Chapter 1335 1301: Demigod Tribulation

"Boss Feng hit Lv80?!"

"Holy shit!"

Shuai Diaozha shouted excitedly:

"Level 80 means Demigod, right?"

In a gloomy Gloom Valley, Tian Ci and the others came over to Lin Yi one after another, asking excitedly:

"What happens after Lv80? Any changes?"

After more than three months of dull, boring grinding, it wasn't until Lin Yi broke through Level 80 that a bit of surprise was finally added to their monotonous leveling journey.

Everyone was so excited it was as if they themselves had broken through.

Back before everyone even touched the game, it was already clear from the info on the official site that becoming a Demigod was actually a qualitative leap beyond an Ordinary person.

Before Lv80, no matter how strong you were, you were still within the realm of "human."

Only after breaking through Lv80 could someone be considered to have truly cast off their human body.

It was said that after becoming a Demigod, you would generate a Demigod Body.

At that point, just the Defense of your body alone would already surpass any Mythical Level Armor.

With Defense like that, plus your Armor's Defense on top, you could easily imagine how many times stronger a Demigod Body's Defense would be compared to an Ordinary person.

This wasn't something as simple as 1+1.

Because that extra chunk of Defense might directly turn an enemy who could still hurt you before into someone who couldn't even break your Defense, unable to deal any damage at all.

Of course, all of this was just a rough outline given by the officials; in reality, nobody knew the true difference between Demigods and pre-Demigods.

And Lin Yi was the first Player to break through this Level.

Facing their curious gazes, for Lin Yi—who had already reached Demigod in his previous life—this Level didn't stir even the slightest ripple in his heart.

Still, Lin Yi answered their doubts:

"Right now I've only reached Lv80. It only counts as breaking through to Demigod after going through the Thunder Tribulation."

For Lin Yi, who had already gone through three-nine and even six-nine Thunder Tribulations, this Demigod Tribulation with only a single bolt of thunder wasn't even worth mentioning.

But for Tian Ci and the others, it was full of curiosity and excitement:

"Tribulation? We still gotta go through Thunder Tribulation? Damn."

"Isn't this just like in those cultivation novels—tribulation, ascension, all that?"

"When are you doing the Thunder Tribulation? Need to prep anything?"

"Can we watch from the side?"

Seeing everyone all talking over each other, Lin Yi quickly cut them off:

"Alright, enough."

"Just come with me and you'll see."

Then, under their excited gazes, Lin Yi opened the Teleportation Array to the Land of Extreme Cold, [Frost City].

While Lin Yi was taking Tian Ci and the others to the [Thunder Attraction Platform] to undergo the Demigod Tribulation, Players in Battle Zones all over the World were already in an uproar.

"Feng Hua broke through Lv80 Demigod!"

This news was sweeping across the forums of every Battle Zone like a raging storm.

Staring at that name towering at the top of the Level rankings, countless Players showed expressions of shock and helplessness.

No one knew when it started.

But the name Feng Hua had become like a "god" among men, hanging high at the top of every ranking list, never budging.

When people thought that as long as they worked hard, they would eventually catch up to him, they suddenly realized—

The gap between him and Ordinary Players was only growing wider and wider.

On the Hundred Races Continent, which was now wracked with turmoil everywhere because of the Demon King's descent,

only the Hua Country War Zone could still be considered a kind of "Peach Blossom Spring," untouched by the Demon Race.

When some people thought he'd already run out of road, he used his actions to tell everyone that his Legendary story was still ongoing.

Along with the news of Feng Hua breaking through to Demigod, the trending lists of Battle Zones outside Hua Country were filled even more with news like "yet another Main City has been captured by the Demon Race";

"Players in such-and-such Battle Zone are living in misery";

and in some Battle Zones where almost all Main Cities had fallen, tens of millions of Players jointly lodged strong complaints and protests against the game officials.

For people used to traditional online games, how could they accept a situation where they had cities but couldn't return to them, quests they couldn't do, and even basic supplies becoming a problem?

But no matter how hard the Players made a fuss, the officials' stance remained the same—complete cold silence.

