The King of Black Fog

Li Changzhou's gaze was downcast.

The jet-black hair right before his eyes, a wisp of faint fragrance assailed his nostrils, almost as if he could feel the touch of her hair.

Li Changzhou suppressed the urge to bury his face in her hair.

'Dive Punch': From a higher to a lower position, the power of a direct punch +1

"It's not that I don't care about you, I've always been watching you," he said softly.

"I know," Yang Qinglan nodded slightly.

A Perception of 10, any changes in the small battlefield of seven were under her control.

Li Changzhou looked down and smiled, saying:

"I always feel like I don't need to be so concerned about you. Now that your 'Speed' and 'Perception' are maxed out, and your Constitution is at 8 points, your Strength might be weak, but with the Emerald Bee Sword, you might even be stronger than me."

"Unless you don't have 'Death God Descending'."

"Oh? Feeling confident?"

Yang Qinglan gave a playful, provocative laugh.

Li Changzhou also laughed.

"I don't have close combat experience," Yang Qinglan said, "so I plan to use my skill first. If that person can escape the Storm Circle and Attract And Repel, then I'll consider using the Emerald Bee Sword."

"Close combat experience? That's easy, should I teach you when I get back?" Li Changzhou tentatively suggested.

'Drunk': In a drunken state, fear does not occur

"Fine, play the Assassin, and swing your sword at me with the determination to kill me."

"Having murderous intent toward Miss Yang is quite difficult."

"What about a pervert?"

"That's child's play. I can be a great pervert; it's practically my trade. I was born for this."

Yang Qinglan nodded in agreement: "You could write a book called 'Bible·Pervert'."

"The opening dedication: This book is solely dedicated to Miss Yang."

'Tall': Body proportionally enlarged by 1.5 times, Strength +1, Agility -1

"Miss Yang replies: No need, thank you, goodbye."

Just—, no, the pure and immaculate·Li Changzhou admitted defeat. He was sad, hesitant, in pain, conflicted.

Could this be her subtle way of rejecting him?

He was now more anxious than hearing about any invincible Shepherd.

"You have all the Identity Cards," Yang Qinglan walked away from Li Changzhou, "next time, in the instance, use them along with the useless ones to increase your purchase privileges, trade the extras for Game Coins, and improve the skills of your white card."

An Identity Card could increase purchasing powers by five percent. If purchasing privileges were maxed out, an Identity Card could be exchanged for 10 Game Coins.

The official website traded higher, 30 Game Coins for an Identity Card.

Li Changzhou had only sold black Identity Cards in the game and didn't know how much a white Identity Card was worth.

What fate will befall the living players who don't know their Identity Cards have been sold?

Death?

Or would they pay a high price to buy them back from the game?

But none of this mattered to Li Changzhou. After all, why should he give up the opportunity to become stronger for players who were originally enemies and were destined to be enemies in the future, putting himself at risk?

Become stronger, even stronger, and then unbeatable!

The game matched him with opponents of the same Level, so he would grow so strong that nobody could match him!

Protect his sister and Yang Qinglan, ensure a happy and stable life—everything else, including morals, was secondary to this.

At that moment, under Li Qianxia's "care," Zheng Qing regained consciousness.

In front of her eyes, like a bulldozer freshly emerged from a heavy rain, a layer of water pooled on the concrete ground, a body lay somewhere, its right arm severed, its left arm spaghetti-like, crushed underneath,

Behind the body was a spiral-shaped hole.

"What happened?" She collected herself and hurriedly asked.

"What happened... happened," Li Changzhou pocketed the drunk man's Identity Card, turned around, and faced her.

Zheng Qing was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly checked the injuries of her subordinates.

Li Changzhou stretched a big lazy stretch.

It had finally ended.

Yang Qinglan nudged him with her elbow to signal him to be aware that Zheng Qing and her people were surrounding the severely injured Yang Liu, Yun, and Tan Ke, crying out loud.

On the return submarine trip, Li Changzhou recounted the battle with the nuns and the others.

He didn't exaggerate at all, even including the line, "If you want to threaten me, you shouldn't have let these people sleep.", of course, the conclusion was—

"I couldn't let you get burned to death, so I had to endure it this one time."

"You know our national team operates on seeing someone kill someone, seeing a demon kill a demon, never letting themselves suffer the slightest grievance, avenging any grudge on the spot!" Li Changzhou said.

Zheng Qing: "..."

"Killing upon seeing someone? Don't you respect the law?" A student of Academician Lü couldn't help but ask.

Li Changzhou smiled at him, "I used to study law, now my profession is killing. Survival of the fittest, the strong rule over the weak. You're a plant expert, don't even you understand this principle? In the rainforest, when I use large leaves to block your sunlight, you grow vines trying to pull me off my mount."

Zheng Qing felt she had to say something, because she could tell that there was some truth to what Li Changzhou was saying.

This was a ruthless person, and he held grudges.

"Pigeon."

"Hmm? Team Zheng?"

Zheng Qing hesitated for a moment, "We owe you one this time. On behalf of the Special Warfare Bureau, I'll give you an extra piece of intelligence."

"Don't mention it," Li Changzhou smiled, "Please tell."

Zheng Qing looked around, took out her mobile phone, and put Li Changzhou, Li Qianxia, and Yang Qinglan into a separate group.

'Zheng Qing: Actually, temporary attribute increases can't be used for breakthroughs.'

Li Changzhou stood up, his Emerald Bee Sword like an Azure Dragon coming out...

"Brother! Brother! Don't get angry! It's not worth it! We're in deep sea! If the submarine leaks, we'll all be done for! There are many sea monsters outside!"

Li Qianxia desperately hugged Li Changzhou.

Yang Qinglan laughed, feeling life was really... interesting.

Come to think of it.

"Great Strength Bull Fist" increases strength, skills like "Wolf Howl" raise agility; there are a ton of such skills. If temporarily increased attributes could be used for breakthroughs, then players with high "birth" would be everywhere.

The country wouldn't need to go to so much trouble to cultivate the national team.

But why hadn't they thought of it before?

The most likely possibility was that the three of them hadn't seriously considered breaking through their limits.

Even if they did, they'd skip over strength, agility, constitution, perception—deep down, they'd already taken these attributes to be at full value—only considering charm and intelligence.

Charm and intelligence couldn't be increased through attribute points, only through skills, so subconsciously they assumed: attributes that could be improved through skills could be used for breakthroughs.

What was this?

Subconscious wishful thinking? Or was it not seeing the forest for the trees?

To use Li Changzhou's words, there's no doubt about it: even the wise can make mistakes.

"Don't rush! While you're thinking," Zheng Qing was also trying to save herself, "go back and find the Death God, or listen to lectures, maybe there's a way!"

"Let me make a cut first."

"Attacking Special Warfare Bureau personnel is against the law!"

"Trying to fool me again? Like I haven't studied law!"

"It's true, that law was just passed!"

Studying the law is like that, it requires lifelong learning, lifelong classes.

Not to mention changes in legal provisions, the usual interpretations by the Supreme Court, the latest personal injury compensation, and various new rules all need to be paid attention to.

Oh right, and learning to read audit reports and doing some accounting work.

Of course, Li Changzhou was no longer a lawyer; he had switched to killing.