Lord of Cinder

In an underground cave.

Nearly a hundred Nine Provinces players, who should have all turned into Bai Guang after being directly hit by the Abyss Laser, slowly stood up. They looked down at the flames on their bodies that had not caused any pain, and then looked at their status bar in astonishment.

A series of notifications are refreshing rapidly.

[Gained Mythic Grade Domain Buff: Lord of Cinder!]

[Gain Buff 1: Kindling Enchantment! All attacks are imbued with the First Flame, ignoring any defense bonuses on the target, and base damage is increased by 200%!]

[Gain Buff 2: Undying! After suffering Deadly blow, you will be resurrected at full health next to the caster (Lu Xiu)!]

[Gained Buff 3: Zombie Transformation! Immune to all physical knockback, hit-stun, mental shock, and fear interference!]

After a brief moment of surprise.

Nearly a hundred Nine Provinces players felt the power within them, which had become violent due to the Kindling, and then they saw the abnormal mechanism that ignored defense, invincibility, and allowed players to revive with full health on the spot. Finally, they realized what was happening, and their blood began to boil.

"This----"

Cheng Xiu stared blankly at the status bar on his panel, then suddenly turned around and looked at Lu Xiu, who was standing at the back and had already turned into the First Flame. This usually calm member of the Strategy Group had a trembling voice. "Is this your Domain Skill ----?"

Because I was in the Coordination Bureau, I joined the Strategy Group early on.

Cheng Xiu had experienced the withdrawal and restoration phase from the front lines—it could be said that he had fought against most of the Chosen Player in Nine Provinces.

Many of them even killed people with their own hands.

He had witnessed the Domain Skill of countless Chosen Player.

I've seen all kinds.

There are strong ones, weak ones, and those who play pranks.

But I've never seen anything like this before—completely unreasonable!

Is this Domain Skill?

Infinite resurrection?!

And it affects so many people?!

How is this any different from cheating?

Meanwhile, Wei Yidong, who was also reborn from the flames, felt the surge of power within him, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

He brandished the spear in his hand, which seemed to be burning, and shouted incredulously, "Why didn't you release such an incredible domain sooner?! Sister Lu Xiu!!! Super Sister!!! If you had lit this fire earlier, who wouldn't be able to beat you! Release it sooner! I feel like I could take on anyone one-on-one!!!"

Hearing Wei Yidong's loud and boisterous voice, the others finally reacted and turned to look at Lu Xiu in a daze.

This moment.

The days of Architect and dungeon tortures are over.

Everyone had only one thought.

The best support!

Meanwhile, the Nine Provinces players who had narrowly escaped the Abyss Laser by rolling with lightning speed at the last second also got up from the ground, covered in dust, and looked at their companions with shocked expressions.

----How did it catch fire?

At the same time.

Externally, in the Nine Provinces main live stream room.

The barrage of comments, which had fallen silent because of Midir's devastating attack, exploded the moment they saw nearly a hundred Nine Provinces players, who should have been instantly killed, standing up unscathed while still burning!

[??????]

What happened?! Can anyone tell me what happened?!

Why are they all standing up?! Aren't they just taking a huge hit head-on?!

[Yes, I saw it clearly just now. The health bars of those who were hit by the attack were instantly reduced to zero, but in the blink of an eye, they were all standing up with full health again!]

[Resurrection?! Mass resurrection?! This doesn't feel right!]

[It seems Lu Xiu was the first to ignite—this appears to be Domain Skill.]

[----What Domain Skill could achieve this? I'm also a player who obtained a talent skill early in the game! Although I don't have Domain Skill, I know quite a few Chosen Player! How could it be this exaggerated!]

[But the facts are right in front of me, and there's only this one possibility; otherwise, I really can't understand why.]

[Domain Skill - Is this the true value of the Chief Architect of Nine Provinces?! Not only did he make everyone withstand the ultimate attack and survive, but his aura is even more terrifying than before they died?!]

[----]

The entire Nine Provinces live stream room was in an uproar because of this extraordinary scene, and all the viewers' adrenaline was soaring.

