Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

The eighty-sixth floor, no-man’s land.

Li Xuan quickly dodged the Lord's hell watchdog and hit the lord with the sharp wind-chasing and ice-breaking long sword in his hand. Taking advantage of the two or three seconds when the lord was stiff after using the skill, the sword turned into a dragon and made thirty-three consecutive hits to deal high damage. Asuna beside him jumped up and used her agile figure to hit the lord's back with twenty-three consecutive hits.

The two men delivered the final fatal blow the moment they passed by the lord.

Amid the cheers of the players, the 86th floor was successfully conquered.

The players in the strategy group did not expect that there were super masters like Li Xuan and Asuna. The two cooperated tacitly and did not need any reminders. They could know each other's next move with just a glance. In addition, with their super high gaming talent and extremely high attributes, they conquered eleven floors in a row.

Now there are only the last fourteen floors left, and you will be able to get the ticket back to reality as the game developer Heathcliff said.

Amid everyone's hopeful gaze, Li Xuan began to encourage the players' enthusiasm for strategy, "Everyone, don't doubt what you are doing now. Our strategy team on the front line is enjoying the supply and expectations of tens of thousands of players in the rear."

"Our team is entrusted with the responsibility of breaking through the black fog."

"Everyone, I am not afraid of death. If I encounter misfortune in the next strategy, please inherit my will and lead everyone to the end."

"We are fearless, we are the saviors"

After a good meal, the members of the strategy group were full of enthusiasm again. Their passion was unstoppable. Encouraged by Li Xuan and Asuna, whom they regarded as idols, the members of the strategy group now felt that they were incredibly strong.

In the following week, which was also the last week of this month, many people in the strategy group took turns working 996 hours a day to make the strategy progress as fast as possible.

In the absence of Li Xuan and Asuna, they reached the 95th floor. After "sacrificing" dozens of comrades, everyone also understood the mechanism and skills of the boss guarding this floor.

Asuna's plan has also come to an end.

Ninety-fifth floor, Wall of Sighs.

The sound of violent battle collisions rang out, and two streams of light-like figures were frantically attacking a huge monster wearing a black robe and holding a sickle.

The two figures responsible for the main attack were Li Xuan and Asuna, while the ones responsible for attracting the boss's hatred were the Blood Alliance Knights led by Heathcliff transformed by Kayaba Akihiko and several other attacking teams.

The fierce battle lasted for nearly half an hour. With Li Xuan and Asuna's sharp and swift attacks, they dealt the final blow to the Death Follower, the boss guarding the gate. The boss's health bar was emptied and turned into fragments and dissipated.

The fierce battle made the players present exhausted. They all collapsed on the ground and took deep breaths to restore their spirits and physical strength. Only one person was the most special, and that was Heathcliff, the leader of the Blood Alliance Knights.

Rumor has it that Heathcliff's skill is one of the rarest skill combinations in the Death Game, the Holy Sword and Shield. At this stage, the strategy is close to success, but no one has seen Heathcliff's health bar drop below yellow. The yellow health bar will only appear when the player's health loss exceeds half.

As for Heathcliff's health bar, no matter how fierce the battle was, no one had ever seen it below yellow, so he was known as the toughest man.

"Clang", a loud sound attracted the attention of the tired players who were recovering, and then they saw an incredible scene. Their idol suddenly attacked the leader of the Scarlet Knights, and after the leader of the Scarlet Knights, Heathcliff, was attacked, an "Unbreakable" prompt appeared above his head.

Many people have already figured out what this means. No wonder no one has ever seen Heathcliff's health bar drop below halfway.

"Hehe, it seems that my guess is right, Mr. Heathcliff, no, it should be Mr. Administrator, how does it feel to play tricks on the players?" Li Xuan slowly opened his mouth sarcastically.

The members of the Blood Alliance Knights who saw this scene looked at their leader in disbelief, "Leader, Mr. Lightning, what on earth is happening?"

Li Xuan exhaled and began to explain, "Isn't this clear?" Then he stabbed the throne where the boss was originally sitting. At the moment when the throne and Li Xuan's sword collided, the same Unbreakable appeared above the throne as when Heathcliff was attacked by Li Xuan just now.

Now everyone understood what was going on, and everyone present looked in disbelief at the leader who was calling on and leading everyone to conquer this death game together.

"Captain, this is not true..." Many members of the Blood Alliance Knights suddenly looked mentally collapsed and asked in disbelief.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect to be discovered at this time. Then I won't hide anything anymore," Heathcliff laughed out loud and tapped the virtual screen with his hand. Everyone present was instantly paralyzed and fell to the ground.

Heathcliff turned around and looked around at everyone present, and continued, "This death game is used to test how strong your desire for life is."

"I was supposed to be waiting for you all in the Ruby Palace on the 100th floor, but now that I've been discovered in advance, I'll give you a chance." After saying that, Heathcliff nodded a few more times, and the paralysis on Li Xuan's body was lifted.

