Chapter 123

【Deep Abyss Ring】 (Unique)

Quality: SSS

Requirement: All attributes exceed 1000 points.

Additional Attribute: ~All attributes +500

Additional Trait #1: All attacks always hit, and damage is permanently increased by 20%.

Additional Trait #2: On attack, 35% chance to drain 5% of the target's HP to restore your own (capped at 20 times your Strength attribute), and deal equal additional damage.

Unique Skill: Soul Body, passive skill. Upon death, activates Soul State and retains certain attributes; absorbing Soul Power can condense a new physical body and revive (Note: If the Soul dies, it vanishes permanently). Trigger count: 1!

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"R…Resurrection!!"

This world is not a true game, but resurrection does exist, and every resurrection ability is extremely rare.

For example, the SSS hidden class—Holy Priest—possesses a resurrection skill.

But the cost of casting resurrection is immense.

What exactly that cost is, Luo Chenyu has never heard, but the value of resurrection ability is undeniable.

【Soul Body】 is certainly why 【Deep Abyss Ring】 is an SSS-tier item.

"If I get a better ring later, I can use the 【Eternal Engraving Scroll】 to engrave the skill and keep it permanently—this is like gaining an extra life!"

As for absorbing Soul Power?

He didn't want to know, and dared not know.

【Ninefold Abyss】 continued spawning targets, and Luo Chenyu resumed his monster-slaying pace.

What he didn't know was.

Outside, chaos had erupted completely.

………………

"Sun Zi, don't run, eat shit!"

The young man mockingly called out to the one who had sworn an oath, but the man had already covered his face and run far away.

"Too bad, I was about to burst!"

The young man then left.

At this moment, a voice rang out in the crowd, jarringly out of place.

"Holy shit, that bandit is him!!"

A journalist held a special mana-phone, displaying Luo Chenyu's photo.

"Who is this? Where did you find him?"

"He looks familiar, but I can't recall where I've seen him—his smile… was so fucking terrifying, if I'd ever met him, I'd never forget."

"Tell me quick, I'm curious…"

"Curiosity killed the cat—are you sure you want to know?"

The journalist cleared his throat and said: "Yesterday, my colleague wrote a report about him… a graduate of Longshan High School, Luo Chenyu!!"

As soon as he spoke, the entire crowd fell into stunned silence.

"Holy shit shit shit shit… Luo Chenyu, the guy who got the SSSS rating in the newbie dungeon, supposedly the school's beauty's boyfriend!"

"Him? Impossible—he only changed his class two days ago, and today he's already cleared 50… 51 layers of 【Ninefold Abyss】?"

"If true, the entire Xuanlong Nation—no, the entire world—will go mad."

"Could he have a divine artifact?"

"Are you insane? He's a tank who got an SSSS rating in a newbie dungeon—that could be explained by luck or good learning, since it's a newbie dungeon. But this is 【Ninefold Abyss】! Any ordinary monster here could wipe out the entire newbie dungeon!"

"Quick, send the news back—big story, absolutely huge! My year-end bonus is secured!"

……

Everyone went wild; many with the means pulled out their mana-phones.

In the shadows, Yu Zhilin frowned deeply.

After a moment's hesitation, he pulled out his mana-phone and dialed An Chen's number.

"Principal, Luo Chenyu is causing too much trouble—I feel I can't protect him anymore, you need to figure something out quickly…"

An Chen sat in his car and teased: "What else could he possibly do? And if even you can't protect him, who in Longshan High can?"

"He… he cleared 53 layers of 【Ninefold Abyss】 in just a few minutes."

An Chen paused slightly, then said casually: "So what? He took down Ghost Blade—he's got the power."

"But… but there are reporters now at the entrance of 【Ninefold Abyss】—they're frantically calling in… the secret's out."

"What the hell?" An Chen blanched and shouted: "How did reporters get to the entrance of 【Ninefold Abyss】?"

"Wu Dao from the God of War Academy is also challenging 【Ninefold Abyss】—it's the Wang family's doing!"

"Holy shit… Xiao Mao, turn around and head for Longyuan Valley!!"

After instructing his driver, An Chen yelled into the phone: "Zhilin, when Luo Chenyu comes out, take him to Yangshan…"

Yu Zhilin hung up, his nerves taut, his gaze locked on the red dot within the black vortex.

And at this moment.

An Chen held his phone and dialed another number.

"Old Xu, something huge has happened…"

An Chen then laid out everything about Luo Chenyu, his face filled with deep concern.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have reacted this way—he might even have encouraged the media to spread the news and boost Longshan High's reputation.

But…

Now, an offhand move had brought their battle with their sworn enemy onto the media stage ahead of schedule, and laid it out in the open for all to see.

When it came to public opinion, they had always been at a disadvantage, and now it was even harder!

"Old An, don't rush — maybe this is our chance!"

The voice from the other end of the line made An Chen's face shift like spring weather, sunny one moment, cloudy the next.

Only after he hung up did he let out a sigh.

"The hearts of you people are all rotten!!"

………………

Maoxiangong Society office building.

Wang Meng had also just hung up the phone, and his face changed the moment he did.

Wang Ziquan, who was teasing a cat on the office sofa, noticed and asked curiously, "Dad, what happened?"

"Those Ghost Blade good-for-nothings didn't even make a move, and now that little bastard has actually broken into the 【Ninefold Abyss】. And look how it turned out — the result is simply unbelievable. In less than half an hour, he's blasted past the 100th-floor Daguan, almost catching up to Wu Dao's pace."

"Meow… meow-yowl!!"