On the other side, the player Prison Rock.

Then they experienced the fall from heaven to hell once again.

They were stunned and incredulous, and began to question the situation while sending a barrage of comments trying to figure out what had just happened.

And in the caves of Midir.

The core players of Prison Rock are the same.

They were stunned; they couldn't believe it.

They also wanted to know what had just happened.

Zane was the closest to the person and also the one who found it the most unbelievable.

He stared at the Nine Provinces players before him, who were burning like Kindling, and broke down, demanding, "What exactly are you—"

But he hadn't finished speaking.

"Roar!!!"

The deafening roar of the dragon echoed once more, stirring up gusts of foul wind.

After unleashing its ultimate attack and briefly regaining its footing, Midir went berserk. Its massive body lunged forward with an overwhelming sense of destruction, charging straight towards Lu Xiu's location!

And almost at the same time as the dragon rampage.

Swish!

Lu Xiu moved.

Ignoring the charging dragon, she flipped her wrist, drew her Loathing Halberd, and transformed into a streak of burning flame, charging straight towards Zane.

Meanwhile, Lu Xiu, wielding Nameless Blade in one hand and Loathing Halberd held upside down in the other, was approaching, trailing sparks and Ember.

Looking at her signature dual-wielding stance, I felt an almost tangible sense of oppression.

Dead memories begin to attack Zane ----

Special events.

That's how she charged in, and then took on two opponents at once.

Zane's pupils contracted sharply. His instincts outpaced his rational judgment. He let out a beastly roar, raised his spear abruptly, and unleashed every skill at the moment, thrusting it straight at Lu Xiu with all his might!

However----

When!!!

The deafening clang of metal echoed throughout the cave.

Perfect Deflect!!!

Lu Xiu swung her Nameless Blade like a phantom, precisely parrying the spear.

Sparks flew out like streaks of fire.

A tremendous force struck.

Zane's spear was deflected, and he was thrown backward uncontrollably, leaving his front wide open.

A familiar feeling.

It's all too familiar.

He watched as the girl, her clothes sparkling with fire after Deflect his attack, instantly closed in.

Zane's already taut nerves finally snapped, and a deep despair appeared on his face.

Anyway!

No matter what we do on our side!!!

It seems like nothing can defeat her!!!

Why!!!

Why was Prison Rock matched with such opponents?!

That's unfair!!!

"Zane!!!"

On the other side.

Gallagher finally snapped out of his shock at the mass resurrection of the Nine Provinces players. He roared furiously and rushed over to help.

Because Zane is going to die at the hands of the Nine Provinces players, Nine Provinces will get another Core Bonfire point, and the team battle is doomed to lose.

But it was too late.

The instant Lu Xiu Deflect with the Nameless Blade, he swung his right hand sharply with the Loathing Halberd, thrusting it straight out.

Pfft!

The cold, sharp blade, carrying an unstoppable momentum, pierced through Zane's chest in an instant.

Next.

Amidst everyone's stunned gazes, Lu Xiu's slender, fair arm suddenly exerted force, and with one hand holding the halberd, she lifted the tall Zane directly into the air!

"Cough----waa----"

Zane was hunched over like a shrimp, impaled on the halberd blade, and mouthfuls of blood gushed from his mouth.

He lowered his head and looked down.

The girl tilted her head slightly.

Unbeknownst to her, her beautiful eyes had turned crimson again, as if flowing with ruby, reflecting his disheveled figure. There was no thrill of killing in her eyes, nor the joy of victory, just like during that special event, only the deep, stillness of an ancient pool.

----Once again.

Even if you die the same way.

At this moment, Zane's health was rapidly depleting, and his vision was quickly blurring.

But he didn't struggle at all; instead, he suddenly smiled with relief.

I'll beat your mother.

And at this time...

Lu Xiu gripped the halberd's slender arm and exerted force again, slamming Zane, who was suspended high in the air, along with the incomparably heavy Loathing Halberd, down into the hard ground in front of her with a violent and savage motion!

