Hero slammed into the wall. Cracks appeared and crawled downward. Hero's golden chestplate tore apart and fell to the floor. Everyone recoiled in shock. Ice screamed, "What is wrong with you?"

Fie immediately pulled out her chains and hurled them at Mike. In a blink, Mike vanished so fast he could not even be seen. Suddenly one of the lamps was ripped from the ceiling, plunging half the room into darkness. Nothing could be seen except two red eyes glowing in the dark. Laughter echoed through the room.

The chains did not hit him. Instead, Mike caught them. He grabbed the chains with both hands and pulled them toward himself. Fie was dragged along and slammed into the wall. Then Mike stepped on her.

At once, Mike felt a hand on his shoulder. He grabbed it, turned around, and kicked the person away. It was Ice. She flew against the wall and immediately lost consciousness. Her body slid down, her arm twisted on the floor. She was breathing heavily as her eyes closed.

From behind, a flash appeared. Hero's sword flew toward Mike. Mike instantly dodged to the right. Hero stood up and pulled his sword out of the wall. Now he faced Mike directly. Hero with his sword. Mike with nothing. Mike raised his fists and pointed at himself.

"Oh man, I should have broken away from you much earlier. You are all just too weak!" Mike laughed and pointed at himself.

Hero laughed bitterly. "You are sick. I thought we were good friends. Why are you stabbing us in the back? Why? I thought you were a good guy."

Mike laughed again. It was not the same laughter as before, not laughter of joy. This time it was filled with malice. "Back then I was weak. Now I can take on everyone."

Mike's eyes glowed red. Blood streamed from his eyes. He was no longer the same. Or maybe he was. No one knew.

The timer on the wall glowed red. One minute remained.

Mike stood in the darker corner of the room, staring at Hero. Then he laughed again. "If I wanted to, I could kill you right now. I think I will just injure all of you badly and then later…"

A chain shot past Mike's face. It grazed his cheek, and blood dripped down. Mike turned his glowing red eyes toward Fie. "You are the one I will kill now!"

Then Mike saw the group standing together.

Ice stood a little farther back, tears streaming down her face. Terry stood in front of her, while Fie and Hero were in the front line. Ice was bleeding from the nose from Mike's blow. Tears poured down her face like a waterfall. Then she screamed in a sorrowful, furious tone, "What is wrong with you, Mike? We have been together since the beginning, and now you turn evil. What is this? I hate you!"

Ice shouted the last sentence louder. Mike's eyebrow twitched instantly. A small gust of wind followed, and Mike was suddenly standing right in front of Ice. Hero tried to strike Mike with his sword, but a shadow swept through the room and blocked the attack.

Mike had picked up a sword from the floor. The shadow crawled up along the blade. Mike swung, but the chains struck his sword and stopped it. What was strange was that Mike noticed the shadow on the blade disappear. He understood immediately. These chains had an ability, just like they could hit Mike directly. They could not be fully blocked.

But Mike did not care. He was far stronger, much stronger than anyone here. Let the chains hit him if they wanted.

He looked Ice in the eyes and said, "You hate me? Why? Because I am too strong?"

Ice's tears ran down her cheeks. She opened her mouth and whispered, "That does not make any sense, whi…"

A blow slammed into her stomach. Mike's fist pierced straight through her. Blood sprayed everywhere.

Hero screamed, "No!"

He rushed toward Mike. Fie's eyes darkened. Her black hair lifted upward, and a black aura began to form around her. She also charged at Mike.

Mike stood still and pulled his hand out of Ice. She collapsed weakly to the ground. Mike watched the two of them rushing toward him and grinned. "Time is over."

Instantly, everyone was teleported away.

Mike opened his eyes and found himself in the castle, seated on the throne. Three hundred shadows knelt in the throne hall before him. Mike grinned.

"The title Godslayer is not far away anymore."

He smiled wider and stood up. "Let us search for the other two admins and kill them. My so called friends will not be a problem, and Ice is dead."

Mike felt no compassion. Everything had happened so suddenly, but here in this room it became clear to him what kind of potential he truly had. Mike could become the strongest. He had the potential of Godslayer VR.

He stood in front of the throne with trembling legs, not from fear, but from excitement. Then Mike shouted, "We will conquer everything!"

When the three opened their eyes, they were lying on sand. Hero looked around, needing a moment to realize what had happened. Then he looked down. In the orange sand lay a pool of blood.

It was Ice.

"No!" Hero shouted.

But Ice was still breathing slowly. Fie knelt down beside her and said, "Drink this."

Ice lay weakly on the ground, blood coming from her mouth. Fie handed her a healing potion. It could close even large wounds with ease. As Ice drank it, the wound through her stomach closed. Ice did not speak. She only cried and stared up at the sky. Hero and Fie looked at her with deep concern.

Terry, however, looked around and said, "Guys… we are in a desert."

The desert stretched out endlessly, with no end in sight. In the distance, they could make out a large structure it stretched over an entire area. There were multiple buildings; it was an entire village.

But first, everyone looked at Ice, worried about how she was doing. Hero asked, "A-are you okay?"

Ice didn't answer. She broke down in tears.

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