Fire heart as of currently saw Autumn, Fey, and Volcano leave their sect so he knew it was time to strike with an extra person by his side.
"Are you confident?" A woman with a fairy like aura around her asked.
"Of course, I am confident," Fire heart said to Petal Life.
"Alright then, remember I do this only to repay my debt," Petal Life sighed.
"I know," Fire heart smiled sinisterly to Petal Life's disdain.
"C'mon let's go."
Meanwhile Volcano who had half the fire fruit started to absorb the fire fruit to Sect Core's instructions as he travels. Key word 'Half'
The other half was given to his three disciples who now had a cool spell.
'Fireball.'
These gamers in exchange for their souls being bound to the hall they may only have three spells at ready thus Fireball took one slot, but people could always forget the spell.
Thus, would start the first defending war in history of Sect Online.
"BOW DOWN," Fire heart demanded as the gamers saw him come fourth.
"Wow! Isn't that the NPC?" A gamer who was with James's group said.
"Yeah he is!" More and more Gamers started to gossip.
Fire heart was beyond mad as they all ignored him, so he attacked with Fire's wrath, a beam of lava that could melt people who were not in Qi refinement stage.
[WARNING! Fire Heart and Petal Life are attacking the Hall, please defend the hall and you will gain a huge reward but fail however the Game will shut down forever]
"What! The failure is so extreme!" Cy looked at the rewards and penalties.
"Who cares?" James asked.
[All deaths will not take away cultivation as for now and respawn time is ten seconds]
"Alright!" James said as he charged in first with a fireball.
"TCH USELESS ANTS," Fire Heart said.
"DIE!" Fire Heart crushed over ten gamers with Fire's Wrath.
Soon the war started with Petal Life killing gamers who got too close to Fire Heart and Fire Heart dealing damage and long-range attacks. But the Gamers were tough and would not give up even at the price of death as they started to run towards the duo despite dying a lot.
Gamers were still going strong as a few hours passed with Petal Life's and Fire Heart's Qi started to drip as they started to move forward relentlessly, soon they met Zhou Wen who had just completed his body strengthening and as finally at Qi refinement 1.
"..." Zhou Wen looked at them as if they were nothing special.
Petal Life was at Qi refinement 6 and Fire Heart just two levels down at Qi refinement 4 but to be looked down by a Qi refinement 1?
Zhou Wen's Dark Lord cultivation technique followed very rapid and fast punches like boxing, I think, anyways Zhou Wen was arguably the strongest person as of now.
"Tch, I got this one," Petal Life felt an extreme hatred towards Zhou Wen due to his cultivation technique which focused on corruption and decaying.
"Leaf storm!" A bunch of leaves made from mana attacked the boxing cultivator in which he sneered and used fast punches which could compare to a car started to defend Zhou Wen.
"Tch, LEAF STORM ULTIMATE," An entire forest's worth of leaves attacked Zhou Wen as Gamers stared.
"Decay!" Zhou Wen's punches started to make the leaves decay.
"A FIEND," Petal Life's beautiful eyes narrowed.
"LEAF STORM GREAT ULTIMATE!" Petal Life sacrificed her cultivation to 5 before unleashing a vortex of leaves.
"No," Zhou Wen's eyes turned cold.
Zhou Wen came from a long line of boxers, but their mortal enemy attacked, and their rising star killed the Family Head in an assassination attempt staged as an accident, but no judgement was decreed as they went away scot-free.
Zhou Wen at a young age trained his body and mind to impossible lengths almost killing him and destroying his lifespan of a good 95 years to only 25. Zhou Wen this year was only 16 while the rising star was 18.
His only chance at revenge was to train his own martial arts in this game so he could become even stronger with extra time he would have used when sleeping.
"I CANNOT FAIL," Zhou Wen's revenge would not be stopped.
[Game limits have been broken... repairing... Dark Lord title to Zhou Wen has been awarded]
[Dark Lord: Lord of dark, shadows, and mystery all life will decay before you and give up their own lifespan to fuel your power]
Soon the vortex started to decay as well as Zhou Wen's aura went from dark to void as if anything that came near him would die.
"Come," Zhou Wen's tone was almost unstoppable arrogance.
"Fin,e" Fire Heart said before unleashing his killer move.
"HEART DESTROYER," Fire Heart gained his name from his fire type techniques and this spell which could bypass all defense and break the heart.
Heart Destroyer took his lifespan though and that was a big mistake as the Dark Lord title found a weak spot and took the chance and broke through its defense taking the lifespan which caused Fire Heart's own age and body to wither rapidly until he was a dusty old skeleton.
"Tch," Zhou Wen could feel a foreign energy enter him and he felt as if he was unstoppable before he attacked Petal Life capturing her.
[Congratulations to Gamers for stopping this invasions rewards have been sent out according to merits]
[First place: Zhou Wen and obtaining the Wither Avatar
Zhou Wen has killed Fire Heart and captured Petal Life
Second place: Aj
Aj has died over fifteen times and obtained the Killed title (Killed, when you would've died half of the damage your opponent inflicted will be reflected this will not work if your opponent's damage is too big and instantly kills you despite being at half damage)
Third place: Loz
Loz has been killed ten times and obtained 2 minor stages of cultivation boosting her to Qi refinement 2]
[All participants who entered and died to help the Hall will have their cultivations raised by 1]
Soon the majority of player's cultivation was at least Qi refinement 1 unless they did not participate which did not happen as all 100 gamers died at least once.
"Woah! Zhou Wen!"
"Did you see his confidence! So cool!"
"Yea and that 'Tch' was heavenly!"
Gamers watched as Zhou Wen left the stage and went back to check out his new gains.
The Wither Avatar worked as a second body and could be boosted by decaying, withering, and shadow powers while the main body passively cultivated. The Wither Avatar also would grow alongside the main body.