Chapter 1 How Could a Peak Ruler Not Have a Rule-Based Item in Their Hands?

How could a peak ruler not have a rule-based item in their hands? The reason they hadn't used it just now was because the orderly rulers present were all of extraordinary status.

There were young power holders, successors of financial groups, and giants managing a branch.

These people must have trump cards with them. The Lingjing world is full of extreme items that take a risky approach and have the ability to fight beyond their level.

Reaching their level, strength is certainly important, but caution is an essential quality. A lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit, let alone a group of talented young people!

Tentatively probing each other, gradually increasing the intensity of the battle until one side's trump cards are exhausted and completely understood, then gathering strength for a fatal blow – that's the art of team battles.

Although an eighth-level ruler was sacrificed as a result, it would be worth it as long as these young people could be taken down.

Fu Qingyang's limit was to fight a ruler of the same level, Si Ming's method was that bronze pot, and Winnie's method was a high-quality ruler item and a continuous high-burst skill!

Kerris's trump card wasn't used. Being forced to that extent without revealing it meant that her trump card needed to be used in a specific environment, such as the ocean!

The core method of the Devil Eye Heavenly King was the Eye of Bewitchment!

Ju Mang was the most surprising. He had several ruler-quality items, and his attack power wasn't weaker than a ruler's, but that was it.

As for Panxi Edison, no peak ruler would underestimate him. Except for this vice president of the Merchant Guild, everyone else's trump cards had been tested and couldn't threaten a peak ruler!

Cowboy Locke believed it was time to close the net. The Palace Master's strongest method was the Demon Refining Pot, an item that could increase the team's fault tolerance but couldn't sway the victory!

Winnie and Kerris couldn't be counted on. Even if Kerris had a trump card, it couldn't change the battle!

老大 and the Devil Eye were already at their limit and couldn't go any further. Now, they could only rely on Vice President Panxi, but he could only go fifty-fifty with a peak ruler at best!

While thinking, Zhang Yuanching observed his teammates' expressions. Everyone's face was solemn and serious, and he couldn't see the confident and relaxed look of someone who was sure of winning!

He had never underestimated the two peak rulers from the evil camp and the many eighth-level rulers present. Among these people, there would definitely be high-quality items, and even ruler-level rule-based items.

If their side had more trump cards, they could still resist stubbornly, while struggling to support themselves and reduce the opponent's numbers, reducing the pressure, and then waiting for the president to rescue them!

This was the only way to survive. Now that there were fewer people, they could only pray that the strength of the opponent's items didn't exceed the team's limit of endurance.

Stephen Simpson, with his cold and hard facial lines, looked at Cowboy and Locke dressed as a cowboy and said slowly, "I want that bronze pot and cloak, the rest is yours!"

His meaning was that the Biological Alchemy Society would take action to solve the orderly rulers, and he would take the lion's share!

As a peak ruler, Lieutenant Stephen had a keen eye and could see through the orderly side. The cloak and bronze pot were of the highest quality. Cowboy Locke glanced at the dead Hell Demon Dragon and nodded, "Okay!"

The Biological Alchemy Society had lost an eighth-level ruler and deserved compensation, and he was happy to relax since the Inspired One had volunteered to fight!

Stephen Simpson expressionlessly took out a soccer-sized crystal ball. A dynamic image appeared in the crystal ball: a huge figure walking between heaven and earth. Its body was infinitely tall; mountains didn't reach its knees, lakes barely submerged its feet, and it was humanoid and covered in the heads of wild beasts.

There were cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, tigers, leopards, and wolves, but only the head on its neck was human. Its hair was thick pythons, and the pythons spewed out deep purple poisonous smoke. The poisonous smoke rolled in the sky, forming thick clouds that covered the sky and the sun!

It was covered in pus, and when the pus flowed into the lakes, it polluted them. When it flowed into the earth, it left it barren for thousands of miles!

It was surrounded by smoke, and hurricanes blew away crops and houses. Wherever it passed, it was a mess.

Tens of thousands of distorted monsters followed it. As the dynamic picture changed, the towering monster's body suddenly split, evolving into ten monsters with different appearances and statures!

Some were shaped like women with chitinous masks covering their faces, some had goat horns and hooves and were surrounded by ghostly blue flames, some were golden lions whose figures and bodies were cast like gold, and some were membranous-winged dark dragons with many perforations, some were three-headed!

Stephen Simpson coldly swept his gaze over the evil rulers, and they all retreated to the edge.

The two Chaos Rulers, the two Overseers, and the two Thunder Mages all retreated to the edge of the stands. One more step back and they would be a hundred meters above the ground.

Stephen Simpson lightly tossed the crystal ball towards the corner of the arena!

The crystal ball swelled in mid-air, encompassing the entire arena. The next second, the illusory shadows of the seven Demon God's sons descended into the arena, standing in the east, south, west, and north, trapping the orderly rulers in the center!

[You have entered the "Smoker's" Trial Ground. Please defeat the ten demons to clear the trial!]

[Note: You may not return to reality or teleport away during the trial.]

Lingjing's prompt echoed in Zhang Yuanching's ears. The Smoker's trial. The first thing Zhang Yuanching noticed was the word "Smoker."

Because he had heard the same name in the "Horror Cruise" dungeon!

He had obtained a rule-based consumable, the Smoker's Whisper, in the Horror Cruise dungeon. This consumable could cause all living beings within a fifty-meter radius to suffer from pollution and mental confusion.

Note: Remember ~ it's all living beings…

Zhang Yuanching didn't dare to use this consumable because he didn't want to pollute his allies and himself.

"Smoker" should refer to the Demon Seed. Now, Lieutenant Stephen had taken out a high-level rule-based item with the name Smoker in it!

The Apothecary's profession god is called "Smoker."

No, Zhang Yuanching immediately began to worry about another thing.

The note contained two "mays not," which was close to an absolute description and often meant a rule-based item. He wondered if the president could break through the blockade of the rule-based item.

If he couldn't, then it would be dangerous. As the thought flashed through his mind, he saw the illusory shadows of the ten God's sons enter one after another.

Lieutenant Stephen, this peak ruler, had a cold face, but a look of pain appeared on it. The flesh and blood under his skin wriggled frantically, and his body rapidly swelled like an inflating balloon!

Two meters, three meters, five meters, ten meters!

Savage dog heads grew out of both sides of his shoulders, his hair twisted and wriggled, turning into thin black snakes, his face was covered with a chitinous mask, lion and boar heads grew out of his chest, black wings unfolded behind him, and blue scales protruded from his arms.

Mud-like pus flowed from his pores. His image was extremely similar to the "Smoker" in the crystal ball, but with a much lower configuration!

Black and white snakes spewed out streams of deep purple poisonous smoke, shrouding the sky above the arena. Foul-smelling pus, like lava erupting from a volcano, spread from him to the compacted arena.

Zhang Yuanching stared up at the distorted monster, which was ten meters tall. The fear surging in his heart made him tremble. This was the suppression of a high-level expert on a low-level one!

The Devil Eye Heavenly King "tsk"ed.

"I sensed the aura of a demigod from him, um, much weaker than the Fear Heavenly King!"