Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 51 The Treasure Chest of Destiny! (Please continue reading!)
Leader of the human faction?

Looking through the water at Changhu Town, where flames still burned, Li Xia recalled the old, weak, sick, and disabled people who were left with only a little over a hundred people in the original story.

I had no choice but to put aside this prestigious title for now and start thinking about the rest of the hints in the hall.

Just as I expected, the Hall of Fame wasn't a rigid game system. Normally, killing Bard would have immediately kicked me out of the human faction, and my reputation would have dropped to Blood Feud.

But firstly, Bard wanted to die, and secondly, no one witnessed the kill.

Ultimately, they avoided reputation penalties, partly because the human faction was inherently weak and unable to track down the culprit.

This approach won't work with well-organized and technologically advanced forces, because they will investigate.

However, this introduced a factor that Li Xia was unaware of.

That is, killing Bard, an important figure in Middle-earth, would cause a huge shock to the timeline of destiny, although it would also create a lot of opportunities for transcendence.

But the killer will also suffer the consequences of fate, and what those consequences will be is unknown.

The talent skill [A stroke of luck amidst misfortune], which Li Xia once considered useless, suddenly activated and offset the backlash.

Li Xia sighed somewhat; in a sense, it was truly a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Now it's time to take stock of what we've accomplished.

First, there's the opportunity for transcendence; the two kills generated a massive amount of opportunities for transcendence, totaling 78%.
This isn't very useful to me personally; it's mainly used for calculating merit points.

Next came the loot from the kills. Since this was a battlefield trial world, a portion of the rewards were converted into battlefield contribution points for settlement, so all that ended up in Li Xia's hands were treasure chests.

Two treasure chests in the personal space emitted a soft glow.

Unlike the treasure chests I've seen before, these two treasure chests have a particularly unique design.

One of the boxes was perfectly square and very regular, with the symbol [∞] on it.

【The Box of Destiny - Bard】: The one who carries destiny, this is destiny's feedback to you.

This box gave Li Xia a strange feeling. After thinking for a while, he decided to wait until he returned to his space after this trial was over before dealing with it.

We need to at least figure out what the Treasure Chest of Destiny is.

Then came another box.

The box's exterior was covered in fine, dark red scales, and upon closer inspection, it looked remarkably similar to Smaug.

The lid of the treasure chest has a closed eye on it, and its four corners have menacing barbs sticking out.

Perhaps noticing someone staring at him, the eyes on the treasure chest lid suddenly opened, revealing vertical pupils just like Smaug's.

His eyes were filled with endless resentment and anger as he looked around.

Why don't we go back and open this one too?

The main concern is that the treasure chest might bite.

Finally, there's the title "Dragon Slayer".

I opened the title's detailed attributes in the panel.

Dragon Slayer

Wearing effect:

1. Dragon Slayer: Extremely vulnerable to the hostility of dragons, dealing approximately 10% more damage to dragons (the Temple of Light provides additional damage bonus).
2. Prestige: If you use identity swapping when entering the world, your initial identity will be increased by one level (provided by the Hall of Light).

Title Advancement:

[Dragon Slayer] — [Dragon Hunter] — [Enemy of the Ancient Dragon] — [? ? ?] — [? ? ?]

Li Xia's eyes lit up. This title was quite useful. Although it had a debuff that made one susceptible to hostility from dragons, the value of the second effect, Prestige, far exceeded what a single debuff could offset.

What's more, there's also a 10% increase in damage dealt to dragons? What's even more interesting is that this bonus is provided by the Temple of Light.

For example, if you strike a dragon, the Temple of Light will calculate the approximate damage based on that strike, and then add to the damage itself.

The title advancement is very difficult; to advance to the next stage, "Dragon Hunter," you need to kill four more dragons.
Sensing that his little follower had already rowed nearby, Li Xia turned off the control panel and surfaced.

Lying on the small wooden boat, after suddenly relaxing, all the pent-up tension and fatigue surged up at once.

Forcing himself to stay awake, Li Xia directed his assistant to find a safe place, but he could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep. He could deal with whatever was going on after he woke up.
The apostle on the other side had completely fallen into madness, a strange emotion a mixture of jealousy and admiration.

Many people are still reeling from the extreme shock.

Even the most daring and arrogant apostle never considered killing Bard and then Smaug to maximize the theoretical gains from the battle.

But in full view of everyone, a new apostle just like himself actually did it.

Maoqiu: "Boss is awesome!!!!"

Baron Despair: "Holy crap! You can do that? I get it!"

Knight: "I admire you, I'm ashamed of my inferiority! Brother Xia, our group offers high prices for treasure chests, and if a Destiny Chest appears, we're open to negotiation!"

Crazy Girl: "Oh, you got dealt with by the group too? I knew the Destiny Box was expensive, but I really didn't know what it contained. But handsome young man, I'll take you too~~~~you know what I mean."

The chat platform refreshed rapidly; the battle was finally over, and everyone was in a state of extreme relaxation.

They desperately wanted to release their pent-up emotions through some means.

Only one person was different. Aaron Gur stared with bloodshot eyes, jealousy and anger gnawing at him like venomous snakes.

He frantically reported it to the Temple of Light.

Thanks to the identity of the person being monitored, the Hall of Light responded: "The Hall has initiated multiple reviews, and this is a very low probability event."

After Aaron Gur looked up what a low-probability event was, he felt his heart ache with anger.

According to the Hall's reply, the kid just stumbled upon Black Arrow while randomly diving around.

On what grounds? On what grounds?

The Hall of Fame is unfair! Is Xia some kind of favored son of the Hall of Fame? He can just pick up equipment like that?

I disagree!

At one end of Lake-town, even the recent battle with Smaug seemed to have no bearing on the peace there.

A long table is set with exquisite dishes, and a half-empty bottle of red wine leans against the wine rack.

On the golden candlestick, a snow-white candle burned with tiny flames.

Claude picked up a napkin, slowly wiped his mouth, and then raised the glass of red wine on the table in front of him with a smile, saying, "Blackie, how about it? Want to join the Brotherhood of Steel?"

Opposite him, a tall black man was tearing at a still-bloody heart, his expression extremely focused, even somewhat pious.

It was as if this was not a heart, but a divine gift of communion, the incredibly resilient tendons of the heart being stretched and broken by the stark white teeth.

Crimson blood was squeezed out and sprayed out, a truly gruesome sight.

“Join you.” The chimpanzee raised his head, wiped the blood from his face, and licked it carefully from his thick lips.

With his other hand, he reached into a bag and pulled out a head as if throwing away trash.

It was none other than Ronnie, the one who had argued with Li Xia. His eyes were wide open, as if he had seen something unbelievable, and his expression showed one of utter horror.

But the chimpanzee still remembered the arrogant way he had mocked him in the hall.

Therefore, people are actually very fragile and fickle.

Why don't you try recruiting other people?

The chimpanzee pointed to the distance, his expression somewhat solemn:

"For example, that Xia I'm not confident I can defeat?"

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Sorry, I'm currently outside.

This chapter was just written on the high-speed train.

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