Chapter 80: Chapter 80: The Gamble on the Plaza—Will Everyone Survive?
The red lightning streaked across the night sky, skimming by Lin Ye’s side, and struck precisely a stone behind him.
The lightning instantly pulverized the fist-sized stone into dust.
The Witch Demon was completely dumbfounded...
As for the professionals on the city wall who had been watching all this, they belatedly widened their eyes.
"Huh? The Witch Demon already attacked just now? That’s too cunning!"
"A sneak attack that missed, that’s embarrassing!"
"Damn, Lin Ye almost got hit, that was close..."
They couldn’t help but exclaim, yet none of them saw the key point in all this.
"No, the Witch Demon used a skill called ’Death Finger,’ which supposedly has a ’guaranteed hit’ effect. How could it possibly miss?" Huo Ting clearly noticed the crucial detail.
The so-called ’guaranteed hit’ means that once the skill is cast, it is certain to hit the target.
But now, it defies common sense; Lin Ye wasn’t hit.
This was completely beyond Huo Ting’s understanding of skill mechanics...
It was simply inexplicable how Lin Ye achieved it.
The books didn’t teach this!
After hearing Huo Ting’s words, the other professionals began looking at each other.
A guaranteed hit skill didn’t hit Lin Ye?
Isn’t this contradictory?
"You are indeed an interesting kid..."
The Witch Demon looked more closely at Lin Ye, a bit surprised.
A guaranteed hit skill is destined to hit, but not necessarily the target you intend to hit; the stone behind Lin Ye explained it all.
Lin Ye exhaled lightly, the four-leaf clover, truly a treasure condensed from a Demon God’s origin power, was indeed extraordinarily powerful!
Of course, Lin Ye’s ability to evade the attack from ’Death Finger’ was not solely due to the four-leaf clover.
His mask, ’Face of the Secret Art Master,’ has a feature that offers a certain probability of not being locked onto by ’guaranteed hit’ skills.
It’s just that the four-leaf clover greatly enhanced the probability of not being targeted because of ’Face of the Secret Art Master.’
Since Lin Ye couldn’t be locked onto, and ’Death Finger’ needed a target, the stone near Lin Ye became collateral damage.
If someone else was standing near Lin Ye, it would be their unfortunate fate.
However, no matter how lucky, mistakes can happen, and Lin Ye was actually prepared to be hit directly.
His current Life Value already exceeded a million, so even if he took a direct hit from ’Death Finger,’ it wouldn’t really threaten Lin Ye at all.
But in this manner, it would be quite shocking.
Spending a mere ten Attribute Points for some cover seems incredibly worthwhile to Lin Ye.
Besides, even if his Life Value got busted, it wouldn’t matter.
Professionals have an advantage that monsters or bosses within Secret Realms do not possess.
Professionals still retain full combat capability even when their Life Value is depleted. However, at that time, any attack damage directly affects them, so most professionals develop a fear of this state.
Thus, even if Lin Ye’s Life Value was depleted, he would still be able to kill the Witch Demon.
Taking advantage of the luck effect brought by the four-leaf clover, which hadn’t completely dissipated, Lin Ye unhesitatingly activated his triple kill, leaving no chance for the Witch Demon to delay.
"Spell Fury! Eye of Truth! Punishment Technique!"
On the plains under the night sky, it was as if a solar corona suddenly rose, emitting endless light.
The holy radiance descended, directly enveloping the Witch Demon...
"What a nasty little brat, tsk..."
The Witch Demon’s resentful voice echoed.
He was talking so much nonsense with Lin Ye purely to buy time.
After casting ’Death Finger,’ there was a period during which he couldn’t spellcast; he wanted to drag this period out.
But Lin Ye didn’t give him that opportunity and directly took him away in one stroke.
The Witch Demon’s massive ten-meter body kept collapsing and disintegrating under the holy light bright enough to turn night into day, until all that remained were scattered bones.
"Critical hit, not bad!"
Lin Ye raised an eyebrow slightly; the four-leaf clover’s effect of temporarily boosting Luck Value for a short period allowed him to catch an opportunity for a critical hit, instantly killing the Witch Demon.
On the distant city wall, everyone was utterly dumbfounded.
They couldn’t believe what their eyes were seeing.
A Hundred-man Level Boss was instantly killed?
Even though Holy Light Skills from Healers have a damage bonus against Undead creatures, achieving a Boss instant kill is incredibly exaggerated.
This is pure attribute value dominance!
Among the Witch Demon’s loot drop, three beams of light appeared—two purple and one orange.
This drop was quite luxurious.
From a distance, many people saw these high-level treasures and showed envy...
Lin Ye’s luck was exceedingly good; the Boss drop that’s hard to obtain even one purple item on usual days, yielded two purples and one orange!
Among the professionals present, most would boast for ages even if they got a piece of Blue Equipment.
But for Lin Ye, it might not even earn a glance.
The gap is too wide, whether in personal strength or equipment difference!
...
"Place your bets! The draw is coming soon!"
In Professional Plaza, a chubby guy with a bushy beard shouted loudly.
These days, Lin Ye’s initiation of the large Secret Realm ’Purification of Stratholme’ has become the city’s hot topic.
The focus of the discussion is not whether Lin Ye can clear it, but how many will survive and come out.
Some speculators seized this opportunity to set bets directly.
They gamble on how many people will survive, offering higher odds for larger survival numbers, and lower odds for fewer survivors.
Unless the situation is overly outrageous, the Professional Center generally doesn’t intervene in such matters.
After all, they can’t manage every occurrence, as the professionals have many ways to bypass regulations, showing that enforcement doesn’t always work.
Moreover, these wagers often have large guilds backing them.
Otherwise, an ordinary person wouldn’t attract attention in such a scenario; people fear you might just run off with the money!
And this chubby guy’s guild, locally renowned in Shan City, is called the ’Unicorn Bull Guild,’ which has the largest market and their betting amounts have nearly reached hundreds of millions.
"The odds for all survival is 13.5, right?"
A handsome middle-aged man squeezed into the crowd and asked.
The chubby guy glanced at this middle-aged man and answered casually, "Yes, indeed! How much do you want to bet? Hurry up, the time is almost up!"
"I’ll wager ten million, can you handle it?" Liang Houyun asked with a smile.
At this, many people around looked towards this middle-aged man...
Wide-eyed.
Ten million...
Isn’t this just handing over money to others?