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Chapter 367: 367, [Dead on Touch] (Seeking guarantee monthly votes!)

“Why is the Second Priest’s Red Jade Ring here?” This question flashed through Lu Xun’s mind rapidly.

Meanwhile, he looked at the man who seemed to be half embedded in the statue and found his answer.

“No wonder I didn’t sense his presence from the start.”

“It’s not a problem with the Primordial Power. It’s because he is very skilled at hiding, and this three-eyed statue seems to have mystical aspects too.”

“If I’m not wrong, this person could be the right-hand man of the Second Priest – You Ying!”

A figure like a shadow.

Until Lu Xun crossed over, the players knew that this Foreign Race had such a character, yet no one knew his true appearance.

All that was known was his short stature and a constant black cloak attire.

Both aspects matched.

You Ying’s abilities were peculiar; wherever there was a shadow, he could hide, and he could move freely in the shadows.

He always harvested his opponents’ lives silently.

— He was a sly old dog.

Lu Xun was fairly certain about his deductions and believed he was mostly correct.

You Ying was the person Second Priest trusted the most, and this Red Jade Ring was the symbol of Second Priest. The Priest would not lend it easily to his foreign race subordinates, unless it was someone close and trusted.

And within this Red Jade Ring, there was something that made Lu Xun shudder even now – the Soul Devouring Flame!

The name of this flame seemed unsophisticated. It was clear that the person who named it was either incompetent or lacked the heart to think of a better one.

However, don’t judge this flame by its ordinary name. Its effects were horrifying.

In a previous life, after the great war began, the sculpted players were terrified at the sight of this Red Jade Ring and the Soul Devouring Flame.

Ordinarily, players had multiple lives, and they were quite reckless, relying on their ability to resurrect.

But once this Soul Devouring Flame touched them, it clung onto them and could not be shaken off!

It wouldn’t leave until it had completely consumed you.

Resurrection was useless against it. It would continue burning!

It would burn until you ran out of resurrection counts and forced you to go offline!

Since Lu Xun’s crossover, all players had avoided provoking it, because up till now, no player had been able to withstand its burn.”

——Touch and die!

Fortunately, a small wisp of this flame was not the kind of Area of Effect damage type. It only had a single-target attack effect and wouldn’t attack multiple players at the same time.

At the same time, its feature was that it wouldn’t stop until it completely consumed its target. It would not change its target midway.

——It wouldn’t divert its attack midway through.

Lu Xun was wary of this thing because he had been burned once before…

Back when he was playing as the Explosive Temper Great Cane Hero, he was flamboyant and eye-catching on the battlefield.

He couldn’t help it, he needed to stand out, to attract attention so he could get orders and earn money.

After all, he needed to make a living. It was definitely not because he enjoyed being a show-off.

Because he was too flashy and his big stick was noticeable as he waved it around, during a big battle he successfully attracted the attention of the Second Priest.

“Young lad, you’re quite conspicuous.”

Then he was burned.

Not only were all his resurrection counts burned, causing a massive loss of experience points and forcing him offline, but the durability of his signature equipment “First Encounter” and his big stick was also burnt out, rendering the equipment useless.

Luckily, he had accumulated a fair amount of Contribution Points by then, and exchanged them for two Blue Level repair coupons, thus managed to repair “First Encounter” and his big stick.

At that time, Lu Xun was so pained that he could not breathe.

If it wasn’t for him being unable to overcome the Second Priest or do anything about the Soul Devouring Flame, he would have resorted to any means to grind them into the ground.

At this moment, as he faced the Red Jade Ring again, Lu Xun’s rationality prevailed over his emotion. He came to a decision, and said: “Retreat.”

However, just then, red rays of light began to flicker on the Red Jade Ring. A wisp of flame was produced out of thin air, then swept towards Lu Xun’s team at a breakneck speed.

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“Damn!” Lu Xun, unusually, let out a curse in his heart.

He knew very well, this flame wasn’t inanimate, it was alive!