Chapter 1 In a Forest, Outrunning a Bear

There's an old saying: when you encounter a bear in the forest, you don't need to outrun the bear, you just need to outrun your companions.

The same was true for Fang Senyan's battle with Legolas. Fang Senyan didn't need to kill Legolas, only to survive longer than him in the fight. Legolas, eager for battle and exhausted, certainly wouldn't engage in a war of attrition as Fang Senyan desired.

Therefore, the entire battle unfolded according to Fang Senyan's plan. However, he hadn't anticipated Legolas's desperate counterattack, using a divine artifact as his ultimate move! Fortunately, Fang Senyan's domineering talent secured the final victory.

Thus, faced with the "backdoor" set up by Gandalf, Fang Senyan remained indifferent with a cold smile, seemingly helpless. However, from afar, one could see Zi with her eyes closed, levitating into the air.

With her as the core, several fierce rays of light shone from behind her. The light looked extremely dangerous, like molten steel, radiating a terrifying heat and burning red glow. Yet, the light passed through several contractors and plot characters without any visible effect; their expressions remained calm, as if nothing had happened.

The only explanation was that the light originated from Zi, but its effect was on a different plane! Meanwhile, the specter moving Legolas's corpse, along with the inexplicably floating Black Arrow and Bow of Lothlórien, suddenly emitted shrill screams! Then, they turned into green smoke and vanished into the wind!

The contingency plan arranged by Gandalf and the Maiar was to use beings from another plane to take away the spoils, salvaging the last bit of their losses. However, Zi already possessed the ability to interfere with space-time transmission, even nullifying items with spatial power. Now, having acquired legendary equipment, she was even more powerful.

As Zi coldly retracted the magic dagger in her hand, the area around the White Tower shook violently, as if the space itself was experiencing intense fluctuations. Terrifying sounds echoed, similar to the sound of a sharp tool scraping across glass, amplified a hundredfold, making people want to cover their ears to avoid the horrifying torment to their souls.

Those Maiar could only project their will here, not their full power. A fierce wind swept through, like their angry roar.

Immediately afterward, the upper levels of the White Tower were engulfed in terrifying flames that didn't belong to this world, directly incinerating the pure white stone into red-hot magma! Without a doubt, none of the people remaining above could survive, but their souls were taken away by the enraged Naya, and transported to the Blessed Realm of Valinor, the elven sanctuary, where the World Tree would protect their souls and reshape them.

(Note: The Valar are ancient gods. After they subdued the Dark Lord Morgoth in ancient times, they went to a higher plane. The plane barrier greatly hindered their power, which is why Morgoth's minion Sauron was able to dominate Middle-earth, while the Valar, already gone, could only stare helplessly from the higher plane and couldn't directly intervene, and could only send subordinates like Gandalf, Maiar, to carry out their will.) This outcome was not unexpected for the contractors of the dark side, because the Dark Messenger had already warned them of this possible consequence. Now, they began to swarm forward, first thoroughly destroying the base of the White Tower, and then clearing out the remnants near the White Tower, in order to achieve final victory.

At this moment, Fang Senyan suddenly closed his eyes, obviously receiving some kind of notification, related to the spoils of war. Immediately afterward, black light flashed on Legolas's corpse. Then, that incomparably powerful Black Arrow, like a trapped beast, frantically charged left and right in the air, as if unwilling to accept this fate. In the end, it was helplessly bound by the invisible force and sent to Fang Senyan!

To be honest, this situation seemed too coincidental. Fang Senyan killed Legolas and immediately obtained the most valuable item on his body. After all, in most previous adventures, high-level plot characters often dropped only junk items. However, considering the profound meaning behind this battle, it didn't seem abrupt at all.

This was a contest of multiple spatial wills, a war where space utilized its own rules to the extreme!

Both sides participating in the war benefited greatly from it, not just Fang Senyan alone, but almost everyone. Whether it was the Human Alliance or the dark side, if they killed someone, it was rare for nothing to drop. If Fang Senyan hadn't already had a major drop when he killed Aragorn before, then Legolas would definitely have had a major drop as well. It was precisely because of this that those who participated in the spatial war and survived must have fully absorbed the nourishment of others, and often displayed a transformative strength.

Despite the Black Arrow's unwillingness and twisting, it ultimately couldn't escape Fang Senyan's clutches and was seized by him. Immediately, a series of prompts appeared:

You have successfully plundered a lower-grade Divine Artifact: Black Arrow / Also known as the Dragon-Slaying Arrow / Smaug's End-of-Days Artifact. A layer of mist shrouds the artifact. You have not yet gained the approval of the artifact spirit, so you cannot obtain its detailed attributes.

This is a bizarre and powerful weapon. It possesses the noble bloodline of a powerful weapon used by the ancient god Valar. If you forcibly use it without sufficient ability, it will cause extremely intense damage to the user.

