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Chapter 250: An unexpected encounter with the strongest fighter, at the moment of annihilation—what's the next line? (Begging for double monthly votes!)

In the Immortal Cultivation Era, I picked up attributes on the battlefield.

Jiang Liu understood; he saw an opportunity for victory.

The basic strength of a limited-time pool item is about 500% of all attributes. He is about 20 limited-time pool items away from the fully-spending player in the first server, which is 10000% of all attributes.

The gap is devastating; the balance adjustments are utter garbage.

While the prospect of 10000% perfect stats was daunting, the resources on the map offered him hope.

One white resource can increase all attributes by 1%. If you collect 1 white resources, you can catch up with the basic attributes of a fully-paid player in the first server!

Once he collects 1 white resources, he will be qualified to fight against players ranked in the top ten or top three of the overall combat power ranking!
Is it too much?

Not many, after all, the first competition will last for 5 days, and with the resource output on the map, it's more than enough for him to collect 1.

Don't chase after the job offers in the airdrops. Use the 5 days to scan the map as fast as possible and upgrade as much as possible. Save the decisive battle for last.

This is his tactic, and this is his chance of winning!
How many resources are in this building?

After making his strategic decision, Jiang Liu was filled with anticipation for the resources in this building.

He smashed through the ceiling and went straight to the second floor. His gaze swept across the room, and his originally bright eyes suddenly dimmed slightly.

Four white resources, what kind of garbage resource points are these?

You picked up a white resource (attribute), gaining +1% to all attributes.

You picked up a white resource (attribute), gaining +3% defense.

You picked up a white resource (item) and obtained 1 Healing Pill.

You have picked up a white resource (funds) and gained 1 Spirit Stone.

Jiang Liu: “????”

Damn, he laughed.

There are even healing pills and spirit stones in the white resources. What's the point of me picking up this crap?

I'm here to fight, not to make money. I don't need you to give me spirit stones.

Picking up white resources will yield 1 spirit stone?

I'll give you 1 spirit stones each, can I buy 1 white resources from you?

He's so naive, so incredibly naive.

Even considering the trash among the white resources, and the boosts gained by the top players in the front area from picking up resources, 1 white resources are simply not enough for him; he would need at least 3 or more.

Great! Challenges are what motivate us. Trash-picking mode activated!
After clearing the second floor in a few seconds, it stomped hard on the ground again, crashing into the ceiling and rushing up to the third floor.

Three layers, four white resources.

Four floors, two white resources.

Five floors, two white resources.

Six floors, three white resources.

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A little over a minute later, he rushed to the top floor of the residential building, where a blue glowing orb of light appeared in his field of vision.

A regular resource point only provides one blue resource; that's not much of a resource.

You picked up a blue resource (attribute), gaining +5% critical hit damage.

He added rare attributes, but he actually wanted all attribute bonuses.

"A regular resource point yielded 15% to all attributes, 12% to attack, 9% to defense, 6% to maximum health, and a whole bunch of other miscellaneous items."

Standing on the top floor of the resource point, Jiang Liu checked the "+" sign in the buff bar, and his face immediately fell.

That's far too little!

How many ordinary resource points would one have to clear to get a combat power close to that of the top players in the front tier?

"As expected, we still have to go to the large resource points."

He glanced at the direction of Qianyuan Building on the map, turned around, and was about to crash into the next ordinary resource point when an accident occurred.

The building collapsed.

For some unknown reason, the resource point, which was over a thousand meters high, suddenly began to tremble violently, and an extremely terrifying pressure followed, causing Jiang Liu to subconsciously tense up and feel a tremor in his heart.

what? !

Sensing the sudden change in the surrounding spiritual energy, Jiang Liu was startled. He glanced left and right at the violently shaking residential building, as if something had happened, and his lips twitched slightly.

earthquake?
Could it be a natural disaster?
Seriously? The battle has just begun and we've already encountered a natural disaster mechanism. My luck is just too bad, isn't it?

next second.

A residential building over a thousand meters tall collapsed with a deafening roar!

It only takes a few seconds to fall from a height of a thousand meters to the ground.

Standing on the ground, amidst ruins and rubble, and shrouded in dust and smoke, Jiang Liu appeared somewhat bewildered and confused.

not dead?

Isn't it said that you're doomed if you encounter a natural disaster? How come I'm still alive?

"No, that's not right, this doesn't seem to be a natural disaster."

Jiang Liu frowned, looked up at the sky, and his expression instantly became extremely serious.

Thousands of meters in the air, a long black line was drawn by an unknown object, as conspicuous as a horizontal line drawn on a piece of white paper.

