228: Chapter 228: Surprise, motherfucker!

"Splat!"

Yuri gritted his bloody teeth and, with a backhand strike, slit the throat of a Mad Lion Guild cadre in front of him.

Fresh blood sprayed across his face, but Yuri didn't even blink.

At this moment, his rifle magazine had long been emptied, and not a single bullet remained in his pistol.

His entire body was covered in dozens of knife wounds deep enough to see bone, and blood had dyed him into a crimson figure.

And all around him, corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

The alliance army of over eight thousand people, after experiencing this irrational and tragic infighting, was either dead or wounded.

Now, there were fewer than thirty people still able to stand on this ruined plaza.

These thirty-some thugs, having completely lost their minds in the killing, were now gripping their chipped machetes tightly, breathing heavily, and approaching Yuri step by step.

"What the hell do you want?!"

Watching the crowd walking toward him, Yuri abruptly raised the dripping machete in his hand, his eyes fierce like a starving wolf.

He stomped forward, letting out a deafening roar.

"Come on! Anyone not afraid of death, take a step forward!"

"I've already slaughtered Ivan and Boris; do you think I care about you pieces of trash?!"

"Want to snatch my Mythical treasure chest? Pay with your lives!"

"Ura!!!"

Yuri was naturally tall, and now, covered in blood, he looked like a demon from hell.

Combined with that indomitable fighting spirit of someone who had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies, this shout actually managed to stun the remaining people into silence.

These thirty-some thugs looked at each other, their legs beginning to tremble.

Not a single one of them dared to take another half-step forward.

As extreme greed receded, reason was finally forcibly awakened by that roar.

"Clang!" Someone started it, and a machete dropped into the pool of blood.

Immediately after, "Clang! Clang!" The remaining thugs threw down their weapons one after another, dropping to their knees with faces full of terror.

"B-Boss... please don't kill us!"

"We won't do it again! We absolutely wouldn't dare snatch anything from you, Boss!"

"The Mythical treasure chest is yours! It's all yours!"

"You choose first; we'll just take whatever is left!"

"We only have a few brothers left... from now on, you call the shots!"

Looking at this group of cowardly strays before him, Yuri's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

He dragged his exhausted and heavily wounded body, limping across the corpses littering the ground, and walked toward the end of the street.

There, rows of purple-glowing, gold-glowing, and even blinding red-glowing top-tier treasure chests were constantly exuding a deadly temptation.

Yuri's breathing became incredibly heavy, and fanatical greed erupted in his eyes.

"Hahahaha..."

"I'm the one who survived! I'm the final winner!"

"Volkov, Ivan, you brainless pigs!"

"This treasure, enough to change the world, belongs to me, Yuri!"

"I will soon become the true king of the new world!"

Yuri laughed wildly, stumbling as he threw himself in front of the Mythical treasure chest in the center that was emitting red light.

He reached out his trembling, blood-stained hands, wanting to fiercely embrace this peerless treasure capable of defying the heavens and changing his fate.

However, at the very instant his palms touched the surface of the treasure chest, a bizarre scene occurred.

There was no cold, hard metallic sensation. His hands actually passed straight through the surface of the treasure chest!

The Mythical treasure chest in front of him, glowing with red light, rippled like a water surface, creating illusory waves.

"This..." The wild laughter on Yuri's face froze instantly.

He widened his eyes in terror, abruptly turned around, and grabbed at the gold-glowing Legendary treasure chest beside him.

"Whoosh—" His palm passed through it again without any obstruction! Ripples spread, and it was completely empty!

"Impossible!!!"

"W-what is going on?!"

"Where are my treasure chests?! Where is my Mythical treasure chest!!!!"

Yuri went completely insane, flailing his hands wildly like a drowning person, trying to grasp something within this illusory light and shadow.

The next second, "Bang!" After passing through the phantom of the treasure chest, his palm slammed heavily against a piece of cold, hard steel armor.

Yuri froze all over. This sensation... it definitely wasn't a treasure chest!

At this very moment, as the external force broke the static state, the Mythical treasure chest in front of him, emitting red light, let out a harsh electrical sound. "Click!"

The optical camouflage shattered instantly, turning into spots of light that dissipated into the air.

Beneath that shattering illusory light, a heavy tank, entirely scarlet, as massive and menacing as a mountain, like an ancient beast, stood silently before Yuri.

The pitch-black main gun barrel, thicker than Yuri's waist, was now pressed firmly against his forehead.

Yuri looked up at this colossal object that had suddenly appeared, his mind went blank, and he completely lost the ability to think.

"Beep—" A faint electrical sound cut through the dead-silent ruined plaza.

Immediately after, a mocking and annoying voice exploded through a loudspeaker.

"Surprise, motherfucker!"

As soon as the words fell, along the entire ruined street, those gold-glowing Legendary treasure chests, purple-glowing Epic treasure chests, and even those blue supply crates simultaneously deactivated their optical camouflage.

"Click! Click!" The illusory light screens across the sky shattered like mirrors, turning into spots of light dancing in the air.

One by one, heavy firepower combat vehicles with menacing designs and astonishing calibers appeared before everyone like ghosts.

And in those combat vehicles, on the turrets, and even beside the tracks, Red Wolf Players wearing red tactical vests and holding heavy firepower weapons were watching the blood-covered Yuri with mocking gazes, as if watching a monkey show.

Only at this moment did Yuri feel as if a basin of ice water had been poured over his head, and his brain, blinded by greed, finally woke up.

It was a trap! From beginning to end, this was a death trap aimed at their alliance of four major guilds!

Yuri's eyes instantly turned blood-red, and blood vessels even burst at the corners of his eyes. His hand gripping the machete trembled violently as he pointed at the heavily armed Red Wolf Army in front of him, letting out a heart-wrenching roar.

"Despicable Dragon Country people!!!"

"You shameless rats with no bottom line!"

"Setting up such a sinister trap to make us kill each other, how is that heroic?!"

"If you have the guts, fight us properly with real blades and guns!!!"

"Liars! You bastards are just a bunch of despicable liars!"

Facing Yuri's desperate, impotent rage, the Red Wolf Players remained completely unmoved, and the mockery at the corners of their mouths only grew stronger.

In their eyes, these greedy thugs who would casually slaughter their own allies for profit were unworthy of being called heroes.

In the crowd, Lu Yuan, sitting on a tank hatch, sighed leisurely and slowly took a sip of the coffee in his hand.

"Huh?"

"My friend from the Bear Country, what kind of talk is that!"

Lu Yuan smacked his lips, putting on an expression of deep distress, but his tone was filled with mockery that could infuriate anyone to death.

"We are all civilized people, how can you keep calling others despicable?!"

"This is clearly called strategy!"

"Of course, if it comes to strength, we aren't afraid of anyone!"

"Brothers, all come out and let our Bear Country friend witness your strength!"