The members of Sleeping Gardenia did not hesitate to follow through with Shao Qingge’s orders as the melee users charged forward, and the ranged yers fired off a volley of skills!


    Reilei and her party were surprised by the sudden appearance of this third party. However, a sense of relief washed over them. Thankfully, the new arrivals did not seem to be their enemies.


    "Ha! Serves them right! Getting a taste of their own medicine!" Hidden Pulse sneered.


    Phoenix released a long sigh. Her mana was running low, and she was only confident in holding out for another 10 seconds or so. If that group did not show up when they did, then their party would have been in a perilous situation!


    "Let’s not sit back and let them have all the fun. It’s time we take out some of our frustration! Daring to bully us, hmph, we won’t let them off easy!" Two Tons stated as he brandished his shield.


    With Two Tons leading the charge, Reilei and her party joined the battle to clean up the rest of the Headhunter Syndicate yers.


    "Xiao Liang!" Reilei called out. At the same time, Xiao Liang jumped off Reilei’s shoulder andtched onto her right arm that was wielding the summoner’s orb. After some time recuperating, although he could not resume his human form, Xiao Liang was finally able to use other skills.


    "Amalgamate!" Xiao Liang’s body glowed as Reilei’s arm abruptly burst into blue and violet colored mes! Simultaneously, the summoner’s orb sunk into the palm of her hand.


    A few momentster, when the mes died down, Xiao Liang had vanished, and Reilei’s physical appearance had been somewhat altered. Reilei’s arm was covered in the purplish-blue scales with scaly spikes, and her hand had be a w. The far right side of her face was covered in beautiful silver scales as her right eye’s pupil and color matched that of Xiao Liang’s.


    Love Swan, one of the Headhunter Syndicate yers, saw that Reilei was up to something suspicious. Therefore, she prepared to cast a spell in an attempt to interrupt her actions. But, while Reilei was there one moment, when Love Swan blinked, she had disappeared into thin air!


    "Where did she-" Love Swan questioned, but before she could even finish her thought process, she found that everything around her had turned gray, and the world was suddenly upside down. Then, for some reason, she could not move her body no matter how much she tried!


    "Eh? I died? How?!" Love Swan soon realized that it was not the world that was upside down, but her! She had been killed! However, she did not understand when or how it happened!


    Unfortunately for the Headhunter Syndicate side, Love Swan was not the only one to experience this bizarre situation. yer after yer from the Headhunter Syndicate had their sights grayed and found themselves in an upside-down world—they too had been unknowingly eliminated.


    "Oh? di, are you seeing this?" Shao Qingge said in a slightly excited tone.


    "Seeing it? I can barely follow it." Breezing diolus responded. She had apanied Shao Qingge to ensure that this was not a trap set out by the Headhunter Syndicate. After all, her ss specialized in widespread detection and yer management.


    Like Shao Qingge, Breezing diolus alsocked an offensive presence. Therefore, the two of them maintained a safe distance and provided support from the rear. As an added bonus, they also had a better view of the battlefield than most others.


    "Ah, that’s right. You haven’t received a Five Cycles Pill yet, have you?" Shao Qingge said.


    "I’m not exactly high up on the priority list to receive one. Plus, buying one myself would be a waste with my ss since it’s not a necessity. Unlike your ss, mine relies solely on concentration more than anything." Breezing diolus responded.


    "Hehe, well, there are some interesting yers in that party. Summer Grass was leading the party who attended this event, right? Where is she now?" Shao Qingge asked.


    "She has already joined the fight. Should I pull her out?" Breezing diolus replied.


    "Yeah, do it. I have some questions I want to ask her about that party over there." Shao Qingge stated with a grin.


    Breezing diolus nced over in her Shao Qingge’s direction. She had seen that look from her many times—someone had caught her attention!


    One had to remember, Shao Qingge’s rank in Sleeping Gardenia, while not the highest, was not low by any means. After all, she was one of the few core members of the guild who was not assigned to the Lotus Guard under Valkyria. In the end, Sleeping Gardenia was one of the top ten guilds in RML. So, when someone caught the eyes of one of its high ranking members, it could only mean good things for that person!


    Breezing diolus reached towards the air as a thin azure string appeared before her that led deep into the crowd of fighting yers.


    "Azure Drawing Twine." Breezing diolus grabbed the azure string and pulled on it. A few momentster, something—or rather, someone, came soaring out of the battlefield and towards Breezing diolus!


    In less than a breath, a yer had found themselves facing Shao Qingge and Breezing diolus. This yer’s name was Summer Grass, and she was the party leader of the Sleeping Gardenia group who participated in the Spirit Cave event. After she and her party were eliminated by the yers from the Headhunter Syndicate, Summer Grass immediately reported the incident. It wasmon for guilds to have small disputes; however, the Headhunter Syndicate had gone too far in their bullying. If it were just a single party, then Summer Grass could only me the weakness of her own party. But, they were ambushed by thirty yers! Naturally, Sleeping Gardenia would not take this p to the face lying down and responded in full force!


    Summer Grass blinked in confusion as she was abruptly pulled out in the middle of a fight. However, she knew that this was the work of Breezing diolus and did not dare show any displeasure to someone who ranked much higher than her. Nevertheless, she was a bit disappointed that she did not get to ughter those detestable Headhunter Syndicate yers after what they did to her.


