Chapter 482: Encirclement and Suppression

The wheel saw—this was exactly what she had been waiting for!

Jiang Ke’er’s gaze sharpened. The reason she had chosen a wheel saw that couldn’t fly, couldn’t run fast, and had an extremely short attack range was precisely for this moment.

“You two, hold on tight.”

She floored the gas… oh, there was no gas pedal, so she pressed the button instead!

Her left oar swung hard, her right oar locked in the opposite direction, and she tossed the anchor—with a “whoosh,” the entire boat spun into the fleet with an exceptionally graceful pirouette.

Hearing the roaring engine, the contestants blockading the supply point finally realized the severity of the situation.

With a heavy engine growl, the wheel saw suddenly spun to its absolute limit.

By the time they turned around, that golden shadow had already slammed into them.

“You—don’t come any closer!”

“Zzzzz—crash, bang, clatter—!”

The dragon boat, whipping up a massive cyclone, charged into the cluster like a bowling ball slamming into a rack of pins. The difference was that these dragon boats were instantly sliced apart like hot dog buns, split cleanly into top and bottom halves.

[Task Progress: Players knocked into water—210 people.]

[Received Villain Points from…]

The flood of system prompts made Jiang Ke’er burst into barbell laughter.

Winning from behind had its own joy, but occasionally playing the role of a maxed-out, bulldozing arch-villain was incredibly cathartic too!

She sprinted to the edge of the supply point and pulled out her second magic cube, laughing even more heartily.

Even the heavens were on her side today!

“Click, click, click—”

She handed the magic cube to Pei at the stern, telling him to slam it into the recessed slot at the back of the boat.

Pei did as told.

The familiar modification sounds rang out again, and four long cylinders rose upright from the stern.

These days, anything could be fitted with a nitrogen acceleration system—bicycles, chairs, palanquins, boats.

But Jiang Ke’er’s wasn’t a nitrogen accelerator.

It was a skunk accelerator.

The accelerator was packed with substances similar to skunk spray components. These highly concentrated materials rapidly converted into gas and shot out in jets, achieving the acceleration effect.

Though non-toxic, while accelerating, it dealt continuous critical mental damage.

On top of that, the gas was black and blocked visibility.

“Three—”

With an explosive detonation from the engine, the dragon boat shot forward like an arrow released from a bowstring, leaving behind nothing but a thick cloud of black smoke that stung the eyes.

“Bye-bye, everyone!”

[Received Villain Points from…]

The flood of red system prompts doubled in intensity in an instant.

Amid the waves, that boat spun and raced across the arena, leaving ever-thicker layers of black smoke in its wake.

“Cough, cough! We need to unite!”

Inside the black smoke, the contestants finally reached their breaking point.

Mr. Gu Yuyue seemed to be a man with strong leadership skills. Though his Cultivation Base appeared unimpressive, he was the first to step forward and lay out the stakes:

“That boat has already gained too much of an advantage. We have to act together, or we’ll only be left choking on her dust! Teams with attack capabilities, please temporarily cease attacking other teams and execute a coordinated hunt—that’s the only way everyone has a chance to win! Focus fire on that boat!”

In that span of time, Jiang Ke’er had already used the skunk accelerator to reach the third supply point.

Because of the skunk accelerator’s bizarre properties, no one else wanted to go near the supply points she had visited.

While her vision was obscured by the black smoke, Jiang Ke’er quietly reached into the underside of the supply point, pulled out a card, and swiped it.

[Administrator identity verification successful. Please select the item you wish to retrieve.]

“I choose the high agility direction controller.”

Pei Zheng and Gongsun Xiaotao were once again stunned by Jiang Ke’er’s shameless operations.

Without changing her expression, Jiang Ke’er retrieved the third magic cube from the supply point and slapped it into the recessed slot before her.

With a series of mechanical whirs, the boat’s hull slowly rose above the water’s surface, while a ring of jet-powered directional control units erected around and beneath the hull.

Finally, the oars retracted automatically and reassembled in front of Jiang Ke’er into a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, and brake.

Directional sensitivity had always been a boat’s weak point, and Jiang Ke’er had just perfectly solved that problem, allowing her to command the vessel like an extension of her own body.

She stomped the accelerator, cranked the wheel to full lock, and perfectly dodged a cannonball landing right beside her.

Surrounded by swirling black smoke, Jiang Ke’er leisurely cruised toward the next supply point.

“Shifu, what are we supposed to do?”

Pei and Gongsun Xiaotao looked at Jiang Ke’er with grievance. The oars were gone—now they had no idea what their jobs were supposed to be.

“You two just AFK.”

Jiang Ke’er said.

Absolutely zero game experience for them.

Pei and Gongsun Xiaotao were furious but dared not speak up.

[Administrator identity verification successful…]

At the fourth supply point, Jiang Ke’er still didn’t pick up a ranged attack item.

Instead, she grabbed a spiritual energy shield that could withstand three fatal hits, increasing her margin for error.

When the allied forces behind her confidently whipped out a homing missile, they could only watch in exasperation as it was blocked by the spiritual shield.

Jiang Ke’er sneered.

“Heh. How naive.”

“I built this entire competition myself. I know every single item inside and out. And you actually think you can fight me?”

“Everyone! Charge! Round two, focus fire!”

A dense storm of gunfire and projectiles rained down from the sky.

***

Meanwhile, Jiang Ke’er had already arrived at the fifth supply point, pulling out an RPG with an especially oversized head.

With a flashy drift turn, facing the rain of bullets head-on, Jiang Ke’er pulled the trigger.

Boom—

The rocket was struck mid-air and detonated. The shockwave kicked up towering waves, intercepting the barrage while flipping the unprepared distant boats completely upside down.

[Task Progress: Players knocked into water—470 people.]

“Hahahaha! Come on, give me more!”

Jiang Ke’er let out an arrogant villain’s laugh.

Behind her, the assembled teams were so furious that smoke billowed from all seven orifices.

Li Er and Mr. Gu Yuyue served jointly as commanders, overseeing the Eastern Team’s operations. Mr. Gu Yuyue raised his hand and swept it forward:

“Suicide Squad, go!”

The Suicide Squad was a boat team combining both speed and defense.

Seeing that Jiang Ke’er had already deployed her ranged attack options, they seized the opportunity and prepared for a suicidal ramming strike!

The lightning-fast boats charged through the eye-stinging black fog, tearfully but valiantly chasing after Jiang Ke’er’s stern.

Meanwhile, the Western Allied Forces launched barrage items, lobbing them ahead of Jiang Ke’er to slow her speed while blocking her route to the sixth supply point.

Jiang Ke’er remained unfazed, drifting and weaving to dodge the barrage while tanking two hits, reaching the sixth supply point’s item just before her shield broke.

[Self-select boat modification tool—can convert an existing item into another item of the same category.]

Jiang Ke’er quickly transformed her attack-type wheel saw into a [projectile explosive pack] and converted her propulsion-type skunk accelerator into [demon wings].

Finally, under the horrified gazes of the assembled contestants, Jiang Ke’er turned her boat around.

Her dragon boat soared into the sky on demon wings, diving straight back toward the allied formation!

As she closed in above the allies’ heads, Jiang Ke’er pressed the new red button that had appeared.

The hull silently opened a gap, and a massive explosive pack slid out.

“Run!”

Mr. Gu Yuyue’s eyes nearly split apart as he let out a desperate scream.

Sorry, but you’re too late again.