94: Chapter 94 Trial

[System Prompt: The Endless Purgatory trial is about to begin.]

Jiang He arrived in a spacious cave, where the heat was unbearable.

Not far away, scorching magma could be seen flowing through cracks in the ground.

As soon as he stepped inside, a system notification rang in his ears.

[The Endless Trial consists of 100 rounds.]

[Trial Requirement: Kill all monsters in the trial.]

[System Prompt: You cannot return to the city upon death.]

No sooner had the notification finished than several blinding white lights suddenly illuminated the area.

Monsters covered in red fur, resembling ape-men, appeared out of thin air.

[Red-Haired Monster · Level 1 Trial Monster]

Jiang He scanned the area; there were about fifty of them.

He didn't hesitate to activate the Blood Speech Technique.

Whoosh—

The health bars of the Red-Haired Monsters before him instantly dropped to zero.

Jiang He felt a surge of joy.

If the trial monsters were all this strong, there was hope for him to leave this place!

He quickly wove through the group of monsters, choosing to fight in close-quarters combat.

Until the last Red-Haired Monster fell.

Before he could even catch his breath, the next notification sounded.

[Soul-Splitting Spearman · Level 2 Trial Monster]

What followed was the same as before.

It was still an easy one-hit kill.

Jiang He became more and more excited as he fought, completely unaware that his experience bar was skyrocketing.

Magic City, Luohe Hall operational base.

This was a building Bai Luoyao had just rented, and it was decorated extremely luxuriously.

Previously, after she returned from Kyoto, she told her grandfather about the matter. Her grandfather immediately gave his full support and felt honored to serve the country once again.

At this moment, Jiang He was lying in a meticulously decorated bedroom, which Bai Luoyao had prepared specifically for him.

Although she wasn't sure if Jiang He would be willing to return at the time, she had prepared it anyway.

But now, she had brought him back under these circumstances.

Earlier, Bai Luoyao told Mother Jiang that she wanted to bring Jiang He to Magic City, where there was a professional medical team that could provide 24-hour monitoring.

Although Mother Jiang was reluctant, seeing her son becoming increasingly emaciated, she ultimately agreed for the sake of his survival.

Bai Luoyao also invited Mumu and Li Qing to come along.

At this moment, Jiang He was connected to various instruments monitoring his vital signs.

Medical staff were continuously massaging him to prevent muscle atrophy.

Mumu stood outside the door, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

"It's all my fault... If it weren't for me, Big Brother might never have touched Immortal Domain again..."

"He only went back to save me... It's all my fault, I only cause trouble..." she sobbed.

Bai Luoyao, standing nearby, hugged Mumu with a pained heart: "Mumu, don't be like this. Your brother won't blame you. I know that even if he had known what would happen in advance, he would still have chosen to enter the game to save you."

Her gaze turned towards Jiang He, her eyes filled with determination, and she silently prayed in her heart: 'You jerk, wake up quickly.'

Just then, the butler hurried over to report:

"Miss... There, there is news about Mr. Jiang!"

Chang'an City, inside the Viscounts Manor.

Everyone was gathered.

"What exactly is going on, Xiao Yao? You said there's news about Jiang He?" Blood Blade asked impatiently.

Bai Luoyao nodded: "Take a look at the leaderboard."

Everyone immediately opened the list.

[Chang'an City Level Leaderboard]

No. 1, Game ID (Lv65)

No. 2, Ronin (Lv41)

No. 3, ...

Everyone was stunned.

"What the f*ck? Level 65?!" Blood Blade exclaimed directly.

The others were also in disbelief: "What exactly is Jiang He doing? How did his level jump so fast?" Old Demon asked in confusion.

Bai Luoyao rubbed her temples: "No one knows where he is, but I know he must be in great danger right now..."

"Danger?" everyone exclaimed.

Bai Luoyao said in a heavy tone: "Refresh the leaderboard again."

Everyone hurriedly clicked it, and once again, they gasped.

Jiang He's level had become 57!

In just such a short time, he had actually dropped seven levels?!

"No... no way? What on earth is this guy doing?"

"Yeah, his level is going up and down like a roller coaster?"

A silence descended, and everyone understood what Bai Luoyao meant.

Jiang He was indeed in a dangerous situation.

Being able to level up quickly meant he was likely constantly killing high-level monsters; while the sudden drop in level meant he was also being repeatedly killed by the monsters.

"Look! The level changed again!"

At this moment, Jiang He's level jumped to 70.

"Hiss—"

What does level 70 mean?

Currently, the average level of players in Chang'an City is only 37.

Zhang Zixuan, who is second on the leaderboard, didn't participate in the beast tide event and only reached level 41.

And Jiang He, he directly jumped nearly 30 levels?!

Not only was the Viscounts Manor in shock, but the entire Chang'an City was in an uproar.

"Damn! Everyone look at the leaderboard, the Viscount is level 70!"

"What level 70? It shows 62 here for me?"

"Bullshit, I see 59 here!"

There was all sorts of talk in the chat channel.

At this moment, Zhang Zixuan, who was leading a team to fight a BOSS in the wild, also noticed the commotion in the chat channel.

His expression was gloomy: "Jiang He, how on earth did you manage that..."

He had discovered the strange fluctuations in Jiang He's level earlier than most players.

At that time, he guessed that the other party had found a special leveling spot and immediately organized people to search everywhere.

But after searching through more than half of the Chang'an City map, he couldn't even find a shadow of Jiang He.

What was even stranger was that if Jiang He were fighting a BOSS, there should have been a system prompt, yet there were no announcements at all.

Jiang He's crazy way of leveling up completely ignited the enthusiasm of all the players in Chang'an City for leveling up.

The shouts for forming parties to grind levels in the chat area were rising one after another.

[Ding, player death detected. Would you like to recharge 1 Yuan to revive on the spot?]

"Recharge."

He didn't know how many times he had revived by now.

He couldn't even count how many times he had died.

Now, he was fighting purely on faith.

Although it was just a game, the pain was terrifyingly real.

He had even been killed so many times that it made him feel fearful.

At this moment, he was dueling the level 98 trial monster [Withered Howl Banshee].

These monsters were extremely difficult to deal with.

They used sonic attacks and were incredibly fast.

Before Jiang He could even get close, a group of banshees wailed in unison.

The piercing sound made his head buzz, and his health was dropping rapidly.

Starting from the 80th level of the trial, he had almost been relying on the accumulated 300 revivals and the invincibility duration to power through.

But he also discovered that the recharge function wasn't triggered 100% of the time.

Sometimes the monsters would tear him apart directly.

Once he died completely, the trial had to be restarted from the beginning.

"Damn it, I'll fight you to the death! You bunch of ugly freaks!" After reviving, Jiang He once again raised his blade and charged forward.

He had only one thought now: kill as many as he could before he died!

Two hours later...

The monsters in the arena were finally cleared out.

But Jiang He's expression was even more solemn than before.

He knew that this trial didn't give any chance to breathe; every time he killed all the monsters, the next wave would appear immediately.

[Ash Weaver · Level 99 Trial Monster]

"Huh? Why are there fewer monsters this time?"

Jiang He was stunned for a moment, suspecting he had seen wrong, and rubbed his eyes to look again.

That's right, this time there were only ten lonely monsters.

However, before he could even see what the monsters looked like, the recharge prompt popped up again:

[Player death detected. Would you like to recharge 1 Yuan to revive on the spot?]

"Damn? How did I die?"