"It's an unique equipment!" Fearless was surprised.
In <<REBIRTH>>, every dungeon quest had an unique weapon. These weapons were much stronger than other weapons of the same grade, so they were called pseudo-ancients.
That was because the unique weapons were one of a kind, just like ancient and legendary weapons.
The only difference was that unique weapons could only be obtained in dungeon quests, while ancient or legendary weapons were mostly chain quest rewards.
Of course, unique weapon were not easier to obtain. The Quan Zhen Sect knew that beating hell mode dungeon quests was one of the ways to get them.
Previously, after beating hell mode Blood-Soaked Church, Ming Du obtained the level 20 Nebulous Sphere, which was an unique equipment.
"Brother Spring, shall we decide by rolling the dice?" Fearless asked in the guild chat channel.
Fearless was a support, so he did not require great equipments. Usually, he would let the others have the top tier equipments dropped. But this time Fearless seemed to be interested in the equipment, and even asked to roll the dice.
"Why am I not included?" Ming Du cried, "I can use that staff too…"
Fearless shot him a glance and replied, 'Give me your Nebulous Sphere and I'll let you roll!" It was too much for Ming Du to ask for the staff when he was the only one with an unique equipment.
"Nevermind, you two can have it…" Ming Du was only joking. The staff was not as good as his Nebulous Sphere for him.
Spring Halo waved and said, "You can take it, the staff doesn't suit me…"
"Thanks a bunch then brother Spring!" Fearless was gratuitous. 
Wang Yu then passed the staff to Fearless, and continued picking up the loots.
There was a material called "Toxic Tooth Gland" for making "Angela's Venom", only Spring Halo could use it.
The rest were all equipments.
<Ruler's Scale (Heavy Armor) (Gold)>
Physical Defence: 56-80
Magic Resistance: 56-80
+200 HP
+20 Strength
Effects:
[Ruler's Scale] (Passive) - Areas protected by the armor will receive 30% reduction in damage.
[Deity's Curse] (Passive) - Decreases speed of enemies by 30% within 100 range of user.
[Cage of Containment] (Active) - Builds a cage that restricts a single target's movement for 2.5 seconds.
Job Requirement: Warriors, Knights
Level Requirement: 40
<Rattan Longbow (Longbow) (Gold)>
Physical Attack: 36-110
Magical Attack: 15-34
+17 Dexterity
+11 Strength
Effects:
[Precision] (Passive) - Apply sure hit to 40% of normal attacks.
[Poison] (Passive) - Causes poison damage to target, -50HP every second
[Shadow Serpent] (Active) - Transforms arrow into venomous snakes to attack enemies, causing extra magical damage. Cost: 120MP. CD: 60 seconds
Job Requirement: Bowman, Thief
Level Requirement: 40
Level Requirement: 40
<Demonic Serpent's Teeth (Necklace) (Silver)>
Physical Attack: 27-27
Magical Attack: 20-20
Effects:
[Poisonous Corrosion] (Passive) - Normal attacks will decrease target's defence.
[Demonic Serpent's Voice] (Active) - Silences target for 1.5 seconds
Job Requirement: Magician, Priest
Level Requirement: 30
These equipments seemed pale in comparison to the Sacrificial Staff, and they at least required level 30 to use, so the Quan Zhen Sect members had no use for them.
"Sanguine, do you need these equipments?" Fearless asked Sanguine Warflag before Wang Yu even distributed them.
Quan Zhen Sect had seen too many top tier equipments, and were not interested in the loots. However, for the Sanguine Alliance members who were mostly using silver equipments, gold equipments were rare and few.
"How much?" Sanguine Warflag had knew Fearless long enough to know that Fearless never did anything for free.
"100 gold and you can have them all!" Fearless said monotonously. These equipments did not worth much anyway, 100 gold was a good price.
"Ok, deal!" Sanguine Warflag accepted the offer generously.
After this headquarters defence quest experience, Sanguine Warflag had completely emptied his mind of ideas to go against Quan Zhen Sect. He decided to get on good terms with Quan Zhen Sect, and spending 100 gold to do so was worth it.
"Such generosity!" Fearless laughed, "I'll keep the equipments first, and deliver them to you after the quest is over."
"Ok" Sanguine Warflag replied.
The last item was a book, not a rare skill book, but more like a dictionary.
The book looked heavy, and golden runes were carved all over its solid black cover. It looked more like an equipment than an item.
<Book of Sealing>
Job requirement: Magician
The item only had a short description, and that further confused Wang Yu and Yang Nuo, so Wang Yu did not let Fearless sell the book.
After playing the game for so long, Wang Yu knew that an item lacking in description is either treasure or trash, it was better to keep such items for themselves than to sell it.
"This thing's for magicians...brother Spring, you can take it…" Wang Yu passed the book to Spring Halo.
With a black flash, the book appeared in Spring Halo's hands.
"Eh? This book…" Spring Halo looked astonished when he received the book.
"What's wrong?" Ming Du squinted his eyes and asked, "Could this book be an erotica?"
"F*ck off!" Spring Halo shot a glance at Ming Du, and continued, "I think Iron Bull has struck gold this time..This must be the predecessors' blessing…"
"What do you mean?" Everyone was confused by Spring Halo's words.
"Take a look yourselves!" Spring Halo posted a screenshot in the guild chat.
<Book of Sealing (Secondary Weapon) (Legendary) (Sealed)>
Physical Attack: 10-17
Magical Attack 24-33
+3 Intelligence
+7 Spirit
Effect:
[Power of Sealing] - Use the strong power of the laws of nature to seal and command all living things except other players.
Targets user can command currently: Angela (The commanded targets can level up, up to the user's level. Current level: 24)
[Sealing Space] - Contains the sealed creatures. The space ensures that the summoned creatures' level would not reset. Current slots: 1/10
Job Requirement: Magician
Level Requirement: Level 10
Equipment Description: The divine item used by the God of Light to seal Snake Queen Angela. Seal Status: 1/10


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Join Wang Yu, the greatest martial genius the world has ever seen, as he takes on the gaming world of <<REBIRTH>>, where dragons, demons and immortals are more than just legends.

They knew that they couldn't beat Hachi Chan but they weren't too disappointed. 
 They could always run the dungeon again and again. Remnant Dream could take the first tiger and no one would object against it because on the rare chance that it dropped, it would be because of her lucky hands. 
 There were other players in Dawn that were very lucky as well. 
 These people were just naturally blessed by the game to have insane luck, and Hachi Chan was definitely one of them. If a player found out that they were lucky, they would recommend themselves to a major guild. Once their luck was verified, they would always be part of the raids and dungeons even if they were an incompetent player. 
 Many players that were very lucky would set terms and conditions before joining the guild, such as receiving first priority on an item of their class or rare items and mounts. 
 There were different tiers of lucky players and Hachi Chan was definitely up there. 
 Because of her value to the guild, if she wanted an item, Lu Li would rarely oppose her. Her value was worth much more than one or two mounts. 
 "I'll start looting now. Everyone stop talking," Remnant Dream announced seriously. 
 Hachi Chan covered her mouth and stared nervously with her big eyes. She was hoping for the mount to drop as well, even though she didn't need any new mounts. She had completed many rare and random quests that had rewarded her with a collection of rare mounts. She simply wanted the mount to drop so that Remnant Dream's desire could be fulfilled and she wouldn't be woken up by her in her beauty sleep.
 However, no matter how much everyone wanted it, there was still a very low chance of dropping. 
 Remnant Dream would always put her leg over Hachi Chan when she fell asleep. This was something that she couldn't control and it was something she had done since they were kids. 
 "Enhancement Stones, rare materials, skill book, equip, equip, equip…" 
 Remnant Dream went through the Boss' corpse like a little thief as she flung various unwanted items behind her towards the group. Lu Li was like the garbage collector, picking up all the junk that she didn't want. 
 There were more than 100 Enhancement Stones now because the game had increased the drop rate. However, the prices of the Enhancement Stones did not fall because of their high demand. The increased drop rate just meant that rich people could enhance their equipment even more. 
 Most of Lu Li's equips were enhanced 5 times, with some only enhanced 3 or 4 times. The Enhancement Stones they found from dungeons were enough for him. 
 Once you enhanced more than 6 times, there was a chance of breaking the item which wasn't worth it in Lu Li's opinion. 
 Ruling Sword had recently just got out of their financial slump, so they couldn't afford to have Lu Li blowing up a godly item. Besides, Ruling Swords had always relied on their mechanics to outplay opponents. 
 The Enhancement Stones were evenly distributed and nobody wanted the skill book. Lu Li decided to put the skill book as well as the Dark Gold equipment into the guild storage.
He threw these equips into the guild storage without consulting the people from Drizzle Court and Peerless City. Ruling Swords could clear Zul'Gurub without Drizzle Court or Peerless City so their players were happy just to be part of the First Clear. The First Clear rewards were worth a lot more than these useless Dark Gold pieces. 
 Water Fairy wasn't offended either because she knew most of them were only worth a few gold. 
 "Betray's Boot for Priests. Who wants them?" Lu Li asked. 
 "Me," Star Baby called out as she raised her hand. 
 Lu Li deducted 1 point and gave her the equipment. The piece had decent stats and could be useful as a backup piece. 
 Professional players all had more than one set of equipment. 
 There was always a small chance of losing your equipment when you died in the Wild or during Stronghold wars.
Even though it was just one piece of equipment, the overall power of the player would drastically decrease. The last time Fat Monkey and Lu Li dueled, Lu Li took off a shoulder piece and Fat Monkey's confidence sky rocketed. 
 You always needed backups to minimize the decrease in power if you were to lose a key piece. 
 "Primal Hakkari.." Lu Li mumbled as he picked up an item. 
 "Wow, Hachi Chan, it dropped, it dropped!" 
 "Wow, Dreamy, you're amazing. Good job!" 
 The two girls hugged each other and screamed while jumping up and down. 
 Lu Li was speechless; was her luck really that good? It was a mount that he had never seen in his past life and they found it in one go. 
 No wonder why there was a famous saying for this mount. 
 Whenever someone asked for the chances of the Swift Zulian Tiger mount dropping, the answer was when it did, the drop rate was 100%, and when it didn't, it was 0%. 
 The unlucky ones wouldn't get one even after spamming the dungeon for 10 years. 
 The lucky ones, like Remnant Dream, would find it in one go. 
 Lu Li was almost in tears because he knew that he was one of those people that wouldn't find one even after 10 years. Not only was he not lucky, he was notorious for being unlucky. 
 This was why the value of Remnant Dream was so high. 
 And so, Lu Li cleared his throat and asked, "Dreamy, can you summon it out for us to see?
 "I haven't paid for it yet." 
 Remnant Dream was actually very mature. Even though she knew her position and value in the guild, she was still taught to be respectful. 
 "Okay, I'll take off 100 points," Lu Li said generously. 
 This mount was priceless and would probably be worth more than a few pieces of legendary equips. 100 points was nothing for this. 
 "Deduct mine, deduct mine!" Hachi Chan cried out as she jumped around Lu Li like a little bunny. 
 "If it's only 100 points, just deduct mine," Remnant Dreams said, trying to play it off. 
 "No, we had a deal, you can't go back on this," Hachi Chan insisted. She knew what her friend was scheming. 
 "One's dumb and the other is stupid. They're both hopeless," Azure Sea Breeze sighed as he looked at them and shook his head.


