LWGP - Chapter 262
Chapter 262: Coming Prepared
After a while, no matter the spacetime, the players on Earth knew the score. They understood that fighting the Eternal Night Race was their ultimate mission.
So when the Eternal Night Race descended, Qing He and the others were quite experienced. They immediately arranged for people to meet the enemy and sent a message to Wang Jiu and her group.
At that moment, Wang Jiu and the others on the ice plains had just seen Long Aotian return. Even he was terrified, likely having sensed the power of this group of Eternal Night Overlords.
Mo Ran and the others changed their previous confrontational stance, preparing to face the Eternal Night Race together. This was a tacit understanding among the powerhouses of every spacetime. But then they saw Wang Jiu, at the very front, turn and run. Everyone was stunned for a moment, their resolve to fight wavering.
It couldn't be helped. The most feared thing on a battlefield is a deserter. When one flees, the rest are bound to feel a little unnerved.
Of course, that's the psychological explanation. To put it more simply, Lao Wang was a toxic person who had never possessed a sense of collective good or a grasp of the bigger picture.
When it came to getting rich, she did it alone, because she could handle it and no one else was needed.
When it came to running away, she was the first to do it, not caring if others ran or died.
Of course, Wang Shu and the others were all too familiar with this essential nature of Lao Wang. After all, in the first two or three days of the apocalypse, Lao Wang had let her inner self shine.
But as for outsiders' understanding of Wang Jiu, Qing He was one of the first to awaken to the truth—one must never trust Lao Wang's morals.
However, Mo Ran and Xing Yao didn't know Wang Jiu well. After all, when they first met her, she was still Ma Lisu and Qiao Biluo.
And Wang Jiu was just Wang Jiu.
So she ran decisively, ignoring the astonishment of Mo Ran and Xing Yao.
As emperors, despite their conflicts, their essence was the same: they were powerful and brave, always responsible for the greater good, and never retreating.
But Wang Jiu...
Mo Ran and Xing Yao were speechless, but they didn't dwell on it. The war was the top priority. They didn't expect, however, to be rendered speechless again so soon.
Because the leader, the one whose mere glance held immense threat—the strongest Eternal Night Overlord—chased directly after Wang Jiu. Furthermore, another twenty powerhouses, presumably under his command, shot off in different directions and plunged into the earth, likely to seal off the area and encircle Wang Jiu for the kill.
The people of the Mt. Buzhou Sect: Ha! This is fucking great!
The people of the Miezhou Demon Sect: Oh, so that person wasn't running away, but luring the Eternal Night powerhouses away! How selfless and great! We are filled with admiration!
Huai En: Benefactor A Jiu is as popular as ever.
Xing Yao and Mo Ran exchanged a look. They said nothing as they engaged the attacking Mecha Warriors, but at that moment, Wang Jiu received two private messages.
Xing Yao: "Your Excellency Wang Jiu, do you require assistance?"
Ever since being possessed by the soul, Xing Yao had stopped mentioning the matter of his future daughter-in-law.
Mo Ran: "I don't owe favors. Report your position."
Ever since being possessed by the soul, Mo Ran found it impossible to look Wang Jiu in the eye. It always felt awkward.
However, both of them were principled. They were unwilling to owe favors. No matter what, Wang Jiu had "saved" them, and with the pride of two emperors, they couldn't bring themselves to discard someone after they had served their purpose. So they both messaged Wang Jiu privately.
Her replies came quickly.
To Xing Yao, she replied: "No need. You can't beat him anyway."
To Mo Ran, she replied: "No need. Your body has already repaid me."
This woman was inhuman. She deserved to be hunted down by the Eternal Night Race!
At that moment, Wang Jiu wasn't certain she would be pursued. She was just being cautious, sensing that the descended Eternal Night Overlord was far more terrifying than the last one and might target her, though it wasn't a guarantee.
Because running in the same direction as her was that Long Aotian.
They had both chosen the most open and direct route deep underground. But the Eternal Night Overlord behind them closed in at a terrifying speed, directly locking on and attacking.
Boom!!!
Long Aotian sensed the terrifying attack and shuddered. Just as he was activating his defensive kingly armor and rapidly applying various defensive skills, he saw the attack veer off.
It veered towards a woman.
But that woman also moved, dodging it. The blade attack struck the cavern wall, carving a gash a hundred meters long.
It was terrifying. How could the Eternal Night Race send down such a powerful master? Weren't they restricted?
Or had the Third Spacetime's advantage disappeared?
He had woken up at a fucking terrible time.
Long Aotian was dejected, and Wang Jiu's expression was also grave. She was really being hunted.
The Eternal Night Race was clearly targeting her for a kill. What was so special about her?
Her soul? But Long Aotian was also a soul body.
How strange.
Wang Jiu couldn't figure it out, but she saw that after his initial surprise, Long Aotian immediately changed course to flee, clearly wanting to separate from her to avoid being implicated.
But then... Wang Jiu decisively flew towards him.
"What the fuck, what are you coming over here for!!"
"Go away, go away!"
Long Aotian was terrified. He cursed Wang Jiu while flying deeper underground to escape, but his current speed was about the same as hers. After all, this wasn't his original body, and his Spirit Core was in Wang Jiu's hands. His current strength was less than a fifth of his peak.
He was talkative, but Wang Jiu wouldn't waste time with him, especially with the Eternal Night Overlord catching up behind them. With a jumping slash, a blade descended upon them from behind.
The blade was, of course, aimed at Wang Jiu. She dodged, and she dodged in Long Aotian's direction.
