Reborn as a Transcendent-Chapter 706Book 3: : Encircled on All Sides, A Lethal Checkmate!?

Upon hearing the system notification, Yae-hime immediately had a bad feeling. Considering what she had just done, it was highly likely she would receive a negative status.

You have slaughtered players wantonly within the borders of the Jade Empire.

All hostile factions within the Jade Empire have had their favorability toward you reduced by 1000.

You are now wanted across the entire nation.

Note: You were already wanted. Your PvP status has been stacked.

Your PvP status has been updated to: Blackish-Red.

Attack Power: +100%

Defense Power: -75%

Equipment Drop Penalty: Upon death, you will drop one piece of Rare or higher-grade equipment with 100% certainty.

Ways to Remove PvP Status:

Surrender voluntarily and serve a 100-day prison sentence.

Survive for six days without being captured or killed by players or NPCs.

Note 2: Your PvP status applies to both players and NPCs.

Sure enough, the system had slapped her with a negative status effect. Just as Yae-hime was about to comment, the system notification rang out once more.

Ding!

The total number of players you have killed has surpassed twenty thousand. You have acquired a temporary skill:

Bloodthirsty Rage Type Temporary Skill Attribute None Special Effect 1 While using this skill, you will become a bloodthirsty monster. The more you kill, the stronger you get!

For every player killed, Attack Damage +10, Critical Damage +10, no upper limit. Special Effect 2 While using this skill, your Defense is halved and Attack Speed +150%. Special Effect 3 No cooldown time and no energy consumption. Description Kill one person, and you’re a murderer.

Kill a hundred, and you’re a homicidal maniac.

Kill a thousand, and you’re a devil.

Kill ten thousand, you’re a God of Slaughter!

Pick up your blade and revel in the massacre, my child!

(This skill only affects players.)

Ding!

You have obtained the title: God of Slaughter.

After hearing the system notification, Yae-hime wasn’t sure whether to feel happy or sad. Because earning the Bloodthirsty Rage skill essentially meant she now possessed unmatched offensive power. Killing players would be easier than squashing ants.

The problem was, due to the PvP status and the new skill, her defense had been shredded to paper-thin levels. Just one coordinated volley, and she would be utterly annihilated.

This situation was nothing like back in the beginner village. The enemies now had stronger attacks and far more intense firepower.

At this very moment, figures surged in from every direction. It was an enormous encirclement! The number of enemies far exceeded her expectations.

‘This is bad. Even with an artifact that reduces damage, I can’t possibly survive this level of concentrated fire.’

Feeling the ground subtly trembling, Yae-hime quickly estimated the number of enemies.There were clearly more than before, and stronger as well. Could this really be… a trap with no way out?

Her face gradually turned pale, and her expression grew uneasy. Her tightly gripped sword trembled slightly in her hands.

The encirclement was closing in fast. For a moment, it looked like a tide of ants… but no, those were players, just as densely packed and relentless.

About one-fifth of them were elite players around level 20. The foundation of the Death of Love guild was truly terrifying!

“Princess, a pleasure to meet you.” From among the players nearby, a beautiful woman stepped forward. It was Vanessa from the Death of Flower guild.

“Meeting you in a place like this… what a delightful encounter. I’m a straightforward person, so I’ll get straight to the point. That purple bow of yours belongs to me. Whether you give it or not… it’s mine either way.” She casually flipped her long black hair, speaking with arrogant confidence. In her eyes, this was a sure-death situation.

No matter how capable the Black-hearted Princess might be, there was no way to turn the tide.

“Hahahaha! Black-hearted Princess, bet you didn’t see this coming!”

Before Yae-hime could respond, arrogant laughter rang out from the other side. She turned her head and saw Taurus and S.K.Y. standing together, their faces filled with unrestrained glee. They looked as if victory was already in their grasp.

“Give up. Despair. From the moment you unleashed the sword formation, the scales of victory have tilted entirely to our side!” S.K.Y. adjusted an imaginary pair of gold-rimmed glasses.

“Today, you will die a miserable death!” His voice carried unrestrained hatred, and a hint of joy. The joy of a long-awaited revenge. The grudge he had built up over this time could finally be repaid with interest.

“Heh, the gates of heaven you ignored, and now you barge into hell instead. Foolish Black-hearted Princess, you’re about to pay the price for your greed!” Taurus stood upright and raised his right hand, fingers spread as he swept them back through his hair in a pretentious display.

All the preparations laid out until now were about to bear fruit. The treasure vault he had long dreamed of was finally within reach. In that moment, he felt like he was standing at the peak of life itself, his heart and soul filled with bliss.

“Greed?” Yae-hime sheathed the Dragon Abyss Sword and stood tall, though her face remained visibly pale. She looked as if she were barely holding herself together.

‘She’s totally spent!’ Those words echoed through the minds of every player present. A few felt an odd wave of melancholy rise in their hearts.

Though the Black-hearted Princess was far from a hero, to see such a dominant force fall to ruin still stirred a sense of pity and regret. Of course, that was only a minority opinion. Most people were basking in schadenfreude.

They had long held resentment and disdain for Yae-hime’s tyrannical rule over Jade City. But more than that, it had always been fear. Now, watching this former ruler meet such a pitiful end filled them with joy.

“If one has no desire for greed, then what makes them any different from salted fish?” Yae-hime replied with a bland tone.

Vanessa let out a cold laugh. “Know how to write the word ‘poor’? That’s the price of your insatiable greed.”

Taurus nodded. “Your mistake was not having the power to protect yourself. Today, you’ll lose everything.”

“How pitiful, how laughable, how tragic, how absurd.” S.K.Y. stared at Yae-hime, who stood alone in the middle of the encirclement, the smile on his lips growing deeper.

Yae-hime remained silent, seemingly calm. She gave off the impression of a sage facing death with serenity. Aloof. Unbothered. Dignified.

At that moment, Taurus snapped his fingers, and the surrounding players all activated their livestreams. The pitch-black screens of the livestream channels flickered back to life.

The viewers who had waited patiently were met with a strange scene: a lone girl, standing like a proud snow lotus, encircled by a sea of shadowy figures.

They stared, confused. Hadn’t the Black-hearted Princess just unleashed a terrifying sword formation that wiped out every player? Why were there still so many present on the battlefield? Not only were these players still around, they seemed even stronger and more overwhelming!

Seeing everything unfold exactly as she had predicted, Mira’s lips curled into a faint smile.

“Black-hearted Princess, you’ve never died before, have you?” Taurus fixed his gaze on Yae-hime.

She still said nothing.

“Heh, seems like this will be your first time. Good. Very good! Black-hearted Princess, your first death won’t come from a monster, nor from an NPC, but by my hands—me, Taurus!”

He pointed directly at Yae-hime, proudly declaring to the world his claim to her first kill.

“Heh.” At last, Yae-hime responded. She revealed a dangerously seductive smile. Her gently parted cherry lips released words dripping with contempt. “You lot really think you’ve won, don’t you? That it’ll be easy to take me down? Seriously now, do you not even realize you’re just a bunch of vegetables waiting to be harvested?”

The moment her voice fell, silver light exploded across the scene!