He had never invested in shares or bought a lottery ticket, and neither did he have any experience in the general business industry. Lu Li found that the only thing he could do was play games. 

Luckily he had experienced rebirth, and was one step ahead of everyone else. Luckily, games had been developing extremely quickly, and there were many people who had become rich through playing games. 

In his ‘past life’, he had spent countless nights awake, in grief and anguish. However, although all of this had been washed away, so what…? This life, he was determined make a fierce counterattack against fate and stand at the very top!

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[You have successfully slain the Goblin Chieftain. Experience has been gained.]
[Player Equinox has leveled up two times]
[Soulbound Sirius has leveled up three times]
[Soulbound Kanlaon has leveled up three times]
[Soulbound Saena leveled up three times]
[Weapons Mastery has increased in skill mastery]
[Player Equinox has achieved the title 'Goblin Slayer']
When these slur of notifications showed in Adrian's vision he sighed and laid on the ground because his stamina bar is already in the red. He was smiling as he gazed at the dungeon's ceiling. It was an electrifying feeling when he used the last skill for the sword Psyche Armament.
Skill: Soul Avenger
Tier: Legacy
Type: Active
Effect: Deal damage dependent on the amount of health the target has lost. Damage starts from 500% physical damage to 1500% physical damage to a single target. Enemies near the target will also be damaged by 70% of the total damage that the target was dealt with.
Cooldown: 3 hours
Cast Time: 3 Seconds
Skill Cost: 50 Essences
It was Adrian's last attempt since if he prolonged the battle any longer his stamina will plummet and then his Satiety will go down further and he would lose health even just by walking. Now he knows why this skill costed 50 essences just to activate. The skill itself was devastating in terms of damage especially the area of effect is pretty useful during swarms of enemies.
Adrian rose up from the ground when his stamina bar was recovered to almost 30% and proceeded to take all of the loot that he previously did not pay attention to. He picked up tons of coins and even managed to amount about 105 gold pieces which was a sizeable amount. If a raid party were to equally distribute the gold collected for twenty persons since a maximum of twenty people could enter this dungeon scenario then they would be given a measly 5 gold in return for a lot of work. This is one of the reasons that players usually avoid farming humanoid enemies or NPCs because they drop items in smaller amounts compared to beastlike monsters.
The goblin recruits dropped some armors and weapons but it was mostly of common and uncommon quality which was useless in Adrian's eyes since players at this stage had at least 1 or two rare quality items. What caught his eye though was the items that each boss monster dropped. Each boss monster dropped an item and a skill book each. It was due to the first explorer reward that increased the odds of dropping items.
The goblin ranger dropped a rare quality crossbow and the skill book for Knockback Arrow which is also rare quality. The goblin mage dropped a rare quality robe and a rare quality skill book for Chain Lightning. The most prized of all that Adrian has looted was an epic quality broadsword and an epic quality skill book for Stampede which is for warriors. Adrian looked at the description for each item and weapon while he was still resting.
Weapon: Red Sparrow Crossbow
Tier: Rare    Level Requirement: 45
Description: A red crossbow with its tip shaped like a birds head and is reminiscent of a bird gliding. It is the favorite weapon for rangers who wants faster fire rate but lesser damage compared to a traditional bow.
Damage modifier: 50-60   Attack Speed: 1.2
Weight: 20 units
Restrictions: Bow Mastery or Ranger job class or Weapons Mastery
Armor: Darkness Magus Robe
Tier: Rare    Level Requirement: 45
Description: A robe infused with dark attribute magic and is mostly used by practitioners of dark magic. It is dreary and might give the wearer bad luck but it is not proven. It may be uncomfortable to wear but it is light on the body.
Dark Magic Resistance +10%   Light Attribute Resistance – 5%
Dark Magic Mastery+1   Dark Magic Damage +5%
Weight: 5 units
Restrictions: Magic related job class
Weapon: Tribal Broadsword
Tier: Epic    Level Requirement: 50
Description: A broadsword used by chieftains of a certain species as both a weapon and a ceremonial artifact. Only leaders who have proven their worth can wield this sword.
Damage modifier: 100-120   Attack Speed: 0.75
Generate Skill: War Cry (Details)
Weight: 80 units
Restriction: Sword Mastery 5
Adrian checked the skill War Cry and was amazed because with this skill embedded in the broadsword its value would become higher.
Skill: War Cry
Tier: Epic
Type: Buff
Effect: Produce an invigorating yell that empowers you and all your allies that are in the vicinity or is able to hear your shout. Doubles the caster's stats for ten seconds while his/her allies gains 50% stat increase for the same duration. Cannot be used during Silenced state.
Cooldown: 10 minutes
Cast Time: Instant
Skill Cost: 10 Stamina and 10 Mana points
A skill that not only doubles the user's stats for ten seconds but also his allies is very useful especially for those who loves to be in hunting parties. Ten seconds may not be a lot of time from a non-gamers perspective but for professional gamers or any gaming enthusiast would say that every second is precious because it only takes a split second for someone to turn the tides of battle in their favor. He then looked at the skill books descriptions.
Skillbook: Knockback Arrow
Tier: Rare
Type: Arrow Enchantment
Effect: Charge your arrow with a force capable of knocking back your opponent by ten meters. Deals 75% of your total physical damage to the target.
Cooldown: 3 minutes
Cast Time: Instant
Skill Cost:  50 Mana points
Restrictions: Bow Mastery or Weapons Mastery
Skillbook: Chain Lightning
Tier: Rare
Type: Active
Effect: Call forth the power of lightning in your hands and cast it ten meters in front of you. The first enemy hit will be dealt with 100% of your magic damage while succeeding targets receive 5% less magic damage per enemy hit until 50% magic damage decrease. Succeeding targets must at least be three meters near the initial target for the lightning to spread.
Max number of Targets: 10
Cooldown: 10 minutes
Cast Time: Instant
Skill Cost:  300 Mana points
Restrictions: Magic Class related job class
Skillbook: Stampede
Tier: Epic
Type: Active
Effect: Charges your body forward in a straight line while increasing your movement speed by 200%. All enemies that collides with the user will be stunned for one second and be dealt 120% of the caster's total physical damage. Cannot be affected by movement status conditions during the charge. The caster can end the skill early. If the caster collides with a wall or other terrain, he/she will be stunned for 0.5 seconds. If the user carries a shield it could chain this skill with 'Shield Bash'.
Maximum travel Distance: 20 meters
Cooldown: 15 minutes
Cast Time: Instant
Skill Cost:  50 Stamina
Restrictions: Warrior related job class
Adrian was unable to learn two of the three skillbooks that he has obtained but he was not disheartened because when he picked the Daemos race, he already knew the pros and cons. Although he could use the Knockback Arrow skillbook, it could only be used when he summoned the Bow Psyche Armament which would be a waste so he decided to just sell the three weapons and the three skillbooks. He would also check if he could trade them to other players. Now that he has seen all his material gains, he decided to take a look at his newly acquired title.
Title: Goblin Slayer
Description: So you like killing goblin's huh!
Effect: Deal 50% more damage when damaging goblins or goblin related enemies. You are considered the mortal enemy for all of goblin kind. You will be hated by all Goblin NPCs and they would choose to kill you rather than help you.
This title can be upgraded.
Adrian did not know whether to laugh or cry because the title's only benefit is the additional damage towards goblin type monsters while the rest is more of a punishment. The only silver lining is that the title could be upgraded and it might decrease or erase the downsides of the title. He could only sigh and give up being friends with goblins in this life.
Adrian then walked towards the cage where the prisoners were being kept. When Adrian was in front of the cage, instead of being relieved the prisoners were acting all scared and some even peed themselves. They muttering words to Adrian while kneeling in the ground.
"Ple..ease Sir.. spare us. Do not hurt us please!" one of the girls who was still able to speak begged.
"Do I look that terrifying?" was the thought that floated on Adrian's mind as he has completely forgotten that his Glamour was dispelled and he currently looks like a demon.
As he was pondering why the prisoners were afraid of him, his soulbounds gathered towards him and as if pouring more water in a breaking dam, some prisoners fainted because of Sirius and Kanlaon's presence. The two soulbound's presence was the final nail on the coffin for some of the prisoner's to retain their consciousness.
 
