Enemies.
Lu Xueyuan, Chen Yanran, and Yang Liuqing’s expressions shifted simultaneously, as if facing a great enemy.
Sure enough, that playful voice echoed in everyone’s minds.
“Family of Water Blue Star, good morning, good afternoon, and good evening.
I am your dearly missed [Game Administrator].
Clap clap clap~
The long 24 hours have finally passed.
I missed you all so much.
I hope you missed me as much as I missed you.
Otherwise, you’ll be in big trouble~
Hahaha, enough idle chatter.
The lively and fun Mini Game has officially ended.
I believe everyone here is dying to know who the Legendary Magic Potion ultimately went to, right?”
At this moment, everyone across the world, regardless of gender or age, regardless of status, regardless of what they were doing, had their minds occupied by this voice.
That rambling way of speaking really made you want to slap her.
“Duang~ Unfortunately, it didn’t go to anyone. It’s still with the original owner.
You bunch of trash, why don’t you go smash your heads against a block of tofu and die?
The original owner was an ordinary person before getting the Magic Potion.
You had overwhelming numbers and rich experience, yet you still screwed up.
Are you trying to make me die of laughter?
Thanks to you, I’ve laughed off two pounds of tears.
That said, I can’t scold you too harshly.
Angry, or ashamed. Angry, or ashamed.”
Hearing this, Chise Liequan and the others turned red in the face, though it was unclear whether from anger or shame.
After all, the Legendary Magic Potion was the only one in all of Water Blue Star.
So it’s not your fault, trash just don’t have that kind of destiny.
“As long as you get a first-rate evaluation in the next game, it’s still possible to obtain a Legendary-tier item.
Because the [Game] is still continuing.
If you missed it, no need to feel too regretful.”
“Now, look up at the sky.”
“What is that?!”
Lu Xueyuan and Chen Yanran looked up at the sky and were immediately shocked by that gigantic ring.
“Is this the God’s Gate?”
Ke Ling lay on Yang Liujing’s shoulder, gazing up at the night sky.
“Going through that gate to the next game?”
Ke Li sat on Yang Liuqing’s shoulder:
“Xiao Qing, what are we going to do next…”
The latter shook her head gently:
“Not sure. We might need to be selected to have a chance.”
“Can we win?”
Lu Xueyuan was awestruck by the God’s Gate.
If this isn’t a miracle, what is?
“Can everyone see this ring?”
After Chen Yanran got over the shock, only curiosity remained.
“Logically, if there’s only one, it shouldn’t be visible to everyone simultaneously.”
Lu Xueyuan replied using common sense.
In truth, she knew the God’s Gate could be seen from anywhere.
Because this was a true display of divine power.
“Are you all excited?”
The Game Administrator’s voice echoed in everyone’s minds once again.
“This time, I’ve prepared a large-scale game for you.
The number of participating players is as many as 200,000!”
“Am I hearing this right?”
Yang Liuqing found it hard to believe.
The Mini Game that had just ended was at most on the scale of a thousand people.
“Is this going to war?”
Chen Yanran felt something was off.
A scale of 200,000 — that’s the population of an ordinary county town.
A scale of 200,000 people could fight a national war.
“Looks like a lot of people are going to die.”
Lu Xueyuan’s expression was grave.
“Master, I’ll try harder this time.”
Ke Ling looked up at the God’s Gate, her gaze resolute.
Ke Li wasn’t fooling around either, her expression serious:
“Xiao Jingjing, I’m going to get MVP!”
“Mm, I’m counting on you two.”
Yang Liujing nodded, feeling her Connection with the two of them grow tighter.
As for being full of confidence about this game, that was not the case at all.
Other than 200,000 people participating, there was no other information.
Who knows what type it would be.
“A new game journey, please look forward to it~”
The Game Administrator’s voice rang out quickly:
“In five minutes, 200,000 lucky ones will be selected to begin the new game.”
The voice flickered and disappeared.
“If it’s large-scale combat, it suits Xiao Yuan well.”
Chen Yanran looked at Lu Xueyuan.
Yang Liuqing felt the same.
That ice and snow ability was no joke.
“Only if I get selected.”
Lu Xueyuan was self-aware.
The problem lay in the selection criteria.
Random drawing meant unpredictability.
“True. With so many people, I’m actually not that interested.”
Chen Yanran loved a good crowd, but that didn’t mean she loved noise.
200,000 people was still too many.
“……”
Yang Liujing remained silent.
She felt her probability of being selected was close to 100 percent.
That outrageous Game Administrator definitely couldn’t stand not causing trouble.
“Oh, right.”
She suddenly remembered something in her pocket and quickly pulled it out.
Chen Yanran and Lu Xueyuan were drawn to the action.
