Spirit Hall's Golden Generation Gets Taught a Lesson by a Monkey

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation Gets Taught a Lesson by a Monkey

"Renew?"

Hu Liena looked at Lin Chuan, her gaze briefly pausing.

She had been immersed in the feeling of that life-and-death training and had momentarily forgotten that the money she had paid only covered one hour.

Yan finally found an opportunity to snort beside her.

"Ten Gold Soul Coins for one hour. You really know how to do business."

Lin Chuan was completely frank.

"The prices are clearly listed."

Yan wanted to continue mocking him, but when he remembered how the shop rules had nearly forced him to his knees earlier, he swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Hu Liena, however, did not dwell on the price.

She took out another ten Gold Soul Coins and placed them on the counter.

"Open another hour."

[Customer Hu Liena has successfully renewed.]

[Current revenue: 20 Gold Soul Coins.]

Hearing the system notification, Lin Chuan's mood instantly improved.

This was the first time since arriving on the Douluo Continent that he had found Gold Soul Coins so endearing.

Watching his younger sister pay, Xie Yue finally spoke. "I'll try it too."

Lin Chuan's eyes lit up.

"Second station, please."

Xie Yue did not sit down immediately. Instead, he asked first, "After entering, Soul Power and soul skills from reality can't be used?"

"They can't under the current game rules," Lin Chuan said. "But your judgment, reactions, and combat awareness are still there."

Xie Yue nodded.

That was exactly what concerned him most.

If it merely stripped people of all their abilities and turned them into unfamiliar bodies to be slaughtered by minor monsters, then its value would be limited.

But if combat awareness could be retained and honed through repeated deaths, then this thing was far too important to soul masters.

Xie Yue put on the helmet.

Watching both of them sit down, Yan found it hard to keep his composure.

The three members of the Golden Generation had always acted together.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue had both gone in. If he remained standing outside alone, it would make him seem timid instead.

He gritted his teeth and took out ten Gold Soul Coins as well.

"Open one for me too."

Lin Chuan moved swiftly.

"Third station, please."

Before sitting down, Yan did not forget to add, "I'd like to see just how difficult this game can be."

A moment later.

Three Destined Ones appeared on the screens near different resurrection points.

Lin Chuan had originally worried that multiple players logging in at once might enter the same world, but the system indicated that their progress was independent.

Each person faced their own Black Wind Mountain.

After entering the game, Yan's first reaction was to summon his Flame Lord Martial Soul.

There was no response.

His face darkened.

"If I can't even use my Martial Soul, what kind of battle is this?"

A wolf demon emerged from the grass ahead.

Yan did not take it seriously and charged forward with his wooden staff.

Ten breaths later.

The screen went black.

[You have died.]

Yan yanked off his helmet.

"That doesn't count! I hadn't adjusted yet!"

Lin Chuan nodded. "Everyone's like that their first time playing."

He sounded utterly sincere.

But Yan somehow found those words rather unpleasant to hear.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue were still in the game.

Xie Yue in particular was far calmer than Yan. Rather than attacking immediately after entering, he first observed his body, the length of the wooden staff, and the movements of the minor monsters.

In reality, he specialized in twin blades, excelling in speed and judgment.

Though the staff felt awkward in his hands, his combat instincts remained.

When the first wolf demon pounced, he did not confront it head-on. Instead, he stepped back half a pace, avoided the blade, then swung his staff at its knee.

The strike landed precisely.

The wolf demon lost its balance, and Xie Yue immediately followed up with another blow.

But a problem quickly emerged.

He was too accustomed to the rhythm of his own body.

The Destined One's strength and center of gravity were completely different from his in reality. When the second wolf demon appeared, he instinctively performed a sidestep that he could have completed in reality. This body, however, was half a beat slower, and he was directly struck across the back.

He forcibly steadied himself, only to be pounced on by another wolf demon.

[You have died.]

Xie Yue removed his helmet and remained silent for a long time.

Yan had wanted to laugh, but seeing Xie Yue's expression, he swallowed the words.

