Chapter 1 Wan Jia Xiong Meng

The two halves of fpu's body, propelled by the momentum of the long spear, tumbled in the air like willow leaves.

The green data stream flowing from the cross-section of the remains changed from green to blue, and then rapidly from blue to a deep purple.

The two pieces of the remains quickly expanded, like inflated balloons.

Then,

Boom!!

The two halves of the body suddenly exploded, and a misty, purple smoke spread and expanded in the air, enveloping Li Ang.

The skill on fpu's body called [A Surprise from Icathia] allows the user's body to create a chain reaction after death, exploding after a short delay.

The explosion damage depends on the remaining energy in the remains.

Intense pain swept through the mental network, the pain felt when the clone died clearly transmitted to every body.

If fpu hadn't already swallowed pills that could suppress the pain, they would have all fainted from the agony.

Did it work?

Fpu had deliberately played a trick earlier, creating a clone that contained more energy and placing it at the very front of the clone array.

This way, when the opponent tried to kill the clone, there was a high chance they would be caught in the first wave of self-detonation damage.

With luck, one hit could incapacitate the opponent...

However,

There was no kill or even hit notification.

That thought flashed through fpu's mind.

The mind, reinforced by [Misaka Network - Pseudo], immediately issued emergency instructions.

The clones closest to the purple smoke dispersed and retreated in all directions, while the clones farthest from the smoke dropped their useless firearms and took out various weapons provided by Prometheus Labs, firing at the purple smoke.

[Nightingale - Extreme Cold], resembling a submachine gun, fired a series of icy projectiles, slowing down both the body and mind of those hit;

[Thunderbolt Violet Lightning], resembling a semi-automatic pistol, dealt high damage to various types of energy shields;

[Jealousy Slugger], resembling a shotgun, fired highly powerful slug rounds that doubled the damage if they hit the head;

...

These were either extraordinary items produced by the Killing Field Game, or weapons created by Prometheus Labs using Killing Field Game technology, with a quality of at least [Rare] or higher.

Moreover, they were not restricted by the rules of the Killing Field Game itself and could exert their full power.

The bullets fired directly shattered the wok wall summoned by Xing Hechou, passing through the purple smoke from all angles.

They even retained enough momentum to claim the lives of several light giants and Prometheus employees in the distance.

[Cleanhit!]

[Cleanhit!]

[Cleanhit!]

Three system notifications echoed in the high sky.

Giant blue translucent letters appeared out of thin air, informing fpu that he had just scored three hits.

Only three hits.

Whoosh!

The purple smoke churned and rolled.

A dark green beam of light shot out, silently piercing through the head of one of the fpus.

The energy shield carried by that clone flickered with a symbolic white light, then was shattered by the effects of the Disintegrate spell, allowing green disintegration cracks to spread and cover the body in a short period.

The [A Surprise from Icathia] passive skill automatically triggered, the body rapidly expanding and exploding, forming a cloud of purple smoke smaller than before.

"Laser weapon?"

Inside the command center, Graham gritted his teeth. He knew that every player who made it into the top 500 would have at least one or two secret trump cards that hadn't been revealed in previous matches.

"Judging from the damage effect, it's more like the Disintegrate spell from Dungeons & Dragons, belonging to the Transmutation school."

A strategist standing next to Graham said in a low voice, "The effect is to cause living or dead matter to disintegrate on its own.

The energy shield carried by fpu, after being divided among the clones, cannot withstand single-shot Disintegrate, resulting in instant death upon impact.

It's a perfect counter."

"Damn it..."

The muscles in Graham's eyes twitched. From the looks of it, the [Realm Corridor] was using the characteristics of the arena itself to slightly balance the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides, providing some potential, exploitable momentum for the weaker side.

However, this balance had a limit. No matter how biased the [Realm Corridor] was, it couldn't give Lv5 or Lv10 players the "momentum" to defeat Michael in a one-on-one situation.

At most, it would increase the 0.01% chance of winning to 0.05%.

Moreover, this "momentum" was a dynamic balance that could be used by both sides simultaneously - Li Risheng, who seemingly wasn't allied with any faction, still had the Special Affairs Bureau supporting him, offsetting Prometheus' advantage in this regard.

"Hmph..."

Graham exhaled a mouthful of stale air, immediately calmed his mood, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said to fpu in the game, "High-level Disintegrate spells must have a high consumption cost and a long cooldown time, and there might even be a limit to the number of uses.

It definitely can't be used casually like a machine gun.

Li Risheng's action of using Disintegrate to eliminate the clone just proves that he has no way to accurately find the location of your main body..."

Swish—

Before he could finish speaking, the sound of something cutting through the air came again from the smoke. A spear made of earth, with dense barbs on the tail, slashed through the air and pierced through the chest of a clone.