Yang Liuqing peeled off the protective layer, revealing a Solid State Drive.
In the previous battle, it had miraculously escaped damage and was still in perfect condition.
“This should make the Beijing Circle tremble.”
“Here, this is the criminal evidence obtained from Daoba.”
She handed the Solid State Drive to Lu Xueyuan.
The latter was somewhat surprised but still took it.
“Big favor.
I’ll send you a pennant.”
“Such a big favor, and you won’t even give me 500 bucks?”
Yang Liuqing blinked, joking.
“No 500, but treating you to a meal is no problem.”
Lu Xueyuan couldn’t help but smile.
“Big sister, can you be less stingy with your management?
No wonder you can’t go there.”
Ke Ling came to assist.
“Right?
Big sister said that place is a fire pit.”
Chen Yanran sided with reason, not family.
“Forget 500.
If Yang Liuqing would come to the Superpower Management Bureau, I’d pay five million.”
“You guys…”
Lu Xueyuan was speechless.
But the other party clearly didn’t want to come, so it could only be settled with a meal.
“Hahaha, Xiao Jing, isn’t Xiao Yuan’s expression great?”
Chen Yanran pointed at Lu Xueyuan’s face, laughing.
Only those truly close could be so unrestrained with her.
Yang Liuqing took a look — indeed, there was a different charm to it.
She’d seemed too cold before; now it was just right.
“Ranran.”
Lu Xueyuan’s face flushed slightly.
She rarely showed so much emotion in front of outsiders.
Chen Yanran clearly wanted to close the distance between them and dispel the previous unpleasantness.
“Xiao Qing, let me tell you, Xiao Yuan is actually very innocent.”
That battle, she only had a very vague impression of.
Toward Lu Xueyuan as a person, she actually didn’t hold much grudge.
“I can tell.”
Yang Liuqing smiled and nodded, proactively extending goodwill.
After all, it had started from a misunderstanding.
The other party offered a way out, and Lu Xueyuan followed it down.
“Really, I can’t do anything with you guys.”
She looked at the two little ones.
“Ke Ling and Ke Li, right?”
“Hm?”
There’s something about us too?
Ke Ling and Ke Li tilted their heads slightly at the same time, looking puzzled.
“An apology.”
“Sorry.”
“Big sister, she has zero sincerity.”
Ke Li shook her head.
“Exactly, not a bit of sincerity.
Doesn’t know how to play the game.”
Ke Ling spread her hands.
Now it was Lu Xueyuan’s turn to be at a loss.
She’d lowered her head herself — was that still not sincere enough?
“At least bring two cases of Coca-Cola.”
The moment Ke Li said this, everyone was stunned.
Then, they couldn’t help but laugh.
A cheerful atmosphere spread out.
Unlike them, most people here were in a state of anxiety.
The appearance of the God’s Gate and the random selection for the new game both added unpredictable crisis to the future.
Only a small minority felt great anticipation.
Among them were ability users, leaders, born challengers and explorers, and also the weak who wanted to Defying Fate and were frustrated with their lot.
Regardless, these 200,000 people would be randomly selected from a population of six billion.
On the surface, each person’s probability of being selected was only 0.00333 percent.
You’d have to be extremely unlucky or extremely lucky to be chosen.
But who dared guarantee they’d fall between those two states?
In just five short minutes, the entire internet world was boiling.
Unlike the Mini Game that had just ended, this was the first Official Game in which players from all over the world participated.
Individual emotions were infinitely amplified on the internet, with joy, anger, sorrow, and fear surging like a flood, overflowing the screen.
Most of the losers of the Magic Potion Battle were expectant.
Because they had seen a miracle in Yang Liuqing.
An ordinary person, overnight, Defying Fate, relying on just one bottle of Magic Potion.
But similar things should be plentiful.
Even though this was the only one in the world.
You can’t say everyone can become a god with your mouth while refusing to hand out godhood rewards, right?
Otherwise, this <God’s Gate> would be somewhat overrated.
If Yang Liuqing knew their thoughts, she would definitely wag her finger:
“You’re still too young, too naive.
Early games having big prizes? That would be the real surprise.
However, with 200,000 people, the rewards shouldn’t be small.
Just don’t know how they’ll arrange it.”
The moment five minutes passed, all selected people vanished instantly.
“Yanran, Yang Liuqing?”
Lu Xueyuan looked around, but the two of them and the two little ones were nowhere to be seen.
“I’m the only one not selected?”
She’d just said she was suited for such a big stage, and now she’d been passed over.
They say random selection, but it’s actually rigged behind the scenes, isn’t it.
She had no evidence, just suspicion.
“I’m here again.”
Yang Liuqing appeared in a white space.
She was no stranger to this place.
She’d been here once during the Lottery.
She looked around — no one else.
