Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 223 Fragments of the Arcane Throne

The black spatial rift extended rapidly, and suddenly a silver light shone through it.

The voice of an unknown evil spirit resounded: "With the blood and soul of Prince Deguha of Tulips, I offer sacrifices to the Arcane Throne, opening a dimensional portal to welcome the Arcane descent, ahhhhhh..."

Accompanied by a roar, thunder roared, and the spatial rift rapidly expanded.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be impulsive! This sword immortal is really going to let you go this time. Stop it now, I'm not lying to you, please don't do anything rash!"

Lu Chao roared as he looked at the ever-expanding spatial rift. Although he didn't know what methods the unknown evil spirit had used, he knew it must be fighting desperately.

"You despicable, vile, and untrustworthy treachery, I will never trust you again! Now I offer my life as a sacrifice to the Arcane Throne, and you will face the hatred of the entire Arcane world! Hahahaha, let my death curse you and prepare to face the challenge of a world..."

The voice of the unknown evil spirit gradually weakened, and the spatial rift continued to expand. Those rifts converged and gradually formed a huge sphere of light with a diameter of over 100 meters.

The sphere of light was clearly a spatial passage, within which appeared a huge silver castle, along with many winged cavalry and strange birds and beasts, seemingly about to charge in.

"Ding! An unknown evil spirit has sacrificed its life, prematurely ending the storyline related to Vampire Prince Deguha. Related quests are now abandoned!"

"Ding! Vampire Prince Deguha has activated the power of the Arcane Throne. The dimensional portal connecting the Hongchen Sword Realm and the Arcane World will open in three minutes and last for 24 hours. Players and cultivators from the Arcane World will soon arrive. The story quest is in progress..."

"Ding, system notification: Temporary event triggered. A dimensional portal has appeared in the Nameless Valley of Chaotic Fire City. Enemies from another dimension are about to descend, initiating a temporary dimensional war event. All players can go to the Nameless Valley of Chaotic Fire City to participate in the dimensional war. Defeating enemies from another dimension will earn you dimensional merits..."

A series of system notifications sounded. Lu Chao crossed his arms and muttered to himself, "This vampire prince's mental fortitude is too weak. He just ended it all? Sacrificing his life to open a dimensional portal, why bother?"

At this moment, the "plane passage" also revealed its attribute information. It is a plane passage exclusive to the Arcane Plane. Only native creatures or players of the Arcane Plane can pass through it. Players and native creatures of the Hongchen Sword Realm cannot enter it. Above it, the countdown numbers also appeared. Once the countdown numbers reach zero, the passage will be fully opened.

As Lu Chaoding was studying the dimensional portal, the sword spirit Lu Qilin suddenly ran over from a distance, holding a fist-sized, dark green metal fragment in his hand. He said to Lu Chaoding, "Master, I found a treasure. It was dropped by that evil spirit. It's the only loot here."

"baby?"

Lu Chao picked up the metal fragment out of curiosity, and his eyes lit up as he glanced at it.

[Fragment of the Arcane Throne (36): Special item. Collect all 108 fragments to synthesize the Arcane Throne. Note: The Arcane Throne is the primary artifact of the Arcane world. Possessing the Arcane Throne grants supreme authority within the Arcane world. Explore the world for details. Warning: Fragments of the Arcane Throne will always drop upon death. Those possessing fragments of the Arcane Throne can sense each other within a certain distance.]

"Fragments of a dimensional artifact?"

Lu Chaoding immediately realized the extraordinary nature of the fragment in his hand.

"The dimensional artifact must be a very powerful item. Since that vampire possesses a fragment of the dimensional artifact, he must be a very important NPC. It's a pity that his storyline is gone. This kind of completely open-ended storyline setting is quite interesting."

Lu Chaoding muttered something under his breath. He had just put away the [Fragment of the Arcane Throne] when he suddenly received another system notification: "Ding, the Occasionally Unreliable System has activated, issuing a mission: Your reckless actions led to the outbreak of a planar war. You must take responsibility for your actions. Please remain in the Unknown Valley and repel the planar enemies from the Arcane World until the planar portal closes. Mission complete. Reward: 10000 Unreliable Lottery Tickets, 1 Prestige Spread!"

"Even an unreliable system is getting involved?"

Lu Chaoding hadn't planned to leave in the first place, and now that he'd received a mission, he was even less likely to leave. He flicked his sleeves and shouted, "Lu scoundrel, Lu Qilin, transform into sword form! Ladies, disperse and defend the outer perimeter. Your husband is about to activate the Black Cloud Formation."

"yes!"

The sect leader's wives, including Green Willow, immediately retreated, and Lu Chaoding then activated the Black Cloud Formation.

buzzing buzzing...