With undiminished momentum, the barbs on the tail dragged the remains, pinning the clone firmly to the wall of a high-rise building in Lion City.

Boom!

The self-destruct skill automatically triggered, and a large amount of reinforced concrete exploded and collapsed in the purple smoke.

Graham's pupils suddenly contracted, and he grabbed the walkie-talkie and shouted in a lost voice, "Be careful!"

Too late.

The moment he shouted, Li Ang's figure suddenly flashed out of the smoke, stepping on invisible steps, rushing in front of a certain clone.

Li Ang's white coat had become tattered under the rain of bullets, revealing the red Shenlong Honglie (Mirage Dragon Scarlet Mane) coat underneath.

One of the dragon horns on the dragon head mask had also been knocked off.

It had already turned into a battle-damaged skin.

"To actually dare to harm my noble Celestial Dragon person's body,"

Li Ang grabbed the clone's neck, slowly applying force with his palm. His voice was low and hoarse, cold as ice. "Uncle is, really going to get angry..."

The clone's neck was snapped, and just before it was about to explode, Li Ang kicked it away, slamming it against a distant wall, stirring up a cloud of dust and rubble.

The weapon in the clone's hand was also snatched by Li Ang and snapped in half – Prometheus' weapons all had special verification devices, and could not be used by non-company employees.

"Bang bang bang!"

A rain of bullets poured in from all directions. Li Ang stepped on invisible steps, lowered his body, and swept past the rain of bullets.

He used the Tyrant's Horizontal Bar Spear to sweep away the physical bullets in his path, while using his Rubber Man cheat to dodge the energy bullets by a hair's breadth. If he couldn't avoid them, he would use the Shenlong Honglie (Mirage Dragon Scarlet Mane) coat to resist them.

He used [Ladder Cloud Steps] to move around in the high sky, while taking out sacks filled with earth and using alchemy to create a large number of spears. Every time he threw one, the divine power contained within would tear apart the shield and take the life of a clone.

Fpu tried to spread out, but [Misaka Network - Pseudo] had hidden limitations. If the clones were separated by a certain distance, their thinking speed would decrease instead of increase. The maximum distance was approximately—

"700 meters."

Li Ang said indifferently, "This is the furthest distance your two clones can be apart.

Although you've tried very hard to hide this, rotating around me like a school of fish in a storm, constantly changing the overall formation,

From a higher perspective, it's still too obvious..."

A higher perspective?

What does that mean?

Fpu subconsciously controlled five clones to look up at the sky, only to see hundreds of tiny black dots appearing in the extremely high sky, rapidly expanding as time passed.

That was...

Fpu's pupils suddenly contracted, and the formation that had been circling like a school of fish paused for a moment.

Those were Li Ang's scout insect soldiers.

At this time, they had removed their bird disguise and completely revealed their original appearance – a purplish-red creature with a segmented body, a spiked tail, and constantly flapping wing membranes.

"Bang bang bang!"

The spiked tails of the flying insect soldiers fired a round of volley, launching bullets of different shapes and functions.

Such as slender chitinous spikes,

Acid vesicles,

High-temperature flames generated from flammable liquids,

Moth scale-like dust,

There were even spindle-shaped translucent insect eggs – after hitting the target, the insect eggs would quickly hatch into mantis-like parasites, burrowing deep into the muscles and rapidly cutting the host's internal organs.

Using calculation with a purpose against calculation without, in a round of covering volley, more than a dozen of fpu's clones died again.

The smoke formed by the chain of self-explosions covered the entire sky of Lion City.

Living weapons!

Xing Hechou on the ground was greatly shocked.

He had seen Li Risheng release the insect hive creatures back in the dream of the King of Southern Sheng,

But at that time, the insect hive creatures only had the effect of reconnaissance and communication. Now, they were actually able to be put into actual combat and achieve certain results.

Were these demonic pets, elves, contracted beasts, or biological weapons cultivated by Li Risheng himself...?

The same doubts appeared in the minds of the Prometheus employees in the command center.

They had never seen Li Ang's method, and subconsciously thought of the other two competitors known for their biological weapons.

Gen-sys Biological Technology Company, and the League of Evil Scientists.

"Go check,"

Graham said with a gloomy expression, ordering his subordinates, "See if the other two companies are researching similar products."

The subordinate nodded and quietly left the command center.

"The defensive capabilities of the different clones are different,"

Li Ang stepped on the invisible steps, slowly ascending,

The single lens under the dragon head mask reflected a faint light, silently looking at the remaining fpu array, "The total number of clone energies has a limit, but you can freely allocate the energy each clone possesses?

In other words, the higher the energy level of that clone, the more likely it is to be your main body..."

The single lens reflecting a faint light swept across fpu's various clones, causing him to be suddenly shocked. He had a feeling that all his secrets had been seen through.

No, stay calm!

