Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2565: Chapter 1211: Free-for-All Showdown · Heavenly Dao (Part 2)

For instance, players can create a battle royale-style gameplay by setting basic rules, and since there is no limit to the number of participants in custom rooms, even massive thousand-player battle royale scenarios are possible.

Moreover, games like Werewolf can also be played, as long as the participants are self-aware enough.

However, this type of gameplay is not without restrictions. For example, regarding talents, although participants can choose to actively seal any of their talents, they can’t grant themselves new talents. The same applies to skills and equipment—simply put, you can remove or cut them, but you can’t enhance or fabricate them.

In summary, the custom battle rooms are a perfect place for team-building activities. Although there are quite a few guidelines, as long as you don’t violate the basic rules, the degree of freedom is extremely high.

Next is the player-favorite [Random Match Mode], which is really simple: you open the matching panel, join the match, and then the system will find another player doing the same operation, placing both in a random map to duel—end of story.

No hidden scores, no ranks, no ladders, no rewards, no balance system—just fight!

It’s worth noting that this [Random Match Mode] is indeed a true free-for-all. All players are treated equally, which means that a player who has just created a character and only has a system-gifted outfit with no profession, skills, weapons, or specialization could end up matching with a fellow newbie or find themselves up against Mor on a whim to spar—it’s the same probability.

Admittedly, this blind-box style matching mode can be quite frustrating for many newcomers, but most mainstream players find it very interesting.

As long as there’s enough luck, anyone can experience the thrill of bullying the weak, and everyone has the chance to face off against famous players.

Of course, except for [Waking Dragon], who is contractually obligated by the studio to show up with their real appearance and ID, most people choose to hide their identity like Heavenly Dao and Cholera.

As an aside, in [Random Match Mode], a player’s equipment is assumed to be the same as it was during their last login to The Realm of Innocence, and talents, skills, and consumables are likewise affected. Only basic stats such as health and physical ability, as well as skill cooldowns, are reset.

Just another note, anything that can be ’consumed’, be it potion, scroll, or one-time skills and talents, is considered truly consumed once used in either custom rooms or random matches.

It’s just like having two Blood Bottles in your bag during your last login to The Realm of Innocence, and if you drink one in [Random Match Mode], you’ll have one less Blood Bottle when you return to The Realm of Innocence because it’s been truly consumed.

Overall, though the PvP mode is relatively straightforward and lacks leaderboards to boast about or enticing rewards, and is indeed extremely random, the public space battles remain popular, possessing the kind of intense interest that many competitive games crave.

And Heavenly Dao is a die-hard fan of [Random Match Mode], primarily because it allows for some carefree eccentricity.

...

Five minutes later

The Realm of Innocence, Player Public Space·Battle Arena, [Random Match Battle Room A279]

"Hello."

The young warrior with the name [Big-flower Morning Glory] on their head raised the Longsword and stared intently at the opponent in deep green uniform with a gloomy demeanor, solemnly saying, "Let us begin the battle..."

"Foolish firefly."

Heavenly Dao sighed deeply, interrupting the polite young man before him, dramatically spreading his arms wide: "Did you break the shackles of time and appear in my domain just for such a trivial reason?"

Big-flower Morning Glory: "...Huh?"

"The dusk of the gods has passed, the one and only God Alzus has been corrupted into a twisted corpse by the ultimate dark force, only I, the enduring Primordial Snake who soars in Thunder Heaven, remain! Yet you dare tread upon my territory after that battle!"

Heavenly Dao sighed softly, slowly walking towards the stunned young warrior, eyes wide, as dazzling lightning already climbed his arms.

Big-flower Morning Glory instinctively retreated half a step, watching Heavenly Dao slowly approaching, puzzled and alarmed: "Wait, what the heck is Primordial Snake, aren’t you supposed to be the Decayed Killer?"

"Ha, even without the awakening of your Magic Eye to discern my True God, you dare intrude here. Perhaps, I must grant you some lesser praise."

Heavenly Dao’s eyes flashed Cold Light, his face contorted in a wide smirk as he bellowed: "Repent for your ignorance, intruder! Lament your feebleness, coward! Pray for your fate, false savior! Rise up, resist, and fall!"

"You’ve got issues!!"

Big-flower Morning Glory pondered a while, finally gritted his teeth and stomped, directly launching into [Impact Piercing Attack] at the fashionably and shamefully exuberant man opposite, yelling: "How old are you, still so full of angsty clichés! I’ve never wanted to be a savior! Wake up, old man!"

A flash of shadow, the fundamental warrior skill [Impact Piercing Attack] suddenly accelerated, propelled by Skill [Rapid Dragon Cut], slashing at Heavenly Dao’s neck at triple speed.

Then —

"Too naive!"

Heavenly Dao, as a Spellcaster, didn’t dodge or hide but raised his electrified right arm to block the strike, instantly adjusting complex variables to give the coiled [Lightning Serpent] a ’repulsive force’ attribute, completely neutralizing Big-flower Morning Glory’s attack, and...

"Waaahhhhhh!!"

Hit by the lightning spreading from the Longsword, Big-flower Morning Glory entered a [Paralysis] state, his once sleek hairstyle turning into an eye-catching explosion.

"[Anti-thunderstorm]!"

Shouting the skill name, Heavenly Dao stomped unnecessarily, using a suddenly appearing thunder ring to push Big-flower Morning Glory several meters away, then inexplicably surged forward using Mid-level Magic [Flash Tear], with a vicious look, echoing: "Great Thunder · Nine-headed Dragon!"

The next second, a hastily-raised sword saw Big-flower Morning Glory instantly struck in the chest by nine consecutive [Lightning Serpents], dragging his Health Points down from 93% to 35%, and again layering multiple Paralysis and Electrocution statuses.

Though harmonized by the system, this level of electric shock is akin to the bite of a lighter’s igniter, yet feeling it course through the entire body is still quite intense, directly stripping Big-flower Morning Glory of mobility.

"I’m greatly disappointed, Big Bull."

Heavenly Dao coldly looked down at the twitching Big-flower Morning Glory, painfully curling his hands, with eyes showing remorse: "I expected you to surprise me, but alas...sigh..."

[What’s with sighing! Plus, I’m not Big Bull! Don’t go dropping parts of my name!]

"Pitiful, regrettable, lamentable..."

[Just stop wasting time! Finish me off quickly!]

"Alright, let me end this for you."

[Eh?]

"Remember this great name, the one to kill you is — Soaring Thunder Snake!"

[Wasn’t it Riding Thunder Snake!?]

Crackle—!

...

Ten minutes later

The Realm of Innocence, Player Public Space·Battle Arena, [Random Match Battle Room V368]

"I am, the Riding Thunder Heaven Primordial Snake!"

"Nice to meet you! I am the incognito Great Yin-Yang Master Le Le!"

Chapter 1211: End