Chapter 730: Heavenโs Judgment Building Breaks Through, Cooperation Falls Apart!
Outside.
Solaris's disappearance was discovered almost immediately.
After all, Xu Lang never killed anyone in the shadows - he did it right out in the open!
All four Building Guards pulled back to defend, and the Haunted House did the same.
Everyone was afraid Xu Lang might try something sneaky.
Xu Lang had a wide array of teleportation abilities, and it seemed he could bring everyone along with him - he was definitely a master at breaking through encirclements.
The situation once again fell into a deadlock.
Time slipped by, minute after minute.
Xu Lang genuinely wished they could just keep stalling like this forever, but the Dorm Survival Game wasn't about to give him that chance.
The magma lake beneath the four dormitory buildings kept rising, and once it flooded them all, something absolutely catastrophic would happen.
Anyone with even a basic understanding of the game knew they couldn't drag things out forever.
Jester stepped onto the stone bridge and made his way to the rooftop of the Heaven's Judgment Building.
The four Building Guards stared at this visitor but didn't attack immediately.
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"Do you have someone in charge here? Come out and talk." Jester's forehead beaded with cold sweat as he called out.
He had ways to protect himself, sure, but in front of these four Building Guards, those methods might not be nearly enough.
"Speak. We are one." The towering Building Guard said calmly.
All the Heaven's Judgment Building players were currently inside his body.
"Let's cooperate. Cooperation is the only option now. You've all seen it - the magma lake keeps rising." Jester's lips were still curled high at both corners, but his tone had lost that manic edge; it was eerily calm.
"How do we cooperate?" The towering Building Guard asked.
"Break through Evil King Building together, then it's every man for himself." Jester replied.
"Fine." The towering Building Guard agreed.
Jester froze for a moment, then felt a surge of frustration.
This errand should have been Candy Queen's job - that woman!
He was clearly getting the short end of the stick here!
The Amusement Park Building had to commit its entire force to break through Evil King Building, and later it would also need everyone to break through Heaven's Judgment Building. But after Heaven's Judgment Building broke through Evil King Building, only the towering Building Guard needed to personally breach the Amusement Park Building!
It was like swallowing a bitter melon - the suffering couldn't be put into words.
And he didn't dare complain either.
The four killing machines in front of him could snuff him out with a flick of their fingers. No wonder that woman Candy Queen was so spineless!
Next, the towering Building Guard and the silver-hooked Building Guard set out, linking up with the Haunted House.
Then the three bosses made their way to Evil King Building together.
This time, Nicholas Sabas didn't hide in the shadows. He stood atop the Evil King Building, looking like he had been waiting for quite a while.
The three Wicked Gods of Evil King Building didn't attack Nicholas Sabas either.
Let's just say they were all fellow sufferers - no point making things harder for each other.
"So, how exactly am I supposed to win this?"
Nicholas Sabas' head was throbbing.
The Amusement Park Building and Heaven's Judgment Building weren't fools. Those two were fighting to the death, and the possibility of him swooping in to reap the spoils didn't exist.
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The fierce battle raged for nearly half an hour.
Then things took an unexpected turn. The silver-hooked Building Guard suddenly erupted with power, allowing the towering Building Guard to break through first!
Instantly, every player in the Amusement Park Building turned pale!
This wasn't what they had agreed on!
The towering Building Guard had a danger rating that was way too high, so according to the plan, he was supposed to be the LAST one to break through!
But now, he had violated the agreement and jumped the queue!
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"Turret fire, turret fire! Don't let the Heaven's Judgment Building Guards get near us!"
"What is Jester doing? Activate the Ferris Wheel now!"
Laugh?
Why wasn't he laughing anymore?
The gun-wielding Building Guard slowly rose into the air, swept his gaze across the magma lake below, then looked at the chaotic scene on the Amusement Park Building. A faint, mocking smile slowly curled at the corners of his lips.
Then he shot into the sky, once again transforming into a silver meteor.
