T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 35. You have unlocked the [Heart of Elements] set.

Nafiel's flippant and arrogant voice tugged at everyone's heartstrings. "Toy," "please"—every word made Jiang Heyi feel a surge of anger in his chest.

Under Nafiel's remote control, the Slime King's full-scene ritual magic was transformed into a three-dimensional bullet hell game.

Without any fancy tricks, King Slime's bullet hell is pure elemental energy bombardment.

The densely generated magical attacks consist mainly of orbs and rays of light of various colors, and the intense glare can interfere with the attacker's judgment.

Having no gaming experience, Orange Tea only glanced at the aurora-like screen a few times and stared intently at the barrage of bullets heading straight for her for a few seconds before she became dizzy and unable to see clearly.

Like toying with prey, Nafiel would deliberately set up the safe zone within the observable boundary between the real and virtual worlds, then watch as her toy struggled to survive, emitting bursts of extremely malicious laughter.

20 seconds passed.

40 seconds passed.

1 minute has passed...

Nafiel could no longer let out that confident laugh of having everything under control.

Under the ritual magic, the high-intensity barrage continued for so long that no one was killed at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds.

The people at the boundary between the virtual and the real world are all skilled in a wide variety of games.

Or rather, everyone is good at more than one type of game.

Jiang Heyi and Zhong Zemo are both experts at bullet hell games.

There was once an exaggerated compliment that top-tier bullet hell game masters could go without getting wet in the rain.

In reality, this is impossible, but at this moment, their superb dynamic vision and ability to predict the landing point allowed them to dodge one fatal blow after another as if walking a tightrope in this first-person bullet hell game.

They were like ants scurrying across a god's chessboard, repeatedly escaping unscathed, mocking the self-proclaimed god who could easily crush the boundary between reality and illusion, and who frequently used the word "manipulation" to describe himself.

"Nafir, stop playing around, that strange feeling is back."

"The spatial magic that's holding the portal together has distorted again. That's strange. That woman must be doing something in the palace."

"It's just a last-ditch effort. Once the magic array on the 11th floor is broken, the main temple of the Clarity God on the 12th floor will become history."

"I want to turn her into a doll with independent thought... Beautiful things must be desecrated with force!"

"The spatial distortion has intensified... We have lost contact with the fifth level of space."

"Nafir, can't you understand human language? I told you to stop playing around!"

The voice of the Church of Eternal Night echoed throughout the fourth floor, clearly audible even amidst the Slime King's relentless bombardment.

"Rosalai, shut up! Shut up!"

Seeing that the boundary between reality and illusion had been maintained for 1 minute and 30 seconds under her control through ritual magic, Nafiel suddenly turned around and shouted impatiently at the person who was speaking loudly to her.

"Hmph, some people say they can handle things with ease, yet it takes them this long to crush a few tiny insects that intruded into the temple?"

"I can crush them anytime. This is a game, it's fun!"

"The sixth layer of space is a barrier... space is distorting."

"What exactly is that woman doing on the 12th floor?"

"I'm saying this for the last time, stop playing around, something's not right!"

Disturbed by his companions, Nafiel let out a series of roars, causing ripples to spread across the boundary between reality and illusion.

Her purple-gold vertical pupils reappeared, and she hovered above the Slime King's head.

The elemental forces across the entire scene converged, and countless bullet comments vanished abruptly.

"Didn't they say if we won by dodging, we'd get a hug? Where's the hug?"

The long run left the prison guard breathless as he spoke.

It's truly a shame that he's still clinging to Nafiel's vague and unrealistic promise.

“Hug?” Nafiel chuckled. “Would you hug a bunch of dirty, ugly monkeys?”

Without uttering another word, Nafiel's purple-gold vertical pupils flashed with a terrifying light; she was about to end everything.

At that moment, Jiang Heyi had an inconspicuous black scroll in his hand.

I was too busy running around to try it before, but now...

The scroll maker thoughtfully considered that the user was not a magician, and placed a magic stone in the center of the scroll.

Using the magic stone as a crosshair, Jiang Heyi aimed at the midpoint between the Slime King and those eyes.

trigger!

The scroll turned to ashes in an instant, leaving only a corner that slowly drifted down to his feet.

