As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 818 Fleeting Life and Death

Upon hearing Li Nuo's answer, Miaham laughed out loud.

"Haha... Hahahaha! What a cute idiot, wearing your scheming on your sleeve."

She covered her mouth and giggled, her legs curled up on the chair and twitching.

The great demons that have survived for thousands or even tens of thousands of years don't need mind reading to see through everyone's thoughts.

"What do you want to do?"

She suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"I understand now, the things on the other side of the World Tree are connected to you?"

"what……"

Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that any scheming was useless here. Miaham was different from the previous enemies; after all, it was a creature that had once rivaled the Administrator...

“I guess you have to do something and they’ll give you a reward, right?” Miaham asked with a smile.

Knowing that Li Nuo wouldn't give an honest answer, she reached into the void she had created.

at the same time.

In the great prison of the Cold Rift Valley.

The fishman was sitting in his original spot in the courtroom when suddenly a hand appeared from behind and passed through his body.

Miaham now held the heart of a murloc.

"Hey, is this what you mean?"

She bit down on the heart and swallowed it whole.

The world behind the fish-men.

In the "casino" led by Zuo Jing, the face of Miaham was displayed on the big screen, and the great demon's eyes stared at everyone present.

"I've been discovered..."

Zuo Jing raised an eyebrow slightly; this scene was within his expectations.

The subordinates used a backup signal to block Miaham's "spying".

"It was somewhat expected."

Miaham's eyes regained their color.

Because of the players, Miaham was able to turn the tables in this life, and the opportunity for her to turn the tables was nothing more than Fenrir's death and Marger's shady actions, which made her give up her playful nature.

Ultimately, the Great Demon's knowledge far surpassed everything he had ever seen before; Miaham was a truly immortal being.

To kill her, one would need power approaching that of the administrator.

She looked at Li Nuo with a smile in her eyes.

"Li Nuo, do whatever you want, I won't stop you. As long as you can do it, I'll even kill you if you want. As long as you can become the strong person I expect, everything, everything, is up to you."

Li Nuo knew he couldn't take Miaham's words seriously.

If he were to suggest, "I need to fix that computer," Miaham might come up with other ideas, but it certainly wouldn't do him any good.

"Anyway, I can't escape."

Li Nuo raised his finger to press down the brim of his hat, lowered his head, and made one last request.

"Can I organize my gear?"

"Please."

After receiving Miaham's permission, he placed the [Weapon Box] on the ground and began organizing its contents.

This time, Zuo Jing's voice came through my ears.

Don't mind that my voice has changed...

I never expected that Miaham would actually allow us to start the backup process.

Listen, you see that computer? It's the culprit that destroyed the Third Era.

While Li Nuo was rummaging through his things, he also listened to Zuo Jing's story.

Bulma traveled back in time a hundred years ago and opened a tunnel connecting the worlds. The Bulma Trading Company that followed had no connection with Bulma. That world was watching this place, trying to find a way to open a larger tunnel.

Later, with the discovery of the First Age, those who peered into this world from the other side of the World Tree connected their dreams with the Golden Tree of the First Age, attempting to fulfill their wish to open a tunnel through the "Gate of God."

Dreams are a form of communication.

Just like players before level 25 connect through the Dream and the Corridor.

The Golden Tree is connected to the continent of Sumeru, the origin of dreams.

The Great Labyrinth became a tunnel leading to the First and Second Ages.

All of this is running on a computer.

In order to run this computer, it needs to be placed at a "record point," so the end of the "First Era" was chosen.

As the legend says.

The goddess Lani and the king established new laws, thus ending the First Age.

That might not be the case.

Lani is a doll, and the Lani in this world is indeed a doll, but a mechanized android.

There is indeed a king, but the king of this world... is incredibly powerful, far more powerful than Miaham.

He killed the person who installed the computer and sensed the spying from the other side of the World Tree. Then... to displease those "higher dimensions," he modified the computer program, setting a certain point in time as "the end of the world."

That date was January 5, 1888.

According to the program in the computer, someone will definitely appear inside the Golden Tree before that day, and that moment will be set by the king as "the world's destined death".

As for the method...

Zuo Jing wasn't sure either; it seemed to be some kind of strange "graphics card".

So all you need to do is replace your graphics card.

