Chapter 1079 - 444: Second Batch of Entrants_3

Chapter 1079: Chapter 444: Second Batch of Entrants_3

Just like An Rong and the drunkard, merely feeling out a way to set up the field and steer the Immortal Mansion Master’s Clone’s actions was already extremely exhausting.

But everything has exceptions. The Martial Fool not only probed out all the Skills of the Immortal Mansion Master’s Clone, he even demonstrated, within his resentment, the corresponding counter-methods for every single Skill.

The resentments Wu Chang had viewed would stay in his mind for a short time, equivalent to him naturally finishing the "memorizing the board".

Next, what he had to do was first judge, through the battle itself, which Martial Arts the Immortal Mansion Master was about to use, then look up in the Martial Fool’s resentment the most suitable way to crack it.

As for why he was swinging a Warhammer yet using Swordsmanship, the answer was simple: because the Martial Fool’s weapon was a Longsword.

His response methods were a full copy of the Martial Fool, so naturally he had to treat the Warhammer as a Longsword.

If he wanted to perfectly replicate the Martial Fool’s moves, the only problem lay in the fact his Martial Arts were far inferior to the Martial Fool’s. His Master Level cold-weapon skill was slightly weaker than An Rong and the others, let alone keeping up with the Immortal Mansion Master and the Martial Fool.

However, he had his own way. If Martial Arts weren’t enough, then he’d patch it with Values.

The Immortal Mansion’s Immortal Techniques were very strong, and also quite shameless. If you didn’t accept the suppression of Immortal Techniques, you simply couldn’t trigger the fifth round of the trial.

But Immortal Techniques could only suppress his base Attributes; they couldn’t stop his Title effects from taking effect. Under the blessing of Master of Breaking the Game, all his Attributes were 50% higher than the Immortal Mansion Master’s.

This wasn’t a simple "50% stronger"; it meant his Life, Power, Agility, Endurance and Energy were all 50% higher. That extra chunk of Value was enough to flatten the Martial Arts gap between the two sides and let him, relying purely on physical quality, forcibly perform the Martial Fool’s response strategies.

Just like that, the battle between Wu Chang and the Immortal Mansion Master lasted for close to one hour.

He perfectly recreated the Martial Fool’s unseen final battle, not only forcing out all of the Immortal Mansion Master’s Martial Arts, but also cracking every move and every form.

When An Rong and the others fought the Immortal Mansion Master, the longer the battle dragged on, the more they fell into disadvantage.

But for Wu Chang, the longer the fight, the harder it became for the Immortal Mansion Master to hold out.

At first, the Scholar and the others would still be shocked by the new Martial Arts the Immortal Mansion Master used. They couldn’t help but think about how they themselves would block that move.

Only, before they could figure it out, Wu Chang would immediately demonstrate the optimal solution. As time went by, their minds numbed; they began to take it for granted that Wu Chang could easily crack the Immortal Mansion Master’s moves.

Once the Immortal Mansion Master had run through his entire repertoire, the battle progressed to the final phase recorded in the Martial Fool’s resentment.

When executing the final move, Wu Chang did not, like the Martial Fool, drive his hammer straight into the Immortal Mansion Master’s throat. Instead, he swiftly closed in on the Immortal Mansion Master, used his Warhammer to bat aside the Immortal Mansion Master’s spear, and while creating an opening, swung an elbow toward the Immortal Mansion Master.

"Mamba!"

Mamba Iron Elbow, a Skills that had followed him since before he entered the Abyssal Game, had, over the course of countless battles, already become his combat instinct.

The elbow he whipped out in that tiny patch of Space was faster than his Swordsmanship. With the blessing of its must-hit trait, even though the Immortal Mansion Master’s head dodged rapidly three times, it was still caught square in the face by that elbow and sent flying backward.

Looking at the Immortal Mansion Master lying flat on his back, Wu Chang felt a surge of satisfaction. For him, when facing a weighty powerful enemy, if he didn’t land at least one elbow, it always felt like something was missing.

After elbowing the Immortal Mansion Master’s Clone, he did not continue to chase; instead, he waited for the Immortal Mansion Master to concede on his own.

He had already formed substantive suppression; if they kept fighting, the Immortal Mansion Master would only eat a few more elbows.

The Immortal Mansion Master’s Clone also sensed he was unable to defeat Wu Chang. After getting up, he did not continue the battle, but instead nodded to Wu Chang, then dissipated and vanished.

「You have completed the fifth round of the Kaiyang Immortal Palace trial and obtained one layer of Kaiyang Blessing Fortune.

