Are Great Xia people All Cowards? The Cracked Goddess Statue!

Of course.

There are still places with many monsters, and that is the 'Abyss Road' challenge that opens after Level 30.

This challenge will have a global ranking.

During the Abyss Road challenge, one needs to face a continuous tide of monsters.

But unfortunately…

The monsters in the Abyss Road do not grant experience point rewards.

For Qin Feng, there was no rush to participate in this challenge, because in the Abyss Road, the higher the floor and the faster the kills, the greater the rewards.

The rewards for each floor are a one-time thing.

"Anyway, there's no level limit."

"The stronger one's strength, the more rewards they get for challenging the Abyss Road."

The floor progression rewards for the Abyss Road are a large amount of lifespan, plus some rare equipment modification materials. These types of materials can add extra attributes to equipment or be used for crafting.

For example, one can strip the affixes or special effects from a piece of equipment and then apply them to another piece.

For another example, one can strengthen a certain affix of a piece of equipment, increasing the affix's numerical value.

Besides the Abyss Road, these types of materials can also be obtained through normal means, such as an ancient god's Faith Temple, ruins, etc. However, the prerequisite is that the temple or ruin must be at least Epic-grade to produce such equipment modification materials.

"If I have these kinds of materials, I could try to see if I can strip the 'Three-Phase Balance' effect from the three-phase ring."

"There's also 'roslavs contract', which has an effect that enhances the Invulnerability affix; it's also worth Stripping."

Of course, Qin Feng didn't plan on swapping his equipment for the time being.

The next time he swapped, it would basically have to be for Mythic equipment; he'd wait until he could kill a Legendary BOSS.

Currently, Qin Feng's level was still not quite enough to kill a Legendary BOSS.

Because most Legendary BOSSes carry the power of 'Order'.

Once you enter the BOSS's range, you can only fight the BOSS within the area specified by the BOSS…

For example, the previous 'Worm Queen' was of this type, it was just relatively weak.

A true Legendary BOSS has Order power that severely limits a player's strength.

Although Qin Feng possessed divinity armament and could consume divinity to offset Order, the consumption rate was also extremely staggering… If he couldn't insta-kill the BOSS, Qin Feng might fall into a quagmire.

"Besides, even if I wanted to kill one now, there are no Legendary BOSSes for me to kill."

Qin Feng shook his head.

Just then, Qin Feng received a private message from Wan Ye Wei Yu.

"Great God, something happened over in East Capital recently."

"The people at the embassy are a bit unsure, so they specifically wanted to ask for advice… They say there's a statue where, after worshiping, you can spend 100 days of lifespan to gain a 10-point increase to all attributes. Is this reliable?"

It was clear that the girl now trusted Qin Feng implicitly.

Qin Feng did not answer immediately, but instead asked a question: "What's the situation over there?"

Wan Ye Wei Yu quickly said: "I heard that the statue appeared inexplicably on the rooftop of the Roppongi Radio Building. It has now attracted many people… That area is a turbulence zone with a ten-fold lifespan flow rate. Many people are crowded inside the building, wanting to go to the rooftop to worship the statue. It's said to be very chaotic, and many trampling incidents have occurred."

"Our embassy people heard the news and, to prevent any accidents, specifically asked about it. After all, that statue is only three kilometers away from our embassy."

After hearing the news, Qin Feng thought for a moment and replied: "Although I haven't heard of such a thing… in this situation, it's best to stay away and have people evacuate."

Wan Ye Wei Yu nodded: "Mm, that area is a turbulence zone, and most people have already left, but there are still people on duty at the embassy… I'll notify them right away."

There were still some Great Xia people in East Capital.

Although flights had opened, some people hadn't returned.

Giving a slight warning didn't affect Qin Feng much.

Anyway…

Qin Feng remembered that the number of people killed by that statue in one wave was over 130,000… Surely after Qin Feng's warning, at least 30,000 fewer would die?

"Let's go, time to set off."

Once Qin Feng got the news, he finally decided to depart.

In reality, it was nearly two thousand kilometers from Magic City to East Capital, but for Qin Feng, flying there would only take about an hour.

"I hope this BOSS doesn't disappoint me."

"And the things related to Order on its body, perhaps another ancient god stone slab?"

As far as Qin Feng knew, many ancient gods had abilities like this that could affect human cognition and perception, consuming lifespan to achieve the effect.

That long-tailed snake goddess statue took 100 days of lifespan as a price just to modify people's cognition.

It could be said that…

Any player who worshiped that statue was essentially being sold while helping the seller count the money.

Furthermore, that BOSS choosing the rooftop of the Radio Building as the location was truly insidious.

That way, as more and more players wanted to worship the statue, they would swarm toward the rooftop, thus getting stuck in the stairwells. This would definitely lead to more and more people being squeezed together, making evacuation impossible!

…

Just as Qin Feng was riding Osirio, flying across the ocean.

Real-world Blue Star, Sakura Country, East Capital.

Under the gray sky, the Roppongi District Radio Building was already surrounded by countless Sakura Country players. As far as the eye could see, heads were bobbing!

On the rooftop, a long-tailed snake goddess statue stood proudly, holding a sharp long halberd.