Heathcliff said to Li Xuan, "Mr. Lightning, since you are the first person to discover my problem, I will give you a chance to fight me one-on-one. I will turn off all the assists in this fight."

Chapter 138 I swear, I won't open it anymore

"As long as Mr. Lightning can defeat me, then even if everyone clears the game, the death game will be over, and everyone still in the game can get a ticket back to reality," Heathcliff's words echoed in the boss room.

Li Xuan didn't say anything. After recovering, he silently raised his sword and said, "Heathcliff, those who died in this game are waving to you."

Asuna "cooperated" and shouted to Li Xuan, "Lightning, you don't need to face an opponent that you can't defeat at all."

The people on the field only reacted at this time. Heathcliff is the game administrator Kayaba Akihiko. He said that he would not turn on the assist. What if he meant that turning it off was the same as not turning it on?

Those who reacted also spoke up to stop Li Xuan, but the next moment, Heathcliff frowned, stretched out his hand and pointed a few times in front of him, and then the people present found that they could no longer speak.

Without any unnecessary noise, the confrontation between Li Xuan and Heathcliff began to intensify.

At a certain moment, Li Xuan stepped forward and stabbed Heathcliff's chest with the sword in his hand. Heathcliff quickly raised his shield to block and pretended to counterattack with the sword in his hand. Li Xuan dodged sideways and chopped down.

Heathcliff's holy sword is a combination of defense and attack, so although he doesn't have much advantage in speed, he can still block Li Xuan's sword attacks with his maximum reaction attribute.

That's right, Kayaba Akihiko has already maxed out his reaction attribute, because this is a death game, and unlike the full real stealth on SAO's side, the reaction data can be adjusted in the death game. Kayaba Akihiko had a competition with Li Xuan when Asuna's plan was proposed. Kayaba Akihiko found that Li Xuan's reaction speed in this game was still maxed out, and his character data would have bugs from time to time.

Kayaba Akihiko had to maximize his reaction through the auxiliary system to tie with Li Xuan, not to mention that in the end Li Xuan showed him a skill he called mind skill. Once this skill appeared, from Kayaba Akihiko's perspective, Li Xuan's character became full of bug data, and his own auxiliary system was unable to intercept it.

This means that Li Xuan's mental skills are a virus in the death game, and it is an invincible virus that cannot be intercepted.

Therefore, Heathcliff, transformed by Kayaba Akihiko, did not turn off the reaction assistance system just now, otherwise his defense would have been broken by now. He is now looking forward to what Li Xuan said about the method of breaking the defense without relying on mental skills.

The fight between the two was extremely fierce, with speeds that could not be fully seen by the naked eye. The collision of swords and shields attracted the attention of everyone present. When they saw that Li Xuan could actually fight back and forth with Heathcliff, they suddenly felt expectant.

At a certain moment, the two entangled people separated, and Heathcliff spoke first, "Why, is this your full strength? Lightning, if so, then I can only wait for them in the Ruby Palace, and as for you, how about I put you on the top of the death record tablet?"

Li Xuan smiled gently and said, "Then you watch out, don't relax your breathing."

He still stepped forward, but this time another blood-red sword appeared in Li Xuankong's other hand, which complemented the ice-blue Wind-Chasing and Ice-Breaking Sword in his hand.

"So it's the dual-sword style? A skill as rare as my holy sword." Heathcliff noticed something was wrong with Li Xuan before he came into contact with him.

The sword and shield met again, and this attack was the same as before, but this time it was a double sword attack. The attack frequency was dazzling, and Heathcliff felt that even with the full reaction assist he had activated, he could not withstand this all-pervasive attack.

The violent attack completely pushed Heathcliff's Holy Sword defense mode to its limit, and the defense was broken. His face, hands, thighs, waist, and back were constantly hit by Li Xuan's attacks. The blood bar above Heathcliff's head was rapidly decreasing.

The two swords brought double the combo effect, sixty-six combos, Heathcliff could no longer rely on the Holy Sword to defend against Li Xuan's attacks. The two swords danced at a high speed, and new wounds appeared on his body every second.

The balance of victory tilted towards Li Xuan and the players. The players present were excited as they were about to witness the birth of a miracle.

Finally, Heathcliff's health reached half, and this time there was no indestructible prompt, and Li Xuan's health was also close to half. According to this situation, Heathcliff's failure was already blurring out before his eyes.

40%.

45%.

30%.

40%.

The health of both sides has dropped below 10%, and the health bars above their heads have turned red, which is a sign that their health is close to death.

However, the advantage on the field still lies with Li Xuan. Li Xuan's blood line just turned red at 10%, while Heathcliff's blood line is close to 5%.

1%.

5%

With the final blow, Li Xuan's double swords swept away the shield and the long sword, passed by them, and then he held the long sword in reverse and stabbed back.

"Snake Attack".

"Sword and Shield Counterattack"

"Unbreakable", at the last moment, Heathcliff turned on the auxiliary system again, thus avoiding the fate of being taken away by this undefended sword. At the same time, the counterattack skill of the Holy Sword was activated, and under the automatic judgment of the system, Li Xuan was counterattacked, clearing Li Xuan's blood bar.

