In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 480 Wang Ai Dies, Qu Tong Defeats

In the Twenty-Four Section Valley.

The great battle was not over yet, but at this moment, most people stopped fighting after seeing the Old Master and others stop.

In fact, after fighting to this point, except for those who are relatively evenly matched or have strong self-defense capabilities, the outcome has already been decided.

In such a moment, no one will hold back.

If you lose, it means certain death.

For example, the battle between Lü Ci, Wang Ai, and Qu Tong.

Qu Tong's fighting power was beyond expectations; it was unbelievably strong.

Although not at the pinnacle, his skill was in no way inferior to that of Wang and Lü.

She was originally assigned to Duanmu Ying by Lü Ci. Although she was younger than both Wang and Lü, she was not much younger.

If it weren't for the fact that the Dual-Handed Technique is more focused on self-healing and less adept at killing, perhaps the two old men, Wang and Lü, would already be dead by now.

Even so, Lü Ci was severely injured, and Wang Ai had already fallen to the ground, her neck crooked, lifeless.

For Qu Tong, although Wang Ai and Lü Ci were of the same caliber, the former was more formidable and needed to be dealt with first.

Duanmu Ying and Lü Ci had a deep-seated hatred, and Qu Tong, as Duanmu Ying's successor, naturally inherited this hatred as well, but ultimately it was not as profound as Duanmu Ying's own hatred.

Not to mention, in team fights, the support is always the first to be targeted.

The Wang family's Divine Coating Technique is renowned and is a famous auxiliary method within the circle. In a fight, if this auxiliary method is not dealt with first, the difficulty of dealing with the enemy will increase exponentially.

Qu Tong, relying on the super-strong regenerative power of her dual-wielding hands, withstood the attacks and bites of Wang Lü and the other man, and like Wolverine, crippled Wang Ai.

Whether it's the Spirit Binding Technique or the Divine Painting Technique, although they are both very powerful, they are all mage-type skills. Although Wang Ai's skills are quite good, with Lü Ci's assistance, they can handle most situations. In fact, if Judgment doesn't target them, this combination should be invincible.

But then, an unexpected event occurred.

Perhaps it wasn't an accident, because the trouble started with that little fox, Zhang Chulan.

It could be because Wang and Lü had interrogated him about the source of his Qi, and he did this on purpose, or it could be a spontaneous adjustment by the experts from the Quanxing sect.

In short, they failed to stop the Corpse Demon.

With the help of Yuan Shixiao, a Quanxing swordsmanship master from the Liuyun Sword School, and Han Dan'er, who had been enlightened by Qu Tong, Tu Junfang successfully escaped from Feng Baobao, Zhang Chulan, and Ma Xianhong and stopped Lü Ci.

Even though his raw strength was inferior to Lü Ci's, Tu Junfang's mastery of the Three Corpses Technique of the Anlu Three Demons Sect had a restraining effect on most extraordinary individuals, unless they were Taoist masters who cultivated both body and mind, who could temporarily suppress their own greed, anger, and ignorance using the Purification Mantra.

The greed of those two old scoundrels, Lü Ci and Wang Ai, was practically overflowing.

With Tu Junfang's assistance, and Qu Tong, who possesses strength below the top tier and can recover indefinitely, Lü Ci and Wang Ai's defeat was not unjust.

In other battlefields, Ding Shian suffered serious injuries, Feng Zhenghao lost an eye and two powerful spirits, and Ru Hu lost an arm, but in return, he blasted Wang Guoping's upper body into dust.

Zhang Chulan was in the best condition. This kid was cunning and only fought battles he was confident of winning. After getting rid of Tu Junfang, he led Feng Baobao and Ma Xianhong among the many masters of Quanxing and Yaoxing Society. They also joined forces with Wang Ye, who was also trying his best to stay alive and slack off. The four of them worked together.

Thanks to Feng Baobao's powerful senses, Ma Xianhong's numerous defensive magical artifacts, and Wang Ye's chaotic golden clapper, these four managed to only suffer a minor setback in the end.

As for the other dead, there were quite a few as well.

Old Meng, a temporary worker at Nadutong, Old Master Jia from Jiajia Village, and Elder Zhang Wang of the Tang Clan are all dead.

Almost half of the members of Quanxing, including Yuan Tao, Shen Chong, Dou Mei, Han Dan'er, and Liao Tietou, as well as Jiang Liu and Bi Youlong of Yaoxing Society, died.

Old Meng and several top-notch national security and military personnel died during the attack on Bi Youlong.

This powerful figure, who came from the front-line field operations unit of Na Du Tong and rose to the top of Na Du Tong's board of directors through his military achievements and Qu Tong's manipulation, possesses formidable combat power no less than that of the Ten Elders and has extremely rich combat experience. However, he is the person who was ordered by his superiors to be eliminated.

