Li Yu was wondering what kind of entrance he should make.
What would have the most impact and earn him more Faith Points? Based on his years of experience reading novels about mythological revivals and the like...
He knew his entrance had to be badass. More importantly, he had to make the audience think he was incredibly powerful. After a long, deep think, Li Yu remembered a scene from a TV series he'd watched: Yuwen Tuo in Xuanyuan Sword: Scar of the Sky.
The scene where he appeared with the Xuanyuan Sword in hand, dark clouds overhead, lightning flashing, and a demon dragon beneath his feet—wasn't that just the coolest thing ever?
Of course, he couldn't ride a demon dragon here. He'd swap it for a Five-clawed Golden Dragon and give himself an equally badass backdrop.
With that, Li Yu said to Xiao Na, "In a moment, I'll fly ten thousand meters into the sky. Make me a backdrop with swirling winds and dark clouds pressing down, accompanied by flashes of lightning."
"Then make me a Five-clawed Golden Dragon, too," Xiao Na said.
"Creating a realistic backdrop and a Five-clawed Golden Dragon will cost a total of 1,500 Faith Points. Confirm payment?"
Li Yu asked in confusion, "What? That much?"
Xiao Na replied, "The backdrop doesn't cost that much. But the Five-clawed Golden Dragon is a divine beast, after all."
Li Yu said, "Oh, right." Then he added, "Fine, let's do it. Confirm payment."
With that, Li Yu leaped into the sky, soaring ten thousand meters above the ground.
At the same time, Morgana, down below, suddenly sensed an enormous, unfamiliar energy fluctuation above her.
Morgana frowned, planted her hands on her hips, and looked up at the sky.
The sky had been bright and sunny just moments ago, but now the weather had changed without warning.
The blue sky and white clouds were swallowed by a mass of dark clouds. Faint flashes of lightning flickered among them as the enormous thunderclouds churned and billowed outward, as if some colossal creature were struggling to break free.
And that was exactly what was happening. A mighty dragon's roar rang out.
A huge head emerged through the dark clouds. It had antlers like a deer, a face like a donkey, a body like a snake, four legs beneath its belly, and golden scales covering its entire body.
The villagers watching below cried out excitedly, "A dragon! A dragon!" One farmer wept as he said, "I never thought that in my lifetime, I'd be lucky enough to see the legendary Divine Dragon."
Morgana stared at the Divine Dragon that had suddenly appeared.
She was astonished, too. There were dragons in the Known Universe, but they were nothing like this one. She'd never seen anything like it.
Dukao, at Super God Academy, stared at the Divine Dragon's entrance.
He was just as dumbfounded. He'd already known that Supreme Treasure, the mythical figure, was real.
But when it came to dragons, everyone on Earth knew they were the totem of a nation, an object of people's faith. People often said they were descendants of the dragon. But saying it was one thing—seeing one with your own eyes was another.
When the Divine Dragon had fully emerged...
Someone cried out, "The Sword of the Great River comes from the heavens! It rushes to the sea, never to return! Let's drink! Don't stop the cups! I'll sing you a song, so lend me your ears! Ten steps, one kill—no trace left behind for a thousand miles!"
All right, don't blame Li Yu for shamelessly plagiarizing lines from Li Bai in Honor of Kings.
After all, just as Li Yu had struck his pose, he'd realized he didn't have an opening line. He couldn't think of one on the spot, so he'd simply borrowed a line from Li Bai in Honor of Kings, the game he'd played back on Earth in his previous life.
"Speaking of Honor of Kings, I used to be a top-tier player," Li Yu said proudly to Xiao Na.
Xiao Na called him out. "When I picked you, weren't you playing Honor of Kings? But when I scanned you, didn't your rank turn out to be Bronze?"
"Since when was Bronze II considered top-tier?"
"You were a hopeless Bronze player for years, and a terrible jungler on top of that."
Li Yu, however, didn't seem bothered. "Team fights... I'm never going to team fight. Not in this lifetime.
"I can't play mages, tanks, supports, or marksmen.
"I can only farm jungle monsters to keep my growth on track.
"They're all so talented. Since I'm so good, I just farm jungle monsters and feed the enemy, oh."
Xiao Na was speechless at Li Yu's excuses.
Morgana looked up at the top of the Divine Dragon's head.
Li Yu stood atop the Divine Dragon, wearing white armor and a white cape, with a red-and-white divine sword in hand.
Riding the Divine Dragon, he descended into the air in front of Morgana and faced her from a distance.
Then he shouted at Morgana, "False god from another world, this is no place for you to run wild!"
Morgana replied, "I'm not running wild. When have you ever seen me run wild?"
Hearing Morgana's answer, Li Yu screamed inwardly, Director, that's not how the script goes! After an entrance this badass, aren't you supposed to ask who I am? Then I get to introduce myself in an even more badass way.
How am I supposed to respond to this? Anyone know? I'm in a hurry!
Morgana looked at Li Yu in his white armor and activated a dark-information scan, trying to retrieve information about him. But she found she couldn't access any.
Combined with Li Yu's impressive entrance, this made her somewhat wary.
Until she understood the situation, she decided to test him first.
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