Saint's Remains

"Dead?"

Luo Jun was taken aback. "What do you mean by 'dead'?"

"It means exactly what it says..."

A hint of indifference flashed in Midnight's eyes. "Aren't you standing right now on the ruins of my world?"

"The remains of the world?" Luo Jun exclaimed in surprise, turning his head to look beyond the transparent wall at the world frozen in its collapse.

"That's not what I meant." Midnight shook her head. "This is just a fragment... including the Chaos Mission you usually undertake, the locations you use are all fragments of my homeland..."

"You mean..." Luo Jun vaguely understood. "The entire Chaos Mission System is built on a world of death?"

Midnight nodded. "I know, you humans regard Chaos as a special otherworld. In reality, Chaos is not a complete world, but the corpse of a world... All Chaos Mission are constructed by extracting materials from this enormous corpse and modifying them."

Luo Jun stood there stunned; this news was absolutely explosive!

"The world can die? How does it die? What happened?"

"Back then..." Midnight hesitated, then shook her head. "Never mind, this isn't your concern, and it's pointless to tell you."

"In short, I just feel that humans are very similar to us back then... so I'm also curious about your world and want to go and see it..."

"That's it?" Luo Jun was slightly taken aback, thinking to himself, "The big juicy gossip is about to happen, and you've cut it off?"

"That's it." Midnight shrugged. "The reason is that simple... Of course, it's possible that I had other ideas after arriving in your world... That's something I can't predict right now."

"Didn't you ever think about exterminating humanity? World-Ending or something like that?" Luo Jun continued to press.

"Is that what you think?" Midnight raised an eyebrow. "I've already witnessed the destruction of a world; I'm tired of it."

At this moment, Luo Jun's mind was already processing the Experience Settlement.

Based on the results of the dice roll, Midnight was telling the truth; she truly harbored no ill will towards the Main World or humanity.

"Since you experienced the destruction of your homeland, you should understand my actions." Luo Jun looked into Midnight's eyes. "Regardless of your true motives, I cannot allow a being close to a god to enter my homeland."

"Didn't you just say there was room for discussion?" Midnight stood up, looking Luo Jun in the eye. "I think I've shown enough sincerity."

"I can't let you pass." Luo Jun felt the gradually increasing pressure from the other side and swallowed hard. "But if your purpose is just to take a look, there might be other ways..."

Another die is spinning in my mind...

"That's one possible solution..."

Upon hearing Luo Jun's suggestion, Midnight nodded, picked up the Midnight Mask, a Legendary-grade Noble Phantasm, and began to change forms continuously in her hands.

"I can indeed do what you say."

"Then..." Luo Jun suppressed his excitement, "You've agreed."

"I can make the changes as you say," Midnight smiled slightly, "But if I make concessions, you'll have to pay a corresponding price!"

"What do you mean?" Luo Jun was startled. He saw Midnight wave his hand, and a faint ripple spread out, causing the transparent walls around him to ripple. The apocalyptic scene outside the walls also changed and faded away, and the walls returned to their pure white state. Soon, Luo Jun was back in the white room he had been in before drawing the challenge.

"You changed the rules of the challenge?" Luo Jun asked in surprise.

"Not really, it was just exploiting a loophole and mobilizing a little bit of resources," Midnight smiled. "Do you feel that things are a little different here than before?"

"It's not quite the same..." Luo Jun looked around. Visually, it was exactly the same as the previous white room, even the text on the walls and the screen lever were unchanged. But for some reason, Luo Jun had a vague feeling that this place was different from before...

"The level... has increased?"

"Very sensitive!" Midnight laughed. "This is a top-tier Death Challenge!"

"Special Grade?" Luo Jun exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that a challenge prepared for those who Feather Transformation or Peak?"

"That's right, and I think this kind of challenge is more suitable for you right now." Midnight said with a gloating look on his face.

"Sister, I have to remind you..." Luo Jun swallowed hard, "If you kill me, no one will be able to take you back to the Main World!"

"I don't care." Midnight shrugged. "I have Eternal Life. Any coincidence will be inevitable for me. I will meet the right person again sooner or later; it's just a matter of waiting a little longer..."

Luo Jun pursed his lips. "I'm getting more and more curious. What's so special about me?"

