novelaction Chapter 345 Jiang He Kills Bai Zhizhou
Chapter 345 Jiang He Kills Bai Zhizhou
Chapter 345 Jiang He Kills Bai Zhizhou
"Dear players, due to an attack by an unknown object, monsters have rampaged, lower-level monsters are being devoured by higher-level monsters, and species are evolving..."
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Beware of the monsters around you; survive to the end.
A cold, icy voice suddenly appeared in the minds of every cultivator.
Whether they were still searching for the BOSS in the dungeon, participating in the academy battle, or heading to the supply point, all of them suddenly received this message.
At first, they continued with what they were doing, until the environment around them changed, and at some point, the number of monsters decreased sharply.
As soon as the mechanical voice sounded, almost all the cultivators outside the instance felt a pressure emanating from an S-class demon.
Hengxing Technology's game backgrounds are usually quite well done. Many of the monks in the competition have played Hengxing Technology's holographic games. They compared this sentence with a game they had played before and found that it was a consistent sales tactic of Hengxing Technology's games.
Accident → Major Disaster
If the model is valid, the appearance of this sentence basically means that this game (the university competition) has come to an end.
"Holy crap, they're all S-rank monsters, what's going on?"
"Didn't you hear? The system has issued an ultimatum."
"Seriously, there are S-class monsters everywhere, and there's nowhere to run."
"Stop talking, run for your life!"
The same scene unfolded across all the maps of the academy competition: most of the cultivators were completely bewildered as they felt the oppressive aura of the S-rank demons and then began to flee for their lives.
At that moment, they suddenly realized that entering a dungeon might be the only way to survive.
[Here it comes! I knew the planners were such scoundrels, why hadn't they done anything in the third phase yet? Turns out they were waiting here. They're really ruthless in controlling the number of cultivators, forcibly turning the models of A-rank monsters into S-rank ones.]
I saw it all. It was just an A-rank Gale Tiger a moment ago, and suddenly it became an S-rank.
This is terrifying, absolutely terrifying. To be honest, I feel like the developers have gone a bit mad; they came here with the intention of destroying the map.
So many S-rank monsters! Back then, Wanqi Ziye and Jiang He each had to gather a large group of cultivators to kill just one. And now you're telling me the map is full of S-rank monsters? This is definitely a case of being unable to fight and having to run away.
There's nowhere to run, and there are S-rank monsters inside the dungeon, but relatively speaking, there are more places to hide. Jiang He's prediction was successful again.
The mechanical voice was probably just a cover-up. The developers probably didn't expect so many cultivators to survive to the third stage this year. The first stage was full of things like temperature control issues and monster hordes—they started with powerful attacks. But everyone's pretty tough; quite a few cultivators survived.
The main issue is that while there were fights between academies this year, no one went all out to kill them all. The Myriad Absolute cultivators, who should have mostly disappeared by the third stage, are still firmly on the field.
Haha, as expected of cultivators who have experienced the brutal college entrance examination, the quality of this year's graduates is truly high, unlike one year where gene editing was used to ensure a successful pregnancy.
I have a question: Won't this forced increase in monster levels cause the world to crash? And what about the programming? Are you sure there won't be any problems?
Of course it will crash. At this level of imbalance, it's not just going to crash, it'll crash very quickly. It's just a matter of whether the program crashes first or the competition ends first.
The previous statement was too absolute. There are programmers too. Even if a program is flawed and full of bugs, as programmers, we can still salvage it and keep it running.
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With the appearance of S-class monsters, the number of cultivators in the academy's grand competition plummeted.
After the losses from the dungeon, more than 300 of the remaining thousand-plus cultivators suddenly disappeared.
The number of surviving cultivators on the field has dropped to eight hundred.
Before the end of the period, the number of surviving cultivators in the four academies alone reached eight hundred.
Not only were cultivators outside the instance affected, but the difficulty of the instance itself also skyrocketed.
Zhong Liyu, hunched over, stared at the fishman who had mutated into an S-class monster, terrified.
