Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops

"Woo—"

Accompanied by a distant sound, a breeze flowed through the tranquil valley, winding between the cliffs.

In the crevices of the cliffside rocks, a twisted sapling grew tenaciously, and the only leaf on its outstretched branches became the solitary adornment on the cliff face.

The lone green leaf swayed in the wind and finally, at a certain moment, detached from the branch, drifting down toward the valley below on the breeze.

With the disappearance of that bit of green, the sapling seemed to heave a silent sigh before crumbling inch by inch, vanishing into nothingness.

The leaf fluttered in the wind, passing through the cliffs below, and ultimately fell onto a hand.

Qin Chuan grasped the leaf that had drifted from who knows where, his gaze falling upon the lines of text that appeared before him.

[Dungeon: Heavenly Dome Rank First Rank]

[Dungeon Introduction: Above the sky, the ladder to true eternity and endless strength. Over ten thousand years, clan after clan has written their tales of joy and sorrow, and now the horn of clan strife is about to be sounded. All clans share but one goal: survive.]

[Dungeon Level: SSS]

[Horizontal Difficulty Rating: ★★★★]

[Dungeon Boss: Unknown]

[Player Talent: Sun Needle (Gold)]

[Wearing Title: [Gold] God Slayer]

[Dungeon Strategy Objective: Assassinate Lord of Beligo Territory: Heavenly Craftsmanship·Parian]

[Dungeon Strategy Time Limit: 23:40:17]

[Abandon This Strategy]

[00:06:03]

"The dungeon introduction is exactly the same as the last one," Lin Yue spoke softly, "but this time the strategy objective is completely different."

"It's another assassination of a lord of a territory," Qin Chuan shook his head helplessly.

"With a lord slain, a territory will inevitably fall into chaos, affecting all clans within," Lin Yue sighed lightly, "Other clans not welcoming us probably has something to do with this."

"But from our perspective, this is a good thing," Qin Chuan said with a light laugh as he took Lin Yue's hand, "The other clans have been here at least a thousand years before us."

"They have already established a foothold. Six clans have formed their own order, and in this Heavenly Dome, there's no place for the human race."

"When they are in disarray, that's when the human race can snatch the chestnuts from the fire."

"That's true," Lin Yue realized this point upon hearing Qin Chuan's words, before giving the objective another look.

"Beligo Territory, have you been there before?"

"Sort of," Qin Chuan said with a laugh as he looked at the somewhat familiar name, "The first S-level Secret Realm, Warrensoke Mysterious Tower."

Within that tower, he fought against a Dwarf Demon eroded by ominousness.

That was also the first time he was directly attacked by an ominous presence, the first time he discovered the profound suppressing effect of Time Stop on ominousness.

He wondered how that Mysterious Tower was doing now, whether the former Dwarf Demon Clan Leader Lanso, who had been eroded by the ominous presence, still existed, or was he, like Kasakaban, eliminated by a power of the Heavenly Dome Rank during a period of weakness.

Also...

Qin Chuan looked at this time's target.

Heavenly Craftsmanship...

A title like that seemed very much like one exclusive to the Dwarf Demon Clan.

Could it be the current lord of the Beligo Territory was a Dwarf Demon?

If so, Qin Chuan wondered what the relationship between him and Lanso was.

"Anyway, let's mask our presence first."

Qin Chuan took out a black robe large enough to cover his entire body and put it on, then adjusted the wide hood to cover his face.

With this, it was impossible to discern his racial characteristics from the surface.

To sense Qin Chuan's race from his aura would be similarly difficult.

Because the robe was not an ordinary item; it was a transcendent piece of equipment called the Shadow Robe.

It was initially a Purple Equipment that Qin Chuan obtained from an A-level Secret Realm, possessing the effect of enhancing defense and damage reduction. After leaving the Heavenly Dome last time, Qin Chuan remembered it.

Just then, other players were raiding dungeons and obtained a Red item, High Rank Dwarf Demon Forging Essence, which was put up for sale and bought by Qin Chuan, to be used on the Shadow Robe.

The Shadow Robe, now upgraded to Red Level, gained the effect of concealing one's aura.

For Qin Chuan, who was braving the Heavenly Dome Rank, this was very important.

Meanwhile, Lin Yue took a pair of dazzling earrings from her equipment slot with a smiling face and gently put them on her ears.

As the earrings swayed lightly, her figure quickly transformed into the appearance of a Half-demon woman, bearing some similarity to the Half-demon appearance Pei Ma'er had disguised her as before, but with differences.

The Red item, Mysterious Trace Earrings.

This piece of Superpower Attribute equipment had the powerful effect of allowing one to freely change one's appearance and aura, making it easy to transform into another person.

For Lin Yue, it couldn't be more suitable.

Armed with the experience of raiding an SSS-level dungeon last time, their preparations this time were much more extensive.

After completing their disguises, Qin Chuan promptly used the Third Talent of the Sun Needle, remotely locking onto the target of this raid, Heavenly Craftsmanship·Parian, smiling at the sight of the Dwarf Demon sitting cross-legged on the projection.

"Luckily there were five days between the two SSS-level dungeons."

"Even one day earlier, and the difficulty would have risen considerably."

The last time he entered the Heavenly Dome Rank, Qin Chuan used the Third Talent of the Sun Needle.

The cooldown time for the Third Talent of the Sun Needle is seven days.

This time, Qin Chuan did not enter the dungeon immediately after it refreshed, but waited for two days, entering only after the cooldown of the Sun Needle's Third Talent had ended.

If the next SSS-level dungeon refreshed earlier, Qin Chuan would have to confront the awkward situation of not being able to use the Third Talent of the Sun Needle.