He Name Was Hard To Get was running wildly, having already traveled for seven or eight minutes without realizing it.

During his escape, he didn't forget to use various types of special ammunition to destroy the surrounding terrain, striving to delay his pursuers.

However, his efforts... didn't buy him much time. In the end, Sashimi managed to close the distance to within thirty meters of him in ten minutes.

Xiao Ming knew very well that if the distance closed by a few more meters, the other party might start using skills. If he continued to face away from the enemy like this, he would be attacked preemptively sooner or later.

Therefore, at what he considered to be an appropriate moment, he suddenly pulled out a smoke grenade from his bag and threw it violently on the ground...

The gray smoke suddenly spread out, instantly covering an area with a radius of more than ten meters and still expanding.

"So, he's decided to go all out with me..." Sashimi thought as he charged into the smoke without hesitation, muttering to himself, "But 'smoke grenades' have basically zero effect on me..."

【Name: Bass Zone】

【Skill Card Attribute: Passive Skill, Permanently Learned】

【Skill Category: Spiritual Art】

【Effect: When this skill is equipped, a spherical area with a radius of 7.4 meters centered on the player will be considered the "Bass Zone"; the effective range of the Bass Zone can be limited by solid walls (such as walls, floors, ceilings, etc.); non-solid attacks and negative effects (such as flames, cold currents, beams of light, toxic gases, etc.) that enter the Bass Zone will be buffered and eliminated unless their power exceeds the Bass Zone's tolerance limit.】

【Learning Requirements: Spiritual Art Specialization A】

【Note: It was probably a few years ago, one Saturday night, I went to the Superhero Bar for a drink. I accidentally overheard the bartender say that there was a guy on Earth called Flash who could escape from being frozen by vibrating his body at a high frequency. At the time, I bet him that if it were me, I could even shatter cement. You all know what happened after that. That's right, I'm Vibration Man, who turned gray all over from cement poisoning. My ultimate technique, "Bass Zone," can even shatter cement.】

Although the note for this skill seemed to describe a rather sad story, that wasn't the point...

The point was, with the effect of 【Bass Zone】, Sashimi could move freely in the smoke without wearing a breathing mask. In addition, his ability to locate sounds made visual obstacles almost meaningless.

"As expected... he jumped into the sky..." Two seconds later, Sashimi stopped, because he had determined his movements by the sound of Xiao Ming's feet hitting the ground and his body cutting through the air. "He's planning to use the smoke to buy a few seconds, and then launch an indiscriminate attack with a wide range and considerable power from the air..."

After thinking for half a second, the term 【Ice Crystal Bombardment】popped into Sashimi's mind, a term he had read in an analysis report.

"Not a bad idea..." Sashimi thought to himself, "Even if this move doesn't kill me, it can inflict a slowing deBuff on me, giving him a certain advantage in the upcoming battle." Thinking of this, he steadied himself and raised one hand towards the sky without looking up, "Too bad... you won't have a chance to use this move..."

Buzz—

In the next second, an invisible force was released from Sashimi's fingertip and shot into the air.

Although he didn't use his vision to confirm, his 【Subsonic Finger】 accurately hit He Name Was Hard To Get's torso, causing the Xiao Ming, who was accumulating power for his attack, to cough up blood and fall over.

Before long, the smoke dissipated. He Name Was Hard To Get was kneeling on one knee, frantically treating his wounds; while ten meters away, Sashimi stood there unscathed, looking at his opponent with his usual calm eyes, and sighed softly, "Alas... although your personal skill is top-notch, your studio's logistics are too poor." He shook his bowl-cut hair and continued with a regretful tone, "Judging from your reaction, your pre-match intelligence gathering is completely unequal to ours."

As he spoke, Sashimi took out a silver handheld megaphone from his bag and held it to his mouth: "Sorry... see you later."

This... was undoubtedly Sashimi's "killing declaration."

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth and roared, activating a sonic attack skill through the special weapon 【Throat Ripper】—【Roar That Starts to Stir When Enemy Has Less Than Fourteen Health】.

