Warning:

—High-energy reaction detected.

Data Identification:

—[Chong Po Zhan] (Heavy Severing Strike)

Tactical Control Options:

—Concentrate all energy on self-healing functions to endure until the attack ends.

Survival Probability:

—45%

In that instant, a series of warning messages flashed before Infinite's eyes.

He didn't say anything, didn't think about anything.

Because...there was simply no time.

In a split second, the black chaotic power arrived, like a powerful black hand, tightly seizing Infinite's body.

"Miscalculated..." Seeing this, Link's face showed a rare look of seriousness as he muttered, "To think there would be someone who has mastered this kind of incantation..."

"Ah—" At the same time, Infinite in mid-air let out a painful roar for the first time.

His body was being destroyed, crushed, and eroded by the black chaotic power... Although he had executed the tactical control options at the fastest speed, his full-force self-healing was still no match for the destructive power of the incantation.

"Did it work..."

"This time it really seems to have succeeded!"

"He's already screaming, there's hope!"

Clearly, this attack... ignited hope in the surviving players once again.

However...

Three seconds later, because the skill's consumption had completely overdrawn his Life, Stamina and Spirit values to zero, Yama herself instantly turned into white light and dissipated; and the chaotic power she released... also vanished in an instant.

That's right, [Chong Po Zhan] (Heavy Severing Strike) was indeed an almost unresolvable offensive incantation. If Yama had been able to complete its release, Infinite would probably have died here. Unfortunately, assumptions are just assumptions, and the reality was a failure.

"Heh... haha... hahahaha..." About five seconds later, Infinite's body recovered once again, and he couldn't help laughing out loud, "You really can't be careless at all..." He stretched his body in the air, took a deep breath, and the energy within him returned to its peak once more, "Although its own power is weak, this 'Otherworld Demon Lord's Power' that it borrowed is not to be underestimated..."

Speaking to this point, Infinite raised both arms and opened his palms.

"Hmph..." Accompanied by a cold snort, a cyan energy ball appeared above his head, "You insignificant humans are really too presumptuous..." Before he could finish his sentence, the size of the light ball had expanded several times, "Do you know what you're doing?" He didn't intend to listen to the people below answer, and continued half a second later, "You almost destroyed my 'perfect lifeform'... This kind of behavior is unforgivable!"

"Run! As far as you can!" At this moment, Shiva shouted madly. As he shouted, his [Yu Kong] (Air Control) ability was activated, and he took the lead and darted away.

The surrounding crowd also scattered in all directions. Even without Shiva's reminder, they could all see what Infinite was planning to do...

"Hey, hey... If you do this, even I'll get hurt..." Even Link, who was floating in the higher air, felt the danger. He muttered to himself, while retreating quickly.

"All of you, disappear..." Finally, Infinite completed his charge and shouted loudly, "Qiang Neng Kuo Xiao Dan!" (High-Energy Expanding Roar Bomb!)

In that instant, the word "death" flashed through the minds of all the players.

Even though the opponent's attack hadn't landed yet, judging from Infinite's previous performance (instant skills had the destructive power of missiles)... the power and range of this move would be nuclear-bomb level.

In these short few seconds, probably no one could escape its range; and within this range, the number of people who could survive its power was very few.

"Is it over..."

"Is this the end..."

"It can't be helped... this guy's power is on a completely different dimension from us."

Thoughts of giving up and resigning to fate had sprouted in people's hearts, and many people slowed down their pace as a result.

Some simply stopped running, turned back to look at Infinite, and prepared to face their death directly.

However, at this moment, a shocking change occurred!

Di di di—

Warning:

—High-energy reaction detected.

Data Identification:

—[Bu Ying Zhui Hun] (Shadow Terror Soul Chase)

Tactical Control Options:

—Stop attacking, move horizontally at maximum speed.

Survival Probability:

—65%

"What?" Even with a 35% chance of death, Infinite didn't dare to be careless. He immediately executed the tactical control options, and thought in his heart with shock, "Where did that attack come from?" 0.2 seconds later, he thought of the answer, "Evading with horizontal movement, means it's coming from..."

