The U.S.: [Hehehe, she has a death wish! Not only is she not running, she actually dares to approach them!]
Country H: [Lin Xiaoran's getting full of herself. Does she think she can deal with these bugs using her Heroic Spirit and that gun just because they're F-rank beasts? Just look at how many there are!]
Country R: [Well, she did win the last round.]
Country A: [Hmph! Unless her Heroic Spirit can summon another meteor and crush these bugs to death!]
Country L: [You snide bastards! Get lost!]
Country H: [Oh, someone's mad! Someone's mad!]
Country L: [Hmph! Just watch! Lin Xiaoran's going to dazzle those dog eyes of yours!]
Country A: [Come on! Come on! I'm not scared!]
Country H: [You'd better pray she doesn't capsize!]
The viewers from other countries were now dead pigs unafraid of boiling water. They didn't care whether Lin Xiaoran could survive, or whether they would get slapped in the face. They simply wanted to provoke her with their words.
If they were right and Lin Xiaoran died, they would come out ahead.
If they were wrong and Lin Xiaoran survived, what could anyone do about it?
Inside the game instance.
Lin Xiaoran stopped some distance away and said, "Your turn to perform, Madara."
Madara tilted his head, looking utterly relaxed. "Do you want to witness my power at its peak?"
Lin Xiaoran almost lost her composure. She covered her face with one hand. "Madara, when you act like that, you really make people want to punch you."
Madara: ...
"All right, no need for anything big. Finish this quickly. We're pressed for time."
"Fine."
Madara really wanted to show off, but unfortunately, Lin Xiaoran had no interest in watching.
Still, that made sense. Since Lin Xiaoran knew everything about the Shinobi World, she naturally knew exactly how strong he was. Even if he activated his Rinnegan now, Lin Xiaoran probably wouldn't react at all.
That left Madara feeling miserable. He wanted to show off, but there was no suitable audience to cheer for him.
With that thought, Madara jumped down from the rock and stepped into the path of the approaching black storm.
[I knew it! Madara has something up his sleeve!]
[Aaah! Why won't Lin Xiaoran let Madara use his ultimate?! I really want to see it!]
[Didn't you hear her? They're pressed for time!]
[Haha, that's Points Ran for you! For the sake of more points, she doesn't want any flashy nonsense, just efficiency!]
[We're not the only ones disappointed. Madara's disappointed too. He wanted to put on a good show.]
[Cold Ran: Who wants to watch you show off?]
With roughly a hundred meters between them, Madara raised his hands and began leisurely forming hand seals. "Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
Boom!
Under the shocked gazes of every viewer, the Fire Release Ninjutsu Madara unleashed became a sea of flames that surged toward the oncoming "black storm"!
That sea of flames was over a hundred meters wide!
From a distance, it looked as though the entire horizon had been set ablaze!
And the "black storm"? It was only about thirty meters wide and was swallowed directly by the sea of flames!
More importantly, wind fed fire!
The "black storm," formed from countless bugs, stirred up air currents and brought wind as their wings beat. When the sea of flames swept over them, they actually strengthened its power!
Crackle! Pop!
A series of sounds came from across the sea of flames, popping nonstop like beans roasting in a pan!
Those were the sounds of bugs bursting after the scorching flames dried out all their moisture.
At the same time, kill notifications began flooding the screen one after another.
[Announcement: Challenger Master Lin Xiaoran from Country L and her Heroic Spirit, Madara Uchiha, have successfully killed an F-rank beast. Points +5!] [Announcement: Challenger Master Lin Xiaoran from Country L and her Heroic Spirit, Madara Uchiha, have successfully killed an F-rank beast. Points +5!] [Announcement: Challenger Master Lin Xiaoran from Country L and her Heroic Spirit, Madara Uchiha, have successfully killed an F-rank beast. Points +5!]
As the "black storm" vanished in the flames, her points surged like a rising tide.
Finally, when it was over, this wave of bugs had brought Lin Xiaoran a full 50,000 points!
Ten thousand F-rank beasts! Every last one had perished under Madara Uchiha's Fire Release Ninjutsu!
And Lin Xiaoran's points once again broke the National Fortune Game's record, reaching the tens-of-thousands milestone!
At that moment, Lin Xiaoran was so excited she nearly jumped!
Fifty thousand points!
She wouldn't have dared dream of it!
"Great, great, great! Well done, Lord Madara!" Lin Xiaoran praised him happily!
"Hm? Lord Madara?" Madara froze for a moment and gave Lin Xiaoran a surprised look.
So Lin Xiaoran could get so excited and happy that she forgot all about maintaining her image.
He had forgotten that she was only in her teens, still a child.
It was all because Lin Xiaoran acted so mature that Madara had forgotten her age.
Still, this seemed to be the first time he had heard a form of address like "Lord Madara." It felt rather nice.
[Aaah! What incredible fire!]
[A sea of flames that powerful still isn't Madara's ultimate?! How powerful must his ultimate be?!]
[Holy crap! Fifty thousand points! Am I dreaming?!]
[Aaah! I'm going to die! That's terrifying!]
[Well done! That's amazing!]
[Lord Madara! Lord Madara!]
[Haha! Lin Xiaoran is invincible!]
[I knew it! Lin Xiaoran never disappoints! Fifty thousand points! Haha! Scare you little bastards to death!]
[Fifty thousand points! I can't even imagine how high the national fortune rewards will be this time! What? You say the game hasn't ended, and we don't know whether Lin Xiaoran will win? What a joke! With Lord Madara here, who could possibly be her match?!]
[Come on! Come at her together! Gang up on her! Burn you all to death!]
[Hey, why have all those people who love mocking her gone quiet?]
[Haha! They must be scared stupid!]
[Tsk, tsk. With that rabble, I even doubt they qualify to make Lord Madara use his ultimate!]
Country L's viewers erupted into wild celebration!
Fifty thousand points were enough to drive the entire world crazy!
They were also enough to fill every country except Country L with jealousy! Despair!
This was fifty thousand! Not one thousand! Two thousand! Three thousand! A full fifty thousand!
They might still have had a chance to catch up with and surpass Lin Xiaoran in the previous round!
But faced with the current Lin Xiaoran, they actually felt the helplessness of never being able to surpass her again!
Granted, this huge haul of points came from nothing more than a swarm of F-rank beasts, but among all the challengers present, whose Heroic Spirit could survive this "black storm" of ten thousand F-rank beasts and retreat safely?!
None!
Even Sophia's Stone Giant might not possess such powerful moves or abilities to wipe out the "black storm" in one go!
But Lin Xiaoran's Heroic Spirit had done it!
This also indirectly proved one thing: Madara's strength!
Strength like this was enough to crush every Heroic Spirit!
And this wasn't even Madara's ultimate!
Now, viewers around the world were trembling inside, unable to imagine just how terrifying Madara's ultimate, his trump card, would be!
For that matter, did the challengers in the game really have what it took to force Madara to use his ultimate?!
They knew that the final victor of this round might still be Lin Xiaoran.
And with Lin Xiaoran's points so high, Country L was going to grow stronger once again! Surpass every country in the world!