From a talent perspective, it's actually quite worthwhile for Ye Ye to take this chance to clear the level. SS-level worlds are incomparable to those lower-level worlds. As long as he can clear the level, his strength will definitely make a huge improvement!
However, he couldn't make the decision on his own; he had to ask Jiang Ran for his opinion. But no matter what, Alansta couldn't possibly steal this chance to pass!
The rest is pretty obvious: whoever gets the crystal on the altar will get the chance to clear the level!
Ye Ye drew his wooden sword: "Stop thinking about it, or I'll just kill you. Anyway, even if I'm kicked out of the world, Jiang Ran will still get the chance to clear the game. It's all the same to my Dragon Kingdom."
The high-ranking officials of the White Eagle Kingdom were terrified. Jiang Ran had finally managed to deal with that monster, so let the Dragon Kingdom pass through if they wanted. The most important thing was that Alansta came back alive!
Even a one-for-one exchange with Jiang Ran is unacceptable to the White Eagle Kingdom. If Ye Ye were to kill him, they would be even more devastated!
Neither of the two SSS-rank soldiers gained any advantage against Ye Ye. Could Alansta do the same? His Ghost Scythe is even weaker than Fear in terms of combat power!
Aransta turned to face Ye Ye: "I don't want to kill you, so you can step aside."
"Huh? What are you talking about? Don't you understand the situation?"
Ye Ye was stunned for a moment. Was the other party stupid? How could he dare to threaten him in this situation?
“Don’t forget, I haven’t used my talent yet,” Aransta said softly. “I said I wouldn’t kill Jiang Ran, and I won’t. However, I’ll take this chance to clear the level. As compensation, I’ll give you 10% of the completion reward.”
"You dare to take the initiative now?!"
Ye Ye was too lazy to waste any more words. He raised his wooden sword and gave a soft shout—
"Jia Wood!"
Thick vines burst from the ground, and Aransta swung his scythe to cut them down, while Laast's laughter echoed in the air!
"Hahaha, can we fight again? Let me have a good fight!"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Raya, this battle ends here!"
Aransta closed his eyes and activated his talent.
[SSS-Rank Talent: Melody of a Broken Dream]
[Effect: Limited to once per world. The user can distort the entire world, causing certain scenes, rules, and their own state to develop in a direction favorable to themselves. When used, it can directly change what is happening. The user can forcibly rewrite a limited number of events that have not yet occurred into reality, but cannot directly manipulate the life and death of others.]
When a dream feels too real, that is reality.
"Brother, is it really you protecting me?"
In the blink of an eye, before Ye Ye could react, the vines he had summoned himself bound him tightly, and he could no longer control them!
Aransta slowly walked towards the altar.
"Fire, ignite!"
The flames burned the vines to ashes, and Ye Ye pointed his sword at Aransta: "Is this all the talent you have? Stop right there!"
Aransta opened his arms, and surprisingly, he was holding three soul lamps in his hands! Ye Ye then realized something was wrong; the hand that should have been holding the soul lamps was now empty!
"Wait, when did you take it?!"
"You don't need to know the principles, just know that I rewrote reality. Although I can't kill you directly, I can still do this much."
Aransta deliberately tilted his arm, causing some of the lamp oil from the two outer soul lamps to spill onto the ground.
"Your life and Jiang Ran's life are now in my hands. If you take another step forward, my previous promises will be null and void."
"you!"
Although Ye Ye was furious, he was helpless. If Alansta just poured out the oil from those two soul lamps, then not only would he die, but Jiang Ran would also die!
"Then I'll accept this opportunity to clear customs."
Aransta took another step upwards.
"Stop, or I'll kill you right here."
Jiang Ran's voice came from behind.
Aransta turned around and saw Jiang Ran walking towards him with a shotgun, the dark muzzle pointed directly at him.
"You should also know that this is Yamagami's ability. After the soul lamp goes out, the person will not die immediately, but will enter a period of suffocation lasting about half a minute. During this time, I can kill you."
"Killing you with Yamagami's gun won't cost me my chance to complete the game. 30 seconds is a short time, but it's enough for me to do everything."
Aransta stopped in his tracks, the two stared at each other, and neither made a move for a moment.
The atmosphere was extremely tense. Perhaps the brief cooperation between the two had given everyone a false impression, but from beginning to end, they were enemies who could turn against each other at any time!
The high-ranking officials of the White Eagle Kingdom stared intently at the screen, fearing that Jiang Ran would pull the trigger at any moment. But the next moment, the entire live broadcast room went black, and only their own reflections were left on the screen!
"What happened?! What's going on?!"
"I don't know, sir! The live stream from China has also gone black! We can't see anything now!"
An arm gently rested on Jiang Ran's hand.
"Don't shoot, let's talk this out."
Everyone present stared at this person as if they had seen a ghost; no, perhaps they really had seen a ghost.
"Arsius...?"
Arceus smiled kindly at Jiang Ran: "I'm glad you still remember me. Should I feel honored?"
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