novelslam The title "Chapter 422" is somewhat targeted.
The title "Chapter 422" is somewhat targeted.
Inside the arena.
Three thousand players stared blankly at the center of the arena.
The two enormous corpses had already turned into specks of light and vanished, but the bottomless hole in the obsidian wall was still emitting wisps of destructive energy.
Augustus hovered in mid-air, and the nebula vortex trembled violently.
His carefully selected level 60 Twin Lords couldn't even last a second against that three-eyed man.
"999999 points of true damage..." Augustus muttered to himself, "This does not comply with the law of conservation of energy."
Chen You yawned.
He glanced at the time.
"Your Honor," Chen You looked up, "in best of five, I've already won three."
"According to the rules, shouldn't we be settling the bill now?"
Augustus suddenly lowered his head and stared intently at Chen You.
He was very unwilling.
As the embodiment of the rules, he intended to punish this outlier who disrupted the balance, but instead, the other party used an even more unreasonable and violent method to smash the table to pieces.
"You..." Augustus gritted his teeth.
Yang Jian glanced sideways.
Those emotionless eyes glanced indifferently at Augustus.
The tip of the three-pointed double-edged sword drew a dazzling, cold light in mid-air.
Augustus froze.
"Trial participant Chen You." Augustus took a deep breath. "Trial of Virtue... passed."
The voice just fell.
Yang Jian sheathed his weapon, transformed into a blue lotus, and vanished into the air.
[System Announcement: Player Chen You has successfully completed the "Trial of Virtue" and unlocked the Ancient Contract!]
[The Trial Space is about to close. All participating players will be teleported back to their original main city and will receive the "Immortal" participation reward.]
"Holy crap! The settlement is complete!"
"The God of War is awesome! Long live the God of War!"
The players in the stands instantly erupted in cheers.
A series of white lights flashed, and three thousand players were teleported away.
Augustus gave Chen You a deep look, his body transforming into a stream of data that merged into the void.
The arena began to collapse.
Chen You stood still, and a series of dazzling golden notification boxes popped up in front of him.
[Ding! The final stage begins—the masses pay homage, accumulating virtue to achieve sainthood.]
As proof of passing the trial, the system will temporarily erect a life-size statue of you in the central square of the seven main cities you have contracted with (East Iron City, Qirui City, Zhao City, Qianguang City, Cangxing City, Sanjing City, and Chuxin City).
[Statue duration: 2 hours.]
The system will generate a unique "Name of Virtue" for you based on the feedback, evaluations, and wishes of the people (including NPCs and players) of the seven cities regarding the statue.
Chen You was stunned for a moment.
"They're even making a statue?" He stroked his chin. "That's quite a show."
"However, collecting player reviews..."
He suddenly had a bad feeling.
at the same time.
The Origin Realm, comprising seven major cities.
Rumbling--
Dongtiecheng, Qiruicheng, Zhaocheng, Qianguangcheng, Cangxingcheng, Sanjingcheng, Chuxincheng.
The earth trembled simultaneously in seven distinct city center squares.
A ten-meter-tall white jade statue rose from the ground.
The statue depicts Chen You.
Wearing the Ink Abyss Star River Robe, with one hand behind his back, he looked up at the sky with deep and melancholy eyes, exuding the aloofness of a "cold sword immortal" to the extreme.
On the base of the statue, a line of large, gleaming gold characters is engraved: [The one who passed the Trial of Virtue - Chen You].
All players on the server received the coordinates for paying homage from the system.
In less than ten minutes, the squares of the seven main cities were packed with people.
Zangxingcheng Square.
Lord Sander, wearing overalls, stood before the statue with tears in his eyes.
"Mentor! Is this your true attitude?!"
Sander whirled around and roared at the dark mass of city guards and players behind him, "For art! For the mentor! Everyone, start the music!"
The loud, cheesy DJ music echoed throughout the square.
Hundreds of players and NPCs lined up in a square formation under the statue and began practicing the Iron Mountain Lean and Flower Hands techniques in unison.
"Two and a half years of hard work! Dedicated to our great mentor!"
Qianguang City Plaza.
The art style here is completely different.
City Lord Meng De, along with Cai Wenjuan and Du Chedi, placed a huge incense burner in front of the statue.
"Our benefactor is so righteous, granting us three a perfect ending." Mengde clasped his hands together.
The players around them were even more outrageous.
"Quick! Pray to the spirit god, and you might get a top-tier item!"
A group of players frantically burned paper money and threw flowers around the statue, turning the worship ceremony into a large-scale feudal superstition event.
Zhaocheng Square.
City Lord Gao De stroked his beard and smiled: "A pioneer of the immortal path, indeed living up to his reputation."
The player community is more direct.
"I bow to the top-ranked member!"
"Godfather! I've searched for you so hard!"
"God of Travel, give me 50 points, and I'll give you my life!"
Within the trial settlement space.
Chen You stared at the scrolling comments and data on the system panel, his lips twitching wildly.
[We are currently gathering the power of faith and the will of the people...]
[Currently extracting high-frequency words:]
【Godfather (frequency: 45 times)】
【King of Pretentiousness (frequency: 38 times)】
[Top-ranked user (frequency: 32 times)]
【Living Yama (frequency: 28 times)】
[Trainee Mentor (Frequency: 15 times)]
"Stop, stop, stop!" Chen You exclaimed impatiently, reaching for the close button. "What kind of nonsense is this! How can you possibly come up with a good name from this?"
The system completely ignored his protests.
The progress bar quickly filled up.
[Wills collected. Initiating the fusion of title laws.]
[Analysis of player behavior characteristics: Unpredictable actions, adept at exploiting rule loopholes, enjoys overwhelming opponents with money and stats, often causing the enemy's mentality to collapse and their sense of the rules to be lost.]
[Comprehensive evaluation completed.]
[Congratulations to player Chen You for obtaining the unique Mythical title—【Depraved】.]
Chen You's vision went black.
He stared intently at the two large, gleaming, and mocking characters on the panel, feeling his blood pressure surge to the top of his head.
"Morality?"
"You call this a mythical title?!"
Chen You broke down.
Gaode, Mengde, Kidd, Sander, Xuande.
At least he sounds like a proper lord.
When it comes to myself, it's simply called moral depravity?
"If I go out and introduce myself as the Lord of Baiyujing, would that be considered immoral?"
Chen You covered his face, already able to imagine Zhang Yunhai and Sun Feng laughing so hard they were pounding the table.
The system notification continued relentlessly.
【Title: Morally Depraved (Unique Mythical Level)】
[Attribute Bonus: Increases all attributes by 20%.]
[Special Effect 1: Unscrupulous in Martial Arts. When attacking an enemy of a higher level, the first attack deals double damage and has double the critical hit chance.]
[Special Effect 2: Rule Disregard. In any dungeon or trial, you have a 10% chance to ignore the negative rule restrictions of the current scene.]
[Special Effect 3: Highly Respected (Fake). When you are active within the main city area, NPCs' initial favorability towards you is fixed at "Respect".]
Chen You's cursing stopped abruptly.
He stared at the attribute bonuses and special effects on the panel and swallowed hard.
All attributes increased by 20%?
The first hit deals double damage and also crits?
Ignoring the dungeon rules?
"This..." Chen You rubbed his hands together, his anger instantly dissipating, replaced by a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.
"Actually, if you think about it carefully, the word 'losing virtue' may also have the meaning of 'great wisdom appearing as foolishness' and 'destruction before construction' in ancient Chinese."