    As if sensing her thoughts, Shao Qingge smiled and said, "Don’t be too disappointed. I asked di to pull you here because I wanted to ask you what you know about that party." Shao Qingge pointed towards Two Tons and the others.


    "Ah! That’s the party with the cute summon and weird summoner! To be honest, I was shocked to see that they were still alive and fighting. But, it kinda makes sense when I really think about it." Summer Grass replied with a thoughtful expression.


    "Oh? Exin." Shao Qingge said.


    "Well, you see..." Summer Grass went on to exin what happened during the first part of the event. By the time she finished speaking, Shao Qingge was even more interested in that yer! That yer was, of course, Reilei.


    "To think such a summoner actually exists—I never heard of anything like it. How fun! Hahaha!" Shao Qingge squirmed from excitement.


    "Little Devil! Mark my words! My Headhunter Syndicate will not let you off!" Dead Fire yelled as he struggled to keep his life! His mighty group had gone from thirty yers to less than a dozen before he knew it. At the moment, he was fuming with rage!


    "You’re still alive? Don’t think your threats will work against me. Even if your guild leader were here himself, I would not show him any face. If you mess with my Sleeping Gardenia, then there’s only one end for you." Shao Qingge’s eyes turned cold as she looked at Dead Fire with contempt.


    "You-!" Before Dead Fire could even respond, he was stabbed with a sword from his back, and his life came to a swift end as he dissipated into countless particles. The Sleeping Gardenia fighting forced that arrived was simply too overwhelming!


    A few momentster, every yer from the Headhunter Syndicate had been sessfully eliminated—not one had escaped!


    "di, can you bring ’that’ yer here?" Shao Qingge inquired.


    Breezing diolus frowned and responded, "I should be able to. But isn’t it easier just to call them over?"


    "Yes~ But there’s something I want to test for myself." Shao Qingge stated with an innocent expression on her face.


    Breezing diolus shook her head. She did not understand Shao Qingge’s intention. Nevertheless, she decided to y along. Just as she did with Summer Grass, Breezing diolus used her Azure Drawing Twine on Reilei. But, something happened that caused a look of disbelief to appear on Breezing diolus’ face.


    "My azure twine—it snapped...!" Breezing diolus eximed. She never had her azure twine snapped so effortlessly. But, that was not all that happened. Breezing diolus’ mana that had been practically at 100% had been reduced to 80% out of nowhere!


    "I see, so my eyes weren’t ying tricks on me earlier." Shao Qingge said. Earlier during the fight, Shao Qingge witnessed some magic spells being deflected off of Reilei whenever it made contact with her right arm! A skill that could deflect multiple spells had to be a high A-rank or even an S-ranked skill!


    As for Reilei, she did not even feel Breezing diolus’ azure twin make contact with her!


    "Everyone, pick up the loot! But, be sure to leave some for our hardworking friends over there!" Shao Qingge ordered. Not too long after giving out orders, Shao Qingge approached Reilei’s party, who had regrouped once the fight ended.


    Reilei’s appearance had returned to normal. As for Xiao Liang, he was soundly asleep on Reilei’s shoulder.


    "Looks like we have somepany." Shuyi said.


    Everyone in the group turned their attention towards the approaching Shao Qingge and the apanying Breezing diolus. They were nervous; after all, just because they fought against the other group did not mean that they held good intentions. But, seeing that Shao Qingge had onlye over with just one person instead of a full squad of people made them feel somewhat at ease.


    But, what none of them expected was the words that immediately left Shao Qingge’s mouth when she stopped in front of them.


    "You—how would you like to join Sleeping Gardenia?" Shao Qingge said as she pointed forward.


    Everyone followed the direction of Shao Qingge’s finger and noticed that it was pointing directly at Reilei!


    Reilei blinked a few times before looking around. Was she talking to her?


    "So, how about it?" Shao Qingge asked, getting straight to the point.


    The yers from Reilei’s party were stunned! She was receiving a personal invitation to join a top guild like Sleeping Gardenia? If she epted, her future in RML would be limitless! One had to know that this kind of opportunity was something that most yers would kill to obtain!


    After all, what yer did not dream of joining a top guild and soaring to the top of RML?


    But, Reilei seemed somewhat embarrassed to answer the question. Still, she managed to work up the nerve to say what was on her mind.


    "Um, what’s a Sleeping Gardenia?" Reilei asked with a helpless smile.


    Everyone nearly coughed up blood after Reilei asked that question and stared at her in bewilderment. How could she not know of a famous guild like Sleeping Gardenia?! Unless one lived under a rock in RML, such a thing was unimaginable!


    ...


    Three dayster...


    Izroth was currently on the fifth floor of his Mystical Realm Pce. The decor was average, and there was nothing too borate, except the bed that sat towards the middle-back area of the room. At the moment, this bed was upied by a sleeping child with me-colored hair along with slightly longer and pointed ears. It was the young Trephasia Izroth, and his party found in the Millennial Veiled Oasis!


    In just three days, his Mystical Realm Pce had expanded from a two-floor establishment to a five-floor establishment! However, the fifth floor was an unexpectedst-minute addition.


    ’It’s already been nine days in-game, and she still hasn’t awakened. Is this supposed to happen?’