314: Chapter 314 The Wandering God's Plans Backfired? He Was Too Steadfast!

Purchase of [ultimate sublimation great gift package · Control Below] successful.

5,000 gold coins deducted from the account.

The heavy metal music on the iron box stopped completely, and the underground plaza fell into an eerie, deathly silence.

The faint blue light in the eyes of hundreds of mutated miners instantly turned crimson.

Beast-like low growls issued from their throats as they raised rusted pickaxes and heavy mechanical arms, lunging frantically toward Chen You in the center of the plaza.

Chaos, carrying the scent of the end, completely surrounded Chen You.

Buck, beneath the minecart, covered his eyes tightly, not daring to watch the upcoming scene of flying flesh and blood.

Chen You stood where he was, his expression calm.

He did not draw his sword.

Raising his right hand, he pressed his index and middle fingers together, pointing straight at the ceiling.

Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder Orthodox Method.

There was no need for a lengthy chant, nor was there any cumbersome casting animation.

“Boom!”

Deafening thunder exploded within the enclosed underground space.

The metal pipes on the ceiling were instantly melted through by the violent lightning.

Thick bolts of purple electricity poured down, accurately striking three meters away from Chen You's body.

The violent lightning-attribute spiritual energy contacted the conductive metal floor, instantly forming a dense network of electricity.

Purple arcs of electricity leaped and darted frantically across the bodies of the hundreds of monsters.

There were no screams.

Under the absolute crushing weight of the stats, the health bars of the mutated miners were instantly zeroed out.

They were directly carbonized by the high temperature of the lightning, shattering into piles of black charcoal on the ground.

The entire clearing process took less than three seconds.

Chen You lowered his hand.

In the plaza, besides him, there was no longer a single standing creature.

The air was filled with a pungent, burnt smell.

Buck peeked through the gaps in his fingers and froze entirely.

He scrambled out from under the minecart and fell to his knees at Chen You's feet with a thud.

“My Lord's divine power! My Lord's magical power is boundless!” Buck trembled all over, incoherent with excitement.

“I, Buck, have been in the mining area for thirty years and have never seen such terrifying lightning! Before you, these monsters are not even as good as rats in the gutter!”

Chen You ignored Buck's flattery.

He pulled up the system panel to check the gift package he had just purchased.

The [qi gathering pill] was optional.

The limited title [Acala] could only be described as the icing on the cake.

The most important thing was the skill book for the fourth form of the Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique: [Closing Moon].

Chen You's brow twitched slightly.

Something was missing.

Previously, when a move reached perfection, the gift package would include a Chapter of the Ultimate Realm, allowing him to enter an illusion to observe a demonstration and thus comprehend the sword intent.

Why was there no Chapter of the Ultimate Realm this time?

Chen You clicked on the detailed description of [Control Below] once more, his gaze sweeping over the line: “Absolutely immune to all mental and soul-based control skills.”

A moment later, he closed the description, feeling relieved.

Control Below was different from other offensive skills.

It was itself an application of sword intent.

It was pure spiritual defense, the absolute control of the soul by the sword intent.

With sword intent as the control, ten thousand laws cannot invade.

This kind of inward-seeking change in state of mind simply could not be materialized into an image or illusion for someone to imitate.

Having figured this out, Chen You stopped overthinking and directly chose to use the skill book for [Closing Moon].

[Ding! Congratulations, you have successfully mastered the fourth form of the Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique: Closing Moon.]

[Heaven-Breaking Sword Technique · Closing Moon: Use extreme sword intent to lock down the target's surrounding aura, forcibly interrupting any spell or skill they are currently channeling or releasing, and causing a brief stagnation of their meridians.]

Chen You looked at the skill description, the corners of his mouth curving up.

Using sword intent to lock down the aura and break all laws.

The description was written with quite a bit of flair.

Translated into simple and crude online gaming terminology, this was a forced interrupt skill with absolute priority, plus a brief silence effect.

Whether it was a cast-time ultimate move or a continuous channel, a single sword strike would stifle it directly in their gut.

Combined with the crowd-control immunity from Control Below, his current combat error tolerance had reached an extremely ridiculous level.

Chen You closed the panel and brushed the dust off his hands.