Basic Equipment Requirements (can only exert up to 50% of its power): ???

Advanced Equipment Requirements (can only exert up to 70% of its power): ???

Full Equipment Requirements (can exert all of its power): ?????? Equipment Requirements (can exert the weapon's ultimate power): ???

Origin: Omitted (please refer to the previous text for details). This weapon can be used in two ways: melee or ranged. In melee, it can be held by the tail and used as a short spear. In ranged, it is shot out. Usually, the power of melee is less than that of ranged.

Ancient Power: The power of the ancient Valar still remains in this weapon. The enemy's blood may stimulate and trigger this powerful power. When attacking the enemy, there is a chance to gain a special effect of all attributes +15 (melee state) / reduce all the enemy's attributes by 15 points (ranged state).

Ancient Power can be stacked three times, lasting for 30 minutes.

*Dragon's End: The Black Arrow is haunted by the desolate screams of the dragon Smaug, which will directly affect the opponent. When your opponent is not a dragon, their defense is reduced by 20%. When your opponent is a dragon, the enemy will increase your attack power by 50% due to anger.

This effect can only be obtained after you have the advanced equipment conditions.

*Weakness Capture: After you enter a combat state, the Black Arrow's artifact spirit will begin to analyze and capture the enemy's weaknesses at any time, and will begin to increase the effect over time.

After entering combat for thirty seconds, you will gain the first enhancement effect. Your critical strike damage will change from the default 2x critical strike to 2.5x. After entering combat for ninety seconds, you will gain the second enhancement effect. Your critical strike damage will become 3x. After entering combat for four minutes, you will gain the fourth enhancement effect. Your critical strike damage will become 3.5x. After entering combat for ten minutes, you will gain the fifth enhancement effect. Your critical strike damage will become four times! After entering combat for half an hour, you will get the final boost, your critical strike damage will become five times!

Hint: The Black Arrow must be equipped to obtain this enhancement effect. It cannot be obtained if it is placed in a personal space. You must have 100% mastery of this weapon to obtain this effect.

*Valar's Wrath (Active Ability) Mobilizes the power of the ancient Valar to unleash an amazing double shot. The first arrow shot is the main body of the Black Arrow. After the enemy is hit, it will cause a large amount of damage and be silenced. All passive/active abilities will temporarily lose their effect, and they will be stunned for three seconds.

The second arrow shot is the spirit of the Black Arrow, which will cause five times the damage of the first arrow. If the enemy's remaining health is judged to be less than 20% after being hit, it will be instantly killed.

Cooldown time is 24 hours. The silence on the enemy will last for 24 hours or be removed by the Black Arrow holder.

Hint: The Black Arrow must be in a ranged attack state to obtain this enhancement effect. It cannot be obtained if it is placed in a personal space. You must have 100% mastery of this weapon to obtain this effect.

*Warning: Because the Black Arrow's artifact spirit is still in a hostile state, you are currently unable to obtain the right to use this equipment, but only have ownership. You must fight and conquer the artifact spirit in the Black Arrow before you can sign a soul contract with it and use it.

Hint: You must collect all the relevant materials before you can open the teleportation array to fight the artifact spirit. There, you can only choose to face the artifact spirit alone, and there may be a risk to your life if you fail the challenge.

Looking at this very detailed information and data, Fang Senyan finally understood that although the difference between Dark Gold and Legendary equipment was huge, it was still not as huge as the gap between Legendary and Divine Artifact quality! There is a saying that divine artifacts are only for those with virtue. Specifically, in the rules of the Nightmare World, it means that equipment that has reached the level of a divine artifact already has a two-way choice, that is, people choose powerful equipment, but powerful equipment must also choose its master at the same time!

And this is the biggest difference between divine artifacts and legendary equipment.

After holding the Black Arrow in his hand, Fang Senyan felt as if he was holding a hot snake! Scalding, hot, and full of extremely stubborn power. Everyone should have the feeling of grabbing the body of a fresh fish, right? The Black Arrow's struggle was like that, and ten times more stubborn.

However, when G-spot quietly deformed, and its silvery metal tentacles greedily covered the Black Arrow, the Black Arrow suddenly stopped twisting. It seemed like an illusion, and the weapon suddenly shrank by one-tenth, and then G-spot's silvery tentacles emitted a puff of smoke and immediately retracted.

Both sides immediately became well-behaved, but looking at the confrontation, it was clear that the words "the future is long" were written on it. At this time, G-spot, with its top-level legendary quality, was still unable to devour the divine artifact, but the divine artifact was also afraid of this terrible metal life that could assimilate everything, because G-spot only needed to be a little stronger to cruelly use it as food.

