Chapter 565: High-Level Players Aren’t Dazzling in This Building
Xiao Li licked his lips and replied, “Got it!”
Borrowing money to spend was practically a bad habit every player had, just like back in peacetime when someone had money at home but still wanted to borrow from others.
After asking around for a while, not a single person was willing to lend any supplies.
“Bro, I’m in a tight spot too!”
“Last time those Calamity Frogs wrecked me, and I still haven’t recovered!”
“Are you really that desperate? I was about to ask you for a loan!”
The Bushy-Browed Man’s face turned black with anger.
Not long ago, they were good brothers pioneering together, and now they turned their backs on him!
How fickle people’s hearts were!
In this Mad King Building, besides himself, was there any good person left?
“Sigh, I wonder if the Dorm Owner has noticed us yet. If he has, he’ll definitely have a way,” the female tenant suddenly sighed.
“What way could he have?” The Bushy-Browed Man frowned. “In this situation, someone has to go down into the blood river and clear out all the lice for everyone.”
The implication was clear: Xu Lang wouldn’t personally do something like that.
“That’s true.” The female tenant nodded in agreement.
Everyone knew Xu Lang was powerful, but no one had ever known him to be kind-hearted.
This was precisely the benefit of Xu Lang never setting up a good-guy persona—otherwise, he’d definitely be forced into action by now.
Suddenly, a giant frog monster with bright red skin swam over and slammed headfirst into the door.
Durability plummeted!
“Fire the cannon, quick!” The Bushy-Browed Man shouted as he rushed behind the turret and began operating it manually.
Boom, boom, boom~
After a barrage of heavy fire, the giant frog monster fled, wounded.
Five minutes later, another giant red-skinned frog monster came over and kept ramming the door.
The Bushy-Browed Man recognized it—it was the same frog monster from before, and its injuries had completely healed!
“Damn it, it’s a big monster that can regenerate!” The Bushy-Browed Man’s expression turned extremely grim.
This kind of self-healing big monster was what players feared most.
The reason was simple: they couldn’t afford to outlast it!
“Didn’t you say Mad King Building players weren’t afraid of this kind of healing monster? How did you deal with it before?” The Bushy-Browed Man turned back to the female tenant and asked.
“Ah, that’s because Brother Lang would activate Blood Grudge to lure the monsters away!” The female tenant quickly replied.
This female tenant was actually pretty clueless. She’d managed to join this dorm only because she was an old-timer who knew a lot of the unspoken rules of the Mad King Building.
“And now?” The Bushy-Browed Man asked urgently. “When will he lure the monsters again?”
“I don’t know.” The female tenant shook her head, then added, “Besides, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Brother Lang lure monsters during rest time.”
“Damn it!” The Bushy-Browed Man completely lost his composure. “Send out a distress call! Announce our situation! We’ll take help from anyone!”
Even as he barked out the orders, he was trying to land a killing blow on the red-skinned frog monster.
But in the blood river, the turret’s power was reduced, making a kill impossible.
“Son of a bitch!” The Bushy-Browed Man’s temper flared. “No one’s offering advice yet? Whoever helps me, they’re my dad from now on!”
“Fourth Brother, people are begging for parents in the chat room—those players have no standards!” The male tenant wore a bitter expression.
“Go check the first-floor small group…” Before the Bushy-Browed Man could finish, the female tenant let out a joyful shout.
“Got it! The Sword Saint said he’s coming to help us! We need to turn off the turret’s auto-attack mode!” The female tenant’s face was full of ecstasy.
The Bushy-Browed Man’s spirits lifted, and he looked at the surveillance camera.
Sure enough, before long, a beast-headed warrior wielding a long blade swam over. He floated through the blood river, casually slicing down a lurking Common Frog Monster.
The red-skinned frog monster turned around, its blood-red cross-shaped pupils locking onto the Sword Saint.
The next moment!
A whip-crack of a tongue!
