"Where's Minato Namikaze? Where's Uchiha Madara?"
"Where's Esdeath?"
"Why is no one here!"
Tony Stark zipped through the monster horde in his armor, firing magic-enhanced energy beams in every direction.
The magic-boosted energy beams had devastating penetration — they tore through the monsters' flesh with ease. But for creatures that seemed to feel no pain, that alone wasn't enough to take them down.
A wry苦笑 crossed Tony Stark's face. This was proving annoyingly difficult.
He'd only been studying magic for a short time, and had no ability to cast Mirror Space on a large scale. For the civilians he couldn't protect, he could only offer silent apologies.
Unlike Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Madara, and the others, Tony had enabled the livestream function. It hadn't even occurred to him that the others hadn't.
After all, Angel Yan and Gabriel had been discussing watching the livestream while eating snacks not long ago.
Of everyone in the chat group, only Tony Stark had the livestream running. So naturally, all the people who hadn't joined the mission were gathered in Tony's stream, hearing his complaints in real time.
Heathcliff: "From what we've gathered these past few days, it seems the only chat group member from Lighthouse Country is you."
Heathcliff: "Which means you're the only one who voluntarily chose Lighthouse Country."
Fallen Angel: "And your luck doesn't seem all that great."
Fallen Angel: "I don't know the details, but Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Madara, and Flying Squirrel all chose random. We don't know where they are now, but given the chaos in your stream, they clearly aren't in Lighthouse."
Heathcliff: "There are over 190 countries in the world. Not landing in Lighthouse when you picked random is completely normal."
Ordinary Group Leader: "Huh? Tony opened a stream?"
Just as Kayaba and Gabriel were talking in the stream, Su Yunqing had come online at some point.
Tony Stark, mid-combat, noticed Su Yunqing's name appear — and froze for just a second. The next thing he knew, a monster's tail had sent him flying.
But that was nothing to Tony. The Anti-Godslayer Armor was built from every hard metal known to science. Beyond vibranium, there was even some dark silver alloy in the mix. That hit wasn't breaking through his armor.
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "Why are you online?"
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "Done already?"
Tony asked, puzzled.
Ordinary Group Leader: "Of course not. I landed with Zhang Sanfeng and Zhang Zhiwei. I'm providing backup support for them."
Cook Daigu Into Soup: "Bai Xuan, the Group Leader, Ying Zi'nian, Daoist Zhang Sanfeng, Daoist Zhang Zhiwei, Uncle Jiu, Luo Hao, even the Angel Civilization."
Cook Daigu Into Soup: "Honestly, even if every monster that fell in Huaxia got cleared right now I wouldn't be surprised."
Daigu even thought that, if it weren't for the need to let Uncle Jiu, Zhang Zhiwei, and the others earn points, either Bai Xuan or Angel Yan alone could wipe out every monster that descended on Huaxia within three minutes.
Then just sit in front of the gate in the sky, kill anything that came out, or even dive in and kill them all.
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "Angels?"
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "Angels went to Huaxia?"
They're ALL in Huaxia? Can someone come save me over here?
Ordinary Group Leader: "Look at what you're saying. Do you not know what the relationship between Bai Xuan and the angels is?"
Ordinary Group Leader: "Of course they're helping Huaxia."
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "."
He'd genuinely forgotten about that connection.
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "By the way, @Cook Daigu Into Soup, are you still on the island nation?"
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "How's it going? All resolved?"
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "If you're done, come give me a hand!"
Cook Daigu Into Soup: "Uh... no can do."
Cook Daigu Into Soup: "I'm not on the island nation anymore."
Cook Daigu Into Soup: "Because Uchiha Madara used Susanoo Shadow Clones — I wasn't needed anymore. So I went to another country."
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "???"
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "Where are you now?"
Cook Daigu Into Soup: "Aries Country."
Richest Man in Lighthouse: "."
Needless to say, that country was being defended by Daigu alone. There was no way he was coming to help.
Loki: "@Glory of the Northern Gods, I, the great King of Asgard, am warning you — stop touching the collar around your neck."
Loki: "Do you have any idea what people think when a Shiba Inu keeps barking 'I am Thor, God of Thunder'?"
Glory of the Northern Gods: "Woof? Confused Shiba.jpg"
Loki: "."
Are you doing this on purpose?
Stop acting like you can't understand human speech, you damn Shiba Inu!
Most Ancient Godslayer: "@Shendu, are you trying to provoke me?"
Shendu: "What, not happy someone else is getting kills?"
Bearonia.
Vovin gave Shendu a cold sidelong glance. Scorching flames split the sky into a fire dragon, colliding head-on with Shendu's异火.
"If the chat group's rules didn't forbid members from killing each other, I'd settle you right here."
"But you haven't beaten me in the Virtual Battle Arena even once. That's why I have such contempt for you."
Shendu's猩红色瞳孔 burned with disdain for Vovin.
"After the mission — Virtual Battle Arena."
Vovin's face stiffened at Shendu's words, then spoke in an icy tone. He turned and walked in another direction, clearly deciding it wasn't worth continuing to fight Shendu here.
With the time he saved, he might as well hunt more prey and rack up more points and mission contribution.
"However many times we go, the result is the same."
Shendu watched Vovin's retreating back, voice flat.
Vovin heard him, hesitated for a moment, then kept walking.
His consciousness rifled through the group shop, quickly锁定ing one item.
[Dog Talisman: Grants the holder eternal youth and perfect immortality. Immune to all lethal attacks and death itself.]
"Carry that confidence of yours. Until the mission ends."
Vovin felt boundless vitality surge through his body, a savage smile spreading across his face.
Huaxia.
"Have you found something?"
Luo Hao looked at the thoughtful Bai Xuan and asked.
"You have traces of the World Will on you."
Bai Xuan studied Luo Hao, somewhat surprised.
It wasn't that Luo Hao being noticed by the World Will was strange — given that she'd broken through the Godslayer's位格 and possessed martial arts talent, being favored by the World Will wasn't impossible.
What surprised him was that the World Will's traces on Luo Hao felt profoundly familiar and warm.
Was it because of Earth?
That was part of it, certainly — but not the whole reason.
There was also a divine aura. A deity system entirely different from the one he himself had achieved.
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