211: Chapter 211 Can a bunch of brainless bastards really run rampant in the capital?

In another private box, the head of the Huangfu family watched the invincible Nirvana Battle Team on the screen, his face so dark it looked like it could drip water. He gripped the cane in his hand tightly and snorted coldly:

"It's just taking advantage of loopholes in the virtual engine. When they reach the final circle and encounter my son's [Huangji], I'll show them that in the face of absolute counter-equipment, these beasts are nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs!"

Eight full hours had passed in the virtual battlefield competition.

As the system's "poison circle" continued to shrink, the once vast rainforests, deserts, and ice fields were swallowed by the isolation walls. The final safe zone was locked within a massive dormant volcano crater.

Inside the volcanic basin, dark red magma flowed slowly through the cracks, emitting a pungent smell of sulfur and staggering heat.

Of the original hundred teams, only the last two remained.

One was the [Nirvana Battle Team], which commanded a vast tide of beasts and crushed everything in its path with an invincible posture.

The other was the top-tier team in the Imperial Capital—the [Huangji Battle Team]. Every member was equipped to the extreme with luxury gear, and they had fought their way through the encirclement with raw strength.

"Rumble—!"

Accompanied by a violent tremor of the earth, Ye Fei rode the massive Tier 5 Earth Dragon, leading an army of hundreds of ferocious beasts as she grandly entered the crater.

In the center of the crater, the five members of the Huangji Battle Team had long been waiting.

Leading them was the blond young man who had been severely humiliated by Li Murou's "money power" at the Imperial Capital Station—Huangfu Ao.

At this moment, Huangfu Ao had changed out of the golden armor that had been mocked as a "defective product." In its place was a set of top-tier Paladin plate armor, radiating a dazzling white light and engraved with angel wing patterns. He held a greatsword burning with holy flames, his eyes staring maliciously at the four members of Chen Xi's group as they emerged from the beast tide.

"Chen Xi! You bunch of country bumpkins finally dare to come and seek death!"

Huangfu Ao pointed his sword at Chen Xi, a cocky, confident sneer curling at the corner of his mouth:

"I admit, your red-haired teammate's BUG that controls virtual monsters is indeed disgusting, but do you really think that by relying on a bunch of brainless beasts, you can run wild in the Imperial Capital?!"

Chen Xi jumped down from the Earth Dragon's back, hands in his pockets. Looking at Huangfu Ao's arrogant face, he sighed helplessly:

"I've noticed that you young masters from the Imperial Capital talk way too much. I've heard this speech of yours countless times already."

"Since you're not convinced, let's see who's really better in action."

"Ye Fei, clear the field."

"Yes, Captain!"

Ye Fei looked coldly at the Huangji Battle Team, the divine mark on her forehead flickering.

"Tear them to pieces!"

Roar—!!!

Hundreds of berserk high-tier beasts, like a black tsunami, charged frantically toward the five people in the center of the crater with a momentum that could destroy heaven and earth! That scene was enough to make any professional below Lv. 50 wet themselves on the spot.

However, facing this overwhelming beast tide, Huangfu Ao actually advanced instead of retreating.

He laughed loudly and suddenly pulled a bronze bell emitting an eerie purple light from his spatial ring.

"Do you really think my Huangfu family is a pushover?! For today, my father spent ten billion to beg 'those above' for this pseudo-artifact specifically designed to counter mental control!"

"[Soul-Extinguishing Spirit-Shaking Bell]! Shatter!!"

Ding—!!!

Huangfu Ao frantically injected mana and violently shook the bell in his hand.

An extremely sharp, invisible sonic wave that seemed to pierce directly through the soul erupted instantly with him as the center, sweeping across the entire beast tide in a ring!

This sonic wave was only slightly piercing to humans, but for those virtual beasts simulated by the AI's mental data, it was simply the most lethal poison!

"Awoo..."

"Hiss!!!"

The dozens of beasts charging at the very front had the red light in their eyes suddenly dissipate the moment they touched the bell's sonic wave. They rolled on the ground in agony, clutching their heads. Immediately after, their massive bodies made of data actually began to disintegrate like snowflakes meeting boiling water, turning into a sky full of light particles!

In just a few seconds, the army of hundreds of beasts that Ye Fei had painstakingly gathered vanished into thin air under the suppression of this pseudo-artifact, with not a single one left!

"Ugh!"

As the core of the mental link, Ye Fei suffered a violent backlash. She groaned, her face turning pale, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth. She retreated several steps before being supported by Li Murou.

"Hahahaha! See that?! Your greatest reliance is useless now!"

Huangfu Ao laughed arrogantly:

"Without these beasts, you're just paper tigers with their teeth pulled!"

Seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao's eyes instantly became cold to the extreme.

"You dare hurt Ye Fei? You're looking for death!"

She took a step forward, and purple-silver Void Lightning suddenly erupted from her body.

"[Void Thunder Punishment: Divine Spear]!"

A bolt of destructive lightning as thick as a barrel, with the power to tear through space, went straight for Huangfu Ao's head.

"Humph! I've been prepared for this move of yours!"

A vice-captain beside Huangfu Ao sneered and slammed a huge tower shield engraved with lightning-avoidance runes into the ground.

"[Insulating Holy Shield: Lightning Induction and Diversion]!"

Boom!

The moment Su Xiaoxiao's terrifying lightning, capable of insta-killing those of the same level, struck the tower shield, it was forcibly captured by the runes on the shield. Then, like a tamed loach, it was channeled directly through the shield into the underground magma, without even touching a corner of Huangfu Ao's clothes!

"This is impossible!" Su Xiaoxiao turned pale with shock.

Her lightning was an SS-grade attack fused with Void power. How could it be easily neutralized by a shield?

"Surprised? Unexpected, isn't it?"

Huangfu Ao smugly flourished his sword:

"To deal with you, this shield was specially crafted with 'Polar Insulating Stones.' No matter how strong your lightning is, today it can only charge the underground magma!"

"Now, your summoned beasts are gone, and your strongest mage's attack has been neutralized by me."

Huangfu Ao pointed at Chen Xi, Li Murou, and the heavily injured Ye Fei, laughing hideously:

"All that's left is you, a pretty-boy Card Maker who only knows how to hide behind women, and a support who plays the zither. How are you going to fight me?!"

"Boys, get them! Maim the guy and beat the girls until they're crippled before throwing them out!"

The five members of the Huangji Battle Team instantly spread out their formation, charging forward like wolves and tigers with bloodthirsty smiles.

"Captain..." Li Murou looked at Chen Xi anxiously.

"It's fine, step back."

Chen Xi patted Su Xiaoxiao's shoulder, signaling her not to overextend her mental power.

He slowly stepped forward, blocking the way in front of the three girls.

Facing the charging Huangji Battle Team and the specialized equipment designed to counter their system.

Not only was there no trace of panic on Chen Xi's face, but he instead showed a pitying smile, as if looking at a fool.

"Huangfu Ao, do you really think that by relying on a few pieces of scrap metal your family bought with money, you've got us beat?"

From his jacket pocket, Chen Xi unhurriedly pulled out a brand-new card radiating an icy blue light.

This card was the final trump card he had specially made at Zhennan Pass using the remaining materials to coordinate with Su Xiaoxiao's ice-element abilities!