Chapter 627 - Jia Gui, the God of Dragging People Down

The only thing on Han Wu’s mind was leveling up. He wanted to equip the Slaughter Knife as soon as possible.

Once he had it equipped, he wouldn’t have to waste precious levels on unlocking his strength anymore. Killing the beasts in another nest brought Han Wu’s experience bar to 20% from leveling up.

“I just need to level up again,” Han Wu muttered, approaching a bush that was as tall as a person.

Everyone watching the livestream tensed. They could see that Warmaster and Carnage were hiding in that very bush.

If Han Wu neared it unawares, he would undoubtedly suffer a devastating ambush. He could even be killed. Would this be the downfall of this famous genius?

Even the referees stared intently at the screen, wondering if they were about to call out first blood. Inside the challenge grounds, Han Wu calmly walked toward the bush, but as he was about to enter Warmaster and Carnage’s attack range, he abruptly stopped.

Warmaster and Carnage stiffened. Had Han Wu discovered them? If he had, why didn’t he attack? As the pair were about to strike, Han Wu suddenly retreated, vanishing from view in the blink of an eye.

The pair wore the same baffled expression as the viewers in the livestream.

Why did Han Wu run away? What exactly was going on? Had he discovered Warmaster and Carnage or not? Even Qiu Yun couldn’t figure it out. This was the first time in over a thousand matches that he had encountered such a situation.

“Look, there’s a problem with Commerce and Jia Gui!” Yu Meng suddenly exclaimed.

The camera immediately switched to the duo in question. A level 9 Vine Demon had tied up Commerce and Jia Gui. The locust following them had perished. The two of them barely qualified as competitors, with only high defense and HP to their names.

The Vine Demon repeatedly whipped their bound and suspended forms, leaving them lacerated and bleeding. If this continued, the two would meet their end. Left with no other choice, Commerce requested help in the group chat. After checking the map, Han Wu realized that he was the closest, so he rushed back to assist.

A wave of relief washed over the viewers. Commerce and Jia Gui’s call for help had been well-timed. If they had been even a second later, Han Wu would’ve been the one sending a distress signal. Still, it was embarrassing for a measly Vine Demon to bind a God King and a World life form.

Some of the more attentive viewers were calculating the contributions of the Divine Civilization’s team. Xu Hai had led the locusts to clear fifteen nests in the top lane. The Origin of Mutation cleared forty-two nests in the middle lane with its mutated locusts.

Han Wu had cleared a total of eighteen nests in the jungle, twelve of which were in enemy territory. Meanwhile, Commerce and Jia Gui cleared a mere nine nests combined despite bringing 40% of the locusts with them.

The viewers couldn’t help but wonder,

When did God Kings and World life forms become this pathetic?

Commerce was at least redeemable for reaching level 4, having led the charge in every battle. Jia Gui, on the other hand, only stood at the back and cheered. As a result, he was only level 2, making him dead last among all the participants in the match.

Even the new beasts spawning from the nests were higher level than him. While level wasn’t everything, it still accounted for 90% of an individual’s strength, with the remaining 10% depending on their initial abilities.

Yu Meng then checked the ability that Jia Gui had initially chosen. It was called Windrun and doubled one’s speed when escaping. Despite this, Jia Gui still failed to flee from the Vine Demon. It was a useless ability!

Even Qiu Yun couldn’t help but comment, “If I weren’t certain that Jia Gui was personally selected for your Divine Civilization’s team, I’d suspect that he was a spy from our civilization.”

As soon as he said that, the livestream exploded with a flurry of comments.

“He might as well be a spy with this performance.”

“Jia Gui, just admit you’re a spy. We’d feel better about it.”

“This is basically six against four. How are we supposed to win? Just surrender!”

Inside the challenge ground, Han Wu had arrived on site. Activating his True Demon King Transformation, he tore apart the level 9 Vine Demon, rescuing Commerce and Jia Gui.

Han Wu didn’t even entertain the thought that Jia Gui was a spy. While they hadn’t interacted much, their few encounters were enough for Han Wu to believe that Jia Gui was just genuinely terrible. In fact, he was already regretting not going with Umbral Mouse instead. A hard support would’ve been better than a total liability, but it was too late to change his mind at this point.

𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

“Jia Gui, why don’t you just guard the high ground and not leave the fountain?” Han Wu suggested, suppressing his anger.

“No, I took the money, so how can I slack off?” Jia Gui objected. “I, Jia Gui, have never done anything half-hearted!”

The viewers watching the livestream couldn’t hold it in anymore. They flooded the chat with their comments.

“I’m begging you, Jia Gui, please just slack off. At least we’ll lose more slowly.”

“He really... I’m crying. Dragging down teammates this confidently is truly impressive.”

“He actually received payment for this? Give me the money instead! I’ll show him who’s stronger!”

Jia Gui’s behavior left Yu Meng speechless. While technically dedicated, he was undoubtedly dragging the team down, all while boldly spouting that he never slacked off.

After three long seconds of silence, she could only squeeze out a few consolatory words. “Senior Jia Gui... Well, I guess his mentality is pretty good.”

Inside the challenge ground, Han Wu almost transformed into a black dragon and sacrificed a teammate. After much persuasion from Commerce, Han Wu finally suppressed his anger and turned to pick up the Vine Demon’s drops.

The Vine Demon dropped two types of materials: the Vine Whip, used to craft weapons and equipment like belts, and the Level Crystal, used to raise the level of their base crystal.

Fortunately, killing the Vine Demon had also filled Han Wu’s experience bar, allowing him to reach level 6. Unlike before, he didn’t unlock his strength but decisively opted for an equipment slot.

Han Wu would grow rapidly now that he had the Slaughter Knife equipped.