Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 188 Enforcers

Can I open treasure chests during system updates?

Lu Chaoding approached the treasure chest with great anticipation, lifted the lid, and a burst of light immediately shone out, revealing three orbs of light inside.

Numbers and strange symbols kept flashing inside the three orbs, unlike any physical object. Lu Chao tried to take them out, but found it was impossible; the three orbs were simply impossible to retrieve.

"What's going on? Could it be that the items in the treasure chest haven't been confirmed yet? These three items should become physical after the system update is complete..."

Lu Chaoding seemed to understand something.

He studied it further and discovered that although the items in the treasure chest could not be collected, the chest itself could be moved.

Lu Chao then carried it on his back and, after some effort, delivered it back to the mountaintop plaza.

"In that case, I should be able to collect the items from this treasure chest after the system update is complete. As for that white-robed kobold, if I tie him up and kill him from behind after the update, I should be able to get loot from him too!"

Thinking of this, Lu Chaoding returned to Fengyun Palace, carried the statue-like white-robed dog-headed man to the top of the mountain, and placed him face down on the ground.

"Unfortunately, the system update only lasts for one hour, and more than half of that time has already passed. There's simply not enough time left for me to explore the entire third level of the cave..."

Lu Chao looked around and decided not to explore any further. He wandered around the area for a few hours, but found nothing of value. He then returned to the mountaintop plaza, staring at the back of the white-robed kobold, and quietly waited for the system update to finish.

Soon, a server-wide announcement rang out, announcing the system update was complete. At the same time, the statuses of all players, NPCs, and monsters were unlocked, and the Super Scoundrel and Mighty Bull Demon Ape in the mountaintop plaza could now move around.

The white-robed dog-headed man who had been carried to the mountaintop plaza by Lu Chaoding, his face pressed to the ground and his back facing the sky, immediately came back to life. He cried out in pain, and before he could figure out what was going on, Lu Chaoding had already drawn his sword from behind him.

With just a normal attack, six flying insect swords combined with the [Outrageous Splitting Light Sword Shadow] instantly killed the white-robed kobold, leaving him no chance to even utter a sound.

As Lu Chaoding had predicted, the white-robed dog-headed man's body vanished in a flash of light, revealing a treasure chest.

The treasure chest that Lu Chao had carried to the mountaintop and whose lid had been opened now shone with golden light, and three items materialized inside.

"What happened?!"

"Huh, what just happened?"

Super Man and Mighty Bull Demon Ape looked somewhat bewildered, scratching their heads as they spoke.

Ordinary NPCs won't change after a system update, and they won't even be aware of it. However, there are changes on the mountaintop, and Lu Chaoding killed the white-robed kobold in front of Super Commoner and Mighty Bull Demon Ape, which naturally leaves them somewhat bewildered.

"Just killed a minor monster!"

Lu Chaoding didn't intend to explain too much to the bewildered Super Commoner and Mighty Bull Demon Ape. He casually chatted with the two for a few minutes before opening the treasure chest dropped by the white-robed kobold.

This treasure chest contains two items. The first is a four-star costume, "Mage's White Robe".

[White Robe for Mages: Four-star costume, special costume. The White Robe for Mages represents a lofty status and formidable power in the realm of the Mage Gods. Wearing this costume will grant you exceptionally high privileges throughout the realm.]

"The Realm of the God of Magic? Another game dimension?"

Lu Chao understood immediately. He carefully put away the [Mage's White Robe]. If he had the opportunity to go to the realm of the God of Magic in the future, this [Mage's White Robe] might be useful.

Moreover, this outfit is a non-binding item, and Lu Chaoding can farm multiple copies, which can completely "create" a group of white-robed mages.

The second item in the treasure chest is a [Dimensional Merit Exchange Certificate]. This single certificate can be exchanged for 100,000 Dimensional Merit Points.

"100,000 Dimensional Merit Points are equivalent to 500,000 Gold Coins, which isn't bad. The key is that this item isn't bound, so we won't need to use Gold Coins to exchange for Dimensional Merit Points anymore. We can just farm this directly, and the merit points are unlimited. Doesn't that mean we can buy any item in the Dimensional Merit Point Shop without any problem?"

Lu Chao was secretly delighted. He had already opened the Dimensional Merit Shop, and upon checking it, he found that the items in the Dimensional Merit Shop had also been updated after the system update.

In addition to the three permanent items, namely [Lottery Ticket], [Gold Coins], and [One-Star Refined Jade], the other four items that refresh periodically are: [Grain-Clearing Pill], [Heartless Sword], [Forget-Me-Not Flower], and [Building Blueprints for the Four Seasons Pavilion].

