Chapter 438
It seems the second possibility is the case—not the best, but certainly not the worst.
Still in the state of the Xisha Fox, her health points were down to just 17.
Yu Xunge quickly cast a 【Yang Zhi Gan Lu】 on herself, bringing her health back up to 50%.
The players shifted their feet slightly, ensuring they wouldn’t be caught off guard by the match’s end, and then they froze, all waiting for the game prompt of this round.
Yu Xunge scanned the game field; there were only 9 types of exotic beasts left in this round.
Two minutes later, a new prompt echoed above the game arena.
【Prompt: Skills can also serve as links to achieve a match effect. The initiator of the skill will be exempt from death penalties and will randomly receive a kill reward from one of the eliminated players.】
Ah, a chain-type skill! She didn’t have one!
Yu Xunge immediately started moving, keeping her eyes peeled for anyone using a chain-type or control-type guiding skill, ready to use 【You Borrow, I Return】 to copy it!
What a pity she didn’t bring the 【Family Bucket】; otherwise, after copying a guiding skill, she could have smashed it down with the 【Family Bucket】—with 100 targets, she could link at least seven or eight of the same kind!
But the “randomly receive a kill reward from one of the eliminated players” was probably to prevent players with skill advantages from racking up points too easily.
While maneuvering, Yu Xunge quickly zeroed in on a player who could unleash a fire whip. The whip, like a nimble serpent, could deftly avoid unwanted targets and lock onto what she needed.
【You Borrow, I Return】!—The temporary skill icon was in her grasp—【Serpent’s Dance】!
Yu Xunge leaped onto a massive beast resembling a small mountain, pushing off its back with her hind claws. As she twisted in mid-air, she not only changed direction instantly but also caused the ice ribbon chasing her from behind to miss its mark, hitting the giant beast instead.
After landing, Yu Xunge took a few steps before immediately using her skill.
Right in front of her was a Xisha Fox, and it was about to unleash its skill. Yu Xunge decided to strike first.
The fire serpent shot out, hitting the Xisha Fox just as its chain ensnared her front paw, tripping her while swiftly extending backward to grab a third Xisha Fox.
As Yu Xunge rolled on the ground, she didn’t pay attention to the enemy’s situation but focused solely on her target.
Her eyes were fixed on the Xisha Fox at three o'clock. The fire serpent flew low, weaving around the feet of various exotic beasts, and just before the Xisha Fox vanished from her sight, it struck its tail sharply.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Yu Xunge found herself back in the starting room.
She waited with a cold expression for a few seconds before hearing the heavenly announcement.
【Congratulations, player Zai Jiu Xun Ge has completed the elimination.】
【You will receive the death penalty from player Jian Qi Hu Wen.】
【Player Hu Wen has chosen to exchange an SSS-level skill for a seventh resurrection opportunity in this divine game. You will receive that SSS-level skill as your loot.】
【Ding—You have drawn a kill reward; you gain current experience +10%.】
【Loot extraction complete; you have obtained Hu Wen's SSS-level skill—Old Blacksmith.】
【Old Blacksmith】 (SSS): After use, you can summon a mysterious old blacksmith who will create a top-tier workshop according to your wishes and requirements. Each use requires you to pay the old blacksmith with fine wine and gourmet food that matches his workload; otherwise, he won’t work for you. Cooldown time: 850 Star Sea Days.
This is great! Although it’s not a rare control or escape skill, this skill is still quite special!
Compared to attack skills, Yu Xunge preferred these unique skills!
Fine wine and gourmet food? That’s easy to arrange.
She didn’t have the luxury of time to supervise the old blacksmith; she could easily have Ding Hai take care of satisfying him.
As for what she would pay Ding Hai? She could rent out the old blacksmith!
An SSS-level blacksmith? He’s not your average craftsman!
Once the old blacksmith finishes building her alchemy workshop, she could use her skill to reduce the cooldown, and if Ding Hai wanted a workshop, she could summon the old blacksmith again to hand it over to him.
After that, if Ding Hai needed more, he’d have to pay with gold coins or items that could increase attribute points.
As the resurrection countdown ended, Yu Xunge took off running the moment she landed, searching for her next target.
Although death wouldn’t refresh cooldowns, 【You Borrow, I Return】 had a short cooldown to begin with, and by the time Yu Xunge locked onto her target, she was ready to strike again!
She couldn’t bear to leave this game with 【Survive to the End】.
