Chapter 634: Highest Rating

After the words fell.

This time, the environment fell into silence.

After a few seconds that were both long and short.

On the eve of the illusion's shattering.

A patch of darkness flashed by in an instant.

Only a girl in white clothes could be seen, standing alone at the center of the screen.

She, with a desolate expression, leaned against the sealed window, staring blankly at the outside.

Even if she couldn't see, that helpless gaze seemed able to pierce the cold barrier.

"AnXia, don't look..."

"Have something to eat..."

"Lin Ge, he will definitely come back to find us..."

At the door, Jing Tian gave a bitter smile as he looked at his sister,

Since Lin An left, AnXia has been guarding by the window, fearing to miss any movement.

By the window, the girl shook her small head, indicating she wasn't hungry.

In the silence, a metal-cutting sound suddenly came from the repaired anti-theft door.

"Huang Lao Da, this is it!"

"Bang!"

The door burst open, revealing Huang Gang's ferocious grin.

Lin An, who was controlling the mechanical compass, suddenly stopped his spiritual power input.

He was almost outside the image, about to escape the illusion.

But looking at the scene before him, he suddenly gripped the sword hilt tightly.

His breathing was ragged.

He, who had never been disturbed by illusions before, now experienced intense emotional swings.

The mutant controlling the illusion also realized this.

So, you also have something you care about?

In an instant, it couldn't help but speed up the illusion.

So... you also get flustered.

If there were joyful feelings, the monster would probably burst into loud laughter now.

As long as there is a loophole in thought, as long as emotions shift,

it can slip in!

This is the scene he fears most deep inside!

However, before the monster could accelerate and drive the image,

Only see, on the face of the silent Lin An, a mask suddenly appeared.

"You're looking for death!!"

The voice was filled with bone-chilling killing intent.

He had not been angered for a long time.

For the first time, Lin An, in extreme anger, almost lost his reason.

"I originally didn't want to use this."

"You think I can only slowly grind open your illusion!!"

The expression beneath the mask was ferocious.

Originally he did not intend to use the Death God Mask to complete the mission, to prevent the system from possibly triggering an error.

After all, while on the mission, the system's monitoring intensity is far greater than usual.

If it were normal, it would be fine. With the system's rigid judgment, after obtaining the Second Level Peak Evaluation, there was no need to worry about using equipment.

But under the current evaluation, relying on the power of legendary equipment is no different from a firefly in the night.

But.

To delay further, to watch another second, Lin An could not possibly accept!

Even if we step back ten thousand steps,

Let it trigger, then trigger.

At worst, I'll accept the punishment!

"Perhaps I was too cautious; I actually wasted so much time on you, this trash!"

A tiny Second Level...

In his bones, Lin An is not someone who compromises.

After leaving the Secret Realm, have I been overly cautious?

Without Hesitation.

Unable to suppress his emotions any longer, Lin An, without hesitation, activated the skill.

Condense Spirit!

Massive life force converted into spiritual power, nearly several times the previous amount, surged into the mechanical compass.

Only the blue props let out a mournful cry, almost blown apart by this huge surge of spiritual power.

Fear!

On the mask, dense bloody patterns instantly lit up.

Unmatched, as if the fearsome power of the world's essence began to spread and expand.

In an instant.

The already wavering illusion began to shatter, like a mirror struck by a bullet, revealing the real world.

Under the suddenly erupting mask effect, even the mindless mutant, who never knew what fear was.

At this moment, it actually discovered with shock that it felt an indescribable fearsome power.

"No!"

"Spare me!!"

"Lin An, don't kill me! I'm Wen Ya...!!"

"I'm Jing Tian!!"

"I'm... Gao Tian..."

The twisted male and female voices mixed together.

On the brink of death, under the forced addition of emotion by the fear effect, the mutant, like a filth, constantly wailed and screamed.

From instinct.

Death, it neither fears nor understands.

Its so-called wisdom is nothing more than an electronic program.

But when it could understand, it was as if enduring the greatest torment in the world.

The sharp wailing gradually weakened.

On the ceiling, a puddle like black water of a monster trembled madly.

Undergoing boundless pressure, sensing the fear of death's essence, it was thoroughly dragged into Shen Yuan.

The next second.

Only the sound of a water ball bursting suddenly rang out.

The Second Level Mutant hidden in the bloodstains on the ceiling directly exploded on the spot.

Levitating off the ground, Lin An floating in midair stared fixedly at the filth above his head.

Was it hiding inside Pu Zhengyan's body, and then lurking above my head at the moment I killed him?

If this monster isn't dead yet, he doesn't mind using the Causal Sequence to raze this place to the ground just to kill it!

After a brief pause.

A system notification sounded:

"Beep, mission completed, current strength evaluation: Second Level Peak."

"Obtained special reward, Illusion Shard*1"

"Beep, detected... erroneous Equipment...?"

Like ruins, the interior of the hotel that suddenly appeared in a deep pit.

Everyone looked in horror at Lin An floating in midair.

They didn't know what happened.

All they knew was that Lin An, who had been maintaining his attack, suddenly turned to stone, then after a few seconds regained consciousness.

Is that exploding filth a monster?

Looking at the mask on Lin An's face, the passive overflowing effect made them unable to resist wanting to kneel on the ground.

Extreme fear emotion pointed straight to the depths of the soul.

No other thoughts could arise in the heart; looking at that mask, it was as if gazing into hell.

If Lin An had not activated the active effect of the Equipment for them.

At this moment, the survivors inside the hotel would, like the dead Second Level Mutant, instantly lose their sanity.

Lightly, madness; heavily, willpower damaged, death on the spot.

He paid no attention to everyone's performance.

Looking at the second system notification below the mission completion.

Lin An couldn't help but tightly clench his fists.

Sure enough, he triggered the system error again.

He exhaled a breath.

He had no regretful emotion.

Although it seemed somewhat foolish and rash.

Even if he delayed a few more seconds, he could still deal with that monster.

But if given a thousand or ten thousand choices, he would not hesitate to use the Death God's Mask.

Even if it's an illusion, even if it's fake.

Lin An could not bear to watch AnXia suffer in front of him.

Silently listening to the incessant prompts, Lin An calmly awaited the system's outcome.

Xiong Hanzi, who rushed to his side, seemed to also realize something.

"Lin Dui..."

His gaze was firm.

If there were another punishment dungeon, he would still be willing to follow Lin An inside.

Time was both long and brief.

In the heavy atmosphere, the system's mechanical sound rang out again:

"Beep, monitoring normal."

「The Death God Mask is system equipment, obtained through a normal channel (an SSS-level draw event), and the draw process showed no abnormality. 」

「Player strength rating increased; current rating: Second Level Limit++. 」

「Please, player, complete the trial tower task as soon as possible. 」

「Upon becoming the first third-level Awakened One, you will receive an additional special privilege. 」

Huh!?

Lin An looked at the given judgment result in surprise, unable to help feeling a sudden bewilderment.

What does that mean!?

No punishment, but still a reward?

The system doesn't think there's any problem with the equipment's source!?

Suddenly, Lin An's expression turned strange, as if he had thought of something.

He previously thought the Death God Mask didn't conform to system monitoring; first, this piece of equipment was something he didn't have before his "cleaning up".

Second, during the draw process, he subconsciously thought the Savior System had helped him cheat.

But he never expected that.

Looking at the meaning of the Doomsday System...

The Death God Mask was actually drawn by his own ability.