Chapter 1 Inevitable

Back in the real world, Fang Senyan had discovered another contagious skill tree, its ultimate ability being Ebola hemorrhagic fever.

Then he returned to the real world. No one knew where he had gone. They only knew that he had gone to study diseases. No one knew the specific choices he had made. Fang Senyan solemnly claimed that this was his trump card, and it would absolutely not be revealed before it was played.

Of course, many people speculated that it was Ebola hemorrhagic fever, because AIDS, the incurable disease of the century, was so well-known that it inspired fear. Although Fang Senyan was strong, he might not have the courage to test the power of this thing.

Unexpectedly, there was a saying that a man had to be cruel to himself. It seemed that Fang Senyan also knew this sentence and put it into practice. He actually climbed this skill tree in one breath until he obtained the final effect of the contact-type disease skill tree!

AIDS!

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Virus Monarch Talent Tree: The terminal disease of contact-type transmitted diseases, AIDS (aids virus)

You can activate the remaining Virus Monarch talent trees to make you even stronger. Activating the remaining Virus Monarch talent trees requires 320 points of Merit!

Ultimate ability: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. When you engage in close combat with an enemy, you can infect the aids virus into their body, causing it to proliferate. Under the improvement of the a virus, the symptoms will appear at an alarming rate. The enemy's immune system is eroded layer by layer by the AIDS virus. When it reaches its peak, various terrifying diseases will appear on the enemy.

This virus is transmitted through air and droplets, so the onset period only takes three seconds to take effect.

The moment the AIDS virus begins to take effect, the enemy will enter a high-risk period, and their physical defense will decrease at a rate of 1 point/second. However, they will feel nothing until their defense drops to only one-third, at which point they may experience symptoms such as a low fever or sneezing (the effect is the same as the common cold of an air-transmitted disease).

When the enemy's defense is reduced to 0, the high-risk period ends, and they formally enter the infection period. During the infection period, the enemy's physical defense will continue to decrease into negative numbers, but the time it takes for each point of defense to decrease will be doubled.

(For example, it takes one second to decrease to negative one point of defense, two seconds to negative two points of defense, four seconds to negative three points of defense, eight seconds to negative four points of defense, and so on. When the enemy's defense is negative, they will suffer even more damage than when they have no defense. For example, when the defense is negative thirteen points, even without a critical hit, the enemy will suffer theoretical damage x2)

After entering the infection period, the enemy will develop fatal complications. The first disease that appears will be randomly selected from the following four major symptoms. After the first symptom has drawn 15% of the enemy's current health (or the past three hundred seconds), the next terrifying complication will appear randomly.

Complication a: Kaposi's sarcoma, which forms purplish-red papules and ulcers on the surface of the skin, and a large number of tumor nodules grow like grapes along the veins. The appearance of Kaposi's sarcoma will cause terrible damage to the enemy's blood system. The enemy's self-healing ability is greatly suppressed, any treatment received is reduced by 75%, and there is a 50% chance every three seconds to inflict 150 points of bleeding damage. Because Kaposi's sarcoma may impact the heart, there is a very small chance of dealing 3,000 points of bleeding damage to the enemy! (Because the Contractor's body is dataized, this effect will only cause 200 points of bleeding damage if it appears on the Contractor)

Complication b: Candida esophagitis, forming a terrifying erosion area near the esophagus, affecting the enemy's digestive system, making them abnormally weak, reducing their attack power by 25%, and there is a 50% chance every three seconds that they will convulse due to severe throat pain, causing 150 points of damage. Because this disease blocks the absorption of the digestive system, the enemy has a certain chance of failing when releasing skills.

Complication c: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), a large number of Pneumocystis grow in the enemy's lungs, severely affecting the enemy's respiratory system, making them dizzy, greatly reducing the enemy's hit rate by 15%, and Pneumocystis will torment the opponent at all times, dealing 50 points of damage to the enemy every three seconds, and there is a high chance of a triple critical hit. Because this disease seriously affects the respiratory system, there is a certain probability that the enemy will suffocate for five seconds and be unable to attack (but can move).

