Chapter 202: A Not-So-Optimistic Situation, Ksitigarbha’s Emissary
Chapter 202: Chapter 202: A Not-So-Optimistic Situation, Ksitigarbha’s Emissary
Jade could predict her enemy’s moves, but when it came to the mysterious Rowan, she was struggling a bit.
After some testing, Rowan found out about Jade’s ability. Instead of continuing the attack, he decided to stay as far away from her as possible, hiding at the edge of the arena.
“Interesting. Your class must be Divine-Eyed Swordsman. Ranked 178th in the Mythic Rank class list. It’s definitely more troublesome than most Mythic Rank classes,” Rowan said with a smile.
As he spoke, his arm suddenly started moving strangely.
Jade’s golden eyes immediately focused on Rowan’s arm.
“Why, how come I can’t see anything?!” Jade suddenly widened her eyes, full of disbelief.
This was the first time she had ever faced such a situation. The strongest ability of the Divine-Eyed Swordsman had failed?
“Haha, didn’t you know? The Insect Tamer class is ranked 100th in the Mythic Rank list. It’s way higher than the Divine-Eyed Swordsman!” Rowan’s smile suddenly disappeared.
His expression became extremely sincere, like the most faithful believer in the world. He spoke slowly:
“Lord Bug, above, disciple Rowan offers his flesh and blood as a sacrifice. I pray to my master, ask you to briefly look upon me.”
An invisible wave appeared instantly. Level 99 Robert suddenly appeared above the arena where Jade and Rowan were fighting. He raised his head slightly and stared at the sky.
A huge shadow quickly appeared in the sky, as if a giant being was looking down at the earth, watching Rowan.
In the next moment, the flesh on Rowan’s forearm suddenly disappeared, as if swallowed by something invisible. Only pale bones were left behind.
But his face showed no pain at all. Instead, it was filled with strange satisfaction and excitement.
“Being able to use Sacrifice to the Hive God, you should feel extremely honored.”
“Your Divine Eyes are nothing before the Bug God!” Rowan’s body swayed slightly. Black insects, like waves, poured out from his body.
At the same time, his body began to change dramatically. His skin peeled off, turning into a bunch of pink worms.
His flesh gathered together, growing a red hard shell, making him look like a beetle. But each beetle had sharp teeth.
His bones cracked, exploded, and turned into small moths with human faces, each about the size of a fingernail.
Rowan completely disappeared, replaced by countless different kinds of insects.
These thick swarms of insects made a buzzing sound, rough and cold, and said:
“Hahaha, I am the insects, and the insects are me. You can’t beat me!”
Seeing this, Jade felt very nervous, even a little scared. It was just too strange.
She thought in her mind: “What, what is this?”
This battle had gone way beyond her expectations.
She kept blinking her golden eyes, trying to predict the movements of the insects, but she still saw nothing.
If Robert gets involved in the next battle, the Great Shaw Empire’s points will drop, and Aurelia’s team will gain two more points.
Jade took a deep breath and tightly gripped her sword. She didn’t want to hold others back because of herself.
“Go all in, or try to hold out?” Jade was a little hesitant. She felt she probably couldn’t hold out for long and end the fight in a draw.
Without the ability to predict her enemy’s moves, her strength had dropped a lot.
“These Aurelia players are mysterious and strong. I’m not sure how long I can last. Maybe I should go all in, attack them as hard as I can, and try to hurt them, to help Aiden and the others later,” Jade thought to herself.
But at this moment, a huge number of insects surrounded her.
“Alright, I’ll do it. I believe in Aiden and the others!” Jade no longer hesitated. She took a deep breath, raised her sword, and prepared to attack the strange insects that Rowan had turned into.
If she killed enough insects, it should affect Rowan’s state.
Above, Robert slowly turned his eyes from the sky down to the arena below.
He thought to himself, “Good choice. Facing Rowan, who used Sacrifice to the Hive God, there’s not much time to hold out.”
“Insect Tamer is much stronger than regular Mythic Rank reclassers.”
Robert was still thinking about the scene that appeared in the sky just now. He clearly knew it wasn’t real, just an illusion caused by the “Bug God” through its believers.
All members of Insect Valley believe in this so-called Bug God. They can gain strange strength through sacrifices and rituals, and some members even awaken powerful Insect Tamer classes.
