Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 654 - 637 Bad News from the Cultivation World (Additional Update)

Chapter 654: Chapter 637 Bad News from the Cultivation World (Additional Update)

The Night Comet Dragon itself is extremely rare. Other players rarely venture deep into the Barbaric World, they haven’t even seen a Night Comet Dragon hatchling, let alone an adult Night Comet Dragon.

Locking up an adult Night Comet Dragon in the Sect to assess the Heavenly Pride disciples, is this the foundation of the Six Major Sects? The power of the Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace is truly unfathomable!

Soon, the battle commenced.

Instructor Ding was more nervous than a one-on-one final encounter in an FPS game, his heart rate was already maxed out.

He constantly maneuvered his character with agility, dodging all kinds of techniques.

At this moment, Instructor Ding felt slightly regretful, because although he had ventured into the Barbaric World many times before, he had only encountered a Night Comet Dragon once, and it was a hatchling.

Since he solved it relatively easily at the time, he thought only about how the materials from the creature could sell for a good price, so he didn’t intentionally memorize its moves.

If he had known that he would encounter it again during the Heavenly Pride assessment, he should have fought slowly and memorized all its moves back then.

Regret was futile now, he could only rely on his reactions and the enhanced performance of his character after taking the Clearing Waste Pill, to predict and respond to the Night Comet Dragon’s moves as accurately as possible.

"Roar!"

During the battle, the Night Comet Dragon roared angrily, igniting red flames all over its body. It flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

The next second, the whole sky seemed to turn dark. A red light, like a meteor, streaked across the sky and crashed down towards the Martial Arts Arena!

"What the hell, such a small place and you still fly? There’s no place to hide!"

"Does that mean we must engage in wrestling?"

"Alright, bring it on!"

Instructor Ding quickly positioned his character in a defensive stance, placing his fingers on the attack keys, ready to capture the moment for "wrestling".

In this game, there are some special combat mechanics, such as precise defense, GP, etc.

One of the special mechanics is called "wrestling".

They are all broadly considered GP, requiring specific timing for operations to trigger, but the effects and usage scenarios differ.

In simple terms, attacks by monsters or players can be classified by impact strength into different intensity levels, such as weak, strong, ultra-strong, and unblockable.

Generally, weaker attacks can be blocked by defense alone, causing only stamina loss without any other negative effects.

Strong attacks require more than just defense, causing blood loss and even breaking the gauge, necessitating precise defense.

Ultra-strong attacks require specific GP tactics, as defense alone would result in getting hit.

Then, there are the most powerful unblockable attacks. Defense is futile, and even successful GP will result in significant blood loss.

The Night Comet Dragon’s aerial collision belongs to this category.

Players can only deal with unblockable moves in two ways:

One way is to run, escape the attack range with all speed.

This method is possible in the Barbaric World, but Instructor Ding is now in the Martial Arts Arena, which doesn’t provide enough space to run, so it’s not feasible.

The second method is through a special mechanic called "wrestling".

Simply put, at the moment of collision, press the attack key while holding down the defense key. If successful, the character will fully resist the opponent’s move and enter a "wrestling" state.

At this moment, players furiously tap the attack key, and the character will muster all the strength to wrestle the monster. If successful, the character will not only avoid injury but also knock the monster back into a staggered state.

After this, players can launch a frenzied attack.

However, if the wrestling fails, all that remains is for destiny to take its course.

Outside of the Martial Arts Arena, the spectators’ hearts were in their throats, feeling even more nervous than Instructor Ding.

"Boom!"

The Night Comet Dragon slammed into the Martial Arts Arena, its deep red shock wave spreading out, only to be blocked by the transparent barrier surrounding the arena, creating ripples inside.

When the deep red aftermath gradually dissipated, the crowd finally saw the state inside the arena.

Instructor Ding’s character held a Longsword in the right hand, with the left hand forming a talisman-gestured finger stance supporting the sword’s blade, blocking the enormous black wings of the Night Comet Dragon.

In addition, all of Instructor Ding’s Magic Artifacts seemed to be activated simultaneously, radiating brilliance and forming a barrier in front of him.

"It’s successful!"

"Wow, that was intense. You actually triggered it!"

This state clearly indicates that wrestling was successfully triggered.

Instructor Ding was furiously tapping the attack key, engaging in a kind of QTE gameplay. He had to tap enough times within the limited period; otherwise, the wrestling would fail, possibly resulting in instant death.

Fortunately, Instructor Ding’s hand speed was fast enough. Within the limited time, the QTE circle progress bar was completed.

"Ah!"

The game character roared angrily, all the Magic Artifacts surged with radiant light, and the Longsword in his hand sharply pushed forward, actually knocking away the enormous Night Comet Dragon!

