A series of damage values appeared above the Ice Qilin's head.
Each punch deals over 10,000 damage; even with nearly 600,000 HP, the Ice Qilin couldn't withstand it.
The main problem is that it hurts.
This human has no sense of martial ethics; he just keeps hitting me in the face.
Within minutes, the Ice Qilin's health bar was almost completely depleted.
"Fine, you have a temper, you're arrogant. Since you don't want to surrender, then I'll just beat you up." Ling Yi hammered for a while, seemingly losing patience, and said coldly with a dark face.
"When did I ever say I wouldn't surrender? You came up here and started fighting without saying a word. Did you even give me a chance to speak?"
"Ice Qilin said, feeling wronged."
Didn't I tell you to surrender?
"No!"
"If I had told you to surrender from the beginning, would you have surrendered?"
"Um..."
So, sooner or later I'll still beat you up, won't I?
Is that the logic? Why can't the person in question refute it?
"I surrender!" The Ice Qilin has lived for an unknown amount of time. Although it is not yet an adult, it has seen and experienced a lot and knows the principle that a wise person knows when to yield.
"I don't believe you." Ling Yi shook his head.
"What's the meaning?"
"You say you're surrendering, but how can I believe you're really surrendering?"
"I can form Contract with you and acknowledge you as my master."
"Aren't you going to put up a fight? If I wanted to kill you, it would take at least twenty more punches. I still have plenty of time."
Ice Qilin: "..."
Twenty more punches? Twenty punches will only take a few seconds.
The Ice Qilin opened its mouth and spat out a halo of light. Immediately afterward, a notification appeared before Ling Yi's eyes.
[The sacred beast Ice Qilin wants to form a pet Contract with you. Do you agree?]
Wow, the game even gives you hints at this point? Doesn't the game's core AI provide any power level limitations?
You're affecting the game balance yourself!
Or is it that the game's so-called core AI simply doesn't care whether someone will disrupt the balance?
If I were the core AI, I would do everything in my power to eliminate players who disrupt the balance.
For example, perhaps arrange a heavenly tribulation?
The fact that the core intelligence wasn't targeting him left Ling Yi feeling quite unfulfilled.
However, this also suggests that this so-called game world is essentially a real world.
Only in the real world is there no such thing as balance or imbalance, because there is no such thing as fairness in the real world.
Only in a data-driven world can there be fairness, and only data can achieve true fairness.
Since the Ice Qilin was so sensible, Ling Yi had no choice but to accept it.
"Take back your Ice aura, are you trying to freeze me to death?" Ling Yi glanced at his remaining less than 500 Spiritual Power points and tapped the Ice Qilin's head.
The Ice Qilin remained silent, quietly withdrawing its Ice aura, and soon the surrounding temperature returned to normal.
The temperature on the Ice Qilin's body, apart from being slightly cool, no longer poses any harm.
But you can imagine how frustrated the Ice Qilin was. It had just come out of the Ice Lake, hadn't even brushed its teeth yet, and had already become someone else's pet.
"Aren't all members of the Qilin clan associated with fire? Why are you associated with ice?"
"My true form is Ice Flame, Ice Flame is also a type of fire," the Ice Qilin explained.
"Is that so?"
Ling Yi opened the Ice Qilin's attribute panel.
Ice Qilin - Pet (Sacred Beast) lv65
Health: 230,000/600,000 (Enhanced)
Attack: 2600
Defense: 1375
Agility: 320
Talent: Ice Flame (SSS+ level)
Divine Ability: Water Control, Fire Control, Wind Control, Earth Control!
Ling Yi was somewhat surprised; this Ice Qilin's Divine Ability was quite impressive, as it could actually control the power of four different attributes.
Why didn't I use these Divine Ability when Combat myself before?
Ling Yi also asked the question directly.
The Ice Qilin stomped its front hoof on the ground, causing a slight tremor, but that was all.
"Oh, it can be controlled, but not completely?"
The Ice Qilin nodded. "I'm not an adult yet. The true power of these Divine Ability abilities will only be revealed after I reach adulthood, so for now I can only use my innate abilities."
Ling Yi squatted down by the Ice Lake, pointed to the gradually calming surface, and asked, "Is there anything special about this Ice Lake?"
"There was a Spirit Crystal before, which has now been absorbed by my main body. Spirit Crystal is a crystal that stores a large amount of Spiritual Power, and it is extremely rare."
Oh, that's useless to him. He can't cultivate, he can't even absorb the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth, let alone the Spiritual Power in the Spirit Crystal.
"How much do you know about this world? In other words, what level of Battle Power does the world possess?" Ling Yi asked again.
"This world is not large. In my memory, if I were to fly at full speed, I could reach the end of the world in one day."
"It seems that this is a small fragment of a larger world that collapsed. It should have been annihilated, but for some reason, it accidentally merged into another world and was able to survive through it."
"Otherwise, they would have long since vanished into the spacetime Rift."
"It seems, it appears?"
"These are memories passed down through the bloodline of the Qilin Clan, and they are rather vague. Only after I reach adulthood will I be able to inherit all of these memories."
"What constitutes adulthood? How long does it take? Is there a shortcut?"
"When I reach adulthood, I will naturally come of age. As for how long? Probably around 50,000 years. A shortcut? There isn't one. Can you jump directly from 20,000 to 70,000 years old?"
