189: Chapter 189 The Final Battle of Gods

"Thump."

The corpse of [Frost Sword] fell to the ground, turning into blue data fragments that scattered in the wind.

Along with him, several hundred Mana Crystals he hadn't had time to spend also dropped.

But at this moment, neither Chu He nor the viewers in the livestream room even glanced at the crystals on the ground.

Everyone's gaze was fixed firmly on the [Holy Grail Fragment] emitting a sacred golden light in mid-air, and the choice panel that popped up along with it!

[Option 1: [Exchange Summon] (Forcibly sever the contract, guaranteed to obtain a fully-equipped SSR!)]

[Option 2: [Command Spell Reshape] (Retain current Servant, obtain three complete Command Spells!)]

Chu He walked out of the shadows, swallowed hard, and hovered his finger back and forth between the two options, his palms covered in sweat.

The livestream chat was going completely crazy, with the screen filled with frantic advice:

"Holy crap, God Chu! Don't hesitate, just pick one! A fully-equipped SSR is invincible!"

"Do you even need to think about this? Switch to Saber or Gilgamesh, one Noble Phantasm will clear the field, killing anyone in your way!"

"Switch quickly! The red dots around are closing in, if you don't switch now, it'll be too late!"

Hearing the urgings of the chat, Chu He's gaze involuntarily turned to Robin Hood beside him.

This emerald-green Archer shrugged indifferently, a lazy smile playing on his lips: "Don't worry about me, Master. As a summoned mercenary, if I can be exchanged for more powerful combat strength to ensure your survival, I completely accept the fate of being replaced."

Chu He took a deep breath, his brain starting to run like a supercomputer.

Choosing an SSR was certainly tempting.

But in this battle royale mode, was an SSR really invincible?

"No, that's not right."

Chu He gritted his teeth and analyzed in a low voice: "If I switch to an SSR, the target would be too obvious. I'd be the brightest light bulb on the whole map wherever I go, and I'd definitely become a target for everyone to focus fire on."

"Besides, I've already dumped over eight hundred points of mana into Robin Hood, upgrading all of his skills and Noble Phantasm to the max! That sunk cost is too high!"

"The most critical point is—"

A cunning glint, unique to a veteran camper, flashed in Chu He's eyes. "In this mode where every Master is a glass cannon, [Map-wide Invisibility] is a strategic god-tier skill that is definitely more lethal than those wide-area carpet-bombing light cannons!"

"A fully-stamina-restored, stealth-capable poison assassin, plus three Command Spells that can recharge a Noble Phantasm or force-heal to full health..."

Chu He made his decision.

Amidst the "wishing-he-was-better" wails of the entire audience.

He suddenly raised his hand and decisively pressed the [Command Spell Reshape] button on the right!

"Hum—!"

The golden Holy Grail Fragment turned into a stream of light and instantly injected into the back of Chu He's right hand.

A searing, stinging sensation arrived, and three blood-red magic circuits, representing absolute command authority, clearly emerged on the back of his hand!

At the same time, the system broadcast sounded again:

[Announcement: Holy Grail Fragment has been picked up!]

[Time remaining until the final contraction of the Glitch Wall: 15 minutes!]

"Let's scram!"

The moment he got the Command Spells, Chu He didn't linger for even a second.

"Robin Hood, activate skill!"

"As you wish." Robin Hood snapped his fingers, and the camouflage of [No Face King] instantly enveloped the two of them.

The Master and his Servant vanished from the ruins of the plaza as if they had evaporated into thin air.

Less than ten seconds after they left.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Four or five bloodthirsty players, accompanied by their respective Servants, rushed frantically into the central area from all directions of the plaza!

However, all that awaited them were empty ruins and scattered debris.

"Where's the air-drop?! Who the hell grabbed the air-drop!"

"It's over there! The one with the spear, it must be you who took it!"

"Bullshit! I just got here! You want to fight? Bring it on!"

After missing their target, the players, having lost their reason, instantly vented their anger on the other competitors around them.

The central plaza once again became a dazzling and brutal meat grinder!

Meanwhile, Chu He had already run to an abandoned clock tower, happily watching the kill notifications flashing wildly in the top right corner and the rapidly decreasing number of survivors.

"Brothers, see that? This is what's called 'brushing off one's clothes after the deed, hiding one's merit and fame.'"

Chu He touched the three Command Spells on the back of his hand, grinning like an old fox who had successfully stolen a chicken.

Although the viewers in the livestream room didn't understand at first why he didn't pick the SSR, seeing the miserable state of these gods fighting like dogs, they all realized what was happening.

"Holy crap, God Chu is truly insidious! Grabbed the air-drop and ran, letting everyone else exhaust themselves fighting each other!"

"Indeed, if he had switched to an SSR earlier, he definitely would have been focused by that bunch of jealous people who just ran over. Two fists can't fight four hands."

"Invisibility plus three Command Spells... God Chu's loadout for camping is simply invincible."

Time flew by as Chu He remained on the "periphery OB."

As the red cyber glitch wall on the perimeter continuously pressed inward, the survival space in the Cherry Blossom Labyrinth was extremely compressed.

Those "ground-crawlers" hiding in buildings were forced out of their cover by the glitch wall and died on the road while running from the poison; while those battle-gods who fought head-on were mostly eliminated due to running out of mana or being ambushed by third parties.

40... 25... 12...

Finally, the system issued a piercing final alarm:

[Warning: Final Circle contraction complete!]

[Current number of survivors: 5!]

On the holographic map, the safe zone had shrunk to an outrageous extent—it was the ruins of the [Sky Temple] located in the northwest corner of the map, floating above the abyss!

The area was less than half the size of a soccer field, surrounded by an bottomless abyss of electronic data; there was no way out!

Chu He and Robin Hood hid behind a broken stone pillar at the edge of the temple, holding their breath.

"Looks like the ones left are all tough nuts to crack."

Chu He narrowed his eyes, observing this palm-sized final circle through the stealth camouflage.

Besides him, the veteran camper, the other four survivors had each occupied a corner of the temple, forming an eerie standoff.

And when Chu He saw the Servants beside them clearly, the livestream chat instantly gasped in unison.

Gods!

They were all earth-shattering gods!

On the east side of the temple, a player with the ID [Pig Is Read Backwards] had a smiling, blonde big sister standing behind them, radiating the violent divine power of the sun—Quetzalcoatl!

On the west side of the temple was a female player on high alert. Floating in front of her was the Pharaoh who sat on his throne in mid-air, possessing world-shaking pressure—Ozymandias!

And in the north, that thin, small player was accompanied by Karna, holding a golden spear and as dazzling as the sun!

"Gulp..."

Chu He swallowed, feeling his scalp tingle.

"What kind of godly match is this? Quetzalcoatl, Ozymandias, Karna?! Just how much mana did these people scrape together, or how many kills did they steal, to summon monsters like these!"

The chat was also filled with despair:

"It's over, it's over, God Chu is done for this round! Any one of these three could flatten this temple!"

"What's the use of invisibility? This place is so small, once they use their ultimate moves, any bit of AOE aftermath could wipe God Chu out!"

"Wait, the top right shows 5 survivors, where is the last person?"

Just as everyone was wondering where the last player was.

"Hahahaha—!"

A burst of extremely arrogant laughter, treating all things as ants, suddenly came from the top of the highest statue above the temple!