Chapter 703: Treasure Chests Rain Down Like Crazy, Players Swarm Forward

【Firepower Points Leaderboard——】

【Mad King Building: 5334567】

【Amusement Park Building: 829318】

【Heaven's Judgment Building: 599840】

【Evil King Building: 523098】

Above the World Bat's head, the Firepower Points of the four dormitory buildings jumped rapidly, like a damage counter.

Players from Mad King Building and Amusement Park Building were having the time of their lives, each one wishing their turrets could fire at maximum speed. Even the World Bat's oppressive aura didn't seem so terrifying anymore.

Heaven's Judgment Building and Evil King Building were also firing like mad.

The only reason they weren't enjoying themselves as much as Mad King Building and Amusement Park Building was purely because their points were falling behind.

The World Bat was like a meat target. The players had been pounding it for so long, yet it showed absolutely no reaction, only silently turning to face Mad King Building, its narrow elongated eyes narrowing slightly, as if it were smiling.

Evil Dragon stood by the guardrail, the deafening roar of cannon fire from the void battlefield filling his ears. His gaze sharpened, piercing through the dazzling explosions and various elemental attacks, locking onto a figure darting back and forth beneath the World Bat.

"Xu Lang?"

"What is he fiddling with under the World Bat?"

After watching for a while, he suddenly saw Xu Lang grab hold of a gleaming golden treasure chest.

And this chest had just dropped from the World Bat itself!

"Holy shit!"

"He's hogging all the loot! So that's why the rewards mentioned in the game rules never appeared—he's been taking them all!"

In an instant, Evil Dragon's expression changed.

Worried that someone might maliciously sabotage the turrets, he hastily sent his turret back to the dormitory, then came out.

By the time he stood at the guardrail again, he discovered that the figures downstairs were no longer just Xu Lang alone, and more and more people were noticing what was happening over there!

Anyone paying attention would realize that the World Bat had actually dropped a ton of treasure chests, and these chests would vanish the moment they hit the ground, like ginseng fruits that disappeared upon touching the earth.

"So that's why Xu Lang didn't bother stopping others from going down—he can't grab that many by himself either!"

Immediately, Evil Dragon let out a hearty laugh and hurriedly rushed toward the stairwell.

Jumping down from the upper floors was certainly thrilling, but the turrets' rate of fire was too high, and he'd definitely get hit.

...

The attacks from the four dormitory buildings scattered like flowers scattered by heavenly maidens, and quite a few landed on the open ground beneath the World Bat. Under such conditions, grabbing treasure chests was truly a life-or-death gamble.

As the saying goes, players aren't monsters. If they took a direct hit from that many turrets, even Xu Lang would suffer severe injuries.

Evil Dragon managed to get down, but he discovered that the danger here far exceeded his expectations.

This place was fiercer than a World War II trench battle!

After observing for a long while, he finally found a spot with fewer projectiles, and coincidentally, a treasure chest happened to fall from the sky right there.

"Haha!"

His eyes lit up with joy. Just as he was about to grab it, a flaming arrow shot over from Heaven's Judgment Building's direction, scaring him into hastily retreating.

"F*ck, if you can't aim the turret, just switch to auto-attack!" Evil Dragon cursed loudly, then looked back at the treasure chest, only to find it had already vanished into the ground. This enraged him so much his face turned purple.

Just then, he saw a dark silhouette leaping toward him. His face rapidly turned pale, and he quickly retreated at full speed.

This time, it wasn't a turret attack—it was Xu Lang!

Xu Lang reached out and caught a treasure chest mid-air, then stepped on empty space right where he stood, shooting off toward another direction at extreme speed, his body seemingly weightless.

After that, the World Bat burst out more and more treasure chests. Sometimes over a dozen would pop out in an instant, as if as long as the turrets kept attacking, the chests would keep appearing endlessly.

Finally, Evil Dragon got his first treasure chest—and inside was actually one hundred thousand Copper Coins!

