Chapter 202: Chapter 202

Qu Xing, who had quietly followed along, didn’t make a move.

Instead, Huang Bo, who had been standing still as if scared silly, suddenly let out a strange chuckle.

Huang Bo was ugly to begin with, and his smile made him look downright sleazy.

That sudden grin caught the handsome young man off guard for a second.

But despite being surprised, he still didn’t take the newcomer seriously.

Old players and new players weren’t even on the same level!

Let alone a mere Light-type.

In his opinion, Light-types were only good for posturing in front of Dark-type Beings.

However, just as he sneered inside and summoned a terrifying bolt of lightning, roaring down with doomsday-level might toward the Light-type newbie…

He saw that newbie turn into a flash of light again.

No! That… didn’t seem like light!

The handsome youth didn’t even catch what that light actually was…

And suddenly, he had this weird sensation—as if death itself had locked onto him.

Turned out, it wasn’t just a feeling!

That energy-shaped phantom shot toward him in a split second!

The handsome youth reacted fast!

That thing really had locked onto him!

The moment the youth thought of those two words, a deep sense of dread settled in his chest!

In the next instant, before he could do anything, right as he was about to shout “What the f*ck”—

The phantom that locked onto him slammed right into him.

And that was it—nothing more came after!

That deafening explosion—he didn’t even get the chance to hear it before he was completely blown into ash…

No doubt about it—extreme one-for-one! Lock-on meant death!

Of course, for Jiang Ye, his version of a one-for-one always meant “you die, I live”!

As the Replica died in his place, the Light-type Replica that survived quickly used Replica Swap to quietly retreat.

Meanwhile, Qu Xing, still hidden in the shadows, didn’t drop his guard. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ N()velFire.net

Sure enough, moments later, a strange giant flower suddenly bloomed from the blast’s ruins…

It looked like one of those legendary man-eating plants?

Well, Jiang Ye didn’t recognize it.

The giant flower bloomed rapidly.

As the tightly closed bud fully opened, the handsome youth who had just been caught in the extreme one-for-one was spat back out by the massive flower.

Now, the once-handsome young man looked utterly miserable.

He was drenched in a slimy green liquid, reeking with a disgusting stench.

And the huge flower that had expelled him withered instantly.

Its vibrant petals and green leaves turned into a puddle of green liquid in the blink of an eye, and even gave off faint black smoke.

Looking at the green sludge and black smoke on the ground, the youth’s eyes filled with pain.

Clearly, that resurrection item he used was incredibly precious—far beyond what he had budgeted for this trip.

But no matter how painful the cost…

That thing had just saved his life!

Thinking back to that terrifying lock-on and explosion…

The handsome youth was still shaken to his core!

What the h*ll was up with that Light-type?

Not only did he have a Glyph Pattern Ability, he even had a one-for-one kill ability??

And the ability’s tier was definitely not low!

Possibly even above S-tier!

If someone like that could perfectly hide their Light-type Ability…

They’d be a huge asset to the Defenders’ Alliance!

After all, the Defenders’ Alliance valued ability tier above all.

And anything above S-tier was both rare and valuable.

Not to mention something with an instant-kill effect …

Unfortunately, this kind of overpowered talent… turned out to be ridiculously stupid!

No, wait! That’s not right!

The handsome youth hadn’t even finished processing the shock of surviving death, hadn’t sorted his thoughts yet—

When suddenly, a stabbing pain hit his eyes, and his brain went fuzzy!

He realized it almost instantly—

And it was a mental control technique!

Ha! These newbies were way too naive and fearless!

Trying to challenge an old player in mental power??

The handsome youth—or rather, the one now wearing Jiang Ye’s face—

Snapped out of the mental control in under three seconds, full of scorn.

Scorn that was quickly followed by anger—and a sense of humiliation.

Just as he was about to drag out the reckless fool who dared target him and give them a proper lesson—

He was suddenly hit with intense vertigo…

When he came to, everything around him had changed completely—

No longer the ruins of the Void Mirror Palace.

But a deathly still, shadowy realm filled with grave mounds…

Covered in grave mounds?!

The young man with Jiang Ye’s face was filled with shock—his expression constantly shifting!

Shock, delight, confusion, suspicion…

He even wondered if he’d been caught in some top-tier illusion spell!

But while his mind was in chaos…

The Entropy Scythe came crashing down on him again!

This time, he didn’t even get the chance to react—took the full hit!

What the h*ll was going on?!

Didn’t he already absorb that Glyph Pattern Ability?!

The young man panicked, screaming.

That sense of something being off when he revived—he finally understood what it was—

The Light didn’t die!

So who was it that went one-for-one with him?!

That question… he’d never get the answer to.

Because soon, that “locked-on-by-death” feeling came rushing back!

In that moment, the handsome youth—still wearing Jiang Ye’s face—nearly cracked from the stress!

And when he saw that phantom shadow rushing at him again, his pupils actually felt like they were tearing apart!

But the extreme one-for-one strike was just too fast, too deadly.

Once again, he didn’t even get the chance to scream “What the f*ck.”

His rage, humiliation, confusion, and unwillingness… were all blown away in that terrifying explosion.

Even after one-for-one’ing the Defender again, Jiang Ye didn’t lower his guard.

After all, that was a Defender who’d bypassed all rules to exit Apartment 0000 early.

But just as he was waiting to see if the other had another resurrection trick—

A familiar system prompt suddenly rang out in his mind.

【Replica killed Replica. You may choose:】

【2. Replica Self-Revival】

This time, the 【Convert Replica to Survival Points】 option was gone.

Replaced with… Replica Self-Revival?

What did that even mean?

Jiang Ye quickly figured it out—

That Defender probably really did have another way to revive—could keep coming back!

But it seemed “Replica Revival” from killing a Replica had a higher priority than any other resurrection method?

When facing powerful players with tons of revival tricks—

A normal kill might not be enough—like wildfire that keeps coming back, impossible to finish off.

But if you turned them into a Replica first…

No matter how many lives they had.

As long as you killed them—you’d trigger Replica Revival.

This kind of revival overrides any built-in revival abilities a Replica might have!

Thinking that, Jiang Ye was deeply shaken.

At the same time, he picked 【1. Replica Revival】 with extra caution.

Even if he had some guesses, when it came time to actually revive that Defender player…

He still felt a little nervous.

What if that guy wasn’t under his control—and still had the original handsome youth’s consciousness? That would be trouble.

Replica Revival was exactly that—Replica Revival!

The Defender Replica was now fully in his hands!