Unreliable Sword Immortal.

Chapter 232 The Nation War Begins

"You still want the baby!"

Li Hongtian's voice was filled with anger, "Get out! I've waited for forty thousand years, forty thousand years! Forty thousand years! You ruined my hope, ruined my life, and you still have the nerve to ask me for my treasure!"

Lu Chao shrugged and said, "Senior, you have to be reasonable. This isn't my fault. I didn't want to screw you over. It's all the fault of this unreliable system. It really has nothing to do with me."

"Don't mention the system to me!" Li Hongtian said. "Mentioning the system means I definitely won't give you any more treasures!"

Why?

"Because that system is unreliable. It might just give you a forced task tomorrow that will kill you. Then all my treasures would be for nothing, wouldn't they?"

"Senior, you have to think positively! Give me your strongest treasure, and my strength will increase dramatically. Maybe then I can find a way to rescue you. Since you're already trapped, let's try anything. I'm your only hope, you have to help me!"

"What the hell..."

Li Hongtian was silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh and said, "Fine, fine, just tell me your name!"

"Junior Lu Chaoding!"

"And your profession?"

"Shangqing Daode Yin Yang Wuji Huangquan Qinglian Dayan Taiji Dalu Duobao Sword Immortal!"

"Damn, that's a job title. Looks like you're doing pretty well too."

"good!"

Li Hongtian remained silent for a while, and then three treasure chests appeared in front of the sphere of light.

"I have three top-tier treasures here! The first chest contains the Ascension Pill, which, upon consumption, increases health to the threshold of your chosen realm, but the effect is lost upon death. The second chest contains the Void Breaking Pill, which, upon consumption, increases speed to the threshold of your chosen realm, also with the characteristic of losing its effect upon death. The third chest contains the Spirit God Battle Armor, a five-star, upgradeable special costume that boosts all attributes and resistances, and comes with a resurrection skill. You choose!"

"My darling!"

Lu Chao was overjoyed and said without hesitation, "This junior chooses the Breakthrough Pill!"

His current life value has reached the threshold of the Transcendent Realm. After breaking through to the Transcendent Realm, he can continue to take the [Primordial Golden Pill]. It's only a matter of time before his life value reaches the threshold of the realm.

The attributes "defense" and "resilience" are similar. Although they have not yet reached the threshold, Lu Chaoding has a large number of [Desolate God Fruits], so it will not be difficult to push these two attribute values ​​to the threshold.

Because he had taken the [Heaven-Breaking Pill], Lu Chaoding's health had reached the threshold of his realm. As he broke through realms, his attack power would automatically increase, and there was no need to improve this attribute anymore.

If he could obtain the "Void-Breaking Pill" and push his speed value to the threshold of his realm, Lu Chaoding would feel that he had achieved perfect merit.

"A good choice. The advantage of a sword immortal is speed. If you push your speed to the limit, you can mow down ordinary enemies like mowing grass! But don't think that makes you invincible. What's really powerful is the characteristics of your class and skills. Reaching the limit in speed doesn't necessarily mean you'll be the first to attack."

Li Hongtian's voice rang out, and at the same time, the middle one of the three treasure chests slowly flew towards Lu Chao's head. Then, the lid of the packaging opened, and a semi-transparent ball of light the size of an abacus bead flew out from it.

That ball of light was clearly the [Void-Breaking Pill].

Lu Chao took the Void-Breaking Pill and immediately received a system notification: "Ding, you have obtained a Void-Breaking Pill in the Hongtian Secret Realm. Your opportunity has been used up. You can visit the Hongtian Secret Realm again if you obtain more teleportation jade tokens. You will be teleported away in five seconds. Countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!"

Lu Chaoding felt the scenery before him blur and then he felt grounded. After looking around, he returned to Hongchen Seven Realms Mountain.

"Tsk tsk, they were teleported out so quickly, without even a chance to say goodbye..."

Lu Chaoding felt a little regretful, because he actually had many questions he wanted to ask that Martian player from 40,000 years ago.

"This game world is still very mysterious. I don't know who created it or what their purpose was. Oh well, I can't worry about that now. I'll just focus on improving my own strength, so at least I don't get killed by the law enforcers."

With this in mind, Lu Chaoding took the [Breaking Void Pill], and his body shone brightly, his speed value rapidly increasing.

Five breaths later, Lu Chaoding's speed value stabilized at exactly ten million.

"Ten million speed points! One lap only covers 10000 units of distance, and a unit with a speed of 100 gains one action turn. I can get a hundred thousand turns! Wow, that's exciting!"

Lu Chaoding has slightly expanded.

A moment later, Lu Chaoding began his seclusion in the Chaoding Cave Heaven.

His seclusion consisted of chatting with his wives, taking medicine, and eating fruit.

Life was very leisurely, and before he knew it, Lu Chaoding had spent more than a month in Chaoding Cave.

