The cage fell silent, the only sound being the soft chirping of crickets outside the StarSea camp. The entire battlefield had grown tense. Quiet Mountain players had thought that the "all attack skills chain without discrimination" ant that SS Rita’s single-target skills would connect to all the other Quiet Mountain players in the area.
But they hadn’t anticipated that this feature applied not only to SS Rita... but also to them.
Whenever a Quiet Mountain player attacked SS Rita, the skill would connect to other Quiet Mountain players. And the damage wasn’t split or weakened—it was the sa damage dealt to every connected target.
In other words, while SS Rita could focus on one target and hit multiple at once, when the Quiet Mountain players attacked SS Rita, it was as if they were attacking their own teammates. Add in the guaranteed reflection damage, and attacking SS Rita ant all players were losing health simultaneously.
On top of that, the previous phase’s ability to randomly mind-control players with coins was still in effect, though it wasn’t a good developnt for Quiet Mountain. Though the mind-controlled target was random, SS Rita could clearly command the affected player temporarily.
In the current situation, where any attack on SS Rita would chain across all players, she ordered the mind-controlled player to focus on healing her.
QM Mojie howled to the sky. "What a disgusting skill!!!"
A graceful deer’s call rang out like an accompanint.
Outside the cage, TingoAutumn Deer exclaid, "My mom curses like a sailor!"
The deer call paused, and QM Frost Deer turned around to look at the strange, large figure that had appeared beside her.
TingoAutumn Deer raised its forelegs and stood up, shouting, "Mother! I’m here! I’m your son, Autumn Deer!"
QM Frost Deer: "..."
Before Frost Deer could say anything, a white flower dragon crashed into it, sending it flying.
In midair, Rita lightly swung her dragon-bone sword. All the floating Flower Crown Murder petals connected with golden lightning threads, forming massive lightning webs.
The petals had already filled the entire cage. The lightning web now spread throughout, enveloping all Quiet Mountain players.
—[After the Funeral]!
Whenever a player touched the lightning web, every lightning thread they connected with would tighten and strangle them along with the petals, draining their health and attributes.
Each lightning thread was a strangulation. A hundred lightning threads ant a hundred strangulations.
And each attack would link to other Quiet Mountain players...
A notification echoed through the air.
[The setting "Death in Midsumr ans permanent death" has been canceled.]
At this point, QM Rita stopped holding back. She had the ability to protect herself, but the other Quiet Mountain players might not survive. Their survival skills were nearly depleted.
She was the most hated player in Quiet Mountain. Every year during Winterveil, except for Maple Syrup, everyone would vote for her.
But every holiday gathering, there would be drinks, food, and candy that she loved, even if she sat in the corner without speaking. Wherever the gathering was held, there would always be the ga consoles and gas they had specifically searched for from BS.
Every ti she started a new ga, she had to reset the settings and start from scratch, playing through the beginner’s plot again. It wasn’t until the next year that things got easier. But each ti there was a gathering, a new ga she hadn’t played would pop up.
Except for her, no one else seed interested in the gas. She had long thought that they didn’t need to go out of their way to buy these things for her.
She wouldn’t be moved by it, nor would she be grateful for these small gestures...
But... it was nice for Quiet Mountain to be lively.
Quiet MountainJE made a half-circle in the air, adding defensive effects to the Quiet Mountain players. "I will indeed rember this day, because QM Rita actually thought about our lives."
QM Tune spoke with a hint of amusent, "Keep it down, don’t make her angry and have her add it back."
QM Rita acted as though she hadn’t heard, and the chains from the cage flew out toward SS Rita in midair, binding her limbs. QM Rita leaped up from the ground and charged toward the sky.
It was fine to lose to anyone—but not to herself.
Since "Extra" had been canceled, there was no need to care about whether her teammates could handle the connected damage she caused with her attacks.
Players locked in chains scattered into petals, only to reform after breaking free.
Rita no longer cared about the other players; her gaze was fixed entirely on QM Rita.
Thunder continued to explode in the air, the petals flying in the wind, occasionally transforming into flower dragons that rushed at their targets under their owner’s control.
QM Rita said, "Mojie, expand the water curtain and pull in those StarSea players! Avoid the 18th tier ones."
As she spoke, the cage vanished and reappeared in QM Rita’s left hand, which she imdiately placed back over her face.
Rita quickly understood the plan. QM Rita was using this to break the deadlock.
If skills connected to all targets, then why not include the StarSea players too?
If the coins could randomly control players, then let the StarSea players reduce the likelihood of Quiet Mountain players being controlled.
It couldn’t get any worse than this.
Clang—!
Another clash of sword and blade, and both players were knocked back.
Rita and QM Rita faced off in the air. The water curtain had already expanded, but now its range was much larger, at least five kiloters in diater. Under Mojie’s control, it slowly began to shrink, cleverly excluding the 18th-tier players like Nuclear Flash, NightFury, and Dawn Cicada. The curtain passed through them without pulling them into the battle, effectively pulling the StarSea players into the fray.
QM Frenzied Shark threw out a giant thorn, which rooted itself in the battlefield.
[Lonely Thorn]: All players in the area are prohibited from forming parties.
This directly blocked SS Rita and the StarSea players from teaming up to make skills chain and beco immune to chain attacks against their teammates.
QM Rita held her sword horizontally and coldly said, "The party’s better when it’s lively."
In this current situation, the StarSea players entering the fight not only didn’t help SS Rita, but also indirectly gave Quiet Mountain a chance to breathe.
Rita glanced down at the StarSea players, stood still for a few seconds, and then raised her dragon-bone sword.
"Everyone, for Uncharted Star Sea."
With that, she charged toward QM Rita, resuming the fight as it was ant to be.
Amidst the petals and lightning chains, her health rapidly dropped, and her attributes were drained by one to two points with every hit.
All StarSea players: "..."
Wasn’t this their boss? Turns out, SS Rita is the final boss of both StarSea and Quiet Mountain.
Ash Cinders, while healing herself, yelled at Lightchaser, "I taught you well."
"?" Lightchaser looked at her incredulously. "You’re not counting those first three years in Moonlight Marsh, right? That was because I paid the tuition."
Ash Cinders paused, "Well, it’s not related to that person."
Lightchaser: "That Vineborne."
Ash Cinders: "Yeah."
Lightchaser: "Right."
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