Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Amid the illusory chirping of sun-chasing birds, countless dazzling rays of sunlight descended, then converged upon his head, drawing everyone's attention. Zhou Ning felt his body suddenly swell, and a flood of intensely rich divinity washed over his astral body, emitting majestic flames from even his pores. His windbreaker, stained golden, lifted high behind him.

Behind Zhou Ning, the projected sunlight gathered into a rather blurry female figure, with her hands in an embrace position. Although it only appeared for a brief moment, it could be seen from the iconic sunbird perched on her shoulder that this female figure was the sun goddess.

At this moment, due to the curse of the Bradenrezer family, a massive meteor shower was still forming in the sky, pouring down. The surroundings were permeated with a visibly iron-black aura of doom. This was a clash between the power of doom and the supreme power of the clan's training! But within this blinding hurricane of light, this iron-black aura of doom quietly dissolved and dissipated. The meteor shower in the sky also quietly dissipated.

The Ascetic Church, which possesses the abilities to dispel, bless, speak words, and prophesy, is able to control such disasters.

At this moment, cheers from the Dreamland's natives could be heard throughout the city. If Charles I and his men had followed their original plan, they would have used the twisted Bladenrezer's curse to quickly harvest the lives of the Dreamland with meteorites, but this was now clearly impossible.

Seeing this scene, Stuart Crow took a step back uncontrollably, his mind silent. He stared at the changes in front of him in fascination, his heart filled with shock.

He couldn't help but look up at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, muttering silently to himself, "Can he use the Crown of Sunlight directly without the support of faith or the power of sunlight? It seems that the goddess favors him!"

However, Stuart Crow was still the first to react. He immediately waved the Saint Zagari Scepter and gave everyone a group healing blessing. He pointed the scepter into the air and shouted loudly:

"Listen up, all the Goddesses' Chosen Ones! The Great Sun Goddess has formed an alliance with Wayne Stewell, and Her will is being manifested in this powerful ally. Look, the sun has arrived! Justice will prevail!"

It has to be said that as the Patriarch, Stuart Crow's ability to incite is still very strong. Including the players, everyone responded enthusiastically:

"Justice will prevail!"

Even Dorent and Stuart Crow across from them wavered in their eyes. Because even though they were dream seeds, they still had their own deep-seated beliefs.

The scene before him clearly showed that the goddess had allowed Wayne Stewell to borrow the power of the Crown of Sunlight and even blessed him personally.

Some players who had just returned from the zombie run were stunned by the scene before them. The scene before them was too sacred.

"Fuck, what's going on? This is too cool, I'm blowing it away!"

"Isn't this the Crown of Sunlight? Did the protagonist steal someone else's equipment again?"

"Let your blood flow, this is obviously borrowed, how can it be called hair? What day is it today? Wayne Sternwell's limited edition light crown skin?"

Silently, Zhou Ning's status began to rise rapidly, starting from the King of Angels, and gradually climbing up until he reached a level infinitely close to the rank of God.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and only golden flames were left in his pupils.

The effect of this Crown of Sunlight is not much different from what he imagined. It can only be said that it is worthy of being a legendary artifact.

[Item Name: Crown of Sunlight.]

【Level: Artifact.】

【Status: Borrowing.】

【Equipment Level: 135.】

[Equipment attributes, all attributes +25%.]

[Item Effect 72: Choosing to use this item greatly enhances your combat power and rank. The enhancement effect is related to the intensity of sunlight. Cooldown: hours. Duration: Sunlight disappears.]

[Item Effect 2: After use, you can materialize a powerful weapon from the Sunlight Crown according to your needs. It can replicate your current weapon and grant powerful light and fire attribute bonuses.]

[Item Effect Three: After use, you can use seventeen sunlight-related blessings according to your needs. You can call upon the sunlight stored in the Sunlight Crown to indiscriminately bombard an area. The effect is related to the intensity of the sunlight.]

