Chapter 377: Battle Began

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

An Xiaoran was agitated, and a warm hue crept up her barely covered body, making it even more enticing.

However, Lin Jie did not even glance at her body as he raised his brows and bellowed, “City of Light’s citizens have always pursued a simple, elegant, and minimalist lifestyle. How can you host the final tournament when you are clad so scantily? Just looking at your attire, you are not qualified to be the host, get lost!”

“You! Enough, you are not the NPC, how can you kick me out? What power do you have?” An Xiaoran pieced out her sentences calmly as a reporter should be adaptable in any situation. Her current state was pitiful! As long as an NPC said anything to help her – just one line – she would be able to announce the start of the competition by using that line.

“I have the power!” Lin Jie snorted as he raised his right hand, and his fingers moved. The Water Elements in the atmosphere grew violent as a large water column spouted from beneath An Xiaoran’s feet. Her body was blasted upwards with a loud boom as she flew out of the arena and plunged into the ground.

The final tournament arena was a friendly map, other than the participants, the attacks of others would be invalid. However, skills’ effects were still able to be expressed.

This was the [Water Gush Spell], the second skill recorded in the Sea Riding Skill. It had a channeling distance of 35 yards and was able to blast away one target while causing 100% damage. The blast was decided by the strength of the target, and the skill had a cooldown period of 40 seconds.

Lin Jie was a Berserker, other than his Broken Blade and Kiara Beast King Armor, he had even consumed rare items such as Dark Holy Water, so his strength would be 20 times that of An Xiaoran. It would be an easy feat to blast her away.

“Bella, you are up.” Lin Jie waved his hands and sat down firmly on his seat.

Bella donned her signature red cheongsam as she stepped on stage elegantly and smiled. “Hello everyone, I am Bella.”

“Goddess, goddess!”

“Wow, so huge, if only I can rub it, tsk tsk…”

“F*ck, dude, do you want to die? Bella is the goddess of the City of Light, you won’t be able to leave this place if you say any more.”

The perverse-looking Elf Bandit felt a dozen murderous glances shot towards him, and he hung his head down silently.

The Sky Provisions Shop had provided aid to countless new and helpless players. Thus, Bella, who was the receptionist, had become a beautiful entity, just like Athena. Her popularity was much higher than An Xiaoran.

No one cared about An Xiaoran anymore.

A just cause gained great support, an unjust one gained little. Lin Jie had blasted her off in front of everyone but went unpunished. Who else would dare to go against him?

“Okay, the final round of the final tournament has officially begun! The first round is Demon Robe against Innocent Killer!” Bella did not resort to coquetry, but instead, she cut to the chase and announced, “Players, please come on the stage!”

Arena.

Other than Zheng Ziliang and Demon Robe, the remaining players were teleported away.

Demon Robe had disappeared without a trace after offering Eighteen Massacres to the Three-Headed Serpent and meeting the Mesosaprobic Shrine Master, Sea Mage Laney. After reemerging, even his equipment looked new!

Demon Robe was clad in a Level 30 Gold Shadow Executor Armor Set, and his weapon belt that hung from his waist was altered. The judging panel where Lin Jie was situated, was 30 yards away from him. However, Lin Jie still caught a whiff of the acidic scent from such a distance away.

‘Dragon Slayer Venom?’ Lin Jie frowned slightly. ‘This seems to be the ultra-rare venom produced by the Dark Shrine, which is able to corrode dragon scales and armors. An entire bottle is sufficient to destroy city walls, and if it’s used against the Mechanical Gargoyle, it will probably be able to corrode Titan’s Heart.’

Zheng Ziliang wore his Contract Summoner tight-fitting robe and seemed charming. A semi spirit appeared from the contract circle, it was the Minstrel Musa. This was the greatest control-type summoned beast.

“Battle begins!”

“Demon Robe, is your guild filled with mostly Bandits?” joked Zheng Ziliang.

Demon Robe nodded. “If you wish to join, I welcome you anytime.”

“Er… I am just asking, are there many female Bandits in your guild? I am most interested in those cool chicks wearing dark night suits.”

“Hmph, birds of the same feathers flock together, you aren’t a good guy yourself.” Demon Robe snorted. “Summon your gargoyle. Otherwise, you won’t be able to beat me.”

“Spirit Scream!”

“Summoner Heart, Summoner Enhance, Soul Link, Slave Contract!”

Zheng Ziliang attacked abruptly as he had already cast a series of spells while he was speaking, and Minstrel Musa’s body grew twice in size. Spirit Scream pierced towards Demon Robe, and the shriek blasted through the eardrum, hitting the soul! Closely after, a series of summoned beast-enchantment spells were cast into Musa, and his body expanded to twice its original size, and he slapped Demon Robe.

This was the main battle mod of Contract Summoners. They attacked their target by enhancing their summoned beast while they themselves hid or controlled their beast.

-583!

The Minstrel’s punch landed on Demon Robe’s chest and caused over 500 points of damage!

