Chapter 38: A Death-Defying ３０ Seconds

Kamiyu’s strategy was to utilize Jack’s two Skills and Bai Zhan’s Razor Armor to create a Damage Reflect loop.

The so-called Damage Reflect loop worked like this: Suppose Jack first dealt 100 Damage, and Bai Zhan reflected 100 Damage.

Combined with Jack’s Thorns Reflection, the Damage calculation had a multiplicative effect.

Jack would receive 100*100 Damage, and Jack would then reflect 10,000 Damage back to Bai Zhan;

Bai Zhan would reflect the 10,000 Damage to Jack, and Jack would then reflect 100,000,000 Damage back to Bai Zhan.

This cycle would continue infinitely.

Only two Players who both possessed Damage Reflect abilities could play like this.

Moreover, one side also needed to possess an undying, Invincible ability.

It was essentially a tug-of-war between Jack’s 30-second Invincibility and Bai Zhan’s 100/100 Durability.

The question was whether Jack could deplete Bai Zhan’s 100/100 Durability within those 30 seconds.

If he could, Kamiyu’s method would win.

If he couldn’t, Jack would die.

As long as it was a game, there were rules. Where there were rules, they could be exploited and manipulated.

In gaming terms, this was called game understanding.

The moment Kamiyu heard that the Razor Armor’s equipment Level was Ancestral Legendary Tier, she felt reassured.

This meant the equipment had Durability. As long as it received enough effective hits;

Or if a single instance of Damage was sufficiently large, the equipment could be destroyed.

Why?

If the Razor Armor had no Durability, a Skill as overpowered as reflecting 100% Damage would have made it Invincible long ago. Would it still only be Ancestral Legendary Tier?

At the very least, it would have to be Dark Gold Tier, or even the top-tier Ancestral Dark Gold Tier among game equipment, to lack the Durability setting.

Simply put, Jack had activated his 30-second Invincibility Window. He had to use Damage Reflect to exhaust the Razor Armor’s Durability within those 30 seconds, thereby nullifying the Damage Reflect.

Bai Zhan was just an ordinary person then, and Kamiyu could trample him at will.

At this moment, Kamiyu no longer cared about the consumption of Magic Bullets.

She loaded two types of Magic Bullets: Delayed Implosion Bullets and Curving Bullets, making the Bullets “stick” to Bai Zhan.

Immediately after, Jack called out his two Skills: “Golden Body” and “Thorns Reflection.”

“Bang bang bang bang…” Over twenty gunshots rang out, every single one landing on Bai Zhan.

“Is that all?”

Bai Zhan wouldn’t be arrogant for much longer. Kamiyu confidently raised her head, looking down at Bai Zhan with pride. This was your final moment of arrogance, Bai Zhan. Enjoy these last few seconds.

Your death is next.

Kamiyu uttered softly, “Explode.”

“Boom boom boom…” The sounds erupted continuously.

“Huh? They actually all exploded together, not one by one. There’s still time for DPS,” Kamiyu discovered with pleasant surprise.

She was still in the Newcomer Phase, unfamiliar with her own Skills, and needed to test them.

Kamiyu was pleasantly surprised to find that her Delayed Implosion Bullets, after being fired in Burst Fire, could also be set to detonate simultaneously.

Instead of detonating at different times based on the firing sequence.

In that case, there were still 29 seconds of DPS time.

Kamiyu added to Jack, “While the Invincibility Window is still active, quickly continue adding DPS. This time, you’ll have to aim yourself.”

Even Common Bullets could cause Damage. Who knows, they might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back?

Jack nodded, charging forward while pulling a magazine from his void storage, completing the process of ejecting the magazine, clearing the bullets, and reloading the next one within 5 seconds.

Thud, thud, thud, thud—the sounds echoed.

Jack and Bai Zhan entered a damage reflect loop.

“Hmph, you’re really asking for death.” Bai Zhan still didn’t realize what was happening?

Over ten seconds later, Bai Zhan noticed cracks appearing on his Razor Armor.

And the cracks were growing larger.