The crimson tongue shot out like a spear, cutting a white line through the blood river as it hurtled toward the Sword Saint’s forehead.
Whoosh!
The Sword Saint sliced off a section of the giant tongue with one stroke of his blade, then lunged forward.
Man and frog churned up waves of blood in the river for over ten seconds before the Sword Saint emerged victorious.
More frog monsters arrived afterward.
But the Sword Saint seemed to be their natural predator. With every swing of his blade, he killed them so thoroughly that they dared not approach, leaving thick blood and scattered limbs floating all around.
Inside the dorm, seeing the Sword Saint’s valor, the players nearly shouted out loud.
“That’s so cool, Sword Saint!”
If it weren’t for the blood water right outside the door, the Bushy-Browed Man would have opened it to claim kinship.
As soon as the Sword Saint appeared, all the frog monsters swarmed to surround him, giving the first-floor players a chance to catch their breath. They were overwhelmingly grateful.
“This is the responsibility our uncrowned king of the first floor should have!”
“Haha! With the Sword Saint performing this well, he’ll definitely make it into the Committee. Then our first-floor resources will get a boost too!”
“Will the Sword Saint be okay? I feel like there’s poison in that blood water.”
“Shut the hell up with that nonsense!”
“People from the second and third floors are organizing outings too. Those lice can’t be left alone.”
“…”
Below the sixth floor, players gradually began heading out in groups.
But few teams dared to go head-to-head with the frog monsters. Instead, they circled around, quickly cleaning the lice off the facilities while keeping their distance.
Beyond that, players from above the sixth floor also came down.
These were mercenaries, hired with a heavy price pooled together by the players from the lower five floors.
Opening the door was risky—without two players with strong Constitution holding back the water flow, the dorm could get flooded instantly.
The lower five floors were already submerged, and the water level kept rising. The Floor Leaders hadn’t just sat idle; they were actively organizing and hunting down the frog monsters.
Bai Wuya was already preparing to go into the water.
The frog monsters would get attacked the moment they surfaced, so they no longer bothered showing themselves, forcing the players to go down.
“Wear two Frog Skin Raincoats. Make sure they don’t get damaged in battle, or we’ll have to deal with that ‘Medicine Pearl’ woman’s knives again.” Bai Wuya, usually a bare-handed close-combat fighter, grabbed a long spear before heading into the water this time.
After a couple of days of contact, everyone knew frog monsters were weak to sharp weapons.
“You got it, Floor Leader Bai!”
The players from the twelfth floor answered in unison.
A woman wearing white silk stockings, embroidered shoes, and her hair in a bun rolled her eyes. “I’m saving your lives here, and you don’t even thank me properly. Instead, you keep cutting into my business. Next time you come, don’t blame me for raising the price!”
She was dressed in ancient-style clothing, her face clean and fair, but her words carried a fierce edge.
“Hehe, Medicine Pearl, you’re running a no-cost business and still charging your brothers such a steep treatment fee. Our Copper Coins are still Copper Coins—raw materials, facility costs—none of that comes free, you know?” Bai Wuya turned around and actually flashed a smile at the ancient-style woman, his tone slightly deferential.
Medicine Pearl didn’t argue, just said flatly, “Fine, fine. Next time you come, my skills will definitely be on cooldown.”
Bai Wuya’s expression flickered, and he let out an awkward laugh.
Medicine Pearl was a player who had recently moved into the twelfth floor, possessing a Legendary-grade Purification spell and a slew of healing abilities.
Even blood rain mutations could be dispelled by her spells.
Ever since the Mad King Building lifted its recruitment restrictions, more and more players with extraordinary skills had been moving in. But for now, they still couldn’t catch the attention of the Demon King Castle crew—at most, they’d be mentioned in passing during meals.
Under the overwhelming pressure of the Demon King Castle, these so-called high-level players in the eyes of ordinary players, though each had their own brilliance, didn’t seem particularly dazzling.