 
 
 
 
 

In the year 2077, the first FIVR Game or Fully Immersive Virtual Reality Game, Pandemonium, has been created. Pandemonium which is the first ever fully immersive virtual reality game made in human history. In the universe of Pandemonium, Fantasy meets science and where order is chaos and chaos is order. A universe of endless possibilities in which anyone can become the invincible hero fighting against the forces of darkness or a sage which dives into the abyss of magic and so much more. In Pandemonium, the inhabitants comes in all shapes and sizes. Adrian, our main character, who experienced an accident that caused him to be temporary limp used the game as a way for therapy but mainly to experience the new world of virtual reality. He will experience countless adventures and challenges and rise to be the most influential person in this new reality.

Join our Protagonist on his new adventure to become the strongest.

They moved to the front of the library. Juliza stopped them both, "This is our library. The one in the Emperor's city is much, much bigger, but we do have a decent stock of information…If I do say so myself. Now you have three chances make the most of it."
"My first objective would be to learn the runes…all of it."
"You do know there are about thirty-five thousand runes in existence and that it changes every year. Sorry, there is a book that covers all that but I am not going to allow you to read it."
"Why not?"
"It would take weeks."
He flipped out his monocle, "Not with this bad boy."
"A monocle? What is that going to do?"
"Give me the encyclopedia of the runes and I will show you."
She scoffed at it but went to where it was. It was a massive book. She struggled with it a bit and placed it on a table, "People don't read the full encyclopedia. There are better books to learn that divided it into manageable pieces."
Annixon opened the hardcover and suddenly the pages started turning themselves rapidly.
Juliza raised an eyebrow, "An advanced reader? How rare, pity those things don't let you memorize all too well."
After ten minutes he was done with the massive book. He scratched his beard for a second, "Interesting, I think I might have something. I just need to confirm it. My next request in on the fundamentals of magic and flow arts."
"Easy enough."
The walked a few rows over and come across a row of books that were significantly smaller than the rest. She shuffles a bit then produced a book. She gave it to Annixon.
This time Annixon finished in two minutes rather than ten, "Interesting, that confirms it."

"What confirms what?"
"The secret of magic. People really do think on the wrong lines. I really am starting to wonder if it is possible for any person to wield every type of magic."
There was a moment of silence between the two, as Juliza finally spoke up, "Okay, I'll bite. What? You figured out magic to the point where you think every person can use every element?"
"Perhaps I am stretching it a bit, but I still think it's possible. While a person's affinity for an element will play a factor in how quickly he can learn a said art, I think it's still well within the realm of possibility."
"Okay, this I gotta hear. Okay, so what is this so-called secret?"
"Think of it in terms doors or a simple yes, no argument, or as my people would call it the I-O function on computers."
"Computers what is that/"
"Irrelevant, for now. So I will use a door as an example. Simply put, is the door open or is it closed? This I believe is the secret to magic, and the symbols that appear on the tool or person define what the spell can do in the form of a series of arguments. Let me explain in more laments terms. You walk to a door, but you can't open it, so you will go to another one and see if you can open the one. Each door sets up a condition of sorts. A tool acts as the catalyst and depending on the series of doors that were opened it produces a different effect. Truth be told somebody would have figured it out somewhere along the line, maybe someone even has figured it out. I am just saying what I know."
Juliza looked at him in utter bewilderment. It made such simple sense, but how on earth did a simple man just figure it out from reading two books? Is this man a god or something?
Annixon answered as if he was reading her mind, "Before you think I am someone special, I am not. I just used a bit of knowledge and logic to figure it out. That simple."
"That simple he says. It's clear that no everyone has your train of thought."

Annixon waved it off, "Semantics. Okay, so my next request will be on storage items for magic."
 She found the one-eighty a bit strange but still complied. She eventually found the book and gave it to him. Same thing, it was a small book and he scanned through it in record time. He rubbed his chin and pondered, "So, where can I find magite. Who would sell this kind of thing? From what I can figure out is I need a rather large piece to boot?"
Juliza suddenly got excited, "Ah, wait I can help you with that!"
He turned to face her, "Really now. I need a rather large piece to store lightning in it."
"Yes, I can offer it to you in exchange."
Annixon got defensively cautious, "How much or what is it you want?"
"I want you to teach me. Your mind is remarkable. You think differently from most people I ever met. Heck, you make us look stupid."
The idea of teaching her wasn't a bad idea. She could become a future teacher. He is planning to implement a school system based on the technology and wisdom from his world, "Yeah okay. I really don't have a problem with that. In fact, I think that is a great idea. Usually, I wouldn't want something for it, but I really need a solidly large piece of Magite."
She started getting all giddy. She was excited about this opportunity.
Annixon raised an eyebrow, "So, what are you waiting for. Go get your things we are leaving right now."
"Oh, right now? Okay! Just give me a little bit of time then I will join you outside."
He nodded and left.
The scholar at the door saw him and replied, "Good riddance for filth."
He went to the table the scholar was sitting at and bowed so his face was merely a minute distance from the scholar's face, smiled and said, "In due time I will make you eat those words."
He straightened himself and walked towards the door. The scholar could feel a sliver of sweat forming on his brow.

(Author note:Not going to continue writing anymore. Feedback: Reasons feedback poor.)

Follow the adventures of an old world lieutenant, Annixon bright, that gets thrust into another world due to an experiment that went wrong.


In this world filled with magic called 'Flow Arts'. He himself wishes for a better life in a world were the best piece of technology is nothing more than the catapult. Where the people have to live under the tyranny of the nobles. He will bring technology to a bygone age that relied too much on magic making them vulnerable to what is known as "The Decay".

An entity gifts Annixon bright a gift. Perfect memory and something else. One will have to read the story to find out more. There is more to 'The Decay' then meets the eye. The Decay's only weakness? Weapons not related to magic. Think of Annixon as a cross between Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man and Sun Tzu in an old age.

