After the Wind of Miracles ended, with Zone 2225 as the center, there wasn’t a cloud in sight for a hundred miles—clear skies stretched endlessly.
The bright sun once again shone upon the earth.
Everyone felt as if they had been reborn into another world.
Though only a little over an hour had passed, for the people of Zone 2225, it had felt unbearably long…
They had placed all their hopes on Bai Qiu.
The Dark King was powerful—so powerful it inspired fear and despair.
And then there was the True Dragon Remains—that monstrous creature with a wingspan of a hundred meters, whose single dive could blot out the sky.
No one could even imagine how humanity was supposed to defeat something like that…
But Bai Qiu had done it.
Time and time again, he created miracles, surviving countless near-death situations, slaying every enemy that would have driven ordinary people into despair!
“Boss Bai Qiu…”
“No… he’s not just a ‘boss.’ To use such a word—one that merely represents strength—to address someone who saved our lives is too disrespectful… He is a true hero, a living legend, a great hero worthy of our praise!!”
The one who spoke was not a player, but a woman from another world.
She had long, wavy blue hair and blue eyes, and she held the hand of a little girl beside her who looked almost identical to her.
“Great hero! Great hero!”
The little girl jumped up and down, shouting happily.
…
Bai Qiu’s level rose to 31.
From the system notifications, he could see that he had gained a massive amount of experience from the deaths of the True Dragon Remains and the Dark King, Gilshak.
From this, he confirmed that the two enemies were truly, completely dead—and he finally let out a deep sigh of relief.
He was almost completely spent now.
Even with the restorative effects of leveling up, the damage to his body hadn’t improved much.
However, only after confirming that all threatening enemies were gone did Bai Qiu open the system panel to check his gains this time.
Achievement Obtained: [Dragon Slayer]
Damage dealt to dragon-type lifeforms increases by an additional 20%. All attributes increase by 10%. Ignores pressure-type effects below A- rank.
Achievement Obtained: [Scourge Opponent]
Reduces all damage taken from undead creatures by 15%. Reduces all negative effects inflicted by undead creatures by 15%.
System Rewards:
+5 assignable attribute points.
Increase the upper limits of Strength, Mana, Endurance, Agility, and Spiritual Power by 10%.
Star’s Blessing:
Within Earth’s domain, all elemental affinities increase by 10%. Natural recovery of stamina, mana, and health increases by 10%. Luck attribute increases!
These were the achievements and rewards granted by the system.
It seemed that the appearance of the Dark King had actually exploited a loophole in the system—otherwise, it wouldn’t have granted Bai Qiu so many rewards for defeating it.
However, this time the system’s rewards were less than before.
Free attribute points had been replaced with assigned increases—and evenly distributed at that…
Well, it was probably because the previous loophole had been noticed, so the system had “learned its lesson.”
This system seemed to exist to help humanity.
It provided support to those who were sufficiently outstanding, helping them grow to resist calamities.
But the free attribute points Bai Qiu used last time might have consumed too much of its resources.
After all, increasing attribute limits out of nothing was no small feat.
So this time, it prevented such a thing from happening again—though it was unclear whether this affected others as well.
As for the items dropped by the True Dragon Remains, those were rather interesting: a True Dragon Spine, True Dragon Fangs, True Dragon Claws, and a Transcendent Core—along with a Trial Card and a Monarch’s Certificate.
All the materials were labeled as “Transcendent Materials.”
The Transcendent Core directly displayed its grade (B- rank), but showed no attribute bonuses, making it unclear whether it was a material or a piece of equipment.
Trial Card (B- Rank)
Level 50–75
After use, the user will be teleported to Hell to undergo a trial.
Note: Time limit for using this card — 119 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes…
Yeah—even for Bai Qiu right now, it was still too early.
Getting this item at this stage was practically a trap.
As for the Monarch’s Certificate, it belonged to the same category as the Elite Certificate.
Of course, every time a Lord-class enemy was killed, a Lord’s Certificate would also drop.
But for now, its purpose was unclear.
The system log didn’t mention anything about it.
However, items of this type could stack without limit.
At the moment, it only occupied three slots, so Bai Qiu didn’t pay it much attention—he could always ask people in the Sanctuary about it later.
At present, five monster ranks had appeared: Normal, Elite, Lord, King, and Monarch.
Reaching Monarch rank required at least one attribute to reach B rank, which meant that even Bai Qiu, at his current strength, was only at the King level.
As for the achievement [Scourge Opponent], Bai Qiu had no intention of using it.
This kind of defensive, durability-boosting achievement was only necessary when facing evenly matched enemies.
For farming weaker mobs, [King of Grinding] was far more useful, at least providing guaranteed drops and bonus experience.
Currently, the three achievements Bai Qiu had equipped were:
[King of Grinding], [Map Pioneer 2200–2250], and [Dragon Slayer].
Combined with the Star’s Blessing, once his body fully recovered, all his attributes would undergo another transformation.
One noteworthy point was that his Luck attribute was no longer F-.
Thanks to the Star’s Blessing, it had risen to E.
Although still slightly below that of an average person, it was a massive improvement compared to before.
Bai Qiu leaned against the ruins.
He took out a few bottles of healing potions, poured them over himself, then drank one as well.
For now, it was better to stay hidden in the crater.
He would head out after recovering a bit more—it wouldn’t be too late then.
Zhang Shiyao quickly ran over from the sky.
Since the surroundings had been ignited by the dark-red dragon breath, it was impossible to approach Bai Qiu without the ability to fly.
So she stopped A Yuan, who wanted to put out the fire, and recalled it into the Contract Space Card before coming over to check on Bai Qiu.
Although Bai Qiu had already said in the team chat that he was fine, she still couldn’t help but worry…
“You did the right thing. These flames can’t be extinguished by conventional means. No matter how much water A Yuan sprays, it won’t be able to put them out in a short time,” Bai Qiu said to the approaching Zhang Shiyao.
The breath of the True Dragon Remains had left behind a natural wall of fire on Bai Qiu’s side, stretching over a hundred meters.
Its power was far more terrifying than one might imagine.
If the Fallen Dragon Arrow hadn’t just happened to pierce through and create a vacuum zone, Bai Qiu might have ended up trading his life for it!
The Dark King, Gilshak, had ultimately been finished off by Zhang Shiyao.
As a result, she also obtained an achievement, along with some high-quality drops.
After all, her Luck attribute was still at D, a full rank higher than Bai Qiu’s—even after receiving the Star’s Blessing.
The achievement she obtained was [Scourge Terminator], which increased damage dealt to undead creatures by 15%, and also increased experience gained from killing undead creatures by 15%.
She also received the system reward of five assignable attribute points.
From this, it wasn’t hard to infer that system rewards like these were granted for killing Monarch-level beings.
As for the achievements— Bai Qiu had fought the Dark King for a long time, while she delivered the final blow.
So what should have been a single achievement was split into two, though the effects might have been slightly weakened.
As for the Star’s Blessing, it was more likely derived from the Fruit of Miracles, a product similar to the skill Return to Origin…
— The end of the Chapter–
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