Revisiting the Dragon Tomb

It's 9:30 PM in game time!

It's 9:30 AM in Blue Star time!

East Asian players in Zhenhai City were hit by a second large-scale attack!

Those who dared to leave the city during the Blood Moon were all seeking to level up... being attacked again made many people's heads start to heat up!

This night attack didn't discriminate; anyone who dared to leave the city to level up was killed and sent back to the graveyard!

Some irrational people tried to fight back again and again, playing dead!

You should know that running from the graveyard to your corpse to resurrect can reduce losses by 50%.

It also avoids 10 minutes of Weakened Resurrection time!

If you were ambushed at the graveyard during a weakened resurrection, you would truly have no choice but to go offline and hide... And tonight, Star Palace dispatched many players to guard corpses and graveyards... This caused a commotion both inside and outside the game!

The world's paid channel was no longer a chatroom for just a few wealthy individuals.

Everyone was in the main city; no matter how poor, they could afford the one silver coin chat fee... Aside from the day the world channel opened, this was its first time being so lively!

Among them... the ID 'Tianmu Zhenjun' was the most 'greeted'!

Yang Jian typed in the guild channel!

Guild Message:

Tianmu Zhenjun: Write down all those who are addicted to cursing; I'll take care of them personally later!

Received!

Received!

A large number of 'Received!' replies followed!

Those 'cloud players' outside were going crazy!

"Confident or Arrogant? What is Star Palace's Intention in Forcibly Expelling East Asian Players?"

"Uproar! Players from Multiple East Asian Countries Protest the Siege on Social Media!"

"From the first wave of encirclement this morning in game time, the number of East Asian players choosing to teleport and settle in Zhenhai City has significantly decreased! As night fell, no new foreign players chose Zhenhai City, while the number of Xia Kingdom players significantly increased!"

Yang Jian listened to Bai Youyou and Mo Suqing's reports in the voice chat while grinding monsters.

Zhou Yue herself planned to focus on leveling up.

It just so happened that Bai Youyou and Mo Suqing, the two newcomers, wanted achievements and tacitly intended to exclude Zhou Yue from this world-shaking event!

Zhou Yue was also happy to be left in peace, so she let them do as they pleased!

She was now only supervising, not speaking!

Yang Jian was right about one thing: this was an era where great power belonged to an individual... No matter how brilliant your schemes or how vast your influence!

If you can't withstand my one teleport + Presence of Mind + Pyroblast... you'll still die!

Now, in the early stages of the game, resurrection is still possible, but when the Abyssal Invasion comes and resurrection is no longer an option... I'd like to see who dares to speak loudly to me!

Mo Suqing and the others understood this principle.

But what could they do?

Although their talents were also good, they clearly couldn't reach the level of Yang Jian and the other person!

They could only take a roundabout approach to save the country!

Strength is important, and influence is also important.

If you can't grasp strength, being a great steward who grasps influence isn't bad either... "Alright, you two can make arrangements as you see fit. Since we've started tonight, kill all of them until they go offline!"

Bai Youyou: Understood!

Yang Jian: Also, figure out who isn't willing to act... Yang Jian doesn't plan to target these people; after all, they are all Xia Kingdom citizens and have been in Star Palace's reserve team for over half a month!

However, they are not worth reusing!

Train soldiers for a thousand days to use them for an hour! If you can't even command them in a game PK now, how can you expect them to fight against the Abyss in the future?

I can't possibly have such a large guild supporting those good-for-nothings, can I?

Yang Jian couldn't stand such an injustice... Bai Youyou: There are indeed some 'holy mothers'... but most are battle maniacs, and some players not in our guild's reserve team are taking the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and kill wildly... Yang Jian: These people are quite good; we can approach them!

Although Yang Jian didn't say what should be done with the 'holy mothers,' the vice-guild leaders all understood!

Mo Suqing: Boss, the foreign networks are in turmoil. Several major guilds, led by the 'Phi Monkeys' and 'Three Brothers,' are actively trying to coordinate and teleport reinforcements! Currently, two to three thousand people have responded... Yang Jian: Who are they?

Mo Suqing: Little Japan is the most active, Little Xi Ba has also expressed willingness to send people, and several large guilds from various East Asian countries want to take Zhenhai City! There are quite a few people... Yang Jian: This is why we need to strike first! If we wait until they are fully prepared to make trouble, the impact on us will be much greater!

