182: Chapter 182 Crazy Stacking! Unleashing a Divine Skill

"Boing—!"

Before the reverberation of the vibrating bowstring had even dissipated, Qin Ji's figure had already vanished from his spot.

He didn't choose to kite from a distance; instead, like a heavy shell firing from a cannon, he crashed directly into the tide-like undead legion. Since Gu Feng Nalin wanted to use human wave tactics to stall for time, he would simply slaughter his way through this sea of people.

"Protect the City Lord!!"

A Blood Warrior clad in heavy bronze armor roared as he charged out of the formation. This was a Rank 100 elite at the limit of the second class advancement; the bronze greatsword in his hands was shrouded in crimson blood Qi as he hacked down fiercely toward Qin Ji's head.

"Get lost."

Qin Ji didn't even look at that greatsword, which was capable of splitting mountains and cracking stone; the netherworld longbow in his hand had long since switched to that simple and crude god-beating whip.

There were no fancy techniques, only pure power and speed.

"Bang!!"

The god-beating whip and the bronze greatsword clashed head-on in mid-air.

That bronze blade, tempered by undead Death Qi for a hundred years, shattered inch by inch from blade to hilt the moment it touched the god-beating whip, like glass hitting a hydraulic press. Before the shards of metal filling the sky could even hit the ground, the god-beating whip's momentum remained undiminished as it smashed heavily onto the Blood Warrior's bronze helmet.

*Crack.*

The hard helmet, along with the head inside, instantly collapsed and exploded.

-1,035,985!!

A crimson critical damage number in the millions floated up from the headless corpse. That terrifying value caused even the surrounding undead soldiers, who were originally unafraid of death, to stiffen for a split second.

An instant kill.

Without causing even a second of delay, this Rank 100 elite turned into a pile of scrap metal.

Qin Ji tapped his toe on the corpse, his figure pulling out an afterimage as he once again cast [Spatial Blink], bypassing the layers of shield formations to appear directly in front of the rapidly retreating Gu Feng Nalin.

"Instant Slash!"

A cold gleam cut through the night sky.

Gu Feng Nalin's expression changed abruptly; she hadn't expected these thousands of elites to be unable to block Qin Ji for even half a second. She opened her mouth to spit out a cloud of pitch-black mist, using the counterforce to forcibly shift her position, narrowly avoiding her vital throat area, but several silver strands of hair were still sliced off by the sharp Qi, drifting away in the wind.

"Snow Emperor! Killing me won't end well for you either!"

While retreating in a pathetic scramble, Gu Feng Nalin shrieked shrilly, "Listen to my advice, stop now, and there's still room for maneuver!"

"Room?"

The Frozen Wings on Qin Ji's back suddenly unfurled, and countless ice crystals blocked all of Gu Feng Nalin's paths of retreat like a rainstorm, forcing her to stop in mid-air. "If you want to live, then bring out something of value. If you can offer a chip sufficient to move me, it's not impossible to let you go."

Gu Feng Nalin's eyes were dark as her brain worked at high speed. She saw the greed in Qin Ji's eyes; this might be her only chance.

"I can tell you the method for crafting landmines! That is a core technology of the Mechanic!"

"Sorry, I don't care for it." Qin Ji's expression was cold. Landmines? Once the second class advancement for the Mechanic profession opened up, those things would be ten copper coins a stack in the auction house.

"gods blessing prerequisite quest scroll?" Qin Ji directly named his price.

"...I don't have it." Gu Feng Nalin gritted her teeth.

"How about a talent evolution flower?"

"I don't have that either."

"Leaves of the tree of knowledge of gods?"

"...None of those either."

The playfulness in Qin Ji's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a chilling killing intent: "You have nothing, so why should I let you go? Based on the size of your ego?"

Gu Feng Nalin's face was pale; she had never felt so penniless as a City Lord as she did at this moment. She stared fixedly at Qin Ji and tentatively offered a number: "One thousand free attribute points?"

The air suddenly went silent for a second.

"Only a thousand? Are you trying to brush off a beggar?"

