Chapter 118 : Chi Lin Makes His Move! Brutally Crushed!
Chapter 118: Chi Lin Makes His Move! Brutally Crushed!
Chi Lin took notice of Ye Li Meng, Black-Eyed Rui Ge, and the others.
These Players had clashed multiple times with Dragon-Lizard People squads, inflicting casualties on them repeatedly and even killing one of his subordinate Dragon-Lizard Commanders.
It had been less than seven days.
Yet the strength of these few combatants had surged tremendously.
By now, they were bona fide level-11 Tier-Two advanced units.
Still, Chi Lin didn’t show much surprise. For these soldiers to grow so powerful so quickly, there was only one possible explanation—the Lord had invested even more Abyssal Essence Points into them.
Chi Lin’s gaze was filled with disdain. “Though I don’t know exactly what method you used to make your soldiers resurrect over and over again, if my guess is correct, these here are the only usable troops you’ve got.”
“What’s this guy saying?”
“Doesn’t sound like he’s talking to us!”
“Is he communicating with our Lord from afar?”
“……”
Chi Lin believed that although the human Lord wasn’t physically present, he was undoubtedly watching the battlefield very closely, so he continued speaking to himself:
“How ridiculous. You went to such lengths, paid such a steep price, only to craft such a flawed, defective squad of troops!”
Chi Lin had seen through it—these soldiers not only had abnormal and erratic minds, but each one possessed an excessively strong sense of self-awareness and distinct personality.
To him, that was a fatal flaw.
After all, soldiers were nothing more than expendable assets for a territory’s external wars.
Ordinary soldiers didn’t need too much individual will. Strict obedience and absolute loyalty were enough.
Chi Lin concluded that the enemy Lord simply had no proper forces to speak of, which was why he kept sending these weaklings to die—going as far as to concentrate Abyssal Essence Points just to elevate a few flawed elites into Tier-Two.
But with just this meager force—
There was no way they could stop the Dragon-Lizard Army.
Chi Lin’s scornful arrogance provoked the ire of the Players.
Midnight Pig Slayer: “What a red-skinned lizard who can’t tell a true powerhouse when he sees one. Daring to call our Calamity Legion a defective squad—clearly, you don’t know the might of the Calamity Legion or what happens when you cross us Players!”
Little Bell: “Yeah! We’re the most loyal, most capable, most reliable subordinates under our Lord!”
Street Slayer: “Oi, red-skinned lizard! Since you’re so cocky, got the guts to duel me one-on-one? A duel means one-on-one—no one else is allowed to interfere!”
Salty Fish Charge: “If you’ve got anything hanging between your legs, come duel us!”
Niu Shisan: “A Lord lowering himself to fight personally is already pathetic enough. If you still rely on numbers to bully the weak, then you’re completely spineless!”
“……”
The Players were in a righteous fury.
They took this chance to unleash a wave of provocation.
From nothing to something, the Calamity Legion had walked a long road to get where they were now. Every Player took pride in being a member of the Legion—how could they endure such humiliation from an outsider? Today, they would create a miracle and prove themselves!
Chi Lin and Green Eyes didn’t understand every Player phrase, but they got the general gist of it.
“These lowly inferior Offspring dare challenge Lord Chi Lin himself? Utterly delusional and suicidal,” Green Eyes mocked with derision.
Chi Lin, however, chuckled coldly. “It’s been a long time since this Lord last fought personally. Since I’m here today—let’s have some real fun.”
He instructed Green Eyes and the other subordinates not to interfere.
Chi Lin rode atop his massive war beast, heading straight for the Players.
“Huh? He’s actually coming?”
“Just as expected—muscles for brains!”
“Even this obvious trap didn’t alert him? Guess he deserves to be played by us.”
“Everyone, get ready!”
“Don’t waste this chance!”
“Maybe we really can kill him!”
The Players clearly didn’t care for so-called martial honor. Though they spoke of a duel with the Dragon-Lizard Lord, the moment battle began, they would all swarm in together—doing whatever it took to bring him down.
Despicable?
No! This was called strategic deception in warfare!
Letting Players fight a high-ranking Lord was unfair from the beginning!
Street Slayer jumped out excitedly, swinging a pair of broadswords through the air. “Come on, come on, let me see how fighting you, a Lord, is different from hacking apart a regular Dragon-Lizard!”
Before he could finish speaking—
A streak of crimson light shot toward him at a speed too fast for the naked eye to catch.
It was so fast that Street Slayer couldn’t even react in time. His body was pierced through by the beam, a long spear crackling with electric light drove straight through his chest and nailed him to the ground behind.
852 (Lethal Critical Hit!)
