Qi Xu took a massive gulp of air, feeling like he was finally coming back to life.
He carefully conserved every ounce of strength, restraining, dividing, and striking with calculated precision. Even when injured, he tried not to waste too much mental energy. He even saved his teleportation moves for life-or-death moments, escaping death several times by the skin of his teeth.
The viewers watching the live stream felt their hearts leap up and down constantly, their nerves on edge the entire time, barely even breathing at times.
Qi Xu felt he had reached his limit, ready to collapse at any moment. But in the final three minutes, he completely snapped.
He stopped holding back entirely. The frequency of his teleportation suddenly increased. His fingertips gripped the twin blade hilts tightly, his knuckles turning white as he took a sharp breath. The surge of blood in his chest instantly dispelled the numbness of near-death exhaustion.
His toes barely touched the ground before his figure vanished right in front of the monster's claws. The residual image of his teleportation hadn't even faded yet when he launched forward again. The pink mist blades were no longer weak distractions but became a solid storm of light slashes as the twin daggers danced wildly.
The afterimages of his teleportation overlapped among the monsters. Each time an afterimage landed, it was accompanied by the muffled thud of pink blades sinking into flesh.
Qi Xu stepped onto the corpses of monsters and leaped into the air. His twin blades swept across, carving out a giant pink mist slash that shattered every monster in the last area. When he landed, the pink mist on the blades still swirled gently. His gaze was steady, filled with fighting spirit.
By the time the timer reached zero and all the monsters completely disappeared, Qi Xu only then slowly and gracefully sheathed his twin daggers.
The comments section was once again flooded with exclamation marks. Qi Xu lifted his head slightly, pretending to carefully read everyone's messages. But in reality, his vision was blurry, dark and spinning. He couldn't see clearly what everyone was writing at all—he just knew it was dense lines of text.
He struggled to stand upright, trying his best to look cool.
A flash of white light, and all the players were teleported together again. Interestingly, each player was assigned their own separate transparent square compartment. They could see each other but couldn't communicate.
Everyone realized the surrounding environment was safe and immediately collapsed onto the ground, gasping heavily, completely disregarding their dignity. Qi Xu also slowly found a stylish sitting position and quickly closed his eyes to rest.
The toughest one was the "Instant Noodle Head Flower Fairy," who only had one arm left. Her entire body was a mess of blood, and even half her face was a blurred, bloody pulp. Though she wasn’t dead yet, she wasn’t far from it.
Everyone else was also utterly exhausted. No matter what challenges lay ahead, for now, they just wanted to lie flat and rest for a while.
However, seeing that the Invincible Black Whirlwind was still alive and well—just covered in a few more wounds, having transitioned completely from a mud-man to a blood-man—everyone still breathed a sigh of relief while their admiration overflowed irrepressibly.
After all, during those final moments, things had truly been on the brink. If not for the Invincible Black Whirlwind using all the energy cores to crowd-control the monsters, at least two players would likely have fallen.
[First, congratulations to all players for successfully lasting until the end of this Great Escape event! Special joy that all 12 Top Rangers have survived—this achievement is worth celebrating.
However, a special note: in this event, only Invincible Black Whirlwind, Master Huixin, Subway Line 5, and HandsomeBoyMe188 will enjoy the double points reward.
For the other players, please take note that your energy cores have been lost. What a shame. If you had chosen to withdraw before the Great Escape began, you could have safely obtained 5000 points. We hope all of you can learn from this experience and be more thorough in your future decision-making. We look forward to seeing even better performances from everyone in the next event!]
Qi Xu heard this and immediately knew the rotten ball was starting to stir shit again—snarkily driving a wedge between them. But Qi Xu believed that after these last 48 hours of working together, even Endless Longevity wouldn’t be swayed by those words.
He even specifically turned to look at her. As it turned out, Endless Longevity had been waiting for that look from Qi Xu.
Coughing up blood, she grandly patted her chest and made the universal “ReSpeCt” hand gesture, grinning from ear to ear, her sincerity unmistakable.
Qi Xu broke into a smile instantly and gave a slight nod, mouthing, “You’re really cute, babe~”
Endless Longevity finally lay back down with relief, corpse-like. She really had been worried that at this point, Invincible Black Whirlwind still wouldn’t trust her. Thankfully, the revolutionary bond was basically established. She believed in me still! So satisfying!
[Attention, all players who have been watching the live stream! This round of the [Gathering of Gods] is entering its highest climax—the all-player vote!
Now, your decisive moment has officially arrived! Everyone only has one precious vote. After the broadcast ends, you will have 10 seconds of lightning-fast decision-making time. Cast your most crucial vote, and select the player you recognize as the [Strongest in the Chinese Server]! Or, from another perspective, choose the team leader you are willing to trust and follow all the way!
This vote is not only an affirmation of skill but also a choice for the future. This strongest player will automatically become the person in charge of the first cross-server confrontation, the first leader among all Chinese server players.
The top five players will directly receive 2000 points as a reward. The bottom three players, please note—unfortunately, according to the rules, 2000 points will be deducted from your total earnings from this event.
If your current points are insufficient for the deduction, the system will automatically deduct items of equal value from your inventory to offset the deficit.
The 10-second countdown is about to begin. Don’t hesitate! Come cast your decisive vote for the candidate you believe in! For any players who abstain, your vehicle will automatically degrade by one level. Please take every activity in the national server seriously!
Countdown begins: ten, nine, eight…]
The players from the entire server had been happily watching the drama. When they found out a vote was happening, they suddenly got hyped. The sense of participation was maximum—satisfying!
Some players even pondered typing their thoughts in the comments, giving advice or calling for some performance from the Top Rangers to sway the vote, or for some promises, before calmly and stylishly casting their votes.
But once they saw the last sentence, “Abstaining causes the vehicle to degrade directly by one level,” they got nervous immediately. On this highway, the vehicle was life!
Even if they couldn’t keep up with the top-tier upgrade speed, they couldn’t fall too far behind, either.
When Qi Xu heard this, he finally relaxed. The rotten ball might be crazy and love to add drama for itself, but at least this final part hadn’t changed.
2000 points for free, no point in refusing—even though he’d already earned plenty from this [Gathering of Gods] event…
What Qi Xu valued most was still the cross-server confrontation leader identity.
