you as a friend]

[Xun Xiaohuan requests to add you as a friend]

[Brother Oat +23213******]

"?"

Brother Oat again.

But clearly, it wasn't the same Brother Oat he encountered in the previous team instance.

Since the launch of the leaderboard, numerous Brother Oats had been continuously adding from the list, and though there was a restriction feature, Su Qi hadn't activated it yet.

"Have I, ranking over ten thousand, also been targeted?"

After adding the three people, Cheng Feng simply greeted him and then logged off.

Whereas Xun Xiaohuan was already offline but had left a message.

[Please be careful of the people from Free City in the ranking battle]

"This guy..."

Beta tester... They are different too, some couldn't successfully enter Paradise, and some were kicked out of it, with Xun Xiaohuan belonging to the latter.

He initially approached me and revealed information about Paradise.

The message now piqued Su Qi's curiosity once again.

This guy wasn't just simply kicked out.

[Brother Su Buxian]

Just then, Sword White Clothes came over to greet him and straightforwardly extended an invitation [Interested in joining Sword Flower?]

He was different from Left Hand, not just because of resurrection tools or other things, but because he clearly sensed the uniqueness in Su Qi. Sword White Clothes had a keen sense of identifying strong players and believed Su Qi had a promising future.

[I might consider, but first I need you to answer a question,]

Su Qi asked:

[Someone told me to be wary of the people from Free City. What is happening there?]

After a few seconds of contemplation, Sword White Clothes sent a voice message:

"Free City, huh? There have been some signs recently."

"Paradise is never just a simple place of harmony; every area has its own rules. You never know how many forces are involved behind the scenes. Free City, in particular, is a place of chaos. You should be aware of the cultists. There are countless people in Free City leaning toward the Abyss Camp. They have become very dangerous."

Su Qi fell into thought: "I see."

Information naturally flows out whenever occurrences happen in the game.

Cultists, the Abyss, including Paradise, etc., were hardly secrets to many players, yet the internal situation in Paradise seemed more complicated than imagined.

The Abyss Camp also represents… the faction led by the Abyss Evil God, comprising not just cultists... but also a vast array of other malevolent abnormal organizations and powerful entities, forming part of the Abyss Camp.

"Also, among the top hundred in the ranking battle... at least thirty are from Free City, possibly including Evil Cultists from the Abyss Camp."

"Such a mixed composition?"

"Yep…" Sword White Clothes was honest, "These are internal details, usually not disclosed. Anyways, Brother Su, you'd better watch out, those leading the leaderboard have almost all successfully changed classes. Although the information is not complete, one can foresee… the ranking battle will certainly be a fierce struggle."

"No wonder top clubs like yours invite me... coming together to discuss collaboration."

"..."

Are you sure we invited you? Isn't it you who forcefully sat down with us!

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Sword White Clothes previously thought Buxian's club The Hustlers was just something Su Buxian bluffed about, but having seen Su Qi's personality and way of doing things, he believed that the other party might truly have such an intention.

However, an organization newly founded by solo players, with no resources, background, or strength, would inevitably only have one path—death.

Sword White Clothes was about to extend an olive branch again.

Su Qi's voice came through from the other end: "Anyway, thanks for the information. I look forward to our two top clubs deepening our cooperation, we'll talk next time."

"...."

Sword White Clothes silently listened as Su Qi ended the call.

He had underestimated his opponent's limits.

Thinking about whether to join or not... was clearly just a ruse to extract information, but never mind since he was indeed helped in the dungeon...

Wait.

It seemed that except for the final killing of the supervisor, there wasn't much help, and deviating from the main storyline and falling into crisis along the way all seemed to be because of him.

Sword White Clothes felt a suffocation in his chest.

Had he also been manipulated?

"Boss, you don't look too well."

The superstar rookie of Sword Flower Club looked at Sword White Clothes curiously.

"It's nothing," Sword White Clothes rubbed his nose bridge, let out a helpless sigh, and shook his head, "Just came out of the dungeon, feeling a bit tired."

"Ah, that doesn't sound like something you would say, boss. Maybe take a rest."

"No need... Let's not talk about this, bring me the information on those people first."

They got the information for him, "This is the information we found from above, should be pretty accurate."

Sword White Clothes's gaze turned solemn as he stated decisively,

"They're all troublesome... and dangerous characters."

"Anyway, next up is the ranking battle, we need to be fully alert to face these dangerous enemies."

When he mentioned the word "enemies," Sword White Clothes spoke firmly without hesitation, and many of the other supreme rookies of Sword Flower Club calmly nodded, seemingly in full agreement.

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[Start Drawing]

Su Qi was still in his personal space, not yet having left; he was in the midst of a draw, and this time the prize pool had changed, relating to the sequence.

Moreover, the level of the prize pool had also upgraded following his performances in the dungeon.

The lottery box shook increasingly intensely, and after a series of rapid thuds, its lid popped open.

And inside lay a sparkling table tennis paddle!

"???"

[Name: Glowing Table Tennis Paddle]

[Type: Spiritual Ability Equipment]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Function: Swing the red side of the paddle to reflect any attack back, swing the black side to generate a ping pong ball with reflective attack properties, the power depends on the consumed spiritual energy points]

[Note: As a qualified table tennis paddle, it is not allowed in official competitions because the light it emits is too dazzling.]

Su Qi: "...."

He wasn't sure what to make of it.

The item was definitely good, offering both defense and attack, already considered powerful equipment.

But why so peculiar?

Others fight with swords, sabers, spears, and I whip out a ping pong paddle to chop, spin, pull, and smash?

"Never mind, I'll just keep it for now, and maybe find someone to play a game of table tennis next time."

After Su Qi finished the draw,

He then looked at his skill bar, having stayed on the dragon's back for so long, he had gained a new skill.

[Name: Dragon Knight]

[Type: Skill]

[Function: You will summon a fire dragon to fight alongside you, duration ten minutes]

[Consumption: 5000 Physical Strength]

[Note: Go! Fire Dragon! Use the Water Spray Attack!]

"...."

Su Qi silently observed his two summoning skills.

One summons mosquitoes, the other summons a fire dragon.

"No problem, both are aerial, both are my wings."

Having done all this, Su Qi replied to some messages.

Ye Shou was still in the dungeon, this guy had been working hard recently, frantically improving himself.

Qing Lang and Left Hand among others were leaving him messages about other clubs.

After logging out, Su Qi casually had a meal, the time rules had changed so he didn't necessarily have to go from one instance to the next in one day; more liver play would only make the real-time flow faster, resulting in offline warnings, effectively deterring many 24-hour hardcore players.

He then took his usual bath, and went to sleep to train two Black Shadows.

And named them "Gan, Wen, Cui."

Oh, Cui wasn't there yet, that would wait until Su Qi caught another later.

And as real-world time slowly passed,

Many people had already entered dreamland, of course, many others were still fiercely challenging dungeons at night.

When the time froze at four in the morning.

At this moment.

A notification suddenly popped up silently from countless people's phones, from the official website, from computers.

Written in a few sparse black letters.

[The Twelve Worlds Tournament will officially begin]

A few brief numbers.

Declaring that the undercurrent-ridden ranking battle had formally begun.