When asked this question, Luo Jun rolled the dice again, but this time he didn't get a winning result. Midnight just smiled and didn't answer.

"Don't worry, I won't let you increase the difficulty for nothing." Midnight played with the Midnight Mask in his hand. "How about this, if you can pass this challenge, I will not only grant your request, but also send you back to the mission, how about it?"

"Send it back?" Luo Jun was surprised. "You can actually do that?"

Midnight smiled slightly, "The rewards for your mission this time must be very generous, right? This is a rare opportunity!"

Luo Jun thought about his resentment at being kicked out of the mission before, and looked up at the lever and screen on the wall.

"I don't have any other choice..." Luo Jun looked at the Countdown on the wall. If he didn't choose in five minutes, the mission would choose randomly for him... He turned to look at Midnight next to him, who had a half-smile on her face. Was it really random, or was it this woman's choice? It was hard to say.

Luo Jun took a deep breath, stepped forward, and placed his hand on the lever.

With only two dice rolls left, Luo Jun, just to be on the safe side, used the Fate Peering Glasses again to see how challenging the Special Death Challenge was.

"I've drawn a challenge that suits me!"

The difficulty level is 101!

Impossible!

Is it that difficult?

Are all Death Challenge unsuitable for me?

Left with no other option, Luo Jun could only pull the joystick...

As the screen rotated, it finally settled on four words:

Saint's Remains!

This is...

After those four words, a huge circular field appeared in the cartoon, with a simple human figure standing in the center.

That's it? Luo Jun blinked. Compared to the demo animation of the Doomsday Escape just now, this element was far too little... As for the introduction, it was also very simple and crude.

Challengers will be teleported to the Arena to face the remains of an ancient Saint.

The Saint has lost his soul, but his remaining body can still move by his fighting instincts and possesses great strength. Once challenged, one cannot leave the arena; Kill the Saint's Remains constitutes a successful challenge.

When the Saint's Remains are attacked powerfully enough, they will release their sacred essence. Challengers who absorb enough essence will gain an extra life. If the challenge fails, the challenger will be resurrected and can try again. At the same time, the Saint's Remains will replenish all their essence and return to their initial state to fight.

According to the description, defeating a monster completes the game, and you can get a chance to try again during the battle...

So it doesn't seem that difficult... I just wonder what this so-called Saint's Remains are? If it's at the immortal level, then even with his skill, he couldn't defeat it no matter how hard he tried...

However, since it's a top-tier Death Challenge, the level it's benchmarking should be at its Peak... At least Luo Jun hadn't heard of any immortal dying in Chaos Mission... So it seems he still has some hope.

As Luo Jun was pondering, the surrounding reflections began to change. Just like before, the walls became transparent, the scenery shifted, and a huge circular area began to appear in front of him...

It's really huge!

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The description on the screen was in a simplified cartoon style, making it impossible to discern the actual size. He had assumed it would be at most two or three hundred meters in diameter, roughly the size of a super-sized stadium. But when the venue appeared before him, Luo Jun's mind was completely filled with the word "huge"...

It was a gigantic floating island that completely filled the entire field of vision, measuring over a thousand meters in both length and width. A flat area in the center stretched as far as the eye could see, with a Xiao Hei standing in the middle, barely visible through a semi-transparent wall; even Luo Jun's eyesight couldn't make it out clearly...

"That's the opponent you'll be facing." Midnight's voice came from behind. "I'll be here modifying the mask while I wait for your return. Just a reminder, don't underestimate him. He's a Senior to you. You need to know when to bow your head, but don't back down when it's time to fight back!"

"It's old enough, it's been dead for who knows how many years..." Luo Jun muttered. The surrounding scenery had completely changed. He suddenly lost his footing and fell dozens of meters, landing on the floating island.

The moment his feet touched solid ground, he immediately felt the island enveloped by an invisible force, which must have been the barrier that prevented him from leaving.

At the same time, the black dot in the center of the island finally moved...

This time, Luo Jun saw clearly that the guy in the center was a long-haired man with gray-black skin, wearing trousers and shirtless... He was muscular and had mysterious white Magic Rune drawn on his skin. He was sitting cross-legged in the center of the arena. The moment Luo Jun entered, he stood up, raised his head, and "looked" in Luo Jun's direction.

