Chapter 149: Ericte's Final Madness! (April 2300 Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter)

That strike…

After coming to his senses in reality, Qin Chuan savored that destructive strike, excitement still lingering on his face.

The effect of Time Stop exceeded his expectations.

The absolute effect that halted even the operation of superhuman power equated to erasing all bonuses and buffs on the spirit beast, leaving only its absolute physical strength.

Even a Hall Tier zone spirit beast's physique could not withstand Ice Cream's full-power strike.

The only thing he was unsure about was that in the final instant, Ice Cream directly split that Great Quick-frozen Bird in two, which should count as a kill.

Did this violate the challenge rules? Could he smoothly obtain the corresponding Advanced Resource?

Only by entering the Dream World again could this be verified.

If this also yielded Advanced Resources, he could then use this method to defeat other zone spirit beasts!

A zone spirit beast only needed one second of Time Stop…

He couldn't spend it all, basically it was endless!

After gathering the Advanced Resources of all Contract Spirit Beasts, his Time Stop would not decrease but increase! In that case, he likewise wouldn't need to worry about Yue Li discovering the traces of Time Stop.

Although the Dream World only passes an instant between a player logging out and logging back in, the player's consciousness experiences sixteen hours of real time, making it impossible to seamlessly connect like an instant; missing a second or two in between cannot be perceived.

As long as he didn't make an overly obvious position change before and after Time Stop, he wouldn't be exposed.

With the zone spirit beast issue resolved, the only problem before him was the Hall Crystal.

Thinking this, Qin Chuan's eyes flashed with sharp light.

According to his prior agreement with Long Ji, three days later the Third Talent would refresh again, and he would use the Third Talent to help Long Ji find the missing rare resource.

In this matter, Qin Chuan prepared neither to renege nor delay, since Long Ji had taken care of the trouble of Insight and the threat of Ericte for him; doing it himself would likewise consume a Third Talent, and due to Insight, it would even be a loss.

Thus, the refresh of the Third Talent in ten days would be when he obtained the Hall Crystal.

As for Yue Li, just like when searching for rare resources, she did not want to hinder Qin Chuan's progress for her own needs; therefore Qin Chuan agreed with her that, once he truly obtained the Hall Crystal, they would together test whether they could obtain it via Prayer.

Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Qin Chuan took out his phone and opened the Dream World forum.

Because Ericte and Matsuzaka Yoshiki's names simultaneously disappeared from the 3273 area rankings, in the Dream World he was also uncertain about their situation.

However, on the Dream World forum, the latest updates from the entire server are compiled immediately; even if those two went to other areas, he could still learn their specifics.

Indeed, the moment he opened the Dream World, his gaze locked onto a post with hundreds of thousands of comments.

"Spirit Ascension Talent has lit up again, Ericte is done! Brothers, quickly delete your accounts and restart, give it a shot to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!"

It seems Ericte did delete his account, though…

"Turning a bicycle into a motorcycle?" Qin Chuan's mouth twitched.

Never mind, with the popularity of Spirit Ascension Talent, there shouldn't be few doing such a thing.

He curiously clicked in and found that until the very last second of last night, Spirit Ascension Talent had not yet dimmed again.

After all…

The Insight from the night before last sparked a frenzy, causing the number of official-level players worldwide who had not yet chosen a talent to plummet dramatically.

Yesterday, many fewer players could still draw Spirit Ascension.

Qin Chuan exited that post and soon saw another.

"Shocking! The person who made Ericte delete his account is actually him!"

Upon clicking in, it said it was Matsuzaka Yoshiki.

Matsuzaka Yoshiki continued his usual rushing speed, crossing two areas to appear in the 3275 area, and his battle record added a new achievement: killing all of Ericte's Contract Spirit Beasts.

Upon seeing this news, Qin Chuan let out a slight sigh of relief. He had thought that, given Matsuzaka Yoshiki's habit of targeting top-ranked players when he first appeared, after killing Ericte the next target would be himself.

Unexpectedly, after killing Ericte, he just left like that.

If you say he's normal, he's on the road every day.

If you say he's abnormal, upon reflection, before killing Ericte, Matsuzaka Yoshiki had gone ten-plus days without killing any innocent players, as if he had turned over a new leaf.

Even the current online resistance and vigilance against him have consequently become much fewer.

Qin Chuan still doesn't understand that person's logic to this day.

But for now, not having him as an enemy is always good.

Just as he was about to leave the forum, a newly posted thread caught his eye again.

Ericte, has spoken.

He didn't livestream, but posted a long article on his social media account.

The content of the long article was extremely explosive.

He publicly disclosed the full talent effects of Golden Talent Spirit Ascension, Insight, and Soul Fusion.

Players of the Special Affairs Group who obtained the Insight Talent are probably already sweating profusely.

The Third Talent of Spirit Ascension is stronger than Qin Chuan had previously estimated.

Now, players attempting to obtain Spirit Ascension by deleting and restarting should be even more numerous.

Qin Chuan's gaze turned to the talent effects of Soul Fusion.

The next second, his expression became bewildered.

The Third Talent effect of Soul Fusion…

Instantaneous movement? — At the same time, inside Ericte's mansion across the ocean.

"It's over." Ericte, looking exhausted and with disheveled hair, tossed his phone aside, gazed at the middle-aged man before him whose features resembled his own, and added a hint of self-mockery to the corner of his mouth: "Now you can mock me."

"No father would mock his own child." Lauren Soragg, patriarch of the Soragg family and Ericte's father, spoke calmly, "But you, who have never experienced any setbacks since childhood, indeed need a proper setback."

"Is that your reason for coldly standing by?" Ericte glanced at his father, expression neither sad nor happy, as if resigned, "Speak, what is the family's disposition?"

After obtaining the Golden Talent Spirit Ascension, he did not consult the Soragg family, but unilaterally chose to publicize the talent to coerce other Soragg family members onto his boat.

Other family members had long been dissatisfied with this, but dared not speak out due to the Spirit Ascension Talent.

Now, he has lost the Ascending Spirit, and the other members of the family will certainly take action.

"From now on, you cannot step out of this villa even half a step, nor can you contact the outside world." Lauren stood up, walked toward the villa's gate, "The low-level resources you need will be provided immediately; this is the only preferential treatment you can get as a fringe member of the family."

"Only by obtaining a talent of red or higher can you return to your original position."

Ericte silently watched Lauren's back, then suddenly spoke.

"My being ostentatious, is it wrong?"

Lauren's steps halted.

"Being ostentatious is not wrong."

"Born into the Suolage family, you who possess a gold-tier talent are qualified to be ostentatious."

"But my child, being ostentatious does not equal looking down on everything."

"The human heart is a prison; if there is no rival in your heart, a rival outside the prison will naturally seek you out."

(End of chapter)