You're a Mature Sword Bone Now, Time to...

Between the azure platforms, a sudden burst of white light surged forth like a tidal wave.

As silhouettes rapidly shifted from blurry to solid, a group of figures quietly descended.

But this time, things were different from before, and something "unexpected" happened.

Almost as soon as a flash of white light appeared, accompanied by a figure seemingly wreathed in blazing golden flames—

The previously noisy and bustling space suddenly fell silent, as if a muffler had been abruptly pressed.

The white light of the teleportation hadn't even completely dissipated when a chilling aura surged outwards like a tidal wave!

Almost everyone in sight looked over instinctively, their eyes filled with a mixture of surprise and wariness.

"What is that?!"

"—My God, what is that?!"

"Back off! Everyone back off! Now!"

Amid the gasps of alarm, many users instinctively drew their weapons and grabbed their tools. The soft sounds of swords being drawn and guns being put into hand rose and fell, as they subconsciously pointed at the source of the threat.

The body's alertness response can even outpace rational thought.

Although they themselves were probably unsure whether the things they possessed could counteract that invisible sense of danger.

But as soon as a hint of obvious hostility appeared, these people's expressions changed, clearly indicating that they had received a warning from the platform of the Main God.

Meanwhile, those further away instinctively showed fear and pushed back, trying to get away from the center, but couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to look. For a moment, the crowd surged and the scene became quite chaotic.

What emerged from the white light was a young man covered in wounds, yet whose murderous intent was hard to conceal.

Although he was somewhat emaciated, the armor and clothing around him, which revealed his extraordinary nature at a glance, peeled away like lotus petals, eventually dissipating into a pale golden halo.

Only the one whose clothes were tattered and who had even stumbled a couple of steps remained standing there, motionless and stiff, as if staring blankly at its empty palms.

"Sword—my—my—where—is it—?"

Frankly speaking, at first glance, he didn't seem like a living person; he looked more like a human-shaped "murder weapon."

----A chilling murder weapon.

Just standing nearby gives one a terrifying feeling of being surrounded by invisible swords, and that getting too close could result in being cut down on the spot!

Especially when they noticed that in those lifeless eyes, only a raging golden halo was still rolling deep within the pupils, the few "acquaintances" who had returned with him and roughly understood the situation almost gasped in shock!

"Stay away from him!" a relatively experienced user shouted sharply, grabbing a newcomer who was unaware of what was going on and wanted to investigate.

"Chen Jingqiu," are you still conscious?

He then softened his tone as much as possible, as if afraid of provoking the "important person" in front of him.

Seeing the terrifying figure, whose body seemed to be overflowing with wisps of golden sword energy and could erupt at any moment, before he could make any further moves, a white light descended from the sky!

The sphere of light high in the sky, after an unusual delay of only two or three seconds, suddenly cast a beam of light that was thicker and more solid than usual, precisely enveloping most of the people present.

The Main God's restoration service has arrived!

The bystanders finally managed to catch their breath, and with a touch of light, they left, their bodies instantly restored to normal.

But before they could even relax for two seconds, everyone's hearts started racing again!

Seeing that the white light had not completely disappeared, but instead was shrinking inward, it was clearly intensifying, continuing to cover the figure that had been partially shrouded in golden light!

The whole process lasted for a good ten seconds!

When the light finally faded, a young man in casual clothes, looking somewhat dazed, was revealed, as if he had just come to his senses.

As soon as he looked up, the young man was startled to see that the entire dark crowd was staring intently at him!

"Holy crap----"

He was clearly unaware of what was going on, and seemed a little apprehensive.

But that face alone is familiar to many.

"Chen Jingqiu," shouldn't you be sober now?

Sensing that the "threat" that seemed to be emanating from countless sword energies in the air had vanished, the veteran finally relaxed completely, his heart having been in his throat.

"Huh? Are you talking to me, Chen Jingchou?"

Judging from the other person's reaction, he looked around and realized that the young man was indeed talking to him. He had just pointed at him and looked quite puzzled.

Upon noticing the name "Chen Jingqiu," he felt as if he had been electrocuted, his whole body shuddering violently, and he instinctively pressed his head down forcefully.

In the air, a lingering, sharp edge seemed to begin to seep out again—

But this sense of familiarity with the names didn't seem to have enough to truly affect anything; at most, it only gave the seemingly confused young man a sense of disorientation.

He quickly regained consciousness, and the sharp, piercing aura he had been exuding faded away once more.

"So... we've returned to the Main God Platform?"

Great. Although something feels a bit off, the fact that we're back proves that the Mission World is over.

But... what happened again?

For some reason, the young man, whom others called "Chen Jingqiu," looked blank and subconsciously reached out and grabbed at the air, as if trying to grasp something familiar.

Perhaps it's a sword? -- Or perhaps a brick?

Seeing no reaction, as if he hadn't even realized what he was doing, he even instinctively continued to grab a few more times, but his hands remained empty, nothing appeared.

There was even a clear sense of foolishness in those eyes, a profound bewilderment and incomprehension.

"Holy crap! Where are my props?"

As if finally realizing something was wrong, the young man blinked and his expression suddenly became extremely flustered. After opening his personal profile, the young man unsurprisingly found more than one message notification!

[User Chen Ruiping, your personal artifact "Coconut Core" has been locked in the previous Mission World. Until unlocked, it will only be available when returning to that world.]

[--You have acquired a fragmented destiny in this Mission World: Earth?? (Fake)]

[Additional Note: This item does not require an exchange card to apply for universal exchange conversion with the platform, but this destiny can only exert a relatively complete effect in the previous Mission World or a similar category of worldviews.]

[Due to a special element you triggered in the previous Mission World, your main quest reward has been forcibly locked at Perfect level and has undergone one essential repair!]

[Due to the Main God User security regulations, some of your special memories from the previous world have been temporarily obscured and blocked. This effect will gradually weaken as your essence level increases.]

[You have received a message from a special storyline character - Part 1]

"Young man, although those swords burned away three-tenths of your essence, I also took three-tenths of your essence to create another Chen Jingqiu," but you should be fine.

Of course, before you are confident in your ability to stand up to this "Emperor Chen," I suggest you don't plan to return to this realm, lest you accidentally get caught by him and have to take his place.

Believe me, when it comes to desperately wanting to find a hapless person to take his place while he works overtime, he's second to none.

Don't say you weren't warned.

Besides, you're already a mature Sword Bone; it's time for you to go your own way.

Good luck."]

[Note: "Although you were quite swift in cutting down the Ten Ten-Thousand Souls Banner and beheading the former emperor, your reaction wasn't fast enough. When the Thousand-Hand Guanyin dragged you from the sky to the ground, forcing the Xuan-Yuan Sword to take over the fight, you were really pathetic----"]