When the local guide left, the humanoid creature completely shrouded in black cloth began to command, "Big A, while that guy hasn't come back yet, sneak in and steal some of his belongings. It must be something stained with blood or covered with hair..."
"Yes, master." Below the feet of the black cloth silhouette, a shadow squirmed and moved quickly towards the villa.
"Hmph, even if this guy's combat power is strong, he is still of flesh and blood. As long as he hasn't ascended to the God-level and his life form didn't change completely, he won't be able to withstand our curse. With his flesh and blood as a guide, there's no way he can defend against it," the humanoid creature was talking to the air beside him.
"Master is wise. According to our intelligence, this Fang Ning's power is only that of a ten-thousand-year Spirit Cultivator. Describing in local terms, it's only Sea-level Magical Energy Cultivation Base. He could never withstand the curse that has the nature of the Order," a sound responded out of thin air.
"Mm, we just need to get rid of this guy and then follow the instructions of the Three Wise Men, turning this world into a place of terror and let all the living beings here tremble in our shadow!" The silhouette under the black cloth suddenly became excited.
"Yes, Master, you'll be the Shadow King of this world!"
A group of voices said in flattery.
...
At this moment, the shadow successfully sneaked into the villa of Vigilante A.
In the villa, the person with the highest cultivation base was Zheng Dao, who cultivated the "Atmospheric Morality Technique".
Now, he had just reached Lake-level. His cultivation progress had been quite fast. After all, morality technique was a difficult ability to cultivate. It was extremely demanding in terms of the cultivator's temperament, self-cultivation, and behavior.
It was very rare to have someone who could be as pure as Sir System.
Therefore, although this ability held great power and could restrain many evils, only a few cultivators managed to practice it.
Zheng Dao, who was busy working in the study, did not detect it, let alone other people. The others were just some beginner level cultivators. Vigilante A himself was the strongest on Earth and naturally, no bodyguards were hired.
Earth's foundation was still too shallow. The various combat-related technologies were very much lacking.
Concealment and investigation were originally very advanced war techniques. Revolving around this, God knew how many "ways to improve it" and "ways to prevent it" were invented by humans.
Obviously, the Earth in the era of Shenyuan still lacked "ways to prevent it".
Even the land where the Dragon God lived was intruded by evil creatures, not to mention other places.
The shadow moved quickly along the flowers and bushes. When it was exposed to the sunlight, it would retract under the ground. Its concealment was ingenious.
It did not even miss searching an inch of land, from the vast farm to the villa itself.
From Fang Ning's bedroom to the dining hall, washroom, bathroom, swimming pool, wherever the other party had been before, it swept by one by one.
The guide was obviously very responsible, they caught the news of Vigilante A going to the Morality City and had enough time to search the other party's residence.
At this moment, Fang Ning was watching the launching of baby Heavenly Book's functions with great interest. How would he think that his home had been turned over by someone else?
Finally, the shadow had completed the search but from its tottering figure when it was leaving, it seemed that the task this time was unsuccessful.
After returning to the woods in the distance, it reported to the black cloth figure.
"Master, I couldn't find any items that meet the requirements. Fang Ning's home is too clean, not even a strand of hair or a piece of scurf can be found. As for bloodstains, it's even more impossible to find."
"What?" The black cloth figure was shocked and angry. "This is impossible! We rely on the Heavenly Oracle Spirit Lord to obscure the Heavenly Oracle before coming here. He certainly will not know and hence, will not clean up in advance."
"Master, please calm down. That's the way it is and not because of my slacking. It's really unbelievable. Even if it's a god, if it's a human that ascended, it'll often leave behind a few strands of hair or some scurf in the residence because of its habit as a human in the past..." The shadow said while shaking.
"Damn, could it be that he's not a human? That's impossible. Could it be that guy lied to us and this is not the house of Fang Ning? That's impossible too, he doesn't have that courage, and I can smell that this place is full of his scent," the figure under the black cloth was puzzled.
After a while, he suddenly exploded with rage!
"Impossible! As long as he's still a human being, there will always be traces. Who won't leave behind a single trace in this world! Even if he proclaims himself as a hero and avoids women, even if he's skilled in celestial arts and has an invincible body, he had no slips when he was still a mortal?" The black cloth figure sunk into madness.
His shadows were all trembling lest he got angry at them too. This Shadow Spirit General was even moodier than malevolent spirits, its mood unpredictable.
"Go, search his previous residence, all his past before he is possessed by the Upper Realm's Dragon Spirit. I don't believe that I can't find a single clue!" The black cloth figure shouted.
After hearing that, countless shadows beside him were relieved and quickly dispersed around.
Of course, he did not know that when Fang Ning had just got the System and produced this "big vest", Vigilante A, he deliberately had Sir System not leak any of his DNA in order to prevent people from seeing through his identity. Therefore, his saliva, blood, hair, scurf, and so on naturally would not be leaked out.
Even his previous remnant traces were cleaned up by Sir System during the daily inspections.
Safety came first. A curse was useless against Sir System but to Fang Ning, it was rather effective. After all, he was always taken over by Sir System, his state of mind had never been carefully refined and his soul could not withstand a curse that was too powerful at all.
Encountering such opponent, one could not say that black cloth figure was too incompetent, one could only blame the enemy for being too cunning.
...
In Morality City, completely ignorant of his home being searched, Fang Ning was eagerly discussing the application prospects of the systems with baby Heavenly Book, making Sir System jealous.
For the sake of discussion, he told Yellow Dog to leave and work on other projects.
Following that, he took the baby Heavenly Book directly into the System Space. It was safer to discuss things here...
"Oh right, beloved Heavenly Book, I remember that you have a Mission Module before and it's personally built by your System Daddy. This type of fine module shouldn't be wasted. Now I'm quite busy and had no time to do those tasks, but other people are different. Now, there are quite a few cultivators who have some power on Earth and it can be released to them. With the monopolized resources of your System Daddy, those cultivators will definitely fight for it," Fang Ning had a great idea.
"Master is right, I'll immediately prepared tasks suitable for other people. It can definitely make a lot of money," Heavenly Book flipped through the pages and soon found the previous Mission Module.
It was what Sir System used to fool Fang Ning into working in the earliest period of time but unexpectedly, the host was too lazy. After only doing the tasks for a while, he then left these tasks at the back of his mind.
Sir System was not the King of Gods and it had long exposed its true self. It could not scare Fang Ning anymore. Thus, a good Mission Module was left unsettled.
Fang Ning remembered it now and it was considered making good use of unwanted material.
"Very good, deposit the money earned directly into master's account. Be careful not to let your System Daddy find out. Master is very poor now," Fang Ning said blatantly.
"Okay, master," baby Heavenly Book immediately promised.
"..." Sir System heard it and was instantly stupefied.
"The two of you are too blatant. Using my monopolized resources to earn money and furthermore, you won't let me know?" Sir System said indignantly. "Is there still any justice? Any law?"
"What are you talking about? The money I made in the end, isn't it for you? How much have I spent on myself? It's all for the big picture," Fang Ning asserted boldly.
"That's right. System Daddy always spends a lot of money. If you don't let master manage it, you'll bankrupt easily," baby Heavenly Book immediately assisted.
"Is that the case?" Sir System was confused by their roundabout way of talking and could not make heads or tails of it.
"Yes, that's the case. Sir System, you should sponsor some start-up funds. You can theorize a few perfect-level common auxiliary skills first, and then make some pills for breakthrough, making sure that they're rare and precious. Only by doing this, we can attract enough cultivators to work for us," Fang Ning quickly said while Sir System was still in confusion.
"Oh, I used to say that I want to build a platform of my own and replace Heavenly Axiom, is it starting now?" Sir System suddenly got excited and said.
"Yes, yes. Also, we can integrate the Justice Points exchange system that we asked the Alliance of Justice and Order to make and let baby Heavenly Book manage it, saving us the trouble. Let's start promoting from the Alliance of Justice and Order, that's our territory, and give the staffs a portable Task Log each. This is a win-win situation." Fang Ning imagined and said.
"Fine, for the sake of money, I'll handle the initial investment," Sir System was successfully fooled...


Procrastinator extraordinaire, Fang Ning, had lost his consciousness after banging his head on a night of celebration. He woke up to a realization that he no longer had control of his body, as a System had taken it over. Will he eventually regain control of his body or will he be trapped in his body forever? How does he maneuver this situation? What's in store for Fang Ning?

On her journey to her new home, Jing was relaxing with Li Li as they flew above the skies. She looked down at the endless color of green below her. The Immortal Forest reaches much farther than Jing originally thought it did. She was certain that if she didn't have Li Li when she first came here, she could have been stuck in that forest for the rest of her life! Even when they were so high up, she still couldn't see any end in sight to this forest. It is said that some of the truly strong beasts that inhabit the deep parts of the Immortal Forest are strong enough to go to head with the current sect leader of the Golden Serpent Sect.

But this was just a rumor that Jing heard amongst her fellow martial peers. Not that she could really imagine the power that the sect leader has nor the beasts that live deep in the Immortal Forest. The strongest thing she's felt so far was the old ghost in the ring that she got rid of back in the ruins. The second would be Elder Change, the elderly looking examiner. The long white beard and hair tied up in a pony tail, wrinkled skin with a sharp gaze, eyes filled with such wisdom and strength. He's an array elder as well. So, Jing might have to call him master in the future.

She looked over to see Bing enjoying the view on top of the winged snake like a majority of the others. She also sensed a particular gaze directed at herself from up ahead on the beast. This wasn't the first time she felt someone's gaze on her since they began flying. Most of the time it was because of Li Li and trying to figure out who could be the owner of such a handsome spirit beast, but this time the gaze stayed on her longer than usual. Just about as long as the time when she was talking to Bing earlier.

She innocently looked over and briefly met eyes with Shang Zhai. He immediately turned his head and looked off into the distance. Jing inwardly smirked before going back about her business of relaxing and petting Li Li's unbelievably soft feathers.

*DING*

[Multiple Missions Completed!]

[Rewards: 3 rare tickets, 100,000 yuan, 5 low-quality spirit stones, Book of Qi]

[Mission Failed!]

