Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 564 - 273: The Realm of Reason Out of Control

Wu Chang looked at Xu Dejun in confusion, "Are we really that close for you to ask for my help?"

If he remembered correctly, the Four Major Organizations were still at war with him, simply pretending to be dead, without canceling or softening their stance.

The fact that Xu Dejun and the four Bright Society members didn’t die violently under the Chaos Authority was already due to the All-Knowing Crystal and the Wanghai Branch’s influence. Asking him for help in return seemed a bit much.

However, since the All-Knowing Crystal’s revelation pointed towards Xu Dejun, it suggested Xu Dejun had the intelligence he needed.

Whether to help or not could be set aside; first, extract the information and consider it Xu Dejun’s life-saving gift.

Wu Chang looked expressionlessly at Xu Dejun, and said noncommittally, "You tell me first what it is about?"

Just as Xu Dejun was about to speak, a stinking pus oozed from his abdominal wound. He clutched his abdomen and drank a bottle of major recovery potion, which made his condition slightly better.

Seeing this, Wu Chang frowned and asked, "Shouldn’t you treat your wounds first?"

This isn’t some third-rate melodrama, where Xu Dejun would die at the critical point of the conversation. That would be disgusting.

Wu Chang detested enigmas his whole life, but if there was anything more disgusting than an enigma, it had to be someone who speaks in half sentences.

Xu Dejun shook his head and said, "It’s no big deal, just some corpse poison laced with resentment. Purifying the resentment in the toxin will resolve it; it won’t kill anyone."

Xu Dejun spoke casually, like a tough guy, but the actual situation was far less optimistic.

The toxin attached to his wound, called Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart, was made by vengeful ghosts with deep resentment. The poison carried resentment, corroding both the spirit and body of the poisoned, causing double damage.

While causing damage, the Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart would worsen the state of the poisoned and reduce the healing effects received by 75%.

The reduced healing effects included detoxification and purification, meaning that to clear the Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart, you needed a purification skill at least four times stronger than the same level to eliminate the resentment in the poison.

In terms of difficulty and eeriness, the Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart could rank in the top ten in the Realm of Reason.

In a short time, Xu Dejun had no way to solve it and could only rely on blood bottles to withstand it, hoping to find a chance to return to the Management Bureau’s domain in the Realm of Reason or seek help from the other three major powers.

If the poison couldn’t be resolved, he’d be slowly tortured to death by the Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart.

Wu Chang glanced at Xu Dejun, thinking, "Can’t even stand properly and still talking tough. If they poisoned his food, Xu Dejun might shout ’Sweet, no big deal’ before being poisoned to death."

He reached out to Xu Dejun’s wound with his left hand and said, "Stay still."

While moving his left hand, his right hand was behind his back, pulling out the Soul Cleansing Banner.

His left hand touched Xu Dejun’s wound, lightning flashing in his palm, using the Celestial Thunder from the Five Thunders Technique.

Ever since he upgraded the Thunder Skill Fragment to the Thunder Skill Fragment, and learned the Five Thunders Technique, the Divine Thunder was what he used most frequently.

Divine Thunder had additional damage against gods and was remarkably effective, standing out. But each aspect of the Five Thunders Technique had its specialty, and there was no hierarchy among them.

For example, the Celestial Thunder that Wu Chang was using now primarily subdued demons and exterminated evils, exorcising plagues and diseases.

The Celestial Thunder touched Xu Dejun’s wound, immediately dealing severe damage to the Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart. The wound that was just beginning to heal split open, pus flowed out again, but unlike before, a third of the blood was now normal.

Taking advantage of the Celestial Thunder’s effect, Wu Chang simultaneously activated the Soul Cleansing Banner behind him.

This Command Flag, which recorded the Daoist Orthodox Technique, was a natural enemy of evil Qi, suppressing it without reason.

With the synchrony of the Banner and the Celestial Thunder, in the span of two or three breaths, the rotten flesh on Xu Dejun’s abdomen turned to black charcoal, no longer hindering the wound’s healing.

Xu Dejun drank a bottle of Recovery Potion, and the wound on his abdomen healed at a visible speed.

The Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart was actually eliminated.

Xu Dejun looked up at Wu Chang, unable to hide the shock on his face, more surprised than when Wu Chang easily wiped out four players with his Authority.

Although it was shocking to see Wu Chang easily deal with the four players hunting him, it wasn’t incomprehensible.

High-levels in the Realm of Reason from the Four Major Organizations already knew about Wu Chang’s feat of repelling Joy, and being able to fend off a god-possessed clone of Joy, it was quite reasonable to defeat four mid-level Bright Society members.

But purifying the Resentful Spirit Devouring Heart was different. In the Abyssal Game, a person’s energy, skills, Attribute Points, and items were limited. Even players with support from major powers couldn’t carry their organizations’ entire resources single-handedly, let alone lone wolf players.

In his impression, even Joy or the Painter in their early days focused on developing their strengths for a long time, only having the leeway to expand other capabilities later on.

But how long had Wu Chang been in the Abyssal Game, surpassing Joy in the combat domain of the same period, and yet being so strong in the support domain as well?

"How many rewards can you get from a single dungeon?"

Wu Chang met Xu Dejun’s shocked gaze, put away the Soul Cleansing Banner and raised two fingers.

"You owe me two lives now."

Gulp.

Xu Dejun swallowed, quickly revising his previous assessment of Wu Chang’s abilities in his mind.

After seeing Wu Chang in person, he realized that the model built based on data about Wu Chang had still underestimated him.

Should he take a gamble, betting that the monster in front of him could disrupt the Bright Society’s conspiracy?