A Light at the End of the Tunnel!

Death itself may not be scary; what is scary is not having had a proper goodbye.

"It hurts..."

Li Heng opened his eyes and was greeted by a blood-red sky, followed by rows of words appearing before him.

Welcome to the Death Game

Please refer to the specific rules yourself.

Li Heng was stunned for a moment, and then he saw nearly a hundred messages appear before him.

1. Participants must not reveal the existence of the Death Game, otherwise they will be eliminated.

2: Participants cannot question any rules in the game; everything that exists is reasonable.

3: While everything obtained in the game belongs to the individual, the God has the right to reclaim any loot.

4. Invitees can participate in the game for free the first time. If they wish to participate in the game again, they need to have 200 grams of gold as an entry ticket.

5. There will be no penalty for dying in the game, but the ticket price will not be refunded.

6: The pattern on your palm shows your identity ID. It is also an invitation. You can invite people you know to participate in the game by touching your palm.

7: The Death Game is held once a month (this rule is invalid).

8. The game time has been changed to open once every 7 days.

9: The worlds unlocked in each game are not fixed (this clause is invalid).

10: The worlds opened in the game will follow a certain pattern, stabilizing in the same world for a month, but with different difficulty levels.

107: The final interpretation right belongs to the Supreme God.

Li Heng sat up blankly, and all the wounds on his stomach and body had mysteriously healed.

"Death Game?"

Before he could think any further, another message appeared.

For our first meeting, you can choose a name for yourself or use your personal ID as your name.

Name?

Li Heng felt a sudden headache coming on; it seemed he had been pulled into some kind of space similar to the God Realm.

He looked at his palm; the inverted triangle circle had been there for several days, and he had initially wondered what it was.

"Is this what they mean by 'after the darkest hour comes the dawn'...?"

Thinking about it, Li Heng lay back down.

So tired...

Let's take a break first.

Li Heng closed his eyes, and soon his consciousness drifted into a deep sleep.

Enter the Dreamscape.

Li Heng finds himself in a medieval country that seems to be experiencing a civil war.

The traitorous Prince raised his sword and overthrew the Old King's rule.

The rebellious Prince seemed to have used some ancient dark magic to turn his army and himself into vampires.

In the Dreamscape, Li Heng followed behind the Prince, constantly wielding his blade to slaughter enemies.

Interestingly, the Old King in the Dreamscape also possessed dark magic; he used a curse to keep his soul immortal.

When the rebellious Prince learned of this, in order to prevent the king from making a comeback, he put chains on the Old King's hands and feet and imprisoned him in an underground palace.

After becoming king, the Prince immediately launched a war against the whole world, igniting a World War that lasted for thousands of years.

And they almost unified that continent.

Yes, he ultimately failed, and the thousand-year-old empire crumbled in an instant, turning into dust for eternity.

The Prince who seized the throne was later known as the Bloodthirsty Tyrant, Blax Rex.

His body and soul were separated into two parts and imprisoned in a hidden gargoyle labyrinth.

Until a boy accidentally broke the jar that sealed the tyrant's soul in the maze.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Heng opened his eyes.

"... It was just a dream."

The same string of subtitles from before was still flashing before his eyes, asking him to choose a name for himself.

Li Heng sat up and stretched his limbs. "My name is Rex."

After the name was confirmed, the subtitles disappeared.

Li Heng looked at his palm and saw a message face appear.

It includes his personal information and ability assessment, as well as a series of indices.

The index is the currency here, as mentioned in the previous rules, which Li Heng knows, but what about the ability evaluation?

"Second Tier: Excellent Grade?"

Li Heng clicked on the detailed rankings and found that there were seven stages in total.

Normal Grade, Excellent Grade, Elite Grade, Epic Grade, Legendary Grade, Saint Domain Grade, Mythical Grade.

"How was this rating determined? Because I'm Blood Clan duke, my strength is directly rated as excellent at the Second Tier?"

Li Heng's hand slipped, and a combat power ranking list appeared on the side.

The person ranked first on the combat power list is named Lord Ye, and his combat power rating is also Second Tier excellent.

"Even the top-ranked player is only at Second Tier?"

Li Heng fell into deep thought. So, the strongest person here is roughly at the level of the Blood Clan duke.

That doesn't seem too strong...

"I don't know what rank a prince is."

As Li Heng was thinking this, he saw figures suddenly appear in this space.

He looked around and saw a huge circular platform with darkness at the edges and a huge light projection at the center.

Many people were gathered in front of the light screen projection, discussing something.

Li Heng stepped forward and saw three patterns on the light screen in front of him.

The first image depicts countless Bloodhounds licking their paws.

The second pattern features many red-eyed Blood Clan.

The third pattern shows... three white-haired people, a man and a woman, with a boy in the middle whose eyes are half red and half black.

Several lines of text were also marked below each of them.

The first image says "Recommended for Normal Grade," the second image is for Excellent Grade, and the third image is for Elite Grade.

[Monster Sequence Number 0 08]

Please decide on the difficulty level you wish to enter within 12 hours. Once you begin, you cannot join later.

[46 minutes remaining until the countdown ends]

"This new world doesn't look like it'll be tough to handle."

"A bit like a vampire."

"Isn't this the monster that recently appeared in North America?"

"You mean, these monsters really exist in reality?"

"Who knows? I haven't seen it with my own eyes."

"How should I put it? The world has just changed, so I'm trying to push through difficulty level 2?"

"No way, I have to be fair to my wallet."

"Yeah, to be on the safe side, let's go for the first difficulty level."

"Let me see where Dog Eye Mihawk goes. If he goes to Level 1 difficulty, I'll go to Level 2 difficulty."

Where do you think my older brother will go?

"It's definitely at level two difficulty."

Big brother?

Li Heng turned to look at the group and asked, "Excuse me, who is the eldest brother?"

Upon hearing this, one person pointed to a man with five adrenaline needles hanging from his waist, "That guy, named Lord Ye, is the number one on the combat power list."

"A newcomer?"

"Wait, this guy..."

One person looked at Li Heng as if he had suddenly seen a ghost.

"He's ranked third on the combat power list?"

"Second Tier combat power, third on the overall ranking, and you're telling me this is a newcomer?"

"What kind of international joke is this!"