A massive figure instantly shattered Street Slayer’s charred body to pieces, then smoothly pulled the long spear from the ground. Chi Lin’s form atop his massive beast, his whole body wrapped in crimson lightning, looked like a supreme demon god from the heavens!
“What the hell!”
“What is that!?”
“Brother Slash got blown to bits!”
“This time Brother Slash was a complete clown!”
“Damn it, this guy’s way stronger than we thought—everyone go in, now’s our only chance!”
“……”
Chi Lin instantly killing Street Slayer shocked all the other Players, but there wasn’t even a moment of hesitation—they immediately swarmed forward to launch a fierce attack on Chi Lin.
Flame Arrows!
Thunder Talismans!
Arrows!
0! -8! -7! -6! -9!
When all sorts of ranged attacks struck Chi Lin’s body, the damage numbers that popped up were shockingly low!
“He’s got that much defense?”
“Try melee combat!”
Ye Li Meng, Mad Blade Old Wang, Salty Fish Charge, Lone Boat, and Black-Eyed Rui Ge—all top-tier experts—immediately rushed in, attempting to deal more damage with close-range attacks.
However—
The next second—
The Dragon-Lizard Lord hadn’t even made a move.
His mount suddenly opened its mouth wide and unleashed a massive torrent of flames, sweeping across the battlefield like a raging flood.
Ye Li Meng, Mad Blade Old Wang, Salty Fish Charge, and the others were caught completely off guard and engulfed in the fire. In just a few seconds, they were burned into charred corpses.
What was going on?
Even the mount was this powerful!
Only now did the Players realize they had focused entirely on the Dragon-Lizard Lord’s combat power, completely overlooking the fact that the Lord’s mount was no ordinary beast either.
【Flame Earth Dragon Beast】, level-10 Commander Unit…
Description: This is an extremely rare Earth Dragon Beast, possessing powerful defense, vast health, and terrifying fire-breathing capabilities!
Although it wasn’t a Tier-Two BOSS, it was still one of the most elite Tier-One Commander-class monsters. Its power was likely even greater than Pei Yuanshao and Ma Yuanyi.
This was the first time the Players had seen a non-beast Commander-class BOSS!
No wonder it could one-shot multiple top-tier Players!
Even though Ye Li Meng and the others were high-level with powerful gear, their equipment had very low magic resistance. Suddenly hit by such a powerful fire attack, they had no ability to resist it at all.
Lone Boat and Ye Li Meng had fast reflexes. The moment the flames surged forward, they immediately activated Windstep and Shadowstep to dodge out of the danger zone.
However—
Even in stealth—
They could not escape the Dragon-Lizard Lord’s gaze.
Chi Lin raised a nearly two-zhang-long spear, with torrents of golden-red lightning wildly weaving across the shaft. He raised it and casually swung a half-arc across the field.
Amid the piercing thunderclap—
Visible arcs of golden-red lightning—
Instantly spread across a ten-meter radius in a fan-shaped area.
Even with their speed, Lone Boat and Rui Ge couldn’t dodge in time. Their bodies were pierced by countless bolts of lightning, paralyzed on the spot, and their HP dropped to zero within seconds.
In just a few short seconds—
Several top-tier experts were eliminated.
The Players present all wore expressions of disbelief.
Commander-class monsters were supposed to be powerful—but this level of power was completely absurd!
You had to understand, Lone Boat, Rui Ge, and Ye Li Meng were not just top-tier in terms of control and gear—
They were already Tier-Two Players.
Even if they had to fight the Crimson Follower again, under similar conditions, they had a fairly high chance of winning.
But against the Dragon-Lizard Lord—
These bigshots were completely crushed and brutalized!
They didn’t even have a chance to get close, let alone pose any threat to him—the power gap was utterly despair-inducing!
So even among Commander-class units—
There could still be a massive power gap!
The Crimson Follower may have been a Tier-Two Commander-class monster, but he had barely resurrected using Wang Zhi’s body. Among Tier-Two Commanders, he was likely among the weakest.
The Dragon-Lizard Lord Chi Lin was different.
Even though he was only level 14—
If Chi Lin had focused on leveling up, he would have easily reached level 18 or 19. But instead of investing in level grinding, he poured his Essence into cultivating his skills.
With Chi Lin’s current foundation, even if he were placed at the same level as the Crimson Follower, he could effortlessly defeat a monster like that.
“Is that all the strength you have? What a disappointment!”
Chi Lin’s entire body sparked with lightning, continuously releasing damage in all directions, while the Earth Dragon mount unleashed massive flames, keeping the Players completely at bay.
“Too weak!”
“Die, all of you!”
Chi Lin urged the Earth Dragon beneath him to activate a wild charge skill, surging forward like a rampaging chariot and crashing into the Players at high speed. Wherever he passed, it was as if dry weeds met a storm—completely unstoppable!
