45: Chapter 45: A Million Points of Sin! Establishing the First Guild at the Start

Above the ruins, a deathly silence.

Qin Ji looked at the dark red rune slowly sinking into the flesh of his palm, his gaze sweeping over the shocking blood-red numbers on the System panel.

[Current Sin Value (Red Name): 1,000,000 (Extremely Dangerous!)]

[Warning: You have become a "Public Enemy of the Plane". Within the range of any main city, guards will kill you indiscriminately! Upon death, the drop rate of items in your backpack and equipped gear is increased to 100%!]

"One million..."

The corners of Qin Ji's mouth twitched slightly. According to the mechanics of "Divine Realm", killing a normal monster of the same level only removes 1 point of Sin Value. To clear this million, he would have to kill in this godforsaken place until the game servers shut down.

Even more fatal was that "100% drop rate".

His entire livelihood was currently in his bag. Although the [heart of oblivion] he just plundered had been fused, that Divine Artifact [abyssal fang], and the several rare Materials just dropped from Neil in his backpack—if he died, he'd be back to square one overnight.

"I must store these things first."

Qin Ji's gaze fell upon the pile of smashed Demi-Lich remains.

As a Lord-tier BOSS killed for the first time, although Neil died miserably, the drops would definitely not be shabby.

He stepped forward, rummaging through the pile of broken bones and ashes.

[Obtained: Gold Coins × 5000]

[Obtained: Lichs Wrath (Skill Book · S-Rank)]

[Obtained: Blessing of the Gods (Special Consumable)]

...

Qin Ji casually swept these items into his backpack until his fingers touched a cold, heavy token emitting an ancient bronze aura.

His movements instantly froze.

Even for someone like him who had seen great storms, his pupils contracted slightly at this moment.

[guild founding token (Unique Server-wide · First One)]

[Description: Possessing this token allows one to apply to a main city governor to establish a guild and obtain a guild territory.]

[Note: When used in the wild, it can directly activate the guild System and generate a temporary guild warehouse.]

"Just what I needed."

The smile in Qin Ji's eyes gradually widened.

In the early stages of "Divine Realm", the value of this iron token even surpassed a Divine Artifact. It was not only a symbol of power but also a mobile "safe house".

As long as a guild was established, the guild warehouse could be opened anytime, anywhere.

"Use."

Qin Ji did not hesitate at all and directly crushed the token.

Buzz—!

A solemn golden light soared into the sky, instantly breaking through the mist that hung over the Land of Oblivion year-round.

[System Prompt: Please name your guild.]

Qin Ji looked at the undead army surrendering at his feet, then at his own black Killing Intent that had almost condensed into substance.

"Scourge."

He faintly spat out two words.

Since he was destined to be a breaker of this world's stats, he would be a Scourge that made everyone tremble with fear.

[Ding! Guild "Scourge" established successfully!]

[You are the first player in the entire server to establish a guild. A server-wide announcement is about to be made. Do you wish to hide your name?]

"No."

Qin Ji did not choose to keep a low profile this time.

Sometimes, properly showing one's blade is to keep those reckless flies away. For example, that "Divine Court" that had been biting him like a mad dog.

The next second, the already boiling world channel was completely ignited by a golden bolded announcement that had never appeared before.

[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to player "Qin Ji" for successfully establishing the first guild in the server—[Scourge]! Reward: Guild Rank +1, Guild Special Building Blueprint × 1! This announcement is hereby made for all to see!]

[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to player "Qin Ji" for successfully establishing the first guild in the server—[Scourge]! Reward: Guild Rank +1, Guild Special Building Blueprint × 1! This announcement is hereby made for all to see!]

...

The announcement repeated three times, like a heavy hammer smashing into the hearts of all players.

Divine Realm Main City, Resurrection Point.

Several elite players from Divine Court who had just been screwed over by Qin Ji hadn't even had time to run back to their corpses before being stunned in place by this announcement.

"Qin Ji? Who the hell is this?"

"First guild? Where did the guild founding token come from? At this stage, even Rank 30 BOSSes are hard to push. How did he manage to get a guild founding token drop?"

"Scourge... this name sounds like a bad guy!"

Inside the temporary base of the Divine Court guild, the teacup in Futou Shield Mountain's hand was crushed to pieces with a "crack". Scalding tea flowed through his fingers, but he was completely oblivious, staring fixedly at that name, his face so dark it looked like it could drip water.

"Investigate! Investigate for me at all costs! This Qin Ji is definitely the person who was making trouble in the Sanctuary of Buried Bones just now!"

...

Land of Oblivion, Core Altar.

Qin Ji had no time to pay attention to the external clamor.

He was operating the newly opened guild interface with extremely fast hand speed.

[Name: Scourge]

[Rank: 2 (System Reward +1)]

[Guild Master: Qin Ji]

[Members: 1/500]

[Warehouse: Opened]

Clatter.

