"Nalan Ruyue is truly a genius," Li Nianlong exclaimed, making Nalan Ruyue feel a bit embarrassed.
"Oh, by the way..." Since Nalan Ruyue didn't need to go to school, Li Nianlong, munching on two buns, asked, "What martial arts did you learn? How powerful are you?"
Nalan Ruyue looked embarrassed: "I don't want to lie to you. I can't say what martial arts I learned. As for how powerful I am, I'm not too sure. It should be enough for self-defense!"
"If you don't want to say, that's fine." Li Nianlong smiled faintly, finishing the remaining buns and porridge. He said, "Alright, you go eat now! After I finish reviewing these materials, I'll come down and accompany you."
Nalan Ruyue nodded gently and left the room with the tray. Li Nianlong took half an hour to finish reviewing the remaining materials. Closing his eyes, he imprinted the information into his mind. After a while, he remembered all the information clearly and formulated a preliminary action plan.
Late at night, in the system training ground.
"Enter Level 21? Scene 10." Li Nianlong, fully prepared, stepped into the final difficult scene of Level 21, facing a swarm of buzzing flies, which irritated him.
"Entering Level 21? Scene 10. Host must use fine needles to hit the left eye of all flies and maintain a 100% hit rate to successfully pass the level. If the host experiences a mental breakdown, the level is failed."
The buzzing sound drove Li Nianlong crazy. Looking at the bright silver embroidery needle in his hand, he exclaimed, "I'm not Dongfang Unbeaten!"
Hitting the left eye of every fly, with thousands of them flying around, was already challenging, but the system wanted him to hit the left eye of every single one of the thousands of flies with 100% accuracy.
"System, you're ruthless!"
Li Nianlong had passed the previous nine levels, and while he had the basic ability to complete the tenth level, his first attempt was dismal. Out of the five thousand flies, he only hit three hundred and twenty-three of their left eyes. Although he hit the rest, they weren't in the left eye.
Fortunately, as he progressed, his hit rate increased. Out of the nearly five thousand flies, almost three hundred were hit in the left eye in the last one thousand. This made him increasingly adept at it.
Second round: over eight hundred flies hit.
Third round: over fifteen hundred flies hit.
Fourth round...
Fifth round...
Sixth round...
Seventh round...
Eighth round: hit four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine flies.
Li Nianlong slapped his head in frustration. He was so close, just one away!
The dragonfly, however, showed excitement, vibrating with a green glow. "Come on, host, you're almost there!"
Yes! Just one more.
Taking a deep breath and relaxing his mind, Li Nianlong opened his eyes. "Let's go again!"
The five thousand buzzing flies reappeared, and Li Nianlong's needles flew like lightning, hitting the left eyes of the moving flies with an astonishing accuracy.
One hundred... three hundred... eight hundred... one thousand... three thousand... four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine...
"Four thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight, four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, just one more!" The dragonfly cheered loudly for Li Nianlong.
His eyes shining, Li Nianlong's silver needles flew out, hitting the last fly's left eye right in the center, a perfect shot.
"Congratulations, host, level passed successfully. Experience points +20,000, and you've received the Level 21 complete clearance gift pack, which has been sent to your inventory. Please check it."
Li Nianlong collapsed on the ground, sweating profusely. Although he succeeded, hitting the left eye of five thousand flies in a row drained too much of his energy. Initially, he was fine due to the tension, but now that he had relaxed, he felt exhausted and just wanted to relax and sleep.
Of course, the system wouldn't allow him to sleep in the training ground. With a flash of white light, Li Nianlong was automatically teleported out of the training ground. At exactly midnight, the system refreshed, and Li Nianlong returned to his peak condition.
Patting his head and remembering the exhaustion and pain after passing the level, Li Nianlong still felt a bit scared. "It wasn't easy."
Indeed, it wasn't easy at all.
Entering his inventory, Li Nianlong opened the clearance reward gift pack. Just like last time, there were ten experience pills, each adding 10,000 experience points, and the Armor of the Divine set's chest piece.
Armor of the Divine - Chest Plate: +10 speed, +100 defense. The set consists of ten pieces. When the full set is assembled, it will produce incredible set effects.
Li Nianlong smiled slightly, storing away the chest plate and swallowing the ten experience pills.
"Host consumes ten experience pills, gaining 100,000 experience points. Experience points are full, leveling up!"
"Congratulations, host, on reaching level 40. You've gained the Insight skill 'Concentrate and Return to Origin.' Your privileges have been upgraded, granting you level four privilege - Access to the Forge Room!"
