Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'-Chapter 1311 - 278: Void Route: Toward the [White Wolf] Ending (3)_3

"Take a break and then let's continue on the road. If we delay too long, Lai Anding will think we're dragging our feet too much," Ru Xinian said.

Allogan smirked, "So what if we delay a bit? It's a task with no reward, what do you expect, effort without return?"

"You've already got cheats, do you still care about trifling rewards?"

"Do I care about the rewards? It's the attitude I care about."

"Doesn't make much sense..."

Ru Xinian shook his head.

"Back when the game first launched, nobody cared about rewards, playing the game itself was thrilling. Why does playing a game now feel like going to work, always trying to guess the boss's intentions and sympathizing with the company's difficulties, and if I make a fuss about them not giving out benefits, I'm told to either enjoy or leave. It's absurd."

Allogan was grumbling:

"Do the planners and designers even play the game? If they do, don't they realize how bad the environment has become? And if they do know, why just stand by and watch?"

"I don't know, but I feel some designers and professionals must have entered the industry with passion and ideals, hoping to create great works that bring joy to everyone while benefiting themselves. However, over time, that passion is worn away by interests and repetitive work."

Ru Xinian said lazily as he brewed the wine:

"That's just reality, cold and ruthless. No one can forever hold passion in reality, or stay young forever. Whether it's games or anything else. Those trying to escape reality through games don't realize that games themselves are products of reality, and whatever happens in reality happens in games too."

The wine was warm now. He fished out a bottle and handed it to Allogan:

"Drink, to this damn real world."

"If I could, I wish I could return to the beginning, playing games carefree."

"Once you go back, you'd complain about how you can't beat anyone, how cheap the task rewards are, and shout at stupid NPCs to wait until you bring a main account to wipe them out."

"Whatever, remembering the good of the past while forgetting the trauma is the victor's privilege."

With that, the two exchanged a smile and clinked their glasses.

"Cheers!"

Boom——————!

At the moment their glasses collided, a violent explosion blossomed overhead, bringing radiant brilliance to the dark land. The thunderous sound seemed to shatter dimensions, spacetime twisted by powerful energy, time slowed by millions of times, and even swift mosquitoes seemed caught in amber, drifting into eternity.

[Forbidden Curse: Amber Divine Domain]

On a distant hillside, Elevent lowered the magic wand, a slight crack appearing on the porcelain skin face.

As a Grand Magus of Fine Artistry's Third Transformation, Elevent could not guarantee the effectiveness of this forbidden spell, so they especially consumed some of their own divinity.

Even so, how much effect this time stop domain, originally able to last for 150 seconds, could have under divinity's support was unknown to Elevent.

"It might work, but the other side has cheats, so..."

They didn't explain further, as the True Martial Party members beside them were already disengaging their stealth magic.

"Let's just fight."

Atreya Nightwind led the charge, dual blades unsheathed, qi energy surging, swiftly slashing into the enemy ranks. Amid movement and maneuver, their form had shifted into the Destructive God Race's true body, black armored suit merging with the night, braids flowing in the wind, green eyes surrounded by divine flames.

From the start, it was all out effort.

Their speed was rapid, whether as Divine Clan Warriors or as occupational players, in an instant stacking Dominator Body, Damage Reduction, Damage Increase, Acceleration, and Gang Qi protection, well prepared.

Atreya Nightwind's target was clear: the weakest Ru Xinian, among those controlled by the Amber Divine Domain's time stop. As the only [Mysterious] backline of the opposing trio, they were fragile and offered no chance to step into the Spirit Realm. One burst of output should be enough to take them down!

Pa!

Atreya arrived in a flash, dual blades soaring, transforming into hundreds, crossing and swinging, cutting, paring, chopping, slicing, smearing, stabbing, striking, thrusting, lifting, slashing, almost precisely frame-perfect, striking a thousand times in an instant.

[Wolf School: Ultimate Skill: Whirling Dance of Chaos]

"The ultimate skill adds damage equal to 3% of the enemy's maximum Health Points with every strike. Each attack switches between true, magic, and physical damage. With my attack speed limit lifted, I can land up to 2207 hits, whether mixed damage or basic value, it's more than enough!"

They held no arrogance or contempt, going all out to eliminate one enemy in the limited control time Elevent provided.

Members of the True Martial Party followed behind, teleporting or blinking into the battle, as long as they took down one, the remaining two would be easy to handle.

Ru Xinian's Health Points plummeted rapidly, bones and flesh severed, flesh and blood dissociating.

—It's done!

However, as Atreya's dual blades swung with fierce energy, almost dicing Ru Xinian into mince, a strange sound abruptly emerged among the clamors of sword swings and strikes.

Ding!

A very abrupt sound effect, like the trigger sound of an outdated, old-generation home game console.

But for some unknown reason, when Atreya heard that sound, they instinctively looked up.