Chapter 292 - 155: Fully Armed, Insta-killing Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses
In the Divine Capital’s Tourism Management Office, there was a department where all its members had inherited the abilities of the Heroic Wang Yuyan. Some had speculated what would happen if the game’s NPC, Wang Yuyan, appeared. What would become of the vast number of Wang Yuyans created through inheritance?
At this moment, seeing this scene of Devouring, a theory suddenly formed in Shen Fei’s mind.
Is the Star-Forger Dragon King not strong enough because it hasn’t devoured enough of its own kind? Does it need every player in this game to inherit the Star-Forger Dragon King and then be devoured for it to regain its full power? Could it be that these NPCs and Super Bosses are hiding in special areas so that human players will inherit more "versions" of them, helping them recover their strength?
Shen Fei’s mind raced as he formed these hypotheses.
No, that’s not right! If that were truly the case, they would be farming humans, not hiding in special areas.
Soon after, Shen Fei dismissed his own theory. Just then, he saw the "Zhang Xiaofan" that had devoured the other Zhang Xiaofan maneuvering a massive Immortal Sword and slashing viciously toward a group of human players standing together.
BOOM!
A massive Immortal Sword then flew out from among the group of human players.
It was the Immortal Emperor, Zhao Li!
As one of the top experts among humans, his Combat Power second only to Shen Fei’s, Zhao Li had inherited his abilities from a Cultivation Game. He had coincidentally run into the Cultivation NPC, Zhang Xiaofan.
Facing the downward slash of the Immortal Slaying Greatsword, Zhao Li, fully clad in his own set of Immortal Artifacts, met the attack head-on.
BOOM!
An even match! Zhao Li, who had yet to fully inherit his abilities, and Zhang Xiaofan, who may or may not have needed to devour more people, fought to a standstill.
SWOOSH!
After the exchange, Zhao Li was about to command his Flying Sword to go for the kill. Suddenly, a beautiful young woman in a green dress appeared beside Zhang Xiaofan.
"What the hell!"
"Bi Yao???"
Behind Zhao Li, a player who had played the game *Slaying Immortals* cried out in shock.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Bi Yao and Zhang Xiaofan combined their sword attacks, slashing at Zhao Li from the left and right. At the same time, their hands were forming Spells as they prepared to unleash long-range Immortal Techniques.
SWISH!
Just as Zhao Li, who had yet to inherit any Magic, was preparing to accelerate his Immortal Sword and charge them head-on, the sky above the battlefield suddenly cracked open. A man wielding a giant Warhammer and clad in Purple Gold Armor leaped out. He swung the massive Warhammer, smashing it down on everyone.
The spectral image of the man’s giant Warhammer enveloped them all, including Zhang Xiaofan and the Immortal Emperor.
"What the hell!"
"Divine King Tang San???"
A player who had played the game *Douluo Continent* immediately recognized him.
CRUNCH!
The NPCs Zhang Xiaofan and Bi Yao, along with Zhao Li and the human players behind him, were all smashed to a pulp.
WHOOSH!
His vision blurred, and Zhao Li appeared in a special dimension. Within this dimension were the consciousnesses of all the players who had already been killed in the special match.
"Whoa! Welcome, our Immortal Emperor!"
"Whoa! Welcome, our Immortal Emperor! The Immortal Emperor is the first player so far to fight an NPC to a draw!"
"Whoa! Welcome, our Immortal Emperor, for breaking humanity’s zero-point record..."
The moment Zhao Li’s consciousness appeared, he saw a flood of welcome messages spamming the screen that only consciousnesses could use to communicate. Looking at the statistics on the screen, Zhao Li saw that in less than a minute, over ninety percent of the human players had already died and ended up here.
"Sigh! This is impossible to play!"
"Who the hell would have thought we’d have to fight NPCs too!"
"Our enemies aren’t each other, but the NPCs and Super Bosses!"
"Yeah! This damn change happened way too fast!"
The dead human players were chatting frantically. At their current level of Combat Power, human players were no match for them, even if most of the NPCs and Super Bosses still needed to devour more of their own kind.
Initially, they had thought the apocalypse meant they were all competitors against one another. But the third round of the special match had just shown them that their true, common enemy was the NPCs and Super Bosses from those mysterious special areas.
"We’re screwed! It’s useless for us to know this now! Our memories will be gone once we leave the Secret Realm!"
"All our memories will be deleted!" someone cried out in despair.
They now understood that humanity had to unite against the NPCs and Super Bosses. But their memories would vanish upon leaving the Secret Realm... they would forget everything! Once they left, they would just go back to fighting amongst themselves again!
"We’re done for!"
"Done for!"
"We’re so done for!"
A bleak atmosphere began to spread among the human consciousnesses. Their Combat Power had just been put to the test. Against NPCs and Super Bosses, they were instantly killed. If they left the Secret Realm, and if these things escaped from the special areas, humanity was completely doomed.
"What’s there to be afraid of!"
"We have my big bro!"
"It’s not like he hasn’t killed the Super Boss Magnus before!"
"My big bro is Invincible!"
Amidst the bleak atmosphere, someone suddenly roared in defiance. It was Sun Yu.
The moment the special match began, everyone had been scattered by Teleportation. Sun Yu had gotten lucky and was teleported together with a dozen or so members of the Heaven-Reaching Gang. Then, upon seeing Sun Yu, these gang members threw themselves onto his blade. They committed suicide, giving Sun Yu a wave of points.
But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Sun Yu was stomped to death by a Cyclops Super Boss whose foot was over a hundred meters long.