Chapter 48 The Infinite Boss Invites You to "Eat Melon" 48. Want...

At 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, the bus departed from the resort, heading to the airport on Hiroland Island.

The journey was smooth and uneventful; nothing happened.

A colleague from the operations department sighed quietly, saying that now whenever he has to go to the airport, the memory of rushing to catch a flight on the first day of team building pops into his mind, and he is a little worried that something outrageous might happen this time as well. In the end, it went too smoothly, which is great. It's just a pity about his viral video.

"It would be great if things went smoothly, stop jinxing me!" Sister Liu glared at her.

It really went smoothly.

Not only was the journey smooth, but the arrival at the airport was also smooth.

There were no unusual incidents during check-in, baggage drop-off, customs, or security checks. Everything seemed uneventful, as if it were all over, just the end of an ordinary trip.

This time, Lu Yu and Pei Yanzhi refused the upgrade offered by President Zhao and followed the team-building group into economy class.

Old Gu saw this and nudged Lu Yu: "Take advantage of it while you can! Why aren't you even flying business class anymore!"

“It’s uncomfortable to be too close to the bosses,” Lu Yu gave an answer that most working people would agree with. Old Gu pondered for a moment and found it very reasonable, unable to refute it.

This time, all the players on Lu Yu's side, including Jiang Yan and the others, did not split up but boarded the plane together.

The plane took off on time at 10:30 local time, without any delay.

The plane took about half an hour to take off and stabilize. Around 11:00, the announcement came on, the cabin lights came on, and the lavatories opened. The passengers who had been drowsy in their seats started to move, either getting up to use the restroom or rummaging through their belongings.

Flight attendants came to deliver meals, carrying trolleys, walking from row to row.

Pei Yanzhi pulled open the sunshade, and Lu Yu, standing beside him, looked out with him.

Today is a cloudy day with thick clouds. Even high in the sky, the sun is not visible. There is no excessive reflection, only a heavy, rolling gray.

"Sir, what would you like to drink?"

The flight attendant approached and asked softly.

Lu Yu turned around and glanced at it: "A glass of warm water, thank you."

Pei Yanzhi said, "Me too..."

Before he could finish speaking, the plane suddenly began to shake violently, as if it had been hit by a giant object.

"ah--!"

"What's going on!"

"Help!"

Countless screams erupted, oxygen masks fell off, and the cabin instantly descended into chaos.

"Please calm down, everyone!"

The flight attendants shouted and tried their best to stay calm, running forward to protect the passengers.

But the next second, a scene that was completely unsettling appeared.

A deafening cracking sound rang out, and the massive aircraft seemed to have been severed in two by some invisible force.

People near the fracture point, standing inside the cabin, could reach out and touch the fleeting clouds.

The crying stopped abruptly.

Everyone stared at this incredible scene, their faces blank with a sense of unreality, as if they were in a dream.

What would happen if a plane broke apart, leaving humans exposed at an altitude of 10,000 meters?

Air pressure, oxygen, extreme cold... They didn't need to think; human instinct gave them the answer, and despair instantly covered their faces, whether young or old.

But it only lasted for a moment.

Before the despair and pain could fully take shape, an invisible ripple, like a spring breeze, suddenly spread out. People only had to blink for a moment before they all lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep. Immediately afterwards, layers of spatial power enveloped them, blocking the dangers that intended to invade from above, and teleported everyone, including the crew, away.

"It seems you were prepared."

Several figures appeared high in the sky riding on a strange, cloud-like object.

Lu Yu's eyelids twitched when he heard the voice.

That was Lu Dan's voice. When his side lost contact with him, Lu Shuang, and Qian Yue, Lu Yu had guessed what might happen, but he never expected it to actually happen. They had been cleansed of the pollution, yet once again, as if possessed, they stood by Ji Chengchuan's side.

Lu Yu raised his eyes thoughtfully, stood up, and took a step forward.

The spatial force that had been secretly supporting the plane withdrew, causing it to lose its last bit of control and plummet instantly, disappearing into the rolling thick clouds in the blink of an eye.

