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Needfire Red Lotus descended from the sky. Against Lin Jie, who was crowd-controlled and had no ability to resist, the series of explosions burst out without any restraints.
-3,049! (Immuned)
-2,839! (Immuned)
-3,273! (Immuned)
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Consecutive words saying “immuned” popped up. After the explosions subsided, two bodies that looked like ice sculptures appeared. The two of them were facing each other while one of them was hugging the other tightly. It was a beautiful sight which one could not turn their eyes away from.
There was a layer of thick ice on their bodies’ surface. It was [Frost Armor], which allowed them to gain immunity to all damage for 1 second! After [Ice Control] was buffed, the skill could also allow the immunity effect to be cast on one ally.
The person who had arrived was Baili Changcheng. He reached just in time to jump in and cast his protection skill, saving Lin Jie from the emergency. In such times, there was no room to consider the position they were in. As such, this beautiful sight was produced.
Behind Baili Changcheng were his men from the Supreme Tribe. There were not many of them here, only a few hundreds. In this newly created guild, there were a total of almost 5,000 members, and only less than half of them were willing to come. On top of that, they had lost a lot of manpower when they were invading the place. Luckily, Baili Changcheng successfully rushed over.
“Lin— Lone Wolf, are you okay?” The Ocean’s Heart flashed, and Bu Yi finally teleported over. She immediately cast healing spells to heal him. She looked at Baili Xuanyuan furiously and waved her hand, sending Sacred Fire flying over to him.
Baili Xuanyuan was not bothered by this weak attack that was only sent out of spite. He was too lazy to dodge it and willingly let it hit him.
“Changcheng, it’s actually you.” Baili Xuanyuan said calmly, “No wonder your father had such confidence in fighting for development funds for you. It was all thanks to Brotherhood. How shameful, I wasted effort to teach you all about business when you were young. Who knew you would use it to help others instead. Hmph, get lost!”
The moment he spoke, a red lotus exploded on Baili Changcheng’s face! At the same time, the giant red lotus that shattered Dark Chaotic Hole appeared once again. It descended among the teams of the Supreme Tribe and caused a large area of damage of 3,000+ that attacked wildly. Those poor fellows, they were turned into sacrificial lambs and killed instantly! The Red Lotus Knight was too formidable and terrifying.
Baili Changcheng’s face was mangled by the explosions, and his health bar was almost depleted! He was nearly killed instantly.
Baili Changcheng glared at his uncle. He slashed his blade and cried out, “Do you think you have any rights to lecture me? Everyone in the family knows about your schemes. How did you think I managed to get those resources? You recently moved a large amount of money into the game using fake accounts and charged it all to my father and me. I have yet to settle this bill with you.”
“Hahahaha… It has always been me lecturing others and never the other way round. But in The New Age, when I battled with you and that friend of yours, I learned this: Only winners have the right to speak.”
Baili Xuanyuan looked at Baili Changcheng teasingly. Sudden explosions broke out after he used up over 900+ ability points. Needfire Red Lotus exploded with loud booms. The towering trees and tall weeds were all instantly blasted into nothing.
After the trees were removed, a large number of players, who were enough to fill the map, was revealed—they were Baili Xuanyuan’s men!
At one glance, their visions were filled with countless humans who occupied the entire map! They were all standing at different heights, all because of… the corpses on the ground.
They were skilled. Even before the guild leader made a command, they got rid of all the people from Steel Allies, filling the ground with dead bodies.
Overwhelming manpower? This was truly what strength in numbers meant! The map was entirely filled with over 10,000 people! Even a fly would not be able to escape from such terrifying numbers.
Baili Xuanyuan looked tauntingly at Lin Jie and smirked. “Who is the one being surrounded now?”
Lin Jie’s body trembled. He stuffed rolls of random teleportation scrolls into the hands of Baili and Bu Yi, indicating for them to escape immediately. However, Bu Yi shook her head stubbornly, and Baili Changcheng refused to leave no matter what now that he was at the peak of his anger.
“Fox, Ghost Eyes, Heaven Plume, we are all old friends. Back when your guilds were lacking in resources, I encouraged the Baili family to give you all money. Have you forgotten about this?” Baili Xuanyuan turned his gaze to the three guild leaders. He smiled and said, “I’m inviting you all to join the Three Alliances now as an affiliated alliance. What do you think? You guys should consider this through carefully. Either you get destroyed by me or become an affiliated alliance. Choose.”
“This is going too far.”
“You are forcing us into a dead end.”
The three guild leaders gritted their teeth. Even if they called for their men now, it would not make a difference since the Three Alliances’ numbers were too overwhelming. It would be impossible for their men to even get in. Were they really destined to lose? Baili Xuanyuan had suddenly appeared and reversed the situation.
“Why don’t we… play a game?” Baili Xuanyuan glanced over Lin Jie. Suddenly, he smiled mischievously and said, “Let’s make a bet. If you win, I’ll let you go. If you lose, hand over the Holy Light Stone of Grace obediently. What do you think?”
Lin Jie’s eyes were focused on this strong opponent. He spat out, “Play what?”
