LWGP - Chapter 119

Chapter 119: His Turn!

There were no mines, of course. A single Blazing Light Fire Mine had already emptied its coffers, but it had played a decisive role. Without that explosion cutting off their retreat, Bian Moshu's three thousand desperate fighters would have been more than a match for Wang Jiu's smaller force.

It was supposed to be an unwinnable battle.

Two AoE attacks plus one Blazing Light Fire Mine were the keys to victory. As for herself…

System: "I think you're more formidable than ten landmines."

Such a passive-aggressive mix of praise and criticism.

Wang Jiu pretended not to hear. She rode her bicycle to the edge of a river, and without the wheels even stuttering, went straight onto the water.

It was a straight path, directly chasing a red dot from the Brand.

Could she catch up just by following the Brand? It was merely the difference between taking a roundabout path and a direct one.

System: "You were certain you could catch him the moment he fled. Working backward, that means you knew from the start which way he would run, allowing you to take the waterway and intercept him ahead of time."

Wang Jiu didn't deny it. Jason had no resurrection point right now, and as a territory slave, he was in a slave state with his attributes weakened to 10%. He wasn't an idiot. Anyone without a resurrection point and with drastically reduced attributes was in an extremely dangerous situation, regardless of whether they were an expert or a nobody.

Besides, he could hardly be considered an expert now.

Therefore, he would find the nearest village to bind a resurrection point. However, he couldn't join another territory for a day, leaving only the victor's territory as an option. This was the captive effect on a defeated slave.

And since 417 had been overrun by the rat tide and its resurrection point was gone, the only one left was 416. 416 was adjacent to the river. Calculating Jason's Agility against the time it would take her to travel in a straight line, it was more than enough.

As for where her geographical knowledge came from, it was quite ordinary. She and the Old Lady were fond of Luoyang and had visited the ancient cultural capital many times. Given her loyalty to the Old Lady, coupled with learning through constant exposure, she had long since memorized all the geographical and even historical knowledge related to Luoyang.

But the System posed a critical question: "Aren't you afraid Bian Moshu will private message him and tell Jason you're chasing him on a bike? Even if Jason doesn't know your bicycle is amphibious, he'd at least be on his guard, right?"

Wang Jiu: "I'm betting Bian Moshu won't say anything."

System: "?"

Wang Jiu: "If I were Bian Moshu, I'd definitely have a Plan A and a Plan B. They could run in parallel, but B could also be a fallback for when A fails. And a form of revenge."

The System didn't respond. It was just a program with infinite processing paths, so it could follow Wang Jiu's train of thought and understand her meaning.

But would Bian Moshu really do that?

And would Jason really be manipulated by Bian Moshu, whose strength was far inferior to his own?

At that moment, Jason was rushing frantically. Fortunately, 416 wasn't too far from 418, but he had no intention of venturing deep inside. To that end, he had specifically hidden the black name effect on his character. Although it was just a black name, it was still enough to attract attention. He didn't know if there was anyone inside he had killed before. Luckily, his level was high, so they probably couldn't see past the level gap to his currently weakened attributes, but he still feared the off-chance. So, he prepared to use an invisibility skill, quietly bind a resurrection point, and then find a small dungeon to hide in to block the tracking ability of Wang Jiu's Brand.

Jason was a seasoned veteran, more experienced and brutal a killer than Liao Luo. He had already carefully considered every possibility. Even in the worst-case scenario, he would only need to die once and drop some items. After reviving at a resurrection point, others could no longer attack him.

At worst, he would just wait inside the resurrection point for a day.

That was his plan. Now, he had arrived at the gate of 416 Novice Village.

Just as he was about to turn invisible…

A Flowing Light smashed into him. Bang!

With his attributes lowered, Jason's agility was nowhere near what it once was. He failed to react in time and fell to the ground, a pile of treasures exploding from his body.

Jason didn't get up immediately. Instead, he watched as Wang Jiu leisurely pushed her old clunker of a bike out from behind a nearby hill.

Jason was silent, shocked at how she had managed to catch up. Was it because his attributes were lowered? But he'd had a long head start.

By any calculation, she shouldn't have been able to… Wait, that hideous bicycle! And the river nearby?!!

Jason was smart, after all, and quick to react. He soon realized where he had gone wrong.

But he still clung to a sliver of hope—if he just stayed on the ground for a day… It would be utterly humiliating, but he would live to fight another day.

But then he saw Wang Jiu put away her bicycle and take out an item.

Revenant Aura!

The commotion outside the village entrance wasn't huge, but 416 Novice Village wasn't empty. The sound of someone getting killed and dropping loot could be sensed by players in the village with triple-digit attributes. Moreover, Wang Jiu wasn't trying to hide, so quite a few people ran out to see.

The first thing they saw at the village gate was a corpse and some dropped items.

There was a pile of Silver-grade equipment.

"Looks like a revenge killing!"

"They're both black and red-named! That woman is too. Let's get them!"

"Fuck it, let's go!"

"Are you crazy? Her level is higher than ours, and with a name that red, how many people must she have killed? Besides, look at her—she's not even trying to hide. That means she's strong!"

The group argued endlessly over the potential profit. A few rational individuals held back their friends and family, not wanting to take the risk. But before they could reach a conclusion, Wang Jiu used the Revenant Aura.

Reviving once every ten seconds. Reviving again and again, getting one-shotted again and again.

Every time, it was a one-hit kill, and she only used normal attacks.

The crowd was dumbfounded.

