Successfully defeating Hong Jun's clone, Lin Feng was initially quite pleased.
The substantial rewards had further advanced his strength.
The treasure chest, shimmering with dazzling light, filled him with anticipation.
However, this joy lasted only a few seconds.
He was then bewildered by the continuous stream of system prompts that followed.
"You were the first to defeat a boss of the highest tier, completing the hidden achievement [Unique]."
[Unique]: You possess a singular achievement, granting you a 20% defense absorption effect against all players. This achievement takes precedence as the final effect.
Although this achievement sounded quite good.
Its practical effect was rather mediocre.
With Lin Feng's current strength, let alone other players, even the most powerful bosses could not inflict significant damage on him.
This small amount of damage absorption would be difficult to utilize.
However, as a gratuitous achievement reward, it was acceptable.
But the prompts that followed were somewhat troubling.
"You have triggered a hidden setting: after logging off, you will be unable to log back in."
"As compensation for being unable to log in again, you will receive the following rewards:"
"The efficiency of converting immortal power to reality will be increased by 100%."
"You may select one domain not exceeding the Special tier to be materialized (this domain is bound to you and cannot be traded)."
"You may select one law not exceeding the Special tier to be materialized as an attribute (bound to you and cannot be traded)."
"You may select one supreme divine ability or three great divine abilities to be materialized as attributes (bound to you and cannot be traded)."
"You may select three treasures not exceeding the level of Innate Spiritual Treasures or five treasures not exceeding the level of Acquired Supreme Treasures to be materialized as attributes (bound to you and cannot be traded)."
"You may extract not exceeding..."
One by one, the prompts, though all rewards.
They only fueled Lin Feng's growing anger.
Was this how they treated a beggar?
These treasures of such tiers, for other players, to be able to materialize them would be a cause for immense joy and a life-changing event.
But for Lin Feng.
He couldn't even give these things away to his squad members.
Let alone use them himself.
As for the 100% increase in immortal power conversion efficiency, it was utterly meaningless to him.
Due to his low level, he possessed an exorbitant amount of immortal power, refined to an extreme degree.
The original conversion efficiency was extremely low.
It was almost in increments of one-thousandth or even one ten-thousandth.
For top-tier energies like the Power of the Heavenly Dao, it was probably in the order of one in a hundred million.
With such an absurd conversion efficiency, even doubling it would not make a significant difference.
The more Lin Feng read, the colder his heart became.
Were they trying to force him to quit the game?
Although.
Even if he were to quit the game now.
In reality, relying on his vast chaotic immortal power, primordial violet qi, the Power of the Heavenly Dao, and other energies.
As well as various materialized treasures and divine abilities that were inherently materializable or converted through the Acquired Materialized Chaotic Divine Pool.
Even without domain bonuses.
His strength would not be to be underestimated.
He could even instantly resolve the crisis on the Water Blue Star.
Although he hadn't logged off these past few days.
He had consistently received reports from War God Overlord Saber regarding the progress in reality.
Due to Lin Feng's strong rise in this life.
And the increased financial investment from players.
The invasion from the other world had accelerated by two to three years.
Even the overall strength of the invading forces was significantly greater than in his previous life.
Scenes like a Great Luo Golden Immortal from another world sweeping across the Water Blue Star, as in his previous life, would not occur.
Currently, on the Water Blue Star alone, there were over a thousand individuals possessing Great Luo Golden Immortal strength in reality.
There were nearly a hundred beings with Quasi-Saint strength.
And.
In other countries, there were several individuals at the Saint level.
Although their strength was considerably less than in the game.
They could still initially exert the effects of their domains and laws in reality.
In this life.
The strength of players in reality was far, far greater than in the previous life.
This collective improvement had allowed the Water Blue Star to temporarily withstand the invading armies from other worlds.
However, as time passed.
The combat power dispatched by the other worlds was also becoming increasingly powerful.
There was even an instance where a Saint attacked, nearly obliterating a city with a single blow.
If not for Luo Luo and others intervening in time, injuring the attacker and forcing their retreat.
The Water Blue Star might have permanently lost a city with a population of over a million.
This battle was broadcast live by hundreds of television stations worldwide, tens of thousands of media outlets.
And over a million individual streamers.