[You failed to kill over 500 competitors during the test!]

[Penalty: None]

[Mission Reminder!]

[Help the arrogant young master regain some face! Train Tang Wuying till he's capable of fighting evenly with Gong Jun or surpassing him in strength! Or weaken Tang Wuying by the time of the duel that he loses all popularity and credibility.]

[Rewards: Group tab is unlocked, martial technique: Snake Fist, 3 rare tickets.]

Her mission rewards automatically transferred into her system's inventory. When she went in to look she noticed the familiar lock symbol on the bottom right of the tickets, indicating that she can't bring it out of her inventory and can only be used through the system.

'The being that made this system is pretty sharp. I planned on taking the tickets out of my inventory and refining them into legendary tickets but it got one over me instead by not allowing me to have contact with the tickets at all.' Jing smiled at being checkmated by the system's creator.

'It seems they do not care about what I can do with the other rewards though or the limits I can raise with the others aren't worthy enough to be acknowledged by the system's creator.' Jing guessed.

The money would be useful once she returns back to the city for whatever reason. She found out one way to never be broke again by using 914's refining abilities. But that can wait till later, she has no use for monetary needs as of right now. The book however, was a name she recognized. She went to the system's menu and went to the ally tab before clicking on Bing's name.

[Name: Ai Bing]

[Rank: Qi Gathering 2 Peak]

[Occupation: Martial Artist]

[Techniques: Devil's Arms (Initial Realm), Devil's Physique (Initial Realm), Swift Devil (Initial Realm), ... ]

[Cultivation Method: Book of Qi]

[Loyalty: 40% (Scared to death of you but has come to terms that his life of freedom is now forfeit.)]

'Ah so it was a cultivation technique... And considering that it's the same one Bing has it must be the most common or weakest one there is.' Jing figured.

She was not too worried about the ranking of things though. With 914's ability, even a pile of dirt could turn into a pile of diamonds! So, this common cultivation method has the same value as a rare and one-of-a-kind cultivation book! The advantage Jing has over others can't even be considered to be fair. If the standard cultivator was said to be on stage 5, then Jing would be on stage 100! To even try and compare her to those around her would be the first mistake to make!

Jing decided to wait till she got settled at the sect before officially becoming a cultivator. There's no reason to gain attention here by breaking into the first realm. She's gained enough by attracting the feelings of Shang Zhai and somehow passing the ridiculously difficult recruitment test without even being a cultivator. Even by doing the bare minimum, she still caught the eye of the elders and some of her fellow peers. But as far she knows, they only believe her to be an incredibly lucky mortal with a tamed spirit beast.

'It's good enough for now. The only other way I could've attracted less attention was if I didn't have Li Li or was already a cultivator before I took the test.' Jing thought before going into her inventory.

She decided to use her 3 rare tickets. She didn't think there was much of a point of waiting till later to use them. It's not as if her luck would increase if she decided to wait to use them until she was in trouble. That's just wishful thinking and naivety. The world doesn't go the way you wish it to just because you're in a tight situation.

[Warning!]

[A Penalty Is In Effect!]

[Reduced luck in next gacha spin!]

'Reduced luck? I guess that means I'll most likely get some worthless items.' Jing was about to shrug her shoulders and continue to use them anyway but suddenly stopped herself.

'Next gacha spin? Doesn't that mean if I use only 1 ticket right now, then it would only lower my luck with that ticket instead of all of them?" She asked herself.

Jing realized that only she could answer her questions. The system sure wasn't responding to her. So instead of using all 3 rare tickets together like she originally planned, she used only a single ticket.

[Host has received Cerulean Venus Flytrap seed]

She then used her next 2 rare tickets together.

[Host has received Tiger Boomerang, SCP – 4820]

'Another SCP? How lucky...' She commented with a content look on her face.

She doubted she was going to find much use out of the seed and boomerang but it wouldn't feel right to her if she doesn't use everything in her disposal to their fullest. Jing believed that everything has some value and with 914's ability inside her, that belief was enforced even more. Didn't she have a mission to help Tang Wuying win some duel in a couple months? She could think of some situation where she could give it to him but to get him proficient enough in wielding it to the point of not get wiped out by Gong Jon, the genius martial artist that made her knees quiver even after her refinement. She'll have to do some planning to get everything just right.

Jing didn't plan on weakening Tang Wuying and having him lose horribly. In fact, she plans on recruiting him to her side in these few months. Even though making him lose would be easier and she would still get the mission rewards regardless of what she does, having the only son of Yellow Jade City's ruler on her side can only bring benefits to her. His personality might be horrible but it isn't like she plans on being friends with the boy, just using him until he has no further use to her.

Her first gacha spin could be used if she grows a garden, she could place the Cerulean Venus Flytrap seed inside to defend it from thieves and pests. She still had numerous plants and herbs inside her storage ring that she could plant so, making a garden isn't such a bad idea. She'd have to learn how to take care of a garden though. Hopefully there's a book or place inside the sect where she can learn about it.

Her final reward made her hesitant. She was deliberating over whether to sell this back to the system or not for the 50,000 points it would give her. She personally had no use for this SCP but then again there was nothing inside the system store she could really get even if she sold it. The only thing inside the store was a mug, steel sword, fishing rod, recovery pills, a mysterious egg, and SCP-914. She couldn't even pay half of what SCP-914 was worth with 50,000 store points. It costed a whole 5,000,000 store points!

But then she realized that keeping it wouldn't be such a bad thing either. According to the system, she could gift her allies SCPs in her inventory once their loyalty has reached 100%. And having an undying ally would be pretty useful. So, Jing chose to keep it instead of selling it to the system.

"We've arrived!" Elder Mo shouted with pride in his deep burly voice.

A young teenage girl has awoken inside some random forest with no idea of who she is, where she is, and what is going on. 

She will soon discover some answer to her questions while others stay unanswered but there is one thing that she will discover that will change her entire life. 

The fact that she has been chosen by a mysterious powerful figure to become the host of the SCP Gacha System and that she is in a world where only the strong rule! 

Without power, you are nothing and with power you have everything! How will this young girl tackle this world in which she knows nothing about?!

Come and find out with her.
Mon, Wed, Fri for releases.

