Chapter 11

The video ended here.

Zhou Xian was amazed by the terrifying power of the Great Emperor player.

"Is this the true power of a Great Emperor player...?"

The difference between a Great Emperor player and an ordinary player can be described with a classic line: "Are we playing the same game?"

Possessing a wealth of skills and power, as well as far superior influence, this is what a Great Emperor player is.

"But how can I contact them and gain their trust?"

Zhou Xian wanted to communicate with these Great Emperor players, but as he imagined, once his identity was exposed, he would face significant problems.

Although Zhou Xian is the legendary eighth Great Emperor player, his mission has not been completed. Therefore, if Zhou Xian dies, his Great Emperor mission will likely fail.

"Zhou Xian, what's wrong with you today? You seem a bit off."

As he was speaking, Martin Luther King suddenly poked his head out.

"…Martin, do you know anything important or secrets about this world?"

"I guess I know some."

Martin Luther King's words made Zhou Xian roll his eyes: "What do you mean by 'I guess'?"

"You can ask me once you fully repair me." Martin Luther King is the spirit of the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword. If the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword is not repaired, Martin Luther King's strength and memory will be affected.

"…Alright."

Zhou Xian looked at his skill, "Dragon Tomb Teleport."

Dragon Tomb Teleport: Burn 80% of your HP to ignore any map restrictions and teleport directly to the Dragon Clan Tomb. Cooldown time after each use is 2400 hours.

And now, this skill's cooldown time still has more than a month left.

Then, Zhou Xian looked at his Wu Jin Tiankui Sword.

But then, Zhou Xian was stunned.

Wu Jin Tiankui Sword (Legendary Unique Weapon, Mandatory Equipment, Damaged State): Increases Daoist, magical, and physical power by 400; reduces damage from remote magical or physical attacks by 50%; when used one-handed, attributes are reduced by 20%, and skill casting speed increases by 40%; increases physical and magical attack evasion by 50%; immune to negative status effects.

Before a player's strength reaches the level of a demon clan great sage, hidden attributes will not be displayed or activated.

Prompt: This item is in a damaged state and requires Wu Soul Essence to repair.

Repair Progress: Damaged State (3899/10000 Wu Soul Essence)

Ancient Oddity Special Attributes:

Against Dragon Clan: This weapon makes the user immune to dragon intimidation and deals 150% damage to the Dragon Clan (due to the damaged state of the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword and the Dragon Platform, no additional damage is caused).

Against Demon Clan: This weapon has an intimidating effect on the Demon Clan and deals 200% damage to the Demon Clan (no intimidation or damage in the damaged state).

Prompt: The special attributes of ancient oddities can only be activated when multiple ancient oddities resonate.

"This—"

Zhou Xian was stunned. If he remembered correctly, when he first obtained the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword, although its attributes were overpowered, they were far from this powerful: increases Daoist, magical, and physical power by 400; reduces damage from remote magical or physical attacks by 50%; when used one-handed, attributes are reduced by 20%, and skill casting speed increases by 40%; increases physical and magical attack evasion by 50%; immune to negative status effects—these were the only attributes the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword had at the time.

But now, the system had added special attributes?

"Resonance? But I didn't see this attribute at the beginning, did I? After the version update, the attributes of this Dragon Tomb game have become much more complex..."

A vague sense of danger made Zhou Xian realize that this game was no longer the same as before.

"What is Wu Soul Essence?"

Zhou Xian suddenly thought of something. He took out a weapon rated 80 points from his bag and threw it to Martin Luther King.

"Martin, it's mealtime."

As soon as he said that, Martin Luther King's figure bounced out of the sword, swallowed the weapon, and then disappeared.

At this moment, Zhou Xian checked the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword's status again, and the Wu Soul Essence had increased from 3899 to 3979.

"Wu Soul Essence increased by 80 points?"

Zhou Xian rummaged through his bag and took out another weapon rated 60 points.