Behind him, Pei Yanzhi and Xiao Qian followed closely. The spatial barrier expanded, isolating the influence of the high altitude. Mai Dadan spread his wings and transformed into a real giant bird.

The two sides faced off high in the sky, where no one was around, amidst the drifting clouds.

“It’s not surprising, brother,” Lu Shuang laughed. “Among them is a great prophet. It’s normal that he can predict anything, right? It’s a pity that I don’t know if he predicted your death.”

Lu Yu did not respond, but stared at Lu Dan and Lu Shuang's faces and said, "You have actually sided with Ji Chengchuan again."

“A wise man knows when to yield,” Lu Dan scoffed. “Besides, our love for the vice president is something you can’t understand.”

Lu Yu raised an eyebrow: "Does your vice president love you? I've never seen anyone send their lover to the front lines to die while they themselves hide behind the scenes and reap the benefits?"

Stop trying to sow discord!

Lu Dan's face darkened, and he glared at him coldly: "We are willing to give everything for the Vice President!"

Lu Shuang's brows furrowed with impatience: "Alright, enough talk, the time's come, make your move!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked his wrist and lashed out with a long whip, which crackled like lightning.

Almost simultaneously, no one saw what happened to Mai Dadan; they only heard him scream, and the giant bird beneath his feet suddenly vanished. Mai Dadan transformed back into human form, unable to even struggle, and fell straight into the clouds.

Xiaoqian and the others were caught completely off guard and lost their footing. They hurriedly used their abilities to steady themselves.

Pei Yanzhi possessed the power of space, and subconsciously wanted to unleash his power to envelop everyone, but his time seemed to freeze, suddenly slowing down by a second.

In that very second, Lu Dan threw out a strange, kaleidoscope-like object.

A dazzling light shone across the sky, and the surrounding scenery suddenly began to flow and distort. Space and time were cut apart, and an invisible force spread out. Before Pei Yanzhi's spatial power arrived, Xiao Qian and the others were directly separated into a more distant battlefield.

All of his teammates had vanished, leaving only Lu Yu and Pei Yanzhi in the sky.

The spatial power that Lu Yu brought was weaker than that of Pei Yanzhi. Even though it rushed in at high speed, it was still a step too slow and failed to stop this sudden change.

“We’ve been defeated once, but that doesn’t mean we’ll be defeated a second time,” Lu Shuang’s whip, wreathed in poisonous mist, lashed out. “Lu Yu, don’t think we haven’t seen your weaknesses. Let’s see how long you can hold out!”

"How long?" Lu Yu's expression also hardened, his eyes flashing with silver-blue light. "Killing you all is enough!"

A major battle is imminent.

Lu Yu suddenly raised his hand, and a massive bolt of lightning struck down from the infinite heights, splitting the sky in two.

Amidst the exploding arcs of electricity and dazzling light, Lu Yu flipped his hand and grasped something.

The rules were revealed, crowns and scepters were bestowed upon them, the gray sky pressed down, endless storms gathered, and a roar that shook the four directions erupted.

Space was inverted, and Pei Yanzhi's figure scattered and appeared in countless forms, making time itself confusing and difficult to discern.

He broke free from control and appeared behind Lu Yu, his spatial power raging and sweeping across the area.

Lu Shuang and the others were not alarmed by what they saw. One figure after another appeared around them.

At this moment, all the players from Ji Chengchuan's faction who had come to Hailuolan Island appeared, including S-level players from Tianyuan Guild, as well as recognized experts such as Zeng Ming and Qian Yue.

Zeng Ming's figure appeared at the very back, supporting the enormous Wheel of Time, which expanded countless times, almost sealing off the entire sky.

Qian Yue stood in front, sword in hand, expressionless. Hundreds of faint lines of spiritual energy appeared, seemingly ready to tremble and change at any moment with a single strike of her sword.

"Prepare to die!"

Zeng Ming's expression was ferocious, and he didn't hesitate at all, unleashing the power of time directly.

"You guys?"

Pei Yanzhi sneered, and countless layers of space instantly rose up, colliding violently with the power of time.

Players who were nearby were caught off guard and were shredded into pieces before they could even scream.