But they never lost their human identity. It’s just that when they use the special skill of Bug God sacrifice, they become a little bit disgusting.
The so-called Bug God is actually a powerful special creature, not a real divine powerhouse.
It’s much stronger than regular divine powerhouses.
But because it has been sleeping all along, it only wakes up occasionally when it senses the prayers of its believers. Otherwise, it doesn’t wake up and doesn’t threaten the Earth.
Of course, just for now.
Robert watched Jade fighting the insects and shook his head slightly. It wouldn’t be long before he had to step in and take action.
Sure enough, just a few seconds later, Jade was pushed into a corner of the arena by the endless insects.
Her face was pale, and she had multiple bad status effects. Her body was full of wounds, some of which even smelled bad, clearly bitten by poisonous insects.
Robert quickly stepped in and ended the fight between Jade and Rowan right away.
That meant all the points Jade had gained were taken away, and Aurelia’s team got two more points.
Meanwhile, the Great Shaw Empire lost a full three points.
Jade had gained two points before, but after losing this match, she lost one point. She was left with just one point total.
Luckily, Aiden had gained two points, so the Great Shaw Empire’s overall score didn’t drop too much.
Many of the Great Shaw Empire’s fans, though they felt bad inside, still shouted loudly to comfort Jade:
“It’s okay, you did your best. Anyone else would have the same result!”
“Yeah, there’s nothing we could do. The opponent’s skills were just too strange.”
“Jade, come on! There’s still the team match coming up. We believe you can do better!”
“Right, all the players from the Great Shaw Empire are great. You’re all amazing, and we’ll keep supporting you!”
“Come on!”
The fans of the Great Shaw Empire shouted loudly, but just a moment later, their voices suddenly stopped—almost completely disappeared.
Aiden knew why. He had seen Nellie and Jenna’s fight, and it was almost over.
Jenna had completely changed. She was using her fists to violently press down on Nellie.
Even though Nellie had used her Radiant Thorns armor, she still had no advantage at all.
Because Jenna was also wearing a set of black armor, its surface was filled with pictures that only belonged in hell.
For example, children who were so thin that their skin was just wrapped around their bones, but their bellies were still swollen; people holding on to their parents’ broken arms and legs, crying loudly; parents shaking their children’s bodies and crying in pain; sick people suffering terribly from disease…
One after another, sad and realistic scenes were shown on Jenna’s armor.
Her expression had no trace of human emotion at all—her face was like a machine.
Only her eyes showed pain, sadness, compassion, and helplessness.
“What’s Jenna’s class?” Aiden’s eyes widened. He felt like Nellie was going to lose.
Jenna’s strength was too strong right now. One punch could push Nellie back several meters.
At this moment, the commentator Wendy, trying to hide her shock, quickly said:
“I think many people are wondering what class Jenna is. According to the player information, her class is a Mythic Rank one—Ksitigarbha’s Emissary.”
Wendy explained a little more. Ksitigarbha was a Bodhisattva from a certain Mythic Legendary. After seeing all the suffering in hell, he made a vow: as long as there was one suffering being in hell, he would not become a Buddha by himself.
And the Ksitigarbha’s Emissary class ranked 79th in the Mythic Rank class rankings.
Aiden looked at Wendy in surprise. He had only heard Gareth mention the Mythic Rank class rankings two days ago, and he wasn’t very familiar with them.
But Wendy could easily say the rank of Ksitigarbha’s Emissary, which showed she wasn’t just a simple online streamer.
However, right now, Aiden’s focus was on the fight between Jenna and Nellie.
When he saw that Nellie’s Radiant Thorns armor kept getting dented and couldn’t be fixed, and that Jenna’s attacks were getting stronger and stronger, he already knew the outcome of the battle.
Soon, the fight ended. Jenna won, as expected.
Nellie was badly hurt, but not badly enough to make Robert step in. She only lost one point.
When Jade and Nellie returned to the golden lotus platform, Nellie finally lowered her head slightly, put her hand to her mouth, and coughed.
Aiden saw that her hand was full of blood, but he said nothing and pretended not to notice.
Nellie quietly wiped the blood from her hand, lowered her head, and said in a low voice: “Sorry, I lost.”
Aiden looked at his teammates and said directly: “I think, from now on, I’ll take care of everything.”
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