Baili Xuanyuan waved his right hand, and 100 Needfire Red Lotuses floated in the air, blooming quietly. “It’s simple. I’ll give you a chance, if you can shatter all 100 of these red lotuses at once, it’ll be your win. If you fail, hand over the Holy Light Stone of Grace. It’s fair, right?”
“Pft, you call this fair? Why don’t you be the one attacking?” scolded Baili Changcheng.
“Simple, because the one with the advantage now, is me.” Baili Xuanyuan said one word at a time. He raised his head high proudly and jutted with his chin. “Do you accept or not?”
Bu Yi held Lin Jie’s cloak with worry and whispered, “Lin Jie, don’t accept it. Your consecutive strikes can’t achieve that. The Holy Light Stone of Grace allows our cemetery to spawn anywhere. If you give it away, it’ll be way too easy for them to guard our corpses. You can’t accept this.”
Dumb Fox, Heaven Plume, and Ghost Eyes turned their gazes to Lin Jie, awaiting his decision.
All the players in the map, whether it was the corpses on the ground, who were viewing the situation as spirits or the people of Three Alliances that were standing proudly like victors, were all waiting for Lin Jie’s final decision.
Accept or not?
“I’ll accept!” Lin Jie spat out two words. He turned around and patted heavily on Baili Changcheng’s shoulders, then Bu Yi, Dumb Fox, and Heaven Plume… He said with determination, “I’ll succeed.”
Everyone was shocked and took a few steps back. They held out their fists toward Lin Jie and nodded, showing their support.
“Come on!” Lin Jie raised his head and roared, “Baili Xuanyuan, you don’t have to hide the photographer you have in the crowd. Come to the front, and I’ll give you a good angle! Isn’t it just 100 combos? Did you really think I can’t do it?”
Baili Xuanyuan had arranged for a professional photographer to be there. Lin Jie took a look, and it was a familiar face. The photograph was An Xiaoran, the woman he had viciously suppressed. She relied on Baili Xuanyuan and became his exclusive reporter. She gained some fame after creating a small activity on the forum.
An Xiaoran scoffed and came forward, taking photos of Lin Jie’s movements. She wanted a close up of Lin Jie at his worst moment!
100 Needfire Red Lotuses floated around, forming afterimages in the air! Lin Jie’s eyes sank, and he struck out with Broken Blade. The sound of a red lotus shattering was heard, and the ground was covered in the red remains.
“Combo, combo!” Everything within Lin Jie’s sight dispersed except the red lotuses. Broken Blade was like a vulture devouring food, destroying the red lotuses one after another! However, there were too many red lotuses! Countless red lotuses descended from the sky and nearly drowned Lin Jie. Broken Blade’s attack speed was gradually unable to keep up. It seemed like he would not be able to shatter all these red lotuses.
“Army Obliteration!”
Lin Jie waved Broken Blade once again, slashing out attacks consecutively. In the Holy Light Temple, Lin Jie had learned the technique of connecting basic attacks with skills, which allowed him to remove the intervals between attacks. In this game, it was also referred to as “Resetting Attacks”.
His combo increased once again!
Everyone’s eyes were on Lin Jie. It was hard to think that a Berserker could actually carry out these combo attacks smoothly! Even Chaos In The Sky’s eyes were wide with disbelief. Lin Jie’s combo was different from that of a Bandit, which required stealth, malice, swiftness, and crowd control in order to attain! As for Lin Jie, he used his strongest moves to achieve combos. He charged straight at the enemies and slashed out. Even if there were a steel wall blocking him, he would charge forward.
‘Amazing! Although this fellow is very cunning, his techniques really speak for themselves,’ thought Character Z, giving Lin Jie the credit he deserved. It was not as simple as just attacking normally to achieve such perfect and seamless combos. One would have to have perfect grasp on the timing and even the enemies’ movements. While those moving red lotuses might look chaotic, they followed a cycle. He attacked one after another, and the sounds of the red lotuses shattering filled their ears.
Just then, Lin Jie’s hand that was wielding Broken Blade stopped moving, as there was a large force restraining his wrist. This was the limit of his combo attack caused by his Attack Judgment failing. In other words, Lin Jie’s combo was about to be broken! Once his combo broke, he would lose this bet.
Baili Xuanyuan’s eyes lit up, and he scoffed. “He has reached the end of his tether.”
As expected, in the next moment, Lin Jie’s wrist looked like bamboo that was twisted dozens of times and was making loud cracking sounds. Broken Blade was unable to keep up with its attack, and his combo was broken!
“Lone Wolf, you’ve lost. Give me the Holy Light Stone of Grace as per our agreement. You won’t be playing petty tricks with so many eyes on you, right?” Baili Xuanyuan mocked. He wanted Lone Wolf to play a trick. After all, everything was recorded, and his reputation would be ruined.
“Here, the Holy Light Stone of Grace.” Lin Jie took out the stone that was as good as a cemetery anywhere they like. He tossed it into the air, and it formed a beautiful arc before it landed into Baili Xuanyuan’s hand.