My stats are higher than yours!!

An invisible slash erupted instantly, its speed so fast that the attack landed the moment it appeared.

"Stab!"

The Clown King was a Level 3 Overlord with extremely fast reaction speed, but even so, he only had time to turn his head and could not dodge the attack.

A huge crimson line instantly bloomed on his robes, and blood gushed out.

Blood-red hues filled the sky.

At the same time, the Clown King's expression changed drastically, because this attack was not launched with psionic energy, but with the Laughter Factor, and possessed extremely strong power.

[Hint: The [Madness] effect has been triggered; trigger strength check complete]

[Note: The [Lost] effect has been triggered, triggering the Agility check.]

[Note: The effect of [Disorder] has been triggered, triggering the constitution assessment.]

[Note: The effect of "Degradation" has been triggered, triggering a mental check.]

After a single instant strike, the attack effect has ended, but the judgment effect has just begun. Four different judgment effects are triggered simultaneously and instantly, as if four completely different forces are tearing apart the Clown King's body.

His expression turned extremely ugly. He already possessed the [Laughter Factor], but now he was being harmed by an even stronger [Laughter Factor].

"What is this...?"

Gauss's facial expressions changed.

Although Bai Shuodong has become weaker, he can now use the maniacal laughter factor within his body, making him actually stronger.

The fluctuations of the World Function triggered his understanding in a short time, and he realized the core root of the problem in just 0.001 seconds.

[Adaptation Speed]

Although the reason is unknown, Bai Shuodong adapts very quickly, and he can calm the raging laughter factor in his body in a very short time.

Normally, the laughter factor would lose its activity after being calmed down, meaning it would lose all its beneficial effects. However, because it adapted too quickly, the laughter factor did not lose its activity after stabilizing, thus retaining its beneficial effects.

He can even use the Laughter Factor in combat to some extent.

A bizarre adaptability.

The root cause of the incomprehensibility of the world function.

Gauss was shocked. The Joker King resisted the judgment in pain, while his two teammates still kept their eyes tightly closed.

Bai Shuodong smiled and uttered another word.

【断】

The invisible strike erupted again, still incredibly fast. The Clown King, still mired in pain, sensed the danger and, without a second thought, turned and fled in a frenzy.

But the slash was too fast, and it blew open on his leg, blood splattering everywhere. The Clown King lost a leg in an instant.

Not only that...

[Hint: The effect of [Madness]....]

【hint...】

The four different judgments erupted again, and the Clown King, who was already tormented beyond recognition, felt even more pain and suffering.

Judgment

Its essence is not a game setting, but rather a result given based on the feedback from the hit person when creating a real special effect.

Successful immunization does not mean that the acupuncture treatment was ineffective, but rather that the body's resistance was strong enough to withstand its effects.

The [Laughter Factor] comes with four types of judgment.

On the surface, it seems that as long as the base attributes are high enough, the judgment will be successful and will not be affected by these judgments at all. But in reality, as long as you are attacked by the Laughter Factor, all four judgments will take effect. The only difference is whether you can withstand them.

A successful judgment is like someone taking a beating, dusting themselves off, and saying they're fine, but the beating still had an effect, just no lasting impact.

Only low-level 2-star skills like [Lion's Might] can achieve true ineffectiveness.

"Dada! Dada! Dada!"

Bai Shuodong emerged from the golden spiritual energy, his footsteps incredibly crisp.

He had a smile on his face.

He wasn't walking fast; he was accompanying the Clown King, who had a broken leg, as if he were helping an old man cross the street. He was pointing at him with his finger and muttering to himself.

[Sever][Sever][Sever]...

The continuous slashes rained down, spraying blood onto the ground. Despite possessing the terrifying strength of a Level 3 Overlord, the Clown King was utterly powerless to resist. This was not only due to the high intensity and strong judgment effect of the Laughter Factor.

It's also because they are from the same department.

Bai Shuodong uses the Laughter Factor, and so does the Clown King.

Bai Shuodong's laughter factor is of higher quality than that of the Clown King, so his laughter factor suppresses the Clown King's laughter factor, resulting in a stronger judgment effect.

Different types of power exert different levels of suppression within the same type. The Laughter Factor is clearly a power that exerts extremely strong suppression on its own type. The Laughter Factor even has its own Laughter Apostles, which are specially derived from its own type of power and have a strict hierarchy.

Therefore, when facing Bai Shuodong, the Laughter Factor was at a lower level than the Clown King of the same type, and could not even exert 1/10 of its strength.

"Ah...ah...."

The Clown King groaned in pain, his twisted and deformed body crawling on the ground, his blood staining the candy. He had imagined that he would die, and he had thought that he would fail, but he never thought that he would be defeated so miserably.

Is this what it means to be in a superior position?

The power of those in power to oppress those in lower positions is terrifying to such an extent; it is truly frightening.

