Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 39 You dare to bribe me

Temporary campsite at the summit of Lion Mountain.

Niu Daren, who had been standing like a wooden statue, suddenly moved. He clapped his hands and shouted, "Junior brothers and sisters, today is a good day! I am your senior brother, Niu Daren! I hereby declare the Lion Mountain Sword Tournament officially open! This tournament is your entrance examination. The sect has high hopes for you and has prepared generous rewards long ago. Today is the first day of the tournament, and the winner will receive the first prize. Look..."

Niu Daren pointed to the sky, and Zhao Weike and the others who had already gathered around him, as well as Lu Chaoding who had just arrived, looked up in the direction Niu Daren pointed. They saw a ball of light slowly descending from the sky, with a large question mark in the middle of the ball.

The question mark trembled a few times, then suddenly shattered, transforming into a bright, gleaming longsword.

"It's actually a three-star weapon, the Flying Dragon Sword!" Niu Daren shouted again. "Junior brothers and sisters, this sword is no joke. I'm tempted by it myself. Cheer up, perform well, and if you win, you can get the Flying Dragon Sword!"

As soon as Niu Daren finished speaking, the system notification sounded: "523131241 The beginner village sword duel storyline has begun. Today's sword duel reward is the three-star weapon Flying Dragon Sword. All players are requested to assemble at the mountaintop camp. Enter the battle space in five minutes. No waiting will be allowed after that."

Lu Chao immediately received another system notification: "Ding, automatically received the quest 'Day 1 of the Sword Tournament.' Quest description: Participate in the Lion Mountain Sword Tournament, defeat other players and Niu Daren to obtain the three-star weapon, the Flying Dragon Sword!"

"Ding! The occasionally unreliable system has been activated, updating the tracking mission with altered content: Participate in the Lion Mountain Sword Tournament, and if you are defeated by other players or Niu Daren, you can obtain the one-star weapon Flying Insect Sword."

"groove!"

Lu Chaoding, who was full of fighting spirit, felt like he was about to vomit blood.

Defeated by other players or Niu Daren!

Reward: A one-star weapon, the Flying Insect Sword!

What the hell is a flying insect sword?

What kind of mission is this?

"How can you let me fix a match? Besides, shouldn't you get extra compensation for fixing matches?"

Lu Chao was very unhappy. He wondered what would happen if he ignored the tampered mission. If he won the sword competition, would he still have a chance to get the Flying Dragon Sword?

After Zhao Weike and the others dispersed, Lu Chaoding approached Niu Daren and whispered, "Senior Brother Niu Daren, if I win the sword duel, will I also receive the Flying Dragon Sword?"

Niu Daren nodded calmly, but then shook his head. He nodded and shook his head again and again.

"Okay, stop with the absurdity, I understand!"

Lu Chao sighed helplessly. Seeing that Niu Daren was completely confused, he guessed that there would probably be no reward if there were no tasks.

He turned to Zhang Defa, pulled him aside, and said, "Zhang Defa, where's your three hundred-odd yuan?"

Zhang Defa's expression tightened, and he said, "Brother Ding, what... what do you want to do?"

"I've thought about it carefully, and I think your idea last night was very good. Although three hundred gold coins isn't much, it's your kind gesture, so I'll reluctantly accept it!"

"No, no, no..."

Zhang Defa quickly waved his hand and said, "I have no money!"

Lu Chao was taken aback: "Why did you change your mind?"

"What do you mean, 'go back on your word'? Go back on what? Hahahaha, Brother Ding, you might have been hallucinating yesterday."

After saying that, Zhang Defa ran away.

What's going on here?

Lu Chao was stunned for several seconds, then carefully looked at Zhao Weike and the others. He felt that the group was acting strangely this morning, unusually quiet, and intentionally or unintentionally avoiding his gaze.

"There's something wrong with these guys..."

Lu Chao narrowed his eyes, seemingly unafraid of anything at this moment.

The missions all require you to be defeated, so what's there to worry about!

He stood quietly with his arms crossed. Five minutes passed quickly, and Lu Chaoding felt the scenery change before his eyes, and he found himself in the battle space.

This battle space was different from others. Lu Chaoding found himself, Niu Daren, Zhao Weike, Zhang Defa and others standing in a circle.

A system notification sounded: "Ding, entering the battle space. The melee will begin in one minute!"

Lu Chao narrowed his eyes. The other players remained silent, and so did he. He silently took out a Vigor Pill and swallowed it, raising his battle spirit to 10 points.

Soon, Niu Daren spoke up: "The sword duel begins! Junior Brother Lu Chao, please make your move!"

Lu Chao was the fastest, so he naturally went into his turn first.

Just like a regular battle, each round has two minutes of action time. Lu Chaoding was in no hurry to make a move and looked up at Zhang Defa.

Zhang Defa avoided eye contact, his gaze constantly drifting towards Zhao Weike.

Zhao Weike, wearing a pig mask that obscured his expression, suddenly spoke up: "Brother Ding, your damage output is phenomenal, let's take down Niu Daren first!"

Lu Chaoding seemed not to hear him, then suddenly shouted, "Zhang Defa!"

