Elite Showdown, Players Look On

The ground suddenly trembled.

In Gao Linzhi's eyes, the opponent was extremely fast, and with this kick, several elders were sent flying again.

"You all step back!"

"Let me handle this!"

The Second Elder activated another jade talisman in time, blocking the attack.

Otherwise, that kick alone would have been enough to kill the two elders.

Many more people soon disembarked from the ship.

They stood on both sides, partially surrounding Gao Linzhi and the others.

However, they just watched coldly.

The players immediately understood.

"This is clearly the sound of bandits invading the village!"

"Once they enter the village, they'll rob us of grain, money, and women—they'll take anything they can get their hands on!"

This was indeed the case in ancient times.

In ancient times, when large armies passed through villages, they would plunder whatever they could find.

The players were buzzing with discussion.

They really thought they were just bystanders—completely underestimating the cruelty and utter lack of moral boundaries of those in power.

The archer, aiming at the loudest player, unleashed a Heavy Arrow!

The arrow was fast and powerful, creating a sonic boom in an instant!

Before the player could react, a flash of light came hurtling towards him, and he was about to block it.

The moment he reached out, an arrow pierced his chest!

He was immediately lifted into the air by the arrow, then crashed down, ending his life instantly!

"Ah, murder!"

Upon seeing this, the players immediately fled.

They dared not watch the spectacle here anymore!

As the opposing team, Gao Linzhi was under even greater pressure.

In terms of pure strength, he is currently inferior to his opponent.

Even with the system's AI-assisted gameplay enabled, physical attributes become a limitation.

The opponent was too fast; his AI could only do its best to defend.

However, the opponent's attack power is too high, and even if you manage to defend, your defense will be breached.

He could only use various jade talismans and artifacts to counter the opponent's excessive attack power.

Fortunately, he was not afraid of this at all, and instead had time to think about it.

This is the ruling order of the extraordinary world.

A single super-strong individual can suppress an entire region.

He only needs a few slaves to handle miscellaneous tasks, plus a small squad of equally powerful individuals to make up for his shortcomings.

However, Gao Linzhi has other abilities.

If you lack the skill, make up for it with money.

He stopped dodging and, while leaning against the jade talisman, immediately began to cast spells.

These martial arts-based powerhouses are most afraid of curses.

Don't say that having abundant blood and energy can resist curses.

Resisting the curse requires spirit and wisdom.

Many people who are physically vigorous are mentally deficient.

For example, Lu Bu in the game.

Gao Linzhi immediately unleashed Curse Technique.

Confusion, fear, poisoning, decay...

The knife expert's eyes momentarily went blank for a moment, then he regained his senses.

A jade pendant on his body flashed with a clear light, seemingly helping him resist the curse.

He snorted coldly, but his expression became much more serious.

"So you must be the village Great Elder?"

"That's right."

"You do have some strength. Since you are the Great Elder, prepare everything I just mentioned immediately, and we will spare you this time."

"Otherwise, we'll destroy your entire village!"

"You are even more repulsive than monsters," Gao Linzhi said calmly.

"Haha, that's how the world is! It's survival of the fittest. If you're not ruthless, you won't survive!"

"Remember this: the kind-hearted don't live long in this world!" The knife expert delivered another vicious blow.

Gao Linzhi couldn't be bothered to talk to this kind of person.

The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, is considered a truth by many.

This is the normal state of life in nature.

What makes humans human is that they are more intelligent than animals.

Humans know that strength and weakness are cyclical and change.

People raise their young children so that they can support them through their final days when they are weak.

And insurance, contracts, and pensions are all for this purpose.

When you are in a strong position, it is wiser and more sustainable to build up reserves, leave yourself a way out, and prepare for the coming period of weakness so that you can be more comfortable during times of weakness.

Therefore, the law of the jungle is merely the lowest form of beastly behavior, while contractual assistance that smooths out the cycles of strength and weakness represents a more advanced form of human organization.

The modern world has also proven this point: any force that adheres to the law of the jungle has been utterly defeated by contractual forces.

Because the weak have never received protection or welfare, they are naturally unwilling to exert themselves.

Just like the Great Qing, a few thousand outsiders could invade, and many ordinary people helped the outsiders by guiding them, selling their goods, holding ladders, and climbing the city walls.

That's because an outsider gave them the money.

This is because the Great Qing was the most obvious example of the law of the jungle, where everyone except the slave owners was a slave, and the government ruthlessly oppressed, killed, and enslaved Enslavement.

