Just moments ago, when the Fertile Soil still contained numerous plants, Lin Yu certainly had no way to maneuver effectively against his opponent. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

After all, while those crops didn't deal high damage individually, their high-frequency attacks and sheer numbers piled up could inflict quite significant control effects on Lin Yu.

However, during the frenzied attacks and mutual damage-trading, as these crops were rapidly and massively consumed, it gave Lin Yu space to dodge and weave.

Simultaneously, because the opponent was unaware of the Banquet Pendant's existence and didn't realize these crops could also become Lin Yu's "supplies"...

And under Lin Yu's deliberate guidance, the opponent, who was already anxious to quickly defeat and kill Lin Yu, almost subconsciously chose to "trade blow for blow" with Lin Yu!

Halfway through the fight, the opponent might have even forgotten that it was Lin Yu who actively chose to fight him to the death first!

And now, with gaps appearing between the crops and the attack frequency dropping, Lin Yu immediately turned calm, stopped fighting to the death with the opponent, and instead began to further target these crops extensively while maneuvering.

This was almost effortless for Lin Yu—with Old Zheng providing all-around monitoring to warn him of attacks from various blind spots, plus his originally formidable physical fitness and the accumulated "Bloodthirst" effect from the Long Blade Tusk Bone Dual Swords already meeting the conditions to transform into "Frenzy," the current Lin Yu simply couldn't be caught by the opponent.

Even if Lin Yu made a mistake himself, he even had Most Suitable for the Virtuous and Frugal to ensure fault tolerance!

Old Zheng watched the mysterious player who was being led around like a dog, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"Impressive, kid, your combat intelligence is no joke—you actually cracked the Fertile Soil plus Scythe combo!"

Lin Yu chewed on the tough corn kernels, stepped on the dried stalks, dodged two whipping attacks and the Scythe's blade, even having enough spare energy to respond to Old Zheng.

"Not bad, not bad. Mainly, the Banquet Pendant can also convert food, which happens to counter his ability."

"Don't kid yourself," Old Zheng sighed. "If it could be broken by such a simple counter, this combo wouldn't be so famous!"

"From the very beginning, step-by-step planning, even strictly executing your own bodily injuries as steps in the plan... Tsk, good thing you're not from my era. If I fell into your hands, I'd probably be deader than dead."

"Especially since you also have a grudge with the Psychological Society."

While talking, another small portion of the plants in the Fertile Soil were cleared by Lin Yu.

At this rate, not only could Lin Yu definitely hold out until reinforcements arrived—he might even subdue the opponent before reinforcements showed up.

And obviously, the opponent realized this too.

"Furbollo, truly worthy of being a Detective, to actually think of such a method to break the situation..."

"However, even if you have many hidden means and trump cards, I also don't have only this one Specialized Item as my trump card!"

The opponent stopped his pursuit, then threw the Scythe in his hand!

"Swish!"

The Scythe flew out spinning, seeming to be pulled through the air as it flew at an angle that defied the laws of mechanics.

However, the Scythe didn't fly toward Lin Yu, but instead flew toward the remaining crops.

The Scythe flew toward them, beginning to harvest large swathes. The severed crops quickly withered, fell, and piled on the ground.

All the life energy poured into the mysterious player's body, making the player look as if his entire frame had swollen a full size, his life energy field extremely vigorous.

The injuries on his body were instantly completely healed.

Lin Yu, whose injuries were also mostly healed, looked at the opponent and smiled.

"That's a pretty good move. To prevent further supplying the enemy, you chose to absorb it yourself," he sized up the opponent and spoke lightly. "Quite the courage to cut off one's own arm to survive... but, you also can't win anymore."

"Leaving now, you might still make it in time!"

Lin Yu said calmly. The mysterious player spoke coldly.

"I already said I have trump cards too—do you think my trump card is just this simple?"

As he spoke, he pulled out an item from his chest and pressed it into the ground.

"Thud—!"

An iron plaque stabbed into the soil, standing crookedly.

Simultaneously, metal railings rose from the edges of the Fertile Soil!

"Some kind of item that creates barriers and encloses land?"

Lin Yu looked at the opponent. "You plan to trap me? And then what?"

"With no crops to help you, are you going to continue fighting me to the death?"

The mysterious player spoke coldly. "Of course not... Furbollo, I admit you're very skilled, but if you can withstand this next move—I'll surrender without a fight."

"You're from Order, even if you haven't joined. I don't actually want to kill you that much... So, you can beg for mercy from me anytime later, as long as you hand over Barry!"

After saying this, the mysterious player pulled out a brand-new pile of items from his chest.

They were a bunch of crimson, curled stones, engraved with leaping flame crests, which he threw on the ground.

Old Zheng quickly shouted, "How are these the Black Marsh world's Warm Charms—and this kind of combo skill?!"

"This guy's also a genius. What Farmer uses Fertile Soil like this!"

As soon as the words fell, the temperature inside the Fertile Soil suddenly soared.

And accompanying the temperature rise, all the dried, piled stalks and wheat stems on the ground instantly began to spontaneously combust!

The fire spread rapidly. The air was filled with continuous crackling and popping explosive sounds. A great fire stretched between the two of them.

And that mysterious player spread his hands, looking at Lin Yu.

"Come on, run all you want, Furbollo—let's see how you break this current situation!"

The flames spread to Lin Yu's side. He calmly patted out the sparks that landed on his shoulder.

Then, he looked at the opponent.

"Yo... Zhu Rong, I never thought your core ability really was related to fire."

"What a pity... This time, I happen to have something on me that counters you too."

Lin Yu said softly, his finger tracing over the hidden Prayer Water Necklace at his neck.

"After you get out, buy a version of that 'drawing the ground as a prison' item with a roof—or just don't break the roof."

Of course—this was just Lin Yu's kind lie. Even if there really was a roof overhead, he had ways to draw the water in directly.

Ability "Pray for Rain" activated, range compressed to minimum, precipitation set to maximum!

The next moment, a heavenly waterfall poured down, torrential rain merged together, almost pillar-like rainwater crashing down from the sky, precisely landing on this burning scorched earth!

"Hiss—!"

White water vapor instantly billowed up—but was immediately suppressed by more rainwater!

Standing in this torrential downpour, Lin Yu thought about what Fu Luo would probably do.

So, he made a hand-seal gesture with his hands.

"Water Style: Great Exploding Water Shockwave!"

Then, Lin Yu himself pondered.

"Hmm... Actually, isn't this more like Chen Zhuo?"