Zhong Yi's Illusion Realm world.

"This squad from Black Hall should also be from the Green Mountain Sect, right?"

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Zhou Yue watched the Wyvern quickly retreat into the inner room, feeling regretful for not finishing the kill.

"Should be. The timing was too coincidental; otherwise, that squad from Rat Tunnel wouldn't have had a chance to rotate."

Zhong Yi nodded.

At this time, his livestream room was actually filled with a lot of intel-sharing messages.

But to ensure the fairness and immersion of the Illusion Realm, he always set "anti-spoiler" and "anti-intel" functions during his livestreams, so he couldn't see these bullet comments.

This point would have been hard to achieve in Lu Ze's past life, but it wasn't difficult in the Celestial Cultivation World.

Especially with the help of the remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao, it could be done by tapping into the "thoughts" of the commenters.

"There was a fight in the Prison Zone at the start, we wiped a squad in the Garden, and just now this Black Hall squad fought in the 【Deacon Hall】... only two squads are left on the field."

After a brief thought, Zhou Yue quickly analyzed the battlefield information.

The situation was very clear now.

The squad from Rat Tunnel had lost all their lives and had already retreated to the Centrifuge.

In the Black Hall squad, a Red Wolf who had been downed twice was the first to be killed, leaving only two people.

The Uluru position was perverted enough that current players had no idea how to deal with it; Zhou Yue suppressed the entire field by himself.

"By the way, isn't my sister's /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ performance today a bit extraordinary?"

Zhou Yue muttered to himself.

Part of the reason he could suppress the field was due to Zhou Qiaoling's defense on the right side.

When Black Hall launched their attack, people came out of both the left and right openings simultaneously.

If not for Zhou Qiaoling's heroic performance at the bridge entrance, taking down the Wyvern on the other side, Zhou Yue wouldn't have had such an easy time.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yue couldn't help but look at Zhou Qiaoling at the bridge entrance in surprise.

Usually, Zhou Qiaoling would go in with trash gear for a knife run, but today she surprisingly brought a fully modified 【Zhentian-25】. Perhaps this is her true skill level?

"Hehe... once Black Hall is dead, I can loot their bags... dual pistols, so sweet..."

In the young girl's burning gaze, there was no passion for battle, only a hunger for looting.

Zhou Yue: "..."

...

Time passed slowly.

Zhou Yue was enjoying himself.

The two squads from the Green Mountain Sect tried pincer attacks from different directions, but he perfectly suppressed them all, his momentum growing hotter as he fought.

Unfortunately, finishing off enemies relied too much on Zhong Yi's Loitering Flame, so the other side hadn't lost any more people for a long while.

The situation was at a complete standstill for a while.

Soon, it was down to the last fifteen minutes.

The 【Ascension】 mission was activated.

"Old Zhong, are we taking the Ascension mission?"

Zhou Yue asked.

He still hadn't moved past the players' previous usage of the "Bridge," which was basically built around the "Ascension" mission.

After accepting the Ascension mission, a new extraction point would appear at the Ascension Platform.

Zhong Yi smiled mysteriously: "No rush."

...

...

Green Mountain Sect.

Han Xian was currently in a state of utter distress.

Six people joining forces and being suppressed by one person to the point of not daring to show their heads—it was truly humiliating!

At this moment, the livestream room was flooded with bullet comments mocking them, making him incredibly furious.

He had tried countless times, but was pushed back every single time by Zhou Yue alone, unable to even leave the Garden.

"It's the last fifteen minutes, and they still haven't taken the Ascension mission... Do they want to go down with us?"

"True Lord Qing-shan Assault" checked the time and wondered.

"Maybe they're waiting for us to pull the lever?"

"Specialist Rat-Hunter" suggested another possibility.

"Hehe, then we won't pull the lever... No one leaves!!"

Han Xian sneered.

Just as the number on the dial was about to change from "fifteen" to "twelve," the sky and earth changed color.

