"Fool... full of openings!" At this point in the battle, Lu Bu, the man known as the "Ghost God," finally revealed his ferocious fangs.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Fengxian shot up from the ground, his figure transforming into a streak of black light. The Fang Tian Halberd unleashed a savage attack, striking upward...

This move was like a tornado, its power capable of shaking mountains and rivers. Wherever it passed, not a blade of grass could grow...

*Beep beep beep—*

In an instant, Sabo's battle power scanner reacted. The number reflected in his eyes at that moment was... 50,000.

"Nani!" Sabo exclaimed in shock as he was about to unleash his attack. "What's going on... Impossible!"

Lu Bu's attack had not even landed yet, and everyone watching, including Sabo himself, could already see... the outcome was decided.

Just now, in order to escape the encirclement of blades and halberds, Sabo had taken a round of attacks from Feng and Lu in exchange for ascending into the sky. In his view, this was a good way to "trade injuries for an advantageous position," but in reality... this choice was fatal.

Because... Feng Bujue had already seen through everything...

At the start of the battle, Brother Jue had hinted to Lu Bu—to save all of his trump cards and fight in his most basic, standard state.

This was done for two reasons: first, to "preserve strength" for the upcoming battle with Orochi; and second... to confuse Sabo and make him misjudge Lu Bu's true fighting power.

Afterward, Brother Jue took advantage of the fact that "aliens cannot fully understand verbal banter" and directly coordinated with Lu Bu through language.

In fact, experts can establish a rapport very quickly, much faster than novices... Take dancing as an example: if you get a group of professional dancers to rehearse a dance, they can probably get it done in an hour or two; but if you get a group of amateurs, it might take half a day or even a day, and the result might not even be good.

Brother Jue and Lu Bu were naturally both experts, and they weren't like Liu Sheng Jianying... who had mastered a set of skills that couldn't be coordinated with anyone else. Therefore, under Feng Bujue's guidance, the sword and halberd complemented each other, and the two of them, each using seventy percent of their power, had already gained a firm upper hand.

Next came the practical stage...

When Feng and Lu began to cooperate, Sabo's "enticement and disruption" strategy was completely ruined. If he could have calmed down and thought of another way, he might have been able to save his life. Unfortunately... his brutal personality was also within Brother Jue's calculations...

Feng Bujue had been waiting for Sabo to "jump the wall in desperation." As soon as the latter was about to launch his final counterattack, Brother Jue reacted immediately...

Feng Bujue, who was prepared and had zero-time-difference calculation abilities, cleverly used the [Blade of Must Break Defense] to damage Sabo's combat suit to the greatest extent possible within his capabilities... and left several wounds on his body.

To put it in perspective... Brother Jue was like an ant digging a hole in a dam. Perhaps the final collapse of the dam was caused by the huge waves, but as the saying goes... "a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an anthole." It was because of this previous groundwork that the accumulation of small advantages led to a decisive victory... and finally, the fatal opportunity before them appeared.

At this moment, Sabo, who was condensing his energy in his palm, had no excess energy to protect his body.

His posture was lost, his attack was incomplete, his heart was terrified, and he was completely defenseless...

In addition... Lu Bu's sudden outburst also greatly exceeded Sabo's expectations. He thought that Lu Bu's speed was nothing special, but he didn't expect that when the other party got a little serious, he could launch an attack so fast that he couldn't cope with it...

"Ah—" Facing the unavoidable and unstoppable attack, Sabo roared one of the most common last words of villains in the Dragon Ball universe, "BAkAnA!" (Japanese for "impossible").

The figures crossed, and the halberd rose.

Flesh and blood shattered, and the killing intent suddenly disappeared.

"Hahahaha..." After tearing his opponent apart, Lu Bu laughed wildly and spun around in the sky before stepping on his fighting spirit and suddenly landing.

"The martial arts performance is over. Feng Bujue, Lu Bu, challenge successful." The arena statue announced the result in a tone devoid of any emotion.

This seemed like a good thing, but... none of the spectators under the arena showed a happy expression.

Because they all understood that Sabo's death most likely meant... the arrival of Orochi.

In every sense, Orochi was a very trustworthy guy. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he kept his word. Since he had promised before... that he would come down personally after Sabo was defeated, then there was a 99% chance that he really would come down.

"Lu Bu..." After a moment, the demon king's terrifying demonic voice came from the sky, "Your performance was good, you didn't disappoint this king..."

"Hmph..." Lu Bu on the martial arts stage raised his halberd with one arm and shouted at the sky, "Stop the nonsense, Orochi..." A flash of extreme excitement flashed in his eyes, "As the ultimate prey, let this great one enjoy you!"

"Hehehehaha..." Hearing this, Orochi's multiple voices let out bursts of strange laughter. The laughter, which contained a hint of disdain in its pleasure and a hint of helplessness in its indifference, drifted across Musou Plains... The complex emotions contained in the laughter seemed to be telling the demon king's feelings of "the higher you climb, the lonelier you become."

"Heh... so be it..." Orochi laughed and continued, "Anyway, the martial arts tournament has been held for several days, and it has basically gathered all the strong people in this space..."

At this point, he paused for two seconds. In those two seconds, a demonic aura spewed out from the abyss in Gu Zhi Castle and struck the center of the martial arts stage.

In the blink of an eye, the wind and clouds changed, and black light suddenly rose.

An invisible pressure fell on the shoulders of everyone present.

The demon king... descended!

"Strong ones..." Orochi's tall figure finally appeared in front of everyone, "Come and challenge me!"

As he spoke, the [No Between] in his hand was raised slightly, and a demonic energy shot out in response, easily blasting the barrier around the martial arts stage into fragments...

[Current mission has been changed, main mission has been updated.] At this moment, the system prompt sounded in the players' ears...

Qi Sha, Xiao Tan, and Ruo Yu, the three who were originally standing together watching the battle, all made a very consistent first reaction—immediately jumping away from the other two.

After ensuring that they would not be attacked suddenly, they opened the game menu one after another and looked at the taskbar...

The original main mission [Win the martial arts tournament] had now disappeared, replaced by... two new missions: [Join the Orochi, Frieza, or Chitian Emperor camp and survive until at least one side wins] and [Become the only player to survive the script].