Jian Qi Hu Wen! A 15th-tier powerhouse, yet eliminated just like that because of a match! And she gained an SSS-level skill from him!
If she were to hit the jackpot and receive a tenth kill reward from some powerful player later, wouldn’t she be rolling in riches?
She couldn’t bear to leave, not at all.
Thinking of the immense benefits, Yu Xunge excitedly envisioned the future with her electronic secretary in her mind. If her divine talent skills reached 20 types, would she unlock some rare achievement?
B8017913: “So Rabbit No. 3 was wrong; you’re not lacking in courage. You just need a little stimulation. As long as the temptation and benefits are substantial enough, you can charge forward without fear of death.”
Yu Xunge: “Exactly! Sigh, Rabbit No. 3 doesn’t understand me at all.”
Yu Xunge: “There was a divine game announcement praising me and Tu Lan like this before, talking about our sharp and steady game strategies, our fearless approach, and our flexible combat styles. It was all true, but it made me blush! You can ask Tu Lan if you don’t believe me.”
Yu Xunge: “Why aren’t you saying anything? Your silence is making me feel awkward.”
B8017913 didn’t want to respond but didn’t know how to. It stared at the pop-up prompt, lost in thought.
Why did the words “Rabbit No. 3” now attract the attention of the divine…
【Chapter 570: Divine Game: Nonsense Restaurant 85】
B8017913 didn’t reply, and Yu Xunge didn’t mind, focusing instead on the battle.
She still didn’t know that the divine had added sensing keywords…
The rules of the third round of the match greatly minimized the distance between players.
Even nightmare and abyss-level players could take down demon kings and overlords.
In the previous round, due to physical contact in the match, even though Yu Xunge’s agility soared above 2000, her speed couldn’t match that of abyss-level players. Even if she hadn’t encountered that chain skill capable of dragging players back, she wouldn’t have lasted long.
So after being killed once, she immediately changed her plan to find a way to lie low.
But this round was different; the initiator of skill links could avoid death penalties.
There were quite a few skills that fit this match’s rules.
Players quickly discovered the tricks involved.
Guiding skills, once cast, still linked to the player, allowing them to control the skill’s trajectory and attack multiple players.
Random skills, like 【Family Bucket】, would copy the skill to randomly attack nearby players after hitting a target, which also counted as a link.
In short, as long as a skill was used once and could attack multiple similar targets in sequence, it counted.
In this situation, players with such skills would never prioritize physical contact; the closer they were, the greater the uncertainty. The best approach was to maintain a safe distance from similar targets while pursuing, then release skills at the right moment to complete the link.
Players without linking skills found themselves in a bit of trouble, forced into passive defense.
Of course, there were still surprises.
While escaping, Yu Xunge noticed a wild little raccoon.
The little raccoon was sprinting across the game field, holding a long spear made of lightning that she was all too familiar with, and dangling from the spear was a half-dead little raccoon.
Locking onto her target, the little raccoon hurled the spear, which zipped across half the field and struck the third little raccoon right in the rear.
It… it linked up!
Bang! Bang! Bang! The three little raccoons were eliminated.
Yu Xunge: …Thank goodness she and Maple Syrup weren’t the same species!
Aside from that, the game prompts were also vague.
“Skills can also serve as links” merely added a match mode, but no one knew if the rules from the second round still applied in this round, or if players who had died in the first round would still be exempt from death penalties.
Perhaps some players were willing to test it, but the results—good or bad—would not be shared with others.
This uncertainty left players feeling constrained and blurred the lines of power.
Advantages shifted; now it was all about timing and speed of attack.
In the midst of her escape, Yu Xunge fully absorbed the lessons from courses like 【Evasion】, 【Melee (Unarmed)】, and 【Combat Rhythm】, syncing completely with reality.
But it still wasn’t enough.
Yu Xunge focused on the few Xisha Foxes chasing her. They weren’t using any skills, yet their movements were so agile, as if they were employing some kind of evasion skill.
Even with a change in species, their bodies were astonishingly nimble.
The dazzling array of colorful skill lights on the field was overwhelming. Unlike most players who dodged all skills, Yu Xunge couldn’t do that yet; it was her shortcoming.
Her choice was to pay attention to the sources of all skill lights. Faced with the skill links of the Xisha Foxes, in a critical moment, she could afford to sacrifice some defense, preferring to be hit by other players’ skills while dodging similar skill links rather than demanding perfection in avoiding all skills.
The existence of 【Bedtime Fairy Tale】 granted her a significant margin for error.
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