Earth’s Best Gamer

“Haha, don’t overthink it.

“Whether other settlements choose to come and help us or not, we need to get rid of these aliens. We’ll just kill them all over again!”

Sensing the somber mood, Elder Jiao reminded the others in the SkyNet channel. His words immediately lifted the mood.

“That’s right. We’re going to fight them no matter what.”

“We’ve been through so much hardship, and we’ve survived them all. We can’t put our hope in other people.”

“Let’s go to war!”

Soon, most of the people in the SkyNet sounded confident again. Seeing the Transcendent alien races that were about to take shape, they rolled up their sleeves and were ready for some action.

[“A live stream from the Land of Inheritance is available. Would you like to watch it?”]

[“Reminder: This is a very important live stream!”]

Meanwhile, everyone on Earth received this piece of information in their head.

Unlike what they had received before, this time, it came with a reminder.

“Streaming?”

In a dark valley in Northern Europe, an emaciated young man with sallow, tattooed skin couldn’t help but loosen his grip on his dagger.

“Ah!”

A woman shrieked. She then took this chance to break free from his grip and the dagger blade and dashed off.

“Damn it!

“I’d like to see what the hell is this live stream.”

Instead of chasing the woman, the young man picked up the hamburger she dropped. He wolfed it down as he searched for a safe place where he could watch the live stream.

“What’s it going to be about? Are they going to tell us that the Great Darkness will start tomorrow, and the world is going to end?”

“Haha! So be it then. We’ll all go down together.”

In South America, a group of men was taking drugs like there was no tomorrow, enjoying their supposed last day before the Great Darkness.

Although they were slipping in and out of consciousness, many of them still chose to watch the live stream…

“Cease fire!”

In Africa, two troops led by players received orders from their superiors to cease fire and fell back behind their own lines.

At that moment, the chaos on Earth that had been caused by the Great Darkness was temporarily appeased.

In the Land of Inheritance, over 10,000 alien race creatures also finished taking shapes.

“Revenge!”

Dozens of Soul race creatures with greenish-purple flames burning in their sockets surrounded Guobei County, the sub-settlement that was the closest to Dragon City. They were controlling skeletons of mythological beasts such as dragons, phoenixes, qilins, and white tigers.

“Kill every man!”

As the green-purple flames flickered, the creatures gave off endless murderous energy.

Black Soul Power rolled and spread out, covering the sky and the ground.

Contaminated by the ghostly energy, the ground and walls of Guobei County cracked, and skeletons crawled out, turning the place into a living hell.

“How dare you ghosts try to harm my people!”

Yan Chixia, whose energy had reached Transcendent Rank-4, bellowed and flew into the sky.

“Borrow Power From the Universe!”

The golden sword box on his back suddenly exploded.

Immediately, thousands of swords flew toward Guobei County, destroying the skeletons that had just crawled out.

“Start!”

At the center of Guobei County, Ninth Uncle had set up his altar.

He waved his Legendary Thousand-Year Peach Wood Sword, and a lot of golden talismans appeared on Guobei County’s outer walls.

Pop, pop, pop!

When the skeletons tried to climb over the wall and made contact with the talismans, they started shaking and were frozen on the spot. Then, they burst into flames until the golden fire turned them into ashes.

Fighting against the Soul race again, Ninth Uncle’s Daoist skill was still incredible.

However, his opponents weren’t that easy to defeat.

The Soul race was the first alien race that Dragon City had eliminated. Back then, they seemed weak and witless. But according to the information in the forum, if they were given time to grow, they would develop into an intimidating force!

It was obvious that the Transcendent Soul race members had enhanced their weak spots.

When they made contact with the golden talismans, they weren’t killed like the skeletons that they had summoned. A little black smoke rose from the places where they made contact, and they retrieved their hands in pain.

After that, they attacked ferociously.

“Roar!”

A ghost crocodile that was over 100m bellowed.

It then opened its wide mouth and bit down at the city wall, tearing down a large chunk of the wall together with the golden talismans.

Pew!

Next to the altar, someone spat out a mouthful of blood.

It wasn’t Ninth Uncle but a Daoist priest wearing glasses. He wore the same Maoshan Daoist robe that Ninth Uncle wore.

“Senior Brother, these ghost creatures are too powerful for us to handle!”

He was called Priest Four Eye and was only at the Extraordinary level. He was injured by the backfire of that single strike.

“Hang in there. The reinforcements will be here in a minute.”

Ninth Uncle’s forehead was also covered with sweat, and his eyebrows were tightly knitted, but he didn’t panic.

