Chapter 708: Chapter 64: Buddha’s Plague
The first place remains a shadow pressing down on their hearts, with a huge points gap, and the source of the plague, yet has not been seen so far.
"What if we can’t find them, once we reach the fourth stage, under the beacon of the pillar of light, his position will be exposed."
The Saintess smiled, seemingly indifferent, speaking as a new thorn-covered arm replaced the severed one.
After this red light barrier stops, it will be the fourth stage, with only the upper half of the snowy mountain within the red light circle.
Throughout the fourth stage, the red light circle will no longer move, marking the penultimate stage, with the entire Slaughter Game nearing its end.
During this process, Su Changxing silently felt the changes within himself, as people continued to die, and Inheritance Power constantly surged within his body, enhancing him.
Due to the sheer number of deaths from the plague, his five-dimensional attributes were enhanced to the maximum extent possible, with values around 49 each.
He felt the level of his life ascend a rung in this process of accumulating values, his life force becoming even stronger.
After maxing out all attribute values, he still had over ten thousand enhancement chances remaining.
Too many.
Su Changxing had no choice but to use all remaining enhancement chances to increase Mysteriousness, initially gaining over a thousand points per enhancement, eventually only gaining over ten points.
His Mysteriousness doubled, breaking through from 200,000 to 300,000, and finally to 400,000.
By this point, his Mysteriousness had reached a certain magnitude, making it extremely difficult to increase even one point, with each enhancement only adding a little.
Su Changxing wondered if this approach was too wasteful, but apart from increasing Mysteriousness, there seemed to be nothing else he could do with the enhancement chances.
Moreover, after leaving the Land of Slaughter, any unused Inheritance Power would leave the host’s body.
Use it then, might as well use it.
Thinking this way, he spent the remaining enhancement power on increasing Mysteriousness, gaining one point at a time, though using over a thousand enhancements only increased it by over a thousand points.
Although these thousand points seemed few, they represented a significant progression for him, from quantitative change to qualitative change.
He originally thought advancement would have to wait until after the Slaughter Game, but unexpectedly, he found the opportunity for elevation before the fourth stage began.
Not only because his Mysteriousness reached a certain magnitude, but also because this place was special enough, meeting some condition required for advancement.
But what exactly this condition was, Su Changxing couldn’t figure out for the moment.
A message popped up in the discount store.
[Having sufficient Mysteriousness, current environment meets requirements, advancement possible]
[Advance?]
Su Changxing didn’t know the status he would achieve nor how the discount store would advance him, but it felt like a lottery wheel.
Without much hesitation, since advancing here would allow him to obtain the corresponding Tier Five status when the Slaughter Game ends, it was a beneficial move.
Atop the snowy mountain was a vast plain, with heavy snow and fierce winds, and if one stood still for too long, they would be covered with a layer of frost.
Even for extraordinaries like them, the cold could be felt, like icy needles piercing the skin, embedding into bones.
Gurulu, an individual, carried a stick and charged into the snowstorm, while others stayed put, waiting for the fourth stage to commence.
Qu Ping lay on the ground, covered by snow with only his head exposed, seeing a faint golden light flashing in Su Changxing’s eyes, similar to the Buddha Son’s Buddha light.
Understanding something, Qu Ping closed his eyes and smiled: "You’re really something, didn’t expect that."
As the plague further eroded, he lay completely paralyzed on the ground, one of a dozen or so in the camp, left uncared for and abandoned.
Although the Saintess promised to keep them alive, it was only if they could keep up with the group; nobody would voluntarily take care of a burden, any sensible person would know.
By this point, fewer than a thousand players remained alive in the Slaughter Game; those surviving were absolute strong, overcoming the plague and battles with other players.
Su Changxing sat cross-legged on the ground, feeling the plague within his body, the ground, and people around, as well as the Buddha Nature from underground, akin to the Buddha Nature in the Blood of Madness.
During advancement, his Perception seemed infinitely magnified, giving him a deeper understanding of the world, seeing the plague constantly eroding stones, not because the plague could rot rocks, but because the stones were once flesh.
Then.
It dawned on him why this place was called Futu, the Land of Slaughter.
Futu also meant Buddha.
The whole thing was a Buddha, a truly existent Buddha, long dead.
The so-called Land of Slaughter was its corpse, existing here, with players like insects, absorbing its nutrients to advance.
The fact he could advance here with the discount store was likely due to this reason.
For extraordinaries, they often grew by absorbing power from higher tiers of extraordinaries.
But if that’s the case here, where did the first extraordinary come from?
This was indeed a thought-provoking question.
The advancement process went smoothly.
There wasn’t the slightest pause, as if the whole world was assisting Su Changxing in completing this task.
The Buddha light in Su Changxing’s eyes took on a dark green hue, overall presenting a pale aquamarine, a mix of golden and dark green.
This was followed by an ascension of life and spirit, with a substantial increase in power as well.
[Buddha’s Plague: Tier Six, Extreme Rank, you are the Source of Plague, commanding plagues beyond even the reach of plague demons.
This plague, even the Buddha cannot avoid, simultaneously tainted with Buddha Nature.
Source of Plague: You are the plague, possessing maximum resistance to plagues, toxins, paralysis, and perfect harmony with the plague.
Plague Control: Perfect control over plagues, and degree of manipulation of other kinds of blights.
Erosion of All Things: For unknown reasons, your plague causes even the Buddha to itch unbearably, capable of infecting anyone with plague, anytime.]
There’s a problem.
Su Changxing noted the "Erosion of All Things" trait, the plague already demonstrated, functioning like a bug, capable of killing in non-lethal zones, attacking in places meant to be safe.
This reminded him of the heretics living between world gaps, unrecognized, rejected by all, ageless and immortal, surviving eternally in lost places.
Heretics differ from Demon Blood Species, which, although disaster for humans, are lifeforms recognized by this world.
Heretics are seen as viruses by this world, something that must be eliminated.
"I’m probably half a heretic now, just haven’t been detected."
Su Changxing wasn’t sure if this was good or bad, but having chosen this path, he had no way to rectify it.
From his time in the Zombie World, advancing as a Deceiver, he strayed, accepting heretic power and bearing its corresponding cost.
Advancing as a Deceiver back then was out of greed for power, but also necessity.
The Doomsday Game was inherently unsolvable, requiring reliance on unconventional power to win.
Without their all-out effort in destroying an Energy Station, the entire world might have been lost in that doomsday, and none of what happened later would have.
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