79: Old man Chen finally finished reading, Zhao Qingcheng collapsed!

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【Otherworld Shuttle】: Exclusive Skill ★★★

Description: After use, you can Void Escape to move. During this time, you gain invincibility and cannot be targeted, and you cannot attack or cast skills. Lasts 3 seconds. Cooldown 3 seconds after ending. Mana cost 150.

Entry: 【Absolute Focus】: Skill cooldown reduced by 90% (cap).

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“There really is a cap.”

Chen Beixuan showed a look of 'as expected'.

He had never tried putting two Absolute Focus entries on one skill, precisely because he was afraid of this situation.

Void Escape's cooldown being shortened to 3 seconds greatly enhanced his survival capabilities.

He didn't plan to touch the remaining four melting stones in his bag.

He intended to wait for more suitable entries before deciding to use them.

He took out two more items.

【Revival Spring Water】: Golden Quality

Description: After use, you can revive infinitely on the spot, and death does not deduct experience. Duration varies with level, currently (3 minutes). One-time potion.

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【Mount Advancement Stone】: Golden Item

Description: Can advance a mount by one grade, up to Golden Divine Grade. One-time item.

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“What a perverted spring water...”

Chen Beixuan secretly clicked his tongue and put it away.

With this item, he had another layer of assurance, which could be used as a trump card.

The Mount Advancement Stone had the same effect as the Pet Advancement Stone.

He would be able to see his mount the next time he logged in.

There were also two Forbidden Spell Scrolls.

【Forbidden · Ten Seal Imprisonment Array】: Golden Quality

Description: Seals and imprisons an area within 2000 meters. During the array's duration, entry and exit are impossible, teleportation is impossible, and death results in revival on the spot with double penalty. Lasts 10 minutes. One-time item.

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【Forbidden · Divine Movement Phantom】: Golden Quality

Description: After use, summons 100 clones and increases the movement speed of friendly units within a 100-meter radius by 800%. Lasts 5 minutes. Clones cannot attack and have 50% evasion. One-time item.

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“These are all good things...”

Chen Beixuan's face creased into a smile as he put them all away.

The harvest this time was undeniably huge; he had simply struck it rich.

Killing and arson bring gold, but robbery is the quickest way to get rich.

After a brief moment of sentimentality, he invested all his attribute points into Intelligence.

His magic attack reached 3350 points.

He leaned back in his chair, letting out a long sigh of satisfaction.

“Finally finished looking through them...”

“Next... it's time to destroy the teleportation array...”

He glanced at the remaining time for the quest; there was less than an hour and a half left.

Time was pressing.

After saying a word to Kalis, he activated his Black Mist skill.

He grabbed Pedro, who was squatting in the corner drawing circles, and walked out the door...

......

Human Realm.

New Moon City.

As a main city on par with the City of Radiance, its map area was equally vast.

Countless players were progressively advancing, exploring new maps.

Currently, the Dragon Clan Guild was making the fastest progress, having already explored up to the 18th level area.

Looking at the recently dissipated server-wide announcement, the crowd was abuzz with discussion.

“Sigh... here it comes again. Why isn't it over yet? One a day...”

“A 50th level Golden BOSS. I'm just baffled, how does he even do it...”

“Ah, just get used to it. I just pretend there's no such thing as a first kill now, it's much more relaxing.”

“On the forums, tens of thousands of people jointly reported Old Man Chen, and the official reply was just two words: 'Not cheating!' It's really frustrating...”

“So, what I'm saying is, let's not treat him as a person. Let's just treat him as an NPC! He plays his game, and we play ours...”

“But besides him, I Want to Defy the Heavens, who's second on the rankings, is also too heaven-defying, isn't he? His level is even higher than our guild leader's, this...”

“Shh! Don't talk nonsense. Don't you know that I Want to Defy the Heavens is our guild leader's son? And you still dare to gossip...”

“Didn't you see the guild leader's face has been dark? If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be in trouble!”

“Oh, I... I just didn't know, I won't say any more, I won't say any more...”

“......”

The idle chatter around him entered Lu Hongqiang's ears, causing him to frown slightly.

He called Zhao Qingcheng and said in a deep voice.

“Have you figured out the reason for the level increase?”

Zhao Qingcheng secretly thought 'not good' and quickly lowered his head, saying.

“Young Master is in the City of Radiance, and the Old Man Chen we're looking for is also in the City of Radiance, so...”

He didn't continue, but the meaning was already clear.

Only Old Man Chen could have leveled Lu Ziming to 20th level at such a rapid pace.

Lu Hongqiang also understood his meaning and immediately became somewhat annoyed.

“Why didn't you say so earlier?”

“This... I just received the news.”

Zhao Qingcheng didn't dare to look up at him and said directly.

It was quite a coincidence.

Soon after the guild leader instructed him to buy the flame demon bow, he received news from the Extinction Guild below.

He had asked about Old Man Chen yesterday.

But for some reason, the news only came today.

What was even more infuriating was that the original intention of buying the flame demon bow was to win over Old Man Chen and show sincerity.

But what kind of message did Old Man Chen send him!

It was even more perfunctory than the mass-sent New Year's greetings!

There wasn't even a fist-clasp, fireworks, or red envelope emoji!

He still didn't know how to explain this to the Chairman.

Should he say:

You, old man, spent 100 million to buy a blessing?

And it was a mass-sent one?

Oh my god!

He couldn't even imagine how miserable his death would be!

He was afraid that if he said it today, there would be a corpse on the riverbank tomorrow...

Zhao Qingcheng stood still, eyes downcast, silently praying in his heart.

Please don't ask about buying the bow!

Please don't!

......

“Did Old Man Chen reply?”

Zhao Qingcheng: “......”

Damn it!!!!!!

His inner self roared wildly, then he pulled a face and knelt down.

“Cough... he... he did...”

His brain spun rapidly, thinking about how to phrase it so the Chairman would accept it more easily.

Lu Hongqiang, however, frowned slightly and said indifferently.

“Why are you so nervous? Did he refuse?”

Hearing this, Zhao Qingcheng's eyes lit up, and he nodded like a pecking chick.

“Ah... yes! He said he didn't want to join the guild and politely declined!”

After saying that, he immediately wiped a sweat from his brow.

Old Man Chen sending a blessing was also a form of refusal, so it wasn't a lie.

“Hmph, ungrateful. Did you find his real-world location?”

Lu Hongqiang snorted coldly and asked with a gloomy face.

“It's been pinpointed to Morning Wind City. Based on bank transactions, we've found several matching targets. Our people have already departed.”

Zhao Qingcheng replied truthfully.

Lu Hongqiang nodded coldly upon hearing this, sneering inwardly.

He refused 100 million, which was forcing him to use force.

Once he was captured, wouldn't they be able to manipulate him however they wanted?

Old Man Chen, ranked first.

Must be used by them!

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City of Radiance.

Due to headquarters' funding support, the Extinction Guild acquired a large amount of equipment to arm its guild members.

Their level has now caught up considerably, currently exploring the 15th level area.

They were not far behind the War God and Blood Moon guilds.

At this moment, Manager Zhang was leading his team to farm monsters and complete quests when he suddenly received a message from headquarters.

【Dragon Clan 丿Qingcheng: I asked you about Old Man Chen yesterday, why are you only replying today? /Serious face】

Manager Zhang saw it and his heart immediately sank.