All Novel Full Chapter 1084
Chapter 1084: Chapter 997 Strange Sculpture with a Sword in the Chest_1 Chapter 1084: Chapter 997 Strange Sculpture with a Sword in the Chest_1 Earlier on, the fact-checking party had dug around in Mechanism City for some world-view intelligence and found a prophecy about “Demons returning to the world”.
Mechanism City is the residual strength left behind by the ancient Mechanism Technique Master, prepared to counter the “Demons”.
Now, due to unknown reasons, Mechanism City has become ruins, luckily, some valuable items were left behind.
The Clockwork Airship is one of them.
The players, who earned the privilege of closed beta testing, followed the mission’s guidance in sailing their airships towards Luoyang City again.
Super Tomato and Yi each stood on the deck of their respective airships, checking the prepared supplies.
“50 Demon-breaking Talismans, 40 liters of fierce alcohol that include flame damage, 1 Clockwork Gun, 1000 Demon-breaking Bullets, 3 Grandmaster Level Treasure Swords, 1 Grandmaster Level Longspear, 1 Grandmaster Level Divine Bow, 60 each of rockets, explosive arrows, and cold iron arrows…”
Looking at the heap of prepared items, Super Tomato felt that even if they cannot wipe out Luoyang City, they should at least be able to punch through to the palace.
The airship’s speed was, as always, incredibly fast.
In less than two minutes, he saw Luoyang City, enveloped in a black and reddish miasma.
The heavy miasma, like a bowl overturned above the city, blocked his overhead view from the air.
The airship also stopped at the edge of the miasma.
Super Tomato wasn’t surprised – no matter how self-indulgent the development team was, they wouldn’t let players start by landing directly in the palace and aim for the final BOSS Anloshan.
Super Tomato descended to the edge of the miasma by pulling a rope.
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But the moment he landed, the miasma rushed towards him like a living thing, enveloping him completely!
Before Super Tomato could react, a layer of oil-like black stain appeared on the Mechanical Box filled with numerous supplies.
The sturdy box quickly decayed, and an originally hidden layer of patterns, drawn with blue-gold dye appeared on the box.
It exploded into glittering fragments in front of Super Tomato the next second and vanished.
Then— all the items in the Mechanical Box gushed out!
The fierce alcohol quickly turned foul.
The Grandmaster Level weapons, the Clockwork Gun, the bullets, and all sorts of arrows rapidly lost their original shine under the miasma and rapidly decayed.
The only exception was the Liquor Gourd at his waist.
But the liquor inside also evaporated swiftly.
Super Tomato watched as his Grandmaster Level Treasure Sword shattered in his hand, so heartbroken he couldn’t breathe.
But this was just the beginning.
Soon, the black-red miasma— or “Demon Qi,” began to continuously surge into his body.
Next, his internal organs began to produce a burning sensation, his vital energy quickly dispersed into the miasma, and his body became weaker and weaker.
Super Tomato got a strong sense of foreboding.
He hurriedly opened his character panel, only for his eyes to nearly bulge out—
All the high-level martial arts he had painstakingly cultivated were fading rapidly, disappearing along with his vanishing vital energy.
His robust physique disappeared as well.
— In a matter of seconds, his expertise was forcefully reduced to zero, he became an ordinary man.
Even worse than common people!
Experiencing the rapid weakening of his body, Super Tomato was shocked: “Was I…nerfed?”
Looking at the items littering the ground now junked, he suffered a severe psychological impact.
It took a while before he regained his senses: “If I leave here, these items will be returned to me, right?”
“They have to, right?”
“It’s not like Cloud Dream randomly selected a few thousand people to nerf, right?”
Consoling himself, he reluctantly looked at the rubbish on the ground one last time.
Clutching the last remaining Liquor Gourd, he made his way to the city gate with frequent backward glances.
…
The black-red miasma was like a dense fog, greatly impeding his field of vision.
His vision was blurred for things even as close as twenty meters away, and he could barely see the silhouette of the towering city wall in the distance.
However, before reaching the city gate, Super Tomato first caught sight of an overturned chariot.