"Martin, do you want more?"

Hearing Zhou Xian's words, Martin Luther King came out of the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword again.

But upon seeing the weapon rated 60 points, Martin Luther King rolled his eyes at Zhou Xian: "You plan to feed me with this thing? Forget it, I still need to digest what I ate earlier. This thing can help a bit..."

After saying that, Martin Luther King swallowed the weapon.

Zhou Xian checked again, and the Wu Soul Essence had increased to 4009 points.

"Hmm? Only half?"

Zhou Xian took out another weapon rated 95 points from his bag.

"Cough, Martin, take a look at this weapon..."

"Zhou Xian, why are you so strange today?" Martin Luther King gave Zhou Xian a strange look, but his eyes were immediately drawn to the 95-point weapon.

"Alright, since you have something good, I'll take it."

After saying that, Martin Luther King swallowed the weapon from Zhou Xian's hand.

Zhou Xian quickly checked the Wu Soul Essence, which had increased to 4119 points.

After a few more tries, Zhou Xian fed the Wu Soul Essence to 5000 points, and he understood the system's mechanism.

"Weapons rated below 80 points only give half the Wu Soul Essence, while weapons rated higher than 80 points give double the extra essence?"

Zhou Xian looked at his bag, where he still had some extra weapons. He took them all out and prepared to feed them to Martin Luther King.

"Stop! I can't eat that much now!" Martin Luther King, unaware that Zhou Xian was experimenting on him, said: "My body can't accommodate more power right now, and I haven't digested what I ate earlier. Do you want me to have indigestion?"

System Prompt: The Wu Soul Essence of the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword has reached its limit. To continue increasing, please repair the weapon to accommodate more Wu Soul Essence.

"Uh… What should I do?" Zhou Xian asked.

"Hmm, if I repair myself, it is indeed a problem," Martin Luther King nodded. "And you can't repair too much at once. I'll think about it and tell you what to do later."

"Uh, what do you mean by 'too much'?" Zhou Xian asked.

"What kind of weapon is the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword?" Martin Luther King asked.

"A demon clan holy weapon." How could Zhou Xian not know?

"Then what is your strength?"

"…" Before seeing the video of the Cloud Emperor, Zhou Xian might have thought he could stand on his own, but now he had a better understanding: "I'm probably just a step above cannon fodder..."

"Hmm, about that. In the ancient war, you were indeed just a step above cannon fodder. Zhou Xian, do you think your realm can create or repair a holy weapon-level equipment?"

"…"

He really couldn't.

And if he did it poorly, it might even lower the equipment's level, and then it would be too late to cry.

"So, at the critical moment, I will use the essence to self-repair, and you just need to assist halfway. I'll think about the specifics and tell you in a couple of days."

"Alright."

After Martin Luther King returned to the Wu Jin Tiankui Sword, Zhou Xian focused his mind. The game world seemed to have undergone some significant changes, and he decided to take this opportunity to thoroughly understand the situation after the update.

"Open the character panel."

Following Zhou Xian's command, his character attributes appeared on the virtual screen in front of him.

Zhou Xian is currently level 65, which is about the top level for a high school student at Zhongzhou Academy.

Of course, although the levels are the same, the basic attributes and growth of players in the game are similar. Although there is level suppression, in competitive matches, except for some skills tied to levels, the role of levels is not as significant in other aspects.

Zhou Xian looked at his skill points. Due to the level drop, some of the skills he had learned were now grayed out.

"Should I be glad that I'm a balanced player with all attributes?"

Zhou Xian's in-game profession is a Daoist, a class that can attack like a warrior and use powerful skills like a mage, making him seem versatile. In the game, Zhou Xian also distributed his points evenly.

Evenly distributing points is not a good choice in the game, as it enhances the player's adaptability but reduces the damage of skills, which is fatal in the arena. So, although he is a versatile Daoist, Zhou Xian is actually considered "non-mainstream."

