Chapter 91: Ghostly Pearl.

At this moment, Wu Shaochen had no idea about the situation outside. He was looking at the ground with a green face. Next to the corpse of the Dark Night Sovereign, there was only a pearl and a token, nothing else.

"Is this all? You were at least a big boss who tortured me for hours. Is this all there is?" Wu Shaochen complained.

Just then, the entire hall began to shake, as if it was about to collapse.

Wu Shaochen didn't have time to complain anymore. He quickly picked up the two things that exploded from the Dark Night Sovereign, then teleported to the mechanism and quickly opened it. Watching the stone door slowly open, Wu Shaochen increased his speed to the extreme and rushed out.

Not long after Wu Shaochen rushed out, the whole hall started to collapse, and soon it turned into ruins.

Looking at the ruins in front of him, Wu Shaochen felt a bit emotional. He had been tormented inside for several hours and was almost traumatized.

Exhausted both physically and mentally, Wu Shaochen took out a teleportation scroll and crushed it, planning to return to the city and log off to have a meal. It was already past 3 o'clock, and he was starving.

Just as he returned to the city of Jinling, he noticed several private messages in his inbox. He opened them one by one and saw messages from Cold Moon, Su Muxue, Wu Ziyin, and also from someone named A Tongmu. They were all asking about the situation and expressing their concerns. Checking the time, he realized that they had sent these messages while he was in the hall.

"Could it be that messages couldn't be received inside the hall?" Wu Shaochen thought to himself. After thinking for a moment, he replied to each person, briefly explaining the situation, and then closed the chat interface.

He opened his backpack and checked the things that the Dark Night Sovereign had dropped after being defeated. After being tormented for so long, he hoped these two things would bring him some surprises.

First, he took out the token and looked at it.

[Identity Token]: A token symbolizing identity. Holding this token allows entry into the Netherworld.

"What is this..." Wu Shaochen's face was full of disappointment. He immediately threw it back into his backpack and took out the pearl. However, as soon as he looked at it, Wu Shaochen widened his eyes in astonishment.

[Nether Pearl]: A treasure of the Nether Clan, closely related to the nearly immortal bodies of the Nether Clan. Five hundred years ago, the Nether Pearl was stolen by the traitor of the Netherworld, the Dark Night Sovereign, and its whereabouts have been unknown since then.

Attributes: ??

Requires acknowledgment to activate.

"This thing seems really amazing. I can't determine its level, but how can I acknowledge it?" Wu Shaochen murmured to himself. Just then, a system prompt appeared:

"The conditions for acknowledging ownership have been analyzed. Do you wish to acknowledge ownership? Note: This item is a treasure of the Nether Clan. Once acknowledged, you will be hunted by the Nether Clan if encountered."

"Ah, another pursuit?" Wu Shaochen felt a headache. It seemed like he had been encountering these situations frequently lately. However, the artifact was right in front of him, and he couldn't simply let it go. Regardless of whether he would be pursued or not, he decided to acknowledge ownership first. So Wu Shaochen directly chose "Yes."

"Acknowledging ownership in progress..."

Soon, Wu Shaochen realized that his life was rapidly decreasing, startling him. He was about to drink a health potion when he heard the sound of a system prompt.

"Ding! Ownership of the Nether Pearl successfully acknowledged."

Wu Shaochen breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he was almost drained dry. He checked his health and saw that the previous action had drained 10,000 of his health. Fortunately, he had a high health pool; otherwise, he would have been completely drained.

Looking again at his hand, he noticed that the Nether Pearl was no longer there. However, a small pattern appeared in the palm of his hand and quickly disappeared.

"Did it disappear after acknowledging ownership?" Wu Shaochen quickly checked his personal attributes and indeed found an attribute for the Nether Pearl.

[Nether Pearl]: Possesses extremely powerful healing abilities.

Attributes:

1. Resurrection: Revive at full health in the same spot after death, with a 2-hour cooldown.

2. Restoration: Regenerate 5% of maximum health per second.

3. Nether Power: Killing monsters randomly collects Nether Power, which can be used to restore the user's or teammates' health. Each point of Nether Power restores 100 health.

Seeing the attributes of the Nether Pearl, Wu Shaochen couldn't contain his excitement. This was definitely a god-tier artifact! With just this item, he could make up for a lot.

"Let's log off and have a meal first." Wu Shaochen thought to himself. It was already too late, so he logged off directly from his current location.

After logging off, Wu Shaochen picked up his phone to get ready for dinner but noticed there were over ten missed calls. He opened them and saw that they were all from Wu Ziyin.

"I didn't put my phone on silent. Why didn't I hear it? Could it be that I was too tormented to even hear incoming calls from the outside world?" Wu Shaochen thought to himself. He quickly returned the call, and soon an anxious voice came from the other end.

"Brother, why haven't you been answering your phone? You didn't reply to any of the messages I sent in the game. What's going on? How did you drop to level 0?" Wu Ziyin anxiously asked.

"It's nothing. Just encountered a disgusting boss, and I've already killed it," Wu Shaochen casually replied.

"Really? But what about your level? Don't you have to start leveling up again?" Wu Ziyin asked.

"Level? After I killed it, my level went back up. Don't believe me? Go online and check," Wu Shaochen confidently said.

"Is that so? I'll go online right away and see," Wu Ziyin said.

After hanging up the phone, Wu Shaochen quickly went to a restaurant to have a meal. After ordering his food, he sat at the table and browsed the forum for a while. As expected, the entire forum was still discussing his drop to level 0.

"Hehe, fallen from grace? Soon you will know what it means to face an invincible assassin!" Wu Shaochen laughed, then opened his left hand and suddenly saw a pattern flash and disappear.

"What the f***! How is that possible?!" Startled, Wu Shaochen jumped up from his seat, nearly knocking over the table. The cups and bowls on the table fell to the ground and shattered.

"What's going on?" The confused restaurant owner quickly came over and asked.

"Ah, it's nothing, just got a bit excited. I'll pay for it!" Wu Shaochen quickly explained, looking at his smooth palm and thought to himself, "Was it an illusion? It seems like I've been playing games for too long recently, even experiencing hallucinations. I should get more sleep every day from now on."

Seeing that nothing serious had happened, the owner didn't make a fuss. He picked up a broom and cleaned up the broken glass on the floor, while Wu Shaochen picked up a few glass fragments under his feet and threw them in the trash can. However, in the process, he accidentally cut his hand. He smiled bitterly and shook his head, then wrapped the cut with some tissues, thinking, "I'll buy some band-aids later from the pharmacy."

After finishing his meal, Wu Shaochen went to the pharmacy, bought a few band-aids, and returned home. He removed the tissue from his hand, intending to put on a band-aid, but he froze as he stared at his fingers, which were as clean and unblemished as before.

"What the hell, am I hallucinating again?" Wu Shaochen rubbed his eyes and then extended all ten fingers, examining them closely. There wasn't a single wound on any of them.

He picked up the tissue from the ground, which still had bloodstains on it, proving that he did indeed cut his finger. But now, how was it possible that there were no wounds on any of his fingers?

Suddenly, he remembered the description of the Nether Pearl: "Possesses extremely powerful healing abilities."

"Heh, what am I thinking? It's just a game. Maybe the wound wasn't deep, so it has already healed," Wu Shaochen convinced himself with a forced reasoning, then put on his helmet and logged back in.