The Night Comet Dragon’s red glow instantaneously extinguished, resembling being struck by a cannonball, it fell heavily against the transparent barrier surrounding the arena and crashed to the ground, unable to rise.

Though it continued to struggle, flailing its head and claws, it couldn’t stand up anytime soon.

"Good opportunity!"

Instructor Ding immediately controlled his character to advance rapidly, continuously charging heavy strikes aggressively.

"Almost there, it should be close!"

Although the monster’s Blood Bar was invisible, the damaged state of its body suggested it was on the brink of collapse, like a flickering candle in the wind.

Victory was within sight.

Suddenly, Instructor Ding felt something was off; his character’s movements became sluggish and uncontrolled.

The next second, his character spat out black blood, and swelled rapidly like a balloon.

"Bang!"

A loud explosion, the character in the screen died of a body explosion, bursting into black blood on the ground.

"Pfft!"

In reality, Instructor Ding nearly spat out blood in frustration.

"What’s happening! Ah! What’s happening!!"

He stared at the screen showing the options ’Become a Soul Cultivator’ and ’Rebirth’, feeling disheartened, slumping into his gaming chair.

Now, players generally knew there are two types of death in this game:

The first type retains the physical body. In this case, just a Resurrection Pill is needed, which isn’t expensive, costing only 100 low-grade Spirit Stones, roughly one dollar.

But if the body is lost due to various reasons, like encountering Heavenly Tribulation, the corpse being refined into a puppet, or other reasons causing body explosion, then resurrection doesn’t work, only rebirth can revive.

Previously, Chen Tingquan’s corpse was refined into a Ghost General Puppet by Instructor Ding, making rebirth the only option.

Now, Instructor Ding faced the same situation.

After dying from body explosion, his physical body was gone; he could only choose to become a Soul Cultivator or rebirth.

As a result, the Heavenly Pride assessment failed, and the Night Comet Dragon, like a candle in the wind, climbed up slowly and vanished from the Martial Arts Arena.

Over by other players, the phantom in the arena also disappeared.

Only a system prompt remained on the screen.

[Unfortunately, Erosion Spirit Heavenly Palace Inner Sect disciple ’Instructor Ding’ failed the Heavenly Pride assessment! All disciples are encouraged to keep striving!]

Instructor Ding’s live channel exploded with members’ comments.

"What an O. Henry-style ending!"

"Couldn’t stay cool for three seconds, was just going to praise you."

"The wrestling success was pretty cool, but if I told you body explosion would soon follow, how would you react?"

"See, I said you shouldn’t treat Nine Dragon Elixir Pills as food, you would have passed if you ate less of those pills and challenged a few days later."

"You ingested ten Clearing Waste Pills at once, who else would die if not you?"

"The host was truly born to do this, the show effect is top-notch, isn’t it?"

"Yesterday, people were worried about whales’ power constantly increasing, now you know, whale power won’t endlessly escalate in this game, haha!"

Instructor Ding was indignant: "Nobody told me I’d die from body explosion at such a crucial moment!"

"Could wrestling and attacking deepen the toxicity in the organs?"

"What an absurd setting!"

He had already considered that excessive pill consumption might cause body explosion, but he didn’t expect it to happen at such a crucial time.

Clearly, the organ toxicity system in "Reverse Heaven" was more complex than he thought.

Players originally believed organ toxicity accumulated mostly from consuming Nine Dragon Elixir Pills, and when the toxicity reached its peak, body explosion ensued.

But it wasn’t entirely so.

Nine Dragon Elixir Pills indeed accumulate organ toxicity, but this toxicity can be slowly metabolized out.

The Clearing Waste Pill sharply aggravates the existing organ toxicity; the more you consume in a short time, the worse it gets.

Furthermore, player actions also affect organ toxicity.

Activities like wrestling or heavy attacking inherently stress the body.

If the body is healthy, such actions don’t aggravate organ toxicity or carry other adverse effects.

But if organ toxicity is already high, these actions become hazardous.

If a player with deadly organ toxicity avoids combat and stays sheltered within the Sect, after some time the toxicity can be partially metabolized, extending their life.

Conversely, engaging in intense combat and frequent actions like wrestling or GP accelerates the organ toxicity deterioration.

The worst-case scenario is like Instructor Ding’s current state, dying from body explosion during critical battle moments.

It can only be said that Instructor Ding suffered from incomplete information.

This concealed setting requires players to fall into such traps to discover.

However, Instructor Ding didn’t lose much; after all, he’s a streamer. Although his game’s physical body was lost, his show gained effect!

He didn’t become the first Heavenly Pride but did become the first Cultivator to die from body explosion, which also helped him gain fame.

Instructor Ding sighed silently: "Well, let’s start from scratch!"

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