My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 136: The Ruined City Full of Killing Intent
Creak—
The pivot of the large iron gate screeched piercingly, revealing a mass of mist behind it.
The puppet said kindly, "A friendly reminder, once you enter this mist, you’ll be teleported to a random point in the ruins. Remember, apart from threats from fellow players, there are also traps within the ruins, and after sunset, the evil spirits of the ruins will start to roam. Always check behind you, someone might be watching in secret. Now, let’s begin."
He spread his arms wide, as if ready to embrace the sun in the sky.
Most people rushed to enter the mist behind the gate eagerly.
Li Rui wasn’t in a hurry. He waited for everyone to go in first, contemplating while looking at the gate’s administrator.
"If I catch him and give him a beating, can I extort something else?"
However, the other person noticed him too and laughed dryly like a robot: "Haha, nice coat."
Snap.
He snapped his fingers, disappearing from the gate, seemingly in a slight panic.
Li Rui shrugged, stepped forward, and walked into the mist behind the gate.
Buzz—
After a bout of dizziness, he found himself standing in a grand hall. This place was almost intact, the glass dome wasn’t shattered, and sunlight could still shine through.
He took out his diamond-strong umbrella, slung it over his shoulder, and walked straight out of the hall.
According to Kong Ji’s oral strategy, when in good condition, it’s best to go out and hunt for people to earn points, and if not in good condition or if the nearby situation is complicated, it’s better to hide in the corners of buildings like a turtle.
This is the most conventional strategy that works most of the time.
Li Rui walked out of the hall’s entrance and, before he could look around, he saw the scoreboard shimmering with golden light in the sky.
First Place: 0 points
Second Place: 0 points
Third Place: 0 points
.....
Current Ranking: ---
This scoreboard, of course, doesn’t specify identities, but it informs everyone of the current point distribution.
Li Rui leaped left and right along the nearby stone platform, standing atop the dome of this building, looking out to see that this had once been a bustling city, with mixed styles of yellow-dominated arc-shaped buildings from the Western Regions and oriental pavilions. Some were collapsed, some were damaged, and some were mostly covered by plants.
He should be in some central city building, like a cathedral or something. This spawn point is not bad; nowhere is too far away.
He raised his hand above his eyebrows to shield from the sun, surveying the distant environment quickly, and found two figures chasing on the rooftops.
Boom!
Followed by two skills colliding in an explosion.
These two probably haven’t watched or gotten hold of a reliable strategy, or they simply don’t like thinking.
Chasing each other on the rooftop is too dangerous; almost everyone nearby can see them and might fall prey to ambushes.
Sure enough, after crossing two more rooftops, a flash of dark light emerged from the alley below, and suddenly, two people fell off the roof.
Meanwhile, the first place on the board changed to 2 points.
Li Rui found it intriguing; it seems that in order to operate here, merely having strength is not enough, strategy is indeed necessary.
If one can consistently harvest points from behind, efficiency would be very high.
He leapt down from the rooftop, rushing towards where the dark light appeared earlier, darting through a narrow alley. Nine ground thorns suddenly sprang up from beneath him, which he flipped in the air to dodge, and spears thrust from both sides.
Clang.
Such trap mechanisms could not trouble Li Rui. He twisted to avoid the attack, opened the diamond umbrella to block the incoming spikes, almost wasting no time, and continued sprinting.
Came to the place where the dark light had appeared earlier; the person had vanished completely and wasn’t even nearby as Li Rui didn’t sense any killing intent.
But the air had a lingering hint of a foul stench, and he knew that the one who acted in the dark just now must be the Demon Witch Zago.
Looking up again, the first place still held 2 points, but the second, third, and fourth places were the same, with several more people having 1 point behind.
The first wave of slaughter had begun, but from this point on, the entire ruined city grew very quiet.
It seems not only the start, but the most intense fighting of the first wave might have already concluded.
The most reckless have almost all died once and entered respawn time; the remaining ones yet to die are either highly skilled and experienced like the Demon Witch or cunning as foxes.
Of course, Li Rui was not among them; from entering the ruins till now, he was basically in spectator mode.
He glanced up at the splendidly golden sun and decided to change direction and try his luck, first getting out of his zero-point status.
So he was ready to walk out of this alley where Zago had ambushed others, into the main street, but after just two steps, he slightly raised his eyebrows, swung his hand, and activated the shadow skill of his administrator’s coat.
A phantom Li Rui walked out of the alley foolishly.
"Ha—"
A silhouette suddenly sprang from the side, the heavy-punch skill seemed well-prepared for a long time.
However, only upon striking did this person realize it was a trap; unable to retract the punch, the whole person looked as if they were plunging down, and before they could adjust their posture, they felt a gust of wind beside them, followed by darkness before their eyes.
Li Rui easily earned a point.
The key was that the opponent’s killing intent was so obvious that he could even detect the specific location, making him somewhat of a monster in this arena.
After all, everyone entering here had one purpose, to kill others.
Li Rui shouldered his umbrella once more and continued to walk leisurely forward.
...
The sailor’s advancement direction splits into Sailor and Pirate, though in the land of chaos, most become the latter.
There’s a high chance that Kawina Redfield would also follow this path.
She had just used her Epic Level short-barreled musket to smash someone’s head; it’s a rare sailor’s talent—dual wielding, able to wield both the sailor’s curved sword and a musket simultaneously.
Of course, attributes would balance automatically, so you couldn’t have one more slot than ordinary people.
She already had three points, surpassing the Demon Witch Zago to the top, but whether it was fate or intentional, that foul-smelling bearded figure appeared at the other end of the street.
Neither side acted rashly.
"I think, fighting here is pointless for us both. How about we each go our own way?" Zago rasped.
Kawina sneered, "If anyone else said that, I’d believe them, but you’re infamous for being untrustworthy, so I think..."
She raised her musket.
"Roar—"
Instead of a bang, the muzzle spewed fire with a beast-like howl.
Zago reached out to press down in midair, a pitch-black minion appeared, its jaw bristling with sharp teeth, devouring the musket’s fiery blaze.
"Using this move right from the start, it seems you really want to kill me."
"Wouldn’t you do the same?"
Boom!
The violent explosion echoed across the ruin city.
