NFBE Chapter 18 Instant Death Judgment! We are the true sacrifices!
Chapter 18 Instant Death Judgment! We are the true sacrifices!
Beginner Village, under the oak tree.
Su Zihan's pupils contracted slightly, the shock flashing by for a moment before being suppressed by absolute rationality.
She looked at Wang Yan as if he were a critically ill patient who had just escaped from a mental hospital.
"Nine hours, a level 45 epic boss, and the target is the entire newbie village. You call this a stage?"
Her voice was cool and clear, as if she were confirming the known conditions of a math problem.
"According to my model, our probability of survival is zero. Absolutely zero."
"The quality of a stage doesn't depend on its size, but on the actors." Wang Yan twitched the corners of his mouth, his smile devoid of any warmth.
"Does your model contain any god-slaying weapons?"
Are there any reborn individuals?
Am I included?
With each question he asked, Su Zihan's brows furrowed more deeply.
These are all "variables" that are outside her model and cannot be quantified.
"Come with me."
Without further ado, Wang Yan turned and headed towards the back mountain of the beginner village.
Zhuang Bugui, Iron Pot Stewed Goose, and Qiqi immediately followed, the three of them automatically spreading out to form a protective formation, shielding Wang Yan and Su Zihan in the middle.
"Boss, he...they..." Iron Pot Stewed Goose lowered his voice, glancing at the LV1 players around him who were casting curious glances.
Wang Yan's LV15 level and his famous ID "Sword as Man" instantly attracted everyone's attention.
"Hey, isn't this the legendary swordsman, just like his character?"
A warrior player with the ID "Dragon Travels the World" swaggered over with seven or eight people and blocked their way.
His gaze swept over Su Zihan without restraint, then fixed on the menacing black longsword on Wang Yan's back, his eyes filled with possessiveness.
"Hey buddy, level 15 already, that's impressive," Long Xing Tian Xia said with a forced smile. "You hooked up with a pro right after the server opened, what incredible luck you had finding that hidden quest, huh? Want to help us guys out?"
The men behind him laughed, their beginner swords and wooden clubs waving intentionally or unintentionally, conveying a strong sense of threat.
In their view, a high-level player and a renowned theorist—this combination was a real gem. In the early days of the server, might makes right.
Su Zihan frowned, about to speak.
Wang Yan raised his hand first to stop her.
He didn't even look at Long Xing Tianxia; his gaze remained fixed straight ahead, completely oblivious to the others.
"Zhuang Bugui".
"exist."
"Clear it."
"Yes."
Zhuang Bugui's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
"You're courting death!" Long Xingtianxia's expression changed, and he raised his sword to slash at Wang Yan.
In his view, Wang Yan, this womanizer, was the team's Achilles' heel.
However, he stopped halfway through raising his sword.
A flash of black light moved faster than his thoughts.
Wang Yan made a move.
Instead of drawing his sword, he gripped the scabbard in his other hand and thrust it forward at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
boom!
The black "Godslayer Aberration" sword, still in its scabbard, pierced precisely into Long Xingtianxia's chest.
A damage number exploded above his head.
-988!
Dragon Soaring Across the World's health bar was instantly reduced by two-thirds.
His sinister smile froze, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
What the hell is this kind of harm?
He's cheating?!
But he had no chance to think about it anymore.
A chilling, corrosive force spread from the wound, its coldness biting to the bone.
-10
-10
-10
……
A series of tiny damage numbers flashed wildly, eroding his remaining health.
[Abyssal Mark]!
"ah--!!"
Dragon Soaring Across the World let out a piercing scream as his health bar visibly dwindled until it exploded in a flash of white light, dropping a beginner's cloth robe.
Sold out instantly!
He didn't even draw his sword!
On the other side, Zhuang Bugui activated his Ghost Shadow Step, and his two short swords drew two deadly arcs in the remaining crowd, with screams rising and falling.
But one quick-thinking mage, in the instant his companions were slaughtered, conjured a fireball in Wang Yan's direction.
