44: Chapter 44 Let's make an appearance, little darling!

On the battlefield.

"No... impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Lin Qi finally snapped out of his extreme shock; he pointed at Fara, his finger trembling uncontrollably.

"What is this thing?! You're cheating! You must have used some forbidden item!"

He didn't believe, and absolutely refused to believe, that an F-rank loser could possess such a powerful follower. This had to be some kind of one-time burst item; yes, that must be it!

"Kill him! Kill him for me!" Lin Qi roared at his companions behind him, his face twisted in a snarl. "He only has one follower! Let's all attack together! Drain him dry!"

The people behind him were snapped out of their shock by his shout.

That's right, no matter how strong the opponent is, he only has one! We still have over a dozen followers on our side, including several four-star ones!

What the hell are we afraid of!

"Attack!"

"Finish him!"

Instantly, a dozen beams of light flared, and various followers were summoned. There were agile assassins, mages wielding staffs, and massive giant bears...

Under the command of their respective gods, the dozen followers charged at Fara from all directions.

For a moment, fireballs, ice arrows, wind blades, shadow thrusts... various skills of every color rained down on Fara like fireworks, covering the sky.

"Fang Chuan! Watch out!" Zhang Chao exclaimed subconsciously.

Liu Ruyan also clenched her fists nervously.

Fang Chuan didn't even lift an eyelid; he simply issued a simple command in his mind.

"Fara, clear the field."

Facing the world-destroying bombardment of skills, Fara didn't dodge or avoid; he didn't even move.

"Boom boom boom boom—!"

Intense explosions rang out in succession, and Fara's massive frame was instantly engulfed by fire and smoke.

"Haha! It hit!"

"I told you! He's just a target!"

Seeing this, Lin Qi's companions immediately let out a sigh of relief, joy appearing on their faces.

Lin Qi also sneered, "I thought he was something special, turns out he's just a showpiece! Keep attacking, blast him to bits!"

However, before his laughter had even faded, a golden shockwave erupted violently from the center of the smoke!

"Hum—!"

A powerful blast of air swept out, instantly blowing away all the smoke and dust.

Fara's figure reappeared before everyone's eyes.

He was still standing in the same spot, completely unharmed!

The dark gold "lionheart battle armor" on his body was currently emitting a faint glow, perfectly blocking all the attacks.

There wasn't even a single scratch!

"What?!"

Lin Qi and the others' eyes widened again.

What kind of defense is this?!

"Roar!" Fara let out an angry roar toward the sky, seemingly annoyed by the attacks of these ants.

He suddenly raised one foot and stomped down heavily onto the ground!

"Thud—!" With a loud bang, the entire earth shook violently. A visible golden ripple spread wildly in all directions with Fara at the center!

Those melee followers rushing in the front were struck by this ripple; they were instantly hit as if by a speeding truck, screaming as they were sent flying backward, disintegrating into data streams in mid-air.

One stomp! With just one stomp, he instantly killed seven or eight followers over level 30!

The remaining long-range followers and their masters were scared out of their wits and turned to run.

But it was already too late.

Fara's massive body spun violently, and the giant axe in his hand turned into a tornado of death!

"Whoosh—!"

The terrifying axe-blade storm swept across the field; wherever it passed, both followers and rocks were instantly shredded into fragments.

Screams rose and fell, but soon returned to silence.

The dust settled.

Fang Chuan looked at Lin Qi with no particular expression on his face, simply saying calmly, "Whatever other methods you have, bring them out. If you have no followers, your assessment ends here."

The rules of the assessment were clear: when followers exist, the god themselves is invincible and cannot be directly attacked. But once the summoned followers are killed, the god is exposed to enemy attacks.

If a god is killed, their points are immediately reset to zero, and the killer gains all of the opponent's points!

The expressions of Lin Qi and his companions changed repeatedly—turning green, then white—looking incredibly ugly. They stared fixedly at the golden giant that looked like a demon god, then looked at their own empty battlefield; the mix of unwillingness and fear in their hearts was almost enough to drive them mad.

Finally, in the face of an absolute gap in strength, all their unwillingness turned into humiliation and helplessness.

"We... we'll transfer them."

Lin Qi squeezed these words out from between his teeth. He didn't dare not to transfer them; that golden giant was still standing there carrying his axe, and the axe seemed to still have the blood of his ace follower on it. Every time he looked at it, his heart twitched.

As they reluctantly operated the system panel, streams of points flew out from them and merged into Fang Chuan's body.

