The buff is permanent, and you start the game with a fountain of water.

The mutated demon bull lowered its head, its horns emitting a dark light, giving it the appearance of having one horn to kill Huan Cheng.

Huan Cheng neither dodged nor evaded, but instead unleashed a powerful strike, swinging his Bloodthirsty Demon Dragon Sword in a wide arc to slash down.

As the heavy strike skill was activated, a terrifying 18,000 damage number floated above the mutated demon bull's head.

This sword strike not only triggered true damage, but also dealt a critical hit!

The demon bull seemed stunned by the attack and stood frozen in place.

Normally, the Demon Bull's charge has two effects: stun and knockback. But now Huan Cheng remained unmoved, while the Demon Bull was the one who was stunned.

Huan Cheng ignored all of this, and with the power of Qingyang's Wrath, he launched the Wind-Riding Slash on the spot. His longsword transformed into a blood-red demonic shadow, each strike aimed directly at the demonic bull's vital points.

The other bronze-level demonic bulls also charged over, but Huan Cheng dodged them with agility, leaping and bounding through the herd, effortlessly dealing with seven BOSS-level demonic bulls at the same time.

The mutated demonic bulls were all focused on Huan Cheng, and the ordinary demonic bulls had all run away, so Huan Cheng's preparations were useless. Huo Yunju stood on the outskirts of the battlefield, watching Huan Cheng fight with great interest.

The little fox opened its eyes at some point, its palm-sized body pressed against the back of the Fire Cloud Steed, its bright eyes curiously surveying its surroundings.

When his gaze swept over Huan Cheng, he became visibly excited, struggled to jump off the Fire Cloud Steed, and moved toward Huan Cheng.

Fire Cloud Steed was startled and bit the little fox's tender neck, preventing it from passing.

"Chirp..."

"Whew—"

"Chirp? Chirp chirp!?"

"Whoosh!!"

The two animals are of different species and have different calls, but at this moment they started to communicate with each other by chirping.

A moment later, the little fox seemed to be persuaded by the Fire Cloud Steed. It squatted on the Fire Cloud Steed's head with a pitiful look on its face, its two front paws gripping a tuft of mane, its big eyes staring unblinkingly at the battlefield.

With another heavy blow, it took away more than 8,000 lives from a bronze-level demonic bull. The Bloodthirsty Demonic Dragon Sword shone brightly and emitted a faint sword cry.

Huan Cheng knew that this meant his blood energy had accumulated to over 10,000 points, and he could activate the Blood Fiend skill.

Huan Cheng seized the opportunity and leaped into the center of the demonic bull herd, unleashing his Blood Fiend attack!

The Demon Dragon Sword shone brightly with crimson light, and tiny blood-red rays shot out like sharp arrows, enveloping everything within a five-meter radius.

After fighting for more than ten minutes, a bronze-level demonic bull was the first to fall to the ground.

This was like a signal. In the next few minutes, the other bronze bosses died one after another, and Huan Cheng only had to face one silver mutated demon bull left.

The mutated demonic bull was unaware of the danger, or rather, its brain, ravaged by demonic energy, simply lacked the advanced cognitive ability to recognize danger.

After a fierce battle, the newly minted silver-level monster collapsed to the ground a dozen minutes later.

"Ding! You have defeated a level 32 Silver BOSS [Mutant Demon Bull] and 6 Bronze BOSS Demon Bulls, gaining 96 experience points and 114 merit points."

"Ding! You have killed a level 32 mutated demon bull. Your Silver-level kill count has increased by 1."

"Ding! Congratulations on completing the talent advancement quest [Slaying Gods and Demons]. Your exclusive talent [Eternal Imprint] effect has been enhanced, and you have gained 1 talent inscription slot."

As the mutated demonic bull collapsed, a series of system notifications appeared.

Upon hearing the last point, even Huan Cheng, in his current state of mind, couldn't help but feel excited and grinned broadly.

Open the system panel.

【Eternal Imprint】: A unique exclusive talent. While enjoying a buff, the buff effect can be permanently solidified through soul imprinting. Current imprint count: 1/2 (Endless Resurrection).

