534: Chapter 582 actually has an SSS-level core ability?

They just left like that?

An Ke watched the departing backs of the Mercury State Race, finding it somewhat amusing.

As expected, compared to novels, intelligent beings in reality aren't stupid.

If there's even a slight possibility of a threat to themselves, they won't hesitate to eliminate all hidden dangers.

An Ke knew what they were worried about—they were afraid Kuku, little Roman, and the others would take action.

Even though An Ke said he would handle it himself, how could the other party possibly believe him?

"However, I won't be letting you leave here today..."

Since they came, it meant they already had designs on him and his group.

Such thoughts couldn't be dispelled just because of a strong enemy; after all, this was an elimination game where it was either you live or I die.

An Ke, holding nine flags, was bound to become a target for everyone.

The Mercury State Race wasn't attacking now, but after leaving, they would only move from the light into the shadows, which would be even more disadvantageous for An Ke later on.

Having to be on guard every second against a potential backstab from an enemy was something An Ke couldn't stand.

Secondly, An Ke also found the teleportation channel outside the city to be an eyesore.

So today, the Mercury State Race had to stay.

An Ke took a flag, and with a single thought, he immediately appeared in front of the Mercury State Race's path of departure—[Instant Flash].

As long as it's within sight, he can move there, with a five-second cooldown.

Inside the 99th Realm meeting room.

Because of the bets involved, many nobles were paying attention to An Ke's side.

They were startled when they saw An Ke's maneuver. Was this kid really that stubborn?

Daring to run off alone to block over twenty players from the Mercury State Race—what was he planning to do?

While surprised, nobles like Yishu, Qingtian, and Azure were also somewhat taken aback.

"I didn't expect this kid to actually have an SSS-rank transcendent gene core?" the Yishu Noble said in surprise.

The other nobles were also surprised. Currently, the progress of the Blue Star Civilization's game had only reached the third stage; logically speaking, there shouldn't be an SSS-rank core.

Many players from civilizations that had completed ten stages only had SS-rank cores at most.

The reason the nobles recognized the ability An Ke used as being from an SSS-rank core...

...was because the mechanics of this skill were exceptionally good, to the point that many players in the [Civilization Game] didn't replace this core ability even if they obtained higher-level cores.

Under his ornate mask, the Yishu Noble frowned slightly. "Since he has an SSS-rank core, why is the Blue Star Civilization's comprehensive strength evaluation only F-rank?"

Under normal circumstances, if one possessed an SSS-rank core, it was impossible for their comprehensive strength evaluation to be so low.

Even if they only had this one SSS-rank ability, they should at least have a D-rank evaluation as a baseline, right?

"Could it be because this ability has no offensive power and is at most just good for running away, so the evaluation is that low?" the Qingtian Noble analyzed.

Currently, the [Game] was acting up; after starting the [Final Elimination Round], even the Control Room couldn't view the players' attributes.

The nobles now were just like the masses of the various civilizations—merely spectators.

The difference was that the nobles had more knowledge and could identify a player's abilities through certain characteristic traits.

"Hmm! Now that you mention it, that's actually possible." Azure nodded.

...

Inside the game.

The fleeing Mercury State Race members were all stunned when they saw An Ke appear, and they stopped their flying devices one after another.

They looked at each other, not understanding what this Human Player intended to do.

He actually dared to block them alone, even holding a flag in his hand.

Wasn't he afraid they would suddenly attack, snatch the flag, and run?

Although the Mercury State Race players had this thought, they didn't act rashly.

What if the Fungus Race and the Thousand Changes Race had some special teleportation ability?

Just like the Human Player in front of them.

"What do you plan to do?" a Mercury State Race player asked first.

"We already intended to leave. Are you still planning to pester us?"

An Ke raised the flag in his hand, waving it brightly in front of the Mercury State Race players.

"Don't you want the flag?"

The Mercury State Race players were noncommittal; they had no idea what An Ke was up to.

Wasn't that obvious? Of course they wanted it, but...

"What I dislike most is having to be on guard against backstabs all the time..." An Ke didn't need the Mercury State Race to answer and continued on his own.

"So I plan to settle the issues between us right now.

Your Mercury State Civilization will fight a battle with my Blue Star Civilization. If you win, you can take the flag."

"Don't worry! The Fungus Race and Thousand Changes Race won't intervene.

If you're worried, we'll fight right here. Once they make a move, you can just leave directly with the flag."

Leave with the flag?!

The Mercury State Race players were astonished, not understanding the meaning of An Ke's words, only to see An Ke throw the flag in his hand directly to them.

This action instantly shocked all the Mercury State Race players.

This Human Player just threw the flag to them like that?

Could the flag be a fake?

The Mercury State Race players hurriedly checked the rankings and were surprised to find that the number of flags held by the Mercury State Civilization had reached 1.

It was real! This flag was real!!

"Aren't you afraid that we'll just run off after getting the flag?" a Mercury State Race player asked in a low voice.

"You can leave, but what will await you then is the frantic retaliation of our three civilizations," An Ke said calmly.

"This is the territory of my Blue Star Civilization, so I have the map fully revealed. You know what that means."

It meant that as long as this Human Player knew their location, he could descend instantly... As players, the Mercury State Race certainly knew what that meant.

"Then what do you plan to do now?" the Mercury State player asked again.

"Didn't I just make it very clear? My Blue Star Civilization will go to war with your Mercury State Civilization, and no other civilizations will participate in between."

"As long as you agree, I'll go bring my members and the other flags over.

If you win, you take all the flags. At this distance, the players of the Thousand Changes Civilization and Fungus Civilization won't be able to do anything to you."

...

99th Realm meeting room.

The nobles were quite surprised by An Ke's actions.

"What makes this F-rank Human Player so confident?"

"I don't know, I don't understand it at all."

"It's a pity the [Game] interfered with our foresight; otherwise, we could have predicted it."

"Tike, Dainike... this human is a player you've taken an interest in, so you must know his abilities."

"Yeah! Can you tell us about it?"

Many nobles looked curiously at Tike and the others.

Tike chuckled: "Won't you find out in a moment?"

"Really, why bother being so mysterious?"

"Don't you know that riddle-makers come to no good end?"

Many nobles complained.

"No matter how confident he is, in the end, he's just a player from an F-rank civilization," the Azure Noble said dismissively.

"Indeed! The source of his confidence is nothing more than having two allies, the Fungus Race and the Thousand Changes Race."

The Yishu Noble echoed.

"If he's too overconfident and messes up, getting killed by the Mercury State Race, that would be quite entertaining."

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