Chapter 690: The Scarlet Shepherd Loses Control, Besieged on All Sides

【Master Kuro's Lucky Potion consumed 6,400 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 21】

【Master Kuro's Lucky Potion consumed 8,400 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 22】

【Master Kuro's Lucky Potion consumed 10,800 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 23】

【Master Kuro's Lucky Potion consumed 13,000 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 24】

【Master Kuro's Lucky Potion consumed 18,000 Nightmare Coins, upgraded to Level 25, please choose an upgrade direction】

Same three options as always, and Xu Lang made his choice and used it in record time.

【You have used "Grandmaster Lucky Potion," Luck increased by 50 points, duration 3 minutes】

The Auspicious Gate hard-controlled the Green Infant, the invincibility window exempted him from the Auspicious Gate's effects, and the Lucky Potion boosted drop rates!

As everyone knew, when catching a little Pokémon, it was best to set up a sleep-inducing effect first. That was exactly what Xu Lang was doing now.

Fighting was satisfying!

Winning by doing nothing was even more satisfying!

He had no confidence in killing the Green Infant before the round ended.

And since he wasn't confident, he might as well not bother, and instead do something he WAS confident about!

To secure the best possible outcome, Xu Lang had even poured his Nightmare Coins into this!

He had a gut feeling that Void power would become a vital part of his power system, perhaps even rivaling the Taleblade Demon Box or his Blade Technique in importance.

Ten seconds, and it was over!

"You..."

The Green Infant had no idea what had happened. Before it could even blink, its Vitality was already bottomed out, and it was forcibly bound by three strange chains.

Its incredibly powerful adaptive evolution trait immediately kicked in, while a sea-like surge of Vitality erupted from deep within its body, resisting all death and decay!

"ROAR!!!"

The flying dragon also revived, shaking with fury. Its mighty roar rattled the soul, instinctively inspiring fear.

But Xu Lang was unafraid. He didn't even spare the flying dragon a glance, summoning the Blood River of Sacrifice. The sacrificed ones crawled out like vengeful ghosts clawing their way up from Purgatory, their resentment soaring to the heavens as they frenziedly pounced and bit at the Green Infant!

The sacrificed ones couldn't be killed!

Because they were already dead!

Their negative debuffs couldn't be nullified even by someone as powerful as Tang Heng!

The Green Infant's aura was instantly suppressed!

Seeing this, the flying dragon was about to launch a more ferocious attack when a blast of freezing wind swept in!

This freezing wind was so biting and overbearing it defied description. In the very first instant, snowflakes appeared. In the second, frost condensed. In the third, the flying dragon was frozen solid into an ice sculpture!

Cao Yaxuan had arrived. Without a word, she pressed both hands against the ice sculpture and continuously poured out Ultimate Mana.

"Don't kill it outright." Xu Lang cautioned.

The flying dragon's life level wasn't comparable to the Green Infant's, but it was still a rare and valuable monster.

"I know..." Cao Yaxuan replied. She noticed the ice sculpture starting to tremble and immediately cranked up her Mana output.

"Xu Lang, need any help?" Wang Yazhi asked.

All four "Heavenly Kings" of Demon King Castle had arrived.

"No need..." Xu Lang was radiating golden light all over, utterly divine.

Attacking the Green Infant right now would be no different from freeing it from crowd control.

And if even a single scrap of flesh or blood happened to drop off, who knew what kind of trouble it might stir up.

"You think you can kill me!?" The Green Infant suddenly let out a wild roar. Its voice shattered the clouds, and the entire Mad King Building was swept by a Shockwave of Sound, as if a massive sonic bomb had been detonated.

In that instant, the Green Infant's aura began rising again!

"Don't tell me it's adapting to the Scarlet Herding Chains too?"

Xu Lang's expression shifted slightly.

This bastard, if anyone said he wasn't cheating, nobody would believe it!

Fortunately, Lord Scarlet Shepherd had died and revived more times than anyone could count. There were plenty of Cattle and Sheep sacrificed in the Blood River of Sacrifice, and with layer after layer of stacking debuffs, the Green Infant's aura began to plummet once more.