Seeing the maximum number of engravings increase from 1 to 2 as expected, Huan Cheng felt a surge of satisfaction.

After spending so much time and effort, I've finally completed my talent advancement!

Out of the corner of his eye, Huan Cheng noticed that the [Slay Gods and Destroy Demons] quest hadn't disappeared. Upon closer inspection, Huan Cheng's lips twitched.

【Slaying Gods and Demons II】: The second stage of the player's exclusive talent advancement path. After completing the task, the effect of the exclusive talent 【Eternal Engraving】 can be improved.

Mission objective: Independently kill 100 Dark Gold-level BOSSes of a level no lower than your own, and 10 Star-level BOSSes of a level no lower than your own.

Advancement progress: Dark Gold 0/100, Starlight 0/10.

"Damn, this quest is getting more and more outrageous!" Huan Cheng muttered to himself, quite speechless, as he closed the character interface.

Skipping the Gold level and starting with 100 Dark Gold level bosses, that's really giving him a lot of credit!

Even in Qingyang City, where experts abound, those at the Dark Gold level are the backbone and core members, the kind of people who are qualified to sit in the audience and listen attentively when Qingxi holds a grand meeting.

As for the Star-level, Andrew, who once guided Huan Cheng in self-taught skills, is a master at this stage.

There was no hope for this task in the short term, so Huan Cheng had to put it on hold for the time being.

After glancing at the Eternal Imprint effect, Huan Cheng opened the attribute panel and looked at the super skill that he had never used since changing jobs.

[Descent of the Abyss]: Special skill, no level required. Summons the source of the abyss to descend, temporarily granting immense power. Upon use, forcibly removes all negative status effects and grants immunity to all forms of damage for eight seconds.

Increases all attributes by 500% for 60 seconds, with an additional 200% increase in attack speed, movement speed, and evasion. During this period, all attacks gain absolute true damage and absolute critical hit effects.

Note: Due to insufficient ability, this skill cannot be activated temporarily. If you forcibly activate the skill, your level will decrease by 10 after the duration ends.

Huan Cheng had long fantasized that if he could imprint the Abyss Descent, wouldn't he become a god on the spot? Gold and dark gold were all trash!

However, now that he had finally completed his talent advancement, Huan Cheng felt a strong urge to unleash the Abyss Descent technique and inscribe it into his mind.

After staring at the attribute panel for a long time, Huan Cheng sighed softly and reluctantly closed the interface.

He had reservations.

The core of the Abyss's Descent is the Abyss's Origin, but what exactly is the Abyss's Origin? Not to mention him, even his cheap master Ji didn't understand.

However, judging from its previous performance, the Abyss Source is extremely domineering, often wielding the highest authority and disregarding rank and position, acting as if it is the most powerful being in the world.

Huan Cheng had no idea whether the Eternal Inscription could truly record the arrival of the Abyss.

Especially since the Abyss Arrival comes with eight seconds of invincibility, Huan Cheng himself felt it was too outrageous to have this engraved in his memory.

Normally, he could just try it by dropping 10 levels, since he levels up quickly and can make up for it in no time.

However, this is a critical moment for clearing away demonic energy. If the engraving fails, it will also mean the mission fails. Huan Cheng does not want to gamble on this probability.

After thinking for a moment, Huan Cheng took out the dimensional stone. He planned to return to Qingyang City first to see if Qingxi could offer some advice.

He activated the dimensional stone, intending to set up a dimensional anchor point in place to save time by running back and forth.

"Ding, dimensional anchor point setting failed."

"Huh?" Huan Cheng was stunned for a moment, then tried again, but the setup still failed.

With a frown, he activated the dimensional stone, heading towards the gentle little shop.

"Ding! Demonic energy has disrupted the stability of the surrounding space. The dimensional portal has failed to open."

Huan Cheng frowned as he put away the dimensional stone, his gaze lingering on the depths of Hidden Dragon Valley, where the demonic energy was even more concentrated.