Black Book

Chapter 379: Fighting
【Dazhen】Imperial Capital

"I was prepared for a river of blood, but I didn't expect those people to be so tactful. Sigh..."

Inside the [Yanhuang Arsenal], Zhu Haomiao and Bai Linglong sat opposite each other and sighed softly.

"Why do you seem to regret not being able to kill so many people?"

"........."

After a few seconds of silence, Zhu Haomiao glanced at Bai Linglong unhappily.

"You are slandering!"

"I am known for my compassionate heart. I hate to see bloodshed."

Hearing this, Bai Linglong rolled her eyes silently.

Buddha?

The living king of hell?!
You are afraid that not enough people have died!
During this period, she carefully collected information about Zhu Haomiao and gained a deep understanding of his "glorious achievements".

This guy is happy when he hears about war, goes crazy when he encounters war, and is bloodthirsty!

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have received so many weird and vicious nicknames!

What is the evil dragon of the empire, the evil dragon that devours the country, the bloodthirsty dragon...

Anyway, none of them can be related to Bodhisattva!

Bai Linglong secretly complained, put aside all distracting thoughts, pursed her lips, and looked at Zhu Haomiao with expectation.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Haven't you noticed any changes in me?"

Hearing this familiar life-threatening question, Zhu Haomiao reflexively tensed up his nerves, glanced up and down, and hesitated.

"Did you get a new hairdo?"

"........."

"That's the new lipstick?!"

"........."

"Uh, earrings? Clothes?"

"........."

Bai Linglong felt an inexplicable itching at the roots of her teeth, gritted her teeth, and slammed her hands on the table in annoyance.

slap~
When he moved his hand away, a golden [Dragon Emblem] came into view. Zhu Haomiao then reacted and quickly put on a smile.

"You've been promoted to gold? Congratulations!"

"Humph, although I'm a little worse than you, at least we're on the same level!"

Bai Linglong raised the corners of her mouth proudly and complacently.

She had never understood the meaning of hard work since she was a child, and she crushed all her peers with her talent alone. But after meeting Zhu Haomiao, she realized for the first time what it meant that there are always people better than you.

She knew shame and then became brave, turning her grief and pressure into motivation. During this period, she practiced madly and desperately, and her strength soared like a rocket.

Now, she has finally broken through to gold and is qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with him!
Although Bai Linglong knew clearly that the difference between the initial gold level and the peak gold level was several times, but at least on the surface there was no gap between the two!
On the other side, looking at the girl's three-dimensional facial features full of exotic charm and sensing a hint of desire for praise in her show-off, Zhu Haomiao pursed his lips in embarrassment.

"Um... there's something I forgot to tell you."

"what's up?"

"I have been promoted to hegemony."

"........."

The pretty and complacent smile suddenly froze, Bai Linglong's face turned pale and blue, and finally she stared at Zhu Haomiao's face, gritting her teeth and saying unwillingly.

"let me see!"

Hearing this, Zhu Haomiao sighed helplessly and opened his coat, revealing a mysterious and luxurious purple-gold color.

Seeing that familiar color, Bai Linglong seemed to have been drained of all her energy. She slumped back in her chair, staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes, muttering to herself.

"No... Why..." "I've tried so hard, why is the gap getting bigger and bigger..."

Hearing the girl's painful murmurs, Zhu Haomiao hesitated for a moment and comforted her softly.

"Don't lose heart. The closer you get to the Heavenly Rank limit, the harder it is to improve your strength. I've already reached the top of my game and it's hard to make any progress. Sooner or later, you'll catch up with me."

This is not a complete lie. Since being promoted to hegemony, Zhu Haomiao clearly felt that the digestion speed of the sedimentation attributes plummeted.

More importantly, since the upper limit of the Second Heaven is much higher than that of the First Heaven, he found that even if he practiced all his skills to perfection and his original sin was elevated to the mythical realm, he probably still wouldn't be able to reach the [Abyss] energy level.

Fortunately, after a skill is perfected, it does not remain unchanged.

As long as you continue to practice and polish, each skill can still gain a few points of attribute improvement every year, but it's not as huge as the one-time gain when breaking through the realm.

But the advantage of this kind of slow and steady practice is that it is a long-term process. As long as he persists for dozens or even hundreds of years, he will still be able to advance to the [Abyss] level!
However, such a steady approach is really not to Zhu Haomiao's taste.

In contrast, he prefers to use the power of original sin and take some crooked and unorthodox paths...

For example, the devouring of [Gluttony], the plundering of [Envy], and the super recovery of [Anger]...

This is much faster than practicing hard!

On the other side, hearing Zhu Haomiao's comfort, Bai Linglong blinked and looked at him doubtfully.

"Really? Is it really possible for me to catch up with you?"

At this point, Bai Linglong no longer hopes to catch up with Zhu Haomiao. She only hopes that they can be on the same energy level and not be left behind so far that she can't even see Zhu Haomiao's taillights.

Noticing the confusion and disappointment in Bai Linglong's words, Zhu Haomiao quickly encouraged her.

"I'm almost there. You're extremely talented. You'll catch up with me sooner or later."

“But… you broke through the upper limit of the Heavenly Rank when you were in the First Heaven, and ascended to the Abyss Energy Level. The upper limit of the Heavenly Rank may not be your upper limit…”

"........."

Don't worry about the details, why not be a happy Muggle?
He opened his mouth to speak but didn't know what to say. Seeing the young man's embarrassment, Bai Linglong suddenly laughed for some reason and regained her spirits.

"I understand. I will keep working hard."

Immediately, she sat up and changed the subject to talk about business.

"Most of the internal conflicts of Dazhen have been resolved. The rest will have to be slowly reversed over time. The next thing to come is external threats."

"Is there any new situation with the third brother?"

"Well, I heard that millions of Adventers entered this plane, and then..."

At this point, Bai Linglong frowned, unable to explain.

"Then what happened?"

“And then they started fighting among themselves.”

"........."

After careful thinking and serious analysis, Zhu Haomiao looked at Bai Linglong in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says. They started fighting among themselves. It seems that it was because of the uneven distribution of benefits. The Adventers from different states huddled together for warmth and refused to submit to each other. In the end, the small friction gradually evolved into a big conflict. It is said that the number of casualties has exceeded 100,000."

"........."

For some reason, Zhu Haomiao had a feeling of powerlessness, as if he was fighting wits and courage with the air.

We have been preparing for war with great effort, not wasting even a moment, and working hard to improve our national strength. And now you tell me that they started fighting first?
So what is the purpose of my preparations?
Figure 160?
Gritting his teeth and sucking his cheeks, Zhu Haomiao grinned viciously.

"As expected of you, Third Brother. Every step you take is beyond my expectations!"

"It's so unpredictable, it's really scary!"

"But it doesn't matter. We are ready anyway. If they don't come to fight us, we will fight them!"

(End of this chapter)