88: Chapter 88 The Tyrant Unleashes His Power, Wen Xiaoyou Descends from the Sky

Hum—!!!

An extremely brilliant golden radiance instantly illuminated the entire dim Element Forest.

The golden beam of light entrenched in the sky suddenly contracted, converging entirely onto the round and translucent golden spirit fruit suspended in mid-air.

An extremely rich aura of life origin, the halo of points, and special buff fluctuations instantly swept across the thousand-mile forest.

The golden spirit fruit had completely matured!

Without any hesitation, the top geniuses on the scene struck simultaneously!

The first to move was Ye Wuying!

The power of space suddenly twisted his figure. Relying on his [Space Leap] talent, he ignored gravity, distance, and terrain obstacles. His figure instantly blurred, and the next instant, he directly teleported to within inches of the golden spirit fruit!

It was within reach, just an arm's length away!

But just as his fingertips were about to touch the golden spirit fruit—

Countless cyan-green vines, as if they had been waiting for a long time, suddenly erupted!

Swish, swish, swish!!!

Hundreds of thick, ancient vines intertwined, carrying a doubly enhanced imprisonment and stiffness effect, instantly locking down the entire airspace and wrapping tightly around Ye Wuying's body and limbs!

Teng Qianhe's trump card, which had been building up for a long time, was instantly fully unleashed!

"You want to swallow it alone? Dream on!"

A cold female voice came from the shadows.

With the blessing of the stiffness amplification rule, the vine imprisonment effect was terrifyingly doubled. Ye Wuying's figure, having just teleported, was instantly locked, and his space power was momentarily stalled.

At the same moment!

The thunderclouds in the sky burst open!

Rumble—!

Su Yueli summoned thunder across the sky. Thunder dragons roared and descended, carrying the doubled power of elemental fury, crashing into the airspace around the golden spirit fruit, serving both to block opponents and to shatter the vine imprisonment!

Crimson flames followed closely behind!

Han Yan's battle intent surged. He fully activated his Blazing Sun Battle Body. Rolling fire dragons Rend the sea of trees, violently burning away all obstacles, forcibly blasting open a vacuum zone!

Teleportation, vines, thunder, flames!

The four top geniuses competed simultaneously, as countless hidden experts' long-range methods, control trump cards, and surprise killing moves all surged into mid-air!

Under the collision and tugging of countless forces, the golden spirit fruit uncontrollably trembled violently and drifted rapidly in mid-air.

No one could firmly take control of it.

The whole scene was in chaos, and the slaughter ignited instantly!

Just at the moment when everyone was deadlocked and no one could break the stalemate—

The ground suddenly shattered violently!

Boom!!!

A pitch-black, domineering figure, holding a giant axe, forcibly pushed through and broke out from amidst the countless elemental attacks, vine imprisonments, thunder, and flames!

The tyrant armor shimmered with black light, its heavy body crushing all obstacles, causing the ground beneath his feet to collapse layer by layer.

Lin Yan!

He would no longer endure, no longer lie in wait.

Since the heroes were competing and using all their means, he would use absolute brute force to hack through all the geniuses' schemes!

His battle axe swept across the army!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Countless ancient vines that had wrapped around him were instantly shattered and broken; the net of heaven and earth laid out by Teng Qianhe was vulnerable before absolute power!

The approaching thunder aftermath, flame impacts, and long-range sneak attacks were all resisted head-on by the tyrant armor.

At this moment, the terrifying effects of Lin Yan's full set of tyrant gear were fully unleashed!

[tyrant armor passive triggered: Tyrant's Fury!]

All enemy targets within range have their attack speed and movement speed reduced by 25% for six seconds!

The surrounding geniuses were instantly suppressed by the significant slowdown, and their movements became sluggish!

The moment countless attacks landed on Lin Yan and triggered stiffening impacts—

[Tyrant Bone Helmet passive triggered: Tyrant's Dominant Body!]

Immune to all stiffness and stun effects for six seconds!

Despite the bombardment of control methods filling the sky, Lin Yan's figure remained as steady as Mount Tai from beginning to end, not swaying even half a step!

