novelkee Chapter 725 Companions of Freedom
Chapter 725 Companions of Freedom
The sheer number of smiling people meant that Wu Wang would never have a moment to rest.
As he beheaded the closest smiling men one by one, more than ten more smiling men surrounded him from different directions.
Wu Wang did not retreat, but instead took a step forward, leaping into the air from the edge of the shattered floor tiles, the black flames on his fanged blade unleashing an arc of fire.
Fire sliced through the forearms and chests of several smiling men, leaving scorch marks on their white uniforms that quickly spread outwards.
The remaining few smiling warriors who had dodged the line of fire jumped up at the same time, instantly reaching the same height as Wu Wang, and raised their hands to strike him hard on the head.
He immediately used his serrated blade to block, and his entire body shot towards the other side like a cannonball.
However, at the moment of contact with the ground, the expected violent impact did not occur. Instead, his body directly merged into the solid ground, or rather, into his shadow.
The next second, Wu Wang's shadow, like some kind of twisted monster, began to rapidly contact the shadows of every smiling person around him.
At his touch, the first-floor hall immediately transformed into a scene of chaotic demonic dance—
Countless shadows of the Smilers rose from the ground and swept toward their masters, their white uniforms entwined with countless black shadow tentacles.
The black and white colors mixed together at this moment made the entire hall look like a Go board with scattered pieces.
tear--
However, before the players could even finish their gleeful observations, they heard the first Smiler tear his own shadow apart, followed by one after another, the Smilers breaking free from the control of their shadows.
Wu Wang emerged from his own shadow, blood flowing from his seven orifices proving that he was also constantly suffering from the backlash of the natural disaster. In addition, all the shadows he controlled shattered, causing him to suffer some damage as well.
Wu Wang's current condition looks quite bad.
Just then, the factory loudspeaker blared again, and Monica's emotionless, mechanical voice came through—
If you are currently feeling unwell, please go to the Talent Incubation Center immediately for safety.
Talent incubation centers can alleviate discomfort.
These words startled the players and made Wu Wang narrow his eyes.
He looked up at the ceiling and grinned, "Big boss, you're getting a little too cocky, aren't you? The scent of desire is too obvious..."
He could clearly feel during the battle that the Smiler's speed and strength were recovering!
Or rather, they are gradually developing resistance to the ability of the Cataclysm aura to reduce attributes.
If he was initially able to handle things with ease only because the Smilers' attributes were reduced by half, then now that they've torn apart the shadow tentacles, the reduction effect is probably only 40%.
At this rate of recovery, it's estimated that it won't be long before these smiling individuals completely lose their immunity.
As for the percentage-based health deduction...
Wu Wang didn't think these smiling people would be detained.
They clearly possessed considerable self-healing abilities, including those smiling individuals he had just beheaded; even after losing their heads, they could still move stiffly to surround him.
The reason for this phenomenon is simple—they are creations of desire.
To others, these smiling beings might still retain their human form, but under Wu Wang's [Vision of Truth], each smiling being is a monster shrouded in a strong grayish-white aura.
That's the exclusive color of desire.
They are protected by the law.
There's nothing we can do about it; this is, after all, a dungeon within the Tower of Desire, and it's only natural that it's protected by the laws of desire.
Moreover, a normal dungeon walkthrough wouldn't involve the bad idea of directly clashing with the Smilers, let alone all of them in the entire factory!
But none of that matters, since Wu Wang never intended to actually defeat all the Smilers. He just needed to stall until those monster employees who provided the value of desire were drained of their health and died.
They are not like the Smiling Ones, who can resist the halo of natural disasters!
But this broadcast means that from this moment on, the talent incubation center will also be protected by the law of desire.
The employees can escape the disaster if they escape inside!
That's why Wu Wang made such a joke.
The smiling man did not respond to his words.
They just kept rushing in to attack and kill.
Without any hesitation, Wu Wang used his high-frequency teleportation to pass through the crowd and arrive at the elevator shaft on the side of the hall.
He cleaved the elevator door open with two slashes, then jumped into the well, looking directly at the steel cable inside.
He's climbing rapidly!
Since you're trying to escape, I'll just go up there and hunt you down myself!
This is a real battle royale.
