novelraw Chapter 140 : The Victory of the Freelance Players
Chapter 140 : The Victory of the Freelance Players
Chapter 140: The Victory of the Freelance Players
Lin Xun’s face turned ashen as he looked at the gigantic wyvern and Jiang Li standing on its back.
He let out a furious roar, the battle blade in his hand pointing straight at Jiang Li.
“You dare kill me, and that means becoming enemies of the Dragon Nation!”
“The Dragon Nation will never let you off!”
“Your families and friends will all be implicated!”
“Do you think you can really escape the Dragon Nation’s pursuit?!”
Lin Xun’s voice was filled with threats and intimidation.
He knew that his only remaining reliance now was his identity within Bureau 869.
“Oh?”
Jiang Li let out a soft chuckle, his eyes full of disdain.
“The Dragon Nation?”
“What a grand name indeed.”
“You think we would care about the Dragon Nation’s pursuit?”
“We freelance players, from the very beginning, were treated by you so-called giants as fish on the chopping block.”
“Our lives, in your eyes, were worth nothing.”
“And now you still dare use the Dragon Nation to threaten me?”
“How ridiculous!”
Lin Xun’s expression changed; he had not expected Jiang Li to be this unyielding.
Lin Xun pointed at the unconscious Shen Wei. “Look at her!”
“She is a player from the Star Palace!”
“If you kill her, the Star Palace will never let you off either!”
“The Star Palace?”
Jiang Li chuckled lightly. “So what?”
“I even dare kill people from your Bureau 869—do you think I would be afraid of the Star Palace?”
“You…”
Lin Xun was left speechless by Jiang Li’s words.
He realized that the young man before him was far more troublesome than he had imagined.
“Don’t you want to live?”
Lin Xun took a deep breath; he knew now was not the time for a head-on confrontation.
“We can talk.”
“As long as you obediently accept death, I can guarantee that your families and friends will all live good lives.”
There was temptation in Lin Xun’s tone.
He knew that for these freelance players, this was an offer impossible to refuse.
However.
“Hahahahaha!”
Jiang Li suddenly burst into wild laughter, his laughter filled with anger and mockery.
“Lin Xun! You are truly hypocritical to the extreme!”
“You think we would believe your lies?”
“You think we joined this game for money, for power?”
Jiang Li’s gaze swept over Lin Xun, his eyes filled with contempt.
“You high-and-mighty Transcendents, you so-called giants.”
“What do you treat ordinary people’s lives as?”
“As ants that can be trampled at will?”
“Old Man Wang’s son was killed because he was caught up in the aftermath of battles involving you so-called Transcendents!”
“And what about you?”
“Not only did you fail to punish the culprits, you even enshrined them as heroes!”
“You fawned over murderers; you acted as accomplices to evil!”
“Have all your consciences been eaten by dogs?!”
Jiang Li’s voice thundered through the sky like rolling thunder.
Lin Xun’s expression changed; he had not expected Jiang Li to know about Old Man Wang’s son.
“That was just an accident!”
Lin Xun tried to explain. “Battles between Transcendents always have collateral damage.”
“An accident?”
Jiang Li sneered. “What a fine accident!”
“In your eyes, are ordinary people’s lives just accidents that can be sacrificed at will?”
“You Transcendents, you giants—what do you take human lives for?”
“Bargaining chips in your struggle for利益?”
“For your own transcendence, you can slaughter at will!”
“For your own利益, you can sacrifice at will!”
“How are your actions any different from those cult leaders?!”
Each of Jiang Li’s words struck Lin Xun’s heart like a heavy hammer.
Lin Xun’s face grew increasingly pale.
Looking at the fury in Jiang Li’s eyes, he knew he could no longer persuade this young man.
“I’ll give you one last chance.”
Lin Xun took a deep breath, knowing this was no time for acting on impulse.
Jiang Li sneered. “How laughable!”
“Liu Xian!”
Jiang Li suddenly waved his hand.
“Kill him!”
“Roar—!”
Liu Xian let out a furious roar, his body transforming from the wyvern into a gigantic tyrannosaurus.
He opened his blood-soaked maw and lunged straight at Lin Xun.
“Damn it!”
Lin Xun’s face changed drastically; he had not expected Jiang Li to be so decisive.
He raised the battle blade in his hand, trying to block the tyrannosaurus’s attack.
However, the tyrannosaurus’s power was far too great.
Boom!
Lin Xun dropped to his knees, the battle blade shattering inch by inch, fragments piercing his arms, blood and flesh mangled.
He looked up, staring fiercely at Jiang Li, his voice hoarse: “You dare kill me… Bureau 869 won’t let you off…”
Jiang Li sneered. “Bureau 869?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll send them to keep you company!”
Bang!
Lin Xun’s body was swallowed whole by the tyrannosaurus.
【Player【Wolf Lord】has killed player【Weapon Master】】
【Current surviving players: 4】
……
Severely injured, Lin Xun was no match at all for Liu Xian in his tyrannosaurus form and was quickly devoured completely.
“Roar—!”
After finishing Lin Xun, Liu Xian let out a roar. His body shrank again, returning to human form.
He walked to Jiang Li’s side, his gaze locking onto the unconscious Shen Wei not far away, killing intent filling his eyes.
“What about this woman?” Liu Xian asked.
“Of course, kill her,” Jiang Li said indifferently.
“Kill this woman, and this game will end.”
“This game will let those self-righteous giants know.”
“Freelance players are not soft persimmons they can squeeze at will!”
“Alright!” Liu Xian nodded and walked toward Shen Wei.
……
【Player【Wolf Lord】has killed player【Star Caller】】
【Current surviving players: 3】
As Shen Wei died, a cold and grand notification sounded once more in the minds of Jiang Li and Liu Xian.
【Game Over】
【Current surviving players: 3】
【Congratulations to player【Medium】for successfully surviving!】
【Congratulations to player【Adventurer】for successfully surviving!】
【Congratulations to player【Wolf Lord】for successfully surviving!】
【Congratulations to the 【Radiance】 faction for achieving final victory】
【Congratulations to the faction of player【Medium】for achieving victory!】
【Congratulations to the faction of player【Adventurer】for achieving victory!】
【Congratulations to the faction of player【Wolf Lord】for achieving victory!】
【Settling game rewards……】
Jiang Li and Liu Xian exchanged a glance.
Both of them revealed smiles born of surviving a catastrophe.
They had won. In this cruel “Game of Gods,” they had defeated seemingly unbeatable enemies and survived.
“It’s over……”
Liu Xian collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily.
“We… we won……”
“At last we can rest, without worrying about being killed someday.”
Jiang Li also felt his body go limp. He jumped down from the wyvern and sat heavily on the ground.
He looked into the distance, watching the blood-red sunset slowly sink below the horizon.
“No.”
Jiang Li shook his head. “This is only the beginning.”