The word "see" isn't quite accurate, because Luo Jun could clearly see that the guy's eye sockets Black Hole, without any eyeballs or even anything like red light Ghost Fire that could replace eyeballs... But for some reason, Luo Jun had a feeling that the other person was looking at him!

Then, the figure vanished!

A sense of crisis welled up in Luo Jun's heart, and almost instinctively, he bent down!

Then I felt a sharp gust of air brush past my back, followed by a loud bang!

Luo Jun rolled over and looked back, only to find that the man had kicked the invisible barrier with a flying kick!

Good heavens, that seemingly indestructible invisible barrier rippled violently under his attack, and Luo Jun even felt a slight tremor from the ground.

Good heavens, so this is what "bowing down" means? This Saint's Remains came right off the bat with a flying kick, showing absolutely no martial ethics!

But there was no time for him to condemn the other side; the Saint's Remains had already attacked again!

Luo Jun dared not be careless and immediately pushed his Gathering Origin Protective Qi to its limit, forming a super-strong shield more than one meter thick in front of him!

However, when that guy charged at him, Luo Jun could clearly feel that the moment his shield touched the opponent's hand blade, it was cut open with only a slight resistance!

Such high attack power?

We can't tough it out!

Dice of Heavenly Secrets!

Dodge!

The two pairs of dice spun and quickly revealed the numbers!

A pair of 92 points, a pair of 100 points!

Lucky me, all the scores are extremely high!

"Ding! Event Difficulty 82 points, Final Points 100 + 5 points, Event Success!"

That's incredibly difficult! Without using dice, it's highly likely you won't be able to avoid it...

But now that he had rolled the dice, Luo Jun felt more confident. He dodged the attack and, taking advantage of the moment they passed each other, threw a punch at the side of the Saint's Remains, mentally summoning the dice again!

He didn't dare to declare it a kill instantly, fearing it was an impossible event; he only declared it a hit!

One pair of results: 74 points; another pair of results: 67 points!

None of them are high enough. With the agility of these Saint's Remains, could they even hit them?

"Ding! Event Difficulty: 35 points; Final Points: 74 + 15 points; Event Success!"

The difficulty level is only 35?

Surprised, Luo Jun mustered all his strength and threw a punch. The moment he made the move, he knew why the difficulty was so low!

The Saint's Remains didn't know how to dodge at all. After missing his target, he turned around and attacked Luo Jun, fighting with his life on the line!

Luo Jun had already thrown a punch. At such close range, there was no time to change his move or dodge. He gritted his teeth and charged forward with all his might!

Boom!

The two attacked head-on. Luo Jun's fist struck the chest of the Saint's Remains, while the Saint's Remains ' fist also hit Luo Jun's shoulder!

The immense force sent Luo Jun flying backward, crashing into the transparent boundary before finally stopping and landing on the ground. He felt numbness below his left shoulder, and his shoulder was undoubtedly shattered...

Looking at the Saint's Remains again, there was only a slight indentation in his chest. He took two steps back and then turned his head to look at Luo Jun again.

Luo Jun pushed himself up with his right fist and found that his fist was covered with a lot of golden liquid. This liquid was seeping into his body at an extremely high speed and then formed a ball of energy that protected his life essence!

This is... the Saint Essence? Luo Jun could sense that he had gained an extra life!

One punch is enough?

It's not that simple... Luo Jun used almost all his strength in that punch. His powerful physique, combined with the sharpness of his Gathering Origin Protective Qi, was enough to injure the Saint and obtain enough essence... If he had hesitated even slightly when he made his move, or if his attack had been a little shallower, he probably wouldn't have been able to save his life. He would have just lost an arm and been at the mercy of others.

But you have to understand that Luo Jun's willingness to risk his life like this wasn't just due to his passion!

He stood up, a slight smile playing on his lips, when at the same time, a notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding! Event 'dodge' successful. Base experience points: 82 points. Severity Coefficient multiplied by several tens of times. Final Experience Value: 820 points!"

"Ding! Attack hit successful. Basic Experience Points: 35, Severity Coefficient: eleven, Final Experience Value: 385!"

Congratulations on leveling up!

"Please draw a skill!"

"Please extract Attribute Points!"

(End of this chapter)