Zhu Yan's move caught them by surprise.
They had charged in too fast.
And took the full impact.
The group was sent reeling, staggering.
And falling to the ground.
The tall man had been at the forefront.
He was directly hit, his nose and mouth askew, with blood faintly seeping out.
Zhu Yan had merely stomped his foot.
And he was injured!
The others weren't faring any better.
Each felt as if they had been hit by a heavy truck.
Their internal organs felt alien.
All were injured.
Only the slender man, harboring suspicion,
Had slowed his charge slightly, and thus suffered the least injury.
But even he,
Had fallen to the ground, unable to rise.
They looked at Zhu Yan as if he were a giant.
This little fatty was so fierce!
As they trembled,
Zhu Yan asked with interest.
"Who are you people?"
"Why are you lurking around our place!"
The tall man forced a smile, "Brother, we were just passing by."
"Your houses look so beautiful, we just looked a bit longer out of admiration."
"We had no ill intentions."
Zhu Yan's expression turned cold.
"You still dare to play games with me?"
"You used invisibility spells, clearly with malicious intent!"
"Confess honestly!"
Hiss!
The tall man moved, pulling at his wounds, wincing in pain.
But facing Zhu Yan's question, he could only maintain his smile.
"Brother, you truly misunderstand..."
Zhu Yan was becoming impatient.
These guys weren't confessing even after being caught.
He had no experience in interrogation.
So he decided to act again, hoping to scare them.
Boom!
As he raised his foot to strike again,
The men, already on the ground, trembled.
Then,
They all fainted.
Zhu Yan was dumbfounded.
So easily defeated?
This was just a control-type divine ability.
It didn't have much power.
How could two hits knock them out?
He felt a pang of apprehension.
He quickly reached out to check their breathing.
They were still alive!
He breathed a sigh of relief.
In the game, whether killing monsters or players, it was just a game.
In reality, killing someone, he would be genuinely scared.
However, since they had fainted,
He hadn't gotten any useful information.
He thought for a moment, feeling a bit guilty.
Big brother probably wanted me to teach them a lesson.
He didn't say I had to gather information.
In that case,
This should count as a mission successfully completed, right?
Crack!
He took out his phone and snapped a photo of the unconscious men.
He grinned.
This way, he could prove he had completed the mission.
I'm so smart!
...
Half an hour later.
The men slowly regained consciousness one by one.
The moment they opened their eyes, they tensed and looked around warily.
Seeing no one else around,
They finally relaxed.
The tall man quickly got to his feet.
Thump!
He had forgotten that he was injured from Zhu Yan's two divine ability strikes.
This movement,
Tore at his wound,
Nearly causing him to faint again.
"Notify our people, send a car to pick us up!"
He gritted his teeth.
The slender man quickly took out his phone and dialed.
"Minister John, we were attacked by the enemy on a mission!"
"We are all injured and can't move, please send a vehicle."
"Our location is..."
About ten minutes later.
A large RV stopped nearby.
Several men in medical uniforms ran over swiftly.
Using stretchers, they quickly carried the injured men into the RV.
And then left the scene.
Inside the RV,
A blond-haired, blue-eyed man listened as they recounted the situation, offering them some comfort.
Then, he picked up a thick, encrypted phone.
He said respectfully.
"Your Excellency, we have found traces of Yang Jian Qingming and members of the War God Guild in Zhoushan, China."
"However, their combat power far exceeds our expectations."
"Should we continue our investigation, or..."
"Alright, we are already on our way back."
After the call, his expression softened.
He said to the nervous men lying on the stretchers.
"Prince Arthur does not blame you. He has instructed everyone to pause operations and await further instructions."
The men nodded heavily.
Relief washed over their faces.
The blond man, however, fell into deep thought.
It seemed,
These Chinese people were quite difficult to deal with.
...
After returning to the base, Zhu Yan promptly reported the situation to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng, however, didn't pay much attention to the suspicious men.
Instead, he primarily inquired about Zhu Yan's feelings when using his divine ability for the first time.
After listening to Zhu Yan's excited bragging,
Lin Feng grasped the general situation.
He solemnly instructed the team members.
To practice their materialized divine abilities and spells in reality more often when they had free time.
And also various treasures that could be used in reality.
So that when the real battle arrived,
They wouldn't be in a situation where they had strength and treasures but didn't know how to use them.
