Lucky billion players, you've never seen one before / I can accumulate my own luck

The battle between Fan Xiaoxiao and Cinderella has begun.

This continued for 35 seconds before Fan Xiao and his group of five noticed that the crimson, world-destroying flood had suddenly disappeared.

Heaven and earth returned to their normal state.

Fan Xiao and his group of five instinctively glanced diagonally downwards—more than a hundred meters away, Cinderella was staring intently at them.

Her tattered spiritual body flickered intermittently, like a flashing screen.

The world was rejecting her with all its might—a fact that everyone instinctively understood.

This guy has been using his unlimited power to wreak havoc in the mortal world without restraint, and has finally met his end under the rules of the mortal world.

"You insects... this isn't over yet!"

Cinderella, enduring the tearing pain in her soul, growled, "I'll let you win this round first. When I return, it will be time to annihilate you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was rejected and banished from the world, disappearing from the spot.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Fan Xiao quickly deactivated the Killing Angel's Manifestation and used the last bit of his mental energy to control his physical body, growing a pair of blood-red wings that were nearly five meters long.

The wings sprouted barbs in an instant, hooking everyone in.

He led Xia Li and the other three back to the ground quickly.

The original Black Rock City has disappeared.

All that remained was the scorched earth.

Fan Xiao folded his wings, helped Fan Xiaoxiao up to check her condition, and frowned.

Xia Li was silent for a few seconds, then gently shook her head and said, "Her spiritual aura... has dissipated."

Chapter 723 Fan Xiao, You Have No Heart

Fan Xiaoxiao is dead.

Lily's eyes were red as she wiped away her tears.

Sister Xiaoxiao... Although we've only met twice and spent less than an hour together in total, she is undoubtedly a trustworthy and reliable partner.

She had already accepted the other person in her heart, and even regarded her as a respectable older sister and a good role model.

How come...

Seeing Lily's moist eyes, Xia Li sighed softly, took out a handkerchief from her storage space, wiped her eyes, and stroked her head to comfort her.

Apart from Lily, everyone present was an A-level player who had experienced numerous dungeons and crises, and was quite used to life and death.

Therefore, in terms of performance... they were all much more composed than Lily.

Of course, this is also because everyone has only known Fan Xiaoxiao for a short time and hasn't developed much of a relationship with her.

In this battle, not only Fan Xiaoxiao died, but the entire Black Rock City was wiped out by Cinderella's power, and probably more than two million people suffered... This can no longer be described as tragic!

Xia Li even began to doubt whether this battle was really necessary.

They're supposed to be saving the world, not destroying it... right?

Everyone was feeling a bit down.

The silence lasted for quite a while.

Lily had gotten used to it by now, and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, though her eyes were still a little red.

Seeing Fan Xiao still holding Fan Xiaoxiao's body with a frown on his face, showing no intention of letting go, she suppressed her grief and comforted Fan Xiao instead, saying, "Mr. Fan, the dead... cannot be brought back to life."

"If Sister Xiaoxiao were still here, she definitely wouldn't want to see you like this."

"Cinderella has only suffered a temporary setback. Our task is not yet over. Please... please cheer up."

"..."

"I was actually checking to see if she was really dead..." Fan Xiao muttered to himself.

Given his emotional intelligence, he would never say such a thing.

At this moment, he is examining Fan Xiaoxiao's physical condition through contact with her using the spiritual energy of the "Ancestor of Flesh and Blood".

The results of the examination were... Fan Xiaoxiao was really dead.

It's not that he's heartless; he could be so ruthless under these circumstances.

He had always been wary of Fan Xiaoxiao; being sad and being cautious are not mutually exclusive.

After a few seconds of silence, Fan Xiao finally sighed and temporarily stored Fan Xiaoxiao's body in his storage space—a corpse is an inanimate object, so this was a feasible option.

His suspicions about Fan Xiaoxiao were not without reason.

Like "Quantum Immortality," "Destiny" possesses world-class life-saving capabilities.

As long as Fan Xiaoxiao can switch her ability from an active state to a passive state at the last moment, even if her spiritual essence is over-exhausted... she should be able to survive in some way.

Of course, it's also possible that Fan Xiaoxiao simply didn't have the resources to do so.

Cinderella's attack was extremely fierce, and to save everyone's lives, they would have to fight with all their might... He didn't want to investigate the specifics of the situation at the moment.

"The shadow cast by the simulation is still too strong; perhaps I shouldn't have doubted her."

Fan Xiao suppressed the slight guilt in his heart.

Now is not the time for mourning.

The situation inside the instance remains dire.

Seeing that everyone was feeling down, he stepped forward and comforted them, saying, "Do you remember the information Xiaoxiao told us before? Cinderella said that everything in this world will be restored after the game ends."

"This information must be true, otherwise, every time a dungeon opens, players and characters from the game fight a great battle, so where do the traces of damage to this world go?"

"Black Rock City is very likely to recover, and Xiao Xiao... according to this rule, she also has the possibility of being resurrected."

Upon hearing this, Lily's eyes lit up: "Really!"

"I can't guarantee it either. There's still a lot of information in this instance that I haven't figured out, but... the possibility is still very high!"

Fan Xiao said seriously, "Whether we can do this depends on our next steps."

"Cinderella has only temporarily left the scene. Her threat still exists, and... judging from the normal development of a dungeon crisis, her return to the real world is inevitable."