On this day, at the summit of Hongchen Seven Realms Mountain, in front of the Hall of Heroes, Lu Chao stepped out of Chaoding Cave Heaven.

His seclusion has ended, and now all five attributes—health, attack power, defense, resilience, and speed—have reached their respective thresholds. His current health is 100 billion, attack power is 10 billion, defense is 1 billion, resilience is 100 million, and speed is 10 million.

"Based solely on attribute data, I've already reached the pinnacle of the extraordinary realm; it's time to advance the world's progress!"

Lu Chao waved his sleeve and strode toward the main hall of the mountain gate.

A moment later, Lu Chaoding gathered a group of sect disciples and generously distributed cultivation pills to them.

Most of these pills were obtained by Lu Chaoding in the past, while many were newly refined from spirit fruits. Lu Chaoding now hopes that a thousand level 70 players will appear soon.

In this way, he can break through level 90 and advance to the peak realm.

Under Lu Chao's guidance, within half a month, the number of players in the Reliable Sword Sect who reached level 70 exceeded 400, and two days later, a system announcement appeared.

"Ding! System announcement: The Nation War storyline has begun. The barriers of the Twelve Provinces of the Sword Realm have been removed, the Ancient Royal Court has been revived, the Secret Realm has invaded, and the Twelve Provinces of Hongchen are about to enter a state of chaos!"

"Ding! Special class unlocked: Sword King! All players can go to the Hongchen Sword Monument to change their class to Sword King. Please note: Players' levels will be reset to zero after changing classes."

"Ding! The ancient royal court, the Heavenly Wind Royal Court, has emerged! The Heavenly Wind Royal Court's secret realm has appeared! The unique class, the Heavenly Wind Sword King, has appeared! The Heavenly Wind Royal Court's Merit Shop is now open!"

"Ding! The ancient royal court, the Heavenly Fortune Royal Court, has emerged! The Heavenly Fortune Royal Court's secret realm has appeared! The unique class, the Heavenly Fortune Sword King, has appeared! The Heavenly Fortune Royal Court Merit Shop is now open!"

"Ding! The Ancient Royal Court, the Heavenly Central Royal Court, has been born..."

……

"Ding! The Great Yu Dynasty Merit Shop is now open!"

"Ding! The Heavenly Wind Empire Merit Shop is now open!"

"Ding! The Heavenly Fortune Empire Merit Shop is now open..."

……

"Ding! All players can join a major power to gain corresponding merits. Please explore on your own for details."

A series of system notifications sounded, and at that moment, the Merit Shop interface popped up continuously in front of all players in the Hongchen Sword Realm.

There are 24 interfaces in total. Twelve of them are merit shops of the ruling dynasties of the twelve states of the Sword Realm, such as the merit shops of the Great Yu Dynasty, the Heavenly Water Dynasty, the Heavenly Wind Empire, and the Heavenly Fortune Empire. The other twenty-four are merit shops of the ancient royal courts.

The items in these merit shops are mostly different, and players need to consume the corresponding national war merits to exchange for items.

With the system notification, countless players, including Lu Chaoding, began to study the 24 dimensional merit shops. However, few people noticed that in each of the twelve states of the Sword Realm, there were strange phenomena such as gathering winds and clouds, lightning and thunder, and landslides and earthquakes. The cause of these phenomena was the manifestation of the Ancient Royal Court Secret Realm.

In Tianzhong Prefecture, south of Yudu, lies Sigu Mountain, a place where mountains crumble and the earth splits, causing birds and beasts to flee in terror.

Visibly, the entire Sigu Mountain was cracking and sinking, with a rumbling sound. Moments later, mud and rocks suddenly flew around Sigu Mountain, and the city wall slowly rose from the ground.

After the city walls appeared, city gates appeared, and inside the city gates, various buildings such as pavilions and towers appeared...

About half an hour later, the Four-Looking Mountain had disappeared, replaced by a large city.

This city is called Tianzhong City. It is the manifestation of the secret realm of the Tianzhong Royal Court. It can be said to be the royal city of the Tianzhong Royal Court. However, it is not uninhabited. Instead, a large number of NPCs are active inside. Those NPCs are the soldiers and generals of the Tianzhong Royal Court.

Among these soldiers and generals, there was one who was the most special. He wore golden armor, held a giant sword, and sat on a huge throne in the city. He was none other than the most powerful person in the Heavenly Court: Sword King Situ Zhang.

This is a level 120 NPC!

In fact, at this very moment, a similar royal city will appear in each of the twelve states of the Sword Realm, and each city will have a Sword King.

However, Sword King Situ Zhang is different from other Sword Kings. If there are players here, they will see the three small characters "Enforcer" above his head.

"The seal is broken, the era of the Sword King's Court has begun, and my Heavenly Central Imperial Court has finally reappeared in the world! Haha!"