With the combat power monitor now in place, the base's safety was somewhat assured.
After Lin Feng summoned all the Yellow Turban Warriors,
And bound them all.
These warriors, through the combat power monitor's detection and warning, could basically understand all external dynamics.
If any danger that they couldn't withstand appeared, they could promptly notify others.
After making the arrangements,
Lin Feng and the others re-entered the game.
And,
He awoke again in Wuzhuang Temple.
Since the time he had logged off was relatively short,
His immortal power had not fully recovered.
However,
There were no important battles at the moment, so Lin Feng didn't pay it much mind.
He continued to inventory his previous gains.
This time,
When opening treasure chests, he still focused on item bonuses and acquisition.
But after opening chest after chest,
He still hadn't found anything particularly outstanding.
Looking at the remaining Epic and Mythical treasure chests,
He put them away for now.
It seemed,
His luck was bad today.
He would set them aside and open them when his luck turned.
As for the remaining time on the treasure chests, he had also enhanced them individually.
They would last at least 24 hours without expiring.
He had previously thought that the numerous Mythical Saints in the Tongtian Tower might be difficult to deal with.
He could easily handle one or two individually.
He hadn't expected,
That his trip to the United States would make him realize, that wasn't the case.
There were differences even among Mythical Saints.
The variations in divine abilities and laws, as well as other aspects,
Were all different.
If it hadn't been for his reliance on resurrection and shield effects,
He would have truly fallen this time.
He was already extremely vigilant.
He dared not underestimate bosses of this tier anymore.
And after he swept through his progress in the Tongtian Tower for the day, collecting all the rewards,
He entered the Divine Tier Seventh Level, Difficulty One, and further realized this point.
Although he relied on the enhanced characteristics of the Innate Seven-Colored Divine Light,
The three bosses were instantly controlled by him.
Under the powerful attacks of the Zhuxian Sword, the bosses didn't last long before being killed one by one.
But he also discovered several fatal problems.
Mythical Saints each possessed unique skills.
They would frequently use means to greatly reduce damage or increase their maximum health.
His Zhuxian Sword formation, which he had once prided himself on, capable of instantly killing enemies,
Was gradually weakening.
Perhaps by the next difficulty,
Among the nine Mythical Saints, there would be some who could resist his attacks.
And if a few main controllers were added, playing tactical games with him,
It wouldn't be as smooth as it was now.
However, the Zhuxian Sword and formation diagram had both been upgraded to the level of Heaven-Opening Spiritual Treasures.
To be fully enhanced required a vast amount of Chaos Immortal Power.
And enlightenment required a staggering 1000 portions of Great Dao Origin.
With his current Immortal Crystals, even exchanging them all wouldn't be enough.
How could he further enhance his offense?
He began to ponder.
Should he go all out and continue enhancing?
Or search for a few more treasures to boost his attack?
Enhance a divine ability and law that increased output.
His mind raced.
A few minutes later, his eyes lit up.
The Zhuxian Sword formation's current powerful might was greatly aided by the enhancement of its domain.
Previously, he had too little Primordial Violet Qi.
He only had time to unlock them one by one.
Now that he had over a hundred thousand Primordial Violet Qi,
It was time to unlock another slot.
His expression was excited and full of anticipation.
"Do you wish to consume one thousand portions of Primordial Violet Qi to unlock the fourth treasure slot for [Divine Domain]?"
"Yes!"
Lin Feng no longer cared about consuming one thousand portions of Primordial Violet Qi.
He readily agreed.
After unlocking it, the three existing treasures all had their attributes greatly increased.
Their base attributes were effectively doubled.
It worked!
Lin Feng's eyes lit up with joy.
He continued to unlock.
"Do you wish to consume ten thousand portions of Primordial Violet Qi to unlock the fifth treasure slot for [Divine Domain]?"
After consuming more Primordial Violet Qi,
The three slots for treasures, which had only a faint glow before, now shone brilliantly.
Their attributes, naturally, continued to increase.
Seeing the excellent results, Lin Feng nodded to himself.
This direction seemed to be the right one.
As long as he consumed a large amount of Chaos Immortal Power to further enhance the treasures within the Zhuxian Sword formation,
His offensive capabilities would experience another surge!
But now, he had a new problem.
Two new treasure slots had been unlocked.
But what kind of treasures should be placed there?
Ordinary treasures were not qualified to enjoy such powerful effects.
