There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Indeed,"

Sword Without End nodded slightly, his expression somewhat thoughtful as he stood on the rooftop of a tall building, overlooking the bustling streets below, twisting his neck: "It's been a long time since I've moved; I'm really getting the itch to take action."

Tuberculosis Rabbit pulled a card from his embrace and looked at the main quest number he had recorded on it.

'Exterminate the Three-Eyed Clan of the Sixfold Planet, the entire race.'

'Time limit: 3 days.'

The Three-Eyed Clan, that was the race from the Sixfold Planet that came to the Awesome Starfield to stir up trouble. Born with the innate talent "Slippery," only 70% of any damage would take effect on their bodies, a Sixfold Planet with enough strength to impact the Sevenfold Planet.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with them.

They didn't need to make a special trip.

But who let them collect protection money? Since they took the money, they couldn't just let it be. Indifference, no matter how little, would look rather bad, so they had to make the trip.

"What now?"

After checking the main quest, Tuberculosis Rabbit stuffed the card into his embrace and turned his head to speak to Chen Yi: "Yi, should we go there directly? Or what?"

"Simply wiping out the Three-Eyed Clan won't have much effect,"

Chen Yi pondered for a moment before shaking his head: "It won't serve as a strong enough deterrent. If we come forward this time because the Three-Eyed Clan provoked us, what about next time? We can't come out every time, right?"

"There needs to be a powerful deterrent to tell some short-sighted races not to offend people who have paid us protection money."

"Otherwise, we can't keep running back and forth, right?"

"It's not only tiring, but it also doesn't look good, does it?"

"That's true,"

Tuberculosis Rabbit nodded thoughtfully: "So what should we do then?"

"There's only one answer."

Chen Yi squinted his eyes and smiled: "More than a powerful force, everyone fears a madman with great power even more."

Jiang Chenglu died at his hands.

That was the only player from the Tenfold Planet who still ended up falling to him. Not to mention how he was killed—after all, the outside world didn't know the specifics. Logically speaking, this incident alone should be enough to intimidate some players.

But... it didn't work.

There are too many who are stubborn, just like this Sixfold Planet's 'Three-Eyed Clan'.

Therefore, this time, he needed to script a drama and craft a persona of sorts.

...

Three hours later.

The leader of the Cast Steel Clan from the Fourfold Planet looked uneasily behind at the live news broadcast team carrying various cameras, lacking confidence, he turned his head sideways to ask Li Yi: "Former Leader, what do you think Yi means by this?"

"What's he planning to do with so many live broadcast teams?"

"Will this really work?"

"..."

Li Yi, somewhat speechless, turned his head sideways to look at the Cast Steel Clan's leader: "What are you worried about? Since Yi himself is on the move, what is there for you to fear?"

"If Yi has come, it means he's ready to take the lead for you."

"What else are you afraid of?"

"Yi is someone who could even slay Jiang Chenglu, do you think he can't handle a mere Sixfold Planet?"

"It's not that... I just don't feel confident inside,"

The leader of the Cast Steel Clan from the Fourfold Planet hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Many people outside are spreading rumors that Chen Yi was able to kill Jiang Chenglu only because there was a conspiracy, perhaps Jiang intentionally died by Chen Yi's hand. One theory is that the final task in the chain for upgrading from Ninefold to Tenfold Planet is to die at the hands of a Novice Period player."

"Otherwise, it's impossible for a new player, no matter how powerful, to kill the strongest Ninefold Planet player."

"It just doesn't make sense."

"Besides, although Yi showed extremely powerful abilities during the Void Clan invasion, it wasn't overly exaggerated. With that kind of strength, it was far from enough to kill Jiang Chenglu. If Yi was holding back then, it would be somewhat unreasonable."

"After all, if Yi truly had the power to slay Jiang Chenglu, he would've gone straight to the Void Clan and wiped them out."

"Although Yi once exterminated a Sixfold Planet, that was because all the players from that planet shared a Life Value. Yi just killed one player from that Sixfold Planet, leading to the entire planet being wiped out."

"Most importantly..."

"That map contained the Wonder of the Mummies, which is a marvel created by Chen Yi."

"So now, the outside world's assessment of Chen Yi's strength is based on his performance within the map that holds the Mummy Wonder. He's able to exert extreme single-target power. Jiang Chenglu's death in Chen Yi's hands was purely for completing a task. Yi's real strength is just as he displayed against the Void Clan."

"Very strong, but... limited in power."

"Honestly, I'm not sure myself if he can take on the Sixfold Planet's Three-Eyed Clan."

"..."

Li Yi looked expressionless at the Cast Steel Clan's leader in front of him and stayed silent, not speaking. In fact, he and the leader had long noticed this point, but both of them tacitly chose not to discuss it.

The reason is simple.

Even if Chen Yi's current strength isn't considered very strong,

what's most terrifying about Chen Yi is his rapid growth rate. They hadn't known him long, yet Chen Yi managed to challenge their perceptions every so often, a rate of growth far exceeding that of other players.

Even if Yi's current strength wasn't enough to make them despair, it's foreseeable that, given more time and the end of the Novice Period's constraints, Yi's strength would indeed see an exponential increase.