That black line is demonic energy!
The terrifying pressure that flashed by just now caused the resource point to collapse suddenly and the surrounding spiritual energy to become chaotic. It was not a natural disaster, but rather a demonic player who happened to pass by!
Just by passing by, its power crushed a resource point within a kilometer radius. Who is this being?
His gaze followed the black line of demonic energy in the sky. In just a few seconds, this black line of demonic energy, which was coming from the east, had spread to dozens of kilometers away. Even with the vision enhancement of the Purple Extreme Immortal Eye, he could only see a black mist surrounding a figure.

The dark lines of demonic energy in the sky stretched from the starting point toward the very center of the map, clearly visible for thousands of miles around; these were traces left intentionally.

It was like a provocation, or a contempt for all living beings. This action was as if to say, "I'm right here, come and get me." Only someone who is extremely confident in their own strength could do something so arrogant.

That's arrogant enough. Could he be a powerful figure in the demonic path among the top 20 in the overall combat power ranking?

Fortunately, I was just passing by.
Seeing that the other party was just passing by, Jiang Liu breathed a slight sigh of relief. With his current combat power, he would definitely die if he encountered a player in the top 20 of the overall combat power ranking. He already had few resurrection opportunities, and he didn't want to waste one right at the start of the game.

Yes, I was just passing by.

But then it turned a corner.

He had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the black line of demonic energy in the sky make a 180-degree turn, circle around, and stretch straight toward his location.

Jiang Liu: “????”

Gan!
Why are you back again!

next second.

A whirlwind of demonic energy, over a thousand meters high, descended from the sky and crashed into a building only two miles away from him.

The demonic whirlwind slowly dissipated, and amidst the surrounding black aura, a tall, beautiful, and awe-inspiring figure appeared in Jiang Liu's sight.

She was like the Grim Reaper, surrounded by black mist, wielding a black knife over two meters long, and wearing a heavy long dress as dark as the night.

When Jiang Liu saw that it was a female player from the Demonic Path, his heart sank. He loosened his grip on the Azure Blood Hundred Slaughter Sword and gave up resisting.

Among the top 20 players on the overall power ranking, there is only one female player from the Demonic Path.

Ranked first in overall combat power, with a combat power of 81.6 billion, late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Lord of Taiye City, and leader of the demonic path players.

Night-blooming Cherry Blossoms!
Good news, no natural disasters occurred.

Bad news, we've encountered the strongest opponent yet.

What the hell is the difference between this and encountering a natural disaster?

He never expected that the first player he would encounter in the battle would be the number one player on the overall power ranking, and he felt a shock, like he had won the lottery. He chuckled, "Am I really that unlucky?"
Faced with the enormous difference in strength, Jiang Liu was too lazy to resist and did not take the initiative to attack. He simply looked up and admired the face of the number one player in the entire server.

She's so pretty and beautiful, could it be that she had plastic surgery?
However, to his surprise, he didn't make a move, and the other party didn't make any move either, as if they hadn't seen him at all.

Seventeen mysterious swords float behind me. How can they not see me? Are they blind?

Sudden.

Ye Longying stirred, tilting her head back at a 45-degree angle, gazing into the distance. Her deep black eyes held a melancholic and somber light, and she exuded an aura of age and vicissitude. As if recalling something, she parted her red lips and slowly uttered, "This is the time of annihilation."

The sound, clear as a flowing spring, carried a hint of coldness and spread for miles around, reaching Jiang Liu's ears.

Jiang Liu: “????”

What do you mean?
He looked bewildered, not understanding what PK me had to do with Nirvana.

After saying that, Ye Longying lowered her head and looked down at Jiang Liu, muttering, "Ten, nine, eight, seven."

Jiang Liu: “????”

Confused.

Why is the countdown suddenly on again?

Wait, does she want me to reply?
If you answer correctly, you can avoid a battle that results in mutual destruction.

if it is like this.
This is the moment of annihilation. What should we return to next?
How am I supposed to know what to say?

In the last second before the countdown ended, Jiang Liu's mind raced, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he looked up at Ye Longying, tentatively replying, "Shatter the darkness with thunder?"

next second.

Ye Longying frowned slightly, shook her head in disappointment, and sighed softly.

"wrong."

Then, the Black Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand trembled slightly.

A beam of black light, seemingly capable of splitting the heavens and earth, slashed from two miles away and flashed past.

【You are dead】

[Resurrection times: 6]

[Resurrect?]

Jiang Liu: “.”

Jiang Liu transformed into a tombstone, staring blankly as Ye Longying drifted away. For some reason, his heart was extremely complicated, as if a thousand words were stuck in his throat and could not be uttered. In the end, he could only express it in three short words.