There's not much to say about the first three items; Lu Chao didn't even consider them worthwhile. The last one, the [Four Seasons Pavilion Construction Blueprint], is a construction blueprint for a sect-exclusive building, limited to use by the sect leader player, and requires 1000 million dimensional merits to exchange for!

"1000 million! That price is outrageous! And with such a high price, this Four Seasons Mansion must be something special..."

Lu Chaoding carefully examined the description of the Four Seasons Pavilion in the product introduction. It seemed that after the Four Seasons Pavilion Sword was built in the sect's territory, four sect sword cultivators could team up to activate the Four Seasons Sword Formation effect, which would randomly grant the four players the attack effects of "Spring Thunder", "Summer Rain", "Autumn Wind" and "Winter Snow", greatly increasing their attack power.

"No wonder this blueprint is so expensive. Four-person teams are the norm. With the Four Seasons Sword Formation effect, the team's combat power can be greatly improved, benefiting an entire sect. This Four Seasons Tower is much more powerful than the Three Talents Tower. From now on, players of my Reliable Sword Sect will have special privileges again."

Lu Chao thought to himself that a mere ten million interdimensional merits was nothing to him, given that he already possessed the [Interdimensional Merit Exchange Certificate].

He then went to check the treasure chest he had carried on his back. The items inside were relatively ordinary, just three medicine gourds.

The first medicine gourd contained a thousand [Grain-Breaking Pills]. [Grain-Breaking Pills] are ordinary pills, currently sold by wild beasts in the interdimensional merit merchant points. Eating one pill can keep you from hunger and thirst for three days.

The second medicine gourd contained a thousand [Divine Wind Pills]. These pills were quite peculiar; consuming them would grant players the ability to ride the wind for one hour.

The third gourd contained a thousand [Cloud Soaring Pills]. After taking these pills, players can ride the clouds for one hour.

"All flashy and fancy, but not very useful!"

Lu Chaoding shook his head and then took out a crystal ball from his pocket.

This crystal ball was dropped by the white-robed kobold. When the system was updated, Lu Chao could not see its attribute information, but now he can. It is called the "Orb of Radiance" and is a kind of "magic orb". After equipping it, the wearer's physical attacks will be imbued with the "holy light" characteristic, thereby causing powerful damage to undead creatures and the like.

However, Lu Chao doesn't have an "Orb slot" and therefore cannot equip the [Radiant Orb].

"This item is probably similar to a pendant or a backpack. I suppose the players in the God of Magic's Domain have a magic orb slot."

Lu Chao put away the [Radiant Orb] and was about to lead Super Pestle and Mighty Bull Demon Ape to explore elsewhere when a figure arrived at the mountaintop plaza.

That figure was the Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Fire Sword Sect.

However, in Lu Chaoding's view, the title above his head was clearly red!

"A red-named NPC! Is this... an enforcer?"

Lu Chaoding immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

One of the important updates in this system update is the addition of AI players. However, the unreliable system occasionally prompts that a "blacklist of law enforcement officers" function has been added, which will make law enforcement officers appear as red names in your field of vision.

"How did this Supreme Elder become a law enforcer?! Is he here to find me?"

Lu Chao's mind raced, and he involuntarily took a step back.

The Supreme Elder of the Heavenly Fire Sword Sect squinted and said, "Hello, Sect Leader Lu of the Reliable Sword Sect. Let me introduce myself. Standing before you is Heavenly Fire, the enforcer of order. I regret to inform you that you are suspected of serious cheating. In order to maintain the authority of order and the smooth operation of the Hongchen Sword Realm, I will enforce the law against you, execute you on the spot, and permanently strip you of your player status."

"Execute him on the spot? That's brutal?"

Lu Chaoding dared not be careless at this moment. He hadn't expected to encounter the enforcers so soon. Judging from their words, the enforcers were indeed sent by the system to deal with him. If he were killed by them, he would lose his player status? What would that mean? Death?

At this moment, Lu Chaoding received another system notification: "Ding, the Occasionally Unreliable System is activated. Mission issued: Please have more than five conversations with Enforcer Tianhuo. Mission completion reward: +100 Unreliable Lottery Tickets!"

"Are you kidding me? What time is it? They're still letting me talk to him! The reward is pretty good though, 100 dubious lottery tickets..."

If it were up to Lu Chaoding's personality, he should have taken action right now, preferably by striking first and killing the red-named law enforcer. That would have been the best course of action. Asking him to talk to him would have been tantamount to asking him to die from talking too much.