His eyes were lowered, he was on the verge of death, and his remaining consciousness was about to completely disappear.

【断】

Another slash landed, and the Clown King's mutated, swollen head fell, completely losing its life.

[Hint: Congratulations on successfully defeating the Overlord-level powerhouse - Clown King, and obtaining a special exclusive treasure chest]

Bai Shuodong turned his head.

He saw his three teammates looking at him in disbelief, and that look pleased him.

Immediately afterward, Xia Yanxin rushed forward and grabbed his neck without hesitation, asking simply and directly, "What's wrong with you? You just killed a Level 3 Overlord like that?"

"I have a taboo against it, which happens to counteract it."

Bai Shuodong replied with a smile.

[Note: The concentration of the Laughter Factor in your body has increased, the Forbidden Power attribute amplification has increased, Constitution +2, Agility +2]

At the same time, the Clown King's blood naturally flowed down to Bai Shuodong's side, or more precisely, into the [Blood Demon Armor].

The Blood Demon Armor is very picky. It doesn't usually absorb blood energy on its own, but it will consider absorbing high-quality blood, such as the Clown King, a level 3 overlord.

Actually, this is mainly because Bai Shuodong is usually fed too much, which has caused it to have little appetite.

[Blood Demon Armor] is almost losing its appetite.

"It really is a taboo. Only something like this can achieve this level of skill," Xia Yan thought to herself.

If someone else had done this, she would have had to ask them a few more questions and it would have been relatively difficult for her to accept it, but Bai Shuodong was a forbidden traveler.

Forbidden traveler, that's alright.

The taboos they master greatly affect their upper limit of strength, allowing them to easily do things that ordinary people cannot. Of course, the prerequisite for doing so is to survive. Many taboo practitioners die on the spot after their taboos are triggered.

"That scared me! I thought we were going to be wiped out," Gauss muttered to himself, patting his chest.

His ornaments and equipment had somehow reverted to their original state, completely masking his previous imposing aura, as if he had returned to his original simplicity.

Su Qingli remained silent, her eyes filled with a thirst for power.

At this moment, Paradise Park has been reduced to ruins, with all sorts of facility fragments scattered all over the ground, and the bodies of many clowns and staff members strewn across the Candy Land.

The task of surviving for 72 hours has now lost its difficulty.

[Hint: Your team has defeated the final boss, the Clown King, in Paradise, meeting the hidden speedrun requirements. You can choose to complete the mission directly.]

"Then should I just finish it now?"

Xia Yanxin looked at the fishy-smelling food.

"Don't."

Bai Shuodong quickly raised his hand and rushed into the pile of ruins to search for things, saying, "Don't finish yet. Those clown candies are pretty good. I'll go buy some for free first, so I can save them for later."

"..."

Xia Yanxin shrugged helplessly.

What's wrong with that? Those candies are all poisonous, they don't look like good stuff at all, but this guy seems to have some kind of taboo that allows him to absorb poison, so he can eat them, and hopefully he can eat a lot of them.

Let him be.

Let's also clean up a bit and see what else is hidden here; maybe we can find some rare resources.

...

Three hours later

He scavenged around the amusement park and found quite a few items, though the overall quality wasn't very high. But little by little, he managed to get a lot of psionic points to use.

Do you have a channel for handling this?

Su Qingli looked at the fishy-smelling food.

Bai Shuodong: "No."

Xia Yanxin: "I usually just throw it at home."

Gauss: "Me too."

"Ah~"

Su Qingli sighed and said, "I really can't do anything with you guys. Our team doesn't have dedicated logistics staff. Just hand over what you have to me for now, and I'll take care of it and transfer the energy points to your accounts."

"Okay." "Sure." "Take it."

All three agreed readily.

Xia Yanxin and Gauss didn't care.

Bai Shuodong is lazy. If the items are valuable, he'll handle them himself without finding it troublesome. But how much money could these few looted items possibly be worth?

He didn't know many channels, but based on the prices from those channels, the items he had would only amount to a few hundred psionic points at most.

Too little.

It's too much trouble to handle it personally.

Why not just give it to Su Qingli? She seems pretty normal, so I should feel safe giving it to her.

Bai Shuodong's main target was still those candies. Those things could be eaten, which could not only improve digestion speed, but also improve poison resistance and resistance to abnormal status after eating a lot.

Very good food!

Such high-quality food is far superior to those spirit world foods that can only be eaten!

"Then let's go back now."

...

[World revenue settlement completed]

【World: Paradise】

[Difficulty: Hell Level]

Main Quest: Survival

[Task Completion Rate: 150%]

Basic rating: B

[Settlement of Additional Points]

[Candy Ambassador]: Eat more than 100 candies in Paradise World.

There was even an achievement!

It's probably because the candy here is poisonous; a normal person would probably die after eating 10 pieces, so eating 100 pieces would certainly be an achievement.

[Overlord Terminator]: Successfully killed an Overlord-level unit.