Seeing this, the smiling people also filed into the elevator lobby.
Immediately afterwards, the players heard countless vibrations coming from inside the elevator shaft.
The sound chased upwards along the steel cable, its rhythm more intense and even than Wu Wang's, like beads strung together on a rope sliding upwards simultaneously.
Qing Ning's lips twitched as she said, "He glanced in our direction when he flashed away just now..."
“He knew we were here,” the crow sighed, “but he didn’t ask us for help.”
In response, Hawksbill took a deep breath and said, "He doesn't think he needs our help."
After a pause, he chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I don't think we can be of any help either."
After saying these words, the hawksbill turtle stood up from the shadows.
Watching the smiling figures enter the elevator shaft in an orderly and quick manner, she also walked over there.
He said with a helpless tone, "But we need to see if he can hold on until the end."
“If he doesn’t make it, we must carry this crazy plan through to the end, otherwise the Smilers will target us after he falls. Let’s go and become witnesses to his hunting plan.”
Watching the hawksbill turtle's retreating figure, the other players followed, joining the Smilers as they climbed upwards.
Now they find it much easier to move around in the factory.
After all, Wu Wang was the highest priority to deal with.
The smileers simply don't have time to pay attention to them now.
Wu Wang's figure had already quickly arrived at the office area, but he showed no intention of stopping. Instead, he continued to climb up to the 49th floor where the talent incubation center was located.
He broke through the elevator door and stood in front of the entrance to the talent incubation center.
Looking up at the surveillance camera, he grinned and said, "When you hunt layer by layer from the bottom up, there are bound to be some that slip through the net. I'll keep watch here. If one comes, it dies; if two come, they die together."
"Just watch and see how the monsters of desire you've raised are hunted down and wiped out by me."
As soon as he finished speaking, several elevator doors next to him opened at the same time.
A large number of employees poured out, and they immediately saw Wu Wang guarding the door.
However, no one felt fear or cowardice in the face of this menacing man.
Having completely degenerated into monsters of desire, they are incapable of generating these emotions.
All they see is anger and greedy desire.
"it's him!"
"He caused us all to stop working!"
"Kill him! Then we can get back to work!"
An employee with a hooked nose yelled and charged at Wu Wang, holding a fruit knife and trying to stab Wu Wang in the forehead.
In their view, killing Wu Wang would surely bring them a rich reward!
Wu Wang did not respond to this, nor did he even look at him directly.
He casually swung the fanged blade in his hand, sending a spray of blood flying. The splattered blood stained his indifferent face red, and also made the black flames on the fanged blade burn even more fiercely.
Even so, the remaining employees did not retreat; they simply fled in different directions.
Even when they saw their companions die, the desire in everyone's eyes intensified.
Every additional death means one less person to share their compensation once the factory reopens!
In a sense, these employees would even be happy if Wu Wang killed his other colleagues, as long as they could survive.
Their desires are selfish to the extreme.
In an instant, seven clones appeared beneath Wu Wang's feet, and even five ghostly figures crawled out.
The Five Ghosts Moving Technique might seem insufficient against powerful players, but it's more than enough to deal with these monsters of desire.
Just then, the smiling people in the elevator shaft caught up.
They began to stand in front of the employees, trying to intercept Wu Wang's clones and ghostly figures, so that more employees could successfully escape into the talent incubation center.
This is a time-sensitive tug-of-war.
As long as Wu Wang can prevent a large number of employees from hiding inside within ten minutes, they will die outside the talent incubation center due to the damage reduction effect of the natural disaster aura.
However, once the number of employees hiding inside reaches the minimum energy required for the factory to operate, it means that the hunt has completely failed.
The Smilers will have countless hours to slowly deal with Wu Wang.
Human strength has its limits.
No matter how powerful Wu Wang is, he will eventually be defeated by such a large number of Smilers.
Admittedly, they couldn't kill Wu Wang.
But being trapped in this instance forever is more painful than death.
"Heh, trying to outnumber me, huh?" A hint of disdain flashed in Wu Wang's eyes. "Do you think I can't call for backup?"
After saying that, he replaced the serrated blade in his hand with a broken kitchen knife.
However, the bloody smell emanating from the cleaver made people want to vomit even from a distance.
