Chapter 1

In the underground parking lot, the battle between Wu Si Can Xuan and Shiva had reached a fever pitch.

The area where the two stood was enveloped in a hazy, colorful mist, and the ground beneath their feet was littered with empty paint spray cans.

"You've already drunk ten bottles of high-dose supplements. Based on the law of diminishing returns... health potions are almost ineffective for you, right?" Shiva's expression was serene, his tone revealing a confident assurance of victory.

"Hmph... 'almost'?" A wry smile hung on Wu Si Can Xuan's face. "The specific data for the degree of reduction after the cumulative use of three types of survival value supplements... you don't even know it, do you?"

"You know it, so what?" Shiva replied. "You Order guys always do boring things. Can those trivial data differences change anything? Can they let you win against me?"

"Heh... every time I fight you, your attitude gets on my nerves..." Wu Si Can Xuan said. "Being strong to this extent without considering anything... that's what you call a fighting genius, isn't it..."

Shiva responded, "I don't know or care whether I'm a genius. What I'm more concerned about right now is... being at a disadvantage, you've chosen only to defend and not attack, dragging the battle into a war of attrition. You must have some strategy in mind..." His eyes swept around. "Is it these floating paints..."

"Ha! Truly enviable," Wu Si Can Xuan said. "Being able to make the right judgment with intuition, but... to see through my strategy and ignore it, isn't that too arrogant!"

Before his voice faded, Wu Si Can Xuan raised his hand and struck out, a palm wind rushing out, carrying a cloud of colored mist in the air, and bombarded towards Shiva's location.

Shiva's expression changed slightly. His combat instinct told him that he must not face this head-on. He immediately stepped aside, narrowly avoiding it.

That colorful palm print was like a giant beast released from its cage, its advance fierce and malevolent. After brushing past Shiva, it continued to fly and finally crashed into a hapless SUV in the distance. The car immediately underwent a bizarre transformation. The entire vehicle, inside and out, was painted with different colors. Two seconds later, it exploded like fireworks, scattering and collapsing.

This was no ordinary explosion, but a skill effect. After the SUV shattered, it turned into tens of millions of small building blocks of various colors. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that the shapes of these blocks were all geometric figures from "Tetris."

"I see... when the concentration of misty paint in the air reaches a certain level, your attacks can be attached with this amazing attribute." Shiva looked at the building blocks all over the ground and said calmly, "But... if I leave this area, wouldn't you have wasted all your previous efforts?"

"You can try..." As Wu Si Can Xuan said this, the outermost layer of floating paint in the area began to condense. Soon, a circle of colorful walls surrounded the two of them, and even the cement above their heads and under their feet became like tangrams.

"No wonder you were willing to use such a cowardly tactic, not hesitating to consume a large number of health potions to hold on, instead of expanding the battlefield," Shiva commented. "I don't know if this is a skill, equipment, or a combination of the two... but it's indeed very powerful. As long as you have enough time to prepare, this is almost an impeccable killing move."

"It's a little late to praise me now. You can only blame yourself for being too arrogant!" Wu Si Can Xuan jumped up and swept out a leg, a scythe wind whistling out. This attack was like a huge wave rolling in, leaving the opponent nowhere to hide.

With a soft sigh, the stone discs suspended behind Shiva all burst out with a strong light. The eight stone discs of different shapes instantly gathered and merged into one, forming a large hourglass.

"I didn't expect to be forced to use this move..." Shiva murmured.

Instantly, a fierce force exploded with the hourglass as its core. The surrounding colored mist dissipated in an instant, and the wall of building blocks disintegrated. Even the attack that Wu Si Can Xuan had already launched was reduced to nothing.

This was one of the special effects of Shiva's spiritual energy weapon [Tian Wu Sha Lou] (Heavenly Dance Hourglass): [Jing Tu] (Pure Land), which could clear all enemy skills and equipment effects (including passive) within the range, lasting for one minute. After use, the Earth Stone Disc would shatter and could only be restored by returning to the landing space.

[Tian Wu Sha Lou] (Heavenly Dance Hourglass) had eight special effects: "Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Void, Sun, Moon, and Destruction." Currently, Shiva had only comprehended the "Earth" special effect [Jing Tu] (Pure Land), and the "Water" special effect [Di Zui] (Absolution). But even just one of these two special effects was enough to show how heaven-defying his spiritual energy weapon was.

"Impossible..." Watching all his efforts up to this point be completely wasted, Wu Si Can Xuan felt a deep despair.

At this moment, the memories of his youth flooded into his mind.

At that time, Wu Si Can Xuan was not yet a professional player. He was just a middle school student who loved to play games and had a soft spot for a popular competitive game. He had great talent and excellent skills, and he had almost no opponents in his circle of friends. Until one day, the game started selling paid items...

That day, he habitually entered the high-level game area. He, who had a win rate of over 80%, was actually crushed all day long, winning only a few matches. His operations were nearly perfect, his strategies were well-considered, and his reaction and psychological quality could be called professional. Unfortunately... all of this was meaningless in front of a player with a full set of RMB equipment. The efforts he had painstakingly made could be completely defeated by the opponent just rolling their face on the keyboard.

And at this moment, Wu Si Can Xuan once again experienced that sense of powerlessness, that unwillingness to be defeated helplessly.

"Nothing is impossible," Shiva said. "If you're not convinced, then get your own [Ling Neng Wu Qi] (Spiritual Energy Weapon) as soon as possible and challenge me again." As he said that, he raised one hand, and the hourglass separated again, but this time there were only seven stone discs left.

Wu Si Can Xuan did not move, and his expression was very calm. His stamina was already running low. Even if he wanted to escape now, he didn't have enough stamina. As a strong person, he at least wanted to maintain his last bit of dignity.

The seven stone discs shot out beams of light of different colors, hitting Wu Si Can Xuan. He did not dodge, because he understood that when the effects of his skills dissipated... the victory or defeat had already been decided.

Seconds later, Wu Si Can Xuan, whose survival value had been exhausted, disappeared into white light. In the menus of other players, the words [Deceased] immediately appeared next to his name.

"Phew..." Shiva also let out a long sigh and muttered in a low voice, "I originally wanted to save the Pure Land move for 'that guy's' Blood Stone Demon... I didn't expect to be forced to this situation..." He had fought with Zhao Ying Wang before and knew how difficult the opponent was. Therefore, in his opinion, Zhao Ying Wang was the only person in this script who was truly a threat to him.

"But it's good to be able to solve Wu Si Can Xuan..." Shiva said to himself, while opening the game menu, wanting to confirm the situation of other opponents. Unexpectedly, just as he turned his gaze to the enemy team column, the words [Deceased] just happened to jump up next to Zhao Ying Wang's name.

"What..." Shiva was instantly shocked. "He was actually killed!"