Free Web NovelChapter 1480: Chapter 381: Unmatched Under Heaven, Record of Peach Blossom Source_4
Bao Yan sensed the gale brushing his face and snapped his head up.
He instantly saw the beam of light closing in.
He’d thought it was just another sneak attack delivering him more Wealth.
But when the light beam struck his body—
"Huh?!"
The smile on Bao Yan’s face froze at once.
Without triggering the Wealth-comparison phase he’d imagined, his body was blasted backward.
"I haven’t had enough fun yet!"
The next second—
Bao Yan’s figure, within that pure white beam, was like pencil marks wiped away by an eraser, vanishing inch by inch from head to toe.
In the end, he turned into black mist and dissipated into nothing.
The Gold Power Clan’s strike directly "deleted" Bao Yan from this Golden Power Space.
The bustling street fell into Deathly Silence in an instant.
This was also the first time for the vast majority of Golden Power Cultivators to witness the "Golden Power Heavenly Dao" taking action to erase a living being.
Shocked, they all dropped to their knees facing the Tower and kowtowed.
And Bao Yan’s exhilarating trip through the Golden Power Space was abruptly cut short by the Golden Power Clan higher-ups’ kill order.
But the Gold Power Clan’s actions were not yet over.
They decisively began checking the "space log," searching for the root cause of the BUG.
Before long, they locked onto a Space Rift channel that had already been abandoned.
They then struck without hesitation; the Strength they released crossed Space and instantly destroyed this Teleportation Array.
The sudden crisis also left the Gold Power Clan deeply rattled.
After cleaning things up, they simply shut down all 384 Space Channels connected to Monster World and launched a detailed inspection.
To prevent any other undiscovered potential loopholes.
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On the other side.
After Soul Return, Bao Yan wrote up his experiences in the Golden Power Space as a post, attached a video, and uploaded it to the Player Forum.
This seemingly inconspicuous post quickly sparked heated discussion among players on the forum.
[Exploration Diary: Peach Blossom Spring Notes – Golden Power Space]:
The other day I crossed ridges and ravines, and by mistake stepped into a wondrous realm.
When I first entered, mist wreathed the air; the stone paths were like jade, Spirit Veins flowed like rivers—only then did I know this was no ordinary land.
So I concealed my figure and quietly watched.
I saw their battles: all compared the numbers above their heads; the higher won, the lower collapsed; the victor took the other’s stats, while the loser’s body and soul both scattered.
I asked the Guidance and learned that this realm hoards wealth and chases profit. Those on the Righteous Path advance step by step, gathering small to make great. Those who go against it borrow and overreach, betting everything in one throw—in the end, all circling around the word "fortune."
Midway, I met several in black robes who, upon seeing me, cried "Outer Heaven Demon!" and came at me murderously.
Just as I meant to flee, I suddenly felt the sharp edge of Rules within—why should I evade?
Mayflies of a day, daring to use a stinking-meat ruler to measure an unfathomable abyss.
In the instant we clashed, red numbers hung above all their heads, as if they bore heavy debts.
An "∞" suddenly appeared above my own head, golden light blazing.
Before I could think, those people had already exploded into black mist. What should have been recycled by the Heavenly Dao was instead all absorbed into my body, as easy as reaching into a bag, not costing a breath of effort.
Only then did I know that all living beings here live and perish by the word "fortune."
Even those strong enough to move mountains and overturn seas, when they met my "Infinite," were like bubbles touching a blade, annihilated in an instant.
Their power became mine to pocket; their breath merged into my meridians. Such delight, I’ve never known in my life.
The city’s sights were stranger still: flying boats like shuttles, jade streets with flowing light, towers piercing the clouds—everything ranked by stats.
Yet I wandered among them as if in an empty land.
Now and then some brute would stride up to provoke me; before he could make a move, his form would collapse on its own, turning into wisps of black mist that drifted into my pack.
The Cultivators in the city all fretted over stat increases and decreases, like puppets on strings, utterly unaware they were trapped in a cage of Rules.
Though I was eventually forced to leave, I still yearn for the thrill of black mist flooding my body and the joy of stats going berserk.
This place was like flowers in a mirror, moon in the water—though it was but a fleeting glimpse, to have savored the joy of crushing from a higher dimension is enough! Exhilarating!
—Explorer: Little Bao Little Bao, written after Soul Return.