I know you're thinking that simply removing the graphics card from the computer would solve the problem, but we've tried that before, and it didn't work.

[You can try it if you're not afraid of death.]

Li Nuo's lips trembled slightly...

A god-like being who is a mechanized artificial human.

A powerful king.

He had seen the video of the King's encounter with Angel.

So it's the two of you...

Li Nuo paused for a few seconds, then pinched the space between her eyebrows to hide the laughter that was about to burst out.

Great……

I'm motivated now.

The computer contains the king's records, which may prove very useful in the future.

He secretly wished he could upgrade everything he was using.

Lenny agreed to select three special ones from the blood gems he was given.

[Blood Gem of Glorious Curse: Increases projectile damage by 10%]

[Blood Gem of Soul's Dawn: Increases resistance to magic, arcane, or any spirit-consuming attacks by 15%]

[Blood Gem of Wandering and Darkness: Increases critical hit damage by 15%]

The three gems, combined with the five gems already equipped, provide a total of 300% resistance to Ancient God damage.

The only regret is that time was tight and I didn't get the [Special Cursed Blood Gem] for evolving Blood Gems from Cha Bai, but it's not necessary now, as the sporadic enhancements are not very meaningful to the opponent in front of me.

Finally, Li Nuo found the GTX 690 graphics card that had been stored in the box.

This thing can destroy a low-level world; Li Nuo is willing to trade it for the graphics card that the king once used.

He took the graphics card out, tossed it in his hand, then stuffed it into his mask, and took out a pill from the mask and swallowed it.

[Gene Pills]

[Quality: Epic]

[Usage conditions: Oral administration, effective only for Lino, Chabai, Malger, Muto Sora, Eta, and Pippen]

[Effect: Created by the "Corridor of the End," it extracts the genes of the corresponding individual and will receive further enhancements after reaching MAX breakthrough.]

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Li Nuo's throat bobbed.

"call……"

Puzang gave him a bean.

Senzu Beans

Li Nuo: "?"

Puzang said, "Your [Residual Blood] can't use its highest-level abilities, right? Eat it."

Li Nuo said with some curiosity, "You're quite particular about fairness."

Puzang said, "Even if I win, it won't help me break through if I don't fight you at your peak."

"May I ask... why do you have to choose me?"

Li Nuo ate the Senzu Bean, and the Blood Bullet appeared in the void. He held it in his hand, pulled out Maggie, and shoved the bullet into it.

“Your companions should have already broken through to a higher level, but you haven’t… You don’t necessarily have to choose me. There are so many powerful creatures in this world. It wouldn’t be bad to kill a couple of them before breaking through. Waiting for me… it seems like a strange obsession.”

Puzang sat cross-legged opposite Li Nuo, less than five meters away.

[Puzang: lvMAX]

【Strength: 977】

[Reaction: 620]

[Spiritual power: 271]

[Physique: 650]

[Insight: 419]

[Medical: 255]

"Anmi, does that name sound familiar?"

"of course."

Do you think he's amazing?

"Better than me."

Li Nuo bluntly stated that if he had insisted on fighting An Mi to the death back then, he would definitely have been the one to lose.

“I almost beat him, but I never won in the end, but you did.”

Puzang exuded a sinister aura. This guy already had long hair, and when he lowered his head, the strands of hair covered half of his face, making him look like a demon.

"I envy you so much."

Li Nuo could tell that Pu Zang wasn't jealous, but rather "congratulating" him.

"Don't say that, I also suffered a setback."

"But that's called destiny, Li Nuo. It's all because of An Mi that I chose you to be the obstacle to my breakthrough."

Li Nuo remained silent.

Puzang ate a [Senju].

“Destiny, this thing is related to our breakthrough. In terms of strength, even now, neither you nor I are the strongest among these thousands of people. There is someone who has always been at the top.”

He was referring to Nanami.

"But you and I are both bound by the threads of fate. You are covered with countless spools of thread. What have you been through? How long is your life? I can't guess, but I know that you are a rare person."

"Are you worth it?" Li Nuo asked him.

Is it worth killing?

Puzang raised his head.

"value."

Suddenly, the silver cane stabbed towards Puzang's eye. Li Nuo arrived in an instant like a blur, his silver eyes turning into golden light. A deadly battle was about to break out.

Puzang smiled, drew a simple longsword, leaned back, and parried.

