nashuaworldcup Chapter 287 The Battle Lasted Until Dawn
Chapter 287 The Battle Lasted Until Dawn
Saros knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face.
While Auro was writing furiously, Moon Arrow was lost in deep self-doubt.
Chen You looked at these three top-tier lunatics from the Origin Realm and sighed silently in his heart.
He casually tossed the nearly empty strawberry-flavored Holy Light Essence into his hand, the empty bottle turning into specks of light in the air and dissipating with extreme elegance.
"Alright," Chen You said calmly. "Now that the blueprints have appeared, it means you are destined for this tribulation... no, this is your destiny."
"Today, by forcibly drawing upon the secrets of heaven and interfering with the workings of this world, the cause and effect have been settled."
"I need to retreat into seclusion for a while to regulate my breathing and calm my energy. You may go."
Salos looked up abruptly, his eyes red-rimmed.
"Brother Chen... no, Brother Chen!" Salos, a five-meter-tall man, choked up, like a giant bear that had been wronged.
"I can't thank you enough! Just let me know if you ever need anything!"
Oro was also filled with respect and abruptly closed his notebook.
"Mr. Chen, you are truly virtuous! I will immediately return to the sanctuary and have the priests chant the Great Illumination Blessing Mantra for you day and night to replenish your lost fortune!"
With bare feet, Moon Arrow lightly stepped forward and handed over a silver leaf that emitted a rich moonlight.
"This is the first leaf of the World Tree of the City of Eternal Night. Wearing it can nourish your soul."
Chen You accepted the leaf expressionlessly, glanced at its attributes [All Resistance +10%, Mental Recovery Speed +50%], and was secretly overjoyed.
On the surface, he merely nodded slightly, slowly closed his eyes, adopting a profound and unfathomable posture as if he were about to depart into the void.
The three dared not linger, and quietly exited the instance, moving with utmost care and even suppressing their breathing.
The team list has been cleared, and the three have completely left.
Chen You finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Phew—pretending to be cool is tiring too."
He opened the instance panel and pressed [Reset] without hesitation.
The scene changes, and monsters spawn.
A few minutes later.
"Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the [Blueprint: Divine Radiance - Barbarian Boots (Mythical)]."
"Damn, it's Titan's Black Hand again!"
Chen You grumbled as he put away the blueprints and pressed reset again.
The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time...
Chen You was like a ruthless dungeon-clearing machine, relentlessly ravaging this poor anniversary dungeon.
However, when he lit the cannon for the sixth time, the fireworks had just exploded halfway in the air.
"Click—"
A piercing sound, like shattering glass, echoed through the sky.
The originally pink clouds instantly turned into a scarlet red, signifying extreme danger.
[System notification: An abnormal energy fluctuation has been detected within the "Colorful Land" instance, exceeding the current spatial node's capacity limit.]
[WARNING: The instance will be forcibly closed and enter cooldown in one minute. Please leave as soon as possible!]
"Holy crap? Not again?" Chen You's heart sank.
Although I had expected it, I was still unwilling to accept it.
"Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder Orthodox Method!"
Boom! A bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a bucket, tore through the red sky and struck the BOSS Teddy precisely on the head.
Amidst the chaotic debris, a golden light stood out brilliantly.
Chen You scooped up the ball of light in his hand.
[Blueprint: Fortune and Prosperity - Heavenly Creation - Celestial Heron Robe (Mythology)]
"pretty!"
Three pieces of the mythical five-piece set, exclusive to cultivators, have been collected!
Chen You immediately felt relieved.
With a flash of white light, Chen You returned to the main hall of the Supreme Tower.
"If we can't clear the dungeons, then let's keep farming Destiny Stones!"
He had previously converted all the Destiny emblems to custom versions.
Now you can just use it directly.
[System notification: You are about to enter the Divine Gold-level Destiny Trial - Body of a Hundred Battles. Confirm?]
"confirm!"
With a flash of white light, Chen You and the ammunition supplier Hill reappeared in that oppressive coastal fortress.
A salty sea breeze blows, and below are countless decaying corpses on the mudflats.
"Dear member, prolonged high-intensity simulated physical movements are causing my core temperature to rise too high..."