“I hereby summon the power of heaven to subdue the ghosts.”

He chanted some spells, put a stack of yellow paper money through the blade of this wooden sword, and lit the paper on a candle.

He then threw the sword into the air.

Crack!

The paper scattered, soon sticking onto the skeletons of the mythological beasts that were controlled by the Soul race.

Immediately, the skeletons slowed down, and their attacks were weakened.

“All Hell Formation!”

Led by heroes like Zhu Wu and Qiao Daoqing, over 10,000 people joined the battle.

They started attacking the weakened Soul race.

Boom!

At a closer look, one could see that all the buildings in Guobei County were built according to the “eight diagrams” and “nine palaces”. Great formations could be formed just by allocating people to different spots.

However, limited by their rarity level, Zhu Wu and Qiao Daoqing weren’t the most capable warriors.

Even after forming such a formation, they could only slow down the weakened Soul race but couldn’t kill them.

Luckily, just like Ninth Uncle said, the reinforcements soon arrived.

Hum!

The sky above the battlefield stirred, and a streak of white light appeared, which then turned into a group of people.

The Hyperspace Transporter was a superweapon from Red Alert, and it was also the first type of strategic technology that Dragon City had mastered and could use on a big scale.

Most of the people transported here wore Daoist robes.

Naturally, to handle ghost-like creatures, they had to leave it to the professionals.

“Lord of Thunder will help me!”

Gongsun Sheng waved his sword.

Immediately, clouds gathered overhead, and thunder rumbled. Streaks of lightning fell down like silver dragons, hitting all the Soul race creatures on the head.

“The Azure Sky is already dead; the Yellow Sky will soon rise. When the year is the first year of the sixty-year cycle, there will be prosperity under Heaven!”

A Daoist priest wearing a yellow robe stuck a nine-section staff with talismans into the ground.

Boom!

The staff seemed to be able to suck the vitality of living things away.

Centered around him, plants withered and rocks cracked. All green color disappeared, turning into yellow sand that filled the air.

The staff glowed in green light.

“Hear my command, Yellow Turban Giants.”

The sand rolled, combined with the green light, and formed many Yellow Turban Giants that were all over 10m tall. They stood in front of the Soul race and used their bodies to shield the city wall.

[Zhang Jiao]

[Level: Transcendent Rank-4]

[Rarity: Boss]

[Description: A great master. He used to be the leader of the 100,000-men Yellow Turban Army and had competed with Dragon City over a settlement. The city master subdued him, and he became a member of Dragon City.]

“Come to me, power of heaven and earth!”

A stocky man wearing a green robe held a rice container that was known as “dou” in his hand.

He grabbed a handful of rice and sprinkled it on the ground. A green light flashed, and each grain turned into a man.

Technique: Grain to Soldier!

The soldiers weren’t giants like the Yellow Turban ones. Instead, they were of the Daoist priest type.

They chanted spells, and streaks of yellow light hit the summoned skeleton creatures, which waved a little before turning around and attacking the Soul race, their creator.

[Zhang Lu]

[Level: Transcendent Rank-3]

[Rarity: Boss]

[Description: Third-generation Celestial Master Zhang of the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice. He was the descendent of Zhang Liang, Lord Liu of Western Han, and the grandson of Zhang Ling, the founder of the Way of Heavenly Master. His force occupied Hanzhong in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.]

After the two heroes arrived, they summoned the Yellow Turban Giants and the Daoist priest soldiers.

It immediately released the pressure on the frontline.

However, there were still many uncertainties.

Because the Transcendent Soul race members all had different Transcendent abilities, and the skeletons they chose to attach themselves to were extremely hard. Even large-caliber bombs could only crack them a little.

Moreover, their ample soul power could soon repair the cracks, not to mention their great number, which was a great advantage.

Although Dragon City was able to stop the Soul race, they couldn’t destroy their enemies.

If things went on like this, the Human side would lose its ground.

Because the Soul race wasn’t the only enemy they had to face. Dream City had detected two other alien races that were approaching Guobei County.

Moreover, the Transcendent Soul race creatures also had a characteristic that was particularly troublesome.

If one of them was killed, the closest member would immediately absorb the remaining soul power to repair its injury and enhance itself.

Even Yan Chixia and Ninth Uncle, who were advanced Transcendent heroes, couldn’t keep killing such Soul race creatures.

Schwing!

Yan Chixia fell down, and the impact destroyed a row of houses in Guobei County.

“Bah! These ghost creatures just won’t die!”