Wow!!!

With water splashing everywhere, the heavy halberd, carrying immense force and Zane's mangled body, crashed down violently downwards!

However, before Zane's body could even touch the cold, hard rock underwater, his health points were reduced to zero.

His body suddenly disintegrated in mid-air, turning into countless specks of white light. Accompanied by the announcement of the change of ownership of the Core Bonfire and battle merits, he completely vanished into the dark cave.

Lu Xiu, carrying the Loathing Halberd, slowly straightened up. After confirming that she had seized all the enemy's merits, she cheered with joy.

She then slightly turned her head, her crimson eyes looking at the Nine Provinces players behind her, and said, "For the next five minutes, you don't need to think about anything. Just focus all your energy on attacking the players in Prison Rock. And don't worry about me."

The players at Nine Provinces scene and the viewers in the live stream stared in disbelief at this moment.

In the dimly lit cave and amidst the drifting Ember.

Lu Xiu's fair face was splattered with specks of blood, and her pair of clear, crimson eyes shone with a ruby-like luster in the darkness, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

And directly in front of her.

The Abyss Dragon Midir, as massive as a mountain, charged toward that slender figure with an aura of crushing everything in its path, its dark gray wings billowing out to blot out the sky and whipping up a raging storm!

On one side is a girl and scattered sparks.

On one side is a colossal dragon exuding immense pressure.

White particles, the remains of Zane's death, still floated in the sky.

Watching this visually striking scene, I recalled the moment Zane was killed.

All the players in Nine Provinces gasped involuntarily.

An unprecedented and stunning experience!

"Kill!!!"

And then, after a brief silence...

Cheng Xiu was the first to recover from the shock.

Within five minutes, you don't need to think about anything, and you don't need to pay attention to her.

Cheng Xiu withdrew his gaze from Lu Xiu, then slowly turned his head to look at Gallagher and the others, who were forced to stop halfway due to Zane's instant kill, their faces blank with shock.

This usually composed member of the Strategy Group couldn't hold back any longer. He chuckled mischievously twice, then grabbed his weapon, roared, and charged straight at the Prison Rock camp!

The others followed closely behind.

As Shen Nian and Jian Li passed by, they couldn't help but glance at the burning Lu Xiu several times.

But now is not the time to speak.

The two eventually looked away.

soon.

Like a core player from Nine Provinces transformed into firewood, they charged into the horde of players from Prison Rock!

Boom!!!

Players from both sides clashed violently, like two completely different torrents crashing together in this dim underground cave!

A massive free-for-all has begun.

Various skills began to unleash their power.

But the moment they clashed, the battle turned into a one-sided affair.

Mainly because----

Puff!

A player from Prison Rock exerted all his strength and struck Cheng Xiu with his sword.

However, the heavy blow that should have caused a brief moment of stun did not come to pass as if it had vanished into thin air; Cheng Xiu did not even take a single step back!

Invincible Body!

Cheng Xiu, who had been hit, did not dodge. He simply withstood the attack, raised the longsword in his hand that was imbued with the First Flame, and slashed back with his own hand.

Sizzle!

Like cutting butter with a hot knife.

This strike completely ignored the high defense provided by the Prison Rock's armor, cleaving it into two burning halves.

The player from the Prison Rock stared wide-eyed.

But what awaited him was an even faster strike.

All Nine Provinces players use this brutal fighting style!

No dodging, no evasion, no defense!

Only attack, no defense!

A completely reckless, all-or-nothing style of play.

But every cut inflicts real wounds!

"Kill them! Focus fire and wipe them out!!!"

Several High Sequence Prison Rock players, their eyes bloodshot, unleashed a torrent of advanced skills.

Finally, after paying a heavy price, several devastating skill attacks completely depleted the health bar of the player Nine Provinces had charged the deepest.

"Kill one!"

The players in the Prison Rock had just breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the next second, the expressions on their faces froze.

