Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 259 - 257 Play Companion

Chapter 259: Chapter 257: Play Companion

Chapter 259: Chapter 257: Play Companion

The Shadow Chosen also watched a game release event, and while the four Knights collectively surrounded Queen Mei, she stood silently nearby.

After being captured by Jiang Qiao, the Shadow Chosen found herself in a state of utter despair.

Because in this special space, she could no longer hear the voice of the Shadow Goddess.

Thus, she had prepared herself to face death, it was just a matter of time.

The content discussed at this game release event had drifted past her ears, she hadn’t absorbed a word, until… Queen Mei announced the end of the game release event, a sudden bubble of noise erupted beside Queen Mei.

“Looking for an NPC notice! Have you seen this Miss Shary? She’s an important NPC in our Cola Frenzy, cute, isn’t she? She’s lost in this world, after the world is open, if any of you see her, please DM any member of Cola Frenzy! A generous reward is guaranteed for finding her! Please, everyone, help us out! She’s been missing for two days now!”

A spark of life suddenly returned to the despondent eyes of the Shadow Chosen, and the Hornet Knight noticed the Shadow Chosen slowly coming to her senses.

“Your betrayal really squandered a lot of the spirits’ trust in you,” said the Hornet Knight, turning to look at the Shadow Chosen, who lay tightly bound on the ground.

“I… did not betray anyone, I never pledged allegiance to the spirits,” the Shadow Chosen countered stubbornly.

“Is that so? It seems the spirit called Bubble will never find you again, because the proxy’s order for me was ‘data deletion,'” said the Hornet Knight, using a gaming term for the situation.

The Shadow Chosen chose to close her eyes, preparing to meet her fate, but her appointed time had not yet come, at least not now. When she opened her eyes again, the four Knights were still gathered around the game release event’s live broadcast.

“Do you really think these spirits consider you friends and not tools?” the Shadow Chosen suddenly asked.

“We are the enemies of the spirits, and now I really wish to slaughter those spirits,” the Hornet Knight muttered, focusing on the game event screen. Near the end of the event, Shenmeng rushed up to Queen Mei, reaching out to fondle Queen Mei’s three-flowered cat hood.

The game release event finally concluded with the shouts of Bubble saying, “Have you seen this Miss Shary?”

After watching the live stream of the game release event, the four Knights went about their separate ways, leaving the Shadow Chosen all alone, lying forlornly on the ground, neglected by everyone.

………

Leaping Nucleus Hub.

President Silver was… in the hub, serving as a sparring partner for the professional gamers of his guild.

Of course, President Silver still had some constraints; he was only level forty without even completing his awakening quest, so it was impossible for him to match the top-level players who were max level with perfectly crafted equipment.

He had summoned Juan Canyun, who was also a newbie from his own club and had received the spirits’ game eligibility during the third internal test.

Juan Canyun, real name Tang Wen, was a newbie in the game and a rookie in the Leaping Nucleus club, yet a promising rookie eyed by his seniors. At only eighteen, he had already become a starting member for Leaping Nucleus because of his proficiency with guns, which led him to change his professional career to Final Fighter in the game.

This profession, primarily using a long spear and known for its flowing, elegant skills, was playfully named Zhao Yun by players.

Juan Canyun’s level was only thirty, a full ten levels below President Silver, clearly showing that President Silver was aiming to pick on him this time.

However, a professional player is still a professional player, even in a new game, their awareness, bodily reactions, and combo speed in PvP are simply on a different level.

But Juan Canyun wouldn’t dare to rough up his boss, the very boss who paid his salary, so he painstakingly held back… which led Mo Shigui, acting as coach, to continuously shake his head.

The reason Mo Shigui shook his head wasn’t because Juan Canyun was holding back; it was because he made it too obvious. An experienced pro like him would feign it in a way that his own boss wouldn’t even notice.

Of course, President Silver usually wouldn’t engage in such trivial matters as picking on his players for fun; at most, they would run an instance together. Today, for some unknown reason, he had specifically called for Juan Canyun, the least experienced in the team, to PvP against him.

President Silver suddenly threw a brick at Juan Canyun, hitting him squarely on the head. Logically, Juan Canyun should have been stunned.

As a Fighter, his skills were strong in inflicting various negative states, and a level forty brick hitting a level thirty head had a ninety percent chance of causing Juan Canyun to be stunned.

But… Juan Canyun did not enter a stunned state, though he still pretended to pause as if he were dazed.

Mo Shigui watched, frowning even more deeply,

This wasn’t just Juan Canyun performing for President Silver; even the system seemed to be playing along, making the whole scene appear genuinely convincing.

