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The moment Chen Ye entered the cave, he immediately took out his suona and began playing a chapter from "The Book of Sealing"!

The chapters of "The Book of Seals" began to play, the deep music mixed with the sound of chains flying, instantly covering the entire area!

The next second, the area was completely covered by the chains of the Book of Sealing, and all the chains spread to various areas, continuously sealing off the area!
The clown inside was sleeping soundly...

however.

As the chains spread out, the clowns were still very alert, realizing that an unavoidable danger was approaching!

They wanted to get out of bed and see what was going on...

However, when the clowns tried to move, they found that their limbs seemed to be bound by something, and they could not move!

Their consciousness is declining more and more rapidly, as if they are about to lose all their spirit and become corpses.

"Now, let's see who can kill faster!"

Bai Chen grinned, showing no mercy, and waved his hands. The next second, the flying spatial fragments completely tore these clown figures into countless pieces, making the scene look extremely bloody!
At the same time, Chenxi drew the Blazing Sun Holy Sword from his back and began to slash at the clowns!

The fighting was incredibly fast!

In just a short while, a large number of clowns had died in this place.

"They killed them really fast!"

Chen Ye's lips twitched involuntarily. He felt that in just a short while, fifty clowns had already been killed!
After all, these clowns' ranks only go up to the third or fourth level.

They simply couldn't withstand the combined attack of Chenxi and Baichen.

"I can't be too slow either!"

Chen Ye immediately realized that his progress was relatively slow. However, after only a short while, Chen Xi and Bai Chen each gained 2.5 million strategy points by killing a large number of clowns!
Keep in mind, that's 2.5 million strategy points!
I caught up with quite a few progress bars in no time!

therefore.

Chen Ye immediately summoned [Ten Thousand Eyes Daofu], and using its enormous size, crushed all fifty clowns nearby to death in one fell swoop!

When the [Ten Thousand Eyes Daoist] emerged from its semi-spiritual state, it instantly materialized and completely occupied the entire base!
In that instant, all the clowns were squeezed up by a tremendous force!

Moreover, [Wanmu Daofu] used his orange-yellow eyes to directly kill all the clowns with a soul attack in an instant!

therefore……

The remaining fifty clowns were killed by Chen Ye almost instantly!

This scene, witnessed by Chenxi and Baichen, left them speechless for a moment:
"Isn't this method of attack far too brutal?"

"So many clowns, all killed in such a short time, that's terrifying!"

"It's really terrifying. After all, the Joker is quite strong, but it seems that he's nothing in front of this big guy. He was killed in an instant!"

"Is this the power of Boss Chen Ye? It's terrifying!"

At that moment, five million numbers popped up on Chen Ye's panel, instantly bringing his strategy value to over twenty-two million!

It's already mid-month on the strategy guide list!

Reaching 22 million at this stage is an incredible feat compared to other players!
All the players erupted in excitement once again when they saw Chen Ye's numbers flashing!
[Is this Chen Ye, the big boss? He jumped five million in one go! That's outrageous!]

[It was around ten million before, but for someone of Chen Ye's stature, any number wouldn't be considered outrageous.]

[That's true. If it were any other player, seeing this number might raise suspicions of cheating... but for a pro like Chen Ye, this number is hardly surprising!]

【…】

After wiping out the entire clown's lair, Chenxi and Baichen each received 2.5 million strategy points.

Chen Ye, on the other hand, received the lion's share, a full five million strategy points!
In this respect, he was not able to surpass Chen Ye.

On the contrary, the gap is widening!
After thinking for a moment, Chenxi suggested, "Next, we'll probably have to split up."

“That’s true.” Chen Ye shook his head and smiled. “After all, there are quite a few clowns in the underworld, and the strategy points you can get by killing clowns are just too many. If we all act together, these strategy points are simply not enough to go around!”

“In places like the underground world, I do indeed prefer to act alone,” Bai Chen shrugged and smiled.

Your strength is indeed too great. If you act together, each of you is as strong as an army of clowns, or even more so. So it is not appropriate for you to act together, as there may be situations where you fight over the spoils.

However, if they act separately and each plans for their own benefit, it would be more appropriate.

With this in mind, Chenxi, Baichen, and the others chose to split up.

There just happens to be a fork in the road here, which would allow everyone to split up and move around.

Chen Ye originally planned to resolve these undead incidents, earn a large amount of strategy points, and then leave this awful place to return to West Street...

But now it seems that since the Joker is hiding in the underground world on a large scale, conquering the underground world is a better option.

If Bai Chen and Chen Xi were to act together, there would be a situation where they would try to steal the credit.

The other two also knew that this was a good opportunity to gain strategy points and climb the leaderboard.

However, if you keep following Chen Ye, you will rarely have the chance to surpass him. After all, when you act with such a powerful player, a large amount of strategy points will be controlled by Chen Ye alone, and it will be difficult for them to get any.

As top players, they naturally want to firmly grasp the opportunity to earn strategy points.

Especially for Dawn, she really wanted to climb to the top of the leaderboard. Moreover, now that the bishops of the Sun Church were all by her side, it would be easy to get the strategy points from the Killing Clown. Of course, she didn't want to act with other powerful players.

