The team surrounding Yu Chuan was momentarily stunned when they saw the private message from Little Mage.

This game ID was simply too famous.

The Spirit Breath battle that rocked the forums back then was dominated by players farming sacrificial power, except it backfired in their hometown.

Little Mage used actions to prove that when you're away from home, be wary of your fellow villagers.

His series of maneuvers are still brought up for criticism today.

First, he joined the Spirit Breath Clan faction, which was an enemy of the Player Faction, leading the Super Beast Legion to massacre players.

He even used strategy later on.

At that time, the two thrones of the Spirit Breath Clan and the Super Beast Legion blocked the Space Channel.

To freely farm sacrificial power in the Spirit Breath World, players faced multiple challenges.

The first was the high packet loss rate of the Space Channel, with a 50% chance of landing straight into the Little Black House, entering a one-hour Resurrection Cooldown.

Secondly, stepping out of the Space Channel, they faced the slaughter of the Super Beast Legion.

Even if they escaped, they would face pursuit from the Super Beast Legion's hunting squad.

Those who survived then were strong player teams that gave the Super Beast Legion a headache.

Little Mage's strategy was extremely ruthless, knowing his fellow players' greed for high-value resources, he lured them with profit, setting up a Hongmen Banquet.

He claimed on the forums he triggered a Hidden Task, explaining that he was unknowingly playing under the Blood King's memory, which led to the disaster against his fellow villagers.

In his forum post, filled with tears and sincerity, he even released related videos.

But the problem was, the videos couldn't display Little Mage's inner thoughts. Was he following the hidden plot or temporarily losing player memory, driven by the Blood King's memory to act according to the Blood King's will?

Other players could ask Guidance questions, but questions involving other players would not receive answers.

The reason wasn't difficult for forum players to understand, as it involved players' personal privacy.

Every player's information was protected to a certain extent, similar to the respect for privacy in real life.

Monster World's Guidance followed similar rules.

When players asked for specific information or behavioral motives in the privacy domain, to protect each player's rights and avoid misuse of information, Guidance would choose to remain silent.

Thus, players could only rely on their reasoning and guesses for the truth behind Little Mage's incident, which became shrouded in mystery. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Yet, Little Mage's self-proof post, offering compensation to slain players, gained much support from the player base.

They were willing to believe Little Mage joined the villain faction unknowingly.

Later, his decision to distribute the entire Super Beast Legion's resources to other players sparked much enthusiasm among forum players.

And this action silenced those still debating conspiracy theories.

The forum's opinion reversed immediately.

But no one expected it to be a Hongmen Banquet.

Through a conspiracy, all players wandering in Monster World gathered in a city ruin, and were wiped out.

All hometown players were swept out of the Spirit Breath World.

As a result, Little Mage was branded as a traitor.

Although Little Mage occasionally posts explanations on the forum, he is met with overwhelming abuse.

The shocking reversal of sweeping all players placed Little Mage firmly on the Pillar of Shame within the Player Faction.

Among legendary forum players, Little Mage's infamous name spread far and wide.

Even though his combat power ranked at the top of the forum leaderboards, no player wanted any association with Little Mage.

Many newly qualified players had participated in Monster World as guests before, and knew of such a figure.

Both veteran and new players shared the same stance towards Little Mage.

Upon seeing the private purchase message from Little Mage, Yu Chuan and his team members fell silent.

Direct refusal was clearly the safest option.

If other players knew they collaborated with Little Mage, the consequences would be dire.

Back then, Little Mage had offended at least tens of thousands of players.

Many players had become big shots or formed strong fixed teams... Their friends and family also saw Little Mage as an enemy.

With connections like these, Little Mage was practically an enemy of everyone.

After a long time, the team remained silent, exchanging glances.

The team leader's gaze swept over the teammates, typing curious words into the private chat box: How much will you offer?

The assassin in the team couldn't help but remark when he saw the team leader actually respond:

"Leader, I took a screenshot. I'll post it on the forum. If you don't buy me off with a hundred thousand sacrificial power, you're dead."

The leader glanced sideways at the assassin, grinning:

"You are my beloved friend. If something happens to me, you won't escape either."

Just as before they could start teasing, Little Mage sent another message:

"300,000 sacrificial power, how about it?"

The leader pondered for a moment, entering text into the private chat box:

"800,000."

Seeing the leader's audacious demand, the teammates couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Leader, you're treating Little Mage like a pig to slaughter," Yu Chuan teased with a smile.

Unlike the uninformed teammates, he had heard from the Star Network about the truth behind the Spirit Breath battle, and if Little Mage's actions were discovered on the day of mass ascension, he would face even harsher criticism.