LWGP - Chapter 149
Chapter 149: Hold It In!
The broken waist didn't affect his balance; instead, it took his life. He died the moment he landed.
This was because Wang Jiu's permanent critical damage and various burn effects over time caused him to die instantly.
The main reason was that her currently disguised average attributes were still significantly higher than his.
The man's body hit the ground, a corpse. His hidden assassin companion nearby was shocked but immediately launched a surprise attack at the back of Wang Jiu's head.
His surprise attack, however, gave Lin Guiwan an opportunity. She dodged to the side, cast a buffing aura, and had Mei Qinghe behind her charge forward with a shield bash, slamming the man directly into the wall.
On the other side, Liao Luo slid in. While the man was still off-balance from the shield bash, swoosh! A dagger viciously slit his throat.
Amidst a spray of blood and flesh, he was decapitated!
"There's more! Three steps to my left, an assassin!"
"Coming." Relying on Liao Luo's perceptive positioning, Qi Shuanghan cast a binding spell on the dark figure that had emerged to ambush Lin Guiwan's back.
As soon as the spell landed, Wang Shu sneakily threw a flaming dog collar at the opponent.
The collar clamped around his neck, and flames shot up. Normally, the agility difference between them was quite large, so a simple dodge would have been enough to avoid a skill like Wang Shu's. But Qi Shuanghan's binding spell had taken effect.
Exemption. The opponent's hair was scorched. Amidst the searing pain in his head, he immediately used an exemption ability and also forcibly broke the binding spell's duration with an armor-shattering skill, darting to the side.
Bang!
He fell into a pit.
Trap Art!
"Don't come over! They have a trapper on their side!"
"Zhang Jing, attack from a distance! Forget the priest, this main healer is too strong. Damn it, so many healing skills, her original average attributes must be 3000! Kill that trapper, her position is…"
"Their average attributes are…"
The moment he fell, the man quickly reported information and everyone's stats to his team.
After the data was transmitted, the enemy team cast several negative AoE debuffs on Wang Jiu's group. In that instant, they all felt their weapons briefly solidify in their hands.
A rare control-type skill from an intermediate Gold Arcanist—Metal Manipulation.
This?
This skill was incredible!
Everyone was horrified. Unable to use their weapons, almost all of their skills were restricted. Only a few support skills could be used.
This skill was way too powerful!
How many seconds would they be controlled?
Xie Lu checked his negative status effect—Weapon Control Duration: 3 seconds.
Two seconds had already passed, meaning the total duration was five seconds.
Not long, but long enough for the enemy group to swarm them.
Sure enough, six dark figures shot forward, and the three who had died on the ground suddenly climbed back up.
Two seconds remaining.
Everyone's weapons were still immobile; they could only use evasion and support skills to deal with the situation. The opponents were all about to unleash powerful attacks, but just as they did, Xie Lu's group suddenly launched their own attack skills.
How could this be!
"My skill was silenced by that Wang Jiu! Fall back, quickly!!"
A low voice had just spoken in the team channel, but the two sides had already clashed.
It was too late.
In the past, looking at Wang Jiu's team, everyone except her seemed useless. But now, Xie Lu and Lin Guiwan were directly comparable to Luo Sheng and the others. Mei Qingshu's attack power was firmly in the top tier among all teams. No one had yet been able to break Qiao Xuejing's Trap Art. Liao Luo possessed perception skills second only to Wang Jiu's. Qi Shuanghan's original average attributes had also reached 2000. Even the most useless members, Wang Shu and Dao Dao, were closing the gap at the fastest possible rate, approaching Qi Shuanghan's level.
In terms of overall strength, you'd only know how powerful their team was… after truly fighting them!
The corridor was narrow. In the brief exchange of attacks, it was impossible to tell whose attack was whose. All that mattered was whether it hit or not.
In a group PK in a narrow passage, there was nothing else to do but go head-to-head!
A solid, milky-white radiance appeared. The group was enveloped in a defensive aura. Oh, an AoE defensive aura?
It seemed to be single-target before. Lin Guiwan must have gotten it from the last wave of resources. It was comparable to Chi Mantou's Vajra Seal.
In any case, the group withstood one wave. Even the damage they took was healed by the Holy Light that descended afterward. But the enemy couldn't withstand their attacks.
After the bombardment, a lingering radiance remained.
Amidst this radiance, Wang Jiu stepped over several corpses on the ground, collecting the loot from the person she had killed as she passed. She took up a position at the corner, raised a golden rifle, and aimed down the empty, straight corridor ahead.
Bang!
Everyone heard a crisp crack, followed by the sound of something being pierced. A body fell to the ground.
It must have been the team's captain, the one who used Metal Manipulation. The bastard had tried to escape. Because of the maze, once he got past one end of the corridor, it would be very difficult for them to catch up.
The members of that team couldn't understand how their captain had been killed. He wasn't skilled in offense, but his other skills were incredible.
"I was hit with Absolute Silence, which I couldn't break. Then I was anesthetized. Even though I was invisible, I couldn't move. She shot me last."
"That's not right. When she killed me, her average attributes were terrifying, around 2200 even after being reduced. But boss, you have double defense and 1800 stamina. How could you be insta-killed?"
"Her anesthesia has a weakening effect. It reduced my stamina and armor by 30%."
"…"
Who the hell were these people? They were so strong!
The entire group lay there as corpses, not daring to revive. They could only watch as Wang Jiu's team collected all the spoils of war, including two Homesteads.
Qiao Xuejing and Mei Qingshu got them.
There was also a pile of gold coins and the equipment they were wearing.