At this time, the remaining White Tower could no longer support itself under the fierce pounding of several fierce ogres. It let out an extremely strong groan and collapsed! Amidst the dust and smoke, this landmark building of Minas Tirith, the great city of the continent, finally collapsed.

At this moment, although many people cheered and jumped for joy, there were even more contractors who knelt down, covered their faces with their hands, and cried loudly. Tears flowed happily from the gaps between their fingers.

The sunlight finally tore through the dark clouds and shone down. Orcs and ogres hid in the shade, but now it was meaningless. Fang Senyan stood at the top of the city, overlooking the war-torn Pelennor Fields and the ruins and black smoke in the city, and suddenly felt a sense of "one general succeeds ten thousand bones wither."

After all, he was still a twenty-six-year-old youth. Although his mind was mature, he still inevitably felt desolate.

Looking at the sunlight in the distance, and the thick smoke rising from Mount Doom, which was faintly visible in the clouds, Fang Senyan received a belated prompt:

"Golden Main Quest: Annihilation of the Kingdom is successfully completed."

"You have successfully destroyed the White Tower, and the Human Alliance has been completely annihilated. The members of the Fellowship of the Ring have been reduced by at least 50%."

"Quest completion evaluation: Basically excellent (don't be surprised, although you did a good job, the excessive casualties of the dark side army are the ultimate negative factor affecting this rating)"

"Quest Description: You also annihilated all those who guarded the White Tower when you destroyed it. You did a great job."

"Hint: Your team level is not high enough, so your Silver Team Leader status cannot affect the reward results."

"Your merit points are increased by 40 + 3 points (Legendary + 3)" "You have obtained 300,000 general points."

"You have obtained 70 potential points."

"You have successfully completed the Golden Main Quest! Team Level +1!!"

"Public Reward a: Your all attributes are additionally increased by 15 points + 3 points (Legendary extra reward)."

"Description: This increase will be directly added to the attribute points, without the need for allocation."

"Public Reward b: Interstellar Journey Certificate (one-time consumable item)."

"Description: After using this item, you cannot be attacked by contractors (in a broad sense: including colonizers, etc.) during your stay in this world, and you cannot attack other contractors."

"Public Reward c: Exemption Authorization (this item can exempt task penalties below B level 3 times, task penalties below A level 1 time, and cannot exempt higher level task penalties."

"Description: After using this item, the penalties brought about by task failure will be exempted. Of course, you will not be able to obtain task rewards. Please use this item before the task penalties arrive."

*"Public Reward d: Sauron's Horn."

"Description: Blow it, and the powerful Dark Lord will use his divine power to send his subordinates through the distant space-time tunnel to appear in front of you to fight for you. You will get a small team (eleven people) of combined power, including a Uruk-hai, five Orc arsonists, four Orc warriors, and an Orc priest. They will be protected by Sauron's divine power and will not die in battle. They will return to the Lord of the Rings world after entering a dying state or after twenty-four hours."

"Hint: Each time you blow Sauron's Horn, you must inject dark energy into it. There are two ways to inject dark energy: slaughtering two hundred souls or going back to the space to recharge."

Looking at this series of prompts, all the contractors exclaimed in amazement. Such generous rewards were also beyond their expectations. What followed was the highlight that made everyone's blood boil:

According to your contributions in this battle, you will receive a different amount of Golden General Points to purchase special rewards for the following Golden Main Quest! After leaving this world, whether or not the Golden General Points remain, they will disappear. Golden General Points can be traded. Your previously remaining contribution points will be converted into Golden General Points according to a certain proportion.

Contractor 1018, your performance in this battle is worth 133 Golden General Points. Do you want to exchange your remaining contribution points?

Yes!

Contractor 1018, you currently have 194 Golden General Points. Please select the equipment/items that you like from the following special rewards for the Golden Main Quest. Please choose carefully, because most of the equipment/items that appear here will only appear in the rewards for the Golden Main Quest. Because the database data being mobilized is too large, please wait patiently for the data to be entered...

The estimated read-in time is seventeen minutes and thirty-one seconds. Please wait patiently. You can sit down, have a drink, bandage your wounds, or relax. This is already a completely safe area.

At this time, the Ace Team also gathered around Fang Senyan spontaneously, actively gathering the Golden General Points that would expire if they were not used together. The current Ace Team has already become one. The originally unruly Aziz also quickly integrated into here in the experience of blood, fire, death, and life, as if he was originally a member of this team.

Of course, at this time, the contractors were as noisy as a vegetable market. Everyone wanted to get more Golden General Points. After all, the equipment/items that appeared had already clearly stated that the only way to obtain them was to draw them after completing the Golden Main Quest. This kind of equipment is at least a super-level (that is, Dark Gold equipment has the strength to contend with some legendary equipment).