The Mysterious Dungeon: A Survival Guide to the Twelve Talismans

He was about to speak when Zhou An suddenly spoke up: "Since you think I've lost, fine, I'll break all your legs and see who really loses."

As soon as Zhou An finished speaking, a loud bang suddenly erupted from beneath his feet.

Zhou An then appeared before Sun Ran as a blur.

Before Sun Ran could react, she felt a sharp pain in both legs.

"Ahhhh!" He screamed as both legs broke, and he collapsed to the ground.

What use are true essence protecting the body, what use are defensive artifacts? They're all useless; they shatter with a single blow.

"Aaaaaah~~~!"

Immediately afterwards, screams of agony echoed across the arena.

In the blink of an eye, only Zhou An remained standing on the arena.

The rest of the people had their legs broken by Zhou An and were lying on the ground howling in pain.

This scene left everyone present completely dumbfounded.

In the blink of an eye, he broke the legs of more than a hundred people, at least third-level martial artists. What kind of strength is that?

Yang Wanli's face was also terribly gloomy at this moment. He wanted to make a move, but found that he was no match for Zhou An.

He didn't see any of those movements clearly.

"You're asking for death! You're asking for death! My father is the prefect!" Sun Ran roared at Zhou An, suppressing his pain.

"So what if he's the prefect?" Zhou An scoffed.

"Lord Yang, how is it now? Am I the champion?" Zhou An turned to look at Yang Wanli above.

“You…” Yang Wanli said through gritted teeth.

Before Yang Wanli could speak, Wang Mu's voice came from beside him: "Announcing him as the champion means that his strength should not be underestimated. I'm afraid even I am no match for him."

Yang Wanli glanced at Wang Mu, then took a deep breath: "The champion of this martial arts tournament is Zhou An."

In an instant, cheers resounded throughout the arena.

At the same time, a notification sound rang in Zhou An's ear.

[Successfully won the martial arts tournament and completed the sixth stage of the mission]

[Seventh stage of the quest has been unlocked... Player's cultivation level is only at level three, which is insufficient to unlock the seventh stage of the quest. Please raise your cultivation level to level five to unlock the next stage of the quest.]

[Due to insufficient cultivation level, the instance is temporarily closed.]

[Return countdown: 60, 59, 58... PS: You can also return immediately]

Zhou An's pupils contracted slightly. He hadn't expected the instance to end temporarily, and he had to return.

Clearly, the next task requires at least a fifth-level cultivation.

Zhou An is currently only at the third level of cultivation.

However, Zhou An's strength has reached the fifth level, which means that it's not about strength, but about realm.

"Fine, fine, let's just go back then." Zhou An shook his head and then directly chose to return.

He was a little disappointed that he had to return before he could even receive the reward.

There was only one minute allotted; there was no way I could claim the reward.

However, precisely because of this, the rewards will most likely cover the rewards, or the rewards will be increased.

The next moment, Zhou An was in a daze. When he came to his senses again, he found himself back in the real world.

"Huh? Uncle, you're back?" Li Shengsheng noticed Zhou An's presence immediately.

"Hmm, I'm back. Where is this?" Zhou An stepped out of Li Shengsheng's body, frowning as he looked around.

This is the MRT station, and the interior is usually very bright.

This place was eerily quiet, filled with a strong smell of blood and a putrid stench.

Li Shengsheng did not reply. Instead, her whole body trembled violently, and then her breath rose steadily.

This is to inherit the power that Zhou An gained within the instance.

"Captain Zhou." Some of the team members behind him greeted Zhou An.

"Hmm, what's going on here? Is something strange happening?" Zhou An asked them.

“Captain, this place was shrouded in mist last night, so we sealed it off immediately. Captain Li, we’re now preparing to deal with the paranormal events here,” Chang Yu replied quickly.

"Uncle, what did you do in the dungeon? I feel my ghost power is ten times stronger." Li Shengsheng looked at Zhou An with great surprise.

"Go and deal with the strange incident. I'll settle the reward." Zhou An didn't answer, but waved his hand and said.

He then sat down on a long bench to the side.

Upon hearing this, Li Shengsheng glared at Zhou An angrily before going back to work.

Zhou Anmo read aloud: "Settlement bonus".

The next instant, a series of notification sounds came to my ears.

[Congratulations to the player for achieving a stage clear of the solo dungeon: Eternal Night Continent]

[Successfully completed the phased mission within six days. Rating: S-rank]

Your level has been upgraded to LV32.

Your level has been upgraded to LV33.

Your level has been upgraded to LV34.

Your level has been upgraded to LV35.

Your level has been upgraded to LV36.

[Item inventory +10]

[The player successfully achieved an S-rank rating, receiving 10000 Soul Coins, one Rule Item Blind Box, one Rule Skill Blind Box, the title "Martial Arts Tournament Champion," and the martial arts techniques: Soul Devouring Technique, Mysterious Netherworld Dragon Body, and Mysterious Netherworld Palm.]

[Host successfully cleared the dungeon. The Monkey Talisman is automatically loaded in the real world with no loading restrictions.]

【Rule Item Blind Box】: After use, you can randomly obtain one rule-related item.

【Rule Skill Blind Box】: After use, you can randomly obtain a rule-related skill card.

