Chapter 531: Three Days Ago (9/10, Autumn Subscription)

Jing Yan was dumbfounded — is this a prison or a game training base??

And they feed you based on your game realm?? One meal a day is already bad enough, but at least make it filling — this tiny portion is going to starve a poor Houtian-less noob to death!!

But what shocked Jing Yan the most was the content of Note 3.

The Joint Hands Association……

Locking him up here wasn't the 【Network Association】 — it was the higher-level 【Joint Hands Association】, representing the power center of Jianghai City and even the entire nation!

Jing Yan laughed miserably — what kind of thief-catches-thief is this? This is the authorities hunting the thief!

And he was the thief, not Tengli Group.

Want to survive… of course he did!

As long as… he got to eat one good meal!

At least… he could still eat good food in the game……

Driven by hunger and survival, Jing Yan finished his meal, took a sip of water from the showerhead, patted his cheeks to clear his head, lay down on the bed, and entered the game.

Goal: live a life with rice and dishes!!!

……

Inside the game, Jing Yan slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he heard was chaotic cries for help and battle shouts; outside the window, black shadows layered thick, and under the glow of Human Soul fire, the outside looked like ghosts and demons dancing wildly.

His heart skipped a beat — only then did Jing Yan remember that several days had passed in reality before he entered the game.

And at this moment… it was exactly when 【Coffin-Bearing Wraith】 led its army of the eerie to Qingsi County!

Judging from the situation outside, Qingsi County seemed to have… fallen?!

Jing Yan's heart lurched; he was so terrified his whole body trembled, his face deathly pale.

He knew what happened in reality when you died in the game!

He knew even better just how dangerous it was once the eerie army entered the village.

"Ye Ge… as long as I find Ye Ge for protection…"

After things outside quieted a bit, he opened the door with trembling hands, looked up — and Jing Yan's pupils contracted sharply, his mind reeling.

"Bai! Xiao! Ya!!"

He saw, in midair, beneath the pouring Heavy Rain, amid thunder and lightning.

You Sisi's blood-soaked figure plummeted down from midair.

Lord Han's head — at that exact second, that exact instant — was completely crushed by a long-haired girl's single hand, bursting into a skyful of Blood Rain.

And a black shadow, roaring furiously, shot skyward; a single enormous black wing rose from its back, and a two-meter-long black blade pierced straight toward the long-haired girl!

In that instant, time within ten meters around the black-winged figure seemed to freeze!

The thunder in the dark clouds spread its electric tendrils like slow motion.

In the Heavy Rain, the raindrops too seemed to slow like time-lapse, gradually stopping their flow — and what also froze was the long-haired girl in midair!

Only the black-winged figure moved within that frozen time, launching forward like an arrow loosed from its string!

Puchi—!!!

The black blade pierced straight through the long-haired girl's chest!

The scene seemed to freeze.

The Heavy Rain around the black-winged figure resumed its flow, raindrops pouring down in a deluge.

Everything resumed its flow.

"Ye… Ge?" Jing Yan stared, mouth agape, murmuring.

……

Three days ago.

Qingsi County.

Fang Yue listened intently to the latest system notification, then let out a heavy breath.

"System notification: Congratulations to player 【Yese Liming】 on your cultivation progress. 【Blazing Fire Heart Method】 has advanced to the ninth layer, internal force +1000, control force +150, deflection force +100."

The ninth layer of the Blazing Fire Heart Method — finally broken through!!

Everything had gone far more smoothly than he had imagined.

Fang Yue excitedly waved his little fists.

Yay. jpg!

Not easy, not easy at all.

After obtaining the Blazing Fire Heart Method, Fang Yue had been diligently cultivating — and finally broke through!!

Fang Yue's heart surged with excitement; it took him a while to calm himself down.

First, he opened the status panel.

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Realm: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Status: Curse 【Black Rain】."

"HP: 1800/1800."

"Internal Force: 3600/3600."