And right at that moment, thirty seconds had passed.

Xu Lang quickly communicated with the Auspicious Gate and activated Time Freeze once more.

Cao Yaxuan and the other women, along with the two Ultimate Creatures, were all frozen in place. Only Xu Lang was bathed in golden light, completely unaffected, like an almighty golden immortal.

Not daring to waste a second, Xu Lang gritted his teeth and endured the Scarlet Shepherd's terrifying side effects, pouring all his strength into activating his Sequence power.

Gradually, countless frenzied and bloody scenes appeared before his eyes, and the Sequence's haunting visions materialized behind him.

Upon a blood-colored highland, countless Cattle and Sheep howled and roared.

The Herd Spirits all scrambled out of their tombstones, feeling an inexplicable excitement, as if they had stumbled upon a once-in-a-millennium opportunity!

Saladin worked in tandem with the Soul-Herding Wolf to suppress the other Herd Spirits, his eyes flashing with wild red light. His intent to defy his master was now completely out in the open.

For Herd Spirits to rebel against their Herd Master was instinct, written into the very core code of the Scarlet Shepherd Sequence!

"Quick, get Xu Lang back to his bed!" Inside Demon King Castle, Sherry's face turned deathly pale.

Han Zhixiu's body moved faster than her mind. She burst out and stood at the door of the room, waiting for the game time to end.

Sweat poured down her forehead in torrents. Every second felt like an eternity!

Standing so close, she could feel the sheer power of the Scarlet Shepherd Sequence. Even the aura it radiated was enough to shake her martial artist's resolve, like staring directly into a raging storm of blood and carnage.

"No good! The game isn't over, Xu Lang can't return to the dorm!" Kui Zi was the second to arrive at the door, urgently warning: "Be prepared. Other players might try to take advantage of the situation. I'll go outside the building to intercept them. You and Wang Yazhi and the others feed him medicine, do everything you can to keep Xu Lang conscious!"

Even as she spoke, streams of data flowed around her, assembling into a mechanical battle suit.

Han Zhixiu's expression was grim.

No one had expected things to suddenly turn this bad!

No one dared to imagine what would happen if Xu Lang truly lost control. If that happened, the Taleblade Demon Box and the Tales inside it would probably go on a rampage too!

Xu Lang appeared to be a single human form, but his inner nature was more terrifying than a hundred nuclear bombs!

Items in the Dorm Survival Game were indeed optimized and neutered to a degree, but that was actually more of a blessing than a curse. Players could use them without issues, and even side effects were clearly visualized.

But since a Sequence was universally acknowledged as power beyond the standard, that meant it had escaped part of the system's restrictions.

In that case, it was only natural that a player could lose control over it.

After all, it was power that existed outside the rules.

"What's going on over there? Xu Lang seems to have lost control. Did he mess up his skill loadout and trigger a side effect?"

"Idiot, that's Sequence Loss of Control. Xu Lang is a Sequence Holder!"

"God, what kind of Sequence is that? The loss-of-control visions are that powerful?!"

"A blood-colored highland, and it seems to be holding some undead spirits inside. How can he have a vision like that? Does his Sequence come with its own pocket dimension?!"

"I think it's time for us to kill Xu Lang. He's screwed himself over!"

Inside, the Sequence was spiraling out of control!

Outside, enemies were closing in from all sides!

The situation at Mad King Building and Demon King Castle was deteriorating fast!

Powerhouses like Solaris absolutely did not lack the resolve to bet everything they had!

As long as there was a glimmer of hope, they would dare to gamble!

Not gambling meant certain death. Gambling meant at least a sliver of a chance. The pressure Xu Lang and Demon King Castle had put on them was simply too immense.

Players from the other three buildings had already come out, restless and eager.

Only five minutes remained until the game ended!

And those five minutes could be used to make a world of trouble!

Just as everything was spiraling toward an uncontrollable end, a crack sounded. The Green Infant's body shattered, then rapidly turned ashen gray, scattering away with the wind.

Three Scarlet Herding Chains had locked onto a single purple crystal tube!

This purple crystal tube was extraordinary to the extreme. It was trembling faintly, as if trying to break free!