[Martial Arts Tournament Champion]: You won the championship of the grandest martial arts tournament in a century with your overwhelming power, and have gained the recognition of the rules.

Effect: Wearing this title grants +10 to all attributes and increases the power of all your skills or techniques by 30%.

【Soul Devouring Technique】: This technique opens the pores and meridians of the entire body through special methods, forcibly plundering external free energy, the essence of living beings, the remnant souls and death energy, and the blood and energy of flesh and blood, directly plundering the origin of others and transforming it into one's own power.

Note: Because the cultivation speed was too fast, residual death energy and bloodthirsty energy could not be removed from the body, thus polluting one's own origin.

【Mysterious Dragon Body】: By using a special method to unleash one's own ghostly power and perform the Mysterious Dragon Body, one's movement speed can be doubled.

【Mysterious Nether Palm】: This technique uses special methods to condense one's own ghostly power into the palm, which can unleash three times the power.

Two rule-based blind boxes are considered veteran products and are standard for an S-level rating.

To Zhou An's surprise, the title of champion of the martial arts tournament could actually increase the power of skills and techniques by 30%.

The last item is three cultivation techniques, including the Soul Devouring Technique.

Zhou An never expected that this martial arts technique would be given to him as a reward.

Chapter 124 Escalation of the Situation, The Land of Rules

However, he had already practiced the Soul Devouring Technique, the Mysterious Netherworld Dragon Body, and the Mysterious Netherworld Palm.

Does that mean the cultivation techniques practiced in that instance cannot be used outside of it?

"No, no, no, that's not right, it shouldn't be like that." Zhou An immediately shook his head.

Because he discovered that these techniques were all powered by ghostly energy.

In the Eternal Night Continent, these techniques and martial arts require one's own blood and qi to activate.

The fact that these techniques are being passed down as rewards is likely intended to be suitable for players who cultivate ghost power.

The real world is a place where even an ordinary person can cultivate.

But what happens when you enter a dungeon and become a player, and your ghost power and blood power clash?

There's also the martial arts manual that Zhou An obtained from Wang Yuyan using the Rat Talisman.

Li Shengsheng is capable of cultivation and can use ghostly power to activate it.

"It's too complicated. I'm not a living person, and there are some things I simply can't handle."

“In that case, let’s just leave it to the Bureau of Mystery and let them investigate.” Zhou An shook his head, dismissing these trivial matters.

The cultivation method of the Xuanming Gong began to appear in his mind.

The Xuanming Technique is a qi and blood cultivation method from the Eternal Night Continent. He was unable to cultivate it, but he memorized it.

I'll transcribe it later and trade it to the Bureau of Mystery so they can study it.

"Boom!" A loud noise.

捷咚淼纼龋瑐鱽硪魂嚸土业臒崃颗c聠击波.

"Ah~~!"

Chang Yu led a group of people out of the tunnel in a disheveled state.

They were all covered in soot, and some even had burns.

And the hair on their heads, eyebrows, and so on, were all burned away.

"What's wrong?" Zhou An looked over with sharp eyes.

"Um... the tunnel was too enclosed, and when Captain Li used his fireball, it affected us," Chang Yu said, grimacing as he covered the burns on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou An shook his head: "This little girl really doesn't know her own strength."

Zhou An immediately stepped forward and restored all their injuries.

Chang Yu and the others found that their injuries had healed and looked at Zhou An with gratitude.

Zhou An waved his hand: "Next time you can stay away from Sheng Sheng. Also, you'd better go out and buy a wig."

After Zhou An finished speaking, he walked towards the tunnel.

He wasn't worried about Li Shengsheng getting into trouble at all. Li Shengsheng now had her own talisman power and several rule skills.

In terms of strength, he can be said to be extremely powerful. At least at the current stage, no one below the fifth level can handle Li Shengsheng.

In terms of physical strength, she can inherit everything, but Li Shengsheng can only obtain three types of her own talisman power.

Now there are horse talismans, dragon talismans, and tiger talismans.

Whether it's the Rat Talisman or the Monkey Talisman, Li Shengsheng cannot use this ability.

However, Zhou An was able to alter Li Shengsheng's talismanic power.

For example, the monkey talisman could directly replace the tiger talisman power of Li Shengsheng.

Zhou An walked into Jie Dongmiao, and before he had gone far, he saw Li Shengsheng running wildly toward him.

"Uncle, uncle, help me! That strange killer is unkillable!" Li Shengsheng saw Zhou An and quickly sped up, shouting all the while.

"What's going on? With your abilities, you can't solve this? A sixth-order anomaly?" Zhou An's expression immediately turned serious.

If the sixth level is strange, then Zhou An might have to run away too.

"No, no, it's the fourth level, but for some reason, it just can't kill that weirdo." Li Shengsheng came to Zhou An's side, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou An can give him a great sense of security.

Zhou An didn't speak, but looked into the depths of the tunnel.

A middle-aged man wearing a Jetta S repair uniform slowly walked over.

He was wearing a helmet on his head, and upon closer inspection, the helmet appeared to be the man's skull.

He was holding a thigh bone in his hand, and a strange smile was on his face.

Seeing this, Zhou An raised his hand and unleashed a Flame Explosion Bomb.