Reborn with Infinite System Points, I Can Directly Change Item's Value-Chapter 29 --Crushing the Players—Zone 5 Submits to John
"These vermin of Zone 5 spend all day attacking each other and never think about the interests of the entire zone.
Their heads are filled with nothing but selfishness. Not a shred of big-picture thinking.
It’s about time this spineless pack of idiots was dealt with."
John looked at the surging army of players rushing toward him without the slightest hint of fear.
He refused the help offered by the female knight and the other NPCs.
Alone, he began walking forward, step by step, toward the player army of his own accord.
The players charging at the very front grinned at the sight.
"Haha, does this guy seriously think he can solo all of us by himself?
Brothers, show him your skills—let’s give this bastard a taste of—ugh!"
Before he could finish speaking, his expression changed drastically.
Because he saw that the John who had originally been alone suddenly split into two.
Two identical Johns casually walked forward as if taking a stroll.
And both of them were covered in crackling lightning, radiating divine power.
Crackle. Crackle.
As arcs of electricity flashed, John’s figure split yet again.
In the blink of an eye, he became four.
And the aura around each of them was exactly the same. There was no way to tell which one was the real body.
Ever since [Lightning Double] had its data modified, it allowed John to create ninety-nine identical duplicates.
Ninety-nine versions of himself, each with equal strength, were already more than enough to utterly crush this batch of witless fools!
Lightning exploded into view.
The players’ pupils contracted from the blinding glare.
By the time they came back to their senses, the one John had become ninety-nine identical figures.
They stood in a full line, marching forward in perfectly synchronized steps.
Arcs of lightning leapt around them as they moved, creating a terrifying spectacle.
"W-What kind of skill is this?"
The players could hardly believe their eyes. Many thought they were hallucinating.
Some among them also possessed clone-type skills.
But never had they seen anything as outrageous as John’s—splitting into ninety-nine copies in one go.
And these ninety-nine duplicates were no different from the original!
"Why panic? At most only one of them has real damage.
Charge together! Those clones will definitely shatter on contact!"
Seeing that the crowd had been intimidated, the members of Opportunists Guild immediately began rallying them again.
The players’ expressions shifted. They all raised their hands, preparing to use skills to test which one was the real body.
But in the next moment—
All ninety-nine Johns simultaneously formed chains of lightning in their hands.
Before the players could even react, chain marks had already been attached to their bodies.
[Lightning Chain]!
It could mark up to three hundred targets.
And now, with ninety-nine duplicates added into the mix, marking these two thousand players was more than easy.
Still, John held back and did not mark all of them.
Yet this only made the players think he was bluffing.
"Hmph. This thing doesn’t deal any damage at all.
Trying to scare us with a trick like this? You really think we’re cowards like you?"
The players grew even more frenzied.
The nearby mages and archers had already begun charging up in place, releasing their skills.
"Kill him!"
With a furious shout—
A flood of skills poured toward the line of Johns like a tidal wave.
Just as the players waited for John’s real body to reveal itself—
All ninety-nine Johns activated Godshadow at the same time and collectively turned invisible.
While in stealth, he was able to evade attacks.
As a result, every player skill missed, crashing into the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.
"Where did he go?"
"Damn it, has this coward hidden himself again?"
Just as the players looked around in every direction, searching for John—
Figures suddenly emerged behind those who had shouted the loudest.
[-41830!]
[-41838!]
[-41861!]
Terrifying damage numbers burst into view one after another.
The players who had been yelling the fiercest had no chance to react before their bodies turned into white light, entering a three-day no-revival state.
And that was not all.
The HP of the players marked with the lightning chains was also instantly emptied.
Under equal shared damage, they had no chance whatsoever to resist.
A sea of crimson damage numbers surged across the battlefield like a tide—
Harvesting the lives of hundreds of players in an instant.
For a time, the entire battlefield was filled with the white light of players dying.
It even formed a curtain of light.
The remaining players were completely dumbstruck.
Within that vast pale screen of light, one figure after another reappeared.
Some casually twirled blades in their hands. Others walked out with both hands in their pockets, looking utterly calm.
All ninety-nine Johns appeared once more—completely unharmed.
Just standing there was enough to make the remaining players recoil in fear, not daring to step forward.
Only now—
Did the players of Zone 5 truly realize just how terrifying John, the one who ranked first in their zone, really was!
"All these clones can actually deal damage?"
"And those chains can make the entire marked group suffer the exact same damage at the same time!"
"I even tried using an A-rank Detection, and I couldn’t identify a single one as a clone!"
The horrifying gulf in strength had completely destroyed any desire these players still had to keep charging.
The entire field fell silent.
Especially the few Opportunists Guild members who had survived by sheer luck.
Hansen’s eyes were full of terror as he trembled and slipped back into the crowd.
Kaer and the others hurried after him, trying to escape John’s notice.
But how could John possibly fail to notice the true culprits?
Pshhk!
Several of John’s clones stopped twirling the blades in their hands and casually hurled Bloodfang as if tossing something insignificant.
The crimson blades streaked through the air like shooting stars.
Several bright-red damage numbers lit up among the remaining thousand-plus players. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
[-47186!]
[-47281!]
[-41835!]
Hansen, Kaer, and the remaining Opportunists scum were precisely targeted, their HP emptied as they collapsed.
The surrounding players scattered instantly as though they had seen ghosts.
Several vacuum zones were formed in the crowd in an instant.
At that moment, John dismissed all his clones.
Without saying a word, he began walking forward, step by step.
For every step John took forward, the players took one step back.
Though they vastly outnumbered him, they now behaved like mice fleeing from a cat.
John stopped.
His voice was not loud.
"All of you—stop."
The players halted at once, their bodies trembling.
John swept his gaze across them. His tone was calm, yet filled with pressure.
"Do you know that today’s monster tide was manipulated by a Zone 4 player who crossed into our zone?"
The players, who had originally kept their heads lowered to avoid his gaze, all looked up in shock.
John continued,
"I pursued him all the way today, but he still managed to escape.
Do you know why he dared to act so arrogantly and come here alone across zones?"
Not a single player present answered.
John’s voice turned cold.
"It’s not because he’s strong. It’s because you are weak!
Every other zone is trying everything they can to wipe out our Zone 5.
And yet you people are still here, fighting among yourselves?"
"I have no interest in explaining myself to you. I’ll only give you one sentence—"
John spoke each word slowly and clearly:
"Follow me, and I’ll guarantee your victory."
A simple sentence.
Yet it carried absolute confidence in his own strength, along with a domineering aura that looked down upon the world itself.
At the sight of this—
The rational players from before stepped forward one after another and openly declared their stance.
"We are willing to follow Boss John and crush the enemy zones!"
As for the irrational players who remained, John’s overwhelming power had already scared all the madness out of them.
They lowered their heads and submitted in trembling voices.
"We... we are also willing to follow Boss John."
And so—
Every player across Zone 5 submitted under John’s rule!
