Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops-Chapter 144: Erik’s Final Frenzy! (April additional - for reaching 2300 Monthly Tickets)

"That slash..."

Having awakened in reality, Qin Chuan relished the memory of that overwhelming slash, the excitement still lingering on his face.

The effect of Time Stop surpassed his expectations.

An absolute effect that even halted the operation of Extraordinary Power meant stripping away all the buffs and enhancers attached to a Spiritual Beast, leaving only the raw physical strength.

Even a Spiritual Beast of Hall Rank couldn't possibly withstand the full force of Xuegao's slash.

The only uncertain part for him was whether splitting the Rapid Freeze Bird in two with a single instant slash at the very last second should count as a kill.

Would this violate the challenge rules? Could he still obtain the corresponding Advanced Resources smoothly?

This point could only be verified upon his next entry into Dream World.

If he could still acquire Advanced Resources in this way, he would be able to use this method to defeat other district Spiritual Beasts!

A district Spiritual Beast would only require one second of Time Stop time...

Impossible to exhaust, utterly impossible!

Once he collected all the Advanced Resources for the Contracted Spiritual Beasts, his Time Stop duration would only increase!

And under such circumstances, he wouldn't have to worry about Yue Li noticing any hint of Time Stop.

Although the Dream World only seems to pass in an instant between a Player's exit and reentry, the consciousness of the Player experiences sixteen hours of real time — one would never notice a seamless transition, let alone a missing second or two.

As long as he didn't make any overly obvious positional changes immediately before and after Time Stop, he wouldn't give himself away.

With the district Spiritual Beast issue resolved, the challenge before him now was the Hall Crystal.

At this thought, a sharp light flashed in Qin Chuan's eyes.

According to the agreement with Dragon Halberd, the Third Talent would refresh in three days, and he would use the Third Talent to help Dragon Halberd find the missing Rare Resource.

On this matter, Qin Chuan had no intention of reneging or delaying since Dragon Halberd helped him resolve the issues with Insight and Erik and had even taken on threats that would have required Qin Chuan's own use of the Third Talent, potentially at a loss due to Insight.

Thus, the refresh of the Third Talent in ten days would be the moment he obtained the Hall Crystal.

As for Yue Li, just like when searching for Rare Resources, she didn't want her own needs to hinder Qin Chuan's progress, so they agreed that once he truly acquired the Hall Crystal, they would test together whether it could be obtained through Prayer.

Suppressing the thoughts in his mind, Qin Chuan took out his mobile phone and opened the Dream Realm Forum.

Due to both Erik and Matsusaka Shigeki's names vanishing from the Ranking List of District 3273, he was uncertain about their situations within the Dream World.

However, on the Dream Realm Forum, the latest updates across the server would be integrated in real-time, and even if those two guys had moved to other districts, he could find out their specifics.

Sure enough, the moment he accessed the Dream World forum, his gaze was firmly locked onto a post with several hundred thousand comments.

"Spirit Ascension Talent shines again, Erik gave up! Bros, quick, delete your accounts and start over, maybe your bicycle will turn into a motorcycle!"

It appeared Erik had indeed deleted his account, but...

Bicycle into a motorcycle?

Qin Chuan's mouth twitched slightly.

He couldn't deny that with the popularity of the Spirit Ascension Talent, there probably wouldn't be a shortage of people doing this.

Curiosity led him to click through the post, and he found that until the last second of last night, the Spirit Ascension Talent had not dimmed.

After all...

The surge caused by Insight Talent the night before last had dramatically reduced the number of Official Level Players worldwide who hadn't yet chosen a Talent.

The number of players still able to choose Spirit Ascension yesterday had greatly dwindled.

Qin Chuan exited the post and soon came across another one.

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"Shocking! The person who made Erik delete his account is actually him!"

He clicked to see, and the post was about Matsusaka Shigeki.

Matsusaka Shigeki maintained his usual traveling speed, instantly traversing two zones to appear in Zone 3275, and his battle record was updated with new achievements of having slain all of Erik's Contracted Spiritual Beasts.

Seeing this news, Qin Chuan let out a slight sigh of relief.

He had thought that given Matsusaka Shigeki's initial approach of targeting top players from different zones, he would set his sights on Qin Chuan after killing Erik.

To his surprise, after killing Erik, Matsusaka Shigeki simply moved on.

If you say he's normal, well, he's on the road every day.

If you say he's not normal, upon further thought, it had been over ten days since Matsusaka Shigeki last killed any innocent players, almost as if he had changed his nature.

Even now, the online resistance and vigilance against him had greatly diminished because of it.

To this moment, Qin Chuan was still unclear of the other's logic in his actions.

But not having to consider him an enemy for the time being was always good.

Just as he was about to exit the forum, a freshly posted thread made his gaze freeze once again.

Erik had made a statement.

He didn't stream live, but he used his own social media account to release a lengthy post.

The content of the post was explosive.

He had publicly revealed the full Talent Effects of the Gold Spirit Ascension, Insight, and Soul Fusion Talents.

Players in the Special Affairs Group who had obtained the Insight Talent were probably sweating profusely by now.

The Third Talent of Spirit Ascension turned out to be even stronger than Qin Chuan had previously estimated.

Now, there would likely be even more players willing to delete their accounts and try to acquire the Spirit Ascension Talent.

Qin Chuan's gaze moved to the Talent Effects of Soul Fusion.

The next second, his expression became puzzled.

The Third Talent Effect of Soul Fusion...

Instant Teleportation?

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At the same time, across the ocean in Erik's mansion.

"It's over," Eric said, haggard and with unkempt hair, throwing his phone aside and looking at the middle-aged man whose features resembled his own, a trace of self-mockery on his lips, "Now, you can laugh at me."

"No father would laugh at his child," said Lauren Solag, Clan Leader of the Solag Family and Erik's father, speaking calmly, "However, it's true that you, who have not faced many setbacks since childhood, do indeed need a proper setback."

"Is that why you watched indifferently?" Erik glanced at his father, his expression neither sad nor happy, as if resigned, "Tell me, what's the family's decision?"

After obtaining the Gold Spirit Ascension Talent, he had not consulted with the Solag Family and unilaterally chose to publicize the Talent, thereby pressuring other members of the Solag Family to join his side.

Other family members had long been dissatisfied with this, but out of respect for the Spirit Ascension Talent, they had not spoken out.

Now that he had lost the Spirit Ascension, actions from the other family members were inevitable.

"From now on, you are not to step out of this villa, nor are you to contact the outside world," Lauren got up and walked towards the villa's door, "All the Low-level Resources you need will be delivered to you promptly; this is the only privilege you have as a marginalized member of our family."

"Only by obtaining a Red Talent or above may you return to your former position."

Erik watched Lauren's retreating back in silence but suddenly spoke up.

"Was there something wrong with my high profile?"

Lauren paused.

"Being high profile is not wrong."

"Born into the Solag Family and possessing a Gold Talent, you are entitled to be high profile."

"But my child, being high profile does not mean you can overlook everything."

"The human heart is a prison; if your heart contains no opponents, those outside the prison will naturally come for you."