I told you to plant peas, and you summon Mordekaiser?

"hiss--"

The sudden, sharp pain in his arm made Chen Yang gasp.

"what happened?!"

Chen Yang's eyelids twitched violently, and his left hand began to twitch and spasm uncontrollably.

His left hand, a bluish-green color, has remained in that state ever since he returned yesterday.

Chen Yang had no clue about it, but since there were no other abnormalities in his left hand, he ignored it.

But the sudden, inexplicable pain caught him completely off guard.

He rolled up his sleeve and was shocked to find that the bluish-green color covering his entire palm seemed to have come alive, like a venomous snake, slowly spreading up his arm!

"Damn it!"

The excruciating pain tormented Chen Yang relentlessly.

The time lasted only a minute, but for Chen Yang, that minute felt like an eternity.

When he came to his senses, he was covered in sweat.

This eerie, corpse-green color spread upwards for about two centimeters.

Chen Yang recalled the curse the lord zombie had uttered before its death.

"...You will suffer eternal torment..."

He knew he couldn't let the green corpses spread unchecked.

But Chen Yang knew nothing about the corpse green and was at a loss.

"..."

"Ascension."

"Staying in this garden won't yield the answer... Ascension might offer a solution..."

This arm can no longer be shown in its true form.

Chen Yang bought a black glove from the everyday items section of Dave's store to cover the corpse green on his left hand.

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Over the course of three days, each participating team was busy with preparations.

During this period, Huangfu Qinghe also convened several meetings with the team members.

The Ascension Tournament format is similar to the Regional Showdown, where players are randomly assigned to factions by the system.

The plant faction needs to place plants to guard the garden.

The zombies can carry a plant to assist in attacking the garden.

Chen Yang's team drew the zombie faction in the first round.

The zombie team needs to kill all the plants within the time limit to win.

The plant team wins if they survive the time limit and have only one plant left.

The opponent for the first match was determined by ranking.

The first-place team will face off against the last-place team, which is the thirty-second place team.

And so on, with them in sixteenth place, they were facing off against the team in seventeenth place.

According to intelligence gathered by other team members, this seventeenth-ranked squad is no pushover.

The entire team has a total of five plants on the power ranking!

Four of the plants, though not ranked highly, are still quite threatening.

The most threatening plant is the Destruction Mushroom Shooter from the opposing team's captain, Chizi Gao!

That's right, it's the player who topped the power rankings right after the server opened, Chi Zi Gao.

The opportunity to ascend to immortality is within reach.

Although Dave didn't offer any further explanation beyond those two words, no one could afford to underestimate this opportunity for ascension.

These two words mean so much.

Each team focused on improving their strength over three days.

Huangfu Qinghe emptied his savings to help his team members improve their combat capabilities.

With the 680,000 suns accumulated during this period, and the generous donation from the wealthy Huangfu Qinghe, Chen Yang upgraded the Hellfire Chili to the third tier.

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[Hellfire Chili]

Level 3

Plant type: Ash

Duration: 100 seconds

Effect: Hellfire Chili ignites three layers of hellfire, scorching all enemies within a large area and dealing fire damage for the duration. This fire cannot be extinguished by normal means during the duration.

Cooldown time: 24 hours

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At the same time, Chen Yang's rank was raised to a higher level.

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Chen Yang

Rating: 6

Survival days: 20

Planting limit: 8

Remaining sunlight: 9.7W

Garden Level: 3 (Upgrade requires 30 Sunlight)

Garden effects: [Wizard-like thinking] [Impervious fortress]

Talents: League of Legends Fusion Version

The next wave of zombies is coming: 6H

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In the past few days, Chen Yang discovered a pattern in the spread of the cadaveric green color on his left hand.

At a random time each day, this zombie-like color will spread upwards along the arm.

If it continues at this rate of spread, Chen Yang's right hand will be completely transformed into zombie skin in less than three months.

If I stay in this space, I'll only suffer the torment of the corpse green every day.

Only the so-called ascension might bring about some changes.

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On the twenty-first day after the players' arrival, the Ascension War officially began.

The first match is about to begin.

"Holy crap, where did I get this?"

"Wow, this is huge! How many people can sit here?!"

"I'm actually in the front row!"

Players began to appear one after another in the enormous, seemingly endless stadium.

This is a space that, like the World Tavern, is full of technology and grandeur.

The overall architectural structure is somewhat similar to the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

In the center of the arena was a vast, empty stadium shrouded in mist, obscuring the view inside.

Above, beyond the enormous transparent dome, lies a vast and dazzling universe of stars.

Soon, the huge venue was packed to capacity, with a bustling crowd of people, all of whom were excitedly whispering among themselves.

"It seems like all the remaining players have come!"

"The first match is starting in ten minutes. Which two teams are playing?"

"One of the teams has the Red-Clad Pork! The owner of that Destruction Mushroom Archer!"

"He's a thing of the past! Do you know who's on the other side? Chen Yang and Huangfu Qinghe!"

"Who is Huangfu Qinghe? I've never heard of him..."

"Thirtieth on the combat power ranking, the owner of the Sunflower!"

"Sunflowers? How can that be on the list?"

"If a lantern plant can be at the top, what's impossible..."

The next five minutes are for audience betting, with a base bet of 10,000 suns.

Current odds: 1.9:2.1

The odds are determined by the system based on the rankings.

The Chizigao team has a lower ranking, hence the higher odds.

"So that's why the ticket is only 100 Sunshine Points! Turns out the big one is here."

"Is that even a question? We're betting everything on Chen Yang!"

"Hehe, buy the sun, get a villa by the sea, go all in like a madman!"

"Look, the match is about to begin!"

In the center of the enormous venue, the fog was dispelled.

The entire area is covered with jagged, strange rocks.

On one side of the arena was a huge garden.

It still has a 5x9 lawn layout, covered with various plants.

On the other side, twenty zombies, along with their plants, were eager to fight.

"They're all Tier 2 zombies!"

"Wait, there's a third tier?!"

On the large screen above the arena, information about both teams' players was displayed.

As the audience can see, among the zombies that are all second-tier zombies, there is actually a third-tier zombie!

[Chen Yang -- Tier 3 Zombie]

"Wardfa? How did they manage to do that at level three?"

"I heard that the Z-type zombie serum sold in the shop open to zombie players can only upgrade them to level 2 zombies!"

"I can't get past three level 2 zombies in Endless Mode, and now there are nineteen of them all at once, how am I supposed to play?"

"And these zombies keep respawning! Each of them is equipped!"

On Chen Yang's zombie territory, Huang Aotian held a huge cross, looking incredibly powerful.

A three-shot man stood up shakily on two blades of grass and followed behind him, trotting along.

For this competition, everyone bought a mutation card that allows plants to move.

Otherwise, if the plants cannot move, summoning them without them being able to attack is a waste.

“I know that burning sunflower; it’s a plant from Huangfu Qinghe.”

"Hey, look, there aren't any plants next to that level 3 zombie!"

"Where are Chen Yang's plants? I'd like to see what Mordekaiser is all about!"

To everyone's disappointment, the zombie, shrouded in red and black mist, failed to summon its own plants.

"What is he doing? Does he think he can eliminate the opponent without plants?"

"Isn't that a bit over the top?"

"Indeed, the rules state that once the game starts, you can't summon plants."

"But there is one exception, and that is ash-type plants."

"But most ash plants have a long cooldown time, right..."

"This match only lasts for an hour. Even if the ash-type plant cools down quickly, it can only be used once at most."

"I don't know what they're thinking. It would be ridiculous if they lost their chance to advance because they were overconfident."

[Bet closed]

[Match begins]