The Xianzhou, Fanghu.
Flames of war raged amidst silent ruins.
Humans, wolf-people, fox-people, and all sorts of deformed creatures you'd see in an alien horror flick.
Their bodies lay strewn about in pools of blood.
"You've gotta be kidding me."
Leon stared at the horrific corpses all around him, feeling his spirit crumble.
"Dude, how am I supposed to play with a start this bad?"
He looked up.
A tall, sky-blue, centaur-like being exuding a murderous aura that made one's knees buckle was drawing its bow.
Leon recognized Him.
Lan, the Reignbow Arbiter, also known as the Aeon of The Hunt.
"Oh, great. Does anyone else know the 'joy' of transmigrating just to be staring down the Reignbow Arbiter's arrow?"
Even though Leon was a hardcore player who didn't care much for the lore, he had still heard of the Aeons.
They could destroy star systems with a wave of their hand—the nuke of all nukes!
His intuition told him that once that arrow flew,
without a doubt, he was 100% dead!
This was the worst starting roll imaginable.
It was like the game crashing the second you launched it!
"...I should probably just give myself a dignified end."
He was speechless. Getting killed by a truck in his sleep and then transmigrating.
This isn't funny, people!
The furious blush on Leon's face spoke louder than any words!
After a moment of powerless rage, he sighed.
Then he walked over to a dead Mara-Struck soldier and, without any disgust, plucked a withered yellow leaf from its body.
That was a nuke. Was he supposed to tank a nuke with his bare body?
Get real! He wasn't some kind of super-athlete!
"This shitty run doesn't count! I'll show my real skills when I get reincarnated in the next world!"
Having just been killed by a truck and now about to be vaporized by a nuke, Leon was naturally full of resentment.
Muttering curses, he found a clear spot with fewer corpses,
and, imitating Tom the cat, lay down on his back,
clasping the leaf between his hands on his chest like a funeral flower.
The living planet Ketu-Mirage gradually disappeared from view, replaced by darkness.
He closed his eyes and awaited death's arrival.
This life as a transmigrator was probably over before it even began.
But since he could transmigrate once, maybe he could get reincarnated?
It wouldn't be too late to start his power-fantasy journey then.
Sigh, I hope I can win the revival round, or else my next stop is the cheap seats in the afterlife.
[This Week's Superpower Has Been Refreshed]
Just as Leon was about to give up on life, his long-awaited cheat finally arrived.
[「Freljord」]
Holy crap, my golden cheat ability is here!
Hearing the voice in his head, Leon's eyes shot open!
Even he couldn't help but feel his heart race, his dark gray eyes with a hint of orange filled with excitement!
Hehe, I'm definitely going to survive!
[After saying a friendly term like 'bro,' 'sis,' 'buddy,' or 'friend' to another person, you can forcibly trigger the Freljord Skit. Any crisis, no matter how great, will be averted, and you will receive a gift from the other party.]
[Refresh Countdown: 167 hours]
Leon sprang to his feet with a carp jump!
"This? Won't be needing it anymore."
Now that he had his System, he immediately tossed the withered leaf aside.
His bright, focused gaze shifted to the Reignbow Arbiter as he processed the description of his golden cheat.
Freljord.
He knew what it was—a popular template for short video dramas.
It was just like other viral feel-good tropes. Guess every generation has its own brand of motivational cheese.
"Hiss... can this thing really work on an Aeon?"
Leon mulled over the words 'another person'.
Can an Aeon even be considered a 'person'?
How dare you assume the species of a higher-dimensional being?
"Whatever. It's a dead end either way. Using it at least gives me a sliver of a chance. Let's just go for it!"
Leon decided to stop thinking about these useless questions.
This damn situation couldn't get any worse. What was there to hesitate about? He was going all in against Him!
May the gacha gods be with me!
"Hey! You over there, bro!"
Leon took a deep breath, pointed right at the Aeon of The Hunt, and with balls of steel, shouted: "Do you live here all by yourself or something?!"
"Is your name written on this place?! You have no manners! Look how you're making the ground shake just by drawing your bow! I can't even stand properly!"
As Leon shouted, he pointed at the trembling ground beneath his feet, looking utterly righteous.
Lan was silent.
Leon didn't say anything more, swallowing nervously.
Come on, golden cheat, do your thing!
He pretended to be calm, but inside, he was panicking like crazy.
No one is willing to accept death peacefully.
He was no exception.
"..."
Lan remained silent,
but slowly stopped drawing the bow, His hand leaving the string.
The Imaginary energy around Him subsided as His gaze fell upon Leon.
"Since you've put down your bow, what more is there to say? It's not a big deal, I forgive you!"
Seeing Lan remain silent like some aloof master, Leon, with sweat pouring down his forehead, had no choice but to continue his one-man show.
Lan watched him.
After a moment, Lan wordlessly tossed the longbow in His hands toward him.
The long, cyan bow came spinning toward him like a boomerang.
Even though Leon did nothing, just standing there,
it landed precisely in his hands.
And the moment he held the bow,
the group of Abundance Denizens who had been fleeing in terror from the pressure of 'The Hunt' suddenly stopped.
They immediately turned their predatory gazes on him.
Lan had stopped His attack.
While this gave Leon a chance to live, it also gave them an opportunity to strike.
Although they didn't know why The Hunt had stayed its hand,
it surely had something to do with the youth before them.
In other words, if they could control him, the Xianzhou Alliance would be helpless.
And thus, victory in this war would surely belong to them, the Denizens of Abundance!
"Wh-Who put this bow in my hands?!"
Leon looked at the wolves circling him, then at the ancient, Chinese-styled longbow in his hands, and felt a chill run down his spine.
So this is the so-called 'gift from the other party'?
Seriously, what am I supposed to do with a bow besides wave it around? I don't know how to use it!
Do I, a young college guy, look like the kind of person who would learn archery in his spare time?
You've got to be kidding me!
Just as Leon, in his despair, was about to let Lan slaughter them all and just obediently start the next round...
A strange energy guided him to raise his gaze.
Leon subconsciously obliged.
Then he saw Lan pantomiming, drawing a bow in the empty air, as if giving him a beginner's tutorial.
Seeing this, Leon,
treating it as a last-ditch effort, immediately copied Him, raising the longbow and aiming it at the Abominations of Abundance before him.
Lan made a pinching motion, as if mimicking a grip on the string.
He repeated the motion, pinching the colorless bowstring between his index finger and thumb.
Immediately after,
the same strange energy from before silently surged from within his body and began to gather on the bow!
In the blink of an eye,
a bright purple arrow had appeared, nocked on the string and held in his fingers!
Lan drew His bow, and Leon, his will synced with the Aeon's, moved in perfect time!
Once the bowstring in his hand was drawn back a certain distance,
Lan instantly released His fingers, firing a phantom arrow!
Leon simultaneously released the nock of his arrow!
The arrow shot out with a whoosh!
BOOM!
The purple meteor instantly split apart in mid-flight, and countless lances of The Hunt precisely struck the hearts of the abominations!
Then, the immense Imaginary energy contained within them immediately exploded inside their bodies!
The might of The Hunt consumed them, not even leaving a trace of ash behind!
With a single arrow, the allied forces of the Abundance Denizens were instantly...
Annihilated!
There were no flashy techniques, only the most simple and unadorned raw power!
After witnessing this scene, Leon had only one thought left in his mind.
Tier 0, a must-pull!
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