There were no unusual phenomena, no feedback; the only effect of this scroll was self-immolation.

It seems a gentle breeze was stirred up?
The group from the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, who were full of anticipation, almost choked on a mouthful of blood.

Mint, is this the precious scroll you've been making all mysterious and secretive about?
“Nafiel, what are you daydreaming about? The guidance of the idol has begun, and the history of the Clarity is coming to an end.”

"Nafiel?"

Not long ago, Nafiel had been mocking the boundary between reality and illusion with an arrogant tone. After a long silence, he finally burst into a heart-wrenching wail.

This was accompanied by the "thump-thump" sound of her head hitting heavy objects or walls.

"It hurts, it hurts so much, there's something... in my head!"

"Nafiel?"

"Ouch! My head is about to... split open... Who are you? Don't you dare pry into my memories!"

"Go and call the other Whisperers over!"

"Warning! Warning!" the Church of Eternal Night shouted a warning. "Our spatial magic has been corrupted by a strange force... Something is eyeing the coordinates of the portal!"

The scroll's release caused chaos within the Church of Eternal Night. In just a dozen seconds, the amount of information was so overwhelming that Nafiel screamed as the connection was severed, and the boundary between the virtual and real worlds stood there dumbfounded, staring at each other.

It sounds like the scroll's mental magic is working?
The Whisperer of the Eternal Night Church, who could easily turn the fourth level upside down, suffered a splitting headache simply from a light touch of the scroll...

What level of magician must have created this masterpiece?
Where did you get the mint?
While the others were still lost in their own thoughts, Jiang Heyi immediately shouted, drawing their attention back to the Slime King.

Even without Nafiel's arrival, the Slime King remains an incredibly powerful monster that is difficult for them to match.

King Slime remained motionless.

The standoff lasted for nearly a minute, and the oppressive atmosphere made everyone sweat profusely.

Orange Tea kept quietly praying that the scroll would also defeat the Slime King, so that everyone could enjoy a great deal of benefits.

The Slime King's soft, fluorescent green body, like a human, was covered in fine beads of sweat.

The sweat seeped out more and more, becoming denser and denser, collapsing down like a melting wax figure, wet and sticky, losing its rounded shape, turning into a puddle of gelatinous substance that could be kneaded and crushed, sprawling in all directions.

The speed was so fast that before the fluorescent green sticky torrent reached Orange Tea's feet, she was still making a wish in a daze.

A single scroll instantly killed two powerful enemies of the Eternal Night Church... Mint Witch, did you really obtain this scroll through normal channels?

Even if you sold yourself, you couldn't buy one!

"Alas, we are..."

Just as the jailer was about to pop the champagne, Jiang Heyi covered his mouth. The limp, sticky substance on the ground slowly contracted and gathered, spinning in place like a vortex.

Plain fries are getting a bit boring: "A third form?"

You'll feel numb if you come.

The difficulty of the fourth level is so high that even professional players would shake their heads. Jiang Heyi even doubted whether a player at the maximum level of 20 could pass it through normal means.

The spinning stopped, and the Slime King that appeared before everyone left them speechless.

"Ah... Sister Alna?"

King Slime transformed into Sister Alna, enveloped in sticky bubbles he had thrown out, and floated in mid-air.

She covered her head with one hand and placed the other on her chest, appearing to be in pain.

Upon hearing Jiang Heyi speak, her gaze immediately shifted over.

“You…know Alna.”

It sounded like a question, but also like something that had been prepared for all along.

And this posture clearly indicates that they are capable of dialogue.

Wait, could it be...

Jiang Heyi exchanged a glance with the original flavor fries, then immediately took out a lantern from his backpack and showed it to the Slime King.

Drawn by magic, the lantern floated up and came into the Slime King's hand. She carefully caressed it, her lips moving, her face full of sorrow.

"You are from the Clarifiers..." Jiang Heyi wanted to use "person" to address you, but it felt strange, so he changed his words, "From the Clarifiers' side?"

The Slime King sadly embraced the lantern.

"It was Alna who brought me into the Clarity... I was very, very young then."

The plain fries asked, "So, you were being manipulated?"