Countless people around were prostrating and worshiping her.

After completing the worship, those people left laughing with '+10 to all attributes'.

"Sumimasen, excuse me, I've finished worshiping, let me through, thank you."

"Don't push, everyone stop pushing!"

"Baka! Who just touched my wife's buttocks? Step forward and I promise I won't beat you to Death!"

"I'm begging everyone, look at your feet, stop stepping on me. Even with 300 points of constitution, I'll be trampled to Death…"

The rooftop and stairwells were already crowded with people everywhere.

And on the outer walls of the building, some strange players were even performing operations.

Some players used grappling hooks to hook onto the outer wall and climb up step by step.

There were also several players with flying mounts soliciting customers outside the building: "Direct flight to the rooftop, worship the goddess in three minutes, only 1 year of lifespan, fair prices for all! Otherwise, you'll waste several hours and might not even succeed!"

It could be said that like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, everyone was using their own divine methods to get upstairs!

"Ah——"

From time to time, players were squeezed off the rooftop and fell down…

Looking at this scene, if all the players in this area hadn't been silenced by the statue's ability, the entire building probably would have been blown up long ago.

And the long-tailed snake goddess statue standing on the rooftop maintained a calm posture, as if none of this had anything to do with her…

The most terrifying thing was…

Even though this was a turbulence zone, more and more players were still rushing over from the surroundings!

They had all heard the news that worshiping the statue could grant 10 points to all attributes, and none wanted to miss this opportunity!

A few kilometers away.

A team of two men and two women was rushing toward the building.

"Oh, hurry up, they say the statue stops accepting worship at 12 o'clock tonight."

A Sakura Country girl with twin tails said a bit anxiously.

Looking at her clothes, she should be an Archer-class player.

Suddenly, the two young men behind her both stopped. Those two young men were twins and were international students from Great Xia!

One was named Ma Yi, and the other was named Ma Fei.

Since they both found girlfriends in East Capital, they hadn't returned to Great Xia for the time being…

However, at this moment, the two of them seemed to have received some notification. Their expressions changed, and they stopped moving forward.

"Ma Yi-kun, what's wrong?"

The older brother Ma Yi's girlfriend was a long-haired Sakura Country girl.

She was wearing a priest's robe and looked gentle and considerate. Seeing her boyfriend stop, she immediately asked with some confusion.

"Senior Kong from the embassy just sent me a message, telling us to stay away from the Radio Building, saying there might be a problem there."

The older brother Ma Yi said steadily. He carried a two-handed axe on his back and looked like a warrior-class professional, tall and sturdy, giving a great sense of security.

The younger brother Ma Fei chuckled: "Isn't it just a bit crowded? Let's go over and just take a 'flying taxi'! Although I heard the lifespan cost has risen to 500 days, it goes straight to the rooftop. For the four of us combined, it's only seven-odd years. We'll leave right after worshiping, it'll be fine."

Ma Yi shook his head: "I believe Senior Kong. Besides, thinking about this matter carefully, it really is a bit abnormal."

It was clear that these four seemed to be struggling, but a few minutes later, they ultimately made completely different decisions.

The steady young man Ma Yi took his long-haired girlfriend and retreated into the distance.

While the younger brother Ma Fei took his twin-tailed girlfriend and continued to approach the Radio Building!

The twin-tailed girl curled her lip and said, "Ma Fei, your brother really is a coward."

Although Ma Fei chose to keep going, he was clearly also somewhat worried. He said in a low voice, "Don't say that, I can understand him. We'd better be quick, leave immediately after worshiping, and absolutely don't stay there."

The twin-tailed girl chuckled: "So it turns out you Great Xia people are all cowards. It's just a statue, not some BOSS, what's there to be afraid of? If there really were any danger, those who worshiped would have died long ago. It's been two days and nothing's happened, is there any need to hesitate?"

They rushed to the Radio Building at their fastest speed.

While still several streets away, they could already see the dense shadows of people on the building's rooftop and that towering long-tailed snake goddess statue from afar!

However…

Just as they were about to arrive.

They didn't know that the Shadow from Great Xia had already crossed the ocean and arrived in the sky above this area.

At the same time.

Just as Ma Fei and his girlfriend wanted to get close to the building and find someone with a flying mount to negotiate a price…

A sudden change occurred!

They had been staring at that statue, and suddenly, the statue cracked open from the front!

That originally upright chest suddenly tore open a gap.

Simultaneously, a burst of terrifying black Instant Death energy erupted from the crack in the statue, spreading instantly across a full three-kilometer radius!!

The appearance of this terrifying scene first caused the players on the rooftop to turn pale with fright.

"Instant Death… it's the Instant Death Affix!"

"Oshimai da! This is reality, once you die, you're really dead!!"

"I thought Whispers and Nightmares were the most terrifying Upper Affixes, but in reality, the Instant Death Affix is the most straightforward!"

"Tasukete, save me, save me!!"

In just this instant, the thousands of players on the rooftop all fell into a series of extremely complex emotions: shock, fear, regret…

Immediately following…

These people turned and fled. Even those on the rooftop with no way out jumped directly off the edge!