However, for some reason, Zeng Ming's power was much stronger than it had been at the Godfall Ruins last time.

Acceleration, stagnation, pause, loop—time and space suddenly fell into an endless tug-of-war. Qian Yue's Heart-Piercing Sword trembled slightly, its sound like a dragon's roar, violently striking the vulnerabilities in Pei Yanzhi's mind.

Pei Yanzhi seemed caught off guard, and for a moment he was stuck in the mud, unable to get out.

"kill!"

Lu Shuang shouted.

Dozens of players attacked simultaneously, using no means of restraint and showing no fear of death.

Lu Yu waved his scepter, and endless natural disasters surged forth. Storms tore through space and time, and lightning shattered the strange creatures. Most of the players couldn't even withstand a single blow before turning into fragments or dust, disappearing with screams.

The power of the destructive attribute spread out, silently reaping the heads of player after player without any extra action.

Almost instantly, most of the dozens of players on the battlefield were gone.

"You're nothing but ants, how dare you block my way?"

Lu Yu's pupils radiated a silver-blue light, his expression indifferent as he stood high in the sky, surrounded by rules, like a god.

Just then, Qian Yue raised her hand, grasped the hilt of the sword that was crackling with light, and truly drew her sword.

With this sword strike, countless threads of the soul trembled.

A crack appeared in the sky above Blue Star, a result of Ji Chengchuan secretly activating his initial control over the instance. It turned out that they were hovering high above the ruins of the fallen gods.

Through the gap, countless players who were not present, or even not on Blue Star, were either forcibly pulled in from Gold and Water Star or accidentally fell in from the game's transfer station. Like huge raindrops, they fell from the sky and, drawn by Qian Yue, frantically attacked Lu Yu.

Hundreds of forces exploded outwards, like fireworks filling the sky.

“You’re good at killing,” Qian Yue said, “then kill as many as you want.”

Ji Chengchuan's plan was to hold off Pei Yanzhi and use sheer numbers to wear down Lu Yu until he reached his limit and made a mistake.

It's very simple, but it absolutely works!

Facing a sea of ​​blank eyes, Lu Yu frowned and unleashed his spatial power, imprisoning the large number of players who had suddenly surged in.

But the pull of money seems to have no end.

Her power was stronger than before, and with more and more players appearing, Lu Yu's spatial power was rapidly depleted.

He tried to forcefully close the passage using spatial power, but Ji Chengchuan's control was far superior to that of space. One passage was closed, but another was opened, making it impossible to stop him.

At a certain moment, Lu Yu's power was a split second too late, and the crown formed by lightning on his head cracked softly, revealing a barely perceptible crack.

At that very moment, a dark shadow appeared.

It's Ji Chengchuan!

Using some unknown method, he silently appeared behind Lu Yu, avoiding all forces, including the power of rules, and suddenly thrust out his palm!

Lu Yu keenly sensed this and dodged instantly, his scepter unleashing a massive wave.

The forces of the two collided, and an explosion accompanied by a gust of wind swept across the entire sky in an instant.

The sea of ​​clouds suddenly dispersed, as if it had been torn apart.

"it's useless!"

Ji Chengchuan's face appeared, surrounded by surging black energy.

This black mist resembled pollution, yet it was not pollution; it was pitch black with a faint hint of deep red. All the power that surged towards Ji Chengchuan was swallowed up by this black mist, as if falling into a swamp, leaving not a ripple.

Lu Yu's expression changed slightly, and he unleashed all his power of control and rules without holding back.

Ji Chengchuan's expression tightened, but he didn't back down. Instead, he went all out and met the attack head-on.

Dozens of strange objects flew out, not approaching Lu Yu, but immediately self-destructing upon reaching him. Various abilities and phenomena that had been devoured circulated, black clouds surged in the sky, giant shadows writhed, and golden light, seemingly contradicting the atmosphere, shone brightly in the sky, accompanied by Taoist chants and Buddhist hymns, cleansing the spiritual world.

Over the past three years, Ji Chengchuan has absorbed countless things and acquired numerous methods. When he truly decides to make a move, his strength will absolutely be worthy of the second-place ranking on the leaderboard.