Demon Robe brows throbbed. ‘How perverse are the Savage Blade members? How can one summoned beast’s output be so high?’ He was about to die, and it had only been 4 punches.

“Contract command, consecutive attacks!” Zheng Ziliang commanded again, and the Minstrel attacked one again. This was its most explosive attack, which was able to cause 3 consecutive 100% damage attacks.

Whoosh—

Demon Robe side-stepped, and he became a phantom.

Skill: Phantom!

Behind Zheng Ziliang, Demon Robe crept up with a cold dagger as he pierced towards the back of his head! If he succeeded, Zheng Ziliang would be stunned, and then instakilling him would be effortless.

“I already knew about this move of yours. Goblin Grenade!”

Boom—

Zheng Ziliang and Demon Robe flew in opposite directions, and the latter was stunned for 2 seconds. This was Zheng Ziliang’s newest siege invention, Goblin Grenade, which was able to cause 50 points damage to the target while blasting it away. There was a 30% chance of stunning the target for 2 seconds.

“Contract Alteration, Battle Summon. Mechanical Gargoyle, come on out!” The Minstrel began dissipating as Zheng Ziliang shouted, and the satanic Mechanical Gargoyle rushed out. Its gigantic wings stirred up tornadoes, which sped towards Demon Robe. Its enhanced ‘Nerd Claw’ was about to capture Demon Robe, coupled with the Mechanical Gargoyle’s Fire Armor and Water Surge, Demon Robe was done for!

However, a sly smile crept up Demon Robe’s face as a bottle of black venom flicked into his hands from his weapon belt. The venom was ominous and viscous, like slush; it even emitted an acrid smell.

Dragon Slayer Potion!

One bottle of potion was enough to destroy the City of Light’s wall! The dagger was tainted with the venom, and it sliced the Mechanical Gargoyle’s shoulder during impact, which caused a large tear instantly. Precious alloy ores were corroded and dripped down, while the wound spread like flames, and half of its wings were corroded within seconds.

“What’s going on?” Zheng Ziliang was stunned. The Mechanical Gargoyle’s body was extremely durable. It could even withstand the attacks of an Overlord Boss, unlike other mechanical summoned beasts that required maintenance after every battle. However, the Mechanical Gargoyle had been severely damaged.

Zheng Ziliang was in agony as he activated the contract and shouted, “Come back, come back!”

Demon Robe cracked. “Come back? Too late! Your Mechanical Gargoyle is your foundation, and today, I am destroying it!”

Demon Robe held the bottle of Dragon Slayer Venom in his hands and threw it at the gargoyle. Instantly, liquid covered the Mechanical Gargoyle and corroded it completely! The gargoyle began trembling like Ghost City.

“This potion… I know what it is, it is the Dragon Slayer Potion! I read about it once before in a wild history record, this is a valuable potion that’s capable of destroying city walls!”

“Then won’t the Mechanical Gargoyle be destroyed? Oh my god!”

“The Mechanical Gargoyle is such a rare pet, don’t destroy it, give it to me.”

Several Contract Summoners in the crowd began shrieking and wanted the Mechanical Gargoyle to escape into their contract space. However, the Dragon Slayer Potion had already flooded out—it would completely corrode the Mechanical Gargoyle, which had great potential, within the next second.

Sizzle— Sizzle—

The Dragon Slayer Potion was working!

However, the Mechanical Gargoyle was not the one that was being corroded. Instead, in its place, was a shining golden shield, the Shield of Courage—the shield that had always been by Lin Jie’s side!

When everyone recovered from their surprise, Lin Jie had already stood coldly in the arena as his Shield of Courage became molten iron on the ground.

“Jie…” Zheng Ziliang was stunned.

The audience was stupefied.

“F*ck, the judge went into the arena?”

“The Mechanical Gargoyle is too valuable. Hence, Lone Wolf must have known that and couldn’t let it be destroyed.”

“But that’s still too much, how can he go on stage to help? I object, object! This is going against the rules what the heck!”

“Let’s see how the NPCs will deal with this situation. I don’t believe that Lone Wolf can go about unscathed.”

“Raid Commander, Corporal! Throw this unruly player into jail! Best to take away all his equipment and seal him up completely!” An Xiaoran, who had been beaten by Lin Jie, was cursing evilly as she waited for the NPCs’ reaction.

Lin Jie interfering with the tournament was absolutely lawless!

City of Light’s law stipulated that players who interfered with Lord God Events would be jailed for 3 months, and all their properties, estates, gold coins, and equipment would be confiscated. The severity of this punishment was terrifying.

The Corporal, Mohamed, was a Sub-Legendary NPC that had spent half of his life in battles. He stood up ferociously, revealing his scarred face, which was filled with a look of distaste, and shouted, “Human from the alternate realms, get down now, don’t interfere with the tournament! You have breached the laws of the City of Light, I will strip you of your judge’s authority and throw you into jail! Human from the alternate realms, you are too unruly, I have to teach you a lesson.”

Lin Jie glanced coldly at the Corporal before turning away disdainfully. Then he raised his Broken Blade and sliced towards Demon Robe!