Chapter 45: The Blessing of the Gods: Death Cycle!

Lin Tianhao's eyes widened as he realised the enormity of the task ahead. Red-name players could eliminate their red-name points by grinding monsters. Typically, killing 100 regular monsters would eliminate one red-name point, while 100 elite monsters could eliminate ten points. As for bosses, a single black-iron boss could also eliminate ten points, but it had to be soloed and couldn't be below the player's level. In Twilight of the Gods, grinding monsters below one's level yielded no rewards and thus couldn't eliminate red-name points.

A million points! Even with his capabilities, it would be a long and arduous journey to eliminate them. Moreover, he couldn't afford to die. If he did, all his equipment, except for the non-droppable items, would be lost. And it would be a complete loss, all at once.

The question was, how could he leave the Novice Village? Other equipment was less of a concern. Even the gold-level Nine-Compound Longbow, if lost, wouldn't be a significant issue for Lin Tianhao. But the Bloodthirsty Necklace was a different story. It was practically a divine item for him! If he lost the Bloodthirsty Necklace, he didn't know when he would find another piece of equipment as valuable.

Could he eliminate his red-name points in the Novice Village before leaving? But with a million red-name points, even grinding dungeons to exhaustion wouldn't be enough. In the end, Lin Tianhao's gaze fell on the Blessing of the Gods. Whether he could turn the tide would depend on this blessing.

In Twilight of the Gods, the Blessing of the Gods was an extremely powerful tool. "Activate the Blessing of the Gods," Lin Tianhao said, filled with anticipation.

"Ding, you have received the Blessing of the Gods..."

"Due to your high red-name value, the blessing has changed."

"Ding, you have received the blessing of the Earth Mother..."

A dark red beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping Lin Tianhao. "Ding, you have obtained Death Cycle."

Lin Tianhao's eyes lit up as he immediately checked the introduction of Death Cycle.

Death Cycle: Level 1.

Effect: Your normal attacks have a 0.5% chance to instantly kill enemy units.

Cooldown: None.

Consumption: None.

Proficiency: 0/1000 (Note: This proficiency is gained by killing monsters, NPCs, adventurers, and other units whose level is not lower than your own. Each kill grants one proficiency point.)

Lin Tianhao's lips twitched. This was truly a blessing from the Earth Mother. Even at level one, with such a seemingly simple effect, it was incredibly powerful. A 0.5% chance might not seem high, but what if the level of this skill increased? The potential impact could be enormous. Especially in the later stages, when facing world bosses, could he possibly one-shot them? Just thinking about it made Lin Tianhao a little excited.

After composing himself, Lin Tianhao began to loot the corpses. There were sixteen bosses here waiting for him to loot, especially the village head. This was the super boss of the Novice Village, who knew what kind of good stuff it might drop.

Equipment, skills, gold coins, various materials...

Lin Tianhao frowned as he looked at the loot. Apart from the skills, which he could use to increase the proficiency of Revival, everything else was useless to him. The reason was simple. With his current red-name value, as soon as he left the Novice Village, everything would drop.

Finally, Lin Tianhao saw something useful.

"A guild charter!!"

Impressive. In the early stages of the game, a guild charter was even more valuable than a lord's heart.

"Use the guild charter."

Without hesitation, Lin Tianhao activated it. If he didn't use it, and he died, it would drop anyway. The key was that after death, he would be reborn in the main city and wouldn't be able to come back to retrieve it.

"Please name your guild."

"Lonely Snow Guild."

Lin Tianhao named it after the guild he had established in his previous life.

"Ding, you are the first player to establish a guild. A server-wide announcement is about to be made. Would you like to hide your name?"

"No."

"Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Blood Emperor for being the first to establish a guild. Reward: +1 special guild item. Special announcement: Keep up the good work, everyone!"

"Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Blood Emperor for being the first to establish a guild. Reward: +1 special guild item. Special announcement: Keep up the good work, everyone!"

...

Establishing a guild!

This was far more valuable than killing a boss. Many people were still discussing the destruction of the Novice Village when they heard Lin Tianhao establish a guild, and their attention was immediately drawn.

"Whoa, Blood Emperor? Has the long-silent Blood Emperor finally made a sound?"

"What are the benefits of establishing a guild? Can someone with big fingers come out and give a lesson?"

"The game introduction of Twilight of the Gods says that there can be special bonuses, such as guild members getting an extra one per cent experience, one per cent damage, one per cent movement speed, and so on."

"Just one per cent, it's not much, is it?"

"This is a one-star guild. The higher the guild level, the more the increase."

...

In Twilight of the Gods, there were discussions everywhere.

In a level fifteen dungeon.

Zhumeng Yanxue heard this server-wide announcement and frowned.

"Have you not been rushing up in level all this time just for this guild charter?"

She was puzzled why Lin Tianhao's level hadn't gone up. Now it seemed to make sense.

To get the guild charter, he was doing storyline quests and gave up levelling up.

"But you don't have a big guild behind you. What can you do by establishing a game guild?"

...

Not only Zhumeng Yanxue, but also other guilds were discussing.

They all operated under the name of a guild, but without a guild charter, they were not real game guilds.

Just spontaneous guilds.

...

While the outside world was buzzing with discussions, Lin Tianhao began to check his guild's situation.

Name: Lonely Snow Guild.

Level: 1 star.

President: Blood Emperor.

Vice President: None.

Administrator: None.

Regular Members: None.

Wealth: 0.

Warehouse: None.

Achievements: 0/1000.

Bonus: Damage +1%.

Lin Tianhao's eyes lit up as he stuffed all the gold coins, equipment, and various materials and props into the guild.

This way, he wouldn't drop them when he died.

"Talk about being in the nick of time."

Previously, Lin Tianhao had been worried that if he left the Novice Village, all his equipment would drop. But now that he had a guild, he could store all these items in the guild warehouse. This way, he could take them with him.

After establishing the guild, he also received a special guild item.

Guild Special Item: Bronze.

Effect: After use, guild members will receive a 10% critical strike bonus.

Lin Tianhao's eyes lit up again.

This bonus was quite good.

In the early stages, the attributes of guild bonuses were one per cent, and this one came with a ten per cent increase.

"Use."

"Ding, you have used the special item. Guild members' critical strike +10%, guild achievements +200."