Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 655 Departure! Special Punishment Activated

Li Xia looked at the text on the communicator, frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought. What did it mean to be at the maximum level again?

Is reaching the maximum level really that difficult?

With the strength of these reserve agents, it shouldn't be too far-fetched for them to stack an infusion skill to LV7 in the fourth or fifth tier, right?

Just like myself, if I focused my resources on leveling up those few less important infusion skills, I could probably max them out too. It's just that the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and the Ultimate Skill are too resource-intensive.

With the Dragon God shouting and calling out to his friends, the entire chat platform once again became lively.

[Water Cooling - 10th in Rank]:
[Water Cooling - 10th Place]: Isn't that normal? I had maxed-out infusion skills when I was at Tier 5.

【Dragon God - Eighth Order】: Ah Shui, you don't understand. That's Android infusion skill, which can be maxed out with just a few time-space copper coins. Brother San's is Apple infusion skill, which is completely different!
[Water-cooled - 10th in line]: ? ? ?

【Kuang Lei - Seventh Pick】: Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter, Android infusion and Apple infusion!
Not only him, but everyone else also burst into a series of laughs. Li Xia's lips also curled up. It seems that the parallel universe where the Dragon God is located is very similar to his own, and there is also the Android and Apple reference. However, the Dragon God should not be very old, at least his mental age is relatively young.

Logically speaking, an eighth-order apostle like him should have experienced at least sixty worlds. An optimistic person who has experienced so many worlds should be indestructible, and his mental age should also be very high.

Just like Li Xia himself, it seems that only two years have passed since he came to the hall, but if you count the time acceleration and similar infusion, it has accumulated to more than a hundred years.

The reason he can maintain this mindset is largely due to the presence of the three little ones. It is the occasional actions of the idea king, the action brother, and the casual brother that have helped him gradually overcome the erosion brought by time.

【Dragon God - Eighth Order】: Ah Shui, you're still not convinced? Let me put it this way, most of your Android infusion skills are things like XX Fighting Techniques or XX Shooting Techniques. Once you reach the maximum level, the Hall of Light will give you a notification that you've reached the true limit and can't improve any further.

[Dragon God - Eighth Place]: But since Brother San asked, there's definitely no such prompt. It only shows that it has reached MAX, without explaining the actual upper limit! It can be further sublimated!
Shui Leng, holding the chatbot, froze, his dead fish eyes widening in astonishment. Not only him, but everyone else also typed out those two words.

[Dead Silence - Sixth in Line]: Holy crap! I really didn't expect that!
[Blackfire - Fifth Pick]: +1, Xiaolong's play was spot on!

【Kuang Lei - Seventh in line】: I really didn't expect this. It really is Android and Apple injection.

[The Hunt - Ninth Pick]: If you think about it that way, Xiaolong is right.

The true upper limit and sublimation?
Li Xia ignored the sighs of others and focused all his attention on the sublimation and true limit that the Dragon God had mentioned.

[Ba Dao - Second Place]: It's been a long time since the platform has been this lively. Xiao San and Xiao Long's comments aren't entirely correct, but they're generally accurate.

The normal maximum level for the Infusion skill is LV7. At this point, there are two possible outcomes. One is, as Xiaolong said, that the skill's potential has been exhausted. The other is that it has reached its current limit, and to break through, special items are needed.

The purpose of the props is actually to help you deduce and further refine the skills, pushing the entire infusion skill to a higher level.

[Overbearing - Second Place]: But don't worry, the Hall of Light usually gives you relevant tasks. If not, it means your skill level is too high, a bit beyond your current rank, meaning the world can't support higher-level skills.

[Third in line]: Okay, thank you everyone, I understand now.

Li Xia put down the communicator and stretched. Although he had only said a few simple words on the communication platform, he had actually understood them.

Those skills learned at lower levels to enhance immediate combat effectiveness, such as quick draw, practical shooting, and military combat, have already had all their potential fully realized after reaching LV7.

However, the skill of "the ultimate skill," which can continuously combine other techniques, still has a lot of potential to be explored, but the world I currently live in cannot support a higher level.

Once the temple is ready to accept the missions, the relevant tasks will appear.

Li Xia put away the communicator and walked towards the arena.

It'll be soon.

