"Broadcast, broadcast, here's the latest update."
Yun Jin's voice echoed again.
"Beastmaster Sect suffered two eliminations while challenging Deep Blue Treasury One. Two escaped. Treasury One wasn't cleared, please keep trying."
All four Holy Land camps fell silent.
"??"
"What the hell?"
Two eliminations, and they still failed?
Their entire situation was collapsing beyond saving.
The moment Dan Dan heard that Huan Huan's side already had results, she panicked. Fire element surged wildly, then a blazing Heavenly Fire Meteor rained down.
"Latest update. Xuandan Gate's squad has three eliminations, one escaped. Deep Blue Treasury Five wasn't cleared."
Yun Jin kept broadcasting.
Ji Wusi: "…"
He was heading for Treasury Eight, but before he even arrived, the other Holy Land teams were already dropping like flies.
This disadvantage couldn't be reversed at all.
Treasury Eight happened to be guarded by Gun Gun, who was already cracking his knuckles, eager for a fight.
Ji Wusi said directly, "There's no point clearing treasuries anymore. We should save our strength and fight Wushuang Sect head on."
If he could eliminate a few more Wushuang Sect disciples, he might still have a tiny chance.
Besides…
Aside from Wushuang Sect, he still had to fight Wan Dao. He couldn't afford to waste all his energy here.
"Twenty hours left until the game ends. Friendly reminder, the last two hours will enter the final battle. If any treasuries remain uncleared by then, the guardians will join the fight as a fourth faction." Yun Jin reminded.
If they didn't clear them, the guardian bosses would also join the battle.
Ji Wusi gritted his teeth. Things were already chaotic enough. If a bunch of spirit beasts jumped in too, the battlefield would turn into pure disaster.
Forget it. There was still time before the final battle, and he had a recovery belt that slowly restored HP. He'd clear two more treasuries first.
Ji Wusi led the team to Gun Gun. He raised a brow. He'd seen Gun Gun before, back when the iron eating beast was tiny. Now the beast stood dozens of meters tall, clad in full armor, like a colossal savage monster marching out of prehistory.
As expected of Yun Jin.
The iron eating beast must've awakened its ancient bloodline.
But…
It still wasn't enough to beat him.
Ji Wusi soared into the air.
"Deep Blue Treasury Eight cleared. Four Holy Land camps obtained treasure: Power Gem, worth eight thousand points. Defeated guardian spirit beast, eight thousand points. Cleared small monsters, five thousand points. One elimination in the Holy Land faction, minus ten thousand points. Final gain, eleven thousand points."
The announcement rang out.
Gun Gun still wasn't Ji Wusi's match, but before being eliminated, he dragged one player down with him, helping the spirit beast faction recover a bit.
Wushuang Sect's side also started showing losses.
They'd reached Di Ying's treasury, and even though they retreated immediately…
Di Ying unleashed the Primordial Darkness, and two unlucky disciples were frozen on the spot, eliminated instantly.
After clearing the orange yellow region, the Wushuang Sect faction headed toward the deep blue region.
Gun Gun was already out, and Huan Huan's and Dan Dan's treasuries had been identified. As long as they avoided them, their chance of clearing more was high.
"Ten hours remaining. Fourteen orange yellow treasuries, thirteen cleared. Ten deep blue treasuries, five cleared."
"Four hours remaining. Seven deep blue treasuries cleared."
"Two hours remaining. Final count, seven deep blue cleared, thirteen orange yellow cleared. Central Treasury not opened. The spirit beast faction will officially join the final battle."
"Final Arena, open!"
In an instant, everyone was transported to a massive battlefield. The three who had been hiding, Wan Dao, An Ying, and Ling Yun, were also pulled in.
Wan Dao cleared his throat, ready to speak.
Then he froze.
Because in that split second, almost everyone rushed straight at him.
Wan Dao: "???"
Did they blame him for being too good?
Fine, fine.
Everyone wanted to fight him. Like he was that easy to beat.
"We can see that the four way melee has turned into a battle of all versus three. Who'll be the last one standing, let's find out!" Yun Jin sounded gleeful as she watched Wan Dao's group get surrounded.
Thank goodness she wasn't participating, or she'd definitely be the one getting ganged up on.
Wan Dao lived up to his name. His strength was already on another level. With An Ying's Primordial Darkness and Ling Yun's Primordial Life supporting him, he didn't fear being outnumbered at all. But the game capped everyone at Mahayana peak and included HP bars, so things weren't the same as real combat. Wan Dao's health bar was still slowly dropping.
Even so, he was terrifying.
The moment they clashed, people from all three sides started getting eliminated.
Seeing this, Wushuang Sect disciples who knew they weren't strong enough simply eliminated themselves to avoid giving Wan Dao more points.
Yue Zhao and a few others left the battlefield altogether.
Watching the screen, Yue Zhao's eyes flickered. His plan… should start taking effect soon.
Two hours of chaotic combat.
Wan Dao's trio was just too strong. Everyone else was kicked out of the game.
Only the three of them remained.
Wan Dao smiled with satisfaction.
Once again…
He'd taught Wushuang Sect a proper lesson. Before absolute strength, all schemes were meaningless.
"The match is over. Counting the four faction scores. Final highest points go to the Wushuang Sect faction. Congratulations."
Wan Dao had been smiling, waiting for the results.
Then his smile froze.
Highest… points… Wushuang Sect?!!
Impossible.
He'd eliminated every single Wushuang Sect disciple. How could they win?!
"Let's review why Wushuang Sect won." Yun Jin glanced at Yue Zhao, helpless about her senior brother.
Yue Zhao chuckled. "Pure luck, pure luck."
The replay began.
Yue Zhao discovered the game mechanic that Soul Devouring Poison Spiders had a special effect. As long as one spider existed, every non spider spirit beast nearby would slowly lose HP.
Then…
Yue Zhao had Wushuang Sect disciples capture the spiders and tame them. With each disciple having a Beastmaster space, it wasn't hard. The spiders here were just data, so others wouldn't bother taming them.
Wushuang Sect's disciples didn't use them for fighting. Instead, they released the spiders into treasury monster zones.
Those monsters respawned infinitely. And they didn't attack each other.
Poison spread, monsters died slowly, then respawned, then got poisoned again, over and over. Because the spiders were their tamed beasts, all those kills counted as Wushuang Sect's points.
Even though Wan Dao's trio eliminated everyone else…
They still couldn't compete with Yue Zhao's discovery, which was basically a cheat.
After watching everything, Wan Dao fell silent.
These Wushuang Sect disciples…
Weren't they a bit too outrageous?!