Chapter 531 - 355: Team Battle, Instant Kill
In a mountain cave on Hurricane Cliff, within Hundred Battle Mountain, a player in black robes sat cross-legged on a rock. Before him, a Battle Banner was slowly solidifying from a phantasmal state.
"It’s finally responding! Let’s see what color this Battle Banner will be!"
The black-robed player’s spirits lifted. His name was Lu Wuming.
Lu Wuming had been exploring Hundred Battle Mountain for over seven years. He was a loner who preferred to explore remote, untrodden areas, always hoping for a fateful encounter. His persistence finally paid off. After countless failed attempts, he discovered this hidden cave in a secret mountain ravine.
Inside this cave was a hidden Battle Banner.
This was no ordinary Battle Banner; it was for an encounter battle. After Lu Wuming touched it, a system prompt informed him that he would be matched against another player as an opponent.
Lu Wuming didn’t know the rules for this matchmaking. Ordinary encounter battles found an opponent quickly, but he had been waiting here for over three hours for this one to finally connect.
At this moment, the hidden Battle Banner rapidly solidified. Its color was peculiar, constantly shifting from green to blue, then to purple, then to gold, all the way to Seven-Colored, before finally settling on black.
’A black Battle Banner? As expected. A hidden banner in a hidden place... this is no ordinary find.’
Lu Wuming was, in fact, pleasantly surprised. He could now see the black Battle Banner’s Attribute Information.
[Black Battle Banner: Hidden Battle Banner, activated. Your opponent has accepted the challenge at Qingfeng Cliff Square. Profession: Chaos Lord. Territory: Unknown. Talent: Unknown. Level: 200. Physique: Special. New to Hundred Battle Mountain. Record: 1-win streak. Defeating this opponent will award one hundred billion Star Yuan. If you are defeated, you will lose three levels. You will be teleported to the Battle Realm in three minutes. Please prepare for battle!]
’Holy shit, a hundred billion! No way! I can get such a huge bounty for defeating a mere level-200 Player? Hidden Battle Banners are amazing! A hundred billion... one hundred billion! If I win this fight, I’ll be set for life! Haha, I love it!’
Lu Wuming was ecstatic. He rubbed his hands together, eager to defeat the Player named Tongtian.
Meanwhile, at Qingfeng Cliff Square, Wang Yi was also looking at the Attribute Information for a red-glowing Battle Banner.
[Red-Glow Battle Banner: Activated. The battle cannot be forfeited. You will face the Hundred Battle Mountain Player, Lu Wuming. Profession: Black Tooth Sword Saint. Level: 303. Defeating him will award one thousand Star Yuan and one personal item from the target. Due to the influence of a special Battle Banner, if you are defeated, you will lose one hundred billion Star Yuan. You will enter the Battle Realm in three minutes. Please prepare for battle...]
’So this is an encounter battle? And if I lose, I drop a hundred billion Star Yuan?’
Wang Yi’s brow furrowed slightly.
The one hundred billion Star Yuan that Mingyu Divine Lord had previously transferred to Wang Yi was currently sitting in his Chaos Realm. The Cultivation Alliance had wanted him to use that money to bid on the Yellow Springs Gu House.
Wang Yi had indeed won the bid. However, the transaction didn’t go through smoothly because of Luo Feng, the Grand Inspector of the Miracle Divine Country. In the end, he managed to obtain the Yellow Springs Gu House without spending the one hundred billion Star Yuan.
Wang Yi hadn’t expected his first encounter battle to be so intense—if he lost, he would actually drop the entire one hundred billion Star Yuan!
That one hundred billion Star Yuan had barely warmed his pockets, and he was certainly not willing to hand it over!
Three minutes passed quickly, and Wang Yi was teleported into the Battle Realm. It was an enclosed void, resembling a platform constructed within the Starry Cosmos.
Wang Yi looked ahead and saw that his opponent had already appeared.
Lu Wuming was now holding a Grand General and clad in Golden Armor, his face beaming with excitement. He shouted to Wang Yi, "Bro, your level is a bit low, only 200. It’s your bad luck running into me! I’m already on a 79-win streak. Taking you down will make it 80 straight wins!"
Wang Yi said, "You sure are confident. Be careful you don’t crash and burn."
"Crashing is impossible! Once I take you out, I’m gonna be instantly rich and shoot for the stars! Take this...!"
As he spoke, Lu Wuming was already running toward Wang Yi.
As a Black Tooth Sword Saint, he excelled at close-quarters combat.
Wang Yi stood perfectly still. As Lu Wuming drew near, Wang Yi activated Thunder Slash with a single thought. He drew his sword, struck, and sheathed it, the entire sequence completed in one-hundred-thousandth of a second. He remained standing in the same spot, as if he hadn’t moved at all.
Lu Wuming had just raised his longsword, but before he could bring it down, the chance was gone. His body instantly dissolved into a flash of light, dropping a Jade Flute!
Wang Yi picked up the Jade Flute. It was exquisitely crafted from fine materials, but it was just a musical instrument with no special abilities.
"DING! Congratulations on defeating the Black Tooth Sword Saint, Lu Wuming. Win Streak +1. Your current record is a 2-win streak."
"DING! Reminder: You may participate in one more battle at Qingfeng Cliff. Victory will unlock the path to the Purple Bamboo Forest. Please explore on your own for details."
Wang Yi heard the system prompts and was quickly teleported back to Qingfeng Cliff, where the Battle Banner before him swiftly disappeared.
’That was no challenge at all. A level 200 or 300 Starry Sky God can’t even withstand a single basic slash from my sword. It’s an instant kill at close range. My hundred billion Star Yuan is safe...’
Without wasting any time, Wang Yi went to touch the next Battle Banner.
At that very moment, however, Lu Wuming was teleported to Windless Cliff Square.
According to the rules of Hundred Battle Mountain, regardless of the type of battle, a loss would clear one’s win streak, forcing them to return to Windless Cliff.
’What was that? What just happened? How did I die? Was it a bug? That Tongtian guy is only level 200. There’s no way he could’ve killed me...’