The towering Building Guard, the silver-hooked Building Guard, and the gun-wielding Building Guard converged in midair!
The Haunted House madly rushed back, only to be intercepted in midair by the silver-hooked Building Guard and the gun-wielding Building Guard!
They were all old acquaintances who had crossed blows before.
For the Haunted House to shake off two Building Guards in a short time was practically impossible!
"We've got a huge problem!" Youle stood on the rooftop of the Amusement Park Building, the Teleportation Gate right behind him. He watched the Heaven's Judgment Building Guard charging toward him, his expression extremely grim.
Ever since the Haunted House had carried him through the breakout from Mad King Building, he had been released.
After all, he was one of the three major powers of the Amusement Park Building, so staying behind to guard it was only fitting.
Besides, because of Mad King Building's dismal performance, he had once again entertained the idea of letting the Amusement Park Building win.
It was another form of being forced by circumstances.
No one had expected things to spiral into this situation.
"No problem. I'll help you."
Just then, the shadow behind him writhed, and Nicholas Sabas emerged from within it.
Youle turned and saw Nicholas Sabas, his face lighting up with surprise: "It's you, Nicholas Sabas!"
After signing the contract with Nicholas Sabas, he had inexplicably learned certain information about the other party.
For example, Nicholas Sabas's true identity was a demon, well-versed in contracts and dark magic, and he served as a butler for a courtyard.
"I'm glad to see you again." Nicholas Sabas maintained his dignified bearing. Though he appeared to be a young man, he gave off the impression of having lived for thousands of years, with elegance carved into his very bones.
"Nicholas Sabas, will the Mad King Building win?" Youle blurted out the question without hesitation.
He had received a favor from Nicholas Sabas and unexpectedly gained the Immortal Body.
The two of them had formed a very close relationship, second only to that between a player and their dormitory building.
"Yes!" Nicholas Sabas said with unwavering conviction.
Youle was taken aback: "Really?"
"Mhm." Nicholas Sabas faced the two Building Guards flying toward him without turning around: "Since that building could suppress the old master, it can suppress anything!"
The moment those words fell, his body crouched low, and both hands pressed against a stretch of blank space!
"Great Darkness Sacrifice - Elemental Annihilation!"
A massive black magic array spread outward, instantly expanding to dozens of meters. Then the elements annihilated, unleashing bolts of black lightning crackling with destructive energy!
Sacrificial magic combined with elemental magic.
Sacrificing natural elements to gain magical power, and then using that power to drive the destructive force that emerged during the sacrifice.
It was an extraordinarily masterful inversion of magic, and Nicholas Sabas used this technique with almost no cost!
Unfortunately, Youle couldn't understand any of it.
He only saw the black magic array rapidly rise into the air, and then black lightning fell like rain, blanketing the entire rooftop of the Amusement Park Building!
The two Heaven's Judgment Building Guards were temporarily blocked.
The Mad King Building's boss, protecting the Amusement Park Building - that was just how absurd things had become.
Youle gazed through the cascading layers of lightning at that courtyard called Twilight Curtain belonging to the Mad King Building, then looked back at the Mad King Building itself.
"Nicholas Sabas is this powerful and he's still not the boss? There's something even deeper hidden in that courtyard!"
"Just what kind of existence is the Mad King Building?"
"What exactly is the reason these dormitory buildings exist?"
"Between all the dormitory buildings, who's stronger and who's weaker? I can't tell, I really can't tell!"
Instinct told Youle that the Mad King Building was no ordinary place.
But were the Heaven's Judgment Building, Evil King Building, and Amusement Park Building ordinary?
These dormitory buildings participating in the True King Duel must also have deeper secrets, they just hadn't surfaced yet.
Players, dormitory buildings, and the Dorm Survival Game seemed to be three factions.
Although these three factions cooperated with each other, their stances and the rules of cooperation were completely ambiguous.
At least from the players' perspective.
Because they seemed to be at the very bottom of this three-way relationship, with instances of status reversal being extremely rare.