Chapter 164 The Show Must Go On

As Krröen finished uttering those words, a long “hum—” sounded.

He immediately looked in the direction of the sound and saw… at that moment, Idünn, Thuleus, and a bone dragon that was relatively close to Feng Bujue, were simultaneously attacking the target from three directions…

The mace carrying insane brute force, the giant sword containing righteous holy energy, the death dragon breath filled with icy aura… three forces that could annihilate almost any living thing struck Feng Bujue's body at the same moment.

However, at that very instant, accompanied by the “humming” sound, three arrays formed of black light appeared around Feng Bujue, respectively meeting the impacts from the three directions.

Boom—

In the next second, the sound of energy exploding rang out.

Idünn and Thuleus both widened their eyes, spitting out blood and flying backwards in horror.

As for the bone dragon, it had already scattered back into a pile of broken bones in the first instant…

“Damn it! I fell for it!” Although Krröen didn't know exactly what Feng Bujue had done, he could roughly guess that the latter had used some kind of skill that could only be activated when attacked from multiple directions.

Obviously, Feng Bujue's verbal insults and provocations earlier were not… or rather, “not only” to satisfy his own twisted sense of humor; more importantly… they were a means of putting himself in a “surrounded” situation.

“Impossible to guard against…” Krröen, already in a state of mana exhaustion, couldn't help but kneel on one knee and sigh in frustration after suffering this mental blow.

“Ah—” Idünn, who had fallen on his back upon landing, let out an undisguised scream of pain.

“Ugh—” Only Thuleus seemed to be doing alright, after all, the Paladin was a class with strong defensive abilities. He had adjusted his posture in the air and landed on his feet; of course… in reality, his injuries were only slightly lighter than Idünn's, but he wanted to put on a brave face for the sake of appearances.

Clap—clap—clap—

Seconds later, Feng Bujue began to applaud unhurriedly, further pressuring his enemies with his facial expressions.

“Wonderful, very wonderful.” After lazily clapping a few times, Feng Bujue opened his mouth with a smile and said, “As expected of ‘God-tier’ opponents, the power of your combined attack is much stronger than those ‘Otherworld Travelers’.”

“What… did you do?” Thuleus asked in a deep voice, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

“Do I need to explain it to you?” Feng Bujue's reply was quick, and his tone was matter-of-fact.

From beginning to end, he had been so calm and confident.

But in reality… for Brother Jue, this battle was not as easy as it seemed.

The cooldown time for the fourth effect of Feng Bujue's [Madness Poker], “Lunacy,” was a full day; if he encountered such a combined attack again, he wouldn't be able to activate it. Therefore, he had to reveal as little information as possible and maintain this relaxed attitude to bluff… that way, the other party would be wary of the effect of that move just now and wouldn't dare to launch a siege again.

“Ouaaa—” Before he could finish speaking, Idünn on the other side had already rolled over, got up from the ground, and roared to the sky, his only eye bulging with blood.

“Tch… entered a berserk state, huh…” Seeing this scene, Thuleus' expression became a little strange; even more concerning was… after muttering softly to himself, he actually drew his giant sword and staggered backwards.

“Oh?” Feng Bujue's ability to observe words and expressions was top-notch, he saw through the trick at a glance. After pondering for a second, he opened his arms and shouted loudly at Idünn, “Hey! Idünn, want to smash something? I'm right here.”

“Augh—” Idünn's reaction was just as Brother Jue had expected. After being attracted by the latter's attention, he charged over like a crazed beast… howling, he rushed forward.

At this moment, the way this God of Folly charged was using both his hands and feet, crawling and tumbling, even abandoning his mace… however, his strength and speed had suddenly increased, to the point where Feng Bujue couldn't shake him off without activating [Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu - Modified]. (Spirit Gathering Technique - Modified)

“So strong, huh…” However, Feng Bujue was secretly delighted in his heart as he fled, “Then I can rest assured…”

There was a reason why he was so happy…

Brother Jue realized something when Thuleus retreated—Idünn, who had entered a berserk state, was “indiscriminate”; Krröen didn't react to this because he had never seen Idünn berserk before, but Thuleus and Idünn were both among the Nine Gods and had fought against the Four Pillars Gods together, so he must have known this, which was why he retreated.

So, what could an “indiscriminate, berserk Idünn” be used for? The answer was obvious… using him to clear out the surrounding bone dragons was perfect.

Thus, after stabilizing Idünn's aggro, Feng Bujue activated [Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu - Modified] and used a speed that was “only a little faster than Idünn, not enough to let him lose track but not enough to let him catch up” to pull the latter around the open space.

Whenever the agile Brother Jue passed, brushed, or crawled past a bone dragon, Idünn, who followed closely like a bulldozer, would smash, crush, or tear apart that bone dragon, and continue his pursuit…

Thuleus and Krröen saw this, but there was nothing they could do… just as Brother Jue had said, Idünn was indeed the strongest in their group, at least in the matter of “head-on confrontation.” This type of character, who traded intelligence for strength, often had an advantage.

In normal times, if Thuleus faced a normal Idünn, he could probably draw with him using some special abilities; but when he encountered a berserk body, he was powerless.

As for Krröen… his strength was probably a little weaker than some mediocre Time Officials or Jurors; moreover, he was a necromancer who had put all his talent points into “summoning.” Right now, he had summoned dozens of bone dragons at once (those dragon corpses that were destroyed “very incompletely” by Blackbeard couldn't be used as summoning materials, so he could only gather a few dozen), and he had basically burned through all his mana… Not to mention stopping the berserk Idünn, he might not even be able to defeat a team of players with average skill at this moment.

Just like that, Feng Bujue used his speed advantage to “kite” Idünn for a full five minutes.

Five minutes later, Idünn's berserk state finally reached its time limit… The moment the berserk "Buff" disappeared, the big fool fell to the ground from exhaustion, rolled around several times, and then lay flat on his back.

And Feng Bujue wasn't relaxed either… Even though he used the “instant activation” technique to change the consumption of “1% Survival Value lost per second” from [Ling Shi Ju Shen Shu - Modified] into intermittent losses, it was still a long time to run around in circles, and he had still used up about 80% of his Survival Value.

Fortunately… he had Survival Value supplements.

After stopping, Brother Jue decisively chugged a big bottle (since the fundamental purpose of the game had changed, Feng Bujue no longer considered “economic” issues, so he only carried large health potions now), directly filling his health to the max.

“Haa… got rid of one…” After drinking the Survival Value supplement, Feng Bujue breathed out comfortably, then casually threw the bottle away and looked at the remaining two enemies, “There's also a waste who's forcibly acting cool and overloaded his spells, causing himself to be limp even now, and a scum who's putting on a brave face after being injured but is actually wobbling…” He said, cracking his neck, “I might as well ask… do you guys think there's still a chance to kill me?”

Chi—

Just as Feng Bujue's voice fell…

The sound of wind breaking suddenly rose.

The shadow of assassination arrived with a whoosh.

This was an extremely sudden attack. The attacker suddenly burst out from the forest at the edge of the open space, approached Feng Bujue with lightning speed, and the route he took was straight towards Feng Bujue's back, completely within the latter's blind spot.

Ivan's attack was bound to succeed…

From the beginning, he had been waiting for this opportunity, so he didn't descend from the sky with the other three, but quietly lurked in the forest, slowly and quietly approaching this open space…