He was, after all, an enemy spy who had risen to a high position everywhere and knew too many company and even national secrets, so he had to be eliminated.

"Master, I'll leave Master Lu to your care. As for this demoness, I'll handle her."

Shimizu glanced at Zhou Sheng and Gu Jiting, then at Lu Jin, who was almost breaking through to the third level of Reverse Life while being beaten, and said to Zhang Zhiwei.

"Then you can handle it."

The old master glanced at Qu Tong, who was staring at them with murderous intent, and waved his hand.

Anyway, Professor Zhuo here is just a clone wearing high-tech magical artifacts, so there's no fear of anything happening.

Even if something really happens, the Old Master is confident he can protect them.

“This time, I miscalculated. The Great Luo Cave Observation is mysterious and unpredictable, and impossible to defend against. Yet you were able to stop Mr. Gu. You also underestimated the strength of the Old Celestial Master. I didn’t expect that even Senior Zhou Sheng was no match for the Old Celestial Master. Otherwise, this time, I should have turned the tide and won.”

Knowing that her fate was sealed, Qu Tong looked unwilling, clenching her fists as she stared at Qing Shuidao.

“A loss is a loss. If it were just a matter of if, you might have had reasons for doing so many things, and you had no choice but to do them. But right and wrong in this world are relative. You shouldn’t have let Chai Yan attack me in Biyou Village. Otherwise, why would you have thought of turning defeat into victory in this desperate situation?”

Qingshui walked slowly towards Qu Tong, holding a long sword upside down in his hand. The blue-glowing eyes on his platinum armor helmet stared coldly at Qu Tong.

This woman is cunning, capable, and shrewd. She inherited Duanmu Ying's estate and is incredibly ruthless and threatening.

Without the clean water here, if things had continued to evolve normally according to the original timeline, who knows what kind of catastrophe would have occurred.

In fact, even with clean water, only about half of the people in the Twenty-Four Valleys remained when they entered the valley.

Many of the sixty or seventy people who died were renowned figures in the world of supernatural beings; in total, it was quite a number.

Qu Tong's eyes flickered, but she didn't make a move. Instead, she stared at Qing Shui for a long time.

"Professor Zhuo, you're right. Should I say I was blind back then, or that I had great foresight? In the two years since you suddenly appeared, your development in both strength and influence has greatly exceeded my expectations."

I've calculated so much, and although I underestimated the strength of the Celestial Master and you, I haven't really miscalculated much before I met you. Even with some deviations, things were developing in the direction I hoped for. But after I stumbled with you, I've suffered repeated setbacks.

It was indeed a terrible mistake of mine to rashly provoke someone as talented as you, a talent that appears only once in a millennium, resulting in a complete defeat.

However, I'd like to know, in the opinion of someone as wise as you, if I hadn't provoked you, would I have had a chance of succeeding?

I haven't read the later parts of the script, how would I know if you can succeed?

Why don't you find a fearless sorcerer to go into the inner realm and perform a divination?
Of all my research achievements, half of them are copied from Tony Stark and Lex Luthor, and the rest are copied from Batman, Mr. Freeze, and Dr. Banner. I don't have that kind of ability. Oh well, I'll just make up a few lines.

Shimizu remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly deep in thought, but in reality, he was reviewing the messages displayed by Bai Ze, the AI ​​built into the battle armor.

"It's hard to say, but if you do what you want to do, it's inevitable that you'll cause trouble. The entire world of superhumans, as well as the country, doesn't want to see trouble. After all, the country is different from the country. With the abilities of superhumans, they can always make a decent living in this stable society."

This means you will face a lot of resistance. In the early stages, you can control a lot of people with your dual skills, but the later you go, the greater the resistance you will face. Not to mention the Old Master and Master Lu, which of the other masters can be controlled by you as easily as Wang Guoping and Bi Youlong?

Which of those who truly hold high positions in this country and control its rise and fall doesn't have skilled protectors around them? Whether they do good or bad things, those who can sit firmly in their positions must all be mentally strong.
Even with your dual skills, it might not be so easy to influence these people. So you can only start with their families. But ultimately, the power doesn't lie with them. You're just going around in circles; you'll still have to take action against those people eventually. Soon, those professional experts will discover the clues and alert them.

With the power of the state apparatus, as long as they put in a lot of effort to investigate, even if they can't find out the truth, they can still ask a sorcerer to calculate it. With your intelligence network, you should also know that there are top sorcerers in Zhongnanhai, as well as many precious top-level magical artifacts to assist you. You will be exposed sooner or later.