Centered on Lu Chaoding, rolling black clouds quickly dispersed, covering a circular area with a diameter of 900 meters within a few breaths, completely sealing off the spatial passage.

The dark clouds quickly transformed into the shape of a giant black lotus, with Lu Chao standing at its center and a black lotus appearing beneath his feet.

Lu Chaoding's Black Cloud Formation is a special secret technique. Within the formation, friend and foe are indiscriminate. As long as Lu Chaoding is stationed within it, apart from himself and the Yellow Spring Sword Spirit condensed by the formation, all targets will suffer damage equal to one percent of Lu Chaoding's attack power every second.

This formation is useless against bosses, and Lu Chao rarely uses it, but it's an absolute godsend against mobs.

Soon, the dimensional portal opened completely, and a large number of pegasus cavalry and strange ferocious beasts rushed through it.

Those pegasus cavalry and strange beasts were clearly just cannon fodder, low-level, numerous, and lacking in intelligence, charging mindlessly. After breaking through the dimensional portal, they were immediately attacked by the black cloud formation.

Streaks of black light descended, and the damage numbers rose rapidly like waves.

At this moment, Lu Chaoding's first weapon slot was equipped with "Lu the Scoundrel," his second weapon slot was equipped with "Lu the Qilin," and the other weapon slots were equipped with the Super Scoundrel Sword. His attack power exceeded 200 million, and the Black Cloud Formation's group damage per second was over 2 million. Even if those Pegasus Cavalry and strange beasts had defense and resilience reduction, they simply couldn't withstand it. The weak ones were instantly killed, and the strong ones could only last for three or four seconds. They simply couldn't break out of the Black Cloud Formation's coverage area.

Quite a few Netherworld Sword Spirits were created, but they were all relatively weak and were quickly crushed by the enemy forces like cannon fodder.

"Ding! Slayed an Arcane Knight from the Holy Tower City of the Arcane World. Dimensional Merit +12!"

"Ding! Slayed Arcane Dragonhawk in the Arcane World. Dimensional Merit +30!"

"Ding! Killed the Arcane Cavalry Captain of the Holy Tower in the Arcane World. Dimensional Merit +100!"

"Ding! Slayed a mutated three-headed chimera in the Arcane World. Plane Merit +120..."

Lu Chaoding quickly received a large number of system notifications. He opened the task panel, blocked these system notifications, and looked down, feeling somewhat smug.

"They're killing as many as they come, without any pressure at all. Earning merit in this world is too easy... What kind of place is Holy Tower City? Does it just mindlessly send troops to their deaths?"

Lu Chaoding was too lazy to think too much and leisurely hung up in mid-air.

This continued for nearly half an hour. Lu Chaoding didn't know how many enemies he had killed. When he looked down, he saw that there were no more miscellaneous soldiers in the dimensional passage.

"The cannon fodder is gone?"

Lu Chao landed on a black lotus and looked into the dimensional passage, where he immediately saw two tall NPCs.

The two NPCs were both over ten meters tall, one wearing armor and the other wearing a robe, with magic rings on their backs, looking every bit like big bosses.

"Ding! Holder of the Arcane Throne Fragment detected!"

Lu Chaoding suddenly received a system notification, and then he saw the brief information of two tall figures in the dimensional channel.

[Kilzan: LV90 Holy God, Hidden Elder of Holy Tower City, Councilor of the Holy Court, possesses 19 Fragments of the Arcane Throne!]

[Baragon: LV90 Demon God, Hidden Elder of the Holy Tower City, Councilor of the Demon Temple, possesses 21 Fragments of the Arcane Throne!]

Behind these two NPCs, the massive castle was shaking. The winged cavalry and strange beasts were no longer in the sky, but a large group of players had gathered on the ground.

The players were whispering and making a lot of noise. Most of them were short and bow-legged. Many had middle-parted hair and short beards. Their equipment varied. Some wore long robes, some wore tailcoats, some wore mascot costumes, and some were simply shirtless. Their weapons also varied. Some carried giant axes, some carried crosses, some held greatswords, and some held scepters.

Lu Chaoding could only see their brief information; it seemed that the players only had four classes: Paladin, Sorcerer, Arcane Mage, and Ranger.

The players' levels were generally not high, mostly below level 60, with only a handful reaching level 60, and none exceeding level 60.

"Has this player entered the game?"

Lu Chao waved to the players across the dimensional portal through the light barrier, shouting, "Scatter! Scatter! Don't come here to die! This sword immortal has a heart for life and doesn't want to slaughter you!"

One group of players, who were playing separately, seemed to have heard Lu Chaoding's shout. They ran to the light screen in the plane passage and started yelling at Lu Chaoding.

