Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

When Wu Chang and the others were still some distance from the Stone Temple, they got out of the car, cautiously approaching the small temple.

The battle in front of the small temple was exceptionally fierce.

The Bliss Sect had many members, as well as support from the local people. The locals were wearing combat mechs, capable of providing substantial firepower.

Additionally, among the external Bliss Sect members, there were quite a few Abyss Second Layer players, dispatching three Abyss Second Layer priests to block the two, which should theoretically give them the upper hand.

Yet, in reality, not only were they not in a dominant position, but the Bliss Sect struggled to maintain even a neutral stance, completely suppressed by Meng Yawen and the helmed man, barely holding on.

As for the helmed man, Wu Chang strongly suspected that he had entered by tapping into the Pillar of the Present World's upper limits, as the pressure emanating from him was on a different level compared to other Abyss Second Layer players, not even Gu Feng could match.

At this moment, the helmed man was fighting three alone, easily holding off three Abyss Second Layer priests, while still being able to divert attention to assess Meng Yawen's side of the battle, and alert her to any potential danger.

The helmed man's advantage lay in his formidable raw power, whereas Meng Yawen was relying on sheer determination to excel among the crowd.

Her every move aimed to take the opponent's life, often choosing to endure a hit in order to ensure the enemy was doomed.

For others, such reckless methods would be exactly what the local people from the Underground Shelter desired, as they weren't afraid of dying—waking up a true hero again after a night's rest.

But Meng Yawen was different; she and the helmed man came from the same force and mastered the ability to completely annihilate these local people from the Underground Shelter.

Whether player or local, as long as they were killed by her, they were truly dead.

Despite the locals loving to court death, when pressured, dying once was a way to relax, but such a lifetired attitude was based on the premise of not actually dying.

When real death appeared unprepared before them, instead, they were scared.

The mech defense line composed of locals was the first to collapse in face of Meng Yawen's offensive.

Without the local firepower support, the Bliss Sect followers, some still residing in the Desolate Realm, couldn't possibly withstand Meng Yawen's assault. At this rate, it wouldn't be long before the two could kill their way into the temple.

Witnessing the battle so fierce, Wu Chang naturally decided to use skills to stir things up.

Thus, he activated the Knight of Strife's second talent, Chaos Authority.

「Talent Name: Chaos Authority」

「Talent Description: You can transform energy into tangible chaos and spread it out; all targets affected by your authority will be marked. Marked targets will have parts of their main attributes extracted according to chaos intensity. Once chaos value exceeds a certain level, you can completely control or annihilate marked targets.」

If any player present had activated divinity, they would see a circle of black light spreading outward from Wu Chang.

All individuals shrouded in the black-purple luminescence would have a slightly faint black-purple hue appearing on their bodies.

All who were dyed by the authority, whether local or player, would have their will significantly weakened and be subjected to the manipulations of the Chaos Authority.

Under the influence of the Chaos Authority, people's thoughts would become chaotic, feeling their internal power surging rapidly.

Everyone felt like they were a balloon, connected to a power pipeline named strength, continually receiving a massive influx of power.

They urgently needed to vent this power; otherwise, they risked bursting.

As for how to vent, or to whom—it didn't matter.

Wu Chang drew from the experience of Zheng Ruiyuan using authority on Star Jump, employing his authority with a subtle force, primarily emphasizing discreet infiltration.

Zheng Ruiyuan's full-throttle method of authority usage was indeed immediate, inciting the battle to its most intense phase within minutes, driving all influenced by the authority to lose complete control.

But such a usage was too conspicuous, easily noticed.

This way, Wu Chang gradually escalated the chaos, building a snowball effect, seemingly taking longer, less efficient, but once the snowball rolled into form, it would be hard to stop; even if they wanted to intervene by then, it'd be too late.

When Wu Chang and the others had stealthily moved to around two to three hundred meters from the battlefield, everyone involved, including the three Management Bureau members behind him, were covered by a faint black-purple glow.

Being initially covered by the chaos authority's glow meant they were already marked by Wu Chang.

With the marking complete, Wu Chang began extracting their attributes.

He could see that every target he marked was establishing a connection with him, followed by a long string of notifications on the attribute panel.

「Target's current chaos level: minor, extracting opponent's main attribute: 1 Power.」

「Target's current chaos level: light, extracting opponent's main attribute: 2 Agility.」

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Each extraction amount appeared small, with much having 2 to 3 points, and little having only 0.1 to 0.2 points, but benefiting from a continuous flow.

Plus, there were still too few individuals participating in the battle. If the entire Underground Shelter could be dragged into the fray, even though each harvest would be small, the aggregate would be quite significant.

If his authority could envelop a plane and he triggered a global warfare.

Conservatively estimated, considering a plane with six billion people, a single harvest of attribute points would allow him to shatter the upper limit of the plane's barrier.

Though, perhaps due to the chaos authority being too overpowering in large-scale battles, the plane barrier seems to further reduce the attributes absorbed by chaos authority.