Seeing that Chen You was finished, Buck hurried forward, rubbing his hands together with a face full of smiles.

“My Lord, the peripheral trash has been cleared. The power room is right at the end of this passage.”

Buck pointed at the dark tunnel ahead. “The pollution source inside is extremely dangerous; it's the ultimate tumor of our mining area.”

At this point, Buck lowered his voice, his tone becoming mysterious.

“But don't you worry, our City Lord's Mansion has a special VIP cooperation plan.” Buck held up two fingers.

“As long as you pay two thousand gold coins, I will immediately activate the self-destruct sequence on the bottom floor. No matter what that pollution source is, I'll make it commit suicide on the spot! Safe, fast, and painless.”

Two thousand gold coins to buy a boss's life.

According to Chen You's past personality, he would have definitely paid the money without hesitation.

For trouble that could be solved with money, he didn't want to move even a single finger.

But this time, he shook his head.

“No need,” Chen You said flatly.

Buck froze, the smile on his face stiffening. “My Lord, the monster inside is really dangerous, that's...”

“Lead the way,” Chen You interrupted Buck.

He came to Cangxing Mine not only to do the main quest but also to confirm if a projection of the Star Sea King was hidden inside.

That was related to the world boss.

If he directly paid the system to blow up the boss, and it happened to blow up key clues, plot items, or hidden NPCs along with it, that would be a huge loss.

Money could be spent, but it shouldn't result in counter-productive assistance.

He had to go in and take a look himself to confirm the target's identity.

Seeing Chen You's firm attitude, Buck didn't dare to push the package further and could only lead the way ahead, trembling with fear.

...

At the entrance of the Cangxing Mine dungeon.

The open space inside the cave was densely packed with players.

Outside the cave was even more of a sea of people, with the flags of major guilds fluttering in the wind and snow.

Everyone braved the severe cold, craning their necks to stare at the portal shimmering with faint blue light.

Discussions were constant among the crowd.

“It's been several hours, why is there still no movement?” A Berserker player rubbed his hands, exhaling a puff of white air.

A mage nearby replied, “When God You usually clears a dungeon, which one doesn't take just three to five minutes?”

“For a dungeon like the Tomb of Thousand Lights, he went in, took a lap, and came right back out. Today's time is dragging on a bit.”

“He couldn't have messed up, could he?” someone whispered.

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings instantly went silent.

A few seconds later, countless murderous gazes were cast toward the Thief who had spoken.

The Thief shrank his neck and gave a dry laugh. “I was just making a reasonable inference...”

“Inference my ass!”

Bloody Battle is a Bit Sweet squeezed through, carrying a greatsword.

He stared with wide eyes and said loudly, “What kind of stats does God You have? Even if you mess up, it's impossible for him to mess up!”

“Just now, that level forty mutated ice demon with an invincible shield was insta-killed by God You with one sword strike! Can the mobs in this mine even break his defense?”

The players nodded one after another.

But it really had been too long.

“To be honest though, the mechanics of this Cangxing Mine are too disgusting,” a Priest player sighed. “Our guild just organized a group to go in and start progression yesterday.”

“And?” someone asked curiously.

“The result?” The Priest smiled bitterly. “Right after entering the first hall, we ran into a group of mutated miners.”

“As soon as that broken speaker started playing, our raid leader threw away his shield on the spot, grabbed two male assassins next to him, and started ballroom dancing. We couldn't even pull them apart.”

The crowd burst into a fit of laughter.

“That's nothing,” another Hunter player said with a face full of grief and indignation.

“I was in for less than three seconds when I got hit by that mental pollution. I couldn't control my own hands and took off all my equipment.”

Everyone laughed even louder.

“That's why this dungeon simply can't be cleared in a group,” Bloody Battle is a Bit Sweet spoke with a hint of pride.

“The more mobs there are, the more control skills there are, and they can even be chained seamlessly. You can only pull them out one by one and slowly grind them down.”

He looked around and said with certainty, “Even if God You's attack is high, he still has to be tactical when facing the chain-control of hundreds of mobs.”

“He must be using the terrain inside to kite them and solo them one by one.”

“He's as steady as a rock!”