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Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Goodbye to Finn, the Advanced Trial
The next day, Johnnie woke up after nine o’clock.
Cecilia still looked tired, lying in his arms, occasionally smacking her lips, and rubbing her little head against his chest.
Johnnie looked at her cute face, and there was a touch of mature charm in his expression, making her even more attractive.
He sighed helplessly, didn’t continue to be affectionate, and quietly got up, covering Cecilia with a thin blanket.
He opened the door, and Crysic and Lina came over right away.
"Johnnie, how was it? Did you go too far?" Crysic glanced into the room and asked curiously.
Johnnie gave her an annoyed look and said, "It’s all your fault."
"I was just trying to help. And Holly, when are you going to take her?" Crysic was even more excited than him.
"Don’t act crazy. If that happens, how am I going to face Joseph?" Johnnie warned.
Crysic didn’t seem to care, and she said, "Joseph already let Holly stay here. Do you think he doesn’t have other ideas? If you really feel bad about it, I’ll talk to Joseph for you."
Johnnie was speechless and didn’t want to deal with the two girls, so he said, "Is breakfast ready? I’m hungry."
"It was all prepared. I’ll bring it right over." Crysic said, seeing that Cecilia was okay, and ran off to prepare breakfast.
"Johnnie, your blood is all used up." Lina still clung to him.
"Ugh." Johnnie sighed helplessly again, and let her draw a tube of blood, finally getting rid of the two girls.
Once he gets the "The Mage of the Five Elements" profession, and his attributes are fused with reality again, he will take action against the Apocalypse Group!
Johnnie had made up his mind. His blood wasn’t infinite, and he would need more of the Elixir of Immortality later.
He had a quick breakfast and logged back into the game.
Johnnie appeared at the summit of The Whispering Gorge, where everything was in ruins, with corpses of Magic Soldiers and Demon Guards scattered everywhere.
Whoosh!
The sound of water splashed, and the waterfall roared down.
Johnnie still couldn’t figure out where the source of the waterfall was. It seemed like The Whispering Gorge was definitely no ordinary place.
He decided to explore it again when he had the chance.
Ding!
At that moment, he received a private message.
It was Dylan.
Dylan: "Johnnie, the military has agreed to your request and will cooperate with you, not interfering with any of your decisions."
Johnnie was surprised. He hadn’t expected the military to actually accept it. That was truly an unexpected blessing.
Now that he had the National Founding Decree, he could go all out.
To establish a country using the National Founding Decree, he needed 10,000 reputation points, and only he met the requirement.
Also, to build a basic country, he needed to control three level 1 cities.
Flame City was a must, and he still needed two more.
Johnnie didn’t have a City Establishment Order, so he would have to continue attacking other cities.
City Establishment Orders could only drop from stage 7 epic bosses.
He hadn’t gotten one after killing Demon General Lush last time.
And Johnnie’s current strength wasn’t enough to take on a stage 7 epic boss.
He managed to kill Lush because he had previously killed a lot of Magic Soldiers and Demon Guards, which had boosted the damage and speed of his Great Transformation Sword Technique by more than 500 times.
Even then, if Lush’s final attack hadn’t targeted The Red Carp, he wouldn’t have been able to kill it.
A City Establishment Order was out of reach. He had no choice but to attack and occupy other cities.
This wasn’t urgent. First, he needed to change his class to The Mage of the Five Elements.
Seeing that Dylan was online, Johnnie sent him a private message.
Johnnie: "Dylan, find two more cities near Flame City. You need three level 1 cities to use the City Establishment Order and establish a basic country."
Dylan: "No problem. Leave that small task to me."
Johnnie got a quick reply.
Dylan: "Johnnie, I’ve already sorted out the gear. There are over 40,000 items total, mostly stage 5 and 6 weapons and armor. There are also a lot of enhancement stones, attribute stones, and other items. When are you coming to pick them up?"
"So many?" Johnnie was a bit surprised. He hadn’t expected the battle in the secret realm to have more monsters than the previous Beast Wave attack on Solaris City.
He didn’t really need most of these items.
He replied to Dylan: "You can keep them for me. You can also use them if you need to."
Dylan: "Okay. When the price is set, I’ll transfer the gold to you."
Dylan didn’t refuse. With these items, the military’s strength would be significantly boosted.
"Brother Johnnie, there’s one more thing." he sent another private message: "The Lina you saved, can she still research The Elixir of Immortality? I want a copy." 𝓷ℴ𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝒸𝓸𝓶
Johnnie didn’t find the message surprising.
And Dylan was already on his list of people to cultivate.
But he knew that Dylan wasn’t asking for The Elixir of Immortality for himself, but for the old commander!
He remembered the old commander had always been in poor health. In the previous life, he hadn’t made it to the point of the game’s attributes fusing.
Johnnie: "Have your people come and pick it up. I still have extra The Elixir of Immortality here."
Dylan: "Thanks! Johnnie, just let me know whatever you need. As long as it’s within the authority of the Second Theater Commander, I can agree to it."
Johnnie: "Not right now. I’ll let you know if I need anything later."
He didn’t refuse. This was a favor from the Second Theater Commander,maybe it would come in handy later.
Johnnie closed the private message, opened his friend request list, and found Finn’s friend request.
He had already reached stage 2, level 1, and had left the Novice Village.