Before Wei Xu left, the only thing he didn't explain clearly was the ball of golden light that entered his soul ocean.
When Zong Shou used his consciousness to investigate, he saw that there was a 9-story golden pagoda floating above his soul power whirlpool.
It was pressing on those few true spiritual talismans, repressing on his entire soul.
Zong Shou tried to send some consciousness within it, but he was startled.
He could observe that 9 story pagoda, but when he got close he realized that this thing didn't exist.
Items that were given by saint realm experts weren't ordinary. Just from the token and the jade letter, one could tell.
However, what was this 9-story golden pagoda? What was its function?
There seemed to be no changes to his soul, if he had to point out what was different then it seemed more stable.
...no wait, stable?
Zong Shou's heart moved slightly as he scattered his consciousness. Then, a smile appeared on his face.
He saw that around his soul, those holes on the verge of breaking were suddenly solidifying under the mysterious force.
Some of them were even healing.
The entire process was extremely slow. If it wasn't for him purposely focusing, he wouldn't have been able to notice anything at all.
This treasure that Wei Xu gave him was a really rare soul fixing treasure!
To fix and heal his soul which was on the verge of breaking, it could take ten to a hundred years but at least he saw some hope. And the solidifying of his soul by this golden pagoda was something he could sense.
He didn't need to worry about the catastrophic outcome if this soul ocean whirlpool suddenly broke.
He didn't need to be so terrified and worry day and night.
Zong Shou still couldn't figure out any of the deeper functions, but to be able to find out this was already enough.
However thinking about it carefully, the 3 spiritual artifacts that Wei Xu gave him all couldn't be used for battle.
The teleportation jade letter allowed him to teleport between Gantian Mountain and common people vast habitat, at a dangerous time to escape.
The token, apart from being the sect symbol, was to hide his identity.
If he was willing, then even grade 9 spiritual grandmasters wouldn't remember his true face.
As for this 9-story golden pagoda, he could only toss it in the soul ocean and not bother about it.
To him, these 3 items were all useful. However, they didn't help him to improve combat strength.
Frowning, Zong Shou picked up a fist-sized bag from his sleeves.
This was what Wei Xu gave him before he left, small heaven and earth-bag that he wanted for so long.
His mind reaching into it, Zong Shou was speechless. Not only were there no useable spiritual artifacts within, but even pills and medicine were also extremely small.
The only fortunate thing would be that the tens of Pill bottles were all rare items.
The unique spiritual pills to the common people path were extremely famous in the cloud world. Even Pill Fountain sect, which was famous for Pill refining, was far from them in terms of same type pills.
Next would be a few golden jade tokens which were similar to his own. It was all empty and didn't have a carved name. They were the most basic grade 3 spiritual artifacts and had protection ability. Naturally, it didn't have the same ability as his own.
There were a total of 4, and the identities were all carved out in advance, main sect disciples of the common people path.
Zong Shou didn't understand, but a moment later, he was enlightened before he scoffed.
If he was right, these tokens were left for Chuxue and Zong Yuan.
With his saint realm ability, how couldn't he see the potential of Chuxue's combat martial body?
As for purple lightning spear Zong Yuan, his fame spread out far and wide.
To want to draw both of them in but not even give a decent magical artifact. What wishful thinking!
He made his mind up to not let these tokens see the light of day. His soul was fixed on 2 other things.
The entire small heaven and earth-bag was roughly 2 thousand feet wide within, the highest quality. Compared to a small city, it was huge.
However, apart from those few items, it was empty. Only a portion of books was stacked up in the corner.
Located above was 2 purple gold books. Different from the others. Only these 2 had spiritual energy and didn't look ordinary.
One of them was the insight mysterious lightning body training art and the other was the great sky changing meditation technique.
Zong Shou immediately took these 2 books out of the small heaven and earth-bag.
Just slightly looking at it, he realized that the 2 were locked by spiritual energy. Forcefully opening would only cause it to destroy itself.
Frowning as he thought about it, Zong Shou took out the Sect token. He placed it on the book and as expected a golden light shone and the books opened by itself. 　　
The first to open was the insight mysterious lightning body training art. The first line of words that entered his eyes made him stunned.
Who knows who made this, but the words were extremely sharp, killing intent surging into the heavens.
...this book is the top body cultivation method of the common people path for main sect direct disciples to learn. Other inner disciples of the other sects of the path need the sect leader guarantee before you can train in it. If disciples teach it privately or spread to outsiders, they will be killed!"
Zong Shou's eyelids twitched as he flipped to a next page. In just a moment joy appeared on his face.
This book recorded a really special inner body observation technique know as the spirit observing technique, allowing one that whilst they looked inside their body they could enter the "down to the smallest detail" realm in a short amount of time.
This was truly unique in terms of such techniques.
However, since this was a body training art so the main use was to train the body.
The so-called spirit detail observing technique was just to support. Allowing one to use lightning to train up and stimulate the body.
Based on the explanation on the 1st page, this book could be listed in the top 10 Saint spirit level cultivation methods.
In the common people path, it did indeed have the rights to be listed as a great body training method!
Zong Shou took in a deep breath. In the last life, he spent so much wort before being as to find 2 legendary grade and 1 earth crushing realm techniques before he reached the ascended realm.
Now, just as he entered the sect, a grade 10 martial technique had easily entered his hand.
Using the power of lightning to train the body. Ten thousand years later people had tried to use various machines to achieve that.
However, the first important point of this was that the martial cultivator had to have an important understanding of each part of the body and each cell.
At least during that technologically advanced era, no one truly succeeded.
Moreover, this martial technique's core point was the spirit detail observing technique.
Naturally, this technique also had high demands. One's mind had to be strong, and one had to have absolute control of lightning. With these conditions, he was a great fit.
Zong Shou's memory was shocking, and in just a moment, he memorized it all. He suppressed the thought of immediately trying it out as he took the great sky changing meditation technique in his hand.
The body training art in front had surprised him. As for this one, Zong Shou was naturally filled with anticipation.
After opening it, it was still that killing warning. It was also a secret manual that only common people path direct disciples could learn.
Zong Shou couldn't wait, flipping to the next page. Glancing 10 lines at a time as he swiftly memorized it. Then, the joy in his eyes got thicker and thicker.
This book had nothing to do with the martial path, it was a spirit master meditation technique. It was also a saint spirit realm technique like the previous one.
The greatest difference of this secret manual and normal meditation techniques was that this one was unable to strengthen the spirit master's control of specific or many types of spiritual energy. Instead, it improved the soul from a natural level to strengthen it to greatly increase the calculation and simulation ability.
If one's simulation ability was strong enough, once the soul reached the day wandering realm one would have an Ability-copy and replicate.
Instantly replicating a spell, even a martial path intent. As long as it didn't exceed one's grade, there wouldn't be a time-lapse.
...This also meant it could be used during battle!
Thinking about it, when the enemy used spells or secret techniques he didn't need to form any hand signs or talismans or have any preparation. If he sensed it, then he would be able to replicate it.
He placed the 2 secret manuals back into the small heaven and earth-bag.
Then his face scrunched up, almost as if he was struggling.
A moment later, he sighed slightly as he took out the 2 golden jade tokens. On it, he carved Su Chuxue and Zong Yuan.
From today on, they would be considered inner sect disciples of the common people path main sect.
If they could enter the ascended realm, they would have the ability to enter the mysterious life golden book.
As such, one could see that Wei Xu had high hopes for them.
Zong Shou gritted his teeth in hatred. He wanted to hold them hostage and bargain with the sect to get some benefits. Wei Xu just simply threw 2 secret manuals and he yielded.
This insight mysterious lightning body training art and the great sky changing meditation technique were both suitable for him.
However, on closer look, it was like Wei Xu specially picked them out for Zong Yuan and Chuxue.
Zong Yuan practiced a lightning type cultivation method and comprehended the maniac lightning spear intent. Using the insight mysterious lightning body training art his strength would rise quickly.
Chuxue, although she had a combat martial body, couldn't just solely rely on that to fight.
Great sky changing meditation technique could improve one's spiritual cultivation talents and also one's calculation ability. In the future, it would help to solve the problem of her being unable to learn a single deep talisman.
He was the 2nd generation 7th direct disciple of the common people path main sect. After he entered, he automatically became an elder.
As long as both of them became inner disciples of the main sect, with him guaranteeing, it completed the conditions mentioned on the first page.
To say it was a coincidence... even if you beat him to death, he wouldn't believe it. His senior brother was so scheming!
He scoffed coldly before he hesitated. Following which he took out a yellow jade token and carved on it Zong Ruoshui.　


Zong Shou awakened from a dream and realised that he had crossed into a world 10,000 years in the past. An era before the God Emperor appeared.
What is a God Emperor? Invincible in all parts of the universe, the ruler of the world!
Zong Shou who was half human half monster, with such a weak body, would begin his journey here. To rise up in this bloody and heartless era, onto a path of lustful life surrounded by beauties, looking down on all life with disdain.

Name: Vessel of The Endless One(Magical Item)
Rank: S-ranked
Durability: ∞(Indestructible)
Charged: 5/100
Usage: When fully charged this item consumes all of its charged stacks to create a unique crystal that has the power to bend the space around realms and other mysterious abilities. Every time a monster is defeated, this item becomes charged. The stronger the monster defeated, the more charged this item becomes.
Special Note: This is the Vessel of The Endless One, those unworthy of obtaining it shall find that this item only brings disaster. Those worthy of its power will find that it grants good fortune. After a single use, this item will seek out a new host to reside in at random and become dormant once again.

After reading over the item, Izroth still had a few unanswered questions. Of course, the first question was that if this item had anything with the Returning Shard.

'When it's fully charged, a crystal is created. Could it be that the crystal that will be created is the Returning Shard?'

Izroth felt that there was an extremely high chance that this would be the case. After all, were S-ranked items so easy to find? He was positive the Vessel of The Endless One was linked to the first trial of the Endless Pandamonium Tower.

The other concern he had was the actual charging of the item itself. When he examined its charged status, he found out that it already possessed five stacks. This was most likely due to having just defeated the rare event boss it was hiding in, the Brooding Behemoth Basbus.

However, if a rare event boss only gave five stacks, then how much would a single monster give?

'It seems as if this trial is becoming more and more unreasonable.'

As Izroth studied the Vessel of The Endless One, the other players were looking at him as if he were a monster. That skill he used was too terrifying! They were not even the target of that skill and yet, it still felt as if it was out to devour them and everything about it.

"What class is that guy for him to be so powerful?" One of the nearby players gave a helpless sigh as he admired the skill Izroth just used moments ago.

"It has to be an extremely rare class! I have never seen or heard about such a skill. He must have come across a great fortune somewhere!" One of that player's friends responded.

Almost everyone had that same exact train of thought. However, if everyone knew that Izroth was the Combat Master class that they all considered to be trash, they would not be able to accept it. 

After all, it was common knowledge that the Combat Master class was too unreliable and unpredictable to be of any actual use. 

This had been confirmed multiple time by various beta testers. Now only that, but some fools still decided to choose the Combat Master class because they did not believe how challenging it was. However, they instantly regretted their decision. 

They could not even pass the Combat Master class basic requirements and had to restart their entire character. This made it so that they fell behind everyone else level wise and made them want to curse themselves for even thinking about choosing the Combat Master class.

For those few who did manage to successfully pass the Combat Master basic requirements, they were even worse off than those players who were unable to. They would invest more time and effort only to be rejected by any party they tried to join.

This was because no party wanted a player with one or two skills and no other uses. They would be much better off saving the spot in their party for an actual class who would obviously be a more suitable choice.

