The area was not far from Permafrost Island, and there were quite a few teams resting nearby. The sounds of battle had already attracted a lot of attention!

Fortunately, the fight was brief, and the surrounding people hadn't arrived in time.

Jiang Kai quickly completed the experience plunder, donned his cape, and vanished into the night.

Through this plunder, Jiang Kai's level shot up to 17.

However, Jiang Kai didn't feel particularly excited; he was pondering the persistent state he had just acquired.

"Bloodthirsty Killer, logging in will get you noticed, and death comes with a triple penalty..."

Jiang Kai silently calculated in his mind.

Just the experience loss alone, normally, the experience dropped upon death is twice the plunder limit!

Now, with the Bloodthirsty Killer state, that's six times the plunder limit.

If you add in his talent "Double," it's 12 times!

If he were Huang Wei, he'd lose 12,800 experience, but if he died, he'd lose 76,800 experience!

And that's not even considering if a super double is triggered...

"Damn, the cost of dying once is so high now!" Jiang Kai couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

The worst part is, this state doesn't disappear after one death...

"No wonder no one wants to level up by plundering experience; this state is terrifying!" Jiang Kai sighed.

It's worth mentioning that you only get the Bloodthirsty Killer state by killing players from the same faction, so his previous kills of stowaways didn't count.

Luckily, the Bloodthirsty Killer state is only detected when logging in; otherwise, people wouldn't know he had this state.

"I have no idea where to find Repentance Tears... I've never heard of this item."

After some thought, Jiang Kai suddenly felt relieved.

"In that situation, if I'd let even one person escape, they would have gone back to report, and the consequences would have been worse than getting a state, so those people had to die!"

"As for the Bloodthirsty Killer state... anyway, I've already gathered the money for my brother's treatment, so it doesn't matter. I'll just find Repentance Tears to cleanse it slowly later."

"Speaking of which, the Bloodthirsty Killer state affects class change, I wonder what that means..."

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While pondering, Jiang Kai returned to the temporary camp of the Fire God Squad.

"Kai, you're back?" Hu Yan hurriedly approached upon seeing Jiang Kai.

"Yeah, where's Ruan Yu?"

"Asleep."

Jiang Kai entered the tent, saw Ruan Yu sleeping soundly, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Kai, what did you go do?" Hu Yan asked, leaning in.

Jiang Kai smiled at Hu Yan, "Aren't you a fortune teller? Why don't you tell me?"

"Fortune telling is done beforehand, not after the fact," Hu Yan said, stroking his mustache with a serious air.

Jiang Kai was left speechless by Hu Yan's explanation.

Just then, Hu Yan leaned in mysteriously, "Kai, did you go kill someone?"

"What the... how did you know!" Jiang Kai looked at Hu Yan in surprise, "Did you predict it when I left?"

Hu Yan looked smug, "Do I need to predict? We're here to mess with the Black Tortoise Guild. Seeing you sneak out and come back all smug, I guessed it."

Then Hu Yan turned serious, "But Kai, in two hours, the Black Tortoise will start the battle. Don't act rashly now, or we'll lose the moral high ground."

Jiang Kai smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I know. Actually, I've already killed the person, but it wasn't me who wanted to kill him; he came to me, and that guy wasn't involved in the Merman Lord hunt."

Hu Yan nodded in relief, "Kai, it looks like you've completed the mission?"

Jiang Kai nodded.

"Killing someone under the Black Tortoise Guild's nose, you're really something... Next time, can you take me along for such thrilling stuff..." Hu Yan looked at Jiang Kai with excitement.

Jiang Kai was shocked at Hu Yan; this guy had a death wish too.

"Maybe next time," Jiang Kai replied perfunctorily.

Hu Yan shook his head helplessly and changed the subject, "Kai, since the mission is complete, should we leave now or what?"

Jiang Kai thought for a moment, his gaze turning to Permafrost Island.

