Chapter 530: 天地剧变

**The Underworld Reincarnation Arcade, Combat Pavilion**

The earth was dark, silent, and permeated with an ancient, grand, and distant aura.

Through the "glass window," Zhang Xiao gazed at peerless mighty beings—some of unparalleled beauty, others handsome as jade—each accompanied by a poetic verse detailing their life. He was overcome with immense shock and fear.

Was the mysterious Majesty who appointed Meng Po and oversaw reincarnation the one who suppressed these terrifying existences? The terrifying height of power held by the Majesty of Reincarnation was almost unimaginable.

He pursed his lips, suppressing the turbulent emotions within him. Looking at these unparalleled figures, he wavered. As a proud Heavenly Emperor, known as the God of Blades, he felt a sense of respect and admiration for these ancient powerhouses and did not want to control them; it would be a great disrespect!

Yet, the desire for combat burned within him, tempting him to do so.

He stood up, pacing back and forth at the edge of the arcade machine, indecisively.

Mao Tiao, hidden in the shadows, watched, dumbfounded.

"What is he doing now? Why is he still so dramatic? Is this some kind of ritual? He sat in front of the game for days before it launched, and now that it's updated, he's pacing anxiously again. Just play already!"

The hundred-plus characters, with their meticulously designed moves, actions, and features, represented an enormous amount of work and cost countless netizens their hair; naturally, the anticipation was immense.

At this moment, Zhang Xiao was still pacing.

He took a deep breath and finally made up his mind. "They said before that this is a purgatorial torture. If we control them and cause their 'death,' we are actually helping them. So, I won't hold back."

After several considerations, he quickly selected the Abandoned Heavenly Emperor among the characters. Without a doubt, this being appeared the most terrifying and inconceivable. If he was to choose, he would naturally choose the strongest.

"Lord Abandoned Heavenly Emperor, please do not blame me!" Zhang Xiao prayed silently, bowing slightly. He said earnestly, "This is to help you transcend your sins, allowing you to be reborn into reincarnation. I apologize for the offense."

He chose to start the game.

This time, he did not choose a versus match. Instead, he rigorously selected the two-player mode, then controlled one character himself while leaving the other idle, using it for training to explore the Abandoned Heavenly Emperor's moves.

After all, the difficulty for the Seventh Heavenly Emperor was precisely his own Heavenly Emperor realm, and he dared not underestimate it again.

"He certainly knows how to pick! He actually chose the Abandoned Heavenly Emperor?"

Mao Tiao, watching Zhang Xiao test the new machine from the side, was secretly startled.

"The Abandoned Heavenly Emperor, in the original setting, is the Heavenly Realm's first Martial God, solemn and noble. He fell into the demonic path due to his disgust for human greed and selfishness, becoming the founding Demonic Emperor of the Alien Demon Realm. His philosophy is 'Saints and Demons under the same Heaven'... He is an extremely difficult ultimate BOSS character to master, with two forms: White Abandoned Heavenly Emperor and Black Abandoned Heavenly Emperor. The ability to freely switch combat forms makes his mastery extremely challenging, but when played well, his potential is exceptionally high!"

Mao Tiao watched quietly. The stronger the character, the harder it was to control.

In the distance, Zhang Xiao began to explore the key bindings and comprehend the martial arts moves!

But how difficult was it to comprehend "martial arts moves" at the Heavenly Emperor difficulty level?

Yet, there was a certain pattern: if he pressed the correct sequence of combos, the character would gradually initiate their moves, allowing him to explore based on that.

For half a day, he furiously hammered away, only managing to discover the first key-bound move. It required 100 button presses to perform the simplest form transformation, switching between two combat forms: one divine, one demonic.

This immediately shocked him.

"A fallen god, transforming into a demon! Could it be the one who once attacked the Underworld..."

His heart was already trembling with dread. If this information were to leak out, the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation would be rocked by an unprecedented tremor! He quickly dismissed his anxious thoughts and continued his research.

