Chapter 237

243. Chapter 243 Who Eliminated Who

The force of this wave of attack was very strong.

It was significantly stronger than the previous one-and-a-half wave attack.

It was no longer limited to the psychological level of nausea, but also caused some physical harm to Lucia and the others.

The demonic sound poured into the ears, and the three outer members with relatively weaker strength and lower resistance could not hold out first, showing painful expressions.

One person's ears and nose were even oozing traces of fresh blood.

"Come out! Come out!"

This outer member felt a hot current, wiped his nose, and discovered he was actually bleeding, and immediately flew into a rage.

Everyone else was fine, only he suffered misfortune, not to mention the pain, he couldn't save face either.

While shouting loudly, he also launched a witchcraft attack on the illusion, raising his hand and shooting out an ice spear as thick as an adult's arm.

This was Lucia's team, and after the exploratory "Mind Shock," this was the first proper attack they launched.

Using every means, they really couldn't find an effective attack target, having a full set of skills but nowhere to use them, what could they do?

The thick ice spear directly pierced through Lin Ke's mind illusion, then turned around, stabbed in from the back of the head, and then hovered, and then exploded.

Lin Ke's illusion vanished like a bubble, disappearing without a trace.

Leaving behind a ground scattered with fine ice shavings that glowed with a cold light.

"Come out! Get out here for me!"

He blew up Lin Ke's illusion, but it had no effect at all.

This outer member was still enduring one after another of the incomprehensible but nauseatingly toned "missme! missme!" demonic sound harassment.

Annoyed and restless, numb and itchy with stinging pain, continuously bleeding.

In pain, he acted as if mad, shouting loudly, losing his reason and roaring: "I will kill you, I will kill you!"

A Level 1 Wizard, who thought he was not an unknown nobody, was actually being toyed with like this.

It was simply a disgrace!

Tangxiong did not stop this outer member's mad actions.

He wanted to use this to test what response Linke Grande would give.

Then, based on the response, he would speculate what kind of plan the other party had.

In the midst of this outer member's angry roaring, a new Linke Grande mind illusion appeared out of thin air, gradually perfecting the body details from head to toe.

This time, without waiting for this outer member to take any action.

The illusion took the initiative, staring directly at the mad outer member with its eyes, lips moving up and down, emitting a sound that was louder in volume, higher in frequency, and more piercingly sharp and heart-scratching:

didyoumissme?

didyoumissme?

didyoumissme?

didyoumissme?

missme? missme?

missme? missme?

"Ah!!!!!"

This outer member immediately suffered a new wave of single-target sonic attack.

The prepared attacking witchcraft was actually interrupted directly, causing backlash, adding injury to injury.

Not only were the ears and nose bleeding, but all seven orifices on the face began to overflow with crimson blood.

The expression was distorted, as if wearing a mask of pain.

He also additionally endured Lin Ke's casually cast source power-enhanced version of "Mind Frenzy."

The entire person instantly lost self-control, covering his head, collapsing to the ground, and rolling wildly.

He felt a rusted, dulled, jagged saw was gently but irresistibly sawing his skull.

Besides the "missme" demonic sound, there were also harsh creaking sounds directly poured into the brain.

The Sea of Consciousness was even more like being violently stabbed by a rod almost as thick as the ice spear he had previously shot, churning upside down inside, causing massive destruction.

This outer member gritted his teeth, trying to concentrate his mental power to stabilize the Sea of Consciousness and expel the foreign object that had been stabbed into it.

However, his mental power, whether in quantity or quality, was already much lower than Lin Ke's.

Moreover, Lin Ke was also aided by the "Small World" source power.

This outer member's mental power was stirred by the rod and instantly collapsed.

"Ah!!!!!!!!"

Mental power collapsed, Sea of Consciousness severely damaged, the outer member could only roll around while holding his head and violently knocking it against the ground.

Dong, dong, dong...

Emitting loud, dull impact sounds.

Trying to use physical pain to substitute for or alleviate mental pain.

Compared to this outer member's miserable state, Tangxiong and the three Lucia members and the other two outer members were much better off, no longer suffering from the demonic sound harassment.

This outer member truly had noble integrity.

Drawing firepower, suffering himself, making teammates happy.

Tangxiong actually reacted quickly, and at the very moment this outer member collapsed to the ground, he began to administer treatment.

Rivors Bio-Medical College, you know.

Any wizard graduating from that college wouldn't be embarrassed to announce his alma mater if he didn't know a few medical witchcraft techniques.

Even if it was water-system healing witchcraft, or wood-system, light-system, or even several systems combined healing witchcraft, none of them worked at all.

