[Wolf King's Tooth]
[Effect: Sacrifice material. Allows targeted summoning of Wolf King Bolaiye.]
[Description: Bolaiye, King of the Giant Werewolves. It once ruled Wolf King Canyon for three centuries and was the most valiant, battle-hardened legendary wolf king among the giant werewolves.]
Although Bolaiye's siege had ended in defeat—and an utterly humiliating, suffocating death at that—Yu Xian knew full well that Bolaiye was by no means weak. It had simply run into two blatant cheaters like him and Little Nora, and had been toyed to death as a result.
Against any other opponent, its abilities would have easily let it storm the city and slaughter at will. The class-holders would have had to sacrifice at least a hundred lives before they could hope to gang up and bring it down.
Conveniently, Yu Xian had just hit Level 20, granting him an additional summoning slot. He instantly decided that this new slot belonged to Wolf King Bolaiye.
[Skill Acquisition Stone]
[Effect: Upon use, grants a hidden skill for the user's current class.]
[Description: Every class possesses numerous hidden skills. Please explore and uncover them on your own.]
Yu Xian was quite curious about what hidden skills a Chaos Envoy could possibly have. Moreover, as the leader of the troupe and its decisive core figure, he truly needed to grow stronger—stronger than the rest of his team, at the very least.
Otherwise, he would easily become the group's glaring weakness. If he died, the Sparkle Troupe was finished.
Still, there was no rush for any of that. First came celebrating their victory and distributing the rest of the spoils.
During this defensive battle, Wolf King Bolaiye wasn't the only one to drop loot; the other monsters had left behind a mountain of items as well. Naturally, those had to be divvied up based on individual contributions.
He glanced toward Ximen Wangcai. Ximen Wangcai shuddered, instantly feeling that Yu Xian was looking at him with dubious intentions.
"From this moment on, Wangcai, you are the deputy leader of the Sparkle Troupe, in charge of routine affairs," Yu Xian said with a genial smile.
With that, he pulled up the team interface, promoted Ximen Wangcai to deputy leader, and granted him all relevant administrative privileges.
"I'll leave the loot distribution to you." Yu Xian settled comfortably into the role of a hands-off boss.
Ximen Wangcai rolled his eyes at Yu Xian and groused, "Aren't you afraid that down the line, my men might drape the yellow robe over my shoulders and make me emperor?"
Handing out spoils was the ultimate opportunity to win over people's hearts. If Ximen Wangcai harbored even the slightest selfish ambition, he could quietly sway the loyalties of every class-holder in the troupe toward himself rather than their leader.
In fact, he knew a thousand different ways to claim the entire troupe without anyone noticing. With a single command, ownership of the Sparkle Troupe would change overnight.
"Doesn't matter. I'm just here for fun anyway," Yu Xian replied, smiling faintly.
Ximen Wangcai stared at him in silence for a good while before chuckling. "You really remind me of someone I know. He's powerful—so powerful that nothing ever bothers him."
He could tell that Yu Xian genuinely had nothing to fear.
Perhaps he could pull a fast one on Yu Xian inside the Zhen Realm, but outside...
Taking the fight offline was definitely out of the question.
Ximen Wangcai had an intuition: if he and Yu Xian ever had a real-life duel, the one who ended up dead would undoubtedly be himself.
"You remind me of someone I know, too," Yu Xian remarked, gazing at Ximen Wangcai as thoughts of Feng Mingge inexplicably crossed his mind.
The two exchanged a knowing smile, and an unspoken understanding settled between them. They were clearly set to be excellent partners going forward, and neither was going to backstab the other during their time in the Zhen Realm.
Next came the celebration.
With a clap of Little Nora's hands, food and wine flowed without limit. The entirety of Fukang City plunged into an ocean of revelry. Everyone partook in the festivities, and whether they belonged to the Sparkle Troupe or not, all were treated to a feast.
Even the NPCs received extra helpings; there was as much food as anyone could ever want.
Mingling with the crowd, Yu Xian traded jokes and bantered with nearby class-holders, quickly hitting it off with everyone. Once drunkenness took over, they slung their arms over one another's shoulders, singing and dancing in circles around roadside statues. The merriment carried on until three in the morning, when people finally collapsed in heaps across Fukang City's grand plaza, snoring loudly.
"This guy!"
Ximen Wangcai had slaved away all night, ranking each member's contributions according to their damage output before organizing the distribution of the spoils.
Having finally finished his work, he walked over, only to find a few class-holders still awake, boasting over meat and wine, while Yu Xian lay fast asleep amidst a pile of muscular brutes, looking like a helpless little lamb that had just been thoroughly mauled by a horde of beefy meatheads.
"Deputy Leader!"
Cheng Jian hadn't turned in yet either. Sitting not far from Yu Xian, he was happily guzzling wine while tearing into a chicken breast.
Seeing Ximen Wangcai, he waved and called out with a grin.
Ximen Wangcai nodded in acknowledgment and said, "Cheng Jian, do me a favor. Carry the leader back to the Anju Inn. He has a room there."
"Sure thing!" Cheng Jian agreed.
After all, Yu Xian was the leader of the troupe.
Sleeping out in the street was hardly dignified, especially when many of the people present weren't even part of their group.
***
The next morning.
Yu Xian opened his eyes to the sight of Little Nora's rear end.
He shoved Little Nora aside, then groggily pushed himself upright, only to realize he was inside an inn.
"How did I get back here?"
Yu Xian scratched his messy hair, finding that he had zero recollection of the second half of last night. All he remembered was everyone drinking themselves into high spirits, followed by endless laughter, and then a total blank.
Right.
He had leveled up yesterday.
Level 20 came with a new skill.
He immediately opened his status panel to check.
[Name: Yu Xian]
[Level: 20]
[Class: Chaos Envoy]
[Skills:]
[Chaos Summoning: Consumes one sacrifice to summon a beast to fight on your behalf. The summoned creature's strength depends on the quality of the sacrifice.]
[Chaos Curse: Consumes one sacrifice to inflict a random negative status on the target. The duration and effect of the status depend on the quality of the sacrifice. Maximum negative statuses per target: 1.]
[Chaos Missile: Consumes a portion of stamina to fire a chaotic missile of random elemental affinity at the target, dealing randomized damage with a chance to disorient the target's sense of direction.]
***
Awesome.
Finally, an offensive skill for direct combat.
Looking at the newly acquired skill, Yu Xian felt a surge of excitement. Both Chaos Summoning and Chaos Curse were essentially support abilities.
His personal combat prowess had always been pitifully low.
With Chaos Missile, he could finally participate in actual battles.
Still, this Chaos Missile was truly chaotic to the core. Its element was random, its damage was random, and even its debuff proc was left entirely to chance. It was a pure RNG skill through and through.
With good luck, it could kill an enemy in a single hit. With bad luck, it wouldn't deal a scratch.
If this were in a novel, such an ability would have readers cursing the author to death. After all, with a skill like this, couldn't the author just write whatever they pleased? Slaying enemies far above one's tier would be nothing more than a matter of convenience. It was blatantly shameless.
Yet Yu Xian loved it; he had a soft spot for shamelessly broken skills like this!
After familiarizing himself with his new ability, he pulled out the silver gemstone. Now came the real gamble—there was no telling what hidden skill he might roll.
Use Skill Acquisition Stone!
In an instant, the silver gem dissolved into a flash of silver light that sank into Yu Xian's body. Simultaneously, a brand-new skill appeared on his status panel.
Chapter 452