After opening the game, the first thing he saw was the character selection screen, just like usual.
In the past, Lu Xun had never cared about this interface because he had no choice.
However, today he actually had a second option, and Lu Xun couldn't resist taking a peek.
【Bloodflame Dog Emperor: Antru Wayne (lv10)】
【...】
Lu Xun's eyes widened so much they nearly bulged out of his head, and he blurted out in disbelief,
"Level... Level 10?"
At first glance, he thought he might have stayed up so late that his eyes were playing tricks on him and he had added a zero after the one, so he rubbed his eyes and leaned his head closer to the screen, staring intently.
However, the number did not change.
It really was level 10!
Lu Xun's mouth hung open; he felt that if physical conditions hadn't limited him, his jaw would have dropped all the way to the floor.
No, this was too strange.
He had only been offline for a single day, and this male furry had actually leveled up to level 10 on his own?
Then what did it count as when he had worked himself to death for three days just to get the Peerless Fencer to level 10?
Did it count as him being able to endure hardship?
This was just too damn unfair!
He felt psychologically unbalanced; although this male furry was also his character, he had a stifling sense of having spent the last three days eating dirt.
Nobody told him that a gold-quality character was so much stronger than a purple-quality one!
He had to see what was going on with this guy.
He slid his mouse, moving away from Grinya's card and clicking on the card printed with the image of the wolf-eared youth.
【Entering game...】
【Loading map...】
...
The North, Bloodflame Forbidden Sea.
In reality, there was no sea here.
Antru stepped onto a semi-solidified, glowing dark-red lava crust, and with every step, he could hear the sound of magma churning beneath him, like a giant beast growling in its chest.
Gold-red and blazing black swirled together as massive bubbles burst on the surface, splashing fire rain several meters high, which fell onto a charred corpse that could only vaguely be recognized as human.
Antru's eyes were vacant, his body covered in numerous open wounds where blood and molten lava mixed together, while ash and sparks danced on his flesh, yet he seemed completely oblivious, walking forward aimlessly.
Not far ahead of him stood a hell gate carved from profound black rock, its surface crawling with twisted, hideous demon reliefs and long-blurred curse runes that seeped with dark red light, squirming like living things.
A low, muffled voice drifted from behind the door, constantly calling out to Antru; he could no longer hear any other sounds and had lost all ability to think, appearing as nothing more than a soul-less husk.
"Good child, come closer to me, just a little closer."
That voice laughed in a sinister, cold tone.
Antru came to a halt in front of the hell gate and slowly reached out his hand, and the hell gate responded to him, as a strange black arm suddenly twisted out from the door.
"Yes, just like that, take hold of it, and by taking hold of it, you will obtain everything you desire!"
The voice grew increasingly excited, sounding as if its owner could no longer contain their inner agitation.
But Antru suddenly stopped.
Color suddenly returned to his eyes, and a flash of intense fear and confusion crossed them, immediately replaced by a look of emotionless indifference, staring coldly at the hell gate.
His gaze was incredibly deep, as if he were not staring at the door, but at the creature behind it.
The owner of the voice froze, seemingly sensing something; it began to tremble, to rage, to roar.
The entire Bloodflame Forbidden Sea transformed into a terrifying purgatory as mountains crumbled and magma turned into pillars of fire shooting into the sky, appearing ready to consume everything.
【Warning, a game virus is attacking your computer.】
"What?" Lu Xun was dumbfounded.
He had just entered the game and hadn't even seen anything clearly when the screen suddenly fluctuated strangely and froze in a deadlocked state.
Immediately after, the game popped up a warning window about a virus attack.
Is there something wrong with this!
Lu Xun didn't even know how to complain anymore; was he supposed to praise the game for how quickly it detected the virus?
"Is this client intentionally messing with me? Couldn't they have checked the game for viruses properly?" Lu Xun really wanted to curse, but at the thought of the balance in his phone, he held it back.
Helpless, he could only exit and manually start the antivirus system.
...
Behind the hell gate, there was a massive, demon-like canine beast, its entire body burning with blood-red flames, its crimson eyes filled with immense fury.
"How dare you try to snatch my vessel? Don't you know my name as the Bloodflame Demon Dog!"
"Get lost!!!"
It let out a roar, and within the vast dark-red space behind the hell gate, a slight groan of overburdened strain echoed.
However, in the next second, its roar came to an abrupt halt.
It looked as though it had encountered something terrifying, its expression filled with utter horror.
Then, it let out a miserable shriek, its massive body trembling as it suffered a heavy blow, and even its divinity was affected out of thin air.
"Such a powerful divinity, just where did this god come from?"
It gritted its crimson teeth, its gaze turning fierce again: "But if you dare to steal someone on my territory, I think you're tired of living!"
It exerted its power once more, this time outputting a force even greater than before; such an immense power descending upon any human would be enough to cause them to instantly twist and mutate, but it could no longer care about the survival of its vessel.
To have someone perform such a provocative act on its territory—even if it meant fighting to the death, it could not take half a step back.
This was a battle of pride between gods!
...
Lu Xun frowned slightly.
The progress bar of the antivirus software on the screen hadn't moved for a long time, as if it were stuck.
Impressive; it seemed this virus wasn't your average threat if a common antivirus software couldn't do anything to it.
It looked like he had to get serious.
He took a deep breath, a sharp light shooting from his eyes: "Fine, you forced my hand."
"A tiny virus, to be able to push me to this extent, you can be proud of yourself."
"Unfortunately, you underestimated my determination; even if it costs me everything, I will see you dead!!!"
With a fierce look on his face, he suddenly exerted force in his arm, precisely clicking on the browser, and after searching for and entering a certain website, he clicked download without a moment's hesitation.
"360 Antivirus, destroy it for me!!!"
He let out a roaring shout.
...
"Aaaah!"
A miserable scream echoed through the hell gate.
The Bloodflame Demon Dog's form had unknowingly shrunk significantly, its figure flickering in and out as if it might disappear at any moment.
At this time, it had fallen into a state of extreme weakness, possessing no more strength and unable to muster any divine power.
It hadn't expected that just as it was prepared to risk everything, the opponent's power would suddenly intensify, and that one strike nearly shattered its true form.
That kind of terrifying power that it had never heard of before... even the five evil gods might not possess such divine strength!
The Bloodflame Demon Dog no longer dared to harbor any thoughts of rebellion; its heart was filled with nothing but infinite terror.
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