I have to get lucky right away.

Chapter 221 Starting Today, I'll Be the Boss
"So you knew all along?" Noticing Feng Xue's expression, everyone present sighed, and the ashes said directly:
"It seems our previous prediction was correct. If we cannot win within three years, this world will add variables to both sides. With the appearance of a new hero, the old hero will also gain new power. However, we can only show a little more power in our projection. Our real bodies still need to cultivate slowly. If this continues, when our projections can also exert their full strength, that is, when the hero's combat power is equal to ours, everything will be over."

"Version update, right?" Feng Xue thought to himself that he might have transmigrated into some kind of "Fourth Calamity" world. Just as he was about to ask again, he suddenly felt a "call to action"...

"Oh, looks like you've arrived." Seeing the change in Feng Xue's aura, Dobio immediately spoke:

"Don't be nervous. Your tower has probably been found. This is your first appearance. There should only be five opponents, which is nothing compared to the twenty or fifty people who will follow. Besides, you won't die, so just relax. Also, the opponents at this time are mostly veteran warriors, whose combat power should be a generation above yours. But it's best to hold back some moves so that the battles later will be easier. Oh, and remember to perform a little, otherwise you'll be controlled to perform..."

"That's why something this important should be done sooner..."

Before Feng Xue could finish speaking, he and Liu Yunxi, who was hanging on his body, disappeared from the spot, leaving only the huge sack that was over three meters tall but contained nothing.

……

"Holy crap! This boss is so handsome!"

"Something's not right with the art style! Why does the cultivator version of the boss look like an alien? And that white snake, it just feels so awkward."

"It's obviously just cobbled-together footage. Is this lousy company about to go out of business? And that new class they made this time, it doesn't feel like a cultivator at all. It feels like they just put a cultivation name on a magic and martial arts skill, gave it a Chinese-style skin, and there's no sincerity at all..."

As soon as Feng Xue opened her eyes, she heard a chattering sound. Looking around, she saw a group of people with no lifespan above them standing not far away, chatting loudly.

"Just like Dobio said, it's a five-man dungeon! It's just that the equipment is a bit flashy. There are two warriors and one archer, and the other two with staves are hard to tell who's a priest and who's a mage..."

Feng Xue quickly made a judgment, but then noticed that she also had no lifespan on her head.

"Is this what they call projection combat?" Feng Xue tried to stretch her body and felt an unprecedented sense of ease.

After all, his [Monster X] shell is essentially Wu You's [Danfa], while the current projection seems to be a real physical body.

Just as Feng Xue was thinking to herself, Mo Ying's voice suddenly rang out:
"That's strange. A thought suddenly popped into my head: it seems like all my abilities have become abilities that can only be used on a single person, and I have to wait a while before I can use them again after each use..."

"Me too!" Liu Yunxi, who was wrapped around Feng Xue's shoulder, whispered.

"I only have one skill left: Demon Power Enhancement. But I don't know if it will still be effective after you transform me..."

"Don't even think about it, you can't transform right now..." Feng Xue glanced at Liu Yunxi, but at this moment, there was no "Oral Seal" label on her head.

He himself also lacked those series of spell "shortcut keys," and while the Heavenly Bag could be used inexplicably, he couldn't take anything out. Fortunately, the magical power flowing "within his body" was now easier to control.

"So that's how it is, gamification? Is this what Dobio and the others meant by nerf? But for me, maybe it's a buff? It's like a pillow delivered just when I was sleepy!"

Thinking of this, Feng Xue immediately laughed. The reason he turned the seed of faith into Ghidorah was to give himself a new "shell". After all, in terms of cultivation in the folk world, the ultimate goal is to condense a body with faith, let the soul live in it, and become a Yin God. Even the Yang God, whose lineage has been broken, is just replacing the external faith with spontaneous primordial energy or magic power.

Therefore, Feng Xue's bold idea was to directly use this seed of faith to create a "physical body" for herself, to attain the Yin God status while she was alive, and then gradually use her own magic power, vital energy, and willpower to replace the faith from others within it. In terms of a common setting in cultivation novels, this would be called "heretical Nascent Soul" (Note ①).

As he pondered how to utilize the mechanisms of this world, the voices of those "heroes" reached his ears once more—

"Why is this boss acting so dazed?"

"Is this your first time clearing a dungeon? That's how this game is. The setup is that the boss has just broken the seal. If you hit him now, he'll kill you in a flash. Then there's an opening sequence. If you don't want to run back to your corpse, just wait a bit. According to the experts, this is the first time the dungeon is running to verify the files... After all, this game is so big, it wouldn't be realistic if there weren't some bugs, right?"

"More than that, I'm curious how something that looks like an alien is related to the cultivation system? The styles are completely different, okay?"

"Who knew that the first major version to introduce the job change system was actually about werewolves and vampires!"

Seeing the group of players start chatting, Feng Xue realized that he had probably really transmigrated into a game. Although he didn't know whether it was the fourth calamity guided by a system-based transmigrator or a game world directly constructed by the upper-level narrator, he should probably perform for a while, otherwise he would be controlled to perform as Dobio said.

Although he was also curious about what kind of background the world would give him, he felt that instead of having others write his own background, he should make one up himself!
Thinking of this, Feng Xue's acting talent kicked in. He mobilized the magic power that had been restricted by the projection and cast a petrification spell on himself. As soon as a stone shell with skin color similar to that of the monster appeared, he stopped the spell. At the same time, his body began to twist, and the newly formed stone skin peeled off his body, creating a scene resembling a statue slowly coming to life.

"Finally! Finally resurrected! Though not completely, it doesn't matter! Ants! As payment for awakening me, I will let you die without pain! Roar—"

With a roar that sounded like an engine, Feng Xue charged forward, her beast-like claws pointing straight at the back row.

"Oh no, how could I forget that CG in this game can also be used for attacks!"

The player wielding the shield shouted as they raised their shield, yelling at the same time:
"Thief Sun!"

Feng Xue didn't want to pay attention, but the moment the other party finished speaking, an irresistible force suddenly acted on him. The claws that were originally swinging towards the back row suddenly twisted, turning at a large angle that almost made Feng Xue fall flat on his face, and smashed into the ferocious shield inlaid with barbs.

With a dull thud, the boss battle began!

(End of this chapter)