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"The ID at the top of the leaderboard, that's really a monster! He actually managed to instantly gain another six million strategy points, he's practically killing us!"

Chenxi couldn't help but smile wryly and mutter a complaint.

Honestly.

She couldn't figure out where Chen Ye had gone to get so many strategy points all at once.

It couldn't possibly be killing the Joker!
Under the combined attack of Chenxi and Baichen, many of these clowns have already lost their lives. What they are doing now is hiding in various places or concealing themselves in larger lairs.

The clowns' lairs were so large that even when Chenxi and Baichen joined forces, they dared not attack them recklessly.

After all, there are just too many clowns!
It's hard to imagine how the Joker managed to expand his power to such an extent in such a short time, seemingly inexhaustible.

But one thing is for sure.

These clowns are no longer as arrogant as before. Under the military siege launched by the Church of the Fiery Sun, all of them were killed by Dawn.

At this moment, the Church of the Blazing Sun already has three archbishops at the sixth rank in charge.

Dawn's own strength has reached the sixth level, and since she was not included in the list of archbishops, her strength is still guaranteed.

Moreover, given the inherent strength of the Sun Chapel itself, if the battle were to take place inside the Sun Chapel, with its substantial accumulated power and the blessing of the sacred relics, it would be entirely possible to unleash the power of ten sixth-rank bishops, further enhanced by the Sun's blessing.

The Joker would need to mobilize almost his entire army to pose any threat to the Church of the Radiant Sun.

However, it's impossible for all of these poker clowns to attack the Sun Church, as the cost would be too high. Moreover, the entire player community on West Street is currently on the side of the Sun Church.

It's like having a very large ally as a protector.

If the Joker were to rashly attack the Church of the Sun, he would be challenging the entire player community.

The price is...

Such an impulsive attack could incur the hatred of the entire player community, leading to its disintegration.

Imagine, with so many guilds, there must be quite a few players who have reached the sixth rank. For example, the Demon Heaven Guild is one of the guilds with sixth rank combat power.

Therefore, the Joker's strategy is to defeat the players who have reached the sixth job advancement one by one.

Weakening the player's overall strength.

This way.

Once they have a clear understanding of the extent of Dawn's allies, they will be much more confident in launching an attack.

But the number of players is enormous!
By the third month, many players had developed considerable strength and realized the necessity of the Sun Church. Maintaining order in West Street and creating this fantasy world for the players was truly valuable.

At the same time, the area created by Hua Shao provides a place for many players to live.

It was thanks to these top-ranked players helping and developing each other that West Street was built.

and so.

The Joker's prerequisite for attacking the Church of the Sun is the ability to destroy the entire West Street.

As clowns with exceptionally strong intelligence capabilities, they were certainly aware of this; otherwise, they wouldn't have committed such a feat as attacking the Demon Heaven Guild.

With so many Fire Controllers, the calamities they could cause would be considerable.

It could pose a significant threat to West Street!
but.

Unexpectedly, a player like Chen Ye suddenly appeared and directly foiled all their schemes.

Chen Ye's existence is undoubtedly a nightmare for the clowns.

"No matter what, let's clean up this clown's den completely first!"

Chenxi shook her head. Seeing Chen Ye's fierce sprint, she herself was also inspired and wanted to make a name for herself.

At the very least... I need to maintain my second-place ranking.

Bai Chen's progress is quite fast.

Although the rewards for second and third place on the leaderboard won't differ too much, there will definitely be a gap in rank.

Therefore, Dawn plans to obtain a better special item, which requires consistently ranking second on the leaderboard this month.

Bai Chen's strength is by no means weak. In such a short time, he has reached 45 million points. Moreover, all of his points were earned by Bai Chen alone. Unlike Chen Xi, who has the Church of the Blazing Sun as a background and has enough helpers to help him conquer the world and overthrow the entire Clown, Bai Chen relied on his own strength.

Therefore, Chenxi still held Bai Chen in high esteem, knowing that Bai Chen's skills were truly formidable. Moreover, the two had worked together for a period of time and knew each other's strength and level. Working together, they naturally had a greater chance of defeating the stronger Joker!

“There are signs that the Joker has been here.”

Just then, a nun named Sunfire came out, holding a document.

The above is the visitor's record.

As can be seen.

There was a Joker with the Five of Spades who once came to this place.

Chenxi's eyes immediately sharpened. She took out the document, examined it carefully for a moment, and said:
"This Joker of the Five of Spades was here a couple of days ago. Luckily he's not here. Otherwise, taking over this base wouldn't have been so easy."

Sister Lieyang nodded in agreement:

"Yes, thankfully the Joker of the Five of Spades also left, otherwise we might not have been able to take over this base."

After capturing the base, everyone felt somewhat tired, since Dawn's intention was to achieve victory in this operation with very low casualties.

In fact, Dawn accomplished this feat, achieving zero deaths and taking down the entire lair while only three members of the Sunfire Foundation were severely injured. Dawn herself spearheaded the attack, absorbing much of the damage, while the archbishops assisted from behind. They harbored intense hatred for the clowns, who had once bombed the Sunfire Cathedral; this hatred was something they could not let go of, and only the blood of these clowns could quell it.

