If this green orb really turned out to be something amazing, then the Glory Guild was about to hit the jackpot.
The players craned their necks, watching the green orb slowly descend from the sky.
Moments later, the first green orb finally touched down.
Seeing this, Canglong was the first to rush over.
As he approached, the green orb was instantly absorbed into his body.
At the same time, his experience bar surged upwards.
"????????"
"Whoa, what the...????"
Canglong stood there, stunned.
While he was still dazed, more green orbs began raining down, landing on the ground and even on the players.
When they realized that these green orbs were actually experience balls, everyone was dumbfounded.
"?????"
"Are you kidding me..."
"Just these... measly XP balls?!"
"This has to be a bug! No way! This is the Ender Dragon! The ruler of the End! And it only drops this?!"
"High EQ: Ender Dragon, Lord of the End. Low EQ: XP farm fodder."
"I can't believe this... Is this even fair?!"
"..."
The Glorious Guild had been grinding for 48 hours straight, hoping for a major loot drop from the Ender Dragon.
And technically, it was a major drop—just not what they expected. Instead, it was an avalanche of curses.
It took a while for Canglong to recover. Seeing the endless XP balls scattered around, he was about ready to explode.
But he wasn't ready to give up yet. There was no way the Ender Dragon only dropped XP!
"Search! Turn this place upside down!"
"Damn it! There has to be more loot! Find it!"
The Glorious Guild members shared Canglong's disbelief. Before he even finished giving orders, they had already begun searching frantically.
Not long after, they actually found something.
"Boss! Boss! We found something!"
"It's... a dragon egg!"
The shout drew Canglong over immediately.
Sure enough, there it was—a black dragon egg resting on a block of End Stone.
Canglong's heart raced at the sight.
He quickly stepped forward and picked it up.
The dragon egg was instantly absorbed into his inventory. (Note: Minor change to the dragon egg mechanic here.)
[Ender Dragon Egg: Can hatch into an Ender Dragon. The hatched dragon will be tamed.]
Reading the item description, Canglong's heart pounded.
"This... this is amazing!"
He quickly relayed the news to Yonghui.
Upon hearing it, Yonghui was equally ecstatic.
"Excellent!"
"As expected!"
"Now, we just need good news from Tianheng!"
———
After decimating the Cloud Soar Guild base, Xu Yuan headed to the Nether and dismantled the Wither Skeleton farm.
He then moved the execution mechanism from the skeleton farm over to the Zombie Pigmen farm.
With everything set up, Xu Yuan opened the Taming System interface to monitor 007's vitals.
The Taming System allowed him to track monster health bars.
At first, 007's health was steady, showing no issues.
But recently, things had taken a strange turn.
For some time now, 007's health kept dropping to the brink of death, only to slowly recover.
Then, it would plummet again—only to gradually restore.
This cycle repeated endlessly.
Xu Yuan quickly realized something was very wrong.
"This... health fluctuation... it's too unusual!"
The first time 007's health had almost hit zero, Xu Yuan had panicked.
He'd predicted that by faking his own death, 007 might face some kind of trial.
So, when 007's health first dipped to a sliver, Xu Yuan immediately set out to find him.
From the Cloud Soar Guild, he'd learned that 007 had been sighted near the Eternal Guild.
The problem was, Xu Yuan had no idea where their base was.
For days, he scoured the map, hunting for players he could interrogate about the Eternal Guild's location.
But no matter how hard he searched, he found nothing.
Fortunately, 007's health never hit zero. It slowly recovered each time, giving Xu Yuan a sliver of hope.
Still, before he could fully relax, 007's health would drop to critical again.
The cycle kept repeating.
Clearly, something was terribly wrong.
And Xu Yuan's gut told him the Eternal Guild was behind it.
Torture. Cruelty. Those were the first words that came to mind.
007 was intelligent. He would never willingly endanger himself repeatedly.
This fluctuation in health had to be deliberate. Someone was doing this on purpose!
What's more, the wolf he'd gifted to 007, the one that had fought fiercely during the battle with the Triumph Guild, was dead. Even though it had a tendency to steal kills, it had still taken out over ten players. The wolf had awakened a basic consciousness, and Xu Yuan could see it in his taming list.
Its death happened right before 007's health started acting up.
It was hard not to suspect that the Eternal Guild was responsible.
Xu Yuan didn't know their motives, but one thing was clear—he wouldn't forgive them.
This was all his fault, and he wouldn't just stand by.
Deep in thought, Xu Yuan continued searching the map for players.
Finally, after hours of relentless searching, his efforts paid off.
———
On a vast, snowy plain, a few players were chatting while fishing by a lake.
"Should we just join a guild? Feels like our growth is way too slow."
"Guilds do boost growth, but if HIM finds us, it's game over!"
"True..."
Hearing this, Tian Li nodded in agreement.
"There are pros and cons. Sure, a guild means faster progress, but you also paint a bigger target for HIM. Staying solo is slower, but at least HIM won't..."
Before Tian Li could finish, he froze in place.
"HIM??!!!"
"Huh? What about HIM?"
"Come on, spit it out!"
"Why'd you stop? Wife got stolen? Say it!"
"..."
The others were facing away from Tian Li and hadn't noticed his expression.
They had no idea why he suddenly fell silent.
It was only when they turned around that they understood.
Floating in the air was a figure with blazing white eyes.
It was HIM.
For the first time, Tian Li and his friends came face-to-face with the legend. They'd only seen him on forums, where every image and video of HIM was blurred and censored.
Before, they'd wondered why anyone who'd encountered HIM would be so terrified.
Now, they understood.
Seeing him in person was nothing like the images and videos.
Even standing silently, HIM's mere presence exuded suffocating pressure and a crushing aura.
Tian Li and the others were paralyzed with fear.
They knew fighting back was futile. Running was pointless.
When HIM appeared, there was only one outcome—death.
With resignation etched on their faces, they prepared for the inevitable.
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