Johnnie: "Finn, come to Twin Cranes City. I’ll help you Change class to Hidden class Sword Immortal."
Finn: "Sword Immortal? Johnnie, is that the same as your Immortality Cultivator class?"
Johnnie: "Something like that."
Finn: "Okay, I’m coming right away."
Johnnie closed the private message. He didn’t explain further.
His strength was so high because of the attribute fusion. He still had one attribute fusion stone, but he wasn’t going to use it for others right now.
Even if he had extra attribute fusion stones later, he would prioritize giving them to Crysic and the others.
Thankfully, the girls had already injected The Elixir of Immortality, transformed into Innate Physique, and became martial arts disciples. They had some ability to protect themselves.
Johnnie felt a sudden urge. He left The Whispering Gorge and headed toward Twin Cranes City.
He had the Illusory Body ability. As long as he found the entrance to The Whispering Gorge, he didn’t need a scroll to enter freely.
...
Johnnie arrived at Twin Cranes City, and Finn was already there.
"Johnnie, it’s been a while. I didn’t expect you to still be such a legendary figure." said Finn, approaching him.
In the past few days, he had heard a lot about Johnnie’s exploits in the game and now realized how powerful he was.
"By the way, how’s my sister? Did she cause you any trouble?" Finn asked, worried about Cecilia.
"No. Cecilia is very obedient. Everyone around me likes her." Johnnie said, a little awkwardly.
He knew that Finn really cared about his sister. If he found out that he had already slept with her, he might go berserk.
"Finn, let’s get your class changed first." Johnnie quickly changed the subject.
"Okay." Finn was excited. He was just a regular class, a stage 2 warrior.
During the time he had been playing, he had already heard about the power of Hidden classes.
The two of them left Twin Cranes City and arrived at the entrance to The Secret Realm of the Sword Tomb.
Johnnie had fully mastered The Secret Realm of the Sword Tomb and opened it easily.
[Ding. Are you sure you want to start the Sword Immortal Stage 4 trial?]
The prompt flashed.
To advance as a Sword Immortal, Johnnie needed to train 100 Sword Immortal disciples, and there was also a trial.
He wasn’t in a hurry to start it. He looked at Finn and asked, "Finn, is there a trial task?"
"Uh." Finn nodded. "The Sword-Seeking Exam."
Johnnie sighed in relief. It looked like entering The Secret Realm of the Sword Tomb would automatically trigger the exam.
With Finn’s strength, passing the exam and changing to Sword Immortal should be no problem.
Johnnie said, "Finn, start the exam."
"Okay." Finn was excited and immediately started the exam. His body vanished and he entered the exam space.
Johnnie also started his own advancement exam.
The exam spaces were all independent and wouldn’t interfere with each other.
[You have initiated the Sword Immortal profession stage 4 advancement task: Kill twenty thousand stage 4 Sword-Testing Puppets within three hours.]
The prompt flashed. Compared to the stage 3 advancement task, the stage 4 advancement task had doubled in difficulty, requiring the killing of twenty thousand stage 4 Sword-Testing Puppets within three hours.
Johnnie, however, showed no fear at all. He had obtained the Celestial Dragon bloodline, and his strength had increased dramatically compared to before.
Clank clank...
A series of mechanical sounds echoed, and numerous Sword-Testing Puppets began to appear.
Whirr!
A flash of cold light,Johnnie struck first, slashing at one of the Sword-Testing Puppets.
Boom!
-2102
A thunderous explosion, the Sword-Testing Puppet was pushed back, and the damage number flickered above its head.
Over two thousand damage.
It seemed these Sword-Testing Puppets were at the peak of stage 4, with health points around 4,500.
Johnnie could kill one with three strikes, and with critical hits, two strikes would be enough.
This advancement trial was even easier than the last one.
Johnnie unleashed the Great Transformation Sword Technique, mercilessly slaughtering these Sword-Testing Puppets.
As the Sword-Testing Puppets were killed, the passive effect of the Great Transformation Sword Technique stacked, and his damage slowly increased.
Soon, he could kill one Sword-Testing Puppet with a single strike.
Johnnie didn’t feel like continuing to use the Great Transformation Sword Technique. He concentrated, and four flying swords shot out. He activated the Technique of Swordsmanship for Controlling Swords. A flash of cold light,numerous Sword-Testing Puppets were shattered.
His killing speed increased by more than four times.
[Ding, The Technique of Swordsmanship for Controlling Swords has been upgraded to level 5]
[The Technique of Swordsmanship for Controlling Swords: level 5 (0/100000) – Control range 50 meters, control 5 flying swords; consumes 50 mana points per second]
At this moment, the prompt flashed. Johnnie’s Technique of Swordsmanship for Controlling Swords had upgraded again, increasing the number of flying swords he could control and the range.
Not only that, the proficiency of his Great Transformation Sword Technique had reached over 90,000 points, and it was about to level up to level 3.
"This is really an unexpected gain." Johnnie was happy. He concentrated again, pulled out another long sword, controlled five flying swords, and mercilessly slaughtered.
His killing speed increased by another double.
...
[Ding, you have successfully killed twenty thousand Sword-Testing Puppets, taking 14 minutes; Trial Evaluation: SSS]
[You have received additional rewards: Stone of Comprehension of the Way of the Sword *100, stat potion *100, 1 chance to gain Comprehension of the Way of the Sword, 1 chance to enter the Sword Tomb]