Hanging up the communication, Yang Jian continued to level up... A flash of golden light, and he finally reached Level 21!

Alas, this place is clearly no longer suitable to stay.

For Yang Jian, this leveling efficiency was a bit low...

He checked the time; it was 11 PM.

Yang Jian tidied up the battlefield, quickly picked up the spoils, not even bothering to skin the beasts.

He headed straight for Nightshade Town!

After clearing his inventory at the innkeeper's, Yang Jian quickly set off again.

East Forest Valley!

Yang Jian sat at the entrance of the Dreamland from last time, more than ten minutes early.

He checked the cooldown time of his talent, which was almost up!

Yang Jian opened his backpack and began to choose this time's lucky recipient.

[Tempered Steel Chainmail (Purple)]

[Equipment Level: Level 20]

[Mail, Chest]

[Armor +255]

[Strength +40]

[Agility +40]

[Stamina +40]

[Durability: 80 / 80]

You are the chosen one!

He directly devoured this mail chest piece!

His attributes significantly improved again.

Although the Level 20 equipment was purple, it didn't have green text special effects!

Although the attributes added were quite high, there weren't many that could bring a qualitative change to Yang Jian's attributes!

He opened the talent panel and looked at his situation.

[Talent: Devour (Orange)]

[Description: Devour an orange-grade or lower-grade equipment not exceeding your level, inheriting all of its attributes. Can be stacked indefinitely.]

[On Cooldown: Remaining Time: 59:47]

[Upgrade Condition: 1 / 50 (Only orange-grade equipment counts towards upgrade condition)]

[Current Devoured Attributes: Strength +1018, Agility +1450, Stamina +975, Intellect +275, Attack +6707, Defense +6680, Ranged Attack Power +40, Attack Speed +1, Space Slots +78, Arrow Slots +12, Block +580, Dodge +10]

[Skill: Deception]

Purple weapons are hard to find now; recently, I can only devour purple armor!

Being too far ahead of the main force isn't entirely good news!

As time passed, Yang Jian transformed into his leopard form and sent Mo Song back into his pet space.

A dark red portal lit up, and Yang Jian quietly stepped inside!

Entering the portal, Yang Jian, in stealth, stood still for a moment... After confirming the entrance was safe, he cautiously moved forward!

The Dragon Tomb, where a Green Dragon was buried, should logically be a place full of lush greenery and vitality!

But this place was filled with dark red dust and twisted ancient trees.

The entire sky was covered by gray-black storm clouds!

These gray-black storm clouds not only covered this Emerald Dream but also polluted the night sky of the Nightshade Forest outside...

Yang Jian looked at the sky and then carefully observed the surrounding environment.

This space was very large!

It looked like a valley, surrounded by sheer cliff faces.

Below was a sunken terrain.

The corpse of the Green Dragon hero Nisandra was right in the middle of the valley!

If it weren't for the effect of his all-seeing eye, Yang Jian would never have been able to tell with his naked eyes that this was once a Green Dragon!

A rotting body, grayish-yellow scales, a swarm of putrid flies surrounding it, and a desiccated body... Now was not the time to look at these things.

Yang Jian began to explore cautiously, circling the mountain wall.

Ahead, a lone Spawned Nightmare leaned against a twisted red tree trunk.

Yang Jian opened his all-seeing eye, looked around, and then at the nightmare.

[Spawned Nightmare, LV30]

[Abyssal Clan, Elite]

[Health: 8 million]

[Skills: Dream Entanglement, Nightmare Entanglement, Enter Dream, Soul Siphon, Dream Contamination...]

Last time, I just glanced at it and didn't look closely!

Even a unit that wasn't even a Boss had eight million health!

This... was truly astonishing!

Seeing no one around, Yang Jian retreated a few steps, positioning himself at a corner of the mountain wall.

He reverted to human form and summoned Mo Song!

Mo Song immediately entered stealth... quietly sneaking behind the nightmare creature.

Hunter's Mark, Misdirection to Mo Song, Aimed Shot!

The Spawned Nightmare was very alert.

It opened its eyes instantly, looking in Yang Jian's direction.

