A Brat?!

As the two forces clashed, a deafening explosion erupted in the center of the arena, sending out an invisible shockwave.

Blood splattered as Luo Jun's mangled body flew backward, bouncing a few times on the ground and leaving a trail of blood before finally stopping at the edge of the arena.

His right chest was pierced, Blur, his ribs were broken, and his right lung was ruptured, but fortunately his spine was not injured.

Looking at the Saint's Remains opposite, their forward momentum was also halted by the clash, and they were forced back several steps. Their right arm, which had been blocking, was twisted by Luo Jun's full-force attack, and golden liquid was seeping out as it slowly began to heal.

Wow, that's impressive... They even know how to block...

Luo Jun gritted his teeth, raised his right hand to attack, and looked at the Saint Essence slowly seeping into it.

Fortunately, I've already been given a guaranteed extra life!

At the same time, information about Experience Settlement also came to my mind.

"Ding, Event Success. Basic Experience Points: 80. Severity Coefficient by several tens of times, Final Experience Value: 800!"

"Ding, Event Success. Basic Experience Points: 72. Severity Coefficient: 12 times. Final Experience Value: 864!"

Congratulations on leveling up!

"Please extract Attribute Points!"

As news of the upgrade arrived, Luo Jun's chest injury began to heal rapidly, but he did not choose to extract Attribute Points.

The current Advanced Point Correction have two effects of 3 and five effects of 2. Compared to the slight increase in attributes, Luo Jun felt that the extra two Point Correction would be more helpful for survival!

After all, the Saint's Remains are different now. They have gained sentience and can not only dodge, but their attack methods should also be more diverse... The difficulty is probably even higher than when we first met them!

At least now we have one life to fall back on. Let's see how much our opponents have grown.

As Luo Jun completed his upgrade, the Saint's Remains opposite him also repaired their bodies.

Unlike before when it immediately rushed to attack, this time the Saint's Remains remained in place, pacing left and right, lifting its legs, and moving its shoulders and neck, seemingly adapting to its current body.

This seemingly effortless action only made Luo Jun more alarmed, and he watched from a distance, not daring to make any rash moves.

Finally, the Saint's Remains understood the current situation and looked up at Luo Jun.

Its face remained ashen and withered, as if it would crumble at the slightest touch, unable to display any expression. But looking into its eyes, Luo Jun actually detected a hint of a smile in the two golden flames.

Then, the guy pushed off with his feet, his figure suddenly disappeared, and in the next instant, he was already in front of Luo Jun, raising his hand to strike at him!

Wow, that's fast! Even faster than before!

But he had seen this move before. Although he had gained intelligence, his fighting habits were not so easy to change. He had dodged this charging palm strike countless times. Even if he was a bit faster, it wouldn't be a big problem!

Luo Jun decisively stepped back and moved sideways, but after the Saint's Remains missed its target with its palm strike, it suddenly changed direction and followed Luo Jun with a horizontal slash!

This sudden change of tactics startled Luo Jun. How could he alter his trajectory so instantly at such high speed?

However, upon closer inspection, it was clear that the palm strike did not change direction instantly. Instead, after missing its target, the elbow bent, and combined with the force from the shoulder, the palm swept diagonally downwards towards Luo Jun's thigh!

Upon seeing this, Luo Jun hurriedly pulled back and stepped aside, the fingertips of the Saint's Remains brushing against his trouser leg.

At the same time, the Saint's Remains, having missed their second attack, spun around in a flash, and then, using the momentum of the spin, swung their other hand like a Long Whip towards Luo Jun's head and face!

At this moment, Luo Jun had just dodged the hand slash aimed at his thigh, and his footing was still unsteady when he saw the fist coming towards him. It would be extremely difficult to dodge again. In desperation, he could only think of the Dice of Heavenly Secrets!

Do you need it?

After a moment's thought, Luo Jun gritted his teeth and gave up. He tried to adjust his balance and leaned back forcefully, attempting to avoid the punch!

However, the speed of the Saint's Remains was too fast, and he couldn't dodge it in time. With a bang, the punch landed squarely on Luo Jun's chin!

Luo Jun's jaw dislocated instantly, his jawbone shattered, and the intense shockwave sent shockwaves into his skull, causing him to almost lose consciousness on the spot!

But Luo Jun had anticipated this outcome. While dodging, he stomped his feet hard and jumped backward. Although he was stunned by the punch, his body still lurched backward due to inertia, thus avoiding the follow-up attack from the Saint's Remains!