The 【Ascension】 mission was accepted.

"Haha, taking the Ascension now? They probably realized that stalling is pointless!"

True Lord Qing-shan Assault laughed loudly.

"Then can we announce to the world that even with such cheap tactics, the Lingxiao Sect still can't do anything to us?"

Han Xian gave a sinister laugh, instantly coming up with an idea that wouldn't let the Lingxiao Sect gain the slightest advantage.

Just then, the exclamation of a reporting Disciple reached his ears:

"Senior Brother Han, something's wrong!!"

"They accepted the Limit Ascension on purpose... They've already canceled the mission, and the Ascension extraction point will open right at the deadline!!"

"The people from the Lingxiao Sect said they won't let a single one of us leave!!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three people in Han Xian's team fell silent instantly.

It was common knowledge that if the 【Ascension】 mission was accepted but not completed, the Ascension extraction formation at the Ascension Platform would automatically open after 12 minutes.

In other words, if they didn't pull the lever, Zhong Yi and the others could evacuate at the Ascension Platform at any time.

If they did pull the lever, Zhong Yi could pin them down until they died, and then just jump off the bridge to reach the extraction point.

And they were now in a dead end!

"Hiss... how insidious!!"

After hearing Han Xian's analysis, "Specialist Rat-Hunter" gasped.

Such a malicious plan was simply forcing people into a corner!

"Damn it, I'm not leaving! At worst, we'll just go out in a blaze of glory with them!!"

True Lord Qing-shan Assault was furious, immediately revealing his hotheaded nature.

"Go all out? Not right now."

Han Xian shook his head after careful consideration, then separated his divine sense to discuss with the other squad in reality.

"Old Guo, we're not extracting this round... we're going to take them down with us!"

"As long as they occupy that Uluru position, we'll never be able to break the deadlock... but they have to extract eventually, right?"

"In the last ten breaths of time, they can't keep guarding the point; they'll have to head to the extraction point... We'll seize that opportunity to shift from defense to offense!"

"If they go for the Ascension, we'll extract; if they try to use the extraction point, we'll take them down with us!"

"Won't let us leave? Then they're staying too!!"

This proposal was agreed upon by the others.

Both of their squads consisted of a Red Wolf, a Wyvern, and a Luna. The Red Wolf from Black Hall was already a loot box, meaning they only had two smoke grenades, which wasn't enough to cover everyone rotating.

To get close, they could only rely on sacrificing lives.

Although Han Xian felt very frustrated, this was the only way to save some of his dignity.

A mutual defeat is better than being taken down by the other side without them taking any damage.

...

...

On the Immortal Bridge.

"Senior Brother Zhong, I always thought you were very upright, but I didn't expect you to be more insidious than anyone when you're being cunning..."

After hearing Zhong Yi's explanation about taking the mission at the 12-minute mark, Zhou Qiaoling remarked with immense admiration.

"Junior Sister Qiaoling, no matter how I hear it, that doesn't sound like a compliment."

Zhong Yi rolled his eyes speechlessly.

"I have a question."

Zhou Yue, however, fell into thought.

"What if... they pull the limit lever but don't extract, making it clear they want to go down with us, and pin us down at the extraction point entrance?"

"Normally, no one would do that, but they..."

Zhong Yi gave a helpless smile.

As long as they were on the bridge, they had the absolute geographical advantage.

So the only weakness was when they stepped out of the bridge entrance—that is, when they were preparing to extract.

When Zhong Yi designed this tactic, he considered it based on a normal match.

Average players wouldn't do that; after all, everyone wants to extract.

But as for those people from the Green Mountain Sect, it was hard to say.

Zhong Yi closed his eyes and began to think.

Is there any way to make them give up completely?

Just as he was at his wit's end, a line of red highlighted bullet comments suddenly floated through the dense, transparent ones:

【Realm Master Lu Ze: How about pulling their lever right now?】