Ah, what a vicious human woman! He was furious!
Long Aotian's face turned green. He hastily dodged, only to find that after the blade missed its mark, the Eternal Night Overlord, some three hundred meters above, brought his fingers together. Complex programmatic runes flowed over the blade of light that had missed. It actually split into a thousand fine light needles, surrounding and piercing from 360 degrees—and Wang Jiu was precisely the one about to be turned into a pincushion.
This time, she couldn't dodge. It was too fast, and there were no blind spots.
Indeed, the most terrifying attacks were those that achieved the ultimate in speed and power. Everything else was just details.
And all she could do was defend.
Barrier, broken!
Defensive skills could only reduce the damage!
In the end, a fifth of the attacking light needles still pierced Wang Jiu's body.
But in the next instant, she was repaired by the Book of Immortality.
Just as she was repaired, her vision went black. The Eternal Night Overlord had arrived!
Swish!
A blade pierced straight through Wang Jiu's body.
Honestly, Wang Jiu not only didn't understand why the lofty Eternal Night Race would care about her—though she wasn't weak and had some presence in the various spacetimes—but compared to the Eternal Night Race that had annihilated the incredibly powerful Primordial Spirit Race of the past, what was she? Was she worthy of such a targeted assassination?
But what she understood even less was how this Eternal Night Overlord had suddenly become so much stronger, as if he'd chugged a cocktail of stimulants. She remembered their last fight, where they were basically evenly matched. It had only been a few days, and now he was completely crushing her.
Look at this, the way the blade was plunged into her was truly overflowing with dominance.
It had pierced right through her body.
Her HP was dropping at a terrifying rate. Wu Geng's previous methods seemed like minor tricks in comparison.
In an instant, Wang Jiu had lost over ten thousand HP.
Only 10% remained.
Critical health again, and that little bit of remaining health was still dropping!
This blade attack... the enemy was too strong. There was no way to win!
Shocked, Wang Jiu decisively abandoned this body and reverted to her soul form.
Being a soul body had its advantages and disadvantages. For example, one couldn't launch physical attacks and could only use soul attacks to damage the opponent's HP. However, a physical body provided a certain degree of damage reduction and enhanced the soul's stability. This was why ancient lore stated that the souls of the newly deceased, having just left their bodies, were particularly fragile.
And while Wu Geng couldn't do anything to her, this Eternal Night Overlord was a different story. He must have seen through her long ago and had a way to destroy her soul, so...
Long Aotian had been pleased that the Eternal Night Race's target was Wang Jiu, but he also felt inexplicably annoyed. A great War God like him was less of a big deal than a human from a later era?
But survival was paramount! This descended Eternal Night expert had to be a top-tier noble of the Eternal Night mechanical race. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to defy the regulations of the Third Spacetime and display such immense power nearly thirty thousand meters underground.
Long Aotian decisively turned to run, but he felt a strange coldness behind him. Before he could react, a soul instantly entered his body.
What the fuck!!
"Witch Dao Soul Possession?!! Are you that perverted old woman Yin Lao?!!"
Among the ancient Primordial Spirit Race, the Witch clan was the most skilled in soul arts. When Wang Jiu entered his body, her soul aura naturally carried a trace of the devouring nature of Yin Lao.
Long Aotian misunderstood, but out of his fear of Yin Lao, he frantically tried to expel Wang Jiu's soul.
Well, if Wang Jiu had devoured Yin Lao's complete soul, Long Aotian wouldn't be a problem now. His fear was a testament to how powerful Yin Lao had been. But if Wang Jiu had encountered a complete Yin Lao, then Wang Jiu wouldn't be a problem now either.
However, Wang Jiu had later killed and devoured the souls of Liu Guang and Hao Tian. Her current soul mass was roughly Yin Lao's remnant soul + Liu Jin + Hao Tian, plus her own soul. Although she was still a bit weaker than the renowned Long Aotian of old, Long Aotian himself had just awakened and was in a weakened state. More importantly, Wang Jiu had created her own Ghost Dao, which was extremely formidable. The ghost possession skill alone was uncanny enough. Long Aotian panicked. After trying to expel her twice to no avail, he realized it was useless. Wang Jiu had previously entered the bodies of Xing Yao and Mo Ran, and through the bodies and souls of these two Primordial Spirit descendants, she had grasped some of the race's characteristics and further perfected her ghost possession. She directly locked onto the connection point between Long Aotian's soul and body—oh, it was even easier than she had imagined.
Because this body didn't belong to Long Aotian in the first place.
So... Long Aotian struggled for only three seconds before the body he had worked so hard to possess fell under Wang Jiu's ownership. He was relegated to second place. Unable to defeat Wang Jiu's soul or reclaim the body, he could either obediently be the number two or exit this body.
Long Aotian was about to choose the second option when the Eternal Night Overlord raised his hand. The skin on his palm transformed, revealing a rotating mechanical smart compass underneath. It spun rapidly with a whirring sound, as if adjusting its pointers and direction.
No, it wasn't a compass. It was rotating to form... soul attack apertures.
It emitted a beam of light.
This single beam of light covered the entire cavern space, a diameter of over ten thousand meters from top to bottom.
With a hum, Long Aotian was terrified once again and abandoned the thought of leaving the body. But... a soul hand pushed him.
What the fuck! This human woman is so vicious! She must be Yin Lao!
As Long Aotian's soul was expelled from the Spirit Child Daoist's body, this soul-annihilating light enveloped him.
Of course, it also enveloped Wang Jiu.
Indeed, this Eternal Night Overlord had come prepared.
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