Willis looked at Jiang Kai in shock. "Impossible, just why is this, how did you pull it off!"
Jiang Kai didn't rush to draw his sword. After all, once he drew his sword, unless Willis also had a skill similar to Fated Lives of All Beings, he was doomed to die.
This guy had combat ability far beyond normal people, but it was impossible for him to also have a skill like Fated Lives of All Beings, right?
Jiang Kai said calmly, "I discovered that the so-called all-powerful fellow wasn't actually your real body. Your real body has been hiding behind it all along."
"Once I realized that, you stopped being an unbeatable opponent."
"When I used my last Fraud Substitute, I took advantage of the real body being in stealth, and at the same time activated the clone skill, letting the clone draw your attention. That way you'd never think to search for the hidden me."
"When you killed my clone, I could easily kill your real body."
The Jiang Kai lying on the ground, with two swords stuck in his chest and head, had disappeared along with the earlier explosion. Now he was clutching his wound and looking at Jiang Kai. "Hey, I'm not dead yet. I think, with my invincible vitality and willpower, I can still… be saved a little…"
Willis glanced at the Jiang Kai clone on the ground, then looked back at Jiang Kai's real body.
Only now did he finally understand how he had lost.
Rather than saying he lost to Jiang Kai's clone, or because of his own carelessness, it was better to say—he lost to Jiang Kai's scheming!
Willis looked down at the longsword in his chest, and suddenly a calmness washed over him. He lowered his hands, looked straight at Jiang Kai, and even had a faint smile appear on his face.
"You're stronger than I imagined… Jiang Kai, you didn't let me down. You gave me back my drive to fight."
Jiang Kai frowned. Just how lonely was this guy? Defeated, and instead it made him happy?
"After finding those super strong quest givers, for a long time I didn't feel any threat at all. Anyone who saw my strength said I was the strongest mortal profession. But that wasn't a good thing. Mortal professions are just the doorway stage of Ghost Star, and I lost my fighting spirit at the doorway stage…"
"So, I craved meeting masters. Kuramasuke, you, and those other people far beyond normal. I found you all, wanting to feel that sense of urgency again."
"Didn't expect my first battle would already be a loss!"
Jiang Kai frowned slightly. "You mean there are a lot of guys with strength on par with you?"
Willis gave a faint smile. "Out of the hundreds of millions of players worldwide, professions, talents, different builds, opportunities, chances—only things we can't imagine."
"Especially after transcending the mortal stage, you should know—after transcendence, each individual affects their advancement path. That means the variations in the future will only grow greater!"
"Jiang Kai, after I transcend, I'll come find you again!"
Jiang Kai suddenly felt a little envious of Willis's ease.
Even though he had lost, he was even more excited. Unlike Jiang Kai—one defeat could mean eternal damnation.
"Willis, that letter…"
"Find the ancient temple ruins, and you'll naturally be able to open it. But I don't know where the ancient temple ruins are in Huaxia." Willis said.
Ancient temple ruins? Jiang Kai had never heard of them, but could only memorize this lead for now.
"Jiang Kai, could you let our countrymen go…" Willis looked at him. "This is what national wars are. If we don't attack you, others will. Just like your Huaxia—if our positions were reversed, wouldn't you also attack us?"
Jiang Kai raised his eyes to Willis and sighed. What he said was indeed the truth.
After thinking, Jiang Kai said, "If they're willing to give up their national flag and district flag, I'll spare them. Otherwise, sorry—even if you and I switched places, you wouldn't stop either, right?"
Willis hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
"Ghost Star is more complicated than we imagined, Jiang Kai. Break through the mortal profession stage as soon as you can. Only then will we have the chance to truly understand this world…" With that, Willis suddenly stepped back, and his body collapsed straight down.
Far away, Chatham saw Willis fall in battle and stood stunned for a long time.
The F-country powerhouses looked in disbelief at the battlefield. They couldn't accept that what they saw with their own eyes was real.
The battle between two super strong figures had finally ended—with Willis's defeat.
"Impossible, Willis could defeat transcenders, how could Jiang Kai defeat him!"
"Willis's undefeated legend, ended by Jiang Kai…"
Jiang Kai sheathed his sword, then looked at the barely breathing clone.
As a skill, once this clone dissipated it would enter cooldown, needing a long time before it could be used again.
Jiang Kai crouched to check the clone's wounds. Looked like this guy had overestimated himself—he couldn't be saved.
Those two strikes from Willis were both absolutely fatal. With Willis's attributes, there was no way to survive them.
In other words, if Jiang Kai hadn't had this clone, then the one lying on the ground right now would very likely have been him.
In this world, there were still people strong enough to reach Willis's level… Jiang Kai suddenly felt like his road ahead was still very long.
"Brother, don't go calling yourself an undefeated, immortal war god anymore… keep it low-key."
"You… mind your… own…" With that arrogant attitude, the clone tilted its head, and vanished completely.
Jiang Kai shook his head. Was this really the personality that had split off from his own body?
Then, Jiang Kai stood and looked at the F-country army across from him.
He roared, "All of you listen well! Either hand over your district flag and national flag, or today I'll unleash a massacre!"
Handing over their flags meant surrendering. No matter what F-country had done in real history, right now this was Ghost Star, and there was no way these people would surrender so easily.
"Jiang Kai, dream on! Your Huaxia army is already spent! I don't believe one man can fight against our hundred-thousand-strong army!" Chatham shouted.
Jiang Kai gave a cold snort, put away Purple Lightning Phantom Light, and clasped two Life-Chasers in his hands.
"In that case, don't blame me!"
"Quenching!"
"Old Hu, Ruan Yu, Brother Zhao, Brother Ouyang—time to work!"
Ouyang Yi was in the middle of excited commentary. "Jiang Kai won, we won, we won! … Sorry, Captain Kai just called me, our squad's got to start working now. You guys switch commentators."
Hu Yan, Ruan Yu, Zhao Tiequan, and Ouyang Yi stepped out from the crowd, standing at Jiang Kai's side.
"Captain Kai, if you don't play extra well in this national war, once we get out you'll probably be cursed to death." Hu Yan said calmly. "At the very least, you've got to kill a few thousand people."
"A few thousand's a bit hard. Jiang Kai's substitute is gone, and his stamina won't hold up." Zhao Tiequan said.
"No problem, we'll help you." Ouyang Yi said.
Jiang Kai said gloomily, "You think I wanted to be late? I got schemed against!"
"Forget it, not going to talk about that. Anyway, I was late after all." Jiang Kai shook his head, eyes fixed on the F-country forces. "A few thousand's too many, I can't kill that many."
"So what now?" Hu Yan asked.
Jiang Kai frowned. "There's still a way. Hey, you guys know who their F-country leader is?"
Zhao Tiequan immediately pointed at a man in the distance. "That's him, the one in black leather armor, with vertical stripes on his clothes and pants, big beard."
Ouyang Yi added, "The same guy who just said you couldn't deal with our hundred-thousand army."
Jiang Kai's gaze pierced through the battle lines, locking right onto Chatham.
"Him, huh… got it."
Feeling Jiang Kai's gaze, Chatham suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, a wave of bad premonition rushing in.
Jiang Kai alone really couldn't kill a hundred-thousand strong army. But if he only wanted to kill one man…
Jiang Kai stepped forward, voice cold as he shouted at the F-country hundred-thousand, "Capture the thief, capture the king first. Next, I'm going to kill your commander."
"Anyone who wants to stop me—bring it on!"
"Fire God Squad, move out!"
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