Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 165 Are You Joking With Me? (April +2800 Monthly Tickets)
"Ding ding ding—"
The sound of metal clashing echoed as Ji Huai, wielding dual swords, engaged in battle with the Fourth Rank Demon Beast.
Reaching Fourth Rank, the physical prowess of the Demon Beasts saw a huge improvement. Seeing that Ji Huai's swords could only inflict shallow cuts on the beast, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be amazed.
It's worth noting that Ji Huai's weapons are far from ordinary metal.
In full combat, he would use the skills of a Gold Attribute Spiritual Beast to enchant his weapons, granting them the terrifying power to slice through rock as if it were tofu.
The ordinary Third Rank Demon Beasts couldn't possibly survive such strikes, yet this Fourth Rank Demon Beast was able to withstand most of the attacks with its flesh and blood?
"Roar!!!"
Although not fatal, the relentless injuries enraged the Fourth Rank Demon Beast. It stared ferociously at Ji Huai and, in an instant, spewed forth a blazing red breath, sweeping over Ji Huai while incidentally involving Qin Chuan as well.
With a low shout, Ji Huai's swords instantly transformed into a spear with a fiery blade that turned the sky red. He forcefully scattered the breath while the spearhead, like a meteor of flame, snaked through the air towards the Fourth Rank Demon Beast's face.
Caught in the aftermath, Qin Chuan activated Frost Cold, and the residual breath of the attack dimmed and dissipated in the extreme cold. Noticing that five Third Rank Demon Beasts were struggling fiercely, he frowned slightly.
Giving you extra time to live, yet you don't want it, huh?
The water forming the Water Hand spun rapidly, wrapping around diamond dust to become countless sharp blades, and in an instant, it claimed the lives of the five Third Rank beasts.
With no further worries, Qin Chuan returned to spectating mode.
Ji Huai's battle with the Fourth Rank Demon Beast was intense, but it was clear that Ji Huai had not gone all out in his effort, as it was his first encounter with a Fourth Rank Demon Beast, he was also testing the beast's abilities as much as possible.
During the subsequent fight, the Fourth Rank Demon Beast displayed multiple abilities such as Fire Shield, Flame Bomb, and Fire Wall. As Ji Huai had said, the special abilities of Fourth Rank Demon Beasts had developed into a system and were not much weaker than those of Spiritual Beasts.
Finally, perhaps bored from the probing, Ji Huai ended the beast's life with a single cut, slashing open the corpse to extract a fist-sized crystal from its chest.
The crystal was a fiery red color, seemingly with the glow of flames swirling inside; it looked quite extraordinary.
"This is the Demon Core?" Qin Chuan approached and examined it with curiosity.
"Yes." Ji Huai casually tossed the Demon Core to Qin Chuan, vibrated the long blade to shake off the blood, and then it reverted to a metal ring around his wrist. "This thing can't be taken into the Dream World, and if Transcendents directly absorb its energy, it would damage their bodies."
"Alright then." Qin Chuan returned the Demon Core to Ji Huai.
Hearing that the Demon Core couldn't be taken into the Dream World, and that Transcendents couldn't absorb it either, he instantly lost interest.
It would be better to leave it to the Special Affairs Equipment Department's researchers to study.
"Combat personnel will sweep the periphery for Demon Beasts and take away the corpses of Third and Fourth Rank Demon Beasts for research," Ji Huai said as he put away the Demon Core. "Our mission is over."
The two retraced their path of arrival, leaving behind only a few ghastly corpses deep in the valley.
Soon after, a Demon Beast appeared silently in the area.
It looked at the dead Fourth Rank Demon Beast, fury of a humanlike nature flashing in its eyes.
The timing was not ripe, yet it had already exposed itself in the humans' view.
Even if insanity could be suppressed, individual intelligence still varied.
Such a fool!
The anger turned to resignation, and without hesitation, the Beast devoured the corpse of its fellow Fourth Rank kin, leaving behind nothing but stark white bones, before disappearing from the spot in an instant.
Soon, very soon.
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Six Third Rank Demon Beasts had been accounted for, and it was already evening.
The income exceeding three thousand Special Points sent Qin Chuan's balance soaring past the forty thousand mark, lifting his spirits significantly.
To level up from Hall Rank requires twenty thousand Experience Points, which is equivalent to two thousand Experience Gems.
To progress from Hall Rank Lv30 maxed out to Hall Rank Lv40, it would take twenty thousand Experience Gems, which is the equivalent of twenty thousand Special Points.
That would be sixty thousand Special Points for three Spiritual Beasts.
Although he had not yet been promoted to a Hall Level Player at the moment and Water Flower could not level up,
it did not stop him from preparing in advance.
Before sleep, Qin Chuan, as usual, checked the Dream Realm Forum to see if there were any messages he had missed.
Matsusaka Shigeki's current position was a straight-line distance of forty zones away from his current location, so there was no need to worry for the time being.
The owners of Divine Cast, Avoiding Disease, Traceless, and the new Spirit Ascension Talent still had not revealed themselves.
Through the forum discussions about the four players who were promoted to Elite Level last night, Qin Chuan unexpectedly learned Ji Huai's player name.
Martial Fool.
It could be said to fit quite well with his real personality.
Aside from Ji Huai, the other three players who were promoted had the names Ross, Kolmat, and Oriel.
They were all foreign players.
After browsing for a while, Qin Chuan put down his phone and immediately fell asleep.
The moment his consciousness became clear again, he was already in the Dream World.
"Is the direction correct?" Yue Li asked with a look of anticipation.
Over the past three days, they had been moving at full speed towards the direction indicated by the wooden stick before. If the wooden stick's direction was wrong, they would have to make a big detour.
But conversely, if the direction of the wooden stick was correct, they would have saved a lot of time.
Third Talent of the Sun Needle, activate!
Seeing the Hall Crystal just ahead, only about ten zones away, Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Congratulations, your judgment was correct."
"Great!" Yue Li excitedly clenched her small fists and waved them in the air.
Not only did this prove once again the strength of Prayer, but it also meant that she had discovered an entirely new way to use it.
Though the stick's thirty-zone object search was nowhere near as precise as the Third Talent of the Sun Needle and unable to observe the target in real-time, it was still an overwhelming advantage over other Talents.
"In another two days, we will once again obtain a Hall Crystal," Qin Chuan said with a light laugh, "This time, I will not let it slip away."
"That's right," Yue Li agreed, nodding vigorously with determination in her eyes.
She had to redeem herself!
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"Ha~"
Oriel, who had just arrived in the Dream World, lazily stretched, fully revealing her stunning figure in the sunlight as if she hadn't gotten enough sleep.
The next instant, her body and the three Spiritual Beasts behind her silently vanished, causing Matsusaka Shigeki's combined strike from his three Spiritual Beasts to miss completely.
"Good evening, Mr. Soul Fusion." Oriel reappeared, a smile evident in her eyes behind her mask, "Today's 'Try to Kill Me' game is over. If you want to keep trying, you'll have to pay with the life of a Contracted Spiritual Beast each time~"
"That's really a pity," Matsusaka Shigeki said with a feigned smile, a cold glint passing through his narrowed eyes.
Such a troublesome woman.
"Keep up the good work, I believe you can do it," Oriel spoke in a light tone, "Judging by the time, Luo should be close to obtaining the next Hall Crystal."
"Let's go and get the Hall Crystal from him," Oriel suggested with a smile to Matsusaka Shigeki, "I believe, with your Ascension and Soul Fusion, you are more than capable of handling him."
Matsusaka Shigeki's smile gradually faded.
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"You're joking with me, right?"
