Chapter 851

Chapter 851

Back when Shen staggered backwards earlier, the lock on the surrounding space also lost its effect. Without hesitating, Chen Xiaolian swiftly put some tens of metres between them. Once again, he held the Flash Bow of Ketu-Rahu and aimed it at Shen, who was still holding his head and growling.

Power gathered upon Chen Xiaolian’s body once again and the surrounding streams of energy swirled furiously towards him before melding into the bow.

Naturally, this time, he would not be using the Matchless Skyfall move.

Rather, it was another move that Du Wei had taught him.

Star Drop!

“Chen... Xiaolian!”

Shen forced himself to stand straight and stared right at Chen Xiaolian, who was aiming the bow his way. His handsome face had become contorted due to the pain.

“Regardless of what you just did, did you think... that you can defeat me with just this?”

Suddenly, he stretched his right hand and his fingers closed up, seemingly grabbing something.

As Shen’s fingers were closing up, a quaint-looking bronze sword appeared in his grasp.

Spots of greenish-copper patina covered the blade of the bronze sword while there were grain-sized nicks all over the edges of the sword. It looked as though it had drunk its fill of blood in the battlefield.

Unlike its outward appearance, however, the moment the sword appeared, it radiated an intensely frightful, soul-shattering power.

Chen Xiaolian’s heart skipped a beat.

He had witnessed Shen fight more than once. But in every one of them, Shen would fight his enemies barehanded. Even when facing Du Wei and the others, he had never utilized any weapon.

At this very moment, however, he had pulled out this bronze sword.

This meant-

Shen slashed at Chen Xiaolian with the bronze sword. Unlike Chen Xiaolian, he did not need a long power-gathering period before making his move.

Despite a distance of tens of metres between them, the edges of the sword left a trail of five-coloured radiance in its wake, which then rippled towards Chen Xiaolian.

Star Drop was one of the Flash Bow of Ketu-Rahu’s two ultimate skills. Although Chen Xiaolian’s power had drastically improved compared to before, he was still not able to instantly unleash the move.

He had yet to fully charge up for the move but the five-coloured radiance that Shen released had already arrived. Seeing no other options, he released the bowstring.

A meteor suddenly flashed into existence and flew towards the five-coloured light.

Arrow of Flash Bow of Ketu-Rahu · Star Drop!

Boom!

Two outstandingly formidable force collided, shaking the lands. The surrounding houses and trees were swept away to who knows where while the terrain itself, stretching up to a radius of hundreds of metres, was flattened by the collision.

Even the hill where the Acropolis was situated shook due to the collision.

In the face of the collision, Chen Xiaolian had to exert his all so as to maintain balance and to not be blown away by the shockwaves. Just as he was able to steady himself, however, another five-coloured radiance flew towards him.

Damn it! So fast?

Shouldn’t he be in a weakened state?

Chen Xiaolian did not even get the opportunity to pull the bow before the five-coloured radiance arrived before him. Thus, he braced himself, held the Flash Bow of Ketu-Rahu with both hands in front and curled his body.

Hopefully, the Flash Bow of Ketu-Rahu and the Moonless Fivefold Light Armour can stop this move.

Boom!

Chen Xiaolian’s body took a violent impact while a loud sound came from the Flash Bow of Ketu-Rahu in his hands. It sounded as though it was about to break.

Additionally, the five-coloured radiance also bombarded the Moonless Fivefold Light Armour to the point where it became damaged all over, leaving only around two thirds of it still attached to Chen Xiaolian’s body.

As for Chen Xiaolian, his body became like a cannonball, blasted backwards into the distant rocky hill where the twelve temples were situated.

Despite the distance of several kilometres, Chen Xiaolian practically flew in a straight line and smashed straight into the entrance of the first temple.

He smashed through the centre part of an entire row of durable marble pillars as though they were bowling pins and half the temple collapsed as a result.

Gritting his teeth, Chen Xiaolian flipped himself up. Before he could steady himself, a mouthful of blood found its way out from his mouth.

After coughing out blood, Chen Xiaolian staggered in an attempt to straighten himself. Suddenly, a smile appeared on his face.

Run!

Chen Xiaolian kicked away the huge rubble in front of him and dashed into the temple.

Right now, the most important thing to him was time.

The four of them had only just taken a step forward when a look of disbelief appeared on their faces.

“You guys... did you all receive it as well?”

Tempest’s eyes were wide open as he stared at his three teammates behind him. “Swift Swallow, Moonlight, Shockbolt, am I hallucinating right now?”