While repeatedly killing Jason, Wang Jiu, bored anyway, sent a series of guidelines for handling the situation in the team channel. She also informed them that the results of the territory war would be confirmed after everything was settled.

Everyone assumed it was because Bian Moshu hadn't been completely farmed yet and Wang Jiu was still hunting Jason, so the results weren't confirmed. They didn't mind. Even without the resource distribution from the territory war, just from killing three thousand people three or four times over, they had already obtained a massive amount of resources. They were practically rich overnight!

In terms of contribution and Participation, Wang Jiu was first and Wang Shu was second. The rest got a share based on their damage output. They even received some of the Reputation gained from dismantling the smaller territory, not to mention the distribution of the territory's Gold Coins.

In the midst of their celebration, Bian Moshu, who had been farmed until only a sliver of his health remained, suddenly spat at Mei Qingshu, "I've lost, and I'm sure to die, but do you really think you've won?"

Mei Qingshu ignored him, waiting for the ten-second timer to pass each time.

Wang Shu: "You scumbag, still trying to use diplomacy to get away? You think Sister Mei is so easily fooled by you? She saw through your tricks long ago!"

Mei Qingshu: "No, I never understood the things he said. They were always full of some deep, baffling meaning. He was just acting profound, so I never wanted to get too close to him."

Everyone: "…"

So her so-called indifference and untamable arrogance were actually just because she couldn't understand his "deep meanings."

In the team channel, Dao Dao added profoundly: "So don't try to act cool in front of uncultured people. They won't get it."

Wang Shu: "…"

I feel like this little sow is slandering me.

Bian Moshu was taken aback, then sneered, "So it wasn't because you were proud and arrogant?"

Mei Qingshu frowned. "I can't even be bothered to analyze what my own brother says. Why would I waste time yapping with you?"

Bian Moshu's eyes flickered. "Then I must have misunderstood. Actually, I've always…"

"Ignore him, the son of a bitch seems to be stalling for time!" Although most of them had been screwed over by Wang Jiu before, there was more than one shrewd person here.

Bang! Mei Qingshu one-shotted him. The final time.

As he was killed, Bian Moshu's face was still twisted in a ferocious, unwilling expression. He dropped everything he owned. This included all of Nevernight's remaining territory resources and everything listed in the auction house, which was returned to Bian Moshu's inventory via mail.

This was an absolutely massive haul of resources. There were 1,800 gold coins alone!

With a wooden expression, Mei Qingshu didn't even look at it. She selected everything from her inventory and traded it all to Wang Jiu.

But before Wang Jiu could confirm the trade, everyone in the Gobi Territory suddenly received a notification—The Frost Territory is launching a unilateral attack on your territory! Please return to defend it immediately!

The people of Nevernight, who had just entered the Gobi Territory thinking they had escaped disaster: "???"

"Frost Territory? Isn't that the strongest territory over in the 350-400 village area? Leng Rong is in their village."

"Xu Baiyan came from the Frost Territory, but I heard he already left. No idea where he went."

"Frost Territory seems really strong. Its reputation is no weaker than Nevernight's."

Qi Shuanghan and the other eight members of the first elite group subconsciously looked down at Bian Moshu's cooling corpse.

They didn't know about any other plans, but they had a vague understanding of Bian Moshu's deep-seated cunning. Schemes within schemes weren't Wang Jiu's exclusive patent; Bian Moshu was capable of it too. Just like today's events. He lost not because he wasn't strong enough, but because Wang Jiu was stronger, more ruthless, and acted too quickly. Otherwise, if the Frost Territory's attack was a secret plot between him and their lord, then he should have had a guaranteed victory today—if he hadn't died to the Revenant Aura.

He had actually allied with the lord of the Frost Territory. Two powerful territories filled with experts, teaming up to carve up Wang Jiu's medium-sized territory and suppress her development, leaving them to decide who was superior later.

This was the scheme of two territory lords.

So, could the Gobi Territory win now?

Well, they wouldn't necessarily lose!

They had a lot of people now, especially after absorbing Nevernight's three thousand strongest combatants.

Qi Shuanghan and the others had just "surrendered." It was hard to say if they would leave Gobi in the future, but for this one day, they couldn't leave directly. The slave debuff was only temporarily hidden; if they deserted, it would reactivate…

So they could only sink or swim with Gobi. They were also afraid Wang Jiu would settle scores with them later—after all, they had already paid up. It wouldn't be difficult for Wang Jiu to fleece them, then kick them out and kill them all.

After all, it wasn't like that woman was incapable of such a thing.

"Can we ask the lord what to do now? Return to the territory?"

Mei Qingshu saw that the trade had been confirmed, and the heads of Qi Shuanghan and several thousand others had been added to the team channel.

A message also floated up in the channel.

Wang Jiu: "Clean up, return to the territory, but don't go out yet. Keep the gates closed and have something to eat."

Gentle, considerate, thoughtful.

Everyone: "???"

Somehow, this felt even more terrifying than when she was being brutal.

Qi Shuanghan and the others had trouble adjusting. Wang Shu, however, blurted out, "Master, are you coming back then?"

Wang Jiu: "In a bit. I'm not done with his turn yet. Don't rush."

Everyone: "…"

Whose turn? Jason? Did she really fucking catch up to him?

But don't rush? The fucking territory notification says its health has already dropped to 90%!

Fuck, how many people did the Frost Territory send? Their attack power is insane!

Don't tell me Xu Baiyan came back!

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