A fierce glint appeared in the Slime King's eyes as she gritted her teeth: "The Church of Eternal Night!"

The invasion of the Church of Eternal Night came with great force. The Slime King, who was in charge of taking care of the plants in the Temple of the Clarity, was caught off guard and faced the main force of the church, which was almost unscathed in the first three floors.

The whisperers bewitched her mind, and when Nafiel arrived, he sealed her consciousness away in a perpetually shrouded wasteland.

Until a strange wind easily tore through the mist, freeing her consciousness from its constraints.

Jiang Heyi picked up the scroll fragment that had been stepped on and examined it incredulously.

The jailer tentatively asked, "Do you still have any memories of the time you were under control?"

Jiang Heyi quickly glanced at him sideways; he really knew how to bring up the most sensitive topic.

"What did I...do?"

Plain Fries quickly tried to cover it up: "Your elemental magic has been holding us back for a long time."

With a look of shame on his face, the Slime King slowly floated down in front of everyone: "This was not my intention... You were chosen by Alna, and given her personality, she would have told you to run away, but instead you appeared here."

"puff!"

Caught off guard, King Slime forcefully plunged his hand into his own chest cavity.

Through her translucent skin, one could clearly see that her fingers were bent into fists, tightly gripping something.

She forcibly pulled a brightly colored, irregularly shaped crystal core out of her body.

In that instant, her body, which was faintly glowing with a green light, dimmed.

"What are you..."

"Take this...and then leave."

He said the same thing as Alna.

"Don't take any risks. Ahead lies only endless darkness, and hell."

"With your strength, you have come this far, and your future is limitless... Survive, only by surviving can you have a chance to stop the eternal night from engulfing this world."

The Slime King spoke urgently, his hand, tightly gripping the crystal core, thrusting it directly to Jiang Heyi's chest.

"It can forge invincible weapons for you, enabling you to survive until you grow into a hero capable of standing on your own."

Seeing that no one reached out to take it from the boundary between the real and the virtual, the Slime King's expression immediately turned ferocious.

"I said, take it!"

She forcefully shoved the crystal core into Jiang Heyi's hand, clapped her hands, and the ground instantly collapsed.

A statue hidden beneath the ground rose from the churning soil.

Without giving the people at the boundary between reality and illusion any chance to speak, she waved her hand, and a powerful wind elemental blew in, slamming them firmly onto the statue, allowing the Slime King to trigger the teleportation.

They couldn't even put up a fight against the Slime King.

When they came to their senses, they found themselves at the entrance to the underground temple.

Looking at the crystal core in his hand that trembled and flickered like a heart, that strange feeling surged into Jiang Heyi's heart again.

Everything that just happened seems to have truly occurred... except that it was a world where there was no boundary between reality and illusion.

Just as I was about to look up the information about the crystal core, the jailer exclaimed "Wow!"

"I told you not to yell like that. We've all been through the fourth level. Be more careful," Jiang Heyi complained.

Although it was a cheat-like way to pass the level by relying on the Mint Scroll to exert force, finding the Mint is also a skill in itself.
"No, my experience level jumped to level 7 in one go... and it's still going up, wow, wow, wow, level 8!"

Jiang Heyi looked up and realized that he had unknowingly reached level 8.

Plain fries quickly checked: "I... am level 10."

what?
Zhong Zemo also shouted excitedly, and he soared to level 7 in one go.

Orange Tea seems to have benefited greatly from the "Endless Training" buff, as it jumped to level 9, second only to French Fries.

According to previous community discussions, the highest-level player in the game is currently [Shadow Kingdom Coin], who is currently level 8.

It was that big guy who did role-playing and spent lavishly in Windjammer City.

The fourth level of experience was so abundant that the previously locked experience bars collectively sounded the charge.

Now, the level of the boundary between reality and illusion is far ahead of the rest of the game.

With such abundant experience, wouldn't this crystal core, which could only be obtained by overdrawing the Slime King, be...?

【Heart of the Elements】

"The strange core that the Slime King nurtured, when touched, seems to reveal traces of elemental flow."

"It is still beating, as if grieving for a dear friend who has passed away."

A system prompt pops up.

"You have unlocked the Heart of Elements set."

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(End of this chapter)