172: Catching two big fish that slipped through the net

In reality, Sakura Island!

On this land of sin, the greatest dark force is none other than—[Sakura Society].

Its headquarters stands tall in the most prosperous city center.

Suddenly, a loud crash of breaking porcelain shattered the original tranquility of the top floor of the headquarters building.

Outside the door, several feminine female ninjas with sharp eyes, wearing kimonos, immediately rushed into a room with their blades drawn.

"Pre... President, you?"

The female ninjas thought an assassin was attacking, but were surprised to find their President—Zhengming La—angrily smashing things, veins bulging on his face, looking like a wild beast.

"baka!"

He roared, "Everyone get out!"

"Hai!"

The female ninjas responded in unison and quickly exited the room, their hearts full of confusion: why was the President so out of control today?

But they knew this was not something they could ask about.

However, Zhengming La didn't seem to have vented enough, "Chestnut, you stay."

He suddenly called out the fair-skinned, full-breasted, and charming female ninja, Chestnut.

Chestnut was wearing a pure white cloud-patterned kimono and stood barefoot; she immediately stopped, walked back, and then submissively knelt before Zhengming La.

Zhengming La roughly pushed aside Chestnut's kimono and pressed her to the ground.

As a personal female ninja, Chestnut understood what this meant; she could only comply silently.

A minute later, Zhengming La's anger seemed to have subsided a bit; he roughly pushed Chestnut away and turned around.

"Chestnut, how many days has your senior sister, Fierce Snow, been out of contact?"

Chestnut's throat felt a bit uncomfortable at this moment, and she choked out, "It has been three days."

Zhengming La sat down on the head seat, his face gloomy as he said, "It seems your senior sister has died for the sake of our Great Sakura Society."

"I now want to send you to complete the task your senior sister left unfinished."

Chestnut, with her clothes and hair in disarray, nodded in agreement, "Hai!"

Zhengming La added, "But the Great Xia territory is full of hidden talents, and you are alone. Take Experimental Subject No. 3 of the Sakura Society with you!"

"Hai."

After Chestnut dressed and left respectfully, someone outside suddenly reported in a nervous voice, "President, there is an emergency!"

"It has been confirmed that Ningwu Jiro, Team Leader Three Kills Pellet, and the 121 direct members who met up with you in the [Nether Heaven Great Realm] in the game have all just died mysteriously and suddenly."

Zhengming La's anger, which had just been calmed with Chestnut's help, flared up again upon hearing this news. Veins bulged on his face as he roared angrily, "baka! How is this possible?"

He clenched his fists, a fierce light flashing in his eyes, "Investigate! I must have a clear investigation!"

At the same time, in reality, the North Ice Zone, A San Zone, and Mad Snake Zone were also in an uproar.

Gamile of the North Ice Zone, the God of the A San Zone, and Kuta of the Mad Snake Zone—these three major figures, who were all influential in their respective countries—had suddenly died mysteriously while playing the [Nine Heavens] game. The cause of death was a mystery, causing a huge shock.

Especially the God of the A San Zone; as one of the candidates for the crown prince of his country, his sudden death triggered a series of chain reactions, plunging the entire nation into chaos.

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In the game world, beneath a dark and damp gray forest piled with dead branches and leaves, the ground suddenly shook violently.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

A Red-Eyed Giant Crocodile, covered in scales with huge tusks and a wide mouth, weighing over thirty tons, slowly left the pool, leaving a mess behind.

After a while, two figures slowly emerged from a nearby patch of weeds and dead branches.

"Dammit, this is so frustrating."

A yellow-skinned man dressed in a mix of purple and blue equipment, holding a purple shield, emerged from the weeds with a depressed look.

This was actually one of the powerful enemies who had previously hunted Liao Fan, the server's number one Class—Sun God.

And the other was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Western man with a high nose—Never Sets. He held a blue longbow and also looked terrible.

He was the very Never Sets that Bai Tian had been searching for all day.

Never Sets also sighed, "Brilliant is now invincible among players. No wonder Emil lost to him."

"If we hadn't seen the chance and escaped quickly, our fate would surely have been the same as Gamile and the others."

Recalling the scene of Bai Tian's powerful appearance earlier, both of them still felt a lingering fear.

But the two of them had alertly used invisibility scrolls to hide here, escaping a disaster.

Sun God suddenly realized something and said quickly, "Don't say so much. In less than 30 seconds, the system will expose our coordinates. Let's change locations quickly."

"To avoid that jinx Brilliant chasing us relentlessly."

Tonight, for anyone whose you tian points entered the top one hundred in the server, the system would occasionally expose their coordinates, letting all players know their location.

Never Sets nodded, preparing to summon his mount and quickly move.

However, just as Never Sets' mount was summoned.

"You two are quite good at hiding!"

A voice that sounded like a half-smile suddenly rang out from above the forest.

