Chapter 6 The Sixth Floor

Changmao Fortress, Tower of Pillars, sixth floor.

"Oh? So there's a rabbit left here who didn't run…" The Blood Corpse God had just stepped onto this floor from the stairs when he saw a Rabbit Person wearing a white t-shirt and with ordinary looks.

Although this Rabbit Person looked no different from the cannon fodder, and even his appearance wasn't as sharp as the cannon fodder, he appeared unusually calm when he saw the Blood Corpse God, the invader: "Hmm…" He slowly sized up the monster in front of him and asked, "...So you're the one who's turned the city upside down?"

With just one sentence of exchange, the Blood Corpse God could see that the other party had an extraordinary aura and was definitely not an ordinary soldier. He immediately solemnly replied: "Then you've misunderstood. The three Earthlings who are cleaning up your subordinates in the city… are them. As for me… I'm only responsible for raiding the heart of this fortress."

"In other words… you are my enemy," the Rabbit Person said again.

"Heh… Hahahaha…" The Blood Corpse God laughed wildly, "In a sense, yes… To food, a diner is indeed a natural enemy."

"That's an interesting analogy…" the Rabbit Person said again, "But I wonder… you and I… who will be the one to be eaten…"

"You'll know soon enough… Hmm…" The Blood Corpse God wanted to call out to the other party, but realized he hadn't asked for his name yet, "By the way, what's your name?"

The Rabbit Person looked at the Blood Corpse God and replied coldly, "I am… the head of the Changmao Six Heavenly Officials—Shangsheng Xingjun, Carrot."

"Carrot?" The Blood Corpse God repeated the other party's name, then smiled, "Hehe… Okay, Mr. Carrot, judging from your title, you should be a powerful character; and your words just now… also indicate that you will not sit still and wait for death, but instead take the initiative." He paused for half a second, "In that case, I'll give you a chance…" He opened his arms and said arrogantly, "You can show off your martial skills to your heart's content… I'll appreciate it as a form of entertainment, and that will add a bit more flavor when I eat you."

"Hmph… What a joke." Although Carrot said the word "joke," he didn't laugh, just snorted coldly and replied, "After you witness my ultimate technique as the 'Strongest Man of the Changmao Divine Fist'—the Changmao Phoenix Fist, you will know… how ridiculous your words and actions are right now!"

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On the other hand, Changmao Fortress, somewhere.

"Ah… so fast, it's already over…" Wang Tanzhi squatted on top of a building, looking at the Rabbit Person corpses all over the ground, muttering to himself, "Although Brother Jue told me to 'try out the actual effect of this thing'… is it really okay to show off the special effects of the new equipment like this in the livestream…"

At this time, under Xiao Tan's assassin's hood, there was an additional headgear mask. This mask had a very clear midline, with the left half of his face orange and the right half black; the mask had no other obvious features, no details for the nose, mouth, or ears, only the eyes were made of leather.

And the "new equipment" that Xiao Tan was talking about, naturally referred to this…

[Name: Deathstroke's Shadow]

[Type: Armor]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Defense: None]

[Attribute: None]

[Effect: When equipped, all C-rank or lower Melee and Investigation skills' judgment level will be considered as A-rank; original A-rank Melee and Investigation skills will be considered as S-rank (skill consumption remains the same, power effect increases)]

[Equipment Requirements: Investigation Specialization A, Melee Specialization A]

[Remarks: This mask accompanied a tactical master proficient in various martial arts and assassination techniques for many years, and has almost become a symbol of death and victory. Until one day, its master finally fell before the enemy's blades, allowing it to be stained with the blood, spirit, and soul of that cold-blooded war soul… From then on, the legend of "Deathstroke's Shadow" began.]

Undoubtedly, this mask was one of the three "treasures" that Xiao Tan got from Blackbeard's treasure cave…

Although the description of this piece of equipment wasn't as complicated as other legendary items, the simple and easy-to-understand passive effect was definitely worthy of the "legendary" quality.

Just now… Xiao Tan actually just released a [Reverse Blade Whirlwind Slash] against a group of Changmao Fortress's slave overseers, but the power of this D-rank skill after being raised to A-rank… far exceeded Xiao Tan's own imagination.

