Ch. 161Iron-Eating Beasts

Wu Shaozhen and Young Master Huang entered a bamboo grove filled with powerful Iron-Eating Beasts, whose rolling attacks trapped Young Master Huang until Heavenly Myth arrived and drew the beasts into battle. Wu Shaozhen rescued Young Master Huang, while the Iron-Eating Beasts slaughtered Heavenly Myth’s forces and Wu Shaozhen vowed not to let the survivors escape.

  • Wu Shaozhen and Young Master Huang surfaced in a different valley and entered a bamboo grove where they encountered more than two hundred Iron-Eating Beasts.
  • The Iron-Eating Beasts rolled at them, so Wu Shaozhen flew out of reach while Young Master Huang used a Damage Immunity Scroll and was repeatedly knocked airborne.
  • A Heavenly Myth leader led hundreds of players into the grove, spotted Wu Shaozhen’s wings, and ordered his forces to attack the players and beasts.
  • Heavenly Myth’s attacks drew the Iron-Eating Beasts onto the group, which suffered heavy casualties as the beasts knocked players into the air and killed them.
  • Wu Shaozhen killed the beasts surrounding Young Master Huang with poison, then said Heavenly Myth’s retreating survivors would not escape.

Ch. 162Heavenly Myth's reaction

Wu Shaozhen wiped out Heavenly Myth’s forces and the Iron-Eating Beasts, collecting their drops and gaining attribute points before continuing through the Bamboo Grove with Young Master Huang. In White Marsh City, God Lord and Heavenly Myth’s officers debated how to respond, deciding to test Wu Shaozhen’s attitude and demand the equipment back.

  • Wu Shaozhen used Blink and Eightfold Unity to kill Heavenly Myth’s members, then poisoned the Iron-Eating Beasts and waited for them to die.
  • The Iron-Eating Beasts’ deaths gave Wu Shaozhen 58 random attribute points, and he and Young Master Huang gathered the monsters’ and players’ equipment.
  • Wu Shaozhen sold Young Master Huang three pieces of Gold Equipment for five hundred thousand Gold Coins, and they continued deeper into the Bamboo Grove.
  • Heavenly Hundred Battles told God Lord and the senior officers how Heavenly Myth had clashed with Dustseal, prompting a dispute over whether to retaliate.
  • God Lord decided Heavenly Myth would test Wu Shaozhen’s attitude and seek the return of the dropped equipment before deciding what to do.

Ch. 163Thunderflame Spider King

Wu Shaozhen and Young Master Huang cleared the Bamboo Grove and fought their way through a forest of Thunderflame Poison Spiders. Wu Shaozhen engaged the Thunderflame Spider King, but its powerful attacks and crowd control forced him to retreat and reconsider his approach.

  • Wu Shaozhen and Young Master Huang killed enough Iron-Eating Beasts to bring their total to 500, gaining levels, attributes, and equipment.
  • Wu Shaozhen battled through more than two hundred Thunderflame Poison Spiders, using poison and Eightfold Unity to defeat them despite their webs and lightning.
  • Wu Shaozhen and Young Master Huang reached a Whirlpool Gate guarded by the Thunderflame Spider King, a Platinum boss.
  • Wu Shaozhen approached the boss, survived its lightning and Flame Pillar, poisoned it, and retreated after being slowed by webs and struck by another lightning attack.
  • Wu Shaozhen assessed the boss's skills and recognized that its short-cooldown paralysis attack and at least one unrevealed ability made the fight dangerous.

Ch. 164Slaying the Thunderflame Spider King

Wu Shaozhen survived the Thunderflame Spider King’s powerful attacks, reapplied his poison, and defeated the Platinum boss. He collected its loot, including a priest skill book and a scroll containing the boss’s ultimate attack.

  • Wu Shaozhen used his clone to approach the Thunderflame Spider King, survived its firestorm with only a few thousand health, and later reapplied his poison after escaping another attack.
  • With his survival skills on cooldown, Wu Shaozhen used his belt and necklace abilities, dodged some attacks, and spent netherworld power to heal as he charged through the boss’s Mass Lightning Spell.
  • Wu Shaozhen stunned the Thunderflame Spider King with Earthshaking Strike, interrupted its lightning attack, applied maximum poison stacks, and retreated beyond its range.
  • Wu Shaozhen received the system notification that he had slain the Thunderflame Spider King and collected its drops while Young Master Huang returned to claim his share of the EXP.
  • Wu Shaozhen examined the loot, finding the priest skill book Mind Prayer, the Meteor Firestorm scroll, and a Skill Extraction Scroll he planned to use on a better ring.

