"You have been injured by Blood Demon Master's self-destruction. You have died."
"You have killed Blood Demon Master and completed the mission. You have received the mission's final reward, Legendary Talent. Drawing …"
When Lu Qingshan woke up, the System's notifications from the previous intense battle were still echoing in his mind.
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but reveal a proud smile on his face.
Even if your big guilds were extremely famous among the players, you still let me, a solo player, succeed in stealing the chicken and receiving the mission's final reward.
This intense battle, named the God Slaying Battle, was a special celebration event held by the Nine Heavens officials to celebrate the game's tenth anniversary.
On that day, the game released a server-wide announcement that one of the Demons' Great Demon Masters, Blood Demon Master, was carrying out a special mission and was currently trapped in the Abyss, unable to leave in a short period of time.
All players in the server were called to head to the Abyss as soon as possible to besiege Blood Demon Master and fight for the human race. The player who killed Blood Demon Master in the end would receive the mission's final reward, Legendary Talent.
Once the announcement was out, the entire server was in an uproar, and all players went crazy.
The Demon Master was one of the NPCs in the game whose combat power had reached the peak.
It had been ten years since Nine Heavens opened. Although the game's main storyline had entered the middle stages, Demon Master was still an invincible and extremely deadly boss in the eyes of the players.
Although to the players, as long as they had a HP bar, they could directly charge forward.
However, even if the players could rely on their advantage in numbers to defeat Demon Master, to kill Demon Master? This was something that could not be done at the current stage.
The reason was simple. Demon Master was not a fool. With his cultivation, if he sensed that the situation was not good and wanted to escape, the players had no ability to stop him.
This was also the reason why this battle was called the God Slaying Battle even though it was to besiege Demon Master. To the players at the current stage, killing Demon Master was as difficult as killing a God.
Now that Demon Master was restricted to the Abyss by the officials, this meant that the players could rely on their advantage in numbers to kill Blood Demon Master. A chance to kill a God was placed in front of the players just like that. Who wouldn't be excited?
More importantly, the mission's final reward was actually Legendary Talent!
The importance of talent in Nine Heavens was unquestionable.
Since the start of the server, players were often seen as cannon fodder in the eyes of NPCs. They were the kind of existences that had decent cultivation but were not worth mentioning in terms of combat strength.
At the same cultivation level, those famous NPCs could kill players of the same level as dogs. There were even some heaven-defying NPCs who could kill players of a higher level.
Why?
Wasn't it all because of the unbelievable talents that the NPCs with the main character template had?
For example, there was a genius swordsman NPC who had the legendary talent [Frost Sword], which increased the damage of sword skills by 100%.
Yes, Legendary talents were just that simple and crude!
His sword dealt double damage. Wouldn't it be as easy as chopping vegetables for him to kill someone of the same rank?
How was he supposed to play this game?
He couldn't afford to offend him.
What the f * ck? When players played games, they usually assumed that they were the main character. However, when they entered the game, they realized that they were just a side character who could only serve as a foil for the main character. In front of NPCs, other than being able to revive infinitely, they had no sense of superiority as players.
He had a mental breakdown.
Now, the officials had presented a chance to become the main character in front of all the players. Who wouldn't be excited?
This lousy producer was finally acting like a human!
The reward calculation method of the event mission made the players' blood boil — the player who dealt the final blow to the Blood Demon Master would receive the final reward of the mission.
Normally, the final reward of such a full-service event would be calculated according to the contribution rate. The player with the highest contribution rate would receive the final reward of the mission.
In theory, this method of calculation was the fairest, but it also meant that the final reward would belong to the top players. Normal players had no ability to compete for the final reward of the mission.
Usually, in order to compete for this so-called first prize, the scene of each event could be said to be a fight between gods. Normal players could only join in the fun and get the most basic participation reward.
However, the 10th anniversary celebration this time was very different from the usual reward calculation method. This caused countless normal players to think: Hmm … Isn't this the official encouragement to steal chickens?