The numbers on Fang Chuan's personal point panel began to jump wildly.

[ + 12,000 points ]

[ + 8,500 points ]

[ + 31,000 points ]

...

Finally, when Lin Qi's largest sum of points was transferred, Fang Chuan's total points instantly skyrocketed to a staggering 1.7 million!

On the leaderboard, his name shot up like a rocket, going from a neglected corner directly to fourth place! Second only to those three SSS-rank geniuses: Lu Hai, Qin Yao, and Lin Xiaoxiao!

"Alright, points received." Fang Chuan nodded in satisfaction, looking at the dejected group before him, and said slowly, "I'll give you ten seconds to run away. Don't let me catch you again, or you're going to be in for a world of pain."

As soon as these words were out, Lin Qi's expression changed drastically. He looked up, his eyes bloodshot: "Fang Chuan! The points have already been given to you, what else do you want? You're not keeping your word!"

Fang Chuan lifted his eyelids slightly, his voice devoid of any waves: "My business with you is settled, but didn't you try to rob my brother just now?"

"You mess with my brother, I have no reason not to mess with you, right?"

"You!" Lin Qi was trembling with rage; he finally realized that Fang Chuan never intended to let them go from the very beginning!

Fang Chuan ignored his anger completely, raising his wrist on his own, checking a non-existent watch, and began to count down.

"Time's almost up. Ten, nine, eight..."

With every number he said, the hearts of Lin Qi and the others sank, fear engulfing them like a tide.

Run!

Lin Qi and the others fled immediately!

"Three, two..."

Fang Chuan's countdown continued, his voice calm, yet it sounded like the grim reaper's death warrant.

"One."

When the last number fell, Fang Chuan snapped his fingers, the sound crisp.

"Show yourself, little darlings!"

The moment his words fell, a scene ten times more exaggerated than when Fara first descended appeared!

"Hum—! Hum—! Hum—!"

Portals of light opened out of thin air behind Fang Chuan, thick and dense, covering the entire sky!

Following that, an army like a tidal wave swarmed out of the portals!

1,500 Goblin Tyrants wearing thick golden armor, over six meters tall, and wielding ferocious battle axes!

Each of them exuded a fierce and violent aura; the murderous aura accumulated from pure slaughter made Zhang Chao and Liu Ruyan nearby feel horrified!

2,000 Sharpshooters clad in silver ranger sets, holding longbows, their eyes sharp as eagles, arrows nocked, ready to strike!

50 Goblin Arrow Kings wearing even more refined gold-grade armor, their auras deep as the sea; the longbows in their hands glittered with magical radiance, and every arrow contained destructive power!

And there was Yi, floating in mid-air, with wings on his back, holding a longbow, as handsome as a god!

A 3,000-strong army appeared out of thin air on the virtual battlefield!

They were uniform and silent, with only the faint sound of armor clashing and that heaven-piercing murderous aura announcing their arrival!

The whole world went quiet at this moment.

Zhang Chao stood stiffly on the spot, forgetting even to breathe. Liu Ruyan was deathly pale; in front of this murderous aura built purely of slaughter and iron-blooded warfare, her legs instinctively wanted to retreat.

Three thousand... three thousand followers?

And they're all wearing equipment above silver-grade? Even gold-grade ones?

This... is this a configuration an F-rank divine kingdom can have?

And Lin Qi and his group of companions were already completely desperate.

Their legs were trembling, some even collapsed onto the ground on their butts, unable to run anymore.

Four-star talent, four-star talent! And five-star talent! It's over.

Fang Chuan raised his hand, pointing from afar at Lin Qi and the others, who looked like dead men walking, his voice cold.

"All forces, attack!"

"As you command, my God!"

Yi bowed slightly in mid-air, then raised the longbow in his hand.

The fifty Goblin Arrow Kings also raised their golden longbows simultaneously.

"Fire!"

There were no earth-shaking shouts, only one cold word.

The next second, over fifty arrows containing terrifying energy turned into streams of light, tearing through the air and instantly crossing a distance of several hundred meters!

Lin Qi and the others didn't even have time to react; the few remaining followers they had shattered like bubbles the moment they touched the arrows, turning into streams of data filling the sky.

Immediately after, the rain of arrows covered them personally.

"Ah—!"

Screams rang out, then cut off abruptly.

The bodies of Lin Qi and all his companions were torn apart in the rain of arrows, turning into points of light, and were forcibly logged out of the virtual battlefield.