The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

Killed players would have points deducted, and reaching zero would result in direct elimination from the ranking battle, while the opponent could plunder more than half of their Cyber Coins.

Thus, the situation had arisen where betting all one's Cyber Coins on the chance to survive was the move to make, after all, as long as one wasn't eliminated, there was still an opportunity.

"Still undecided?" The young man laughed, "Why bother? When you were busy making money, we had already been preparing everything for today. Whether it's Combat Prosthetics, weapons, or support from the Main City, we can press you down."

Rainier Vale clenched his teeth—he and his faction had quickly realized this after the fight. The enemy had come prepared, hence they were at a continuous disadvantage.

No choice.

He sighed deeply in his heart. It had to be this way.

"Sometimes, picking the right side is more important than anything else," the young man said, watching Rainier Vale display his panel with a faint smile.

He was about to raise his hand to receive.

Suddenly, the young man's expression changed, glancing at his wristwatch, which popped up a message from the Main City processing department headquarters.

[All processing squads immediately cease operations and leave the Illegal Land!]

What's going on?

Why the retreat?

No.

Retreat my ass, the players wouldn't care about this order.

Just then, a great mass of footsteps rang out, a multitude of red-glowing prosthetic eyes, the dark muzzles of guns, and all shapes and sizes of external Combat Prosthetics kept appearing nearby.

"All Night City processing department personnel, you are illegally invading The Hustlers' commercial base!"

"You will now be purged!"

The young man and the uniformed players around him shivered all over, and the next moment, their heads were blasted by electric propulsion sniper rifles!

At the same time, the Cyber Coins they had plundered fell in the form of holographic data!

The crowd looked over.

Even Rainier Vale couldn't help but feel a chill!

Not to mention the three members of Fatty's team.

"We're on your side! And we saw each other when we were transporting goods earlier!" Fatty's three members raised their hands hurriedly.

Simon looked at these people and waved his hand, "We know, where is your main battlefield? Point us in the right direction."

Now, all uniformed personnel had to be purged, and these people couldn't escape either.

Rainier Vale hesitated, then pointed in a direction, "The main battlefield is over there."

However, top players like Killer Thousand Miles and Netherworld King hadn't joined the group battle. They needed to exert their full strength, and too many people fighting could cause certain interferences. They had even deliberately kept their distance, not knowing the current situation.

"Good, the chairman has ordered us to fight quickly! Let's go!"

Simon led the group onwards.

Their dense and heavy footsteps left the others somewhat dazed.

What exactly had happened, and why were a group of former merchants and poor people fighting, and who was the chairman?

Rainier Vale sighed softly:

"I don't get it, I really don't."

At this moment.

"Kill!!"

Killer Thousand Miles charged through the streets extremely fast, his fighting accompanied by roars.

He threw beads from his hands, which then exploded in a chain of blasts!

"Boom boom boom!"

But the explosive force was blocked by the Netherworld King in front of him!

Killer Thousand Miles' eyes were sharp as he attempted to close in.

"Don't even think about it, get lost!" Ripples surged out from Netherworld King as the center, not any physical waves, but Pollutants bursting out!

His current sequence was not strong enough to leverage many traits, and spiritual power Skills had their usage and energy consumption limitations.

But.

If he could obtain a powerful Pollutant with a spiritual power impact, he could use the Spiritual Pollution Power on it to exchange blood in battle with others.

That was the advantage of the hidden conversion to a profession with spiritual power! And of course, these resources were not collected by him but were supported by the club forces above. After all, any profession related to spiritual classes held a T1 level in the sequence of Abyssal Paradise and was sure to be cultivated heavily.

Moreover, facing the increasing frequency of upcoming polluted worlds, the spiritual attribute was key. Other professions were not necessarily excluded; they shone in the regular world, but for Pollution and Abyss-type situations, they had to pay much more, such as a vast amount of Spiritual Energy and rare Tools, Equipment.

But these were ultimately external objects.

Like Killer Thousand Miles at this moment, his Spiritual Energy was at rock bottom, the Buddha Bead Ancient Relic on the back of his hand was dimming, and the protective layer enveloping his body was continually weakening!

The next moment.

He couldn't hold on anymore! The defense formed by spiritual energy developed a clearly visible crack!

Damn it!

The pupils of Killer Miles contracted!

"Great opportunity!"

Netherworld King raised his hand, and the ancient relic on his forehead flickered: "Stop right there!!"

The cold light burst forth from Netherworld King's pupils, and spiritual power erupted along with his spiritual energy, triggering his traits, which directly produced a stopping effect!

Killer Miles' body was affected!

He actually got forcefully [Controlled] and halted, unable to move!

All the sequence traits are like superpowers, and they can often be used to develop many other applications.

"This is bad."

The pupils of Killer Miles contracted again; he was not some inexperienced ordinary player, well-versed in various combat methods, and he also understood that once designated by spiritual power traits, it would be extremely troublesome.

All things like Illusion Realm, control, impact, Illusion Burst, and so on were extremely dangerous!

Some could be escaped by biting the tongue to produce the stimulus of pain, but now his whole body seemed to be paralyzed, and he couldn't move a muscle, let alone bite his tongue!

"I'm right here." Netherworld King's pupils gleamed with a sinister light: "My power is unstoppable!"

He was about to strike Killer Miles and directly kill him!

Without spiritual energy protection, his body would be as fragile as paper should he sustain fatal damage!

Just then.

Killer Miles' gaze suddenly quivered slightly as he looked towards Netherworld King.

Netherworld King stood frozen in place, his entire pupils diffused, staring vacantly into the distance!

"What's happening?"

"Did he fall into an illusion?"

Killer Miles' expression was one of shock; Netherworld King, who held a hidden spiritual profession, was actually controlled by someone else!

And the next moment.

"Thump." Netherworld King suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood! His whole body showed numerous traces and he was bleeding profusely!

Killer Miles' restraints disappeared as well.

But Netherworld King couldn't concern himself with these, instead, his gaze trembled with fear and wariness, looking around!

"Who is it, who exactly is it!"

But he saw no one!

All he had seen was a gigantic eye at the infinite end of the universe, tearing him to shreds!

And at this moment, Killer Miles, now free of constraints, dashed forward, seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and pierced his heart directly!

In the distance on the rooftop.

Su Qi looked at the spinning top on his fingertip and mused to himself.

"I didn't expect that this thing, combined with a Concrete Ability, could actually materialize the damage from the Illusion Realm directly into reality."

[Name: Fingertip Universe — Damaged Version]

[Type: Spiritual Ability Equipment]

[Function: Spin the top, before the rotation ends, can pull any target into an illusion, and based on the spiritual state of the target at the end and the Spiritual Attribute, cause spiritual damage]

[Consumption: 100 Spiritual Power]

[Usage Conditions: Profession must reach Sequence 9, Spiritual Power 98]

[This item has growth potential: Collect five D-level pollutants to upgrade it]

"In other words, if used correctly, I might have the capability to solo-kill beings with lower spiritual power than mine."

Of course, there are limits; when using the fingertip top, if you want to participate to increase the realism of the Illusion Realm, you can't move, which is why Su Qi didn't enter the fray.

And now.

Su Qi looked at the time, raised his wristwatch, and messaged that person living in Main City: "It's almost over."

"...Who....won..."

"?"

The other side was silent for a while: "I....understand."

After a brief delay, another message appeared.

"From now on, no matter what happens, I will give my all to support you."