My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 143: Forced the Opponents to Band Together
Li Rui had gone berserk.
Since night fell, the arena had taken on a strange atmosphere.
The mist represented death; wherever it moved, people had to flee immediately, or they might be trapped there forever.
With a constant supply of Spirit Balls, Li Rui was like a super boss, killing tirelessly.
His score was skyrocketing like it was on steroids, already more than a hundred points ahead of the second place, Kawina, surpassing previous records with just the lead alone.
Li Rui found that the combination of Blood Eye and mist control was surprisingly effective, along with Explosive Traps and afterimage skills, those trapped in the mist must be disgusted.
If the admin coat were to be upgraded with more skills in the future, there might be other combinations for different scenarios.
A large-scale mist puzzle like today is particularly effective in the arena since the Spirit Balls can provide an endless power strip; it wouldn’t last this long in the real world.
Of course, in the real world, people can’t respawn continuously.
At this moment, the entire ruin was silent.
No one dared to move unless the Ghosts of the Ruins drove them out; otherwise, stepping out meant death.
Even more strangely, sometimes when two people silently walked along the edge and met in the mist, they didn’t dare fight fiercely, sometimes even nodding to each other and bypassing.
Everyone had noticed the top score on the leaderboard, over two hundred points, and knew that the one hunting them like a ghost in the mist wasn’t a boss but a living person.
If there were a report option in the Secret Realm, it would have been slammed by now.
But they weren’t complaining about the Foggy Evil Ghost, but the Secret Realm’s system.
What kind of monster did you send here?! That person can’t possibly be level 25!
Actually, they weren’t wrong; it wasn’t level 25, but level 22.
On his way to the border, Li Rui single-handedly took down three Extraordinary close to level 30, and later engaged in a bunch of level 35 Existing Realms. Among these, the top at level 25 could make him use Thunder Shocking Earth type of methods, while most of the others only required a face-planting Dragon Rider move.
He moved through the mist, at an intersection outside the western plaza of the ruins, saw through Blood Eye people on both sides, one of them was the sneaky Bai Yang, and the other he didn’t recognize.
So Li Rui chose to hunt Bai Yang.
No choice, your Bamboo Gang has bad ties with us, as Brother Kong hinted to me.
Bang!
After this, Bai Yang returned once more to the consciousness space, waiting for rebirth.
He was almost in tears; a tenth of that crazy score probably came from him.
This arrogant Martial Artist was about to break mentally.
Just like him, there was another—Demon Witch Zago, who contributed another tenth of the points.
Now, he didn’t even dare to summon his magic servants easily; the summoning caused too much commotion, and whenever he summoned, the red-eyed demon would show up on time and take them both out in an instant.
So besides praying like a saint, Zago had nothing else to try.
Meanwhile, in the reality world, in an underground sanctuary without electric lights but torch-lit, a group was kneeling, facing the male Saint Ignis icon.
Under the statue was a cushion, with a bearded man lying on it, the very same Zago trembling in the Secret Realm.
"After the ceremony, you shall follow the teachings of the Holy Mother, uphold the doctrines, and wait for the ritual to end, until the faithful servant of the Holy Mother, the Demon Witch, returns to the world."
"By then, the sanctuary council will unfurl the sacred banner and spread the gospel of the Holy Mother to the world. The Great Prophet has foreseen the day when the sanctuary’s glory will shine upon the land of chaos, replacing the false gods."
For this underground church, temporarily with only a few dozen members, the false god was the Holy Spirit of the Holy Protection High Court.
No way around it, you have to boast big to deceive believers.
"Honorable Priest, when can we come out of the underground and make those ignorant outside submit?"
"When the Demon Witch returns to the world, the council will take the lead, executing Divine Punishment, highlighting the name of the Holy Mother."
All the believers’ faces lit up with ecstatic smiles, as if they could already see the day of a million followers.
...
The sun was rising slowly; everyone thought the nightmare was about to end, yet they were wrong.
The morning light couldn’t quickly dispel the natural mist, let alone the mist Li Rui summoned himself, which wouldn’t notably weaken before noon.
Now, Li Rui accumulated 289 points and was pressing to break 400 before the 24-hour mark.
At the other end of the mist, Bai Yang, Luca, Michael, and Kawina met. They didn’t fight fiercely, nor did they show any hostility, strangely able to sit down in this arena and talk calmly.
"We can’t go on like this; we have to kill that person once."
The proud sons of different factions were now plagued by inner demons; they knew they couldn’t aim for first place but could embrace an optimistic spirit by killing the Foggy Evil Ghost once!
To do so, solo fights wouldn’t do; they needed to combine all forces.
Hence, even with usually unimpressive alliances like the Blood Blade Alliance, they chose to cooperate. In the chaotic land, interest doesn’t see eternal enemies.
"I can head-on restrain him."
Bai Yang stated firmly but seeing the skeptical looks from his peers, he was compelled to add, "For three seconds."
"I’ll go with Bai."
Little Holy Blade Luca said coldly, "Try to restrain for ten seconds, Kawina, use your powerful firepower to attack head-on, Michael, launch a critical strike at the key moment, any objections?"
Michael nodded silently, Bai Yang reluctantly consented to the situation.
"Kawina?"
Luca felt a tinge of unease.
"I won’t participate."
The princess of the Redfield family turned down the proposal, understanding her second-place wasn’t due to overpowering the rest but merely being killed by the Foggy Evil Ghost fewer times.
She realized that several times, the formidable person intentionally spared her, targeting others instead. Although she didn’t understand why, she wasn’t someone to repay kindness with betrayal.
After all, securing a steady second place was already decent.
However, her refusal elicited discontent from the others.
"I see why you’re second in points; someone’s assisting you. Aren’t you that guy’s lover? Are the women of the Redfield family all sluts?" Bai Yang said viciously.
Click.
Kawina aimed her shotgun at him.
"Wanna fight?" Bai Yang flipped his wrist, readying his Finger Tiger.
"Enough."
Luca whispered angrily, afraid of causing too much ruckus, "If you don’t want to join, leave now."
Not out of kindness, but if they fight now, they might accidentally summon that terrifying guy, ruining the plan.
Kawina couldn’t take the three alone; she raised her gun and slowly retreated, vanishing into the mist.
"What now," Michael said, "Our firepower isn’t enough."
The other two frowned tightly, stumped for ideas. Sailor Kawina, with her two Epic Level items, was indeed a powerful partner, impossible to replace casually. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Suddenly, a hoarse voice emerged from the mist.
"If that’s the case, why not let me join, what do you say?"
The demon witch Zaka, draped in a black robe, brimmed with resentment.
