Gaoxin dragged Han Qing all the way to the entrance of Black Base.
Then he strode inside!
He had specifically told Han Qing not to close the door when he came out. Now he directly dragged Han Qing in with him, both of them stepping into Black Base.
The people inside were stunned by this sight.
What nerve! Someone from White Faction had walked straight into their Black Faction base, right in front of seven Radiation Users!
Was he looking to die?
At that moment, Luis and Sophia were fighting one-on-one deep on the first floor.
The other subordinates were engaged in a two-versus-three battle, relatively close to Gaoxin.
Since there were more of them, the Black Vests could spare a hand.
They looked at Gaoxin coldly, their killing intent undisguised.
After all, Gaoxin had just killed one of their brothers. Now he had delivered himself right to them, giving them the perfect chance to take revenge!
"Quite a fierce fight, huh?"
Gaoxin spoke loudly, as if he were a leader inspecting the place.
He showed no awareness that he had walked into a tiger's den. He even continued forward, dragging Han Qing by the hand like a dead dog.
Han Qing's eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness as he struggled desperately.
But he simply could not break free from Gaoxin's grasp. He was held firmly in place.
"You still dare to come!" Sophia demanded harshly while struggling to deal with Luis.
Gaoxin laughed. "Why wouldn't I dare? I'm a gladiator now. Do you think I'm afraid of you?"
"This scrawny monkey isn't my match. But... don't do anything rash, okay? The last person who dared touch me has already been reduced to ashes."
Everyone's hearts jolted.
The moment two gladiators entered, an unrestricted deathmatch began. No third party was allowed to interfere; violators would be killed on the spot.
In other words, as long as Han Qing posed no threat to Gaoxin, Gaoxin was invincible.
Before the two of them decided life and death, whoever among the third party dared touch Gaoxin would die.
Remembering Gaoxin's previous baiting exploits, they knew this man had a record.
Now he was using the same trick again, directly using Han Qing as a shield. He could walk through the place as though no one were there.
"Out of the way!" Gaoxin moved forward.
The people from Viking Gang were holding back the Black Vests and the others. They could not help retreating as they fought, and actually cleared a path.
"Heeheeheehee... Kid, you want to use the same trick a second time?"
Sophia suddenly laughed.
"You're not a gladiator at all, are you?"
"You're merely taking advantage of the gladiator time to come out and pretend to be one."
Gaoxin laughed too. "I was pretending last time, but this time I'm on the attacking side. Luis gave me his health for free, so why wouldn't I take it?"
Luis forced out a voice through his leaking throat. "Heh-heh... That's right. This was what we agreed on."
"Kid, this NPC is yours to kill. Our score... we'll settle it after we get out..."
The situation was unfolding exactly according to Luis's plan.
The only difference was that, instead of killing Han Qing immediately, Gaoxin had brought him along and taken advantage of the protection of "no third-party interference" to swagger into Black Base.
Hearing this, Sophia began to wonder. Indeed, Gaoxin had no reason not to be a gladiator this round.
Was he sick? If White Faction did not send out a gladiator, wouldn't they lose one drop of health despite being on the attacking side?
He could deal damage and receive an additional reward. Why wouldn't he be the gladiator?
"No, no... Why can a gladiator return to the base?"
Sophia still felt that something was wrong. "If that's the case, couldn't a weak person step outside the base, trigger the deathmatch, then retreat and lock the door, permanently stalling the game?"
Gaoxin chuckled. "You're mistaken, beautiful. The progress won't remain stalled forever."
"A weak person can indeed hide in the base and refuse to come out, but what would be the point?"
"To negotiate? Or to get one more night of sleep?"
"Negotiate what? No matter what he negotiates, does he think he can avoid dying?"
"Even if he negotiates for the sake of his teammates, it's pointless. Once the negotiations are over, won't his teammates still have to send him out to die and allow the game to continue... And then what?"
"The deathmatch still has to continue. The people who should die still have to die. Anything agreed upon during negotiations is meaningless. Whoever wants to renege will still renege."
"In this game, the gladiators' battle range isn't restricted. Neither is the time! That's why it's called an unrestricted deathmatch."
"The strong can stall for time too. You can fight in the Gladiator Arena for an entire day; wouldn't that be the same? If you get tired, you can sit down and rest for a day. No one will stop you."
"So there's no need to specifically establish any rules. Allowing people to enter the base merely gives Glass People a chance to stall for time..."
"And it has one extremely important function."