Because they saw that the Nine Provinces player whose health bar had been emptied did not disappear in a flash of Bai Guang, but instead turned into a pool of burning ashes on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, right behind the girl who was facing the dragon alone a hundred meters away, she stood up again as sparks swept through and reformed.

"Holy crap!!! There's such a realm!!! I'm invincible! I'm invincible!!"

The player from Nine Provinces glanced down at his status, let out an excited roar, and then charged back into the battlefield with his weapon!

This kind of thing keeps happening.

The Nine Provinces players, who hadn't died before, now understood the function of the Lord of Cinder Domain and completely let go of it.

The players from Nine Provinces charged even more fiercely, becoming increasingly reckless and stronger with each battle!

The gap between the two sides was not large to begin with.

Now one side only attacks and doesn't defend, and they can respawn indefinitely.

No one can withstand this!

"Gallagher!!! How am I supposed to fight this?!"

A feeling of despair.

It spread like a plague within the Prison Rock camp.

Because it's completely unbearable, after finally managing to kill a Nine Provinces player, the opponent can resurrect with full health a hundred meters away in the next second!

But if a player on Prison Rock dies, they're truly dead.

Not to mention that players from Nine Provinces now inflict First Flame on their attacks, making every strike a true attack.

"----Something's not right! Something's not right!!!"

Just when the Prison Rock faction was on the verge of complete collapse.

Finn took a direct hit from Jian Li's blade, and was sent flying, rolling several times. After getting up, his eyes were red as he stared intently at the top of Lu Xiu's head in the distance!

now.

Lu Xiu, covered in Ember, deftly and gracefully evaded the Abyss Dragon Midir's devastating attacks and breaths, her movements as elegant as dancing on a knife's edge.

The dragon did not harm her in the slightest.

However, Lu Xiu's life points were dropping rapidly at a visible and constant rate!

"This is Domain Skill!!!"

Finn stared in Lu Xiu's direction, his face contorted with rage, "That's Lu Xiu's Domain Skill! Gallagher! She's Chosen Player! Stop fooling yourselves! All the Nine Provinces players' resurrection points are right around her! Her health is rapidly draining away! She's maintaining her domain by sacrificing her own health!"

Forget about the others! Killing more is pointless! Kill her! We must kill her first! This is our only chance! She's losing health! The domain will only collapse when the Architect dies! Only by killing her can Prison Rock win!

"Are you kidding me?! She has Domain Skill?! She even possesses a domain like this?!"

Gallagher roared in disbelief, constantly dodging Shen Nian's Space Slash, but after regaining his footing, he still shouted, "Everyone, listen up!!! Ignore casualties! Use all your highest-rated control skills on Jian Li, Cheng Xiu, Shen Nian, and the other Chosen Player of Nine Provinces! Hold off the Chosen Player of Nine Provinces! Hold them off for at least one minute!!!"

"Gareth!!!"

Next.

He abruptly turned to the Prison Rock player beside him, who possessed top-tier defensive skills. "Activate Heavy Burden! Come with me and Gallagher, let's kill the Architect!"

Have you said it?

Gallagher pulled two precious [Cooldown Crystal] directly from his backpack and tossed one to Finn and the other to Gareth.

The two caught it, crushed it, and instantly reset the cooldown time of their respective Domain Skill!

"Stop right there!!!"

At the same time.

The retreating players in the Prison Rock dungeon completely abandoned their defenses, directly withstanding the attacks and unleashing all their control skills.

Gallagher and the others seized the opportunity to break away from the main battlefield, transforming into three Afterimage. They bypassed the Nine Provinces players and, like three arrows released from a bow, headed straight for Lu Xiu, who was fighting against the dragon!

Boom!!!

Midir's forelimbs swept fiercely towards Lu Xiu, accompanied by a powerful gust of wind.

Lu Xiu slightly turned her body to dodge, then lightly touched the ground with her toes, her figure as light as a feather, gracefully retreating backward, perfectly avoiding the damage.

But just as she landed...

Three figures, filled with murderous intent, charged towards her in a triangular formation.