Chapter 57: Kill Li Shoude! The Eerie Black Talisman!

"..."

Jiang Yi almost failed to hold back his poetic urge to blurt out—

I, Jiang Yi, have been waiting right here today! Let's see who dares to come and kill me!

...

Better not, though.

Let's stay steady.

No random meme-dropping.

He was keeping it steady on his end, anyway.

Walking behind Liao Yuanfeng, the team members who had yet to become official players were feeling quite curious.

Someone muttered in a low voice:

"No way, right? Sharing the name 'Jiang Yi' offends that big shot too? Why is he so arrogant?"

"Luo Changqing, the strongest person in Jiangcheng, doesn't seem this arrogant, does he?"

"And didn't they say the big shots from the Qingchuan Guild and the Yellow River Guild advised official players against indiscriminately killing the innocent, and even specially established some kind of... Enforcers Hall for it?"

"That top-tier big shot who is also named Jiang Yi actually dares to openly defy the initiative of the two major guilds? What's his background? He looks insanely badass!"

"Why hasn't the Enforcers Hall dealt with that Jiang Yi?"

Liao Yuanfeng had originally not intended to disclose too much about the affairs between official players to the unofficial ones.

However, since there happened to be a Jiang Yi among them as well, he couldn't resist chiming in with an explanation:

"That Jiang Yi is not a player from our Jiangcheng District. He came to Jiangcheng from another region across districts!"

"Moreover, as soon as he arrived in our Jiangcheng District, he parachuted straight to the top of the Level Leaderboard and the Combat Power Leaderboard. His strength is unfathomable!"

"The two major guilds are wishing they could recruit him, so how could they possibly send the Enforcers Hall to deal with him?!"

Furthermore, what Liao Yuanfeng didn't say was—

The Enforcers Hall was merely a concept proposed by the two major guilds.

In reality, it had never truly developed into anything substantial.

After all...

In this day and age, if you accuse someone of killing the innocent indiscriminately, they will claim it was self-defense.

Or perhaps, upholding justice!

In short, if you really tried to police it, it was completely unmanageable.

Moreover, most powerful players strongly resisted the establishment of any such Enforcers Hall.

Therefore, for now, the two major guilds only intervened slightly in cases of particularly heinous serial killers who slaughtered everyone they saw.

These unofficial players were completely oblivious to the current situation.

Not thinking too much into it, just hearing the phrase "cross-district" was already enough to shock them profoundly!

"Cross-district! That Jiang Yi is actually a powerhouse who came from another region?!"

"To be able to pull that off, his strength must be insane!"

"Duh, didn't you hear he's ranked first on both the combat power and level leaderboards?!"

"First is first, but the gap between him and second place is completely unpredictable!"

"Jiang Yi..."

Many gazes naturally fell upon Jiang Yi.

Earlier, when they heard Liao Yuanfeng tell Jiang Yi to change his name, they hadn't felt much.

Looking at this "Jiang Yi" who shared the exact same name and surname now, however, they found it rather awkward.

It felt kind of like having a colleague named Elon Musk...

"Right, Jiang Yi, you really should change your name."

"Even though your name was given to you by your parents, your parents would definitely understand you changing it to save your life!"

"Change it, change it. A badass name like that isn't something we deserve!"

Li Shoude was also among this group of unofficial players.

When he initially heard Liao Yuanfeng say that a big shot named "Jiang Yi" had appeared among the official players, his heart had skipped a beat with worry.

After all, he was well aware—

This Jiang Yi was no simple character!

Having drawn his upgrade destiny token, he was very likely an official player by now!

In that case, the big shot "Jiang Yi" that Liao Yuanfeng spoke of could very well be the very same Jiang Yi standing right in front of him!

However, hearing Liao Yuanfeng subsequently assert with such absolute certainty that the big shot "Jiang Yi" was a powerhouse from another region allowed Li Shoude to breathe a tentative sigh of relief.