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Comments:
Legendary Beast Tamer: Why did I have to be itchy-fingered and click your video... my eyes are literally red now. You’re straight-up hacking, not even pretending anymore, huh? The whole screen is insta-kills. People always say the Exploration Faction just needs one lucky chance to get rich—turns out you actually found it. You must’ve raked in several million sacrificial power, right? My eyes are bleeding here. Why couldn’t this joy be mine? I’m blocking you—this life we are fated never to meet again on the forum.
Dawn Is Coming: I’ll give you 100 sacrificial power, just delete your save and let me replay your run. This is too damn爽. Even more爽 than that steamroll run in Spirit Breath World back then. The whole screen is black mist—that’s all sacrificial power! We were all staying poor just fine, so why do you suddenly get to become filthy rich? You really deserve death.
Passing By With a Cat: Fellow Exploration Faction here—why am I chewing canned food by the roadside while you’re getting rich? This hurts worse than killing me... I suggest the devs strictly investigate: this guy is clearly abusing a loophole to crazily farm resources. You’re not gonna管管? At the very least give him a ban, then wipe all the sacrificial power he earned. You’re just gonna let him爽-farm a few million like this? Have you considered my feelings at all (gnashing_teeth.jpg).
I Chop Chop Chop: Reading the text I was thinking, "What the hell is this," but then I clicked the attached video below—and right away it was a full screen of "boom, boom, boom," then I heard the Challenger Tips chiming nonstop and my brain just froze... Damn it, why didn’t you call me when you went to get rich? Is it really that hard to add one more guy to your jackpot run?
Returned From World-Hopping Yet Still a Street Rat: I don’t buy it; this video is definitely edited. If it’s real, how is this fair? Brother Di Zhao, look at him—come out here and do something! Someone’s exploiting a BUG in the world you created, you’ve got to stand up for us hardworking players (hugging the Emperor’s Statue leg and howling.jpg).
The moment the post went live, its popularity shot straight up.
This was also the most "hacked-looking" post on the forum since it launched.
In one player’s words, Bao Yan’s full-on crushing rampage in the Golden Authority World looked just like a loot-farming ARPG, insta-killing everything wherever he went.
Even though the video was short, players could still feel Bao Yan’s joy through the screen.
Just as Bao Yan said in the post, this trip was like visiting a hidden paradise.
He’d simply done some basic exploration and got back a massive haul.
The sacrificial power spent early on to activate the Teleportation Array was less than one percent of the total returns—an absolutely insane profit.
Soon, Research Party players also joined the discussion, adding background info about the Golden Power Space and even the Gold Power Clan.
Only then did the players realize what a bizarre Space this was.
The Combat System inside was downright abstract.
For players, going in was no different from hitting a buffet.
Aside from the Gold Power Clan behind the scenes, even a Cultivator at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage would be instantly one-shotted in front of a player.
As the post’s heat kept climbing, Ah Lan, who was currently busy on Dream Island, also saw it.
After carefully understanding the traits of the Golden Power Rule, Ah Lan immediately got an idea.
At this stage, what members of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce are worst at is Combat Skills and similar abilities.
After all, they basically don’t participate in dungeons, Hunting, and such, so they have no way to train their own abilities and techniques.
And the Golden Power Rule perfectly makes up for this problem.
If they can obtain the Golden Power Rule’s blessing, they won’t need technique in the future—just raw stat collisions can solve a lot of trouble.
But Ah Lan wasn’t in a hurry to act.
According to the background info provided by Research Party players on the forum, the strongest of the Gold Power Clan also has Demigod Realm strength.
With the players’ current Combat Power alone, they can’t contend with that.
As for seeking help from the Destiny Clan, that’s not workable either.
If Destiny Clan members who aren’t players join the battle, they can’t resurrect after death.
The process of fighting the Gold Power Clan would inevitably cost lives.
This is different from the Destiny Clan’s absolute crushing of the Youlu Council.
The Combat Power the Gold Power Clan possesses is something the Destiny Clan can absolutely take down—but taking them down without any losses is impossible.
To ask Life Throat to help would be playing with his clansmen’s lives.
That request is truly over the line.
As for Life Throat’s true body, although it has Demigod Realm strength, it’s long since been locked down on Earth and can no longer travel to Monster World.
Even if he could go, after death he wouldn’t be able to resurrect the way a player’s body does.
The risk is far too great.
So the timing isn’t ripe; they still need to wait.
But the Gold Power Clan—he will take them down, no matter what.
The Rules in their hands will be a powerful boost in the rapid development of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
