Chapter 41: Announcement of the Top Three Positions

After finishing his exploration of the first floor, Zhu Zhiquan arrived at a dormitory on the second floor to explore, but suddenly a system announcement rang out, interrupting his exploration.

"Attention all players, one hour has now passed in the game, and the locations of the top three players will now be revealed."

Zhu Zhiquan came to the second-floor balcony and discovered a red beam of light at the production workshop building, a yellow beam of light in the security room next to the factory gate, and a third, green beam of light directly above his head.

No, strictly speaking, it was at the fourth-floor level. These three beams of light emitted distinct sounds, as if afraid that other players wouldn't see them.

Seeing these three beams of light, all the players in the other buildings rushed headlong toward the beam closest to them.

Zhu Zhiquan saw a group of players approaching the building he was in, and Zhu Zhiquan began to think: "Those two people on the fourth floor have decent strength; it would be better to kill those two first, and wait until Zhao Yuxin is revived before killing the ones with the light beams."

Zhu Zhiquan walked down the stairs and collided head-on with the two players entering the building. Seeing that Zhu Zhiquan had no light beam or sound on him, the two players did not want to start a conflict with him and intended to bypass him to go up and deal with the top three players.

Swish—

Slap!

Zhu Zhiquan suddenly made a move. The two players reacted quickly and dodged, and one of the players wearing blue clothes scolded: "What are you doing!"

Zhu Zhiquan did not answer, raised his Dagger Spear, and thrust it toward their faces. The two pulled away to create distance. The player in white clothes shot a laser from his eyes, and after Zhu Zhiquan tilted his head to dodge, he quickly approached the two of them.

The player in blue clothes was covered in flames and raised his weapon to smash at Zhu Zhiquan. Zhu Zhiquan held the Dagger Spear vertically to his side and, using the opponent's force, swept the spear toward the heels of the player in white clothes.

The dagger bound to the Dagger Spear severed the heel of the player in white clothes, causing him to fall to the ground. The player in blue clothes opened his arms, wanting to hug Zhu Zhiquan, but Zhu Zhiquan took advantage of the momentum to pull, and the end of the Dagger Spear hit the eye of the player in blue clothes.

The player in blue clothes covered his eyes in pain, let out a scream, and blood flowed from between his fingers. After falling, the player in white clothes quickly climbed up, pulled a short knife from behind his back, and slashed toward Zhu Zhiquan's legs.

Zhu Zhiquan leaped up, did a flip in the air, landed steadily behind the player in white clothes, and thrust the Dagger Spear in his hand fiercely.

Puchi—

The player in white clothes widened his eyes and disappeared, turning into white light. The one in blue endured the pain and wanted to avenge his teammate, constantly waving his weapon as he rushed toward Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhu Zhiquan retreated to advance, ran to the second-floor stairwell, and suddenly landed a returning spear strike that hit the player in blue clothes. The blue-clad player widened his single eye and dissipated into white light.

"You have plundered other players' points; your current total points are 641."

"Not bad... hm?" Zhu Zhiquan was just lamenting his gains when he heard footsteps coming from upstairs, and Zhu Zhiquan looked up.

Tap tap tap—

The sound of high heels came from upstairs, along with a woman wearing long boots and clothes that looked like they were made of silk; although they were a bit tattered, they still could not hide this female player's nobility.

There was also a man wearing a windbreaker and jeans, wearing Sunglasses and carrying an aviation ball bag that was packed full.

The two stopped on the landing between the floors, looking cautiously at Zhu Zhiquan. A green beam of light radiated around them, and strange sounds emanated from the light beam around them.

"My name is Lin Wanxing, and this is my man Zhou Yanshan. May I ask why you didn't attack us, but instead solved our enemies for us?" the woman asked solemnly, maintaining an elegant aura at all times.

Zhu Zhiquan did not answer her words but walked toward them. The Dagger Spear in his right hand emitted a chilling light, his left hand tightly pressed against the hilt of the Dingtang Sword, and his Wrist-Mounted Strange Crossbow was also in a triggered state.

"Stop!" Zhou Yanshan scolded. At the same time, the aviation ball bag opened automatically, and various knives flew out from inside, hovering around him. Lin Wanxing clenched her fists, and six steel claws emerged like Wolverine's claws.