Not only was he unable to heal the injuries of this outer member, he couldn't even alleviate the slightest bit of pain.

Even his elder brother directly applied anesthetic witchcraft, blocking the outer member's pain and proprioception, but it was still ineffective—the pain persisted.

With no other choice, he could only barely sustain the outer member's life, preventing sudden death.

Having punished this outer member sufficiently, Lin Ke's illusion shifted its gaze at this moment, fixing on his elder brother.

A very bright smile spread across his lips as he pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose bridge; Lin Ke's illusion spoke gently: "Still want to fight to the death?"

His elder brother signaled a Lucia to take over the treatment, then rose to meet Lin Ke's illusion's eyes, walking step by step toward the illusion under a gaze heavy with pressure and chilling killing intent.

During the approach, his elder brother began to remove his own defenses.

Armor, wizard tools, witchcraft—all were taken off one by one.

Even his upper garment was removed, revealing a muscular and sturdy upper body.

"Decide!"

His elder brother pointed to his left chest, enunciating each word: "I stand right here, waiting for you to dig out my heart!"

"Are you trying to provoke me?"

Lin Ke's illusion was remarkably lifelike, like a real person, with doubt in his eyes: "You seem eager to die by my hand—why?"

"No, you're mistaken."

His elder brother's expression remained unchanged as he spoke solemnly: "I am merely carrying out the task given to me by the family, and I will fight you to the death."

"Hmm..."

Lin Ke pondered for a while, growing more doubtful: "Are you Lucia always this reckless? If so, I'd really like to know how you developed this way."

"That's none of your business. Come out and fight—life and death are your own responsibility."

His elder brother ignored Lin Ke's indirect remarks, stood firm in principle, and was determined to settle the matter of life and death with Lin Ke.

Yet the more he insisted, the less Lin Ke could allow his elder brother to have his way.

What the enemy seeks to do, I will absolutely not let them accomplish!

Lin Ke smiled, the corner of his mouth lifting: "didyoumissme?"

The illusion then began to unleash its eerie, demonic sound assault.

Meanwhile, the real Lin Ke quietly arrived at the cave where Hawk Lucia and two innocent teammates were imprisoned.

The illusion was handed over to Flandre for control.

"Long time no see."

As if seeing an old friend, Lin Ke warmly greeted Hawk.

"Long time no see."

Hearing the footsteps, Hawk, who had initially shown joy, felt his heart tighten involuntarily, his voice sinking unconsciously.

Hawk instinctively thought that Linke Grande's arrival here meant he had already slaughtered all the Lucia outside, causing his mood to sink.

"We've never had a proper conversation, right?"

Lin Ke ignored the other two, stood before Hawk, and looked down at him.

"No."

Hawk lifted his head, meeting Lin Ke's assessing gaze, and said seriously: "Strictly speaking, the Lucia family and those who have had proper dealings with you are very few."

"Hmm..."

Lin Ke asked curiously: "Then, could you please, Hawk Lucia, once hailed as the 'Pureblood Will' and the second clear-minded one in the world, explain to me why the Lucia family would launch this sniper attack against me for no reason, despite already being reconciled?"

After a pause, Lin Ke emphasized: "I truly cannot comprehend what benefit this could bring to the Lucia family. Forgive my ignorance, but aside from personnel losses, academy punishment, and the disdain of high-level officials who pushed for reconciliation between the Lucia family and the Paro Sage lineage, I see nothing else the Lucia family could gain."

A flicker of pain passed through Hawk's eyes, his voice growing heavier: "I also cannot understand."

"But you still withdrew from the Paro Sage Legion midway."

Lin Ke pressed sharply.

"The family has orders; I have no choice."

Hawk explained his motive.

"How many times has this happened?"

Lin Ke's tone shifted abruptly as he posed this question.

Hawk thought carefully, then answered honestly: "Third time receiving the order, second time carrying it out."

"So..."

Lin Ke summoned a thick ice spear in his hand, pressing it against Hawk's throat, drawing out his voice: "Can you give me a reason not to kill you?"

Hawk gave no answer, closed his eyes, and awaited death.

The killer, people will always kill.

Even if no actual action has been taken, as long as murderous intent arises and an attempt is made, one cannot blame others if counter-killed.

At this moment, Hawk Lucia calmly accepted his impending end—dying nameless and worthless.

But he suddenly recalled his friend, Bobby Smith.

"Sorry."

Hawk Lucia, who had not shed a tear since age eight, felt a tear slide down his eye corner.

Yet after waiting a long time, Hawk still did not feel the ice spear's thrust.

His throat and chin still felt the cold stimulation.