Both sides fought without holding back.

Ji Chengchuan's momentum grew stronger, while Lu Yu seemed to have entered a period of decline. After a series of thunderous attacks, he began to retreat step by step. The only power of rules that Ji Chengchuan could not devour also began to become unstable and split as it was consumed.

Ji Chengchuan's eyes flashed with a shrewd light, and he couldn't help but laugh triumphantly: "Surrender, Lu Yu! Let me devour you obediently, and I'll give you a whole corpse. After all, human flesh doesn't taste good; it's sour and stinky!"

The crown shattered, the scepter broke.

Blood trickled from Lu Yu's forehead. He subconsciously turned his gaze to Pei Yanzhi.

Ji Chengchuan noticed this and gave a cold smile: "What, you still expect Pei Yanzhi to save you? Putting aside whether he's willing to go all out for you, he himself is in dire straits right now!"

Before he could finish speaking, Pei Yanzhi had already broken through Zeng Ming and Qian Yue's blockade.

Even with their power greatly increased, and one possessing the ability to manipulate time and the other able to influence people's minds, these two were ultimately no match for Pei Yanzhi.

They can stall him for a while, but they can't really stop or kill him.

"Lu Yu!"

Pei Yanzhi rushed forward.

The power of space, brimming with hatred, twisted towards Ji Chengchuan.

Ji Chengchuan didn't dodge, he just indifferently raised the corner of his mouth.

He had faced such a scene many times, but had Pei Yanzhi ever successfully killed him? Never, not even once. He was destined not to kill him. Before, Ji Chengchuan might have only suspected it, but after yesterday, he was certain that this was an "unsurprising fact."

Sure enough, the moment the spatial power reached Ji Chengchuan, the pollution within Pei Yanzhi's body suddenly erupted at an inopportune time, and the dense black energy completely engulfed him in an instant.

Lu Yu's expression trembled, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets: "Yan Zhi!"

He immediately disregarded the attacks from Ji Chengchuan and the surrounding players, risking injury to rush towards Pei Yanzhi and suppress and purify him.

But Ji Chengchuan had no intention of letting him go.

He saw that Lu Yu was at his last gasp, and his last shred of hesitation vanished. As a player who had spent years navigating life-or-death situations, even the most cautious person was, deep down, a gambler with audacity. With the opportunity right before him, if Ji Chengchuan could still resist making a move, he wouldn't be cowardly, but foolish.

His scarlet eyes narrowed slightly. He abandoned the last bit of distance, stepped through time and space, and unleashed his devouring power with all his might, piercing through Lu Yu's spirit, body, and rules.

This marks the official start of the devouring process.

He will reap the wonderful fruits of his devouring, but he must also bear the various risks involved.

"Ji, Cheng, Chuan!"

Lu Yu seemed to sense it, and suddenly turned his head, staring intently at Ji Chengchuan, his expression a mixture of shock and anger.

He tried to struggle and resist, but apart from the power of the rules, no other power could even touch Ji Chengchuan, and the power of the rules was also teetering on the brink of collapse, making it difficult to gather again.

The king who once commanded the wind and rain and manipulated the rules seems to have fallen from his throne in the blink of an eye, leaving him in a sorry state.

Ji Chengchuan watched with satisfaction as Lu Yu's expression crumbled, his body suddenly surging with black energy: "You are not the first dungeon boss I devoured, but you are the strongest one... Once I finish devouring you, I will also have your physique. The former near-god will soon become my stepping stone to godhood. You should feel honored, Lu Yu."

"Delusion!"

Lu Yu shouted.

Ji Chengchuan smiled: "Whether it's wishful thinking or reality, it's right before your eyes. I advise you to surrender obediently..."

"Facts? What are facts?"

A clear, cold male voice suddenly rang out behind Ji Chengchuan's head.

Ji Chengchuan's heart tightened, and he turned around in horror. Almost instantly, as he focused his gaze on Pei Yan, who was surrounded by black mist but still clear-headed and smiling at him, the already shattered power of rules, which contained an aura of destruction, suddenly condensed, like the scythe of death, and wrapped around his neck.