“... ... no, I received it as well.” Swift Swallow was panting heavily, causing her already voluptuous breasts to become even more eye-catching. However, none of them were paying any attention to her breasts.

Just now, the four of them had received a notification from the system.

[Additional quest: Eliminate the two Awakened ones inside this instance dungeon.]

[Unlimited redemption privilege will be temporarily activated within this instance dungeon. You may select any item you want from the shop and redeem it for free.]

“I’ll be damned! What’s going on here? Did the system go crazy? Did the Development Team go crazy? Unlimited redemption privilege?” Tempest’s face grew so flushed it seemed as though he would spray out blood at any moment. “Go check it out!”

There was no need for Tempest to tell them. The other three had simultaneously brought up their personal systems and opened the shop menu.

From the lowest class Healing Beast Blood to the [S] class equipment and skill enhancements, all the points required that were originally placed behind each option had suddenly been replaced with 0.

Originally, there were many equipment and props that could not be redeemed through the shop using points. Instead, they can only be obtained by completing certain storylines within certain instance dungeons.

Outrageously, all those things have appeared as redeemable options in the shop menu.

Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine something like this.

“This... is this a joke?”

Tempest tried to choose an [S] class skill. Without delay, a beam of light appeared upon his palm.

A small copper bell, no bigger than an egg, appeared in his palm. He could faintly see clouds floating across its surface.

“East... the East Emperor’s Bell! This is the real deal!” Tempest’s heart nearly froze. Even without checking the item description through his personal system, he could feel the terrifying power contained within the item.

This was a sacred artifact that he had only heard of through word of mouth from other Players. There was no price tag on this item as it could never be obtained through points.

At that very moment, however, it had appeared on his palm.

“We... we’re not dreaming right now, are we?” Swift Swallow murmured, seemingly in a trance as she extended her right hand.

A stream of black energy flew out from her palm and swiftly circled around her once. All the rubble from the temple that made contact with it disappeared into thin air, as though they never existed.

“The Fog of Annihilation? An [S] class skill?” Shockbolt panted furiously. “I’ll be damned! Just what kind of instance dungeon storyline did we trigger just now?”

“How would I know?” Tempest almost went crazy with joy. “Is that important? Is that important? Now that it’s come to this, are you still in the mood to analyse things? Hurry up and grab em! Who knows if this is a sudden BUG with the system? Redeem however many items you can redeem! Hurry!”

Even as he spoke, Tempest quickly browsed through the shop menu.

All that mattered was that it was an [S] class equipment. The description mattered not. Just buy it up.

As for skill enhancements, they would first ignore those that they were unfamiliar with and those that they do not understand. As for those that they had some knowledge of, so long as no conflict would arise from buying them, they would buy them all.

In but a short moment, all four of them had already maxed out their basic attributes. Moreover, all their storage gear were filled to the brim with top-grade equipment, ranging from cultivation-type to technology-type.

Only then did the four of them – panting heavily – stopped what they were doing. They exchanged glances.

It was not due to exhaustion. Rather, it was due to shock and excitement.

“All of this... is real?” Tempest pinched his thigh forcefully, feeling somewhat absentminded still.

“It’s true!” Shockbolt swung his head skywards excitedly. He was already on the verge of bursting into tears.

The four of them were members of Tempest Assault Squad, a somewhat well-known elite guild amongst the Players. Although their number of members was small, all of them were at [A] class and above.

That was especially true of their Guild Leader, Tempest, who was an [A+] class expert.

They’ve always had great confidence in their own strength.

But... looking back now, their former selves were simply too weak.

From this very moment, every member of Tempest Assault Squad had gained absolute confidence... that they could conquer even the entire Player world.

There was no way that anyone could go against them.

This was invincibility!

“It’s showing up. Someone is indeed coming over.” Swift Swallow was the calmest one amongst them. By now, she had managed to somewhat subdue herself from the frenzy state of joy that she was in earlier. One of the items she redeemed earlier included a portable battlefield detector. At present, she had it placed over her left eye. Stretching her hand, she pointed at the third temple. “Very fast. They’ll be arriving very soon.”

“Very good.” Tempest grinned.

“Then.. let us test our newfound powers and see just how strong they are!”

Note: Saint Cloth here refers to the suit of armour worn by mystical warriors from the manga/anime Saint Seiya. Each of the 12 temples is guarded by a Gold Saint, each corresponding to the 12 zodiac signs. The Gold Saints are led by a Pope. Together, the Saints are supposed to defend the human incarnation of the Olympian Goddess Athena.