For example, not long ago, Chen Ye used the enormous size of the [Ten Thousand Eyes Daoist] to kill a large number of clowns in one fell swoop. This ability is something that Bai Chen and Chen Xi do not yet possess.

Once they choose to act alongside Chen Ye, they are likely to find themselves in a situation where they can only watch helplessly, unable to contribute anything.

Even if they could earn strategy points, it was like snatching food from a tiger's mouth; they had to fight for it... And even if they could snatch it, it was mostly given away by Chen Ye, which made them feel a little uneasy.

and so.

Spreading out and acting separately is actually a better option.

From this fork in the road, they went their separate ways, and Chen Ye and the others bid farewell.

Chen Ye activated the [Eye of Fortune] and began to observe this underground world, wondering what might appear.

at this time.

Several ethereal white figures suddenly flashed past Chen Ye's eyes.

"There are actually spirit beings here?"

Chen Ye immediately recognized these ethereal white shadows as a rare type of spirit creature. Unlike the fish in the spirit sea that only have instincts, these white shadows possess a self-perfecting consciousness and can only move in the dark for the time being, unable to come into contact with sunlight.

Once exposed to sunlight, these white shadows will quickly dissipate and vanish into nothingness.

Therefore, Chen Ye guessed that these white figures were also driven by the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm, and had hidden in the underground world.

This place, where sunlight never shines, is indeed very suitable for ghosts like Bai Ying to exist here, and they can also continue to cultivate and become stronger.

Once Bai Ying has cultivated a true spiritual body, he can even survive in sunlight.

Moreover, as beings from the other world, their activities in this realm will not be noticed by the beings of this realm.

Because Chen Ye had activated the [Eye of Fortune] and belonged to the spirit realm, he was naturally able to see these white figures, and he could see them very clearly.

Chen Ye immediately caught up with the white figures and attracted them with the sound of a suona horn.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

Upon hearing the suona, Bai Ying was extremely unwilling. After all, Chen Ye's status was far too high, and contact with such a powerful being was something that almost everyone at the bottom of the strange era would never want to do.

But there's no way around it; once they hear Chen Ye's suona horn, they're bound to be drawn over.

And you also need to pay a performance fee!

This performance fee can only be repaid with some honest answers.

Otherwise... the added spiritual karma will devour them after they give the wrong or dishonest answers, causing great destruction. Only high-level beings can resist this destruction. Beings like ghosts who have only reached the first or second level are simply unable to resist this terrifying thing.

However, as ghosts, they were quite self-aware and immediately realized that if they came into contact with Chen Ye, they absolutely could not make up any lies, otherwise, with his suona music, even from thousands of miles away, his fate would be sealed.

"I need to know if there are any traces of clowns passing through this area."

Chen Ye formed a mental image and then projected it onto the ghosts in the form of a picture.

After receiving the will of this spiritual thought, the ghosts immediately became immersed in it and began to watch these spiritual images.

After a moment, one of the ghosts spoke:

“We did see traces of a clown passing through this area a few days ago.”

"Did you see where he came from?" Chen Ye asked.

After thinking for a moment, the ghost smiled wryly and said, "We've been staying in this place, and all we've seen is him walk through that cave entrance. There's a cave at the end of that cave, but we don't really know anything about it. That's about all we can tell you."

Chen Ye nodded, and then walked in the direction indicated by the ghost.

Not long after, he discovered a large footprint in a corner near the cave.

The footprint looks to be at least half a meter wide, and judging from the outline, it could be a clown.

"As expected, this should be a clown's boot, but the footprint looks really big, which means that the clown either wore very large shoes or was extremely huge, which is why he has such a large size."

Regardless of the circumstances, the appearance of this footprint means that the ghosts who appeared earlier were absolutely right; there are indeed traces of the clown in this place.

Chen Ye followed the footprints and continued his search.

at this time.

Suddenly, his [Eye of Fortune] saw three clown figures carrying torches passing by in front of him.

The three clowns were dressed in Western-style clothes and looked very festive. They were carrying some moldy bread and eating it as they walked.

One of the clowns seemed to have had some unpleasant experience, and complained:

"The food the organization has been sending lately has been decreasing, and the food we're eating is much worse than before. Why is that?"

Another clown scoffed and said, "That's because the organization recruited a huge number of clowns. They must have taken everything we had, everything that was rightfully ours!"

"There's nothing we can do about it!" The third clown made a bear-like shrug and said helplessly, "The number of clowns has increased dramatically in a short period of time, and you know how difficult it is to get food in this day and age. Our best option is to snatch the good food from the players so we don't starve to death."

"I don't know where those players got such good cooking skills from. I stole some bread from them before and found that the food they made was absolutely delicious!"

"Yeah!" The first clown seemed to have thought of something important and grinned foolishly, "I heard there's a restaurant called Honesty Restaurant that makes the best food in the entire realm. I wonder when we can steal some of their food!"

Chen Ye couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

To think I'd run into a clown trying to steal my shop here!
I don't know if they're really arrogant or just that ignorant!
But one thing Chen Ye is certain of is...

If these clowns dare to come to my shop, I'll make sure they never leave!

"Fine, since these clowns have already set their sights on my shop, there's no need to let them get away with it!"

Chen Ye immediately activated five strands of Heavenly Mandate Qi, his figure instantly transforming into a blur as he passed through the group of clowns! (End of Chapter)