Li Xia, expressionless, grabbed a burly man by the neck and lifted him high in the air. The entire town was in ruins, with broken walls and huge craters from the explosion everywhere.

The raging flames and billowing black smoke swirled upwards, forming a huge backdrop behind him.

"Where did you come from?" The burly man struggled desperately, his mouth and nose already full of blood.

But Li Xia's grip tightened. He had never seen anything like this in all the arena matches he had fought. When he couldn't win, he would create a clone that begged him to admit defeat and let him win, while his main body would sneak up behind him and launch a surprise attack.

Discovering that his true form was kneeling and begging for mercy while actually using earth-walking techniques to launch a sneak attack, even someone as composed as Li Xia in battle was somewhat enraged.

"Click"

The burly man's neck was crushed. His already shattered form trembled as if electrocuted, his head lolled to the side, and he lost all strength, turning into specks of light that gradually dissipated.

You have won this battle!

Consecutive wins: 26

Current ranking: 58th

In the luxurious lounge, Li Xia lay on the sofa, but did not continue to select matches; he let his mind go blank.

The fourth-tier arena no longer posed any challenge; the higher he climbed, the more bored and disappointed he felt.

The existence of the false avatars completely distorted the system that should have continued to develop and improve along the third stage, instead leading it down a wrong path.

There are many high burst damage skills, and some mages even play the counter-damage build, which can restore health through damage and try to create a perpetual motion machine. However, they have never thought about what to do if the reflected damage, although it is pseudo-true damage that can ignore most defenses, is actually blocked by something.

The further you go, the higher the incarnation coefficient of these apostles becomes, and the battle becomes a game of comparing damage numbers, since there is no longer any fatal damage.

But once their incarnation shatters, it's like going to the other extreme; they begin to hesitate, to be afraid, to be cowardly, and become extremely sleazy and timid.

It's quite amazing that the only difference between extreme boldness and extreme cowardice is a phantom image behind one's back.

It would be great if we could have more world wars.

Li Xia suddenly felt a strong urge to clash with the apostles from other halls and test his skills, like the apostle from the Divine Kingdom last time, the one wearing flashy golden armor and with big wings.

The unfortunate fellow who was brutally beaten to death by the royal guards of the Tresia Empire was very strong, but unfortunately, at the crucial moment, no one could exchange blows with him.

His finger slowly rose and touched the "Continue Matching" button.

Although the arena is indeed not very interesting anymore, he still wants the rewards from the Path of Glory.

[Continue matching!]

The world before them became illusory once again, as a massive light curtain, reaching to the heavens and the earth, blocked their way.

Li Xiaping raised his left hand, and the Cloud Piercing Bow slowly appeared. His slender fingers reached into the leather pouch hanging from his belt, took out a silver conch shell, and attached it to the leather plate.

Amidst a creaking, teeth-grinding sound, the Cloud Piercing Bow was gradually drawn back, resembling a full moon.

The bow arm and the dragon tendon rope were filled with immense power the instant the light curtain disappeared.

"Boom!!"

A very noticeable shockwave erupted around Li Xia's body, causing the surrounding grass to explode and dust to bubble and spread outwards from the ground.

A streak of silver light traversed a hundred meters in an instant, tearing apart the ground and distorting the air in its path. The cone-shaped shockwave nearly ripped everything apart. Before the smile on the other person's face could fade, his body suddenly exploded into a pile of dust.

"Boom!!"

The bowstring vibrated, and another streak of silver light shot out.

Li Xia didn't even look at it, and plucked the string again.

"Boom!!"

With a flick of his hand, the Cloud Piercing Bow disappeared, and he naturally sat down behind him.

You have won this battle!

Consecutive wins: 27

[Current Ranking: 50] When the world finished changing, he was sitting on the soft sofa, closed his eyes again, and took a short rest before clicking the start button.

Meanwhile, in the ordinary preparation room on the other side, Silby suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes still filled with fear and horror, and his chest was heaving as he gasped for breath.

He looked ahead, still shaken, and the sign for the Hall of Light was still right in front of him.

You have been defeated; this battle has been lost.

Current ranking: 64th

"Damn it! What is that?!"

Sylby cursed under his breath and hurriedly opened the battle panel again.

