Lily secretly used one shot of Frenzy on Number Nine's stomach and intestines.
She didn't use skills on Yulia. When she failed to use Spiritual Vision on Yulia before, she had a vague premonition. Now, she further confirmed her thoughts—
Yulia was a Lingshi genius, with an Inspiration attribute of at least 20 or higher. Her skills would likely not work on Yulia, and even if they did, Yulia would immediately notice, making her the primary target of attack.
"Just a few more minutes."
Lily's eyes narrowed slightly, and she began to slowly adjust her position.
Under Yulia's Royal Envoy, the players fought each other fiercely.
It had to be said that Yulia's mana bar was truly long. Lily roughly estimated that she had controlled over thirty players in total, yet she still seemed to be at ease. It seemed that the path of trying to exhaust Yulia with sheer numbers of players was not viable.
As the fight dragged on, Yago and Xia Shi grew increasingly anxious. They had already killed seven players in a row, yet they still hadn't caused any damage to Yulia. Was that woman a monster?
The players' mentality also began to shift slightly.
The difficulty of this dungeon was a bit too high. Two powerful NPCs had already appeared, yet they still couldn't win. Now, they could only hope that the players who watched Excavation Princess's live stream and rushed over would arrive quickly.
Oh, right, Lily had also been lurking nearby all this time; she must have some plan.
Time slowly passed.
Lily stared intently at Number Nine. At a certain moment, she suddenly noticed Number Nine subconsciously reaching out to clutch his stomach.
Now!
Frenzy strengthened her eyes, enhancing her vision; Frenzy strengthened her hands, enhancing her stability when holding the gun.
Lily quickly drew her gun.
The first shot aimed for Number Nine's chest.
Bang!
The bullet hit Number Nine's left shoulder.
"-9"
The second shot was still aimed at Number Nine's chest.
Bang!
The bullet grazed a player's armpit and directly hit Number Nine's heart area.
"-47"
It was a red critical hit, inflicting a severe bleeding status on Number Nine with one shot.
"It worked!"
Lily tightly clenched her left fist. Although these two shots didn't directly kill Number Nine, the bleeding alone was enough to seal Number Nine's fate.
"Well done!"
Yago and Xia Shi were overjoyed at the sight.
The players also started shouting, "Lily is awesome!"
How could this be?
Number Nine clutched his chest. He never dreamed that he would be shot in the heart when the situation was looking so favorable. He had clearly been guarding against those two, but he didn't expect another sly old fox to be hiding nearby.
Was he going to die?
No, absolutely not! How could he die so easily here!
Number Nine struggled to pull another injection from his pocket and unhesitatingly jabbed it into his neck.
"Number Nine!" Yulia's expression changed.
Lily suddenly had a bad premonition. She quickly used Spiritual Vision on Number Nine.
[Name]: Number Nine (Elite) (Mutation Progress 38%... 41%... 100%)
When that mutation progress bar filled up, Number Nine's body began to twist violently. In just a few seconds, he transformed into a purple-skinned monster with a distorted body.
It was covered in cysts, barely maintaining a semblance of human form.
But this wasn't the most troublesome part. After becoming a mutated monster, his health bar increased by a segment, and his previous bleeding status disappeared.
[Health]: 131 / 310
Although he was still severely wounded, he wouldn't die for a while.
If he didn't die, Lily wouldn't get experience. Without experience, she couldn't level up. If she couldn't level up, she couldn't become immune to the Royal Envoy skill.
"Ahhh—"
The mutated Number Nine let out a earth-shattering roar from his throat.
Yulia shook her head, first using Royal Envoy to control Number Nine. Number Nine had already lost his sanity; if she didn't control him, even she might be attacked.
Actually, this was also good; this way, she gained another fighter.
However...
Yulia's gaze fell on Lily.
Their eyes met for the first time.
Had she been targeted?
Lily looked at the players who were still fighting each other. Since things had come to this, she could only resort to that unorthodox method.
Although Number Nine had died, who said there were no 'monsters' here that could provide her with leveling experience? Weren't there quite a lot of players here?
The players' levels had increased significantly compared to before; now, one player should be able to provide her with 200-400 experience points.
As long as she took down 10 players, she could level up. If she could take down 60 players, she would have a chance to max out Psionic Apprentice!
In the past, she certainly wouldn't dare to kill players indiscriminately, even in an emergency, but the situation was different now.
"Yulia has the Royal Envoy skill, after all."
Intentionally being controlled by Yulia, then killing players—this way, she could not only earn experience but also not have to worry about losing player favorability. Once she accumulated enough experience, she would level up and break free from the control. This was Lily's unorthodox leveling method!
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