"God, this is insane!"

He couldn't help but curse, his face turning ashen, feeling utterly aggrieved as if he had been played for a fool.

If you're going to kill, then kill! Stop talking nonsense!

"At the time of Nima's Nimbus Annihilation, what kind of mentally ill woman escaped from a mental hospital?"

How could this crazy female character rise to the top of the entire server? Are you blind, game designer?

I'm speechless and furious.

He was furious at being tricked, but what angered him even more was that he couldn't beat him.

The time of annihilation, is it?

If I surpass her in the future, I will ask her when her time of annihilation will come, and no matter how she answers, I will kill her!

"Damn it, I've never been this angry in my life."

Jiang Liu revived, cursing and swearing, but when he saw the giant crack beside him, his curses stopped abruptly.

With a light slash, Ye Longying created a crack several miles long, the edges of which were still imbued with demonic energy, and its depths were unfathomable.

The sheer destructive power caused by merely moving a knife—is this the strength of the number one on the overall combat power ranking?

This is terrifying, I can't afford to mess with them, I'm not going to curse anymore.

"Sigh, we can't go to Qianyuan Building either."

He sighed deeply as he looked in the direction Ye Longying had left. That was the direction of the large resource point, Qian Yuan Building. With Ye Longying there, anyone who went there would die.

Not only the Qianyuan Building, but the entire road leading to the center of the map is blocked. It seems we have to change direction.

Jiang Liu sighed in frustration after a bad start. Just as he was about to turn around and change direction, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a blue light out of the corner of his eye, and he stopped in his tracks.

Night Cherry Blossom displayed the domineering aura of being the number one player in the entire server, exuding power throughout. She did not conceal her presence, and wherever she stepped, ruins stretched for miles, leaving no trace of vegetation.

Directly beneath the black lines of demonic energy drifting in the sky, all the resource points were crushed by the power of Nightfall Cherry.

The resource point collapsed, and all the resources inside fell to the ground.

He looked in the direction Ye Longying had gone and saw scattered white and blue light clusters on the ground. These were low-level resources that Ye Longying disdained to pick up.

She doesn't want it, but I do!
Jiang Liu's eyes lit up. He stopped changing direction and chased after Ye Longying in the direction she had left.

You picked up a white resource (attribute), gaining +1% to all attributes.

You have collected a white resource (limited time), gaining +20% attack power (1 hour)

You have picked up a blue resource (item): Concealment Charm x1

You picked up a blue resource (attribute), gaining +5% to all attributes.

He happily scavenged resources from the ruins, chasing and picking up as he went, saving himself the time of searching for resources at resource points.

Although losing a life was frustrating, the ability to speed up resource gathering made him feel better.

The battle for qualification has just begun, and it's still uncertain who will emerge victorious. There's no rush; we can improve slowly and have our chance for revenge later.

Ten li, twenty li, thirty li
As Jiang Liu ran wildly through the ruins left behind by Ye Longying, he frantically scavenged resources from the ruins, and his various attributes increased rapidly at a visible speed.

He searched for over fifty miles without thinking, and finally encountered the second player.

Moreover, it was an old acquaintance.

Pick up, look up, pick up, look up.

He looked up and saw a player a few hundred meters away, just like him, picking up trash.

He saw the other person, and the other person saw him too. The two looked at each other from a distance and were both stunned.

Then, Jiang Liu laughed, and the other person cried.

"What was that Lu something again, Lu Hejin, right?"

Jiang Liu, carrying the Azure Blood Hundred Slaughter Sword, walked with a smile toward Lu Hejin, the big boss of the Third District. The stiff expression on Lu Hejin's face pleased him greatly.

If you can't beat the first player you encounter, how can you not beat the second one?
One of the eight big shots in the third district actually dared to pick up the resources I left on the ground. He's really courting death!
Upon seeing Jiang Liu, Lü and Jin were completely stunned. They cursed inwardly for running into this killing god, while forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace. They said in a humble tone, "Jiang Liu, we are both players from the back server. We should work together to deal with the big shots from the first and second servers."

"Give me some face and let me off the hook, okay?"

Damn it, the first player I encountered was the number one player on the overall power ranking, and the second player I encountered was the killing god Jiang Liu. Why am I so unlucky!
He was filled with indignation.

"Let you go?"

Jiang Liu nodded, smiling broadly: "Sure."

"This is the time of annihilation."

"Ten, nine, eight, seven"

Lü Hejin: "??????"

Two lunatics!
(End of this chapter)