"By the time she returns, her work will have already deeply penetrated the present world, and her power will be even greater! We cannot sit idly by and wait for our demise, otherwise, let alone saving the world, we might not even be able to survive."

Cinderella was banished from the real world and cannot break through its rules to re-enter in the short term—this conclusion was not deduced by him or anyone else, but came directly from the subconscious suggestion the instance gave to the player.

It can be considered a form of intelligence alert and should be part of the dungeon design.

Just like when Cinderella's figure froze and disappeared before, they immediately knew that she was being targeted by the rules of the mortal world.

This wasn't an answer they came up with; it was given directly by the copy.

“She’ll get even stronger…” the little white cat said with some fear, “We can’t beat her now, and it was only because the rules of the mortal world drove her away. If she gets stronger, can we… really handle her?”

"She has become stronger, which means that the oppression of us in the real world will also loosen, and we are also becoming stronger."

Fan Xiao said reassuringly, "Moreover, I destroyed her horn and other weapons, and things that I have completely destroyed cannot be restored."

"It's like I've crippled most of her abilities. Now all that's left are the Seven Anti-Gods Shield, the Horn that summons darkness to manipulate time, and that special Word of Power, the World-Destroying Flood."

"We now have a better understanding of her, so we can adopt a targeted strategy in the next battle and won't be as passive as we were this time."

“But…she also knows something about us…no, about you, Brother Fan Jin,” White Cat reminded her.

Fan Xiao's tone remained unchanged: "My abilities cannot be avoided simply by understanding them. Next time we encounter each other, I will disable her defenses and time manipulation abilities immediately."

"Your luck has run out, hasn't it?" Xia Li asked. "Without luck, can you still accurately target and eliminate her ability?"

“I’m already starting to build up my luck again,” Fan Xiao replied.

The situation... is not as optimistic as he described.

He can indeed accumulate luck in the dungeon—the first seven days are a safe period, and if he takes a little risk, he can accumulate luck for eight days. Combined with transferring seven days of bad luck, it's possible to eliminate one of Cinderella's abilities.

However, only one item can be eliminated.

Unless he also overdraws his mental energy and directly unleashes hundreds of consecutive jealousy attacks, he can completely nerf Cinderella.

This is the ideal situation.

If things don't go well... Cinderella might return to the mortal world while he's accumulating good fortune.

At that time, he might have to...

"Besides, the situation isn't as bad as you think."

Fan Xiao changed the subject and began to dispel everyone's negative emotions: "Don't you guys find it strange? Isn't Cinderella's strength a bit... too far beyond our level?"

“We determined that we had to kill Cinderella in advance, otherwise she would get stronger and stronger. And as you have seen, the result of starting the battle in advance was that there was no balance that a dungeon should have.”

"Although we won, my ability is rather special. With me involved in this battle, the outcome cannot be used as a basis for judging the balance."

He wasn't bragging at all.

He genuinely believed that Cinderella, the dungeon boss, was simply invincible to A-level players!

Don't be fooled by their victory; it's only because they had him, an S-class psionicist, with them!

And it's a double S-class!

Surely only S-rank psionicists can clear this dungeon?

Even if the difficulty of the psionic dungeon is beyond imagination, this is still a bit too much.

Xia Li and the others did not refute Fan Xiao's statement.

Although their conclusions were somewhat insulting to them.

There's nothing we can do about it; that's just how it is.

If we don't include Fan Xiao, they wouldn't even be qualified to fight Cinderella.

If the opponent uses a time stop first, and then unleashes a powerful attack, they'll all be down... No, the "Seven Counter Shields" alone could easily take them down; there's no chance of a direct confrontation.

Fan Xiao's psionic abilities are too outstanding, and the player's exceptional individual strength has no causal relationship with the balance of the dungeon.

The previous battle... was a bit unbalanced!

There is no doubt about that!

"You mean... we may have overlooked a detail in the dungeon, which made the battle difficult?"

Although Xia Li asked a question in return, he was already certain of the matter.

She continued, "I had this thought just now too, but... after reviewing it, I really couldn't find anything we overlooked."

"If we have to pick one... all the key information was blocked by Cinderella. We couldn't get intelligence and couldn't formulate the best battle plan. That... should be considered one."

"Yes, my thoughts are similar to yours."

Fan Xiao nodded: "If we had known all of Cinderella's abilities in advance, with Xiao Xiao's luck combined with my special psionic power, the fight wouldn't have been easy, but at least it wouldn't have been as messy as before. The probability of winning without taking any damage would have been very high."

"Intelligence—the only thing we lack is intelligence on Cinderella."

"There must be a way to obtain information about Cinderella in this instance."

"Either we haven't found the method, or... there's a problem somewhere in the copy that's not our fault."

"You mean the instance malfunctioned?" Xia Li frowned. "I've never encountered this before. Is... this really possible?"

"I'm just mentioning it, just keep an eye out for it, but don't worry about it too much."

Fan Xiao said, "The most urgent thing is to find out if any of the other players have survived. And... let's check the information on Cinderella and the True Myth again! Maybe we'll get a different result this time."

"They feel it's time for a resolution!"

The little white cat gritted its teeth and said, "Cinderella has been banished from the mortal world, so the effects of her abilities left behind should also disappear."

"Otherwise... if we still can't break through the intelligence blockade, we won't be able to fight the battles that follow."

"After all... she's not the only enemy!"

Cinderella is indeed not the only enemy.

Other characters from other works are all potential enemies.

"Perhaps...we've been focusing our efforts in the wrong direction?"