Sparks flew. A spark suddenly arose where the cane and the longsword clashed.

Time seemed to stand still in the world.

Puzang's eyes flashed, and he increased his strength.

boom--!
The entire room was destroyed by the enormous impact.

Dust settled.

Then a gunshot rang out.

The Crystal Bullet sprang from Maggie's gun, triggering the Eight Wine Cups within it, which briefly immobilized Puzang within its range.

Cuihua… Li Nuo’s mind went blank.

The flower that sprang from his body swallowed the GTX690 graphics card and charged toward the computer.

The next second, Puzang's longsword shattered the time stop, cracks appeared in the air, and Li Nuo took a step forward, using his cane to brace against the blade. The two exchanged glances.

If the opponent is very strong, Teresa will sense it, and Li Nuo couldn't suppress his murderous aura.

"It's not bad to have you as my final opponent."

"Please kill me seriously, Li Nuo."

Puzang kicked him aside and swung his blade at him!
Weapons clashed.

Miaham's pupils reflected the figures of the two people.

Footsteps pounded the ground like a rapid drumbeat, shattering stones and sending flames flying. The flames flickered, blades flashed, muffled thuds echoed, bones shattered, and then a sudden flash of light, flickering flames, culminating in a deafening energy explosion.

Li Nuo was knocked away.

Closely following him was a silver-white blade of light.

【Cannon Blade】is Puzang’s signature technique, where the blade is like a cannonball, exploding with a bang.

The golden glint in Li Nuo's eyes was engulfed by the flames.

Amidst the explosion and flames, Cuihua had already escaped from the computer and was pinched by Miaham's fingertips through the air.

"let me go!"

Cuihua spat out sticky flames at Miaham, but the flames, which were supposed to be devastating to demons, bypassed the woman; even the Demon Hunter's Fire avoided her.

What did you just swallow?

Miaham's pupils glowed.

A swish sound.

Her arm was severed by the whip blade. Li Nuo, who arrived in a flash, grabbed and absorbed Cuihua. He quickly stuffed the graphics card that had popped out into his pocket, and the voice-transmitting sprite in his pocket took the graphics card and left.

“I can’t give this to you, Miaham, it’s mine.”

"Then forget it~"

Miaham didn't mean it just now. She didn't actually care what was hidden in the graphics card. Something was controlling her. She wouldn't say that a masked "black businessman" had just appeared in her mind.

At the World Tree Round Table, because Miaham broke free of his restraints, Shufarel's head exploded, and he lay on the ground making a joking sound.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Ha ha……"

Li Nuo was pressing down on his waist, panting heavily, with blood in his mouth.

Puzang emerged from behind the collapsed wall opposite. At this moment, Puzang was missing half of his face, which was covered in blood. His knife was stained with Li Nuo's blood.

In the first round, they were evenly matched.

"You'd better hurry up and go all out, or I'll just pick someone at random."

I'm tired of Miaham.

The image that had just flashed through her mind made her feel irritated.

Li Nuo was also very annoyed.

Zuo Jing's whispers kept echoing in his ears.

[What did you put on the computer?]

Li Nuo: Just tell me whether it's resolved or not.

[The problem of the Third Era disappearing on January 5th was indeed solved... but now it's become a situation where it could disappear at any moment! And it could happen to the entire world!]

Well... dragging the world into a vicious cycle is an interesting observation in itself...

I admit you've solved this problem. Now, please complete another challenge: kill this Miaham.

We will offer you commissions beyond your wildest expectations.

……

This is the World Tree.

[It has changed the fate of a world]

[One of the prefixes that meets the requirement of exceeding MAX]

[Has it achieved a "breakthrough"?]

……

"no."

It's not the right time yet.

Li Nuo glanced at the incoming blade with a grumbling in his heart.

[Dominus Imprint: Twilight Hour] is now open.

The room instantly turned blood red.

After two gunshots, the red halo of [Residual Blood 3.0] exploded with a shockwave, and Puzang was thrown out like a straw, crashing out of the room and completely out into the outside world.

This is the shadowy spot of the golden tree.

A black veil-like curtain of light covered the sky.

Puzang slid out from the tree trunk, stood on a branch, straightened his back, raised his long sword, and pointed it at the golden demon eye that was rapidly approaching in the distance.