While flying in mid-air, Luo Jun wasn't idle either. He circulated his internal energy to its maximum, regaining consciousness as quickly as possible. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the scene rushing forward all around him...

Wait! There are no Saint's Remains in sight!

Could it be behind us?

A sense of crisis surged into his heart. Without thinking, Luo Jun instinctively pushed off the ground with his toes, causing the bricks and stones on the ground to rumble and propel him diagonally backward!

Almost simultaneously, a gust of wind swept by. If Luo Jun had continued moving along the same trajectory, he would have been kicked in two by the Saint's Remains!

Luo Jun tumbled and stumbled as he moved away from the Saint's Remains, barely managing to steady himself at the edge of the area before looking up in a disheveled state. He saw that the Saint's Remains seemed to have no intention of continuing the pursuit, but were pacing in place, turning their heads to look in his direction.

Before the opponent could attack, Luo Jun touched his throbbing jaw. Due to the dislocation and comminuted fracture, his entire jaw was almost rotten, hanging precariously below his mouth.

Luo Jun used his internal energy to stabilize his chin, maintaining its basic shape. Then, he rapidly circulated his internal energy, combining it with his powerful attributes to accelerate the healing process!

Although not as powerful as Healing Skill, Luo Jun's incredible Root Bone constitution allowed him to Self-healing a thousand times faster than the average person. He didn't expect to be truly cured; he just hoped Luo Jun would stop wandering around and interfering with him.

Looking at the Saint's Remains opposite, it still didn't move. Its face was ashen and withered, almost unable to make any expression, but Luo Jun had a feeling that this thing was observing and thinking. Luo Jun even saw a trace of curiosity in the two flames flickering in its eye sockets.

The Saint's Remains, now possessing sentience, are more cunning and harder to deal with, but compared to their previous procedural approach, their aggressive tendencies seem less pronounced... Wait, now that they possess intelligence, could I try communicating with them?

If communication is truly possible, wouldn't it be possible to accumulate experience through dice games while simultaneously stalling for time?

The moment this thought crossed Luo Jun's mind, he received a mission notification.

"Mission triggered: Survive Sixteen Hours, Thirteen Minutes, and Two Seconds"

"Mission Difficulty: 100 points."

Severity Coefficient: 12 times.

"Mission Consume: Seven uses." "Mission Quota: Eighteen uses."

"Accept or not?"

A mission has begun? The objective is survival? But why is it sixteen hours, thirteen minutes, and two seconds? Does this exact date, with its exact fractions, have any special meaning?

Luo Jun suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He glanced at the refresh time of the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, which happened to be the time required by the mission... In other words, the Mission Target was to keep him alive until the dice refreshed?

Why? His dice are full now, he just used a Advanced Point Correction effect three, so it's basically the same as being full. Could things change tomorrow?

No... it's not about waiting until tomorrow, but about a turning point after the mission is completed!

Luo Jun recalled that when he first saw the Saint's Remains yesterday, the mission he received was to kill it, but now it had been changed to survive. One possibility was that he couldn't accept the kill mission again because it had been rejected before. Another possibility was that the Saint's Remains, having awakened intelligence, were much more powerful. Surviving them would already be a difficulty level of 100, so killing them would definitely be even more difficult and no longer within the scope of the mission!

Even with the Dice of Heavenly Secrets, assigning tasks depends on the skill of the Controller. Sending Ben Bo'erba to wipe out Tang Sanzang and Disciples is a request that any normal boss would be embarrassed to make.

Does this mean that completing the survival mission will reduce the difficulty of the kill mission?

What will you get for completing the survival mission?

A completely refreshed dice, tons of experience and chips, and experience from dealing with the Saint's Remains for over ten hours!

That's right, these are all conditions that can increase your chances of winning!

So, does the Dice of Heavenly Secrets faction's quest system understand the importance of a gradual approach?

Luo Jun frowned again as he looked at the "accept or reject" option below the Mission Description.

On the surface, the goal is to survive, and there's no reason to refuse... But the problem is, if he accepts, it means that for the next ten or so hours, his dice rolls will be limited to eighteen.

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Based on previous experience, a single judgment in the battle against the Saint's Remains can often yield 500 or even 1000 experience points. With seven dice rolls, it's entirely possible to successfully level up. If you're lucky enough to keep leveling up, the theoretical number of dice rolls could far exceed eighteen... Therefore, it seems wiser not to accept the quest...