Upon hearing this, Sophia was speechless.
Indeed, a deathmatch was a deathmatch. It had to continue until one side died.
Stalling the progress only meant living a little longer.
"And what is that? What exactly did you come here to do?"
Gaoxin revealed a feral grin. "Of course I came to kill you!"
"This game gives gladiators so many on-the-spot kill restrictions, while also requiring one side to send out a Glass Person. Why do you think that is?"
"It's so that the powerful gladiator can combine with the Glass Person gladiator sent by the opposing side through deathmatch mode, forming a Glass Cannon!"
"Defense as fragile as glass, but damage like a cannon! Summon an on-the-spot kill! One shot, one death!"
"No one can stop it!"
With that, he charged forward.
Everyone was shaken to the core. Glass Cannon? Yes, that was precisely the name of this game.
So that was what it freaking meant!
Although the two gladiators had to fight to the death and seemed to be in the worst situation, they were also the strongest.
No wonder one side was required to send a Glass Person. At least they could instantly kill that Glass Person. Otherwise, there would truly be no way to fight.
Yet even so, the price of killing the Glass Person and destroying the Glass Cannon would still be a human life!
That was the Glass Cannon: high attack, low defense!
"Who dares stop me!" Gaoxin threw Han Qing out of the doorway and charged ahead recklessly.
"Don't come over!" The Radiation Users were dumbfounded. They had never imagined that someone could play it this way.
This was the first time two gladiators had ever entered a deathmatch.
They had always thought that gladiators could be ambushed and killed outside at any time.
But high risk also came with high rewards. Once a deathmatch was activated and the gladiator entered the base, he could kill anything in his path.
The two members of Viking Gang immediately fled in terror, not daring to contend with Gaoxin.
They had already been tricked by his baiting once. Now it was happening again. This man was practically the king of baiting!
"We'll die together with him!" However, the three Black Vests did not retreat.
One of them took the initiative and advanced instead of retreating. "I'll do it!"
His expression was emotionless, cold, and murderous. He was completely unafraid of death.
He intended to sacrifice himself to shatter Gaoxin's Glass Cannon!
"Clang!" Cold light flashed as a dagger stabbed out.
Gaoxin was unafraid as well and met him head-on.
Sophia roared, "Stop! I won't allow you to die!"
The Black Vest truly did not fear death, but Sophia did not want them to die.
The dagger had already reached Gaoxin's face, yet the Black Vest forcibly stopped because this was his mistress's order.
However, just as the Black Vest withdrew—
Gaoxin was not willing to let it go. He pulled out a gun, aimed it at the man's face, and fired three shots at point-blank range!
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The three shots blew out his eyes and sent bullets into his brain, spraying blood everywhere.
"Did you think you could just retreat because you wanted to?"
Gaoxin was brimming with killing intent!
The Black Vest collapsed, twitched a few times, and then went still.
Although these people could resist guns to a certain extent, they could not survive with their brains blown out.
"No!" Sophia was furious enough to explode.
"I'll definitely kill you! I definitely will!"
Gaoxin ignored her and continued firing like a gun emplacement.
Pfft, pfft. Several more people were hit.
In a normal fight, none of these people would have feared him.
But against a Glass Cannon, they could not fight back. They could only leap and scramble about, constantly putting distance between themselves and him.
"Luis, stop swinging that lousy hammer! He's going to kill all of us!" Sophia shouted harshly.
Luis stopped as well. He had originally planned to cooperate with Gaoxin temporarily, then take the opportunity to eliminate Sophia.
He had not expected a mantis stalking a cicada, with an oriole behind it.
He had thought Gaoxin was merely a tool to be discarded after use. In the end, he was the tool, and Gaoxin was harvesting them here.
But this was the Intermediate Game. Radiation Users could also be killed by Glass People.
Fortunately, the Glass Cannon triggered by Gaoxin and Han Qing was the worst possible kind. After all, both of them were Glass People, and killing either one could end the deathmatch.
If one of them had been a Radiation User, they would truly have been in trouble.
"We have to destroy his Glass Cannon. You should have let your people die together with him just now!" Luis roared.
Sophia snapped, "Why don't you send your people?"
"Bitch, you have more people!"
"Idiot, the numbers are equal now!"
"Isn't that because you stopped me, bitch? Otherwise, it would already have been destroyed!"
The two cursed at each other, neither willing to sacrifice their own people.
After all, they now had three people on each side.
