The instant transfer brought a long-forgotten wave of dizziness and disorientation. But through the memories imparted by the Continuance Institute, he quickly understood his current situation.
The entire chain of events unfolded in his mind like an unzipped archive, bringing with it the shock and sighs that every disposable pawn ought to feel.
This time, he really was a tool from beginning to end?
Everyone else was playing cards, while I was the card.
Might as well go all the way.
And the stakes were the course of the coming War of All Realms and the safety of the Present Realm...
When he raised his head and drew a deep breath amid the ice and snow, he felt a stabbing pain seep into his lungs. An unprecedented weakness left him shivering in the freezing wind.
Every snowflake that landed on him left a needle-like wound.
Ultra-low temperatures!
Before his eyes, the entire ruined city was shrouded in an unusual cold, enough to make one suspect that even the soul would be frozen by the bitter wind.
Worse still, this body...
It was only Second Tier?!
The status displayed in the Book of Destiny was no longer the familiar status panel, but another card he had not seen in quite some time.
Paradise Prince (Ascender)
It was as though his condition had been fixed at the Mountain Ghost stage. Other than the abilities possessed by an ordinary Mountain Ghost, everything else had vanished.
And two innate skills had been added.
Mountain Ghost: While on Forest terrain, Huai Shi's health doubled according to the number of Forests, and every attack restored health equal to the number of Forest terrains.
Prince: Enemy female characters lost one attack and defense, while all allied female characters gained one attack and defense.
All in all, he