Gao Linzhi didn't say much. Seeing that the curse was ineffective, he directly used a fireball.

Fireballs are energy-based attacks, unlike curses.

Even if the opponent resists, it will still consume one's own Mysterious Energy.

Then Gao Linzhi threw out one large fireball after another.

The opponent quickly dodged, clearly not wanting to take the hit head-on.

Unable to dodge it, an archer from behind fired an arrow directly at them.

Both sides are physically strong, and their offensive and defensive transitions are extremely rapid.

For the average player, it's impossible to see clearly; it's simply dazzling.

Gao Linzhi's physique had long since surpassed 1000.

The opponent is level 65, and although they cannot allocate attribute points to Constitution like the player, they still have a chance to improve it.

However, because the opponent cultivates top-tier techniques and has decades more cultivation time compared to the player, they naturally have a stronger physique.

Of course, these physical qualities are manifested through the Mysterious Energy accumulated within the body.

Without these Mysterious Energy, flesh and blood can never compare to steel.

That's why the opponent dodges.

For normal players, they only gain one point of Constitution for each level up.

It relies on many physical skills to improve physical fitness.

A great battle continued in this way.

Some players, daring enough, watched the live stream from the sidelines.

Of course, they all have Revival Stone as a backup.

More people stood on the high-rise buildings in the ancestral hall's Safe Zone, observing with homemade binoculars.

"Unfortunately, the game streaming feature is not enabled."

"Otherwise, we'd be rich!"

"Yes, this is a complete confrontation between the imperial court and local elders!"

"These people in the imperial court are truly unscrupulous, showing no mercy to the common people, killing them without hesitation!"

"Feudal dynasties were cannibalistic; I'd only ever learned about it in history books before, but now I've witnessed it firsthand!"

"That's right, here, killing has almost no impact."

"In their eyes, these villages are completely like juicers; they just come and squeeze water whenever they want."

Just as the players were discussing this, many veteran players, advanced players, and Company Executive Players logged on and arrived at Wolf Snake Island.

The pace of the battle between the two sides was extremely fast.

Gao Linzhi's side was relying entirely on props to hold on.

Meanwhile, the other side, relying on high attack speed and high evasion, was wearing down Gao Linzhi.

"Good heavens, this is the true strength of the imperial court!" exclaimed a Company Executive Players, deeply impressed.

"Yes, if the enemy were to come to the real world, missiles, machine guns, tanks, and airplanes would be useless against them."

"His speed is too fast, completely exceeding the speed of sound, and he's so small, yet his defense is so high. How can we fight him?"

"Therefore, we must cultivate equally strong individuals. The innate great law needs people with the great law to counter it."

"To achieve a balance of power, the best weapon against a tank is a tank, the best weapon against an airplane is an airplane, and the best weapon against a strong opponent is the strong opponent itself."

Some high-level players have begun to plan ahead.

Casual observers watch the spectacle, but they see the underlying principles.

If even supernatural beings can enter the real world, it's quite possible that these powerful natives will enter the city in the future.

If there is no way to deal with it, the outcome will be disastrous.

And so, with everyone watching, Gao Linzhi fought many rounds with his opponent.

The opponent's level is far too high, and they also possess abilities exclusive to professionals.

"Logically speaking, this big shot's physical and mental attributes should be high enough."

"Why can't we keep up with the fighting pace of a master swordsman?" someone wondered.

"This must be because the other party has a unique class and various passive Effect of Skills."

"Yes, for example, skills that stack speed, such as Haste, Evasion, Frenzy, and many others."

"Yes, their skill level must be very high, something we can't compare to for now."

Thus, Gao Linzhi had a great many props.

However, using the props still takes time.

And so, when the item was used, the game AI finally lost its connection.

After all, there's a difference in speed.

Gao Linzhi's protection has developed a gap.

The opponent immediately slit his throat.

Then, Gao Linzhi's Game Character turned into light and disappeared.

The players immediately sighed in dismay.

"Sigh, even our top-tier new players can't handle this."

And at this time...

The expert swordsman couldn't help but sneer, "I thought you guys were so strong."

"He's just an ordinary person who knows how to use gadgets."

His tone was laced with unthinking mockery.

And others could not refute it.

"Oh no, the boss only lasted a few hundred rounds before he was defeated."

"That's good enough."

"I just assessed the situation; the opponent is a level 65 expert."

"Damn, a master like that could kill us with just a glare!"

"Yeah, it's already pretty impressive that this Canxue powerhouse can hold out for hundreds of rounds."