"Comrades of the Free Revolution, I call upon you to come and liberate this unjust land with me!"
"Hunt and slaughter the monster of desire, and let the light of freedom shine on every piece of land!"
"Come on, Mr. Oink!"
brush--
As Wu Wang swung the cleaver forward, a bloody crack immediately appeared in the air.
A pair of large, thick hands reached out, grabbed the two sides of the crack and tore it outwards, instantly opening the crack wide enough for a tall creature to walk out.
The familiar pig's head and human body, the familiar bloodstained butcher's knife, the familiar tattered vest...
Huh? Wait a minute! Something's not right.
Wu Wang looked at the transmigrated Oink with a surprised expression and asked, "Holy crap, buddy, how did you become so... uh, so pig-like?"
Oink's image of wearing a blood-stained vest has almost become a stereotype.
However, the man who appeared at this moment was not like that.
On the contrary, they were dressed in suits and ties, with shiny leather shoes.
Even the bloodstained butcher's knife at his waist was fitted with an exquisitely carved scabbard.
At first glance, one might mistake them for high-society figures emerging from a lavish banquet.
"Oh, you mean this? Shang Zun said I don't pay enough attention to my appearance."
"At least I've been staying at his place recently, and I go out with him from time to time. People will think that Wanbao Merchant Guild is so poor that it can't even afford a decent piece of clothing."
"So, he gave me this set of clothes, and this scabbard can even help maintain my butcher knife automatically."
Oink said in a deep, muffled voice.
These words left Wu Wang speechless for a moment.
Did those clothes come from that heartless penguin...?
Putting aside the quality for now, it's probably top-notch; anything from penguins is undoubtedly high-quality.
But would he really give things away for free? And what if he makes Oink sign some strange contract?
Seeing the pity in Wu Wang's eyes, Oink guessed what he was thinking.
After rolling her eyes, she said, "Don't overthink it. Shang Zun is a nice person. This is just a gift for me. If it's broken, I can take it back to the Chamber of Commerce's little penguin to fix it."
Wu Wang felt a surge of anger upon hearing this.
Holy crap! It was actually a free gift! And there's even after-sales service!
That bastard, heartless penguin treated me differently.
All I did was steal some things from him, lie to him a few times, and even give him tentacle phobia from his precious question mark box.
Am I really that awful? Why does he give me such a cold shoulder?
Wu Wang sighed, deciding he couldn't be bothered to think about it anymore. He simply pointed to the densely packed smiling crowd that had surged forward.
He teased Oink, "Dressed so well, you won't be able to lift a knife, will you?"
"See those trash protecting those guys? I need you to slaughter all those monsters of desire."
Upon hearing Wu Wang's words, Oink glanced at his surroundings.
Normally, he wouldn't bother drawing his sword against something so weak it would shatter at the slightest touch.
The employees could hack away at him without even feeling the slightest bit of obstruction.
However, they are not simply weak and helpless right now.
After taking a deep breath, Oink exhaled a bloodthirsty aura and said, "I can smell... a nauseating aura of [desire] on them. Are they lowly monsters raised by the Venerable of Desire?"
After saying that, he ripped off his tie and put it in his pocket, unbuttoned the top few buttons of his suit, and drew the butcher's knife from his waist, pointing it at the smiling men.
"My greatsword has been itching for a long time."
Wu Wang's summoning cleaver was replaced with a serrated blade, and the black flames rose again the moment it was smeared with blood.
Standing next to Oink, he laughed wildly, "Then let me see the style of the Butcher of Heaven once again!"
"Comrade, let's fight side by side! Let's completely destroy this factory of desire!"
A man and a pig guarded the entrance.
The murderous intent emanating from them even chilled the air throughout the entire floor.
The number of smiling people was indeed unusually high.
But the employees are also pitifully frail.
Wu Wang and Oink, at full power, could instantly kill anyone they touched.
Neither of them intended to delay for even ten minutes.
Instead, they planned to use this time to withstand the attacks of all the Smilers and wipe out the entire factory!
Just as Wu Wang had previously said to the cow-cat Xiao Qiu—
This is the necessary path for the struggle for freedom.
The sins of the factory of desire will be washed away with blood! (End of Chapter)