Chapter 302: Chapter 194 – Bitterness Ends and Sweetness Begins (Three Updates)_1
While Eric was confusedly staring at the screen, considering whether the host machine had been playing for too long and encountered a problem, Fang Cheng had already chopped the Barefaced Demon Lord into mincemeat once again.
Just to be safe, he chopped him up once more, then burned him with Samadhi True Fire to ensure he could not resurrect, before searching through the ashes with Great Divine Power to trace the source of how the Barefaced Demon Lord was able to come back to life.
Like the Disease Demon Lord, the Barefaced Demon Lord had relied on a strand of remnant will to resurrect successfully, but Fang Cheng was certain he had thoroughly slaughtered them both before, leaving no chance of survival.
This strand of remnant will was hidden in the depths of Tang Mo’s Primordial Spirit and had accompanied Tang Mo’s reincarnation into the modern era.
Initially nourishing itself on despair to cultivate, it was this strand of remnant will that led Tang Mo to write such a novel of despair; and it was the will that merged into the novel, eventually becoming the key to its own resurrection.
The Great Divine Power the opponent used was Returning from the Dead, transforming the false into truth—first erasing its own death from reality, and then relying on the remnant will to resurrect.
This did not seem like the style of a Demon Lord but rather the handiwork of some outsider; the reasons were still unclear, but it was enough to put Fang Cheng on alert.
Leaving a Divine Sense in the void to scout, Fang Cheng began to study the issues left behind by the Barefaced Demon Lord.
With the Barefaced Demon Lord’s death, the entire world evolved once again.
The tragedies of the past were influenced by the subtle manipulations of this demon. Once he disappeared, the players still faced hardships, but Divine Skills had deduced a way out of the situation, laying it within the game.
Clearing the ninth cycle was a necessary condition for this process, and the Barefaced Demon Lord was also evolved, though it was nothing but a shell without will, merely a hidden boss that had been deduced.
By eliminating it, the world’s tragic narrative would be concluded, and the real ending the players had long yearned for would emerge.
The previous oppression of despair would be flipped at this moment; every character in the game would be saved, and while the hopeful ending might be clichéd, nobody would truly dislike a happy one.
Erasing the existence of the Barefaced Demon Lord, Fang Cheng left the place.
When the screen lit up again, Eric saw that the young man had turned into a bizarre and unpredictable monster, a terrifying pressure rushing towards him, but Eric felt not the slightest panic.
He saw the opponent’s health bar.
As long as there was a health bar, it meant that the enemy could be defeated. Having faced countless trials, he was fearless and boldly launched an attack on this hidden boss.
Although the hidden boss dubbed himself Barefaced Demon Lord, everyone agreed his true title should be Heavenly Demon.
Evidence was, after defeating him, the world quickly returned to normal.
The contaminated sect could finally be purified, the high-ranking occupants in the cities could be cleared out, and the world’s Demonic Qi was slowly dispersing, allowing the world to finally start reverting to normal.
Demons might still emerge, but cultivation was no longer a significant risk, and past tragedies could now be avoided one by one, leading toward a world where nobody would get hurt.
Seeing this perfect ending, the players were filled with emotions.
The game was still very difficult, but everyone hoped to personally craft a perfect ending. This determination drove them to continue fighting in “Heavenly Demon”, taking on difficult but achievable tasks with the help of walkthroughs.
As the first player to clear the game, Eric truly hit the jackpot.
When he went to Cologne to accept his prize, he was met with more camera flashes than he had ever seen in his life; by the time he came back, his face was stiff.
The one hundred thousand Euros was a secondary concern, as this first clear finally gave him the stature to step into the top tier of live streamers.
Back at his home, he immediately got in touch with Qiu Yu and gratefully said, “Thank you, Qiu Yu, my fellow Daoist. If it weren’t for you telling me about the Easter egg, I would never have achieved this.”
“I should be thanking you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t even know the ending.”
“No, I should still be the one thanking you more. Since we’re fellow Daoists, is there anything I can help you with?”
Reading the response, Qiu Yu felt that Eric seemed to have adopted a bit of Eastern color, understanding the importance of repaying kindness.
After some thought, Qiu Yu said to Eric, “Actually, I’m working on a game. I’ve got my own game demo ready, but I’d like to get some more people to test it. Could you help me promote it?”
“No problem, send it to me.”
After sending the game, Qiu Yu let out a long sigh.
Thanks to the fortuitous connection through “Heavenly Demon,” he felt he was now on the path to independent game development, slowly but surely making his way toward success.
Indeed, one should really make more friends.