This one spin was simply like opening a thirty-second Musou mode, the effect was truly mowing the lawn…

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The other end of the Changmao Fortress—the slave market.

"Is there anything else you haven't confessed?" When Xiao Ling asked this question, the muzzle of the Ultimax 100 in her hand was pointing at the forehead of a Rabbit Person.

And the Rabbit Person was so scared that he was pissing his pants, kneeling on the ground with a sobbing voice: "Re… really no more, I've told you everything I know! I'm really just a supervisor, I've never killed anyone (rabbit)! Please believe me!"

"Hmph…" Xiao Ling sneered at him, "Whether I believe you or not, doesn't matter…" As she spoke, she raised her eyes and looked around. At this moment, besides the corpses of the Changmao Six Heavenly Officials' henchmen, many tattered, scarred men, women, and children were gathered nearby, "Whether you've killed people or not, doesn't matter either…" She paused for a moment, "Sometimes, people who haven't stained their hands with blood are dirtier than those whose hands are covered in blood… This filth will not be covered up by a glamorous appearance or hypocritical rhetoric, because it has clearly manifested in the eyes of those who have been tortured to the point of wishing they were dead…"

At this point, Xiao Ling put away her gun and turned to leave.

As she stepped away, she left a sentence without turning her head: "How to deal with this person… is up to you to decide." Her words were undoubtedly directed at the surrounding slaves, "Oh, right… no matter what you do to him, you don't have to worry about anyone coming after you afterwards, because today… is the end of these oppressors."

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Changmao Fortress—Barracks.

"You… you monster…" A Rabbit Person with lion-like thick fur and brown fur all over his body sat down on the ground, looking at a solitary figure not far away with extremely terrified eyes, trembling and muttering, "...You… you actually wiped out our 'Changmao Five Chariot Stars' in an instant…"

"Sorry." Ruoyu interrupted the guy's words, "I don't know what you're talking about. When I just started, I didn't notice that there were 'some five' people (rabbits) with particularly outstanding strength here." As she spoke, she once again raised the Xuanyuan Sword in her hand, "I'm afraid I don't have much time left. There are many more guys like you that I need to clean up, so…"

She didn't say what came after that "so," nor did the sword in her hand fall. Because… the guy on the ground had already suffered a sword wound, and was in a state of lingering on. At this moment, he was so frightened by her… that his blood pressure soared, his wound burst open, and he suddenly vomited blood and died.

This scene was nothing in her own eyes, but in the eyes of the viewers watching the livestream… it was too cool.

Everyone had seen npCs being killed, but no one had ever seen an npC being scared to death. Although that npC was indeed already injured, the wound was obviously not fatal, and the cause of his death was indeed mostly "fright."

"Can this female warrior's performance be any more cool, domineering, and拽 [zhuai]?"

"Hey hey~ Husband~ Their team's crazy captain and this beautiful swordswoman are so awesome, I feel like they can take on ten by themselves!"

"Si Yu Ruo Li, huh… I haven't even seen her ID on the leaderboard, what's up with that?"

"Maybe she's just keeping a low profile, I've been playing since the closed beta, and I've never heard of her, and I didn't see any information about her during s1, but this strength… looks like it's definitely top-notch level…"

"I'm saying… isn't this Hell's Front team's overall combat power a little too exaggerated? As a top ten team in the qualifiers, Corpse Blade Second Squad got completely crushed by them, didn't they?"

For a time, the comments on various live streaming platforms ushered in a new wave of enthusiasm.

At this stage of the competition, there was basically no suspense, because the outcome was already very obvious… Not to mention Xiao Tan and Xiao Ling's performance, just based on the abilities shown by Brother Jue and Ruoyu, they felt like they were crushing the enemy's entire team by themselves.

Therefore, the focus of the audience's discussion… also shifted from the competition itself to other things.

After this day, Hell's Front became famous in one battle. In addition to Hua Jian, who had not yet appeared, Feng Bujue, Wang Tanzhi, Si Yu Ruo Li, and Bei Ling Xiao Gu these four characters… overnight had a large group of fans and supporters.

And the most popular among the four of them… was undoubtedly Xiao Tan.

This kind of high-rich-handsome fresh meat who exudes a silly and weak aura, gives people a feeling of being easily bullied, but can show strong strength at a critical moment, has an extremely lethal effect on women of all ages. In addition… there is no shortage of male players who want him to pick up soap.

