The Calamity Ancient God’s Survival Challenge!

Whoosh!

With the 'Chaos Spring' skill released by Grey Chicken, Qin Feng gained direct immunity to Chaos. Braving the dense Chaos affix, he charged straight into the intense fiery vortex ahead!

Of course, Qin Feng didn't charge in completely unprepared.

Before entering himself, he paused for half a second, letting Grey Chicken go in first to scout…

After all, Grey Chicken was currently immune to both fire damage and the Chaos affix, making it the perfect scout for that fiery vortex!

Soon, Qin Feng observed.

The damage dealt by the large vortex per second was almost ten times that of the outside!

Although Grey Chicken was immune to all fire damage, Qin Feng could still see the exact amount of damage it was immune to.

"This amount of damage poses no threat to me at all."

This had to be mentioned: the '90% damage reduction' attribute from the God of Bones had increased Qin Feng's durability by a full ten times!

Due to evolving to Ancient-Grade and leveling up to 40, the 'Thieving Hand of the Saint' skill had a total stolen attribute cap of 18,000 points, and it could be used repeatedly on the same target…

In just one short day, Qin Feng had already maxed out this skill.

The attributes currently provided by Thieving Hand of the Saint were: Strength 4,507 points, constitution 4,618 points, Agility 4,479 points, spirit 4,396 points.

This brought Qin Feng's final attributes to 18,942 points in Agility, Strength, and spirit!

Furthermore, the three layers of constitution increase from 'Death Eulogy' boosted Qin Feng's constitution attribute to 33,013 points, with a maximum HP reaching 4.95 million!

Qin Feng's durability was now at least double what it was before evolving Thieving Hand of the Saint.

If the damage from the previous three layers of the calamity environment was like tickling Qin Feng…

Then the damage inside this large fiery vortex was like giving Qin Feng a massage…

With Grey Chicken leading the way, Qin Feng felt reassured.

He charged directly into the large vortex!

Inside the fiery vortex, even his Death Wings struggled to fully unfurl. Terrifying fire damage and surging Chaos affixes assaulted him, but Qin Feng easily defended against them all!

He rushed towards the end of the vortex, breaking through the chaotic flames in just ten seconds!

With a resounding boom…

As his vision turned completely dark, a system prompt echoed in his mind:

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[Congratulations on completing the Calamity Trial!]

[Your clearance time: 59.48 seconds (adjusted for the fiery vortex)!]

[You have received the highest-tier reward. Please open the treasure chest that belongs to you!]

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As this system prompt arrived, Qin Feng found himself in a space of utter darkness, where he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face.

Before him appeared a treasure chest emitting a deep red glow.

"As expected, even the best reward for the first stage of this qualification trial is only a Mythic treasure chest, just like with the God of Bones."

Regarding Mythic treasure chests, Qin Feng no longer held any particularly high expectations.

After all, he already had too many good items on him…

If it contained skill books, that would be fine, but if it were equipment, it likely wouldn't be of much use.

Just as Qin Feng was about to open the chest, another new prompt echoed in his mind:

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[Congratulations! Your Calamity Trial performance has earned the appreciation of the Calamity Ancient God!]

[You have obtained the qualification to participate in the Calamity Ancient God's 'Survival Challenge'!]

[Warning: This challenge will inevitably result in your Death. However, the longer you survive before Death, the higher your ranking will be. Based on your ranking across all civilizations, you will receive a permanent buff—the Reincarnation Buff.]

[Hint: If you rank first, you will receive the Reincarnation Buff reward of '+3 Bloodline Slots'!]

[Hint: After receiving the reward, your buff attributes will change in real-time according to the challenge's live rankings!]

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When Qin Feng heard this system prompt, he was instantly shocked.

"What the hell?"

"Did I hear that right?"

"+3 Bloodline Slots?"

"Ah, this…"

Qin Feng was dumbfounded on the spot!

Bloodline Slots!

