"Level-two steel door, two level-one attack facilities. What a newbie!" Liu Quan sneered when he saw Xu Lang's dormitory setup.
Everyone immediately felt an overpowering aura of showing off wash over them!
Liu Quan swept his gaze over the area and noticed the Monitor and the Ghost Child in the shrine.
His expression did not change when he saw the Monitor, but it abruptly changed when he saw the Ghost Child.
"Is that a fucking Guardian Spirit?!" Liu Quan cried out, his lips trembling.
Everyone was startled.
Why was this big shot reacting like that?
"Brother Quan, what's wrong?" Liu Qiang asked cautiously.
Liu Quan took a deep breath and pointed at the Ghost Child through gritted teeth. "Where did that thing come from?!"
"I think that was the airdrop reward Xu Lang got," one of the boys eagerly answered.
Inside the dormitory, Xu Lang watched Liu Quan's shifting expression and could not help stroking his chin in thought.
Was there something special about this Guardian Spirit?
Judging from Liu Quan's nasty expression alone, Xu Lang truly could not guess what it was.
"Is this guy insane?" Cao Yaxuan spat viciously, even her beautiful face creasing into a frown.
After seemingly thinking of something, Liu Quan cursed through clenched teeth.
"Fuck, he actually used my Unsealing Gift Pack!"
"You guys go wear down those two crossbows first. I'll break down the door afterward."
"That brat has to be dragged out and killed. When the time comes, I'll split half the loot with you!"
"Oh, and don't touch that Guardian Spirit. Don't break it!"
Everyone's eyes lit up.
"I'll go first!" A fat, big-eared boy volunteered.
There was definitely risk involved in this.
Otherwise, Liu Quan would not have had them go first.
But risk came with rewards. If he performed bravely enough, perhaps Liu Quan would take a liking to him and make him his roommate.
This was a golden opportunity to rise to the top in one step!
Xu Lang's eyes flickered as he watched what was happening outside. He tapped the defense facility control screen twice in quick succession, turning off automatic attack mode.
The contest between the two sides officially began.
Bang!
The fat, big-eared boy flipped his hand and pulled out a brick, smashing it at the nearest Swift Repeating Crossbow.
Crack!
The brick shattered, but the Swift Repeating Crossbow remained completely unharmed, gleaming like new.
"Idiot, using a ranged weapon against an attack facility is just wasting it!" Liu Quan said impatiently.
"Then what should I do?" The fat, big-eared boy flushed red with embarrassment.
"Use a weapon. A level-one facility's attack speed won't be that fast. Just watch your dodging!" Liu Quan said with a frown.
The fat, big-eared boy hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and drew a boning knife before stepping forward.
He had to take this risk!
After cautiously taking a few steps forward, the fat, big-eared boy realized that the crossbow was not attacking.
Suddenly, inspiration struck him. He burst into laughter.
"I get it! Xu Lang has run out of Copper Coins. Firing crossbow bolts costs Copper Coins!"
"He bought so many supplies that he's already broke!"
"Hahaha!"
The others' eyes also lit up when they heard that.
One of the boys took out a baton and laughed. "I'll help too!"
Bang!
While laughing, the fat, big-eared boy slashed the Swift Repeating Crossbow with his knife.
The boy holding the baton paused when he saw this, but after noticing that the fat, big-eared boy had not been attacked, he hurriedly quickened his pace.
Bang!
The baton came down, leaving a scratch on the Swift Repeating Crossbow.
The two boys became more and more excited as they struck and chopped. The sounds of smashing and hacking rang out without pause.
The others exchanged looks and walked over as well, heading for the other Swift Repeating Crossbow.
"Fuck your mother! I've hated the sight of you for ages, Xu Lang! I'll chop you to death! What the hell are you acting so high and mighty for? Didn't you just get lucky and pick up a few blueprints?!"
"You think you're hot shit just because you have a lousy pistol?"
