First Kill on Hard Difficulty!

“What a domineering fist technique!”

Shang Gong staggered backward several steps, his face showing shock as he exclaimed in admiration. The cabin beneath his feet exploded with a thunderous crash. His sleeves, already battered from the previous clash, hung in tatters.

Dan Wanqing's eyes gleamed brightly—this young man's martial prowess had forced Shang Gong into such a position? Did it not mean that his skills were among the very best in the world? To possess such ability at his age made him the most outstanding among all young heroes of the martial world. Wang Yajun, Jiang Wanwan, and the other women gazed at him with both reverence and yearning.

Tang Xuan smiled faintly. The Great Radiant Fist, renowned as "the number one fist under heaven," was hardly a common art. Whether it was the Great Radiant Fist or the Mighty Vajra Palm, though both were ranked at the sixth tier, their power nearly rivaled the seventh-tier legendary skill, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms! Yet the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, being both internal and external, also enhanced the player's attributes and cultivation, thus earning its place among the seventh-tier skills.

“Again!”

Tang Xuan let out a long, resonant cry and lunged forward, his fists blazing with golden energy as he struck fiercely at Shang Gong.

“Hmph!” Shang Gong snorted coldly. Did the boy really think that defeating his sleeve technique meant true victory? His fist techniques were formidable as well!

He raised his fists and palms to meet Tang Xuan.

Thunderous explosions echoed continuously. Tang Xuan’s fists collided with Shang Gong’s fists and palms, each impact shaking the heavens and earth.

Tang Xuan’s Great Radiant Fist radiated golden force. Shang Gong’s fists and palms, however, emitted a black aura, reminiscent of the demonic sects. In fact, the Lady of Dongming, Dan Meixian, was the daughter of Lady Yin, Zhu Yuyan. Zhu Yuyan, the head of the Yinkui Sect—the premier faction of the demonic sects—was the foremost among the eight great masters of the demonic world, a supreme expert!

Even a top-tier master like Shang Gong was but a child before such a figure.

Dan Meixian, Lady of Dongming, being Zhu Yuyan’s daughter, meant that the Dongming Sect was intricately connected with the demonic sects. It was only natural that Shang Gong, the apparent leader of Dongming, practiced techniques of the demonic path.

As for Dan Wanqing, the “Princess of Dongming,” she was the daughter of Dan Meixian, born after the elder of the Yinkui Sect, Bian Bufei, forcibly violated her.

At this moment—

Tang Xuan wielded the Great Radiant Fist as if the golden arm of the Tathagata himself, the five fingers curling to subdue evil and demons.

Shang Gong, using demonic arts, seemed every bit the fierce and unyielding old demon.

One possessed the perfected Great Radiant Fist, unmatched in ferocity. The other, with a higher tier and attributes, could rival the Great Radiant Fist with his own fists and palms.

“Behold my Mighty Vajra Palm!”

After a prolonged stalemate, Tang Xuan let out another long cry. He switched from fist to palm—the legendary Mighty Vajra Palm, mastered only once every hundred years in Shaolin Temple!

Its power surpassed the Great Radiant Fist by a margin.

With the Great Radiant Fist, his current attack power of 2820 increased by 480% at the perfected level, plus another 120% from the Arhat Divine Skill, reaching 600%. Each blow delivered an attack power of 19,740—nearly twenty thousand.

Shang Gong, a level 50–60 boss, used demonic fist and palm techniques with equally formidable attack power, matching Tang Xuan’s Great Radiant Fist. Their clashes inflicted no harm on either side.

But the Mighty Vajra Palm, perfected, increased attack power by 504%, plus 120% from the Arhat Divine Skill, totaling 624%. Now his attack power exceeded 20,400!

Though only about a thousand higher than the Great Radiant Fist, it surpassed the twenty-thousand threshold—the final straw that broke the camel’s back. Tang Xuan’s attack power suddenly exceeded Shang Gong’s, finally inflicting damage.