"Control Force: 1790 【Base: 1770】 【Status/Bonus: +20】."

"Deflection Force: 1740 【Base: 1720】 【Status/Bonus: +20】."

"Comprehension: 5. 【Special Attribute】"

"Talent: Night's Breath 【Human Grade, Superior】."

"Skills: Aura, Analysis Pupil 【Human Grade, Lower Quality】, Nine-Turn Chain Blade 【Damaged, Houtian Third-Rate】, Star Fire Blade Technique Level 1 【Houtian Third-Rate】, Water Sky Blade Technique Level 1 【Crude Martial Arts】, Blazing Fire Heart Method 【Houtian First-Rate / Ninth Layer】, Star Fire Heart Method Level 3 【Houtian Third-Rate / Max Level】."

"Lifespan: 25 years, 6 months."

Got it!

Although the lifespan consumption is also painful, the cultivation speed is absurdly fast.

Fang Yue truly had no idea where Ma Shou had gotten so many top-grade pills from. Fed to a pill-popping maniac like him who had no drug resistance, it was basically an instant takeoff, alright.

He swept a glance at the effects of the max-level Blazing Fire Heart Method.

"Name: Blazing Fire Heart Method."

"Grade: Houtian First-Rate."

"Layer: Ninth Layer."

"Restriction: 50 Control Points."

"Description: Cultivating will drain a large amount of lifespan. Ignite lifespan, the blazing fire self-immolates, burning the heart to temper the body, the Heart Method forms of its own accord."

"Effect 1: Increases Control Points by 300. Under the 【Self-Immolation】 state, damage increases."

"Effect 2: Can store normally accumulated internal force within the 【Blazing Fire Magatama】, erupting in a single burst to perform 【Blazing Fire Burst】. There will be severe after-effects; do not use lightly."

"Note: An exclusive Heart Method for long-lived species. If you've got the lifespan, come and get it!"

Awesome, Blazing Fire Heart Method!

A direct 300 Control Points boost!

In other words, with permanent internal force, he himself now had roughly 2,100 Control Points. Compared to his self right after advancing to the Xiantian Realm, his strength had more than doubled.

The only pity was that he still seemed to be a bit of a distance from reaching the Xiantian Second-Rate Realm.

What Fang Yue lacked now were Heart Methods and Martial Techniques.

But there was no rush. He opened his friend's information.

Fang Yue discovered that Jing Yan had already written the situation regarding the 【Coffin-Pulling Wraith】 in his messages.

Further on, it also said Jing Yan was going offline, had some matters to attend to, and asked him to look after his character.

Fang Yue rolled his eyes. This was the Green Division. You go offline, find a room and hole up in it. Is there any place safer than the Green Division?

The answer was no, alright. With a Xiantian Realm powerhouse like himself here, and Tian Erjun still around, this lineup—across all of Qingsi County, if the Green Division dares to claim second place in safety, who would dare claim first?

He casually replied to Jing Yan, telling him to just find any room to go offline in, and Fang Yue pushed the door open and went out.

Hmm, tonight's night scenery is quite nice.

Most importantly, my mood is great!

A max-level Blazing Fire Heart Method—although he didn't have a Xiantian Realm Heart Method backing him up, he was now someone who held a nuclear weapon. With one burst like this, could an ordinary Blood Rank withstand it? They couldn't, alright!

Although he'd have to use 【Time Rewind】 to heal himself too...

"Parchment!"

【What? Don't disturb the great and noble Lord Parchment's sleep!】

"Praise me!"

【……】

"Praise me!!"

【It's just the Blazing Fire Heart Method maxed out, and you haven't even advanced……】

"Praise me!!!"

【……So amazing.】

"Hehe, just so-so. Look, the fact that I, Fang Yue, have reached where I am today is all thanks to my own effort and diligence! Right?"

【I treat you as a human being, so why do you treat yourself like an idiot? So angry!! When will this idiot child ever stand up!!】

(End of this chapter)