So then…

Qu Tong quietly picked up the conversation:

"At that time, I will still be unable to escape the situation I am in today. The army, the National Security Bureau, and Na Du Tong will still carry out a siege against me. If I fail once, there will be a second time, a third time. The top experts like the Celestial Master will still take action... I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Professor Zhuo. I will not succeed if I do this."

The truly hopeful approach is like yours: to integrate yourself closely with the nation, leverage the power of a great nation, act with integrity and dignity, and become a recipient of abundant support—only then can you achieve great things.

Qu Tong suddenly raised her head and looked at Qing Shui.

"Professor Zhuo, am I right?"

"Good comprehension, be more careful in your next life."

Shimizu nodded to Qu Tong, as if to say, "That's exactly what I mean."

"Then, Professor Zhuo, there's no need to dirty your hands. Let me commit suicide."

Qu Tong sighed softly, closed her eyes, and was about to raise her hand to strike her own crown.

"That won't work."

With a single sword stroke, Shimizu severed Qu Tong's hand.

"You're too calculating. I'm afraid you'll cause trouble again if you don't die a clean death."

Qu Tong's expression immediately turned cold, and Qi Flame rose from above her palm, restoring her severed hand.

"It seems you're not going to give me even the slightest chance. Aren't you afraid I'll fight to the death?"

"The fish will die, the net... Look around, a lot of fish have died, but the net is still strong."

Shimizu pointed to the surrounding area, where a group of extraordinary experts were encircling the place.

Several powerful figures, including Feng Zhenghao, Na Ruhu, Tong Hui, Guan Shihua, and Huang Ning'er, were at the forefront.

The old master even gave Qu Tong a thumbs-up.

Only Lu Jin finally broke through the third level of the Reverse Life Realm and fought fiercely with Ruan Feng, yelling loudly.

"So many fish are going to die with me, it's not a bad deal, but Professor Zhuo, do you think I'll just give in?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Qu Tong charged towards Zhang Chulan and the others who were hiding behind Feng Zhenghao.

Her only chance of survival now is to capture a hostage and use her as a hostage in order to escape from here!
Among everyone present, the most precious one was Zhang Chulan, whom the Old Celestial Master treasured the most!

"How brave!"

"presumptuous!"

"Death to the witch!"

In an instant, spirits, ghosts, and immortals, as well as strange magic and palm strikes, all attacked Qu Tong.

Zhang Chulan realized something was wrong and hurriedly activated his Xunlei VIP membership to rush to the Old Master's place.

"Master, save me!"

Before everyone else could react, thick bolts of lightning erupted from the ground and struck Qu Tong.

With his left hand on the ground, Qingshui unleashed the Thunder of Bosar, while his right hand reached forward, throwing out a magic artifact called the Binding Immortal Net, which enveloped Qu Tong.

At the same time, the old master, with his hair and beard bristling, was clearly angered by Qu Tong's attempt to attack Zhang Chulan, and pointed at Qu Tong.

It seemed as if endless Yang Five Thunders surged from the Old Celestial Master's palm.

Shimizu's shadow clone still needed to be mindful of the remaining chakra in this clone, so it restrained itself somewhat. However, the Heavenly Lightning unleashed by the Old Celestial Master with a century of cultivation was even more violent and surging than Shimizu's Bosat Lightning.

“Ahhhhhh————!!!”

A scream escaped Qu Tong's lips. In the dazzling lightning, the clothes on that graceful body were quickly reduced to charcoal, and the body was constantly collapsing and reforming under the lightning.

She didn't want to die, so she was still using her double-handed healing techniques to restore her physical body. However, under these circumstances, she felt worse than dead, as if she were being subjected to the torture of being slowly sliced ​​to death.

The Celestial Master's thunder magic is no ordinary thunder magic; it truly has the ability to damage the soul.

Even if Qu Tong's soul wanted to escape, it couldn't escape the Yang Five Thunders activated by the old celestial master.

On the other side, Gu Qiting, sitting next to Zhou Sheng, watched this scene and sighed softly.

Another psychopath who can take him down.

"Don't mind them, these two are abnormal, they are freaks that only appear once every few hundred or thousands of years. Look at the one next to them, this is the normal situation."

Zhou Sheng stretched out his finger and pointed to Lu Jin, who had broken through to the third level of Reverse Life and had gone from being beaten up to being evenly matched with Ruan Feng.

Master Lu is no longer a pitiful bottom-ranked player; he can now fight on par with centenarian monsters who created the Eight Extraordinary Techniques, and is now a player on the same standard.

"Tsk, it still doesn't feel right."

Gu Qiting shook his head, displeased.

(End of this chapter)