Chapter 90
Chapter 90
[Luminous Ore] (Demigod)
Description: A hard ore suffused with various elemental forces. Suitable for use in forging, it allows different materials to fuse perfectly.
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It had no listed effects, yet the description made its function perfectly clear.
“Above Demigod comes God!” Zhou Ming could tell that Luminous Ore held tremendous potential. It might even allow him to forge a divine weapon. The only regrettable part was that he could not put it to use right away.
Next, his gaze fell on a red stone. Sealed inside was a magnificent snow-white horse without a single stray patch of color.
[Sealing Stone (Zhaoye Jade Lion)] (War Soul)
Description: Once served as the mount of a legendary general.
Effect: Use to obtain the mount [Zhaoye Jade Lion].
[Zhaoye Jade Lion] (War Soul)
Level: 80
Movement Speed: +150%
Attack: +50%
HP: +80%
Effect: Tenacity +30%
Special Skill: [Unyielding] (Passive) (Effect: Tenacity +10%.)
Special Skill: [Night Illumination] (Passive) (Effect: At night, the rider’s sight range increases by 10 meters.)
Description: Beneath the moonlight, the Zhaoye Jade Lion reflects a beautiful silver glow. Its striking appearance is matched by extraordinary speed and explosive power. Capable of traveling a thousand li in a day, it is among the finest of horses.
Required Level: 80
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At the current stage, players were generally too weak for the system to hand out a War Soul treasure. However, Zhou Ming had accumulated a terrifying number of points, leaving the runner-up with only a fraction of his total. As a result, the quality of his reward had multiplied, allowing him to obtain a mount before the mount system had even opened.
“I still have to wait until Level 80 to ride it.” Zhou Ming could hardly wait.
With his maximum-star Speed growth, the mount’s speed bonus, and Shadowless Step’s burst of acceleration, he would practically be flying.
And this was only one mount!
Two would bring him even greater benefits. After all, Zhou Ming had spent 180,000 gold coins purchasing a Mount Fusion Stone from the mysterious merchant.
He continued browsing the items in his inventory. In the final slot lay a golden skill book.
[Astral God Art] (Rare S Rank)
Description: At the pinnacle of martial arts, one may shatter the stars.
Skill Effect: After activation, the next attack deals 500% increased damage and has an extremely high chance of inflicting Knockback and Launch.
Requirement: Melee class
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Another wonderful item, but like the Ancient Azure Covenant, it needed to remain in his inventory until Xiaoyou’s Super Lucky Star came off cooldown.
Having reviewed all the system rewards, Zhou Ming turned his attention to the Exclusive Skill and Exclusive Ability on his skill and class panels.
[Return to Ruin] (Exclusive SS Rank)
Description: All things will eventually vanish into the river of time. Only those who advance against the current may attain enduring power.
Skill Effect: Enter the Return to Ruin state and meditate upon the profound principles of your techniques. If those principles are fully comprehended and integrated, skills of the same type may be fused and strengthened.
Restriction: Once per month.
[Heaven’s Wrath] (Exclusive Ability)
Effect: Sacrifice any percentage of current HP to gain damage and area amplification equal to the sacrificed percentage multiplied by 30.
Cost: Level -2
Restriction: Once per month.
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Zhou Ming stared at the two effects in silence for a long time.
His Exclusive Class never failed to surprise him.
Return to Ruin needed no explanation. Fusing and strengthening a skill essentially gave every skill room to grow. Heaven’s Wrath, meanwhile, was a genuine trump card.
If he sacrificed 99.99% of his current HP, wouldn’t he receive damage amplification approaching 3,000%?!
And if he stacked that with a fully charged Dawnbringer and an Astral God Art advanced to SS Rank…
He might actually be capable of wiping out an entire screen in one hit, just like Blood Elf ยท Amy!
After reviewing all the system rewards, Zhou Ming felt a wave of intense exhaustion wash over him. He could not even be bothered to inspect the equipment. He opened the system panel and logged out.
Taking off his gaming helmet, Zhou Ming fought through his weariness long enough to eat some bread and fill his stomach. After a quick wash, he stopped caring about anything else, collapsed onto his bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
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Meanwhile, the internet had already erupted.
Zhouyou Shijie had killed two Radiant Bosses in succession and crushed both the Gaibang Guild and Myth, the two guilds that had taken part in the siege. His combat power had far surpassed the limits of current players.
“How can a player like this even exist? The officials need to do something!”
“If you get anywhere near Zhouyou Shijie, Dawnbringer’s wave of fire will probably sweep you away before you even see his face!”
“Petition signed in blood! Delete his account!”
“He’s broken! Completely broken!”
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The internet was flooded with outrage.
Zhouyou Shijie was too powerful, and no one had any idea how to defeat him. Naturally, their only hope was for the officials to step in and punish him.
In a courtyard residence in the capital…
“Can we locate Zhouyou Shijie?” After replaying the footage of the siege again and again, Lin Zhongshan could not resist asking.
A subordinate beside him answered respectfully, “At present, modern technology cannot analyze how Destiny operates. Every gaming helmet appears to be a standalone device. The moment someone puts one on, it is as though they truly cross from Earth into another world. We have devoted all our efforts to breaching it, but achieved very little…”
“…”
Everyone in the room fell silent.
The implication was obvious. They could not locate him.
“Sigh.”
Lin Zhongshan sighed. “If there truly is no way, that might actually be a good thing. But I’ve recently heard that the Sakura Region is making moves, and I fear something may happen.”
If every conflict remained inside Destiny, no one would worry about Zhouyou Shijie.
The danger was that, unable to defeat him in the game, someone might attack him in the real world.
Zhouyou Shijie was already one of Daxia’s best-known experts. Lin Zhongshan naturally wanted to protect him with every resource available, or at the very least ensure that he did not die to something unrelated to his actual ability.
“We can’t locate Zhouyou Shijie in the real world. Can the Sakura Region?” Zhang Nianwen pressed.
Lin Zhongshan’s tone was helpless as he reminded him, “From the clues I’ve received, their method doesn’t rely on power from the real world.”
Not power from the real world…
Zhang Nianwen froze. Then understanding struck, and shock spread across his face. “You mean they’ll use some unknown item or ability inside the game to locate Zhouyou Shijie in reality?”
“Something like that, though it probably isn’t so simple.” Lin Zhongshan nodded. “Have your grandson leak as much information as he can to Zhouyou Shijie. There are many powerful individuals around him. Perhaps they can stop it.”
“All right!”
The matter was too serious for Zhang Nianwen to refuse.
The game was the game, where ability determined everything.
Even if Zhouyou Shijie died, the player who claimed the bounty would still be from the East. No matter who did it or what method they used, Lin Zhongshan’s side would never interfere.
But attempting to murder him in the real world crossed Daxia’s bottom line.
“Come to think of it…”
Lin Zhongshan seemed to recall something important. Uncertainty entered his voice. “With Zhouyou Shijie’s strength rising so quickly, could he possibly…”
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