Chapter 202: The Unsuitability of Mounted Combat

Alas, I'm uncultured; a single "damn" works everywhere.

Su Sheng, at this moment, really wants to say another "damn".

30 seconds, shield value of 3000 HP.

Blank period, 30 seconds.

Su Sheng looks at the Dragon Scale Shield in his hand and instantly feels it's not appealing.

And it's only level 1.

This Xiao Jia Huo is exaggerated.

No wonder it's a Mountain Sea Divine Beast; although it currently appears support‑oriented, it's already perverse enough.

Moreover, wasn't my original intention to find a support‑type pet?

It also hurts that I didn't give this mutagenic potion to the wild horse.

Otherwise I would have missed such a divine beast.

I have a mount, and I have a pet.

Next, let's continue the quest.

Su Sheng looks at the wild horse on the side.

He sees the wild horse's mount snorting, seeming fearful as it shifts backward, its four hooves restless and stamping.

Su Sheng is puzzled for a moment, then realizes it's afraid of the Xiao Jia Huo on his head.

Su Sheng pulls the reins, draws the wild horse toward him, and reaches out to soothe it.

Perhaps not sensing the mythical lion's hostility, the wild horse finally calms down.

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Ride!

With a divine beast overhead and a fine steed beneath, Su Sheng speeds like lightning.

In just five minutes, he traverses the final stretch and arrives at the map of the quest point.

The surrounding environment has also undergone a massive change.

Black aura drifts, the grass turns withered yellow, trees wither.

Demon Energy map!

Seeing this scene, Su Sheng subconsciously recalls the Demon Energy maps from the previous town.

The little mythical lion atop his head seems displeased with this environment, showing slight agitation.

"Awo~"

A wolf howl.

Su Sheng looks and sees a massive black wolf with red eyes howling skyward amid the ruins.

Ride~

Su Sheng immediately spurs his horse forward.

He has no spear in hand, but a long sword works too!

Lion's fierce claws!

A melee swing attack becomes a thrust in the Mounted State.

Puff~

Directly hits the wolf's head.

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-405 (wound)

Demon‑Infused Giant Wolf

Level: 47

Attack:??

Defense:??

Skill:??

HP:??

Description: …

Level 47, five levels above Su Sheng, basically nothing is visible.

But one thrust dealt over 6000 damage.

Looking at the health bar, the HP seems around thirty thousand.

Su Sheng's expression turns solemn.

This ordinary little monster is damn ridiculously exaggerated.

This Demon Suppression quest looks tough.

Circling in the Mounted State, he dealt with the Demon‑Infused Giant Wolf.

During that, the mythical lion perched on Su Sheng's head seemed not to intend to attack.

But accompanied by a wisp of smoke descending, a shield appears on Su Sheng's body.

Fireworks Blessing, shield value 3000.

Soon, with a scream, the Demon‑Infused Giant Wolf is eliminated.

At the same time, Su Sheng feels a bit depressed.

Sword and shield are still unsuitable for combat in the Mounted State.

The weapon is too short.

And in Mounted State, many techniques can't be used.

If it were foot‑combat mode, Su Sheng could handle it easily.

Apparently, combat in Mounted State isn't as wonderful as he expected.

Su Sheng sighs; perhaps it's his weapon's limitation, or simply that he hasn't adapted yet.

For now, Mounted State seems unsuitable for fighting.

It can only be used for traveling.

Afterwards, Su Sheng ignores the surrounding demonized giant wolves and heads straight for the mission point.

Along the way, Su Sheng checks the Mythic Lion's stats.

Earlier, although he only killed one monster, the Mythic Lion was only level 1 and instantly jumped to level 3.

Its attack reached 160, defense 200, and HP rose to 12,000.

Level 1 adds 40 attack, 50 defense, 1,000 HP?

That growth is absurd.

One minute later.

Su Sheng pulls the reins tight, looking ahead with surprise.

Dungeon?!

Dungeon prompt: Enter the ruined village?

Dungeon difficulty: 40

Player limit: 5

Su Sheng immediately selects No.

A 5‑player dungeon, huh.

Didn't expect that the Demon Suppression Six quest is actually a dungeon.

Since that's the case, I shouldn't go solo; maximizing profit comes first.

Su Sheng opens the Level Ranking List; the second‑ranked Shen Wang is already level 40, probably already in the Main City.

Wait, maybe not yet…

The siege hasn't been cleared yet.

Immediately, Su Sheng checks the forum and finds that Huanyu's town is indeed preparing to defend against the Demon Siege.

Huan Jie and the others are all at level 39, should be close to 40 soon.

Then there's no rush; no one else is as fast as Huakai's girls.

Wait for Huan Jie to arrive, then form a group with them to tackle this dungeon.

Besides, Su Sheng looks at the guild.

At this moment, the Yanhuang Guild is already bustling.

The level‑1 guild of 5,000 members already has over 4,000; aside from Assassin Alliance players, the rest were recruited by the Assassin Alliance in Wutong Town.

Although the big guild's foundation is indeed strong, the most numerous are still Solo Players in the game.

This is still the result of Chen Guan and his team hand‑picking; otherwise, they could have filled all 5,000 spots on day one.

Having nothing to do, Su Sheng pops out a bubble.

"Mo Wen, great deity! Alive!"

"Now we should call the Chairman, sir!"

"Capture a live Chairman."

"Chairman, is Zhuque City big?"

"Yeah, is Zhuque City fun?"

The guild's atmosphere is still quite lively.

Su Sheng immediately shares some screenshots taken in Zhuque City.

"Spectacular! This is far more magnificent than the original Main City of the warlords, comparable to Huangcheng."

"Can't imagine how luxurious the Huangcheng ahead will be."

"…"

Su Sheng watches the bustling discussion in the Guild Channel, opens the friends list, and Private Chats Chen Guan.

"Recruiting people that fast?" Su Sheng asks directly.

"Hehe, that's because we hand‑pick, mainly thanks to your Top Rank fame, Brother Sheng, plus we're truly the first guild ever founded."

Chen Guan replies.

"We observe the newcomers, select suitable ones, sign contracts, use the Assassin Alliance as the base, and form our own core team," Su Sheng muses.

The contracted core team all receive payment.

The Yanhuang Club's corporate account has been set up, and it already contains some money, of course not out of thin air.

That corporate account was originally the Assassin Alliance's; after the Assassin Alliance merged into Yanhuang, the account naturally became Yanhuang's.

"I know that, how should we discuss the core team's salary?"

Chen Guan asks, the Assassin Alliance's modest funds are what the warlords left behind; supporting the Alliance's over a thousand members is easy, but supporting a guild with several thousand, even tens of thousands of core members, is still insufficient.

"We can follow the Morning Star model, raise it by about ten percent, streamline manpower; quality matters more than quantity," Su Sheng ponders.

Then the two roughly negotiate and temporarily settle on a plan.

Now, first target a level‑2 guild.

A level‑2 guild can recruit ten thousand members.

By then there won't be any major problems; the initial five thousand can all be recruited into the elite team.

Including the Assassin Alliance, the elite team of only five thousand is really a bit few compared to those ten major guilds; the Assassin Alliance's foundation can still barely support.

But for now, Flame Yellow has just started; lacking financial backing behind it, it's already not easy.

We must hurry, open up income sources.

That is, to make money…

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