"How was it?" Hu Liena asked as she removed her helmet too.

Xie Yue slowly let out a breath.

"Very realistic."

He paused before adding, "And very difficult."

Yan finally found someone who understood and immediately said, "Right? Those minor monsters make no sense. They clearly don't look strong, but their moves are incredibly underhanded."

Lin Chuan spoke from the side. "They're not underhanded. You just haven't adapted to the game rules yet."

Yan glared at him. "What do you know?"

Lin Chuan said nothing. He merely reached out and tapped the keyboard a few times.

A replay appeared on the third screen.

Yan watched his first charge. The wolf demon had already raised its shoulder to gather strength, its blade slashing diagonally from lower right to upper left.

If he had stopped for a single step, he could have avoided it.

But he had not.

Just as he did on the spirit fighting stage, he had been used to suppressing opponents with Soul Power and flames.

After losing his Soul Power, he had instead thrown away the most basic judgment.

The defiance on Yan's face gradually stiffened.

Hu Liena looked at the replay, then at Lin Chuan.

"This thing can replay the battle process too?"

"It can," Lin Chuan said. "It makes reviewing easier."

Xie Yue's gaze shifted.

Reviewing.

The term was unfamiliar, but its meaning was not difficult to understand.

Soul master training also involved summarizing battles, but that usually relied on a teacher's explanations and one's own memories.

Memories could be wrong.

Especially in the space between life and death, many details could not be noticed in time at all.

But this screen could replay every movement.

To soul masters, its value was no less than the game itself.

Hu Liena had already understood.

"So we can keep trying different approaches inside, then come out and see where we went wrong?"

"More or less."

Lin Chuan nodded.

"But a friendly reminder: game time is still time. You've already used up quite a bit."

Yan had still been thinking when he heard that and immediately grew anxious.

"Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

Lin Chuan pointed at the wooden sign on the wall.

"The prices are clearly listed."

Yan was left speechless.

Hu Liena laughed and put her helmet back on.

"Continue."

Xie Yue put his back on as well.

Watching their movements, Yan gritted his teeth and reentered the game.

Over the next hour, the three of them died again and again, then revived again and again.

At first, Yan died the fastest.

Every time, he felt he had only been a little short, yet every time he was only a little short of being cut to death.

Hu Liena improved the fastest.

She specialized in mental control and was naturally perceptive. After several deaths, she began learning to observe the subtle movements minor monsters made before attacking.

Xie Yue was the steadiest.

He did not pursue clearing the stage immediately. Instead, after every death, he readjusted his movements.

Standing nearby and watching, Lin Chuan gradually felt at ease as well.

This game was even more appealing to people of the Douluo Continent than he had imagined.

They were not simply playing for fun.

They had seen the possibility of becoming stronger.

As long as that possibility existed, soul masters could not help but be tempted.

Two hours later, the three of them removed their helmets at the same time.

Yan's face was pale, and he looked as though he had just crawled out of a spirit fighting arena.

There was fatigue in Xie Yue's eyes, but his spirit was bright.

Hu Liena stared at the screen, seemingly still savoring the landing point of that last staff strike.

Just then, a system notification appeared before Lin Chuan.

[Novice mission completed.]

[Total customers: 3.]

[Simultaneous online players reached 3.]

[Reward: Basic beverage shelf unlocked.]

[Additional notice: When simultaneous online players reach 4, a shop expansion mission can be triggered.]

The next moment, a faint glow lit up the previously empty corner beside the counter.

A silver-white shelf appeared out of thin air.

A row of strange bottles sat neatly arranged on the shelf.

Chilled Happy Water.

Looking at those familiar bottles, Lin Chuan nearly burst into tears.

After three days on the Douluo Continent, he had finally seen a trace of modern civilization.

Yan stared at the shelf and asked with a frown, "And what is that?"

Lin Chuan picked up a bottle, his smile becoming much more genuine.

"A beverage."

"How much?"

Lin Chuan glanced at the system price tag.

"Three Gold Soul Coins per bottle."

Yan's mouth twitched.

"You really are running a black-hearted shop!"