Chi—

Before he could finish his thought, a cold light had arrived, slicing away Infinite's face, and... leaving behind a patch of black flame with annihilation properties on his face.

If Infinite hadn't made the evasive action in time, his entire body would probably have been split in two from top to bottom.

"Tch... as expected, troublesome." After one strike, Wang Tanzhi fell to the ground and looked up at the sky. "I've already accelerated to this point, but he can still dodge... which means his tactical control system's detection range and feedback speed are ridiculously high."

"Hmm... it seems another guy with tricky abilities has arrived..." At the same moment, Infinite in the air had torn off and thrown away his head burning with black flames, and grew a new one, "If I were to be cut in half relatively evenly, with large areas of black flame attached to both sides of my body, that would be difficult..."

"Hmph... if you successfully launched that 'Qiang Neng Kuo Xiao Dan' (High-Energy Expanding Roar Bomb), that would be really troublesome." Xiao Tan looked back at the other and replied, "I don't have the confidence to deal with you and Link alone."

"Oh?" Infinite's expression changed slightly, "Are you saying that you think if it's not a one-on-one fight..." He looked at the players who had already scattered, "You have a certain chance of winning?"

"That..." Xiao Tan smiled, that smile as warm as the spring breeze, "Who knows?"

"Judging from your tone... you must have some kind of plan." Infinite's analysis was fast and accurate, "Could it be, you're planning to stall for time?"

Xiao Tan didn't answer this question, because the moment Infinite asked this question, something happened—the sonic boom tunnel in the sky suddenly disappeared.

"Hmm?" This scene was undoubtedly not within Link's calculations, and his expression immediately changed. "What's going on? What happened to Ed's side?" He rapidly calculated all sorts of possibilities in his mind, "Could it be that he was eliminated by Lute? Or did the Z Organization do something?" Since he couldn't come to a definite answer for the time being, Link quickly gave up on meaningless guesses and began to think about other problems, "In any case, now that the tunnel is closed, both Infinite and I are trapped in the data link layer, which means... Infinite can't 'devour Lute' according to the plan, that is, he can't complete the 'final evolution'."

Chi Ying—

Several seconds later, Link's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a blade being drawn.

He turned his head and saw that a figure had already charged in front of him.

"Buddy, although you're flying very high, it's not good to be distracted on the battlefield!" Kuang Zong Jian Ying laughed wildly, raised the long sword in his hand, and a [Chu Yang Liao Kong] (First Sun Scorches the Sky) move was unleashed in response.

In an instant, a red sun sword qi penetrated the sky, and slashed towards Link.

"This is... [Jiu Yang Tian Jue] (Nine Suns Heavenly Art)..." Link also has self-healing abilities, but in terms of personality... he is the kind of person who will avoid a direct confrontation if he can, so he chose to dodge the move.

"So quickly he scanned all my data ah..." Kuang Zong Jian Ying also knows a little about the ability of the Derivative, "But 'knowing' does not mean you can 'cope' ... does it?"

Between words, Jian Shao connected two more moves - [Shuang Yang Fen Feng] (Double Suns Burn the Wind), [San Yang Liao Yun] (Three Suns Scorch the Clouds).

"Hehe..." Link smiled, "This young man, I can see... you have had experience fighting Derivatives. However, these experiences are probably meaningless in front of me..." While responding, he easily avoided Jian Shao's moves, and instantly flashed behind the other party, "Because... the guys you met before were too weak!"

Before the shout was over, Link had already made his move.

His attack method was very simple, he just used the staff in his hand to smash at Jian Shao's back, but... he was very confident that this simplest physical attack would be enough to smash the other party into two pieces.

Pa—

Unexpectedly, this staff failed to hit smoothly.

Because... a strong and powerful hand, at the instant before Link shot, clamped his wrist.

"So, you are very strong ah." Xiao Wen Cang Tian grasped Link's wrist, and said with a kind of murderous eyes, "Then let me cut you a few times... to test your elasticity..."