The fireball hurtled towards them.
Wang Yan didn't even look, and simply took a step to the left.
The fireball grazed the hem of his clothes and landed on the open ground.
At the same moment he dodged, he finally drew the black "Godslayer Aberration".
hum-
The longsword was drawn, but there was no clear metallic clang; only a suppressed roar from the depths of hell.
On the sword, the dark purple, reverse-growing barbs seemed to wriggle slightly as if they were alive.
He casually swung his sword backhand at another thief who was charging at him.
There were no fancy moves, just a sweeping strike.
-1245!
The thief didn't even utter a sound; his body froze on the spot, and a cold judgment symbol appeared above his head.
[Immediate death]!
There is a 0.1% chance that it will trigger!
The thief's body did not turn into white light, but was instantly drained of all its life force, turning into a handful of black ash that dissipated into the air.
There wasn't even a body left.
The surrounding noise came to an abrupt halt.
All the onlookers, regardless of distance, froze in place, mouths agape, faces blank with disbelief.
Zhuang Bugui also stopped what he was doing.
The last two enemies in front of him were so frightened that they dropped their weapons on the ground, and their crotches were soaked with sweat.
Forty seconds.
No, it might not even be thirty seconds.
An eight-person team was completely wiped out by two people in a near-crushing and unreasonable manner.
Especially Wang Yan.
He only used two moves from beginning to end.
One strike from the sheath, one sweeping motion.
Su Zihan stood there, her usually cold eyes now showing the bewilderment one would feel when a data model collapses.
This damage...
This special effect...
This instant death condition...
This is completely inconsistent with any level and damage conversion formula published by "Eternal Plane"!
"Now," Wang Yan slowly sheathed "Godslayer - Aberrant Type," and the suffocating abyssal aura subsided.
He turned to look at Su Zihan, his voice calm and even, "Still think it's a dead end?"
Su Zihan remained silent for a full five seconds.
The confusion in her eyes faded, replaced by a burning light, like discovering a new continent—a pure thirst for knowledge and a desire to explore.
"I need to recalculate the variables," she said. "Your attack power, skill effects, trigger probability... everything needs a new model."
She wasn't afraid; instead, she became even more excited.
Wang Yan smiled.
This was the "theoretical madman" he knew.
"Let's go."
He said no more and continued walking towards the back of the mountain.
This time, no one dared to step forward to stop them.
The crowd parted to the sides like a tide, making way for them in a deathly silence, their eyes filled with awe and fear.
……
Five minutes later.
Behind the beginner village, in front of that familiar cliff.
This is where he unearthed the "Slaying God - First Embryo".
"This is it." Wang Yan pointed to the ground beneath his feet.
Su Zihan didn't speak. She took out a palm-sized, compass-shaped metal object from her backpack, which was covered with intricate runes.
[Energy Resonance Analyzer]
In the past, it was a must-have tool for theoretical players, but now it's absolutely unique across the entire server.
She placed the analyzer on the ground and quickly typed a series of complex commands into it.
The compass needle in the center began to spin wildly, emitting a series of soft buzzing sounds.
"Energy fluctuations are occurring 300 meters underground... the frequency is increasing... it's exchanging information with some higher-dimensional being..."
Su Zihan's speech became faster and faster, and her expression became more and more serious.
Wang Yan listened quietly.
All of this was within his expectations.
However, the next second, Su Zihan's face suddenly turned deathly pale, all color draining away.
"No...no!" she cried out, her voice trembling slightly.
"What's wrong?" Wang Yan frowned.
Su Zihan suddenly raised her head, stared intently at Wang Yan, and said, word by word:
"It's not passively waiting for the judge's energy attack!"
"Based on the reverse deduction of the resonant frequency... it is actively 'calling for' the judge!"
"Wang Yan! We were all wrong!"
"We are not hunters, and the judge is not prey... We, and the judge, are all sacrifices it has brought!"