"Ha, this is ridiculous. How can the fish's strength increase so dramatically?"
With a large number of merfolk mutating into S-rank monsters, this sea area within the dungeon is destined to be anything but peaceful.
Zhong Liyu desperately swam out of the fishman's attack range:
"Hey, stop chasing me. I'm not some hot commodity."
As soon as Zhong Liyu met Long Aotian, she discovered that a group of fishmen were following behind Long Aotian.
Okay, okay, so this is how they plan to play the game? I'm doomed!
Long Aotian Heng released the Black Green Sword, blocking an attack from an S-rank merman. Jiang He's staff arrived in front of the two, and eight spells attacked the merman.
In an instant, the sea water churned violently, and a violent explosion occurred, gradually blurring the fish-men's vision:
"Follow me. There is a palace at the bottom of the sea that can defend against monsters. Long Aotian, you go and help Bai Zhizhou try the password. Zhong Liyu, come with me and take the others to the palace. Once the password is cracked, the raid will be successful."
Long Aotian: Okay
Zhong Liyu: OK, but these fishmen have such explosive tempers! The developers aren't just eliminating people, they're practically leaving no one alive!
Jiang He and Zhong Liyu would hide whenever they encountered fishmen, avoiding battle and taking a roundabout approach.
The two summoned their spirit swords in the sea, and the swords sliced through the seawater like a submarine passing through the ocean.
Jiang He's sword-riding speed wasn't particularly fast, but she didn't feel any fear of heights in the sea. She used her sword to rescue people as she rode.
After transforming from a fishman into an S-rank monster, Jiang He noticed that the rankings of various academies were declining.
If a cultivator dies, they are eliminated, and their personal points will be cleared.
In just a short time, each academy dropped by at least five thousand points. Wan Jue was alright, but many of the academies that were lagging behind had already reached zero points, which shows the attack of the monsters inside and outside the dungeon.
Jiang He's instance is "Fishman's Tears".
The background of the dungeon is relatively simple: the merfolk monsters collude with humans to weave a tragic story called "Merfolk Tears". After these monsters have gilded their image, they will disguise themselves as merfolk and go ashore to deceive and kill people.
When Jiang He and his group entered the instance, they happened to witness the murlocs' scam and were subsequently chased by them.
Jiang He grabbed Li Ling again and pushed him backward.
Li Ling, who had almost been devoured by the fish-men, gasped for breath. If Jiang He, who was patrolling the seas, hadn't happened to be there, she would have lost her life.
"That was close." Li Ling patted his chest, then noticed that Zhong Liyu was following behind Jiang He.
"Commander, what brings you here?"
"There's no time to spare. Save as many as you can. Most of the cultivators are in the underwater palace. Be careful. Oh, and remember to pass on your points if you have someone with you before you're eliminated."
Jiang He pointed at Li Ling, her tone icy, as if she only had points in her eyes.
"Oh." Li Ling watched Jiang He leave, a teleportation talisman appearing in his hand without him noticing.
"What a stubborn but soft-hearted spiritual practitioner, sigh."
Li Ling carefully affixed the talisman to the inside of her clothes, close to her skin.
Bai Zhizhou steadily rotated the stone and placed it into the pit in the palace door.
The palace shimmered with golden light in that instant.
"The mystery of the merman has been solved, the hidden dungeon has been successfully completed, and the settlement rewards have been sent."
The Fishman's Tears dungeon ended, and at the same time, Wanqi Ziye also walked out of the dungeon. It was a dungeon full of S-rank monsters, and similarly, the points earned were also high.
The cultivators from various academies are being eliminated. At this rate, the academy competition will end in about three hours.
Thinking about the S+ dungeon I went to and returned to, three hours would barely be enough.
If they can conquer this dungeon, it won't be a problem for Lingqing Academy to return to the top of the rankings.
Wanqi Ziye smashed the key in his hand, and the cultivators from Lingqing Academy followed him into the instance.
As soon as they exited the dungeon, Jiang He looked at the cultivators in the group, drew her sword, and plunged it into Bai Zhizhou's body without hesitation.