Qin Ji sneered, and the god-beating whip in his hand slowly rose, dark gold light flowing over the whip's body. "Since there's nothing to talk about, then please go die."

Before his voice had even faded, he pounced forward like a cheetah.

"You forced my hand!!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Gu Feng Nalin's eyes. She clenched her right hand, and a pale white bone blade instantly condensed in her palm. This bone blade was not a physical entity but was compressed from the finger bones of countless vengeful spirits and ghosts, emitting a nauseatingly cold aura.

"Go!"

The bone blade turned into a streak of light, accompanied by the shrill wails of ghosts as it pierced directly toward Qin Ji's brow. This was not a physical attack but a killing move aimed directly at the Soul; even a Gold BOSS of the same level wouldn't dare take it head-on.

But in front of Qin Ji, all fancy tricks were vanity.

"Bang!!"

The god-beating whip swept out, precisely striking the side of the bone blade.

That bone blade, capable of slicing through Souls, trembled violently, and a tiny crack actually split open on its originally smooth surface.

"How is this possible?!" Gu Feng Nalin's pupils shook. This bone blade was her life-bound Soul Artifact, with a hardness comparable to epic rank equipment, yet it was cracked by a single strike from that broken whip?

Qin Ji was also shaken until the webbing of his thumb felt slightly numb; this bone blade was somewhat interesting, it actually hadn't shattered.

"Again!"

He gave a savage laugh, his offensive becoming even more frenzied.

"Bang!!"

The second whip fell, and the cracks on the bone blade instantly spread like a spiderweb.

"Bang!!"

The third whip.

Accompanied by a crisp wail of sorrow, that pale bone blade completely exploded into a sky full of bone powder in mid-air.

*Pfft—*

With her life-bound Soul Artifact shattered, Gu Feng Nalin felt as if she'd been struck by lightning. She spat out a mouthful of black blood, and her already pale face instantly became as withered as gold leaf. Her aura rapidly wilted, and her movement speed slowed down visibly to the naked eye.

Take her life while she's down.

Qin Ji gave her no chance to breathe, closing the distance with the god-beating whip held high.

"Soul Imprisonment!"

In her desperation, Gu Feng Nalin screamed and released her strongest control skill. Countless gray chains appeared out of thin air, instantly binding Qin Ji's entire body.

If it were an ordinary player, this move would be enough to stun them for five seconds, giving her enough time to escape for her life.

But on Qin Ji's chest, that [purification jade pendant] suddenly lit up with a warm white light.

Control duration determined: 1 second.

A mere one-second pause.

Just as Gu Feng Nalin had turned and flown less than ten meters away, the suffocating killing intent from behind once again enveloped her.

Qin Ji had already put away the god-beating whip, replacing it with that netherworld longbow emitting the aura of death.

"Undying True Body!!"

Sensing the sharp edge behind her that was almost piercing her skin, Gu Feng Nalin shrieked in despair. Her body instantly became transparent, as if existing between reality and illusion, as a layer of gray Divine Power radiance completely enveloped her.

She was gambling.

Gambling that her Divine Power Law could block Qin Ji's arrows.

However, she didn't know that as Qin Ji watched her activate "Undying True Body," a strange arc instead curved at the corner of his mouth.

"Finally activated it; that's more like it."

Qin Ji didn't use any skills; he simply drew his bow and shot arrows.

Normal attack.

Normal attack.

Still normal attacks.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

Arrows nailed into Gu Feng Nalin's shield like a rapid-fire cannon. Because of the level suppression and the high damage reduction of the Divine Power shield, these attacks didn't directly empty her health bar, but that was exactly what Qin Ji wanted.

He was "fattening the pig."

[Passive Triggered: Max HP +10,000]

[Passive Triggered: Max HP +20,000]

[Passive Triggered: Max HP +50,000]

...

Golden notifications that only Qin Ji could see flashed across his vision frantically.

Gu Feng Nalin's high Rank of 150, combined with her dual identity as a Gold-Rank City Lord and a Divine Messenger, caused the instant-death probability of [Death Reincarnation] to be compressed to the extreme. This meant she had become a perfect blood bag that was extremely durable and could provide massive attributes.