Sword King Situ Zhang was tall and imposing. He looked towards Yudu and seemed to be able to see the magnificent imperial palace within it.

Numerous armored soldiers knelt before Situ Zhang, fully armed and awaiting his orders. Among them were many extraordinary experts.

Situ Zhang stood up and said, "The Great Yu Dynasty is nearing its end!"

After saying this, he raised his hand and pointed to the sky. Immediately, a phantom of a giant sword appeared in mid-air. The phantom was initially about ten feet tall, but it quickly grew larger, reaching a height of one hundred feet after five breaths.

"go!"

Situ Zhang shouted, and the giant sword flew into the air and headed towards the Yudu Imperial Palace, as if it wanted to cleave the entire palace in two.

But soon, just as the giant sword phantom was about to reach the Great Yu Imperial Palace, a dragon-shaped sword shadow suddenly rose into the air from behind the palace. The sword shadow met Situ Zhang's sword shadow and shattered it in one strike. Its momentum was not diminished, and it flew straight towards the Heavenly King City.

Situ Zhang frowned, flicked his sleeve and unleashed a burst of sword energy, shattering the sword shadow.

"There are experts in this Yudu!" Situ Zhang frowned, then flicked his sleeve and said, "I have been appointed by Heaven to subdue Lu Chaoding, the reliable leader of the sword sect. The attack on Yudu will be put on hold for now. All generals, follow me to find Lu Chaoding!"

"yes!"

The soldiers obeyed the order.

Situ Zhang then flicked his sleeve, and the entire royal court sank again, quickly disappearing from sight.

At this very moment, behind the Yudu Imperial Palace, within the forbidden area, the Wanfa Tower was emitting a faint light.

On the top floor of the building, a man dressed in black sat cross-legged.

Behind the man in black was a strange ring of magic, like a cosmic sea. Within the ring was an ancient-looking sword, the tip of which emitted a dazzling light, revealing its extraordinary nature.

This man in black is Yu Fanfan, one of the four extraordinary figures in the Hongchen Sword Realm, and also the founder of the Great Yu Dynasty.

"The Sword King's Court!" Yu Fanfan muttered to herself. "The birth of the Sword King will bring unrest to the world. I wonder when the Primordial Sword King will be born. When he is born, I will go and suppress him. The Great Yu is the kingdom of all laws in the Sword Realm, and it cannot be shaken..."

Soon, this "extraordinary person" closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, like a statue.

On the first floor of the Wanfa Building, in a place where no one should normally be, there were five people.

Four of the five stood in a row: Dao Zangkong, the Grand Master of the Great Yu Kingdom; Yuan Feiying, the Grand Steward of the Imperial Household; Jia Zhengyi, the leader of the Moral Sect and the Vice Leader of the Martial Arts Alliance; and Ren Daniu.

A fifth person stood opposite them. This person was thin, wore leather armor, a leather hood, and carried a hoe on his back.

If Lu Chao were here, he would recognize that this was Qin Jiashan, the former Right Protector of the Golden Sword Sect, also known as the True Lord of the Earth.

This Qin Jiashan was merely a level 40 NPC, yet he remained neither servile nor arrogant in the face of Daozang Kong and the others. He cupped his hands and said, "Clang clang clang, clang clang clang, clang clang clang, clang clang clang!"

Daozang scratched his head and said, "A code? Damn it, what's the code?"

Qin Jiashan was someone he found. To be precise, Qin Jiashan was one of the hidden agents he left behind two hundred years ago. He was an expert at digging tunnels and could even dig into the Wanfa Tower.

Daozang Kong activated him, but forgot that if you wanted to use Qin Jiashan's tunnel, you had to give him the secret code first.

Thanks to his awakening, Daozang Kong no longer remembers the code.

"What should we do? Are we going to ruin everything?"

Just as Dao Cangcangkong was feeling down, Ren Daniu, who had been quiet like a little follower, suddenly raised his hand and said, "I know the code."

This Niu Daren had entered the Heavenly Dog Secret Realm with Lu Chaoding, and he personally heard Lu Chaoding utter the code.

After saying this, Niu Daren approached Qin's rockery and said, "If I remember correctly, the code was 'Golden Sword is good, Golden Sword is wonderful, Golden Sword, Golden Sword has just arrived in Luoping, quack quack!'"

Qin Jiashan immediately clapped his hands and said, "That's right, the code is correct. You're on the same side. You can use the passage behind you. We'll meet again."

After saying this, Qin Jiashan cupped his hands, leaped into the air, and disappeared.

Daozang Kong clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "Ren Daniu, not bad, you are a promising talent. Now, everyone follow me, I will take you to meet the first Emperor of the Universe."

"good!"

"Then let's set off quickly."

"Does this mean we have to go through a tunnel?"

As they talked, they quickly entered the underground tunnel entrance. Strangely, after exiting the tunnel, they arrived at the second floor of the Myriad Laws Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)