Complication d: Parasitic protozoan toxoplasmosis, the enemy's brain is infected with toxoplasma, forming ring-shaped patterns, and causing severe headaches, vomiting, and blindness, making it impossible for the enemy to make normal judgments and difficult to avoid the enemy's fatal attacks, thus increasing the chance of being critically hit by the enemy by 10%. And every three seconds, it will deal 30 points of damage. Because toxoplasma directly damages the enemy's brain, the damage is true damage, and the damage will be converted into a healing effect to treat the caster.

When all four symptoms appear, AIDS will enter the late stage, and the enemy's defense will instantly drop to negative n points (n = enemy's original defense/2), and the maximum health limit will be forcibly reduced by one-third in an instant. The symptoms of the four major complications will continue to worsen, and their onset frequency will be reduced from three seconds to one second!

This branch ability cannot coexist with other ultimate virus branch abilities!

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Obviously, Fang Senyan had been enduring all along, waiting for Aragorn to pass the high-risk period of AIDS, and his defense dropped to 0 before suddenly launching an attack! He was such a person: if he didn't make a sound, he would shock the world;

If he didn't strike, he would take your life!

A tired Aragorn with zero defense faced Fang Senyan, who had activated Musou and was insanely strong, and the powerful and terrifying magic sword Apophis! This combination could be said to have made the situation extremely bad.

There was a saying that loyalty is revealed in times of poverty, and another saying that strong grass is known in a strong wind, and sincere ministers are recognized in turbulent times.

At this time, Aragorn, coughing up blood, finally had no way to hide anything. He offered his last trump card - he raised his right hand. The dim ring on it suddenly bloomed with dazzling light!

This was a double-headed serpent ring, its shape being two entangled snakes, their eyes being four emeralds, their heads intersecting below a crown formed by golden flowers, one raised high, the other drooping. This was the emblem of the House of Finarfin. The emeralds ground by the Noldor elves in Valinor gleamed with dazzling brilliance.

This ring had been passed down for thousands of years and was the symbolic inheritance of the Kings of Númenor, the Ring of Barahir! What was contained within was the inheritance, luck, and heroic spirits of the kings of Gondor! It was the symbol of kingship, the mark of kingship!

If the legendary sword Andúril was similar to the dragon robe of the ancient Chinese emperors, then the Ring of Barahir was the imperial jade seal of the emperors! The Gondorian royal family of all ages used this to command the world and suppress the country's luck!

At this time, Aragorn had been forced into a desperate situation. At this time, the luck of the Stewards' line was declining, and the fate of the entire kingdom of Gondor's restoration rested on him, so the double-headed serpent ring, the Ring of Barahir, suddenly shone brightly.

Even under the dark power of Sauron, the phantom of the past kings of Gondor emerged one after another, shouting loudly, and then slowly overlapping, forming the majestic phantom of Isildur, who slew Sauron, and slammed down on Fang Senyan with his scepter!

Wrath of the King!

This strike was natural, and the scepter seemed slow, but with its falling trajectory, there was actually an irresistible feeling, and the flow of time was slowed down here by thousands of times!

Although Fang Senyan could contend with Aragorn's protagonist aura, at this time, what he had to face was the fatal blow of the combined spirit of the kings of Gondor's past kingdoms, this blow pierced the barrier of time and space, irresistible, unavoidable, like the advent of fate, and could only be endured!

This blow heavily landed on Fang Senyan's body, although it was only a phantom! However, Fang Senyan clearly heard the sound in his ear, a sound that made him tremble:

"The opponent is attempting to perform an instant death attack on you, entering the verification... Verification failed, instant death effect successful!"

"You have been forcibly deducted 588,173 health points!!"

The direct consequence of this blow was that Fang Senyan remained stiffly in place after being hit by the scepter, but an identical black phantom was blasted out of his body. Despite struggling to return to his body, the scepter also exploded, and the black phantom symbolizing Fang Senyan's soul shattered into thousands of pieces like glass in an instant!

This meant not only that the soul had left the body but also that the soul had been directly shattered, like Gandalf fighting the Balrog, shattered, but still able to reshape his body and advance with his powerful soul.

But if the soul was broken, it would be completely annihilated!

However, the emeralds symbolizing the snake eyes on the Ring of Barahir also cracked and shattered!

"Huff, huff, huff." Aragorn curled up in the corner, his face covered in blood, panting like a beast, no longer having the demeanor of a king. His body trembled violently, both because of the pain of being tortured by the disease and because of the damage to the Ring of Barahir, which was particularly heartbreaking. It would take the accumulation of several generations of emperors before this ring could be restored.