He unleashed the Mighty Vajra Palm move after move, occasionally interweaving it with techniques from the Great Radiant Fist. The alternating use of these two legendary skills soon overwhelmed Shang Gong, striking blow after blow.

“Young man, the future of the martial world will surely have a place for you!”

Unable to withstand Tang Xuan’s twin legendary arts, Shang Gong suddenly withdrew, praising him loudly before vanishing swiftly beneath the moonlight.

Tang Xuan did not pursue; with Shang Gong’s peerless agility, even Tang Xuan’s perfected Shaolin Flight Skill could not catch him in time.

It seemed that the ultimate challenge of this difficult dungeon was merely to defeat or drive off Shang Gong, not to kill him.

Tang Xuan turned to Dan Wanqing.

Dan Wanqing smiled gently and handed him the ledger.

【Congratulations, player, for completing the Dongming Vessel dungeon on hard mode. Reward: 70,000 experience points.】

At the same time, a game announcement appeared.

“Congratulations to players: Defier of Fate, A Trace of Dust, Midsummer, Early Summer, Li Weiwei, Jiang Wanwan, for achieving the first kill in the Dongming Vessel dungeon (hard mode)!”

The moment this announcement appeared, the game “Great Wuxia” erupted!

A twenty-player dungeon had been conquered by only six people!

And once again, it was the legendary Defier of Fate leading his female companions!

Given the notorious difficulty of this dungeon in “Great Wuxia,” how had the first kill been achieved so quickly?

All online players debated furiously, opinions swirling like storm clouds. The influential figures of major gaming guilds and elite players could only smile bitterly.

In recent days, they had leveled up to over twenty, far ahead of the average player. Most had become inner disciples of various sects, mastering superior third- and fourth-tier martial skills to a respectable degree.

Ten-man teams had gradually cleared the Dongming Vessel dungeon on normal difficulty, farming it to level up.

Yet, unexpectedly, the hard mode dungeon for levels thirty to forty and one to twenty players had already been cleared!

“Hmph, Defier of Fate!”

The president of the Dance of Death guild, Requiem, was currently farming the Dongming Vessel dungeon on normal difficulty with his guild’s elite players. Upon seeing the announcement, he snorted coldly.

Recently, on the order of the Qingcheng Sect’s leader, Yu Canghai, the sect had made a move against the Fuwei Escort Agency, seeking to seize the “Sunflower Manual.”

Many Dance of Death guild members were disciples of the Qingcheng Sect, making it the leading faction under Qingcheng. Even within the Fuwei Escort Agency, numerous guild members had joined, establishing a strong presence.

With such internal and external coordination, and taking advantage of the conflict between Qingcheng and Fuwei, Requiem had meticulously plotted, leveraging the efforts of his guild members to finally obtain the rare skill “Sunflower Manual” from the ancestral home of the Lin family.

The Sunflower Manual was a sixth-tier skill combining internal energy and swordplay, nearly seventh-tier. Its seventy-two techniques were blindingly fast, each strike stronger than the last. The internal energy contained within accelerated the player’s cultivation rapidly.

With the Sunflower Manual, Requiem—though only at level twenty-something—had martial prowess approaching that of the top-tier masters of the jianghu. It made him famous in “Great Wuxia,” one of the most renowned players.

Under his leadership, the guild soon cleared the Dongming Vessel dungeon on normal mode, repeatedly farming it for experience. Once they reached level thirty and the Sunflower Manual’s skill level increased, they planned to tackle the hard mode dungeon.

But unexpectedly, the first kill for hard mode had already been snatched by Defier of Fate!

Requiem only sneered, undaunted. With the Sunflower Manual’s rapid progress, he would soon grow stronger, confident he would catch up before long.

If, in the future, he managed to acquire the “Sunflower Scripture”—the advanced seventh-tier version of the Sunflower Manual—he would surely dominate “Great Wuxia”!