There's absolutely no way this Li Risheng can directly find my main body. He's just bluffing, otherwise he would have already rushed up to strike at the heart of the matter.

Fpu took a deep breath, and with a single thought, all the clones moved.

Some fired at the insect hive units patrolling in the sky,

Others put away their ranged weapons and took out melee weapons such as chainsaw swords and long-handled axes, and swooped down toward Li Ang.

There were many insect soldiers in the sky, agile and nimble, and they deliberately maintained a certain distance.

Based on the data on the flight speed and trajectory of fpu's gun bullets that Li Ang had obtained before, they quickly made evasive actions to minimize their own casualty rate as much as possible.

Letting the scout insect soldiers and fpu's clone array face off head-on in an undisturbed environment would definitely result in the latter's victory.

But right now, Li Ang, a powerful enemy, was constantly and steadily destroying clones, making it impossible for fpu to free up his hands and eliminate the scout insect soldiers with all his might.

The only way was to abandon the original strategy of continuously consuming the opponent with ranged attacks, and use the numerical advantage at close range to eliminate the enemy first.

Li Risheng was alone, but fpu still had thirty clones - being hit by a clone did not count as a successful hit and would not earn points.

Fpu only needed to hit Li Risheng seven more times.

Now was the time!

Eleven clones approached rapidly with various melee weapons. Among them, a golden one-handed short sword quietly fired a bullet from a distance of fifty meters.

[Name: Flint Museum Special Gunblade]

[Type: Weapon]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Attack Power: High]

[Effect: Gunfire Target. Fires a high-speed bullet. After hitting a solid target, the bullet disappears automatically. For the next ten seconds, all of the user's flying projectiles will target the point of contact with the bullet. The effect cannot be canceled midway.]

[Consumption: 200 Spirit Power]

[Cooldown Time: 30 minutes]

[Equipment Requirement: Bombard oneself with heavy bullets with a caliber greater than or equal to 12.7mm a thousand times, without being able to defend during the bombardment.]

[Note: No loud noises, running, food, cutting in line, or stealing seats are allowed in the Flint Library. Please keep your cell phones on silent, and install silencers on your firearms.]

This gunblade had a narrow groove in the sword, and a beautifully crafted golden barrel was hidden where the groove connected to the hilt. As long as the trigger on the hilt was pulled, a supersonic bullet traveling at nearly 1,000 meters per second could be fired from the barrel.

At such a close distance, the opponent wouldn't have time to dodge.

What's more, fpu had a backup plan.

[Skill Name: Reuben Cogburn's Farewell]

[Type: Shooting]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: One shot, one life. Freely control the flight direction of a single bullet for three seconds.]

[Consumption: 200 Spirit Energy]

[Cooldown Time: 30 minutes]

[Note: Wits, courage, composure, calmness, and perseverance are far more representative of a cowboy than lassos and cowboy boots.]

Bang.

The calculating power enhanced by [Misaka Network - Pseudo] helped fpu perfectly adjust the bullet's trajectory, causing the bullet to spin around, bypass the slash of the Tyrant's Horizontal Bar Spear, and hit a corner of the Shenlong Honglie (Mirage Dragon Scarlet Mane) coat.

[Cleanhit!]

A system notification echoed in the high sky. The emotion called "ecstasy" simultaneously appeared in the minds of fpu and all the Prometheus employees in front of the big screen.

Success!

In the high sky, the bullets fired by fpu's many clones toward the swarm of insects suddenly changed direction, reversing their warheads, and fell toward Li Ang below like a torrential rain.

The clones using ranged weapons to intercept the insect swarm and the clones swooping down with melee weapons were just feints deliberately created by fpu.

[Misaka Network - Pseudo] plus [Reuben Cogburn's Farewell] and [Flint Museum Special Gunblade] were fpu's real killing moves.

Li Ang looked up at the high sky. The insect hive bees sensed the threat to their creator and tried to swoop down to intercept the metal torrent woven from countless bullets.

The Light Giants on the ground who were fighting with the Prometheus employees also noticed something was wrong.

Some turned into rubber men and bounced off the ground,

Others summoned scrap vehicles and tried to use them to block the bullets for Li Ang.

But all of this was too slow...

The rain of bullets that had turned into sharp cones left all resistance behind and blasted down at Li Ang from above.

[Cleanhit!]

Suddenly, a system notification echoed in the high sky, and giant red translucent letters appeared.

Blue letters represented fpu gaining points, while red letters would only appear when Li Ang successfully hit the opponent.

What?!

Everyone who was paying attention to this match at this moment was in shock. Li Ang and the strange creatures in the sky clearly hadn't made any moves, so where did fpu receive the damage?

"Wait..."

Somewhere in reality, Sunset Melted Gold, sitting in front of the computer and observing the match, suddenly realized something, and a red light lit up in his left eye.

"So, it's poison gas..."