Smiling Jazz spat out blood, his aura waning as he fell from the sky. At the instant before hitting the ground, he unfurled his wings, erupting with an ominous energy, and shrieked as he lunged toward Xu Xiaoyou. His eyes burned with flames as if he wanted to swallow the young girl whole.
Xu Xiaoyou set up her sniper rifle on the spot. The components of the four Rose Flowers deconstructed and interlocked with each other, forming a brand-new heavy sniper rifle that slammed into the ground. Explosive rounds were quickly loaded.
With a thunderous boom, the rapidly moving Smiling Jazz was intercepted in place by the bullet's kinetic energy, his surface covered in a layer of flames.
A second shot and then a third followed in quick succession. Smiling Jazz was sent flying as if hit by cannonballs. No matter how he tried to dodge, the bullets fired by the girl seemed to possess a tracking function, always intercepting his flight path with unerring precision.
Before long, his wings were riddled with holes, looking like tattered banners on a battlefield, covered in bullet wounds.
"Dark Gold Rose!"
The man's breathing was heavy and ragged, his eyes bloodshot as he actually managed to crush the next incoming bullet in his hand. With another swipe of his claws, an invisible force field materialized before him, causing the remaining bullets to embed themselves into its surface and stop mid-air.
The members of the Silent Sequence hiding beneath Smiling Jazz quickly got up, leaving the protection of the man's wings in an attempt to flee the battlefield.
Xu Xiaoyou coldly raised her gun and fired. The chest of one such person exploded with a bloody gash, and their health bar was emptied.
"Do you think I'll let you off after this? I promise I'll lead my people to destroy your Light-Chaser Garden, even if you hide in Oasis City!"
Xu Xiaoyou sneered, "Do you think I'll still give you a chance for an 'afterward'?"
"What makes you think you and your people can leave Pangard alive?"
With that, Xu Xiaoyou leaped forward with her whip.
She had to ensure she could destroy the Silent Sequence in one fell swoop today, or at least ensure they would have no chance to regroup for a counterattack.
For this battle, she had once again emptied all her accumulated savings. She had gathered this deck through the strength of her entire guild, leading people to scavenge the battlefield and harvesting various small guilds. To stop the Smiling Jazz who had merged with the Three-Legged Bird, she had staked everything on this single throw!
Xu Xiaoyou never lacked the courage to start over from scratch.
Except this time was different.
If she won the gamble, she would be draped in a thousand-fold glory.
If she lost, there was no doubt that the legend of the Dark Gold Rose would end. All the previous momentum and efforts would go to waste. Once they left Pangard, the Silent Sequence—with its members at grade 4 or grade 5—could easily level her Light-Chaser Garden. She would be excluded from the upcoming league and might even lose everything.
She could only win; she had to win.
There was only one minute left for the duration of Bad Girl Workshop Edge. She had to decide the outcome of the battle within this minute!
This version of the Bad Girl Workshop abandoned all defensive skill cards to fuse with long-range cards. Combined with gun-kata, it was all offense and no defense.
Xu Xiaoyou stepped forward again, killing every enemy who blocked her path. She was covered in blood, but her gaze remained firm and unwavering.
"If we can't stop them, then we won't. We're launching a counter-offensive!"
"Forget about those around you! We have only one goal: rush up and cut down that fatuous king for me!" The man with glasses smashed a monster's skull, his lenses shattered. His previous refined appearance was gone, replaced by the ferocity of a wild beast.
Realizing their predicament, the members of Light-Chaser Garden erupted with unimaginable cohesion, quickly breaking free from the suppression. They charged toward the throne simultaneously, intending to drag that high-and-mighty figure down and execute him before everyone.
Their radiance was as tiny as a lone boat in a vast sea of people, yet they all converged toward the same direction.
The emergence of this force instantly scattered the battlefield, tearing the strength of the other guilds to pieces. While everyone was shocked by which armed force this was, the people of Light-Chaser Garden had already reached the vicinity of the throne like madmen. They forcibly dragged the Incurable Crown down from the throne, their battle-crazed aura so intimidating that those around them dared not approach until the path behind them was filled by reinforcements.
The health of the Incurable Crown dropped every second under the group's onslaught.
110,000...
100,000,
90,000,
80,000—the health suddenly plummeted, breaking through the 50,000 mark!
Seeing the perfect opportunity about to slip away, Smiling Jazz was consumed by anxiety. He violently blasted back the blonde girl in front of him and ignored her further harrasment. Even if his injuries couldn't keep up with the recovery speed and his health dropped below the warning line, he had only one target left in his eyes.
Smiling Jazz soared over the heads of the crowd and then took to the air, his wings snapping open. Shadows blanketed the earth as black feathers poured down like a torrential rain. He was the eye of this storm; wherever the black feathers ravaged, blood blossomed like flowers.
Xu Xiaoyou raised her gun to aim at the figure in the sky, but a laser suddenly struck her directly, sending her flying.
Turning her head, she saw the Crying Duke raising his staff toward her. The Extinction Armament behind him was fully deployed, with various cannon barrels, machine gun muzzles, and missile launchers all aimed in her direction, intending to blast her into dust through sheer firepower.
"Guild Leader, leave this one to me. Go and kill Incurable Crown," the Crying Duke shouted.
Smiling Jazz nodded to him and dove down, pouncing toward Incurable Crown. The codex behind him glowed with a brilliant light.
The scale and the hammer were ready, and even the flow of time began to slow down as people's movements and expressions froze!
Except for Xu Xiaoyou and Bai Youyou, who was still locked in combat with the female general, no one present could stop Smiling Jazz in this state. His hand was already touching the gates of victory.
Clang!
A crimson eye opened behind Smiling Jazz, and shadows grew like thickets of thorns. A heavy darkness spread around him.
His hand had already reached into the chest of the Incurable Crown, extracting the slime-covered heart.
As the pages of that codex began to flip rapidly, the guild leaders who were close by realized what was happening, and their expressions changed drastically.
"Oh no! This guy is going to activate the Judgment of the Three-Legged Bird!"
"Don't let him activate the judgment! We must stop him!"
"No... It's too late." Someone's face turned ashen, believing the situation was already decided.
Seeing this, Xu Xiaoyou ignored the dense barrage of missiles the Crying Duke had fired at her. She raised her final card toward Smiling Jazz—more accurately, she was pointing toward Incurable Crown!
Bai Youyou tried to reach out to stop it at the same time, but everything was already too late.
The heart was placed on the scale, and the heavy hammer finally slammed down heavily upon it. Time ceased to flow at this moment.
A massive crimson number jumped out.
[HP -100,000! Player 'Smiling Jazz' dealt strike damage (lethal damage) to 'Incurable Crown.' The damage triggered a critical hit!]
[You have killed the nightmare-level lord, Incurable Crown.]
Looking at the notification box before him, Smiling Jazz gave a contemptuous smile. As expected, the final winner would be no one else but him; the victor was the Silent Sequence.
"No—!" The Kingdom Watcher let out a sorrowful howl. Under the gaze of countless people, Incurable Crown hovered in mid-air. White light burst from his eyes, and a black aura erupted from his body. The white light grew brighter and brighter until the world was swallowed by the blinding radiance!
The light dissipated, and the cold broadcast of the system rang out.
"The final boss of the Terminal Illness Patient dungeon, Incurable Crown, has been killed. The killer is—"
"Light-Chaser Garden—Sevia."
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