When Never Sets and Sun God heard this voice, their pupils instantly contracted.

Who else could the owner of this voice be but Brilliant!

Following that, with a "boom," sparks flew everywhere as a ball of scorching Holy Flame Art incinerated the trees like a bomb and rushed toward the two.

Liao Fan rushed into the woods riding the Savage Overlord Ape and launched the first attack, "MD! You two pushed me so hard before, now it's my turn for revenge!"

"Quick, split up and run!"

Sun God shouted, while raising the purple shield in his hand, activating a damage-taking skill, and leaping up to tank Liao Fan's attack.

Never Sets, on the other hand, jumped onto his mount, turned into a bolt of lightning, and galloped away.

However, with a "bang," Never Sets and his mount crashed into a black demon bull that suddenly leaped out—this was Frost Like Snow's mount, Bull Demon King!

"Clang!"

A sword hummed as a flash of sword light went straight for Never Sets, who had fallen off his mount, like a ghost.

But Never Sets was a top-tier expert after all. Although his equipment and level were not what they used to be, his control was still sharp.

He instantly activated a teleportation skill, avoiding Frost Like Snow's lethal sword strike and appearing 20 meters away.

Moreover, as soon as he stood firm, Never Sets fired six Elemental Arrows at Frost Like Snow.

Although the damage wasn't high, each arrow carried a slow effect, making Frost Like Snow's movements heavy and sluggish.

"Dammit!"

Frost Like Snow roared, activating Shura Battle Qi to dispel the slow effect, but Never Sets had already opened a distance of 35 meters and began using kite tactics.

On the other side, Sun God was thick-skinned. After enduring a burst of high-damage attacks from Liao Fan, he finally managed to get close, preparing for melee combat.

In mid-air, Bai Tian, flying above the forest with Little Dragon Zombie, saw this and knew that if he didn't act, it would probably waste a lot of time.

Therefore, Bai Tian took Little Dragon Zombie and flew through the forest like two whirlwinds, charging fiercely toward the target.

The two of them broke through the trees, speeding like sharp arrows with great momentum.

Sun God had just used a skill to force out Liao Fan's Elemental Teleportation and was about to follow up when suddenly, with a loud "bang," he was knocked into the air, his health instantly dropping by two-fifths!

"Aigoo!"

Sun God cried out in shock and anger.

He simply couldn't believe that he, a Class, had been violently knocked flying by a priest healer!

This was simply too embarrassing!

However, before Sun God could land, Bai Tian had already activated Dragon Capturing Hand, sucking him from mid-air into his palm.

Bai Tian grabbed the back of Sun God's neck, held him high, and then slammed him heavily onto the ground.

With a muffled "thump," Sun God was smashed dizzy, blood spraying from his nose and ears, his health dropping directly to the freezing point.

Bai Tian smiled at Liao Fan: "He's all yours."

After saying that, Bai Tian turned into a flash of light and rushed toward Never Sets, who was circling with Frost Like Snow.

Liao Fan chuckled, "Got it! If I still can't take him down, I'll find a piece of tofu to kill myself on."

As he spoke, he placed an Evil Mark on Sun God, and then an instant Holy Flame Art successfully took out the dying Sun God.

Sun God dropped six levels and five pieces of equipment, failing to even keep the precious purple shield in his hand.

On the other side, Never Sets, relying on his top-tier control and the range advantage of his Class, had kited Frost Like Snow until she was stomping her feet in anger.

But after the appearance of Bai Tian and Little Dragon Zombie, he simply gave up resisting.

Never Sets sighed in resignation.

Frost Like Snow finally had a chance to get close. She rushed up in a rage, kicked Never Sets flying, and then swung her sword in a frenzy to hack him to death.

She cursed as she hacked: "Die, die, die! How dare you kite me!"

Seeing this, Bai Tian chuckled inwardly and could only advise: "Alright, alright, he's already dead. If you keep hacking, he'll turn into a pile of minced meat."

Although Never Sets was hacked to death by Frost Like Snow's chaotic sword, he was considered lucky.

Because once one died under Bai Tian's Deprivation Devour in the Nether Heaven Great Realm, they would not only suffer six times the death penalty but also permanently lose ten random attribute points.

But the reason Bai Tian didn't do so wasn't because of mercy... but because he wanted to generously give Never Sets' you tian points to Frost Like Snow, helping her firmly secure a spot in the top ten!

After cleaning up these two big fish that escaped the net, Bai Tian took Frost Like Snow and Liao Fan, and this time they were really leaving to find Flowers in Full Bloom.

However, not long after the three left, the corpses of Never Sets and Sun God were suddenly shrouded in a weird and mysterious blood mist!

Soon, from within that blood mist, there came the sound of "munching and crunching," as if some terrifying thing was feasting on their corpses, making one's hair stand on end and sending chills down the spine!