Negative Effect: This artifact must be stored near the sun year-round. Otherwise, it will continuously absorb the surrounding warmth and sunlight, potentially causing long periods of darkness. Repeated use of it may lead to brainwashing and conversion to a Sun Goddess believer.

[Description: This artifact was bestowed upon the Ascetic Church by the Sun Goddess. It is stored underground in the Wittscher Church Square and can only be used in times of crisis.]

The original 72-hour CD was cleared after the blessing of the Sun Goddess. The side effects could be completely ignored in Zhou Ning's current position. Zhou Ning could clearly feel that he was currently at the peak of his strength. Is this the power that is infinitely close to that of a god?

He took a deep breath and stretched his hand into the air. In his inventory, there was actually a long-forgotten, unknown, rare weapon—Ryujin Jakka. He had never found the time to use it.

Its power is to unleash flames, manipulating them to scorch or explode its foes. It is the strongest and oldest of the fire-type Zanpakutō, boasting the greatest offensive power in Soul Society. Its Shikai releases enough heat to reduce everything it passes through to ash. Its Bankai-like heat is comparable to the core of the sun.

While in Bleach, the strength of a Zanpakutō is often determined by spiritual pressure, this particular Ryujin Jakka is often considered the strongest. It's said that Shikai can annihilate a city, while Bankai can destroy the world.

The next second, Zhou Ning slowly drew from the air a sword with a deep purple hilt and an oval hilt. This weapon, materialized through the second ability of the Crown of Sunlight, served as a powerful enchantment, granting powerful light and fire bonuses to existing weapons. While his Flowing Blade Jaka hadn't yet been unleashed, everyone could sense a burning aura within.

As for the ability to control Ryujin Jakka, he could perfectly simulate it by activating his Angel King form. Zhou Ning was eager to see how powerful Ryujin Jakka could be with the powerful light and fire attributes of the Sunlight Crown.

Then, in the center of everyone's vision, a ray of light suddenly burst out, spreading from above the flowing blade like fire, illuminating the entire world.

This was the buff effect Zhou Ning unleashed when using the Crown of Sunlight. There were seventeen types of blessings to choose from, but Zhou Ning wasn't interested in checking them out one by one. Following Dorrent's previous plan, he directly chose "Guardian of Sunlight."

[Guardian of Sunlight: Blessed by the Sun Goddess, all attributes +40%. (This effect increases or decreases with the intensity of sunlight.)]

This... Looking at the super powerful BUFF that appeared on the game panel again and again, the effect was 5% higher than the initial one. The players were overjoyed and intensified their attacks on the fake Stuart Crow.

The situation on the field was chaotic. The three mustachioed Charles royals looked formidable and difficult to bully. The two Popes were clearly strong, too, but they had Wayne Stewell to deal with. Players were left to focus on Stuart Crow, the first character to appear in the game. During the team's earlier wipe of the zombies, the fake Stuart Crow had healed half of his health, but that didn't stop the players from hitting him, causing his health to plummet.

But at this moment, all the players seemed to sense something and suddenly looked at Wayne Stewell. They saw that he was first filled with light purple spiritual energy and entered the form of an angel. Then he held the seemingly ordinary Zanpakutō at an angle. The surface of the blade dissipated like spiritual particles, revealing a huge ball of flame inside. It swayed rapidly in the wind, accompanied by Wayne Stewell's calm voice:

"Everything will turn to ashes. The blade will flow like fire."

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I caught a bad cold yesterday and had to rest. I haven't recovered yet, and it's even worse. I'm in very bad condition, but I'll update it anyway. There will be two updates today. It may not be well written. I'll wait until I finish writing The Decisive Battle, that is, this volume, and then I'll concentrate on revising it.

Regarding the length, there are probably two more volumes after this one, with a word count of between tens and one million. It depends on the situation, and it will not be finished in a short time. The story must be told completely.