Seeing the angry looks of everyone present, Heathcliff laughed again, "I almost lost, but unfortunately, I still want to see you on the 100th floor, so this time I swear, I really won't use any assistance."

After saying this, Heathcliff put away his sword and shield and lifted the abnormal status of the players present. A large number of players angrily denounced Heathcliff for breaking his promise.

Heathcliff just smiled indifferently at all this, then blessed everyone present, and then teleported to the 100th floor, the Ruby Palace, which was originally prepared for him.

The players watched Heathcliff leave helplessly, and turned to look at their other idol, who almost opened the door to victory for everyone with her own hands, the companion of Lightning, and the only female god of war they believed in on the battlefield.

"Ms. Asuna, please accept our condolences for the departure of Mr. Lightning... What we should do now is to inherit Mr. Lightning's will. Mr. Lightning once said that we should not be afraid of death. This is our duty as saviors," the members of the strategy team comforted Asuna. Asuna is the abbreviation of Asuna in the game.

Asuna stared blankly at the place where Li Xuan disappeared, trying hard to maintain the sadness on her face. Then she estimated that the time was almost up, closed her eyes, put away the sad expression, and replaced it with a strong expression on her face.

Chapter 139: Death Game, Cleared

"Thank you, but I will not have time to grieve before I fulfill my husband's will," Asuna put on a strong and resolute look, walked to the throne, and raised the rapier in her hand.

"Everyone, victory is just around the corner. We can't be scared by people like Heathcliff. My husband has already tested the difficulty of the final level for us. Follow me, the dawn of victory is just around the corner."

Asuna's encouragement added fuel to the anger that had already been generated by Li Xuan's death, and the morale of the entire attacking group soared to an unprecedented level.

Afterwards, the players went back to replenish their status, and before the real night fell, they conquered the remaining floors, finally stopping at the Ruby Palace on the 100th floor.

This is the final decisive battle.

Asuna saw the attacking team, who looked tired but still had high morale, and said, "Everyone, rest here for an hour and recover. In an hour, we will liberate this world."

As the crowd cheered and their morale rose again, Asuna nodded inwardly and stood on the stone steps with her sword.

An hour later, the large army, which had recovered, led by Asuna, entered the Ruby Palace with murderous intent.

Inside the Ruby Palace.

Through real-time data monitoring, Heathcliff had already seen the players of the strategy group entering the Ruby Palace under the leadership of Asuna.

Turning off the screen, Heathcliff had a smile on his face, "The plan was executed perfectly", after saying this, Heathcliff put on a cold expression again and teleported to the throne.

The first thing Asuna and the raiders saw when they came in was the final boss Heathcliff, who was sitting on the throne and looking at them coldly.

"Welcome to the final level of the Death Game. I'm the gatekeeper, Heathcliff. Congratulations to everyone on this journey. Your tenacious mental willpower has astonished me. I won't break my promise. Defeat me and you can get a ticket back to reality," Heathcliff said with a smile as he introduced his partners before the relationship exchange.

"After all this time, how do you feel about the world I created? Have many of you ever thought of staying in this beautiful world? If you want to give up, just exit the same way you came," Heathcliff was stirring up the players' distracting thoughts.

Many smart players are actually hesitant at the beginning, because they recall that their final fate in reality should be a vegetative state. If Heathcliff's promise is false, then staying in this world may be a good decision.

At least in this world, they can still clearly feel the touch of their own bodies, although in many cases dataization will also affect their cognition as human beings.

"Don't be influenced by Heathcliff's words. What was the original intention of our strategy group? Have you forgotten?" Asuna's words reminded the slightly hesitant player of his original intention of joining the front-line strategy group.

"Clear the game, liberate the world." Asuna raised the rapier in her hand again and shouted out the slogan that the players had made up their minds to in the square.

The players in the strategy group began to respond to the call, and a shocking scene was heard in the Ruby Palace. Nearly two hundred players raised their weapons and shouted slogans of their determination.

"Form according to the plan and prepare to attack," Asuna waved her hand, and the players in the attacking team who received the order quickly formed a formation under the command of the team leader.

"Haha, what a shocking hymn. Everyone, give it your all. Perhaps I can reward you for your courage." Seeing the players with determined eyes below, Heathcliff clapped his hands in admiration, then assumed an attacking posture.

"Attack, complete the game, and liberate the world," Asuna's voice rang out, and she took the lead in attacking Heathcliff, followed closely by the players in the attacking group.

A great battle took place in the Ruby Palace. Heathcliff's attributes had been adjusted to ten times that of the boss, but under the siege of players who continued to enter the Ruby Palace, his health reached a red, dying state.

At the beginning, nearly two hundred players in the strategy group had been killed by Heathcliff's holy sword. Only Asuna and dozens of players with excellent attributes and coordination were still alive. Asuna had already anticipated this situation. Now there are still thousands of strategy group players at the entrance outside the Ruby Palace. These are already the most elite front-line players.