"Huh? Baka? Mo Wen ran into alien devils again?"

Lu Chaoding carefully examined the players who were yelling and screaming, and the more he looked at them, the more they seemed like Japanese soldiers. So he shouted again, "Hey, you Japanese devils, come here and die!"

"You idiot, player from Hongchen Sword Realm, you're too arrogant!"

"Samurai, assemble your troops, prepare for invasion!"

"Charge! Wipe out all the players in the Hongchen Sword Realm!"

"I don't think the players in the Hongchen Sword Realm are anything special. Get ready to kill them!"

"I'd like to organize a killing contest. Let's see who can kill the most players from the Hongchen Sword Realm!"

"Let's see about the merits earned in this dimension..."

Lu Chao could hear the shouts of the players from the Arcane Plane, who were filled with contempt for them. He yelled again, "Shorty, bow-legged, come and die!"

At this moment, the ten-meter-tall NPC [Kilzan] suddenly pointed his staff at Lu Chao's head and shouted, "Follow me, all of you, under the protection of the Holy Court, descend upon the Hongchen Sword Realm, vanquish the heretics, and reclaim the fragments of the throne!"

Having said that, he strode forward and walked toward the dimensional portal, while the magic ring behind him emitted a bright light.

Lu Chao thought to himself that he finally had a boss to fight. He stepped back a little, pointed to the sky, and a transcendent greatsword quickly appeared above his head. But at that moment, his Multi-Treasure Sword Immortal ability suddenly malfunctioned in parts, and all weapon slots from the second to the tenth became ineffective. The transcendent greatsword in mid-air then disappeared, leaving only one sword.

"It works sometimes and it doesn't..."

Lu Chao sighed, but remained calm. Even with only one "Lu Pifu" weapon, the Black Cloud Formation was still powerful.

Soon, [Kilzan] rushed through the dimensional portal, and as expected, a large number of players followed him. However, to Lu Chao's surprise, as soon as this NPC entered the Black Cloud Formation, a ball of light appeared above his head. Within the ball of light were several figures, seemingly heavenly soldiers and generals. This ball of light actually formed a barrier, protecting [Kilzan] from harm, and the players around him were also no longer attacked by the Black Cloud Formation.

"The Holy Spirit protects us; under his radiance, all is a sacred realm, impervious to all laws!"

【Kilzan】 shouted, shook his scepter, and the ball of light above his head shone brightly. The figures in the ball of light became more solid, each one seemingly real. They fired beams of golden light, which, like divine spears, pierced through the dark clouds in the sky.

"Ding! The Black Cloud Formation has been attacked and damaged!"

"Ding! The Black Cloud Formation has been purified, and its power has been reduced!"

Lu Chaoding received a system notification and immediately retreated.

"The level 90 NPC is indeed not simple; it actually managed to break my Black Cloud Formation."

His expression hardened, and without hesitation, he threw the extraordinary greatsword at [Kilzan].

With a clang, the eighteen-zhang-long giant sword was blocked by a layer of light in front of [Kilzan], and the next moment, Lu Chao's vision blurred, and he actually entered the battle space.

Accompanying him into the battle space were, of course, Kil'zan and the players around him.

There were no fewer than two hundred players. After appearing in the battle space, they automatically formed three square formations to the left and right of [Kilzan], and they immediately started shouting.

"Hahaha, this player from another world is truly foolish, daring to attack the Holy God [Kilzan]! He's finished, he's doomed!"

"Baka! I'm going to kill him!"

"Kill him, then invade the Hongchen Sword Realm!"

"Great Holy Spirit, kill him!"

"I'm going to teach him a lesson about the power of arcane magic!"

The players' shouts were unrestrained. Lu Chaoding snorted and with a thought, a black saber-toothed tiger appeared beneath him. With a flick of his sleeve, two rows of Yellow Spring Sword Spirits appeared in front of him.

The first row consists of 16 White Bone Sword Spirits!

The second row contains 11 Heavenly Dragon Sword Spirits!

Behind Lu Chaoding, eighteen fiery dog-headed earth deities appeared.

"You idiots, don't be too happy yet! The outcome is still uncertain. Today, I'll show you the power of a sword immortal!"

Lu Chaoding smiled slightly. He had already received a system notification that his turn would begin after the battle preparation time was over.

The preparation time quickly came to an end. Lu Chao didn't hold back and immediately switched his attack mode to [Universal Illumination]. He raised his large black sword, and above his head appeared the longsword-shaped "Lu Pifu" and his three thousand sword shadows.

"The Twelve Hatreds of the Sword Immortal!"

Lu Chaoding's expression hardened, and he swung his broadsword, unleashing his ultimate move!

(End of this chapter)