Luna walked over towards Izroth and noticed him holding a beautiful crystal. "Is that the Returning Shard?" she asked in a voice filled with curiosity.

"Not exactly. But, it may have something to do with the Returning Shard." Izroth responded as he showed the effects of the item to everyone within his party.

Valentine was drooling when he saw the Vessel of The Endless One and its effects with a large grin on his face. The first thing he wanted to do was study it and experiment with it. 

However, since that item may be their only way of successfully completing the first trial, it was decided that it should be kept away from Valentine the most. Who knew what extent that magic freak would go to?

"I think that it's best if Izroth holds onto the item. I also believe that it has something to do with the Returning Shard." Zi Yi said as she glanced over at Izroth. She was still startled by the 40,000 plus damage she witnessed a few moments ago. 

Also, the pressure behind that attack made his other skills seem like child's play. She could not help but wonder what other secrets Izroth was hiding away.

"There are no safer hands that it can be in!" Guan Yu said with confidence. He had already come to respect Izroth and his strength before this but after that previous move, Guan Yu's respect reached another level altogether.

Izroth stored the Vessel of The Endless One into his inventory for now and finally read through the other system alerts he received after defeating the Brooding Behemoth Basbus.

〈System Alert: Congratulations, you have defeated the Brooding Behemoth Basbus〉
〈System Alert: You have been awarded 225,985 EXP〉
〈System Alert: You have leveled up to level 27〉
〈System Alert: You have been awarded+3 stat points for leveling up〉
〈System Alert: You have gained 1,258 points in the event «Protects of Amaharpe». [1,683 points]〉

Loot Drop:
-1 «Behemoth Greaves»
-1 «Behemoth Helmet»
-1 «Brooding Necklace»
-x1 «Skill Book: Behemoth's Quake»

Izroth had gained a massive amount of experience from defeating the Brooding Behemoth Basbus. He had dealt the greatest amount of damage to the boss monster and so the amount of experience he received was quite generous.

Not only did he manage to level up once, but the number of points he received for the event had shot Izroth up to the top 100 players spot on the event leaderboards! To be more precise, he was now ranked 65th. This knocked Minus, who was previously at the 65th spot, down to the 66th spot.

After he checked the system alerts, Izroth then went over to grab the loot that dropped from the Brooding Behemoth Basbus. The first thing that caught Izroth's attention was a book with a black cover and strange markings carved into it.

'A skill book?'

This was the second skill book Izroth had come across during his time within RML. The drop rate for skill books was extremely low, therefore, it could only be attributed to Izroth's good luck that he managed to obtain one from the rare event boss.

Skill Name: Behemoth's Quake
Skill Level: MAXED
Skill Rank: A
Requirements: 500+ Attack
Active: The user stomps their foot on the ground and sends out a strong Quake Wave within a thirty meters range every 1 second for 10 seconds. Each Quake Wave deals a fixed amount of 200 physical damage that ignores all defenses.
Special Note: This skill can also be leveled up through repeated usage and proper execution.
Cooldown: 5 Minutes

'The attack requirements for this skill is quite high.'

Izroth was a bit disappointed that the skill only dealt a fixed amount of 200 damage, however, it would still be useful at their current level. Eventually, it would become useless for most players as they became stronger and 2,000 damage turned into a miniscule number.

That was the truth for most players, but for someone like Izroth who had some useful skills, this could be a destructive weapon no matter what level he reached! The Behemoth's Quake was considered physical damage, therefore, it was capable of triggering the effects of things such as Izroth's Blood Stigma, Hellfire Rampage, and even stacking Lightning Charge. 

Not only that, but he should be able to use Essence to increase the damage output on the skill. Who knew how much Essence he would have to spare in the future? To Izroth, this skill had countless uses now and in the near future.

But, since it was a skill that required 500 plus attack power, Guan Yu and Zi Yi were the only other two who were capable of using the skill.

As for the other rare items that dropped, Izroth was unable to use any of them. Or rather, they did not fit his playstyle as they were all plate related items except for the necklace. The necklace was surprisingly a magic based item.

It did not take long for Izroth and his party to divide the loot. The Behemoth Greaves went to Halls while the Behemoth Helmet found its way into Guan Yu's care. As for the Brooding Necklace, it went to Valentine by default since Luna did not want to replace her current necklace.

For the skill book, Zi Yi did not want such a skill as it was unsuitable to her current playstyle. While she may be able to use it, it would be better off in Izroth's and Guan Yu's hands as they were true physical type players.

Guan Yu, however, immediately turned down rolling for the skill book since he had already obtained a rare item.

"Brother Izroth, I would be too greedy if I wanted to devour everything before me. Ahahaha!" Guan Yu said as he let out joyous laughter.

"Then, I won't be polite." Izroth said with a carefree expression on his face as he immediately used the skill book.

〈System Alert: Congratulations, you learned the skill «Behemoth's Quake»〉

Izroth had added yet another skill to his arsenal. Not only that, but it was a much needed AOE skill.

Just a few moments after Izroth finished off the Brooding Behemoth Basbus, every player participating in the event Protectors of Amaharpe received a system alert.

〈System Alert: Wave six of the event «Protectors of Amaharpe» has ended.〉

However, what everyone did not know was that the end of the sixth wave would not be anything that they suspected.

...

"Hm?" Aegis, along with his two party members, had already entered into the Endless Pandemonium Tower and encountered that same mysterious voice as Izroth and his party. He had arrived around ten minutes after Izroth's group and also took part in the sixth wave.

At the moment, Aegis was surrounded by a group of more than twenty players who all had darkened expressions on their faces. Within Aegis' hands was something Izroth would have immediately recognized because he had obtained the same item. It was surprisingly another Vessel of The Endless One!

Beneath Aegis' feet was the corpse of a monster. However, it was not just any monster, but rather an event boss monster!

"Even if you are members of Heaven's Law, don't think that you can come and go as you please within a zone claimed by my Hollow Tempo!" One of the players yelled at Aegis. It was quite clear that they were furious.

That player appeared to be a middle-aged man with a very rustic look about him. He wore dark plated armor and wielded a long curved blade with a chain attached at the bottom. That player was one of the high ranking members of the guild Hollow Tempo.

He was known as Dark Suffice and his position was the equivalent of Blue Oasis' Seven Captains or Cross Haven's Five Great Generals.

When the event boss monster had appeared before them, Dark Suffice was in a good mood at their fortune. However, this party of three players had appeared out of nowhere and snatched the boss from right under their noses. 

Not only that but when his guild members tried to stop Aegis and his party, he eliminated them without mercy. How could he not be furious?

"See Aegis? You're hated by everyone! Chichi!" The cloaked figured by Aegis' side said in a teasing manner.

"Hmph, scram while I'm still in a good mood! If you continue to block my path then you'll have to accept the consequences." Aegis said in a voice full of authority.

However, this only angered Dark Suffice and the other members of Hollow Tempo even further.

"You-" Just as Dark Suffice was about to snap, one of Hollow Tempo's scouts rushed over to him in a panicked manner.

"Boss! Dark Suffice, boss!" One could tell from their voice that they had hurried over as fast as possible. "We're being attacked! The big boss has said to return immediately with your squad!" The scout said.

"Attacked?!" Dark Suffice was shocked. Who would dare to openly attack one of the top ten guilds? Did they have a death wish? But by the sound of things, it seemed as if it was urgent.

Dark Suffice glared at Aegis as he said, "Count your luck! Next time we cross paths, hmph, let's just say Hollow Tempo never forgets a face!" He then left with haste along with his squadron of players.

"Empty talk from an empty man." Aegis said not paying any mind to Dark Suffice's threat.

As Dark Suffice hurried to meet up with his guild leader and the others he had to ask, "Who is behind the attack?"

"It looks like the work of Sage Falls!" The scout responded.

Sage Falls? They had never been on friendly terms with them, but they could not be considered enemies. Why had Sage Falls chosen to attack them now?

"Tch, what's even going on during this event?!" Dark Suffice muttered to himself.

Jin, a hardcore gamer who still lives with his mom at the age of 24. He could never hold down a steady job since graduating, his girlfriend since high school dumped him for his best friend and he's constantly getting beat up by a group of local gang members. His dad left him and his mom when he became rich from the lottery and got a new family, one free of debt and burdens as he called it. His mom works 3 jobs to keep everything from falling apart, except for herself slowly. One day on his way home with the very first and new fully immersive VRMMORPG called Realm of Myths and Legends or RML for short, he died from a hit and run car accident. RML was advertised as the worlds first fully immersive VRMMORPG, allowing for players with skill sets in the real world, like sword training, martial arts, archery or reaction time, to benefit in the game itself! Though Jin died and at that moment a soul from another world crossed over into his body and inherited his memories. The man known as Izroth once hailed as the greatest cultivator in the seven realms, soul reincarnates into the modern world year 20xx in the body of Jin.