There was a saying about stealing chickens.
Yes, the top players were awesome.
However, in such a full-service event, there were many people. Every moment, who knew how many skills would be thrown at the Blood Demon Master at the same time. Who could calculate the amount of damage?
No matter how awesome the top players were, they couldn't guarantee that they would be able to deal the final blow to the Boss. If they were lucky, they might be able to deal the final blow.
Hehe.
With the popularity of Empyrean, an account with a [Legendary Talent] would definitely be worth more than winning the lottery. The money earned would be enough to squander for a lifetime.
Now, even many players who had been indifferent to these events couldn't help but head to the Black Abyss.
Who couldn't daydream?
Lu Qingshan was one of these players who dreamed of stealing chickens. However, he was slightly different from normal players. He could barely be considered a famous player. In the player ranking board, he was ranked in the top ten. He was also the only player in the top ten who didn't belong to a guild.
As one of the top ten great swordsmen, Lu Qingshan naturally had some trump cards that were different from normal players.
[Sword of Heaven and Earth]: At the cost of dropping one's cultivation level, the player's first attack will have special effects: True Damage, Killing Effect, Ignore Death.
These three special effects, each of them alone could be considered a Legendary Talent.
Not to mention that these three special effects were stacked together. Its strength could only be described with one word.
How terrifying!
Naturally, in order to obtain such power, one had to pay a huge price. The price of dropping one's cultivation level was so high that Lu Qingshan hadn't used this skill even though he had obtained it for a long time.
Especially as his cultivation level increased, the price of dropping one's cultivation level became heavier and heavier.
He originally thought that this skill would rot in his skill bar.
But now, a chance to gamble was placed in front of him.
Even with the special effects of [Sword of Heaven and Earth], he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to deal the final blow. However, there was no doubt that the chances would be much higher. He was willing to gamble this time.
If he didn't obtain the final reward, he would just have to use the remaining time to fight back and regain his cultivation level. But if he succeeded, he would have a Legendary Talent, and it would be the first Legendary Talent to be obtained by a player in [Nine Heavens]. Not to mention dropping one's cultivation level, even if his cultivation level dropped to the Foundation Establishment Stage, it would still be worth it.
So when Blood Demon Lord's huge HP fell to the bottom under the attacks of the players and was about to self-destruct, Lu Qingshan used [Sword of Heaven and Earth] and slashed out his strongest sword skill.
Then, there was a dazzling red light and two system notifications.
When he heard the first system notification, Lu Qingshan thought that he had failed.
But luckily, the second system notification came soon after.
He succeeded in the end.
…
Lu Qingshan felt that his body was a bit stiff and cold, as if he was soaked in some liquid.
He couldn't help but frown. Revival shouldn't be like this.
Could it be the aftereffects of using [Sword of Heaven and Earth]?
Lu Qingshan's first reaction was to curse in his heart. Lousy game producer, what are you doing now? Dropping one's cultivation level by one's cultivation level isn't enough, and you still have to do these weird things to revive me.
Subconsciously, Lu Qingshan sensed the spiritual energy in his body.
En, it was empty. As expected …
Wait, it was empty?!
As a veteran player of [Nine Heavens], didn't I raise my cultivation level to the current version's upper limit — [Body Fusion Stage]? Even if using [Sword of Heaven and Earth] caused my cultivation level to drop by one's cultivation level, there shouldn't be no spiritual energy left in my dantian.
Could there be a bug?
Although there were many thoughts floating in his mind, in reality, only a very short period of time had passed since he had woken up to now.
Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes with doubts.
This was a dark and damp cave. Night pearls were embedded in the walls of the cave, shining with a faint white light, allowing Lu Qingshan to see his current situation clearly.
So it wasn't a feeling. At this moment, he was indeed soaked in liquid.
A small pool filled with black liquid. And he was in this pool. It was like soaking in a hot spring, with only his head above the water.
Looking around, in this small pool, other than himself, there were dozens of cute little heads above the water, neatly arranged.
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