Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

The roads inside the Blood Shadow Ancient Courtyard are crisscrossed and incredibly chaotic.

Even without any boss monsters blocking the way, players can easily get disoriented and lose their way.

But Shen Hua had played through this instance countless times in his previous life. He knew it so well that he could navigate it with his eyes closed, just like going home.

He wandered around the courtyard, and in just over ten minutes, he found his way to the final boss's room at the deepest part of the courtyard.

As Shen Hua stepped into the north wing of the innermost courtyard, the door clicked shut automatically.

"I was imprisoned for decades and was even driven out of Tianxin Villa."

"Now, you dare to trespass on my territory? You're courting death!"

The final boss slowly appeared, reciting his lines.

This was a burly, strong man with a gleaming ring-pommel sword slung over his shoulder and a large wolfhound on a leash beside him.

The large wolfhound was panting heavily, looking fierce.

This is the final boss of the dungeon – [Blood Spirit Envoy Hu Guang].

Shen Hua's invisibility technique had no effect on Hu Guang, so he simply removed his invisibility.

At the same time, Shen Hua received a game notification: "Provoking [Blood Spirit Envoy Hu Guang] without using profanity will grant you an extra reward upon clearing the level."

This is a fun mechanic within the instance.

Regarding this mechanism, players from the previous generation have already provided the standard answer.

"Ahem," Shen Hua coughed lightly twice, then looked at the vicious dog: "What's your dog's bark?"

Then, he turned his gaze to Hu Guang: "Your sister-in-law doesn't seem to be from around here!"

This is the standard answer—not to use profanity and provoke Hu Guang.

"Outrageous!" Hu Guang was furious on the spot.

His spiritual energy surged wildly, and the ring-pommel sword on his shoulder vibrated with a buzzing sound. He was about to strike and kill Shen Hua.

Shen Hua was, of course, well prepared.

He took out a golden greatsword from his backpack, raised his hand, and the greatsword suddenly flew out of the air at an abnormal speed, heading straight for Hu Guang's head.

This golden greatsword is called the "Blade of Splitting".

【The Splitting Blade】

Rank: Lower

Quality: Spiritual Charm

Suitable cultivation levels: Qi Refining Level 1 to Qi Refining Level 6

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The most distinctive feature of this giant sword, just as its name suggests, is its ability to split into seven pieces.

Shen Hua specially crafted this weapon to clear this dungeon.

Moreover, you can continue to use this dungeon when you run it again in the future, as the dungeon resets once a month.

The golden giant sword instantly reached Hu Guang's head.

Hu Guang's blood energy surged, and he transformed into a blood-red afterimage, quickly dodging to the side.

As he dodged, he pulled the large wolfhound beside him into his arms, his bloody aura growing even stronger.

The wolfhound let out a few whimpers and howls, and in an instant it turned into a cloud of bloody mist, completely enveloping Hu Guang's entire body.

As the fog dissipated, Hu Guang directly split into seven blood-red figures, each over a meter tall, standing neatly in a row.

This is Hu Guang's unique secret technique—[Blood Shadow Sevenfold Illusion], which can sacrifice a familiar creature to generate seven clones.

This spell is somewhat similar to the [Blood Fiend Three Illusions] that Shen Hua had seen before.

However, the difference is that Shen Hua can see through the clones generated by the Blood Fiend Three Illusions at a glance, while the clones generated by the Blood Shadow Seven Illusions are exactly the same, and it is impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

According to the game's setting, Hu Guang is a demon, and Blood Shadow Sevenfold Illusion is his innate spell, which only he can cast in the entire game. The Blood Fiend Three Illusions, however, is different; almost every Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivator possesses it.

Faced with the seven blood-red clones before him, whose authenticity was indistinguishable from his own, Shen Hua remained calm and unperturbed.

"point!"

Under his control, the golden greatsword immediately split into seven smaller golden swords.

The small swords locked onto one of the blood-red clones and slashed down simultaneously.

With a few muffled thuds, like slicing a watermelon, Hu Guang's clones' heads exploded on the spot.

The clones tried to dodge, but the golden sword was too fast for them to avoid.

They had no power to resist at all and were all killed in the blink of an eye.

The moment the last clone's head was pierced, a wisp of pale soul shot out with a "whoosh" and rushed straight towards Shen Hua's face.

This is Hu Guang's trump card.

In the past, many players relaxed their vigilance after killing all the clones, thinking that the dungeon was over.

Unexpectedly, a sudden attack by the divine soul occurred, and Hu Guang used his divine soul to fight the player to the death.

Because Hu Guang is a high-level player, players who are hit by him will be instantly killed.

If all the players die, all progress will be lost, and they will have to start all over again.

Shen Hua had anticipated this.

Upon seeing the soul fly out, he immediately abandoned control of the splitting blade. His natal magic weapon, [Entropy Increase], suddenly left his body and flew out. With a flash of fire, it directly burned the wisp of soul to ashes.

When it comes to suppressing the soul, the fire-type magic weapon [Entropy Increase] is exceptionally useful!

[Game notification: "Congratulations on defeating [Blood Spirit Envoy Hu Guang]! The [Blood Shadow Ancient Academy] dungeon has been successfully cleared!"]

At the same time, all players on the server received a game notification: 【The Blood Shadow Ancient Academy dungeon has achieved a server-wide first clear. The first clear time has been locked at 15 minutes and 13 seconds. The player who cleared the dungeon is: 【Summer Night】【Local Necrosis】.】

The news caused an uproar throughout the game:

"My God, someone actually got the first call!"

"Why is it another summer night!"

"15 minutes and 13 seconds? How did Brother Xia Ye clear the dungeon in just over ten minutes?"

"This can't be real! Our top team spent over a day trying to clear the third boss, and Xia Ye speed-cleared it in 15 minutes?"

"Why are there only two names after clearing the level? Don't other teams clear it together as a group of five?"

This notification caused a huge sensation across the entire server.

Since the dungeon has just opened, almost all players are working on it, and most are even trying to defeat the first boss.

It is precisely because everyone is exploring new areas that they are well aware of how difficult it is to clear a dungeon.

This makes Shen Hua's achievements even more remarkable.

Everyone knows what this achievement means.

This can no longer be described as monstrous; it's more like a ghost!

Meanwhile, in Beiping County, Jizhou, five top-tier players with Heavenly Spiritual Roots are joining forces to besiege the fourth boss, [Mad Demon Blade Yang Ge].

Just as they were about to kill him, everyone received a system announcement.

At this moment, both their minds and their actions were thrown into chaos.

Taking advantage of an opening, BOSS Yang Ge spat out a mouthful of blood, abandoned his long sword, and transformed into a wisp of black smoke as he fled back to the backyard.

Yang Ge's escape means that this BOSS battle has been lost and will have to start all over again.

Ignoring the fleeing boss, the female player in the team, [Chaoge], stomped her foot in frustration: "Someone has already cleared it! And it's that summer night again, he's everywhere!"

"15 minutes and 13 seconds?" The body-refining player in the team, [Fengyan], stroked his chin and asked in confusion, "That's way too fast! There are over a hundred people in the dungeon, including the boss and the mobs. Even if there were a hundred pigs, it would take more than 15 minutes to kill them all, let alone people."

Team leader [Xiaoxiang Night Rain] nodded and said, "It's indeed unbelievable; this completion time is very illogical."

Another player in the team named [Spark] said, "The only explanation is that Xia Ye found a bug, bypassed the previous bosses and mobs, entered the final boss area, and defeated it."

"Yes, that makes sense," the others chimed in.