Facing Lin Yu's mockery, the other party's expression turned serious.

"I understand now, Furbollo... I underestimated you."

"The rumors were indeed misleading—though you've been delaying your Promotion, it was only to feign weakness!"

Hearing the other's words, Lin Yu spoke up to deny it.

"You're overthinking it..."

"Enough nonsense! Even if you're a bit stronger than I imagined, you're still just a 'First-Tier'!"

The other party shouted again, and the scythe in his hand once more slashed towards Lin Yu.

"Bang!"

Lin Yu blocked his attack again, and the bone knife once more grazed his forearm.

"Yeah, I'm only 'First-Tier'... But have you ever considered one question."

The two men's weapons clashed and separated, the clanging sounds as dense and unceasing as a Craftsman's Blacksmithing.

Even amidst such intense, passionate hacking, both Lin Yu and his opponent still held back strength, still able to converse with each other!

"What do you want to say, 'Detective'!"

Lin Yu said in a low voice, "What I mean is... even if I can't defeat you, I don't need to defeat you—I just need to hold you back."

Even though those bodyguards still don't have the ability to act right now...

Reinforcements will always arrive!

"So... give it up, Ah Zu."

Lin Yu advised sincerely.

The other party remained silent, but his movements became faster, seeming somewhat impatient—clearly, Lin Yu's words had put pressure on him too.

One side attacks, the other defends. If things drag on, time is naturally on the side of the defender!

And though Lin Yu kept applying pressure with his words, he understood clearly that the other party must still have a trump card.

"This person doesn't seem like a 'Third Tier' Player. Even compared to top-tier 'Third Tier' players like Robin or Twenty, he's a whole level weaker."

"At the very least, if he were a 'Third Tier' player, I couldn't possibly rely solely on physical fitness to fight him head-on like this and still have the upper hand—his methods would definitely be more varied."

"But judging from his disdainful attitude towards 'First-Tier', he should at least be 'Second Tier'..."

"So, I at least need to guard against his [Specialized Items]—if I were him, I'd activate my [Specialized Items] right now."

As Lin Yu's thoughts reached this point...

The other party also launched a fierce assault, three scythe strikes forcing Lin Yu to retreat repeatedly.

Then, seizing this opening...

The other party pulled a handful of soil from his chest and scattered it.

This seemingly sparse pinch of soil fell to the ground and rapidly covered the floor.

Lin Yu couldn't identify this [Specialized Item], as he knew very little about [Specialized Items].

Most organizations did an excellent job of keeping information about 'Second Tier' items confidential.

Or rather... the entire Player community's information exchange had a kind of customary and strictly hierarchical "unspoken rule of secrecy."

Players who hadn't undergone Promotion rarely found information about 'Promotion', and 'First Tier' players found it difficult to learn the rules of 'Second Tier'.

From the fragments of information from those "high-level players" and Shen Bingmiao, Lin Yu could roughly piece together that it seemed merely "knowing" and "spreading" information about the game required paying a certain invisible price.

However...

Fortunately, Lin Yu now had a "walking encyclopedia"—and one who was "barefoot and unafraid of those wearing shoes," already just a brain in a jar who didn't worry about any price at all: Old Zheng.

"Oh ho... [Fertile Soil], he's brought out an [Advanced Item]. Looks like the [Scythe] in his hand is also a [Class Item]—be careful, this is a 'Second Tier' 'Farmer', and it's the most violent combination among the [items] of a 'Farmer'."

Lin Yu directly and rudely cursed at Old Zheng: "Explain it clearly! How to be careful, what to be careful of!"

Regarding 'First Tier' [Class Items], Lin Yu had basically memorized everything he could gather, much like how he had memorized 'Class' abilities back then.

But because the appearance of a [Scythe] was relatively common, Lin Yu hadn't dared to confirm earlier that this was the [Class Item] of a 'Farmer'.

After all, the effect of the [Scythe] wasn't apparent in direct combat; it was used to harvest "plants."

Combined with the 'Farmer's own ability—"can obtain one supply per day, randomly obtaining a certain type of food, and if there are plants, can consume the plants to reset a skill cooldown once"—using the [Scythe] to harvest plants could create higher quality food that had the effect of restoring stamina and healing injuries, and one could choose to omit the eating process and directly absorb the created food.

Honestly, the 'Farmer's ability was basically similar to the [items] obtained from the Banquet God.

So, the [Scythe] itself, in Lin Yu's view, didn't seem to have anything to be wary of.

Old Zheng quickly explained: "The effect of [Fertile Soil] is to create a patch of fertile land that can rapidly grow a large amount of various random crops. At the same time, these various crops will obey the user's commands and manipulation."

"In short, combined with the [Scythe], fighting within the [Fertile Soil] means the other party is fighting on home ground—he not only has summoned creatures to beat you up but also has a continuous supply of provisions."

"So, the combination of [Scythe] plus [Fertile Soil] is also called the 'budget version of a Heart Domain' or 'mass-produced Heart Domain'..."

As Old Zheng spoke, Lin Yu frowned slightly.

"That is troublesome enough!"

And in that instant, on the soil covering an area roughly half a classroom, layers upon layers of green sprouts had already rapidly appeared—then, these sprouts rapidly grew, within mere seconds turning into thick, sturdy crops of various kinds.

Sorghum, rice, barley, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes...

"Kill him!"

Following the other's cold command, those bountiful grain crops began to attack Lin Yu!

Sorghum, rice, and barley wildly swung their tasseled tips to whip at Lin Yu, corn cobs shot towards Lin Yu like missiles, potato and sweet potato vines emerged from the ground to bind Lin Yu's feet...

These crops were clearly not ordinary plants. Lin Yu hacked back and forth with his twin knives, feeling these things were much harder than ordinary crops.

Although he could still cut through them quickly... new crops were continuously growing.

Moreover, hiding behind this green curtain of grain crops, it was now the 'Farmer' player's turn to launch sneak attacks!

He would occasionally emerge to give Lin Yu a slash with his scythe—though he still couldn't injure Lin Yu, it did make Lin Yu somewhat hard-pressed.

"How about it, Furbollo? Now the tables have turned!"

The other party mocked.

As the crops grew more and more numerous, the other said coldly, "Now I'm going to go kill Barry. How are you going to stop me now!"

Hearing this, Lin Yu tilted his head to avoid a plump, projectile corn cob and let out a cold laugh.

"Is that so? Then you'd better actually still be able to find him."

After Lin Yu finished speaking, the player frowned slightly and looked outside the [Fertile Soil].

Then, his expression turned to one of astonishment.

"What? Where is he?!"

And in Lin Yu's ear, Hannah's voice sounded.

"Ribbit, Director, he's already been given the [Reusable Universal Healing Potion]. The wound has temporarily stopped bleeding for now."

"The camouflage is also done. The other party shouldn't be able to find him!"