The King of Black Fog

'The Victor'!

"To become the victor, we must eliminate the King of Black Fog; this person is the greatest threat." Someone spoke with a sinister undertone.

No one responded, no one expressed their stance, and everyone's expressions were concealed by the system.

The silence at times like this instead revealed a sense of contemplation and tacit understanding—even if they didn't actively hunt the King of Black Fog, they would pay extra attention to him because of this statement.

Li Changzhou scanned the area but couldn't find the person who instigated the talk, nor could he tell if it was a Skill or system protection.

The purple wooden boat, assisted by the golden light, sailed forward, moving against the current faster than flowing downstream, as if granted permission by some existence.

The river stretched infinitely, and standing on the boat, one could not see the end. Above, all around was pitch black, as if all the light had escaped to this boat.

Soon, everyone on the boat heard the thunderous roar of water, like a waterfall.

A magnificent waterfall indeed appeared before them.

"A tree?"

"What kind of tree? It can actually block the River of Time?!"

The waterfall's appearance was because of an unimaginably large, unimaginably Divine Skills-wielding trunk, lying across the boundless River of Time.

The river water blocked here formed the massive waterfall.

"Quick, look at the top of the waterfall!!" Someone cried out in terror.

Li Changzhou hurriedly looked up, his whole being trembling as if about to shatter.

At the top of the waterfall, a group of grand, blurry figures stood on the trunk, their gazes like stars casting downwards along the river of time.

—Divine Will!

The River of Time aroused monstrous waves, the flood power of the waterfall erupted with a roar, and the purple wooden boat swayed as if about to extinguish like a candle.

—Divine Will? I've heard that name, rumored to have become the victor's lapdog?

—Now the boatman.

—Hahaha!

It was as if the Heavenly Will was conversing, the mere power of their voices causing monstrous waves to surge in the River of Time.

In fact, they were indeed conversing across time and space.

Facing the mockery, the Divine Will Saint did not retaliate, only carrying out his duty, explaining to the players the details of the 'Assassinate All Saints' mission.

—Assassinate All Saints, means to kill everyone atop the time waterfall.

—Kill us?

—Not even the will of heaven and earth could do it, how could they?

—Divine Will, after the tree is severed, we shall have a battle!

A sudden sweep of purple Divine Will, a purple-robed figure appeared on the wooden boat, the crowd could only see the mystical lines on the purple robe, looking any further would injure their Qi.

Pfft!

Dozens spew blood.

Others quickly shifted their gaze.

The wooden boat, almost overturned, was steadied with a single step from him, unwavering even by the grandest temporal waves, like time itself could not be entirely interrupted, firm and resolute.

—Divine Will!

—I know you haven't left, come out!

The surface of the River of Time was like a great drum, struck by unseen giant hands, surging waves burst forth.

Among these waves, three thousand people saw some in the River of Time age rapidly, some enjoy brief immortality, some experience time reversal, some thinking they've successfully invented a time machine.

Their eyes scanned the River of Time, appearing like stars, but if stars were looked at directly, they'd quietly extinguish.

—Saints are inscrutable; unless they wish to be found, even a Saint would be unable to find one another without searching inch by inch.

Divine Will explained, then continued.

—I must tell you, the victor indeed is one among you, there's no need to hide this.

Everyone's breathing hitched, hearts almost leaping to their throats.

—All players will have the goal of killing you.

—You will also kill each other.

—Non-players' lives will also attack you.

—These are not your greatest challenge; your greatest challenge is to kill the Saints atop the time waterfall.

—Those Saints are the richest meal for the victor, the key to becoming the victor.

The Saints are nourishment?

All along, Li Changzhou learned the survival skills of creatures on Earth, historical Daoist Divine Skills, acquired various heavenly treasures, endured trials in Virtual Time and Void Space, and even had skills from anime.

The value game indeed nurtured players like a baby with nutritious substances.

And now, all the Saints alive but not official players are the richest meal of the value game.

Among the three thousand at the table, whoever 'eats' the most will be the victor.

"But...how do we kill…..deal with Saints?"

Precisely because of understanding, even saying the words 'kill the Saints' dared not to come out.

—This is what you must think and do.

The purple wooden boat began its return journey, going downstream along the River of Time.

The three thousand players gazed at the grand Saint figures atop the waterfall, incapable of returning to their senses for a long time.

Among them, the strongest had already become Heavenly Immortals, yet the gap between Heavenly Immortals and Saints was as vast as between mortals and Saints.

Suddenly, amidst the shadows covering the sky and sun, Li Changzhou saw some smaller figures, those were Heavenly Immortals, Third Rank, Emperors, Epics, Great Mages, Great Grandmasters.

Among them, he sensed a familiar aura.

Lord of Radiance.

He was also intercepted atop the time waterfall.

Wait.

"Saint." Li Changzhou respectfully addressed the purple-robed figure, "I saw a Third Rank warrior atop the waterfall. I had once contended with the means he left behind. If the Third Rank can, could Saints also drop something into the River of Time, letting them flow downstream?"

—The path an ant takes, a man cannot.

"The stronger one's strength, the stronger the interception ability of that tree?" Someone muttered under their breath within the crowd.