"Since the Five of Spades arrived here two days ago, it means he's not far from this lair. Immediately search the area surrounding the old town. Pay close attention to the Five of Spades' location; we absolutely cannot allow him to threaten the West Street area."

"Dawn gave the order in a cool, clear voice."

With her keen intuition, she realized that the presence of the 5 of Spades in this location was definitely not a good thing, and was most likely aimed at the players.

Recently, news about the Joker has been frequently circulating among gamers.

These clowns have gone mad for some reason and have started using all sorts of bizarre methods to target the player community.

Of course, the players weren't going to take it lying down either.

With such a vast amount of information on the forum, they quickly began sharing information about what kind of powerful group these clowns were, what their abilities were, and how to be careful to guard against them.

The rapid growth of the player base is something that Chenxi finds quite remarkable.

now.

Members of the Church of the Blazing Sun ventured deep into the clown's lair to investigate any clues that might be found there.

Different clowns will enter and leave different lairs to carry out their activities.

The area of ​​this lair is located underground in the old city, surrounded by various corrupted monsters. With Sister Lieyang's abilities, she immediately began to chant and purify the area.

After a period of purification, the monsters near this lair were almost all cleared out, and the lair was filled with the corpses of clowns, their bodies burned and mangled.

There were also many documents inside, all of which were pulled out at once.

It became part of the materials used by the Sunlit Church to study clowns.

Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.

and so.

Chenxi knew the importance of this mission; it was quite significant. Being able to kill so many clowns and obtain a total of three million strategy points was already very good.

However, catching up with Chen Ye's ranking is not such an easy task.

"Traces of the Joker in poker..."

As Chenxi looked at the cave, she sensed a powerful aura that had descended upon the area. This suggested that the Spade 5 was likely currently lurking in the surrounding area of ​​the old city. As for West Street... he probably wouldn't dare to go there.

Now, any appearance of the clown in the West Street area will immediately result in a report from players.

On the public screen.

Now everyone's talking about it.

These clowns are absolutely despicable! They're constantly making things difficult for us players, and they've even created numerous formations to break through our own domains. This is truly heinous!

[Damn clowns, I don't even know where they came from. Most of them are at the third or fourth rank, their level is quite strong, and within the native tribes, they are quite terrifying.]

[Yes, after all, not many native factions have so many players at the third or fourth rank. The average level of us players is only at the third rank. There are many first and second rank players who survived and are now working in the strange company.]

Surviving is truly not easy!

[Yes, it's absolutely absurd that such a sinister force could pose a threat to us under these circumstances!]

I hope these clowns die soon!

[They're endless; their numbers are vast. According to investigations by major guilds and freely available data, the Joker's expansion is rapid. It's likely that these unemployed individuals, unable to survive, have joined the Joker's ranks. In other words, the worse the environment, the more Jokers will emerge due to the self-preservation mechanism.]

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. The prices on West Street have been driven up a bit, and most of the businesses are restaurants. These native inhabitants can't understand the food we make, so it's hard for them to become employees. Players also prefer to hire their own employees and don't like interacting with the native inhabitants of this strange world, which is understandable."

[Of course! Who would want to interact with the natives when they can interact with the players? Their way of thinking is completely different from ours.]

"That's true... but if that happens, more and more natives will have no choice but to join the Joker's organization."

We can only mark the clowns' locations more closely. Whenever we encounter a clown, we should mark it immediately, and then everyone should work together to find a way to kill these clowns who have infiltrated West Street!

Well said, that's definitely what we should do.

We absolutely cannot allow the clown to threaten the safety of West Street.

If West Street disappeared, I wouldn't know where to go; I'd have nowhere to go!

That's true. No matter what, West Street can't fall. These clowns' target is probably West Street. After all, our development has been too good. These clowns are probably jealous of our success, so they've resorted to this underhanded tactic to disrupt our order.

[It seems the Demon Sky Building exploded, and the culprit was the Joker.]

[I've already seen the post. The guild leader of the Demon Heaven Guild is now releasing information and clues about the Joker.]

It's said that the Joker with the 4 of Clubs is the strongest poker player, and Jokers almost always have the potential to turn six. The higher the number of cards, the stronger the Joker is!

[Huh? It's just a poker clown? Then the Demon Heaven Guild has been targeted by a formidable opponent. It's said that these poker clowns are extremely powerful and possess remarkable skills. Besides reaching the sixth rank, every move they make is unpredictable, and their absorption characteristics are exceptionally powerful. They're not an easy group of enemies to deal with.]

[That's right, I've also heard about the Poker Clown. In short, this enemy is very powerful. I don't know how the Demon Heaven Guild managed to survive such a large-scale attack, with so many survivors, and even the Guild Master himself is unharmed. I wonder where that Poker Clown went.]

[Yeah, that's strange. The Poker Clown shouldn't have been killed by the Demon Heaven Guild leader, otherwise that leader wouldn't have revealed information about him on the forum and warned everyone to be careful!]

That's strange. We wonder where that poker clown went this time. Hopefully, he didn't cause any damage to our West Street!

At this point, the discussion about the poker clown in the forum reached a climax.

The reason is that the guild leader of the Demon Heaven Guild posted the message after escaping the building attack. (End of Chapter)