Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: Proof of Envy

Dungeon Waiting Hall, Rest Room.

Watching the pollution value of the Peaceful Town decrease steadily, everyone’s expressions grew more and more excited.

Sword Star had been in the dungeon for less than an hour and managed to reduce nearly 80% of the pollution value down to about 50%.

Just as they had anticipated, being able to reduce the pollution value by 10% in such a short time meant Sword Star had thoroughly mastered the situation and begun the breakthrough phase.

With the rich experience in dungeons shared by those in the room, they all mentally visualized Sword Star solving the critical puzzle and frantically advancing the main line.

As long as he desires, clearing the dungeon, and even a breakthrough, is just a matter of time.

Not to mention the Peaceful Town, which within the Management Bureau has a standard surpassing a typical B-Level. Even for a regular C-Level dungeon, no one in the Management Bureau clears it this fast.

Not even Cold Mountain can.

What will the final breakthrough time be?

Three hours, two and a half hours?

Thinking of this, everyone’s breath started to quicken.

Could it really be less than two hours?!

Such a scenario is unprecedented for Lin Jiang and Director Gao, and even for Xu Dejun.

At this moment, they all were witnesses to the birth of a historical genius.

Xu Dejun, known for his composure and calmness, who was said to remain unchanged even when Mount Tai collapsed, showed a trace of anxiety on his face.

Sword Star, though a good candidate, was in a talent-abundant Management Bureau where many geniuses are trained from birth in specialized paths, making the lack of one somewhat painful but not crippling.

Therefore, upon hearing Sword Star was targeted by Evil God followers, he was only angry but not impatient; when Sword Star accidentally entered the Peaceful Town, he wasn’t impatient either.

Now that it’s confirmed Sword Star broke through himself, soaring skyward, he got anxious.

If, and he means if, Sword Star maintains his current momentum, achieving a perfect clear is not impossible.

By then, Sword Star will have both a hidden profession and be a title player.

The Management Bureau will welcome its own monstrous newcomer.

But the more it is this moment, the more afraid they are of a lost cause.

Xu Dejun asked, ”Lin Jiang, where is the Negotiation Master now?”

Lin Jiang replied hesitantly, ”She’ll be here in five more minutes, I was wondering if it’s necessary under the current circumstances...”

”It is necessary!” Xu Dejun said firmly.

”Those Evil God followers are like poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows, you never know when they’ll strike, you must be cautious!”

”You don’t need to worry that the presence of the Negotiation Master will diminish Sword Star’s growth breakthrough; if he can gain a title, the benefits for Sword Star will far outweigh that extra bit of gain.”

Lin Jiang nodded in agreement, ”Understood!”

He, too, had thought before that Sword Star might cut through this dungeon like a hot knife through butter and possibly earn a title, but the target being Peaceful Town seemed too slim a chance to be more than wishful thinking.

Now hearing Xu Dejun mention it reignited his hope instantly.

If Sword Star does get a title, the Evolution Sect’s discourse power will greatly enhance, illuminating not just Sword Star’s future, but his own as well.

People in high spirits welcome good news, even the bald head of Director Gao, which he always found unpleasant to see, suddenly seemed jubilant.

After all, they used five new assistants provided by others as stepping stones; Sword Star’s achievement today could be credited to 20% of their efforts.

Lin Jiang warmly approached and said, ”Director Gao, the events today were our initial fault, but the outcome is ultimately good. Although we have different philosophies, we’re all family; there’s no need to hurt our harmony.”

”As an apology, if the Peaceful Town is resolved, I will personally offer each surviving assistant in your branch two thousand Rotten Silver Coins each, and further arrange for them one ordinary reward dungeon permission.”

”If a perfect clear of the Peaceful Town is achieved, I will give them ten thousand Rotten Silver Coins each as an apology, and not only them, everyone present is included in the joy. Furthermore, I will arrange one intermediate reward dungeon permission for them; how does that sound, Director Gao?”

With Sword Star’s smooth dungeon strategy and Lin Jiang’s sincerity, the assistant survival probability skyrocketed. Even if Director Gao and Meng Yawen were discontented before, they couldn’t find fault now.

