Chapter 186

How hated must you be to make these people risk their lives just to strike?

Seeing the players whose strength was somewhat lacking in his Divine Perception, Hui Siye couldn't help laughing even though he was feeling down.

Following the direction Hui Siye was looking, Chen Shicheng's Divine Perception also reached out and immediately discovered the players in the forest moving to surround them.

The leader was Zhou Jun, who had just revived somewhere unknown; he was now leading a group straight toward them, while the rest split into two waves, left and right, completely cutting off his retreat.

It was obvious that their target was clear: Chen Shicheng at the cave entrance.

"Tsk tsk tsk, are these people overconfident, thinking that sheer numbers can erase the strength gap?" Chen Shicheng sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

"What should we do now, you go or I go?"

Hui Siye had just parted with his clansmen, burning with anger he wanted to vent, and these people came rushing at him—how could he let them go?

"I'll handle it then; I just learned a new skill, let's test its effect."

Chen Shicheng smiled, didn't let Hui Siye act, instead used his Divine Perception to observe their rear, then stepped forward, disappearing from his spot and reappearing at the place he had just scouted, completing a reverse encirclement on them.

At this moment Zhou Jun hadn't yet noticed that the target had disappeared; following their previously agreed plan, he was still sneaking toward the cave.

"Big brother, can that person you mentioned stay there all the time? Maybe he's already fled after taking the mission reward." said a lackey following behind Zhou Jun.

"He's definitely still there!" Zhou Jun said through gritted teeth, "When I left the Gray Immortal, they were still discussing what immortal artifact to reward him with; in such a short time they couldn't have made a decision, right? Have the preparations at the revival point been made?"

The lackey nodded confidently, "Don't worry, big brother, we've already arranged it there: as soon as someone revives, we attack immediately, absolutely not letting them escape."

"But big brother, you want us to wait until he gets the immortal artifact before we act; what if that artifact is too powerful and we can't handle it?" another lackey asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I've asked around; the Gray Immortal Clan's immortal artifacts are mostly supportive, lacking attack power, otherwise they wouldn't be given as rewards." Zhou Jun gripped his sword tightly and said viciously, "Besides, if we don't stop him from getting the immortal artifact, how would we kill people and loot gear? This time, even if we drain the opponent's lifespan, we can't stop—we must make the immortal artifact drop."

"Got it, big brother!"

Even without Zhou Jun's reminder, as soon as they learned this operation was for an immortal artifact, they had already resolved that, even if draining their lifespan would kill them in reality, they would certainly not hesitate.

Chen Shicheng, who had been following behind, couldn't help but laugh helplessly at their words.

Logically, Zhou Jun is someone who has died several times at my hands—how could he not see reality and still think he could really kill me? I had originally thought just killing him a few times would be enough, to give them a lesson, but hearing them say that, Chen Shicheng decided to follow their example and block a revival point.

After all, since they've prepared to kill, they must also have prepared to be killed.

"Big brother, there's no one there!"

Just as Chen Shicheng had Hui Siye go check the exact location of the revival point, these people also approached the cave entrance, visible to the naked eye.

But the result was somewhat unexpected: the player Zhou Jun repeatedly insisted could not leave had actually vanished.

"Impossible, where is the person?"

Hearing that, Zhou Jun immediately threw aside the lackeys behind him, charged out of the forest, and anxiously looked around at the cave entrance, constantly praying that the player called Zi Shu was merely resting somewhere.

"One, two, three, twenty-four—all set, everyone's position confirmed!" Behind him, Chen Shicheng had already determined everyone's exact location, missing none; then his gaze shifted, he stepped forward, and his figure instantly appeared behind Zhou Jun.

"Who!"

Zhou Jun instinctively turned and swung his sword, but before he could finish the motion, he felt a finger touch the back of his neck, then his vision went black and he knew nothing more.

"Someone!"

"Hurry up and attack!"

"Big brother is dead!"

The next moment, Zhou Jun's lackeys didn't bother with ambushes, they just attacked—ranged ones casting spells, melee ones grabbing weapons and charging in.

Seeing these people still somewhat orderly, Chen Shicheng's expression didn't change as he took another step, moving behind the ranged players, then activated his skill Night Battle Eight Directions, sending dozens of blade energy strands scattering outward from him.

In an instant, a blood‑colored rose bloomed here, blood and limbs scattering across the ground.

"The person disappeared!"

"He can teleport!"

"Damn, did he just get away?"

The melee players who had rushed to Zhou Jun's death spot also froze when they saw Chen Shicheng disappear, then they all started cursing and complaining nonstop.

"Shut the fuck up, the person is behind you—surround them!"

Upon respawning on the spot, Zhou Jun burst out cursing, while also feeling somewhat excited—this teleport skill is extremely rare, with hardly any players in the whole world capable of it.

And now this rare skill has appeared on an unknown player—could it be because the Gray Immortal Clan's immortal artifact granted him that ability? Thinking of that, he could no longer contain his joy, directly logging out a lackey on the spot to notify those blocking the revival point to come over; this time he would spare no expense to keep the player here.

But that idea was doomed to fail—how could Chen Shicheng, who had been watching this place all along, let his people log out?

That lackey, having just heard Zhou Jun's words, instinctively nodded intending to log out, but his head dropped to the ground with the motion, his body lunged forward, and there appeared Chen Shicheng behind him.

"This"

"Boss, no way, this guy can teleport—there's no way to block him!"

The melee players lunged at empty air again, shouting in helplessness.

"Don't panic!"

Zhou Jun retreated while avoiding Chen Shicheng, arranging tactics: "Send some people to surround on all sides; his teleport distance can't be far, otherwise he'd have fled already; the rest of us will go together—I don't believe he still has much True Essence left to burn!"

It must be said, Zhou Jun's reasoning is correct.

Since Chen Shicheng's Merit Points have been completely exhausted, his Compress Earth to an Inch skill is still at the beginner level, so his teleport distance is indeed short—at most about a hundred meters.

Unfortunately, he still overlooked one point: even without using teleportation, these people could not possibly be Chen Shicheng's opponents! (End of Chapter)