But at this moment, a very shrill sound suddenly rang in the air, like many extremely thin and sharp weapons slicing through the air at high speed. Upon closer inspection, they were blood-colored scythes!

Death's scythe!

Every time these scythes slashed, the space would wail miserably, and countless fragments of broken souls would flow back rapidly from the gaps, reassembling in the air... eight combine into four, four combine into two, two combine into one, and finally piecing together Fang Senyan's intact soul, which bounced back into his body.

Talent ability: Sigh of the Reaper activated!

This... how is this possible!!!

Aragorn's last resort was broken, and he roared almost loudly, as if questioning the injustice of fate, but Fang Senyan, who seemed to be in a daze, suddenly exploded, and the Apophis in his hand stirred up several extremely sharp lines, instantly stabbing into Aragorn's throat.

Extinction!

This sword was so swift that the anger on Aragorn's face had not yet turned into pain, and this sword was so cruel that it directly stirred Aragorn's Adam's apple, vocal cords, trachea, arteries, veins, etc., into a mess!

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In distant Mordor, Sauron's Eye suddenly widened, the surrounding red light churning like flames. The Eye's original diameter had reached twenty or thirty meters, but now, for some reason, its volume had more than doubled. The outer edge was like a scorching sun, but the vertical pupil that widened inside was even more radiant.

"... This is, what a sweet taste of the soul! What a sweet smell of fresh blood! The taste of the direct bloodline of Númenor is always so delicious! Ah!! This kind of deep-seated joy, this kind of intense stimulation, is as irresistible as the Silmaril!"

The Mount Doom not far away was also affected by Sauron's joyful emotions, and a brief eruption occurred, with fiery red magma overflowing from the edges. And the Orcs of Mordor were stimulated by Sauron's dark power, and at least several thousand people advanced at this moment.

For Sauron, the hegemony of unifying Middle-earth thousands of years ago was blocked by a green Númenor royal family. This was almost his inner demon. At this time, Isildur's direct bloodline was cut off, and he died in the place where his power gathered. This was the highest sacrifice of soul and flesh! So, it was as if it had untied his knot, and his power naturally soared.

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Gandalf, who was recuperating in the White Tower of Minas Tirith, suddenly sat up, panting heavily, as frightened as if the One Ring was on his finger.

This action obviously affected his severe injuries, so he was rewarded with a series of frantic coughs and gasps, and even blood flowed down his beard onto his white robe. The white robe and red blood looked particularly distinct.

But Gandalf ignored these, frowned and looked out the window. Dense clouds churned in the sky. Originally, with the defeat of the Orc legions, Sauron's magic spell that shrouded the battlefield and blocked the sunlight had loosened, and even a glimmer of sunlight had begun to shine from the clouds. But for some reason, the dark power suddenly surged again and counterattacked in full force!

Suddenly, a desolate comet flew across from the west, passing through Gandalf's field of vision. The long tail of the comet looked particularly bleak. Gandalf suddenly lost his composure. The west was the source of the Dúnedain, the Refuge. Such a omen meant that the leader of the Dúnedain had fallen! An extremely ominous thought flashed through his mind... Could it be!!!

"How is this possible! We clearly have the upper hand. The Elven prince and the most powerful Dwarven warrior are protecting him, and the souls of the former Númenor kings are watching him. Now that the Orc commander Gothmog has been killed, and there are tens of thousands of people guarding him, and the remnants of the enemy are shrinking in the Dark Spring Hall, how could something happen!"

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Isengard

On the incomparably tall Orthanc.

Saruman's white hair fluttered. This Maia who had lived for several epochs suddenly lost his composure. He pressed one hand on the Palantír, but was muttering to himself.

"How could this be?? The fate was actually subverted? Could it be an illusion Sauron sent me? No, that's not right! This is indeed the breath of the Númenor royal family's blood, and the anger and unwillingness in that soul can't be faked!"

A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed across, illuminating Saruman's face. He suddenly waved his staff, and the darkness was lifted like a veil. Then, he saw a large number of Uruk-hai gathering below Orthanc.

Originally, with the disastrous defeat of the Pelennor Fields, Saruman had vaguely harbored the intention of betraying, but under the mercurial display of the Palantír, Sauron once again took the dominant position with incomparable strength, and Saruman did not hesitate to send his elite Uruk-hai troops to participate in the battle, obeying Sauron's orders.