"Just wondering, how did you guys figure out it was hundreds of rounds? I couldn't even see it clearly."

"I'm just making things up to make myself seem professional."

"Awesome."

"Actually, it only lasted ten minutes."

However, something surprising happened.

The next moment, Gao Linzhi suddenly appeared behind the knife expert.

Then he unleashed a thousand-year-old killing technique on the other party.

It has to be said, a master is a master.

A profession is a profession.

The opponent reacted immediately, leaping away to avoid the attack.

The same blade was slashed at Gao Linzhi once more.

This time, however, Gao Linzhi did not use the jade talisman for protection, allowing the opponent to kill his character.

After dying, it resurrected and appeared behind the opponent, delivering another vicious stab.

The knife expert was immediately taken aback.

"Resurrection?"

"Hmph, I'd like to see how many Revival Stone you have!"

Although he was mocking, his eyes were clearly filled with jealousy.

This is resurrection!

The ability that any strong person dreams of most!

There is none other than that.

The world is vast, but life is the most important!

These damn players, they start with items like this!

However, they managed to obtain the Revival Stone, only to discover that the locals couldn't use it.

They naturally didn't understand that this was a resurrection mechanism provided by the Game System.

The Revival Stone is actually just a ticket and a resurrection resource. Once a player is bound to the Game System and has Revival Stone, the game will provide the resurrection function after the player dies.

Ultimately, the specific process of resurrection is handled by the Game System.

The indigenous people have no data in the Game System at all, so even with tickets and resurrection resources, the Game System cannot provide resurrection services.

They don't understand the internal logic of the system.

If they were programmers, they would know that after using Revival Stone, the game would only display a red error message: "No resurrection target found."

And now, the Great Elder he killed has been resurrected once again.

He knew he had to be extremely careful, or he would find himself unable to move forward.

He reacted quickly, once again directly blocking Gao Linzhi's vicious claw strike to his kidney with his knife.

"That's ruthless! You want the master to be a eunuch in his next life, don't you!"

Then he launched another large-scale attack.

Gao Linzhi was naturally unable to dodge and was killed as well.

However, Gao Linzhi reappeared the next moment.

In this way, Gao Linzhi, relying on the resurrection mechanism, could always instantly appear in the opponent's blind spot.

"This can't go on!"

"Let's retreat, Lao Qi."

The expert archer frowned.

The partner wielding the knife only needs to fight desperately; otherwise, he'll have many more things to consider.

He did not rush to provide archery support.

Unlike swords, arrows are most powerful before they are fired.

As long as he keeps his bow drawn, the opponent won't rashly use their hidden tricks.

If he also goes down to shoot arrows, then no one will be on guard against the opponent's sneak attacks.

He now felt he had taken on a tricky task.

If he had known the players here were difficult to deal with, he should have declined and left.

He now feels somewhat trapped in a difficult situation.

"We can't back down! If we do, these lowly people will only become more demanding!"

"I'll make them understand who the real kings are!"

The knife expert has now lost his temper.

He was determined to kill Gao Linzhi completely.

In fact, given his speed and physique, even if he couldn't be killed, he could easily escape.

However, he didn't want to do that.

His mind had been eroded by years of training and Mysterious Energy.

In other words, he loses his rationality once he gets into a fight.

Like many battle commanders, he insisted on fighting to the death when it was time to retreat. If he were only risking other people's lives, one could say he was just being selfish.

However, in the end, he was surrounded by the enemy and they were all killed together.

That would be considered selfish and foolish.

This is what skilled knife users are like these days.

He ignored everyone's opinions and relentlessly pursued Gao Linzhi.

The skilled archer was helpless in the face of this.

He knew this was a drawback of the partner profession.

The opponent cultivates the Reverse Blood God Saber, which is extremely powerful.

Its speed is also extremely high.

However, there is a problem: if the fight lasts too long, it can cause blood and qi to flow backward into the brain.

Their skills will not only not decline, but will actually increase significantly.

But then the brain just stops working.

Many people do this when they get excited.

And so, through constant resurrection, Gao Linzhi finally found an opportunity.

Taking advantage of a moment when the Master Qi was slightly distracted, he thrust his sword into the man's waist.

"Ah!"

The knife expert finally came to his senses.

"That's impossible!"

How could you possibly kill me?

He cried out in surprise, and then Mysterious Energy emanated from his body as the sword was drawn.

The flesh and blood body returns to its original nature once again.

Blood vessels are breaking apart inch by inch!