Chapter 38 Xu Daming: Gods may avoid me, but I will not!
"boom--!"
As a loud noise came from down the mountain, Amy suddenly froze and instinctively shrank back into the abandoned ship's cabin.
At this moment, down the mountain—
"Uh...you've got something!"
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Jiu Nian slowly climbed out of the giant pit, twisted his neck, and swung his spiked club at the golden figure radiating in the sky.
A streak of crimson lightning flashed, and Shanks appeared on a nearby tree, brushing the dust off his clothes in a slightly disheveled manner.
"Um..."
Taking advantage of the moment when there was free time, Jiu Nian immediately released his magic power. Upon seeing this, the other two immediately closed their eyes and released their magic power.
A familiar feeling surged into his heart in the next instant, and Jiu Nian was the first to lock onto the torn page in Amy's arms at the top of the mountain.
"How did this thing end up in the hands of that demi-human brat!?"
Before the other two could react, he leaped into the air with a burst of speed and flew toward the mountaintop.
"Oh no—!" Shanks thought to himself as he sensed a familiar aura.
"bump--!"
A golden flash streaked across the sky, and a powerful foot slammed into Jiu Nian's cheek, sending him flying to the other side of the island.
After tumbling several times in the air, Jiu Nian managed to steady herself with the strength of her legs, glaring at Cliff in front of her with eyes wide with rage: "You son of a bitch! You bastard—!"
"You forced me to do this!" Jiu Nian's originally ashen face suddenly turned bright red, and his chest heaved violently with his rapid breathing.
"ha..."
He took a deep breath, clasped his hands together, and a tiny magic circle appeared beside his mouth. Jiu Nian immediately roared out in Chinese:
"Listen up, all players on this island! The fragment is at the mountaintop! Whoever manages to grab a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls can exchange it for 10 million RMB here!"
"Brother Jiu, let me make this clear beforehand! If anyone dares to embezzle any of it, I guarantee you'll suffer the same fate in real life—"
"vomit--!"
Jiu Nian's shout was cut short as the yellow stars of Meng Tian flashed by and mercilessly bombarded him, sending him flying more than a thousand meters away.
"The Eight-Span Curved Jewel!"
Seeing this, Cliff immediately stopped hesitating. The moment he opened his arms, a huge light array with a radius of 2 kilometers appeared in the sky.
Countless yellow orbs of light burst forth, and then he lightly tapped his fingertip, injecting a small amount of lightning attribute into them.
"Crackling—!"
Amidst the thunder, the countless yellow orbs of light seemed to have eyes, relentlessly bombarding Jiu Nian.
At the same time, countless dark purple lightning bolts converged at Cliff's right foot, and he hovered in the air, squinting his eyes.
"Aaaaaaahh ...
"You bastard!"
Amidst the repeated curses, Jiu Nian felt utterly humiliated. After so many years in the game, this was the first time he had ever felt so miserable!
It's bad enough that I can't even hit anyone!
When has a rich kid like him ever suffered such humiliation?!
He's always the one who makes others feel bad!
Have you ever kicked Poseidon?
With a flash of golden light, Cliff, carrying a powerful kick imbued with dark purple lightning, appeared right in front of Shanks, who had already reached the summit.
"null--!"
With the earth-shattering force of this kick, a huge hole was blasted into the mountain peak, and the entire Vortex Island trembled.
Many players were thrown into the air by the kick, while a few skilled players used the force to fly into the sky.
Amy, who was now huddled in the abandoned ship's cabin on the mountaintop, was trembling with fear.
"Tap tap tap..."
A series of hurried footsteps approached, followed by the cabin door being kicked open. In the moonlight, Lovelyt came into Amy's view!
Without hesitation, Amy rushed forward and hugged her tightly: "Big sister! Sister Victoria told me to wait for you here, she wants you to take me away!"
"Victoria!? Where is she now!?" Upon hearing the extremely familiar name, Lovelet was immediately astonished.
Amy snuggled her face against her chest and took the two sheets of paper out of her pocket: "That older sister told me to wait for you here, and then...and then she disappeared..."
Two!?
Looking at the two fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lovelet couldn't help but laugh at herself. She had really underestimated the human naval forces!
"bump--!"
A massive figure landed abruptly behind her, breathing heavily, as the spikes of a spiked club pressed against the back of her neck.
Two whiskers twitched in the moonlight, and the cat-orc's voice was full of threat: "Hand it over! Or don't blame me for being impolite!"
The person who arrived was none other than Xu Daming!
"boom--!"
Upon seeing this, Lovelyt immediately reached out her palm, and the instant the magic circle appeared, she slammed it heavily into Xu Daming's abdomen.
The immense force sent him flying, crashing heavily into a cliff face.
"Cough cough cough..."
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and despite the pain, Xu Daming showed no fear. Instead, he stood up with a cold smile.
"You're a magician, not a magic warrior? Well then, I'm sorry... hehehe..." After licking the blood from the corner of his mouth, Xu Daming slammed his arms heavily on the ground and arched his back.
"You know very little about orcs, don't you? Orcs are least afraid of mages!" He raised his head and gave a bloodthirsty smile, and a violent aura quickly burst forth from his body.
"roar--!"
His body rapidly expanded, and Xu Daming instantly entered a berserk state, his body suddenly growing to about 6 meters tall, which startled Lovelyt.
"Ugh...!"
Before she could react, sharp claws were already in front of her. When she met those scarlet eyes, she felt a long-lost sense of fear.
"Whoosh...! Boom—!"
He barely dodged the attack while holding Amy, and then unleashed several large-scale spells in succession.
"Sizzle—!"
After observing that neither thunder nor hurricanes caused much damage, and recalling Xu Daming's earlier words...
She was drenched in sweat, and after seeing the nearly 100-meter-long, extremely terrifying scratches on the ground, she had no intention of fighting anymore.
"Oh no..."
Her body darted wildly through the woods as she grabbed Amy and prepared to make her escape. But as the huge commotion behind her disappeared, her pupils suddenly contracted.
Xu Daming's body had appeared in front of her without her noticing, and a blow came straight at her.
"null--!"
Lovelet, unable to dodge in time, was struck squarely in the face, her body flying backward, crashing through several large trees before embedding heavily into the stone wall behind her.
"Sizzle..."
Xu Daming, half-mad, rushed forward and decisively tore open Amy's pocket, obtaining the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments he had longed for.
He immediately used wood-attribute magic to briefly fuse them into the two furry pouches he had carved on his lower abdomen.
"Well…"
Lovelett, trapped in the stone wall, vomited a mouthful of blood and slowly fell to the ground. She staggered to her feet and stared intently at the person in front of her.
"Looks like it'll be time to finish them off..."
Xu Daming let out a heavy sigh, gripped his spiked club tightly, and appeared in front of her the next moment.
"bump--!"
But just as he was about to swing his spiked club, a disheveled red figure appeared in front of Lovelyt.
"Shanks—?!"
Xu Daming's eyes widened suddenly as he called out the person's name, now meeting those angry eyes.
"Gods, sir!"
With a crisp sound of a blade being drawn, the entire mountain was instantly enveloped in black and red lightning.
As the slender blade slashed out at a speed too fast for the naked eye to perceive, Xu Daming's hands were severed on the spot...
Amidst the splattering blood, his body was instantly blasted off the island by the force of the attack, crashing heavily onto a ship…
Fortunately... the two fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls absorbed most of the damage from this attack, preventing Xu Daming from being cut in half on the spot