After getting that first chest, Evil Dragon's chest-collecting technique grew increasingly skilled. He grabbed several more in succession, all of them containing Copper Coins, some more, some less.

Within a short span of time, he had gained over a million Copper Coins!

At this point, Evil Dragon went completely mad. Sometimes he'd brave the attacks just to pick up a chest!

And players like Evil Dragon were by no means few.

Before anyone realized it, dozens of players had gathered beneath the World Bat.

Xu Lang paid them no mind.

The more of these workers, the better.

The fact that these people could withstand the oppressive aura of an Overlord-level creature proved their strength was solid. Later, they could all be taken into the Demon Box World and properly trained. Those who remained unruly and defiant would be thrown into the Grave Pasture!

Tong Qi, Xu Ruyan, and the others were also scrambling for treasure chests, having a blast.

This kind of "pulling chestnuts from the fire" was truly thrilling. Tong Qi wasn't exactly a bold person by nature. At first, being in such a dangerous situation, cold sweat kept beading on her forehead. But after gradually getting used to it, she actually started feeling a bit excited.

She could borrow Senior Sister Red Butterfly's undying skill, and she also had the invincibility frames from her ghostification, plus the ability to swap positions with her Ghost Pet. Her survival capabilities were actually quite formidable.

"Red Butterfly, I've earned so much money!" In a corner with fewer projectiles, Tong Qi panted heavily, then added: "Too bad only players can catch the treasure chests. Ghost Pets can't catch them."

Senior Sister Red Butterfly floated behind Tong Qi, looking utterly haughty: "They're just Copper Coins. Xu Lang has plenty of those. Xu Lang was in such a hurry to come out, I thought there'd be something good, but it turns out it's just some Copper Coins."

Tong Qi's mouth twitched: "Red Butterfly, you've never had to manage a household, so you don't know how expensive rice and firewood are."

To outsiders, the tenants of Demon King Castle all appeared to be money tycoons, spending without any end in sight.

And among them, Senior Sister Red Butterfly was the most wasteful one of all.

Because she had absolutely no concept of money!

"Hahaha~ Tong Qi, you and I were born to rule this world. A few measly Copper Coins mean nothing!" Senior Sister Red Butterfly suddenly burst into laughter, a bit neurotically, as if some funny bone had been tickled.

Tong Qi was speechless. After resting for a bit, she prepared to continue grabbing treasure chests.

And just then, a private message popped up.

During battles, Tong Qi would always follow Xu Lang's example and turn off her private messages, so for a message to come through, it meant the sender had been granted special notification privileges by her.

Tong Qi had only granted special notification to two people—one was Xu Ruyan, the other was Xu Lang. The former because they frequently operated in teams together, and the latter because Xu Lang generally didn't use private messages for casual chat. If he used a private message, it was almost always for something important.

【Xu Lang: Meet at the southeast corner in one minute. Get ready to head home!】

The situation seemed urgent. Tong Qi's heart tightened, and she quickly got moving.

By the time she arrived at the meeting spot, Wang Yazhi and Xu Ruyan were already there.

"Let's go!" Xu Lang flashed over in an instant, wasting no words.

The group immediately headed back to the building.

"They're leaving?"

While collecting treasure chests, Youle had also been keeping an eye on the movements of the Demon King Castle crew. Seeing them leave together, he didn't hesitate to retreat far away as well.

Xu Lang's lead in withdrawing made all the players sense that something was up, and they too began leaving one after another.

Treasure chests clattered to the ground, and nobody went to pick them up!

These were all high-level players—genuine elites. They had at least that much crisis awareness. When even Buffett is leaving the market, waiting around for a rebound would be downright foolish.

But seeing the high-level players leave, those small fries instead sensed an opportunity had arrived. They frantically popped pills to boost their aberration resistance and swarmed forward!

As for elites like Evil Dragon, they weren't nearly as generous as Xu Lang. Any small fry who came near would get cleared out.

You can't even survive a single one of my skills, and you still want to pick up treasure chests?!

And coming over now, their fates would most likely not be too kind... Some pots just aren't meant to be touched.