Chapter 242: Lin Bai's New Combat Style

【From Hu He, Xiaobai, Jiang Qingqin... emotion; +1 +1 +1】

All the fox-kind instantly contributed a wave of emotion points to Lin Bai.

Creatures close to Lin Bai naturally assumed that the new divine ability Lin Bai had comprehended was meant to protect them.

He Qin, Ma Changcheng, Zhao Tulong, and the others felt a complex mix of emotions, and their gazes toward Lin Bai were quite complicated.

They suddenly could not understand what kind of person Lin Bai really was.

When they were his enemies, Lin Bai was overbearing, tyrannical, and bullied you, yet still forced you to speak well of him; he used every conceivable means and didn't treat them like human beings at all. Almost everyone had tasted the bitterness of being pushed to the brink by Lin Bai, unable to live and unable to die...

After joining the Justice Alliance, Lin Bai's attitude toward them was like he had become a completely different person.

Although he bound them to the alliance with various regulations and laws, whenever there was a war, they hardly needed to take action, and even on the battlefield, there was basically no danger.

Perhaps this had to do with Lin Bai's strength.

But not every sect leader would be like Lin Bai, shielding former enemies under his wings, personally charging to the front, and placing himself in the most dangerous position.

If not for the external pressure, the Justice Alliance would simply be the best sect in the hearts of every cultivator...

Now.

Lin Bai had comprehended another divine ability that caused others to harbor hostility toward him; in their eyes, this was simply insane.

How much water would one have to have in their head to comprehend such a divine ability?

Who in the world would think to attract all hostility onto themselves? Even the Disciples of the Buddha Spirit Sect wouldn't do such a thing...

This must be a serious illness!

However.

Thinking about how Lin Bai's various divine abilities were incompatible with this world, creating such a divine ability seemed normal!

This was probably what was called a Pure Heart!

If the cultivation of laws required the same mindset as Lin Bai, they would likely never succeed!

"Master, I don't want you to attract hostility for me." The little white fox rushed into Lin Bai's arms, moved beyond measure, and choked out, "I would rather die myself than have you use such a divine ability."

"Me too." Jiang Qingqin looked at Lin Bai and smiled miserably, "If such a day truly comes, if you dare to save me, I will die first. I do not wish to see the swords and blades meant for me fall upon you. In the days to come, I will cultivate diligently so that such things do not happen."

"Alliance Leader, we will cultivate diligently. Please cherish yourself and never use such self-sacrificing divine abilities." The many fox demons said in unison, "We would rather die before the Alliance Leader."

With the addition of the fox-kind's favorability, they believed that Lin Bai using such a divine ability was simply the ultimate humiliation to them.

As expected of foxes, they really know how to butter someone up!

He Qin and the others hurriedly followed suit:

"The Justice Alliance Alliance Leader is the most important; please, Alliance Leader, do not use this divine ability."

"The Alliance Leader is righteous, and we are deeply grateful, but please, Alliance Leader, put yourself first."

"The Alliance Leader once said, 'If the skin does not exist, where will the hair attach?' If something happens to you, how could the enemies spare us? Therefore, please, Alliance Leader, cherish yourself."

Everyone expressed their stance one after another.

"I am very gratified that you can say these words. This proves that I have not sacrificed for you in vain. The hearts of the Justice Alliance are truly usable!" Lin Bai looked at everyone and said with emotion, "That's right, as long as we are united from top to bottom, we can endure even the greatest difficulties..."

"Willing to serve the Justice Alliance." Everyone said in unison.

"A bunch of idiots!" 【Silver】 sighed, "They wasted a divine skill in just a few words."

"NPCs don't know the wonderful use of Zhaofeng, which is normal." 【Bitter Melon Vine】 said with disdain.

"Should we remind Lin Bai and tell him how to use Zhaofeng?" 【Mountain-Descending Tiger】 said, "Maybe he'll be happy for a moment and reward us with a Transformation Pill or something."

"You're crazy." All the players glared at 【Mountain-Descending Tiger】, "Such a divine skill shouldn't appear on Lin Bai. It's best if they ban it themselves; otherwise, we'll have to work for Lin Bai for the rest of our lives."

【Mountain-Descending Tiger】 said sheepishly: "Do you think Lin Bai wouldn't figure it out if we didn't say anything? He's already playing tricks with his Skills."

Lin Bai swept a glance toward the players without changing his expression and said: "You all don't need to be like this. This divine ability may seem disadvantageous to me, but when used in the right place, it is extraordinarily miraculous. Didn't you say that the surrounding sects are roaming about and the Justice Alliance cannot grow? I will show you now how to make them automatically come to join the Justice Alliance."

"See, I told you, how could Shopkeeper Lin not know how to use this skill? A perfectly good chance to butter him up was wasted by you." 【Mountain-Descending Tiger】 complained, "If you ask me, you shouldn't always think about going against Shopkeeper Lin. It's just a game; who isn't working for someone?"

