"My God, wh-what is that?" The players and NPCs in Chapter Nine's "Radiance of the Raised Holy Sword: 'Slay Longevity'" arc looked overhead in utter horror. A colossal hand that blotted out the sky slowly reached down from above the clouds, holding the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword), which was over a hundred thousand kilometers long.
"Th-this... looks like the legendary Sakast Imperial Sword, doesn't it? It's Heng God! Hahaha, it's Heng God! Heng God isn't dead... he isn't dead..."
"It's Heng God's Sakast Imperial Sword! I knew it. How could a god-tier expert on his level possibly fall?"
"Hahaha, Longevity Family Players, do you see this? Your terror is back... he's back..."
Countless players and NPCs cheered at the colossal hand and sword descending from the sky. Ever since Zhou Heng had ridden the Ancient Mechanical Deity across the entire Sakas Empire and shattered its imperial capital, Salendo, the entire present-day world of Chapter Nine had fallen into an even deeper slump. Currency production and the suppression by the Longevity Family Players, in particular, had become even more excessive and absurd than before. Never mind anything else-the exchange rate for Copper Coins to Silver Coins alone had reached a terrifying seven hundred thousand to one. Although the number of Copper Coins dropped by wild monsters had exploded, delivering much of the satisfaction of a grind-heavy PC online game, the players and NPCs had also discovered that, as Copper Coin drops increased exponentially, drops of other resources, including but not limited to "equipment, weapons, potions, and special resources," were decreasing at a visibly obvious rate.
For those who had all but given up in despair, Zhou Heng's reappearance was earth-shattering good news.
"Is that... the Sakast Imperial Sword? Zhou Heng...? Is this the new player who crushed our elders?"
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