Zhu Zhiquan ignored Zhou Yanshan's warning and instead accelerated his approach toward them.

Clatter—

Swish—

Various knives shot toward Zhu Zhiquan like sharp arrows. Zhu Zhiquan activated the Boiling Blood talent, dodged all the knives with just a light leap, and arrived in front of the two, thrusting the Dagger Spear out.

Swish—

Lin Wanxing waved her claws, splitting the Dagger Spear in two, and then continued to wave her claws, forcing Zhu Zhiquan to retreat repeatedly.

Zhou Yanshan controlled the knives to turn around and fly toward Zhu Zhiquan again. At the same time, Zhu Zhiquan parried Lin Wanxing's claws with one hand and took the opportunity to strike her cheek with an elbow. While Lin Wanxing had not yet recovered, Zhu Zhiquan grabbed her collar and threw her out with one hand.

Just as Lin Wanxing was about to collide with the knives that were originally flying toward Zhu Zhiquan, Zhou Yanshan changed their course in time, which allowed his wife to escape unscathed.

By this time, Zhu Zhiquan had already arrived in front of him and delivered a flying knee strike. Zhou Yanshan was pushed into the corner on the spot, and Zhu Zhiquan flew in front of him, drawing the Dingtang Sword as well.

Who knew that Zhu Zhiquan would leap lightly; countless knives flew past from the side and nailed tightly into the wall. Zhu Zhiquan kicked off the wall in mid-air and instantly arrived on the third floor.

After landing, he deactivated Boiling Blood and spun around a few times, spinning a sword flower with one hand before slowly sheathing it behind his back, while the other hand performed a gesture of sinking Qi into the dantian. Zhu Zhiquan looked down at the two; this scene looked like a sword master showing disdain.

Lin Wanxing supported the gasping Zhou Yanshan and stared at Zhu Zhiquan. Zhu Zhiquan himself was not having an easy time; in these less than twenty seconds, the high temperature produced by the Boiling Blood talent had left him sweating profusely and red-faced.

So, don't look at his current appearance of an otherworldly expert; in fact, he was using this method to give himself more time to cool down.

There was an even more important reason, which was that he was enjoying the thrill of fighting a strong opponent, and he even made an international friendly gesture toward the other party.

Seeing Zhu Zhiquan being so arrogant, the two felt that he likely still had a backup plan, so they did not rush to attack but chose to observe from where they stood.

Both sides remained in a stalemate, and neither made the first move. Lin Wanxing leaned on Zhou Yanshan's shoulder and said: "Husband, look, this person hasn't launched an attack for so long; do you think there's something fishy going on?"

Zhou Yanshan also felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was, so he suggested: "How about I test the waters first, and then you look for an opportunity to attack."

"Mm, be careful."

"Alright." Having said that, Zhou Yanshan took the lead in controlling the knives to fly toward Zhu Zhiquan.

Zhu Zhiquan blocked Zhou Yanshan's attacks while retreating toward the corridor. Lin Wanxing jumped up from the corridor railing and joined Zhou Yanshan in a pincer attack from front and back.

Zhu Zhiquan sensed someone flanking him, instantly activated the Boiling Blood talent, and appeared to be handling the pincer attack from the two with ease.

Bang bang bang—

After Zhu Zhiquan blocked dozens of moves from the two, he suddenly feinted a sword strike at Lin Wanxing and then flipped down the floor.

Zhou Yanshan controlled two kitchen knives to help Lin Wanxing descend slowly from the corridor, but Lin Wanxing did not see Zhu Zhiquan's figure. Just as she was puzzled, the kitchen knives suddenly lost control and fell downward.

"Husband!!!" Lin Wanxing couldn't care about elegance, shouted, and grabbed the second-floor corridor railing. Then, Lin Wanxing climbed onto the second-floor corridor with all her might and quickly came to the stairwell to look up.

She saw Zhu Zhiquan walking slowly toward her, the bloodstains on the Dingtang Sword not yet wiped clean, and Zhu Zhiquan had also deactivated Boiling Blood, a thick, heavy murderous aura enveloping her.