Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Turning the Battle Around Single-handedly (Five Updates)
A Thunderbolt in Clear Sky. A true Thunderbolt in Clear Sky, despite the cloudless expanse.
A cyan-white pillar of lightning, visible to the naked eye, descended from the heavens, instantly spreading across the entire City Gate of Fengxiang Prefecture City. Protector Huamei of the Blood Demon Sect vanished almost instantly beneath it. Not only that, but when the lightning pillar struck the ground, it was like a slithering snake, sweeping outward in all directions and engulfing the entire Fengxiang Prefecture City.
The first to suffer were the female disciples at the City Gate. As soon as the cyan lightning pillar struck, they became the primary targets. Protector Huamei left not even bones behind; the other female disciples were instantly turned into charred corpses by the lightning. The Blood Demon Sect members near the City Gate didn’t even have a chance to escape. The lightning on the ground devoured them directly. Numbness and searing pain completely enveloped everyone, and they fell to the ground one by one. The Blood Demon Sect disciples further back also fled frantically, their faces filled with horror.
"Immortals! This is the immortals punishing us! Run quickly!"
"I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die here! Brother, save me! My legs are numb; I can’t move!"
"Run! Escape from the other side of the City Gate! We’ve angered the immortals; this is their punishment!"
"To hell with the Blood Demon Sect! From now on, I’m no longer one of them!"
"..."
The surviving Blood Demon Sect disciples inside the city rushed out toward the other City Gate, not daring to slow down. Why? Such a massive thunderbolt had fallen, striking Protector Huamei directly and even implicating those around her. Who would dare to stay and wait for death? Staying meant certain doom. It was clear the immortals were punishing the Blood Demon Sect; their only chance to survive was to leave the sect. The Blood Demon Sect had angered the celestial immortals; they were doomed.
Around Jin Mansion, the players watched the Blood Demon Sect disciples scatter and the pillar of lightning vanish, swallowing hard.
"Holy crap, there’s Celestial Punishment in this game?"
"Dude, such a thick bolt of lightning, and you call this a Wuxia game?"
"Where’s the damn Game Designer? Why didn’t he warn us about this? If we got too close, wouldn’t that have been a pointless death?"
"That... Morgana seems to have been at the City Gate. Do you think he’s alright?"
"Mourn him, brothers. He was a brave one!"
"..."
The players watched the scene, bewildered. They had been wondering how to resolve the current situation, and now Celestial Punishment had directly descended. What did this mean? Did it mean they weren’t allowed to continue?
From the distant attic, the White-haired Protector looked on, terrified. That scene just now... it felt as if something had targeted him, a chill sweeping through his entire body.
Was this ominous? Ominous!
He remembered what one of his subordinates had mentioned: inside the Profound Yellow Sect was an ominous person, the bane of women. Any woman who came into contact with this ominous person would die accidentally. If the previous incidents—their own people killing each other—were coincidences, could this still be considered one? Thunderbolts had come crashing down! This was terribly ominous, wasn’t it?
"Sir... what... what should we do?" a subordinate stammered. He had collapsed to the ground in terror, his face utterly lost as he looked at the White-haired Protector.
The White-haired Protector was also terrified. If he knew what to do, would he still be standing here? He was completely drenched in cold sweat, his heart seized by fear.
The Profound Yellow Sect... It can’t be provoked! Absolutely not! That’s right! Why else would the Sect Leader only send Protectors to handle this and deploy so many people? Isn’t it obvious the Sect Leader knew how sinister the Profound Yellow Sect was? They were afraid of dying, so they sent us Protectors to our deaths!
Thinking of the quarrel he’d had with Xu Nian at the City Gate, the White-haired Protector’s legs went weak. He must have absolutely no dealings with the Profound Yellow Sect. Escape! He had to escape from here!
"I’ll leave this place for you to handle! I’m going to report to the Sect Leader!" The White-haired Protector declared, then leaped from the window and headed towards the other City Gate.
His subordinate was stunned, then anger surged within him.
Damn it! Leaving me to deal with this mess? Whoever wants to die can stay; I’m not playing along anymore! I never want to set foot in this ghostly place again in my life! Blood Demon Sect... I’m done serving!
He too immediately chose to flee, not pausing for a moment.
From that moment, the Blood Demon Sect completely scattered like birds and beasts.
Meanwhile, the originator of it all, Evil Queen Morgana, who possessed the talent "Severing Women’s Fate," quietly opened a door and carefully stepped out. When that woman—Protector Huamei—had touched him, he’d felt something bad was about to happen. The sound of thunder had sent him into a panic, so he’d immediately chosen to flee, or at least put some distance between himself and her.
This Game Designer definitely made this talent problematic and is specifically targeting me! To prevent me from having any contact with females, they actually stuck this talent on me. Isn’t this tantamount to completely severing my chances with women?!
"Fortunately, I like 2D characters; otherwise, I really might be doomed by this talent," Evil Queen Morgana muttered, exhaling a long breath. He looked at the wide-open City Gate and the Blood Demon Sect disciples scattering outside. He immediately ran over and single-handedly closed the heavy gates.
At that moment, he was unaware that, because of him, a major sect in Jianghu had utterly collapsed. If this news were to spread, it would be nothing short of shocking. But that was indeed the case. His talent had become the last straw that broke the Blood Demon Sect.
After closing the City Gates, he hurried back to Jin Mansion to rejoin Junlin and his team.
Junlin and his team were still discussing the Celestial Punishment, thinking of logging off to ask the Game Designer what was going on.
Evil Queen Morgana listened to their discussion and said, "About that... the Celestial Punishment you’re talking about might be related to me."
"Huh???" everyone exclaimed, looking surprised.
Junlin seemed to realize something, his expression instantly turning strange. "Don’t tell me, that group at the City Gate... they were all women?"
Evil Queen Morgana nodded.
HISS—
So it was!
Junlin looked like he understood everything. Even Under the Phoenix Tree and the others seemed to have a moment of realization.
Flourishing Flowers looked at them, puzzled. "What do you all know? How is Celestial Punishment related to Morgana? Explain it clearly!"
"I have a talent called ’Severing Women’s Fate’," Evil Queen Morgana explained. "Whether it’s female players or female NPCs, any woman who comes into contact with me will encounter some kind of mishap. The ones guarding the gate were a group of women from the Blood Demon Sect. Then their leader suddenly attacked me—I swear I didn’t do anything!—and the next thing I knew, a Thunderbolt in Clear Sky just struck..."