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Chapter 331: Modified - 303 Cotton

Chapter 331: Modified: Chapter 303 Cotton

The estate guard, or rather the white cowboy with a whip and revolver, stared sharply at the black-skinned Divine Calamity. His right hand unconsciously moved slightly, causing the long whip to shake like a rattlesnake.

The invisible offspring also noticed him and suddenly shot out a shadow tentacle, wrapping it tightly around the estate guard’s neck.

This simple action seemed to have triggered some switch.

Despite theoretically not possessing advanced intelligence, the cowboy phantom’s face revealed an expression of uncontrollable rage. His right hand shook violently, and the whip lashed out fiercely at the invisible offspring.

The whip was woven from nine strands of hemp rope, slightly thicker than a thumb. Under the estate guard’s strike, its end exceeded the speed of sound, producing a crisp sonic boom.

Crack!

As described in the skill, the estate guard’s attack would not inflict substantial damage; there were no visible marks on the body of the invisible offspring.

All the power from the whipping was converted into pure pain, a hundred percent inflicted upon the soul of the invisible offspring.

!!!

The hundreds of eyeballs on the Divine Calamity simultaneously widened, and all conscious players present seemed to hear an extremely piercing silent scream.

The air temperature plummeted again, instantly dropping to minus sixty or seventy degrees. Some temperature measuring instruments were frozen and broken.

The tentacle extended by the invisible offspring tightened around the estate guard’s neck, causing the latter’s body to emit flashes of light.

In Li Cheng’s view through the Information Integration Glasses, this was the Divine Calamity wielding the Power of Laws, attempting to counterkill the estate guard.

Unexpectedly, this resistance around the neck not only failed to swiftly and cleanly deal with the cowboy phantom but instead made the latter’s eyes bulge with anger. He decisively abandoned the hemp rope whip and pulled out a longer, thicker, and more resilient leather whip from behind.

The leather whip, twice as thick as a thumb, was fully oiled.

The estate guard silently cursed while wildly swinging the whip with his right hand, creating afterimages, and firmly striking the invisible offspring.

The speed and frequency were so high that it sounded like a dense burst of firecrackers in the frozen meeting room.

Wow, six whips per second!

The estate guard, despite his own battered and fragmented state, vigorously lashed the long whip, fiercely beating the invisible offspring.

For a moment, Li Cheng seemed to hear the deep song "you gotta move" echoing in his ears.

Facing an unkillable, indestructible spiritual body that could lock onto him, for the first time, the Divine Calamity moved,

its eyeballs closing, using its tentacles to phase through the ceiling and escape upstairs.

But the estate guard, also a shapeless phantom, without hesitation, also phased through the ceiling, continuing with six whips per second.

The two parties vanished in the blink of an eye.

After about half a minute, all the shadow tentacles remaining around everyone’s necks in the office suddenly broke and dissipated.

Along with them, the life-or-death tension and oppressive feeling also disappeared.

"That was close, so close."

Bai Jixiong, in his Troll Chief form, was the first to get up from the ground, quickly touching his body to see if he was missing any parts.

Talisman Nail Dragon shivered as he rubbed his frozen stiff brush and drew, summoning several high-power heaters to blow hot air and dispel the cold. "Whew... Mr. Ant, was that just now..."

Li Cheng replied casually, "Oh, I just summoned a farm owner spirit with a penchant for racial discrimination. It has augmented attacks on any black-skinned creatures,

as well as tall men, female ghosts, Nagou, and rice cakes,

so it drove the Divine Calamity away to make it plant cotton."

"..."

Everyone exchanged glances, all in disbelief.

What a joke, that was the Divine Calamity, a serious mythological creature. Not to mention the people present, even Transcendents above level 30 without targeted methods would meet their end instantly.

"The urgent matter now is to leave here."

Li Cheng was too lazy to explain any further. He stepped forward, unzipping the electric blanket, revealing Gray Rain curled up inside, deaf to the outside while watching short videos.

"At the end of 1928, Zhang Xue Liang announced the Northeast Academy flag, officially unifying the nation under the National Government..."

A woman’s voice narrated from the phone, and Li Cheng nodded to himself. Not bad, still learning history at a time like this.

"History books always say the Republic was chaotic, but I say you don’t understand the Republic. Ten miles of bustling streets, romantic tales, the Republic means thrilling love stories, every girl can meet her military officer. A pity, it’s all gone."

???

This lifetime is similar.

Li Cheng’s face darkened, lightly flicking Gray Rain’s forehead, "Let’s go."

The skill description clearly stated that the estate guard’s whipping would not cause any actual damage other than pain, it couldn’t kill the invisible offspring.

The current situation seemed more like the Divine Calamity being overwhelmed by pain and fleeing far away, still potentially returning for revenge at any moment.

Now’s the time to run, no better time than now.

Seeing Li Cheng notify Xue Luomeng and others in the neighboring room to quickly retreat, the players who were still watching hesitated briefly before following suit.

A group of people marched down the building, summoning armored transport vehicles and drove north.

Due to previous cooperation and built trust, Zhao Zijing pulled Talisman Nail Dragon onto Li Cheng’s armored vehicle, also obtaining detailed information about the invisible offspring from him.

"...So, the invisible offspring escaped from the killing field to the Otherworld?"

Talisman Nail Dragon rubbed his head, distressed, "That’s not reasonable, teleportation to the Otherworld is a privilege only players have. The data doesn’t say the invisible offspring has this ability."

Bai Jixiong thought for a moment, "Could it be the invisible offspring once killed a player, gaining player qualifications and was selected for the mission too?"

Zhao Zijing shook her head, "That’s not it. Divine Calamity is different from common creatures, even if it kills a player, it won’t inherit player qualifications."

Huh?

Li Cheng, seated at the driver’s seat, was intrigued by this for the first time upon hearing it.

"Normally, when a player is killed, the killer, whether human, animal, ghost, or Otherworld native, can inherit their qualifications. Except in two particular cases, one being the killing field’s security guards, and the other, Divine Calamity."

Zhao Zijing explained, "Due to this trait, the GOC equates Divine Calamity and security guards, recognizing them as native creatures of the killing field."

"I see..."

Gray Rain scratched her cheek, "That seems like a loss for the Divine Calamity, considering player qualifications are pretty valuable."

With these words, Talisman Nail Dragon, Zhao Zijing, and Bai Jixiong all looked at her.

"It’s complicated."

Zhao Zijing pondered her words, "For most people, player qualifications are indeed the key to opening the door of the Extraordinary World, the foundation for survival in turbulent times, and a chance to change fate.

But likewise, being a player means constant danger, immense risk, and the possibility of dying at any moment, often in a manner worse than death.

The killing field is like a city, those inside want out, those outside want in."

"Oh! I know this line," Gray Rain’s eyes lit up, "from Matt Damon’s ’Great Wall!’"

Li Cheng almost lost grip on the steering wheel, "It’s Qian Zhongshu’s ’City.’"

"Wasn’t Qian Zhongshu the one who directed the TV series ’Detective Di Renjie’?"

"That’s Qian Yanqiu."

"Qian Yanqiu isn’t the American actor who starred in ’Special Forces’?"

"That’s Channing Tatum."

"Tatum isn’t a hero in ’League of Legends’?"

"That’s Tam."

Listening to their back-and-forth conversation, Talisman Nail Dragon and others had odd expressions.

Unlike Mr. Ant’s feigned ignorance, this suspected magic pet Gray Rain...seemed genuinely clueless.

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