Aside from the significant reduction in damage, what Yi Yanhui found even more unacceptable was that none of his ultimate move's three effects had triggered.
A 10% trigger rate not activating is normal.
A 30% trigger rate not activating can be understood as bad luck.
But a 70% bleeding probability not triggering? That's just unreasonable!
"Using your ultimate move so quickly? You're really not that tough."
Despite being injured by the ultimate move, Lin Jichen's expression remained unchanged. He even had the leisure to mock them.
Yi Yanhui nearly spat blood in anger, and the others also looked grim.
"Let's attack together. No one can beat him one-on-one."
Xing Sen said seriously and frankly.
Although they felt a bit embarrassed, they had to admit the truth.
Even though they, like Lin Jichen, were regarded as top players by ordinary players, they were not on the same level as him.
It's like in the Three Kingdoms, where generals could be divided into two categories: Lü Bu and everyone else.
When Lü Bu was alive, no one dared to claim to be the best in the world.
After Lü Bu's death, anyone could step up and boast, and Guan Yu saw everyone as beneath him.
Lin Jichen was now among the top players, and they had previously thought he was just like them.
After all, Lin Jichen's combat videos were from shortly after the game's public beta.
He was impressive back then, but now everyone had grown, with skills, equipment, and realms constantly improving.
Moreover, Lin Jichen had not appeared in a long time, and his combat videos were scarce. He had been stuck in the Crystal Realm for a long time before recently breaking through to the Golden Elixir.
This made everyone think that Lin Jichen was no longer a big deal.
They assumed he was too busy making money from his shop and auction house to improve his skills and strength.
Some even claimed that Lin Jichen no longer deserved to be called a top player and should be removed from the rankings.
But now it seemed that Lin Jichen was still as formidable as ever, a towering figure beyond reach!
Agreeing with Xing Sen's suggestion, ten top players attacked together.
Three body cultivators, three artifact cultivators, two spell cultivators, and two healers.
Each one was at the top of their game.
The combat power of these ten was far more formidable than that of a thousand Golden Elixir players.
Wang Jinghao watched from a distance, a cold smile on his face, as if he could already see Lin Jichen being surrounded and killed, his equipment scattered all over the ground.
Liu Xiazi and Zhao Baige, watching from a nearby hill, looked worried as they saw Lin Jichen being surrounded.
"How shameless! Yi Yanhui, Xie Lingyang, Xing Sen—these top players are ganging up on my idol. Where's their sense of honor?"
Liu Xiazi cursed the Eternal players, while Zhao Baige, though not one to curse, was equally worried.
Though both were concerned for Lin Jichen, they knew their own strength was too weak to help, so they could only cheer for him from the hill.
Facing the simultaneous attack of ten top players, Lin Jichen showed no fear. Instead, his eyes were filled with confidence and fighting spirit.
In the past, as a spell cultivator, he dared to challenge the world's top players alone.
Now, as a sword cultivator, how could he fear fighting against many?
The three body cultivators attacked first, trying to surround Lin Jichen to give the others time and space to attack.
But Lin Jichen ignored the three body cultivators. His figure flickered, instantly escaping their encirclement and charging towards the two healers!
"Not good! Don't let him get close to the healers!" Xing Sen shouted, flying forward with his axe. His Earth Grade axe transformed into two projectiles, flying straight at Lin Jichen!
"This move doesn't work on me, have you forgotten?" Lin Jichen chuckled, not dodging. As the axes flew towards him, he flicked them away with a single sword strike!
The axes spun around Lin Jichen's sword and flew back.
Xing Sen quickly dodged, narrowly avoiding being hit by his own axes.
This scene was reminiscent of the past when Lin Jichen had dealt with him the same way.
But now, Lin Jichen's target was clearly not him, at least not as a priority.
After deflecting Xing Sen's axes, Lin Jichen continued to close in on the two healers.
Everyone immediately understood Lin Jichen's intention: he wanted to kill the healers first.
Damn it, facing their ten-man assault, his first thought wasn't to escape but to plan a kill.
This level of disdain made them all determined to take down Lin Jichen.
A spell cultivator wielding a staff chanted a spell, summoning countless ice spikes to block Lin Jichen's path, stabbing towards him!
Lin Jichen remained calm, slashing out several Sword Qi, shattering all the ice spikes into powder.
Another spell cultivator chanted, turning the ground into a river of lava, blocking Lin Jichen's path.
Lin Jichen suddenly soared into the air, flying over the lava, catching up to one of the fleeing healers, and piercing his heart with a sword!
[Critical Hit! -15778!]
The healer was stunned, feeling like a telegraph operator possessed him.
Seeing Lin Jichen about to strike again, he desperately tried to heal himself, but his defense was as fragile as paper under Lin Jichen's sword.
With another sword strike, the healer's health bar evaporated, dropping to zero.
"Help me!" The healer cried out in despair, trying to fight back with his limited offensive skills while healing himself to buy time.
The health he just regained was instantly lost again, and the healer died miserably on the spot.
The remaining nine were shocked to see Lin Jichen kill one of them so quickly.
They hadn't even reached him yet, and a top player was already dead. Though it was just a healer, wasn't this speed a bit too fast?
Lin Jichen gave them no time to breathe, immediately targeting the other healer.
The remaining eight dared not let Lin Jichen get close to the healer, rushing to his aid at full speed.
They managed to save the healer just before Lin Jichen could strike.
But it seemed Lin Jichen had anticipated their move. He deliberately diverted their attention and then turned to attack the two spell cultivators!
"Damn! This guy is really cunning!"
Seeing Lin Jichen charging at them, the two spell cultivators turned pale, retreating while throwing skills at him.
Unwilling to waste time, Lin Jichen, finding their speed too slow, flickered and appeared before the two spell cultivators as if teleporting.
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"Wind Thunder Sword!"
The Qingming Sword pierced through one of their chests, delivering a critical hit and draining over ten thousand health points.
Unwilling to stop at one kill, Lin Jichen withdrew his sword, quickly turning to slash the other spell cultivator's throat, dealing even more damage than before.
Lin Jichen's Returning to Origin Sword Art's passive ability increased the damage of his next normal attack by 150% after using a skill.
This passive, combined with skill and normal attack chaining, resulted in extremely high damage.
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