"What are all these strange memories flowing into my mind..? I've been to all seven realms and have never seen one like this. Earth is it?"

"M-My cultivation..! It's back to nothing! This body is so weak and spiritual essence here is scarce. But my soul strength is untainted."

"I'll make right all the wrongs that have been done to you, your revenge shall come."

"It's called a video game? I'll play it! Since you've given me this body even though it wasn't planned, I'll accomplish your goal of becoming #1."

"So sects here are called guilds... I'll make the strongest one there is!"

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Liu Chuchu picked up the seahorse's storage ring before tossing it to An Lin. "You guys saved me in this battle, so you deserve the spoils of war as well."
An Lin didn't refuse. He immediately refined the storage ring to inspect its contents.
Tina also retrieved the seahorse's silver spear. This was a high-rank spirit tool, which was a fantastic weapon. A sense of longing appeared in her eyes, but she still gave the spear to An Lin as promised.
An Lin looked into the storage ring to find that there were no golden Realm Essence Crystals, to which he was a little disappointed. However, there were six white Realm Essence Crystals, which also just so happened to be the worst type.
He brought out the Realm Essence Crystals. When he tried to absorb the energy within by activating his cultivation method, he found that he could not do so.
It looked like he could only absorb golden Realm Essence Crystals…
An Lin shook his head and continued to rummage through the contents.
There were thirty-six vital stones, three spirit tools, five spirit pills, and a bunch of other crap.
Perhaps it was because he was too rich already, but he felt zero joy at rummaging through the storage ring of such a beggar.
"What is it? There's no good stuff inside?" Liu Chuchu asked when she noticed An Lin's disdainful expression.
"Nope. There aren't even any immortal pills or immortal tools. What a poor b*stard!" An Lin sighed.
Liu Chuchu: "…"
Their concepts of wealth were far too different for them to converse on this topic.
An Lin stowed all these items into his own storage ring before bringing out a frosty longsword. The temperatures around them instantly dropped to below freezing upon the emergence of the sword.
"You did well, Tina. This is an elementary-rank immortal tool Heart Lotus Ice Sword. It's quite suitable for you as it can change its size according to your will. Feel free to tell me if you need any other weapons too," An Lin explained as he passed the longsword to Tina.
Tina stared blankly at the longsword in An Lin's hand. "Giant An Lin, are… are you really giving this to me?"
She could feel that this was a weapon of an even higher rank than holy tools.
"Of course. It's not doing anything in my storage ring anyway, so I might as well give it to you to improve your combat prowess. I didn't have a chance to give it to you before as the battle erupted so suddenly, so I'm giving it to you now!" An Lin said while smiling at her.
Tina refined the immortal tool, and it immediately shrunk according to her will.
A bright blue lotus flower blossomed on the hilt of the sword, making it appear especially beautiful.
Tina was so happy; she couldn't bear to let go of the sword. She charged toward An Lin excitedly before giving him another big hug.
Splat!
An Lin couldn't really feel anything from her hug, but he still smiled with a doting expression.
Tina had risked her life to battle the sea monsters without hesitation at An Lin's behest. This was enough for An Lin to treat her as a valued ally and friend.
Liu Chuchu's lips twitched upon seeing this. Who casually hands out immortal tools like that?
"Do you have any plans, Mr. An Lin?" she asked after a momentary hesitation.
"I have to find the Huge Starry Mountain as well as more Realm Essence Crystals," An Lin replied without hesitation.
Liu Chuchu offered with a slight smile, "How about we form a team?"
An Lin nodded. "As expected; I'm a man who gives everyone around me a strong sense of security!"
Liu Chuchu's face convulsed slightly, but she decided to stroke An Lin's ego. "My flaws were highlighted to me during this battle. I'm a skilled markswoman, but I fall under great danger whenever melee combat is involved. None of the representatives that were able to enter the Ancient Tai Chu Realm are weaklings, so I hope we can form a partnership where I will be the sniper, and you will be responsible for protecting me as well as dealing with melee combat. Together, we would forge the perfect team!"
An Lin nodded. "I understand. You'll act as ADC[1], and I'll be the meat shield."
Liu Chuchu: "Yeah… And we'll split all the treasures we obtain from enemy storage rings equally among the three of us, what do you think?"
An Lin's eyes immediately lit up. Tina's share obviously belonged to him as well, so this was quite a good deal.
"A cultivator's main pastimes are murder and robbery! I accept your proposal; we'll be members of the same team from now on!" An Lin replied with a smile.
Liu Chuchu heaved a sigh of relief before extending a petite hand with a wide grin.
An Lin extended a hand of his own to give her a high five.
Tina didn't understand what they were saying, so she continued to fiddle around with her newly-obtained Heart Lotus Ice Sword.
An Lin paused for a moment before tossing a Tai Chu Language 101 textbook to Tina. This was a book that was written by Da Bai when he taught the White-Scaled Wolf God the Tai Chu Language, and it was tailored especially for members of the Ancient Man Tribe.
Tina held the book that was several dozen times bigger than herself. With a confused expression on her tiny face, she asked, " Giant An Lin, what… what is the meaning of this?"
"This is just some reading material for you. Everyone you'll be encountering from now on speaks the Tai Chu Language, so you better read through this book carefully if you don't want to look like an illiterate idiot!" An Lin explained in a friendly tone.
Tina: "…"
She carefully opened the book to find a series of familiar terms and characters next to unfamiliar ones. The unfamiliar terms were broken down into syllables with a definition on the side to facilitate pronunciation and interpretation.
Tina began to make a series of unfamiliar sounds as she tried to pronounce the terms in the book. Her top priority was to be able to speak the Tai Chu Language.
An Lin nodded with a content smile as Tina embarked on her Tai Chu Language journey.
Back in the day, he was able to master the Tai Chu Language just by imitating a dog's barking. Hence, it was quite an enjoyable experience for him to see others struggle to master the Tai Chu Language.
The after-effect of using the Origin Energy of the Netherworld still hadn't receded, so the three sat down to rest.
Liu Chuchu was quite short and petite, and she leaned against a giant rock and tucked her legs under herself. A white light began to glow from her hands, and she set about inspecting her pink longbow.
An Lin couldn't detect the energy fluctuations of a spirit tool or immortal tool from her longbow. Instead, this was a special energy fluctuation that he had never felt before, thereby prompting him to inquire about the origins of the bow.
Liu Chuchu smiled after hearing his question, and she revealed the origins of her bow to An Lin without reservation. As it turned out, this longbow was something she had materialized with a small portion of her essential bloodline, thereby setting it apart from other weapons as it was a type of bloodline weapon.
An Lin was extremely impressed upon hearing this.
Bloodline weapons were an extremely unique type of weapon that he had only read about in books.
Only people with super powerful bloodlines could materialize a weapon like this, and even then, it would take a long time for the weapon to take shape.
The benefit of having such a weapon was that the user could fuse the power of their bloodline into the weapon to achieve maximal offensive power. On top of that, the weapon could move according to the wishes of its user, thereby enabling great flexibility and versatility.
However, its flaws were also quite apparent. The weapon was connected to the user's bloodline, so any damage to the weapon would result in a backlash to its user, and sometimes, the damage would prove to be irreversible. This was why backlash weapons were extremely rare; no one wanted to expose their bloodline in the open for their enemies to attack.
Liu Chuchu was like a gaming character who had expended all her skill points on damage output! Not only was she extremely fragile herself, but even her weapon was also just as fragile! No wonder she was so eager to form an alliance with him…
 Four hours later, An Lin and Liu Chuchu had both fully recovered.
 "Let's go!" An Lin waved his arm.
"Go!" Tina chimed in.
Liu Chuchu turned to Tina with a bewildered expression. "You can speak our language now, little fairy?"
Tina turned to Liu Chuchu. With a confused expression, she asked, "What kind of fairy would I be if I can't even speak a language after applying myself and studying for four whole hours?"
Liu Chuchu: "…"
An Lin: "…"
It seemed like he had underestimated the learning ability of fairies. Were languages that easy to learn?
He was starting to feel a little distraught.
[1] ADC is a gaming term that stands for Attack Damage Carry. "It is an archaic term used to refer to a unit that deals strong, continuous damage with their basic attacks and scales with attack-related stats" - League of Legends Wiki.


On modern-day Earth, An Lin seems to have been abandoned by God. 
When his father suddenly disappears, An Lin is left with his father's immense debt, putting his life at risk. 
After being forced to a rooftop by his pursuing creditors, An Lin is unexpectedly swept off his feet and brought to the ground safely.
    
After learning that he was saved by an Immortal, An Lin is gifted, seemingly out of pure generosity, the 'God Of War System,' and a pass to a new realm.
Follow An Lin as he experiences a whole new world of legends, meets many new friends, acquires legendary weapons and tools, and starts on his path of becoming a powerful cultivator. There is never a dull time in An Lin's new life with his ‘great’ new system!

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