Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops

"Click, click, click, click—"

Four consecutive sounds of shattering instantly changed Qin Chuan's expression.

He watched as Kasakaban's limbs, impaled by steel pillars, shattered instantly. The ominous gray-black crystals gathered and reformed into his hands and feet.

The seemingly impenetrable restraint was, in fact, incapable of restraining him, a member of the Crystal Clan!

Watching the increasingly grotesque smile on Kasakaban's face after freeing himself, a bad premonition emerged in Qin Chuan's heart, making his eyes suddenly fierce.

Strike first!

[00:00:45]

Time Stop!

[00:00:44]

Qin Chuan's body disappeared from its original place, appearing on the other side of Kasakaban.

A gigantic crack appeared along Kasakaban's waist, following the wound that had not yet healed, directly severing his waist.

Kasakaban, interrupted in mid-attack, stared in silence at his own silently severed waist, his crazed and grim expression replaced by confusion.

Without waiting for him to react, Qin Chuan, gripping the Wolf Teeth of the Dead Corpse, killed again.

Shadow Erosion activated once more, delivering the final strike to the two severely wounded Soul Commanders. Under the effect of Armor Break, the Wolf Teeth of the Dead Corpse pierced through Kasakaban's body repeatedly.

One after another, the gray-black crystals shattered, and Kasakaban's expression changed from confusion to astonishment.

In the next moment, that astonished face also shattered.

[Congratulations to the player for meeting the minimum strategy requirements and completing the A-level instance: Screaming Demon Lake, with a current Dungeon Clearance Rating: A]

[Strategy rewards can only be received once. Players may claim them immediately or continue to strive for higher Dungeon Clearance Rating to gain greater rewards before the strategy deadline.]

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Blue Star.

Last night, entering Dream World, they experienced the other side of the version 2.3 update, throwing countless players into ecstatic joy.

Yet, amidst their ecstasy, the players did not forget the ongoing countdown of the instance.

Every time they checked the instance list, their gaze would ultimately come to rest on one particular instance.

[Instance: Screaming Demon Lake (A)][Undergoing Clearance]

[Horizontal Difficulty Rating: ★★]

This instance's clearance had already lasted an hour.

The only players in the world who could stay in an A-level, solo-clearable instance for over an hour were just two.

Was it Luo or Yue Li?

After what seemed like ages, a line of text emerged before everyone's eyes.

[Player Luo has successfully cleared the A-level instance Screaming Demon Lake!]

It was Luo! He did it!

Countless players refreshed the instance list, noticing the status change of the instance.

[Instance: Screaming Demon Lake (A)][Cleared]

[Horizontal Difficulty Rating: ★★]

[Instance Clearance Time: 01:15:14]

[Guide: Luo]

In the next instant, cheers erupted across Blue Star!

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[Current Dungeon Clearance Rating: A]

[Current Strategy Reward: [Purple] Scream Ring, [Blue] Title·Soul Destroyer]

[Receive Strategy Reward]

Kasakaban... just like that, he was dead?

Qin Chuan could not help but frown.

Although he was indeed very strong during Time Stop, the fact that his opponent died too easily, without putting up a significant resistance, still gave Qin Chuan the feeling that "everything was too smooth."

But the prompt that the instance had been cleared was never wrong.

He had killed the Lake Bottom Death Demon·Kasakaban.

Slowly sinking in the water, finally resting on a densely packed layer of gray-black Crystal Shards on the riverbed, was clear evidence.

Glancing at the current Dungeon Clearance Rating, Qin Chuan did not rush to Receive the Strategy Reward but sank with the gray-black crystals until his feet touched the bottom of the lake.

He hadn't forgotten that there were new instance clues at the opponent's location.

Following the guidance of the first Talent of the Sun Needle, Qin Chuan quickly found a cave at the bottom of the lake that radiated light outward.

A thin water membrane on the outside of the cave blocked the inflow of water.

Inside the cave was a stone table; in the corner of the table was a lit lamp, its light shining outward, and several sheets of paper were scattered on the table.

Qin Chuan pondered for a moment, then decisively passed through the water membrane into the cave.

When his hand touched the sheet of paper with large unfamiliar characters on it, a line of text appeared before him.

[Congratulations Player on obtaining the instance clue: Diary of Kasakaban]

As the prompt appeared, the text twisted before his eyes, rapidly transforming into Chinese characters he could understand.

[We have failed, the Lake Bottom Death Demon is immortal.]

[The corrupted Ominous Crystal possesses healing abilities far surpassing those of the Crystal Clan crystals, arguably in some aspects, unimaginably so.]

[As long as there are some crystals left unshattered, the Lake Bottom Death Demon will not truly die.]

[The cunning one hid its "Core," using the characteristic of the "Core" being indestructible when isolated, making itself a true immortal.]

[Unless the "Core" is located and returned to the body to neutralize its characteristics, the Lake Bottom Death Demon remains invincible.]

[Even if the "Core" can be returned to the body, one would still need the strength to defeat the more powerful Lake Bottom Death Demon to completely crush it.]

[By the time we realized this, it was already too late.]

[Countless of my kin are buried at the bottom of the lake, and I, severely damaged, am powerless to search for the whereabouts of the "Core," let alone defeat the Lake Bottom Death Demon with the "Core" returned to its body.]

[My companion tree deer has been unusually irritable lately, even unwilling to accept my touch, probably as frustrated as I am for not having been able to kill the Lake Bottom Death Demon.]

[It is time to leave, I will use my discoveries as a bargaining chip to bring more reinforcements against the Lake Bottom Death Demon in a new round of encirclement.]

[Next time, he will not have the chance.]

The diary abruptly ended there, written in an uplifting spirit by the diary's owner who had failed but had not lost faith.

But Qin Chuan's heart was gradually sinking.

This was Kasakaban's diary.

If Kasakaban had participated in the encirclement against the Lake Bottom Death Demon and decided to leave to get reinforcements after the ultimate failure.

Then who had he just killed?

His eyes slightly drooping, Qin Chuan set down the paper in his hand and turned to walk out of the underground cave, heading towards where he had just fought with the Lake Bottom Death Demon·Kasakaban.

Looking at the fragments scattered at the bottom of the lake, Qin Chuan fell silent for a moment.

If he wasn't wrong, the only way to obtain an SSS Clearance Rating in Screaming Demon Lake should be like this.

"Come on."

[Ominous Crystal Core] was casually thrown out, bursting with a terrifying attraction force, instantly bringing all the surrounding gray-black Crystal Shards together.

A huge humanoid figure swiftly formed within the gathering Ominous Crystals, with violent water currents swirling around it, and a high-pitched screeching noise mixed with screams reverberating in the quiet lake bottom.

[Instance Creature: Complete Lake Bottom Death Demon]

Blue long hair trailed behind, spreading like waves in the water flow, a fierce smile just starting to show on extremely handsome features, but upon seeing the young man before it, it slightly subdued.

The young man slowly raised the dagger in his hand.

"We go again."