However, this move did not end Xiao Ming's life as expected.

Because...

"Don't even think about it!" Suddenly, a loud shout came, and a figure arrived with the voice, blocking Sashimi's skill attack trajectory.

In that split second, the newcomer successfully used a large shield to withstand Sashimi's skill, without taking a step back and remaining calm and composed.

"How is this possible..." Seeing this, a look of surprise appeared on Sashimi's habitually wooden face, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, "This is an A-level skill buffed by special equipment... and he blocked it so easily?"

Shh—

No sooner said than done, just as Sashimi was still in shock, another figure suddenly rushed out and swung a heavy stick at the back of his head.

Sashimi immediately dodged to the side, but because his reaction was a little slow, the tip of the stick still grazed his arm, creating a contusion on the outside of his arm.

"Tsk... as expected of one of Zui Sheng Meng Si, he can still dodge this..." The person wielding the stick missed his sneak attack and didn't chase after him, but just muttered a sentence while watching Sashimi's figure dart away.

"You..." A few seconds later, Sashimi had flashed to a distance of more than ten meters. He stopped and looked back at the three people, "...When did you get close?"

"Hahahaha..." 【Taking Names Is Really Hard】 holding the large shield, straightened his body, laughed a few times, and continued, "Since you sincerely asked..."

"We will answer you with great mercy!" 【Really Hard to Name】 stuck his staff on the ground and continued the sentence.

"To prevent the world from being destroyed."

"To maintain world peace."

The two of them spoke one sentence after another, then stopped and turned to look at He Name Was Hard To Get.

Xiao Ming, however, didn't respond to them, but asked with a rather strange expression, "Hey, hey... I also want to ask, how did you guys get here? Didn't you go with Atobe to ambush other members of Order?"

"That was to deceive you." Lao Qu replied.

"The real plan is..." Brother Zhen continued, "To use you as bait to ambush Sashimi."

"Huh?" Xiao Ming was shocked when he heard this. He was stunned for a full five seconds before continuing, "I don't mind being bait, but you should have told me in advance!"

"If we notified you in advance..." Lao Qu shrugged and replied, "There would be a certain risk."

Brother Zhen also nodded and said, "Sashimi's reconnaissance ability allows him to 'hear' conversations from very far away. If you accidentally revealed our plan in an unintentional soliloquy, it would be troublesome."

"Even if you didn't reveal any flaws in your words, the performance of 'knowing you're bait' and 'not knowing you're bait' would definitely be different." Lao Qu added, "To be on the safe side, it's better to use the strategy of 'deceiving your own people before deceiving the enemy.'"

"What the heck..." Xiao Ming was more and more shocked as he listened, "What's going on? When did you guys come up with such an insidious plan?"

"In fact... we didn't plan anything." Lao Qu replied.

Brother Zhen continued, "We only found out after entering the scenario... Three hours before the match, Feng Bu Jue once asked our captain out and filled his head with bad ideas..."

…………

On the other hand, in the Red Thorns Valley.

"Your problem... is that you're too confident." Atobe was saying to the three members of Order in a rather smug tone, "Since the preliminaries, you knew that every one of your matches had video recordings, but you didn't do anything misleading in the matches." He looked at Devouring Sky Ghost, "For example, you... In scenarios, as long as there is an opportunity, you will definitely hunt down 'Time Officials'; and in the rematch stage, all the competition maps are generated in the main universe, so your behavior pattern becomes even more obvious..."

"Hmph... so what?" Ghost Xiao snorted coldly, his eyes full of arrogance, "Don't talk about behavioral patterns... Even if my data is completely and publicly placed in front of everyone, who can win against me?"

"Hmph..." Atobe also snorted coldly, ignored the other party's words, and continued, "Because of your obvious behavioral pattern, your teammates have fallen into a trap with you."

Don't look at Jin Fugui's eloquent speech at this moment, in fact... most of his dialogue is repeating Jue Ge's original words.