Behind it, Mo Song raised a paw and swiped at it!

Kidney Shot!

Good news, although it was comparable to a Boss, it wasn't a Boss after all, so it normally suffered from various negative statuses.

Such as stun... Arcane Shot, Multi-Shot.

Since he started adding Intellect, Yang Jian was surprised to find that the damage of Arcane Shot was actually boosted by Intellect!

Several consecutive massive damage numbers floated up from the Spawned Nightmare's head.

-137405 (Aimed Shot), -17480, -166800 (Critical Hit, Arcane Shot)

-28400, -39753, ...-66837... A series of huge damage numbers hit the Spawned Nightmare, and it was still a bit dazed even after breaking free from the stun!

In less than ten seconds, this Abyssal Monster with 8 million health had lost over a million health!

It was scared stiff!

It let out a roar to the sky.

Then, roars began to echo from all directions.

Having been here once before, Yang Jian knew what to expect.

This space was quite large, so it would take some time for distant monsters to come as reinforcements.

Ignoring the distant roars, Yang Jian focused on attacking the monster in front of him.

But it no longer wanted to fight.

It turned around... and fled!

Yang Jian frowned, becoming even more annoyed!

How could this Abyssal Monster... be so spineless?

Run away if you can't win? Do you even deserve to be called elites?

Once it started running, its health dropped even faster!

Because it had its back to Mo Song, it also had to endure an additional 50% of Mo Song's damage.

Mo Song's damage was already high, and now it had to take another Backstab from Mo Song... After only a few steps, the Spawned Nightmare was forced to face Yang Jian and Mo Song!

Having been in this space for decades, it probably figured it was going to die here today!

When the Boss's health dropped below 20%, Yang Jian directly unleashed a Kill Shot... A massive number of over -200,000 burst out!

Entering the execute phase, the nightmare's death knell had already rung!

In less than three minutes, the Spawned Nightmare fell dead!

No experience, no drops... Yang Jian frowned, not yet understanding what was happening, when he saw a gray light flash from his necklace!

A wisp of black energy was absorbed into the necklace.

The distant roars were constantly getting closer.

Yang Jian quickly sent Mo Song back into his pet space.

Then he Feigned Death to exit combat, entered leopard form, and stealthily fled!

He found a safer spot!

Yang Jian quickly checked the status of his necklace.

[titan heart necklace (Gray)]

[Necklace, Neck]

[All Attributes +1]

[Skill: Specified Acquisition (Cooldown: 24 hours)]

[Abyssal Souls required for upgrade: 1 / 100]

(When fighting Levan Carlisle, the conversion wasn't completed, so it doesn't count! Mainly because I hadn't finalized the setting then!)

[Note 1: A fragment of the godhead left behind when the Titan self-destructed, completely devoid of sentience, yet retaining a trace of divinity. You can merge with this divinity and embark on the path of the Titan!]

[Note 2: After choosing to merge, the equipment disappears!]

Yang Jian then checked his own attributes and status!

[Player: Tianmu Zhenjun]

[Position: Star Palace Guild Leader]

[Class: Hunter]

[Level: LV21]

[Abyssal Essence: 300 points]

[HP: 11730 / 11730]

[MP: 3930 / 3930]

[Attack: 16554]

[Armor: 13909]

[Strength: 1164 (Affects melee attack power, parry, etc., affects secondary attributes like carrying capacity)]

[Agility: 1639 (Affects ranged attack power, critical strike, armor, and dodge, affects secondary attributes like speed)]

[Stamina: 1111 (Affects maximum health)]

[Intellect: 341 (Affects maximum mana, spell power, spell critical strike, etc.)]

[Equipment: titan heart necklace (Gray), malorne's oath of loyalty (Blue)...]

Abyssal Essence... [Name: Abyssal Essence]

[Description: The soul essence of Abyssal Monsters after death, the pure soul power refined by the Abyssal Furnace from the souls of worlds annihilated by the Abyss across all realms!]

[Remark: The titan heart intercepted the complete Abyssal Essence and split it three-seven with you!]

[Note 1: This kind of thing can only be done at noon, because something will go wrong sooner or later!]

[Note 2: Abyssal Essence will be passively carried out when the player exits the game, strengthening the external body.]

Yang Jian: ...