「You have obtained the Protection of Martial Dao. For the duration of the World Dungeon, your Agility Attribute is increased by 5%, and the influence of Demon Qi on you is reduced by 5%.」

「You have collected all Blessing Fortune within the Kaiyang Immortal Mansion. The effects of the Kaiyang Blessing Fortune you obtained are doubled.」

「Note: Blessing Fortune effects obtained from different Immortal Mansions cannot stack. Only the highest effect will be applied.」

He hadn’t expected that collecting five layers of Blessing Fortune would also come with a hidden trait that doubled the Protection effects.

Five layers of Blessing Fortune increased his Life, Power, Agility, Endurance, and Will by 10%, while reducing Demon Qi’s influence on him by 50%.

The Blessing Fortunes themselves could not stack, but their effects could stack with his Title effects.

One of the effects of the Title "Violator" was that, within a Dungeon World, the Dungeon Rules’ constraints on him would be reduced, with the reduction ratio identical to the boost from Master of Breaking the Game.

The World Dungeon’s contamination was on the verge of losing control, and the Plane Rules of the World Dungeon dictated that humans and demons could not coexist. He had a base 50% resistance to Demon Qi right from the start.

Stacked with full-layer Kaiyang Immortal Mansion Blessing Fortune, Demon Qi would no longer inflict any negative effects on him.

In other words, even without completing the Ziwei Demon-expelling Grand Array, he could move freely through the Demon Realm.

Unfortunately, if the Bright Society weren’t scheming behind the scenes, then relying on 100% Demon Qi resistance, he might well have solo-cleared the Demon Realm before the Ziwei Demon-expelling Grand Array was completed.

But with the Bright Society spying in the shadows, it was better for him not to act rashly, and instead wait to uncover the Bright Society’s intentions before making a move.

By the time Wu Chang finished the fifth round of the Kaiyang Immortal Mansion trial, without him noticing, 12 hours had already passed since he entered the World Dungeon Plane.

Inside the clock tower leading to the World Dungeon, nine Players reached the end of the staircase, pushed open the wooden door blocking their way, and stepped into the bright World beyond the door.

At the same time, nine points of light flared near Zhenyue City.

「Due to Players’ outstanding performance in the qualification dungeon, the current phase is early exploration. The Jupiter-Surpassing Constellation dungeon will officially open 60 hours of dungeon time from now.」

「You are currently under Blessing Status. As long as you do not initiate attacks during the early exploration phase, you will not receive any damage.」

Sword Star spread his arms, savoring the Spiritual Qi around him that brought him joy. He looked toward the distant Zhenyue City and quietly said:

"Finally entered a World Dungeon... I wonder if I’ll be able to meet up with Peace and Leng Shan in that big city."

On the other side of Zhenyue City, Leng Shan tightened the cotton coat around him, took out a metal box from his personal Space. Inside the box was the Faith Virus to be planted within the World Dungeon.

He glanced around but couldn’t spot Sword Star, and couldn’t help letting out a sigh.

In the qualification dungeon, Peace had explored the dungeon thoroughly enough, and combined with the Steam Council tasks completed by him and Sword Star, they had both made it into the top ten.

Though one was eighth and the other ninth, both were classified into the group that entered the dungeon 60 hours early.

They now had ample preparation time to search for the optimal place to install the Faith Virus.

According to Shi Ning’s calculations, Peace, ranked first, should have entered the dungeon even earlier than they did. He wondered how far Peace had progressed in clearing the dungeon by now, and whether he’d already joined the Demon-breaking Army.

Away from Sword Star and Leng Shan, a man wearing the Peace Church’s robes, his expression devout and compassionate, slowly opened his eyes, revealing wolf-like pupils brimming with feral wildness.

He looked up at the sky, slowly bowed, and said:

"I heed my Lord’s will."

The spawn points of the nine Players were set at different distances from Zhenyue City. Among them, in the glow closest to Zhenyue City, Painter glanced at the "2" on the invitation in his hand, then disdainfully tossed the invitation onto the ground.

He swept his gaze around and muttered, "Those Bright Society bastards have polluted the colors of this World beyond recognition."

"Little brat who snatched my ranking—hope you’re already doing something, and haven’t let their plan go too smoothly."

He pulled out his brush and waved it before him. Ink hung in midair, forming a rectangular frame.

He stepped through the frame, and when he emerged again, he was already at the gate of Zhenyue City.

Tao Hexuan, standing guard at the city gate, was briefly stunned by Painter’s sudden appearance and said, "You are...?"

Painter fixed his gaze on Tao Hexuan’s eyes as if trying to see through his soul. After a brief moment, a smile appeared on his face as he said:

"I’m the Celestial Being you’re looking for. I want to join the Demon-breaking Army."