Honestly, just looking at the fate of the He Clan already made some things pretty obvious.

As the hottest game of the time, with even the government stepping in to promote it,

when the He Clan Battle Zone fell and became a vassal of the Hua Country War Zone, the He Clan government didn't react at all—in fact, they even continued helping to promote the game.

From that alone, it was clear that the true meaning of this game was nothing like what Ordinary Players saw on the surface.

Yet now, how many people could really see that clearly?

While countless Players were busy discussing Feng Hua's "breakthrough" to Demigod, Lin Yi had already brought Zhang Xinying and the others to the [Thunder Attraction Platform] on [Human Peak].

Standing on the [Thunder Attraction Platform] made from special Demon-Repelling Stone, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

In his previous life, when Lin Yi came here to undergo the Demigod Tribulation, the entire [Thunder Attraction Platform] had been as noisy and lively as a marketplace.

Countless people were undergoing their Demigod Tribulation here just like Lin Yi, and if anyone among them triggered a Seven-Colored Divine Tribulation, they'd instantly become the center of attention.

That's right.

The Divine Tribulation on Rafam Continent wasn't divided into three-nine, six-nine, and nine-nine tribulations like on the Nine Nether Continent.

When a Demigod broke through to True God, what they faced was the Seven-Colored Divine Tribulation, representing seven kinds of order.

Only Players who successfully survived all seven Divine Tribulations were considered to have truly reached True Divine Level.

This hurdle buried the path to godhood of countless Players—Lin Yi included.

Although not long ago Lin Yi had come here to help Ling Yudao and those Nine Nether Gods from Nine Nether undergo their tribulations,

now that he was here for his own sake, he still couldn't help feeling as if a lifetime had passed.

The contrast before and after was truly worlds apart.

Looking at the empty [Thunder Attraction Platform], Lin Yi walked alone to its center.

Under Tian Ci and the others' expectant gazes, Lin Yi took a deep breath and lifted his head, staring up at the snow-covered sky.

Maybe undergoing the Demigod Tribulation was a very important and sacred matter for others.

But for Lin Yi, he just wanted to finish it quickly and get back to leveling.

He had actually taken in all the chaos across the Continent.

But with his current strength, there was nothing he could really change.

The only way to reverse the current downward spiral Rafam Continent was facing was to wait for a large number of Players to break through to Demigod Level.

Lin Yi had used the Nine Nether Gods to secure peace in the Hua Country and He Clan Battle Zones, precisely to give Players in those two zones enough time to Level up.

At the same time, leveraging his authority as Master of the Floating World, Lin Yi had provided shelter for large numbers of homeless natives and races.

You could call that a blessing in disguise.

At least in this wave of chaos, no race had been wiped out outright like the Demon-controlling Race.

Aside from all that, the only thing Lin Yi could do was wait.

Wait for the day when a flood of Demigod Level Players emerged—that would be the moment to blow the horn of counterattack.

And wait for the day he himself broke through to True God...

Right then, above the [Thunder Attraction Platform], a sudden Gale howled and dark clouds gathered.

A mass of fiery-red tribulation clouds appeared above Lin Yi's head, and the terrifying aura made even Tian Ci and the others nearby shudder involuntarily.

Facing the Demigod Tribulation brewing inside the cloud, Lin Yi instead spread his arms with a look of enjoyment, letting the Gale whip his long robe so it snapped and fluttered.

System: "Tribulation Thunder is about to fall. Please be ready, Player."

System: "5"

System: "4"

System: "3"

System: "2"

System: "1"

A bolt of lightning as thick as an arm tore through the sky, lighting up the entire area above the [Thunder Attraction Platform].

A world-destroying aura swept down from above:

"Crackle crackle~"

"Rumble!!!"

When that bolt of lightning struck the [Thunder Attraction Platform], heaven and earth flashed white.

The powerful shockwave blew Tian Ci and the others away on the spot.

At the same time, Lin Yi heard in his ear:

System: "Congratulations, you have successfully passed the Thunder Tribulation and achieved a Demigod Body."

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