This drop significantly weakened their attributes. Even if they had replacement gear, it would be too late by the time they revived, and their stats would certainly be worse than before.
Items could be listed on the auction house, but gold coins couldn't.
What drops, drops.
Whenever you die, there's always a loss.
"Look up that Wang Jiu. She's definitely not from our Northeast region. We can also ask the boss's side."
"Is the boss's side about to clear the maze?"
"No."
As they were talking, a private message came in. A cold voice on the other end said, "Why aren't you here yet?"
"Boss, we ran into some trouble over here…"
"Wang Jiu? The one from Luoyang? We'll deal with her later. You guys get over here right now, the boss has spawned!"
Wang Shu's group had made a nice profit, but they started to feel unwell. "The poison mist is starting to spread. Let's go, quickly."
Even though there were no alienated ones here, the poison gas released from explosions after kills elsewhere was still circulating through the corridors. Just as they were about to leave, they heard a powerful roar.
It didn't sound like an alienated one, more like an alienated monster.
"It sounds like it's in the direction where that group was forcing their way through the maze."
"Let's go check it out."
As Wang Jiu's group hurried over, they passed through three corridors and two corners, sensing an intense battle ahead.
Wait, that's not right. The boss was still further ahead.
Was it another battle?
Should they go or not?
Wang Jiu didn't stop, which meant they were going. In any case, they didn't know which path led to the boss. They were relying entirely on sound to navigate and probably couldn't avoid that area anyway.
A moment later, Wang Jiu's group ran right into Luo Sheng's party, who were covered in the stench of blood.
It was them!
Their group was large and powerful. They could usually handle any team they encountered, and at worst, they could always retreat.
But the premise was—despite their large numbers, someone still dared to attack them, which showed how formidable the opponent was.
They were indeed formidable. As soon as Wang Jiu's group arrived, they saw Dong Long being brutally killed by a scar-faced man, while Luo Sheng, Chi Mantou, and the others were being bombarded by a fat man in red wielding a golden cannon.
Several priests were already lying on the ground.
The scene was truly thrilling. However, the opponents weren't having an easy time either, as Yan Guanqi and Xia Laoci had also killed several of their people. Overall, it was an even match.
The problem was—the opposing side only had ten people, yet they were going head-to-head with the elites from several of Yan Guanqi's teams.
Faced with such a grand scene, Wang Shu and the others were shocked. Luo Sheng's group was also surprised to see it was Wang Jiu's party.
Would she intervene?
Zhong Qing: "Do you think she…"
Luo Sheng: "Definitely not."
She said that, but when she actually saw Wang Jiu about to run into another corridor without even a glance their way, her expression turned very dark.
"Come back, I'll pay you a commission! Hey, Wang Ah Jiu!!"
Luo Sheng was so angry she lost her composure, hastily shouting out the name she had learned from friends in the capital while gathering intelligence.
She had heard that many elders in the medical circle followed Professor Lin Zi's way of addressing Wang Jiu, calling her Ah Jiu.
She shouted it deliberately, trying to get Wang Jiu's attention and make her come back to help.
As a result, Wang Jiu didn't even turn around, but the group that had been attacking Luo Sheng's party turned their attention to Wang Jiu's group, eyeing them covetously.
Just then, BOOM! The boss made a huge noise, and the entire maze floor trembled.
"There are people up ahead! So many?"
At that moment, the group that Wang Jiu's team had previously wiped out caught up from behind. Seeing the scene ahead, Zheng Lanze, the one who used Metal Manipulation, blurted out, "Wen Shan!?"
Seemingly terrified, this group turned and ran back down the corridor.
"Captain, it's Jiang Bingze's people!" the fat man in red shouted boisterously, a flash of excitement in his eyes.
"Looks like that Jiang Dog is fighting the boss. Let's go!"
Wen Shan waved his sleeve, and his group whistled past. As he passed by, he gave Wang Jiu's group a deep look.
His gaze was somewhat contemptuous and provocative. The fat man, however, was quite friendly; he blew a loud whistle at the three women in Wang Jiu's group.
"See you ladies at the boss."
Many people quickly glanced at Wang Jiu, then at the imposing fat man in red.
Luo Sheng sneered: That fatty is a dead man.
After they left, Yan Guanqi and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. They had no idea where that team came from. One team had three members with original average attributes over 3600, and the other seven were all around the 2800 level.
So balanced, so strong!
There's always a higher mountain.
While running toward the boss, Luo Sheng initiated a private chat with Wang Jiu. "Wen Shan and Jiang Bingze are both from Shanghai. Currently, the capital, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou are the four strongest gathering places in our country. Quantity breeds quality, so they're filled with experts."
"They're enemies?"
"Yes. I heard the grudge started over fighting for a boss, but there are also rumors that Wen Shan and Jiang Bingze were once good friends who became enemies over a woman."
"How so? Was a green hat involved?"
"You have a real sense of humor. Yes, that's it."
"Is the girl still on Jiang Bingze's team?"
"No, I heard she's on another man's team. Anyway, that woman is a mystery, just like you."
"Is complimenting me a way of hitting on me? Any other information?"
"Who's complimenting you? But no, that's all."
"Then you may be dismissed."
"…"
Luo Sheng, cast aside after being used, laughed in anger.
You're toxic, Wang Ah Jiu!
However, at that moment, neither of them knew that the woman they were talking about was right above them, on top of the maze. Crack! She snapped someone's neck, then leaned against a wall, clutching her chest and panting.
"So tiring. Darling Xie, can you find a restroom faster? I can't take it anymore."
Then, she let out a moan.
Her teammates nearby all blushed beet-red. We're begging you, big sister! Hold it in, can you please not make those sounds!
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