Chapter 548: Equip Venom, and Embrace the Darkness!

【Year 91, age 117.】

【Drawing trait tag...】

【Trait tag drawn successfully!】

【“Sleep on Command” (Common, White): Sleep whenever you want. Falling asleep is effortless.】

【Would you like to adjust your trait tags?】

【Yes/No】

This was a rare situation for Chen Yi.

In the middle of a fierce battle with his enemies, the annual trait-tag draw had happened to come around.

In reality, it would have no special significance.

But simulations were different.

Trait tags in a simulation couldn’t be changed at will. Only during the annual draw could Chen Yi use his real-world hands to change the tags of his simulated self.

This made Chen Yi feel that he wasn’t merely an observer. He was truly taking part in events unfolding along another timeline.

At that moment, two Immortal Kings of the Alien Race loomed across the heavens, intent on taking Chen Yi’s life.

Either the simulation ended here.

Or he equipped the “Venom” trait tag and went completely berserk!

This seventh simulation had only just finished eating through the must-eat list. He hadn’t yet learned anything new. How could he stop now?!

He had to bet everything!

“‘Venom’ can increase all my abilities tenfold. Stack that with the twofold boost from Live Upright and Honorable, and that makes twentyfold! There’s no way I can’t beat an Immortal King!”

But he would have to bear Venom’s side effect: the darkness within him would be violently amplified, and he wouldn’t be able to stop it of his own accord. His actions would be driven by the desires of that darkness, not by his own will.

That meant that once he equipped this trait tag, his darkened self wouldn’t willingly remove it.

So this trait tag could only be used in a simulation.

【You chose Yes.】

【You replaced “High-Grade Bone Structure” with “Low-Grade Bone Structure.”】

【You equipped “Mortal Bones.”】

【You equipped “Venom.”】

【You equipped “Civil War God.”】

【“Hrr...”】

【“Venom” took effect as soon as it was equipped, and a sinister growl rose from your throat.】

【“Ladies and gentlemen, thanks for waiting. Heh-heh!”】

【Ji Wuqing sensed something was off. She noticed a bone-chilling aura surrounding you, black smoke gushing from the top of your head, and your crooked stance. You tilted your head, stuck out your tongue, and stared at her with eyes devoid of whites.】

【“What’s wrong with you?”】

【You turned your head and craned your neck toward Ji Wuqing.】

【“Hey, gorgeous, nice figure. Come here, let Big Brother show you a little something...”】

【Before Ji Wuqing could figure out what you meant, the Immortal King’s attack came crashing down on you.】

【The one who struck was still the Hurricane Immortal King. A dark wind blade tore through space.】

【Ji Wuqing cried out.】

【“Look out!”】

【You raised an eyebrow.】

【“Look out for what? For falling under my spell? Hmm?”】

【“BOOM!!!”】

【You were hit. You, the ground beneath your feet, and everything within several hundred kilometers sank into a crater on the spot.】

【“Cough, cough, cough...”】

【Ji Wuqing crawled out of the ruins, covered in dust, and looked around.】

【“Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen? Did you die again?”】

【When the dust settled, Ji Wuqing was astonished to see you still standing there.】

【The ground beneath your feet was gone, yet you remained in place, without moving an inch.】

【Your voice was low and your tone bizarre as you looked up into outer space.】

【“You motherf—! I hate it when people interrupt me while I’m trying to pick up a girl!”】

【You reached out and drew the Sun Halo Ring, now devoid of its luster, into your hand, then tapped it.】

【“Wake up. Don’t you want to avenge your master?”】

【The Sun Halo Ring shone in your hand, and scorching waves of heat swept in every direction.】

【You could use the Sun Halo Ring freely now.】

【Ji Wuqing was stunned.】

【The Sun Halo Ring was stunned too.】

【Like Tarzan, you let out a long, wild cry and charged forward.】

【“Ooooooh! Ooooooh!”】

【“Bam!”】

【No one could tell whether you were flying or jumping. Either way, you shot straight beyond the atmosphere in an instant.】

【The Hurricane Immortal King’s domain couldn’t suppress you at all.】

【“How is this possible? Isn’t he in the Transcendent Realm?!”】

【You crossed the void in your physical body, covering ten thousand miles in a single stride, and appeared right in front of the Hurricane Immortal King.】

【“You old bastard! So you’re the one who hit me!”】

【You lunged at him in a flash.】

【The Hurricane Immortal King dispersed into a gale, but you grabbed him out of the wind, raised the Sun Halo Ring, and brought it down on his head.】

【“Clang! Clang! Clang!”】

【Three blows with the ring, and the Immortal King’s soul was shattered. This great hero is an honest man.】

【The Hurricane Immortal King was completely dumbfounded.】

【You had a strange power that kept him from getting away. He could only retreat as he fought, keeping some distance between you.】

【The Hurricane Immortal King had a feeling: he absolutely could not let this kid touch him!】

【But you were holding a Celestial Emperor’s divine armament!】

【“Brother Feng Ling! I’m coming to help!”】

【Don’t forget, another Immortal King had just arrived.】

【He had originally wanted to hold back. Two Immortal Kings ganging up on someone in the Transcendent Realm would be embarrassing if word got out.】

【But seeing how you attacked everyone in sight, he had no choice but to join in.】

【Fighting two Immortal Kings at once was a little difficult for you.】

【Their domains complemented and reinforced each other, pressing down on you once more.】

【You were terrifyingly powerful now, but you still weren’t an Immortal King. You didn’t understand domains, so the rules of the game were stacked against you.】

【But that didn’t matter. You still had a precious tool at your disposal.】

【“Fine, fine, two against one? I’ve got backup too!”】

【You opened the Pot Heaven space and took out two black stones.】

【In the sixth simulation, you’d spent a lot of time breaking the seal on the Black Monkey King’s stone. But now, you simply gave it a gentle squeeze, and the seal broke.】

【With a thunderous crash, both stones shattered at the same time. Identical black light shot out of each one.】

【Within each beam of black light, a tall figure gradually came into focus.】

【A massive black iron staff, armor in tatters as if scorched by fire, black fur, and an air of sheer defiance.】

【Two Black Monkey Kings!】

【“At last, I’m... Huh? Where did this counterfeit come from?!”】

【They spoke in unison.】

【The Black Monkey King and the discount-version Black Monkey King looked at each other once, then raised their staffs and swung at one another.】

【“Rumble!!!”】

【The shockwave from their clash forced back part of the two Holy Dragon Clan Immortal Kings’ domains.】

【“Counterfeit! Who made you? Tell me the truth!”】

【“Hmph! You’re the counterfeit. I’m the real Black Monkey King!”】

【“You’re fake! I’m real!”】

【“I’m real! You’re fake!”】

【You clutched your stomach, laughing uproariously and clapping your hands.】

【“Wonderful, wonderful! The real and fake Black Monkey Kings! How fun, how fun!”】

【Both Black Monkey Kings noticed you and demanded in unison:】

【“Who the hell are you?!”】

【One of the Black Monkey Kings suddenly remembered something.】

【“I remember you. That kid Sun Xiaosheng gave you the sealing stone. So how did there end up being another me? Talk!”】

【You pointed at the two Immortal Kings in the distance.】

【“I don’t know which of you is real and which is fake either. But I figure the Black Monkey King must be pretty powerful. Taking out those two old bastards shouldn’t be a problem, right? Whoever kills them is the real one. Isn’t that perfectly reasonable?”】