Chapter 290: Infamous and Notorious, Rogue Gentleman

"All players, attention: registration for the Cup‑Seizing War begins now. Players who wish to register should form a team and operate through the registration interface."

"Special notice: after the Cup‑Seizing War starts, relocating your Main City is prohibited for half a month."

Su Sheng glanced at the System Notification; registration doesn't require going to a specific location—each player's interface now has an extra Cup‑Seizing War entry, and operating within it suffices to register.

There is also an arena teleport option, but it is currently greyed out.

The relocation ban is clearly due to Main City rewards; you can't finish a loss in this Main City and then immediately move to the champion Main City to enjoy buff bonuses.

Su Sheng immediately selected the people decided at the start, formed a team, and registered right away.

It is registration time now; the preliminaries start in the late night.

Preliminaries: simple and brutal.

Direct one‑on‑one team arena brawls; the loser is eliminated on the spot.

Of course, there is also a revival round; eliminated teams still have a chance to re‑enter, and ultimately the winning team advances.

Today is the preliminaries; before the game ends, four Main Cities will each have ten participating teams determined.

Tomorrow is the official Cup‑Seizing War, and the participating teams from the four Main Cities will begin fighting.

He checked: registration lasts five hours.

Then there's one hour of preparation; the six hours of late night are the preliminaries.

There are still five hours left; Su Sheng feels he shouldn't waste them.

Huan Jie is still handling the mount resale, so Su Sheng decides to go out and look for some Roving Horse Bandits.

One harness rope is a 90,000‑coin haul.

Su Sheng smacked his lips, but there's one more matter before departure.

It is…

Su Sheng opened the marketplace and listed the barbarian bull harness rope he was holding.

Of course, Su Sheng didn't set a fixed price; he switched to auction mode, where after twelve hours the highest bidder wins.

His original intention for this item was internal consumption.

But when he mentioned it this morning, he found that nobody liked it at all.

The barbarian bull is too ugly; the girls outright rejected it. Moreover, the bull has a charge skill that unleashes its full power, essentially making it a War Knight capable of Mounted Combat.

Wu Zhaodi is a defensive knight, cannot engage in Mounted Combat, and also finds it too ugly.

The others only ride for travel; using the barbarian bull would be pure waste.

Since the mount's value is high now, selling it outright is more profitable.

As for Su Sheng himself, he doesn't favor the bull's reckless charge style; riding the bull would sacrifice a great deal of agility.

Su Sheng has just become proficient in Mounted Combat and still dislikes the bull's straightforward tactics.

Thus, the bull's final fate is to end up in the auction house.

Yanhuang Club is just getting started and needs funds; the bull should fetch a decent price, so it won't be stored in the guild warehouse for members to exchange.

After placing it, Su Sheng left the city directly to hunt Roving Horse Bandits.

Su Sheng wandered aimlessly outside the city; from time to time he saw other players who gave him a respectful nod… after all, Su Sheng is something of a celebrity, so attracting attention is normal.

But Su Sheng doesn't mind; at this stage, no one blind to his fame should come looking for trouble.

Qiancheng Muxue has already taken the otherworldly flower and the Yao‑tail group, and rolled off to Baihu Main City.

But this person, you know, often can't set a flag; just now Su Sheng got his face slapped…

Having just cleared a squad of Roving Horse Bandits, Su Sheng dismounted to collect the loot,

In Mounted Combat, Su Sheng now dealing with a squad of Roving Horse Bandits is relatively easy.

Only the loot collection is a hassle, requiring him to exit Mounted State.

However, Su Sheng spotted a mount harness rope on the ground and couldn't help smiling.

Profit.

But the instant Su Sheng reached out to pick it up, his brows twitched and he became sharply alert.

But it was too late!

Pfft~

-2891!

Backstab!

Combat notice: hit by player Shenshiaorengfeng's rear Stun Club attack, entering Dizziness Status.

Combat notice: subjected to a malicious player attack…

Su Sheng didn't react at first, but the skill! He recovered!

At the moment of being attacked, Su Sheng involuntarily swung his spear, turning to thrust back!

Reverse‑horse spear!!

Of course that's a skill effect!

Lion Tail Whip!

Passive skill!

When attacked from behind, there's a fifty‑percent chance to counter‑strike, dealing 180% damage; the counter‑attack ignores any control effects.

(Note: applies to melee.)

So, even though Su Sheng is currently in Dizziness Status, the Lion Tail Whip skill still launched.

And that ambushing assassin player couldn't help but stare in a daze.

What the heck?

Isn't he dizzy? How did he still turn and attack?

Although he knows Mo Wen Qianchen has a decontrol skill, they didn't use it—how did they directly turn and attack?

Moreover, it was a simultaneous attack! At the instant I hit him, he turned and attacked—is his reaction really that fast?

Instantly break control, then attack!?

But an assassin who can sneak up behind Su Sheng and launch a sneak attack is certainly no ordinary foe.

You should know, even if Chen Guan now wants to achieve this, his success rate wouldn't exceed thirty percent.

Facing Su Sheng's turning shot, although surprised, he reacted in time.

Step back!

Moreover, he is an assassin with high agility, his step-back speed is very fast.

If Su Sheng were wielding a one-handed sword, he really would have dodged it.

But unfortunately, Su Sheng wields a long weapon!

Su Sheng's eyes flashed with a cold light—turns out it's the two of them; they sneak attacked me and just want to leave? How could there be such a good thing.

The one who sneak attacked Su Sheng is also a very famous player in the gaming circle, though infamous—or rather notorious.

Although in Dizziness Status, under the attacking stance, Su Sheng can still adjust the gun tip himself, directly thrusting at Shenshiaorengfeng's throat.

Shenshiaorengfeng is no amateur; seeing he couldn't dodge, he immediately raised his twin daggers to parry!

Clang!

The dagger was knocked away; Shenshiaorengfeng's expression shifted slightly—his parry actually failed. How exaggerated are Mo Wen Qianchen's attributes?

But just then, another cold light flashed behind Su Sheng.

Su Sheng wasn't surprised.

When this guy appears, it's two people,

The notorious Gentleman Rogue Combination.

Shenshiaorengfeng, Lioumangmiaorenfeng.

The two assassins are twins, their skill is top-tier.

The reason they're notorious is that these guys do all kinds of evil, they'll kill anyone; besides taking contracts like the Assassin Alliance, they'll also randomly kill players for no reason.

They kill without needing any reason; if they want to kill, they just do it.

Even when employers hire them to kill and pay them, as long as it's not in a safe environment, they often kill the employer directly.

But these guys have superb skill, and being twins, their cooperation is seamless, achieving an effect greater than the sum of their parts.