Those Advanced Materials and spare equipment in his backpack that were temporarily unusable, and even those rare Ores he had just dug up, were all thrown into the guild warehouse by him in one go.

Looking at his empty backpack, Qin Ji let out a long sigh of relief.

Now, even if a hundred max-level guards rushed over and hacked him to death, he would only lose one Rank of experience, which was insignificant.

"Next, handle this."

Qin Ji reached back and took out the scroll that had dropped from Neil—[Blessing of the Gods].

This was a parchment scroll emitting a holy white light.

[Blessing of the Gods: Upon use, one can randomly obtain a blessing from a deity, with a very high probability of clearing all negative statuses (including Red Name), or obtaining a special talent.]

"One million Sin Value, I wonder if this thing can hold up."

A hint of playfulness flashed in Qin Ji's eyes.

Normally, this scroll was a divine item used to wash away a Red Name. But his current Sin Value was too high, so high that even the System's judgment had a logic overflow.

"Use."

With a pull of his thought, the parchment scroll burned to ashes in his hand.

A soft Holy Light descended from the sky, attempting to envelop Qin Ji's body.

However, just as the Holy Light touched the ink-thick black aura of sin on his body, a sudden change occurred!

Zzzzt—!

The originally holy white light was instantly dyed crimson, and a piercing noise like an electrical short circuit came from the air.

[Ding! Performing Holy Purification...]

[Warning! Target Sin Value too high (1,000,000), Purification failed!]

[Warning! Holy energy has suffered a backlash, causing a fallen mutation!]

[Ding! You have received the gaze of "Empress Houtu" (Mutated Version)...]

[Congratulations! You have obtained the forbidden passive—Death Reincarnation (1-Star)!]

"As expected, it mutated."

Qin Ji raised an eyebrow and immediately clicked on the skill tab.

[Death Reincarnation (Passive · 1-Star)]

[Effect: Your basic attacks or single-target skills have a 0.5% chance to trigger "Instant Death Judgment", ignoring defense, ignoring HP, ignoring shields, and directly instakilling the target.]

[Restriction: Ineffective against units more than 50 Ranks higher than oneself.]

[Proficiency: 0/1000 (Each time Instant Death is triggered, Proficiency +1)]

0.5%.

It seemed pitifully low.

But in Qin Ji's eyes, this was simply a divine skill tailor-made for him.

Don't forget, he was a mage.

A perverted mage who possessed [Multi-Cast] and [Rapid Cooling], and could even swing a greatsword to create phantoms. Five strikes a second, three hundred strikes a minute.

As long as the attack speed was fast enough, this 0.5% was 100%.

"And it can be upgraded."

Qin Ji looked at the proficiency bar, the purple-gold light in his eyes growing more intense. If it reached max stars, could he instakill a World BOSS with one strike? Or even... instakill a god?

He slowly tightened his grip on the [abyssal fang], and looked down from the altar.

There, several newly spawned Skeletal Behemoths were taking heavy steps, attempting to approach this restricted area.

"Perfect, I'll use you to test the blade."

Qin Ji's figure flickered and instantly disappeared from the spot.

No flashy magic chanting, only a pitch-black sword light drawing a sharp arc in the air.

Shing!

The sword edge swept past the knee of the first Skeletal Behemoth.

-1542 (Basic Attack)

Did not trigger.

Qin Ji was expressionless, his wrist turning as the heavy sword swung back with momentum, precisely cutting into the gaps of the behemoth's ribs.

Second strike.

-1688 (Basic Attack)

Still didn't trigger.

The behemoth roared and swung its bone club down, but Qin Ji neither dodged nor avoided it, his figure closing in like a ghost, the sword edge turning into a blur of afterimages.

Third strike, fourth strike, fifth strike...

Just as the twelfth strike was delivered.

Buzz!

At the tip of the sword, a strange grayish-white light suddenly lit up. It wasn't physical sharpness, but a rule-based erasure directly targeting the Origin of life.

Crack!

That Skeletal Behemoth, which had a full 300,000 HP, came to a dead stop.

No damage numbers floated above its head.

Instead, there was a pitch-black skull mark, like a black hole.

Crash—!

The massive skeleton instantly disintegrated, turning into a sky full of bone powder that drifted down. Full-health instakill!

[Ding! Triggered "Death Reincarnation"! Proficiency +1!]

"Refreshing."

Qin Ji stood with his sword sheathed, feeling the thrill of controlling life and death.

This feeling of ignoring all data and directly erasing an opponent from the level of rules was even more fascinating than simple numerical crushing.

The sunset completely sank below the horizon, and darkness enveloped the Land of Oblivion.

Qin Ji stepped on the bone powder covering the ground, walking step by step into the depths of the mist. The cloak behind him fluttered in the night wind, and those purple-gold pupils trailed two streaks of light in the darkness, like two clumps of never-extinguishing ghost fire, greedily searching for the next prey that could last more than three seconds under his sword.