Opening his eyes, he saw the ice spear still there, suspended in midair.

And Linke Grande had already vanished.

The other two teammates, bound together with him, were freed and were now moving their limbs.

【120> Hawk kept turning his head, searching all around for Linke Grande's figure.

Huo Ke kept turning his head, searching everywhere for Linke Grande's figure.

"Don't look, they've left."

An innocent teammate spoke up, "Also, don't wonder why they didn't kill you—it's just not worth it."

Another innocent teammate echoed, "Exactly, they have a bright future ahead; no need to dirty their hands, tarnish their reputation, or hinder their own development."

"But..."

Huo Ke voiced his confusion, as if muttering to himself, or perhaps asking the innocent teammates, "This doesn't match his style of repaying every grudge."

The first innocent teammate to speak seemed to have heard a huge joke, scoffed, and said, "In here they can kill you, but out there they can't? If they really wanted to kill, they could ambush you when you're isolated. They just don't want to, and can't, kill."

Another innocent teammate echoed, "Thanks to your family's three Level 3 Wizards, Zhun Xianze, and Sages—if not for their deterrence, you'd already be dead."

After speaking, the two ignored Huo Ke, stretched their limbs, and each found another spot to sit, silently waiting for the match to end.

As a teammate, surrendering or voluntarily withdrawing from the match is not allowed.

One can only wait silently for the match to end, or step outside the safety zone and be eliminated.

On the other side.

Tangxiong finally understood Linke Grande's intentions.

Neither engaging in battle nor revealing himself, he held them back, simply not wanting them to advance further toward the competition area's center.

As long as some time passes, the second hour ends, and the safety zone shrinks further, perhaps they could use the rules to eliminate them.

"Go!"

Having realized this, Tangxiong decisively made a decision, heading toward the competition area's center, seeking an opportunity to battle Linke Grande.

"didyoumissme?"

Tangxiong had just finished equipping his gear, turned around, and a new illusion quickly appeared, blocking his path.

Swish, swish, swish, swish...

It seemed a sound rang out, and then four illusions materialized out of thin air, blocking the two unharmed Lucia and two outer members.

"didyoumissme?"

Four overlapping magical cries rang out, blocking the path while enthusiastically greeting.

Flandre, following the old master's orders, immediately intercepted.

"Attack!"

Tangxiong let out a loud shout.

The two Lucia and two outer members immediately executed the order, each casting witchcraft.

For a moment, booming sounds echoed, and light scattered chaotically.

Six different attack witchcrafts—water, wood, light, or composite—struck the non-resistant illusions in full.

Lacking physical substance, purely composed of faint magical energies of various systems, with the True Spirit Wizard's "Spirit Puppet Technique" as its core, the illusions could not withstand Ring 1 witchcraft attacks and dissipated on contact.

"Depart."

Tangxiong immediately issued a new command.

However, before the two outer members could help the injured on the ground up, another illusion appeared, blocking the path.

"didyou..."

Tangxiong, who had anticipated this, directly waved his hand.

After probing the illusion's nature, Tangxiong didn't even need witchcraft—he used the True Spirit Wizard's mental power skill to shatter the illusion's core.

Practicing other systems' witchcraft is not a privilege exclusive to one person.

"Don't mind it, keep moving forward."

Tangxiong gave the order, himself leading the way with large strides.

Flandre, transformed into a wind elf, secretly grew anxious.

The old master had just entrusted her with the task of holding back this group—was she about to fail?

Damn it!

This is your fault for forcing me.

Flandre's eyes blazed with fire as she stared at Tangxiong, who had seen through her little trick, and resentment welled up in her heart.

Gritting her teeth, Flandre directly used her authority as the "Spirit" of the "Small World" to mobilize Source Power to empower herself, then personally transformed into the chest ring of the old master's Combat Mode.

Yes, Flandre had transformed herself into a ring.

In an instant, energy storage completed, the modified "Dissolving Ray" was about to reappear.

"Don't rush, Flandre."

At that moment, Linke's voice rang out, stopping Flandre's angry strike, "Look where they're going?"

Flandre focused her gaze and saw that the Lucia were moving away from the competition area's center, heading outward from the safety zone.

The demonic sound attack was merely a cover.

Linke's true method against the Lucia was still the Source Power-amplified "Mind Maze."

The prolonged demonic sound attack, in reality, aimed to lower the Lucia's mental defenses.

To facilitate the undetected effect of the Source Power-amplified "Mind Maze," guiding the Lucia toward the wrong direction, making them walk out of the safety zone on their own.

Then the question arises:

Who exactly eliminated the Lucia?