Chapter 160 - 144: Impossible Task!

Chapter 160: Chapter 144: Impossible Task!

"Please accept your ultimate beginner quest: head to the Dragon Cave and slay the Poison Flood Dragon!"

Within the Marching Battlefield, Qing guided Liao Wen forward. Theoretically, Liao Wen had already completed all her beginner quests. This final task was actually something Su Tan had intentionally designed to keep the beginners’ egos in check after they finished the tutorial.

All games followed a similar pattern. During the beginner phase, both the quests and the NPCs were extremely easy to handle. This was deliberately done to lower the difficulty, making new players feel that the game was fun and approachable, thus guaranteeing a positive gaming experience. However, some games would follow up these simple tutorial quests with an impossible task to remind players that the game was actually quite challenging, thereby enticing them to grow stronger.

Su Tan had borrowed this exact concept. At the very end of the Divine War Game’s beginner phase, he deliberately arranged an almost impossible quest.

The Dragon Cave! The Flood Dragon!

The Flood Dragon wasn’t a real living creature; it was merely an NPC formed by coalescing Yin Power and artifacts. Combining Yin Power and artifacts to construct a lifelike entity was incredibly difficult. Naturally, Su Tan lacked this ability, but the Fat Monk possessed it.

Under the watchful eyes of the Fat Monk and Su Tan, Qing opened the portal to send Liao Wen to the Dragon Cave.

SWOOSH!

Unaware that two people were watching her from above, Liao Wen was simply thrilled to experience the wonders of the Divine War Game, pouring her entire heart and soul into it.

"Is this the Teleportation Array?" Liao Wen’s expressive eyes stared at the portal in amazement.

It was a glowing circle roughly the size of a doorframe, with clear light splashing around its edges. The portal stood there like a giant mirror, but an entirely different world existed inside it. Like a television screen, it displayed a scene completely incongruous with her current surroundings. However, it wasn’t just a projection of light and shadows; it was a real environment.

It was truly magical. The little girl could see a limited area of the environment through the portal. She knew that as long as she stepped through, she would arrive at another location. After observing it curiously for a moment, she didn’t hesitate. Taking a step forward, she walked right into the portal. It felt just like walking from one room to another.

SLAM!

The moment she stepped inside, the door shut violently behind her.

"Ah..." The little girl subconsciously shuddered. Even though she was mentally prepared, the sudden closure of the portal still gave her a fright. When she turned her head, the door was already gone.

WHOOSH!

Scorching heat waves surged toward her face. Her large, ink-black eyes scanned her surroundings. This was a brand-new map!

An abyss? The bottom of an abyss! It looked like a scene straight out of the eighteen levels of hell!

The little girl found herself standing on a three-meter-wide circular stone pillar. Directly beneath the pillar was a crisscrossing network of rivers. Rivers of fiery red magma!

GLUG GLUG GLUG!

The boiling magma flowed relentlessly, looking as if it could swallow and incinerate anything. A single misstep would leave not a single bone behind, turning anyone instantly into ash.

The scorching heat waves emanated from these magma rivers. Beyond the rivers stood undulating stone pillars of various sizes. They weren’t very tall, roughly the same height as the one Liao Wen was currently standing on.

Further in the distance were dark brown cliffs that shot straight upward. There was no end to the cliffs in sight; it was as if they pierced straight through the highest heavens. In reality, Liao Wen felt as though she was deep within the earth’s core, and those cliffs were the path leading up to the surface.

Looking up, she couldn’t see the sky at all. As far as her eyes could strain, she could only see the cliffs converging. That was just the limit of her line of sight, an optical illusion of perspective, rather than the cliffs actually merging together.

SIZZLE!

The magma occasionally let out a sharp hissing sound. The temperature here was blisteringly high.

"The Poison Flood Dragon I’m supposed to kill doesn’t live in the magma, does it?" Liao Wen’s face darkened. She couldn’t see the shadow of a single living creature around her. The only possibility was that the Poison Flood Dragon resided within the magma itself.

