Chapter 69

All opponents were eliminated, and the spells were beginning to be dispelled. By logical inference, this was precisely the moment when a person's mind would be most relaxed.

This was the opportunity for Player Three to deliver a decisive blow, gained through the sacrifice of his subordinates!

In the Guanghan Palace, the game administrators, thinking the crisis had passed, all heaved a sigh of relief. Chang'e also smiled and said, "This Rose Tree Dao technique is indeed powerful."

They had heard that he once possessed the level of a national master in a Silver World, and now it seemed that the statement was true.

At the county office, Yang Tingyong also thought the matter was over, and heaved a long sigh. He walked out of the county office and said to his subordinates, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, and the county captain, "The Daoist has rid us of the demons, but the task of pacifying the people still falls on us. This is a major matter; everyone must not slack off."

He was quite talented as an official. If this matter was handled well, it would be a significant achievement. A great demon had caused chaos in the county, but under his wise leadership as the county magistrate, the demons were all eliminated. This was a great feat!

The officials all responded in unison and went out to handle the affairs.

The people in the city also thought the demon threat was over and fled from the shelters.

At this moment, the entire Hebian County seemed to be in a state of no defense.

At this moment, Player Three, through the scope, aimed the crosshairs at Sun Ran's head and pulled the trigger.

With a soft 'puff,' a large amount of gas rushed out from the neat exhaust holes on both sides of the sniper rifle, slightly red, like a giant beast snorting. At the same time, a bright line shot out from the muzzle, flying toward Sun Ran's head at nearly three times the speed of sound.

As soon as the shot was fired, Player Three did not even look up to see the result. He bit down hard on the highly toxic pill in his mouth. A few seconds later, Player Three's body, which had been lying on the ground, went limp, and he died from the poison, exiting the game. The summoned weapon in his hand also shattered at the same time, turning into light points that disappeared into the air.

Through his observations, he had already regarded Sun Ran as his greatest enemy, so he would not leave any clues for his opponent to track.

The sudden burst of powerful energy in the city was immediately detected by the administrators. On the surveillance screen, a glaring red dot suddenly appeared, with a brightness comparable to the blood-red aura that had enveloped Sun Ran's body. Next to the dot, the AI estimated the power level, which shockingly displayed: Level 4!

Another Level 4 attack, just like the sudden explosion of the C-4 in the cave, aimed at the leader of the Thorn Rose team.

The attack was so sudden that the game administrators, seeing this, could only slightly tighten their pupils and could not react in any other way.

Hebian County.

Sun Ran had been on high alert, waiting for a hidden attack.

The bullet's speed far exceeded the speed of sound. Before being hit, Sun Ran could not hear any sound, but after the bullet was fired, there would definitely be a large amount of scattered data.

To prevent an ambush, Sun Ran always kept his Fire Eye Golden Vision active. In his eyes, he saw a building to his left suddenly burst with a dense white light.

The ambush he had been guarding against finally appeared.

The strength of the technological force was overwhelming, and the bullet's speed was too fast. It was impossible to dodge with the body's speed, so he could only block! The massive data still under his control was instantly reassembled into a transparent shield, enveloping his entire body.

The shield was called the 'Vajra Primordial Shield,' also a Level 4 Dao technique, which Sun Ran nearly instantly activated. Inside the shield, the air was completely still, a mental force barrier Sun Ran had forcibly activated to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

As soon as the shield formed, it was covered in spider-web-like cracks from the bullet's impact. The cracks lasted less than half a second, and both the bullet and the transparent crystal shield exploded into countless fragments. The fragments were pushed outward by Sun Ran's mental force, turning into light and dissipating into a scorching heat wave. The heat wave pushed out for several meters before slowly disappearing.

The commotion from this confrontation was very small, and no one in the game world saw it. Only the game administrators witnessed it. Everyone knew that although Sun Ran's earlier use of the Heaven-Earth Transformation technique produced spectacular sparks, in terms of danger, it was far less than this final blow.

The Destroyer's final blow was incredibly stealthy, like a venomous scorpion lurking in the darkness, waiting to take a life, making one's heart chill just thinking about it.

However, this terrifying decisive blow was calmly defused by the leader of Thorn Rose, as the team's White Rose had said, his Daoist cultivation was indeed heaven-defying.

Chang'e immediately contacted Sun Ran, "How are you?"

"I'm fine," Sun Ran frowned slightly.

If he was not mistaken, the strength of this attack had reached Level 4.1. The kinetic energy of the bullet was at Level 4, and the bullet itself contained a powerful force of Level 4, aimed at his head.

If the bullet entered his virtual body's head, the game AI would determine his body's death and disconnect his consciousness, kicking him out of the game world.

For ordinary players, at this moment, the AI would protect their consciousness, allowing the game memories to gradually merge with their real-life memories. However, as a Maintainer, he was always conscious, so the protection of his consciousness when exiting the game was much less than that of ordinary players.

At this moment, the Maintainer's consciousness was particularly vulnerable to damage.

For an ordinary Black Iron Maintainer, a Level 3+ energy burst at this moment could successfully damage his consciousness. If it was Level 4, it would definitely cause severe consciousness damage, and if it reached Level 5, it would result in brain death!

In the Destroyer world, this method was called a segmented delayed attack, commonly known as 'Two Kicks,' named after an ancient festival firecracker. One kick to the life, one kick to the soul, it was extremely vicious and one of the common methods to damage consciousness.

This Poison Scorpion mercenary group had ambushed him twice, once with the sudden explosion of C-4 and once with a rune bullet sniper shot. Both methods could damage consciousness, how vicious!

Sun Ran felt a chill in his heart, and a surge of anger boiled up: Poison Scorpion mercenary group, very well!

"Have you located the Destroyer's position?" His voice remained calm.

A minute later, Director Chang'e personally replied, "We found it, coordinates (129,15,03)."

"Speak in plain language!" He couldn't locate the position through coordinates in the virtual world.

Chang'e was taken aback, blushed, and quickly corrected herself, "Six hundred meters to your due east, there is a tavern called 'Spring Apricot Tower.' The Destroyer has exited the game, and his body is on the third floor of the tavern."

Sun Ran nodded and, following the administrator's guidance, quickly found the body left by Player Three.

He touched it, and the body was still warm, having exited no more than ten minutes ago.

"Can you replay the optical imagery of this area? I need to observe clues," Sun Ran asked. Even if this guy exited, it was useless; he could easily find his real name, being a beginner Destroyer.

Destroyers had the ability to hide from AI searches, but if they knew the area he had been in, they could view the area without directly searching for the Destroyer, possibly observing the Destroyer from an optical perspective.

Of course, this method could only be used to patch up after the fact and could not prevent it in advance.

"Sure. Please close your eyes, and we will transmit the imagery to you."

Sun Ran followed the instructions, closed his eyes, and felt a jolt in his mind. The holographic image of the tavern appeared before his eyes.

The Destroyer was lying motionless on the wooden floor, then suddenly fired, immediately committing suicide, the entire process without a single omission.

"Hmm? He exited the game without even checking the results?" Sun Ran noticed this and coldly smiled, saying to the administrator, "Alright, that's enough. I have a plan."

He had one thought in his mind: a mere Level 4 Destroyer using such a vicious trick against me, I'll expose your true identity!

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