"You even fucking stole women from me! Those were all my women!"
"Why should a lecherous punk like you get to survive, and live better than us?"
"Three women! You monopolized three whole women! You deserve to die!"
"I'm smashing your door! So what? How does it feel?!"
As they kept attacking, the crowd began denouncing Xu Lang, their curses overflowing with hatred.
These people had already become twisted!
After bottling up their frustration for so long, they had finally found an outlet. Every one of them had gone completely mad!
Among the people who had followed Liu Quan here, only a handful remained standing in the corridor without joining in.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as the hostile visitors were packed tightly together in the corridor, the Swift Repeating Crossbows suddenly activated, firing two bolts almost simultaneously!
At first, no one reacted. Their eyes red, they continued smashing away until someone clutched a wound and collapsed. Only then did they snap out of their frenzy.
"Fuck!"
"Someone's been killed!"
"Run! That bastard Xu Lang was baiting us!"
The crowd scattered in panic, leaving behind two corpses and one heavily wounded Player.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The crossbow bolts fired in unison, directly finishing them off.
In barely ten seconds, three Players fell forever before Dormitory 200's door.
"A perfect chance!"
Yet while all the other Players were backing away, one person pushed forward against the tide.
It was none other than the old Player, Liu Quan!
Holding a longsword, he flickered forward in rapid strides and reached the steel door in an instant!
A blue gleam flashed over the longsword as it thrust straight at the battered Swift Repeating Crossbow on the left.
Yet Liu Quan's arm was pulling toward the right, intending to destroy both Swift Repeating Crossbows with two consecutive strikes.
Without those two attack facilities, Xu Lang would be a lamb awaiting slaughter.
And at that very moment, both Swift Repeating Crossbows flashed with light and underwent a drastic transformation.
Their wooden frames became wrapped in bronze shells. Even the bolts, which had previously only possessed iron tips, turned entirely bronze, engraved with ancient, weighty patterns!
[Bronze Repeating Crossbow] [Type: Attack Facility] [Level: 2] [Damage: 20] [Attack Speed: Fast] [Crossbow Bolts: 1/1 (Each bolt requires 65 Copper Coins)] [Durability: 65/65] [Can be dismantled for: Bronze x8, Bronze Crossbow Bolt x1] [Upgrade Requirement: 210 Nightmare Coins] [Description: Let the splendor of bronze return to the human world!]
Xu Lang upgraded the Swift Repeating Crossbows at the critical moment!
The instant the two crossbows were upgraded, their durability was fully restored, while their power greatly increased. Their damage had nearly doubled!
Liu Quan turned pale at the sudden change, but he was still an old Player who had experienced life-and-death battles several times. He immediately turned to flee.
However, Xu Lang's little combo did not end there.
The Ghost Child that Liu Quan had been coveting lit up its eyes, forcibly immobilizing Liu Quan!
At the instant he was crowd-controlled, two crossbow bolts pierced his back.
Immediately afterward, two more Bronze Crossbow Bolts flew toward him in unison!
The Bronze Repeating Crossbows had a fast firing speed, roughly one shot per second.
Just as the crowd control wore off, a sharp explosion erupted beneath Liu Quan's feet. He shot several meters away in a flash.
That sudden burst bought him a brief moment to catch his breath, and without a second thought, he threw himself flat onto the ground!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The room door flew open, and a green-painted pistol popped out. The gunshots sounded like firecrackers set off during a grave visit for the New Year!
Cao Yaxuan stared wide-eyed from behind, seeing Xu Lang's trigger finger moving so fast it nearly left an Afterimage!
When a good opportunity appeared, one had to dare to go all in!
Xu Lang seized the opportunity without hesitation and dealt Liu Quan, this hostile visitor, a crushing blow!
American Iai—seventeen bullets, emptied in full!
Liu Quan's body was riddled with bullets like a sieve. He was dead beyond all doubt!
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