Ch. 165Spectral Stone Statue

Wu Shaozhen and Young Master Huang entered another section of the Hidden Map and found themselves trapped in an endless desert. After locating an abandoned site, they discovered that a stone statue was alive as it assembled into a Spectral Stone Statue, a Special Boss.

  • Wu Shaozhen learned from Zi You that he needed to collect ten Damaged Source Crystals to form a complete source crystal, then entered the Whirlpool Gate with Young Master Huang.
  • The pair emerged in a desert still inside the Hidden Map and worried that the next monsters might be level 70.
  • After searching the desert on their mounts, Wu Shaozhen flew overhead and spotted an abandoned site filled with fallen stone pillars and statues.
  • Young Master Huang saw a stone statue's head blink and smile, and his Earthsplitter Slash made it dodge through the air.
  • The statue's scattered body parts rose and joined its head, and Wu Shaozhen identified it as a Spectral Stone Statue Special Boss.

Ch. 166A perfect counter

Wu Shaozhen fought the Spectral Stone Statue, whose poison and crowd-control immunity, powerful attacks, and wide-ranging skills countered his abilities. He remained trapped in the Hidden Map and kept battling, ending the chapter by narrowly surviving the statue’s stomp with Shadow Sevenfold Strike.

  • The Spectral Stone Statue attacked Wu Shaozhen after Young Master Huang fled, and Wu Shaozhen discovered that it resisted both crowd control and poison.
  • Wu Shaozhen attacked while dodging the statue’s heavy blows, gravity effects, meteors, and ground-shattering skills, using Void to escape danger.
  • Wu Shaozhen summoned a Shadow Clone and continued fighting, but the statue covered itself in stone armor that reduced his attacks to one damage.
  • The statue’s giant palm destroyed Wu Shaozhen’s clone, and he estimated the cooldowns of its gravity and palm skills.
  • When the statue’s armor began to fade, it stomped again, and Wu Shaozhen avoided the attack with Shadow Sevenfold Strike’s brief invincibility.

Ch. 167A Difficult Choice

Wu Shaozhen defeated the Spectral Stone Statue after surviving its devastating final attack through a revival, then faced a choice between a Diamond Treasure Chest and entering the Spectral Lord's Grotto. He chose to seek the Lord of the Wraiths' recognition and vanished, while Young Master Huang left the map alone.

  • Wu Shaozhen endured the Spectral Stone Statue's attacks, narrowly survived its giant palm, and brought its health close to zero.
  • The boss detonated its body and killed Wu Shaozhen, but he revived and found the remaining stone head fleeing.
  • Wu Shaozhen chased down the weakened head and killed the Spectral Stone Statue, earning EXP, a special Treasure Chest, and a choice of rewards.
  • Young Master Huang offered Wu Shaozhen his participation Treasure Chest, but Wu Shaozhen told him to keep it while he considered the reward options.
  • Wu Shaozhen chose to enter the Spectral Lord's Grotto, vanished, and left Young Master Huang to exit the map alone.

Ch. 168A trap?

Wu Shaozhen passed the Lord of the Wraiths’ trial by poisoning and destroying the wraiths, then learned from Zi You that the offered Wraith Body talent was a trap meant to erase his own talent. He rejected it and asked Zi You about fighting the Lord of the Wraiths, who she said he had a seventy percent chance of defeating with her help.

  • Wu Shaozhen entered the Lord of the Wraiths’ trial space and discovered his poison could damage the supposedly immune wraiths.
  • Wu Shaozhen wiped out all the wraiths in under half a minute, and the Lord of the Wraiths declared that he had passed.
  • The Lord of the Wraiths offered Wu Shaozhen the Wraith Body talent, which granted damage reduction and shorter control effects.
  • Zi You warned Wu Shaozhen that accepting the talent would replace his own and transform his physique, so he refused it and requested his original reward.
  • Wu Shaozhen asked Zi You whether he could defeat the Lord of the Wraiths, and she said he had a seventy percent chance with her help.