Generally, players started with only one Bloodline Slot, unlocked a second at level 30, and then a third at level 50… As for higher levels, although Qin Feng hadn't seen many reach them in his previous life, information from some ancient god ruins and tombs indicated that a fourth Bloodline Slot would unlock at level 100.

It was easy to imagine how important Bloodline Slots were to players!

"I've never even heard of anything that can increase Bloodline Slots…"

"Wait, that's not entirely true."

"From the memories of Diabad and others, there was some information suggesting that Bloodline Slots could be increased through special channels… One of those channels must be this Calamity Ancient God's Survival Challenge, right?"

"If I can get first place…"

"I'll directly have three more Bloodlines than others!"

Qin Feng didn't even dare to imagine how strong he would become.

He currently only had two Bloodlines.

The first was the Spirit Devourer Bloodline, which laid the foundation for his incredibly high numerical combat power. Without the Spirit Devourer Bloodline, Qin Feng's damage output would probably be less than one-tenth of what it was now.

The second was the Deathwing Angel Bloodline, which was still evolving. But even its current effects had brought a qualitative change to Qin Feng's combat power.

What if he added three more Bloodlines?

Unimaginable!

"However, these Bloodline Slots are a Reincarnation Buff, just like with the God of Bones, and they change in real-time."

"If I get first place this time, then all other players who have this buff will have their rankings shifted down by one…"

"If the second-place reward is '+2 Bloodline Slots', wouldn't the previous first-place player, now dropped to second, lose one Bloodline Slot? Would that extra Bloodline be sealed or disappear?"

Qin Feng wasn't sure, but it didn't matter. He didn't need to worry about that.

What he needed to do next was…

Survive with all his might in the Calamity Ancient God's Survival Challenge!

"Although my survivability is a tier below my damage output,"

"with Snake Woman Shamiya's Hell Stele and the invincibility during Bone Scraper Blade's charge-up, I might still be able to compete with others."

"Also…"

"An Ancient God Challenge shouldn't test only one aspect of a player."

"So, during this Survival Challenge, there will likely be parts that test a player's damage output…"

"I hope so. Otherwise, borrowing Sarah's Talent this time would be useless, wouldn't it?"

As for how things actually were, he could only wait for the challenge to begin and check the specific rules.

Before that, Qin Feng planned to open the Mythic treasure chest in front of him first.

Perhaps, at the last moment, this chest could give him another boost.

…

Just as Qin Feng was preparing for the Calamity Ancient God's Survival Challenge, in the Order Land, at the Blood Origin Temple…

Due to the Blue Star Civilization's kill of the World Spine, the current Order Land had become incredibly lively.

The Hall Master of the Blood Origin Temple, this Eight-Armed Hall Master from the Starry Sky Pirate Clan, was also gathering intelligence and information from all sides.

"Besides killing the World Spine in two and a half months and breaking the End Land record, there's another piece of news…"

The demonically handsome Eight-Armed Hall Master had just received a message, his brows furrowing tightly: "Regarding the God of Bones's Reincarnation Buff, someone took first place, causing everyone else's ranking to drop by one. It's probably the same person."

"How can someone be so monstrous?"

After receiving this news, this Eight-Armed Hall Master glanced at his own Reincarnation Buff…

The most important one among them was the challenge buff from the Calamity Ancient God!

In the Calamity Ancient God's Survival Challenge, he ranked tenth, with a reward of '+2 Bloodline Slots'. This was the same reward for places second through tenth, though higher rankings came with some additional rewards…

"I hope that guy doesn't participate in the Calamity Ancient God's challenge."

The Eight-Armed Hall Master began to pray!

Because if his ranking dropped by one more place, his Reincarnation Buff would become '+1 Bloodline Slot'. The lost Bloodline would be temporarily sealed and rendered ineffective!

And this would cause the Eight-Armed Hall Master's combat power to plummet dramatically!

…

(Third update, seeking 'Power of Love'!)