Looking all over himself, it seemed that only the Innate Five-Directional Banners had the potential to be on par with the Primordial Seven-Colored Divine Light and the Zhuxian Sword formation.
But he had only collected three of them so far.
Their tier and effects were not particularly strong.
To use a designated treasure voucher would require a significant amount of Great Dao Origin to enhance them.
It wasn't something that could be achieved overnight.
Lin Feng shook his head.
He would leave it as it was for now.
Now he could test the effects of the recent enhancements.
With full confidence, he entered the next level of the Tongtian Tower.
Resolutely facing the nine Mythical Saints!
When the battle truly began,
Lin Feng finally understood.
What the Domain Divine Enhancement had brought him.
The increased duration of control-type divine abilities was one thing.
Even an increase from 20 seconds to 120 seconds.
Only increased the margin of error.
The most effective.
Was the enhancement of the range of control-type spells and divine abilities.
With a five-fold increase,
As long as Lin Feng's casting speed was fast enough,
He could even control multiple bosses simultaneously, both near and far.
He was completely unafraid of them adopting a pincer attack strategy.
And the greatly enhanced Zhuxian Sword formation had significantly increased his killing efficiency.
After repeatedly landing critical hits,
With the speed of killing one Mythical Saint per sword,
Lin Feng completed the dungeon much faster than in the previous enhanced Difficulty One.
"Ding, you have killed a Mythical Saint boss. You have finally obtained 9 billion points of Chaos Immortal Power."
"You have obtained 11 trillion Immortal Crystals."
"You have finally obtained 81,000 points of Law Points."
"You have obtained 9,000 portions of Primordial Violet Qi."
"You have obtained the Supreme Divine Ability [Yuqing Immortal Thunder]."
"You have obtained the Origin Law [Tiangang Thunder Law]."
"You have obtained the Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag."
"You have passed the Divine Tier Seventh Level, Enhanced Difficulty Two."
"You have obtained the challenge right for Divine Tier Seventh Level, Enhanced Difficulty Three."
Seeing the drops, Lin Feng was ecstatic.
The Plain Colored Cloud Boundary Flag!
This was a banner that did not overlap with the few Five-Directional Banners he already possessed.
In other words,
He had now collected four of the Innate Five-Directional Banners.
Only one more was needed to synthesize the Innate Five-Directional Banners.
Hope was within reach!
After the joy, he was also somewhat surprised.
Yuqing Immortal Thunder, Tiangang Thunder Law?
He hadn't seen any bosses with profound thunder law abilities among the previous major bosses.
Perhaps they died before they could unleash them?
Lin Feng speculated inwardly.
He took out the [Yuqing Immortal Thunder].
With just a glance, he was astonished by the power of this divine ability.
Extremely high true damage.
Up to nine consecutive attacks.
And it also came with characteristics like paralysis, defense reduction, and confinement of health recovery.
If this divine ability were to be enhanced by him, what would happen?
In his excitement, he was about to learn it directly.
But he received a notification.
"This divine ability is an exclusive divine ability. It requires the prerequisite Origin Law [Tiangang Thunder Law] to be learned."
There were such divine abilities?
Lin Feng was a little surprised.
But upon seeing the specific content of the system notification, he smiled.
This so-called prerequisite law, wasn't it just another drop?
It was like getting a pillow just as he was about to fall asleep.
Perfect timing!
His mood became extremely cheerful.
Could it be,
Today was his lucky day?
The progress with the Five-Directional Banners was pleasing.
And he was about to gain a law and a powerful divine ability that complemented each other.
However,
When he saw the attributes of this law,
His actions halted.
Instead,
He felt a bone-chilling coldness.
...
One million words. A little emotional.
This is the author's first complete work, and his first online game novel.
There's the initial joy of receiving reader recognition, as well as the struggles and deliberation in the middle when it was difficult to continue, leading to the anticipation and outlook at the end.
This may not be an excellent work, with many flaws and shortcomings as pointed out by readers.
But the author has grown a lot along the way, with the urging and suggestions from everyone.
And he is even more grateful for the encouragement and support of new and old readers. Every cheer warms him immensely.
One million words. He boldly asks for gift support. Even a tenth or two-tenths of a cent is not too little; they are all encouragements to him.
In the final few plot points, he will try his best to write them brilliantly, so that everyone can enjoy reading them, and it will not be in vain to have met and accompanied you all this way.
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