[Battle Begins]

[0.004 seconds later, you received fatal damage]

[0.008 seconds later, you received fatal damage]

[0.013 seconds later, you received fatal damage]

[0.014 seconds, you are dead]

Looking at the incredibly brief combat report, Silby's body trembled. What did they mean by fatal damage?

What about the damage values? How are they calculated?

Where is my incarnation with a coefficient of 2.1?

It is true that one blow can destroy an avatar. It's like severing an arm with a knife, but the arm doesn't detach and is reattached. This is completely different from the arm being vaporized and the avatar being consumed.

Therefore, when fighting an opponent with an avatar, the best approach is to avoid inflicting cuts and instead deliver devastating blows, such as vaporizing the opponent, crushing or burning their limbs, and depleting the avatar as much as possible.

Therefore, the only time Sylby ever saw an apostle instantly killed was when they encountered an invincible monster in the world, turning their entire body into dust in a single blow.

Theoretically, a transformation coefficient of 1 or higher can withstand a complete annihilation, but in reality, any move that can turn the whole body into dust will have subsequent damage.

I didn't even see what the other person looked like before I died in 0.014 seconds!
What's the difference between this and being instantly killed?
Damn it, what kind of monster is this?

Almost instantly, explosive news spread among the top apostles in the arena—a freak has climbed the rankings, one after another!
At first, no one believed it. They were all in the top 1, and they had all seen each other before. Even if the top arena champion came, he couldn't kill them in one second!

However, as more and more victims came forward to share their experiences, even the apostles, who had initially scoffed at the idea, began to have some doubts.

Until I experienced it myself, I went in eagerly, came out in fear and trepidation, and then became a source of fear. Even the top ten who didn't take it seriously at first became alert and prepared.

But for some reason, after reaching 11th place, that monster suddenly stopped climbing the rankings.

It's like a boulder thrown into water, creating ripples that eventually sink into the water itself.

"Is everything ready?"

"Yes, don't worry! Everything's taken care of!"

The little dragon patted the dragon egg and said confidently:

"Boss, are we really going to do this?"

"Ok!"

Inside her personal space, Li Xia sat on the sofa in the living room, while the three little ones waited with a mixture of nervousness and anticipation.

[Executioner, your time limit for staying in the hall has been reached. Please proceed to the teleportation plaza or wait in your personal space within ten minutes.]

The three little ones suddenly started breathing rapidly and opened their eyes wide.

The world is about to begin; executioners, please prepare!

[Checking the spacetime state of the derivative world.]

[A world node for the Executioner has been detected. Node is being checked.]

[No anomalies found. The relevant world progress will proceed based on the nodes stored by the Executioner.]

[Spacetime is stable, time flow is initiated]

[Imprinting the derivative world]

[The derivative world has been printed.]

Suddenly, Aowu pulled a roll of parchment from the dragon egg, crushed it forcefully, and tiny fragments of fluorescent light scattered out from the parchment.

[The executioner has used a 'privileged item': drinking poison to quench thirst.]

This world trial will be postponed, and the difficulty of the next world main quest will be increased by 1 level.

These privilege items aren't expensive; they only postpone your experience in one world. However, you'll have to accept an increase in the difficulty of the main storyline, and they only apply to derivative worlds.

But that's exactly what Li Xia wants! The increased difficulty of the main world quests should be accompanied by increased rewards, which is actually a good thing.

The difficulty ceiling for the derivative world is SS, so why is Li Xia afraid of SS?

He took out another blood-red metal card.

[Special Disciplinary Authority]

Grade: No grade

[Type: Permission-related items]

[Effect: Can lock onto the target's location, invade the world and hunt down the target without cost, and is considered a counterattack, allowing the acquisition of the Bloody Key normally.]

Current targets: Time Scavenger, Hell Echo

[Effective Time: Valid within Tier 4]

Suddenly, the surface of the card emitted a blood-red glow, forming a blood-dripping mark in mid-air.

The executioner has activated special disciplinary authority!

[Locking in progress.]

[Target detected for punishment! Access control detected!]

[Permissions being bypassed!]

[Determine the permission level.]

[Special disciplinary authority possesses the highest level of authority! Penetration successful!]

[Executioner, you are about to travel to the original world, the Steel Continent (Reward World)]

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