"Ding dong! You guessed right. The Poison Flood Dragon lives in the magma. It is a vicious Flood Dragon, so please be careful."

It really lived in the magma...

"The Flood Dragon is simply too strong, so Qing can only accompany you up to this point. The rest... is up to you." After saying this, the NPC Qing’s body faded and disappeared.

Liao Wen was speechless. This meant the player had to rely entirely on their own strength to defeat the Flood Dragon. Qing wouldn’t be providing any more hints.

ROAR!

The moment Qing’s figure vanished, the magma violently churned in response. A deafening roar echoed throughout the entire canyon.

The Flood Dragon was here!

Liao Wen looked toward the source of the sound.

BOOM!

The magma exploded. From the center of the eruption, a Flood Dragon soared into the air. Its appearance was somewhat similar to a true dragon, yet distinctly different. A flood dragon had not yet transformed into a true dragon; it was still incomplete. Thus, its body lacked any Holy Qi or auspicious aura, instead radiating intense Demon Qi and sheer hostility.

Its two eyes were as large as lanterns and as crimson as blood. With its sharp fangs, menacing maw, and majestic presence, it was a terrifying sight. This was a black flood dragon. It didn’t reveal its entire body, only exposing its upper half—standing over ten meters tall—above the magma as it glared down at Liao Wen.

"A lowly ant dares to appear in this king’s Realm Secret Realm? You are courting death!" the Flood Dragon’s voice was deep and resonant. Its speech carried the faint undertone of a beast’s roar, like a savage growl intertwined with a human voice.

BANG!

Without giving the little girl a chance to speak, the Flood Dragon suddenly reared its head back before snapping it down violently. With a whip of its maw, a torrential flood of black energy poured down from its mouth.

RUMBLE...

The little girl raised her hand.

CLANK CLANK CLANK!

A shield rapidly assembled itself, blocking her body!

In a flash, the torrential flood of black energy crashed against her sturdy shield. A devastating force swept upward. An explosive shockwave erupted. Even the surrounding magma trembled and quaked under the sheer agitation of this energy. The lava shook violently, like water splashing in a wobbly cup on a table.

The Flood Dragon’s strength... was absolutely terrifying!

If it had been any other cultivator at the same level as the little girl, they would have been instantly obliterated. However... this little girl was different from everyone else.

She had put all her points into Defense Power!

This meant that she had completely abandoned attack, speed, agility, and every other stat... dumping every single available attribute point entirely into her defense. Because of this... her Defense Power was an absolutely heaven-defying existence among her peers.

RUMBLE...

The little girl was sent flying backward. The clothes on her chest were slightly torn, having been hit by the black energy flood and splashed with some magma.

"SIZZLE... Player damage detected. Poison Emperor Talent triggered... Healing in progress..."

"Healing body +1..."

"Enhancing Defense Power +1..."

She surprisingly didn’t die! She hadn’t been instantly killed! Furthermore, she had triggered the Poison Emperor Talent. She had grown stronger!

RUMBLE...

The Flood Dragon launched another attack, and the little girl struggled to defend against it.

Inside the Divine Mansion.

Su Tan’s face darkened with speechlessness. He wondered, "Why does this scene look somewhat familiar?"

He admitted that certain settings in the Divine War Game were inspired by some anime spin-offs from his past life, especially those centered around VRMMORPGs... Among them, there was one particular anime that had left a deep impression on him and which he had found quite amusing. The concept of the Poison Flood Dragon was borrowed straight out of it.

But... he seriously hadn’t planned for a little girl to be the female lead!

Yet, this scene... was too much of a coincidence!

"Ding... Congratulations to player Liao Wen for slaying the Poison Flood Dragon +1... Acquired the skill: Nine Dragon Poison Emperor +1..."

Su Tan was left speechless.

He thought, "Damn, even the plot development... is somewhat identical now. Crap..."