The reason why the game "Nine Heroes" has remained popular to this day is fundamentally because there are so many ways to play it. You can become a PK master, a dungeon expert, a crafting genius, a guild leader, a famous merchant in the jianghu, and so on—each playstyle has its own charm for players to choose from.

Every player's dream is nothing more than to reach the power rankings of their server.

The power rankings are also divided into many types: expert rankings, wealth rankings, popularity rankings, fame rankings, guild leader rankings, etc.

In other servers, these rankings are almost always filled with different players. After all, climbing the rankings is not easy, and it's rare for anyone to dominate multiple lists.

The "Mirror Flowers, Water Moon" server is the only exception in the entire game.

Chris Brooks had checked on the official website before: in this server, except for the "guild leader" ranking, all the other top spots are occupied by the same player named "Hopeful Heart".

As soon as Chris Brooks logged in, he saw two nearby players who were AFK and setting up stalls chatting.

[Current] Maybe One Day: I was only gone for a few days, and that thing with Hopeful Heart is already over?

[Current] Lan bb: Yeah, that mistress even deleted her account and quit the game. What more could happen?

[Current] Maybe One Day: Tsk tsk tsk, I was hoping for a plot twist.

[Current] Lan bb: What kind of twist could there be?

[Current] Maybe One Day: Actually, Hopeful Heart is super flirty, hits on everyone, and the account isn't even married. Who knows who the real mistress is in this situation.

[Current] Lan bb: ...How do you know?

[Current] Maybe One Day: Because he tried to hit on me! Too bad it was a booster playing my account at the time, hahaha. He even hit on my friend, and she always has the couple title on. Hopeful Heart still dared to flirt, almost made her husband furious...

[Current] Lan bb: That really happened... Didn't her husband say anything?

[Current] Maybe One Day: What could he say? He can't beat him. I bet even if all of Nine Heroes teamed up, they couldn't lay a finger on him.

Chris Brooks pressed the skill hotkey, and after a few seconds of casting, returned to his sect.

Early last year, the official website had released a screenshot of Hopeful Heart's character stats, along with several PK videos of him in the arena. These two weren't wrong—looking at all of Nine Heroes, probably no one could beat him.

Skill wasn't what Chris Brooks was worried about. Four years ago, he had already topped the expert rankings on another server and was very confident in his own skills.

But... to build an account that surpasses Hopeful Heart, it would take at least three years, not to mention that the other party has also been improving all these years.

Because of this, Chris Brooks's first revenge plan had to be put on hold for now.

But that's okay.

He suddenly thought of a plan even more ruthless than forcing the other to quit the game.

Chris Brooks opened the official Nine Heroes trading market, clicked on account filters, and started selecting the keywords for the type of game account he wanted to buy.

Server: Mirror Flowers, Water Moon.

Required level: 150, the highest.

All cultivation and support skills maxed.

Character gender: female.

Looking at the filtered list of female accounts on the screen, Chris Brooks curled his lips and let out a cold laugh.

Hopeful Heart, your daddy is here.

Author's note:

Red envelopes as usual, thank you all for the nutrient solution and thunder, thank you.

Chapter 3

To avoid disrupting the economy of each server, "Nine Heroes" does not allow server transfers. An account is bound to the server where it was created. Once a server has too many players, the official team will close registration for that server. This rule is unusual in the industry, but amazingly, after ten years of operation, "Nine Heroes" has never had a dead server.

Other than that, there aren't many restrictions—you can switch sects, change your appearance, and even alter your character's facial features.

As long as you have money.

Because there's so much room for customization, Chris Brooks paid more attention to cultivation points and basic skills when picking an account, since these not only cost money but also take a lot of time.

Chris Brooks didn't have trouble making decisions. After comparing for about ten minutes, he settled on an account: thirty-five thousand, empty account, no equipment or pets.

Just the way he liked it—he enjoyed the feeling of getting stronger step by step.

Payment took only half a minute.

The system needed time to transfer data, so he could only log in normally after half an hour. During this downtime, Chris Brooks opened the Xingkong TV streaming site and saw that the only streamer he followed was live. He found the person in his friends list and sent a message.

Always Happy: Little Smith, are you free?

SmithSmith: Yeah, what's up?

After graduating high school, Chris Brooks would play PUBG with Brian Carter and the others when he was bored, and sometimes watched streams. The streamer he watched most was SmithSmith, and he had even generously sent him a lot of gifts.

The two became friends because of money.

SmithSmith: Wanna play? I have three people here, just enough for a squad of four.