Having learned from a major loss, Director Gao wised up when Lin Jiang made his statement, secretly activating the record function on the Attribute Panel to prevent future disputes.

After recording everything, he smiled and said, ”You’ve laid it out so well that if we still refuse, it would be over the line. So, we await your celebration banquet.”

Inside the dungeon, the Burning Town Inner World.

Wu Chang True Self transformed into an 11-meter tall Giant Whale man, looking down at the flame-engulfed villagers swarming around his feet like they were merely a bunch of ignited cockroaches.

Besides being visually unsettling, they posed no real threat.

He placed the sleeping Saintess on his shoulder, and like a kaiju from a special-effects movie, rampaged unchecked within the town.

First, he rammed into the Great Cathedral’s bell tower, placing the pointed top, carved from solid rock, on the ground, spun it like a giant top, and flung it out.

The top crashed into the crowd, instantly clearing out a large area, mashing any burning townsfolk in its path into human-shaped black ash on the ground.

A true dimensional drop.

While the burning townsfolk were easy to kill, the power gained from devouring them was far less than that from the fishmen.

Devouring the life force of ten burning townsfolk would only grant 5 points of power and an increase in height by half a meter.

Since he almost got tricked into the deep sea, Wu Chang has placed more emphasis on the Will Attribute, using his abilities much more cautiously.

He tried to prolong the fight, and with the postal bag helping to recover will, he only consumed the life force of 80 burning villagers before stopping.

This brought his Strength Attribute to 140 points, and his height to 15 meters, as tall as the Great Cathedral.

With 140 points of strength and a 15-meter height, to put it arrogantly, the faceless nun on the Count’s Manor’s main building could come down and give up her position for him to act as this dungeon’s boss.

If his True Self were the boss, he’s confident the Peaceful Town could become the next Moonlight Sanatorium.

He stamped out the flames on all the burning townsfolk, leaving only the mentally collapsed bishop in front of the faceless Great Saint Mother Statue in the Inner World.

Affected by the Resonance of Mental Images, the bishop was forced into a will-controlled state.

What Wu Chang did not expect was that the collapse caused by the Resonance of Mental Images didn’t just lead to the bishop’s mental breakdown; it amplified the resonance into a cell-like entrapment, locking the bishop’s consciousness inside, similar to the Inner World.

The Divine Envoy within the Great Saint Mother Statue attempted to attach to the bishop as before, only to find itself also trapped in the Resonance of Mental Images.

It couldn’t even control the bishop’s body, let alone leave his mind.

Wu Chang picked up the ”top” from the ground and hurled it towards the Great Saint Mother Statue.

The top smashed onto the statue, breaking it. The impact also took the bishop with it, reducing him, like the other burning townsfolk, to two-dimensional ash.

With the Divine Envoy trapped within the bishop’s Resonance of Mental Images, it could not be revived this time and was completely shattered as well with its disappearance.

The death of the Divine Envoy led to the shattering of the Great Saint Mother Statue within the Inner World.

Wu Chang picked up a Black Robe and covered the Saintess with it, carrying her out of the Inner World.

The effect of the ”Blessing of the Great Saint Mother” remained strong, successfully allowing the Saintess to revive. When Wu Chang brought her into reality from the Inner World, her presence was stable and not at all dissipating.

Wu Chang couldn’t help but take out the Mortal Poison. If only he had mastered this black tech before, using a simple blessed keepsake and a memory segment to effortlessly revive a projection, then the Moonlight Sanatorium incident wouldn’t have turned him into a sideshow.

Wu Chang hoisted the Saintess, moving toward a direction away from the town center.

The news of the Saintess’s revival couldn’t be leaked to the townsfolk yet; a place to hide her first was needed.

Meanwhile, Hamster finished working overtime and walked to her accommodations provided by the police station.

Having worked all day, she needed a nap before getting up at dawn to reunite with Sword Star.

What she didn’t notice was the bald-headed Iron Armor Corps member quietly tailing her from a distance.

His eyes were dazed, staring vacantly ahead. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

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