Although these elites might not catch up with the still-lingering battle of the Pelennor Fields, Uruk-hai were naturally the best commanders, and their presence in the Orc legions was undoubtedly equivalent to the bones and spine of the troops, making their combat power soar.

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"Pa!" A loud noise, as if a balloon filled with water to its limit had suddenly burst!

The leech exploded under the crazy attacks of Gimli and Legolas, and a large amount of bluish-green viscous liquid splashed frantically within hundreds of square meters, along with a pungent fishy smell.

Legolas, who had always loved cleanliness, ignored everything, ignoring the black and yellow viscous liquid on his face, and continued to rush forward. Gimli was faster than him and took the lead in stepping into the door, but as soon as he rushed in, he seemed to be petrified, suddenly stunned!

Gimli's being stunned did not mean that time had to stop for it. Fortunately, Legolas pulled him back at this time, and a flash of blood-red light flashed, and a seemingly ordinary long sword had pierced through his shoulder socket and came straight out from his back. After the blade was stained with blood, it suddenly revealed its sharpness, and even extremely sharp lines could be seen looming around the blade from time to time, and it seemed that even the space near the blade was severely damaged by the tear.

Then Gimli suffered a kick to the heart - well, a kick to the heart for normal humans happened to kick him in the face, sending him flying, but even with such damage, Gimli's expression was still sluggish and unbelievable!

Then everyone around understood the truth of Gimli's sluggishness.

A large hand broke through the darkness and stretched out,

The palm was tightly clutching hair!

Under the hair was a head!

A Dúnedain, a descendant of Isildur, Strider, son of Arathorn, leader of the Dúnedain, the object of Arwen Undómiel's affection, King of Gondor, wielder of the Holy Sword Andúril!! The king who possessed the protagonist's luck - Aragorn's head!!!

The head that was cut off alive and bloody at the neck!

Immediately afterward, the owner of the large hand appeared in front of everyone. It was a burly young man with eyes that seemed to be burning and thick, unruly eyebrows. He looked around, and although he was surrounded by thousands of troops, his eyes treated these people like chickens and dogs.

"Next!"

Fang Senyan said very concisely, directly and clearly,

Then he retreated very simply back to the Dark Spring Hall, and the subsequent few feeble arrow rains could only aimlessly sink into the darkness, unable to pose any threat to him.

At this time, although Fang Senyan had lost his greatest trump card, Sigh of the Reaper, his honorary potion + holy healing had not been used yet. Wasn't this a trump card?

More importantly, how many people with strength like Aragorn's could the other party find to attack? Especially since Aragorn was actually killed in such an environment! What a huge blow to the enemy's morale would that be?

More importantly, among the two remaining powerful heroes in the Fellowship, Gimli had been seriously injured and would not be able to rush in again in the short term. And Legolas, who Fang Senyan deliberately retained... This guy's archery might be very high, and he was vaguely the number one killer, but in front of Fang Senyan, who had the Hedgehog Milestone, he was a symbol of being completely countered to death. It was impossible for Legolas to abandon his bow and rush up to break through with a dagger, which was completely unrealistic!

Of course, it was not ruled out that a Contractor from the human side might come to test, but now at the entrance of the Dark Hall guarded by Fang Senyan, even if he did not have the bonus of Musou and activated the ultimate ability of AIDS, it could be said that one man could hold the pass, and ten thousand men could not open it!

What's more, Fang Senyan had calculated very clearly that Aragorn's death was enough to shock these people for ten minutes. Adding the time to delay the battle and the medicine released from the outside, plus the additional treatment and recovery effects inside the Dark Spring Hall, the entire ace team could fully restore its combat power in half an hour!

More importantly, Reef had not triggered the effect of the Mount Doom magma (ice cold). What he had triggered at this time was the Life Chain, and his health had recovered to half. If Fang Senyan was in a tight spot, Reef could immediately break free and support him, making it not difficult to hold on.

More importantly, the tough attitude he had shown would definitely make the opposite side scruple and hesitate!

The wonderful thing was that the Dark Spring Hall could be breached in four or five hours! If a person had no hope, then even if they were bleeding, they could only rush forward, but if there was another way to go, they could naturally choose an easier path.