The problem is that with difficulty levels often reaching 80 or 90, mistakes are inevitable. If you fail a few times and run out of dice rolls before leveling up, you're basically done for.

Furthermore, even with exceptionally good luck and continuous leveling up, you still need to add attributes to use the dice normally, which consumes precious Point Correction... If you choose not to use them, you'll only get a pitiful single-digit Attribute Points per level, resulting in negligible improvement that's difficult to maintain in the later stages...

From this perspective, doing tasks, which may seem like a riskier way to get rich quick, is actually a safer option.

Thoughts flashed through Luo Jun's mind, and in the end, he chose to accept, gaining eighteen Dice Opportunity.

Having accepted the mission, everything around him returned to normal flow. Luo Jun continued to look at the distant Saint's Remains, deciding to try communicating with them first.

He instinctively tried to speak, but a sharp pain in his chin reminded him that he couldn't speak at all and could only make sounds like "ah ah ooh".

Left with no other option, Luo Jun raised his hands and began to gesture, trying his best to communicate with the other person using hand gestures.

Upon seeing his strange movements, the Saint's Remains stopped pacing, tilted his head, and seemed somewhat confused.

My actions caught their attention? Looks like I'm in luck!

Luo Jun's confidence grew, and he began to use gestures to indicate that he wanted to talk, but the Saint's Remains clearly did not understand his meaning, and the look of confusion in his eyes became even stronger.

Luo Jun could only keep pointing to his mouth, then to the Saint's Remains, and then making gestures of hugging and shaking hands to show friendliness, but the Saint's Remains obviously did not understand his meaning.

Left with no other option, Luo Jun could only repeat himself over and over, hoping the other party would understand. But after several repetitions, the Saint's Remains seemed to grow impatient, revealing agitated emotions, and suddenly charged forward!

This terrified Luo Jun, who hurriedly fled in panic, narrowly avoiding the attack. He rolled several times on the ground, his movements quite comical.

To prevent the Saint's Remains from rushing up and pursuing him, Luo Jun hurriedly grabbed the ground and barely managed to steady himself by crawling on all fours, looking extremely disheveled.

Just then, a series of clapping sounds came from ahead. Luo Jun was startled and looked up warily at the Saint's Remains, only to find that the other party was not chasing after him, but clapping in place with a hint of a smile in his eyes.

It's happy? Why?

Luo Jun blinked and looked at his ridiculous posture, with all four feet on the ground and his limbs twisted in a comical way.

Is it because of my appearance? Is it laughing at me?

Oh right, the reason it didn't chase me was because I rolled around on the ground several times in a sorry state while dodging... Was this guy laughing at me?

Thinking of this, Luo Jun slowly stood up and suddenly did a somersault on the spot.

Upon seeing the Saint's Remains, he paused slightly, but his expression remained largely unchanged.

One somersault is too ordinary... Luo Jun thought for a moment, then did a few more somersaults in a row, when suddenly his foot slipped and he fell face-first into the dirt with a thud.

Of course, this was intentional. Although he fell, the angle and force were precisely controlled, and he kept a close eye on the opponent's movements. If the Saint's Remains took the opportunity to attack, Luo Jun could ensure that he could react immediately.

As a result, upon seeing the Saint's Remains fall, the person not only clapped his hands but also slapped his thighs repeatedly, almost falling over. If his mouth hadn't been dry, the whole place would probably have been filled with his laughter.

Seeing this, Luo Jun raised his hand and punched the ground. With a loud bang, several pieces of stone shattered. He picked up a few and tossed them into the air alternately, imitating a circus clown juggling a ball, performing acrobatics.

This display pleased the Saint's Remains greatly. He simply sat on the ground and admired them closely. He was so happy that he even danced and clapped his hands and feet like a child.

No... it's not that he looks like one, he's just a kid!

Seeing the state of the Saint's Remains, Luo Jun finally realized that although the Saint's Remains had awakened intelligence, they were not complete!

It is no longer a soulless, instinct-driven Walking Corpse, but it hasn't fully regained the mind of an adult either. It's more like a bewildered child, treating Luo Jun as an interesting toy. Seeing Luo Jun's somewhat comical behavior, it claps its hands and laughs heartily. But once it gets bored, it won't hesitate to destroy this unfun toy!

This kid is a complete brat!

Realizing this, Luo Jun seemed to have grasped the key to passing the level. He began to constantly recall the comical performances he had seen before, hoping to buy as much time as possible...

(End of this chapter)