Absolute Death Game

System prompt: After drinking the Immortal Tea, your Physical Strength has fully recovered.

"It's so powerful!?" Xiao Buli was slightly shocked. He had exhausted a lot of his Physical Strength on his journey, and he didn't expect it to be fully restored so quickly.

Sitting opposite Xuanxu Zi, Xiao Buli said, "Master, your disciple has doubts, and I'm unsure whether I should ask."

Xuanxu Zi: "If I said you shouldn't ask, would you refrain from asking?"

Xiao Buli replied: "Um, probably not."

Xuanxu Zi: "Well, that settles it. Feel free to ask any question you have."

Xiao Buli said, "The Demon Clan is invading on a large scale. Does Master know about this?"

Xuanxu Zi: "Of course, I am aware of this."

Xiao Buli asked curiously, "Then why doesn't Master take action to stop it?"

Xuanxu Zi: "Why should I take action to stop it?"

Xiao Buli thought for a moment and answered, "To punish evil and promote good."

Xuanxu Zi: "Haha, then let me ask you, what is good, and what is evil? You think the Demon Clan is evil, but the Demon Clan thinks your human race is evil. It's impossible to clearly define the truth in this matter. Do you not know that the Demon Clan once were the original inhabitants of this world?"

"What!?" Xiao Buli was taken aback. "What exactly is going on?"

Xuanxu Zi seemed to wear a reminiscent expression, "That's a story from tens of thousands of years ago. Once upon a time, many powerful races lived in this world—the Divine Race, the Demon Clan, the Immortal Race, the Demon Race, the Nether Race—all existed on this grand land, and humans were just an unremarkable part of these numerous races.

Compared to other races, humans had no advantages or specialties and could only depend on the other races for survival. Yet, ten thousand years ago, a disaster struck our world. To avoid being destroyed by this catastrophe, the strong races each sought refuge, finding havens for their own kind.

To completely isolate their sanctuaries from the disaster, they used primeval Divine Artifacts to create strong, indestructible barriers. Thus, beyond our world, five separate sub-worlds appeared, namely the Nine Heavens Divine Realm, the Nine Nether Underworld, the Kunlun Demon Realm, the Penglai Immortal Realm, and the Abyssal Demon Realm."

"When the disaster struck, the vast majority of races left behind in this world were wiped out, but curiously, humans survived."

This made Xiao Buli increasingly curious: "What exactly was that disaster? How did humans manage to survive?"

Xuanxu Zi shook his head, "To this day, no one knows. The truth has long been lost in history and myth. However, the survival of humans was no accident. After all, whenever a great catastrophe comes, the fierce behemoths are always the first to be extinguished, whereas the seemingly insignificant creatures like insects and rodents tend to survive.

Perhaps that's the reason why humans lived on while the other strong races perished."
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Xuanxu Zi continued: "But after several thousand years, the races living in the sub-worlds grew dissatisfied with their confined worlds. When they discovered the disaster had passed, they prepared to return to this world. Unfortunately, they were bound by their own created barriers and could not easily travel between the two worlds.

They could only send some moderately powerful elites back to establish power and carve out territories. Since the Alien Races from all worlds had a common goal, they implicitly developed an understanding:

They could compete with each other, but direct attacks were forbidden. As such, I, the Pioneer sent by the Penglai Immortal Realm, naturally cannot act recklessly."

Xiao Buli was surprised; he had not expected this underlying reason.

Xiao Buli said, "But Master hasn't developed a large following or carved out territories, has he?"

Xuanxu Zi chuckled: "Perhaps it's because I'm too lazy."

This response was half-serious, half-joking. Xiao Buli didn't quite believe it, but he didn't press the issue further and instead asked another question.

"Master, if a human is demonized, is there any way to remove the effects of the demonization?"

Xuanxu Zi shook his head, "Demonization is a special transformation process that requires the consent of the individual, and for that reason, once the transformation is accepted, the person who has been demonized will change completely. Unless he is killed, there is no possibility of reverting back."

"Of course, there are no absolutes in the world. If you have enough Merit Points, you can reconstruct a new body for them. After killing them, you can place their soul into the new body, which can restore them to humanity."

Merit Points can reconstruct a body! Xiao Buli was both shocked and delighted, (but he didn't know if this body reconstruction occurred in reality or in the game, though it was probably in the game. However, even if it was in the game, having a reconstructed body was like having an extra life.)

"How many Merit Points are needed to reconstruct a body?" he asked eagerly.

Xuanxu Zi replied, "Well, about 3,000 Merit Points should be enough to reconstruct a body."

(What, 3,000 points! Can that be right?) Xiao Buli thought, how can he gather so many Merit Points? Moreover, because Bai Yunfei had asked him to save up 500 Merit Points earlier, he had just assumed he could use 500 Merit Points to reconstruct a body, hadn't he?

Regardless of whether it was 3,000 or 500, he didn't have them now. All told, he only had 260 points at most. Some were from completing Lu Jiang's quests, some were obtained by purifying burial sites at Mass Burial Mounds, and 50 points were from the refugee escort mission he did the day before yesterday.

He sighed with slight disappointment. After thinking, he tentatively asked, "Besides these five sub-worlds, are there other worlds?"

Upon hearing Xiao Buli's question, Xuanxu Zi remained silent. After a long while, he finally said, "Legend has it that beyond our world, there is another realm called Heaven Beyond Heaven. However, what it's like there, no one knows."

(Heaven Beyond Heaven realm? Could it be referring to the real world?) Xiao Buli couldn't help but speculate in his heart. Seeing that Xuanxu Zi seemed reluctant to discuss this issue, he did not dare to ask any further questions.

"Master, I haven't learned any new spells since I changed my class, so I would like to learn one now, if I may."

"Of course you may," Xuanxu Zi said, "choose one for yourself." With that, he summoned the skill list.

Xiao Buli had only 300 Contribution Value points to use, which he had saved from his last exchange. Looking at the level 3 spells, the cheapest ones cost over two hundred points, so his 300 Contribution Value points were only enough to exchange for one level 3 spell.

Usually, he would prioritize life-saving skills, but considering that he already had quite a few life-saving techniques, he decided in the end to go for a powerful offensive spell.

After a brief browse through the level 3 spell list, one spell caught his eye.

Heavenly Thunder Curse (5 seconds Casting Time): Summons a bolt of heavenly thunder to strike down on a fixed target, dealing 40+75 (spiritual power × 3) points of lightning damage to enemies directly hit, also adding a paralyzing effect, and causing splash damage to nearby units, consuming 50 True Yuan points, learning requirements: revered Prestige with Mystic Hollow Palace, spiritual power 24, Taoist Heart LV3, Contribution Value 280 points.

At level one, it dealt over a hundred points of damage, and its power would be even more considerable if combined with a few Magic Artifacts. The downside was that it targeted a specific point, and if the target moved away during casting, it might be hard to hit. However, after a brief hesitation, Xiao Buli decided to learn this technique.

Although the Casting Time was a bit long, it could be cast relatively easily once merged.

As he thought about it, he bid farewell to Xuanxu Zi and left the main hall of Mystic Hollow Palace, returning to his room within the Mystic Hollow Palace. The room was the same as when he had left it; locking the door, he brought out the skill list, ready for a new round of skill merging.

But before starting the merger, he felt there was someone worth consulting.

PS: I went to the doctor for my stomach ailment today, and the preliminary diagnosis is superficial gastritis. I still have to undergo a gastroscopy tomorrow, wish me luck. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)