Facing the onslaught of geniuses closing in from all directions—

[Tyrant Greaves passive triggered: Group Damage Reduction 22%!]

[Rage of the Barbarian King at 50 stacks, gaining 50% damage reduction and 50% damage bonus.]

The chaotic, scattered area-of-effect damage filling the sky was significantly weakened, feeling like a mere scratch when it landed on him!

Slowdown, immunity to control, damage reduction!

Three gear passives blessed him simultaneously!

At this moment, Lin Yan was an unsolvable war machine on the battlefield!

With one axe swing, he forced back Ye Wuying, who had teleported in close, and with another, he met Han Yan's blazing fire dragon head-on!

Boom!!!

A loud noise shook the sea of trees.

Han Yan's explosively powerful flame assault shattered instantly. He was forced to retreat repeatedly by the immense force, his hand split and bleeding, his face filled with disbelief!

Su Yueli's thunder bombardment approached, but Lin Yan raised his hand to resist it head-on, stepped forward, and forcibly broke through the thunder domain!

In just a few short breaths.

The attacks of all the top geniuses on the scene were completely pushed through and crushed by Lin Yan alone!

The entire battlefield fell into instant silence.

Everyone's pupils constricted, their minds deeply shaken.

They finally saw clearly—

That rumored physical monster was far more terrifying than they had imagined!

"We cannot let him get the golden spirit fruit!"

"This person is unsolvable! If we don't join forces to stop him, we will all be running for nothing!"

Someone growled in a low voice.

The group of geniuses instantly conceived the idea of joining forces to surround and kill him, wanting to work together to stop Lin Yan, who was suppressing the entire scene.

But the second they joined forces, the rules of the battlefield suddenly descended!

[Multiple Contestants detected maliciously coordinating an assault!]

[Triggering Chaotic Battlefield balance penalty!]

[All coordinating Contestants have their total attributes reduced by 20% for one minute!]

A crimson warning light instantly fell upon the group of geniuses.

Everyone's expression turned black, and they hurriedly withdrew from the siege.

Whoever dared to join forces would see their combat power plummet instantly!

They wanted to join forces to stop him, but were strictly constrained by the rules!

They could only fight on their own, competing for the golden spirit fruit while desperately trying to block Lin Yan.

But without the possibility of joining forces, individual combat power simply could not stop Lin Yan, who was now fully equipped!

He braved the attacks filling the sky, ignored all control, crushed all obstacles, and charged step by step to the area directly beneath the golden spirit fruit tree.

The geniuses on the scene were helpless, able only to watch as that domineering, tall figure reached the highest point of the battlefield!

Li Qingxiao stood on the treetop, sharpness flashing in his eyes. Finally, he slowly raised his hand and grasped the long sword at his waist.

High up on the treetop, the figure in white was no longer calm and leisurely.

Li Qingxiao opened his eyes, his gaze as clear as frost. His fingertips brushed over the cold sword blade, and he softly recited a short poem, his voice piercing through wind and thunder, every word resounding with strength:

[The world pursues profit and fights for an inch, my sword opens the sky and breaks through ten thousand lands.]

As the recitation finished, the poetic charm faded, leaving only a murderous aura.

The sharpness in his eyes suddenly became brilliant. His wrist, which had been relaxed and hanging down, finally slowly lifted, and his five fingers gripped the hilt of the sword at his waist tightly.

Hum—!

A faint sword hum vibrated through the forest.

The poetic sword intent that had been dormant for a long time fully awakened at this moment.

Without attacking, he was as elegant as the moon, unstained by worldly dust;

Once he attacked, he intended to suppress all heroes and cut off the heavenly fate.

But Lin Yan had already soared into the air, shattering the airflow, breaking through all the aftermath obstacles, and his large hand reached straight toward the golden spirit fruit drifting in mid-air!

Within an inch!

Within easy reach!

Everyone on the scene held their breath, their gazes locked tightly on that scene.

The golden spirit fruit of this session was about to be claimed by the biggest dark horse, Lin Yan!

But just at the moment his fingertips were about to touch the golden spirit fruit—

Crack!!!