Ling Yi immediately lost the will to ask further. Tens of thousands of years at a time? Is this Ice Qilin really that big? Why doesn't it look like it has?
This is all I've got after living for 20,000 years?
However, this game world seems to be Taiyi from what I imagined.
If what Ice Qilin said is true, then how did this world become a game world?
It seems I need to find some time to visit Cloud Valley in the real world.
Ling Yi stood up. Since there was no longer any value here, he decided to leave.
When Ling Yi rode the Ice Qilin to the players, everyone was incredibly envious; it was just too damn cool.
They're still practicing martial arts, and their mounts are already sacred beasts. It's impossible to even feel jealous.
"Let's go back to Huayang Town first!" Ling Yi called to Zhao Laosan and the others, then rode his Ice Qilin into the sky and flew away.
Meanwhile, in the Sacred Sect's Reincarnation Palace, Holy Capital, three Aura elders were channeling Spiritual Power into a Light Ball in the center of the hall.
As Spiritual Power was channeled in, the Light Ball shone brightly. A moment later, a miraculous scene unfolded: the seventeen cultivators who had been killed by Ling Yi reappeared in the main hall.
"Sect Master, First Elder, Second Elder!"
The seventeen people bowed to the three.
"Did you find anything?"
"That kid called Reincarnation is strange. Some of his magical artifacts have been tainted by external Aura, but the Boundary Breaking power left on him hasn't been triggered."
The cultivator who had been crushed by Ling Yi earlier touched his neck and frowned as he spoke.
"It seems this kid has a big secret!" the sect leader murmured, stroking his goatee.
"What about that Snow of Frost?" the sect leader asked again.
"Although there are some discrepancies with the plan, the power to Boundary Breaking has been successfully activated. Once her strength reaches the critical threshold, she can unlock the Data Seal of this world."
"Should we revoke Reincarnation's Spirit Infusion talent? I'm worried this kid might sabotage our plans."
The elder, dressed in a long blue robe, asked.
The sect leader shook his head. "No need for that. As long as he remains within the Data Rule, there's no need to worry about him. Perhaps he'll give us a surprise."
"If we could break the Data Seal without expending our Power of Origin, that would be ideal."
After a pause, the sect leader continued, "Assign a few tasks to Snow of Frost to enhance her talent to SSR+ level, so she can reach the critical value as soon as possible."
"Isn't this too hasty? Besides, we can't afford to waste any more Power of Origin now, otherwise our own strength will be difficult to sustain."
"Then withdraw the remaining SS S Grade talents and focus all the Power of Origin on Snow of Frost. Anyway, those pawns are of little use."
"Is this really necessary?" the Second Elder, dressed in white robes, asked, frowning.
"We can't wait any longer. With the massive influx of players, the world's Power of Origin is Rapid Speed diminishing, and A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality are using players to steal this world's power."
"The less Source Power this world possesses, the stronger the data Power of Sealing becomes. We have all underestimated the A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality of this world, and underestimated their Wisdom and technological prowess."
"Alright, go and make the arrangements!"
For the next period of time, the entire game world became a stage for the two of them.
In a week, the Snow of Frost Sect wiped out Xiao San, but was ultimately severely injured by three cultivators from the Sacred Sect. Now, no one knows where they have gone into hiding.
The Reincarnation Big Shot directly established the Immortal Traces in Huayang Town, which was called Huayang Sect, and made the entire Huayang City the sect's headquarters.
Joining the Huayang Sect allows one to learn cultivation techniques, attracting a large Huayang Sect of players and natives of the game world, all eager to join and become Huayang Sect.
However, after establishing the Huayang Sect, the Reincarnation Big Shot disappeared. It is said that he has not logged in for three days.
In reality, most players are completely bewildered; they're only thinking one thing: how are they supposed to play this game?
According to the usual process, players should join various sects after reaching level 20, practice cultivation techniques and martial arts, and complete sect missions.
Next came the arena matches between the various sects.
Then comes the major storyline of the Illusory Demon Island invading the Central Plains, with various sects joining forces to fight against it.
But because of the existence of the Snow of Frost, who dares to join the sect now?
Compared to sects, players prefer to join the Huayang Sect, since who would bother with martial arts if they could cultivate immortality?
However, the Huayang Sect has a limited capacity to recruit people; 300,000 is the Limit, because Huayang Town is not large and can only accommodate a maximum of 300,000 people.
Most players have started to just coast along these days. What else can they do? They don't dare join any Jianghu sects, and they can't get into the Huayang Sect, so they just coast along.
In short, to sum it up in two words... it collapsed.
That day, Ling Yi, who had been offline for three days, finally logged back into the game.
At the same time, exactly 30,000 new players who logged into the game reached level 10, left the starting village, and headed straight for the Huayang Sect.
Ling Yi took all these people into the Huayang Sect and spent a lot of gold coins to constantly reset the number of times the Spirit Infusion, binding a piece of Spirit Infusion equipment to each of these 30,000 people.
These 30,000 people were actually warriors from Ancient Country in the real world.
Afterwards, Ling Yi instructed Zhao Laosan, One Cigarette, and others to lead the 30,000 warriors to level up!
The reason Ling Yi Ling Yi did this stems from three days ago when he logged out of the game and went to Cloud Valley...