All players: I can choose my own dungeon rewards.

After stabbing the wizard to death, Wang Zhifan turned back to support his teammates who were trapped in the valley.

Currently, the valley is quite lively, with about fifty foreign players attacking from all directions, attempting to surround and kill the six Xia Kingdom members.

Looking at the well-known Earth players such as Hercules, Loveski, Okasaka Rikawa, Kim Sang-myung, and Lizard Rider who were approaching menacingly, Li Zhenguo and the others were filled with anger and confusion. They couldn't understand why these theoretical teammates would disregard the penalty level and insist on joining forces to deal with them.

"Don't panic, everyone! The spatial barrier left by Mr. Wang is extremely stable; they can't do anything to us in a short time!"

The level 99 mage Gu Xingchen was quite knowledgeable. He discovered that the alternate dimension that Wang Zhifan used to trap them was actually a very powerful protection, so he shouted to warn his companions.

Li Zhenguo remained unfazed and showed no surprise. In fact, he had realized earlier than Gu Xingchen that Wang Zhifan's intention in trapping them was to protect them. However, he did not understand what Wang Zhifan meant by clearing all obstacles, which left him quite confused.

But then, a figure suddenly appeared in his line of sight at the edge of the valley. It was Wang Zhifan, who had disappeared for a few seconds, which meant that someone had come to answer his questions.

However, just as Li Zhenguo and others were able to detect Wang Zhifan's appearance, the foreign players were also able to notice him; their perception was no less than that of the six members of the Xia Guo team.

Captain Hercules of the United States was the first to turn around and look at the person who was approaching with a knife. He noticed that the person's face was no longer pale and his body was completely unharmed, which made him feel a sudden unease and realize that something was wrong.

"Wizard, what's wrong with this guy? Wizard! Wizard!"

Hercules tried to contact his good partner, the wizard, through the telepathic portal, but not only did he receive no response, he also discovered that the telepathic portal only existed on his side, and the other half did not exist at all, which gave him a very bad feeling.

"What's going on... Could it be that the wizard...? No way! The wizard has legendary equipment; even if he dies, he can resurrect quickly! Wizard! Answer me! Answer me!"

Unable to accept the possibility that the wizard had died suddenly, Hercules continued to roar through the telepathic portal, but all his efforts were in vain.

Because the targets killed by Wang Zhifan cannot be resurrected, his Destructive Blade Intent is specifically designed to counter healing and resurrection, ensuring that the dead have no ability to rise from their coffins. Moreover, even without the suppression of the Blade Intent, his Mythical-level Azure Emperor Blade is enough to destroy the so-called resurrection effect from the level of laws, making the wizard truly dead.

As Hercules stared in shock and confusion at Wang Zhifan's sudden appearance, the siege in the center of the valley began. At least thirty Earth-level expert players unleashed a barrage of powerful attacks on the area where the six Xia Kingdom players stood, seemingly enough to wipe out the Xia Kingdom team ten times over.

However, Li Zhenguo and the others at the center of the attack were completely unharmed. They saw that all the attacks were blocked by the spatial barrier left by Wang Zhifan and could not reach them at all. Even if some of the attacks had strong spatial law characteristics and could theoretically destroy the spatial barrier, they were still in vain and could not reach the outside of the barrier.

"Damn it! What kind of defenses did the Xia people use?! Why are they so strong?!"

Upon seeing this, the short, ninja-clad captain of the island nation, Okasaka Hikawa, couldn't help but curse. He had just used his signature technique, the Sky-Piercing Shuriken, intending to kill the Xia Kingdom mage, Gu Xingchen, in one strike. However, his epic-level shuriken bounced off the ground in an ugly manner, making him feel utterly humiliated.

The other foreign players around him had similar surprised reactions, and then they started exchanging ideas in various languages, perhaps discussing how to break the spell.

At this awkward yet lively moment, Wang Zhifan, carrying a knife, walked step by step and arrived in front of his first target, standing before the giant-like American Captain Hercules.

Hercules' original target was Xia Guo's captain, Li Zhenguo, but after Wang Zhifan suddenly appeared, he kept a close eye on him, giving other foreign players the opportunity to wipe out the Xia Guo players.

