Chapter 2

“Bro, wipe your drool. Your expression is borderline insulting to Ben Grant—be careful or you’ll get beaten to death by Ben Grant’s fans.”

“Tch, I’d be happy to be Ben Grant’s little pet!”

“Get lost, like you’d even have a chance. Even Ben Grant’s lackeys have to be top ten soul beast masters in the national server, okay!”

“Whoa, look! King Carter just climbed to the top as the world’s number one wizard. They’re doing an interview—first professional NO.1 has been born.”

Jiutian’s dom-sub livestream is currently doing a post-match interview. Of course, the player who got NO.1 is showered with honor and a pile of rewards, making countless players green with envy. King Carter’s stream has already broken one hundred million viewers.

“King Carter, congratulations on setting a new record! Is there anything you’d like to say to your many fans?” The female host’s eyes are full of admiration. No hero team is complete without a wizard who deals explosive damage. She’s definitely adding him on WeChat after the interview.

King Carter looks like a man in his thirties, and throughout the interview he’s been sparing with his words—calmness is a basic trait of a qualified wizard.

King Carter was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly his eyes lit up with a strange gleam. “Old Walker, where are you? I’ve completed your request. Where’s the equipment?”

Old Walker? Equipment?

The crowd of onlookers was completely baffled by what King Carter said.

In the battle for top soul beast master, Ben Grant once again flaunted her pay-to-win swagger. Soul beast masters themselves don’t have high requirements; their combat power relies entirely on their soul beasts. Facing an opponent with the same god-tier soul beast, but even more skilled at controlling them, she threw out her trump card—double god-tier soul beasts: the “Nine-Turn Twin-Tailed Fire Luan” + “Ice Titan” combo, a land-and-sea, fire-and-ice duo. This bird-and-giant combo ranks third on the “fantasy list” of soul beast master combos, but no player ever thought it would actually appear.

Once again, Ben Grant showed off her arrogance to the world—“I’m rich and I do whatever I want.”

Staring at the Ice Titan wielding Zero-Degree Lightning, the American technical pay-to-win player, Super S, immediately surrendered. Just looking at that combo was enough to make him wince—there was no way to win.

Soul beasts are ranked: Insect, Wolf, Tiger, Ghost, Dragon, God—ascending in order.

Above Dragon level, soul beasts have an extremely high mortality rate. “Delicate” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Raising just one requires a massive support team and huge funds. Super S has an eighty-person team serving him, but two god-tier soul beasts, and ones with countering attributes at that… That’s beyond what money can buy. There are even rumors that loli Ben Grant is the system’s own daughter, the queen of luck, and her soul talent is probably soul beast affinity.

Victorious, Ben Grant couldn’t wait to be interviewed. Today she was all dressed up—exquisite crystal high heels (just the logo shows they’re a master’s work; one pair could buy a regular player’s whole set), a cute puffy skirt with every pleat perfectly detailed, and a unique little hat. She didn’t look like she came to fight, but to cosplay. Her profile says she’s 1.6 meters tall… but honestly, 1.5-something would be generous. But that’s taboo—no one dares question Ben Grant’s height to her face.

“Old Walker, Old Walker, I did it! Either pay me back, or be my boyfriend!”

The stream, with three hundred million viewers, instantly exploded. What the heck?

Pay back? Girlfriend?

Money and love, both?

Holy crap, is this even humanly possible?!

In the battle for top martial artist, “Hell Dante Alighieri” from the European server took NO.1. Nicknamed “The Emperor,” Dante Alighieri was once an MMA champion in real life. After a severe injury in a match, he was paralyzed from the waist down—unable to return to professional competition, he lost his purpose in life. But in Jiutian, he found himself again, found a reason to live, and with outstanding talent and unparalleled perseverance, he pushed the martial artist class to its peak, developing a series of martial artist skills. He’s the spiritual leader of martial artists worldwide. His victory was a given; the other contestants just wanted to worship their idol up close.

Facing the host’s interview, Dante Alighieri was as cold as ever.

“Old Walker, get out here, you b*tch, I want to challenge you!”

Dante Alighieri’s final roar left players around the world utterly stunned… Holy crap, whose Old Walker is this fierce?

At that moment, global search rankings were topped by topics related to “达尔不×”.

The NO.1 gunner is Lyudmila Pavlichenko from Russia, nicknamed the Queen of Guns. With a perfect 1.8-meter figure, she brings the mechanic’s finesse and agile output to the extreme. Her “Holy Gun Heavenburst” style, firing 108 shots per second, is already a nightmare in the arena—a perfect blend of beauty and skill. In real life, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is rumored to be a retired Russian special forces female sniper.

In Lyudmila Pavlichenko’s words: Killing is an art.

Because of all the weirdness before, the host finally asked, out of nowhere, “Do you know Old Walker?”

Lyudmila Pavlichenko smiled slightly—one of the top three beauties in Jiutian, with popularity second only to “Ben Grant.” “My Holy Gun Heavenburst style was taught by him. Old Walker is my teacher, and also my idol. Dear teacher, I’ve completed my mission. When are we meeting in person?”

She finished with a playful wink, a touch of flirtation…

The global audience watching couldn’t take it anymore. Fuck!

Is this really that cold, ruthless goddess? Ultra sexy! “Meeting in person”? What are they going to do… in person?