LWGP - Chapter 57
Chapter 57: She's So Wicked
Just as Xiao Jue and his group were steadily grinding down the Blade Shieldbearer, they suddenly heard a piercing shriek.
For a moment, they thought something had happened to Wang Jiu.
But when they turned to look, they saw three Blade Shieldbearers in the single glance they cast in that direction.
One was already beheaded, another was flying through the air, and the third was charging with its blade.
Fixed in a single glance.
In the next glance, a black shadow met its charge with a counter-slash, slashing off the hand-blade it brought down, cleaving through its arm and body horizontally.
Then, with a side-slip, her blade scraping the ground, her other hand brought the shield up to block the enemy's hand-blade, while the longsword in her other hand, trailing water, sliced diagonally upward.
She didn't even need to aim for its head. She cut straight through from the shoulder, as if tearing silk. The blade, backed by terrifying force and attack speed, unleashed immense destructive power, cutting through bone as if it were flesh. With a shlick, both its arms were severed at the shoulders, falling to the ground, followed by its shoulders and head.
The water flicked up by the longsword splashed down, and the water from the falling chunks of the corpse splashed up.
Three of them, all slain in the span of two glances.
All killed in a single blow.
But it was clear that her attack patterns were becoming more and more practiced. It was as if the vicious fiend everyone had anticipated had just been released from her cage, and was now learning and improving, truly living up to humanity's expectations for her.
Powerful and indifferent.
Water was still gushing from the fire hydrant, the flow covering an ever-larger area of the ground, already spreading to the middle lane of the road.
After their shock, Xiao Jue and the others immediately understood—she had grown significantly stronger. That damn fatty must have gotten something good for her.
Should they say the fatty was awesome, or that her judgment was?
But they still had one left on their side.
"Need a hand?" Wang Jiu, who had been impassively cold just a moment ago while slaughtering the monsters, suddenly changed her expression as if flipping a switch, asking with a beaming smile.
???
Weren't we the ones who came to help you? With you asking that, you've turned the favor on its head. Now we have to worry about you kill-stealing!
No, not necessary, don't bother, thanks.
The group refused in unison.
Wang Jiu glanced at the wound on Xiao Jue's arm and said slowly, "Physically disabled but strong-willed. Truly admirable."
That foul mouth!
Xiao Jue glanced back at her. "We came here to help you."
Wang Jiu: "I didn't ask for help."
The hell you didn't! What about that look you gave?
Right, she only gave a look. That stream-of-consciousness stuff doesn't count as evidence.
She's so wicked!
A gentle and elegant blade of spite, each cut drawing blood.
Wait, why were they even trying to argue about morality with this woman? Did she even possess such a thing?
Xiao Jue stopped talking, but his attacks became much more ruthless and swift, completely ignoring the shit and piss.
A young master from a prestigious family has an instinctive love for cleanliness. It's an instinct that's hard to overcome, but now he had overcome it completely.
Xu Zhiyan was surprised. "President Xiao, what's gotten into you?"
Xiao Jue: "She's more terrifying than shit and piss."
Xiao Qing: "Brother, just shut up."
When have you ever won an argument against her?
Just as Xiao Qing issued her reminder, a howl came from the side from the socialite, Brother Li: "It's gone? Fuck, how is it gone already? Little sister, are you using cheats?!"
The little sister responded in a steady and gentle voice: "Didn't I leave one for you? Over there, next to me, those are my friends. They're a bit weak and can't handle it. Could I trouble you to help them out?"
This little sister was so kind! Taking on so many by herself, yet still thinking of her friends. The very embodiment of truth, goodness, and beauty!
Brother Li took a look and grinned. "You're right. I'm coming right over. Don't worry, little sister, I'll definitely help your friends."
Fuck, Wang Jiu, can you act like a human being for once?!
And Brother Jue, shut your mouth!
Xiao Li and the others panicked. Seeing Brother Li and his group of socialites rounding the corner, running over under the pretext of helping but with the intent to kill-steal, they immediately unleashed all their strength, furiously beating on the Blade Shieldbearer.
Kill it, quickly! Or the kill will be gone!
Wang Jiu had given Xiao Jue and his group a huge shot of adrenaline, and their damage output skyrocketed.
But she was always the type to secretly start a fire and then stroll off to buy groceries, leaving others to burn in their homes while she modestly hid her deeds and achievements. After speaking, she paid them no more mind. However, the Qi Dong brothers came over. Just as they were about to ask Wang Jiu something, they saw her hand them two masks.
"Quick, put these on. Be careful."
As she spoke, the two brothers saw her clutching her abdomen. They figured her wound probably hadn't healed, yet she had encountered such a perilous situation on the road.