Wang Zhifan didn't care what his partner, the wizard in front of him, was thinking. He walked to a spot two meters in front of him with his unsheathed Azure Emperor Blade, calmly extended his right hand to grasp the hilt, his movements appearing slightly slow.

Seeing this, Hercules suddenly unleashed a terrifying speed, instantly teleporting behind Wang Zhifan. He then slammed a punch into the back of Wang Zhifan's head, creating a sonic boom effect visible to the naked eye.

But Wang Zhifan, who was ambushed, did not dodge or evade and did not care at all. He easily gripped the hilt of his sword and drew it from its sheath. Without him making any turning or attacking movements, the Hercules sword that ambushed him from behind shattered layer by layer in the air, as if it had been split into 100,000 pieces by countless rays of light in an instant, and the pieces scattered to the ground.

This bizarre scene immediately caught the attention of everyone in the valley. They all turned around and saw that someone they thought had been handed over to the wizard had arrived not far from them, and the Hercules who had just intercepted him had been reduced to pieces.

"How come this guy is still alive?"

"Hercules is dead?"

"Let's all attack and take him down!"

……

Around fifty foreign players had different thoughts in mind, and then they all lined up to attack Wang Zhifan.

Seeing this, Wang Zhifan remained calm. In a flash, he appeared behind one of them. With a swift stroke, Qingdi's blade cleaved, instantly severing a head from its neck. Then, he flashed again, appearing beside another foreign player and easily severing the second person's neck. He repeated this action continuously, each movement fluid and graceful, like flowing water.

Strangely, the foreign players around him could clearly see him attacking, and the attack speed was relatively slow, as if he was deliberately letting people see every detail. However, these people could not dodge the blades that were slashing down again and again, nor could they hit the person whose figure kept flashing. They could only watch helplessly as they or others were killed, as weak and powerless as infants.

Such a scene was so incomprehensible that after 30 out of 50 foreign players were killed in a row, someone finally snapped out of their daze and chose to turn around and run away frantically instead of continuing to futilely attack someone and give away their own lives.

Li Zhenguo and the others, trapped within the spatial barrier in the center of the valley, also witnessed Wang Zhifan's massacre with his knife. Most of them were stunned, watching Wang Zhifan cut down powerful enemies one by one with his simple and unadorned attack rhythm. Only Li Zhenguo, a swordsman, saw through the trick, muttering to himself:

"This is definitely what they call the realm of the celestial being... I never imagined Brother Wang was this strong. Others can't even fight him... But he triggered the punishment trial multiple times for our sake, I'm afraid..."

After killing most of the foreign players in the valley, Wang Zhifan then went to hunt down the few who had escaped. He quickly dealt with these people with a single slash each, without needing to use a second attack.

What others didn't know was that he treated this one-sided massacre as a form of training, trying to experience a higher level of swordsmanship. However, after killing all fifty-plus players, he still hadn't gained any real insights. Therefore, he shifted his focus to the players from other worlds and launched an attack on them.

The players from the other world were initially overjoyed to discover the serious infighting among the Earth players, planning to concentrate their forces to eliminate the remaining Earth players after Wang Zhifan finished his killing spree. However, when Wang Zhifan shifted his focus to them, they experienced the same despair that the foreign players had faced not long ago. They were calmly and methodically hacked to death by Wang Zhifan, one strike at a time. All resistance was futile, all attempts to dodge were futile, and no amount of maneuvering could disrupt Wang Zhifan's killing rhythm. It was as if their deaths were preordained by fate, completely beyond their control.

When the otherworldly players had held out until only about forty remained, they completely collapsed. While frantically fleeing, they collectively chose to surrender, which caused Wang Zhifan and other surviving Earth players to see the notification from the Extraordinary Games.

The enemy has surrendered en masse. Your faction has won this world war. A random world catastrophe will be added to the enemy's world...

In addition to seeing the victory notification, Wang Zhifan also noticed the familiar loot selection panel appearing before him, causing him to involuntarily stop his killing spree and the otherworldly players who were collectively collapsing.

Your faction has won this World War. You may choose one reward.

[Victory Trophy (99.99% chance of dropping)]

These victory trophies are almost entirely commemorative, distinguished by different rune decorations. There are 100 different types in total. Collecting a complete set of victory trophies allows you to combine them into a single premium victory trophy.

