Chapter 141
Chapter 141
[Take It on Faith Card] (A Rank)
Description: Even if you’re talking nonsense, I’ll believe you.
Item Effect: Play this card to make the other party firmly believe you. (The exact degree of trust depends on what you say.)
Price: 10,000 Gold Coins
Purchase Limit: 1
[Dreams Come True Card] (A Rank)
Description: In your dreams, you’re invincible.
Item Effect: Play this card to make a situation you imagine come true, even though it isn’t real.
Price: 10,000 Gold Coins
[Super Charisma Card] (A Rank)
Description: At least for that moment, your charm will be recognized.
Item Effect: Play this card to greatly increase your Charisma.
Price: 20,000 Gold Coins
…
It was exactly as Zhou Ming had imagined.
Mysterious Merchants always carried strange-looking items. Used properly, they could prove extremely useful.
“Ding!”
[System Notification: You have successfully purchased [Take It on Faith Card] (A Rank), [Dreams Come True Card] (A Rank), and [Super Charisma Card] (A Rank)!]
“Where do you get all these cards?” Zhou Ming promptly took the three limited-purchase cards and asked out of curiosity.
“Just a few personal tricks of mine.”
Mysterious Merchant No. 2 pointed at the surrounding map. “All kinds of complex emotions linger around Godreach Cliff. I extract a portion of them to create these cards.”
“Oh?”
Surprised, Zhou Ming opened the information log and carefully examined the map description.
[Godreach Cliff] (Neutral Map)
Description: This is where Ning Wushen attained enlightenment. It is said that after lingering here for a long time, he finally achieved a breakthrough and shattered the void to depart. The cliff was named “Godreach Cliff” to commemorate this world-shaking event.
…
Zhou Ming: “…”
So this was where Ning Wushen had broken the dimensional barrier and entered reality?
“Ning Wushen shattered the void, and his strength inspires envy even among the gods. God-tier powerhouses occasionally visit this place to pay their respects!” Mysterious Merchant No. 2 explained frankly. “I collected their emotions and used them to create these cards!”
“I see!”
Zhou Ming understood, then lifted his gaze toward the distance.
Towering waves crashed against the shore, the endless roar of the tide filling his ears.
Insights differed with every person’s experiences, as did what they ultimately gained. Zhou Ming could not experience the feelings Ning Wushen had possessed at the time.
However, Ning Wushen had said that learning the truth of the world had frightened him. His emotions must have been turbulent when he shattered the void and departed…
Afterward, the Mysterious Merchant handed over the SS-Rank item Zhou Ming needed most, Perfect Disguise. In return, the merchant used Super Lucky Star’s effect to obtain an SSS-Rank item.
Both sides were very satisfied with the trade.
“Let’s go!”
After a brief rest, Zhou Ming turned to leave. “One day, I’ll catch up to Ning Wushen too!”
Catch up to Ning Wushen?
Mysterious Merchant No. 2 was surprised by his declaration. Then he shook his head and laughed, dismissing it.
Zhouyou Shijie’s performance was certainly breathtaking, but Ning Wushen’s life story was equally legendary.
The ignorant knew no fear. Perhaps if Zhouyou Shijie met Ning Wushen himself one day, he would no longer say such a thing.
…
Late that night, sometime after midnight…
In reality, Zhou Ming removed his gaming helmet and brought the day’s journey to an end.
“Phew!”
He slowly exhaled and clenched his raised hand. Wind leaked between his fingers as bright flames ignited around his fist.
His Level had previously fallen to 1, sending his strength to rock bottom. Now that he had returned to the seventies, the power at his disposal had recovered as well.
“Once I successfully forge a divine weapon, my strength will surpass my previous peak!” Zhou Ming looked forward to it eagerly.
Losing the Longquan Sword had certainly hurt, but it was still only a Celestial Spirit-Tier weapon. If he fused multiple pieces of God-Tier ore, the resulting divine weapon might directly…
His excitement grew the more he thought about it. Zhou Ming hurriedly cast aside the distracting thoughts, ate some bread to fill his stomach, then went into the bathroom to wash up.
Looking in the mirror, Zhou Ming could clearly see the sharp contours of his muscles, every line containing explosive power.