Destroying the rules of space and strangling it, Ji Chengchuan is besieged on all sides!

"you!"

Ji Chengchuan was so shocked that he fell silent.

The panic, anger, and hatred on Lu Yu's face had vanished. His crown was reassembled, his scepter reappeared, and the silver-blue wheel behind him shone like the rising sun. He raised his hand, his expression cold and ruthless: "Die!"

Countless devouring forces exploded, and Ji Chengchuan tried his best to resist the crushing power of heaven and space, but his body still shattered inch by inch.

At this moment, what else could he not understand?

What a show!

Round after round of probing, scheme after scheme, one of them risked injury and almost being devoured just to lure him out, while the other, whose pollution was already very mild, used something to unleash a deep pollution to confuse his vision. The two of them exhausted all means just to make him abandon all his concerns and make a move. They really are two great actors!

He deserved it!

but--

"You think you can kill me so easily?"

Ji Chengchuan's eyes sharpened, and suddenly his chest glowed with light as the two divine fragments he had obtained surfaced. With a flick of his hand, he forcefully fused the two dormant fragments using the power of devouring.

Strangely, although the two fragments struggled, they also began to melt under the influence of the devouring power, turning into a silvery-blue light like water, which quickly disappeared into Ji Chengchuan's body.

Lu Yu and Pei Yanzhi exchanged a glance, both shocked.

Although it's unclear how Ji Chengchuan was able to fuse with Lu Yu's divine fragments, it's impossible to simply watch him devour them.

Lu Yu and Pei Yanzhi no longer needed to act; they went all out and rushed straight towards Ji Chengchuan.

Zeng Ming struggled out of Pei Yanzhi's spatial maze. Seeing this, he gritted his teeth, manipulated time again, blocked Lu Yu and the other person, and tried to accelerate Ji Chengchuan's fusion time.

At this moment, Qian Yue also rushed out, holding her sword horizontally in front of Ji Chengchuan.

However, the next moment, a bizarre scene unfolded.

As Qian Yue's Heart-Piercing Sword entered a certain range around Ji Chengchuan, the tip suddenly turned and slashed down at Ji Chengchuan.

Ji Chengchuan's spiritual thread appeared briefly, then was silently severed by the sword blade.

"Qian Yue, you!"

Zeng Ming was incredulous, and Ji Chengchuan's pupils also constricted, as if they had never expected Qian Yue to do this.

Qian Yue herself seemed bewildered. She grabbed the Heart-Piercing Sword that had slipped from her hand, stared at it blankly, and a scene suddenly flashed through her mind.

In the scene, she whispers to the Heart-Piercing Sword, which was formed by combining her special abilities with a mysterious object and has now developed some spiritual consciousness.

She had known Ji Chengchuan for three years, and for the first time, she pointed to the weakness in his heart. Using this weakness, she secretly untied the thread of his soul. She told the Heart-Piercing Sword to strike Ji Chengchuan at his most vulnerable moment, regardless of whether she was standing by his side or fighting for him.

After doing all that, she used a strange object to suppress that part of her memory. If it weren't for the sword thrust out at this moment, she wouldn't have been able to recall it.

"I'm sorry, Vice President. I was misled by their instigation and set up the trap, but I forgot about it later..."

Qian Yue looked regretful.

But Ji Chengchuan could no longer hear her explanation.

Where did Qian Yue's sword strike?

Where is Ji Chengchuan's psychological vulnerability?

Is it the pleading look in your eyes when you first entered the dungeon, when you were cowardly and selfish and could have helped but chose to watch your childhood friend sink into the lava instead? Is it the familiar figures who have gone mad and died because of your few words over the past three years? Or is it the ever-growing greed in your heart when you look up at the top?

No, neither.

Ji Chengchuan stared wide-eyed, only to see the endless thick black pollution overflowing from his body, and behind the pollution, a smiling face slowly cracking open.

"Make a move..."

His teeth chattered, and he hissed, "If you don't make a move... we'll all die together, we'll all die together!"

The mumbled words caused all the players present to suddenly freeze in place, startled.

Lu Yu seemed to sense something and raised his eyes.

The sky had darkened without us noticing.