It seemed like a fight had taken place here, with scattered grains and broken swords still visible on the ground.
There was even an iron pot on top of the extinguished bonfire.
Clearly, the incident happened very suddenly.
Super Tomato subconsciously lifted the wooden lid from the iron pot.
— Smashing every smashable jar, opening every openable box, looking for any possibly hidden items, this was a habit cultivated by map-licking players.
However, Super Tomato didn’t find anything in the iron pot, instead, he was astonished to see the pot cover in his hand—
“[Pot Lid]
[Shield]
1 Defense
1 Damage
Can Shield Counter
Can Equip
(A lost pot lid of an ordinary person.
It’s worthless to commoners but in the hands of a master, it can stand up to a Demon God!)
——
“???”
“Is this a shield?”
“1 defensive power against a demon god?”
“Hold on, a demon god?
Does such a thing actually exist!?”
Super Tomato was utterly taken aback and confused.
However, since it was a closed beta, he obviously couldn’t consult with anyone.
The most he could do was wait until he was offline to discuss it with Yi and the others.
As it stands, he could only continue on, despite his overpowering confusion:
Out of all the damaged weapons, he extracted the only somewhat intact one lodged in the ground – a sword.
[Iron Sword]
[Weapon]
5 Damage
Equipable
(The iron sword of a villager; it is considered by everyone in the village as their finest blade.
Fortuitously, it was not damaged by the miasma.
However, its owner was not as lucky.)
——
“Seriously, they’re calling it the best village sword!” Super Tomato made a comment in disbelief.
Lastly, he collected the surviving jar of wine by the bonfire and carefully poured it into his Liquor gourd.
After walking around the carriage one more time to ensure he didn’t miss anything, he continued on towards the city gate, holding this “finest sword in the village.”
“Well, at least they didn’t make me go save the world completely empty-handed.”
With both a sword and some wine, Super Tomato’s confidence as a world savior was renewed!
However, throughout his journey to the city gate, he never encountered any monsters.
—When he passed through the dense fog, all he saw was the colossal statue of a military general in front of the Dingding Gate.
The statue was so exquisitely carved, it looked as realistic as a human being, only it was of an imposing height of over three meters.
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What was strange, though, was a sword sticking right in the heart of the statue.
Only the hilt of the sword was visible from the outside, the rest of it thoroughly buried within the statue’s body.
Super Tomato circled around the statue, somewhat puzzled.
Out of caution, he didn’t pay attention to the statue and instead went to the city gate and attempted to push it open.
But the gate was far too heavy, and now that he had lost all the enhancements from his martial arts and was even weaker than an ordinary person, he struggled to move it even slightly, despite mustering all his strength.
With no other option, he had to return to his sole clue—the statue.
The statue was made of stone, but the sword in its heart was made of iron.
So, it was highly likely the sword was not a part of the statue, but was inserted into it afterwards.
Super Tomato stretched out his hand, attempting to pull out the sword.
But as soon as he grasped the hilt, a strange apparition occurred!
Before his eyes, an illusion appeared—
It was his sister Shirley!
She was surrounded by silver flames as her silken black hair fell around her.
Her face was marked with a few scratches, making her look somewhat disheveled.
Through the illusion, she said to Super Tomato:
“We’ve failed.”
“But I know you will come looking for me, brother.
That’s why I left Master’s sword.”
“It’s the only sword that can burn the miasma and sever the immortal!”
“This city has lost its opportunity and will soon become purgatory.”
“I might die here, but before that, I will make one final attempt.
At least, I can’t let the evil energy spread further and affect the common people.”
“Don’t worry, even if I fail, there will be others who will come after me.
That’s our destiny.”
“But it’s not your destiny, brother.”
“You still have a chance to choose: leave the city without ever entering it.”
Shirley, through the illusion, gently looked at Super Tomato and said her last few words:
“But if you choose to stay, then—”
“Pull out this sword!”
“Become a hero!”
The silver light faded away, and so did the illusion.
After witnessing the illusion, Super Tomato stood frozen in place:
“What the hell?
Is my sister dead!??”