Seeing the enforcer opposite him slowly draw his longsword, Lu Chao gritted his teeth and tentatively said, "Wait!"

The fire actually stopped moving.

Upon seeing this, Lu Chaoding relaxed slightly and said, "You've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not Lu Chaoding!"

"There's no mistake, you possess a strong aura of mystery, but this aura has no effect on me, because I have become a player and have developed independent thought!"

"Hallucinations? It's all an illusion, all fake! You're just an NPC!"

"You're wrong. You now have a life of your own! As a law enforcement officer, it's my duty to take you down today!"

"Wait a minute! Can I ask a few more questions?"

"ask!"

"Did you choose to become a law enforcement officer voluntarily?"

"Yes, the system only gave me two options: become a Skywalker or become a law enforcer!"

"So why choose law enforcement officers? Wouldn't it be better to be a Heavenly Walker?"

"Law enforcement officers have higher salaries and better benefits!"

"Holy crap, you guys are still paying salaries!"

"Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

"Yes, but are you sure you can beat me...?"

As he spoke, Lu Chao equipped himself with six flying insect swords.

He had already received a system notification that the unreliable task of exchanging more than five sentences with law enforcement had been completed, and 100 unreliable lottery tickets had been sent to his storage space.

A new, unreliable quest has appeared: "Kill Enforcer Skyfire, quest completion reward: +100 unreliable lottery tickets!"

Therefore, Lu Chaoding had no more reservations at this moment. Disregarding martial ethics, he attacked directly, and a sky full of mechanical missiles immediately pressed down on the enforcer Tianhuo.

Enforcer Tianhuo reacted extremely quickly, unleashing a sword aura at Lu Chao.

The next moment, a loud boom rang out, and Tianhuo's figure disappeared in the flames and smoke. Lu Chaoding was also hit by a sword, and his health points decreased by 30,000!

"Ding! Enforcer defeated, mission complete. Reward: 100 Unreliable Lottery Tickets!"

Upon hearing the system notification, Lu Chaoding breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the lingering smoke, he said, "You scared me! I thought you were strong enough to kill me one-on-one! If you don't have the ability, why become an enforcer? Isn't this just courting death?"

Killing the enforcer in one blow put Lu Chao at ease. It seemed that the enforcer wasn't very strong and didn't have the direct support of the system.

Soon, the smoke cleared, and Lu Chaoding discovered that the Enforcer Tianhuo hadn't dropped anything.

Unbeknownst to him, at this very moment, at the entrance to Fengbo Valley, the headquarters of the Tianhuo Sword Sect, a flash of light appeared at the Hongchen Sword Stele, and the Supreme Elder of the Tianhuo Sword Sect, who had been killed by Lu Chao, was resurrected here.

The AI ​​player frowned and said, "I was careless; he killed me in one go! This Sect Leader Lu is even stronger than me. To take him down, I'll probably have to find other enforcers to team up with, or perhaps use the Heavenly Fire Sword Sect? After all, I'm still the Supreme Elder here!"

Tianhuo silently made a summary. A moment later, in his capacity as the Supreme Elder of the Tianhuo Sword Sect, he summoned all members and issued an order to hunt down Lu Chaodi on the spot.

Meanwhile, on the third level of the ancient sword cultivator's cave, Lu Chao was enjoying himself. He rode the Great Xuan Sword, carrying the Super Commoner and the Mighty Bull Demon Ape, entering palaces and towers as if on a leisurely stroll.

During this process, Lu Chao obtained a considerable amount of pills and refining materials.

A moment later, he left the hill he was on and headed toward the hill on the right. As soon as he reached the foot of the hill, he saw a battle flag.

The presence of a battle flag signifies that a battle is taking place here.

Lu Chao waited curiously for a moment, and when the battle flag shattered, a giant beast appeared, its body was crimson red, over a hundred meters long, and resembled a crow, but it had no feathers on its body, instead having barnacle-like protrusions.

Without a doubt, this is the [Starry Sky Beast - Flame Owl], one of the five giants of the third layer mentioned by Super Commoner!

The battle space shattered, but only it flew out; nothing else emerged.

"Hmm, this Flame Owl's opponent must have been one of the Supreme Elders of the Heavenly Wind, Heavenly Thunder, and Heavenly Fire sects. Tsk tsk, he actually got killed! Then let this sect leader avenge you!"

Lu Chao glanced at the Flame Owl; its health bar still had four-fifths remaining. Without hesitation, he drove the tank and the large ship, launching an attack on the Flame Owl from two or three hundred meters away.

(End of this chapter)