"Your thinking is still too shallow. Shopkeeper Lin needs us now, so he treats us well. When he unifies the world, we will be the tumors." 【I Am Not A Smurf】 said, "No one wants a group of invaders to wreak havoc in their world. By then, it will be hard for us not to go against Lin Bai. It's never wrong to take precautions!"

"Busybody, worrying about nothing. By that time, maybe the Game Company will have already developed a new game; who would still be willing to play with Lin Bai!" 【Mountain-Descending Tiger】 retorted with disdain, "You don't think that with this kind of technology, the Game Company would only release this one game, do you?"

The natives suddenly saw the light.

Shen Kuang's eyes lit up: "Wonderful. When encountering an expert, this divine ability hurts oneself. When encountering someone inferior to oneself, wouldn't they be unable to run even if they wanted to?"

Xin Shang nodded in agreement: "Indeed, just now when the Alliance Leader used the divine ability on me, only the Alliance Leader remained in my eyes. I didn't think about fleeing at all, only wanting to fight for my life."

"How large is the influence range of the Alliance Leader's divine ability?" Ge Feiyun asked.

They hadn't reacted in time just now and only thought this divine ability was harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself. Thinking about it now, they realized the terror of this divine ability.

Jian Shijiu couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead, feeling lucky for his senior brother; if Lin Bai had comprehended this divine ability back then, neither of them would have been able to escape.

"It should be quite large!" Lin Bai said ambiguously. The specific description of Provocation is that no matter what he says, the other party will harbor hostility toward him after hearing it.

The premise is that the other party hears it.

He also has a Sound Doubling skill.

Combining the two, theoretically, he could hold onto all the monsters on the field.

If he tried his best and spoke at maximum volume, he might be able to attract all the monsters within hundreds of kilometers...

A single skill might be average.

But combining the skills...

Lin Bai suddenly felt that he could do it again.

"Still not right. Illusion Valley left a day ago, and the Sword Boat is the fastest. Even if we spare no cost to pilot the Sword Boat, I fear we won't be able to catch up to them. If we can't catch up, no matter how strong our divine abilities are, we won't be able to use them!" Long Lin glanced at the players. "Unless we can isolate external information, we won't be able to catch them off guard."

For the sake of profit, players sell intelligence everywhere and have made everything transparent; the natives have huge grievances against them.

"We can keep it secret," Baiyin said hurriedly. "We can also scout the movements of surrounding sects for the Alliance."

The Beggar Sect's main income comes from Lin Bai.

As the game deepens, the appetites of the advertising sponsors have become picky; live-streaming the daily life of Shopkeeper Lin simply cannot generate revenue.

The sponsors want big scenes.

If everyone isn't fighting and just circling around, there's nothing to watch; the sponsor daddies aren't stupid enough to throw money away at a time like this.

If they continue to circle around with the people from Illusion Valley, once the consortiums enter the game and create a few explosive points, the Beggar Sect's popularity will be gone.

Time is money; they don't want to waste a single day.

Furthermore.

Being dragged by Lin Bai to hover back and forth in the sky is not conducive to leveling up either!

Therefore.

The players of the Beggar Sect are even more eager to stir up trouble than the natives.

After stating his position to Lin Bai, Baiyin immediately entered the group chat and instructed everyone: "Turn off your live streams; Shopkeeper Lin is about to stir up trouble."

……

Lin Bai looked at him and smiled: "There is no need for complete secrecy. In warfare, deception is the way. Thus, when able, appear unable; when using, appear not to use; when near, appear far; when far, appear near. Attack where they are unprepared and appear where they do not expect. Blindly hiding things is actually disadvantageous to us; it would be better to create some illusions for the opponent, which might yield miraculous results."

"Shopkeeper Lin, what do you mean?" Baiyin asked with a forced smile.

"If we pursue relentlessly, the people of Illusion Valley will panic and flee for their lives. We are only doing this to add a member to the Alliance, while they are doing it to save their lives. The mindsets of both sides are different; even if we can catch up, it will cost a great deal of time and energy," Lin Bai said. "But what if we slow down? Will their mindset relax? Once they relax, it gives us the opportunity to catch up to them..."

"Once we move, they will still notice!" Xin Shang asked.

Lin Bai looked at Xin Shang and instructed: "Sect Leader Xin, create a blood mist to temporarily cover the Sword Boat."

Xin Shang nodded, and with a wave of his hand, released a cloud of blood mist.

Lin Bai looked at Baiyin and the others again.

After asking around in the team channel and receiving affirmative replies, Baiyin said: "Alliance Leader, rest assured, no one will leak this."

"If the target is small, it won't be discovered," Lin Bai said, and suddenly, one eye popped out of its socket, which actually gave everyone a fright.

Everyone knew that the parts of Lin Bai's body could detach, but that was in combat state, and everyone's focus was on the battlefield. But when everyone was discussing serious business, having this happen out of the blue was just too damn stimulating.

It was fortunate that no one present had a stress response; otherwise, someone might have smashed Lin Bai's eyeball...

"Alliance Leader, your eye?" Long Lin asked cautiously; no one knew what Lin Bai was doing by taking his eye out alone.

