Chapter 146-4: The Crack Is the Real Official Version, Pressure and Fun (4) |
Twang.
A sharp whoosh of air sounded as the blood-colored arrow became a streak of crimson light, lancing toward Dark Whisper’s forehead.
At that moment a massive behemoth suddenly interposed itself before the Dark Whisper Evil Entity, attempting to block the arrow with its body.
The Inherited soul Mark ability also activated at this moment.
The arrow auto-corrected its flight path, suddenly arcing upward, then, trailing a crimson track in the air, curved back and precisely struck the blue gem on Dark Whisper’s forehead.
Crack.
A crisp shattering sounded. The blue gem was instantly covered in cracks. The Dark Whisper Evil Entity staggered back several steps, then fell hard to the ground, its casting interrupted.
Just as the Dark Whisper Evil Entity tried to get up, more than a dozen blood-colored arrows came in, tracing graceful arcs through the air and striking the blue gem on its forehead from different directions with precision.
Boom.
“My HP bar is nearly empty. Hold them for a bit, I need to heal.” After finishing the kill, Murderous Intent Rising decisively took out an Intermediate Recovery Potion from his inventory and gulped it down.
The Extreme Speed Inherited soul provided enormous burst power, allowing other Inherited soul traits paired with the star veins to unleash terrifying damage.
But the drawback was also obvious. After one burst, he needed to heal to recover.
The Spell Towers in the rear also entered an overloaded operating state at this time. Under Dirt Poor’s control, they crazily fired energy beams to bombard the Evil Entities ahead.
“Fire on me.”
As the team’s only tank, Family-Sharing Stepdad slammed into the midst of the Black Tide Evil Entities. A layer of pitch-black substance quickly plated his body surface, and a Bloodthirst Brand rose above his head.
But the embedded Taunt Inherited soul could not exert its proper effect at this moment.
This was also one of the reasons players found Black Tide Evil Entities more troublesome.
The Taunt Inherited soul, which was unstoppable in other regions, posed no threat against Black Tide Evil Entities that were generated from energy and completely mindless.
Its trait works by piecing together and altering memories to forcibly generate uncontrollable rage, but Black Tide Evil Entities do not even have memories, so the Taunt Inherited soul’s trait has no effect on them.
Family-Sharing Stepdad could only attract part of the Black Tide Evil Entities’ attacks. Once the Evil Entities surrounded him, the rest rushed toward the rear of the team.
Leopard-Headed F2P in the team raised a hand to generate a Light Shield in front of the Spell Towers, then kept unleashing the Bind Inherited soul toward Li Zheng’s position to coordinate with him in killing the Evil Entities.
The Grind Kings group’s class composition had been carefully considered.
It included physical tank, physical warrior, physical ranged, spell damage output, and utility support, a combination of the five mainstream star vein schools.
In small-scale battles there were no obvious shortcomings; the only deficiency was underwater combat capability.
The fierce fight lasted 23 minutes.
Surrounded by Evil Entities, the Grind Kings group broke out after successive kills, planning to leave the Evil Moon scene to recover, then re-enter the scene to fight the Evil Entities again.
Just as the party was about to reach the edge of the domain illuminated by the Evil Moon, the Guide clone floating beside Li Zheng suddenly spoke.
[I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?]
Hearing this, Li Zheng was stunned.
“Has the Evil Spirit warrior of this Black Tide domain returned and is coming to kill us?”
[No.]
“Give the good news first. Tell us what’s going on.” Family-Sharing Stepdad interjected at this moment.
[The good news is, your old friend the God of Wealth has returned. Looks like he wants to recruit a batch of new players to go to the Anti-Tide Training Camp.]
[The bad news is, your current location is 106 kilometers in a straight line from the Colorful Mist Coast space. On top of being besieged by Black Tide Evil Entities, there is simply no way to break out and get back in a short time.]
“F*ck.”
Realizing the chance to return to the training camp had come, Li Zheng panicked badly.
If they missed this, there was no telling when the next chance would come.
If the players sent to the training camp in this batch performed poorly, it was uncertain whether there would even be another round of recruitment.
“Stop fighting. Die and go back.”
Realizing that death was the fastest way back to the village, Li Zheng roared decisively in the voice channel, then dispersed the Vital Qi on his body surface and strode to pounce at the Evil Entities.
The rest of the Grind Kings likewise decisively retracted their armaments and opened their arms to receive the lashings of the Black Tide Evil Entities.
Before long, all souls returned to the Emperor’s Sign.
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Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range, ancient battlefield.
The spatial fissure in the sky was gradually healing.
In the pit below, lights crisscrossed and flashed on a strangely shaped aircraft.
Hiss.
As mist jetted out, the hatch opened from bottom to top, revealing a youth with doll-like delicate features.
The one who had arrived was the God of Wealth in the players’ eyes: Broken Star.
Stepping out of the aircraft, Broken Star extended his right hand to his left chest.
With a series of crisp clicks, the complex lines engraved on his battle armor lit from the left chest and spread over his whole body.
After a slight crouch, he leaped up, landing steadily on the rim of the pit.
He was about to step forward, but the left leg he had just raised instantly drew back. He subconsciously turned his head to glance at the aircraft in the pit, looking very hesitant.
His gaze went to the spatial wristband on his left wrist.
But the internal space of a Primary spatial wristband was limited, nowhere near enough to hold an aircraft.
After thinking it over, Broken Star still decided to head toward the spatial barrier where he remembered players gathering.
But after sprinting for over a thousand meters and feeling something was off, Broken Star chose to turn back to the pit.
He clearly could not make the same mistake twice.
Given his understanding of members of the player race, no matter how friendly the relationship, he could not leave the aircraft behind.
If he dared leave it, players would certainly dare take it.
If the aircraft was stolen again, he would have no face to return to the Anti-Tide Legion. He might as well lose all face and die outside.
This time, he decided to move with the aircraft.
He leaped down into the pit, braced the base of the aircraft with both hands and heaved, hoisting the aircraft above his head, then supported it with one hand as he sprang out of the pit and headed toward the world barrier.
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On the other side.
Li Zheng and the others, still confined in the little black room, contacted friends currently in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range through the friends list.
They asked them to help approach the already arrived God of Wealth and buy them time.
Every passing minute and second felt incomparably long at this moment.
Aside from the server’s early days when the little black room felt hard to endure, they had later adapted to the one hour cooldown setting.
But now the situation was different. Li Zheng and the others were extremely anxious.
During the long wait, the cooldown ticked down to zero.
Appearing at the revival point in the Colorful Mist Coast space, Li Zheng and the others decisively lunged for the teleportation array.
After arriving in the Emperor’s Mound Mountain Range region, they rushed nonstop toward the exit.
A little over ten minutes later, Li Zheng and the other Grind Kings players saw the God of Wealth, surrounded by a crowd of players, holding the aircraft aloft with one hand.
Broken Star also noticed Li Zheng and the others speeding over from afar.
His pupils contracted, and his gaze drew in.
When he clearly saw the faces of Li Zheng and the others, his eyes widened instantly, his pupils quivered, and his expression became very animated.