Chapter Seventy-Three: Blind Arrival
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(Abandoning the outline, writing blindly; let the words flow as they will, a test of skill.)
Only battle can awaken the hidden power within!
Fight, fight, fight!
Relentless combat!
Face death head-on!
The Tower of Death!
A week later, Xie Jing emerged from its depths, gazing at the sky outside and taking a deep breath.
He had no desire to revisit his experiences within the tower.
Enemies he used to defeat with a single move in games proved incredibly difficult when faced in reality.
Fortunately, it was all behind him now.
Feeling the surging strength within, barely contained, Xie Jing couldn't help but want to shout to the heavens.
Awakened! At last, he was awakened!
Unlike the awakening in games, without his spectral hand, he didn't radiate a blood aura nor did sword shadows appear behind him.
Light! This was the true power he had come to know after awakening!
Sword techniques might be important, skills might matter, but previously Xie Jing had completely overlooked his essence.
The power of light!
Ice melts beneath the sunlight; darkness is eradicated by holy radiance.
No matter how exquisite the swordplay, all is rendered insignificant before the omnidirectional Armstrong Giant Light Wave.
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What?
You ask what to do if the distance is too great?
Make it bigger!
Make it stronger!
No blind spots!
To hell with skills.
If the energy suffices, even Karosso can be blasted for you.
Xie Jing was utterly enlightened, the dense light energy within him boosting his confidence a hundredfold.
This newfound confidence made him impatient to find an opponent to challenge.
In this version of the dungeon, the greatest boss one could encounter was the giant turtle, Anton. In the Energy Center, Xie Jing had once seen that giant turtle from afar.
Back then, he had no thoughts of Anton; his own strength was insufficient to handle an Apostle.
Now, everything was uncertain, and Anton had become the perfect crucible before him.
However, most players spent considerable time assembling an epic set before daring to take on Anton.
Xie Jing glanced at his own tattered gear, stroked his chin, and decided he’d better collect a full epic set first.
Forget about the Abyss; the drop rate was dismal, and who knew how long it would take to farm a set.
But there was Golantis, who sang the infamous "Eight Times a Night, Brother" song every day, and she had a barely usable epic set.
In the minds of players, Golantis’ epics were worthless except for collection—stats were outdated, levels behind, attributes lacking.
Oh, those who enjoyed clowning might still swap a few pieces.
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The most powerful sets in the current version were the Phantom and Heavenly Domain, but regretfully, they were all locked in the pillars.
An hour later, clad in a full Light-Strength Epic set, Xie Jing returned to the Energy Center.
After telling Golantis where her "Eight Times a Night Brother" was, her eagerness to find him led her to hand over the epic set to Xie Jing without a second thought.
But in this world, no matter how anxious Golantis was, she could not move from her spot.
With hurried steps, Xie Jing headed toward the seaside.
Along the way, various monsters leapt at him, but as they drew near, a slender beam of light pierced right through them, scattering gold coins and gear everywhere.
He stepped into the sea, the dark water soaking his clothes.
Venturing further, though the water grew deeper, it never rose above Xie Jing’s calves.
He wasn’t floating, nor was it any superpower at work; it was simply that Xie Jing had grown bigger!
Yes!
Xie Jing grew larger and larger, his skin and hair shimmering with fluorescent light beneath the protection of the epic set, expanding ceaselessly.
A radiant glow soon enveloped his body, golden starlight sparkling around him.
Roar—!
It was Anton, sensing the threat, issuing a warning to Xie Jing.
The brilliance did not fade, and when Xie Jing reached a height of about two hundred meters, the two faced each other directly.
For the first time, Ultraman appeared in this world!