Chapter 1 The Passage of Time

Time passed bit by bit, and Shi Feng's brain was also working at high speed.

The seemingly simple choice involved many issues.

This test could be said to be used to determine a player's understanding of himself.

If you don't have a clear understanding of yourself, you may die because the chosen monster is too powerful. Conversely, if the chosen monster is too weak, you may not be able to complete the task because of insufficient time.

In other words, the clearer you are about your strength, the greater the benefits you can obtain.

Although Shi Feng had a Fragmented Legendary item, skills like explosive Dragon Force and Blade Liberation could indeed kill a Lord of the same level in a short period of time, but these were not skills used to deal with a group of Lord-ranked monsters, so the choice was not easy.

System: You have 30 seconds to consider. Please make your choice as soon as possible.

"I choose one Lord-ranked monster and nine Elite-ranked monsters," Shi Feng finally said after thinking for a long time.

System: Opponent confirmed. Based on your combat power analysis, the difficulty is determined to be A-rank. After winning, you can obtain the key to open the Dark-Gold ranked temple door at the highest. Are you sure about this choice?

"Dark-Gold rank?" Shi Feng immediately felt something was wrong and quickly said, "I'll re-select two Lord-ranked monsters and eight Elite-ranked monsters."

His mission was Epic-ranked. Clearly, obtaining the Book of Darkness couldn't be achieved in a Dark-Gold ranked temple. It had to reach Epic-rank to be possible. Otherwise, even if he won this battle, the mission would still fail.

System: Opponent confirmed. Based on your combat power analysis, the difficulty is determined to be A-rank. After winning, you can obtain the key to open the Dark-Gold ranked temple door at the highest. Are you sure about this choice?

"Damn it, two Lord monsters don't count as S-rank?" Shi Feng cursed inwardly, "I'll re-select three Lord-ranked monsters and seven Elite-ranked monsters."

For Shi Feng, two Lord monsters were already the limit, with a winning rate of no more than 50%. According to Shi Feng's estimate, his success rate was less than 20% with three Lord monsters. After all, the addition of Lord-ranked monsters was not as simple as one plus one.

System: Opponent confirmed. Based on your combat power analysis, the difficulty is determined to be S-rank. After winning, you can obtain the key to open the Epic-ranked temple door at the highest. Are you sure about this choice?

"Confirm!" Shi Feng gritted his teeth and said, "I hope the lineup of the three Lord monsters isn't too good."

Before long, ten monsters emerged on the altar: three Lord-ranked monsters and seven Elite-ranked monsters. These monsters were all humanoid combat puppets, the same size as humans, but their attributes completely overwhelmed Shi Feng.

Golden Puppet, Lord-ranked, Level 32, HP 1,600,000.

Silver Puppet, Elite-ranked, Level 32, HP 550,000.

"Fortunately, my luck isn't too bad. These puppets are all melee fighters and don't have high HP. If I keep my distance, I might have a chance to fight," Shi Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

As the battle began, the ten puppets started up one after another, walking towards Shi Feng step by step. They weren't as agile as living creatures, but Shi Feng didn't dare to be careless. He immediately activated Dragon Force, increasing his strength by 100% and his defense and HP by 300%. Shi Feng's HP instantly increased to over 30,000.

A Lord is a Lord, not so easy to deal with.

Just as Shi Feng activated Dragon Force, the combat puppets charged straight at him, their speed much faster than normal Elites and Lords.

In the blink of an eye, they covered the distance of less than 50 yards. The silver puppets thrust their spears at Shi Feng, and the golden puppets drew the twin swords from their backs, following closely behind.

Without saying a word, Shi Feng activated Ice-Blue Devil Flame and Arcane Black Emperor, no longer holding back. Deep blue flames covered Shi Feng's body, increasing fire and ice damage by 40%. He immediately used Heavenly Wheel Circulation Sword to seal off the movement range of the ten combat puppets, followed by Flame Spirit Storm.

The soaring Ice-Blue Devil Flame engulfed the ten combat puppets, dealing over 20,000 damage, and triggering a critical hit that reached 40,000. This lasted for 5 seconds, instantly wiping out over 100,000 HP from the combat puppets. The terror of large-scale destruction magic was fully revealed.

And the accumulated Death Qi of Shi Feng instantly accumulated to 30 stacks.

"I'll take you down first."

Shi Feng took out a bottle of Hundred Fruits Wine from his backpack and drank it all in one gulp, instantly increasing his Compatibility by a notch. He took a step forward and arrived in front of a silver puppet with less than 300,000 HP, using Phantom Kill and Flame Burst.

Twenty-four consecutive strikes!

Twenty-four sword lights illuminated the entire altar, and the silver puppet disappeared.

Although he killed a silver puppet, the remaining six silver puppets rushed up, and three golden puppets also flanked him from both sides.

Having used up his burst skills, Shi Feng used Yanlei Storm to slow down the combat puppets while dealing over 10,000 damage. Because of the increased Compatibility, the completion rate of Yanlei Storm barely reached 95%, which could slow down the puppets for more than 10 seconds. Then he activated Wind Ring and Doppelganger and turned around to run.

Facing two Lords at the same time was enough to overwhelm Shi Feng, let alone deal with three Lords and six Elite monsters.

With the acceleration of Wind Ring and the deceleration of Yanlei Storm, the silver-ranked puppets couldn't catch up at all. Even the golden-ranked puppets would drastically reduce their speed and widen the distance because they were attacking Shi Feng. It was impossible to surround and kill Shi Feng.

Shi Feng activated Nine Dragon Slash, and the twelve Abyssal Phantoms constantly attacked the distant silver puppets. From time to time, he also used Scorching Fire Meteor to attack. Although the damage was not as high as using Abyss Blade, the 2,000 to 3,000 damage per hit was still a considerable drain. When they got close, he used Wind Lightning Flash to add damage amplification effects.

Shi Feng continuously accumulated Death Qi to reduce the skill cooldown of Yanlei Storm and Wind Lightning Flash. Among them, Flame Burst reduced the most cooldown.

In this way, while slowing down, he eliminated the silver puppets, occasionally using Flame Burst to instantly kill the low-HP silver puppets.

In just two minutes, all the silver puppets were destroyed, leaving only the three golden puppets.

The three golden puppets were inseparable, making it impossible to find an opportunity to attack them individually. Moreover, after a long battle, the three golden puppets had fully recovered their HP.

Even if Shi Feng activated Void Steps, he could frantically attack one of them, but the remaining two golden puppets would desperately use their twin swords to contain him, making Shi Feng afraid to stay near the golden puppets for long.

"Damn it, although the golden puppets don't have any skills, the three golden puppets are like one, with both offense and defense. There's no chance to solo kill any of them," Shi Feng hovered in mid-air, his eyebrows furrowed.

The combined strength of the three golden puppets was too strong. If the duration of Dragon Force ended, it would be difficult to fight a battle of attrition.

"Could it be that I have to use it now?" Shi Feng took out a water-blue magic scroll from his backpack, feeling a little unwilling.

This was his greatest trump card, and he hadn't even considered using it when facing the Grand Lord Nuoya.

As time passed, Shi Feng had no choice but to unfold the water-blue magic scroll.