MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter-Chapter 840 - Against-the-Heavens Skill

Chapter 840: Chapter 840: Against-the-Heavens Skill

Chapter 840: Chapter 840: Against-the-Heavens Skill

Seeing Li Yao pause, the surrounding crowd grew anxious and urged him on, and even those from Prosperous Era who had walked a short distance stopped in their tracks to listen to Li Yao’s story.

Having sought ancient deities for such a long time, they deeply understood the importance of those seemingly ethereal legends.

You never knew when you might trigger some hidden task, as such examples were not uncommon. Countless players had become the successors to elite professions by making NPCs view them as “fated ones” through these legends.

Therefore, players interested in ancient deities generally liked going to the library or simply buying books to read, aiming to understand the history of ancient deities.

But what you could read in the library was merely official history, just the main storyline, and understanding more would require doing quests and such.

The forum for ancient deity players had now specially established a historical museum where various quest-related intriguing legends would appear, although, of course, only those legends with no practical value or that were of no interest to others would be shared.

Hearing that Li Yao had begun telling a new race’s legend, they were naturally very curious and wanted him to finish, hoping maybe to discover some clues.

Li Yao hesitated for a moment before continuing, “The leader of this Angel Legion is the current Archangel, Tyrael. He noticed the war-weary sentiment of this endangered tribe and their hatred for the demons, so the Archangel commanded the Legion to release them and found for them a hidden and fertile area to prosper and multiply.”

“If my guess is correct, that starting place would be where we are now, only the landscape has changed since antiquity. This race has lived in seclusion, developing from near extinction to prosperity and thriving over tens of thousands of years. They established a mighty empire with this place at its heart. They abandoned demonic power and became even stronger.”

“After another ten thousand years, the great war between Heaven and Hell spread across the continent. This tribe, having developed for twenty thousand years, had grown immensely large, and given the vastness of their territory, it was eventually discovered by both Heaven and Hell. Devil Diablo once approached them, inviting them to rejoin the demonic army, yet the tribe remembered their ancestors’ teachings and adamantly refused.”

“Under the threat of the demon army, they joined the Heavenly Coalition and once again participated in the war against Hell. After the first Great War, the world lay in ruins, the Devil was sealed, but as the demonic army retreated, they swept through this empire. This race that had once been part of the demon army and contributed significantly to repelling it faded into obscurity following the retreat, turning this place into ruins over tens of thousands of years.”

The audience was completely engrossed, as if they were personally experiencing Li Yao’s narration of this dusty history, with vague images that left them deeply intoxicated.

Although the images were obscure, the apocalyptic war scenes made everyone’s souls tremble, especially those who had studied archaeology, who saw even clearer images.

“Boss Prairie Fire, you haven’t mentioned what this tribe is called yet,” an archaeology player excitedly said.

Li Yao waved his hand and said, “Hearing the name of this tribe won’t be so simple. We cannot stand on top of the relief, as a sign of respect for this tribe.”

The crowd nodded in agreement and moved aside.

“Putting on an act, I will stand right here. It’s just a game story, and yet you all…”

The people from Prosperous Era, who were about to step aside, suddenly felt awkward about leaving when they heard Prosperous Young Madman’s words.

Li Yao revealed a slight smile and said, “This once magnificent empire was called Corrosion Demon.”

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As Li Yao spoke, the ground relief seemed to come alive, with figures on it transforming into huge apparitions soaring into the sky.

The listeners thought they heard earth-shaking battle cries, all of them deeply amazed as they watched the rising scenes.

“Holy shit!” exclaimed the Prosperous Young Madman.

Players found out that those Prosperous Era players who had stood on the relief were now being lifted up by the apparitions, screaming in the sky like dolls.

With thud after thud, several players met their death from the fall, only those with invincibility skills survived.

These scenes rose to the sky where hundreds of thousands of players witnessed the spectacular sight, thinking it was an official promotional stunt.

Only the players listening to Li Yao’s story understood what was happening; the images lasted for merely a dozen seconds before shrinking like a spiraling scroll and then suddenly vanishing into Li Yao’s forehead.

“System: Ancient secrets decrypted, you have earned the title, ‘Ancient Witness (Junior)’.”

“System: Ancient Witness (Junior) (1/3), having learned about the origin and destruction of the Corrosion Demon Empire through relics and witnessed the history of ages past, you shall be granted the gift of time.”

“System: Attributes, 1, Archaeology proficiency increased by 1000. 2, Scout’s Eye, ancient relics will be marked on the mini-map when encountered. 3, Blessing of Time, slow down time by half, lasting one second, with a cooldown of ten minutes.”

“System: Witness other ancient histories to upgrade the title’s level.”

The first system notification was broadcast over the regional channel, letting everyone know that Li Yao had received a title, while the subsequent notifications were visible only to Li Yao.

Li Yao was extremely surprised; he had not heard of this title in his past life, especially one with such heaven-defying attributes.

Increase in Archaeology proficiency might seem useless but for Li Yao, it meant he could explore even higher-level ruins. Scout’s Eye was used for finding these ruins.

And the Blessing of Time was an extraordinary active skill that greatly astonished Li Yao, because to his knowledge, not even the Time Dragons could slow down time.

Time Dragons could at most travel along the river of time and could briefly return to the past or create temporal turbulence, but this kind of time slowdown was simply heaven-defying.

Li Yao immediately activated the skill and found everything about him to be normal while other players seemed to move slower.

Li Yao checked the time, it clearly had been one and three-tenths of a second, but the displayed time likewise showed one second had passed.

The others acted as if they hadn’t noticed any change in the speed of time, causing a tempest in Li Yao’s mind. What shook him even more was the fact that this title could be upgraded — what the future held…

Li Yao dared not think further; this skill was too heaven-defying, he could not let anyone know about it.

“Big brother, what’s wrong?” Tongtong asked.

“Nothing, I was just looking at the title description.” Li Yao said with a smile as he clasped his hands to those around him: “Everyone, the race is about to start, till we meet again if fate allows.”

The crowd also responded with polite gestures, especially those players who had learned Archaeology. Although they couldn’t get the same benefits as Li Yao, they were satisfied with the increase in proficiency.

As Li Yao and his companions walked away, a player exclaimed, “Look at your quest logs!”

Many looked at their quest logs in confusion, then their expressions changed; an awakening quest had appeared.

An awakening quest is one that leads to evolving into an elite class, and this one was named ‘Corrosion Demon’.

These players suddenly felt a surge of gratitude, knowing that among them, some may not be strapped for cash, but many were still not in elite classes…