It was truly… too dangerous.
Following their gaze, Wang Jiu looked down at her own abdomen and immediately smiled. "It's fine, it doesn't hurt. It was just too dangerous before. But you two, I regretted it right after I called you. I didn't get a chance to warn you."
Her words were unfettered and calm, completely disregarding her own safety. She carried the indifference of someone at odds with the whole world, yet still reserved a sliver of kindness for certain people.
The two brothers were instantly filled with regret!
They had actually blamed her! It was truly… so wrong of them!
She had even prepared masks for them.
You have to know, her scummy ex-husband and ex-boyfriend didn't get any masks!
"Ms. Wang, rest assured, we won't waste your kind intentions. We will definitely kill the monsters properly and not cause you any trouble."
Then the two of them obediently put on their masks, only to realize… where were the monsters?
"Why isn't the vortex spawning any more monsters?"
"Is the Boss about to appear?"
It wasn't just the crowd; Wang Jiu judged it to be the same. She also asked Qi Dong if anyone from the military was coming.
"Yes, I called Qing Yu and his team over."
"Are there water trucks?"
"…"
Qi Dong suddenly looked embarrassed. Wang Jiu raised an eyebrow. Human nature, oh ho!
However, Qing Yu's group had the state machinery behind them, so they surely knew already. It didn't really matter.
The water trucks were probably on their way.
The important thing now was that the BOSS was about to come out. How could they secure the greatest benefit?
Wang Jiu walked over to the fire hydrant, lifted her foot to wash her shoe and blade with the water, and casually surveyed her surroundings.
It was good that the two surnamed Xie from the gaudy green sports car weren't here, so she wouldn't have to compete for the main ownership rights, but she was afraid they might suddenly pop out.
Just as Wang Jiu was thinking this, she suddenly heard the sound of cars. Looking up, she saw two vehicles speeding toward them. Ignoring the filth all over the ground, they stopped at the intersection, and a group of people disembarked, eight of them wielding longswords and sabers.
They all looked like they had some combat strength.
"Fuck, it stinks!"
"It stinks so bad!"
"Several invasions and unknown dungeons just appeared. If this one wasn't the closest, I really wouldn't have wanted to come."
"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and find a good position!"
As the few of them were shouting, a man rushed out of a nearby building and said to their group, "You're finally here. Be careful later, some of the people over there are really strong, especially that woman. She's too strong. She wiped out more than half the monsters all by herself."
"That strong? Is it the one in black… why are they all wearing black? Are they going to a funeral?" Seeing them laughing, the man frowned and warned their leader, Yang Cheng, "Don't be too conspicuous. That group isn't easy to deal with. It's one thing for you to time your arrival to fight the Boss, but don't run your mouths later. That group is really tough. There are even soldiers."
"What's the situation now? I'm not afraid of soldiers. But if that woman is really that strong, we really can't speak carelessly. Keep your mouths shut. Let's just grab the BOSS first." Yang Cheng was very pragmatic, prioritizing benefits above all else. As he spoke, he glanced over at Wang Jiu's group, his gaze quickly landing on the vortex.
Very strong?
It wasn't certain who the BOSS would belong to yet. Their team had eight people, giving them a significant advantage in landing the final blow.
Wang Jiu heard their words clearly and grew thoughtful. Although the minions were tough to fight, they also provided considerable benefits. Few people could afford to ignore these resources now. For the other party to time their arrival, the only possibility was to avoid attrition and conserve stamina, or perhaps—they were conserving more than just stamina, but also certain limited-use killing moves.
Wang Jiu retracted her gaze and scanned the three intersections ahead.
The sound of cars she had heard just now seemed to be more than just those two. Others must have arrived.
Perhaps they were here to watch the spectacle.
She recalled how many years ago, a manure truck had exploded somewhere, and many people from across the city had specifically driven over, holding their noses while taking photos and videos.
One of the fundamental aspects of human nature is gossip. Maybe these people were the same.
Wang Jiu quickly cut off her train of thought and prepared for the upcoming battle.
At that moment, on a street behind the buildings surrounding the intersection, a car was parked by the side of the road, concealed by trees. A person opened the car door, wearing a black mask and carrying a very large black bag, and entered the ground floor of a building, then stepped into the elevator.
Probably because of the stench, the local residents were unwilling to come and go.
So he was the only one.
As the elevator doors closed, the person, who had been looking down, lifted his head, his eyes filled with a cold and ruthless viciousness.
Xiao Jue and his group understood perfectly why this new group had appeared. They had arrived so punctually because someone had informed them, wanting to wait until the troublesome minions were cleared before coming to fight the BOSS.
This was understandable. They couldn't be bothered to argue about it; it all came down to skill.