Bringing power from the game into reality and feeding it back into his physical body was an utterly wondrous phenomenon.
“BOOM!!”
As Zhou Ming lowered his head to wash his face, a mighty pressure suddenly descended from every direction.
The earth shook violently in an instant.
It felt as though an invisible force had enveloped the entire house.
“!!!!!”
Zhou Ming’s heart jolted. He abruptly looked toward the living room and saw ripples spread through the void, cracking the walls apart. A black vortex formed immediately afterward, as though space now connected to another location.
Astral God Art!
Heavenrend!
Zhou Ming immediately unleashed his strongest techniques. He condensed a flaming greatsword dozens of meters long, taking care to avoid destroying the appliances in his home, then controlled the blade and drove it deep into the void.
In the next instant, he stopped paying attention to the strange phenomenon and fled at tremendous speed, remembering to grab his phone before he left.
The late-night sky was dark as ink.
The area was remote, so Zhou Ming ran straight toward the mountains. With Shadowless Step active, wind gathered beneath his feet, carrying him hundreds of meters in the blink of an eye.
While sprinting, Zhou Ming hurriedly took out his phone and sent Ning Wushen a message: “Help!”
Judging by the pressure just now, the enemy was far beyond what he could currently fight!
Moreover…
That black vortex looked very similar to the one the Demon Gods had used to cross regions before.
“Did a Demon God reach the realm beyond the god tier and immediately come after me in reality?” Zhou Ming’s heart tightened. He could sense an overwhelmingly powerful aura behind him, locked firmly onto his body.
“Zhouyou Shijie, you have nowhere left to run!”
Less than thirty seconds later, a streak of black light shot toward him from behind at an unimaginable speed.
“Whoosh!”
In a flash, a handsome man in blood-red armor appeared in front of Zhou Ming. His blood-red pupils looked terrifying in the darkness.
“Who are you?” Zhou Ming braced himself for a deadly enemy.
The man smiled coldly. “Remember this. The one who kills you is the first Demon God of the Dark Faction!”
With that, he raised a hand and pressed down through empty air. A colossal blood-red hand hundreds of meters wide immediately appeared ahead of him and slammed toward Zhou Ming. The invisible pressure alone snapped nearby trees in half.
Zhou Ming fought with all his might, but the terrifying blood-red hand shattered the Heavenrend greatsword with a single blow.
The disparity in strength was far too great!
Watching the hand bear down on him, Zhou Ming’s expression turned solemn as he retreated rapidly.
The first Demon God of the Dark Faction, Slayer of All Beings · Wu Xing!
He had never expected Wu Xing to break the dimensional barrier just like Ning Wushen!
“Do you think you can escape?” Wu Xing looked at him disdainfully.
In the face of absolute power, there was no room for schemes!
Zhouyou Shijie possessed War Soul-grade strength at most. How could he possibly contend with a god-tier powerhouse?
“BANG!”
The great hand engulfed Zhou Ming. Dust erupted across the entire mountain range, and violent winds swept for thousands of meters as the ground collapsed inch by inch.
In an instant, a palm print dozens of meters deep appeared in the earth, a terrifying sight.
“Ding!”
[System Notification: Slayer of All Beings · Wu Xing has used the skill [Forbidden · Dominion Over All], dealing lethal damage to you!]
“Ding!”
[System Notification: You have received lethal damage, triggering the Flame Demon Lord’s exclusive ability [Heaven’s Jealousy]. You will immediately counterattack with power equal to the attack that inflicted lethal damage!]
…
With the God-Demon Orb beside him, Zhou Ming remained within the rules and naturally continued receiving system feedback.
“So weak!”
Wu Xing’s gaze was indifferent, as though looking at an insect he could crush with one finger.
Everything had gone exactly as he expected. As long as he could break the dimensional barrier, killing Zhouyou Shijie’s physical body would not be difficult.
“Hm?”
Wu Xing’s expression suddenly changed slightly when he sensed that Zhouyou Shijie’s aura had not vanished. “You’re still alive?”
“…”
So much for playing dead!
His trick exposed, Zhou Ming leaped from the center of the palm print and pressed down through empty air toward Wu Xing.
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