Finally, level 40! Li Nianlong's spirits lifted as he checked his four major attributes. This time, he allocated the one remaining point to intelligence and added the remaining nine points to Qi. He then took out one saved point and added it to speed. As a result, Li Nianlong's four major attributes were:
Strength: 276
Speed: 276
Qi: 710
Intelligence: 276
Remaining points: 374
Apart from Qi, which stood out, the other three attributes finally returned to balance. This way, Li Nianlong could unleash his maximum combat power without being hindered by any single attribute.
Moreover, the newly acquired skill excited Li Nianlong greatly.
Concentrate and Return to Origin: Gathers all Qi in the body, instantly restoring 50% of health. Can be used on anyone, no cooldown time, and costs 500 Qi each time.
Invincible!
Li Nianlong laughed heartily. "I'm truly invincible this time!"
Reaching level 40, Li Nianlong could restore 10 Qi per second. It would take less than a minute to replenish the 500 Qi needed, which was invaluable for his future survival.
At the same time, Li Nianlong began to contemplate assassinating Long Zongheng. With the ability of a martial artist to change appearance, the stealth skill to hide his tracks, and the life-saving Concentrate and Return to Origin, coupled with ranged attacks, the possibility of a successful assassination was very high.
Once the thought arose, it was unstoppable like a volcano eruption. Li Nianlong stood up, paced around the room, and thought deeply. The likelihood was indeed high. As long as he made adequate preparations and understood Long Zongheng's habits outside, the assassination was very likely to succeed.
Gradually, Li Nianlong's gaze became determined.
Exhaling, he lay on the bed and entered the system space, then opened the Forge Room.
The Forge Room was constructed similarly to the Alchemy Room, with the alchemy furnace replaced by a golden cauldron inscribed with two large seal characters - "Qian Kun".
"The Forge Manual contains all the methods of crafting artifacts, weapons, armor, and accessories available to the host below the current level," the dragonfly explained.
A gleam of excitement flashed in Li Nianlong's eyes. He could actually forge! He thought of the legendary master craftsmen from the myths and legends. Could he, in the future, become a legendary master craftsman like Yun Zhongzi and the Primordial Celestial Masters?
Flipping through the Forge Manual, he found a wide variety of items with exceptionally high quality. Especially striking was a set of full-body armor, shimmering with golden light, dazzling like divine armor, which made Li Nianlong's eyes gleam with excitement.
Forge! He must forge this set of golden armor! Along with the matching single-handed golden sword.
He stormed into the shop, cursing as he bought all the forging materials. He couldn't help but curse; they were too damn expensive. Just the materials alone cost eighty million, damn, it was like robbing a bank!
Unlike the 50% success rate for alchemy, forging had a 100% success rate. However, the materials were exorbitantly expensive. Eighty million could buy so many good elixirs!
Fortunately, after successfully crafting the Golden Armor and Golden Sword, Li Nianlong grinned.
Golden Armor: +800 defense, with the additional skill "Absolute Defense".
Absolute Defense: Consumes 300 Qi to enter a 3-second invincible state. Cooldown time: 10 minutes.
Golden Sword: +500 damage, with the additional skill "Sword Qi Sweep".
Sword Qi Sweep: Consumes 200 Qi to form a 10x10 meter sword energy net, annihilating all enemies.
Invincible!
The Golden Armor was a flexible armor, automatically adjusting to minor differences in the wearer's body, which was similar to the Saint Cloth in Saint Seiya but even more imposing and majestic in appearance.
Excitedly donning the Golden Armor and wielding the Golden Sword, Li Nianlong walked to the mirror in the hall, admiring his current appearance - it was simply stunning, cool, and awe-inspiring. All the women in the world would go crazy and scream with excitement upon seeing him.
Words like "domineering", "cool", and "awesome" could describe Li Nianlong at this moment. However, the golden glow emanating from him was too conspicuous. If he were to wear it out at night, he'd be like a firefly in the dark, with enemies not even needing to aim - a single artillery shell would obliterate him.
"Let's save it for when it's necessary!" After indulging in self-admiration for a while, Li Nianlong noticed the downside of the Golden Armor. Helplessly, he put away the Golden Armor and Golden Sword, checked the time - it was already 2 AM, not too early, but not too late either.
A hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes as Li Nianlong changed his appearance and left the villa.
That night, two foreign forces were destroyed. When morning came, Li Nianlong once again asked for leave from the massage parlor, transforming into an ordinary young man and relentlessly hunting down the individuals listed in the information.
Throughout the day, from morning till night, there were over a dozen murders in Tianfu, all victims being foreigners. However, for some reason, not a single Tianfu media outlet reported on these incidents. The families of the deceased didn't appear, nor did any foreign relatives protest Tianfu's inaction.
It was as if those foreigners had never existed in the world. No one showed any concern for their deaths, and no one mentioned it. Everything was as calm as stagnant water.
But in reality, the fifteen great families of the United States were already furious.