Chapter 63: Chapter63-Desperate Escape
A massive amount of fire elemental particles condensed in front of John’s chest.
He was preparing to use a large-scale killing move to directly wipe out the remaining three assassins.
But at that moment, one of the three suddenly took out a gray-red scroll.
Crack!
With a slight exertion of force, he crushed it.
The instant the scroll shattered, all the clouds within a one-kilometer radius changed color.
The entire sky darkened, turning pitch-black.
But this was not night.
It was a terrifying rule-based lockdown carrying the pressure of divinity.
A system warning immediately appeared before John’s eyes.
[Warning: Authority-level Sealing Scroll detected!]
[Current area has entered a magic-forbidden state!]
[Skills, magic, and Law-type abilities are temporarily unavailable!]
[Spatial movement abilities are temporarily disabled!]
Seeing those crimson prompts, John’s gaze darkened.
At this moment, even the concealment Law around him was forcibly suppressed, forcing his figure to reappear.
Just as John hesitated, a figure suddenly flashed before him like a ghost.
The assassin held a pitch-black dagger in his hand.
There was no special glow on the dagger.
Yet in the unseen depths of existence, it radiated an aura of death that made one instinctively feel fear.
With the effect of True Sight, John instantly saw through the dagger’s nature.
[Deathblade]
[Quality]: SSS-Rank Special Item
[Effect]: After hitting a target, immediately deducts 100% of the target’s current HP and triggers an execution effect!
[Special Effect]: If the target dies from this item, Soul Lockdown will be triggered.
Ordinary resurrection skills and items will be ineffective.
Note: If an adventurer dies from this effect, they will be unable to log back into the game.
...
Puchi!
The pitch-black dagger suddenly pierced into John’s chest.
[-154,571! Critical Strike!]
John’s HP instantly bottomed out.
A system notification rang beside his ears.
[You have been attacked by Deathblade. HP has reached zero!]
[Deathblade remaining uses: 1/2!]
Seeing the life rapidly fade from John’s face, the three assassins all revealed looks of wild joy.
They had succeeded.
However, in the next instant, a streak of crimson-gold flame suddenly ignited within John’s pupils.
Before the death judgment could fully descend, the Phoenix Blood inside his body activated automatically.
This was not an ordinary resurrection.
It was the life-substitution effect of Nirvana Rebirth, triggered at the instant his life reached zero.
Before the system could determine that John had completely died, Phoenix Blood forcibly took over his death process.
A system notification rang beside John’s ears.
[Phoenix Blood effect triggered. Player has entered Nirvana Rebirth state!]
[Deathblade’s Soul Lockdown effect failed to activate!]
Hiss!
As crimson-gold flames surged into the sky, John’s body rapidly reformed within the fire.
When the three assassins saw this scene, their expressions changed drastically.
They had never expected that even the Deathblade bestowed by their Lord would fail to completely kill this adventurer.
But their reactions were extremely fast.
One of them decisively tightened his grip on the Deathblade once again, while the other two simultaneously took out items bestowed by their Lord and began suppressing John with all their strength.
The magic-forbidden domain above them still remained.
At this moment, John could not use any skills.
Nor could he use magic or the power of Spatial Authority.
He could only rely on his own raw attributes, Constitution, and combat instincts to endure.
Boom, boom, boom!
As one special item after another struck him, John’s HP continued to fall.
A white crystal appeared in one assassin’s palm. He abruptly raised it, and the crystal’s light fell upon John.
[Lord’s Punishment Binding Crystal]
[Quality]: SS-Rank Special Item
[Effect]: Triggers absolute binding within a magic-forbidden domain, sealing all bloodline and talent passive circulations of the target. Suppresses all self-healing and rebirth effects!
[Special Effect]: While continuously touching the target’s physical body, forcibly strips away 30% of maximum HP every second, ignoring Physical Defense and Constitution resistance!
...
Buzz!
Under the illumination of that pale-white light, countless corrosive wounds instantly appeared across John’s skin.
[-98,742!]
[Phoenix Talent: Nirvana Rebirth has been forcibly sealed. Self-healing effects temporarily disabled!]
Almost at the same time, another assassin fired a silver-blue iron nail from his hand.
...
[God-Extinguishing Nail]
[Quality]: SS-Rank Special Item
[Effect]: Strikes directly at the divine soul origin within an adventurer’s body, ignoring physical shields and all damage-reduction mechanisms!
[Special Effect]: Deals double annihilation damage to targets with rebirth or resurrection abilities, tearing apart the foundation of their life origin!]
...
Whoosh!
The silver-blue divine nail was astonishingly fast, shooting toward John’s brow in almost an instant.
[-39,654!]
At this moment, John’s HP was already critically low.
Moreover, Phoenix Blood had already been exposed.
It was impossible for him to use it again.
His situation instantly became incomparably dangerous.
"Die."
The final assassin held the Deathblade and aimed it directly at John’s heart.
As long as this strike landed, John would undoubtedly die.
At that critical moment, John suddenly released the Space Sever sword in his hand.
No, to be more precise, he did not release it.
He used pure strength to hurl Space Sever like a flying sword.
In a situation where he had no skills, no magic, and no ability to mobilize Law or Authority, John chose the simplest and most brutal method.
He threw Space Sever with an explosive burst of pure physical power.
Space Sever transformed into a dark silver streak of light and instantly pierced through the brow of an assassin in the distance.
That assassin had still been forcibly channeling the crystal, preparing to execute John. But his body suddenly stiffened, and in the next moment, he collapsed to the ground.
[You have killed a Lv.200 enemy assassin!]
[Second Class Advancement prerequisite quest progress has increased. Current Progress: 1000/1000!]
[Congratulations! Player has completed the Second Class Advancement prerequisite quest!]
Almost at the exact moment when the dagger blade was only an inch away from John’s chest—
The black dagger had nearly cut open his clothes, its icy touch already pressed against his skin.
Yet at that instant, the entire world suddenly froze.
The assassin’s movements froze in midair, and the dark sealing domain overhead stopped flowing as well.
A system notification rang beside John’s ears.
[It has been detected that the player has completed the Second Class Advancement prerequisite quest. Open the Second Class Advancement Dungeon immediately?]
John did not hesitate at all.
"Open it!"
The next moment, a series of notifications rang out.
[Second Class Advancement Dungeon loading...]
[Special Class detected: All-Class Magus.]
[Reevaluating current dungeon difficulty...]
[Loading complete. Current Second Class Advancement Dungeon quality: God-Rank.]
[Teleportation commencing!]
In the next instant, countless white particles of light rose from beneath John’s feet.
John’s figure completely vanished before the eyes of the two assassins.
Whoosh!
The assassin’s Deathblade stabbed into empty air.
Inside the dark sealing domain, only two assassins remained frozen in place.
They stared at the spot where John had disappeared, their expressions turning incomparably ugly.
This time, they had paid with the lives of four companions.
They had even used an Authority-level sealing scroll, along with one use of Deathblade.
And yet, John had still escaped!
