3: Chapter 3: Resurrection! Divine Power Mode!

Clang, clang, clang!

The clanging bronze bell echoed through the prison guardroom above Heishui Prison.

Hearing the sound of the bronze bell from within, the county soldiers guarding outside the room immediately grew alert, successively grabbing their weapons and pointing their horizontal blades at the door of the prison guardroom.

Bam!

The door of the prison guardroom was kicked open from the inside, and Qin Muyuan walked out swaggeringly.

As soon as he stepped out the door, he saw over twenty county soldiers outside acting as if facing a formidable enemy, holding horizontal blades and staring at him with full vigilance.

"It's you!" One of the county soldiers recognized Qin Muyuan, his face carrying surprise.

Unfortunately, Qin Muyuan had skipped the prologue and completely didn't recognize this county soldier.

"Who is he?" Behind these county soldiers, a big man wearing a thick robe asked with a frown.

The county soldier who recognized Qin Muyuan said, "He is the sole surviving son of the Qin clan in Qinghe Commandery. The Qin clan was slaughtered by a Yao Beast, and only this Qin Muyuan escaped. Seeing that he had a handsome appearance, the chief clerk..."

Hearing this, the robe-wearing big man instantly understood the shady dealings within.

The entire garrison of Heishui County knew about Chief Clerk Song's fondness for men, but because it hadn't caused any major incidents and he only acted against people in the prison, no one cared.

However, to fall in this prison out of lust for male beauty—once this matter spread, it would likely cause the entire Heishui Prison yamen to lose all face!

"Kill them to silence them!"

The robe-wearing big man glanced at Qin Muyuan and Xiao Chang in the back, then added:

"Don't kill the kid in the back. Sever the tendon cords in his hands and feet and throw him into the cell; his Bloodline is very useful."

"Understood!"

Following the order, the county soldiers all wielded short blades and rushed to kill Qin Muyuan.

Seeing this, Qin Muyuan nodded slightly.

He didn't make a move beforehand, but deliberately watched this cutscene just to see how the AI intelligence of this game was.

As a result... it was simply awesome!

Whether it was the movements, expressions, or the logic between the words, it was exaggeratedly strong, and there wouldn't be things like "A is like this, B just needs to... and it will be fine, while A has a lot of things to consider".

Having finished nodding, Qin Muyuan raised his eyes to look at the county soldiers rushing towards him together. Instead of retreating, he advanced and launched a counter-charge.

"Kill, kill, kill! Blood for the Blood God, skulls for the Skull Throne!"

In a great mood, Qin Muyuan now obtained a super buff with a 200% bonus to all attributes.

He lowered his body and stepped down, shooting out fiercely like an arrow leaving the string, killing his way into the crowd of county soldiers!

Closing in on the foremost county soldier, Qin Muyuan's palm held the might of thunder as he struck a ferocious force against the soldier's chest.

Crack, crack!

A harsh sound of bone fracturing came from within the chest of the county soldier before him. Under the immense force, his back bent painfully like a shrimp, and he violently choked out a mouthful of bloody foam mixed with fragments of internal organs.

Before the short blade in his hand could be swung down, it slipped from his fingers and crashed to the ground with a clang.

The last glimmer of light in the county soldier's eyes was simultaneously extinguished, and his entire body went limp like a marionette with broken strings.

The lapel of his chest was stained with a spreading bloodstain, but Qin Muyuan didn't care at all; instead, he laughed wildly and arrogantly:

"This impact feel is insanely awesome!"

This wild laughter, which completely did not regard people as human beings, caused the charging county soldiers' minds to shake, feeling as if what they were rushing to kill was not a youth, but a bloodthirsty murderer!

But Qin Muyuan didn't care what the county soldiers were thinking. His figure moved with agile swiftness as he threw out both palms simultaneously. A powerful force traveled from his entire body to his arms, and then penetrated into the bodies of two county soldiers.

Bam! Bam!

In an instant, the two county soldiers had all their ribs broken and were blasted backwards, crashing into multiple county soldiers behind them, all being smashed flying away together by the immense force!

This scene terrified the surrounding county soldiers, breeding the intention to retreat in their minds, and they turned around wanting to flee.

However, Qin Muyuan naturally wouldn't let them go.

"Trash mobs in a mowing game just need to die properly for me! What are you running for?!"

He stamped his feet and once again slaughtered towards the crowd of county soldiers like a tiger or wolf.