Li Nuo charged forward like a raging storm, his cane transforming into a whip-like blade that slashed out with silver light.

【Eight Blades in a Flash】.

Puzang, filled with rage, charged straight at them with his long sword in hand.

The moment the weapons clashed again, cracks appeared in the air.

The two moved at incredible speeds, tearing through the air. Transparent cracks spread along the trajectory of their weapons, and deafening explosions resounded through the treetops.

"burst!"

Puzang roared, his blood-stained eyeballs shattered and flew out, the blade struck Li Nuo's chest, the [Cannon Blade] pierced through the [Albers Seal], and Li Nuo was sent flying backward and crashed into a tree.

[Having mastered the "gun blade"]

Debris flew everywhere, and suddenly the golden light in the demon's eyes flashed.

[Lightning fast].

In the blink of an eye, Li Nuo appeared beside Pu Zang almost as if he were teleporting.

This time, the whip blade drew an ominous arc, striking Puzang's blade with only one lick.

boom--! ! !
Before the flying wood chips could even land, they were crushed into powder by the shockwaves of the next clash.

This blow was too much for Puzang to handle.

The Azure Flame exploded on the spot and soared into the sky. The eerie explosion directly destroyed Puzang's two resurrection abilities. The long-haired man held the sharp blade in his hand without any relaxation, swinging it with all his might to unleash the ultimate killing move, slashing towards Li Nuo's neck.

A critical moment, a decisive blow.

Li Nuo's eyes widened in surprise.

The demonic eyes were covered in the crimson of residual blood.

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boom!
The cane and the blade collided, creating an explosive burst of light.

Puzang hastily retreated.

"You can also use [Cannonblade]..."

He realized something was wrong, but Li Nuo was faster; he drew his gun and pulled the trigger. The bullet struck the blade, triggering [Guns Parry]. Pu Zang's loss of balance in less than a second was fatal.

The cane pierced Puzang's heart.

Victory or defeat hinges on the slightest difference; life or death hangs in the balance in an instant.

[Adversity and Bloodshed]

[Basic Enhancement: Running speed increased by 50%; Insight value increased by 100; Stamina consumption reduced by 30%; Attack power increased by 70%, effective for all attributes]

puff--!
The cane pierced through Puzang's body, its blood-dripping tip shattering all his protective shields and piercing his heart.

Both of them were panting heavily.

Even with his heart pierced, Puzang's life still had a lingering warmth. He gripped his cane and smiled, revealing his bloody teeth.

"I lose..."

Li Nuo grabbed his mouth, preventing him from finishing his sentence, and poured flames into his mouth, letting the azure fire burn his soul clean.

At the very moment when Puzang's life was about to end.

Li Nuo became highly alert.

[Bloodline]!
At the moment of Puzang's death, the long sword in his hand exploded, releasing a thunderstorm of "true damage".

Even with the [Bloodline] shield, Li Nuo was still sent flying after his health was reduced to the last 3%, sliding along the tree trunk. Miaham appeared behind him and stepped on Li Nuo.

"You don't look well."

The great demon looked at him with a relieved expression.

Li Nuo felt numb all over, and used his last strength to shut down [Low-health], while Pu Zang's final attack carried an irresistible paralysis buff.

"It feels like I've been given general anesthesia... I haven't felt like this in a long time..."

He chuckled and muttered to himself, his face weary, as if he might fall asleep at any moment.

A new panel appeared before my eyes.

This is the World Tree.

[MAX-level player killed]

[One of the prefixes that meets the requirement of exceeding MAX]

[Has it achieved a "breakthrough"?]

"..."

"no."

Li Nuo closed his eyes. He knew that Miaham was behind it, but he couldn't break through now; it wasn't the right time. He needed to kill a powerful life form to gain the maximum blessing.

He is willing to wait for that.

Miaham grabbed Lino's collar.

"If I throw you back like this, you'll die instantly from the fall, won't you?"

She laughed, picked up his limp body, and flew back to the room they had just left.

Not long after.

Li Nuo was placed into a culture chamber filled with fluid.

Miaham crossed his arms and looked at him, who was unconscious inside.

"Once you come out of there, you will become a truly powerful warrior."

She took off her disguise.

Revealing her true form, the left half of her body had no skin, while the right half was stunningly beautiful.

"And do you really think you can do without advancing to the next level?"

Miaham smiled broadly.