Chapter 282: Stirring Up Trouble — Beta Testers to the Rescue?

One causing chaos in the sky, another stirring trouble on the ground—both working together to turn the Fear Emperor Tree’s trunk core zone upside down.

Kamiyu noticed that Jack’s shooting skills were a bit lacking, but his piloting was absolutely top-notch. Maneuvering and weaving through the air, he skillfully dodged the pursuit of the Fear Emperor Tree’s vines and tentacles, even managing to get them tangled up with each other.

Frenzied Lightning Arrow, Frenzied Lightning Arrow—Jack fired two shots in succession, sending two crackling lightning arrows toward the tree trunk.

“Damn it!” roared the Fear Emperor. To protect its trunk from further damage, it diverted half of its vine tentacles to block the two attacks.

Everyone in the Black Sphere War Room was overjoyed. Xiao Zhong clenched his fist in triumph, continuously cheering on the two fighting on the front lines.

“Go on, beat the hell out of it!” “Captain Jack, go, go, go!” “Watching this gets my blood pumping. If it weren’t for the tree wall blocking the way, I’d give the coordinates to our comrades at the artillery position to launch fire artillery shells.”

“So Skill Fruits are this powerful. After eating one, you can gain other professions. I also want to ‘change classes’ to a mage and experience lightning-element spells,” one intelligence officer said enviously.

“Aside from the Skill Fruits being powerful, Lady Kamiyu’s weapon is also extraordinary,” Li Changde pointed out the key factor.

“However, with Skill Fruits, Lady Kamiyu’s value has increased even more. Once Skill Fruits become widespread, everyone will pursue more and better equipment, requiring higher-quality gear,” Wu Yong added.

“And potions, especially Resistance Potions. Thankfully, Lady Kamiyu classified Anti-Electricity Potions as Level 1 controlled items, preventing them from being widely distributed. Otherwise, once Skill Fruits become common, Lady Kamiyu’s strength would be indirectly diminished,” Li Changde expressed his concern.

Thinking deeper, Li Changde realized that with Lady Kamiyu’s strength and creativity, she would surely come up with new methods. He was just worrying unnecessarily.

The Fear Emperor was being hit harder and harder, almost unable to bear it. It cried out loudly, ordering all Ability Users to return for support.

“Return quickly, my palace has been invaded!” “Hurry and defend the king!”

“That’s His Majesty Fear Emperor’s voice,” said a Third-Tier Ability User.

“Something happened at the temple?” “Who would dare?” Other Ability Users said, “Retreat quickly, don’t get entangled with them anymore.”

However, the members of the frontline Rescue Unit, who had long been prepared, saw the Ability Users disengaging from the fight and said, “Trying to leave?”

The team members, who had been holding back, now released their “restrictions” and began fighting seriously. “We can’t let them leave alive.”

Fireball Spells, earth spike attacks, wind blades, air explosions—all sorts of techniques were frantically unleashed upon the Ability Users.

“Gwah, so strong…” one Ability User didn’t even finish speaking before turning into a ball of fire and collapsing to the ground.

The new Players trapped in the tree cages watched wide-eyed. “These people are so strong.”

“Brothers, retreat quickly, don’t get entangled with them.” “We must return to defend the king.”

Some Ability Users with special abilities, particularly those who could run exceptionally fast, managed to escape the Rescue Unit’s encirclement.

But this wasn’t a problem, because there was still another plan in place.

“Report to the War Room, four Ability Users are fleeing toward G4-32-67.” The captain of the Rescue Unit radioed the coordinates to the War Room, calling for artillery support.

Less than twenty seconds later, three volleys of Fire-Element Shells rained down on the coordinates, reducing everything in the area to fragments and igniting a sea of flames.

“Target eliminated. Evacuate the new Players from here. We’ll move on to the next objective,” the captain of the Rescue Unit said.

From reporting the coordinates to firing the artillery, the shells landing, and confirming the kills, the entire process took less than a minute—remarkably efficient. The new Players trapped in the tree cages felt as if they were watching a sci-fi movie, momentarily unable to distinguish whether this was a game in another world or the real world.

“So impressive.” “We dealt massive Damage just to kill one Ability User, and over fifty were eliminated so effortlessly?” The new Players in the tree cages all wore expressions of astonishment.

Similar scenarios played out across various locations in Dragon Roar City.

Kamiyu, hearing the Black Sphere War Room’s report that no Ability Users would return to reinforce, breathed a sigh of relief. It was good to have a Power Faction behind you. Playing alone as a Lone Wolf simply couldn’t achieve this level of coordination and operation.

With the Ability Users failing to return to defend the tree trunk’s Core Zone for so long, the Fear Emperor was once again infuriated. “Where are my slaves? Where are you?” “Come save me quickly.” “Where are you? Men San, where are you?”

Men San had already returned long ago. Upon seeing Kamiyu running on the ground, he fled once more.

No explanation was needed. The moment Men San caught sight of that head of pink hair, he didn’t even bother to get a clear look at her face before turning tail and running as far away as possible. Wherever Kamiyu was, nothing good ever happened—especially for her enemies.

At this moment, the Fear Emperor was truly isolated and without aid, being pummeled by Jack. Jack’s Attack Power wasn’t particularly strong, but this sensation was akin to sawing at a giant tree with a small knife, leaving the Fear Emperor both frustrated and helpless.

The Fear Emperor deeply regretted devouring the three Fifth-Tier Ability Users, regretted underestimating Kamiyu, and regretted not stationing defensive Troops at home.

Feelings of remorse, resentment, anger, and hostility continuously brewed within him. The earth churned ceaselessly as his Tree Roots stirred, causing unending earthquakes.

“I will… I will kill you, I will kill you, Kamiyu!” A furious roar echoed throughout Dragon Roar City, accompanied by an earthquake reaching magnitude 7.

“He’s panicking, he’s panicking! You’re doing great, Jack. Keep it up.” Kamiyu continued running circles around the tree trunk, hurling specially crafted Poison Shells as she went—throwing as many as she could, preparing to poison the Fear Emperor into submission later.

But for her, who loved stirring up trouble, this was far from enough. She planned to pull off another major stunt: mounting the Royal Pegasus, flying near the Tree Hollow, and dumping hundreds of Poison Shells into the Fear Emperor Tree’s “mouth” as if disposing of trash.

Inside the Tree Hollow was the Fear Emperor’s palace, where his Main Body resided. When he devoured humans before, he would drag them into the Tree Hollow.

As the earthquakes grew increasingly intense, the Behind-the-Scenes Players grew more and more uneasy, believing the Fear Emperor was on the verge of Reviving.

“Hurry up and send the Beta Testers into Dragon Roar City to prevent the Fear Emperor from Reviving!”

“Beta Tester Players have already entered Dragon Roar City.”

“The others are useless. If only Lei Yao were here, but now we can only send the strongest Beta Tester, Lin Tianyu, in,” No. 05 said. “Agree to all his conditions, and tell him not to hold out for a higher price.”

“Also, stop contacting that Kamiyu. She’s deliberately ignoring our calls,” No. 05 continued.

Seeing the timing was right, Kamiyu signaled Jack to descend.

With a raised-head teleport slash, double jump, teleport slash, double jump, Kamiyu exploited a Bug, soaring diagonally into the sky as the two moved toward each other.

She held a “giant backpack” wrapped in Demon skin.

“Is this… the Airship’s Skin? What’s inside?” Jack exclaimed in surprise.