Now, this distribution seems to have given Zhou Xian a small "advantage," in that when his level drops, he won't have any weaknesses due to the sudden disappearance of certain skills.

"Alright, I still have a lot of skills, so this is fine."

Zhou Xian looked at all his skills, including the Daoist skills, "Ten Thousand Sword Heart Slaying Technique," "Hundred Weapons Decision," "Dragon Tomb Teleport," "Earth Escape," "Appraisal Eye," "Scout Skill," and the "Inferno Eye" skill from the Inferno Glove.

Of course, these are just the system's default skills. The game world has high freedom, and players can also develop their own skills.

For example, some mages have used ice and fire skills simultaneously, causing them to annihilate each other and create a massive explosion. However, such skills are usually very dangerous. For instance, the ice and fire annihilation explosion is called a "self-destruct skill" because after using it, the player immediately causes a massive explosion, which also affects the user.

"This skill doesn't seem to have changed?"

After the update, Zhou Xian thought there would be at least some small changes. But he didn't expect the skills to remain unchanged.

"Let's check the secondary profession."

Zhou Xian opened his secondary profession interface.

Profession: Advanced Smith, can forge weapons, armor, puppets, and other items.

Secondary Profession Equipment: Inferno Glove

Secondary Profession Talents: Three Meridians Perfectly Connected, Seven Wheel Holy Body (3/7), Four Holy Inheritances.

"Ah, finally, I see some changes."

The talent interface for the blacksmith secondary profession originally only had the three meridians, but after the update, the powers he had gained in the game were now displayed.

"Next, I just need to fully connect the Seven Wheel Holy Body to advance to a Great Smith, but that's not urgent."

Zhou Xian closed the secondary profession window and continued browsing the game.

After looking through everything, Zhou Xian found that the game's update… didn't seem to have much new content.

He also checked the forums, where there were many discussion threads, but none of them had the information he wanted.

"Alright, I'll rest and conserve my energy today. There's a match tomorrow…"

It's not just the match. Li Zheng was also very suspicious. Zhou Xian suddenly remembered the incident in his "memory" where Xu Tianyun and Tao Shan had problems before the 32-strong match.

After what happened this afternoon, Zhou Xian now suspected that Li Zheng might have been behind it.

"But I should have a way to prevent these things from happening."

Zhou Xian took off his helmet and focused his mind.

In an instant, Zhou Xian entered a login-like interface.

"After midnight on July 7th, I can save the game. Tao Shan, Xu Tianyun, I will definitely find the murderer who harmed you…"

Zhou Xian looked at the strange, game-like interface.

He was puzzled why this interface was so similar to the game.

"Could this interface also log into the game?"

At first, Zhou Xian was in a hurry to save people and didn't understand what this system could do.

He looked around but didn't see anything special.

"Can it really only save and load?"

Zhou Xian couldn't help but think of the main characters in novels who got various "golden fingers." He mocked himself: "Could the 'Great Emperor template' in the game be used in reality?"

Although it was strange, this system must be related to his father.

"Unfortunately, the ability to travel through time in the real world consumes experience points in the game… otherwise, it would be a very convenient ability."

And it would also affect the strange countdown.

Zhou Xian decided to figure out all these strange things.

After leaving the login-like interface, Zhou Xian was still lying in bed.

He put the helmet aside.

"Come to think of it, someone once said that the AI system of the Legendary World… now the Dragon Tomb World, is a very unique technology…"

No one has ever thought about why the game increases brainwave frequency.

"But it's so strange, I feel like I'm forgetting something… what is it…"

Zhou Xian thought for a moment but didn't feel like he had forgotten anything.

"Alright, that's enough."

Feeling a bit drowsy, Zhou Xian lay down on the bed. A lot happened today, and he decided to rest well. Although he could recover energy in the game with the helmet, he still decided to sleep.

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