217: Chapter 217 Abnormal Talent, Epilogue

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Player, on fusing your Talent.]

[New Talent: Skill Copy (S-rank), upgraded to Skill Steal (SSS-rank).]

[Current Talents: Infinite Carry + Exploration + Enchantment + Purification + Devils Whisper + Tracking + Spirit Control + Armory + Spirit Realm Walking + Void Tear + Elemental Summoning + Skill Steal (SSS-rank)]

[Skill Steal (SSS-rank): The host can steal the last skill cast by a player. If the target is an enemy player, they will briefly lose access to that skill. Duration: 24h, Cooldown: 30min. Only the most recently stolen skill can be retained at any given time.]

Steal an opponent's skill and make it fail for them?

Chen Fan froze for a long while before coming back to his senses.

No wonder Setting Sun could use two skills simultaneously last time.

He must have retained one skill previously and then copied another on the fly.

However, this Talent gave Chen Fan a reminder.

It was time to collect information on the skills of Players in the district so he could borrow them at critical moments.

Of course, its greatest use was making the opponent lose their skill.

This move had significant strategic importance.

In the future, when facing Players with escape or counter-skills, he could steal the skill in advance before carrying out a decapitation strike.

As for now...

Chen Fan turned his head to look at the main battlefield ahead.

Although most of the coalition Bosses were hiding, and many might have even left the dungeon already...

Their elites were still here.

If he could annihilate all these elites, it would undoubtedly be a massive blow to the coalition's strength.

"Chris, Kuka, Davian, full output!"

"Yes, my master."

Receiving the command, the three captains put in all their effort, frantically bombarding the coalition.

For a moment, not only the cannon fodder in the back but even the elites in the front felt the pressure multiply.

"Dammit, what's the situation? Why is this dragon attacking us too?"

"Where's the cannon fodder? Why can't they distract this dragon?"

"Don't even mention it. I just glanced at the livestream; between those who died and those who ran, more than half of that cannon fodder is gone."

"Fucking useless, cannon fodder is just cannon fodder. In such a short time, they've actually lost more than half."

"Then do we retreat? This dragon can wipe out 60 squads a minute; we can only last about ten minutes."

"Wait a second, let me ask the Boss."

"Wait! No, no, no! Dammit, why is our Boss's icon grayed out?"

"Isn't it normal for it to be gray? Several district Bosses went offline earlier... wait, District 3300? Huh?!!"

"Holy shit, isn't your Boss the Setting Sun? He... went offline?"

For a moment, the elites stood frozen in place.

The Boss of District 3300? Setting Sun?

He went offline?!!

A chill ran down the elites' spines. They quickly opened their chat channels to ask their respective district Bosses.

Soon, they received affirmative answers.

Instantly, the elites were struck with panic.

Setting Sun wasn't just the Boss of District 3300; he was the Commander-in-Chief of this entire operation.

If even he had gone offline, who was left to command the operation?

Just as the Players were panicking, Sky Eye's voice came through the operation channel:

"@everyone, this is Sky Eye of District 3300. This operation was actually planned and commanded by me, though Setting Sun was the public face. Setting Sun has encountered a situation, so I will be taking direct command now."

"Elites, continue bombarding the enemy Players. In five minutes, all elites will exit the dungeon collectively."

"Ordinary Players, start exiting the dungeon gradually from the very back row. The front row will hold for a few minutes. After five minutes, everyone may exit at their own discretion."

As soon as these words were spoken, the Players were in an uproar.

Something happened to Setting Sun?

What could have happened that he couldn't even come out to command?

He couldn't have gone offline, right?!!

The same thought surfaced in the minds of all Players.

Suddenly.

"Holy shit, look at the rankings!!!"

A loud shout startled everyone, and even those watching the livestream heard it.

Instinctively, everyone opened the rankings.

A collective "holy shit" echoed in everyone's hearts.

[world rankings]

[1st Place: china (District One). Level: Updating. Combat Power: 10 billion.]

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Come on, man.

It's no fun if you play like this, is it?

Going from 2 billion to 5 billion before was terrifying enough.

Only two days have passed, and you're at fucking 10 billion?

You have to realize, the second place's combat power is only a bit over 30,000.

Oh, holy shit!

Second to seventh place are all from District One.

Players massaged their foreheads one after another.

These damn rankings were a bit painful to look at.

"Wait! Look at the rankings further down!"

"Look at what? Isn't it just Setting Sun, Sky Eye, and Frenzied Demon? What's the big deal?"

"No! Setting Sun has actually disappeared!"

"Huh?!!"

The Players froze, their eyes widening as they scanned the rankings.

Seventh place was still the goddess ship.

But eighth place had become Xiao Xiao.

Ninth and tenth were Sky Eye and Frenzied Demon, respectively.

The Players were dumbfounded. After recovering, they began incessantly tagging Players from District 3300 in the world channel.

"Did your Boss really go offline?"

"Doesn't dying in a dungeon just reset your stats? How could he go offline directly!"

"Oh, then he probably got reset, which is why he fell off the rankings."

"Most likely. That's Setting Sun, the man who brought District 3300 to glory. How could he go offline so easily?"

"And I heard Setting Sun's Talent is also exceptionally strange."

"Break it up, break it up. Just watch the livestream. With District 3300's strength, Setting Sun will be back on the rankings within two days."

At the same time.

The battle on the front lines was in full swing.

But all the Players were somewhat distracted.

The spectators didn't know the truth, but those involved knew exactly what was going on.

Setting Sun had most likely gone offline.

Moreover, it was very likely related to the strange movement of the tentacles earlier.

Although they didn't know what Setting Sun had done to provoke the tentacles to kill him...

None of that mattered anymore.

Even the newly appointed commander, Sky Eye, had already stated they would retreat after five more minutes of attacking.

This operation, up to this point, was already considered a failure.

Since it was a failure, why stay for another five minutes?

The Players were somewhat confused.

But when their gaze swept toward a certain direction and saw the repeatedly flashing white lights, they suddenly realized.

Goddammit, isn't that District 3300's sea area?

Why weren't they following the instructions to retreat in batches?

But in just an instant, all the Players reacted.

"Holy shit, District 3300 is using us as a rearguard!"

"Dammit, these people are dishonest. Brothers, run!"

"Run!!!"