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

Inside the Avici Hell.

This is a strange space.

The sky was a dark purple, devoid of sun, moon, and stars, only flowing bands of light like veins. The ground was some kind of black crystal, producing a crisp sound when stepped on. The space was small, about one hundred meters in diameter, with distorted void barriers at its edges.

Five goblins collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen.

Their fine armor was gone—the mythical-grade equipment imbued with various attributes; the weapons gleaming with enchanted light in their hands had vanished; the bulging weapon pouches, potion pouches, and engineering tool pouches at their waists... all gone.

Even their undergarments were replaced with a set of rough cloth clothes without any attributes—the same kind of beginner cloth clothes they wore when they first entered Cyber ​​Hell and were incredibly weak.

"Where...where are my equipment?" A figure stared blankly at his hands, where two epic scimitars should have been held, but were now empty.

"My cannon...my big cannon..." The warlord was on the verge of tears. His beloved shoulder-fired rocket launcher, which had undergone three improvements, was the one he had snatched from the corpse of the previous warlord. It had been with him for three whole months, killing hundreds of enemies.

"My vehicle is gone too..."

The most frightening thing is the change in the attribute panel.

Before entering this space, they were all level 55 or above, with attributes far exceeding those of players of the same level.

But now...

All attributes have been nerfed to base values, making them at least ten levels lower than human players of the same level!

All the extra bonuses that come from equipment, potions, and enchantments are ineffective in this space.

An unprecedented sense of weakness and fear gripped their hearts. It felt like a billionaire suddenly finding himself penniless, or a strongman suddenly finding himself powerless. It was as if they had felt weak and helpless when they first entered cyber hell…

And standing in front of them was Liu Nian...

He was also stripped of all equipment and external buffs. Gauntlets, boots, armor, trinkets... all disappeared, leaving only basic cloth armor.

but--

Liu Nian glanced at his attribute panel:

【HP: 139827】

Armor: 412

[Magic Resistance: 405]

……

Even without any equipment bonuses, his base stats are still incredibly high. Especially his health—close to 140,000!

Even though the goblins present were 15 levels higher than Liu Nian, their attributes were not even half as high as his!

Without any external aids, the five of them combined couldn't defeat Liu Nian!

What's frightening is that Liu Nian didn't kill them at all.

The human was looking at them with the expression of a psychopath, punching them every thirty seconds.

It's like undergoing some kind of regular "training".

The goblins tried to rebel.

They charged at him, fists swung, but their pitiful attributes only dealt a few thousand damage to Liu Nian. Liu Nian didn't even bother to dodge, letting them punch him twice before retaliating with a Soul-Sucking Strike to drain his blood back.

A goblin tried to use his engineering knowledge to create something, but there wasn't a single piece of extra metal in the space, and he couldn't take anything out of his backpack.

Another goblin tried chanting a spell to summon his battle pet, but no elemental response came. He eventually gave up, crouched down with his head in his hands, and activated his defensive abilities.

The leader was rather courageous, rushing forward to try and grab Liu Nian. But the difference in their attributes was too great; Liu Nian picked him up with one hand in each arm, like lifting a chick, and then slammed his head against the ground.

Boom!

The guy collapsed, seeing stars, and his health dropped another bit.

They couldn't fight back, they couldn't escape, and they had to get punched every thirty seconds... This kind of torture was even worse than killing them outright.

"Kill me! Go ahead and kill me if you dare!" the warlord shouted in despair.

Liu Nian glanced at him, shook his head, and continued his "routine training".

He certainly wouldn't kill them now. Because...

Every thirty seconds, when he attacks these guys, Heart Steel's passive will be triggered.

Duang~Duang~Duang~Duang~Duang~

Five clear, distinct sounds, the only ones he could hear.

[Heart Steel level +1, current level: 892]

[Heart Steel level +1, current level: 893]

[Heart Steel level +1, current level: 894]

After one round, health points increased by 5000+

This isn't a battle; it's a paradise for grinding stats!

Liu Nian couldn't help but smile. His health points skyrocketed like a rocket. 140,000, 150,000, 160,000... At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he broke through the 200,000 mark.

Moreover, these goblins were all more than 10 levels higher than him.

This means that Liu Nian gets extra rewards for killing them, but they get nothing for killing Liu Nian...

"A demon...you are a demon..." The goblin overlord huddled on the ground, his voice trembling with sobs; he had broken down.

He had never seen such a terrifying enemy—not to kill you, but to beat you every thirty seconds, slowly breaking you down in fear and pain.

This is truly hell!

Outside, at the Anvil Outpost.

The human players escorted the convoy and finally arrived at their destination.

Gnome soldiers were already there to meet them; in fact, the gnomes were prepared to attack at the last moment. However, the human players had swiftly broken through the goblin formation, so they remained on guard because there were still troublesome figures to appear, and they had to be prepared.

The dwarf officer named Dino was there to greet the group.

"Human friends! You've succeeded!" The dwarf officer's voice was high-pitched but full of enthusiasm. "I am Dino Gearwrench, the defense commander of Anvil Outpost. On behalf of all dwarves, I thank you for your heroic assistance!"

Wu Zhan stepped forward, shook hands with Dino, and said, "The three cartloads of ore have all been delivered safely. Please inspect them."

Dino waved, and a team of dwarf engineers came to meet him.

However, since Liu Nian accepted the task, it cannot be handed in immediately.

The players rushed into the Anvil Outpost, where they could buy and exchange various rare items, so they were all very busy...

Wu Zhan, Wang Mu, Ye Jielina, and others gathered together, tallying the casualties and spoils of war.

"37 dead." Wang Mu looked at the statistics table and sighed.

"That's already great! Our returns have far exceeded our expectations!" Wu Zhan patted him on the shoulder.

The surviving players have all leveled up at least 4 times and acquired a large amount of loot. Now they can buy new and powerful equipment and other items at the Anvil Outpost. It is safe to say that any player who enters here will at least double their strength. Some who buy weapons and skills that are particularly suitable for them will experience a qualitative change in their strength!

Yun Xiangrong said, "If Liu Nian hadn't broken through the defenses, the casualties might have doubled."

Everyone frowned when Liu Nian was mentioned.

"He's still not back?" Wu Zhan murmured. "It's been almost half an hour."

"I just sent him another message, and he said he needs a little more time," Wang Mu said. "Let's look around first, we don't need to wait for him."

"What is he doing..." Yelena was also very curious.

Just then, a commotion broke out outside the fortress.

"Goblins! The goblins are coming again!"