Rose Life Garment

"Get off the stage, Dark Gold Rose!"

"Dark Gold Rose, don't be too arrogant! Light-Chaser Garden has done all sorts of evil this past half-year; you'll get what's coming to you eventually!"

"Dark Gold Rose, you just got lucky and stumbled your way to your current height, don't get too smug! You'll fall back into the mud where you belong sooner or later!"

"Dark Gold Rose, aside from having good looks, being powerful, exceptionally capable, and having money and influence, what else is so great about you!?"

The shouting of the agitated crowd drowned out Xu Xiaoyou's voice. The golden-haired girl's reputation had been completely ruined over the past six months.

As Light-Chaser Garden evolved from a guild into a group whose notoriety spread throughout Oasis, it began to control basic resources in the market, from heavy military equipment down to the specialized healing potions everyone needed daily.

They even established a monopoly on resource zones of various grades. Freelance players either had to join the group or pay exorbitant entry fees to enter.

Furthermore, Xu Xiaoyou had collaborated with high-level executives from Daybreak Elegy to launch the White Kite Unified Account Security Insurance.

As long as one purchased insurance, if the beneficiary's account was wiped due to death during the effective period, someone would personally help them level up quickly to return to their peak, and the insurance service even included recovering lost materials.

It seemed like one only needed to spend a not-so-expensive amount of federal shields to buy protection, and in reality, it was indeed so. During the period the insurance was active, their service was absolutely impeccable; as long as it was within the scope of the contract, Light-Chaser Garden always adhered to the principles of smiling service and doing their utmost.

With her, the customer was god; money really could buy service.

Consequently, countless people cursed her unsightly greed while simultaneously finding it impossible to live without her services. Even many casual players purchased such insurance, so one could imagine the gargantuan profits Xu Xiaoyou had reaped from this.

As for those who didn't buy insurance, they wouldn't force it.

However, rumors circulated about certain protest leaders who were staying safely in the main city's safe zone, only to suddenly disappear in a blind spot, with news surfacing the next day of them dying mysteriously outside the city, their account assets completely plundered.

Xu Xiaoyou strongly condemned this and stated that all such slanderous accusations were defamation!

It could be said that she didn't let any profit-related matter slip through her fingers.

Her currently notorious image stood in stark contrast to the brilliant and shining Dark Gold Rose of six months ago.

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you all were praising me," she remarked.

Back in the preparation area, several girls crossed their arms and watched Xu Xiaoyou's antics in silence. Bai Youyou let out a soft sigh.

"It looks like there's nothing for me to do here today. I have matters to handle over at the Order Court, so I'll take my leave first."

Angelina grinned. "To be honest, I've always wanted to see her get what she deserves."

This was only in Oasis. The reality was even more beyond one's imagination. A saying circulated on the Curtain: "If Deep Blue Tide's actions were devoid of logic, purely based on mood, and limited to destroying a single hive city, then Dark Gold Rose has a purpose and principles. As long as there is profit driving her, her influence can affect dozens of hive cities."

The current Xu Xiaoyou, though her strength was barely grade 4, clearly possessed the ability to destroy a hive city through various means. She was enough to reflect the brilliance of the world, a true luminous prism grade.

Tang Xin said nothing, closing her eyes with her arms crossed.

"The fourth bounty match: Light-Chaser Garden's Dark Gold Rose versus Heterogeneous Front's Clotho-Lan!"

"Dark Gold Rose!"

Clearly, the chairman of Heterogeneous Front had long held a grudge against the golden-haired girl, casting a fierce gaze her way.

"You've sent people to target my guild members multiple times. How do you plan to settle this debt!?"

Xu Xiaoyou glanced at her indifferently.

"Chairman Clotho-Lan, as a public figure, you should be responsible for your words. This is baseless slander. What evidence is there that I was the one who sent those people?"

"Is it as if the assassinations targeting my own people are rare? They happen every day just the same."

Clotho-Lan's teeth itched with rage. If she were given another chance, she would have convinced the other chairmen at the alliance meeting six months ago to nip Light-Chaser Garden in the bud!

Compared to Light-Chaser Garden, Silent Sequence had truly done very little evil, aside from the occasional exercise of hegemony.

"Come back, my old Smiling Jazz. This land needs you."

"Joke about the memes, not the man. Smiling Jazz is a true man."

"I said back then that Smiling Jazz was a good person. Who's laughing now?"

What did it mean for everyone to be villains? The high-level members of Light-Chaser Garden were all villains!

"If you are truly worried about the safety of your members, you can buy them some insurance. The price is fair, and we cheat neither the young nor the old. For just three hundred and fifty thousand federal shields, you won't lose out or be deceived."

Xu Xiaoyou had always been eloquent, turning the bounty match directly into a product promotion site.

"I'll see if you can still say those pretty words after I tear your mouth open," Clotho-Lan said viciously.

"Blast her, Clotho-Lan!" someone in the audience stood up and shouted.

"Drag her down and see if she can still be so arrogant!"

"Go for it, Chairman Clotho-Lan! Overthrow the evil Dark Gold Rose!"

"You must vent this grievance for us!"

Having climbed step by step to the position of chairman of Heterogeneous Front, Clotho-Lan clearly wouldn't be easily incited by these words. No matter what, the opponent before her was Dark Gold Rose, who had displayed extraordinary combat skills six months ago.

She composed her aura and looked at the host.

"Let the match begin!"

The host nodded, fulfilling the crowd's expectations by drawing the curtain on the match.

"Caged Evil Electric Raiment!"

"Rose Life Garment."

To the surprise of the entire audience, both chairmen released their divine endowments simultaneously the moment the match began.

"So intense right from the start?" someone could not contain their inner excitement.

Clearly, more than one person was excited, including the analysts from various teams. Their purpose for being sent here today by their chairmen was to deduce the characteristics of Dark Gold Rose's divine endowment.

Xu Xiaoyou had reached grade 4 two months ago, yet she had never used her divine endowment in any bounty match. She mostly stayed in the rear to command, letting the girls on her team secure victory.

In this arena match, they expected Xu Xiaoyou to eventually release her divine endowment under Clotho-Lan's pressure, but they hadn't expected her to show her cards right at the start.

"It seems you're prepared to be torn apart by lightning."

Clotho-Lan broke into a fanatical smile. Violent electric arcs filled the space around her, splitting the air. Even her long hair took on a blazing luster under the blessing of her divine endowment, as if it had been scorched by lava.

"Hold on," Xu Xiaoyou suddenly raised a hand, stopping the restless Clotho-Lan. "Don't be in such a hurry to start."

Just as everyone wondered what kind of trick she was up to now, they saw Xu Xiaoyou expressionlessly take out a steam die and toss it onto the ground.

As the steam die rolled to a stop, the side engraved with the number '1' faced up. A bright golden chip fell from the sky, hitting Xu Xiaoyou on the head before dropping to the ground with a crisp clink.

"Not off to a good start," Xu Xiaoyou lamented.