Employing the Flowing Cloud Hand rapidly, his palm, resembling a red-hot iron, smashed down from the sky, striking and killing a county soldier close to his front.

Immediately after, Qin Muyuan abruptly turned his head, his palm raising once again, about to smash onto the head of a county soldier——

Swish! Swish, swish!

However, right at this moment, a massive force suddenly came from Qin Muyuan's back.

Qin Muyuan lowered his head and saw three arrows suddenly protruding from his chest, their arrowheads sharp and gleaming with blood-red light.

Qin Muyuan turned around and saw the previously robe-wearing big man pulling back the bowstring of a longbow, looking at him with an indifferent expression:

"You should feel honored to have me make a move to end your life."

Swish!

The next second, another arrow gleaming with cold light pierced through Qin Muyuan's body, stabbing straight into his heart.

Witnessing this scene, a trace of despair instantly welled up in the eyes of Xiao Chang behind Qin Muyuan.

When he first saw Qin Muyuan slaughter his way into the crowd of county soldiers like a tiger entering a wolf pack, Xiao Chang still held a shred of hope: perhaps this brother could really take him out of prison?

Yet at this very instant, in the face of the robe-wearing stalwart's sneak attack with the bow and arrow, all hope was shattered!

The robe-wearing stalwart withdrew his gaze from Qin Muyuan, looked at Xiao Chang, and ordered:

"Catch him."

Hearing this, Xiao Chang fiercely clenched his teeth:

"Since brother has saved me from this place of confinement, if I were still to live ignobly after his death, wouldn't that be abandoning what I have upheld all my life!"

Having said that, he bent down to pick up a short blade dropped by a county soldier, his face dyed with sorrow, and resolutely leaped forward to kill a county soldier.

Looking at Xiao Chang, who had thin arms and legs and was dressed like a scholar, that county soldier grinned disdainfully, taking just a step back to dodge the short blade slashed down by Xiao Chang.

Having evaded it, the county soldier looked at Xiao Chang, whose center of gravity was unstable, reversed his grip on the short blade, and smashed the hilt down towards Xiao Chang——

Whoosh!

However, just as the short blade in the county soldier's hand was about to hack down, an iron palm carrying fierce wind arrived later but first, rapidly enlarging in his abruptly constricting pupils.

Bam!

The palm fell like a hammer, and a muffled cracking sound emitted from the county soldier's neck bone. His head was forcefully thrown backward by the immense force, almost twisting half a circle.

Then, the palm strength unspent, it actually pierced straight out from the shoulder blade, forcefully puncturing the bones through the flesh.

Fresh blood gushed forth, and white bones poked out!

This county soldier had his neck directly broken by that sudden palm strike, losing his life instantly!

"How dare you kill my quest giver?"

Qin Muyuan's voice echoed in the area, filled with anger in his tone.

Xiao Chang, who had already prepared himself to die, turned his head in disbelief, only to see the savior brother who had been lying paralyzed on the ground with four arrows in his body just moments ago, now standing intact right before him.

Full of vigor!

"How can this be!"

Seeing Qin Muyuan without a single injury on his body, the robe-wearing stalwart's eyes widened as huge as bronze bells, his face full of disbelief.

He had personally shot four arrows himself, and all four hit his chest!

One of the arrows even pierced through his heart!

How could he still be alive?!

"They even made a little easter egg for seeing the player resurrect from the dead!"

Seeing the shock on the robe-wearing stalwart's face, Qin Muyuan deeply felt that this game developer was rolling too hard, actually making such an easter egg.

"Fortunately I'm not playing the permadeath Steel Soul mode, otherwise I'd miss out on an easter egg."

He was just an ordinary player, naturally he wouldn't choose the Steel Soul mode which only had one life.

Moreover, fearing that his micro-management wouldn't make the cut, Qin Muyuan had even turned on Divine Power mode.

Every time he died, he could gain a 0.5% damage reduction effect.

In other words, as long as he died two hundred times, he could achieve 100% damage reduction and become directly invincible.

However, to have some challenge, the goal Qin Muyuan set for himself was to clear it with a damage reduction effect of less than 20%.

"To be able to extract a death from me, you should feel honored."

Qin Muyuan glanced at [Flowing Cloud Hand Tier 3 (7%)] on his interface.

Immediately afterwards, his figure flashed violently, charging straight towards the robe-wearing stalwart!