[Advanced Victory Trophy (0.01% chance of dropping)]

[A special victory trophy obtainable only by those in truly fortunate worlds; it has the power to prevent new disasters from being added within a 1000-kilometer radius...]

After quickly scanning the information in front of him, Wang Zhifan felt that the World War had instantly lost its appeal to him, because the rewards dropped here were too monotonous, which made his hopes vanish.

“Give a high-level trophy to Li Zhenguo and his team. A safety range of 1000 kilometers is barely enough to prevent disasters. It would be better for me to personally establish a law to prevent them.”

Having made his choice, Wang Zhifan used the advanced victory trophy he had obtained to teleport to Li Zhenguo and the others, removing the spatial barrier protecting them.

"Here you go. I'm going into the punishment zone. Remember to loot all the equipment on the ground before you leave. There's still a lot of good stuff."

He handed the high-level trophy to Li Zhenguo and the others, and then disappeared without saying a word, leaving Li Zhenguo and the other six feeling rather uneasy.

“We were such a drag on. He took all the risks for us and kept all the benefits for himself.”

Gu Xingchen said helplessly.

"Yeah... He killed so many foreign players, can he really survive the punishment level?"

Lu Guanwen was shocked and puzzled, and looked at Li Zhenguo who was holding the trophy.

"It's hard to say... The difficulty of the punishment level far exceeds that of the regular dungeon, but you have all seen Brother Wang's strength, so it's not impossible for him to pass."

After saying that, Li Zhenguo turned to look at the other side and saw a foreign player busy cleaning up the equipment of the corpses on the ground. It was the white girl who had helped them. So they quickly went over to clean up the mess, trying to get as much good equipment as possible before leaving the world battlefield.

At the same time, Wang Zhifan did not enter the punishment stage, but withdrew from the world battlefield and returned to his villa in Dongjiang City on Earth.

The reason was that he possessed a Mythical Transcendence Certificate, one of the functions of which was to exempt him from the penalty rounds. It was for this reason that he was not thrown into the so-called player's death zone by the Extraordinary Game for his rampage, but instead simply quit.

Upon returning, he first checked the mythical hourglass on his bedside table to confirm the remaining time. He found that there were still about two and a half days left, and the final moment was drawing ever closer.

"It's a pity the rewards for the World War are so bad. I definitely won't go again until I complete the final test. I'll focus on preparing."

After reflecting on his gains in the World War, Wang Zhifan was very dissatisfied. Even though he obtained several legendary equipment items from the foreign players and otherworldly players he had killed, it did not change his opinion.

Unfortunately, legendary equipment doesn't mean much to him now. He only cares about the highest-level mythical equipment, but there isn't a single mythical item in the world battlefield.

"I should have been entitled to Mythic Points after making such a big fuss on the world battlefield, but I ended up with nothing. It seems my backing can't help me anymore, and I have to rely on myself."

Wang Zhifan put the hourglass back on the cabinet and began to think about his plans for the final preparation time.

Fortunately, he didn't spend much of his time on the world battlefield, so it didn't matter much if his gains didn't meet expectations; he could make up for it in other ways.

Specifically, he plans to earn Mythic Points by running special dungeons. This is the only known source of Mythic Points for him, and even though time is running out, he wants to try it one more time.

Of course, he also needs to ensure the completion of other plans, such as the backup plans he has prepared for himself. There are still a few worlds that he has not yet arranged, as well as some personal wishes that he also needs to take the time to fulfill, otherwise he will have regrets when he goes to the final test.

"First, I'll arrange the backup plans for each side, then go back to the Calamity Realm to see Xi-mei and Qing-er, and finally go to the Kingdom War World to revive Che-mei. It's been dragged on for so long, it's about time... I'll devote all the extra time to special dungeons."

Having made his decision, Wang Zhifan left the villa bedroom to find his three main subordinates: Irene, Yali, and Kiruper.

He informed them of almost everything he arranged in each world, because he needed their help in coordination and management, and they also needed to lend a hand in terms of backup plans, otherwise he couldn't handle everything on his own.

After concluding things with his three subordinates, he headed to the Ring World created by the Hershe civilization, intending to do business with the Hershe people there. (End of Chapter)