The power of the top combatants from other worlds deeply frightened the native inhabitants of the Water Blue Star.
It turned out that obtaining abilities in the game did not make one invincible.
These individuals from other worlds, both in terms of overall strength and combat experience, were far superior to the humans on the Water Blue Star.
They were truly terrifying!
If not for the Water Blue Star's overall planetary tier not having ascended yet, and the intervention of divine beings from other worlds being inexplicably suppressed at the Heavenly Dao level.
And.
The War God Squad constantly traveling between major cities to deal with various emergencies.
The Water Blue Star might have already fallen.
In fact.
Even within the general public opinion on the Water Blue Star, there were many who harbored resentment towards Lin Feng.
In their view.
As the so-called number one player in the game, he had failed to step forward in a time of crisis when the entire planet was under invasion.
Instead, he remained engrossed in the game, solely focused on enhancing his own strength.
This was a highly selfish act!
Of course, most of these individuals were players from other countries.
Players from Huaxia were still very supportive of Lin Feng.
Moreover.
They had ample reason.
With the current strength of the invaders from other worlds, the War God Squad was sufficient to resist them.
Was it necessary for Big Brother Yang Jian to personally intervene?
Such a trump card should be reserved for the most critical moments.
To have Big Brother Yang Jian make a move for every insignificant foe would make the Water Blue Star appear too weak, wouldn't it?
The valiant performance of the War God Squad also provided a psychological suggestion to players from Huaxia and other countries.
These enemies from other worlds were not as formidable as they seemed.
After all.
Players were continuously enhancing their strength within the game.
And the players currently on the front lines fighting the enemy might not even represent one-thousandth of those in the game.
Even if the enemy had more numbers and greater strength.
If all other players joined forces.
With the Water Blue Star's population of billions, even the strongest Saint from another world would fall to the overwhelming numbers, wouldn't they?
This sentiment was not limited to general public opinion.
Even the members of the War God Squad largely held this belief.
When War God Overlord Saber, War God Arrogant Heaven, and Luo Luo, as Great Luo Golden Immortals, once again jointly defeated a combination of two Saints from the opposing side.
War God Overlord Saber even suggested to Lin Feng.
"Brother Feng, under your leadership, our Water Blue Star has developed too rapidly."
"You've been in the game for several consecutive months; you must be very tired. Why don't you log off and rest?"
"It seems to be relatively safe for now."
And just as Lin Feng was about to tell him the grim reality that he would be unable to log back in after logging off.
In the most prosperous city in the United States of America, a battle erupted that sent tremors through all of humanity on the Water Blue Star.
The epic-tier boss from the game, the Angel King, suddenly appeared.
Initially, players from the United States thought this was a welfare event from the other world.
After all, they had collectively defeated more than one or two Saints.
However.
The Angel King's combat power completely exceeded their expectations.
Great divine abilities and supreme divine abilities that could previously inflict damage.
Were completely ineffective against the Angel King.
And the most powerful team in the United States, a top-tier player team known as the Twelve Holy Angels, went into battle.
Even their combined special domain could not withstand the Angel King's attacks.
In less than an hour.
This Angel King, single-handedly, annihilated tens of thousands of high-level players from the United States and millions of ordinary civilians.
With a single strike, he even directly drained the ocean near the city, turning it into a desert.
During this period.
No one could stop him.
Even the War God Squad, who rushed to the scene in haste, found it difficult to counter his unfathomable methods.
In fact.
If not for Luo Luo's assistance with a supreme divine ability mailed to her by Lin Feng.
The War God Squad might have suffered casualties.
This one-sided battle erupted suddenly and ended quickly.
But its impact lingered for several days.
Countless players were terrified into hiding.
Numerous cities became deserted and empty, devoid of any people.
This allowed the majority of the invading forces from other worlds to advance rapidly, occupying one city after another.
And slaughtering wave after wave of civilians.
Such combat power made the entire War God Squad feel a sense of crisis.
Facing powerful Saints appearing from all directions and converging, War God Overlord Saber hastily logged in and sought Lin Feng's help.
"Brother Feng, the enemy has deployed their strong fighters!"
"Could you perhaps step forward and resolve the situation?"
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Thanks to Ding Jiahua and Liu Cheng, who love to eat peach paste soup and rock candy radish pear respectively, for their likes.