"Reversal of Demonic Source!" The moment he successfully transformed into the divine-demonic form, four large characters for the move appeared beside him, feeling very impactful.

*Whoosh!*

"Flame of God!"

A flash of fire swept across, carrying an astonishing aura.

Another combo was mastered by intuition, and the character under his control unleashed a fire ability. A line of golden text appeared beside it, and the combat flowed smoothly.

Gradually, he discovered that other powerful combos required around one hundred to three hundred button presses, with varying press durations. Grand techniques, however, needed over six hundred presses and required long "charging" times, which tested one's combat talent to know when to unleash the appropriate combo.

However, what was even stranger was...

Each key press began to produce a sound, and there were only two distinct sounds.

One key press sound was: MuIt was very muffled.

One key press sound was: Da!It was very crisp.

If his hands moved like afterimages, frantically fighting, the sounds would blend together.

Mu Da Mu Da Mu Da!

After practicing for a while, the "Mu Da Mu Da" key sounds made Zhang Xiao feel somewhat uncomfortable. The operation was very noisy. He pondered, "Perhaps this sound is a deliberately created influencing factor? To test one's mental fortitude? ...Never mind, let me try a fight first."

He chose a random opponent!

The opponent's character avatar scrolled wildly, gradually revealing a figure. It was a man with a ferocious face, shoulder-length grey-black hair, and a massive saber in his hand. His bearded, furious expression made him appear brutal and violent.

Above his head, his name was displayed:

The Omnicide.

Behind him was a blood-red landscape, even the sky stained almost black, flickering with a desolate, ancient aura. This peerless figure, born from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, slowly emerged. The moment he appeared, a poetic verse, filled with boundless slaughter and bloodshed, rang out:

"One step forward with the blade, one step back with the blade, I wield but one blade, who dares to stand against it?To kill in life, to kill in death, my name is Omnicide, none are spared!"

"This!?"

Zhang Xiao's expression grew solemn, revealing intense concentration.

The Omnicide?

The poem implied that he had perhaps once... slashed his way into the Underworld Reincarnation?

He fell completely silent, his heart surging!

In the ancient mythical epoch, what kind of brilliant spectacle were the Six Paths of Reincarnation?

But ultimately, his vision slowly cleared. From the name, he was clearly a terrifying God of Blades, a master of the blade path, perhaps countless times stronger than the blade techniques he himself had pioneered!

"A blade path powerhouse from the last mythical epoch." He then noticed something slightly off and stared blankly at the health bar above. The Omnicide, surprisingly, only had one drop of health? Did that mean if he was hit once, he would certainly die?

Perhaps this was a path where killing was the means to enlightenment, extremely terrifying, with extremely weak defenses but incredibly potent offensive power.

The two began to clash fiercely.

Mu Da Mu Da!

After a few seconds of frantic key tapping, Zhang Xiao only managed to withstand a few moves before being defeated.

"It's hard to control, having to switch between divine and demonic forms and unleash different moves!"

Zhang Xiao's eyes immediately lit up, yet he was not discouraged. He inserted another coin and began to fight frantically. After several failures, listening to the noisy "Mu Da Mu Da Mu Da" sounds accompanying his hands blurring into afterimages, he surprisingly began to find it less jarring. After listening for a long time, combined with the intense combat, the keyboard tapping sound felt strangely impactful.

Xu Zhi slightly opened his eyes, watching the Underworld players secretly building arcade machines, testing them with delight.

"Hmm... perhaps, since they already think of it that way, maybe turning the arcade into the eighteen layers of hell wouldn't be bad... These characters, perhaps their souls could be injected, truly materializing! Becoming real ancient mythical history?"

This was a world of gourmet food, and the perfection of its world rules held immense significance.

What was before him was a huge surprise!

A setting for ancient historical myths? Ancient mighty beings imprisoned in hell?

"Perhaps, as the supreme Majesty overseeing reincarnation, it's time to summon the players." Xu Zhi slowly stood up, wearing his dragon crown and magnificent black dragon robe, and walked out of the Hall of Reincarnation.