Yet, deep down, a sliver of suspicion remained.

Just at that moment, Liao Yuanfeng waved his hand, signaling the chattering members of the group to quiet down.

Perhaps struck by a sudden thought, he abruptly turned to Jiang Yi and said:

"Oh, by the way, Jiang Yi, show me your status panel so I can take a look."

This move...

Sun Hao had made the exact same demand of Luo Shan earlier.

It was an extremely impolite request.

Yet, a strong person dealing with a weak person...

Has the right to be impolite!

Deep down in Liao Yuanfeng's mind, a ridiculous thought had actually flashed—

What if this Jiang Yi right in front of him...

Really was that Jiang Yi who ranked first on both leaderboards...

Then making the demand to see his status panel would simply be courting death!

However, Liao Yuanfeng wasn't panicking inside.

After all, the probability of that was infinitely small!

This Jiang Yi before him could only possibly share the same name and surname with the big shot!

As Liao Yuanfeng was thinking this, Li Shoude was also secretly and eagerly anticipating the chance to take a peek at Jiang Yi's status panel along with Boss Liao.

Yet, at that exact moment, nobody reacted in time!

With practically just a blur of an afterimage flashing past, an extremely oppressive figure materialized right in front of Li Shoude!

His pupils instantly dilated!

Reflected in his pitch-black irises was Jiang Yi's smiling face!

In that fraction of a second, a terror akin to the arrival of the Grim Reaper surged wildly from somewhere deep within his body!

It almost blew Li Shoude's skull right off!

Yet, under such intense terror...

Li Shoude couldn't even manage to let out a single scream!

With his throat gripped, the life force in his dilated pupils rapidly faded away!

His entire body died without making a sound!

All of this happened in barely a second!

The timeframe was so short that Liao Yuanfeng and his team members didn't even have time to react!

And right as Li Shoude's life force abruptly vanished, his middle-aged-looking body suddenly and bizarrely began to rapidly age and decay!

Judging solely by the corpse...

One would likely mistake it for that of a centenarian!

And it didn't end there!

From that rapidly aging corpse, a weird black talisman suddenly shot out!

Surrounded by wisps of dark Qi, the black talisman spun in mid-air before shooting straight toward Jiang Yi!

Reacting swiftly, Jiang Yi hurriedly pulled Liao Yuanfeng right beside him, using him as a human shield!

With a look of bewilderment and terror, Liao Yuanfeng almost cursed out loud on the spot!

That bizarre black talisman radiated an ominous aura no matter how you looked at it.

Liao Yuanfeng genuinely thought Jiang Yi was trying to get him killed!

However...

The moment that black talisman merged into his body, Liao Yuanfeng went completely stiff, freezing in place for a brief moment.

Then...

His eyes suddenly bulged wide.

As if he had just received some incredible piece of good news, he threw his head back and burst into wild laughter: "Ha! Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha..."

Before long, though, snapping back to his senses amidst the dubious and startled gazes of the others, Liao Yuanfeng forcefully suppressed that surge of wild joy and gave an awkward, dry cough.

"Ahem, no, nothing really. I just... suddenly thought of something happy..."

"..."

Nobody would believe such ghost stories, not even ghosts themselves.

Anyone with eyes could tell that Liao Yuanfeng had clearly benefited immensely from that bizarre black talisman!

However, none of these team members possessed the strength of Liao Yuanfeng, so naturally, they didn't dare to voice any complaints.

As for Jiang Yi, who was even stronger than Liao Yuanfeng...

Liao Yuanfeng suddenly shifted his gaze back to Jiang Yi.

His eyes were filled with shock, vigilance, and wariness!

Involuntarily taking a small half-step back, he managed to squeeze a rigid voice out from his throat:

"You..."

"Jiang Yi, you..."

"You couldn't possibly be... that Jiang Yi who ranks first on the level leaderboard... could you?"