The ammunition feeder, Hill, stood beside the enormous "Annihilation Magic Crossbow," seemingly surprised to be back at work so soon.
"If the core temperature is too high, add water cooling! Enough talk, load the missiles!" Chen You stepped on the launch pedal, his eyes blazing with madness.
The trial begins.
First wave, second wave... fiftieth wave...
Chen You was completely immersed in grinding monsters.
"Hurry, hurry, Hill! Have you not eaten? Your reload speed has decreased by 0.5 seconds!"
"I'm the ammunition feeder... Also, the crossbow's barrel is red-hot... It's about to explode..."
"If it blows up, it's on me! Keep going!"
The bomb supplier, Hill, looked utterly dejected, having now become a complete laborer in the black brickyard.
Time passed amidst endless carnage.
Round two, round three, round four...
As night deepened, the deafening roar from within the coastal defense fortress filled the air.
Chen You was like a tireless machine, mechanically repeating the actions of aiming and firing.
His spiritual energy reserves were terrifying, and with the sets of spirit-restoring pills in his backpack, he didn't need to worry about his energy reserves at all.
But Hill, the ammunition supplier, couldn't.
Although she is a high-level NPC, under her special identity as a "feeder," she must abide by the physical laws of the trial space.
She has her own plans.
Each time she moved and replenished ammunition, her stamina was being depleted.
When the eighth round of trials reached the eightieth wave.
"Load!" Chen You shouted without turning his head.
There was no movement behind him.
Chen You turned around and froze.
Hill, who had been standing ramrod straight and meticulous, was now slumped on the ammunition box, completely losing his composure.
Her crisp uniform was covered in dust and grease, and one of the buttons on her collar had popped open.
Her once neatly styled hair was now completely disheveled, with a few strands sticking to her sweaty cheeks.
The most crucial thing is her eyes.
Those eyes, which were once full of professional brilliance, were now completely empty, as if they had lost all attachment to this world.
"Are you... alright?" Chen You seemed to feel a pang of guilt.
Hill slowly raised his head and glanced at Chen You.
There was no anger in his eyes, only a numbness born from being thoroughly beaten down by life.
"Dear member," Hill's voice sounded like she was about to cry, "According to the Supreme Building Employee Protection Law, I have the right to apply for mandatory hiatus after working more than eight consecutive hours of high-intensity labor."
Chen You checked the system time and was surprised to find that he had been using it for so long without realizing it.
He coughed twice, took out a bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills from his backpack, and stuffed it into Hill's hand.
"Xiao Xi, young people these days just lack exercise."
"Think about it, every drop of sweat you shed today is laying the foundation for your future career."
"This is not just about loading ammunition; it's about testing your will."
Chen You skillfully painted a rosy picture, displaying the typical capitalist's demeanor.
Hill gripped the medicine bottle, his lips twitching slightly, as if he were trying to suppress an urge to break the underlying code.
In the end, she simply unscrewed the cap and poured the pill into her mouth.
"The final round," Hill gritted his teeth and spat out the four words.
"make a deal!"
It was supposed to be the last round, but Chen You actually dragged us through three more rounds.
As the last deep-sea behemoth collapsed with a crash, the system notification finally sounded.
[Trial complete! Rating: SSS!]
Congratulations on obtaining: Destiny Stone - Source of Spiritual Power (Mythical)
Chen You slumped to the ground, feeling exhausted.
His ink-black starry robe seemed to be soaked with sweat and hung limply on the ground.
He turned to look at Hill.
The ammunition feeder was now sprawled out in a corner of the fortress, his once crisp uniform now crumpled and disheveled.
The ammunition handler, Hill, had unfocused eyes and was muttering unconsciously, "Loading...firing...capitalist...skinny Zhou..."
"You've worked hard, Xiao hope," Chen You said with a completely insincere attempt to comfort her, then eagerly opened his backpack.
After a whole night of frantic exploitation, I poured in several thousand gold coins and refreshed the "Hundred Battles Body" eleven times.
Finally, the three mythical-grade Destiny Stones, radiating a seven-colored glow, lay quietly in the backpack.