"Send the NPCs to die!"
Sophia suddenly spoke. She then grabbed an NPC and swung him over like a club.
Gaoxin charged forward. Suddenly, he performed a sliding tackle straight at Sophia's legs.
Sophia hurriedly jumped, but she had not expected Gaoxin to make such an astonishing move. He flipped upside down, kicking out with both legs.
"What!" She had underestimated Gaoxin's agility. She hurriedly bent her body in midair, trying to dodge.
Unexpectedly, Gaoxin had anticipated this move. He changed moves in sync, twisting his center of gravity.
The two seemed about to collide in midair, rushing toward each other.
"This..."
Sophia was shocked by Gaoxin's technique. She was in midair and could no longer dodge.
If she only wanted to kill him, she had a hundred ways to do it. But she did not dare fight back.
All she could do was throw the NPC in her hand, using the recoil to shift sideways through the air.
She narrowly avoided him. After landing, she was still shaken, but she tapped the ground with her toes again and lightly landed deep in the hall.
Seeing Gaoxin chase after her like a madman after avoiding the NPC, Sophia no longer dared fight him at close range.
This was no ordinary Glass Person.
She immediately grabbed another NPC and threw him at him.
The throw was extremely powerful. If he hit Gaoxin's head, it could kill him.
Seeing this, Gaoxin immediately twisted aside to dodge.
The NPC brushed past him and crashed to the ground, spitting blood. His arm was twisted, and several ribs were broken.
"That's right! Use the NPCs as clubs!"
Luis came up with the same idea. Covering his neck with one hand, he lowered his hammer with the other, grabbed a Glass Person NPC, and threw him.
The two took turns throwing the Glass People imprisoned in the corners behind them as if they were sandbags.
They were practically firing Glass Person cannonballs.
Glass People were still people. Triggering an on-the-spot kill meant killing them as well.
For a moment, Gaoxin was obstructed.
He could not advance and could only desperately dodge, even retreating repeatedly.
Fortunately, the Glass People were large and faced considerable air resistance. They were not as fast as concealed weapons, so with his current abilities, he could still evade them.
"Thud, thud, thud!"
One Glass Person after another was smashed against the doorway, wailing and crying. Some even spat blood, their bones broken.
"Damn, why is this guy so agile!" Luis shouted.
As a True Wolf Level fighter, he was astonishingly unable to hit even a Glass Person.
Gaoxin's reactions were swift, and he could even predict their moves. His various actions displayed unbelievable balance and extremely powerful core strength.
An extreme Glass Person! An extreme Glass Person from legend!
Yes, legend!
Because Glass People of this level were even rarer than SSRs!
It was incredibly difficult to train every attribute to this level.
Usually, they relied on Silver Tower enhancements. Strengthening every attribute to this extent cost a considerable number of Redemption Vouchers, more expensive than a bottle of Gene Protectant.
If that was the case, they might as well directly raise a Radiation User, who could casually surpass an extreme Glass Person.
Therefore, extreme Glass People only appeared in exceptionally rare circumstances.
"Stop getting in the way. All of you, get out!"
A whole heap of Glass People lay at Gaoxin's feet, having been reprimanded by him.
A few who were not badly injured hurriedly crawled out the gate.
But several others had been thrown out so hard that they were coughing blood and could not get up.
Just then, several people suddenly rushed in from outside. Leading them were Qiao Long and Sule, followed by several strong members of the White Faction.
They charged in without a word, dragged the injured away, and ran.
The Radiation Users were all stunned by the sight.
Luis exclaimed, "This is bad! They're taking the Glass People!"
The White Faction had clearly plotted this in advance. Their snatching the people away now meant they intended to take them back and kill them slowly—or even throw them to their deaths—so that everyone could receive a reward.
More importantly, without the Glass People, the Black Faction would have zero defense.
Although they still had five drops of blood, if no one gave them the answers, they could still lose.
"Take them back!" Sophia shouted sharply.
They moved left and right, trying to get around Gaoxin.
But Gaoxin suddenly retreated, blocking the doorway.
He held a gun in one hand and a Black Vest dagger in the other. Standing ramrod straight, he raised the muzzle and pointed it at the charging Radiation Users before him.
He stood like an abyssal pool and a towering mountain, like a divine gatekeeper.
"Damn it!" Luis stared in stunned disbelief.
The feeling was so familiar. First came the false accusation, then the blocking of the door. Damn it, he had seen this scene before!
P.S. Sorry.
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