Chapter 148: Game encourages players from different countries to slaughter each other?

Chen Shicheng naturally just ran away.

As soon as the team leader shouted, he took advantage of everyone's inattention, used the Five Ghosts Transport Technique to teleport out of the battlefield, then casually picked a place to hide.

Only after all the players had each used their divine abilities and disappeared here did Chen Shicheng consider himself completely liberated; he immediately changed into a set of clothes, put on the Evil Ghost Mask, and made a counterattack.

He dealt with the Icefield Wolves still lingering on the battlefield, and also activated the Making Tigers into Ghost Soldiers skill, beginning to refine ghost soldiers; unfortunately, after refining 40 ghost soldiers, the skill reached its limit.

Then he commanded the ghost soldiers to eliminate the remaining Icefield Wolves, and for the first time in his life he began to circulate his cultivation method, absorbing heavenly and earthly spiritual qi to restore his True Essence.

It was obvious that another fierce battle awaited at the temple, and the reserve of True Essence in the Blood Killing Pearl had been almost depleted after this period's consumption; he could only conserve it for now.

Having all skills maxed out is bad in this one aspect: the consumption is truly too great, completely mismatching his realm. After his True Essence was fully restored, Chen Shicheng then set off toward the north as the team leader had directed.

Forty ghost soldiers cleared the way, plus he occasionally flung out a blade aura; along the road it was literally 'gods block and kill gods, buddhas block and kill buddhas'—whether low-level monsters in swarms or high-level solo monsters, all fell before him.

Naturally, during combat the ghost soldiers suffer some attrition, but Chen Shicheng directly replenishes them with newly slain wild monsters, keeping their number constantly at the skill limit of 40; moreover, with constant replacement, the ghost soldiers' overall strength gradually increases.

However, the ghost soldiers went from an initially pleasing pack of wolves to a great fusion of Icefield races, looking messy like a motley crew, which made him somewhat displeased.

Incidentally, his experience also rose steadily, quickly reaching level 15 (233/100); saving face for the experience gain, Chen Shicheng decided to endure for a while.

But just then, his spiritual sense suddenly sharpened and detected a probing gaze behind him.

Chen Shicheng, without changing expression, had Hui Siye go scout, while he himself pretended not to notice, continuing to grind monsters while rushing forward.

Surely, in the image transmitted by Hui Siye, a sneaky figure was crouched in a snowdrift not far behind him, secretly observing his every move.

"Targeting me, you picked the wrong person."

Chen Shicheng had already thought the Silent Council would certainly not stand by while reinforcements arrived smoothly; now this also verified his initial guess.

Hui Siye is now in position, invisibly floating behind the unaware stalker; Chen Shicheng no longer pretends, turns to look that way, his face wearing a half-smile.

"I've been discovered? How could that be!"

The stalker hurriedly buried his head in the snowdrift, holding his breath.

After a long while with no sound, he slowly raised his head, cautiously looking toward Chen Shicheng's direction—but there was no one there; the empty snowfield left him bewildered.

"Where is the person?"

He had just tried to stand up to observe the situation when a huge force came from his back, directly trampling him to the ground.

"Someone behind me?"

Was that the person from just before? When did he get behind me? The stalker's heart leapt; without thinking, he drew a weapon from his storage slot and slashed backward.

"Grr, don't move recklessly; I won't take responsibility if you get hurt."

As those teasing words sounded from behind, he only felt a strong gust sweep past him; then the ground was cut with a long blade mark, flying snow mixed with specks of warmth landing on his face.

"Warmth? How could freezing bitter wind have warmth? Did the person behind piss on me to humiliate me?"

That person instantly flushed red, immediately preparing to give Chen Shicheng behind him a taste of his own medicine—but upon exerting force he realized his right side had lost sensation.

He turned his head in horror, discovering that his arm had been severed at the root at some point; bright red blood sprayed onto the snow like no tomorrow, steaming with heat.

Intense pain followed, making him instinctively open his mouth to wail.

But before his sound could escape, he felt his back loosen, a heavy blow struck the back of his head, and then his vision went black—he knew nothing more.

"I told you not to move recklessly—look, your arm is gone; I also don't know whether you entered with your real body or as a game character."

Chen Shicheng, while saying those provocative words, also pulled out the hair from this person's nether regions.

"Hmm? Still a foreigner?"

After clearly seeing the stalker's appearance, Chen Shicheng was somewhat surprised; he never imagined that this incident would involve people from other countries besides little Japan.

He also didn't know whether killing this guy would cause any diplomatic incident. Chen Shicheng carefully examined the person, wanting to find out whether he had entered with his real body or as a game character.

But after fussing for a while, blood spattered everywhere, the person was about to be played to death, and he still couldn't see any difference.

And without receiving treatment, this person's breath grew weaker and weaker, clearly about to give out.

Chen Shicheng certainly had no thought of wasting True Essence to use Universal Rainfall to save him; he just watched helplessly as the unconscious man gradually approached death, but at the moment before his last breath, a thought moved him, a blade aura flashed past, and he directly beheaded him.

He's dead anyway; this experience can't be wasted.

【Slaying Lv. 15 Windchaser (Ivanov), gained 10 Experience Points, obtained Double-handed Greatsword*1, obtained Bear Skin Belt*1, obtained Healing Potion*3, obtained Sect Token*1】

"Holy crap, what's going on?"

Chen Shicheng originally thought that killing this foreigner would merely grant 1 point of normal experience, at most dropping some useless equipment.

But reality gave him a fortunate critical hit: not only was the experience increased tenfold, the loot dropped was a long string, basically stripping him of all his belongings.

So does the mechanism for killing foreign players differ from that for domestic players?

"This is encouraging players of different countries to slaughter each other!"

Chen Shicheng shuddered violently, feeling horrified at the implications behind this kill.

No wonder the Silent Council has been stirring up trouble all over the world; it seems they discovered this mechanism early, enabling rapid development and placing them on par with the strongest organizations of each country, becoming a top-tier power.

This operation will certainly have someone killing foreign players, and the number will definitely not be few; in that case, wouldn't it become common knowledge?

You know, killing players is far superior to painfully slaying monsters; at equal level the experience is tenfold, and if it's higher level… can't even think! Just thinking of tenfold experience, Chen Shicheng had the notion of abandoning his mission and seizing the chance to march straight into the old Maozi city.

(End of chapter)