Zhang Defa shrank back, asking, "What are you doing?"

"You dare to bribe me!"

After saying that, Lu Chaoding immediately used the [Sword Echo] technique. The Commoner Sword and 32 sword shadows rose into the air behind him like a volley of cannons, carrying firelight, and blasted directly towards Zhang Defa!

"Holy crap..."

Zhang Defa's small stature was completely overshadowed by the damage numbers. He didn't even need to trigger the fire explosion; a single damage to break his toughness was enough to make his health bar go black, and he turned completely gray.

In this chaotic battle, death doesn't mean leaving the battlefield. Zhang Defa half-knelt on the ground, unable to move, but still able to speak. He shouted angrily, "Damn it, I'm dead! Stop hiding from me, hit him, all of you hit him! Avenge me!"

Niu Daren then said, "Junior Brother Lu Chaoding's strength is astonishing. Zhang Defa still needs to work harder. Next, please let Junior Sister Wang Yingluo make her move!"

"I?"

Wang Yingluo's speed was the same as the other players, all at 100. However, there was clearly a default ranking system for players with the same speed. Wang Yingluo was slightly flustered at this moment. She looked at Lu Chaoding and said, "Brother Ding, don't blame me, it was all Zhao Qunzi's idea!"

After saying that, she ran up to Lu Chaoding and slashed at the top of his head with her sword. Lu Chaoding stood still, and suddenly a phantom of a [little clam spirit] appeared around him. The phantom was more than two meters tall, with the clam shell wide open, making it look as if Lu Chaoding was standing inside the clam shell.

Wang Yingluo's attack was blocked by the illusory clam shell.

"-34"

Damage numbers appeared above the phantom of the [Little Clam Spirit]. Lu Chao's health bar remained intact; he hadn't lost a single drop of health.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Wang Yingluo returned, puzzled, and the phantom of the [Little Clam Spirit] quickly disappeared.

"Junior Sister Wang Yingluo is incredibly strong, and Junior Brother Lu Chaoding has the protection of the Earth Deity. Next, please let Junior Sister Gu Xiaoxiao make her move!"

Niu Daren acted like an announcer, and Gu Xiaoxiao, who was called out, was stunned. She also looked at Zhao Weike.

Zhao Weike said, "Don't hesitate, this is an open plan, just attack him!"

Even the already fallen Zhang Defa shouted, "Listen to Zhao Qunzi, kill Ding Ge, otherwise my death will have been in vain!"

"Now that things have come to this, let's fight!"

"What does 'earthly deity's protection' mean?"

"Never mind what's going on, just attack!"

"Top Brother is AI, everyone look, he's expressionless and motionless again..."

Zhang Jiaqiang, Xiao Ning, and others also joined in the shouting.

Lu Chaoding had figured everything out by this point.

"These guys have actually formed an alliance and are collectively targeting me? Interesting!"

He was not afraid at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Xiaoxiao finally made a move against Lu Chao.

With a clang, the phantom of the Little Clam Spirit reappeared, blocking Gu Xiaoxiao's attack. Two points of its resilience were broken, and its health dropped by another 34 points.

Zhang Jiaqiang, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Panpan took turns attacking. They were all sword gods, and their levels had reached LV7. Because their attacks were accompanied by additional lightning strikes, and the Little Clam Spirit's resilience had been depleted, the damage they dealt was around 100 points. After the three of them finished off the Little Clam Spirit, which only had 400 points of health, it was left with only a sliver of health.

"Please, Junior Brother Zhao Weike, make a move!"

Niu Daren's voice rang out again.

Zhao Weike had no will to fight at this moment and could only launch a normal attack. He slashed at the phantom of the Little Clam Spirit with his sword, immediately shattering the phantom. The sword continued to fall, but was blocked by Lu Chaoding with his commoner's sword.

With a clang, although Lu Chaoding seemingly blocked Zhao Weike's attack with style, he was still injured, losing 14 points of health and having his resilience reduced by one point.

This is the result of the Little Clam Spirit sharing some of the damage for him.

"Holy crap, bro, you still have over 1400 HP left!"

Zhao Weike panicked a little. After shouting, he returned to his position and stood still.

Lu Chao remained expressionless and did not answer.

Niu Daren launched the last attack, and he also relentlessly attacked Lu Chaoding.

"Lu Chao, junior brother, take this sword!"

Niu Daren jumped up and slashed at Lu Chaoding, who still managed to block it with his sword, but the damage was not reduced in the slightest.

"-185!"

Lu Chao's health bar immediately dropped a bit, and his resilience decreased again.

"Great! Niu Daren is on our team too! Let's all keep it up, we'll definitely beat Lu Chaoding in the next round!"

Zhao Weike shouted loudly.

Lu Chaoding's turn came again. He glanced coldly at Zhao Weike and shouted, "Zhao Weike!"

"What's wrong?"

"How dare you refuse to pay back your debts!"

After Lu Chao finished speaking, he used [Sword Echo], which caused Zhao Weike to burst into flames. The damage from the broken resilience attack forced him to his knees.