Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

When Liu Nian stepped into Dragon City, it was already completely dark.

The city, reborn from the ruins of Ascalon, is now enveloped in a halo of twilight and lamplight.

Liu Nian stood at the city gate, gazing at everything before him.

A night breeze swept by, carrying the cacophony of voices from the city. Countless figures hurried past him; some he recognized as comrades-in-arms; some whose names he had seen in the faction chat; and others completely unfamiliar, likely new players.

"Liu Nian!"

An excited voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Liu Nian looked up and saw a figure jump down directly from the city wall!

When Yun Xiangrong landed, she stirred up a gust of wind. She ran all the way to Liu Nian, her eyes shining like light bulbs.

"You're finally here!" She grabbed Liu Nian's arm. "The boss is waiting for you at command post, and Wang Mian is here too! Let's go!"

Liu Nian was dragged forward by her, looking helpless.

After passing through the central square under construction and around the mountains of building materials, the two arrived at the town hall.

Yun Xiangrong pushed open the door: "Boss! I've brought the person!"

Several magic lamps were lit inside, providing bright light. A huge sand table sat in the center of the room, densely covered with flags of various colors. Wu Zhan and Wang Mian were pointing at the sand table when they heard the noise and turned around at the same time.

The moment Wu Zhan saw Liu Nian, his eyebrows shot up sharply.

He circled Liu Nian twice, looking him up and down with the gaze one would use to examine a rare species: "You...you've grown taller?"

Wang Mian subconsciously gripped his baton, his gaze sweeping over Liu Nian: "No, it's not just the height. Your whole demeanor is different."

Wu Zhan couldn't hide the astonishment in his eyes: "Tell me quickly, what's the transformation like for the Dragon Descendant?"

Liu Nian gave a brief introduction, and the other three people in the room looked at each other in bewilderment.

"...300% attribute bonus? Two transformation forms?" Wu Zhan's voice trembled slightly.

"Yes," Liu Nian said, "but that's nothing."

"Big brother? This is nothing?"

"Take a look at this first."

Liu Nian also demonstrated the attributes of [Following the Laws of Heaven and Earth].

Wu Zhan had been maintaining a composed demeanor, with an expression that said, "What haven't I seen in my life?" But when his gaze swept over the skill descriptions, his calm face instantly cracked.

"Absolute, absolute damage? Penetrating and invincible?!" His voice suddenly rose three octaves, almost cracking.

"Um."

"A fifty-fold attack power boost??"

"It's fifty times stronger in attack power, defense, and size," Liu Nian corrected. "But you can only use basic attacks, and it consumes a lot of energy, five thousand points per second. With my current energy, it can only last for less than seven seconds at most."

"Seven seconds?" Wu Zhan's lips twitched. "Brother, seven seconds is enough for you to demolish a city!"

"What is your current attack power?" Wang Mian took a deep breath, trying to keep himself calm.

"More than eight thousand."

"Eight thousand?" Wu Zhan frowned. "That can't be right?"

"Oh, I meant eighty million."

"Taking away the young master???"

Wu Zhanteng sprang up from his chair, the movement so sudden that his knee slammed into the corner of the sand table, knocking over several flags. Ignoring the pain, he glared at Liu Nian, his eyes wide: "Yours is a little over a billion feet tall, isn't it?!"

"If this were to utilize the Heaven and Earth Transformation Technique..." Yun Xiangrong counted on her fingers, her voice trembling as she calculated, "Fifty times... Forty billion?! Forty billion in attack power?! My God..."

"What about health points?" Wu Zhan suddenly remembered something and asked anxiously.

He remembered that Liu Nian's health points were far more exaggerated than his attack power. His attack power was already 80 million, so his health points...

"Under normal circumstances, the life points are 2.5 billion." Liu Nian's tone remained calm, as if he were saying that the weather was nice today.

"..."

"..."

"..."

The room fell into a deathly silence.

Wu Zhan, Wang Mian, and Yun Xiangrong stared blankly at Liu Nian, their eyes looking as if they were looking at a walking bug.

"Then... what about in abnormal situations?" Wang Mian felt like his tongue was tied in knots, and every word was difficult to say.

"12.5 billion."

"Clatter".

Wang Mian's baton fell to the ground.

Wu Zhan plopped back into the chair, the chair legs groaning under the strain.

What kind of monster is this?

It took the group a while to recover from Liu Nian's outrageous attributes.

Wu Zhan rubbed his face hard, then rubbed it again. After confirming that he wasn't dreaming, he straightened up completely!

He slapped his thigh and jumped up from the chair, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, looking just like a victorious rooster with its tail practically pointing to the sky.

"Hahaha! I knew it! How could my brother be an ordinary person!" Wu Zhan laughed loudly, but halfway through his laughter, he suddenly remembered something, and his expression froze. "Wait a minute, when I was cursing those Western trash in the channel earlier, didn't I hold back a little?"

Wang Mian's lips twitched: "You call that leaving room for maneuver? You're practically cursing their ancestors for eighteen generations."

"That was just a lapse in performance!" Wu Zhan pounded his chest in frustration. "If I'd known my brother was this strong, I would have been far too conservative! I should have pointed at them all and sent that Qiao Feng meme—'You guys, come at me all at once!!!'"

He imitated Qiao Feng, making a fist with one hand and extending the other horizontally, his eyes looking down arrogantly, as if a group of Western players were really standing in front of him.

Yun Xiangrong covered her mouth, laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight: "Boss, that's enough!"

Wang Mian couldn't help but chuckle, but he still tried to remain rational: "Alright, alright, stop going crazy and get down to business."

Wu Zhan then toned it down a bit, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face. He plopped back down in his chair and said, "Alright, let's get down to business! Let's talk about the Path of the Dragonborn."

Yun Xiangrong blinked and spoke first: "Speaking of which, Boss Wuzhan, can your current undead form be upgraded?"

Wu Zhan was taken aback upon hearing this, and scratched his head: "This... I really don't know!"

He looked down at his translucent hands, pondered for a moment, and then said, "But I don't think it's a big problem! My current form is only due to my profession; my true allegiance and race are human from Blue Star. Upgrading is based on race, not profession. The system can't possibly dehumanize me just because I learned necromancy, can it?"

"That's true." Yun Xiangrong nodded, but then frowned. "However, I think we also need to be prepared for the possibility of failing the upgrade! Think about it, Liu Nian succeeded in his upgrade challenge, but the difficulty was simply inhuman. Even for an ordinary player, even with a simplified version, it probably wouldn't be that easy!"

She paused, then said seriously, "What if someone fails to get promoted? We need to think of a backup plan in advance."