Ch. 169Battling the Lord of the Wraiths

Wu Shaozhen and Zi You confronted the Lord of the Wraiths, who tried to steal Wu Shaozhen’s Talent and trap him. Zi You protected Wu Shaozhen while he stacked poison on the Immortal-tier enemy, and Wu Shaozhen resolved to wear down the Lord of the Wraiths and kill him.

  • Zi You warned Wu Shaozhen that his deaths damaged her essence and that she would die permanently if he reached level 0.
  • The Lord of the Wraiths tried to persuade Wu Shaozhen to accept the Wraith Body Talent, but Wu Shaozhen feigned agreement and attacked him with Godslayer.
  • Zi You appeared, drove the Lord of the Wraiths back, and explained that her attacks could block him even though Wu Shaozhen had to inflict the damage.
  • The Lord of the Wraiths unleashed a barrage of black blades, but Zi You shielded them both and effortlessly countered his attacks.
  • Wu Shaozhen dodged the Lord of the Wraiths’ ripple attack with Shadow Sevenfold Strike and applied seven poison stacks before Zi You kicked the enemy away.
  • Wu Shaozhen calculated that his poison was slowly draining the Lord of the Wraiths’ immense health pool and decided to keep fighting until he killed him.

Ch. 170Slaying the Lord of the Wraiths

Wu Shaozhen and Zi You defeated the Lord of the Wraiths, escaping the collapsing cave abode with several powerful rewards. After sorting his loot and gaining a level, Wu Shaozhen reunited with Call Me Young Master Huang at the Fortune Gathering Restaurant.

  • Zi You helped Wu Shaozhen wear down the Lord of the Wraiths, and Wu Shaozhen killed the boss after rejecting its plea for mercy.
  • Wu Shaozhen collected the Lord of the Wraiths' drops, learned the Wraith Form skill, and began nourishing the Blood Soul Jade with his health.
  • Wu Shaozhen opened his special Treasure Chest and obtained a red Skill Synthesis Scroll, but stored it because he lacked a second orange skill.
  • Wu Shaozhen reviewed his rewards and reached LV49 after earning 25 million EXP from the boss.
  • Wu Shaozhen replied to Call Me Young Master Huang's messages and teleported to the Fortune Gathering Restaurant to meet him.

Ch. 171Heavenly Myth

Wu Shaozhen confronted Heavenly Myth's leader God Lord over the guild's attacks, demanded compensation, and refused to back down. After Heavenly Myth left, Wu Shaozhen told Young Master Huang he would bring the guild down and asked him to build a new leading guild in White Marsh City.

  • Wu Shaozhen met Young Master Huang at the Fortune Gathering Restaurant and learned Heavenly Myth had been killing him whenever he left the city.
  • Three Heavenly Myth members summoned Wu Shaozhen to meet their boss, and God Lord arrived with more than thirty guild members.
  • Wu Shaozhen demanded ten thousand gold coins in compensation, while God Lord insisted that Wu Shaozhen return the equipment taken from Heavenly Myth's members.
  • Wu Shaozhen denied owing Heavenly Myth anything and threatened to put White Marsh City under new management, so God Lord left with his people.
  • Wu Shaozhen asked Young Master Huang to replace Heavenly Myth as White Marsh City's strongest guild, and Young Master Huang pledged his loyalty.
  • News of the confrontation spread through White Marsh City and filled the game's forum with speculation about a coming fight.

Ch. 172On the eve of battle

Heavenly Myth planned to use its strongest crowd-control fighters against Wu Shaozhen, while he strengthened Godslayer by devouring equipment and left White Marsh City to face them. The coming battle drew spectators from across the server.

  • God Lord ordered Heavenly Xingtian to gather Heavenly Myth members with crowd-control skills for a battle against Wu Shaozhen.
  • Wu Shaozhen bought more than fifteen hundred pieces of black iron equipment and fed them to Godslayer, raising it to level 29.
  • Wu Shaozhen used bronze and silver equipment to raise Godslayer to level 34, increasing his attack to 22,556.
  • Wu Shaozhen parted ways with Young Master Huang and left the city alone as players from White Marsh City and other cities followed to watch.