A violent lightning bolt from the sky accidentally struck the core branch of the golden spirit fruit tree!

The branch trembled, and the golden light swayed violently!

The golden spirit fruit that countless geniuses had fought to the death for suddenly detached from the branch!

It uncontrollably broke through all power constraints, following the thunderstorm airflow, and shot rapidly toward the edge of the forest thousands of meters away! The thunderstorm continued along the way, constantly striking the golden spirit fruit, making it fly faster and faster.

Everyone was instantly dumbfounded!

They had fought and competed with all their might, and as a result, the golden spirit fruit just flew away?!

The geniuses on the scene froze in place, their attacks stopping abruptly, their faces filled with astonishment, unwillingness, and absurdity!

"Chase!"

Someone shouted, but unexpectedly, a huge elemental storm immediately appeared in front, blocking their path.

Lin Yan looked at the direction the golden spirit fruit was flying, used a few more scrolls, and his speed surged, directly breaking through the elemental storm.

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And at this moment.

At the edge of the Element Forest, in a quiet corner that no one was paying attention to.

A girl with a cute ponytail was wandering around in the forest with a confused look on her face.

The entire forest area was filled with wind and thunder, and elements were dancing wildly. The violent lightning-attribute storm swept wantonly, and even elite monsters would be continuously eroded and severely injured if they were in it.

A level-20 Thunder Giant Wolf, covered in lightning armor with sharp fangs, was originally a high-tier monster with great deterrent power.

But just as it took half a step, it happened to pass within ten meters of Wen Xiaoyou.

Inexplicably, the elemental storm superimposed on its body suddenly went berserk, the lightning power backfired on its body, and its magic core cracked without warning.

There was no enemy attack, no external fighting, just by getting close to this girl.

A faint boom sounded.

The Thunder Giant Wolf's body stiffened, its massive body crashed to the ground, its magic core shattered, and it died instantly on the spot, without even leaving a trace of struggle.

The girl with the cute ponytail blinked her clear eyes, looked at the monster that had suddenly died with a dazed expression, and felt no ripples.

She had long been used to such strange things.

It was none other than Wen Xiaoyou, who had been passing levels by chance, stumbling along, carrying endless heavenly luck, and steadily topping the leaderboard.

Along the way, she didn't snatch resources, didn't kill experts, and didn't participate in competition.

She stepped on passing small monsters, picked up resources by the roadside, triggered random lucky events, and ate all the hidden point bonuses.

Unknowingly, her points had already far surpassed everyone on the scene.

[Current points ranking first: Wen Xiaoyou, total points: 2,188,888!]

At this moment, she was muttering about being lost and wandering aimlessly.

Just at this moment—

Plop!

A golden, round, and iridescent fruit fell from the sky and accurately landed in her arms.

Wen Xiaoyou was stunned.

She lowered her head to hold the golden spirit fruit, looking around blankly.

The edge of the vast forest was empty, without a single soul.

She blinked her clear, big eyes and muttered softly:

"This fruit... looks so good."

"Is no one going to claim it? It smells so good!"

A golden fragrance lingered at the tip of her nose, and Wen Xiaoyou drooled.

"Then, then I'll eat it..."

As she spoke, she took a small, gentle bite.

"Nom!"

The sweet and rich fruit fragrance instantly exploded, and the extremely pure origin energy instantly surged into her body.

[Congratulations to Contestant Wen Xiaoyou for successfully consuming a golden spirit fruit!]

[Gained 1,000,000 points, all-attribute increase, and an exclusive lucky buff!]

[Current points ranking first: Wen Xiaoyou, total points: 3,188,888!]

At the moment Wen Xiaoyou ate the golden spirit fruit.

Inside the Element Forest, all the top geniuses who had been fighting bloody battles and exhausting their trump cards froze completely.

Everyone's pupils dilated in shock, their faces filled with despair, absurdity, and a desire to cry without tears.

They had exhausted all their means, fought to the death, suffered countless casualties, and brawled for a long time.

In the end.

The golden spirit fruit.

Was casually picked up and eaten by someone who was just passing by and lost.