LWGP - Chapter 164
Chapter 164: Courting Death
At that moment, Wang Jiu's attributes ranked number one among everyone present, completely suppressing Xie Jiang and the others. Therefore, all her debuff skills broke through their defenses and took full effect. Konoe Kenjin's power was slashed, and the most potent skill was Dark Curse—the reduction was terrifying. He was horrified and immediately tried to use an Exemption skill, but just as he was about to, he found it had been precisely silenced.
And it was fucking Absolute Silence!
He couldn't even counter-silence her silence.
This woman!
Konoe Kenjin reacted quickly, immediately forming hand seals.
Swish. The blade came from behind, arriving where he had just stood and directly slicing his body apart.
Bang! A substitute puppet technique.
This wasn't an item, but a skill.
A very badass life-saving skill.
Konoe Kenjin's real body, meanwhile, appeared over ten meters away with a 50% speed boost, just as he was about to rush out the main door.
Suddenly! The swift light of two blades pierced his body.
Konoe Kenjin was in disbelief.
A second blade, a third blade?
Impossible. His ability to discern sounds was no weaker than Wang Jiu's insight skill. He could judge an opponent's attack and even its intensity just by listening.
How could this be?
Unless it was a three-blade parallel sword art!
He would never know its name was Ghost Blade (Basic). One blade was the main one; the second and third were hidden blades.
After being heavily wounded by the two blades, Konoe Kenjin raised his sword to block Wang Jiu, who had already flashed before him.
BOOM!!
The power gap was too great. Konoe Kenjin was sent flying by Wang Jiu's strike, breaking through a wall of the morgue and returning to the place where he had been lying in wait for so long.
Rubble fell, and dust billowed.
Ever since Konoe Kenjin was the first to clear the Dangerous difficulty and realized the Nightmare difficulty couldn't be solved by his team alone, coupled with his desire for more benefits, he had plotted to be the oriole waiting in the wings. This continued until he discovered Wang Jiu was also in this dungeon.
He was both wary and excited, desperately wanting to take down Wang Jiu in this dungeon.
Originally, Wang Jiu's methods for dealing with Wei Yuan had left him in awe. He had been extremely cautious, waiting until the very end to ensure Wang Jiu was truly weakened before he was willing to make a move.
But he never expected this woman to have been holding back until now.
Yes, the whole time was a contest of endurance, seeing who could hold out longer.
Konoe Kenjin spat blood after landing, but as Wang Jiu rushed in, he immediately took out an item glowing with a faint purple-gold light and activated it.
Yamata no Orochi Body (Purple Gold Grade, Status Descent Item Card)
Attributes: Can borrow 5% of the power of the Divine Spirit Royal Family, lasts for 5 minutes.
Usage: Only usable by believers.
His family had worshipped the Yamata no Orochi for generations, so naturally, he could use it.
But this was the most important treasure he currently possessed, definitely one of the top-tier items in the world right now. He would never have used it unless absolutely necessary.
Buzz! A terrifying Yamata no Orochi pressure was released from the morgue. A powerful, fishy snake smell swept out, making Bai Bai shrink back in disgust and fear, but it still darted towards the morgue.
Crap, the master scammer is in danger!
Xie Jiang and the others had just dealt with these foreign invaders—that's right, completely killed them. Indeed, Xie Jiang, Tan Yingzhou, and Lin Xiaoniang all possessed the Bloodthirst skill and had finished them all off.
Despite such slaughter, they were all horrified when they sensed the commotion inside the morgue.
What kind of status descent was this?
Even if it was far inferior to Wei Yuan's mutation, it definitely surpassed any buff they had encountered so far.
Just as they were getting worried, the next second, BOOM!! The entire morgue exploded.
As the halo of the explosion swept over them, they heard a terrifying, shrill scream.
Terrified, desperate, struggling, unwilling.
Quite a few people were killed by the shockwave of the explosion. After lying on the ground for a while, amidst the billowing dust, they finally climbed up, trembling, and looked at the devastated morgue.
The doors and walls were blasted to bits, leaving large amounts of rubble and dust.
Xie Jiang and the others watched, vaguely seeing a person in the billowing, suspended dust.
In the instant of the explosion, both people inside died simultaneously, but they also instantly revived on the spot. The result of the revival was… one person fell completely, and one remained standing.
During this process, one person let out a shrill scream.
And then it was all over.
What exactly happened in those brief two seconds?
From Konoe Kenjin's perspective, it was probably that after he decisively and painfully used the Yamata no Orochi Body card and was about to KO Wang Jiu, he discovered that Wang Jiu had also taken out a Purple Gold grade item at the same time.
An inheritance from classmate Diao Guang—the Mutual Destruction explosive item.
The power of the Yamata no Orochi Body hadn't even been unleashed before Wang Jiu, with an even more ruthless attitude, used the item to blow him up.
Originally, Konoe Kenjin didn't want to revive on the spot. He wanted to resurrect somewhere else, either to plot a comeback or to exit the dungeon.
Unfortunately, Wang Jiu used another item to force him to automatically revive on the spot.
Hmm, a bit familiar. If Qi Shuanghan saw this, his mouth would surely twitch.
She had used it when fighting their Nevernight.
That Corpse Resuscitation thing?
Bian Moshu died so miserably.
But at least Bian Moshu could revive on the spot several times before being worn down. Konoe Kenjin, however, was struck down by Wang Jiu's second full-power strike the moment he got up.