The eyeball flew back and forth, spinning around Lin Bai.

Lin Bai coughed lightly, and his mouth was also removed from his face.

The next second.

His left hand also detached from his body.

The three organs floated lonely in the air.

"What a handsome man, yet he learned such a skill; Shopkeeper Lin really has no idol baggage at all!" Looking at Lin Bai, whose facial features were incomplete and whose face was ruined, Baiyin couldn't help but sigh.

"What a cool skill!" I Am Not A Smurf said. "If I knew this skill, my eyeballs wouldn't stay home."

"It's not just your eyeballs that wouldn't stay home!" Downhill Tiger laughed, looking at I Am Not A Smurf's crotch, and teased.

"Get lost!" I Am Not A Smurf glared at him irritably. "I'd like to, but I'd have to have that function..."

……

"We will slow down our advance to create an illusion of slackness for the opponent. During this period, my mouth, eye, and hand will strike, catching up to the people of Illusion Valley at the fastest speed, then use Provocation to stir up the hostility of all of them, attract them over, and join our Justice Alliance."

Lin Bai explained his plan to everyone in detail.

Once these words were spoken.

Everyone fell silent.

……

"Holy crap, holy crap, is this a plan a human could come up with?" Baiyin's shocked emotions were out of control.

"Who said Shopkeeper Lin wouldn't use Zhaofeng?" Downhill Tiger said leisurely. "In the future, if one becomes an enemy of Shopkeeper Lin, I'm afraid they won't even know how they died."

"It's too damn ridiculous; the people of Illusion Valley would never imagine that Shopkeeper Lin's three organs flying out would finish them off," I Am Not A Smurf said.

"Being an opponent of Shopkeeper Lin is too tragic; it's impossible to guard against!" Bitter Melon Vine said. "It really is 'not knowing how they died.' I announce that from now on, I am Shopkeeper Lin's little fanboy. Anyone who talks about pushing Shopkeeper Lin is my irreconcilable enemy. I have never admired an NPC so much."

"Once this happens, probably no one will want to push Shopkeeper Lin anymore; this guy is simply not something a human can deal with." Longxi looked at Lin Bai, who was dismembering himself, and sighed. "It's fortunate that this is a game; if one really met such a person in the Real World, a few people would definitely be scared crazy."

"It's a pity we can't fight alongside Shopkeeper Lin's hand and eye. This is the first battle in the Xianxia World involving only organs. What a good business opportunity to live-stream this bizarre battle from the first-person perspective; it's wasted." Baiyin looked at the three flying organs with extreme regret and said, "If only we could learn this skill, then we could throw out an eye to live-stream with Shopkeeper Lin."

"Stop talking, I feel like I'm going to have nightmares," Bitter Melon Vine said. "A bunch of eyeballs flying out to fight; even horror games don't do that..."

……

"Master, your eye and hand, flying out, won't there be any danger?" Jiang Qingqin looked at Lin Bai, who was missing his facial features, with heartache and asked worriedly, feeling more and more of her own incompetence. When will the Justice Alliance not have to be supported by Lin Bai alone!

The little white fox also cast a worried look.

"The eye is used to watch the road, the hand releases Palm Thunder, and the mouth is used for Provocation. As long as I don't encounter the Great Vehicle Realm, it is enough to deal with any situation," Lin Bai's mouth said in the air. "Moreover, the target of the three organs is small, so not everyone will notice."

He concealed some important information.

The Decibel Multiplier is a powerful attack skill; throwing the mouth out alone allows him to scream at the top of his lungs without worrying about hurting himself.

After all, the ears didn't go along.

And for the Provocation skill, as long as he speaks, the opponent will develop hostility toward him; there is no need to care what the opponent says. Having the ears go along would actually affect his performance.

Of course, if he could learn lip-reading, it would be even better; that way, perhaps he could recruit people for the Justice Alliance with just three organs...

"What if something goes wrong?" The little white fox watched the three organs floating alone outside, unblinkingly, and asked.

"If something goes wrong, just grow a few more," Lin Bai said indifferently. "It's nothing more than consuming some cultivation."

Lin Bai did not have the Skill of organ Regeneration, but that did not stop him from bragging.

Borrowing a tiger's skin to make a banner—how many people could he bluff?

Once he found an opportunity, he still had to keep grinding the Divine Doctor System's tasks; it would be best if he could produce organ cloning or pills for limb Regeneration.

That way, he could squander at will, with no more worries for the future.

"Alliance Leader, your mouth has flown away; how are we supposed to communicate with you?" Ge Feiyun asked.

"Isn't there a writing tablet?" Zhao Tulong said, "Just pretend the Alliance Leader is still practicing the Word-Follows-Law."

"Even without a mouth, I can still speak." Lin Bai activated Ventriloquism, and clear language immediately reached everyone's ears; there was no such thing as a useless Skill in this world.

Beside him, Jian Shijiu was amazed; he suddenly felt that becoming Lin Bai's Puppet was actually quite good—this guy was too terrifying, he was simply not human!

(End of chapter)