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Chapter 920 - 576: The 99 Cities of the Netherworld

Chapter 920: Chapter 576: The 99 Cities of the Netherworld

The training grounds of the Great Wall Branch are located in the suburbs of Yanyun; from the outside, they resemble a series of factory warehouses. Inside, however, there are quite a few people.

Not just official players, but non-player official members also train here.

After all, even the civil staff of the officials are required to master some combat skills.

It is said that even during office hours, each of them carries a specially made handgun at their waist.

Li Changhe followed Cangyue Ming past the shooting range, where many people were practicing with guns or crossbows.

Although there were soundproofing facilities, with Li Changhe’s physique, he could still hear the intermittent gunfire.

"Further inside is the damage assessment area," Cangyue Ming said as he greeted colleagues and led Li Changhe deeper in. "You’ll try out the power of your skills there later. As for, behind that... that’s where our colleagues practice and spar with each other. If you’re interested, I can arrange a match for you?"

"Sure, thanks," Li Changhe nodded. He really did want to practice with unfamiliar players.

Box, Xiang Wu, and Bai were too familiar with his tactics and characteristics. Consequently, there was no sense of competition. Everything was targeted.

Especially Box, who had developed many tactics specifically to counter Li Changhe’s Extraordinary Soldier prowess.

While thinking this over, Li Changhe had already arrived at the damage assessment area with Cangyue Ming.

It was an underground facility with many well-like spaces of no small size.

Onlookers could watch the individuals inside the rooms from a high platform made of tempered glass.

As Li Changhe passed by the platform, he glanced over.

From time to time, large numbers popped up on the electronic screen below.

That was the damage assessment area, which was more accurate and comprehensive than the walls of Mr. Bai’s former basement.

Official players would experiment with their highest skill output combinations here. After all, some skills are not compatible when used together.

No sooner had Li Changhe walked down the stairs, he saw an official player covered in blood, with a twisted arm, being carried out.

"Excuse me, excuse me," the people carrying the stretcher shouted, "The captain has fractures in twelve places!"

"Damn, captain! How much did you score this time?"

"Thirty-one thousand! That’s the output of a Holder of Bain!"

"First team invincible!"

The onlooking players cheered in surprise and carried the bloodied man to the infirmary.

Yet the blood-covered, seriously injured person lying calmly on the stretcher said, "We must keep pushing harder, next time break fifteen!"

"Captain is mighty!"

...

"How... how did this happen? How could he do this to himself? And he’s still a captain?" Li Changhe asked in surprise after they had walked away.

"He’s a team captain. His name is... um..." Cangyue Ming wasn’t surprised, but he explained, "In any case, he has upgraded his Revenge Counterattack twelve times, and the damage stacking is extremely terrifying. Just now, he must have broken his own bones to stack the damage with other skills using Revenge Counterattack. He has done things like this quite often."

"To go to such lengths just for that? To end up crippling himself?" Li Changhe and He Feng also have the Revenge Counterattack skill, but they wouldn’t go so far as to break so many of their own bones. Shouldn’t they use Revenge Counterattack to counterattack after getting injured in a fight?

"Ah, that’s impossible. His Sequential gene is from the Bloodline Sequence, which lets him regenerate rapidly from injuries. So, this kind of bone injury isn’t much to him. Plus, he’s calculated how to break certain bones to stack damage while still retaining his normal combat abilities. He’s pretty much mastered the Revenge Counterattack skill. It won’t be long before he’s back to normal," said Cangyue Ming.

"Are all of your captains this showy?" Li Changhe asked, "What’s Chen Guang’s highest output?"

"The highest seems to be close to eight thousand, but he doesn’t rely on output to get by. Even the Holders wouldn’t want to get hit by his weapon," Cangyue Ming said, "Output is just one aspect. As long as the tactics are right, it doesn’t matter if the output is a little lower."

Li Changhe nodded, then entered a testing room.

At the moment, he had no idea that the team captain was reconnecting his bones while watching him from a glass platform.

"Is that... General Li Ba? Or should I say, the Hidden Pile ’Dog Riding’ of Team Three?" His gaze lingered on Li Changhe before he asked, "Also, isn’t he a disciple of Chen Guang?"

"Not just that, he’s also the partner of the Holder of Bain. But to call him a disciple is a bit forced, it’s more accurate to say he’s the one who guided him towards becoming an Extraordinary Soldier," a tall female gamer spoke up.

Then another person said, "You know, Chen loves to give himself too much credit."

"I’m not surprised. He’s now going to Ancestor Chiyou to bum New Year’s money, and I wouldn’t be surprised," said the team captain, "But what surprises me is that both of you are here. Ma, Liu. Both of you showing up together can’t be a coincidence, right? Including me and Brother Dong, there are four team captains here at the training ground."

"Remember not to use real names when there’s a Hidden Pile around," said the woman known as Ma, spreading her hands, "I don’t know what it’s for, but the director repeated the order again yesterday."

"Right," the team captain thought for a moment and said, "You aren’t trying to poach Li Ba for your team, are you? You can’t be knocking on the corner of a Divinity’s wall, can you?"

"It’s not that serious, but Brother Dong said General Li Ba planned to come and get some training in. He asked me to try him out when I have time," said the captain known as Liu, "You know, I owe Brother Dong a huge favor. I’m just planning to practice with Li Ba."

"Cut it out, you’re an assassin, what practice can you do? Once the fight starts, you can’t even find the person," the team captain clicked his tongue.

"Anyway, Brother Dong asked me to sneak attack Li Ba. I have no idea why," Liu was confused as well. He was the captain of Team Four, and also a master assassin on the Battle Power Rankings.

Back in the disaster fog, he was the one who infiltrated various Terror Devil strongholds to gather information and was eventually discovered by a Bioroid. Out of desperation, he had to pick up an axe and furiously kill over a hundred Terror Devils to complete his undercover operation.

"How about you? Team Six shouldn’t be short of people, right?" Both captains looked towards the final female gamer and asked, "You’re not just trying to recruit some fresh meat into your team, are you? That’s not really allowed."

This female gamer was Rainflower Splash, the captain of Team Six.

Despite her sweet appearance, she, like Chen Guang and Mapo Tofu, was a leader of a war scenario team. Also known by Different Race as Black Robe, she was a player no non-human wanted to encounter.

"Well, how should I put this? I actually am here to recruit," Rainflower Splash admitted with a shrug, "Li Ba’s One-man Army and his long-range fire support can turn the tide in many war instances. You guys are savvy veterans. I don’t need to explain his role on the battlefield, sometimes even more critical than the Divinity Holders."

Both captains nodded silently, acknowledging Li Ba’s suitability for the battlefield.

"But probably not, Heavenly Principle hasn’t finished with him yet," said the team captain, "Although there has been progress lately, it’s still an organization supported by a Demigod. You can’t disrupt their operations. Besides, whether he agrees is another matter."

"I know, I can just make early contact with him. In a little over a month, that war scenario will restart."

"Netherworld’s Ninety-Nine Cities!"

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