99: Chapter 99 Red-Name Players

[Top-up Successful]

[shadow robe · 1st Advancement (Exquisite)]

Class: Holy Spirit Priest

Level: None

HP: 15,000

Defense: 10,000

Hint: 10 Equipment Advancement Cards required to promote to the next stage.

Jiang He was stunned for a moment. Equipment could undergo advancement too?

After calming his emotions slightly, he stepped into the Path of Death once more.

According to Gu Tian's description, the lightning zone he encountered before wasn't even a tenth of the way through the Path of Death.

Time passed, and Jiang He had been traveling through the Path of Death for over three months.

During this time, he had been killed and sent back twice.

This time, the top-up function was incredibly helpful, triggering resurrection top-ups over seven thousand times consecutively.

He crawled through the final stretch of the journey.

The surroundings were filled with visible flying knives that continuously slashed at him.

With every death, he had to endure the pain of being dismembered by tens of thousands of flying knives.

Finally, the long-awaited point of light appeared at the very front of the tunnel.

Jiang He gritted his teeth and crawled forward with all his might, his hand tightly clutching a god-tier red potion.

The only effect of this potion was to prevent him from being killed in a single hit.

This allowed him to crawl a bit further.

He passed through the point of light.

Jiang He vanished from the spot and, when he opened his eyes again, he was already in a forest.

"Phew..."

"I... I'm out."

"Sob... I'm finally out."

He lay on the ground, tears sliding down from the corners of his eyes.

But before he could calm his inner turmoil, a shout came from nearby:

"Hey, move it. Don't block the way."

He saw a ten-person team rushing in his direction.

On the other side of him, a boss was eyeing him covetously.

Startled, Jiang He instinctively cast a Blood Speech Technique, then scrambled to his feet and hid to the side.

A second later, the boss struggled twice before collapsing to the ground.

[Congratulations to the Invader for slaying BOSS · Snowfield Wolf God]

As the notification sounded, Jiang He was also stunned.

Invader?

Who?

Me?

At that moment, the team stopped not far from him.

They all stared at him with fierce eyes.

Jiang He felt a bit awkward. If he wasn't mistaken, had he just stolen a boss that others were about to finish off?

He quickly waved his hands. "Wait, wait, guys, listen to me. I really didn't mean it. I didn't notice this boss was almost dead."

But what this group cared about wasn't that their boss first kill had been stolen.

It was Jiang He's ID.

ID: Game ID (Invader)

The entire name was displayed in blood-red.

"He's a Red Name Player!"

"Right, I heard from the Guild Leader that we should kill Red Name Players on sight."

Jiang He was stunned.

When did I become a Red Name Player?

"Wait, guys, look closely. It's me, Game ID. Your Viscount?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other side attacked.

Leading them was a warrior who charged forward first.

Immediately after, several magic orbs smashed toward him.

"Fuck."

Jiang He retreated several steps.

Having just come out of the Path of Death, he actually felt a sense of familiarity seeing other players.

He thought it was just a misunderstanding that could be cleared up with an explanation.

At worst, he could offer some compensation.

"Brother, don't be impulsive. Look at my ID clearly. I'm Game ID."

"Game ID my ass! You're exactly who I'm killing," the warrior roared.

"Damn." Jiang He dodged the opponent's attack with a quick movement.

But a second later, he was hit by several magic orbs.

-150

-130

-180

"What's going on? The damage is only a hundred-plus?" the mage in the team said in surprise.

At this moment, besides seeing that Jiang He was a Red Name Player...

...all other information was displayed as question marks.

"Wait, could it be he's not a player?"

"Right, he's not a player, he's a boss—a Humanoid Boss!"

Instantly, someone in the team broke into a smile.

"Great! I didn't expect there to be a Humanoid Boss here. Everyone, focus fire!"

Jiang He's expression soured at their words.

Where did he look like a boss?

He had just escaped from the Path of Death only to run into this mess.

The other side was even saying things he didn't understand.

Right now, he didn't want to fight; he just wanted to get away as quickly as possible.

Seeing the warrior charge at him again...

...Jiang He sighed. "Sorry, buddy."

In the next second, the styx fang swept across.

-12,100

The warrior's HP instantly hit zero, and he vanished into white light on the spot.

"Crap, the captain was killed?"

"Damn, this boss's attack is so high!"

But a second later, Jiang He vanished from the spot.

Jiang He ran rapidly through the jungle.

After killing the warrior, he immediately activated the Invisibility Technique and escaped the group's attack range.

After a while, Jiang He sat by a small stream, his head still spinning.

"What the hell is going on?"

Not only had he become a Red Name Player...

...but even the map had changed.

Crystal Capital?

"Isn't this one of the Four Main Cities? How did I end up here?"

Looking at the chat channel, it was extremely lively.

"Did you guys know? We just encountered a Humanoid Boss, and it was a red name too."

"Oh my god, did you kill it?"

"No, that monster was incredibly cunning and could even speak human language. It got away."

"Location please, coordinates please."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, post the coordinates. Let's go together. I don't believe a single mob can be that slippery."

Jiang He had a headache.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he decided to stop thinking about it for now.

He tried to log out of the game, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Sob... I can finally go offline."

He opened his eyes again.

A beeping sound reached his ears.

Then he felt someone kneading his body?

He turned his head and saw a nurse massaging him.

Jiang He felt a bit embarrassed. "Um... hello, nurse. Where... where is this?"

The nurse turned her head sharply, her face showing surprise and then great joy as she shouted, "Oh my god, you... you're awake! You're finally awake!"

Then the nurse rushed out the door.

Jiang He was stunned for a moment. Only then did he notice where he was.

It was a very luxurious bedroom.

His body was covered in various instruments.

The instruments were still making beeping sounds.

A needle was inserted into his other hand, and a bag of white Nutritional Fluid hung overhead.

He was a bit confused.

He didn't know exactly how long he had been trapped in the Path of Death.

Since entering that place, all his system functions had failed, including checking the time.

But looking at this setup, it had probably been at least half a month.

His family must have noticed he hadn't woken up for a long time and brought him to the hospital.

He was incredibly lucky. Thank goodness his family knew to send him to the hospital; if they had given up on treatment, he'd probably be in the ground by now.

While he was wondering, a commotion came from outside the door.

Accompanied by a girl's crying.

It was getting clearer and clearer.

Bang—

Mumu burst into the room and saw Jiang He with his eyes open.

At that moment, she could no longer control herself.

She had just been in the game when Xiao Yao informed her that Jiang He had woken up.

She logged off immediately.

She had been extremely worried all the way, fearing that Jiang He might only be awake briefly, just as she had been back then.

"Sob... Brother, you're finally awake."

Mumu rushed over and threw herself on him, crying loudly.

"Mu... Mumu."

"Sob, Brother."

"Mumu, you're pressing on my IV tube."

He was originally quite moved, but when Mumu lunged, a sharp pain shot through his arm.