The light in Qin Ji's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and the attack speed in his hands grew faster and faster.

Eighty thousand!

In just a few short seconds, he had actually forcibly farmed eighty thousand points of Max HP from Gu Feng Nalin!

This was simply more satisfying than killing ten Gold BOSSes!

Just as Qin Ji was even hoping Gu Feng Nalin could hold on a little longer, that familiar dark glow finally lit up on an arrowhead.

Judgment descends.

[Death Reincarnation] triggered.

"No—!!"

Gu Feng Nalin seemed to sense something and let out an extremely shrill scream.

In the next second, that arrow entwined with netherworld Qi ignored the Divine Power shield and the undying Law, easily piercing through her chest and crushing her heart along with her Soul core.

That high and mighty body of the Divine Messenger instantly lost all vitality, falling toward the ground helplessly like a kite with its string cut.

*Thud.*

The dull sound of the impact announced the end of this battle.

In the distance.

In a corner of the battlefield.

Monkey was relying on his ultra-high movement speed to dodge and weave through the crowd, while Fatty Zhou's corpse had long since gone cold, lying at the resurrection point waiting for the countdown.

"Boss finished it?!" Monkey swept away two undead soldiers with his staff, looking over here in pleasant surprise.

Qin Ji didn't answer; he turned to look at the group of City Guards who had fallen into chaos due to losing their commander.

"Next, it's your turn."

The netherworld longbow was drawn to its limit, with five arrows notched at once.

[Split Arrow]!

[Lightning Leap]!

[Heavenly Fire Meteor]!

In an instant, this area turned into a purgatory of thunder and flames.

The terrifying attack speed of 220 arrows per second, combined with the [Top-tier Lifesteal Aura] he had just acquired, kept Qin Ji's health bar locked at maximum. Even if a stray arrow occasionally hit him, that negligible damage would be instantly filled by the overflowing lifesteal in the next moment.

Several thousand elite City Guards were as fragile as paper toys in front of a human mobile turret like Qin Ji.

In just ten short seconds.

The wailing ceased.

The originally crowded battlefield became empty and deathly silent, leaving only piles of broken bones and wreckage covering the ground, along with the lingering smell of burning in the air.

Qin Ji slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, took out the lucky bracelet from his backpack and put it on, a trademark money-grubber smile appearing on his face.

"Hehe, time to loot the corpses."

This time was definitely an epic rank bumper harvest.

He walked straight toward Gu Feng Nalin's corpse. As a Divine Messenger and City Lord, her drops were absolutely the top-tier existence in the entire server right now.

As his palm brushed over the corpse, a series of pleasant System notification tones rang out.

Gold coins, Materials, equipment... Qin Ji didn't even look, sweeping them all into his backpack until his fingertips touched a skill book emitting a faint gray divine charm.

[Ding, you have obtained a God-Blessed Skill: Undying True Body.]

Qin Ji's fingers suddenly stiffened.

He stared blankly at the skill book in his hand, his pupils shrinking slightly as three huge question marks popped up in his mind.

???

This thing... are you sure it can be dropped?

In the ten years of his previous life, he had seen many God-Blessed items; most were obtained by completing chain tasks of Hell-level difficulty or by sacrificing massive amounts of resources to the gods.

Dropping a God-Blessed skill directly from killing a mob?

This was as absurd as killing a chicken in a Newbie Village and having a Dragon Slaying Saber drop.

"Could it be because my luck value is too high, causing a data overflow?"

Qin Ji murmured to himself, his gaze moving from the skill book to the distant Gu Feng City standing silently in the night.

The dilapidated city walls cast huge shadows under the moonlight, and the phosphorus fires among the broken bones swayed with the wind. Qin Ji stood in the center of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, clutching that skill book capable of making the entire server go crazy. The pair of Frost wings behind him flapped gently, scattering bits of crystalline debris, framing his slightly thin silhouette like a newly awakened demon god.