Midnight Pig Slayer, dead!
Chimera Wraith, dead!
Little Bell, dead!
……
Chi Lin, the Lord, unleashed his power without restraint. In just a brief moment, nearly a hundred Players collapsed like a mountain—completely slaughtered by him alone!
“Your troops are utterly worthless!”
Chi Lin roared toward the heavens: “I’ll give you half a day to surrender and offer your city. If you don’t, once this Lord personally breaches your territory, it will be your death—scattered bones and no corpse left intact!”
As he spoke—
The Earth Dragon’s massive claws came crashing down.
The final Player was crushed to pieces.
This small-scale skirmish truly didn’t require Chi Lin’s personal intervention. He only acted to avoid unnecessary losses.
Besides, Chi Lin believed that the human Lord was watching the entire scene, and he was certain that the power he displayed would be enough to strike fear into the opponent.
Shansang City was a formidable fortress.
It housed over a thousand garrison troops and thousands more in reserves.
Although Chi Lin could certainly break through the city by leading troops personally, it would come at a considerable cost. The best solution was to instill fear through overwhelming slaughter and compel the Lord to surrender without a fight.
…………
Inside Shansang City.
The last Player was killed.
The Lord’s vision vanished accordingly.
Hang Yu withdrew his gaze and nodded in satisfaction. “This Dragon-Lizard Lord is truly a helpful comrade. If he hadn’t personally joined the battle, he might not have wiped out all those slippery Players.”
Chi Lin had no idea—
His actions had been a huge help to Hang Yu.
Hang Yu opened his panel, where notifications were flooding the screen.
【Player Street Slayer has died. Essence +3000…】
【Player Salty Fish Charge has died. Essence +4000…】
【Player Mad Blade Old Wang has died. Essence +4000…】
【Player Ye Li Meng has died. Essence +4000…】
【……】
All 126 Players were dead.
This was a grand feast of harvesting!
After all, anyone able to enter Wo Niu Mountain was at least level 5.
A level 5 Player’s death would yield 900 Essence, level 6 gave 1250, level 7 gave 1600, level 8 gave 2000, level 9 gave 2500, level 10 gave 3000, and level 11 gave 4000!
This single group wipe—
Allowed Hang Yu to harvest a total of 277,150 Essence Points.
From the moment he issued the quest to the end of the battle, it had taken less than an hour. The actual combat lasted only minutes, yet nearly 280,000 Essence Points were gained.
Of course—
Hang Yu had also prepared a generous Essence reward for this scouting mission. The main purpose was to refill the Players’ experience bars and extend their operational capacity.
After all, the true contest was just beginning. He didn’t want the Players to lose levels too quickly due to death. The higher their level, the more Essence they dropped for him.
That being said—
The Dragon-Lizard Lord was truly formidable.
Even if Hang Yu faced him now, the chances of victory would only be around fifty-fifty. After all, Chi Lin had managed his territory in the Abyss World for four to five years. That foundation was to be expected.
Of course—
Hang Yu wasn’t going to take such a risk.
He wouldn’t engage in a battle he wasn’t confident in.
He still had a large reserve of Essence, plenty of room to grow his own power, several hundred immortal Players, and dozens of elite, powerful Personal Guards.
At this moment, holding the strong city for one or two days would be no issue.
Though it seemed like a defensive stand, Hang Yu was actually depleting the Dragon-Lizard People’s forces and sharpness, all while amassing more Essence—waiting for the perfect moment to launch a counterattack.
After the Players died—
They chose to resurrect at the Shansang City Resurrection Point.
Before long, over a hundred Players returned to the City Lord’s Mansion.
Everyone looked at one another with serious expressions. Clearly, no one had expected this outcome.
“Damn it!”
“What a disgrace!”
“Nearly a hundred of us joined forces!”
“And we were defeated by one Dragon-Lizard Lord and his mount!”
“The Dragon-Lizard Lord is far more powerful than we imagined. No wonder only monsters become Lords!”
“Now we’re in trouble!”
“The Dragon-Lizard Lord moved personally!”
“Forget about getting a high quest rating—can we even defend Shansang Ancient City this time?”
“We can’t just sit here and wait for death!”
“We need to think of something!”
The Players weren’t discouraged by one defeat, but they were deeply worried about the fate of Shansang Ancient City.
They had fought hard to capture this city—
They couldn’t just watch it be taken away again!
But the Dragon-Lizard Lord’s combat strength was simply outrageous!
That guy even seemed strong enough to pose a threat to Lord Hang Yu—and that was a line no member of the Calamity Legion would ever tolerate being crossed!