501, Scaring the Villains of the Worlds with Just the Beginning of a Conversation [Second Update]_1

Tiandou still had two people who had not yet attacked.

Chen Xin turned his head to glance at the Sect Master, who stood far away from him, but said nothing. Instead, he took the initiative to walk onto the stage.

"I'll go first."

He stood on the stage and actually didn't seem to intend to release his Martial Soul. Instead, he took out a silver-gray bow that looked quite exquisite, complete with beautiful patterns, but what was strange was that it didn't have a string.

This was a reward he had obtained yesterday, the Bow Without String—capable of shooting anything and everything.

The power of the arrow when using a life-form depended on the strength of the life-form itself, while using a non-life form depended on the weight of the object.

Chen Xin looked at the bow in his hand and then lifted his gaze to survey his surroundings. He indeed planned to use the bow for his attack but hesitated between choosing a person or an object as the arrow.

He had tried both options yesterday. Even a small sapling used as an arrow had enough power to penetrate a thick tree trunk, and using Gu Rong as the arrow nearly injured Thousand Waves, fully armed. The only uncertain factor was the precise damage value.

After pondering, Chen Xin's eyes turned towards Gu Rong.

"Good brother, you'll be the arrow this time."

"You're the bastard sword guy!"

"I'm not talking about that jerk..."

"Neither am I."

Chen Xin twitched the corner of his mouth and stepped aside, as Gu Rong reluctantly came onto the stage.

Although it was his second time being the arrow and he had some experience, he still felt ashamed and chose to face away from the audience with his back.

Chen Xin held the bow with his left hand while his right hand reached towards Gu Rong's shoulder. The next moment, a white glow emerged from the palm of his right hand and Gu Rong's body instantly shrunk, as if being effortlessly "picked up" by Chen Xin's hand which seemed to have a suction force.

In midair, Gu Rong gradually transformed into a slim, dragon-shaped bone arrow, with the dragon's head as the arrowhead and the dragon's tail as the fletching. Unlike yesterday, however, this dragon-shaped bone arrow was imbued with swirling currents of air!

Chen Xin focused his gaze and realized that this was an alteration brought about by Gu Rong's second Martial Soul, Air, which meant that the power of today's arrow might be much greater than yesterday's.

With the arrow now on the string and the air currents growing stronger, he had only five seconds before the arrow would revert. Chen Xin did not dare to delay and immediately released his right hand.

"Whoosh!"

Enhanced by the Air Martial Soul, the arrow was released much faster than it had been at the same time yesterday.

The dragon-shaped bone arrow let out a resonant dragon chant, while the surging air around created a near-vacuum environment for it, which was one of the reasons for the sudden surge in the arrow's speed.

"Boom!"

The bone arrow hit Lin Yi square in the chest, unleashing a massive energy fluctuation at its peak.

The bone arrow did not penetrate Lin Yi's body but shattered to the side, the arrow's fletching embedding straight into the platform.

Shortly after, as the five seconds passed, the bone arrow once again transformed back into Gu Rong.

With his feet stuck in the platform, Gu Rong turned his head in horror towards Lin Yi, then roared at Chen Xin, "Damn it, get me out of here, the Damage Rebound's coming!"

The next use of the Bow Without String had to wait a minute to refresh, so Chen Xin simply put the bow away. He didn't attempt to pull Gu Rong out but summoned the Seven Kills Sword instead.

An extremely sharp sword intent ravaged through the stands as Chen Xin raised his sword finger. The snow-white Seven Kills Sword emerged in midair, while at the same time, both the seventh and fourth soul rings flickered.

The figure of Sword Spirit Gan Jiang flashed over the mirror-smooth blade. Chen Xin gripped the sword hilt, his body becoming ethereal as he maintained his real body and released a soul skill. The sound of the sword whistle rose, and just as the Damage Rebound neared Gu Rong, a dense flurry of sword light enveloped it, much like Skynet covering its prey.

"Damn, that scared me to death."

Gu Rong muttered, and then saw Lin Yi lift a finger, and his body automatically flew out, while the broken platform restored itself to initial condition.

Lin Yi looked towards the panel.

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[Health Loss: 413645]

[Remaining Health: 899866456437]

[Damage Level: Intermediate Red (Downgraded)]

[Random Reward: Dialogue with Antagonists from Other Heavens]

[Host Reward: Dialogue with Antagonists from Other Heavens (Can Resummon after Success)]

Dialogue with antagonists from other heavens?

Just dialogue couldn't be all for an Intermediate Red level, could it?

With his doubts, Lin Yi opened the panel's notes and started reading.

His expression gradually turned to one of surprise... Well, turns out it's possible to do it this way.

Lin Yi said to Chen Xin, "You suffered 413645 damage, and according to the rules were downgraded to Intermediate Red level. The reward you've received is the chance to dialogue with antagonists from other heavens, with the opportunity to randomly talk to an antagonist from another plane every day."

Chen Xin asked in confusion, "Just dialogue?"

His confusion was the same as what Lin Yi instinctively wondered.

"Not only that, first of all, you'll receive one chance each day to proactively contact an antagonist. If you manage to have an exchange of at least five sentences with them, you can summon them to Soul Land once. Upon a successful summoning, they'll obey your orders and help you with anything you need, but after being summoned, they can only stay in Soul Land for five minutes. Before they leave each time, they can also receive a Purple-level reward from you for free."

Chen Xin was shocked, "Receive a Purple-level reward from me? But I don't have any Purple-level rewards to give!"

Lin Yi explained, "After finishing the exchange of five sentences, a Purple-level reward will be randomly generated by you, but this reward can only be given to the antagonist as a gift."

Yeah, I can command them for five minutes, and when they leave, they can get a Purple-level reward from me, it's kinda like a fair exchange... Chen Xin muttered to himself.

Lin Yi continued, "As I just said, you have the chance to dialogue with an antagonist every day. The antagonist you converse with will be randomly selected. They might be useful to you, or they might not, but they can receive a reward from you either way."

Chen Xin nodded his head.

The next moment, Lin Yi flicked the red orb of light in his hand towards Chen Xin. After the reward merged, Chen Xin suddenly felt as though he had established some sort of connection with a certain place.

Lin Yi said, "The antagonist you've randomly gotten for today has already been generated. If you wish, any sentence you say next can be heard by the other party. Accumulating five sentences of dialogue will allow the other party to be summoned."

Is it that sudden?

A connection's been established already?

If it's a powerful one that's been contacted, maybe they can help me with my second attack?

With that thought, Chen Xin cleared his throat and said to the air, "Hello."

He waited a long time, but the randomly chosen antagonist didn't respond at all.

Seeing this, Lin Yi said, "If the other party still doesn't feel like talking to you before midnight, today's opportunity will be voided."

Keen on making his first attempt a success, Chen Xin said again, "Hello, can you hear me?"

...

In the plane of "Mythical", a deeply unsettled Zhao Gao heard the voice in his mind again, this time so startled that he knocked down a stack of bamboo slips behind him.

He looked around in terror and replied, "Wasn't I supposed to be traversing a serious historical story? Ying Zheng is about to die, and you're telling me this is fantasy?!"

Zhao Gao suddenly remembered the plot from a novel he had read before crossing over, which involved an extraordinary grandfather living in someone's mind.

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