The Game Administrator’s voice didn’t appear either.
Probably still selecting other participants.
She wasn’t surprised at all that she’d been chosen.
As expected, the Game Administrator really [liked] her.
Yang Liuqing of course also really [liked] the Game Administrator.
The kind of like where you want to give her two punches.
“Almost forgot, I haven’t checked what that talent does.”
She opened the panel, displaying the main information:
Name: Yang Liuqing
Age: 18
Height: 165
Gender: Female (lol)
Spirit: 250
Constitution: 750
Luck: 252
Ability: Witch Talent Tree
Yang Liuqing’s eyes lit up.
“The stats changed so much?”
Her Spirit, originally only 200, had risen to 250.
“Two-fifty again.
Do you have a grudge against me or something?”
She pouted discontentedly, her gaze moving down.
“Constitution went from 250… to 750.
The Magic Potion’s effect is amazing!”
This was a change she could feel firsthand.
The battle with Lu Xueyuan could absolutely be counted as a blessing in disguise.
The Magic Potion’s effect had remodeled this body to be even stronger.
If before she could only kill a cow with one punch.
Then now, killing a dragon with one punch was no problem.
“Anyone who says a one-dragon service doesn’t count as a dragon, I’ll fight them.”
Yang Liuqing clenched her fist, and tremendous power surged forth.
More pronounced than she’d felt before.
“Now against Chise Liequan, one punch is enough.”
A threefold gap, to a Transcendent, was hardly different from an impassable chasm.
That said, having only power was far from enough.
Against some bizarre abilities, overwhelming force alone couldn’t solve everything.
If Chise Liequan used a stealth ability to flee among a crowd, she really had no way to deal with it.
Transcendents often competed not in fist and foot techniques.
The development and application of abilities was the key.
What left the deepest impression on her from the Magic Potion Battle was actually the Lucia assassin duo.
They were only A-rank level, yet their Connection state reached AA-rank, and each of their abilities was used with masterful skill.
Without Twin Swords and the Magic Potion’s burst, encountering them meant she could only run.
Chise Liequan’s scent tracking was also top-notch.
If this guy didn’t withdraw from the competition, she would definitely suffer greatly.
Even the relatively weaker Daoba, as long as he made good use of Black Flash for sneak attacks, was not to be underestimated.
Hei Maliu and Na Yin, she didn’t have much to say about.
They purely took advantage of her weakened state to scavenge.
In a fight at full strength, Yang Liujing would have a huge advantage.
Hei Maliu was troublesome, but lacked the Zhanzhengjiqi’s Rock Armor defense.
Na Yin was full of schemes, her Snake Movement attacks hard to predict, but her overall strength was inferior to the Tixianren.
More importantly, the two didn’t coordinate.
Each fighting their own battle, the pressure they applied was less than the assassin duo.
Without the former’s attrition, the latter would be much easier to deal with.
Team coordination and ability development were also part of overall strength.
Yang Liuqing had Ke Ling and Ke Li for coordination to last until the end.
Although the two little ones had some issues at the end, their contributions were indeed great.
As Yang Liuqing had said, without them, she would have died in that rented apartment long ago.
“Luck only increased by one point.
Better than nothing.”
Looking further down, no surprises, just a negligible one-point increase.
Yang Liujing turned her gaze to the ability.
This was something that hadn’t been there before.
It clearly displayed:
Witch Talent Tree.
“It actually got classified as an ability.”
She lightly tapped the ability, and information immediately appeared before her:
Name: Witch Talent Tree
Level: Legendary
Ability: Talent Awakening
Description: Before you begin a new round of the game, you will gain one chance at random talent awakening.
Void upon expiry.
After reading the description, Yang Liujing couldn’t help but widen her eyes a bit.
This meant that before every round of the game began, she could awaken a new ability.
Whether it was random or not didn’t really matter.
Free stuff — who doesn’t like it!
“Let me use it right away.”
She didn’t know when the game would start.
If she didn’t use it now, it would expire.
She clicked to use it, and a massive tree of light emerged in her mind.
Countless rays of light illuminated this talent tree with extraordinary brilliance.
It even outshone the starry sky.
Yang Liuqing gazed at her talent tree, secretly expectant.
If she could draw a powerful ability, that would be a huge win.
The Witch Talent Tree suddenly released an even more intense light, and a fruit grew among its branches and leaves.
Then, it automatically fell, landing before Yang Liuqing.
Only the size of a fist, resembling an apple, yet with light waves flowing around it, clearly extraordinary.
She reached out and grabbed it, and it immediately merged into her body.
She felt a wave of heat invade her, and then that was it.
Yang Liuqing’s consciousness returned.
Looking at the virtual panel again, there was an extra talent on it.
[Abyssal Devour].
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