“What’s going on?” Bai Zhan revealed a look of shock.

He immediately checked the durability of his Razor Armor.

The game interface panel displayed:

59/100

58/100

…

39/100

The durability was rapidly decreasing, and it was irreversible.

He said in panic, “What did you do?”

There were less than 10 seconds left.

The durability of the Razor Armor continued to drop.

If it dropped further, the Razor Armor would be destroyed and rendered useless, leaving him as vulnerable as an ordinary human—any damage would mean death.

9/100.

At this moment, Bai Zhan no longer cared about his image. He turned and ran back, trying to retrieve the overcoat lying over ten meters behind him.

A Legendary Tier defensive item—the overcoat.

Even though its durability was nearly depleted, every second of protection counted.

Their unique attack method might not last very long.

As a veteran player, Bai Zhan’s guess was correct.

Kamiyu’s strategy was a gamble on who would die first.

Jack had a 30-second invincibility window. If the Razor Armor wasn’t destroyed within those 30 seconds,

then once the time was up, Jack would be the one to die.

Kamiyu wouldn’t give Bai Zhan that chance.

She immediately lay down, aiming her Signature Sniper at the overcoat on the ground.

Legendary Tier versus Legendary Tier—she wouldn’t lose.

Bang, bang, bang, bang—four shots in 5 seconds.

Every bullet hit the overcoat on the ground.

With a “pingling~” sound,

the Legendary Tier defensive item, the overcoat, instantly turned into blue particles and vanished from this world.

“Damn you, you piece of XX!” Bai Zhan was just a step away from reaching the overcoat.

Now, Kamiyu had destroyed it.

Kamiyu snorted inwardly and thought, “Blame yourself for flexing in front of me, not even storing your defensive equipment in your storage. If you don’t die from this, it would defy all reason.”

She counted down the time remaining for Jack’s Golden Body.

5 seconds, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, 2 seconds.

The final 2 seconds.

Jack, ready to face death, prepared to charge forward and deliver a punch.

The final 1 second. The same blue particle glow that had appeared with the overcoat earlier emerged once more.

“We succeeded!” Zhong Hao jumped up excitedly.

Jack snorted.

Xu Liwen widened her eyes, saying in disbelief, “They actually succeeded?

If I remember correctly, this is the first recorded instance in the Black Sphere Game of a Legendary Tier defensive equipment being destroyed.

And it happened during the newcomer phase, the stage where Beta Testers are being screened.”

She rubbed her eyes, doubting whether she had seen it correctly.

Of course, she hadn’t misseen it. Kamiyu’s scope showed everything clearly.

“This is impossi—” Bai Zhan’s words were cut short.

With a “bang,”

Bai Zhan’s head disappeared, and a blood mist materialized above his neck.

Without defensive equipment, a player is just an ordinary person.

A Player Killer? Pah.

Look at Kamiyu now—calm, composed, her composure unbroken by the joy of victory.

Strike with ruthlessness and decisiveness when the moment calls for it.

What do you call someone who takes down a Player Killer?

Kamiyu’s Signature Sniper Rifle in front of her was still steaming.

Everyone was stunned, including Jack, Zhong Hao, Xu Liwen, and the officials like Colonel Hu in the rear.

They had all thought Bai Zhan still had a counterattack up his sleeve.

Who would have guessed he would be taken down so easily by a single shot from Kamiyu.

【Panel Alert: Congratulations, Player Kamiyu, on your first Kill of a High-Tier Player. Please be sure to Recycle the High-Tier Player’s Dropped Items.】

Kamiyu thought to herself, kills have drops?

So the reason there were no drops before was because the newcomers had no equipment—they were too poor to have anything to Drop.

【Kill one Player, obtained 1 Enhancement Point.】

Kamiyu muttered in disbelief, “Killing such a strong player only gives 1 Enhancement Point?”

Regardless, with Bai Zhan now dead, they had entered the final stage of the Decisive Battle among players, and everyone returned to fighting on their own.

Kamiyu rushed to Bai Zhan’s corpse, gathered all the items on him in one go, and stored them away in her Storage.