**Chapter 9: I’m Truly Invincible (3) (Bonus Update)**
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【Ding! The official live streaming room “Chapter Two – Crisis in Thousand Bird City” is now open! Welcome players to join the stream!】
Not long after Li Ying Tian made his appearance, the players received a push notification from the game system.
The official live streaming room has always been known for its stunning graphics and perfectly captured expressions and actions. After all, it’s run by the system; compared to the fixed viewpoints of regular streamers, the system’s cameras can pop up anywhere!
They can even edit and replay key moments!
Thus, watching the official stream is like a double treat for your eyes and ears.
Players have grown accustomed to entering the official streaming room during major events in “The Way of Inquiry” to get the best audiovisual experience.
“Whoa!”
Originally scattered in various small and large streamer rooms, the audience got the system’s alert and, in the blink of an eye, half of them scrambled away.
Cold Little Rain nearly spat out her morning tea.
After working hard all day to build up her audience, she just lost half of them in an instant! Come on, System, don’t poach our viewers like that! Don’t you want us regular streamers to live?
【Ding! The official live streaming room has enabled the following features:
Viewers can give donations to any character appearing on-screen!
Whether a player or NPC, they will receive friendly tokens from players after the stream ends.
For every 1 Spirit Coin given to an NPC, their favorability increases by 0.1. Once favorability reaches 1000, the NPC sees you as a friendly ally, and unless you do something to sour that friendship, they won’t hold any grudges.
If favorability hits 100,000, the NPC will consider you a lifelong buddy.
Please note: Favorability is not synonymous with romantic interests,
Money doesn’t equal love or friendship!
But it can serve as a ladder to build those relationships!
The system can’t promise what happens at high favorability levels, but good luck to you.】
“Oh wow, what a cheeky move!”
“Have you guys noticed, the game officials are finding more ways to make us spend Spirit Coins, as if they’re worried inflation will hit their pockets.”
“Regardless, giving NPCs tips to increase favorability? I’m all in! Who cares about dating boring players? Go for the famous NPCs!
Just thinking about it gets me all pumped up.”
“Heh, that’s a rich person’s exclusive feature. What does that have to do with us broke folks? A thousand Spirit Coins is like my salary for several months—are you going to fork that over?”
“…Bro, don’t say anything else. I’ll stop daydreaming, okay?”
The many players involved in the second chapter, spurred on by the system’s announcement, climbed to new heights of enthusiasm.
Come on, if they could shine in this upcoming tower defense battle, catching the system’s eye, they’d be showcased to a wider audience and even have a chance to receive tips.
Who doesn’t want their moment of fame?
Who doesn’t want external validation?
In no time, players were putting all their effort into fortifying various defense structures, vowing to turn this place into an impregnable fortress, so that the boss could come but never return.
“Li Ying Tian is here; he’s striding toward us like he owns the place! The Thousand Bird City representative team is a vibrant, energetic group, full of spirit and swagger. Listen to their booming battle cry—it’s the strongest shout to victory!”
“Level one human cannon ready!”
“Spellslinger beam ready!”
“Space fortress ready!”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”
Dozens of hard-as-steel flying swords levitated above Li Ying Tian, swirling in unison like a tornado as they surged forward.
The players were ready for his swift onslaught.
Various ranged attacks hurled toward him.
In an instant, the flying swords clashed with the ranged items, creating a cacophony of “clang, clang” as shattered metallic fragments flew everywhere.
After the initial attack, most of the flying swords lay shattered, yet Li Ying Tian was completely unscathed.
The players had experienced his prowess in the Cold Wind City battle; who would dare pause? They bombarded the boss with relentless firepower.
The various weapons bought from the system shop indeed proved powerful; a barrage of assaults ensued, and while Li Ying Tian was still uninjured, he found himself unable to advance.
In fact, he was momentarily cornered!
“Brothers! Push harder! This old dude looks like he’s about to drop!”
“Yeah, just keep wearing him down! We’ll make him finish!”
The group following Li Ying Tian, including Gongsun Ding, got overwhelmed by the relentless barrage of attacks as soon as the battle began, leaving them dizzy and too scared to take another step forward.
But as the Sect Leader, Li Ying Tian couldn’t let this ragtag bunch take him down so easily.
“Swish!”
A two-meter-long, crimson sword aura suddenly appeared above his right hand.
Then, under the cover of twenty flying swords, he launched himself into the air, his sword aimed directly at the nearest Spirit Cannon.
“Boom!”
The players had never had a chance to go head-to-head with an opponent of Li Ying Tian’s caliber; seeing him charge at them boldly instantly sapped their confidence.
Before they could even react, the cannon was sliced into two pieces of useless scrap metal.
The defending players met their quick demise in the blink of an eye.
【Zero Seven tips Li Ying Tian 100 Spirit Coins!】
【Fallen Snow tips Li Ying Tian 100 Spirit Coins!】
【Clear Spring tips Li Ying Tian 100 Spirit Coins!】
“Holy cow, some old geezer has fans wanting to hook up with him?”
“Are you kidding me?
Whose sides are you all on?
We’ve been sweating to defend, and just like that, our 10,000 Spirit Coin cannon goes poof, and you don’t even toss us a tip!
And you all are giving that crusty old man money?!”
The audience, “Heh.”
Whoever brings them joy and sensory pleasure gets their tips—what’s so hard to understand about that?
After demolishing the first defensive structure, Li Ying Tian immediately charged toward the fortress where Cold Little Rain was stationed.
“Don’t panic!”
Cold Little Rain, seeing Li Ying Tian unleashing another twenty flying swords, quickly shouted, “Go! Spirit Energy Chains!”
As the most expensive item in the shop, it truly did not disappoint.
It shot through the air like a cannonball, and right as it approached Li Ying Tian, it suddenly reversed the attack of the flying swords and locked him in a tiny space.
Seeing the flying swords turning toward him, Li Ying Tian growled fiercely, trying to break free from the chains’ confinement.
“Lock on and fire!” Cold Little Rain directed.
At that moment, a flurry of flying items once again covered Li Ying Tian.
This time, with no space to maneuver, he took a serious beating, and his health began dropping rapidly.
【Scared to tip Cold Little Rain 100 Spirit Coins!】
【Clear Spring tips Cold Little Rain 100 Spirit Coins!】
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Cold Little Rain felt a surge of joy.
But just as the players thought victory was secured and Li Ying Tian was about to go down for good,
A shadow suddenly appeared behind Cold Little Rain without her noticing.
“Zzap…”
That was the sound of a dagger slicing through the neck.
The world went abruptly quiet.
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P.S.: Fourth update delivered—keep those votes coming, folks!