Of course, those are all later stories, more on that later.

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Let's turn our attention back to the desert…

Just as the three players of Hell's Front and the Blood Corpse God were taking down the Changmao Fortress in one fell swoop, Feng Bujue's battle was still going on.

"Your summoned creatures aren't bad either…" While dodging the fierce attacks launched by the [Corpse Tiger], Feng Bujue spoke in a relaxed and lazy tone to the controller hiding behind the summoned creature, "To be honest… the characteristic of 'immortality' is really exceptionally practical."

Under the data perspective, Feng Bujue had already seen through the details of San Yu Qiangxi's attack. Take this [Corpse Tiger], as one of the two strongest summoned beasts of an S-rank Summoning Specialist, its combat power is naturally not weak; in addition to its strong physique, powerful melee ability, and extremely high physical attack and defense, the Corpse Tiger also has the characteristic of "immortality." That is—after the summoned beast is summoned, unless the user voluntarily dismisses it, or it suffers more than 50% annihilation destruction on a physical level, otherwise… no matter how you hit it, it will not die. At most, it will fall into a state similar to "coma"… and the length of this "coma" state depends on the severity of its injury.

For example, if the Corpse Tiger's head is chopped off, then the coma time will last until its head grows back… If it is cut in half, then the slightly larger side will become the new main body and immediately begin to regenerate and repair, and the coma time will last until it grows back into a complete Corpse Tiger.

Seeing this, some people will definitely ask… then what if it is cut into eighteen pieces? That's okay too… No matter how many pieces it is cut into, the Corpse Tiger's separated body fragments will move towards the other separated parts at the fastest speed it can achieve. At the same time, the new "main body" is also undergoing self-healing. If the separated body returns to the side of the main body when the self-healing is half done, the main body will devour it… this action can greatly accelerate the healing process.

In short, to kill the Corpse Tiger, the best way is to use a high-intensity energy shock to blow 51% of its body to smithereens…

Of course, there is also a situation where it can't move for a long time without its body being annihilated. That is to hit it with a heavy blow with "extremely, extremely, extremely, extremely… high" attack power. For example, a giant Saiyan that is more than ten times larger than the Corpse Tiger, giving it a fierce Wangba Fist… Then, according to the principle that "the more severe the injury, the longer the coma time," it may lie down for ten days to half a month.

Finally, it should also be mentioned that… the duration of this summoned creature is unlimited. However, after the user voluntarily dismisses it, it will still enter the skill cooldown time.

To sum up, it is not difficult for everyone to see that, in terms of Feng Bujue's abilities, the best way to deal with this Corpse Tiger is undoubtedly the [Spirit Gun]. However, this skill has a certain probability of causing the user to die on the spot, and Brother Jue doesn't want to take this risk in this situation.

Secondly, launching a powerful ammunition with [Yi Da] may also be able to kill this summoned creature, but there is no such thing nearby to take. Besides… the effect of the ammunition fired by Yi Da is random, even if you take an unknown and awesome thing to shoot out, it may not have an annihilation effect.

Thirdly, using [Storm Leg] to cut the Corpse Tiger into multiple segments, making it unable to participate in the battle in a short time… seems to be a good way. Unfortunately… judging from the result of the previous [Storm Leg-Chaos], this thing has very high physical defense and thick skin, and it may not be able to cut it open; and in this open desert… there is no barrier between the Corpse Tiger's separated body fragments, even if they are cut open, they will recombine very quickly.

Therefore, when San Yu Qiangxi manipulated the Corpse Tiger to defend with all its strength, using a defensive style of play to engage in a war of attrition with Brother Jue, Brother Jue has not made any progress.

"It's been almost ten minutes, hasn't it?" After the fight between the one man and one monster had been going on for a long time, San Yu Qiangxi thought to himself, "My Survival, Stamina, and Spirit Power values are almost at a zero consumption state, while his Stamina and Survival values are being consumed at a certain rate; this guy is definitely not the kind of person who will sit still and wait for death, he won't let this situation develop… When he thinks he has figured out the movement patterns of me and the Corpse Tiger, he will definitely change his moves and find an opportunity to attack my main body. And then… he'll be done for!"