Ch. 173The battle began

Wu Shaozhen fought Heavenly Myth’s ten thousand players outside White Marsh City, using his skills and clone to slaughter them despite their coordinated attacks. God Lord ordered Heavenly Tai Bai to use a powerful area scroll against him, leaving Wu Shaozhen caught in its blast.

  • Dreamlight Dance offered Wu Shaozhen help, then set out for White Marsh City with Xiao Xue and Xiao Ya.
  • God Lord led Heavenly Myth’s players in surrounding and attacking Wu Shaozhen outside the city’s east gate.
  • Wu Shaozhen used Eightfold Unity and Earthshaking Strike to kill large groups of Heavenly Myth’s players while evading their attacks.
  • Heavenly Myth chained control skills against Wu Shaozhen, but he activated Thunderclap Form and summoned his clone to continue slaughtering them.
  • God Lord ordered Heavenly Tai Bai to use a single-target scroll, but its 100,000 damage failed to kill Wu Shaozhen.
  • At God Lord’s insistence, Heavenly Tai Bai used an area attack scroll that dealt 30,000 damage per second for ten seconds at Wu Shaozhen’s position.

Ch. 174Heaven's crushing defeat

Wu Shaozhen survived Heavenly Myth’s storm scroll unharmed and routed the guild’s forces, collecting their dropped equipment with help from Young Master Huang and Dreamlight Dance. Dreamlight Dance warned him that powerful guilds might seek to have him banned or threaten him in real life, but Wu Shaozhen remained unconcerned as he sorted the loot.

  • Heavenly Tai Bai’s storm scroll killed Heavenly Myth’s nearby members, but Wu Shaozhen survived its full duration without harm.
  • God Lord ordered Heavenly Myth to retreat, and Wu Shaozhen killed most of the fleeing force before a few hundred escaped into White Marsh City.
  • Young Master Huang arrived with his underlings and declared Wu Shaozhen their real boss, then organized them to collect the dropped equipment.
  • Dreamlight Dance brought her guild members to help gather equipment and warned Wu Shaozhen that major guilds might seek a ban or target him in real life.
  • Dreamlight Dance gave Wu Shaozhen her real-life contact information, but he brushed off her offer and continued sorting the equipment.

Ch. 175Heavenly Myth's End

After defeating Heavenly Myth, Wu Shaozhen used his growing power and the guild’s losses to prepare another assault on them. He recruited players to report Heavenly Myth’s field locations and began killing their members across White Marsh City.

  • Players and major guilds demanded that the developers ban Dustseal, but the developers refused, saying his account had broken no rules and used Gaming Helmets could not be refunded.
  • Wu Shaozhen sorted through the battle’s loot, gave Dreamlight Dance’s guild equipment, and raised Godslayer to level 40, unlocking Splash Damage.
  • Wu Shaozhen traded half of his remaining Silver Equipment to Dreamlight Dance and held the rest for Young Master Huang until he could prove himself.
  • Wu Shaozhen announced that players who reported Heavenly Myth members’ locations could keep their equipment, while God Lord threatened anyone who helped him.
  • Despite God Lord’s warning, players continued to post coordinates, and Wu Shaozhen teleported between them to kill Heavenly Myth members until the guild feared leaving the city.

Ch. 176The Godseal Guild

Heavenly Myth tried to limit its losses to Wu Shaozhen by splitting into small parties, while Young Master Huang’s new Godseal Guild used Dustseal’s reputation to recruit members and attack Heavenly Myth. The chapter ended with Heavenly Xingtian challenging Young Master Huang to an Arena fight, which Young Master Huang accepted.

  • Heavenly Tai Bai advised God Lord to split Heavenly Myth into small leveling parties, and God Lord agreed while ruling out another attack until they learned the cooldown of Wu Shaozhen’s lightning skill.
  • Wu Shaozhen grew tired of killing Heavenly Myth’s small parties, contacted Young Master Huang, and went to level and clear his red-name status.
  • Young Master Huang’s Godseal Guild rapidly recruited players who admired Dustseal and ordered its members to attack Heavenly Myth outside the city.
  • Godseal’s members seized Heavenly Myth’s leveling grounds, while Heavenly Myth avoided sending out a large force for fear Wu Shaozhen would appear.
  • Heavenly Tai Bai advised Heavenly Xingtian to challenge Young Master Huang, and Heavenly Xingtian issued a Citywide Announcement that Young Master Huang accepted.