His sword was broken, and half of his body was nearly crushed. Yan Chixia spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at a creature in the sky with hundreds of arms. It gave off the energy of Transcendent Rank-5.

“Damn it! I’m not talented enough and haven’t reached Transcendent Rank-5 yet!”

Thud, thud…

Two more Transcendent heroes were hit by the arms and were badly injured.

“Thunder…”

Gongsun Sheng tried to summon the thunder but was struck down before he could finish chanting.

The Transcendent Rank-5 creature was of the same level as the green Flood Dragon that Ji Ye had fought before. It had the combat capability to single-handedly destroy a less advanced Transcendent settlement!

There were some Transcendent heroes on the battlefield, but there were no Perfect ones. Because of that, their skills couldn’t reach Transcendent Rank-5.

Learning other skills and techniques would cost more resources.

To make sure that the settlement could make the advancement to Legendary, most Superior and Excellent heroes had given the resources to Perfect and Legendary heroes.

[“I want to see the Immortal Fruit and ride a divine crane. Time passes before I knew it—”]

When the heroes began to lose their ground because of their relatively low level, they heard a loud chanting voice.

[“I forget about the time when I collect herbs. There are strict rules to be followed when you are refining the medicine.”]

[“Universe may end one day, but not the immortal old man!’]

The voice seemed to be telling some cultivation theory, and the heroes felt energy flowing into their bodies.

Zhang Yan, Gongsun Sheng, Yan Chixia, and the Transcendent Rank-4 heroes seemed to sense an enlightenment, and all of them suddenly reached Transcendent Rank-5.

Even Zhu Wu and Qiao Daoqing made a breakthrough to the Transcendent level.

“I see!

“What a lesson.”

“Thank you, Master Zhang!”

They all looked delighted, and some of them expressed their gratitude.

“Is that the talent skill of a Legendary hero? It can help people around him improve their combat capability!”

“This ‘Master Zhang’ is Legendary. Can it be Zhang Daoling?”

“No, I don’t think so. That poem sounds familiar.”

Back on Earth, some former Land of Inheritance player realized what was happening.

“I hereby invite the True Martial Empire to destroy the demons.”

That voice spoke again.

An enormous golden-purple figure appeared in the sky. It sat on the back of a Black Tortoise that was 1,000m long. With a majestic look on its face, it raised a golden-black Soul race member and struck down at the hundred-arm Soul race king.

“Roar!”

The Transcendent Rank-5 Soul race king growled and waved all its arms, trying to catch the sword between its palms.

Boom!

After killing the Soul race king, the sword didn’t disappear. Instead, it kept falling and smashed into the Soul race down below!

Pew! Pew! Pew!

Immediately, over ten Transcendent Soul race creatures were killed.

Even if they were attached to skeletons of dragons and phoenixes, they still couldn’t withstand the strike.

Roar! Roar!

Seeing that a single strike had killed so many of their companions, the remaining Soul race creatures were furious. They didn’t absorb the soul power of their dead members. Instead, they growled, gave off frightening soul power, which gathered together and shot up into the sky.

The great amount of soul power drowned the figure, which had become faded after that powerful strike. The soul power then covered the sky and the sun.

That made it impossible for the heroes to make attacks.

Hum!

However, the darkness only lasted for a few seconds.

An enormous Taiji diagram spun in the sky, scattering the clouds before covering the sky above Guobei County.

The dark clouds made of the soul power were absorbed by the Taiji diagram. It ran through the diagram before turning into bright sunlight.

Even Transcendent Soul race creatures were burned by the bright light, and black smoke rose out of them.

In a split second, they all turned into ashes.

At the center of the Taiji diagram stood a white-haired old man. He wore a Daoist robe and had an otherworldly feeling about him. He was practicing martial arts.

“The True Martial Emperor and the Taiji diagram… I know who he is! He’s Zhang Sanfeng!”

“The one who cultivated to become an immortal!”

“The founder of Wudang Sect!”

The entire Earth was watching this battle, and someone soon guessed who the hero was.

[Zhang Sanfeng]

[Level: Transcendent Rank-6]

[Rarity: Legendary]

[Description: The founder of the Wudang Sect of the Way of Quanzhen. He had also created shadowboxing, Taiji boxing, and talisman-styled calligraphy.]

Needless to say, Zhang Sanfeng was famous in both Chidragon and countries with similar cultural backgrounds.

As a historical figure, he was as close to an immortal as one could be.

With him here in Guobei county, Yan Chixia and the others quickly finished off the Soul race. After the advancement the heroes had, they were more than enough to handle the two alien races that were about to arrive.