Outside, Li Chui looked down at the blood gushing from his wound during the explosion, his face twisted.
Again?! And again?!
To summarize, the two seconds went like this.
1. Yamata no Orochi Body descends, she takes out the Mutual Destruction bomb.
2. Blown up, forced to revive on the spot, his HP was blasted away by her Witch Drain + Blood Wrath + Bloodweep Blade + Ghost Blade (Basic), leaving only 1 HP.
Yes, just one point.
Konoe Kenjin wasn't dead, just barely breathing.
He didn't even have time to tell if he was relieved or suspicious. He only knew that in that instant, something was stuck to Wang Jiu's hand, a soft, cool piece of… skin?
It covered his face, separated by her five fingers.
Wang Jiu seemed to say something, still in the same smiling, intellectual, and courteous tone as when they first met abroad.
Like the elegant calculation when she bewitched Roy into hiring him for her own gain.
Even more like when she was leaning against a snow-white wall, her eyes weary and charming, and Roy mockingly asked if she needed help arranging a man to relieve her of the effects of an unmentionable drug. What did Wang Jiu say back then?
"My dear Roy, it seems you're the one who's more uncomfortable. I thought you would hire me first to solve this problem for you. It's not that difficult, is it? And I don't even charge."
Just listen to that tone, that cadence.
At that time, Roy wasn't as shrewd and profound as she is now, still retaining the cold and aloof demeanor of a noble girl. She said nothing upon hearing this, but her expression was very ugly, as if she had suffered a great loss.
But Konoe Kenjin had watched that surveillance footage repeatedly and felt that the current Roy would surely find it hard to forget that night's experience.
After all, no one had ever dared to offend her like that.
When that woman whispered in his ear…
"Courting death."
She said this to him.
Lightly.
Then, Konoe Kenjin felt a coldness that pierced his marrow and shot deep into his soul. He also faintly heard a cold wind whistling through a deep cave, seeming to carry the low laughter of a mysterious king.
It was an existence stronger and more terrifying than the Yamata no Orochi his family had worshipped for generations.
He… seemed to have become a sacrifice.
The System watched Konoe Kenjin's miserable death with a cold eye, thinking to itself: This guy is quite cunning and smart, but his ambition is too great. To be so arrogant after coming to someone else's territory… wouldn't it have been better to develop on his own home turf? Anyway, Wang Jiu wouldn't be crossing the sea anytime soon, since she doesn't have much desire for power.
But no, when his country was making plans for the ninth district, he insisted on coming to their territory. What's the difference between that and crossing borders just to offer up his head?
Of course, the main reason for Konoe Kenjin's mistake was—strategically, he took Wang Jiu seriously, but tactically, he underestimated her.
He basically gave Wang Jiu a timely gift.
The System saw it clearly—Konoe Kenjin died in Wang Jiu's place, becoming the sacrifice this time instead of her.
From the moment she realized something was wrong with her body, she had planned to find a scapegoat.
There were certainly many choices; anyone here could have been an option. But Konoe Kenjin was a choice made both actively and passively.
Traveling a thousand li to offer up one's head, a small gift but a heavy sentiment. International friendship is very nice!
Xie Jiang and the others didn't know the full story. They only knew that the person who finally walked out, lightly brushing off dust, was Wang Jiu.
She was also quite dusty and grimy, her face still pale. Her expression was faint, neither happy nor angry, just carrying a certain calm.
At that moment, neither Xie Jiang, Tan Yingzhou, Wen Shan, nor Jiang Bingze considered launching a surprise attack.
However, Lin Xiaoniang, who had just fiercely killed two foreigners, said coquettishly: "Darling Xie, are you really not going to make a move on her? I know, it's definitely not because you can't beat her, but because you have a soft spot for beautiful women. I wasn't wrong about you."
Xie Jiang, who was indeed frustrated that he couldn't beat her after just a few days, darkened his face and angrily sent three words—Get! Lost! Now!
On Wen Shan's side, the red-clothed fatty asked: "She drew my blood several times, what a vengeful woman. Dammit, Lao Wen, it's all your fault! I was dragged into this because of you!"
Wen Shan: "…"
When you were flirting with that young lady, why didn't you say it was because of me?
Wang Jiu patted the dust off herself, took out the large batch of spoils from the incinerator, and distributed them directly according to participation. Without looking at her own share, she reorganized the team, said nothing, and after quickly getting things in order, transferred the leader position to Hao Ze.
"Fanlin Village. That old camphor tree should have an ability that executes based on HP. Choose for yourselves whether to follow. You will bear the consequences of your choice. Let's go!"
Hao Ze saw what Wang Jiu said, saw that he had become the leader, and immediately used a group teleportation scroll with his leader's authority.
Having just been warned by Wang Jiu in an extremely cold tone, everyone faced this choice without much time to think.
At that time, aside from Lin Guiwan and Xie Lu, everyone else in Wang Jiu's team chose not to follow, waiting in the laboratory instead.
Because their HP was low and their strength hadn't recovered, going would just be a burden.
It was the same for the other teams. The moment they heard it involved HP, the crowd, who had already lost most of their HP in this dungeon, didn't dare to take the risk. Thus, most of them stayed behind. Those who went were either a great healer like Lin Guiwan or an expert with solid combat power and balanced stats like Xie Lu.
In the end, a total of thirty people went.
This was the final stage of this level 30 Nightmare Dungeon.
Its difficulty was still unknown.
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