Ch. 177Young Master Huang's moment of glory

Young Master Huang defeated Heavenly Xingtian twice with one-hit kills, earning Godslayer's respect while God Lord refused to challenge him. Elsewhere, Wu Shaozhen reached level 50, triggering the announcement of the first all-server ranked challenge.

  • Young Master Huang let Heavenly Xingtian lower his health, then killed him with a single Groundfall Slash that dealt over thirty thousand damage.
  • Heavenly Xingtian demanded a rematch and was one-shot again, but God Lord stopped him from trying a third time.
  • God Lord refused Young Master Huang's challenge and left with Heavenly Myth, while Godslayer members praised Young Master Huang and the guild gained members.
  • Wu Shaozhen hunted level 55 crocodiles in a swamp and reached level 50 after killing more than two thousand of them.
  • The system announced the first all-server ranked challenge, with team and solo competitions scheduled to begin at eight that night.

Ch. 178On the eve of registration

Wu Shaozhen prepared for the Ranked Challenge while racing to clear his Crime Points before registration closed. He assembled a team with Young Master Huang, Leng Yue, and Dreamlight Dance, then cleared his remaining points at Viper Valley and returned to the city to register.

  • After hearing the server-wide tournament announcement, Wu Shaozhen realized he had to clear his Crime Points before registering for the evening's Ranked Challenge.
  • Wu Shaozhen agreed to bring Young Master Huang into the team competition and invited Dreamlight Dance, who accepted after consulting her guildmates.
  • Leng Yue immediately accepted Wu Shaozhen's invitation, and Dreamlight Dance later confirmed she would join the team.
  • After struggling to clear Crime Points among level 50-plus monsters, Wu Shaozhen asked Young Master Huang for a densely packed, low-level hunting spot.
  • Wu Shaozhen went to Viper Valley and used his Shadow Clone and Godslayer to kill more than five thousand vipers, clearing all his Crime Points.
  • With registration approaching, Wu Shaozhen teleported back to the city to sign up for the Ranked Challenge.

Ch. 179The Challenge Tournament Begins

Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin registered for the All-Server Ranked Challenge Tournament, and Wu Shaozhen briefed her on her gear and strategy. The tournament began, and both siblings won their opening matches with ease.

  • Wu Shaozhen met Wu Ziyin in Jinling City, registered for the individual competition, and invited Young Master Huang, Dreamlight Dance, and Leng Yue to register with him.
  • Dreamlight Dance, Leng Yue, and Wu Ziyin introduced themselves to one another, while Young Master Huang identified himself as leader of the Godseal Guild.
  • Wu Shaozhen gave Wu Ziyin dungeon gear and advised her to let Silver Big Bad Wolf fight while she stayed back to heal.
  • The All-Server Ranked Challenge Tournament began, and Wu Shaozhen killed his assassin opponent with a Backstab after blinking behind him.
  • Wu Ziyin returned from her match and told Wu Shaozhen that Silver Big Bad Wolf had defeated her opponent in two bites.

Ch. 180The advancement round

Wu Shaozhen advanced through the tournament with a perfect score, defeating Lone Player Gone Wild in his only advancement-round fight. After finishing all ten matches, he watched a high-profile battle between Divine King and Heartless Romance.

  • Wu Shaozhen and Wu Ziyin advanced from the elimination rounds, and Wu Ziyin improved her grade and talent by clearing the War God Hall during the break.
  • In the advancement round, Wu Shaozhen's first five opponents forfeited, but Lone Player Gone Wild chose to fight him in the sixth match.
  • Lone Player Gone Wild's guaranteed-hit arrows and evasion skill challenged Wu Shaozhen, who used Control Removal and Void before killing him with a critical strike.
  • Wu Shaozhen's remaining opponents forfeited, giving him ten wins and enough points to advance to the ranking round.
  • After returning home, Wu Shaozhen entered a venue to watch Divine King face Heartless Romance.
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