Obviously, long before this match began, Jue Ge had already laid out a big game inside and outside the scenario—

First of all, he contacted Zhuan Xie Zun and Dian He Wang, who had already colluded with him (they had reached a consensus at the end of the "Terrorist Nursery Rhymes" scenario) through Billy (at the end of the "Ultimate Rescue" scenario), so that these two bosses who could travel freely in the main universe could prepare when he needed them.

Then, he used the power of the Phantom Demon Church to lay down "regional magic arrays" similar to this place in many places in the main universe, ready for use at any time. Since this magic array was specially used to deal with "interdimensional travelers," the local natives would not care even if they found it.

Next, it was waiting, waiting for Order Team One to meet a strong team in the淘汰赛stage.

As a result... the team he waited for was Bingdi.

This can also be regarded as fate. Jue Ge and Jin Fugui's relationship is actually not bad. Compared with other large studios, he is indeed more willing to help Bingdi.

So, Feng Bujue solo queued several normal-difficulty solo scenarios the day before the fourth round of the rematch, and successfully contacted his minions in a scenario with the main universe as the background, and made arrangements...

The next day, Jue Ge met Atobe and told him... "I have laid a dragnet in the main universe to help you," and gave Bingdi the detailed information of each member of Order Team One, and attached twelve mature coping plans. After entering the scenario, Atobe only needed to choose one to implement according to the actual situation...

After some consideration, Atobe still accepted Jue Ge's help. He is much more mature now than he was half a year ago when he first entered the game. As a studio boss and the leader of a team, he can completely put down his stubborn self-esteem for the benefit of the team.

Of course, Atobe was also a little scared about this matter... because Feng Bujue's twelve plans not only showed that he had done thorough research on Order Team One, but also showed that he knew Bingdi's information like the back of his hand...

In short, after the two teams of players entered the scenario, Dian He Wang immediately contacted the members of Bingdi and informed them of Order's movements. Atobe also chose a corresponding plan according to Order's troop deployment; after Xiao Ming, who was used as bait, was sent away, he told Brother Zhen and Lao Qu the real plan and Sashimi's various weaknesses.

Then, there was that scene not long ago...

In fact, Lao Qu and Brother Zhen had already been waiting in the dark. They both understood that Sashimi was unlikely to be ambushed when he activated the wide-area 【Heavenly Hearing】. Once he noticed the existence of three enemies, he would immediately retreat. Therefore, Lao Qu and Brother Zhen stayed put in the distance, and only after Xiao Ming began to run away did they tentatively make some noise.

About five minutes later, they completely confirmed... Sashimi had locked the 【Heavenly Hearing】 ability on Xiao Ming. And when Sashimi did this, his capture of other sounds around him would be reduced to the general level. At this time, Lao Qu and Brother Zhen got the opportunity to approach... With a shield made of vibranium and the advantage in numbers, it was a sure thing to take down Sashimi.

"If there are no accidents, your vice-captain will be killed soon."

In the forest valley, Atobe's words continued: "This match... we, Bingdi, will unceremoniously take the first city."

"Ah~ whatever..." At this time, Zui Wo Chang Ran rubbed the back of his neck, "I don't care what you're doing, and I don't bother to think about these traps, tests, and other broken things..." He lifted his sleeves and raised his hand to make a "please" gesture, "Anyway, if you want to win, it's not enough to just talk." His expression revealed a master's calmness and ease, "Come on, let's see if we die here, or if you will be killed by us."

"Hmph... you're thinking too much, right?" Dian He Wang sneered and glanced at Atobe, "Even if this kid doesn't make a move, your chances of surviving are slim..."

"Ridiculous." Wu Si Can Xuan said this, and had already taken out his main weapon from his bag—two spray cans, "Do you think you are a Four Pillar God?"

"Perhaps I am not as strong as the Four Pillar Gods." Dian He Wang said, "But you who are in the 'array' are probably not as strong as you think..." He paused, "Also... have you forgotten something?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the three members of Order changed.

"Yes..." In the next second, another unfamiliar voice floated from the forest valley, "Didn't you come here to kill me, this 'Time Official'? How could you forget me?"