But it wasn't just this group. Once the minions were cleared, more people started to emerge.
Heh!
"Get ready, the Boss is about to appear."
They had already formed a party. Xu Zhiyan and his companion still approved of the four of them and had no intention of leaving the team.
Just then, the vortex finally showed some movement.
It was expanding.
It was expanding rapidly.
This movement seemed…
On a road two streets away, Qing Yu sat in a car. He tried to contact Xie Lu, but found his phone was still off.
What was going on?
"Under normal circumstances, Xie Lu would never turn off his phone. Our communications are also normal. It seems they've also encountered a dungeon and can't respond for the time being. But why are there no monsters up ahead?"
Thanks to the current large-scale pioneer instances, the world seemed to have been emptied of many people. The streets were no longer congested, and driving was incredibly fast. Qing Yu could already see the intersection ahead.
But he didn't see any monsters, only that filth. He contacted the water trucks behind him to keep up.
Suddenly!
"Stop the water trucks. Park them outside."
Qing Yu abruptly changed his mind, his voice turning grave. The people behind him were surprised, but the driver next to him understood, because they saw…
What came out of the vortex was not a Boss.
It was fifty Blade Minions and ten Blade Shieldbearers.
Where was the Boss?
Was there another wave before the Boss?
But this wave of monsters was too powerful!
The crowd, whose collective prediction had been wrong, was utterly astonished. The eight newcomers were especially horrified.
They had timed their arrival specifically to avoid the minions, to avoid risk and reap the rewards. How could such a large wave appear now!
Wang Jiu also frowned. Looking at the monsters, she felt that something wasn't quite right, until her gaze fell upon the vortex.
The color of the vortex was already in its final stage.
She had seen it in the plane dungeon; normally, the BOSS would have appeared by now.
As the horde of monsters moved and swarmed out.
"Are there differences between dungeons?" Wang Jiu asked the System.
System: "Of course there are, but for now they are all simple-grade. It will be different once the game is fully loaded. But even among the simple ones, there are variations in strength, related to the strength of the race. The plane dungeon you experienced before was a small goblin tribe. This branch of the Blade race is much stronger than them."
Both their numbers and individual strength were much, much higher.
In that case, it was difficult to judge how many waves of monsters it would spawn.
Wang Jiu was deeply suspicious. She noticed that the horde of monsters was moving downwards, ignoring the newly arrived group above, and her heart sank.
In some Wilderness Unknown Dungeon, quite a few people had entered, as it had opened in a shopping mall, but they had all died, leaving only two survivors.
Compared to invasion dungeons, unknown dungeons had their pros and cons. The advantage of an unknown dungeon was that you wouldn't truly die, only lose HP. But in an invasion dungeon, death was permanent.
The advantage of an invasion dungeon was that reinforcements could arrive at any time, and you could also flee. But an unknown dungeon was different. You either died and lost HP, or you cleared it. It was a fight to the death. However, those who died could choose to re-enter, but the HP deducted would increase exponentially with each entry, and the rewards would also be reduced. It was just like the resurrection design in games, the same principle.
Xie Lu was on a killing spree. He was swift and fierce, quickly clearing a wave of monsters. As he pushed deeper, Xie Jiang glanced at him and said faintly, "In such a hurry to go eat shit, are we?"
Xie Lu said coldly, "If you hadn't driven the car so far away, I would have already gone back. They're both dungeons, but there are more innocent people over there."
His will was firm, but he only received a scoff from the person beside him. "What kind of world is this? Still talking about innocents. But you don't have to be in a hurry. It's not like everyone over there is useless. A group of men were chasing that little widow earlier, insisting on taking Lotus Road. They're all gathered together."
"No need to be so harsh, Uncle. Not long ago, you were chasing after her too."
"That's true. When we get out of here, I'll go with you to save people."
At Xie Jiang's words, Xie Lu frowned. "You want to steal the Boss."
It wasn't a question, but a statement.
Xie Jiang, however, felt no shame. Instead, he said with righteous indignation, "Look at this dungeon. The difficulty is more than double what it was before. It's probably because the game is about to be fully loaded, so a stronger wave has arrived. Therefore, the BOSS will definitely be stronger too. If I don't go help, that little widow might even die, not to mention the other innocent people."
"Therefore, I'm going to save people."
"No need to thank me."
A look of speechlessness flashed across Xie Lu's handsome face.
No wonder Grandpa said every year that he needed to take supplements and strive to live a few more years, so he wouldn't be angered to death by his shameless youngest son.
It was because this youngest son, at the age of seven, would shout every day, "Fighting heaven is for idiots. Fighting Dad is where the fun's at."
But enough talk. The Boss had appeared.
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