At this time, shadows were moving around Permafrost Island, and many people had started packing up their camps.

After some thought, Jiang Kai said, "It's almost dawn, and the Black Tortoise is going to hunt the Merman Lord, so even if they know I killed their people, they won't have time to come after me."

"Since we're here, let's stay and see that king-level BOSS!"

...

On Permafrost Island, Huang Tong was in the tent, confirming tactics once again.

At that moment, Huang Da rushed into the tent, came to Huang Tong's side, and whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing Huang Da's report, Huang Tong flew into a rage, stood up abruptly, and glared at Huang Da, "You say, you say Xiao Wei was killed?! When did this happen?"

Huang Da nodded, "Just over ten minutes ago, I immediately went to the scene to check."

"There were several teams nearby at the time. I asked them about the situation, and from their descriptions, I can conclude that the person is..."

"Who is it!" Huang Tong's eyes were blazing as he half-shouted.

"Jiang Kai!" Huang Da said fiercely.

"Jiang Kai? Are you sure?" Huang Tong looked at Huang Da incredulously.

"Uncle, I'm sure!" Huang Da said confidently, "The eyewitnesses described the person's appearance and said he used some kind of hidden weapon. Who else could it be but Jiang Kai? He single-handedly wiped out Huang Wei's entire squad!"

"Single-handedly? Wiped out the entire squad? What a joke, Huang Wei had four second-tier fighters with him!" Huang Tong frowned, both angry and shocked.

"I don't know either, but from their descriptions, I can conclude it was Jiang Kai."

"Jiang Kai!" Huang Tong was furious, "How dare he, how dare he kill our people right under the Black Tortoise's nose!"

"Uncle, Jiang Kai shouldn't have gone far. Should we send experts to kill him?" Huang Da squinted slightly, "Just now, all our Black Tortoise experts are here!"

Huang Tong's eyes widened in anger. He looked at the map of team distributions in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and finally slammed his fist on the table, saying fiercely, "We're about to fight the Merman Lord, how can we spare experts to deal with Jiang Kai now!"

"The Third Elder is personally overseeing the battle; this hunt must succeed, it cannot fail! Put Huang Wei's matter aside for now, and confirm with him offline. I still can't believe Jiang Kai dared to kill Huang Wei here."

"There are nearly 200,000 Black Tortoise Guild members here, and Huang Wei's strength has significantly increased. Even if he went crazy and dared to act here, does he really have the strength to kill Xiao Wei's entire squad?!"

Huang Da wanted to say more, but Huang Tong waved him off, signaling him to leave.

The third hunt for the Merman Lord, so many eyes were on the Black Tortoise Guild, no mistakes could be made!

After Huang Da left, the more Huang Tong thought about it, the angrier he got, slamming the table again.

"A single Jiang Kai, and we still can't kill him, now he's even disturbing my peace... Jiang Kai, whether it's you or not, you've angered me!"

"I heard someone in the military values you, huh!"

"After this hunt, our Black Tortoise Guild will use the Merman Lord's Summoning Skull to make the military abandon you completely!"

Huang Tong was confident he could make the military give up on Jiang Kai.

After all, Jiang Kai didn't belong to the military; at most, he was just appreciated by some people in the military.

The importance of the Summoning Skull far outweighed Jiang Kai!

Not long after Huang Da left, someone else rushed into the tent.

Huang Tong looked up to see that it was Vice President Xu Ying of the Jiang Zhong branch of the Black Tortoise Guild. He immediately put away his anger and stood up, "Old Xu, what's up?"

"President, Jiang Fang is here!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Tong immediately set aside Huang Wei's matter.

Jiang Fang's arrival meant that the hunt was about to begin.

"Let's go, welcome him!" Huang Tong immediately headed for the door, "Also, notify everyone to enter combat readiness and prepare to open the Frozen Merman Lord!"

[Author's Note]: The third update is here early again.