The half-finished bottle of soda sat on the table.
Should I pick it up and drink it?
Better not.
Still shaken, Xu Yuan walked to the window and looked outside.
Traffic flowed through the streets.
Everything looked normal.
This world held secrets deeper than he had ever imagined.
In another two months, the Human Dynasty would change hands...
Who knew how many towering waves and raging storms lay ahead, or how much blood would rain down?
He was only a tiny ant in the Qi Refining Realm.
Surely it won't affect me.
As long as that Oddity doesn't come, I can handle the rest.
He stood there, lost in thought.
As for now...
Rest?
No.
Every minute, every second was worth seizing.
First, he would enter a Training Match, exchange some DIY battle-gear tips with those demons and ghosts, and get in some striking practice.
On their bodies.
This time...
You won't accuse me of being a Human Race spy again, will you?
"Start a Training Match!"
He rubbed his hands together.
The Void was quiet.
Nothing unusual happened.
Only a small line of text appeared before his eyes:
You don't have enough Gold Coins to enter Hard Mode.
Xu Yuan froze, then realized what had happened.
Right.
He had spent the hundred Gold Coins he'd just earned on DIY battle gear.
Between all the back-and-forth, he had lost track of what had cost him what.
He had only five Gold Coins left.
What now?
Even a hero could be brought low by a single missing coin!
Xu Yuan paced the room in frustration.
Should I sell another sword?
Or—
His eyes flashed as they fell on the two options already floating before him.
One was "Border City Battle (Hard Mode)";
the other was "Border City Battle (Nightmare