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After the brick, President Silver executed a standard Fighter skill kick, and after that, nothing more, because his body stiffened for a moment… the second skill he wanted to link was on cooldown, causing him to miss an excellent opportunity to chain the combo.

Juan Canyun fell to the ground but quickly scrambled up, contemplating whether to feign another mistake…

“Little Wen, attack!” Mo Shigui shouted fiercely, startling Juan Canyun whose hand holding the gun wobbled a bit.

“But coach…”

“Don’t mind me… let’s play seriously for once.” Realizing that Juan Canyun was going easy, this poor newbie, under the pressure from both sides, no longer used clumsy methods to dodge Boss Yin’s attacks.

The long spear in his hand traced a silver trajectory and suddenly thrust towards Boss Yin, who dodged the spearhead by moving, but Juan Canyun suddenly executed a change in his move. The spear circled back and initiated the most deadly combo skill, spear flip.

Boss Yin was sent flying into the air. In that moment of floating, Boss Yin wanted to adjust his posture to throw a poison needle at Juan Canyun, but Juan Canyun’s figure had already vanished from his sight, only leaving behind a pure white phantom.

This profession’s core skill, Cloud Formation! When casting the skill, it forcibly interrupts, leaving behind a phantom that completes the skill release.

The phantom left by Cloud Formation deployed a double stab which prolonged Boss Yin’s time floating mid-air, while Juan Canyun had already reappeared on the other side, his long spear glowing with a crimson light as he struck like a sudden storm on Boss Yin’s back.

In that moment, Boss Yin understood something. He comfortably crossed his arms over his chest, as if Juan Canyun had given him a massage. Then, the large words ‘DEFEATED’ appeared before his eyes.

Damn.

Following his coach’s instructions, Juan Canyun accidentally ended up killing his own boss!

Will it affect my salary?

His mind was filled with these strange thoughts. It was already bad enough to play other games during the off-season training, but now he had killed his boss, who had been brought into the game to accompany them.

In other clubs, this would no longer be an issue of deducting salary.

“Your movements are even slower than in Conflict.” Mo Shigui made an unsatisfied remark on the side.

Juan Canyun hung his head and dared not respond to Mo Shigui.

“Coach Song, don’t be so stern, he hasn’t been playing Spirit for long; he’s not even adapted to the game system yet.”

Boss Yin got up from the ground, and at that moment he realized that he truly had aged.

“So, more practice is needed,” Mo Shigui added.

“Practice?” Juan Canyun heard this word and snapped out of it, he looked up… only to discover that among the characters gathered around the arena… he could recognize more than half of them.

All of them were veterans from the club. Juan Canyun thought it was only him and Mo Shigui accompanying the boss to slack off, but it turned out the entire Leap Atomic team was slacking off in Spirit!

Does this team… have a future?

Juan Canyun felt lost, with the playoffs about to start—playoff points were crucial for qualifying for the world finals. Other club teams were overworking themselves in training and arranging friendly matches for interaction.

And the entire Leap Atomic was slacking off in the game Spirit?

“Exactly, practice.” Boss Yin took over Mo Shigui’s remark and said, “Listen up, players, Coach Song and I have discussed, from now on, your training will include not only fighting in the American server of Conflict but also practicing PVP in Spirit.”

The daily training for professional players in Conflict amounts to playing PK matches, with the highest level of servers recognized worldwide being in the American server of Conflict… although North American teams have always been labeled with North American LOWB, professional players from all over the world gather there. Any joe could make top ten in its competitive arena and would likely be scouted by major clubs.

But practicing PVP in Spirit, what the hell?

“I… Are we switching our focus to Spirit now?” Juan Canyun asked somewhat hesitantly, mainly because he was very reluctant. Spirit was indeed a great game, but he was far from tired of Conflict. The sentimental attachment and achievements he had in Conflict could not be replaced by Spirit, so making him a professional player in Spirit was something he definitely wouldn’t like.

This was also the sentiment of most club professional players, even the veteran players beside Mo Shigui felt the same. Zhao Mingwei was entirely a special case, an oddball, an alien.

“Currently, there isn’t a professional league for Spirit, and though I don’t know if there will be one in the future, Spirit is part of your training program,” Boss Yin said.

What could this game Spirit train?

Juan Canyun didn’t know… and he didn’t dare ask.

Although he also played a gun-wielding character in Spirit, the feel of combat between the two games was completely different, and more critically, the profession systems were utterly different. Juan Canyun was merely relying on instincts to fight.

He was certain that if he played Spirit for too long, and then went back to Conflict… his in-game performance would definitely be altered.

“I’ll now tell you the specifics of the training. Coach Song, please summarize the newly introduced system in Spirit and also talk about the future direction of our guild,” said Boss Yin as the guild members had already gathered around.